DAKTRONICS, INC. 2007 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

EXHIBIT 10.5

DAKTRONICS, INC.

2007 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

1.1      General Purpose . The name of this plan is the Daktronics, Inc. 2007 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The purpose of the Plan is to enable Daktronics, Inc. (the “Company”) and its Subsidiaries to retain and attract executives, other employees, members of the Board of Directors and Consultants who contribute to the Company’s success by their ability, ingenuity and industry, and to enable such individuals to participate in the long-term success and growth of the Company by giving them a proprietary interest in the Company.

1.2      Definitions . For purposes of the Plan, the following terms shall be defined as set forth below; other terms are defined elsewhere in the Plan:

(a)      “ Agreement ” means an agreement by and between the Company and a Recipient under the Plan setting forth the terms and conditions of an Award.

(b)      “ Award ” means an Option, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, Deferred Stock or any combination thereof granted pursuant to the terms of this Plan.

(c)       “ Board ” means the Board of Directors of the Company, as it may be comprised from time to time.

(d)      “ Cause ” means, except as may otherwise be provided in the terms of an Agreement or in a written employment agreement between the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company and the Recipient:

(i)      a material breach of any written employment, service, confidentiality, non-compete or similar agreement between the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company and the Recipient;

(ii)     a material breach of any code of conduct established by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company;

(iii)    commission of a felony by a Recipient or the failure of a Recipient to contest prosecution for a felony; or

(iv)    a Recipient’s willful misconduct, dishonesty, breach of fiduciary duty or gross negligence involving the business or reputation of the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company.

(e)       “ Change in Control ” means any of the following

(i)      Any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) acquires or becomes a “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 or any successor rule under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of the Voting Securities; provided, however, that the following shall not constitute a Change in Control pursuant to this Section 1.2(e)(i):

(A)     any acquisition of Voting Securities or Stock of the Company directly from the Company other than in connection with a transaction described in Section 1.2(e)(iii) below;

(B)     any acquisition or beneficial ownership by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company;

(C)     any acquisition or beneficial ownership by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or one or more of its Subsidiaries; or

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(D)     any acquisition or beneficial ownership by any corporation with respect to which, immediately following such acquisition, more than 50% of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities and the Stock of the Company is then beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by all or substantially all of the persons who beneficially owned Voting Securities and Stock of the Company immediately prior to such acquisition in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of such Voting Securities and Stock, as the case may be, immediately prior to such acquisition;

(ii)     A majority of the members of the Board of the Company shall not be Continuing Directors;

(iii)    The consummation of a reorganization, merger or consolidation of the Company or a statutory exchange of outstanding Voting Securities of the Company unless, immediately following such reorganization, merger, consolidation or exchange, all or substantially all of the persons who were the beneficial owners, respectively, of Voting Securities and Stock of the Company immediately prior to such reorganization, merger, consolidation or exchange beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than fifty percent (50%) of, respectively, the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors and the then outstanding shares of common stock, as the case may be, of the corporation resulting from such reorganization, merger, consolidation or exchange in substantially the same proportions as their ownership immediately prior to such reorganization, merger, consolidation or exchange, of the Voting Securities and Stock of the Company, as the case may be;

(iv)    Approval by the stockholders of the Company of (A) a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company or (B) the consummation of the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (in one or a series of transactions), other than to a corporation with respect to which, immediately following such sale or other disposition, more than 50% of, respectively, the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of such corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors and the then outstanding shares of common stock of such corporation is then beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by all or substantially all of the persons who were the beneficial owners, respectively, of the Voting Securities and Stock of the Company immediately prior to such sale or other disposition in substantially the same proportions as their beneficial ownership immediately prior to such sale or other disposition, of the Voting Securities and Stock of the Company, as the case may be; or

(f)      “ Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or any successor statute.

(h)      “ Company ” means Daktronics, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of South Dakota (or any successor corporation).

(i)      “ Consultant ” means any person providing bona fide services to the Company or a Parent Corporation or a Subsidiary of the Company (other than persons either providing services in connection with the offer or sale of securities in a capital raising transaction or directly or indirectly promoting or maintaining a market for the Company’s Stock) who is compensated for such services and who is not an Employee of the Company or any Parent Corporation or Subsidiary of the Company. A Consultant would include a Non-Employee Director.

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(ii)     individuals elected as Directors of the Company subsequent to the date hereof for whose election proxies shall have been solicited by the Board; or

(iii)    any individual elected or appointed by the Board to fill vacancies on the Board caused by a death or resignation (but not by removal) or to fill newly-created directorships;

provided, however, that a Continuing Director shall not include a Director whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest, including, but not limited to, a consent solicitation, relating to the election of the Directors of the Company.

(k)      “ Deferred Stock ” means an Award made pursuant to Section 7 below of the right to receive Stock at the end of a specified deferral period or upon the achievement of specified performance criteria.

(m)     “ Disability ” means, except as may otherwise be provided in the terms of an Agreement or in a written employment agreement between the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company and the Recipient, the Recipient:

(i)      is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months;

(ii)     is, by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than three months under an accident and health plan covering Employees of the Company; or

(iii)    when used in connection with the exercise of an Incentive Option following termination of employment, has a disability within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code;

provided, that only to the extent necessary to satisfy Section 409A of the Code, the Recipient has a “disability” or is “disabled” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code.

(o)      “ Employee ” means any person, including officers and Directors, employed by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company. The payment to a Director by the Company of Directors’ fees shall not be sufficient to constitute employment by the Company.

(p)      “ Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, or any successor statute.

(q)      “Executive Officer” means an officer as defined in Rule 16a-1(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

(i)      If the Stock is listed for trading on one or more national securities exchanges, or is traded on The NASDAQ Stock Market (including The NASDAQ Global Select Market, The NASDAQ Global Market, or The NASDAQ Capital Market), the closing price on such national securities exchange or The Nasdaq Stock Market on the day of the date in question or, if such Stock shall not have been traded on such principal exchange on such date, the closing price on such principal exchange on the first day after the date in question on which such Stock was so traded;

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(ii)     If the Stock is not listed for trading on a national securities exchange or The NASDAQ Stock Market, but is traded in the over-the-counter market, the closing bid price for such Stock on the day prior to the date in question or, if there is no closing bid price for such Stock on such date, the closing bid price on the first day prior thereto on which such price existed; or

(iii)    If neither Section 1.2(r)(i) nor (ii) is applicable, by any means deemed fair and reasonable by the Committee in its sole discretion, which determination shall be final and binding on all parties.

(s)      “ Incentive Option ” means any Award intended to be and designated as an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code and that satisfies the requirements set forth therein.

(t)      “ Non-Employee Director ” means a non-employee Director within the meaning of Rule 16b-3(b)(3) under the Exchange Act.

(w)     “ Outside Director ” means a member of the Board who satisfies the requirements of an outside director for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code.

(x)      “ Parent Corporation ” means any corporation (other than the Company) in an unbroken chain of corporations ending with the Company if each of the corporations (other than the Company) owns stock possessing 50% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in the chain.

(z)      “ Restricted Stock ” means an Award of shares of Stock pursuant to Section 6 below that is subject to restrictions as described therein.

(aa)    “ Restricted Stock Unit ” means an Award of the right to receive a share of Stock granted pursuant to Section 6 of the Plan that is subject to restrictions as described therein.

(cc)    “ Subsidiary ” means any corporation (other than the Company), foreign or domestic, in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Company if each of the corporations (other than the last corporation in the unbroken chain) owns stock possessing more than 50% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in the chain.

(dd)    “ Voting Securities ” means the Company’s then outstanding securities ordinarily entitled to vote in the election of Directors.

2.1      Authority . The Plan shall be administered by the Board or by the Committee. If at any time no Committee shall be in office, then the Board shall exercise the functions of the Committee specified in the Plan. The Board may exercise any or all of the functions of the Committee specified in the Plan, except that:

(a)      at such time as any Award is subject to the limitations under Section 162(m) of the Code and regulations promulgated thereunder, the Plan shall be administered by a Committee consisting solely of Outside Directors;

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(b)      at such time as the Company and its affiliates are subject to the limitations under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, the Committee shall consist solely of Non-employee Directors; and

(c)      the Plan shall be administered by a Committee that is comprised solely of members who satisfy the applicable requirements of any stock exchange on which the Stock may then be listed.

Subject to the foregoing, references in the Plan to the Committee shall also include the Board, to the extent the context permits.

2.2      Powers . The Committee shall have the power and authority to grant Awards pursuant to the terms of the Plan. In particular, the Committee shall have the authority:

(b)       Amount . To determine the number of shares of Stock, units or other measures to be covered by each such Award granted hereunder;

(c)       Terms and Conditions . To determine the terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, of any Award granted hereunder (including, but not limited to, any restriction on any Award and/or the Stock relating thereto);

(d)       Amendment; Acceleration . To amend the terms of any Award theretofore granted, prospectively or retroactively, to the extent such amendment is consistent with the terms of the Plan, including to accelerate the date on which any Award becomes exercisable or vested and to accelerate the lapse of restrictions on any Award; provided that no such amendment shall impair the rights of any Recipient without his, her or its consent except to the extent authorized under the Plan;

(e)       Substitution . To substitute new Awards for previously granted Awards; provided, however, that substituting new Awards for previously granted Options having higher exercise prices shall not be permitted without prior shareholder approval;

(f)       Determination . To make any other determination and take any other action that the Committee deems necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan; and

(g)       Rules . To adopt, alter and repeal such administrative rules, guidelines and practices governing the Plan as it shall, from time to time, deem advisable; to interpret the terms and provisions of the Plan and any Award issued under the Plan (and any Agreements relating thereto); and to otherwise supervise the administration of the Plan.

2.3      Delegation . Except to the extent prohibited by applicable law or the applicable rules of a stock exchange, the Committee may delegate the authority to exercise the powers specified in Section 2.2(a), (b) and (c) above to the Vice President of Human Resources or any Executive Officer of the Company; provided, however, that such authority shall not be exercised by any one other than the Committee with respect to persons who are either the chief executive officer, chief financial officer, or any other Executive Officer of the Company or with respect to any Director of the Company.

2.4      Decisions Binding; Limitation on Liability; Indemnification . All decisions made by the Committee (or its delegate to the extent provided in Section 2.3) pursuant to the provisions of the Plan shall be final, conclusive and binding on all persons, including the Company and Recipients. No member of the Board or the Committee, nor any officer or Employee of the Company acting on behalf of the Board or the Committee, shall be personally liable for any action, determination, or interpretation taken or made in good faith with respect to the Plan. To the full extent permitted by law, each member and former member of the Board and the Committee and each person to whom the Board or the Committee delegates or has delegated authority under this Plan shall be indemnified by the Company against and from any loss, liability, judgment, damages, cost and reasonable expense incurred by such member,

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former member or other person by reason of any action taken, failure to act, interpretation or determination made in good faith under or with respect to this Plan.

3.1      Shares Reserved for Issuance . The total number of shares of Stock reserved and available for distribution under the Plan shall be four million (4,000,000) shares of Stock of the Company, which may be used for any Option or any type of other Award granted under the Plan. Such shares shall consist of authorized and unissued shares of Stock of the Company. Shares of Stock subject to Awards consisting of Options shall be counted against the number of shares in the first sentence of this Section 3.1 as one share of Stock for every one share of Stock subject to such Award. Each share of Stock subject to any other Award that does not involve the payment by the Recipient to the Company of any cash or Stock consideration to become the owner of the Stock, including Awards of Deferred Stock, Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units, shall be counted against the number of shares in the first sentence of this Section 3.1 as two shares of Stock for every one share of Stock subject to such Award. To the extent that a share of Stock that was subject to an Award described in the foregoing sentence was counted as two shares of Stock against the number of shares in the first sentence of this Section 3.1 pursuant to the preceding sentence is recycled back into the Plan under Section 3.2, the Plan shall be credited with two shares of Stock.

3.2      Share Counting . If any shares of Stock become available as a result of canceled, unexercised, lapsed or terminated Awards under this Plan or by reason of the purchase by or forfeiture of an Award to the Company, such shares again shall be available for distribution in connection with future Awards under the Plan. Upon a Stock-for-Stock exercise of an Award, the withholding of Stock for the payment of the exercise price of an Award, the withholding of Stock for the payment of taxes on an Award, or any similar transaction involving the withholding of Stock, the shares of Stock used to pay the exercise price of an Award or withheld shall not become available for future distribution under the Plan.

3.3      Adjustments . Upon any change in the outstanding shares of Stock after the Effective Date by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, reclassification, combination, exchange of shares or other similar recapitalization of the Company, there shall be an appropriate adjustment to (a) the number or kind of shares of Stock or other securities issued or reserved for issuance pursuant to the Plan or pursuant to outstanding Awards, (b) the exercise price of any Option or other Award, and/or (c) any other affected terms of such Awards. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no fractional shares shall be issued or paid for. No adjustment shall be made under this Section 3.3 upon the issuance by the Company of any warrants, rights or options to acquire additional Stock or of securities convertible into Stock unless such warrants, rights, options or convertible securities are issued to all shareholders of the Company on a proportionate basis.

3.4      Effect of Award . The grant of an Award pursuant to the Plan shall not limit in any way the right or power of the Company to make adjustments, reclassifications, reorganizations or changes of its capital or business structure or to merge, exchange or consolidate or to dissolve, liquidate or transfer all or any part of its business or assets.

3.5      Application of Code Section 409A . If and to the extent that any provision of an Award is required to comply with Section 409A of the Code, such provision shall be administered and interpreted in a manner consistent with the requirements of Section 409A. If and solely to the extent that any such provision of an Award as currently written would conflict with Section 409A of the Code, the Committee shall have the authority, without the consent of the Recipient, to administer such provision and to amend the Award with respect to such provision to the extent the Committee deems necessary for the purposes of avoiding any portion of amounts owed to the Recipient being retroactively included in the taxable income of the Recipient for any prior taxable year.

Officers, other Employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries, members of the Board, and Consultants who are responsible for or contribute to the management, growth and/or profitability of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, as determined by the Committee, are eligible to be granted Awards under the Plan. Recipients under the Plan shall be selected from time to time by the Committee, in its sole discretion or as otherwise provided in Section 2.3, from among those eligible.

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5.1      Option Types . Each Option shall be evidenced by a written Agreement, in such form as the Committee may approve from time to time, which Agreement shall be subject to the provisions of this Plan and to such other terms and conditions as the Committee may deem appropriate. The Options granted under the Plan may be either Incentive Options or Non-Qualified Options. No Option may be issued more than ten (10) years after the date the Plan is approved by the shareholders of the Company.

5.2      Non-Qualified Options . To the extent that any Option or portion of an Option does not qualify as an Incentive Option, it shall constitute a separate Non-Qualified Option.

5.3      Incentive Options; Interpretation . Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, no term of the Plan relating to an Incentive Option shall be interpreted, amended or altered, nor shall any discretion or authority granted under the Plan be so exercised, so as to disqualify either the Plan or any Incentive Option under Section 422 of the Code. The preceding sentence shall not preclude any modification or amendment to an outstanding Incentive Option, whether or not such modification or amendment results in disqualification of such Option as an Incentive Option, to the extent that the Committee determines that such modification or amendment is necessary or appropriate.

5.4      Terms and Conditions . Options granted und