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Forrester Research, Inc. 2006 Stock Option Plan For Directors

Effective Date: 2006
Parties:

Forrester Research

Sectors: Services
Exhibit 10.2 FORRESTER RESEARCH, INC. 2006 STOCK OPTION PLAN FOR DIRECTORS 1. DEFINED TERMS Exhibit A, which is incorporated by reference, defines the terms used in the Plan and sets forth certain operational rules related to those terms. 2. PURPOSE The Plan has been established to advance the interests of the Company by providing for the grant of Stock Options to Eligible Directors. 3. ADMINISTRATION The Administrator has discretionary authority, subject only to the express provisions of the Plan, to interpret the Plan; determine eligibility for and grant Stock Options; determine, modify or waive the terms and conditions of any Stock Option; prescribe forms, rules and procedures; and otherwise do all things necessary to carry out the purposes of the Plan. Determinations of the Administrator made under the Plan will be conclusive and will bind all parties. 4. LIMITS ON AWARDS UNDER THE PLAN (a) Number of Shares . A maximum of four hundred fifty thousand (450,000) shares of Stock may be delivered under the Plan. Shares of Stock, if any, withheld by the Company in payment of the exercise price of a Stock Option shall not be treated as delivered for purposes of the preceding sentence. (b) Type of Shares . Stock delivered by the Company under the Plan may be authorized but unissued Stock or previously issued Stock acquired by the Company. No fractional shares of Stock will be delivered under the Plan. 5. ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION Only Eligible Directors shall be eligible to be awarded Stock Options under, and thereby to participate in, the Plan. 6. RULES APPLICABLE TO STOCK OPTIONS (a) Automatic Awards (1) Number of Stock Options; Time of Grant; Term . On the date of each annual meeting of stockholders of the Company (beginning with the annual meeting of stockholders at which the Plan is approved), each individual who is then an Eligible Director, including any Eligible Director elected to the Board on such date but not including any individual who ceases to be a member of the Board on such date, shall automatically be granted an Annual Award. In addition, each individual who first becomes an Eligible Director between annual meetings shall be granted an Interim Award on the date he or she first becomes an Eligible Director. Subject to Section 7 and the terms of the award, (i) each Annual Award shall entitle the Eligible Director to acquire 12,500 shares of Stock, and (ii) each Interim Award shall entitle the Eligible Director to acquire 6,000 shares of Stock. Unless earlier exercised or terminated in accordance with the Plan, each Automatic Award shall have a term of ten (10) years from the date of grant. (2) Exercise Price . The per-share exercise price of each Automatic Award shall be the per-share fair market value of the Stock on the date of grant, as determined by the Administrator.

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(3) Vesting . Unless earlier terminated and subject to Section 7 below, each Automatic Award shall vest (become exercisable) as to one quarter (25%) of the shares subject thereto on (a) in the case of an Interim Award, on the date of grant and on each of the next three anniversaries of that date, and (b) in the case of an Annual Award, the first, second, third and fourth anniversaries of the date of grant (b) Discretionary Awards (1) Grant . In addition to such Automatic Awards as may be granted pursuant to Section 6(a) above, the Administrator may grant Discretionary Awards to any Eligible Director at any time, for such number of shares as the Administrator may determine in its discretion. (2) Exercise Price; Other Terms . Each Discretionary Award shall be exercisable at a price per share determined by the Administrator in connection with the grant that is not less than the per-share fair market value of the Stock on the date of grant, as determined by the Administrator. Each Discretionary Award shall be subject to such vesting and other terms, not inconsistent with the express provisions of the Plan, as the Administrator may determine in its discretion. (c) All Awards (1) Transferability . A Stock Option may not be transferred other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution and during the Eligible Director' s lifetime may be exercised only by the Eligible Director. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrator in its discretion may permit any Eligible Director to transfer any or all of his or her Stock Options in a gratuitous transfer to a family member or a family trust, family partnership or similar entity. (2) Time and Manner of Exercise; Payment of Exercise Price . A Stock Option will not be deemed to have been exercised until the Administrator receives a notice of exercise (in form acceptable to the Administrator) signed by the appropriate person and accompanied by the exercise price. If the Stock Option is exercised by any person other than the Participant, the Administrator may require satisfactory evidence that the person exercising the Stock Option has the right to do so. The exercise price must be paid (i) by cash or check acceptable to the Administrator, or (ii) through the delivery of shares of Stock that have been outstanding for at least six months (unless the Administrator approves a shorter period) and that have a fair market value eq ...

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