2004 Stock Incentive Plan - Lindows Inc.
LINDOWS, INC.
2004 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
1. Purposes of the Plan. The purposes of this Plan are to attract and
retain the best available personnel, to provide additional incentives to
Employees, Directors and Consultants and to promote the success of the Company's
business.
2. Definitions. The following definitions shall apply as used herein and
in the individual Award Agreements except as defined otherwise in an individual
Award Agreement. In the event a term is separately defined in an individual
Award Agreement, such definition shall supercede the definition contained in
this Section 2.
(a) "Administrator" means the Board or any of the Committees
appointed to administer the Plan.
(b) "Affiliate" and "Associate" shall have the respective meanings
ascribed to such terms in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act.
(c) "Applicable Laws" means the legal requirements relating to the
Plan and the Awards under applicable provisions of federal securities laws,
state corporate and securities laws, the Code, the rules of any applicable stock
exchange or national market system, and the rules of any non-U.S. jurisdiction
applicable to Awards granted to residents therein.
(d) "Assumed" means that pursuant to a Corporate Transaction either
(i) the Award is expressly affirmed by the Company or (ii) the contractual
obligations represented by the Award are expressly assumed (and not simply by
operation of law) by the successor entity or its Parent in connection with the
Corporate Transaction with appropriate adjustments to the number and type of
securities of the successor entity or its Parent subject to the Award and the
exercise or purchase price thereof which at least preserves the compensation
element of the Award existing at the time of the Corporate Transaction as
determined in accordance with the instruments evidencing the agreement to assume
the Award.
(e) "Award" means the grant of an Option, SAR, Dividend Equivalent
Right, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit or other right or benefit under
the Plan.
(f) "Award Agreement" means the written agreement evidencing the
grant of an Award executed by the Company and the Grantee, including any
amendments thereto.
(g) "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.
(h) "Cause" means, with respect to the termination by the Company or
a Related Entity of the Grantee's Continuous Service, that such termination is
for "Cause" as such term is expressly defined in a then-effective written
agreement between the Grantee and the Company or such Related Entity, or in the
absence of such then-effective written agreement and definition, is based on, in
the determination of the Administrator, the Grantee's: (i) performance of any
act or failure to perform any act in bad faith and to the detriment of the
Company or a Related Entity; (ii) dishonesty, intentional misconduct or material
breach of any agreement with
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the Company or a Related Entity; or (iii) commission of a crime involving
dishonesty, breach of trust, or physical or emotional harm to any person.
(i) "Change in Control" means a change in ownership or control of
the Company after the Registration Date effected through either of the following
transactions:
(i) the direct or indirect acquisition by any person or
related group of persons (other than an acquisition from or by the Company or by
a Company-sponsored employee benefit plan or by a person that directly or
indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the
Company) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the
Exchange Act) of securities possessing more than fifty percent (50%) of the
total combined voting power of the Company's outstanding securities pursuant to
a tender or exchange offer made directly to the Company's stockholders which a
majority of the Continuing Directors who are not Affiliates or Associates of the
offeror do not recommend such stockholders accept, or
(ii) a change in the composition of the Board over a period of
thirty-six (36) months or less such that a majority of the Board members
(rounded up to the next whole number) ceases, by reason of one or more contested
elections for Board membership, to be comprised of individuals who are
Continuing Directors.
(j) "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(k) "Committee" means any committee composed of members of the Board
appointed by the Board to administer the Plan.
(l) "Common Stock" means the common stock of the Company.
(m) "Company" means Lindows, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
(n) "Consultant" means any person (other than an Employee or a
Director, solely with respect to rendering services in such person's capacity as
a Director) who is engaged by the Company or any Related Entity to render
consulting or advisory services to the Company or such Related Entity.
(o) "Continuing Directors" means members of the Board who either (i)
have been Board members continuously for a period of at least thirty-six (36)
months or (ii) have been Board members for less than thirty-six (36) months and
were elected or nominated for election as Board members by at least a majority
of the Board members described in clause (i) who were still in office at the
time such election or nomination was approved by the Board.
(p) "Continuous Service" means that the provision of services to the
Company or a Related Entity in any capacity of Employee, Director or Consultant
is not interrupted or terminated. In jurisdictions requiring notice in advance
of an effective termination as an Employee, Director or Consultant, Continuous
Service shall be deemed terminated upon the actual cessation of providing
services to the Company or a Related Entity notwithstanding any required notice
period that must be fulfilled before a termination as an Employee, Director or
Consultant can be effective under Applicable Laws. Continuous Service shall not
be considered
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interrupted in the case of (i) any approved leave of absence, (ii) transfers
among the Company, any Related Entity, or any successor, in any capacity of
Employee, Director or Consultant, or (iii) any change in status as long as the
individual remains in the service of the Company or a Related Entity in any
capacity of Employee, Director or Consultant (except as otherwise provided in
the Award Agreement). An approved leave of absence shall include sick leave,
military leave, or any other authorized personal leave. For purposes of each
Incentive Stock Option granted under the Plan, if such leave exceeds ninety (90)
days, and reemployment upon expiration of such leave is not guaranteed by
statute or contract, then the Incentive Stock Option shall be treated as a
Non-Qualified Stock Option on the day three (3) months and one (1) day following
the expiration of such ninety (90) day period.
(q) "Corporate Transaction" means any of the following transactions,
provided, however, that the Administrator shall determine under parts (iv) and
(v) whether multiple transactions are related, and its determination shall be
final, binding and conclusive:
(i) a merger or consolidation in which the Company is not the
surviving entity, except for a transaction the principal purpose of which is to
change the state in which the Company is incorporated;
(ii) the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company;
(iii) the complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company;
(iv) any reverse merger or series of related transactions
culminating in a reverse merger (including, but not limited to, a tender offer
followed by a reverse merger) in which the Company is the surviving entity but
(A) the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such merger are
converted or exchanged by virtue of the merger into other property, whether in
the form of securities, cash or otherwise, or (B) in which securities possessing
more than forty percent (40%) of the total combined voting power of the
Company's outstanding securities are transferred to a person or persons
different from those who held such securities immediately prior to such merger
or the initial transaction culminating in such merger, but excluding any such
transaction or series of related transactions that the Administrator determines
shall not be a Corporate Transaction; or
(v) acquisition in a single or series of related transactions
by any person or related group of persons (other than the Company or by a
Company-sponsored employee benefit plan) of beneficial ownership (within the
meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act) of securities possessing more than
fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the Company's
outstanding securities but excluding any such transaction or series of related
transactions that the Administrator determines shall not be a Corporate
Transaction.
(r) "Covered Employee" means an Employee who is a "covered employee"
under Section 162(m)(3) of the Code.
(s) "Director" means a member of the Board or the board of directors
of any Related Entity.
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(t) "Disability" means as defined under the long-term disability
policy of the Company or the Related Entity to which the Grantee provides
services regardless of whether the Grantee is covered by such policy. If the
Company or the Related Entity to which the Grantee provides service does not
have a long-term disability plan in place, "Disability" means that a Grantee is
unable to carry out the responsibilities and functions of the position held by
the Grantee by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental
impairment for a period of not less than ninety (90) consecutive days. A Grantee
will not be considered to have incurred a Disability unless he or she furnishes
proof of such impairment sufficient to satisfy the Administrator in its
discretion.
(u) "Dividend Equivalent Right" means a right entitling the Grantee
to compensation measured by dividends paid with respect to Common Stock.
(v) "Employee" means any person, including an Officer or Director,
who is in the employ of the Company or any Related Entity, subject to the
control and direction of the Company or any Related Entity as to both the work
to be performed and the manner and method of performance. The payment of a
director's fee by the Company or a Related Entity shall not be sufficient to
constitute "employment" by the Company.
(w) "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
(x) "Fair Market Value" means, as of any date, the value of Common
Stock determined as follows:
(i) If the Common Stock is listed on one or more established
stock exchanges or national market systems, including without limitation The
Nasdaq National Market or The Nasdaq SmallCap Market of The Nasdaq Stock Market,
its Fair Market Value shall be the closing sales price for such stock (or the
closing bid, if no sales were reported) as quoted on the principal exchange or
system on which the Common Stock is listed (as determined by the Administrator)
on the date of determination (or, if no closing sales price or closing bid was
reported on that date, as applicable, on the last trading date such closing
sales price or closing bid was reported), as reported in The Wall Street Journal
or such other source as the Administrator deems reliable;
(ii) If the Common Stock is regularly quoted on an automated
quotation system (including the OTC Bulletin Board) or by a recognized
securities dealer, its Fair Market Value shall be the closing sales price for
such stock as quoted on such system on the date of determination, but if selling
prices are not reported, the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock shall
be the mean between the high bid and low asked prices for the Common Stock on
the date of determination (or, if no such prices were reported on that date, on
the last date such prices were reported), as reported in The Wall Street Journal
or such other source as the Administrator deems reliable; or
(iii) In the absence of an established market for the Common
Stock of the type described in (i) and (ii), above, the Fair Market Value
thereof shall be determined by the Administrator in good faith.
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(y) "Grantee" means an Employee, Director or Consultant who receives
an Award under the Plan.
(z) "Incentive Stock Option" means an Option intended to qualify as
an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code
(aa) "Non-Qualified Stock Option" means an Option not intended to
qualify as an Incentive Stock Option.
(bb) "Officer" means a person who is an officer of the Company or a
Related Entity within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(cc) "Option" means an option to purchase Shares pursuant to an
Award Agreement granted under the Plan.
(dd) "Parent" means a "parent corporation", whether now or hereafter
existing, as defined in Section 424(e) of the Code.
(ee) "Performance-Based Compensation" means compensation qualifying
as "performance-based compensation" under Section 162(m) of the Code.
(ff) "Plan" means this 2004 Stock Incentive Plan.
(gg) "Registration Date" means the first to occur of (i) the closing
of the first sale to the general public pursuant to a registration statement
filed with and declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of (A) the Common Stock or (B) the
same class of securities of a successor corporation (or its Parent) issued
pursuant to a Corporate Transaction in exchange for or in substitution of the
Common Stock; and (ii) in the event of a Corporate Transaction, the date of the
consummation of the Corporate Transaction if the same class of securities of the
successor corporation (or its Parent) issuable in such Corporate Transaction
shall have been sold to the general public pursuant to a registration statement
filed with and declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on or prior to the date of
consummation of such Corporate Transaction.
(hh) "Related Entity" means any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company
and any business, corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other
entity in which the Company or a Parent or a Subsidiary of the Company holds a
substantial ownership interest, directly or indirectly.
(ii) "Replaced" means that pursuant to a Corporate Transaction the
Award is replaced with a comparable stock award or a cash incentive program of
the Company, the successor entity (if applicable) or Parent of either of them
which preserves the compensation element of such Award existing at the time of
the Corporate Transaction and provides for subsequent payout in accordance with
the same (or a more favorable) vesting schedule applicable to such Award. The
determination of Award comparability shall be made by the Administrator and its
determination shall be final, binding and conclusive.
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(jj) "Restricted Stock" means Shares issued under the Plan to the
Grantee for such consideration, if any, and subject to such restrictions on
transfer, rights of first refusal, repurchase provisions, forfeiture provisions,
and other terms and conditions as established by the Administrator.
(kk) "Restricted Stock Units" means an Award which may be earned in
whole or in part upon the passage of time or the attainment of performance
criteria established by the Administrator and which may be settled for cash,
Shares or other securities or a combination of cash, Shares or other securities
as established by the Administrator.
(ll) "Rule 16b-3" means Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange
Act or any successor thereto.
(mm) "SAR" means a stock appreciation right entitling the Grantee to
Shares or cash compensation, as established by the Administrator, measured by
appreciation in the value of Common Stock.
(nn) "Share" means a share of the Common Stock.
(oo) "Subsidiary" means a "subsidiary corporation", whether now or
hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code.
3. Stock Subject to the Plan.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 10, below, the maximum
aggregate number of Shares which may be issued pursuant to all Awards (including
Incentive Stock Options) is 3,506,849 Shares, plus an annual increase to be
added on the first business day of each calendar year beginning in 2005 equal to
the lesser of (x) 1,369,863 Shares, (y) three percent (3%) of the number of
Shares outstanding as of such date, or (z) a lesser number of Shares determined
by the Administrator. In addition, the maximum aggregate number of Shares which
may be issued pursuant to all Awards (including Incentive Stock Options) shall
be increased by (i) any Shares available for the grant of future awards under
the Company's 2001 Stock Incentive Plan as of the Registration Date and (ii) any
Shares (up to a maximum of 2,520,547 Shares) that are represented by awards
under the Company's 2001 Stock Incentive Plan that are forfeited, expire or are
cancelled without delivery of the Shares or which result in forfeiture of the
Shares back to the Company on or after the Registration Date. The Shares to be
issued pursuant to Awards may be authorized, but unissued, or reacquired Common
Stock.
(b) Any Shares covered by an Award (or portion of an Award) which is
forfeited, canceled or expires (whether voluntarily or involuntarily) shall be
deemed not to have been issued for purposes of determining the maximum aggregate
number of Shares which may be issued under the Plan. Shares that actually have
been issued under the Plan pursuant to an Award shall not be returned to the
Plan and shall not become available for future issuance under the Plan, except
that if unvested Shares are forfeited, or repurchased by the Company at the
lower of their original purchase price or their Fair Market Value at the time of
repurchase, such Shares shall become available for future grant under the Plan.
To the extent not prohibited by Section 422(b)(1) of the Code (and the
corresponding regulations thereunder), the listing requirements of The Nasdaq
National Market (or other established stock exchange or national
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market system on which the Common Stock is traded) and Applicable Law, any
Shares covered by an Award which are surrendered (i) in payment of the Award
exercise or purchase price or (ii) in satisfaction of tax withholding
obligations incident to the exercise of an Award shall be deemed not to have
been issued for purposes of determining the maximum number of Shares which may
be issued pursuant to all Awards under the Plan, unless otherwise determined by
the Administrator.
4. Administration of the Plan.
(a) Plan Administrator.
(i) Administration with Respect to Directors and Officers.
With respect to grants of Awards to Directors or Employees who are also Officers
or Directors of the Company, the Plan shall be administered by (A) the Board or
(B) a Committee designated by the Board, which Committee shall be constituted in
such a manner as to satisfy the Applicable Laws and to permit such grants and
related transactions under the Plan to be exempt from Section 16(b) of the
Exchange Act in accordance with Rule 16b-3. Once appointed, such Committee shall
continue to serve in its designated capacity until otherwise directed by the
Board.
(ii) Administration With Respect to Consultants and Other
Employees. With respect to grants of Awards to Employees or Consultants who are
neither Directors nor Officers of the Company, the Plan shall be administered by
(A) the Board or (B) a Committee designated by the Board, which Committee shall
be constituted in such a manner as to satisfy the Applicable Laws. Once
appointed, such Committee shall continue to serve in its designated capacity
until otherwise directed by the Board. The Board may authorize one or more
Officers to grant such Awards and may limit such authority as the Board
determines from time to time.
(iii) Administration With Respect to Covered Employees.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, as of and after the date that the exemption for
the Plan under Section 162(m) of the Code expires, as set forth in Section 18
below, grants of Awards to any Covered Employee intended to qualify as
Performance-Based Compensation shall be made only by a Committee (or
subcommittee of a Committee) which is comprised solely of two or more Directors
eligible to serve on a committee making Awards qualifying as Performance-Based
Compensation. In the case of such Awards granted to Covered Employees,
references to the "Administrator" or to a "Committee" shall be deemed to be
references to such Committee or subcommittee.
(iv) Administration Errors. In the event an Award is granted
in a manner inconsistent with the provisions of this subsection (a), such Award
shall be presumptively valid as of its grant date to the extent permitted by the
Applicable Laws.
(b) Powers of the Administrator. Subject to Applicable Laws and the
provisions of the Plan (including any other powers given to the Administrator
hereunder), and except as otherwise provided by the Board, the Administrator
shall have the authority, in its discretion:
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(i) to select the Employees, Directors and Consultants to whom
Awards may be granted from time to time hereunder;
(ii) to determine whether and to what extent Awards are
granted hereunder;
(iii) to determine the number of Shares or the amount of other
consideration to be covered by each Award granted hereunder;
(iv) to approve forms of Award Agreements for use under the
Plan;
(v) to determine the terms and conditions of any Award granted
hereunder;
(vi) to amend the terms of any outstanding Award granted under
the Plan, provided that (A) any amendment that would adversely affect the
Grantee's rights under an outstanding Award shall not be made without the
Grantee's written consent, (B) the reduction of the exercise price of any Option
awarded under the Plan shall be subject to stockholder approval and (C)
canceling an Option at a time when its exercise price exceeds the Fair Market
Value of the underlying Shares, in exchange for another Option, Restricted
Stock, or other Award shall be subject to stockholder approval, unless the
cancellation and exchange occurs in connection with a Corporate Transaction;
(vii) to construe and interpret the terms of the Plan and
Awards, including without limitation, any notice of award or Award Agreement,
granted pursuant to the Plan;
(viii) to grant Awards to Employees, Directors and Consultants
employed outside the United States on such terms and conditions different from
those specified in the Plan as may, in the judgment of the Administrator, be
necessary or desirable to further the purpose of the Plan;
(ix) to take such other action, not inconsistent with the
terms of the Plan, as the Administrator deems appropriate.
(c) Indemnification. In addition to such other rights of
indemnification as they may have as members of the Board or as Officers or
Employees of the Company or a Related Entity, members of the Board and any
Officers or Employees of the Company or a Related Entity to whom authority to
act for the Board, the Administrator or the Company is delegated shall be
defended and indemnified by the Company to the extent permitted by law on an
after-tax basis against all reasonable expenses, including attorneys' fees,
actually and necessarily incurred in connection with the defense of any claim,
investigation, action, suit or proceeding, or in connection with any appeal
therein, to which they or any of them may be a party by reason of any action
taken or failure to act under or in connection with the Plan, or any Award
granted hereunder, and against all amounts paid by them in settlement thereof
(provided such settlement is approved by the Company) or paid by them in
satisfaction of a judgment in any such claim, investigation, action, suit or
proceeding, except in relation to matters as to which it shall be adjudged in
such claim, investigation, action, suit or proceeding that such person is liable
for
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gross negligence, bad faith or intentional misconduct; provided, however, that
within thirty (30) days after the institution of such claim, investigation,
action, suit or proceeding, such person shall offer to the Company, in writing,
the opportunity at the Company's expense to defend the same.
5. Eligibility. Awards other than Incentive Stock Options may be granted
to Employees, Directors and Consultants. Incentive Stock Options may be granted
only to Employees of the Company or a Parent or a Subsidiary of the Company. An
Employee, Director or Consultant who has been granted an Award may, if otherwise
eligible, be granted additional Awards. Awards may be granted to such Employees,
Directors or Consultants who are residing in non-U.S. jurisdictions as the
Administrator may determine from time to time.
6. Terms and Conditions of Awards.
(a) Types of Awards. The Administrator is authorized under the Plan
to award any type of arrangement to an Employee, Director or Consultant that is
not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan and that by its terms involves
or might involve the issuance of (i) Shares, (ii) cash or (iii) an Option, a
SAR, or similar right with a fixed or variable price related to the Fair Market
Value of the Shares and with an exercise or conversion privilege related to the
passage of time, the occurrence of one or more events, or the satisfaction of
performance criteria or other conditions. Such awards include, without
limitation, Options, SARs, sales or bonuses of Restricted Stock, Restricted
Stock Units or Dividend Equivalent Rights, and an Award may consist of one such
security or benefit, or two (2) or more of them in any combination or
alternative.
(b) Designation of Award. Each Award shall be designated in the
Award Agreement. In the case of an Option, the Option shall be designated as
either an Incentive Stock Option or a Non-Qualified Stock Option. However,
notwithstanding such designation, to the extent that the aggregate Fair Market
Value of Shares subject to Options designated as Incentive Stock Options which
become exercisable for the first time by a Grantee during any calendar year
(under all plans of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company)
exceeds $100,000, such excess Options, to the extent of the Shares covered
thereby in excess of the foregoing limitation, shall be treated as Non-Qualified
Stock Options. For this purpose, Incentive Stock Options shall be taken into
account in the order in which they were granted, and the Fair Market Value of
the Shares shall be determined as of the grant date of the relevant Option.
(c) Conditions of Award. Subject to the terms of the Plan, the
Administrator shall determine the provisions, terms, and conditions of each
Award including, but not limited to, the Award vesting schedule, repurchase
provisions, rights of first refusal, forfeiture provisions, form of payment
(cash, Shares, or other consideration) upon settlement of the Award, payment
contingencies, and satisfaction of any performance criteria. The performance
criteria established by the Administrator may be based on any one of, or
combination of, the following: (i) increase in share price, (ii) earnings per
share, (iii) total stockholder return, (iv) operating margin, (v) gross margin,
(vi) return on equity, (vii) return on assets, (viii) return on investment, (ix)
operating income, (x) net operating income, (xi) pre-tax profit, (xii) cash
flow, (xiii) revenue, (xiv) expenses, (xv) earnings before interest, taxes and
depreciation, (xvi) economic value added, (xvii) market share and (xviii)
personal management objectives. The performance criteria may
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be applicable to the Company, Related Entities and/or any individual business
units of the Company or any Related Entity. Partial achievement of the specified
criteria may result in a payment or vesting corresponding to the degree of
achievement as specified in the Award Agreement.
(d) Acquisitions and Other Transactions. The Administrator may issue
Awards under the Plan in settlement, assumption or substitution for, outstanding
awards or obligations to grant future awards in connection with the Company or a
Related Entity acquiring another entity, an interest in another entity or an
additional interest in a Related Entity whether by merger, stock purchase, asset
purchase or other form of transaction.
(e) Deferral of Award Payment. The Administrator may establish one
or more programs under the Plan to permit selected Grantees the opportunity to
elect to defer receipt of consideration upon exercise of an Award, satisfaction
of performance criteria, or other event that absent the election would entitle
the Grantee to payment or receipt of Shares or other consideration under an
Award. The Administrator may establish the election procedures, the timing of
such elections, the mechanisms for payments of, and accrual of interest or other
earnings, if any, on amounts, Shares or other consideration so deferred, and
such other terms, conditions, rules and procedures that the Administrator deems
advisable for the administration of any such deferral program.
(f) Separate Programs. The Administrator may establish one or more
separate programs under the Plan for the purpose of issuing particular forms of
Awards to one or more classes of Grantees on such terms and conditions as
determined by the Administrator from time to time.
(g) Individual Limitations on Awards. Following the date that the
exemption from application of Section 162(m) of the Code described in Section 18
(or any exemption having similar effect) ceases to apply to Awards, the
following limitations shall apply.
(i) Individual Limit for Options and SARs. The maximum number
of Shares with respect to which Options and SARs may be granted to any Grantee
in any fiscal year of the Company shall be 547,945 Shares. In connection with a
Grantee's commencement of Continuous Service, a Grantee may be granted Options
or SARs for up to an additional 547,945 Shares which shall not count against the
limit set forth in the previous sentence. The foregoing limitations shall be
adjusted proportionately in connection with any change in the Company's
capitalization pursuant to Section 10, below. To the extent required by Section
162(m) of the Code or the regulations thereunder, in applying the foregoing
limitations with respect to a Grantee, if any Option or SAR is canceled, the
canceled Option or SAR shall continue to count against the maximum number of
Shares with respect to which Options and SARs may be granted to the Grantee. For
this purpose, the repricing of an Option (or in the case of a SAR, the base
amount on which the stock appreciation is calculated is reduced to reflect a
reduction in the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock) shall be treated as the
cancellation of the existing Option or SAR and the grant of a new Option or SAR.
(ii) Individual Limit for Restricted Stock and Restricted
Stock Units. For awards of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units that are
intended to be Performance-
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Based Compensation, the maximum number of Shares with respect to which such
Awards may be granted to any Grantee in any fiscal year of the Company shall be
547,945 Shares. The foregoing limitation shall be adjusted proportionately in
connection with any change in the Company's capitalization pursuant to Section
10, below.
(iii) Deferral. If the vesting or receipt of Shares under an
Award is deferred to a later date, any amount (whether denominated in Shares or
cash) paid in addition to the original number of Shares subject to such Award
will not be treated as an increase in the number of Shares subject to the Award
if the additional amount is based either on a reasonable rate of interest or on
one or more predetermined actual investments such that the amount payable by the
Company at the later date will be based on the actual rate of return of a
specific investment (including any decrease as well as any increase in the value
of an investment).
(h) Early Exercise. The Award Agreement may, but need not, include a
provision whereby the Grantee may elect at any time while an Employee, Director
or Consultant to exercise any part or all of the Award prior to full vesting of
the Award. Any unvested Shares received pursuant to such exercise may be subject
to a repurchase right in favor of the Company or a Related Entity or to any
other restriction the Administrator determines to be appropriate.
(i) Term of Award. The term of each Award shall be the term stated
in the Award Agreement, provided, however, that the term of an Incentive Stock
Option shall be no more than ten (10) years from the date of grant thereof.
However, in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to a Grantee who, at
the time the Option is granted, owns stock representing more than ten percent
(10%) of the voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any Parent
or Subsidiary of the Company, the term of the Incentive Stock Option shall be
five (5) years from the date of grant thereof or such shorter term as may be
provided in the Award Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the specified
term of any Award shall not include any period for which the Grantee has elected
to defer the receipt of the Shares or cash issuable pursuant to the Award.
(j) Transferability of Awards. Incentive Stock Options may not be
sold, pledged, assigned, hypothecated, transferred, or disposed of in any manner
other than by will or by the laws of descent or distribution and may be
exercised, during the lifetime of the Grantee, only by the Grantee. Other Awards
shall be transferable (i) by will and by the laws of descent and distribution
and (ii) during the lifetime of the Grantee, to the extent and in the manner
authorized by the Administrator. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Grantee may
designate one or more beneficiaries of the Grantee's Award in the event of the
Grantee's death on a beneficiary designation form provided by the Administrator.
(k) Time of Granting Awards. The date of grant of an Award shall for
all purposes be the date on which the Administrator makes the determination to
grant such Award, or such other date as is determined by the Administrator.
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7. Award Exercise or Purchase Price, Consideration and Taxes.
(a) Exercise or Purchase Price. The exercise or purchase price, if
any, for an Award shall be as follows:
(i) In the case of an Incentive Stock Option:
(A) granted to an Employee who, at the time of the grant
of such Incentive Stock Option owns stock representing more than ten percent
(10%) of the voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any Parent
or Subsidiary of the Company, the per Share exercise price shall be not less
than one hundred ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value per Share on the
date of grant; or
(B) granted to any Employee other than an Employee
described in the preceding paragraph, the per Share exercise price shall be not
less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value per Share on the
date of grant.
(ii) In the case of a Non-Qualified Stock Option, the per
Share exercise price shall be not less than eighty-five percent (85%) of the
Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant unless otherwise determined by
the Administrator.
(iii) In the case of Options or SARs intended to qualify as
Performance-Based Compensation, the exercise or base appreciation amount shall
be not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value per Share
on the date of grant.
(iv) In the case of other Awards, such price as is determined
by the Administrator.
(v) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section
7(a), in the case of an Award issued pursuant to Section 6(d), above, the
exercise or purchase price for the Award shall be determined in accordance with
the provisions of the relevant instrument evidencing the agreement to issue such
Award.
(b) Consideration. Subject to Applicable Laws, the consideration to
be paid for the Shares to be issued upon exercise or purchase of an Award
including the method of payment, shall be determined by the Administrator (and,
in the case of an Incentive Stock Option, shall be determined at the time of
grant). In addition to any other types of consideration the Administrator may
determine, the Administrator is authorized to accept as consideration for Shares
issued under the Plan the following, provided that the portion of the
consideration equal to the par value of the Shares must be paid in cash or other
legal consideration permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law:
(i) cash;
(ii) check;
(iii) if the exercise or purchase occurs on or after the
Registration Date, surrender of Shares or delivery of a properly executed form
of attestation of ownership of Shares
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as the Administrator may require which have a Fair Market Value on the date of
surrender or attestation equal to the aggregate exercise price of the Shares as
to which said Award shall be exercised, provided, however, that Shares acquired
under the Plan or any other equity compensation plan or agreement of the Company
must have been held by the Grantee for a period of more than six (6) months (and
not used for another Award exercise by attestation during such period);
(iv) with respect to Options, if the exercise occurs on or
after the Registration Date, payment through a broker-dealer sale and remittance
procedure pursuant to which the Grantee (A) shall provide written instructions
to a Company designated brokerage firm to effect the immediate sale of some or
all of the purchased Shares and remit to the Company sufficient funds to cover
the aggregate exercise price payable for the purchased Shares and (B) shall
provide written directives to the Company to deliver the certificates for the
purchased Shares directly to such brokerage firm in order to complete the sale
transaction; or
(v) any combination of the foregoing methods of payment.
The Administrator may at any time or from time to time, by adoption of or by
amendment to the standard forms of Award Agreement described in Section
4(b)(iv), or by other means, grant Awards which do not permit all of the
foregoing forms of consideration to be used in payment for the Shares or which
otherwise restrict one or more forms of consideration.
(c) Taxes. No Shares shall be delivered under the Plan to any
Grantee or other person until such Grantee or other person has made arrangements
acceptable to the Administrator for the satisfaction of any non-U.S., federal,
state, or local income and employment tax withholding obligations, including,
without limitation, obligations incident to the receipt of Shares or the
disqualifying disposition of Shares received on exercise of an Incentive Stock
Option. Upon exercise of an Award the Company shall withhold or collect from
Grantee an amount sufficient to satisfy such tax obligations.
8. Exercise of Award.
(a) Procedure for Exercise; Rights as a Stockholder.
(i) Any Award granted hereunder shall be exercisable at such
times and under such conditions as determined by the Administrator under the
terms of the Plan and specified in the Award Agreement.
(ii) An Award shall be deemed to be exercised when written
notice of such exercise has been given to the Company in accordance with the
terms of the Award by the person entitled to exercise the Award and full payment
for the Shares with respect to which the Award is exercised, including, to the
extent selected, use of the broker-dealer sale and remittance procedure to pay
the purchase price as provided in Section 7(b)(iv).
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(b) Exercise of Award Following Termination of Continuous Service.
(i) An Award may not be exercised after the termination date
of such Award set forth in the Award Agreement and may be exercised following
the termination of a Grantee's Continuous Service only to the extent provided in
the Award Agreement.
(ii) Where the Award Agreement permits a Grantee to exercise
an Award following the termination of the Grantee's Continuous Service for a
specified period, the Award shall terminate to the extent not exercised on the
last day of the specified period or the last day of the original term of the
Award, whichever occurs first.
(iii) Any Award designated as an Incentive Stock Option to the
extent not exercised within the time permitted by law for the exercise of
Incentive Stock Options following the termination of a Grantee's Continuous
Service shall convert automatically to a Non-Qualified Stock Option and
thereafter shall be exercisable as such to the extent exercisable by its terms
for the period specified in the Award Agreement.
9. Conditions Upon Issuance of Shares.
(a) Shares shall not be issued pursuant to the exercise of an Award
unless the exercise of such Award and the issuance and delivery of such Shares
pursuant thereto shall comply with all Applicable Laws, and shall be further
subject to the approval of counsel for the Company with respect to such
compliance.
(b) As a condition to the exercise of an Award, the Company may
require the person exercising such Award to represent and warrant at the time of
any such exercise that the Shares are being purchased only for investment and
without any present intention to sell or distribute such Shares if, in the
opinion of counsel for the Company, such a representation is required by any
Applicable Laws.
10. Adjustments Upon Changes in Capitalization. Subject to any required
action by the stockholders of the Company, the number of Shares covered by each
outstanding Award, and the number of Shares which have been authorized for
issuance under the Plan but as to which no Awards have yet been granted or which
have been returned to the Plan, the exercise or purchase price of each such
outstanding Award, the maximum number of Shares with respect to which Awards may
be granted to any Grantee in any fiscal year of the Company, as well as any
other terms that the Administrator determines require adjustment shall be
proportionately adjusted for (i) any increase or decrease in the number of
issued Shares resulting from a stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend,
combination or reclassification of the Shares, or similar transaction affecting
the Shares, (ii) any other increase or decrease in the number of issued Shares
effected without receipt of consideration by the Company, or (iii) as the
Administrator may determine in its discretion, any other transaction with
respect to Common Stock including a corporate merger, consolidation, acquisition
of property or stock, separation (including a spin-off or other distribution of
stock or property), reorganization, liquidation (whether partial or complete) or
any similar transaction; provided, however that conversion of any convertible
securities of the Company shall not be deemed to have been "effected without
receipt of consideration." Such adjustment shall be made by the Administrator
and its determination shall be final, binding and
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conclusive. Except as the Administrator determines, no issuance by the Company
of shares of stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of stock
of any class, shall affect, and no adjustment by reason hereof shall be made
with respect to, the number or price of Shares subject to an Award.
11. Corporate Transactions and Changes in Control.
(a) Termination of Award to Extent Not Assumed in Corporate
Transaction. Effective upon the consummation of a Corporate Transaction, all
outstanding Awards under the Plan shall terminate. However, all such Awards
shall not terminate to the extent they are Assumed in connection with the
Corporate Transaction.
(b) Acceleration of Award Upon Corporate Transaction or Change in
Control. The Administrator shall have the authority, exercisable either in
advance of any actual or anticipated Corporate Transaction or Change in Control
or at the time of an actual Corporate Transaction or Change in Control and
exercisable at the time of the grant of an Award under the Plan or any time
while an Award remains outstanding, to provide for the full or partial automatic
vesting and exercisability of one or more outstanding unvested Awards under the
Plan and the release from restrictions on transfer and repurchase or forfeiture
rights of such Awards in connection with a Corporate Transaction or Change in
Control, on such terms and conditions as the Administrator may specify. The
Administrator also shall have the authority to condition any such Award vesting
and exercisability or release from such limitations upon the subsequent
termination of the Continuous Service of the Grantee within a specified period
following the effective date of the Corporate Transaction or Change in Control.
The Administrator may provide that any Awards so vested or released from such
limitations in connection with a Change in Control, shall remain fully
exercisable until the expiration or sooner termination of the Award.
(c) Effect of Acceleration on Incentive Stock Options. Any Incentive
Stock Option accelerated under this Section 11 in connection with a Corporate
Transaction or Change in Control shall remain exercisable as an Incentive Stock
Option under the Code only to the extent the $100,000 dollar limitation of
Section 422(d) of the Code is not exceeded. To the extent such dollar limitation
is exceeded, the excess Options shall be treated as Non-Qualified Stock Options.
12. Effective Date and Term of Plan. The Plan shall become effective
upon the earlier to occur of its adoption by the Board or its approval by the
stockholders of the Company. It shall continue in effect for a term of ten (10)
years unless sooner terminated. Subject to Section 17, below, and Applicable
Laws, Awards may be granted under the Plan upon its becoming effective.
13. Amendment, Suspension or Termination of the Plan.
(a) The Board may at any time amend, suspend or terminate the Plan;
provided, however, that no such amendment shall be made without the approval of
the Company's stockholders to the extent such approval is required by Applicable
Laws, or if such amendment would change any of the provisions of Section
4(b)(vi) or this Section 13(a).
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(b) No Award may be granted during any suspension of the Plan or
after termination of the Plan.
(c) No suspension or termination of the Plan (including termination
of the Plan under Section 12, above) shall adversely affect any rights under
Awards already granted to a Grantee.
14. Reservation of Shares.
(a) The Company, during the term of the Plan, will at all times
reserve and keep available such number of Shares as shall be sufficient to
satisfy the requirements of the Plan.
(b) The inability of the Company to obtain authority from any
regulatory body having jurisdiction, which authority is deemed by the Company's
counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any Shares hereunder,
shall relieve the Company of any liability in respect of the failure to issue or
sell such Shares as to which such requisite authority shall not have been
obtained.
15. No Effect on Terms of Employment/Consulting Relationship. The Plan
shall not confer upon any Grantee any right with respect to the Grantee's
Continuous Service, nor shall it interfere in any way with his or her right or
the right of the Company or any Related Entity to terminate the Grantee's
Continuous Service at any time, with or without Cause, and with or without
notice. The ability of the Company or any Related Entity to terminate the
employment of a Grantee who is employed at will is in no way affected by its
determination that the Grantee's Continuous Service has been terminated for
Cause for the purposes of this Plan.
16. No Effect on Retirement and Other Benefit Plans. Except as
specifically provided in a retirement or other benefit plan of the Company or a
Related Entity, Awards shall not be deemed compensation for purposes of
computing benefits or contributions under any retirement plan of the Company or
a Related Entity, and shall not affect any benefits under any other benefit plan
of any kind or any benefit plan subsequently instituted under which the
availability or amount of benefits is related to level of compensation. The Plan
is not a "Retirement Plan" or "Welfare Plan" under the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
17. Stockholder Approval. The grant of Incentive Stock Options under the
Plan shall be subject to approval by the stockholders of the Company within
twelve (12) months before or after the date the Plan is adopted excluding
Incentive Stock Options issued in substitution for outstanding Incentive Stock
Options pursuant to Section 424(a) of the Code. Such stockholder approval shall
be obtained in the degree and manner required under Applicable Laws. The
Administrator may grant Incentive Stock Options under the Plan prior to approval
by the stockholders, but until such approval is obtained, no such Incentive
Stock Option shall be exercisable. In the event that stockholder approval is not
obtained within the twelve (12) month period provided above, all Incentive Stock
Options previously granted under the Plan shall be exercisable as Non-Qualified
Stock Options.
18. Effect of Section 162(m) of the Code. Section 162(m) of the Code does
not apply to the Plan prior to the Registration Date. Following the Registration
Date, the Plan, and all
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Awards issued thereunder, are intended to be exempt from the application of
Section 162(m) of the Code, which restricts under certain circumstances the
Federal income tax deduction for compensation paid by a public company to named
executives in excess of $1 million per year. The exemption is based on Treasury
Regulation Section 1.162-27(f), in the form existing on the effective date of
the Plan, with the understanding that such regulation generally exempts from the
application of Section 162(m) of the Code compensation paid pursuant to a plan
that existed before a company becomes publicly held. Under such Treasury
Regulation, this exemption is available to the Plan for the duration of the
period that lasts until the earlier of (i) the expiration of the Plan, (ii) the
material modification of the Plan, (iii) the exhaustion of the maximum number of
shares of Common Stock available for Awards under the Plan, as set forth in
Section 3(a), (iv) the first meeting of shareholders at which directors are to
be elected that occurs after the close of the third calendar year following the
calendar year in which the Company first becomes subject to the reporting
obligations of Section 12 of the Exchange Act, or (v) such other date required
by Section 162(m) of the Code and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder. To the extent that the Administrator determines as of the date of
grant of an Award that (i) the Award is intended to qualify as Performance-Based
Compensation and (ii) the exemption described above is no longer available with
respect to such Award, such Award shall not be effective until any stockholder
approval required under Section 162(m) of the Code has been obtained.
19. Unfunded Obligation. Grantees shall have the status of general
unsecured creditors of the Company. Any amounts payable to Grantees pursuant to
the Plan shall be unfunded and unsecured obligations for all purposes,
including, without limitation, Title I of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended. Neither the Company nor any Related Entity
shall be required to segregate any monies from its general funds, or to create
any trusts, or establish any special accounts with respect to such obligations.
The Company shall retain at all times beneficial ownership of any investments,
including trust investments, which the Company may make to fulfill its payment
obligations hereunder. Any investments or the creation or maintenance of any
trust or any Grantee account shall not create or constitute a trust or fiduciary
relationship between the Administrator, the Company or any Related Entity and a
Grantee, or otherwise create any vested or beneficial interest in any Grantee or
the Grantee's creditors in any assets of the Company or a Related Entity. The
Grantees shall have no claim against the Company or any Related Entity for any
changes in the value of any assets that may be invested or reinvested by the
Company with respect to the Plan.
20. Construction. Captions and titles contained herein are for convenience
only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision of the
Plan. Except when otherwise indicated by the context, the singular shall include
the plural and the plural shall include the singular. Use of the term "or" is
not intended to be exclusive, unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
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