Non-Employee Director Stock Option and Retainer Plan - PFSweb Inc.
NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR STOCK OPTION AND RETAINER PLAN
OF
PFSWEB, INC.
PFSweb, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the
State of Delaware, hereby adopts this Non-Employee Director Stock Option and
Retainer Plan. The purposes of this Plan are as follows:
(1) To further the growth, development and financial success
of the Company by providing incentives to its non-employee Directors by
assisting them to become owners of the Company's Common Stock and thus to
benefit directly from its growth, development and financial success.
(2) To enable the Company to obtain and retain the services of
qualified non-employee Directors in order to contribute to the long-range
success of the Company by providing and offering them an opportunity to become
owners of the Company's Common Stock.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Whenever the following terms are used in this Plan, they shall
have the meaning specified below unless the context clearly indicates to the
contrary. The masculine pronoun shall include the feminine and neuter and the
singular shall include the plural, where the context so indicates.
Section 1.1 - Board
"Board" shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.
Section 1.2 - Code
"Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
Section 1.3 - Committee
"Committee" shall mean the Committee appointed by the Board,
as provided in Section 6.1.
Section 1.4 - Company
"Company" shall mean PFSweb, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
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Section 1.5 - Director
"Director" shall mean a member of the Board who is not an
Employee.
Section 1.6 - Effective Date
"Effective Date" shall mean the date upon which this Plan
shall be approved by the stockholder(s) of the Company in accordance with the
Company's bylaws.
Section 1.7 - Employee
"Employee" shall mean any employee (as defined in accordance
with the regulations and revenue rulings then applicable under Section 3401(c)
of the Code) of the Company, or of any corporation which is then a Subsidiary.
Section 1.8 - Exchange Act
"Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended.
Section 1.9 - Non-Qualified Option
"Non-Qualified Option" shall mean an Option which is not an
incentive stock option and is not qualified under Section 422 of the Code.
Section 1.10 - Officer
"Officer" shall mean an officer of the Company, as defined in
Rule 16a-1(f) under the Exchange Act, as such Rule may be amended in the future.
Section 1.11 - Option
"Option" shall mean an option to purchase Common Stock of the
Company granted under the Plan.
Section 1.12 - Optionee
"Optionee" shall mean a Director to whom an Option is granted
under the Plan.
Section 1.13 - Parent Corporation
"Parent Corporation" shall mean any corporation in an unbroken
chain of corporations ending with the Company if each of the corporations other
than the Company then owns stock possessing 50% or more of the total combined
voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such
chain.
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Section 1.14 - Plan
"Plan" shall mean this Non-Employee Director Stock Option and
Retainer Plan of PFSweb, Inc.
Section 1.15 - Retainer
"Retainer" shall mean the annual cash retainer payable to each
Director for services as a member of the Board and any committee or committees
of the Board.
Section 1.16 - Rule 16b-3
"Rule 16b-3" shall mean that certain Rule 16b-3 under the
Exchange Act, as such Rule may be amended in the future.
Section 1.17 - Secretary
"Secretary" shall mean the Secretary of the Company.
Section 1.18 - Securities Act
"Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
Section 1.19 - Shares
"Shares" shall mean shares of the Company's Common Stock.
Section 1.20 - Spin-off
"Spin-off" shall mean the separation of the Company from its
Parent Corporation by means of a distribution of Shares to the stockholders of
such Parent Corporation or by such other means or transaction as such Parent
Corporation shall determine in its discretion.
Section 1.21 - Subsidiary
"Subsidiary" shall mean any corporation in an unbroken chain
of corporations beginning with the Company if each of the corporations other
than the last corporation in the unbroken chain then owns stock possessing 50%
or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the
other corporations in such chain.
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Section 1.22 - Termination
"Termination" shall mean the time when the Director no longer
serves as a member of the Board, including, but not by way of limitation, a
termination by resignation, discharge, death or retirement.
ARTICLE II
SHARES SUBJECT TO PLAN
Section 2.1 - Shares Subject to Plan
The Shares of stock subject to this Plan shall be shares of
the Company's Common Stock. The aggregate number of such Shares which may be
issued pursuant to this Plan shall be 250,000.
Section 2.2 - Unexercised Options
If any Option expires or is canceled without having been fully
exercised, the number of Shares subject to such Option but as to which such
Option was not exercised prior to its expiration or cancellation, may again be
optioned hereunder, subject to the limitations of Section 2.1.
Section 2.3 - Changes in Company's Shares
In the event that the outstanding Shares of Common Stock of
the Company are hereafter changed into or exchanged for a different number or
kind of shares or other securities of the Company, or of another corporation, or
in the event of any other capital transaction involving the outstanding shares
of Common Stock of the Company as the Committee shall determine in its sole
discretion, whether by reason of reorganization, merger, consolidation,
recapitalization, reclassification, stock split-up, stock dividend, combination
of shares or otherwise, appropriate adjustments shall be made by the Committee
in the number and kind of Shares which may be issued hereunder, including
adjustment to the number, exercise price and kind of shares for the purchase of
which Options may be granted, and further including adjustments of the
limitations in Section 2.1 on the maximum number and kind of shares which may be
issued hereunder and adjustments to the number of Options set forth in Section
3.5 below.
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ARTICLE III
RETAINER FEES AND GRANTING OF OPTIONS
Section 3.1 - Payment of Retainer
(a) Each Director may elect under the Plan to receive payment
of any Retainer (in such installments as such Retainer shall be payable) in
Shares, in lieu of cash, by submitting a written election (the "Notice of
Election") to the Company. The Notice of Election shall become effective six
months following the date of the Notice of Election or such earlier date as may
be permitted under Rule 16b-3 (the "Election Effective Date") and, from and
after the Election Effective Date, all Retainers payable to the electing
Director (whether in installments or otherwise) shall be payable in Shares in
the manner set forth herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Election
Effective Date shall be effective prior to the completion of the Spin-off unless
the Parent Corporation shall otherwise consent thereto.
(b) Subject to the foregoing, each Notice of Election shall
become effective on its Election Effective Date and shall continue in effect
until revoked by the electing Director in a written notice of revocation (the
"Notice of Revocation") delivered to the Company; provided, however, that no
Notice of Revocation shall become effective until six months following the date
of the Notice of Revocation or such earlier date as may be permitted under Rule
16b-3.
(c) If no Notice of Election is submitted to the Company, and
prior to any Election Effective Date, all Retainers shall be payable in cash.
Section 3.2 - Number of Shares
The number of Shares to be issued to each Director electing to
have his or her Retainer paid in Shares shall be determined by dividing the
dollar amount of the then payable Retainer by the fair market value of the
Shares as of the most recent trading day immediately prior to the date the
Retainer is otherwise payable. No fractional Shares shall be issued and any
fractional Share shall be rounded to the nearest whole Share. Subject to the
terms and provisions hereof, all Shares shall be issued in certificate form in
the name of the Director (or any designee) as promptly as practicable following
the date of payment. For purposes of this Section, fair market value shall be
determined in accordance with Section 4.2(b) below.
Section 3.3 - Eligibility
Each Director shall be granted Options in accordance with the
provisions set forth herein.
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Section 3.4 - Non-Qualification of Options
Each Option shall be a Non-Qualified Option.
Section 3.5 - Granting of Options
(a) Each person who is a Director on the Effective Date shall
receive an Option to purchase 35,000 Shares as of such date.
(b) Each person who is a Director immediately following each
annual meeting of stockholders of the Company shall receive an Option to
purchase 10,000 Shares as of the date of such annual meeting; provided that such
Director shall have attended at least 75% of the meetings of the Board (which
may include committee meetings) during the most recent completed fiscal year
prior to such annual meeting (or such shorter period of time as such Director
held office during such fiscal year).
ARTICLE IV
TERMS OF OPTIONS
Section 4.1 - Option Agreement
Each Option shall be evidenced by a written Stock Option
Agreement, which shall be executed by the Optionee and an authorized Officer of
the Company and which shall contain such terms and conditions as are consistent
with the Plan.
Section 4.2 - Option Price
(a) The price of the Shares subject to each Option shall be
equal to 100% of the fair market value of such Shares on the date such Option is
granted.
(b) For purposes of the Plan, the fair market value of a Share
of the Company's Common Stock as of a given date shall be: (i) the closing price
of a Share of the Company's Common Stock on the principal exchange on which
Shares of the Company's Common Stock are then trading; or (ii) if such Common
Stock is not traded on an exchange but is quoted on NASDAQ or a successor
quotation system, (1) the last sales price (if the Company's Common Stock is
then listed as a National Market Issue under the NASD National Market System) or
(2) the mean between the closing representative bid and asked prices (in all
other cases) for the Company's Common Stock, in each case, on such date as
reported by NASDAQ or such successor quotation system; or (iii) if such Common
Stock is not publicly traded on an exchange and not quoted on NASDAQ or a
successor quotation system, the mean between the closing bid and asked prices
for the Company's Common Stock, on such date, as determined in good faith by the
Committee; or (iv) if the Company's Common Stock is not publicly traded, the
fair market value established by the Committee acting in good faith.
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Section 4.3 - Commencement of Exercisability
(a) No Option may be exercised in whole or in part during the
six months after such Option is granted.
(b) Subject to the provisions hereof, each Option granted
hereunder shall be subject to the following cumulative vesting schedule:
(i) Until the date which is one year from the date of
grant, the Option shall not be vested and shall not be exercisable as
to any of the shares subject thereto; and
(ii) From and after the date which is one year from the
date of grant, the Option shall vest and be fully exercisable.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, all Options issued
hereunder prior to the effective date of the Spin-off shall not vest or be
exercisable until three years from the date of grant, provided, however, that as
of the effective date of the Spin-off, all Options issued prior to the effective
date of the Spin-off shall vest and be exercisable upon the later of (i) the
effective date of the Spin-off and (ii) one year from the date of grant.
Section 4.4 - Expiration of Options
No Option may be exercised to any extent after the first to
occur of the following events:
(i) The expiration of ten years from the date the Option
was granted; or
(ii) Except in the case of any Optionee who is disabled
(within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code), the expiration of
three months from the date of the Optionee's Termination for any reason
other than such Optionee's death; or
(iii) With respect to an Option held by an Optionee who is
disabled (within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code), the
expiration of one year from the date of the Optionee's Termination for
any reason other than such Optionee's death unless the Optionee dies
within said one-year period; or
(iv) The expiration of one year from the date of the
Optionee's death with respect to all Options held by such Optionee.
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Section 4.5 - Adjustments in Outstanding Options
In the event that the outstanding Shares of the stock subject
to Options are changed into or exchanged for a different number or kind of
shares of the Company or other securities of the Company, or in the event of any
other capital transaction involving the outstanding shares of Common Stock of
the Company as the Committee shall determine in its sole discretion, whether by
reason of merger, consolidation, recapitalization, reclassification, stock
split-up, stock dividend, combination of shares or otherwise, the Committee
shall make an appropriate and equitable adjustment in the number and kind of
shares as to which all outstanding Options, or portions thereof then
unexercised, shall be exercisable, to the end that after such event the
Optionee's proportionate interest shall be maintained as before the occurrence
of such event. Such adjustment in an outstanding Option shall be made without
change in the total price applicable to the Option or the unexercised portion of
the Option (except for any change in the aggregate price resulting from
rounding-off of share quantities or prices) and with any necessary corresponding
adjustment in Option price per share. Any such adjustment made by the Committee
shall be final and binding upon all Optionees, the Company and all other
interested persons.
ARTICLE V
EXERCISE OF OPTIONS
Section 5.1 - Person Eligible to Exercise
During the lifetime of the Optionee, only such Optionee may
exercise an Option (or any portion thereof) granted to him; provided, however,
that, unless otherwise prohibited by Rule 16b-3, an Optionee may transfer all or
any portion of an Option to his spouse or immediate family member or any trust
for the benefit thereof or as the Committee may otherwise permit in its sole
discretion. After the death of the Optionee, any exercisable portion of an
Option may, prior to the time when such portion becomes unexercisable under the
Plan, be exercised by his personal representative or by any person empowered to
do so under the deceased Optionee's will or under the then applicable laws of
descent and distribution.
Section 5.2 - Partial Exercise
At any time and from time to time prior to the time when any
exercisable Option or exercisable portion thereof becomes unexercisable under
the Plan, such Option or portion thereof maybe exercised in whole or in part;
provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to issue fractional
shares and the Committee may, by the terms of the Option, require any partial
exercise to be with respect to a specified minimum number of shares.
Section 5.3 - Manner of Exercise
An exercisable Option, or any exercisable portion thereof, may
be exercised solely
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by delivery to the Secretary or his office of all of the following prior to the
time when such Option or such portion becomes unexercisable under the Plan or
the applicable Stock Option Agreement:
(a) Notice in writing signed by the Optionee or other person
then entitled to exercise such Option or portion, stating that such Option or
portion is exercised, such notice complying with all applicable rules
established by the Committee; and
(b) (i) Full payment (in cash or by check) for the Shares with
respect to which such Option or portion is thereby exercised; or
(ii) Subject to the consent of the Committee, (A) Shares
of the Company's Common Stock owned by the Optionee duly endorsed for transfer
to the Company or (B) subject to the timing requirements of Section 5.4, Shares
of the Company's Common Stock issuable to the Optionee upon exercise of the
Option, with a fair market value (as determined under Section 4.2(b)) on the
date of Option exercise equal to the aggregate Option price of the Shares with
respect to which such Option or portion is thereby exercised; or
(iii) Any combination of the consideration provided in the
foregoing subsections (i) and (ii); and
(c) The payment to the Company (or other employer corporation)
of all amounts which it is required to withhold under federal, state or local
law in connection with the exercise of the Option; provided, that, with the
consent of the Committee, any combination of the following may be used to make
all or part of such payment: (i) Shares of the Company's Common Stock owned by
the Optionee duly endorsed for transfer or (ii) subject to the timing
requirements of Section 5.4, Shares of the Company's Common Stock issuable to
the Optionee upon exercise of the Option, valued in accordance with Section
4.2(b) at the date of Option exercise; and
(d) Such representations and documents as the Committee, in
its absolute discretion, deems necessary or advisable to effect compliance with
all applicable provisions of the Securities Act and any other federal or state
securities laws or regulations. The Committee may, in its absolute discretion,
also take whatever additional actions it deems appropriate to effect such
compliance including, without limitation, placing legends on Share certificates
and issuing stop-transfer orders to transfer agents and registrars; and
(e) In the event that the Option or portion thereof shall be
exercised pursuant to Section 5.1 by any person or persons other than the
Optionee, appropriate proof of the right of such person or persons to exercise
the Option or portion thereof.
Section 5.4 - Certain Timing Requirements
Shares of the Company's Common Stock issuable to the Optionee
upon exercise of the Option may be used to satisfy the Option price or the tax
withholding consequences of such
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exercise only with the consent of the Committee and (i) during the trading
window period following the date of release of the quarterly or annual summary
statement of sales and earnings of the Company as may be established by the
Company for its senior executives from time to time or (ii) pursuant to an
irrevocable written election by the Optionee to use Shares of the Company's
Common Stock issuable to the Optionee upon exercise of the Option to pay all or
part of the Option price or the withholding taxes made at least six months prior
to the payment of such Option price or withholding taxes.
Section 5.5 - Conditions to Issuance of Stock Certificates
The Shares of stock issuable and deliverable upon the exercise
of an Option, or any portion thereof, may be either previously authorized but
unissued Shares or issued Shares which have then been reacquired by the Company.
The Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any certificate or
certificates for Shares of stock issued in payment of any Retainer or purchased
upon the exercise of any Option or portion thereof prior to the fulfillment of
all of the following conditions:
(a) The admission of such Shares to listing on all stock
exchanges on which such class of stock is then listed; and
(b) The completion of any registration or other qualification
of such Shares under any state or federal law or under the rulings or
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other governmental
regulatory body, if any such registration or qualification may be necessary or
advisable; and
(c) The obtaining of any approval or other clearance from any
state or federal governmental agency which may be necessary or advisable; and
(d) The payment to the Company (or other employer corporation)
of all amounts which it is required to withhold under federal, state or local
law in connection with the exercise of the Option; and
(e) The lapse of such reasonable period of time following the
exercise of the Option as the Secretary of the Company may establish from time
to time for reasons of administrative convenience.
ARTICLE VI
ADMINISTRATION
Section 6.1 - Committee
The Plan shall be administered by the Committee which shall
consist of two or more
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members of the Board, as the Board may appoint from time to time; provided,
however that, in the absence of such appointment, the Plan shall be administered
by the Board (in which event the term "Committee" as used herein shall mean the
Board); provided, further, however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Plan shall be construed, interpreted, implemented and administered in a manner
sufficient to comply with the provisions of Rule 16b-3, and, in particular, in
order to provide that the members of the Committee shall at all times satisfy
the requirements set forth therein.
Section 6.2 - Duties and Powers of Committee
It shall be the duty of the Committee to conduct the general
administration of the Plan in accordance with its provisions. The Committee
shall have the power to interpret the Plan and the Options and to adopt such
rules for the administration, interpretation and application of the Plan as are
consistent therewith and to interpret, amend or revoke any such rules.
Section 6.3 - Majority Rule
The Committee shall act by a majority of its members in
office. The Committee may act either by vote at a meeting or by a memorandum or
other written instrument signed by a majority of the Committee.
Section 6.4 - Compensation; Professional Assistance; Good Faith Actions
Members of the Committee shall receive such compensation for
their services as members as may be determined by the Board. All expenses and
liabilities incurred by members of the Committee in connection with the
administration of the Plan shall be borne by the Company. The Committee may
employ attorneys, consultants, accountants, appraisers, brokers or other
persons. The Committee, the Company and its Officers and Directors shall be
entitled to rely upon the advice, opinions or valuations of any such persons.
All actions taken and all interpretations and determinations made by the
Committee in good faith shall be final and binding upon all Optionees, the
Company and all other interested persons. No member of the Committee shall be
personally liable for any action, determination or interpretation made in good
faith with respect to the Plan or the Options, and all members of the Committee
shall be fully protected by the Company in respect to any such action,
determination or interpretation.
ARTICLE VII
OTHER PROVISIONS
Section 7.1 - Options Not Transferable
Except as set forth in Section 5.1 hereof, no Option or
interest or right therein or part thereof shall be liable for the debts,
contracts or engagements of the Optionee or his successors in
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interest or shall be subject to disposition by transfer, alienation,
anticipation, pledge, encumbrance, assignment or any other means whether such
disposition be voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law by judgment,
levy, attachment, garnishment or any other legal or equitable proceedings
(including bankruptcy), and any attempted disposition thereof shall be null and
void and of no effect; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 7.1 shall
prevent transfers by will or by the applicable laws of descent and distribution.
Section 7.2 - Amendment, Suspension or Termination of the Plan
The Plan may be wholly or partially amended or otherwise
modified, suspended or terminated at any time or from time to time by the
Committee; provided, however, that no amendment or modification which requires
shareholder approval under Rule 16b-3, if any, shall be effective in the absence
of such approval. Neither the amendment, suspension nor termination of the Plan
shall, without the consent of the holder of the Option, impair any rights or
obligations under any Option theretofore granted. No Option may be granted
during any period of suspension nor after termination of the Plan, and in no
event may any Option be granted under this Plan after the first to occur of the
following events:
(a) Decmber 31, 2009; or
(b) The expiration of ten years from the date the Plan is
approved by the Company's shareholder(s) under Section 7.3.
Section 7.3 - Approval of Plan by Shareholder(s)
This Plan will be submitted for the approval of the Company's
shareholder(s) within 12 months after the date of the Board's initial adoption
of the Plan. No Options shall be granted prior to such shareholder approval. The
Company shall take such actions with respect to the Plan as may be necessary to
satisfy the requirements of Rule 16b-3(b).
Section 7.4 - Effect of Plan Upon Other Option and Compensation Plans
The adoption of this Plan shall not affect any other
compensation or incentive plans in effect for the Company, any Parent
Corporation or any Subsidiary. Nothing in this Plan shall be construed to limit
the right of the Company, any Parent Corporation or any Subsidiary to (a)
establish any other forms of incentives or compensation for employees and
Directors of the Company, any Parent Corporation or any Subsidiary or (b) grant
or assume options otherwise than under this Plan in connection with any proper
corporate purpose, including, but not by way of limitation, the grant or
assumption of options in connection with the acquisition by purchase, lease,
merger, consolidation or otherwise, of the business, stock or assets of any
corporation, firm or association.
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Section 7.5 - Titles
Titles are provided herein for convenience only and are not to
serve as a basis for interpretation or construction of the Plan.
Section 7.6 - Conformity to Securities Laws
The Plan is intended to conform to the extent necessary with
all provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and any and all
regulations and rules promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission
thereunder, including without limitation Rule 16b-3. Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, the Plan shall be administered, and Options shall be
granted and may be exercised, only in such a manner as to conform to such laws,
rules and regulations. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Plan and
Options granted hereunder shall be deemed amended to the extent necessary to
conform to such laws, rules and regulations.
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