1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan - Rubio's Restaurants Inc.
RUBIO'S RESTAURANTS, INC.
1999 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
I. PURPOSE OF THE PLAN
This Employee Stock Purchase Plan is intended to promote the
interests of Rubio's Restaurants, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, by providing
eligible employees with the opportunity to acquire a proprietary interest in the
Corporation through participation in a payroll-deduction based employee stock
purchase plan designed to qualify under Section 423 of the Code.
Capitalized terms herein shall have the meanings assigned to such
terms in the attached Appendix.
II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN
The Plan Administrator shall have full authority to interpret and
construe any provision of the Plan and to adopt such rules and regulations for
administering the Plan as it may deem necessary in order to comply with the
requirements of Code Section 423. Decisions of the Plan Administrator shall be
final and binding on all parties having an interest in the Plan.
III. STOCK SUBJECT TO PLAN
A. The stock purchasable under the Plan shall be shares of
authorized but unissued or reacquired Common Stock, including shares of Common
Stock purchased on the open market. The number of shares of Common Stock
initially reserved for issuance over the term of the Plan shall be limited to
Two Hundred Thousand (200,000) shares.
B. Should any change be made to the Common Stock by reason of
any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination of shares,
exchange of shares or other change affecting the outstanding Common Stock as a
class without the Corporation's receipt of consideration, appropriate
adjustments shall be made to (i) the maximum number and class of securities
issuable under the Plan, (ii) the maximum number and class of securities
purchasable per Participant on any one Purchase Date, (iii) the maximum number
and class of securities purchasable by all Participants in the aggregate on any
one Purchase Date, and (iv) the number and class of securities and the price per
share in effect under each outstanding purchase right in order to prevent the
dilution or enlargement of benefits thereunder.
IV. OFFERING PERIODS
A. Shares of Common Stock shall be offered for purchase under
the Plan through a series of successive offering periods until such time as (i)
the maximum number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the
Plan shall have been purchased or (ii) the Plan shall have been sooner
terminated.
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B. Each offering period shall be of such duration (not to
exceed twenty-four (24) months) as determined by the Plan Administrator prior to
the start date of such offering period. However, the initial offering period
shall commence at the Effective Time and terminate on the last business day in
July 2001. The next offering period shall commence on the first business day in
August 2001, and subsequent offering periods shall commence as designated by the
Plan Administrator.
C. Each offering period shall be comprised of a series of one
or more successive Purchase Intervals. Purchase Intervals shall run from the
first business day in February each year to the last business day in July of the
same year and from the first business day in August each year to the last
business day in January of the following year. However, the first Purchase
Interval in effect under the initial offering period shall commence at the
Effective Time and terminate on the last business day in January 2000.
D. Should the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on
any Purchase Date within an offering period be less than the Fair Market Value
per share of Common Stock on the start date of that offering period, then that
offering period shall automatically terminate immediately after the purchase of
shares of Common Stock on such Purchase Date, and a new offering period shall
commence on the next business day following such Purchase Date. The new
offering period shall have a duration of twenty (24) months, unless a shorter
duration is established by the Plan Administrator within five (5) business days
following the start date of that offering period.
V. ELIGIBILITY
A. Each individual who is an Eligible Employee on the start
date of any offering period under the Plan may enter that offering period on
such start date or on any subsequent Semi-Annual Entry Date within that offering
period, provided he or she qualifies as an Eligible Employee at that time.
B. Each individual who first becomes an Eligible Employee after
the start date of an offering period may enter that offering period on any
subsequent Semi-Annual Entry Date within that offering period on which he or she
qualifies as an Eligible Employee.
C. The date an individual enters an offering period shall be
designated his or her Entry Date for purposes of that offering period.
D. To participate in the Plan for a particular offering period,
the Eligible Employee must complete the enrollment forms prescribed by the Plan
Administrator (including a stock purchase agreement and a payroll deduction
authorization) and file such forms with the Plan Administrator (or its
designate) on or before his or her scheduled Entry Date.
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VI. PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS
A. The payroll deduction authorized by the Participant for
purposes of acquiring shares of Common Stock during an offering period may be
any multiple of one percent (1%) of the Cash Earnings paid to the Participant
during each Purchase Interval within that offering period, up to a maximum of
ten percent (10%). The deduction rate so authorized shall continue in effect
throughout the offering period, except to the extent such rate is changed in
accordance with the following guidelines:
(i) The Participant may, at any time during the
offering period, reduce his or her rate of payroll deduction to become
effective as soon as possible after filing the appropriate form with
the Plan Administrator. The Participant may not, however, effect more
than one (1) such reduction per Purchase Interval.
(ii) The Participant may, prior to the commencement
of any new Purchase Interval within the offering period, increase the
rate of his or her payroll deduction by filing the appropriate form
with the Plan Administrator. The new rate (which may not exceed the
fifteen percent (10%) maximum) shall become effective on the start
date of the first Purchase Interval following the filing of such form.
B. Payroll deductions shall begin on the first pay day
administratively feasible following the Participant's Entry Date into the
offering period and shall (unless sooner terminated by the Participant) continue
through the pay day ending with or immediately prior to the last day of that
offering period. The amounts so collected shall be credited to the
Participant's book account under the Plan, but no interest shall be paid on the
balance from time to time outstanding in such account. The amounts collected
from the Participant shall not be required to be held in any segregated account
or trust fund and may be commingled with the general assets of the Corporation
and used for general corporate purposes.
C. Payroll deductions shall automatically cease upon the
termination of the Participant's purchase right in accordance with the
provisions of the Plan.
D. The Participant's acquisition of Common Stock under the Plan
on any Purchase Date shall neither limit nor require the Participant's
acquisition of Common Stock on any subsequent Purchase Date, whether within the
same or a different offering period.
VII. PURCHASE RIGHTS
A. GRANT OF PURCHASE RIGHT. A Participant shall be granted a
separate purchase right for each offering period in which he or she
participates. The purchase right shall be granted on the Participant's Entry
Date into the offering period and shall provide the Participant with the right
to purchase shares of Common Stock, in a series of successive installments over
the remainder of such offering period, upon the terms set forth below. The
Participant shall execute a stock purchase agreement embodying such terms and
such other provisions (not inconsistent with the Plan) as the Plan Administrator
may deem advisable.
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Under no circumstances shall purchase rights be granted under the
Plan to any Eligible Employee if such individual would, immediately after the
grant, own (within the meaning of Code Section 424(d)) or hold outstanding
options or other rights to purchase, stock possessing five percent (5%) or more
of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of stock of the
Corporation or any Corporate Affiliate.
B. EXERCISE OF THE PURCHASE RIGHT. Each purchase right shall
be automatically exercised in installments on each successive Purchase Date
within the offering period, and shares of Common Stock shall accordingly be
purchased on behalf of each Participant on each such Purchase Date. The
purchase shall be effected by applying the Participant's payroll deductions for
the Purchase Interval ending on such Purchase Date to the purchase of whole
shares of Common Stock at the purchase price in effect for the Participant for
that Purchase Date.
C. PURCHASE PRICE. The purchase price per share at which
Common Stock will be purchased on the Participant's behalf on each Purchase Date
within the offering period shall be equal to eighty-five percent (85%) of the
LOWER of (i) the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the
Participant's Entry Date into that offering period or (ii) the Fair Market Value
per share of Common Stock on that Purchase Date.
D. NUMBER OF PURCHASABLE SHARES. The number of shares of
Common Stock purchasable by a Participant on each Purchase Date during the
offering period shall be the number of whole shares obtained by dividing the
amount collected from the Participant through payroll deductions during the
Purchase Interval ending with that Purchase Date by the purchase price in effect
for the Participant for that Purchase Date. However, the maximum number of
shares of Common Stock purchasable per Participant on any one Purchase Date
shall not exceed One Thousand Five Hundred (1,500) shares, subject to periodic
adjustments in the event of certain changes in the Corporation's capitalization.
In addition, the maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock purchasable
by all Participants on any one Purchase Date shall not exceed Fifty Thousand
(50,000) shares, subject to periodic adjustments in the event of certain changes
in the Corporation's capitalization. However, the Plan Administrator shall have
the discretionary authority, exercisable prior to the start of any offering
period under the Plan, to increase or decrease the limitations to be in effect
for the number of shares purchasable per Participant and in the aggregate by all
Participants on each Purchase Date during that offering period.
E. EXCESS PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS. Any payroll deductions not
applied to the purchase of shares of Common Stock on any Purchase Date because
they are not sufficient to purchase a whole share of Common Stock shall be held
for the purchase of Common Stock on the next Purchase Date. However, any
payroll deductions not applied to the purchase of Common Stock by reason of the
limitation on the maximum number of shares purchasable per Participant or in the
aggregate on the Purchase Date shall be promptly refunded.
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F. TERMINATION OF PURCHASE RIGHT. The following provisions
shall govern the termination of outstanding purchase rights:
(i) A Participant may, at any time prior to the
next scheduled Purchase Date in the offering period, terminate his or
her outstanding purchase right by filing the appropriate form with the
Plan Administrator (or its designate), and no further payroll
deductions shall be collected from the Participant with respect to the
terminated purchase right. Any payroll deductions collected during
the Purchase Interval in which such termination occurs shall, at the
Participant's election, be immediately refunded or held for the
purchase of shares on the next Purchase Date. If no such election is
made at the time such purchase right is terminated, then the payroll
deductions collected with respect to the terminated right shall be
refunded as soon as possible.
(ii) The termination of such purchase right shall be
irrevocable, and the Participant may not subsequently rejoin the
offering period for which the terminated purchase right was granted.
In order to resume participation in any subsequent offering period,
such individual must re-enroll in the Plan (by making a timely filing
of the prescribed enrollment forms) on or before his or her scheduled
Entry Date into that offering period.
(iii) Should the Participant cease to remain an
Eligible Employee for any reason (including death, disability or
change in status) while his or her purchase right remains outstanding,
then that purchase right shall immediately terminate, and all of the
Participant's payroll deductions for the Purchase Interval in which
the purchase right so terminates shall be immediately refunded.
However, should the Participant cease to remain in active service by
reason of an approved unpaid leave of absence, then the Participant
shall have the right, exercisable up until the last business day of
the Purchase Interval in which such leave commences, to (a) withdraw
all the payroll deductions collected to date on his or her behalf for
that Purchase Interval or (b) have such funds held for the purchase of
shares on his or her behalf on the next scheduled Purchase Date. In
no event, however, shall any further payroll deductions be collected
on the Participant's behalf during such leave. Upon the Participant's
return to active service (x) within ninety (90) days following the
commencement of such leave or (y) prior to the expiration of any
longer period for which such Participant's right to reemployment with
the Corporation is guaranteed by either statute or contract, his or
her payroll deductions under the Plan shall automatically resume at
the rate in effect at the time the leave began, unless the Participant
withdraws from the Plan prior to his or her return. An individual who
returns to active employment following a leave of absence which
exceeds in duration the applicable (x) or (y) time period will be
treated as a new Employee for purposes of subsequent participation in
the Plan and must accordingly re-enroll in the Plan (by making a
timely filing of the prescribed enrollment forms) on or before his or
her scheduled Entry Date into the offering period.
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G. CHANGE IN CONTROL. Each outstanding purchase right shall
automatically be exercised, immediately prior to the effective date of any
Change in Control, by applying the payroll deductions of each Participant for
the Purchase Interval in which such Change in Control occurs to the purchase of
whole shares of Common Stock at a purchase price per share equal to eighty-five
percent (85%) of the LOWER of (i) the Fair Market Value per share of Common
Stock on the Participant's Entry Date into the offering period in which such
Change in Control occurs or (ii) the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock
immediately prior to the effective date of such Change in Control. However, the
applicable limitation on the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable per
Participant shall continue to apply to any such purchase, but not the limitation
applicable to the maximum number of shares of Common Stock purchasable in the
aggregate.
The Corporation shall use its best efforts to provide at least ten
(10)-days prior written notice of the occurrence of any Change in Control, and
Participants shall, following the receipt of such notice, have the right to
terminate their outstanding purchase rights prior to the effective date of the
Change in Control.
H. PRORATION OF PURCHASE RIGHTS. Should the total number of
shares of Common Stock to be purchased pursuant to outstanding purchase rights
on any particular date exceed the number of shares then available for issuance
under the Plan, the Plan Administrator shall make a pro-rata allocation of the
available shares on a uniform and nondiscriminatory basis, and the payroll
deductions of each Participant, to the extent in excess of the aggregate
purchase price payable for the Common Stock pro-rated to such individual, shall
be refunded.
I. ASSIGNABILITY. The purchase right shall be exercisable only
by the Participant and shall not be assignable or transferable by the
Participant.
J. STOCKHOLDER RIGHTS. A Participant shall have no stockholder
rights with respect to the shares subject to his or her outstanding purchase
right until the shares are purchased on the Participant's behalf in accordance
with the provisions of the Plan and the Participant has become a holder of
record of the purchased shares.
VIII. TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS
A. Unless the Plan Administrator determines otherwise prior to
the start of any offering period, the shares of Common Stock purchased by a
Participant on each purchase date within that offering period must be held by
the Participant for at least a one year period following the purchase date.
Accordingly, the Participant shall not sell, make any short sale of, loan,
hypothecate, pledge, grant any option for the purchase of, or otherwise
dispose or transfer for value or otherwise agree to engage in any of the
foregoing transactions with respect to any shares purchased by the
Participant under the Plan (the "Purchased Shares") until those shares have
been held for at least a one year period measured from their applicable
Purchase Date. This transfer restriction shall hereafter be referred to as
the "Holding Period Requirement."
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B. Any new, substituted or additional securities which are, by
reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination of
shares, exchange of shares or other change affecting the outstanding Common
Stock as a class without the Corporation's receipt of consideration, distributed
with respect to the Purchased Shares shall be immediately subject to the Holding
Period Requirement applicable to those shares.
C. In order to enforce the Holding Period Requirement, the
Corporation may impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to the Purchased
Shares until the end of the one (1) year period.
D. The stock certificates for the Purchased Shares shall be
endorsed with the following restrictive legend:
"The shares represented by this certificate are subject to
certain transfer restrictions granted to the Corporation and
accordingly may not be sold, assigned, transferred, encumbered, or in
any manner disposed of except in conformity with the terms of a
written agreement between the Corporation and the registered owner of
the shares. A copy of such agreement is maintained at the
Corporation's principal corporate officers."
IX. ACCRUAL LIMITATIONS
A. No Participant shall be entitled to accrue rights to acquire
Common Stock pursuant to any purchase right outstanding under this Plan if and
to the extent such accrual, when aggregated with (i) rights to purchase Common
Stock accrued under any other purchase right granted under this Plan and (ii)
similar rights accrued under other employee stock purchase plans (within the
meaning of Code Section 423) of the Corporation or any Corporate Affiliate,
would otherwise permit such Participant to purchase more than Twenty-Five
Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) worth of stock of the Corporation or any Corporate
Affiliate (determined on the basis of the Fair Market Value per share on the
date or dates such rights are granted) for each calendar year such rights are at
any time outstanding.
B. For purposes of applying such accrual limitations to the
purchase rights granted under the Plan, the following provisions shall be in
effect:
(i) The right to acquire Common Stock under each
outstanding purchase right shall accrue in a series of installments on
each successive Purchase Date during the offering period on which such
right remains outstanding.
(ii) No right to acquire Common Stock under any
outstanding purchase right shall accrue to the extent the Participant
has already accrued in the same calendar year the right to acquire
Common Stock under one or more other purchase rights at a rate equal
to Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) worth of Common Stock
(determined on the basis of the Fair Market Value per share on the
date or dates of grant) for each calendar year such rights were at any
time outstanding.
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C. If by reason of such accrual limitations, any purchase right
of a Participant does not accrue for a particular Purchase Interval, then the
payroll deductions which the Participant made during that Purchase Interval with
respect to such purchase right shall be promptly refunded.
D. In the event there is any conflict between the provisions of
this Article and one or more provisions of the Plan or any instrument issued
thereunder, the provisions of this Article shall be controlling.
X. EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM OF THE PLAN
A. The Plan was adopted by the Board on March 18, 1999 and
shall become effective at the Effective Time, PROVIDED no purchase rights
granted under the Plan shall be exercised, and no shares of Common Stock shall
be issued hereunder, until (i) the Plan shall have been approved by the
stockholders of the Corporation and (ii) the Corporation shall have complied
with all applicable requirements of the 1933 Act (including the registration of
the shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan on a Form S-8 registration
statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission), all applicable
listing requirements of any stock exchange (or the Nasdaq National Market, if
applicable) on which the Common Stock is listed for trading and all other
applicable requirements established by law or regulation. In the event such
stockholder approval is not obtained, or such compliance is not effected, within
twelve (12) months after the date on which the Plan is adopted by the Board, the
Plan shall terminate and have no further force or effect, and all sums collected
from Participants during the initial offering period hereunder shall be
refunded.
B. Unless sooner terminated by the Board, the Plan shall
terminate upon the EARLIEST of (i) the last business day in July, 2009, (ii) the
date on which all shares available for issuance under the Plan shall have been
sold pursuant to purchase rights exercised under the Plan or (iii) the date on
which all purchase rights are exercised in connection with a Corporate
Transaction. No further purchase rights shall be granted or exercised, and no
further payroll deductions shall be collected, under the Plan following such
termination.
XI. AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN
A. The Board may alter, amend, suspend or terminate the Plan at
any time to become effective immediately following the close of any Purchase
Interval. However, the Plan may be amended or terminated immediately upon Board
action, if and to the extent necessary to assure that the Corporation will not
recognize, for financial reporting purposes, any compensation expense in
connection with the shares of Common Stock offered for purchase under the Plan,
should the financial accounting rules applicable to the Plan at the Effective
Time be subsequently revised so as to require the recognition of compensation
expense in the absence of such amendment or termination.
B. In no event may the Board effect any of the following
amendments or revisions to the Plan without the approval of the Corporation's
stockholders: (i) increase the number of shares of Common Stock issuable under
the Plan, except for permissible adjustments in the event of certain changes in
the Corporation's capitalization, (ii) alter the purchase price
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formula so as to reduce the purchase price payable for the shares of Common
Stock purchasable under the Plan or (iii) modify the eligibility requirements
for participation in the Plan.
XII. GENERAL PROVISIONS
A. All costs and expenses incurred in the administration of the
Plan shall be paid by the Corporation; however, each Plan Participant shall bear
all costs and expenses incurred by such individual in the sale or other
disposition of any shares purchased under the Plan.
B. Nothing in the Plan shall confer upon the Participant any
right to continue in the employ of the Corporation or any Corporate Affiliate
for any period of specific duration or interfere with or otherwise restrict in
any way the rights of the Corporation (or any Corporate Affiliate employing such
person) or of the Participant, which rights are hereby expressly reserved by
each, to terminate such person's employment at any time for any reason, with or
without cause.
C. The provisions of the Plan shall be governed by the laws of
the State of California without resort to that State's conflict-of-laws rules.
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SCHEDULE A
CORPORATIONS PARTICIPATING IN
EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
AS OF THE EFFECTIVE TIME
Rubio's Restaurants, Inc.
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APPENDIX
The following definitions shall be in effect under the Plan:
A. BOARD shall mean the Corporation's Board of Directors.
B. CASH EARNINGS shall mean the (i) regular base salary paid to a
Participant by one or more Participating Companies during such individual's
period of participation in one or more offering periods under the Plan plus (ii)
all overtime payments, bonuses, commissions, profit-sharing distributions and
other incentive-type payments received during such period. Such Cash Earnings
shall be calculated before deduction of (A) any income or employment tax
withholdings or (B) any and all contributions made by the Participant to any
Code Section 401(k) salary deferral plan or Code Section 125 cafeteria benefit
program now or hereafter established by the Corporation or any Corporate
Affiliate. However, Cash Earnings shall NOT include any contributions made on
the Participant's behalf by the Corporation or any Corporate Affiliate to any
employee benefit or welfare plan now or hereafter established (other than Code
Section 401(k) or Code Section 125 contributions).
C. CHANGE IN CONTROL shall mean a change in ownership of the
Corporation pursuant to any of the following transactions:
(i) a merger or consolidation in which securities
possessing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting
power of the Corporation's outstanding securities are transferred to a
person or persons different from the persons holding those securities
immediately prior to such transaction, or
(ii) the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Corporation in complete
liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation, or
(iii) the acquisition, directly or indirectly by an person
or related group of persons (other than the Corporation or a person
that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under
common control with the Corporation) of beneficial ownership (within
the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the 1934 Act) of securities possessing
more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of
the Corporation's outstanding securities pursuant to a tender or
exchange offer made directly to the Corporation's stockholders.
C. CODE shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
D. COMMON STOCK shall mean the Corporation's common stock.
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E. CORPORATE AFFILIATE shall mean any parent or subsidiary
corporation of the Corporation (as determined in accordance with Code Section
424), whether now existing or subsequently established.
G. CORPORATION shall mean Rubio's Restaurants, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, and any corporate successor to all or substantially all of the
assets or voting stock of Rubio's Restaurants, Inc., which shall by appropriate
action adopt the Plan.
H. EFFECTIVE TIME shall mean the time at which the Underwriting
Agreement is executed and the Common Stock priced for the initial public
offering. Any Corporate Affiliate which becomes a Participating Corporation
after such Effective Time shall designate a subsequent Effective Time with
respect to its employee-Participants.
I. ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE shall mean any person who is employed by a
Participating Corporation on a basis under which he or she is regularly expected
to render more than twenty (20) hours of service per week for more than five (5)
months per calendar year for earnings considered wages under Code Section
3401(a). However, no individual serving as an officer of the Company with a
title of Vice President or above shall qualify as an Eligible Employee during
such period of service.
J. ENTRY DATE shall mean the date an Eligible Employee first
commences participation in the offering period in effect under the Plan. The
earliest Entry Date under the Plan shall be the Effective Time.
K. FAIR MARKET VALUE per share of Common Stock on any relevant date
shall be determined in accordance with the following provisions:
(i) If the Common Stock is at the time traded on the
Nasdaq National Market, then the Fair Market Value shall be the
closing selling price per share of Common Stock on the date in
question, as such price is reported by the National Association of
Securities Dealers on the Nasdaq National Market. If there is no
closing selling price for the Common Stock on the date in question,
then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price on the
last preceding date for which such quotation exists.
(ii) If the Common Stock is at the time listed on any
Stock Exchange, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing
selling price per share of Common Stock on the date in question on the
Stock Exchange determined by the Plan Administrator to be the primary
market for the Common Stock, as such price is officially quoted in the
composite tape of transactions on such exchange. If there is no
closing selling price for the Common Stock on the date in question,
then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price on the
last preceding date for which such quotation exists.
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(iii) For purposes of the initial offering period which
begins at the Effective Time, the Fair Market Value shall be deemed to
be equal to the price per share at which the Common Stock is sold in
the initial public offering pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement.
L. HOLDING PERIOD REQUIREMENT shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in Section VIII, Paragraph A.
M. 1933 ACT shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
N. PARTICIPANT shall mean any Eligible Employee of a Participating
Corporation who is actively participating in the Plan.
O. PARTICIPATING CORPORATION shall mean the Corporation and such
Corporate Affiliate or Affiliates as may be authorized from time to time by the
Board to extend the benefits of the Plan to their Eligible Employees. The
Participating Corporations in the Plan are listed in attached Schedule A.
P. PLAN shall mean the Corporation's 1999 Employee Stock Purchase
Plan, as set forth in this document.
Q. PLAN ADMINISTRATOR shall mean the committee of two (2) or more
Board members appointed by the Board to administer the Plan.
R. PURCHASE DATE shall mean the last business day of each Purchase
Interval. The initial Purchase Date shall be January 31, 2000.
S. PURCHASED SHARES shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section VIII, Paragraph A.
T. PURCHASE INTERVAL shall mean each successive six (6)-month period
within the offering period at the end of which there shall be purchased shares
of Common Stock on behalf of each Participant.
U. SEMI-ANNUAL ENTRY DATE shall mean the first business day in
February and August each year on which an Eligible Employee may first enter an
offering period.
V. STOCK EXCHANGE shall mean either the American Stock Exchange or
the New York Stock Exchange.
W. UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT shall mean the agreement between the
Corporation and the underwriter or underwriters managing the initial public
offering of the Common Stock.
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