Back to top

AMERICAN DAIRY, INC. 2009 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

Consulting Services Agreement

AMERICAN DAIRY, INC. 2009 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN | Document Parties: AMERICAN DAIRY INC | AMERICAN DAIRY, INC You are currently viewing:
This Consulting Services Agreement involves

AMERICAN DAIRY INC | AMERICAN DAIRY, INC

. RealDealDocs™ contains millions of easily searchable legal documents and clauses from top law firms. Search for free - click here.
Title: AMERICAN DAIRY, INC. 2009 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
Date: 5/13/2009
Industry: Food Processing     Sector: Consumer/Non-Cyclical

AMERICAN DAIRY, INC. 2009 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN, Parties: american dairy inc , american dairy  inc
50 of the Top 250 law firms use our Products every day

 

AMERICAN DAIRY, INC.

2009 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

 

1.

Purpose .  

 

The purpose of the American Dairy, Inc. 2008 Stock Incentive Plan (the “ Plan ”) is to enhance the long-term stockholder value of American Dairy, Inc., a Utah corporation (the “ Company ”), by offering opportunities to employees, directors, officers, consultants, agents, advisors and independent contractors of the Company and its Subsidiaries (as defined in Section  2) to participate in the Company’s growth and success, and to encourage them to remain in the service of the Company and its Subsidiaries and to acquire and maintain stock ownership in the Company.

 

2.

Definitions .  

 

For purposes of the Plan, the following terms shall be defined as set forth below:

 

2.1           “ Award ” means an award or grant made pursuant to the Plan, including, without limitation, awards or grants of Options, Performance Options, Performance Stock Awards,  and Restricted Stock Awards or any combination of the foregoing.

 

2.2           “ Board ” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

2.3           “ Cause ” means dishonesty, fraud, misconduct, unauthorized use or disclosure of confidential information or trade secrets, or conviction or confession of a crime punishable by law (except minor violations), as provided under applicable law, in each case as determined by the Plan Administrator, and its determination shall be conclusive and binding.

 

2.4           “ Code ” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

 

2.5           “ Common Stock ” means the common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company.

 

2.6           “ Corporate Transaction ” means any of the following events:

 

(a)           Consummation of any merger or consolidation of the Company in which the Company is not the continuing or surviving corporation, or pursuant to which shares of the Common Stock are converted into cash, securities or other property (other than a merger of the Company in which the holders of Common Stock immediately prior to the merger have the same proportionate ownership of capital stock of the surviving corporation immediately after the merger);

 

(b)           Consummation of any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer in one transaction or a series of related transactions of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets other than a transfer of the Company’s assets to a majority-owned subsidiary corporation (as the term “subsidiary corporation” is defined in Section 8.3) of the Company; or

 

 

1


 

 

(c)           Approval by the holders of the Common Stock of any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

 

2.7           “ Disability ” means “permanent and total disability” as that term is defined for purposes of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.

 

2.8           “ Early Retirement ” means early retirement as that term is defined by the Plan Administrator from time to time for purposes of the Plan.

 

2.9           “ Exchange Act ” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

2.10          “ Fair Market Value ” shall be established in good faith by the Plan Administrator or (a) if the Common Stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Market or the Nasdaq Capital Market, the average of the high and low per share sales prices for the Common Stock as reported by the Nasdaq Global Market or the Nasdaq Capital Market (as the case may be) for a single trading day or (b) if the Common Stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE Arca Exchange, or the American Stock Exchange, the average of the high and low per share sales prices for the Common Stock as such price is officially quoted in the composite tape of transactions on such exchange for a single trading day. If there is no such reported price for the Common Stock for the date in question, then such price on the last preceding date for which such price exists shall be determinative of the Fair Market Value.  Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, to the extent applicable, the determination of the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock shall be determined in a manner which complies with Section 409A of the Code and the applicable Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

2.11           “ Grant Date ” means the date the Plan Administrator adopted the granting resolution and all conditions precedent to the grant have been satisfied; provided that conditions to the exercisability or vesting of Awards shall not defer the Grant Date. If, however, the Plan Administrator designates in a resolution a later date as the date an Award is to be granted, then such later date shall be the “ Grant Date .”

 

2.12           “ Incentive Stock Option ” means an Option to purchase Common Stock granted under Section 7 with the intention that it qualify as an “incentive stock option” as that term is defined in Section 422 of the Code.

 

2.13           “ Nonqualified Stock Option ” means an Option to purchase Common Stock granted under Section 7 other than an Incentive Stock Option.

 

2.14           “ Option ” means the right to purchase Common Stock granted under Section 7.

 

2.15           “ Participant ” means (a) the person to whom an Award is granted; (b) for a Participant who has died, the personal representative of the Participant’s estate, the person(s) to whom the Participant’s rights under the Award have passed by will or by the applicable laws of descent and distribution, or the beneficiary designated in accordance with Section 10; or (c) person(s) to whom an Award has been transferred in accordance with Section 10.

 

 

2


 

 

2.16           “ Performance Option ” means an Option subject to performance requirements granted under Section 7.

 

2.17           “ Performance Stock Award ” means shares of Common Stock or units denominated in Common Stock granted under Section 9, the rights of ownership of which may be subject to restrictions and/or performance requirements prescribed by the Plan Administrator.

 

2.18           “ Plan Administrator ” means the Compensation Committee of the Board or any successor committee of the Board designated to administer the Plan under Section 3.1.

 

2.19           “ PRC ” means the People’s Republic of China.

 

2.20           “ Restricted Stock Award ” means shares of Common Stock or units denominated in Common Stock granted under Section 9, the rights of ownership of which may be subject to restrictions prescribed by the Plan Administrator.

 

2.21           “ Retirement ” means retirement on or after the individual’s normal retirement date under PRC law or the law of such individual’s other jurisdiction of employment unless otherwise defined by the Plan Administrator from time to time for purposes of the Plan.

 

2.22           “ Securities Act ” means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

2.23           “ Subsidiary ”, except as provided in Section 8.3 in connection with Incentive Stock Options, means any entity that is directly or indirectly controlled by the Company or in which the Company has a significant ownership interest, as determined by the Plan Administrator, and any entity that may become a direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company.

 

3.

Administration .  

 

3.1            Plan Administrator.   The Plan shall be administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board or a successor committee or committees (which term includes subcommittees) appointed by, and consisting of two or more members of, the Board. If and so long as the Common Stock is registered under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, the Board shall consider in selecting the Plan Administrator and the membership of any committee acting as Plan Administrator, with respect to any persons subject or likely to become subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, the provisions regarding (a) “outside directors” as contemplated by Section 162(m) of the Code and (b) “non employee directors” as contemplated by Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act. The Plan Administrator may delegate the responsibility for administering the Plan with respect to designated classes of eligible persons to different committees consisting of one or more members of the Board, subject to such limitations as the Board deems appropriate. Committee members shall serve for such term as the Board may determine, subject to removal by the Board at any time. To the extent consistent with applicable law, the Plan Administrator may authorize one or more officers of the Company to grant Awards to designated classes of eligible persons, within the limits specifically prescribed by the Plan Administrator.

 

 

3


 

 

3.2            Administration and Interpretation by the Plan Administrator.   Except for the terms and conditions explicitly set forth in the Plan, the Plan Administrator shall have exclusive authority, in its discretion, to determine all matters relating to Awards under the Plan, including the selection of individuals to be granted Awards, the type of Awards, the number of shares of Common Stock subject to an Award, all terms, conditions, restrictions and limitations, if any, of an Award and the terms of any instrument that evidences the Award. The Plan Administrator shall also have exclusive authority to interpret the Plan and may from time to time adopt, and change, rules and regulations of general application for the Plan’s administration. The Plan Administrator’s interpretation of the Plan and its rules and regulations, and all actions taken and determinations made by the Plan Administrator pursuant to the Plan, shall be conclusive and binding on all parties involved or affected. The Plan Administrator may delegate administrative duties to such of the Company’s officers as it so determines.

 

4.

Stock Subject to the Plan .  

 

4.1            Authorized Number of Shares.   Subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in Section 11.1, the number of shares of Common Stock that shall be available for issuance under the Plan shall be: (a) 2,000,000 shares plus (b) any authorized shares of Common Stock that, as of May 7, 2009, were available for issuance under the American Dairy, Inc. 2003 Incentive Stock Plan (the “ Prior Plan ”)  (or that thereafter become available for issuance under the Prior Plan in accordance with its terms).  The maximum aggregate number of shares of  Common Stock that may be issued under the Plan pursuant to the exercise or vesting of Awards shall be the number determined pursuant to the preceding sentence, as adjusted from time to time pursuant to Section 11.1.  Shares issued under the Plan shall be drawn from authorized and unissued shares or shares now held or subsequently acquired by the Company as treasury shares.

 

4.2            Limitations.   Subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in Section 11.1, the number of shares of Common Stock that may be made subject to Awards under the Plan to any individual shall be limited in accordance with the requirements under Section 162(m) of the Code.

 

4.3            Reuse of Shares.   Any shares of Common Stock that have been made subject to an Award that cease to be subject to the Award (other than by reason of exercise or payment of the Award to the extent it is exercised for or settled in shares), and/or shares of Common Stock subject to repurchase or forfeiture which are subsequently reacquired by the Company, shall again be available for issuance in connection with future grants of Awards under the Plan; provided, however , that for purposes of Section 4.2, any such shares shall be counted in accordance with the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code.

 

5.

Eligibility

 

Awards may be granted under the Plan to those officers, directors and employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries as the Plan Administrator from time to time selects. Awards may also be granted to consultants, agents, advisors and independent contractors who provide services to the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

 

4


 

 

6.

Awards .

 

6.1            Form and Grant of Awards.   The Plan Administrator shall have the authority, in its sole discretion, to determine the type or types of Awards to be made under the Plan. Such Awards may include, but are not limited to, Incentive Stock Options, Nonqualified Stock Options, Performance Options, Performance Stock Awards and Restricted Stock Awards. Awards may be granted singly or in combination.

 

6.2            Settlement of Awards.   The Company may settle Awards through the delivery of shares of Common Stock, cash payments, the granting of replacement Awards or any combination thereof as the Plan Administrator shall determine. Any Award settlement, including payment deferrals, may be subject to such conditions, restrictions and contingencies as the Plan Administrator shall determine. The Plan Administrator may permit or require the deferral of any Award payment, subject to such rules and procedures as it may establish, which may include provisions for the payment or crediting of interest, or dividend equivalents, including converting such credits into deferred stock equivalents.

 

6.3            Acquired Company Option Awards.   Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, the Plan Administrator may grant Awards under the Plan in substitution for awards issued under other plans, or assume under the Plan awards issued under other plans, if the other plans are or were plans of other acquired entities (“ Acquired Entities ”) (or the parent of an Acquired Entity) and the new Award is substituted, or the old award is assumed, by reason of a merger, consolidation, acquisition of property or of stock, reorganization or liquidation (the “ Acquisition Transaction ”). In the event that a written agreement pursuant to which the Acquisition Transaction is completed is approved by the Board and said agreement sets forth the terms and conditions of the substitution for or assumption of outstanding awards of the Acquired Entity, said terms and conditions shall be deemed to be the action of the Plan Administrator without any further action by the Plan Administrator, except as may be required for compliance with Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, and the persons holding such awards shall be deemed to be Participants.

 

7.

Terms and Conditions of Options .

 

7.1            Grant of Options.   The Plan Administrator is authorized under the Plan, in its sole discretion, to issue Options or Performance Options as Incentive Stock Options or as Nonqualified Stock Options, which shall be appropriately designated.

 

7.2            Option Exercise Price.   The exercise price for shares purchased under an Option shall be as determined by the Plan Administrator, but shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the Grant Date with respect to Incentive Stock Options.

 

7.3            Term of Options.   The term of each Option shall be as established by the Plan Administrator or, if not so established, shall be 10 years from the Grant Date.

 

 

5


 

 

7.4            Exercise and Vesting of Options.   The Plan Administrator shall establish and set forth in each instrument that evidences an Option the time at which, or the installments in which, the Option shall vest and become exercisable, which provisions may be waived or modified by the Plan Administrator at any time. To the extent that an Option has become exercisable, the Option may be exercised from time to time by written notice to the Company, in accordance with procedures established by the Plan Administrator, setting forth the number of shares with respect to which the Option is being exercised and accompanied by payment in full as described in Section 7.6. The Plan Administrator may determine at any time that an Option may not be exercised as to less than any number of shares at any one time for vested shares and any number in its discretion for unvested shares (or the lesser number of remaining shares covered by the Option).

 

7.5            Performance Options .  The Plan Administrator is authorized to subject an Option to performance requirements (which may be based on continuous service with the Company or the achievement of performance goals related to profits or loss, revenue or profit growth or loss reduction, profit or loss related return ratios, other balance sheet or income statement targets or ratios, market share, project completion, operational or productivity efficiency gains, cash flow, share price appreciation or total stockholder return, where such goals may be stated in absolute terms or relative to comparison companies), as the Plan Administrator shall determine, in its sole discretion, must be satisfied as a condition of the Option becoming vested and exercisable.  Such performance requirements shall be set forth in the instrument evidencing the Award.

 

7.6            Payment of Exercise Price.   Except in the case that a cashless exercise or same-day-sale is approved and implemented by the Plan Administrator, the exercise price for shares purchased under an Option shall be paid in full to the Company by delivery of consideration equal to the product of the Option exercise price and the number of shares purchased. Such consideration must be paid in cash or by check or, unless the Plan Administrator in its sole discretion determines otherwise, either at the time the Option is granted or at any time before it is exercised, a combination of cash and/or check (if any) and one or both of the following alternative forms: (a) tendering (either actually or, if and so long as the Common Stock is registered under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, by attestation) Common Stock already owned by the Participant for at least six months (or any shorter period necessary to avoid a charge to the Company’s earnings for financial reporting purposes) having a Fair Market Value on the day prior to the exercise date equal to the aggregate Option exercise price or (b) if and so long as the Common Stock is registered under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, delivery of a properly executed exercise notice, together with irrevocable instructions, to (i) a brokerage firm designated by the Company to deliver promptly to the Company the aggregate amount of sale or loan proceeds to pay the Option exercise price and any withholding tax obligations that may arise in connection with the exercise and (ii) the Company to deliver the certificates for such purchased shares directly to such brokerage firm, all in accordance with the regulations of the United States Federal Reserve Board. In addition, the exercise price for shares purchased under an Option may be paid, either singly or in combination with one or more of the alternative forms of payment authorized by this Section 7.6, or by such other consideration as the Plan Administrator may permit.

 

7.7            Post-Termination Exercises.   The Plan Administrator shall establish and set forth in each instrument that evidences an Option whether the Option will continue to be exercisable, and the terms and conditions of such exercise, if a Participant ceases to be employed by, or to provide services to, the Company or its Subsidiaries, which provisions may be waived or modified by the Plan Administrator at any time. If not so established in the instrument evidencing the Option, the Option will be exercisable according to the following terms and conditions, which may be waived or modified by the Plan Administrator at any time.

 

 

6


 

 

In case of termination of the Participant’s employment or services other than by reason of death or Cause, the Option shall be exercisable, to the extent of the number of shares vested at the date of such termination, only (a) within one year if the termination of the Participant’s employment or services is coincident with Retirement, Early Retirement at the Company’s request or Disability or (b) within three months after the date the Participant ceases to be an employee, director, officer, consultant, agent, advisor or independent contractor of the Company or a Subsidiary if termination of the Participant’s employment or services is for any reason other than Retirement, Early Retirement at the Company’s request or Disability, but in no event later than the remaining term of the Option. Any Option exercisable at the time of the Participant’s death may be exercised, to the extent of the number of shares vested at the date of the Participant’s death, by the personal representative of the Participant’s estate, the person(s) to whom the Participant’s rights under the Option have passed by will or the applicable laws of descent and distribution or the beneficiary designated pursuant to Section 10 at any time or from time to time within one year after the date of death, but in no event later than the remaining term of the Option. Any portion of an Option that is not vested on the date of termination of the Participant’s employment or services shall terminate on such date, unless the Plan Administrator determines otherwise. In case of termination of the Participant’s employment or services for Cause, the Option shall automatically terminate upon first notification to the Participant of such termination, unless the Plan Administrator determines otherwise. If a Participant’s employment or services with the Company are suspended pending an investigation of whether the Participant shall be terminated for Cause, all the Participant’s rights under any Option likewise shall be suspended during the period of investigation.

 

With respect to employees, unless the Plan Administrator at any time determines otherwise, “termination of the Participant’s employment or services” for purposes of the Plan (including without limitation this Section 7) shall mean any reduction in the Participant’s regular hours of employment to less than thirty (30) hours per week. A transfer of employment or services between or among the Company and its Subsidiaries shall not be considered a termination of employment or services. The effect of a Company approved leave of absence on the terms and conditions of an Option shall be determined by the Plan Administrator, in its sole discretion.

 

7.8            Prohibition on Option Repricing.   An option issued under the Plan may not, without prior approval of the Company’s stockholders at a duly-constituted meeting, be repriced by lowering the option exercise price or by cancellation of an outstanding option with a subsequent replacement or re-grant of an option with a lower exercise price.

 

8.

Incentive Stock Option Limitations .

 

To the extent required by Section 422 of the Code, Incentive Stock Options shall be subject to the following additional terms and conditions:

 

 

7


 

 

8.1            Dollar Limitation.   To the extent the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the Grant Date) of Common Stock with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time during any calendar year (under the Plan and all other stock option plans of the Company) exceeds $100,000, such portion in excess of $100,000 shall be subject to delayed exercisability or treated as a Nonqualified Stock Option as set forth by the Plan Administrator in the agreement(s) evidencing the Option. In the event the Participant holds two or more such Options that become exercisable for the first time in the same calendar year, such limitation shall be applied on the basis of the order in which such Options are granted.

 

8.2            10% Stockholders.   If an individual owns more than 10% of the total voting power of all classes of the Company’s stock, then the exercise price per share of an Incentive Stock Option shall not be less than 110% of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the Grant Date and the Option term shall not exceed five years. The determination of 10% ownership shall be made in accordance with Section 422 of the Code.

 

8.3            Eligible Employees.   Individuals who are not employees of the Company or one of its parent corporations or subsidiary corporations may not be granted Incentive Stock Options. For purposes of this Section 8.3, “parent corporation” and “subsidiary corporation” shall have the meanings attributed to those terms for purposes of Section 422 of the Code.

 

8.4            Term.   The term of an Incentive Stock Option shall not exceed 10 years.

 

8.5            Exercisability.   To qualify for Incentive Stock Option tax treatment, an Option designated as an Incentive Stock Option must be exercised within three months after termination of employment for reasons other than death, except that, in the case of termination of employment due to Disability, such Option must be exercised within one year after such termination. Disability shall be deemed to have occurred on the first day after the Company has furnished its opinion of Disability to the Plan Administrator. Employment shall not be deemed to continue beyond the first 90 days of a leave of absence unless the Participant’s reemployment rights are guaranteed by statute or contract.

 

8.6            Taxation of Incentive Stock Options.   In order to obtain certain tax benefits afforded to Incentive Stock Options under Section 422 of the Code, the Participant must hold the shares issued upon the exercise of an Incentive Stock Option for two years after the Grant Date of the Incentive Stock Option and one year from the date of exercise. A Participant may be subject to the alternative minimum tax at the time of exercise of an Incentive Stock Option. The Plan Administrator may require a Participant to give the Company prompt notice of any disposition of shares acquired by the exercise of an Incentive Stock Option prior to the expiration of such holding periods.

 

9.

Restricted Stock Awards and Performance Stock Awards

 

9.1            Grant of Restricted Stock Awards.   The Plan Administrator is authorized to make Awards of Common Stock or Awards denominated in units of Common Stock on such terms and conditions and subject to such restrictions and/or requirements, as the Plan Administrator shall determine, in its sole discretion, which terms, conditions and restrictions shall be set forth in the instrument evidencing the Award. The terms, conditions and restrictions that the Plan Administrator shall have the power to determine shall include, without limitation, the manner in which shares subject to Restricted Stock Awards are held during the periods they are subject to restrictions and the circumstances under which forfeiture of the Restricted Stock Award shall occur by reason of termination of the Participant’s employment or service relationship.

 

 

8


 

 

9.2            Performance Stock Awards .  The Plan Administrator in its sole discretion is authorized to subject Restricted Stock Awards to performance restrictions and/or requirements which may be based on continuous service with the Company or the achievement of performance goals related to profits or loss, revenue or profit growth or loss reduction, profit or loss related return ratios, other balance sheet or income statement targets or ratios, market share, project completion, operational or productivity efficiency gains, cash flow, share price appreciation or total stockholder return, where such goals may be stated in absolute terms or relative to comparison companies. To the extent an Award subject to performance goals is intended to be exempt under  Section 162(m) of the Code, unless otherwise permitted in compliance with Section 162(m) of the Code, the Plan Administrator shall establish the performance goals (and any applicable performance award formula) applicable to the Award no later than the earlier of (a) the date ninety (90) days after the commencement of the applicable performance period or (b) the date on which twenty five percent (25%) of the performance period has elapsed, and, in any event, at a time when the outcome of the performance goals remains substantially uncertain.

 

9.3            Issuance of Shares.   Upon the satisfaction of any terms, conditions and restrictions prescribed in respect to a Restricted Stock Award, or upon the Participant’s release from any terms, conditions and restrictions of a Restricted Stock Award, as determined by the Plan Administrator, the Company shall release, as soon as practicable, to the Participant or, in the case of the Participant’s death, to the personal representative of the Participant’s estate or as the appropriate court directs, the appropriate number of shares of Common Stock.

 

9.4            Waiver of Restrictions.   Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan, the Plan Administrator may, in its sole discretion, waive the forfeiture period and any other terms, conditions or restrictions on any Restricted Stock Award under such circumstances and subject to such terms and conditions as the Plan Administrator shall deem appropriate; provided, however , that the Plan Administrator may not adjust performance goals for any Restricted Stock Award intended to be exempt under Section 162(m) of the Code for the year in which the Restricted Stock Award is settled in such a manner as would increase the amount otherwise payable to a Participant.

 

10.

Assignability .

 

No Awards granted under the Plan or any interest therein may be assigned, pledged or transferred by the Participant other than by will or by the applicable laws of descent and distribution, and, during the Participant’s lifetime, such Award may be exercised only by the Participant or a permitted assignee or transferee of the Participant (as provided below). Notwithstanding the foregoing, and to the extent permitted by Section 422 of the Code, the Plan Administrator, in its sole discretion, may permit such assignment, transfer and exercisability and may permit a Participant to designate a beneficiary who may exercise the Award or receive payment under the Award after the Participant’s death; provided, however , that any Award so assigned or transferred shall be subject to all the same terms and conditions contained in the instrument evidencing the Award.

 

 

9


 

 

11.

Adjustments

 

11.1            Adjustment of Shares.   In the event that, at any time or from time to time, a stock dividend, stock split, spin-off, combination or exchange of shares, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, distribution to stockholders other than a normal cash dividend, or other change in the Company’s corporate or capital structure results in (a) the outstanding shares, or any securities exchanged therefor or received in their place, being exchanged for a different number or class of securities of the Company or of any other corporation or (b) new, different or additional securities of the Company or of any other corporation being received by the holders of shares of Common Stock of the Company, then the Plan Administrator shall make proportional adjustments in (i) the maximum number and kind of securities subject to the Plan as set forth in Sections 4.1;  (ii) the maximum number and kind of securities that may be made subject to Awards to any individual as set forth in Section 4.2; and (iii) the number and kind of securities that are subject to any outstanding Award and the per share price of such securities, without any change in the aggregate price to be paid therefor. The determination by the Plan Administrator as to the terms of any of the foregoing adjustments shall be conclusive and binding.

 

11.2            Corporate Transaction.

 

(a)            Options.   Except as otherwise provided in the instrument that evidences the Option, in the event of a Corporate Transaction, the Plan Administrator shall determine whether provision will be made in connection with the Corporate Transaction for an appropriate assumption of the Options theretofore granted under the Plan (which assumption may be effected by means of a payment to each Participant (by the Company or any other person or entity involved in the Corporate Transaction), in exchange for the cancellation of the Options held by such Participant, of the difference between the then Fair Market Value of the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock then subject to such Options and the aggregate exercise price that would have to be paid to acquire such shares) or for substitution of appropriate new options covering stock of a successor corporation to the Company or stock of an affiliate of such successor corporation. If the Plan Administrator determines that such an assumption or substitution will be made, the Plan Administrator shall give notice of such determination to the Participants, and the provisions of such assumption or substitution, and any adjustments made (i) to the number and kind of shares subject to the outstanding Options (or to the options in substitution therefor), (ii) to the exercise prices, and/or (iii) to the terms and conditions of the stock options, shall be binding on the Participants. Any such determination shall be made in the sole discretion of the Plan Administrator and shall be final, conclusive and binding on all Participants. If the Plan Administrator, in its sole discretion, determines that no such assumption or substitution will be made, the Plan Administrator shall give notice of such determination to the Participants, and each Option that is at the time outstanding shall automatically accelerate so that each such Option shall, immediately prior to the specified effective date for the Corporate Transaction, become 100% vested and exercisable. All such Options shall terminate and cease to remain outstanding immediately following the consummation of the Corporate Transaction, except to the extent assumed by the successor corporation or an affiliate thereof.

 

 

10


 

 

(b)            Performance Stock Awards or Restricted Stock Awards.   Except as otherwise provided in the instrument that evidences the Award, in the event of a Corporate Transaction, the vesting of shares subject to Performance Stock Awards or Restricted Stock Awards shall accelerate, and the forfeiture provisions to which such shares are subject shall lapse, if and to the same extent that the vesting of outstanding Options accelerates in connection with the Corporate Transaction. If unvested Options are to be assumed, continued or substituted by a successor corporation without acceleration upon the occurrence of a Corporate Transaction, the forfeiture provisions to which such Performance Stock Awards or Restricted Stock Awards are subject will continue with respect to shares of the successor corporation that may be issued in exchange for such shares subject to Performance Stock Awards or Restricted Stock Awards.

 

11.3            Further Adjustment of Awards.   Subject to Section 11.2, the Plan Administrator shall have the discretion, exercisable at any time before a sale, merger, consolidation, reorganization, liquidation or change in control of the Company, as defined by the Plan Administrator, to take such further action as it determines to be necessary or advisable, and fair and equitable to Participants, with respect to Awards. Such authorized action may include (but shall not be limited to) establishing, amending or waiving the type, terms, conditions or duration of, o


 
SITE SEARCH

AGREEMENTS / CONTRACTS

Document Title:

Entire Document: (optional)

Governing Law:(optional)


Try our advanced search >>
 

CLAUSES

Search Contract Clauses >>

Browse Contract Clause Library>>

Get Email Updates
Email:
This is only a partial view of this document. We have millions of legal documents and clauses drafted by top law firms. learn more search for free browse for free learn more