EXHIBIT 10.7
AMENDED AND
RESTATED
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR
HOLDINGS
2007 EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE
PLAN
Exhibit A, which is incorporated by
reference, defines the terms used in the Plan and in the Award
Agreements.
The Plan has been established to
advance the interests of the Company and its Affiliates by
providing for the grant to Participants of Awards.
The Committee has discretionary
authority, subject only to the express provisions of the Plan and
the Award Agreements, to interpret the Plan; determine eligibility
for and grant Awards; determine, modify or waive the terms and
conditions of any Award; prescribe forms, rules and procedures; and
otherwise do all things necessary to carry out the purposes of the
Plan. Except as otherwise provided by the express terms of an Award
Agreement, all determinations of the Committee made under the Plan
will be conclusive and will bind all parties.
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4.
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LIMITS ON
AWARDS UNDER THE PLAN
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(a) Number of Shares
. A maximum of 4,949,711
shares of Common Stock of the Company may be delivered in
satisfaction of Awards under the Plan. The issuance of Shares, the
payment of cash upon the exercise of an Award, the withholding of
Shares in satisfaction of the exercise price of Stock Options or
the withholding of Shares in satisfaction of tax withholding
requirements shall reduce the total number of Shares available
under the Plan, as applicable. Shares which are subject to Awards
(or portion thereof) that are canceled, forfeited or otherwise
terminated may be granted again under the Plan. Common Stock issued
under awards of an acquired company that are converted, replaced or
adjusted in connection with the acquisition shall not reduce the
number of shares available for Awards under the Plan.
(b) Type of Shares
. Common Stock delivered
under the Plan may be authorized but unissued Common Stock or
previously issued Common Stock acquired by the Company or any of
its Affiliates and may include fractional shares of Common
Stock.
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5.
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ELIGIBILITY
AND PARTICIPATION
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The Committee, based upon
recommendations of the Company and it Affiliates, will select
Participants from among those key Employees of the Company or its
Affiliates who, in the opinion of the Committee, are in a position
to make a significant contribution to the success of the Company
and its Affiliates.
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6.
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RULES
APPLICABLE TO STOCK OPTIONS
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(a) General
.
(1) Stock Option
Provisions . The
Committee will determine the terms of all Stock Options, subject to
the limitations provided herein, and shall furnish to each
Participant an Award Agreement setting forth the terms applicable
to the Participant’s Stock Option. By entering into an Award
Agreement, the Participant agrees to the terms of the Stock Option
and of the Plan, to the extent not inconsistent with the express
terms of the Award Agreement. Notwithstanding any provision of this
Plan to the contrary, awards of an acquired company that are
converted, replaced or adjusted in connection with the acquisition
may contain terms and conditions that are inconsistent with the
terms and conditions specified herein, as determined by the
Committee.
(2) Transferability
. Except as otherwise
provided in the Shareholders Agreement or as the Committee
otherwise expressly provides, Stock Options may not be transferred
other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and
during a Participant’s lifetime, except as the Committee
otherwise expressly provides, may be exercised only by the
Participant.
(3) Vesting,
Etc. The Committee
may determine the time or times at which a Stock Option will vest
or become exercisable and the terms on which a Stock Option
requiring exercise will remain exercisable. Unless the Committee
expressly provides otherwise, a vested Stock Option shall be
exercisable only on or after the earlier to occur of (i) the
date which is six (6) months after the effective date of a
Public Offering and (ii) the seventh anniversary of the date
of grant. Without limiting the foregoing, the Committee may at any
time accelerate the vesting or exercisability of a Stock Option,
regardless of any adverse or potentially adverse tax consequences
resulting from such acceleration. Unless the Committee expressly
provides otherwise in an Award Agreement, immediately upon the
cessation of a Participant’s Employment all Stock Options
will cease to be exercisable and will terminate, except
that:
(A) subject to (B) and
(C) below, all Stock Options held by the Participant or the
Participant’s permitted transferees (as determined by
reference to the Shareholders Agreement and applicable Award
Agreement), if any, immediately prior to the cessation of the
Participant’s Employment, to the extent then exercisable,
will remain exercisable for the shorter of (i) a period of 90
days or (ii) the period ending on the latest date on which
such Stock Option could have been exercised without regard to this
Section 6(a)(3), and will thereupon terminate;
(B) all Stock Options held by a
Participant or the Participant’s permitted transferees, if
any, immediately prior to the Participant’s death or
Disability, to the extent then exercisable, will remain exercisable
for the shorter of (i) the twelve (12) month period
following the Participant’s death or Disability or
(ii) the period ending on the latest date on which such Stock
Options could have been exercised without regard to this
Section 6(a)(3), and will thereupon terminate; and
(C) all Stock Options held by a
Participant or the Participant’s permitted transferees, if
any, immediately prior to the cessation of the Participant’s
Employment will immediately terminate upon such cessation if such
cessation of Employment was for Cause.
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(4) Taxes .
The Committee will make such
provision for the withholding of taxes as it deems necessary. The
Committee may, but need not, hold back shares of Common Stock from
a Stock Option or permit a Participant to tender previously owned
shares of Common Stock in satisfaction of tax withholding
requirements (but not in excess of the applicable minimum statutory
withholding rate).
(5) Dividend Equivalents,
Etc. To the extent
consistent with Section 409A of the Code, the Committee may in
its sole discretion provide for the payment of amounts in cash, or
for other adjustments to a Stock Option, upon an Adjustment Event,
with respect to Common Stock subject to a Stock Option.
(6) Rights Limited
. Nothing in the Plan
will be construed as giving any person the right to continued
Employment with the Company or its Affiliates, continued
participation in the Plan, or any rights as a stockholder except as
to shares of Common Stock actually issued under the
Plan.
(7) Shareholders Agreement
. Unless otherwise
specifically provided, all Stock Options issued under the Plan and
all Common Stock issued thereunder will be subject to the
Shareholders Agreement.
(b) Exercise
.
(1) Time And Manner Of
Exercise . Unless the
Committee expressly provides otherwise, a Stock Option permitting
exercise by the holder will not be deemed to have been exercised
until the Committee receives a notice of exercise (in form
acceptable to the Committee) signed by the appropriate person and
accompanied by any payment required under the Stock Option. If the
Stock Option is exercised by any person other than the Participant,
the Committee may require satisfactory evidence that the person
exercising the Stock Option has the right to do so.
(2) Exercise Price
. Except as otherwise
permitted pursuant to Section 6(a)(5) or Section 7(b)(1)
hereof, the exercise price of a Stock Option will not be less than
the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock subject to the Stock
Option, determined as of the date of grant.
(3) Payment Of Exercise
Price . Where the
exercise of a Stock Option is to be accompanied by payment, the
Committee may determine the required or permitted forms of payment,
subject to the following: (a) all payments will be by cash or
check acceptable to the Committee, or (b) if so permitted by
the Committee, (i) through the delivery of shares of Common
Stock that have a Fair Market Value equal to the exercise price,
except where payment by delivery of shares of Common Stock would
adversely affect the Company’s results of operations under
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles or where payment by
delivery of shares of Common Stock outstanding for less than six
months would require application of securities laws relating to
profit realized on such shares of Common Stock, (ii) where
permitted by law, by delivery to the Company of a promissory note
of the person exercising the Stock Option, payable on such terms as
are specified by the Committee, (iii) at such time, if any, as
the Common Stock is publicly traded,
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through a broker-assisted exercise program
acceptable to the Committee, (iv) by other means acceptable to
the Committee, or (v) by means of withholding of shares of
Common Stock, with an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to
(A) the aggregate exercise price and (B) unless the
Company is precluded or restricted from doing so under debt
covenants, minimum statutory withholding taxes with respect to such
exercise, or (vi) by any combination of the foregoing
permissible forms of payment. The delivery of shares of Common
Stock in payment of the exercise price under clause (b)(i) above
may be accomplished either by actual delivery or by constructive
delivery through attestation of ownership, subject to such rules as
the Committee may prescribe.
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7.
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EFFECT OF
CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS
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(a) Change Of Control
. Except as otherwise
provided in an Award Agreement, in the event of a Change of Control
in which there is an acquiring or surviving entity, the Committee
may, unless the Committee determines that doing so is inappropriate
or unfeasible, provide for the continuation or assumption of some
or all outstanding Awards, or for the grant of new awards in
substitution therefor, by the acquiror or survivor or an affiliate
of the acquiror or survivor, in each case on such terms and subject
to such conditions as preserve the intrinsic value of the Award in
the Committee’s good faith determination. In the event of a
Change of Control (whether or not th