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SKECHERS U.S.A., INC.
2008 EMPLOYEE STOCK
PURCHASE PLAN
Skechers
U.S.A., Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “
Company ”), hereby adopts the Skechers U.S.A.,
Inc. 2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “
Plan ”), effective as of the Effective Date (as
defined herein).
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Purpose . The purposes of the Plan are as follows: |
(a) To assist employees of the Company and its Designated
Subsidiaries (as defined below) in acquiring a stock ownership
interest in the Company pursuant to a plan which is intended to
qualify as an “employee stock purchase plan” within the
meaning of Section 423(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
(b) To help employees provide for their future security and to
encourage them to remain in the employment of the Company and its
Designated Subsidiaries.
(a) “ Administrator ” shall mean the
administrator of the Plan, as determined pursuant to
Section 14 hereof.
(b) “ Board ” shall mean the Board
of Directors of the Company.
(c) “ Code ” shall mean the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(d) “ Committee ” shall mean the
committee appointed to administer the Plan pursuant to Section 14
hereof.
(e) “ Common Stock ” shall mean the
Class A Common Stock of the Company, $0.001 par value per
share, and such other securities that may be substituted for Common
Stock pursuant to Section 19 hereof.
(f) “ Company ” shall mean Skechers
U.S.A., Inc., a Delaware corporation, or any successor thereto.
(g) “ Compensation ” shall mean all
base straight time gross earnings including commissions, payments
for overtime, incentive payments and performance bonuses.
(h) “ Designated Subsidiary ” shall
mean any Subsidiary which has been designated by the Administrator
from time to time in its sole discretion as eligible to participate
in the Plan. The Administrator may designate, or terminate the
designation of, a subsidiary as a Designated Subsidiary without the
approval of the stockholders of the Company.
(i) “ Effective Date ” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 23.
(j) “ Eligible Employee ” shall mean
an Employee of the Company or a Designated Subsidiary: (i) who does
not, immediately after the option is granted, own stock possessing
five percent (5%) or more of the total combined voting power or
value of all classes of stock of the Company, a Parent or a
Subsidiary (as determined under Section 423(b)(3) of the
Code); and (ii) whose customary employment is for more than
five (5) months in any calendar year. For purposes of clause
(i), the rules of Section 424(d) of the Code with regard to the
attribution of stock ownership shall apply in determining the stock
ownership of an individual, and stock which an Employee may
purchase under outstanding options shall be treated as stock owned
by the Employee. For purposes of the Plan, the employment
relationship shall be treated as continuing intact while the
individual is on sick leave or other leave of absence approved by
the Company or Designated Subsidiary and meeting the requirements
of Treasury Regulation Section 1.421-7(h)(2). Where the
period of leave exceeds ninety (90) days and the
individual’s right to reemployment is not guaranteed either
by statute or by contract, the employment relationship shall be
deemed to have terminated on the ninety-first (91 st )
day of such leave.
(k) “ Employee ” shall mean any
person who renders services to the Company or a Subsidiary in the
status of an employee within the meaning of Code
Section 3401(c). “Employee” shall not include any
director of the Company or a Subsidiary who does not render
services to the Company or a Subsidiary in the status of an
employee within the meaning of Code Section 3401(c).
(l) “ Enrollment Date ” shall mean
the first Trading Day of each Offering Period.
(m) “ Exercise Date ” shall mean the
last Trading Day of each Purchase Period.
(n) “ Fair Market Value ” shall
mean, as of any date, the value of Common Stock determined as
follows:
(i) If the Common Stock is traded on an exchange, its Fair
Market Value shall be the closing sales price for a share of Common
Stock as reported in The Wall Street Journal (or such other
source as the Administrator may deem reliable for such purposes)
for such date, or if no sale occurred on such date, the first
trading date immediately prior to such date during which a sale
occurred;
(ii) If the Common Stock is not traded on an exchange but is
quoted on a quotation system, its Fair Market Value shall be the
mean between the closing representative bid and asked prices for
the Common Stock on such date, or if no sale occurred on such date,
the first date immediately prior to such date on which sales prices
or bid and asked prices, as applicable, are reported by such
quotation system; or
(iii) In the absence of an established market for the Common
Stock, the Fair Market Value thereof shall be determined in good
faith by the Administrator.
(o) “ Offering Period ” shall mean
each period of approximately six (6) months commencing on any
January 1 or July 1 and terminating on the last Trading Day on or
before the next occurring June 30 or December 31, as
applicable. The first Offering Period under the Plan shall commence
on January 1, 2008 and end on the last Trading Day on or before
June 30, 2008. The duration and timing of Offering Periods may
be changed pursuant to Section 4 of this Plan, but in no event
may an Offering Period have a duration in excess of twenty-seven
(27) months.
(p) “ Parent ” means any
corporation, other than the Company, in an unbroken chain of
corporations ending with the Company if, at the time of the
determination, each of the corporations other than the Company 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.
(q) “ Per Period Limit ” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 7.
(r) “ Plan ” shall mean this
Skechers U.S.A., Inc. 2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
(s) “ Purchase Period ” shall mean
the approximately six (6) month period commencing on each
Enrollment Date and ending with the next Exercise Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the first Purchase Period with
respect to the initial Offering Period under the Plan shall
commence on January 1, 2008 (or if such day is not a Trading
Day, then on the first Trading Day thereafter) and end on the last
Trading Day on or before June 30, 2008. Unless and until
changed by the Administrator, each Purchase Period shall be for
approximately the same six month interval as the corresponding
Offering Period.
(t) “ Purchase Price ” shall mean
85% of the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the
Enrollment Date or on the Exercise Date, whichever is lower;
provided , however , that the Purchase Price may be
adjusted by the Administrator pursuant to Section 19 hereof;
provided , further , that the Purchase Price shall
not be less than the par value of a share of Common Stock.
(u) “ Subsidiary ” shall mean any
corporation, other than the Company, in an unbroken chain of
corporations beginning with the Company if, at the time of the
determination, each of the corporations other than the last
corporation in an unbroken chain 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.
(v) “ Trading Day ” shall mean a day
on which national stock exchanges are open for trading.
3.
Eligibility .
(a) Any Eligible Employee who shall be employed by the Company
or a Designated Subsidiary on a given Enrollment Date for an
Offering Period shall be eligible to participate in the Plan during
such Offering Period, subject to the requirements of Section 5
hereof and the limitations imposed by Section 423(b) of the
Code.
(b) Each person who, during the course of an Offering Period,
first becomes an Eligible Employee subsequent to the Enrollment
Date will be eligible to become a participant in the Plan on the
first day of the first Purchase Period following the day on which
such person becomes an Eligible Employee, subject to the
requirements of Section 5 hereof and the limitations imposed
by Section 423(b) of the Code.
(c) No Eligible Employee shall be granted an option under the
Plan which permits his or her rights to purchase Common Stock under
the Plan, and to purchase stock under all other employee stock
purchase plans of the Company, any Parent or any Subsidiary subject
to Section 423 of the Code, to accrue at a rate which exceeds
$25,000 of fair market value of such stock (determined at the time
the option is granted) for each calendar year in which the option
is outstanding at any time. For purposes of the limitation imposed
by this subsection, the right to purchase stock under an option
accrues when the option (or any portion thereof) first becomes
exercisable during the calendar year, the right to purchase stock
under an option accrues at the rate provided in the option, but in
no case may such rate exceed $25,000 of fair market value of such
stock (determined at the time such option is granted) for any one
calendar year, and a right to purchase stock which has accrued
under an option may not be carried over to any option. This
limitation shall be applied in accordance with
Section 423(b)(8) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations
thereunder.
4.
Offering Periods . The Plan shall be implemented by
consecutive Offering Periods which shall continue until the Plan
expires or is terminated in accordance with Section 20 hereof.
The Administrator shall have the power to change the duration of
Offering Periods (including the commencement dates thereof) with
respect to future offerings without stockholder approval if such
change is announced at least five (5) days prior to the
scheduled beginning of the first Offering Period to be affected
thereafter.
5.
Participation .
(a) An Eligible Employee may become a participant in the Plan
for any Offering Period by completing a subscription agreement
authorizing payroll deductions in a form acceptable to the
Administrator and filing it with the Company’s payroll office
fifteen (15) days (or such shorter or longer period as may be
determined by the Administrator, in its sole discretion) prior to
the applicable Enrollment Date.
(c) Each person who, during the course of an Offering Period,
first becomes an Eligible Employee subsequent to the Enrollment
Date may become a participant in the Plan for any subsequent
Offering Period by completing a subscription agreement authorizing
payroll deductions in a form acceptable to the Administrator and
filing it with the Company’s payroll office fifteen
(15) days (or such shorter or longer period as may be
determined by the Administrator, in its sole discretion) prior to
the Enrollment Date for the subsequent Offering Period with respect
to which such Eligible Employee’s participation is to
commence. The rights granted to such participant shall have the
same characteristics as any rights originally granted during that
Offering Period except that the first day of the Purchase Period in
which such person initially participates in the Plan shall be the
“Enrollment Date” for all purposes for such person,
including determination of the Purchase Price.
(d) Payroll deductions for a participant shall commence on the
first payroll following the Enrollment Date and shall end on the
last payroll in the Offering Period to which such authorization is
applicable, unless sooner terminated by the participant as provided
in Section 10 hereof.
(e) During a leave of absence approved by the Company or a
Subsidiary and meeting the requirements of Treasury
Regulation Section 1.421-7(h)(2), a participant may
continue to participate in the Plan by making cash payments to the
Company on each pay day equal to the amount of the
participant’s payroll deductions under the Plan for the pay
day immediately preceding the first day of such participant’s
leave of absence. If a leave of absence is unapproved or fails to
meet the requirements of Treasury
Regulation Section 1.421-7(h)(2), the participant will
cease automatically to participate in the Plan. In such event, the
Company will automatically cease to deduct the participant’s
payroll under the Plan. The Company will pay to the participant his
or her total payroll deductions for the Purchase Period, in cash in
one lump sum (without interest), as soon as practicable after the
participant ceases to participate in the Plan.
(f) A
participant’s completion of a subscription agreement will
enroll such participant in the Plan for each successive Purchase
Period and each subsequent Offering Period on the terms contained
therein until the participant either submits a new subscription
agreement, withdraws from participation under the Plan as provided
in Section 10 hereof or otherwise becomes ineligible to
participate in the Plan.
(g) The subscription agreement(s) used in connection with the
Plan shall be in a form prescribed by the Administrator, and the
Administrator may, in its sole discretion, determine whether such
agreement shall be submitted in written or electronic form.
6.
Payroll Deductions .
(a) At the time a participant files his or her subscription
agreement, he or she shall elect to have payroll deductions made on
each pay day during the Offering Period in an amount from one
percent (1%) to fifteen percent (15%) of the Compensation which he
or she receives on each pay day during the Offering Period.
(b) All payroll deductions made for a participant shall be
credited to his or her account under the Plan and shall be withheld
in whole percentages only. A participant may not make any
additional payments into such account.
(c) A
participant may discontinue his or her participation in the Plan as
provided in Section 10 hereof, or may increase or decrease the rate
of his or her payroll deductions during the Offering Period by
completing or filing with the Company a new subscription agreement
authorizing a change in payroll deduction rate. The Administrator
may, in its discretion, limit the number of participation rate
changes during any Offering Period. The change in rate shall be
effective with the first full payroll period following five
(5) business days after the Company’s receipt of the new
subscription agreement (or such shorter or longer period as may be
determined by the Administrator, in its sole discretion).
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent necessary to
comply with Section 423(b)(8) of the Code and Section 3(c)
hereof, a participant’s payroll deductions may be decreased
to zero percent (0%) at any time during a Purchase Period.
(e) At the time the option is exercised, in whole or in part,
or at the time some or all of the Company’s Common Stock
issued under the Plan is disposed of, the participant must make
adequate provision for the Company’s federal, state, or other
tax withholding obligations, if any, which arise upon the exercise
of the option or the disposition of the Common Stock. At any time,
the Company may, but shall not be obligated to, withhold from the
participant’s compensation the amount necessary for the
Company to meet applicable withholding obligations, including any
withholding required to make available to the Company any tax
deductions or benefits attributable to the sale or early
disposition of Common Stock by the Employee.
7.
Grant of Option . On the Enrollment Date of each Offering
Period, each Eligible Employee participating in such Offering
Period shall be granted an option to purchase on each Exercise Date
during such Offering Period (at the applicable Purchase Price) up
to a number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock
determined by dividing such participant’s payroll deductions
accumulated prior to or on such Exercise Date and retained in the
participant’s account as of the Exercise Date by the
applicable Purchase Price; provided , however , that
in no event shall a participant be permitted to purchase during
each Offering Period more than that number of shares of Common
Stock (subject to any adjustment pursuant to Section 19
hereof) determined by dividing $25,000 by the Fair Market Value of
a share of Common Stock on the Enrollment Date (the “
Per Period Limit ”) and during each Purchase
Period more than the Per Period Limit (for the avoidance of doubt,
in the event that the Offering Period and Purchase Period are
approximately the same length, the participant shall only be
entitled to purchase an aggregate of the number of shares of Common
Stock equal to the Per Period Limit); and provided ,
further , that such purchase shall be subject to the
limitations set forth in Sections 3(c) and 13 hereof. The
Administrator may, for future Offering Periods, increase or
decrease, in its
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