JUPITER GLOBAL HOLDINGS
CORP.
EMPLOYEE STOCK INCENTIVE
PLAN FOR THE YEAR 2005 NO. 1
1.1 Purpose . This Stock Incentive Plan (the
“Plan”) is intended to allow designated officers and
employees (all of whom are sometimes collectively referred to
herein as the “Employees,” or individually as the
“Employee”) of Jupiter Global Holdings, Corp., a Nevada
corporation (the “Company”) and its Subsidiaries (as
that term is defined below) which they may have from time to time
(the Company and such Subsidiaries are referred to herein as the
“Company”) to receive certain options (the “Stock
Options”) to purchase common stock of the Company, par value
$0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), and to receive
grants of the Common Stock subject to certain restrictions (the
“Awards”). As used in this Plan, the term
“Subsidiary” shall mean each corporation which is a
“subsidiary corporation” of the Company within the
meaning of Section 424(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (the “Code”). The purpose of this Plan is to
provide the Employees, who make significant and extraordinary
contributions to the long-term growth and performance of the
Company, with equity-based compensation incentives, and to attract
and retain the Employees.
1.2 Administration . The Plan shall be administered by the
Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) of, or
appointed by, the Board of Directors of the Company (the
“Board”). The Committee shall select one of its members
as Chairman or Plan Administrator and shall act by vote of a
majority of a quorum, or by unanimous written consent. A majority
of its members shall constitute a quorum. The Committee shall be
governed by the provisions of the Company’s Bylaws and of
Nevada law applicable to the Board, except as otherwise provided
herein or determined by the Board.
1.2.1 The Committee shall have full and complete
authority, in its discretion, but subject to the express provisions
of this Plan (a) to approve the Employees nominated by the
management of the Company to be granted Awards or Stock Options;
(b) to determine the number of Awards or Stock Options to be
granted to an Employee; (c) to determine the time or times at which
Awards or Stock Options shall be granted; to establish the terms
and conditions upon which Awards or Stock Options may be exercised;
(d) to remove or adjust any restrictions and conditions upon Awards
or Stock Options; (e) to specify, at the time of grant, provisions
relating to exercisability of Stock Options and to accelerate or
otherwise modify the exercisability of any Stock Options; and (f)
to adopt such rules and regulations and to make all other
determinations deemed necessary or desirable for the administration
of this Plan. All interpretations and constructions of this Plan by
the Committee, and all of its actions hereunder, shall be binding
and conclusive on all persons for all purposes.
1.2.2 The Company hereby agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless each Committee member and each Employee, and the estate
and heirs of such Committee member or Employee, against all claims,
liabilities, expenses, penalties, damages or other pecuniary
losses, including legal fees, which such Committee member or
Employee, his estate or heirs may suffer as a result of his
responsibilities, obligations or duties in connection with this
Plan, to the extent that insurance, if any, does not cover the
payment of such items. No member of the Committee or the Board
shall be liable for any action or determination made in good faith
with respect to this Plan or any Award or Stock Option granted
pursuant to this Plan.
1.3 Eligibility and Participation
. The Employees eligible under this
Plan shall be approved by the Committee from those Employees who,
in the opinion of the management of the Company, are in positions
which enable them to make significant contributions to the
long-term performance and growth of the Company. In selecting the
Employees to whom Award or Stock Options may be granted,
consideration shall be given to factors such as employment
position, duties and responsibilities, ability, productivity,
length of service, morale, interest in the Company and
recommendations of supervisors.
1.4 Shares Subject to this Plan
. The maximum number of shares of
the Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to this Plan shall be
700,000,000 subject to adjustment pursuant to the provisions of
Paragraph 4.1. If shares of the Common Stock awarded or issued
under this Plan are reacquired by the Company due to a forfeiture
or for any other reason, such shares shall be cancelled and
thereafter shall again be available for purposes of this Plan. If a
Stock Option expires, terminates or is cancelled for any reason
without having been exercised in full, the shares of the Common
Stock not purchased thereunder shall again be available for
purposes of this Plan.
2. Provisions Relating to Stock Options
.
2.1 Grants of Stock Options . The Committee may grant Stock Options in such
amounts, at such times, and to the Employees nominated by the
management of the Company as the Committee, in its discretion, may
determine. Stock Options granted under this Plan shall constitute
“incentive stock options” within the meaning of Section
422 of the Code, if so designated by the Committee on the date of
grant. The Committee shall also have the discretion to grant Stock
Options which do not constitute incentive stock options, and any
such Stock Options shall be designated non-statutory stock options
by the Committee on the date of grant. The aggregate Fair Market
Value (determined as of the time an incentive stock option is
granted) of the Common Stock with respect to which incentive stock
options are exercisable for the first time by any Employee during
any one calendar year (under all plans of the Company and any
parent or subsidiary of the Company) may not exceed the maximum
amount permitted under Section 422 of the Code (currently,
$100,000.00). Non-statutory stock options shall not be subject to
the limitations relating to incentive stock options contained in
the preceding sentence. In the discretion of the Committee, Stock
Options may include provisions (which need not be uniform),
authorized by the Committee in its discretion, that accelerate an
Employee’s rights to exercise Stock Options following a
“Change in Control,” upon termination of the
Employee’s employment by the Company without
“Cause” or by the Employee for “Good
Reason,” as such terms are defined in Paragraph 3.1 hereof.
The holder of a Stock Option shall not be entitled to the
privileges of stock ownership as to any shares of the Common Stock
not actually issued to such holder.
2.2 Purchase Price . The purchase price (the “Exercise
Price”) of shares of the Common Stock subject to each Stock
Option (the “Option Shares”) shall not be less than 85
percent of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the date of
exercise. For an Employee holding greater than 10 percent of the
total voting power of all stock of the Company, either Common or
Preferred, the Exercise Price of an incentive stock option shall be
at least 110 percent of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock
on the date of the grant of the option. As used herein, “Fair
Market Value” means the mean between the highest and lowest
reported sales prices of the Common Stock on the New York Stock
Exchange Composite Tape or, if not listed on such exchange, on any
other national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is
listed or on The NASDAQ Stock Market, or, if not so listed on any
other national securities exchange or The NASDAQ Stock Market, then
the price of the Common Stock at the date of exercise on the OTC
Bulletin Board or Pink Sheets. If the Common Stock is not then
publicly traded, then the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock
shall be the book value of the Company per share as determined on
the last day of March, June, September, or December in any year
closest to the date when the determination is to be made. For the
purpose of determining book value hereunder, book value shall be
determined by adding as of the applicable date called for herein
the capital, surplus, and undivided profits of the Company, and
after having deducted any reserves theretofore established; the sum
of these items shall be divided by the number of shares of the
Common Stock outstanding as of said date, and the quotient thus
obtained shall represent the book value of each share of the Common
Stock of the Company.
2.3 Option Period . The Stock Option period (the
“Term”) shall commence on the date of grant of the
Stock Option and shall be 10 years or such shorter period as is
determined by the Committee. Each Stock Option shall provide that
it is exercisable over its term in such periodic installments as
the Committee may determine, subject to the provisions of Paragraph
2.4.1. Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the “Exchange Act”) exempts persons normally
subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the
Exchange Act (the “Section 16 Reporting Persons”)
pursuant to a qualified employee stock option plan from the normal
requirement of not selling until at least six months and one day
from the date the Stock Option is granted.
2.4 Exercise of Options .
2.4.1 Each Stock Option may be exercised in whole or
in part (but not as to fractional shares) by delivering it for
surrender or endorsement to the Company, attention of the Corporate
Secretary, at the principal office of the Company, together with
payment of the Exercise Price and an executed Notice and Agreement
of Exercise in the form prescribed by Paragraph 2.4.2. Payment may
be made (a) in cash, (b) by cashier’s or certified check, (c)
by surrender of previously owned shares of the Common Stock valued
pursuant to Paragraph 2.2 (if the Committee authorizes payment in
stock in its discretion), (d) by withholding from the Option Shares
which would otherwise be issuable upon the exercise of the Stock
Option that number of Option Shares equal to the exercise price of
the Stock Option, if such withholding is authorized by the
Committee in its discretion, or (e) in the discretion of the
Committee, by the delivery to the Company of the optionee’s
promissory note secured by the Option Shares, bearing interest at a
rate sufficient to prevent the imputation of interest under
Sections 483 or 1274 of the Code, and having such other terms and
conditions as may be satisfactory to the Committee. Subject to the
provisions of this Paragraph 2.4 and Paragraph 2.5, the Employee
has the right to exercise his or her Stock Options at the rate of
at least 20 percent per year over five years from the date the
Stock Option is granted.
2.4.2 Exercise of each Stock Option is conditioned
upon the agreement of the Employee to the terms and conditions of
this Plan and of such Stock Option as evidenced by the
Employee’s execution and delivery of a Notice and Agreement
of Exercise in a form to be determined by the Committee in its
discretion. Such Notice and Agreement of Exercise shall set forth
the agreement of the Employee that (a) no Option Shares will be
sold or otherwise distributed in violation of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or any other
applicable federal or state securities laws, (b) each Option Share
certificate may be imprinted with legends reflecting any applicable
federal and state securities law restrictions and conditions, (c)
the Company may comply with said securities law restrictions and
issue “stop transfer” instructions to its Transfer
Agent and Registrar without liability, (d) if the Employee is a
Section 16 Reporting Person, the Employee will furnish to the
Company a copy of each Form 4 or Form 5 filed by said Employee and
will timely file all reports required under federal securities
laws, and (e) the Employee will report all sales of Option Shares
to the Company in writing on a form prescribed by the
Company.
2.4.3 No Stock Option shall be exercisable unless and
until any applicable registration or qualification requirements of
federal and state securities laws, and all other legal
requirements, have been fully complied with. The Company will use
reasonable efforts to maintain the effectiveness of a Registration
Statement under the Securities Act for the issuance of Stock
Options and shares acquired thereunder, but there may be times when
no such Registration Statement will be currently effective. The
exercise of Stock Options may be temporarily suspended without
liability to the Company during times when no such Registration
Statement is currently effective, or during times when, in the
reasonable opinion of the Committee, such suspension is necessary
to preclude violation of any requirements of applicable law or
regulatory bodies having jurisdiction over the Company. If any
Stock Option would expire for any reason except the end of its term
during such a suspension, then if exercise of such Stock Option is
duly tendered before its expiration, such Stock Option shall be
exercisable and exercised (unless the attempted exercise is
withdrawn) as of the first day after the end of such suspension.
The Company shall have no obligation to file any Registration
Statement covering resales of Option Shares.
2.5 Continuous Employment . Except as provided in Paragraph 2.7 below, an
Employee may not exercise a Stock Option unless from the date of
grant to the date of exercise the Employee remains continuously in
the employ of the Company. For purposes of this Paragraph 2.5, the
period of continuous employment of an Employee with the Company
shall be deemed to include (without extending the term of the Stock
Option) any period during which the Employee is on leave of absence
with the consent of the Company, provided that such leave of
absence shall not exceed three months and that the Employee returns
to the employ of the Company at the expiration of such leave of
absence. If the Employee fails to return to the employ of the
Company at the expiration of such leave of absence, the
Employee’s employment with the Company shall be deemed
terminated as of the date such leave of absence commenced. The
continuous employment of an Employee with the Company shall also be
deemed to include any period during which the Employee is a member
of the Armed Forces of the United States, provided that the
Employee returns to the employ of the Company within 90 days (or
such longer period as may be prescribed by law) from the date the
Employee first becomes entitled to a discharge from military
service. If an Employee does not return to the employ of the
Company within 90 days (or such longer period as may be prescribed
by law) from the date the Employee first becomes entitled to a
discharge from military service, the Employee’s employment
with the Company shall be deemed to have terminated as of the date
the Employee’s military service ended.
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