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Exhibit 10.2
SUNPWR SYSTEMS INC.
1988 INCENTIVE STOCK PLAN
1. Purposes of the Plan. The purposes of this Incentive Stock Plan are to attract and retain the best available personnel for positions of substantial responsibility, to provide additional incentive to the Employees and Consultants of the Company and to promote the success of the Companys business.
Options granted hereunder may be either Incentive Stock Options or Nonstatutory Stock Options, at the discretion of the Board and as reflected in the terms of the written option agreement. The Board may also grant Stock Purchase Rights under this Plan.
2. Definitions. As used herein, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) Board shall mean the Committee, if one has been appointed, or the Board of Directors of the Company, if no Committee is appointed.
(b) Code shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(c) Committee shall mean the Committee appointed by the Board of Directors in accordance with paragraph (a) of Section 4 of the Plan, if one is appointed.
(d) Common Stock shall mean the Common Stock of the Company.
(e) Company shall mean Sunpwr Systems Inc., a California corporation.
(f) Consultant shall mean any person who is engaged by the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary to render consulting services and is compensated for such consulting services, and any director of the Company whether compensated for such services or not; provided that if and in the event the Company registers any class of any equity security pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), the term Consultant shall thereafter not include directors who are not compensated for their services or are paid only a directors fee by the Company.
(g) Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant shall mean the absence of any interruption or termination of service as an Employee or Consultant. Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant shall not be considered interrupted in the case of sick leave, military leave, or any other leave of absence approved by the Board; provided that such leave is for a period of not more than 90 days or reemployment upon the expiration of such leave is guaranteed by contract or statute.
(h) Employee shall mean any person, including officers and directors, employed by the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company. The payment of a directors fee by the Company shall not be sufficient to constitute employment by the Company.
(i) Incentive Stock Option shall mean an Option intended to qualify as an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422A of the Code.
(j) Nonstatutory Stock Option shall mean an Option not intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option.
(k) Option shall mean a stock option granted pursuant to the Plan.
(l) Optioned Stock shall mean the Common Stock subject to an Option.
(m) Optionee shall mean an Employee or Consultant who receives an Option.
(n) Parent shall mean a parent corporation, whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in Section 425(e) of the Code.
(o) Plan shall mean this 1988 Incentive Stock Plan.
(p) Purchaser shall mean any person who has purchased Shares pursuant to an Option or who has purchased, or has the right to purchase, Shares pursuant to a Stock Purchase Right under the Plan.
(q) Share shall mean a share of the Common Stock, as adjusted in accordance with Section 12 of the Plan.
(r) Stock Purchase Right shall mean a right, other than an Option, to purchase Common Stock pursuant to the Plan.
(s) Subsidiary shall mean a subsidiary corporation, whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in Section 425(f) of the Code.
3. Stock Subject to the Plan. Subject to the provisions of Section 12 of the Plan, the maximum aggregate number of shares which may be optioned and sold under the Plan is 644,800 shares of Common Stock. The Shares may be authorized, but unissued, or reacquired Common Stock.
If an Option should expire or become unexercisable for any reason without having been exercised in full, the unpurchased Shares which were subject thereto shall, unless the Plan shall have been terminated, become available for future grant under the Plan. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, shares issued under the Plan and later repurchased by the Company shall not become available for future grant or sale under the Plan.
4. Administration of the Plan.
(a) Procedure. The Plan shall be administered by the Board of Directors of the Company.
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(i) Subject to subparagraph (ii), the Board of Directors may appoint a Committee consisting of not less than two members of the Board of Directors to administer the Plan on behalf of the Board of Directors, subject to such terms and conditions as the Board of Directors may prescribe. Once appointed, the Committee shall continue to serve until otherwise directed by the Board of Directors. Members of the Board who are either eligible for Options or Stock Purchase Rights or have been granted Options or Stock Purchase Rights may vote on any matters affecting the administration of the Plan or the grant of any Options or Stock Purchase Rights pursuant to the Plan, except that no such member shall act upon the granting of an Option or Stock Purchase Rights to himself, but any such member may be counted in determining the existence of a quorum at any meeting of the Board during which action is taken with respect to the granting of Options or Stock Purchase Rights to him.
(ii) Notwithstanding the foregoing subparagraph (i), if and in any event the Company registers any class of any equity security pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, from the effective date of such registration until six months after the termination of such registration, any grants of Options or Stock Purchase Rights to officers or directors shall only be made by the Board of Directors; provided, however, that if a majority of the Board of Directors is eligible to participate in this Plan or any other stock option or other stock plan of the Company or any of its affiliates, or has been eligible at any time during the prior one-year period (or, if shorter, the period following the initial registration of the Companys equity securities under Section 12 of the Exchange Act), any grants of Options or Stock Purchase Rights to directors must be made by, or only in accordance with the recommendation of, a Committee consisting of three or more persons, who may but need not be directors or employees of the Company, appointed by the Board of Directors and having full authority to act in the matter, none of whom is eligible to participate in this Plan or any other stock option or other stock plan of the Company or any of its affiliates, or has been eligible at any time during the prior one-year period (or, if shorter, the period following the initial registration of the Companys equity securities under Section 12 of the Exchange Act). Any Committee administering the Plan with respect to grants to officers who are not also directors shall conform to the requirements of the preceding sentence. Once appointed, the Committee shall continue to serve until otherwise directed by the Board of Directors.
(iii) Subject to the foregoing subparagraphs (i) and (ii), from time to time the Board of Directors may increase the size of the Committee and appoint additional members thereof, remove members (with or without cause) and appoint new members in substitution therefor, fill vacancies however caused, or remove all members of the Committee and thereafter directly administer the Plan.
(b) Powers of the Board. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Board shall have the authority, in its discretion: (i) to grant Incentive Stock Options, Nonstatutory Stock Options, and Stock Purchase Rights; (ii) to determine, upon review of relevant information and in accordance with Section 8(b) of the Plan, the fair market value of the Common Stock; (iii) to determine the exercise price per share of Options or Stock Purchase Rights to be granted, which exercise price shall be determined in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Plan; (iv) to determine the Employees or Consultants to whom, and the time or times at which, Options or Stock Purchase Rights shall be granted and the number of shares to be represented by each Option or Stock Purchase Right; (v) to interpret the Plan; (vi) to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and
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regulations relating to the Plan; (vii) to determine the terms and provisions of each Option or Stock Purchase Right granted (which need not be identical) and, with the consent of the holder thereof, modify or amend each Option or Stock Purchase Right; (viii) to accelerate or defer (with the consent of the Optionee) the exercise date of any Option, consistent with the provisions of Section 5 of the Plan; (ix) to authorize any person to execute on behalf of the Company any instrument required to effectuate the grant of an Option or Stock Purchase Right previously granted by the Board; and (x) to make all other determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan.
(c) Effect of Boards Decision. All decisions, determinations and interpretations of the Board shall be final and binding on all Optionees, Purchasers and any other holders of any Options or Stock Purchase Rights granted under the Plan.
5. Eligibility.
(a) Nonstatutory Stock Options and Stock Purchase Rights may be granted only to Employees and Consultants. Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to Employees. An Employee or Consultant who has been granted an Option or Stock Purchase Right may, if he is otherwise eligible, be granted an additional Option or Options, or Stock Purchase Right or Rights.
(b) No Incentive Stock Option may be granted to an Employee which, when aggregated with all other incentive stock options granted to such Employee by the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary, would result in Shares having an aggregate fair market value (determined for each Share as of the date of grant of the Option covering such Share) in excess of $100,000 becoming first available for purchase upon exercise of one or more Incentive Stock Options during any calendar year.
(c) Section 5(b) of the Plan shall apply only to an Incentive Stock Option evidenced by an Incentive Stock Option Agreement which sets forth the intention of the Company and the Optionee that such Option shall qualify as an Incentive Stock Option. Section 5(b) of the Plan shall not apply to any Option evidenced by a Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement which sets forth the intention of the Company and the Optionee that such Option shall be a Nonstatutory Stock Option, nor to any Stock Purchase Right.
(d) THE PLAN SHALL NOT CONFER UPON ANY OPTIONEE, PURCHASER OR HOLDER OF A STOCK PURCHASE RIGHT ANY RIGHT WITH RESPECT TO CONTINUATION OF EMPLOYMENT OR CONSULTING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COMPANY, NOR SHALL IT INTERFERE IN ANY WAY WITH HIS RIGHT OR THE COMPANYS RIGHT TO TERMINATE HIS EMPLOYMENT OR CONSULTING RELATIONSHIP AT ANY TIME, WITH OR WITHOUT CAUSE.
6. Term of Plan. The Plan shall become effective upon the earlier to occur of its adoption by the Board of Directors or its approval by the shareholders of the Company as described in Section 18 of the Plan. It shall continue in effect for a term of ten (10) years unless sooner terminated under Section 14 of the Plan.
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7. Term of Option. The term of each Incentive Stock Option and Nonstatutory Stock Option shall be ten (10) years from the date of grant thereof or such shorter term as may be provided in the Incentive Stock Option Agreement or Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement. However, in the case of an Option granted to an Optionee who, at the time the Option is granted, owns stock representing more than ten percent (10%) of the voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary, the term of the Option shall be five (5) years from the date of grant thereof or such shorter term as may be provided in the Incentive Stock Option Agreement or Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement.
8. Exercise Price and Consideration.
(a) The per Share exercise price for the Shares to be issued pursuant to exercise of an Option or Stock Purchase Right shall be such price as is determined by the Board, but shall be subject to the following:
(i) In the case of an Incentive Stock Option
(A) granted to an Employee who, at the time of the grant of such Incentive Stock Option, owns stock representing more than ten percent (10%) of the voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary, the per Share exercise price shall be no less than 110% of the fair market value per Share on the date of grant.
(B) granted to any Employee, the per Share exercise price shall be no less than 100% of the fair market value per Share on the date of grant.
(ii) In the case of a Nonstatutory Stock Option or any Stock Purchase Right
(A) granted to a person who, at the time of the grant of such Option, owns stock representing more than ten percent (10%) of the voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary, the per Share exercise price shall be no less than 110% of the fair market value per Share on the date of the grant.
(B) granted to any person, the per Share exercise price shall be no less than 85% of the fair market value per Share on the date of grant.
(b) The fair market value shall be determined by the Board in its discretion; provided, however, that where there is a public market for the Common Stock, the fair market value per Share shall be the mean of the bid and asked prices (or the closing price per share if the Common Stock is listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation (NASDAQ) National Market System) of the Common Stock for the date of grant, as reported in The Wall Street Journal (or, if not so reported, as otherwise reported by the NASDAQ System) or, in the event the Common Stock is listed on a stock exchange, the fair market value per Share shall be the closing price on such exchange on the date of grant of the Option, as reported in The Wall Street Journal.
(c) The consideration to be paid for the Shares to be issued upon exercise of an Option or Stock Purchase Right, including the method of payment, shall be determined by the
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Board and may consist entirely of cash, check, promissory note, other Shares of Common Stock which (i) either have been owned by the Optionee or Purchaser for more than six (6) months on the date of surrender or were not acquired, directly or indirectly, from the Company, and (ii) have a fair market value on the date of surrender equal to the aggregate exercise price of the Shares as to which said Option or Stock Purchase Right shall be exercised, or any combination of such methods of payment, or such other consideration and method of payment for the issuance of Shares to the extent permitted under Sections 408 and 409 of the California General Corporation Law. In making its determination as to the type of consideration to accept, the Board shall consider if acceptance of such consideration may be reasonably expected to benefit the Company (Section 315(b) of the California General Corporation Law).
9. Exercise of Option.
(a) Procedure for Exercise; Rights as a Shareholder. Any Option granted hereunder shall be exercisable at such times and under such conditions as determined by the Board, including performance criteria with respect to the Company and/or the Optionee, and as shall be permissible under the terms of the Plan.
An Option may not be exercised for a fraction of a Share.
An Option shall be deemed to be exercised when written notice of such exercise has been given to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Option by the person entitled to exercise the Option and full payment for the Shares with respect to which the Option is exercised has been received by the Company. Full payment may, as authorized by the Board, consist of any consideration and method of payment allowable under Section 8(c) of the Plan. Until the issuance (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company) of the stock certificate evidencing such Shares, no right to vote or receive dividends or any other rights as a shareholder shall exist with respect to the Optioned Stock, notwithstanding the exercise of the Option. The Company shall issue (or cause to be issued) such stock certificate promptly upon exercise of the Option. No adjustment will be made for .a dividend or other right for which the record date is prior to the date the stock certificate is issued, except as provided in Section 12 of the Plan.
Exercise of an Option in any manner shall result in a decrease in the number of Shares which thereafter may be available, both for purposes of the Plan and for sale under the Option, by the number of Shares as to which the Option is exercised.
(b) Termination of Status as an Employee or Consultant. In the event of termination of an Optionees Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant (as the case may be), such Optionee may, but only within thirty (30) days (or such other period of time, not exceeding three (3) months in the case of an Incentive Stock Option or six (6) months in the case of a Nonstatutory Stock Option, as is determined by the Board, with such determination in the case of an Incentive Stock Option being made at the time of grant of the Option) after the date of such termination (but in no event later than the date of expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in the Option Agreement), exercise his Option to the extent that he was entitled to exercise it at the date of such termination. To the extent that he was not entitled to exercise the
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Option at the date of such termination, or if he does not exercise such Option (which he was entitled to exercise) within the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate.
(c) Disability of Optionee. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 9(b) above, in the event of termination of an Optionees Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant as a result of his total and permanent disability (as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code), he may, but only within six (6) months (or such other period of time not exceeding twelve (12) months as is determined by the Board, with such determination in the case of an Incentive Stock Option being made at the time of grant of the Option) from the date of such termination (but in no event later than the date of expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in the Option Agreement), exercise his Option to the extent he was entitled to exercise it at the date of such termination. To the extent that he was not entitled to exercise the Option at the date of termination, or if he does not exercise such Option (which he was entitled to exercise) within the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate.
(d) Death of Optionee. In the event of the death of an Optionee:
(i) during the term of the Option who is at the time of his death an Employee or Consultant of the Company and who shall have been in continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant since the date of grant of the Option, the Option may be exercised, at any time within six (6) months following the date of death (but in no event later than the date of expiration of the term of such Option as set fo






