Exhibit 99.1
Sparta Commercial Services, Inc.
2009 CONSULTANT STOCK
PLAN
PURPOSE OF PLAN
WHEREAS, the purpose of this 2009 Consultant Stock Plan
(hereinafter the “Plan”) is to advance the interests of
Sparta Commercial Services, Inc. (hereinafter the
“Company”) by helping the Company obtain and retain the
services of persons providing consulting services upon whose
judgment, initiative, efforts and/or services the Company is
substantially dependent, by offering to or providing those persons
with incentives or inducements affording such persons an
opportunity to become owners of capital stock of the
Company.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF
PLAN
Set forth below
are definitions of capitalized terms that are generally used
throughout this Plan, or references to provisions containing such
definitions (capitalized terms whose use is limited to specific
provisions are not referenced in this Section):
(a)
Affiliate - The term “Affiliate”
is defined as any person controlling the Company, controlled by the
Company, or under common control with the Company.
(b)
Award - The term “Award” is
collectively and severally defined as any Award Shares granted
under this Plan.
(c)
Award Shares - The term “Award
Shares” is defined as shares of Common Stock granted by the
Plan Committee in accordance with Section 5 of this
Plan.
(d)
Board - The term “Board” is defined as
the Board of Directors of the Company, as such body may be
reconstituted from time to time.
(e)
Common Stock - The term “Common
Stock” is defined as the Company’s common stock, par
value $.001.
(f)
Company - The term “Company” is
defined as Sparta Commercial Services,, Inc., a Nevada
corporation.
(g)
Disposed - The term “Disposed” (or the
equivalent terms “Disposition” or
“Dispose”) is defined as any transfer or alienation of
an Award which would directly or indirectly change the legal or
beneficial ownership thereof, whether voluntary or by operation of
law, or with or without the payment or provision of consideration,
including, by way of example and not limitation: (i) the sale,
assignment, bequest or gift of the Award; (ii) any transaction that
creates or grants a right to obtain an interest in the Award; (iii)
any transaction that creates a form of joint ownership in the Award
between the Recipient and one or more other Persons; (iv) any
Disposition of the Award to a creditor of the Recipient, including
the hypothecation, encumbrance or pledge of the Award or any
interest therein, or the attachment or imposition of a lien by a
creditor of the Recipient of the Award or any interest therein
which is not released within thirty (30) days after the imposition
thereof; (v) any distribution by a Recipient which is an entity to
its stockholders, partners, co-venturers or members, as the case
may be, or (vi) any distribution by a Recipient which is a
fiduciary such as a trustee or custodian to its settlors or
beneficiaries.
(h)
Eligible Person - The term “Eligible
Person” means any Person who, at a particular time, is a
consultant to the Company or an Affiliate who provides bona fide
consulting services to the Company or the Affiliate,
provided , however , no Award hereunder may be
granted to any Person in connection with the provision of any
services incident to the raising of capital or promotion or
maintenance of a market for the Company’s
securities.
(i)
Fair Market Value - The term “Fair Market
Value” means the fair market value as of the applicable
valuation date of the Award Shares, or other shares of Common
Stock, as the case may be (the “ Subject Shares
”), to be valued as determined by the Plan Committee in its
good faith judgment, but in no event shall the Fair Market Value be
less than the par value of the Subject Shares.
(j)
Person - The term “Person” is defined, in
its broadest sense, as any individual, entity or fiduciary such as,
by way of example and not limitation, individual or natural
persons, corporations, partnerships (limited or general),
joint-ventures, associations, limited liability
companies/partnerships, or fiduciary arrangements, such as
trusts.
(k)
Plan - The term “Plan” is defined
as this 2009 Consultant Stock Plan.
(l)
Plan Committee - The term “Plan
Committee” is defined as that Committee appointed by the
Board to administer and interpret this Plan as more particularly
described in Section 3 of the Plan; provided ,
however , that the term Plan Committee will refer to the
Board during such times as no Plan Committee is appointed by the
Board.
(m)
Recipient - The term “Recipient” is
defined as any Eligible Person who, at a particular time, receives
the grant of an Award.
(n)
Securities Act - The term “Securities
Act” is defined as the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(references herein to Sections of the Securities Act are intended
to refer to Sections of the Securities Act as enacted at the time
of the adoption of this Plan by the Board and as subsequently
amended, or to any substantially similar successor provisions of
the Securities Act resulting from recodification, renumbering or
otherwise).
This Plan shall
be effective as of such time and date as this Plan is adopted by
the Board, and this Plan shall terminate on the first business day
prior to the ten (10) year anniversary of the date this Plan became
effective. All Awards granted pursuant to this Plan
prior to the effective date of this Plan shall not be affected by
the termination of this Plan and all other provisions of this Plan
shall remain in effect until the terms of all outstanding Awards
have been satisfied or terminated in accordance with this Plan and
the terms of such Awards.
(i) The
Plan shall be administered and interpreted by the Plan Committee
consisting of two (2) or more members of the Board;
provided , however , no member of the Board
may serve as a member of the Plan Committee if such person serves
or served as a member of the Plan Committee with respect to any
plan (other than this Plan) of the Company or its Affiliates which
plan was or is established to comply with the provisions of Rule
16b-3(c)(2)(i) to the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (i.e., pertaining to the establishment of so-called
“Section 16b-3 Plans”), and, by reason of such
person’s proposed service as a member of the Plan Committee,
such person would not be considered a “disinterested”
person within the meaning of said Rule with respect to such other
plan.