EXHIBIT 99.1
2009 STOCK INCENTIVE
PLAN
The purpose of this 2009 Stock Incentive Plan
(the “ Plan ”) of LivePerson, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”),
is to advance the interests of the Company’s stockholders by
enhancing the Company’s ability to attract, retain and
motivate persons who are expected to make important contributions
to the Company and by providing such persons with equity ownership
opportunities and performance-based incentives that are intended to
better align the interests of such persons with those of the
Company’s stockholders. Except where the context otherwise
requires, the term “ Company ” shall
include any of the Company’s present or future parent or
subsidiary corporations as defined in Sections 424(e) or (f) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any regulations
thereunder (the “ Code ”) and any other
business venture (including, without limitation, joint venture or
limited liability company) in which the Company has a controlling
interest, as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company
(the “ Board ”).
All of the Company’s employees, officers,
and directors are eligible to be granted options, stock
appreciation rights (“ SARs ”),
restricted stock, restricted stock units (“
RSUs ”) and other stock-and cash-based awards
(each, an “ Award ”) under the Plan.
Consultants and advisors to the Company (as such terms are defined
and interpreted for purposes of Form S-8 (or any successor form))
are also eligible to be granted Awards. Each person who is granted
an Award under the Plan is deemed a “
Participant .”
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Administration and Delegation
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(a) Administration by Board of Directors
. The Plan will be administered by the Board. The Board
shall have authority to grant Awards and to adopt, amend and repeal
such administrative rules, guidelines and practices relating to the
Plan as it shall deem advisable. The Board may construe and
interpret the terms of the Plan and any Award agreements entered
into under the Plan. The Board may correct any defect, supply any
omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or any Award in
the manner and to the extent it shall deem expedient to carry the
Plan into effect and it shall be the sole and final judge of such
expediency. All decisions by the Board shall be made in the
Board’s sole discretion and shall be final and binding on all
persons having or claiming any interest in the Plan or in any
Award.
(b) Appointment of Committees
. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Board
may delegate any or all of its powers under the Plan to one or more
committees or subcommittees of the Board (a “
Committee ”). All references in the Plan to the
“ Board ” shall mean the Board or a
Committee of the Board or the officers referred to in Section 3(c)
to the extent that the Board’s powers or authority under the
Plan have been delegated to such Committee or officers.
(c) Delegation to Officers
. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Board
may delegate to one or more officers of the Company the power to
grant Options and other Awards that constitute rights under
Delaware law (subject to any limitations under the Plan) to
employees or officers of the Company or any of its present or
future subsidiary corporations and to exercise such other powers
under the Plan as the Board may determine, provided that the Board
shall fix the terms of the Awards to be granted by such officers
(including the exercise price of the Awards, which may include a
formula by which the exercise price will be determined) and the
maximum number of shares subject to such Awards that the officers
may grant; provided further, however, that no officer shall be
authorized to grant Awards to any “executive officer”
of the Company (as defined by Rule 3b-7 under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange
Act ”)) or to any “officer” of the
Company (as defined by Rule 16a-1 under the Exchange Act). The
Board may not delegate authority under this Section 3(c) to grant
restricted stock, unless Delaware law then permits such
delegation.
(d) Awards to Non-Employee Directors
. Discretionary Awards to non-employee directors will
only be granted and administered by a Committee, all of the members
of which are independent as defined by Section 4200(a)(15) of the
Nasdaq Marketplace Rules.
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Stock
Available for Awards
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(a) Number of Shares; Share Counting
.
(1) Number of Shares . Subject
to adjustment under Section 9, Awards may be made under the Plan
for up to the number of shares of common stock, $0.001 par value
per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”) that is
equal to the sum of:
(A) 6,000,000 shares of Common Stock;
plus
(B) such additional number of shares of Common
Stock as is equal to the sum of (x) the number of shares of Common
Stock reserved for issuance under the Company’s Amended and
Restated 2000 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Existing
Plan”) that remain available for grant under the Existing
Plan on the date that the Company stockholders approve this Plan
and (y) the number of shares of Common Stock subject to awards
granted under the Existing Plan which awards expire, terminate or
are otherwise surrendered, canceled, forfeited or repurchased by
the Company at their original issuance price pursuant to a
contractual repurchase right, subject, however, in the case of
Incentive Stock Options (as hereinafter defined) to any limitations
of the Code; provided that in no event shall the sum of (x) and (y)
above exceed 13,567,744.
(2) Fungible Share Pool
. Subject to adjustment under Section 9, any Award that
is not a Full-Value Award shall be counted against the share limits
specified in Sections 4(a)(1) and 4(b)(2) as one share for each
share of Common Stock subject to such Award and any Award that is a
Full-Value Award shall be counted against the share limits
specified in Sections 4(a)(1) and 4(b)(2) as two shares for each
one share of Common Stock subject to such Full-Value Award.
“Full-Value Award” means any Restricted Stock Award or
other Stock-Based Award with a per share price or per unit purchase
price lower than 100% of Fair Market Value (as defined below) on
the date of grant. To the extent a share that was subject to an
Award that counted as one share is returned to the Plan pursuant to
Section 4(a)(3), each applicable share reserve will be credited
with one share. To the extent that a share that was subject to an
Award that counts as two shares is returned to the Plan pursuant to
Section 4(a)(3), each applicable share reserve will be credited
with two shares.
(3) Share Counting . For
purposes of counting the number of shares available for the grant
of Awards under the Plan and under the sublimits contained in
Sections 4(b)(2), (i) all shares of Common Stock covered by
independent SARs shall be counted against the number of shares
available for the grant of Awards; provided, however , that
independent SARs that may be settled only in cash shall not be so
counted; (ii) if any Award (A) expires or is terminated,
surrendered or canceled without having been fully exercised or is
forfeited in whole or in part (including as the result of shares of
Common Stock subject to such Award being repurchased by the Company
at the original issuance price pursuant to a contractual repurchase
right) or (B) results in any Common Stock not being issued
(including as a result of an independent SAR that was settleable
either in cash or in stock actually being settled in cash), the
unused Common Stock covered by such Award shall again be available
for the grant of Awards; provided, however , in the case of
Incentive Stock Options (as hereinafter defined), the foregoing
shall be subject to any limitations under the Code; and provided
further, in the case of independent SARs, that the full number of
shares subject to any stock-settled SAR shall be counted against
the shares available under the Plan and against the sublimits
listed in the first clause of this Section in proportion to the
portion of the SAR actually exercised regardless of the number of
shares actually used to settle such SAR upon exercise; (iii) shares
of Common Stock delivered (either by actual delivery, attestation,
or net exercise) to the Company by a Participant to (A) purchase
shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of an Award or (B) satisfy
tax withholding obligations (including shares retained from the
Award creating the tax obligation) shall not be added back to the
number of shares available for the future grant of Awards;
and
(iv) shares of
Common Stock repurchased by the Company on the open market using
the proceeds from the exercise of an Award shall not increase the
number of shares available for future grant of Awards.
(b) Sub-limits . Subject to
adjustment under Section 9, the following sub-limits on the number
of shares subject to Awards shall apply:
(1) Section 162(m) Per-Participant Limit
. The maximum number of shares of Common Stock with
respect to which Awards may be granted to any Participant under the
Plan shall be one million (1,000,000) per calendar year. For
purposes of the foregoing limit, the combination of an Option in
tandem with a SAR (as each is hereafter defined) shall be treated
as a single Award. The per Participant limit described in this
Section 4(b)(1) shall be construed and applied consistently with
Section 162(m) of the Code or any successor provision thereto, and
the regulations thereunder (“ Section 162(m)
”).
(2) Limit on Awards to Directors
. The maximum number of shares with respect to which
Awards may be granted to directors who are not employees of the
Company at the time of grant shall be 5% of the maximum number of
authorized shares set forth in Section 4(a)(1).
(c) Substitute Awards . In
connection with a merger or consolidation of an entity with the
Company or the acquisition by the Company of property or stock of
an entity, the Board may grant Awards in substitution for any
options or other stock or stock-based awards granted by such entity
or an affiliate thereof. Substitute Awards may be granted on such
terms as the Board deems appropriate in the circumstances,
notwithstanding any limitations on Awards contained in the Plan.
Substitute Awards shall not count against the overall share limit
set forth in Section 4(a)(1) or any sublimits contained in the
Plan, except as may be required by reason of Section 422 and
related provisions of the Code.
(a) General . The Board may
grant options to purchase Common Stock (each, an “
Option ”) and determine the number of shares of
Common Stock to be covered by each Option, the exercise price of
each Option and the conditions and limitations applicable to the
exercise of each Option, including conditions relating to
applicable federal or state securities laws, as it considers
necessary or advisable. An Option that is not intended to be an
Incentive Stock Option (as hereinafter defined) shall be designated
a “ Nonstatutory Stock Option
.”
(b) Incentive Stock Options
. An Option that the Board intends to be an
“incentive stock option” as defined in Section 422 of
the Code (an “ Incentive Stock Option ”)
shall only be granted to employees of LivePerson, Inc., any of
LivePerson, Inc.’s present or future parent or subsidiary
corporations as defined in Sections 424(e) or (f) of the Code, and
any other entities the employees of which are eligible to receive
Incentive Stock Options under the Code, and shall be subject to and
shall be construed consistently with the requirements of Section
422 of the Code. The Company shall have no liability to a
Participant, or any other party, if an Option (or any part thereof)
that is intended to be an Incentive Stock Option is not an
Incentive Stock Option or if the Company converts an Incentive
Stock Option to a Nonstatutory Stock Option.
(c) Exercise Price . The Board
shall establish the exercise price of each Option and specify the
exercise price in the applicable option agreement. The exercise
price shall be not less than 100% of the Fair Market Value (as
defined below) on the date the Option is granted; provided that if
the Board approves the grant of an Option with an exercise price to
be determined on a future date, the exercise price shall be not
less than 100% of the Fair Market Value on such future
date.
(d) Duration of Options . Each
Option shall be exercisable at such times and subject to such terms
and conditions as the Board may specify in the applicable option
agreement; provided, however , that no Option will be
granted with a term in excess of 10 years.
(e) Exercise of Option
. Options may be exercised by delivery to the Company of
a written notice of exercise signed by the proper person or by any
other form of notice (including electronic notice) approved by the
Company, together with payment in full as specified in Section 5(f)
for the number of shares for which the Option is exercised. Shares
of Common Stock subject to the Option will be delivered by the
Company as soon as practicable following exercise.
(f) Payment Upon Exercise
. Common Stock purchased upon the exercise of an Option
granted under the Plan shall be paid for as follows:
(1) in cash or by check, payable to the order of
the Company;
(2) except as may otherwise be provided in the
applicable option agreement, by (i) delivery of an irrevocable and
unconditional undertaking by a creditworthy broker to deliver
promptly to the Company sufficient funds to pay the exercise price
and any required tax withholding or (ii) delivery by the
Participant to the Company of a copy of irrevocable and
unconditional instructions to a creditworthy broker to deliver
promptly to the Company cash or a check sufficient to pay the
exercise price and any required tax withholding;
(3) to the extent provided for in the applicable
option agreement or approved by the Board, in its sole discretion,
by delivery (either by actual delivery or attestation) of shares of
Common Stock owned by the Participant valued at their fair market
value as determined by (or in a manner approved by) the Board
(“ Fair Market Value ”), provided (i)
such method of payment is then permitted under applicable law, (ii)
such Common Stock, if acquired directly from the Company, was owned
by the Participant for such minimum period of time, if any, as may
be established by the Board in its discretion and (iii) such Common
Stock is not subject to any repurchase, forfeiture, unfulfilled
vesting or other similar requirements;
(4) to the extent provided for in the applicable
Nonstatutory Stock Option agreement or approved by the Board in its
sole discretion, by delivery of a notice of “net
exercise” to the Company, as a result of which the
Participant would receive the number of shares of Common Stock
underlying the Option so exercised reduced by the number of shares
of Common Stock equal to the aggregate exercise price of the Option
divided by the Fair Market Value on the date of
exercise;
(5) to the extent permitted by applicable law
and provided for in the applicable Option agreement or approved by
the Board, in its sole discretion, by (i) delivery of a promissory
note of the Participant to the Company on terms determined by the
Board, or (ii) payment of such other lawful consideration as the
Board may determine; or
(6) by any combination of the above permitted
forms of payment.
(g) Limitation on Repricing
. Unless such action is approved by the Company’s
stockholders: (1) no outstanding Option granted under the Plan may
be amended to provide an exercise price per share that is lower
than the then-current exercise price per share of such outstanding
Option (other than adjustments pursuant to Section 9) and (2) the
Board may not cancel any outstanding option (whether or not granted
under the Plan) and grant in substitution therefor new Awards under
the Plan covering the same or a different number of shares of
Common Stock and having an exercise price per share lower than the
then-current exercise price per share of the cancelled
option.
6. Stock
Appreciation Rights
(a) General . The Board may
grant Awards consisting of SARs entitling the holder, upon
exercise, to receive an amount of Common Stock or cash or a
combination thereof (such form to be determined by the Board)
determined by reference to appreciation, from and after the date of
grant, in the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock over the
measurement price established pursuant to Section 6(c). The date as
of which such appreciation is determined shall be the exercise
date.
(b) Grants . SARs may be
granted in tandem with, or independently of, Options granted under
the Plan.
(1) Tandem Awards . When SARs
are expressly granted in tandem with Options, (i) the SAR will be
exercisable only at such time or times, and to the extent, that the
related Option is exercisable (except to the extent designated by
the Board in connection with a Reorganization Event) and will be
exercisable in accordance with the procedure required for exercise
of the related Option; (ii) the SAR will terminate and no longer be
exercisable upon the termination or exercise of the related Option,
except to the extent designated by the Board in connection with a
Reorganization Event and except that a SAR granted with respect to
less than the full number of shares covered by an Option will not
be reduced until the number of shares as to which the related
Option has been exercised or has terminated exceeds the number of
shares not covered by the SAR; (iii) the Option will terminate and
no longer be exercisable upon the exercise of the related SAR; and
(iv) the SAR will be transferable only with the related
Option.
(2) Independent SARs . A SAR
not expressly granted in tandem with an Option will become
exercisable at such time or times, and on such conditions, as the
Board may specify in the SAR Award.
(c) Measurement Price . The
Board shall establish the measurement price of each SAR and specify
it in the applicable SAR agreement. The measurement price shall not
be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value on the date the SAR is
granted; provided that if the Board approves the grant of a SAR
with a measurement price to be determined on a future date, the
measurement price shall be not less than 100% of the Fair Market
Value on such future date.
(d) Duration of SARs . Each
SAR shall be exercisable at such times and subject to such terms
and conditions as the Board may specify in the applicable SAR
agreement; provided, however , that no SAR will be granted
with a term in excess of 10 years.
(e) Exercise of SARs . SARs
may be exercised by delivery to the Company of a written notice of
exercise signed by the proper person or by any other form of notice
(including electronic notice) approved by the Company, together
with any other documents required by the Board.
(f) Limitation on Repricing
. Unless such action is approved by the Company’s
stockholders: (1) no outstanding SAR granted under the Plan may be
amended to provide an exercise price per share that is lower than
the then-current exercise price per share of such outstanding SAR
(other than adjustments pursuant to Section 9) and (2) the Board
may not cancel any outstanding SAR (whether or not granted under
the Plan) and grant in substitution therefor new Awards under the
Plan covering the same or a different number of shares of Common
Stock and having an exercise price per share lower than the
then-current exercise price per share of the cancelled
SAR.
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Restricted
Stock; Restricted Stock Units
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(a) General . The Board may
grant Awards entitling recipients to acquire shares of Common Stock
(“ Restricted Stock ”), subject to the
right of the Company to repurchase all or part of such shares at
their issue price or other stated or formula price (or to require
forfeiture of such shares if issued at no cost) from the recipient
in the event that conditions specified by the Board in the
applicable Award are not satisfied prior to the end of the
applicable restriction period or periods established by the Board
for such Award. Instead of granting Awards for Restricted Stock,
the Board may grant Awards entitling the recipient to receive
shares of Common Stock or cash to be delivered at the time such
Award vests (“ Restricted Stock Units ”)
(Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units are each referred to
herein as a “ Restricted Stock Award
”).
(b) Terms and Conditions for All Restricted
Stock Awards . The Board shall determine the terms
and conditions of a Restricted Stock Award, including the
conditions for vesting and repurchase (or forfeiture) and the issue
price, if any. Restricted Stock Awards that vest solely based on
the passage of time shall be zero percent vested prior to the first
anniversary of the date of grant (or, in the case of Awards to
non-employee directors, if earlier, the date of the first annual
meeting held after the date of grant), no more than one-third
vested prior to the second anniversary of the date of grant (or, in
the case of Awards to non-employee directors, if earlier, the date
of the second annual meeting held after the date of grant), and no
more than two-thirds vested prior to the third anniversary of the
date of grant (or, in the case of Awards to non-employee directors,
if earlier, the date of the third annual meeting held after the
date of grant). Restricted Stock Awards that do not vest solely
based on the passage of time shall not vest prior to the first
anniversary