Exhibit 10.1
POSITRON
CORPORATION
2009 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
The purpose of this 2009 Stock Incentive Plan
(the “Plan”) of Positron Corporation, a Texas
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
their interests 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 promulgated 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 (including persons who have entered into an agreement
with the Company under which they will be employed by the Company
in the future), as well as all of the Company’s consultants
and advisors that are natural persons, are eligible to be granted
options, unrestricted stock awards and restricted stock awards
(each, an “Award”) under the Plan. Each person
who has been granted an Award under the Plan shall be 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 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. No director or person acting pursuant to the
authority delegated by the Board shall be liable for any action or
determination relating to or under the Plan made in good
faith.
(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 Awards to employees of the Company 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 such
Awards, which may include a formula by which the exercise price
will be determined) and the maximum number of shares subject to
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).
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Stock Available
for Awards
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Number of Shares. Subject to adjustment under
Section 9, Awards may be made under the Plan for up to 10,000,000
shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Company
(the “Common Stock”). If any Award 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 results in any Common Stock
not being issued, the unused Common Stock covered by such Award
shall again be available for the grant of Awards under the Plan in
proportion to the number of shares by which the total shares
authorized for issuance was originally reduced at the time of grant
or issuance pursuant to Section 4(c) of the Plan,
subject, however, in the case of Incentive Stock Options (as
hereinafter defined), to any limitations under the Code. Shares
issued under the Plan may consist in whole or in part of authorized
but unissued shares or treasury shares.
(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 which 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 Positron Corporation, any of Positron
Corporation’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.
(c) Exercise
Price. The Board shall establish the exercise price at
the time each Option is granted and specify it in the applicable
option agreement; provided, however, that the exercise price shall
be not less than 100% of the fair market value as determined by (or
in a manner approved by) the Board at the time the Option is
granted.
(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 for 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 Board together with payment in full as specified in
Section 5(f) for the number of shares for which the Option is
exercised.
(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;