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AMENDED AND RESTATED 2008 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

Equity Incentive Plan Agreement

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Title: AMENDED AND RESTATED 2008 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
Governing Law: Colorado     Date: 8/19/2008
Industry: Metal Mining     Sector: Basic Materials

AMENDED AND RESTATED 2008 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN, Parties: zulu energy corp.
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ZULU ENERGY CORP.

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

2008 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

 

This Amended and Restated 2008 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan") is adopted in consideration for services rendered and to be rendered to Zulu Energy Corp.

 

 

1.

Definitions .

 

The terms used in this Plan shall, unless otherwise indicated or required by the particular context, have the following meanings:

 

Agreement : The written agreement (and any amendment or supplement thereto) between the Company and an Eligible Person designating the terms and conditions of an Award.

 

Award : Any Option, Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit, together with any other right or interest granted to a Participant pursuant to this Plan.

 

Board : The Board of Directors of Zulu Energy Corp.

 

Change in Control : (i) A change in the ownership that occurs on the date that any one person, or more than one person acting as a group, acquires ownership of stock of the Company that, together with stock held by such person or group, constitutes more than 50 percent of the total fair market value or total voting power of the stock of the Company; (ii) a change in the effective control of the Company that occurs on the date that either -- (a) any one person, or more than one person acting as a group, acquires (or has acquired during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or persons) ownership of stock of the Company possessing 30 percent or more of the total voting power of the stock of the Company; or (b) a majority of members of the Company’s board of directors is replaced during any 12-month period by directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the members of the Company’s board of directors prior to the date of the appointment or election; or (iii) a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the Company’s assets that occurs on the date that any one person, or more than one person acting as a group, acquires (or has acquired during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or persons) assets from the corporation that have a total gross fair market value equal to or more than 40 percent of the total gross fair market value of all of the assets of the Company immediately prior to such acquisition or acquisitions. For this purpose, gross fair market value means the value of the assets of the Company, or the value of the assets being disposed of, determined without regard to any liabilities associated with such assets.

 

Code : The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, from time to time, including regulations thereunder and successor provisions and regulations thereto.

 

Common Stock : The Common Stock of Zulu Energy Corp.

 

Company : Zulu Energy Corp., a corporation incorporated under the laws of Colorado, and any successors in interest by merger, operation of law, assignment or purchase of all or substantially all of the property, assets or business of the Company.

 


 

Continuous Status : The employment by, or relationship with, the Company or any Related Company is not interrupted or terminated. The Board, at its sole discretion, may determine whether Continuous Status shall be considered interrupted due to personal or other mitigating circumstances, including leaves of absence.

 

Date of Grant : The date on which an Award is granted under the Plan.

 

Eligible Person : Officers and Employees and other persons who provide services to the Company or any Related Company, including directors of the Company or any Related Company.

 

Employee : An Employee is an employee of the Company or any Related Company.

 

Exchange Act : The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, including rules thereunder and successor provisions and rules thereto.

 

Exercise Price : The price per share of Common Stock payable upon exercise of an Option.

 

Fair Market Value : Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock shall be the average of the closing price of the Common Stock on the 30 trading days immediately preceding the date of calculation (or on the last trading day preceding such date if shares were not traded on such date) if the shares are readily tradable on a national securities exchange or other market system, and if the shares are not readily tradable, Fair Market Value shall be determined, in good faith, by the Option Committee.

 

Immediate Family Members : Except as otherwise determined by the Option Committee, a Participant’s spouse, ancestors and descendants.

 

Incentive Stock Options ("ISOs") : An Option granted with the intention that it qualify as an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code or any successor provision thereto.

 

Non-Incentive Stock Options ("Non-ISOs") : Options which are not intended to qualify as "Incentive Stock Options" under Section 422 of the Code or any successor provision thereto.

 

Option : The rights granted to an Eligible Person to purchase Common Stock pursuant to the terms and conditions of an Agreement.

 

Option Committee : The Plan shall be administered by the Option Committee which shall consist of the Board or a committee of the Board as the Board may time to time designate.

 

Option Shares : The shares of Common Stock underlying an Option granted to an Eligible Person.

 

Optionee : An Eligible Person who has been granted an Option.

 

Participant : A person who has been granted an Option, Restricted Stock or a Restricted Stock Unit which remains outstanding, including a person who is no longer an Eligible Person.

 

Related Company : Any subsidiary of the Company and any other business venture in which the Company has a significant interest as determined in the discretion of the Option Committee.

 

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Restricted Stock : An Award of shares of Common Stock granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 16, subject to any restrictions and conditions as are established pursuant to such Section 16.

 

Restricted Stock Unit : A right, granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 16, to receive Common Stock, cash or a combination thereof at the end of a specified deferral period.

 

Rule 16b-3 : Rule 16b-3, promulgated by the SEC under Section 16 of the Exchange Act, as from time to time in effect and applicable to this Plan.

 

Securities Act : The Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, including rules thereunder and successor provisions and rules thereto.

 

 

2.

Purpose and Scope .

 

(a)    The purpose of this Plan is to advance the interests of the Company and its stockholders by affording Eligible Persons an opportunity for investment in the Company and the incentive advantages inherent in stock ownership in this Company.

 

(b)    This Plan authorizes the Option Committee to grant Options, Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units to Eligible Persons selected by the Option Committee while considering criteria such as employment position or other relationship with the Company, duties and responsibilities, ability, productivity, length of service or association, morale, interest in the Company, recommendations by supervisors, and other matters.

 

3.     Administration of the Plan . The Plan shall be administered by the Option Committee. The Option Committee shall have the authority granted to it under this section and under each other section of the Plan. The Option Committee shall have the authority, in its sole discretion, to determine the type or types of Awards to be granted pursuant to the Plan. Such Awards may be granted either alone, in addition to, or in tandem with, any other type of Award.

 

In accordance with and subject to the provisions of the Plan and Rule 16b-3, the Option Committee shall select the Eligible Persons to receive Awards, shall determine (i) the number of shares of Common Stock, Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units to be subject to each Award, (ii) the time at which each Award is to be granted, (iii) the extent to which the transferability of shares of Common Stock issued or transferred pursuant to any Award is restricted, (iv) the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock, (v) whether to accelerate the time of exercisability of any Award that has been granted, (vi) the period or periods and extent of exercisability of the Options, and (vii) the manner in which an Option becomes exercisable. In addition, the Option Committee shall fix such other terms of each Option, Restricted Stock Award and Restricted Stock Unit as the Option Committee may deem necessary or desirable. The Option Committee shall determine the form, terms and provisions of each Agreement to evidence each Award (which need not be identical).

 

The Option Committee from time to time may adopt such rules and regulations for carrying out the purposes of the Plan as it may deem proper and in the best interests of the Company. The Option Committee shall keep minutes of its meetings and those minutes shall be available to every member of the Board.

 

All actions taken and all interpretations and determinations made by the Option Committee in good faith (including determinations of Fair Market Value) shall be final and binding upon all Participants, the Company and all other interested persons. No member of the Option Committee shall be personally liable for any action, determination or interpretation made in good faith with respect to the Plan, and all members of the Option Committee shall, in addition to rights they may have if Directors of the Company, be fully protected by the Company with respect to any such action, determination or interpretation.

 

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4.    The Common Stock . The Board is authorized to appropriate, issue and sell for the purposes of the Plan, and the Option Committee is authorized to grant Options, Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units with respect to, a total number, not in excess of 30,000,000 shares of Common Stock, either treasury or authorized but unissued, as adjusted pursuant to Section 17. All or any unsold shares subject to an Option, Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units that for any reason expires or otherwise terminates may again be made subject to Options, Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units under the Plan.

 

5.     Eligibility . Options which are intended to qualify as ISOs will be granted only to Employees. Eligible Persons may hold more than one Option under the Plan and may hold Options under the Plan and options granted pursuant to other plans or otherwise, and may hold Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units under the Plan.

 

6.     Option Price . The Exercise Price for the Option Shares shall be established by the Option Committee or shall be determined by a method established by the Option Committee; provided that the Exercise Price to be paid by Optionees for the Option Shares that are intended to qualify as ISOs, shall not be less than 100 percent of the Fair Market Value of the Option Shares on the Date of Grant (or, in the case of an individual who owns stock possessing more than 10 percent of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company, 110 percent of the Fair Market Value of the Option Shares on the Date of Grant).

 

7.     Duration and Exercise of Options .

 

(a)    The option period shall commence on the Date of Grant and shall be as set by the Option Committee, but not to exceed 10 years in length.

 

(b)    The Option Committee may determine whether any Option shall be exercisable in installments only; if the Option Committee determines that an Option shall be exercisable in installments, it shall determine the number of installments and the percentage of the Option exercisable at each installment date. All such installments shall be cumulative.

 

(c)    The Option Committee shall establish and set forth in each Agreement that evidences an Option whether the Option shall continue to be exercisable, and the terms and conditions of such exercise, after a termination of Continuous Status, any of which provisions may be waived or modified by the Option Committee at any time, provided that any such waiver or modification shall satisfy the requirements for exemption under Section 409A of the Code.

 

(d)    Each Option shall be exercised in whol


 
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