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.
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.
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.
(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.
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