Andatee China Marine Fuel
Services Corporation
2009 Equity Incentive
Plan
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1.
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Purpose and
Objectives
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2.
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Definitions
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Administration
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Grants
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Shares Subject
to the Plan
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Eligibility for
Participation
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Options
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Stock
Units
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9.
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Stock
Awards
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Stock
Appreciation Rights and Other Stock-Based Awards
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Qualified
Performance-Based Compensation
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Deferrals
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Withholding of
Taxes
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Transferability
of Grants
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Consequences of
a Change of Control
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Requirements
for Issuance of Shares
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Amendment and
Termination of the Plan
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18.
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Miscellaneous
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Andatee China Marine Fuel
Services Corporation
2009 Equity Incentive
Plan
1.
Purpose and Objectives
The Andatee
China Marine Fuel Services Corporation 2009 Equity Incentive Plan
(the "Plan") is designed to align the interests of
(i) designated employees of Andatee China Marine Fuel Services
Corporation (the "Company") and its subsidiaries,
(ii) non-employee members of the board of directors of the
Company, and (iii) consultants and key advisors of the Company
and its subsidiaries with the interests of the Company's
stockholders and to provide incentives for such persons to exert
maximum efforts for the success of the Company. By extending the
opportunity to receive grants of stock options, stock units, stock
awards, stock appreciation rights and other stock-based awards, the
Company believes that the Plan will encourage the participants to
contribute materially to the growth of the Company, thereby
benefiting the Company's shareholders, and will align the economic
interests of the participants with those of the shareholders. The
Plan may furthermore be expected to benefit the Company and its
stockholders by making it possible for the Company to attract and
retain the best available talent. The Plan shall be effective as of
July _, 2009, subject to approval by the shareholders of the
Company.
2.
Definitions
Whenever used
in this Plan, the following terms will have the respective meanings
set forth below:
(a) "Board"
means the Company's Board of Directors.
(b) "Cause"
means, except to the extent otherwise specified by the Committee, a
finding by the Committee of a Participant's incompetence in the
performance of duties, disloyalty, dishonesty, theft, embezzlement,
or unauthorized disclosure of customer lists, product lines,
processes or trade secrets of the Employer, individually or as an
employee, partner, associate, officer or director of any
organization.
(c) "Change
of Control" shall be deemed to have occurred if:
(i) Any
"person" (as such term is used in sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the
Exchange Act) becomes a "beneficial owner" (as defined in
Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of
securities of the Company representing more than 50% of the voting
power of the then outstanding securities of the Company; provided
that a Change of Control shall not be deemed to occur as a result
of a transaction in which the Company becomes a subsidiary of
another corporation and in which the shareholders of the Company,
immediately prior to the transaction, will beneficially own,
immediately after the transaction, shares entitling such
shareholders to more than 50% of all votes to which all
shareholders of the parent corporation would be entitled in the
election of directors;
(ii) The
consummation of (i) a merger or consolidation of the Company
with another corporation where the shareholders of the Company,
immediately prior to the merger or consolidation, will not
beneficially own, immediately after the merger or consolidation,
shares entitling such shareholders to more than 50% of all votes to
which all shareholders of the surviving corporation would be
entitled in the election of directors, (ii) a sale or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company, or (iii) a liquidation or dissolution of the Company;
or
(d) "Code"
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(e) "Committee"
means the Compensation Committee of the Board or another committee
appointed by the Board to administer the Plan. Grants that are
intended to be "qualified performance-based compensation" under
section 162(m) of the Code shall be made by a committee that
consists of two or more persons appointed by the Board, all of whom
shall be "outside directors" as defined under section 162(m)
of the Code and related Treasury regulations.
(f) "Company"
means Andatee China Marine Fuel Services Corporation and any
successor corporation.
(g) "Company
Stock" means the common stock of the Company.
(h) "Consultant"
means a consultant or advisor who performs services for the
Employer and who renders bona fide services to the Employer, if the
services are not in connection with the offer and sale of
securities in a capital-raising transaction and the Consultant does
not directly or indirectly promote or maintain a market for the
Employer's securities.
(i) "Disability"
means a Participant's becoming disabled within the meaning of
section 22(e)(3) of the Code, within the meaning of the
Employer's long-term disability plan applicable to the Participant,
or as otherwise determined by the Committee.
(j) "Effective
Date" of the Plan means June __, 2009, subject to approval of the
Plan by the shareholders of the Company.
(k) "Employee"
means an employee of the Employer (including an officer or director
who is also an employee).
(l) "Employer"
means the Company and its subsidiaries.
(m) "Exchange
Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
(n) "Exercise
Price" means the per share price at which shares of Company Stock
may be purchased under an Option, as designated by the
Committee.
(o) "Fair
Market Value" of Company Stock means, unless the Committee
determines otherwise with respect to a particular Grant,
(i) if the principal trading market for the Company Stock is
the American Stock Exchange or another national securities
exchange, the "closing transaction" price at which shares of
Company Stock are traded on such securities exchange on the
relevant date or (if there were no trades on that date) the latest
preceding date upon which a sale was reported, (ii) if the
Company Stock is not principally traded on a national securities
exchange, but is quoted on The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.
National Market System ("NMS") or Small-Cap Market ("Small-Cap"),
the OTC Bulletin Board ("OTCBB") or the Pink Sheets, the last
reported "closing transaction" price of Company Stock on the
relevant date, as reported by the NMS, Small-Cap, OTCBB or Pink
Sheets, or, if not so reported, as reported in a customary
financial reporting service, as the Committee determines, or
(iii) if the Company Stock is not publicly traded or, if
publicly traded, is not subject to reported closing transaction
prices as set forth above, the Fair Market Value per share shall be
as determined by the Committee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for
federal, state and local income tax purposes, the Fair Market Value
may be determined by the Committee in accordance with uniform and
non-discriminatory standards adopted by it from time to
time.
(p) "Grant"
means an Option, Stock Unit, Stock Award, SAR or Other Stock-Based
Award granted under the Plan.
(q) "Grant
Agreement" means the written instrument that sets forth the terms
and conditions of a Grant, including all amendments
thereto.
(r) "Incentive
Stock Option" means an Option that is intended to meet the
requirements of an incentive stock option under section 422 of
the Code.
(s) "Non-Employee
Director" means a member of the Board who is not an employee of the
Employer.
(t) "Nonqualified
Stock Option" means an Option that is not intended to be taxed as
an incentive stock option under section 422 of the
Code.
(u) "Option"
means an option to purchase shares of Company Stock, as described
in Section 7.
(v) "Other
Stock-Based Award" means any Grant based on, measured by or payable
in Company Stock (other than a Grant described in Sections 7, 8 or
9 of the Plan), as described in Section 10.
(w) "Participant"
means an Employee, Consultant or Non-Employee Director designated
by the Committee to participate in the Plan.
(x) "Plan"
means this Andatee China Marine Fuel Services Corporation 2009
Equity Incentive Plan, as in effect from time to time.
(y) "SAR"
means a stock appreciation right as described in
Section 10.
(z) "Stock
Award" means an award of Company Stock as described in
Section 9.
(aa) "Stock
Unit" means an award of a phantom unit representing a share of
Company Stock, as described in Section 8.
3.
Administration
(a)
Committee. The Plan shall be administered and
interpreted by the Committee. Ministerial functions may be
performed by an administrative committee comprised of Company
employees appointed by the Committee.
(b)
Committee Authority. The Committee shall have
the sole authority to (i) determine the Participants to whom
Grants shall be made under the Plan, (ii) determine the type,
size and terms and conditions of the Grants to be made to each such
Participant, (iii) determine the time when the grants will be
made and the duration of any applicable exercise or restriction
period, including the criteria for exercisability and the
acceleration of exercisability, (iv) amend the terms and
conditions of any previously issued Grant, subject to the
provisions of Section 17 below, and (v) deal with any
other matters arising under the Plan.
(c)
Committee Determinations. The Committee shall
have full power and express discretionary authority to administer
and interpret the Plan, to make factual determinations and to adopt
or amend such rules, regulations, agreements and instruments for
implementing the Plan and for the conduct of its business as it
deems necessary or advisable, in its sole discretion. The
Committee's interpretations of the Plan and all determinations made
by the Committee pursuant to the powers vested in it hereunder
shall be conclusive and binding on all persons having any interest
in the Plan or in any awards granted hereunder. All powers of the
Committee shall be executed in its sole discretion, in the best
interest of the Company, not as a fiduciary, and in keeping with
the objectives of the Plan and need not be uniform as to similarly
situated Participants.
4.
Grants
(a) Grants
under the Plan may consist of Options as described in
Section 7, Stock Units as described in Section 8, Stock
Awards as described in Section 9, and SARs or Other
Stock-Based Awards as described in Section 10. All Grants
shall be subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee
deems appropriate and as are specified in writing by the Committee
to the Participant in the Grant Agreement.
(b) All
Grants shall be made conditional upon the Participant's
acknowledgement, in writing or by acceptance of the Grant, that all
decisions and determinations of the Committee shall be final and
binding on the Participant, his or her beneficiaries and any other
person having or claiming an interest under such Grant. Grants
under a particular Section of the Plan need not be uniform as among
the Participants.
5.
Shares Subject to the Plan
(a)
Shares Authorized. The aggregate number of
shares of Company Stock that may be issued under the Plan is
5,000,000 shares, subject to adjustment as described in subsection
(e) below.
(b)
Limit on Stock Awards, Stock Units, SARs and Other Stock-Based
Awards. Within the aggregate limit described in
subsection (a), the maximum number of shares of Company Stock that
may be issued under the Plan pursuant to Stock Awards, Stock Units,
SARs and Other Stock-Based Awards during the term of the Plan is
500,000 shares, subject to adjustment as described in subsection
(e) below.
(c)
Source of Shares; Share Counting. Shares issued
under the Plan may be authorized but unissued shares of Company
Stock or reacquired shares of Company Stock, including shares
purchased by the Company on the open market for purposes of the
Plan. If and to the extent Options and SARs granted under the Plan
terminate, expire, or are canceled, forfeited, exchanged or
surrendered without having been exercised, and if and to the extent
that any Stock Awards, Stock Units or Other Stock-Based Awards are
forfeited or terminated, or otherwise are not paid in full, the
shares reserved for such Grants shall again be available for
purposes of the Plan.
(d)
Individual Limits. All Grants under the Plan
shall be expressed in shares of Company Stock. The maximum number
of shares of Company Stock with respect to which all Grants may be
made under the Plan to any individual during any calendar year
shall be 500,000 shares, subject to adjustment as described in
subsection (e) below. The individual limits of this subsection
(d) shall apply without regard to whether the Grants are to be
paid in Company Stock or cash. All cash payments shall equal the
Fair Market Value of the shares of Company Stock to which the cash
payments relate.
(e)
Adjustments. If there is any change in the
number or kind of shares of Company Stock outstanding (i) by
reason of a stock dividend, spinoff, recapitalization, stock split,
or combination or exchange of shares, (ii) by reason of a
merger, reorganization or consolidation, (iii) by reason of a
reclassification or change in par value, or (iv) by reason of
any other extraordinary or unusual event affecting the outstanding
Company Stock as a class without the Company's receipt of
consideration, or if the value of outstanding shares of Company
Stock is substantially reduced as a result of a spinoff or the
Company's payment of an extraordinary dividend or distribution, the
maximum number of shares of Company Stock available for issuance
under the Plan, the maximum number of shares of Company Stock for
which any individual may receive Grants in any year, the number of
shares covered by outstanding Grants, the kind of shares issued and
to be issued under the Plan, and the price per share or the
applicable market value of such Grants may be appropriately
adjusted by the Committee to reflect any increase or decrease in
the number of, or change in the kind or value of, issued shares of
Company Stock to preclude, to the extent practicable, the
enlargement or dilution of rights and benefits under such Grants;
provided, however, that any fractional shares resulting from such
adjustment shall be eliminated. Any adjustments determined by the
Committee shall be final, binding and conclusive. To the
extent that any Grant is subject to section 409A of the Code, or
becomes subject to section 409A of the Code as a result of any
adjustment made hereunder, such adjustment shall be made in
compliance with section 409A of the Code.
6.
Eligibility for Participation
(a)
Eligible Persons. All Employees, Consultants and
Non-Employee Directors shall be eligible to participate in the
Plan.
(b)
Selection of Participants. The Committee shall
select the Employees, Consultants and Non-Employee Directors to
receive Grants and shall determine the number of shares of Company
Stock subject to each Grant.
7.
Options
(a)
General Requirements . The Committee may grant
Options to an Employee, Consultant or Non-Employee Director upon
such terms and conditions as the Committee deems appropriate under
this Section 7. The Committee shall determine the number of
shares of Company Stock that will be subject to each Grant of
Options to Employees, Consultants and Non-Employee
Directors.
(b)
Type of Option, Price and Term
(i) The
Committee may grant Incentive Stock Options or Nonqualified Stock
Options or any combination of the two, all in accordance with the
terms and conditions set forth herein. Incentive Stock Options may
be granted only to Employees of the Company or its parents or
subsidiaries, as defined in section 424 of the Code.
Nonqualified Stock Options may be granted to Employees, Consultants
or Non-Employee Directors.
(ii) The
Exercise Price of Company Stock subject to an Option shall be
determined by the Committee; provided, however, that the Exercise
Price for an Option (including Incentive Stock Options or
Nonqualified Stock Options) will be equal to, or greater than, the
Fair Market Value of a share of Company Stock on the date the
Option is granted and further provided that an Incentive Stock
Option may not be granted to an Employee who, at the time of grant,
owns stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting
power of all classes of stock of the Company or any parent or
subsidiary, as defined in section 424 of the Code, unless the
Exercise Price per share is not less than 110% of the Fair Market
Value of the Company Stock on the date of grant
(iii) The
Committee shall determine the term of each Option, which shall not
exceed ten years from the date of grant. However, an Incentive
Stock Option that is granted to an Employee who, at the time of
grant, owns stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined
voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any parent
or subsidiary, as defined in section 424 of the Code, may not
have a term that exceeds five years from the date of
grant.
(c)
Exercisability of Options.
(i) Options
shall become exercisable in accordance with such terms and
conditions as may be determined by the Committee and specified in
the Grant Agreement. The Committee may accelerate the
exercisability of any or all outstanding Options at any time for
any reason.
(ii) The
Committee may provide in a Grant Agreement that the Participant may
elect to exercise part or all of an Option before it otherwise has
become exercisable. Any shares so purchased shall be restricted
shares and shall be subject to a repurchase right in favor of the
Company during a specified restriction period, with the repurchase
price equal to the lesser of (A) the Exercise Price or
(B) the Fair Market Value of such shares at the time of
repurchase, or such other restrictions as the Committee deems
appropriate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the
extent that an Option would otherwise be exempt from section 409A
of the Code, the Committee may only include such a provision in a
Grant Agreement for such an Option if the inclusion of such a
provision will not cause that Option to become subject to section
409A of the Code.
(iii) Options
granted to persons who are non-exempt employees under the Fair
Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, may not be exercisable for
at least six months after the date of grant (except that such
Options may become exercisable, as determined by the Committee,
upon the Participant's death, Disability or retirement, or upon a
Change of Control or other circumstances permitted by applicable
regulations).
(d)
Termination of Employment or Service. Upon
termination of employment or the services of a Participant, an
Option may only be exercised as follows:
(i) In
the event that a Participant ceases to be employed by, or provide
service to, the Employer for any reason other than Disability,
death, or termination for Cause, any Option which is otherwise
exercisable by the Participant shall terminate unless exercised
within three months after the date on which the Participant ceases
to be employed by, or provide service to, the Employer (or within
such other period of time as may be specified by the Committee),
but in any event no later than the date of expiration of the Option
term. Except as otherwise provided by the Committee, any of the
Participant's Options that are not otherwise exercisable as of the
date on which the Participant ceases to be employed by, or provide
service to, the Employer shall terminate as of such
date.