COMMAND CENTER,
INC.
2008 STOCK INCENTIVE
PLAN
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TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE
1
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PURPOSE
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1
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1.1
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GENERAL
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1
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ARTICLE
2
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EFFECTIVE and
EXPIRATION DATE
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1
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2.2
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EFFECTIVE
DATE
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1
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2.2
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EXPIRATION
DATE
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ARTICLE
3
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DEFINITIONS AND
CONSTRUCTION
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1
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3.1
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DEFINITIONS
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1
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ARTICLE
4
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ADMINISTRATION
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5
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4.1
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COMMITTEE
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5
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4.2
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ACTION BY THE
COMMITTEE
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5
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4.3
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AUTHORITY OF
COMMITTEE
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5
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4.4
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DECISIONS
BINDING
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ARTICLE
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SHARES SUBJECT
TO THE PLAN
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5.1
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NUMBER OF
SHARES
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5.2
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LAPSED OR
ASSUMED AWARDS
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6
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5.3
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STOCK
DISTRIBUTED
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ARTICLE
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ELIGIBILITY AND
PARTICIPATION
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6.1
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ELIGIBILITY.
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7
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6.2
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ACTUAL
PARTICIPATION
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7
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ARTICLE
7
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STOCK
OPTIONS
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7
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7.1
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GENERAL
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7.2
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INCENTIVE STOCK
OPTIONS
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7.3
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NON-QUALIFIED
STOCK OPTIONS
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9
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ARTICLE
8
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PERFORMANCE
SHARES
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9
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8.1
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GRANT OF
PERFORMANCE SHARES
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9
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8.2
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RIGHT TO
PAYMENT
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9
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8.3
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OTHER
TERMS
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ARTICLE
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RESTRICTED
STOCK AWARDS
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10
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9.1
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GRANT OF
RESTRICTED STOCK
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10
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9.2
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ISSUANCE AND
RESTRICTIONS
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10
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9.3
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FORFEITURE
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10
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9.4
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CERTIFICATES FOR RESTRICTED
STOCK
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10
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ARTICLE
10
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PROVISIONS
APPLICABLE TO AWARDS
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10
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10.1
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STAND-ALONE AND
TANDEM AWARDS
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10
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10.2
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EXCHANGE
PROVISIONS
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11
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10.3
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TERM OF
AWARD
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11
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10.4
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FORM OF PAYMENT
FOR AWARDS
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11
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10.5
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LIMITS ON
TRANSFER
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11
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10.6
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BENEFICIARIES
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11
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10.7
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STOCK
CERTIFICATES
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11
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10.8
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ACCELERATION
UPON A CHANGE OF CONTROL
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12
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ARTICLE
11
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CHANGES IN
CAPITAL STRUCTURE
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12
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11.1
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SHARES
AVAILABLE FOR GRANT
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12
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11.2
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OUTSTANDING
AWARDS - INCREASE OR DECREASE IN ISSUED SHARES WITHOUT
CONSIDERATION
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12
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11.3
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OUTSTANDING
AWARDS - CERTAIN MERGERS
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12
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11.4
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OUTSTANDING
AWARDS - OTHER CHANGES
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12
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11.5
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NO OTHER
RIGHTS
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12
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ARTICLE
12
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AMENDMENT,
MODIFICATION, AND TERMINATION
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13
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12.1
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AMENDMENT,
MODIFICATION, AND TERMINATION
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13
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12.2
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AWARDS
PREVIOUSLY GRANTED
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13
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ARTICLE
13
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GENERAL
PROVISIONS
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13
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13.1
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NO RIGHTS TO
AWARDS
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13
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13.2
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NO SHAREHOLDERS
RIGHTS
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13
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13.3
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WITHHOLDING
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13
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13.4
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NO RIGHT TO
EMPLOYMENT OR SERVICES
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13.5
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UNFUNDED STATUS
OF AWARDS
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14
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13.6
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INDEMNIFICATION
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14
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13.7
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RELATIONSHIP TO
OTHER BENEFITS
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14
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13.8
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EXPENSES
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14
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13.9
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TITLES AND
HEADINGS
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14
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13.10
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FRACTIONAL
SHARES
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13.11
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SECURITIES LAW
COMPLIANCE
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13.12
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GOVERNMENT AND
OTHER REGULATIONS
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13.13
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GOVERNING
LAW
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15
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13.14
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DISPUTE
RESOLUTION
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15
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1.1 GENERAL . The purpose of the Command Center, Inc. 2008
Stock Incentive Plan (the “ Plan ”) is to
promote the success and enhance the value of Command Center, Inc.,
a Washington corporation (the “ Company ”) by
linking the personal interests of the members of the Board,
employees, officers, executives, advisors, consultants, independent
contractors (and employees and agents thereof), and other persons
who provide Services to the Company or a Subsidiary, to those of
Company shareholders and by providing such persons with an
incentive for outstanding performance to generate superior returns
to Company shareholders. The Plan is further intended to provide
flexibility to the Company in its ability to motivate, attract, and
retain the services of such persons upon whose judgment, interest,
and special effort the successful conduct of the Company’s
operation is largely dependent.
ARTICLE
2
EFFECTIVE AND EXPIRATION
DATE
2.1 EFFECTIVE DATE . The Plan is effective as of the date the Plan
is approved by the Company’s shareholders (the “
Effective Date ”). The Plan will be deemed to be
approved by the shareholders if it receives the affirmative vote of
the holders of a majority of the shares of stock of the Company
present or represented and entitled to vote at a meeting duly held
in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Company’s
Bylaws.
2.2 EXPIRATION DATE . The Plan will expire on, and no Award may be
granted pursuant to the Plan after, the seventh anniversary of the
Effective Date. Any Awards that are outstanding on the seventh
anniversary of the Effective Date will remain in force according to
the terms of the Plan and the Award Agreement.
ARTICLE
3
DEFINITIONS AND
CONSTRUCTION
3.1 DEFINITIONS . The following words and phrases will have the
following meanings:
(a) “ AWARD ” means any Option,
Restricted Stock Award, or Performance Share Award granted to a
Participant pursuant to the Plan.
(b) “ AWARD AGREEMENT ” means
any written agreement, contract, or other instrument or document
evidencing an Award.
(c) “ BOARD ” means the Board of
Directors of the Company.
(d) “ CAUSE ” means (except as
otherwise provided in an Award Agreement) that the Committee, in
its reasonable and good faith discretion, has determined that the
Participant has: (i) willfully engaged in conduct involving
dishonesty, fraud, theft, or embezzlement; (ii) within a
reasonable period of time after written notice and demand for
substantial performance is delivered to the Participant by the
Company, has repeatedly failed or refused to follow reasonable
policies or directives established by the Company;
(iii) within a reasonable period of time after written notice
and demand for substantial performance is delivered to the
Participant by the Company, has willfully and persistently failed
to attend to his, her, or its material duties or obligations with
the Company (other than any such failure as a result of the
Participant’s Disability); (iv) has willfully performed
an act, or willfully failed to act, where such act or failure to
act is demonstrably and materially injurious to the Company,
monetarily or otherwise; (v) has engaged in misconduct
involving serious moral turpitude to the extent that, in the
reasonable judgment of the Board, the Participant’s
credibility and reputation no longer conform to the standard of the
Company’s employees, directors, advisors, independent
contractors, and other persons providing Services to the Company or
a Subsidiary; or (vi) has misrepresented or concealed a
material fact for purposes of securing employment with the Company;
provided , however , that to the extent any
Participant has an employment, consulting, or other agreement with
the Company which provides a broader definition of
“cause” than this definition, then the definition of
“cause” set forth in the employment, consulting, or
other agreement will apply with respect to that particular
Participant. No act or failure to act on the part of a Participant
will be deemed “ willful ” unless the Committee
reasonably determines that the act was done or omitted to be done
by the Participant not in good faith and without a reasonable
belief that the Participant’s action or omission was in the
best interest of the Company.
(e) “ CHANGE OF CONTROL ” means
and includes each of the following:
(1) Any transaction or series of transactions,
whereby any person (as that term is used in Section 13 and 14(d)(2)
of the Exchange Act), is or becomes the beneficial owner (as that
term is used in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) directly or
indirectly, of securities of the Company representing fifty percent
(50%) or more of the total value or combined voting power of the
Company’s then outstanding securities; provided , that
for purposes of this paragraph, the term “person” will
exclude (A) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under
an employee benefit plan of the Company or a Subsidiary, (B) a
corporation owned directly or indirectly by the shareholders of the
Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership in
the Company, and (C) any venture capital firm or other investor in
securities of the Company that first purchases any such securities
within the thirty (30) day period following the Effective
Date;
(2) Any merger, consolidation, other corporate
reorganization or liquidation of the Company in which the Company
is not the continuing or surviving corporation or entity or
pursuant to which shares of Stock would be converted into cash,
securities, or other property, other than (A) a merger or
consolidation with a wholly owned Subsidiary, (B) a reincorporation
of the Company in a different jurisdiction, or (C) any other
transaction in which there is no substantial change in the
shareholders of the Company;
(3) Any merger or consolidation of the Company with
or into another entity or any other corporate reorganization, if
more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the
continuing or surviving entity’s securities outstanding
immediately after such merger, consolidation, or other
reorganization is owned by persons who were not shareholders of the
Company immediately prior to such merger, consolidation, or other
reorganization;
(4) The sale, transfer, or other disposition of all
or substantially all of the assets of the Company in one
transaction or a series of transactions;
(5) Any one person, or more than one person acting
as a group, acquires or becomes the beneficial owner (as that term
is used in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) directly or
indirectly, during any twelve (12) month period beginning on the
first anniversary of the Effective Date, of securities of the
Company representing thirty-five percent (35%) or more of the
combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding
securities; or forty percent (40%) or more of the total gross
market value of the assets of the Company; provided , that
for purposes of this paragraph, the term “person” will
exclude (A) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under
an employee benefit plan of the Company or a Subsidiary, (B) a
corporation owned directly or indirectly by the shareholders of the
Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership in
the Company, and (C) any venture capital firm or other investor in
securities of the Company that first purchases any such securities
within the thirty (30) day period following the Effective Date;
or
(6) A change or series of related or unrelated
changes in the composition of the Board, during any twelve (12)
month period beginning on the first anniversary of the Effective
Date, as a result of which fewer than a majority of the incumbent
directors are directors who either (A) had been directors of the
Company on the later of such first anniversary of the Effective
Date or the date twenty-four (24) months prior to the date of the
event that may constitute a Change of Control (the “
Original Directors ”), or (B) were elected, or
nominated for election, to the Board with the affirmative votes of
a least a majority of the aggregate of the original directors who
were still in office at the time of the election or nomination and
the directors whose election or nomination was previously so
approved.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following
transactions will not constitute a “ Change of Control
”: (1) the closing of the Corporation’s first public
offering pursuant to an effective registration statement filed
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “
Securities Act ”); or (2) any transaction the sole
purpose of which is to change the state of incorporation of the
Company or to create a holding company that will be owned in
substantially the same proportions by the persons who held the
Company’s securities immediately before such
transaction.
(f) “ CODE ” means the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(g) “ COMMITTEE ” means the
committee of the Board described in Article 4 of this
Plan.
(h) “ DISABILITY ”
means:
(1) the Participant is unable to engage in any
substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically
determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to
last for at least 12 months;
(2) the Participant is, by reason of any medically
determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to
result in death or can be expected to last for at least 12 months,
receiving income replacement benefits for a period of at least
three months under an employer sponsored disability plan;
or
(3) the Participant may also be deemed disabled if
determined to be totally disabled by the Social Security
Administration.
The Board may
require such medical or other evidence as it deems necessary to
judge the nature and permanency of the Participant’s
condition.
(i) “ EXCHANGE ACT ” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(j) “ FAIR MARKET VALUE ” of one
share of Stock on any relevant date will be determined in
accordance with the following provisions:
(1) If the Stock at the time is not listed or
admitted to trading on any stock exchange or traded in the
over-the-counter market, then the Fair Market Value will be
determined by the reasonable application of a reasonable valuation
method that is consistently applied in accordance with Section 409A
of the Code and applicable regulations issued
thereunder.
(2) If the Stock is at the time listed or admitted
to trading on any stock exchange or the Nasdaq Stock Market, then
the Fair Market Value will be the closing selling price per share
of Stock on the date in question as reported on the stock exchange
or trading market determined by the Committee to be the primary
market for the Stock, or as otherwise required by Section 409A of
the Code and applicable regulations issued thereunder. If there is
no reported sale of Stock on such exchange or trading market on the
date in question, then the Fair Market Value will be the closing
selling price on the exchange or trading market on the last
preceding date for which such quotation exists or as otherwise
required by Section 409A of the Code and applicable regulations
issued thereunder.
(3) If the Stock is not at the time listed or
admitted to trading on any stock exchange or the Nasdaq Stock
Market, but is traded in over-the-counter market, the Fair Market
Value will be the closing selling price (or, if such information is
not available, the average of the highest bid and lowest asked
prices) per share of Stock on the date in question in the
over-the-counter market, or as otherwise required by Section 409A
of the Code and applicable regulations issued thereunder. If there
is no reported closing selling price (or bid and asked prices) for
the Stock on the date in question, the Fair Market Value will be
the closing selling price (or the average of the highest bid price
and lowest asked price) on the last preceding date for which such
quotations exist, or as otherwise required by Section 409A of the
Code and applicable regulations issued thereunder.
(4) Fair Market Value will be determined based upon
the class or series of Stock with the highest value on any relevant
date.
(k) “ INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION ”
means an Option that is intended to meet the requirements of
Section 422 of the Code or any successor provision
thereto.
(l) “ NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION
” means an Option that is not intended to be an Incentive
Stock Option.
(m) “ OPTION ” means a right
granted to a Participant pursuant to Article 7 of the Plan
to purchase Stock at a specified price during specified time
periods. An Option may be either an Incentive Stock Option or a
Non-Qualified Stock Option.
(n) “ PARTICIPANT ” means a
person who, as a member of the Board, employee, officer, advisor,
consultant, executive, independent contractor (or any employee or
agent thereof), or other persons who provide Services to the
Company or any Subsidiary, has been granted an Award pursuant to
the Plan.
(o) “ PERFORMANCE SHARE ” means
a right granted to a Participant pursuant to Article 8 , to
receive cash, Stock, or other Awards, the payment of which is
contingent upon achieving certain performance goals established by
the Committee.
(p) “ PERSON ” means any
individual or legal entity.
(q) “ PLAN ” means this Command
Center, Inc. 2008 Stock Incentive Plan, as it may be amended from
time to time.
(r) “ RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD ”
means Stock granted to a Participant pursuant to Article 9
that is subject to certain restrictions and to risk of
forfeiture.
(s) Unless it is evidenced otherwise set forth in
an Award Agreement, a Participant is deemed to be providing “
SERVICE(S) ” to the Company so long as such
Participant renders continuous services on a periodic basis to the
Company or to any parent or Subsidiary of the Company in the
capacity of an employee, director, officer, executive, advisor,
consultant, independent contractor (or any employee or agent
thereof), or such other capacity as approved by the
Committee. In the sole and absolute discretion of the Plan
Administrator, an award holder will be considered to be rendering
continuous Service to the Company even if the type of services
change, e.g., from employee to independent contractor. A
Participant will be considered to be an employee for so long as
such Participant remains in the employ of the Company or any parent
or Subsidiary of the Company.
(t) “ STOCK ” means shares of
the common stock of the Company, which will be either (a) traded on
any stock exchange, or (b) the class of the Company’s common
stock with the greatest aggregate stock issued and outstanding as
of the date of the grant or common stock with substantially similar
rights to the stock of such class. If the Company’s
common stock is not traded on a stock exchange and the Company has
more than one class of common stock, Stock will be the common stock
referenced in clause (b) above. Subject to the foregoing
limitations, Stock will also include such other securities of the
Company that may be substituted for Stock pursuant to Article
11 of the Plan.
(u) “ SUBSIDIARY ” means any
corporation or other entity of which a majority of the outstanding
voting stock or voting power is beneficially owned directly or
indirectly by the Company.
ARTICLE
4
ADMINISTRATION
4.1 COMMITTEE . The Plan will be administered by the Board or
a committee of the Board. Reference in this Plan to the Committee
will refer to the Board if the Board does not appoint a Committee
to administer the Plan.
4.2 ACTION BY THE COMMITTEE . A majority of the Committee will constitute a
quorum. The acts of a majority of the members present at any
meeting at which a quorum is present, and acts approved in writing
by a majority of the Committee in lieu of a meeting of the
Committee, will be deemed the acts of the Committee. Each member of
the Committee is entitled to, in good faith, rely or act upon any
report or other information furnished to that member by any officer
or other employee of the Company or any Subsidiary, the
Company’s independent certified public accountants, or any
executive compensation consultant or other professional retained by
the Company to assist in the administration of the Plan.
4.3 AUTHORITY OF COMMITTEE . Subject to any specific designation in the
Plan, the Committee has the exclusive power, authority, and
discretion to:
(a) Designate Participants to receive
Awards;
(b) Determine the type or types of Awards to be
granted to each Participant;
(c) Determine the number of Awards to be granted
and the number of shares of Stock to which an Award will
relate;
(d) Determine the terms and conditions of any Award
granted pursuant to the Plan, including, but not limited to, the
exercise price, grant price, or purchase price, any reload
provision, any restrictions or limitations on the Award, any
schedule for lapse of forfeiture restrictions or restrictions on
the exercisability of an Award, and accelerations or waivers
thereof, any provisions related to non-competition and recapture of
gain on an Award, based in each case on such considerations as the
Committee, in its sole and absolute discretion,
determines;
(e) Determine whether, to what extent, and pursuant
to what circumstances an Award may be settled in, or the exercise
price of an Award may be paid in, cash, Stock, other Awards, or
other property, or an Award may be canceled, forfeited, or
surrendered;
(f) Prescribe the form of each Award Agreement,
which need not be identical for each Participant;
(g) Decide all other matters that must be
determined in connection with an Award;
(h) Establish, adopt, or revise any rules and
regulations as the Committee may deem necessary or advisable to
administer the Plan;
(i) Interpret the terms of, and any matter arising
pursuant to, the Plan or any Award Agreement; and
(j) Make all other decisions and determinations
that may be required pursuant to the Plan or as the Committee deems
necessary or advisable to administer the Plan.
4.4 DECISIONS BINDING . The Committee’s interpretation of the
Plan, any Awards granted pursuant to the Plan, any Award Agreement,
and all decisions and determinations by the Committee with respect
to the Plan are final, binding, and conclusive on all parties,
including all Participants.
ARTICLE
5
SHARES SUBJECT TO THE
PLAN
5.1 NUMBER OF SHARES . Subject to adjustment provided in Article 11,
the aggregate number of shares of Stock reserved and available for
the exercise of options pursuant to the Plan will be
6,400,000
shares of the Company’s common stock.
5.2 LAPSED OR ASSUMED AWARDS . To the extent that an Award terminates,
expires, or lapses for any reason, any shares of Stock subject to
the Award will again be available for the grant of an Award
pursuant to the Plan. Additionally, any shares of stock tendered or
withheld to satisfy the exercise price or tax withholding
obligation pursuant to any Award will again be available for the
grant of an Award pursuant to the Plan. To the extent