EXHIBIT
10.1
COROWARE, INC.
Amended 2008 Incentive Stock
Plan
THIS COROWARE, INC.
Amended 2008 INCENTIVE STOCK PLAN (the " Plan ") is designed to
retain directors, executives and selected employees and consultants
and reward them for making major contributions to the success of
the Company. These objectives are accomplished by making long-term
incentive awards under the Plan thereby providing Participants with
a proprietary interest in the growth and performance of the
Company.
1.
Definitions.
(a)
" Board " - The
Board of Directors of the Company.
(b)
" Code " - The
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time.
(c)
" Committee " -
The Compensation Committee of the Company's Board, or such other
committee of the Board that is designated by the Board to
administer the Plan, composed of not less than two members of the
Board all of whom are disinterested persons, as contemplated by
Rule 16b-3 (" Rule 16b-3 ") promulgated under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the " Exchange
Act ").
(d)
" Company "
– COROWARE, INC. and its subsidiaries including subsidiaries
of subsidiaries.
(e)
" Exchange Act "
- The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to
time.
(f)
" Fair Market
Value " - The fair market value of the Company's issued and
outstanding Stock as determined in good faith by the Board or
Committee.
(g)
" Grant " - The
grant of any form of stock option, stock award, or stock purchase
offer, whether granted singly, in combination or in tandem, to a
Participant pursuant to such terms, conditions and limitations as
the Committee may establish in order to fulfill the objectives of
the Plan.
(h)
" Grant Agreement
" - An agreement between the Company and a Participant that sets
forth the terms, conditions and limitations applicable to a
Grant.
(i)
" Option " -
Either an Incentive Stock Option, in accordance with
Section 422 of Code, or a Nonstatutory Option, to purchase the
Company's Stock that may be awarded to a Participant under the
Plan. A Participant who receives an award of an Option shall be
referred to as an " Optionee ."
(j)
" Participant " -
A director, officer, employee or consultant of the Company to whom
an Award has been made under the Plan.
(k)
" Restricted Stock
Purchase Offer " - A Grant of the right to purchase a specified
number of shares of Stock pursuant to a written agreement issued
under the Plan.
(l)
" Securities Act
" - The Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to
time.
(m)
" Stock " -
Authorized and issued or unissued shares of common stock of the
Company.
(n)
" Stock Award " -
A Grant made under the Plan in stock or denominated in units of
stock for which the Participant is not obligated to pay additional
consideration.
2.
Administration. The Plan
shall be administered by the Board, provided however, that the
Board may delegate such administration to the Committee. Subject to
the provisions of the Plan, the Board and/or the Committee shall
have authority to (a) grant, in its discretion, Incentive Stock
Options in accordance with Section 422 of the Code, or
Nonstatutory Options, Stock Awards or Restricted Stock Purchase
Offers; (b) determine in good faith the fair market value of the
Stock covered by any Grant; (c) determine which eligible persons
shall receive Grants and the number of shares, restrictions,
terms
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and conditions to be
included in such Grants; (d) construe and interpret the Plan; (e)
promulgate, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to its
administration, and correct defects, omissions and inconsistencies
in the Plan or any Grant; (f) consistent with the Plan and with the
consent of the Participant, as appropriate, amend any outstanding
Grant or amend the exercise date or dates thereof; (g) determine
the duration and purpose of leaves of absence which may be granted
to Participants without constituting termination of their
employment for the purpose of the Plan or any Grant; and (h) make
all other determinations necessary or advisable for the Plan's
administration. The interpretation and construction by the Board of
any provisions of the Plan or selection of Participants shall be
conclusive and final. No member of the Board or the Committee shall
be liable for any action or determination made in good faith with
respect to the Plan or any Grant made thereunder.
3.
Eligibility.
(a)
General:
The persons who shall be
eligible to receive Grants shall be directors, officers, employees
or consultants to the Company. The term consultant shall mean any
person, other than an employee, who is engaged by the Company to
render services and is compensated for such services. An Optionee
may hold more than one Option. Any issuance of a Grant to an
officer or director of the Company subsequent to the first
registration of any of the securities of the Company under the
Exchange Act shall comply with the requirements of
Rule 16b-3.
(b)
Incentive Stock
Options: Incentive Stock Options may only be
issued to employees of the Company. Incentive Stock Options may be
granted to officers or directors, provided they are also employees
of the Company. Payment of a director's fee shall not be sufficient
to constitute employment by the Company.
The Company shall not
grant an Incentive Stock Option under the Plan to any employee if
such Grant would result in such employee holding the right to
exercise for the first time in any one calendar year, under all
Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan or any other plan
maintained by the Company, with respect to shares of Stock having
an aggregate fair market value, determined as of the date of the
Option is granted, in excess of $100,000. Should it be determined
that an Incentive Stock Option granted under the Plan exceeds such
maximum for any reason other than a failure in good faith to value
the Stock subject to such option, the excess portion of such option
shall be considered a Nonstatutory Option. To the extent the
employee holds two (2) or more such Options which become
exercisable for the first time in the same calendar year, the
foregoing limitation on the exercisability of such Option as
Incentive Stock Options under the Federal tax laws shall be applied
on the basis of the order in which such Options are granted. If,
for any reason, an entire Option does not qualify as an Incentive
Stock Option by reason of exceeding such maximum, such Option shall
be considered a Nonstatutory Option.
(c)
Nonstatutory
Option: The
provisions of the foregoing Section 3(b) shall not apply to
any Option designated as a " Nonstatutory Option " or which
sets forth the intention of the parties that the Option be a
Nonstatutory Option.
(d)
Stock Awards and
Restricted Stock Purchase Offers: The provisions of this
Section 3 shall not apply to any Stock Award or Restricted
Stock Purchase Offer under the Plan.
4.
Stock.
(a)
Authorized
Stock: Stock
subject to Grants may be either unissued or reacquired
Stock.
(b)
Number of
Shares: Subject to adjustment as provided in
Section 5(i) of the Plan, the total number of shares of Stock
which may be purchased or granted directly by Options, Stock Awards
or Restricted Stock Purchase Offers, or purchased indirectly
through exercise of Options granted under the Plan shall not exceed
Two Hundred Million (200,000,000) shares. If any Grant shall for
any reason terminate or expire, any shares allocated thereto but
remaining unpurchased upon such expiration or termination shall
again be available for Grants with respect thereto under the Plan
as though no Grant had previously occurred with respect to
such
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shares. Any shares of
Stock issued pursuant to a Grant and repurchased pursuant to the
terms thereof shall be available for future Grants as though not
previously covered by a Grant.
(c)
Reservation of
Shares: The
Company shall reserve and keep available at all times during the
term of the Plan such number of shares as shall be sufficient to
satisfy the requirements of the Plan. If, after reasonable efforts,
which efforts shall not include the registration of the Plan or
Grants under the Securities Act, the Company is unable to obtain
authority from any applicable regulatory body, which authorization
is deemed necessary by legal counsel for the Company for the lawful
issuance of shares hereunder, the Company shall be relieved of any
liability with respect to its failure to issue and sell the shares
for which such requisite authority was so deemed necessary unless
and until such authority is obtained.
(d)
Application of
Funds :
The proceeds received by
the Company from the sale of Stock pursuant to the exercise of
Options or rights under Stock Purchase Agreements will be used for
general corporate purposes.
(e)
No Obligation to
Exercise :
The issuance of a Grant shall impose no obligation upon the
Participant to exercise any rights under such Grant.
5.
Terms and Conditions of
Options. Options granted hereunder shall be evidenced by agreements
between the Company and the respective Optionees, in such form and
substance as the Board or Committee shall from time to time
approve. The form of Incentive Stock Option Agreement attached
hereto as Exhibit A and the three forms of a
Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement for employees, for directors
and for consultants, attached hereto as Exhibit B-1,
Exhibit B-2 and Exhibit B-3, respectively,
shall be deemed to be approved by the Board. Option agreements need
not be identical, and in each case may include such provisions as
the Board or Committee may determine, but all such agreements shall
be subject to and limited by the following terms and
conditions:
(a)
Number of
Shares: Each
Option shall state the number of shares to which it
pertains.
(b)
Exercise
Price: Each
Option shall state the exercise price, which shall be determined as
follows:
(i)
Any Incentive Stock
Option granted to a person who at the time the Option is granted
owns (or is deemed to own pursuant to Section 424(d) of the
Code) stock possessing more than ten percent (10%) of the
total combined voting power or value of all classes of stock of the
Company (" Ten Percent Holder ") shall have an exercise
price of no less than 110% of the Fair Market Value of the Stock as
of the date of grant; and
(ii)
Incentive Stock Options
granted to a person who at the time the Option is granted is not a
Ten Percent Holder shall have an exercise price of no less than
100% of the Fair Market Value of the Stock as of the date of
grant.
For the purposes of this
Section 5(b), the Fair Market Value shall be as determined by
the Board in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive
and binding; provided however, that if there is a public market for
such Stock, the Fair Market Value per share shall be the average of
the bid and asked prices (or the closing price if such stock is
listed on the NASDAQ National Market System or Small Cap Issue
Market) on the date of grant of the Option, or if listed on a stock
exchange, the closing price on such exchange on such date of
grant.
(c)
Medium and Time of
Payment: The
exercise price shall become immediately due upon exercise of the
Option and shall be paid in cash or check made payable to the
Company. Should the Company's outstanding Stock be registered under
Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act at the time the Option is
exercised, then the exercise price may also be paid as
follows:
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(i)
in shares of Stock held
by the Optionee for the requisite period necessary to avoid a
charge to the Company's earnings for financial reporting purposes
and valued at Fair Market Value on the exercise date, or
(ii)
through a special sale
and remittance procedure pursuant to which the Optionee shall
concurrently provide irrevocable written instructions (a) to a
Company designated brokerage firm to effect the immediate sale of
the purchased shares and remit to the Company, out of the sale
proceeds available on the settlement date, sufficient funds to
cover the aggregate exercise price payable for the purchased shares
plus all applicable Federal, state and local income and employment
taxes required to be withheld by the Company by reason of such
purchase and (b) to the Company to deliver the certificates for the
purchased shares directly to such brokerage firm in order to
complete the sale transaction.
At the discretion of the
Board, exercisable either at the time of Option grant or of Option
exercise, the exercise price may also be paid (i) by Optionee's
delivery of a promissory note in form and substance satisfactory to
the Company and permissible under applicable securities rules and
bearing interest at a rate determined by the Board in its sole
discretion, but in no event less than the minimum rate of interest
required to avoid the imputation of compensation income to the
Optionee under the Federal tax laws, or (ii) in such other form of
consideration permitted by the State of Oklahoma corporations law
as may be acceptable to the Board.
(d)
Term and Exercise of
Options: Any
Option granted to an employee of the Company shall become
exercisable over a period of no longer than five (5) years, and no
less than twenty percent (20%) of the shares covered thereby
shall become exercisable annually. No Option shall be exercisable,
in whole or in part, prior to one (1) year from the date it is
granted unless the Board shall specifically determine otherwise, as
provided herein. In no event shall any Option be exercisable after
the expiration of ten (10) years from the date it is granted, and
no Incentive Stock Option granted to a Ten Percent Holder shall, by
its terms, be exercisable after the expiration of five (5) years
from the date of the Option. Unless otherwise specified by the
Board or the Committee in the resolution authorizing such Option,
the date of grant of an Option shall be deemed to be the date upon
which the Board or the Committee authorizes the granting of such
Option.
Each Option shall be
exercisable to the nearest whole share, in installments or
otherwise, as the respective Option agreements may provide. During
the lifetime of an Optionee, the Option shall be exercisable only
by the Optionee and shall not be assignable or transferable by the
Optionee, and no other person shall acquire any rights therein. To
the extent not exercised, installments (if more than one) shall
accumulate, but shall be exercisable, in whole or in part, only
during the period for exercise as stated in the Option agreement,
whether or not other installments are then exercisable.
(e)
Termination of Status
as Employee, Consultant or Director: If Optionee's status as an employee
shall terminate for any reason other than Optionee's disability or
death, then Optionee (or if the Optionee shall die after such
termination, but prior to exercise, Optionee's personal
representative or the person entitled to succeed to the Option)
shall have the right to exercise the portions of any of Optionee's
Incentive Stock Options which were exercisable as of the date of
such termination, in whole or in part, not less than 30 days nor
more than three (3) months after such termination (or, in the event
of " termination for good cause " as that term is defined in
Oklahoma case law related thereto, or by the terms of the Plan or
the Option Agreement or an employment agreement, the Option shall
automatically terminate as of the termination of employment as to
all shares covered by the Option).
With respect to
Nonstatutory Options granted to employees, directors or
consultants, the Board may specify such period for exercise, not
less than 30 days (except that in the case of " termination for
cause " or removal of a director, the Option shall
automatically terminate as of the termination of employment or
services as to shares covered by the Option, following
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termination of
employment or services as the Board deems reasonable and
appropriate. The Option may be exercised only with respect to
installments that the Optionee could have exercised at the date of
termination of employment or services. Nothing contained herein or
in any Option granted pursuant hereto shall be construed to affect
or restrict in any way the right of the Company to terminate the
employment or services of an Optionee with or without
cause.
(f)
Disability of
Optionee: If
an Optionee is disabled (within the meaning of
Section 22(e)(3) of the Code) at the time of termination, the
three (3) month period set forth in Section 5(e) shall be a
period, as determined by the Board and set forth in the Option, of
not less than six months nor more than one year after such
termination.
(g)
Death of
Optionee: If
an Optionee dies while employed by, engaged as a consultant to, or
serving as a Director of the Company, the portion of such
Optionee's Option which was exercisable at the date of death may be
exercised, in whole or in part, by the estate of the decedent or by
a person succeeding to the right to exercise such Option at any
time within (i) a period, as determined by the Board and set forth
in the Option, of not less than six (6) months nor more than one
(1) year after Optionee's death, which period shall not be more, in
the case of a Nonstatutory Option, than the period for exercise
following termination of employment or services, or (ii) during the
remaining term of the Option, whichever is the lesser. The Option
may be so exercised only with respect to installments exercisable
at the time of Optionee's death and not previously exercised by the
Optionee.
(h)
Nontransferability of
Option: No
Option shall be transferable by the Optionee, except by will or by
the laws of descent and distribution.
(i)
Recapitalization:
Subject to any required
action of shareholders, the number of shares of Stock covered by
each outstanding Option, and the exercise price per share thereof
set forth in each such Option, shall be proportionately adjusted
for any increase or decrease in the number of issued shares of
Stock of the Company resulting from a stock split, stock dividend,
combination, subdivision or reclassification of shares, or the
payment of a stock dividend, or any other increase or decrease in
the number of such shares affected without receipt of consideration
by the Company; provided, however, the conversion of any
convertible securities of the Company shall not be deemed to have
been " effected without receipt of consideration " by the
Company.
In the event of a
proposed dissolution or liquidation of the Company, a merger or
consolidation in which the Company is not the surviving entity, or
a sale of all or substantially all of the assets or capital stock
of the Company (collectively, a " Reorganization "), unless
otherwise provided by the Board, this Option shall terminate
immediately prior to such date as is determined by the Board, which
date shall be no later than the consummation of such
Reorganization. In such event, if the entity which shall be the
surviving entity does not tender to Optionee an offer, for which it
has no obligation to do so, to substitute for any unexercised
Option a stock option or capital stock of such surviving of such
surviving entity, as applicable, which on an equitable basis shall
provide the Optionee with substantially the same economic benefit
as such unexercised Option, then the Board may grant to such
Optionee, in its sole and absolute discretion and without
obligation, the right for a period commencing thirty (30) days
prior to and ending immediately prior to the date determined by the
Board pursuant hereto for termination of the Option or during the
remaining term of the Option, whichever is the lesser, to exercise
any unexpired Option or Options without regard to the installment
provisions of Paragraph 6(d) of the Plan; provided, that any such
right granted shall be granted to all Optionees not receiving an
offer to receive substitute options on a consistent basis, and
provided further, that any such exercise shall be subject to the
consummation of such Reorganization.
Subject to any required
action of shareholders, if the Company shall be the surviving
entity in any merger or consolidation, each outstanding Option
thereafter shall pertain to and apply to the securities to which a
holder of shares of Stock equal to the shares subject to the Option
would have been entitled by reason of such merger or
consolidation.
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In the event of a
change in the Stock of the Company as presently constituted, which
is limited to a change of all of its authorized shares without par
value into the same number of shares with a par value, the shares
resulting from any such change shall be deemed to be the Stock
within the meaning of the Plan.
To the extent that the
foregoing adjustments relate to stock or securities of the Company,
such adjustments shall be made by the Board, whose determination in
that respect shall be final, binding and conclusive. Except as
expressly provided in this Section 5(i), the Optionee shall
have no rights by reason of any subdivision or consolidation of
shares of stock of any class or the payment of any stock dividend
or any other increase or decrease in the number of shares of stock
of any class, and the number or price of shares of Stock subject to
any Option shall not be affected by, and no adjustment shall be
made by reason of, any dissolution, liquidation, merger,
consolidation or sale of assets or capital stock, or any issue by
the Company of shares of stock of any class or securities
convertible into shares of stock of any class.
The Grant of an Option
pursuant to the Plan shall not affect in any way the right or power
of the Company to make any adjustments, reclassifications,
reorganizations or changes in its capital or business structure or
to merge, consolidate, dissolve, or liquidate or to sell or
transfer all or any part of its business or assets.
(j)
Rights as a
Shareholder: An Optionee shall have no rights as
a shareholder with respect to any shares covered by an Option until
the effective date of the issuance of the shares following exercise
of such Option by Optionee. No adjustment shall be made for
dividends (ordinary or extraordinary, whether in cash, securities
or other property) or distributions or other rights for which the
record date is prior to the date such stock certificate is issued,
except as expressly provided in Section 5(i)
hereof.
(k)
Modification,
Acceleration, Extension, and Renewal of Options:
Subject to the terms and
conditions and within the limitations of the Plan, the Board may
modify an Option, or, once an Option is exercisable, accelerate the
rate at which it may be exercised, and may extend or renew
outstanding Options granted under the Plan or accept the surrender
of outstanding Options (to the extent not theretofore exercised)
and authorize the granting of new Options in substitution for such
Options, provided such action is permissible under Section 422
of the Code and applicable state securities rules. Notwithstanding
the provisions of this Section 5(k), however, no modification
of an Option shall, without the consent of the Optionee, alter to
the Optionee's detriment or impair any rights or obligations under
any Option theretofore granted under the Plan.
(l)
Exercise Before
Exercise Date: At the discretion of the Board, the
Option may, but need not, include a provision whereby the Optionee
may elect to exercise all or any portion of the Option prior to the
stated exercise date of the Option or any installment thereof. Any
shares so purchased prior to the stated exercise date shall be
subject to repurchase by the Company upon termination of Optionee's
employment as contemplated by Section 5(n) hereof prior to the
exercise date stated in the Option and such other restrictions and
conditions as the Board or Committee may deem advisable.
(m)
Other
Provisions: The Option agreements authorized
under the Plan shall contain such other provisions, including,
without limitation, restrictions upon the exercise of the Options,
as the Board or the Committee shall deem advisable. Shares shall
not be issued pursuant to the exercise of an Option, if the
exercise of such Option or the issuance of shares thereunder would
violate, in the opinion of legal counsel for the Company, the
provisions of any applicable law or the rules or regulations of any
applicable governmental or administrative agency or body, such as
the Code, the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, applicable state
securities rules, Oklahoma corporation law, and the rules
promulgated under the foregoing or the rules and regulations of any
exchange upon which the shares of the Company are listed. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the exercise of each
Option shall be subject to the condition that if at any time the
Company shall determine that (i) the satisfaction of withholding
tax or other similar liabilities, or (ii) the listing, registration
or qualification of any shares covered by such
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exercise upon any
securities exchange or under any state or federal law, or (iii) the
consent or approval of any regulatory body, or (iv) the perfection
of any exemption from any such withholding, listing, registration,
qualification, consent or approval is necessary or desirable in
connection with such exercise or the issuance of shares thereunder,
then in any such event, such exercise shall not be effective unless
such withholding, listing registration, qualification, consent,
approval or exemption shall have been effected, obtained or
perfected free of any conditions not acceptable to the
Company.
(n)
Repurchase
Agreement: The Board may, in its discretion,
require as a condition to the Grant of an Option hereunder, that an
Optionee execute an agreement with the Company, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Board in its discretion ("
Repurchase Agreement "), (i) restricting the Optionee's
right to transfer shares purchased under such Option without first
offering such shares to the Company or another shareholder of the
Company upon the same terms and conditions as provided therein; and
(ii) providing that upon termination of Optionee's employment with
the Company, for any reason, the Company (or another shareholder of
the Company, as provided in the Repurchase Agreement) shall have
the right at its discretion (or the discretion of such other
shareholders) to purchase and/or redeem all such shares owned by
the Optionee on the date of termination of his or her employment at
a price equal to: (A) the fair value of such shares as of such date
of termination; or (B) if such repurchase right lapses at 20% of
the number of shares per year, the original purchase price of such
shares, and upon terms of payment permissible under applicable
state securities rules; provided that in the case of Options or
Stock Awards granted to officers, directors, consultants or
affiliates of the Company, such repurchase provisions may be
subject to additional or greater restrictions as determined by the
Board or Committee.
6.
Stock Awards and
Restricted Stock Purchase Offers.
(a)
Types of
Grants.
(i)
Stock
Award. All or
part of any Stock Award under the Plan may be subject to conditions
established by the Board or the Committee, and set forth in the
Stock Award Agreement, which may include, but are not limited to,
continuous service with the Company, achievement of specific
business objectives, increases in specified indices, attaining
growth rates and other comparable measurements of Company
performance. Such Awards may be based on Fair Market Value or other
specified valuation. All Stock Awards will be made pursuant to the
execution of a Stock Award Agreement substantially in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit C .
(ii)
Restricted Stock
Purchase Offer. A Grant of a Restricted Stock
Purchase Offer under the Plan shall be subject to such (i) vesting
contingencies related to the Participant's continued association
with the Company for a specified time and (ii) other specified
conditions as the Board or Committee shall determine, in their sole
discretion, consistent with the provisions of the Plan. All
Restricted Stock Purchase Offers shall be made pursuant to a
Restricted Stock Purchase Offer substantially in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit D .
(b)
Conditions and
Restrictions. Shares of Stock which Participants
may receive as a Stock Award under a Stock Award Agreement or
Restricted Stock Purchase Offer under a Restricted Stock Purchase
Offer may include such restrictions as the Board or Committee, as
applicable, shall determine, including restrictions on transfer,
repurchase rights, right of first refusal, and forfeiture
provisions. When transfer of Stock is so restricted or subject to
forfeiture provisions it is referred to as " Restricted
Stock ". Further, with Board or Committee approval, Stock
Awards or Restricted Stock Purchase Offers may be deferred, either
in the form of installments or a future lump sum distribution. The
Board or Committee may permit selected Participants to elect to
defer distributions of Stock Awards or Restricted Stock Purchase
Offers in accordance with procedures established by the Board or
Committee to assure that such deferrals comply with applicable
requirements of the Code including, at the choice of Participants,
the capability to make further deferrals for distribution after
retirement. Any deferred distribution, whether
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elected by the
Participant or specified by the Stock Award Agreement, Restricted
Stock Purchase Offers or by the Board or Committee, may require the
payment be forfeited in accordance with the provisions of
Section 6(c). Dividends or dividend equivalent rights may be
extended to and made part of any Stock Award or Restricted Stock
Purchase Offers denominated in Stock or units of Stock, subject to
such terms, conditions and restrictions as the Board or Committee
may establish.
(c)
Cancellation and
Rescission of Grants. Unless the Stock Award Agreement or
Restricted Stock Purchase Offer specifies otherwise, the Board or
Committee, as applicable, may cancel any unexpired, unpaid, or
deferred Grants at any time if the Participant is not in compliance
with all other applicable provisions of the Stock Award Agreement
or Restricted Stock Purchase Offer, the Plan and with the following
conditions:
(i)
A Participant shall not
render services for any organization or engage directly or
indirectly in any business which, in the judgment of the chief
executive officer of the Company or other senior officer designated
by the Board or Committee, is or becomes competitive with the
Company, or which organization or business, or the rendering of
services to such organization or business, is or becomes otherwise
prejudicial to or in conflict with the interests of the Company.
For Participants whose employment has terminated, the judgment of
the chief executive officer shall be based on the Participant's
position and responsibilities while employed by the Company, the
Participant's post-employment responsibilities and position with
the other organization or business, the extent of past, current and
potential competition or conflict between the Company and the other
organization or business, the effect on the Company's customers,
suppliers and competitors and such other considerations as are
deemed relevant given the applicable facts and circumstances. A
Participant who has retired shall be free, however, to purchase as
an investment or otherwise, stock or other securities of such
organization or business so long as they are listed upon a
recognized securities exchange or traded over-the-counter, and such
investment does not represent a substantial investment to the
Participant or a greater than ten percent (10%) equity
interest in the organization or business.
(ii)
A Participant shall not,
without prior written authorization from the Company, disclose to
anyone outside the Company, or use in other than the Company's
business, any confidential information or material, as defined in
the Company's Proprietary Information and Invention Agreement or
similar agreement regarding confidential information and
intellectual property, relating to the business of the Company,
acquired by the Participant either during or after employment with
the Company.
(iii)
A Participant, pursuant
to the Company's Proprietary Information and Invention Agreement,
shall disclose promptly and assign to the Company all right, title
and interest in any invention or idea, patentable or not, made or
conceived by the Participant during employment by the Company,
relating in any manner to the actual or anticipated business,
research or development work of the Company and shall do anything
reasonably necessary to enable the Company to secure a patent where
appropriate in the United States and in foreign
countries.
(iv)
Upon exercise, payment
or delivery pursuant to a Grant, the Participant shall certify on a
form acceptable to the Committee that he or she is in compliance
with the terms and conditions of the Plan. Failure to comply with
all of the provisions of this Section 6(c) prior to, or during
the six months after, any exercise, payment or delivery pursuant to
a Grant shall cause such exercise, payment or delivery to be
rescinded. The Company shall notify the Participant in writing of
any such rescission within two years after such exercise, payment
or delivery. Within ten days after receiving such a notice from the
Company, the Participant shall pay to the Company the amount of any
gain realized or payment received as a result of the rescinded
exercise, payment or delivery pursuant to a Grant. Such payment
shall be made either in cash or by returning to the Company
the
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number of shares of
Stock that the Participant received in connection with the
rescinded exercise, payment or delivery.
(d)
Nonassignability.
(i)
Except pursuant to
Section 6(e)(iii) and except as set forth in
Section 6(d)(ii), no Grant or any other benefit under the Plan
shall be assignable or transferable, or payable to or exercisable
by, anyone other than the Participant to whom it was
granted.
(ii)
Where a Participant
terminates employment and retains a Grant pursuant to
Section 6(e)(ii) in order to assume a position with a
governmental, charitable or educational institution, the Board or
Committee, in its discretion and to the extent permitted by law,
may authorize a third party (including but not limited to the
trustee of a "blind" trust), acceptable to the applicable
governmental or institutional authorities, the Participant and the
Board or Committee, to act on behalf of the Participant with regard
to such Awards.
(e)
Termination of
Employment. If the employment or service to the
Company of a Participant terminates, other than pursuant to any of
the following provisions under this Section 6(e), all
unexercised, deferred and unpaid Stock Awards or Restricted Stock
Purchase Offers shall be cancelled immediately, unless the Stock
Award Agreement or Restricted Stock Purchase Offer provides
otherwise:
(i)
Retirement Under a
Company Retirement Plan. When a Participant's employment
terminates as a result of retirement in accordance with the terms
of a Company retirement plan, the Board or Committee may permit
Stock Awards or Restricted Stock Purchase Offers to continue in
effect beyond the date of retirement in accordance with the
applicable Grant Agreement and the exercisability and vesting of
any such Grants may be accelerated.
(ii)
Rights in the Best
Interests of the Company. When a Participant resigns from the
Company and, in the judgment of the Board or Committee, the
acceleration and/or continuation of outstanding Stock Awards or
Restricted Stock Purchase Offers would be in the best interests of
the Company, the Board or Committee may (i) authorize, where
appropriate, the acceleration and/or continuation of all or any
part of Grants issued prior to such termination and (ii) permit the
exercise, vesting and payment of such Grants for such period as may
be set forth in the applicable Grant Agreement, subject to earlier
cancellation pursuant to Section 9 or at such time as the
Board or Committee shall deem the continuation of all or any part
of the Participant's Grants are not in the Company's best
interest.
(iii)
Death or Disability
of a Participant.
(1)
In the event of a
Participant's death, the Participant's estate or beneficiaries
shall have a period up to the expiration date specified in the
Grant Agreement within which to receive or exercise any outstanding
Grant held by the Participant under such terms as may be specified
in the applicable Grant Agreement. Rights to any such outstanding
Grants shall pass by will or the laws of descent and distribution
in the following order: (a) to beneficiaries so designated by the
Participant; if none, then (b) to a legal representative of the
Participant; if none, then (c) to the persons entitled thereto as
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction. Grants so passing
shall be made at such times and in such manner as if the
Participant were living.
(2)
In the event a
Participant is deemed by the Board or Committee to be unable to
perform his or her usual duties by reason of mental disorder or
medical condition which does not result from facts which would be
grounds for termination for cause, Grants and rights to any such
Grants may be paid to or exercised by the Participant,
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if legally competent,
or a committee or other legally designated guardian or
representative if the Participant is legally incompetent by virtue
of such disability.
(3)
After the death or
disability of a Participant, the Board or Committee may in its sole
discretion at any time (1) terminate restrictions in Grant
Agreements; (2) accelerate any or all installments and rights; and
(3) instruct the Company to pay the total of any accelerated
payments in a lump sum to the Participant, the Participant's
estate, beneficiaries or representative; notwithstanding that, in
the absence of such termination of restrictions or acceleration of
payments, any or all of the payments due under the Grant might
ultimately have become payable to other beneficiaries.
(4)
In the event of
uncertainty as to interpretation of or controversies concerning
this Section 6, the determinations of the Board or Committee,
as applicable, shall be binding and conclusive.
7.
Investment Intent. All
Grants under the Plan are intended to be exempt from registration
under the Securities Act provided by Rule 701 thereunder.
Unless and until the granting of Options or sale and issuance of
Stock subject to the Plan are registered under the Securities Act
or shall be exempt pursuant to the rules promulgated thereunder,
each Grant under the Plan shall provide that the purchases or other
acquisitions of Stock thereunder shall be for investment purposes
and not with a view to, or for resale in connection with, any
distribution thereof. Further, unless the issuance and sale of the
Stock have been registered under the Securities Act, each Grant
shall provide that no shares shall be purchased upon the exercise
of the rights under such Grant unless and until (i) all then
applicable requirements of state and federal laws and regulatory
agencies shall have been fully complied with to the satisfaction of
the Company and its counsel, and (ii) if requested to do so by the
Company, the person exercising the rights under the Grant shall (i)
give written assurances as to knowledge and experience of such
person (or a representative employed by such person) in financial
and business matters and the ability of such person (or
representative) to evaluate the merits and risks of exercising the
Option, and (ii) execute and deliver to the Company a letter of
investment intent and/or such other form related to applicable
exemptions from registration, all in such form and substance as the
Company may require. If shares are issued upon exercise of any
rights under a Grant without registration under the Securities Act,
subsequent registration of such shares shall relieve the purchaser
thereof of any investment restrictions or representations made upon
the exercise of such rights.
8.
Amendment, Modification,
Suspension or Discontinuance of the Plan. The Board may, insofar as
permitted by law, from time to time, with respect to any shares at
the time not subject to outstanding Grants, suspend or terminate
the Plan or revise or amend it in any respect whatsoever, except
that without the approval of the shareholders of the Company, no
such revision or amendment shall (i) increase the number of shares
subject to the Plan, (ii) decrease the price at which Grants may be
granted, (iii) materially increase the benefits to Participants, or
(iv) change the class of persons eligible to receive Grants under
the Plan; provided, however, no such action shall alter or impair
the rights and obligations under any Option, or Stock Award, or
Restricted Stock Purchase Offer outstanding as of the date thereof
without the written consent of the Participant thereunder. No Grant
may be issued while the Plan is suspended or after it is
terminated, but the rights and obligations under any Grant issued
while the Plan is in effect shall not be impaired by suspension or
termination of the Plan.
In the event of any
change in the outstanding Stock by reason of a stock split, stock
dividend, combination or reclassification of shares,
recapitalization, merger, or similar event, the Board or the
Committee may adjust proportionally (a) the number of shares of
Stock (i) reserved under the Plan, (ii) available for Incentive
Stock Options and Nonstatutory Options and (iii) covered by
outstanding Stock Awards or Restricted Stock Purchase Offers; (b)
the Stock prices related to outstanding Grants; and (c) the
appropriate Fair Market Value and other price determinations for
such Grants. In the event of any other change affecting the Stock
or any distribution (other than normal cash dividends) to holders
of Stock, such adjustments as may be deemed equitable by the Board
or the Committee, including adjustments to avoid
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fractional shares,
shall be made to give proper effect to such event. In the event of
a corporate merger, consolidation, acquisition of property or
stock, separation, reorganization or liquidation, the Board or the
Committee shall be authorized to issue or assume stock options,
whether or not in a transaction to which Section 424(a) of the
Code applies, and other Grants by means of substitution of new
Grant Agreements for previously issued Grants or an assumption of
previously issued Grants.
9.
Tax Withholding. The
Company shall have the right to deduct applicable taxes from any
Grant payment and withhold, at the time of delivery or exercise of
Options, Stock Awards or Restricted Stock Purchase Offers or
vesting of shares under such Grants, an appropriate number of
shares for payment of taxes required by law or to take such other
action as may be necessary in the opinion of the Company to satisfy
all obligations for withholding of such taxes. If Stock is used to
satisfy tax withholding, such stock shall be valued based on the
Fair Market Value when the tax withholding is required to be
made.
10.
Availability of
Information. During the term of the Plan and any additional period
during which a Grant granted pursuant to the Plan shall be
exercisable, the Company shall make available, not later than one
hundred and twenty (120) days following the close of each of its
fiscal years, such financial and other information regarding the
Company as is required by the bylaws of the Company and applicable
law to be furnished in an annual report to the shareholders of the
Company.
11.
Notice. Any written
notice to the Company required by any of the provisions of the Plan
shall be addressed to the chief personnel officer or to the chief
executive officer of the Company, and shall become effective when
it is received by the office of the chief personnel officer or the
chief executive officer.
12.
Indemnification of
Board. In addition to such other rights or indemnifications as they
may have as directors or otherwise, and to the extent allowed by
applicable law, the members of the Board and the Committee may be
indemnified by the Company against the reasonable expenses,
including attorneys' fees, actually and necessarily incurred in
connection with the defense of any claim, action, suit or
proceeding, or in connection with any appeal thereof, to which they
or any of them may be a party by reason of any action taken, or
failure to act, under or in connection with the Plan or any Grant
granted thereunder, and against all amounts paid by them in
settlement thereof (provided such settlement is approved by
independent legal counsel selected by the Company) or paid by them
in satisfaction of a judgment in any such claim, action, suit or
proceeding, except in any case in relation to matters as to which
it shall be adjudged in such claim, action, suit or proceeding that
such Board or Committee member is liable for negligence or
misconduct in the performance of his or her duties; provided that
within sixty (60) days after institution of any such action, suit
or Board proceeding the member involved shall offer the Company, in
writing, the opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend
the same.
13.
Governing Law. The Plan
and all determinations made and actions taken pursuant hereto, to
the extent not otherwise governed by the Code or the securities
laws of the United States, shall be governed by the law of the
State of Oklahoma and construed accordingly.
14.
Effective and
Termination Dates. The Plan shall become effective on the date it
is approved by the holders of a majority of the shares of Stock
then outstanding. If the Plan is not approved by the holders of a
majority of the shares of Stock within one (1) year from the date
it is adopted and approved by the Board of Directors of the
Company, all stock options granted hereunder shall be deemed
non-statutory options. The Plan shall terminate ten years later,
subject to earlier termination by the Board pursuant to
Section 8.
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The foregoing
2008 INCENTIVE STOCK
PLAN (consisting
of 15 pages, including this page) was duly adopted and approved by
the Board of Directors on May 20, 2008
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COROWARE, INC.
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an Delaware corporation
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By:
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/s/ Lloyd Spencer
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Its:
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Lloyd Spencer
Chief Executive Officer
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EXHIBIT A
COROWARE,
INC.
INCENTIVE STOCK
OPTION AGREEMENT
THIS INCENTIVE STOCK
OPTION AGREEMENT (" Agreement ") is made and
entered into as of the date set forth below, by and between
COROWARE, INC., a Delaware corporation (the " Company "),
and the employee of the Company named in Section 1(b). ("
Optionee "):
In consideration of the
covenants herein set forth, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
1.
Option
Information.
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Date of Option:
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Optionee:
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Number of Shares:
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Exercise Price:
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2.
Acknowledgements.
(a)
Optionee is an employee
of the Company.
(b)
The Board of Directors
(the " Board " which term shall include an authorized
committee of the Board of Directors) and shareholders of the
Company have heretofore adopted a 2008 Incentive Stock Plan (the "
Plan "), pursuant to which this Option is being
granted.
(c)
The Board has
authorized the granting to Optionee of an incentive stock option ("
Option ") as defined in Section 422 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, (the " Code ") to purchase
shares of common stock of the Company (" Stock ") upon the
terms and conditions hereinafter stated and pursuant to an
exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the " Securities Act ") provided by Rule 701
thereunder.
3.
Shares;
Price. The
Company hereby grants to Optionee the right to purchase, upon and
subject to the terms and conditions herein stated, the number of
shares of Stock set forth in Section 1(c) above (the "
Shares ") for cash (or other consideration as is authorized
under the Plan and acceptable to the Board, in their sole and
absolute discretion) at the price per Share set forth in
Section 1(d) above (the " Exercise Price "), such price
being not less than the fair market value per share of the Shares
covered by this Option as of the date hereof (unless Optionee is
the owner of Stock possessing ten percent or more of the total
voting power or value of all outstanding Stock of the Company, in
which case the Exercise Price shall be no less than 110% of the
fair market value of such Stock).
4.
Term of Option;
Continuation of Employment. This Option shall expire, and all
rights hereunder to purchase the Shares shall terminate five (5)
years from the date hereof. This Option shall earlier terminate
subject to Sections 7 and 8 hereof upon, and as of the date of, the
termination of Optionee's employment if such termination occurs
prior to the end of such five (5) year period. Nothing contained
herein shall confer upon Optionee the right to the continuation of
his or her employment by the Company or to interfere with the right
of the Company to terminate such employment or to increase or
decrease the compensation of Optionee from the rate in existence at
the date hereof.
5.
Vesting of
Option. Subject to the provisions of
Sections 7 and 8 hereof, this Option shall become exercisable
during the term of Optionee's employment in four (4) equal annual
installments of twenty-five percent (25%) of the Shares
covered by this Option, the first installment to be exercisable on
the six (6) month anniversary of the date of this Option (the
"Initial Vesting Date"), with an additional
twenty-five percent (25%) of such Shares becoming exercisable
on each of the three (3) successive twelve (12) month periods
following the Initial Vesting Date. The installments shall be
cumulative (i.e., this option may be exercised, as to any or all
Shares covered by an installment, at any time or times after an
installment becomes exercisable and until expiration or termination
of this option).
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6.
Exercise.
This Option shall be
exercised by delivery to the Company of (a) written notice of
exercise stating the number of Shares being purchased (in whole
shares only) and such other information set forth on the form of
Notice of Exercise attached hereto as Appendix A, (b) a check
or cash in the amount of the Exercise Price of the Shares covered
by the notice (or such other consideration as has been approved by
the Board of Directors consistent with the Plan) and (c) a written
investment representation as provided for in Section 13
hereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Option, this Option may be exercised by presentation and surrender
of this Option to the Company at its principal executive offices
with a written notice of the holder’s intention to effect a
cashless exercise, including a calculation of the number of shares
of Common Stock to be issued upon such exercise in accordance with
the terms hereof (a “Cashless Exercise”). In the event
of a Cashless Exercise, in lieu of paying the Exercise Price in
cash, the holder shall surrender this Option for that number of
shares of Common Stock determined by multiplying the number of
Shares to which it would otherwise be entitled by a fraction, the
numerator of which shall be the difference between the then current
Market Price per share of the Common Stock and the Exercise Price,
and the denominator of which shall be the then current Market Price
per share of Common Stock. For example, if the holder is exercising
100,000 Options with a per Option exercise price of $0.75 per share
through a cashless exercise when the Common Stock’s current
Market Price per share is $2.00 per share, then upon such Cashless
Exercise the holder will receive 62,500 shares of Common Stock.
Market Price is defined as the average of the last reported sale
prices on the principal trading market for the Common Stock during
the five (5) trading days immediately preceding such date. This
Option shall not be assignable or transferable, except by will or
by the laws of descent and distribution, and shall be exercisable
only by Optionee during his or her lifetime, except as provided in
Section 8 hereof.
7.
Termination of
Employment. If Optionee shall cease to be
employed by the Company for any reason, whether voluntarily or
involuntarily, other than by his or her death, Optionee (or if the
Optionee shall die after such termination, but prior to such
exercise date, Optionee's personal representative or the person
entitled to succeed to the Option) shall have the right at any time
within three (3) months following such termination of employment or
the remaining term of this Option, whichever is the lesser, to
exercise in whole or in part this Option to the extent, but only to
the extent, that this Option was exercisable as of the date of
termination of employment and had not previously been exercised;
provided, however: (i) if Optionee is permanently disabled (within
the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code) at the time of
termination, the foregoing three (3) month period shall be extended
to six (6) months; or (ii) if Optionee is terminated " for
cause " or by the terms of the Plan or this Option Agreement or
by any employment agreement between the Optionee and the Company,
this Option shall automatically terminate as to all Shares covered
by this Option not exercised prior to termination. Unless earlier
terminated, all rights under this Option shall terminate in any
event on the expiration date of this Option as defined in
Section 4 hereof.
8.
Death of
Optionee. If
the Optionee shall die while in the employ of the Company,
Optionee's personal representative or the person entitled to
Optionee's rights hereunder may at any time within six (6) months
after the date of Optionee's death, or during the remaining term of
this Option, whichever is the lesser, exercise this Option and
purchase Shares to the extent, but only to the extent, that
Optionee could have exercised this Option as of the date of
Optionee's death; provided, in any case, that this Option may be so
exercised only to the extent that this Option has not previously
been exercised by Optionee.
9.
No Rights as
Shareholder. Optionee shall have no rights as a
shareholder with respect to the Shares covered by any installment
of this Option until the effective date of issuance of Shares
following exercise of this Option, and no adjustment will be made
for dividends or other rights for which the record date is prior to
the date such stock certificate or certificates are issued except
as provided in Section 10 hereof.
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Recapitalization.
Subject to any required
action by the shareholders of the Company, the number of Shares
covered by this Option, and the Exercise Price thereof, shall be
proportionately adjusted for any increase or decrease in the number
of issued shares resulting from a subdivision or consolidation of
shares or the payment of a stock dividend, or any other increase or
decrease in the number of such shares effected without receipt of
consideration by the Company; provided however that the conversion
of any convertible securities of the Company shall not be deemed
having been " effected without receipt of consideration by the
Company ".
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In the event of a
proposed dissolution or liquidation of the Company, a merger or
consolidation in which the Company is not the surviving entity, or
a sale of all or substantially all of the assets or capital stock
of the Company (collectively, a " Reorganization "), unless
otherwise provided by the Board, this Option shall terminate
immediately prior to such date as is determined by the Board, which
date shall be no later than the consummation of such
Reorganization. In such event, if the entity which shall be the
surviving entity does not tender to Optionee an offer, for which it
has no obligation to do so, to substitute for any unexercised
Option a stock option or capital stock of such surviving of such
surviving entity, as applicable, which on an equitable basis shall
provide the Optionee with substantially the same economic benefit
as such unexercised Option, then the Board may grant to such
Optionee, in its sole and absolute discretion and without
obligation, the right for a period commencing thirty (30) days
prior to and ending immediately prior to the date determined by the
Board pursuant hereto for termination of the Option or during the
remaining term of the Option, whichever is the lesser, to exercise
any unexpired Option or Options without regard to the installment
provisions of Section 5; provided, however, that such exercise
shall be subject to the consummation of such
Reorganization.
Subject to any required
action by the shareholders of the Company, if the Company shall be
the surviving entity in any merger or consolidation, this Option
thereafter shall pertain to and apply to the securities to which a
holder of Shares equal to the Shares subject to this Option would
have been entitled by reason of such merger or consolidation, and
the installment provisions of Section 5 shall continue to
apply.
In the event of a
change in the shares of the Company as presently constituted, which
is limited to a change of all of its authorized Stock without par
value into the same number of shares of Stock with a par value, the
shares resulting from any such change shall be deemed to be the
Shares within the meaning of this Option.
To the extent that the
foregoing adjustments relate to shares or securities of the
Company, such adjustments shall be made by the Board, whose
determination in that respect shall be final, binding and
conclusive. Except as hereinbefore expressly provided, Optionee
shall have no rights by reason of any subdivision or consolidation
of shares of Stock of any class or the payment of any stock
dividend or any other increase or decrease in the number of shares
of stock of any class, and the number and price of Shares subject
to this Option shall not be affected by, and no adjustments shall
be made by reason of, any dissolution, liquidation, merger,
consolidation or sale of assets or capital stock, or any issue by
the Company of shares of stock of any class or securities
convertible into shares of stock of any class.
The grant of this
Option shall not affect in any way the right or power of the
Company to make adjustments, reclassifications, reorganizations or
changes in its capital or business structure or to merge,
consolidate, dissolve or liquidate or to sell or transfer all or
any part of its business or assets.
11.
Additional
Consideration. Should the Internal Revenue Service
determine that the Exercise Price established by the Board as the
fair market value per Share is less than the fair market value per
Share as of the date of Option grant, Optionee hereby agrees to
tender such additional consideration, or agrees to tender upon
exercise of all or a portion of this Option, such fair market value
per Share as is determined by the Internal Revenue
Service.
12.
Modifications,
Extension and Renewal of Options. The Board or Committee, as described
in the Plan, may modify, extend or renew this Option or accept the
surrender thereof (to the extent not theretofore exercised) and
authorize the granting of a new option in substitution therefore
(to the extent not theretofore exercised), subject at all times to
the Plan, and Section 422 of the Code. Notwithstanding the
foregoing provisions of this Section 12, no modification
shall, without the consent of the Optionee, alter to the Optionee's
detriment or impair any rights of Optionee hereunder.
13.
Investment Intent;
Restrictions on Transfer.
(a)
Optionee represents and
agrees that if Optionee exercises this Option in whole or in part,
Optionee will in each case acquire the Shares upon such exercise
for the purpose of investment and not with a view to, or for resale
in connection with, any distribution thereof; and that upon such
exercise of this Option in whole or in part, Optionee (or any
person or persons entitled to exercise this Option under the
provisions of Sections 7 and 8 hereof) shall furnish to the Company
a written statement to such effect,
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satisfactory to the
Company in form and substance. If the Shares represented by this
Option are registered under the Securities Act, either before or
after the exercise of this Option in whole or in part, the Optionee
shall be relieved of the foregoing investment representation and
agreement and shall not be required to furnish the Company with the
foregoing written statement.
(b)
Optionee further
represents that Optionee has had access to the financial statements
or books and records of the Company, has had the opportunity to ask
questions of the Company concerning its business, operations and
financial condition, and to obtain additional information
reasonably necessary to verify the accuracy of such
information.
(c)
Unless and until the
Shares represented by this Option are registered under the
Securities Act, all certificates representing the Shares and any
certificates subsequently issued in substitution therefor and any
certificate for any securities issued pursuant to any stock split,
share reclassification, stock dividend or other similar capital
event shall bear legends in substantially the following
form:
THESE SECURITIES HAVE
NOT BEEN REGISTERED OR OTHERWISE QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933 (THE 'SECURITIES ACT') OR UNDER THE APPLICABLE OR
SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE. NEITHER THESE SECURITIES NOR ANY
INTEREST THEREIN MAY BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE
DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
OR ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE, UNLESS PURSUANT TO
EXEMPTIONS THEREFROM.
THE SHARES REPRESENTED
BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE BEEN ISSUED PURSUANT TO THAT CERTAIN
INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT DATED ____________ BETWEEN THE
COMPANY AND THE ISSUEE WHICH RESTRICTS THE TRANSFER OF THESE SHARES
WHICH ARE SUBJECT TO REPURCHASE BY THE COMPANY UNDER CERTAIN
CONDITIONS.
such other legend or
legends as the Company and its counsel deem necessary or
appropriate. Appropriate stop transfer instructions with respect to
the Shares have been placed with the Company's transfer
agent.
14.
Effects of Early
Disposition. Optionee understands that if an
Optionee disposes of shares acquired hereunder within two (2) years
after the date of this Option or within one (1) year after the date
of issuance of such shares to Optionee, such Optionee will be
treated for income tax purposes as having received ordinary income
at the time of such disposition of an amount generally measured by
the difference between the purchase price and the fair market value
of such stock on the date of exercise, subject to adjustment for
any tax previously paid, in addition to any tax on the difference
between the sales price and Optionee's adjusted cost basis in such
shares. The foregoing amount may be measured differently if
Optionee is an officer, director or ten percent holder of the
Company. Optionee agrees to notify the Company within ten (10)
working days of any such disposition.
15.
Stand-off
Agreement. Optionee agrees that in connection
with any registration of the Company's securities under the
Securities Act, and upon the request of the Company or any
underwriter managing an underwritten offering of the Company's
securities, Optionee shall not sell, short any sale of, loan, grant
an option for, or otherwise dispose of any of the Shares (other
than Shares included in the offering) without the prior written
consent of the Company or such managing underwriter, as applicable,
for a period of at least one year following the effective date of
registration of such offering.
16.
Restriction Upon
Transfer. The Shares may not be sold,
transferred or otherwise disposed of and shall not be pledged or
otherwise hypothecated by the Optionee except as hereinafter
provided.
(a)
Repurchase Right on
Termination Other Than for Cause. For the purposes of this Section, a
" Repurchase Event " shall mean an occurrence of one of (i)
termination of Optionee's employment by the Company, voluntary or
involuntary and with or without cause; (ii) retirement or death of
Optionee; (iii) bankruptcy of Optionee, which shall be deemed to
have occurred as of the date on which a voluntary or involuntary
petition in bankruptcy is filed with a court of competent
jurisdiction; (iv) dissolution of the marriage of Optionee, to the
extent that any of the Shares are allocated as the sole and
separate property of Optionee's spouse pursuant thereto (in which
case this Section shall only apply to the Shares so affected);
or (v) any attempted transfer by the Optionee of Shares, or any
interest therein, in
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violation of this
Agreement. Upon the occurrence of a Repurchase Event, the Company
shall have the right (but not an obligation) to repurchase all or
any portion of the Shares of Optionee at a price equal to the fair
value of the Shares as of the date of the Repurchase
Event.
(b)
Repurchase Right on
Termination for Cause. In the event Optionee's employment
is terminated by the Company " for cause ", then the Company
shall have the right (but not an obligation) to repurchase Shares
of Optionee at a price equal to the Exercise Price. Such right of
the Company to repurchase Shares shall apply to 100% of the Shares
for one (1) year from the date of this Agreement; and shall
thereafter lapse at the rate of twenty percent (20%) of the
Shares on each anniversary of the date of this Agreement. In
addition, the Company shall have the right, in the sole discretion
of the Board and without obligation, to repurchase upon termination
for cause all or any portion of the Shares of Optionee, at a price
equal to the fair value of the Shares as of the date of
termination, which right is not subject to the foregoing lapsing of
rights. In the event the Company elects to repurchase the Shares,
the stock certificates representing the same shall forthwith be
returned to the Company for cancellation.
(c)
Exercise of
Repurchase Right. Any Repurchase Right under
Paragraphs 16(a) or 16(b) shall be exercised by giving notice of
exercise as provided herein to Optionee or the estate of Optionee,
as applicable. Such right shall be exercised, and the repurchase
price thereunder shall be paid, by the Company within a ninety (90)
day period beginning on the date of notice to the Company of the
occurrence of such Repurchase Event (except in the case of
termination of employment or retirement, where such option period
shall begin upon the occurrence of the Repurchase Event). Such
repurchase price shall be payable only in the form of cash
(including a check drafted on immediately available funds) or
cancellation of purchase money indebtedness of the Optionee for the
Shares. If the Company can not purchase all such Shares because it
is unable to meet the financial tests set forth in Delaware
corporation law, the Company shall have the right to purchase as
many Shares as it is permitted to purchase under such sections. Any
Shares not purchased by the Company hereunder shall no longer be
subject to the provisions of this Section 16.
(d)
Right of First
Refusal. In
the event Optionee desires to transfer any Shares during his or her
lifetime, Optionee shall first offer to sell such Shares to the
Company. Optionee shall deliver to the Company written notice of
the intended sale, such notice to specify the number of Shares to
be sold, the proposed purchase price and terms of payment, and
grant the Company an option for a period of thirty days following
receipt of such notice to purchase the offered Shares upon the same
terms and conditions. To exercise such option, the Company shall
give notice of that fact to Optionee within the thirty (30) day
notice period and agree to pay the purchase price in the manner
provided in the notice. If the Company does not purchase all of the
Shares so offered during foregoing option period, Optionee shall be
under no obligation to sell any of the offered Shares to the
Company, but may dispose of such Shares in any lawful manner during
a period of one hundred and eighty (180) days following the end of
such notice period, except that Optionee shall not sell any such
Shares to any other person at a lower price or upon more favorable
terms than those offered to the Company.
(e)
Acceptance of
Restrictions. Acceptance of the Shares shall
constitute the Optionee's agreement to such restrictions and the
legending of his certificates with respect thereto. Notwithstanding
such restrictions, however, so long as the Optionee is the holder
of the Shares, or any portion thereof, he shall be entitled to
receive all dividends declared on and to vote the Shares and to all
other rights of a shareholder with respect thereto.
(f)
Permitted
Transfers. Notwithstanding any provisions in
this Section 16 to the contrary, the Optionee may transfer
Shares subject to this Agreement to his or her parents, spouse,
children, or grandchildren, or a trust for the benefit of the
Optionee or any such transferee(s); provided, that such permitted
transferee(s) shall hold the Shares subject to all the provisions
of this Agreement (all references to the Optionee herein shall in
such cases refer mutatis mutandis to the permitted transferee,
except in the case of clause (iv) of Section 16(a) wherein the
permitted transfer shall be deemed to be rescinded); and provided
further, that notwithstanding any other provisions in this
Agreement, a permitted transferee may not, in turn, make permitted
transfers without the written consent of the Optionee and the
Company.
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Release of
Restrictions on Shares. All other restrictions under this
Section 16 shall terminate five (5) years following the date
of this Agreement, or when the Company's securities are publicly
traded, whichever occurs earlier.
17.
Notices.
Any notice required to
be given pursuant to this Option or the Plan shall be in writing
and shall be deemed to be delivered upon receipt or, in the case of
notices by the Company, five (5) days after deposit in the U.S.
mail, postage prepaid, addressed to Optionee at the address last
provided to the Company by Optionee for his or her employee
records.
18.
Agreement Subject to
Plan; Applicable Law. This Option is made pursuant to the
Plan and shall be interpreted to comply therewith. A copy of such
Plan is available to Optionee, at no charge, at the principal
office of the Company. Any provision of this Option inconsistent
with the Plan shall be considered void and replaced with the
applicable provision of the Plan. This Option has been granted,
executed and delivered in the State of Delaware, and the
interpretation and enforcement shall be governed by the laws
thereof and subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts
therein.
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IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, the
parties hereto have executed this Option as of the date first above
written.
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Appendix A
NOTICE OF
EXERCISE
COROWARE,
INC.
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Re: Incentive Stock
Option
1)
Notice is hereby given
pursuant to Section 6 of my Incentive Stock Option Agreement
that I elect to purchase the number of shares set forth below at
the exercise price set forth in my option agreement:
Incentive Stock Option
Agreement dated: ____________
Number of shares being
purchased: ____________
Exercise Price:
$____________
A check in the amount
of the aggregate price of the shares being purchased is
attached.
OR
2)
I elect a cashless
exercise pursuant to Section 6 of my Incentive Stock Option.
The Average Market Price as of _______ was $_____.
I hereby confirm that
such shares are being acquired by me for my own account for
investment purposes, and not with a view to, or for resale in
connection with, any distribution thereof. I will not sell or
dispose of my Shares in violation of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, or any applicable federal or state securities laws.
Further, I understand that the exemption from taxable income at the
time of exercise is dependent upon my holding such stock for a
period of at least one year from the date of exercise and two years
from the date of grant of the Option.
I understand
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