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CPEX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. AMENDED AND RESTATED 2008 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

Equity Incentive Plan Agreement

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Title: CPEX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. AMENDED AND RESTATED 2008 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
Date: 6/18/2009

CPEX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. AMENDED AND RESTATED 2008 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN, Parties: cpex pharmaceuticals  inc. , cpex pharmaceuticals  inc
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Exhibit 99.1

CPEX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
AMENDED AND RESTATED 2008 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

1.

 

Purpose

     The purpose of this Amended and Restated 2008 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) of CPEX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is to attract and retain key employees, consultants, and directors of the Company and its Affiliates, to provide an incentive for them to achieve long-range performance goals, and to enable them to participate in the long-term growth of the Company. The Plan seeks to achieve this purpose by providing Awards in the form of Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Cash Awards, Options (which may constitute Incentive Stock Options or Nonstatutory Stock Options), Stock Equivalents, Stock Appreciation Rights or Stock Awards.

2.

 

Definitions

     Capitalized terms are defined in the provisions of the Plan or in Appendix 1 attached hereto, which is incorporated in the Plan by this reference. Appendix 1 also contains a list of defined terms and reference to where their definitions appear in the Plan.

3.

 

Administration

     The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. The Committee shall determine which eligible employees, consultants, and directors will receive Awards. The Committee shall have authority to adopt, alter and repeal such administrative rules, guidelines and practices governing the operation of the Plan as it shall from time to time consider advisable, to interpret the provisions of the Plan and any Award agreement, and to remedy any ambiguities or inconsistencies therein. The Committee’s decisions shall be final and binding. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Committee may delegate to one or more executive officers of the Company the power to make Awards to Participants who are not subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act and all determinations under the Plan with respect thereto, provided that the Committee shall fix the maximum amount of such Awards for all such Participants and a maximum for any one Participant, and such other features of the Awards as required by applicable law.

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Eligibility

     All employees, directors and consultants of the Company or any Affiliate are eligible to be Participants in the Plan. Incentive Stock options may be granted only to eligible employees of the Company or its Affiliates who are taxpayers for United States federal income tax purposes.

5.

 

Stock Available for Awards

(a) Amount. Subject to the provisions of Section 5(b), the total number of shares which may be subject to Awards under the Plan shall not exceed Five Hundred Fifty Thousand (550,000), all of which may be granted as Incentive Stock Options or any other form of Award. If any Award under the Plan expires, is terminated unexercised, or is forfeited or settled in a manner that results in fewer shares outstanding than were originally awarded, then any shares no longer subject to such Award and not issued thereunder shall again be

 


 

available for Awards under the Plan. Common Stock issued through the assumption or substitution of outstanding awards originally from Bentley Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Rollover Awards”) or from an acquired company shall not reduce the shares available for Awards under the Plan, and any shares of Common Stock subject to any such grants that become no longer subject to such grants and not issued thereunder shall not become available for Awards under the Plan. Shares issued under the Plan may consist in whole or in part of authorized but unissued shares or treasury shares.

(b) Adjustment. In the event that the Committee determines that any stock dividend, extraordinary cash dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, exchange of shares, or other transaction affects the Common Stock such that an adjustment is required in order to preserve the benefits intended to be provided by the Plan, then the Committee (subject in the case of Incentive Stock Options to any limitation required under the Code) shall equitably adjust any or all of (i) the number and kind of shares in respect of which Awards may be made under the Plan, (ii) the number and kind of shares subject to outstanding Awards, and (iii) the exercise price with respect to any of the foregoing, and if considered appropriate, the Committee may make provision for a cash payment with respect to an outstanding Award, provided that the number of shares subject to any Award shall always be a whole number.

(c) Limit on Individual Grants. The maximum number of shares of Common Stock subject to all Awards that may be granted under the Plan to any Participant in the aggregate in any calendar year shall not exceed one hundred thousand (100,000) shares subject to adjustment under subsection (b). With respect to any Award settled in cash that is intended to satisfy the requirements for “performance-based compensation” (within the meaning of Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code), no more than two million dollars ($2,000,000) may be paid to any one individual with respect to each year of a Performance Period.

6.

 

Awards under the Plan .

(a) Types of Awards . The Committee may grant Awards of Options, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Stock Equivalents, Stock Appreciation Rights and Stock Awards.

(b) Terms and Conditions of Awards .

      (i) The Committee shall select the Participants to receive Awards and determine the terms and conditions of each Award. Without limiting the foregoing but subject to the other provisions of the Plan and applicable law, the Committee shall determine (A) the number of shares of Common Stock subject to each Award or the manner in which such number shall be determined, (B) the price, if any, a Participant shall pay to receive or exercise an Award or the manner in which such price shall be determined, (C) the time or times when an Award may vest or be exercised or settled, (D) any Performance Goals, restrictions or other conditions to vesting, exercise, or settlement of an Award, (E) whether an Award may be settled in the form of cash, Common Stock or other securities of the Company, Awards or other property, and the manner of calculating the amount or value thereof, (F) the duration of any Restricted Period or any other circumstances in which an Award may be forfeited to the Company, (G) the effect

 


 

on an Award of the disability, death, retirement or other termination of service of a Participant, and (H) the extent to which, and the period during which, the Participant or the Participant’s legal representative, guardian or Designated Beneficiary may receive payment of an Award or exercise rights thereunder.

      (ii) The Committee shall determine the form of consideration and manner of payment of the exercise price of any Award. Without limiting the foregoing, the Committee may, subject to applicable law, permit such payment to be made in whole or in part in cash or by surrender of shares of Common Stock (which may be shares retained from the respective Award) valued at their Fair Market Value on the date of surrender, or such other lawful consideration, including a payment commitment of a financial or brokerage institution, as the Committee may determine. The Company may accept, in lieu of actual delivery of stock certificates, an attestation by the Participant in form acceptable to the Committee that he or she owns of record the shares to be tendered free and clear of claims and other encumbrances.

      (iii) Any Award may be made alone, in addition to, or in relation to any other Award. The terms of Awards of each type need not be identical, and the Committee need not treat Participants uniformly. No Award shall be transferable except upon such terms and conditions and to such extent as the Committee determines, provided that no Award shall be transferable for value and Incentive Stock Options may be transferable only to the extent permitted by the Code. No Award to any Participant subject to United States income taxation shall provide for the deferral of compensation that does not comply with Section 409A of the Code. The achievement or satisfaction of any Performance Goals, restrictions or other conditions to vesting, exercise, or settlement of an Award shall be determined by the Committee.

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Provisions Applicable to Certain Types of Awards

(a) Stock Options

      (i) Grant of Options . Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee may grant options (“Options”) to purchase shares of Common Stock (i) complying with the requirements of Section 422 of the Code or any successor provision and any regulations thereunder (“Incentive Stock Option”), and (ii) not intended to comply with such requirements (“Nonstatutory Stock Option “). The Committee shall determine the number of shares subject to each Option and the exercise price therefor, which, except with respect to Rollover Awards, shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the date of grant.

      (ii) Terms and Conditions . Each Option shall be exercisable at such times and subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee may specify in the applicable grant or thereafter; provided that (i) no Option shall be exercisable after the expiration of ten years from the date the Option is granted, and (ii) no Option may be granted with a reload feature which provides for an automatic grant of additional or replacement options upon the exercise of an Option. The Committee may impose such conditions with respect to the exercise of Options, including conditions relating to applicable securities laws, as it considers necessary or advisable.

 


 

      (iii) Payment . No shares shall be delivered pursuant to any exercise of an Option until payment in full of the exercise price therefor is received by the Company. Such payment may be made in whole or in part in cash or to the extent permitted by the Committee at or after the grant of the Option, pursuant to any of the following methods: (i) by actual delivery and transfer, or attestation of ownership and delivery of a valid instrument of transfer, to the Company of shares of Common Stock owned by the Participant, including vested Restricted Stock, (ii) by retaining shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable pursuant to the Option, (iii) for consideration received by the Company under a broker-assisted cashless exercise program acceptable to the Company, or (iv) for such other lawful consideration as the Committee may determine.

(b) Stock Appreciation Rights

      (i) Grant of SARs . Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee may grant rights to receive any excess in value of shares of Common Stock over the exercise price (“Stock Appreciation Rights” or “SARs”) in tandem with an Option (at or after the award of the Option), or alone and unrelated to an Option. SARs in tandem with an Option shall terminate to the extent that the related Option is exercised, and the related Option shall terminate to the extent that the tandem SARs are exercised. The Committee shall determine at the time of grant or thereafter whether SARs are settled in cash, Common Stock or other securities of the Company, Awards or other property.

      (ii) Exercise Price . The Committee shall fix the exercise price of each SAR or specify the manner in which the price shall be determined. An SAR granted in tandem with an Option shall have an exercise price not less than the exercise price of the related Option. An SAR granted alone and unrelated to an Option may not have an exercise price that, except with respect to Rollover Awards, is less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the date of the grant.

(c) Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units

      (i) Grant of Restricted Stock . Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee may grant shares of Common Stock subject to forfeiture (“Restricted Stock”) and determine the duration of the period (the “Restricted Period”) during which, and the conditions under which, the shares may be forfeited to the Company and the other terms and conditions of such Awards. Shares of Restricted Stock may be issued for no cash consideration or such minimum consideration as may be required by applicable law.

      (ii) Restrictions . Shares of Restricted Stock may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise encu


 
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