Exhibit 10.1
EMC CORPORATION
AMENDED AND RESTATED 2003 STOCK
PLAN,
as amended and restated as of
March 30, 2009
As used herein, the following words
or terms have the meanings set forth below.
1.1 “Amended and Restated Plan
Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in
Section 10.
1.2 “Award” means
Options, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units or Stock
Appreciation Rights, or any combination thereof.
1.3 “Board of Directors”
means the Board of Directors of the Company.
1.4 “Cause” means the
occurrence of any of the following, as determined by the
Company’s management in its sole discretion: (i) serious
misconduct by the Participant in the performance of his or her
employment duties; (ii) the Participant’s conviction of,
or entering a guilty plea with respect to a felony or a misdemeanor
involving moral turpitude; (iii) the Participant’s
commission of an act involving personal dishonesty that results in
financial, reputational, or other harm to the Company or its
affiliates or subsidiaries; (iv) the Participant’s
failure to comply with any applicable term set forth in the
Company’s Key Employee Agreement or other similar agreement
protecting confidential information; or (v) the
Participant’s material violation of any rule, policy,
procedure or guideline of the Company or its affiliates or
subsidiaries, including but not limited to the Company’s
Business Conduct Guidelines.
1.5 “Code” means the
U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as from time to time amended
and in effect, or any successor statute as from time to time in
effect.
1.6 “Committee” means
the Committee appointed by the Board of Directors to administer the
Plan or the Board of Directors as a whole if no appointment is
made, provided that, if any member of the Committee does not
qualify as both an outside director for purposes of
Section 162(m) of the Code and a non-employee director for
purposes of Rule 16b-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, the remaining members of the Committee (but not less than
two members) shall be constituted as a subcommittee of the
Committee to act as the Committee for purposes of granting or
approving the payment of any Awards.
1.7 “Common Stock” means
the common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the
Company.
1.8 “Company” means EMC
Corporation, a corporation established under the laws of The
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1.9 “Eligible Directors”
means members of the Board of Directors (i) who are not
employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries and (ii) who are
not holders of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of Common
Stock or persons in control of such holder(s) (“Eligible
Directors”).
1.10 “Fair Market Value”
in the case of a share of Common Stock on a particular date, means
the fair market value as determined from time to time by the Board
of Directors or, where appropriate, by the Committee, taking into
account all information which the Board of Directors, or the
Committee, considers relevant. Fair Market Value shall be
determined in a manner consistent with the requirements of Sections
422 and 409A of the Code.
1.11 “Incentive Stock
Option” means an Option intended to be an “incentive
stock option” within the meaning of Section 422 of the
Code.
1.12 “Option” means a
stock option entitling the holder to acquire shares of Common Stock
upon payment of the exercise price.
1.13 “Participant” means
a person who is granted an Award under the Plan.
1.14 “Performance Award”
means an Award granted by the Committee pursuant to
Section 6.11.
1.15 “Performance
Criteria” means any or any combination of the following areas
of performance (determined either on a consolidated basis or, as
the context permits, on a divisional, subsidiary, line of business,
geographical, project, product or individual basis or in
combinations thereof): sales; revenues; assets; expenses; income;
profit margins; earnings before or after any deductions and whether
or not on a continuing operations or an aggregate or per share
basis; return on equity, investment, capital or assets; inventory;
organizational realignments; infrastructure changes; one or more
operating ratios; borrowing levels, leverage ratios or credit
rating; market share; capital expenditures; cash flow; stock price;
shareholder return; sales of products or services; customer
acquisition or retentions; acquisitions or divestitures (in whole
or in part); joint ventures and strategic alliances; spin-offs,
split ups and the like; reorganizations; strategic investments or
recapitalizations, restructurings, financings (issuance of debt or
equity) or refinancings. Performance Criteria and any Performance
Goals with respect thereto need not be based upon any increase, a
positive or improved result or avoidance of loss.
1.16 “Performance Goal”
means an objectively determinable performance goal established by
the Committee with respect to a given Performance Award that
relates to one or more Performance Criteria.
1.17 “Performance
Period” means a time period (which may be subdivided into
performance cycles of no less than three months) during which the
Performance Goals established in connection with Performance Awards
must be met. Performance Periods shall, in all cases, exceed three
(3) months in length.
1.18 “Prior Plans” means
the EMC Corporation 1985 Stock Option Plan, the EMC Corporation
1992 Stock Option Plan for Directors, the EMC Corporation 1993
Stock Option Plan, and the EMC Corporation 2001 Stock Option Plan,
collectively.
1.19 “Plan” means the
EMC Corporation 2003 Stock Plan, as from time to time amended and
in effect.
1.20 “Restricted Stock”
means Common Stock that is subject to a risk of forfeiture or other
restrictions that will lapse upon the satisfaction of specified
conditions.
1.21 “Restricted Stock
Unit” means a right to receive Common Stock in the future,
with the right to future delivery of the Common Stock subject to a
risk of forfeiture or other restrictions that will lapse upon the
satisfaction of specified conditions.
1.22 “Service
Relationship” means (a) for an employee of the Company
or its Subsidiaries, such person’s employment relationship
with the Company or its Subsidiaries, (b) for a consultant or
advisor of the Company or its Subsidiaries, such person’s
consulting or advisory relationship with the Company or its
Subsidiaries, and (c) for an Eligible Director, such
person’s membership on the Board of Directors.
1.23 “Stock Appreciation
Right” means a right entitling the holder upon exercise to
receive shares of Common Stock having a value equal to the excess
of (i) the then value of the number of shares with respect to
which the right is being exercised over (ii) the exercise
price applicable to such shares.
1.24 “Stock Award” means
an Award of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units, or any
combination thereof.
1.25 “Subsidiary” or
“Subsidiaries” means a corporation or corporations in
which the Company owns, directly or indirectly, stock possessing
fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power
of all classes of stock.
1.26 “Ten Percent
Shareholder” means any person who, at the time an Award is
granted, owns or is deemed to own stock (as determined in
accordance with Sections 422 and 424 of the Code) possessing more
than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of
all classes of stock of the Company or its parent or a
subsidiary.
The Plan has been established to
advance the interests of the Company by providing for the grant to
Participants of incentive Awards.
3.1 The Plan shall be administered
by the Committee and, to the extent provided herein, the Board of
Directors. A majority of the members of the Committee shall
constitute a quorum, and all determinations of the Committee shall
be made by a majority of its members. Any determination of the
Committee under the Plan may be made without notice or meeting of
the Committee by a writing signed by a majority of the Committee
members.
3.2 Subject to the provisions set
forth herein, the Committee shall have full authority to determine
the provisions of Awards to be granted under the Plan. Subject to
the provisions set forth herein, the Committee shall have full
authority to interpret the terms of the Plan and of Awards granted
under the Plan, to adopt, amend and rescind rules and guidelines
for the administration of the Plan and for its own acts and
proceedings and to decide all questions and settle all
controversies and disputes which may arise in connection with the
Plan.
3.3 The decision of the Committee or
the Board of Directors, as applicable, on any matter as to which
the Committee or the Board of Directors, as applicable, is given
authority under Section 3.2 shall be final and binding on all
persons concerned.
3.4 Nothing in the Plan shall be
deemed to give any officer or employee, or his legal
representatives or assigns, any right to participate in the Plan,
except to such extent, if any, as the Committee or the Board, as
applicable, may have determined or approved pursuant to the
provisions of the Plan.
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4.
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Shares
Subject to the Plan; Limitations.
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4.1 Number of Shares . The
maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be delivered in
satisfaction of Awards granted under the Plan shall be the sum of
(i) 300,000,000, (ii) the number of shares available for
grant under the Prior Plans as of the day immediately preceding the
Amended and Restated Plan Effective Date, and (iii) the number
of shares subject to outstanding awards under the Prior Plans as of
the day immediately preceding the Amended and Restated Plan
Effective Date to the extent such awards terminate or expire on or
after the Amended and Restated Plan Effective Date without the
delivery of shares (such shares may hereinafter be referred to as
the “Authorized Shares”).
4.2 Fungible Share Plan .
Each share of Common Stock subject to or issued in respect of an
Option or a Stock Appreciation Right shall be counted against the
Authorized Shares as one (1) share. Each share of Common Stock
subject to or issued in respect of a Stock Award shall be counted
against the Authorized Shares as two (2) shares.
4.3 Reacquired Shares . If
any Award granted under the Plan expires, is terminated or is
canceled (including an Award which terminates by agreement between
the Company and the Participant), or if shares of Common Stock are
reacquired by the Company upon the rescission of an Award or the
rescission of the exercise of an Award, the number of shares of
Common Stock subject to the
Award immediately prior to such expiration,
termination or cancellation or the number of shares of Common Stock
that have been reacquired upon any rescission, shall be available
for future grant. The following shares shall not be
available for future grant: (i) shares tendered in payment of
the exercise price of an Option and (ii) shares withheld by
the Company or otherwise received by the Company to satisfy tax
withholding obligations. In addition, the Authorized Shares shall
not be increased by any shares of Common Stock repurchased by the
Company with Option proceeds and all shares of Common Stock covered
by a Stock Appreciation Right shall be counted against the
Authorized Shares.
4.4 Type of Shares . Common
Stock delivered by the Company under the Plan may be authorized but
unissued Common Stock or previously issued Common Stock acquired by
the Company. No fractional shares of Common Stock will be delivered
under the Plan.
4.5 Limit on Shares for
Performance Awards . No more than 2,000,000 shares may be
allocated to the Performance Awards that are granted to any
individual Participant during any 12 month period. This limit shall
not be adjusted by the cancellation, forfeiture, termination,
expiration, or lapse of any Performance Award prior to its
payment.
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5.
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Eligibility
and Participation.
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The Committee will select
Participants from among those key employees of, and consultants and
advisors to, the Company or its Subsidiaries who, in the opinion of
the Committee, are in a position to make a significant contribution
to the success of the Company and its Subsidiaries. Eligible
Directors may be granted Awards by either the Committee or the
Board of Directors. If Eligible Directors are granted Awards by the
Board of Directors, the Board of Directors may exercise all the
powers of the Committee under the Plan with respect to such Awards.
Eligibility for Incentive Stock Options is limited to employees of
the Company or of a “parent corporation” or
“subsidiary corporation” of the Company as those terms
are defined in Section 424 of the Code.
6.1 General . The Plan
provides for the grant of Awards, which may be in the form of
Options, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units and Stock
Appreciation Rights. The Committee will determine the terms and
conditions of all Awards, subject to the limitations provided
herein. The Plan also provides for the grant of Performance Awards
under Section 6.11. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, grant Awards
under the Plan containing performance-related goals that do not
constitute Performance Awards, do not comply with
Section 6.11, are not subject to the limitation set forth in
Section 4.5, and are not granted or administered to comply
with the requirements of Section 162(m) of the
Code.
6.2 Participants . From time
to time while the Plan is in effect, the Committee may, in its
absolute discretion, select from among the persons eligible to
receive Awards (including persons to whom Awards were previously
granted) those Participants to whom Awards are to be
granted.
6.3 Award Agreements . Each
Award granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by a written
agreement in such form as the Committee shall from time to time
approve. Award agreements shall comply with the terms and
conditions of the Plan and may contain such other provisions not
inconsistent with the terms and conditions of the Plan as the
Committee shall deem advisable. In the case of an Incentive Stock
Option, the Award agreement shall contain such provisions relating
to exercise and other matters as are required of “incentive
stock options” under the Code. Award agreements may be
evidenced by an electronic transmission (including an e-mail or
reference to a website or other URL) sent to the Participant
through the Company’s normal process for communicating
electronically with its employees. As a condition to receiving an
Award, the Committee may require the proposed Participant to
affirmatively accept the Award and agree to the terms and
conditions set forth in the Award agreement by physically and/or
electronically executing the Award agreement or by otherwise
physically and/or electronically acknowledging such acceptance and
agreement. With or without such affirmative acceptance, however,
the Committee may prescribe conditions (including the exercise or
attempted exercise of any benefit conferred by the Award) under
which the proposed Participant may be deemed to have accepted the
Award and agreed to the terms and conditions set forth in the Award
agreement.
6.4 Non-Transferability of
Awards . No Award may be transferred by the Participant
otherwise than by will, by the laws of descent and distribution or
pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order, and during the
Participant’s lifetime the Award may be exercised only by him
or her; provided, however, that the Committee, in its discretion,
may allow for transferability of Awards by the Participant to
“Immediate Family Members.” “Immediate Family
Members” means children, grandchildren, spouse or common law
spouse, siblings or parents of the Participant or to bona fide
trusts, partnerships or other entities controlled by and of which
the beneficiaries are Immediate Family Members of the Participant.
Any Awards that are transferable are further conditioned on the
Participant and Immediate Family Members agreeing to abide by the
Company’s then current Award transfer guidelines.
6.5 Exercise; Vesting; Lapse of
Restrictions . The Committee may determine the time or times at
which (a) an Award will become exercisable, (b) an Award
will vest or (c) the restrictions to which an Award is subject
will lapse. In the case of an Award that becomes exercisable, vests
or has restrictions which lapse in installments, the Committee or
the Board of Directors may later determine to accelerate the time
at which one or more of such installments may become exercisable or
vest or at which one or more restrictions may lapse; provided,
however, that the Committee or the Board of Directors may not
accelerate the vesting or lapse of one or more restrictions with
respect to a Stock Award if such action would cause such Stock
Award to fully vest in a period of time that is less than the
applicable minimum period set forth in Section 6.10.3. Except
as the Committee otherwise determines, no Award requiring exercise
shall have deferral features, or shall be administered in a manner
that would cause such Award to fail to qualify for exemption from
Section 409A of the Code; provided, however, that any Award
resulting in a deferral of compensation subject to
Section 409A of the Code shall be construed to the maximum
extent possible, as determined by the Committee, consistent with
the requirements of Section 409A of the Code.
6.5.1 Determination of the
Exercise Price . The Committee will determine the exercise
price, if any, of each Award requiring exercise. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the exercise price per share of Common Stock for an
Option or Stock Appreciation Right shall be not less than 100%
(110% in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to a Ten
Percent Shareholder) of the Fair Market Value per share on the date
the Option or Stock Appreciation Right is granted.
6.5.2 Additional Conditions .
The Committee or the Board of Directors may at the time of grant
condition the exercise of an Award upon agreement by the
Participant to subject the Common Stock to any restrictions on
transfer or repurchase rights in effect on the date of exercise,
upon representations regarding the continuation of a Service
Relationship and upon other terms not inconsistent with this Plan.
Any such conditions shall be set forth in the Award agreement or
other document evidencing the Award.
6.5.3 Manner of Exercise .
Any exercise of an Award shall be in writing signed by the proper
person and delivered or mailed to the office of Stock Option
Administration of the Company, accompanied by an appropriate
exercise notice and payment in full for the number of shares in
respect to which the Award is exercised, or in such other manner as
may be from time to time prescribed by the Committee, including,
without limitation, pursuant to electronic, telephonic or other
instructions to a third party administrating the Plan. In the event
an Award is exercised by the executor or administrator of a
deceased Participant, or by the person or persons to whom the Award
has been transferred by the Participant’s will or the
applicable laws of descent and distribution, the Company shall be
under no obligation to deliver stock thereunder until the Company
is satisfied that the person or persons exercising the Award is or
are the duly appointed executor or administrator of the deceased
Participant or the person or persons to whom the Award has been
transferred by the Participant’s will or by the applicable
laws of descent and distribution.
6.5.4 Payment of Exercise
Price . Where the exercise of an Award is to be accompanied by
payment, the Committee may determine the required or permitted
forms of payment, subject to the following: all payments will be by
cash or check acceptable to the Committee, or, if so permitted by
the Committee, (i) through the delivery of shares of Common
Stock that have been outstanding for at least six months (unless
the Committee approves a shorter period) and that have a fair
market value equal to the exercise price, (ii) by delivery to
the Company of a promissory note of the person exercising the
Award, payable on such terms as are specified by the Committee,
(iii) through a broker-assisted exercise program acceptable to
the Committee, or (iv) by any combination of the foregoing
permissible forms of payment. The delivery of shares in payment of
the exercise price under clause (i) above may be accomplished
either by actual delivery or by constructive delivery through
attestation of ownership, subject to such rules as the Committee
may prescribe.
6.5.5 Period of Awards . An
Award shall be exercisable during such period of time as the
Committee may specify, but not after the expiration of ten years
(five years in the case of an Incenti