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EMC CORPORATION AMENDED AND RESTATED 2003 STOCK PLAN

Equity Incentive Plan Agreement

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Title: EMC CORPORATION AMENDED AND RESTATED 2003 STOCK PLAN
Governing Law: Massachusetts     Date: 5/8/2009
Industry: Computer Storage Devices     Sector: Technology

EMC CORPORATION AMENDED AND RESTATED 2003 STOCK PLAN, Parties: emc corporation
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Exhibit 10.1

EMC CORPORATION

AMENDED AND RESTATED 2003 STOCK PLAN,

as amended and restated as of March 30, 2009

 

1.

Definitions.

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.

 

2.

Purpose.

The Plan has been established to advance the interests of the Company by providing for the grant to Participants of incentive Awards.

 

3.

Administration.

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.

 

4.

Shares Subject to the Plan; Limitations.

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.

 

5.

Eligibility and Participation.

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.

Awards.

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


 
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