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EXHIBIT 10.1 1986 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

Equity Incentive Plan Agreement

EXHIBIT 10.1 1986 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN 

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Title: EXHIBIT 10.1 1986 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
Date: 8/12/2005
Industry: Semiconductors     Sector: Technology

EXHIBIT 10.1 1986 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN 

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Exhibit 10.1

ACTEL CORPORATION

1986 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

Amended and Restated Effective June 3, 2005

     1.  Purposes of the Plan . The purposes of this Equity Incentive Plan are to attract and retain the best available personnel for positions of substantial responsibility, to provide additional incentive to the Employees and Consultants of the Company and to promote the success of the Company’s business.

     Awards granted hereunder may be Incentive Stock Options, Nonstatutory Stock Options, Restricted Stock, Stock Appreciation Rights, Performance Shares, Performance Units or Restricted Stock Units, at the discretion of the Administrator and as reflected in the terms of the written option agreement.

     2.  Definitions . As used herein, the following definitions shall apply:

     (a) “ Administrator ” shall mean the Board or any of its Committees as shall be administering the Plan, in accordance with Section 4 of the Plan.

     (b) “ Annual Revenue ” shall mean the Company’s or a business unit’s net sales for the Fiscal Year, determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

     (c) “ Applicable Laws ” shall mean the legal requirements relating to the administration of equity incentive plans under California corporate and securities laws and the Code.

     (d) “ Award ” shall mean, individually or collectively, a grant under the Plan of Options, Restricted Stock, Stock Appreciation Rights, Performance Shares, Performance Units or Restricted Stock Units.

     (e) “ Award Agreement ” shall mean the written or electronic agreement setting forth the terms and provisions applicable to each Award granted under the Plan. The Award Agreement is subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.

     (f) “ Awarded Stock ” shall mean the Common Stock subject to an Award.

     (g) “ Board ” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

     (h) “ Cash Position ” shall mean the Company’s level of cash and cash equivalents.

     (i) “ Common Stock ” shall mean the Common Stock of the Company.

     (j) “ Committee ” shall mean the Committee appointed by the Board of Directors in accordance with paragraph (a) of Section 4 of the Plan, if one is appointed.

     (k) “ Company ” shall mean Actel Corporation, a California corporation.

     (l) “ Consultant ” shall mean any person, including an advisor, engaged by the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary to render services and who is compensated for such services, provided that the term “Consultant” shall not include Directors who are paid only a director’s fee by the Company or who are not compensated by the Company for their services as Directors.

 


 

     (m) “ Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant ” shall mean that the employment or consulting relationship is not interrupted or terminated by the Company, any Parent or Subsidiary. Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant shall not be considered interrupted in the case of: (i) any leave of absence approved by the Board, including sick leave, military leave, or any other personal leave; provided, however, that for purposes of Incentive Stock Options, any such leave may not exceed ninety (90) days, unless reemployment upon the expiration of such leave is guaranteed by contract (including certain Company policies) or statute; or (ii) transfers between locations of the Company or between the Company, its Parent, its Subsidiaries or its successor.

     (n) “ Director ” shall mean a member of the Board.

     (o) “ Dividend Equivalent ” shall mean a credit, payable in cash, made at the discretion of the Administrator, to the account of a Participant in an amount equal to the cash dividends paid on one Share for each Share represented by an Award held by such Participant. Dividend Equivalents may be subject to the same vesting restrictions as the related Shares subject to an Award, at the discretion of the Administrator.

     (p) “ Earnings Per Share ” shall mean as to any Fiscal Year, the Company’s or a business unit’s Net Income, divided by a weighted average number of common shares outstanding and dilutive common equivalent shares deemed outstanding, determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

     (q) “ Employee ” shall mean any person, including officers and directors, employed by the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company. The payment of a director’s fee by the Company shall not be sufficient to constitute “employment” by the Company.

     (r) “ Exchange Act ” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

     (s) “ Fair Market Value ” shall mean, as of any date, the value of Common Stock determined as follows:

     (i) If the Common Stock is listed on a stock exchange, the fair market value per Share shall be the closing price on such exchange, as reported in the Wall Street Journal on the date of determination or, if the date of determination is not a trading day, the immediately preceding trading day;

     (ii) If there is a public market for the Common Stock, the fair market value per Share shall be the mean of the bid and asked prices, or closing price in the event quotations for the Common Stock are reported on the National Market System, of the Common Stock on the date of determination, as reported in the Wall Street Journal (or, if not so reported, as otherwise reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation (NASDAQ) System); or

     (iii) In the absence of an established market for the Common Stock, the Fair Market Value shall be determined in good faith by the Administrator.

     (t) “ Fiscal Year ” shall mean a fiscal year of the Company.

     (u) “ Incentive Stock Option ” shall mean an Option intended to qualify as an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

     (v) “ Individual Performance Objective ” shall mean any individual Company business-related objective that is objectively determinable within the meaning of Code Section 162(m) and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder. Individual Performance Objectives shall include, but not be limited

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to, improvement in customer satisfaction and similar objectively determinable performance objectives related to the Participant’s job responsibilities with the Company.

     (w) “ Net Income ” shall mean as to any Fiscal Year, the income after taxes of the Company for the Fiscal Year determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

     (x) “ Nonstatutory Stock Option ” shall mean an Option not intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option.

     (y) “ Officer ” shall mean a person who is an officer of the Company within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

     (z) “ Operating Cash Flow ” shall mean the Company’s or a business unit’s sum of Net Income plus depreciation and amortization less capital expenditures plus changes in working capital comprised of accounts receivable, inventories, other current assets, trade accounts payable, accrued expenses, product warranty, advance payments from customers and long-term accrued expenses, determined in accordance with generally acceptable accounting principles.

     (aa) “ Operating Income ” shall mean the Company’s or a business unit’s income from operations determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

     (bb) “Option” shall mean a stock option granted pursuant to the Plan.

     (cc) “Optioned Stock” shall mean the Common Stock subject to an Option.

     (dd) “ Parent ” shall mean a “parent corporation”, whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

     (ee) “ Participant ” shall mean an Employee or Consultant who receives an Award.

     (ff) “ Performance Goals ” shall mean the goal(s) (or combined goal(s)) determined by the Committee (in its discretion) to be applicable to a Participant with respect to an Award. As determined by the Committee, the Performance Goals applicable to an Award may provide for a targeted level or levels of achievement using one or more of the following measures: (a) Annual Revenue, (b) Cash Position, (c) Earnings Per Share, (d) Net Income, (e) Operating Cash Flow, (f) Operating Income, (g) Return on Assets, (h) Return on Equity, (i) Return on Sales, (j) Total Stockholder Return, and (k) Individual Performance Objectives. The Performance Goals may differ from Participant to Participant and from Award to Award. The Administrator shall appropriately adjust any evaluation of performance under a Performance Goal to exclude (i) any extraordinary non-recurring items as described in Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 30 and/or in management’s discussion and analysis of financial conditions and results of operations appearing in the Company’s annual report to shareholders for the applicable year, or (ii) the effect of any changes in accounting principles affecting the Company’s or a business units’ reported results.

     (gg) “ Performance Share ” shall mean a performance share Award granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 12.

     (hh) “ Performance Unit ” means a performance unit Award granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 13.

     (ii) “ Plan ” shall mean this 1986 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended.

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     (jj) “ Restricted Stock ” shall mean a restricted stock Award granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 10.

     (kk) “ Restricted Stock Unit ” shall mean a bookkeeping entry representing an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of one Share, granted pursuant to Section 11. Each Restricted Stock Unit represents an unfunded and unsecured obligation of the Company.

     (ll) “ Return on Assets ” shall mean the percentage equal to the Company’s or a business unit’s Operating Income before incentive compensation, divided by average net Company or business unit, as applicable, assets, determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

     (mm) “ Return on Equity ” shall mean the percentage equal to the Company’s Net Income divided by average shareholder’s equity, determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

     (nn) “ Return on Sales ” shall mean the percentage equal to the Company’s or a business unit’s Operating Income before incentive compensation, divided by the Company’s or the business unit’s, as applicable, revenue, determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

     (oo) “ Rule 16b-3 ” shall mean Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act or any successor to Rule 16b-3, as in effect when discretion is being exercised with respect to the Plan.

     (pp) “ Section 16(b) ” shall mean Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act.

     (qq) “ Share ” shall mean a share of the Common Stock, as adjusted in accordance with Section 18 of the Plan.

     (rr) “ Stock Appreciation Right ” or “SAR” shall mean a stock appreciation right granted pursuant to Section 8 below.

     (ss) “ Subsidiary ” shall mean a “subsidiary corporation”, whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

     (tt) “ Total Stockholder Return ” shall mean the total return (change in share price plus reinvestment of any dividends) of a share of the Company’s common stock.

     3.  Stock Subject to the Plan . Subject to the provisions of Section 18 of the Plan, the maximum aggregate number of shares which may be optioned and sold under the Plan is 5,497,897 shares of Common Stock, increased annually on the first day of each of the Company’s fiscal years during the term of the Plan (and subsequent to the May 2, 1996, amendment to and restatement of the Plan) in an amount equal to 5% of the Company’s common stock issued and outstanding at the close of business on the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year (the “Annual Replenishment”), with only the 5,497,897 shares and subsequent annual increases in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) 885,931 shares and (ii) the number of shares subject to the Annual Replenishment to be available for issuance as “incentive stock options” qualified under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code. All of the shares issuable under the Plan may be authorized, but unissued, or reacquired Common Stock.

     Any Shares subject to Options or SARs shall be counted against the numerical limits of this Section 3 as one Share for every Share subject thereto. With respect to Awards granted on or after the date of receiving shareholder approval of the amended Plan in 2005, any Shares subject to Performance Shares, Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units with a per share or unit purchase price lower than 100% of Fair Market Value on the date of grant shall be counted against the numerical limits of this Section 3 as two Shares for every one Share subject thereto. To the extent that a Share that was subject to an Award that counted as two Shares against the Plan reserve pursuant to the preceding sentence is recycled back into the Plan under the next paragraph of this Section 3, the Plan shall be credited with two Shares.

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          If an Award expires or becomes unexercisable without having been exercised in full, or, with respect to Restricted Stock, Performance Shares or Restricted Stock Units, is forfeited to or repurchased by the Company at its original purchase price due to such Award failing to vest, the unpurchased Shares (or for Awards other than Options and SARs, the forfeited or repurchased shares) which were subject thereto shall become available for future grant or sale under the Plan (unless the Plan has terminated). With respect to SARs, when an SAR is exercised, the shares subject to an SAR grant agreement shall be counted against the numerical limits of Section 3 above, as one share for every share subject thereto, regardless of the number of shares used to settle the SAR upon exercise (i.e., shares withheld to satisfy the exercise price of an SAR shall not remain available for issuance under the Plan). Shares that have actually been issued under the Plan under any Award shall not be returned to the Plan and shall not become available for future distribution under the Plan; provided, however, that if Shares of Restricted Stock, Performance Shares or Restricted Stock Units are repurchased by the Company at their original purchase price or are forfeited to the Company due to such Awards failing to vest, such Shares shall become available for future grant under the Plan. Shares used to pay the exercise price of an Option shall not become available for future grant or sale under the Plan. Shares used to satisfy tax withholding obligations shall not become available for future grant or sale under the Plan. To the extent an Award under the Plan is paid out in cash rather than stock, such cash payment shall not reduce the number of Shares available for issuance under the Plan. Any payout of Dividend Equivalents or Performance Units, because they are payable only in cash, shall not reduce the number of Shares available for issuance under the Plan. Conversely, any forfeiture of Dividend Equivalents or Performance Units shall not increase the number of Shares available for issuance under the Plan.

     4.  Administration of the Plan .

          (a) Procedure .

     (i) Multiple Administrative Bodies . If permitted by Rule 16b-3, the Plan may be administered by different bodies with respect to Directors, Officers who are not Directors, and Employees who are neither Directors nor Officers.

     (ii) Section 162(m) . To the extent that the Administrator determines it to be desirable to qualify Awards granted hereunder as “performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code, the Plan shall be administered by a Committee consisting solely of two or more “outside directors” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code.

     (iii) Administration With Respect to Directors and Officers Subject to Section 16(b) . With respect to Option grants made to Employees who are also Officers or Directors subject to Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, the Plan shall be administered by (A) the Board, if the Board may administer the Plan in compliance with Rule 16b-3, or (B) a committee designated by the Board to administer the Plan, which committee shall be constituted to comply with Rule 16b-3. Once appointed, such Committee shall continue to serve in its designated capacity until otherwise directed by the Board. From time to time the Board may increase the size of the Committee and appoint additional members, remove members (with or without cause) and substitute new members, fill vacancies (however caused), and remove all members of the Committee and thereafter directly administer the Plan, all to the extent permitted by Rule 16b-3.

     (iv) Administration With Respect to Other Persons . With respect to Option grants made to Employees or Consultants who are neither Directors nor Officers of the Company, the Plan shall be administered by (A) the Board or (B) a committee designated by the Board, which committee shall be constituted to satisfy Applicable Laws. Once appointed, such Committee shall serve in its designated capacity until otherwise directed by the Board. The Board may increase the size of the Committee and appoint additional members, remove members (with or without cause) and substitute new members, fill vacancies (however caused), and remove all members of the Committee and thereafter directly administer the Plan, all to the extent permitted by Applicable Laws.

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     (b) Powers of the Administrator . Subject to the provisions of the Plan, and in the case of a Committee, subject to the specific duties delegated by the Board to such Committee, the Administrator shall have the authority, in its discretion:

     (i) to determine the Fair Market Value in accordance with Section 2(s) of the Plan;

     (ii) to select the Consultants and Employees to whom Awards may be granted hereunder;

     (iii) to determine whether and to what extent Awards are granted hereunder;

     (iv) to determine the number of shares of Common Stock to be covered by each Award granted hereunder;

     (v) to approve forms of agreement for use under the Plan;

     (vi) to determine the terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, of any award granted hereunder. Such terms and conditions include, but are not limited to, the exercise price, the time or times when Awards may be exercised (which may be based on performance criteria), any vesting acceleration or waiver of forfeiture restrictions, and any restriction or limitation regarding any Award or the shares of Common Stock relating thereto, based in each case on such factors as the Administrator, in its sole discretion, shall determine;

     (vii) to construe and interpret the terms of the Plan and awards granted pursuant to the Plan;

     (viii) to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan;

     (ix) to modify or amend each Award (subject to Section 21(c) of the Plan);

     (x) to authorize any person to execute on behalf of the Company any instrument required to effect the grant of an Award previously granted by the Administrator;

     (xi) to determine the terms and restrictions applicable to Awards;

     (xii) to determine whether Awards will be adjusted for Dividend Equivalents and whether such Dividend Equivalents shall be subject to vesting; and

     (xiii) to make all other determinations deemed necessary or advisable for administering the Plan.

     (c) Effect of Administrator’s Decision . All decisions, determinations and interpretations of the Administrator shall be final and binding on all Participants and any other holders of any Awards granted under the Plan.

     5.  Eligibility . Awards may be granted only to Employees and Consultants. Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to Employees. An Employee or Consultant who has been granted an Award may, if he or she is otherwise eligible, be granted an additional Award or Awards.

     6.  Code Section 162(m) Provisions .

     (a) Option and SAR Annual Share Limit . No Participant shall be granted, in any Fiscal Year, Options and Stock Appreciation Rights to purchase more than 500,000 Shares; provided, however, that such limit shall be 1,000,000 Shares in the Participant’s first Fiscal Year of Company service.

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     (b) Restricted Stock, Performance Share and Restricted Stock Unit Ann


 
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