EXHIBIT 4.1
GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT,
INC.
2009 FLEXIBLE STOCK
PLAN
ARTICLE I -
NAME AND PURPOSE
1.1 Name
. The name of the Plan is the “General
Environmental Management, Inc. 2009 Flexible Stock Plan" (the
"Plan").
1.2
Purpose. General Environmental Management, Inc.
(the "Company") has established the Plan to attract, retain,
motivate and reward employees, directors, officers, consultants and
advisors , to encourage ownership of the Company's Common Stock by
employees and other individuals, and to promote and further the
best interests of the Company.
ARTICLE II -
DEFINITIONS OF TERMS AND RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
2.1 General
Definitions. The following words and phrases, when
used in the Plan, unless otherwise specifically defined or unless
the context clearly otherwise requires, shall have the following
respective meanings:
(a) "Agreement"
means the document which evidences the grant of any Benefit (as
defined below) under the Plan and which sets forth the Benefit and
the terms, conditions and provisions of, and restrictions relating
to, such Benefit.
(b) "Benefit"
means any benefit granted to a participant under the
Plan.
(c) "Board"
means the Board of Directors of the Company.
(d) "Committee"
means the Committee described in Section 5.1, or in the event that
the Board of Directors does not appoint a Committee, then the Board
of Directors.
(e) "Common
Stock" means the Company's common stock, $0.001 par
value.
(f) "Effective
Date" means the date that the Plan is adopted by the Board of
Directors.
(g) "Employee"
means any person employed by the Employer and any director,
officer, consultant and advisor.
(h) "Employer"
means the Company and all Subsidiaries.
(i) "Exchange
Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
(j) "Fair
Market Value" means the last reported sale price, regular way, of
the Shares on any day or, in case no such reported sale takes place
on such day, the average of the reported closing bid and
asked prices, regular way, in either case on the principal national
securities exchange on which the Shares are listed or if the Shares
are not listed on a national securities exchange and are listed on
the Nasdaq Stock Market, the sale price determined in the same
fashion or, if the Shares are not so listed on any of
the foregoing, the average of the bid and asked prices on such day
as furnished by dealers in the Shares in the over-the-counter
market. All calculations of the current market price
shall be made to the nearest cent.
(k) "Option"
means an option to purchase Shares granted under the
Plan.
(l) "Other Stock Based Award" means
an award under the Plan that is valued in whole or in part by
reference to, or is otherwise based on, Common Stock.
(m)
"Participant" means a person who is granted a Benefit under the
Plan.
(n)
"Performance Share" means a Share awarded to a Participant under
ARTICLE XIV of this Plan.
(o) "Plan"
means the General Environmental Management, Inc. 2009 Flexible
Stock Plan, and all amendments and supplements to it.
(p) "Restricted
Stock" means Shares issued under ARTICLE XIII of the
Plan.
(q) "Share"
means a share of Common Stock.
(r)
"Subsidiary" means any corporation in an unbroken chain of
corporations beginning with the Company if, at the time of grant of
an Option or other Benefit, each of the corporations, other than
the last corporation in the unbroken chain, owns stock possessing
50% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of
stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.
2.2 Other
Definitions . In addition to the above definitions,
certain words and phrases used in the Plan and any Agreement may be
defined in other portions of the Plan or in such
Agreement.
2.3
Conflicts in Plan. In the case of any conflict in the terms
of the Plan relating to a Benefit, the provisions in the ARTICLE of
the Plan which specifically permits the grant of such Benefit shall
control those in a different ARTICLE.
ARTICLE III
- COMMON STOCK
3.1 Number
of Shares. The number of Shares which may be issued
or sold or for which Options or Performance Shares may be granted
under the Plan is fixed at 3,000,000 Shares. At this
date there are no shares issued and outstanding under this Plan.
Such Shares may be authorized but unissued Shares, or Shares held
in the treasury, or both.
3.2
Re-usage. If an Option expires or is terminated,
surrendered, or canceled without having been fully exercised, if
Restricted Stock or Performance Shares are forfeited, or if any
other grant results in any Shares not being issued, the Shares
covered by such Option, grant of Restricted Shares, Performance
Shares or other grant, as the case may be, shall again be available
for use under the Plan, to the fullest extent permitted under
applicable law.
3.3
Adjustments. If there is any change in the
Common Stock of the Company by reason of any stock dividend,
spin-off, split-up, spin-out, recapitalization, merger,
consolidation, reorganization, combination or exchange of shares,
the number and class of shares available for Options and grants of
Restricted Stock, Performance Shares and Other Stock Based Awards
and the number of Shares subject to outstanding Options, grants of
Restricted Stock and Performance Shares which are not vested, and
Other Stock Based Awards, and the price thereof, as applicable,
shall be appropriately adjusted by the Committee.
4.1
Determined By Committee. The Participants and
the Benefits they receive under the Plan shall be determined solely
by the Committee, or in the event the Board of Directors does not
appoint a Committee, then by the Board of Directors (hereinafter
the Committee or the Board, if there is no Committee appointed, is
referred to as the “Committee). In making its
determinations, the Committee shall consider past, present and
expected future contributions of Participants and potential
Participants to the Company, including, without limitation, the
performance of, or the refraining from the performance of,
services.
ARTICLE V -
ADMINISTRATION
(a) The Plan
shall be administered by the Board of Directors of the Company, the
Stock Option Committee of the Board or another committee of the
Board, all as shall be determined by the Board.
(b) If the
Board appoints a Committee, the Committee shall be comprised of not
less than one person, and each member of the Committee shall be a
member of the Board. Subject to the foregoing, the Board may from
time to time appoint members of the Committee in substitution for
or in addition to members previously appointed, may fill vacancies
in the Committee and may remove members of the Committee, at the
sole discretion of the Board of Directors.
(c) The
Committee shall select one of its members as its chairman and shall
hold its meetings at such times and places as it shall deem
advisable. A majority of its members shall constitute a quorum and
all determinations shall be made by a majority of such quorum. Any
determination reduced to writing and signed by all of the members
of the Committee shall be fully as effective as if it had been made
by a majority vote at a meeting duly called and held.
(a) The Board
or the Committee, if so determined by the Board, shall have full
power and authority, subject to such orders or resolutions not
inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan as may from time to
time be issued or adopted by the Board, to grant eligible persons
Benefits under the Plan, to determine the restrictions, terms and
conditions (which need not be identical) of all Benefits so
granted, to interpret the provisions of the Plan and any Agreements
relating to Benefits granted under the Plan, and to supervise the
administration of the Plan.
(b) The Board
or the Committee, if the Board shall so determine, shall have sole
authority in the selection of directors, officers and employees of
the Company or a Subsidiary, and any consultant, advisor or
independent contractor to the Company or a Subsidiary, to whom
Awards may be granted under the Plan and in the determi