Exhibit 10(c)
HUMANA INC.
AMENDED AND RESTATED
2003 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
(As Amended Through June 25,
2009)
SECTION 1.1 PURPOSE
. The purpose of the Humana Inc.
2003 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) is to strengthen
Humana Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), by
providing an incentive to its and its Subsidiaries’
employees, officers, consultants and directors and thereby
encouraging them to devote their abilities to the success of the
Company and its Subsidiaries, thus enhancing the value of the
Company for the benefit of its stockholders. It is also intended to
enhance the ability of the Company and its Subsidiaries to attract
and retain individuals of exceptional talent upon whom, in large
measure, the sustained progress, growth and profitability of the
Company depend.
SECTION 1.2 ESTABLISHMENT AND
TERM OF THE PLAN . The
Company establishes the Plan effective as of May 15, 2003, the
Plan having been approved by the Company’s stockholders on
that date. The Plan shall remain in effect until the earliest of:
(i) the date that no additional Shares are available for
issuance under the Plan, (ii) the date that the Plan has been
terminated in accordance with Section 13 or (iii) the day
preceding the tenth anniversary of the date of its adoption. Upon
the termination or expiration of the Plan as provided in this
Section 1.2, no Award shall be granted pursuant to the Plan,
but any Award granted prior thereto may extend beyond such
termination or expiration.
SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS
. As used in the Plan, the following
terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
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2.1
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“Award” shall mean any Option, Stock
Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock Award, Restricted Stock Unit,
Performance Share, Performance Unit, or Share Award.
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2.2
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“Award
Agreement” or “Agreement” shall mean any written
or electronic agreement, contract, or other instrument or document
evidencing any Award granted by the Committee hereunder and signed
or otherwise authenticated by both the Company and the
Participant.
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2.3
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“Board” shall mean the Board of
Directors of the Company.
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2.4
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“Cause” shall mean, unless otherwise
defined in the Award Agreement or a written employment agreement in
effect between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and an
individual Participant, a felony conviction of a Participant or the
failure of a Participant to contest prosecution for a felony, or a
Participant’s willful misconduct or dishonesty, any of which
is determined by the Committee to be directly and materially
harmful to the business or reputation of the Company or its
Subsidiaries.
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2.5
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“Change
in Control” shall mean the occurrence of:
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(a)
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An acquisition
(other than directly from the Company) of any voting securities of
the Company (the “Voting Securities”) by any
“Person” (as the term person is used for purposes of
Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act), immediately after
which such Person has “Beneficial Ownership” (within
the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of
twenty percent (20%) or more of the combined voting power of
the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities; provided,
however, in determining whether a Change in Control has occurred,
Voting Securities which are acquired in a “Non-Control
Acquisition” (as hereinafter defined) shall not constitute an
acquisition which would cause a Change in Control. A
“Non-Control Acquisition” shall mean an acquisition by
(i) an employee benefit plan (or a trust forming a part
thereof) maintained by (A) the Company or (B) any
corporation or other Person of which a majority of its voting power
or its equity securities or equity interest is owned, directly or
indirectly, by the Company (for purposes of this definition, a
“Subsidiary”) (ii) the Company or its
Subsidiaries, or (iii) any Person in connection with a
“Non-Control Transaction” (as hereinafter
defined);
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(b)
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The individuals
who, as of the effective date of this Plan are members of the Board
(the “Incumbent Board”), cease for any reason to
constitute at least two-thirds of the members of the Board;
provided, however, that if the election, or nomination for election
by the Company’s common stockholders, of any new director was
approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the Incumbent Board,
such new director shall, for purposes of this Plan, be considered
as a member of the Incumbent Board; provided further, however, that
no individual shall be considered a member of the Incumbent Board
if such individual initially assumed office as a result of either
an actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or
on behalf of a Person other than the Board (a “Proxy
Contest”) including by reason of any agreement intended to
avoid or settle any Proxy Contest; or
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(i)
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A merger,
consolidation or reorganization involving the Company, unless such
merger, consolidation or reorganization is a “Non-Control
Transaction.” A “Non-Control Transaction” shall
mean a merger, consolidation or reorganization of the Company
where:
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(A)
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the stockholders of the Company,
immediately before such merger, consolidation or reorganization,
own directly or indirectly immediately following such
merger,
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consolidation or reorganization, at
least seventy-five percent (75%) of the combined voting power
of the outstanding Voting Securities of the corporation resulting
from such merger or consolidation or reorganization (the
“Surviving Corporation”) in substantially the same
proportion as their ownership of the Voting Securities immediately
before such merger, consolidation or reorganization;
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(B)
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the individuals
who were members of the Incumbent Board immediately prior to the
execution of the agreement providing for such merger, consolidation
or reorganization constitute at least two-thirds of the members of
the board of directors of the Surviving Corporation, or a
corporation beneficially directly or indirectly owning a majority
of the Voting Securities of the Surviving Corporation, and no
agreement, plan or arrangement is in place to change the
composition of the board of directors following the merger,
consolidation or reorganization; and
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(C)
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no Person other
than (i) the Company, (ii) any Subsidiary, (iii) any
employee benefit plan (or any trust forming a part thereof)
maintained by the Company, the Surviving Corporation, or any
Subsidiary, or (iv) any Person who, immediately prior to such
merger, consolidation or reorganization had Beneficial Ownership of
twenty percent (20%) or more of the then outstanding Voting
Securities, has Beneficial Ownership of twenty percent
(20%) or more of the combined voting power of the Surviving
Corporation’s then outstanding voting securities.
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(ii)
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A complete
liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or
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(iii)
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The sale or
other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company to any Person (other than a transfer to a
Subsidiary).
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, a
Change in Control shall not be deemed to occur solely because any
Person (the “Subject Person”) acquired Beneficial
Ownership of more than the permitted amount of the then outstanding
Voting Securities as a result of the acquisition of Voting
Securities by the Company which, by reducing the number of Voting
Securities then outstanding, increases the proportional number of
Shares Beneficially Owned by the Subject Persons, provided that if
a Change in Control would occur (but for the operation of this
sentence) as a result of the acquisition of Voting Securities by
the Company, and after such share acquisition by the Company, the
Subject Person becomes the Beneficial Owner of any additional
Voting Securities which increases the percentage of the then
outstanding Voting Securities Beneficially Owned by the Subject
Person, then a Change in Control shall occur.
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2.6
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“Code” shall mean the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and any
successor thereto.
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2.7
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“Committee” shall mean the
Organization & Compensation Committee of the Board (or any
successor committee); provided, however, that (i) with respect
to Awards to any Eligible Individual subject to Section 16 of
the Exchange Act, Committee means all of the members of the
Organization & Compensation Committee who are
“non-employee directors” within the meaning of Rule
16b-3 adopted under the Exchange Act, (ii) with respect to
Awards intended to satisfy the requirements for “performance
based compensation” within the meaning of Section 162(m)
of the Code, the regulations promulgated thereunder, and any
successors thereto, Committee means all of the members of the
Organization & Compensation Committee who are
“outside directors” within the meaning of
Section 162(m) of the Code, and (iii) with respect to all
Awards, the Committee shall be composed of
“independent” directors as required under the New York
Stock Exchange listing requirements.
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2.8
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“Company” shall mean Humana Inc. and
any successor thereto.
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2.9
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“Disability” means disability as
determined by the Committee in accordance with standards and
procedures similar to those under the Company’s long term
disability plan.
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2.10
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“Eligible
Individual” means any Employee or any director or consultant
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
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2.11
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“Employee” shall mean any employee
of the Company or of any of its Subsidiaries. Unless otherwise
determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, for purposes of
the Plan, an Employee shall be considered to have terminated
employment and to have ceased to be an Employee if his or her
employer ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Company, even if he or
she continues to be employed by such employer.
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2.12
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“Exchange
Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended from time to time, and any successor thereto.
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2.13
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“Fair
Market Value” shall mean, (i) with respect to Shares,
the average of the highest and lowest reported sales prices,
regular way, of Shares in transactions reported on the New York
Stock Exchange on the date of determination of Fair Market Value,
or if no sales of Shares are reported on the New York Stock
Exchange for that date, the comparable average sales price for the
last previous day for which sales were reported on the New York
Stock Exchange or the value of a Share for such date as established
by the Committee using any other reasonable method of valuation,
and (ii) with respect to any other property, the fair market
value of such property determined by such methods or procedures as
shall be established from time to time by the Committee.
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2.14
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“Fair
Market Value as Adjusted” means, in the event of a Change in
Control, the greater of (a) the highest price per Share paid
to holders of the Shares in any transaction (or series of
transactions) constituting or resulting in a Change in Control or
(b) the highest Fair Market Value of a Share during the ninety
(90) day period ending on the date of a Change in
Control.
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“Incentive Stock Option” shall mean
an Option granted under Section 6 hereof that is intended to
meet the requirements of Section 422 of the Code or any
successor provision thereto and designated by the Committee as an
Incentive Stock Option.
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2.16
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“Nonqualified Stock Option” shall
mean an Option granted under Section 6 hereof that is not
intended to be an Incentive Stock Option.
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2.17
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“Option” shall mean any right
granted to a Participant under the Plan allowing such Participant
to purchase Shares at such price or prices and during such period
or periods as the Committee shall determine.
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2.18
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“Parent” shall mean any corporation
which is a parent corporation within the meaning of
Section 424(e) of the Code with respect to the
Company.
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2.19
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“Participant” shall mean an Eligible
Individual who is selected by the Committee to receive an Award
under the Plan.
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2.20
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“Performance Award” shall mean any
Award of Performance Shares or Performance Units pursuant to
Section 9 hereof.
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2.21
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“Performance-Based Compensation”
means an Award that is intended to constitute “performance
based compensation” within the meaning of
Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code and the regulations
promulgated thereunder.
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“Performance Objectives” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 9.3(a).
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2.23
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“Performance Period” shall mean that
period, established by the Committee during which any performance
goals specified by the Committee with respect to such Award are to
be measured.
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“Performance Share” shall mean any
Shares issued or transferred to a Participant under
Section 9.2.
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2.25
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“Performance Unit” shall mean
Performance Units granted to a Participant under
Section 9.1.
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2.26
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“Plan” shall mean the Humana Inc.
2003 Stock Incentive Plan, as the same may be amended from time to
time.
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“Restricted Stock” shall mean any
Share issued with the restriction that the holder may not sell,
transfer, pledge, or assign such Share and with such other
restrictions as the Committee, in its sole discretion, may impose
(including, without limitation, any forfeiture provisions and any
restriction on the right to vote such Share, and the right to
receive any cash dividends), which restrictions may lapse
separately or in combination at such time or times, in installments
or otherwise, as the Committee may deem appropriate.
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“Restricted Stock Award” shall mean
an award of Restricted Stock under Section 8
hereof.
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“Restricted Stock Units” means
rights granted to an Eligible Individual under Section 8
representing a hypothetical number of Shares.
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“Retirement” shall mean a
Participant’s retirement from the Company or a Subsidiary, as
applicable on or after the first day of the month coincident with
or following the date on which all of the following shall have
occurred:
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(a)
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the Participant
has completed five years of retirement service;
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(b)
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the Participant
has reached at least age 55; and
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(c)
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the
Participant’s age plus years of retirement service equals or
exceeds 65.
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A Participant’s “years
of retirement service” shall be determined as provided for in
the Humana Retirement and Savings Plan, as may be amended from time
to time.
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“Section
16” shall mean Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the
rules promulgated thereunder and any successor provision thereto as
in effect from time to time.
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“Share
Award” means an Award of Shares granted pursuant to
Section 10.
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“Shares” shall mean
the shares of common stock, $.16 2 / 3
par value, of the Company and such
other securities of the Company into which such Shares are changed
or for which such shares are exchanged.
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“Stock Appreciation
Right” shall mean any right granted to a Participant pursuant
to Section 7 hereof to receive, upon exercise by the
Participant, the excess of (i) the Fair Market Value of one
Share on the date of exercise or, if the Committee shall so
determine in the case of any such right other than one related to
any Incentive Stock Option, at any time during a specified period
before the date of exercise over (ii) the grant price of the
right on the date of grant, or if granted in connection with an
outstanding Option on the date of grant of the related Option, as
specified by the Committee in its sole discretion, which, other
than in the case of Substitute Awards, shall not be less than the
Fair Market Value of one Share on such date of grant of the right
or the related Option, as the case may be. Any
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payment by the Company in respect of
such right may be made in cash, Shares, other property, or any
combination thereof, as the Committee, in its sole discretion,
shall determine.
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“Subsidiary” shall mean (i) a
“subsidiary corporation” of the Company as defined in
Section 424(f) of the Code, or (ii) other than for
purposes of determining who is an Employee that is eligible for an
Award of Incentive Stock Option, any other entity in which the
Company directly or indirectly owns 50% or more of the voting
interests.
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“Substitute Award” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 4.3.
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“Ten-Percent Stockholder” means an
Eligible Individual, who, at the time an Incentive Stock Option is
to be granted to him or her, owns (within the meaning of
Section 422 or the Code) stock possessing more than ten
percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all
classes of stock of the Company, or of a Parent or a
Subsidiary.
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SECTION 3.
ADMINISTRATION .
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Authority of
Committee. The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. The
Committee shall have full power and authority, subject to such
resolutions not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as
may from time to time be adopted by the Board, to: (i) select
those Eligible Individuals to whom Awards may from time to time be
granted hereunder; (ii) determine the type or types of Awards
to be granted to each Participant hereunder; (iii) determine
the number of Shares to be covered by each Award granted hereunder;
(iv) determine the terms and conditions, not inconsistent with
the provisions of the Plan, of any Award granted hereunder;
(v) accelerate the exercisability of, and accelerate or waive
any restrictions and conditions applicable to an Award;
(vi) determine whether, to what extent and under what
circumstances Awards may be settled in cash, Shares or other
property or canceled or suspended; (vii) determine whether, to
what extent and under what circumstances cash, Shares and other
property and other amounts payable with respect to an Award under
this Plan shall be deferred either automatically or at the election
of the Participant; (viii) interpret and administer the Plan
and any instrument or agreement entered into under the Plan;
(ix) establish such rules and regulations and appoint such
agents as it shall deem appropriate for the proper administration
of the Plan; (x) make any other determination and take any
other action that the Committee deems necessary or desirable for
administration of the Plan; and (xi) to correct any defect,
supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or
any Award in the manner and to the extent it shall deem desirable.
Notwithstanding anything in this Section 3.1 to the contrary,
the Committee shall not have the authority to reduce the exercise
price for Options and Stock Appreciation Rights other than in
connection with adjustments as provided in
Section 4.
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Decisions
Binding. Decisions of the Committee shall be final, conclusive and
binding upon all persons, including the Company and its
Subsidiaries, any Participant, and any Eligible
Individual.
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Delegation.
Subject to all applicable laws and the terms of the Plan, the
Committee may delegate, in whole or in part and as limited by the
Committee, its authority as identified herein to any individual or
committee of individuals (who need not be directors of the Board),
including without limitation the authority to make Awards to
Eligible Individuals who are not officers or directors of the
Company, or any of its Subsidiaries who are subject to
Section 16 of the Exchange Act. To the extent that the
Committee delegates its authority to make Awards as provided by
this Section, all references in the Plan to the Committee’s
authority to make Awards and determinations with respect thereto
shall be deemed to include the Committee’s
delegate.
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The terms and
conditions of Awards need not be the same with respect to each
recipient. The Committee shall have full and final authority to
select those Eligible Individuals who will receive Awards, which
shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement between the Company and
the Participant.
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SECTION 4. SHARES SUBJECT TO THE
PLAN.
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4.1
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Number of
Shares Available for Grants. Subject to adjustment as provided in
Section 4.6, the aggregate number of Shares that may be
granted to Participants pursuant to Awards under the Plan shall not
exceed nineteen million (19,000,000) Shares. Any Shares
granted as Options or Stock Appreciation Rights shall be counted
against this number as one (1) Share for every one
(1) Share granted. Any Shares granted as Awards other than
Options or Stock Appreciation Rights shall be counted against this
number as one and seven-tenths (1.7) Shares for every one
(1) Share granted.
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4.2
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Lapsed Awards.
If any Award is canceled, terminates, expires, or lapses for any
reason, any Shares subject to such Award shall not count against
the aggregate number of Shares that may be granted under the Plan
set forth in Section 4.1 above and may again be the subject of
Awards hereunder. Any shares that again become subject to Awards
pursuant to this Section 4.2 shall be added back as one
(1) Share if such Shares were subject to Options or Stock
Appreciation Rights and as one and seven-tenths (1.7) Shares
if such Shares were subject to Awards other than Options and Stock
Appreciation Rights. If the exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right
involves the issuance of fewer Shares than were subject to the
Stock Appreciation Right, then Shares not issued may not again
become subject to Awards under the Plan.
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Other Items Not Included. The
following items shall not count against the aggregate number of
Shares that may be issued under the Plan set forth in
Section 4.1 above: (i) the payment in cash of dividends
or dividend equivalents under any outstanding Award; (ii) any
Award that is settled in cash rather than by issuance
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of Shares; or (iii) Awards
granted through the assumption of, or in substitution for,
outstanding awards previously granted to individuals who become
Employees as a result of a merger, consolidation, acquisition or
other corporate transaction
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4.4
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Award Limits.
Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, the following
provisions shall apply (subject to adjustment as provided in
Section 4.6 below):
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(i)
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in no event
shall a Participant receive an Award or Awards (other than
Performance Units denominated in dollars) during the term of the
Plan in the aggregate in respect of more than twenty percent
(20%) of the Shares (whether such Award or Awards may be
settled in Shares, cash or any combination of Shares and cash)
authorized under the Plan, and the maximum dollar amount of
Performance Units denominated in dollars which may be paid in any
calendar year shall not exceed $3 million in the case of the chief
executive officer of the Company or $1.5 million in the case of any
other Participant.
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(ii)
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in no event
shall more than fifty percent (50%) of the Shares authorized
under the Plan be issued upon the exercise of Incentive Stock
Options granted under the Plan.
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Source of
Shares. The Company shall reserve for purposes of the Plan unissued
Shares or out of Shares held in the Company’s treasury, or
partly out of each, such number of Shares as shall be determined by
the Board.
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Adjustments. In
the event of any merger, reorganization, consolidation,
reclassification, recapitalization, stock dividend, stock split,
reverse stock split, spin-off, split-up, issuance of warrants,
rights or debentures, cash dividend, property dividend, combination
or exchange of shares, repurchase of shares or similar transaction
or other change in corporate structure affecting the Shares, the
Committee shall conclusively determine the appropriate adjustments,
if any, to (i) the maximum number and classes of Shares or
other stock or securities with respect to which Options or other
Awards may be granted under the Plan, and (ii) the number and
class of Shares or other stock or securities which are subject to
outstanding Options or other Awards granted under the Plan and the
purchase price therefore, if applicable. Any such adjustment in the
Shares or other stock or securities subject to outstanding
Incentive Stock Options (including any adjustments in the purchase
price) shall be made in such a manner as not to constitute a
modification as defined by Section 424 of the Code and only to
the extent otherwise permitted by Sections 422 and 424 of the
Code.
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SECTION 5. ELIGIBILITY
. Any Eligible Individual shall be
eligible to be selected as a Participant; provided, however, that
only Employees may be granted Awards of Incentive Stock
Options.
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SECTION 6. STOCK OPTIONS . Options may be granted hereunder to
Participants, either alone or in addition to other Awards granted
under the Plan, the terms and conditions of which shall be set
forth in an Award Agreement. Any such Option shall be subject to
the following terms and conditions and to such additional terms and
conditions, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as
the Committee shall deem desirable:
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6.1
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Option Price.
The exercise price per Share under an Option shall be determined by
the Committee in its sole discretion; provided that, except in the
case of an Option pursuant to a Substitute Award, such purchase
price shall not be less than the Fair Market Value of a Share on
the date of the grant of the Option (110% of the Fair Market Value
in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to a Ten-Percent
Stockholder).
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6.2
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Option Period.
The term of each Option shall be fixed by the Committee in its sole
discretion; provided that no Option shall be exercisable after the
expiration of ten (10) years (five (5) years in the case
of an Incentive Stock Option issued to a Ten-Percent Stockholder)
from the date the Option is granted except as provided under
Section 12.1.
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6.3
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Exercisability.
Options shall be exercisable at such time or times as determined by
the Committee and set forth in the Award Agreement; provided,
however, that the Committee may accelerate the time or times at
which an Option shall be exercisable in its sole
discretion.
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6.4
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Method of
Exercise. The exercise of an Option shall be made only by a written
notice delivered in person or by mail to the Secretary of the
Company at the Company’s principal executive offices,
specifying the number of Shares to be purchased and accompanied by
payment therefor and otherwise in accordance with the Award
Agreement pursuant to which the Option was granted. The purchase
price for a
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