Exhibit
10.1
INTEL CORPORATION
2006 EQUITY INCENTIVE
PLAN
AS AMENDED AND RESTATED EFFECTIVE
MAY 20, 2009
1. PURPOSE
The purpose of this Intel Corporation 2006
Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) is to advance the
interests of Intel Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and its
Subsidiaries (hereinafter collectively “Intel” or the
“Corporation”), by stimulating the efforts of employees
who are selected to be participants on behalf of Intel, aligning
the long-term interests of participants with those of stockholders,
heightening the desire of participants to continue in working
toward and contributing to the success of Intel, assisting Intel in
competing effectively with other enterprises for the services of
new employees necessary for the continued improvement of
operations, and to attract, motivate and retain the best available
individuals for service to the Corporation. This Plan permits the
grant of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock
and restricted stock units, each of which shall be subject to such
conditions based upon continued employment, passage of time or
satisfaction of performance criteria as shall be specified pursuant
to the Plan.
2. DEFINITIONS
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(a)
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“Award” means a stock option, stock
appreciation right, restricted stock or restricted stock unit
granted to a Participant pursuant to the Plan.
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(b)
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“Board of Directors” means the Board
of Directors of the Corporation.
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(c)
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“Code” shall mean the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as such is amended from time to time, and any
reference to a section of the Code shall include any successor
provision of the Code.
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(d)
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“Committee” shall mean the committee
appointed by the Board of Directors from among its members to
administer the Plan pursuant to Section 3.
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(e)
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“Exchange Act” shall mean the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and
any reference to a section of the Exchange Act shall include any
successor provision of the Exchange Act.
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(f)
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“Outside Director” shall mean a
member of the Board of Directors who is not otherwise an employee
of the Corporation.
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(g)
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“Participants” shall mean those
individuals to whom Awards have been granted from time to time and
any authorized transferee of such individuals.
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(h)
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“Performance Award” means an Award
the grant, issuance, retention, vesting and/or settlement of which
is subject to satisfaction of one or more of the Qualifying
Performance Criteria specified in Section 10(b).
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(i)
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“Plan” means this Intel Corporation
2006 Equity Incentive Plan.
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(j)
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“Share” shall mean a share of common
stock, $.001 par value, of the Corporation or the number and kind
of shares of stock or other securities which shall be substituted
or adjusted for such shares as provided in Section 11.
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(k)
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“Subsidiary” means any corporation
or entity in which Intel Corporation owns or controls, directly or
indirectly, fifty percent (50%) or more of the voting power or
economic interests of such corporation or entity.
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3. ADMINISTRATION
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(a)
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Composition of Committee.
This Plan shall be administered by
the Committee. The Committee shall consist of two or more Outside
Directors who shall be appointed by the Board of Directors. The
Board of Directors shall fill vacancies on the Committee and may
from time to time remove or add members of the Committee. The Board
of Directors, in its sole discretion, may exercise any authority of
the Committee under this Plan in lieu of the Committee’s
exercise thereof, and in such instances references herein to the
Committee shall refer to the Board of Directors.
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(b)
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Delegation and Administration.
The Committee may delegate to one or
more separate committees (any such committee a
“Subcommittee”) composed of one or more directors of
the Corporation (who may but need not be members of the Committee)
the ability to grant Awards and take the other actions described in
Section 3(c) with respect to Participants who are not executive
officers, and such actions shall be treated for all purposes as if
taken by the Committee. The Committee may delegate to a
Subcommittee of one or more officers of the Corporation the ability
to grant Awards and take the other actions described in Section
3(c) with respect to Participants (other than any such officers
themselves) who are not directors or executive officers, provided
however that the resolution so authorizing such officer(s) shall
specify the total number of rights or options such Subcommittee may
so award, and such actions shall be treated for all purposes as if
taken by the Committee. Any action by any such Subcommittee within
the scope of such delegation shall be deemed for all purposes to
have been taken by the Committee, and references in this Plan to
the Committee shall include any such Subcommittee. The Committee
may delegate the administration of the Plan to an officer or
officers of the Corporation, and such administrator(s) may have the
authority to execute and distribute agreements or other documents
evidencing or relating to Awards granted by the Committee under
this Plan, to maintain records relating to the grant, vesting,
exercise, forfeiture or expiration of Awards, to process or oversee
the issuance of Shares upon the exercise, vesting and/or settlement
of an Award, to interpret the terms of Awards and to take such
other actions as the Committee may specify. Any action by any such
administrator within the scope of its delegation shall be deemed
for all purposes to have been taken by the Committee and references
in this Plan to the Committee shall include any such administrator,
provided that the actions and interpretations of any such
administrator shall be subject to review and approval, disapproval
or modification by the Committee.
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(c)
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Powers of the Committee. Subject to the express provisions and
limitations set forth in this Plan, the Committee shall be
authorized and empowered to do all things necessary or desirable,
in its sole discretion, in connection with the administration of
this Plan, including, without limitation, the following:
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(i)
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to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and
regulations relating to this Plan and to define terms not otherwise
defined herein;
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(ii)
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to determine which persons are eligible to be
Participants, to which of such persons, if any, Awards shall be
granted hereunder and the timing of any such Awards, and to grant
Awards;
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(iii)
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to grant Awards to Participants and determine
the terms and conditions thereof, including the number of Shares
subject to Awards and the exercise or purchase price of such Shares
and the circumstances under which Awards become exercisable or
vested or are forfeited or expire, which terms may but need not be
conditioned upon the passage of time, continued employment, the
satisfaction of performance criteria, the occurrence of certain
events, or other factors;
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(iv)
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to establish or verify the extent of
satisfaction of any performance goals or other conditions
applicable to the grant, issuance, exercisability, vesting and/or
ability to retain any Award;
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(v)
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to prescribe and amend the terms of the
agreements or other documents evidencing Awards made under this
Plan (which need not be identical);
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(vi)
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to determine whether, and the extent to which,
adjustments are required pursuant to Section 11;
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to interpret and construe this Plan, any rules
and regulations under this Plan and the terms and conditions of any
Award granted hereunder, and to make exceptions to any such
provisions in good faith and for the benefit of the Corporation;
and
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to make all other determinations deemed
necessary or advisable for the administration of this
Plan.
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(d)
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Effect of Change in Status.
The Committee shall have the
discretion to determine the effect upon an Award and upon an
individual’s status as an employee under the Plan (including
whether a Participant shall be deemed to have experienced a
termination of employment or other change in status) and upon the
vesting, expiration or forfeiture of an Award in the case of (i)
any individual who is employed by an entity that ceases to be a
Subsidiary of the Corporation, (ii) any leave of absence approved
by the Corporation or a Subsidiary, (iii) any transfer between
locations of employment with the Corporation or a Subsidiary or
between the Corporation and any Subsidiary or between any
Subsidiaries, (iv) any change in the Participant’s status
from an employee to a consultant or member of the Board of
Directors, or vice versa, and (v) at the request of the Corporation
or a Subsidiary, any employee who becomes employed by any
partnership, joint venture, corporation or other entity not meeting
the requirements of a Subsidiary.
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(e)
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Determinations of the Committee.
All decisions, determinations and
interpretations by the Committee regarding this Plan shall be final
and binding on all Participants or other persons claiming rights
under the Plan or any Award. The Committee shall consider such
factors as it deems relevant to making such decisions,
determinations and interpretations including, without limitation,
the recommendations or advice of any director, officer or employee
of the Corporation and such attorneys, consultants and accountants
as it may select. A Participant or other holder of an Award may
contest a decision or action by the Committee with respect to such
person or Award only on the grounds that such decision or action
was arbitrary or capricious or was unlawful, and any review of such
decision or action shall be limited to determining whether the
Committee’s decision or action was arbitrary or capricious or
was unlawful.
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4. PARTICIPANTS
Awards under the Plan may be granted to any
person who is an employee or Outside Director of the Corporation.
Outside Directors may be granted Awards only pursuant to Section 9
of the Plan. The status of the Chairman of the Board of Directors
as an employee or Outside Director shall be determined by the
Committee. Any person designated by the Corporation as an
independent contractor shall not be treated as an employee and
shall not be eligible for Awards under the Plan.
5. EFFECTIVE DATE AND EXPIRATION OF
PLAN
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Effective Date. This Plan was approved by the Board of Directors
on February 23, 2006 and became effective on May 17,
2006.
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(b)
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Expiration Date. The Plan shall remain available for the grant of
Awards until June 30, 2012 or such earlier date as the Board of
Directors may determine. The expiration of the Committee’s
authority to grant Awards under the Plan will not affect the
operation of the terms of the Plan or the Corporation’s and
Participants’ rights and obligations with respect to Awards
granted on or prior to the expiration date of the Plan.
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6. SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN
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(a)
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Aggregate Limits. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 11,
the aggregate number of Shares authorized for issuance as Awards
under the Plan is 428,000,000, of which no more than an
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aggregate of 253,000,000 Shares may
be issued as restricted stock or restricted stock units and no more
than an aggregate of 175,000,000 Shares shall be available for
issuance as stock options under any program providing for stock
option grants that vest in full in five or more years and that have
a maximum term of ten years. In the event that stockholders approve
an option exchange program proposed for the 2009 Annual
Stockholders’ Meeting, the aggregate number of Shares
authorized for issuance as Awards shall in addition be increased by
the number of shares issuable upon exercise of the options granted
in the option exchange program (the "Exchange Program Options"),
but in any case by no more than an additional 235,000,000 Shares;
provided further that any such additional Shares that are not
issued under the Exchange Program Options for any reason (including
upon forfeiture or expiration of an Exchange Program Option) shall
not again be available for issuance as Awards under the Plan. The
Shares subject to the Plan may be either Shares reacquired by the
Corporation, including Shares purchased in the open market, or
authorized but unissued Shares. Any Shares subject to an Award
which for any reason expires or terminates unexercised or is not
earned in full may again be made subject to an Award under the
Plan. The following Shares may not again be made available for
issuance as Awards under the Plan: (i) Shares not issued or
delivered as a result of the net settlement of an outstanding Stock
Appreciation Right, (ii) Shares used to pay the exercise price or
withholding taxes related to an outstanding Award, or (iii) Shares
repurchased on the open market with the proceeds of the option
exercise price.
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Tax Code Limits. The aggregate number of Shares subject to stock
options or stock appreciation rights granted under this Plan during
any calendar year to any one Participant shall not exceed
3,000,000. The aggregate number of Shares subject to restricted
stock or restricted stock unit Awards granted under this Plan
during any calendar year to any one Participant shall not exceed
2,000,000. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Plan,
the foregoing limitations shall be subject to adjustment under
Section 11, but only to the extent that such adjustment will not
affect the status of any Award intended to qualify as
“performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m)
of the Code. The aggregate number of Shares issued pursuant to
incentive stock options granted under the Plan shall not exceed
428,000,000, which limitation shall be subject to adjustment under
Section 11 only to the extent that such adjustment is consistent
with adjustments permitted of a plan authorizing incentive stock
options under Section 422 of the Code.
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7. PLAN AWARDS
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Award Types. The Committee, on behalf of the Corporation, is
authorized under this Plan to grant, award and enter into the
following arrangements or benefits under the Plan provided that
their terms and conditions are not inconsistent with the provisions
of the Plan: stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted
stock and restricted stock units. Such arrangements and benefits
are sometimes referred to herein as “Awards.” The
Committee, in its discretion, may determine that any Award granted
hereunder shall be a Performance Award.
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Stock Options. A “Stock Option” is a right to
purchase a number of Shares at such exercise price, at such times,
and on such other terms and conditions as are specified in or
determined pursuant to the document(s) evidencing the Award (the
“Option Agreement”). The Committee may grant Stock
Options intended to be eligible to qualify as incentive stock
options (“ISOs”) pursuant to Section 422 of the Code
and Stock Options that are not intended to qualify as ISOs
(“Non-qualified Stock Options”), as it, in its sole
discretion, shall determine.
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Stock Appreciation Rights.
A “Stock Appreciation
Right” or “SAR” is a right to receive, in cash or
stock (as determined by the Committee), value with respect to a
specific number of Shares equal to or otherwise based on the excess
of (i) the market value of a Share at the time of exercise over
(ii) the exercise price of the right, subject to such terms and
conditions as are expressed in the document(s) evidencing the Award
(the “SAR Agreement”).
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Restricted Stock. A “Restricted Stock” Award is an
award of Shares, the grant, issuance, retention and/or vesting of
which is subject to such conditions as are expressed in the
document(s) evidencing the Award (the “Restricted Stock
Agreement”).
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Restricted Stock Unit. A “Restricted Stock Unit” Award is
an award of a right to receive, in cash or stock (as determined by
the Committee) the market value of one Share, the grant, issuance,
retention and/or vesting of which is subject to such conditions as
are expressed in the document(s) evidencing the Award (the
“Restricted Stock Unit Agreement”).
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Grants of Awards. An Award may consist of one of the foregoing
arrangements or benefits or two or more of them in tandem or in the
alternative.
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8. EMPLOYEE PARTICIPANT
AWARDS
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Grant, Terms and Conditions of Stock Options and
SARs
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The Committee may grant Stock
Options or SARs at any time and from time to time prior to the
expiration of the Plan to eligible employee Participants selected
by the Committee. No Participant shall have any rights as a
stockholder with respect to any Shares subject to Stock Options or
SARs hereunder until said Shares have been issued. Each Stock
Option or SAR shall be evidenced only by such agreements, notices
and/or terms or conditions documented in such form (including by
electronic communications) as may be approved by the Committee.
Each Stock Option grant will expressly identify the Stock Option as
an ISO or as a Non-qualified Stock Option. Stock Options or SARs
granted pursuant to the Plan need not be identical but each must
contain or be subject to the following terms and
conditions:
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Price. The purchase price (also referred to as the
exercise price) under each Stock Option or SAR granted hereunder
shall be established by the Committee. The purchase price per Share
shall not be less than 100% of the market value of a Share on the
date of grant. For purposes of the Plan, “market value”
shall mean the average of the high and low sales prices of the
Corporation’s common stock. The exercise price of a Stock
Option shall be paid in cash or in such other form if and to the
extent permitted by the Committee, including without limitation by
delivery of already owned Shares, withholding (either actually or
by attestation) of Shares otherwise issuable under such Stock
Option and/or by payment under a broker-assisted sale and
remittance program acceptable to the Committee.
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No Repricing. Other than in connection with a change in the
Corporation's capitalization or other transaction as described in
Section 11(a) through (d) of the Plan, at any time when the
purchase price of a Stock Option or SAR is above the market value
of a Share, the Corporation shall not, without stockholder
approval, reduce the exercise price of such Stock Option or SAR and
shall not exchange such Stock Option or SAR for a new Award with a
lower (or no) purchase price or for cash.
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No Reload Grants. Stock Options shall not be granted under the
Plan in consideration for and shall not be conditioned upon the
delivery of Shares to the Corporation in payment of the exercise
price and/or tax withholding obligation under any other employee
stock option.
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Duration, Exercise and Termination of Stock
Options and SARs. Each
Stock Option or SAR shall be exercisable at such time and in such
installments during the period prior to the expiration of the Stock
Option or SAR as determined by the Committee. The Committee shall
have the right to make the timing of the ability to exercise any
Stock Option or SAR subject to continued employment, the passage of
time and/or such performance requirements as deemed appropriate by
the Committee. At any time after the grant of a Stock Option, the
Committee may reduce or eliminate any restrictions on the
Participant’s right to exercise all or part of the Stock
Option, except that no Stock Option shall first become exercisable
within one (1) year from its date of grant, other than upon the
death, disability or retirement of the person to whom the Stock
Option was granted, in each case as specified in the Option
Agreement.
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Each Stock Option or SAR that vests
in full in less than five (5) years (standard grants) must expire
within a period of not more than seven (7) years from the grant
date and each Stock Option or SAR that vests in full in five (5) or
more years (long-term retention grants) must expire within a period
of not more than ten (10) years from the grant date. In each case,
the Option Agreement or SAR Agreement may provide for expiration
prior to the end of the stated term of the Award in the event of
the termination of employment or service of the Participant to whom
it was granted.
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Suspension or Termination of Stock Options and
SARs. If at any time
(including after a notice of exercise has been delivered) the
Committee, including any Subcommittee or administrator authorized
pursuant to Section 3(b) (any such person, an “Authorized
Officer”), reasonably believes that a Participant, other than
an Outside Director, has committed an act of misconduct as
described in this Section, the Authorized Officer may suspend the
Participant’s right to exercise any Stock Option or SAR
pending a determination of whether an act of misconduct has been
committed. If the Committee or an Authorized Officer determines a
Participant, other than an Outside Director, has committed an act
of embezzlement, fraud, dishonesty, nonpayment of any obligation
owed to Intel, breach of fiduciary duty or deliberate disregard of
Corporation rules resulting in loss, damage or injury to the
Corporation, or if a Participant makes an unauthorized disclosure
of any Corporation trade secret or confidential information,
engages in any conduct constituting unfair competition, induces any
customer to breach a contract with the Corporation or induces any
principal for whom Intel acts as agent to terminate such agency
relationship, neither the Participant nor his or her estate shall
be entitled to exercise any Stock Option or SAR whatsoever. In
addition, for
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