Exhibit 10.29
Integral
Technologies, Inc. 2009 Stock Plan
1.1
Establishment . Effective as provided in Section
17, Integral Technologies, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the
“Company”), hereby establishes this plan of stock-based
compensation incentives for selected Eligible Participants of the
Company and its affiliated corporations. This Plan shall
be known as the Integral Technologies, Inc. 2009 Stock Plan (the
“Plan”).
1.2
Purpose . The purpose of this Plan is to promote
the best interest of the Company, and its stockholders by providing
a means of non-cash remuneration to selected Eligible
Participants.
The following definitions shall be applicable to
the terms used in this Plan:
2.1
“Affiliated Corporation” means any corporation
that is either a parent corporation with respect to the Company or
a subsidiary corporation with respect to the Company (within the
meaning of Sections 424(e) and (f), respectively, of the Internal
Revenue Code).
2.2
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as it may be amended from time to time.
2.3
“Committee” means a committee designated by the
Board of Directors to administer this Plan or, if no committee is
so designated, the Board of Directors. Any Committee
member who is also an Eligible Participant may receive an Option or
Stock Award only if he abstains from voting in favor of a grant to
himself, and the grant is determined and approved by the remaining
Committee members. The Board of Directors, in its sole discretion,
may at any time remove any member of the Committee and appoint
another Director to fill any vacancy on the Committee.
2.4
“Common Stock” means the Company's $.001 par
value common stock.
2.5
“Company” means Integral Technologies, Inc., a
Nevada corporation.
2.6
“Effective Date” means the effective date of
this Plan, as set forth in Section 17 hereof.
2.7
“Eligible Participant” means any employee,
director, officer, consultant, or advisor of the Company who is
determined (in accordance with the provisions of Section 4 hereof)
to be eligible to receive an Option or Stock Award
hereunder.
2.8
“Option” means the grant to an Eligible
Participant of a right to acquire shares of Common
Stock.
2.9
“Plan” means this Integral Technologies, Inc.
2009 Stock Plan dated July 14, 2009.
2.10
“Stock Award” means the grant to an Eligible
Participant of shares of Common Stock issuable directly under this
Plan rather than upon exercise of an Option.
Wherever appropriate, words used in this Plan in
the singular may mean the plural, the plural may mean the singular,
and the masculine may mean the feminine.
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ADOPTION AND
ADMINISTRATION OF THIS PLAN
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Upon adoption by the Company's Board of
Directors, this Plan became effective as of July 14th,
2009. In the absence of contrary action by the Board of
Directors, and except for action taken by the Committee pursuant to
Section 4 in connection with the determination of Eligible
Participants, any action taken by the Committee or by the Board of
Directors with respect to the implementation, interpretation or
administration of this Plan shall be final, conclusive and
binding.
The Committee shall determine at any time and
from time to time after the effective date of this
Plan: (i) the Eligible Participants; (ii) the number of
shares of Common Stock issuable directly or to be granted pursuant
to an Option; (iii) the price per share at which each Option may be
exercised, in cash or cancellation of fees for services for which
the Company is liable, if applicable, or the value per share if a
direct issue of stock pursuant to a Stock Award; and (iv) the terms
on which each Option may be granted. Such determination,
as may from time to time be amended or altered at the sole
discretion of the Committee. Notwithstanding the
provisions of Section 3 hereof, no such determination by the
Committee shall be final, conclusive and binding upon the Company
unless and until the Board of Directors has approved the same;
provided, however, that if the Committee is composed of a majority
of the persons then comprising the Board of Directors of the
Company, such approval by the Board of Directors shall not be
necessary.
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GRANT OF
OPTION OR STOCK AWARD
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Subject to the terms and provisions of this
Plan, the terms and conditions under which an Option or Stock Award
may be granted to an Eligible Participant shall be set forth in a
written agreement (i.e., a Consulting Agreement, Services
Agreement, Fee Agreement, or Employment Agreement) or, if an
Option, a written Grant of Option in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit A (which may contain such modifications thereto and
such other provisions as the Committee, in its sole discretion, may
determine).
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TOTAL NUMBER
OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
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The total number of shares of Common Stock
reserved for issuance by the Company either directly as Stock
Awards or underlying Options granted under this Plan shall not be
more than 4,000,000. The total number of shares of
Common Stock reserved for such issuance may be increased only by a
resolution adopted by the Board of Directors and amendment of this
Plan. Such Common Stock may be authorized and unissued
or reacquired Common Stock of the Company.
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PURCHASE OF
SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
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7.1 As
soon as practicable after the determination by the Committee and
approval by the Board of Directors (if necessary, pursuant to
Section 4 hereof) of the Eligible Participants and the number of
shares an Eligible Participant may be issued directly as a Stock
Award or eligible to purchase pursuant to an Option, the Committee
shall give written notice thereof to each Eligible Participant,
which notice may be accompanied by the Grant of Option, if
appropriate, to be executed by such Eligible
Participant.
7.2 The
negotiated cost basis of stock issued directly as a Stock Award or
the exercise price for each Option to purchase shares of Common
Stock pursuant to paragraph 7.1 shall be as determined by the
Committee, it being understood that the price so determined by the
Committee may vary from one Eligible Participant to
another. In computing the negotiated direct issue price
as a Stock Award or the Option exercise price per share of Common
Stock, the Committee shall take into consideration, among other
factors, the restrictions set forth in Section 11
hereof.
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TERMS AND
CONDITIONS OF OPTIONS
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The Committee shall determine the terms and
conditions of each Option granted to Eligible Participants, which
terms shall be set forth in writing. The terms and
conditions so set by the Committee may vary from one Eligible
Participant to another. In the event that all the
Committee approves an Option permitting deferred payments, the
Eligible Participant's obligation to pay for such Common Stock may
be evidenced by a promissory note executed by such Eligible
Participant and containing such modifications thereto and such
other provisions as the Committee, in its sole discretion, may
determine.
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DELIVERY OF
SHARES OF COMMON STOCK UPON EXERCISE OF OPTION
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The Company shall deliver to each Eligible
Participant such number of shares of Common Stock as such Eligible
Participant is entitled to receive pursuant to a Stock Award or
elects to purchase upon exercise of the Option. Such
shares, which shall be fully paid and nonassessable upon the
issuance thereof (unless a portion or all of the purchase price
shall be paid on a deferred basis) shall be represented by a
certificate or certificates registered in the name of the Eligible
Participant and stamped with an appropriate legend referring to the
restrictions thereon, if any. Subject to the terms and
provisions of the Nevada General Corporation Law and the written
agreement to which he is a party, an Eligible Participant shall
have all the rights of a stockholder with respect to such shares,
including the right to vote the shares and to receive all dividends
or other distributions paid or made with respect thereto (except to
the extent such Eligible Participant defaults under a promissory
note, if any, evidencing the deferred purchase price for such
shares), provided that such shares shall be subject to the
restrictions hereinafter set forth. In the event of a
merger or consolidation to which the Company is a party, or of any
other acquisition of a majority of the issued and outstanding
shares of Common Stock of the Company involving an exchange or a
substitution of stock of an acquiring corporation for Common Stock
of the Company, or of any transfer of all or substantially all of
the assets of the Company in exchange for stock of an acquiring
corporation, a determination as to whether the stock of the
acquiring corporation so received shall be subject to the
restrictions set forth in Section 11 shall be made solely by the
acquiring corporation.
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RIGHTS OF
EMPLOYEES; ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS
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10.1
Employment . Nothing contained in this Plan or in
any Option or Stock Award granted under this Plan shall confer upon
any Eligible Participant any right with respect to the continuation
of his or her employment by the Company or any Affiliated
Corporation, or interfere in any way with the right of the Company
or any Affiliated Corporation, subject to the terms of any separate
employment agreement to the contrary, at any time to terminate such
employment or to increase or decrease the compensation of the
Eligible Participant from the rate in existence at the time of the
grant of an Option or Stock Award. Whether an authorized
leave of absence, or absence in military or government service,
shall constitute termination of employment shall be determined by
the Committee at the time.
10.2
Non-transferability . No right or interest of any
Eligible Participant in an Option or Stock Award shall be
assignable or transferable during the lifetime of the Eligible
Participant, either voluntarily or involuntarily, or
subjecte