Exhibit 99.1
NEUROMETRIX, INC.
2009 NON-QUALIFIED INDUCEMENT
STOCK PLAN
SECTION 1.
GENERAL
PURPOSE OF THE PLAN; DEFINITIONS
The name of the plan is the
NeuroMetrix, Inc. 2009 Non-Qualified Inducement Stock Plan
(the “Plan”). The purpose of the Plan is to
encourage and enable employees, including prospective employees, of
NeuroMetrix, Inc. (the “Company”) and its
Subsidiaries upon whose judgment, initiative and efforts the
Company largely depends for the successful conduct of its business
to acquire a proprietary interest in the Company. It is
anticipated that providing such persons with a direct stake in the
Company’s welfare will assure a closer identification of
their interests with those of the Company, thereby stimulating
their efforts on the Company’s behalf and strengthening their
desire to remain with the Company. The Company intends that
the Plan be reserved for persons to whom the Company may issue
securities without stockholder approval as an inducement pursuant
to Rule 5635(c)(4), or any successor rule, of the
Rules of The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
(“Nasdaq”). The Company intends that this purpose
will be effected by the granting of Awards (as defined below) under
the Plan.
The following terms shall be defined
as set forth below:
“Act”
means the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, and the rules and regulations
thereunder.
“Administrator”
is defined in
Section 2(a).
“Award”
or “Awards,”
except where referring to a particular category of grant under the
Plan, shall include Non-Qualified Stock Options, Restricted Stock
Awards and Unrestricted Stock Awards.
“Board”
means the Board of Directors of the
Company.
“Code”
means the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended, and any successor Code, and related rules,
regulations and interpretations.
“Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board or
a similar committee performing the functions of the Compensation
Committee and that is comprised of not less than two Non-Employee
Directors who are independent, which committee satisfies the
requirements of Rule 5635(c)(4), or any successor rule, of the
Rules of Nasdaq.
“Effective
Date” means the
date on which the Plan is approved by the Board as set forth in
Section 14.
“Exchange
Act” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations thereunder.
“Fair Market
Value” of the Stock
on any given date means the fair market value of the Stock
determined in good faith by the Administrator; provided, however,
that if the Stock is traded on a national securities exchange the
Fair Market Value of the Stock will equal the closing sales price
as reported on the principal exchange or market for the Stock on
such date. If there is no trading on such date, the
determination shall be made by reference to the last date preceding
such date for which there was trading.
“Non-Employee
Director” means a
member of the Board who is not also an employee of the Company or
any Subsidiary.
“Non-Qualified Stock
Option” means any
Stock Option that is not an “incentive stock option” as
defined in Section 422 of the Code.
“Option”
or “Stock
Option” means any option to purchase shares of Stock
granted pursuant to Section 5.
“Restricted Stock
Award” means Awards
granted pursuant to Section 6.
“Section 409A”
means Section 409A of the Code
and the regulations and other guidance promulgated
thereunder.
“Stock”
means the Common Stock, par value
$0.0001 per share, of the Company, subject to adjustments pursuant
to Section 3.
“Subsidiary” means any corporation or other entity (other
than the Company) in which the Company has a controlling interest,
either directly or indirectly.
“Unrestricted Stock
Award” means any
Award granted pursuant to Section 7.
SECTION 2.
ADMINISTRATION
OF PLAN; ADMINISTRATOR AUTHORITY TO SELECT GRANTEES AND DETERMINE
AWARDS
(a)
Committee . The Plan shall be administered by the
Compensation Committee (the
“Administrator”).
(b)
Powers of
Administrator . The
Administrator shall have the power and authority to grant Awards
consistent with the terms of the Plan, including the power and
authority:
(i)
to select the
individuals to whom Awards may from time to time be
granted;
(ii)
to determine the
time or times of grant, and the extent, if any, of Non-Qualified
Stock Options, Restricted Stock Awards and Unrestricted Stock
Awards, or any combination of the foregoing, granted to any one or
more grantees;
(iii)
to determine the
number of shares of Stock to be covered by any Award;
(iv)
to determine and
modify from time to time the terms and conditions, including
restrictions, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, of any
Award, which terms and
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conditions may differ among
individual Awards and grantees, and to approve the form of written
instruments evidencing the Awards;
(v)
to accelerate at
any time the exercisability or vesting of all or any portion of any
Award;
(vi)
subject to the
provisions of Section 5(a)(ii), to extend at any time the
period in which Stock Options may be exercised; and
(vii)
at any time to
adopt, alter and repeal such rules, guidelines and practices for
administration of the Plan and for its own acts and proceedings as
it shall deem advisable; to interpret the terms and provisions of
the Plan and any Award (including related written instruments); to
make all determinations it deems advisable for the administration
of the Plan; to decide all disputes arising in connection with the
Plan; and to otherwise supervise the administration of the
Plan.
All decisions and interpretations of
the Administrator shall be binding on all persons, including the
Company and Plan grantees.
(c)
Indemnification
. Neither the Board nor the
Committee, nor any member of either or any delegatee thereof, shall
be liable for any act, omission, interpretation, construction or
determination made in good faith in connection with the Plan, and
the members of the Board and the Committee (and any delegatee
thereof) shall be entitled in all cases to indemnification and
reimbursement by the Company in respect of any claim, loss, damage
or expense (including, without limitation, reasonable
attorneys’ fees) arising or resulting therefrom to the
fullest extent permitted by law and/or under the Company’s
organizational documents or any directors’ and
officers’ liability insurance coverage which may be in effect
from time to time and/or any indemnification agreement between such
individual and the Company.
SECTION 3.
STOCK ISSUABLE
UNDER THE PLAN; MERGERS; SUBSTITUTION
(a)
Stock Issuable
. The Administrator shall
determine the number of shares of Stock to be granted pursuant to
Awards under the Plan. The shares available for issuance
under the Plan may be authorized but unissued shares of Stock or
shares of Stock reacquired by the Company.
(b)
Changes in Stock
. Subject to
Section 3(c) hereof, if, as a result of any
reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, stock dividend,
stock split, reverse stock split or other similar change in the
Company’s capital stock, the outstanding shares of Stock are
increased or decreased or are exchanged for a different number or
kind of shares or other securities of the Company, or additional
shares or new or different shares or other securities of the
Company or other non-cash assets are distributed with respect to
such shares of Stock or other securities, or, if, as a result of
any merger or consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of
the assets of the Company, the outstanding shares of Stock are
converted into or exchanged for a different number or kind of
securities of the Company or any successor entity (or a parent or
subsidiary thereof), the Administrator shall make an appropriate or
proportionate adjustment in (i) the number and kind of shares
or other securities subject to any then outstanding Awards under
the Plan, (ii) the repurchase price, if any, per share subject
to each outstanding Restricted
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Stock Award, and (iii) the price for each
share subject to any then outstanding Stock Options under the Plan,
without changing the aggregate exercise price (i.e., the exercise
price multiplied by the number of Stock Options) as to which such
Stock Options remain exercisable. The adjustment by the
Administrator shall be final, binding and conclusive. No
fractional shares of Stock shall be issued under the Plan resulting
from any such adjustment, but the Administrator in its discretion
may make a cash payment in lieu of fractional shares.
The Administrator shall also adjust
the number of shares subject to outstanding Awards and the exercise
price and the terms of outstanding Awards to take into
consideration material changes in accounting practices or
principles, extraordinary dividends, acquisitions or dispositions
of stock or property or any other event if it is determined by the
Administrator that such adjustment is appropriate to avoid
distortion in the operation of the Plan.
(c)
Mergers and Other
Transactions . In
the case of and subject to the consummation of (i) the
dissolution or liquidation of the Company, (ii) the sale of
all or substantially all of the assets of the Company on a
consolidated basis to an unrelated person or entity, (iii) a
merger, reorganization or consolidation in which the outstanding
shares of Stock are converted into or exchanged for a different
kind of securities of the successor entity and the holders of the
Company’s outstanding voting power immediately prior to such
transaction do not own a majority of the outstanding voting power
of the successor entity immediately upon completion of such
transaction, or (iv) the sale of all of the Stock of the
Company to an unrelated person or entity (in each case, a
“Sale Event”), the Plan and all outstanding Awards
granted hereunder shall terminate, unless provision is made in
connection with the Sale Event in the sole discretion of the
parties thereto for the assumption or continuation of Awards
theretofore granted by the successor entity, or the substitution of
such Awards with new Awards of the successor entity or parent
thereof, with appropriate adjustment as to the number and kind of
shares and, if appropriate, the per share exercise prices, as such
parties shall agree. In the event of such termination, all
Options that are not exercisable immediately prior to the effective
time of the Sale Event shall become fully exercisable as of the
effective time of the Sale Event and all other Awards shall become
fully vested and nonforfeitable as of the effective time of the
Sale Event, except as the Administrator may otherwise specify with
respect to particular Awards in the relevant Award documentation,
and each grantee shall be permitted, within a specified period of
time prior to the consummation of the Sale Event as determined by
the Administrator, to exercise all outstanding Options held by such
grantee, including those that will become exercisable upon the
consummation of the Sale Event; provided, however, that the
exercise of Options not exercisable prior to the Sale Event shall
be subject to the consummation of the Sale Event.
Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Section 3(c), in the event of a Sale Event
pursuant to which holders of the Stock of the Company will receive
upon consummation thereof a cash payment for each share surrendered
in the Sale Event, the Company shall have the right, but not the
obligation, to make or provide for a cash payment to the grantees
holding Options, in exchange for the cancellation thereof, in an
amount equal to the difference between (A) the value as
determined by the Administrator of the consideration payable per
share of Stock pursuant to the Sale Event (the “Sale
Price”) times the number of shares of Stock subject to
outstanding Options (to the extent then exercisable at prices not
in excess of the Sale Price) and (B) the aggregate exercise
price of all such outstanding Options.
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SECTION 4.
ELIGIBILITY
Awards may be granted only to
persons to whom the Company may issue securities without
stockholder approval in accordance with Rule 5635(c)(4), or
any successor rule, of the Rules of Nasdaq (“
Eligible Persons ”).
SECTION 5.
STOCK
OPTIONS
Any Stock Option granted under the
Plan s