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PURPOSE AND ADOPTION OF THE CRITICAL DIGITAL DATA, INC. 2009 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

Equity Incentive Plan Agreement

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Title: PURPOSE AND ADOPTION OF THE CRITICAL DIGITAL DATA, INC. 2009 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
Governing Law: Nevada     Date: 5/14/2009

PURPOSE AND ADOPTION OF THE

CRITICAL DIGITAL DATA, INC. 2009 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN, Parties: critical digital data  inc.
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Exhibit 10.1

 

ARTICLE 1.

 

PURPOSE AND ADOPTION OF THE

CRITICAL DIGITAL DATA, INC. 2009 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

 

1.1

Purpose.   The purpose of the Critical Digital Data, Inc. 2009 Stock Incentive Plan (hereinafter referred to as the “ Plan ”) is to assist in attracting and retaining highly competent key employees, non-employee directors and consultants and to act as an incentive in motivating selected key employees, non-employee directors and consultants of Critical Digital Data, Inc. and its Subsidiaries (as defined below) to achieve long-term corporate objectives.

 

1.2

Adoption and Term.   The Plan has been approved by the Board of Directors (hereinafter referred to as the “ Board ”) of Critical Digital Data, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as the “ Company ”), to be effective as of the date the Plan is approved by the Board (the “ Effective Date ”), subject to the approval of the stockholders of the Company solely for any Incentive Stock Options (as defined below).  The Plan shall remain in effect until terminated by action of the Board; provided, however, that no Incentive Stock Option (as defined below) may be granted hereunder after the tenth anniversary of the Effective Date and the provisions of Articles VII and VIII with respect to performance-based awards to “covered employees” under Section 162(m) of the Code (as defined below) shall expire as of the fifth anniversary of the Effective Date.  The Company intends that any grant, award or other acquisition of the Company’s securities pursuant to the Plan to any officer and/or director of the Company shall be exempt from Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act.

 

ARTICLE 2.

 

DEFINITIONS

 

For the purposes of this Plan, capitalized terms shall have the following meanings:

 

2.1

Award means any grant to a Participant of one or a combination of Non-Qualified Stock Options or Incentive Stock Options, and Stock Appreciation Rights described in Article 6, Restricted Shares described in Article 7 and Performance Awards described in Article 8.

 

2.2

Award Agreement means a written agreement between the Company and a Participant or a written notice from the Company to a Participant specifically setting forth the terms and conditions of an Award granted under the Plan.

 

2.3

Award Period means, with respect to an Award, the period of time set forth in the Award Agreement during which specified target performance goals must be achieved or other conditions set forth in the Award Agreement must be satisfied.

 

2.4

Beneficiary means an individual, trust or estate who or which, by a written designation of the Participant filed with the Company or by operation of law, succeeds to the rights and obligations of the Participant under the Plan and an Award Agreement upon the Participant’s death.

 

2.5

Board means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

2.6

Change in Control means, and shall be deemed to have occurred upon the occurrence of, any one of the following events:

 

 

(a)

Consummation by the Company of a reorganization, merger, consolidation or similar transaction (a “Reorganization Transaction”), in each case, unless, immediately following such Reorganization Transaction, more than 50% of, respectively, the outstanding shares of common stock (or similar equity security) of the corporation or other entity resulting from or surviving such Reorganization Transaction and the combined voting power of the securities of such corporation or other entity entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, is then beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by the individuals and entities who were the respective beneficial owners of the Outstanding Common Stock and the Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Reorganization Transaction in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the Outstanding Common Stock and Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Reorganization Transaction; or

 

 

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(b)

Consummation by the Company of (i) a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company or (ii) the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to a corporation or other entity, unless, with respect to such corporation or other entity, immediately following such sale or other disposition more than 50% of, respectively, the outstanding shares of common stock (or similar equity security) of such corporation or other entity and the combined voting power of the securities of such corporation or other entity entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, is then beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by the individuals and entities who were the respective beneficial owners of the Outstanding Common Stock and the Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such sale or disposition in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the Outstanding Common Stock and Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such sale or disposition.

 

2.7

Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.  References to a section of the Code include that section and any comparable section or sections of any future legislation that amends, supplements or supersedes said section.

 

2.8

Committee means the committee established in accordance with Section 3.1.

 

2.9

Company means Critical Digital Data, Inc., a Nevada corporation, and its successors.

 

2.10

Common Stock means Common Stock of the Company, par value $.001 per share.

 

2.11

Company Voting Securities means the combined voting power of all outstanding securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the Company.

 

2.12

Date of Grant means the date designated by the Committee as the date as of which it grants an Award, which shall not be earlier than the date on which the Committee approves the granting of such Award.

 

2.13

Effective Date shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 1.2.

 

2.14

Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

2.15

Exercise Price means, with respect to a Stock Appreciation Right, the amount established by the Committee in the related Award Agreement as the amount to be subtracted from the Fair Market Value on the date of exercise in order to determine the amount of the payment to be made to the Participant, as further described in Section 6.2(b).

 

2.16

Fair Market Value means, as of any applicable date:  (i) if the Common Stock is listed on a national securities exchange or is authorized for quotation on The Nasdaq National Market System (“ NMS ”), the closing price, regular way, of the Common Stock on such exchange or NMS, as the case may be, on such date or if no sale of the Common Stock shall have occurred on such date, on the next preceding date on which there was such a reported sale; or (ii) if the Common Stock is not listed for trading on a national securities exchange or authorized for quotation on NMS, the closing bid price as reported by The Nasdaq SmallCap Market on such date, or if no such price shall have been reported for such date, on the next preceding date for which such price was so reported; or (iii) if the Common Stock is not listed for trading on a national securities exchange or authorized for quotation on NMS or The Nasdaq SmallCap Market (if applicable), the last reported bid price published in the “pink sheets” or displayed on the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (“ NASD ”) Electronic Bulletin Board, as the case may be; or (iv) if the Common Stock is not listed for trading on a national securities exchange, is not authorized for quotation on NMS or The Nasdaq SmallCap Market and is not published in the “pink sheets” or displayed on the NASD Electronic Bulletin Board, the fair market value of the Common Stock as determined in good faith by the Committee.

 

2.17

Incentive Stock Option means a stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.

 

2.18

Merger means any merger, reorganization, consolidation, share exchange, transfer of assets or other transaction having similar effect involving the Company.

 

2.19

Non-Employee Director means a member of the Board who (i) is not currently an officer or otherwise employed by the Company or a parent or a subsidiary of the Company, (ii) does not receive compensation directly or indirectly from the Company or a parent or a subsidiary of the Company for services rendered as a consultant or in any capacity other than as a director, except for an amount for which disclosure would not be required pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K, (iii) does not possess an interest in any other transaction for which disclosure would be required pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K, (iv) is not engaged in a business relationship for which disclosure would be required pursuant to Item 404(b) of Regulation S-K, and (v) qualifies as “Outside Director” pursuant to Section 162(m) of the Code.

 

 

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2.20

Non-Employee Director Option means a stock option granted to a Non-Employee Director in accordance with Section 6.1(a).

 

2.21

Non-Qualified Stock Option means a stock option which is not an Incentive Stock Option.

 

2.22

Options means all Non-Qualified Stock Options and Incentive Stock Options granted at any time under the Plan.

 

2.23

Outstanding Common Stock means, at any time, the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock.

 

2.24

Participant means a person designated to receive an Award under the Plan in accordance with Section 5.1.

 

2.25

Performance Awards means Awards granted in accordance with Article VIII.

 

2.26

Plan means the Critical Digital Data, Inc. 2007 Stock Incentive Plan as described herein, as the same may be amended from time to time.

 

2.27

Purchase Price , with respect to Options, shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(b).

 

2.28

Restricted Shares means Common Stock subject to restrictions imposed in connection with Awards granted under Article VII.

 

2.29

Retirement means early or normal retirement under a pension plan or arrangement of the Company or one of its Subsidiaries in which the Participant participates.

 

2.30

Stock Appreciation Rights means Awards granted in accordance with Article VI.

 

2.31

Subsidiary means a subsidiary of the Company within the meaning of Section 424(f) of the Code.

 

2.32

Termination of Employment means the voluntary or involuntary termination of a Participant’s employment with the Company or a Subsidiary for any reason, including death, disability, retirement or as the result of the divestiture of the Participant’s employer or any similar transaction in which the Participant’s employer ceases to be the Company or one of its Subsidiaries.  Whether entering military or other government service shall constitute Termination of Employment, or whether a Termination of Employment shall occur as a result of disability, shall be determined in each case by the Committee in its sole discretion.  In the case of a consultant who is not an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary, Termination of Employment shall mean voluntary or involuntary termination of the consulting relationship for any reason.  In the case of a Non-Employee Director, Termination of Employment shall mean voluntary or involuntary termination, non-election, removal or other act which results in such Non-Employee Director no longer serving in such capacity.

 

ARTICLE 3.

 

ADMINISTRATION

 

3.1

Committee.   The Plan shall be administered by a committee of the Board (the “ Committee ”).  The Committee shall have exclusive and final authority in each determination, interpretation or other action affecting the Plan and its Participants.  The Committee shall have the sole discretionary authority to interpret the Plan, to establish and modify administrative rules for the Plan, to impose such conditions and restrictions on Awards as it determines appropriate, and to take such steps in connection with the Plan and Awards granted hereunder as it may deem necessary or advisable.  The Committee may, subject to compliance with applicable legal requirements, with respect to Participants who are not subject to Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, delegate such of its powers and authority under the Plan as it deems appropriate to designated officers or employees of the Company.  In addition, the Board may exercise any of the authority conferred upon the Committee hereunder.  In the event of any such delegation of authority or exercise of authority by the Board, references in the Plan to the Committee shall be deemed to refer to the delegate of the Committee or the Board, as the case may be.

 

 

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ARTICLE 4.

 

SHARES

 

4.1

Number of Shares Issuable.   The total number of shares initially authorized to be issued under the Plan shall be one million (1,000,000) shares of Common Stock and are subject to adjustment pursuant to the terms of Section 9.7.  The number of shares available for issuance under the Plan shall be subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 9.7.  The shares to be offered under the Plan shall be authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock, or issued shares of Common Stock which will have been reacquired by the Company.

 

4.2

Shares Subject to Terminated Awards.   Shares of Common Stock covered by any unexercised portions of terminated Options (including canceled Options) granted under Article VI, shares of Common Stock forfeited as provided in Section 7.2(a) and shares of Common Stock subject to any Award that are otherwise surrendered by a Participant may be subject to new Awards under the Plan.  Shares of Common Stock subject to Options, or portions thereof, that have been surrendered in connection with the exercise of Stock Appreciation Rights shall not be available for subsequent Awards under the Plan, but shares of Common Stock issued in payment of such Stock Appreciation Rights shall not be charged against the number of shares of Common Stock available for the grant of Awards hereunder.

 

ARTICLE 5.

 

PARTICIPATION

 

5.1

Eligible Participants.   Participants in the Plan shall be such key employees, non-employee directors and consultants of the Company and its Subsidiaries, whether or not members of the Board, as the Committee, in its sole discretion, may designate from time to time.  The Committee’s designation of a Participant in any year shall not require the Committee to designate such person to receive Awards in any other year.  The designation of a Participant to receive an Award under one portion of the Plan does not require the Committee to include such Participant under other portions of the Plan.  The Committee shall consider such factors as it deems pertinent in selecting Participants and in determining the types and amounts of their respective Awards.

 

ARTICLE 6.

 

STOCK OPTIONS AND STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS

 

6.1

Option Awards.

 

 

(a)

Grant of Options.   The Committee may grant, to such Participants as the Committee may select, Options entitling the Participants to purchase shares of Common Stock from the Company in such numbers, at such prices, and on such terms and subject to such conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, as may be established by the Committee and are subject to adjustment pursuant to the terms of Section 6.6.  The terms of any Option granted under the Plan shall be set forth in an Award Agreement.  In addition, the Committee shall grant to each director who is a Non-Employee Director on the Effective Date Non-Qualified Stock Options entitling such Non-Employee Director to purchase 25,000 shares of Common Stock from the Company.  The Committee shall grant to each person who is elected, appointed or otherwise becomes a Non-Employee Director after the Effective Date Non-Qualified Stock Options entitling such Non-Employee Director to purchase 10,000 shares of Common Stock from the Company.  As of the first day of the second annual term and each year thereafter that such Non-Employee Director serves in the capacity as a Non-Employee Director, the Committee shall grant such Non-Employee Director Non-Qualified Stock Options entitling such Non-Employee Director to purchase 5,000 shares of Common Stock from the Company.  The Non-Qualified Stock Options granted to the initial Non-Employee Directors shall have an exercise price equal to the price shares of the Common Stock are sold in the initial public offering of equity securities by the Company on the Effective Date.  Non-Qualified Stock Options granted after the Effective Date shall have an exercise price of not less than 100% of the Fair Market Value on the Date of Grant.  Except as provided in Sections 6.3(c), or 6.5, Non-Employee Director Options shall not be exercisable prior to the first anniversary of the Date of Grant, at which time they will be immediately exercisable, in whole or in part, and shall remain exercisable until the tenth anniversary of the Date of Grant.

 

 

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(b)

Purchase Price of Options.   The Purchase Price of each share of Common Stock which may be purchased upon exercise of any Option granted under the Plan shall be determined by the Committee.

 

 

(c)

Designation of Options.   Except as otherwise expressly provided in the Plan, the Committee may designate, at the time of the grant of an Option, such Option as an Incentive Stock Option or a Non-Qualified Stock Option; provided, however, that an Option may be designated as an Incentive Stock Option only if the applicable Participant is an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary on the Date of Grant.

 

 

(d)

Incentive Stock Option Share Limitation.   No Participant may be granted Incentive Stock Options under the Plan (or any other plans of the Company and its Subsidiaries) that would result in Incentive Stock Options to purchase shares of Common Stock with an aggregate Fair Market Value (measured on the Date of Grant) of more than $100,000 first becoming exercisable by such Participant in any one calendar year.

 

 

(e)

Rights as a Stockholder.   A Participant or a transferee of an Option pursuant to Section 9.4 shall have no rights as a stockholder with respect to the shares of Common Stock covered by an Option until that Participant or transferee shall have become the holder of record of any such shares, and no adjustment shall be made with respect to any such shares of Common Stock for dividends in cash or other property or distributions of other rights on the Common Stock for which the record date is prior to the date on which that Participant or transferee shall have become the holder of record of any shares covered by such Option; provided, however, that Participants are entitled to share adjustments to reflect capital changes under Section 9.7.

 

6.2

Stock Appreciation Rights.

 

 

(a)

Stock Appreciation Right Awards.   The Committee is authorized to grant to any Participant one or more Stock Appreciation Rights.  Such Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted either independent of or in tandem with Options granted to the same Participant.  Stock Appreciation Rights granted in tandem with Options may be granted simultaneously with, or, in the case of Non-Qualified Stock Options, subsequent to, the grant to such Participant of the related Options; provided, however, that:  (i) any Option covering any share of Common Stock shall expire and not be exercisable upon the exercise of any Stock Appreciation Right with respect to the same share, (ii) any Stock Appreciation Right covering any share of Common Stock shall expire and not be exercisable upon the exercise of any Option with respect to the same share, and (iii) an Option and a Stock Appreciation Right covering the same share of Common Stock may not be exercised simultaneously.  Upon exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right with respect to a share of Common Stock, the Participant shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (A) the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the date of exercise over (B) the Exercise Price of such Stock Appreciation Right established in the Award Agreement, which amount shall be payable as provided in Section 6.2(c).

 

 

(b)

Exercise Price.   The Exercise Price established for any Stock Appreciation Right granted under this Plan shall be determined by the Committee, but in the case of Stock Appreciation Rights granted in tandem with Options shall not be less than the Purchase Price of the related Options.  Upon exercise of Stock Appreciation Rights, the number of shares issuable upon exercise under any related Options shall automatically be reduced by the number of shares of Common Stock represented by such Options which are surrendered as a result of the exercise of such Stock Appreciation Rights.

 

 

(c)

Payment of Incremental Value.   Any payment that may become due from the Company by reason of a Participant’s exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right may be paid to the Participant as determined by the Committee (i) all in cash, (ii) all in Common Stock, or (iii) in any combination of cash and Common Stock.  In the event that all or a portion of the payment is to be made in Common Stock, the number of shares of Common Stock to be delivered in satisfaction of such payment shall be determined by dividing the amount of such payment or portion thereof by the Fair Market Value on the date of exercise.  No fractional share of Common Stock shall be issued to make any payment in respect of Stock Appreciation Rights; if any fractional share would otherwise be issuable, the combination of cash and Common Stock payable to a Participant shall be adjusted as directed by the Committee to avoid the issuance of any fractional share.

 

 

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6.3

Terms of Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights.

 

 

(a)

Conditions on Exercise.   An Award Agreement with respect to Options and/or Stock Appreciation Rights may contain such waiting periods, exercise dates and restrictions on exercise (including, but not limited to, periodic installments) as may be determined by the Committee at the time of grant.

 

 

(b)

Duration of Options and Stock Appreciation Rights.   Options and Stock Appreciation Rights shall terminate after the first to occur of the following events:

 

 

(i)

Expiration of the Option or Stock Appreciation Right as provided in the related Award Agreement; or

 

 

(ii)

Termination of the Award as provided in Section 6.3(e), following the applicable Participant’s Termination of Employment; or

 

 

(iii)

In the case of an Incentive Stock Option, ten years from the Date of Grant; or

 

 

(iv)

Solely in the case of a Stock Appreciation Right granted in tandem with an Option, upon the expiration of the related Option.

 

 

(c)

Acceleration of Exercise Time.   The Committee, in its sole discretion, shall have the right (but shall not in any case be obligated), exercisable at any time after the Date of Grant, to permit the exercise of any Option or Stock Appreciation Right prior to the time such Option or Stock Appreciation Right would otherwise become exercisable under the terms of the related Award Agreement.

 

 

(d)

Extension of Exercise Time.   The Committee, in its sole discretion, shall have the right (but shall not in any case be obligated), exercisable on or


 
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