ARTICLE 1.
PURPOSE AND ADOPTION OF
THE
CRITICAL DIGITAL DATA, INC. 2009
STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
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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.
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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.
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ARTICLE 2.
DEFINITIONS
For the
purposes of this Plan, capitalized terms shall have the following
meanings:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Board means the Board of Directors of the
Company.
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Change in
Control means, and
shall be deemed to have occurred upon the occurrence of, any one of
the following events:
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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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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.
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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.
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Committee means the committee established in accordance
with Section 3.1.
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Company means Critical Digital Data, Inc., a Nevada
corporation, and its successors.
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Common
Stock means Common
Stock of the Company, par value $.001 per share.
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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.
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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.
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Effective
Date shall have the
meaning given to such term in Section 1.2.
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Exchange
Act means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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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).
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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.
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Incentive
Stock Option means a
stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the
Code.
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Merger means any merger, reorganization, consolidation,
share exchange, transfer of assets or other transaction having
similar effect involving the Company.
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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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Non-Employee Director Option
means a stock option granted to a
Non-Employee Director in accordance with Section 6.1(a).
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Non-Qualified Stock Option
means a stock option which is not an
Incentive Stock Option.
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Options means all Non-Qualified Stock Options and
Incentive Stock Options granted at any time under the
Plan.
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Outstanding Common Stock
means, at any time, the issued and
outstanding shares of Common Stock.
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Participant means a person designated to receive an Award
under the Plan in accordance with Section 5.1.
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Performance Awards means Awards granted in accordance with
Article VIII.
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Plan means the Critical Digital Data, Inc. 2007 Stock
Incentive Plan as described herein, as the same may be amended from
time to time.
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Purchase
Price , with respect
to Options, shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 6.1(b).
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Restricted Shares means Common Stock subject to restrictions
imposed in connection with Awards granted under
Article VII.
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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.
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Stock
Appreciation Rights means Awards granted in accordance with
Article VI.
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Subsidiary means a subsidiary of the Company within the
meaning of Section 424(f) of the Code.
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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.
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ARTICLE 3.
ADMINISTRATION
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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
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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.
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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.
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ARTICLE 5.
PARTICIPATION
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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.
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ARTICLE 6.
STOCK OPTIONS AND STOCK
APPRECIATION RIGHTS
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Stock
Appreciation Rights.
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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).
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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.
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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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Terms of Stock
Options and Stock Appreciation Rights.
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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.
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Duration
of Options and Stock Appreciation Rights.
Options and Stock
Appreciation Rights shall terminate after the first to occur of the
following events:
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Expiration of
the Option or Stock Appreciation Right as provided in the related
Award Agreement; or
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Termination of
the Award as provided in Section 6.3(e), following the
applicable Participant’s Termination of Employment;
or
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In the case of
an Incentive Stock Option, ten years from the Date of Grant;
or
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Solely in the
case of a Stock Appreciation Right granted in tandem with an
Option, upon the expiration of the related Option.
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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.
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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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