Exhibit 10.2
SEATTLE GENETICS,
INC.
AMENDED AND
RESTATED
2007 EQUITY INCENTIVE
PLAN
(amended and restated effective
August 5, 2009)
1. Purposes of the
Plan.
The purpose of this Plan is to
encourage ownership in Seattle Genetics, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the “ Company ”), by key personnel
whose long-term employment or other service relationship with the
Company is considered essential to the Company’s continued
progress and, thereby, encourage recipients to act in the
stockholders’ interest and share in the Company’s
success.
2. Definitions.
As used herein, the following
definitions shall apply:
(a) “
Administrator ” means the Board, any Committees
or such delegates as shall be administering the Plan in accordance
with Section 4 of the Plan.
(b) “
Affiliate ” means any entity that is directly or
indirectly controlled by the Company or any entity in which the
Company has a significant ownership interest as determined by the
Administrator.
(c) “
Applicable Laws ” means the requirements relating
to the administration of stock option and stock award plans under
U.S. federal and state laws, the Code, any stock exchange or
quotation system on which the Company has listed or submitted for
quotation the Common Stock to the extent provided under the terms
of the Company’s agreement with such exchange or quotation
system and, with respect to Awards subject to the laws of any
foreign jurisdiction where Awards are, or will be, granted under
the Plan, the laws of such jurisdiction.
(d) “
Award ” means a Stock Award or Option granted in
accordance with the terms of the Plan.
(e) “
Awardee ” means an Employee, Consultant or
Director of the Company or any Affiliate who has been granted an
Award under the Plan.
(f) “ Award
Agreement ” means a Stock Award Agreement and/or
Option Agreement, which may be in written or electronic format, in
such form and with such terms and conditions as may be specified by
the Administrator, evidencing the terms and conditions of an
individual Award. Each Award Agreement is subject to the terms and
conditions of the Plan.
(g) “
Board ” means the Board of Directors of the
Company.
(h) “ Cause
” means (i) an action or omission of Awardee which
constitutes a willful and intentional material breach of any
written agreement or covenant with the Company, including without
limitation, Awardee’s theft or other misappropriation of the
Company’s proprietary information; (ii) Awardee’s
commitment of fraud, embezzlement, misappropriation of funds or
breach of trust in connection with Awardee’s employment; or
(iii) Awardee’s conviction of any crime which involves
dishonesty or a breach of trust, or gross negligence in connection
with the performance of the Awardee’s duties. The
determination as to whether an Awardee is being terminated for
Cause shall be made in good faith by the Company and shall be final
and binding on the Awardee. The foregoing definition does not in
any way limit the Company’s ability to terminate an
Awardee’s employment or consulting relationship at any time
as provided in Section 16 below, and the term
“Company” will be interpreted to include any Affiliate
or successor thereto, if appropriate.
(i) “ Change in Control
” means any of the following, unless the Administrator
provides otherwise:
i. an acquisition of the Company by
another entity by means of any transaction or series of related
transactions (including, without limitation, any reorganization,
merger or consolidation but excluding any merger effected
exclusively for the purpose of changing the domicile of the
Company);
ii. a sale of all or substantially
all of the assets of the Company, so long as in either i. or ii.
above, the Company’s stockholders of record immediately prior
to such transaction will, immediately after such transaction, hold
less than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of the
surviving or acquiring entity; or
iii. any other event specified by
the Board or a Committee, regardless of whether at the time an
Award is granted or thereafter.
(j) “
Code ” means the United States Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended.
(k) “
Committee ” means the compensation committee of
the Board or a committee of Directors appointed by the Board in
accordance with Section 4 of the Plan.
(l) “ Common
Stock ” means the common stock of the
Company.
(m) “
Company ” means Seattle Genetics, Inc., a
Delaware corporation, or its successor.
(n) “
Constructive Termination ” means (A) there is a
material reduction or change in job duties, responsibilities and
requirements inconsistent with Awardee’s position with the
Company and prior duties, responsibilities and requirements,
provided that neither a mere change in title alone nor reassignment
to a position that is substantially similar to the position held
prior to the change in terms of job duties, responsibilities or
requirements shall constitute a material reduction in job
responsibilities; or (B) there is a
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reduction in Awardee’s
then-current base salary by at least twenty percent (20%), provided
that an across-the-board reduction in the salary level of all other
employees by the same percentage amount as part of a general salary
level reduction shall not constitute such a salary reduction; or
(C) Awardee refuses to relocate to a facility or location more
than fifty (50) miles from the Company’s current
location.
(o) “ Consultant
” means any person engaged by the Company or any Affiliate to
render services to such entity as an advisor or
consultant.
(p) “ Conversion Award
” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4(b)(xi) of the Plan.
(q) “
Director ” means a member of the
Board.
(r) “
Employee ” means a regular, active employee of
the Company or any Affiliate, including an Officer and/or Inside
Director. Within the limitations of Applicable Law, the
Administrator shall have the discretion to determine the effect
upon an Award and upon an individual’s status as an Employee
in the case of (i) any individual who is classified by the
Company or its Affiliate as leased from or otherwise employed by a
third party or as intermittent or temporary, even if any such
classification is changed retroactively as a result of an audit,
litigation or otherwise, (ii) any leave of absence approved by
the Company or an Affiliate, (iii) any transfer between
locations of employment with the Company or an Affiliate or between
the Company and any Affiliate or between any Affiliates,
(iv) any change in the Awardee’s status from an Employee
to a Consultant or Director, and (v) at the request of the
Company or an Affiliate an Employee becomes employed by any
partnership, joint venture or corporation not meeting the
requirements of an Affiliate in which the Company or an Affiliate
is a party.
(s) “
Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended.
(t) “ Fair
Market Value ” of a Share on any given date means,
unless otherwise required by Applicable Law, the fair market value
of such Share as determined in good faith by the Administrator
either through application of any reasonable valuation method or,
in the absence of any method established under law, in practice or
otherwise to be reasonable, then pursuant to the
Administrator’s good faith conclusion that its valuation
determination is reasonable; provided that, to the extent possible,
such value shall be determined with reference to the closing price
of the Company’s Common Stock as quoted on the applicable
date on Nasdaq or the exchange or market with the greatest volume
of trading in the Common Stock as of the applicable date, or if the
Shares were not trading on such date, then the closing bid on the
applicable date. The Administrator may make a good faith
determination that it is reasonable to use one valuation method
with respect one type of transaction arising under the Plan and a
different valuation method with respect to another type of Plan
transaction, provided that in each case the Administrator concludes
that application of the particular method results in the most
accurate measure of fair market value with respect
thereto.
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(u) “ Grant
Date ” means, for all purposes, the date on which
the Administrator makes the determination granting an Award, or
such other date as is determined by the Administrator, provided
that in the case of any Incentive Stock Option, the grant date
shall be the later of the date on which the Administrator makes the
determination granting such Incentive Stock Option or the date of
commencement of the Awardee’s employment relationship with
the Company.
(v) “
Incentive Stock Option ” means an Option intended
to qualify as an incentive stock option within the meaning of
Section 422 of the Code and the regulations promulgated
thereunder.
(w) “ Inside
Director ” means a Director who is an
Employee.
(x) “ Nasdaq ”
means the Nasdaq Global Market or its successor.
(y) “ Nonstatutory Stock
Option ” means an Option not intended to qualify as
an Incentive Stock Option.
(z) “
Officer ” means a person who is an officer of the
Company within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(aa) “
Option ” means a right granted under
Section 8 to purchase a number of Shares at such exercise
price, at such times, and on such other terms and conditions as are
specified in the agreement or other documents evidencing the Option
(the “ Option Agreement ”). Both Options
intended to qualify as Incentive Stock Options and Nonstatutory
Stock Options may be granted under the Plan.
(bb) “
Outside Director ” means a Director who is not an
Employee.
(cc) “ Participant
” means the Awardee or any person (including any estate)
to whom an Award has been assigned or transferred as permitted
hereunder.
(dd) “
Plan ” means this Seattle Genetics, Inc. Amended
and Restated 2007 Equity Incentive Plan.
(ee) “
Qualifying Performance Criteria ” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 12(b) of the Plan.
(ff) “
Share ” means a share of the Common Stock, as
adjusted in accordance with Section 13 of the Plan.
(gg) “ Stock
Appreciation Right ” means a right to receive cash and/or
shares of Common Stock based on a change in the Fair Market Value
of a specific number of shares of Common Stock between the Grant
Date and the exercise date granted under
Section 11.
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(hh) “ Stock Award
” means an award or issuance of Shares, Stock Units,
Stock Appreciation Rights or other similar awards made under
Section 11 of the Plan, the grant, issuance, retention,
vesting, settlement and/or transferability of which is subject
during specified periods of time to such conditions (including
continued employment or performance conditions) and terms as are
expressed in the agreement or other documents evidencing the Award
(the “ Stock Award Agreement ”).
(ii) “ Stock
Unit ” means a bookkeeping entry representing an
amount equivalent to the Fair Market Value of one Share (or a
fraction or multiple of such value), payable in cash, property or
Shares. Stock Units represent an unfunded and unsecured obligation
of the Company, except as otherwise provided for by the
Administrator.
(jj) “
Subsidiary ” means any company (other than the
Company) in an unbroken chain of companies beginning with the
Company, provided each company in the unbroken chain (other than
the Company) owns, at the time of determination, stock possessing
50% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of
stock in one of the other companies in such chain.
(kk) “
Termination of Employment ” shall mean ceasing to
be an Employee, Consultant or Director, as determined in the sole
discretion of the Administrator. However, for Incentive Stock
Option purposes, Termination of Employment will occur when the
Awardee ceases to be an employee (as determined in accordance with
Section 3401(c) of the Code and the regulations promulgated
thereunder) of the Company or one of its Subsidiaries. The
Administrator shall determine whether any corporate transaction,
such as a sale or spin-off of a division or business unit, or a
joint venture, shall be deemed to result in a Termination of
Employment.
(ll) “ Total
and Permanent Disability ” shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.
3. Stock Subject to the
Plan.
(a) Aggregate Limits.
Subject to the provisions of Section 13 of the Plan, the
maximum aggregate number of Shares that may be sold or issued
pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan is 5,000,000
Shares.
Shares subject to Awards granted
under the Plan that are cancelled, expire or are forfeited
(including without limitation, any such Shares having been issued
under the Award to the Participant) shall be available for re-grant
under the Plan. If an Awardee pays the exercise or purchase price
of an Award granted under the Plan through the tender of Shares, or
if Shares are tendered or withheld to satisfy any Company
withholding obligations, the number of Shares so tendered or
withheld shall become available for re-issuance thereafter under
the Plan. The Shares subject to the Plan may be either Shares
reacquired by the Company, including Shares purchased in the open
market, or authorized but unissued Shares.
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(b) Code
Section 162(m) Share Limits. Subject to the
provisions of Section 13 of the Plan, the aggregate number of
Shares subject to Awards granted under this Plan during any
calendar year to any one Awardee shall not exceed 1,000,000.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, the
limitation set forth in this Section 3(b) shall be subject to
adjustment under Section 13(a) of the Plan only to the extent
that such adjustment will not affect the status of any Award
intended to qualify as “performance based compensation”
under Code Section 162(m).
4. Administration of the
Plan.
(a)
Procedure.
i. Multiple Administrative
Bodies. The Plan shall be administered by the Board, a
Committee and/or their delegates.
ii. Section 162.
To the extent that the Administrator determines it to be
desirable to qualify Awards granted hereunder as
“performance-based compensation” within the meaning of
Section 162(m) of the Code, Awards to “covered
employees” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the
Code or Employees that the Committee determines may be
“covered employees” in the future shall be made by a
Committee of two or more “outside directors” within the
meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code.
iii. Rule 16b-3.
To the extent desirable to qualify transactions hereunder as
exempt under Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act
(“Rule 16b-3”), Awards to Officers and Directors
shall be made by the entire Board or a Committee of two or more
“non-employee directors” within the meaning of
Rule 16b-3.
iv. Other
Administration. The Board or a Committee may delegate to
an authorized officer or officers of the Company the power to
approve Awards to persons eligible to receive Awards under the Plan
who are not (A) subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act
or (B) at the time of such approval, “covered
employees” under Section 162(m) of the Code or
(C) any other executive officer.
v. Delegation of Authority
for the Day-to-Day Administration of the Plan. Except to
the extent prohibited by Applicable Law, the Administrator may
delegate to one or more individuals the day-to-day administration
of the Plan and any of the functions assigned to it in this Plan.
Such delegation may be revoked at any time.
vi. Nasdaq . The Plan will be
administered in a manner that complies with any applicable Nasdaq
or stock exchange listing requirements.
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(b) Powers of the
Administrator. Subject to the provisions of the Plan and,
in the case of a Committee or delegates acting as the
Administrator, subject to the specific duties delegated to such
Committee or delegates, the Administrator shall have the authority,
in its discretion:
i. to select the Employees,
Consultants and Directors of the Company or its Affiliates to whom
Awards are to be granted hereunder;
ii. to determine the number of
shares of Common Stock or amount of cash to be covered by each
Award granted hereunder;
iii. to determine the type of
Award to be granted to the selected Employees, Consultants and
Directors;
iii. to approve forms of Award
Agreements for use under the Plan;
iv. to determine the terms and
conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, of any
Award granted hereunder. Such terms and conditions include, but are
not limited to, the exercise and/or purchase price (if applicable),
the time or times when an Award may be exercised (which may or may
not be based on performance criteria), the vesting schedule, any
vesting and/or exercisability acceleration or waiver of forfeiture
restrictions, the acceptable forms of consideration, the term, and
any restriction or limitation regarding any Award or the Shares
relating thereto, based in each case on such factors as the
Administrator, in its sole discretion, shall determine and may be
established at the time an Award is granted or
thereafter;
v. to determine whether and under
what circumstances an Option may be settled in cash under
Section 8(h) instead of Common Stock;
vi. to correct administrative
errors;
vii. to construe and interpret
the terms of the Plan (including sub-plans and Plan addenda) and
Awards granted pursuant to the Plan;
viii. to adopt rules and
procedures relating to the operation and administration of the Plan
to accommodate the specific requirements of local laws and
procedures. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Administrator is specifically authorized (A) to adopt the
rules and procedures regarding the conversion of local currency,
withholding procedures and handling of stock certificates which
vary with local requirements and (B) to adopt sub-plans and
Plan addenda as the Administrator deems desirable, to accommodate
foreign laws, regulations and practice;
ix. to prescribe, amend and
rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan, including rules
and regulations relating to sub-plans and Plan addenda;
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x. to modify or amend each
Award, including, but not limited to, the acceleration of vesting
and/or exercisability, provided, however, that any such amendment
is subject to Section 14 of the Plan and except as set forth
in that Section, may not impair any outstanding Award unless agreed
to in writing by the Participant;
xi. to allow Participants to
satisfy withholding tax amounts by electing to have the Company
withhold from the Shares to be issued upon exercise of an Option or
vesting of a Stock Award that number of Shares having a Fair Market
Value equal to the amount required to be withheld. The Fair Market
Value of the Shares to be withheld shall be determined in such
manner and on such date that the Administrator shall determine or,
in the absence of provision otherwise, on the date that the amount
of tax to be withheld is to be determined. All elections by a
Participant to have Shares withheld for this purpose shall be made
in such form and under such conditions as the Administrator may
provide;
xii. to authorize conversion or
substitution under the Plan of any or all stock options, stock
appreciation rights or other stock awards held by service providers
of an entity acquired by the Company (the “ Conversion
Awards ”). Any conversion or substitution shall be
effective as of the close of the merger, acquisition or other
transaction. The Conversion Awards may be Nonstatutory Stock
Options or Incentive Stock Options, as determined by the
Administrator, with respect to options granted by the acquired
entity; provided, however, that with respect to the conversion of
stock appreciation rights in the acquired entity, the Conversion
Awards shall be Nonstatutory Stock Options. Unless otherwise
determined by the Administrator at the time of conversion or
substitution, all Conversion Awards shall have the same terms and
conditions as Awards generally granted by the Company under the
Plan;
xiii. to authorize any person
to execute on behalf of the Company any instrument required to
effect the grant of an Award previously granted by the
Administrator;
xiv. to impose such
restrictions, conditions or limitations as it determines
appropriate as to the timing and manner of any resales by a
Participant or other subsequent transfers by the Participant of any
Shares issued as a result of or under an Award, including without
limitation, (A) restrictions under an insider trading policy
or under any other Company policy relating to Company stock and
stock ownership and (B) restrictions as to the use of a
specified brokerage firm for such resales or other
transfers;
xv. to provide, either at the
time an Award is granted or by subsequent action, that an Award
shall contain as a term thereof, a right, either in tandem with the
other rights under the Award or as an alternative thereto, of the
Participant to receive, without payment to the Company, a number of
Shares, cash or a combination thereof, the amount of which is
determined by reference to the value of the Award; and
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xvi. to make all other
determinations deemed necessary or advisable for administering the
Plan and any Award granted hereunder.
(c) Effect of
Administrator’s Decision. All decisions,
determinations and interpretations by the Administrator regarding
the Plan, any rules and regulations under the Plan and the terms
and conditions of any Award granted hereunder, shall be final and
binding on all Participants and on all other persons. The
Administrator shall consider such factors as it deems relevant, in
its sole and absolute discretion, to making such decisions,
determinations and interpretations including, without limitation,
the recommendations or advice of any officer or other employee of
the Company and such attorneys, consultants and accountants as it
may select.
5. Eligibility.
Awards may be granted to Employees,
Consultants and Directors of the Company or any of its Affiliates;
provided that Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to
Employees of the Company or of a Subsidiary of the
Company.
6. Term of
Plan.
The Plan shall become effective on
December 23, 2007 contingent upon approval of the stockholders
of the Company. It shall continue in effect for a term of ten
(10) years from the later of the date the stockholders of the
Company approve the Plan or the date any amendment to add shares to
the Plan is approved by stockholders of the Company, unless
terminated earlier under Section 14 of the Plan.
7. Term of
Award.
The term of each Award shall be
determined by the Administrator and stated in the Award Agreement.
In the case of an Option, the term shall be ten (10) years
from the Grant Date or such shorter term as may be provided in the
Award Agreement; provided that an Incentive Stock Option granted to
an Employee who on the Grant Date owns stock representing more than
ten percent (10%) of the voting power of all classes of stock
of the Company or any Subsidiary shall have a term of no more than
five (5) years from the Grant Date.
8. Options.
The Administrator may grant an
Option or provide for the grant of an Option, either from time to
time in the discretion of the Administrator or automatically upon
the occurrence of specified events, including, without limitation,
the achievement of performance goals, the satisfaction of an event
or condition within the control of the Awardee or within the
control of others.
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(a) Option Agreement.
Each Option Agreement shall contain provisions regarding
(i) the number of Shares that may be issued upon exercise of
the Option, (ii) the type of Option, (iii) the exercise
price of the Shares and the means of payment for the Shares,
(iv) the term of the Option, (v) such terms and
conditions on the vesting and/or exercisability of an Option as may
be determined from time to time by the Administrator,
(vi) restrictions on the transfer of the Option or the Shares
issued upon exercise of the Option and forfeiture provisions on
either and (vii) such further terms and conditions, in each
case not inconsistent with this Plan as may be determined from time
to time by the Administrator.
(b) Exercise Price.
The per share exercise price for the Shares to be issued
pursuant to exercise of an Option shall be determined by the
Administrator, subject to the following:
i. In the case of an Incentive
Stock Option, the per Share exercise price shall be no less than
one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value per Share
on the Grant Date; provided however, that in the case of an
Incentive Stock Option granted to an Employee who on the Grant Date
owns stock representing more than ten percent (10%) of the
voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any
Subsidiary, the per Share exercise price shall be no less than one
hundred ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value per Share
on the Grant Date.
ii. In the case of a
Nonstatutory Stock Option, the per Share exercise price shall be no
less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value
per Share on the Grant Date.
iii. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, at the Administrator’s discretion, Conversion
Awards may be granted in substitution and/or conversion of options
of an acquired entity, with a per Share exercise price of less than
100% of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of such
substitution and/or conversion.
(c) No Option Repricings .
Other than in connection with a change in the Company’s
capitalization (as described in Section 14(a) of the Plan),
the exercise price of an Option may not be reduced without
stockholder approval.
(d) Vesting Period and
Exercise Dates. Options granted under this Plan shall
vest and/or be exercisable at such time and in such installments
during the period prior to the expiration of the Option’s
term as determined by the Administrator. The Administrator shall
have the right to make the timing of the ability to exercise any
Option granted under this Plan subject to continued employment, the
passage of time and/or such performance requirements as deemed
appropriate by the Administrator. At any time after the grant of an
Option, the Administrator may reduce or eliminate any restrictions
surrounding any Participant’s right to exercise all or part
of the Option.
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(e) Form of
Consideration. The Participant may pay the exercise price
of an Option using any of the following forms of consideration,
unless the Administrator determines not to permit such form of
consideration at any time including at the time of
exercise:
i. cash;
ii. check or w