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SELECTICA , I NC. 1999 E QUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

Equity Incentive Plan Agreement

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Title: SELECTICA , I NC. 1999 E QUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
Governing Law: Delaware     Date: 7/9/2009
Industry: Software and Programming     Sector: Technology

SELECTICA , I NC. 1999 E QUITY INCENTIVE PLAN, Parties: selectica inc
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Exhibit 10.38

S ELECTICA , I NC .

1999 E QUITY I NCENTIVE P LAN

A DOPTED N OVEMBER  18, 1999

A MENDED AND R ESTATED D ECEMBER  11, 2002

A MENDED AND R ESTATED A UGUST  1, 2006


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

  

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ARTICLE 1. INTRODUCTION

  

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ARTICLE 2. ADMINISTRATION

  

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2.1 Committee Composition

  

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2.2 Committee Responsibilities

  

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2.3 Committee for Non-Officer Grants

  

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ARTICLE 3. SHARES AVAILABLE FOR GRANTS

  

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3.1 Basic Limitation

  

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3.2 Annual Increase in Shares

  

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3.3 Additional Shares

  

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3.4 Dividend Equivalents

  

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ARTICLE 4. ELIGIBILITY

  

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4.1 Incentive Stock Options

  

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4.2 Other Grants

  

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ARTICLE 5. OPTIONS

  

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5.1 Stock Option Agreement

  

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5.2 Number of Shares

  

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5.3 Exercise Price

  

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5.4 Exercisability and Term

  

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5.5 Modification or Assumption of Options

  

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5.6 Buyout Provisions

  

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ARTICLE 6. PAYMENT FOR OPTION SHARES

  

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6.1 General Rule

  

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6.2 Surrender of Stock

  

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6.3 Exercise/Sale

  

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6.4 Promissory Note

  

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6.5 Other Forms of Payment

  

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ARTICLE 7. STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS

  

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7.1 SAR Agreement

  

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7.2 Number of Shares

  

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7.3 Exercise Price

  

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7.4 Exercisability and Term

  

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7.5 Exercise of SARs

  

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7.6 Modification or Assumption of SARs

  

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ARTICLE 8. RESTRICTED SHARES

  

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8.1 Restricted Stock Agreement

  

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8.2 Payment for Awards

  

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8.3 Vesting Conditions

  

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8.4 Voting and Dividend Rights

  

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ARTICLE 9. STOCK UNITS

  

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9.1 Stock Unit Agreement

  

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9.2 Payment for Awards

  

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9.3 Vesting Conditions

  

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9.4 Voting and Dividend Rights

  

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9.5 Form and Time of Settlement of Stock Units

  

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9.6 Death of Recipient

  

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9.7 Creditors’ Rights

  

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ARTICLE 10. PROTECTION AGAINST DILUTION

  

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10.1 Adjustments

  

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10.2 Dissolution or Liquidation

  

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10.3 Reorganizations

  

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ARTICLE 11. CHANGE IN CONTROL

  

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ARTICLE 12. AWARDS UNDER OTHER PLANS.

  

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ARTICLE 13. PAYMENT OF DIRECTOR’S FEES IN SECURITIES

  

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13.1 Effective Date

  

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13.2 Elections to Receive NSOs, Restricted Shares or Stock Units

  

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13.3 Number and Terms of NSOs, Restricted Shares or Stock Units

  

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ARTICLE 14. LIMITATION ON RIGHTS

  

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14.1 Retention Rights

  

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14.2 Stockholders’ Rights

  

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14.3 Regulatory Requirements

  

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ARTICLE 15. WITHHOLDING TAXES

  

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15.1 General

  

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15.2 Share Withholding

  

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ARTICLE 16. FUTURE OF THE PLAN

  

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16.1 Term of the Plan

  

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16.2 Amendment or Termination

  

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ARTICLE 17. LIMITATION ON PAYMENTS

  

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17.1 Scope of Limitation

  

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17.2 Basic Rule

  

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17.3 Reduction of Payments

  

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17.4 Overpayments and Underpayments

  

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17.5 Related Corporations

  

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ARTICLE 18. DEFINITIONS

  

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S ELECTICA , I NC .

1999 E QUITY I NCENTIVE P LAN

ARTICLE 1. INTRODUCTION.

The Board adopted the Plan on November 18, 1999, effective as of March 9, 2000 (the date of the Company’s initial public offering). The Board amended and restated the Plan on December 11, 2002, and effective August 1, 2006. The purpose of the Plan is to promote the long-term success of the Company and the creation of stockholder value by (a) encouraging Employees, Outside Directors and Consultants to focus on critical long-range objectives, (b) encouraging the attraction and retention of Employees, Outside Directors and Consultants with exceptional qualifications and (c) linking Employees, Outside Directors and Consultants directly to stockholder interests through increased stock ownership. The Plan seeks to achieve this purpose by providing for Awards in the form of Restricted Shares, Stock Units, Options (which may constitute incentive stock options or nonstatutory stock options) or stock appreciation rights.

The Plan shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware (except their choice-of-law provisions).

ARTICLE 2. ADMINISTRATION.

2.1 Committee Composition . The Committee shall administer the Plan. The Committee shall consist exclusively of two or more directors of the Company, who shall be appointed by the Board. In addition, each member of the Committee shall meet the following requirements:

(a) Any listing standards prescribed by the principal securities market on which the Company’s equity securities are traded;

(b) Such requirements as the Internal Revenue Service may establish for outside directors acting under plans intended to qualify for exemption under section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code;

(c) Such requirements as the Securities and Exchange Commission may establish for administrators acting under plans intended to qualify for exemption under Rule 16b-3 (or its successor) under the Exchange Act; and

(d) Any other requirements imposed by applicable law, regulations or rules.

2.2 Committee Responsibilities . The Committee shall (a) select the Employees, Outside Directors and Consultants who are to receive Awards under the Plan, (b) determine the type, number, vesting requirements and other features and conditions of such


Awards, (c) interpret the Plan, (d) make all other decisions relating to the operation of the Plan and (e) carry out any other duties delegated to it by the Board. The Committee may adopt such rules or guidelines as it deems appropriate to implement the Plan. The Committee’s determinations under the Plan shall be final and binding on all persons.

2.3 Committee for Non-Officer Grants . The Board may also appoint a secondary committee of the Board, which shall be composed of one or more directors of the Company who need not satisfy the requirements of Section 2.1. Such secondary committee may administer the Plan with respect to Employees and Consultants who are not considered officers or directors of the Company under section 16 of the Exchange Act, may grant Awards under the Plan to such Employees and Consultants and may determine all features and conditions of such Awards. Within the limitations of this Section 2.3, any reference in the Plan to the Committee shall include such secondary committee.

ARTICLE 3. SHARES AVAILABLE FOR GRANTS.

3.1 Basic Limitation . Common Shares issued pursuant to the Plan may be authorized but unissued shares or treasury shares. The aggregate number of Options, SARs, Stock Units and Restricted Shares awarded under the Plan shall not exceed (a) 2,200,000 plus (b) the additional Common Shares described in Sections 3.2 and 3.3. The limitations of this Section 3.1 and Section 3.2 shall be subject to adjustment pursuant to Article 10.

3.2 Annual Increase in Shares . As of January 1 of each year, commencing with the year 2001, the aggregate number of Options, SARs, Stock Units and Restricted Shares that may be awarded under the Plan shall automatically increase by a number equal to the lowest of (a) 5% of the total number of Common Shares then outstanding, (b) 1,800,000 Common Shares or (c) the number determined by the Board.

3.3 Additional Shares . If Restricted Shares or Common Shares issued upon the exercise of Options are forfeited, then such Common Shares shall again become available for Awards under the Plan. If Stock Units, Options or SARs are forfeited or terminate for any other reason before being exercised, then the corresponding Common Shares shall again become available for Awards under the Plan. If Stock Units are settled, then only the number of Common Shares (if any) actually issued in settlement of such Stock Units shall reduce the number available under Section 3.1 and the balance shall again become available for Awards under the Plan. If SARs are exercised, then only the number of Common Shares (if any) actually issued in settlement of such SARs shall reduce the number available under Section 3.1 and the balance shall again become available for Awards under the Plan. The foregoing notwithstanding, the aggregate number of Common Shares that may be issued under the Plan upon the exercise of ISOs shall not be increased when Restricted Shares or other Common Shares are forfeited.

3.4 Dividend Equivalents . Any dividend equivalents paid or credited under the Plan shall not be applied against the number of Restricted Shares, Stock Units, Options or SARs available for Awards, whether or not such dividend equivalents are converted into Stock Units.

 

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ARTICLE 4. ELIGIBILITY.

4.1 Incentive Stock Options . Only Employees who are common-law employees of the Company, a Parent or a Subsidiary shall be eligible for the grant of ISOs. In addition, an Employee who owns more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of outstanding stock of the Company or any of its Parents or Subsidiaries shall not be eligible for the grant of an ISO unless the requirements set forth in section 422(c)(6) of the Code are satisfied.

4.2 Other Grants . Only Employees, Outside Directors and Consultants shall be eligible for the grant of Restricted Shares, Stock Units, NSOs or SARs.

ARTICLE 5. OPTIONS.

5.1 Stock Option Agreement . Each grant of an Option under the Plan shall be evidenced by a Stock Option Agreement between the Optionee and the Company. Such Option shall be subject to all applicable terms of the Plan and may be subject to any other terms that are not inconsistent with the Plan. The Stock Option Agreement shall specify whether the Option is an ISO or an NSO. The provisions of the various Stock Option Agreements entered into under the Plan need not be identical. Options may be granted in consideration of a reduction in the Optionee’s other compensation. A Stock Option Agreement may provide that a new Option will be granted automatically to the Optionee when he or she exercises a prior Option and pays the Exercise Price in the form described in Section 6.2.

5.2 Number of Shares . Each Stock Option Agreement shall specify the number of Common Shares subject to the Option and shall provide for the adjustment of such number in accordance with Article 10. Options granted to any Optionee in a single fiscal year of the Company shall not cover more than 330,000 Common Shares, except that Options granted to a new Employee in the fiscal year of the Company in which his or her Service as an Employee first commences shall not cover more than 660,000 Common Shares. The limitations set forth in the preceding sentence shall be subject to adjustment in accordance with Article 10.

5.3 Exercise Price . Each Stock Option Agreement shall specify the Exercise Price; provided that the Exercise Price shall in no event be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of a Common Share on the date of grant.

5.4 Exercisability and Term . Each Stock Option Agreement shall specify the date or event when all or any installment of the Option is to become exercisable. The Stock Option Agreement shall also specify the term of the Option; provided that the term of an ISO shall in no event exceed 10 years from the date of grant. A Stock Option Agreement may provide for accelerated exercisability in the event of the Optionee’s death, disability or retirement or other events and may provide for expiration prior to the end of its term in the event of the termination of the Optionee’s Service. Options may be awarded in combination with SARs, and such an Award may provide that the Options will not be exercisable unless the related SARs are forfeited.

5.5 Modification or Assumption of Options . Within the limitations of the Plan, the Committee may modify, extend or assume outstanding options or may accept the

 

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cancellation of outstanding options (whether granted by the Company or by another issuer) in return for the grant of new options for the same or a different number of shares and at the same or a different exercise price. The foregoing notwithstanding, no modification of an Option shall, without the consent of the Optionee, alter or impair his or her rights or obligations under such Option.

5.6 Buyout Provisions . The Committee may at any time (a) offer to buy out for a payment in cash or cash equivalents an Option previously granted or (b) authorize an Optionee to elect to cash out an Option previously granted, in either case at such time and based upon such terms and conditions as the Committee shall establish.

ARTICLE 6. PAYMENT FOR OPTION SHARES.

6.1 General Rule . The entire Exercise Price of Common Shares issued upon exercise of Options shall be payable in cash or cash equivalents at the time when such Common Shares are purchased, except that the Committee at its sole discretion may accept payment of the Exercise Price in any other form(s) described in this Article 6. However, if the Optionee is an Outside Director or executive officer of the Company, he or she may pay the Exercise Price in a form other than cash or cash equivalents only to the extent permitted by section 13(k) of the Exchange Act.

6.2 Surrender of Stock . With the Committee’s consent, all or any part of the Exercise Price may be paid by surrendering, or attesting to the ownership of, Common Shares that are already owned by the Optionee. Such Common Shares shall be valued at their Fair Market Value on the date when the new Common Shares are purchased under the Plan.

6.3 Exercise/Sale . With the Committee’s consent, all or any part of the Exercise Price and any withholding taxes may be paid by delivering (on a form prescribed by the Company) an irrevocable direction to a securities broker approved by the Company to sell all or part of the Common Shares being purchased under the Plan and to deliver all or part of the sales proceeds to the Company.

6.4 Promissory Note . With the Committee’s consent, all or any part of the Exercise Price and any withholding taxes may be paid by delivering (on a form prescribed by the Company) a full-recourse promissory note.

6.5 Other Forms of Payment . With the Committee’s consent, all or any part of the Exercise Price and any withholding taxes may be paid in any other form that is consistent with applicable laws, regulations and rules.

ARTICLE 7. STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS.

7.1 SAR Agreement . Each grant of an SAR under the Plan shall be evidenced by an SAR Agreement between the Optionee and the Company. Such SAR shall be subject to all applicable terms of the Plan and may be subject to any other terms that are not inconsistent with the Plan. The provisions of the various SAR Agreements entered into under the Plan need not be identical. SARs may be granted in consideration of a reduction in the Optionee’s other compensation.

 

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7.2 Number of Shares . Each SAR Agreement shall specify the number of Common Shares to which the SAR pertains and shall provide for the adjustment of such number in accordance with Article 10. SARs granted to any Optionee in a single fiscal year shall in no event pertain to more than 330,000 Common Shares, except that SARs granted to a new Employee in the fiscal year of the Company in which his or her Service as an Employee first commences shall not pertain to more than 660,000 Common Shares. The limitations set forth in the preceding sentence shall be subject to adjustment in accordance with Article 10.

7.3 Exercise Price . Each SAR Agreement shall specify the Exercise Price; provided that the Exercise Price shall in no event be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of a Common Share on the date of grant.

7.4 Exercisability and Term . Each SAR Agreement shall specify the date when all or any installment of the SAR is to become exercisable. The SAR Agreement shall also specify the term of the SAR. An SAR Agreement may provide for accelerated exercisability in the event of the Optionee’s death, disability or retirement or other events and may provide for expiration prior to the end of its term in the event of the termination of the Optionee’s Service. SARs may be awarded in combination with Options, and such an Award may provide that the SARs will not be exercisable unless the related Options are forfeited. An SAR may be included in an ISO only at the time of grant but may be included in an NSO at the time of grant or thereafter. An SAR granted under the Plan may provide that it will be exercisable only in the event of a Change in Control.

7.5 Exercise of SARs . Upon exercise of an SAR, the Optionee (or any person having the right to exercise the SAR after his or her death) shall receive from the Company (a) Common Shares, (b) cash or (c) a combination of Common Shares and cash, as the Committee shall determine. The amount of cash and/or the Fair Market Value of Common Shares received upon exercise of SARs shall, in the aggregate, be equal to the amount by which the Fair Market Value (on the date of surrender) of the Common Shares subject to the SARs exceeds the Exercise Price. If, on the date when an SAR expires, the Exercise Price under such SAR is less than the Fair Market Value on such date but any portion of such SAR has not been exercised or surrendered, then such SAR shall automatically be deemed to be exercised as of such date with respect to such portion.

7.6 Modification or Assumption of SARs . Within the limitations of the Plan, the Committee may modify, extend or assume outstanding SARs or may accept the cance


 
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