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