Exhibit 99.1
SEPRACOR INC.
2009 STOCK INCENTIVE
PLAN
1.
Purpose
The purpose of this 2009 Stock
Incentive Plan (the “ Plan ”) of
Sepracor Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “
Company ”), is to advance the interests of the
Company’s stockholders by enhancing the Company’s
ability to attract, retain and motivate persons who make (or are
expected to make) important contributions to the Company by
providing such persons with equity ownership opportunities and
performance-based incentives, thereby better aligning the interests
of such persons with those of the Company’s stockholders.
Except where the context otherwise requires, the term “
Company ” shall include any of the
Company’s present or future subsidiary corporations as
defined in Sections 424(e) or (f) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any regulations promulgated
thereunder (the “ Code ”) and any other
business venture (including, without limitation, joint venture or
limited liability company) in which the Company has a controlling
interest, as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company
(the “ Board ”).
2.
Eligibility
All of the Company’s
employees, officers and directors are eligible to be granted
options, stock appreciation rights (“ SARs
”), restricted stock, restricted stock units (“
RSUs ”) and other stock-based awards (each, an
“ Award ”) under the Plan. Consultants
and advisors to the Company (as such terms are defined and
interpreted for purposes of Form S-8 (or any successor form))
are also eligible to be granted Awards. Each person who is granted
an Award under the Plan shall be deemed a “
Participant ”.
3.
Administration and
Delegation
(a)
Administration by Board of
Directors . The
Plan will be administered by the Board. The Board shall have
authority to grant Awards and to adopt, amend and repeal such
administrative rules, guidelines and practices relating to the Plan
as it shall deem advisable. The Board may construe and interpret
the terms of the Plan and any Award agreements entered into under
the Plan. The Board may correct any defect, supply any omission or
reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or any Award in the manner
and to the extent it shall deem expedient to carry the Plan into
effect and it shall be the sole and final judge of such expediency.
All decisions by the Board shall be made in the Board’s sole
discretion and shall be final and binding on all persons having or
claiming any interest in the Plan or in any Award.
(b)
Appointment of
Committees . To the
extent permitted by applicable law, the Board may delegate any or
all of its powers under the Plan to one or more committees or
subcommittees of the Board (a “ Committee
”). All references in the Plan to the “
Board ” shall mean the Board or a Committee of
the Board to the extent that the Board’s powers or authority
under the Plan have been delegated to such Committee.
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4.
Stock Available for
Awards
(a)
Number of Shares; Share
Counting.
(1)
Authorized Number of
Shares . Subject to
adjustment under Section 9, Awards may be made under the Plan
for up to an aggregate of:
(A)
4,000,000 shares of common stock,
$.10 par value per share, of the Company (the “ Common
Stock ”); plus
(B)
such additional number of shares of
Common Stock (up to 11,680,755 shares) as is equal to the sum of
(x) the number of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance
under the Company’s 2000 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended
(the “2000 Plan”) that remain available for grant under
the 2000 Plan as of the date of stockholder approval of this Plan
and (y) the number of shares of Common Stock subject to awards
granted under the 2000 Plan which awards expire, terminate or are
otherwise surrendered, canceled, forfeited or repurchased
(including any shares of Common Stock repurchased by the Company at
their original issuance price pursuant to a contractual repurchase
right) (subject, however, in the case of Incentive Stock Options
(as hereinafter defined) to any limitations of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended, and any regulations promulgated
thereunder).
Any or all of the Awards may be in
the form of Incentive Stock Options. Shares issued under the Plan
may consist in whole or in part of authorized but unissued shares
or treasury shares.
(2)
Fungible Share Pool
. Subject to adjustment under
Section 9, any Award that is not a Full-Value Award shall be
counted against the share limits specified in
Sections 4(a)(1) as one share for each share of Common
Stock subject to such Award and any Award that is a Full-Value
Award shall be counted against the share limits specified in
Sections 4(a)(1) as 1.5 shares for each one share of
Common Stock subject to such Full-Value Award. “Full-Value
Award” means any Restricted Stock Award (as defined below) or
Other Stock-Based Award (as defined below) with a per share price
or per unit purchase price lower than 100% of Fair Market Value (as
defined below) on the date of grant. To the extent a share that was
subject to an Award that counted as one share is returned to the
Plan pursuant to Section 4(a)(3), each applicable share
reserve will be credited with one share. To the extent that a share
that was subject to an Award that counts as 1.5 shares is returned
to the Plan pursuant to Section 4(a)(3), each applicable share
reserve will be credited with 1.5 shares.
(3)
Share Counting
. For purposes of counting the
number of shares available for the grant of Awards under the Plan
and under the sublimits contained in Sections 4(b)(2),
(i) all shares of Common Stock covered by independent SARs
shall be counted against the number of shares available for the
grant of Awards; provided, however , that independent SARs
that may be settled in cash only shall not be so counted;
(ii) if any Award (A) expires or is terminated,
surrendered or canceled without having been fully exercised or is
forfeited in whole or in part (including as the result of shares of
Common Stock subject to such Award being repurchased by the Company
at the original issuance price pursuant to a contractual repurchase
right) or (B) results in any Common Stock not being issued
(including as a result of an independent SAR that was settleable
either in cash or in stock actually being settled in cash), the
unused Common Stock covered by such Award shall again be available
for the grant of Awards; provided, however , in the case of
Incentive Stock Options (as hereinafter defined), the foregoing
shall be subject to any limitations
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under the Code; and provided
further, in the case of independent SARs, that the full number of
shares subject to any stock-settled SAR shall be counted against
the shares available under the Plan and against the sublimits
listed in the first clause of this Section in proportion to
the portion of the SAR actually exercised regardless of the number
of shares actually used to settle such SAR upon exercise;
(iii) shares of Common Stock delivered (either by actual
delivery, attestation, or net exercise) to the Company by a
Participant to (A) purchase shares of Common Stock upon the
exercise of an Award or (B) satisfy tax withholding
obligations (including shares retained from the Award creating the
tax obligation) shall not be added back to the number of shares
available for the future grant of Awards; and (iv) shares of
Common Stock repurchased by the Company on the open market using
the proceeds from the exercise of an Award shall not increase the
number of shares available for future grant of Awards.
(b)
Sub-limits
. Subject to adjustment under
Section 9, the following sub-limits on the number of shares
subject to Awards shall apply:
(1)
Section 162(m) Per-Participant
Limit . The maximum
number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which Awards may
be granted to any Participant under the Plan shall be 500,000 per
calendar year, provided that, in a Participant’s first year
of hire, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock with respect
to which Awards may be granted to such Participant shall be
1,000,000. For purposes of the foregoing limit, the combination of
an Option in tandem with a SAR (as each is hereafter defined) shall
be treated as a single Award. The per-Participant limit described
in this Section 4(b)(1) shall be construed and applied
consistently with Section 162(m) of the Code or any
successor provision thereto, and the regulations thereunder
(“ Section 162(m) ”).
(2)
Limit on Award to
Directors . The
maximum number of shares with respect to which Awards may be
granted to directors who are not employees of the Company at the
time of the grant shall be 5% of the maximum number of authorized
shares set forth in Section 4(a)(1).
(c)
Substitute Awards
. In connection with a merger
or consolidation of an entity with the Company or the acquisition
by the Company of property or stock of an entity, the Board may
grant Awards in substitution for any options or other stock or
stock-based awards granted by such entity or an affiliate thereof.
Substitute Awards may be granted on such terms as the Board deems
appropriate in the circumstances, notwithstanding any limitations
on Awards contained in the Plan. Substitute Awards shall not count
against the overall share limit set forth in
Section 4(a)(1) or any sublimits contained in the Plan,
except as may be required by reason of Section 422 and related
provisions of the Code.
5.
Stock Options
(a)
General . The Board may grant options to purchase
Common Stock (each, an “ Option ”) and
determine the number of shares of Common Stock to be covered by
each Option, the exercise price of each Option and the conditions
and limitations applicable to the exercise of each Option,
including conditions relating to applicable federal or state
securities laws, as it considers necessary or advisable. An Option
which is not intended to be an Incentive Stock Option (as
hereinafter defined) shall be designated a “
Nonstatutory Stock Option .”
(b)
Incentive Stock
Options . An Option
that the Board intends to be an “incentive stock
option” as defined in Section 422 of the Code (an
“ Incentive Stock Option ”) shall only be
granted to employees of Sepracor, any of Sepracor’s present
or future subsidiary corporations as defined in
Sections 424(e) or
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(f) of the Code, and any other
entities the employees of which are eligible to receive Incentive
Stock Options under the Code, and shall be subject to and shall be
construed consistently with the requirements of Section 422 of
the Code. The Company shall have no liability to a Participant, or
any other party, if an Option (or any part thereof) which is
intended to be an Incentive Stock Option is not an Incentive Stock
Option or if the Company converts an Incentive Stock Option to a
Nonstatutory Stock Option.
(c)
Exercise Price
. The Board shall establish
the exercise price of each Option and specify the exercise price in
the applicable option agreement. The exercise price shall not be
less than 100% of the Fair Market Value (as defined below) on the
date the Option is granted; provided that if the Board approves the
grant of an Option with an exercise price to be determined on a
future date, the exercise price shall be not less than 100% of the
Fair Market Value on such future date. “Fair Market
Value” of a share of Common Stock for purposes of the Plan
will be determined as follows:
(A)
if the Common Stock trades on a
national securities exchange, the closing sale price (for the
primary trading session) on the date of grant; or
(B)
if the Common Stock does not trade
on any such exchange, the average of the closing bid and asked
prices as reported by an authorized OTCBB market data vendor as
listed on the OTCBB website (otcbb.com) on the date of grant;
or
(C)
if the Common Stock is not publicly
traded, the Board will determine the Fair Market Value for purposes
of the Plan using any measure of value it determines to be
appropriate (including, as it considers appropriate, relying on
appraisals) in a manner consistent with the valuation principles
under Section 409A of the Code, except as the Board or
Committee may expressly determine otherwise.
For any date that is not a trading
day, the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock for such date
will be determined by using the closing sale price or average of
the bid and asked prices, as appropriate, for the immediately
preceding trading day and with the timing in the formulas above
adjusted accordingly. The Board can substitute a particular time of
day or other measure of “closing sale price” or
“bid and asked prices” if appropriate because of
exchange or market procedures or can, in its sole discretion, use
weighted averages either on a daily basis or such longer period as
complies with Section 409A of the Code.
The Board has sole discretion to
determine the Fair Market Value for purposes of this Plan, and all
Awards are conditioned on the participants’ agreement that
the Administrator’s determination is conclusive and binding
even though others might make a different determination.
(d)
Duration of Options
. Each Option shall be
exercisable at such times and subject to such terms and conditions
as the Board may specify in the applicable option agreement;
provided , however , that no Option will be granted
with a term in excess of 10 years.
(e)
Exercise of Option
. Options may be exercised by
delivery to the Company of a written notice of exercise signed by
the proper person or by any other form of notice (including
electronic notice) approved by the Company, together with payment
in full as specified in Section 5(f) for the number of
shares for which the Option is exercised. Shares of Common Stock
subject to the Option will be delivered by the Company as soon as
practicable following exercise.
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(f)
Payment Upon Exercise
. Common Stock purchased upon
the exercise of an Option granted under the Plan shall be paid for
as follows:
(1)
in cash or by check, payable to the
order of the Company;
(2)
except as may otherwise be provided
in the applicable option agreement, by (i) delivery of an
irrevocable and unconditional undertaking by a creditworthy broker
to deliver promptly to the Company sufficient funds to pay the
exercise price and any required tax withholding or
(ii) delivery by the Participant to the Company of a copy of
irrevocable and unconditional instructions to a creditworthy broker
to deliver promptly to the Company cash or a check sufficient to
pay the exercise price and any required tax withholding;
(3)
to the extent provided for in the
applicable option agreement or approved by the Board, in its sole
discretion, by delivery (either by actual delivery or attestation)
of shares of Common Stock owned by the Participant valued at their
Fair Market Value, provided (i) such method of payment is then
permitted under applicable law, (ii) such Common Stock, if
acquired directly from the Company, was owned by the Participant
for such minimum period of time, if any, as may be established by
the Board in its discretion and (iii) such Common Stock is not
subject to any repurchase, forfeiture, unfulfilled vesting or other
similar requirements;
(4)
to the extent provided for in the
applicable Nonstatutory Stock Option agreement or approved by the
Board in its sole discretion, by delivery of a notice of “net
exercise” to the Company, as a result of which the
Participant would receive the number of shares of Common Stock
underlying the Option so exercised reduced by the number of shares
of Common Stock equal to the aggregate exercise price of the Option
divided by the Fair Market Value on the date of
exercise;
(5)
to the extent permitted by
applicable law and provided for in the applicable Option agreement
or approved by the Board, in its sole discretion, by payment of
such lawful consideration as the Board may determine; or
(6)
by any combination of the above
permitted forms of payment.
(g)
Limitation on
Repricing . Unless
such action is approved by the Company’s stockholders or is
pursuant to Section 9: (i) no outstanding Option granted
under the Plan may be amended to provide an exercise price per
share that is lower than the then-current exercise price per share
of such outstanding Option, (ii) the Board may not cancel any
outstanding option (whether or not granted under the Plan) and
grant in substitution therefor new Awards under the Plan covering
the same or a different number of shares of Common Stock and having
an exercise price per share lower than the then-current exercise
price per share of the cancelled option and (iii) the Company
may not repurchase for cash Options granted under the Plan
with an exercise price that is less than 100% of the Repurchase
Date Fair Market Value (as defined below). “Repurchase Date
Fair Market Value” of a share of Common Stock for purposes of
the Plan will be determined as follows:
(A)
if the Common Stock trades on a
national securities exchange, the closing sale price (for the
primary trading session) on the date of repurchase; or
(B)
if the Common Stock does not trade
on any such exchange, the average of the closing bid and asked
prices as reported by an authorized OTCBB market data vendor as
listed on the OTCBB website (otcbb.com) on the date of repurchase;
or
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(C)
if the Common Stock is not publicly
traded, the Board will determine the Repurchase Date Fair Market
Value for purposes of the Plan using any measure of value it
determines to be appropriate (including, as it considers
appropriate, relying on appraisals) in a manner consistent with the
valuation principles under Section 409A of the Code, except as
the Board or Committee may expressly determine
otherwise.
For any date that is not a trading
day, the Repurchase Date Fair Market Value of a share of Common
Stock for such date will be determined by using the closing sale
price or average of the bid and asked prices, as appropriate, for
the immediately preceding trading day and with the timing in the
formulas above adjusted accordingly. The Board can substitute a
particular time of day or other measure of “closing sale
price” or “bid and asked prices” if appropriate
because of exchange or market procedures or can, in its sole
discretion, use weighted averages either on a daily basis or such
longer period as complies with Section 409A of the
Code.
The Board has sole discretion to
determine the Repurchase Date Fair Market Value for purposes of
this Plan, and all Awards are conditioned on the
participants’ agreement that the Administrator’s
determination is conclusive and binding even though others might
make a different determination.
6.
Stock Appreciation
Rights
(a)
General . The Board may grant Awards consisting of
SARs entitling the holder, upon exercise, to receive an amount of
Common Stock or cash or a combination thereof (such form to be
determined by the Board) determined by reference to appreciation,
from and after the date of grant, in the Fair Market Value of a
share of Common Stock over the measurement price established
pursuant to Section 6(c). The date as of which such
appreciation is determined shall be the exercise date.
(b)
Grants . SARs may be granted in tandem with, or
independently of, Options granted under the Plan.
(1)
Tandem Awards
. When SARs are expressly
granted in tandem with Options, (i) the SAR will be
exercisable only at such time or times, and to the extent, that the
related Option is exercisable (except to the extent designated by
the Board in connection with a Reorganization Event or a Change in
Control Event) and will be exercisable in accordance with the
procedure required for exercise of the related Option;
(ii) the SAR will terminate and no longer be exercisable upon
the termination or exercise of the related Option, except to the
extent designated by the Board in connection with a Reorganization
Event or a Change in Control Event and except that a SAR granted
with respect to less than the full number of shares covered by an
Option will not be reduced until the number of shares as to which
the related Option has been exercised or has terminated exceeds the
number of shares not covered by the SAR; (iii) the Option will
terminate and no longer be exercisable upon the exercise of the
related SAR; and (iv) the SAR will be transferable only with
the related Option.
(2)
Independent SARs
. A SAR not expressly granted
in tandem with an Option will become exercisable at such time or
times, and on such conditions, as the Board may specify in the SAR
Award.
(c)
Measurement Price
. The Board shall establish
the measurement price of each SAR and specify it in the applicable
SAR agreement. The measurement price shall not be less than 100% of
the Fair Market Value on the date the SAR is granted; provided that
if the Board approves the grant of a
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SAR with a measurement price to be
determined on a future date, the measurement price shall be not
less than 100% of the Fair Market Value on such future
date.
(d)
Duration of SARs
. Each SAR shall be
exercisable at such times and subject to such terms and conditions
as the Board may specify in the applicable SAR agreement;
provided, however , that no SAR will be granted with a term
in excess of 10 years.
(e)
Exercise of SARs
. SARs may be exercised by
delivery to the Company of a written notice of exercise signed by
the proper person or by any other form of notice (including
electronic notice) approved by the Company, together with any other
documents required by the Board.
(f)
Limitation on
Repricing . Unless
such action is approved by the Company’s stockholders or is
pursuant to Section 9: (i) no outstanding SAR granted
under the Plan may be amended to provide an exercise price per
share that is lower than the then-current exercise price per share
of such outstanding SAR, (ii) the Board may not cancel any
outstanding SAR (whether or not granted under the Plan) and grant
in substitution therefor new Awards under the Plan covering the
same or a different number of shares of Common Stock and having an
exercise price per share lower than the then-current exercise price
per share of the cancelled SAR and (iii) the Company may not
repurchase for cash SARs granted under the Plan with a
measurement price that is less than 100% of the Repurchase Date
Fair Market Value.
7.
Restricted Stock; Restricted
Stock Units
(a)
General . The Board may grant Awards entitling
recipients to acquire shares of Common Stock (“
Restricted Stock ”), subject to the right of
the Company to repurchase all or part of such shares at their issue
price or other stated or formula price (or to require forfeiture of
such shares if issued at no cost) from the recipient in the event
that conditions specified by the Board in the applicable Award are
not satisfied prior to the end of the applicable restriction period
or periods established by the Board for such Award. Instead of
granting Awards for Restricted Stock, the Board may grant Awards
entitling the recipient to receive shares of Common Stock or cash
to be delivered at the time such Award vests (“
Restricted Stock Units ”) (Restricted Stock and
Restricted Stock Units are each referred to herein as a “
Restricted Stock Award ”).
(b)
Terms and Conditions for All
Restricted Stock Awards . The Board shall determine the terms and
conditions of a Restricted Stock Award, including the conditions
for vesting and repurchase (or forfeiture) and the issue price, if
any. Restricted Stock Awards that vest solely based on the passage
of time shall be zero percent vested prior to the first anniversary
of the date of grant (or, in the case of Awards to non-employee
directors, if earlier, the date of the first annual meeting held
after the date of grant), no more than one-third vested prior to
the second anniversary of the date of grant (or, in the case of
Awards to non-employee directors, if earlier, the date of the
second annual meeting held after the date of grant), and no more
than two-thirds vested prior to the third anniversary of the date
of grant (or, in the case of Awards to non-employee directors, if
earlier, the date of the third annual meeting held after the date
of grant). Restricted Stock Awards that do not vest solely based on
the passage of time shall not vest prior to the first anniversary
of the date of grant (or, in the case of Awards to non-employee
directors, if earlier, the date of the first annual meeting held
after the date of grant). The two foregoing sentences shall not
apply to (1) Performance Awards granted pursuant to
Section 8(c) or (2) Restricted Stock Awards and
Other Stock-Based Awards granted, in the aggregate, for up to 10%
of the maximum number of authorized shares set forth in
Section 4(a)(1).
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Notwithstanding any other provision
of this Plan (other than Section 8(c), if applicable), the
Board may, in its discretion, either at the time a Restricted Stock
Award is made or at any time thereafter, waive its right to
repurchase shares of Common Stock (or waive the forfeiture thereof)
or remove or modify any part or all of the restrictions applicable
to the Restricted Stock Award, provided that the Board may only
exercise such rights in extr