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SINO PAYMENTS, INC. 2009 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

Equity Incentive Plan Agreement

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Title: SINO PAYMENTS, INC. 2009 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
Date: 8/5/2009

SINO PAYMENTS, INC.

 

2009 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN, Parties: sino payments  inc.
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Exhibit 4.01

 

SINO PAYMENTS, INC.

 

2009 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

 

1.

Establishment, Purpose and Types of Awards . Sino Payments, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Corporation”) hereby establishes the SINO PAYMENTS, INC. 2009 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN (the “Plan”). The purpose of the Plan is to advance the interests of the Corporation by providing directors, selected employees and consultants of the Corporation with the opportunity to acquire shares of Common Stock. By encouraging stock ownership, the Corporation seeks to attract, retain and motivate the best available personnel for positions of substantial responsibility; to provide additional incentive to directors, selected employees and consultants of the Corporation to promote the success of the business as measured by the value of its shares; and generally to increase the commonality of interests among directors, employees, consultants and other shareholders.

 

The Plan permits the granting of stock options (including incentive stock options within the meaning of Code Section 422 and non-qualified stock options), stock appreciation rights, restricted or unrestricted stock awards, phantom stock, performance awards, other stock-based awards, or any combination of the foregoing.

 

2.

Definitions . Under the Plan, except where the context otherwise indicates, the following definitions apply:

 

Administrator ” means the Board or the committee(s) or officer(s) appointed by the Board that have authority to administer the Plan as provided in Section 3 hereof.

 

Affiliate ” means any entity, whether now or hereafter existing, which controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Corporation, including, but not limited to, joint ventures, limited liability companies, and partnerships. For this purpose, “control” shall mean ownership of 50% or more of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of stock or interests of the entity.

 

Award ” means any stock option, stock appreciation right, stock award, phantom stock award, performance award, or other stock-based award pursuant to the Plan.

 

Board ” means the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

 

“Cause ” has the meaning ascribed to such term or words of similar import in Participant’s written employment or service contract with the Corporation and, in the absence of such agreement or definition, means Participant’s (i) conviction of, or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, a felony or crime involving moral turpitude; (ii) fraud on or misappropriation of any funds or property of the Corporation, any affiliate, customer or vendor; (iii) personal dishonesty, incompetence, willful misconduct, willful violation of any law, rule or regulation (other than minor traffic violations or similar offenses), or breach of fiduciary duty which involves personal profit; (iv) willful misconduct in connection with Participant’s duties or willful failure to perform Participant’s responsibilities in the best interests of the Corporation; (v) illegal use or distribution of drugs; (vi) violation of any Corporation rule, regulation, procedure or policy; or (vii) breach of any provision of any employment, non-disclosure, non-competition, non-solicitation or other similar agreement executed by Participant for the benefit of the Corporation, all as determined by the Administrator, which determination will be conclusive.

 

“Change of Control” means if any of the following occurs

 

(i)

any individual, firm, corporation or other entity, or any group (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) or the Exchange Act becomes, directly or indirectly, the beneficial owner (as defined in the general rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to Sections 13(d) and 13(g) of the Act) of more than 35% of the then outstanding shares of the Corporation's capital stock entitled vote generally in the election of directors of the Corporation; or

 

(ii)

the stockholders of the Corporation approve a definitive agreement for (i) the merger or other business combination of the Corporation with or into another corporation pursuant to which the stockholders of the Corporation do not own, immediately after the transaction, more than 50% of the voting power of the corporation that survives and is a publicly owned corporation and not a subsidiary of another corporation, or (ii) the sale, exchange or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation.

 

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Common Stock ” means the Corporation’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share.

 

Corporation ” means Sino Payments, Inc., a Nevada corporation.

 


Consultant ” means an individual consultant or advisor who renders or has rendered bona fide services, including acting as distributors for the Corporation’s product line(s), other than services in connection with the offering or sale of securities of the Corporation in a capital-raising transaction or as a market maker or promoter of the Corporation's securities.

 

Disability ” shall mean the inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve months. The Administrator may require such proof of Disability as the Administrator in its sole discretion deems appropriate and the Administrator’s good faith determination as to whether Participant is totally and permanently disabled will be final and binding on all parties concerned.

 

Employee ” means any person employed by the Corporation or any affiliate, other than in the capacity as director, advisory director or comparable status.

 

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Fair Market Value ” means, with respect to a share of Common Stock for any purpose on a particular date: (i) the closing price quoted on the Nasdaq Stock Market or other national securities exchange or national securities association that is the principal market for the Common Stock, or (ii) if the Common Stock is not so listed, the last or closing price on the relevant date quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board Service or by Pink Sheets LLC or a comparable service as determined in the Administrator’s sole discretion; or (iii) if the Common Stock is not listed or quoted by any of the above, the average of the closing bid and asked prices on the relevant date furnished by a professional market maker for the Common Stock selected by the Administrator in its sole discretion. If the Common Stock is listed or quoted as described in clause (i), clause (ii) or clause (iii) above, as applicable, but no public trading of the Common Stock occurs on the relevant date, then Fair Market Value shall be determined as of the nearest preceding date on which trading of the Common Stock occurred. For all purposes under the Plan, the term “relevant date” as used in this definition means either the date as of which Fair Market Value is to be determined or the nearest preceding date on which public trading of the Common Stock occurred, as determined in the Administrator’s sole discretion.

 

Grant Agreement ” means a written document memorializing the terms and conditions of an Award granted pursuant to the Plan. Each Grant Agreement shall incorporate the terms of the Plan.

 

Participants ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.

 

Parent ” shall mean a corporation, whether nor or hereafter existing, within the meaning of the definition of “parent corporation” provided in Code section 424(e), or any successor thereto.

 

Performance Goals ” shall mean performance goals established by the Administrator which may be based on one or business criteria selected by the Administrator that apply to an individual or group of individuals, the Corporation and/or one or more of its Affiliates either separately or together, over such performance period as the Administrator may designate, including, but not limited to, criteria based on operating income, earnings or earnings growth, sales, return on assets, equity or investment, regulatory compliance, satisfactory internal or external audits, improvement of financial ratings, achievement of balance sheet or income statement objectives, or any other objective goals established by the Administrator, and may be absolute in their terms or measured against or in relationship to other companies comparably, similarly or otherwise situated.

 

Subsidiary ” and “ Subsidiaries ” shall mean only a corporation or corporations, whether now or hereafter existing, within the meaning of the definition of “subsidiary corporation” provided in section 424(f) of the Code, or any successor thereto.

 

Ten-Percent Stockholder ” shall mean a Participant who (applying the rules of Code section 424(d)) owns stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of stock or interests of the Corporation.

 

3.

Administration .

 

(a)

Administration of the Plan . The Plan shall be administered by the Board or a committee that may be appointed by the Board from time to time. To the extent allowed by applicable state or federal law, the Board by resolution may authorize an officer or officers to grant Awards (other than stock Awards) to other officers and employees of the Corporation and its Affiliates, and, to the extent of such authorization, such officer or officers shall be the Administrator.

 

(b)

Powers of the Administrator . The Administrator shall have all the powers vested in it by the terms of the Plan, such powers to include authority, in its sole discretion, to grant Awards under the Plan, prescribe Grant Agreements evidencing such Awards and establish programs for granting Awards.

 

2

 


The Administrator shall have full power and authority to take all other actions necessary to carry out the purpose and intent of the Plan, including, but not limited to, the authority to: (i) determine the eligible persons to whom, and the time or times at which, Awards shall be granted; (ii) determine the types of Awards to be granted; (iii) determine the number of shares to be covered by or used for reference purposes for each Award; (iv) impose such terms, limitations, restrictions and conditions (not inconsistent with the Plan) upon any such Award as the Administrator shall deem appropriate, including, but not limited to, whether a stock option shall be an incentive stock option or a nonqualified stock option, any exceptions to nontransferability, any Performance Goals applicable to Awards, any provisions relating to vesting, any circumstances in which the Awards would terminate, the period during which Awards may be exercised, and the period during which Awards shall be subject to restrictions; (v) modify, amend, extend or renew outstanding Awards, or accept the surrender of outstanding Awards and substitute new Awards (provided however, that, except as provided in Section 6 or 7(d) of the Plan, any modification that would materially adversely affect any outstanding Award shall not be made without the consent of the holder); (vi) accelerate, extend or otherwise change the time in which an Award may be exercised or becomes payable and to waive or accelerate the lapse, in whole or in part, of any restriction or condition with respect to such Award, including, but not limited to, any restriction or condition with respect to the vesting or exercisability of an Award following termination of any grantee’s employment or other relationship with the Corporation or an Affiliate; (vii) establish objectives and conditions (including, without limitation, vesting criteria), if any, for earning Awards and determining whether such objectives and conditions have been satisfied; (viii) determine the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock from time to time in accordance with the Plan; and (ix) for any purpose, including but not limited to, qualifying for preferred tax treatment under foreign tax laws or otherwise complying with the regulatory requirements of local or foreign jurisdictions, to establish, amend, modify, administer or terminate sub-plans, and prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to such sub-plans.

 

The Administrator shall have full power and authority, in its sole discretion, to administer and interpret the Plan, Grant Agreements and all other documents relevant to the Plan and Awards issued thereunder, and to adopt and interpret such rules, regulations, agreements, guidelines and instruments for the administration of the Plan and for the conduct of its business as the Administrator deems necessary or advisable.

 

(c)

Non-Uniform Determinations . The Administrator’s determinations under the Plan (including, without limitation, determinations of the persons to receive Awards, the form, amount and timing of such Awards, the terms and provisions of such Awards and the Grant Agreements evidencing such Awards) need not be uniform and may be made by the Administrator selectively among persons who receive, or are eligible to receive, Awards under the Plan, whether or not such persons are similarly situated.

 

(d)

Limited Liability . To the maximum extent permitted by law, no member of the Administrator shall be liable for any action taken or decision made in good faith relating to the Plan or any Award thereunder.

 

(e)

I ndemnification . To the maximum extent permitted by law and by the Corporation’s charter and by-laws, the members of the Administrator shall be indemnified by the Corporation in respect of all their activities under the Plan.

 

(f)

Reliance on Reports . Each member of the Board shall be fully j


 
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