Exhibit 99.1
STREAM GLOBAL SERVICES,
INC.
2008 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN, AS
AMENDED
The purpose of this 2008 Stock
Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) of Stream Global Services,
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 are expected to make important contributions
to the Company and by providing such persons with equity ownership
opportunities and performance-based incentives that are intended to
better align 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 parent or 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”).
All of the Company’s
employees, officers, directors, consultants and advisors 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. Each person who receives an
Award under the Plan is deemed a
“Recipient”.
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Administration and Delegation
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(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. No director or person acting pursuant to the authority
delegated by the Board shall be liable for any action or
determination relating to or under the Plan made in good
faith.
(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 or the officers referred to in
Section 3(c) to the extent that the Board’s powers or
authority under the Plan have been delegated to such Committee or
officers.
(c) Delegation to Officers .
To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Board may delegate
to one or more officers of the Company the power to grant Awards
(subject to any limitations under the Plan) to employees or
officers of the Company or any of its present or future subsidiary
corporations and to exercise such other powers under the Plan as
the Board may determine, provided that the Board shall fix the
terms of the Awards to be granted by such officers (including the
exercise price of such Awards, which may include a formula by which
the exercise price will be determined) and the maximum number of
shares subject to Awards that the officers may grant; provided
further, however, that no officer shall be authorized to grant
Awards to any “executive officer” of the Company (as
defined by Rule 3b-7 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the “Exchange Act”)) or to any
“officer” of the Company (as defined by Rule 16a-1
under the Exchange Act).
(d) Awards to Non-Employee
Directors . Discretionary Awards to non-employee directors will
only be granted and administered by a Committee, all of the members
of which are independent as defined by Section 121.A.2 of the
American Stock Exchange Company Guide.
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Stock
Available for Awards
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(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 10,000,000 shares of common stock,
$0.001 par value per share, of the Company (the “Common
Stock”). Shares issued under the Plan may consist in whole or
in part of authorized but unissued shares or treasury
shares.
(2) 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) and 4(b)(3), (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 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 regardless of the number
of shares actually used to settle such SAR upon exercise;
(iii) shares of Common Stock tendered to the Company by a
Recipient 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.
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(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-Recipient Limit . The maximum number of shares of Common
Stock with respect to which Awards may be granted to any Recipient
under the Plan is 1,000,000 shares per calendar year. 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-Recipient 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 Awards other than
Options and SARS . The maximum number of shares with respect to
which Awards other than Options and SARs may be granted is 20% of
the total number of authorized shares set forth in
Section 4(a)(1).
(3) Limit on Awards 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 grant is 10% of the total 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.
(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 that 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 Stream Global Services, Inc., any of Stream Global
Services, Inc.’s present or future parent or subsidiary
corporations as defined in Sections 424(e) or (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 Recipient, or any other party, if an Option
(or any part thereof) that is intended to be an Incentive Stock
Option is not an Incentive Stock Option or for any action taken by
the Board, including without limitation the conversion of an
Incentive Stock Option to a Nonstatutory Stock Option.
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(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 be not 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.
(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 Board,
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.
(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 Recipient 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 Recipient
valued at their fair market value as determined by (or in a manner
approved by) the Board (“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 Recipient 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 permitted by
applicable law and provided for in the applicable option agreement
or approved by the Board, in its sole discretion, by
(i) delivery of a promissory note of the Recipient to the
Company on terms determined by the Board, or (ii) payment of
such other lawful consideration as the Board may determine;
or
(5) by any combination of the above
permitted forms of payment.
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(g) Limitation on Repricing .
Unless such action is approved by the Company’s stockholders:
(1) 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 (other than adjustments pursuant to Section 9) and
(2) 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.
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Stock
Appreciation Rights .
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(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 in whole or in part by reference to appreciation, from
and after the date of grant, in the fair market value of a share of
Common Stock over the exercise 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 ) 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 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) Exercise Price . The
Board shall establish the exercise price of each SAR and specify it
in the applicable SAR agreement. The exercise 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 SAR
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.
(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.
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(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 Board, together with
any other documents required by the Board.
(f) Limitation on Repricing .
Unless such action is approved by the Company’s stockholders:
(1) no outstanding SAR granted under the Plan may be amended
to provide a exercise price per share that is lower than the
then-current exercise price per share of such outstanding SAR
(other than adjustments pursuant to Section 9) and
(2) 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 a exercise price per share lower
than the then-current exercise price per share of the cancelled
SAR.