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Title: TARGETED GENETICS CORPORATION STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
Governing Law: Washington     Date: 8/12/2009
Industry: Biotechnology and Drugs     Sector: Healthcare

TARGETED GENETICS CORPORATION STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN, Parties: targeted genetics corporation
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Exhibit 10.5

TARGETED GENETICS CORPORATION

STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

Effective as of March 3, 2009

 

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SECTION 1.

  

INTRODUCTION

  

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SECTION 2.

  

DEFINITIONS

  

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SECTION 3.

  

ADMINISTRATION

  

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SECTION 4.

  

GENERAL

  

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SECTION 5.

  

SHARES SUBJECT TO PLAN AND SHARE LIMITS

  

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SECTION 6.

  

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF OPTIONS

  

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SECTION 7.

  

PAYMENT FOR OPTION SHARES

  

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SECTION 8.

  

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS

  

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SECTION 9.

  

TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR STOCK GRANTS.

  

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SECTION 10.

  

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF STOCK UNITS

  

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SECTION 11.

  

PROTECTION AGAINST DILUTION

  

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SECTION 12.

  

EFFECT OF A CORPORATE TRANSACTION

  

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SECTION 13.

  

LIMITATIONS ON RIGHTS

  

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SECTION 14.

  

WITHHOLDING TAXES

  

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SECTION 15.

  

DURATION AND AMENDMENTS

  

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SECTION 16.

  

ADDENDA

  

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SECTION 17.

  

SEVERABILITY

  

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SECTION 18.

  

EXECUTION

  

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TARGETED GENETICS CORPORATION

STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

EFFECTIVE AS OF MARCH 3, 2009

SECTION 1. INTRODUCTION .

On March 26, 2007, the Board amended, restated and renamed the Targeted Genetics Corporation 1999 Stock Option Plan into the Targeted Genetics Corporation Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), and the Plan became effective upon its approval by the Company shareholders on May 17, 2007. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, stock options granted prior to the date the Plan became effective shall be governed by the terms and provisions of the Targeted Genetics Corporation 1999 Stock Option Plan and the applicable stock option agreement.

The Targeted Genetics Corporation 1999 Stock Option Plan was originally adopted by the Board on January 21, 1999 and it was thereafter approved by the Company’s shareholders on May 5, 1999. Such plan was last amended by the Board on March 22, 2004 and approved by the Company’s shareholders on May 20, 2004. The Plan was last amended by the Board on March 3, 2009 and approved by the Company’s shareholders on May 14, 2009.

The purposes of the Plan are to promote the long-term success of the Company and the creation of shareholder value by offering Key Service Providers an opportunity to share in such long-term success by acquiring a proprietary interest in the Company and to attract and retain the best available personnel for positions of substantial responsibility, and to provide additional incentive to Employees, Consultants and Directors.

The Plan seeks to achieve these purposes by providing for discretionary long-term incentive Awards in the form of Options (which may constitute Incentive Stock Options or Nonstatutory Stock Options), Stock Appreciation Rights, Stock Grants and Stock Units.

The Plan shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Washington (except its choice-of-law provisions). Capitalized terms shall have the meaning provided in Section 2 unless otherwise provided in the Plan or any related Stock Option Agreement, SAR Agreement, Stock Grant Agreement or Stock Unit Agreement.

SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS .

 

 

(a)

“Affiliate” means any entity other than a Subsidiary, if the Company and/or one or more Subsidiaries own not less than 50% of such entity.

 

 

(b)

“Applicable Laws” means all applicable laws, rules, regulations and requirements, including, but not limited to, all applicable U.S. federal or state laws, any Stock Exchange rules or regulations, and the applicable laws, rules or regulations of any other country or jurisdiction where Awards are granted under the Plan or where Participants reside or provide services, as such laws, rules, and regulations shall be in effect from time to time.

 

 

(c)

“Award” means any Grant of an Option, SAR, Stock Grant or Stock Unit under the Plan.

 

 

(d)

“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company, as constituted from time to time.

 

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(e) “Cashless Exercise” means, to the extent that a Stock Option Agreement so provides and as permitted by applicable law, a program approved by the Committee in which payment may be made all or in part by delivery (on a form prescribed by the Committee) of an irrevocable direction to a securities broker to sell Shares and to deliver all or part of the sale proceeds to the Company in payment of the aggregate Exercise Price and, if applicable, the amount necessary to satisfy the Company’s withholding obligations at the minimum statutory withholding rates, including, but not limited to, U.S. federal, state and local income taxes, payroll taxes, and foreign taxes, if applicable.

(f) “Cause” means, except as may otherwise be provided in a Participant’s employment agreement or Award agreement, a conviction of a Participant for a felony crime or the failure of a Participant to contest prosecution for a felony crime, or a Participant’s misconduct, fraud or dishonesty (as such terms are defined by the Committee in its sole discretion), or any unauthorized use or disclosure of confidential information or trade secrets, in each case as determined by the Committee, and the Committee’s determination shall be conclusive and binding.

(g) “Change in Control” means the occurrence of any one or more of the following:

(i) the sale, transfer or disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets other than to (A) a corporation or other entity of which at least a majority of its combined voting power is owned directly or indirectly by the Company, (B) a corporation or other entity owned directly or indirectly by the holders of capital stock of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of Common Stock, or (C) an Excluded Entity (as defined in subsection (ii) below)

(ii) the merger, consolidation or other business combination transaction of the Company with or into another corporation, entity or person, other than a transaction with or into another corporation, entity or person in which the holders of at least a majority of the shares of voting capital stock of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such transaction continue to hold (either by such shares remaining outstanding in the continuing entity or by their being converted into shares of voting capital stock of the surviving entity) a majority of the total voting power represented by the shares of voting capital stock of the Company (or the surviving entity) outstanding immediately after such transaction (an “Excluded Entity”); or

(iii) the acquisition, directly or indirectly, by any person or related group of persons (other than the Company or a person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Company) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act) of securities of the Company representing more than 50% of the total combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made directly to the Company’s stockholders which the Board does not recommend such stockholders accept.

A transaction (including a Corporate Transaction) shall not constitute a Change in Control if its sole purpose is to change the state of the Company’s incorporation or to create a holding company that will be owned in substantially the same proportions by the persons who held the Company’s securities immediately before such transactions.

(h) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations and interpretations promulgated thereunder.

(i) “Committee” means a committee described in Section 3.

(j) “Common Stock” means the Company’s common stock.

(k) “Company” means Targeted Genetics Corporation, a Washington corporation, and any successor.

(l) “Consultant” means an individual who performs bona-fide services to the Company, a Parent, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate, other than as an Employee or Director.

 

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(m) “Corporate Transaction” means a sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, or a merger, consolidation or other capital reorganization or business combination transaction of the Company with or into another corporation, entity or person.

(n) “Covered Employees” means those persons who are subject to the limitations of Section 162(m) of the Code.

(o) “Director” means a member of the Board.

(p) “Disability” means “permanent and total disability” as such term is defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.

(q) “Employee” means any individual who is a common-law employee of the Company, a Parent, a Subsidiary, or an Affiliate.

(r) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

(s) “Exercise Price” means, in the case of an Option, the amount for which a Share may be purchased upon exercise of such Option, as specified in the applicable Stock Option Agreement. “Exercise Price,” in the case of a SAR, means an amount, as specified in the applicable SAR Agreement, which is subtracted from the Fair Market Value in determining the amount payable upon exercise of such SAR.

(t) “Fair Market Value” means the market price of a Share as established in good faith by the Committee or (a) if the Common Stock is listed on the Nasdaq National Market, the closing selling price for the Common Stock as reported by the Nasdaq National Market for a single trading day or (b) if the Common Stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange or the American Stock Exchange, the closing selling price for the Common Stock as such price is officially quoted in the composite tape of transactions on such exchange for a single trading day. If there is no such reported price for the Common Stock for the date in question, then such price on the last preceding date for which such price exists shall be determinative of Fair Market Value. the market price of a Share as determined in good faith by the Committee.

(u) “Fiscal Year” means the Company’s fiscal year.

(v) “Grant” means any grant of an Award under the Plan.

(w) “Incentive Stock Option” or “ISO” means an incentive stock option described in Section 422 of the Code.

(x) “Key Service Provider” means an Employee, Director or Consultant who has been selected by the Committee to receive an Award under the Plan.

(y) “Non-Employee Director” means a Director who is not an Employee.

(z) “Nonstatutory Stock Option” or “NSO” means a stock option that is not an Incentive Stock Option.

(aa) “Option” means an ISO or NSO granted under the Plan entitling the Optionee to purchase Shares.

(bb) “Optioned Stock” means Shares that are subject to an Option or that were issued pursuant to the exercise of an Option.

(cc) “Optionee” means an individual, estate or other entity that holds an Option.

 

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(dd) “Parent” means any corporation (other than the Company) in an unbroken chain of corporations ending with the Company, if each of the corporations other than the Company owns stock possessing 50% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain. A corporation that attains the status of a Parent on a date after the adoption of the Plan shall be considered a Parent commencing as of such date.

(ee) “Participant” means an individual or an estate or other entity that holds an Award.

(ff) “Performance Goals” means one or more objective measurable performance factors as determined by the Committee with respect to each Performance Period based upon one or more factors, including, but not limited to: (i) operating income; (ii) earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”); (iii) earnings; (iv) cash flow; (v) market share; (vi) sales or revenue; (vii) expenses; (viii) cost of goods sold; (ix) profit/loss or profit margin; (x) working capital; (xi) return on equity or assets; (xii) earnings per share; (xiii) economic value added (“EVA”); (xiv) stock price; (xv) price/earnings ratio; (xvi) debt or debt-to-equity; (xvii) accounts receivable; (xviii) writeoffs; (xix) cash; (xx) assets; (xxi) liquidity; (xxii) operations; (xxiii) intellectual property ( e.g ., patents); (xxiv) product development; (xxv) regulatory activity, including clinical trial activity; (xxvi) manufacturing, production or inventory; (xxvii) mergers and acquisitions or divestitures; (xxviii) business development activities; (xxix) financings; (xxx) cash burn; and/or (xxxi) cash horizon, each with respect to the Company and/or one or more of its Affiliates or operating units. Awards issued to persons who are not Covered Employees may take into account other factors.

(gg) “Performance Period” means any period not exceeding thirty-six (36) months as determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion. The Committee may establish different Performance Periods for different Participants, and the Committee may establish concurrent or overlapping Performance Periods.

(hh) “Plan” means this Targeted Genetics Corporation Stock Incentive Plan, as it may be amended from time to time.

(ii) “Re-Price” means that the Company has lowered or reduced the Exercise Price of outstanding Options and/or outstanding SARs for any Participant(s) in a manner described by Item 402(i)(1) of SEC Regulation S-K (or its successor provision).

(jj) “Retirement” means retirement as of the individual’s normal retirement date under the Company’s 401(k) Plan or other similar successor plan applicable to salaried employees.

(kk) “Rule 16b-3” means Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act, as amended from time to time, or any successor provision.

(ll) “SAR Agreement” means the agreement described in Section 8 evidencing each Award of a Stock Appreciation Right.

(mm) “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

(nn) “Section 16 Persons” means those officers, directors or other persons who are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

(oo) “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

(pp) “Service” means the absence of any interruption or termination of service as an Employee, Director or Consultant. Continuous Service Status shall not be considered interrupted or terminated in the case of: (i) Company approved sick leave; (ii) military leave; (iii) any other bona fide leave of absence approved by the Committee, provided that such leave is for a period of not more than ninety (90) days, unless reemployment upon the expiration of such leave is guaranteed by contract or statute, or unless provided otherwise pursuant to a written Company policy. Also, Continuous Service Status as an Employee or

 

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Consultant shall not be considered interrupted or terminated in the case of a transfer between locations of the Company or between the Company, its Parents, Subsidiaries or Affiliates, or their respective successors, or a change in status from an Employee to a Consultant or from a Consultant to an Employee.

(qq) “Share” means one share of Common Stock.

(rr) “Stock Appreciation Right” or “SAR” means a stock appreciation right awarded under the Plan.

(ss) “Stock Exchange” means any stock exchange or consolidated stock price reporting system on which prices for the Common Stock are quoted at any give time.

(tt) “Stock Grant” means Shares awarded under the Plan.

(uu) “Stock Grant Agreement” means the agreement described in Section 9 evidencing each Award of a Stock Grant.

(vv) “Stock Option Agreement” means the agreement described in Section 6 evidencing each Award of an Option.

(ww) “Stock Unit” means a bookkeeping entry representing the equivalent of one Share, as awarded under the Plan.

(xx) “Stock Unit Agreement” means the agreement described in Section 10 evidencing each Award of a Stock Unit.

(yy) “Subsidiary” means any corporation (other than the Company) in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Company, if each of the corporations other than the last corporation in the unbroken chain owns stock possessing 50% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain. A corporation that attains the status of a Subsidiary on a date after the adoption of the Plan shall be considered a Subsidiary commencing as of such date.

(zz) “10-Percent Shareholder” means an individual who owns more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of outstanding stock of the Company, its Parent or any of its Subsidiaries. In determining stock ownership, the attribution rules of Section 424(d) of the Code shall be applied.

SECTION 3 . ADMINISTRATION .

(a) General. The Plan shall be administered by the Board or a Committee, or a combination thereof, as determined by the Board. The Plan may be administered by different administrative bodies with respect to different classes of Participants and, if permitted by Applicable Laws, the Board may authorize one or more officers of the Company to make Awards under the Plan to Employees and Consultants (who are not Section 16 Persons) within parameters specified by the Board.

(b) Committee Composition. If a Committee has been appointed pursuant to this Section 3, such Committee shall continue to serve in its designated capacity until otherwise directed by the Board. From time to time the Board may increase the size of any Committee and appoint additional members thereof, remove members (with or without cause) and appoint new members in substitution therefor, fill vacancies (however caused) and dissolve a Committee and thereafter directly administer the Plan, all to the extent permitted by the Applicable Laws and, in the case of a Committee administering the Plan in accordance with the requirements of Rule 16b-3 or of Section 162(m) of the Code, to the extent permitted or required by such provisions.

Unless the Board provides otherwise, the Board’s Compensation Committee shall be the Committee. Members of the Committee shall serve for such period of time as the Board may determine and shall be subject to removal by the Board at any time. The Board may also at any time terminate the functions of the Committee and reassume all powers and authority previously delegated to the Committee.

 

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The Committee shall have membership composition which enables (i) Awards to Section 16 Persons to qualify as exempt from liability under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act and (ii) Awards to Covered Employees to qualify as “performance-based compensation” as provided under Section 162(m) of the Code.

The Board may also appoint one or more separate committees of the Board, each composed of two or more directors of the Company who need not qualify under Rule 16b-3 or under Section 162(m) of the Code, that may administer the Plan with respect to Key Service Providers who are not Section 16 Persons or Covered Employees, respectively, may grant Awards under the Plan to such Key Service Providers and may determine all terms of such Awards.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board shall constitute the Committee and shall administer the Plan with respect to Non-Employee Directors, shall grant Awards under the Plan to such Non-Employee Directors, and shall determine all terms of such Awards.

(c) Authority of the Committee. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall have full authority and sole discretion to take any actions it deems necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan. Such actions shall include:

 

 

(i)

selecting Key Service Providers who are to receive Awards under the Plan;

 

 

(ii)

determining the type, number, vesting requirements and other features and conditions of such Awards and amending such Awards;

 

 

(iii)

correcting any defect, supplying any omission, or reconciling any inconsistency in the Plan or any Award agreement;

 

 

(iv)

accelerating the vesting, or extending the post-termination exercise term, of Awards at any time and under such terms and conditions as it deems appropriate;

 

 

(v)

interpreting the Plan;

 

 

(vi)

making all other decisions relating to the operation of the Plan; and

 

 

(vii)

adopting such plans or sub-plans as may be deemed necessary or appropriate to provide for the participation by Key Service Providers of the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates who reside outside the U.S., which plans and/or sub-plans shall be attached hereto as Appendices.

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.

(d) Indemnification. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, each member of the Committee, or of the Board, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against and from (i) any loss, cost, liability, or expense that may be imposed upon or reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with or resulting from any claim, action, suit, or proceeding to which he or she may be a party or in which he or she may be involved by reason of any action taken or failure to act under the Plan or any Stock Option Agreement, SAR Agreement, Stock Grant Agreement or Stock Unit Agreement, and (ii) from any and all amounts paid by him or her in settlement thereof, with the Company’s approval, or paid by him or her in satisfaction of any judgment in any such claim, action, suit, or proceeding against him or her, provided he or she shall give the Company an opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend the same before he or she undertakes to handle and defend it on his or her own behalf. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which such persons may be entitled under the Company’s Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws, by contract, as a matter of law, or otherwise, or under any power that the Company may have to indemnify them or hold them harmless.

 

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SECTION 4. GENERAL .

(a) General Eligibility. Only Employees, Directors and Consultants shall be eligible for designation as Key Service Providers by the Committee, in its sole discretion.

(b) Incentive Stock Options. Only Key Service Providers who are common-law employees of the Company, a Parent or a Subsidiary shall be eligible for the grant of ISOs. In addition, a Key Service Provider who is a 10-Percent Shareholder shall not be eligible for the grant of an ISO unless the requirements set forth


 
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