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Equity Incentive Plan Agreement

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Title: VERIGREEN ENERGY CORPORATION 2009 FLEXIBLE STOCK PLAN
Governing Law: Delaware     Date: 5/14/2009
Industry: Scientific and Technical Instr.     Sector: Technology

VERIGREEN ENERGY CORPORATION 2009 FLEXIBLE STOCK PLAN, Parties: verigreen energy corporation
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Exhibit 10.3

VERIGREEN ENERGY CORPORATION
2009 FLEXIBLE STOCK PLAN

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page

 

1. NAME AND PURPOSE

 

 

 

 

1.1. Name

 

 

1

 

1.2. Purpose

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. DEFINITIONS OF TERMS AND RULES OF CONSTRUCTION

 

 

 

 

2.1. General Definitions

 

 

1

 

2.1.1. Affiliate

 

 

1

 

2.1.2. Agreement

 

 

1

 

2.1.3. Benefit

 

 

1

 

2.1.4. Board

 

 

1

 

2.1.5. Cash Award

 

 

1

 

2.1.6. Change of Control

 

 

1

 

2.1.7. Code

 

 

2

 

2.1.8. Company

 

 

2

 

2.1.9. Committee

 

 

2

 

2.1.10. Common Stock

 

 

2

 

2.1.11. Director

 

 

2

 

2.1.12. Effective Date

 

 

2

 

2.1.13. Employee

 

 

2

 

2.1.14. Employer

 

 

2

 

2.1.15. Exchange Act

 

 

2

 

2.1.16. Fair Market Value

 

 

2

 

2.1.17. Fiscal Year

 

 

2

 

2.1.18. ISO

 

 

2

 

2.1.19. NQSO

 

 

3

 

2.1.20. Option

 

 

3

 

2.1.21. Other Stock Based Award

 

 

3

 

2.1.22. Parent

 

 

3

 

2.1.23. Participant

 

 

3

 

2.1.24. Performance Based Compensation

 

 

3

 

2.1.25. Performance Share

 

 

3

 

2.1.26. Plan

 

 

3

 

2.1.27. Reload Option

 

 

3

 

2.1.28. Restricted Stock

 

 

3

 

2.1.29. Rule 16b-3

 

 

3

 

2.1.30. SEC

 

 

3

 

2.1.31. Share

 

 

3

 

2.1.32. SAR

 

 

4

 

2.1.33. Subsidiary

 

 

4

 

2.2. Other Definitions

 

 

4

 

2.3. Conflicts

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. COMMON STOCK

 

 

 

 

3.1. Number of Shares

 

 

4

 

3.2. Reusage

 

 

4

 

3.3. Adjustments

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. ELIGIBILITY

 

 

 

 

4.1. Determined By Committee

 

 

4

 

 

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5. ADMINISTRATION

 

 

 

 

5.1. Committee

 

 

5

 

5.2. Authority

 

 

5

 

5.3. Delegation

 

 

5

 

5.4. Determination

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. AMENDMENT

 

 

 

 

6.1. Power of Board

 

 

5

 

6.2. Limitation

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

7. TERM AND TERMINATION

 

 

 

 

7.1. Term

 

 

6

 

7.2. Termination

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

8. MODIFICATION OR TERMINATION OF BENEFITS

 

 

 

 

8.1. General

 

 

6

 

8.2. Committee’s Right

 

 

6

 

8.3. Compliance with Applicable Laws

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

9. CHANGE OF CONTROL

 

 

 

 

9.1. Vesting and Payment

 

 

6

 

9.2. Other Action

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

10. AGREEMENTS AND CERTAIN BENEFITS

 

 

 

 

10.1. Grant Evidenced by Agreement

 

 

7

 

10.2. Provisions of Agreement

 

 

7

 

10.3. Transferability

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

11. REPLACEMENT AND TANDEM AWARDS

 

 

 

 

11.1. Replacement

 

 

7

 

11.2. Tandem Awards

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

12. PAYMENT, DIVIDENDS AND WITHHOLDING

 

 

 

 

12.1. Payment

 

 

7

 

12.2. Dividend Equivalents

 

 

8

 

12.3. Withholding

 

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

13. OPTIONS

 

 

 

 

13.1. Types of Options

 

 

8

 

13.2. Grant of ISOs and Option Price

 

 

8

 

13.3. Other Requirements for ISOs

 

 

8

 

13.4. NQSOs

 

 

8

 

13.5. Determination by Committee

 

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

14. SARS

 

 

 

 

14.1. Grant and Payment

 

 

8

 

14.2. Grant of Tandem Award

 

 

8

 

14.3. ISO Tandem Award

 

 

9

 

14.4. Payment of Award

 

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

15. ANNUAL LIMITATIONS

 

 

 

 

15.1. Limitation on Options and SARs

 

 

9

 

15.2. Limitation on Performance Shares

 

 

9

 

15.3. Computations

 

 

9

 

 

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16. RESTRICTED STOCK AND PERFORMANCE SHARES

 

 

 

 

16.1. Restricted Stock

 

 

9

 

16.2. Cost of Restricted Stock

 

 

9

 

16.3. Non-Transferability

 

 

9

 

16.4. Performance Shares

 

 

9

 

16.5. Grant

 

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

17. CASH AWARDS

 

 

 

 

17.1. Grant

 

 

10

 

17.2. Annual Limits

 

 

10

 

17.3. Restrictions

 

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

18. OTHER STOCK BASED AWARDS AND OTHER BENEFITS

 

 

 

 

18.1. Other Stock Based Awards

 

 

10

 

18.2. Other Benefits

 

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

19. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

19.1. Underscored References

 

 

10

 

19.2. Number and Gender

 

 

10

 

19.3. Unfunded Status of Plan

 

 

11

 

19.4. Termination of Employment

 

 

11

 

19.5. Designation of Beneficiary

 

 

11

 

19.6. Governing Law

 

 

11

 

19.7. Purchase for Investment

 

 

11

 

19.8. No Employment Contract

 

 

11

 

19.9. No Effect on Other Benefits

 

 

12

 

19.10. Limitation on Exercise

 

 

12

 

 

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VERIGREEN ENERGY CORPORATION
2009 FLEXIBLE STOCK PLAN

1. NAME AND PURPOSE

1.1 Name .

The name of this Plan is the “VeriGreen Energy Corporation 2009 Flexible Stock Plan.”

1.2 Purpose .

The Company has established this Plan to attract, retain, motivate and reward Employees and Directors and to encourage ownership of the Company’s Common Stock by them. The Company also intends in appropriate circumstances to grant awards of its common stock in lieu of cash compensation pursuant to the mutual agreement of the Participant and the Company.

2. DEFINITIONS OF TERMS AND RULES OF CONSTRUCTION

2.1 General Definitions .

The following words and phrases, when used in the Plan, unless otherwise specifically defined or unless the context clearly otherwise requires, shall have the following respective meanings:

2.1.1 Affiliate .

A Parent or Subsidiary of the Company.

2.1.2 Agreement .

The document that evidences the grant of any Benefit under the Plan and that sets forth the Benefit and the terms, conditions and provisions of, and restrictions relating to, such Benefit.

2.1.3 Benefit .

Any benefit granted to a Participant under the Plan.

2.1.4 Board .

The Board of Directors of the Company.

2.1.5 Cash Award .

A Benefit payable in the form of cash.

2.1.6 Change of Control .

If any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 20% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities; upon the first purchase of the Common Stock pursuant to a tender or exchange offer (other than a tender or exchange offer made by the Company); upon the approval by the Company’s stockholders of a merger or consolidation, a sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or a plan of liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or if during a period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof, unless the election or nomination for the election by the Company’s stockholders of each new director was approved by a vote of at least 2/3 of the Board then still in office who were members of the Board at the beginning of the period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Change in Control shall not be deemed to occur if the Company either merges or consolidates with or into another company or sells or disposes of all or substantially all of its assets to another company, if such merger, consolidation, sale or disposition is in connection with a corporate restructuring wherein the stockholders of the Company immediately before such merger, consolidation, sale or disposition own, directly or indirectly, immediately following such merger, consolidation, sale or disposition of at least 80% of the combined voting power of all outstanding classes of securities of the company resulting from such merger or consolidation, or to which the Company sells or disposes of its assets, in substantially the same proportion as their ownership in the Company immediately before such merger, consolidation, sale or disposition.

 

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2.1.7 Code .

The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Any reference to the Code includes the regulations promulgated pursuant to the Code.

2.1.8 Company .

VeriGreen Energy Corporation.

2.1.9 Committee .

A Committee described in Section 5.1.

2.1.10 Common Stock .

The Company’s common stock, which presently has a par value of $0.01 per Share.

2.1.11 Director .

A member of the Board or a member of the Board of Directors of an Affiliate.

2.1.12 Effective Date .

The date that the Plan is approved by the shareholders of the Company which was May 8, 2009.

2.1.13 Employee .

Any person employed by the Employer.

2.1.14 Employer .

The Company and all Affiliates.

2.1.15 Exchange Act .

The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

2.1.16 Fair Market Value .

The last sale price on the date for which Fair Market Value is being determined or, in case no such sale takes place on such date, the average of the closing bid and asked prices of the Shares on such date, in either case as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed or admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (the “NYSE”) or, if the Shares are not listed or admitted to trading on the NYSE, as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed on the principal national securities exchange on which the Shares are listed or admitted to trading or, if the Shares are not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the last quoted sale price on such date or, if not so quoted, the average of the high bid and low asked prices in the over-the-counter market on such date, as reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotations System or such other system then in use, or, if on any such date the Shares are not quoted by any such organization, the average of the closing bid and asked prices on such date as furnished by a professional market maker making a market in the Shares selected by the Committee. If the Shares are not publicly held or so listed or publicly traded, the determination of the Fair Market Value per Share shall be made in good faith by the Committee.

2.1.17 Fiscal Year .

The taxable year of the Company, which is the calendar year.

2.1.18 ISO .

An Incentive Stock Option as defined in Section 422 of the Code.

 

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2.1.19 NQSO .

A non-qualified stock Option, which is an Option that does not qualify as an ISO.

2.1.20 Option.

An option to purchase Shares granted under the Plan.

2.1.21 Other Stock Based Award .

An award under Section 3.1 that is valued in whole or in part by reference to, or is otherwise based on, Common Stock.

2.1.22 Parent .

Any corporation (other than the Company or a Subsidiary) in an unbroken chain of corporations ending with the Company, if, at the time of the grant of an Option or other Benefit, 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.

2.1.23 Participant .

An individual who is granted a Benefit under the Plan. Benefits may be granted only to Employees, Directors (including former Employees and former Directors if in connection with their separation from the Company or an Affiliate), employees and owners of entities which are not Affiliates but which have a direct or indirect ownership interest in an Employer or in which an Employer has a direct or indirect ownership interest, individuals who, and employees and owners of entities which, are customers and suppliers of an Employer, individuals who, and employees and owners of entities which, render services to an Employer, and individuals who, and employees and owners of entities which, have ownership or business affiliations with any individual or entity previously described.

2.1.24 Performance Based Compensation .

Compensation that meets the requirements of Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code.

2.1.25 Performance Share .

A Share awarded to a Participant under Section 16.4 of the Plan.

2.1.26 Plan .

The VeriGreen Energy Corporation 2009 Flexible Stock Plan and all amendments and supplements to it.

2.1.27 Reload Option .

An Option to purchase the number of Shares used by a Participant to exercise an Option and to satisfy any withholding requirement incident to the exercise of such Option.

2.1.28 Restricted Stock .

Shares issued under Section 16.1 of the Plan.

2.1.29 Rule 16b-3 .

Rule 16b-3 promulgated by the SEC, as amended, or any successor rule in effect from time to time.

2.1.30 SEC .

The Securities and Exchange Commission.

2.1.31 Share .

A share of Common Stock.

 

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2.1.32 SAR .

A stock appreciation right, which is the right to receive an amount equal to the appreciation, if any, in the Fair Market Value of a Share from the date of the grant of the right to the date of its payment.

2.1.33 Subsidiary .

Any corporation, other than the Company, in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Company if, at the time of grant of an Option or other Benefit, 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.

2.2 Other Definitions .

In addition to the above definitions, certain words and phrases used in the Plan and any Agreement may be defined in other portions of the Plan or in such Agreement.

2.3 Conflicts .

In the case of any conflict in the terms of the Plan relating to a Benefit, the provisions in the section of the Plan which specifically grants such Benefit shall control those in a different section. In the case of any conflict between the terms of the Plan relating to a Benefit and the terms of an Agreement relating to a Benefit, the terms of the Plan shall control.

3. COMMON STOCK

3.1 Number of Shares .

The number of Shares that may be issued or sold or for which Options, SARs, Restricted Stock or Performance Shares may be granted under the Plan shall be 3,000,000. Such Shares may be authorized but unissued Shares, Shares held in the treasury, or both. The full number of Shares available may be used for any type of Option or other Benefit, including ISOs.

3.2 Reusage .

If an Option or SAR expires or is terminated, surrendered, or canceled without having been fully exercised, if Restricted Shares or Performance Shares are forfeited, or if any other grant results in any Shares not being issued, the Shares covered by such Option or SAR, grant of Restricted Shares, Performance Shares or other grant, as the case may be, shall again be available for use under the Plan. Any Shares which are used as full or partial payment to the Company upon exercise of an Option or for any other Benefit that requires a payment to the Company shall be available for purposes of the Plan.

3.3 Adjustments .

If there is any change in the Common Stock of the Company by reason of any stock dividend, spin-off, split-up, spin-out, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, reorganization, combination or exchange of shares, or otherwise, the number of SARs and number and class of shares available for Options and grants of Restricted Stock, Performance Shares and Other Stock Based Awards and the number of Shares subject to outstanding Options, SARs, grants of Restricted Stock which are not vested, grants of Performance Shares which are not vested, and Other Stock Based Awards, and the price thereof, as applicable, may be appropriately adjusted by the Committee.

4. ELIGIBILITY

4.1 Determined By Committee .

The Participants and the Benefits they receive under the Plan shall be determined solely by the Committee. In making its determinations, the Committee shall consider past, present and expected future contributions of Participants and potential Participants to the Employer, including, without limitation, the performance of, or the refraining from the performance of, services. Unless specifically provided otherwise herein, all determinations of the Committee in connection with the Plan or an Agreement shall be made in its sole discretion.

 

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5. ADMINISTRATION

5.1 Committee .

The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. The Committee shall consist of the entire Board until the time that the Board designates a Compensation Committee of the Board. From the time a Compensation Committee of the Board is designated, the Committee shall consist of the Compensation Committee of the Board.

If the Committee does not include the entire Board, it shall serve at the pleasure of the Board, which may from time to time appoint members in substitution for members previously appointed and fill vacancies, however caused, in the Committee. The Committee may select one of its members as its Chairman and shall hold its meetings at such times and places as it may determine. A majority of its members shall constitute a quorum. All determinations of the Committee made at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be made by a majority of its members present at the meeting. Any decision or determination reduced to writing and signed by a majority of the members shall be fully as effective as if it had been made by a majority vote at a meeting duly called and held.

5.2 Authority .

Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Committee shall have discretionary authority to:

(a) determine the individuals to whom Benefits are granted, the type and amounts of Benefits to be granted and the date of issuance and duration of all such grants;

(b) determine the terms, conditions and provisions of, and restrictions relating to, each Benefit granted;

(c) interpret and construe the Plan and all Agreements;

(d) prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan;

(e) determine the content and form of all Agreements;

(f) determine all questions relating to Benefits under the Plan;

(g) maintain accounts, records and ledgers relating to Benefits;

(h) maintai


 
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