VERIGREEN ENERGY CORPORATION
2009 FLEXIBLE STOCK PLAN
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2. DEFINITIONS OF TERMS AND RULES OF
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2.1.24. Performance Based
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4.1. Determined By Committee
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8. MODIFICATION OR TERMINATION OF
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8.3. Compliance with Applicable Laws
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10. AGREEMENTS AND CERTAIN BENEFITS
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11. REPLACEMENT AND TANDEM AWARDS
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12. PAYMENT, DIVIDENDS AND
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13.2. Grant of ISOs and Option Price
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15.1. Limitation on Options and SARs
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16. RESTRICTED STOCK AND PERFORMANCE
SHARES
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18. OTHER STOCK BASED AWARDS AND OTHER
BENEFITS
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19. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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19.1. Underscored References
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19.3. Unfunded Status of Plan
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19.9. No Effect on Other Benefits
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VERIGREEN ENERGY CORPORATION
2009 FLEXIBLE STOCK PLAN
The name of this Plan is the “VeriGreen
Energy Corporation 2009 Flexible Stock Plan.”
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:
A Parent or Subsidiary of the
Company.
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.
Any benefit granted to a Participant under the
Plan.
The Board of Directors of the
Company.
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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The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Any reference to the Code includes the regulations promulgated
pursuant to the Code.
VeriGreen Energy Corporation.
A Committee described in
Section 5.1.
The Company’s common stock, which
presently has a par value of $0.01 per Share.
A member of the Board or a member of the Board
of Directors of an Affiliate.
The date that the Plan is approved by the
shareholders of the Company which was May 8, 2009.
Any person employed by the Employer.
The Company and all Affiliates.
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.
The taxable year of the Company, which is the
calendar year.
An Incentive Stock Option as defined in
Section 422 of the Code.
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A non-qualified stock Option, which is an Option
that does not qualify as an ISO.
An option to purchase Shares granted under the
Plan.
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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.
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.
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.
The VeriGreen Energy Corporation 2009 Flexible
Stock Plan and all amendments and supplements to it.
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.
Rule 16b-3 promulgated by the SEC, as
amended, or any successor rule in effect from time to
time.
The Securities and Exchange
Commission.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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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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.
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;
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