Exhibit 10.3
ENTEGRIS, INC.
1999 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE
AND
STOCK OPTION PLAN
1. Purpose . The
purpose of the Plan is to provide incentives to attract, retain and
motivate eligible persons whose present and potential contributions
are important to the success of the Company, its Subsidiaries and
Affiliates, by offering them an opportunity to participate in the
Company’s future performance through grants of Options and
Awards. Capitalized terms not defined in the text are defined in
Section 23.
2. Types of Stock Options and
Awards .
2.1 Options and Shares .
Options granted under this Plan may be either: (a) incentive stock
options (“ISOs”) within the meaning of Section 422 of
the Revenue Code, or (b) nonqualified stock options
(“NSOs”), as designated at the time of grant. The
Shares that may be purchased upon exercise of Options granted under
this Plan are shares of the Company’s Common Stock, $.01 par
value per share.
2.2 Awards . Awards granted
under this Plan include Performance Awards (denominated or payable
in cash, Shares, other securities and other awards or other
property) and Restricted Stock Awards, as designated at the time of
grant.
3. Shares Subject to The
Plan .
3.1 Number of Shares
Available . Subject to Section 3.2, the total number of Shares
reserved and available for grant and issuance pursuant to the Plan
shall be initially nine million (9,000,000) Shares. Such Shares may
be either authorized but unissued shares, or issued shares which
have been reacquired by the Company. Subject to Section 3.2, Shares
shall again be available for grant and issuance in connection with
future Options or Awards under the Plan that: (a) are subject to
issuance upon exercise of an Option but cease to be subject to such
Option for any reason other than exercise of such Option; (b) are
subject to an Option or Award granted hereunder but are forfeited
or are repurchased by the Company at the original issue price; or
(c) are subject to an Option or Award that otherwise terminates
without Shares being issued. The Committee shall have the authority
to replenish the Plan annually with additional Shares by electing
to increase the number of Shares available for issuance under the
Plan by up to four percent (4%) of the total outstanding Shares of
the Company, such election to be made within ninety (90) days after
the end of the fiscal year; provided, however, that the total
number of Shares reserved and available for grant pursuant to the
Plan shall not exceed twenty million (20,000,000) Shares. At all
times during the term of this Plan, the Company shall reserve and
keep available such number of Shares as shall be required to
satisfy the requirements of outstanding Options and Awards under
this Plan.
3.2 Adjustment of Shares . In
the event that the number of outstanding Shares change as a result
of a stock dividend, recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock
split, subdivision, combination, reclassification or similar change
in the capital structure of the Company without consideration,
then: (a) the number of Shares reserved for issuance under this
Plan; (b) the Exercise Prices of and number of Shares subject to
outstanding Options; (c) the number of Shares and price per Share
subject to outstanding Awards; and (iv) the amount payable in
connection with Awards, shall be proportionately adjusted, subject
to any required action by the Board or the shareholders of the
Company and in compliance with applicable securities laws;
provided, however, that fractions of a Share shall not be issued
but shall either be paid in cash at Fair Market Value or shall be
rounded up to the nearest Share, as determined by the Committee;
and provided further that the Exercise Price of any Option may not
be decreased to below the par value of the Shares.
4. Eligibility . ISOs
may be granted only to employees (including officers and directors
who are also employees) of the Company or of a Subsidiary of the
Company.
All other Options and Awards may be
granted to employees, officers, directors, consultants, independent
contractors and advisors of the Company or any Subsidiary or
Affiliate of the Company; provided, however, that such consultants,
independent contractors and advisors render bona fide services not
in connection with the offer and sale of securities in a
capital-raising transaction. A person may be granted more than one
Option and/or Award under the Plan. The Company also may, from time
to time and in the manner determined by the Committee, substitute
or assume outstanding options or performance or restricted stock
awards granted by another company, whether in connection with an
acquisition of such other company or otherwise.
5. Administration
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5.1 Committee Authority .
This Plan shall be administered by the Committee or the Board
acting as the Committee. Subject to the general purposes, terms and
conditions of this Plan, and to the direction of the Board, the
Committee shall have full power to implement and carry out this
Plan. The Committee shall have the authority to:
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(a)
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Construe and
interpret the Plan, any Option Agreement or Award Agreement and any
other agreement or document executed pursuant to this
Plan.
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(b)
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Prescribe,
amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to this
Plan.
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(c)
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Select persons
to receive Options or Awards.
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(d)
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Determine the
form and terms of Options and Awards.
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(e)
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Determine the
number of Shares or other consideration subject to Options and
Awards.
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(f)
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Determine
whether Options and Awards will be granted singly, in combination,
in tandem with, in replacement of or as alternatives to, other
Options and/or Awards under this Plan or any other incentive or
compensation plan of the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of
the Company.
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(g)
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Grant waivers
of Plan, Option or Award conditions.
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(h)
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Determine the
vesting, exercisabilty and payment of Options and
Awards.
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(i)
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Correct any
defect, supply any omission, or reconcile inconsistency in the
Plan, any Option, any Option Agreement or Award
Agreement.
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(j)
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Determine
whether an Option or Award has been earned.
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(k)
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Make all other
determinations necessary or advisable for the administration of
this Plan.
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5.2 Committee Discretion .
Any determination made by the Committee with respect to any Option
or Award shall be made in its sole discretion at the time of grant
of the Option or the Award or, unless in contravention of any
express term of this Plan or the Option/Award, at any later time,
and such determination shall be final and binding on the Company
and all persons having an interest in any Option or Award under
this Plan.
5.3 Exchange Act Requirements
. If the Company is subject to the Exchange Act, the Company will
take appropriate steps to comply with the disinterested director
requirements of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, including but
not limited to, the appointment by the Board of a Committee
consisting of not less than two Persons (who are members of the
Board), each of whom is a Disinterested Person.
6. Terms and Conditions of
Options . The Committee may grant Options to eligible
persons and shall determine whether such Options shall be ISOs
within the meaning of the Revenue Code or NSOs, the number of
Shares subject to such Options, the Exercise Price of such Options,
the period during which such Options may be exercised, and all
other terms and conditions of such Options, subject to the
following:
6.1 Form of Option Grant .
Each Option granted under this Plan shall be evidenced by an Option
Agreement which shall expressly identify the Option as an ISO or
NSO, and be in such form and contain such provisions (which need
not be the same for each Participant) as the Committee shall from
time to time approve, and which shall comply with and be subject to
the terms and conditions of this Plan.
6.2 Date of Grant . The date
of grant of an Option shall be the date on which the Committee
makes the determination to grant such Option unless otherwise
specified by the Committee.
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6.3 Exercise Period . Options
shall be exercisable within the times or upon the events determined
by the Committee as set forth in the Option Agreement; provided,
however, that no ISO shall be exercisable after the expiration of
ten (10) years from the date the Option is granted; and provided
further that no ISO granted to a person who directly or by
attribution owns more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined
voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company (a “Ten Percent Shareholder”)
shall be exercisable after the expiration of five (5) years from
the date the ISO is granted.
6.4 Exercise Price . The
Exercise Price shall be determined by the Committee when the Option
is granted, provided, however, that: (a) the Exercise Price of an
ISO shall be not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair
Market Value of the Shares on the date of grant; (b) the Exercise
Price of any ISO granted to a Ten Percent Shareholder shall not be
less than one hundred ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value
of the Shares on the date of grant; and (c) the Exercise Price of
any Option may not be decreased to below the par value of the
Shares, if any.
6.5 Method of Exercise .
Options may be exercised only by delivery to the Company of a
written stock option exercise agreement (the “Exercise
Agreement”) in a form approved by the Committee (which need
not be the same for each Participant), together with payment in
full of the Exercise Price for the number of Shares being
purchased.
6.6 Limitations on ISOs . The
aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the date of grant) of
Shares with respect to which ISOs are exercisable for the first
time by a Participant during any calendar year (under this Plan or
under any other incentive stock option plan of the Company or any
Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company) shall not exceed One
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000). If the Fair Market Value of
Shares on the date of grant with respect to which ISOs are
exercisable for the first time by a Participant during any calendar
year exceeds One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000), the Options
for the first One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) worth of
Shares to become exercisable in such calendar year shall be ISOs
and the Options for the amount in excess of One Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($100,000) that become exercisable in that calendar year
shall be NSOs. In the event that the Revenue Code or the
regulations promulgated thereunder are amended after the Effective
Date of the Plan to provide for a different limit on the Fair
Market Value of Shares permitted to be subject to ISOs, such
different limit shall be automatically incorporated herein and
shall apply to any Options granted after the effective date of such
amendment.
6.7 Modification, Extension or
Renewal . The Administrator may modify, extend or renew
outstanding Options and authorize the grant of new Options in
substitution thereof, provided that any such action may not,
without the written consent of the Eligible Director, impair any of
the Eligible Director’s rights under any Option previously
granted. Except for adjustments made pursuant to Section 3.2, an
outstanding option granted under this Plan shall not be repriced.
Accordingly, the Exercise Price for any outstanding Option may not
be decreased after the date of grant, nor may any outstanding
option granted under the Plan be surrendered to the Company as
consideration for the grant of a new option with a lower Exercise
Price, as the case may be, without shareholder approval of any such
action.
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6.8 No Disqualification .
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Plan, no term of this
Plan relating to ISOs shall be interpreted, amended or altered, nor
shall any discretion or authority granted under this Plan be
exercised, so as to disqualify this Plan under Section 422 of the
Revenue Code or, without the consent of the Participant affected,
to disqualify any ISO under Section 422 of the Revenue
Code.
7. Payment For Shares
Purchased Upon The Exercise of Options . Payment for Shares
upon the exercise of Options may be made in cash or by check or, or
in any other manner approved for the Participant by the Committee
and where permitted by Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act or other
applicable la