Exhibit 10.1
CARDIONET, INC.
MANAGEMENT INCENTIVE
PLAN
CARDIONET, INC.
MANAGEMENT INCENTIVE
PLAN
1.
Purpose
The purpose of the Plan is to
enhance the ability of CardioNet to offer incentive compensation to
Key Associates by rewarding the achievement of corporate goals and
specifically measured individual goals which are consistent with
and support the overall corporate goals of CardioNet. More
specifically, through this Plan, CardioNet intends to
(i) reinforce strategically important operational objectives;
(ii) establish goals relating to revenue and profitability;
(iii) provide rewards based on achieving significant Employer
and individual goals and objectives; (iv) provide incentives
that result in behavior that is consistent with stockholders’
desires of building a stronger company with a higher potential for
increased profitability; and (v) incorporate an incentive
program in the CardioNet overall compensation program to help
attract and retain Key Associates. Except as otherwise
provided, all capitalized terms shall have the meanings set forth
in Section 2 below.
2.
Definitions
(a)
“Award”
shall mean the incentive award
earned by a Key Associate under the Plan for any Performance
Period.
(b)
“Base
Salary” shall mean
the Key Associate’s annual base salary rate in effect at the
end of a Performance Period. Base Salary does not include
bonuses (including Awards under this Plan or any other short-term
or long-term incentive plan), commissions, expatriate premiums,
fringe benefits, (including car allowances), stock option or other
equity compensation grants and gains, imputed income from employee
benefit programs such as group-term life insurance, or
non-recurring earnings, such as moving expenses, but is based on
salary earnings before reductions for such items as deferrals under
Employer-sponsored deferred compensation plans, contributions under
Code section 401(k) and contributions to flexible
spending accounts under Code section 125.
(c)
“Board”
shall mean CardioNet’s Board
of Directors as constituted from time to time.
(d)
“CardioNet” shall mean CardioNet, Inc., a Delaware
corporation.
(e)
“Code”
shall mean the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended, or any successor statute thereto.
(f)
“ Committee”
shall mean the Compensation Committee of the Board.
(g)
“Covered
Employee” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Code section
162(m)(3).
(h)
“Effective
Date” shall mean
, 2008.
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(i)
“Employee”
shall mean any individual employed
by an Employer other than an individual (i) employed in a
casual or temporary capacity ( i.e. , those hired for a
specific job of limited duration), (ii) characterized as a
“leased employee” within the meaning of Code section
414, or (iii) classified by an Employer as a
“contractor” or “consultant,” no matter how
characterized by the Internal Revenue Service, other governmental
agency or a court. Any change of characterization of an
individual by any court or government agency shall have no effect
upon the classification of an individual as an Employee for
purposes of this Plan, unless the Committee determines
otherwise.
(j)
“Employer”
shall mean CardioNet and any United
States subsidiary of CardioNet.
(k)
“Equity Incentive
Plan” shall mean
CardioNet’s 2008 Equity Incentive Plan, as may be amended
from time to time.
(l)
“ Financial
Goals” means, for a Performance Period, the one or more
corporate financial goals established by the Committee (in its
discretion) to be applicable to a Key Associate with respect to an
Award. Financial Goals may be based on Performance Criteria
(as defined in the Equity Incentive Plan) or other criteria in the
discretion of the Committee.
(m)
“Achievement
Percentage ” means,
with respect to each Performance Measure, the extent to which such
Performance Measure was achieved as determined by the Committee,
expressed as a percentage.
(n)
“Individual
Objectives” means
individual or functional area performance objectives established by
the Committee (in its discretion) to be applicable to a Key
Associate with respect to an Award.
(o)
“ Key Associate ”
for any Performance Period, shall mean an Employee who is
designated by the Committee as eligible to participate in the Plan
and meets the eligibility requirements described in Section 3
below.
(p)
“Overall Achievement
Percentage” means,
with respect to a Participant, the aggregate Achievement
Percentages for the Performance Measures applicable to a
Performance Period, with each Achievement Percentage multiplied by
the weighting associated therewith, as provided in
Section 5(b)(ii).
(q)
“ Payout Date ”
means the date on which Awards are paid pursuant to
Section 8.
(r)
“ Performance-Based
Compensation ” means compensation that is intended to
qualify as “performance-based compensation” within the
meaning of Code section 162(m).
(s)
“Performance
Measures” means the
Financial Goals and Individual Objectives.
(t)
“Performance
Period” shall mean
the fiscal year of CardioNet.
(u)
“Plan”
shall mean this CardioNet, Inc.
Management Incentive Plan, as from time to time amended and in
effect.
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(v)
“Target Award
Percentage” shall
mean with respect to any Performance Period, the percentage of the
Key Associate’s Base Salary that the Key Associate would earn
as an Award for that Performance Period if the targeted level of
performance was achieved for each of the Performance Measures for
that Key Associate for the Performance Period.
(w)
“ Target Determination
Cutoff Date ” means the latest possible date, as
determined by the Committee, that the Committee may set the
Financial Goals and Target Awards. For Awards that intend to
qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Code
Section 162(m), this date will be March 30 of the year in
which the Performance Period occurs.
3.
Eligibility and
Participation
All Key Associates employed by an
Employer as of January 1 of each Performance Period shall be
eligible to participate in the Plan. In addition, Employees
who are newly hired or are promoted and designated as Key
Associates after January 1 of a Performance Period, but prior
to October 1 of such Performance Period, will be eligible to
participate in the Plan for the portion of the Performance Period
following their hiring or promotion, on a prorata basis based on
their first day of employment or date of promotion, as
applicable.
Employees who are newly hired or are
promoted and designated as Key Associates on or after
October 1 of a Performance Period shall not be eligible to
participate in the Plan for such Performance Period.
Unless specifically excepted, a Key
Associate must be actively employed on the Payout Date to be
eligible to receive a payment hereunder. No person shall be
automatically entitled to participate in the Plan.
4.
Administration
The administration of the Plan shall
be consistent with the purpose and the terms of the Plan. The
Plan shall be administered by the Committee, to the extent
authority is delegated to the Committee directly or through the
Committee charter, or by the Board (in which case all references in
this Plan to the Committee shall be deemed to refer to the Board).
The Committee shall have full authority to establish the
rules and regulations relating