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EXHIBIT
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A URIOS I
NC .
2007 S TOCK
O PTION AND R
ESTRICTED S TOCK P
LAN
(a) Background
. This 2007 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan was adopted
on July 1, 2007 by the Board of Directors, subject to the
approval of the Company’s stockholders as provided in this
Plan.
(b) Eligible Award
Recipients . The persons eligible to receive Awards are the
Employees, Directors and Consultants of the Company and its
Affiliates.
(c) Available
Awards . The purpose of the Plan is to provide a means by
which eligible recipients may be given an opportunity to benefit
from increases in value of the Common Stock through the granting of
the following: (i) Incentive Stock Options,
(ii) Nonqualified Stock Options, and (iii) rights to
acquire restricted stock.
(d) General Purpose
. The Company, by means of the Plan, seeks to retain the
services of the group of persons eligible to receive Awards, to
secure and retain the services of new members of this group and to
provide incentives for such persons to exert maximum efforts for
the success of the Company and its Affiliates.
(a) “
Affiliate ” means any entity that
controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the
Company.
(b) “
Award ” means any right granted under
the Plan, including an Option and a right to acquire restricted
Common Stock.
(c) “
Award Agreement ” means a written
agreement between the Company and a holder of an Award (other than
an Option) evidencing the terms and conditions of an individual
Award grant.
(d) “
Board ” means the board of directors of
the Company.
(e) “
Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
(f) “
Committee ” means a pre-existing or
newly formed committee of members of the Board appointed by the
Board in accordance with subsection 3(c).
(g) “
Common Stock ” means shares of the
Company’s common stock, no par value per share, and other
rights with respect to such shares.
(h) “
Company ” means Aurios Inc., an Arizona
corporation.
(i)
“Consultant ” means any person who
is not an Employee or Director and who is retained by the Company
or an Affiliate pursuant to a consulting agreement.
(j) “
Continuous Service ” means that the
Participant’s service with the Company or an Affiliate,
whether as an Employee, Director or Consultant is not interrupted
or terminated. Unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement or
Option Agreement, as applicable, the Participant’s Continuous
Service shall not be deemed to have terminated merely because of a
change in the capacity in which the Participant renders service to
the Company or an Affiliate as an Employee, Director or Consultant
or a change in the entity for which the Participant renders such
service, provided , that there is no interruption or
termination of the Participant’s service to the Company or an
Affiliate as an Employee, Director or Consultant. The Board, in its
sole discretion, may determine whether Continuous Service shall be
considered interrupted in the case of any leave of absence,
including sick leave, military leave or any other personal
leave.
(k) “
Covered Employee ” means the
Company’s chief executive officer and the four (4) other
highest compensated officers of the Company for whom total
compensation is required to be reported to stockholders under the
Exchange Act, as determined for purposes of Section 162(m) of
the Code.
(l) “
Director ” means a member of the Board
of Directors of the Company.
(m) “
Disability ” means the
Participant’s inability, due to illness, accident, injury,
physical or mental incapacity or other disability, to carry out
effectively the duties and obligations to the Company and its
Affiliates performed by such person immediately prior to such
disability for a period of at least six (6) months, as
determined in the good faith judgment of the Board.
(n) “
Dollars ” or “
$ ” means United States
dollars.
(o) “
Employee ” means any person employed by
the Company or an Affiliate. Service as a Director or payment of a
Director’s fee by the Company or an Affiliate alone shall not
be sufficient to constitute “employment” by the Company
or an Affiliate.
(p) “
Exchange Act ” means the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(q) “
Fair Market Value ” means, as of any
date, the value of the Common Stock determined as
follows:
(i) If the Common
Stock is listed on any established stock exchange, or traded on the
Nasdaq National Market, the Nasdaq SmallCap Market or the Nasdaq
OTC Bulletin Board, the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock shall
be the closing sales price for such stock (or the closing bid, if
no sales were reported) as quoted on such exchange or market (or
the exchange or market with the greatest volume of trading in
Common Stock if such stock is traded on more than one such exchange
or market) on the last market trading day prior to the day of
determination, as reported by such exchange or market or such other
source as the Board reasonably deems reliable.
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(ii) In the absence of
such markets for the Common Stock, the Fair Market Value shall be
determined in good faith by the Board.
(r) “
Incentive Stock Option ” means an option
designated as an incentive stock option in an Option Agreement and
that is granted in accordance with the requirements of, and that
conforms to the applicable provisions of, Section 422 of the
Code.
(s) “
Independent Director ” means (i) a
Director who satisfies the definition of Independent Director or
similar definition under the applicable stock exchange or Nasdaq
rules and regulations upon which the Common Stock is traded from
time to time and (ii) a Director who either (A) is not a
current employee of the Company or an “affiliated
corporation” (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations
promulgated under Section 162(m) of the Code), is not a former
employee of the Company or an “affiliated corporation”
receiving compensation for prior services (other than benefits
under a tax qualified pension plan), was not an officer of the
Company or an “affiliated corporation” at any time and
is not currently receiving direct or indirect remuneration from the
Company or an “affiliated corporation” for services in
any capacity other than as a Director or (B) is otherwise
considered an “outside director” for purposes of
Section 162(m) of the Code.
(t) “
Nonqualified Stock Option ” means an
option that is not designated in an Option Agreement as an
Incentive Stock Option or was not granted in accordance with the
requirements of, and does not conform to the applicable provisions
of, Section 422 of the Code.
(u) “
Officer ” means a person who is an
officer of the Company within the meaning of Section 16 of the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
(v) “
Option ” means an Incentive Stock Option
or a Nonqualified Stock Option granted pursuant to the
Plan.
(w) “
Option Agreement ” means a written
agreement between the Company and an Optionholder evidencing the
terms and conditions of an individual Option grant.
(x) “
Optionholder ” means a person to whom an
Option is granted pursuant to the Plan or, if applicable, such
other person who holds an outstanding Option.
(y) “
Participant ” means a person to whom an
Award is granted pursuant to the Plan or, if applicable, such other
person who holds an outstanding Award.
(z) “
Plan ” means this Aurios Inc. 2007 Stock
Option and Restricted Stock Plan.
(aa) “
Rule 16b-3 ” means Rule 16b-3
promulgated under the Exchange Act or any successor to Rule 16b-3,
as in effect from time to time.
(bb) “
Securities Act ” means the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended.
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(cc) “
Ten Percent Stockholder ” means a person
who owns (or is deemed to own pursuant to Section 424(d) of
the Code) stock possessing more than ten percent (10%) of the
total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company
or any parent corporation or any subsidiary corporation, both as
defined in Section 424 of the Code.
(a) Administration by
Board . The Board shall administer the Plan unless and
until the Board delegates administration to a Committee, as
provided in subsection 3(c). The Board may, at any time and for any
reason in its sole discretion, rescind some or all of such
delegation.
(b) Powers of Board
. The Board shall have the power, subject to, and within the
limitations of, the express provisions of the Plan:
(i) To determine from
time to time which of the persons eligible under the Plan shall be
granted Awards; when and how each Award shall be granted; what type
or combination of types of Award shall be granted; the provisions
of each Award granted (which need not be identical), including the
time or times when a person shall be permitted to receive Common
Stock pursuant to an Award; and the number of shares of Common
Stock with respect to which an Award shall be granted to each such
person.
(ii) To construe and
interpret the Plan, Awards granted under it, Option Agreements and
Award Agreements, and to establish, amend and revoke rules and
regulations for their administration. The Board, in the exercise of
this power, may correct any defect, omission or inconsistency in
the Plan or in any Option Agreement or Award Agreement, in a manner
and to the extent it shall deem necessary or expedient to make the
Plan fully effective.
(iii) To amend the
Plan, an Award, an Award Agreement or an Option Agreement as
provided in Section 12, provided , that the
Board shall not amend the exercise price of an option, the Fair
Market Value of an Award or extend the term of an Option or Award
without obtaining the approval of the stockholders if required by
the rules of any stock exchange upon which the Common Stock is
listed.
(iv) Generally, to
exercise such powers and to perform such acts as the Board deems
necessary or expedient to promote the best interests of the Company
which are not in conflict with the provisions of the
Plan.
(c) Delegation to
Committee .
(i) General .
The Board may delegate administration of the Plan and its powers
and duties thereunder to a Committee or Committees, and the term
“Committee” shall apply to any person or persons to
whom such authority has been delegated. Upon such delegation, the
Committee shall have the powers theretofore possessed by the Board,
including the power to delegate to a subcommittee any of the
administrative powers the Committee is authorized to exercise (and
references in this Plan to the Board shall thereafter be deemed to
include the Committee or subcommittee), subject, however, to such
resolutions, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as
may be adopted from time to time by the Board. In its absolute
discretion, the Board may at any time and from time to time
exercise any and all rights
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and duties of the Committee
under this Plan, except respecting matters under Rule 16b-3 of the
Exchange Act or Section 162(m) of the Code, or any rules or
regulations issued thereunder, which are required to be determined
in the sole discretion of the Committee.
(ii) Committee
Composition . A Committee shall consist solely of two or
more Directors. After the Company appoints or elects at least two
Independent Directors, the Committee shall consist solely of two or
more Independent Directors. Within the scope of its authority, the
Board or the Committee may (1) delegate to a committee of one
or more members of the Board who are not Independent Directors the
authority to grant Awards to eligible persons who are either
(a) not then Covered Employees and are not expected to be
Covered Employees at the time of recognition of income resulting
from such Award or (b) not persons with respect to whom the
Company wishes to comply with Section 162(m) of the Code,
and/or (2) delegate to a committee of one or more members of
the Board who are not Independent Directors or to the
Company’s Chief Executive Officer the authority to grant
Awards to eligible persons who are not then subject to
Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
(d) Effect of
Board’s Decision; No Liability . All determinations,
interpretations and constructions made by the Board in good faith
shall not be subject to review by any person and shall be final,
binding and conclusive on all persons. No member of the Board or
the Committee or any person to whom duties hereunder have been
delegated shall be liable for any action, interpretation or
determination made in good faith, and such persons shall be
entitled to full indemnification and reimbursement consistent with
applicable law and in the manner provided in the Company’s
Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws, as the same may be amended
from time to time, or as otherwise provided in any agreement
between any such member and the Company.
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S TOCK SUBJECT
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(a) Stock Reserve
. Subject to the provisions of Section 11 relating to
adjustments upon changes in Common Stock, the shares of Common
Stock that may be issued pursuant to Awards shall not exceed in the
aggregate two hundred fifty thousand (250,000) shares of
Common Stock.
(b) Reversion of Stock
to the Stock Reserve . If any Award shall for any reason
expire or otherwise terminate, in whole or in part, without having
been exercised in full, the shares of Common Stock not acquired
under such Award shall revert to and again become available for
issuance under the Plan.
(c) Source of Stock
. The Common Stock subject to the Plan may be unissued stock or
reacquired stock, bought on the market or otherwise.
(a) Eligibility for
Specific Awards . Incentive Stock Options may be granted
only to Employees. Awards other than Incentive Stock Options may be
granted to Employees, Directors and Consultants.
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(b) Ten Percent
Stockholders . A Ten Percent Stockholder shall not be
granted an Incentive Stock Option unless the exercise price of such
Option is at least one hundred ten percent (110%) of the Fair
Market Value of the Common Stoc
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