2008 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE
PLAN
2008 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE
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4.1
Duties and Powers of the
Committee
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4.2
Interpretation; Rules
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ARTICLE 5 SHARES OF STOCK SUBJECT TO
PLAN
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5.2
Adjustments Upon Occurrence of Certain
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6.1
Types of Options
Granted
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6.2
Option Grant and
Agreement
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6.4
$100,000 and Section 162(m)
Limitations
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6.9
Nontransferability of
Option
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6.10
Termination of Employment or
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6.12
Certain Successor
Options
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ARTICLE 7 RESTRICTED STOCK
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7.1
Awards of Restricted
Stock
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Lapse of Restrictions
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7.4
Termination of
Employment
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7.5
Treatment of Dividends
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ARTICLE 8 STOCK CERTIFICATES
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ARTICLE 9 TERMINATION AND AMENDMENT
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9.1
Termination and
Amendment
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9.2
Effect on Grantee’s
Rights
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ARTICLE 10 RESTRICTIONS ON STOCK GRANTED UNDER
THIS PLAN
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10.1
Right of First Refusal
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10.2
Market Stand-Off
Agreement
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ARTICLE 11 RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER COMPENSATION
PLANS
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12.1
Replacement or Amended
Grants
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12.3
Plan Binding on
Successors
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12.4
Singular, Plural;
Gender
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12.6
Section 16
Compliance
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Form Stock Option Agreement
(Employees)
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A-1
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Form Stock Option Agreement
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(Non-Employee Directors, Consultants,
Advisors)
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B-1
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Form Restricted Stock Award
Agreement
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C-1
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ii
2008 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE
PLAN
As used in this
Plan, the following terms have the following meanings unless the
context clearly indicates to the contrary:
“
Award ” means a grant of Restricted Stock.
“
Board ” means the Board of Directors of the
Company.
“
Cause ” means (i) the commission of an act of
fraud, embezzlement, theft or proven dishonesty, or any other
illegal act or practice (whether or not resulting in criminal
prosecution or conviction), including theft or destruction of
property of the Company, a Parent, or a Subsidiary, or any other
act or practice which the Committee shall, in good faith, deem to
have resulted in the recipient’s becoming unbondable under
the Company’s, a Parent’s or any Subsidiary’s
fidelity bond; (ii) the willful engagement in misconduct which
is deemed by the Committee, in good faith, to be materially
injurious to the Company, a Parent or any Subsidiary, monetarily or
otherwise, including, but not limited to, improperly disclosing
trade secrets or other confidential or sensitive business
information and data about the Company, a Parent or any Subsidiary
and competing with the Company, a Parent or any Subsidiary, or
soliciting employees, consultants or customers of the Company, a
Parent or any Subsidiary in violation of law or any employment or
other agreement to which the recipient is a party; (iii) the
continued failure or habitual neglect by a person who is an
Employee to perform his or her duties with the Company, a Parent or
any Subsidiary; or (iv) other violation of rules or policies
of the Company, a Parent or any Subsidiary, or conduct evidencing
willful disregard of the interests of the Company, a Parent or any
Subsidiary. For purposes of this Plan, no act or failure to act by
the recipient shall be deemed “willful” unless done or
omitted to be done by the recipient not in good faith and without
reasonable belief that the recipient’s action or omission was
in the best interest of the Company, a Parent or any Subsidiary.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the recipient has entered into an
employment agreement that is binding as of the date of employment
termination, and if such employment agreement defines
“Cause,” then the definition of “Cause” in
such agreement shall apply to such recipient under this Plan.
“Cause” shall be determined by the Committee based upon
information presented by the Company and the Employee and shall be
final and binding on all parties hereto.
“
Code ” means the United States Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, including effective date and transition rules (whether or
not codified). Any reference herein to a specific section of the
Code shall be deemed to include a reference to any corresponding
provision of future law.
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Committee ” means a committee of at least two
Directors appointed from time to time by the Board, having the
duties and authority set forth herein in addition to any other
authority granted by the Board; provided, however, that with
respect to any Options or Awards granted to an individual who is
also a Section 16 Insider, the Committee shall consist of
either the entire Board of
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Directors or a
committee of at least two Directors (who need not be members of the
Committee with respect to Options or Awards granted to any other
individuals) who are Non-Employee Directors, and all authority and
discretion shall be exercised by such Non-Employee Directors, and
references herein to the “Committee” means such
Non-Employee Directors insofar as any actions or determinations of
the Committee shall relate to or affect Options or Awards made to
or held by any Section 16 Insider. In selecting the Committee,
the Board shall also consider the benefits under Section 162(m) of
the Code of having a Committee composed of “outside
directors” (as that term is defined in the Code) for certain
grants of Options to highly compensated executives. At any time
that the Board shall not have appointed a committee as described
above, any reference herein to the Committee means a reference to
the Board.
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Company ” means PureRay Corporation, a Washington
corporation.
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Corporate Transaction ” means any of the following
transactions to which the Company is a party: (a) a merger,
consolidation, share exchange, combination or other transaction or
series of transactions (other than a public offering by the Company
for cash of the Company’s capital stock, debt or other
securities, and other than ordinary public trading of such
securities) in which the persons holding securities possessing more
than 50% of the total combined voting power of the Company’s
outstanding securities immediately after such transaction are
different from the persons holding those securities immediately
before such transaction; or (b) the sale, transfer or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s
assets.
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Director ” means a member of the Board and any person
who is an advisory or honorary director of the Company if such
person is considered a director for the purposes of Section 16
of the Exchange Act, as determined by reference to such
Section 16 and to the rules, regulations, judicial decisions,
and interpretative or “no-action” positions with
respect thereto of the SEC, as the same may be in effect or set
forth from time to time.
“
Employee ” means an employee (as defined in Section
3401(c) of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder) of
the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary.
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Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of
1934. Any reference herein to a specific section of the Exchange
Act shall be deemed to include a reference to any corresponding
provision of future law.
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Exercise Price ” means the price at which an Optionee
may purchase a share of Stock under a Stock Option
Agreement.
“ Fair
Market Value ” on any date means (i) the closing
sales price of the Stock on such date on the national securities
exchange on which the Stock is traded on that date; (ii) if
the Stock is not traded on any national securities exchange,
(a) the closing sales price of the Stock on the
over-the-counter market on that date or (b) the average
selling price during the 5 days before such date (the
“Valuation Period”), provided that the Committee must
irrevocably specify the commitment to grant the stock right with an
exercise price set using such an average selling price before the
beginning of the Valuation Period; or (iii) if the Stock is
not readily tradable on any national securities exchange or on the
over-the-counter market, the fair market value
determined
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by the Board or
the Committee based on the reasonable application of a reasonable
valuation method that shall take into consideration all available
information material to the value of the Stock, including the
opinions of independent experts, the value of the tangible and
intangible assets of the Company, the present value of anticipated
future cash flows of the Company, the market value of companies and
other entities engaged in trades or businesses substantially
similar to those engaged in by the Company the value of which can
be readily determined through objective, nondiscretionary means,
recent arm’s length transactions involving the sale or
transfer of Stock, and other relevant factors such as control
premiums or discounts for lack of marketability.
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Grantee ” means a person who is an Optionee or a
person who has received an Award of Restricted Stock.
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Incentive Stock Option ” means an option to purchase
any stock of the Company, which complies with and is subject to the
terms, limitations and conditions of Section 422 of the Code
and any regulations promulgated with respect thereto.
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Immediate Family ” means a Grantee’s spouse, the
lineal descendant or antecedent, brother or sister, of Grantee or
Grantee’s spouse, or the spouse of any lineal descendant or
antecedent, brother or sister of Grantee, or Grantee’s spouse
, whether or not any of the above are adopted.
“
Non-Employee Director ” shall have the meaning set
forth in Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, as the same may be
in effect from time to time, or in any successor rule thereto, and
shall be determined for all purposes under the Plan according to
interpretative or “no-action” positions with respect
thereto issued by the SEC.
“
Officer ” means a person who constitutes an officer of
the Company for the purposes of Section 16 of the Exchange
Act, as determined by reference to such Section 16 and to the
rules, regulations, judicial decisions, and interpretative or
“no-action” positions with respect to such rule of the
SEC, as the same may be in effect or set forth from time to
time.
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Option ” means an option, whether or not an Incentive
Stock Option, to purchase Stock granted pursuant to the provisions
of Article 6 of this Plan.
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Optionee ” means a person to whom an Option has been
granted under this Plan.
“
Parent ” means any corporation (other than the
Company) in an unbroken chain of corporations ending with the
Company if, at the time of the grant (or modification) of the
Option, each of the corporations other than the Company owns stock
possessing 50 percent or more of the total combined voting
power of the classes of stock in one of the other corporations in
such chain.
“
Permanent and Total Disability ” has the same meaning
as given to that term by Code Section 22(e)(3) and any
regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder.
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Plan ” means the Company’s 2008 Stock Option and
Incentive Plan, the terms of which are set forth herein.
“
Purchasable ” refers to Stock which may be purchased
by an Optionee under the terms of this Plan on or after a certain
date specified in the applicable Stock Option Agreement.
“ Reload
Option ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.8 of
the Plan.
“
Restricted Stock ” means Stock issued, subject to
restrictions, to a Grantee pursuant to Article 7 of this
Plan.
“
Restricted Stock Agreement ” means an agreement
setting forth the terms of an Award by the Company, a sample form
of which is attached hereto as Exhibit C .
“ SEC
” means the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission.
“
Section 16 Insider ” means any person who is
subject to the provisions of Section 16 of the Exchange Act,
as provided in Rule 16a-2 promulgated pursuant to the Exchange
Act.
“
Stock ” means the Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per
share, of the Company or, in the event that the outstanding shares
of Stock are hereafter changed into or exchanged for shares of a
different stock or securities of the Company or some other entity,
such other stock or securities.
“ Stock
Option Agreement ” means an agreement between the Company
and an Optionee under which the Optionee may purchase Stock under
this Plan, a sample form of which is attached hereto as
Exhibit A (Employees) and Exhibit B
(Non-Employee Directors, Consultants and Advisors) (which forms may
be varied by the Committee in granting an Option).
“
Subsidiary ” means any corporation (other than the
Company) in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the
Company if, at the time of the grant (or modification) of the
Option, each of the corporations other than the last corporation in
the unbroken chain owns stock possessing 50 percent or more of
the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of
the other corporations in such chain.
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Transfer ” means and includes any sale, assignment,
encumbrance, hypothecation, pledge, conveyance in trust, gift,
transfer by bequest, devise or descent, or other transfer or
disposition of any kind, including but not limited to transfers to
receivers, levying creditors, trustees or receivers in bankruptcy
proceedings or general assignees for the benefit of creditors,
whether voluntary or by operation of law, directly or indirectly,
except for : (i) a transfer of vested Stock
acquired pursuant to an Option or Award by gift during a
Grantee’s lifetime or on a Grantee’s death by will or
intestacy to such Grantee’s Immediate Family or to a trust or
other entity for the benefit of Grantee or Grantee’s
Immediate Family or (ii) pursuant to a domestic relations
order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction, provided
that, in each case of (i) or (ii) above, each transferee
or other recipient executes a written agreement to be bound by the
terms and conditions of the Plan, including without limitation,
Section 10 hereof; (ii) any transfer of Stock acquired
pursuant to an Option or Award by a Grantee made (A) pursuant
to a
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statutory
merger or statutory consolidation of the Company with or into
another corporation or corporations, or otherwise by operation of
law or (B) pursuant to the winding up and dissolution of the
Company.
2.1 Name .
This Plan shall be known as the Company’s “2008 Stock
Option and Incentive Plan.”
2.2 Purpose
. The purpose of the Plan is to advance the interests of the
Company, its Subsidiaries and its shareholders by affording certain
Employees and Directors of the Company and its Subsidiaries, as
well as key consultants and advisors to the Company or any
Subsidiary, an opportunity to acquire or increase their proprietary
interests in the Company. The objective of the issuance of the
Options and Awards is to promote the growth and profitability of
the Company and its Subsidiaries because the Grantees will be
provided with an additional incentive to achieve the
Company’s objectives through participation in its success and
growth and by encouraging their continued association with or
service to the Company.
2.3 Effective
Date . The Plan shall become effective on the date it is
adopted by the Board; provided, however, that if the
Company’s shareholders have not approved the Plan on or prior
to the first anniversary of such effective date, then all options
granted under the Plan shall be non-Incentive Stock
Options.
The class of
persons eligible to participate in the Plan shall consist of all
persons whose participation in the Plan the Committee determines to
be in the best interests of the Company, which shall include, but
not be limited to, Employees or Directors of the Company or any
Subsidiary, as well as key consultants and advisors to the Company
or any Subsidiary.
4.1 Duties and
Powers of the Committee . The Plan shall be administered by the
Committee. The Committee shall select one of its members as its
Chairman and shall hold its meetings at such times and places as it
may determine. The Committee shall keep minutes of its meetings and
shall make such rules and regulations for the conduct of its
business as it may deem necessary. The Committee shall have the
power to act by unanimous written consent in lieu of a meeting, and
to meet telephonically. In administering the Plan, the
Committee’s actions and determinations shall be binding on
all interested parties. The Committee shall have the power to grant
Options or Awards in accordance with the provisions of the Plan and
may grant Options and Awards singly, in combination, or in tandem;
provided, however, that the Committee shall not grant Incentive
Stock Options in tandem with Options which do not qualify as
Incentive Stock Options in such a manner that the exercise of one
affects the right to exercise the other. Subject to the
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provisions of
the Plan, the Committee shall have the discretion and authority to
determine those individuals to whom Options or Awards will be
granted and whether such Options shall be accompanied by the right
to receive Reload Options, the number of shares of Stock subject to
each Option or Award, such other matters as are specified herein,
and any other terms and conditions of a Stock Option Agreement or
Restricted Stock Agreement. To the extent not inconsistent with the
provisions of the Plan, the Committee may give a Grantee an
election to surrender an Option or Award in exchange for the grant
of a new Option or Award, and shall have the authority to amend or
modify an outstanding Stock Option Agreement or Restricted Stock
Agreement, or to waive any provision thereof, provided that the
Grantee consents to such action.
4.2
Interpretation; Rules . Subject to the express provisions of
the Plan, the Committee also shall have complete authority to
interpret the Plan, to prescribe, amend, and rescind rules and
regulations relating to it, to determine the details and provisions
of each Stock Option Agreement, and to make all other
determinations necessary or advisable for the administration of the
Plan, including, without limitation, the amending or altering of
the Plan and any Options or Awards granted under the Plan as may be
required to comply with or to conform to any federal, state, or
local laws or regulations.
4.3 No
Liability . Neither any member of the Board nor any member of
the Committee shall be liable to any person for any act or
determination made in good faith with respect to the Plan or any
Option or Award granted hereunder.
4.4 Majority
Rule . A majority of the members of the Committee shall
constitute a quorum, and any action taken by a majority at a
meeting at which a quorum is present, or any action taken without a
meeting evidenced by a writing executed by all the members of the
Committee, shall constitute the action of the Committee.
4.5 Company
Assistance . The Company shall supply full and timely
information to the Committee on all matters relating to eligible
persons, their employment, death, retirement, disability, or other
termination of employment or service, and such other pertinent
facts as the Committee may require. The Company shall furnish the
Committee with such clerical and other assistance as is necessary
in the performance of its duties.
ARTICLE 5
SHARES OF STOCK SUBJECT TO PLAN
5.1
Limitations . Subject to any antidilution adjustment
pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.2 of this Plan, the
maximum number of shares of Stock that may be issued hereunder
shall be 5,500,000 shares of Stock. Any or all shares of Stock
subject to the Plan may be issued in any combination of Incentive
Stock Options, non-Incentive Stock Options or Restricted Stock, and
the amount of Stock subject to the Plan may be increased from time
to time in accordance with Article 10, provided that the total
number of shares of Stock issuable pursuant to Incentive Stock
Options may not be increased to more than 5,500,000 (other than
pursuant to anti-dilution adjustments) without shareholder
approval. Shares subject to an Option or issued as an Award may be
either authorized and unissued shares or shares issued and later
acquired by the Company. The shares covered by any unexercised
portion of an Option that has terminated for any reason (except as
set
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forth in the
following paragraph), or any forfeited portion of an Award, may
again be optioned or awarded under the Plan, and such shares shall
not be considered as having been optioned or issued in computing
the number of shares of Stock remaining available for option or
award hereunder.
5.2 Adjustments
Upon Occurrence of Certain Events .
(a) In
the event of a Corporate Transaction, the Committee, in its
discretion, may, but need not notwithstanding other provisions of
this Plan:
(i) declare that
(1) all Options outstanding at the time of such Corporate
Transaction but not otherwise fully exercisable, shall become
exercisable immediately, notwithstanding the provisions of the
respective Stock Option Agreements regarding exercisability, so
that such Options shall become exercisable for all shares at the
time subject to such Options; (2) all such Options shall
terminate on a stated date or within a stated number of days after
the Committee gives written notice of the immediate right to
exercise all such Options and of the decision to terminate all
Options not exercised by such date or within such period; and/or
(3) all then-remaining restrictions pertaining to Awards under
the Plan shall immediately lapse; and/or
(ii) issue or
assume Awards or Options, or arrange that all Options or Awards
granted under the Plan shall be assumed by the surviving
corporation in the Corporate Transaction or substituted on an
equitable basis with options or restricted stock issued by such
surviving corporation, and provide notice thereof to all Grantees
of such adjustment.
(b) If,
in a transaction that is not a Corporate Transaction, (x) the
outstanding shares of Stock are changed into or exchanged for a
different number or kind of shares or other securities of the
Company by reason of a reorganization, recapitalization,
reclassification, exchange of shares, or stock split or stock
dividend, (y) there is any material spin-off or spin-out, or
other material distribution of assets, or (z) there is any
assumption and conversion to the Plan by the Company of an acquired
company’s outstanding option grants, then:
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the
aggregate number and kind of shares of Stock for which Options or
Awards may be granted hereunder shall be adjusted appropriately by
the Committee; and
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(ii)
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the
rights of Optionees (concerning the number of shares subject to
Options and the Exercise Price) under outstanding Options and the
rights of the holders of Awards (concerning the terms and
conditions of the lapse of any then-remaining restrictions), shall
be adjusted appropriately by the Committee.
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(c)
Liquidation or Dissolution . In the event of a liquidation
or dissolution of the Company in a transaction not involving a
Corporate Transaction, then notwithstanding other provisions
hereof: the adoption of a plan of dissolution or liquidation of the
Company shall cause all
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then-remaining
restrictions pertaining to Awards under the Plan to lapse, and
shall cause every Option outstanding under the Plan to terminate to
the extent not exercised prior to the adoption of the plan of
dissolution or liquidation by the shareholders; and the Committee
may declare all Options granted under the Plan to be exercisable at
a time prior to the liquidation or dissolution to be determined by
the Committee, notwithstanding the provisions of the respective
Stock Option Agreements regarding exercisability.
(d)
Committee Has Discretion . The adjustments and other actions
described in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this
Section 5.2, if any, and the manner of their application,
shall be determined solely by the Committee, and any such
adjustment may provide for the elimination of fractional share
interests; provided, however, that any adjustment made by the
Committee shall be made in a manner that will not cause an
Incentive Stock Option to be other than an Incentive Stock Option
under applicable statutory and regulatory provisions; and provided
further, that if an adjustment is required because of a stock split
or stock dividend as a result of which the number of outstanding
shares of Stock is increased, then without any further action by
the Committee (A) the aggregate number of shares of Stock for which
Options or Awards may be granted hereunder, and the aggregate
number of shares of Stock Purchasable under each Stock Option
Agreement, shall be proportionately increased, and (B) the
Exercise Price under each Stock Option Agreement shall be
proportionately decreased. The adjustments required under this
Article 5 shall apply to any successors of the Company and
adjustments under 5.2(b) shall be made regardless of the number or
type of successive events requiring such adjustments.
6.1 Types of
Options Granted . The Committee may, under this Plan, grant
either Incentive Stock Options or Options which do not qualify as
Incentive Stock Options. Within the limitations provided in this
Plan, both types of Options may be granted to the same person at
the same time, or at different times, under different terms and
conditions, as long as the terms and conditions of each Option are
consistent with the provisions of the Plan. Without limitation of
the foregoing, Options may be granted subject to conditions based
on the financial performance of the Company or any other factor the
Committee deems relevant. An attempted exercise of an Incentive
Stock Option outside of those time parameters will be permitted,
but the Incentive Stock Option thereupon will become a
non-Incentive Stock Option subject to all the terms of the Plan
governing non-Incentive Stock Options.
6.2 Option
Grant and Agreement . Each Option granted hereunder shall be
evidenced by minutes of a meeting or the written consent of the
Committee and by a written Stock Option Agreement executed by the
Company and the Optionee. The terms of the Option, including the
Option’s duration, time or times of exercise, Exercise Price,
whether the Option is intended to be an Incentive Stock Option, and
whether the Option is to be accompanied by the right to receive a
Reload Option, shall be stated in the Stock Option Agreement.
Unless a Stock Option Agreement specifically provides that that the
Option granted thereunder is intended to be an Incentive Stock
Option, such Option shall not be an Incentive Stock Option. No
Incentive Stock Option may be granted more than ten years after the
earlier to occur of the effective date of the Plan or the date the
Plan is approved by the Company’s shareholders.
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Separate Stock
Option Agreements may be used for Options intended to be Incentive
Stock Options and those not so intended, but any failure to use
such separate agreements shall not invalidate, or otherwise
adversely affect the Optionee’s interest in, the Options
evidenced thereby.
6.3 Optionee
Limitations . The Committee shall not grant an Incentive Stock
Option to any person who, at the time the Incentive Stock Option is
granted:
(a) is
not an Employee; or
(b) owns
or is considered to own stock possessing at least 10% of the total
combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any
of its Parent or Subsidiary corporations; provided, however, that
this limitation shall not apply if at the time an Incentive Stock
Option is granted the Exercise Price is at least 110% of the Fair
Market Value of the Stock subject to such Option and such Option by
its terms would not be exercisable after five years from the date
on which the Option is granted. For the purpose of this subsection
(b), a person shall be considered to own: (i) the stock owned,
directly or indirectly, by or for his or her brothers and sisters
(whether by whole or half blood), spouse, ancestors and lineal
descendants; (ii) the stock owned, directly or indirectly, by
or for a corporation, partnership, estate, or trust in proportion
to such person’s stock interest, partnership interest or
beneficial interest therein; and (iii) the stock which such
person may purchase under any outstanding options of the Company or
of any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company.
6.4 $100,000
and Section 162(m) Limitations. Except as provided below, the
Committee shall not grant an Incentive Stock Option to, or modify
the exercise provisions of outstanding Incentive Stock Options held
by, any person who, at the time the Incentive Stock Option is
granted (or modified), would thereby receive or hold any Incentive
Stock Options of the Company and any Parent or Subsidiary of the
Company, such that the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as
of the respective dates of grant or modification of each option) of
the stock with respect to which such Incentive Stock Options
(including Reload Options) are exercisable for the first time
during any calendar year is in excess of $100,000 (or such other
limit as may be prescribed by the Code from time to time);
provided that the foregoing restriction on modification of
outstanding Incentive Stock Options shall not preclude the
Committee from modifying an outstanding Incentive Stock Option if,
as a result of such modification and with the consent of the
Optionee, such Option no longer constitutes an Incentive Stock
Option; and provided that, if the $100,000 limitation (or such
other limitation prescribed by the Code) described in this
Section 6.4 is exceeded, the Incentive Stock Option, the
granting or modification of which resulted in the exceeding of such
limit, shall be treated as an Incentive Stock Option up to the
limitation and the excess shall be treated as an Option not
qualifying as an Incentive Stock Option.
6.5 Exercise
Price . The Exercise Price per share of Stock subject to each
Option shall not be less than the Fair Market Value per share of
the Stock on the date of grant. The Committee shall in good faith
set the Fair Market Value of Options and Awards. In the event the
Fair Market Value should be determined to be otherwise, the Company
shall have no liability for adverse tax consequences that that
Grantee may incur as a result of such determination.
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6.6 Exercise
Period . The period for the exercise of each Option granted
hereunder shall be determined by the Committee, but the Stock
Option Agreement with respect to each Option intended to be an
Incentive Stock Option shall provide that such Option shall not be
exercisable after the expiration of ten years from the date of
grant (or modification) of the Option. In addition, no Incentive
Stock Option granted under the Plan shall be exercisable prior to
shareholder approval of the Plan.
(a) Unless
otherwise provided in the Stock Option Agreement or
Section 6.6 of this Plan, an Option may be exercised at any
time or from time to time during the term of the Option as to any
or all full shares which have become Purchasable under the
provisions of the Option, but not at any time as to fewer than 100
shares unless the remaining shares that have become so Purchasable
are fewer than 100 shares. The Committee shall have the authority
to prescribe in any Stock Option Agreement that the Option may be
exercised only in accordance with a vesting schedule during the
term of the Option.
(b) An
Option shall be exercised by (i) delivery to the Company at
its principal office of a written notice of exercise with respect
to a specified number of shares of Stock and (ii) payment to
the Company at that office of the full amount of the Exercise Price
for such number of shares in accordance with Section 6.7(c).
If requested by an Optionee, an Option (other than an Incentive
Stock Option) may be exercised with the involvement of a
stockbroker in accordance with the federal margin rules set forth
in Regulation T (in which case the certificates representing
the underlying shares will be delivered by the Company directly to
the stockbroker).
(c) The
Exercise Price is to be paid in full in cash upon the exercise of
the Option, and the Company shall not be required to deliver
certificates for the shares purchased until such payment has been
made; provided, however, that in lieu of cash, in the
Company’s sole discretion, all or any portion of the Exercise
Price may be paid by tendering to the Company shares of Stock duly
endorsed for transfer and owned by the Optionee, or by
authorization to the Company to withhold shares of Stock otherwise
issuable upon exercise of the Option, in each case to be credited
against the Exercise Price at the Fair Market Value of such shares
on the date of exercise (however, no fractional shares may be so
transferred, and the Company shall not be obligated to make any
cash payments in consideration of any excess of the aggregate Fair
Market Value of shares transferred over the aggregate Exercise
Price).
(d) In
addition to and at the time of payment of the Exercise Price, the
Optionee shall pay to the Company in cash the full amount of any
federal, state, and local income, employment, or other withholding
taxes applicable to the taxable income of such Optionee resulting
from such exercise; provided, however, that in the discretion of
the Committee any Stock Option Agreement may provide that all or
any portion of such tax obligations may, upon the irrevocable
election of the Optionee, be paid by tendering to the Company whole
shares of Stock duly endorsed for transfer and owned by the
Optionee, or by authorization to the Company to withhold shares of
Stock otherwise issuable upon exercise of the Option, in either
case in that number of shares having a Fair Market Value on the
date of exercise equal to the amount of such taxes thereby being
paid,
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and subject to
such restrictions as to the approval and timing of any such
election as the Committee may from time to time determine to be
necessary or appropriate to satisfy the conditions of the exemption
set forth in Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, if such rule
is applicable.
(e) The
holder of an Option shall not have any of the rights of a
shareholder with respect to the shares of Stock subject to the
Option until such shares have been issued and transferred to the
Optionee upon the exercise of the Option.
(a) The
Committee may specify in a Stock Option Agreement (or may otherwise
determine in its sole discretion) that a Reload Option shall be
granted, without further action of the Committee, (i) to an
Optionee who exercises an Option (including a Reload Option) by
surrendering shares of Stock in payment of amounts specified in
Sections 6.7(c) or 6.7(d) of this Plan, (ii) for the same
number of shares as are surrendered to pay such amounts,
(iii) as of the date of such payment and at an Exercise Price
equal to the Fair Market Value of the Stock on such date (except
Reload Options granted with or upon exercise of Incentive Stock
Options granted to a person described in Section 6.3(b)
hereof, in which case the Exercise Price shall be equal to 110% of
the Fair Market Value of the Stock on such date), and
(iv) otherwise on the same terms and conditions as the Option
whose exercise has occasioned such payment, except as provided
below and subject to such other contingencies, conditions, or other
terms as the Committee shall specify at the time such exercised
Option is granted; provided, however, that the Committee may
require that the shares surrendered in payment as provided above
must have been held by the Optionee for at least six months prior
to such surrender.
(b) Unless
provided otherwise in the Stock Option Agreement, a Reload Option
may not be exercised by an Optionee (i) prior to the end of a
one-year period from the date that the Reload Option is granted,
and (ii) unless the Optionee retains beneficial ownership of
the shares of Stock issued to such Optionee upon exercise of the
Option referred to above in Section 6.8(a)(i) for a period of
one year from the date of such exercise.
6.9
Nontransferability of Option . Other than as provided below,
no Option shall be Transferable by an Optionee other than by will
or the laws of descent and distribution or, in the case of
non-Incentive Stock Options, pursuant to a domestic relations order
issued by a court of competent jurisdiction, and, during the
lifetime of an Optionee, Options shall be exercisable only by such
Optionee (or by such Optionee’s guardian or legal
representative, should one be appointed). However, in connection
with the Optionee’s estate plan, a Non-Incentive Stock
Option, to the extent vested, may be assigned in whole or in part
during Optionee’s lifetime to one or more members of the
Optionee’s Immediate Family or to a partnership, trust,
limited liability company, or other entity established for the
exclusive benefit of one or more such family members. The assigned
portion shall be exercisable only by the person or persons who
acquire a proprietary interest in the vested Option pursuant to
such assignment. The terms applicable to the assigned portion shall
be the same as those in effect for this Option immediately prior to
such assignment and shall be set forth in such documents issued to
the assignee as the Committee may deem appropriate. No Optionee
shall Transfer any Stock received pursuant to the exercise of an
Option issued pursuant to this Plan unless (i) Optionee has
first offered such Stock to the Company in accordance
with
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Section 10.1 and such assignee agrees in
writing to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Plan,
including but not limited to Article 10 and (ii) such Transfer
is made in compliance with applicable federal and state securities
laws, to the Company’s satisfaction.
6.10
Termination of Employment or Service . The Committee shall
have the power to specify, with respect to the Options granted to a
particular Optionee, the effect upon such Optionee’s right to
exercise an Option of termination of such Optionee’s
employment or service under various circumstances, which effect may
include immediate or deferred termination of such Optionee’s
rights under an Option, or acceleration of the date at which an
Option may be exercised in full; provided , that in no event
may an Incentive Stock Option be exercised after the expiration of
ten years from the date of its grant. Further, in no event may an
Incentive Stock Option be exercised more than three months
following termination of such Optionee’s employment, unless
termination is due to Optionee’s death or Permanent and Total
Disability, in which case an Incentive Stock Option may be
exercised within one year following such termination.
6.11 Employment
Rights . Nothing in the Plan or in any Stock Option Agreement
shall confer on any person any right to continue in the employ of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or shall interfere in any
way with the right of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to
terminate such person’s employment at any time.
6.12 Certain
Successor Options . To the extent not inconsistent with the
terms, limitations and conditions of Code section 422 and any
regulations promulgated with respect thereto, an Option issued in
respect of an option held by an employee to acquire stock of any
entity acquired, by merger or otherwise, by the Company (or any
Subsidiary of the Company) may contain terms that differ from those
stated in this Article 6, but solely to the extent necessary
to preserve for any such employee the rights and benefits contained
in such predecessor option, or to satisfy the requirements of Code
section 424(a).
ARTICLE 7
RESTRICTED STOCK
7.1 Awards of
Restricted Stock . The Committee may grant Awards of Restricted
Stock, which shall be governed by a Restricted Stock Agreement
between the Company and the Grantee (a form of which is attached
hereto as Exhibit C). Each Restricted Stock Agreement shall contain
such restrictions, terms, and conditions as the Committee may, in
its discretion, determine, and may require that an appropriate
legend be placed on the certificates evidencing the subject
Restricted Stock. Shares of Restricted Stock granted pursuant to an
Award hereunder shall be issued in the name of the Grantee as soon
as reasonably practicable after the Award is granted, provided that
the Grantee has executed the Restricted Stock Agreement governing
the Award, the appropriate blank stock powers and, in the
discretion of the Committee, an escrow agreement and any other
documents which the Committee may require as a condition to the
issuance of such Shares. If a Grantee shall fail to execute the
foregoing documents within any time period prescribed by the
Committee, the Award shall be void. At the discretion of the
Committee, Shares issued in connection with an Award sha
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