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Title: PURERAY CORPORATION 2008 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN
Date: 10/17/2008

PURERAY CORPORATION 2008 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN, Parties: pureray corporation
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EXHIBIT 10.2

PURERAY CORPORATION

2008 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN

5,500,000 Shares

October 15, 2008

 


 

PureRay Corporation

2008 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS

 

 

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ARTICLE 2 THE PLAN

 

 

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2.1 Name

 

 

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2.2 Purpose

 

 

5

 

2.3 Effective Date

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 3 PARTICIPANTS

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 4 ADMINISTRATION

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.1 Duties and Powers of the Committee

 

 

5

 

4.2 Interpretation; Rules

 

 

6

 

4.3 No Liability

 

 

6

 

4.4 Majority Rule

 

 

6

 

4.5 Company Assistance

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 5 SHARES OF STOCK SUBJECT TO PLAN

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.1 Limitations

 

 

6

 

5.2 Adjustments Upon Occurrence of Certain Events

 

 

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ARTICLE 6 OPTIONS

 

 

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6.1 Types of Options Granted

 

 

8

 

6.2 Option Grant and Agreement

 

 

8

 

6.3 Optionee Limitations

 

 

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6.4 $100,000 and Section 162(m) Limitations

 

 

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6.5 Exercise Price

 

 

9

 

6.6 Exercise Period

 

 

10

 

6.7 Option Exercise

 

 

10

 

6.8 Reload Options

 

 

11

 

6.9 Nontransferability of Option

 

 

11

 

6.10 Termination of Employment or Service

 

 

12

 

6.11 Employment Rights

 

 

12

 

6.12 Certain Successor Options

 

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 7 RESTRICTED STOCK

 

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.1 Awards of Restricted Stock

 

 

12

 

7.2 Non-Transferability

 

 

13

 

7.3 Lapse of Restrictions

 

 

13

 

7.4 Termination of Employment

 

 

13

 

7.5 Treatment of Dividends

 

 

13

 

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7.6 Delivery of Shares

 

 

13

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 11 RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER COMPENSATION PLANS

 

 

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ARTICLE 12 MISCELLANEOUS

 

 

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12.1 Replacement or Amended Grants

 

 

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12.2 Leave of Absence

 

 

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12.3 Plan Binding on Successors

 

 

17

 

12.4 Singular, Plural; Gender

 

 

17

 

12.5 Headings, etc.

 

 

17

 

12.6 Section 16 Compliance

 

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

 

 

 

Form Stock Option Agreement (Employees)

 

 

A-1

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT B

 

 

 

 

Form Stock Option Agreement

 

 

 

 

(Non-Employee Directors, Consultants, Advisors)

 

 

B-1

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT C

 

 

 

 

Form Restricted Stock Award Agreement

 

 

C-1

 

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PURERAY CORPORATION

2008 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN

ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS

     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.

     “ 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.

     “ Company ” means PureRay Corporation, a Washington corporation.

     “ 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.

     “ 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.

     “ 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.

     “ 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.

     “ Grantee ” means a person who is an Optionee or a person who has received an Award of Restricted Stock.

     “ 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.

     “ 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.

     “ 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.

     “ 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.

     “ 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.

ARTICLE 2
THE PLAN

     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.

ARTICLE 3
PARTICIPANTS

     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.

ARTICLE 4
ADMINISTRATION

     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

 

 

 

 

 

(ii)

 

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.

          (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.

ARTICLE 6
OPTIONS

     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.

     6.7 Option Exercise .

          (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.

     6.8 Reload Options .

          (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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