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Title: SPEEDEMISSIONS, INC. 2006 STOCK GRANT AND OPTION PLAN
Date: 9/11/2008

SPEEDEMISSIONS, INC. 2006 STOCK GRANT AND OPTION PLAN, Parties: speedemissions  inc
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Exhibit 4.1

SPEEDEMISSIONS, INC.

2006 STOCK GRANT AND OPTION PLAN


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

  

Page

Section 1.         PURPOSE

  

1

 

 

Section 2.         DEFINITIONS

  

1

 

 

 

    (a)

  

Award

  

1

 

 

 

    (b)

  

Board of Directors

  

1

 

 

 

    (c)

  

Change in Control

  

1

 

 

 

    (d)

  

Code

  

1

 

 

 

    (e)

  

Committee

  

1

 

 

 

    (f)

  

Common-Law Employee

  

2

 

 

 

    (g)

  

Company

  

2

 

 

 

    (h)

  

Employee

  

2

 

 

 

    (i)

  

Exchange Act

  

2

 

 

 

    (j)

  

Exercise Price

  

2

 

 

 

    (k)

  

Fair Market Value

  

2

 

 

 

    (l)

  

Incentive Stock Option” or “ISO

  

3

 

 

 

    (m)

  

Nonstatutory Option” or “NSO

  

3

 

 

 

    (n)

  

Offeree

  

3

 

 

 

    (o)

  

Option

  

3

 

 

 

    (p)

  

Optionee

  

3

 

 

 

    (q)

  

Outside Director

  

3

 

 

 

    (r)

  

Participant

  

3

 

 

 

    (s)

  

Plan

  

3

 

 

 

    (t)

  

Plan Year

  

3

 

 

 

    (u)

  

Purchase Price

  

3

 

 

 

    (v)

  

Restricted Share

  

3

 

 

 

    (w)

  

Service

  

3

 

 

 

    (x)

  

Share

  

3

 

 

 

    (y)

  

Stock

  

3

 

 

 

    (z)

  

Stock Award Agreement

  

3

 

 

 

    (aa)

  

Stock Option Agreement

  

3

 

 

 

    (bb)

  

Stock Purchase Agreement

  

3


 

 

 

 

 

    (cc)

  

Subsidiary

  

4

 

 

 

    (dd)

  

Total and Permanent Disability

  

4

 

 

 

    (ee)

  

W-2 Payroll

  

4

 

 

Section 3.         ADMINISTRATION

  

4

 

 

 

    (a)

  

Committee Membership

  

4

 

 

 

    (b)

  

Committee Procedures

  

4

 

 

 

    (c)

  

Committee Responsibilities

  

4

 

 

 

    (d)

  

Committee Liability

  

5

 

 

 

    (e)

  

Financial Reports

  

5

 

 

Section 4.         ELIGIBILITY

  

5

 

 

 

    (a)

  

General Rule

  

5

 

 

 

    (b)

  

Ten-Percent Shareholders

  

5

 

 

 

    (c)

  

Attribution Rules

  

5

 

 

 

    (d)

  

Outstanding Stock

  

5

 

 

Section 5.         STOCK SUBJECT TO PLAN

  

5

 

 

 

    (a)

  

Basic Limitation

  

5

 

 

 

    (b)

  

Additional Shares

  

6

 

 

Section 6.         TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF AWARDS OR SALES

  

6

 

 

 

    (a)

  

Stock Purchase Agreement

  

6

 

 

 

    (b)

  

Duration of Offers

  

6

 

 

 

    (c)

  

Purchase Price

  

6

 

 

 

    (d)

  

Payment for Shares

  

6

 

 

 

    (e)

  

Exercise of Awards on Termination of Service

  

7

 

 

Section 7.         ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF RESTRICTED SHARES

  

7

 

 

 

    (a)

  

Form and Amount of Award

  

7

 

 

 

    (b)

  

Exercisability

  

7

 

 

 

    (c)

  

Effect of Change in Control

  

7

 

 

 

    (d)

  

Voting Rights

  

7

 

 

Section 8.         TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF OPTIONS

  

7

 

 

 

    (a)

  

Stock Option Agreement

  

7

 

 

 

    (b)

  

Number of Shares

  

7

 

 

 

    (c)

  

Exercise Price

  

8

 

 

 

    (d)

  

Exercisability

  

8


 

 

 

 

 

    (e)

  

Effect of Change in Control

  

8

 

 

 

    (f)

  

Term

  

8

 

 

 

    (g)

  

Exercise of Options on Termination of Service

  

8

 

 

 

    (h)

  

Payment of Option Shares

  

8

 

 

 

    (i)

  

Modification, Extension and Assumption of Options

  

9

 

 

Section 9.         ADJUSTMENT OF SHARES

  

9

 

 

 

    (a)

  

General

  

9

 

 

 

    (b)

  

Reorganizations

  

9

 

 

 

    (c)

  

Reservation of Rights

  

9

 

 

Section 10.         WITHHOLDING TAXES

  

10

 

 

 

    (a)

  

General

  

10

 

 

 

    (b)

  

Share Withholding

  

10

 

 

 

    (c)

  

Cashless Exercise/Pledge

  

10

 

 

 

    (d)

  

Other Forms of Payment

  

10

 

 

Section 11.         ASSIGNMENT OR TRANSFER OF AWARDS

  

10

 

 

 

    (a)

  

General

  

10

 

 

 

    (b)

  

Trusts

  

10

 

 

Section 12.         LEGAL REQUIREMENTS

  

10

 

 

Section 13.         NO EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS

  

11

 

 

Section 14.         DURATION AND AMENDMENTS

  

11

 

 

 

    (a)

  

Term of the Plan

  

11

 

 

 

    (b)

  

Right to Amend or Terminate the Plan

  

11

 

 

 

    (c)

  

Effect of Amendment or Termination

  

11


SPEEDEMISSIONS, INC.

2006 STOCK GRANT AND OPTION PLAN

SECTION 1. PURPOSE

The purpose of the Speedemissions, Inc. 2006 Stock Grant and Option Plan (the “Plan”) is to offer selected employees, directors and consultants an opportunity to acquire a proprietary interest in the success of the Company, or to increase such interest, to encourage such selected persons to remain in the employ of the Company, and to attract new employees with outstanding qualifications. The Plan seeks to achieve this purpose by providing for Awards in the form of Restricted Shares and Options (which may constitute Incentive Stock Options or Nonstatutory Stock Options) as well as the direct award or sale of Shares of the Company’s Common Stock. Awards may be granted under this Plan in reliance upon federal and state securities law exemptions.

SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS

(a) “ Award ” shall mean any award of an Option, Restricted Share or other right under the Plan.

(b) “ Board of Directors ” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company, as constituted from time to time.

(c) “ Change in Control ” shall mean:

(i) The consummation of a merger, consolidation, sale of the Company’s stock, or other reorganization of the Company (other than a reincorporation of the Company), if after giving effect to such merger, consolidation or other reorganization of the Company, the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or other reorganization do not represent a majority interest of the holders of voting securities (on a fully diluted basis) with the ordinary voting power to elect directors of the surviving or resulting entity after such merger, consolidation or other reorganization; or

(ii) The sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to a third party who is not an affiliate of the Company.

(iii) The term Change in Control shall not include: (a) a transaction the sole purpose of which is to change the state of the Company’s incorporation, or (b) the Company’s initial public offering.

(d) “ Code ” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

(e) “ Committee ” shall mean the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors or any other committee which is authorized by the Board of Directors to administer the Plan under Section 3.

 

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(f) “ Common-Law Employee ” shall mean an individual paid from W-2 Payroll of the Company or a Subsidiary. If, during any period, the Company (or Subsidiary, as applicable) has not treated an individual as a Common-Law Employee and, for that reason, has not paid such individual in a manner which results in the issuance of a Form W-2 and withheld taxes with respect to him or her, then that individual shall not be an eligible Employee for that period, even if any person, court of law or government agency determines, retroactively, that that individual is or was a Common-Law Employee during all or any portion of that period.

(g) “ Company ” shall mean Speedemissions, Inc., a Florida corporation.

(h) “ Employee ” shall mean (i) any individual who is a Common - Law Employee of the Company or of a Subsidiary, (ii) a member of the Board of Directors, including (without limitation) an Outside Director, or an affiliate of a member of the Board of Directors, (iii) a member of the board of directors of a Subsidiary, or (iv) an independent contractor who performs services for the Company or a Subsidiary. Service as a member of the Board of Directors, a member of the board of directors of a Subsidiary or an independent contractor shall be considered employment for all purposes of the Plan except the second sentence of Section 4(a).

(i) “ Exchange Act ” means the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

(j) “ Exercise Price ” shall mean the amount for which one Share may be purchased upon exercise of an Option, as specified by the Committee in the applicable Stock Option Agreement.

(k) “ Fair Market Value ” means the market price of Shares, determined by the Committee as follows:

(i) If the Shares were traded over-the-counter on the date in question but were not traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market or the Nasdaq National Market System, then the Fair Market Value shall be equal to the last trade price or the closing bid price for the stock as quoted on such date;

(ii) If the Shares were traded over-the-counter on the date in question and were traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market or the Nasdaq National Market System, then the Fair Market Value shall be equal to the last-transaction price quoted for such date by the Nasdaq Stock Market or the Nasdaq National Market;

(iii) If the Shares were traded on a stock exchange on the date in question, then the Fair Market Value shall be equal to the closing price reported by the applicable composite transactions report for such date; and

(iv) If none of the foregoing provisions is applicable, then the Fair Market Value shall be determined by the Committee in good faith on such basis as it deems appropriate.

In all cases, the determination of Fair Market Value by the Committee shall be conclusive and binding on all persons.

 

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(l) “ Incentive Stock Option” or “ISO ” shall mean an employee incentive stock option described in Code section 422(b).

(m) “ Nonstatutory Option” or “NSO ” shall mean an employee stock option that is not an ISO.

(n) “ Offeree ” shall mean an individual to whom the Committee has offered the right to acquire Shares under the Plan (other than upon exercise of an Option).

(o) “ Option ” shall mean an Incentive Stock Option or Nonstatutory Option granted under the Plan and entitling the holder to purchase Shares.

(p) “ Optionee ” shall mean an individual or estate who holds an Option.

(q) “ Outside Director ” shall mean a member of the Board who is not a Common - Law Employee of the Company or a Subsidiary.

(r) “ Participant ” shall mean an individual or estate who holds an Award.

(s) “ Plan ” shall mean this 2006 Stock Grant and Option Plan of Speedemissions, Inc.

(t) “ Plan Year ” shall mean any twelve (12) month period (or shorter period during the final year of this Plan) commencing September 18 during the term of this Plan.

(u) “ Purchase Price ” shall mean the consideration for which one Share may be acquired under the Plan (other than upon exercise of an Option), as specified by the Committee.

(v) “ Restricted Share ” shall mean a Share sold or granted to an eligible Employee which is nontransferable and subject to substantial risk of forfeiture until restrictions lapse.

(w) “ Service ” shall mean service as an Employee.

(x) “ Share ” shall mean one share of Stock, as adjusted in accordance with Section 9 (if applicable).

(y) “ Stock ” shall mean the common stock of the Company.

(z) “ Stock Award Agreement ” shall mean the agreement between the Company and the recipient of a Restricted Share which contains the terms, conditions and restrictions pertaining to such Restricted Share.

(aa) “ Stock Option Agreement ” shall mean the agreement between the Company and an Optionee which contains the terms, conditions and restrictions pertaining to his or her Option.

(bb) “ Stock Purchase Agreement ” shall mean the agreement between the Company and an Offeree who acquires Shares under the Plan which contains the terms, conditions and restrictions pertaining to the acquisition of such Shares.

 

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(cc) “ Subsidiary ” means any corporation (other than the Company) in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Company, if each of the corporations other than the last corporation in the unbroken chain owns stock possessing 50% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain. A corporation that attains the status of a Subsidiary on a date after the adoption of the Plan shall be considered a Subsidiary commencing as of such date.

(dd) “ Total and Permanent Disability ” means that the Optionee is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment.

(ee) “ W-2 Payroll ” means whatever mechanism or procedure that the Company or a Subsidiary utilizes to pay any individual which results in the issuance of Form W-2 to the individual. “W-2 Payroll” does not include any mechanism or procedure which results in the issuance of any form other than a Form W-2 to an individual, including, but not limited to, any Form 1099 which may be issued to an independent contractor, an agency employee or a consultant. Whether a mechanism or procedure qualifies as a “W-2 Payroll” shall be determined in the absolute discretion of the Company (or Subsidiary, as applicable), and the Company or Subsidiary determination shall be conclusive and binding on all persons.

SECTION 3. ADMINISTRATION

(a) Committee Membership . The Plan shall be administered by the Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) appointed by the Company’s Board of Directors and comprised of at least two or more Directors (although Committee functions may be delegated to officers to the extent the awards relate to persons who are not subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16 of the Exchange Act). If no Committee has been appointed, the entire Board shall constitute the Committee.

(b) Committee Procedures . The Board of Directors shall designate one of the members of the Committee as chairperson. The Committee may hold meetings at such times and places as it shall determine. The acts of a majority of the Committee members present at meetings at which a quorum exists, or acts reduced to or approved in writing by all Committee members, shall be valid acts of the Committee.

(c) Committee Responsibilities . The Committee has and may exercise such power and authority as may be necessary or appropriate for the Committee to carry out its functions as described in the Plan. The Committee has authority in its discretion to determine eligible Employees to whom, and the time or times at which, Awards may be granted and the number of Shares subject to each Award. Subject to the express provisions of the respective Award agreements (which need not be identical) and to make all other determinations necessary or advisable for Plan administration, the Committee has authority to prescribe, amend, and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan. All interpretations, determinations, and actions by the Committee will be final, conclusive, and binding upon all persons.

 

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(d) Committee Liability . No member of the Board or the Committee will be liable for any action or determination made in good faith by the Committee with respect to the Plan or any Award made unde


 
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