ENERGY XXI SERVICES,
LLC
EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE
PLAN
ARTICLE I
PURPOSE
The purposes of this Energy XXI Services, LLC
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ Plan
”) are to assist Eligible Employees of Energy XXI Services,
LLC, a Delaware limited liability corporation (the “
Employer ”), and its Parent and Subsidiaries in
acquiring a stock ownership interest in Energy XXI (Bermuda)
Limited, a Bermuda corporation (the “ Company
”) pursuant to a plan which is intended to qualify as an
“employee stock purchase plan” within the meaning of
Section 423(b) of the Code, and to help Eligible Employees provide
for their future security and to encourage them to remain in the
employment of the Company, the Employer and its
Subsidiaries.
ARTICLE II
DEFINITIONS AND
CONSTRUCTION
Wherever the following terms are used in the
Plan they shall have the meanings specified below, unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise. The singular
pronoun shall include the plural where the context so
indicates.
2.1 “
Administrator ” means the entity that conducts
the general administration of the Plan as provided
herein. The term “ Administrator
” shall refer to the Committee unless the Board has assumed
the authority for administration of the Plan generally as provided
in Article III.
2.2 “
Board ” shall mean the Board of Directors of
the Company.
2.3 “
Code ” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended from time to time, and the regulations issued
thereunder.
2.4 “
Committee ” means the committee of the Board
described in Article III.
2.5 “
Company ” shall mean Energy XXI (Bermuda)
Limited, a Bermuda corporation.
2.6 “
Compensation ” of an Eligible Employee shall
mean the gross base compensation received by such Eligible Employee
as compensation for services to the Company, the Employer or any
Designated Subsidiary, excluding overtime payments, sales
commissions, incentive compensation, bonuses, contributions to
pension, profit sharing, health and life insurance and other plans,
expense reimbursements, fringe benefits and other special
payments.
2.7 “
Designated Subsidiary ” shall mean any
Subsidiary designated by the Administrator in accordance with
Section 3.3(ii).
2.8 “
Eligible Employee ” shall mean an Employee of
the Company, the Employer or a Designated Subsidiary: (i) who
does not, immediately after any rights under this Plan are granted,
own (directly or through attribution) stock possessing 5% or more
of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of Stock
or other stock of the Employer, a Parent or a Subsidiary (as
determined under Section 423(b)(3) of the Code). For
purposes of clause (i) above, the rules of Section 424(d) of the
Code with regard to the attribution of stock ownership shall apply
in determining the stock ownership of an individual, and stock
which an Employee may purchase under outstanding options shall be
treated as stock owned by the Employee. For purposes of
the Plan, the employment relationship shall be treated as
continuing intact while the individual is on sick leave or other
leave of absence approved by the Company, the Employer or a
Designated Subsidiary and meeting the requirements of Treasury
Regulation Section 1.421-7(h)(2).
2.9 “
Employee ” means any officer or other employee
(as defined in accordance with Section 3401(c) of the Code) of the
Company, the Employer or any Designated Subsidiary.
2.10
“Employer”
shall mean Energy XXI Services, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability corporation.
2.11 “
Enrollment Date ” shall mean the first day of
each Offering Period.
2.12 “
Exchange Act ” shall mean the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.
2.13 “ Fair
Market Value ” means, as of any given date, the fair
market value of a share of Stock on the date determined by such
methods or procedures as may be established from time to time by
the Administrator. Unless otherwise determined by the
Administrator, the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock as of any
given date shall be (a) if Stock is traded on any established
stock exchange, the closing price of a share of Stock as reported
in the Wall Street Journal (or such other source as the
Administrator may deem reliable for such purposes) for the first
Trading Day immediately prior to such date during which a sale
occurred; or (b) if Stock is not traded on an exchange but is
quoted on a national market or other quotation system, the last
sales price on the date immediately prior to such date on which
sales price are reported.
2.14 “
Offering Document ” shall have the meaning
given to such term in Section 5.1.
2.15 “
Offering Period ” shall mean each Offering
Period designated by the Administrator in the applicable Offering
Document pursuant to Section 5.1 or otherwise established in
accordance with Section 5.1.
2.16 “
Parent ” means any corporation, other than the
Employer, in an unbroken chain of corporations ending with the
Employer if, at the time of the determination, each of the
corporations other than the Employer 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. The
definition of “Parent” is intended to, and shall be
construed and applied, to coincide and conform with the definition
of “parent” under Section 424(e) of the
Code.
2.17 “
Participant ” means any Eligible Employee who
has executed a participation agreement and been granted rights to
purchase Stock pursuant to the Plan.
2.18 “
Plan ” shall mean this Energy XXI Services, LLC
Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as it may be amended from time to
time.
2.19 “
Purchase Date ” shall mean the last Trading Day
of each Offering Period.
2.20 “
Purchase Price ” shall mean the purchase price
designated by the Administrator in the applicable Offering Document
(which purchase price shall not be less than 85% of the Fair Market
Value of a share of Stock for the Enrollment Date or for the
Purchase Date, whichever is lower); provided ,
however , that, in the event no purchase price is designated
by the Administrator in the applicable Offering Document, the
purchase price for the Offering Periods covered by such Offering
Document shall be 85% of the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock
for the Enrollment Date or for the Purchase Date, whichever is
lower; provided , further , that the Purchase Price
may be adjusted by the Administrator pursuant to Article IX; and
provided , and further , that the Purchase Price shall
not be less than the par value of a share of Stock.
2.21 “
Securities Act ” shall mean the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended from time to time.
2.22 “
Stock ” means the common stock, $0.001 par
value, of the Company and such other securities of the Company that
may be substituted for Stock pursuant to Article IX.
2.23 “
Subsidiary ” shall mean any corporation, other
than the Employer, in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning
with the Employer if, at the time of the determination, each of the
corporations other than the last corporation in an 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. The definition of “Subsidiary”
is intended to, and shall be construed and applied, to coincide and
conform with the definition of “subsidiary” under
Section 424(f) of the Code.
2.24 “
Trading Day ” shall mean any day on which the
Stock is actually traded.
ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION
3.1
Administrator . The Administrator of the Plan
shall be the Compensation Committee of the Board (or another
committee or a subcommittee of the Board to which the Board
delegates administration of the Plan) (such committee, the “
Committee ”), which Committee shall consist
solely of two or more members of the Board each of whom is a
“non-employee director” within the meaning of Rule
16b-3 which has been adopted by the Securities and Exchange
Commission under the Exchange Act and which Committee is otherwise
constituted to comply with applicable law. Appointment
of Committee members shall be effective upon acceptance of
appointment. The Board may abolish the Committee at any
time and revest in the Board the administration of the
Plan. Committee members may resign at any time by
delivering written notice to the Board. Vacancies in the
Committee may only be filled by the Board.
3.2 Action by the
Administrator . A majority of the Administrator
shall constitute a quorum. The acts of a majority of the
members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present, and,
subject to applicable law and the Bylaws of the Company, acts
approved in writing by a majority of the Administrator in lieu of a
meeting, shall be deemed the acts of the
Administrator. Each member of the Administrator is
entitled to, in good faith, rely or act upon any report or other
information furnished to that member by any officer or other
employee of the Company, the Employer or any Designated Subsidiary,
the Company’s independent certified public accountants, or
any executive compensation consultant or other professional
retained by the Company to assist in the administration of the
Plan.
3.3 Authority of
Administrator . The Administrator shall have the
power, subject to, and within the limitations of, the express
provisions of the Plan:
(i) To determine when
and how rights to purchase stock of the Company shall be granted
and the provisions of each offering of such rights (which need not
be identical).
(ii) To designate from
time to time which Subsidiaries of the Employer shall be Designated
Subsidiaries, which designation may be made without the approval of
the stockholders of the Company.
(iii) To construe and
interpret the Plan and rights granted under it, and to establish,
amend and revoke rules and regulations for its
administration. The Administrator, in the exercise of
this power, may correct any defect, omission or inconsistency in
the Plan, in a manner and to the extent it shall deem necessary or
expedient to make the Plan fully effective.
(iv) To amend the Plan
as provided in Article X.
(v) Generally, to
exercise such powers and to perform such acts as the Administrator
deems necessary or expedient to promote the best interests of the
Company, the Employer, and its Subsidiaries and to carry out the
intent that the Plan be treated as an “employee stock
purchase plan” within the meaning of Section 423 of the
Code.
The
Administrator shall have the authority to delegate routine
day-to-day administration of the Plan to such officers and
employees of the Company or Employer as the Administrator deems
appropriate.
3.4 Decisions
Binding . The Administrator’s interpretation
of the Plan, any rights granted pursuant to the Plan, any
participation agreement and all decisions and determinations by the
Administrator with respect to the Plan are final, binding, and
conclusive on all parties.
ARTICLE IV
SHARES SUBJECT TO THE
PLAN
4.1 Number of
Shares . Subject to Article IX, the aggregate number
of shares of Stock which may be issued pursuant to rights granted
under the Plan shall be 5,000,000 shares. If any right
granted under the Plan shall for any reason terminate without
having been exercised, the Stock not purchased under such right
shall again become available for the Plan.
4.2 Stock
Distributed . Any Stock distributed pursuant to the
Plan may consist, in whole or in part, of authorized and unissued
Stock, treasury stock or Stock purchased on the open
market.
ARTICLE V
OFFERING PERIODS; OFFERING
DOCUMENTS; PURCHASE DATES
5.1 Offering
Periods . Commencing with the Effective Date (as
defined in Article XI) of the Plan and continuing while the Plan
remains in force, the Administrator may from time to time grant or
provide for the grant of rights to purchase Stock of the Company
under the Plan to Eligible Employees during one or more periods
(each, an “ Offering Period ”) selected
by the Administrator commencing on such dates (each, an “
Enrollment Date ”) selected by the
Administrator. The terms and conditions applicable to
each Offering Period shall be set forth in an “
Offering Document ” adopted by the
Administrator, which Offering Document shall be in such form and
shall contain such terms and conditions as the Administrator shall
deem appropriate and shall be incorporated by reference into and
made part of the Plan and shall be attached hereto as part of the
Plan; provided however , that in the event an Offering
Period is not designated by the Administrator in the Offering
Documents, the right to purchase Stock of the Company under the
Plan shall be granted twice each year on January 1 and July 1 of
each calendar year and the term of the Offering Period shall be six
months. The provisions of separate Offering Periods
under the Plan need not be identical. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the first Offering Period shall begin on December 1,
2008 and end on June 30, 2009.
5.2 Offering
Documents . Each Offering Document with respect to
an Offering Period shall specify (through incorporation of the
provisions of this Plan by reference or otherwise):
(i) the length of the
Offering Period, which period shall not exceed twenty-seven
months;
(ii) the Enrollment
Date for such Offering Period;
(iii) the Purchase Date
for such Offering Period;
(iv) the maximum number
of shares, if any, that may be purchased by any Eligible Employee
during such Offering Period; and
(v) such other
provisions as the Administrator determines are appropriate, subject
to the Plan.
ARTICLE VI
PARTICIPATION
6.1 Eligibility
. Any Eligible Employee who shall be employed by the
Company, the Employer or a Designated Subsidiary on the day
immediately preceding a given Enrollment Date for an Offering
Period shall be eligible to participate in the Plan during such
Offering Period, subject to the requirements of this Article VI and
the limitations imposed by Section 423(b) of the Code.
6.2 Enrollment in
Plan . Except as otherwise set forth in an Offering
Document, an Eligible Employee may become a Participant in the Plan
for an Offering Period by delivering a participation agreement to
the Company or the Employer prior to the Enrollment Date for such
Offering Period (or such other date specified in the Offering
Document), in such form as the Administrator
provides. Except as provided in Section 6.7 below,
an Eligible Employee may participate in the Plan only by means of
payroll deduction. Each such participation agreement
shall designate a stated amount of such Eligible Employee’s
Compensation to be withheld by the Company, the Employer or the
Designated Subsidiary employing such Eligible Employee on each
payday during the Offering Period as payroll deductions under the
Plan. The stated amount may not be less than $10.00 per
pay period, and may not exceed either of the
following: (i) 70% of the Compensation from which the
deduction is made, or (ii) an amount which will result in
noncompliance of the $25,000 limit stated in
Section 6.5. A Participant may elect to have all
payroll deductions completely discontinued at any time, but an
election to discontinue payroll deductions shall be deemed to be an
election to withdraw pursuant to Section 8.1. No change
in payroll deductions other than complete discontinuance can be
made during an Offering Period, and, specifically, once an Offering
Period has commenced, a Participant may not alter the rate of his
or her payroll deductions for such offering.
6.3 Payroll
Deductions . Except as otherwise provided in the
applicable Offering Document, payroll deductions for a Participant
shall commence on the first payroll following the Enrollment Date
and shall end on the last payroll in the Offering Period to which
such authorization is applicable, unless sooner terminated by the
Participant as provided in Article VIII.
6.4 Effect of
Enrollment . A Participant’s completion of a
participation agreement will enroll such Participant in the Plan
for each subsequent Offering Period on the terms contained therein
until the Participant either submits a new participation agreement,
withdraws from participation under the Plan as provided in Article
VIII or otherwise becomes ineligible to participate in the
Plan.
6.5 Limitation on
Purchase of Stock . An Eligible Employee may be
granted rights under the Plan only if such rights, together with
any other rights granted to such Eligible Employee under
“employee stock purchase plans” of the Employer, any
Parent or any Subsidiary, as specified by Section 423(b)(8) of the
Code, do not permit such employee’s rights to purchase stock
of the Employer or any Parent or Subsidiary to accrue at a rate
which exceeds $25,000 of fair market value of such stock
(determined as