Exhibit 10.1
XPLORE TECHNOLOGIES
CORP.
2009 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE
PLAN
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PURPOSE OF THE PLAN
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ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN
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STOCK SUBJECT TO PLAN
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OFFERING PERIODS
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ELIGIBILITY
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PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS
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VII.
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PURCHASE RIGHTS
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VIII.
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ACCRUAL LIMITATIONS
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EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM OF THE PLAN
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AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN
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XI.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
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APPENDIX
SCHEDULE A
XPLORE TECHNOLOGIES
CORP.
2009 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE
PLAN
I.
PURPOSE OF THE PLAN
This 2009 Employee Stock Purchase
Plan is intended to promote the interests of Xplore Technologies
Corp., a Delaware corporation, by providing eligible employees with
the opportunity to acquire a proprietary interest in the
Corporation through participation in a payroll deduction-based
employee stock purchase plan designed to qualify under
Section 423 of the Code.
Capitalized terms herein shall have
the meanings assigned to such terms in the attached
Appendix.
II.
ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN
The Plan Administrator shall have
full authority to interpret and construe any provision of the Plan
and to adopt such rules and regulations for administering the
Plan as it determines are necessary or appropriate in order to
comply with the requirements of Code Section 423.
Decisions of the Plan Administrator shall be final and binding on
all parties having an interest in the Plan.
III.
STOCK SUBJECT TO PLAN
A.
The stock purchasable under the Plan shall be shares of authorized
but unissued or reacquired Common Stock, including shares of Common
Stock purchased on the open market. The number of shares of
Common Stock initially reserved for issuance over the term of the
Plan shall be limited to 5,000,000 shares.
B.
Should any change be made to the Common Stock by reason of any
stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination of
shares, exchange of shares or similar change affecting the
outstanding Common Stock as a class without the Corporation’s
receipt of consideration, appropriate adjustments shall be made to
(i) the maximum number and class of securities issuable under
the Plan, (ii) the maximum number and class of securities
purchasable per Participant on any one Purchase Date,
(iii) the maximum number and class of securities purchasable
in total by all Participants on any one Purchase Date,
(iv) the number and class of securities and the price per
share in effect under each outstanding purchase right in order to
prevent the dilution or enlargement of benefits
thereunder.
IV.
OFFERING PERIODS
A.
Shares of Common Stock shall be offered for purchase under the Plan
through a series of offering periods until such time as
(i) the maximum number of shares of Common Stock available for
issuance under the Plan shall have been purchased or (ii) the
Plan shall have been sooner terminated.
B.
Each offering period shall be of such duration (not to exceed
twenty-seven (27) months) as determined by the Plan Administrator
prior to the start date of such offering period. Offering
periods other than the initial offering period shall commence at
annual intervals on a date determined by the Plan Administrator
each year over the term of the Plan. Accordingly, one
separate offering period may commence, as determined by the Plan
Administrator, in each calendar year the Plan remains in
existence. However, the initial offering period shall
commence on January 1, 2009 and terminate on March 31,
2010.
V.
ELIGIBILITY
A.
Each individual who is an Eligible Employee on the start date of
any offering period under the Plan may enter that offering period
on such start date. However, an Eligible Employee may
participate in only one offering period at a time.
B.
In order to participate in the Plan for a particular offering
period, an Eligible Employee must complete the enrollment forms
prescribed by the Plan Administrator on or before the start date of
that offering period and file such forms with the Plan
Administrator (or its designee).
VI.
PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS
A.
The payroll deduction authorized by the Participant for purposes of
acquiring shares of Common Stock during an offering period may be
any multiple of one percent (1%) of the Cash Earnings paid to the
Participant during each offering period, up to a maximum of twenty
percent (20%). The deduction rate so authorized shall
continue in effect throughout the offering period, except that the
Participant may, at any time during the offering period, reduce his
or her rate of payroll deduction (or, to the extent applicable, the
percentage of Cash Earnings to serve as his or her lump sum
contribution for the initial offering period) to become effective
as soon as possible after filing the appropriate form with the Plan
Administrator. The Participant may not, however, effect more
than one (1) such reduction per offering period nor reduce the
payroll deduction to less than one percent (1%).
B.
Payroll deductions shall begin on the first pay day
administratively feasible following the start date of the offering
period and shall (unless sooner terminated by the Participant)
continue through the pay day ending with or immediately prior to
the last day of that offering period. The amounts so
collected shall be credited to the Participant’s book account
under the Plan, but no interest shall be paid on the balance from
time to time outstanding in such account. The amounts
collected from the Participant shall not be required to be held in
any segregated account or trust fund and may be commingled with the
general assets of the Corporation and used for general corporate
purposes.
C.
Prior to the first Purchase Date for the first offering period
under the Plan, no payroll deductions shall be required of the
Participant until such time as the Participant affirmatively elects
to commence such payroll deductions following his or her receipt of
the 1933 Act prospectus for the Plan.
D.
Payroll deductions shall automatically cease upon the termination
of the Participant’s purchase right in accordance with the
provisions of the Plan.
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E.
The Participant’s acquisition of Common Stock under the Plan
on any Purchase Date shall neither limit nor require the
Participant’s acquisition of Common Stock on any subsequent
Purchase Date, whether within the same or a different offering
period.
VII.
PURCHASE RIGHTS
A.
GRANT OF PURCHASE RIGHTS. A Participant shall be granted a
separate purchase right for each offering period in which he or she
is enrolled. The purchase right shall be granted on the start
date of the offering period and shall provide the Participant with
the right to purchase shares of Common Stock during the offering
period upon the terms set forth below. The Participant shall
execute a stock purchase agreement embodying such terms and such
other provisions (not inconsistent with the Plan) as the Plan
Administrator may deem advisable.
Under no circumstances shall
purchase rights be granted under the Plan to any Eligible Employee
if such individual would, immediately after the grant, own (within
the meaning of Code Section 424(d)) or hold outstanding
options or other rights to purchase, stock possessing five percent
(5%) or more of the total combined voting power or value of all
classes of stock of the Corporation or any Corporate
Affiliate.
B.
EXERCISE OF THE PURCHASE RIGHT. Each purchase right shall be
automatically exercised on the Purchase Date for the offering
period, and shares of Common Stock shall accordingly be purchased
on behalf of each Participant on each such Purchase Date. The
purchase shall be effected by applying the Participant’s
payroll deductions (or, to the extent applicable, his or her lump
sum contribution) for the offering period ending on such Purchase
Date to the purchase of whole shares of Common Stock at the
purchase price in effect for the Participant for that Purchase
Date.
C.
PURCHASE PRICE. The purchase price per share at which Common
Stock will be purchased on the Participant’s behalf on each
Purchase Date for the particular offering period in which he or she
is enrolled shall be equal to ninety-five percent (95%) of the Fair
Market Value per share of Common Stock on the start date of that
offering period.
D.
NUMBER OF PURCHASABLE SHARES. The number of shares of Common
Stock purchasable by a Participant on each Purchase Date for the
particular offering period in which he or she is enrolled shall be
the number of whole shares obtained by dividing the amount
collected from the Participant through payroll deductions during
the offering period ending with that Purchase Date (or, to the
extent applicable, his or her lump sum contribution for that
offering period) by the purchase price in effect for the
Participant for that Purchase Date. The Plan Administrator
shall have the discretionary authority, exercisable prior to the
start of any offering period under the Plan, to set limitations on
the number of shares purchasable per Participant and in total by
all Participants on any Purchase Date for that offering
period.
E.
EXCESS PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS. Any payroll deductions not applied
to the purchase of shares of Common Stock on the final Purchase
Date of an Offering Period because they are not sufficient to
purchase a whole share of Common Stock or because of the limitation
on the maximum number of shares purchasable per Participant or in
total by all Participants on the Purchase Date shall be promptly
refunded.
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F.
SUSPENSION OF PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS. In the event that a
Participant is, by reason of the accrual limitations in
Article VIII, precluded from purchasing additional shares of
Common Stock on one or more Purchase Dates during the offering
period in which he or she is enrolled, then no further payroll
deductions shall be collected from such Participant with respect to
those Purchase Dates except as described in Article VIII,
Section C. The suspension of such deductions shall not
terminate the Participant’s purchase right for the offering
period in which he or she is enrolled, and payroll deductions shall
automatically resume on behalf of such Participant once he or she
is again able to purchase shares during that offering period in
compliance with the accrual limitations of
Article VIII.
G.
WITHDRAWAL FROM OFFERING PERIOD. The following provisions
shall govern the Participant’s withdrawal from an offering
period:
(i)
A Participant may prospectively withdraw from the offering period
in which he or she is enrolled at any time prior to the next
scheduled Purchase Date by filing the appropriate form with the
Plan Administrator (or its designate), and no further payroll
deductions shall be collected from the Participant with respect to
that offering period. Any payroll deductions collected during
the offering period in which such withdrawal occurs shall be held
for the purchase of shares on the Purchase Date for that offering
period.
(ii)
The Participant’s withdrawal from a particular offering
period shall be irrevocable, and the Participant may not
subsequently rejoin that offering period at a later date. In
order to resume participation in any subsequent offering period,
such individual must re-enroll in the Plan (by making a timely
filing of the prescribed enrollment forms) on or before the start
date of that offering period.
H.
TERMINATION OF PURCHASE RIGHT. The following provisions shall
govern the termination of outstanding purchase rights:
(i)
Should the Participant cease to remain an Eligible Employee for any
reason (including death, disability or change in status as an
Eligible Employee) while his or her purchase right remains
outstanding, then that purchase right shall be automatically
exercised on the Purchase Date for the offering period in which the
Participant ceased to be an Eligible Employee. No payroll
deductions shall be permitted on behalf of a Participant who has
ceased to be an Eligible Employee.
(ii)
However, should the Participant cease to remain in active service
by reason of an approved unpaid leave of absence, then the
Participant shall have the right, exercisable up until the last
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