Exhibit 10.1
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES,
INC.
EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE
PLAN
(Amended and Restated, Effective
November 1, 2008)
1.
PURPOSE
.
The purpose of this Plan is to
provide an opportunity for Employees of Agilent
Technologies, Inc. (the “Corporation”) and its
Designated Subsidiaries, to purchase Common Stock of the
Corporation and thereby to have an additional incentive to
contribute to the prosperity of the Corporation. It is the
intention of the Corporation that the Plan qualifies as an
“Employee Stock Purchase Plan” under Section 423
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
2.
DEFINITIONS
.
(a)
“ Board
” shall mean the
Board of Directors of the Corporation.
(b)
“ Code
” shall mean the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, of the USA, as amended. Any
reference to a Section of the Code herein shall be a reference
to any successor or amended Section of the Code.
(c)
“ Committee
” shall mean the
committee appointed by the Board in accordance with Section 14
of the Plan.
(d)
“ Common Stock
” shall mean the
Common Stock of the Corporation, or any stock into which such
Common Stock may be converted.
(e)
“ Compensation
” shall mean an
Employee’s base cash compensation, commissions and shift
premiums paid on account of personal services rendered by the
Employee to the Corporation or a Designated Subsidiary, which,
effective as of November 1, 2005, shall be determined prior to
deduction of deferrals of base pay under the Agilent
Technologies, Inc. 2005 Deferred Compensation Plan, or any
successor plan thereto, but shall exclude payments for overtime,
incentive compensation, incentive payments and bonuses, with any
modifications determined by the Committee. The Committee
shall have the authority to determine and approve all forms of pay
to be included in the definition of Compensation and may change the
definition on a prospective basis.
(f)
“ Corporation
” shall mean
Agilent Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
(g)
“ Designated
Subsidiary ” shall mean a Subsidiary that has been designated
by the Committee as eligible to participate in the Plan with
respect to its Employees.
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(h)
“ Employee
” shall mean an
individual classified as an employee (within the meaning of Code
Section 3401(c) and the regulations thereunder) by the
Corporation or a Designated Subsidiary on the Corporation’s
or such Designated Subsidiary’s payroll records during the
relevant participation period. Employees shall not include
individuals classified as independent contractors.
(i)
“ Entry Date
” shall mean the
first Trading Day of the Offering Period or, for new Participants,
the first Trading Day of their first Purchase Period.
(j)
“ Fair Market Value
” shall be the
closing sales price for the Common Stock (or the closing bid, if no
sales were reported) as quoted in The Wall Street Journal or
such other source as the Committee deems reliable, on the date of
determination if that date is a Trading Day, or if that day is not
a trading day, for the last market Trading Day prior to the date of
determination.
(k)
“ Offering Period
” shall mean the
period of up to twenty-four (24) months during which an option
granted pursuant to the Plan may be exercised.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless changed by the Committee,
effective with respect to the first Offering Period commencing
after November 1, 2008, “Offering Period” shall
mean a period of approximately six (6) months. After
November 1, 2008, unless changed by the Committee, Offering
Periods shall commence on the first Trading Day on or after
November 1 and May 1 of each year and terminate on the
last Trading Day, respectively, of the subsequent April and
October. The duration and timing of Offering Periods may be
changed or modified by the Committee.
(l)
“ Participant
” shall mean a
participant in the Plan as described in Section 5 of the
Plan.
(m)
“ Plan
” shall mean this
Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
(n)
“ Purchase Date
” shall mean the
last Trading Day of each Purchase Period.
(o)
“ Purchase Period
” shall mean the
period of six (6) months commencing after one Purchase Date
and ending with the next Purchase Date. Purchase Periods may,
run consecutively after the termination of the preceding Purchase
Period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject to the
Committee’s discretion to modify Offering and Purchase
Periods, effective November 1, 2008, “Purchase
Period” shall mean the six (6) month period commencing
on the first day of an Offering Period and ending on the last day
of such Offering Period.
(p)
“ Purchase Price
” shall mean
eighty-five percent (85%) of the Fair Market Value of a share of
Common Stock on the Purchase Date, provided, however, that the
Committee may elect with respect to future Offering Periods to
establish the Purchase Price as eighty-five percent (85%) of the
Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock
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on the Entry Date or the Purchase Date,
whichever is lower; provided however, that the Purchase Price may
be adjusted by the Committee pursuant to
Section 7.4.
(q)
“ Shareholder
” shall mean a
record holder of shares entitled to vote shares of Common Stock
under the Corporation’s by-laws.
(r)
“ Subsidiary
” shall mean any
corporation (other than the Corporation) in an unbroken chain of
corporations beginning with the Corporation, as described in Code
Section 424(f).
(s)
“ Trading Day
” shall mean a day
on which U.S. national stock exchanges and the New York Stock
Exchange are open for trading.
3.
ELIGIBILITY
.
Any Employee regularly employed by
the Corporation or by any Designated Subsidiary on an Entry Date
shall be eligible to participate in the Plan with respect to the
Purchase Period commencing on such Entry Date, provided that the
Committee may establish administrative rules requiring that
employment commence some minimum period ( e.g. , one pay
period) prior to an Entry Date to be eligible to participate with
respect to the Purchase Period beginning on that Entry Date.
The Committee may also determine that a designated group of highly
compensated Employees are ineligible to participate in the Plan so
long as the excluded category fits within the definition of
“highly compensated employee” in Code
Section 414(q). No Employee may participate in the Plan
if immediately after an option is granted the Employee owns or is
considered to own (within the meaning of Code Section 424(d)),
shares of stock, including stock which the Employee may purchase by
conversion of convertible securities or under outstanding options
granted by the Corporation, possessing five percent (5%) or more of
the total combined voting power or value of all classes of stock of
the Corporation or of any of its Subsidiaries. All Employees
who participate in the Plan shall have the same rights and
privileges under the Plan except for differences which may be
mandated by local law and which are consistent with Code
Section 423(b)(5); provided, however, that Employees
participating in a sub-plan adopted pursuant to Section 15
which is not designed to qualify under Code Section 423 need
not have the same rights and privileges as Employees participating
in the Code Section 423 Plan. The Board may impose
restrictions on eligibility and participation of Employees who are
officers and directors to facilitate compliance with federal or
state securities laws or foreign laws.
4.
OFFERING
PERIODS .
Effective
November 1, 2008, the Plan shall have Offering Periods of
approximately six (6) months duration which shall commence on
the first Trading Day on or after November 1 and
May 1. Each of these Offering Periods shall terminate
with a Purchase Date on the last Trading Day, respectively, on or
before April 30 and October 31. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Committee shall retain the authority to
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implement consecutive Offering Periods with a
new Offering Period commencing on the first Trading Day on or after
the date twenty-four (24) months from the first date of the
immediately preceding Offering Period, or on such other date as the
Committee shall determine, and continuing thereafter for
twenty-four (24) months or until terminated pursuant to
Section 13 hereof.
The Committee shall have the
authority to change the duration of Offering Periods (including the
commencement dates thereof) with respect to future offerings
without Shareholder approval if such change is announced at least
five (5) days prior to the scheduled beginning of the first
Offering Period to be affected thereafter.
5.
PARTICIPATION
.
5.1
An Employee who is eligible to
participate in the Plan in accordance with Section 3 may
become a Participant by completing and submitting, on a date
prescribed by the Committee prior to an applicable Entry Date, a
completed payroll deduction authorization and Plan enrollment form
provided by the Corporation or by following an electronic or other
enrollment process as prescribed by the Committee. An
eligible Employee may authorize payroll deductions at the rate of
any whole percentage of the Employee’s Compensation, not to
exceed ten percent (10%) of the Employee’s
Compensation. All payroll deductions may be held by the
Corporation and commingled with its other corporate funds where
administratively appropriate. No interest shall be paid or
credited to the Participant with respect to such payroll
deductions. The Corporation shall maintain a separate
bookkeeping account for each Participant under the Plan and the
amount of each Participant’s payroll deductions shall be
credited to such account. A Participant may not make any
additional payments into such account.
5.2
Under procedures established by the
Committee, a Participant may withdraw from the Plan during a
Purchase Period, by completing and filing a new payroll deduction
authorization and Plan enrollment form with the Corporation or by
following electronic or other procedures prescribed by the
Committee, prior to the fifth business day preceding the Purchase
Date. If a Participant withdraws from the Plan during a Purchase
Period, his or her accumulated payroll deductions will be refunded
to the Participant without interest. The Committee may
establish rules limiting the frequency with which Participants
may withdraw and re-enroll in the Plan and may impose a waiting
period on Participants wishing to re-enroll following
withdrawal.
5.3
A Participant may change his or her
rate of payroll deductions at