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INTEGRATED SILICON SOLUTION, INC. 1993 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

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Title: INTEGRATED SILICON SOLUTION, INC. 1993 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
Date: 5/11/2009
Industry: Semiconductors     Sector: Technology

INTEGRATED SILICON SOLUTION, INC. 1993 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN, Parties: integrated silicon solution inc
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Exhibit 10.1

INTEGRATED SILICON SOLUTION, INC.

1993 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

(as amended through February 6, 2009)

The following constitute the provisions of the 1993 Employee Stock Purchase Plan of Integrated Silicon Solution, Inc.

1. Purpose . The purpose of the Plan is to provide employees of the Company and its Designated Subsidiaries with an opportunity to purchase Common Stock of the Company through accumulated payroll deductions. It is the intention of the Company to have the Plan qualify as an “Employee Stock Purchase Plan” under Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The provisions of the Plan, accordingly, shall be construed so as to extend and limit participation in a manner consistent with the requirements of that section of the Code.

2. Definitions .

 

 

(a)

Board ” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

 

(b)

Code ” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

 

(c)

Common Stock ” shall mean the Common Stock of the Company.

 

 

(d)

Company ” shall mean Integrated Silicon Solution, Inc., and any Designated Subsidiary of the Company.

 

 

(e)

“Compensation ” shall mean all base straight time gross earnings, including commissions, but exclusive of payments for overtime, shift premium, incentive compensation, incentive payments, bonuses, and other compensation.

 

 

(f)

“Designated Subsidiaries ” shall mean the Subsidiaries which have been designated by the Board from time to time in its sole discretion as eligible to participate in the Plan.

 

 

(g)

Employee ” shall mean any individual who is an employee of the Company for tax purposes whose customary employment with the Company is at least twenty (20) hours per week and more than five (5) months in any calendar year. 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. Where the period of leave exceeds 90 days and the individual’s right to reemployment is not guaranteed either by statute or by contract, the employment relationship will be deemed to have terminated on the 91st day of such leave.

 

 

(h)

Enrollment Date ” shall mean the first day of each Offering Period.

 

 

(i)

Exercise Date ” shall mean the last day of each Purchase Period.

 

 

(j)

Fair Market Value ” shall mean, as of any date, the value of Common Stock determined as follows:

(1) If the Common Stock is listed on any established stock exchange or a national market system, including without limitation the National Market of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation (“NASDAQ”) System, its Fair Market Value shall be the closing sale price for the Common Stock (or the mean of the closing bid and asked prices, if no sales were reported), as quoted on such exchange (or the exchange with the greatest volume of trading in Common Stock) or system on the date of such determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Board deems reliable, or;

(2) If the Common Stock is quoted on the NASDAQ system (but not on the National Market thereof) or is regularly quoted by a recognized securities dealer but selling prices are not reported, its Fair Market Value shall be the mean of the closing bid and asked prices for the Common Stock on the date of such determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Board deems reliable, or;

 

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(3) In the absence of an established market for the Common Stock, the Fair Market Value thereof shall be determined in good faith by the Board.

 

 

(k)

Offering Period ” shall mean the period of approximately twenty-four (24) months during which an option granted pursuant to the Plan may be exercised, commencing on the first Trading Day on or after February 1 and August 1 of each year and terminating on the last Trading Day in the periods ending twenty-four (24) months later. The duration and timing of Offering Periods may be changed pursuant to Section 4 of this Plan.

 

 

(l)

Plan ” shall mean this Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

 

 

(m)

Purchase Price ” shall mean an amount determined by the Board or its committee administering the Plan, from time to time, in its discretion and on a uniform and non-discriminating basis, for all options to be granted on an Enrollment Date. However, in no event shall the price be less than 85% of the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the Enrollment Date or on the Exercise Date, whichever is lower.

 

 

(n)

Purchase Period ” shall mean the approximately six month period commencing after one Exercise Date and ending with the next Exercise Date, except that the first Purchase Period of any Offering Period shall commence on the Enrollment Date and end with the next Exercise Date.

 

 

(o)

Reserves ” shall mean the number of shares of Common Stock covered by each option under the Plan which have not yet been exercised and the number of shares of Common Stock which have been authorized for issuance under the Plan but not yet placed under option.

 

 

(p)

Subsidiary ” shall mean a corporation, domestic or foreign, of which not less than 50% of the voting shares are held by the Company or a Subsidiary, whether or not such corporation now exists or is hereafter organized or acquired by the Company or a Subsidiary.

 

 

(q)

Trading Day ” shall mean a day on which national stock exchanges and the NASDAQ System are open for trading.

3. Eligibility .

 

 

(a)

Any Employee (as defined in Section 2(h)), who shall be employed by the Company on a given Enrollment Date shall be eligible to participate in the Plan.

 

 

(b)

Any provisions of the Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, no Employee shall be granted an option under the Plan (i) if, immediately after the grant, such Employee (or any other person whose stock would be attributed to such Employee pursuant to Section 424(d) of the Code) would own capital stock of the Company and/or hold outstanding options to purchase such stock possessing five percent (5%) or more of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of the capital stock of the Company or of any Subsidiary, or (ii) which permits his or her rights to purchase stock under all employee stock purchase plans of the Company and its subsidiaries to accrue at a rate which exceeds twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) worth of stock (determined at the fair market value of the shares at the time such option is granted) for each calendar year in which such option is outstanding at any time.

4. Offering Periods . The Plan shall be implemented by consecutive, overlapping Offering Periods with a new Offering Period commencing on the first Trading Day on or after February 1 and August 1 each year, or on such other dates as the Board shall determine, and continuing thereafter until terminated in accordance with Section 19 hereof. The Board shall have the power to change the duration of Offering Periods (including the commencement and termination dates thereof) with respect to future offerings without stockholder 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.

 

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5. Participation .

 

 

(a)

An eligible Employee may become a participant in the Plan by completing a subscription agreement authorizing payroll deductions in the form of Exhibit A to this Plan and filing it with the Company’s payroll office prior to the applicable Enrollment Date or by submitting a subscription agreement in such other form and manner as the Board or its committee administering the Plan may determine from time to time (in its discretion and on a non-discriminatory basis).

 

 

(b)

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 Section 10 hereof.

6. Payroll Deductions .

 

 

(a)

At the time a participant files his or her subscription agreement, he or she shall elect to have payroll deductions made on each pay day during the Offering Period in an amount not exceeding ten percent (10%) (or such lesser percentage that the Board or its committee administering the Plan may establish from time to time, in its discretion and on a non-discriminatory basis, for all options to be granted on any Enrollment Date) of the Compensation which he or she receives on each pay day during the Offering Period, and the aggregate of such payroll deductions during the Offering Period shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the participant’s Compensation during said Offering Period.

 

 

(b)

All payroll deductions made for a participant shall be credited to his or her account under the Plan and will be withheld in whole percentages only. A participant may not make any additional payments into such account.

 

 

(c)

A participant may discontinue his or her participation in the Plan as provided in Section 10 hereof, or may increase or decrease the rate of his or her payroll deductions during the Offering Period by completing or filing with the Company a new subscription agreement authorizing a change in payroll deduction rate. The Board may, in its discretion, limit the number of participation rate changes during any Offering Period. The change in rate shall be effective with the first full payroll period following five (5) business days after the Company’s receipt of the new subscription agreement unless the Company elects to process a given change in participation more quickly. A participant’s subscription agreement shall remain in effect for successive Offering Periods unless terminated as provided in Section 10 hereof.

 

 

(d)

Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent necessary to comply with Section 423(b)(8) of the Code and Section 3(b) hereof, a participant’s payroll deductions may be decreased to 0% at any time during any Purchase Period. Payroll deductions shall recommence at the rate provided in such participant’s subscription agreement at the beginning of the first Purchase Period which is scheduled to end in the following calendar year, unless terminated by the participant as provided in Section 10 hereof.

7. Grant of Option . On the Enrollment Date of each Offering Period, each eligible Employee participating in such Offering Period shall be granted an option to purchase on each Exercise Date during such Offering Period (at the applicable Purchase Price) up to a number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock determined by dividing such Employee’s payroll deductions accumulated prior to such Exercise Date and retained in the Participant’s account as of the Exercise Date by the applicable Purchase Price; provided that in no event shall an Employee be permitted to purchase during each Purchase Period more than a number of Shares determined by dividing $12,500 by the Fair Market Value of a share of the Company’s Common Stock on the Enrollment Date (except if there is only one Purchase Period in a calendar year, in which case the dollar limit in the preceding equation shall be $25,000 instead of $12,500), and provided further that such purchase shall be subject to the limitations set forth in Sections 3(b) and 12 hereof. Exercise of the option shall occur as provided in Section 8 hereof, unless the participant has withdrawn pursua


 
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