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QUICKLOGIC CORPORATION 2009 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

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Title: QUICKLOGIC CORPORATION 2009 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
Date: 4/28/2009
Industry: Semiconductors     Sector: Technology

QUICKLOGIC CORPORATION

 

2009 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN, Parties: quicklogic corporation
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Exhibit 10.25

 

QUICKLOGIC CORPORATION

 

2009 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

 

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)           “ Applicable Laws ” shall mean the requirements relating to the administration of equity-based awards under U.S. state corporate laws, U.S. federal and state securities laws, the Code, any stock exchange or quotation system on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted and the applicable laws of any foreign country or jurisdiction where options are, or shall be, granted under the Plan.

 

(b)           “ Board ” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company or any committee thereof designated by the Board in accordance with Section 14 of the Plan.

 

(c)           “ Code ” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Any reference to a section of the Code herein shall be a reference to any successor or amended section of the Code.

 

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

 

(e)           “ Company ” shall mean QuickLogic Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

 

(f)            “ Compensation ” shall mean all base straight time gross earnings, overtime and incentive/variable compensation, but exclusive of bonuses and other compensation.

 

(g)           “ Designated Subsidiary ” shall mean any Subsidiary which has been designated by the Board from time to time in its sole discretion as eligible to participate in the Plan.

 

(h)           “ Eligible Employee ” shall mean any individual who is a common law employee of the Company or any of its Designated Subsidiaries and is customarily employed for at least twenty (20) hours per week and more than five (5) months in any calendar year by the Company or such Designated Subsidiary. 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 or the Designated Subsidiary. Where the period of leave exceeds three (3) months and the individual’s right to reemployment is not guaranteed either by statute or by contract, the employment relationship shall be deemed to have terminated three (3) months and one (1) day following the commencement of such leave. The Board, in its discretion, from time to time may, prior to an Offering Date for all options to be granted on such Offering Date, determine (on a uniform and nondiscriminatory basis) that the definition of Eligible Employee shall or shall not include an individual if he or she: (i) has not completed at least two (2) years of service since his or her last hire date (or such lesser period of time as may be determined by the Board in its discretion), (ii) customarily works not more than twenty (20) hours per week (or such lesser period of time as may be determined by the Board in its discretion), (iii) customarily works not more than five (5) months per calendar year (or such lesser period of time as may be determined by the Board in its discretion), (iv) is an executive, officer or other manager, or (v) is a highly compensated employee under Section 414(q) of the Code.

 

(i)            “ Enrollment Date ” shall mean the first Trading Day of each Offering Period.

 

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(j)            “ Exercise Date ” shall mean the last Trading Day of each Offering Period.

 

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

 

(i)            If the Common Stock is listed on any established stock exchange or a national market system, including without limitation the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the Nasdaq Global Market or the Nasdaq Capital Market of the Nasdaq Stock Market, its Fair Market Value shall be the closing sales price for such stock (or the closing bid, if no sales were reported) as quoted on such exchange or system for the last market trading day on the date of such determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Board deems reliable;

 

(ii)           If the Common Stock 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

 

(iii)          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.

 

(l)            “ New Exercise Date ” means a new Exercise Date set by shortening any Offering Period then in progress.

 

(m)          “ Offering Periods ” shall mean the periods of approximately six (6) months during which an option granted pursuant to the Plan may be exercised, commencing on the first Trading Day on or after May 15 and November 15 of each year and terminating on the last Trading Day in the periods ending six months later. For example, an Offering Period under the Plan shall commence with the first Trading Day on or after May 15, 2009 and end on the last Trading Day on or before November 14, 2009. The duration and timing of Offering Periods may be changed pursuant to Sections 4 and 20 of this Plan.

 

(n)           “ Parent ” shall mean a “parent corporation,” whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(e) of the Code.

 

(o)           “ Participant ” means an Eligible Employee who (a) has become a Participant in the Plan pursuant to Section 5 and (b) has not ceased to be a Participant pursuant to Section 10 or Section 11.

 

(p)           “ Plan ” shall mean this 2009 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

 

(q)           “ Purchase Price ” shall mean 85% of the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock as determined pursuant to Section 4; provided, however, that the Purchase Price may be adjusted by the Board pursuant to Section 20.

 

(r)            “ 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.

 

(s)           “ Subsidiary ” shall mean a “subsidiary corporation,” whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code.

 

(t)            “ Trading Day ” shall mean a day on which the national stock exchange upon which the Common Stock is listed is open for trading.

 

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3.                                        ELIGIBILITY.

 

(a)           Any individual who is an Eligible Employee on a given Enrollment Date shall be eligible to participate in the Plan. This Plan shall not confer upon any Eligible Employee any right with respect to the continuation of his or her employment with the Company or any Designated Subsidiary, nor shall it restrict, limit, or interfere in any way with the right of the Company or any Designated Subsidiary to terminate the employment relationship of any Eligible Employee at any time, with or without cause.

 

(b)           Any provisions of the Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, no Eligible Employee shall be granted an option under the Plan (i) to the extent that, immediately after the grant, such Eligible Employee (or any other person whose stock would be attributed to such Eligible Employee pursuant to Section 424(d) of the Code) would own capital stock of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary 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 Parent or Subsidiary of the Company, or (ii) to the extent that his or her rights to purchase stock under all employee stock purchase plans (as defined in Section 423 of the Code) of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company accrues 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, as determined in accordance with Section 423 of the Code and the regulations thereunder.

 

4.                                        OFFERING PERIODS.

 

(a)           The Plan shall be implemented by either of the following Offering Periods, which shall be determined by the Board prior to the applicable Offering Period:

 

(i)            A six (6) month Offering Period commencing on the first Trading Day on or after May 15 and November 15 each year, or on such other date as the Board shall determine, and continuing thereafter until terminated in accordance with Section 20 hereof or changed pursuant to this Section 4(a) and with a Purchase Price equal to 85% of the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the Exercise Date (a “Purchase Date Offering Period”); or

 

(ii)           A six (6) month Offering Period commencing on the first Trading Day on or after May 15 and November 15 each year, or on such other date as the Board shall determine, and continuing thereafter until terminated in accordance with Section 20 hereof or changed pursuant to this Section 4(a) and with a Purchase Price equal to 85% of the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the Enrollment Date or on the Exercise Date, whichever is lower (a “Look-Back Offering Period”).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Board does not determine the type of Offering Period prior to the start of the applicable Offering Period, the default Offering Period shall be the Purchase Date Offering Period as described in Section 4(a)(i) above.

 

(b)           The Board shall have the power to change the duration of Offering Periods (including the commencement dates thereof) and to implement Offering Periods with multiple purchase periods 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.

 

(a)           An Eligible Employee may become a Participant in the Plan only by (i) submitting a subscription agreement authorizing payroll deductions in a form determined by the Board (which may be similar to the form attached hereto as Exhibit A) to the Company’s payroll office (or its

 

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designee), on or before a date prescribed by the Board prior to an applicable Enrollment Date, or (ii) following an electronic or other enrollment procedure prescribed by the Board. Participants in the offering period under the Company’s 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “1999 ESPP”) beginning on or about November 15, 2008 will automatically be enrolled in the initial Offering Period under this Plan commencing on the first Trading Day on or after May 15, 2009 at the same contribution levels as last elected under the 1999 ESPP.

 

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 twenty percent (20%) of the Compensation which he or she receives on each pay day during the Offering Period.

 

(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.

 

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

 

(d)           A Participant may discontinue his or her participation in the Plan as provided in Section 10 hereof, or may (i) increase or decrease the rate of his or her payroll deductions during a Purchase Date Offering Period, or (ii) only decrease the rate of his or her payroll deductions during a Look-Back Offering Period, in either case by (A) properly completing and submitting to the Company’s payroll office (or its designee), on or before a date prescribed by the Board prior to an applicable Exercise Date, a new subscription agreement authorizing a change in payroll deduction rate in the form provided by the Board for such purpose, or (B) following an electronic or other procedure prescribed by the Board. If a Participant has not followed such procedures to change the rate of payroll deductions, the rate of his or her payroll deductions shall continue at the originally elected rate throughout the Offering Period and future Offering Periods (unless terminated as provided in Section 10). The Board may, in its discretion, limit the number of payroll deduction rate changes that may be made by Participants during any Offering Period, and may establish such other conditions or limitations as it deems appropriate for Plan administration. Any change in payroll deduction rate made pursuant to this Section 6(d) 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, in its sole discretion, elects to process a given change in payroll deduction rate more quickly. A Participant’s subscription agreement shall remain in effect for successive Offering Periods unless terminated as provided in Section 10 hereof; provided, however, that in the event a Participant changes his or her rate of payroll deductions during an Offering Period to zero percent (0%) and does not withdraw pursuant to Section 10 prior to the beginning of the subsequent Offering Period, the Participant’s payroll deductions shall recommence for the subsequent Offering Period at the rate originally elected by the Participant as of the beginning of the prior Offering Period.

 

(e)           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 zero percent (0%) at any time during an Offering Period. Subject to Section 423(b)(8) of the Code and Section 3(b) hereof, payroll deductions shall recommence at the rate originally elected by the Participant effective as of the beginning of the first Offering Period which is scheduled to end in the following calendar year, unless terminated by the Participant as provided in Section 10 hereof.

 

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(f)            At the time the option is exercised, in whole or in part, or at the time some or all of the Company’s Common Stock issued under the Plan is disposed of, the Participant must make adequate provision for amounts not in excess of the minimum statutory federal, state, or any other tax liability payable to any authority, national insurance, social security or other tax withholding obligations, if any, which arise upon the exercise of the option or the disposition of the Common Stock. At any time, the Company or the employing Designated Subsidiary, as applicable, may, but shall not be obligated to, withhold from the Participant’s compensation amounts not in excess of the applicable minimum statutory withholding obligations, including any withholding required to make available to the Company or the employing Designated Subsidiary, as applicable, any tax deductions or benefits attributable to sale or early disposition of Common Stock by the Eligible Employee. If the Company allows the Participant to settle such tax withholding obligations by remitting to the Company shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise, then the Participant may not elect to withhold amounts in excess of the applicable minimum statutory federal, state, or other tax obligations withheld at the time of exercise or disposal.

 

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 Eligible Employee’s payroll deductions accumulated prior to such Exercise Date and retained in the


 
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