HEALTHCARE SERVICES,
INC.
AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCK OPTION
PLAN
HEALTHCARE
SERVICES, INC, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company
”), has adopted this Healthcare Services, Inc. Amended and
Restated Stock Option Plan (as the same may be amended from time to
time, the “ Plan ”), on February 22, 2006, for
the benefit of its eligible employees, directors and outside
consultants. The Plan amends and restates the Company’s Stock
Option Plan adopted on December 29, 2005. The Plan, and offers
and sales of securities pursuant hereto, are intended to meet the
requirements of, and qualify under, Rules 701 and 506
promulgated under the Securities Act, as such rules may be amended
from time to time, and offers and sales of securities pursuant
hereto are therefore intended to be exempt from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act. The Plan is effective as of
December 1, 2003 (the “ Effective Date
”).
The purpose of the
Plan is to enable the Accretive Companies to obtain and retain the
services of key employees, corporate directors and outside
consultants considered essential to the long-range success of the
Company by offering them an opportunity to acquire stock in the
Company.
General .
Wherever the following terms are used in the Plan they shall have
the meanings specified below, unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise.
1.1 Accretive
Companies. “Accretive Companies” shall mean the
Company and its Subsidiaries, as they exist from time to
time.
1.2
Acknowledgement. “Acknowledgement” shall mean a
written agreement executed by a Participant pursuant to which such
Participant acknowledges and agrees that an Award made to such
Participant is subject to the terms and conditions of the
Plan.
1.3
Administrator . “Administrator” shall mean the
Compensation Committee of the Board or, at the sole discretion of
the Board, such other Committee as the Board may
designate.
1.4 Award
. “Award” shall mean an award of an Option granted
under the Plan.
1.5 Award
Agreement . “Award Agreement” shall mean a written
agreement executed by an authorized officer of the Company and the
Participant (including without limitation an offer letter or an
employment agreement which has been accepted by an employee) which
shall contain such terms and conditions with respect to an Award as
the Administrator or the Chief Executive Officer of the Company
shall determine, consistent with the Plan.
1.6 Board
. “Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the
Company.
1.7 Capital
Stock . “Capital Stock” shall mean, collectively,
the Common Stock and the Preferred Stock.
1.8 Cause
. “Cause” shall mean, as determined in the good faith
judgment of the Board, commission by the Participant of (a) a
felony, (b) an act or omission constituting dishonesty,
disloyalty, moral turpitude or professional misconduct with respect
to the Company or its affiliates, (c) an act or omission
constituting fraud against the Company or its affiliates, or
(d) a material breach of the Plan or an Award
Agreement.
1.9 Change of
Control . “Change of Control” shall mean
(A) the consummation of any consolidation or merger of the
Company where the stockholders of the Company, immediately prior to
the consolidation or merger, would not, immediately after the
consolidation or merger, beneficially own (as such term is defined
in Rule 13d-3 under the Act), directly or indirectly, shares
representing in the aggregate more than fifty percent (50%) of the
voting shares of the company issuing cash or securities in the
consolidation or merger (or of its ultimate parent corporation, if
any), (B) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one
transaction or a series of transactions contemplated or arranged by
any party as a single plan) of all or substantially all of the
assets of the Company to a Third Party Purchaser, (C) any sale
of a majority of the voting shares of the Company to a Third Party
Purchaser or (D) any liquidation or dissolution of the
Company.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, a “Change of Control” shall not be
deemed to have occurred if in the event of a recapitalization,
consolidation or merger (including a reverse merger) of the
Company, (i) persons who, as of the date immediately prior to
such recapitalization, consolidation or merger, constitute the
Company’s Board of Directors (the “ Incumbent
Directors ”) constitute at least a majority of the Board
of Directors following such recapitalization, consolidation or
merger and (ii) the Chief Executive Officer of the Company as
of the date hereof remains as the Chief Executive Officer of the
Company and a member of the Board of Directors following such
recapitalization, consolidation or merger.
1.10 Code
. “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended.
1.11
Committee . “Committee” shall mean any committee of
the Board duly appointed by the Board.
1.12 Common
Stock . “Common Stock” shall mean all classes of
common stock of the Company, $0.01 par value per share.
1.13 Exchange
Act . “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
1.14 Fair
Value . “Fair Value” of a Share as of a particular
date means:
(a) if
any class of Common Stock is listed on an established stock
exchange or exchanges (including for this purpose, the NASDAQ
National Market), the arithmetic mean of the highest and lowest
sale prices of such Common Stock for such trading day on the
primary exchange upon which such Common Stock trades, as measured
by volume, as published in The Wall Street Journal, or, if no sale
price was quoted for such date, then as of the next preceding date
on which such a sale price was quoted; or
(b) if
no class of Common Stock is then listed on an exchange or the
NASDAQ National Market, the average of the closing bid and asked
prices per share for any class of Common
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Stock in the
over-the-counter market on such date (in the case of (a) or
(b), subject to adjustment as and if necessary and appropriate to
set an exercise price not less than 100% of the fair market value
of a Share on the date an Award is granted); or
(c) if
no class of Common Stock is then listed on an exchange or quoted in
the over-the-counter market, an amount determined to be the fair
market value of a Share by the Administrator in good faith and in a
manner established by the Board from time to time, taking into
account such factors as the Board, in its exercise of good faith
discretion, shall deem appropriate.
Notwithstanding
anything in the Plan to the contrary, the Fair Value of a Share as
of a particular date shall be determined in a manner prescribed by
Section 409A of the Code and guidance issued thereunder for
determining the fair market value of service recipient stock. The
Fair Value of rights or property other than Shares means the fair
market value thereof as determined by the Administrator on the
basis of such factors as it may deem appropriate.
1.15
Option . “Option” shall mean a right granted to a
Participant to purchase Shares at a specified price for a specified
period of time, subject to the terms and conditions of the
Plan.
1.16 Option
Period. “Option Period” means the period beginning
on the date of grant of an Award and ending at the close of
business on the tenth (10th) anniversary of such date of
grant.
1.17 Option
Price. “Option Price” means the price at which
Shares may be purchased under an Award as provided in
Section 5.2 .
1.18
Participant . “Participant” shall mean an employee,
director or outside consultant of any Accretive Company who is
granted an Award under the Plan. In addition, for purposes of the
repurchase provisions of Sections 5.9 , 5.10 and
10.6 , “Participant” shall also be deemed to
include any Person who acquires any Award, any Shares or any
interest in any Award or any Shares pursuant to a Disposition in
accordance with Section 6.2(ii) or by will or by the
laws of descent and distribution or by a designation of Beneficiary
effective upon the death of a Participant.
1.19
Person . “Person” shall mean any individual, entity
or group, within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the
Exchange Act, but excluding (a) the Accretive Companies,
(b) any employee stock ownership or other employee benefit
plan maintained by the Company and (c) an underwriter or
underwriting syndicate that has acquired the Company’s
securities solely in connection with a public offering
thereof.
1.20 Preferred
Stock . “Preferred Stock” shall mean all classes of
preferred stock of the Company, $0.01 par value per
share.
1.21 Public
Market . “Public Market” shall mean a market for
the common stock of the Company that shall be deemed to exist at
such time as the common stock of the Company has been sold to the
public pursuant to one or more registration statements filed with,
and declared effective by, the federal Securities and Exchange
Commission in accordance with the Securities Act.
1.22
Securities Act . “Securities Act” shall mean the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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1.23
Series C Common Stock . “Series C Common
Stock” shall mean the Series C non- voting common stock
of the Company, par value $0.01 per share, as adjusted pursuant to
Section 2.3 .
1.24
Shares. “Shares” means shares of Series C
Common Stock issued or issuable upon exercise of an Award granted
under the Plan, along with such other securities (including
additional shares of Series C Common Stock) issued or issuable
to a Participant (either prior to or subsequent to exercise of an
Award) with respect to shares of Series C Common Stock issued
or issuable upon exercise of an Award, as a result of stock
subdivision, stock combination or any other form of
recapitalization or a similar transaction affecting the
Company’s securities.
1.25
Stockholders Agreement . “Stockholders Agreement”
means the Second Amended and Restated Stockholders’ Agreement
dated as of December 1, 2005, as amended from time to time, by
and among the Company and certain of its stockholders.
1.26
Subsidiary . “Subsidiary” shall mean any
corporation in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the
Company if each of the corporations other than the last corporation
in the unbroken chain then owns stock possessing fifty percent
(50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of
stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.
1.27 Third
Party Purchaser . “Third Party Purchaser” means any
Person or group of Persons, none of whom is, immediately prior to
the subject transaction, a stockholder of the Company or an
Affiliate of a stockholder of the Company.
1.28 Vesting
Restrictions . Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the
contrary, any Share(s) received upon the exercise of an unvested
Option shall be subject to “Vesting Restrictions”,
which Vesting Restrictions shall lapse on the date on which the
Option (or the applicable portion thereof) exercised to acquire
such Share(s) vests pursuant to Section 5.3
.
ARTICLE II
SHARES SUBJECT TO PLAN
2.1 Shares
Subject to Plan . The shares of stock subject to Awards shall
be Series C Common Stock. The aggregate number of Shares which
may be issued upon exercise of any and all such Awards under the
Plan shall not exceed 2,454,862 (subject to adjustment as provided
in Section 2.3 ). The Shares to be issued upon exercise
of Awards granted under the Plan will be made available, at the
discretion of the Administrator, either from authorized but
unissued Shares or from previously issued Shares reacquired by the
Company.
2.2
Availability of Unissued Shares . Shares which are delivered by
a Participant or withheld by the Company, in payment of the tax
withholding thereon may again be awarded hereunder. Shares which
are reacquired by the Company pursuant to the Plan will again
become available for the grant of further Awards under the Plan as
part of the Shares available under Section 2.1
.
2.3
Adjustments . The grant of an Award will not affect in any way
the right or power of the Company to make adjustments,
reclassifications, reorganizations or changes of its capital or
business structure or to merge or to consolidate or to dissolve,
liquidate or sell, or transfer all or any
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part of its
business or assets. In the event of any Company stock dividend,
stock split, reverse stock split, combination or exchange of
shares, recapitalization or other change in the capital structure
of the Company, corporate separation or division of the Company
(including, but not limited to, a split-up, spin-off, split-off or
distribution to Company stockholders other than a normal cash than
dividend), sale by the Company of all or a substantial portion of
its assets (measured either on a stand-alone or consolidated
basis), reorganization, rights offering, a partial or complete
liquidation, or any other corporate transaction or event involving
the Company and having an effect similar to any of the foregoing,
then the Administrator may adjust or substitute, as the case may
be, the number of Shares available for Awards under the Plan, the
number of Shares covered by outstanding Awards, the exercise price
per Share of outstanding Options, and any other characteristics or
terms of the Awards as the Administrator shall deem necessary or
appropriate to reflect equitably the effects of such changes to the
Participants.
2.4
Reservation of Shares . The Company, during the term of the
Plan, shall at all times reserve and keep available such number of
Shares as shall be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the
Plan.
ARTICLE III
GRANTING OF AWARDS
3.1 Grant
. Either the Administrator or the Chief Executive Officer shall
have authority to grant Awards under the Plan at any time or from
time to time. However, the Chief Executive Officer shall not have
the authority to grant an Award under the Plan to herself. An Award
of Options shall entitle the Participant to receive Shares upon the
exercise of such Options, subject to the Participant’s
satisfaction in full of any conditions, restrictions or limitations
imposed in accordance with the Plan or the applicable Award
Agreement (the terms and provisions of which may differ from other
Award Agreements) including without limitation, payment of the
Option Price.
3.2 Award
Agreement . The grant of an Award shall occur as of the date
the Administrator or the Chief Executive Officer determines.
However, the Chief Executive Officer shall not have the authority
to determine the grant date of any Award under the Plan to herself.
Each Award Agreement (and Acknowledgement, if applicable) shall be
in such form as is approved by the Board from time to time, shall
embody the terms and conditions of such Option and shall be subject
to the express terms and conditions set forth in the Plan. Such
Award Agreement shall become effective upon execution by the
Company and the Participant.
(a) Options
may be awarded to any employee, director or outside consultant of
any Accretive Company (including persons who have previously
received other Awards under the Plan) as in the
Administrator’s or Chief Executive Officer’s opinion
should be granted Options.
(b) The
selection of Award recipients from the pool of eligible employees,
directors and outside consultants of any Accretive Company shall be
within the sole and absolute discretion of the Administrator or the
Chief Executive Officer; provided , however , that
the Chief Executive Officer shall not have the authority to grant
an Award under the Plan to herself. No
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Participant
shall be allowed to purchase or receive Shares under the Plan
unless such Person has executed an Award Agreement and, if the
Participant does not expressly acknowledge and agree in the Award
Agreement that the Award made to such Participant thereunder is
subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, an Acknowledgement
with respect to such Award.
ARTICLE IV
ADMINISTRATION
4.1
Administration of the Plan . The Plan will be administered by
the Board and the Administrator. The Board may change the
Administrator of the Plan, in its sole discretion; provided
, however , that a majority of the members of any Committee
serving as the Administrator shall consist of directors who are not
also employees of an Accretive Company.
4.2 Duties and
Powers of Administrator . It shall be the duty of the
Administrator to conduct the general administration of the Plan in
accordance with its provisions. The Administrator shall have the
authority to interpret the Plan and the agreements pursuant to
which Awards are granted or awarded, to adopt such rules and
regulations for the administration, interpretation, and application
of the Plan as are consistent therewith, to interpret, amend or
revoke any such rules, and to make any other determinations which
it believes necessary or advisable for the administration of the
Plan. The Administrator and the Chief Executive Officer shall each
have the power to select the eligible employees, directors or
outside consultants of the Accretive Companies to be granted
Options, to determine the number of shares to be subject to the
Option to be granted to each eligible Person selected and to
determine the time or times when Options will be granted. However,
the Chief Executive Officer shall not have any of these powers with
respect to any grant of Options to herself. Any such grant or award
under the Plan need not be the same with respect to each
Participant. The Board may at any time and from time to time
exercise any and all rights and duties of the Administrator under
the Plan.
4.3 Majority
Rule; Unanimous Written Consent . The Administrator shall act
by a majority of its members in attendance at a meeting at which a
quorum is present or by a memorandum or other written instrument
signed by all members of the Administrator.
4.4 Good Faith
Actions . All actions taken and all interpretations and
determinations made by the Administrator, the Chief Executive
Officer or the Board (if the Board is not the Administrator) in
good faith shall be final and binding upon all Participants, the
Company and all other interested parties with respect to all
matters relating to the Plan or any Award under the Plan. None of
the Chief Executive Officer, members of any Committee appointed as
Administrator or, as applicable, the Board, shall be personally
liable for any action, determination or interpretation made in good
faith with respect to the Plan or Awards.
4.5 At Will
Employment . Nothing in the Plan or in any Award Agreement (or
Acknowledgement, if applicable) hereunder shall confer upon any
Participant any right to continue in the employ of the Accretive
Companies or shall interfere with or restrict in any way the rights
of any Accretive Company, which rights are hereby expressly
reserved, to discharge any Participant at any time for any reason
whatsoever, with or without cause, except to the extent expressly
provided otherwise in a written employment agreement between the
Participant and the Company and/or any Subsidiary.
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ARTICLE V
TERMS AND CONDITIONS; METHOD OF EXERCISE
5.1 Option
Period . An Award shall be exercisable pursuant to the terms
hereunder during the Option Period with respect thereto. The
unexercised portion of the Award shall immediately expire and be
deemed forfeited at the close of business on the tenth (10th)
anniversary of the date of grant of such Award.
5.2 Option
Price . The Option Price per Share purchasable under an Award
shall be determined by the Board or the Administrator in good faith
and shall be set forth in the Award Agreement (or, if not set forth
therein, the Acknowledgment related thereto); provided ,
however , that the Option Price per Share shall not be less
than the Fair Value per Share on the date the Award is granted. It
is the intent of the Company that each Award granted hereunder
shall be granted with an Option Price that, as of the date of grant
of such Award, is equal to or greater than the fair market value of
a Share. If it is determined by the Administrator, the Board, any
court of competent jurisdiction or any governmental authority that
the Option Price of an Award on the date such Award was granted was
less than the fair market value of a Share, then the Option Price
for such Award shall be amended for all purposes to equal an amount
equal to the fair market value of a Share on the date of such
grant.
5.3 Vesting of
Awards . Unless otherwise prescribed in an Award Agreement,
Acknowledgement, employment or other written agreement between the
Company and a Participant, all Options granted with respect to an
Award which have not been previously forfeited shall vest ratably
on each of the first four (4) anniversaries of the date of
grant of such Award. In addition, the Administrator may at any time
accelerate the vesting of any Award. Where terms of vesting are set
forth in an Award Agreement, Acknowledgement, employment or other
written agreement between the Company and a Participant, the terms
of that agreement shall govern the vesting of the applicable Award
and shall supersede the provisions of this Section 5.3
.
5.4
Exercisability . Awards shall be exercisable (to the extent not
expired or forfeited) at any time during the Option Period. A
Participant may make the election permitted under Section 83(b) of
the Code (“ Section 83(b) Election ”), to
include in gross income in the taxable year in which the Share(s)
subject to Vesting Restrictions are transferred to him or her, the
Fair Value of each such Share at the time of transfer, less the
Option Price for such Share, notwithstanding that such Share is
subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture within the meaning of
the Code, or he or she may elect to include in gross income the
Fair Value of the Share(s) subject to Vesting Restrictions, less
the Option Price for such Share(s), as of the date on which such
Vesting Restrictions lapse. Each Section 83(b) Election shall be
subject to the following conditions: (i) the Participant’s
election must be made on or before the date on which the amount of
tax to be withheld is determined and (ii) the
Participant’s election shall be irrevocable. If a Participant
makes a Section 83(b) Election, such Participant shall notify the
Company of such election within ten (10) days of filing the
notice of the election with the Internal Revenue Service, in
addition to any filing and notification required pursuant to
regulations issued under Section 83(b) of the Code. During a
Participant’s lifetime, Awards shall only be exercisable by
the Participant or, in the event the Participant is declared
incompetent, the Participant’s legally appointed
representative.
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5.5 Method of
Exercise . A Participant may exercise an Award, to the extent
then exercisable, in whole or in part, at any time during the
Option Period by the Participant’s giving written notice of
exercise on a form provided by the Administrator (if available) to
the Company specifying the number of Shares subject to the Award to
be purchased. Such notice shall be accompanied by payment in full
of the purchase price by cash or check or such other form of
payment as the Company may accept. If approved by the
Administrator, payment in full or in part may also be made
(i) by delivering Shares already owned by the Participant for
a period of at least six (6) months prior to paymen
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