INFINITE GROUP,
INC.
2009 STOCK OPTION PLAN
1.
PURPOSES . The purposes of this Stock Option Plan
(the “Plan”) are to attract and retain the best
qualified personnel for positions of substantial responsibility, to
provide additional incentive to the Employees of the Company or its
Subsidiaries, if any (as defined in Section 2 below), as well as
other individuals who perform services for the Company or its
Subsidiaries, and to promote the success of the Company’s
business.
Options granted
hereunder may be either “incentive stock options” as
defined in Section 422A of the Internal Revenue Code, or
“non-qualified stock options,” at the discretion of the
Board and as reflected in the terms of the written instrument
evidencing an Option.
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DEFINITIONS . As used herein, the following
definitions shall apply:
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(a) “Board”
shall mean the Committee, if one has been appointed, or the Board
of Directors of the Company, if no Committee is
appointed.
(b) “Common
Stock” shall mean the Common Stock of the Company, par value
$.001 per share.
(c) “Company”
shall mean Infinite Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
(d) “Committee”
shall mean the Committee appointed by the Board of Directors in
accordance with paragraph (a) of Section 4 of the Plan, if one is
appointed.
(e) “Continuous
Status as an Employee” shall mean the absence of any
interruption or termination of service as an
Employee. Continuous Status as an Employee shall not be
considered interrupted in the case of sick leave, military leave,
or any other leave of absence approved by the Board.
(f) “Employee”
shall mean any person, including officers and directors, employed
by the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the
Company. The payment of a director’s fee by the
Company shall not be sufficient to constitute
“employment” by the Company.
(g) “Exchange
Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
(h) “Incentive
Stock Option” shall mean a stock option intended to qualify
as an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422A of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(i) “Non-qualified
Stock Option” shall mean a stock option not intended to
qualify as an Incentive Stock Option.
(j)
“Option” shall mean a stock option granted
pursuant to the Plan.
(k) “Optioned
Stock” shall mean the Common Stock subject to an
Option.
(l) “Optionee”
shall mean an Employee or other person who receives an
Option.
(m) “Parent”
shall mean a “parent corporation”, whether now or
hereafter existing, as defined in Section 425(e) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(n) “Securities
Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
(o) “SEC”
shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
(p) “Share”
shall mean a share of Common Stock, as adjusted in accordance with
Section 11 of the Plan.
(q) “Subsidiary”
shall mean a “subsidiary corporation”, whether now or
hereafter existing, as defined in Section 425(f) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Subject to the provisions of Section 11 of the
Plan, the maximum aggregate number of shares which may be optioned
and sold under the Plan is four million (4,000,000) shares of
authorized, but unissued, or reacquired $.001 par value Common
Stock. If an Option should expire or become
unexercisable for any reason without having been exercised in full,
the unpurchased Shares which were subject thereto shall, unless the
Plan shall have been terminated, shall become available for further
grant under the Plan.
(a)
Procedure . The Company’s Board of Directors may
appoint a Committee to administer the Plan. The
Committee shall consist of not less than two members of the Board
of Directors who shall administer the Plan on behalf of the Board
of Directors, subject to such terms and conditions as the Board of
Directors may prescribe. Once appointed, the Committee
shall continue to serve until otherwise directed by the Board of
Directors. From time to time the Board of Directors may
increase the size of the Committee and appoint additional members
thereof, remove members (with or without cause), and appoint new
members in substitution therefore, fill vacancies however caused,
or remove all members of the Committee and thereafter directly
administer the Plan.
If a majority of the Board of Directors is
eligible to be granted Options or has been eligible at any time
within the preceding year, a Committee must be appointed to
administer the Plan. The Committee must consist of not
less than two members of the Board of Directors, all of whom are
“non-employee directors” as defined in Rule 16b-3 of
the General Rules and Regulations promulgated under the Exchange
Act.
(b)
Powers of the Board . Subject to the provisions
of the Plan, the Board shall have the authority, in its discretion:
(i) to grant Incentive Stock Options, in accordance with Section
422A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or to grant
Non-Qualified Stock Options; (ii) to determine, upon review of
relevant information and in accordance with Section 8(a) of the
Plan, the fair market value of the Common Stock; (iii) to determine
the exercise price per share of Options to be granted, which
exercise price shall be determined in accordance with Section 8(a)
of the Plan; (iv) to determine the persons to whom, and the time or
times at which, Options shall be granted and the number of shares
to be represented by each Option; (v) to interpret the Plan; (vi)
to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to
the Plan; (vii) to determine the terms and provisions of each
Option granted (which need not be identical) and, with the consent
of the holder thereof, modify or amend each Option; (viii) to
accelerate or defer (with the consent of the Optionee) the exercise
date of any Option; (ix) to authorize any person to execute on
behalf of the Company any instrument required to effectuate the
grant of an Option previously granted by the Board; and (x) to make
all other determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the
administration of the Plan.
(c)
Effect of the Board’s Decision . All
decisions, determinations and interpretations of the Board shall be
final and binding on all Optionees and any other holders of any
Options granted under the Plan.
5.
ELIGIBILITY . Incentive Stock
Options may be granted only to Employees. Nonqualified
Stock Options may be granted to Employees as well as directors
(subject to the limitations set forth in Section 4), independent
contractors and agents, as determined by the Board. Any
person who has been granted an Option may, if he is otherwise
eligible, be granted an additional Option or Options.
No Incentive
Stock Option may be granted to an Employee if, as the result of
such grant, the aggregate fair market value (determined at the time
each Option was granted) of the Shares with respect to which such
Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by such
Employee during any calendar year (under all such plans of the
Company and any Parent and Subsidiary) shall exceed One Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($100,000).
The Plan shall
not confer upon any Optionee any right with respect to continuation
of employment by the Company, nor shall it interfere in any way
with his right or the Company’s right to terminate his
employment at any time.
6.
TERM OF PLAN . The Plan shall
become effective upon the earlier to occur of (i) its adoption by
the Board of Directors, or (ii) its approval by vote of a majority
of the outstanding shares of the Company entitled to vote on the
adoption of the Plan. The Plan shall continue in effect
for a period of ten (10) years from the effective date of the Plan,
unless sooner terminated pursuant to Section 13 of the
Plan.
7.
TERM OF OPTION . The term of
each Option shall be ten (10) years from the date of the grant
thereof, or such shorter term as may be provided in the instrument
evidencing the Option. However, in the case of an
Incentive Stock Option granted to an Employee who, immediately
before the Incentive Stock Option is granted, owns stock
representing more than ten percent (10%) of the voting power of all
classes of stock of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary, the
term of the Incentive Stock Option shall be five (5) years from the
date of grant thereof or such shorter time as may be provided in
the instrument evidencing the Option.
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EXERCISE
PRICE AND CONSIDERATION .
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(a) The
per Share exercise price for the Shares to be issued pursuant to
the exercise of an Option shall be such price as is determined by
the Board, but shall be subject to the following:
(i) In the case of an Incentive Stock
Option
(A) granted to an Employee who,
immediately before the grant of such Incentive Stock Option, owns
stock representing more than ten percent (10%) of the voting power
of all classes of stock of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary,
the per Share exercise price shall be no less than 110% of the fair
market value per Share on the date of the grant; or, as the case
may be
(B) granted to an Employee not
subject to the provisions of Section 8(a)(i)(A), the per Share
exercise price shall be no less than one hundred percent (100%) of
the fair market value per Share on the date of the
grant.
(ii) In the case of a Non-qualified
Stock Option, the per Share exercise price shall be no less than
one hundred percent (100%) of the fair market value per Share on
the date of the grant.
(b) The
fair market value shall be determined by the Board in its
discretion; provided, however, that where there is a public market
for the Common Stock, the fair market value per Share shall be the
mean of the bid and asked prices or, if applicable, the closing
price of the Common Stock on the date of the grant, as reported by
the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation
(NASDAQ) System or, in the event the Common Stock is listed on a
stock exchange, the fair market value per Share shall be the
closing price on the exchange on the date of the grant of the
Option, as reported in the Wall Street Journal.