CLEARVIEW
ACQUISITIONS, INC.
SHARE
EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION PLAN
Section
1.
Establishment and Purpose .
The
name of the plan is the Clearview Acquisitions, Inc. Share Employee
Incentive Stock Option Plan (the " Plan ").
The
purpose of the Plan is to provide key employees, officers,
directors, consultants and agents of Clearview Acquisitions, Inc.
and its subsidiaries (the " Company ") added incentive for
high levels of performance and to reward unusual efforts which
increase the earnings and long-term growth of the Company. The
judgment, initiative and efforts of valued employees and other
selected individuals upon whom the financial success and growth of
the Company largely depend will be entitled to purchase proprietary
interests in the Company.
Section
2.
Stock Subject to the Plan .
The
total number of shares of stock reserved and available for
distribution under the Plan shall be 13,700,000 shares of common
stock of the Company. The number of shares reserved
hereunder may consist in whole or in part of authorized and
unissued shares or treasury shares.
Upon
exercise of the option in accordance with the terms of this Plan
and the Option Agreement (described in Section 5 below), the
grantee shall receive such shares of stock of the Company set forth
in the Notice of Option Grant delivered to the
grantee. A grantee to whom shares have been issued upon
proper exercise of an option granted hereunder shall be entitled
all rights of a shareholder, including, without limitation,
dividends, voting and liquidation rights.
Section
3.
Administration of the Plan .
The
Plan shall be administered by a Committee (the “
Committee” ). The decision of the Committee
as to all questions of interpretation and application of the Plan
shall be final, binding and conclusive on all
persons. The Committee may, in its sole discretion,
grant options for shares of the Company’s stock to such
eligible individuals as it deems appropriate and issue stock upon
exercise of such options. The Committee shall have
authority, subject to the express provisions of the Plan, to
construe the Option Agreements and the Plan, to prescribe, amend
and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan, to
determine the terms and provisions of the Option Agreements, which
may, but need not be identical, and to make all other
determinations in the judgment of the Committee necessary or
desirable for the administration of the Plan. The
Committee may correct any defect or supply any omission or
reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or in any Option Agreement
in the manner and to the extent it shall deem expedient to carry
the Plan into effect and shall be the sole and final judge of such
expediency. All decisions, interpretations and other
actions of the Committee shall be final and binding. The
Committee shall not be liable for any action or determination made
in good faith. The functions of the Committee shall be exercised by
the Board of Directors of the Company, if and to the extent that no
Committee exists which has the authority to so administer the
Plan.
Options
may be granted to officers and employees of the Company, as well as
agents and consultants to the Company, whether or not otherwise
employees of the Company. In determining the eligibility
of an individual to be granted an option under the Plan, as well as
in determining the number of shares to be optioned to any
individual, the Committee shall take into account the position and
responsibilities of the individual being considered, the nature and
value to the Company of his or her services and accomplishments,
his or her present and potential contribution to the success of the
Company, and such other factors as the Committee may deem
relevant.
Section
5.
Option Agreement .
Each
option shall be governed by Notice of Option Grant and an option
agreement (the “ Option Agreement” ) duly
executed on behalf of the Company and by the grantee to whom such
option is granted. The Option Agreement shall be subject
to the terms and conditions of the Plan and may be subject to any
other terms and conditions which are not inconsistent with the Plan
and which the Committee deems appropriate for inclusion in the
Option Agreement. The provisions of the various Option
Agreements entered into under the Plan need not be
identical.
Section
6.
Option Price and Exercise of Option .
The
exercise price shall be determined by the Committee in its sole and
absolute discretion. Each option shall be exercisable at
such time or times and during such period as shall be set forth in
the Notice of Option Grant and/or Option Agreement. To
the extent that an option is not exercised when it becomes
initially exercisable, it shall be carried forward and shall be
exercisable, on a cumulative basis, until the expiration of the
exercise period.
Section
7.
Term of Option; Exercisability .
(i)
Each option shall expire five (5) years from the date of the
granting thereof, except as (y) otherwise provided pursuant to the
provision of Section 7(b) hereof and (z) earlier termination as
herein provided.
(ii) Except
as otherwise provided in this Section 7, an option granted to any
grantee who ceases to perform services for the Company shall
terminate three (3) months after the date such grantee ceases to
perform services for the Company.
(iii) If
the grantee ceases to perform services for the Company because of
dismissal for cause or because the grantee is in breach of any
agreement with the Company, such option shall terminate on the date
the grantee is dismissed, ceases to perform services for the
Company or when the agreement with the Company was
breached.
(iv) If
the grantee ceases to perform services for the Company because the
grantee has become disabled (as determined in the sole discretion
of Committee), such option shall terminate on the next immediate
anniversary date of the option grant date following the date such
grantee ceases to perform services for the Company, or on the date
on which the option expires by its terms, whichever occurs
first. For example, if the option was granted on January
1 st
and
the grantee became disabled on July 1 st
, the
option would terminate on the following January 1
st
.
(v)
In the event of the death of a grantee, any option granted to such
grantee shall terminate on the next immediate anniversary date of
the option grant date after the date of death, or on the date on
which the option expires by its specific terms, whichever occurs
first.
(vi)
If any terms of this Plan are inconsistent with any provisions in
an employment agreement existing as of the date of this
Plan’s adoption, the provisions in the employment agreement
will control.
(i)
Each Option Agreement shall specify the date when all or any
installment of the option is first exercisable. The
exercisability provisions contained in any Option Agreement shall
be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.
(ii) Except
as otherwise provided below, an option granted to any grantee who
ceases to perform services for the Company shall be exercisable
only to the extent that such option has vested and is in effect on
the date such grantee ceases to perform services for the
Company.
(iii) An
option granted to a grantee who ceases to perform services for the
Company because he or she has become disabled (as defined above)
may be exercised by the grantor or his or her legal representative,
but only to the extent that such option has become exercisable on
or prior to the termination date of the option (as determined in
accordance with Section 7(a)(ii)).
(iv) In
the event of the death of any grantee, the option granted to such
grantee may be exercised by the estate of such grantee or by any
person or persons who acquired the right to exercise such option by
bequest or inheritance, but only to the extent that such option has
become exercisable on or prior to the termination date of the
option (as determined in accordance with Section
7(a)(ii)).
(v)
Unless otherwise provided in any Option Agreement, all Options
granted pursuant to the Plan shall become fully and immediately
exercisable with respect to all shares subject thereto upon a
Change of Control (as defined below).
Section
8.
Options and Shares Not Transferable .
The
option, the right of any grantee to exercise any option and the
shares issuable upon exercise of the option shall not be, directly
or indirectly, disposed, assigned or transferred by such grantee
other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, or, in
the case of a grant pursuant to a qualified statutory agreement, to
a family trust of the subject employee, and any such option shall
be exercisable during the lifetime of such grantee only by the
grantee (unless disabled or by the person who acquired the right to
exercise such option by bequest or inheritance). Any
attempted disposition or other transfer of the option and/or shares
of stock granted pursuant to the exercise of an option under the
Plan, including without limitation, any gift, purported assignment,
whether voluntary or by operation of law, pledge, hypothecation or
other disposition, attachment, trustee process or similar process,
whether legal or equitable, shall be null and void and without
effect.
Section
9.
Recapitalization, Reorganization and Change of Control
.
If
the outstanding shares of the common stock of the Company are
increased or decreased, or are changed into or exchanged for a
different number or kind of shares or securities or other forms of
property (including cash) or rights, as a result of one or more
reorganizations, recapitalizations, spin-offs, stock splits,
reverse stock splits, stock dividends or the like, appropriate
adjustments shall be made in the number and/or kind of shares or
securities or other forms of property (including cash) or rights
for which Options may thereafter be granted under the Plan and for
which Options then outstanding under the Plan may thereafter be
exercised. Any such Share adjustments shall be made without
changing the aggregate exercise price applicable to the unexercised
portions of outstanding Options. Any fractional shares resulting
from such adjustment shall be eliminated by rounding to the nearest
whole number. Appropriate amendments to the Option Agreements shall
be executed by the Company and the grantees to the extent the
Committee determines that such amendments are necessary or
desirable to reflect such adjustments. If determined by the
Committee to be appropriate, in the event of any share adjustment
involving the substitution of securities of a corporation other
than the Company, the Committee shall make arrangements for the
assumption by such other corporation of any Options then or
thereafter outstanding under the Plan, without any change in the
total exercise price applicable to the unexercised portion of the
Options but with an appropriate adjustment to the number of
securities, kind of securities and exercise price for each of the
securities subject to the Options. The determination by the
Committee as to what adjustment, amendments or arrangements shall
be made pursuant to this Section and the extent thereof, shall be
final and conclusive.
In
the event of the proposed dissolution or liquidation of the
Company, or in the event of a Change of Control, or any other
transaction in which the outstanding shares then subject to Options
under the Plan are changed into or exchanged for property
(including cash), rights and/or securities other than, or in
addition to, shares of the Company, the holder of each Option then
exercisable shall have the right to exercise such Option for the
kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities, property,
cash or any combination thereof receivable upon such dissolution,
liquidation, Change of Control or similar corporate event, by a
holder of the number of Shares for which such Option might have
been exercised immediately prior to such dissolution, liquidation,
sale, consolidation or merger or similar corporate
event. Any agreement providing for a Change of Control
shall provide, at the discretion of the Committee, that the
purchaser(s) of the Company’s assets or stock shall deliver
to the grantee the same kind of consideration that is delivered to
other stockholders of the Company as a result of such sale,
conveyance or Change of Control. Alternatively, the
Committee may cancel all outstanding options in exchange for
consideration in cash or in kind which consideration in both cases
shall be equal in value to the value the grantee would have
received had the option been exercised (to the extent so
exercisable) and no disposition of the shares acquired upon such
exercise been made prior to such sale, conveyance or Change of
Control, less the exercise price therefor. Upon receipt
of such consideration, the options shall terminate and be of no
further force and effect. The value of the stock or
other securities the grantee would have received if the option had
been exercised shall be determined in good faith by the
Committee.
A
“ Change of Control” shall be deemed to have
occurred upon the consummation of (i) an acquisition of any voting
securities of the Company by any entity or person, immediately
after which such entity or person has beneficial ownership of
fity-one percent (51%) or more of the then outstanding shares or
the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding
voting securities; (ii) the individuals who, as of the effective
date of this Plan, are members of the Board (the " Incumbent
Board "), cease for any reason to constitute at least
two-thirds of the members of the Board; provided, however, that if
the election, or nomination of any new director was approved by a
vote of at least two-thirds of the Incumbent Board, such new
director shall, for purposes of this Plan, be considered as a
member of the Incumbent Board; (iii) a merger, consolidation or
other business combination with or into another company; or (iv)
the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the
assets of the Company.
Notwithstanding
anything contained herein to the contrary, the Change in Control
resulting from the consummation of the proposed transaction among
the Company, its wholly-owned subsidiary and Helix Wind, Inc. shall
result in each holder of an option issued by Helix Wind, Inc.
having the right to exercise such Option for the kind and amount of
shares of the Company.
Section
10.
No Special Employment Rights .
Nothing
contained in the Plan, the Notice of Option Grant or the Option
Agreement or in any option granted thereunder shall confer upon any
grantee any right with respect to the continuation of his or her
employment by the Company or interfere in any way with the right of
the Company, subject to the terms of any separate employment
agreement to the contrary, at any time to terminate such employment
or to increase or decrease the compensation of the grantee from the
rate in existence at the time of the grant of an option.
Section
11.
Withholding .
The
Company’s obligation to deliver shares upon the exercise of
an option granted under the Plan shall be subject to the
satisfaction by the grantee, as determined in the sole discretion
of the Company, of all applicable Federal, state and local income
and employment tax withholding requirements.
Section
12.
Purchase for Investment .
Unless
the shares to be issued upon exercise of an option granted under
the Plan have been effectively registered under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act” ),
the Company shall be under no obligation to issue any shares of
stock covered by any option unless the person who exercises such
option, in whole or in part, shall give a written representation
and undertaking to the Company which is satisfactory in form and
scope to counsel to the Company and upon which, in the opinion of
such counsel, the Company may reasonably rely, that he or she is
acquiring the shares issued pursuant to such exercise of the option
for his or her own account as an investment and not with a view to,
or for sale in connection with, the distribution of any such
interests, and that he or she will make no transfer of the same
except in compliance with any rules and regulations in force at the
time of such transfer under the Securities Act and any other
applicable law.
Section
13.
Modification of Outstanding Options .
Subject
to the limitations contained herein, the Committee may authorize
the amendment of an