THERION SOFTWARE
CORPORATION
1.
Purposes of the Plan. The purposes of this 2004 Stock
Plan are to attract and retain the best available personnel for
positions of substantial responsibility, to provide additional
incentive to Employees and Consultants and to promote the success
of the Company’s business. Options granted under the Plan may
be Incentive Stock Options or Nonstatutory Stock Options, as
determined by the Administrator at the time of grant of an option
and subject to the applicable provisions of Section 422 of the
Code and the regulations and interpretations promulgated
thereunder. Stock purchase rights may also be granted under the
Plan.
2.
Definitions. As used herein, the following
definitions shall apply:
(a)
“Administrator” means the Board or its
Committee appointed pursuant to Section 4 of the
Plan.
(b)
“Affiliate” means an entity other than a
Subsidiary (as defined below) which, together with the Company, is
under common control of a third person or entity.
(c)
“Applicable Laws” means the legal
requirements relating to the administration of stock option and
restricted stock purchase plans under applicable U.S. state
corporate laws, U.S. federal and applicable state securities laws,
the Code, any Stock Exchange rules or regulations and the
applicable laws of any other country or jurisdiction where Options
or Stock Purchase Rights are granted under the Plan, as such laws,
rules, regulations and requirements shall be in place from time to
time.
(d)
“Board ” means the Board of Directors of
the Company.
(e)
“Cause” for termination of a
Participant’s Continuous Service Status will exist if the
Participant is terminated by the Company for any of the following
reasons: (i) Participant’s willful failure substantially
to perform his or her duties and responsibilities to the Company or
deliberate violation of a Company policy;
(ii) Participant’s commission of any act of fraud,
embezzlement, dishonesty or any other willful misconduct that has
caused or is reasonably expected to result in material injury to
the Company; (iii) unauthorized use or disclosure by
Participant of any proprietary information or trade secrets of the
Company or any other party to whom the Participant owes an
obligation of nondisclosure as a result of his or her relationship
with the Company; or (iv) Participant’s willful breach
of any of his or her obligations under any written agreement or
covenant with the Company. The determination as to whether a
Participant is being terminated for Cause shall be made in good
faith by the Company and shall be final and binding on the
Participant. The foregoing definition does not in any way limit the
Company’s ability to terminate a Participant’s
employment or consulting relationship at any time as provided in
Section 5(d) below, and the term “Company” will be
interpreted to include any Subsidiary, Parent or Affiliate, as
appropriate.
(f)
“ Change of Control ” means a sale of all
or substantially all of the Company’s assets, or any merger,
consolidation or other transaction of the Company with or into
another corporation, entity or person, other than a transaction in
which the holders of at least a majority of the voting securities
of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such transaction
continue to hold (either by the voting securities remaining
outstanding or by their being converted into voting securities of
the surviving entity) a majority of the total voting power
represented by the voting securities of the Company, or such
surviving entity, outstanding immediately after such
transaction.
(g)
“ Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended.
(h)
“ Committee ” means one or more
committees or subcommittees of the Board appointed by the Board to
administer the Plan in accordance with Section 4
below.
(i)
“ Common Stock ” means the Common Stock
of the Company.
(j)
“ Company ” means Therion Software
Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
(k)
“ Consultant ” means any person,
including an advisor, who is engaged by the Company or any Parent,
Subsidiary or Affiliate to render services and is compensated for
such services, and any director of the Company whether compensated
for such services or not.
(l)
“ Continuous Service Status ” means the
absence of any interruption or termination of service as an
Employee or Consultant. Continuous Service Status as an Employee or
Consultant shall not be considered interrupted in the case of:
(i) sick leave; (ii) military leave; (iii) any other
leave of absence approved by the Administrator, provided that such
leave is for a period of not more than ninety (90) days,
unless reemployment upon the expiration of such leave is guaranteed
by contract or statute, or unless provided otherwise pursuant to
Company policy adopted from time to time; or (iv) in the case
of transfers between locations of the Company or between the
Company, its Parents, Subsidiaries, Affiliates or their respective
successors. A change in status from an Employee to a Consultant or
from a Consultant to an Employee will not constitute an
interruption of Continuous Service Status.
(m)
“ Corporate Transaction ” means a sale of
all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, or a
merger, consolidation or other capital reorganization of the
Company with or into another corporation, entity or person, and
includes a Change of Control.
(n)
“ Director ” means a member of the
Board.
(o)
“ Employee ” means any person employed by
the Company or any Parent, Subsidiary or Affiliate, with the status
of employment determined based upon such factors as are deemed
appropriate by the Administrator in its discretion, subject to any
requirements of the Code or the Applicable Laws. The payment by the
Company of a director’s fee to a Director shall not be
sufficient to constitute “employment” of such Director
by the Company.
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(p)
“ Exchange Act ” means the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(q)
“ Executive Optionees ” mean the
President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, or any
Vice President.
(r)
“ Fair Market Value ” means, as of any
date, the fair market value of the Common Stock, as determined by
the Administrator in good faith on such basis as it deems
appropriate and applied consistently with respect to Participants.
Whenever possible, the determination of Fair Market Value shall be
based upon the closing price for the Shares as reported in the
Wall Street Journal for the applicable date.
(s)
“ Incentive Stock Option ” means an
Option intended to qualify as an incentive stock option within the
meaning of Section 422 of the Code, as designated in the
applicable Option Agreement.
(t)
“ Involuntary Termination ” means
termination of a Participant’s Continuous Service Status
under the following circumstances: (i) termination without
Cause by the Company or a Subsidiary, Parent or Affiliate, as
appropriate; or (ii) voluntary termination by the Participant
within one year following (A) a material reduction in the
Participant’s job responsibilities, provided that neither a
mere change in title alone nor reassignment following a Change of
Control to a position that is substantially similar to the position
held prior to the Change of Control shall constitute a material
reduction in job responsibilities; (B) relocation by the
Company or a Subsidiary, Parent or Affiliate, as appropriate, of
the Participant’s work site to a facility or location more
than 25 miles from the Participant’s principal work site for
the Company at the time of the Change of Control; or (C) a
reduction, in Participant’s then-current base salary,
provided that an across-the-board reduction in the salary level of
all other employees or consultants in positions similar to the
Participant’s by the same percentage amount as part of a
general salary level reduction shall not constitute such a salary
reduction.
(u)
“ Listed Security ” means any security of
the Company that is listed or approved for listing on a national
securities exchange or designated or approved for designation as a
national market system security on an interdealer quotation system
by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
(v)
“ Named Executive ” means any individual
who, on the last day of the Company’s fiscal year, is the
chief executive officer of the Company (or is acting in such
capacity) or among the four most highly compensated officers of the
Company (other than the chief executive officer). Such officer
status shall be determined pursuant to the executive compensation
disclosure rules under the Exchange Act.
(w)
“ Nonstatutory Stock Option ” means an
Option not intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option, as
designated in the applicable Option Agreement.
(x)
“ Option ” means a stock option granted
pursuant to the Plan.
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(y)
“ Option Agreement ” means a written
document, the form(s) of which shall be approved from time to time
by the Administrator, reflecting the terms of an Option granted
under the Plan and includes any documents attached to or
incorporated into such Option Agreement, including, but not limited
to, a notice of stock option grant and a form of exercise
notice.
(z)
“ Option Exchange Program ” means a
program approved by the Administrator whereby outstanding Options
are exchanged for Options with a lower exercise price or are
amended to decrease the exercise price as a result of a decline in
the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock.
(aa)
“ Optioned Stock ” means the Common Stock
subject to an Option.
(bb)
“ Optionee ” means an Employee or
Consultant who receives an Option.
(cc)
“ Parent ” means a “parent
corporation,”, whether now or hereafter existing, as defined
in Section 424(e) of the Code, or any successor
provision.
(dd)
“ Participant ” means any holder of one
or more Options or Stock Purchase Rights, or the Shares issuable or
issued upon exercise of such awards, under the Plan.
(ee)
“ Plan ” means this 2002 Stock
Plan.
(ff)
“ Reporting Person ” means an officer,
Director, or greater than ten percent stockholder of the Company
within the meaning of Rule 16a-2 under the Exchange Act, who
is required to file reports pursuant to Rule 16a-3 under the
Exchange Act.
(gg)
“ Restricted Stock ” means Shares of
Common Stock acquired pursuant to a grant of a Stock Purchase Right
under Section 11 below.
(hh)
“ Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement ”
means a written document, the form(s) of which shall be approved
from time to time by the Administrator, reflecting the terms of a
Stock Purchase Right granted under the Plan and includes any
documents attached to such agreement.
(ii)
“ Rule 16b-3 ” means Rule 16b-3
promulgated under the Exchange Act, as amended from time to time,
or any successor provision.
(jj)
“ Share ” means a share of the Common
Stock, as adjusted in accordance with Section 14 of the
Plan.
(kk)
“ Stock Exchange ” means any stock
exchange or consolidated stock price reporting system on which
prices for the Common Stock are quoted at any given
time.
(ll)
“ Stock Purchase Right ” means the right
to purchase Common Stock pursuant to Section 11
below.
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“ Subsidiary ” means a “subsidiary
corporation,” whether now or hereafter existing, as defined
in Section 424(f) of the Code, or any successor
provision.
(nn)
“ Ten Percent Holder ” means a person who
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.
3.
Stock Subject to the Plan. Subject to the provisions
of Section 14 of the Plan, the maximum aggregate number of
Shares that may be sold under the Plan is 2,325,000 Shares of
Common Stock. The Shares may be authorized, but unissued, or
reacquired Common Stock. If an award should expire or become
unexercisable for any reason without having been exercised in full,
or is surrendered pursuant to an Option Exchange Program, the
unpurchased Shares that were subject thereto shall, unless the Plan
shall have been terminated, become available for future grant under
the Plan. In addition, any Shares of Common Stock which are
retained by the Company upon exercise of an award in order to
satisfy the exercise or purchase price for such award or any
withholding taxes due with respect to such exercise or purchase
shall be treated as not issued and shall continue to be available
under the Plan. Shares issued under the Plan and later repurchased
by the Company pursuant to any repurchase right which the Company
may have shall be available for future grant under the
Plan.
4.
Administration of the Plan.
(a)
General. The Plan shall be administered by the Board
or a Committee, or a combination thereof, as determined by the
Board. The Plan may be administered by different administrative
bodies with respect to different classes of Participants and, if
permitted by the Applicable Laws, the Board may authorize one or
more officers to make awards under the Plan.
(b)
Committee Composition. If a Committee has been
appointed pursuant to this Section 4, such Committee shall continue
to serve in its designated capacity until otherwise directed by the
Board. From time to time the Board may increase the size of any
Committee and appoint additional members thereof, remove members
(with or without cause) and appoint new members in substitution
therefor, fill vacancies (however caused) and remove all members of
a Committee and thereafter directly administer the Plan, all to the
extent permitted by the Applicable Laws and, in the case of a
Committee administering the Plan in accordance with the
requirements of Rule 16b-3 or Section 162(m) of the Code, to
the extent permitted or required by such provisions.
(c)
Powers of the Administrator. Subject to the
provisions of the Plan and in the case of a Committee, the specific
duties delegated by the Board to such Committee, the Administrator
shall have the authority, in its discretion:
(i) to
determine the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock, in accordance
with Section 2(r) of the Plan, provided that such determination
shall be applied consistently with respect to Participants under
the Plan;
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(ii) to
select the Employees and Consultants to whom Plan awards may from
time to time be granted;
(iii) to
determine whether and to what extent Plan awards are
granted;
(iv) to
determine the number of Shares of Common Stock to be covered by
each award granted;
(v) to
approve the form(s) of agreement(s) used under the Plan;
(vi) to
determine the terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the terms
of the Plan, of any award granted hereunder, which terms and
conditions include but are not limited to the exercise or purchase
price, the time or times when awards may be exercised (which may be
based on performance criteria), any vesting acceleration or waiver
of forfeiture restrictions, any pro rata adjustments to vesting as
a result of a Participant’s transitioning from full- to
part-time service (or vice versa), and any restriction or
limitation regarding any Option, Optioned Stock, Stock Purchase
Right or Restricted Stock, based in each case on such factors as
the Administrator, in its sole discretion, shall
determine;
(vii) to
determine whether and under what circumstances an Option may be
settled in cash under Section 10(c) instead of Common
Stock;
(viii) to
implement an Option Exchange Program on such terms and conditions
as the Administrator in its discretion deems appropriate, provided
that no amendment or adjustment to an Option that would materially
and adversely affect the rights of any Optionee shall be made
without the prior written consent of the Optionee;
(ix) to
adjust the vesting of an Option held by an Employee or Consultant
as a result of a change in the terms or conditions under which such
person is providing services to the Company;
(x) to
construe and interpret the terms of the Plan and awards granted
under the Plan, which constructions, interpretations and decisions
shall be final and binding on all Participants; and
(xi) in
order to fulfill the purposes of the Plan and without amending the
Plan, to modify grants of Options or Stock Purchase Rights to
Participants who are foreign nationals or employed outside of the
United States in order to recognize differences in local law, tax
policies or customs.
(a)
Recipients of Grants. Nonstatutory Stock Options and
Stock Purchase Rights may be granted to Employees and Consultants.
Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to Employees, provided
that Employees of Affiliates shall not be eligible to receive
Incentive Stock Options.
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(b)
Type of Option. Each Option shall be designated in
the Option Agreement as either an Incentive Stock Option or a
Nonstatutory Stock Option.
(c)
ISO $100,000 Limitation. Notwithstanding any
designation under Section 5(b), to the extent that the
aggregate Fair Market Value of Shares with respect to which Options
designated as Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first
time by any Optionee during any calendar year (under all plans of
the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary) exceeds $100,000, such
excess Options shall be treated as Nonstatutory Stock Options. For
purposes of this Section 5(c), Incentive Stock Options shall
be taken into account in the order in which they were granted, and
the Fair Market Value of the Shares subject to an Incentive Stock
Option shall be determined as of the date of the grant of such
Option.
(d)
No Employment Rights. The Plan shall not confer upon
any Participant any right with respect to continuation of an
employment or consulting relationship with the Company, nor shall
it interfere in any way with such Participant’s right or the
Company’s right to terminate the employment or consulting
relationship at any time for any reason.
6.
Term of Plan. The Plan shall become effective upon
its adoption by the Board of Directors. It shall continue in effect
for a term of ten (10) years unless sooner terminated under
Section 16 of the Plan.
7.
Term of Option. The term of each Option shall be the
term stated in the Option Agreement; provided that the term shall
be no more than ten years from the date of grant thereof or such
shorter term as may be provided in the Option Agreement and
provided further that, in the case of an Incentive Stock Option
granted to a person who at the time of such grant is a Ten Percent
Holder, the term of the Option shall be five years from the date of
grant thereof or such shorter term as may be provided in the Option
Agreement.
9.
Option Exercise Price and Consideration.
(a)
Exercise Price. The per Share exercise price for the
Shares to be issued pursuant to exercise of an Option shall be such
price as is determined by the Administrator and set forth in the
Option Agreement, but shall be subject to the following:
(i) In
the case of an Incentive Stock Option
(A) granted
to an Employee who at the time of grant is a Ten Percent Holder,
the per Share exercise price shall be no less than 110% of the Fair
Market Value per Share on the date of grant; or
(B) granted
to any other Employee, the per Share exercise price shall be no
less than 100% of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of
grant.
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(ii) In
the case of a Nonstatutory Stock Option, the per share Exercise
Price shall be such price as determined by the Administrator
provided that if such eligible person is, at the time of the grant
of such Option, a Named Executive of the Company, the per share
Exercise Price shall be no less than 100% of the Fair Market Value
on the date of grant if such Option is intended to qualify as
performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the
Code.
(iii) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, Options may be granted with a per Share exercise
price other than as required above pursuant to a merger or other
corporate transaction.
(b)
Permissible Consideration. The consideration to be
paid for the Shares to be issued upon exercise of an Option,
including the method of payment, shall be determined by the
Administrator (and, in the case of an Incentive Stock Option, shall
be determined at the time of grant) and may consist entirely of
(1) cash; (2) check; (3) delivery of
Optionee’s promissory note, bearing a commercial rate of
interest at the time of exercise and having such recourse,
interest, security and redemption provisions as the Administrator
determines to be appropriate (subject to the provisions of
Section 153 of the Delaware General Corporation Law);
(4) cancellation of indebtedness; (5) other Shares that
have a Fair Market Value on the date of surrender equal to the
aggregate exercise price of the Shares as to which the Option is
exercised, provided that in the case of Shares acquired, directly
or indirectly, from the Company, such Shares must have been owned
by the Optionee for more than six months on the date of surrender
(or such other period as may be required to avoid the
Company’s incurring an adverse accounting charge);
(6) delivery of a properly executed exercise notice together
with such other documentation as the Administrator and a securities
broker approved by the Company shall require to effect exercise of
the Option and prompt delivery to the Company of the sale or loan
proceeds required to pay the exercise price and any applicable
withholding taxes; or (7) any combination of the foregoing
methods of payment. In making its determination as to the type of
consideration to accept, the Administrator shall consider if
acceptance of such consideration may be reasonably expected to
benefit the Company and the Administrator may, in its sole
discretion, refuse to accept a particular form of consideration at
the time of any Option exercise.
(i)
Exercisability. Any Option granted hereunder shall be
exercisable at such times and under such conditions as determined
by the Administrator, consistent with the term of the Plan and
reflected in the Option Agreement, including vesting requirements
and/or performance criteria with respect to the Company and/or the
Optionee.
(ii)
Leave of Absence. The Administrator shall have the
discretion to determine whether and to what extent the vesting of
Options shall be tolled during any unpaid leave of absence;
provided, however, that in the absence of such determination,
vesting of Options shall be tolled during any such unpaid leave
(unless otherwise required by the
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Applicable
Laws), In the event of military leave, vesting shall toll during
any unpaid portion of such leave, provided that, upon a
Participant’s returning from military leave (under conditions
that would entitle him or her to protection upon such return under
the Uniform Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act), he or
she shall be given vesting credit with respect to Options to the
same extent as would have applied had the Participant continued to
provide services to the Company throughout the leave on the same
terms as he or she was providing services immediately prior to such
leave.
(iii)
Minimum Exercise Requirements. An Option may not be
exercised for a fraction of a Share. The Administrator may require
that an Option be exercised as to a minimum number of Shares,
provided that such requirement shall not prevent an Optionee from
exercising the full number of Shares as to which the Option is then
exercisable.
(iv)
Procedures for and Results of Exercise. An Option
shall be deemed exercised when written notice of such exercise has
been given to the Company in accordance with, the terms of the
Option by the person entitled to exercise the Option and the
Company has received full payment for the Shares with respect to
which the Option is exercised. Full payment may, as authorized by
the Administrator, consist of any consideration and method of
payment allowable under Section 9(b) of the Plan, provided that the
Administrator may, in its sole discretion, refuse to accept any
form of consideration at the time of any Option
exercise.
Exercise of an
Option in any manner shall result in a decrease in the number of
Shares that thereafter may be available, both for purposes of the
Plan and for sale under the Option, by the number of Shares as to
which the Option is exercised.
(v)
Rights as Stockholder. Until the issuance of the
Shares (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the
Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company), no
right to vote or receive dividends or any other rights as a
stockholder shall exist with respect to the Optioned Stock,
notwithstanding the exercise of the Option. No adjustment will be
made for a dividend or other right for which the record date is
prior to the date the stock certificate is issued, except as
provided in Section 14 of the Plan.
(b)
Termination of Employment or Consulting Relationship.
Except as otherwise set forth in this Section 10(b), the
Administrator shall establish and set forth in the applicable
Option Agreement the terms and conditions upon which an Option
shall remain exercisable, if at all, following termination of an
Optionee’s Continuous Service Status, which provisions may be
waived or modified by the Administrator at any time. Unless the
Administrator otherwise provides in the Option Agreement, to the
extent that the Optionee is not vested in Optioned Stock at the
date of termination of his or her Continuous Service Status, or if
the Optionee (or other person entitled to exercise the Option) does
not exercise the Option to the extent so entitled within the time
specified in the Option Agreement or below (as applicable), the
Option shall terminate and the Optioned Stock underlying the
unexercised portion of the Option shall revert to the Plan. In no
event may any Option be exercised after the expiration of the
Option term as set forth in the Option Agreement (and subject to
Section 7).
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The following
provisions (1) shall apply to the extent an Option Agreement
does not specify the terms and conditions upon which an Option
shall terminate upon termination of an Optionee’s Continuous
Service Status, and (2) establish the minimum post-termination
exercise periods that may be set forth in an Option
Agreement:
(i)
Termination other than Upon Disability or Death or for
Cause. In the event of termination of an Optionee’s
Continuous Service Status, such Optionee may exercise an Option for
three months following such termination to the extent the Optionee
was vested in the Optioned Stock as of the date of such
termination. No termination shall be deemed to occur and this
Section 10(b)(i) shall not apply if (i) the Optionee is a
Consultant who becomes an Employee, or (ii) the Optionee is an
Employee who becomes a Consultant.
(ii)
Disability of Optionee. In the event of termination
of an Optionee’s Continuous Service Status as a result of his
or her disability (including a disability within the meaning of
Section 22(e)(3) of the Code), such Optionee may exercise an
Option at any time within twelve months following such termination
to the extent the Optionee was vested in the Optioned Stock as of
the date of such termination.
(iii)
Death of Optionee. In the event of the death of an
Optionee during the period of Continuous Service Status since the
date of grant of the Option, or within three months following
termination of Optionee’s Continuous Service Status, the
Option may be exercised by Optionee’s estate or by a person
who acquired the right to exercise the Option by bequest or
inheritance at any time within twelve months following the date of
death, but only to the extent the Optionee was vested in the
Optioned Stock as of the date of death or, if earlier, the date the
Optionee’s Continuous Service Status terminated.
(iv)
Termination for Cause. In the event of termination of
an Optionee’s Continuous Service Status for Cause, any Option
(including any exercisable portion thereof) held by such Optionee
shall immediately terminate in its entirety upon first notification
to the Optionee of termination of the Optionee’s Continuous
Service Status. If an Optionee’s employment or consulting
relationship with the Company is suspended pending an investigation
of whether the Optionee shall be terminated for Cause, all the
Optionee’s rights under any Option likewise shall be
suspended during the investigation period and the Optionee shall
have no right to exercise any Option. This Section 10(b)(iv)
shall apply with equal effect to vested Shares acquired upon
exercise of an Option granted on any date on which the Common Stock
is not a Listed Security to a person other than an officer,
Director or Consultant, in that the Company shall have the right to
repurchase such Shares from the Participant upon the following
terms: (A) the repurchase is made within 90 days of
termination of the Participant’s Continuous Service Status
for Cause at the Fair Market Value of the Shares as of the date of
termination, (B) consideration for the repurchase consists of
cash or cancellation of purchase money indebtedness, and
(C) the repurchase right terminates upon the effective date of
the Company’s initial public offering of its Common Stock.
With respect to vested Shares issued upon exercise of an Option
granted to any officer, Director or Consultant, the Company’s
right to repurchase such Shares upon termination of the
Participant’s Continuous Service Status for Cause shall be
made at the Participant’s original cost for the Shares and
shall be effected pursuant to such terms and
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conditions, and
at such time, as the Administrator shall determine. Nothing in this
Section 10(b)(iv) shall in any way limit the Company’s right
to purchase unvested Shares issued upon exercise of an Option as
set forth in the applicable Option Agreement.
(c)
Buyout Provisions. The Administrator may at any time
offer to buy out for a payment in cash or Shares an Option
previously granted under the Plan based on such terms and
conditions as the Administrator shall establish and communicate to
the Optionee at the time that such offer is made.
11.
Stock Purchase Rights.
(a)
Rights to Purchase. When the Administrator determines
that it will offer Stock Purchase Rights under the Plan, it shall
advise the offeree in writing of the terms, conditions and
restrictions related to the offer, including the number of Shares
that such person shall be entitled to purchase, the price to be
paid, and the time within which such person must accept such offer.
The offer to purchase Shares subject to Stock Purchase Rights shall
be accepted by execution of a Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement
in the form determined by the Administrator.
(i)
General. Unless the Administrator determines
otherwise, the Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement shall grant the
Company a repurchase option exercisable upon the voluntary or
involuntary termination of the purchaser’s employment with
the Company for any reason (including death or disability). The
purchase price for Shares repurchased pursuant to the Restricted
Stock Purchase Agreement shall be the original purchase price paid
by the purchaser and may be paid by cancellation of any
indebtedness of the purchaser to the Company. The repurchase option
shall lapse at such rate as the Administrator may
determine.
(ii)
Leave of Absence. The Administrator shall have the
discretion to determine whether and to what extent the lapsing of
Company repurchase rights shall be tolled during any unpaid leave
of absence; provided, however, that in the absence of such
determination, such lapsing shall be tolled during any such unpaid
leave (unless otherwise required by the Applicable Laws). In the
event of military leave, the lapsing of Company repurchase rights
shall toll during any unpaid portion of such leave, provided that,
upon a Participant’s returning from military leave (under
conditions that would entitle him or her to protection upon such
return under the Uniform Services Employment and Reemployment
Rights Act), he or she shall be given “vesting” credit
with respect to Shares purchased pursuant to the Restricted Stock
Purchase Agreement to the same extent as would have applied had the
Participant continued to provide services to the Company throughout
the leave on the same terms as he or she was providing services
immediately prior to such leave.
(iii)
Termination for Cause. In the event of termination of
a Participant’s Continuous Service Status for Cause, the
Company shall have the right to repurchase from the Participant
vested Shares issued upon exercise of a Stock Purchase Right
at
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the
Participant’s original cost for the Shares. Such repurchase
shall be effected pursuant to such terms and conditions, and at
such time, as the Administrator shall determine. Nothing in this
Section 1l(b)(ii) shall in any way limit the Company’s
right to purchase unvested Shares as set forth in the applicable
Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement.
(c)
Other Provisions. The Restricted Stock Purchase
Agreement shall contain such other terms, provisions and conditions
not inconsistent with the Plan as may be determined by the
Administrator in its sole discretion. In addition, the provisions
of Restricted Stock Purchase Agreements need not be the same with
respect to each purchaser.
(d)
Rights as a Stockholder. Once the Stock Purchase
Right is exercised, the purchaser shall have the rights equivalent
to those of a stockholder, and shall be a stockholder when his or
her purchase is entered upon the records of the duly authorized
transfer agent of the Company. No adjustment will be made for a
dividend or other right for which the record date is prior to the
date the Stock Purchase Right is exercised, except as provided in
Section 14 of the Plan.
(a) As
a condition of the exercise of an Option or Stock Purchase Right
granted under the Plan, the Participant (or in the case of the
Participant’s death, the person exercising the Option or
Stock Purchase Right) shall make such arrangements as the
Administrator may require for the satisfaction of any applicable
federal, state, local or foreign withholding tax obligations that
may arise in connection with the exercise of the Option or Stock
Purchase Right and the issuance of Shares. The Company shall not be
required to issue any Shares under the Plan until such obligations
are satisfied. If the Administrator allows the withholding or
surrender of Shares to satisfy a Participant’s tax
withholding obligations under this Section 12 (whether
pursuant to Section 12(c), (d) or (e), or otherwise), the
Administrator shall not allow Shares to be withheld in an amount
that exceeds the minimum statutory withholding rates for federal
and state tax purposes, including payroll taxes.
(b) In
the case of an Employee and in the absence of any other
arrangement, the Employee shall be deemed to have directed the
Company to withhold or collect from his or her compensation an
amount sufficient to satisfy such tax obligations from the next
payroll payment otherwise payable after the date of an exercise of
the Option or Stock Purchase Right.
(c) This
Section 12(c) shall apply only after the date, if any, upon which
the Common Stock becomes a Listed Security. In the case of
Participant other than an Employee (or in the case of an Employee
where the next payroll payment is not sufficient to satisfy such
tax obligations, with respect to any remaining tax obligations), in
the absence of any other arrangement and to the extent permitted
under the Applicable Laws, the Participant shall be deemed to have
elected to have the Company withhold from the Shares to be issued
upon exercise of the Option or Stock Purchase Right that number of
Shares having a Fair Market Value determined as of the applicable
Tax Date (as defined below) equal to the amount required to be
withheld. For purposes of this Section 12, the Fair Market
Value of the Shares to be
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withheld shall
be determined on the date that the amount of tax to be withheld is
to be determined under the Applicable Laws (the “ Tax
Date ”).
(d) If
permitted by the Administrator, in its discretion, a Participant
may satisfy his or her tax withholding obligations upon exercise of
an Option or Stock Purchase Right by surrendering to the Company
Shares that have a Fair Market Value determined as of the
applicable Tax Date equal to the amount required to be withheld. In
the case of shares previously acquired from the Company that are
surrendered under this Section 12(d), such Shares must have
been owned by the Participant for more than six (6) months on
the date of surrender (or such other period of time as is required
for the Company to avoid adverse accounting charges).
(e) Any
election or deemed election by a Participant to have Shares
withhe
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