Exhibit 10.2
DOLBY LABORATORIES,
INC.
EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE
PLAN
Adopted Effective
February 16, 2005
Amended and Restated on
October 13, 2005
Amended and Restated on
February 5, 2008
Amended and Restated on
November 4, 2008; Effective May 18, 2009
1. Purpose . The purpose of
the Plan is to provide employees of the Company and its Designated
Subsidiaries and Designated Affiliates with an opportunity to
purchase Common Stock of the Company. This Plan includes two
components: a Code Section 423 Component (the “423
Component”) and a non-Code Section 423 Component (the
“Non-423 Component”). It is the intention of the
Company to have the 423 Component qualify as an “Employee
Stock Purchase Plan” under Section 423 of the Code. The
provisions of the 423 Component, accordingly, shall be construed so
as to extend and limit participation in a uniform and
nondiscriminatory basis consistent with the requirements of
Section 423 of the Code. In addition, this Plan authorizes the
grant of options under the Non-423 Component which do not qualify
under Section 423 of the Code pursuant to rules, procedures or
subplans adopted by the Administrator designed to achieve tax,
securities laws or other objectives for Eligible Employees and the
Company. Except as otherwise indicated, the Non-423 Component will
operate and be administered in the same manner as the 423
Component.
2. Definitions .
(a) “ Administrator
” shall mean the Board or any Committee designated by the
Board to administer the Plan pursuant to Section 14.
(b) “ Affiliate ”
shall mean any corporation or other entity affiliated with the
Company or in which the Company has an interest.
(c) “ Board ”
shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.
(d) “ Change in Control
” means the occurrence of any of the following
events:
(i) Any “person” (as
such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act)
other than a Permitted Transferee (as defined in the
Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation)
becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule
13d-3 of the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities
of the Company representing more than fifty percent (50%) of
the total voting power represented by the Company’s then
outstanding voting securities; or
(ii) The consummation of the sale or
disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the
Company’s assets; or
(iii) A change in the composition of
the Board occurring within a one-year period, as a result of which
fewer than a majority of the directors are Incumbent Directors.
“Incumbent Directors” means directors who either
(A) are Directors as of the effective date of the
Plan, or (B) are elected, or nominated for
election, to the Board with the affirmative votes of at least a
majority of the Directors at the time of such election or
nomination (but will not include an individual whose election or
nomination is in connection with an actual or threatened proxy
contest relating to the election of directors to the Company);
or
(iv) The consummation of a merger or
consolidation of the Company with any other corporation, other than
a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting
securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto
continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by
being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity or
its parent) at least fifty percent (50%) of the total voting
power represented by the voting securities of the Company or such
surviving entity or its parent outstanding immediately after such
merger or consolidation.
(e) “ Code ”
shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
(f) “ Committee ”
means a committee of the Board appointed by the Board in accordance
with Section 14 hereof.
(g) “ Common Stock
” shall mean the Class A Common Stock of the
Company.
(h) “ Company ”
shall mean Dolby Laboratories, Inc., a Delaware
corporation.
(i) “ Compensation
” shall mean all base straight time gross earnings,
commissions, overtime and shift premium, but exclusive of payments
for incentive compensation, bonuses and other compensation. The
Administrator shall have the discretion to determine the
application of this definition to participants outside the United
States.
(j) “ Designated
Affiliate” shall mean any Affiliate selected by the
Administrator as eligible to participate in the Non-423
Component.
(k) “ Designated
Subsidiary ” shall mean any Subsidiary selected by the
Administrator as eligible to participate in the 423
Component.
(l) “ Director ”
shall mean a member of the Board.
(m) “ Eligible Employee
” shall mean (i) any individual who is treated as an
active employee in the records of the Company or any Designated
Subsidiary or (ii) any individual who is treated as an active
employee in the records of any Designated Affiliate other than an
individual who, as of the Offering Date, resides in a country that
has been specifically excluded from participation in the Non-423
Component at the discretion of the Administrator. For the 423
Component, Eligible Employees shall include only those employees
whose customary employment with the Company or Designated
Subsidiary is at least fifteen (15) hours per week and more
than five (5) months in any calendar year. 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. Where the period of leave exceeds
three (3) months and the individual’s right to
reemployment is not guaranteed either by statute, legal precedent
or by contract, the employment relationship shall be deemed to have
terminated on the day which is three (3) months and one
(1) day after the beginning of such leave. The employment
relationship shall be treated as continuing intact
where an Eligible Employee transfers employment
between a Designated Subsidiary and a Designated Affiliate, and
vice-versa, provided, however, that a participant who is not
employed by a Designated Subsidiary on the Offering Date and
through a date that is no more than three (3) months prior to
the Exercise Date will participate only in the Non-423 Component.
The Administrator shall establish rules to govern other such
transfers consistent with the applicable requirements of
Section 423 of the Code.
(n) “ Exchange Act
” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
(o) “ Exercise Date
” shall mean the first Trading Day on or after May 15
and November 15 of each year.
(p) “ Fair Market Value
” shall mean, as of any date and unless the Administrator
determines otherwise, 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 New York Stock Exchange, the
Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select or the Nasdaq
Capital 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 on the date of
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 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.
(q) “ Offering Date
” shall mean the first Trading Day of each Offering
Period.
(r) “ 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 after the prior
Offering Period’s Exercise Date and terminating on the first
Trading Day on or after May 15 or November 15 of each
year, as applicable, approximately six months later. For example,
the May 2009 Offering Period will commence on May 18, 2009,
which is the first Trading Day after the prior Offering
Period’s Exercise Date which will take place on May 15,
2009. The duration and timing of Offering Periods may be changed
pursuant to Section 4 of this Plan.
(s) “ Plan ”
shall mean this Employee Stock Purchase Plan including both the 423
and Non-423 Components.
(t) “ Purchase Price
” shall mean an amount equal to eighty-five percent
(85%) of the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on
the Exercise Date; provided however, that the Purchase Price may be
determined for subsequent Offering Periods by the Administrator in
any manner or method it determines, pursuant to Section 20,
and subject to (i) with respect to the 423 Component,
compliance with Section 423 of the Code (or any successor rule
or provision or any
other applicable law, regulation or stock
exchange rule) or (ii) with respect to the Non-423 Component,
pursuant to such manner or method as determined by the
Administrator to comply with non-U.S. requirements.
(u) “ Subsidiary
” shall mean a “subsidiary corporation,” whether
now or hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(f) of the
Code.
(v) “ Trading Day
” shall mean a day on which the national stock exchange upon
which the Company Common Stock is listed is open for
trading.
3. Eligibility . Any Eligible
Employee on a given Offering Date shall be eligible to participate
in the Plan. 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 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 Subsidiary, or (ii) to the extent that his
or her rights to purchase stock under all employee stock purchase
plans of the Company and its subsidiaries 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.
4. Offering Periods . The
Plan shall be implemented by consecutive Offering Periods with a
new Offering Period commencing on the first Trading Day after the
prior Offering Period’s Exercise Date, or on such other date
as the Board shall determine. The Board shall have the power to
change the duration of Offering Periods (including the commencement
dates thereof) with respect to future offerings without stockholder
approval if such change is announced prior to the scheduled
beginning of the first Offering Period to be affected
thereafter.
5. Participation . An
Eligible Employee may become a participant in the Plan by
completing a subscription agreement in a form determined by the
Administrator (which may be similar to the form attached hereto as
Exhibit A ) and filing it with the Company’s
designated Plan administrator prior to the applicable Offering
Date.
6. Payroll Deductions or
Contributions .
(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 10% of the Compensation which he or she
receives on each pay day during the Offering Period, provided,
however, that should a pay day occur on an Exercise Date, a
participant shall have the payroll deductions made on such day
applied to his or her account under the new Offering Period.
Eligible Employees participating in the Non-423 Component may
contribute funds to participate in the Plan through other means
specified by the Administrator to comply with non-U.S.
requirements, provided, however, that such contributions shall not
exceed 10% of the Compensation received each pay day during the
Offering Period. A participant’s subscription agreement shall
remain in effect for successive Offering Periods unless terminated
as provided in Section 10 hereof.
(b) Payroll deductions or
contributions, as applicable, for a participant shall commence on
the first pay day following the Offering Date and shall end on the
last pay day 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 or
contributions made by a participant shall be credited to his or her
account under the Plan 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 increase or decrease the rate of his or her payroll
deductions or contributions during the Offering Period by
completing or filing with the Company a new subscription agreement
authorizing a change in payroll deduction rate or contribution. The
Administrator may, in its discretion, limit the nature and/or
number of participation rate changes during any Offering Period.
The change in rate 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 elects to process a given change in participation more
quickly.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing,
to the extent necessary to comply with Section 423(b)(8) of
the Code and Section 3(c) hereof, a participant’s
payroll deductions or contributions may be decreased to zero
percent (0%) at any time during an Offering Period. Payroll
deductions or contributions shall recommence at the rate provided
in such participant’s subscription agreeme