EXHIBIT
10.1
MONACO
COACH CORPORATION
1993
INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION PLAN
(as amended May 16, 2002)
1. Purposes
of the Plan. The purposes of this
Stock Plan are:
to attract and retain the best available
personnel for positions of substantial responsibility,
to provide additional incentive to
Employees, Directors and Consultants, and
to promote the success of the Companys
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. Stock Purchase Rights may also be granted under the Plan.
2. Applicability
of May 2002 Amendments. Options or,
as the case may be, Restricted Stock granted on or prior May 16, 2002 shall not
be subject to Section 11(e) of the Plan.
Options or, as the case may be, Restricted Stock granted subsequent to
May 16, 2002 shall be Subject to Section 11(e) of the Plan.
3. Definitions. As used herein, the following definitions
shall apply:
(a) Administrator
means the Board or any of its Committees as shall be administering the Plan, in
accordance with Section 5 of the Plan.
(b) Applicable
Laws means the requirements relating to the administration of stock option
plans under U.S. state corporate laws, U.S. federal and state securities laws,
the Code, any stock exchange or quotation system on which the Common Stock is
listed or quoted and the applicable laws of any foreign country or jurisdiction
where Options or Stock Purchase Rights are, or will be, granted under the Plan.
(c) Board
means 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)
becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act),
directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing fifty percent
(50%) or more of the total voting power represented by the Companys then
outstanding voting securities; or
(ii) The
consummation of the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially
all of the Companys assets;
(iii) A
change in the composition of the Board occurring within a two-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 Incumbent 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
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(f) Committee
means a committee of Directors appointed by the Board in accordance with
Section 5 of the Plan.
(g) Common
Stock means the common stock of the Company.
(h) Company
means Monaco Coach Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
(i) Consultant
means any natural person, including an advisor, engaged by the Company or a
Parent or Subsidiary to render services to such entity.
(j) Director
means a member of the Board.
(k) Disability
means total and permanent disability as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the
Code.
(l) Employee means any person,
including Officers and Directors, employed by the Company or any Parent or
Subsidiary of the Company. A Service
Provider shall not cease to be an Employee in the case of (i) any leave of
absence approved by the Company or (ii) transfers between locations of the
Company or between the Company, its Parent, any Subsidiary, or any
successor. For purposes of Incentive
Stock Options, no such leave may exceed ninety days, unless reemployment upon
expiration of such leave is guaranteed by statute or contract. If reemployment upon expiration of a leave
of absence approved by the Company is not so guaranteed, then three (3) months
following the 91st day of such leave any Incentive Stock Option held by the
Optionee shall cease to be treated as an Incentive Stock Option and shall be
treated for tax purposes as a Nonstatutory Stock Option. Neither service as a Director nor payment of
a directors fee by the Company shall be sufficient to constitute employment
by the Company.
(m) Exchange
Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(n) Fair
Market Value means, as of any date, 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 Nasdaq National Market or The
Nasdaq SmallCap
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Market of The Nasdaq Stock 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 day of
determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other
source as the Administrator deems reliable;
(ii) If
the Common Stock is regularly quoted by a recognized securities dealer but
selling prices are not reported, the Fair Market Value of a Share of Common
Stock shall be the mean between the high bid and low asked prices for the
Common Stock on the day of determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or
such other source as the Administrator deems reliable; or
(iii) In
the absence of an established market for the Common Stock, the Fair Market
Value shall be determined in good faith by the Administrator.
(o) Incentive
Stock Option means an Option intended to qualify as an incentive stock
option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code and the regulations
promulgated thereunder.
(p) Nonstatutory
Stock Option means an Option not intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock
Option.
(q) Notice
of Grant means a written or electronic notice evidencing certain terms and
conditions of an individual Option or Stock Purchase Right grant. The Notice of Grant is part of the Option
Agreement.
(r) Officer
means a person who is an officer of the Company within the meaning of
Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
(s) Option
means a stock option granted pursuant to the Plan.
(t) Option
Agreement means an agreement between the Company and an Optionee
evidencing the terms and conditions of an individual Option grant. The Option Agreement is subject to the terms
and conditions of the Plan.
(u) Option
Exchange Program means a program whereby outstanding Options are
surrendered in exchange for other Options.
(v) Optioned
Stock means the Common Stock subject to an Option or Stock Purchase Right.
(w) Optionee
means the holder of an outstanding Option or Stock Purchase Right granted under
the Plan.
(x) Parent
means a parent corporation, whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in
Section 424(e) of the Code.
(y) Plan
means this1992 Incentive Stock Option Plan, as amended.
(z) Restricted
Stock means shares of Common Stock acquired pursuant to a grant of Stock
Purchase Rights under Section 12 of the Plan.
(aa) Restricted
Stock Purchase Agreement means a written agreement between the Company and
the Optionee evidencing the terms and restrictions applying to stock purchased
under a Stock
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Purchase Right.
The Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement is subject to the terms and
conditions of the Plan and the Notice of Grant.
(bb) Retirement
means a Service Provider who retires from the Company on or after age sixty-two
(62) and such Service Provider has at least five (5) years of service with the
Company at the date of retirement; provided, that, the Administrator,
notwithstanding the foregoing, has the discretion to determine when a Service
Provider retires so long as such determination is not less favorable than
provided for in the foregoing definition.
(cc) Rule
16b-3 means Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act or any successor to Rule 16b-3,
as in effect when discretion is being exercised with respect to the Plan.
(dd) Section 16(b)
means Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act.
(ee) Service
Provider means an Employee, Director or Consultant.
(ff) Share
means a share of the Common Stock, as adjusted in accordance with Section 14 of the Plan.
(gg) Stock
Purchase Right means the right to purchase Common Stock pursuant to
Section 12 of the Plan, as evidenced by a Notice of Grant.
(hh) Subsidiary
means a subsidiary corporation, whether now or hereafter existing, as
defined in Section 424(f) of the Code.
4. Stock Subject to the Plan. Subject to the provisions of Section 14 of the Plan, the maximum aggregate
number of Shares that may be optioned and sold under the Plan is 3,257,813 Shares. The Shares may be authorized, but unissued,
or reacquired Common Stock.
If an Option or Stock
Purchase Right expires or becomes unexercisable without having been exercised
in full, or is surrendered pursuant to an Option Exchange Program, the
unpurchased Shares which were subject thereto shall become available for future
grant or sale under the Plan (unless the Plan has terminated); provided,
however, that Shares that have actually been issued under the Plan, whether upon
exercise of an Option or Right, shall not be returned to the Plan and shall not
become available for future distribution under the Plan, except that if Shares
of Restricted Stock are repurchased by the Company at their original purchase
price, such Shares shall become available for future grant under the Plan.
5. Administration
of the Plan.
(a) Procedure.
(i) Multiple
Administrative Bodies. Different
Committees with respect to different groups of Service Providers may administer
the Plan.
(ii) Section 162(m). To the extent that the Administrator
determines it to be desirable to qualify Options granted hereunder as
performance-based compensation within the meaning of Section 162(m) of
the Code, the Plan shall be administered by a Committee of two or more outside
directors within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code.
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(iii) Rule
16b-3. To the extent desirable to
qualify transactions hereunder as exempt under Rule 16b-3, the transactions
contemplated hereunder shall be structured to satisfy the requirements for
exemption under Rule 16b-3.
(iv) Other
Administration. Other than as
provided above, the Plan shall be administered by (A) the Board or (B) a
Committee, which committee shall be constituted to satisfy Applicable Laws.
(b) Powers of the Administrator. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, and
in the case of a Committee, subject to 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;
(ii) to
select the Service Providers to whom Options and Stock Purchase Rights may be
granted hereunder;
(iii) to
determine the number of shares of Common Stock to be covered by each Option and
Stock Purchase Right granted hereunder;
(iv) to
approve forms of agreement for use under the Plan;
(v) to
determine the terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of the
Plan, of any Option or Stock Purchase Right granted hereunder. Such terms and conditions include, but are
not limited to, the exercise price, the time or times when Options or Stock
Purchase Rights may be exercised (which may be based on performance criteria),
any vesting acceleration or waiver of forfeiture restrictions, and any
restriction or limitation regarding any Option or Stock Purchase Right or the
shares of Common Stock relating thereto, based in each case on such factors as
the Administrator, in its sole discretion, shall determine;
(vi) to
reduce the exercise price of any Option or Stock Purchase Right to the then
current Fair Market Value if the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock covered
by such Option or Stock Purchase Right shall have declined since the date the
Option or Stock Purchase Right was granted;
(vii) to
institute an Option Exchange Program;
(viii) to
construe and interpret the terms of the Plan and awards granted pursuant to the
Plan;
(ix) to
prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan,
including rules and regulations relating to sub-plans established for the
purpose of satisfying applicable foreign laws;
(x) to
modify or amend each Option or Stock Purchase Right (subject to Section 16(c) of the Plan), including the
discretionary authority to extend the post-termination exercisability period of
Options longer than is otherwise provided for in the Plan;
(xi) to
allow Optionees to satisfy withholding tax obligations by electing to have the
Company withhold from the Shares to be issued upon exercise of an Option or
Stock Purchase Right that number of Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to
the minimum amount required to be withheld.
The
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Fair Market Value of the Shares to be withheld shall
be determined on the date that the amount of tax to be withheld is to be
determined. All elections by an
Optionee to have Shares withheld for this purpose shall be made in such form
and under such conditions as the Administrator may deem necessary or advisable;
(xii) to
authorize any person to execute on behalf of the Company any instrument
required to effect the grant of an Option or Stock Purchase Right previously
granted by the Administrator;
(xiii) to
make all other determinations deemed necessary or advisable for administering
the Plan.
(c) Effect of
Administrators Decision. The
Administrators decisions, determinations and interpretations shall be final
and binding on all Optionees and any other holders of Options or Stock Purchase
Rights.
6. Eligibility. Nonstatutory Stock Options and Stock
Purchase Rights may be granted to Service Providers. Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to Employees.
7. Limitations.
(a) Each
Option shall be designated in the Option Agreement as either an Incentive Stock
Option or a Nonstatutory Stock Option.
However, notwithstanding such designation, to the extent that the
aggregate Fair Market Value of the Shares with respect to which Incentive Stock
Options are exercisable for the first time by the Optionee during any calendar
year (under all plans of the Company and any Parent or Subsidiary) exceeds
$100,000, such Options shall be treated as Nonstatutory Stock Options. For purposes of this Section 7(a),
Incentive Stock Options shall be taken into account in the order in which they
were granted. The Fair Market Value of
the Shares shall be determined as of the time the Option with respect to such
Shares is granted.
(b) Neither
the Plan nor any Option or Stock Purchase Right shall confer upon an Optionee
any right with respect to continuing the Optionees relationship as a Service
Provider with the Company, nor shall they interfere in any way with the
Optionees right or the Companys right to terminate such relationship at any
time, with or without cause.
(c) The
following limitations shall apply to grants of Options:
(i) No
Service Provider shall be granted, in any fiscal year of the Company, Options
to purchase more than 100,000 Shares.
(ii) The
foregoing limitations shall be adjusted proportionately in connection with any
change in the Companys capitalization as described in Section 14.
(iii) If
an Option is cancelled in the same fiscal year of the Company in which it was
granted (other than in connection with a transaction described in Section 14), the cancelled Option will be
counted against the limits set forth in subsections (i) and (ii) above. For this purpose, if the exercise price of
an Option is reduced, the transaction will be treated as a cancellation of the
Option and the grant of a new Option.
8. Term
of Plan. Subject to Section 20 of the Plan, the Plan shall become
effective upon its adoption by the Board.
It shall continue in effect for a term of ten (10) years unless
terminated earlier under Section 16 of
the Plan.
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9. Term
of Option. The term of each Option
shall be stated in the Option Agreement.
In the case of an Incentive Stock Option, the term shall be ten (10)
years from the date of grant or such shorter term as may be provided in the
Option Agreement. Moreover, in the case
of an Incentive Stock Option granted to an Optionee who, at the time the
Incentive Stock Option is granted, owns stock representing more than ten
percent (10%) of the total combined 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 or such shorter term as may be
provided in the Option Agreement.
10. 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
determined by the Administrator, subject to the following:
(i) In
the case of an Incentive Stock Option
(A) granted
to an Employee who, at the time 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 per Share
exercise price shall be no less than 110% of the Fair Market Value per Share on
the date of grant.
(B) granted
to any Employee other than an Employee described in paragraph (A) immediately
above, the per Share exercise price shall be no less than 100% of the Fair
Market Value per Share on the date of grant.
(ii) In
the case of a Nonstatutory Stock Option, the per Share exercise price shall be
determined by the Administrator. In the
case of a Nonstatutory Stock Option intended to qualify as performance-based
compensation within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code, the per
Share exercise price shall be no less than 100% of the Fair Market Value per
Share on the date of grant.
(iii) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, Options may be granted with a per Share exercise price of less
than 100% of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant pursuant to a
merger or other corporate transaction.
(b) Waiting
Period and Exercise Dates. At the
time an Option is granted, the Administrator shall fix the period within which
the Option may be exercised and shall determine any conditions that must be
satisfied before the Option may be exercised.
(c) Form
of Consideration. The Administrator
shall determine the acceptable form of consideration for exercising an Option,
including the method of payment. In the
case of an Incentive Stock Option, the Administrator shall determine the
acceptable form of consideration at the time of grant. Such consideration may consist entirely of:
(i) cash;
(ii) check;
(iii) promissory
note;
(iv) other
Shares which, in the case of Shares acquired directly or indirectly from the
Company, (A) have been owned by the Optionee for more than six (6)
months on the date of surrender,
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and (B) have a Fair
Market Value on the date of surrender equal to the aggregate exercise price of
the Shares as to which said Option shall be exercised;
(v) consideration
received by the Company under a cashless exercise program implemented by the
Company in connection with the Plan;
(vi) a
reduction in the amount of any Company liability to the Optionee, including any
liability attributable to the Optionees participation in any Company-sponsored
deferred compensation program or arrangement;
(vii) any
combination of the foregoing methods of payment; or
(viii) such
other consideration and method of payment for the issuance of Shares to the
extent permitted by Applicable Laws.
11. Exercise
of Option.
(a) Procedure
for Exercise; Rights as a Stockholder.
Any Option granted hereunder shall be exercisable according to the
terms of the Plan and at such times and under such conditions as determined by
the Administrator and set forth in the Option Agreement. Unless the Administrator provides otherwise,
vesting of Options granted hereunder shall be suspended during any unpaid leave
of absence. An Option may not be
exercised for a fraction of a Share.
An Option shall be deemed exercised when the Company
receives: (i) written or electronic notice of exercise (in accordance with
the Option Agreement) from the person entitled to exercise the Option, and
(ii) full payment for the Shares with respect to which the Option is
exercised. Full payment may consist of
any consideration and method of payment authorized by the Administrator and
permitted by the Option Agreement and the Plan. Shares issued upon exercise of an Option shall be issued in the
name of the Optionee or, if requested by the Optionee, in the name of the
Optionee and his or her spouse. Until
the Shares are issued (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. The Company shall issue (or cause to be
issued) such Shares promptly after the Option is exercised. No adjustment will be made for a dividend or
other right for which the record date is prior to the date the Shares are
issued, except as provided in Section 14 of the Plan.
Exercising
an Option in any manner shall decrease the number of Shares thereafter
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.
(b) Termination
of Relationship as a Service Provider.
If an Optionee ceases to be a Service Provider, other than upon the
Optionees death, Disability, or Retirement the Optionee may exercise his or
her Option within such period of time as is specified in the Option Agreement
to the extent that the Option is vested on the date of termination (but in no
event later than the expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in the
Option Agreement). In the absence of a
specified time in the Option Agreement, the Option shall remain exercisable for
three (3) months following the Optionees termination. If, on the date of termination, the Optionee
is not vested as to his or her entire Option, the Shares covered by the
unvested portion of the Option shall revert to the Plan. If, after termination, the Optionee does not
exercise his or her Option within the time specified by the Administrator, the
Option shall terminate, and the Shares covered by such Option shall revert to
the Plan.
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(c) Disability
of Optionee. If an Optionee ceases
to be a Service Provider as a result of the Optionees Disability, the Option
granted hereunder to such Optionee shall become vested and exercisable for the
full number of Shares covered by the Option.
The Optionee may exercise his or her Option at any time within twelve
(12) months from the date of such termination (but in no event later than the
expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in the Notice of
Grant). If, after termination, the
Optionee does not exercise his or her Option within the time specified herein,
the Option shall terminate, and the Shares covered by such Option shall revert
to the Plan.
(d) Death
of Optionee. If an Optionee dies
while a Service Provider, the Option shall become vested and exercisable for
the full number of Shares covered by the Option. The Option held by the Optionee at the time of death may be
exercised at any time within twelve (12) months following the date of death of
Optionee by the Optionees designated beneficiary, provided such beneficiary
has been designated prior to Optionees death in a form acceptable to the
Administrator. In no event shall an
Option be exercised later than the expiration of the term of the Option, as set
forth in the Option Agreement. If no
such beneficiary has been designated by the Optionee, then such Option may be
exercised by the personal representative of the Optionees estate or by the
person(s) to whom the Option is transferred pursuant to the Optionees will or
in accordance with the laws of descent and distribution. If the Option is not so exercised within the
time specified herein, the Option shall terminate, and the Shares covered by
such Option shall revert to the Plan.
(e) Retirement
of Optionee. In the event of an Optionees
Retirement while a Service Provider, the Option shall become vested and
exercisable for the full number of Shares covered by the Option. The Option held by the Optionee at the time
of Retirement may be exercised at any time within twelve (12) months following
the date of Retirement; provided, however, that (i) this subsection (e) shall
not apply to grants made on or before May 16, 2002, and (ii) this subsection
(e) shall apply to grants made on or after May 17, 2002. In no event shall an Option be exercised
later than the expiration of the term of the Option, as set forth in the Option
Agreement. If the Option is not so
exercised within the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate, and the
Shares covered by such Option shall revert to the Plan.
12. Stock
Purchase Rights.
(a) Rights
to Purchase. Stock Purchase Rights
may be issued either alone, in addition to, or in tandem with other awards
granted under the Plan and/or cash awards made outside of the Plan. After the Administrator determines that it
will offer Stock Purchase Rights under the Plan, it shall advise the offeree in
writing or electronically, by means of a Notice of Grant, of the terms,
conditions and restrictions related to the offer, including the number of
Shares that the offeree shall be entitled to purchase, the price to be paid,
and the time within which the offeree must accept such offer. The offer shall be accepted by execution of
a Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement in the form determined by the
Administrator.
(b) Repurchase
Option. 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 purchasers service 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 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 a rate
determined by the Administrator.
(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.
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(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.
13. Transferability
of Options and Stock Purchase Rights. Unless
determined otherwise by the Administrator, an Option or Stock Purchase Right
may not be sold, pledged, assigned, hypothecated, transferred, or disposed of
in any manner other than by will or by the laws of descent or distribution and
may be exercised, during the lifetime of the Optionee, only by the
Optionee. If the Administrator makes an
Option or Stock Purchase Right transferable, such Option or Stock Purchase
Right shall contain such additional terms and conditions as the Administrator
deems appropriate.
14. Adjustments
Upon Changes in Capitalization, Merger or Change in Control.
(a) Changes
in Capitalization. Subject to any
required action by the stockholders of the Company, the number of shares of
Common Stock that have been authorized for issuance under the Plan but as to
which no Options or Stock Purchase Rights have yet been granted or which have
been returned to the Plan upon cancellation or expiration of an Option or Stock
Purchase Right and the number of shares of Common Stock as well as the price
per share of Common Stock covered by each such outstanding Option or Stock
Purchase Right, shall be proportionately adjusted for any increase or decrease
in the number of issued shares of Common Stock resulting from a stock split,
reverse stock split, stock dividend, combination or reclassification of the
Common Stock, or any other increase or decrease in the number of issued shares
of Common Stock effected without receipt of consideration by the Company;
provided, however, that conversion of any convertible securities of the Company
shall not be deemed to have been effected without receipt of consideration. Such adjustment shall be made by the Board,
whose determination in that respect shall be final, binding and
conclusive. Except as expressly
provided herein, no issuance by the Company of shares of stock of any class, or
securities convertible into shares of stock of any class, shall affect, and no
adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number or
price of shares of Common Stock subject to an Option or Stock Purchase Right.
(b) Dissolution
or Liquidation. In the event of the
proposed dissolution or liquidation of the Company, the Administrator shall
notify each Optionee as soon as practicable prior to the effective date of such
proposed transaction. The Administrator
in its discretion may provide for an Optionee to have the right to exercise his
or her Option until ten (10) days prior to such transaction as to all of the
Optioned Stock covered thereby, including Shares as to which the Option would
not otherwise be exercisable. In
addition, the Administrator may provide that any Company repurchase option
applicable to any Shares purchased upon exercise of an Option or Stock Purchase
Right shall lapse as to all such Shares, provided the proposed dissolution or
liquidation takes place at the time and in the manner contemplated. To the extent it has not been previously
exercised, an Option or Stock Purchase Right will terminate immediately prior
to the consummation of such proposed action.
(c) Merger
or Change in Control. In the event
of a merger of the Company with or into another corporation, or a Change in
Control, each outstanding Option and Stock Purchase Right shall be assumed or
an equivalent option or right substituted by the successor corporation or a
Parent or Subsidiary of the successor corporation.
In the event that the
successor corporation refuses to assume or substitute for the Option or Stock
Purchase Right, the Optionee shall fully vest in and have the right to exercise
the Option or Stock Purchase Right as to all of the Optioned Stock, including
Shares as to which it would not otherwise be vested or
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exercisable. If an Option or Stock Purchase Right becomes
fully vested and exercisable in lieu of assumption or substitution in the event
of a merger or sale of assets, the Administrator shall notify the Optionee in
writing or electronically that the Option or Stock Purchase Right shall be
fully vested and exercisable for a period of fifteen (15) days from the date of
such notice, and the Option or Stock Purchase Right shall terminate upon the
expiration of such period.
For
the purposes of this subsection (c), the Option or Stock Purchase Right shall
be considered assumed if, following the merger or Change in Control, the option
or right confers the right to purchase or receive, for each Share of Optioned
Stock subject to the Option or Stock Purchase Right immediately prior to the
merger or Change in Control, the consideration (whether stock, cash, or other
securities or property) received in the merger or Change in Control by holders
of Common Stock for each Share held on the effective date of the transaction
(and if holders were offered a choice of consideration, the type of
consideration chosen by the holders of a majority of the outstanding Shares);
provided, however, that if such consideration received in the merger or Change
in Control is not solely common stock of the successor corporation or its
Parent, the Administrator may, with the consent of the successor corporation,
provide for the consideration to be received upon the exercise of the Option or
Stock Purchase Right, for each Share of Optioned Stock subject to the Option or
Stock Purchase Right, to be solely common stock of the successor corporation or
its Parent equal in fair market value to the per share consideration received
by holders of Common Stock in the merger or Change in Control.
15. Date
of Grant. The date of grant of an
Option or Stock Purchase Right shall be, for all purposes, the date on which
the Administrator makes the determination granting such Option or Stock
Purchase Right, or such other later date as is determined by the
Administrator. Notice of the
determination shall be provided to each Optionee within a reasonable time after
the date of such grant.
16. Amendment
and Termination of the Plan.
(a) Amendment
and Termination. The Board may at
any time amend, alter, suspend or terminate the Plan.
(b) Stockholder
Approval. The Company shall obtain
stockholder approval of any Plan amendment to the extent necessary and
desirable to comply with Applicable Laws.
(c) Effect
of Amendment or Termination. No
amendment, alteration, suspension or termination of the Plan shall impair the
rights of any Optionee, unless mutually agreed otherwise between the Optionee
and the Administrator, which agreement must be in writing and signed by the
Optionee and the Company. Termination
of the Plan shall not affect the Administrators ability to exercise the powers
granted to it hereunder with respect to Options granted under the Plan prior to
the date of such termination.
17. Conditions
Upon Issuance of Shares.
(a) Legal
Compliance. Shares shall not be
issued pursuant to the exercise of an Option or Stock Purchase Right unless the
exercise of such Option or Stock Purchase Right and the issuance and delivery
of such Shares shall comply with Applicable Laws and shall be further subject
to the approval of counsel for the Company with respect to such compliance.
(b) Investment
Representations. As a condition to
the exercise of an Option or Stock Purchase Right, the Company may require the
person exercising such Option or Stock Purchase Right to represent and warrant
at the time of any such exercise that the Shares are being purchased only for
investment
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and without any present intention to sell or
distribute such Shares if, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, such a
representation is required.
18. Inability
to Obtain Authority. The inability
of the Company to obtain authority from any regulatory body having
jurisdiction, which authority is deemed by the Companys counsel to be
necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any Shares hereunder, shall
relieve the Company of any liability in respect of the failure to issue or sell
such Shares as to which such requisite authority shall not have been obtained.
19. Reservation
of Shares. The Company, during the
term of this Plan, will at all times reserve and keep available such number of
Shares as shall be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the Plan.
20. Stockholder
Approval. The Plan shall be subject
to approval by the stockholders of the Company within twelve (12) months after
the date the Plan is adopted. Such
stockholder approval shall be obtained in the manner and to the degree required
under Applicable Laws.
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