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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date
of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 21, 2009
MannKind Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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incorporation or organization)
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000-50865
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13-3607736
(IRS Employer
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28903 North Avenue Paine
Valencia, California
(Address of principal executive offices)
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91355
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Registrants telephone number, including area code: (661) 775-5300
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing
obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain
Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
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On May 21, 2009, at the registrants annual meeting
of stockholders, the stockholders approved an amendment to
the 2004 Equity Incentive Plan to
increase the aggregate number of shares of common stock authorized
for issuance under the plan by 5,000,000 shares. A copy of the
amended plan is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this current report
and is incorporated herein by reference. |
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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99.1 |
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2004 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended. |
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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MANNKIND CORPORATION
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/s/ DAVID THOMSON
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David Thomson, Ph.D., J.D. |
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Corporate Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary |
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Dated:
June 8, 2009
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Index to Exhibits
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99.1 |
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2004 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended. |
exv99w1
Exhibit 99.1
MannKind Corporation
2004 Equity Incentive Plan
Originally Adopted as the 2001 Stock Awards Plan on October 7, 2001
Originally Approved by Stockholders on October 7, 2001
Amended and Restated on March 23, 2004
Approved by Stockholders on March 23, 2004
Amended on February 16, 2006
Approved by Stockholders on May 25, 2006
Amended on January 30, 2008
Approved by Stockholders on May 22, 2008
Amended on February 19, 2009
Approved by Stockholders on
May 21, 2009
Termination Date: March 22, 2014
1. Purposes.
(a) Amendment and Restatement. The Plan amends and restates the MannKind Corporation 2001
Stock Awards Plan adopted October 7, 2001 (the Prior Plan"). All outstanding awards granted under
the Prior Plan shall remain subject to the terms of the Prior Plan. All options granted subsequent
to the effective date of this Plan shall be subject to the terms of this Plan.
(b) Eligible Stock Award Recipients. The persons eligible to receive Stock Awards are
Employees, Directors and Consultants.
(c) Available Stock Awards. The purpose of the Plan is to provide a means by which eligible
recipients of Stock Awards may be given an opportunity to benefit from increases in value of the
Common Stock through the granting of the following Stock Awards: (i) Incentive Stock Options, (ii)
Nonstatutory Stock Options, (iii) Restricted Stock Awards, (iv) Stock Appreciation Rights, (v)
Phantom Stock Awards and (vi) Other Stock Awards.
(d) General Purpose. The Company, by means of the Plan, seeks to retain the services of the
group of persons eligible to receive Stock Awards, to secure and retain the services of new members
of this group and to provide incentives for such persons to exert maximum efforts for the success
of the Company and its Affiliates.
2. Definitions.
(a) Affiliate means any parent corporation or subsidiary corporation of the Company, whether
now or hereafter existing, as those terms are defined in Sections 424(e) and (f), respectively, of
the Code.
(b) Board means the Board of Directors of the Company.
(c) Capitalization Adjustment has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 11(a).
(d) Cause means, with respect to a Participant, the occurrence of any of the following: (i)
such Participants conviction of any felony or any crime involving fraud or dishonesty which, in
the Boards sole discretion, materially affects the business of the Company; (ii) such
Participants participation (whether by affirmative act or omission) in a fraud, act of dishonesty
or other act of misconduct against the Company and/or its Affiliates which, in the Boards sole
discretion, materially affects the business of the Company; (iii) conduct by such Participant
which, based upon a good faith and reasonable factual investigation by the Company (or, if such
Participant is an Officer, by the Board), demonstrates such Participants gross unfitness to serve;
(iv) such Participants violation of any statutory or fiduciary duty, or duty of loyalty, owed to
the Company and/or its Affiliates; (v) such Participants breach of any material term of any
material contract between such Participant and the Company and/or its Affiliates; and (vi) such
Participants repeated violation of any material Company policy. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
such Participants Disability shall not constitute Cause as set forth herein. The determination
that a termination is for Cause shall be by the Committee in its sole and exclusive judgment and
discretion.
(e) Change in Control means the occurrence, in a single transaction or in a series of
related transactions, of any one or more of the following events:
(i) any Exchange Act Person becomes the Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the
Company representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the Companys
then outstanding securities other than by virtue of a merger, consolidation or similar transaction.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Change in Control shall not be deemed to occur (A) on account of
an Exchange Act Person as described in Section 2(s) (E) transferring in a single act or series of
related acts more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the Companys then
outstanding securities (1) by gift, (2) for estate planning purposes or (3) to any entity
controlled directly or indirectly by such Exchange Act Person, (B) on account of the acquisition of
securities of the Company by an investor, any affiliate thereof or any other Exchange Act Person
from the Company in a transaction or series of related transactions the primary purpose of which is
to obtain financing for the Company through the issuance of equity securities or (C) solely because
the level of Ownership held by any Exchange Act Person (the Subject Person) exceeds the
designated percentage threshold of the outstanding voting securities as a result of a repurchase or
other acquisition of voting securities by the Company reducing the number of shares outstanding,
provided that if a Change in Control would occur (but for the operation of this sentence) as a
result of the acquisition of voting securities by the Company, and after such share acquisition,
the Subject Person becomes the Owner of any additional voting securities that, assuming the
repurchase or other acquisition had not occurred, increases the percentage of the then outstanding
voting securities Owned by the Subject Person over the designated percentage threshold, then a
Change in Control shall be deemed to occur;
(ii) there is consummated a merger, consolidation or similar transaction involving (directly
or indirectly) the Company and, immediately after the consummation of such merger, consolidation or
similar transaction, the stockholders of the Company immediately prior
thereto do not Own, directly or indirectly, either (A) outstanding voting securities
representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined outstanding voting power of the
surviving Entity in such merger, consolidation or similar transaction or (B) more than fifty
percent (50%) of the combined outstanding voting power of the parent of the surviving Entity in
such merger, consolidation or similar transaction, in each case in substantially the same
proportions as their Ownership of the outstanding voting securities of the Company immediately
prior to such transaction;
(iii) there is consummated a sale, lease, license or other disposition of all or substantially
all of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, other than a sale, lease,
license or other disposition of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company
and its Subsidiaries to an Entity, more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of
the voting securities of which are Owned by stockholders of the Company in substantially the same
proportions as their Ownership of the outstanding voting securities of the Company immediately
prior to such sale, lease, license or other disposition; or
(iv) individuals who, on the date this Plan is adopted by the Board, are members of the Board
(the Incumbent Board") cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the members of
the Board; provided, however, that if the appointment or election (or nomination for election) of
any new Board member was approved or recommended by a majority vote of the members of the Incumbent
Board then still in office, such new member shall, for purposes of this Plan, be considered as a
member of the Incumbent Board.
Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this Plan, the definition of Change in
Control (or any analogous term) in an individual written agreement between the Company or any
Affiliate and the Participant shall supersede the foregoing definition with respect to Stock Awards
subject to such agreement (it being understood, however, that if no definition of Change in Control
or any analogous term is set forth in such an individual written agreement, the foregoing
definition shall apply).
(f) Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(g) Committee means a committee of one or more members of the Board appointed by the Board
in accordance with Section 3(c).
(h) Common Stock means the common stock of the Company.
(i) Company means MannKind Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
(j) Consultant means any person, including an advisor, who (i) is engaged by the Company or
an Affiliate to render consulting or advisory services and is compensated for such services or (ii)
is serving as a member of the Board of Directors of an Affiliate and is compensated for such
services. However, service solely as a Director, or payment of a fee for such services, shall not
cause a Director to be considered a Consultant for purposes of the Plan.
(k) Continuous Service means that the Participants service with the Company or an
Affiliate, whether as an Employee, Director or Consultant, is not interrupted or terminated. A
change in the capacity in which the Participant renders service to the Company or an Affiliate as
an Employee, Consultant or Director or a change in the entity for which the Participant
renders such service, provided that there is no interruption or termination of the Participants
service with the Company or an Affiliate, shall not terminate a Participants Continuous Service.
For example, a change in status from an Employee of the Company to a Consultant of an Affiliate or
to a Director shall not constitute an interruption of Continuous Service. The Board or the chief
executive officer of the Company, in that partys sole discretion, may determine whether Continuous
Service shall be considered interrupted in the case of any leave of absence approved by that party,
including sick leave, military leave or any other personal leave. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a
leave of absence shall be treated as Continuous Service for purposes of vesting in a Stock Award
only to such extent as may be provided in the Companys leave of absence policy or in the written
terms of the Participants leave of absence.
(l) Corporate Transaction means the occurrence, in a single transaction or in a series of
related transactions, of any one or more of the following events:
(i) a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all, as determined by the Board in its
discretion, of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries;
(ii) a sale or other disposition of at least ninety percent (90%) of the outstanding
securities of the Company;
(iii) a merger, consolidation or similar transaction following which the Company is not the
surviving corporation; or
(iv) a merger, consolidation or similar transaction following which the Company is the
surviving corporation but the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately preceding the merger,
consolidation or similar transaction are converted or exchanged by virtue of the merger,
consolidation or similar transaction into other property, whether in the form of securities, cash
or otherwise.
(m) Covered Employee means the chief executive officer and the four (4) other highest
compensated officers of the Company for whom total compensation is required to be reported to
stockholders under the Exchange Act, as determined for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code.
(n) Director means a member of the Board.
(o) Disability means the permanent and total disability of a person within the meaning of
Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.
(p) Employee means any person employed by the Company or an Affiliate. However, service
solely as a Director, or payment of a fee for such services, shall not cause a Director to be
considered an Employee for purposes of the Plan.
(q) Entity means a corporation, partnership or other entity.
(r) Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(s) Exchange Act Person means any natural person, Entity or group (within the meaning of
Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act), except that Exchange Act Person shall not include
(A) the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, (B) any employee benefit plan of the Company or
any Subsidiary of the Company or any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an
employee benefit plan of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, (C) an underwriter
temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities, (D) an Entity Owned,
directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as
their Ownership of stock of the Company; or (E) any natural person, Entity or group (within the
meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act) that, as of the effective date of the Plan
as set forth in Section 14, is the Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company
representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the Companys then
outstanding securities.
(t) Fair Market Value means, as of any date, the value of the Common Stock determined as
follows:
(i) If the Common Stock is listed on any established stock exchange or traded on the Nasdaq
National Market or the Nasdaq SmallCap Market, the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock
shall be the closing sales price for such stock (or the closing bid, if no sales were reported) as
quoted on such exchange or market (or the exchange or market with the greatest volume of trading in
the Common Stock) on the last market trading day prior to the day of determination, as reported in
The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Board deems reliable.
(ii) In the absence of such markets for the Common Stock, the Fair Market Value shall be
determined in good faith by the Board.
(u) 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.
(v) IPO Date means the closing date of the initial public offering of the Common Stock.
(w) Non-Employee Director means a Director who either (i) is not a current Employee or
Officer of the Company or an Affiliate, does not receive compensation, either directly or
indirectly, from the Company or an Affiliate for services rendered as a consultant or in any
capacity other than as a Director (except for an amount as to which disclosure would not be
required under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act
(Regulation S-K)), does not possess an interest in any other transaction for which disclosure
would be required under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K, and is not engaged in a business
relationship for which disclosure would be required pursuant to Item 404(b) of Regulation S-K; or
(ii) is otherwise considered a non-employee director for purposes of Rule 16b-3.
(x) Nonstatutory Stock Option means an Option not intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock
Option.
(y) 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.
(z) Option means an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonstatutory Stock Option to purchase shares
of Common Stock granted pursuant to the Plan.
(aa) Option Agreement means a written agreement between the Company and an Optionholder
evidencing the terms and conditions of an Option grant. Each Option Agreement shall be subject to
the terms and conditions of the Plan.
(bb) Optionholder means a person to whom an Option is granted pursuant to the Plan or, if
applicable, such other person who holds an outstanding Option.
(cc) Other Stock Award means an award based in whole or in part by reference to the Common
Stock which is granted pursuant to the terms and conditions of Section 7(d).
(dd) Other Stock Award Agreement means a written agreement between the Company and a holder
of an Other Stock Award evidencing the terms and conditions of an Other Stock Award grant. Each
Other Stock Award Agreement shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.
(ee) Outside Director means a Director who either (i) is not a current employee of the
Company or an affiliated corporation (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations promulgated
under Section 162(m) of the Code), is not a former employee of the Company or an affiliated
corporation who receives compensation for prior services (other than benefits under a
tax-qualified retirement plan) during the taxable year, has not been an officer of the Company or
an affiliated corporation, and does not receive remuneration from the Company or an affiliated
corporation, either directly or indirectly, in any capacity other than as a Director or (ii) is
otherwise considered an outside director for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code.
(ff) Own, Owned, Owner, Ownership A person or Entity shall be deemed to Own, to
have Owned, to be the Owner of, or to have acquired Ownership of securities if such person or
Entity, directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or
otherwise, has or shares voting power, which includes the power to vote or to direct the voting,
with respect to such securities.
(gg) Participant means a person to whom a Stock Award is granted pursuant to the Plan or, if
applicable, such other person who holds an outstanding Stock Award.
(hh) Phantom Stock Award means a right to receive shares of Common Stock which is granted
pursuant to the terms and conditions of Section 7(b).
(ii) Phantom Stock Award Agreement means a written agreement between the Company and a
holder of a Phantom Stock Award evidencing the terms and conditions of a Phantom Stock Award grant.
Each Phantom Stock Award Agreement shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.
(jj) Plan means this MannKind Corporation 2003 Equity Incentive Plan.
(kk) Restricted Stock Award means an award of shares of Common Stock which is granted
pursuant to the terms and conditions of Section 7(a).
(ll) Restricted Stock Award Agreement means a written agreement between the Company and a
holder of a Restricted Stock Award evidencing the terms and conditions of a Restricted Stock Award
grant. Each Restricted Stock Award Agreement shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the
Plan.
(mm) Rule 16b-3 means Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act or any successor to Rule
16b-3, as in effect from time to time.
(nn) Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(oo) Stock Appreciation Right means a right to receive the appreciation of Common Stock that
is granted pursuant to the terms and conditions of Section 7(c).
(pp) Stock Appreciation Right Agreement means a written agreement between the Company and a
holder of a Stock Appreciation Right evidencing the terms and conditions of a Stock Appreciation
Right grant. Each Stock Appreciation Right Agreement shall be subject to the terms and conditions
of the Plan.
(qq) Stock Award means any right granted under the Plan, including an Option, a Restricted
Stock Award, a Stock Appreciation Right, a Phantom Stock Award or any Other Stock Award.
(rr) Stock Award Agreement means a written agreement between the Company and a holder of a
Stock Award Participant evidencing the terms and conditions of a Stock Award grant. Each Stock
Award Agreement shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.
(ss) Subsidiary means, with respect to the Company, (i) any corporation of which more than
fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding capital stock having ordinary voting power to elect a
majority of the board of directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether, at the time, stock
of any other class or classes of such corporation shall have or might have voting power by reason
of the happening of any contingency) is at the time, directly or indirectly, Owned by the Company,
and (ii) any partnership in which the Company has a direct or indirect interest (whether in the
form of voting or participation in profits or capital contribution) of more than fifty percent
(50%).
(tt) Ten Percent Stockholder means a person who Owns (or is deemed to Own pursuant to
Section 424(d) of the Code) stock possessing more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined
voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or of any of its Affiliates.
3. Administration.
(a) Administration by Board. The Board shall administer the Plan unless and until the Board
delegates administration to a Committee, as provided in Section 3(c).
(b) Powers of Board. The Board shall have the power, subject to, and within the limitations
of, the express provisions of the Plan:
(i) To determine from time to time which of the persons eligible under the Plan shall be
granted Stock Awards; when and how each Stock Award shall be granted; what type or combination of
types of Stock Award shall be granted; the provisions of each Stock Award granted (which need not
be identical), including the time or times when a person shall be permitted to receive Common Stock
pursuant to a Stock Award; and the number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which a Stock
Award shall be granted to each such person.
(ii) To construe and interpret the Plan and Stock Awards granted under it, and to establish,
amend and revoke rules and regulations for its administration. The Board, in the exercise of this
power, may correct any defect, omission or inconsistency in the Plan or in any Stock Award
Agreement, in a manner and to the extent it shall deem necessary or expedient to make the Plan
fully effective.
(iii) To effect, at any time and from time to time, with the consent of any adversely affected
Optionholder, (1) the reduction of the exercise price of any outstanding Option under the Plan, (2)
the cancellation of any outstanding Option under the Plan and the grant in substitution therefor of
(A) a new Option under the Plan or another equity plan of the Company covering the same or a
different number of shares of Common Stock, (B) a Restricted Stock Award (including a stock bonus),
(C) a Stock Appreciation Right, (D) a Phantom Stock Award (E) an Other Stock Award, (F) cash and/or
(G) other valuable consideration (as determined by the Board, in its sole discretion), or (3) any
other action that is treated as a repricing under generally accepted accounting principles.
(iv) To amend the Plan or a Stock Award as provided in Section 12.
(v) To terminate or suspend the Plan as provided in Section 13.
(vi) Generally, to exercise such powers and to perform such acts as the Board deems necessary
or expedient to promote the best interests of the Company and that are not in conflict with the
provisions of the Plan.
(vii) To adopt such procedures and sub-plans as are necessary or appropriate to permit
participation in the Plan by Employees who are foreign nationals or employed outside the United
States.
(c) Delegation to Committee.
(i) General. The Board may delegate administration of the Plan to a Committee or Committees
of one or more members of the Board, and the term Committee shall apply to any person or persons
to whom such authority has been delegated. If administration is delegated to a Committee, the
Committee shall have, in connection with the administration of the Plan, the powers theretofore
possessed by the Board, including the power to delegate to a subcommittee any of the administrative
powers the Committee is authorized to exercise (and references in this Plan to the Board shall
thereafter be to the Committee or subcommittee), subject, however, to such resolutions, not
inconsistent with the provisions of the
Plan, as may be adopted from time to time by the Board. The Board may abolish the Committee
at any time and revest in the Board the administration of the Plan.
(ii) Section 162(m) and Rule 16b-3 Compliance. In the discretion of the Board, the Committee
may consist solely of two or more Outside Directors, in accordance with Section 162(m) of the Code,
and/or solely of two or more Non-Employee Directors, in accordance with Rule 16b-3. In addition,
the Board or the Committee, in its sole discretion, may (1) delegate to a committee of one or more
members of the Board who need not be Outside Directors the authority to grant Stock Awards to
eligible persons who are either (a) not then Covered Employees and are not expected to be Covered
Employees at the time of recognition of income resulting from such Stock Award, or (b) not persons
with respect to whom the Company wishes to comply with Section 162(m) of the Code, and/or (2)
delegate to a committee of one or more members of the Board who need not be Non-Employee Directors
the authority to grant Stock Awards to eligible persons who are not then subject to Section 16 of
the Exchange Act.
(d) Delegation to an Officer. The Board may delegate to one or more Officers of the Company
the authority to do one or both of the following (i) designate Officers and Employees of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries to be recipients of Stock Awards and (ii) determine the number
of shares of Common Stock to be subject to such Stock Awards granted to such Officers and Employees
of the Company; provided, however, that the Board resolutions regarding such delegation shall
specify the total number of shares of Common Stock that may be subject to the Stock Awards granted
by such Officer and that such Officer may not grant a Stock Award to himself or herself.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3(d), the Board may not delegate to an
Officer authority to determine the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock pursuant to Section
2(t)(ii) above.
(e) Effect of Boards Decision. All determinations, interpretations and constructions made by
the Board in good faith shall not be subject to review by any person and shall be final, binding
and conclusive on all persons.
4. Shares Subject to the Plan.
(a) Share Reserve. Subject to the provisions of Section 11(a) relating to Capitalization
Adjustments, the shares of Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to Stock Awards shall not
exceed in the aggregate nineteen million (19,000,000) shares of Common Stock.
(b) Reversion of Shares to the Share Reserve. If any Stock Award shall for any reason expire
or otherwise terminate, in whole or in part, without having been exercised in full, or if any
shares of Common Stock issued to a Participant pursuant to a Stock Award are forfeited to or
repurchased by the Company, including, but not limited to, any repurchase or forfeiture caused by
the failure to meet a contingency or condition required for the vesting of such shares, then the
shares of Common Stock not issued under such Stock Award, or forfeited to or repurchased by the
Company, shall revert to and again become available for issuance under the Plan. If any shares
subject to a Stock Award are not delivered to a Participant because such shares are withheld for
the payment of taxes or the Stock Award is exercised through a reduction of shares subject to the
Stock Award (i.e., net exercised), the number of shares that are not
delivered to the Participant shall remain available for issuance under the Plan. If the
exercise price of any Stock Award is satisfied by tendering shares of Common Stock held by the
Participant (either by actual delivery or attestation), then the number of shares so tendered shall
remain available for issuance under the Plan. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Section 4(b), subject to the provisions of Section 11(a) relating to Capitalization Adjustments the
aggregate maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued as Incentive Stock Options
shall be seven million (7,000,000) shares of Common Stock.
(c) Source of Shares. The shares of Common Stock subject to the Plan may be unissued shares
or reacquired shares, bought on the market or otherwise.
5. Eligibility.
(a) Eligibility for Specific Stock Awards. Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to
Employees. Stock Awards other than Incentive Stock Options may be granted to Employees, Directors
and Consultants.
(b) Ten Percent Stockholders. A Ten Percent Stockholder shall not be granted an Incentive
Stock Option unless the exercise price of such Option is at least one hundred ten percent (110%) of
the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the date of grant and the Option is not exercisable
after the expiration of five (5) years from the date of grant.
(c) Section 162(m) Limitation on Annual Grants. Subject to the provisions of Section 11(a)
relating to Capitalization Adjustments, at such time as the Company may be subject to the
applicable provisions of Section 162(m) of the Code, no Employee shall be eligible to be granted
Options or Stock Appreciation Rights covering more than two million (2,000,000) shares of Common
Stock during any calendar year.
(d) Consultants. A Consultant shall not be eligible for the grant of a Stock Award if, at the
time of grant, a Form S-8 Registration Statement under the Securities Act (Form S-8") is not
available to register either the offer or the sale of the Companys securities to such Consultant
because of the nature of the services that the Consultant is providing to the Company, because the
Consultant is not a natural person, or because of any other rule governing the use of Form S-8.
6. Option Provisions.
Each Option shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as the Board
shall deem appropriate. All Options shall be separately designated Incentive Stock Options or
Nonstatutory Stock Options at the time of grant, and, if certificates are issued, a separate
certificate or certificates shall be issued for shares of Common Stock purchased on exercise of
each type of Option. The provisions of separate Options need not be identical, but each Option
shall include (through incorporation of provisions hereof by reference in the Option or otherwise)
the substance of each of the following provisions:
(a) Term. The Board shall determine the term of an Option; provided however that, subject to
the provisions of Section 5(b) regarding Ten Percent Stockholders, no Incentive Stock
Option shall be exercisable after the expiration of ten (10) years from the date on which it
was granted.
(b) Exercise Price of an Incentive Stock Option. Subject to the provisions of Section 5(b)
regarding Ten Percent Stockholders, the exercise price of each Incentive Stock Option shall be not
less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock subject to the
Option on the date the Option is granted. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Incentive Stock Option
may be granted with an exercise price lower than that set forth in the preceding sentence if such
Option is granted pursuant to an assumption or substitution for another option in a manner
satisfying the provisions of Section 424(a) of the Code.
(c) Exercise Price of a Nonstatutory Stock Option. The Board, in its discretion, shall
determine the exercise price of each Nonstatutory Stock Option.
(d) Consideration. The purchase price of Common Stock acquired pursuant to an Option shall be
paid, to the extent permitted by applicable law, either (i) in cash at the time the Option is
exercised or (ii) at the discretion of the Board at the time of the grant of the Option (or
subsequently in the case of a Nonstatutory Stock Option) (1) by delivery to the Company (either by
actual delivery or attestation) of other Common Stock at the time the Option is exercised, (2)
according to a deferred payment or other similar arrangement with the Optionholder, (3) by a net
exercise of the Option (as further described below), (4) pursuant to a program developed under
Regulation T as promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board that, prior to the issuance of Common
Stock, results in either the receipt of cash (or check) by the Company or the receipt of
irrevocable instructions to pay the aggregate exercise price to the Company from the sales proceeds
or (5) in any other form of legal consideration that may be acceptable to the Board. Unless
otherwise specifically provided in the Option, the purchase price of Common Stock acquired pursuant
to an Option that is paid by delivery to the Company of other Common Stock acquired, directly or
indirectly from the Company, shall be paid only by shares of the Common Stock of the Company that
have been held for more than six (6) months (or such longer or shorter period of time required to
avoid a charge to earnings for financial accounting purposes). At any time that the Company is
incorporated in Delaware, payment of the Common Stocks par value, as defined in the Delaware
General Corporation Law, shall not be made by deferred payment.
In the case of any deferred payment arrangement, interest shall be compounded at least
annually and shall be charged at the minimum rate of interest necessary to avoid (1) the treatment
as interest, under any applicable provisions of the Code, of any amounts other than amounts stated
to be interest under the deferred payment arrangement and (2) the treatment of the Option as a
variable award for financial accounting purposes.
In the case of a net exercise of an Option, the Company will not require a payment of the
exercise price of the Option from the Participant but will reduce the number of shares of Common
Stock issued upon the exercise by the largest number of whole shares that has a Fair Market Value
that does not exceed the aggregate exercise price. With respect to any remaining balance of the
aggregate exercise price, the Company shall accept a cash payment from the Participant. Shares of
Common Stock will no longer be outstanding under an Option (and will
therefore not thereafter be exercisable) following the exercise of such Option to the extent
of (i) shares used to pay the exercise price of an Option under the net exercise, (ii) shares
actually delivered to the Participant as a result of such exercise and (iii) shares withheld for
purposes of tax withholding.
(e) Transferability of an Incentive Stock Option. An Incentive Stock Option shall not be
transferable except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution and shall be exercisable
during the lifetime of the Optionholder only by the Optionholder. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Optionholder may, by delivering written notice to the Company, in a form provided by or
otherwise satisfactory to the Company, designate a third party who, in the event of the death of
the Optionholder, shall thereafter be entitled to exercise the Option.
(f) Transferability of a Nonstatutory Stock Option. A Nonstatutory Stock Option shall be
transferable to the extent provided in the Option Agreement. If the Nonstatutory Stock Option does
not provide for transferability, then the Nonstatutory Stock Option shall not be transferable
except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution and shall be exercisable during the
lifetime of the Optionholder only by the Optionholder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Optionholder may, by delivering written notice to the Company, in a form provided by or otherwise
satisfactory to the Company, designate a third party who, in the event of the death of the
Optionholder, shall thereafter be entitled to exercise the Option.
(g) Vesting Generally. The total number of shares of Common Stock subject to an Option may,
but need not, vest and therefore become exercisable in periodic installments that may, but need
not, be equal. The Option may be subject to such other terms and conditions on the time or times
when it may be exercised (which may be based on performance or other criteria) as the Board may
deem appropriate. The vesting provisions of individual Options may vary. The provisions of this
Section 6(g) are subject to any Option provisions governing the minimum number of shares of Common
Stock as to which an Option may be exercised.
(h) Termination of Continuous Service. In the event that an Optionholders Continuous Service
terminates (for reasons other than Cause or upon the Optionholders death or Disability), the
Optionholder may exercise his or her Option (to the extent that the Optionholder was entitled to
exercise such Option as of the date of termination) but only within such period of time ending on
the earlier of (i) the date three (3) months following the termination of the Optionholders
Continuous Service (or such longer or shorter period specified in the Option Agreement or (ii) the
expiration of the term of the Option as set forth in the Option Agreement. If, after termination
of Continuous Service, the Optionholder does not exercise his or her Option within the time
specified herein or in the Option Agreement (as applicable), the Option shall terminate.
(i) Extension of Termination Date. An Optionholders Option Agreement may also provide that
if the exercise of the Option following the termination of the Optionholders Continuous Service
(for reasons other than Cause or upon the Optionholders death or Disability) would be prohibited
at any time solely because the issuance of shares of Common Stock would violate the registration
requirements under the Securities Act, then the Option shall terminate on the earlier of (i) the
expiration of the term of the Option set forth in the Option Agreement or (ii) the expiration of a
period of three (3) months after the termination of the Optionholders
Continuous Service during which the exercise of the Option would not be in violation of such
registration requirements.
(j) Disability of Optionholder. In the event that an Optionholders Continuous Service
terminates as a result of the Optionholders Disability, the Optionholder may exercise his or her
Option (to the extent that the Optionholder was entitled to exercise such Option as of the date of
termination), but only within such period of time ending on the earlier of (i) the date twelve (12)
months following such termination (or such longer or shorter period specified in the Option
Agreement or (ii) the expiration of the term of the Option as set forth in the Option Agreement.
If, after termination of Continuous Service, the Optionholder does not exercise his or her Option
within the time specified herein or in the Option Agreement (as applicable), the Option shall
terminate.
(k) Death of Optionholder. In the event that (i) an Optionholders Continuous Service
terminates as a result of the Optionholders death or (ii) the Optionholder dies within the period
(if any) specified in the Option Agreement after the termination of the Optionholders Continuous
Service for a reason other than death, then the Option may be exercised (to the extent the
Optionholder was entitled to exercise such Option as of the date of death) by the Optionholders
estate, by a person who acquired the right to exercise the Option by bequest or inheritance or by a
person designated to exercise the option upon the Optionholders death pursuant to Section 6(e) or
6(f), but only within the period ending on the earlier of (1) the date eighteen (18) months
following the date of death (or such longer or shorter period specified in the Option Agreement or
(2) the expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in the Option Agreement. If, after the
Optionholders death, the Option is not exercised within the time specified herein or in the Option
Agreement (as applicable), the Option shall terminate.
(l) Retirement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at the time of termination of an
Optionholders Continuous Service for any reason other than Cause, the Optionholder is at least
fifty five (55) years old, then the Optionholder (or such person or person(s) as may be entitled to
exercise such Option pursuant to Section 6(k) in the event of the Optionholders death) may
exercise his or her Option (to the extent that the Optionholder was entitled to exercise such
Option as of the date of termination) within such period of time ending on the earlier of (i) the
date twenty four (24) months following such termination or (ii) the expiration of the term of the
Option as set forth in the Option Agreement. If, after termination, the Option is not exercised
within the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate.
(m) Termination for Cause. In the event an Optionholders Continuous Service is terminated
for Cause, the Option shall terminate upon the termination date of such Optionholders Continuous
Service and the Optionholder shall be prohibited from exercising his or her Option from and after
the time of such termination of Continuous Service.
(n) Early Exercise. The Option may, but need not, include a provision whereby the
Optionholder may elect at any time before the Optionholders Continuous Service terminates to
exercise the Option as to any part or all of the shares of Common Stock subject to the Option prior
to the full vesting of the Option. Any unvested shares of Common Stock so purchased may be subject
to a repurchase option in favor of the Company or to any other restriction the Board determines to
be appropriate. The Company shall not be required to exercise its repurchase
option until at least six (6) months (or such longer or shorter period of time required to
avoid a charge to earnings for financial accounting purposes) have elapsed following exercise of
the Option unless the Board otherwise specifically provides in the Option.
7. Provisions of Stock Awards other than Options.
(a) Restricted Stock Awards. Each Restricted Stock Award Agreement shall be in such form and
shall contain such terms and conditions as the Board shall deem appropriate. At the Boards
election, shares of Common Stock may be (i) held in book entry form subject to the Companys
instructions until any restrictions relating to the Restricted Stock Award lapse; or (ii) evidenced
by a certificate, which certificate shall be held in such form and manner as determined by the
Board. The terms and conditions of Restricted Stock Award Agreements may change from time to time,
and the terms and conditions of separate Restricted Stock Award Agreements need not be identical,
provided, however, that each Restricted Stock Award Agreement shall include (through incorporation
of the provisions hereof by reference in the agreement or otherwise) the substance of each of the
following provisions:
(i) Purchase Price. At the time of the grant of a Restricted Stock Award, the Board will
determine the price to be paid by the Participant for each share subject to the Restricted Stock
Award. To the extent required by applicable law, the price to be paid by the Participant for each
share of the Restricted Stock Award will not be less than the par value of a share of Common Stock.
A Restricted Stock Award may be awarded as a stock bonus (i.e., with no cash purchase price to be
paid) to the extent permissible under applicable law.
(ii) Consideration. At the time of the grant of a Restricted Stock Award, the Board will
determine the consideration permissible for the payment of the purchase price of the Restricted
Stock Award. The purchase price of Common Stock acquired pursuant to the Restricted Stock Award
shall be paid in one of the following ways: (i) in cash at the time of purchase; (ii) at the
discretion of the Board, according to a deferred payment or other similar arrangement with the
Participant; (iii) by services previously rendered to the Company in the case of a stock bonus; or
(iv) in any other form of legal consideration that may be acceptable to the Board and permissible
under the Delaware Corporation Law.
(iii) Vesting. Shares of Common Stock acquired under a Restricted Stock Award may, but need
not, be (i) subject to a share repurchase right or option in favor of the Company or (ii) subject
to a forfeiture right in favor of the Company, each in accordance with a vesting schedule to be
determined by the Board.
(iv) Termination of Participants Continuous Service. In the event that a Participants
Continuous Service terminates, the Company shall have the right, but not the obligation, to
repurchase, otherwise reacquire or receive by a forfeiture right, any or all of the shares of
Common Stock held by the Participant that have not vested as of the date of termination under the
terms of the Restricted Stock Award Agreement. At the Boards election, the repurchase right may
be at the least of: (i) the Fair Market Value on the relevant date; (ii) the Participants original
cost; or (iii) if the Participant paid the purchase price for the shares of Common Stock with
services rendered, then for no consideration. The Company shall not be required to exercise its
repurchase option until at least six (6) months (or such longer or shorter
period of time required to avoid a charge to earnings for financial accounting purposes) have
elapsed following the purchase of the restricted stock unless otherwise determined by the Board or
provided in the Restricted Stock Award Agreement.
(v) Transferability. Rights to purchase or receive shares of Common Stock granted under a
Restricted Stock Award shall be transferable by the Participant only upon such terms and conditions
as are set forth in the Restricted Stock Award Agreement, as the Board shall determine in its
discretion, and so long as Common Stock awarded under the Restricted Stock Award remains subject to
the terms of the Restricted Stock Award Agreement.
(b) Phantom Stock. Each Phantom Stock Award Agreement shall be in such form and shall contain
such terms and conditions as the Board shall deem appropriate. The terms and conditions of Phantom
Stock Award Agreements may change from time to time, and the terms and conditions of separate
Phantom Stock Award Agreements need not be identical, provided, however, that each Phantom Stock
Award Agreement shall include (through incorporation of the provisions hereof by reference in the
agreement or otherwise) the substance of each of the following provisions:
(i) Consideration. At the time of grant of a Phantom Stock Award, the Board will determine
the consideration, if any, to be paid by the Participant upon delivery of each share of Common
Stock subject to the Phantom Stock Award. To the extent required by applicable law, the
consideration to be paid by the Participant for each share of Common Stock subject to a Phantom
Stock Award will not be less than the par value of a share of Common Stock. Such consideration may
be paid in any form permitted under applicable law.
(ii) Vesting. At the time of the grant of a Phantom Stock Award, the Board may impose such
restrictions or conditions to the vesting of the Phantom Stock Award as it, in its absolute
discretion, deems appropriate.
(iii) Payment. A Phantom Stock Award may be settled by the delivery of shares of Common
Stock, their cash equivalent, any combination thereof or in any other form of consideration as
determined by the Board and contained in the Phantom Stock Award Agreement.
(iv) Additional Restrictions. At the time of the grant of a Phantom Stock Award, the Board,
as it deems appropriate, may impose such restrictions or conditions that delay the delivery of the
shares of Common Stock (or their cash equivalent) subject to a Phantom Stock Award after the
vesting of such Phantom Stock Award.
(v) Dividend Equivalents. Dividend equivalents may be credited in respect of shares of Common
Stock covered by a Phantom Stock Award, as determined by the Board and contained in the Phantom
Stock Award Agreement. At the discretion of the Board, such dividend equivalents may be converted
into additional shares of Common Stock covered by the Phantom Stock Award in such manner as
determined by the Board. Any additional shares covered by the Phantom Stock Award credited by
reason of such dividend equivalents will be subject to all the terms and conditions of the
underlying Phantom Stock Award Agreement to which they relate.
(vi) Termination of Participants Continuous Service. Except as otherwise provided in the
applicable Phantom Stock Award Agreement, such portion of the Phantom Stock Award that has not
vested will be forfeited upon the Participants termination of Continuous Service for any reason.
(c) Stock Appreciation Rights. Each Stock Appreciation Right Agreement shall be in such form
and shall contain such terms and conditions as the Board shall deem appropriate. The terms and
conditions of Stock Appreciation Right Agreements may change from time to time, and the terms and
conditions of separate Stock Appreciation Right Agreements need not be identical, provided,
however, that each Stock Appreciation Right Agreement shall include (through incorporation of the
provisions hereof by reference in the agreement or otherwise) the substance of each of the
following provisions:
(i) Strike Price and Calculation of Appreciation. Each Stock Appreciation Right will be
denominated in share of Common Stock equivalents. The appreciation distribution payable on the
exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right will be not greater than an amount equal to the excess of
(A) the aggregate Fair Market Value (on the date of the exercise of the Stock Appreciation Right)
of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of share of Common Stock equivalents in
which the Participant is vested under such Stock Appreciation Right, and with respect to which the
Participant is exercising the Stock Appreciation Right on such date, over (B) an amount (the strike
price) that will be determined by the Board at the time of grant of the Stock Appreciation Right.
(ii) Vesting. At the time of the grant of a Stock Appreciation Right, the Board may impose
such restrictions or conditions to the vesting of such Stock Appreciation Right as it, in its
absolute discretion, deems appropriate.
(iii) Exercise. To exercise any outstanding Stock Appreciation Right, the Participant must
provide written notice of exercise to the Company in compliance with the provisions of the Stock
Appreciation Right Agreement evidencing such Stock Appreciation Right.
(iv) Payment. The appreciation distribution in respect to a Stock Appreciation Right may be
paid in Common Stock, in cash, in any combination thereof or in any other form of consideration as
determined by the Board and contained in the Stock Appreciation Right Agreement evidencing such
Stock Appreciation Right.
(v) Termination of Continuous Service. In the event that a Participants Continuous Service
terminates, the Participant may exercise his or her Stock Appreciation Right (to the extent that
the Participant was entitled to exercise such Stock Appreciation Right as of the date of
termination) but only within such period of time ending on the earlier of (i) the date three (3)
months following the termination of the Participants Continuous Service (or such longer or shorter
period specified in the Stock Appreciation Right Agreement) or (ii) the expiration of the term of
the Stock Appreciation Right as set forth in the Stock Appreciation Right Agreement. If, after
termination, the Participant does not exercise his or her Stock Appreciation Right within the time
specified herein or in the Stock Appreciation Right Agreement (as applicable), the Stock
Appreciation Right shall terminate.
(d) Other Stock Awards. Other forms of Stock Awards valued in whole or in part by reference
to, or otherwise based on, Common Stock may be granted either alone or in addition to Stock Awards
provided for under Section 6 and the preceding provisions of this Section 7. Subject to the
provisions of the Plan, the Board shall have sole and complete authority to determine the persons
to whom and the time or times at which such Other Stock Awards will be granted, the number of
shares of Common Stock (or the cash equivalent thereof) to be granted pursuant to such Other Stock
Awards and all other terms and conditions of such Other Stock Awards.
8. Covenants of the Company.
(a) Availability of Shares. During the terms of the Stock Awards, the Company shall keep
available at all times the number of shares of Common Stock required to satisfy such Stock Awards.
(b) Securities Law Compliance. The Company shall seek to obtain from each regulatory
commission or agency having jurisdiction over the Plan such authority as may be required to grant
Stock Awards and to issue and sell shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Stock Awards;
provided, however, that this undertaking shall not require the Company to register under the
Securities Act the Plan, any Stock Award or any Common Stock issued or issuable pursuant to any
such Stock Award. If, after reasonable efforts, the Company is unable to obtain from any such
regulatory commission or agency the authority which counsel for the Company deems necessary for the
lawful issuance and sale of Common Stock under the Plan, the Company shall be relieved from any
liability for failure to issue and sell Common Stock upon exercise of such Stock Awards unless and
until such authority is obtained.
9. Use of Proceeds from Stock.
Proceeds from the sale of Common Stock pursuant to Stock Awards shall constitute general funds
of the Company.
10. Miscellaneous.
(a) Acceleration of Exercisability and Vesting. The Board shall have the power to accelerate
the time at which a Stock Award may first be exercised or the time during which a Stock Award or
any part thereof will vest in accordance with the Plan, notwithstanding the provisions in the Stock
Award stating the time at which it may first be exercised or the time during which it will vest.
(b) Stockholder Rights. No Participant shall be deemed to be the holder of, or to have any of
the rights of a holder with respect to, any shares of Common Stock subject to such Stock Award
unless and until such Participant has satisfied all requirements for exercise of the Stock Award
pursuant to its terms.
(c) No Employment or other Service Rights. Nothing in the Plan or any instrument executed or
Stock Award granted pursuant thereto shall confer upon any Participant any right to continue to
serve the Company or an Affiliate in the capacity in effect at the time the Stock Award was granted
or shall affect the right of the Company or an Affiliate to terminate (i) the
employment of an Employee with or without notice and with or without cause, (ii) the service
of a Consultant pursuant to the terms of such Consultants agreement with the Company or an
Affiliate or (iii) the service of a Director pursuant to the Bylaws of the Company or an Affiliate,
and any applicable provisions of the corporate law of the state in which the Company or the
Affiliate is incorporated, as the case may be.
(d) Incentive Stock Option $100,000 Limitation. To the extent that the aggregate Fair Market
Value (determined at the time of grant) of Common Stock with respect to which Incentive Stock
Options are exercisable for the first time by any Optionholder during any calendar year (under all
plans of the Company and its Affiliates) exceeds one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), the
Options or portions thereof that exceed such limit (according to the order in which they were
granted) shall be treated as Nonstatutory Stock Options, notwithstanding any contrary provision of
the applicable Option Agreement(s).
(e) Investment Assurances. The Company may require a Participant, as a condition of
exercising or acquiring Common Stock under any Stock Award, (i) to give written assurances
satisfactory to the Company as to the Participants knowledge and experience in financial and
business matters and/or to employ a purchaser representative reasonably satisfactory to the Company
who is knowledgeable and experienced in financial and business matters and that he or she is
capable of evaluating, alone or together with the purchaser representative, the merits and risks of
exercising the Stock Award; and (ii) to give written assurances satisfactory to the Company stating
that the Participant is acquiring Common Stock subject to the Stock Award for the Participants own
account and not with any present intention of selling or otherwise distributing the Common Stock.
The foregoing requirements, and any assurances given pursuant to such requirements, shall be
inoperative if (1) the issuance of the shares of Common Stock upon the exercise or acquisition of
Common Stock under the Stock Award has been registered under a then currently effective
registration statement under the Securities Act or (2) as to any particular requirement, a
determination is made by counsel for the Company that such requirement need not be met in the
circumstances under the then applicable securities laws. The Company may, upon advice of counsel
to the Company, place legends on stock certificates issued under the Plan as such counsel deems
necessary or appropriate in order to comply with applicable securities laws, including, but not
limited to, legends restricting the transfer of the Common Stock.
(f) Withholding Obligations. To the extent provided by the terms of a Stock Award Agreement,
the Company may in its sole discretion, satisfy any federal, state or local tax withholding
obligation relating to a Stock Award by any of the following means (in addition to the Companys
right to withhold from any compensation paid to the Participant by the Company) or by a combination
of such means: (i) causing the Participant to tender a cash payment; (ii) withholding shares of
Common Stock from the shares of Common Stock issued or otherwise issuable to the Participant in
connection with the Stock Award; or (iii) by such other method as may be set forth in the Stock
Award Agreement.
11. Adjustments upon Changes in Stock.
(a) Capitalization Adjustments. If any change is made in, or other event occurs with respect
to, the Common Stock subject to the Plan or subject to any Stock Award without the
receipt of consideration by the Company (through merger, consolidation, reorganization,
recapitalization, reincorporation, stock dividend, dividend in property other than cash, stock
split, liquidating dividend, combination of shares, exchange of shares, change in corporate
structure or other transaction not involving the receipt of consideration by the Company (each a
Capitalization Adjustment"), the Plan will be appropriately adjusted in the class(es) and maximum
number of securities subject to the Plan pursuant to Sections 4(a) and 4(b) and the maximum number
of securities subject to award to any person pursuant to Section 5(c), and the outstanding Stock
Awards will be appropriately adjusted in the class(es) and number of securities and price per share
of Common Stock subject to such outstanding Stock Awards. The Board shall make such adjustments,
and its determination shall be final, binding and conclusive. (Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
conversion of any convertible securities of the Company shall not be treated as a transaction
without receipt of consideration by the Company.)
(b) Dissolution or Liquidation. In the event of a dissolution or liquidation of the Company,
then all outstanding Stock Awards shall terminate immediately prior to the completion of such
dissolution or liquidation.
(c) Corporate Transaction. In the event of a Corporate Transaction, any surviving corporation
or acquiring corporation may assume or continue any or all Stock Awards outstanding under the Plan
or may substitute similar stock awards for Stock Awards outstanding under the Plan (including, but
not limited to, awards to acquire the same consideration paid to the stockholders of the Company,
as the case may be, pursuant to the Corporate Transaction), and any reacquisition or repurchase
rights held by the Company in respect of Common Stock issued pursuant to Stock Awards may be
assigned by the Company to the successor of the Company (or the successors parent company), if
any, in connection with such Corporate Transaction. In the event that any surviving corporation or
acquiring corporation does not assume or continue all such outstanding Stock Awards or substitute
similar stock awards for all such outstanding Stock Awards, then with respect to Stock Awards that
have been not assumed, continued or substituted and that are held by Participants whose Continuous
Service has not terminated prior to the effective time of the Corporate Transaction, the vesting of
such Stock Awards (and, if applicable, the time at which such Stock Awards may be exercised) shall
(contingent upon the effectiveness of the Corporate Transaction) be accelerated in full to a date
prior to the effective time of such Corporate Transaction as the Board shall determine (or, if the
Board shall not determine such a date, to the date that is five (5) days prior to the effective
time of the Corporate Transaction), and such Stock Awards shall terminate if not exercised (if
applicable) at or prior to such effective time, and any reacquisition or repurchase rights held by
the Company with respect to such Stock Awards shall (contingent upon the effectiveness of the
Corporate Transaction) lapse. With respect to any other Stock Awards outstanding under the Plan
that have not been assumed, continued or substituted, the vesting of such Stock Awards (and, if
applicable, the time at which such Stock Award may be exercised) shall not be accelerated, unless
otherwise provided in a written agreement between the Company or any Affiliate and the holder of
such Stock Award, and such Stock Awards shall terminate if not exercised (if applicable) prior to
the effective time of the Corporate Transaction.
(d) Change in Control. A Stock Award may be subject to additional acceleration of vesting and
exercisability upon or after a Change in Control as may be provided in the Stock Award Agreement
for such Stock Award or as may be provided in any other written agreement
between the Company or any Affiliate and the Participant, but in the absence of such
provision, no such acceleration shall occur.
12. Amendment of the Plan and Stock Awards.
(a) Amendment of Plan. Subject to the limitations, if any, of applicable law, the Board at
any time, and from time to time, may amend the Plan. However, except as provided in Section 11(a)
relating to Capitalization Adjustments, no amendment shall be effective unless approved by the
stockholders of the Company to the extent stockholder approval is necessary to satisfy applicable
law.
(b) Stockholder Approval. The Board, in its sole discretion, may submit any other amendment
to the Plan for stockholder approval, including, but not limited to, amendments to the Plan
intended to satisfy the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code and the regulations thereunder
regarding the exclusion of performance-based compensation from the limit on corporate deductibility
of compensation paid to Covered Employees.
(c) Contemplated Amendments. It is expressly contemplated that the Board may amend the Plan
in any respect the Board deems necessary or advisable to provide eligible Employees with the
maximum benefits provided or to be provided under the provisions of the Code and the regulations
promulgated thereunder relating to Incentive Stock Options and/or to bring the Plan and/or
Incentive Stock Options granted under it into compliance therewith.
(d) No Impairment of Rights. Rights under any Stock Award granted before amendment of the
Plan shall not be impaired by any amendment of the Plan unless (i) the Company requests the consent
of the Participant and (ii) the Participant consents in writing.
(e) Amendment of Stock Awards. The Board at any time, and from time to time, may amend the
terms of any one or more Stock Awards, including, but not limited to, amendments to provide terms
more favorable than previously provided in the agreement evidencing a Stock Award, subject to any
specified limits in the Plan that are not subject to Board discretion; provided, however, that the
rights under any Stock Award shall not be impaired by any such amendment unless (i) the Company
requests the consent of the Participant and (ii) the Participant consents in writing.
13. Termination or Suspension of the Plan.
(a) Plan Term. The Board may suspend or terminate the Plan at any time. Unless sooner
terminated, the Plan shall terminate on the day before the tenth (10th) anniversary of
the date the Plan is adopted by the Board or approved by the stockholders of the Company, whichever
is earlier. No Stock Awards may be granted under the Plan while the Plan is suspended or after it
is terminated.
(b) No Impairment of Rights. Suspension or termination of the Plan shall not impair rights
and obligations under any Stock Award granted while the Plan is in effect except with the written
consent of the Participant.
14. Effective Date of Plan.
The Plan shall become effective on the IPO Date, but no Stock Award shall be exercised (or, in
the case of a stock bonus, shall be granted) unless and until the Plan has been approved by the
stockholders of the Company, which approval shall be within twelve (12) months before or after the
date the Plan is adopted by the Board.
15. Choice of Law.
The laws of the State of California shall govern all questions concerning the construction,
validity and interpretation of this Plan, without regard to such states conflict of laws rules.