0001193125-12-302224.txt : 20120713 0001193125-12-302224.hdr.sgml : 20120713 20120713172158 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-12-302224 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120712 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20120713 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120713 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: YAHOO INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001011006 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-COMPUTER INTEGRATED SYSTEMS DESIGN [7373] IRS NUMBER: 770398689 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-28018 FILM NUMBER: 12962402 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: YAHOO! INC. STREET 2: 701 FIRST AVENUE CITY: SUNNYVALE STATE: CA ZIP: 94089 BUSINESS PHONE: 4083493300 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 701 FIRST AVENUE CITY: SUNNYVALE STATE: CA ZIP: 94089 8-K 1 d380093d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

 

 

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): July 12, 2012

 

 

Yahoo! Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   000-28018   77-0398689

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

701 First Avenue

Sunnyvale, California

  94089
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(408) 349-3300

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

1995 Stock Plan Amendment

The Board of Directors of Yahoo! Inc. (the “Company”) previously adopted an amended and restated version of the Yahoo! Inc. 1995 Stock Plan (the “Amended 1995 Plan”), subject to approval of the amendments by the Company’s shareholders. At the Company’s annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) held July 12, 2012, the Company’s shareholders approved the Amended 1995 Plan. Among other things, the Amended 1995 Plan provides for an adjustment to be made to outstanding stock options, restricted stock units and other awards granted under the plan in the event that the Company determines in the future to pay an extraordinary cash dividend on its common stock.

A copy of the Amended 1995 Plan is filed as an exhibit to this report and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Annual Meeting Results

On July 12, 2012, the Company held its Annual Meeting. At the Annual Meeting, shareholders elected each director nominee to the Board of Directors by the following votes:

 

Nominee

   Votes For      Votes Against      Abstentions      Broker Non-Votes  

Alfred J. Amoroso

     766,139,537         69,441,483         1,042,686         160,673,973   

John D. Hayes

     765,397,636         70,150,691         1,075,379         160,673,973   

Susan M. James

     811,971,003         23,617,547         1,035,156         160,673,973   

David W. Kenny

     765,355,121         70,232,187         1,036,398         160,673,973   

Peter Liguori

     762,145,176         73,401,303         1,077,227         160,673,973   

Daniel S. Loeb

     725,428,062         69,141,784         42,053,860         160,673,973   

Thomas J. McInerney

     829,653,914         5,928,305         1,041,487         160,673,973   

Brad D. Smith

     763,651,623         71,895,184         1,076,899         160,673,973   

Maynard G. Webb, Jr.

     827,108,359         8,436,529         1,078,818         160,673,973   

Harry J. Wilson

     780,471,355         9,386,762         46,765,589         160,673,973   

Michael J. Wolf

     789,174,349         5,283,098         42,166,259         160,673,973   

At the Annual Meeting, shareholders voted as follows on the other proposals described in the Company’s Proxy Statement as filed on Schedule 14A on June 4, 2012:

 

   

Advisory vote to approve executive compensation.

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

417,182,010

  415,029,210   4,412,386   160,673,973

 

   

Proposal to amend the Company’s 1995 Stock Plan. The Amended 1995 Plan is filed as an exhibit to this report.

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

802,973,745

  32,260,356   1,387,538   160,676,040


   

Proposal to amend the Company’s 1996 Directors’ Stock Plan. The 1996 Directors’ Stock Plan, as amended, is filed as an exhibit to this report.

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

800,146,493

  32,477,310   3,997,836   160,676,040

 

   

Proposal to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012.

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

976,616,039

  17,800,097   2,881,543   0

All vote counts above have been rounded to the nearest whole share.

Information regarding the settlement of a proxy contest initiated by certain shareholders with respect to the election of directors at the Annual Meeting was included in Item 1.01 of the Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed May 14, 2012 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

10.1    Yahoo! Inc. 1995 Stock Plan.
10.2    Yahoo! Inc. 1996 Directors’ Stock Plan.


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.

 

 

YAHOO! INC.

(Registrant)

  By:  

/s/ Ronald Bell

    Name:   Ronald Bell
    Title:  

Interim General Counsel and

Secretary

Date: July 13, 2012


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

10.1    Yahoo! Inc. 1995 Stock Plan.
10.2    Yahoo! Inc. 1996 Directors’ Stock Plan.
EX-10.1 2 d380093dex101.htm YAHOO! INC. 1995 STOCK PLAN Yahoo! Inc. 1995 Stock Plan

Exhibit 10.1

YAHOO! INC.

1995 STOCK PLAN

(as amended and restated on April 26, 2012)

 

1. Purposes of the Plan. The purposes of this 1995 Stock Plan are to attract and retain the best available personnel for positions of substantial responsibility, to provide additional incentive to Employees and Consultants of the Company and its Subsidiaries and to promote the success of the Company’s business. To accomplish the foregoing, the Plan provides that the Company may grant Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Dividend Equivalents and Performance-Based Awards (each as hereinafter defined). Options granted under the Plan may be incentive stock options (as defined under Section 422 of the Code) or nonstatutory stock options, as determined by the Administrator at the time of grant of an Option and subject to the applicable provisions of Section 422 of the Code, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

Awards granted on or after the Effective Date shall be made under this version of the Plan and not under the Plan as previously in effect. For the terms and conditions of the Plan applicable to Awards granted under the Plan before the Effective Date, refer to the version of the Plan in effect as of the date such Award was granted. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the April 2012 amendments to the Plan apply as to all Awards outstanding under the Plan.

 

2. Definitions. As used herein, the following definitions shall apply:

“Administrator” means the Board or any of its Committees appointed pursuant to Section 4 of the Plan.

“Applicable Laws” means any legal requirements of all state and federal laws, including without limitation securities laws and the Code, relating to the administration of stock incentive plans such as the Plan.

“Award” means an award of Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Dividend Equivalents, or Performance-Based Awards (each as defined below).

“Award Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 21 of the Plan.

“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

“Cause” shall have such meaning as determined by the Administrator and set forth in the applicable Award Agreement. Unless otherwise expressly provided in the applicable Award Agreement, the determination of Cause with respect to an Award shall be made by the Administrator in its sole discretion.

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

“Committee” means the Committee appointed by the Board of Directors in accordance with Section 4(a) of the Plan.

“Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company.

“Company” means Yahoo! Inc., a Delaware corporation.

“Consultant” means any person, but not including a Non-Employee Director, who is engaged by the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company to render services and is compensated for such services.

“Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant” means the absence of any interruption or termination of service as an Employee or Consultant. Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant shall not be considered interrupted in the case of: (i) sick leave; (ii) military leave; (iii) any other approved leave of absence, provided that such leave is for a period of not more than ninety (90) days, unless reemployment upon the expiration of such leave is guaranteed by contract or statute, or unless otherwise provided pursuant to Company policy adopted from time to time; or (iv) in the case of transfers between locations of the Company or between the Company, its Subsidiaries or their respective successors. For purposes of the Plan,

 

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a change in status from an Employee to a Consultant or from a Consultant to an Employee will not constitute an interruption of Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant. If an entity ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Company, an interruption of Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant shall be deemed to have occurred with respect to each Employee or Consultant in respect of such Subsidiary who does not continue as an Employee or Consultant in respect of the Company or another Subsidiary of the Company that continues as such after giving effect to the transaction or other event giving rise to the change in status. The Administrator shall be the sole judge of whether a Participant continues to render services for purposes of the Plan.

“Director” means a member of the Board.

“Dividend Equivalent” means a right granted under Section 13 of the Plan.

“Effective Date” means June 25, 2009.

“Employee” means any person, including Officers and Directors, employed by the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company. The payment of compensation by the Company for service as a Director does not, alone, constitute “employment” of the Director by the Company.

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

“Fair Market Value” means, as of any date, the fair market 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 Global Market and Nasdaq Global Select Market, its Fair Market Value shall be the closing sales price for such stock as quoted on such exchange or system on the date of determination (if for a given day no sales were reported, the closing sales price for a share of Common Stock for the next preceding day on which sales of Common Stock were reported shall be used), as such price is reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Administrator deems reliable;

 

  (ii) If the Common Stock is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market (but not on the Nasdaq Global Market or Nasdaq Global Select Market thereof) or regularly quoted by a recognized securities dealer but selling prices are not reported, its Fair Market Value shall be the mean between the bid and asked prices for the Common Stock on the date of determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Administrator deems reliable; or

 

  (iii) In the absence of an established market for the Common Stock, the Fair Market Value thereof shall be determined in good faith by the Administrator;

provided, however, that, as to Awards subject to laws other than the laws of the United States, the Administrator may adopt a different methodology for determining Fair Market Value with respect to one or more such Awards if a different methodology is necessary or advisable to secure any intended favorable tax, legal or other treatment for the particular Award(s) (for example, and without limitation, the Administrator may provide that Fair Market Value for purposes of one or more Awards will be based on an average of closing prices (or the average of high and low daily trading prices) for a specified period preceding the relevant date).

“Full-Value Award” means any Award under the Plan other than an Option or a Stock Appreciation Right.

“Good Reason” shall have such meaning as determined by the Administrator and set forth in the applicable Award Agreement. Unless otherwise expressly provided in the applicable Award Agreement, the determination of Good Reason with respect to an Award shall be made by the Administrator in its sole discretion.

“Incentive Stock Option” means an Option intended to qualify as an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code, as designated in the applicable written Option agreement.

“Non-Employee Director” shall mean a Director who is not an Employee.

 

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“Nonstatutory Stock Option” means an Option not intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option, as designated in the applicable written Option agreement.

“Officer” means an officer of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company.

“Option” means a stock option granted under Section 9 of the Plan.

“Parent” means a “parent corporation,” whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(e) of the Code or any successor provision.

“Participant” means an Employee or Consultant who receives an Award under the Plan.

“Performance-Based Award” has the meaning set forth in Appendix A of the Plan.

“Plan” means this 1995 Stock Plan, as amended from time to time.

“Reporting Person” means an Officer, Director, or greater than ten percent stockholder of the Company within the meaning of Rule 16a-2 under the Exchange Act, who is required to file reports pursuant to Rule 16a-3 under the Exchange Act.

“Restricted Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 11(a) of the Plan.

“Restricted Stock” means Shares acquired pursuant to Section 11 of the Plan.

“Restricted Stock Unit” means the right to receive in cash or Shares the Fair Market Value of a Share granted pursuant to Section 12 of the Plan.

“Rule 16b-3” means Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act, as the same may be amended from time to time, or any successor provision.

“Share” means a share of the Common Stock, as adjusted in accordance with Section 15 of the Plan.

“Stock Appreciation Right” means a stock appreciation right granted under Section 9 of the Plan.

“Stock Exchange” means any stock exchange or consolidated stock price reporting system on which prices for the Common Stock are quoted at any given time.

“Subsidiary” means a “subsidiary corporation,” whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code, or any successor provision.

“Total Disability” shall have such meaning as determined by the Administrator and set forth in the applicable Award Agreement. Unless otherwise expressly provided in the applicable Award Agreement, Total Disability with respect to an Award shall mean a total and permanent disability within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.

 

3. Stock Subject to the Plan.

 

  (a) Share Limits; Shares Available. The Shares may be authorized, but unissued, or reacquired Common Stock. The maximum aggregate number of Shares that may be issued under the Plan is 754,000,000 Shares. Shares issued in respect of any Full-Value Award granted under the Plan after the Effective Date shall be counted against the Share limit set forth in the foregoing sentence as 1.75 Shares for every one Share actually issued in connection with such Award. (For example, if 100 Shares are issued with respect to a Restricted Stock Award granted under the Plan after the Effective Date, 175 Shares shall be counted against such Share limit in connection with that Award.) Shares issued in respect of any Full-Value Award granted under the Plan on or before the Effective Date shall be counted against the Share limit set forth above at the applicable ratio in effect under the Plan on the date of grant of such Award. The maximum aggregate number of Shares that may be issued under the Plan pursuant to Options qualified as Incentive Stock Options is 754,000,000 Shares (within, and not in addition to, the aggregate share limit). Each of the foregoing numerical limits is subject to adjustment as contemplated by Section 3(b) and Section 15.

 

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  (b) Awards Settled in Cash; Reissue of Awards and Shares. To the extent that an Award is settled in cash or a form other than Shares, the Shares that would have been delivered had there been no such cash or other settlement shall not be counted against the Shares available for issuance under the Plan. In the event that shares of Common Stock are delivered in respect of a Dividend Equivalent right granted under the Plan, only the actual number of shares delivered with respect to the Award shall be counted against the share limits of the Plan. (For purposes of clarity, if 1,000 Dividend Equivalent rights are granted and outstanding when the Company pays a dividend, and 50 shares are delivered in payment of those rights with respect to that dividend, 50 shares shall be counted against the share limits of the Plan). In connection with the exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right or an Option, the number of underlying Shares as to which the exercise relates shall be counted against the applicable Share limits under Section 3(a), as opposed to only counting the Shares actually issued. (For purposes of clarity, if an Option relates to 100,000 Shares and is exercised in full at a time when the net number of Shares due to the Participant (after any netting of Shares to cover the exercise price and/or tax withholding) is 15,000 Shares, 100,000 Shares shall be counted against the applicable Share limits under Section 3(a) with respect to such exercise.) Shares that are exchanged by a Participant or withheld by the Company as full or partial payment in connection with any Award under the Plan, as well as any Shares exchanged by a Participant or withheld by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries to satisfy the tax withholding obligations related to any Award, shall not be available for subsequent Awards under the Plan. Shares that are subject to or underlie Awards which expire or for any reason are cancelled or terminated, are forfeited, fail to vest, or for any other reason are not paid or delivered under the Plan shall again be available for subsequent Awards under the Plan.

 

4. Administration of the Plan.

 

  (a) The Administrator. The Plan shall be administered by and all Awards under the Plan shall be authorized by the Administrator. The “Administrator” means the Board or one or more committees appointed by the Board or another committee (within its delegated authority) to administer all or certain aspects of the Plan. Any such committee shall be comprised solely of one or more directors or such number of directors as may be required under applicable law. A committee may delegate some or all of its authority to another committee so constituted. The Board or a committee comprised solely of directors may also delegate, to the extent permitted by Section 157(c) of the Delaware General Corporation Law and any other applicable law, to one or more officers of the Company, its powers under the Plan (a) to designate the Employees other than an officer who is a Reporting Person who will receive grants of Awards under the Plan, and (b) to determine the number of shares subject to, and the other terms and conditions of, such Awards. The Board may delegate different levels of authority to different committees with administrative and grant authority under the Plan. Unless otherwise provided in the Bylaws of the Company or the applicable charter of any Administrator, a majority of the members of the acting Administrator shall constitute a quorum, and the vote of a majority of the members present assuming the presence of a quorum or the unanimous written consent of the members of the Administrator shall constitute action by the acting Administrator.

With respect to Awards intended to satisfy the requirements for performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code, the Plan shall be administered by a committee consisting solely of two or more outside directors (as this requirement is applied under Section 162(m) of the Code); provided, however, that the failure to satisfy such requirement shall not affect the validity of the action of any committee otherwise duly authorized and acting in the matter. Award grants, and transactions in or involving Awards, intended to be exempt under Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, must be duly and timely authorized by the Board or a committee consisting solely of two or more non-employee directors (as this requirement is applied under Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act). To the extent required by any applicable Stock Exchange, the Plan shall be administered by a committee composed entirely of independent directors (within the meaning of the applicable Stock Exchange rules).

 

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  (b) Powers of the Administrator. Subject to the provisions of the Plan and in the case of a Committee, the specific duties delegated by the Board to such Committee, and subject to the approval of any relevant authorities, including the approval, if required, of any Stock Exchange, the Administrator shall have the authority, in its discretion:

 

  (i) to determine the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock, in accordance with the definition of such term set forth above;

 

  (ii) to select the Consultants and Employees to whom Awards may from time to time be granted hereunder;

 

  (iii) to determine whether and to what extent Awards are granted hereunder;

 

  (iv) to determine the number of Shares of Common Stock, if any, to be covered by each Award granted hereunder;

 

  (v) to approve forms of agreements for use under the Plan;

 

  (vi) to determine the terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, of any Award granted hereunder, including, but not limited to, the share price and any restriction or limitation, the vesting of any Award or the acceleration of vesting or waiver of a forfeiture restriction, and to determine the effect (which may include the suspension, delay or extension of vesting dates) of a leave of absence, based in each case on such factors as the Administrator shall determine, in its sole discretion;

 

  (vii) to determine whether and under what circumstances an Award may be settled in cash or other consideration instead of Common Stock (subject to the no-repricing provision below);

 

  (viii) to adjust the number of Shares subject to any Award, adjust the price of any or all outstanding Awards or otherwise change previously imposed terms and conditions, in such circumstances as the Administrator may deem appropriate, in each case subject to Sections 3 and 18 (subject to the no-repricing provision below);

 

  (ix) to construe and interpret the terms of the Plan and Awards granted pursuant to the Plan; and

 

  (x) in order to fulfill the purposes of the Plan and without amending the Plan, to modify Awards to Participants who are foreign nationals or employed outside of the United States in order to recognize differences in local law, tax policies or customs.

Notwithstanding the foregoing and except for an adjustment pursuant to Section 15(a) or a repricing approved by stockholders, in no case may the Administrator (1) amend an outstanding Option or Stock Appreciation Right to reduce the exercise price or grant price of the Award, (2) provide for the cancellation, exchange, or surrender of an outstanding Option or Stock Appreciation Right in exchange for cash or other awards for the purpose of repricing the Award, or (3) provide for the cancellation, exchange, or surrender an outstanding Option or Stock Appreciation Right in exchange for an Option or Stock Appreciation Right with an exercise or grant price that is less than the exercise or grant price of the original Award.

 

  (c) Effect of Administrator’s Decision. All decisions, determinations and interpretations of the Administrator shall be final and binding on all holders of any Award.

 

5. Eligibility.

 

  (a) Recipients of Grants. Awards may be granted to eligible Employees and Consultants. Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to Employees. An Employee or Consultant who has been granted an Award may, if he or she is otherwise eligible, be granted additional Awards.

 

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  (b) No Employment Rights. The Plan shall not confer upon any Participant any right with respect to continuation of employment or consulting relationship with the Company, nor shall it interfere in any way with such Participant’s right or the Company’s right to terminate his or her employment or consulting relationship at any time, with or without cause.

 

6. Term of Plan. The Plan shall become effective upon the earlier to occur of its adoption by the Board of Directors or its approval by the stockholders of the Company as described in Section 22 of the Plan. It shall continue in effect until April 2, 2019, unless sooner terminated under Section 18 of the Plan.

 

7. Term of Awards. The term of each Award shall be the term stated in the written agreement evidencing such Award; provided, however, that the term of any Award shall be no more than seven (7) years from the date of grant thereof or such shorter term as may be provided in such agreement and provided further that, in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to a Participant who, at the time the 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 term of the Option shall be five (5) years from the date of grant thereof or such shorter term as may be provided in the written Option agreement.

 

8. Limitation on Award Grants to Employees. Subject to adjustment as provided in the Plan, the maximum number of Shares which may be subject to all Options and Stock Appreciation Rights granted to any one Employee under the Plan during any calendar year of the Company shall be 15,000,000.

 

9. Terms of Options and Stock Appreciation Rights.

 

  (a) Type of Option. Each Option shall be designated in the written Option agreement as either an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonstatutory Stock Option. However, notwithstanding such designations, to the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value of Shares with respect to which Options designated as Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by any Participant during any calendar year (under all plans of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary) exceeds $100,000, such excess Options shall be treated as Nonstatutory Stock Options. For purposes of this Section 5(b), the most recently granted Incentive Stock Options shall be treated as Nonstatutory Stock Options first, and the Fair Market Value of the Shares subject to an Incentive Stock Option shall be determined as of the date of the grant of such Option.

 

  (b) Stock Appreciation Rights. A Stock Appreciation Right shall entitle the recipient to receive an amount equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of exercise of the Stock Appreciation Right over the grant price thereof. The Administrator shall determine whether a Stock Appreciation Right shall be settled in cash, Shares or a combination of cash and Shares. Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted in addition to another Award or freestanding and unrelated to another Award.

 

  (c) Exercise Price. The per share exercise or grant price, as the case may be, for each Option or Stock Appreciation Right shall be such price as is determined by the Administrator and set forth in the applicable agreement, but shall be subject to the following:

 

  (i) In the case of an Incentive Stock Option that is:

 

  (A) granted to an Employee who, at the time of the grant of such Incentive Stock Option, 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 other Employee, the per Share exercise price shall be no less than 100% of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant.

 

  (ii) In the case of the exercise price of a Nonstatutory Stock Option or the grant price of a Stock Appreciation Right, such price shall be no less than 100% of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant.

 

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  (d) Permissible Consideration. The consideration to be paid for the Shares to be issued upon exercise of an Option, including the method of payment, shall be determined by the Administrator (and, in the case of an Incentive Stock Option, shall be determined at the time of grant) and may consist entirely of (1) cash, (2) check, (3) other Shares that (x) in the case of Shares initially acquired from the Company (upon exercise of a stock option or otherwise), have been owned by the Participant for such period (if any) as may be required to avoid a charge to the Company’s earnings, and (y) have a Fair Market Value on the date of surrender equal to the aggregate exercise price of the Shares as to which such Option shall be exercised, (4) to the extent permitted under Applicable Laws, authorization for the Company to retain from the total number of Shares as to which the Option is exercised that number of Shares having a Fair Market Value on the date of exercise equal to the exercise price for the total number of Shares as to which the Option is exercised, (5) to the extent permitted under Applicable Laws, delivery of a properly executed exercise notice together with such other documentation as the Administrator and the broker, if applicable, shall require to effect an exercise of the Option and delivery to the Company of the sale or loan proceeds required to pay the exercise price and any applicable income or employment taxes, (6) any combination of the foregoing methods of payment, or (7) such other consideration and method of payment for the issuance of Shares to the extent permitted under Applicable Laws.

 

10. Exercise of Option or Stock Appreciation Right.

 

  (a) Procedure for Exercise; Rights as a Stockholder. Any Option or Stock Appreciation Right granted hereunder shall be exercisable at such times and under such conditions as determined by the Administrator, and reflected in the written Award Agreement, which may include vesting requirements and/or performance criteria with respect to the Company and/or the Participant.

Unless otherwise provided by the Administrator, an Option or Stock Appreciation Right may not be exercised for a fraction of a Share.

An Option or Stock Appreciation Right shall be deemed to be exercised when written notice of such exercise has been given to the Company (or such other administrative exercise procedures as the Administrator may implement from time to time have been completed) by the person entitled to exercise the Award, and, in the case of Options, the Company has received full payment for the Shares with respect to which the Option is exercised. Full payment may, as authorized by the Administrator, consist of any consideration and method of payment allowable under Section 9(d) of the Plan. Until Shares are actually issued in respect of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right and held of record by the Participant, the Participant shall have no right to vote such Shares, no right to receive dividends on such Shares, and no other rights as a stockholder with respect to such Shares, notwithstanding any earlier exercise of the Option or Stock Appreciation Right. The Company shall issue (or cause to be issued) such Shares promptly upon exercise of the Option or Stock Appreciation Right. No adjustment will be made for a dividend or other right for which the record date is prior to the date such Shares are issued, except as provided in Section 15 of the Plan.

Exercise of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right in any manner shall result in a decrease in the number of Shares that thereafter may be available, both for purposes of the Plan and the Option or Stock Appreciation Right, by the number of Shares as to which the Option or Stock Appreciation Right is exercised.

 

  (b)

Termination of Employment or Consulting Relationship. Subject to Section 10(c), in the event of termination of a Participant’s Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant with the Company, such Participant may, but only within three (3) months after the date of such termination (or such other period of time as is determined by the Administrator and is set forth in the Award Agreement and in no event later than the expiration date of the Award), exercise his or her Option or Stock Appreciation Right to the extent that the Participant was entitled to exercise it at the date of such termination. To the extent that the Participant was not entitled to exercise the Option or Stock Appreciation Right at the

 

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  date of such termination, or if the Participant does not exercise such Option or Stock Appreciation Right to the extent so entitled within the time specified herein, the Option or Stock Appreciation Right shall terminate. No termination shall be deemed to occur and this Section 10(b) shall not apply if (i) the Participant is a Consultant who becomes an Employee; or (ii) the Participant is an Employee who becomes a Consultant.

 

  (c) Disability of Participant. Notwithstanding Section 10(b) above, in the event of termination of a Participant’s Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant as a result of his or her Total Disability, Participant may, but only within twelve (12) months from the date of such termination (or such other period of time as is determined by the Administrator and is set forth in the Award Agreement and in no event later than the expiration date of the Award), exercise the Option or Stock Appreciation Right to the extent otherwise entitled to exercise it at the date of such termination. To the extent that Participant was not entitled to exercise the Option or Stock Appreciation Right at the date of termination, or if Participant does not exercise such Option or Stock Appreciation Right to the extent so entitled within the time specified herein, the Option or Stock Appreciation Right shall terminate.

 

  (d) Death of Participant. In the event of the death of a Participant during the period of Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant, or within thirty (30) days (or such other period of time as is determined by the Administrator and is set forth in the Award Agreement and in no event later than the expiration date of the Award) following the termination of the Participant’s Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant, the Option or Stock Appreciation Right may be exercised, at any time within twelve (12) months following the date of death (or such other period of time as is determined by the Administrator and is set forth in the Award Agreement and in no event later than the expiration date of the Award), by the Participant’s estate or by a person who acquired the right to exercise the Option or Stock Appreciation Right by bequest or inheritance, but only to the extent the Participant was entitled to exercise the Option or Stock Appreciation Right at the date of death or, if earlier, the date of termination of the Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant. To the extent that the Participant was not entitled to exercise the Option or Stock Appreciation Right at the date of death or termination, as the case may be, or if the Participant does not exercise such Option or Stock Appreciation Right to the extent so entitled within the time specified herein, the Option or Stock Appreciation Right shall terminate.

 

  (e) Extension of Exercise Period. Notwithstanding the limitations set forth in Sections 10(b), (c) and (d) above, the Administrator has full power and authority to extend the period of time for which any Option or Stock Appreciation Right granted under the Plan is to remain exercisable following termination of a Participant’s Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant from the limited period set forth in the written Award Agreement to such greater period of time as the Administrator shall deem appropriate; provided, however, that in no event shall such Option or Stock Appreciation Right be exercisable after the specified expiration date of the Option or Stock Appreciation Right term.

 

  (f) Rule 16b-3. Options and Stock Appreciation Rights granted to Reporting Persons shall comply with Rule 16b-3 and shall contain such additional conditions or restrictions as may be required thereunder to qualify for the maximum exemption for Plan transactions.

 

11. Restricted Stock.

 

  (a)

Grant of Restricted Stock. Restricted Stock may be issued either alone or in addition to other Awards granted under the Plan and/or cash awards made outside of the Plan. After the Administrator determines that it will grant an Award of Restricted Stock under the Plan, it shall advise the Participant in writing of the terms, conditions and restrictions related to the offer (which may include restrictions based on performance criteria, passage of time or other factors or a combination thereof) applicable to such award, the number of Shares that such person shall be entitled to purchase and the price to be paid, if any. The prospective recipient of an Award of Restricted Stock shall not have any rights with respect to any such Award, unless and until such recipient has executed an Award Agreement, in the

 

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  form determined by the Administrator, evidencing the Award. Shares purchased pursuant to the grant of an Award of Restricted Stock shall be referred to herein as “Restricted Stock,” and the period during which such Restricted Stock is subject to forfeiture shall be referred to herein as the “Restricted Period.”

 

  (b) Certificates; Book Entry Form. The Company shall issue the Shares of Restricted Stock to each Participant who is granted an Award of Restricted Stock either (i) in certificate form or (ii) in book entry form, registered in the name of the Participant, with legends or notations, as applicable, referring to the terms, conditions, and restrictions applicable to any such Award; provided that the Company may require that any stock certificates evidencing Restricted Stock granted hereunder be held in the custody of the Company until the restrictions thereon shall have lapsed, and that, as a condition of any Award of Restricted Stock, the Participant shall have delivered a stock power, endorsed in blank, relating to the Shares covered by such Award.

 

  (c) Rights as a Stockholder. Except as otherwise provided in the Award Agreement, the Participant shall possess all incidents of ownership with respect to Shares of Restricted Stock, including the right to vote such Shares and to receive dividends with respect to such Shares. If the Restricted Period expires without forfeiture in respect of Shares of Restricted Stock, the Company shall remove the legends or notations referring to the terms, conditions and restrictions on such Shares and, if certificated, deliver to the Participant the certificate or certificates evidencing the number of such Shares.

 

  (d) Termination of Employment. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the Award Agreement, in the event of the termination of the Participant’s employment or service with the Company, Parent or any Subsidiary for any reason prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period with respect to any shares of Restricted Stock, such shares of Restricted Stock held by the Participant shall be automatically forfeited by the Participant as of the date of termination. Any shares of Restricted Stock so forfeited shall be transferred to, and reacquired by, the Company without payment of any consideration by the Company, and neither the Participant nor any of the Participant’s successors, heirs, assigns or personal representatives shall thereafter have any further rights or interests in such shares. If certificates for any such shares containing restrictive legends shall have theretofore been delivered to the Participant (or his/her legatees or personal representative), such certificates shall be returned to the Company, complete with any necessary signatures or instruments of transfer.

 

  (e) Other Provisions. The Award Agreement for Restricted Stock shall contain such other terms, provisions and conditions not inconsistent with the Plan as may be determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion. In addition, the provisions of Restricted Stock Award Agreements need not be the same with respect to each Participant who is awarded Restricted Stock.

 

12. Restricted Stock Units.

 

  (a) General. Restricted Stock Units may be issued either alone or in addition to other Awards granted under the Plan and/or cash awards made outside of the Plan. After the Administrator determines that it will grant Restricted Stock Units under the Plan, it shall advise the Participant in writing of the terms, conditions and restrictions related to the offer (which may include restrictions based on performance criteria, passage of time or other factors or a combination thereof) and the number of Restricted Stock Units that such person shall be entitled to. The offer shall be accepted by execution of an Award Agreement in the form determined by the Administrator.

 

  (b) Rights as a Stockholder. A Participant who is awarded Restricted Stock Units shall possess no incidents of Common Stock ownership with respect to such Units; provided that the Award Agreement may provide for Dividend Equivalents on the Award.

 

  (c)

Termination of Employment. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the Award Agreement, in the event of the termination of the Participant’s employment or service with the Company, Parent or any Subsidiary for any reason prior to the lapsing of the restrictions with respect to any Restricted Stock

 

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  Units, such Restricted Stock Units held by the Participant shall be automatically forfeited by the Participant as of the date of termination. Neither the Participant nor any of the Participant’s successors, heirs, assigns or personal representatives shall have any rights or interests in any Restricted Stock Units that are so forfeited.

 

  (d) Other Provisions. The Award Agreement shall contain such other terms, provisions and conditions not inconsistent with the Plan as may be determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion. In addition, the provisions of Restricted Stock Units Award Agreements need not be the same with respect to each Participant who is awarded Restricted Stock Units.

 

13. Dividend Equivalents. The Administrator is authorized to grant Dividend Equivalents, which confer upon the Participant the right to receive cash or Shares corresponding to the amount of dividends paid on a specified number of Shares over the period of time covered by the Award. The Administrator may provide, at the date of grant or thereafter, that Dividend Equivalents shall be paid or distributed when accrued; provided, however, that Dividend Equivalents (other than Dividend Equivalents not related to another Award) shall be subject to all conditions and restrictions of the underlying Awards to which they relate (including, without limitation, any performance-based vesting requirements). Dividend Equivalents may be awarded on a free-standing basis not related to another Award or, except as noted below, in connection with another Award, and may be paid currently or on a deferred basis. Dividend Equivalents may not be granted with respect to the Shares covered by Options or Stock Appreciation Rights.

 

14. Tax Withholding. Upon any exercise, vesting or payment of an Award or upon the disposition of Shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of an Incentive Stock Option prior to satisfaction of the holding period requirements of Section 422 of the Code, or upon any other tax withholding event or right in connection with the Award, the Company or one of its Subsidiaries shall have the right at its option to:

 

  (a) require the Participant (or the Participant’s personal representative or beneficiary, as the case may be) to pay or provide for payment of the minimum amount of any taxes which the Company or one of its Subsidiaries may be required to withhold with respect to such Award event or payment; or

 

  (b) deduct from any amount otherwise payable in cash to the Participant (or the Participant’s personal representative or beneficiary, as the case may be) the minimum amount of any taxes which the Company or one of its Subsidiaries may be required to withhold with respect to such Award event or payment.

In any case where a tax is required to be withheld in connection with the delivery of Shares under the Plan, the Administrator may in its sole discretion (subject to Applicable Laws) (i) require or grant (either at the time of the Award or thereafter) to the Participant the right to elect, pursuant to such rules and subject to such conditions as the Administrator may establish, that the Company reduce the number of Shares to be delivered by (or otherwise reacquire from the Participant) the appropriate number of Shares, valued in a consistent manner at their Fair Market Value or at the sales price in accordance with authorized procedures for cashless exercises, necessary to satisfy the minimum applicable withholding obligation on exercise, vesting or payment, or (ii) permit the Participant to surrender to the Company Shares which (A) in the case of Shares initially acquired from the Company, have been owned by the Participant for such period (if any) as may be required to avoid a charge to the Company’s earnings, and (B) have a Fair Market Value equal to the minimum amount required to be withheld, or (iii) have the Company withhold from proceeds of the sale of such Shares (either through a voluntary sale or through a mandatory sale arranged by the Company on the Participant’s behalf) the minimum amount required to be withheld.

For these purposes, the Fair Market Value of the Shares to be withheld or repurchased, as applicable, pursuant to the preceding paragraph shall be determined on the date that the amount of tax to be withheld is to be determined (the “Tax Date”). Any surrender by a Reporting Person of previously owned Shares to satisfy tax withholding obligations incurred in connection with an Award granted under the Plan must comply with the applicable provisions of Rule 16b-3.

 

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All elections by a Participant to have Shares withheld to satisfy tax withholding obligations shall be made in a form acceptable to the Administrator and shall be subject to the following restrictions:

 

  (a) the election must be made on or prior to the applicable Tax Date;

 

  (b) once made, the election shall be irrevocable as to the particular Shares as to which the election is made; and

 

  (c) all elections shall be subject to the consent or disapproval of the Administrator.

 

15. Adjustments Upon Changes in Capitalization, Corporate Transactions.

 

  (a) Changes in Capitalization. Subject to any required action by the stockholders of the Company, (i) the number and type of shares of Common Stock (or other securities) covered by each outstanding Award, (ii) the number and type of shares of Common Stock (or other securities) that have been authorized for issuance under the Plan but as to which no Awards have yet been granted or that have been returned to the Plan upon cancellation or expiration of an Award or otherwise, (iii) the maximum number of shares of Common Stock for which Awards may be granted to any Employee under the Plan, (iv) the price per share of Common Stock covered by each such outstanding Award, and/or (v) the securities, cash or other property deliverable upon exercise or payment of any outstanding Awards, in each case to the extent necessary to preserve (but not increase) the level of incentives intended by the Plan and the then-outstanding Awards, shall be equitably and proportionately adjusted for any dividend of stock or other property, or extraordinary cash dividend, by the Company, any increase or decrease in the number of issued shares of Common Stock resulting from a stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, combination, recapitalization 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; 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 (or other securities) subject to an Award.

It is intended that, if possible, any adjustments contemplated by the preceding paragraph be made in a manner that satisfies applicable U.S. legal, tax (including, without limitation and as applicable in the circumstances, Section 424 of the Code, Section 409A of the Code and Section 162(m) of the Code) and accounting (so as to not trigger any charge to earnings with respect to such adjustment) requirements. Without limiting the generality of Section 4(c), any good faith determination by the Board as to whether an adjustment is required in the circumstances pursuant to this Section 15(a), and the extent and nature of any such adjustment, shall be conclusive and binding on all persons.

 

  (b)

Corporate Transactions. In the event of the proposed dissolution or liquidation of the Company, each Award will terminate immediately prior to the consummation of such proposed action, unless otherwise provided by the Administrator. Additionally, the Administrator may, in the exercise of its sole discretion in such instances, declare that any Award shall terminate as of a date fixed by the Administrator and that each Award shall be vested and non-forfeitable and any conditions on each such Award shall lapse, as to all or any part of such Award, including Shares as to which the Award would not otherwise be exercisable or non-forfeitable. In the event of a proposed sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or the merger of the Company with or into another corporation, each Award shall be assumed or an equivalent Award shall be substituted by such successor corporation or a parent or subsidiary of such successor corporation, unless the Administrator determines, in the exercise of its sole discretion and in lieu of such assumption or substitution, that the Award shall be vested and non-forfeitable and any conditions on each such Award shall lapse, as to all or any part of such Award, including Shares as to which the Award would not otherwise be exercisable or non-forfeitable. If the Administrator makes an Award exercisable or non-forfeitable in lieu of assumption or substitution in

 

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  the event of a merger or sale of assets, the Administrator shall notify the Participant that such Award shall be exercisable for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of such notice, and thereafter will terminate upon the expiration of such period.

 

16. Non-transferability of Awards. An Award 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; provided, however, that the Administrator may, in its discretion, grant Awards that are, or provide that one or more outstanding Awards are, transferable to a “family member” (as that term is defined in the United States Securities and Exchange Commission General Instructions to Form S-8 Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) of the Participant through a gift or domestic relations order. Any permitted transfer shall be subject to compliance with the Applicable Laws. Except as otherwise provided by the Administrator, during the lifetime of the Participant, an Award may only be exercised or Shares may only be acquired pursuant to an Award by the Participant or a transferee of an Award as permitted by this Section 16.

 

17. Time of Granting of an Award. The date of grant of an Award shall, for all purposes, be the date on which the Administrator makes the determination granting such Award, or such other later date as is determined by the Administrator. Notice of the determination shall be given to each Employee or Consultant to whom an Award is so granted within a reasonable time after the date of such grant.

 

18. Amendment and Termination of the Plan.

 

  (a) Amendment and Termination. The Administrator may amend, alter, suspend, discontinue, or terminate the Plan or any portion thereof at any time; provided, that no such amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuation or termination shall be made without stockholder approval if such approval is necessary to comply with any tax, securities or regulatory law or requirement or any applicable Stock Exchange requirement with which the Administrator intends the Plan to comply or if such amendment constitutes a “material amendment.” For purposes of the Plan, a “material amendment” shall mean an amendment that (i) materially increases the benefits accruing to Participants under the Plan, (ii) materially increases the number of securities that may be issued under the Plan, (iii) materially modifies the requirements for participation in the Plan, or (iv) is otherwise deemed a material amendment by the Administrator pursuant to any Applicable Law or applicable accounting or Stock Exchange rules.

 

  (b) Amendments to Awards. Without limiting any other express authority of the Administrator under (but subject to) the express limits of the Plan, the Administrator by agreement, resolution or written policy may waive conditions of or limitations on Awards that the Administrator in the prior exercise of its discretion has imposed, without the consent of the Participant, and (subject to the requirements of Sections 4(b) and 18(c)) may make other changes to the terms and conditions of Awards.

 

  (c) Limitations on Amendments to Plan and Awards. No amendment, suspension or termination of the Plan or change of or affecting any outstanding Award shall, without written consent of the Participant, affect in any manner materially adverse to such Participant any rights or benefits of such Participant or obligations of the Company under any Award granted under the Plan prior to the effective date of such change. Changes, settlements and other actions contemplated by Section 15 shall not be deemed to constitute changes or amendments for purposes of this Section 18(c).

 

19. Compliance with Laws. The Plan, the granting and vesting of Awards under the Plan, the offer, issuance and delivery of shares of Common Stock, and/or the payment of money under the Plan or under Awards are subject to compliance with all applicable federal, state and foreign laws, rules and regulations (including but not limited to state and federal securities law and federal margin requirements) and to such approvals by any listing, regulatory or governmental authority as may, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, be necessary or advisable in connection therewith. The person acquiring any securities under the Plan will, if requested by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries, provide such assurances and representations to the Company or one of its Subsidiaries as the Administrator may deem necessary or desirable to assure compliance with all applicable legal and accounting requirements.

 

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20. Reservation of Shares. The Company, during the term of the Plan, will at all times reserve and keep available such number of Shares as shall be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the Plan. The inability of the Company to obtain authority from any regulatory body having jurisdiction, which authority is deemed by the Company’s 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.

 

21. Award Agreements. Each Award shall be evidenced by either (1) a written Award agreement in a form approved and executed by the Company by an officer duly authorized to act on its behalf, or (2) an electronic notice of Award grant in a form approved and recorded by the Company (or its designee) in an electronic recordkeeping system used for the purpose of tracking award grants under the Plan generally (in each case, an “Award Agreement”), as the Company may provide and, in each case and if required by the Administrator, executed or otherwise electronically accepted by the Participant in such form and manner as the Administrator may require. The Administrator may authorize any officer of the Company (other than the particular Participant) to execute any or all Award Agreements on behalf of the Company. The Award Agreement shall set forth the material terms and conditions of the award as established by the Administrator consistent with the express limitations of the Plan.

 

22. Stockholder Approval. Continuance of the Plan shall be subject to approval by the stockholders of the Company within twelve (12) months before or after the date the Plan is adopted. Such stockholder approval shall be obtained in the manner and to the degree required under applicable federal and state law and the rules of any stock exchange upon which the Shares are listed.

 

23. Unfunded Status of Plan. The Plan is intended to constitute an “unfunded” plan for incentive compensation. With respect to any payments not yet made to a Participant by the Company, nothing contained herein shall give any such Participant any rights that are greater than those of a general creditor of the Company.

 

24. Governing Law. The Plan and all determinations made and actions taken pursuant hereto shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to the conflict of laws principles thereof.

 

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APPENDIX A

Performance-Based Awards

Section 162(m) Performance-Based Awards. Any of the types of Awards authorized under the Plan, as well as cash bonuses, may be granted as Awards intended to satisfy the requirements for “performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code (“Performance-Based Awards). The grant, vesting, exercisability or payment of Performance-Based Awards may depend (or, in the case of Qualifying Options or Qualifying Stock Appreciation Rights (each as defined below), may also depend) on the degree of achievement of one or more performance goals relative to a pre-established targeted level or level using one or more of the Business Criteria set forth below (on an absolute or relative basis) for the Company on a consolidated basis or for one or more of the Company’s subsidiaries, segments, divisions or business units, or any combination of the foregoing. Any Qualifying Option or Qualifying Stock Appreciation Right shall be subject only to the requirements of Section A.1 and A.3 in order for such Award to satisfy the requirements for “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code. Any other Performance-Based Award shall be subject to all of the following provisions of this Appendix A. (Options and Stock Appreciation Rights granted with an exercise or grant price not less than the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock at the date of grant are referred to as “Qualifying Options” and “Qualifying Stock Appreciation Rights,” respectively.)

A.1 Class; Administrator. The eligible class of persons for Performance-Based Awards under this Appendix A shall be Officers and Employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries. Performance-Based Awards shall be approved by, and any certification required pursuant to Section A.4 must be made by, a committee of the Board that consists solely of two or more outside directors as provided for in Section 4 of the Plan in order for such Awards to qualify as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code.

A.2 Performance Goals. The specific performance goals for Performance-Based Awards (other than Qualifying Options and Qualifying Stock Appreciation Rights) shall be, on an absolute or relative basis, established based on one or more of the following business criteria (“Business Criteria”) as selected by the Administrator in its sole discretion: revenue, revenue excluding traffic acquisition costs, revenue growth (organic and acquisition related), revenue per search, EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization), gross profit, operating cash flow, operating income, net income, cash flow from operations, capital expenditures, free cash flow, earnings per share (basic and diluted), return on equity or on assets or on net investment, cost containment or reduction, costs as a percentage of revenues, market share (measured by the Company’s share of web search queries, user time spent online or unique visitors), stock price, total stockholder return, unique users, registered users, paying subscribers, paying users, paying relationships, page views, search queries, visits per user, user frequency, user retention, user time spent online, advertisement impressions sold, cost per advertisement impression, revenue per advertisement impression, or any combination thereof. To the extent applicable, these terms are used as applied under generally accepted accounting principles or in the financial reporting of the Company or of its Subsidiaries from time to time. To qualify awards as performance-based under Section 162(m), the applicable Business Criterion (or Business Criteria, as the case may be) and specific performance goal or goals (“targets”) must be established and approved by the Administrator during the first 90 days of the performance period (and, in the case of performance periods of less than one year, in no event after 25% or more of the performance period has elapsed) and while performance relating to such target(s) remains substantially uncertain within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code. To the extent provided in the applicable Award Agreement, performance targets and/or performance measurements shall be adjusted to mitigate the unbudgeted impact of material, unusual or nonrecurring gains and losses, accounting changes or other extraordinary events not foreseen at the time the targets were set unless the Administrator provides otherwise at the time of establishing the targets. The applicable performance measurement period may not be less than three months nor more than 7 years.

 

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A.3 Form of Payment; Maximum Performance-Based Award. Grants or awards under this Appendix A may be paid in cash or shares of Common Stock or any combination thereof. Grants of Qualifying Options and Qualifying Stock Appreciation Rights to any one Participant in any one calendar year shall be subject to the limit set forth in Section 8 of the Plan. The maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock which may be delivered pursuant to Performance-Based Awards (other than Qualifying Options and Qualifying Stock Appreciation Rights, and other than cash awards covered by the following sentence) that are granted to any one Participant in any one calendar year is 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock, either individually or in the aggregate, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 15(a) of the Plan. In addition, the aggregate amount of compensation to be paid to any one Participant in respect of all Performance-Based Awards payable only in cash and not related to shares of Common Stock and granted to that Participant in any one calendar year shall not exceed $20,000,000. Awards that are cancelled during the year shall be counted against this limit to the extent required by Section 162(m) of the Code.

A.4 Certification of Payment. Before any Performance-Based Award under this Appendix A (other than Qualifying Options and Qualifying Stock Appreciation Rights) is paid and to the extent required to qualify the award as performance-based compensation within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code, the Administrator must certify in writing that the performance target(s) and any other material terms of the Performance-Based Award were in fact timely satisfied.

A.5 Reservation of Discretion. The Administrator will have the discretion to determine the restrictions or other limitations of the individual Awards granted under this Appendix A including the authority to reduce Awards, payouts or vesting or to pay no Awards, in its sole discretion, if the Administrator preserves such authority at the time of grant by language to this effect in its authorizing resolutions or otherwise.

A.6 Expiration of Grant Authority. As required pursuant to Section 162(m) of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder, the Administrator’s authority to grant new Awards that are intended to qualify as performance-based compensation within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code (other than Qualifying Options and Qualifying Stock Appreciation Rights) shall terminate upon the first meeting of the Company’s stockholders that occurs in the fifth year following the year in which the Company’s stockholders first approve this Appendix, subject to any subsequent extension that may be approved by stockholders.

 

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EX-10.2 3 d380093dex102.htm YAHOO! INC. 1996 DIRECTORS' STOCK PLAN Yahoo! Inc. 1996 Directors' Stock Plan

Exhibit 10.2

YAHOO! INC.

1996 DIRECTORS’ STOCK PLAN

(as amended and restated on April 26, 2012)

 

1. Purposes of the Plan. The purposes of this 1996 Directors’ Stock Plan are to attract and retain the best available personnel for service as Directors of the Company, to provide additional incentive to the Outside Directors of the Company to serve as Directors, and to encourage their continued service on the Board.

Awards granted on or after the Effective Date shall be made under this version of the Plan and not under the Plan as previously in effect. For the terms and conditions of the Plan applicable to Awards granted under the Plan before the Effective Date (except as expressly provided herein), refer to the version of the Plan in effect as of the date such Award was granted. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the April 2012 amendments to the Plan apply as to all Awards outstanding under the Plan.

 

2. Definitions. As used herein, the following definitions shall apply:

“Annual Meeting” means the annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders for the applicable year. If more than one such meeting occurs for a particular year, the Annual Meeting for that year means only the first such meeting for that year. In the event that an Annual Meeting for a particular year is adjourned, the date of the Annual Meeting for that year for purposes of the Plan shall be the date that corresponds to the portion of Annual Meeting at which Directors were elected.

“Applicable Laws” means any legal requirements of all state and federal laws, including without limitation securities laws and the Code, relating to the administration of stock incentive plans such as the Plan.

“Award” means an award of Options or Restricted Stock Units (each as defined below).

“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

“Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company.

“Company” means Yahoo! Inc., a Delaware corporation.

“Continuous Service as a Director” means the absence of any interruption or termination of service as a Director.

“Director” means a member of the Board.

“Director Fees” means the amount of all compensation payable to a Director for services as a member of the Board (including service on any Board committee) that, but for any election made by such Director to receive such compensation in the form of an Award under Section 11 of the Plan, would have been payable in cash to such Director.

“Effective Date” means the date of the 2010 Annual Meeting.

“Employee” means any person, including officers and directors, employed by the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company. The payment of compensation by the Company for service as a Director does not, alone, constitute “employment” of the Director by the Company.

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

“Fair Market Value” means, as of any date, the fair market 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 Global Market and Nasdaq Global Select Market, its Fair Market Value shall be the closing sales price for such stock as quoted on such exchange or system on the date of

 

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  determination (if for a given day no sales were reported, the closing sales price for a share of Common Stock for the next preceding day on which sales of Common Stock were reported shall be used), as such price is reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Board deems reliable;

 

  (ii) If the Common Stock is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market (but not on the Nasdaq Global Market or Nasdaq Global Select Market thereof) or regularly quoted by a recognized securities dealer but selling prices are not reported, its Fair Market Value shall be the mean between the bid and asked prices for the Common Stock on the date of determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Board deems reliable; or

 

  (iii) In the absence of an established market for the Common Stock, the Fair Market Value thereof shall be determined in good faith by the Board.

“Option” means a stock option granted pursuant to the Plan. All Options shall be nonstatutory stock options (i.e., options that are not intended to qualify as incentive stock options under Section 422 of the Code).

“Outside Director” means a Director who is not an Employee.

“Parent” means a “parent corporation,” whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(e) of the Code.

“Participant” means an Outside Director who receives an Award.

“Plan” means this 1996 Directors’ Stock Plan (formerly known as the “1996 Directors’ Stock Option Plan”).

“Restricted Stock Unit” means the right to receive one Share, subject to the terms and conditions hereof.

“Share” means a share of the Common Stock, as adjusted in accordance with Section 13 of the Plan.

“Stock Exchange” means any stock exchange or consolidated stock price reporting system on which prices for the Common Stock are quoted at any given time.

“Subsidiary” means a “subsidiary corporation,” whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code.

“Total Disability” means a total and permanent disability within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.

“Vesting Date” with respect to a particular Award granted pursuant to Section 4(b)(ii) means the last day of each of the four three-month periods following the date on which the Award is granted; provided, however, that the fourth such “Vesting Date” as to the Award shall be the first to occur of the first anniversary of the date of grant of the Award or the day before the Annual Meeting for the calendar year following the year in which the Award is granted.

 

3. Stock Subject to the Plan.

 

  (a) Share Limits. Subject to the provisions of Section 13 of the Plan, the maximum aggregate number of Shares which may be issued under the Plan (including Shares issued before the Effective Date) is 8,800,000 Shares (the “Pool”) of Common Stock. The Shares may be authorized, but unissued, or reacquired Common Stock. Shares issued in payment of any Restricted Stock Units granted under the Plan shall be counted against the Pool as 1.75 shares for every one Share actually issued in payment of such Restricted Stock Units. (For example, if 100 Shares were issued in payment of Restricted Stock Units granted under the Plan, 175 Shares shall be charged against the Pool in connection with that payment.)

 

  (b)

Reissue of Shares. To the extent that an Award is settled in cash or a form other than Shares, the Shares that would have been delivered had there been no such cash or other settlement shall not be counted against the Shares available for issuance under the Plan. In the event that shares of Common Stock are delivered in respect of a Dividend Equivalent right granted under the Plan, only the actual number of

 

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  shares delivered with respect to the Award shall be counted against the share limits of the Plan. (For purposes of clarity, if 1,000 Dividend Equivalent rights are granted and outstanding when the Company pays a dividend, and 50 shares are delivered in payment of those rights with respect to that dividend, 50 shares shall be counted against the Pool.) In connection with the exercise of an Option, the number of underlying Shares as to which the exercise relates shall be counted against the applicable Share limits under Section 3(a), as opposed to only counting the Shares actually issued. (For purposes of clarity, if an Option relates to 100,000 Shares and is exercised in full at a time when the net number of Shares due to the Participant (after any netting of Shares to cover the exercise price and/or tax withholding) is 15,000 Shares, 100,000 Shares shall be counted against the Pool with respect to such exercise.) Shares that are exchanged by a Participant or withheld by the Company as full or partial payment in connection with any Award under the Plan, as well as any Shares exchanged by a Participant or withheld by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries to satisfy the tax withholding obligations related to any Award, shall not be available for subsequent Awards under the Plan. Shares that are subject to or underlie Awards which expire or for any reason are cancelled or terminated, are forfeited, fail to vest, or for any other reason are not paid or delivered under the Plan shall again be available for subsequent Awards under the Plan.

 

4. Administration of and Grants of Awards Under the Plan.

 

  (a) Administrator. Except as otherwise required herein, the Plan shall be administered by the Board.

 

  (b) Procedure for Grants. Except as provided in Section 11, all grants of Awards hereunder shall be automatic and nondiscretionary and shall be made strictly in accordance with the following provisions:

 

  (i) Subject to the Board’s amendment authority pursuant to Section 15(a), no person shall have any discretion to select which Outside Directors shall be granted Awards or to determine the number of Shares to be covered by Awards granted to Outside Directors.

 

  (ii) On the date of each Annual Meeting of the Company’s Stockholders which occurs on or after the Effective Date and immediately following which an Outside Director is serving on the Board, such Outside Director shall be automatically granted an Award of a number of Restricted Stock Units determined by dividing (A) $220,000 by (B) the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the date of grant, such number to be rounded down to the nearest whole number of Restricted Stock Units.

 

  (iii) In addition, each Outside Director who first becomes an Outside Director at any time on or after the Effective Date and other than in connection with an Annual Meeting shall be automatically granted, on the date he or she first becomes an Outside Director, an Award of a number of Restricted Stock Units determined by multiplying (A) the quotient obtained by dividing $220,000 by the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the date of grant, by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of days remaining in the 365-day period following the most recent Annual Meeting, and the denominator of which shall be 365 (but in no event shall such fraction be greater than one (1)), such number to be rounded down to the nearest whole number of Restricted Stock Units; provided, however, that an Outside Director shall not be eligible to receive an Award pursuant to this Section 4(b)(iii) if he or she was an Employee at any time during the six (6) month period ending with the date on which he or she first became an Outside Director.

 

  (iv)

Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (ii) and (iii), in the event that the automatic grant of one or more Awards on any given date pursuant to either such subsection would cause the number of Shares subject to outstanding Awards plus the number of Shares previously delivered in respect of Awards granted under the Plan to exceed the Pool, then the number of Shares to be subject to any Award granted on such date shall be determined by multiplying (A) the total number of Shares remaining available under the Plan before giving effect to any Award grants on such date, by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of Shares that would otherwise be

 

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  subject to such Award pursuant to subsection (ii) or (iii) hereof, as applicable, and the denominator of which shall be the number of Shares that would otherwise be subject to all Awards automatically granted on such date pursuant to such subsection. Any further automatic grants shall then be deferred until such time, if any, as additional Shares become available for grant under the Plan through action of the stockholders to increase the number of Shares which may be issued under the Plan or through cancellation or expiration of Awards previously granted hereunder.

 

  (v) Any Restricted Stock Unit Award granted under subsection (ii) shall become non-forfeitable in installments as to one-fourth of the Restricted Stock Units subject to the Award on each Vesting Date applicable to the Award. Any Restricted Stock Unit Award granted under subsection (iii) shall become non-forfeitable in a number of installments equal to the number of Vesting Dates (determined with reference to the Awards granted under subsection (ii) at the last Annual Meeting to occur) from the date of grant of such Award through and including the next Annual Meeting, with a portion of the Award (determined by dividing the total number of Restricted Stock Units subject to the Award by the number of such installments) to become non-forfeitable on each such Vesting Date. All Restricted Stock Unit Awards granted hereunder shall be paid in accordance with Section 10 of the Plan. In addition, each Award granted under the Plan that is outstanding and unvested on the Effective Date shall continue to vest as otherwise scheduled pursuant to the terms of the Plan as in effect at the time such Award was granted; provided, however, that as to any such Award that was previously granted in connection with an Annual Meeting (as opposed to the date the recipient first became an Outside Director), the fourth and final installment of the Award shall vest on the first to occur of the first anniversary of the date of grant of the Award or the day before the Annual Meeting for the calendar year following the year in which the Award is granted, provided that the recipient of the Award serves on the Board until the applicable vesting date.

 

  (vi) The Board may at any time prospectively change the timing, grant levels, vesting and other provisions of the automatic grants provided in this Section 4(b) without stockholder approval. For avoidance of doubt, the Board may provide on a prospective basis for such automatic grants to consist of Options only, Restricted Stock Unit Awards only, or a combination of Options and Restricted Stock Unit Awards on such terms and conditions, subject to the share limits of Section 3 and the other express limits of the Plan, as may be established by the Board.

 

  (c) Powers of the Board. Subject to the provisions and restrictions of the Plan, the Board shall have the authority, in its discretion: (i) to determine, upon review of relevant information and in accordance with the provisions hereof, the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock; (ii) to determine the exercise price per share of Options to be granted, which exercise price shall be determined in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Plan; (iii) to interpret the Plan; (iv) to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan; (v) to authorize any person to execute on behalf of the Company any instrument required to effectuate the grant of an Award previously granted hereunder; and (vi) to make all other determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan. The Board has discretion to accelerate the vesting of any or all Awards granted under the Plan in such circumstances as it, in its discretion, deems appropriate.

 

  (d) Effect of Board’s Decision. All decisions, determinations and interpretations of the Board shall be final and binding on all Participants and any other holders of any Awards granted under the Plan.

 

  (e)

Suspension or Termination of Award. If the Board reasonably believes that a Participant has committed an act of misconduct, the Board may suspend the Participant’s right to exercise any Option or otherwise receive any Shares or other payment in respect of any Award granted to such Participant pending a determination by the Board. If the Board (excluding the Participant accused of such misconduct) determines a Participant has committed an act of embezzlement, fraud, dishonesty, nonpayment of an obligation owed to the Company, breach of fiduciary duty or deliberate disregard of the Company rules resulting in loss, damage or injury to the Company, or if a Participant makes an unauthorized disclosure of any Company trade secret or confidential information, engages in any

 

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  conduct constituting unfair competition, induces any Company customer to breach a contract with the Company or induces any principal for whom the Company acts as agent to terminate such agency relationship, neither the Participant nor his or her estate shall be entitled to exercise or receive payment of any Award whatsoever. In making such determination, the Board shall act fairly and shall give the Participant an opportunity to appear and present evidence on the Participant’s behalf at a hearing before the Board or a committee of the Board.

 

5. Eligibility. Awards may be granted only to Outside Directors. Except as provided in Section 11, all Awards shall be automatically granted in accordance with the terms set forth in Section 4(b) hereof. An Outside Director who has been granted an Award may, if he or she is otherwise eligible, be granted an additional Award or Awards in accordance with such provisions. The Plan shall not confer upon any Outside Director any right with respect to continuation of service as a Director or nomination to serve as a Director, nor shall it interfere in any way with any rights which the Director or the Company may have to terminate his or her directorship at any time.

 

6. Term of Plan. The Plan shall continue in effect until September 1, 2019 unless sooner terminated under Section 15 of the Plan.

 

7. Term of Options. The term of each Option shall be seven (7) years from the date of grant thereof.

 

8. 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 100% of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant of the Option.

 

  (b) Form of Consideration. The consideration to be paid for the Shares to be issued upon exercise of an Option shall consist entirely of cash, check, other Shares of Common Stock having 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 (which, if acquired from the Company, shall have been held for at least six months), delivery of a properly executed notice of exercise together with irrevocable instructions to a broker to deliver promptly to the Company the amount of sale or loan proceeds required to pay the exercise price, or any combination of such methods of payment and/or any other consideration or method of payment as shall be permitted under applicable corporate law.

 

9. Exercise of Option.

 

  (a) Procedure for Exercise; Rights as a Stockholder. Except as provided in Section 11(a), any Option granted hereunder shall be exercisable at such times as are set forth in Section 4(b) hereof. An Option may not be exercised for a fraction of a Share. An Option shall be deemed to be exercised when written notice of such exercise has been given to the Company (or such other administrative exercise procedures as the Board may implement from time to time have been completed) by the person entitled to exercise the Option and full payment for the Shares with respect to which the Option is exercised has been received by the Company. Full payment may consist of any consideration and method of payment allowable under Section 8(b) hereof. Until such Shares are actually issued to and held of record by the Participant, the Participant shall have no right to vote or receive dividends or any other rights as a stockholder with respect to such Shares, notwithstanding the exercise of the Option. The Company shall issue (or cause to be issued) such Shares as soon as practicable after exercise of the Option. No adjustment will be made for a dividend or other right for which the record date is prior to the date such Shares are issued, except as provided in Section 13. Exercise of an Option in any manner shall result in a decrease in the number of Shares which thereafter may be available, both for purposes of the Plan and for sale under the Option, by the number of Shares as to which the Option is exercised.

 

  (b) Accelerated Vesting on Death or Disability. If the Outside Director ceases to serve as a Director due to the Director’s death or Total Disability, his or her Options, to the extent then outstanding and unvested, shall be fully vested and exercisable as of the date of such cessation of service.

 

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  (b) Termination of Status as a Director. If an Outside Director ceases to serve as a Director for any reason, he or she may, but only within one (1) year after the date he or she ceases to be a Director of the Company, exercise his or her Option to the extent that he or she was entitled to exercise it at the date of such termination (after giving effect to any acceleration of vesting that may apply in the circumstances). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event may the Option be exercised after its term set forth in Section 7 has expired. To the extent that an Outside Director was not entitled to exercise an Option at the date of such termination, or does not exercise such Option (which he or she was entitled to exercise) within the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate.

 

10. Restricted Stock Units.

 

  (a) Lapse of Restrictions; Termination of Service. Subject to this Section 10(a) and except as otherwise provided in Section 11(b), any Award of Restricted Stock Units granted hereunder shall become non-forfeitable at such times as are set forth in Section 4(b) hereof. In the event of the termination of a Participant’s Continuous Service as a Director for any reason, any Restricted Stock Units held by such Participant as to which the restrictions in accordance with Section 4(b) hereof have not lapsed prior to the termination of the Participant’s Continuous Service as a Director shall be automatically forfeited by the Participant as of the date of such termination; provided, however, that if such termination is due to the Participant’s death or Total Disability, his or her Restricted Stock Units, to the extent then outstanding and unvested, shall be fully vested as of the date of such termination. Neither the Participant nor any of the Participant’s successors, heirs, assigns or personal representatives shall have any rights or interests in any Restricted Stock Units that are so forfeited.

 

  (b) No Rights as a Stockholder. Restricted Stock Units are bookkeeping entries only. A Participant who is awarded Restricted Stock Units shall possess no incidents of ownership with respect to such Restricted Stock Units, except as expressly provided in Section 10(c) with respect to dividend equivalent rights.

 

  (c) Dividend Equivalent Rights. As of any date that the Company pays an ordinary cash dividend on its Common Stock, each Participant shall automatically be granted under the Plan a number of additional Restricted Stock Units equal to (i) the per share cash dividend paid by the Company on its Common Stock on such date, multiplied by (ii) the number of outstanding and unpaid Restricted Stock Units (whether or not non-forfeitable) held by such Participant under the Plan as of the related dividend payment record date, divided by (iii) the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the date of payment of such dividend. Any Restricted Stock Units granted pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 10(c) shall be subject to the same vesting, payment (including, without limitation, any election by the Participant to defer payment pursuant to Section 10(e)) and other terms, conditions and restrictions as the original Restricted Stock Units to which they relate.

 

  (d) Timing and Manner of Payment of Restricted Stock Units. Subject to Sections 10(e) and 13(b) hereof, with respect to any Restricted Stock Units granted to a Participant that become non-forfeitable pursuant to the terms hereof, such Restricted Stock Units shall be paid on or as soon as practicable after (and in all events within two and one-half months after) the earlier of (i) the date such Participant’s Continuous Service as a Director terminates, or (ii) the last Vesting Date applicable to the Award of such Restricted Stock Units (the earlier of such dates, the “Payment Date”), such payment to be made by the Company delivering to the Participant a number of Shares equal to the number of the Restricted Stock Units being paid on the Payment Date. The Company shall issue the Shares either (i) in certificate form or (ii) in book entry form, registered in the name of the Participant. Delivery of any certificates will be made to the Participant’s last address reflected on the books of the Company unless the Company is otherwise instructed in writing. Neither the Participant nor any of the Participant’s successors, heirs, assigns or personal representatives shall have any further rights or interests in any Restricted Stock Units that are so paid.

 

  (e)

Deferral of Payment of Restricted Stock Units. Notwithstanding any provision of Section 10(d) or 11(b) to the contrary, a Participant granted an Award of Restricted Stock Units under the Plan may irrevocably elect, not later than the December 31 that precedes the calendar year in which such Award

 

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  is granted and on a form and in a manner prescribed by the Company, that such Restricted Stock Units shall be paid on (i) the date such Participant’s Continuous Service as a Director terminates, (ii) any date elected by the Participant that is not earlier than January 1 of the second year following the year in which the Award is granted, or (iii) the first to occur of the dates referred to in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii). In the event of any such election, the payment date timely elected by the Participant shall be the “Payment Date” with respect to the Restricted Stock Units covered by the election.

 

11. Awards in Lieu of Cash Payment of Fees. Prior to the December 31 that precedes the calendar year during which any Director Fees are earned by an Outside Director (or such earlier date as may be prescribed by the Company), the Outside Director may elect, on a form and in a manner prescribed by the Company, to exchange the right to receive payment of such Director Fees in cash for the grant of an Award under the Plan pursuant to either Section 11(a) or 11(b) below.

 

  (a) Stock Option. The Outside Director may elect to be granted an Option with respect to the number of Shares determined by dividing (i) three (3) times the amount of the Director Fees being exchanged for the Option, by (ii) the Fair Market Value of a Share as of the date of such exchange. The Option shall be granted on the last day of the calendar quarter for which the applicable Director Fees would have otherwise been paid (or such other date as the Board may determine appropriate) and shall be exercisable immediately upon the date of grant. Except as expressly provided herein, any Option granted pursuant to this Section 11(a) shall be subject to all of the provisions of the Plan applicable to Options granted under the Plan.

 

  (b) Restricted Stock Unit Award. The Outside Director may elect to be granted an Award of Restricted Stock Units. The number of Restricted Stock Units to be covered by such Award shall be determined by dividing (i) the amount of the Director Fees being exchanged for the Award, by (ii) the Fair Market Value of a Share as of the date of such exchange. The Restricted Stock Units shall be granted on the last day of the calendar quarter for which the applicable Director Fees would have otherwise been paid (or such other date as the Board may determine appropriate). Such Restricted Stock Units shall be fully non-forfeitable as of the date of grant. Subject to Sections 10(e) and 13(b) hereof, such Restricted Stock Units shall be paid on or as soon as practicable after (and in all events within two and one-half months after) the earlier of (i) the date such Participant’s Continuous Service as a Director terminates, or (ii) the first anniversary of the date such Restricted Stock Units are granted (the earlier of such dates, the “Payment Date”), such payment to be made by the Company delivering to the Participant a number of Shares equal to the number of the Restricted Stock Units being paid on the Payment Date.1 Except as expressly provided herein, any Restricted Stock Units granted pursuant to this Section 11(b) shall be subject to all of the provisions of the Plan applicable to Awards of Restricted Stock Units granted under the Plan.

 

12. Nontransferability of Awards. Awards granted under the Plan 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 or pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order (as defined by the Code or the rules thereunder). The designation of a beneficiary by a Participant does not constitute a transfer. An Option may be exercised during the lifetime of a Participant only by the Participant or a transferee permitted by this Section 12.

  

 

1  For purposes of clarity, this payment schedule applies to the payment of Restricted Stock Units granted in lieu of Director Fees earned by a Participant during 2011 and thereafter. The “Payment Date” for Restricted Stock Units granted in lieu of Director Fees earned by a Participant during 2010 will be the earlier of (i) the date such Participant’s Continuous Service as a Director terminates, or (ii) the third anniversary of the date such Restricted Stock Units are granted (subject to any deferral election made by the Participant pursuant to the Plan as to such Restricted Stock Units or earlier payment of such Restricted Stock Units pursuant to Section 13(b) in connection with a Corporate Transaction).

 

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13. Adjustments upon Changes in Capitalization; Corporate Transactions.

 

  (a) Adjustments. Subject to any required action by the stockholders of the Company, the number of shares of Common Stock covered by each outstanding Award, and the number of shares of Common Stock which have been authorized for issuance under the Plan but as to which no Awards have yet been granted or which have been returned to the Plan upon cancellation or expiration of an Award, as well as the price per share of Common Stock covered by each outstanding Option, shall, in each case to the extent necessary to preserve (but not increase) the level of incentives intended by the Plan and the then-outstanding Awards, be equitably and proportionately adjusted for any dividend of stock or other property, or extraordinary cash dividend, by the Company, any increase or decrease in the number of issued shares of Common Stock resulting from a stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, combination, recapitalization 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 any Award.

 

  (b) Corporate Transactions. In the event of (i) a dissolution or liquidation of the Company, (ii) a sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, (iii) a merger or consolidation in which the Company is not the surviving corporation, or (iv) any other capital reorganization in which more than fifty percent (50%) of the shares of the Company entitled to vote are exchanged (a “Corporate Transaction”), at the time of adoption of the plan for such Corporate Transaction, the Company shall:

 

   

in the case of outstanding Options, provide for either a reasonable time thereafter within which to exercise the Option, including Shares as to which the Option would not be otherwise exercisable, prior to the effectiveness of such Corporate Transaction, at the end of which time the Option shall terminate, or the right to exercise the Option, including Shares as to which the Option would not be otherwise exercisable (or receive a substitute option with comparable terms), as to an equivalent number of shares of stock of the corporation succeeding the Company or acquiring its business by reason of such Corporate Transaction; and

 

   

in the case of outstanding Restricted Stock Units, provide that, immediately prior to the effectiveness of such Corporate Transaction, all such Restricted Stock Units (A) to the extent that such Restricted Stock Units are not then non-forfeitable, shall become non-forfeitable, and (B) shall be paid in an equivalent number of Shares; provided, however, that payment shall be made in respect of a Corporate Transaction pursuant to the foregoing clause (B) only if such Corporate Transaction constitutes a “change in the ownership or effective control” of the Company or a “change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets” of the Company within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(v) of the Code; and provided further, that in the event the foregoing proviso is not satisfied, payment shall be made at the time otherwise provided herein.

 

14. Time of Granting Awards. The date of grant of an Award shall, for all purposes, be the date determined in accordance with Section 4(b) or Section 11 hereof, as applicable. Notice of the determination shall be given to each Outside Director to whom an Award is so granted within a reasonable time after the date of such grant.

 

15. Amendment and Termination of the Plan.

 

  (a)

Amendment and Termination. The Board may amend, alter, suspend, discontinue, or terminate the Plan or any portion thereof at any time; provided, that no such amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuation or termination shall be made without stockholder approval if such approval is

 

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  necessary to comply with any tax, securities or regulatory law or requirement or any applicable Stock Exchange requirement with which the Board intends the Plan to comply or if such amendment constitutes a “material amendment.” For purposes of the Plan, a “material amendment” shall mean an amendment that (i) materially increases the benefits accruing to Participants under the Plan, (ii) materially increases the number of securities that may be issued under the Plan, (iii) materially modifies the requirements for participation in the Plan, or (iv) is otherwise deemed a material amendment by the Board pursuant to any Applicable Law or applicable accounting or Stock Exchange rules; provided, however, that the Board may, in its sole discretion but subject to the share limits of Section 3 and the other express limits of the Plan, at any time prospectively make any of the changes contemplated by Section 4(b)(vi) above without the approval of the Company’s stockholders, and any such change shall not be considered a “material amendment” for purposes of this Section 15(a).

 

  (b) Amendments to Awards. Without limiting any other express authority of the Board under (but subject to) the express limits of the Plan, the Board may waive conditions of or limitations on Awards that the Board in the prior exercise of its discretion has imposed, without the consent of the Award recipient, and (subject to the requirements of Section 15(c)) may make other changes to the terms and conditions of Awards. Notwithstanding the foregoing and except for an adjustment pursuant to Section 13(a) or a repricing approved by stockholders, in no case may the Board (1) amend an outstanding Option to reduce the exercise price or grant price of the Award, (2) provide for the cancellation, exchange, or surrender of an outstanding Option in exchange for cash or other awards for the purpose of repricing the Award, or (3) provide for the cancellation, exchange, or surrender an outstanding Option in exchange for an Option with an exercise or grant price that is less than the exercise or grant price of the original Award.

 

  (c) Limitations on Amendments to Plan and Awards. No amendment, suspension or termination of the Plan or change of or affecting any outstanding Award shall, without written consent of the Award recipient, affect in any manner materially adverse to such recipient any rights or benefits of such recipient or obligations of the Company under any Award granted under the Plan prior to the effective date of such change. Changes, settlements and other actions contemplated by Section 13 shall not be deemed to constitute changes or amendments for purposes of this Section 15(c).

 

16. Conditions upon Issuance of Shares. Shares shall not be issued pursuant to the exercise or payment of any Award granted under the Plan unless the exercise or payment of such Award and the issuance and delivery of such Shares pursuant thereto shall comply with all relevant provisions of law, including, without limitation, the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Exchange Act, the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, state securities laws, and the requirements of any Stock Exchange, and shall be further subject to the approval of counsel for the Company with respect to such compliance. As a condition to the exercise or payment of any Award, the Company may require the person exercising or receiving payment of such Award to represent and warrant at the time of any such exercise or payment that the Shares are being acquired only for investment 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 by any of the aforementioned relevant provisions of law.

 

17. Reservation of Shares. The Company, during the term of the Plan, will at all times reserve and keep available such number of Shares as shall be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the Plan. Inability of the Company to obtain authority from any regulatory body having jurisdiction, which authority is deemed by the Company’s 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.

 

18. Award Agreement. Awards shall be evidenced by written award agreements in such form as the Board shall approve.

 

19. Unfunded Status of Plan. The Plan is intended to constitute an “unfunded” plan for incentive compensation. With respect to any payments not yet made to a participant by the Company, nothing contained herein shall give any such participant any rights that are greater than those of a general creditor of the Company.

 

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20. Governing Law. The Plan and all determinations made and actions taken pursuant hereto shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to the conflict of laws principles thereof.

 

21. Construction. The Plan and any agreement evidencing any Award granted hereunder shall be construed and interpreted to comply with Section 409A of the Code. The Company reserves the right to amend the Plan and any such agreement to the extent it reasonably determines is necessary in order to preserve the intended tax consequences of Awards granted hereunder in light of Section 409A of the Code and any regulations or other guidance promulgated thereunder.

 

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