EX-4 3 a2106623zex-4.htm EXHIBIT 4

Exhibit 4

 

HEFTEL BROADCASTING CORPORATION

 

LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

 

AS AMENDED

 

[Note: On September 22, 2003, Univision Communications Inc. (“Univision”) completed the merger (the “Merger”) of Univision Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Univision (“UAC”), with and into Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“HBC”), pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization dated June 11, 2002 by and among Univision, UAC, and HBC (the “Reorganization Agreement”).  At the time the Merger was consummated (the “Effective Time”), among other things, each outstanding share of HBC Class A Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, and each outstanding share of HBC Class B Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, other than shares held by Univision, HBC or their subsidiaries, was converted into the right to receive 0.85 (the “Exchange Ratio”) of a share of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Univision (“Univision Common Stock”).  Pursuant to the Reorganization Agreement, the stock options outstanding under this plan at the Effective Time were assumed by Univision as of the Effective Time and are exercisable for shares of Univision Common Stock based on the Exchange Ratio.  Accordingly, the provisions of this plan and option agreements entered into under this plan are subject to such assumption and conversion in connection with the Merger. No new awards will be granted under this plan following the Effective Time.]

 

 

SCOPE AND PURPOSE OF PLAN

 

Heftel Broadcasting Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), has adopted this Long-term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) to provide for the granting of:

 

(a)           Incentive Options to certain Key Employees;

 

(b)           Nonstatutory Options to certain Key Employees and other persons;

 

(c)           Performance Units to certain Key Employees and other persons;

 

(d)           Restricted Stock Awards to certain Key Employees, Non-employee Directors, and other persons; and

 

(e)           Stock Appreciation Rights to certain Key Employees and other persons.

 

The purpose of the Plan is to provide an incentive for Key Employees, directors, and certain consultants and advisors of the Corporation or its Subsidiaries to remain in the service of the Corporation or its Subsidiaries to extend to them the opportunity to acquire a proprietary interest in the Corporation so that they will apply their best efforts for the benefit of the Corporation, and to aid the Corporation in attracting able persons to enter the service of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries.

 

 

SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS

 

1.1           “Award” means the grant of any form of Option, Performance Unit, Reload Option, Restricted Stock Award, or Stock Appreciation Right under the Plan, whether granted singly, in combination, or in tandem, to a Holder pursuant to the terms, conditions, and limitations that the Committee may establish in order to fulfill the objectives of the Plan.

 

1.2           “Award Agreement” means the written document or agreement delivered to Holder evidencing the terms, conditions and limitations of an Award that the Corporation granted to that Holder.

 

1.3           “Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Corporation.

 

1.4           “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, or a day on which banking institutions in the State of Texas are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

 

1.5           “Change of Control. The occurrence of any of the following events:

 

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(a)           The acquisition by any Person of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 30% or more of either (x) the then outstanding shares of common stock of the Corporation (the “Outstanding Company Common Stock”) or (y) the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “Outstanding Company Voting Securities”); provided, however, that for purposes of this subsection (a), the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change of Control; (i) any acquisition directly from the Corporation, (ii) any acquisition by the Corporation, (iii) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Corporation or any corporation controlled by the Corporation or (iv) any acquisition by any corporation pursuant to a transaction which complies with clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of subsection (c) below; or

 

(b)           Individuals who, as of the date of this Plan, constitute the Board (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided, however, that any individual becoming a director subsequent to the date of this Plan whose election, or nomination for election by the Corporation’s shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board; or

 

(c)           Consummation of a reorganization, merger or consolidation or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation or an acquisition of assets of another corporation (a “Business Combination”), in each case, unless, following such Business Combination. (i) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners, respectively, of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, as the case may be, of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination (including, without limitation, a corporation which as a result of such transaction owns the Corporation or all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such Business Combination of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may be, (ii) no Person (excluding any corporation resulting from such Business Combination or any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Corporation or such corporation resulting from such Business Combination) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 30% or more of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination or the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of such corporation except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to the Business Combination and (C) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement, or of the action of the Board, providing for such Business Combination: or

 

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(d)           Approval by the shareholders of the Corporation of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation.

 

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

 

1.7           “Committee” means the committee or subcommittee appointed pursuant to Section 3 by the Board of Directors to administer this Plan.

 

1.8           “Corporation” means Heftel Broadcasting Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

 

1.9           “Date of Grant” has the meaning given it in Paragraph 4.3.

 

1.10         “Director Stock” means Stock issued to a Director under Section 5.6.

 

1.11         “Disability” has the meaning given it in Paragraph 11.5.

 

1.12         “Effective Date” means May 21, 1997, or such other date on which the Plan is approved by the stockholders of the Corporation.

 

1.13         “Eligible Individuals” means (a) Key Employees, (b) Non-employee Directors only for purposes of Awards pursuant to Section 5, and (c) any other Person that the Committee designates as eligible for an Award (other than for Incentive Options) because the Person performs bona fide consulting or advisory services for the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries (other than services in connection with the offer or sale of securities in a capital-raising transaction) and the Committee determines that the Person has a direct and significant effect on the financial development of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

1.14         “Employee” means any employee of the Corporation or of any of its Subsidiaries, including officers and directors of the Corporation who are also employees of the Corporation or of any of its Subsidiaries.

 

1.15         “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

1.16         “Exercise Notice” has the meaning given it in Paragraph 6.6.

 

1.17         “Exercise Price” has the meaning given it in Paragraph 6.4.

 

1.18         “Fair Market Value” means, for a particular day:

 

(a)           If shares of Stock of the same class are listed or admitted to unlisted trading privileges on any national or regional securities exchange at the date of determining the Fair Market Value, then the last reported sale price, regular way, on the composite tape of that exchange on the last Business Day before the date in question or, if no such sale takes place on that Business Day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices, regular way, in either case as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed or admitted to unlisted trading privileges on that securities exchange; or

 

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(b)           If shares of Stock of the same class are not listed or admitted to unlisted trading privileges as provided in Subparagraph 1.18(a) and if sales prices for shares of Stock of the same class in the over-the-counter market are reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.  Automated Quotations, Inc. (“NASDAQ”) National Market System (or such other system then in use) at the date of determining the Fair Market Value, then the last reported sales price so reported on the last Business Day before the date in question or, if no such sale takes place on that Business Day, the average of the high bid and low asked prices so reported; or

 

(c)           If shares of Stock of the same class are not listed or admitted to unlisted trading privileges as provided in subparagraph 1.18(a) and sales prices for shares of Stock of the same class are not reported by the NASDAQ National Market System (or a similar system then in use) as provided in subparagraph 1.18(b), and if bid and asked prices for shares of Stock of the same class in the over-the-counter market are reported by NASDAQ (or, if not so reported, by the National Quotation Bureau Incorporated) at the date of determining the Fair Market Value, then the average of the high bid and low asked prices on the last Business Day before the date in question; or

 

(d)           If shares of Stock of the same class are not listed or admitted to unlisted trading privileges as provided in subparagraph 1.18(a) and sales prices or bid and asked prices therefor are not reported by NASDAQ (or the National Quotation Bureau Incorporated) as provided in subparagraph 1.18(b) or subparagraph 1.18(c) at the date of determining the Fair Market Value, then the value determined in good faith by the Committee, which determination shall be conclusive for all purposes; or

 

(e)           If shares of Stock of the same class are listed or admitted to unlisted trading privileges as provided in subparagraph 1.18(a) or sales prices or bid and asked prices therefor are reported by NASDAQ (or the National Quotation Bureau Incorporated) as provided in subparagraph 1.18(b) or subparagraph 1.18(c) at the date of determining the Fair Market Value, but the volume of trading is so low that the Board of Directors determines in good faith that such prices are not indicative of the fair value of the Stock, then the value determined in good faith by the Committee, which determination shall be conclusive for all purposes notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraphs 1.18(a), (b), or (c).

 

For purposes of valuing Incentive Options, the Fair Market Value of Stock shall be determined without regard to any restriction other than one that, by its terms, will never lapse.  For purposes of the redemption provided for in Paragraph 10.3(d)(v), Fair Market Value shall have the meaning and shall be determined as provided above; provided, however, that the Committee, with respect to any such redemption, shall have the right to determine that the Fair Market Value for purposes of the redemption should be an amount measured by the value of the shares of stock, other securities, cash or property otherwise being received by holders of shares of Stock in connection with the Restructure, and upon that determination the Committee shall have the power and authority to determine Fair Market Value for purposes of the redemption based upon the value of such shares of stock, other securities, cash or property.  Any such determination by the Committee shall be conclusive for all purposes.

 

1.19         “Holder” means an Eligible Individual to whom an Award has been granted.

 

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1.20         “Incentive Option” means an incentive stock option as defined under Section 422A of the Code and regulations thereunder.

 

1.21         “Key Employee” means any Employee whom the Committee identifies as having a direct and significant effect on the performance of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

1.22         “Non-employee Director” means a director of the Corporation who while a director is not an Employee.

 

1.23         “Nonstatutory Option” means a stock option that does not satisfy the requirements of Section 422A of the Code or that is designated at the Date of Grant or in the applicable Option Agreement to be an option other than an Incentive Option.

 

1.24         “Non-Surviving Event” means an event of Restructure as described in either subparagraph (b) or (c) of Paragraph 1.34.

 

1.25         “Normal Retirement” means the separation of the Holder from employment with the Corporation and its Subsidiaries on account of retirement at any time on or after the date on which the Holder reaches age sixty.

 

1.26         “Option Agreement” means an Award Agreement for an Incentive Option or a Nonstatutory Option.

 

1.27         “Option” means either an Incentive Option or a Nonstatutory Option, or both.

 

1.28         “Performance Period” means a period of one or more fiscal years of the Corporation, beginning with the fiscal year in which Performance Units are granted and over which performance is measured, for the purpose of determining the payment value of Performance Units.  A Performance Period shall not exceed ten years.

 

1.29         “Performance Unit” means a unit representing a contingent right to receive a specified amount of cash or shares of Stock at the end of a Performance Period.

 

1.30         “Person” means any person or entity of any nature whatsoever, specifically including (but not limited to) an individual, a firm, a company, a corporation, a limited liability company, a partnership, a trust or other entity.  A Person, together with that Person’s affiliates and associates (as those terms are defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act for purposes of this definition only), and any Persons acting as a partnership, limited partnership, joint venture, association, syndicate or other group (whether or not formally organized), or otherwise acting jointly or in concert or in a coordinated or consciously parallel manner (whether or not pursuant to any express agreement), for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of securities of the Corporation with that Person, shall be deemed a single “Person.”

 

1.31         “Plan” means the Heftel Broadcasting Corporation Long-term Incentive Plan, as it may be amended from time to time.

 

1.32         “Reload Option” has the meaning given it in Paragraph 6.10.

 

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1.33         “Restricted Stock Award” means the grant or purchase, on the terms and conditions that the Committee determines or on the terms and conditions of Section 5, of Stock that is nontransferable or subject to substantial risk of forfeiture until specific conditions are met.

 

1.34         “Restructure” means the occurrence of any one or more of the following:

 

(a)           The merger or consolidation of the Corporation with any Person, whether effected as a single transaction or a series of related transactions, with the Corporation remaining the continuing or surviving entity of that merger or consolidation and the Stock remaining outstanding and not changed into or exchanged for stock or other securities of any other Person or of the Corporation, cash, or other property;

 

(b)           The merger or consolidation of the Corporation with any Person, whether effected as a single transaction or a series of related transactions, with (i) the Corporation not being the continuing or surviving entity of that merger or consolidation or (ii) the Corporation remaining the continuing or surviving entity of that merger or consolidation but all or a part of the outstanding shares of Stock are changed into or exchanged for stock or other securities of any other Person or the Corporation, cash, or other property; or

 

(c)           The transfer, directly or indirectly, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation (whether by sale, merger, consolidation, liquidation or otherwise) to any Person whether effected as a single transaction or a series of related transactions.

 

1.35         “Retainer” has the meaning given it in Paragraph 5.6.

 

1.36         “Rule 16b-3” means Rule 16b-3 under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, or any successor rule, as it may be amended from time to time.

 

1.37         “SAR Exercise Price” has the meaning given it in Paragraph 1.41.

 

1.38         “section 162(m)” means section 162(m) of the Code and the rules and regulations adopted from time to time thereunder, or any successor law or rule as it may be amended from time to time.

 

1.39         “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933.

 

1.40         “Stock” means the Corporation’s authorized Class A Common Stock, par value $.001 per share, as described in the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation, or any other securities that are substituted for the Stock as provided in Section 10.

 

1.41         “Stock Appreciation Right” means the right to receive an amount equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock (as determined on the date of exercise) over, as appropriate, the Exercise Price of a related Option or over a price specified in the related Award Agreement (the “SAR Exercise Price”) that is not less than of the Fair Market Value of the Stock on the Date of Grant of the Stock Appreciation Right.

 

1.42         “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933.

 

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1.43         “Stockholder Approved Standard” means initially (a) total stockholder return (Stock price appreciation plus dividends), (b) net income, (c) earnings per share, (d) cash flow per share, (e) return on equity, (f) return on assets, (g) increase in the market price of Stock or other securities, or (h) the performance of the Corporation in any of the items mentioned in clause (a) through (g) in comparison to the average performance of the companies used in a self-constructed peer group established before the beginning of the Performance Period; and any other performance objective approved by the stockholders of the Corporation in accordance with section 162(m).

 

1.44         “Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, limited partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which a majority of the voting power of the voting equity securities or equity interest is owned, directly or indirectly, by that Person.

 

1.45         “Total Shares” has the meaning given it in Paragraph 10.2.

 

1.46         “Voting Securities” means any securities that are entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, in the admission of general partners, or in the selection of any other similar governing body.

 

 

SECTION 2. SHARES OF STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

 

2.1           Maximum Amount of Shares.  Subject to the provisions of Paragraph 2.6 and Section 10 of the Plan, the aggregate number of shares of Stock that the Corporation may have subject to outstanding Awards at one time under the Plan shall be an amount equal to (a) five percent of the total number of shares of Stock outstanding from time to time minus (b) the total number of shares of Stock subject to outstanding Awards on the date of calculation under this Plan and any other stock-based plan for employees or directors of the Corporation (other than the Heftel Broadcasting Corporation 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan).

 

2.2           Determination of Available Shares.  In computing the total number of shares subject to outstanding Awards at one time under the Plan, the Committee shall count the number of shares of Stock subject to issuance upon exercise or settlement of outstanding Options or SARs, the number of shares of Stock subject to outstanding Restricted Stock Awards to the extent such shares are subject to restriction, and the number of shares of Stock that equal the value of outstanding Performance Units determined in each case as of the Date of Grant of each Award (other than Awards designated to be paid only in cash), but shall not count the number of shares of Stock that have been issued upon prior exercise or settlement of Awards.

 

2.3           Restoration of Unused and Surrendered Shares.  If Stock subject to any Award is not issued or transferred, or ceases to be issuable or transferable for any reason, including (but not exclusively) because an Award is forfeited, terminated, expires unexercised, is settled in cash in lieu of Stock, or is exchanged for other Awards, the shares of Stock that were subject to that Award shall no longer be charged against the number of available shares and shall again be available for issue, transfer, or exercise pursuant to Awards under the Plan to the extent of such forfeiture, termination, expiration, or other cessation of its subjection to an Award.

 

2.4           Description of Shares.  The shares to be delivered under the Plan shall be made available from (a) authorized but unissued shares of Stock, (b) Stock held in the treasury of the Corporation, or (c) previously issued shares of Stock reacquired by the Corporation, including shares purchased on the open

 

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market, in each situation as the Board of Directors or the Committee may determine from time to time at its sole option.

 

2.5           Registration and Listing of Shares.  From time to time, the Board of Directors and appropriate officers of the Corporation shall and are authorized to take whatever actions are necessary to file required documents with governmental authorities, stock exchanges, and other appropriate Persons to make shares of Stock available for issuance pursuant to Awards.

 

2.6           Reduction in Outstanding Shares of Stock.  Nothing in this Section 2 shall impair the right of the Corporation to reduce the number of outstanding shares of Stock pursuant to repurchases, redemptions, or otherwise; provided, however, that no reduction in the number of outstanding shares of Stock shall (a) impair the validity of any outstanding Award, whether or not that Award is fully exercisable or fully vested or (b) impair the status of any shares of Stock previously issued pursuant to an Award or thereafter issued pursuant to a then-outstanding Award as duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, and nonassessable shares.

 

2.7           Individual Limitations on Awards.  No Person may be granted, during any one-year period, (a) Awards (other than Awards designated to be paid only in cash) with respect to more than 250,000 shares of Stock and (b) Awards designated to be paid only in cash having a value determined on the Date of Grant in excess of $2,500,000.

 

 

SECTION 3. ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN

 

3.1           Committee.  The Board of Directors shall administer the Plan with respect to all Eligible Individuals or may delegate all or part of its duties under this Plan to the Committee or to any officer or committee of officers of the Corporation, subject in each case to such conditions and limitations as the Board of Directors may establish and subject to the following sentence.  Unless a majority of the members of the Board of Directors determines otherwise: (a) the Committee shall be constituted in a manner that satisfies the requirements of Rule 16b-3, which Committee shall administer the Plan with respect to all Eligible Individuals who are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act in a manner that satisfies the requirements of Rule16b-3; and (b) the Committee shall be constituted in a manner that satisfies the requirements of section 162(m), which Committee shall administer the Plan with respect to “performance-based compensation” for all Eligible Individuals who are reasonably expected to be “covered employees” as those terms are defined in section 162(m).  The number of persons that shall constitute the Committee shall be determined from time to time by a majority of all the members of the Board of Directors.  Except for references in Paragraphs 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3 and unless the context otherwise requires, references herein to the Committee shall also refer to the Board of Directors as administrator of the Plan for Eligible Individuals or to the appropriate delegate of the Committee or the Board of Directors.

 

3.2           Duration, Removal Etc.  The members of the Committee shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors, which shall have the power, at any time and from time to time, to remove members from or add members to the Committee.  Removal from the Committee may be with or without cause.  Any individual serving as a member of the Committee shall have the right to resign from membership in the Committee by at least three day’s written notice to the Board of Directors.  The Board of Directors, and not the remaining members of the Committee, shall have the power and authority to fill vacancies on the Committee, however caused.

 

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3.3           Meetings and Actions of Committee.  The Board of Directors shall designate which of the Committee members shall be the chairman of the Committee.  If the Board of Directors fails to designate a Committee chairman, the members of the Committee shall elect one of the Committee members as chairman, who shall act as chairman until he ceases to be a member of the Committee or until the Board of Directors elects a new chairman.  The Committee shall hold its meetings at those times and places as the chairman of the Committee may determine.  At all meetings of the Committee, a quorum for the transaction of business shall be required, and a quorum shall be deemed present if at least a majority of the members of the Committee are present.  At any meeting of the Committee, each member shall have one vote.  All decisions and determinations of the Committee shall be made by the majority vote or majority decision of all of its members present at a meeting at which a quorum is present; provided, however, that any decision or determination reduced to writing and signed by all of the members of the Committee shall be as fully effective as if it had been made at a meeting that was duly called and held.  The Committee may make any rules and regulations as it may deem advisable for the conduct of its business that are not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, the Certificate of Incorporation, the by-laws of the Corporation, Rule 16b-3 so long as it is applicable, and section 162(m) so long as it is applicable.

 

3.4           Committee’s Powers.  Subject to the express provisions of the Plan and any applicable law with which the Corporation intends the Plan to comply, the Committee shall have the authority, in its sole and absolute discretion, (a) to adopt, amend, and rescind administrative and interpretive rules and regulations relating to the Plan, including without limitation to adopt and observe such procedures concerning the counting of Awards against the Plan and individual maximums as it may deem appropriate from time to time; (b) to determine the Eligible Individuals to whom, and the time or times at which, Awards shall be granted; (c) to determine the amount of cash and the number of shares of Stock, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock Awards, or Performance Units, or any combination thereof, that shall be the subject of each Award; (d) to determine the terms and provisions of each Award Agreement (which need not be identical), including provisions defining or otherwise relating to (i) the term and the period or periods and extent of exercisability of the Options, (ii) the extent to which the transferability of shares of Stock issued or transferred pursuant to any Award is restricted, (iii) the effect of termination of employment on the Award, and (iv) the effect of approved leaves of absence (consistent with any applicable regulations of the Internal Revenue Service); (e) to accelerate, pursuant to Section 10, the time of exercisability of any Option or SAR that has been granted or the time of vesting or settlement of any Restricted Stock Award or Performance Unit; (f) to construe the respective Award Agreements and the Plan; (g) to make determinations of the Fair Market Value of the Stock pursuant to the Plan; (h) to delegate its duties under the Plan to such agents as it may appoint from time to time, subject to the second sentence of Section 3.1; and (i) to make all other determinations, perform all other acts, and exercise all other powers and authority necessary or advisable for administering the Plan, including the delegation of those ministerial acts and responsibilities as the Committee deems appropriate.  Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraphs 11.3 and 11.5, the Committee may in its sole discretion provide for acceleration of the vesting (or removal of any restrictions which have not lapsed) with respect to any or all Awards held by a Holder in the event of the death or Disability of such Holder.  The Committee may correct any defect, supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan, in any Award, or in any Award Agreement in the manner and to the extent it deems necessary or desirable to carry the Plan into effect, and the Committee shall be the sole and final judge of that necessity or desirability.  The determinations of the Committee on the matters referred to in this Paragraph 3.4 shall be final and conclusive.  The Committee shall not have the power to appoint members of the Committee or to terminate, modify, or amend the Plan.  Those powers are vested in the Board of Directors.

 

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3.5           Transferability of Awards.  Notwithstanding any limitation on a Holder’s right to transfer an Award, the Committee may (in its sole discretion) permit a Holder to transfer an Award, or may cause the Corporation to grant an Award that otherwise would be granted to an Eligible Individual, in any of the following circumstances:  (a) pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order, (b) to a trust established for the benefit of the Eligible Individual or one or more of the children, grandchildren, or spouse of the Holder; (c) to a limited partnership in which all the interests are held by the Eligible Individual and that Person’s children, grandchildren or spouse; or (d) to another Person in circumstances that the Committee believes will result in the Award continuing to provide an incentive for the Eligible Individual to remain in the service of the Corporation and apply their best efforts for the benefit of the Corporation.  If the Committee determines to allow such transfers or issuances of Awards, any Holder or Eligible Individual desiring such transfers or issuances shall make application therefor in the manner and time that the Committee specifies and shall comply with such other requirements as the Committee may require to assure compliance with all applicable laws, including securities laws, and to assure fulfillment of the purposes of this Plan.  The Committee shall not authorize any such transfer or issuance if it may not be made in compliance with all applicable federal, state and foreign securities laws.  The granting of permission for such an issuance or transfer shall not obligate the Corporation to register the shares of Stock to be issued under the applicable Award.

 

 

SECTION 4. ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION

 

4.1           Eligible Individuals.  Awards may be granted pursuant to the Plan only to persons who are Eligible Individuals at the time of the grant thereof or in connection with the severance or retirement of Eligible Individuals.

 

4.2           Grant of Awards.  Subject to the express provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall determine which Eligible Individuals shall be granted Awards from time to time.  In making grants, the Committee shall take into consideration the contribution the potential Holder has made or may make to the success of the Corporation or its Subsidiaries and such other considerations as the Board of Directors may from time to time specify.  The Committee shall also determine the number of shares or cash amounts subject to each of the Awards and shall authorize and cause the Corporation to grant Awards in accordance with those determinations.

 

4.3           Date of Grant.  The date on which an Award is granted (the “Date of Grant”) shall be the date specified by the Committee as the effective date or date of grant of an Award or, if the Committee does not so specify, shall be the date effective as of which the Committee adopts the resolution approving the offer of an Award to an individual, including the specification of the number (or method of determining the number) of shares of Stock and the amount (or method of determining the amount) of cash to be subject to the Award, even though certain terms of the Award Agreement may not be determined at that time and even though the Award Agreement may not be executed or delivered until a later time.  In no event shall a Holder gain any rights in addition to those specified by the Committee in its grant, regardless of the time that may pass between the grant of the Award and the actual execution or delivery of the Award Agreement by the Corporation or the Holder.  The Committee may invalidate an Award at any time before the Award Agreement is signed by the Holder (if signature is required) or is delivered to the Holder (if signature is not required), and such Award shall be treated as never having been granted.

 

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4.4           Award Agreements.  Each Award granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement that incorporates those terms that the Committee shall deem necessary or desirable.  More than one Award may be granted under the Plan to the same Eligible Individual and be outstanding concurrently.  If an Eligible Individual is granted both one or more Incentive Options and one or more Nonstatutory Options, those grants shall be evidenced by separate Award Agreements, one for each of the Incentive Option grants and one for each of the Nonstatutory Option grants.

 

4.5           Limitation for Incentive Options.  Notwithstanding any provision contained herein to the contrary, (a) a person shall not be eligible to receive an Incentive Option unless he is an Employee of the Corporation or a corporate Subsidiary (but not a partnership or other non-corporate Subsidiary), and (b) a person shall not be eligible to receive an Incentive Option if, immediately before the time the Incentive Option is granted, that person owns (within the meaning of Sections 422 and 425 of the Code) stock possessing more than ten percent of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of stock of the Corporation or a Subsidiary.  Nevertheless, this subparagraph 4.5(b) shall not apply if, at the time the Incentive Option is granted, the Exercise Price of the Incentive Option is at least one hundred and ten percent of Fair Market Value and the Incentive Option is not, by its terms, exercisable after the expiration of five years from the Date of Grant.

 

4.6           No Right to Award.  The adoption of the Plan shall not be deemed to give any person a right to be granted an Award except pursuant to Section 5 and Paragraph 6.5.

 

 

SECTION 5. AWARDS TO NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS

 

5.1           Automatic Grant of Awards.  Nonstatutory Option Awards shall be made automatically to Non-employee Directors as follows:

 

(a)           Each Non-employee Director who is a director of the Corporation as of the tenth day following the Effective Date shall automatically be granted a Nonstatutory Option on the later of (i) the tenth day following the Effective Date and (ii) the day after the first meeting of the Board of Directors at which the Non-employee Director is in attendance in person or by telephone as a Non-employee Director.  Each such Nonstatutory Option shall be initially exercisable for 2,500 shares of Stock.

 

(b)           Each non-Employee individual who first becomes a Non-employee Director after the tenth day following the Effective Date shall, on the day after the first meeting of the Board of Directors at which the Non-employee Director is in attendance in person or by telephone as a Non-employee Director, automatically be granted a Nonstatutory Option initially exercisable for 2,5000 shares of Stock.

 

Each Nonstatutory Option provided for in this Paragraph 5.1 shall be fully exercisable commencing six months after the date of grant and continuing unless sooner terminated as provided herein, for ten years after the Date of Grant.

 

5.2           Available Stock.  The automatic Awards specified in Paragraph 5.1 shall be made in the amounts specified in Paragraph 5.1 only if the number of shares of Stock available to be issued, transferred

 

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or exercised pursuant to Awards under the Plan (as calculated in Section 2) is sufficient to make all automatic grants required to be made by Paragraph 5.1 on the Date of Grant of those automatic Awards.  In the event that a lesser number of shares of Stock are available to be issued, transferred, or exercised pursuant to Awards under the Plan on the Date of Grant of the automatic Awards described Paragraph 5.1, but their number is insufficient to permit the grant of the entire number of shares specified in the automatic Awards, then the number of available shares shall be apportioned equally among the automatic Awards made on that date, and the number of shares apportioned to each automatic Award shall be the amount of shares automatically subject to that automatic Award.

 

5.3           Discretionary Awards.  From time to time the Board of Directors may elect to grant additional Nonstatutory Option Awards to Non-employee Directors.  In making such grants the Board of Directors shall take into consideration the contribution such Non-employee Directors have made or may make to the success of the Corporation and such other considerations as the Board of Directors may from time to time specify.  The Board of Directors shall determine the number of shares subject to such Awards, and, subject to provisions of the Plan, the Exercise Price, vesting schedule, and terms of such Awards.

 

5.4           Terms and Conditions of Directors’ Awards.  Award Agreements for automatic Nonstatutory Option Awards to Non-employee Directors shall be in the form approved by the Board of Directors and, except as expressly provided in those Award Agreements, the automatic Awards to Non-employee Directors shall not be subject to the provisions of Section 10 or 11.  If, for any reason other than death or permanent and total disability, a Non-employee Director ceases to be a member of the Board of Directors, each Nonstatutory Option held by that Non-employee Director at the date of termination may be exercised in whole or in part at any time within one year after the date of such termination or until the expiration of the Nonstatutory Option, whichever is earlier.  If a Non-employee Director dies or becomes permanently and totally disabled (within the meaning of Section 422(c)(6) of the Code) while a member of the Board of Directors (or within the period that the Nonstatutory Options remain exercisable after the Non-employee Director ceases to be a member of the Board of Directors), each Nonstatutory Option then held by that Non-employee Director may be exercised, in whole or in part, by the Non-employee Director, by the Non-employee Director’s personal representative or by the person to whom the Non-employee Director transferred the Non-employee Option by will or the laws of descent and distribution, at any time within two years after the date of death or permanent and total disability of the Non-employee Director or until the expiration date of the Nonstatutory Option, whichever is earlier.  Nothing in this Paragraph 5.4 shall have the effect of accelerating the exercisability of any Non-employee Director Nonstatutory Option.

 

5.5           Tax Withholding.  The Corporation shall have the right to require a Non-employee Director to pay to the Corporation the amount necessary to satisfy the Corporation’s current or future obligation to withhold federal, state or local income or other taxes that the Non-employee Director incurs by vesting of a Restricted Stock Award.  Tax withholding obligations in respect of Restricted Stock Awards to Non-employee Directors may not be satisfied by the Corporation’s withholding of Stock subject to the Award or by the Non-employee Director’s transfer of Stock to the Corporation.

 

5.6           Director Stock.

 

(a)           Election.  The Corporation intends to pay each Non-employee Director (and at the discretion of the Board of Directors certain Employee Directors) an annual retainer in the amount set from time to time by the Board of Directors (the “Retainer”).  Each Director shall be entitled to receive his or her Retainer

 

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exclusively in cash, exclusively in shares of Stock (“Director Stock”) or any portion in cash and any portion in Director Stock.  Each Director shall be given the opportunity, during the month the Director first becomes a Director and during the last month of each quarter thereafter, to elect among these choices for the remainder of the quarter (in the case of the election made when the Director first becomes a Director) and for the following quarter (in the case of any subsequent election).  If the Director chooses to receive at least some of his or her Retainer in Director Stock, the election shall also indicate the percentage of the Retainer to be paid in Director Stock.  If a Director makes no election during his or her first opportunity to make an election, the Director shall be assumed to have elected to receive his or her entire Retainer in cash.  If a Director makes no election during any succeeding election month, the Director shall be assumed to have remade the election then currently in effect for that Director.  An election by a Director to receive a portion of his or her retainer in Director Stock shall either (i) be approved by (A) the Committee or (B) the Board of Directors or (ii) provide that Director Stock received by the Director pursuant to such election shall be held by the Director for a period of at least six months.

 

(b)           Issuance.  The Corporation shall make the first issuance of shares of Director Stock on the first trading day of the first full calendar quarter after the Effective Date.  Subsequent issuances of Director Stock shall be made on the first trading day of each subsequent calendar quarter and shall be made to all Persons who are Directors on that trading day except any Director whose Retainer is to be paid entirely in cash.  The number of shares of Stock issuable to those Directors on the relevant trading date indicated above shall equal:

 

(% x R/4) ¸ P

 

where:

 

%

 

=

 

the percentage of the Director’s Retainer that the Director elected or is deemed to have elected to receive in the form of Director Stock, expressed as a decimal;

 

 

 

 

 

R

 

=

 

the Director’s Retainer for the year during which the issuance occurs; and

 

 

 

 

 

P

 

=

 

the closing price, as quoted on the principal exchange on which Stock is traded, on the date of issuance.

 

Director Stock shall not include any fractional shares.  Fractions shall be rounded to the nearest whole share.

 

                5.7           Expiration of Directors' Awards Upon Change in Control.  Notwithstanding anything contrary in Section 5.4 hereof, if a Non-employee Director ceases to be a member of the Board of Directors due to consummation of a transaction (or series of transactions) that involves a Change in Control, each Nonstatutory Option held by the Non-employee Director at the date of the Change in Control may be exercised in whole or in part at any time within three years after the date of the Change in Control or until the expiration of the Nonstatutory Option, whichever is earlier.

 

SECTION 6. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF OPTIONS

 

All Options granted under the Plan shall comply with, and the related Option Agreements shall be deemed to include and be subject to, the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 6 (to the extent each term and condition applies to the form of Option) and also to the terms and conditions set forth in Paragraph 10.1 and Section 11; provided, however, that the Committee may authorize an Option Agreement that expressly contains terms and provisions that differ from the terms and provisions of Section 11.  The Committee may also authorize an Option Agreement that contains any or all of the terms and provisions of Paragraphs 10.2, 10.3 and 10.4 or that contains terms and provisions dealing with similar subject matter differently than do those Paragraphs; nevertheless, no term or provision of Paragraph 10.2, 10.3 or 10.4 (or

 

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any such differing term or provision) shall apply to an Option Agreement unless the Option Agreement expressly states that such term or provision applies.

 

6.1           Number of Shares.  Each Option Agreement shall state the total number of shares of Stock to which it relates.

 

6.2           Vesting.  Each Option Agreement shall state the time, periods or other conditions on which the right to exercise the Option or a portion thereof shall vest and the number (or method of determining the number) of shares of Stock for which the right to exercise the Option shall vest at each such time, period or satisfaction of condition.

 

6.3           Expiration of Options.  Nonstatutory Options and Incentive Options may be exercised during the term determined by the Committee and set forth in the Option Agreement; provided that no Incentive Option shall be exercised after the expiration of a period of ten years commencing on the Date of Grant of the Incentive Option.

 

6.4           Exercise Price.  Each Option Agreement shall state the exercise price per share of Stock (the “Exercise Price”). The exercise price per share of Stock subject to an Incentive Option shall not be less than the greater of (a) the par value per share of the Stock or (b) 100% of the Fair Market Value per share of the Stock on the Date of Grant of the Option. The exercise price per share of Stock subject to a Nonstatutory Option shall not be less than the greater of (a) the par value per share of the Stock or (b) eighty-five percent of the Fair Market Value per share of the Stock on the Date of Grant of the Option.

 

6.5           Method of Exercise.  The Option shall be exercisable only by written, recorded electronic or other notice of exercise in the manner specified by the Committee from time to time (the “Exercise Notice”) delivered to the Corporation or to the Person designated by the Committee during the term of the Option, which notice shall (a) state the number of shares of Stock with respect to which the Option is being exercised, (b) be signed or otherwise given by the Holder of the Option or by the person authorized to exercise the Option in the event of the Holder’s death or disability, (c) be accompanied by the Exercise Price for all shares of Stock for which the Option is exercised, unless provision for the payment of the Exercise Price has been made pursuant to Paragraph 6.7 or 6.8 or in another manner permitted by law and approved in advance by the Committee; and (d) include such other information, instruments, and documents as may be required to satisfy any other condition to exercise contained in the Option Agreement. The Option shall not be deemed to have been exercised unless all of the requirements of the preceding provisions of this Paragraph 6.5 have been satisfied.

 

6.6           Incentive Option Exercises.  During the Holder’s lifetime, only the Holder may exercise an Incentive Option. The Holder of an Incentive Option shall immediately notify the Corporation in writing of any disposition of the Stock acquired pursuant to the Incentive Option that would disqualify the Incentive Option from the incentive option tax treatment afforded by Section 422 of the Code.  The notice shall state the number of shares disposed of, the dates of acquisition and disposition of the shares, and the consideration received upon that disposition.

 

6.7           Medium and Time of Payment.  The Exercise Price of an Option shall be payable in full upon the exercise of the Option (a) in cash or by an equivalent means (such as that specified in Paragraph 6.8) acceptable to the Committee, (b) on the Committee’s prior consent with shares of Stock owned by the

 

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Holder (including shares received upon exercise of the Option or restricted shares already held by the Holder) and having a Fair Market Value at least equal to the aggregate Exercise Price payable in connection with such exercise, or (c) by any combination of clauses (a) and (b). If the Committee chooses to accept shares of Stock in payment of all or any portion of the Exercise Price, then (for purposes of payment of the Exercise Price) those shares of Stock shall be deemed to have a cash value equal to their aggregate Fair Market Value determined as of the date of the delivery of the Exercise Notice. If the Committee elects to accept shares of restricted Stock in payment of all or any portion of the Exercise Price, then an equal number of shares issued pursuant to the exercise shall be restricted on the same terms and for the restriction period remaining on the shares used for payment.

 

6.8           Payment with Sale Proceeds.  In addition, at the request of the Holder and to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Committee may (but shall not be required to) approve arrangements with a brokerage firm under which that brokerage firm, on behalf of the Holder, shall pay to the Corporation the Exercise Price of the Option being exercised (either as a loan to the Holder or from the proceeds of the sale of Stock issued pursuant to that exercise of the Option), and the Corporation shall promptly cause the exercised shares to be delivered to the brokerage firm. Such transactions shall be effected in accordance with the procedures that the Committee may establish from time to time.

 

6.9           Payment of Taxes.  The Committee may, in its discretion, require a Holder to pay to the Corporation (or the Corporation’s Subsidiary if the Holder is an employee of a Subsidiary of the Corporation), at the time of the exercise of an Option, the amount that the Committee deems necessary to satisfy the Corporation’s or its Subsidiary’s current or future obligation to withhold federal, state or local income or other taxes that the Holder incurs by exercising an Option. Upon the exercise of an Option requiring tax withholding, a Holder may (a) direct the Corporation to withhold from the shares of Stock to be issued to the Holder the number of shares necessary to satisfy the Corporation’s obligation to withhold taxes, that determination to be based on the shares Fair Market Value as of the date on which tax withholding is to be made; (b) deliver to the Corporation sufficient shares of Stock (based upon the Fair Market Value at date of withholding) to satisfy the Corporation’s tax withholding obligations, based on the shares’ Fair Market Value as of the date of exercise; or (c) deliver sufficient cash to the Corporation to satisfy its tax withholding obligations. Holders who elect to use such a stock withholding feature must make the election at the time and in the manner that the Committee prescribes. The Committee may, at its sole option, deny any Holder’s request to satisfy withholding obligations through Stock instead of cash. In the event the Committee subsequently determines that the aggregate Fair Market Value (as determined above) of any shares of Stock withheld as payment of any tax withholding obligation is insufficient to discharge that tax withholding obligation, then the Holder shall pay to the Corporation, immediately upon the Committee’s request, the amount of that deficiency.

 

6.10         Reload Provisions.  Options may contain a provision pursuant to which a Holder who pays all or a portion of the Exercise Price of an Option or the tax required to be withheld pursuant to the exercise of an Option by surrendering shares of Stock shall automatically be granted an Option for the purchase of the number of shares of Stock equal to the number of shares surrendered (a “Reload Option”).  The Date of Grant of the Reload Option shall be the date on which the Holder surrenders the shares of Stock in respect of which the Reload Option is granted.  The Reload Option shall have an Exercise Price equal to the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the Date of Grant of the Reload Option and shall have a term that is no longer than the original term of the underlying Option.

 

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6.11         Limitation on Aggregate Value of Shares. That May Become First Exercisable During Any Calendar Year Under an Incentive Option.  Except as is otherwise provided in subparagraph 10.2(b), with respect to any Incentive Option granted under this Plan, the aggregate Fair Market Value of shares of Stock subject to an Incentive Option and the aggregate Fair Market Value of shares of Stock or stock of any Subsidiary (or a predecessor of the Corporation or a Subsidiary) subject to any other incentive stock option (within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code) of the Corporation or its Subsidiaries (or a predecessor corporation of any such corporation) that first become purchasable by a Holder in any calendar year may not (with respect to that Holder) exceed $ 100,000, or such other amount as may be prescribed under Section 422 of the Code or applicable  regulations or rulings from time to time.  As used in the previous sentence, Fair Market Value shall be determined as of the date the Incentive Option is granted.  For purposes of this Paragraph 6.11 “predecessor corporation” means (a) a corporation that was a party to a transaction described in Section 424(a) of the Code (or which would be so described if a substitution or assumption under that Section had been effected), with the Corporation, (b) a corporation which, at the time the new incentive stock option (within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code) is granted, is a Subsidiary of the Corporation or a predecessor corporation of any such corporations, or (c) a predecessor corporation of any such corporations. Failure to comply with this provision shall not impair the enforceability or exercisability of any Option, but shall cause the excess amount of shares to be reclassified in accordance with the Code.  Failure to comply with this provision shall not impair the enforceability or exercisability of any Option, but shall cause the excess amount of shares to be reclassified in accordance with the Code.

 

6.12         No Fractional Shares.  The Corporation shall not in any case be required to sell, issue, or deliver a fractional share with respect to any Option.  In lieu of the issuance of any fractional share of Stock, the Corporation shall pay to the Holder an amount in cash equal to the same fraction (as the fractional Stock) of the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock determined as of the date of the applicable Exercise Notice.

 

6.13         Modification, Extension and Renewal of Options.  Subject to the terms and conditions of and within the limitations of the Plan and any applicable law, and any consent required by the last two sentences of this Paragraph 6.13, the Committee may (a) modify, extend or renew outstanding Options granted under the Plan and (b) amend the terms of an Incentive Option at any time to include provisions that have the effect of changing the Incentive Option to a Nonstatutory Option.  Nevertheless, without the consent of the Holder, the Committee may not modify any outstanding Options so as to specify a higher Exercise Price or accept the surrender of outstanding Incentive Options and authorize the granting of new Options in substitution therefor specifying a higher Exercise Price.  In addition, no modification of an Option granted hereunder shall, without the consent of the Holder, materially alter or impair any rights of the Holder or materially increase the obligations of a Holder under any Option theretofore granted hereunder to that Holder under the Plan except, with respect to Incentive Options, as may be necessary to satisfy the requirements of Section 422 of the Code or as permitted in clause (b) of this Paragraph 6.13.

 

6.14         Other Agreement Provisions.  The Option Agreements authorized under the Plan shall contain such provisions in addition to those required by the Plan (including, without limitation, restrictions or the removal of restrictions upon the exercise of the Option and the retention or transfer of shares thereby acquired) as the Committee may deem advisable.  Each Option Agreement shall identify the Option evidenced thereby as an Incentive Option or Nonstatutory Option, as the case may be, and no Option Agreement shall cover both an Incentive Option and a Nonstatutory Option. Each Agreement relating to an Incentive Option granted hereunder shall contain such limitations and restrictions upon the exercise of the

 

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Incentive Option to which it relates as shall be necessary for the Incentive Option to which such Agreement relates to constitute an incentive stock option, as defined in Section 422 of the Code.

 

 

SECTION 7. STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS

 

All Stock Appreciation Rights granted under the Plan shall comply with, and the related Award Agreements shall be deemed to include and be subject to, the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 7 (to the extent each term and condition applies to the form of Stock Appreciation Right) and also to the terms and conditions set forth in Paragraph 10.1 and Section 11; provided, however, that the Committee may authorize an Award Agreement relating to a Stock Appreciation Right that expressly contains terms and provisions that differ from the terms and provisions of Section11.  The Committee may also authorize an Award Agreement relating to a Stock Appreciation Right that contains any or all of the terms and provisions of Paragraphs 10.2, 10.3 and 10.4 or that contains terms and provisions dealing with similar subject matter differently than do those Paragraphs; nevertheless, no term or provision of Paragraph 10.2, 10.3 or 10.4 (or any such differing term or provision) shall apply to an Award Agreement relating to a Stock Appreciation Right unless the Award Agreement expressly states that such term or provision applies.

 

7.1           Form of Right.  A Stock Appreciation Right may be granted to an Eligible Individual (a) in connection with an Option, either at the time of grant or at any time during the term of the Option, or (b) without relation to an Option.

 

7.2           Rights Related to Options.  A Stock Appreciation Right granted pursuant to an Option shall entitle the Holder, upon exercise, to surrender that Option or any portion thereof, to the extent unexercised, and to receive payment of an amount computed pursuant to Paragraph 7.2(b).  That Option shall then cease to be exercisable to the extent surrendered.  Stock Appreciation Rights granted in connection with an Option shall be subject to the terms of the Award Agreement governing the Option, which shall comply with the following provisions in addition to those applicable to Options:

 

(a)           Exercise and Transfer.  Subject to Paragraph 11.10, a Stock Appreciation Right granted in connection with an Option shall be exercisable only at such time or times and only to the extent that the related Option is exercised and shall not be transferable except to the extent that the related Option is transferable.  To the extent that an Option has been exercised, the Stock Appreciation Rights granted in connection with that Option shall terminate.

 

(b)           Value of Right.  Upon the exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right related to an Option, the Holder shall be entitled to receive payment from the Corporation of an amount determined by multiplying:

 

(i)            The difference obtained by subtracting the Exercise Price of a share of Stock specified in the related Option from the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date of exercise of the Stock Appreciation Right, by

 

(ii)           The number of shares as to which that Stock Appreciation Right has been exercised.

 

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7.3           Right Without Option.  A Stock Appreciation Right granted without relationship to an Option shall be exercisable as determined by the Committee and set forth in the Award Agreement governing the Stock Appreciation Right, which Award Agreement shall comply with the following provisions:

 

(a)           Number of Shares.  Each Award Agreement shall state the total number of shares of Stock to which the Stock Appreciation Right relates.

 

(b)           Vesting.  Each Award Agreement shall state the time, periods or other conditions on which the right to exercise the Stock Appreciation Right or a portion thereof shall vest and the number of shares of Stock for which the right to exercise the Stock Appreciation Right shall vest at each such time, period or satisfaction of condition.

 

7.4           Expiration of Rights.  Each Award Agreement shall state the date at which the Stock Appreciation Rights shall expire if not previously exercised.

 

(a)           Value of Right.  A Stock Appreciation Right granted without relationship to an Option shall entitle the Holder, upon exercise of the Stock Appreciation Right, to receive payment of an amount determined by multiplying:

 

(i)            The difference obtained by subtracting the SAR Exercise Price from the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date of exercise of that Stock Appreciation Right, by

 

(ii)           The number of rights as to which the Stock Appreciation Right has been exercised.

 

7.5           Limitations on Rights.  Notwithstanding subparagraph 7.2(b) and subparagraph 7.3(d), the Committee may limit the amount payable upon exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right.  Any such limitation must be determined as of the Date of Grant and be noted on the instrument evidencing the Stock Appreciation Right.

 

7.6           Payment of Rights.  Payment of the amount determined under subparagraph 7.2(b) or subparagraph 7.3(d) and Paragraph 7.4 may be made solely in whole shares of Stock valued at Fair Market Value on the date of exercise of the Stock Appreciation Right or, in the sole discretion of the Committee, solely in cash or a combination of cash and Stock.  If the Committee decides to make full payment in shares of Stock and the amount payable results in a fractional share, payment for the fractional share shall be made in cash.

 

7.7           Payment of Taxes.  The Committee may, in its discretion, require a Holder to pay to the Corporation (or the Corporation’s Subsidiary if the Holder is an employee of a Subsidiary of the Corporation), at the time of the exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right, the amount that the Committee deems necessary to satisfy the Corporation’s or its Subsidiary’s current or future obligation to withhold federal, state or local income or other taxes that the Holder incurs by exercising a Stock Appreciation Right.  Upon the exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right requiring tax withholding, a Holder may (a) direct the Corporation to withhold from the shares of Stock to be issued to the Holder the number of shares necessary to satisfy the Corporation’s obligation to withhold taxes, that determination to be based on the shares’ Fair

 

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Market Value as of the date on which tax withholding is to be made; (b) deliver to the Corporation sufficient shares of Stock (based upon the Fair Market Value at date of withholding) to satisfy the Corporation’s tax withholding obligations, based on the shares’ Fair Market Value as of the date of exercise; or (c) deliver sufficient cash to the Corporation to satisfy its tax withholding obligations.  Holders who elect to use such a stock withholding feature must make the election at the time and in the manner that the Committee prescribes.  The Committee may, in its sole discretion, deny any Holder’s request to satisfy withholding obligations through Stock instead of cash.  In the event the Committee subsequently determines that the aggregate Fair Market Value (as determined above) of any shares of Stock withheld as payment of any tax withholding obligation is insufficient to discharge that tax withholding obligation, then the Holder shall pay to the Corporation, immediately upon the Committee’s request, the amount of that deficiency.

 

7.8           Other Agreement Provisions.  The Award Agreements authorized relating to Stock Appreciation Rights shall contain such provisions in addition to those required by the Plan (including, without limitation, restrictions or the removal of restrictions upon the exercise of the Stock Appreciation Right and the retention or transfer of shares thereby acquired) as the Committee may deem advisable.

 

SECTION 8. RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS

 

All Restricted Stock Awards granted under the Plan (other than the automatic Awards to Non-employee Directors pursuant to Section 5) shall comply with, and the related Award Agreements shall be deemed to include, and be subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 8 and also to the terms and conditions set forth in Paragraph 10.1 and Section 11; provided, however, that the Committee may authorize an Award Agreement relating to a Restricted Stock Award that expressly contains terms and provisions that differ from the terms and provisions of Section 11.  The Committee may also authorize an Award Agreement relating to a Restricted Stock Award that contains any or all of the terms and provisions of Paragraphs 10.2, 10.3 and 10.4 or that contains terms and provisions dealing with similar subject matter differently than do those Paragraphs; nevertheless, no term or provision of Paragraph 10.2, 10.3 or 10.4 (or any such differing term or provision) shall apply to an Award Agreement relating to a Restricted Stock Award unless the Award Agreement expressly states that such term or provision applies.

 

8.1           Restrictions.  All shares of Restricted Stock Awards granted or sold pursuant to the Plan shall be subject to the following conditions:

 

(a)           Transferability.  The shares may not be sold, transferred or otherwise alienated or hypothecated until the restrictions are removed or expire.

 

(b)           Conditions to Removal of Restrictions.  Conditions to removal or expiration of the restrictions may include, but are not required to be limited to, continuing employment or service as a director, officer, consultant, or advisor or achievement of performance objectives described in the Award Agreement.

 

(c)           Legend.  Each certificate representing Restricted Stock Awards granted pursuant to the Plan shall bear a legend making appropriate reference to the restrictions imposed.

 

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(d)           Possession.  At its sole discretion, the Committee may (i) authorize issuance of a certificate for shares in the Holder’s name only upon lapse of the applicable restrictions, (ii) require the Corporation, transfer agent or other custodian to retain physical custody of the certificates representing Restricted Stock Awards during the restriction period and may require the Holder of the Award to execute stock powers, endorsed or in blank, for those certificates and deliver those stock powers to the Corporation, transfer agent or custodian, or (iii) may require the Holder to enter into an escrow agreement providing that the certificates representing Restricted Stock Awards granted or sold pursuant to the Plan shall remain in the physical custody of an escrow holder until all restrictions are removed or expire.  The Corporation may issue shares subject to stop-transfer restrictions or may issue such shares subject only to the restrictive legend described in subparagraph 8.1(c).

 

(e)           Other Conditions.  The Committee may impose other conditions on any shares granted or sold as Restricted Stock Awards pursuant to the Plan as it may deem advisable, including, without limitation, (i) restrictions under the Securities Act or Exchange Act, (ii) the requirements of any securities exchange upon which the shares or shares of the same class are then listed, and (iii) any state securities law applicable to the shares.

 

8.2           Expiration of Restrictions.  The restrictions imposed in Paragraph 8.1 on Restricted Stock Awards shall lapse as determined by the Committee and set forth in the applicable Award Agreement, and the Corporation shall promptly cause to be delivered to the Holder of the Restricted Stock Award a certificate representing the number of shares for which restrictions have lapsed, free of any restrictive legend relating to the lapsed restrictions.  Each Restricted Stock Award may have a different restriction period, in the discretion of the Committee.  The Committee may, in its discretion, prospectively reduce the restriction period applicable to a particular Restricted Stock Award.  The foregoing notwithstanding, no restriction not required by law shall remain in effect for more than ten years after the date of the Award.

 

8.3           Rights as Stockholder.  Subject to the provisions of Paragraphs 8.1 and 11.11, the Committee may, in its discretion, determine what rights, if any, the Holder shall have with respect to the Restricted Stock Awards granted or sold, including the right to vote the shares and receive all dividends and other distributions paid or made with respect thereto.

 

8.4           Payment of Taxes.  The Committee may, in its discretion, require a Holder to pay to the Corporation (or the Corporation’s Subsidiary if the Holder is an employee of a Subsidiary of the Corporation) the amount that the Committee deems necessary to satisfy the Corporation’s or its Subsidiary’s current or future obligation to withhold federal, state or local income or other taxes that the Holder incurs by reason of the Restricted Stock Award.  The Holder may (a) direct the Corporation to withhold from the shares of Stock to be issued to the Holder the number of shares necessary to satisfy the Corporation’s obligation to withhold taxes, that determination to be based on the shares’ Fair Market Value as of the date on which tax withholding is to be made; (b) deliver to the Corporation sufficient shares of Stock (based upon the Fair Market Value at date of withholding) to satisfy the Corporation’s tax withholding obligations, based on the shares’ Fair Market Value as of the date of exercise; or (c) deliver sufficient cash to the Corporation to satisfy its tax withholding obligations.  Holders who elect to use such a stock withholding feature must make the election at the time and in the manner that the Committee prescribes.  The Committee may, in its sole discretion, deny any Holder’s request to satisfy withholding obligations through Stock instead of cash.  In the event the Committee subsequently determines that the aggregate Fair Market Value (as determined

 

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above) of any shares of Stock withheld as payment of any tax withholding obligation is insufficient to discharge that tax withholding obligation, then the Holder shall pay to the Corporation, immediately upon the Committee’s request, the amount of that deficiency.

 

8.5           Other Agreement Provisions.  The Award Agreements relating to Restricted Stock Awards shall contain such provisions in addition to those required by the Plan as the Committee may deem advisable.

 

SECTION 9. PERFORMANCE UNITS

 

All Performance Units granted under the Plan shall comply with, and the related Award Agreements shall be deemed to include and be subject to, the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 9 (to the extent each term and condition applies to the form of Performance Unit) and also to the terms and conditions set forth in Paragraph 10.1 and Section 11; provided, however, that the Committee may authorize an Award Agreement related to a Performance Unit that expressly contains terms and provisions that differ from the terms and provisions of Section11.  The Committee may also authorize an Award Agreement related to a Performance Unit that contains any or all of the terms and provisions of Paragraphs 10.2, 10.3 and 10.4 or that contains terms and provisions dealing with similar subject matter differently than do those Paragraphs; nevertheless, no term or provision of Paragraph 10.2, 10.3 or 10.4 (or any such differing term or provision) shall apply to an Award Agreement related to a Performance Unit unless the Award Agreement expressly states that such term or provision applies.

 

9.1           Multiple Grants.  The Committee may make grants of Performance Units in such a manner that more than one Performance Period is in progress simultaneously.  At or before the beginning of each Performance Period, the Committee will establish the contingent value of each Performance Unit for that Performance Period, which may vary depending on the degree to which performance objectives established by the Committee are met.

 

9.2           Performance Standards.  At or before the beginning of each Performance Period, the Committee will (a) establish the beginning and ending dates of the Performance Period, (b) establish for that Performance Period specific performance objectives as the Committee (in its sole discretion) believes are relevant to the Corporation’s overall business objectives, (c) determine the minimum and maximum value of a Performance Unit and the value of a Performance Unit based on the degree to which performance objectives are achieved, exceeded or not achieved, (d) determine a minimum performance level below which Performance Units will be assigned a value of zero, and a maximum performance level above which the value of Performance Units will not increase, and (e) notify each Holder of a Performance Unit for that Performance Period in writing of the established performance objectives and minimum, target, and maximum Performance Unit value for that Performance Period.

 

9.3           Modification of Standards.  If the Committee determines in its sole discretion that the established performance measures or objectives are no longer suitable to Corporation objectives because of a change in the Corporation’s business, operations, corporate structure, capital structure, or other conditions the Committee deems to be material, the Committee may modify the performance measures and objectives as it considers appropriate and equitable.

 

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Performance Period.  If minimum performance is not achieved or exceeded for a Performance Period, no payment will be made and all contingent rights will cease.  If minimum performance is achieved or exceeded, the value of a Performance Unit will be based on the degree to which actual performance exceeded the pre-established minimum performance standards.  The amount of payment will be determined by multiplying the number of Performance Units granted at the beginning of the Performance Period by the final Performance Unit value.  Payments will be made in cash or Stock as soon as administratively possible following the close of the applicable Performance Period.

 

9.5           Payment of Taxes.  The Committee may, in its discretion, require a Holder to pay to the Corporation (or the Corporation’s Subsidiary if the Holder is an employee of a Subsidiary of the Corporation), at the time of the payment of cash or stock in connection with a Performance Unit, the amount that the Committee deems necessary to satisfy the Corporation’s or its Subsidiary’s current or future obligation to withhold federal, state or local income or other taxes that the Holder incurs with respect to such payment.  Upon receiving notice that the Holder is required to satisfy tax withholding, a Holder may (a) if the payment is to be made in Stock, direct the Corporation to withhold from the shares of Stock to be issued to the Holder the number of shares necessary to satisfy the Corporation’s obligation to withhold taxes, that determination to be based on the shares’ Fair Market Value as of the date on which tax withholding is to be made; (b) deliver to the Corporation sufficient shares of Stock (based upon the Fair Market Value at date of withholding) to satisfy the Corporation’s tax withholding obligations, based on the shares’ Fair Market Value as of the date of exercise or settlement; (c) if the payment is to be made in cash, direct the Corporation to withhold from such payment the amount of cash required to satisfy the Corporation’s obligation to withhold taxes: or (d) deliver sufficient cash to the Corporation to satisfy its tax withholding obligations.  Holders who elect to use such a stock withholding feature must make the election at the time and in the manner that the Committee prescribes.  The Committee may, at its sole option, deny any Holder’s request to satisfy withholding obligations through Stock instead of cash or may impose any conditions it deems appropriate on such action, including the escrow of shares of Stock.  In the event the Committee subsequently determines that the aggregate Fair Market Value (as determined above) of any shares of Stock withheld as payment of any tax withholding obligation is insufficient to discharge that tax withholding obligation, then the Holder shall pay to the Corporation, immediately upon the Committee’s request, the amount of that deficiency.

 

9.6           Other Agreement Provisions.  The Award Agreements, if any, authorized relating to Performance Units shall contain such provisions in addition to those required by the Plan (including, without limitation, restrictions or the removal of restrictions upon the transfer of shares thereby acquired) as the Committee may deem advisable.

 

SECTION 10. ADJUSTMENT PROVISIONS

 

The Committee may authorize an Award that contains any or all of the terms and provisions of this Section 10 or, with respect to Paragraphs 10.2, 10.3 and 10.4, that contains terms and provisions dealing with similar subject matter differently than do those Paragraphs; nevertheless, no term or provision of Paragraph 10.2, 10.3 or 10.4 (or any such differing term or provision) shall apply to an Award Agreement unless the Award Agreement expressly states that such term or provision applies.

 

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constitute the individual limitations in Section 2.7 shall be subject to adjustment, from time to time, in accordance with the following provisions:

 

(a)           If at any time or from time to time, the Corporation shall subdivide as a whole (by reclassification, by a Stock split, by the issuance of a distribution on Stock payable in Stock or otherwise) the number of shares of Stock then outstanding into a greater number of shares of Stock, then (i) the maximum number of shares of Stock available for the Plan and for any individual as provided in Section 2.1 and Section 2.7, respectively, shall be increased proportionately, and the kind of shares or other securities available for the Plan shall be appropriately adjusted, (ii) the number of shares of Stock (or other kind of shares or securities) that may be acquired under any Award shall be increased proportionately, and (iii) the price (including Exercise Price) for each share of Stock (or other kind of shares or unit of other securities) subject to then outstanding Awards shall be reduced proportionately, without changing the aggregate purchase price or value as to which outstanding Awards remain exercisable or subject to restrictions.

 

(b)           If at any time or from time to time, the Corporation shall consolidate as a whole (by reclassification, reverse Stock split, or otherwise) the number of shares of Stock then outstanding into a lesser number of shares of Stock, (i) the maximum number of shares of Stock available for the Plan and for any individual as provided in Section 2.1 and Section 2.7, respectively shall be decreased proportionately, and the kind of shares or other securities available for the Plan shall be appropriately adjusted,  (ii) the number of shares of Stock (or other kind of shares or securities) that may be acquired under any Award shall be decreased proportionately, and (iii) the price (including Exercise Price) for each share of Stock (or other kind of shares or unit of other securities) subject to then outstanding Awards shall be increased proportionately, without changing the aggregate purchase price or value as to which outstanding Awards remain exercisable or subject to restrictions.

 

(c)           Whenever the number of shares of Stock subject to outstanding Awards and the price for each share of Stock subject to outstanding Awards are required to be adjusted as provided in this Paragraph 10.1. the Committee shall promptly prepare a notice setting forth, in reasonable detail, the event requiring adjustment, the amount of the adjustment, the method by which such adjustment was calculated, and the change in price and the number of shares of Stock, other securities, cash or property purchasable subject to each Award after giving effect to the adjustments.  The Committee shall promptly give each Holder such a notice.

 

(d)           Adjustments under Section 10(a) and (b) shall be made by the Committee, and its determination as to what adjustments shall be made and the extent thereof shall be final, binding and conclusive.  No fractional interest shall be issued under the Plan on account of any such adjustments.

 

10.2         Changes in Control.  Upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, (a) each Holder of an Option shall immediately be granted corresponding Stock Appreciation Rights; (b) all outstanding Stock Appreciation Rights and Options shall immediately become fully vested and exercisable in full, including that portion of any Stock Appreciation Award or Option that pursuant to the terms and provisions of the applicable Award Agreement had not yet become exercisable (the total number of shares of Stock as to which a Stock Appreciation Right or Option is exercisable upon the occurrence of a Change in Control is referred to herein as the “Total Shares”); and (c) the restriction period of any Restricted Stock Award shall immediately be accelerated and the restrictions shall expire.  If a Change in Control involves a Restructure

 

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or occurs in connection with a series of related transactions involving a Restructure and if such Restructure is in the form of a Non-Surviving Event and as a part of such Restructure shares of stock, other securities, cash or property shall be issuable or deliverable in exchange for Stock, then the Holder of an Award shall be entitled to purchase or receive (in lieu of the Total Shares that the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase or receive), as appropriate for the form of Award, the number of shares of stock, other securities, cash or property to which that number of Total Shares would have been entitled in connection with such Restructure (and, for Options, at an aggregate exercise price equal to the Exercise Price that would have been payable if that number of Total Shares had been purchased on the exercise of the Option immediately before the consummation of the Restructure).  Nothing in this Paragraph 10.2 shall impose on a Holder the obligation to exercise any Award immediately before or upon the Change of Control, nor shall the Holder forfeit the right to exercise the Award during the remainder of the original term of the Award because of a Change in Control or because the Holder’s employment is terminated for any reason following a Change in Control.

 

10.3         Restructure and No Change in Control.  In the event a Restructure should occur at any time while there is any outstanding Award hereunder and that Restructure does not occur in connection with a Change in Control or in connection with a series of related transactions involving a Change in Control, then:

 

(a)           no Holder of an Option shall automatically be granted corresponding Stock Appreciation Rights;

 

(b)           neither any outstanding Stock Appreciation Rights nor any outstanding Options shall immediately become fully vested and exercisable in full merely because of the occurrence of the Restructure;

 

(c)           the restriction period of any Restricted Stock Award shall not immediately be accelerated and the restrictions expire merely because of the occurrence of the Restructure; and

 

(d)           at the option of the Committee, the Corporation may (but shall not be required to) take any one or more of the following actions:

 

(i)            grant each Holder of an Option corresponding Stock Appreciation Rights;

 

(ii)           accelerate in whole or in part the time of the vesting and exercisability of any one or more of the outstanding Stock Appreciation Rights and Options so as to provide that those Stock Appreciation Rights and Options shall be exercisable before, upon, or after the consummation of the Restructure;

 

(iii)          accelerate in whole or in part the expiration of some or all of the restrictions of any Restricted Stock Award so that the Stock subject to that Awards shall be owned by the Holder without restriction or risk of forfeiture;

 

(iv)          if the Restructure is in the form of a Non-Surviving Event, cause the surviving entity to assume in whole or in part any one or more of the outstanding Awards upon such terms and provisions as the Committee deems desirable; or

 

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(v)           redeem in whole or in part any one or more of the outstanding Awards (whether or not then exercisable) in consideration of a cash payment, as such payment may be reduced for tax withholding obligations as contemplated in the Section governing the particular form of Award, in an amount equal to:

 

(A)          for Options and Stock Appreciation Rights granted in connection with Options, the excess of (1) the Fair Market Value, determined as of a date immediately preceding the consummation of the Restructure, of the aggregate number of shares of Stock subject to the Award and as to which the Award is being redeemed over (2) the Exercise Price for that number of shares of Stock;

 

(B)           for Stock Appreciation Rights not granted in connection with an Option, the excess of (1) the Fair Market Value, determined as of a date immediately preceding the consummation of the Restructure, of the aggregate number of shares of Stock subject to the Award and as to which the Award is being redeemed over (2) the Fair Market Value of the number of shares of Stock on the Date of Grant;

 

(C)           for Restricted Stock Awards, the Fair Market Value, determined as of a date immediately preceding the consummation of the Restructure, of the aggregate number of shares of Stock subject to the Award and as to which the Award is being redeemed: and

 

(D)          for Performance Units, the amount per Performance Unit as the Committee in its sole discretion may determine (which may be zero dollars).

 

The Corporation shall promptly notify each Holder of any election or action taken by the Corporation under this Paragraph 10.3.  In the event of any election or action taken by the Corporation pursuant to this Paragraph 10.3 that requires the amendment or cancellation of any Award Agreement as may be specified in any notice to the Holder thereof, that Holder shall promptly deliver that Award Agreement to the Corporation in order for that amendment or cancellation to be implemented by the Corporation and the Committee.  The failure of the Holder to deliver any such Award Agreement to the Corporation as provided in the preceding sentence shall not in any manner effect the validity or enforceability of any action taken by the Corporation and the Committee under this Paragraph 10.3, including, without limitation, any redemption of an Award as of the consummation of a Restructure.  Any cash payment to be made by the Corporation pursuant to this Paragraph 10.3 in connection with the redemption of any outstanding Awards shall be paid to the Holder thereof currently with the delivery to the Corporation of the Award Agreement evidencing that Award; provided however, that any such redemption shall be effective upon the consummation of the Restructure notwithstanding that the payment of the redemption price may occur subsequent to the consummation.  If all or any portion of an outstanding Award is to be exercised or accelerated to upon or after the consummation of a Restructure that is in the form of a Non-Surviving Event and as a part of that Restructure shares of stock, other securities, cash or property shall be issuable or deliverable in exchange for Stock, then the Holder of the Award shall thereafter be entitled to purchase or receive (in lieu of the number of shares of Stock that the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase or receive) the number of shares of stock, other securities, cash or property to which such number of shares of Stock would have been entitled in connection with the Restructure (and, for Options, at an aggregate exercise price equal to

 

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the Exercise Price that would have been payable if that number of Total Shares had been purchased on the exercise of the Option immediately before the consummation of the Restructure).

 

10.4         Notice of Change in Control or Restructure.  The Corporation shall attempt to keep all Holders informed with respect to any Change in Control or Restructure or of any potential Change in Control or Restructure to the same extent that the Corporation’s stockholders are informed by the Corporation of any such event or potential event.

 

                10.5         Acceleration of Awards Upon a Change in Control.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Award Agreement or the Plan, the Committee shall have the right to provide that any or all outstanding Options shall immediately become fully vested and exercisable in full upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, and that the term of the balance of such award shall continue for a period of time not to exceed the term set forth in the applicable Award Agreement governing such award. If a Change in Control involves a Restructure or occurs in connection with a series of related transactions involving a Restructure and if such Restructure is in the form of a Non Surviving Event and as a part of such Restructure shares of stock, other securities, cash or property shall be issuable or deliverable in exchange for Stock, then the Holder of an Award shall be entitled to purchase or receive (in lieu of the Total Shares that the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase or receive), as appropriate for the form of Award, the number of shares of stock, other securities, cash or property to which that number of Total Shares would have been entitled in connection with such Restructure (and, for Options, at an aggregate exercise price equal to the Exercise Price that would have been payable if that number of Total Shares had been purchased on the exercise of the Option immediately before the consummation of the Restructure).

 

SECTION 11. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS

 

11.1         Termination of Employment.  Subject to the last sentence of Paragraph 10.2, if a Holder is an Eligible Individual because the Holder is an Employee and if that employment relationship is terminated for any reason other than Normal Retirement or that Holder’s death or Disability (hereafter defined), then the following provisions shall apply to all Awards held by that Holder that were granted because that Holder was an Employee:

 

(a)           If the termination is by the Holder’s employer, then the following provisions shall apply: (i) if the termination is in breach of the terms and provisions of any written employment agreement between that Holder and the Holder’s employer, then all Awards held by that Holder shall become immediately exercisable, all restrictions on those Awards shall immediately lapse, and the Awards shall survive the termination of employment; or (ii) in any other circumstance, then that portion, if any, of any and all Awards held by that Holder that are not yet exercisable (or for which restrictions have not lapsed) as of the date of the termination shall become null and void as of the date of the termination; provided, however, that the portion, if any, of any and all Awards held by that Holder which are exercisable (or for which restrictions have lapsed) as of the date of such termination shall survive such termination.

 

(b)           If such termination is by the Holder, then the following provisions shall apply: (i) if the termination is in breach of the terms and provisions of any written employment agreement between that Holder and the Holder’s employer or if there is no existing written employment agreement between that Holder and the Holder’s employer, then any and all Awards held by that Holder, whether or not then exercisable and whether or not restrictions thereon have lapsed (except in full), shall become null and void as of the date of the termination; or (ii) if the termination is in accordance with a right of termination granted to a Holder pursuant to the terms and provisions of any written employment agreement between that Holder and his employer, then that portion, if any, of any and all Awards held by that Holder that are not yet exercisable (or for which restrictions have not lapsed) as of the date of the termination shall become null and void as of the date of the termination; provided, however, that the portion if any, of any  and all Awards held by that Holder which are exercisable (or for which restrictions have lapsed) as of the date of such termination shall survive such termination.

 

With respect to any Option or Stock Appreciation Right that survives the termination of employment pursuant to this Paragraph 11.1, the right to exercise that Option or Stock Appreciation Right shall terminate in all cases on 180th day following the last date of employment with the Corporation or its Subsidiary.

 

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11.2         Other Loss of Eligibility.  If a Holder is an Eligible Individual because the Holder is serving in a capacity other than as an Employee and if that capacity is terminated for any reason other than the Holder’s death, then that portion, if any, of any and all Awards held by the Holder that were granted because of that capacity which are not yet exercisable (or for which restrictions have not lapsed) as of the date of the termination shall become null and void as of the date of the termination; provided, however, that the portion, if any, of any and all of the Awards held by the Holder that are exercisable (or for which restrictions have lapsed) as of the date of the termination shall survive the termination.

 

11.3         Death.  Subject to any modification by the Committee pursuant to Paragraph 3.4, upon the death of a Holder, then any and all Awards held by the Holder that are not yet exercisable (or for which restrictions have not lapsed) as of the date of the Holder’s death shall become null and void as of the date of death; provided, however, that the portion, if any, of any and all Awards held by the Holder that are exercisable as of the date of death shall be exercisable by that Holder’s legal representatives, legatees or distributees for a period of the lesser of (a) the remainder of the term of the Award or (b) 180 days following the date of the Holder’s death. Any portion of an Award not exercised upon the expiration of the periods specified in (a) or (b) shall be null and void. Except as expressly provided in this Paragraph 11.3 and subject to the provisions of Paragraph 3.4, all Awards held by a Holder shall not be exercisable after the death of that Holder.

 

11.4         Retirement.  If a Holder is an Eligible Individual because the Holder is an Employee and if that employment relationship is terminated by reason of the Holder’s Normal Retirement, then the portion, if any, of any and all Awards held by the Holder that are not yet exercisable (or for which restrictions have not lapsed) as of the date of that retirement shall become null and void as of the date of retirement; provided, however, that the portion, if any, of any and all Awards held by the Holder that are exercisable as of the date of that retirement shall survive the retirement for their original term.

 

11.5         Disability.  Subject to any modification by the Committee pursuant to Paragraph 3.4, if a Holder is an Eligible Individual because the Holder is an Employee and if that employment relationship is terminated by reason of the Holder’s Disability, then the portion, if any, of any and all Awards held by the Holder that are not yet exercisable (or for which restrictions have not lapsed) as of the date of that termination for Disability shall become null and void as of the date of termination; provided, however, that the portion, if any, of any and all Awards held by the Holder that are exercisable as of the date of that termination shall survive the termination for its original term and shall be exercisable by the Holder, his guardian, or his legal representative. “Disability” shall have the meaning given it in the employment agreement of the Holder; provided, however, that if that Holder has no employment agreement, “Disability” shall mean a physical or mental impairment of sufficient severity that, in the opinion of the Corporation, either the Holder is unable to continue performing the duties he performed before such impairment or the Holder’s condition entitles him to disability benefits under any insurance or employee benefit plan of the Corporation or its Subsidiaries and that impairment or condition is cited by the Corporation as the reason for termination of the Holder’s employment.

 

11.6         Leave of Absence.  With respect to an Award, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, determine that any Holder who is on leave of absence for any reason will be considered to still be in the employ of the Corporation, provided that rights to that Award during a leave of absence will be limited to the extent to which those rights were earned or vested when the leave of absence began.

 

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11.7         Transferability of Awards.  In addition to such other terms and conditions as may be included in a particular Award Agreement, an Award requiring exercise shall be exercisable during a Holder’s lifetime only by that Holder or by that Holder’s guardian or legal representative. An Award requiring exercise shall not be transferrable other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution.

 

11.8         Forfeiture and Restrictions on Transfer.  Each Award Agreement may contain or otherwise provide for conditions giving rise to the forfeiture of the Stock acquired pursuant to an Award or otherwise and may also provide for those restrictions on the transferability of shares of the Stock acquired pursuant to an Award or otherwise that the Committee in its sole and absolute discretion may deem proper or advisable. The conditions giving rise to forfeiture may include, but need not be limited to, the requirement that the Holder render substantial services to the Corporation or its Subsidiaries for a specified period of time. The restrictions on transferability may include, but need not be limited to, options and rights of first refusal in favor of the Corporation and stockholders of the Corporation other than the Holder of such shares of Stock who is a party to the particular Award Agreement or a subsequent holder of the shares of Stock who is bound by that Award Agreement.

 

11.9         Delivery of Certificates of Stock.  Subject to Paragraph 11.10, the Corporation shall promptly issue and deliver a certificate representing the number of shares of Stock as to which (a) an Option has been exercised after the Corporation receives an Exercise Notice and upon receipt by the Corporation of the Exercise Price and any tax withholding as may be requested; (b) a Stock Appreciation Right has been exercised and upon receipt by the Corporation of any tax withholding as may be requested; (c) restrictions have lapsed with respect to a Restricted Stock Award and upon receipt by the Corporation of any tax withholding as may be requested; and (d) performance objectives have been achieved during a Performance Period relating to a Performance Unit for Stock.  The value of the shares of Stock, cash or notes transferable because of an Award under the Plan shall not bear any interest owing to the passage of time, except as may be otherwise provided in an Agreement. If a Holder is entitled to receive certificates representing Stock received for more than one form of Award under the plan separate Stock certificates shall be issued with respect to each such Award and for Incentive Options and Nonstatutory Stock Options separately.

 

11.10       Conditions to Delivery of Stock.  Nothing herein or in any Award granted hereunder or any Award Agreement shall require the Corporation to issue any shares with respect to any Award if that issuance would, in the opinion of counsel for the Corporation, constitute a violation of the Securities Act or any similar or superseding statute or statutes, any other applicable statute or regulation, or the rules of any applicable securities exchange or securities association, as then in effect. At the time of any exercise of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right, or at the time of any grant of a Restricted Stock Award or Performance Unit, the Corporation may, as a condition precedent to the exercise of such Option or Stock Appreciation Right or vesting of any Restricted Stock Award or Performance Unit, require from the Holder of the Award (or in the event of his death, his legal representatives, heirs, legatees, or distributees) such written representations, if any, concerning the Holder’s intentions with regard to the retention or disposition of the shares of Stock being acquired pursuant to the Award and such written covenants and agreements, if any, as to the manner of disposal of such shares as, in the opinion of counsel to the Corporation, may be necessary to ensure that any disposition by that Holder (or in the event of the Holder’s death, his legal representatives, heirs, legatees or distributees), will not involve a violation of the Securities Act or any similar or superseding statute or statutes, any other applicable state or federal statute or regulation, or any rule of any applicable securities exchange or securities association, as then in effect.

 

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11.11       Certain Directors and Officers.  With respect to Holders who are directors or officers of the Corporation or any Subsidiary and who are subject to Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, Awards shall contain such other terms and conditions as may be required by Rule 16b-3 unless the majority of the Board of Directors or the Holder has determined not to have the Award comply with Rule 16b-3.

 

11.12       Securities Act Legend.  Certificates for shares of Stock, when issued, may have the following legend, or statements of other applicable restrictions, endorsed thereon, and may not be immediately transferable:

 

THE SHARES OF STOCK REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SHARES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE. SOLD, PLEDGED, TRANSFERRED, OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNTIL THE HOLDER HEREOF PROVIDES EVIDENCE SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER (WHICH, IN THE DISCRETION OF THE ISSUER, MAY INCLUDE AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER) THAT SUCH OFFER, SALE, PLEDGE, TRANSFER, OR OTHER DISPOSITION WILL NOT VIOLATE APPLICABLE FEDERAL OR STATE LAWS.

 

This legend shall not be required for shares of Stock issued pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act.

 

11.13       Legend for Restrictions on Transfer.  Each certificate representing shares issued to a Holder pursuant to an Award granted under the Plan shall, if such shares are subject to any transfer restriction, including a right of first refusal, provided for under this Plan or an Agreement, bear a legend that complies with applicable law with respect to the restrictions on transferability contained in this Paragraph 11.12. such as:

 

THE SHARES OF STOCK REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY IMPOSED BY THAT CERTAIN INSTRUMENT ENTITLED “HEFTEL BROADCASTING CORPORATION LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN” AS ADOPTED BY HEFTEL BROADCASTING CORPORATION (THE “CORPORATION”) ON                        , 1997, AS AMENDED, AND AN AGREEMENT THEREUNDER BETWEEN THE CORPORATION AND [HOLDER] DATED                            ,       , AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD, OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT AS THEREIN PROVIDED. THE CORPORATION WILL FURNISH A COPY OF SUCH INSTRUMENT AND AGREEMENT TO THE RECORD HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE WITHOUT CHARGE ON REQUEST TO THE CORPORATION AT ITS PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS OR REGISTERED OFFICE.

 

11.14       Rights as a Stockholder.  A Holder shall have no right as a stockholder with respect to any shares covered by his Award until a certificate representing those shares is issued in his name. No adjustment shall be made for dividends (ordinary or extraordinary, whether in cash or other property) or distributions or other rights for which the record date is before the date that certificate is issued, except as contemplated by Section 10. Nevertheless, dividends and dividend equivalent rights may be extended to

 

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and made part of any Award denominated in Stock or units of Stock, subject to such terms, conditions, and restrictions as the Committee may establish. The Committee may also establish rules and procedures for the crediting of interest on deferred cash payments and dividend equivalents for deferred payment denominated in Stock or units of Stock.

 

11.15       Furnish Information.  Each Holder shall furnish to the Corporation all information requested by the Corporation to enable it to comply with any reporting or other requirement imposed upon the Corporation by or under any applicable statute or regulation.

 

11.16       Obligation to Exercise.  The granting of an Award hereunder shall impose no obligation upon the Holder to exercise the same or any part thereof.

 

11.17       Remedies.  The Corporation shall be entitled to recover from a Holder reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred in connection with the enforcement of the terms and provisions of the Plan and any Award Agreement whether by an action to enforce specific performance or for damages for its breach or otherwise.

 

11.18       Information Confidential.  As partial consideration for the granting of each Award hereunder, the Holder shall agree with the Corporation that he will keep confidential all information and knowledge that he has relating to the manner and amount of his participation in the Plan; provided, however, that such information may be disclosed as required by law and may be given in confidence to the Holder’s spouse, tax and financial advisors, or to a financial institution to the extent that such information is necessary to secure a loan. In the event any breach of this promise comes to the attention of the Committee, it shall take into consideration that breach in determining whether to recommend the grant of any future Award to that Holder, as a factor militating against the advisability of granting any such future Award to that individual.

 

11.19       Consideration.  No Option or Stock Appreciation Right shall be exercisable, no restriction on any Restricted Stock Award shall lapse, and no Performance Unit shall be settled in Stock with respect to a Holder unless and until the Holder shall have paid cash or property to, or performed services for, the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries that the Committee believes is equal to or greater in value that the par value of the Stock subject to such Award.

 

 

SECTION 12. DURATION AND AMENDMENT OF PLAN

 

12.1         Duration.  No Awards may be granted hereunder after the date that is ten (10) years from the date the last amendment to this Plan involving an increase in authorized shares is approved by the stockholders of the Corporation.

 

12.2         Amendment. The Board of Directors may, insofar as permitted by law, with respect to any shares which, at the time, are not subject to Awards, suspend or discontinue the Plan or revise or amend it in any respect whatsoever, and may amend any provision of the Plan or any Award Agreement to make the Plan or the Award Agreement, or both, comply with Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act and the exemptions therefrom, the Code, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), the regulations promulgated under the Code or ERISA, or any other law, rule or regulation that may affect the Plan. The Board of Directors may also amend, modify, suspend or terminate the Plan for the purpose of meeting or addressing any changes in other legal requirements applicable to the Corporation or the Plan or

 

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for any other purpose permitted by law. The Plan may not be amended without the consent of the holders of a majority of the shares of Stock then outstanding to increase materially the aggregate number of shares of Stock that may be issued under the Plan (except for adjustments pursuant to Section 10 of the Plan).

 

SECTION 13. GENERAL

 

 

13.1         Application of Funds. The proceeds received by the Corporation from the sale of shares pursuant to Awards shall be used for general corporate purposes.

 

13.2         Right of the Corporation and Subsidiaries to Terminate Employment.  Nothing contained in the Plan, or in any Award Agreement, shall confer upon any Holder the right to continue in the employ of the Corporation or any Subsidiary, or interfere in any way with the rights of the Corporation or any Subsidiary to terminate his employment any time.

 

13.3         No Liability for Good Faith Determinations.  Neither the members of the Board of Directors nor any member of the Committee shall be liable for any act, omission, or determination taken or made in good faith with respect to the Plan or any Award granted under it, and members of the Board of Directors and the Committee shall be entitled to indemnification and reimbursement by the Corporation in respect of any claim, loss, damage, or expense (including attorneys’ fees, the costs of settling any suit, provided such settlement is approved by independent legal counsel selected by the Corporation, and amounts paid in satisfaction of a judgment, except a judgment based on a finding of bad faith) arising therefrom to the full extent permitted by law and under any directors and officers liability or similar insurance coverage that may from time to time be in effect. This right to indemnification shall be in addition to, and not a limitation on, any other indemnification rights any member of the Board of Directors or the Committee may have.

 

13.4         Other Benefits.  Participation in the Plan shall not preclude the Holder from eligibility in any other stock or stock option plan of the Corporation or any Subsidiary or any old age benefit, insurance, pension, profit sharing retirement, bonus, or other extra compensation plans that the Corporation or any Subsidiary has adopted, or may, at any time, adopt for the benefit of its Employees. Neither the adoption of the Plan by the Board of Directors nor the submission of the Plan to the stockholders of the Corporation for approval shall be construed as creating any limitations on the power of the Board of Directors to adopt such other incentive arrangements as it may deem desirable, including, without limitation, the granting of stock options and the awarding of stock and cash otherwise than under the Plan, and such arrangements may be either generally applicable or applicable only in specific cases.

 

13.5         Exclusion From Pension and Profit-Sharing Compensation.  By acceptance of an Award (whether in Stock or cash), as applicable, each Holder shall be deemed to have agreed that the Award is special incentive compensation that will not be taken into account in any manner as salary, compensation or bonus in determining the amount of any payment under any pension, retirement or other employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any Subsidiary. In addition, each beneficiary of a deceased Holder shall be deemed to have agreed that the Award will not affect the amount of any life insurance coverage, if any, provided by the Corporation or a Subsidiary on the life of the Holder that is payable to the beneficiary under any life insurance plan covering employees of the Corporation or any Subsidiary.

 

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13.6         Execution of Receipts and Releases.  Any payment of cash or any issuance or transfer of shares of Stock to the Holder, or to his legal representative, heir, legatee, or distributee, in accordance with the provisions hereof, shall, to the extent thereof, be in full satisfaction of all claims of such persons hereunder.  The Committee may require any Holder, legal representative, heir, legatee, or distributee, as a condition precedent to such payment, to execute a release and receipt therefor in such form as it shall determine.

 

13.7         Unfunded Plan.  Insofar as it provides for Awards of cash and Stock, the Plan shall be unfunded.  Although bookkeeping accounts may be established with respect to Holders who are entitled to cash, Stock or rights thereto under the Plan, any such accounts shall be used merely as a bookkeeping convenience.  The Corporation shall not be required to segregate any assets that may at any time be represented by cash, Stock or rights thereto, nor shall the Plan be construed as providing for such segregation, nor shall the Corporation nor the Board of Directors nor the Committee be deemed to be a trustee of any cash, Stock or rights thereto to be granted under the Plan. Any liability of the Corporation to any Holder with respect to a grant of cash, Stock or rights thereto under the Plan shall be based solely upon any contractual obligations that may be created by the Plan and any Award Agreement; no such obligation of the Corporation shall be deemed to be secured by any pledge or other encumbrance on any property of the Corporation. Neither the Corporation nor the Board of Directors nor the Committee shall be required to give any security or bond for the performance of any obligation that may be created by the Plan.

 

13.8         No Guarantee of Interests.  Neither the Committee nor the Corporation guarantees the stock of the Corporation from loss or depreciation.

 

13.9         Payment of Expenses.  All expenses incident to the administration, termination, or protection of the Plan, including, but not limited to, legal and accounting fees, shall be paid by the Corporation or its Subsidiaries; provided, however, the Corporation or a Subsidiary may recover any and all damages, fees, expenses, and costs arising out of any actions taken by the Corporation to enforce its right to purchase Stock under this Plan.

 

13.10       Corporation Records.  Records of the Corporation or its Subsidiaries regarding the Holder’s period of employment, termination of employment and the reason therefor, leaves of absence, re-employment, and other matters shall be conclusive for all purposes hereunder, unless determined by the Committee to be incorrect.

 

13.11       Information.  The Corporation and its Subsidiaries shall, upon request or as may be specifically required hereunder, furnish or cause to be furnished, all of the information or documentation which is necessary or required by the Committee to perform its duties and functions under the Plan.

 

13.12       No Liability of Corporation.  The Corporation assumes no obligation or responsibility to the Holder or his legal representatives, heirs, legatees, or distributees for any act of, or failure to act on the part of, the Committee.

 

13.13       Corporation Action.  Any action required of the Corporation shall be by resolution of its Board of Directors or by a person authorized to act by resolution of the Board of Directors.

 

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13.14       Severability.  If any provision of this Plan is held to be illegal or invalid for any reason, the illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining provisions hereof, but such provision shall be fully severable and the Plan shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid provision had never been included herein. If any of the terms or provisions of this Plan conflict with the requirements of Rule 16b-3 (as those terms or provisions are applied to Eligible Individuals who are subject to Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act) or Section 422 of the Code (with respect to Incentive Options), then those conflicting terms or provisions shall be deemed inoperative to the extent they so conflict with the requirements of Rule 16b-3 or Section 422 of the Code unless the Committee has determined that the Plan should not comply with such requirements.  With respect to Incentive Options, if this Plan does not contain any provision required to be included herein under Section 422 of the Code, that provision shall be deemed to be incorporated herein with the same force and effect as if that provision had been set out at length herein; provided, further, that, to the extent any Option that is intended to qualify as an Incentive Option cannot so qualify, that Option (to that extent) shall be deemed a Nonstatutory Option for all purposes of the Plan.

 

13.15       Notices.  Whenever any notice is required or permitted hereunder other than any Exercise Notice or notice to exercise an SAR, such notice must be in writing and personally delivered or sent by mail. Any such notice required or permitted to be delivered hereunder shall be deemed to be delivered on the date on which it is personally delivered, or, whether actually received or not, on the third Business Day after it is deposited in the United States mail, certified or registered, postage prepaid, addressed to the person who is to receive it at the address which such person has theretofore specified by written notice delivered in accordance herewith. The Corporation or a Holder may change, at any time and from time to time, by written notice to the other, the address which it or he had previously specified for receiving notices. Until changed in accordance herewith, the Corporation and each Holder shall specify as its and his address for receiving notices the address set forth in the Agreement pertaining to the shares to which such notice relates. Any Exercise Notice or notice to exercise and SAR shall be valid only when it is in fact received by the Corporation or the Person it designates in accordance with procedures that the Committee may adopt from time to time.

 

13.16       Waiver of Notice.  Any person entitled to notice hereunder may waive such notice.

 

13.17       Successors.  The Plan shall be binding upon the Holder, his legal representatives, heirs, legatees, and distributees, upon the Corporation, its successors, and assigns, and upon the Committee, and its successors.

 

13.18       Headings.  The titles and headings of Sections and Paragraphs are included for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construction of the provisions hereof.

 

13.19       Governing Law.  All questions arising with respect to the provisions of the Plan shall be determined by application of the laws of the State of Delaware except to the extent Delaware law is preempted by federal law. Questions arising with respect to the provisions of an Agreement that are matters of contract law shall be governed by the laws of the state specified in the Agreement, except to the extent Delaware corporate law conflicts with the contract law of such state, in which event Delaware corporate law shall govern.  The obligation of the Corporation to sell and deliver Stock hereunder is subject to applicable laws and to the approval of any governmental authority required in connection with the authorization, issuance, sale, or delivery of such Stock.

 

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13.20       Word Usage.  Words used in the masculine shall apply to the feminine where applicable, and wherever the context of this Plan dictates, the plural shall be read as the singular and the singular as the plural.

 

 

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