0001104659-14-049105.txt : 20140627 0001104659-14-049105.hdr.sgml : 20140627 20140627160935 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-14-049105 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-8 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 5 FILED AS OF DATE: 20140627 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20140627 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20140627 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BALLY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000002491 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE [7372] IRS NUMBER: 880104066 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NV FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-8 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-197087 FILM NUMBER: 14946086 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6601 S. BERMUDA RD. CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89119 BUSINESS PHONE: 7028967700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6601 S. BERMUDA RD. CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89119 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ALLIANCE GAMING CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19950104 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: UNITED GAMING INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: GAMING & TECHNOLOGY INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19890206 S-8 1 a14-16136_1s8.htm S-8

 

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 27, 2014

Registration No. 333-      

 

 

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC  20549

 


 

FORM S-8

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 


 

BALLY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Nevada

 

88-0104066

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

6601 S. Bermuda Rd.
Las Vegas, Nevada 89119

(702) 584-7700
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 


 

Amended and Restated Bally Technologies, Inc. 2010 Long Term Incentive Plan
Amended and Restated Bally Technologies, Inc. 2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

(Full title of the plans)

 


 

Neil Davidson
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

and Treasurer
6601 S. Bermuda Rd.
Las Vegas, Nevada 89119

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

(702) 584-7700
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)


 

Copy to:
Karen E. Bertero, Esq.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

333 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90071

(213) 229-7000

 


 

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.  See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

 

Large accelerated filer x

 

 

Accelerated filer o

 

Non-accelerated filer o

 

 

Smaller reporting company o

 

(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

 

 


 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

Title of securities
to be registered

 

Amount
 to be registered (1)

 

Proposed maximum
offering price per share
(2) (3)

 

Proposed maximum
aggregate offering price (2)

 

Amount of
registration fee (3)

 

Amended and Restated Bally Technologies, Inc. 2010 Long Term Incentive Plan—Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share (4)

 

2,300,000 shares

 

$

65.33

 

$

150,259,000

 

$

19,353.36

 

Amended and Restated Bally Technologies, Inc. 2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan—Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share (5)

 

350,000 shares

 

$

65.33

 

$

22,865,500

 

$

2,945.08

 

 

(1)

This Registration Statement also covers such indeterminable number of additional shares of Bally Technologies, Inc. (“Registrant”) common stock, par value $0.10 per share (the “Common Stock”) as may become issuable under the Amended and Restated Bally Technologies, Inc. 2010 Long Term Incentive Plan and Amended and Restated Bally Technologies, Inc. 2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan to prevent dilution in the event of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.

 

 

(2)

Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(o) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).

 

 

(3)

Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock of the Registrant on the New York Stock Exchange on June 23, 2014, which was $65.33.

 

 

(4)

Represents shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance pursuant to the Amended and Restated Bally Technologies, Inc. 2010 Long Term Incentive Plan.

 

 

(5)

Represents shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance pursuant to the Amended and Restated Bally Technologies, Inc. 2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

 

 

 



 

INTRODUCTION

 

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8 for the purposes of registering an additional 2,300,000 shares of Common Stock of Bally Technologies, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company” or the “Registrant”), issuable to eligible persons under the Amended and Restated Bally Technologies, Inc. 2010 Long Term Incentive Plan.  In accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8, the Company hereby incorporates herein by reference the Registration Statements on Form S-8 (No. 333-173190 filed March 31, 2011, No. 333-149637 filed March 11, 2008, No. 333-122064 filed January 14, 2005, No. 333-115271 filed May 7, 2004, No. 333-105087 filed May 8, 2003 and No. 333-81154 filed January 22, 2002), and Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S- 8 No. 333-115271 filed November 2, 2004, each filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), together with all exhibits filed therewith or incorporated therein by reference, and the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013, filed with the SEC on August 28, 2013, including the financial statements set forth therein.  This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is also filed pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8 for the purposes of registering an additional 350,000 shares of Common Stock of the Registrant issuable to eligible persons under the Amended and Restated Bally Technologies, Inc., 2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.  In accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8, the Company hereby incorporates herein by reference the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-149637 filed March 11, 2008) filed with the SEC, together with all exhibits filed therewith or incorporated therein by reference, and the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013, filed with the SEC on August 28, 2013, including the financial statements set forth therein.

 

PART II

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 8.  Exhibits.

 

The Exhibits to this Registration Statement are listed in the Index to Exhibits immediately following the signature pages.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, State of Nevada, as of June 27, 2014.

 

 

BALLY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ NEIL P. DAVIDSON

 

 

Neil P. Davidson

 

 

Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

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POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature to this Registration Statement appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Richard Haddrill, Neil P. Davidson and Kathryn S. Lever, and each of them, as such person’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution for such person and in such person’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, any and all amendments and post-effective amendments to this registration statement (including any amendments thereto filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) increasing the number of securities for which registration is sought), with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or any substitutes therefor, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

Signature

 

Title

 

Date

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ RICHARD M. HADDRILL

 

Chief Executive Officer and Director

 

June 27, 2014

Richard M. Haddrill

 

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ ROBERT L. GUIDO

 

Director

 

June 27, 2014

Robert L. Guido

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ JOSEPHINE LINDEN

 

Director

 

June 27, 2014

Josephine Linden

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ W. ANDREW MCKENNA

 

Director

 

June 27, 2014

W. Andrew McKenna

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ DAVID ROBBINS

 

Director and Chairman of the Board

 

June 27, 2014

David Robbins

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ NEIL P. DAVIDSON

 

Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

June 27, 2014

Neil P. Davidson

 

 

 

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit Number

 

Exhibit

 

 

 

3.1

 

Restated Articles of Incorporation of Alliance Gaming Corporation, as amended, filed on May 7, 2004 as Exhibit 4.6 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-115271) of Alliance Gaming Corporation, and incorporated herein by reference.

 

 

 

3.2

 

Amendment to Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation dated March 13, 2006, filed on August 29, 2012 as Exhibit 3.2 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Bally Technologies, Inc. and incorporated herein by reference.

 

 

 

3.3

 

Certificate of Increase in Number of Authorized Shares of Common Stock of Alliance Gaming Corporation dated April 16, 2002, filed on August 28, 2013 as Exhibit 3.3 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Bally Technologies, Inc. and incorporated herein by reference.

 

 

 

3.4

 

Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Bally Technologies, Inc., filed on October 22, 2012 as Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of Bally Technologies, Inc. and incorporated herein by reference.

 

 

 

3.5

 

First Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Bally Technologies, Inc., filed on December 9, 2013 as Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of Bally Technologies, Inc. and incorporated herein by reference.

 

 

 

5.1*

 

Opinion of Fennemore Craig Jones Vargas.

 

 

 

10.1*

 

Amended and Restated Bally Technologies, Inc. 2010 Long Term Incentive Plan.

 

 

 

10.2*

 

Amended and Restated Bally Technologies, Inc. 2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

 

 

 

23.1*

 

Consent of Fennemore Craig Jones Vargas (contained in Exhibit 5.1).

 

 

 

23.2*

 

Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

 

 

 

24.1*

 

Power of Attorney (contained on the signature pages hereto).

 


*              Filed herewith.

 

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EX-5.1 2 a14-16136_1ex5d1.htm EX-5.1

Exhibit 5.1

 

FENNEMORE CRAIG JONES VARGAS

Suite 1400 Bank of America Plaza

300 South Fourth Street

Las Vegas, Nevada 89101

(702) 692-8000

 

 

Law Offices

 

Denver

(303) 291-3200

 

Las Vegas

(702) 692-8000

 

Nogales

(520) 281-3480

 

Phoenix

(602) 916-5000

 

Reno

(775) 788-2200

 

Tucson

(520) 879-6800

 

June 27, 2014

 

 

Bally Technologies, Inc.

6601 S. Bermuda Rd.

Las Vegas, NV 89119

 

 

 

Re:                          Registration Statement on Form S-8

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We are acting as counsel to Bally Technologies, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the registration of 2,650,000 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share (the “Common Stock”), pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), covering (i) the offering and sale by the Company of 2,300,000 shares of Common Stock to be issued under the Amended and Restated Bally Technologies, Inc. 2010 Long Term Incentive Plan, and (ii) the offering and sale by the Company of 350,000 shares of Common Stock to be issued under the Amended and Restated Bally Technologies, Inc. 2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (collectively, the “Plans”).

 

As counsel to the Company, we have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such documents, corporate records, certificates of public officials and other instruments as we have deemed necessary for the purpose of rendering this opinion and we are familiar with the proceedings taken and proposed to be taken by the Company in connection with the authorization, issuance and sale of the Shares. In our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity and competency of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies.

 



 

FENNEMORE CRAIG JONES VARGAS

Bally Technologies, Inc.
June 27, 2014

Page 2

 

 

For the purpose of the opinion rendered below, we have assumed that in connection with the issuance of the Shares under the Plans, the Company will receive consideration in an amount not less than the aggregate par value of the Shares covered by each such issuance.

 

Based upon the foregoing and in reliance thereon, and in reliance on statements of fact contained in the documents that we have examined, we are of the opinion that the Shares, when issued and sold in accordance with the terms set forth in each of the Plans and pursuant to the agreements that accompany each of the Plans, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

 

We are admitted to practice in the State of Nevada. This opinion letter is limited to the federal laws of the United States and the laws of the State of Nevada as such laws presently exist and to the facts as they presently exist. We express no opinion with respect to the effect or applicability of the laws of any other jurisdiction. We assume no obligation to revise or supplement this opinion letter should the laws of such jurisdictions be changed after the date hereof by legislative action, judicial decision or otherwise.

 

We consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, and we consent to the reference of our firm name wherever appearing in the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

/s/ Feenemore Craig Jones Vargas

 

 

 

FENNEMORE CRAIG JONES VARGAS

 


EX-10.1 3 a14-16136_1ex10d1.htm EX-10.1

Exhibit 10.1

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

BALLY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

2010 LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

(amended and restated as of October 22, 2013)

 

The Bally Technologies, Inc. 2010 Long Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) is an amendment and restatement of the Bally Technologies, Inc. 2001 Long Term Incentive Plan and was established by the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Bally Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) on October 1, 2009, subject to approval by the Company’s stockholders at a meeting of the Company’s stockholders or by written consent in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada, which approval must be obtained within twelve (12) months of the adoption of this Plan by the Board. The Plan will continue in effect until terminated by the Board in accordance with the terms of the Plan.

 

1.              PURPOSE OF THE PLAN

 

The Plan is intended to encourage stock ownership by directors, employees and designated paid consultants of the Company and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Subsidiaries” and individually, a “Subsidiary”), in order to increase their proprietary interest in the success of the Company and to encourage them to remain in the employ of the Company or a Subsidiary.

 

Options granted under the Plan may be either Incentive Stock Options or Nonstatutory Stock Options; the term “Option” when used hereinafter refers to either Incentive Stock Options or Nonstatutory Stock Options, or both. Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units awarded under the Plan are subject to restrictions as determined in each specific case by the Board or by a duly appointed committee of the Board (the “Committee”). Stock Appreciation Rights and Incentive Bonuses may also be granted under the Plan. The term “Award” when used hereinafter collectively refers to Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units awarded under the Plan.

 

2.              ADMINISTRATION

 

Administration of the PlanThe Plan is administered by the Board or, if the Board so determines, by the Committee, provided that except as otherwise provided below, in the case of Awards to directors or officers subject to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), the Committee has exclusive responsibility for and authority to administer the Plan unless the Board expressly determines otherwise. The membership of the Committee consists of not less than two members of the Board and will be constituted, if possible, to permit the Plan to comply with Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act or any successor rule (“Rule 16b-3”) and with the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). Duly authorized actions of the Committee constitute actions of the Board for the purposes of the Plan and its administration. The Board or the Committee, as applicable, has authority in its sole discretion:

 

·       to determine which directors, employees and consultants, to which of such directors, employees and consultants, if any, Awards shall be granted hereunder and the timing of any such Awards;

 

·       to grant Awards to directors, employees and consultants and determine the terms and conditions thereof, including the number of shares of Stock or amount of cash subject to Awards and the exercise or purchase price of such shares and the circumstances under which Awards become exercisable, vested or payable or are forfeited or expire, which terms may but need not be conditioned upon the passage of time, continued employment, the satisfaction of performance criteria, the occurrence of certain events, or other factors;

 

·       to determine the base price of any Stock Appreciation Right, the Incentive Stock Option Price or the Nonstatutory Stock Option Price (both as defined below) of, and the number of shares of Stock

 

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(as defined below) to be covered by, Stock Appreciation Rights and Options granted under the Plan;

 

·       to establish and verify the extent of satisfaction of any performance goals or other conditions applicable to the grant, issuance, exercisability, vesting, payment and/or ability to retain any Award;

 

·       to prescribe and amend the terms of the agreements or other documents evidencing Awards made under this Plan (which need not be identical) and the terms of or form of any document or notice required to be delivered to the Company by holders of Awards under this Plan;

 

·       to approve corrections in the documentation or administration of any Award;

 

·       to require or permit elections and/or consents under this Plan to be made by means of such electronic media as the Committee may prescribe;

 

·       to interpret the Plan, to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to it, and to define terms not otherwise defined herein; and

 

·       to make all other determinations which the Board or Committee, as applicable, deem necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan.

 

Reserved Authority of the BoardThe Committee has all the powers and duties set forth above, as well as any additional powers and duties that the Board may delegate to it; provided, however, that the Board expressly retains the right (i) to determine whether the shares of Stock reserved for issuance upon the exercise and/or payment in respect of Awards granted under the Plan shall be issued shares or unissued shares, (ii) to appoint the members of the Committee, and (iii) to terminate or amend the Plan. The Board may from time to time appoint members of the Committee in substitution for or in addition to members previously appointed, may fill vacancies in the Committee, and may discharge the Committee.

 

3.    COMMON STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

 

Limitation on Number of SharesThe number of shares which may be issued pursuant to all Awards granted under the Plan is limited to an aggregate of 17,350,000 shares of the common stock, $.10 par value, of the Company (the “Stock”). Solely with respect to Awards granted on or after the date of the 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, any shares of Stock issued pursuant to Awards of Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units or Incentive Bonuses shall be counted against the limit in the preceding sentence as one and three-quarters (1.75) shares for every share granted. The shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the Plan may consist either of authorized but previously unissued shares of Stock, or of issued shares of Stock which have been reacquired by the Company, as determined from time to time by the Board. If any Option or Stock Appreciation Right granted under the Plan expires, terminates or is canceled for any reason without having been exercised in full, or any other Award is forfeited for any reason, the shares of Stock allocable to the unexercised portion of the Option or Stock Appreciation Right or to the forfeited portion of the Award may again be made subject to an Option or Award under the Plan; provided, however, that any shares of Stock subject to Awards granted on or after the date of the 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders that again become available for grant pursuant to this Section 3 shall be added back as one and three-quarters (1.75) shares if such shares were subject to Awards of Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units or Incentive Bonuses, and one (1) share if such shares were subject to any other Awards granted under the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Stock subject to an Award may not again be made available for issuance under the Plan if such Stock is: (i) Stock that was subject to a stock-settled Stock Appreciation Right and was not issued upon the net settlement or net exercise of such Stock Appreciation Right; (ii) Stock used to pay the exercise price of an Option; (iii) Stock delivered to or withheld to pay the withholding taxes related to an Award; or (iv) Stock repurchased on the open market with the proceeds of an Option exercise.

 

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Adjustments of Number of SharesIn the event of a change in the common stock of the Company that is limited to a change in the designation thereof to “Capital Stock” or other similar designation, or to a change in the par value thereof, or from par value to no par value, without increase or decrease in the number of issued shares, the shares resulting from any such change are deemed to be the common stock for purposes of the Plan.

 

4.              ELIGIBILITY

 

Awards may be granted under the Plan to paid consultants, directors and employees of the Company or a Subsidiary designated by the Board or the Committee, provided that Incentive Stock Options may be awarded only to regular full-time employees of the Company or a Subsidiary (including employees who serve as officers or directors). As used in the Plan, “paid consultant” means a natural person who is an independent contractor retained to perform continuing and substantial services for the Company or any subsidiary, and designated as a paid consultant by the Board or the Committee, except that no individual shall be designated a “paid consultant” for purposes of this Plan if such individual is engaged in promoting or maintaining a market in the securities of the Company, or in any other capacity that would result in the Form S-8 registration statement being ineffective as to any Awards made to such individual. Any person granted an Award under the Plan (a “Grantee”) remains eligible to receive one or more additional grants thereafter, notwithstanding that Options or Stock Appreciation Rights previously granted to such person remain unexercised in whole or in part, or that the applicable restrictions on any Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units issued to such person have not lapsed.

 

5.              STOCK OPTIONS

 

In GeneralThe Plan authorizes the Board or the Committee to grant Options that qualify as incentive stock Options pursuant to Section 422 of the Code (“Incentive Stock Options”), or Options that do not so qualify (“Nonstatutory Stock Options”). Each Option granted under the Plan is evidenced by a written and executed Option agreement which will specify whether the Option granted therein is an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonstatutory Stock Option.

 

Incentive Stock OptionsEach stock Option agreement covering an Incentive Stock Option granted under the Plan and any amendment thereof, other than an amendment to convert an Incentive Stock Option into a Nonstatutory Stock Option, will conform to the following provisions and may contain other terms and provisions consistent with the requirements of the Plan as the Board or the Committee deem appropriate:

 

Option Price.  The purchase price of each of the shares of Stock subject to an Incentive Stock Option (the “Incentive Stock Option Price”) will be a stated price which is not less than the fair market value of such share of Stock, determined in accordance with Section 11 below, or the par value of such share if greater, as of the date such Incentive Stock Option is granted; provided, however, that if an employee, at the time an Incentive Stock Option is granted to him or her, owns stock representing more than 10 percent of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or of the parent corporation (as defined in Section 424(e) of the Code), if any, of the Company or of any of the Subsidiaries (or, under Section 424(d) of the Code, is deemed to own stock representing more than 10 percent of the total combined voting power of all such classes of stock, by reason of the ownership of such classes of stock, directly or indirectly, by or for any brother, sister, spouse, ancestor, or lineal descendent of such employee, or by or for any corporation, partnership, estate or trust of which such employee is a stockholder, partner or beneficiary), then the Incentive Stock Option Price of each share of Stock subject to such Incentive Stock Option will be at least 110 percent of the fair market value of such share of Stock, as determined in accordance with Section 11 below.

 

TermIncentive Stock Options granted under the Plan will be exercisable for the periods determined by the Board or the Committee at the time of grant of each Incentive Stock Option, but in no event is an Incentive Stock Option exercisable after the expiration of ten years from the date of grant; provided,

 

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however, that an Incentive Stock Option granted to any employee as to whom the Incentive Stock Option Price of each share of Stock subject thereto is required to be 110 percent of the fair market value of the share of Stock pursuant to the preceding paragraph will not be exercisable after the expiration of five years from the date of grant. Each Incentive Stock Option granted under the Plan is also subject to earlier termination as provided in the Plan.

 

Exercise.  Generally under the Plan, Incentive Stock Options may be exercised in whole or in installments, to the extent, and at the time or times during the terms thereof, as determined by the Board or the Committee at the time of grant of each Option.

 

Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan are exercisable only by delivery to the Company of written notice of exercise, which states the number of shares with respect to which such Incentive Stock Option is exercised, the date of grant of the Incentive Stock Option, the aggregate purchase price for the shares with respect to which the Incentive Stock Option is exercised and the effective date of such exercise, which date may not be earlier than the date the notice is received by the Company nor later than the date upon which the Incentive Stock Option expires. The written notice of exercise must be sent together with the full Incentive Stock Option Price of the shares purchased, which may be paid in cash or in shares of any class of issued and outstanding stock of the Company held by the Option holder, whether preferred or common, or partly in cash and partly in such shares of stock. If any portion of the Incentive Stock Option Price is paid in shares of stock of the Company, the shares will be valued at their fair market value, as determined in accordance with Section 11 below, as of the effective date of exercise of the Incentive Stock Option. The delivery of shares of stock upon exercise of an Incentive Stock Option shall be subject to such restrictions as the Board or the Committee may determine to be appropriate, including, without limitation, a requirement that such shares be held by an agent designated by the Company until sold or otherwise disposed of by the Option holder, to assure that the Company is advised of any disposition of such shares by the Option holder within two years of the date of grant of the Incentive Stock Option or within one year after the date of exercise of the Incentive Stock Option.

 

In general, an Incentive Stock Option granted under the Plan remains outstanding and is exercisable only so long as the person to whom the Incentive Stock Option was granted remains an officer or employee of the Company, the parent corporation, if any, of the Company, or any of the Subsidiaries. All Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan are nontransferable, except by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and are exercisable during the lifetime of the person to whom granted only by such person (or his duly appointed, qualified, and acting personal representative).

 

No Incentive Stock Option may be exercised as to fewer than 100 shares of Stock at any one time without the consent of the Board or the Committee, unless the number of shares to be purchased upon the exercise is the total number of shares at the time available for purchase under the Incentive Stock Option.

 

The Board or the Committee may also permit Grantees (either on a selective or group basis) pay the Incentive Stock Option Price through withholding of shares of Stock otherwise issuable upon exercise of the Option and/or to simultaneously exercise Options and sell the shares of the Stock thereby acquired pursuant to a “cashless exercise” arrangement or program selected by and approved of in all respects in advance by the Board or the Committee. Payment instruments shall be received by the Company subject to collection. The proceeds received by the Company upon exercise of any Option may be used by the Company for general corporate purposes. Any portion of an Option that is exercised may not be exercised again.

 

Nonstatutory Stock OptionsEach stock Option agreement covering a Nonstatutory Stock Option granted under the Plan and any amendment thereof will conform to the following provisions and may

 

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contain other terms and provisions consistent with the requirements of the Plan as the Board or the Committee deem appropriate:

 

Option Price.  The purchase price of each of the shares of Stock subject to a Nonstatutory Stock Option (the “Nonstatutory Stock Option Price”) will be a fixed price determined by the Board or the Committee at the time of grant, which will not be less than the greater of the par value of such share, or 100 percent of the fair market value of such share, determined in accordance with Section 11 below, on the date of the grant of the Nonstatutory Stock Option.

 

TermNonstatutory Stock Options granted under the Plan will be exercisable for the periods determined by the Board or the Committee at the time of grant of each Nonstatutory Stock Option, but in no event is a Nonstatutory Stock Option exercisable after the expiration of ten years from the time of grant. Each Nonstatutory Stock Option granted under the Plan will also be subject to earlier termination as provided in the Plan.

 

Exercise.  Generally, under the Plan, Nonstatutory Stock Options may be exercised in whole or in installments to the extent, and at the time or times during the terms thereof, as determined by the Board or the Committee at the time of grant of each Option.

 

Nonstatutory Stock Options granted under the Plan are exercisable only by delivery to the Company of written notice of exercise, which states the number of shares with respect to which such Nonstatutory Stock Option is exercised, the date of grant of the Nonstatutory Stock Option, the aggregate purchase price for the shares with respect to which the Nonstatutory Stock Option is exercised and the effective date of such exercise, which date may not be earlier than the date the notice is received by the Company nor later than the date upon which the Nonstatutory Stock Option expires. The written notice of exercise must be sent together with the full Nonstatutory Stock Option Price of the shares purchased, which may be paid in cash or in shares of any class of issued and outstanding stock of the Company held by the Option holder, whether preferred or common, or partly in cash and partly in such shares of stock. If any portion of the Nonstatutory Stock Option Price is paid in shares of stock of the Company, the shares will be valued at their fair market value, as determined in accordance with Section 11 below, as of the effective date of exercise of the Nonstatutory Stock Option.

 

In general, a Nonstatutory Stock Option granted under the Plan remains outstanding and is exercisable only so long as the person to whom the Nonstatutory Stock Option was granted remains either a director, employee or paid consultant of the Company, the parent corporation, if any, of the Company, or any of the Subsidiaries. A person is deemed to be a paid consultant only so long as he or she continues to perform and be compensated for substantial services for the Company, the parent corporation, if any, of the Company, or a Subsidiary, as to which the determination of the Board or the Committee, as applicable, will be binding and conclusive. Unless the Board or Committee determines otherwise, all Nonstatutory Stock Options granted under the Plan will be nontransferable, except by will or the laws of descent and distribution.

 

No Nonstatutory Stock Option may be exercised as to fewer than 100 shares at any one time without the consent of the Board or the Committee, unless the number of shares to be purchased upon the exercise is the total number of shares at the time available for purchase under the Nonstatutory Stock Option.

 

The Board or the Committee may also permit Grantees (either on a selective or group basis) to pay the Nonstatutory Stock Option Price through withholding of shares of Stock otherwise issuable upon exercise of the Option and/or to simultaneously exercise Options and sell the shares of the Stock thereby acquired pursuant to a “cashless exercise” arrangement or program selected by and approved of in all respects in advance by the Board or the Committee. Payment instruments shall be received by the Company subject to collection. The proceeds received by the Company upon exercise of any Option may be used by the Company for general corporate purposes. Any portion of an Option that is exercised may not be exercised again.

 

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Automatic Exercise.  Notwithstanding anything herein or in a stock option agreement to the contrary, if (i) a Grantee has not exercised any portion of an Option granted under this Plan prior to the date such Option would otherwise expire (for any reason), and (ii) as of the date the Option would otherwise expire, the fair market value of the shares underlying the portion of such Option that is then exercisable exceeds, by at least $500, the sum of the aggregate exercise price for the portion of such Option that is then exercisable, plus any tax withholding obligations that would be due upon exercise of the then exercisable portion of such Option, then, unless the Company receives contrary instructions from the Grantee, the portion of such Option that is then exercisable shall be automatically exercised by the Company on the date the Option would otherwise expire with shares otherwise issuable upon such exercise withheld to fund payment of the exercise price and tax withholding obligations due upon such automatic exercise. The net shares issuable to the Grantee following an automatic option exercise as described in the preceding sentence shall be promptly delivered to the Grantee; provided that, if the Company cannot deliver such shares due to its inability to locate the Grantee after using commercially reasonable efforts to do so, such shares shall be deemed forfeited by the Grantee to the Company without payment of any additional consideration therefor.

 

6.              RESTRICTIONS APPLICABLE TO RESTRICTED STOCK

 

The Board or the Committee may place any restrictions it deems appropriate on any shares of Stock awarded under this Section 6 (“Restricted Stock”) to an employee, director or paid consultant; provided, however, that shares of Restricted Stock awarded under this Section 6 are subject to certain restrictions including the following:

 

Vesting.  In general, other than with respect to Awards to directors who are not also employees of the Company, the grant, issuance, retention, vesting and/or settlement of shares of Restricted Stock that is based on performance criteria and level of achievement versus such criteria will be subject to a performance period of not less than twelve months, and the grant, issuance, retention, vesting and/or settlement of shares of Restricted Stock that is based solely upon continued employment or service and/or the passage of time may not vest or be settled in full prior to three years following its date of grant, but may be subject to pro-rata vesting over such period, except that the Committee may provide for the satisfaction and/or lapse of all conditions under any such Award as set forth in Sections 12 and 13 below, and the Committee may provide that any such restriction or limitation will not apply in the case of an Award that is issued in payment or settlement of compensation that has been earned by the Grantee. Any shares of Restricted Stock remaining subject to forfeiture in accordance with the related vesting schedule are hereinafter referred to as “Unvested Shares.” Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, the performance criteria for any Restricted Stock that is intended to satisfy the requirements for “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code will be a measure based on one or more Qualifying Performance Criteria selected by the Committee and specified when the Award is granted.

 

Delivery to EscrowUnless the Board or the Committee determines otherwise, upon issuance of a certificate evidencing such shares the recipient will be required to deliver the certificate, endorsed in blank or with a duly executed stock power attached, to the Secretary of the Company, or such other person or entity as the Board or the Committee may designate, to be held until any vesting restrictions applicable thereto have lapsed or any Unvested Shares have been forfeited.

 

LegendUnless the Board or the Committee determines otherwise, each certificate evidencing Unvested Shares issued under the Plan will bear a legend to the effect that such shares are subject to potential forfeiture and may not be sold, exchanged, transferred, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of except in accordance with the terms of an agreement between the issuer and the registered owner.

 

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7.              RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS

 

The Committee may at any time and from time to time grant Restricted Stock Units under the Plan in such amounts as it determines. Each Restricted Stock Unit shall entitle the Grantee to receive from the Company at the end of the vesting period applicable to such unit one share of Stock, unless the Grantee elects in a timely fashion prior to the end of the vesting period to defer the receipt of the shares of Stock subject to the Award of Restricted Stock Units. Each grant of Restricted Stock Units shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement which shall specify the applicable restrictions on such units including the following:

 

Vesting.  In general, other than with respect to Awards to directors who are not also employees of the Company, the grant, issuance, retention, vesting and/or settlement of shares of Stock underlying an Award of Restricted Stock Units that is based on performance criteria and level of achievement versus such criteria will be subject to a performance period of not less than twelve months, and the grant, issuance, retention, vesting and/or settlement of shares of Stock underlying an Award of Restricted Stock Units that is based solely upon continued employment or service and/or the passage of time may not vest or be settled in full prior to three years following its date of grant, but may be subject to pro-rata vesting over such period, except that the Committee may provide for the satisfaction and/or lapse of all conditions under any such Award as set forth in Sections 12 and 13 below, and the Committee may provide that any such restriction or limitation will not apply in the case of an Award that is issued in payment or settlement of compensation that has been earned by the Grantee. Any Restricted Stock Units that have not yet vested in accordance with the related vesting schedule are hereinafter referred to as “Unvested Units.” Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, the performance criteria for any Restricted Stock Units that is intended to satisfy the requirements for “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code will be a measure based on one or more Qualifying Performance Criteria selected by the Committee and specified when the Award is granted.

 

8.              STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS

 

The grant of Stock Appreciation Rights under the Plan is subject to the following terms and conditions and any additional terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the express terms and provisions of the Plan, as the Board or the Committee sets forth in the relevant Award agreement:

 

Stock Appreciation Rights.  A Stock Appreciation Right is an Award granted with respect to a specified number of shares of Stock entitling the Grantee to receive an amount equal to the excess of (a) the fair market value of a share of Stock on the date of exercise over (b) the fair market value of a share of Stock on the date of grant of the Stock Appreciation Right (the “Base Price”) multiplied by the number of shares of Stock with respect to which the Stock Appreciation Right has been exercised. Fair market value is determined in accordance with Section 11 below.

 

GrantA Stock Appreciation Right may be granted in addition to any other Award under the Plan or in tandem with or independent of any Nonstatutory Stock Option or Incentive Stock Option.

 

Date of Exercisability.  Unless otherwise provided in the Grantee’s Award agreement in respect of any Stock Appreciation Right, a Stock Appreciation Right may be exercised by the Grantee, in accordance with and subject to all of the procedures established by the Board or the Committee, in whole or in part at any time and from time to time during its specified term. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, in no event is a Stock Appreciation Right exercisable prior to the exercisability of any Non-Qualified Stock Option or Incentive Stock Option with which it is granted in tandem. The Board or the Committee may also provide, as set forth in the relevant Award agreement, that some Stock Appreciation Rights will be automatically exercised on one or more dates specified by the Board or the Committee.

 

Form of PaymentUpon exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right, payment may be made in cash, in Restricted Stock or in shares of unrestricted Stock, or in any combination thereof, as the Board or the Committee, in its sole discretion, determines and provides in the relevant Award agreement.

 

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Tandem Grant.    The right of the Grantee to exercise a tandem Stock Appreciation Right terminates to the extent the Grantee exercises the Non-Qualified Stock Option or the Incentive Stock Option to which the Stock Appreciation Right is related.

 

9.              INCENTIVE BONUSES

 

The grant of Incentive Bonuses under the Plan is subject to the following terms and conditions and any additional terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the express terms and provisions of the Plan, as the Board or the Committee sets forth in the relevant Award documentation:

 

Incentive Bonuses.    Each Incentive Bonus Award will confer upon the Grantee the opportunity to earn a future payment tied to the level of achievement with respect to one or more performance criteria established for a performance period specified by the Committee.

 

Performance Criteria.   The Committee shall establish the performance criteria and level of achievement versus these criteria that shall determine the target, threshold and maximum amount payable under an Incentive Bonus, which criteria may be based on financial performance and/or personal performance evaluations. The Committee may specify the percentage of the target Incentive Bonus that is intended to satisfy the requirements for “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the performance criteria for any portion of an Incentive Bonus that is intended by the Committee to satisfy the requirements for “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code shall be a measure based on one or more Qualifying Performance Criteria selected by the Committee and specified at the time the Incentive Bonus is granted. The Committee shall certify the extent to which any Qualifying Performance Criteria has been satisfied, and the amount payable as a result thereof, prior to payment of any Incentive Bonus that is intended to satisfy the requirements for “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code.

 

Timing and Form of Payment.    The Committee shall determine the timing of payment of any Incentive Bonus. Payment of the amount due under an Incentive Bonus may be made in cash, in Restricted Stock or in shares of unrestricted Stock, or in any combination thereof, as the Board or the Committee, in its sole discretion, determines.

 

Discretionary Adjustments.    Notwithstanding satisfaction of any performance goals, the amount paid under an Incentive Bonus on account of either financial performance or personal performance evaluations may, to the extent specified in the Award documentation, be reduced, but not increased, by the Committee on the basis of such further considerations as the Committee shall determine.

 

10.       RIGHTS OF GRANTEES

 

Options; Stock Appreciation Rights.   No holder of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right will be deemed to be the holder of, or to have any of the rights of a holder with respect to, any shares of Stock subject to such Option or Stock Appreciation Right unless and until his or her Option or Stock Appreciation Right has been exercised pursuant to the terms thereof, the Company has issued and delivered to the holder of the Option or Stock Appreciation Right the shares of Stock as to which the holder has exercised his or her Option or Stock Appreciation Right, and the holder’s name has been entered as a stockholder of record on the books of the Company.  Thereupon, such person shall have full voting and other ownership rights with respect to such shares of Stock.

 

Restricted Stock.    Each recipient of a Restricted Stock Award is deemed to be the registered owner of any Unvested Shares subject to such award, notwithstanding that such shares may be subject to restrictions and possible forfeiture under the terms of the agreement pursuant to which they were received. Unless and until all or a portion of the Unvested Shares are forfeited in accordance with the terms of such agreement, the recipient thereof will have full voting rights with respect to such shares as well as the right to receive any and all distributions thereon.

 

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Restricted Stock Units.    No holder of a Restricted Stock Unit will be deemed to be the holder of, or to have any of the rights of a holder with respect to, any shares of Stock subject to such Restricted Stock Unit unless and until the Company has issued and delivered to the holder of the Restricted Stock Unit the shares of Stock as to which the Award of Restricted Stock Units has vested, and the holder’s name has been entered as a stockholder of record on the books of the Company. Thereupon, such person shall have full voting and other ownership rights with respect to such shares of Stock.

 

11.       DETERMINATION OF FAIR MARKET VALUE

 

For the purposes of the Plan, “fair market value” means the fair market value of Stock, Awards or other property as determined in good faith by the Committee or under procedures established by the Committee. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, the fair market value of Stock as of any given date shall be the closing sale price per share of Stock reported on a consolidated basis for securities listed on the principal stock exchange or market on which Stock is traded on the date as of which such value is being determined or, if there is no sale on the principal stock exchange or market that day, then on the last previous day on which a sale on the principal stock exchange or market was reported. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Board or the Committee may determine the fair market value of a share of Stock on the basis of such factors as it deems appropriate, consistent with Section 409A of the Code, if it determines in good faith that the approach specified above does not properly reflect the fair market value of such Stock.

 

12.       RETIREMENT, TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT OR DEATH OF HOLDERS OF AWARDS

 

Retirement or Disability.  If a Grantee retires from employment with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as a result of normal retirement (that is, termination of employment by the Grantee after he or she attains age sixty-five (65)), or terminates employment or service with the Company after becoming “permanently disabled” (as defined in the Bally Technologies, Inc. 401(k) Plan as in effect on the date of adoption of the Plan by the Board), any restrictions then applicable to his or her Award will lapse and it will thereafter be exercisable (in the case of Options and Stock Appreciation Rights) or vested and transferable (in the case of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units) in whole or in part, by the person to whom granted (or his or her duly appointed, qualified, and acting personal representative) in the manner set forth in Sections 5, 6, 7 and 8 above, at any time within the remaining term of the Award, unless otherwise determined by the Board or the Committee at the time of grant.

 

Other Termination of Service or EmploymentExcept as determined by the Board or the Committee at the time of grant, or as otherwise provided herein or in a Grantee’s employment agreement, (a) if a person to whom Restricted Stock has been awarded under the Plan ceases to be either a director, employee or paid consultant of the Company or a Subsidiary, any Unvested Shares of Restricted Stock held by the person are forfeited as of the last date he or she was either a director, employee or paid consultant of the Company or a Subsidiary, (b) if a person to whom Restricted Stock Units and/or an Incentive Bonuses have been awarded under the Plan ceases to be either a director, employee or paid consultant of the Company or a Subsidiary, the unvested portion, if any, of such Awards held by the person are forfeited as of the last date he or she was either a director, employee or paid consultant of the Company or a Subsidiary, and (c) if a person to whom an Option or Stock Appreciation Right has been granted under the Plan ceases to be either a director, employee or paid consultant of the Company or a Subsidiary, such Option or Stock Appreciation Right will continue to be exercisable or transferable to the same extent that it was exercisable on the last day on which he or she was either a director, employee or paid consultant for a period of 60 days thereafter, whereupon such Option or Stock Appreciation Right will terminate and not be exercisable thereafter; provided, however, that in the event of termination of employment, termination of service as a paid consultant, or removal from office as a director for Cause (as defined below), any such Option or Stock Appreciation Right will terminate ten days after such termination of employment, service or removal from office rather than 60 days thereafter. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, the term during which an Option or Stock Appreciation Right may be exercised shall not in any

 

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event extend beyond the remaining term of such Award as specified in connection with the grant thereof. No Award made under the Plan will be affected by any change of duties or position of the person to whom the Award was made or by any temporary leave of absence granted to the person by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. For purposes of the Plan, “Cause” means (i) the Grantee being convicted of a felony, (ii) the Grantee willfully committing an act of embezzlement or malfeasance which is intended to materially enrich himself or herself at the expense of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or is otherwise intended to materially harm the Company, or (iii) the Grantee being rejected for an applicable license or approval by a gaming regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Company as a result of an explicit finding of lack of suitability solely as a result of the Grantee’s commission of a crime or an act of embezzlement or malfeasance.

 

DeathUnless otherwise determined by the Board or the Committee at the time of grant, (a) if a person to whom an Option or Stock Appreciation Right has been granted under the Plan dies prior to the expiration of the term of the Option or Stock Appreciation Right, the Option or Stock Appreciation Right is exercisable by the estate of the Grantee, or by a person who acquired the right to exercise such Option or Stock Appreciation Right by bequest or inheritance from the Grantee, at any time within two years after the death of the person and prior to the date upon which such Option or Stock Appreciation Right expires as specified in connection with the grant thereof, to the extent and in the manner exercisable by the Grantee at the date of his or her death; (b) if a person to whom Restricted Stock has been awarded under the Plan dies prior to the lapse of all restrictions applicable to such Restricted Stock, any Unvested Shares held by such person on the date of his or her death will be forfeited; and (c) if a person to whom Restricted Stock Units and/or Incentive Bonuses have been awarded under the Plan dies, the unvested portion, if any, of such Awards held by the person on the date of his or her death will be forfeited.

 

Termination with Board ApprovalIf a Grantee ceases to be either a director, employee or paid consultant of the Company or a Subsidiary for any reason other than removal for Cause, and the Board or the Committee expressly determines that such termination of service or employment is in the best interests of the Company, then an Option or Stock Appreciation Right awarded to the Grantee under the Plan will be exercisable by the Grantee or by the estate of the Grantee, by a person who acquired the right to exercise such Option or Stock Appreciation Right by bequest or inheritance from the Grantee or otherwise, for an additional period following termination of service or employment as determined by the Board or the Committee but in no event later than the date upon which such Option or Stock Appreciation Right would have expired absent such termination of service or employment. Any such extended Option or Stock Appreciation Right will be exercisable only to the extent and in the manner exercisable by the Grantee at the time of such termination of service or employment.

 

Incentive Stock Options.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary or the provisions of any employment agreement, no Incentive Stock Option shall be exercisable after the date that is (a) in the case of the Grantee’s termination of employment for any reason other than death or disability, three months following such termination of employment, or (b) in the case of the Grantee’s termination of employment due to death or Total and Permanent Disability (as defined in Code section 22(e)(3)), twelve months following such termination of employment.

 

13.       ADJUSTMENTS

 

Changes in CapitalizationIn the event of any change in the number of shares of the outstanding Stock of the Company by reason of a stock split, stock dividend, combination or reclassification of shares, recapitalization, or similar event, the Board or the Committee will adjust proportionally (a) the number and kind of shares subject to the Plan, (b) the number and kind of shares then subject to unexercised Options and Stock Appreciation Rights and outstanding Awards of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units and (c) the per share Incentive Stock Option Price, Nonstatutory Stock Option Price or Base Price (as the case may be) of unexercised Options and Stock Appreciation Rights. Any such adjustment will be made without a change in the aggregate purchase price or aggregate Base Price of the shares of the Stock subject to the unexercised portion of any Option or Stock Appreciation Right.

 

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Merger EventIn the event of any merger, spin-off, split-off or other similar consolidation, reorganization or change affecting any class of stock of the Company (a “Merger Event”) subject to Awards made under the Plan, or any distribution (other than normal cash dividends) to holders of the stock, fair and equitable adjustment will be made in good faith by the Board or the Committee, including (without limitation) adjustments to avoid fractional shares, in respect of (a) all unexercised Options or Stock Appreciation Rights and (b) all then outstanding Awards of Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units or Incentive Bonuses to give proper effect to such event and preserve the value, rights and benefits of such Awards; provided, however, that the Board or the Committee may, in the case of any Merger Event pursuant to which the Company is not the surviving corporation and pursuant to which the former holders of the Stock do not hold, directly or indirectly, more than a majority of the voting securities of the resulting entity immediately after the Merger Event or in connection with any acquisition by any person of more than 50 percent of the outstanding shares of the Stock, provide that each Option or Stock Appreciation Right holder will receive a cash payment (in exchange for and in cancellation of such Option or Stock Appreciation Right) equal to the difference (if greater than zero) between the value of the per share consideration received by the holders of the Stock in the Merger Event or the acquisition and the purchase price or Base Price of such Option or Stock Appreciation Right, multiplied by the number of shares of the Stock underlying such Option or Stock Appreciation Right (and if the difference is equal to or less than zero, the Committee may provide that each such holder will receive no payment, nor any other compensation, in exchange for and in cancellation of any such Option or Stock Appreciation Right). In addition, in the event that (i) there occurs any Merger Event pursuant to which all of the outstanding Stock held by the stockholders of the Company is exchanged for any lawful consideration and (ii) within twelve months following the date of such Merger Event, a Grantee’s employment or service with the Company is terminated either by the Company without Cause or by the Grantee for Good Reason (as defined below), then, effective immediately prior to such termination of employment or service, all unvested and unexercisable Options or Stock Appreciation Rights held by the Grantee on the date on which his or her employment or service terminated will become 100 percent vested and exercisable, and all restrictions then applicable to Awards of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units held by the Grantee on the date on which his or her employment or service terminated will lapse and such Awards will thereafter be fully vested and transferable. For purposes of the Plan, “Good Reason” means, unless otherwise provided in a Grantee’s employment agreement, (x) a material reduction in the Grantee’s base salary or (y) a material reduction in the Grantee’s duties or responsibilities.

 

14.       MAXIMUM AWARDS

 

The following maximum annual and other amounts are subject to adjustment under Section 13 above and are subject to the Plan maximum under Section 3 above. Each individual Grantee may not receive in any fiscal year Awards of Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock and/or Restricted Stock Units exceeding 1,500,000 underlying shares of Stock. The maximum amount payable pursuant to that portion of an Incentive Bonus granted in any fiscal year to any Grantee under this Plan that is intended to satisfy the requirements for “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code shall not exceed ten million dollars ($10,000,000). Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the aggregate fair market value of stock (determined at the time of grant of the Option) for which Incentive Stock Options first become exercisable by a Grantee during a calendar year (under all Option plans of the Company) exceeds $100,000, such Options shall be treated as Options that are not Incentive Stock Options.

 

15.       QUALIFYING PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

 

GeneralThe Committee may establish performance criteria and level of achievement versus such criteria that shall determine the number of shares of Stock to be granted, retained, vested, issued or issuable under or in settlement of or the amount payable pursuant to an Award, which criteria may be based on Qualifying Performance Criteria or other standards of financial performance and/or personal performance evaluations. In addition, the Committee may specify that an Award or a portion of an Award

 

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is intended to satisfy the requirements for “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code, provided that the performance criteria for such Award or portion of an Award that is intended by the Committee to satisfy the requirements for “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code shall be a measure based on one or more Qualifying Performance Criteria selected by the Committee and specified at the time the Award is granted. The Committee shall certify the extent to which any Qualifying Performance Criteria has been satisfied, and the amount payable as a result thereof, prior to payment, settlement or vesting of any Award that is intended to satisfy the requirements for “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code.

 

Qualifying Performance Criteria.  For purposes of this Plan, the term “Qualifying Performance Criteria” shall mean any one or more of the following performance criteria, or derivations of such performance criteria, either individually, alternatively or in any combination, applied to either the Company as a whole or to a business unit or Subsidiary, either individually, alternatively or in any combination, and measured either annually or cumulatively over a period of years, on an absolute basis or relative to a pre-established target, to previous years’ results or to a designated comparison group, in each case as specified by the Committee: (a) revenues; (b) earnings per share (basic or diluted), earnings from operations, earnings before or after taxes, earnings before or after interest, depreciation, amortization, incentives, service fees or extraordinary or special items; (c) net income or net income per common share (basic or diluted); (d) return on assets, return on net assets, return on investment, return on capital, or return on equity; (e) cash flow, free cash flow, cash flow return on investment, or net cash provided by operations; (f) economic value created or added; (g) operating margin or profit margin; (h) stock price, dividends or total stockholder return; and (i) strategic business criteria, consisting of one or more objectives based on meeting specified market penetration or value added, market share, product development or introduction, geographic business expansion goals, cost targets, debt reduction, customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction, information technology, and goals relating to acquisitions or divestitures of subsidiaries, affiliates or joint ventures. To the extent consistent with Section 162(m) of the Code, the Committee (i) may appropriately adjust any evaluation of performance under a Qualifying Performance Criteria to eliminate the effects of charges for restructurings, discontinued operations, extraordinary items and all items of gain, loss or expense determined to be extraordinary or unusual in nature or related to the disposal of a segment of a business or related to a change in accounting principle all as determined in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, as well as the cumulative effect of accounting changes, in each case as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles or identified in the Company’s financial statements or notes to the financial statements, and (ii) may appropriately adjust any evaluation of performance under a Qualifying Performance Criteria to exclude any of the following events that occurs during a performance period: (1) asset write-downs, (2) litigation, claims, judgments or settlements, (3) the effect of changes in tax law or other such laws or provisions affecting reported results, (4) accruals for reorganization and restructuring programs and (5) accruals of any amounts for payment under this Plan or any other compensation arrangement maintained by the Company.

 

16.       MANNER OF GRANT

 

Nothing contained in the Plan or in any resolution adopted by the Board or any committee thereof or by the stockholders of the Company with respect to the Plan, except as provided in the Plan, will constitute the granting of an Award under the Plan. The granting of an Award under the Plan is deemed to occur only upon the date on which the Board or the Committee approves the grant of the Award. Each Award granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by a written agreement, in the form determined by the Board or the Committee, signed by a representative of the Board or the Committee and the recipient thereof.

 

17.       COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS AND REGULATIONS

 

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necessary or appropriate by the Board or the Committee. In general, the Board or the Committee may make such changes in the Plan and include such terms in any Award agreement as may be necessary or appropriate, in the opinion of counsel to the Company, to comply with the rules and regulations of any governmental authority, or to obtain for employees granted Incentive Stock Options the tax benefits under the applicable provisions of the Code and the regulations thereunder.

 

18.       TAX WITHHOLDING

 

The Company or Subsidiary for which services are performed by a director, employee or paid consultant granted an Award under the Plan has the right to deduct or otherwise effect a withholding of any tax (including, without limitation, any FICA (employment) tax required to be withheld under Chapter 21 of the Code, any income tax required to be withheld under Chapter 24 of the Code, and any similar tax imposed under state, local, or foreign law) required by federal, state, local or foreign laws to be withheld or otherwise deducted and paid with respect to the grant, vesting or exercise of any Award; or, in lieu of such withholding, to require that the Grantee or person holding such Award pay to the Company or such Subsidiary in cash (or, at the sole discretion of the Board or the Committee, in the form of shares of Stock) the amount of any taxes required to be withheld or otherwise deducted and paid by the Company or its Subsidiary in connection with the grant, vesting or exercise of any Award. The Company may condition any delivery of stock certificates or other evidence of ownership of shares of Stock on payment of the tax amounts referred to in this Section 18.

 

19.       CERTAIN LIMITATIONS ON AWARDS TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH CODE SECTION 409A.

 

For purposes of this Plan, references to an award term or event (including any authority or right of the Company or a Participant) being consistent with Code Section 409A shall mean that the term or event will not cause the Participant to be liable for payment of interest or a tax penalty under Code Section 409A. Other provisions of the Plan notwithstanding, the terms of any award including any authority of the Company and rights of the Participant with respect to the award, shall be limited to those terms permitted under Code Section 409A, and any terms not permitted under Code Section 409A shall be automatically modified and limited to the extent necessary to conform with Code Section 409A. For this purpose, other provisions of the Plan notwithstanding, the Company shall have no authority to accelerate distributions relating to 409A Awards in excess of the authority permitted under Code Section 409A, and any distribution subject to Code Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(i) (separation from service) to a “key employee” as defined under Code Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i), shall not occur earlier than the earliest time permitted under Code Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i). Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan, the Company does not guarantee to any Participant or any other person that any Award intended to be exempt from Section 409A of the Code shall be so exempt, nor that any Award intended to comply with Section 409A of the Code shall so comply, nor will the Company indemnify, defend or hold harmless any individual with respect to the tax consequences of any such failure.

 

20.       NO REPRICING WITHOUT STOCKHOLDER APPROVAL

 

Other than in connection with a change in the Company’s capitalization (as described in Section 13 above) the Option Price or Base Price of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right may not be reduced without stockholder approval (including canceling previously awarded Options in exchange for cash, other Awards, or Options or Stock Appreciation Rights with an exercise price that is less than the exercise price of the original Award).

 

21.       NONEXCLUSIVITY OF THE PLAN

 

Neither the adoption of the Plan by the Board nor the submission of the Plan to the stockholders of the Company for approval has any impact on existing qualified or nonqualified retirement, bonus or Option plans of the Company or creates any limitations on the power of the Board to adopt any other incentive arrangements that it may deem desirable, including, without limitation, the granting of stock

 

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Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units or Incentive Bonuses otherwise than under the Plan, and such arrangements may be either applicable generally or only in specific cases.

 

22.       AMENDMENT

 

The Board at any time, and from time to time, may amend the Plan, subject to any required regulatory approval and subject to the limitation that, except as provided above in Section 13, no amendment is effective unless approved within 12 months after the date of the adoption of such amendment by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of the Company’s Voting Stock present in person or represented by proxy at a duly held meeting at which a quorum is present (or by such greater vote as may be required by applicable law, regulation or provision of the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Company) if the amendment would, but for such approval, prevent the issuance of Incentive Stock Options under the Plan or cause the Plan to no longer comply with the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code.

 

Except as provided in Section 13 above, rights and obligations under any Awards granted before amendment of the Plan may not be altered or impaired by amendment of the Plan in any manner having a significant adverse effect on a Grantee, except with the consent of the Grantee thereof.

 

23.       TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION

 

The Board at any time may suspend or terminate the Plan. The Plan, unless sooner terminated, will terminate on the 10th anniversary of its adoption by the Board or its approval by the stockholders of the Company, whichever is earlier, but such termination will not affect any Award theretofore granted. No Award may be granted under the Plan while the Plan is suspended or after it is terminated. In general, no rights or obligations under any Award granted while the Plan is in effect will be altered or impaired by suspension or termination of the Plan, except with the consent of the person to whom the Award was granted. Any Award granted under the Plan may be terminated by agreement between the holder thereof and the Company and, in lieu of the terminated Award, a new Award may be granted.

 

24.       MISCELLANEOUS

 

Nothing contained in the Plan (or in any written Award agreement) obligates the Company or any Subsidiary to continue for any period to elect any individual as a director or to employ an employee or consultant to whom an Award has been granted, or interfere with the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to vary the terms of the person’s service or employment or reduce the person’s compensation.

 

25.       EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION

 

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and regulation, the Company will indemnify and hold harmless the members of the Board and the members of the Committee from and against any and all liabilities, costs, and expenses incurred by them as a result of any act, or omission to act, in connection with the performance of their duties, responsibilities, and obligations under the Plan, other than such liabilities, costs and expenses as may result from the gross negligence, bad faith, willful misconduct, or criminal acts of such persons.

 

26.       GOVERNING LAW

 

The Plan and all actions taken thereunder are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada, without reference to the principles of conflict of laws thereof.

 

27.       UNFUNDED PLAN

 

The Plan is unfunded and the Company is not required to segregate any assets in connection with any Awards under the Plan. Any liability of the Company to any person with respect to any Award under the Plan or any Award agreement is based solely upon the contractual obligations that may be created as a

 

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result of the Plan or any such Award or agreement. No such obligation of the Company will be deemed to be secured by any pledge of, encumbrance on, or other interest in, any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary. Nothing contained in the Plan or any Award agreement will be construed as creating in respect of any Grantee (or beneficiary thereof or any other person) any equity or other interest of any kind in any assets of the Company or any Subsidiary or creating a trust of any kind or a fiduciary relationship of any kind between the Company, any Subsidiary and/or any such Grantee, any beneficiary thereof or any other person.

 

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EX-10.2 4 a14-16136_1ex10d2.htm EX-10.2

Exhibit 10.2

 

Amended and Restated

 

Bally Technologies, Inc.

 

2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

 

(amended and restated as of October 22, 2013)

 

1.              PURPOSE

 

1.1   The purpose of the Plan is to provide a means by which Employees of the Bally Technologies, Inc. and designated Related Corporations (collectively “the Company”) may be given an opportunity to purchase shares of the Common Stock of the Company.

 

1.2   The Company, with the assistance of the Plan, seeks to retain the services of its Employees, to secure and retain the services of new Employees and to provide incentives for such persons to exert maximum efforts for the success of the Company and its Related Corporations.

 

1.3   The Company intends the Plan to qualify as an “employee stock purchase plan” within the meaning of Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the provisions of the Plan shall be construed in a manner consistent with the requirements of Section 423 of the Code.

 

1.4   The Company intends that the Purchase Rights granted under the Plan be considered options issued under an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

 

2.    DEFINITIONS

 

2.1   “Account” means the account maintained on behalf of a Participant to which is credited (i) payroll deductions pursuant to Section 8 and (ii) shares of Common Stock acquired upon exercise of an option pursuant to Section 7.

 

2.2   “Authorization Form” means a form established by the Board authorizing payroll deductions as set forth in Section 8 and such other terms and conditions as the Board from time to time may determine.

 

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

 

2.4   “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Any reference to a section of the Code herein shall be a reference to any successor or amended section of the Code.

 

2.5   “Committee” means a committee appointed by the Board in accordance with Section 3.3 of the Plan.

 

2.6   “Common Stock” means the common stock of Bally Technologies, Inc. or any securities into which such common stock may be converted.

 

2.7   “Company” means Bally Technologies, Inc., collectively with any Related Corporation.

 

2.8   “Corporate Transaction” means the occurrence, in a single transaction or in a series of related transactions, of any one or more of the following events:

 

2.8.1  a sale, lease, license or other disposition of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company;

 

2.8.2  a sale or other disposition of at least a majority of the voting power of the outstanding equity securities of the Company;

 

2.8.3  a merger, consolidation or similar transaction following which the Company is not the surviving controlling corporation;

 

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2.8.4 a merger, consolidation or similar transaction following which the Company is the surviving corporation but the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately preceding the merger, consolidation or similar transaction are converted or exchanged by virtue of the merger, consolidation or similar transaction into other property, whether in the form of securities, cash or otherwise; or

 

2.8.5  a liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

 

2.9   “Director” means a member of the Board.

 

2.10 “Eligible Employee” means an Employee who meets the requirements set forth in the Offering for eligibility to participate in the Offering, provided that such Employee also meets the requirements for eligibility to participate set forth in the Plan.

 

2.11 “Eligible Earnings” means an Eligible Employee’s base salary/base wages, commissions and overtime pay paid during the portion of an Offering during which such Eligible Employee is participating in such Offering. For avoidance of doubt, cash bonuses and other forms of incentive compensation and income generated from stock awards shall not be included in “Eligible Earnings”.

 

2.12 “Employee” means any person, including Officers and Directors, who is employed for purposes of Section 423(b)(4) of the Code by the Company, but excluding (a) leased employees, as described in Section 414(n) of the Code, and (b) any payroll service bureau or employment agency employee, i.e., an individual for whom the direct pay or compensation with respect to the performance of services for the Company is paid by any outside entity, including, but not limited to, a payroll service bureau or employment agency. The determination whether an individual is a payroll service bureau employee or employment agency employee shall be made solely based on the method of paying the individual for his or her services, without regard to whether the individual is considered a common law employee of the Company for any other purpose. Neither service as a Director nor payment of a Director’s fee shall be sufficient to make an individual an Employee of the Company.

 

2.13 “Employee Stock Purchase Plan” means a plan that grants Purchase Rights intended to be options issued under an “employee stock purchase plan,” as that term is defined in Section 423 of the Code.

 

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

 

2.15 “Fair Market Value” means the value of a security, as determined in good faith by the Board. If the Common Stock is listed on any established stock exchange or market, the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock, unless otherwise determined by the Board, shall be the closing sales price (rounded up where necessary to the nearest whole cent) for such security (or the closing bid, if no sales were reported for that business day) as quoted on such exchange or market (or the exchange or market with the greatest volume of trading in the Common Stock) on the Trading Day prior to the relevant determination date, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Board deems reliable.

 

2.16 “Offering” shall means a period of three (3) months, or such other period of time as determined from time to time by the Committee. In no event shall an Offering exceed twenty-seven (27) months. The first Offering shall commence after shareholder approval of the Plan.

 

2.17 “Offering Date” means a date selected by the Board for an Offering to commence.

 

2.18 “Officer” means a person who is an officer of the Company within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

2.19 “Participant” means an Eligible Employee who holds an outstanding Purchase Right granted pursuant to the Plan.

 

2.20 “Plan” means this Amended and Restated Bally Technologies, Inc. 2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

 

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2.21 “Purchase Date” means the date during an Offering established by the Board on which Purchase Rights granted under the Plan shall be exercised and as of which purchases of shares of Common Stock shall be carried out in accordance with such Offering. A Purchase Date must be a Trading Day.

 

2.22 “Purchase Right” means an option to purchase shares of Common Stock granted pursuant to the Plan.

 

2.23 “Related Corporation” means any parent corporation or subsidiary corporation, whether now or hereafter existing, as those terms are defined in Sections 424(e) and (f), respectively, of the Code.

 

2.24 “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

2.25 “Trading Day” means any day the exchange(s) or market(s) on which shares of Common Stock are listed is open for trading.

 

3.              ADMINISTRATION

 

3.1   The Board shall administer the Plan unless and until the Board delegates administration to a Committee, as provided in Section 3.3. The Board shall have the final power to determine all questions of policy and expediency that may arise in the administration of the Plan, to promulgate such rules and regulations as it deems necessary for the proper administration of the Plan, to interpret the provisions and supervise the administration of the Plan, and to take all action in connection therewith or in relation thereto as it deems necessary or advisable, regardless of whether the Board has delegated Plan administration to a Committee.

 

3.2   The Board (or a Committee designated by the Board) shall have the power, subject to and within the limitations of the express provisions of the Plan:

 

3.2.1  To determine when and how Purchase Rights to purchase shares of Common Stock shall be granted and the provisions of each Offering of such Purchase Rights (which need not be identical);

 

3.2.2  To designate from time to time which Related Corporations of the Company shall be eligible to participate in the Plan and which Employees of designated Related Corporations shall be eligible to participate in the Plan;

 

3.2.3  To construe and interpret the Plan and Purchase Rights granted under the Plan, and to adopt, amend and rescind any rules and regulations which it deems desirable and appropriate for the administration of the Plan, to construe and interpret the provisions and supervise the administration of the Plan, to make factual determinations relevant to Plan entitlements and to take all action in connection with administration of the Plan as it deems necessary or advisable. The Board, in the exercise of this power, may correct any defect, omission or inconsistency in the Plan in a manner and to the extent it shall deem necessary or expedient to make the Plan fully effective. Decisions of the Board shall be final and binding upon all Participants;

 

3.2.4  To amend the Plan as provided in Section 15; and

 

3.2.5  Generally, to exercise such powers and to perform such acts as it deems necessary or expedient to promote the best interests of the Company and its Related Corporations and to carry out the intent that the Plan be treated as an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

 

3.3   The Board may delegate administration of the Plan to a Committee of the Board composed of one (1) or more members of the Board. The Committee will serve for such period of time as the Board may specify. If the Board delegates administration to a Committee, then the Committee shall have, in connection with the administration of the Plan, the powers theretofore possessed by the Board, subject, however, to such resolutions, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as the Board may adopt from time to time. The Committee shall have full power and authority to adopt, amend and rescind any rules and regulations which it deems desirable and appropriate for the proper administration of the Plan, to

 

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construe and interpret the provisions and supervise the administration of the Plan, to make factual determinations relevant to Plan entitlements and to take all action in connection with administration of the Plan as it deems necessary or advisable, consistent with the delegation from the Board. Decisions of the Board shall be final and binding upon all Participants.

 

3.4   The Board may abolish or change the composition of the Committee at any time and, if abolished, revest in the Board the administration of the Plan. If the Board delegates administration to a Committee, then references to the Board in this Plan and in any Offering document shall thereafter be deemed to be the Committee, as appropriate.

 

3.5   In addition to such other rights of indemnification as they may have as members of the Board or officers or employees of the Company, members of the Board and of the Committee shall be indemnified by the Company against all reasonable expenses, including attorneys’ fees, actually and necessarily incurred in connection with the defense of any action, suit or proceeding, or in connection with any appeal therein, to which they or any of them may be a party by reason of any action taken or failure to act under or in connection with the Plan, or any right granted under the Plan, and against all amounts paid by them in settlement thereof (provided such settlement is approved by independent legal counsel selected by the Company) or paid by them in satisfaction of a judgment in any such action, suit or proceeding, except in relation to matters as to which it shall be adjudged in such action, suit or proceeding that such person is liable for gross negligence, bad faith or intentional misconduct in duties; provided, however, that within sixty (60) days after the institution of such action, suit or proceeding, such person shall offer to the Company, in writing, the opportunity at his or her own expense to handle and defend the same.

 

4.              SHARES OF COMMON STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

 

4.1   Subject to the provisions of Section 14, up to 850,000 aggregate shares of Common Stock may be sold pursuant to Purchase Rights granted under the Plan. If the total number of shares which would otherwise be subject to options granted under the Plan on an Offering Date exceeds the number of shares then available under the Plan (after deduction of all shares for which options have been exercised or are then outstanding), the Board shall make a pro rata allocation of the shares remaining available for option grant in as uniform a manner as shall be practicable and as it shall determine to be equitable. In such event, the Board shall give written notice to each Participant of such reduction of the number of option shares affected thereby and shall similarly reduce the rate of payroll deductions, if necessary. If any Purchase Right granted under the Plan shall for any reason terminate without having been exercised, the shares of Common Stock not purchased under such Purchase Right shall again become available for issuance under the Plan.

 

4.2   The shares of Common Stock subject to the Plan may be unissued shares, authorized and issued shares held in the Company’s treasury or Common Stock acquired on the open market at prevailing market prices or otherwise.

 

5.              GRANT OF PURCHASE RIGHTS; OFFERING

 

5.1   The Board may from time to time grant or provide for the grant of Purchase Rights of Common Stock under the Plan to Eligible Employees in an Offering on an Offering Date or Offering Dates selected by the Board. Each Offering shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as the Board shall deem appropriate, which shall comply with the requirement of Section 423(b)(5) of the Code that all Employees granted Purchase Rights to purchase shares of Common Stock under the Plan shall have the same rights and privileges. The terms and conditions of an Offering shall be incorporated by reference into the Plan and treated as part of the Plan. The provisions of separate Offerings need not be identical, but each Offering shall include (through incorporation of the provisions of this Plan by reference in the document comprising the Offering or otherwise) the period during which the Offering shall be effective, which period shall not exceed twenty-seven (27) months beginning with the Offering Date, and the

 

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substance of the provisions contained in Sections 6 through 9, inclusive. Unless and until altered by the Board, each Offering shall be three (3) months in duration.

 

6.              ELIGIBILITY

 

6.1   Purchase Rights may be granted only to Employees of the Company. Except as provided in Section 6.2, an Employee shall be ineligible to be granted Purchase Rights under the Plan unless, on the Offering Date, such Employee has been in the employ of the Company for such continuous period preceding such Offering Date as the Board may require, but in no event shall the required period of continuous employment be greater than two (2) years. In addition, the Board may provide that no Employee shall be eligible to be granted Purchase Rights under the Plan unless, on the Offering Date, such Employee’s customary employment with the Company is more than twenty (20) hours per week and more than five (5) months per calendar year.

 

6.2   The Board may provide that each person who, during the course of an Offering, first becomes an Eligible Employee shall, on a date or dates specified in the Offering which coincides with the day on which such person becomes an Eligible Employee or which occurs thereafter, receive a Purchase Right under that Offering, which Purchase Right shall thereafter be deemed to be a part of that Offering. Such Purchase Right shall have the same characteristics as any Purchase Rights originally granted under that Offering, as described herein, except that:

 

6.2.1  the date on which such Purchase Right is granted shall be the “Offering Date” of such Purchase Right for all purposes, including determination of the exercise price of such Purchase Right;

 

6.2.2  the period of the Offering with respect to such Purchase Right shall begin on its Offering Date and end coincident with the end of such Offering; and

 

6.2.3  the Board may provide that if such person first becomes an Eligible Employee within a specified period of time before the end of the Offering, he or she shall not receive any Purchase Right under that Offering.

 

6.3   No Employee may participate in the Plan if, immediately after a Purchase Right is granted, the Employee owns, or is considered to own (within the meaning of Code Section 424(d)), Common Stock, including Common Stock which the Employee may purchase by conversion of convertible securities or under outstanding options granted by the Company, representing five percent (5%) or more of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of stock of the Company. For purposes of this Section 6.3, the rules of Section 424(d) of the Code shall apply in determining the stock ownership of any Employee, and Common Stock which such Employee may purchase under all outstanding Purchase Rights and options shall be treated as stock owned by such Employee.

 

6.4   As specified by Section 423(b)(8) of the Code, an Eligible Employee may be granted Purchase Rights under the Plan only if such Purchase Rights do not permit such Eligible Employee’s rights to purchase Common Stock of the Company to accrue at a rate which exceeds twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) of Fair Market Value of such stock (determined at the time such Purchase Rights are granted, and which, with respect to the Plan, shall be determined as of their respective Offering Dates) for each calendar year in which such Purchase Rights are outstanding at any time; for purposes of this limitation, there shall be counted only options to which Section 423 of the Code applies. For purposes of the Plan, an option is “granted” on a Participant’s Offering Date. An option will expire upon the earlier to occur of (i) the termination of a Participant’s participation in the Plan or such Offering; (ii) the grant of an option to such Participant on a subsequent Offering Date; or (iii) the termination of the Offering. This Section 6.4 shall be interpreted so as to comply with Code Section 423(b)(8).

 

6.5   Officers of the Company, if they are otherwise Eligible Employees, shall be eligible to participate in Offerings under the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may provide in an Offering that

 

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Employees who are highly-compensated Employees within the meaning of Section 423(b)(4)(D) of the Code shall not be eligible to participate in the Offering.

 

7.              PURCHASE RIGHTS; PURCHASE PRICE

 

7.1   On each Offering Date, each Eligible Employee, pursuant to an Offering made under the Plan, shall be granted a Purchase Right to purchase up to that number of shares of Common Stock purchasable either with a percentage or with a maximum dollar amount, as designated by the Board, but in either case not exceeding ten percent (10%) (or such greater or lesser percentage as determined by the Board prior to the commencement of an Offering) of such Employee’s Eligible Earnings (as defined by the Board in each Offering) during the period that begins on the Offering Date (or such later date as the Board determines for a particular Offering) and ends on the date stated in the Offering, which date shall be no later than the end of the Offering. Unless the Board expressly determines otherwise, an Eligible Employee may designate up to ten percent (10%) of his or her Eligible Earnings for an Offering to be applied to the purchase of shares of Common Stock in such Offering.

 

7.2   The Board shall establish one Purchase Date during an Offering on which Purchase Rights granted under the Plan and pursuant to that Offering shall be exercised and purchases of shares of Common Stock shall be carried out in accordance with such Offering.

 

7.3   In connection with each Offering made under the Plan, the Board may specify a maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be purchased by any Participant on any Purchase Date during such Offering. In connection with each Offering made under the Plan, the Board may specify a maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may be purchased by all Participants pursuant to such Offering. If the aggregate purchase of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of Purchase Rights granted under the Offering would exceed any such maximum aggregate number, then, in the absence of any Board action otherwise, a pro-rata allocation of the shares of Common Stock available shall be made in as nearly a uniform manner as shall be practicable and equitable.

 

7.4   Unless and until altered by the Board, the purchase price of shares of Common Stock acquired pursuant to Purchase Rights granted under the Plan shall be equal to eighty-five percent (85%) of the Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock on the applicable Purchase Date.

 

8.              PARTICIPATION; WITHDRAWAL; TERMINATION

 

8.1   An Eligible Employee may become a Participant in the Plan pursuant to an Offering by delivering an Authorization Form to the Company within the time specified in the Offering, in such form as the Company may provide. Each such agreement shall authorize payroll deductions of up to the maximum percentage specified by the Board of such Participant’s Eligible Earnings during the Offering. The payroll deductions made for each Participant shall be credited to a Participant’s Account under the Plan and shall be deposited with the general funds of the Company. To the extent provided in the Offering, a Participant may reduce (including to zero), but may not, unless otherwise determined by the Board, increase such payroll deductions. To the extent provided in the Offering, a Participant may begin such payroll deductions after the beginning of the Offering. A Participant may make additional payments into his or her Account only if specifically provided for in the Offering and only if the Participant has not already had the maximum permitted amount withheld during the Offering. Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan to the contrary, in locations where local law prohibits payroll deductions, an eligible Employee may elect to participate through contributions to his or her Account under the Plan in a form acceptable to the Board.

 

8.2   Under procedures and at times established by the Board, a Participant may terminate his or her payroll deductions under the Plan and withdraw from the Offering by delivering to the Company a notice of withdrawal in such form as the Company may provide. Upon such withdrawal from the Offering by a Participant, the Company shall distribute to such Participant all of his or her accumulated payroll deductions and/or other contributions (reduced to the extent, if any, such deductions have been used to

 

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acquire shares of Common Stock for the Participant) under the Offering, without interest (unless otherwise specified in the Offering), such Participant’s interest in that Offering shall be automatically terminated and no further payroll deductions and/or other contributions for the purchase of Common Stock will be made during the Offering. A Participant’s withdrawal from an Offering shall have no effect upon such Participant’s eligibility to participate in any other Offerings under the Plan, but such Participant shall be required to deliver a new Authorization Form in order to participate in subsequent Offerings under the Plan. The Company may establish rules pertaining to the timing of withdrawals, limiting the frequency with which Participants may withdraw and re-enroll in the Plan and may impose a waiting period on Participants wishing to re-enroll following withdrawal. Unless and until altered by the Board, a Participant may elect to reduce his or her future payroll deductions at any time during an Offering but may not elect to increase his or her future payroll deductions during an Offering. Any elections shall be implemented by the Company within an administratively reasonable period of time.

 

8.3   Purchase Rights granted pursuant to any Offering under the Plan shall terminate immediately upon a Participant ceasing to be an Employee for any reason or for no reason (subject to any post-employment participation period required by law) or other lack of eligibility. The Company shall distribute to such terminated or otherwise ineligible Employee or, in the case of death, to the Participant’s heirs or estate, all of his or her accumulated payroll deductions and/or other contributions (reduced to the extent, if any, such deductions have been used to acquire shares of Common Stock for the terminated or otherwise ineligible Employee) under the Offering, without interest (unless otherwise specified in the Offering). The Board may also establish rules regarding when leaves of absence or changes of employment status will be considered to be a termination of employment, including rules regarding transfer of employment among any of the Company’s Related Corporations, and the Board may establish termination-of-employment procedures for this Plan that are independent of similar rules established under other benefit plans of the Company; provided that subject to Section 19, such procedures are not in conflict with the requirements of Section 423 of the Code.

 

8.4   Neither payroll deductions or other contributions credited to a Participant’s Account, nor any Purchase Rights granted under the Plan shall be transferable by a Participant otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, or by a beneficiary designation as provided in Section 13 and, during a Participant’s lifetime, shall be exercisable only by such Participant. Any attempted assignment, transfer, pledge, or other disposition shall be null and void and without effect. If a Participant in any manner attempts to transfer, assign or otherwise encumber his or her Purchase Rights, other than as permitted by the Code, such act shall be treated as an election by the Participant to discontinue participation in the Plan pursuant to Section 8.2.

 

9.              EXERCISE

 

9.1   On each Purchase Date during an Offering, each Participant’s accumulated payroll deductions and/or other contributions specifically provided for in the Offering (without any increase for interest) shall be automatically applied to the purchase of shares of Common Stock up to the maximum number of shares of Common Stock permitted pursuant to the terms of the Plan and the applicable Offering, at the purchase price specified in the Offering. No fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of Purchase Rights granted under the Plan unless specifically provided for in the Offering. The Company or its designee may make such provisions and take such action as it deems necessary or appropriate for the withholding of taxes or other amounts which the Company is required to withhold by applicable law. Each Participant, however, shall be responsible for payment of all individual tax liabilities arising under the Plan. The shares of Common Stock purchased upon exercise of an option hereunder shall be considered for tax purposes to be sold to the Participant on the Purchase Date. During his or her lifetime, a Participant’s option to purchase shares of Common Stock hereunder is exercisable only by him or her.

 

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than the amount required to purchase one share of Common Stock on the Purchase Date of an Offering, then such remaining amount shall be held in each such Participant’s Account for the purchase of shares of Common Stock under the next Offering under the Plan, unless such Participant withdraws from such next Offering, as provided in Section 8.2, or is not eligible to participate in such Offering, as provided in Section 6, in which case such amount shall be distributed to the Participant after such Purchase Date, without interest (unless otherwise specified in the Offering).

 

9.3   No Purchase Rights granted under the Plan may be exercised to any extent unless the shares of Common Stock to be issued upon such exercise under the Plan are covered by an effective registration statement pursuant to the Securities Act and the Plan is in material compliance with all applicable federal, state, foreign, and other securities and other laws applicable to the Plan. If, on a Purchase Date during any Offering hereunder the shares of Common Stock are not so registered or the Plan is not in such compliance, no Purchase Rights granted under the Plan or any Offering shall be exercisable on such Purchase Date. If, on the Purchase Date under any Offering hereunder, the shares of Common Stock are not registered and the Plan is not in such compliance, options granted under the Plan which are not in compliance shall not be exercisable and all payroll deductions and/or other contributions accumulated during the Offering shall be returned to the Participants, without interest. The provisions of this Section 9.3 shall comply with the requirements of Section 423(b)(5) of the Code to the extent applicable. As a condition to the exercise of an option, the Company may require the person exercising such option to represent and warrant at the time of any such exercise that the shares are being purchased only for investment and without any present intention to sell or distribute such shares if, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, such a representation is required by any of the aforementioned applicable provisions of law.

 

9.4   As soon as practicable after the exercise of an option, the Company shall deliver to the Participant a record of the Common Stock purchased and the balance of any amount of payroll deductions and/or other contributions credited to the Participant’s Account not used for the purchase, except as specified below. The Board may permit or require that shares be deposited directly with a broker designated by the Board or to a designated agent of the Company, and the Board may utilize electronic or automated methods of share transfer. The Board may require that shares be retained with such broker or agent for a designated period of time and/or may establish other procedures to permit tracking of disqualifying dispositions of such shares. The Company shall retain the amount of payroll deductions and/or other contributions used to purchase Common Stock as full payment for the Common Stock and the Common Stock shall then be fully paid and non-assessable. No Participant shall have any voting, dividend, or other stockholder rights with respect to shares subject to any option granted under the Plan until the shares subject to the option have been purchased and delivered to the Participant as provided in this Section 9. The Board may in its discretion direct the Company to retain in a Participant’s Account for the subsequent Offering any payroll deductions which are not sufficient to purchase a whole share of Common Stock or return such amount to the Participant. Any other amounts left over in a Participant’s Account after a Purchase Date shall be returned to the Participant.

 

10.       COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY

 

10.1 During the terms of the Purchase Rights granted under the Plan, the Company shall ensure that the amount of shares of Common Stock required to satisfy such Purchase Rights are available.

 

10.2 The Company shall seek to obtain from each federal, state, foreign or other regulatory commission or agency having jurisdiction over the Plan such authority as may be required to issue and sell shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Purchase Rights granted under the Plan. If, after reasonable efforts, the Company is unable to obtain from any such regulatory commission or agency the authority that counsel for the Company deems necessary for the lawful issuance and sale of shares of Common Stock under the Plan, the Company shall be relieved from any liability for failure to issue and sell shares of Common Stock upon exercise of such Purchase Rights unless and until such authority is obtained.

 

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11.       USE OF PROCEEDS FROM SHARES OF COMMON STOCK

 

Proceeds from the sale of shares of Common Stock pursuant to Purchase Rights granted under the Plan shall constitute general funds of the Company.

 

12.       RIGHTS AS A STOCKHOLDER

 

A Participant shall not be deemed to be the holder of, or to have any of the rights of a holder with respect to, shares of Common Stock subject to Purchase Rights granted under the Plan unless and until the Participant’s shares of Common Stock acquired upon exercise of Purchase Rights granted under the Plan are recorded in the books of the Company (or its transfer agent).

 

13.       DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY

 

13.1 A Participant may file a written designation of a beneficiary who is to receive any shares of Common Stock and/or cash, if any, from the Participant’s Account under the Plan in the event of such Participant’s death subsequent to the end of an Offering but prior to delivery to the Participant of such shares of Common Stock or cash. In addition, a Participant may file a written designation of a beneficiary who is to receive any cash from the Participant’s Account under the Plan in the event of such Participant’s death during an Offering. If a Participant is married and the designated beneficiary is not the spouse, spousal consent shall be required for such designation to be effective, to the extent required by local law.

 

13.2 The Participant (and if required under the preceding sentence, his or her spouse) may change such designation of beneficiary at any time by written notice. Subject to local legal requirements, in the event of a Participant’s death and in the absence of a beneficiary validly designated under the Plan who is living at the time of such Participant’s death, the Company shall deliver such shares of Common Stock and/or cash to the executor or administrator of the estate of the Participant, or if no such executor or administrator has been appointed (to the knowledge of the Company), the Company, in its sole discretion, may deliver such shares of Common Stock and/or cash to the spouse or to any one or more dependents or relatives of the Participant, or if no spouse, dependent or relative is known to the Company, then to such other person as the Company may designate. The provisions of this Section 13.2 shall in no event require the Company to violate local law, and the Company shall be entitled to take whatever action it reasonably concludes is desirable or appropriate in order to transfer the assets allocated to a deceased Participant’s Account in compliance with local law.

 

14.       ADJUSTMENTS UPON CHANGES IN SECURITIES; CORPORATE TRANSACTIONS

 

14.1 Subject to any required action by the stockholders of the Company, if any change is made in the shares of Common Stock, subject to the Plan, or subject to any Purchase Right, without the receipt of consideration by the Company (through merger, consolidation, spin-off, reorganization, recapitalization, reincorporation, stock dividend, dividend in property other than cash, stock split, reverse stock split, liquidating dividend, combination or reclassification of shares (including any such change in the number of shares of Common Stock effected in connection with a change in domicile of the Company), exchange of shares, change in corporate structure or other transaction not involving the receipt of consideration by the Company), the Plan shall be equitably adjusted in the type(s), class(es) and maximum number of shares of Common Stock subject to the Plan pursuant to Section 4.1, and the outstanding Purchase Rights granted under the Plan shall be appropriately adjusted in the type(s), class(es), number of shares and purchase limits of such outstanding Purchase Rights. The Board shall make such adjustments, and take any further actions which, in the exercise of its discretion, may be necessary or appropriate under the circumstances, and its determination shall be final, binding and conclusive. (The conversion of any convertible securities of the Company shall not be treated as a “transaction not involving the receipt of consideration by the Company.”)

 

14.2 In the event of a Corporate Transaction, then: (i) any surviving or acquiring corporation may continue or assume Purchase Rights outstanding under the Plan or may substitute similar rights (including

 

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a right to acquire the same consideration paid to stockholders in the Corporate Transaction) for those outstanding under the Plan, or (ii) if any surviving or acquiring corporation does not assume such Purchase Rights or does not substitute similar rights for Purchase Rights outstanding under the Plan, then, the Participants’ accumulated payroll deductions and/or other contributions (exclusive of any accumulated interest that cannot be applied toward the purchase of shares of Common Stock under the terms of the Offering) shall be used to purchase shares of Common Stock immediately prior to the Corporate Transaction under the ongoing Offering, and the Participants’ Purchase Rights under the ongoing Offering shall terminate immediately after such purchase.

 

14.3 In the event of the proposed liquidation or dissolution of the Company, the Offering will terminate immediately prior to the consummation of such proposed transaction, unless otherwise provided by the Board in its sole discretion, and all outstanding options shall automatically terminate and the amounts of all payroll deductions and/or other contributions will be refunded without interest to the Participants.

 

15.       AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN

 

15.1 The Board at any time, and from time to time, may amend the Plan. However, except as provided in Section 14 relating to adjustments upon changes in securities and except as to amendments solely to benefit the administration of the Plan, to take account of a change in legislation or to obtain or maintain favorable tax, exchange or market control, or regulatory treatment for Participants or the Company, no amendment to the Plan shall be effective unless approved by the stockholders of the Company to the extent stockholder approval is necessary for the Plan to satisfy the requirements of Section 423 of the Code or other applicable laws or regulations, including the rules and regulations of the applicable exchange or market.

 

15.2 It is expressly contemplated that the Board may amend the Plan in any respect the Board deems necessary or advisable to provide Employees with the maximum benefits provided or to be provided under the provisions of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder relating to employee stock purchase plans and/or to bring the Plan and/or Purchase Rights granted under the Plan into compliance therewith.

 

15.3 The rights and obligations under any Purchase Rights granted before amendment of the Plan shall not be impaired by any amendment of the Plan except (i) with the consent of the person to whom such Purchase Rights were granted, (ii) as necessary to comply with any laws or regulations, or (iii) as necessary to ensure that the Plan and/or Purchase Rights granted under the Plan comply with the requirements of Section 423 of the Code.

 

16.       TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION OF THE PLAN

 

16.1 The Board in its discretion may suspend or terminate the Plan at any time. Unless sooner terminated, the Plan shall terminate at the time that all of the shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Plan, as increased and/or adjusted from time to time, have been issued under the terms of the Plan. No Purchase Rights may be granted under the Plan while the Plan is suspended or after it is terminated.

 

16.2 Any benefits, privileges, entitlements, and obligations under any Purchase Rights granted under the Plan while the Plan is in effect shall not be impaired by suspension or termination of the Plan prior to the end of the Offering in which such suspension or termination occurs except (i) as expressly provided in the Plan or with the consent of the person to whom such Purchase Rights were granted, (ii) as necessary to comply with any laws, regulations, or listing requirements, or (iii) as necessary to ensure that the Plan and/or Purchase Rights granted under the Plan comply with the requirements of Section 423 of the Code.

 

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17.       EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE PLAN

 

The Plan shall become effective as determined by the Board, but no Purchase Rights granted under the Plan shall be exercised unless and until the Plan has been approved by the stockholders of the Company within twelve (12) months before or after the date the Plan is adopted by the Board.

 

18.       MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

18.1 The Plan and Offering do not constitute an employment contract. Nothing in the Plan or in the Offering shall in any way alter the at-will nature of a Participant’s employment or be deemed to create in any way whatsoever any obligation on the part of any Participant to continue in the employ of the Company, or on the part of the Company to continue the employment of a Participant.

 

19.       BOARD RULES FOR FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS

 

The Board may adopt rules or procedures relating to the operation and administration of the Plan to accommodate the specific requirements of local laws and procedures. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Board is specifically authorized to adopt rules and procedures regarding handling of payroll deductions and/or other contributions by Participants, payment of interest, conversion of local currency, payroll tax, withholding procedures and handling of stock certificates, which vary with local requirements; however, if such varying provisions are not in accordance with the provisions of Section 423(b) of the Code, including, but not limited to, the requirement of Section 423(b)(5) of the Code that all options granted under the Plan shall have the same rights and privileges unless otherwise provided under the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder, then the individuals affected by such varying provisions shall be deemed to be participating under a sub-plan and not the Plan. The Board may also adopt sub-plans applicable to particular Related Corporations or locations, which sub-plans may be designed to be outside the scope of Code section 423. The rules of such sub-plans may take precedence over other provisions of this Plan, with the exception of Section 4, but unless otherwise superseded by the terms of such sub-plan, the provisions of this Plan shall govern the operation of such sub-plan.

 

20.       REPORTS

 

Individual accounts shall be maintained for each Participant in the Plan. Statements of account shall be given to Participants at least annually, which statements shall set forth the amounts of payroll deductions and/or other contributions, the Purchase Price, the number of shares of Common Stock purchased, and the remaining cash balance, if any.

 

21.       NOTICES

 

All notices or other communications by a Participant to the Company under or in connection with the Plan shall be deemed to have been duly given when received in the form specified by the Company at the location, or by the person, designated by the Company for the receipt thereof.

 

22.       ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS OF RULE 16b-3

 

The terms and conditions of options granted hereunder to, and the purchase of shares of Common Stock by, persons subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act shall comply with the applicable provisions of Rule 16b-3. This Plan shall be deemed to contain, and such options shall contain, and the shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise thereof shall be subject to, such additional conditions and restrictions, if any, as may be required by Rule 16b-3 to qualify for the maximum exemption from Section 16 of the Exchange Act with respect to Plan transactions.

 

23.       GOVERNING LAW

 

This Plan shall be governed by applicable laws of the State of Nevada and applicable federal law.

 

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24.       MISCELLANEOUS

 

(a)   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no interest shall accrue on the payroll deductions and/or other contributions of a Participant in the Plan unless otherwise required under applicable laws, in which case any Employees affected by such applicable laws shall be deemed to be participating in a sub-plan, unless the Board or the Committee otherwise expressly provides that such Employees shall be treated as participating in the Plan.

 

(b)   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, all payroll deductions and/or other contributions received or held by the Company under the Plan may be used by the Company for any corporate purpose, and the Company shall not be obligated to segregate such payroll reductions and/or other contributions unless otherwise required under applicable laws.

 

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EX-23.2 5 a14-16136_1ex23d2.htm EX-23.2

Exhibit 23.2

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated August 27, 2013, relating to the consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule of Bally Technologies, Inc., and the effectiveness of Bally Technologies Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting, appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Bally Technologies, Inc. for the year ended June 30, 2013.

 

 

/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

 

Las Vegas, Nevada

June 27, 2013