-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, GwfpPqlwjjbrRRB9vk9CdfSDsjKncCdKEetryNGW35Xjz0Bq3xOYcyXatxkcjEGJ sAwUgis1mMZ32a8dkHea0w== 0000050863-09-000144.txt : 20090727 0000050863-09-000144.hdr.sgml : 20090727 20090727171316 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000050863-09-000144 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-8 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 10 FILED AS OF DATE: 20090727 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20090727 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20090727 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: INTEL CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000050863 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SEMICONDUCTORS & RELATED DEVICES [3674] IRS NUMBER: 941672743 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-8 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-160824 FILM NUMBER: 09965190 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2200 MISSION COLLEGE BLVD STREET 2: RNB-4-151 CITY: SANTA CLARA STATE: CA ZIP: 95054 BUSINESS PHONE: 4087658080 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2200 MISSION COLLEGE BLVD STREET 2: RNB-4-151 CITY: SANTA CLARA STATE: CA ZIP: 95054 S-8 1 forms807272009.htm FORM S-8

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 27, 2009

Registration No. 333-

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

________________

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

INTEL CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation or Organization)

 

 

 

94-1672743
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

 

2200 Mission College Blvd.
Santa Clara, CA
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

 

95054-1549
(Zip Code)

 

Wind River Systems, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan

Wind River Systems, Inc. 1998 Equity Incentive Plan

Wind River Systems, Inc. 1998 Non-Officer Stock Option Plan

Embedded Support Tools Corporation Amended and Restated 1999 Stock Option Plan

Rapid Logic, Inc. 1997 Stock Option Plan

Integrated Systems, Inc. 1998 Equity Incentive Plan

Stock Option Grant Notice and Agreement with Ian Halifax, dated March 21, 2007

(Full Title of the Plans)

 

CARY I. KLAFTER, ESQ.

Vice President and Secretary

Intel Corporation

2200 Mission College Blvd.

Santa Clara, CA 95054-1549

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

 

(408) 765-8080

(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

Copies to:

Robert Townsend, Esq.

S. Dawn Smith, Esq.

Morrison & Foerster LLP

425 Market Street

San Francisco, California 94105

(415) 268-7000

 

 


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

Non-accelerated filer (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

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)

Proposed maximum aggregate offering price (2)

Amount of registration
fee (3)

Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, issuable under the Wind River Systems, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan

6,267,110 shares

$16.77

$105,081,082

$5,863.53

Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, issuable under the Wind River Systems, Inc. 1998 Equity Incentive Plan

2,274,588 shares

$14.37

$32,685,830

$1,823.87

Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, issuable under the Wind River Systems, Inc. 1998 Non-Officer Stock Option Plan

1,766,496 shares

$15.41

$27,221,703

$1,518.97

Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, issuable under the Embedded Support Tools Corporation Amended and Restated 1999 Stock Option Plan

8,193 shares

$8.73

$71,525

$3.99

Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, issuable under the Rapid Logic, Inc. 1997 Stock Option Plan

1,497 shares

$1.73

$2,590

$0.14

Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, issuable under the Integrated Systems, Inc. 1998 Equity Incentive Plan

4,341 shares

$17.35

$75,316

$4.20

Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, issuable under the Stock Option Grant Notice and Agreement with Ian Halifax, dated March 21, 2007

292,910 shares

$14.78

$4,329,210

$241.57

 

 

(1)

Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the Registrant’s common stock in respect of the securities identified in the above table as a result of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction.

 

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(2)

Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, based on the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant’s common stock on July 22, 2009, as quoted on the Nasdaq Global Select Market as well as the weighted average exercise prices of the options outstanding under the applicable equity plan.

 

(3)

Calculated solely for purposes of this offering pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act on the basis of the maximum offering price per share underlying the options issued pursuant to the Plans.

 

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

On June 4, 2009, Intel Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation” or the “Registrant”) and its wholly-owned subsidiary APC II Acquisition Corporation entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Wind River Systems, Inc. (“Wind River”) pursuant to which Wind River became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Corporation (the “Merger”). The Merger was completed on July 16, 2009. This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by the Corporation, relating to 10,615,135 shares of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), issuable to eligible employees of the Corporation pursuant to awards assumed by the Corporation granted under the Wind River Systems, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan, Wind River Systems, Inc. 1998 Equity Incentive Plan, Wind River Systems, Inc. 1998 Non-Officer Stock Option Plan, Embedded Support Tools Corporation Amended and Restated 1999 Stock Option Plan, Rapid Logic, Inc. 1997 Stock Option Plan, Integrated Systems, Inc. 1998 Equity Incentive Plan, and Stock Option Grant Notice and Agreement with Ian Halifax, dated March 21, 2007 (the “Plans”).

PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

Item 1.

Plan Information.

Not filed as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to Note to Part 1 of Form S-8.

Item 2.

Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.

Not filed as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to Note to Part 1 of Form S-8.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.

Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

The following documents, which have previously been filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) are incorporated by reference herein and shall be deemed to be a part hereof:

(1)       The Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended December 27, 2008, filed with the Commission on February 23, 2009 (Commission File No. 000-06217);

(2)       The Corporation’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for its fiscal quarter ended March 28, 2009, filed with the Commission on April 30, 2009 (Commission File No. 000-06217);

(3)       The Corporation’s Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January 7, 2009, January 15, 2009, January 21, 2009, January 23, 2009, March 19, 2009. April 2,

 

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2009, April 14, 2009, May 13, 2009, May 22, 2009, July 14, 2009, July 20, 2009 and July 27, 2009 (Commission File No. 000-06217); and

(4)       The description of the Common Stock set forth under the caption “Description of Capital Stock” in the Corporation’s automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 ASR, filed with the Commission on February 23, 2009, File No. 333-157465, together with any amendment or report filed with the Commission for the purpose of updating such description; and shelf registration statement on Form S-4, filed with the Commission on March 26, 2009, File No. 333-158222, together with any amendment or report filed with the Commission for the purpose of updating such description.

In addition, all documents filed by the Corporation pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and made part hereof from their respective dates of filing (such documents, and the documents listed above, being hereinafter referred to as “Incorporated Documents”); provided, however, that the documents listed above or subsequently filed by the Corporation pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act in each year during which the offering made by this Registration Statement is in effect prior to the filing with the Commission of the Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K covering such year shall cease to be Incorporated Documents or be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement from and after the filing of such Annual Report. The Corporation’s Exchange Act file number with the Commission is 000-06217.

Any statement contained in an Incorporated Document shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed Incorporated Document modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement contained herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in any subsequently filed Incorporated Document modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

 

Item 4.

Description of Securities.

 

Not applicable.

Item 5.

Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

Not applicable.

Item 6.

Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) makes provision for the indemnification of officers and directors of corporations in terms sufficiently broad to indemnify the officers and directors of the Corporation under certain circumstances from liabilities (including reimbursement of expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act. Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL permits a corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability

 

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(i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) in respect of certain unlawful dividend payments or stock redemptions or repurchases, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

As permitted by the DGCL, the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation (the “Charter”) provides that, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL or decisional law, no director shall be personally liable to the Corporation or to its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of his fiduciary duty as a director. The effect of this provision in the Charter is to eliminate the rights of the Corporation and its stockholders (through stockholders’ derivative suits on behalf of the Corporation) to recover monetary damages against a director for breach of fiduciary duty as a director thereof (including breaches resulting from negligent or grossly negligent behavior) except in the situations described in clauses (i)-(iv), inclusive, above. These provisions will not alter the liability of directors under federal securities laws.

The Corporation’s Bylaws (the “Bylaws”) provide that the Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of any other corporation or enterprise (including an employee benefit plan), against all expenses, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes and penalties, and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement, and any interest, assessments, or other charges imposed thereof, and any taxes imposed on such person as a result of such payments) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection with investigating, defending, being a witness in, or participating in (including on appeal), or preparing for any of the foregoing in such action, suit or proceeding, to the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL, provided that the Corporation shall indemnify such person in connection with any such action, suit or proceeding initiated by such person only if authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or brought to enforce certain indemnification rights.

The Bylaws also provide that expenses incurred by an officer or director of the Corporation (acting in his capacity as such) in defending any such action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by the Corporation, provided that if required by the DGCL such expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation. Expenses incurred by other agents of the Corporation may be advanced upon such terms and conditions as the Board of Directors of the Corporation deems appropriate. Any obligation to reimburse the Corporation for expenses advanced under such provisions shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon.

The Bylaws also provide that indemnification provided for in the Bylaws shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which the indemnified party may be entitled; that any right of indemnification or protection provided under the Bylaws shall not be adversely affected by any amendment, repeal, or modification of the Bylaws; and that the Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance to protect itself and any such person against any such expenses, liability and loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expenses, liability or loss under the DGCL or the Bylaws.

 

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In addition to the above, the Corporation has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and certain of its officers. The indemnification agreements provide directors and officers with the same indemnification by the Corporation as described above and assure directors and officers that indemnification will continue to be provided despite future changes in the Bylaws of the Corporation. The Corporation also provides indemnity insurance pursuant to which officers and directors are indemnified or insured against liability or loss under certain circumstances, which may include liability or related loss under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.

Item 7.

Exemption from Registration Claimed.

Not applicable.

Item 8.

Exhibits.

Unless otherwise indicated below as being incorporated by reference to another filing of the Corporation with the Commission, each of the following exhibits is filed herewith:

Exhibit No.

Exhibit Description

4.1*

Intel Corporation Third Restated Certificate of Incorporation dated May 17, 2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed on May 22, 2006, File No. 000-06217).

4.2*

Intel Corporation Bylaws as amended on May 19, 2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed on May 22, 2009, File No. 000-06217).

 

5.1

Opinion of Morrison & Foerster LLP.

 

23.1

Consent of Morrison & Foerster LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).

 

23.2

Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

 

24.1

Power of Attorney (contained on signature page hereto).

99.1

Wind River Systems, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan.

 

99.2

Wind River Systems, Inc. 1998 Equity Incentive Plan.

99.3

Wind River Systems, Inc. 1998 Non-Officer Stock Option Plan.

 

99.4

Embedded Support Tools Corporation Amended and Restated 1999 Stock Option Plan.

 

99.5

Rapid Logic, Inc. 1997 Stock Option Plan.

 

 

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99.6

Integrated Systems, Inc. 1998 Equity Incentive Plan.

 

99.7

Stock Option Grant Notice and Agreement with Ian Halifax, dated March 21, 2007.

 

*Incorporated by reference

 

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Item 9.               Undertakings.

 

(1)

The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

 

(a)

To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

(i)   To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

(ii)  To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high and of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement;

(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(a)(i) and (1)(a)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

 

(b)

That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

(c)

To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(2)       The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or  15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement

 

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relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(3)       Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all 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 Santa Clara, State of California, on this 27th day of July, 2009.

 

 

 

INTEL CORPORATION

 

 

 

By / s / Stacy J. Smith________________

Stacy J. Smith

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints D. Bruce Sewell, Stacy J. Smith, and Cary I. Klafter and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, severally, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, 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 he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

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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 / Jane E. Shaw___________
Jane E. Shaw

Chairman of the Board of Directors

July 27, 2009

/ s / Paul S. Otellini_________
Paul S. Otellini

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

July 27, 2009

/ s / Charlene Barshefsky_____
Charlene Barshefsky

Director

July 27, 2009

_________________________
Susan L. Decker

Director

 

/ s / John Donahoe__________
John Donahoe

Director

July 27, 2009

/ s / Reed E. Hundt__________
Reed E. Hundt

Director

July 27, 2009

/ s / James D. Plummer______
James D. Plummer

Director

July 27, 2009

/ s / David S. Pottruck_______
David S. Pottruck

Director

July 27, 2009

/ s / Stacy J. Smith__________
Stacy J. Smith

 

Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

July 27, 2009

_________________________
John L. Thornton

Director

 

/ s / Frank D. Yeary_________
Frank D. Yeary

Director

July 27, 2009

/ s / David B. Yoffie_________
David B. Yoffie

Director

July 27, 2009

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.

Exhibit Description  

4.1*

Intel Corporation Third Restated Certificate of Incorporation dated May 17, 2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed on May 22, 2006, File No. 000-06217).

4.2*

Intel Corporation Bylaws as amended on May 19, 2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed on May 22, 2009, File No. 000-06217).

 

5.1

Opinion of Morrison & Foerster LLP.

 

23.1

Consent of Morrison & Foerster LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).

 

23.2

Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

 

24.1

Power of Attorney (contained on signature page hereto).

99.1

Wind River Systems, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan.

 

99.2

Wind River Systems, Inc. 1998 Equity Incentive Plan.

99.3

Wind River Systems, Inc. 1998 Non-Officer Stock Option Plan.

 

99.4

Embedded Support Tools Corporation Amended and Restated 1999 Stock Option Plan.

 

99.5

Rapid Logic, Inc. 1997 Stock Option Plan.

 

99.6

Integrated Systems, Inc. 1998 Equity Incentive Plan.

 

99.7

Stock Option Grant Notice and Agreement with Ian Halifax, dated March 21, 2007.

 

*Incorporated by reference

 

 

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EX-5 2 exhibit5.htm EXHIBIT 5 - LEGAL OPINION

EXHIBIT 5.1

OPINION OF MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

 

July 27, 2009

 

Intel Corporation

2200 Mission College Blvd.

Santa Clara, CA 95054-1549

 

Re: Registration of Securities of Intel Corporation

Ladies and Gentlemen:

At your request, we have examined the Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of an aggregate of Ten Million Six Hundred Fifteen Thousand One Hundred Thirty Five (10,615,135) shares (the “Plan Shares”) of common stock, par value $0.001 (“Common Shares”), of Intel Corporation (the “Company”), issuable pursuant to stock options and restricted stock units (the “Equity Awards”) granted under the Wind River Systems, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan, Wind River Systems, Inc. 1998 Equity Incentive Plan, Wind River Systems, Inc. 1998 Non-Officer Stock Option Plan, Embedded Support Tools Corporation Amended and Restated 1999 Stock Option Plan, Rapid Logic, Inc. 1997 Stock Option Plan, Integrated Systems, Inc. 1998 Equity Incentive Plan, and Stock Option Grant Notice and Agreement with Ian Halifax, dated March 21, 2007 (collectively, the “Plans”), as assumed in connection with the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated June 4, 2009 (the “Merger Agreement”) by and among the Company, APC II Acquisition Corporation, and Wind River Systems, Inc.

This opinion is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

As your counsel in connection with the Registration Statement, we have examined the proceedings taken by the Company in connection with the assumption of the Equity Awards and the authorization of the issuance of the Plan Shares, and such documents as we have deemed necessary to render this opinion. For the purpose of the opinion rendered below, we have assumed that in connection with the issuance of the Plan Shares, the Company will receive consideration in an amount not less than the aggregate par value of the Plan Shares covered by each such issuance. We have examined the originals, or photostatic or certified copies, of such records of the Company and certificates of officers of the Company and such other documents as we have deemed relevant and necessary as the basis for the opinions set forth below. 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. We have also assumed that there are no agreements or understandings between or among the Company and any participants in the Plans that would expand, modify or otherwise affect the terms of the Plans or the respective rights or obligations of the participants thereunder, and that each award agreement setting forth the terms of each grant of options or other awards under the Plans is

 

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consistent with the Plans and has been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by the parties thereto.

Based upon and subject to the foregoing, it is our opinion that the Plan Shares, when issued and outstanding pursuant to the terms of the applicable Plans and assumed Equity Awards, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable Common Shares.

We consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.

Very truly yours,

 

 

/s/ Morrison & Foerster LLP

 

 

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EX-23 3 exh23_2eyconsent.htm EXHIBIT 23.2 CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG

 

Exhibit 23.2

 

 

Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8) pertaining to the Wind River Systems, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan, Wind River Systems, Inc. 1998 Equity Incentive Plan, Wind River Systems, Inc. 1998 Non-Officer Stock Option Plan, Embedded Support Tools Corporation Amended and Restated 1999 Stock Option Plan, Rapid Logic, Inc. 1997 Stock Option Plan, Integrated Systems, Inc. 1998 Equity Incentive Plan, and the Stock Option Grant Notice and Agreement with Ian Halifax, dated March 21, 2007, of our reports dated February 17, 2009, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of Intel Corporation included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 27, 2008, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Intel Corporation filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

 

/ s / Ernst & Young LLP

 

San Jose, California

July 24, 2009

 

 

 

 

EX-99 4 exh99_1wr05eip.htm WIND RIVER SYSTEMS, INC. 2005 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

Exhibit 99.1

WIND RIVER SYSTEMS, INC.

2005 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

Amended and restated March 27, 2007

 

1.

Purposes of the Plan. The purposes of this Equity Incentive Plan are:

 

 

to attract and retain the best available personnel for positions of substantial responsibility,

 

 

to provide additional incentive to Service Providers, and

 

 

to promote the success of the Company’s business.

 

Awards granted under the Plan may be Incentive Stock Options, Nonstatutory Stock Options, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Stock Appreciation Rights, Performance Shares, Performance Units or Deferred Stock Units, as determined by the Administrator at the time of grant.

 

2.

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

 

(a)             “Administrator” means the Board or any of its Committees as shall be administering the Plan, in accordance with Section 4 of the Plan.

 

(b)             “Annual Revenue” means the Company’s or a business unit’s net sales for the Fiscal Year, determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

 

(c)             “Applicable Laws” means the requirements relating to the administration of equity compensation plans under U.S. state corporate laws, U.S. federal and state securities laws, the Code, any stock exchange or quotation system on which the Shares are listed or quoted and the applicable laws of any other country or jurisdiction where Awards are granted under the Plan.

 

(d)             “Award” means, individually or collectively, a grant under the Plan of Options, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Stock Appreciation Rights, Performance Shares, Performance Units or Deferred Stock Units.

 

(e)             “Award Agreement” means the written or electronic agreement setting forth the terms and provisions applicable to each Award granted under the Plan. The Award Agreement is subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.

 

 

(f)

“Awarded Stock” means the Common Stock subject to an Award.

 

 

(g)

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

 

 

(h)

“Cash Position” means the Company’s level of cash and cash equivalents.

 

(i)              “Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events, in one or a series of related transactions:

 

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(i)        any “person,” as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, other than the Company, a subsidiary of the Company or a Company employee benefit plan, including any trustee of such plan acting as trustee, is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors; or

 

(ii)       a merger or consolidation of the Company or any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company with any other corporation, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) at least fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power represented by the voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation; or

 

(iii)      the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all the Company’s assets; or

 

(iv)      a change in the composition of the Board, as a result of which fewer than a majority of the directors are Incumbent Directors. “Incumbent Directors” shall mean directors who either (A) are Directors as of the date this Plan is approved by the Board, or (B) are elected, or nominated for election, to the Board with the affirmative votes of at least a majority of the Incumbent Directors and whose election or nomination was not in connection with any transaction described in (i) or (ii) above or in connection with an actual or threatened proxy contest relating to the election of directors of the Company.

 

 

(j)

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

 

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

 

 

(l)

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

 

 

(m)

“Company” means Wind River Systems, Inc.

 

(n)             “Consultant” means any person, including an advisor, engaged by the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary to render services and who is compensated for such services.

 

(o)             “Deferred Stock Unit” means a deferred stock unit Award granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 16.

 

 

(p)

“Director” means a member of the Board.

 

(q)             “Disability” means total and permanent disability as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.

 

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(r)              “Earnings Per Share” means as to any Fiscal Year, the Company’s or a business unit’s Net Income, divided by a weighted average number of common shares outstanding and dilutive common equivalent shares deemed outstanding, determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

 

(s)             “Employee” means any person, including Officers and Directors, employed by the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company. A Service Provider shall not cease to be an Employee in the case of (i) any leave of absence approved by the Company or (ii) transfers between locations of the Company or between the Company, its Parent, any Subsidiary, or any successor. For purposes of Incentive Stock Options, no such leave may exceed ninety days, unless reemployment upon expiration of such leave is guaranteed by statute or contract. If reemployment upon expiration of a leave of absence approved by the Company is not so guaranteed, then three (3) months following the 91st day of such leave any Incentive Stock Option held by the Participant shall cease to be treated as an Incentive Stock Option and shall be treated for tax purposes as a Nonstatutory Stock Option.

 

 

(t)

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

 

(u)             “Fair Market Value” means, as of any date, the value of Common Stock determined as follows:

 

(i)        If the Common Stock is listed on any established stock exchange or a national market system, including without limitation the Nasdaq Global Select Market of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation (“Nasdaq”) System, the Fair Market Value of a Share of Common Stock shall be the closing sales price for such stock (or the closing bid, if no sales were reported) as quoted on such system or exchange (or the exchange with the greatest volume of trading in Common Stock) on the day of determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Administrator deems reliable;

 

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

 

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

 

 

(v)

“Fiscal Year” means a fiscal year of the Company.

 

(w)            “Incentive Stock Option” means an Option intended to qualify as an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

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(x)             “Net Income” means as to any Fiscal Year, the income after taxes of the Company for the Fiscal Year determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

 

(y)             “Nonstatutory Stock Option” means an Option not intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option.

 

(z)             “Notice of Grant” means a written or electronic notice evidencing certain terms and conditions of an individual Award. The Notice of Grant is part of the Option Agreement.

 

(aa)           “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.

 

(bb)           “Operating Cash Flow” means the Company’s or a business unit’s sum of Net Income plus depreciation and amortization less capital expenditures plus changes in working capital comprised of accounts receivable, inventories, other current assets, trade accounts payable, accrued expenses, product warranty, advance payments from customers and long-term accrued expenses, determined in accordance with generally acceptable accounting principles.

 

(cc)           “Operating Income” means the Company’s or a business unit’s income from operations but excluding any unusual items, determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

 

 

(dd)

“Option” means a stock option granted pursuant to the Plan.

 

(ee)           “Option Agreement” means a written or electronic agreement between the Company and a Participant evidencing the terms and conditions of an individual Option grant. The Option Agreement is subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.

 

(ff)            “Outside Director” means a Director who is neither an Employee nor a Consultant.

 

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

 

(hh)           “Participant” means the holder of an outstanding Award granted under the Plan.

 

(ii)             “Performance Goals” means the goal(s) (or combined goal(s)) determined by the Administrator (in its discretion) to be applicable to a Participant with respect to an Award. As determined by the Administrator, the Performance Goals applicable to an Award may provide for a targeted level or levels of achievement using one or more of the following measures: (a) Annual Revenue, (b) Cash Position, (c) Earnings Per Share, (d) Net Income, (e) Operating Cash Flow, (f) Operating Income, (g) Return on Assets, (h) Return on Equity, (i) Return on Sales, and

 

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(j) Total Stockholder Return. The Performance Goals may differ from Participant to Participant and from Award to Award. The Performance Goals may differ from Participant to Participant and from Award to Award. The Administrator shall appropriately adjust any evaluation of performance under a Performance Goal to exclude (i) any extraordinary non-recurring items as described in Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 30 and/or in management’s discussion and analysis of financial conditions and results of operations appearing in the Company’s annual report to stockholders for the applicable year, or (ii) the effect of any changes in accounting principles affecting the Company’s or a business units’ reported results.

 

(jj)             “Performance Share” means a performance share Award granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 14.

 

(kk)           “Performance Unit” means a performance unit Award granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 15.

 

 

(ll)

“Plan” means this 2005 Equity Incentive Plan.

 

 

(mm)

“Restricted Stock” means Shares granted pursuant to Section 12 of the Plan.

 

(nn)           “Restricted Stock Unit” means an Award granted pursuant to Section 13 of the Plan.

 

(oo)           “Return on Assets” means the percentage equal to the Company’s or a business unit’s Operating Income before incentive compensation, divided by average net Company or business unit, as applicable, assets, determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

 

(pp)           “Return on Equity” means the percentage equal to the Company’s Net Income divided by average stockholder’s equity, determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

 

(qq)           “Return on Sales” means the percentage equal to the Company’s or a business unit’s Operating Income before incentive compensation, divided by the Company’s or the business unit’s, as applicable, revenue, determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

 

(rr)            “Rule 16b-3” means Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act or any successor to Rule 16b-3, as in effect when discretion is being exercised with respect to the Plan.

 

(ss)            “Section 16(b)” means Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

 

(tt)

“Service Provider” means an Employee, Consultant or Director.

 

(uu)           “Share” means a share of the Common Stock, as adjusted in accordance with Section 18 of the Plan.

 

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(vv)           “Stock Appreciation Right” or “SAR” means an Award granted pursuant to Section 11 hereof.

 

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

 

(xx)           “Total Stockholder Return” means the total return (change in share price plus reinvestment of any dividends) of a Share.

 

3          Stock Subject to the Plan. Subject to the provisions of Section 22 of the Plan, the maximum aggregate number of Shares which may be issued under the Plan is 12,650,000 Shares plus any shares subject to any outstanding options under the Company’s 1987 Equity Incentive Plan, the Company’s 1998 Non-Officer Stock Option Plan, the Company’s 1998 Equity Incentive Plan and the Company’s 1995 Non-Employee Directors’ Stock Option Plan that subsequently expire unexercised, up to a maximum of an additional 2,500,000 Shares. The Shares may be authorized, but unissued, or reacquired Common Stock.

 

Any Shares subject to Options or SARs shall be counted against the numerical limits of this Section 3 as one share for every share subject thereto. Any Shares or units subject to Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares, Performance Units or Deferred Stock Unit Awards with a per share or unit purchase price lower than 100% of Fair Market Value on the date of grant shall be counted against the numerical limits of this Section 3 as 1.5 shares for every one share subject thereto. To the extent that a Share that was subject to an Award that counted as 1.5 Shares against the Plan reserve pursuant to the preceding sentence is recycled back into the Plan under the next paragraph of this Section 3, the Plan shall be credited with 1.5 Shares.

 

If an Award expires or becomes unexercisable without having been exercised in full, or, with respect to Restricted Stock, Performance Shares or Restricted Stock Units, is forfeited to or repurchased by the Company, the unpurchased Shares (or for Awards other than Options and SARs, the forfeited or repurchased shares) which were subject thereto shall become available for future grant or sale under the Plan (unless the Plan has terminated). With respect to SARs, when a SAR is exercised, the full number of Shares subject to that portion of the SAR being exercised shall be counted against the numerical limits of the first paragraph of Section 3 above, regardless of the number of shares used to settle the SAR upon exercise. Shares that have actually been issued under the Plan under any Award shall not be returned to the Plan and shall not become available for future distribution under the Plan; provided, however, that if Shares of Restricted Stock, Performance Shares or Restricted Stock Units are repurchased by the Company at their original purchase price or are forfeited to the Company, such Shares shall become available for future grant under the Plan. Shares used to pay the exercise price of an Option shall not become available for future grant or sale under the Plan. Shares used to satisfy tax withholding obligations shall not become available for future grant or sale under the Plan. To the extent an Award under the Plan is paid out in cash rather than stock, such cash payment shall not reduce the number of Shares available for issuance under the Plan. Any payout of Performance Units, because they are payable only in cash, shall not reduce the number of Shares available for

 

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issuance under the Plan. Conversely, any forfeiture of Performance Units shall not increase the number of Shares available for issuance under the Plan.

 

4.

Administration of the Plan.

 

 

(a)

Procedure.

 

(i)        Multiple Administrative Bodies. The Plan may be administered by different Committees with respect to different groups of Service Providers.

 

(ii)       Section 162(m). To the extent that the Administrator determines it to be desirable to qualify Options granted hereunder as “performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code, the Plan shall be administered by a Committee of two or more “outside directors” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code.

 

(iii)      Rule 16b-3. To the extent desirable to qualify transactions hereunder as exempt under Rule 16b-3, the transactions contemplated hereunder shall be structured to satisfy the requirements for exemption under Rule 16b-3.

 

(iv)      Other Administration. Other than as provided above, the Plan shall be administered by (A) the Board or (B) a Committee, which committee shall be constituted to satisfy Applicable Laws.

 

(b)             Powers of the Administrator. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, and in the case of a Committee, subject to the specific duties delegated by the Board to such Committee, the Administrator shall have the authority, in its discretion:

 

(i)        to determine the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock, in accordance with Section 2(u) of the Plan;

 

(ii)       to select the Service Providers to whom Awards may be granted hereunder;

(iii)      to determine whether and to what extent Awards or any combination thereof, are wanted hereunder;

 

(iv)      to determine the number of shares of Common Stock or equivalent units to be covered by each Award granted hereunder;

 

 

(v)

to approve forms of agreement for use under the Plan;

 

(vi)      to determine the terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, of any award granted hereunder. Such terms and conditions include, but are not limited to, the exercise price, the time or times when Options or SARs may be exercised or other Awards vest (which may be based on performance criteria), any vesting acceleration or waiver of forfeiture restrictions, and any restriction or limitation regarding any Award or the shares of

 

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Common Stock relating thereto, based in each case on such factors as the Administrator, in its sole discretion, shall determine;

 

 

(vii)

to construe and interpret the terms of the Plan and Awards;

 

(viii)    to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan, including rules and regulations relating to sub-plans established for the purpose of qualifying for preferred tax treatment under foreign tax laws;

 

(ix)      to modify or amend each Award (subject to Section 24(c) of the Plan), including the discretionary authority to extend the post-termination exercisability period of Options and SARs longer than is otherwise provided for in the Plan;

 

(x)       to authorize any person to execute on behalf of the Company any instrument required to effect the grant of an Award previously granted by the Administrator;

 

(xi)      to allow Participants to satisfy withholding tax obligations by electing to have the Company withhold from the Shares or cash to be issued upon exercise or vesting of an Award (or distribution of a Deferred Stock Unit) that number of Shares or cash having a Fair Market Value equal to the minimum amount required to be withheld (but no more). The Fair Market Value of any Shares to be withheld shall be determined on the date that the amount of tax to be withheld is to be determined. All elections by a Participant to have Shares or cash withheld for this purpose shall be made in such form and under such conditions as the Administrator may deem necessary or advisable;

 

(xii)     to determine the terms and restrictions applicable to Awards; and (xiii) to make all other determinations deemed necessary or advisable for administering the Plan.

 

(c)             Effect of Administrator’s Decision. The Administrator’s decisions, determinations and interpretations shall be final and binding on all Participants and any other holders of Awards.

 

5.         Eligibility. Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares, Performance Units, Stock Appreciation Rights, Deferred Stock Units and Nonstatutory Stock Options may be granted to Service Providers. Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to Employees. Outside Directors shall receive automatic option awards pursuant to Section 17 hereof and may also receive other awards at the discretion of the Administrator.

 

6.         No Employment Rights. Neither the Plan nor any Award shall confer upon a Participant any right with respect to continuing the Participant’s employment with the Company or its Subsidiaries, nor shall they interfere in any way with the Participant’s right or the Company’s or Subsidiary’s right, as the case may be, to terminate such employment at any time, with or without cause or notice.

 

7.

Code Section 162(m) Provisions.

 

 

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(a)             Option and SAR Annual Share Limit. No Participant shall be granted, in any Fiscal Year, Options and Stock Appreciation Rights to purchase more than 1,000,000 Shares; provided, however, that such limit shall be 3,000,000 Shares in the Participant’s first Fiscal Year of Company service.

 

(b)             Restricted Stock Restricted Stock Units and Performance Share Annual Limit. No Participant shall be granted, in any Fiscal Year, more than 500,000 Shares of Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units or Performance Shares; provided, however, that such limit shall be 1,500,000 Shares in the Participant’s first Fiscal Year of Company service.

 

(c)             Performance Units Annual Limit. No Participant shall receive Performance Units, in any Fiscal Year, having an initial value greater than $1,000,000, provided, however, that such limit shall be $3,000,000 in the Participant’s first Fiscal Year of Company service.

 

(d)             Section 162(m) Performance Restrictions. For purposes of qualifying grants of Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares or Performance Units as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code, the Administrator, in its discretion, may set restrictions based upon the achievement of Performance Goals. The Performance Goals shall be set by the Administrator on or before the latest date permissible to enable the Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares or Performance Units to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code. In wanting Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares or Performance Units which are in. tended to qualify under Section 162(m) of the Code, the Administrator shall follow any procedures determined by it from time to time to be necessary or appropriate to ensure qualification of the Award under Section 162(m) of the Code (e.g., in determining the Performance Goals).

 

8.         Changes in Capitalization. The numerical limitations in Sections 7(a) and (b) shall be adjusted proportionately in connection with any change in the Company’s capitalization as described in Section 22(a).

 

9.         Term of Plan. The Plan shall continue in effect for a term of ten (10) years following the date upon which the Board approved the Plan in 2005.

 

10.

Stock Options.

 

(a)             Term. The term of each Option shall be stated in the Notice of Grant; provided, however, that the term shall be ten (10) years from the date of grant or such shorter term as may be provided in the Notice of Grant. Moreover, in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to a Participant who, at the time the Incentive Stock Option is granted, owns stock representing more than ten percent (10%) of the voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary, the term of the Incentive Stock Option shall be five (5) years from the date of grant or such shorter term as may be provided in the Notice of Grant.

 

(b)             Option Exercise Price. The per share exercise price for the Shares to be issued pursuant to exercise of an Option shall be determined by the Administrator and shall be no less

 

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than 100% of the Fair Market Value per share on the date of grant; provided, however, that in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to an Employee who, at the time the Incentive Stock Option is granted, owns stock representing more than ten percent (10%) of the voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary, the per Share exercise price shall be no less than 110% of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant.

 

(c)             No Repricing. The exercise price for an Option may not be reduced without the consent of the Company’s stockholders. This shall include, without limitation, a repricing of the Option as well as an Option exchange program whereby the Participant agrees to cancel an existing Option in exchange for an Option, SAP. or other Award.

 

(d)             Waiting Period and Exercise Dates. At the time an Option is granted, the Administrator shall fix the period within which the Option may be exercised and shall determine any conditions which must be satisfied before the Option may be exercised. In so doing, the Administrator may specify that an Option may not be exercised until the completion of a service period or until performance milestones are satisfied.

 

(e)             Form of Consideration. The Administrator shall determine the acceptable form of consideration for exercising an Option, including the method of payment. In the case of an Incentive Stock Option, the Administrator shall determine the acceptable form of consideration at the time of grant. Subject to Applicable Laws, such consideration may consist entirely of:

 

 

(i)

cash;

 

 

(ii)

check;

 

(iii)      other Shares which (A) in the case of Shares acquired upon exercise of an option, have been owned by the Participant for more than six months on the date of surrender, and (B) have a Fair Market Value on the date of surrender equal to the aggregate exercise price of the Shares as to which said Option shall be exercised;

 

(iv)      delivery of a properly executed exercise notice together with such other documentation as the Administrator and the broker, if applicable, shall require to effect an exercise of the Option and delivery to the Company of the sale proceeds required to pay the exercise price;

 

 

(v)

any combination of the foregoing methods of payment; or

 

(vi)      such other consideration and method of payment for the issuance of Shares to the extent permitted by Applicable Laws.

 

(f)              Exercise of Option- Rights as a Stockholder. Any Option granted hereunder shall be exercisable according to the terms of the Plan and at such times and under such conditions as determined by the Administrator and set forth in the Option Agreement.

 

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An Option may not be exercised for a fraction of a Share.

 

An Option shall be deemed exercised when the Company receives: (i) written or electronic notice of exercise (in accordance with the Option Agreement) from the person entitled to exercise the Option, and (ii) full payment for the Shares with respect to which the Option is exercised. Full payment may consist of any consideration and method of payment authorized by the Administrator and permitted by the Option Agreement and the Plan. Shares issued upon exercise of an Option shall be issued in the name of the Participant. Until the stock certificate evidencing such Shares is issued (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company), no right to vote or receive dividends or any other rights as a stockholder shall exist with respect to the optioned stock, notwithstanding the exercise of the Option. The Company shall issue (or cause to be issued) such stock certificate promptly after the Option is exercised. No adjustment will be made for a dividend or other right for which the record date is prior to the date the stock certificate is issued, except as provided in Section 22 of the Plan.

 

Exercising an Option in any manner shall decrease the number of Shares thereafter available for sale under the Option, by the number of Shares as to which the Option is exercised.

 

(g)             Termination of Relationship as a Service Provider. If a Participant ceases to be a Service Provider, other than upon the Participant’s death or Disability, the Participant may exercise his or her Option within such period of time as is specified in the Option Agreement to the extent that the Option is vested on the date of termination (but in no event later than the expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in the Option Agreement). In the absence of a specified time in the Option Agreement, the Option shall remain exercisable for three months following the Participant’s termination. If on the date of termination, the Participant is not vested as to his or her entire Option, the Shares covered by the unvested portion of the Option shall revert to the Plan. If after termination, the Participant does not exercise his or her Option within the time specified by the Administrator, the Option shall terminate, and the Shares covered by such Option shall revert to the Plan.

 

(h)             Disability. If a Participant ceases to be a Service Provider as a result of the Participant’s Disability, the Participant may exercise his or her Option within such period of time as is specified in the Option Agreement to the extent the Option is vested on the date of termination (but in no event later than the expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in the Option Agreement). In the absence of a specified time in the Option Agreement, the Option shall remain exercisable for twelve (12) months following the Participant’s termination. If, on the date of termination, the Participant is not vested as to his or her entire Option, the Shares covered by the unvested portion of the Option shall revert to the Plan. If, after termination, the Participant does not exercise his or her Option within the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate, and the Shares covered by such Option shall revert to the Plan.

 

(i)              Death of Participant. If a Participant dies while a Service Provider, the Option may be exercised following the Participant’s death within such period of time as is specified in the Option Agreement (but in no event may the option be exercised later than the expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in the Option Agreement), by the Participant’s designated

 

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beneficiary, provided such beneficiary has been designated prior to Participant’s death in a form acceptable to the Administrator. If no such beneficiary has been designated by the Participant, then such Option may be exercised by the personal representative of the Participant’s estate or by the person(s) to whom the Option is transferred pursuant to the Participant’s will or in accordance with the laws of descent and distribution. In the absence of a specified time in the Option Agreement, the Option shall remain exercisable for twelve months following Participant’s death. If the Option is not so exercised within the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate, and the Shares covered by such Option shall revert to the Plan.

 

(j)              ISO $100,000 Rule. Each Option shall be designated in the Notice of Grant as either an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonstatutory Stock Option. However, notwithstanding such designations, to the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value:

 

(i)        of Shares subject to a Participant’s Incentive Stock Options granted by the Company, any Parent or Subsidiary, which

 

(ii)       become exercisable for the first time during any calendar year (under all plans of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary) exceeds $100,000, such excess Options shall be treated as Nonstatutory Stock Options. For purposes of this Section 10(j), Incentive Stock Options shall be taken into account in the order in which they were granted, and the Fair Market Value of the Shares shall be determined as of the time of grant.

 

1.

Stock Appreciation Rights.

 

(a)             Grant of SARs. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, SARs may be granted to Participants at any time and from time to time as shall be determined by the Administrator, in its sole discretion. The Administrator shall have complete discretion to determine the number of SARs granted to any Participant.

 

(b)             Exercise Price and other Terms. Subject to Section 7(a) of the Plan, the Administrator, subject to the provisions of the Plan, shall have complete discretion to determine the terms and conditions of SARs granted under the Plan; provided, however, that no SAR. may have a term of more than ten (10) years from the date of grant. The exercise price for the Shares or cash to be issued pursuant to an already wanted SAR may not be changed without the consent of the Company’s stockholders. This shall include, without limitation, a repricing of the SAR as well as an SAR exchange program whereby the Participant agrees to cancel an existing SAR in exchange for an Option, SAR or other Award.

 

(c)             Payment of SAR Amount. Upon exercise of a SAR, a Participant shall be entitled to receive payment from the Company in an amount determined by multiplying:

 

(i)        The difference between the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of exercise over the exercise price; times

 

 

(ii)

the number of Shares with respect to which the SAR is exercised.

 

 

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(d)             Payment upon Exercise of SAR. At the discretion of the Administrator, and as specified in the Award Agreement, payment for a SAR may be in cash, Shares or a combination thereof.

 

(e)             SAR Agreement. Each SAR grant shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement that shall specify the exercise price, the term of the SAR, the conditions of exercise, whether or not it may be settled in cash and such other terms and conditions as the Administrator, in its sole discretion, shall determine.

 

(f)              Expiration of SARs. A SAR granted under the Plan shall expire upon the date determined by the Administrator, in its sole discretion, and set forth in the Award Agreement.

 

(g)             Termination of Relationship as a Service Provider. If a Participant ceases to be a Service Provider, other than upon the Participant’s death or Disability termination, the Participant may exercise his or her SAR within such period of time as is specified in the SAR Agreement to the extent that the SAR is vested on the date of termination (but in no event later than the expiration of the term of such SAR as set forth in the SAR Agreement). In the absence of a specified time in the SAR Agreement, the SAR shall remain exercisable for three months following the Participant’s termination. If, on the date of termination, the Participant is not vested as to his or her entire SAR, the Shares covered by the unvested portion of the SAR shall revert to the Plan. If, after termination, the Participant does not exercise his or her SAR within the time specified by the Administrator, the SAR shall terminate, and the Shares covered by such SAR shall revert to the Plan.

 

(h)             Disability. If a Participant ceases to be a Service Provider as a result of the Participant’s Disability, the Participant may exercise his or her SAR within such period of time as is specified in the SAR Agreement to the extent the SAR is vested on the date of termination (but in no event later than the expiration of the term of such SAR as set forth in the SAR Agreement). In the absence of a specified time in the SAR Agreement, the SAR shall remain exercisable for twelve (12) months following the Participant’s termination. If, on the date of termination, the Participant is not vested as to his or her entire SAR, the Shares covered by the unvested portion of the SAR shall revert to the Plan. If, after termination, the Participant does not exercise his or her SAR within the time specified herein, the SAR shall terminate, and the Shares covered by such SAR shall revert to the Plan.

 

(i)              Death of Participant. If a Participant dies while a Service Provider, the SAR may be exercised following the Participant’s death within such period of time as is specified in the SAR Agreement (but in no event may the SAR be exercised later than the expiration of the term of such SAR as set forth in the SAR Agreement), by the Participant’s designated beneficiary, provided such beneficiary has been designated prior to Participant’s death in a form acceptable to the Administrator. If no such beneficiary has been designated by the Participant, then such SAP. may be exercised by the personal representative of the Participant’s estate or by the person(s) to whom the SAP. is transferred pursuant to the Participant’s will or in accordance with the laws of descent and distribution. In the absence of a specified time in the SAP. Agreement, the SAP. shall remain exercisable for twelve (12) months following Participant’s

 

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death. If the SAR is not so exercised within the time specified herein, the SAP shall terminate, and the Shares covered by such SAP. shall revert to the Plan.

 

12.

Restricted Stock.

 

(a)             Grant of Restricted Stock. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, Restricted Stock may be granted to Participants at any time as shall be determined by the Administrator, in its sole discretion. Subject to Section 7(b) hereof, the Administrator shall have complete discretion to determine (i) the number of Shares subject to a Restricted Stock award granted to any Participant, and (ii) the conditions that must be satisfied, which typically will be based principally or solely on continued provision of services but may include a performance-based component, upon which is conditioned the grant, vesting or issuance of Restricted Stock.

 

(b)             Other Terms. The Administrator, subject to the provisions of the Plan, shall have complete discretion to determine the terms and conditions of Restricted Stock granted under the Plan. Restricted Stock wants shall be subject to the terms, conditions, and restrictions determined by the Administrator at the time the stock or the restricted stock unit is awarded. The Administrator may require the recipient to sign a Restricted Stock Award agreement as a condition of the award. Any certificates representing the Shares of stock awarded shall bear such legends as shall be determined by the Administrator.

 

(c)             Restricted Stock Award Agreement. Each Restricted Stock grant shall be evidenced by an agreement that shall specify the purchase price (if any) and such other terms and conditions as the Administrator, in its sole discretion, shall determine; provided; however, that if the Restricted Stock grant has a purchase price, such purchase price must be paid no more than ten (10) years following the date of grant.

 

13.

Restricted Stock Units.

 

(a)             Grant. Restricted Stock Units may be granted at any time and from time to time as determined by the Administrator. Subject to Section 7(b) hereof, the Administrator shall have complete discretion to determine (i) the number of Shares subject to a Restricted Stock Unit award granted to any Participant, and (ii) the conditions that must be satisfied, which typically will be based principally or solely on continued service but may in. elude a performance-based component, upon which is conditioned the want or vesting of Restricted Stock Units. Restricted Stock Units shall be granted in the form of units to acquire Shares. Each such unit shall be the equivalent of one Share for purposes of determining the number of Shares subject to an Award. Until the Shares are issued, no right to vote or receive dividends or any other rights as a stockholder shall exist with respect to the units to acquire Shares.

 

(b)             Vesting Criteria and Other Terms. The Administrator shall set vesting criteria in its discretion, which, depending on the extent to which the criteria are met, will determine the number of Restricted Stock Units that will be paid out to the Participant. The Administrator may set vesting criteria based upon the achievement of Company-wide, business unit, or individual goals (including, but not limited to, continued employment), or any other basis determined by the Administrator in its discretion.

 

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(c)             Earning Restricted Stock Units. Upon meeting the applicable vesting criteria, the Participant shall be entitled to receive a payout as specified in the Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time after the grant of Restricted Stock Units, the Administrator, in its sole discretion, may reduce or waive any vesting criteria that must be met to receive a payout.

 

(d)             Form and Timing of Payment. Payment of earned Restricted Stock Units shall be made as soon as practicable after the date(s) set forth in the Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement. The Administrator shall pay earned Restricted Stock Units in Shares.

 

(e)             Cancellation. On the date set forth in the Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement, all unearned Restricted Stock Units shall be forfeited to the Company.

 

1.

Performance Shares.

 

(a)             Grant of Performance Shares. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, Performance Shares may be granted to Participants at any time as shall be determined by the Administrator, in its sole discretion. Subject to Section 7(b) hereof, the Administrator shall have complete discretion to determine (i) the number of Shares subject to a Performance Share award granted to any Participant, and (ii) the conditions that must be satisfied, which typically will be based principally or solely on achievement of performance milestones but may include a service-based component, upon which is conditioned the want or vesting of Performance Shares. Performance Shares shall be granted in the form of units to acquire Shares. Each such unit shall be the equivalent of one Share for purposes of determining the number of Shares subject to an Award. Until the Shares are issued, no right to vote or receive dividends or any other rights as a stockholder shall exist with respect to the units to acquire Shares.

 

(b)             Other Terms. The Administrator, subject to the provisions of the Plan, shall have complete discretion to determine the terms and conditions of Performance Shares granted under the Plan. Performance Share grants shall be subject to the terms, conditions, and restrictions determined by the Administrator at the time the stock is awarded, which may include such performance-based milestones as are determined appropriate by the Administrator. The Administrator may require the recipient to sign a Performance Shares agreement as a condition of the award. Any certificates representing the Shares of stock awarded shall bear such legends as shall be determined by the Administrator.

 

(c)             Performance Share Award Agreement. Each Performance Share grant shall be evidenced by an agreement that shall specify such other terms and conditions as the Administrator, in its sole discretion, shall determine.

 

15.

Performance Units.

 

(a)             Grant of Performance Units. Performance Units are similar to Performance Shares, except that they shall be settled in a cash equivalent to the Fair Market Value of the underlying Shares, determined as of the vesting date. Subject to the terms and conditions of the

 

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Plan, Performance Units may be granted to Participants at any time and from time to time as shall be determined by the Administrator, in its sole discretion. The Administrator shall have complete discretion to determine the conditions that must be satisfied, which typically will be based principally or solely on achievement of performance milestones but may include a service-based component, upon which is conditioned the grant or vesting of Performance Units. Performance Units shall be granted in the form of units to acquire Shares. Each such unit shall be the cash equivalent of one Share of Common Stock. No right to vote or receive dividends or any other rights as a stockholder shall exist with respect to Performance Units or the cash payable thereunder.

 

(b)             Number of Performance Units. Subject to Section 7(c) hereof, the Administrator will have complete discretion in determining the number of Performance Units granted to any Participant.

 

(c)             Other Terms. The Administrator, subject to the provisions of the Plan, shall have complete discretion to determine the terms and conditions of Performance Units granted under the Plan. Performance Unit grants shall be subject to the terms, conditions, and restrictions determined by the Administrator at the time the grant is awarded, which may include such performance-based milestones as are determined appropriate by the Administrator. The Administrator may require the recipient to sign a Performance Unit agreement as a condition of the award. Any certificates representing the units awarded shall bear such legends as shall be determined by the Administrator.

 

(d)             Performance Unit Award Agreement. Each Performance Unit grant shall be evidenced by an agreement that shall specify such terms and conditions as the Administrator, in its sole discretion, shall determine.

 

16.

Deferred Stock Units.

 

(a)             Description. Deferred Stock Units shall consist of a Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, Performance Share or Performance Unit Award that the Administrator, in its sole discretion permits to be paid out in installments or on a deferred basis, in accordance with rules and procedures established by the Administrator. Deferred Stock Units shall remain subject to the claims of the Company’s general creditors until distributed to the Participant.

 

(b)             162(m) Limits. Deferred Stock Units shall be subject to the annual 162(m) limits applicable to the underlying Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, Performance Share or Performance Unit Award as set forth in Section 7 hereof.

 

17.

Automatic Stock Option Grants to Outside Directors.

 

(a)             Procedure for Grants. All wants of Options to Outside Directors under this Section 17 shall be automatic and non- discretionary and shall be made in accordance with the following provisions:

 

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(i)        Each Outside Director shall be automatically granted an Option to purchase 50,000 Shares (the “First Option”) upon the date on which such person first becomes a Director, whether through election by the stockholders of the Company or appointment by the Board of Directors to fill a vacancy.

 

(ii)       On April 1 of each year (A) each Outside Director who was an Outside Director on April 1 of the previous year shall be automatically granted an Option to purchase 15,000 Shares, and (B) each Outside Director who was not an Outside Director on April 1 of the previous year shall receive an option covering the number of Shares determined by multiplying 15,000 Shares by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days since the Outside Director received their First Option, and the denominator of which is 365, rounded down to the nearest whole Share (the “Annual Option”). If April 1 is not a trading day, the Fair Market Value per Share on the most recently concluded trading day prior to April 1 shall be used to establish the exercise price per share of options granted pursuant to this Section 17.

 

(iii)      Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (ii) and (iii) hereof, in the event that an automatic grant hereunder would cause the number of Shares subject to outstanding Options plus the number of Shares previously purchased upon exercise of Options to exceed the number of Shares available for issuance under the Plan, then each such automatic grant shall be for that number of Shares determined by dividing the total number of Shares remaining available for want by the number of Outside Directors on the automatic grant date. Any further grants shall then be deferred until such time, if any, as additional Shares become available for want under the Plan.

 

 

(iv)

The terms of Options granted under this Section 17 shall be as follows:

 

 

(A)

the term of the Option shall be ten (10) years.

 

(B)      the Option shall be exercisable only while the Outside Director remains a Service Provider, except as set forth in subsection (c) hereof.

 

(C)      the exercise price per Share shall be 100% of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant of the Option.

 

(D)      the First Option shall vest as to 25% of the covered Shares on each anniversary of the grant date, so as to become 100% vested on the four year anniversary of the grant date, subject to the Participant remaining a Service Provider through each vesting date.

 

(E)       the Annual Options shall vest as to 100% of the covered Shares on the first anniversary of the grant date, subject to the Participant remaining a Service Provider through such vesting date, but only if the Participant attends at least 75% of the meetings of the Board and the committees of the Board on which the Participant serves which are held during the fiscal year in. which the grant was made. If a Participant fails to attend the requisite number of meetings to vest in his or her Annual Option, the Option shall automatically terminate on the first anniversary of the grant date.

 

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(b)             Consideration for Exercising Outside Director Stock Options. The consideration to be paid for the Shares to be issued upon exercise of an automatic Outside Director Option shall consist entirely of cash, check, other Shares of Common Stock which have a fair market value on the date of surrender equal to the aggregate exercise price of the Shares as to which said Option shall be exercised, or delivery of a properly executed exercise notice together with such other documentation as the Administrator and the broker, if applicable, shall require to effect an exercise of the Option and delivery to the Company of the sale proceeds required to pay the exercise price, or any combination of such methods of payment.

 

 

(c)

Post-Service Exercisability.

 

(i)        Termination of Status as a Service Provider. If an Outside Director ceases to remain a Service Provider, he or she may, but only within the earlier to occur of six months from the date of such cessation or the end of the original Option term, exercise his or her Option to the extent that he or she was entitled to exercise it at the date of such cessation. To the extent that he or she was not entitled to exercise an Option at the date of such cessation, or if he or she does not exercise such Option (which he was entitled to exercise) within the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate.

 

(ii)       Disability of Outside Director. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 17(c)(i) above, in the event a Director ceases to remain a Service Provider as a result of his or her Disability, he or she may, but only within the earlier to occur of twelve months from the date of such cessation or the end of the original Option term, exercise his or her Option to the extent that he or she was entitled to exercise it at the date of such cessation. To the extent that he or she was not entitled to exercise an Option at the date of such cessation, or if he or she does not exercise such Option (which he was entitled to exercise) within the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate.

 

(iii)      Death of Outside Director. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 17(c)(i) above, in the event a Director ceases to remain a Service Provider as a result of his or her death, he or she may, but only within the earlier to occur of eighteen months from the date of such cessation or the end of the original Option term, exercise his or her Option. If he or she does not exercise such Option (which he was entitled to exercise) within the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate.

 

18.       Leaves of Absence. Unless the Administrator provides otherwise or except as otherwise required by Applicable Laws, vesting of Awards granted hereunder shall cease commencing on the first day of any unpaid leave of absence and shall only recommence upon return to active service.

 

19.       Part-Time Service. Unless the Administrator provides otherwise or except as otherwise required by Applicable Laws, any service-based vesting of Awards granted hereunder shall be extended on a proportionate basis in the event an Employee transitions to a work schedule under which they are customarily scheduled to work on less than a full-time basis, or if not on a full-time work schedule, to a schedule requiring fewer hours of service. Such vesting shall be

 

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proportionately re-adjusted prospectively in the event that the Employee subsequently becomes regularly scheduled to work additional hours of service.

 

20.       Death of Participant. Unless determined otherwise by the Administrator and set forth in an Award Agreement, in the event a Participant dies while a Service Provider, then 100% of the Shares or units subject to his or her outstanding Awards shall vest 100% on the date of death.

 

21.       Non-Transferability of Awards. Unless determined otherwise by the Administrator, an Award may not be sold, pledged, assigned, hypothecated, transferred, or disposed of in any manner other than by will or by the laws of descent or distribution and may be exercised, during the lifetime of the recipient, only by the recipient. If the Administrator makes an Award transferable, such Award shall contain such additional terms and conditions as the Administrator deems appropriate; provided, however, that in no event shall an Award be transferable for value.

 

22.       Adjustments Upon Changes in Capitalization, Dissolution or Liquidation or Change of Control.

 

(a)             Changes in Capitalization. Subject to any required action by the stockholders of the Company, the number of shares of Common Stock covered by each outstanding Award, the number of shares of Common Stock which have been authorized for issuance under the Plan but as to which no Awards have yet been granted or which have been returned to the Plan upon cancellation or expiration of an Award, as well as the price per share of Common Stock covered by each such outstanding Award and the 162(m) fiscal year share issuance limits under Sections 7(a) and (b) hereof shall be proportionately adjusted for any increase or decrease in the number of issued shares of Common Stock resulting from a stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, combination or reclassification of the Common Stock, or any other increase or decrease in the number of issued shares of Common Stock effected without receipt of consideration by the Company; provided, however, that conversion of any convertible securities of the Company shall not be deemed to have been “effected without receipt of consideration.” Such adjustment shall be made by the Compensation Committee, whose determination in that respect shall be final, binding and conclusive. Except as expressly provided herein, no issuance by the Company of shares of stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class, shall affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number or price of shares of Common Stock subject to an Award.

 

(b)             Dissolution or Liquidation. In the event of the proposed dissolution or liquidation of the Company, the Administrator shall notify each Participant as soon as practicable prior to the effective date of such proposed transaction. The Administrator in its discretion may provide for a Participant to have the right to exercise his or her Option or SAR until ten (10) days prior to such transaction as to all of the Awarded Stock covered thereby, including Shares as to which the Award would not otherwise be exercisable. In addition, the Administrator may provide that any Company repurchase option or forfeiture rights applicable to any Award shall lapse 100%, and that any Award vesting shall accelerate 100%, provided the proposed dissolution or liquidation takes place at the time and in the manner contemplated. To the extent it has not been previously exercised (with respect to Options and SARs) or vested (with respect to other

 

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Awards), an Award will terminate immediately prior to the consummation of such proposed action.

 

 

(c)

Change of Control.

 

(i)        Stock Options and SARs. In the event of a Change of Control, each outstanding Option and SAR shall be assumed or an equivalent option or SAR substituted by the successor corporation or a Parent or Subsidiary of the successor corporation (except for Outside Director Options granted pursuant to Section 17 hereof). With respect to (i) Outside Director Options granted pursuant to Section 17 hereof, and (ii) Options or SARs that the successor corporation refuses to assume or substitute, the Participant shall fully vest in and have the right to exercise the Option or SAR as to all of the Awarded Stock, including Shares as to which it would not otherwise be vested or exercisable. If an Option or SAR becomes fully vested and exercisable pursuant to the preceding sentence, the Administrator shall notify the Participant in writing or electronically that the Option or SAR shall be fully vested and exercisable for a period of fifteen (15) days from the date of such notice, and the Option or SAP. shall terminate upon the expiration of such period. For the purposes of this paragraph, the Option or SAR. shall be considered assumed if, following the Change of Control, the option or stock appreciation right confers the right to purchase or receive, for each Share of Awarded Stock subject to the Option or SAR immediately prior to the Change of Control, the consideration (whether stock, cash, or other securities or property) received in the Change of Control by holders of Common Stock for each Share held on the effective date of the transaction (and if holders were offered a choice of consideration, the type of consideration chosen by the holders of a majority of the outstanding Shares); provided, however, that if such consideration received in the Change of Control is not solely common stock of the successor corporation or its Parent, the Administrator may, with the consent of the successor corporation, provide for the consideration to be received upon the exercise of the Option or SAR, for each Share of Awarded Stock subject to the Option or SAR, to be solely common stock of the successor corporation or its Parent equal in fair market value to the per share consideration received by holders of Common Stock in the Change of Control.

 

(ii)       Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares, Performance Units and Deferred Stock Units. In the event of a Change of Control, each outstanding Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, Performance Share, Performance Unit and Deferred Stock Unit award shall be assumed or an equivalent Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, Performance Share, Performance Unit and Deferred Stock Unit award substituted by the successor corporation or a Parent or Subsidiary of the successor corporation. In the event that the successor corporation refuses to assume or substitute for the Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, Performance Share, Performance Unit or Deferred Stock Unit award, the Participant shall fully vest in the Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, Performance Share, Performance Unit or Deferred Stock Unit including as to Shares (or with respect to Performance Units, the cash equivalent thereof) which would not otherwise be vested. For the purposes of this paragraph, a Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, Performance Share, Performance Unit and Deferred Stock Unit award shall be considered assumed if following the Change of Control, the award confers the right to purchase or receive, for each Share (or with respect to Performance Units, the cash equivalent thereof) subject to the Award immediately prior to the Change of Control, the consideration (whether stock, cash, or other securities or property) received in the Change of

 

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Control by holders of Common Stock for each Share held on the effective date of the transaction (and if holders were offered a choice of consideration, the type of consideration chosen by the holders of a majority of the outstanding Shares); provided, however, that if such consideration received in the Change of Control is not solely common stock of the successor corporation or its Parent, the Administrator may, with the consent of the successor corporation, provide for the consideration to be received, for each Share and each unit/right to acquire a Share subject to the Award, to be solely common stock of the successor corporation or its Parent equal in fair market value to the per share consideration received by holders of Common Stock in the Change of Control.

 

23.       Date of Grant. The date of grant of an Award shall be, for all purposes, the date on which the Administrator makes the determination granting such Award, or such other later date as is determined by the Administrator. Notice of the determination shall be provided to each Participant within a reasonable time after the date of such grant.

 

24.

Amendment and Termination of the Plan.

 

(a)             Amendment and Termination. The Board may at any time amend, alter, suspend or terminate the Plan; provided, however, that the Board may not materially amend the Stock Plan without obtaining stockholder approval.

 

(b)             Stockholder Approval. The Company shall obtain stockholder approval of any Plan amendment to the extent necessary and desirable to comply with Section 422 of the Code (or any successor rule or statute or other applicable law, rule or regulation, including the requirements of any exchange or quotation system on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted). Such stockholder approval, if required, shall be obtained in such a manner and to such a degree as is required by the applicable law, rule or regulation.

 

(c)             Effect of Amendment or Termination. No amendment, alteration, suspension or termination of the Plan shall impair the rights of any Participant, unless mutually agreed otherwise between the Participant and the Administrator, which agreement must be in writing (or electronic format) and signed by the Participant and the Company.

 

25.

Conditions Upon Issuance of Shares.

 

(a)             Legal Compliance. Shares shall not be issued pursuant to the exercise of an Award unless the exercise of the Award or the issuance and delivery of such Shares (or with respect to Performance Units, the cash equivalent thereof) shall comply with Applicable Laws and shall be further subject to the approval of counsel for the Company with respect to such compliance.

 

(b)             Investment Representations. As a condition to the exercise or receipt of an Award, the Company may require the person exercising or receiving such Award to represent and warrant at the time of any such exercise or receipt 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.

 

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26.

Liability of Company.

 

(a)             Inability to Obtain Authority. The inability of the Company to obtain authority from any regulatory body having jurisdiction, which authority is deemed by the Company’s counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any Shares hereunder, shall relieve the Company of any liability in respect of the failure to issue or sell such Shares as to which such requisite authority shall not have been obtained.

 

(b)             Grants Exceeding Allotted Shares. If the Awarded Stock covered by an Award exceeds, as of the date of want, the number of Shares which may be issued under the Plan without additional stockholder approval, such Award shall be void with respect to such excess Awarded Stock, unless stockholder approval of an amendment sufficiently increasing the number of Shares subject to the Plan is timely obtained in accordance with Section 24(b) of the Plan.

 

27.           Reservation of Shares. The Company, during the term of this Plan, will at all times reserve and keep available such number of Shares as shall be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the Plan.

 

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EX-99 5 exh99_2wreip.htm WIND RIVER SYSTEMS, INC. 1998 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

Exhibit 99.2

WIND RIVER SYSTEMS, INC.

1998 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

 

As Amended through November 3, 2003

 

1.

PURPOSES.

 

(a)       Eligible Stock Award Recipients. The persons eligible to receive Stock Awards are the Employees, Directors and Consultants of the Company and its Affiliates.

 

(b)       Available Stock Awards. The purpose of the Plan is to provide a means by which eligible recipients of Stock Awards may be given an opportunity to benefit from increases in value of the Common Stock through the granting of the following Stock Awards: (0 Incentive Stock Options, (ii) Nonstatutory Stock Options, (iii) stock appreciation rights, (iv) stock bonuses and (v) rights to acquire restricted stock.

 

(c)       General Purpose. The Company, by means of the Plan, seeks to retain the services of the group of persons eligible to receive Stock Awards, to secure and retain the services of new members of this group and to provide incentives for such persons to exert maximum efforts for the success of the Company and its Affiliates.

 

2.

DEFINITIONS.

 

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

 

 

(b)

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

 

 

(c)

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

 

(d)           “Committee” means a Committee appointed by the Board in accordance with subsection 3(c).

 

 

(e)

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

 

 

(f)

“Company” means Wind River Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

 

(g)           “Consultant” means any person, including an advisor, (1) engaged by the Company or an Affiliate to render consulting or advisory services and who is compensated for such services or (2) who is a member of the Board of Directors of an Affiliate. However, the term “Consultant” shall not include either Directors of the Company who are not compensated by the Company for their services as Directors or Directors of the Company who are merely paid a director’s fee by the Company for their services as Directors.

 

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(h)          “Continuous Service” means that the Participant’s service with the Company or an Affiliate, whether as an Employee, Director or Consultant, is not interrupted or terminated. The Participant’s Continuous Service shall not be deemed to have terminated merely because of a change in the capacity in which the Participant renders service to the Company or an Affiliate as an Employee, Consultant or Director or a change in the entity for which the Participant renders such service, provided that there is no interruption or termination of the Participant’s Continuous Service. For example, a change in status from an Employee of the Company to a Consultant of an Affiliate or a Director of the Company will not constitute an interruption of Continuous Service. The Board or the chief executive officer of the Company, in that party’s sole discretion, may determine whether Continuous Service shall be considered interrupted in the case of any leave of absence approved by that party, including sick leave, military leave or any other personal leave.

 

(i)           “Covered Employee” means the chief executive officer and the four (4) other highest compensated officers of the Company for whom total compensation is required to be reported to stockholders under the Exchange Act, as determined for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code.

 

 

(j)

“Director” means a member of the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

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

 

(l)            “Employee” means any person employed by the Company or an Affiliate. Mere service as a Director or payment of a director’s fee by the Company or an Affiliate shall not be sufficient to constitute “employment” by the Company or an Affiliate.

 

 

(m)

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

 

(n)          “Fair Market Value” means, as of any date, the value of the Common Stock determined as follows:

 

(i)        If the Common Stock is listed on any established stock exchange or traded on the Nasdaq National Market or the Nasdaq SmallCap Market, the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock shall be the closing sales price for such stock (or the closing bid, if no sales were reported) as quoted on such exchange or market (or the exchange or market with the greatest volume of trading in the Common Stock) on the last market trading day prior to the day of determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Board deems reliable.

 

(ii)       In the absence of such markets for the Common Stock, the Fair Market Value shall be determined in good faith by the Board.

 

(o)          “Incentive Stock Option” means an Option intended to qualify as an incentive stock option within. the meaning of Section 422 of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

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(p)          “Non Employee Director” means a Director of the Company who either (i) is not a current Employee or Officer of the Company or its parent or a subsidiary, does not receive compensation (directly or indirectly) from the Company or its parent or a subsidiary for services rendered as a consultant or in any capacity other than as a Director (except for an amount as to which disclosure would not be required under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Regulation S-K”)), does not possess an interest in any other transaction as to which disclosure would be required under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K and is not engaged in a business relationship as to which disclosure would be required under Item 404(b) of Regulation S-K; or (ii) is otherwise considered a “non-employee director” for purposes of Rule 16b-3.

 

(q)          “Nonstatutory Stock Option” means an Option not intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option.

 

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

 

(s)          “Option” means an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonstatutory Stock Option granted pursuant to the Plan.

 

(t)           “Option Agreement” means a written agreement between the Company and an Optionee evidencing the terms and conditions of an individual Option grant. Each Option Agreement shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.

 

(u)          “Optionee” means a person to whom an Option is granted pursuant to the Plan or, if applicable, such other person who holds an outstanding Option.

 

(v)           “Outside Director” means a Director of the Company who either (i) is not a current employee of the Company or an “affiliated corporation” (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations promulgated under Section 162(m) of the Code), is not a former employee of the Company or an “affiliated corporation” receiving compensation for prior services (other than benefits under a tax qualified pension plan), was not an officer of the Company or an “affiliated corporation” at any time and is not currently receiving direct or indirect remuneration from the Company or an “affiliated corporation” for services in any capacity other than as a Director or (ii) is otherwise considered an “outside director” for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code.

 

(w)           “Participant” means a person to whom a Stock Award is granted pursuant to the Plan or, if applicable, such other person who holds an outstanding Stock Award.

 

 

(x)

“Plan” means this Wind River Systems, Inc. 1998 Equity Incentive Plan.

 

(y)       “Rule 16b-3” means Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act or any successor to Rule 16b-3, as in effect from time to tune.

 

 

(z)

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

 

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(aa)         “Stock Award” means any right granted under the Plan, including an Option, a stock appreciation right, a stock bonus and a right to acquire restricted stock.

 

(bb)         “Stock Award Agreement” means a written agreement between the Company and a holder of a Stock Award evidencing the terms and conditions of an individual Stock Award grant. Each Stock Award Agreement shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.

 

(cc)         “Ten Percent Stockholder” means a person who owns (or is deemed to own pursuant to Section 424(d) of the Code) stock possessing more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or of any of its Affiliates.

 

3.

ADMINISTRATION.

 

(a)       Administration by Board. The Board will administer the Plan unless and until the Board delegates administration to a Committee, as provided in subsection 3(c).

 

(b)       Powers of Board. The board shall have the power, subject to, and within the limitations of the express provisions of the Plan:

 

(i)        To determine from time to time which of the persons eligible under the Plan shall be granted Stock Awards; when and how each Stock Award shall be granted; what type or combination of types of Stock Award shall be granted; the provisions of each Stock Award granted (which need not be identical), including the time or times when a person shall be permitted to receive stock pursuant to a Stock Award; and the number of shares with respect to which a Stock Award shall be granted to each such person.

 

(ii)       To construe and interpret the Plan and Stock Awards granted under it, and to establish, amend and revoke rules and regulations for its administration. The Board, in the exercise of this power, may correct any defect, omission or inconsistency in the Plan or in any Stock Award Agreement, in a manner and to the extent it shall deem necessary or expedient to make the Plan fully effective.

 

 

(iii)

To amend the Plan or a Stock Award as provided in Section 17.

 

(iv)      Generally, to exercise such powers and to perform such acts as the Board deems necessary or expedient to promote the best interests of the Company which are not in. conflict with the provisions of the Plan.

 

 

(c)

Delegation to Committee.

 

(i)        General. The Board may delegate administration of the Plan to a Committee or Committees of one or more members of the Board, and the term “Committee” shall apply to any person or persons to whom such authority has been delegated. If administration is delegated to a Committee, the Committee shall have, in

 

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connection with the administration of the Plan, the powers theretofore possessed by the Board, including the power to delegate to a subcommittee any of the administrative powers the Committee is authorized to exercise (and references in this Plan to the Board shall thereafter be to the Committee or subcommittee), subject, however, to such resolutions, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as may be adopted from time to time by the Board. The Board may abolish the Committee at any time and revest in the Board the administration of the Plan.

 

(ii)       Committee Composition. As long as the Common Stock is publicly traded, in the discretion of the Board, a Committee may consist solely of two or more Outside Directors, in accordance with Section 162(m) of the Code, and/or solely of two or more Non-Employee Directors, in accordance with Rule 16b-3. Within the scope of such authority, the Board or the Committee may (i) delegate to a committee of one or more members of the Board who are not Outside Directors, the authority to grant Stock Awards to eligible persons who are either (a) not then Covered Employees and are not expected to be Covered Employees at the time of recognition of income resulting from such Stock Award or (b) not persons with respect to whom the Company wishes to comply with Section 162(m) of the Code and/or (ii) delegate to a committee of one or more members of the Board who are not Non-Employee Directors the authority to grant Stock Awards to eligible persons who are not then subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

 

4.

SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN.

 

(a)       Share Reserve. Subject to the provisions of Section 11 relating to adjustments upon changes in stock, the stock that may be issued pursuant to Stock Awards shall not exceed in the aggregate one million five hundred thousand (1,500,000) shares of Common Stock (the “Initial Reserve”). An additional four million five hundred thousand (4,500,000) shares (the Supplemental Reserve”) may be issued pursuant to Stock Awards under this Plan subject to the following conditions:

 

(i)        The provisions of Section 4(b) shall apply separately to the Initial Reserve and the Supplemental Reserve.

 

(ii)       Stock Awards from the Supplemental Reserve shall be subject to the provisions of Section 11 relating to adjustments upon changes in stock.

 

(iii)      Options are the only form of Stock Award that may be wanted with respect to shares of Common Stock in the Supplemental Reserve.

 

(iv)      Section 6(c) shall apply to Options granted from the Supplemental Reserve by replacing “eighty-five percent (85%)” with “one hundred percent (100%).”

 

(v)       Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, the Board shall not reduce the exercise price of (“reprice”) any outstanding Options granted from

 

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the Supplemental Reserve without stockholder approval; provided however, that such restriction shall not apply to adjustments pursuant to Section 11.

 

(b)       Reversion of Shares to the Share Reserve. If any Stock Award shall for any reason expire or otherwise terminate, in whole or in part, without having been exercised in full (or vested in the case of Restricted Stock), the stock not acquired under such Stock Award shall revert to and again become available for issuance under the Plan. Shares subject to stock appreciation rights exercised in accordance with the Plan shall not be available for subsequent issuance under the Plan. If any Common Stock acquired pursuant to the exercise of an Option shall for any reason be repurchased by the Company under an unvested share repurchase option provided under the Plan, the stock repurchased by the Company under such repurchase option shall not revert to and again become available for issuance under the Plan.

 

(c)       Source of Shares. The stock subject to the Plan may be unissued shares or reacquired shares, bought on the market or otherwise.

 

5.

ELIGIBILITY.

 

(a)       Eligibility for Specific Stock Awards. Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to Employees. Stock Awards other than Incentive Stock Options may be granted to Employees, Directors and Consultants.

 

(b)       Ten Percent Stockholders. No Ten Percent Stockholder shall be eligible for the grant of an Incentive Stock Option unless the exercise price of such Option is at least one hundred ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock at the date of grant and the Option is not exercisable after the expiration of five (5) years from the date of want.

 

(c)       Section 162(m) Limitation. Subject to the provisions of Section 11 relating to adjustments upon changes in stock, no employee shall be eligible to be granted Options covering more than one million (1,000,000) shares of the Common Stock during any calendar year; provided, however, that in connection with the hire of a new President and Chief Executive Officer, such limit shall be three million (3,000,000) shares.

 

6.

OPTION PROVISIONS.

 

Each Option shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as the Board shall deem appropriate. All Options shall be separately designated Incentive Stock Options or Nonstatutory Stock Options at the time of grant, and a separate certificate or certificates will be issued for shares purchased on exercise of each type of Option. The provisions of separate Options need not be identical, but each Option shall include (through incorporation of provisions hereof by reference in the Option or otherwise) the substance of each of the following provisions:

 

(a)       Term. Subject to the provisions of subsection 5(b) regarding Ten Percent Stockholders, no Incentive Stock Option shall be exercisable after the expiration of ten (10) years from the date it was granted.

 

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(b)       Exercise Price of an Incentive Stock Option. Subject to the provisions of subsection 5(b) regarding Ten Percent Stockholders, the exercise price of each Incentive Stock Option shall be not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of the stock subject to the Option on the date the Option is granted. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Incentive Stock Option may be granted with an exercise price lower than that set forth in the preceding sentence if such Option is granted pursuant to an assumption or substitution for another option in a manner satisfying the provisions of Section 424(a) of the Code.

 

(c)       Exercise Price of a Nonstatutory Stock Option. The exercise price of each Nonstatutory Stock Option shall be not less than eighty-five percent (85%) of the Fair Market Value of the stock subject to the Option on the date the Option is granted. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Nonstatutory Stock Option may be granted with an exercise price lower than that set forth in the preceding sentence if such Option is granted pursuant to an assumption or substitution for another option in a manner satisfying the provisions of Section 424(a) of the Code.

 

(d)       Consideration. The purchase price of stock acquired pursuant to an Option shall be paid, to the extent permitted by applicable statutes and regulations, either (i) in cash at the time the Option is exercised or (ii) at the discretion of the Board at the time of the grant of the Option (or subsequently in the case of a Nonstatutory Stock Option) by delivery to the Company of other Common Stock, according to a deferred payment or other arrangement (which may include, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the use of other Common Stock) with the Participant or in any other form of legal consideration that may be acceptable to the Board; provided, however, that at any time that the Company is incorporated in Delaware, payment of the Common Stock’s “par value,” as defined in the Delaware General Corporation Law, shall not be made by deferred payment.

 

In the case of any deferred payment arrangement, interest shall be compounded at least annually and shall be charged at the minimum rate of interest necessary to avoid the treatment as interest, under any applicable provisions of the Code, of any amounts other than amounts stated to be interest under the deferred payment arrangement.

 

(e)       Transferability of an Incentive Stock Option. An Incentive Stock Option shall not be transferable except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution and shall be exercisable during the lifetime of the Optionee only by the Optionee. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection 6(e), the Optionee may, by delivering written notice to the Company, in a form satisfactory to the Company, designate a third party who, in the event of the death of the Optionee, shall thereafter be entitled to exercise the Option.

 

(f)        Transferability of a Nonstatutory Stock Option. A Nonstatutory Stock Option shall be transferable to the extent provided in the Option Agreement. If the Nonstatutory Stock Option does not provide for transferability, then the Nonstatutory Stock Option shall not be transferable except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution and shall be exercisable during the lifetime of the Optionee only by the Optionee. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection 6(f), the Optionee may, by delivering written notice to the

 

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Company, in a form satisfactory to the Company, designate a third party who, in the event of the death of the Optionee, shall thereafter be entitled to exercise the Option.

 

(g)       Vesting Generally. The total number of shares of Common Stock subject to an Option may, but need not, vest and therefore become exercisable in periodic installments which may, but need not, be equal. The Option may be subject to such other terms and conditions on the time or times when it may be exercised (which may be based on performance or other criteria) as the Board may deem appropriate. The vesting provisions of individual Options may vary. The provisions of this subsection 6(g) are subject to any Option provisions governing the minimum number of shares as to which an Option may be exercised.

 

(h)       Termination of Continuous Service. In the event an Optionee’s Continuous Service terminates (other than upon the Optionee’s death or Disability), the Optionee may exercise his or her Option (to the extent that the Optionee was entitled to exercise it as of the date of termination) but only within such period of time ending on the earlier of (i) the date three (3) months following the termination of the Optionee’s Continuous Service (or such longer or shorter period specified in the Option Agreement), or (ii) the expiration of the term of the Option as set forth in the Option Agreement. If, after termination, the Optionee does not exercise his or her Option within the time specified in the Option Agreement, the Option shall terminate.

 

(i)        Extension of Termination Date. An Optionee’s Option Agreement may also provide that if the exercise of the Option following the termination of the Optionee’s Continuous Service (other than upon the Optionee’s death or Disability) would be prohibited at any time solely because the issuance of shares would violate the registration requirements under the Securities Act, then the Option shall terminate on the earlier of (i) the expiration of the term of the Option set forth in subsection 6(a) or (ii) the expiration of a period of three (3) months after the termination of the Optionee’s Continuous Service during which the exercise of the Option would not be in violation of such registration requirements.

 

(j)        Disability of Optionee. In the event an Optionee’s Continuous Service terminates as a result of the Optionee’s Disability, the Optionee may exercise his or her Option (to the extent that the Optionee was entitled to exercise it as of the date of termination), but only within such period of time ending on the earlier of (i) the date twelve (12) months following such termination (or such longer or shorter period specified in the Option Agreement) or (ii) the expiration of the term of the Option as set forth in the Option Agreement. If, after termination, the Optionee does not exercise his or her Option within the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate.

 

(k)       Death of Optionee. In the event (i) an Optionee’s Continuous Service terminates as a result of the Optionee’s death or (ii) the Optionee dies within the period (if any) specified in the Option Agreement after the termination of the Optionee’s Continuous Service for a reason other than death, then the Option may be exercised (to the extent the Optionee was entitled to exercise the Option as of the date of death) by the Optionee’s estate, by a person who acquired the right to exercise the Option by bequest or inheritance or by a person designated to exercise the option upon the Optionee’s death pursuant to subsection 6(e) or 6(f), but only within the period ending on the earlier of (1) the date eighteen (18) months following the date of death (or

 

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such longer or shorter period specified in the Option Agreement) or (2) the expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in the Option Agreement. If, after death, the Option is not exercised within the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate.

 

(l)        Early Exercise. The Option may, but need not, include a provision whereby the Optionee may elect at any time before the Optionee’s Continuous Service terminates to exercise the Option as to any part or all of the shares subject to the Option prior to the full vesting of the Option. Any unvested shares so purchased may be subject to an unvested share repurchase option in favor of the Company or to any other restriction the Board determines to be appropriate.

 

7.

PROVISIONS OF STOCK AWARDS OTHER THAN OPTIONS.

 

(a)       Stock Bonus Awards. Each stock bonus agreement shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as the Board shall deem appropriate. The terms and conditions of stock bonus agreements may change from time to time, and the terms and conditions of separate stock bonus agreements need not be identical, but each stock bonus agreement shall include (through incorporation of provisions hereof by reference in the agreement or otherwise) the substance of each of the following provisions:

 

(i)        Consideration. A stock bonus shall be awarded in consideration for past services actually rendered to the Company or for its benefit.

 

(ii)       Vesting. Shares of Common Stock awarded under the stock bonus agreement may, but need not, be subject to a share repurchase option in favor of the Company in accordance with a vesting schedule to be determined by the Board.

 

(iii)      Termination of Participant’s Continuous Service. In the event a Participant’s Continuous Service terminates, the Company may reacquire any or all of the shares of Common Stock held by the Participant which have not vested as of the date of termination under the terms of the stock bonus agreement.

 

(iv)      Transferability. Rights to acquire shares under the stock bonus agreement shall be transferable by the Participant only upon such terms and conditions as are set forth in the stock bonus agreement, as the Board shall determine in its discretion, so long as stock awarded under the stock bonus agreement remains subject to the terms of the stock bonus agreement.

 

(b)       Restricted Stock Awards. Each restricted stock purchase agreement shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as the Board shall deem appropriate. The terms and conditions of the restricted stock purchase agreements may change from time to time, and the terms and conditions of separate restricted stock purchase agreements need not be identical, but each restricted stock purchase agreement shall include (through incorporation of provisions hereof by reference in the agreement or otherwise) the substance of each of the following provisions:

 

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(i)        Purchase Price. The purchase price under each restricted stock purchase agreement shall be such amount as the Board shall determine and designate in such restricted stock purchase agreement. The purchase price shall not be less than eighty-five percent (85%) of the stock’s Fair Market Value on the date such award is made or at the time the purchase is consummated.

 

(ii)       Consideration. The purchase price of stock acquired pursuant to the restricted stock purchase agreement shall be paid either: (i) in cash at the time of purchase; (ii) at the discretion of the Board, according to a deferred payment or other arrangement with the Participant; or (iii) in any other form of legal consideration that may be acceptable to the Board in its discretion; provided, however, that at any time that the Company is incorporated in. Delaware, payment of the Common Stock’s “par value,” as defined in the Delaware General Corporation Law, shall not be made by deferred payment.

 

(iii)      Vesting. Shares of Common Stock acquired under the restricted stock purchase agreement may, but need not, be subject to a share repurchase option in favor of the Company in accordance with a vesting schedule to be determined by the Board.

 

(iv)      Termination of Participant’s Continuous Service. In the event a Participant’s Continuous Service terminates, the Company may repurchase or otherwise reacquire any or all of the shares of Common Stock held by the Participant which have not vested as of the date of termination under the terms of the restricted stock purchase agreement.

 

(v)       Transferability. Rights to acquire shares under the restricted stock purchase agreement shall be transferable by the Participant only upon such terms and conditions as are set forth in the restricted stock purchase agreement, as the Board shall determine in its discretion, so long as stock awarded under the restricted stock purchase agreement remains subject to the terms of the restricted stock purchase agreement.

 

 

(c)

Stock Appreciation Rights.

 

(i)        Authorized Rights. The following three types of stock appreciation rights shall be authorized for issuance under the Plan:

 

(1)       Tandem Rights. A “Tandem Right” means a stock appreciation right granted appurtenant to an Option which is subject to the same terms and conditions applicable to the particular Option grant to which it pertains with the following exceptions: The Tandem Right shall require the holder to elect between the exercise of the underlying Option for shares of Common Stock and the surrender, in whole or in part, of such Option for an appreciation distribution. The appreciation distribution payable on the exercised the Tandem Right shall be in cash (or, if so provided, in an equivalent number of shares of Common Stock based on Fair Market Value on the date of the Option surrender) in an amount up to the excess of (A) the Fair Market Value (on the date of the Option surrender) of the number of shares of Common Stock covered by that

 

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portion of the surrendered Option in which the Optionee is vested over (B) the aggregate exercise price payable for such vested shares.

 

(2)       Concurrent Rights. A “Concurrent Right” means a stock appreciation right granted appurtenant to an Option which applies to all or a portion of the shares of Common Stock subject to the underlying Option and which is subject to the same terms and conditions applicable to the particular Option grant to which it pertains with the following exceptions: A Concurrent Right shall be exercised automatically at the same time the underlying Option is exercised with respect to the particular shares of Common Stock to which the Concurrent Right pertains. The appreciation distribution payable on an exercised Concurrent Right shall be in cash (or, if so provided, in an equivalent number of shares of Common Stock based on Fair Market Value on the date of the exercise of the Concurrent Right) in an amount equal to such portion as determined by the Board at the time of the grant of the excess of (A) the aggregate Fair Market Value (on the date of the exercise of the Concurrent Right) of the vested shares of Common Stock purchased -under the underlying Option which have Concurrent Rights appurtenant to them over (B) the aggregate exercise price paid for such shares.

 

(3)       Independent Rights. An “Independent Right” means a stock appreciation right granted independently of any Option but which is subject to the same terms and conditions applicable to a Nonstatutory Stock Option with the following exceptions: An Independent Right shall be denominated in share equivalents. The appreciation distribution payable on the exercised Independent Right shall be not greater than an amount equal to the excess of (a) the aggregate Fair Market Value (on the date of the exercise of the Independent Right) of a number of shares of Company stock equal to the number of share equivalents in which the holder is vested under such Independent Right, and with respect to which the holder is exercising the Independent Right on such date, over (b) the aggregate Fair Market Value (on the date of the grant of the Independent Right) of such number of shares of Company stock. The appreciation distribution payable on the exercised Independent Right shall be in cash or, if so provided, in an equivalent number of shares of Common Stock based on Fair Market Value on the date of the exercise of the Independent Right.

 

(ii)       Relationship to Options. Stock appreciation rights appurtenant to Incentive Stock Options may be wanted only to Employees. The “Section 162(m) Limitation” provided in subsection 5(c) and any authority to reprice Options shall apply as well to the want of stock appreciation rights.

 

(iii)      Exercise. To exercise any outstanding stock appreciation right, the holder shall provide written notice of exercise to the Company in compliance with the provisions of the Stock Award Agreement evidencing such right. Except as provided in subsection 5(c) regarding the “Section 162(m) Limitation,” no limitation shall exist on the aggregate amount of cash payments that the Company may make under the Plan in connection with the exercise of a stock appreciation right.

 

8.

COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY..

 

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(a)       Availability of Shares. During the terms of the Stock Awards, the Company shall keep available at all times the number of shares of Common Stock required to satisfy such Stock Awards.

 

(b)       Securities Law Compliance. The Company shall seek to obtain from each regulatory commission or agency having jurisdiction over the Plan such authority as may be required to grant Stock Awards and to issue and sell shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Stock Awards; provided, however, that this undertaking shall not require the Company to register under the Securities Act the Plan, any Stock Award or any stock issued or issuable pursuant to any such Stock Award. If after reasonable efforts, the Company is unable to obtain from any such regulatory commission or agency the authority which counsel for the Company deems necessary for the lawful issuance and sale of stock under the Plan, the Company shall be relieved from any liability for failure to issue and sell stock upon exercise of such Stock Awards unless and until such authority is obtained.

 

9.

USE OF PROCEEDS FROM STOCK.

 

Proceeds from the sale of stock pursuant to Stock Awards shall constitute general funds of the Company.

 

10.

MISCELLANEOUS.

 

(a)       Acceleration of Exercisability and Vesting. The Board shall have the power to accelerate the time at which a Stock Award may first be exercised or the time during which a Stock Award or any part thereof will vest in accordance with the Plan, notwithstanding the provisions in the Stock Award stating the time at which it may first be exercised or the time during which it will vest.

 

(b)       Stockholder Rights. No Participant shall be deemed to be the holder of, or to have any of the rights of a holder with respect to, any shares subject to such Stock Award unless and until such Participant has satisfied all requirements for exercise of the Stock Award pursuant to its terms.

 

(c)       No Employment or other Service Rights. Nothing in the Plan or any instrument executed or Stock Award granted pursuant thereto shall confer upon any Participant or other holder of Stock Awards any right to continue to serve the Company or an Affiliate in the capacity in effect at the time the Stock Award was wanted or shall affect the right of the Company or an Affiliate to terminate (i) the employment of an Employee with or without notice and with or without cause, (ii) the service of a Consultant pursuant to the terms of such Consultant’s agreement with the Company or an Affiliate or (iii) the service of a Director pursuant to the Bylaws of the Company or an Affiliate, and any applicable provisions of the corporate law of the state in which the Company or the Affiliate is incorporated, as the case may he.

 

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(d)       Incentive Stock Option $100,000 Limitation. To the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined at the time of grant) of stock with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by any Optionee during any calendar year (under all plans of the Company and its Affiliates) exceeds one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), the Options or portions thereof which exceed such limit (according to the order in which they were granted) shall be treated as Nonstatutory Stock Options.

 

(e)       Investment Assurances. The Company may require a Participant, as a condition of exercising or acquiring stock under any Stock Award, (i) to give written assurances satisfactory to the Company as to the Participant’s knowledge and experience in financial and business matters and/or to employ a purchaser representative reasonably satisfactory to the Company who is knowledgeable and experienced in financial and business matters and that he or she is capable of evaluating, alone or together with the purchaser representative, the merits and risks of exercising the Stock Award; and (ii) to give written assurances satisfactory to the Company stating that the Participant is acquiring the stock subject to the Stock Award for the Participant’s own account and not with any present intention of selling or otherwise distributing the stock. The foregoing requirements, and any assurances given pursuant to such requirements, shall be inoperative if (iii) the issuance of the shares upon the exercise or acquisition of stock under the Stock Award has been registered under a then currently effective registration statement under the Securities Act or (iv) as to any particular requirement, a determination is made by counsel for the Company that such requirement need not be met in the circumstances under the then applicable securities laws. The Company may, upon advice of counsel to the Company, place legends on stock certificates issued under the Plan as such counsel deems necessary or appropriate in order to comply with applicable securities laws, including, but not limited to, legends restricting the transfer of the stock.

 

(f)        Withholding Obligations. To the extent provided by the terms of a Stock Award Agreement, the Participant may satisfy any federal, state or local tax withholding obligation relating to the exercise or acquisition of stock under a Stock Award by any of the following means (in addition to the Company’s right to withhold from any compensation paid to the Participant by the Company) or by a combination of such means: (i) tendering a cash payment; (ii) authorizing the Company to withhold shares from the shares of the Common Stock otherwise issuable to the participant as a result of the exercise or acquisition of stock under the Stock Award; or (iii) delivering to the Company owned and unencumbered shares of the Common Stock.

 

11.

ADJUSTMENTS UPON CHANGES IN STOCK.

 

(a)       If any change is made in the stock subject to the Plan, or subject to any Stock Award, without the receipt of consideration by the Company (through merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, reincorporation, stock dividend, dividend in property other than cash, stock split, liquidating dividend, combination of shares, exchange of shares, change in corporate structure or other transaction not involving the receipt of consideration by the Company), the Plan will be appropriately adjusted in the class (es) and maximum number of securities subject to the Plan pursuant to subsection 4(a) and the maximum number of securities subject to award to any person pursuant to subsection 5(c), and the outstanding Stock Awards

 

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will be appropriately adjusted in the class(es) and number of securities and price per share of stock subject to such outstanding Stock Awards. Such adjustments shall be made by the Board, the determination of which shall be final, binding and conclusive. (The conversion of convertible securities, cashless exercise of options and net exercise of warrants shall not be treated as transactions “without receipt of consideration” by the Company.)

 

(b)       In the event of a dissolution or liquidation of the Company, then all Stock Awards outstanding under the Plan shall be terminated if not exercised (if applicable) prior to such event.

 

(c)       Subject to subsection (d) of this Section 11, in the event of (1) a sale of substantially all of the assets of the Company, (2) a merger or consolidation in which the Company is not the surviving corporation or (3) a reverse merger in which the Company is the surviving corporation but the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately preceding the merger are converted by virtue of the merger into other property, whether in the form of securities, cash or otherwise, then any surviving corporation or acquiring corporation shall assume any Stock Awards outstanding under the Plan or shall substitute similar stock awards (including an award to acquire the same consideration paid to the stockholders in the transaction described in this subsection 11(c)) for those outstanding under the Plan. In the event any surviving corporation or acquiring corporation refuses to assume such Stock Awards or to substitute similar stock awards for those outstanding under the Plan, then with respect to Stock Awards held by Participants whose Continuous Service has not terminated, the vesting of such Stock Awards (and, if applicable, the time during which such Stock Awards may be exercised) shall be accelerated in full, and the Stock Awards shall terminate if not exercised (if applicable) at or prior to such event. With respect to any other Stock Awards outstanding under the Plan, such Stock Awards shall terminate if not exercised (if applicable) prior to such event.

 

(d)       In the event of either (i) the acquisition by any person, entity or group within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act or any comparable successor provisions (excluding any employee benefit plan, or related trust, sponsored or maintained by the Company or an Affiliate of the Company) of the beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act, or comparable successor rule) of securities of the Company representing at least fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power entitled to vote in the election of directors, which acquisition has not been approved by resolution of the Company’s Board of Directors, or (ii) a change in a majority of the membership of the Company’s Board of Directors within a twenty-four (24) month period where the selection of such majority either (A) was not approved by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors at the beginning of such twenty-four (24) month period or (B) occurred as the result of an actual or threatened “Election Contest” (as described in Rule 14a-11 promulgated under the Exchange Act) or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of any person other than the Board (a “Proxy Contest”), including by reason of any agreement intended to avoid or settle any Election Contest or Proxy Contest, then to the extent not prohibited by applicable law, the time during which Stock Awards outstanding under the Plan may be exercised shall be accelerated prior to such event, but only to the extent that such Stock Awards would have become exercisable within thirty (30) months of the date of such event, and the Stock Awards terminated if not exercised after such acceleration and at or prior to such event.

 

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12.

TIME OF GRANTING OPTIONS.

 

The date of want of an Option shall, for all purposes, be the date on which the Board makes the determination granting such Option. Notice of the determination shall be given to each Employee or Consultant to whom an Option is so granted within a reasonable time after the date of such grant.

 

13.

AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF THE PLAN.

 

(a)       Amendment and Termination. The Board may amend or terminate the Plan from time to time in such respects as the Board may deem advisable.

 

(b)       Effect of Amendment or Termination. Options wanted before amendment of the Plan shall not be impaired any amendment unless mutually agreed otherwise between the Optionee and the Company, which agreement must be in writing and signed by the Optionee and the Company.

 

14.

SECURITIES LAW COMPLIANCE.

 

Notwithstanding any provisions relating to vesting contained herein or in an Option, no Option granted hereunder may be exercised unless the shares issuable upon exercise of such option are then registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

15.

RESERVATION OF SHARES.

 

The Company, during the term of this Plan, will at all times reserve and keep available such number of Shares as shall be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the Plan.

 

Inability of the Company to obtain authority from any regulatory body having jurisdiction, which authority is deemed by the Company’s counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any Shares hereunder, shall relieve the Company of any liability in respect of the failure to issue or sell such Shares as to which such requisite authority shall not have been obtained.

 

16.

OPTION AGREEMENT.

 

Options shall be evidenced by written Option Agreements in such form or forms as the Board or the Committee shall approve.

 

17.

AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN AND STOCK AWARDS.

 

(a)       Amendment of Plan. The Board at any time, and from time to time, may amend the Plan. However, except as provided in Section 11 relating to adjustments upon changes in stock, no amendment shall be effective unless approved by the stockholders of the Company to

 

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the extent stockholder approval is necessary to satisfy the requirements of Section 422 of the Code, Rule 16b-3 or any Nasdaq or securities exchange listing requirements.

 

(b)       Stockholder Approval. The Board may, in its sole discretion, submit any other amendment to the Plan for stockholder approval, including, but not limited to, amendments to the Plan intended to satisfy the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code and the regulations thereunder regarding the exclusion of performance-based compensation from the limit on corporate deductibility of compensation paid to certain executive officers.

 

(c)       Contemplated Amendments. It is expressly contemplated that the Board may amend the Plan in any respect the Board deems necessary or advisable to provide eligible Employees with the maximum benefits provided or to be provided under the provisions of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder relating to Incentive Stock Options and/or to bring the Plan and/or Incentive Stock Options granted under it into compliance therewith.

 

(d)       No Impairment of Rights. Rights under any Stock Award granted before amendment of the Plan shall not be impaired by any amendment of the Plan unless (i) the Company requests the consent of the Participant and (ii) the Participant consents in writing.

 

(e)       Amendment of Stock Awards. The Board at any time, and from time to time, may amend the terms of any one or more Stock Awards; provided, however, that the rights under any Stock Award shall not be impaired by any such amendment unless (i) the Company requests the consent of the Participant and (ii) the Participant consents in writing.

 

18.

TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION OF THE PLAN.

 

(a)       Plan Term. The Board may suspend or terminate the Plan at any time. Unless sooner terminated, the Plan shall terminate on the day before the tenth (10th) anniversary of the date the Plan is adopted by the Board or approved by the stockholders of the Company, whichever is earlier. No Stock Awards may be granted under the Plan while the Plan is suspended or after it is terminated.

 

(b)       No Impairment of Rights. Rights and obligations under any Stock Award granted while the Plan is in effect shall not be impaired by suspension or termination of the Plan, except with the written consent of the Participant.

 

19.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN.

 

The Plan shall become effective as determined by the Board, but no Stock Award shall be exercised (or, in the case of a stock bonus, shall be granted) unless and until the Plan has been approved by the stockholders of the Company, which approval shall be within twelve (12) months before or after the date the Plan is adopted by the Board.

 

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EX-99 6 exh99_3wr98nonoffsop.htm WIND RIVER SYSTEMS, INC. 1998 NON-OFFICER STOCK OPTION PLAN

Exhibit 99.3

WIND RIVER SYSTEMS, INC.

 

1998 NON-OFFICER STOCK OPTION PLAN

As Amended through June 21, 2002

 

1.

PURPOSE.

 

(a)       The purpose of the Plan is to provide a. means by which selected Employees and Consultants who are not Officers or members of the Board of Directors may be given an opportunity to benefit from increases in value of the common stock of the Company through the granting of Nonstatutory Stock Options. Only Nonstatutory Stock Options may be granted hereunder.

 

(b)       The Company, by means of the Plan, seeks to retain the services of persons who are now Employees or Consultants who are not Officers or members of the Board of Directors, to secure and retain the services of such new Employees and Consultants and to provide incentives for such persons to exert maximum efforts for the success of the Company and its Affiliates.

 

2.

DEFINITIONS. As used herein, the following definitions shall apply:

 

(a)          “Affiliate” shall mean 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, or such other parent corporation or subsidiary corporation designated by the Board.

 

(b)           “Board” shall mean the Committee, if one has been appointed, or the Board of Directors, if no Committee is appointed.

 

 

(c)

“Board of Directors” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

 

(d)

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

 

(e)           “Committee” shall mean the Committee appointed by the Board of Directors in accordance with paragraph (a) of Section 4 of the Plan, if one is appointed.

 

 

(f)

“Common Stock” shall mean the Common Stock of the Company.

 

 

(g)

“Company” shall mean Wind River Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

 

(h)           “Consultant” shall mean any consultants, independent contractors or advisers to the Company or an Affiliate (provided that such persons render bona fide services not in connection with the offering and sale of securities in capital raisin. g transactions) excluding officers and directors of the Company and stockholders beneficially owning 10% or more of the Company’s Common Stock.

 

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(i)            “Continuous Service” shall mean the absence of any interruption or termination of service to the Company, an Affiliate, or any successors thereto, whether as an Employee or Consultant. The Board or the Chief Executive Officer of the Company may determine, in. that party’s sole discretion, whether Continuous Service as an Employee or Consultant shall be considered interrupted in the case of: (i) any leave of absence approved by the Board or the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, including sick leave, military leave, or any other personal leave; or (ii) transfers between the Company, Affiliates or their successors.

 

(j)            “Employee” shall mean any person employed by the Company or by any Affiliate, excluding officers and directors of the Company and stockholders beneficially owning 10% or more of the Company’s Common Stock.

 

 

(k)

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

 

(l)            “Fair Market Value” means, as of any date, the value of the Common Stock of the Company determined as follows:

 

(i)        If the Common Stock is listed on any established stock exchange, or traded on the Nasdaq National Market or the Nasdaq SmallCap Market, the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock shall be the closing sales price for such stock (or the closing bid, if no sales were reported) as quoted on such exchange or market (or the exchange or market with the greatest volume of trading in Common Stock) on the trading day prior to the day of determination, as reported in the Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Board deems reliable;

 

(ii)       In the absence of such markets for the Common Stock, the Fair Market Value shall be determined in good faith by the Board.

 

(m)          “Nonstatutory Stock Option” shall mean an Option not intended to qualify as an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

(n)           “Officer” shall mean 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 and any other Employees of the Company whom the Board or the Committee classifies as “Officer” in its sole discretion.

 

 

(o)

“Option” shall mean a Nonstatutory Stock Option granted pursuant to the Plan.

 

(p)           “Option Agreement” shall mean a written agreement between the Company and an Optionee evidencing the terms and conditions of an individual Option want. Each Option Agreement shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.

 

 

(q)

“Optioned Stock” shall mean the Common Stock subject to an Option.

 

 

(r)

“Optionee” shall mean an Employee or Consultant who receives an Option.

 

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(s)

“Plan” shall mean this 1998 Non-Officer Stock Option Plan.

 

(t)            “Share” shall mean a share of Common Stock, as adjusted in accordance with Section 11 of the Plan.

 

3.

STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN.

 

Subject to the provisions of Section 11 of the Plan, the maximum aggregate number of Shares which may be optioned and sold under the Plan is fourteen million seven hundred fifty thousand (14,750,000) shares of Common Stock. The Shares may be authorized, but unissued, or reacquired Common Stock. If an Option should expire or become unexercisable for any reason without having been exercised in full, the unpurchased Shares which were subject thereto shall, unless the Plan shall have been terminated, become available for future grant under the Plan.

 

4.

ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN.

 

(a)       Procedure. The Plan shall be administered by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may appoint a Committee consisting of not less than two members of the Board of Directors to administer the Plan on behalf of the Board of Directors, subject to such terms and conditions as the Board of Directors may prescribe. Once appointed, the Committee shall continue to serve until otherwise directed by the Board of Directors. From time to time the Board of Directors may increase the size of the Committee and appoint additional members thereof, remove members (with or without cause), and appoint new members in substitution therefor, fill vacancies however caused and remove all members of the Committee, and thereafter directly administer the Plan. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 4 to the contrary, at any tome the Board of Directors or the Committee may delegate to a committee of one or more members of the Board of Directors the authority to grant Options to all Employees and Consultants or any portion or class thereof.

 

(b)       Powers of the Board. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Board shall have such authority with regard to the Plan and the options as determined by the Board of Directors, including the authority, in its discretion: (i) to grant options under the Plan, provided, however, that only nonstatutory options may be granted under the Plan; (ii) to determine, upon review of relevant information and in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Plan, the Fair. Market Value of the Common Stock; (iii) to determine the exercise price per share of Options to be granted, which exercise price shall be determined in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Plan; (iv) to determine the Employees or Consultants to whom, and the time or times at which, Options shall be granted and the number of Shares to be represented by each Option, provided that no Options may be granted to persons who are neither Employees nor Consultants; (v) to interpret the Plan; (vi) to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan; (vii) to determine the terms and provisions of each Option wanted (which need not be identical) in accordance with the Plan, and, with the consent of the holder thereof with respect to any adverse change, modify or amend each Option; (viii) to accelerate or defer (the latter with the consent of the Optionee) the exercise date and vesting of any Option; (ix) to authorize any person to execute on behalf of the Company any instrument required to effectuate the grant of an Option previously granted by

 

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the Board; and (x) to make all other determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan.

 

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

 

5.

ELIGIBILITY.

 

Options may be granted only to Employees or Consultants as defined in Section 2 hereof. An Employee or Consultant who has been granted an Option may, if he or she is otherwise eligible, be granted an additional Option or Options. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Employee who is an Officer of the Company or who is a member of the Board of Directors shall be entitled to receive the grant of an Option under the Plan.

 

The Plan shall not confer upon any Optionee any right with respect to continuation of employment or consulting with the Company, nor shall it interfere in any way with the Optionee’s right or the Company’s right to terminate the Optionee’s employment at any time or the Optionee’s consulting for the Company pursuant to the terms of the Consultant’s agreement with the Company.

 

6.

TERM OF THE PLAN.

 

The Plan shall become effective upon its adoption by the Board of Directors. It shall continue in effect until terminated under Section 13 of the Plan.

 

7.

TERM OF OPTION.

 

The term of each Option shall be ten (10) years from the date of grant thereof or such shorter term as may be provided in the Option Agreement.

 

8.

EXERCISE PRICE, CONSIDERATION AND VESTING.

 

(a)       Exercise Price. The per Share exercise price for the Shares to be issued pursuant to exercise of an Option shall be no less than 85% of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, g, an Option may be granted with an exercise price lower than that set forth in the preceding sentence if such Option is granted pursuant to an assumption or substitution for another option in a manner satisfying the provisions of Section 424(a) of the Code.

 

(b)       Consideration. The consideration to be paid for the Shares to be issued upon exercise of an Option, including the method of payment, shall be determined by the Board and may consist entirely of (i) cash or check; (ii) other shares of the Common Stock of the Company having a Fair Market Value on the date of surrender equal to the aggregate exercise price of the Shares as to which the Option shall be exercised, including by delivering to the Company an attestation of ownership of owned and unencumbered shares of the Common Stock of the

 

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Company in a form approved by the Company; (iii) payment pursuant to a program developed under Regulation T as promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board which, prior to the issuance of Common Stock, results in either the receipt of cash (or check) by the Company or the receipt of irrevocable instructions to pay the aggregate exercise price to the Company from the sales proceeds; (iv) any combination of such methods of payment; or (v) such other consideration and method of payment for the issuance of Shares to the extent permitted under applicable law. In making its determination as to the type of consideration to accept, the Board shall consider if acceptance of such consideration may be reasonably expected to benefit the Company.

 

(c)       Vesting. The total number of Shares subject to an Option may, but need not, be allotted in periodic installments (which may, but need not, be equal). The Option Agreement may provide that, from time to time during each of such installment periods, the Option may become exercisable (“vest”) with respect to some or all of the Shares allotted to that period, and may be exercised with respect to some or all of the Shares allotted to such period and/or any prior period as to which the Option became vested but was not fully exercised. The Option may be subject to such other terms and conditions on the time or times when it may be exercised (which may be based on performance or other criteria) as the Board may deem appropriate. The provisions of this Section 8(c) are subject to any Option provisions governing the minimum number of Shares as to which an Option may be exercised.

 

9.

EXERCISE OF OPTION.

 

(a)       Procedure for Exercise; Rights as a Stockholder. Any Option granted hereunder shall be exercisable at such times and under such conditions as determined by the Board, including performance criteria with respect to the Company and/or the Optionee, and as shall be permissible under the terms of the Plan.

 

An Option shall be deemed to be exercised when written notice of such exercise has been given to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Option by the person entitled to exercise the Option and full payment for the Shares with respect to which the Option is exercised has been received by the Company. Full payment may, as authorized by the Board, consist of any consideration and method of payment allowable under Section 8(b) of the Plan. Until the issuance (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company) of the stock certificate evidencing such Shares, no right to vote or receive dividends or any other rights as a stockholder shall exist with respect to the Optioned Stock, notwithstanding the exercise of the Option. No adjustment will be made for a dividend or other right for which the record date is prior to the date the stock certificate is issued, except as provided in Section 11 of the Plan. An Option may not be exercised for a fraction of a Share.

 

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

 

The Option may, but need not, include a provision whereby the Optionee may elect at any time while an Employee or Consultant (or while an officer or director of the Company) to

 

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exercise the Option as to any part or all of the shares subject to the Option, subject to a repurchase right in favor of the Company on such terms as the Board shall establish.

 

(b)       Termination of Service as an Employee or Consultant. If an Optionee’s Continuous Service as an Employee or Consultant ceases for any reason other than death or disability, the Optionee may, but only within three (3) months (or such other period of time as is determined by the Board) after the date the Optionee’s Continuous Service as an Employee or Consultant ceases, exercise the Option to the extent that the Optionee was entitled to exercise it at the date of such termination. To the extent that the Optionee was not entitled to exercise the Option at the date of such termination, or if the Optionee does not exercise such Option (which the Optionee was entitled to exercise) within the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate.

 

(c)       Death of Optionee. In the event of the death during the term of the Option of an Optionee who is at the time of his or her death an Employee or Consultant and who shall have been in Continuous Service as an Employee or Consultant since the date of grant of the Option, or in the event of the death of an Optionee within three (3) months following the termination of the Optionee’s Continuous Service as an Employee or Consultant for any other reason, the Option may be exercised at any time within eighteen (18) months (or such other period of time as is determined by the Board) following the date of death by the Optionee’s estate or by a person who acquired the right to exercise the Option by bequest or inheritance, to the extent that the Optionee was entitled to exercise it at the date of such termination. To the extent that the Optionee was not entitled to exercise the Option at the date of such termination, or if the Option is not exercised (to the extent the Optionee was entitled to exercise) within the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate.

 

(d)       Disability of Optionee. In the event of the disability during the term of the Option of an Optionee who is at the time of his or her disability an Employee or Consultant and who shall have been in Continuous Service as an Employee or Consultant since the date of grant of the Option, the Optionee may, but only within twelve (12) months (or such other period of time as is determined by the Board) after the date the Optionee ceases to be an Employee or Consultant on account of such disability, exercise the Option to the extent that the Optionee was entitled to exercise it at the date of such termination. To the extent that the Optionee was not entitled to exercise the Option at the date of such termination, or if the Optionee does not exercise such Option (which the Optionee was entitled to exercise) within the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate.

 

(e)       Withholding. To the extent provided by the terms of the Option Agreement, the Optionee may satisfy any federal, state or local tax withholding obligation relating to the exercise of such Option by any of the following means (in addition to the Company’s right to withhold from any compensation paid to Optionee by the Company) or by a combination of such means: (i) tendering a cash payment; (ii) authorizing the Company to withhold Shares from the Shares otherwise issuable to the Optionee as a result of the exercise of the Option; or (iii) delivering to the Company owned and unencumbered shares of the Common Stock of the Company.

 

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10.

TRANSFERABILITY OF OPTIONS.

 

Except as otherwise expressly provided in the terms of the Option Agreement, the Option may not be sold, pledged, assigned, hypothecated, transferred, or disposed of in any manner other than by will or by the laws of descent or distribution and may be exercised, during the lifetime of the Optionee, only by the Optionee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Optionee may, by delivering written notice to the Company, in a form satisfactory to the Company, designate a third party who, in the event of the death of the Optionee, shall thereafter be entitled to exercise the Option.

 

11.

ADJUSTMENTS UPON CHANGES IN STOCK.

 

(a)       If any change is made in the stock subject to the Plan, or subject to any Option, without the receipt of consideration by the Company (through merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, reincorporation, stock dividend, dividend in property other than cash, stock split, liquidating dividend, combination of shares, exchange of shares, change in corporate structure or other transaction not involving the receipt of consideration by the Company), the Plan and the outstanding Options will be appropriately adjusted in the class(es) and number of securities and price per share of stock subject to such outstanding Options. Such adjustments shall be made by the Board, the determination of which shall be final, binding and conclusive. (The conversion of convertible securities, cashless exercise of options and net exercise of warrants shall not be treated as transactions “without receipt of consideration” by the Company.)

 

(b)       In the event of: (1) a dissolution or liquidation of the Company; (2) a merger or consolidation in which the Company is not the surviving corporation; or (3) a reverse merger in which the Company is the surviving corporation but the shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding immediately preceding the merger are converted by virtue of the merger into other property, whether in the form of securities, cash or otherwise, then, subject to paragraph (c) of this Section 11, at the sole discretion of the Board and to the extent permitted by applicable law: (i) any surviving corporation shall assume any Options outstanding under the Plan or shall substitute similar Options for those outstanding under the Plan, (ii) such Options shall continue in full force and effect, or (iii) the time during which such Options become vested or may be exercised shall be accelerated and any outstanding unexercised rights under any Options terminated if not exercised prior to such event. In the event any surviving corporation or acquiring corporation refuses to assume such Options or to substitute similar Options for those outstanding under the Plan, then with respect to Options held by Optionees whose Continuous Service has not terminated, the vesting shall be accelerated in full, and the Options shall terminate if not exercised at or prior to such event. With respect to any other Options outstanding under the Plan, such Options shall terminate if not exercised prior to such event.

 

(c)       In the event of either (i) the acquisition by any person, entity or group within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act or any comparable successor provisions (excluding any employee benefit plan, or related trust, sponsored or maintained by the Company or an Affiliate of the Company) of the beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act, or comparable successor rule) of securities of the

 

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Company representing at least fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power entitled to vote in the election of directors, which acquisition has not been approved by resolution of the Company’s Board of Directors, or (ii) a change in a majority of the membership of the Company’s Board of Directors within a twenty- four (24) month period where the selection of such majority either (A) was not approved by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors at the beginning of such twenty-four (24) month period or (B) occurred as the result of an actual or threatened “Election Contest” (as described in Rule 14a-11 promulgated under the Exchange Act) or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of any person other than the Board (a “Proxy Contest”), including by reason of any agreement intended to avoid or settle any Election Contest or Proxy Contest, then to the extent not prohibited by applicable law, the time during which options outstanding under the Plan may be exercised shall be accelerated prior to such event, but only to the extent that such options would have become exercisable within thirty (30) months of the date of such event, and the options terminated if not exercised after such acceleration and at or prior to such event.

 

12.

TIME OF GRANTING OPTIONS.

 

The date of grant of an Option shall, for all purposes, be the date on which the Board makes the determination granting such Option. Notice of the determination shall be given to each Employee or Consultant to whom an Option is so granted within. a reasonable time after the date of such grant.

 

13.

AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF THE PLAN.

 

(a)       Amendment and Termination. The Board may amend or terminate the Plan from time to time in such respects as the Board may deem advisable.

 

(b)       Effect of Amendment or Termination. Options wanted before amendment of the Plan shall not be impaired by any amendment unless mutually agreed otherwise between the Optionee and the Company, which agreement must be in writing and signed by the Optionee and the Company.

 

14.

SECURITIES LAW COMPLIANCE.

 

Notwithstanding any provisions relating to vesting contained herein or in an Option, no Option granted hereunder may be exercised unless the shares issuable upon exercise of such option are then registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

15.

RESERVATION OF SHARES.

 

The Company, during the term of this Plan, will at all times reserve and keep available such number of Shares as shall be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the Plan.

 

Inability of the Company to obtain authority from any regulatory body having jurisdiction, which authority is deemed by the Company’s counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any Shares hereunder, shall relieve the Company of any liability in respect

 

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of the failure to issue or sell such Shares as to which such requisite authority shall not have been obtained.

 

16.

OPTION AGREEMENT.

 

Options shall be evidenced by written Option Agreements in such form or forms as the Board or the Committee shall approve.

 

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EX-99 7 exh99_4embedded99sop.htm EXHIBIT 99.4 (EMBEDDED SUPPORT 1999 SOP)

Exhibit 99.4

EMBEDDED SUPPORT TOOLS CORPORATION

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

 

1999 STOCK OPTION PLAN

 

1.         PURPOSE. The purpose of this Amended and Restated 1999 Stock Option Plan (the “Plan”) is to encourage employees of Embedded Support Tools Corporation (the “Company”) and of any present or future parent or subsidiary of the Company (collectively, “Related Corporations”), and other individuals who render services to the Company or a Related Corporation, by providing opportunities to purchase stock in the Company pursuant to options granted hereunder which qualify as “incentive stock options” (“ISOs”) under Section 422(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and options which do not qualify as ISOs (“Non-Qualified Options”). Both ISOs and Non-Qualified Options are referred to hereafter individually as an “Option” and collectively as “Options.” As used herein, the terms “parent” and “subsidiary” mean “parent corporation” and “subsidiary corporation,” respectively, as those terms are defined in Section 424 of the Code.

 

2.

ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN.

 

A.        BOARD OR COMMITTEE ADMINISTRATION. The Plan shall be administered by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) or by a committee appointed by the Board (the “Committee”). Hereinafter, all references in this Plan to the “Committee” shall mean the Board if no Committee has been appointed. Subject to ratification of the grant or authorization of each Option by the Board (if so required by applicable state law), and subject to the terms of the Plan, the Committee shall have the authority to (i) determine to whom (from among the class of employees eligible under paragraph 3 to receive ISOs) ISOs shall be granted, and to whom (from among the class of individuals and entities eligible under paragraph 3 to receive Non-Qualified Options) Non-Qualified Options may be granted; (ii) determine the time or times at which Options shall be granted; (iii) determine the exercise price of shares subject to each Option, which price shall not be less than the minimum price specified in paragraph 6; (iv) determine whether each Option granted shall be an ISO or a Non-Qualified Option; (v) determine (subject to paragraph 7) the time or times when each Option shall become exercisable and the duration of the exercise period; (vi) extend the period during which outstanding Options may be exercised; (vii) determine whether restrictions such as repurchase options are to be imposed on shares subject to Options and the nature of such restrictions, if any; and (viii) interpret the Plan and prescribe and rescind rules and regulations relating to it. If the Committee determines to issue a Non-Qualified Option, it shall take whatever actions it deems necessary, under Section 422 of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder, to ensure that such Option is not treated as an ISO. The interpretation and construction by the Committee of any provisions of the Plan or of any Option granted under it shall be final unless otherwise determined by the Board. The Committee may from time to time adopt such rules and regulations for carrying out the Plan as it may deem advisable. No member of the Board or the Committee shall be liable for any action or determination made in good faith with respect to the Plan or any Option granted under it.

 

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B.       COMMITTEE ACTIONS. The Committee may select one of its members as its chairman, and shall hold meetings at such time and places as it may determine. A majority of the Committee shall constitute a quorum and acts by a majority of the members of the Committee at a meeting at which a quorum is present, or acts reduced to or approved in writing by a majority of the members of the Committee (if consistent with applicable state law), shall constitute the valid acts of the Committee. From time to time the Board may increase the size of the Committee and appoint additional members thereof, remove members (with or without cause) and appoint new members in substitution therefor, fill vacancies however caused, or remove all members of the Committee and thereafter directly administer the Plan.

 

C.        GRANT OF OPTIONS TO BOARD MEMBERS. Options may be granted to members of the Board. All grants of Options to members of the Board shall in all respects be made in accordance with the provisions of this Plan applicable to other eligible persons. Members of the Board who either (i) are eligible to receive grants of Options pursuant to the Plan or (ii) have been granted Options may vote on any matters affecting the administration of the Plan or the grant of any Options pursuant to the Plan, except that no such member shall act upon the granting to himself or herself of Options, but any such member may be counted in determining the existence of a quorum at any meeting of the Board during which action is taken with respect to the granting to such member of Options.

 

D.        PERFORMANCE-BASED COMPENSATION. The Board, in its discretion, may take such action as may be necessary to ensure that Options granted under the Plan qualify as “qualified performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code and applicable regulations promulgated thereunder (“Performance-Based Compensation”). Such action may include, in the Board’s discretion, some or all of the following (i) if the Board determines that Options granted under the Plan generally shall constitute Performance-Based Compensation, the Plan shall be administered, to the extent required for such Options to constitute Performance-Based Compensation, by a Committee consisting solely of two or more “outside directors” (as defined in applicable regulations promulgated under Section 162(m) of the Code), (ii) if any Non-Qualified Options with an exercise price less than the fair market value per share of Common Stock are granted under the Plan and the Board determines that such Options should constitute Performance-Based Compensation, such Options shall be made exercisable only upon the attainment of a pre-established, objective performance goal established by the Committee, and such grant shall be submitted for, and shall be contingent upon shareholder approval and (iii) Options granted under the Plan may be subject to such other terms and conditions as are necessary for compensation recognized in connection with the exercise or disposition of such Option or the disposition of Common Stock acquired pursuant to such Option, to constitute Performance-Based Compensation.

 

3.         ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES AND OTHERS. ISOs may be granted only to employees of the Company or any Related Corporation. Non-Qualified Options may be granted to any employee, officer or director (whether or not also an employee) or consultant of the Company or any Related Corporation. The Committee may take into consideration a optionee’s individual circumstances in determining whether to grant an ISO or a Non-Qualified Option. The granting of any Option to any individual or entity shall neither entitle that individual or entity to, nor disqualify such individual or entity from, participation in any other grant of Options.

 

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4.         STOCK. The stock subject to Options shall be authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock of the Company, par value $0.10 per share (the “Common Stock”), or shares of Common Stock reacquired by the Company in any manner. The aggregate number of shares which may be issued pursuant to the Plan is 4,000,000, subject to adjustment as provided in paragraph 13. If any Option granted under the Plan shall expire or terminate for any reason without having been exercised in full or shall cease for any reason to be exercisable in whole or in part or shall be repurchased by the Company, the shares subject to such Option shall again be available for grants of Options under the Plan. No employee of the Company or any Related Corporation may be granted Options to acquire, in the aggregate, more than 500,000 shares of Common Stock under the Plan during any fiscal year of the Company. If any Option granted under the Plan shall expire or terminate for any reason without having been exercised in full or shall cease for any reason to be exercisable in whole or in part or shall be repurchased by the Company, the shares subject to such Option shall be included in the determination of the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock deemed to have been granted to such employee under the Plan.

 

5.         GRANTING OF OPTIONS. Options may be granted under the Plan at any time after June 1, 1999 and prior to June 15, 2009. The date of grant of an Option under the Plan will be the date specified by the Committee at the time it grants the Option; provided, however, that such date shall not be prior to the date on which the Committee acts to approve the grant.

 

6.

MINIMUM OPTION PRICE; ISO LIMITATIONS.

 

A.        PRICE FOR NON-QUALIFIED OPTIONS. Subject to Paragraph 2D (relating to compliance with Section 162(m) of the Code), the exercise price per share specified in the agreement relating to each Non-Qualified Option granted under the Plan shall in no event be less than the minimum legal consideration required therefor under the laws of any jurisdiction in which the Company or its successors in interest may be organized.

 

B.        PRICE FOR ISOs. The exercise price per share specified in the agreement relating to each ISO granted under the Plan shall not be less than the fair market value per share of Common Stock on the date of such grant. In the case of an ISO to be granted to an employee owning stock possessing more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any Related Corporation, the price per share specified in the agreement relating to such ISO shall not be less than one hundred ten percent (110%) of the fair market value per share of Common Stock on the date of grant. For purposes of determining stock ownership under this paragraph, the rules of Section 424(d) of the Code shall apply.

 

C.        $100,000 ANNUAL LIMITATION ON ISO VESTING. Each eligible employee may be granted Options treated as ISOs only to the extent that, in the aggregate under this Plan and all incentive stock option plans of the Company and any Related Corporation, ISOs do not become exercisable for the first time by such employee during any calendar year with respect to stock having a fair market value (determined at the time the ISOs were granted) in excess of $100,000. The Company intends to designate any Options granted in excess of such limitation as Non- Qualified Options.

 

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D.        DETERMINATION OF FAIR MARKET VALUE. If, at the time an Option is granted under the Plan, the Company’s Common Stock is publicly traded, “fair market value” shall be determined as of the date of grant or, if the prices or quotes discussed in this sentence are unavailable for such date, the last business day for which such prices or quotes are available prior to the date of grant and shall mean (i) the average (on that date) of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on the principal national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is traded, if the Common Stock is then traded on a national securities exchange; or (ii) the last reported sale price (on that date) of the Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market, if the Common Stock is not then traded on a national securities exchange; or (iii) the closing bid price (or average of bid prices) last quoted (on that date) by an established quotation service for over-the-counter securities, if the Common Stock is not reported on the Nasdaq National Market. If the Common Stock is not publicly traded at the time an Option is granted under the Plan, “fair market value” shall be deemed to be the fair value of the Common Stock as determined by the Committee after taking into consideration all factors which it deems appropriate, including, without limitation, recent sale and offer prices of the Common Stock in private transactions negotiated at arm’s length.

 

7.         OPTION DURATION. Subject to earlier termination as provided in paragraphs 9 and 10 or in the agreement relating to such Option, each Option shall expire on the date specified by the Committee, but not more than (i) ten years from the date of grant in the case of Options generally and (ii) five years from the date of grant in the case of ISOs granted to an employee owning stock possessing more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any Related Corporation, as determined under paragraph 6(B). Subject to earlier termination as provided in paragraphs 9 and 10, the term of each ISO shall be the term set forth in the original instrument granting such ISO, except with respect to any part of such ISO that is converted into a Non- Qualified Option pursuant to paragraph 16.

 

8.         EXERCISE OF OPTION. Subject to the provisions of paragraphs 9 through 12, each Option granted under the Plan shall be exercisable as follows:

 

A.        VESTING. The Option shall either be fully exercisable on the date of grant or shall become exercisable thereafter in such installments as the Committee may specify.

 

B.        FULL VESTING OF INSTALLMENTS. Once an installment becomes exercisable it shall remain exercisable until expiration or termination of the Option, unless otherwise specified by the Committee.

 

C.        PARTIAL EXERCISE. Each Option or installment may be exercised at any time or from time to time, in whole or in part, for up to the total number of shares with respect to which it is then exercisable.

 

D.        ACCELERATION OF VESTING. The Committee shall have the right to accelerate the date on which any installment of any Option becomes exercisable; provided that the Committee shall not, without the consent of an optionee, accelerate the permitted exercise date of any installment of any Option granted to any employee as an ISO (and not previously converted into

 

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a Non-Qualified Option pursuant to paragraph 16) if such acceleration would violate the annual vesting limitation contained in Section 422(d) of the Code, as described in paragraph 6(C).

 

9.         TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT. Unless otherwise specified in the agreement relating to such ISO, if an ISO optionee ceases to be employed by the Company and all Related Corporations other than by reason of death or disability as defined in paragraph 10, no further installments of his or her ISOs shall become exercisable, and his or her ISOs shall terminate after the passage of three months from the date of termination of his or her employment, but in no event later than on their specified expiration dates, except to the extent that such ISOs (or unexercised installments thereof) have been converted into Non-Qualified Options pursuant to paragraph 16. For purposes of this paragraph 9, employment shall be considered as continuing uninterrupted during any bona fide leave of absence (such as those attributable to illness, military obligations or governmental service) provided that the period of such leave does not exceed 90 days or, if longer, any period during which such optionee’s right to reemployment is guaranteed by statute or by contract. A bona fide leave of absence with the written approval of the Committee shall not be considered an interruption of employment under this paragraph 9, provided that such written approval contractually obligates the Company or any Related Corporation to continue the employment of the optionee after the approved period of absence. ISOs granted under the Plan shall not be affected by any change of employment within or among the Company and Related Corporations, so long as the optionee continues to be an employee of the Company or any Related Corporation. Nothing in the Plan shall be deemed to give any optionee the right to be retained in employment or other service by the Company or any Related Corporation for any period of time.

 

10.

DEATH; DISABILITY.

 

A.        DEATH. If an ISO optionee ceases to be employed by the Company and all Related Corporations by reason of his or her death, any ISO owned by such optionee may be exercised, to the extent otherwise exercisable on the date of death, by the estate, personal representative or beneficiary who has acquired the ISO by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, until the earlier of (i) the specified expiration date of the ISO or (ii) 180 days from the date of the optionee’s death.

 

B.        DISABILITY. If an ISO optionee ceases to be employed by the Company and all Related Corporations by reason of his or her disability, such optionee shall have the right to exercise any ISO held by him or her on the date of termination of employment, to the extent of the number of shares with respect to which he or she could have exercised it on that date, until the earlier of (i) the specified expiration date of the ISO or (ii) 180 days from the date of the termination of the optionee’s employment. For the purposes of the Plan, the term “disability” shall mean “permanent and total disability” as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code or any successor statute.

 

11.       ASSIGNABILITY. No ISO shall be assignable or transferable by the optionee except by will, or by the laws of descent and distribution, and during the lifetime of the optionee shall be exercisable only by such optionee. Options other than ISOs shall be transferable to the extent set forth in the agreement relating to such Option.

 

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12.       TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF OPTIONS. Options shall be evidenced by instruments (which need not be identical) in such forms as the Committee may from time to time approve. Such instruments shall conform to the terms and conditions set forth in paragraphs 6 through 11 hereof and may contain such other provisions as the Committee deems advisable which are not inconsistent with the Plan, including restrictions applicable to shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of Options. The Committee may specify that any Non-Qualified Option shall be subject to the restrictions set forth herein with respect to ISOs, or to such other termination and cancellation provisions as the Committee may determine. The Committee may from time to time confer authority and responsibility on one or more of its own members and/or one or more officers of the Company to execute and deliver such instruments. The proper officers of the Company are authorized and directed to take any and all action necessary or advisable from time to time to carry out the terms of such instruments.

 

13.       ADJUSTMENTS. Upon the occurrence of any of the following events, an optionee’s rights with respect to Options granted to such optionee hereunder shall be adjusted as hereinafter provided, unless otherwise specifically provided in the written agreement between the optionee and the Company relating to such Option:

 

A.        STOCK DIVIDENDS AND STOCK SPLITS. If the shares of Common Stock shall be subdivided or combined into a greater or smaller number of shares or if the Company shall issue any shares of Common Stock as a stock dividend on its outstanding Common Stock, the number of shares of Common Stock deliverable upon the exercise of Options shall be appropriately increased or decreased proportionately, and appropriate adjustments shall be made in the purchase price per share to reflect such subdivision, combination or stock dividend.

 

B.        CONSOLIDATIONS OR MERGERS. If the Company is to be consolidated with or acquired by another entity in a merger or other reorganization in which the holders of the outstanding voting stock of the Company immediately preceding the consummation of such event, shall, immediately following such event, hold, as a group, less than a majority of the voting securities of the surviving or successor entity, or in the event of a sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or otherwise (each, an “Acquisition”), the Committee or the board of directors of any entity assuming the obligations of the Company hereunder (the “Successor Board”), shall, as to outstanding Options, either (i) make appropriate provision for the continuation of such Options by substituting on an equitable basis for the shares then subject to such Options either (a) the consideration payable with respect to the outstanding shares of Common Stock in connection with the Acquisition, (b) shares of stock of the surviving or successor corporation or (c) such other securities as the Successor Board deems appropriate, the fair market value of which shall not materially exceed the fair market value of the shares of Common Stock subject to such Options immediately preceding the Acquisition; or (ii) upon written notice to the optionees, provide that all Options must be exercised, to the extent then exercisable or to be exercisable as a result of the Acquisition, within a specified number of days of the date of such notice, at the end of which period the Options shall terminate; or (iii) terminate all Options in exchange for a cash payment equal to the excess of the fair market value of the shares subject to such Options (to the extent then exercisable or to be exercisable as a result of the Acquisition) over the exercise price thereof.

 

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C.        RECAPITALIZATION OR REORGANIZATION. In the event of a recapitalization or reorganization of the Company (other than a transaction described in subparagraph B above) pursuant to which securities of the Company or of another corporation are issued with respect to the outstanding shares of Common Stock, an optionee upon exercising an Option shall be entitled to receive for the purchase price paid upon such exercise the securities he or she would have received if he or she had exercised such Option prior to such recapitalization or reorganization.

 

D.        MODIFICATION OF ISOs. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any adjustments made pursuant to subparagraphs A, B or C with respect to ISOs shall be made only after the Committee, after consulting with counsel for the Company, determines whether such adjustments would constitute a “modification” of such ISOs (as that term is defined in Section 424 of the Code) or would cause any adverse tax consequences for the holders of such ISOs. If the Committee determines that such adjustments made with respect to ISOs would constitute a modification of such ISOs or would cause adverse tax consequences to the holders, it may refrain from making such adjustments.

 

E.        DISSOLUTION OR LIQUIDATION. In the event of the proposed dissolution or liquidation of the Company, each Option will terminate immediately prior to the consummation of such proposed action or at such other time and subject to such other conditions as shall be determined by the Committee.

 

F.        ISSUANCES OF SECURITIES. Except as expressly provided herein, no issuance by the Company of shares of stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class, shall affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number or price of shares subject to Options. No adjustments shall be made for dividends paid in cash or in property other than securities of the Company.

 

G.        FRACTIONAL SHARES. No fractional shares shall be issued under the Plan and the optionee shall receive from the Company cash in lieu of such fractional shares.

 

H.       ADJUSTMENTS. Upon the happening of any of the events described in subparagraphs A, B or C above, the class and aggregate number of shares set forth in paragraph 4 hereof that are subject to Options which previously have been or subsequently may be granted under the Plan shall also be appropriately adjusted to reflect the events described in such subparagraphs. The Committee or the Successor Board shall determine the specific adjustments to be made under this paragraph 13 and, subject to paragraph 2, its determination shall be conclusive.

 

14.       MEANS OF EXERCISING OPTIONS. An Option (or any part or installment thereof) shall be exercised by giving written notice to the Company at its principal office address, or to such transfer agent as the Company shall designate. Such notice shall identify the Option being exercised and specify the number of shares as to which such Option is being exercised, accompanied by full payment of the purchase price therefor either (a) in United States dollars in cash or by check, (b) at the discretion of the Committee, through delivery of shares of Common Stock having a fair market value equal as of the date of the exercise to the cash exercise price of

 

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the Option, (c) at the discretion of the Committee, by delivery of the optionee’s personal recourse note bearing interest payable not less than annually at no less than 100% of the lowest applicable Federal rate, as defined in Section 1274(d) of the Code, (d) at the discretion of the Committee and consistent with applicable law, through the delivery of an assignment to the Company of a sufficient amount of the proceeds from the sale of the Common Stock acquired upon exercise of the Option and an authorization to the broker or selling agent to pay that amount to the Company, which sale shall be at the participant’s direction at the time of exercise, or (e) at the discretion of the Committee, by any combination of (a), (b), (c) and (d) above. If the Committee exercises its discretion to permit payment of the exercise price of an ISO by means of the methods set forth in clauses (b), (c), (d) or(e) of the preceding sentence, such discretion shall be exercised in writing at the time of the grant of the ISO in question. The holder of a Option shall not have the rights of a shareholder with respect to the shares covered by his Option until the date of issuance of a stock certificate to such holder for such shares. Except as expressly provided above in paragraph 13 with respect to changes in capitalization and stock dividends, no adjustment shall be made for dividends or similar rights for which the record date is before the date such stock certificate is issued.

 

15.       TERM AND AMENDMENT OF PLAN. The 1999 Stock Option Plan was adopted by the Board on June 15, 1999 and approved by the stockholders of the Company on June 15, 1999. This Plan was adopted by the Board on December 17, 1999. The Plan shall expire at the end of the day on June 15, 2009 (except as to Options outstanding on that date). Subject to the provisions of paragraph 5 above, Options may be granted under the Plan prior to the date of stockholder approval of the Plan. The Board may terminate or amend the Plan in any respect at any time, except that, without the approval of the stockholders obtained within 12 months before or after the Board adopts a resolution authorizing any of the following actions: (a) the total number of shares that may be issued under the Plan may not be increased(except by adjustment pursuant to paragraph 13); (b) the provisions of paragraph 3 regarding eligibility for grants of ISOs may not be modified; (c) the provisions of paragraph 6(B) regarding the exercise price at which shares may be offered pursuant to ISOs may not be modified (except by adjustment pursuant to paragraph 13); and (d) the expiration date of the Plan may not be extended.

 

Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph 15, in no event may action of the Board or stockholders alter or impair the rights of an optionee, without such optionee’s consent, under any Option previously granted to such optionee.

 

16.       MODIFICATIONS OF ISOs; CONVERSION OF ISOs INTO NON-QUALIFIED OPTIONS. Subject to Paragraph 13D, without the prior written consent of the holder of an ISO, the Committee shall not alter the terms of such ISO (including the means of exercising such ISO) if such alteration would constitute a modification (within the meaning of Section 424(h)(3) of the Code). The Committee, at the written request or with the written consent of any optionee, may in its discretion take such actions as may be necessary to convert such optionee’s ISOs (or any installments or portions of installments thereof) that have not been exercised on the date of conversion into Non- Qualified Options at any time prior to the expiration of such ISOs, regardless of whether the optionee is an employee of the Company or a Related Corporation at the time of such conversion. Such actions may include, but shall not be limited to, extending the exercise period or reducing the exercise price of the appropriate installments of such ISOs. At the

 

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time of such conversion, the Committee (with the consent of the optionee)may impose such conditions on the exercise of the resulting Non-Qualified Options as the Committee in its discretion may determine, provided that such conditions shall not be inconsistent with this Plan. Nothing in the Plan shall be deemed to give any optionee the right to have such optionee’s ISOs converted into NonQualified Options, and no such conversion shall occur until and unless the Committee takes appropriate action. Upon the taking of such action, the Company shall issue separate certificates to the optionee with respect to Options that are Non-Qualified Options and Options that are ISOs.

 

17.       COMPANY’S RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL REGARDING OPTION SHARES. An optionee who desires to dispose of any shares acquired upon exercise of an Option shall first offer the shares to the Company. The optionee shall provide notice signed by the optionee to the Company indicating the optionee’s desire to dispose of the shares. The notice shall also specify the number of shares that the optionee intends to dispose of. The Company shall have the irrevocable and exclusive first option, but not the obligation, to purchase all or a portion of the shares, provided the Company provides notice of its election to purchase the shares within 60 days after the Company receives the optionee’s notice. The purchase price to be paid by the Company for the shares being offered by the optionee shall be the Fair Market Value of the shares on the date of the optionee’s notice, and payment shall be made in full in cash at closing. If an Initial Public Offering occurs, the provisions of this paragraph 17 shall cease to be effective.

 

18.       COMPANY’S RIGHT TO REPURCHASE OPTION SHARES. The Company shall have the right to repurchase any shares purchased by an optionee following such optionee’s termination of service or affiliation with the Company for any reason. The price for repurchasing the shares shall be the Fair Market Value of the shares on the date the Company exercises its repurchase right. If the Company fails to exercise such repurchase right within 60 days following the date of such optionee’s termination of service or affiliation, the Company shall be deemed to have waived such right. If an Initial Public Offering occurs, the provisions of this paragraph 18 shall cease to be effective.

 

19.       RESTRICTIONS ON EXERCISE RELATING TO S-ELECTION. The Company has made a valid election to be treated as a Subchapter S corporation under the Code. If such S-election is valid at the time an optionee elects to exercise his or her Option, the Committee shall be authorized to take reasonable steps to preserve the Company’s Selection. The optionee agrees to indemnify and hold the Company and its other stockholders harmless from and against any and all damages, costs, liabilities and expenses arising out of or in connection with any breach of such representations and warranties or violation of the Company’s S-election caused by such optionee’s exercise of his or her Option. Each optionee recognizes and agrees that the Company makes no representation or warranty whatsoever as to the current status of the Company’s subchapter S-election under the Code, and the Company or any of its stockholders who own voting stock of the Company may terminate or otherwise cause the Company to fail to qualify as a subchapter S corporation, and each optionee assumes all investment, tax and all other economic risks and liabilities associated with the Company’s failure to qualify as an S-corporation, including without limitation, any and all income tax and other liability related thereto. The optionee further acknowledges that if he or she exercises his or her Option and if the Company at the time has a valid Selection in effect, the optionee may have certain tax liabilities arising by

 

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virtue of his or her owning stock in a S-corporation. The optionee understands and acknowledges that the Company shall be under no obligation to make distributions or other payments to the optionee in order to pay such tax obligations.

 

20.       APPLICATION Of FUNDS. The proceeds received by the Company from the sale of shares pursuant to Options granted under the Plan shall be used for general corporate purposes.

 

21.       NOTICE TO COMPANY OF DISQUALIFYING DISPOSITION. By accepting an ISO granted under the Plan, each optionee agrees to notify the Company in writing immediately after such optionee makes a Disqualifying Disposition (as described in Sections 421, 422 and 424 of the Code and regulations thereunder) of any stock acquired pursuant to the exercise of ISOs granted under the Plan. A Disqualifying Disposition is generally any disposition occurring on or before the later of (a) the date two years following the date the ISO was granted or (b) the date one year following the date the ISO was exercised.

 

22.       WITHHOLDING OF ADDITIONAL INCOME TAXES. Upon the exercise of a Non-Qualified Option, the transfer of a Non-Qualified Stock Option pursuant to an arm’s-length transaction, the making of a Disqualifying Disposition (as defined in paragraph 21), the vesting or transfer of restricted stock or securities acquired on the exercise of a Option hereunder, or the making of a distribution or other payment with respect to such stock or securities, the Company may withhold taxes in respect of amounts that constitute compensation includible in gross income. The Committee in its discretion may condition (i) the exercise of an Option, (ii) the transfer of a Non- Qualified Stock Option, or (iii) the vesting or transferability of restricted stock or securities acquired by exercising an Option, on the optionee’s making satisfactory arrangement for such withholding. Such arrangement may include payment by the optionee in cash or by check of the amount of the withholding taxes or, at the discretion of the Committee, by the optionee’s delivery of previously held shares of Common Stock or the withholding from the shares of Common Stock otherwise deliverable upon exercise of a Option shares having an aggregate fair market value equal to the amount of such withholding taxes.

 

23.       GOVERNMENTAL REGULATION. The Company’s obligation to sell and deliver shares of the Common Stock under this Plan is subject to the approval of any governmental authority required in connection with the authorization, issuance or sale of such shares. Government regulations may impose reporting or other obligations on the Company with respect to the Plan. For example, the Company may be required to send tax information statements to employees and former employees that exercise ISOs under the Plan, and the Company may be required to file tax information returns reporting the income received by optionees in connection with the Plan.

 

24.       LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY. The Company shall not be liable to any person for any tax consequences incurred by an optionee or other person with respect to an Option.

 

25.       GOVERNING LAW. The validity and construction of the Plan and the instruments evidencing Options shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, or the laws of any jurisdiction in which the Company or its successors in interest may be organized.

 

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EX-99 8 exh99_5rl97sop.htm RAPID LOGIC, INC. 1997 STOCK OPTION PLAN

Exhibit 99.5

RAPID LOGIC, INC.

 

1997 STOCK OPTION PLAN

 

(1)          PURPOSES OF THE PLAN. The purposes of this 1997 Stock Option Plan are to attract and retain the best available personnel for positions of substantial responsibility, to provide additional incentive to Employees and Consultants of the Company and its Subsidiaries and to promote the success of the Company’s business. Options granted under the Plan may be incentive stock options (as defined under Section 422 of the Code) or nonstatutory stock options, as determined by the Administrator at the time of grant of an option and subject to the applicable provisions of Section 422 of the Code, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

(2)

DEFINITIONS. As used herein, the following definitions shall apply:

 

(a)          “ADMINISTRATOR” means the Board or any of its Committees appointed pursuant to Section 4 of the Plan.

 

(b)

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

 

(c)

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

 

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

 

(e)

“COMMON STOCK” means the Common Stock of the Company.

 

(f)

“COMPANY” means Rapid Logic, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

 

(g)           “CONSULTANT” means any person, including an advisor, who is engaged by the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary to render services and is compensated for such services, and any director of the Company whether compensated for such services or not.

 

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

 

(i)           “EMPLOYEE” means any person, including officers and directors, employed by the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company, with the status of employment

 

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determined based upon such minimum number of hours or periods worked as shall be determined by the Administrator in its discretion, subject to any requirements of the Code. The payment of a director’s fee to a Director shall not be sufficient to constitute “employment” of such Director by the Company.

 

(j)

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

 

(k)          “FAIR MARKET VALUE” means, as of any date, the fair market value of Common Stock determined as follows:

 

(i)            If the Common Stock is listed on any established stock exchange or a national market system including without limitation the National Market of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation (“NASDAQ”) System, its Fair Market Value shall be the closing sales price for such stock (or the closing bid, if no sales were reported), as quoted on such system or exchange, or the exchange with the greatest volume of trading in Common Stock for the last market trading day prior to the time of determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Administrator deems reliable;

 

(ii)           If the Common Stock is quoted on the NASDAQ System (but not on the National Market thereof) or regularly quoted by a recognized securities dealer but selling prices are not reported, its Fair Market Value shall be the mean between the high bid and low asked prices for the Common Stock for the last market trading day prior to the time of determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Administrator deems reliable; or

 

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

 

(l)            “INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION” means an Option intended to qualify as an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code, as designated in the applicable written option agreement.

 

(m)          “NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION” means an Option not intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option, as designated in the applicable written option agreement.

 

(n)

“OPTION” means a stock option granted pursuant to the Plan.

 

(o)

“OPTIONED STOCK” means the Common Stock subject to an Option.

 

(p)

“OPTIONEE” means an Employee or Consultant who receives an Option.

 

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

 

(r)

“PLAN” means this 1997 Stock Option Plan, as amended.

 

 

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(s)           “REPORTING PERSON” means an officer, director, or greater than ten percent stockholder of the Company within the meaning of Rule 16a-2 under the Exchange Act, who is required to file reports pursuant to Rule 16a-3 under the Exchange Act.

 

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

 

(u)           “SHARE” means a share of the Common Stock, as adjusted in accordance with Section 11 of the Plan.

 

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

 

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

 

(3)            STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN. Subject to the provisions of Section 11 of the Plan, the maximum aggregate number of shares that may be optioned and sold under the Plan is 539,346 shares of Common Stock. The shares may be authorized, but unissued, or reacquired Common Stock. If an Option should expire or become unexercisable for any reason without having been exercised in full, the unpurchased Shares that were subject thereto shall, unless the Plan shall have been terminated, become available for future grant under the Plan. In addition, any shares of Common Stock which are retained by the Company upon exercise of an Option in order to satisfy the exercise or purchase price for such Option or any withholding taxes due with respect to such exercise shall be treated as not issued and shall continue to be available under the Plan. Shares repurchased by the Company pursuant to any repurchase right which the Company may have shall not be available for future grant under the Plan.

 

(4)

ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN.

 

(a)            INITIAL PLAN PROCEDURE. Prior to the date, if any, upon which the Company becomes subject to the Exchange Act, the Plan shall be administered by the Board or a committee appointed by the Board.

 

(b)            PLAN PROCEDURE AFTER THE DATE, IF ANY, UPON WHICH THE COMPANY BECOMES SUBJECT TO THE EXCHANGE ACT.

 

(i)            MULTIPLE ADMINISTRATIVE BODIES. If permitted by Rule 16b-3, grants under the Plan may be made by different bodies with respect to directors, non-director officers and Employees or Consultants who are not Reporting Persons.

 

(ii)           ADMINISTRATION WITH RESPECT TO REPORTING PERSONS. With respect to grants of Options to Employees who are Reporting Persons, such grants shall be made by (A) the Board if the Board may make grants to Reporting Persons under the Plan in compliance with Rule 16b-3, or (B) a committee designated by the Board to make grants to Reporting Persons under the Plan, which committee shall be constituted in such a manner as to permit grants under

 

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the Plan to comply with Rule 16b-3. Once appointed, such committee shall continue to serve in its designated capacity until otherwise directed by the Board. From time to time the Board may increase the size of the committee and appoint additional members thereof, remove members (with or without cause) and appoint new members in substitution therefor, fill vacancies, however caused, and remove all members of the committee and thereafter directly make grants to Reporting Persons under the Plan, all to the extent permitted by Rule 16b-3.

 

(iii)         ADMINISTRATION WITH RESPECT TO CONSULTANTS AND OTHER EMPLOYEES. With respect to grants of Options to Employees or Consultants who are not Reporting Persons, the Plan shall be administered by (A) the Board or (B) a committee designated by the Board, which committee shall be constituted in such a manner as to satisfy the legal requirements relating to the administration of incentive stock option plans, if any, of California corporate and securities laws, of the Code and of any applicable Stock Exchange (the “Applicable Laws”). Once appointed, such Committee shall continue to serve in its designated capacity until otherwise directed by the Board. From time to time the Board may increase the size of the Committee and appoint additional members thereof, remove members (with or without cause) and appoint new members in substitution therefor, fill vacancies, however caused, and remove all members of the Committee and thereafter directly administer the Plan, all to the extent permitted by the Applicable Laws.

 

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

 

(i)           to determine the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock, in accordance with Section 2(k) of the Plan;

 

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

 

(iii)        to determine whether and to what extent Options or any combination thereof are granted hereunder;

 

(iv)         to determine the number of shares of Common Stock to be covered by each such option granted hereunder;

 

(v)

to approve forms of agreement for use under the Plan;

 

(vi)           to determine the terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, of any option granted hereunder;

 

(vii)         to determine whether and under what circumstances an Option may be settled in cash under Section 9(f) instead of Common Stock;

 

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(viii)        to reduce the exercise price of any Option to the then current Fair Market Value if the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock covered by such Option shall have declined since the date the Option was granted;

 

(ix)          to construe and interpret the terms of the Plan and Options granted under the Plan; and

 

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

 

(d)           EFFECT OF ADMINISTRATOR’S DECISION. All decisions, determinations and interpretations of the Administrator shall be final and binding on all holders of Options.

 

5.

ELIGIBILITY.

 

(a)           RECIPIENTS OF GRANTS. Nonstatutory Stock Options may be granted to Employees and Consultants. Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to Employees. An Employee or Consultant who has been granted an Option may, if he or she is otherwise eligible, be granted additional Options.

 

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

 

(c)            EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP. The Plan shall not confer upon any Optionee any right with respect to continuation of employment or consulting relationship with the Company, nor shall it interfere in any way with such Optionee’s right or the Company’s right to terminate his or her employment or consulting relationship at any time, with or without cause.

 

6.             TERM OF PLAN. The Plan shall become effective upon the earlier to occur of its adoption by the Board of Directors or its approval by the stockholders of the Company as described in Section 18 of the Plan. It shall continue in effect for a term of ten (10) years unless sooner terminated under

Section 14 of the Plan.

 

7.             TERM OF OPTION. The term of each Option shall be the term stated in the Option Agreement; provided, however, that the term shall be no more than ten (10) years from the date of grant thereof or such shorter term as may be provided in the Option Agreement. However, in the case of an Option granted to an Optionee who, at the time the Option is granted, owns stock representing more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of

 

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stock of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary, the term of the Option shall be five (5) years from the date of grant thereof or such shorter term as may be provided in the Option Agreement.

 

8.

OPTION EXERCISE PRICE AND CONSIDERATION.

 

(a)           The per share exercise price for the Shares to be issued pursuant to exercise of an Option shall be such price as is determined by the Board, but shall be subject to the following:

 

(i)

In the case of an Incentive Stock Option that is:

 

(A)          granted to an Employee who, at the time of the grant of such Incentive Stock Option, owns stock representing more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary, the per Share exercise price shall be no less than 110% of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant.

 

(B)          granted to any Employee, the per Share exercise price shall be no less than 100% of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant.

 

(ii)

In the case of a Nonstatutory Stock Option that is:

 

(A)          granted to a person who, at the time of the grant of such Option, owns stock representing more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary, the per Share exercise price shall be no less than 110% of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of the grant.

 

(B)          granted to any person, the per Share exercise price shall be no less than 85% of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant.

 

(b)           The consideration to be paid for the Shares to be issued upon exercise of an Option, including the method of payment, shall be determined by the Administrator (and, in the case of an Incentive Stock Option, shall be determined at the time of grant) and may consist entirely of

(1) cash, (2) check, (3) promissory note, (4) other Shares that (x) in the case of Shares acquired upon exercise of an Option, have been owned by the Optionee for more than six months on the date of surrender or such other period as may be required to avoid a charge to the Company’s earnings, and (y) have a Fair Market Value on the date of surrender equal to the aggregate exercise price of the Shares as to which such Option shall be exercised, (5) authorization for the Company to retain from the total number of Shares as to which the Option is exercised that number of Shares having a Fair Market Value on the date of exercise equal to the exercise price for the total number of Shares as to which the Option is exercised, (6) delivery of a properly executed exercise notice together with such other documentation as the Administrator and the broker, if applicable, shall require to effect an exercise of the Option and delivery to the Company of the sale or loan proceeds required to pay the exercise price and any applicable income or employment taxes, (7) delivery of an irrevocable subscription agreement for the Shares that irrevocably obligates the option holder to take and pay for the Shares not more than twelve months after the date of delivery of the subscription agreement, (8) any combination of the foregoing methods of payment, or (9) such other consideration and method of payment for

 

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the issuance of Shares to the extent permitted under Applicable Laws. In making its determination as to the type of consideration to accept, the Administrator shall consider if acceptance of such consideration may be reasonably expected to benefit the Company.

 

9.

EXERCISE OF OPTION.

 

(a)           PROCEDURE FOR EXERCISE; RIGHTS AS A STOCKHOLDER. Any Option granted hereunder shall be exercisable at such times and under such conditions as determined by the Administrator, including performance criteria with respect to the Company and/or the Optionee, and as shall be permissible under the terms of the Plan; provided that such Option shall become exercisable at the rate of at least twenty percent (20%) per year over five (5) years from the date the Option is granted.

 

An Option may not be exercised for a fraction of a Share.

 

An Option shall be deemed to be exercised when written notice of such exercise has been given to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Option by the person entitled to exercise the Option and the Company has received full payment for the Shares with respect to which the Option is exercised. Full payment may, as authorized by the Board, consist of any consideration and method of payment allowable under Section 8(b) of the Plan. Until the issuance (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company) of the stock certificate evidencing such Shares, no right to vote or receive dividends or any other rights as a stockholder shall exist with respect to the Optioned Stock, notwithstanding the exercise of the Option. The Company shall issue (or cause to be issued) such stock certificate promptly upon exercise of the Option. No adjustment will be made for a dividend or other right for which the record date is prior to the date the stock certificate is issued, except as provided in Section 11 of the Plan.

 

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

 

(b)           TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT OR CONSULTING RELATIONSHIP. Subject to Section 9(c), in the event of termination of an Optionee’s Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant with the Company, such Optionee may, but only within ninety (90) days (or such other period of time not less than thirty (30) days as is determined by the Administrator, with such determination in the case of an Incentive Stock Option being made at the time of grant of the Option and not exceeding ninety (90) days) after the date of such termination (but in no event later than the expiration date of the term of such Option as set forth in the Option Agreement), exercise his or her Option to the extent that the Optionee was entitled to exercise it at the date of such termination. To the extent that Optionee was not entitled to exercise the Option at the date of such termination, or if Optionee does not exercise such Option to the extent so entitled within the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate. No termination shall be deemed to occur and this Section 9(b) shall not apply if (i) the Optionee is a Consultant who becomes an Employee; or (ii) the Optionee is an Employee who becomes a Consultant.

 

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(c)

DISABILITY OF OPTIONEE.

 

(i)            Notwithstanding Section 9(b) above, in the event of termination of an Optionee’s Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant as a result of his or her total and permanent disability (within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code), Optionee may, but only within twelve (12) months from the date of such termination (but in no event later than the expiration date of the term of such Option as set forth in the Option Agreement), exercise the Option to the extent otherwise entitled to exercise it at the date of such termination. To the extent that Optionee was not entitled to exercise the Option at the date of termination, or if Optionee does not exercise such Option to the extent so entitled within the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate.

 

(ii)           In the event of termination of an Optionee’s Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant as a result of a disability which does not fall within the meaning of total and permanent disability (as set forth in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code), Optionee may, but only within six (6) months from the date of such termination (but in no event later than the expiration date of the term of such Option as set forth in the Option Agreement), exercise the Option to the extent otherwise entitled to exercise it at the date of such termination. However, to the extent that such Optionee fails to exercise an Option which is an Incentive Stock Option (“ISO”) (within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code) within ninety (90) days of the date of such termination, the Option will not qualify for ISO treatment under the Code. To the extent that Optionee was not entitled to exercise the Option at the date of termination, or if Optionee does not exercise such Option to the extent so entitled within six months (6) from the date of termination, the Option shall terminate.

 

(d)           DEATH OF OPTIONEE. In the event of the death of an Optionee during the period of Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant since the date of grant of the Option, or within thirty (30) days following termination of Optionee’s Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant, the Option may be exercised, at any time within six (6) months following the date of death (but in no event later than the expiration date of the term of such Option as set forth in the Option Agreement), by Optionee’s estate or by a person who acquired the fight to exercise the Option by bequest or inheritance, but only to the extent of the right to exercise that had accrued at the date of death or, if earlier, the date of termination of Optionee’s Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant. To the extent that Optionee was not entitled to exercise the Option at the date of death or termination, as the case may be, or if Optionee does not exercise such Option to the extent so entitled within the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate.

 

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

 

(f)           BUYOUT PROVISIONS. The Administrator may at any time offer to buy out for a payment in cash or Shares, an Option previously granted, based on such terms and conditions as the Administrator shall establish and communicate to the Optionee at the time that such offer is made.

 

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10.          STOCK WITHHOLDING TO SATISFY WITHHOLDING TAX OBLIGATIONS. At the discretion of the Administrator, Optionees may satisfy withholding obligations as provided in this paragraph. When an Optionee incurs tax liability in connection with an Option, which tax liability is subject to tax withholding under applicable tax laws, and the Optionee is obligated to pay the Company an amount required to be withheld under applicable tax laws, the Optionee may satisfy the withholding tax obligation by one or some combination of the following methods: (a) by cash payment, or (b) out of Optionee’s current compensation, (c) if permitted by the Administrator, in its discretion, by surrendering to the Company Shares that (i) in the case of Shares previously acquired from the Company, have been owned by the Optionee for more than six months on the date of surrender, and (ii) have a fair market value on the date of surrender equal to or less than Optionee’s marginal tax rate times the ordinary income recognized, or (d) by electing to have the Company withhold from the Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Option, if any, that number of Shares having a fair market value equal to the amount required to be withheld. For this purpose, the fair market value of the Shares to be withheld shall be determined on the date that the amount of tax to be withheld is to be determined (the “Tax Date”).

 

Any surrender by a Reporting Person of previously owned Shares to satisfy tax withholding obligations arising upon exercise of this Option must comply with the applicable provisions of Rule 16b-3.

 

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

 

(a)

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

 

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

 

(c)

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

 

In the event the election to have Shares withheld is made by an Optionee and the Tax Date is deferred under Section 83 of the Code because no election is filed under Section 83(b) of the Code, the Optionee shall receive the full number of Shares with respect to which the Option is exercised but such Optionee shall be unconditionally obligated to tender back to the Company the proper number of Shares on the Tax Date.

 

11.         ADJUSTMENTS UPON CHANGES IN CAPITALIZATION, MERGER OR CERTAIN OTHER TRANSACTIONS.

 

(a)         CHANCES IN CAPITALIZATION. Subject to any required action by the stock-holders of the Company, the number of shares of Common Stock covered by each outstanding Option, and the number of shares of Common Stock that have been authorized for issuance under the Plan but as to which no Options have yet been granted or that have been returned to the Plan upon cancellation or expiration of an Option, as well as the price per share of Common Stock covered by each such outstanding Option, shall be proportionately adjusted for any increase or

 

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decrease in the number of issued shares of Common Stock resulting from a stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, combination, recapitalization or reclassification of the Common Stock, or any other increase or decrease in the number of issued shares of Common Stock effected without receipt of consideration by the Company; provided, however, that conversion of any convertible securities of the Company shall not be deemed to have been “effected without receipt of consideration.” Such adjustment shall be made by the Board, whose determination in that respect shall be final, binding and conclusive. Except as expressly provided herein, no issuance by the Company of shares of stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class, shall affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number or price of shares of Common Stock subject to an Option.

 

(b)         DISSOLUTION OR LIQUIDATION. In the event of the proposed dissolution or liquidation of the Company, the Board shall notify the Optionee at least fifteen (15) days prior to such proposed action. To the extent it has not been previously exercised, the Option will terminate immediately prior to the consummation of such proposed action.

 

(c)         MERGER OR SALE OF ASSETS. In the event of a proposed sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or a merger of the Company with or into another corporation where the successor corporation issues its securities to the Company’s stockholders, each outstanding Option shall be assumed or an equivalent option or fight shall be substituted by such successor corporation or a parent or subsidiary of such successor corporation, unless the successor corporation does not agree to assume the Option or to substitute an equivalent option, in which case such Option shall terminate upon the consummation of the merger or sale of assets.

 

(d)        CERTAIN DISTRIBUTIONS. In the event of any distribution to the Company’s stockholders of securities of any other entity or other assets (other than dividends payable in cash or stock of the Company) without receipt of consideration by the Company, the Administrator may, in its discretion, appropriately adjust the price per share of Common Stock covered by each outstanding Option to reflect the effect of such distribution.

 

12.       NON-TRANSFERABILITY OF OPTIONS. Options may not be sold, pledged, assigned, hypothecated, transferred, or disposed of in any manner other than by will or by the laws of descent or distribution and may be exercised or purchased during the lifetime of the Optionee only by the Optionee.

 

13.       TIME OF GRANTING OPTIONS. The date of grant of an Option shall, for all purposes, be the date on which the Administrator makes the determination granting such Option, or such other date as is determined by the Board; provided however that in the case of any Incentive Stock Option, the grant date shall be the later of the date on which the Administrator makes the determination granting such Incentive Stock Option or the date of commencement of the Optionee’s employment relationship with the Company. Notice of the determination shall be given to each Employee or Consultant to whom an Option is so granted within a reasonable time after the date of such grant.

 

14.

AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF THE PLAN.

 

 

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(a)           AUTHORITY TO AMEND OR TERMINATE. The Board may at any time amend, alter, suspend or discontinue the Plan, but no amendment, alteration, suspension or discontinuation shall be made that would impair the rights of any Optionee under any grant theretofore made, without his or her consent. In addition, to the extent necessary and desirable to comply with Rule 16b-3 or with Section 422 of the Code (or any other applicable law or regulation, including the requirements of any Stock Exchange), the Company shall obtain stockholder approval of any Plan amendment in such a manner and to such a degree as required.

 

(b)           EFFECT OF AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION. No amendment or termination of the Plan shall adversely affect Options already granted, unless mutually agreed otherwise between the Optionee and the Board, which agreement must be in writing and signed by the Optionee and the Company.

 

15.          CONDITIONS UPON ISSUANCE OF SHARES. Shares shall not be issued pursuant to the exercise of an Option unless the exercise of such Option and the issuance and delivery of such Shares pursuant thereto shall comply with all relevant provisions of law, including, without limitation, the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Exchange Act, the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and the requirements of any Stock Exchange.

 

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 law.

 

16.        RESERVATION OF SHARES. The Company, during the term of this Plan, will at all times reserve and keep available such number of Shares as shall be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the Plan. The inability of the Company to obtain authority from any regulatory body having jurisdiction, which authority is deemed by the Company’s counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any Shares hereunder, shall relieve the Company of any liability in respect of the failure to issue or sell such Shares as to which such requisite authority shall not have been obtained.

 

17.       AGREEMENTS. Options shall be evidenced by written agreements in such form as the Administrator shall approve from time to time.

 

18.        STOCKHOLDER APPROVAL. Continuance of the Plan shall be subject to approval by the stockholders of the Company within twelve (12) months before or after the date the Plan is adopted. Such stockholder approval shall be obtained in the degree and manner required under applicable state and federal law and the rules of any Stock Exchange upon which the Common Stock is listed. All Options issued under the Plan shall become void in the event such approval is not obtained.

 

19.        INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTS TO OPTIONEES. The Company shall provide financial statements at least annually to each Optionee during the period such Optionee has one or more Options outstanding, and in the case of an individual who acquired Shares pursuant to the Plan, during the period such individual owns such Shares. The Company shall not be

 

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required to provide such information if the issuance of Options under the Plan is limited to key employees whose duties in connection with the Company assure their access to equivalent information. In addition, at the time of issuance of any securities under the Plan, the Company shall provide to the Optionee a copy of the Plan and a copy of any agreement(s) pursuant to which securities granted under the Plan are issued.

 

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EX-99 9 exh99_6isi98eip.htm INTEGRATED SYSTEMS, INC. 1998 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

Exhibit 99.6

INTEGRATED SYSTEMS, INC.

 

1998 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

 

As Adopted March 30, 1998

As Amended March 24, 1999

 

1.             PURPOSE. The purpose of this Plan is to provide incentives to attract, retain and motivate eligible persons whose present and potential contributions are important to the success of the Company, its Parent and Subsidiaries, by offering them an opportunity to participate in the Company’s future performance through awards of Options, Restricted Stock and Stock Bonuses. Capitalized terms not defined in the text are defined in Section 23.

 

2.

SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN.

 

2.1           Number of Shares Available. Subject to Sections 2.2 and 18, the total number of Shares reserved and available for grant and issuance pursuant to this Plan will be 2,000,000 Shares plus (a) any authorized shares not issued or subject to outstanding grants under the Company’s 1988 Stock Option Plan the (“Prior Plan”) on the Effective Date (as defined in Section 19 below); (b) shares that are subject to issuance upon exercise of an option granted under the Prior Plan but cease to be subject to such option for any reason other than exercise of such option; and (c) shares that were issued under the Prior Plan which are repurchased by the Company at the original issue price or forfeited. Subject to Sections 2.2 and 18, Shares that are subject to: (x) issuance upon exercise of an Option but cease to be subject to such Option for any reason other than exercise of such Option; (y) an Award granted hereunder but are forfeited or are repurchased by the Company at the original issue price; and (z) an Award that otherwise terminates without Shares being issued, will again be available for grant and issuance in connection with future Awards under this Plan. At all times the Company shall reserve and keep available a sufficient number of Shares as shall be required to satisfy the requirements of all outstanding Options granted under this Plan and all other outstanding but unvested Awards granted under this Plan.

 

2.2          Adjustment of Shares. In the event that the number of outstanding shares is changed by a stock dividend, recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, subdivision, combination, reclassification or similar change in the capital structure of the Company without consideration, then (a) the number of Shares reserved for issuance under this Plan, (b) the Exercise Prices of and number of Shares subject to outstanding Options, and (c) the number of Shares subject to other outstanding Awards will be proportionately adjusted, subject to any required action by the Board or the stockholders of the Company and compliance with applicable securities laws; provided, however, that fractions of a Share will not be issued but will either be replaced by a cash payment equal to the Fair Market Value of such fraction of a Share or will be rounded up to the nearest whole Share, as determined by the Committee.

 

3.            ELIGIBILITY. ISOs (as defined in Section 5 below) may be granted only to employees (including officers and directors who are also employees) of the Company or of a Parent or Subsidiary of the Company. All other Awards may be granted to employees, officers, directors,

 

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consultants, independent contractors and advisors of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company; provided such consultants, contractors and advisors render bona fide services not in connection with the offer and sale of securities in a capital-raising transaction. No person will be eligible to receive more than 200,000 Shares in any calendar year under this Plan pursuant to the grant of Awards hereunder, other than new employees of the Company or of a Parent or Subsidiary of the Company (including new employees who are also officers and directors of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company), who are eligible to receive up to a maximum of 1,000,000 Shares in the calendar year in which they commence their employment. A person may be granted more than one Award under this Plan.

 

4.

ADMINISTRATION.

 

4.1           Committee Authority. This Plan will be administered by the Committee or by the Board acting as the Committee. Subject to the general purposes, terms and conditions of this Plan, and to the direction of the Board, the Committee will have full power to implement and carry out this Plan. Without limitation, the Committee will have the authority to:

 

(a)            construe and interpret this Plan, any Award Agreement and any other agreement or document executed pursuant to this Plan;

 

(b)           prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to this Plan or any Award;

 

(c)

select persons to receive Awards;

 

(d)

determine the form and terms of Awards;

 

(e)

determine the number of Shares or other consideration subject to Awards;

 

(f)            determine whether Awards will be granted singly, in combination with, in tandem with, in replacement of, or as alternatives to, other Awards under this Plan or any other incentive or compensation plan of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company;

 

(g)

grant waivers of Plan or Award conditions;

 

(h)

determine the vesting, exercisability and payment of Awards;

 

(i)            correct any defect, supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in this Plan, any Award or any Award Agreement;

 

(j)

determine whether an Award has been earned; and

 

(k)

make all other determinations necessary or advisable for the administration of this Plan.

 

4.2           Committee Discretion. Any determination made by the Committee with respect to any Award will be made in its sole discretion at the time of grant of the Award or, unless in contravention of any express term of this Plan or Award, at any later time, and such

 

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determination will be final and binding on the Company and on all persons having an interest in any Award under this Plan. The Committee may delegate to one or more officers of the Company the authority to grant an Award under this Plan to Participants who are not Insiders of the Company.

 

5.           OPTIONS. The Committee may grant Options to eligible persons and will determine whether such Options will be Incentive Stock Options within the meaning of the Code (“ISO”) or Nonqualified Stock Options (“NQSOs”), the number of Shares subject to the Option, the Exercise Price of the Option, the period during which the Option may be exercised, and all other terms and conditions of the Option, subject to the following:

 

5.1         Form of Option Grant. Each Option granted under this Plan will be evidenced by an Award Agreement which will expressly identify the Option as an ISO or an NQSO (“Stock Option Agreement”), and will be in such form and contain such provisions (which need not be the same for each Participant) as the Committee may from time to time approve, and which will comply with and be subject to the terms and conditions of this Plan.

 

5.2        Date of Grant. The date of grant of an Option will be the date on which the Committee makes the determination to grant such Option, unless otherwise specified by the Committee. The Stock Option Agreement and a copy of this Plan will be delivered to the Participant within a reasonable time after the granting of the Option.

 

5.3         Exercise Period. Options may be exercisable within the times or upon the events determined by the Committee as set forth in the Stock Option Agreement governing such Option; provided, however, that no Option will be exercisable after the expiration of ten (10) years from the date the Option is granted; and provided further that no ISO granted to a person who directly or by attribution owns more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or of any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company (“Ten Percent Stockholder”) will be exercisable after the expiration of five (5) years from the date the ISO is granted. The Committee also may provide for Options to become exercisable at one time or from time to time, periodically or otherwise, in such number of Shares or percentage of Shares as the Committee determines.

 

5.4         Exercise Price. The Exercise Price of an Option will be determined by the Committee when the Option is granted and may be not less than 85% of the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the date of grant; provided that: (i) the Exercise Price of an ISO will be not less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the date of grant; and (ii) the Exercise Price of any ISO granted to a Ten Percent Stockholder will not be less than 110% of the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the date of grant. Payment for the Shares purchased may be made in accordance with Section 8 of this Plan.

 

5.5         Method of Exercise. Options may be exercised only by delivery to the Company of a written stock option exercise agreement (the “Exercise Agreement”) in a form approved by the Committee (which need not be the same for each Participant), stating the number of Shares being purchased, the restrictions imposed on the Shares purchased under such Exercise Agreement, if any, and such representations and agreements regarding Participant’s investment intent and

 

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access to information and other matters, if any, as may be required or desirable by the Company to comply with applicable securities laws, together with payment in full of the Exercise Price for the number of Shares being purchased.

 

5.6        Termination. Notwithstanding the exercise periods set forth in the Stock Option Agreement, exercise of an Option will always be subject to the following:

 

(a)         If the Participant is Terminated for any reason except death or Disability, then the Participant may exercise such Participant’s Options only to the extent that such Options would have been exercisable upon the Termination Date no later than three (3) months after the Termination Date (or such shorter or longer time period not exceeding five (5) years as may be determined by the Committee, with any exercise beyond three (3) months after the Termination Date deemed to be an NQSO), but in any event, no later than the expiration date of the Options.

 

(b)         If the Participant is Terminated because of Participant’s death or Disability (or the Participant dies within three (3) months after a Termination other than for Cause or because of Participant’s Disability), then Participant’s Options may be exercised only to the extent that such Options would have been exercisable by Participant on the Termination Date and must be exercised by Participant (or Participant’s legal representative or authorized assignee) no later than twelve (12) months after the Termination Date (or such shorter or longer time period not exceeding five (5) years as may be determined by the Committee, with any such exercise beyond (a) three (3) months after the Termination Date when the Termination is for any reason other than the Participant’s death or Disability, or (b) twelve (12) months after the Termination Date when the Termination is for Participant’s death or Disability, deemed to be an NQSO), but in any event no later than the expiration date of the Options.

 

(c)         Notwithstanding the provisions in paragraph 5.6(a) above, if a Participant is terminated for Cause, neither the Participant, the Participant’s estate nor such other person who may then hold the Option shall be entitled to exercise any Option with respect to any Shares whatsoever, after termination of service, whether or not after termination of service the Participant may receive payment from the Company or Subsidiary for vacation pay, for services rendered prior to termination, for services rendered for the day on which termination occurs, for salary in lieu of notice, or for any other benefits. In making such determination, the Board shall give the Participant an opportunity to present to the Board evidence on his behalf. For the purpose of this paragraph, termination of service shall be deemed to occur on the date when the Company dispatches notice or advice to the Participant that his service is terminated.

 

5.7         Limitations on Exercise. The Committee may specify a reasonable minimum number of Shares that may be purchased on any exercise of an Option, provided that such minimum number will not prevent Participant from exercising the Option for the full number of Shares for which it is then exercisable.

 

5.8         Limitations on ISO. The aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the date of grant) of Shares with respect to which ISO are exercisable for the first time by a Participant during any calendar year (under this Plan or under any other incentive stock option plan of the Company, Parent or Subsidiary of the Company) will not exceed $100,000. If the Fair Market Value of

 

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Shares on the date of grant with respect to which ISO are exercisable for the first time by a Participant during any calendar year exceeds $100,000, then the Options for the first $100,000 worth of Shares to become exercisable in such calendar year will be ISO and the Options for the amount in excess of $100,000 that become exercisable in that calendar year will be NQSOs. In the event that the Code or the regulations promulgated thereunder are amended after the Effective Date of this Plan to provide for a different limit on the Fair Market Value of Shares permitted to be subject to ISO, such different limit will be automatically incorporated herein and will apply to any Options granted after the effective date of such amendment.

 

5.9         Modification, Extension or Renewal. The Committee may modify, extend or renew outstanding Options and authorize the grant of new Options in substitution therefor, provided that any such action may not, without the written consent of a Participant, impair any of such Participant’s rights under any Option previously granted. Any outstanding ISO that is modified, extended, renewed or otherwise altered will be treated in accordance with Section 424(h) of the Code. The Committee may reduce the Exercise Price of outstanding Options without the consent of Participants affected by a written notice to them; provided, however, that the Exercise Price may not be reduced below the minimum Exercise Price that would be permitted under Section 5.4 of this Plan for Options granted on the date the action is taken to reduce the Exercise Price.

 

5.10        No Disqualification. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Plan, no term of this Plan relating to ISO will be interpreted, amended or altered, nor will any discretion or authority granted under this Plan be exercised, so as to disqualify this Plan under Section 422 of the Code or, without the consent of the Participant affected, to disqualify any ISO under Section 422 of the Code.

 

6.            RESTRICTED STOCK. A Restricted Stock Award is an offer by the Company to sell to an eligible person Shares that are subject to restrictions. The Committee will determine to whom an offer will be made, the number of Shares the person may purchase, the price to be paid (the “Purchase Price”), the restrictions to which the Shares will be subject, and all other terms and conditions of the Restricted Stock Award, subject to the following:

 

6.1          Form of Restricted Stock Award. All purchases under a Restricted Stock Award made pursuant to this Plan will be evidenced by an Award Agreement (“Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement”) that will be in such form (which need not be the same for each Participant) as the Committee will from time to time approve, and will comply with and be subject to the terms and conditions of this Plan. The offer of Restricted Stock will be accepted by the Participant’s execution and delivery of the Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement and full payment for the Shares to the Company within thirty (30) days from the date the Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement is delivered to the person. If such person does not execute and deliver the Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement along with full payment for the Shares to the Company within thirty (30) days, then the offer will terminate, unless otherwise determined by the Committee.

 

6.2          Purchase Price. The Purchase Price of Shares sold pursuant to a Restricted Stock Award will be determined by the Committee on the date the Restricted Stock Award is granted, except in the case of a sale to a Ten Percent Stockholder, in which case the Purchase Price will be 100%

 

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of the Fair Market Value. Payment of the Purchase Price may be made in accordance with Section 8 of this Plan.

 

6.3         Terms of Restricted Stock Awards. Restricted Stock Awards shall be subject to such restrictions as the Committee may impose. These restrictions may be based upon completion of a specified number of years of service with the Company or upon completion of the performance goals as set out in advance in the Participant’s individual Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement. Restricted Stock Awards may vary from Participant to Participant and between groups of Participants. Prior to the grant of a Restricted Stock Award, the Committee shall: (a) determine the nature, length and starting date of any Performance Period for the Restricted Stock Award; (b) select from among the Performance Factors to be used to measure performance goals, if any; and (c) determine the number of Shares that may be awarded to the Participant. Prior to the payment of any Restricted Stock Award, the Committee shall determine the extent to which such Restricted Stock Award has been earned. Performance Periods may overlap and Participants may participate simultaneously with respect to Restricted Stock Awards that are subject to different Performance Periods and having different performance goals and other criteria.

 

6.4          Termination During Performance Period. If a Participant is Terminated during a Performance Period for any reason, then such Participant will be entitled to payment (whether in Shares, cash or otherwise) with respect to the Restricted Stock Award only to the extent earned as of the date of Termination in accordance with the Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement, unless the Committee will determine otherwise.

 

7.

STOCK BONUSES.

 

7.1           Awards of Stock Bonuses. A Stock Bonus is an award of Shares (which may consist of Restricted Stock) for services rendered to the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company. A Stock Bonus may be awarded for past services already rendered to the Company, or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company pursuant to an Award Agreement (the “Stock Bonus Agreement”) that will be in such form (which need not be the same for each Participant) as the Committee will from time to time approve, and will comply with and be subject to the terms and conditions of this Plan. A Stock Bonus may be awarded upon satisfaction of such performance goals as are set out in advance in the Participant’s individual Award Agreement (the “Performance Stock Bonus Agreement”) that will be in such form (which need not be the same for each Participant) as the Committee will from time to time approve, and will comply with and be subject to the terms and conditions of this Plan. Stock Bonuses may vary from Participant to Participant and between groups of Participants, and may be based upon the achievement of the Company, Parent or Subsidiary and/or individual performance factors or upon such other criteria as the Committee may determine.

 

7.2          Terms of Stock Bonuses. The Committee will determine the number of Shares to be awarded to the Participant. If the Stock Bonus is being earned upon the satisfaction of performance goals pursuant to a Performance Stock Bonus Agreement, then the Committee will: (a) determine the nature, length and starting date of any Performance Period for each Stock Bonus; (b) select from among the Performance Factors to be used to measure the performance, if any; and (c) determine the number of Shares that may be awarded to the Participant. Prior to the

 

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payment of any Stock Bonus, the Committee shall determine the extent to which such Stock Bonuses have been earned. Performance Periods may overlap and Participants may participate simultaneously with respect to Stock Bonuses that are subject to different Performance Periods and different performance goals and other criteria. The number of Shares may be fixed or may vary in accordance with such performance goals and criteria as may be determined by the Committee. The Committee may adjust the performance goals applicable to the Stock Bonuses to take into account changes in law and accounting or tax rules and to make such adjustments as the Committee deems necessary or appropriate to reflect the impact of extraordinary or unusual items, events or circumstances to avoid windfalls or hardships.

 

7.3           Form of Payment. The earned portion of a Stock Bonus may be paid currently or on a deferred basis with such interest or dividend equivalent, if any, as the Committee may determine. Payment may be made in the form of cash or whole Shares or a combination thereof, either in a lump sum payment or in installments, all as the Committee will determine.

 

8.

PAYMENT FOR SHARE PURCHASES.

 

8.1           Payment. Payment for Shares purchased pursuant to this Plan may be made in cash (by check) or, where expressly approved for the Participant by the Committee and where permitted by law:

 

(a)

by cancellation of indebtedness of the Company to the Participant;

 

(b)           by surrender of shares that either: (1) have been owned by Participant for more than six (6) months and have been paid for within the meaning of SEC Rule 144 (and, if such shares were purchased from the Company by use of a promissory note, such note has been fully paid with respect to such shares); or (2) were obtained by Participant in the public market;

 

(c)           by tender of a full recourse promissory note having such terms as may be approved by the Committee and bearing interest at a rate sufficient to avoid imputation of income under Sections 483 and 1274 of the Code; provided, however, that Participants who are not employees or directors of the Company will not be entitled to purchase Shares with a promissory note unless the note is adequately secured by collateral other than the Shares;

 

(d)

by waiver of compensation due or accrued to the Participant for services rendered;

 

(e)           with respect only to purchases upon exercise of an Option, and provided that a public market for the Company’s stock exists:

 

(1)           through a “same day sale” commitment from the Participant and a broker-dealer that is a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers (an “NASD Dealer”) whereby the Participant irrevocably elects to exercise the Option and to sell a portion of the Shares so purchased to pay for the Exercise Price, and whereby the NASD Dealer irrevocably commits upon receipt of such Shares to forward the Exercise Price directly to the Company; or

 

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(2)           through a “margin” commitment from the Participant and a NASD Dealer whereby the Participant irrevocably elects to exercise the Option and to pledge the Shares so purchased to the NASD Dealer in a margin account as security for a loan from the NASD Dealer in the amount of the Exercise Price, and whereby the NASD Dealer irrevocably commits upon receipt of such Shares to forward the Exercise Price directly to the Company; or

 

(f)

by any combination of the foregoing.

 

8.2           Loan Guarantees. The Committee may help the Participant pay for Shares purchased under this Plan by authorizing a guarantee by the Company of a third-party loan to the Participant.

 

9.

WITHHOLDING TAXES.

 

9.1           Withholding Generally. Whenever Shares are to be issued in satisfaction of Awards granted under this Plan, the Company may require the Participant to remit to the Company an amount sufficient to satisfy federal, state and local withholding tax requirements prior to the delivery of any certificate or certificates for such Shares. Whenever, under this Plan, payments in satisfaction of Awards are to be made in cash, such payment will be net of an amount sufficient to satisfy federal, state, and local withholding tax requirements.

 

9.2           Stock Withholding. When, under applicable tax laws, a Participant incurs tax liability in connection with the exercise or vesting of any Award that is subject to tax withholding and the Participant is obligated to pay the Company the amount required to be withheld, the Committee may in its sole discretion allow the Participant to satisfy the minimum withholding tax obligation by electing to have the Company withhold from the Shares to be issued that number of Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to the minimum amount required to be withheld, determined on the date that the amount of tax to be withheld is to be determined. All elections by a Participant to have Shares withheld for this purpose will be made in accordance with the requirements established by the Committee and be in writing in a form acceptable to the Committee.

 

10.

PRIVILEGES OF STOCK OWNERSHIP.

 

10.1         Voting and Dividends. No Participant will have any of the rights of a stockholder with respect to any Shares until the Shares are issued to the Participant. After Shares are issued to the Participant, the Participant will be a stockholder and have all the rights of a stockholder with respect to such Shares, including the right to vote and receive all dividends or other distributions made or paid with respect to such Shares; provided, that if such Shares are Restricted Stock, then any new, additional or different securities the Participant may become entitled to receive with respect to such Shares by virtue of a stock dividend, stock split or any other change in the corporate or capital structure of the Company will be subject to the same restrictions as the Restricted Stock; provided, further, that the Participant will have no right to retain such stock dividends or stock distributions with respect to Shares that are repurchased at the Participant’s Purchase Price or Exercise Price pursuant to Section 12.

 

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10.2         Financial Statements. The Company will provide financial statements to each Participant prior to such Participant’s purchase of Shares under this Plan, and to each Participant annually during the period such Participant has Awards outstanding; provided, however, the Company will not be required to provide such financial statements to Participants whose services in connection with the Company assure them access to equivalent information.

 

11.           TRANSFERABILITY. Awards granted under this Plan, and any interest therein, will not be transferable or assignable by Participant, and may not be made subject to execution, attachment or similar process, otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution or as determined by the Committee and set forth in the Award Agreement with respect to Awards that are not ISOs. During the lifetime of the Participant an Award will be exercisable only by the Participant, and any elections with respect to an Award may be made only by the Participant unless otherwise determined by the Committee and set forth in the Award Agreement with respect to Awards that are not ISOs.

 

12.           RESTRICTIONS ON SHARES. At the discretion of the Committee, the Company may reserve to itself and/or its assignee(s) in the Award Agreement a right to repurchase a portion of or all Unvested Shares held by a Participant following such Participant’s Termination at any time within ninety (90) days after the later of Participant’s Termination Date and the date Participant purchases Shares under this Plan, for cash and/or cancellation of purchase money indebtedness, at the Participant’s Exercise Price or Purchase Price, as the case may be.

 

13.           CERTIFICATES. All certificates for Shares or other securities delivered under this Plan will be subject to such stock transfer orders, legends and other restrictions as the Committee may deem necessary or advisable, including restrictions under any applicable federal, state or foreign securities law, or any rules, regulations and other requirements of the SEC or any stock exchange or automated quotation system upon which the Shares may be listed or quoted.

 

14.           ESCROW; PLEDGE OF SHARES. To enforce any restrictions on a Participant’s Shares, the Committee may require the Participant to deposit all certificates representing Shares, together with stock powers or other instruments of transfer approved by the Committee, appropriately endorsed in blank, with the Company or an agent designated by the Company to hold in escrow until such restrictions have lapsed or terminated, and the Committee may cause a legend or legends referencing such restrictions to be placed on the certificates. Any Participant who is permitted to execute a promissory note as partial or full consideration for the purchase of Shares under this Plan will be required to pledge and deposit with the Company all or part of the Shares so purchased as collateral to secure the payment of Participant’s obligation to the Company under the promissory note; provided, however, that the Committee may require or accept other or additional forms of collateral to secure the payment of such obligation and, in any event, the Company will have full recourse against the Participant under the promissory note notwithstanding any pledge of the Participant’s Shares or other collateral. In connection with any pledge of the Shares, Participant will be required to execute and deliver a written pledge agreement in such form as the Committee will from time to time approve. The Shares purchased with the promissory note may be released from the pledge on a pro rata basis as the promissory note is paid.

 

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15.           EXCHANGE AND BUYOUT OF AWARDS. The Committee may, at any time or from time to time, authorize the Company, with the consent of the respective Participants, to issue new Awards in exchange for the surrender and cancellation of any or all outstanding Awards. The Committee may at any time buy from a Participant an Award previously granted with payment in cash, Shares (including Restricted Stock) or other consideration, based on such terns and conditions as the Committee and the Participant may agree.

 

16.           SECURITIES LAW AND OTHER REGULATORY COMPLIANCE. An Award will not be effective unless such Award is in compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws, rules and regulations of any governmental body, and the requirements of any stock exchange or automated quotation system upon which the Shares may then be listed or quoted, as they are in effect on the date of grant of the Award and also on the date of exercise or other issuance. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Plan, the Company will have no obligation to issue or deliver certificates for Shares under this Plan prior to:

 

(a)           obtaining any approvals from governmental agencies that the Company determines are necessary or advisable; and/or (b) completion of any registration or other qualification of such Shares under any state or federal law or ruling of any governmental body that the Company determines to be necessary or advisable. The Company will be under no obligation to register the Shares with the SEC or to effect compliance with the registration, qualification or listing requirements of any state securities laws, stock exchange or automated quotation system, and the Company will have no liability for any inability or failure to do so.

 

17.          NO OBLIGATION TO EMPLOY. Nothing in this Plan or any Award granted under this Plan will confer or be deemed to confer on any Participant any right to continue in the employ of, or to continue any other relationship with, the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company or limit in any way the right of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company to terminate Participant’s employment or other relationship at any time, with or without cause.

 

18.

CORPORATE TRANSACTIONS.

 

18.1         Assumption or Replacement of Awards by Successor. In the event of (a) a dissolution or liquidation of the Company, (b) a merger or consolidation in which the Company is not the surviving corporation (other than a merger or consolidation with a wholly-owned subsidiary, a reincorporation of the Company in a different jurisdiction, or other transaction in which there is no substantial change in the stockholders of the Company or their relative stock holdings and the Awards granted under this Plan are assumed, converted or replaced by the successor corporation, which assumption will be binding on all Participants), (c) a merger in which the Company is the surviving corporation but after which the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such merger (other than any stockholder that merges, or which owns or controls another corporation that merges, with the Company in such merger) cease to own their shares or other equity interest in the Company, (d) the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Company, or (e) the acquisition, sale, or transfer of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Company by tender offer or similar transaction, any or all outstanding Awards may be assumed, converted or replaced by the successor corporation (if any), which assumption, conversion or replacement will

 

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be binding on all Participants. In the alternative, the successor corporation may substitute equivalent Awards or provide substantially similar consideration to Participants as was provided to stockholders (after taking into account the existing provisions of the Awards). In the event such successor or acquiring corporation (if any) does not assume, convert, replace or substitute Awards, as provided above, pursuant to a transaction described in this Section 18.1, then notwithstanding any other provision in this Plan to the contrary, the vesting of such Awards will accelerate and the Options will become exercisable in full prior to the consummation of such event at such times and on such conditions as the Committee determines, and if such Options are not exercised prior to the consummation of the corporate transaction, they shall terminate in accordance with the provisions of this Plan. The successor corporation may also issue, in place of outstanding Shares of the Company held by the Participant, substantially similar shares or other property subject to repurchase restrictions no less favorable to the Participant.

 

The Committee may, in its sole discretion, provide that the vesting of any or all Awards granted pursuant to this Plan will accelerate even if Options would otherwise be assumed, converted, replaced or substituted for. If the Committee exercises such discretion with respect to Options, such Options will become exercisable in full prior to the consummation of such event at such time and on such conditions as the Committee determines, and if such Options are not exercised prior to the consummation of the corporate transaction, they shall terminate at such time as determined by the Committee.

 

18.2        Other Treatment of Awards. Subject to any greater rights granted to Participants under the foregoing provisions of this Section 18, in the event of the occurrence of any transaction described in Section 18.1, any outstanding Awards will be treated as provided in the applicable agreement or plan of merger, consolidation, dissolution, liquidation, or sale of assets.

 

18.3        Assumption of Awards by the Company. The Company, from time to time, also may substitute or assume outstanding awards granted by another company, whether in connection with an acquisition of such other company or otherwise, by either; (a) granting an Award under this Plan in substitution of such other company’s award; or (b) assuming such award as if it had been granted under this Plan if the terms of such assumed award could be applied to an Award granted under this Plan. Such substitution or assumption will be permissible if the holder of the substituted or assumed award would have been eligible to be granted an Award under this Plan if the other company had applied the rules of this Plan to such grant. In the event the Company assumes an award granted by another company, the terms and conditions of such award will remain unchanged (except that the exercise price and the number and nature of Shares issuable upon exercise of any such option will be adjusted appropriately pursuant to Section 424(a) of the Code). In the event the Company elects to grant a new Option rather than assuming an existing option, such new Option may be granted with a similarly adjusted Exercise Price.

 

19.         ADOPTION AND STOCKHOLDER APPROVAL. This Plan will become effective upon the expiration date of the Prior Plan (the “Effective Date”). This Plan shall be approved by the stockholders of the Company (excluding Shares issued pursuant to this Plan), consistent with applicable laws, within twelve (12) months before or after the date this Plan is adopted by the Board. Upon the Effective Date, the Committee may grant Awards pursuant to this Plan; provided, however, that: (a) no Option may be exercised prior to initial stockholder approval of

 

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this Plan; (b) no Option granted pursuant to an increase in the number of Shares subject to this Plan approved by the Board will be exercised prior to the time such increase has been approved by the stockholders of the Company; and (c) in the event that stockholder approval of such increase is not obtained within the time period provided herein, all Awards granted pursuant to such increase will be canceled, any Shares issued pursuant to any Award granted pursuant to such increase will be canceled, and any purchase of Shares pursuant to such increase will be rescinded.

 

20.        TERM OF PLAN/GOVERNING LAW. Unless earlier terminated as provided herein, this Plan will terminate ten (10) years from the date this Plan is adopted by the Board or, if earlier, the date of stockholder approval. This Plan and all agreements thereunder shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California.

 

21.        AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION OF PLAN. The Board may at any time terminate or amend this Plan in any respect, including without limitation amendment of any form of Award Agreement or instrument to be executed pursuant to this Plan; provided, however, that the Board will not, without the approval of the stockholders of the Company, amend this Plan in any manner that requires such stockholder approval.

 

22.       NONEXCLUSIVITY OF THE PLAN. Neither the adoption of this Plan by the Board, the submission of this Plan to the stockholders of the Company for approval, nor any provision of this Plan will be construed as creating any limitations on the power of the Board to adopt such additional compensation arrangements as it may deem desirable, including, without limitation, the granting of stock options and bonuses otherwise than under this Plan, and such arrangements may be either generally applicable or applicable only in specific cases.

 

23.       DEFINITIONS. As used in this Plan, the following terms will have the following meanings: “Award” means any award under this Plan, including any Option, Restricted Stock or Stock Bonus.

 

“Award Agreement” means, with respect to each Award, the signed written agreement between the Company and the Participant setting forth the terms and conditions of the Award.

 

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

 

“Cause” means the commission of an act of theft, embezzlement, fraud, dishonesty or a breach of fiduciary duty to the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary of the Company.

 

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

 

“Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board.

 

“Company” means Integrated Systems, Inc. or any successor corporation.

 

“Disability” means a disability, whether temporary or permanent, partial or total, as determined by the Committee.

 

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

 

“Exercise Price” means the price at which a holder of an Option may purchase the Shares issuable upon exercise of the Option.

 

“Fair Market Value” means, as of any date, the value of a share of the Company’s Common Stock determined as follows:

 

(a)             if such Common Stock is then quoted on the Nasdaq National Market, its closing price on the Nasdaq National Market on the date of determination as reported in The Wall Street Journal;

 

(b)            if such Common Stock is publicly traded and is then listed on a national securities exchange, its closing price on the date of determination on the principal national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading as reported in The Wall Street Journal;

 

(c)            if such Common Stock is publicly traded but is not quoted on the Nasdaq National Market nor listed or admitted to trading on a national securities exchange, the average of the closing bid and asked prices on the date of determination as reported in The Wall Street Journal;

 

(d)           in the case of an Award made on the Effective Date, the price per share at which shares of the Company’s Common Stock are initially offered for sale to the public by the Company’s underwriters in the initial public offering of the Company’s Common Stock pursuant to a registration statement filed with the SEC under the Securities Act; or

 

(d)

if none of the foregoing is applicable, by the Committee in good faith.

 

“Insider” means an officer or director of the Company or any other person whose transactions in the Company’s Common Stock are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

 

“Option” means an award of an option to purchase Shares pursuant to Section 5.

 

“Parent” means any corporation (other than the Company) in an unbroken chain of corporations ending with the Company if each of such corporations other than the Company owns stock possessing 50% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.

 

“Participant” means a person who receives an Award under this Plan.

 

“Performance Factors” means the factors selected by the Committee from among the following measures to determine whether the performance goals established by the Committee and applicable to Awards have been satisfied:

 

(a)

Net revenue and/or net revenue growth;

 

 

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(b)           Earnings before income taxes and amortization and/or earnings before income taxes and amortization growth;

 

(c)

Operating income and/or operating income growth;

 

(d)

Net income and/or net income growth;

 

(e)

Earnings per share and/or earnings per share growth;

 

(f)

Total shareholder return and/or total shareholder return growth;

 

(g)

Return on equity;

 

(h)

Operating cash flow return on income;

 

(i)

Adjusted operating cash flow return on income;

 

(j)

Economic value added; and

 

(k)

Individual confidential business objectives.

 

“Performance Period” means the period of service determined by the Committee, not to exceed five years, during which years of service or performance is to be measured for Restricted Stock Awards or Stock Bonuses.

 

“Plan” means this Integrated Systems, Inc. 1998 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time.

 

“Restricted Stock Award” means an award of Shares pursuant to Section 6

 

“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission. “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

“Shares” means shares of the Company’s Common Stock reserved for issuance under this Plan, as adjusted pursuant to Sections 2 and 18, and any successor security.

 

“Stock Bonus” means an award of Shares, or cash in lieu of Shares, pursuant to Section 7.

 

“Subsidiary” means any corporation (other than the Company) in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Company if each of the corporations other than the last corporation in the unbroken chain owns stock possessing 50% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.

 

“Termination” or “Terminated” means, for purposes of this Plan with respect to a Participant, that the Participant has for any reason ceased to provide services as an employee, officer, director, consultant, independent contractor, or advisor to the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary

 

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of the Company. An employee will not be deemed to have ceased to provide services in the case of (i) sick leave, (ii) military leave, or (iii) any other leave of absence approved by the Committee, provided, that such leave is for a period of not more than 90 days, unless reemployment upon the expiration of such leave is guaranteed by contract or statute or unless provided otherwise pursuant to formal policy adopted from time to time by the Company and issued and promulgated to employees in writing. In the case of any employee on an approved leave of absence, the Committee may make such provisions respecting suspension of vesting of the Award while on leave from the employ of the Company or a Subsidiary as it may deem appropriate, except that in no event may an Option be exercised after the expiration of the term set forth in the Option agreement. The Committee will have sole discretion to determine whether a Participant has ceased to provide services and the effective date on which the Participant ceased to provide services (the “Termination Date”).

 

“Unvested Shares” means “Unvested Shares” as deemed in the Award Agreement.

 

“Vested Shares” means “Vested Shares” as deemed in the Award Agreement.

 

 

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EX-99 10 exh99_7wrhalifaxsogn07.htm STOCK OPTION GRANT NOTICE AND AGREEMENT WITH IAN HALIFAX, DATED MARCH 21, 2007

 

Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement

Exhibit 99.7

Page 1 of 6

 

WIND RIVER SYSTEMS, INC.

STOCK OPTION GRANT NOTICE

(OUTSIDE OF THE 2005 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN)

WIND RIVER SYSTEMS, INC. (the “Company”) hereby grants to Optionee a nonstatutory stock option to purchase the number of shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Shares”) set forth below. This option is not intended to qualify as an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). This option is not subject to, and is granted outside of, the Company’s 2005 Equity Incentive Plan. This option is subject to all of the terms and conditions as set forth herein and in Attachments I and II, which are incorporated herein in their entirety.

 

OPTIONEE:

IAN R. HALIFAX

 

DATE OF GRANT:

March 21, 2007

 

SHARES SUBJECT TO OPTION:

425,000

 

EXERCISE PRICE PER SHARE:

$10.18

 

EXPIRATION DATE:

March 21, 2014

_____________________________________________________________________________________________

VESTING SCHEDULE

25% of the shares subject to this option shall vest on February 26, 2008. 1/48th of the shares shall vest monthly thereafter. In the event that Optionee dies during his Continuous Service to the Company, then 100% of the shares subject to this option shall vest on the date of death.

_____________________________________________________________________________________________

PAYMENT: Payment of the option exercise price may be made in cash, check or any other method provided in the Stock Option Agreement.

ADDITIONAL TERMS/ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: The undersigned Optionee acknowledges receipt of, and understands and agrees to, this Grant Notice and the Stock Option Agreement. Optionee further acknowledges that as of the Date of Grant, this Grant Notice and the Stock Option Agreement set forth the entire understanding between Optionee and the Company regarding the acquisition of Shares pursuant to the option and supersedes all prior oral and written agreements on that subject with the exception of the following agreements only:

OTHER AGREEMENTS:

Offer letter dated January 30, 2007 and Wind River Systems, Inc. Executive Officers’ Change of Control Incentive and Severance Plan

____________________________________________________________________

WIND RIVER SYSTEMS, INC.

OPTIONEE

By:

/s/ Kenneth Klein

/s/ Ian R. Halifax

 

KENNETH KLEIN

Title:

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

Date:

March 21, 2007

Date: March 22, 2007

 

 


Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement

Page 2 of 6

 

ATTACHMENT I

WIND RIVER SYSTEMS, INC.

STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

Pursuant to the Grant Notice and this Stock Option Agreement, Wind River Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) has granted you an option to purchase the number of shares of the Company’s common stock (“Shares”) indicated in the Grant Notice at the exercise price indicated in the Grant Notice.

This option is granted in connection with and in furtherance of the Company’s compensatory benefit plan for the Company’s employees (including officers), directors or consultants.

1. VESTING. Subject to the limitations contained herein, this option will vest as provided in the Grant Notice, provided that vesting will cease upon the termination of your Continuous Service. For purposes of this Option Agreement, “Continuous Service” shall mean that your service with the Company or an affiliate of the Company, whether as an employee, director or consultant, is not interrupted or terminated. Furthermore, your Continuous Service shall not be deemed to have terminated merely because of a change in the capacity in which you render service to the Company or an affiliate as an employee, director or consultant or a change in the entity for which you render such service, provided that there is no interruption or termination of your Continuous Service. For example, a change in status from an employee to a consultant would not constitute an interruption of Continuous Service. Unless the Board of Directors or its Compensation Committee provides otherwise or except as otherwise required by applicable law, vesting of this stock option award shall cease commencing on the first day of any unpaid leave of absence and shall recommence only upon return to active service.

2. METHOD OF PAYMENT. Payment of the exercise price by cash or check is due in full upon exercise of all or any part of this option, provided that you may elect, to the extent permitted by applicable law, to make payment of the exercise price under the following alternatives, (i) provided that at the time of exercise the Company’s stock is publicly traded and quoted regularly in the Wall Street Journal: payment by delivery of already-owned Shares, held for the period required to avoid a charge to the Company’s reported earnings, and owned free and clear of any liens, claims, encumbrances or security interests, which Shares shall be valued at their fair market value on the date of exercise, or (ii) payment pursuant to a program developed under Regulation T as promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board which, prior to the issuance of Shares, results in either the receipt of cash (or check) by the Company or the receipt of irrevocable instructions to pay the aggregate exercise price to the Company from the sales proceeds.

3. WHOLE SHARES. This option may be exercised only for whole Shares.

4. TERM. The term of this option commences on the Date of Grant and expires upon the earliest of:

(a) the seventh (7th) anniversary of the Date of Grant;

(b) three (3) months after the termination of your Continuous Service for any reason other than death or permanent and total disability;

(c) twelve (12) months after the termination of your Continuous Service due to your permanent and total disability (within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended); or

(d) twelve (12) months after your death, if you die while an employee, director or consultant of the Company

5. EXERCISE.

(a) You may exercise the vested portion of this option during its term by delivering a notice of exercise (in a form designated by the Company) together with the exercise price to the Secretary of the Company, or

 


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to such other person as the Company may designate, during regular business hours, together with such additional documents as the Company may then require.

(b) By exercising this option you agree that:

(i) As a condition to any exercise of this option, you are required to pay the Company any tax withholding obligation of the Company arising by reason of the exercise of this option.

(ii) Regardless of whether the offer and sale of Shares subject to this option have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”) or have been registered or qualified under the securities laws of any state, the Company may impose restrictions upon the sale, pledge or other transfer of such Shares (including the placement of appropriate legends on stock certificates) if in the judgment of the Company and its counsel such restrictions are necessary or desirable in order to achieve compliance with the provisions of the 1933 Act, the securities laws of any state or any other law.

6. TRANSFERABILITY. This option is not transferable, except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and is exercisable during your lifetime only by you.

7. TAX CONSULATION. You understand and hereby acknowledge that you may suffer adverse tax consequences as a result of your purchase or disposition of Exercised Shares. You herebv represent that you have consulted or will consult with any tax consultants you deem advisable in connection with the purchase or disposition of the Exercised Shares and that you are not relying on the Company for any tax advice.

8. CAPITALIZATION ADJUSTMENTS. If any change is made in the Shares subject to this option without the receipt of consideration by the Company (through merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, reincorporation, stock dividend, dividend in property other than cash, stock split, liquidating dividend, combination of shares, exchange of shares, change in corporate structure or other transaction not involving the receipt of consideration by the Company), the option will be appropriately adjusted in the class(es) and number of shares and price per share of stock subject to such option. Such adjustments shall be made by the Board of Directors of the Company or its Compensation Committee, determination of which shall be final, binding and conclusive. (The conversion of any convertible securities of the Company shall not be treated as a transaction “without receipt of consideration” by the Company.)

9. CHANGE OF CONTROL. Your option is subject to accelerated vesting in accordance with the provisions of the Wind River Systems, Inc. Executive Officers’ Change of Control Incentive and Severance Plan, as such Plan may apply to you, and the terms of your offer letter dated January 30, 2007.

10. PURCHASE FOR INVESTMENT; RIGHTS OF HOLDER ON SUBSEQUENT REGISTRATION. Unless the Shares to be issued upon exercise of your option have been effectively registered under the 1933 Act, the Company shall be under no obligation to issue any Shares covered by the option unless the person who exercises such option, whether such exercise is in whole or in part, shall give a written representation and undertaking to the Company which is satisfactory in form and scope to counsel for the Company and upon which, in the opinion of such counsel, the Company may reasonably rely, that he or she is acquiring the Shares issued to him or her pursuant to such exercise of the option for his or her own account as an investment and not with a view to, or for sale in connection with, the distribution of any such Shares, and that he or she will make no transfer of the same except in compliance with any rules and regulations in force at the time of such transfer under the 1933 Act, or any other applicable law, and that if Shares are issued without such registration a legend to this effect may be endorsed on the securities so issued. In the event that the Company shall, nevertheless, deem it necessary or desirable to register under the 1933 Act or other applicable statutes any Shares with respect to which an option shall have been exercised, or to qualify any such Shares for exemption from the 1933 Act or other applicable statutes, then the Company shall take such action at its own expense and may require from each participant such information in writing for use in any registration statement, prospectus, preliminary prospectus or offering circular as is reasonably necessary for such purpose and may require reasonable indemnity to the Company and its officers and directors from such holder against all losses, claims, damages and liabilities arising from such use of the information so furnished and caused by any untrue statement of any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statement therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were made.

 


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11. RULE 16B-3. This option has been granted in compliance with Rule 16b-3 and will be deemed to contain such additional conditions or restrictions as may be required thereunder to qualify for the maximum exemption from Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

12. OPTION NOT AN EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT. This option is not an employment contract, and nothing in this option shall be deemed to create in any way whatsoever any obligation on your part to continue in the employ of the Company, or of the Company to continue your employment with the Company. The Company may terminate your employment at any time, for any reason or no reason, with or without cause.

13. NOTICES. Any notices provided for in this option shall be given in writing and shall be deemed effectively given upon receipt or, in the case of notices delivered by the Company to you, five (5) days after deposit in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to you at the last address you provided to the Company.

14. CHOICE OF LAW. This option shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, as such laws are applied to contracts entered into and performed in such State.

15. ENTIRE AGREEMENT; GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement, along with the offer letter between you and the Company dated January 30, 2007 and the terms of the Wind River Systems, Inc. Executive Officers’ Change of Control Incentive and Severance Plan, constitutes the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes in their entirety all prior undertakings and agreements of the Company and you with respect to the subject matter hereof, and may not be modified adversely to your interest except by means of a writing signed by the Company and you. This Agreement is governed by the internal substantive laws, but not the choice of law rules, of the State of California.

16. GOVERNING AUTHORITY. This option is subject to all interpretations, amendments, rules and regulations which may from time to time be promulgated and adopted by the Company. This authority shall be exercised by the Board, or by a committee of one or more members of the Board in the event that the Board delegates its authority to a committee. The Board, in the exercise of this authority, may correct any defect, omission or inconsistency in this option in a manner and to the extent the Board shall deem necessary or desirable to make this option fully effective. References to the Board also include any committee appointed by the Board to administer and interpret this option. Any interpretations, amendments, rules and regulations promulgated by the Board shall be final and binding upon the Company and its successors in interest as well as you and your heirs, assigns, and other successors in interest.

Date: March 21, 2007

Very truly yours,

WIND RIVER SYSTEMS, INC.

By:

/s/ Kenneth Klein

 

Kenneth Klein

 

Chairman of the Board, President and Chief

 

Executive Officer

 

Duly authorized on behalf of the Board of Directors

 

 


Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement

Page 5 of 6

 

ATTACHMENT II

NOTICE OF EXERCISE

Wind River Systems, Inc.

500 Wind River Way

Alameda, CA 94501

Date of Exercise: ______________

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This constitutes notice under my nonstatutory stock option agreement that I elect to purchase the number of shares for the price set forth below.

Stock option dated:

March 21, 2007

Number of shares as to which option is exercised:

______________________________________

Certificate to be issued in name of:

______________________________________

Total exercise price:

$_____________________________________

Cash payment (or check) delivered herewith:

$_____________________________________

Value of __________ shares of Wind River Systems, Inc.

common stock delivered herewith(1):

$_____________________________________

__________________

(1)

Shares must meet the public trading requirements set forth in the option. Shares must be valued in accordance with the terms of the option being exercised, must have been owned for the minimum period required in the option, and must be owned free and clear of any liens, claims, encumbrances or security interests. Certificates must be endorsed or accompanied by an executed assignment separate from certificate.

By this exercise, I agree to provide such additional documents as you may reasonably require. I understand that my right to receive the shares otherwise issuable to me upon the exercise of the option is contingent upon my satisfaction of these requirements.

I hereby make the following statements with respect to the shares of common stock (the “Shares”), which are being acquired by me for my own account upon this exercise of the option as set forth above:

I acknowledge and agree that as a condition to this exercise of the option, I am required to pay the Company any tax withholding obligation of the Company arising by reason of the exercise of the option.

I further acknowledge and agree that regardless of whether the offer and sale of Shares subject to the option have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”) or have been registered or qualified under the securities laws of any state, the Company may impose restrictions upon the sale, pledge or other transfer of the Shares (including the placement of appropriate legends on stock certificates) if in the judgment of the Company and its counsel such restrictions are necessary or desirable in order to achieve compliance with the provisions of the 1933 Act, the securities laws of any state or any other law.

I further acknowledge and agree that the Option Agreement is incorporated herein by reference and that this Exercise Notice, the Option Agreement and my offer letter dated January 30, 2007, constitute the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede in their entirety all prior undertakings and agreements of the Company and me with respect to the subject matter hereof, and may not be

 


Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement

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modified adversely to my interest except by means of a writing signed by the Company and me. This Exercise Notice is governed by the internal substantive laws, but not the choice of law rules, of California.

Very truly yours,

 

______________________________

IAN R. HALIFAX

 

 

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