-----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, J+nHEbUCPI2UX2IXYtCqDH8JlDVDh6maCc1pzAyaqKuBjNJw0DwlqOTYaCq5RfA2 JKGsDLmLcJd/QHQcUMPXCA== 0000706015-98-000016.txt : 19981110 0000706015-98-000016.hdr.sgml : 19981110 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000706015-98-000016 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-8 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 5 FILED AS OF DATE: 19981109 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 19981109 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FILENET CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000706015 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-COMPUTER INTEGRATED SYSTEMS DESIGN [7373] IRS NUMBER: 953757924 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-8 SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-66997 FILM NUMBER: 98740937 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3565 HARBOR BLVD CITY: COSTA MESA STATE: CA ZIP: 92626 BUSINESS PHONE: 7149663400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3565 HARBOR BLVD CITY: COSTA MESA STATE: CA ZIP: 926261420 S-8 1 REGISTRATION STATEMENT As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 9, 1998 Registration No. 333- ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT Under The Securities Act of 1933 FILENET CORPORATION Delaware 95-3757924 (State or other jurisdiction (IRS Employer Identification No.) of incorporation or organization) 3565 Harbor Boulevard Costa Mesa, California 92626 FILENET CORPORATION 1995 STOCK OPTION PLAN 1998 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN INTERNATIONAL EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN Lee D. Roberts President and Chief Executive Officer FILENET CORPORATION 3565 Harbor Boulevard, Costa Mesa, California 92626 (714) 966-3400 CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE ===============================================================================
Title of Securities Amount to Proposed Maximum Proposed Maximum Amount of to be Registered be Registered(1) Offering Price per Aggregate Offering Registration Fee Share Price 1995 STOCK OPTION PLAN Common Stock, 1,200,000 shares $8.48(2) $10,176,000(2) $2,828.93 $0.01 par value 1998 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN Common Stock, 400,000 shares $8.48(2) $ 3,392,000(2) $ 942.98 $0.01 par value INTERNATIONAL EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN Common Stock, 200,000 shares $8.48(2) $ 1,696,000(2) $ 471.49 $0.01 par value
Aggregate Filing Fee $4,243.40 ================================================================================ (1) This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock which become issuable under the FileNET Corporation 1995 Stock Option Plan, 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan or the International Employee Stock Purchase Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction without Registrant's receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of outstanding shares of Registrant's Common Stock. (2) Calculated solely for purposes of this offering under Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on the basis of the average of the high and low selling prices per share of Registrant's Common Stock on November 5, 1998, as reported on the Nasdaq National Market. PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference FileNET Corporation (the "Registrant") hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the following documents previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"): (a) The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997, filed with the SEC on March 31, 1998 (b) The Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 1998 and June 30, 1998, filed with the SEC on May 14, 1998 and August 14, 1998, respectively; (c) The Registrant's Registration Statement No. 0-15997 on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on June 24, 1987, in which there is described the terms, rights and provisions applicable to the Registrant's Common Stock. All reports and definitive proxy or information statements filed pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the"1934 Act"), after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein 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 subsequently filed document which also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein 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 Pursuant to the provisions of Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, the Registrant as a Delaware corporation has power to 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 (other than an action by or in the right of the Registrant) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant or of any corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise for which he or she is or was serving in such capacity at the request of the Registrant, against any and all expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement which were reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with such action, suit or proceeding. The power to indemnify applies only if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in the best interests, or not opposed to the best interests, of the Registrant and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, if he or she had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. The power to indemnify also applies to actions brought by or in the right of the Registrant, but only to the extent of defense and settlement expenses and not to any satisfaction of a judgment or settlement of the claim itself. In such actions, however, no indemnification will be made if there is any adjudication of negligence or misconduct, unless the court, in its discretion, feels that in the light of all the circumstances indemnification should apply. To the extent any such person is successful in the defense of the actions referred to above, such person is entitled pursuant to Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware to indemnification as described above. Section 145 also grants power to advance litigation expenses upon receipt of an undertaking to repay such advances in the event no right to indemnification is subsequently shown. The Registrant may also obtain insurance at its expense to protect anyone who might be indemnified, or has a right to insist on indemnification, under the statute. Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed Not applicable. Item 8. Exhibits Exhibit No. Exhibit 4 Instruments Defining Rights of Stockholders. Reference is made to Registrant's Registration Statement No. 0-15997 on Form 8-A, together with the exhibits thereto, which is incorporate herein by reference pursuant to Item 3(c) of this Registration Statement. 5 Opinion and Consent of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP. 23.1 Consent of Independent Accountants - Deloitte & Touche LLP. 23.2 Consent of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP is contained in Exhibit 5. 24 Power of Attorney. Reference is made to page II-4 of this Registration Statement. 99.1 1995 Stock Option Plan (as Amended and Restated Through March 17, 1998). 99.2* Form of Notice of Grant of Stock Option. 99.3* Form of Stock Option Agreement. 99.4* Form of Addendum to Stock Option Agreement: Involuntary Termination Following Corporate Transaction. 99.5* Form of Addendum to Stock Option Agreement: Involuntary Termination Following Change in Control. 99.6* Form of Salary Reduction Option Grant Election. 99.7* Form of Notice of Grant under Salary Reduction Option Grant Program. 99.8* Form of Salary Reduction Stock Option Agreement. 99.9* Form of Notice of Grant of Non-Employee Director Automatic Stock Option: Initial Grant. 99.10* Form of Notice of Grant of Non-Employee Director Automatic Stock Option: Annual Grant. 99.11** Form of Automatic Stock Option Agreement. 99.12* Form of Director Fee Election. 99.13* Form of Notice of Grant of Non-Employee Director Stock Option under Director Fee Option Grant Program. 99.14* Form of Director Fee Stock Option Agreement. 99.15 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. 99.16 International Employee Stock Purchase Plan. 99.17 Form of Enrollment/Change Form (1998 and International Employee Stock Purchase Plans). Exhibits 99.2 through 99.10 and 99.12 through 99.14 are incorporated herein by reference to Exhibits 99.2 through 99.10 and 99.12 through 99.14, respectively, to Registrant's Registration Statement No. 33-80899 on Form S-8, filed with the SEC on December 22, 1995. ** Exhibit 99.1 is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.11 to Registrant's Registration Statement No. 333-34031 on Form S-8, filed with the SEC on August 21, 1997. Item 9. Undertakings A. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: (1) 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 of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), (ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this 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 this Registration Statement, and (iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement; provided, however, that clauses (1)(i) and (1)(ii) shall not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act that are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement; (2) that for the purpose of determining any liability under the 1933 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; and (3) to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold upon the termination of the Registrant's 1995 Stock Option Plan, 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and/or the International Employee Stock Purchase Plan. B. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act that is incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement 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. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the 1933 Act may be permitted to directors, officers or controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the indemnity provisions summarized in Item 6 or otherwise, the Registrant has been informed that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 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 1933 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Costa Mesa, State of California on November 9, 1998. FILENET CORPORATION By: /s/Lee D. Roberts Lee D. Roberts President and Chief Executive Officer POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the undersigned officers and directors of FileNET Corporation, a Delaware corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint Theodore J. Smith and Mark S. St. Clare, and each of them, the lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power and authority to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, or either one of them, determine may be necessary or advisable or required to enable said corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules or regulation or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with this Registration Statement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing power and authority, the powers granted include the power and authority to sign the names of the undersigned officers and directors in the capacities indicated below to this Registration Statement, to any and all amendments, both pre-effective and post-effective, and supplements to this Registration Statement and to any and all instruments or documents filed as part of or in conjunction with this Registration Statement or amendments or supplements thereof, and each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys and agents, or either one of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney may be signed in several counterparts. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of the date indicated. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. Signatures Title Date /s/Lee D. Roberts President and Chief Executive November 9, 1998 Lee D. Roberts Officer (Principal Executive Officer) /s/Theodore J. Smith Chairman of the Board November 9, 1998 Theodore J. Smith /s/Mark S. St. Clare Senior Vice President-Finance, November 9, 1998 Mark S. St. Clare Chief Financial Officer and Secretary (Principal Financial Officer) /s/Lee M. Kim Controller, Chief Accounting November 9, 1998 Lee M. Kim Officer and Assistant Secretary /s/John C. Savage Director November 9, 1998 John C. Savage /s/William P. Lyons Director November 9, 1998 William P. Lyons /s/L. George Klaus Director November 9, 1998 L. George Klaus /s/Roger S. Siboni Director November 9, 1998 Roger S. Siboni SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 EXHIBITS TO FORM S-8 UNDER SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 FILENET CORPORATION EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit No. Exhibit 4 Instruments Defining Rights of Stockholders. Reference is made to Registrant's Registration Statement No. 0-15997 on Form 8-A, together with the exhibits thereto, which is incorporated herein by reference pursuant to Item 3(c) of this Registration Statement 5 Opinion and Consent of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP. 23.1 Consent of Independent Accountants - Deloitte & Touche LLP. 23.2 Consent of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP is contained in Exhibit 5. 24 Power of Attorney. Reference is made to page II-4 of this Registration Statement. 99.1 1995 Stock Option Plan (as Amended and Restated Through March 17, 1998). 99.2* Form of Notice of Grant of Stock Option. 99.3* Form of Stock Option Agreement 99.4* Form of Addendum to Stock Option Agreement: Involuntary Termination Following Corporate Transaction. 99.5* Form of Addendum to Stock Option Agreement: Involuntary Termination Following Change in Control. 99.6* Form of Salary Reduction Option Grant Election. 99.7* Form of Notice of Grant under Salary Reduction Option Grant Program. 99.8* Form of Salary Reduction Stock Option Agreement. 99.9* Form of Notice of Grant of Non-Employee Director Automatic Stock Option: Initial Grant. 99.10* Form of Notice of Grant of Non-Employee Director Automatic Stock Option: Annual Grant. 99.11** Form of Automatic Stock Option Agreement. 99.12* Form of Director Fee Election. 99.13* Form of Notice of Grant of Non-Employee Director Stock Option under Director Fee Option Grant Program. 99.14* Form of Director Fee Stock Option Agreement. 99.15 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. 99.16 International Stock Purchase Plan. 99.17 Form of Enrollment/Change Form (1998 and International Employee Stock Purchase Plan). * Exhibits 99.2 through 99.10 and 99.12 through 99.14 are incorporated herein by reference to Exhibits 99.2 through 99.10 and 99.12 through 99.14, respectively, to Registrant's Registration Statement No. 33-80899 on Form S-8, filed with the SEC on December 22, 1995. ** Exhibit 99.11 is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.11 to Registrant's Registration Statement No. 333-34031 on Form S-8, filed with the SEC on August 21, 1997. EXHIBIT 5 Opinion of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP November 9, 1998 FileNET Corporation 3565 Harbor Boulevard Costa Mesa, CA 92626 Re: FileNET Corporation (the "Company") Registration Statement on Form S-8 for Registration of an aggregate of 1,800,000 Shares of Common Stock Ladies and Gentlemen: We have acted as counsel to FileNET Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company") in connection with the registration on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of (i) an additional 1,200,000 shares of the Company's common stock for issuance under the Company's 1995 Stock Option Plan (the "Option Plan"), (ii) 400,000 shares of the Company's common stock for issuance under the Company's 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Purchase Plan") and (iii) 200,000 shares of the Company's common stock for issuance under the Company's International Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "International Purchase Plan"). This opinion is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Item 8 of Form S-8 and Item 601(b)(5)(i) of Regulation S-K. We have reviewed the Company's charter documents and the corporate proceedings taken by the Company in connection with the amendment of the Option Plan and the establishment of the two Purchase Plans. Based on such review, we are of the opinion that if, as and when the shares are issued and sold (and the consideration therefor received) pursuant to (a) the provisions of option agreements duly authorized under the Option Plan and in accordance with the Registration Statement, or (b) duly authorized direct stock issuances under the Option Plan and in accordance with the Registration Statement or (c) duly authorized stock purchases under the two Purchase Plans and in accordance with the Registration Statement, such shares will be duly authorized, legally issued, fully paid and nonassessable. We consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5 to the Registration Statement. This opinion letter is rendered as of the date first written above and we disclaim any obligation to advise you of facts, circumstances, events or developments which hereafter may be brought to our attention and which may alter, affect or modify the opinion expressed herein. Our opinion is expressly limited to the matters set forth above and we render no opinion, whether by implication or otherwise, as to any other matters relating to the Company, the Option Plan, the Purchase Plan, the International Purchase Plan or the shares of the Company's common stock issuable under such plans. Very truly yours, /s/ Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP BROBECK, PHLEGER & HARRISON LLP EXHIBIT 23.1 Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement of FileNET Corporation on Form S-8 of our reports dated February 3, 1998, appearing in, and incorporated by reference in, the Annual Report on Form 10-K of FileNET Corporation for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997. /s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP Costa Mesa, California November 9, 1998 EX-99.1 2 1995 STOCK OPTION PLAN - AMENDED EXHIBIT 99.1 FILENET CORPORATION 1995 STOCK OPTION PLAN AS AMENDED AND RESTATED THROUGH JUNE 12, 1998 ARTICLE ONE GENERAL PROVISIONS I. PURPOSE OF THE PLAN This 1995 Stock Option Plan is intended to promote the interests of FileNet Corporation, a Delaware corporation, by providing eligible persons with the opportunity to acquire a proprietary interest, or otherwise increase their proprietary interest, in the Corporation as an incentive for them to remain in the service of the Corporation. This Plan shall serve as the successor to the Corporation's existing Second Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan (the "Predecessor Plan"), and no further option grants or share issuances shall be made under the Predecessor Plan from and after the Effective Date of this Plan. All outstanding stock options under the Predecessor Plan on the Effective Date shall be incorporated into this Plan and shall accordingly be treated as outstanding stock options under this Plan. However, each outstanding option grant so incorporated shall continue to be governed solely by the express terms and conditions of the agreement evidencing such grant, and no provision of this Plan shall be deemed to affect or otherwise modify the rights or obligations of the holders of such incorporated options with respect to their acquisition of shares of the Corporation's Common Stock thereunder. Capitalized terms shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the attached Appendix. All share numbers in this June 12, 1998 restatement reflect the 2-for-1 split of the Common Stock effective June 12, 1998. II. STRUCTURE OF THE PLAN A. The Plan shall be divided into five separate equity programs: - the Discretionary Option Grant Program under which eligible persons may, at the discretion of the Plan Administrator, be granted options to purchase shares of Common Stock, - the Salary Reduction Option Grant Program under which eligible employees may elect to have a portion of their base salary reduced each year in return for options to purchase shares of Common Stock, - the Stock Issuance Program under which eligible persons may, at the discretion of the Plan Administrator, be issued shares of Common Stock directly without any intervening option grant, - the Automatic Option Grant Program under which eligible non-employee Board members shall automatically receive option grants at periodic intervals to purchase shares of Common Stock, and - the Director Fee Option Grant Program under which non-employee Board members may elect to have all or any portion of their annual retainer fee otherwise payable in cash applied to a special option grant. B. The provisions of Articles One and Seven shall apply to all equity programs under the Plan and shall govern the interests of all persons under the Plan. III. ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN A. The Primary Committee shall have the sole and exclusive authority to administer the Discretionary Option Grant and Stock Issuance Programs with respect to Section 16 Insiders. Except to the extent the Primary Committee is granted sole and exclusive authority under one or more specific provisions of the Plan, administration of the Discretionary Option Grant and Stock Issuance Programs with respect to all other persons eligible to participate in these programs may, at the Board's discretion, be vested in the Primary Committee or a Secondary Committee, or the Board may retain the power to administer these programs with respect to such persons. The members of the Secondary Committee may be individuals who are Employees. B. Members of the Primary Committee or any Secondary Committee shall serve for such period of time as the Board may determine and may be removed by the Board at any time. The Board may also at any time terminate the functions of any Secondary Committee and reassume all powers and authority previously delegated to such committee. C. Each Plan Administrator shall, within the scope of its administrative functions under the Plan, have full power and authority (subject to the provisions of the Plan) to establish such rules and regulations as it may deem appropriate for proper administration of the Discretionary Option Grant and Stock Issuance Programs and to make such determinations under, and issue such interpretations of, the provisions of such programs and any outstanding options or stock issuances thereunder as it may deem necessary or advisable. Decisions of the Plan Administrator within the scope of its administrative functions under the Plan shall be final and binding on all parties who have an interest in the Discretionary Option Grant or Stock Issuance Program under its jurisdiction or any option or stock issuance thereunder. D. Service on the Primary Committee or the Secondary Committee shall constitute service as a Board member, and members of each such committee shall accordingly be entitled to full indemnification and reimbursement as Board members for their service on such committee. No member of the Primary Committee or the Secondary Committee shall be liable for any act or omission made in good faith with respect to the Plan or any option grants or stock issuances under the Plan. E. The Primary Committee shall have the sole and exclusive authority to select the eligible individuals who are to participate in the Salary Reduction Option Grant Program, but all option grants under the Salary Reduction Option Grant Program shall be made in accordance with express terms of that program and the Primary Committee shall exercise no discretion with respect to the terms of those grants. Administration of the Automatic Option Grant and Director Fee Option Grant Programs shall be self-executing in accordance with the terms of that program, and no Plan Administrator shall exercise any discretionary functions with respect to any option grants or stock issuances made under those programs. IV. ELIGIBILITY A. The persons eligible to participate in the Discretionary Option Grant and Stock Issuance Programs are as follows: (i) Employees, (ii) non-employee Board members, and (iii) consultants and other independent advisors who provide services to the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary). B. Only the Company's executive officers and other highly-compensated Employees shall be eligible to participate in the Salary Reduction Option Grant Program. C. Each Plan Administrator shall, within the scope of its administrative jurisdiction under the Plan, have full authority to determine, (i) with respect to the option grants under the Discretionary Option Grant Program, which eligible persons are to receive option grants, the time or times when such option grants are to be made, the number of shares to be covered by each such grant, the status of the granted option as either an Incentive Option or a Non-Qualified Option, the time or times when each option is to become exercisable, the vesting schedule (if any) applicable to the option shares and the maximum term for which the option is to remain outstanding and (ii) with respect to stock issuances under the Stock Issuance Program, which eligible persons are to receive stock issuances, the time or times when such issuances are to be made, the number of shares to be issued to each Participant, the vesting schedule (if any) applicable to the issued shares and the consideration for such shares. D. The Plan Administrator shall have the absolute discretion either to grant options in accordance with the Discretionary Option Grant or to effect stock issuances in accordance with the Stock Issuance Program. E. The individuals who shall be eligible to participate in the Automatic Option Grant Program shall be limited to (i) those individuals who first become non-employee Board members on or after the Effective Date, whether through appointment by the Board or election by the Corporation's stockholders, and (ii) those individuals who are re-elected to serve as non-employee Board members at one or more Annual Stockholders Meetings beginning with the 1996 Annual Meeting. A non-employee Board member who has previously been in the employ of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) shall not be eligible to receive an option grant under the Automatic Option Grant Program at the time he or she first becomes a non-employee Board member, but shall be eligible to receive periodic option grants under the Automatic Option Grant Program upon his or her subsequent re-election to the Board. F. All non-employee Board members shall be eligible to participate in the Director Fee Option Grant Program. V. STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN A. The stock issuable under the Plan shall be shares of authorized but unissued or reacquired Common Stock, including shares repurchased by the Corporation on the open market. The maximum number of shares of Common Stock which may be issued over the term of the Plan shall not exceed 8,624,830 shares. Such share reserve is comprised of (i) the 4,224,830 shares of Common Stock which remained available for issuance under the Predecessor Plan as of the Effective Date, including the shares subject to the outstanding option grants under the Predecessor Plan which have been incorporated into this Plan and the additional shares of Common Stock available for future grant under the Predecessor Plan, (ii) an additional increase of 700,000 shares of Common Stock previously authorized by the Board and approved by the Corporation's stockholders at the 1995 Annual Meeting, (iii) an additional increase of 1,300,000 shares of Common Stock authorized by the Board in March 1996 and approved by the stockholders at the 1996 Annual Meeting, (iv) a further increase of 1,200,000 shares of Common Stock authorized by the Board on March 20, 1997 and approved by the stockholders at the 1997 Annual Meeting, plus (v) a further increase of 1,200,000 shares of Common Stock authorized by the Board on March 17, 1998 and approved by the stockholders at the 1998 Annual Meeting. In no event, however, shall any person participating in the Plan receive stock options and direct stock issuances under this Plan for more than 400,000 shares of Common Stock per calendar year, beginning with the 1995 calendar year. B. Shares of Common Stock subject to outstanding options (including options incorporated into this Plan from the Predecessor Plan) shall be available for subsequent issuance under the Plan to the extent those options expire or terminate for any reason prior to exercise in full. Unvested shares issued under the Plan and subsequently cancelled or repurchased by the Corporation at the option exercise or direct issue price paid per share pursuant to the Corporation's repurchase rights under the Plan shall also be available for subsequent issuance under the Plan. However, should the exercise price of an option under the Plan be paid with shares of Common Stock or should shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable under the Plan be withheld by the Corporation in satisfaction of the withholding taxes incurred in connection with the exercise of an option or the vesting of a stock issuance under the Plan, then the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan shall be reduced by the gross number of shares for which the option is exercised or which vest under the stock issuance, and not by the net number of shares of Common Stock issued to the holder of such option or stock issuance. C. If any change is made to the Common Stock by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination of shares, exchange of shares or other change affecting the outstanding Common Stock as a class without the Corporation's receipt of consideration, appropriate adjustments shall be made to (i) the maximum number and/or class of securities issuable under the Plan, (ii) the number and/or class of securities for which any one person may be granted stock options and direct stock issuances under this Plan per calendar year, (iii) the number and/or class of securities for which grants are subsequently to be made under the Automatic Option Grant Program to new and continuing non-employee Board members, (iv) the number and/or class of securities and the exercise price per share in effect under each outstanding option under the Plan and (v) the number and/or class of securities and price per share in effect under each outstanding option incorporated into this Plan from the Predecessor Plan. Such adjustments to the outstanding options are to be effected in a manner which shall preclude the enlargement or dilution of rights and benefits under such options. The adjustments determined by the Plan Administrator shall be final, binding and conclusive. ARTICLE TWO DISCRETIONARY OPTION GRANT PROGRAM I. OPTION TERMS Each option shall be evidenced by one or more documents in the form approved by the Plan Administrator; provided, however, that each such document shall comply with the terms specified below. Each document evidencing an Incentive Option shall, in addition, be subject to the provisions of the Plan applicable to such options. A. Exercise Price. 1. The exercise price per share shall be fixed by the Plan Administrator but shall not be less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the option grant date. 2. The exercise price shall become immediately due upon exercise of the option and shall, subject to the provisions of Section I of Article Six and the documents evidencing the option, be payable in one or more of the forms specified below: (i) cash or check made payable to the Corporation, (ii) shares of Common Stock held for the requisite period necessary to avoid a charge to the Corporation's earnings for financial reporting purposes and valued at Fair Market Value on the Exercise Date, or (iii) to the extent the option is exercised for vested shares, through a special sale and remittance procedure pursuant to which the Optionee shall concurrently provide irrevocable written instructions to (a) a Corporation-designated brokerage firm to effect the immediate sale of the purchased shares and remit to the Corporation, out of the sale proceeds available on the settlement date, sufficient funds to cover the aggregate exercise price payable for the purchased shares plus all applicable Federal, state and local income and employment taxes required to be withheld by the Corporation by reason of such exercise and (b) the Corporation to deliver the certificates for the purchased shares directly to such brokerage firm in order to complete the sale. Except to the extent such sale and remittance procedure is utilized, payment of the exercise price for the purchased shares must be made on the Exercise Date. B. Exercise and Term of Options. Each option shall be exercisable at such time or times, during such period and for such number of shares as shall be determined by the Plan Administrator and set forth in the documents evidencing the option. However, no option shall have a term in excess of ten (10) years measured from the option grant date. C. Effect of Termination of Service. 1. The following provisions shall govern the exercise of any options held by the Optionee at the time of cessation of Service or death: (i) Any option outstanding at the time of the Optionee's cessation of Service for any reason shall remain exercisable for such period of time thereafter as shall be determined by the Plan Administrator and set forth in the documents evidencing the option, but no such option shall be exercisable after the expiration of the option term. (ii) Any option exercisable in whole or in part by the Optionee at the time of death may be subsequently exercised by the personal representative of the Optionee's estate or by the person or persons to whom the option is transferred pursuant to the Optionee's will or in accordance with the laws of descent and distribution. (iii) Should the Optionee's Service be terminated for Misconduct, then all outstanding options held by the Optionee shall terminate immediately and cease to be outstanding. (iv) During the applicable post-Service exercise period, the option may not be exercised in the aggregate for more than the number of vested shares for which the option is exercisable on the date of the Optionee's cessation of Service. Upon the expiration of the applicable exercise period or (if earlier) upon the expiration of the option term, the option shall terminate and cease to be outstanding for any vested shares for which the option has not been exercised. However, the option shall, immediately upon the Optionee's cessation of Service, terminate and cease to be outstanding to the extent the option is not otherwise at that time exercisable for vested shares. (v) In the event of a Corporate Transaction, the provisions of Section III of this Article Two shall govern the period for which the outstanding options are to remain exercisable following the Optionee's cessation of Service and shall supersede any provisions to the contrary in this section. 2. The Plan Administrator shall have complete discretion, exercisable either at the time an option is granted or at any time while the option remains outstanding, to: (i) extend the period of time for which the option is to remain exercisable following the Optionee's cessation of Service from the limited exercise period otherwise in effect for that option to such greater period of time as the Plan Administrator shall deem appropriate, but in no event beyond the expiration of the option term, and/or (ii) permit the option to be exercised, during the applicable post-Service exercise period, not only with respect to the number of vested shares of Common Stock for which such option is exercisable at the time of the Optionee's cessation of Service but also with respect to one or more additional installments in which the Optionee would have vested had the Optionee continued in Service. D. Stockholder Rights. The holder of an option shall have no stockholder rights with respect to the shares subject to the option until such person shall have exercised the option, paid the exercise price and become a holder of record of the purchased shares. E. Repurchase Rights. The Plan Administrator shall have the discretion to grant options which are exercisable for unvested shares of Common Stock. Should the Optionee cease Service while holding such unvested shares, the Corporation shall have the right to repurchase, at the exercise price paid per share, any or all of those unvested shares. The terms upon which such repurchase right shall be exercisable (including the period and procedure for exercise and the appropriate vesting schedule for the purchased shares) shall be established by the Plan Administrator and set forth in the document evidencing such repurchase right. F. Limited Transferability of Options. During the lifetime of the Optionee, Incentive Options shall be exercisable only by the Optionee and shall not be assignable or transferable other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution following the Optionee's death. However, a Non-Qualified Option may, in connection with the Optionee's estate plan, be assigned in whole or in part during the Optionee's lifetime to one or more members of the Optionee's immediate family or to a trust established exclusively for one or more such family members. The assigned portion may only be exercised by the person or persons who acquire a proprietary interest in the option pursuant to the assignment. The terms applicable to the assigned portion shall be the same as those in effect for the option immediately prior to such assignment and shall be set forth in such documents issued to the assignee as the Plan Administrator may deem appropriate. II. INCENTIVE OPTIONS The terms specified below shall be applicable to all Incentive Options. Except as modified by the provisions of this Section II, all the provisions of Articles One, Two and Seven shall be applicable to Incentive Options. Options which are specifically designated as Non-Qualified Options when issued under the Plan shall not be subject to the terms of this Section II. A. Eligibility. Incentive Options may only be granted to Employees. B. Dollar Limitation. The aggregate Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock (determined as of the respective date or dates of grant) for which one or more options granted to any Employee under the Plan (or any other option plan of the Corporation or any Parent or Subsidiary) may for the first time become exercisable as Incentive Options during any one calendar year shall not exceed the sum of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000). To the extent the Employee holds two (2) or more such options which become exercisable for the first time in the same calendar year, the foregoing limitation on the exercisability of such options as Incentive Options shall be applied on the basis of the order in which such options are granted. C. 10% Stockholder. If any Employee to whom an Incentive Option is granted is a 10% Stockholder, then the exercise price per share shall not be less than one hundred ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the option grant date, and the option term shall not exceed five (5) years measured from the option grant date. III. CORPORATE TRANSACTION/CHANGE IN CONTROL A. In the event of any Corporate Transaction, each outstanding option shall automatically accelerate so that each such option shall, immediately prior to the effective date of the Corporate Transaction, become fully exercisable with respect to the total number of shares of Common Stock at the time subject to such option and may be exercised for any or all of those shares as fully-vested shares of Common Stock. However, an outstanding option shall not so accelerate if and to the extent: (i) such option is, in connection with the Corporate Transaction, either to be assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) or to be replaced with a comparable option to purchase shares of the capital stock of the successor corporation (or parent thereof), (ii) such option is to be replaced with a cash incentive program of the successor corporation which preserves the spread existing on the unvested option shares at the time of the Corporate Transaction and provides for subsequent payout in accordance with the same vesting schedule applicable to such option or (iii) the acceleration of such option is subject to other limitations imposed by the Plan Administrator at the time of the option grant. The determination of option comparability under clause (i) above shall be made by the Plan Administrator, and its determination shall be final, binding and conclusive. B. All outstanding repurchase rights shall also terminate automatically, and the shares of Common Stock subject to those terminated rights shall immediately vest in full, in the event of any Corporate Transaction, except to the extent: (i) those repurchase rights are to be assigned to the successor corporation (or parent thereof) in connection with such Corporate Transaction or (ii) such accelerated vesting is precluded by other limitations imposed by the Plan Administrator at the time the repurchase right is issued. C. Immediately following the consummation of the Corporate Transaction, all outstanding options shall terminate and cease to be outstanding, except to the extent assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof). D. Each option which is assumed in connection with a Corporate Transaction shall be appropriately adjusted, immediately after such Corporate Transaction, to apply to the number and class of securities which would have been issuable to the Optionee in consummation of such Corporate Transaction had the option been exercised immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction. Appropriate adjustments to reflect such Corporate Transaction shall also be made to (i) the exercise price payable per share under each outstanding option, provided the aggregate exercise price payable for such securities shall remain the same, (ii) the maximum number and/or class of securities available for issuance over the remaining term of the Plan, (iii) the maximum number and/or class of securities for which any one person may be granted stock options and direct stock issuances under the Plan per calendar year and (iv) the maximum number and/or class of securities which may be issued pursuant to Incentive Options granted under the Plan following the consummation of the Corporate Transaction. E. The Plan Administrator shall have full power and authority to grant options under the Discretionary Option Grant Program which will automatically accelerate in the event the Optionee's Service subsequently terminates by reason of an Involuntary Termination within a designated period (not to exceed eighteen (18) months) following the effective date of any Corporate Transaction in which those options are assumed or replaced and do not otherwise accelerate. Any options so accelerated shall remain exercisable for fully-vested shares until the earlier of (i) the expiration of the option term or (ii) the expiration of the one (1)-year period measured from the effective date of the Involuntary Termination. In addition, the Plan Administrator may provide that one or more of the Corporation's outstanding repurchase rights with respect to shares held by the Optionee at the time of such Involuntary Termination shall immediately terminate, and the shares subject to those terminated repurchase rights shall accordingly vest in full. F. The Plan Administrator shall have full power and authority to grant options under the Discretionary Option Grant Program which will automatically accelerate in the event the Optionee's Service subsequently terminates by reason of an Involuntary Termination within a designated period (not to exceed eighteen (18) months) following the effective date of any Change in Control. Each option so accelerated shall remain exercisable for fully-vested shares until the earlier of (i) the expiration of the option term or (ii) the expiration of the one (1)-year period measured from the effective date of the Involuntary Termination. In addition, the Plan Administrator may provide that one or more of the Corporation's outstanding repurchase rights with respect to shares held by the Optionee at the time of such Involuntary Termination shall immediately terminate, and the shares subject to those terminated repurchase rights shall accordingly vest in full. G. The portion of any Incentive Option accelerated in connection with a Corporate Transaction or Change in Control shall remain exercisable as an Incentive Option only to the extent the applicable One Hundred Thousand Dollar limitation is not exceeded. To the extent such dollar limitation is exceeded, the accelerated portion of such option shall be exercisable as a Non-Qualified Option under the Federal tax laws. H. The outstanding options shall in no way affect the right of the Corporation to adjust, reclassify, reorganize or otherwise change its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets. ARTICLE THREE SALARY REDUCTION OPTION GRANT PROGRAM I. OPTION GRANTS The Primary Committee shall have the sole and exclusive authority to determine the calendar year or years (if any) for which the Salary Reduction Option Grant Program is to be in effect and to select the Employees eligible to participate in the Salary Reduction Option Grant Program for those calendar year or years. Each selected Employee who elects to participate in the Salary Reduction Option Grant Program must, prior to the start of each calendar year of participation, file with the Plan Administrator (or its designate) an irrevocable authorization directing the Corporation to reduce his or her base salary for that calendar year by a designated multiple of one percent (1%). However, the minimum amount of such salary reduction must be not less than the greater of (i) five percent (5%) of his or her rate of base salary for that calendar year or (ii) Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) and must not be more than the lesser of (i) twenty five percent (25%) of his or her rate of base salary for the calendar year or (ii) Seventy Five Thousand Dollars ($75,000.00). Each individual who files a proper salary reduction authorization shall automatically be granted an option under this Salary Reduction Option Grant Program on the first trading day in January of the calendar year for which that salary reduction is to be in effect. Stockholder approval of this 1997 Restatement at the 1997 Annual Stockholders Meeting will constitute pre-approval of each option subsequently granted pursuant to the express terms of this Salary Reduction Option Grant Program and the subsequent exercise of that option in accordance with its terms. II. OPTION TERMS Each option shall be a Non-Qualified Option evidenced by one or more documents in the form approved by the Plan Administrator; provided, however, that each such document shall comply with the terms specified below. A. Exercise Price. 1. The exercise price per share shall be thirty-three and one-third percent (33-1/3%) of the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the option grant date. 2. The exercise price shall become immediately due upon exercise of the option and shall be payable in one or more of the alternative forms authorized under the Discretionary Option Grant Program. Except to the extent the sale and remittance procedure specified thereunder is utilized, payment of the exercise price for the purchased shares must be made on the Exercise Date. B. Number of Option Shares. The number of shares of Common Stock subject to the option shall be determined pursuant to the following formula (rounded down to the nearest whole number): X = A / (B x 66-2/3%), where X is the number of option shares, A is the dollar amount by which the Optionee's base salary is to be reduced for the calendar year, and B is the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the option grant date. C. Exercise and Term of Options. The option shall become exercisable in a series of twelve (12) successive equal monthly installments upon the Optionee's completion of each calendar month of Service in the calendar year for which the salary reduction is in effect. Each option shall have a maximum term of ten (10) years measured from the option grant date. D. Effect of Termination of Service. Should the Optionee cease Service for any reason while holding one or more options under this Article Three, then each such option shall remain exercisable, for any or all of the shares for which the option is exercisable at the time of such cessation of Service, until the earlier of (i) the expiration of the ten (10)-year option term or (ii) the expiration of the three (3)-year period measured from the date of such cessation of Service. Should the Optionee die while holding one or more options under this Article Three, then each such option may be exercised, for any or all of the shares for which the option is exercisable at the time of the Optionee's cessation of Service (less any shares subsequently purchased by Optionee prior to death), by the personal representative of the Optionee's estate or by the person or persons to whom the option is transferred pursuant to the Optionee's will or in accordance with the laws of descent and distribution. Such right of exercise shall lapse, and the option shall terminate, upon the earlier of (i) the expiration of the ten (10)-year option term or (ii) E. the three (3)-year period measured from the date of the Optionee's cessation of Service. However, the option shall, immediately upon the Optionee's cessation of Service for any reason, terminate and cease to remain outstanding with respect to any and all shares of Common Stock for which the option is not otherwise at that time exercisable. III. CORPORATE TRANSACTION/CHANGE IN CONTROL A. In the event of any Corporate Transaction while the Optionee remains in Service, each outstanding option held by such Optionee under this Salary Reduction Option Grant Program shall automatically accelerate so that each such option shall, immediately prior to the effective date of the Corporate Transaction, become fully exercisable with respect to the total number of shares of Common Stock at the time subject to such option and may be exercised for any or all of those shares as fully-vested shares of Common Stock. Each such outstanding option shall be assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) in the Corporate Transaction and shall remain exercisable for the fully-vested shares until the earlier of (i) the expiration of the ten (10)-year option term or (ii) the expiration of the three (3)-year period measured from the date of the Optionee's cessation of Service. B. In the event of a Change in Control while the Optionee remains in Service, each outstanding option held by such Optionee under this Salary Reduction Option Grant Program shall automatically accelerate so that each such option shall immediately become fully exercisable with respect to the total number of shares of Common Stock at the time subject to such option and may be exercised for any or all of those shares as fully-vested shares of Common Stock. The option shall remain so exercisable until the earlier or (i) the expiration of the ten (10)-year option term or (ii) the expiration of the three (3)-year period measured from the date of the Optionee's cessation of Service. C. The grant of options under the Salary Reduction Option Grant Program shall in no way affect the right of the Corporation to adjust, reclassify, reorganize or otherwise change its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets. IV. REMAINING TERMS The remaining terms of each option granted under the Salary Reduction Option Grant Program shall be the same as the terms in effect for option grants made under the Discretionary Option Grant Program. ARTICLE FOUR STOCK ISSUANCE PROGRAM I. STOCK ISSUANCE TERMS Shares of Common Stock may be issued under the Stock Issuance Program directly without any intervening option grants. Each such stock issuance shall be evidenced by a Stock Issuance Agreement which complies with the terms specified below. A. Issue Price. The shares shall be issued for such valid consideration under the Delaware General Corporation Law as the Plan Administrator may deem appropriate, but the value of such consideration as determined by the Plan Administrator shall not be less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of the issued shares of Common Stock on the issuance date. B. Vesting Provisions. 1. The Primary Committee shall have the sole and exclusive authority to issue shares of Common Stock under the Stock Issuance Program as a bonus for past services rendered to the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary). All such bonus shares shall be fully and immediately vested upon issuance. 2. All other shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance under the Stock Issuance Program by the applicable Plan Administrator shall have a minimum vesting schedule determined in accordance with the following requirements: (i) For any shares which are to vest solely by reason of Service to be performed by the Participant, the Plan Administrator shall impose a minimum Service period of at least three (3) years measured from the issue date of such shares. (ii) For any shares which are to vest upon the Participant's completion of a designated Service requirement and the Corporation's attainment of one or more prescribed performance milestones, the Plan Administrator shall impose a minimum Service period of at least one (1) year measured from the issue date of such shares. 3. Any new, substituted or additional securities or other property (including money paid other than as a regular cash dividend) which the Participant may have the right to receive with respect to the Participant's unvested shares of Common Stock by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, combination of shares, exchange of shares or other change affecting the outstanding Common Stock as a class without the Corporation's receipt of consideration shall be issued subject to (i) the same vesting requirements applicable to the Participant's unvested shares of Common Stock and (ii) such escrow arrangements as the Plan Administrator shall deem appropriate. 4. The Participant shall have full stockholder rights with respect to any shares of Common Stock issued to the Participant under the Stock Issuance Program, whether or not the Participant's interest in those shares is vested. Accordingly, the Participant shall have the right to vote such shares and to receive any regular cash dividends paid on such shares. 5. Should the Participant cease to remain in Service while holding one or more unvested shares of Common Stock issued under the Stock Issuance Program or should the performance objectives not be attained with respect to one or more such unvested shares of Common Stock, then those shares shall be immediately surrendered to the Corporation for cancellation, and the Participant shall have no further stockholder rights with respect to those shares. To the extent the surrendered shares were previously issued to the Participant for consideration paid in cash or cash equivalent (including the Participant's purchase-money promissory note), the Corporation shall repay to the Participant the cash consideration paid for the surrendered shares and shall cancel the unpaid principal balance of any outstanding purchase-money note of the Participant attributable to such surrendered shares. 6. The Primary Committee shall have the sole and exclusive authority, exercisable upon a Participant's termination of Service, to waive the surrender and cancellation of any or all unvested shares of Common Stock (or other assets attributable thereto) at the time held by that Participant, if the Primary Committee determines such waiver to be an appropriate severance benefit for the Participant. II. CORPORATE TRANSACTION/CHANGE IN CONTROL A. All of the Corporation's outstanding repurchase rights under the Stock Issuance Program shall terminate automatically, and all the shares of Common Stock subject to those terminated rights shall immediately vest in full, in the event of any Corporate Transaction, except to the extent (i) those repurchase rights are to be assigned to the successor corporation (or parent thereof) in connection with such Corporate Transaction or (ii) such accelerated vesting is precluded by other limitations imposed in the Stock Issuance Agreement. B. The Plan Administrator shall have the discretionary authority to structure one or more of the Corporation's repurchase rights under the Stock Issuance Program in such manner that those repurchase rights shall automatically terminate, and all the shares of Common Stock subject to those terminated rights shall immediately vest in full, in the event the Participant's Service should subsequently terminate by reason of an Involuntary Termination within eighteen (18) months following the effective date of any Corporate Transaction in which those repurchase rights are assigned to the successor corporation (or parent thereof). C. The Plan Administrator shall have the discretionary authority to structure one or more of the Corporation's repurchase rights under the Stock Issuance Program in such manner that those repurchase rights shall automatically terminate, and all the shares of Common Stock subject to those terminated rights shall immediately vest in full, in the event the Participant's Service should subsequently terminate by reason of an Involuntary Termination within eighteen (18) months following the effective date of any Change in Control. III. SHARE ESCROW/LEGENDS Unvested shares may, in the Plan Administrator's discretion, be held in escrow by the Corporation until the Participant's interest in such shares vests or may be issued directly to the Participant with restrictive legends on the certificates evidencing those unvested shares. ARTICLE FIVE AUTOMATIC OPTION GRANT PROGRAM The provisions of the Automatic Option Grant Program have been revised as of March 17, 1998 and have been approved by the stockholders at the 1998 Annual Meeting. I. OPTION TERMS A. Grant Dates. Option grants shall be made on the dates specified below: 1. Each individual who is re-elected to the Board as a non-employee Board member at the 1998 Annual Stockholders Meeting shall automatically be granted at that time a Non-Qualified Option to purchase 15,000 shares of Common Stock. 2. Each individual who is first elected or appointed as a non-employee Board member at the 1998 Annual Stockholders Meeting or at any time thereafter shall automatically be granted, upon his or her initial election or appointment (as the case may be), a Non-Qualified Option to purchase 25,000 shares of Common Stock, provided that individual has not previously been in the employ of the Corporation or any Parent or Subsidiary. 3. On the date of each Annual Stockholders Meeting, beginning with the 1998 Annual Meeting, each individual who is re-elected to serve as a non-employee Board member at such meeting shall automatically be granted a Non-Qualified Option to purchase an additional 7,000 shares of Common Stock, provided such individual has served as a non-employee Board member for a period of at least six (6) months. There shall be no limit on the number of such 7,000-share option grants any one non-employee Board member may receive over his or her period of Board service, and non-employee Board members who have previously been in the employ of the Corporation or any Parent or Subsidiary shall be eligible to receive such annual option grants upon their re-election as non-employee Board members at one or more Annual Stockholders Meetings. Stockholder approval of this 1998 Restatement at the 1998 Annual Stockholders Meeting constituted pre-approval of each option granted at or after that Annual Meeting pursuant to the express terms of this Automatic Option Grant Program and the subsequent exercise of that option in accordance with its terms. Only The 15,000-share and 7,000-share option grants made at the 1998 Annual Meeting have been adjusted to 30,000 shares and 14,000 shares, respectively, to reflect the June 12, 1998 split of the Common Stock. All other share numbers in this Article Five remain in effect after such split. B. Exercise Price. 1. The exercise price per share shall be equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the option grant date. 2. The exercise price shall be payable in one or more of the alternative forms authorized under the Discretionary Option Grant Program. Except to the extent the sale and remittance procedure specified thereunder is utilized, payment of the exercise price for the purchased shares must be made on the Exercise Date. C. Option Term. Each option shall have a term of ten (10) years measured from the option grant date. D. Exercise and Vesting of Options. Each option shall be immediately exercisable for any or all of the option shares. However, any shares purchased under the option shall be subject to repurchase by the Corporation, at the exercise price paid per share, upon the Optionee's cessation of Board service prior to vesting in those shares. Each option grant shall vest, and the Corporation's repurchase right shall lapse, in a series of four (4) successive equal annual installments over the Optionee's period of continued service as a Board member, with the first such installment to vest upon the Optionee's completion of one (1) year of Board service measured from the option grant date. E. Effect of Termination of Board Service. The following provisions shall govern the exercise of any outstanding options held by the Optionee under this Automatic Option Grant Program at the time the Optionee ceases to serve as a Board member: (i) The Optionee (or, in the event of Optionee's death, the personal representative of the Optionee's estate or the person or persons to whom the option is transferred pursuant to the Optionee's will or in accordance with the laws of descent and distribution) shall have a twelve (12)-month period following the date of such cessation of Board service in which to exercise each such option. However, each option shall, immediately upon the Optionee's cessation of Board service, terminate and cease to remain outstanding with respect to any option shares in which the Optionee is not otherwise at that time vested. (ii) During the twelve (12)-month exercise period, the option may not be exercised in the aggregate for more than the number of vested shares for which the option is exercisable at the time of the Optionee's cessation of Board service. However, should the Optionee cease to serve as a Board member by reason of death or Permanent Disability, then all shares at the time subject to the option shall immediately vest so that such option may, during the twelve (12)-month exercise period following such cessation of Board service, be exercised for all or any portion of such shares as fully-vested shares. (iii) In no event shall the option remain exercisable after the expiration of the option term. II. SPECIAL ACCELERATION EVENTS A. In the event of any Corporate Transaction, the shares of Common Stock at the time subject to each outstanding option but not otherwise vested shall automatically vest in full so that each such option shall, immediately prior to the specified effective date of the Corporate Transaction, become fully exercisable for all of the shares of Common Stock at the time subject to that option and may be exercised for all or any portion of such shares as fully-vested shares of Common Stock. Immediately following the consummation of the Corporate Transaction, each automatic option grant under the Plan shall terminate and cease to be outstanding, except to the extent assumed by the successor corporation or its parent company. B. In connection with any Change in Control of the Corporation, the shares of Common Stock at the time subject to each outstanding option but not otherwise vested shall automatically vest in full so that each such option shall, immediately prior to the specified effective date for the Change in Control, become fully exercisable for all of the shares of Common Stock at the time subject to that option and may be exercised for all or any portion of those shares as fully-vested shares of Common Stock. Each such option shall remain exercisable for such fully-vested option shares until the expiration or sooner termination of the option term. C. The automatic option grants outstanding under the Plan shall in no way affect the right of the Corporation to adjust, reclassify, reorganize or otherwise change its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets. III. REMAINING TERMS The remaining terms of each option granted under the Automatic Option Grant Program shall be the same as the terms in effect for option grants made under the Discretionary Option Grant Program. ARTICLE SIX DIRECTOR FEE OPTION GRANT PROGRAM I. OPTION GRANTS Each non-employee Board member may elect to apply all or any portion of the annual retainer fee otherwise payable in cash for his or her service on the Board to the acquisition of a special option grant under this Director Fee Option Grant Program. Such election must be filed with the Corporation's Chief Financial Officer prior to first day of July in the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year for which the annual retainer fee which is the subject of that election is otherwise payable. Each non-employee Board member who files such a timely election shall automatically be granted an option under this Director Fee Option Grant Program on the first trading day in January in the calendar year for which the annual retainer fee which is the subject of that election would otherwise be payable. Stockholder approval of the 1998 Restatement at the 1998 Annual Stockholders Meeting constituted pre-approval of each option subsequently granted pursuant to the express terms of this Director Fee Option Grant Program and the subsequent exercise of that option in accordance with its terms. II. OPTION TERMS Each option shall be a Non-Qualified Option governed by the terms and conditions specified below. A. Exercise Price. 1. The exercise price per share shall be thirty-three and one-third percent (33-1/3%) of the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the option grant date. 2. The exercise price shall become immediately due upon exercise of the option and shall be payable in one or more of the alternative forms authorized under the Discretionary Option Grant Program. Except to the extent the sale and remittance procedure specified thereunder is utilized, payment of the exercise price for the purchased shares must be made on the Exercise Date. B. Number of Option Shares. The number of shares of Common Stock subject to the option shall be determined pursuant to the following formula (rounded down to the nearest whole number): X = A / (B x 66-2/3%), where X is the number of option shares, A is the portion of the annual retainer fee subject to the non-employee Board member's election, and B is the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the option grant date. C. Exercise and Term of Options. The option shall become exercisable in a series of twelve (12) successive equal monthly installments upon the Optionee's completion of each calendar month of Board service in the calendar year for which the annual retainer fee which is the subject of his or her election under this Article Six would otherwise be payable. Each option shall have a maximum term of ten (10) years measured from the option grant date. D. Effect of Termination of Service. Should the Optionee cease Board service for any reason (other than death or Permanent Disability) while holding one or more options under this Article Six, then each such option shall remain exercisable, for any or all of the shares for which the option is exercisable at the time of such cessation of Board service, until the earlier of (i) the expiration of the ten (10)-year option term or (ii) the expiration of the three (3)-year period measured from the date of such cessation of Board service. However, each option held by the Optionee under this Article Six at the time of his or her cessation of Board service shall immediately terminate and cease to remain outstanding with respect to any and all shares of Common Stock for which the option is not otherwise at that time exercisable. E. Death or Permanent Disability. Should the Optionee's service as a Board member cease by reason of death or Permanent Disability, then each option held by such Optionee under this Article Six shall immediately become exercisable for all the shares of Common Stock at the time subject to that option, and the option may, during the three (3)-year period following such cessation of Board service, be exercised for any or all of those shares as fully-vested shares. Should the Optionee die while holding one or more options under this Article Six, then each such option may be exercised, for any or all of the shares for which the option is exercisable at the time of the Optionee's cessation of Board service (less any shares subsequently purchased by Optionee prior to death), by the personal representative of the Optionee's estate or by the person or persons to whom the option is transferred pursuant to the Optionee's will or in accordance with the laws of descent and distribution. Such right of exercise shall lapse, and the option shall terminate, upon the earlier of (i) the expiration of the ten (10)-year option term or (ii) the three (3)-year period measured from the date of the Optionee's cessation of Board service. III. CORPORATE TRANSACTION/CHANGE IN CONTROL A. In the event of any Corporate Transaction while the Optionee remains a Board member, each outstanding option held by such Optionee under this Director Fee Option Grant Program shall automatically accelerate so that each such option shall, immediately prior to the effective date of the Corporate Transaction, become fully exercisable with respect to the total number of shares of Common Stock at the time subject to such option and may be exercised for any or all of those shares as fully-vested shares of Common Stock. Each such outstanding option shall be assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) in the Corporate Transaction and shall remain exercisable for the fully-vested shares until the earlier of (i) the expiration of the ten (10)-year option term or (ii) the expiration of the three (3)-year period measured from the date of the Optionee's cessation of Board service. B. In the event of a Change in Control while the Optionee remains in Service, each outstanding option held by such Optionee under this Director Fee Option Grant Program shall automatically accelerate so that each such option shall immediately become fully exercisable with respect to the total number of shares of Common Stock at the time subject to such option and may be exercised for any or all of those shares as fully-vested shares of Common Stock. The option shall remain so exercisable until the earlier or (i) the expiration of the ten (10)-year option term or (ii) the expiration of the three (3)-year period measured from the date of the Optionee's cessation of Service. C. The grant of options under the Director Fee Option Grant Program shall in no way affect the right of the Corporation to adjust, reclassify, reorganize or otherwise change its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets. IV. REMAINING TERMS The remaining terms of each option granted under this Director Fee Option Grant Program shall be the same as the terms in effect for option grants made under the Discretionary Option Grant Program. ARTICLE SEVEN MISCELLANEOUS I. FINANCING The Plan Administrator may permit any Optionee or Participant to pay the option exercise price under the Discretionary Option Grant Program or the purchase price of shares issued under the Stock Issuance Program by delivering a promissory note payable in one or more installments. The terms of any such promissory note (including the interest rate and the terms of repayment) shall be established by the Plan Administrator in its sole discretion. Promissory notes may be authorized with or without security or collateral. In all events, the maximum credit available to the Optionee or Participant may not exceed the sum of (i) the aggregate option exercise price or purchase price payable for the purchased shares plus (ii) any Federal, state and local income and employment tax liability incurred by the Optionee or the Participant in connection with the option exercise or share purchase. II. TAX WITHHOLDING The Corporation's obligation to deliver shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of options or the issuance or vesting of such shares under the Plan shall be subject to the satisfaction of all applicable Federal, state and local income and employment tax withholding requirements. III. EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM OF PLAN A. The Plan became effective upon approval by the Corporation's stockholders at the 1995 Annual Stockholders Meeting. B. The Plan was amended and restated by the Board in March 1996 (the "March 1996 Restatement") to effect the following revisions: (i) increase the maximum number of shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance over the term of the Plan by an additional 1,300,000 shares to 6,224,830 shares and (ii) increase the limit on the maximum number of shares of Common Stock which may be issued under the Plan prior to the required cessation of further Incentive Option grants by an additional 1,300,000 shares to a total of 6,100,000 shares of Common Stock. The March 1996 Restatement became effective immediately upon adoption by the Board and was approved by the Corporation's stockholders at the 1996 Annual Meeting. C. The Plan was again amended and restated on March 20, 1997 (the "1997 Amendment") to effect the following changes: (i) increase the number of shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance over the term of the Plan by an additional 1,200,000 shares, (ii) render the non-employee Board members eligible to receive option grants and direct stock issuances under the Discretionary Option Grant and Stock Issuance Programs, (iii) eliminate the plan limitation which precluded the grant of additional Incentive Options once the number of shares of Common Stock issued under the Plan, whether as vested or unvested shares, exceeded 6,100,000 shares, (iv) eliminate certain restrictions on the eligibility of non-employee Board members to serve as Plan Administrator and (v) effect a series of technical changes to the provisions of the Plan (including the stockholder approval requirements) in order to take advantage of the recent amendments to Rule 16b-3 of the Securities and Exchange Commission which exempts certain officer and director transactions under the Plan from the short-swing liability provisions of the Federal securities laws. The 1997 Amendment became effective immediately upon adoption by the Board and was approved by the Corporation's stockholders at the 1997 Annual Meeting. D. The Plan was further amended and restated on March 17, 1998 (the "1998 Restatement") to increase the number of shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance over the term of the Plan by an additional 1,200,000 shares and to effect the following changes to the Automatic Option Grant Program in effect under Article Five: (i) Each individual reelected to the Board as a non-employee Board member at the 1998 Annual Meeting shall receive at that time an option grant for 15,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock. (ii) Each individual who first joins the Board as a non-employee Board member at the 1998 Annual Meeting or at any time thereafter shall, upon his or her initial election or appointment to the Board, receive an option grant for 25,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock, provided such individual has not previously been in the Company's employ. (iii) On the date of each Annual Stockholders Meeting, beginning with the 1998 Annual Meeting, each individual reelected to the Board as a non-employee Board member will receive an option grant for 7,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock, provided such individual has served as a non-employee Board member for at least six months. The 1998 Restatement was approved by the stockholders at the 1998 Annual Meeting, and no option grants made on the basis of the 600,000-share increase under the 1998 Restatement became exercisable in whole or in part until the 1998 Restatement was so approved. All option grants made prior to the 1998 Restatement shall remain outstanding in accordance with the terms and conditions of the respective instruments evidencing those options or issuances, and nothing in the 1998 Restatement shall be deemed to modify or in any way affect those outstanding options or issuances. Subject to the foregoing limitations, the Plan Administrator may make option grants under the Plan at any time before the date fixed herein for the termination of the Plan. E. The Plan Administrator shall have full power and authority, exercisable in its sole discretion, to extend one or more provisions of the Discretionary Option Grant Program, including (without limitation) the vesting acceleration provisions of Section III of Article Two relating to Corporate Transactions and Changes in Control, to one or more outstanding stock options under the Predecessor Plan which are incorporated into this Plan on the Effective Date but which do not otherwise contain such provisions. F. The Plan shall terminate upon the earliest of (i) May 24, 2005, (ii) the date on which all shares available for issuance under the Plan shall have been issued as fully-vested shares or (iii) the termination of all outstanding options in connection with a Corporate Transaction. Upon a clause (i) plan termination, all outstanding option grants and unvested stock issuances shall thereafter continue to have force and effect in accordance with the provisions of the documents evidencing such grants or issuances. IV. AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN A. The Board shall have complete and exclusive power and authority to amend or modify the Plan in any or all respects. However, no such amendment or modification shall adversely affect the rights and obligations with respect to stock options or unvested stock issuances at the time outstanding under the Plan unless the Optionee or the Participant consents to such amendment or modification. In addition, certain amendments may require stockholder approval pursuant to applicable laws or regulations. B. Options to purchase shares of Common Stock may be granted under the Discretionary Option Grant and Salary Reduction Option Grant Programs and shares of Common Stock may be issued under the Stock Issuance Program that are in each instance in excess of the number of shares then available for issuance under the Plan, provided any excess shares actually issued under those programs shall be held in escrow until there is obtained stockholder approval of an amendment sufficiently increasing the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan. If such stockholder approval is not obtained within twelve (12) months after the date the first such excess issuances are made, then (i) any unexercised options granted on the basis of such excess shares shall terminate and cease to be outstanding and (ii) the Corporation shall promptly refund to the Optionees and the Participants the exercise or purchase price paid for any excess shares issued under the Plan and held in escrow, together with interest (at the applicable Short Term Federal Rate) for the period the shares were held in escrow, and such shares shall thereupon be automatically cancelled and cease to be outstanding. V. USE OF PROCEEDS Any cash proceeds received by the Corporation from the sale of shares of Common Stock under the Plan shall be used for general corporate purposes. VI. REGULATORY APPROVALS A. The implementation of the Plan, the granting of any stock option under the Plan and the issuance of any shares of Common Stock (i) upon the exercise of any granted option or (ii) under the Stock Issuance Program shall be subject to the Corporation's procurement of all approvals and permits required by regulatory authorities having jurisdiction over the Plan, the stock options granted under it and the shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to it. B. No shares of Common Stock or other assets shall be issued or delivered under the Plan unless and until there shall have been compliance with all applicable requirements of Federal and state securities laws, including the filing and effectiveness of the Form S-8 registration statement for the shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan, and all applicable listing requirements of any stock exchange (or the Nasdaq National Market, if applicable) on which Common Stock is then listed for trading. VII. NO EMPLOYMENT/SERVICE RIGHTS Nothing in the Plan shall confer upon the Optionee or the Participant any right to continue in Service for any period of specific duration or interfere with or otherwise restrict in any way the rights of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary employing or retaining such person) or of the Optionee or the Participant, which rights are hereby expressly reserved by each, to terminate such person's Service at any time for any reason, with or without cause. APPENDIX The following definitions shall be in effect under the Plan: A. Automatic Option Grant Program shall mean the automatic option grant program in effect under the Plan. B. Board shall mean the Corporation's Board of Directors. C. Change in Control shall mean a change in ownership or control of the Corporation effected through either of the following transactions: (i) the acquisition, directly or indirectly by any person or related group of persons (other than the Corporation or a person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Corporation), of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the 1934 Act) of securities possessing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the Corporation's outstanding securities pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made directly to the Corporation's stockholders, or (ii) a change in the composition of the Board over a period of thirty-six (36) consecutive months or less such that a majority of the Board members ceases, by reason of one or more contested elections for Board membership, to be comprised of individuals who either (A) have been Board members continuously since the beginning of such period or (B) have been elected or nominated for election as Board members during such period by at least a majority of the Board members described in clause (A) who were still in office at the time the Board approved such election or nomination. D. Code shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. E. Common Stock shall mean the Corporation's common stock. F. Corporate Transaction shall mean either of the following stockholder-approved transactions to which the Corporation is a party: (i) merger or consolidation in which securities possessing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the Corporation's outstanding securities are transferred to a person or persons different from the persons holding those securities immediately prior to such transaction, or (ii) the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Corporation's assets in complete liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation. G. Corporation shall mean FileNet Corporation, a Delaware corporation. H. Director Fee Option Grant Program shall mean the special stock option grant in effect for non-employee Board members under Article Six of the Plan. I. Discretionary Option Grant Program shall mean the discretionary option grant program in effect under the Plan J. Effective Date shall mean the date of the 1995 Annual Stockholders Meeting, provided the Plan is approved by the stockholders at that meeting. K. Employee shall mean an individual who is in the employ of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), subject to the control and direction of the employer entity as to both the work to be performed and the manner and method of performance. L. Exercise Date shall mean the date on which the Corporation shall have received written notice of the option exercise. M. Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on any relevant date shall be determined in accordance with the following provisions: (i) If the Common Stock is at the time traded on the Nasdaq National Market, then the Fair Market Value shall be the average of the high and low selling prices per share of Common Stock on the date in question, as such prices are reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers on the Nasdaq National Market or any successor system. If there are no high or low selling prices for the Common Stock on the date in question, then the Fair Market Value shall be the average of the high and low selling prices on the last preceding date for which such quotations exist. (ii) If the Common Stock is at the time listed on any Stock Exchange, then the Fair Market Value shall be the average of the high and low selling prices per share of Common Stock on the date in question on the Stock Exchange determined by the Plan Administrator to be the primary market for the Common Stock, as such prices are officially quoted in the composite tape of transactions on such exchange. If there are no high and low selling prices for the Common Stock on the date in question, then the Fair Market Value shall be the average of the high and low selling prices on the last preceding date for which such quotations exist. N. Incentive Option shall mean an option which satisfies the requirements of Code Section 422. O. Involuntary Termination shall mean the termination of the Service of any individual which occurs by reason of: (i) such individual's involuntary dismissal or discharge by the Corporation for reasons other than Misconduct, or (ii) such individual's voluntary resignation following (A) a change in his or her position with the Corporation which materially reduces his or her level of responsibility, (B) a reduction in his or her level of compensation (including base salary, fringe benefits and participation in any corporate-performance based bonus or incentive programs) by more than fifteen percent (15%) or (C) a relocation of such individual's place of employment by more than fifty (50) miles, provided and only if such change, reduction or relocation is effected by the Corporation without the individual's consent. P. Misconduct shall mean the commission of any act of fraud, embezzlement or dishonesty by the Optionee or Participant, any unauthorized use or disclosure by such person of confidential information or trade secrets of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), or any other intentional misconduct by such person adversely affecting the business or affairs of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) in a material manner. The foregoing definition shall not be deemed to be inclusive of all the acts or omissions which the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) may consider as grounds for the dismissal or discharge of any Optionee, Participant or other person in the Service of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary). Q. 1934 Act shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. R. Non-Qualified Option shall mean an option not intended to satisfy the requirements of Code Section 422. S. Optionee shall mean any person to whom an option is granted under the Discretionary Option Grant, Salary Reduction Option Grant, Automatic Option Grant or Director Fee Option Grant Program. T. Parent shall mean any corporation (other than the Corporation) in an unbroken chain of corporations ending with the Corporation, provided each corporation in the unbroken chain (other than the Corporation) owns, at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain. U. Participant shall mean any person who is issued shares of Common Stock under the Stock Issuance Program. V. Permanent Disability or Permanently Disabled shall mean the inability of the Optionee or the Participant to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment expected to result in death or to be of continuous duration of twelve (12) months or more. However, solely for purposes of the Automatic Option Grant and Director Fee Option Grant Programs, Permanent Disability or Permanently Disabled shall mean the inability of the non-employee Board member to perform his or her usual duties as a Board member by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment expected to result in death or to be of continuous duration of twelve (12) months or more. W. Plan shall mean the Corporation's 1995 Stock Option Plan, as set forth in this document. X. Plan Administrator shall mean the particular entity, whether the Primary Committee, the Board or the Secondary Committee, which is authorized to administer the Discretionary Option Grant and Stock Issuance Programs with respect to one or more classes of eligible persons, to the extent such entity is carrying out its administrative functions under those programs with respect to the persons under its jurisdiction. Y. Predecessor Plan shall mean the Corporation's Second Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan, pursuant to which 3,250,000 shares of Common Stock have been authorized for issuance. Z. Primary Committee shall mean the committee of two (2) or more non-employee Board members appointed by the Board to administer the Discretionary Option Grant and Stock Issuance Programs with respect to Section 16 Insiders. AA. Salary Reduction Option Grant Program shall mean the salary reduction grant program in effect under the Plan. BB. Secondary Committee shall mean a committee of two (2) or more Board members appointed by the Board to administer the Discretionary Option Grant and Stock Issuance Programs with respect to eligible persons other than Section 16 Insiders. CC. Section 16 Insider shall mean an officer or director of the Corporation subject to the short-swing profit liabilities of Section 16 of the 1934 Act. DD. Service shall mean the performance of services for the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) by a person in the capacity of an Employee, a non-employee member of the board of directors or a consultant or independent advisor, except to the extent otherwise specifically provided in the documents evidencing the option grant or stock issuance. EE. Stock Exchange shall mean either the American Stock Exchange or the New York Stock Exchange. FF. Stock Issuance Agreement shall mean the agreement entered into by the Corporation and the Participant at the time of issuance of shares of Common Stock under the Stock Issuance Program. GG. Stock Issuance Program shall mean the stock issuance program in effect under the Plan. HH. Subsidiary shall mean any corporation (other than the Corporation) in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Corporation, provided each corporation (other than the last corporation) in the unbroken chain owns, at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain. II. 10% Stockholder shall mean the owner of stock (as determined under Code Section 424(d)) possessing ten percent (10%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary). EX-99.15 3 1998 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN FILENET CORPORATION 1998 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN AS AMENDED AND RESTATED MAY 15, 1998 I. PURPOSE OF THE PLAN This Employee Stock Purchase Plan is intended to promote the interests of FileNet Corporation by providing eligible employees with the opportunity to acquire a proprietary interest in the Corporation through participation in a payroll-deduction based employee stock purchase plan designed to qualify under Section 423 of the Code. This Plan shall serve as the successor to the Corporation's existing 1988 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Predecessor Plan"), and no further shares of Common Stock will be issued under the Predecessor Plan from and after the Effective Date. Capitalized terms herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the attached Appendix. All share numbers in this Plan reflect the 2-for-1 split of the Common Stock effective on June 12, 1998 II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN The Plan Administrator shall have full authority to interpret and construe any provision of the Plan and to adopt such rules and regulations for administering the Plan as it may deem necessary in order to comply with the requirements of Code Section 423. Decisions of the Plan Administrator shall be final and binding on all parties having an interest in the Plan. III. STOCK SUBJECT TO PLAN A. The stock purchasable under the Plan shall be shares of authorized but unissued or reacquired Common Stock, including shares of Common Stock purchased on the open market. The maximum number of shares of Common Stock which may be issued over the term of the Plan and the International Plan shall not exceed Four Hundred Thousand (400,000) shares and shall be limited to the following components: (i) the actual number of shares of Common Stock remaining for issuance under the Predecessor Plan on the Effective Date (estimated at One Hundred Thousand (100,000 shares) plus (ii) an additional Three Hundred Thousand (300,000) shares of Common Stock. B. Should any change be made to the Common Stock by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination of shares, exchange of shares or other change affecting the outstanding Common Stock as a class without the Corporation's receipt of consideration, appropriate adjustments shall be made to (i) the maximum number and class of securities issuable under the Plan and the International Plan, (ii) the maximum number and class of securities purchasable per Participant on any one Purchase Date, (iii) the maximum number and class of securities purchasable by all Participants in the aggregate on any one Purchase Date and (iv) the number and class of securities and the price per share in effect under each outstanding purchase right in order to prevent the dilution or enlargement of benefits thereunder. IV. PURCHASE PERIODS A. Shares of Common Stock shall be offered for purchase under the Plan through a series of successive purchase periods until such time as (i) the maximum number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan shall have been purchased or (ii) the Plan shall have been sooner terminated. B. Each purchase period shall have a duration of six (6) months. Purchase periods shall run from the first business day in May to the last business day in October each year and from the first business day in November each year to the last business day in April of the following year. However, the initial purchase period under the Plan shall begin on October 1, 1998 and end on the last business day in April 1999. V. ELIGIBILITY A. Each individual who is an Eligible Employee on the start date of any purchase period shall be eligible to participate in the Plan for that purchase period. B. To participate in the Plan for a particular purchase period, the Eligible Employee must complete the enrollment form prescribed by the Plan Administrator and file such form with the Plan Administrator (or its designate) on or before the start date of the purchase period. VI. PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS A. The payroll deduction authorized by the Participant for purposes of acquiring shares of Common Stock under the Plan may be any multiple of one percent (1%) of the Cash Earnings paid to the Participant during each purchase period, up to a maximum of ten percent (10%). The deduction rate so authorized shall continue in effect for the entire purchase period and for each subsequent purchase period the Participant remains in the Plan. The Participant may not increase his or her rate of payroll deduction during a purchase period, but may effect such increase as of the start date of any subsequent purchase period following the filing of a new payroll deduction authorization with the Plan Administrator. However, the Participant may, at any time during the purchase period, reduce his or her rate of payroll deduction to become effective as soon as possible after filing the appropriate form with the Plan Administrator. The Participant may not, however, effect more than one (1) such reduction per purchase period. B. Payroll deductions shall begin on the first pay day following the start date of the purchase period and shall (unless sooner terminated by the Participant) continue through the pay day ending with or immediately prior to the last day of the purchase period. The amounts so collected shall be credited to the Participant's book account under the Plan, but no interest shall be paid on the balance from time to time outstanding in such account. The amounts collected from the Participant shall not be required to be held in any segregated account or trust fund and may be commingled with the general assets of the Corporation and used for general corporate purposes. C. Payroll deductions shall automatically cease upon the termination of the Participant's purchase right in accordance with the provisions of the Plan. D. The Participant's acquisition of Common Stock under the Plan on any Purchase Date shall neither limit nor require the Participant's acquisition of Common Stock on any subsequent Purchase Date. VII. PURCHASE RIGHTS A. Grant of Purchase Right. A Participant shall be granted a separate purchase right on the start date of each purchase period in which he or she participates. The purchase right shall provide the Participant with the right to purchase shares of Common Stock on the Purchase Date upon the terms set forth below. The Participant shall execute a stock purchase agreement embodying such terms and such other provisions (not inconsistent with the Plan) as the Plan Administrator may deem advisable. Under no circumstances shall purchase rights be granted under the Plan to any Eligible Employee if such individual would, immediately after the grant, own (within the meaning of Code Section 424(d)) or hold outstanding options or other rights to purchase, stock possessing five percent (5%) or more of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of stock of the Corporation or any Corporate Affiliate. B. Exercise of the Purchase Right. Each purchase right shall be automatically exercised on the Purchase Date, and shares of Common Stock shall accordingly be purchased on behalf of each Participant on such date. The purchase shall be effected by applying the Participant's payroll deductions for the purchase period ending on such Purchase Date to the purchase of shares of Common Stock at the purchase price in effect for that purchase period. C. Purchase Price. The purchase price per share at which Common Stock will be purchased on the Participant's behalf on each Purchase Date shall be equal to eighty-five percent (85%) of the lower of (i) the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the start date of the purchase period or (ii) the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on that Purchase Date. D. Number of Purchasable Shares. The number of shares of Common Stock purchasable by a Participant on each Purchase Date shall be the number of whole shares obtained by dividing the amount collected from the Participant through payroll deductions during the purchase period ending with that Purchase Date by the purchase price in effect for that period. However, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock purchasable per Participant on any one Purchase Date shall not exceed eight hundred (800) shares, subject to periodic adjustments in the event of certain changes in the Corporation's capitalization. In addition, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock purchasable by all Participants in the aggregate on any one Purchase Date under the Plan and the International Plan shall not exceed One Hundred Seventy Thousand (170,000) shares, subject to periodic adjustments in the event of certain changes in the Corporation's capitalization. E. Excess Payroll Deductions. Any payroll deductions not applied to the purchase of shares of Common Stock on any Purchase Date because they are not sufficient to purchase a whole share of Common Stock shall be held for the purchase of Common Stock on the next Purchase Date. However, any payroll deductions not applied to the purchase of Common Stock by reason of the limitation on the maximum number of shares purchasable by the Participant on the Purchase Date or the limitation on the maximum number of shares purchasable in the aggregate on the Purchase Date by all Participants shall be promptly refunded. F. Termination of Purchase Right. The following provisions shall govern the termination of outstanding purchase rights: (i) A Participant may, at any time prior to the last fifteen (15) days of the purchase period, terminate his or her outstanding purchase right by filing the appropriate form with the Plan Administrator (or its designate), and no further payroll deductions shall be collected from the Participant with respect to the terminated purchase right. Any payroll deductions collected during the purchase period in which such termination occurs shall, at the Participant's election, be immediately refunded or held for the purchase of shares on the next Purchase Date. If no such election is made at the time the purchase right is terminated, then the payroll deductions collected with respect to the terminated right shall be refunded as soon as possible. (ii) The termination of such purchase right shall be irrevocable, and the Participant may not subsequently rejoin the purchase period for which the terminated purchase right was granted. In order to resume participation in any subsequent purchase period, such individual must re-enroll in the Plan (by making a timely filing of the prescribed enrollment forms) before the start date of the new purchase period. (iii) Should the Participant cease to remain an Eligible Employee for any reason including death, disability or change in status) while his or her purchase right remains outstanding, then that purchase right shall immediately terminate, and all of the Participant's payroll deductions for the purchase period in which the purchase right so terminates shall be immediately refunded. However, should the Participant cease to remain in active service by reason of an approved unpaid leave of absence, then the Participant shall have the right, exercisable up until the last business day of the purchase period in which such leave commences, to (a) withdraw all the payroll deductions collected to date on his or her behalf during such purchase period or (b) have such funds held for the purchase of shares on the next scheduled Purchase Date. In no event, however, shall any further payroll deductions be collected on the Participant's behalf during such leave. Upon the Participant's return to active service (i) within ninety (90) days after the start of the leave or (ii) prior to the expiration of any longer period during his or her re-employment rights are guaranteed by law or contract, his or her payroll deductions under the Plan shall automatically resume at the rate in effect at the time the leave began. G. Corporate Transaction. Each outstanding purchase right shall automatically be exercised, immediately prior to the effective date of any Corporate Transaction, by applying the payroll deductions of each Participant for the purchase period in which such Corporate Transaction occurs to the purchase of whole shares of Common Stock at a purchase price per share equal to eighty-five percent (85%) of the lower of (i) the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the start date of the purchase period in which such Corporate Transaction occurs or (ii) the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock immediately prior to the effective date of such Corporate Transaction. However, the applicable limitation on the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable per Participant shall continue to apply to any such purchase, but not the limitation on the aggregate number of shares purchasable by all Participants. The Corporation shall use its best efforts to provide at least ten (10) days prior written notice of the occurrence of any Corporate Transaction, and Participants shall, following the receipt of such notice, have the right to terminate their outstanding purchase rights prior to the effective date of the Corporate Transaction. H. Proration of Purchase Rights. Should the total number of shares of Common Stock which are to be purchased pursuant to outstanding purchase rights on any particular date exceed either (i) the number of shares then available for issuance under the Plan or (ii) the maximum number of shares purchasable by all Participants (and all participants in the International Plan) in the aggregate on that Purchase Date, then the Plan Administrator shall make a pro-rata allocation of the available shares on a uniform and nondiscriminatory basis, and the payroll deductions of each Participant (and each participant in the International Plan), to the extent in excess of the aggregate purchase price payable for the Common Stock pro-rated to such individual, shall be refunded. I. Assignability. The purchase right shall be exercisable only by the Participant and shall not be assignable or transferable by the Participant. J. Stockholder Rights. A Participant shall have no stockholder rights with respect to the shares subject to his or her outstanding purchase right until the shares are purchased on the Participant's behalf in accordance with the provisions of the Plan and the Participant has become a holder of record of the purchased shares. VIII. ACCRUAL LIMITATIONS A. No Participant shall be entitled to accrue rights to acquire Common Stock pursuant to any purchase right outstanding under this Plan if and to the extent such accrual, when aggregated with (i) rights to purchase Common Stock accrued under any other purchase right granted under this Plan and (ii) similar rights accrued under other employee stock purchase plans (within the meaning of Code Section 423) of the Corporation or any Corporate Affiliate, would otherwise permit such Participant to purchase more than Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) worth of stock of the Corporation or any Corporate Affiliate (determined on the basis of the Fair Market Value of such stock on the date or dates such rights are granted) for each calendar year such rights are at any time outstanding. B. For purposes of applying such accrual limitations, the following provisions shall be in effect: (i) The right to acquire Common Stock under each outstanding purchase right shall accrue on the Purchase Date in effect for the purchase period for which such right is granted. (ii) No right to acquire Common Stock under any outstanding purchase right shall accrue to the extent the Participant has already accrued in the same calendar year the right to acquire Common Stock under one (1) or more other purchase rights at a rate equal to Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) worth of Common Stock (determined on the basis of the Fair Market Value per share on the date or dates of grant) for each calendar year such rights were at any time outstanding. C. If by reason of such accrual limitations, any purchase right of a Participant does not accrue for a particular purchase period, then the payroll deductions which the Participant made during that purchase period with respect to such purchase right shall be promptly refunded. D. In the event there is any conflict between the provisions of this Article and one or more provisions of the Plan or any instrument issued thereunder, the provisions of this Article shall be controlling. IX. EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM OF THE PLAN A. The Plan was adopted by the Board on March 17, 1998 and approved by the Corporation's stockholders at the 1998 Annual Meeting held on May 15, 1998. The Plan .shall become effective on the Effective Date. However, no purchase rights granted under the Plan shall be exercised, and no shares of Common Stock shall be issued hereunder, until the Corporation shall have complied with all applicable requirements of the 1933 Act (including the registration of the shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan on a Form S-8 registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission), all applicable listing requirements of any stock exchange (or the Nasdaq National Market, if applicable) on which the Common Stock is listed for trading and all other applicable requirements established by law or regulation. B. Unless sooner terminated by the Board, the Plan shall terminate upon the earliest to occur of (i) the last business day in October 2008, (ii) the date on which all shares available for issuance under the Plan (and the International Plan) shall have been sold pursuant to purchase rights exercised under the Plan (and the International Plan) or (iii) the date on which all purchase rights are exercised in connection with a Corporate Transaction. No further purchase rights shall be granted or exercised, and no further payroll deductions shall be collected, under the Plan following such termination. X. AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN The Board may alter, amend, suspend or discontinue the Plan at any time to become effective immediately following the close of any purchase period. However, the Board may not, without the approval of the Corporation's stockholders, (i) increase the number of shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan, except for permissible adjustments in the event of certain changes in the Corporation's capitalization, (ii) alter the purchase price formula so as to reduce the purchase price payable for the shares of Common Stock purchasable under the Plan, or (iii) modify the requirements for eligibility to participate in the Plan. XI. GENERAL PROVISIONS A. All costs and expenses incurred in the administration of the Plan shall be paid by the Corporation. B. Nothing in the Plan shall confer upon the Participant any right to continue in the employ of the Corporation or any Corporate Affiliate for any period of specific duration or interfere with or otherwise restrict in any way the rights of the Corporation (or any Corporate Affiliate employing such person) or of the Participant, which rights are hereby expressly reserved by each, to terminate such person's employment at any time for any reason, with or without cause. C. The provisions of the Plan shall be governed by the laws of the State of California without resort to that State's conflict-of-laws rules. Schedule A Corporations Participating in Employee Stock Purchase Plan As of October 1, 1998 FileNet Corporation, a Delaware corporation APPENDIX The following definitions shall be in effect under the Plan: A. Board shall mean the Corporation's Board of Directors. B. Cash Earnings shall mean the (i) base salary payable to a Participant by one or more Participating Companies during such individual's period of participation in one or more purchase periods under the Plan plus (ii) all overtime payments, bonuses, commissions and other incentive-type payments Such Cash Earnings shall be calculated before deduction of (A) any income or employment tax withholdings or (B) any pre-tax contributions made by the Participant to any Code Section 401(k) salary deferral plan or any Code Section 125 cafeteria benefit program now or hereafter established by the Corporation or any Corporate Affiliate. However, Cash Earnings shall not include any contributions (other than Code Section 401(k) or Code Section 125 contributions) made on the Participant's behalf by the Corporation or any Corporate Affiliate to any employee benefit or welfare plan now or hereafter established. C. Code shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. D. Common Stock shall mean the Corporation's common stock. E. Corporate Affiliate shall mean any parent or subsidiary corporation of the Corporation (as determined in accordance with Code Section 424), whether now existing or subsequently established. F. Corporate Transaction shall mean either of the following stockholder-approved transactions to which the Corporation is a party: (i) a merger or consolidation in which securities possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of the Corporation's outstanding securities are transferred to a person or persons different from the persons holding those securities immediately prior to such transaction, or (ii) the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation in complete liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation. G. Corporation shall mean FileNet Corporation, a Delaware corporation and any corporate successor to all or substantially all of the assets or voting stock of FileNet Corporation which shall by appropriate action adopt the Plan. H. Effective Date shall mean the October 1, 1998 effective date of the Plan. I. Eligible Employee shall mean any person who is employed by a Participating Corporation on a basis under which he or she is regularly expected to render more than twenty (20) hours of service per week for more than five (5) months per calendar year for earnings considered wages under Code Section 3401(a). J. Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on any relevant date shall be determined in accordance with the following provisions: (i) If the Common Stock is at the time traded on the Nasdaq National Market, then the Fair Market Value shall be the average of the high and low selling prices per share of Common Stock on the date in question, as those prices are reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers on the Nasdaq National Market. If there are no selling prices for the Common Stock on the date in question, then the Fair Market Value shall be the average of the high and low selling prices on the last preceding date for which such quotations exist. (ii) If the Common Stock is at the time listed on any Stock Exchange then the Fair Market Value shall be the average of the high and low selling prices per share of Common Stock on the date in question on the Stock Exchange determined by the Plan Administrator to be the primary market for the Common Stock, as those prices are officially quoted in the composite tape of transactions on such exchange. If there are no selling prices for the Common Stock on the date in question, then the Fair Market Value shall be the average of the high and low selling prices on the last preceding date for which such quotations exist. K. International Plan shall mean the FileNet Corporation International Employee Stock Purchase Plan. L. 1933 Act shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. M. Participant shall mean any Eligible Employee of a Participating Corporation who is actively participating in the Plan. N. Participating Corporation shall mean the Corporation and such Corporate Affiliate or Affiliates as may be authorized from time to time by the Board to extend the benefits of the Plan to their Eligible Employees. The Participating Corporations in the Plan as of the Effective Date are listed in attached Schedule A. O. Plan shall mean the Corporation's Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as set forth in this document. P. Plan Administrator shall mean the committee of two (2) or more non-employee Board members appointed by the Board to administer the Plan. Q. Predecessor Plan shall mean the Corporation's 1988 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. R. Purchase Date shall mean the last business day of each purchase period. The initial Purchase Date shall be April 30, 1999. S. Stock Exchange shall mean either the American Stock Exchange or the New York Stock Exchange. EX-99.16 4 INTERNATIONAL EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN FILENET CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN I. PURPOSE OF THE PLAN This International Employee Stock Purchase Plan is intended to promote the interests of FileNET Corporation by providing eligible employees of the Corporation's Foreign Subsidiaries with the opportunity to acquire a proprietary interest in the Corporation through the purchase of shares of the Corporation's Common Stock at periodic intervals. Capitalized terms herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the attached Appendix. II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN The Plan Administrator shall have full authority to interpret and construe any provision of the Plan and to adopt such rules and regulations for administering the Plan as it may deem necessary. Decisions of the Plan Administrator shall be final and binding on all parties having an interest in the Plan. III. STOCK SUBJECT TO PLAN A. The stock purchasable under the Plan shall be shares of authorized but unissued or reacquired Common Stock, including shares of Common Stock purchased on the open market. The maximum number of shares of Common Stock which may be issued over the term of the Plan and the U.S. Plan shall be limited to Four Hundred Thousand (400,000) shares and shall consist of the following: (i) the estimated One Hundred Thousand (100,000) shares of Common Stock remaining for issuance under the Predecessor Plan on the Effective Date plus (ii) an additional Three Hundred Thousand (300,000) shares of Common Stock. B. Should any change be made to the Common Stock by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination of shares, exchange of shares or other change affecting the outstanding Common Stock as a class without the Corporation's receipt of consideration, appropriate adjustments shall be made to (i) the maximum number and class of securities issuable under the Plan and the U.S. Plan, (ii) the maximum number and class of securities purchasable per Participant on any one Purchase Date, (iii) the maximum number and class of securities purchasable by all Participants in the aggregate on any one Purchase Date and (iv) the number and class of securities and the price per share in effect under each outstanding purchase right in order to prevent the dilution or enlargement of benefits thereunder. IV. PURCHASE PERIODS A. Shares of Common Stock shall be offered for purchase under the Plan through a series of successive purchase periods until such time as (i) the maximum number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan shall have been purchased or (ii) the Plan shall have been sooner terminated. B. Each purchase period shall have a duration of six (6) months. Purchase periods shall run from the first business day in May to the last business day in October each year and from the first business day in November each year to the last business day in April of the following year. However, the initial purchase period under the Plan shall begin on September 1, 1998 and end on the last business day in April 1999. V. ELIGIBILITY A. Each individual who is an Eligible Employee on the start date of any purchase period shall be eligible to participate in the Plan for that purchase period. B. To participate in the Plan for a particular purchase period, the Eligible Employee must complete the enrollment forms prescribed by the Plan Administrator and file such forms with the Plan Administrator (or its designate) on or before the start date of the purchase period. VI. PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS A. Except to the extent otherwise provided in the Plan (or any addendum thereto) or authorized by the Plan Administrator, the purchase price for the shares of Common Stock acquired under the Plan shall be paid from accumulated payroll deductions authorized by the Participant. B. The payroll deduction authorized by the Participant for purposes of acquiring shares of Common Stock under the Plan may be any multiple of one percent (1%) of the Cash Earnings paid to the Participant during each purchase period, up to a maximum of ten percent (10%). The payroll deduction authorized by the Participant shall be collected in the currency in which paid by the Foreign Subsidiary. The payroll deductions collected during each purchase period shall be converted into U.S. Dollars on the Purchase Date for that purchase period on the basis of the exchange rate in effect on that date. The Plan Administrator shall have the absolute discretion to determine the applicable exchange rate to be in effect for each Purchase Date by any reasonable method that may be based on the exchange rate actually available in the ordinary course of business on such date. Any changes or fluctuations in the exchange rate at which the payroll deductions collected on the Participant's behalf are converted into U.S. Dollars on each Purchase Date shall be borne solely by the Participant. C. The rate of payroll deduction so authorized by the Participant shall continue in effect for the entire purchase period and for each subsequent purchase period that the Participant remains in the Plan. The Participant may not increase his or her rate of payroll deduction during a purchase period, but may effect such increase as of the start date of any subsequent purchase period following the filing of a new payroll deduction authorization with the Plan Administrator. However, the Participant may, at any time during the purchase period, reduce his or her rate of payroll deduction to become effective as soon as possible after filing the appropriate form with the Plan Administrator. The Participant may not, however, effect more than one (1) such reduction per purchase period. D. Payroll deductions shall begin on the first pay day following the start date of the purchase period and shall (unless sooner terminated by the Participant) continue through the pay day ending with or immediately prior to the last day of the purchase period. The amounts so collected shall be credited to the Participant's book account under the Plan, initially in the currency in which paid by the Foreign Subsidiary until converted into U.S. Dollars on the applicable Purchase Date. Except to the extent otherwise provided by the Plan (including any addendum thereto) or by the Plan Administrator, no interest shall be paid on the balance from time to time outstanding in any book account and the amounts collected from the Participant shall not be required to be held in any segregated account or trust fund and may be commingled with the general assets of the Corporation and used for general corporate purposes. E. Payroll deductions shall automatically cease upon the termination of the Participant's purchase right in accordance with the provisions of the Plan. F. The Participant's acquisition of Common Stock under the Plan on any Purchase Date shall neither limit nor require the Participant's acquisition of Common Stock on any subsequent Purchase Date. VII. PURCHASE RIGHTS A. Grant of Purchase Right. A Participant shall be granted a separate purchase right on the start date of each purchase period in which he or she participates. The purchase right shall provide the Participant with the right to purchase shares of Common Stock on the Purchase Date upon the terms set forth below. The Participant shall execute such document or documents embodying such terms and such other provisions (not inconsistent with the Plan) as the Plan Administrator may deem advisable. Under no circumstances shall purchase rights be granted under the Plan to any Eligible Employee if such individual would, immediately after the grant, own (within the meaning of Code Section 424(d)) or hold outstanding options or other rights to purchase, stock possessing five percent (5%) or more of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of stock of the Corporation or any Corporate Affiliate. B. Exercise of the Purchase Right. Each purchase right shall be automatically exercised on the Purchase Date, and shares of Common Stock shall accordingly be purchased on behalf of each Participant on such date. The purchase shall be effected by applying the Participant's payroll deductions (as converted into U.S. Dollars) for the purchase period ending on such Purchase Date to the purchase of shares of Common Stock at the purchase price in effect for that purchase period. C. Purchase Price. The U.S. Dollar purchase price per share at which Common Stock will be purchased on the Participant's behalf on each Purchase Date shall be equal to eighty-five percent (85%) of the lower of (i) the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the start date of the purchase period or (ii) the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on that Purchase Date. D. Number of Purchasable Shares. The number of shares of Common Stock purchasable by a Participant on each Purchase Date shall be the number of whole shares obtained by dividing the amount collected from the Participant through payroll deductions (as converted into U.S. Dollars) during the purchase period ending with that Purchase Date by the purchase price in effect for that period. However, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock purchasable per Participant on any one Purchase Date shall not exceed Eight Hundred (800) shares, subject to periodic adjustments in the event of certain changes in the Corporation's capitalization. In addition, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock purchasable by all Participants in the aggregate on any one Purchase Date under the Plan and the U.S. Plan shall not exceed One Hundred Seventy Thousand (170,000) shares, subject to periodic adjustments in the event of certain changes in the Corporation's capitalization. E. Excess Payroll Deductions. Any payroll deductions not applied to the purchase of shares of Common Stock on any Purchase Date because they are not sufficient to purchase a whole share of Common Stock shall be held for the purchase of Common Stock on the next Purchase Date. However, any payroll deductions not applied to the purchase of Common Stock by reason of the limitation on the maximum number of shares purchasable by the Participant on the Purchase Date or the limitation on the maximum number of shares purchasable in the aggregate on the Purchase Date by all Participants shall be promptly refunded in the currency in which payroll (from which such deductions were made) was paid to the Participant by the Foreign Subsidiary. F. Termination of Purchase Right. The following provisions shall govern the termination of outstanding purchase rights: (i) A Participant may, at any time prior to the last fifteen (15) days of the purchase period, terminate his or her outstanding purchase right by filing the appropriate form with the Plan Administrator (or its designate), and no further payroll deductions shall be collected from the Participant with respect to the terminated purchase right. Any payroll deductions collected during the purchase period in which such termination occurs shall, at the Participant's election, be immediately refunded in the currency in which payroll (from which such deductions were made) was paid to the Participant by the Foreign Subsidiary or held for the purchase of shares on the next Purchase Date. If no such election is made at the time the purchase right is terminated, then the payroll deductions collected with respect to the terminated right shall be refunded as soon as possible. (ii) The termination of such purchase right shall be irrevocable, and the Participant may not subsequently rejoin the purchase period for which the terminated purchase right was granted. In order to resume participation in any subsequent purchase period, such individual must re-enroll in the Plan (by making a timely filing of the prescribed enrollment forms) before the start date of the new purchase period. (iii) Should the Participant cease to remain an Eligible Employee for any reason (including death, disability or change in status) while his or her purchase right remains outstanding, then that purchase right shall immediately terminate, and all of the Participant's payroll deductions for the purchase period in which the purchase right so terminates shall be immediately refunded in the currency in which payroll (from which such deductions were made) was paid to the Participant by the Foreign Subsidiary. However, should the Participant cease to remain in active service by reason of an approved unpaid leave of absence, then the Participant shall have the right, exercisable up until the last business day of the purchase period in which such leave commences, to (a) withdraw all the payroll deductions collected to date on his or her behalf during such purchase period or (b) have such funds held for the purchase of shares on the next scheduled Purchase Date. In no event, however, shall any further payroll deductions be collected on the Participant's behalf during such leave. Upon the Participant's return to active service (i) within ninety (90) days after the start of the leave or (ii) prior to the expiration of any longer period during which his or her re-employment rights are guaranteed by law or contract, his or her payroll deductions under the Plan shall automatically resume at the rate in effect at the time the leave began. G. Transfer of Employment. In the event that a Participant who is an Eligible Employee of a Foreign Subsidiary is transferred and becomes an Eligible Employee of the Corporation during a purchase period under the Plan, such individual shall continue to remain a Participant in the Plan and payroll deductions shall continue to be collected until the next Purchase Date as if the Participant had remained an Eligible Employee of the Foreign Subsidiary. In the event that an employee of the Corporation who is a participant in the U.S. Plan is transferred and becomes an Eligible Employee of a Foreign Subsidiary during a purchase period in effect under the U.S. Plan, such individual shall automatically become a Participant under the Plan for the duration of the purchase period in effect at that time under the Plan and the balance in such individual's book account maintained under the U.S. Plan shall be transferred as a balance to a book account opened for such individual under the Plan. Such balance, together with all other payroll deductions collected from such individual by the Foreign Subsidiary for the remainder of the purchase period under the Plan (as converted into U.S. Dollars), shall be applied on the next Purchase Date to the purchase of Common Stock under the Plan. H. Corporate Transaction. Each outstanding purchase right shall automatically be exercised, immediately prior to the effective date of any Corporate Transaction, by applying the payroll deductions of each Participant for the purchase period in which such Corporate Transaction occurs, as converted into U.S. Dollars on the basis of the exchange rate in effect as determined by the Plan Administrator at the time of the Corporate Transaction, to the purchase of whole shares of Common Stock at a purchase price per share equal to eighty-five percent (85%) of the lower of (i) the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the start date of the purchase period in which such Corporate Transaction occurs or (ii) the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock immediately prior to the effective date of such Corporate Transaction. However, the applicable limitation on the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable per Participant shall continue to apply to any such purchase, but not the limitation on the aggregate number of shares purchasable by all Participants. The Corporation shall use its best efforts to provide at least ten (10) days prior written notice of the occurrence of any Corporate Transaction, and Participants shall, following the receipt of such notice, have the right to terminate their outstanding purchase rights prior to the effective date of the Corporate Transaction. I. Proration of Purchase Rights. Should the total number of shares of Common Stock which are to be purchased pursuant to outstanding purchase rights on any particular date exceed either (i) the number of shares then available for issuance under the Plan and the U.S. Plan or (ii) the maximum number of shares purchasable by all Participants (and all participants in the U.S. Plan) in the aggregate on that Purchase Date, then the Plan Administrator shall make a pro-rata allocation of the available shares on a uniform and nondiscriminatory basis, and the payroll deductions of each Participant (and each participant in the U.S. Plan), to the extent in excess of the aggregate purchase price payable for the Common Stock pro-rated to such individual, shall be refunded in the currency in which payroll (from which such deductions were made) was paid to the Participant by the Foreign Subsidiary. J. Assignability. The purchase right shall be exercisable only by the Participant and shall not be assignable or transferable by the Participant. K. Stockholder Rights. A Participant shall have no stockholder rights with respect to the shares subject to his or her outstanding purchase right until the shares are purchased on the Participant's behalf in accordance with the provisions of the Plan and the Participant has become a holder of record of the purchased shares. VIII. ACCRUAL LIMITATIONS A. No Participant shall be entitled to accrue rights to acquire Common Stock pursuant to any purchase right outstanding under this Plan if and to the extent such accrual, when aggregated with (i) rights to purchase Common Stock accrued under any other purchase right granted under this Plan and (ii) similar rights accrued under other employee stock purchase plans (within the meaning of Code Section 423) of the Corporation or any Corporate Affiliate, would otherwise permit such Participant to purchase more than Twenty-Five Thousand U.S. Dollars (U.S.$25,000) worth of stock of the Corporation or any Corporate Affiliate (determined on the basis of the Fair Market Value of such stock on the date or dates such rights are granted) for each calendar year such rights are at any time outstanding. B. For purposes of applying such accrual limitations, the following provisions shall be in effect: (i) The right to acquire Common Stock under each outstanding purchase right shall accrue on the Purchase Date in effect for the purchase period for which such right is granted. (ii) No right to acquire Common Stock under any outstanding purchase right shall accrue to the extent the Participant has already accrued in the same calendar year the right to acquire Common Stock under one (1) or more other purchase rights at a rate equal to Twenty-Five Thousand U.S. Dollars (U.S.$25,000) worth of Common Stock (determined on the basis of the Fair Market Value per share on the date or dates of grant) for each calendar year such rights were at any time outstanding. C. If by reason of such accrual limitations, any purchase right of a Participant does not accrue for a particular purchase period, then the payroll deductions which the Participant made during that purchase period with respect to such purchase right shall be promptly refunded in the currency in which payroll (from which such deductions were made) was paid to the Participant by the Foreign Subsidiary. D. In the event there is any conflict between the provisions of this Article and one or more provisions of the Plan or any instrument issued thereunder, the provisions of this Article shall be controlling. IX. EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM OF THE PLAN A. The Plan was adopted by the Board on July 31, 1998 and shall become effective on the Effective Date. No purchase rights granted under the Plan shall be exercised, and no shares of Common Stock shall be issued hereunder, until the Corporation shall have complied with all applicable requirements of the 1933 Act (including the registration of the shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan on a Form S-8 registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission), all applicable listing requirements of any stock exchange (or the Nasdaq National Market, if applicable) on which the Common Stock is listed for trading and all other applicable requirements established by law or regulation. B. Unless sooner terminated by the Board, the Plan shall terminate upon the earliest to occur of (i) the last business day in October 2008, (ii) the date on which all shares available for issuance under the Plan and the U.S. Plan shall have been sold pursuant to purchase rights exercised under the Plan and the U.S. Plan or (iii) the date on which all purchase rights are exercised in connection with a Corporate Transaction. No further purchase rights shall be granted or exercised, and no further payroll deductions shall be collected, under the Plan following such termination. X. AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN The Board may alter, amend, suspend or discontinue the Plan at any time to become effective immediately following the close of any purchase period. However, the Board may not, without the approval of the Corporation's stockholders, (i) increase the number of shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan and the U.S. Plan, except for permissible adjustments in the event of certain changes in the Corporation's capitalization, (ii) alter the purchase price formula so as to reduce the purchase price payable for the shares of Common Stock purchasable under the Plan, or (iii) modify the requirements for eligibility to participate in the Plan. XI. GENERAL PROVISIONS A. All costs and expenses incurred in the administration of the Plan shall be paid by the Corporation. B. Nothing in the Plan shall confer upon the Participant any right to continue in the employ of the Corporation or any Corporate Affiliate for any period of specific duration or interfere with or otherwise restrict in any way the rights of the Corporation (or any Corporate Affiliate employing such person) or of the Participant, which rights are hereby expressly reserved by each, to terminate such person's employment at any time for any reason, with or without cause. C. Except to the extent otherwise provided in any addendum to the Plan, the provisions of the Plan shall be governed by the laws of the State of California without resort to that State's conflict-of-laws rules. D. A Foreign Subsidiary or the Plan Administrator, as the case may be, shall have the right to deduct from any payment to be made under this Plan, or to otherwise require, prior to the issuance or delivery of any shares of Common Stock or the payment of any cash, payment by each Participant of any tax required by applicable law to be withheld. E. Additional provisions for individual Foreign Subsidiaries may be incorporated in one or more Addenda to the Plan. Such Addenda shall have full force and effect with respect to the Foreign Subsidiaries to which they apply. In the event of a conflict between the provisions of such an Addendum and one or more other provisions of the Plan, the provisions of the Addendum shall be controlling. Schedule A Foreign Subsidiaries Participating in International Employee Stock Purchase Plan As of September 1, 1998 FileNET Canada, Inc. (Canada) FileNET France (France) FileNET GmbH (Germany) FileNET Company Limited (Ireland) FileNET BV (Netherlands) FileNET Limited (United Kingdom) Addendum A FILENET CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN PLAN ADDENDUM FOR AUSTRALIAN PARTICIPANTS The following provision shall apply with respect to the extension of the FileNET Corporation International Employee Stock Purchase Plan to Participants (the "Australian Participants") who are Eligible Employees of FileNET Corporation Pty Limited (ACN 056 639 500) ("FileNET Australia"). Notwithstanding the last sentence of Paragraph D of Article VI, the amounts collected from an Australian Participant (including amounts converted into U.S. Dollars on the applicable Purchase Date) shall be held on trust by FileNET Australia in a specific account established by FileNET Australia for such purpose and may not be commingled with the general assets of FileNET Australia or the Corporation or used for general corporate purposes. APPENDIX The following definitions shall be in effect under the Plan: A. Board shall mean the Corporation's Board of Directors. B. Cash Earnings shall mean the (i) base salary payable to a Participant by one or more Foreign Subsidiaries during such individual's period of participation in one or more purchase periods under the Plan plus (ii) all overtime payments, bonuses, commissions, and other incentive-type payments before deduction of any income or employment taxes. Such Cash Earnings shall be calculated before deduction of (A) any income or employment tax withholdings or (B) any pre-tax contributions made by the Participant to any plan or program now or hereafter established by the Corporation or any Corporate Affiliate. However, Cash Earnings shall not include any contributions made on the Participant's behalf by the Corporation or any Corporate Affiliate to any employee benefit or welfare plan now or hereafter established. C. Code shall mean the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. D. Common Stock shall mean the Corporation's common stock. E. Corporate Affiliate shall mean any parent or subsidiary corporation of the Corporation (as determined in accordance with Code Section 424), whether now existing or subsequently established. F. Corporate Transaction shall mean either of the following stockholder-approved transactions to which the Corporation is a party: (i) a merger or consolidation in which securities possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of the Corporation's outstanding securities are transferred to a person or persons different from the persons holding those securities immediately prior to such transaction, or (ii) the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation in complete liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation. G. Corporation shall mean FileNET Corporation, a Delaware corporation and any corporate successor to all or substantially all of the assets or voting stock of FileNET Corporation which shall by appropriate action adopt the Plan. H. Effective Date shall mean September 1, 1998. Any Foreign Subsidiary which elects, with the approval of the Board, to extend the benefits of this Plan to its employees after such Effective Date shall designate a subsequent Effective Date with respect to its Participants. I. Eligible Employee shall mean any person who is employed by a Foreign Subsidiary on a basis under which he or she is regularly expected to render more than twenty (20) hours of service per week for more than five (5) months per calendar year for earnings considered wages under Code Section 3401(a). J. Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on any relevant date shall be determined in accordance with the following provisions: (i) If the Common Stock is at the time traded on the Nasdaq National Market, then the Fair Market Value shall be the average of the high and low U.S. Dollar selling prices per share of Common Stock on the date in question, as those prices are reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers on the Nasdaq National Market. If there are no selling prices for the Common Stock on the date in question, then the Fair Market Value shall be the average of the high and low U.S. Dollar selling prices on the last preceding date for which such quotations exist. (ii) If the Common Stock is at the time listed on any Stock Exchange, then the Fair Market Value shall be the average of the high and low U.S. Dollar selling prices per share of Common Stock on the date in question on the Stock Exchange determined by the Plan Administrator to be the primary market for the Common Stock, as those prices are officially quoted in the composite tape of transactions on such exchange. If there are no selling prices for the Common Stock on the date in question, then the Fair Market Value shall be the average of the high and low U.S. Dollar selling prices on the last preceding date for which such quotations exist. K. Foreign Subsidiary shall mean any non-U.S. Corporate Affiliate or Affiliates as may be authorized from time to time by the Board to extend the benefits of the Plan to their Eligible Employees. The Foreign Subsidiaries in the Plan as of the Effective Date are listed in attached Schedule A. L. 1933 Act shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. M. Participant shall mean any Eligible Employee of a Foreign Subsidiary who is actively participating in the Plan. N. Plan shall mean the Corporation's International Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as set forth in this document. O. Plan Administrator shall mean the committee of two (2) or more non-employee Board members appointed by the Board to administer the Plan. P. Predecessor Plan shall mean the Corporation's 1988 Employee Stock Purchase Plan to which the U.S. Plan is a successor. Q. Purchase Date shall mean the last business day of each purchase period. The initial Purchase Date shall be April 30, 1999. R. Stock Exchange shall mean either the American Stock Exchange or the New York Stock Exchange. S. U.S. Plan shall mean the FileNET Corporation 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. EX-99.17 5 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN ENROLL/CHG PLAN FILENET CORPORATION EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN ("ESPP") ENROLLMENT/CHANGE FORM SECTION 1: Action Complete Sections: ACTIONS |_| New Enrollment 2, 3, 7 |_| Change Payroll Deductions 2, 4, 7 |_| Cease Payroll Deductions 2, 5, 7 |_| Leave of Absence 2, 6, 7 |_| Name/Address Change 2, 7 ================================================================================ SECTION 2: PERSONNEL Name______________________________________________________________ DATA Last First MI Dept/Location Home Address______________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ City State Zip Code Country SS # or Employee I.D.# __________________________________ (whichever applicable) ================================================================================ SECTION 3 Effective with the Purchase Period Beginning: NEW _____________________________________ ENROLLMENT Month, Day and Year Payroll Deduction Amount: _____% of cash earnings* *Must be a multiple of 1% up to a maximum of 10% of cash earnings. ================================================================================ SECTION 4: Effective with the Pay Period Beginning: _______________________________________ CHANGE Month, Day and Year PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS I authorize the following new level of payroll deductions: ______% of cash earnings* *Must be a multiple of 1% up to a maximum of 10% of cash earnings. NOTE: You may reduce your rate of payroll deductions once per purchase period to become effective as soon as possible following the filing of the change form. You may also increase your rate of payroll deductions to become effective as of the start date of the next purchase period. ================================================================================ SECTION 5: Effective with the Pay Period Beginning: ________________________________________ CEASE Month, Day and Year PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS Your election to cease your payroll deductions for the balance of the purchase period cannot be changed, and you may not rejoin the purchase period at a later date. You will not be able to resume participation in the ESPP until a new purchase period begins. In connection with my voluntary cessation of payroll deductions I elect the following action with respect to my ESPP payroll deductions to date in the current purchase period: |_| Purchase shares at end of the period OR |_| Refund ESPP payroll deductions collected NOTE: If your employment terminates for any reason or your eligibility status changes (less than 20 hrs/wk or less than 5 months/yr), you will immediately cease to participate in the ESPP, and your ESPP payroll deductions collected in that purchase period will automatically be refunded to you. ================================================================================ SECTION 6: In connection with my approved unpaid leave of absence, I elect the following action with respect to my ESPP payroll deduction to LEAVE OF date in the current purchase period: ABSENCE |_| Purchase shares at end of the purchase period OR |_| Refund ESPP payroll deductions collected NOTE: If you take an unpaid leave of absence, your payroll deductions will immediately cease. Upon your return to action service (i) within 90 days or (ii) after any longer period during which your right to re-employment is guaranteed by either contract or law, your payroll deductions will automatically resume at the rate in effect for you at the time your leave began. ================================================================================ SECTION 7: I hereby acknowledge that I have read the ESPP Plan Summary and Prospectus provided to me by the Company and AUTHORIZATION: understand the terms of my participation in the ESPP. I hereby authorize the specific action or actions indicated above. __________________ ____________________________________ Date Signature of Employee -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----