-----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, PyNbwuDTiUih003Vzh79EfJN8+I09z0PLhqg7homWCaW8KgWQP9rWSzhAmW7cz96 Cok6PwyDiXbVsSFmwwFtbA== 0001193125-08-038777.txt : 20080226 0001193125-08-038777.hdr.sgml : 20080226 20080226164603 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-08-038777 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20080220 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20080226 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080226 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: INTEGRAL SYSTEMS INC /MD/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000718130 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-COMPUTER INTEGRATED SYSTEMS DESIGN [7373] IRS NUMBER: 521267968 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-18603 FILM NUMBER: 08643428 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5000 PHILADELPHIA WAY CITY: LANHAM STATE: MD ZIP: 20706 BUSINESS PHONE: 3017314233 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5000 PHILADELPHIA WAY CITY: LANHAM STATE: MD ZIP: 20706 8-K 1 d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D. C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): February 20, 2008

 

 

INTEGRAL SYSTEMS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Maryland   0-18603   52-1267968

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

5000 Philadelphia Way, Lanham, Maryland 20706-4417

(Address of principal executive offices) (ZIP Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (301) 731-4233

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

 

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

 


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

At the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Integral Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) held on February 20, 2008, the Company’s stockholders approved the Integral Systems, Inc. 2008 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2008 SIP”) and the Integral Systems, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”).

Integral Systems, Inc. 2008 Stock Incentive Plan

The 2008 SIP will be administered by the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Compensation Committee”). Employees, non-employee directors and certain service providers who are selected by the Compensation Committee are eligible to participate in the 2008 SIP. The 2008 SIP replaces the Company’s 2002 Stock Option Plan, and will be the Company’s sole plan (other than the ESPP) for providing equity-based incentive compensation to eligible employees, non-employee directors and service providers. Shares of the Company’s common stock (“Common Stock”) that remain available for grant under the 2002 Stock Option Plan will be available for issuance under the 2008 SIP, and no further awards will be granted under the 2002 Stock Option Plan. The 2008 SIP provides for, among other things, the award of up to 900,000 new shares of Common Stock in addition to any shares that were authorized and remain available for issuance under the 2002 Stock Option Plan and any shares subject to outstanding awards under the 2002 Stock Option Plan that cease for any reason to be subject to such awards. Under the 2008 SIP, the Compensation Committee may award stock options in the form of non-qualified stock options or incentive stock options, stock appreciation rights (“SARs”) and restricted stock and restricted stock units (“RSUs”). No single participant may be granted awards covering more than 500,000 shares of Common Stock in any fiscal year. The maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to stock options intended to be incentive stock options is 900,000 shares. The 2008 SIP prohibits granting stock options or SARs with exercise prices lower than the fair-market value of the underlying shares on the grant date, except in connection with substitute or replacement awards made in connection with a merger or other corporate acquisition. The term of the options and SARs granted pursuant to the 2008 SIP may not exceed 10 years. The 2008 SIP prohibits the repricing of stock options and SARs without the approval of the stockholders (other than in connection with certain changes in the Company’s capitalization). The Compensation Committee may specify certain performance criteria, which must be satisfied before stock options, SARs, restricted stock and RSUs will be granted or will vest, and awards may (but are not required to) qualify as “performance-based compensation” for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code. Subject to certain limitations, the Board of Directors has the right to amend, alter or terminate the 2008 SIP at any time. Unless earlier terminated by the Board of Directors, the 2008 SIP will continue in effect until December 5, 2017.

Integral Systems, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Each employee who has at least six months of continuous service as of the beginning of the applicable subscription period, is scheduled to work 20 or more hours per week and whose customary employment is more than five months in a calendar year is eligible to participate in the ESPP. A maximum of 900,000 shares of Common Stock may be purchased under the ESPP. The ESPP is administered by the Compensation Committee. The ESPP provides for four quarterly subscription periods in each calendar year, and an eligible employee may begin participating in the ESPP effective at the beginning of a subscription period. Once enrolled, a participant can purchase the Company’s Common Stock with payroll deductions at the end of the applicable subscription period. The purchase price per share at which shares are purchased under the ESPP is 85% of the fair-market value of the Common Stock on the last day of the subscription period, or such other percentage as determined by the Compensation Committee (but in no event less than 85%). The maximum percentage of a participant’s compensation that can be designated for payroll deductions to purchase the Company’s Common Stock through the ESPP is determined by the Compensation Committee but shall not exceed 10%. The Board


of Directors has the power to amend or terminate the ESPP at any time, except that the Board may not, without first obtaining stockholder approval, increase the number of shares of Common Stock reserved under the ESPP, except as otherwise provided in the ESPP, change the definition of a subsidiary under the ESPP or materially change the eligibility requirements to participate in the ESPP. The ESPP is intended to satisfy the requirements of an employee stock purchase plan under Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code.

The foregoing descriptions of the terms of the 2008 SIP and the ESPP are qualified in their entirety by reference to the actual terms of the plans, which are attached hereto as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2, respectively, and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

The following materials are attached as exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K:

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description

10.1   Integral Systems, Inc. 2008 Stock Incentive Plan

10.2

  Integral Systems, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: February 26, 2008   INTEGRAL SYSTEMS, INC.
  By:  

/s/ WILLIAM M. BAMBARGER, JR.

  Name:   William M. Bambarger, Jr.
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer


Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description

10.1   Integral Systems, Inc. 2008 Stock Incentive Plan

10.2

  Integral Systems, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
EX-10.1 2 dex101.htm INTEGRAL SYSTEMS, INC. 2008 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN Integral Systems, Inc. 2008 Stock Incentive Plan

Exhibit 10.1

Integral Systems, Inc.

2008 Stock Incentive Plan

 

  1. Purpose

The purpose of the Integral Systems, Inc. 2008 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) is to advance the interests of Integral Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) enabling the Company and its subsidiaries to attract, retain and motivate employees and consultants of the Company by providing for or increasing the proprietary interests of such individuals in the Company, and by enabling the Company to attract, retain and motivate its nonemployee directors and further align their interests with those of the stockholders of the Company by providing for or increasing the proprietary interests of such directors in the Company. The Plan supersedes the Company’s existing 2002 Stock Option Plan (the “2002 Plan”) with respect to future awards, and provides for the grant of Incentive and Nonqualified Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units, any of which may be performance-based, as determined by the Committee. On and after the Effective Date, no further grants shall be made under the Prior Plan, which plan shall remain in effect solely as to outstanding awards thereunder.

 

  2. Definitions

As used in the Plan, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

 

  (a) “Award” means an Incentive Stock Option, Nonqualified Stock Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock, or Restricted Stock Unit granted to a Participant pursuant to the provisions of the Plan, any of which the Committee may structure to qualify in whole or in part as a Performance Award.

 

  (b) “Award Agreement” means a written agreement or other instrument as may be approved from time to time by the Committee implementing the grant of each Award. An Award Agreement may be in the form of an agreement to be executed by both the Participant and the Company (or an authorized representative of the Company) or certificates, notices or similar instruments as approved by the Committee.

 

  (c) “Board” means the board of directors of the Company.

 

  (d) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and the rulings and regulations issued thereunder.

 

  (e) “Committee” means the Committee delegated the authority to administer the Plan in accordance with Section 16.

 

  (f) “Common Share” means a share of the Company’s common stock, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 11.

 

  (g) “Company” means Integral Systems, Inc., a Maryland corporation.

 

  (h) “Fair Market Value” means, as of any given date, the closing sales price on such date during normal trading hours (or, if there are no reported sales on such date, on the last date prior to such date on which there were sales) of the Common Shares on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape or, if not listed on such exchange, on any other national securities exchange on which the Common Shares are listed or on NASDAQ, in any case, as reporting in such source as the Administrator shall select. If there is no regular public trading market for such Common Shares, the Fair Market Value of the Common Shares shall be determined by the Administrator in good faith and in compliance with Section 409A of the Code.

 

  (i) “Incentive Stock Option” means a stock option that is intended to qualify as an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.


  (j) “Nonemployee Director” means each person who is, or is elected to be, a member of the Board and who is not an employee of the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

  (k) “Nonqualified Stock Option” means a stock option that is not intended to qualify as an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.

 

  (l) “Option” means an Incentive Stock Option and/or a Nonqualified Stock Option granted pursuant to Section 6 of the Plan.

 

  (m) “Participant” means any individual described in Section 3 to whom Awards have been granted from time to time by the Committee and any authorized transferee of such individual.

 

  (n) “Performance Award” means an Award, the grant, issuance, retention, vesting or settlement of which is subject to satisfaction of one or more performance criteria pursuant to Section 12.

 

  (o) “Plan” means the Integral Systems, Inc. 2008 Stock Incentive Plan as set forth herein and as amended from time to time.

 

  (p) “Prior Plan” means the Integral Systems, Inc. 2002 Stock Option Plan.

 

  (q) “Qualifying Performance Criteria” has the meaning set forth in Section 12(b).

 

  (r) “Restricted Stock” means Common Shares granted pursuant to Section 8 of the Plan.

 

  (s) “Restricted Stock Unit” means an Award granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 8 pursuant to which Common Shares or cash in lieu thereof may be issued in the future.

 

  (t) “Stock Appreciation Right” means a right granted pursuant to Section 7 of the Plan that entitles the Participant to receive, in cash or Common Shares or a combination thereof, as determined by the Committee, value equal to or otherwise based on the excess of (i) the market price of a specified number of Common Shares at the time of exercise over (ii) the exercise price of the right, as established by the Committee on the date of grant.

 

  (u) “Subsidiary” means any corporation (other than the Company) in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Company where each of the corporations in the unbroken chain other than the last corporation owns stock possessing at least 50 percent or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in the chain, and if specifically determined by the Committee in the context other than with respect to Incentive Stock Options, may include an entity in which the Company has a significant ownership interest or that is directly or indirectly controlled by the Company.

 

  (v) “Substitute Awards” means Awards granted or Common Shares issued by the Company in assumption of, or in substitution or exchange for, awards previously granted, or the right or obligation to make future awards, by a corporation acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary or with which the Company or any Subsidiary combines.

 

  3. Eligibility

Any person who is an officer or employee of the Company or of any Subsidiary (including any director who is also an employee, in his or her capacity as such) and any Nonemployee Director shall be eligible for selection by the Committee for the grant of Awards hereunder. In addition, any service provider who has been retained to provide consulting, advisory or other services to the Company or to any Subsidiary shall be eligible for selection by the Committee for the grant of Awards hereunder. Options intending to qualify as Incentive Stock Options may only be granted to employees of the Company or any Subsidiary within the meaning of the Code, as selected by the Committee.


  4. Effective Date and Termination of the Plan

This Plan was adopted by the Board and became effective as of December 5, 2007, (the “Effective Date”), subject to the approval by the Company’s stockholders. All Awards granted under this Plan are subject to, and may not be exercised before, the approval of this Plan by the stockholders prior to the first anniversary date of the effective date of the Plan by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding Common Shares of the Company present, or represented by proxy, and entitled to vote, at a meeting of the Company’s stockholders or by written consent in accordance with the laws of the State of Maryland; provided that if such approval by the stockholders of the Company is not forthcoming, all Awards previously granted under this Plan shall be void. The Plan shall remain available for the grant of Awards until the tenth (10th) anniversary of the Effective Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Plan may be terminated at such earlier time as the Board may determine. Termination of the Plan will not affect the rights and obligations of the Participants and the Company arising under Awards theretofore granted and then in effect.

 

  5. Common Shares Subject to the Plan and to Awards

 

  (a) Aggregate Limits. The aggregate number of Common Shares issuable pursuant to all Awards under this Plan shall not exceed 900,000, plus (i) any Common Shares that were authorized for issuance under the Prior Plan that, as of the Effective Date, remain available for issuance under the Prior Plan (not including any Common Shares that are subject to outstanding awards under the Prior Plan or any Common Shares that were issued pursuant to awards granted under the Prior Plan) and (ii) any Common Shares subject to outstanding awards under the Prior Plan that on or after the Effective Date cease for any reason to be subject to such awards (other than by reason of exercise or settlement of the awards to the extent they are exercised for or settled in vested and nonforfeitable shares). The aggregate number of Common Shares available for grant under this Plan and the number of Common Shares subject to outstanding Awards shall be subject to adjustment as provided in Section 11. The Common Shares issued pursuant to Awards granted under this Plan may be shares that are authorized and unissued or shares that were reacquired by the Company, including shares purchased in the open market.

 

  (b) Issuance of Common Shares. For purposes of this Section 5, the aggregate number of Common Shares available for Awards under this Plan at any time shall not be reduced by (i) shares subject to Awards that have been terminated, expired unexercised, forfeited or settled in cash, (ii) shares subject to Awards that have been retained by the Company in payment or satisfaction of the exercise price, purchase price or tax withholding obligation of an Award, or (iii) shares subject to Awards that otherwise do not result in the issuance of Common Shares in connection with payment or settlement of an Award. In addition, Common Shares that have been delivered (either actually or by attestation) to the Company in payment or satisfaction of the exercise price, purchase price or tax withholding obligation of an Award shall be available for Awards under this Plan.

 

  (c) Tax Code Limits. The aggregate number of Common Shares subject to Awards granted under this Plan during any calendar year to any one Participant shall not exceed 500,000, which number shall be calculated and adjusted pursuant to Section 11 only to the extent that such calculation or adjustment will not affect the status of any Award intended to qualify as “performance based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code but which number shall not count any tandem SARs (as defined in Section 7). The aggregate number of Common Shares that may be issued pursuant to the exercise of Incentive Stock Options granted under this Plan shall not exceed 900,000, which number shall be calculated and adjusted pursuant to Section 11 only to the extent that such calculation or adjustment will not affect the status of any option intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option under Section 422 of the Code.

 

  (d)

Substitute Awards. Substitute Awards shall not reduce the Common Shares authorized for issuance under the Plan or authorized for grant to a Participant in any calendar year. Additionally, in the event that a corporation acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary, or with which the Company or any Subsidiary combines, has shares available under a pre-existing plan approved by stockholders and not adopted in contemplation of such acquisition or combination, the shares available for grant pursuant to the terms of such pre-existing plan (as adjusted, to the extent appropriate, using the exchange ratio or other adjustment or valuation ratio or formula used in such acquisition or combination to determine the


 

consideration payable to the holders of common stock of the entities party to such acquisition or combination) may be used for Awards under the Plan and shall not reduce the Common Shares authorized for issuance under the Plan; provided that Awards using such available shares shall not be made after the date awards or grants could have been made under the terms of the pre-existing plan, absent the acquisition or combination, and shall only be made to individuals who were not employees, directors or consultants of the Company or its Subsidiaries immediately before such acquisition or combination.

 

  6. Options

 

  (a) Option Awards. Options may be granted at any time and from time to time prior to the termination of the Plan to Participants as determined by the Committee. No Participant shall have any rights as a stockholder with respect to any Common Shares subject to Option hereunder until said Common Shares have been issued, except that the Committee may authorize dividend equivalent accruals with respect to such Common Shares. Each Option shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement. Options granted pursuant to the Plan need not be identical but each Option must contain and be subject to the terms and conditions set forth below.

 

  (b) Price. The Committee will establish the exercise price per Common Share under each Option, which, in no event will be less than the Fair Market Value of the Common Shares on the date of grant; provided, however, that the exercise price per Common Share with respect to an Option that is granted in connection with a merger or other acquisition as a substitute or replacement award for options held by optionees of the acquired entity may be less than 100% of the market price of the Common Shares on the date such Option is granted if such exercise price is based on a formula set forth in the terms of the options held by such optionees or in the terms of the agreement providing for such merger or other acquisition. The exercise price of any Option may be paid in Common Shares, cash or a combination thereof, as determined by the Committee, including an irrevocable commitment by a broker to pay over such amount from a sale of the Common Shares issuable under an Option, the delivery of previously owned Common Shares and withholding of Common Shares deliverable upon exercise.

 

  (c) No Repricing. Other than in connection with a change in the Company’s capitalization (as described in Section 11) the exercise price of an Option may not be reduced without stockholder approval (including canceling previously awarded Options and regranting them with a lower exercise price).

 

  (d) Provisions Applicable to Options. The date on which Options become exercisable shall be determined at the sole discretion of the Committee and set forth in an Award Agreement. Unless provided otherwise in the applicable Award Agreement, to the extent that the Committee determines that an approved leave of absence or employment on a less than full-time basis is not a termination of employment or other service, the vesting period and/or exercisability of an Option shall be adjusted by the Committee during or to reflect the effects of any period during which the Participant is on an approved leave of absence or is employed on a less than full-time basis.

 

  (e) Term of Options and Termination of Employment. The Committee shall establish the term of each Option, which in no case shall exceed a period of ten (10) years from the date of grant. Unless an Option earlier expires upon the expiration date established pursuant to the foregoing sentence or upon the termination of the Participant’s employment or other service, his or her rights to exercise an Option then held shall be determined by the Committee and set forth in an Award Agreement.

 

  (f)

Incentive Stock Options. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 6, in the case of the grant of an Option intending to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option: (i) if the Participant owns stock possessing more than 10 percent of the combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company (a “10% Common Shareholder”), the exercise price of such Option must be at least 110 percent of the Fair Market Value of the Common Shares on the date of grant and the Option must expire within a period of not more than five (5) years from the date of grant, and (ii) termination of employment will occur when the person to whom an Award was granted ceases to be an employee (as determined in accordance with Section 3401(c) of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder) of the Company and its Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 6 to the contrary, options designated as Incentive Stock Options shall not be eligible for treatment under the Code as Incentive


 

Stock Options (and will be deemed to be Nonqualified Stock Options) to the extent that either (a) the aggregate Fair Market Value of Common Shares (determined as of the time of grant) with respect to which such Options are exercisable for the first time by the Participant during any calendar year (under all plans of the Company and any Subsidiary) exceeds $100,000, taking Options into account in the order in which they were granted, or (b) such Options otherwise remain exercisable but are not exercised within three (3) months of termination of employment (or such other period of time provided in Section 422 of the Code).

 

  7. Stock Appreciation Rights

Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted to Participants from time to time either in tandem with or as a component of other Awards granted under the Plan (“tandem SARs”) or not in conjunction with other Awards (“freestanding SARs”) and may, but need not, relate to a specific Option granted under Section 6. The provisions of Stock Appreciation Rights need not be the same with respect to each grant or each recipient. Any Stock Appreciation Right granted in tandem with an Award may be granted at the same time such Award is granted or at any time thereafter before exercise or expiration of such Award. All freestanding SARs shall be granted subject to the same terms and conditions applicable to Options as set forth in Section 6 and all tandem SARs shall have the same exercise price, vesting, exercisability, forfeiture and termination provisions as the Award to which they relate. Subject to the provisions of Section 6 and the immediately preceding sentence, the Committee may impose such other conditions or restrictions on any Stock Appreciation Right as it shall deem appropriate. Stock Appreciation Rights may be settled in Common Shares, cash or a combination thereof, as determined by the Committee and set forth in the applicable Award Agreement. Other than in connection with a change in the Company’s capitalization (as described in Section 11), the exercise price of Stock Appreciation Rights may not be reduced without stockholder approval (including canceling previously awarded Stock Appreciation Rights and regranting them with a lower exercise price).

 

  8. Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units

 

  (a) Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Unit Awards. Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units may be granted at any time and from time to time prior to the termination of the Plan to Participants as determined by the Committee. Restricted Stock is an award or issuance of Common Shares the grant, issuance, retention, vesting and/or transferability of which is subject during specified periods of time to such conditions (including continued employment/service or performance conditions) and terms as the Committee deems appropriate. Restricted Stock Units are Awards denominated in units of Common Shares under which the issuance of Common Shares is subject to such conditions (including continued employment/service or performance conditions) and terms as the Committee deems appropriate. Each grant of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement. Unless determined otherwise by the Committee, each Restricted Stock Unit will be equal to one Common Share and will entitle a Participant to either the issuance of Common Shares or payment of an amount of cash determined with reference to the value of Common Shares. To the extent determined by the Committee, Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units may be satisfied or settled in Common Shares, cash or a combination thereof. Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units granted pursuant to the Plan need not be identical but each grant of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units must contain and be subject to the terms and conditions set forth below.

 

  (b) Contents of Agreement. Each Award Agreement shall contain provisions regarding (i) the number of Common Shares or Restricted Stock Units subject to such Award or a formula for determining such number, (ii) the purchase price of the Common Shares, if any, and the means of payment, (iii) the performance criteria, if any, and level of achievement versus these criteria that shall determine the number of Common Shares or Restricted Stock Units granted, issued, retainable and/or vested, (iv) such terms and conditions on the grant, issuance, vesting and/or forfeiture of the Common Shares or Restricted Stock Units as may be determined from time to time by the Committee, (v) the term of the performance period, if any, as to which performance will be measured for determining the number of such Common Shares or Restricted Stock Units, and (vi) restrictions on the transferability of the Common Shares or Restricted Stock Units. Common Shares issued under a Restricted Stock Award may be issued in the name of the Participant and held by the Participant or held by the Company, in each case as the Committee may provide.


  (c) Vesting and Performance Criteria. The grant, issuance, retention, vesting and/or settlement of shares of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units will occur when and in such installments as the Committee determines or under criteria the Committee establishes, which may include Qualifying Performance Criteria. Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, the performance criteria for any Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit that is intended to satisfy the requirements for “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code will be a measure based on one or more Qualifying Performance Criteria selected by the Committee and specified when the Award is granted.

 

  (d) Discretionary Adjustments and Limits. Subject to the limits imposed under Section 162(m) of the Code for Awards that are intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation,” notwithstanding the satisfaction of any performance goals, the number of Common Shares granted, issued, retainable and/or vested under an Award of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units on account of either financial performance or personal performance evaluations may, to the extent specified in the Award Agreement, be reduced by the Committee on the basis of such further considerations as the Committee shall determine.

 

  (e) Voting Rights. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, Participants holding shares of Restricted Stock granted hereunder may exercise full voting rights with respect to those shares during the period of restriction. Participants shall have no voting rights with respect to Common Shares underlying Restricted Stock Units unless and until such Common Shares are reflected as issued and outstanding shares on the Company’s stock ledger.

 

  (f) Dividends and Distributions. Participants in whose name Restricted Stock is granted shall be entitled to receive all dividends and other distributions paid with respect to those Common Shares, unless determined otherwise by the Committee. The Committee will determine whether any such dividends or distributions will be automatically reinvested in additional shares of Restricted Stock and subject to the same restrictions on transferability as the Restricted Stock with respect to which they were distributed or whether such dividends or distributions will be paid in cash. Common Shares underlying Restricted Stock Units shall be entitled to dividends or dividend equivalents only to the extent provided by the Committee.

 

  9. Deferral of Gains

The Committee may, in an Award Agreement or otherwise, provide for the deferred delivery of Common Shares upon settlement, vesting or other events with respect to Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event will any deferral of the delivery of Common Shares or any other payment with respect to any Award be allowed if the Committee determines, in its sole discretion, that the deferral would result in the imposition of the additional tax under Section 409A(a)(1)(B) of the Code.

 

  10. Conditions and Restrictions Upon Securities Subject to Awards

The Committee may provide that the Common Shares issued upon exercise of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right or otherwise subject to or issued under an Award shall be subject to such further agreements, restrictions, conditions or limitations as the Committee in its discretion may specify prior to the exercise of such Option or Stock Appreciation Right or the grant, vesting or settlement of such Award, including without limitation, conditions on vesting or transferability, forfeiture or repurchase provisions and method of payment for the Common Shares issued upon exercise, vesting or settlement of such Award (including the actual or constructive surrender of Common Shares already owned by the Participant) or payment of taxes arising in connection with an Award. Without limiting the foregoing, such restrictions may address the timing and manner of any resales by the Participant or other subsequent transfers by the Participant of any Common Shares issued under an Award, including without limitation (i) restrictions under an insider trading policy or pursuant to applicable law, (ii) restrictions designed to delay and/or coordinate the timing and manner of sales by the Participant and holders of other Company equity compensation arrangements, (iii) restrictions as to the use of a specified brokerage firm for such resales or other transfers, and (iv) provisions requiring Common Shares to be sold on the open market or to the Company in order to satisfy tax withholding or other obligations.


  11. Adjustment of and Changes in the Stock

The number and kind of Common Shares available for issuance under this Plan (including under any Awards then outstanding), and the number and kind of Common Shares subject to the limits set forth in Section 5 of this Plan, shall be equitably adjusted by the Committee to reflect any reorganization, reclassification, combination of shares, stock split, reverse stock split, spin-off, dividend or distribution of securities, property or cash (other than regular, quarterly cash dividends), or any other event or transaction that affects the number or kind of Common Shares of the Company outstanding. Such adjustment may be designed to comply with Section 425 of the Code or, except as otherwise expressly provided in Section 5(c) of this Plan, may be designed to treat the Common Shares available under the Plan and subject to Awards as if they were all outstanding on the record date for such event or transaction or to increase the number of such Common Shares to reflect a deemed reinvestment in Common Shares of the amount distributed to the Company’s securityholders. The terms of any outstanding Award shall also be equitably adjusted by the Committee as to price, number or kind of Common Shares subject to such Award, vesting, and other terms to reflect the foregoing events, which adjustments need not be uniform as between different Awards or different types of Awards.

In the event there shall be any other change in the number or kind of outstanding Common Shares, or any stock or other securities into which such Common Shares shall have been changed, or for which it shall have been exchanged, by reason of a change of control, other merger, consolidation or otherwise, then the Committee shall determine the appropriate and equitable adjustment to be effected. In addition, in the event of such change described in this paragraph, the Committee may accelerate the time or times at which any Award may be exercised and may provide for cancellation of such accelerated Awards that are not exercised within a time prescribed by the Committee in its sole discretion.

No right to purchase fractional shares shall result from any adjustment in Awards pursuant to this Section 11. In case of any such adjustment, the Common Shares subject to the Award shall be rounded down to the nearest whole share. The Company shall notify Participants holding Awards subject to any adjustments pursuant to this Section 11 of such adjustment, but (whether or not notice is given) such adjustment shall be effective and binding for all purposes of the Plan.

 

  12. Qualifying Performance-Based Compensation

 

  (a) General. The Committee may establish performance criteria and level of achievement versus such criteria that shall determine the number of Common Shares, units, or cash to be granted, retained, vested, issued or issuable under or in settlement of or the amount payable pursuant to an Award, which criteria may be based on Qualifying Performance Criteria or other standards of financial performance and/or personal performance evaluations. In addition, the Committee may specify that an Award or a portion of an Award is intended to satisfy the requirements for “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code, provided that the performance criteria for such Award or portion of an Award that is intended by the Committee to satisfy the requirements for “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code shall be a measure based on one or more Qualifying Performance Criteria selected by the Committee and specified at the time the Award is granted. The Committee shall certify the extent to which any Qualifying Performance Criteria has been satisfied, and the amount payable as a result thereof, prior to payment, settlement or vesting of any Award that is intended to satisfy the requirements for “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code. Notwithstanding satisfaction of any performance goals, the number of Common Shares issued under or the amount paid under an award may, to the extent specified in the Award Agreement, be reduced by the Committee on the basis of such further considerations as the Committee in its sole discretion shall determine.

 

  (b)

Qualifying Performance Criteria. For purposes of this Plan, the term “Qualifying Performance Criteria” shall mean any one or more of the following performance criteria, either individually, alternatively or in any combination, applied to either the Company as a whole or to a business unit or Subsidiary, either individually, alternatively or in any combination, and measured either annually or cumulatively over a period of years, on an absolute basis or relative to a pre-established target, to previous years’ results or to a designated comparison group, in each case as specified by the Committee: (i) cash flow (before or after dividends), (ii) earnings or earnings per share (including earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization), (iii) stock price, (iv) return on equity,


 

(v) total stockholder return, (vi) return on capital or investment (including return on total capital, return on invested capital, or return on investment), (vii) return on assets or net assets, (viii) market capitalization, (ix) economic value added, (x) debt leverage (debt to capital), (xi) revenue, (xii) income or net income, (xiii) operating income, (xiv) operating profit or net operating profit, (xv) operating margin or profit margin, (xvi) return on operating revenue, (xvii) cash from operations, (xviii) operating ratio, (xix) operating revenue, (xx) bookings, (xxi) backlog, or (xxii) customer service. To the extent consistent with Section 162(m) of the Code, the Committee (A) shall appropriately adjust any evaluation of performance under a Qualifying Performance Criteria to eliminate the effects of charges for restructurings, discontinued operations, extraordinary items and all items of gain, loss or expense determined to be extraordinary or unusual in nature or related to the acquisition or disposal of a segment of a business or related to a change in accounting principle all as determined in accordance with standards established by opinion No. 30 of the Accounting Principles Board (APA Opinion No. 30) or other applicable or successor accounting provisions, as well as the cumulative effect of accounting changes, in each case as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles or identified in the Company’s financial statements or notes to the financial statements, and (B) may appropriately adjust any evaluation of performance under a Qualifying Performance Criteria to exclude any of the following events that occurs during a performance period: (i) asset write-downs, (ii) litigation, claims, judgments or settlements, (iii) the effect of changes in tax law or other such laws or provisions affecting reported results, (iv) accruals for reorganization and restructuring programs and (v) accruals of any amounts for payment under this Plan or any other compensation arrangement maintained by the Company.

 

  13. Transferability

Unless the Committee provides otherwise, each Award may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated by a Participant other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and each Option or Stock Appreciation Right shall be exercisable only by the Participant during his or her lifetime.

 

  14. Compliance with Laws and Regulations

This Plan, the grant, issuance, vesting, exercise and settlement of Awards thereunder, and the obligation of the Company to sell, issue or deliver Common Shares under such Awards, shall be subject to all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations, stock exchange rules and regulations, and to such approvals by any governmental or regulatory agency as may be required. The Company shall not be required to register in a Participant’s name or deliver any Common Shares prior to the completion of any registration or qualification of such shares under any foreign, federal, state or local law or any ruling or regulation of any government body which the Committee shall determine to be necessary or advisable. To the extent the Company is unable to or the Committee deems it infeasible to obtain authority from any regulatory body having jurisdiction, which authority is deemed by the Company’s counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any Common Shares hereunder, the Company and its Subsidiaries shall be relieved of any liability with respect to the failure to issue or sell such Common Shares as to which such requisite authority shall not have been obtained. No Option shall be exercisable and no Common Shares shall be issued and/or transferable under any other Award unless a registration statement with respect to the Common Shares underlying such Option is effective and current or the Company has determined that such registration is unnecessary.

 

  15. Withholding

To the extent required by applicable federal, state, local or foreign law, a Participant shall be required to satisfy, in a manner satisfactory to the Company, any withholding tax obligations that arise by reason of an Option exercise, disposition of Common Shares issued under an Incentive Stock Option, the vesting of or settlement of an Award, an election pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Code or otherwise with respect to an Award. The Company and its Subsidiaries shall not be required to issue Common Shares, make any payment or to recognize the transfer or disposition of Common Shares until such obligations are satisfied. The Committee may provide for or permit the minimum statutory withholding obligations to be satisfied through the mandatory or elective sale of Common Shares and/or by having the Company withhold a portion of the Common Shares that otherwise would be issued to a Participant upon exercise of the Option or the vesting or settlement of an Award, or by tendering Common Shares previously acquired.


  16. Administration of the Plan

 

  (a) Committee of the Plan. The Plan shall be administered by the Committee which shall be the Compensation Committee of the Board or, in the absence of a Compensation Committee, a properly constituted Compensation Committee or the Board itself. Any power of the Committee may also be exercised by the Board, except to the extent that the grant or exercise of such authority would cause any Award or transaction to become subject to (or lose an exemption under) the short-swing profit recovery provisions of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or cause an Award designated as a Performance Award not to qualify for treatment as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code. To the extent that any permitted action taken by the Board conflicts with action taken by the Committee, the Board action shall control. The Committee may by resolution authorize one or more officers of the Company to perform any or all things that the Committee is authorized and empowered to do or perform under the Plan, and for all purposes under this Plan, such officer or officers shall be treated as the Committee; provided, however, that the resolution so authorizing such officer or officers shall specify the total number of Awards (if any) such officer or officers may award pursuant to such delegated authority, and any such Award shall be subject to the form of Award Agreement theretofore approved by the Committee. No such officer shall designate himself or herself as a recipient of any Awards granted under authority delegated to such officer. In addition, the Committee may delegate any or all aspects of the day-to-day administration of the Plan to one or more officers or employees of the Company or any Subsidiary, and/or to one or more agents.

 

  (b) Powers of Committee. Subject to the express provisions of this Plan, the Committee shall be authorized and empowered to do all things that it determines to be necessary or appropriate in connection with the administration of this Plan, including, without limitation: (i) to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to this Plan and to define terms not otherwise defined herein; (ii) to determine which persons are Participants, to which of such Participants, if any, Awards shall be granted hereunder and the timing of any such Awards; (iii) to grant Awards to Participants and determine the terms and conditions thereof, including the number of Common Shares subject to Awards and the exercise or purchase price of such Common Shares and the circumstances under which Awards become exercisable or vested or are forfeited or expire, which terms may but need not be conditioned upon the passage of time, continued employment or other service, the satisfaction of performance criteria, the occurrence of certain events (including events which constitute a change of control), or other factors; (iv) to establish and verify the extent of satisfaction of any performance goals or other conditions applicable to the grant, issuance, exercisability, vesting and/or ability to retain any Award; (v) to prescribe and amend the terms of the agreements or other documents evidencing Awards made under this Plan (which need not be identical) and the terms of or form of any document or notice required to be delivered to the Company by Participants under this Plan; (vi) to determine the extent to which adjustments are required pursuant to Section 11; (vii) to interpret and construe this Plan, any rules and regulations under this Plan and the terms and conditions of any Award granted hereunder, and to make exceptions to any such provisions in good faith and for the benefit of the Company; and (viii) to make all other determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of this Plan.

 

  (c) Determinations by the Committee. All decisions, determinations and interpretations by the Committee regarding the Plan, any rules and regulations under the Plan and the terms and conditions of or operation of any Award granted hereunder, shall be final and binding on all Participants, beneficiaries, heirs, assigns or other persons holding or claiming rights under the Plan or any Award. The Committee shall consider such factors as it deems relevant, in its sole and absolute discretion, to making such decisions, determinations and interpretations including, without limitation, the recommendations or advice of any officer or other employee of the Company and such attorneys, consultants and accountants as it may select.

 

  17. Amendment of the Plan or Awards

The Board may amend, alter or discontinue this Plan and the Committee may amend, or alter any agreement or other document evidencing an Award made under this Plan but, except as specifically provided for hereunder, no such amendment shall, without the approval of the stockholders of the Company (a) reduce the exercise price of outstanding Options or Stock Appreciation Rights, (b) reduce the price at which Options may be


granted below the price provided for in Section 6 or (c) otherwise amend the Plan in any manner requiring stockholder approval by law or under applicable listing requirements. No amendment or alteration to the Plan or an Award or Award Agreement shall be made which would impair the rights of the holder of an Award, without such holder’s consent, provided that no such consent shall be required if the Committee determines in its sole discretion and prior to the date of any change of control that such amendment or alteration either is required or advisable in order for the Company, the Plan or the Award to satisfy any law or regulation or to meet the requirements of or avoid adverse financial accounting consequences under any accounting standard.

 

  18. Miscellaneous

 

  (a) No Liability of Company. The Company and any Subsidiary or affiliate which is in existence or hereafter comes into existence shall not be liable to a Participant or any other person as to: (i) the non-issuance or sale of Common Shares as to which the Company has been unable to obtain from any regulatory body having jurisdiction the authority deemed by the Company’s counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any Common Shares hereunder; and (ii) any tax consequence expected, but not realized, by any Participant or other person due to the receipt, exercise or settlement of any Award granted hereunder.

 

  (b) Non-Exclusivity of Plan. Neither the adoption of this Plan by the Board nor the submission of this Plan to the stockholders of the Company for approval shall be construed as creating any limitations on the power of the Board or the Committee to adopt such other incentive arrangements as either may deem desirable, including without limitation, the granting of restricted stock or stock options otherwise than under this Plan or an arrangement not intended to qualify under Code Section 162(m), and such arrangements may be either generally applicable or applicable only in specific cases.

 

  (c) Governing Law. This Plan and any agreements or other documents hereunder shall be interpreted and construed in accordance with the laws of Maryland and applicable federal law.

 

  (d) No Right to Employment, Reelection or Continued Service. Nothing in this Plan or an Award Agreement shall interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Company, its Subsidiaries and/or its affiliates to terminate any Participant’s employment, service on the Board or service for the Company at any time or for any reason not prohibited by law, nor shall this Plan or an Award itself confer upon any Participant any right to continue his or her employment or service for any specified period of time. Neither an Award nor any benefits arising under this Plan shall constitute an employment contract with the Company, any Subsidiary and/or its affiliates.

 

  (e) Unfunded Plan. The Plan is intended to be an unfunded plan. Participants are and shall at all times be general creditors of the Company with respect to their Awards. If the Committee or the Company chooses to set aside funds in a trust or otherwise for the payment of Awards under the Plan, such funds shall at all times be subject to the claims of the creditors of the Company in the event of its bankruptcy or insolvency.
EX-10.2 3 dex102.htm INTEGRAL SYSTEMS, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN Integral Systems, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Exhibit 10.2

Integral Systems, Inc.

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

(Effective April 1, 2008)

ARTICLE I

PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THE PLAN

Section 1.1 PURPOSE.

The Integral Systems, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan is intended to encourage employee participation in the ownership and economic progress of the Company. This Plan meets the requirements of an employee stock purchase plan within the meaning of Section 423 of the Code.

Section 1.2 DEFINITIONS.

Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following capitalized terms have the meaning set forth below:

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

“Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and as the same may be further amended from time to time, and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.

“Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, which shall administer the Plan as provided in Section 1.3.

“Common Shares” means the Company’s common stock, par value 0.01 per share.

“Company” means Integral Systems, Inc.

“Compensation” means an Employee’s salary or hourly base rate of pay, as the case may be, but except to the extent determined otherwise by the Committee shall exclude overtime pay, bonuses, commissions, disability payments, workers’ compensation payments, and any other payment in excess of normal salary or hourly base pay, received by an Employee for services performed for the Company or a Subsidiary during an Option Period.

“Continuous Service” means the period of time, uninterrupted by a termination of employment, that an Employee has been employed by the Company or a Subsidiary, or both, immediately preceding the first day of the Subscription Period in which such Employee wishes to participate in the Plan. Such period of time shall include any leave of absence permitted or required to be taken into account by applicable Treasury Regulations.

“Employee” means any common law employee of the Company and any common law employee of a Subsidiary that has been designated by the Committee as participating in the Plan.

“Enrollment Period” means each period designated by the Committee during which eligible Employees may enroll in the Plan.

“Exercise Date” means the last day of each Subscription Period.

“Fair Market Value” means, with respect to Common Shares on any relevant day: (a) if such Common Shares are traded on a national securities exchange, the closing price on such day, or if the Common Shares did not trade on such day, the closing price on the most recent preceding day on which there was a trade, (b) if such


Common Shares are quoted on an automated quotation system, the closing price on such day, or if the Common Shares did not trade on such day, the mean between the closing bid and asked prices on such day, or (c) in all other cases, the “fair market value” as determined by the Committee in good faith and using such financial sources as it deems relevant and reliable, provided that such Fair Market Value of such Common Shares shall not be less than their par value.

“Human Resources” means the department responsible for personnel matters pertaining to an Employee.

“Leave of Absence” means, for purposes of participation in the Plan, an Employee’s sick leave or other leave of absence approved by the Company, except that where the period of leave exceeds 90 days and the Employee’s right to reemployment is not guaranteed by statute or by contract, the Employee shall not be deemed on a Leave of Absence as of the 91st day of such sick leave or other leave of absence, such Employee’s employment relationship with the Company shall be deemed terminated, and such Employee’s right to participate in the Plan and to purchase Common Shares hereunder shall terminate.

“Offering Date” means the day beginning at 12:01 a.m. on the first day of each Subscription Period.

“Option Period” means each period beginning on an Offering Date and ending on the next succeeding Exercise Date. The initial Option Period shall begin on April 1, 2008 and shall end on June 30, 2008.

“Option Price” means the purchase price of a Common Share hereunder as provided in Section 3.1.

“Participant” means any Employee who (i) is eligible to participate in the Plan under Section 2.1 and (ii) elects to participate.

“Plan” means this Integral Systems, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as the same may be amended from time to time.

“Plan Year” means the 12-consecutive-month period beginning on January 1st and ending on the following December 31st; provided, however, that the first Plan Year shall be a short plan year commencing on April 1, 2008 and ending on December 31, 2008.

“Securities Transactions Policy” means a policy implemented by the Company governing trades of the Common Shares in order to prevent violations of the United States securities laws.

“Share Purchase Account” or “Account” means a notional account established and maintained in the name of each Participant to record the dollar amounts accumulated on such Participant’s behalf each Option Period.

“Share Purchase Agreement” means the form prescribed by the Committee that must be executed by an Employee who elects to participate in the Plan. The proper execution and filing of such form shall constitute the grant of an option from time to time to the Employee in accordance with the terms of the Plan and the terms of such form.

“Subscription Period” means each calendar quarter unless otherwise determined by the Committee. The first Subscription Period shall be the calendar quarter commencing on April 1, 2008 and ending on June 30, 2008.

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

Section 1.3 ADMINISTRATION OF PLAN.

The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. Subject to the express provisions of this Plan, the Committee shall be authorized to prescribe, amend, and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan and the Committee’s administration thereof; to interpret the Plan; to fix the terms of an offering under the Plan; to prescribe

 

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the maximum percentage of payroll deductions permitted for a Subscription Period; to restrict participation in the Plan consistent with any requirement of law or regulation; to determine the Subsidiaries that participate in the Plan; and to make all other determinations necessary to the administration of the Plan, including appointment of individuals to facilitate the day-to-day operation thereof. The Committee’s determinations as to the interpretation and operation of the Plan shall be final and conclusive. The Committee may delegate any or all of its duties hereunder to one or more other persons, in which case any reference to the Committee herein shall be deemed to refer to such person or persons where appropriate.

Section 1.4 EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN.

The effective date of the Plan is April 1, 2008, subject to the Plan being approved by stockholders of the Company prior to such date by a vote sufficient to meet the requirements of Code Section 423(b)(2).

Section 1.5 TERMINATION OF PLAN.

The Board of Directors shall have the right to terminate the Plan at any time. Upon any such termination, the dollar amount, if any, in each Participant’s Account shall be distributed to such Participant.

ARTICLE II

PARTICIPATION

Section 2.1 ELIGIBILITY.

Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, each Employee, who on an Offering Date (i) will have at least six months of Continuous Service, (ii) will be an Employee whose customary employment is more than five months in a calendar year, and (iii) will be an Employee whose customary employment is more than 20 hours per week, may become a Participant by executing and filing with Human Resources a Share Purchase Agreement during an Enrollment Period. Such participation shall begin on the next Subscription Period following Human Resources’s receipt of a properly completed Share Purchase Agreement. Any election to participate shall be effective subject to the Company’s Securities Transactions Policy or similar policy, if any, that may be in effect at the time of such election. An election to participate shall continue in effect until termination of participation occurs in accordance with Article V.

Section 2.2 PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS.

Payment for Common Shares purchased under the Plan shall be made solely by authorized payroll deduction from each payment of Compensation in accordance with the Participant’s Share Purchase Agreement. Deductions from payroll shall be expressed as a percentage of Compensation (determined on the first day of each Subscription Period) no greater than the percentage set by the Committee, but shall not be less than 1% of such Participant’s Compensation, per Option Period. The actual maximum percentage that may be fixed by the Committee shall be 10%. A Participant may not increase or decrease the percentage deduction during a Subscription Period (other than to withdraw or terminate participation pursuant to Article V hereunder). Subject to the Company’s Securities Transactions Policy or similar policy that may be in effect at the time of such election, however, a Participant may change the percentage deduction for any subsequent Subscription Period by filing notice thereof with Human Resources during the time period described in Section 2.1 for filing a Share Purchase Agreement. Amounts deducted from a Participant’s Compensation pursuant to this section shall be credited to such Participant’s Account.

Section 2.3 TRANSFER OF PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS.

All payroll deductions withheld by a Subsidiary under the Plan shall be immediately transferred to the Company.

 

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Section 2.4 LEAVE OF ABSENCE.

If a Participant goes on a Leave of Absence, such Participant’s participation in the Plan shall continue, provided that such Participant continues to receive Compensation. If such Participant ceases to receive Compensation while on a Leave of Absence, such Participant’s participation shall automatically terminate.

ARTICLE III

PURCHASE OF SHARES

Section 3.1 OPTION PRICE.

(i) The Option Price for a Subscription Period shall be 85% of the Fair Market Value of a Common Share on the Exercise Date or such other percentage of Fair Market Value (not less than 85%) determined by the Committee.

(ii) The Company shall pay any brokerage fees, commissions and other transaction expenses in connection with the purchase of shares pursuant to the Plan.

Section 3.2 PURCHASE OF SHARES.

As of the date that all purchases under the Plan with respect to a particular Subscription Period are made, the amount in a Participant’s Share Purchase Account shall be charged with the aggregate Option Price of the largest number of Common Shares (including fractional shares) that can be purchased with such amount.

Section 3.3 LIMITATIONS ON PURCHASE.

No Participant shall purchase Common Shares hereunder in any calendar year having a Fair Market Value of more than $25,000, as determined pursuant to Code Section 423(b)(8). Further, no Participant shall purchase Common Shares hereunder if, by reason of such purchase, such Participant shall be deemed to possess 5% or more of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of shares of the Company or a Subsidiary. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the rules of Code Section 424(d) shall apply and Common Shares that a Participant may purchase under outstanding options shall be treated as shares owned by the Participant.

Section 3.4 RESTRICTION ON TRANSFERABILITY.

Rights to purchase shares hereunder shall be exercisable only by the Participant. Such rights shall not be transferable and shall expire upon a Participant’s death.

ARTICLE IV

PROVISIONS RELATING TO COMMON SHARES

Section 4.1 COMMON SHARES RESERVED.

Except as provided in Section 4.2, no more than 900,000 Common Shares may be sold pursuant to options granted under the Plan. Such number shall be subject to adjustments effected in accordance with Section 4.2.

Section 4.2 ADJUSTMENT FOR CHANGES IN COMMON SHARES.

(i) In the event that the Common Shares of the Company as presently constituted, shall be changed into or exchanged for a different number or kind of shares or other securities of the Company or of another company or corporation (whether by reason of merger, consolidation, recapitalization, reclassification, split-up, subdivision, combination of shares or otherwise) or if the number of such Common Shares shall be increased or decreased

 

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through the payment of a share dividend, bonus issue, share split, subdivision, or reverse share split or consolidation, then, subject to the provisions of subsection (iii) below, there shall be substituted for or added to each Common Share that was theretofore appropriated, or that thereafter may become subject to an offering under the Plan, the number and kind of shares or other securities into which each outstanding Common Share shall be so changed or for which each such share shall be exchanged or to which such share shall be entitled, as the case may be. Outstanding Share Purchase Agreements shall be deemed to be amended as to price and other terms, as may be necessary to appropriately reflect the foregoing events.

(ii) If there shall be any other change in the number or kind of the outstanding Common Shares, or of any share or other securities in which such shares shall have been changed or for which it shall have been exchanged, and if a majority of the members of the Board of Directors shall, in its sole discretion, determine that such change equitably requires an adjustment in any offering that was theretofore made or that may thereafter be made under the Plan, that such adjustment shall be made in accordance with such determination.

(iii) An offering pursuant to the Plan shall not affect in any way the right or power of the Company to make adjustments or reclassifications, reorganizations or changes in its capital or business structure, to merge, amalgamate, to consolidate, to dissolve, to liquidate, to wind up or to sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets.

Section 4.3 INSUFFICIENT SHARES.

If the aggregate funds available for the purchase of Common Shares with respect to any Subscription Period would cause an issuance of shares in excess of the number provided for in Section 4.1, (i) the Committee shall proportionately reduce the number of shares that would otherwise be purchased by each Participant in order to eliminate such excess, (ii) any cash remaining in each Participant’s Share Purchase Account shall be distributed to such Participant as soon as reasonably practicable, and (iii) the Plan shall automatically terminate immediately after such Subscription Period.

Section 4.4 CONFIRMATION OF PURCHASES; REGISTRATION OF SHARES.

Each Participant shall be provided with a written statement at such times as determined by the Committee indicating the number of Common Shares purchased under the Plan by the Participant, the aggregate number of Common Shares accumulated under the Plan by the Participant, and other relevant information with respect to the Participant’s participation in the Plan. Except in the case of death, any certificate issued to a Participant must initially be issued in the Participant’s name alone or in such Participant’s name and another as joint tenants with right of survivorship. Registration of any shares following the death of a Participant will be subject to the same rules as are then applicable to decedent stockholders generally. At the Company’s election, the issue of Common Shares may occur through a transfer agent or brokerage account established for this purpose, and the Company may require as a condition to participation in the Plan that each Participant establish an account with a brokerage firm selected by the Company.

Section 4.5 RIGHTS AS STOCKHOLDERS.

The Common Shares purchased by a Participant with respect to a Subscription Period shall, for all purposes, be deemed to have been purchased as of the day such shares are first owned by the Participant. Participants for whom shares have been purchased shall be entitled to all rights of a stockholder with respect to such shares, including the right to receive dividends and the right to vote. The Participant shall be responsible for payment of all transaction fees related to Common Shares arising after the date such shares are purchased hereunder.

Section 4.6 CORPORATE REORGANIZATIONS, LIQUIDATION, ETC.

In the event of any corporate merger, amalgamation, consolidation, acquisition of property or shares, separation, reorganization, or liquidation or winding up, provision may be made (but is not required to be made) for the substitution of a new option for an old option, or an assumption of an old option, by an employer company or corporation or a company or corporation related to such company or corporation. Any provision for such substitution or assumption shall be subject to the limitations and provisions of Code Section 424.

 

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ARTICLE V

TERMINATION OF PARTICIPATION

Section 5.1 WITHDRAWAL.

Subject to the Company’s Securities Transactions Policy or similar policy that may be in effect at the time, a Participant may withdraw from the Plan at any time by filing notice of withdrawal with the Company’s nominee prior to an Offering Date. In such event, the dollar amount, if any, in such Participant’s Share Purchase Account shall be distributed to such Participant (or in the case of death, to such Participant’s designated beneficiary(ies)) and no further shares will be purchased on such Participant’s behalf unless such Participant is eligible to enroll and again enrolls in the Plan effective as of the beginning of a subsequent Subscription Period by filing a Share Purchase Agreement as set forth in Section 2.1.

Section 5.2 TERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY.

If a Participant ceases to be employed by the Company or a Subsidiary or otherwise becomes ineligible to participate in the Plan as set forth in Section 2.1, such Participant’s participation in the Plan shall thereupon automatically terminate. In such event, the dollar amount, if any, in such Participant’s Share Purchase Account shall be distributed to such Participant (or in the case of death, to such Participant’s designated beneficiary(ies)) and no further shares will be purchased on such Participant’s behalf. For purposes of this section, a Participant’s participation in the Plan will not automatically terminate if such Participant becomes an individual on a Leave of Absence permitted or required to be taken into account by applicable Treasury Regulations or other law unless provided otherwise in Section 4.2. Any Participant whose participation in the Plan is terminated pursuant to this Section may again become a Participant as of the beginning of a new Subscription Period by satisfying the eligibility requirements and executing and filing a Share Purchase Agreement as set forth in Section 2.1.

Section 5.3 NO INTEREST.

No interest will be credited or paid on cash balances in a Participant’s Share Purchase Account.

ARTICLE VI

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 6.1 TAX WITHHOLDING; INFORMATION RETURNS.

Each Participant shall be deemed to have consented to any income tax withholding that may hereafter be required by reason of such Participant’s participation in the Plan or the disposition of, or payment of any dividends on, shares acquired by such Participant under the Plan. The proper officers of the Company and each Subsidiary shall prepare and, where required, timely file such tax information returns and other notices as may be required by law from time to time.

Section 6.2 NOTICES.

Any notice that an Employee files pursuant to the Plan shall be made on forms prescribed by the Committee and shall be effective as soon as administratively possible after such notice is received by Human Resources or by the Company’s nominee, as the case may be.

Section 6.3 CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT.

Neither the creation of the Plan, nor participation therein, shall be deemed to create any right of continued employment or in any way affect the right of the Company or a Subsidiary to terminate an Employee.

 

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Section 6.4 AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN.

The Board of Directors may at any time, and from time to time, amend the Plan in any respect, except, that without approval of the Company’s stockholders, no amendment may (i) increase the aggregate number of shares permitted to be reserved by the Board of Directors under the Plan other than as provided in Section 4.2, (ii) change the definition of a Subsidiary, or (iii) materially change the eligibility requirements for Employees. Any amendment of the Plan must be made in accordance with applicable provisions of the Code.

Section 6.5 APPLICATION OF FUNDS.

All funds received by the Company by reason of a purchase of shares hereunder may be used for any corporate purpose.

Section 6.6 LEGAL RESTRICTIONS.

The Plan, the grant and exercise of options to purchase Common Shares under the Plan, and the Company’s obligation to sell and deliver shares upon the exercise of options to purchase shares shall be subject to all applicable federal, state and foreign laws, rules and regulations, and to such approvals by any regulatory or governmental agency as may, in the opinion of the Company, be required.

Section 6.7 NUMBER.

Whenever used herein, singular words shall include the plural, and vice versa, as the context requires.

Section 6.8 GOVERNING LAW.

Except to the extent preempted by Federal law, the Plan and all rights and obligations thereunder shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the domestic internal law of the State of Maryland.

 

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