-----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, NTix6mxmcJ+6yymdN7QMul772mStOMdTLXcLE2Mdi7nLCl20JEdqCHPOyeSF/PBY HYJUWSlrCyMGpBuWeNqubw== 0001193125-03-064180.txt : 20031020 0001193125-03-064180.hdr.sgml : 20031020 20031020172822 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-03-064180 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-8 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 11 FILED AS OF DATE: 20031020 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20031020 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EMC CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000790070 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: COMPUTER STORAGE DEVICES [3572] IRS NUMBER: 042680009 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-8 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-109845 FILM NUMBER: 03948416 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 176 SOUTH STREET CITY: HOPKINTON STATE: MA ZIP: 01748-9103 BUSINESS PHONE: 5084351000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 176 SOUTH STREET CITY: HOPKINTON STATE: MA ZIP: 01748-9103 S-8 1 ds8.htm FORM S-8 FORM S-8

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 20, 2003

Registration No. 333-            


SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 


 

EMC CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 


 

Massachusetts

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)

 

04-2680009

(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

 

176 South Street, Hopkinton, Massachusetts 01748

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 


 

Legato Systems, Inc. 1995 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan, as amended

Amended and Restated OTG Software, Inc. 2000 Stock Incentive Plan

Optical Technology Group 1998 Stock Incentive Plan

Smart Storage, Inc. 1994 Stock Plan

Vinca Corporation 1997 Stock Option Plan

Qualix Group, Inc. 1997 Stock Option Plan

Qualix Group, Inc. 1995 Stock Option Plan

(Full Title of the Plans)

 


 

Paul T. Dacier, Esq.

Senior Vice President and General Counsel

EMC Corporation

176 South Street

Hopkinton, Massachusetts 01748

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

 

(508) 435-1000

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

 


 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 


Title of Securities to be

Registered

  

Amount to be

Registered(1)

  

Proposed Maximum

Offering Price
Per

Share (2)

  

Proposed

Maximum Aggregate

Offering
Price (2)

  

Amount of

Registration

Fee (2)


Legato Systems, Inc. 1995 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan, as amended

   23,037,600    $ 13.126    $ 302,391,538    $ 24,463

Amended and Restated OTG Software, Inc. 2000 Stock Incentive Plan

   1,274,900    $ 13.126    $ 16,734,337    $ 1,354

Optical Technology Group 1998 Stock Incentive Plan

   180,200    $ 13.126    $ 2,365,305    $ 191

Smart Storage, Inc. 1994 Stock Plan

   45,800    $ 13.126    $ 601,171    $ 49

Vinca Corporation 1997 Stock Option Plan

   9,800    $ 13.126    $ 128,635    $ 10

Qualix Group, Inc. 1997 Stock Option Plan

Qualix Group, Inc. 1995 Stock Option Plan

   14,700    $ 13.126    $ 192,952    $ 16


(1) This Registration Statement covers an aggregate of 24,563,000 shares of the Registrant’s common stock, par value $.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), that may be issued pursuant to awards granted under the equity plans identified above (collectively, the “Plans”). Also registered hereunder is such additional shares of Common Stock, presently undeterminable, as may be necessary to satisfy the antidilution provisions of each of the Plans to which this Registration Statement relates.
(2) Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) on the basis of the average of the high and low sale prices of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on October 15, 2003.

 



PART II

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 3.    Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

 

The Registrant incorporates by reference the following documents filed with the Commission:

 

  (a) the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002;

 

  (b) the Registrant’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2003 and the quarter ended June 30, 2003, respectively;

 

  (c) the Registrant’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on July 8, 2003, October 14, 2003, and October 16, 2003, respectively; and

 

  (d) the description of the Common Stock which is contained in the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed by the Registrant under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on March 4, 1988, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.

 

In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold under this Registration Statement, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superceded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also incorporated or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supercedes such earlier statement. Any statement so modified or superceded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superceded, to constitute part of this Registration Statement.

 

Item 4.    Description of Securities.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 5.    Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

 

The legality of the shares of Common Stock being registered pursuant to this Registration Statement will be passed upon for the Registrant by Paul T. Dacier, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the Registrant. Mr. Dacier holds options to purchase Common Stock and owns shares of Common Stock.

 

Item 6.    Indemnification of Directors and Officers

 

Section 67 of Chapter 156B of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts authorizes a Massachusetts corporation to indemnify any director, officer, employee or other agent of the corporation, any person who serves at its request as a director, officer, employee or other agent of another organization, or any person who serves at its request in any capacity with respect to any employee benefit plan, to whatever extent specified in or authorized by (i) the articles of organization, (ii) a by-law adopted by the stockholders or (iii) a vote adopted by the holders of a majority of the shares of stock entitled to vote on the election of directors.

 

The Registrant’s Restated Articles of Organization include a provision that eliminates the personal liability of each of its directors for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director to the extent provided by applicable law, notwithstanding any provision of law imposing such liability, except for liability, to the extent required by Section 13(b)(1 1/2) or any successor provision of the Massachusetts Business Corporation Law, (a) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders, (b) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (c) under sections 61 or 62 of the Massachusetts Business Corporation Law, or (d) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

 

In addition, the Registrant’s Amended and Restated By-laws provide that (a) the Registrant shall, to the extent legally permissible, indemnify each of its directors and officers (including persons who act at its request as directors, officers or trustees of another organization or in any capacity with respect to any employee benefit plan) against all


liabilities and expenses, except with respect to any matter as to which such director or officer shall have been adjudicated in any proceeding not to have acted in good faith in the reasonable belief that such individual’s action was in the best interests of the Registrant or, to the extent that such matter relates to service with respect to any employee benefit plan, in the best interests of the participants or beneficiaries of such employee benefit plan; (b) the Registrant is authorized to pay expenses, including counsel fees, from time to time reasonably incurred by any director or officer in connection with the defense or disposition of any such action, suit or other proceeding in advance of the final disposition thereof upon receipt of an undertaking by such director or officer to repay to the Registrant the amounts so paid by the Registrant if it is ultimately determined that indemnification for such expenses is not authorized under the Amended and Restated Bylaws; (c) the right of indemnification under the Amended and Restated By-laws shall not be exclusive of or affect any other rights to which any director or officer may be entitled by contract or otherwise under law.

 

The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors and executive officers providing for the indemnification of such director or executive officer, as applicable, to the extent legally permissible and the payment of expenses, including counsel fees reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or disposition of any action, suit or other proceeding in which such individual may be involved by reason of such individual being or having been a director or officer of the Registrant.

 

Item 7.    Exemption from Registration Claimed.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 8.    Exhibits.

 

The following exhibits are filed as part of or incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:

 

  4.1.1   Legato Systems, Inc. 1995 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan

 

  4.1.2   Amendment to Legato Systems, Inc. 1995 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan

 

  4.2   Amended and Restated OTG Software, Inc. 2000 Stock Incentive Plan

 

  4.3   Optical Technology Group 1998 Stock Incentive Plan

 

  4.4   Smart Storage, Inc. 1994 Stock Plan

 

  4.5   Vinca Corporation 1997 Stock Option Plan

 

  4.6   Qualix Group, Inc. 1997 Stock Option Plan

 

  4.7   Qualix Group, Inc. 1995 Stock Option Plan

 

  5.1 Opinion of Paul T. Dacier, Senior Vice President and General Counsel to the Registrant, as to the legality of the securities being registered.

 

  23.1   Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Accountants.

 

  23.2 Consent of Paul T. Dacier, Senior Vice President and General Counsel to the Registrant (contained in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).
 
  24.1 Power of Attorney (included on the signature pages to this Registration Statement).

 

Item 9.    Undertakings

 

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

 

  (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, 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;

 

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

 

  (4) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the 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; and

 

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 


SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 on Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the Town of Hopkinton, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on October 20, 2003.

 

EMC CORPORATION
By:   /s/    PAUL T. DACIER        
 
   

Paul T. Dacier

Senior Vice President and General Counsel

 

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

Each person whose signature appears below hereby severally constitutes and appoints Joseph M. Tucci, William J. Teuber, Jr. and Paul T. Dacier, and each of them singly, with the power to act without the other, as attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of substitution, for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any amendment to this Registration Statement and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys- in-fact or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated as of October 20, 2003.

 

Signatures


  

Title


 

Date


/s/    MICHAEL C. RUETTGERS


Michael C. Ruettgers

  

Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors

  October 20, 2003

/s/    JOSEPH M. TUCCI


Joseph M. Tucci

  

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

(Principal Executive Officer)

  October 20, 2003

/s/    WILLIAM J. TEUBER, JR.


William J. Teuber, Jr.

  

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

(Principal Executive Officer)

  October 20, 2003

/s/    MARK A. LINK


Mark A. Link

  

Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer

(Principal Accounting Officer)

  October 20, 2003

/s/    MICHAEL J. CRONIN


Michael J. Cronin

  

Director

  October 20, 2003

/s/    GAIL DEEGAN


Gail Deegan

  

Director

  October 20, 2003

/s/    JOHN R. EGAN


John R. Egan

  

Director

  October 20, 2003

/s/    W. PAUL FITZGERALD


W. Paul Fitzgerald

  

Director

  October 20, 2003

/s/    WINDLE B. PRIEM


Windle B. Priem

  

Director

  October 20, 2003

Alfred M. Zeien

  

Director

  October 20, 2003


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

4.1.1

  Legato Systems, Inc. 1995 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan

4.1.2

  Amendment to Legato Systems, Inc. 1995 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan

4.2

  Amended and Restated OTG Software, Inc. 2000 Stock Incentive Plan

4.3

  Optical Technology Group 1998 Stock Incentive Plan

4.4

  Smart Storage, Inc. 1994 Stock Plan

4.5

  Vinca Corporation 1997 Stock Option Plan

4.6

  Qualix Group, Inc. 1997 Stock Option Plan

4.7

  Qualix Group, Inc. 1995 Stock Option Plan

5.1

  Opinion of Paul T. Dacier, Senior Vice President and General Counsel to the Registrant, as to the legality of the securities being registered.

23.1

  Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Accountants.

23.2

  Consent of Paul T. Dacier, Senior Vice President and General Counsel to the Registrant (contained in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).

24.1

  Power of Attorney (included on the signature pages to this Registration Statement).
EX-4.1.1 3 dex411.htm LEGATO SYSTEMS 1995 STOCK OPTION/STOCK ISSUANCE PLAN LEGATO SYSTEMS 1995 STOCK OPTION/STOCK ISSUANCE PLAN

EXHIBIT 4.1.1

 

LEGATO SYSTEMS, INC.

1995 STOCK OPTION/STOCK ISSUANCE PLAN

(As Amended and Restated on November 17,2002)

 

ARTICLE ONE

 

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

I. PURPOSE OF THE PLAN

 

This 1995 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan is intended to promote the interests of Legato Systems, Inc., 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.

 

Capitalized terms shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the attached Appendix.

 

II. STRUCTURE OF THE PLAN

 

A The Plan shall be divided into three separate equity programs:

 

(i) 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,

 

(ii) the Stock Issuance Program under which eligible persons may, at the discretion of the Plan Administrator, be issued shares of Common Stock directly, either through the immediate purchase of such shares or as a bonus for services rendered the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), and

 

(iii) the Automatic Option Grant Program under which Eligible Directors shall automatically receive option grants at periodic intervals to purchase shares of Common Stock.

 

B The provisions of Articles One and Five shall apply to all equity programs under the Plan and shall accordingly govern the interests of all persons under the Plan.

 

III. ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN

 

A The Primary Committee shall have sole and exclusive authority to administer the Discretionary Option Grant and Stock Issuance Programs with respect to Section 16 Insiders. 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

 

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Secondary Committee, or the Board may retain the power to administer these programs with respect to all such persons. The members of the Secondary Committee may be individuals who are Employees eligible to receive discretionary option grants or direct stock issuances under the Plan or any stock option, stock appreciation, stock bonus or other stock plan of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary).

 

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 Administration of the Automatic Option Grant Program shall be self-executing in accordance with the terms of that program, and no Plan Administrator shall exercise any discretionary functions with respect to option grants made thereunder.

 

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 members of the Board (other than those serving as members of the Primary Committee) or the board of directors of any Parent or Subsidiary, and

 

(iii) consultants and other independent advisors who provide services to the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary).

 

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B 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-Statutory Option, the time or times at which 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 to be paid for such shares.

 

C The Plan Administrator shall have the absolute discretion either to grant options in accordance with the Discretionary Option Grant Program or to effect stock issuances in accordance with the Stock Issuance Program.

 

D The individuals eligible to participate in the Automatic Option Grant Program shall be (1) those individuals who are serving as non-employee Board members on the Plan Effective Date or who are first elected or appointed as non-employee Board members after such date, whether through appointment by the Board or election by the Corporation’s stockholders, and (ii) those individuals who continue to serve as non-employee Board members after one or more Annual Stockholders Meetings held after the Plan Effective Date. 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 on the Plan Effective Date or at the time he or she first becomes a non-employee Board member, but such individual shall be eligible to receive periodic option grants under the Automatic Option Grant Program upon his or her continued service as a non-employee Board member following one or more Annual Stockholders Meetings.

 

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 41,031,055 shares. Such share reserve includes (i) the initial share reserve of 16,736,464 shares of Common Stock, (ii) increases of 4,000,000 and 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock approved by the stockholders at the 1998 and 1999 Annual Meetings, respectively, and (iii) increases of 2,032,604, 2,132,896, 2,257,626, 2,561,317, 2,621,673, 2,688,475 and 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the automatic annual increase feature of Article I, Section III.B of the Plan for the 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003 calendar years, respectively.

 

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B The number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan shall automatically increase on the first trading day of each calendar year during the term of the Plan, beginning with the 1997 calendar year, by an amount equal to three percent (3%) of the shares of Common Stock outstanding on December 31 of the immediately preceding calendar year, up to a maximum annual increase of 3,000,000 shares.

 

C No one person participating in the Plan may receive stock options, separately exercisable stock appreciation rights and direct stock issuances for more than 800,000 shares of Common Stock per calendar year, beginning with the 1995 calendar year; provided, however, that for the calendar year in which such person first commences Service the limit shall be 1,600,000 shares.

 

D Shares of Common Stock subject to outstanding options shall be available for subsequent issuance under the Plan to the extent (i) the options (including any options incorporated from the Predecessor Plan) expire or terminate for any reason prior to exercise in full or (ii) the options are cancelled in accordance with the cancellation-regrant provisions of Article Two. Shares subject to any stock appreciation rights exercised under the Plan and all shares issued under the Plan (including shares issued upon exercise of options incorporated from the Predecessor Plan), whether or not those shares are subsequently repurchased by the Corporation pursuant to its repurchase rights under the Plan, shall reduce on a share-for-share basis the number of shares of Common Stock available for subsequent issuance under the Plan. In addition, should the exercise price of an option under the Plan (including any option incorporated from the Predecessor 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.

 

E 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/or class of securities issuable under the Plan, (ii) the maximum number and/or class of securities for which the share reserve is to increase automatically each year, (iii) the number and/or class of securities for which any one person may be granted stock options, separately exercisable stock appreciation rights and direct stock issuances per calendar year, (iv) the number and/or class of securities for which automatic option grants are to be subsequently made per Eligible Director under the Automatic Option Grant Program and (v) the number and/or class of securities and the exercise price per share in effect under each outstanding option (including any option incorporated from the Predecessor Plan) in order to prevent the dilution or enlargement of benefits thereunder. The adjustments determined by the Plan Administrator shall be final, binding and conclusive.

 

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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 eighty-five percent (85%) 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 Five 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 brokerage firm (reasonably acceptable to the Corporation for purposes of administering such procedure in compliance with applicable pre-clearance/pre-notification requirements) 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 transaction.

 

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.

 

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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 often (10) years measured from the option grant date.

 

C Effect of Termination of Service.

 

(i) 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, during the applicable time period set forth in the documents evidencing the option, 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) 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 it is not exercisable for vested shares on the date of such cessation of Service.

 

(iv) 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.

 

(v) In the event of an Involuntary Termination following 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.

 

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2. The Plan Administrator shall have the 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 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 under the option 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, the option 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-Statutory Option may be assigned in accordance with the terms of a Qualified Domestic Relations Order. The assigned option may only be exercised by the person or persons who acquire a proprietary interest in the option pursuant to such Qualified Domestic Relations Order. The terms applicable to the assigned option (or portion thereof) 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 Five shall be applicable to Incentive Options. Options which are specifically designated as Non-Statutory 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.

 

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B Exercise Price. The exercise price per share shall not be less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the option grant date.

 

C 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 (1) calendar year shall not exceed the sum of $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.

 

D 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 for all of the 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

 

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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 Any options which are assumed or replaced in the Corporate Transaction and do not otherwise accelerate at that time shall automatically accelerate (and any of the Corporation’s outstanding repurchase rights which do not otherwise terminate at the time of the Corporate Transaction shall automatically terminate and the shares of Common Stock subject to those terminated rights shall immediately vest in full) in the event the Optionee’s Service should subsequently terminate by reason of an Involuntary Termination within eighteen (18) months following the effective date of such Corporate Transaction. 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.

 

E The Plan Administrator shall have the discretion, exercisable either at the time the option is granted or at any time while the option remains outstanding, to (i) provide for the automatic acceleration of one or more outstanding options (and the automatic termination of one or more outstanding repurchase rights with the immediate vesting of the shares of Common Stock subject to those rights) upon the occurrence of a Change in Control or (ii) condition any such option acceleration (and the termination of any outstanding repurchase rights) upon the subsequent Involuntary Termination of the Optionee’s Service within a specified period following the effective date of such Change in Control. Any options accelerated in connection with a Change in Control shall remain fully exercisable until the expiration or sooner termination of the option term.

 

F 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 $100,000 limitation is not exceeded. To the extent such dollar limitation is exceeded, the accelerated portion of such option shall be exercisable as a Non-Statutory Option under the Federal tax laws.

 

G Each option which is assumed or otherwise continued in effect in connection with a Corporate Transaction or Change in Control shall be appropriately adjusted, immediately after such Corporate Transaction Change in Control, to apply to the number and class of securities which would have been issuable to the Optionee in consummation of such Corporate Transaction or Change in Control had the option been exercised immediately prior to such transaction. Appropriate adjustments shall also be made to (i) the number and class of securities available for issuance under the Plan on both an aggregate and per individual basis following the consummation of such Corporate Transaction or Change in Control and (ii) the exercise price payable per

 

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share under each outstanding option, provided the aggregate exercise price payable for such securities shall remain the same. To the extent the actual holders of the Corporation’s outstanding Common Stock receive cash consideration for their Common Stock in consummation of the Corporate Transaction or Change in Control, the successor corporation may, in connection with the assumption of the outstanding options under the Discretionary Option Grant Program, substitute one or more shares of its own common stock with a fair market value equivalent to the cash consideration paid per share of Common Stock in such Change in Control transaction.

 

H The grant of options under the Discretionary 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. CANCELLATION AND REGRANT OF OPTIONS

 

The Plan Administrator shall have the authority to effect, at any time and from time to time, with the consent of the affected option holders, the cancellation of any or all outstanding options under the Discretionary Option Grant Program (including outstanding options incorporated from the Predecessor Plan) and to grant in substitution new options covering the same or different number of shares of Common Stock but with an exercise price per share based on the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the new option grant date.

 

V. STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS

 

A The Plan Administrator shall have full power and authority to grant to selected Optionees tandem stock appreciation rights and/or limited stock appreciation rights.

 

B The following terms shall govern the grant and exercise of tandem stock appreciation rights:

 

(i) One or more Optionees may be granted the right, exercisable upon such terms as the Plan Administrator may establish, to elect between the exercise of the underlying option for shares of Common Stock and the surrender of that option in exchange for a distribution from the Corporation in an amount equal to the excess of (A) the Fair Market Value (on the option surrender date) of the number of shares in which the Optionee is at the time vested under the surrendered option (or surrendered portion thereof) over (B) the aggregate exercise price payable for such shares.

 

(ii) No such option surrender shall be effective unless it is approved by the Plan Administrator. If the surrender is so approved, then the distribution to which the Optionee shall be entitled may be made in shares of Common Stock valued at Fair Market Value on the option surrender date, in cash, or partly in shares and partly in cash, as the Plan Administrator shall in its sole discretion deem appropriate.

 

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(iii) If the surrender of an option is rejected by the Plan Administrator, then the Optionee shall retain whatever rights the Optionee had under the surrendered option (or surrendered portion thereof) on the option surrender date and may exercise such rights at any time prior to the later of (A) five (5) business days after the receipt of the rejection notice or (B) the last day on which the option is otherwise exercisable in accordance with the terms of the documents evidencing such option, but in no event may such rights be exercised more than ten (10) years after the option grant date.

 

C The following terms shall govern the grant and exercise of limited stock appreciation rights:

 

(i) One or more Section 16 Insiders may be granted limited stock appreciation rights with respect to their outstanding options.

 

(ii) Upon the occurrence of a Hostile Take-Over, each such individual holding one or more options with such a limited stock appreciation right shall have the unconditional right (exercisable for a thirty (30)-day period following such Hostile Take-Over) to surrender each such option to the Corporation, to the extent the option is at the time exercisable for vested shares of Common Stock. In return for the surrendered option, the Optionee shall receive a cash distribution from the Corporation in an amount equal to the excess of (A) the Take-Over Price of the shares of Common Stock which are at the time vested under each surrendered option (or surrendered portion thereof) over (B) the aggregate exercise price payable for such shares. Such cash distribution shall be paid within five (5) days following the option surrender date.

 

(iii) At the time such limited stock appreciation right is granted, the Primary Committee shall pre-approve any subsequent exercise of that right in accordance with the terms of this Paragraph C. Accordingly, no further approval of the Primary Committee or the Board shall be required in connection with the actual option surrender and cash distribution.

 

(iv) The balance of the option (if any) shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with the documents evidencing such option.

 

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ARTICLE THREE

 

STOCK ISSUANCE PROGRAM

 

I. STOCK ISSUANCE TERMS

 

Shares of Common Stock may be issued under the Stock Issuance Program through direct and immediate issuances 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 Purchase Price.

 

1. The purchase price per share shall be fixed by the Plan Administrator, but shall not be less than eighty-five percent (85%) of the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the stock issuance date.

 

2. Subject to the provisions of Section I of Article Five, shares of Common Stock may be issued under the Stock Issuance Program for one or both of the following items of consideration which the Plan Administrator may deem appropriate in each individual instance:

 

(i) cash or check made payable to the Corporation, or

 

(ii) past services rendered to the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary).

 

B Vesting Provisions.

 

1. Shares of Common Stock issued under the Stock Issuance Program may, in the discretion of the Plan Administrator, be fully and immediately vested upon issuance or may vest in one or more installments over the Participant’s period of Service or upon attainment of specified performance objectives. The elements of the vesting schedule applicable to any unvested shares of Common Stock issued under the Stock Issuance Program, namely:

 

(i) the Service period to be completed by the Participant or the performance objectives to be attained,

 

(ii) the number of installments in which the shares are to vest,

 

(iii) the interval or intervals (if any) which are to lapse between installments, and

 

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(iv) the effect which death, Permanent Disability or other event designated by the Plan Administrator is to have upon the vesting schedule, shall be determined by the Plan Administrator and incorporated into the Stock Issuance Agreement.

 

2. 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.

 

3. 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.

 

4. 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 indebtedness), 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.

 

5. The Plan Administrator may in its discretion waive the surrender and cancellation of one or more unvested shares of Common Stock (or other assets attributable thereto) which would otherwise occur upon the cessation of the Participant’s Service or the non completion of the vesting schedule applicable to such shares. Such waiver shall result in the immediate vesting of the Participant’s interest in the shares of Common Stock as to which the waiver applies. Such waiver may be effected at any time, whether before or after the Participant’s cessation of Service or the attainment or non-attainment of the applicable performance objectives.

 

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II. CORPORATE TRANSACTION/CHANGE IN CONTROL

 

A All of the 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 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 discretion, exercisable either at the time the unvested shares are issued or at any time while the Corporation’s repurchase right remains outstanding, to provide for the automatic termination of one or more outstanding repurchase rights, and the immediate vesting of the shares of Common Stock subject to those rights, upon the occurrence of a Corporate Transaction.

 

C Any repurchase rights that are assigned in the Corporate Transaction shall automatically terminate, and all the shares of Common Stock subject to those terminated rights shall immediately vest in full, in the event the Optionee’s Service should subsequently terminate by reason of an Involuntary Termination within eighteen (18) months following the effective date of such Corporate Transaction.

 

D The Plan Administrator shall have the discretion, exercisable either at the time the unvested shares are issued or at any time while the Corporation’s repurchase right remains outstanding, to (i) provide for the automatic termination of one or more outstanding repurchase rights and the immediate vesting of the shares of Common Stock subject to those rights upon the occurrence of a Change in Control or (ii) condition any such accelerated vesting upon the subsequent Involuntary Termination of the Participant’s Service within a specified period following the effective date of such 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.

 

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ARTICLE FOUR

 

AUTOMATIC OPTION GRANT PROGRAM

 

I. OPTION TERMS

 

A Grant Dates. Option grants shall be made on the dates specified below:

 

1. Each Eligible Director who is first elected or appointed as a non-employee Board member on or after the date of the 2003 Annual Meeting shall automatically be granted, on the date of such initial election or appointment (as the case may be), a Non-Statutory Option to purchase 125,000 shares of Common Stock.

 

2. On the date of each Annual Stockholders Meeting, beginning with the 2003 Annual Meeting, each individual who is to continue to serve as an Eligible Director shall automatically be granted, whether or not such individual is standing for re-election as a Board member at that Annual Meeting, a Non-Statutory Option to purchase an additional 40,000 shares of Common Stock, provided such individual has served as a non-employee Board member for at least six (6) months prior to the date of such Annual Meeting. There shall be no limit on the number of such 40,000-share option grants any one Eligible Director may receive over his or her period of Board service.

 

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 initial grant shall vest, and the Corporation’s repurchase right shall lapse, in a series of four (4) equal and successive 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

 

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the option grant date. Each annual grant shall vest, and the Corporation’s repurchase right shall lapse, in two (2) equal and successive annual installments upon the Optionee’s completion of each year of Board service over the two (2)-year measured from the option grant date.

 

E Effect of Termination of Board Service. The following provisions shall govern the exercise of any options held by the Optionee 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.

 

(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 of Common Stock for which the option is exercisable at the time of the Optionee’s cessation of Board service.

 

(iii) 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 of Common Stock.

 

(iv) In no event shall the option remain exercisable after the expiration of the option term. Upon the expiration of the twelve (12)-month 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 Board service, terminate and cease to be outstanding to the extent it is not exercisable for vested shares on the date of such cessation of Board service.

 

II. CORPORATE TRANSACTION/CHANGE IN CONTROL/HOSTILE TAKE-OVER

 

A In the event of any Corporate Transaction, the shares of Common Stock at the time subject to each option outstanding under the Automatic Option Grant Program but not otherwise vested shall automatically vest in full so that each such option shall, immediately prior to the effective date of the Corporate Transaction, become fully exercisable for all of the shares of Common Stock at the time subject to such 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 shall terminate and cease to be outstanding, except to the extent assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof).

 

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B In connection with any Change in Control, the shares of Common Stock at the time subject to each option outstanding under the Automatic Option Grant Program but not otherwise vested shall automatically vest in full so that each such option shall, immediately prior to the effective date of the Change in Control, become fully exercisable for all of the shares of Common Stock at the time subject to such option and may be exercised for all or any portion of such 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 or the surrender of the option in connection with a Hostile Take-Over.

 

C Upon the occurrence of a Hostile Take-Over, the Optionee shall have a thirty (30)-day period in which to surrender to the Corporation each option held by him under the Automatic Option Grant Program. The Optionee shall in return be entitled to a cash distribution from the Corporation in an amount equal to the excess of (i) the Take-Over Price of the shares of Common Stock at the time subject to the surrendered option (whether or not the Optionee is otherwise at the time vested in those shares) over (ii) the aggregate exercise price payable for such shares. Such cash distribution shall be paid within five (5) days following the surrender of the option to the Corporation. No approval or consent of the Board shall be required in connection with such option surrender and cash distribution.

 

D Each option which is assumed or otherwise continued in effect in connection with a Corporate Transaction or Change in Control shall be appropriately adjusted, immediately after such Corporate Transaction Change in Control, to apply to the number and class of securities which would have been issuable to the Optionee in consummation of such Corporate Transaction or Change in Control had the option been exercised immediately prior to such transaction. Appropriate adjustments shall also be made to the exercise price payable per share under each outstanding option, provided the aggregate exercise price payable for such securities shall remain the same. To the extent the actual holders of the Corporation’s outstanding Common Stock receive cash consideration for their Common Stock in consummation of the Corporate Transaction or Change in Control, the successor corporation may, in connection with the assumption of the outstanding options under the Automatic Option Grant Program, substitute one or more shares of its own common stock with a fair market value equivalent to the cash consideration paid per share of Common Stock in such Corporate Transaction or Change in Control transaction.

 

E The grant of options under the Automatic 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.

 

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.

 

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ARTICLE FIVE

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

I. FINANCING

 

The Plan Administrator may permit any Optionee or Participant (other than an executive officer or Board member) to pay the option exercise price under the Discretionary Option Grant Program or the purchase price for shares issued under the Stock Issuance Program by delivering a full-recourse promissory note payable in one or more installments and bearing interest at a market rate determined by the Plan Administrator. Subject to the foregoing, the terms of any such promissory note 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

 

A The Corporation’s obligation to deliver shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of options or stock appreciation rights or upon 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.

 

B The Plan Administrator may, in its discretion, provide any or all holders of Non-Statutory Options or unvested shares of Common Stock under the Plan (other than the options granted or the shares issued under the Automatic Option Grant Program) with the right to use shares of Common Stock in satisfaction of all or part of the Withholding Taxes to which such holders may become subject in connection with the exercise of their options or the vesting of their shares. Such right may be provided to any such holder in either or both of the following formats:

 

1. Stock Withholding: The election to have the Corporation withhold, from the shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable upon the exercise of such Non-Statutory Option or the vesting of such shares, a portion of those shares with an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the percentage of the Withholding Taxes (not to exceed one hundred percent (100%)) designated by the holder.

 

2. Stock Delivery: The election to deliver to the Corporation, at the time the Non-Statutory Option is exercised or the shares vest, one or more shares of Common Stock previously acquired by such holder (other than in connection with the option exercise or share vesting triggering the Withholding Taxes) with an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the percentage of the Withholding Taxes (not to exceed one hundred percent (100%)) designated by the holder.

 

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III. EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM OF THE PLAN

 

A The Plan became effective on the Plan Effective Date and the initial options under the Automatic Option Grant Program were made to the Eligible Directors at that time. The Plan was amended and restated on March 13, 1998 to (i) increase the share reserve by an additional 4,000,000 shares of Common Stock, (ii) limit the annual increases to the share reserve, and (iii) expand the Board’s authority to administer the Plan and to amend the Plan without stockholder approval. The 1998 restatement was approved by the Corporation’s stockholders on May 14, 1998. The Plan was amended and restated on March 26, 1999 to increase the share reserve by an additional 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock, and such amendment was approved by the Corporation’s stockholders at the 1999 Annual Meeting. The Plan was amended and restated on November 17, 2002, subject to stockholder approval at the 2003 Annual Meeting, to (i) increase the size of the initial option grants to each newly-appointed or elected non-employee Board member under the Automatic Option Grant Program from 96,000 shares of Common Stock to 125,000 shares of Common Stock and (ii) increase the size of the annual option grants to each continuing non-employee Board member under the Automatic Option Grant Program from 24,000 shares of Common Stock to 40,000 shares of Common Stock. The November 17, 2002 restatement also effected the following additional amendments to the Plan: (a) revise the definition of Hostile Take-Over, (b) eliminate the authority of the Plan Administrator to provide financing under Article V. Section I. to executive officers and Board members, (c) eliminate the six (6)-month holding period requirement for the exercise of limited stock appreciation rights granted under the Plan and (d) effect certain other administrative revisions to the Plan. All share numbers reflect two for one stock splits effected on July 5, 1996, April 17, 1998 and August 13, 1999.

 

B The Plan shall serve as the successor to the Predecessor Plan, and no further option grants shall be made under the Predecessor Plan after the Plan Effective Date. All options outstanding under the Predecessor Plan as of such date shall, immediately upon approval of the Plan by the Corporation’s stockholders, be incorporated into the Plan and treated as outstanding options under the Plan. However, each outstanding option so incorporated shall continue to be governed solely by the terms of the documents evidencing such option, and no provision of the 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 Common Stock.

 

C One or more provisions of the Plan, including (without limitation) the option/vesting acceleration provisions of Article Two relating to Corporate Transactions and Changes in Control, may, in the Plan Administrator’s discretion, be extended to one or more options incorporated from the Predecessor Plan which do not otherwise contain such provisions.

 

D The Plan shall terminate upon the earliest of (i) April 30, 2005, (ii) the date on which all shares available for issuance under the Plan shall have been issued pursuant to the exercise of the options or the issuance of shares (whether vested or unvested) under the Plan or (iii) the termination of all outstanding options in

 

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connection with a Corporate Transaction. Upon such Plan termination, all options and unvested stock issuances outstanding on such date shall thereafter continue to have force and effect in accordance with the provisions of the documents evidencing such options 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 options, stock appreciation rights or unvested stock issuances at the time outstanding under the Plan unless the Optionee or the Participant consents to such amendment or modification. The Board shall obtain the approval of the Corporation’s stockholders to any Plan amendment to the extent required by law or to the extent that the Board deems it advisable.

 

B Options to purchase shares of Common Stock may be granted under the Discretionary Option Grant Program 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 that to the extent stockholder approval is required of any such increase, 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 option or stock appreciation right under the Plan and the issuance of any shares of Common Stock (1) upon the exercise of any option or stock appreciation right 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 options and stock appreciation rights granted under it and the shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to it.

 

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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.

 

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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 which the Board does not recommend such stockholders to accept, 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) a merger or consolidation in which securities possessing more than fifty percent (50°/a) 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 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 Legato Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

 

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H. Discretionary Option Grant Program shall mean the discretionary option grant program in effect under the Plan.

 

I. Domestic Relations Order shall mean any judgment, decree or order (including approval of a property settlement agreement) which provides or otherwise conveys, pursuant to applicable State domestic relations laws (including community property laws), marital property rights to any spouse or former spouse of the Optionee.

 

J. Eligible Director shall mean a non-employee Board member eligible to participate in the Automatic Option Grant Program in accordance with the eligibility provisions of Article One.

 

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 closing selling price per share of Common Stock on the date in question, as such price is reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers on the Nasdaq National Market or any successor system. If there is no closing selling price for the Common Stock on the date in question, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price on the last preceding date for which such quotation exists.

 

(ii) If the Common Stock is at the time listed on any Stock Exchange, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price 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 price is officially quoted in the composite tape of transactions on such exchange. If there is no closing selling price for the Common Stock on the date in question, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price on the last preceding date for which such quotation exists.

 

(iii) For purposes of option grants made on the Plan Effective Date, the Fair Market Value shall be deemed to be equal to the established initial offering price per share.

 

N. Hostile Take-Over shall mean a change in ownership of the Corporation effected through the acquisition, directly or indirectly, by any person or related group of persons (other than the Corporation or a person that directly or indirectly

 

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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 which the Board does not recommend such stockholders to accept.

 

O. Incentive Option shall mean an option which satisfies the requirements of Code Section 422.

 

P. 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 any non-discretionary and objective-standard incentive payment or bonus award) 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.

 

Q. 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).

 

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

 

S. Non-Statutory Option shall mean an option not intended to satisfy the requirements of Code Section 422.

 

T. Optionee shall mean any person to whom an option is granted under the Discretionary Option Grant or Automatic Option Grant Program.

 

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U. 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.

 

V. Participant shall mean any person who is issued shares of Common Stock under the Stock Issuance Program.

 

W. 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 the purposes of the Automatic Option Grant Program, 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.

 

X. Plan shall mean the Corporation’s 1995 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan, as set forth in this document.

 

Y. 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.

 

Z. Plan Effective Date shall mean the date on which the Underwriting Agreement is executed and the initial public offering price of the Common Stock is established.

 

AA. Predecessor Plan shall mean the Corporation’s existing 1989 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan.

 

BB. 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.

 

CC. Qualified Domestic Relations Order shall mean a Domestic Relations Order which substantially complies with the requirements of Code Section 414(p). The Plan Administrator shall have the sole discretion to determine whether a Domestic Relations Order is a Qualified Domestic Relations Order.

 

DD. 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.

 

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EE. 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.

 

FF. Section 12(g) Registration Date shall mean the first date on which the Common Stock is registered under Section 12(g) of the 1934 Act.

 

GG. Service shall mean the provision of services to 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.

 

HH. Stock Exchange shall mean either the American Stock Exchange or the New York Stock Exchange.

 

II. 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.

 

JJ. Stock Issuance Program shall mean the stock issuance program in effect under the Plan.

 

KK. 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.

 

LL. Take-Over Price shall mean the greatest of (i) the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the date the option is surrendered to the Corporation in connection with a Hostile Take-Over or (ii) the highest reported price per share of Common Stock paid by the tender offeror in effecting such Hostile Take-Over. However, if the surrendered option is an Incentive Option, the Take-Over Price shall not exceed the clause (i) price per share.

 

NN. 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).

 

OO. Underwriting Agreement shall mean the agreement between the Corporation and the underwriter or underwriters managing the initial public offering of the Common Stock.

 

MM. Withholding Taxes shall mean the Federal, state and local income and employment tax liabilities to which the holder of Non-Statutory Options or unvested shares of Common Stock may become subject in connection with the exercise of such holder’s options or the vesting of his or her shares.

 

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EX-4.1.2 4 dex412.htm AMENDMENT TO LEGATO SYSTEMS 1995 STOCK OPTION/STOCK ISSUANCE PLAN AMENDMENT TO LEGATO SYSTEMS 1995 STOCK OPTION/STOCK ISSUANCE PLAN

EXHIBIT 4.1.2

LEGATO SYSTEMS, INC.

1995 STOCK OPTION/STOCK ISSUANCE PLAN

(As Amended through March 26,1999)

(Reflects Stock Splits through August 16, 1999)

(Amended on June 10th 2003)

 

ARTICLE ONE

 

ARTICLE FOUR AUTOMATIC OPTION GRANT PROGRAM

 

I. OPTION TERMS

 

A. Grant Dates. Option grants shall be made on the dates specified below:

 

1. Each Eligible Director who is a non-employee Board member on the Plan Effective Date and each Eligible Director who is first elected or appointed as a non-employee Board member after such date shall automatically be granted, on the Plan Effective Date or on the date of such initial election or appointment (as the case may be), a Non-Statutory Option to purchase 96,000 shares of Common Stock.

 

2. On the date of each Annual Stockholders Meeting, beginning, with the 1996 Annual Meeting, each individual who is to continue to serve as an Eligible Director after such meeting, shall automatically be granted, whether or not such individual is standing for re-election as a Board member at that Annual Meeting, a Non-Statutory Option to purchase an additional 40,000 shares of Common Stock, provided such individual has served as a non-employee Board member for at least six (6) months prior to the date of such Annual Meeting. There shall be no limit on the number of such 40,000-share option grants any one Eligible Director may receive over his or her period of Board service.

 

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 tem (1) 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 initial grant shall vest, and the Corporation’s repurchase right shall lapse, in a series of four (4) equal and successive 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. Each annual grant shall vest, and the Corporation’s repurchase right shall lapse, in two (2) equal and successive annual installments upon the Optionee’s completion of each 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 options held by the Optionee at the time of 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.

 

(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 of Common Stock for which the option is exercisable at the time of the Optionee’s cessation of Board service.

 

(iii) Should the Optionee cease to serve as a Board member by reason of death of Permanent Disability, then all shares at the time subject to the optional 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 of Common Stock.

 

(iv) In no event shall the option remain exercisable after the expiration of the option term. Upon the expiration of the twelve (12)-month 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 Board service, terminate and cease to be outstanding to the extent it is not exercisable for vested shares on the date of such cessation of Board service.

 

II. CORPORATE TRANSACTION/CHANGE IN CONTROL/ HOSTILE TAKE-OVER

 

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 option shall, immediately prior to the effective date of the Corporate Transaction, become fully exercisable for all of the shares of Common Stock at the time subject to such option and may be exercised for all or any portion of such shares as fully-vested shares of

 

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Common Stock. Immediately following the consummation of the Corporate Transaction, each automatic option grant shall terminate and cease to be outstanding, except to the extent assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof).

 

B. In connection with any Change in Control, 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 effective date of the Change in Control, become fully exercisable for all of the share of Common Stock at the time subject to such option and may be exercised for all or any portion of such 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 or the surrender of the option in connection with a Hostile Take-Over.

 

C. Upon the occurrence of a Hostile Take-Over, the Optionee shall have a thirty (30)-day period in which to surrender to the Corporation each automatic option held by him or her for a period of at least six (6) months. The Optionee shall in return be entitled to a cash distribution from the Corporation in an amount equal to the excess of (i) the Take-Over Price of the shares of Common Stock at the time subject to the surrendered option (whether or not the Optionee is otherwise at the time vested in those shares) over (ii) the aggregate exercise price payable for such shares. Such cash distribution shall be paid within five (5) days following the surrender of the option to the Corporation. No approval or consent of the Board shall be required in connection with such option surrender and cash distribution.

 

D. The grant of options under the Automatic 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.

 

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 FIVE

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

I. FINANCING

 

A. 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 for share 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

 

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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 purchase 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.

 

B. The Plan Administrator may, in its discretion, determine that one or more such promissory notes shall be subject to forgiveness by the Corporation in whole or in part upon such terms as the Plan Administrator may deem appropriate.

 

II. TAX WITHHOLDING

 

A. The Corporation’s obligation to deliver shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of options or stock appreciation rights or upon 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.

 

B. The Plan Administrator may, in its discretion, provide any or all holders of Non-Statutory Options or unvested shares of Common Stock under the Plan (other than the options granted or the shares issued under the Automatic Option Grant Program) with the right to use shares of Common Stock in satisfaction of all or part of the Taxes incurred by such holders in connection with the exercise of their options or the vesting of their shares. Such right may be provided to any such holder in either or both of the following formats:

 

(i) Stock Withholding: The election to have the Corporation withhold, from the shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable upon the exercise of such Non-Statutory Option or the vesting of such shares, a portion of those shares with an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the percentage of the Taxes (not to exceed one hundred percent (100%) designated by the holder.

 

(ii) Stock Delivery: The election to deliver to the Corporation, at the time the Non-Statutory Option is exercised or the shares vest, one or more share of Common Stock previously acquired by such holder (other than in connection with the option exercise or share vesting triggering the Taxes) with an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the percentage of the Taxes (not to exceed one hundred percent (100%) designated by the holder.

 

III. EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM OF THE PLAN

 

A. The Plan became effective on the Plan Effective Date and the initial options under the Automatic Option Grant Program were made to the Eligible Directors at that time. The Plan was subsequently amended on March 13, 1998 to (a) increase the share reserve, (b) limit the annual increases to the share reserve, and (c) expand the Board’s authority to administer the Plan and to amend the Plan without stockholder approval. The 1998 restatement, including the 4,000,000-share increase, was approved by the Corporation’s stockholders on May 14, 1998. The Plan was subsequently amended on March 26, 1999 to increase the share reserve by 2,000,000 shares and the amendment was approved by the stockholders at the 1999 Annual Meeting. All share numbers reflect two for one stock splits effected on July 5, 1996, April 17, 1998 and August 13, 1999.

 

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B. The Plan shall serve as the successor to the Predecessor Plan, and no further option grants shall be made under the Predecessor Plan after the Plan Effective Date. All options outstanding under the Predecessor Plan as of such date shall, immediately upon approval of the plan by the Corporation’s stockholders, be incorporated into the Plan and treated as outstanding options under the Plan. However, each outstanding option so incorporated shall continue to be governed solely by the terms of the documents evidencing such option, and no provision of the 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 share of Common Stock.

 

C. One or more provisions of the Plan, including (without limitations) the option/vesting acceleration provisions of Article Two relating to Corporate Transactions and Change in Control, may, in the Plan Administrator’s discretion, be extended to one or more options incorporated from the Predecessor Plan which do not otherwise contain such provisions.

 

D. The Plan shall terminate upon the earliest of (i) April 30, 2005, (ii) the date on which all shares available for issuance under the Plan shall have been issued pursuant to the exercise of the options or the issuance of shares (whether vested or unvested) under the Plan or (iii) the termination of all outstanding options in connection with a Corporate Transaction. Upon such Plan termination, all options and unvested stock issuance outstanding on such date shall thereafter continue to have force and effect in accordance with the provisions of the documents evidencing such options 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 options, stock appreciation rights or unvested stock issuances at the time outstanding under the Plan unless the Optionee or the Participant consents to such amendment or modification. The Board shall obtain the approval of the Corporation’s stockholders to any Plan amendment to the extent required by law or to the extent that the Board deems it advisable.

 

B. Options to purchase shares of Common Stock may be granted under the Discretionary Option Grant Program 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 that to the extent stockholder approval is required of any such increase, any excess shares actually issued under those programs shall be held in escrow until there is obtained stockholder approval of amendment sufficiently increasing the 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 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.

 

 

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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 option or stock appreciation right under the Plan and the issuance of any shares of Common Stock (i) upon the exercise of any option or stock appreciation right 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 options and stock appreciation rights 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 issuance 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.

 

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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 affected through neither 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 Rulel3d-3 of the 1934 Act) of securities pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made directly to the Corporation’s stockholders which the Board does not recommend such stockholders to accept, or

 

(ii) a change in the composition of the Board over a period of thirty-six (35) consecutive months or less such that a majority of the Board members ceases, by reason of one or more contested elections of 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) a 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 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 Legato Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

 

H. Discretionary Option Grant Program shall mean the discretionary option grant program in effect under the Plan.

 

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I. Domestic Relations Order shall mean any judgment, decree or order (including approval of a property settlement agreement) which provides or otherwise conveys, pursuant to applicable State domestic relations laws (including community property laws), marital property rights to any spouse or former spouse of the Optionee.

 

J. Eligible Director shall mean a non-employee Board member eligible to participate in the Automatic Option Grant Program in accordance with the eligibility provisions of Article One.

 

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 closing selling price per share of Common Stock on the date in question, as such price is reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers on the NASDAQ National Market or any successor system. If there is no closing selling price for the Common Stock on the date in question, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price on the last preceding date for which such quotation exists.

 

(ii) If the Common Stock is at the time listed on any Stock Exchange, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price 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 price is officially quoted in the composite tape of transactions on such exchange. If there is no closing selling price for the Common Stock on the date in question, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price on the last preceding date for which such quotation exists.

 

(iii) For purposes of option grants made on the Plan Effective Date, the Fair Market Value shall be deemed to be equal to the established initial offering price per share.

 

N. Hostile Take-Over shall mean a change in ownership of the Corporation affected through the following transaction:

 

(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 mean 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 which the Board does not recommend such stockholders to accept, and

 

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(ii) more than fifty percent (50%) of the securities so acquired are accepted from persons other than Section 16 Insiders.

 

O. Incentive Option shall mean an option which satisfies the requirements of Code Section 422.

 

P. 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 any non-discretionary and objective-standard incentive payment or bonus award) 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.

 

Q. 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).

 

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

 

S. Non-Statutory Option shall mean an option not intended to satisfy the requirements of Code Section 422.

 

T. Optionee shall mean any person to whom an option is granted under the Discretionary Option Grant or Automatic Option Grant Program.

 

U. 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.

 

V. Participant shall mean any person who is issued shares of Common Stock under the Stock Issuance Program.

 

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W. 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 the purposes of the Automatic Option Grant Program, 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.

 

X. Plan shall mean the Corporation’s 1995 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan, as set forth in this document.

 

Y. 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.

 

Z. Plan Effective Date shall mean the date on which the Underwriting Agreement is executed and the initial public offering price of the Common Stock is established.

 

AA. Predecessor Plan shall mean the Corporation’s existing 1989 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan

 

BB. 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.

 

CC. Qualified Domestic Relations Order shall mean a Domestic Relations Order which substantially complies with the requirements of Code Section 414(p). The Plan Administrator shall have the sole discretion to determine whether a Domestic Relations Order is a Qualified Relations Order.

 

DD. 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.

 

EE. 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.

 

FF. Section 12(g) Registration Date shall mean the first date on which the Common Stock is registered under Section 12(g) of the 1934 Act:

 

GG. Service shall mean the provision of services to 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.

 

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HH. Stock Exchange shall mean either the American Stock Exchange or the New York Stock Exchange.

 

II. 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.

 

JJ. Stock Issuance Program shall mean the stock issuance program in effect under the Plan.

 

KK. Subsidiary shall mean any corporation (other than the Corporation) in an unbroken chain or 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.

 

LL. Take-Over Price shall mean the greater of (i) the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the date the option is surrendered to the Corporation in connection with a Hostile Take-Over or (ii) the highest reported price per share of Common Stock paid by the tender offeror in effecting such Hostile Take-Over. However, if the surrendered option is an Incentive Option, the Take-Over Price shall not exceed the clause (i) price per share.

 

MM. Taxes shall mean the Federal, state and local income and employment tax liabilities incurred by the holder of Non-Statutory Options or unvested shares of Common Stock in connection with the exercise of such holder’s options or the vesting of his or her shares.

 

NN. 10% Stockholder shall mean the owner of the 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).

 

OO. Underwriting Agreement shall mean the agreement between the Corporation and the underwriter or underwriters managing the initial public offering of the Common Stock.

 

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EX-4.2 5 dex42.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED OTG SOFTWARE 2000 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN AMENDED AND RESTATED OTG SOFTWARE 2000 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

EXHIBIT 4.2

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED 2000 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

 

OTG SOFTWARE, INC.

 

1. Purpose

 

The purpose of this Amended and Restated 2000 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) of OTG Software, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), is to advance the interests of the Company’s stockholders by enhancing the Company’s ability to attract, retain and motivate persons who make (or are expected to make) important contributions to the Company by providing such persons with equity ownership opportunities and performance-based incentives and thereby better aligning the interests of such persons with those of the Company’s stockholders. Except where the context otherwise requires, the term “Company” shall include any of the Company’s present or future subsidiary corporations as defined in Section 424(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Code”).

 

2. Eligibility

 

All of the Company’s employees, officers, directors, consultants and advisors (and any individuals who have accepted an offer for employment) are eligible to be granted options, restricted stock awards, or other stock-based awards (each, an “Award”) under the Plan. Each person who has been granted an Award under the Plan shall be deemed a “Participant”.

 

3. Administration, Delegation

 

(a) Administration by Board of Directors. The Plan will be administered by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”). The Board shall have authority to grant Awards and to adopt, amend and repeal such administrative rules, guidelines and practices relating to the Plan as it shall deem advisable. The Board may correct any defect, supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or any Award in the manner and to the extent it shall deem expedient to carry the Plan into effect and it shall be the sole and final judge of such expediency. All decisions by the Board shall be made in the Board’s sole discretion and shall be final and binding on all persons having or claiming any interest in the Plan or in any Award. No director or person acting pursuant to the authority delegated by the Board shall be liable for any action or determination relating to or under the Plan made in good faith.

 

(b) Delegation to Executive Officers. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Board may delegate to one or more executive officers of the Company the power to make Awards and exercise such other powers under the Plan as the Board may determine, provided that the Board shall fix the maximum number of shares subject to Awards and the maximum number of shares for any one Participant to be made by such executive officers.

 


(c) Appointment of Committees. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Board may delegate any or all of its powers under the Plan to one or more committees or subcommittees of the Board (a “Committee”). All references in the Plan to the “Board” shall mean the Board or a Committee of the Board or the executive officer referred to in Section 3(b) to the extent that the Board’s powers or authority under the Plan have been delegated to such Committee or executive officer.

 

4. Stock Available for Awards

 

(a) Number of Shares. Subject to adjustment under Section 8, Awards may be made under the Plan for up to 3,334,071 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”).

 

(b) The number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan shall automatically increase on the first trading day of each calendar year, beginning with the 2002 calendar year and continuing through the term of this Plan, by an amount equal to three percent (3%) of the shares of Common Stock outstanding on the last trading day of the preceding calendar year; provided, however, that in no event shall any such annual increase exceed 1,000,000 shares.

 

(c) If any Award expires or is terminated, surrendered or canceled without having been fully exercised or is forfeited in whole or in part or results in any Common Stock not being issued, the unused Common Stock covered by such Award shall again be available for the grant of Awards under the Plan, subject, however, in the case of Incentive Stock Options (as hereinafter defined), to any limitation required under the Code. Shares issued under the Plan may consist in whole or in part of authorized but unissued shares or treasury shares.

 

(d) Per-Participant Limit. Subject to adjustment under Section 8, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which Awards may be granted to any Participant under the Plan shall be 500,000 per calendar year. The per-Participant limit described in this Section 4(d) shall be construed and applied consistently with Section 162(m) of the Code (“Section 162(m) ”).

 

5. Stock Options

 

(a) General. The Board may grant options to purchase Common Stock (each, an “Option”) and determine the number of shares of Common Stock to be covered by each option, the exercise price of each option and the conditions and limitations applicable to the exercise of each Option, including conditions relating to applicable federal or state securities laws, as it considers necessary or advisable. An Option which is not intended to be an Incentive Stock option (as hereinafter defined) shall be designated a “Nonstatutory Stock Option”.

 

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(b) Incentive Stock Options. An Option that the Board intends to be an “incentive stock option” as defined in Section 422 of the Code (an “Incentive Stock Option”) shall only be granted to employees of the Company and shall be subject to and shall be construed consistently with the requirements of Section 422 of the Code. The Company shall have no liability to a Participant, or any other party, if an Option (or any part thereof) which is intended to be an Incentive Stock Option is not an Incentive Stock Option.

 

(c) Exercise Price. The Board shall establish the exercise price at the time each Option is granted and specify it in the applicable option agreement; provided, however, that the exercise price of all Incentive Stock Options shall not be less than 100% of the fair market value of the Common Stock, as determined by the Board, at the time the Incentive Stock Option is granted.

 

(d) Duration of Options. Each Option shall be exercisable at such times and subject to such terms and conditions as the Board may specify in the applicable option agreement; provided, however, that no Option will be granted for a term in excess of 10 years.

 

(e) Exercise of Option. Options may be exercised by delivery to the Company of a written notice of exercise signed by the proper person or by any other form of notice (including electronic notice) approved by the Board together with payment in full as specified in Section 5(f) for the number of shares for which the Option is exercised.

 

(f) Payment Upon Exercise. Common Stock purchased upon the exercise of an Option granted under the Plan shall be paid for as follows:

 

(1) in cash or by check, payable to the order of the Company;

 

(2) except as the Board may, in its sole discretion, otherwise provide in an option agreement, by (i) delivery of an irrevocable and unconditional undertaking by a creditworthy broker to deliver promptly to the Company sufficient funds to pay the exercise price or (ii) delivery by the Participant to the Company of a copy of irrevocable and unconditional instructions to a creditworthy broker to deliver promptly to the Company cash or a check sufficient to pay the exercise price;

 

(3) when the Common Stock is registered under the Exchange Act, by delivery of shares of Common Stock owned by the Participant valued at their fair market value as determined by (or in a manner approved by) the Board in good faith (“Fair Market Value”), provided (i) such method of payment is then permitted under applicable law and (ii) such Common Stock was owned by the Participant at least six months prior to such delivery;

 

(4) payment of such other lawful consideration as the Board may determine; or

 

(5) by any combination of the above permitted forms of payment.

 

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6. Restricted Stock

 

(a) Grants. The Board may grant Awards entitling recipients to acquire shares of Common Stock, subject to the right of the Company to repurchase all or part of such shares at their issue price or other stated or formula price (or to require forfeiture of such shares if issued at no cost) from the recipient in the event that conditions specified by the Board in the applicable Award are not satisfied prior to the end of the applicable restriction period or periods established by the Board for such Award (each, a “Restricted Stock Award”).

 

(b) Terms and Conditions. The Board shall determine the terms and conditions of any such Restricted Stock Award, including the conditions for repurchase (or forfeiture) and the issue price, if any. Any stock certificates issued in respect of a Restricted Stock Award shall be registered in the name of the Participant and, unless otherwise determined by the Board, deposited by the Participant, together with a stock power endorsed in blank, with the Company (or its designee). At the expiration of the applicable restriction periods, the Company (or such designee) shall deliver the certificates no longer subject to such restrictions to the Participant or if the Participant has died, to the beneficiary designated, in a manner determined by the Board, by a Participant to receive amounts due or exercise rights of the Participant in the event of the Participant’s death (the “Designated Beneficiary”). In the absence of an effective designation by a Participant, Designated Beneficiary shall mean the Participant’s estate.

 

7. Other Stock-Based Awards

 

The Board shall have the right to grant other Awards based upon the Common Stock having such terms and conditions as the Board may determine, including the grant of shares based upon certain conditions, the grant of securities convertible into Common Stock and the grant of stock appreciation rights.

 

8. Adjustments for Changes in Common Stock and Certain Other Events

 

(a) Changes in Capitalization. In the event of any stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination of shares, reclassification of shares, spin-off or other similar change in capitalization or event, or any distribution to holders of Common Stock, other than a normal cash dividend and other than the stock split declared by the Board on January 18, 2000, (i) the number and class of securities available under this Plan, (ii) the number and class of securities and exercise price per share subject to each outstanding Option, (iii) the repurchase price per share subject to each outstanding Restricted Stock Award, and (iv) the terms of each other outstanding Award shall be appropriately adjusted by the Company (or substituted Awards may be made, if applicable) to the extent the Board shall determine, in good faith, that such an adjustment (or substitution) is necessary and appropriate. If this Section 8(a) applies and Section 8(c) also applies to any event, Section 8(c) shall be applicable to such event, and this Section 8(a) shall not be applicable.

 

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(b) Liquidation or Dissolution. In the event of a proposed liquidation or dissolution of the Company, the Board shall upon written notice to the Participants provide that all then unexercised Options will (i) become exercisable in full as of a specified time at least 10 business days prior to the effective date of such liquidation or dissolution and (ii) terminate effective upon such liquidation or dissolution, except to the extent exercised before such effective date. The Board may specify the effect of a liquidation or dissolution on any Restricted Stock Award or other Award granted under the Plan at the time of the grant of such Award.

 

(c) Acquisition and Change in Control Events

 

(1) Definitions

 

(a) An “Acquisition Event” shall mean:

 

  (i) any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another entity as a result of which the Common Stock is converted into or exchanged for the right to receive cash, securities or other property; or

 

  (ii) any exchange of shares of the Company for cash, securities or other property pursuant to a statutory share exchange transaction.

 

(b) A “Change in Control Event” shall mean:

 

  (i)

the acquisition by an individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) (a “Person”) of beneficial ownership of any capital stock of the Company if, after such acquisition, such Person beneficially owns (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) more than 50’% of either (x) the then-outstanding shares of common stock of the Company (the “Outstanding Company Common Stock”) or (y) the combined voting power of the then-outstanding securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “Outstanding Company Voting Securities”); provided, however, that for purposes of this subsection (i), the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change in Control Event: (A) any acquisition directly from the Company (excluding an acquisition pursuant to the exercise, conversion or exchange of any security exercisable for, convertible into or exchangeable for common stock or voting securities of the Company, unless the Person exercising, converting or exchanging such security acquired such security directly from the Company or an underwriter or agent of the Company), (B) any

 

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acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any corporation controlled by the Company, (C) any acquisition by any corporation pursuant to a Business Combination (as defined below) which complies with clauses (x) and (y) of subsection (iii) of this definition, or (D) any acquisition by Richard Kay (the “Exempt Person”) of any shares of Common Stock; or

 

  (ii) such time as the Continuing Directors (as defined below) do not constitute a majority of the Board (or, if applicable, the Board of Directors of a successor corporation to the Company), where the term “Continuing Director” means at any date a member of the Board (x) who was a member of the Board on the date of the initial adoption of this Plan by the Board or (y) who was nominated or elected subsequent to such date by at least a majority of the directors who were Continuing Directors at the time of such nomination or election or whose election to the Board was recommended or endorsed by at least a majority of the directors who were Continuing Directors at the time of such nomination or election; provided, however, that there shall be excluded from this clause (y) any individual whose initial assumption of office occurred as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents, by or on behalf of a person other than the Board; or

 

  (iii) the consummation of a merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or statutory share exchange involving the Company or a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (a “Business Combination”), unless, immediately following such Business Combination, each of the following two conditions is satisfied: (x) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the then-outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting power of the then-outstanding securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, respectively, of the resulting or acquiring corporation in such Business Combination (which shall include, without limitation, a corporation which as a result of such transaction owns the Company or substantially all of the Company’s assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) (such resulting or acquiring corporation is referred to herein as the “Acquiring Corporation”) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and

 

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Outstanding Company Voting Securities, respectively, immediately prior to such Business Combination and (y) no Person (excluding the Acquiring Corporation or any employee benefit plan (or related trust) maintained or sponsored by the Company or by the Acquiring Corporation) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 20% or more of the then-outstanding shares of common stock of the Acquiring Corporation, or of the combined voting power of the then-outstanding securities of such corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to the Business Combination).

 

(2) Effect on Options

 

  (a) Acquisition Event. Upon the occurrence of an Acquisition Event (regardless of whether such event also constitutes a Change in Control Event), or the execution by the Company of any agreement with respect to an Acquisition Event (regardless of whether such event will result in a Change in Control Event), the Board shall provide that all outstanding Options shall be assumed, or equivalent options shall be substituted, by the acquiring or succeeding corporation (or an affiliate thereof); provided that if such Acquisition Event also constitutes a Change in Control Event, except to the extent specifically provided to the contrary in the instrument evidencing any Option or any other agreement between a Participant and the Company (A) one-half of the number of shares subject to the Option which were not already vested shall be exercisable upon the occurrence of such Acquisition Event and, the remaining one-half of such number of shares shall continue to become vested in accordance with the original vesting schedule set forth in such option, with one-half of the number of shares that would otherwise have first become vested becoming so vested on each subsequent vesting date in accordance with the original schedule. For purposes hereof, an Option shall be considered to be assumed if, following consummation of the Acquisition Event, the Option confers the right to purchase, for each share of Common Stock subject to the Option immediately prior to the consummation of the Acquisition Event, the consideration (whether cash, securities or other property) received as a result of the Acquisition Event by holders of Common Stock for each share of Common Stock held immediately prior to the consummation of the Acquisition Event (and if holders were offered a choice of consideration, the type of consideration chosen by the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock); provided, however, that if the consideration received as a result of the Acquisition Event is not solely common stock of the acquiring or succeeding corporation (or an affiliate thereof), the Company may, with the consent of the acquiring or succeeding corporation, provide for the consideration to be received upon the exercise of Options to consist solely of common stock of the acquiring or succeeding corporation (or an affiliate thereof)

 

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equivalent in fair market value to the per share consideration received by holders of outstanding shares of Common Stock as a result of the Acquisition Event.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the acquiring or succeeding corporation (or an affiliate thereof) does not agree to assume, or substitute for, such Options, then the Board shall, upon written notice to the Participants, provide that all then unexercised Options will become exercisable in full as of a specified time prior to the Acquisition Event and will terminate immediately prior to the consummation of such Acquisition Event, except to the extent exercised by the Participants before the consummation of such Acquisition Event; provided, however, that in the event of an Acquisition Event under the terms of which holders of Common Stock will receive upon consummation thereof a cash payment for each share of Common Stock surrendered pursuant to such Acquisition Event (the “Acquisition Price”), then the Board may instead provide that all outstanding Options shall terminate upon consummation of such Acquisition Event and that each Participant shall receive, in exchange therefor, a cash payment equal to the amount (if any) by which (A) the Acquisition Price multiplied by the number of shares of Common Stock subject to such outstanding Options (whether or not then exercisable), exceeds (B) the aggregate exercise price of such Options.

 

  (b) Change in Control Event that is not an Acquisition Event. Upon the occurrence of a Change in Control Event that does not also constitute an Acquisition Event, except to the extent specifically provided to the contrary in the instrument evidencing any Option or any other agreement between a Participant and the Company, the vesting schedule of such Option shall be accelerated in part so that one-half of the number of shares that would otherwise have first become vested on any date after the date of the Change in Control Event shall immediately become exercisable. The remaining one-half of such number of shares shall continue to become vested in accordance with the original vesting schedule set forth in such Option, with one-half of the number of shares that would otherwise have first become vested becoming so vested on each subsequent vesting date in accordance with the original schedule.

 

(3) Effect on Restricted Stock Awards

 

  (a) Acquisition Event that is not a Change in Control Event. Upon the occurrence of an Acquisition Event that is not a Change in Control Event, the repurchase and other rights of the Company under each outstanding Restricted Stock Award shall inure to the benefit of the Company’s successor and shall apply to the cash, securities or other property which the Common Stock was converted into or exchanged for pursuant to such Acquisition Event in the same manner and to the same extent as they applied to the Common Stock subject to such Restricted Stock Award.

 

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  (b) Change in Control Event. Upon the occurrence of a Change in Control Event (regardless of whether such event also constitutes an Acquisition Event), except to the extent specifically provided to the contrary in the instrument evidencing any Restricted Stock Award or any other agreement between a Participant and the Company, the vesting schedule of all Restricted Stock Awards shall be accelerated in part so that one-half of the number of shares that would otherwise have first become free from conditions or restrictions on any date after the date of the Change in Control Event shall immediately become free from conditions or restrictions. Subject to the following sentence, the remaining one-half of such number of shares shall continue to become free from conditions or restrictions in accordance with the original schedule set forth in such Restricted Stock Award, with one-half of the number of shares that would otherwise have first become free from conditions or restrictions becoming free from conditions or restrictions on each subsequent vesting date in accordance with the original schedule.

 

(4) Effect on Other Awards

 

  (a) Acquisition Event that is not a Change in Control Event. The Board shall specify the effect of an Acquisition Event that is not a Change in Control Event on any other Award granted under the Plan at the time of the grant of such Award.

 

  (b) Change in Control Event. Upon the occurrence of a Change in Control Event (regardless of whether such event also constitutes an Acquisition Event), except to the extent specifically provided to the contrary in the instrument evidencing any Award or any other agreement between a Participant and the Company, the vesting schedule of all other Awards shall be accelerated in part so that one-half of the number of shares that would otherwise have first become exercisable, realizable, vested or free from conditions or restrictions on any date after the date of the Change in Control Event shall immediately become exercisable, realizable, vested or free from conditions or restrictions. Subject to the following sentence, the remaining one-half of such number of shares shall continue to become exercisable, realizable, vested or free from conditions or restrictions in accordance with the original schedule set forth in such Award, with one-half of the number of shares that would otherwise have first become exercisable, realizable, vested or free from conditions or restrictions becoming so exercisable, realizable, vested or free from conditions or restrictions on each subsequent vesting date in accordance with the original schedule.

 

(5)

Limitations. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 8(c), if the Change in Control Event is intended to be accounted for as a “pooling of interests” for financial accounting purposes, and if the acceleration to be effected by the foregoing

 

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provisions of this Section 8(c) would preclude accounting for the Change in Control Event as a “pooling of interests” for financial accounting purposes, then no such acceleration shall occur upon the Change in Control Event.

 

9. General Provisions Applicable to Awards

 

(a) Transferability of Awards. Except as the Board may otherwise determine or provide in an Award, Awards shall not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered by the person to whom they are granted, either voluntarily or by operation of law, except by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and, during the life of the Participant, shall be exercisable only by the Participant. References to a Participant, to the extent relevant in the context, shall include references to authorized transferees.

 

(b) Documentation. Each Award shall be evidenced by a written instrument in such form as the Board shall determine. Each Award may contain terms and conditions in addition to those set forth in the Plan.

 

(c) Board Discretion. Except as otherwise provided by the Plan, each Award may be made alone or in addition or in relation to any other Award. The terms of each Award need not be identical, and the Board need not treat Participants uniformly.

 

(d) Termination of Status. The Board shall determine the effect on an Award of the disability, death, retirement, authorized leave of absence or other change in the employment or other status of a Participant and the extent to which, and the period during which, the Participant, the Participant’s legal representative, conservator, guardian or Designated Beneficiary may exercise rights under the Award.

 

(e) Withholding. Each Participant shall pay to the Company, or make provision satisfactory to the Board for payment of, any taxes required by law to be withheld in connection with Awards to such Participant no later than the date of the event creating the tax liability. Except as the Board may otherwise provide in an Award, when the Common Stock is registered under the Exchange Act, Participants may, to the extent then permitted under applicable law, satisfy such tax obligations in whole or in part by delivery of shares of Common Stock, including shares retained from the Award creating the tax obligation, valued at their Fair Market Value. The Company may, to the extent permitted by law, deduct any such tax obligations from any payment of any kind otherwise due to a Participant.

 

(f) Amendment of Award. The Board may amend, modify or terminate any outstanding Award, including but not limited to, substituting therefor another Award of the same or a different type, changing the date of exercise or realization, and converting an Incentive Stock Option to a Nonstatutory Stock Option, provided that the Participant’s consent to such action shall be required unless the Board determines that the action, taking into account any related action, would not materially and adversely affect the Participant.

 

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(g) Conditions on Delivery of Stock. The Company will not be obligated to deliver any shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Plan or to remove restrictions from shares previously delivered under the Plan until (i) all conditions of the Award have been met or removed to the satisfaction of the Company, (ii) in the opinion of the Company’s counsel, all other legal matters in connection with the issuance and delivery of such shares have been satisfied, including any applicable securities laws and any applicable stock exchange or stock market rules and regulations, and (iii) the Participant has executed and delivered to the Company such representations or agreements as the Company may consider appropriate to satisfy the requirements of any applicable laws, rules or regulations.

 

(h) Acceleration. The Board may at any time provide that any Options shall become immediately exercisable in full or in part, that any Restricted Stock Awards shall be free of restrictions in full or in part or that any other Awards may become exercisable in full or in part or free of some or all restrictions or conditions, or otherwise realizable in full or in part, as the case may be.

 

10. Miscellaneous

 

(a) No Right To Employment or Other Status. No person shall have any claim or right to be granted an Award, and the grant of an Award shall not be construed as giving a Participant the right to continued employment or any other relationship with the Company. The Company expressly reserves the right at any time to dismiss or otherwise terminate its relationship with a Participant free from any liability or claim under the Plan, except as expressly provided in the applicable Award.

 

(b) No Rights As Stockholder. Subject to the provisions of the applicable Award, no Participant or Designated Beneficiary shall have any rights as a stockholder with respect to any shares of Common Stock to be distributed with respect to an Award until becoming the record holder of such shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the Company effects a split of the Common Stock by means of a stock dividend and the exercise price of and the number of shares subject to such option are adjusted as of the date of the distribution of the dividend (rather than as of the record date for such dividend), then an optionee who exercises an Option between the record date and the distribution date for such stock dividend shall be entitled to receive, on the distribution date, the stock dividend with respect to the shares of Common Stock acquired upon such Option exercise, notwithstanding the fact that such shares were not outstanding as of the close of business on the record date for such stock dividend.

 

(c) Effective Date and Term of Plan. The Plan shall become effective on the date on which it is adopted by the Board. No Awards shall be granted under the Plan after the completion of ten years from the earlier of (i) the date on which the Plan was adopted by the Board or (ii) the date the Plan was approved by the Company’s stockholders, but Awards previously granted may extend beyond that date.

 

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(d) Amendment of Plan. The Board may amend, suspend or terminate the Plan or any portion thereof at any time.

 

(e) Governing Law. The provisions of the Plan and all Awards made hereunder shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to any applicable conflicts of law.

 

Adopted by the Board of Directors of the

Company on January 18, 2000.

 

Approved by the stockholders of the Company

on February 17, 2000.

 

Amended and Restated by the Board of

Directors on April 24, 2001.

 

Approved by the stockholders of the Company

on May 31, 2001.

 

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EX-4.3 6 dex43.htm OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY GROUP 1998 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY GROUP 1998 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

EXHIBIT 4.3

 

OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY GROUP, INC.

 

1998 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

 

1. Purpose

 

The purpose of this 1998 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) of Optical Technology Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), is to advance the interests of the Company’s stockholders by enhancing the Company’s ability to attract, retain and motivate persons who make (or are expected to make) important contributions to the Company by providing such persons with equity ownership opportunities and performance-based incentives and thereby better aligning the interests of such persons with those of the Company’s stockholders. Except where the context otherwise requires, the term “Company” shall include any present or future subsidiary corporations of Optical Technology Group, Inc. as defined in Section 424(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Code”).

 

2. Eligibility

 

All of the Company’s employees, officers, directors, consultants and advisors (and any individuals who have accepted an offer for employment) are eligible to be granted options, restricted stock awards, or other stock-based awards (each, an “Award”) under the Plan. Each person who has been granted an Award under the Plan shall be deemed a “Participant”.

 

3. Administration, Delegation

 

(a) Administration by Board of Directors. The Plan will be administered by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”). The Board shall have authority to grant Awards and to adopt, amend and repeal such administrative rules, guidelines and practices relating to the Plan as it shall deem advisable. The Board may correct any defect, supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or any Award in the manner and to the extent it shall deem expedient to carry the Plan into effect and it shall be the sole and final judge of such expediency. All decisions by the Board shall be made in the Board’s sole discretion and shall be final and binding on all persons having or claiming any interest in the Plan or in any Award. No director or person acting pursuant to the authority delegated by the Board shall be liable for any action or determination relating to or under the Plan made in good faith.

 

(b) Delegation to Executive Officers. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Board may delegate to one or more executive officers of the Company the power to make Awards and exercise such other powers under the Plan as the Board may determine, provided that the Board shall fix the maximum number of shares subject to Awards and the maximum number of shares for any one Participant to be made by such executive officers.

 

(c) Appointment of Committees. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Board may delegate any or all of its powers under the Plan to one or more committees


or subcommittees of the Board (a “Committee”). If and when the common stock, $.O1 par value per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”) is registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), the Board shall appoint one such Committee of not less than two members, each member of which shall be an “outside director” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code and a “non-employee director” as defined in Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act.” All references in the Plan to the “Board” shall mean the Board or a Committee of the Board or the executive officer referred to in Section 3(b) to the extent that the Board’s powers or authority under the Plan have been delegated to such Committee or executive officer.

 

4. Stock Available for Awards

 

(a) Number of Shares. Subject to adjustment under Section 8, Awards may be made under the Plan for up to 2,264,706 shares of Common Stock. If any Award expires or is terminated, surrendered or canceled without having been fully exercised or is forfeited in whole or in part or results in any Common Stock not being issued, the unused Common Stock covered by such Award shall again be available for the grant of Awards under the Plan, subject, however, in the case of Incentive Stock Options (as hereinafter defined), to any limitation required under the Code. Shares issued under the Plan may consist in whole or in part of authorized but unissued shares or treasury shares.

 

(b) Per-Participant Limit. Subject to adjustment under Section 8, for Awards granted after the Common Stock is registered under the Exchange Act, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which an Award may be granted to any Participant under the Plan shall be 250,000 per calendar year. The per-Participant limit described in this Section 4(b) shall be construed and applied consistently with Section 162(m) of the Code.

 

5. Stock Options

 

(a) General. The Board may grant options to purchase Common Stock (each, an “Option”) and determine the number of shares of Common Stock to be covered by each option, the exercise price of each Option and the conditions and limitations applicable to the exercise of each Option, including conditions relating to applicable federal or state securities laws, as it considers necessary or advisable. An Option which is not intended to be an Incentive Stock Option (as hereinafter defined) shall be designated a “Nonstatutory Stock Option.”

 

(b) Incentive Stock Options. An Option that the Board intends to be an “incentive stock option” as defined in Section 422 of the Code (an “Incentive Stock Option”) shall only be granted to employees of the Company and shall be subject to and shall be construed consistently with the requirements of Section 422 of the Code. The Company shall have no liability to a Participant, or any other party, if an Option (or any part thereof) which is intended to be an Incentive Stock Option is not an Incentive Stock Option.

 

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(c) Exercise Price. The Board shall establish the exercise price at the time each option is granted and specify it in the applicable option agreement.

 

(d) Duration of Options. Each option shall be exercisable at such times and subject to such terms and conditions as the Board may specify in the applicable option agreement.

 

(e) Exercise of Option. Options may be exercised by delivery to the company of a written notice of exercise signed by the proper person or by any other form of notice (including electronic notice) approved by the Board together with payment in full as specified in Section 5(f) for the number of shares for which the Option is exercised.

 

(f) Payment Upon Exercise. Common Stock purchased upon the exercise of an option granted under the Plan shall be paid for as follows:

 

(1) in cash or by check, payable to the order of the Company;

 

(2) except as the Board may, in its sole discretion, otherwise provide in an option agreement, (i) delivery of an irrevocable and unconditional undertaking by a creditworthy broker to deliver promptly to the Company sufficient funds to pay the exercise price, or (ii) delivery by the Participant to the Company of a copy of irrevocable and unconditional instructions to a creditworthy broker to deliver promptly to the Company cash or a check sufficient to pay the exercise price;

 

(3) while the Common Stock is registered under the Exchange Act, delivery of shares of Common Stock owned by the Participant valued at their fair market value as determined by (or in a manner approved by) the Board in good faith (“Fair Market Value”), which Common Stock was owned by the Participant at least six months prior to such delivery;

 

(4) to the extent permitted by the Board, in its sole discretion (i) by delivery of a promissory note of the Participant to the Company on terms determined by the Board, or (ii) by payment of such other lawful consideration as the Board may determine; or

 

(5) any combination of the above permitted forms of payment.

 

6. Restricted Stock

 

(a) Grants. The Board may grant Awards entitling recipients to acquire shares of Common Stock, subject to the right of the Company to repurchase all or part of such shares at their issue price or other stated or formula price (or to require forfeiture of such shares if issued at no cost) from the recipient in the event that conditions specified by the Board in the applicable Award are not satisfied prior to the end of the applicable restriction period or periods established by the Board for such Award (each, “Restricted Stock Award”).

 

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(b) Terms and Conditions. The Board shall determine the terms and conditions of any such Restricted Stock Award, including the conditions for repurchase (or forfeiture) and the issue price, if any. Any stock certificates issued in respect of a Restricted Stock Award shall be registered in the name of the Participant and, unless otherwise determined by the Board, deposited by the Participant, together with a stock power endorsed in blank, with the Company (or its designee). At the expiration of the applicable restriction periods, the Company (or such designee) shall deliver the certificates no longer subject to such restrictions to the Participant or if the Participant has died, to the beneficiary designated, in a manner determined by the Board, by a Participant to receive amounts due or exercise rights of the Participant in the event of the Participant’s death (the “Designated Beneficiary”). In the absence of an effective designation by a Participant, Designated Beneficiary shall mean the Participant’s estate.

 

7. Other Stock-Based Awards

 

The Board shall have the right to grant other Awards based upon the Common Stock having such terms and conditions as the Board may determine, including the grant of shares based upon certain conditions, the grant of securities convertible into Common Stock and the grant of stock appreciation rights.

 

8. Adjustments for Changes in Common Stock and Certain Other Events

 

(a) Changes in Capitalization. In the event of any stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination of shares, reclassification of shares, spin-off or other similar change in capitalization or event, or any distribution to holders of Common Stock other than a normal cash dividend, (i) the number and class of securities available under this Plan, (ii) the per-Participant limit set forth in Section 4(b), (iii) the number and class of securities and exercise price per share subject to each outstanding option, (iv) the repurchase price per share subject to each outstanding Restricted Stock Award, and (v) the terms of each other outstanding Award shall be appropriately adjusted by the Company (or substituted Awards may be made, if applicable) to the extent the Board shall determine, in good faith, that such an adjustment (or substitution) is necessary and appropriate. If this Section 8(a) applies and Section 8(c) also applies to any event, Section 8(c) shall be applicable to such event, and this Section 8(a) shall not be applicable.

 

(b) Liquidation or Dissolution. In the event of a proposed liquidation or dissolution of the Company, the Board shall upon written notice to the Participants provide that all then unexercised Options will (i) become exercisable in full as of a specified time at least 10 business days prior to the effective date of such liquidation or dissolution and (ii) terminate effective upon such liquidation or dissolution, except to the extent exercised before such effective date. The Board may specify the effect of a liquidation or dissolution on any Restricted Stock Award or other Award granted under the Plan at the time of the grant of such Award.

 

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(c) Acquisition and Change in Control Events

 

(1) Definitions

 

(a) An “Acquisition Event” shall mean:

 

(i) any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another entity as a result of which the Common Stock is converted into or exchanged for the right to receive cash, securities or other property; or

 

(ii) any exchange of shares of the Company for cash, securities or other property pursuant to a statutory share exchange transaction.

 

(b) A “Change in Control Event” shall mean:

 

(i) the acquisition by an individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) (a “Person”) of beneficial ownership of any capital stock of the Company if, after such acquisition, such Person beneficially owns (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) 3096 or more of either (x) the then-outstanding shares of common stock of the Company (the “Outstanding Company Common Stock”) or (y) the combined voting power of the then-outstanding securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “Outstanding Company Voting Securities”); provided, however, that for purposes of this subsection (i), the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change in Control Event: (A) any acquisition directly from the Company (excluding an acquisition pursuant to the exercise, conversion or exchange of any security exercisable for, convertible into or exchangeable for common stock or voting securities of the Company, unless the Person exercising, converting or exchanging such security acquired such security directly from the Company or an underwriter or agent of the Company), (B) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any corporation controlled by the Company, (C) any acquisition by any corporation pursuant to a Business Combination (as defined below) which complies with clauses (x) and (y) of subsection (iii) of this definition or (D) any acquisition by Richard A. Kay (“Exempt Party”) of any Shares of Common Stock; or

 

(ii) such time as the Continuing Directors (as defined below) do not constitute a majority of the Board (or, if applicable, the Board of Directors of a successor corporation to the Company), where the term “Continuing Director” means at any date a member

 

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of the Board (x) who was a member of the Board on the date of the initial adoption of this Plan by the Board or (y) who was nominated or elected subsequent to such date by at least a majority of the directors who were Continuing Directors at the time of such nomination or election or whose election to the Board was recommended or endorsed by at least a majority of the directors who were Continuing Directors at the time of such nomination or election; provided, however, that there shall be excluded from this clause (y) any individual whose initial assumption of office occurred as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents, by or on behalf of a person other than the Board; or

 

(iii) the consummation of a merger, consolidation, reorganization or statutory share exchange involving the Company or a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (a “Business Combination”), unless, immediately following such Business Combination, each of the following two conditions is satisfied: (x) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the then-outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting power of the then-outstanding securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, respectively, of the resulting or acquiring corporation in such Business Combination (which shall include, without limitation, a corporation which as a result of such transaction owns the Company or substantially all of the Company’s assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) (such resulting or acquiring corporation is referred to herein as the “Acquiring Corporation”) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities, respectively, immediately prior to such Business Combination and (y) no Person (excluding the Acquiring Corporation or any employee benefit plan (or related trust) maintained or sponsored by the Company or by the Acquiring Corporation or the Exempt Person) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 30% or more of the then-outstanding shares of common stock of the Acquiring Corporation, or of the combined voting power of the then-outstanding securities of such corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to the Business Combination).

 

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(2) Effect on Options

 

(a) Acquisition Event. Upon the occurrence of an Acquisition Event (regardless of whether such event also constitutes a Change in Control Event), or the execution by the Company of any agreement with respect to an Acquisition Event (regardless of whether such event will result in a Change in Control Event), the Board shall provide that all outstanding Options shall be assumed, or equivalent options shall be substituted, by the acquiring or succeeding corporation (or an affiliate thereof); provided that if such Acquisition Event also constitutes a Change in Control Event, except to the extent specifically provided to the contrary in the instrument evidencing any Option or any other agreement between a Participant and the Company, such assumed or substituted options shall be immediately exercisable in full upon the occurrence of such Acquisition Event for all Options held by Participants that have had a relationship with the Company as an employee, officer, director, consultant or advisor for one year prior to such Change in Control Event. For purposes hereof, an Option shall be considered to be assumed if, following consummation of the Acquisition Event, the Option confers the right to purchase, for each share of Common Stock subject to the Option immediately prior to the consummation of the Acquisition Event, the consideration (whether cash, securities or other property) received as a result of the Acquisition Event by holders of Common Stock for each share of Common Stock held immediately prior to the consummation of the Acquisition Event (and if holders were offered a choice of consideration, the type of consideration chosen by the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock); provided, however, that if the consideration received as a result of the Acquisition Event is not solely common stock of the acquiring or succeeding corporation (or an affiliate thereof), the Company may, with the consent of the acquiring or succeeding corporation, provide for the consideration to be received upon the exercise of Options to consist solely of common stock of the acquiring or succeeding corporation (or an affiliate thereof) equivalent in fair market value to the per share consideration received by holders of outstanding shares of Common Stock as a result of the Acquisition Event.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the acquiring or succeeding corporation (or an affiliate thereof does not agree to assume, or substitute for, such Options, then the Board shall, upon written notice to the Participants, provide that all then unexercised Options will become exercisable in full as of a specified time prior to the Acquisition Event and will terminate immediately prior to the consummation of such Acquisition Event, except to the extent exercised by the Participants before the consummation of such Acquisition Event; provided, however, in the event of an Acquisition Event under the terms of which holders of Common Stock will receive upon consummation thereof a cash payment for each share of Common Stock surrendered pursuant to such Acquisition Event (the “Acquisition Price”), then the Board may instead provide that all outstanding Options shall terminate upon consummation of such

 

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Acquisition Event and that each Participant shall receive, in exchange therefor, a cash payment equal to the amount (if any) by which (A) the Acquisition Price multiplied by the number of shares of Common Stock subject to such outstanding options (whether or not then exercisable), exceeds (B) the aggregate exercise price of such Options.

 

(b) Change in Control Event that is not an Acquisition Event. Upon the occurrence of a Change in Control Event that does not also constitute an Acquisition Event, except to the extent specifically provided to the contrary in the instrument evidencing any option or any other agreement between a Participant and the Company, all options then-outstanding shall automatically become immediately exercisable in full for all Options held by Participants that have had a relationship with the Company as an employee, officer, director, consultant or advisor for one year prior to such Change in Control Event.

 

(3) Effect on Restricted Stock Awards

 

(a) Acquisition Event that is not a Change in Control Event. Upon the occurrence of an Acquisition Event that is not a Change in Control Event, the repurchase and other rights of the Company under each outstanding Restricted Stock Award shall inure to the benefit of the Company’s successor and shall apply to the cash, securities or other property which the Common Stock was converted into or exchanged for pursuant to such Acquisition Event in the same manner and to the same extent as they applied to the Common Stock subject to such Restricted Stock Award.

 

(b) Change in Control Event. Upon the occurrence of a Change in Control Event (regardless of whether such event also constitutes an Acquisition Event), except to the extent specifically provided to the contrary in the instrument evidencing any Restricted Stock Award or any other agreement between a Participant and the Company, all restrictions and conditions on all Restricted Stock Awards then-outstanding shall automatically be deemed terminated or satisfied for all Options held by Participants that have had a relationship with the Company as an employee, officer, director, consultant or advisor for one year prior to such Change in Control Event.

 

(4) Effect on Other Awards

 

(a) Acquisition Event that is not a Change in Control Event. The Board shall specify the effect of an Acquisition Event that is not a Change in Control Event on any other Award granted under the Plan at the time of the grant of such Award.

 

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(b) Change in Control Event. Upon the occurrence of a Change in Control Event (regardless of whether such event also constitutes an Acquisition Event), except to the extent specifically provided to the contrary in the instrument evidencing any other Award or any other agreement between a Participant and the Company, all other Awards shall become exercisable, realizable or vested in full, or shall be free of all conditions or restrictions, as applicable to each such Award for all options held by Participants that have had a relationship with the Company as an employee, officer, director, consultant or advisor for one year prior to such Change in Control Event.

 

9. General Provisions Applicable to Awards

 

(a) Transferability of Awards. Except as the Board may otherwise determine or provide in an Award, Awards shall not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered by the person to whom they are granted, either voluntarily or by operation of law, except by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and, during the life of the Participant, shall be exercisable only by the Participant. References to a Participant, to the extent relevant in the context, shall include references to authorized transferees.

 

(b) Documentation. Each Award shall be evidenced by a written instrument in such form as the Board shall determine. Each Award may contain terms and conditions in addition to those set forth in the Plan.

 

(c) Board Discretion. Except as otherwise provided by the Plan, each Award may be made alone or in addition or in relation to any other Award. The terms of each Award need not be identical, and the Board need not treat Participants uniformly.

 

(d) Termination of Status. The Board shall determine the effect on an Award of the disability, death, retirement, authorized leave of absence or other change in the employment or other status of a Participant and the extent to which, and the period during which, the Participant, the Participant’s legal representative, conservator, guardian or Designated Beneficiary may exercise rights under the Award.

 

(e) Withholding. Each Participant shall pay to the Company, or make provision satisfactory to the Board for payment of, any taxes required by law to be withheld in connection with Awards to such Participant no later than the date of the event creating the tax liability. Except as the Board may otherwise provide in an Award, Participants may satisfy such tax obligations in whole or in part by delivery of shares of Common Stock, including shares retained from the Award creating the tax obligation, valued at their Fair Market Value. The Company may, to the extent permitted by law and to the extent not otherwise paid, deduct any such tax obligations from any payment of any kind otherwise due to a Participant.

 

(f) Amendment of Award. The Board may amend, modify or terminate any outstanding Award, including but not limited to, substituting therefor another Award of

 

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the same or a different type, changing the date of exercise or realization, and converting an Incentive Stock Option to a Nonstatutory Stock Option, provided that the Participant’s consent to such action shall be required unless the Board determines that the action, taking into account any related action, would not materially and adversely affect the Participant.

 

(g) Conditions on Delivery of Stock. The Company will not be obligated to deliver any shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Plan or to remove restrictions from shares previously delivered under the Plan until (i) all conditions of the Award have been met or removed to the satisfaction of the Company, (ii) in the opinion of the Company’s counsel, all other legal matters in connection with the issuance and delivery of such shares have been satisfied, including any applicable securities laws and any applicable stock exchange or stock market rules and regulations, and (iii) the Participant has executed and delivered to the Company such representations or agreements as the Company may consider appropriate to satisfy the requirements of any applicable laws, rules or regulations.

 

(h) Acceleration. The Board may at any time provide that any Options shall become immediately exercisable in full or in part, that any Restricted Stock Awards shall be free of restrictions in full or in part or that any other Awards may become exercisable in full or in part or free of some or all restrictions or conditions, or otherwise realizable in full or in part, as the case may be.

 

10. Miscellaneous

 

(a) No Right To Employment or Other Status. No person shall have any claim or right to be granted an Award, and the grant of an Award shall not be construed as giving a Participant the right to continued employment or any other relationship with the Company. The Company expressly reserves the right at any time to dismiss or otherwise terminate its relationship with a Participant free from any liability or claim under the Plan, except as expressly provided in the applicable Award.

 

(b) No Rights As Stockholder. Subject to the provisions of the applicable Award, no Participant or Designated Beneficiary shall have any rights as a stockholder with respect to any shares of Common Stock to be distributed with respect to an Award until becoming the record holder of such shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the Company effects a split of the Common Stock by means of a stock dividend and the exercise price of and the number of shares subject to such Option are adjusted as of the date of the distribution of the dividend (rather than as of the record date for such dividend), then an optionee who exercises an option between the record date and the distribution date for such stock dividend shall be entitled to receive, on the distribution date, the stock dividend with respect to the shares of Common Stock acquired upon such Option exercise, notwithstanding the fact that such shares were not outstanding as of the close of business on the record date for such stock dividend.

 

(c) Effective Date and Term of Plan. The Plan shall become effective on the date on which it is adopted by the Board. No Awards shall be granted under the Plan

 

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after the completion of ten years from the earlier of (i) the date on which the Plan was adopted by the Board or (ii) the date the Plan was approved by the Company’s stockholders, but Awards previously granted may extend beyond that date.

 

(d) Amendment of Plan. The Board may amend, suspend or terminate the Plan or any portion thereof at any time.

 

(e) Governing Law. The provisions of the Plan and all Awards made hereunder shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to any applicable conflicts of law.

 

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EX-4.4 7 dex44.htm SMART STORAGE, INC. 1994 STOCK PLAN SMART STORAGE, INC. 1994 STOCK PLAN

EXHIBIT 4.4

 

SMART STORAGE, INC.

 

1994 STOCK PLAN

 

Amended March 12, 1998

 

1. Purpose. This 1994 Stock Plan (the “Plan”) is intended to provide incentives: (a) to the officers and other employees of Smart Storage, Inc. (the “Company”), its parent (if any) and any present or future subsidiaries of the Company (collectively, “Related Corporations”) by providing them with opportunities to purchase stock in the Company pursuant to options granted hereunder which qualify as “incentive stock options” under Section 422A(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”) (“ISO” or “ISOs”); (b) to directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Company and Related Corporations by providing them with opportunities to purchase stock in the Company pursuant to options granted hereunder which do not qualify as ISOs (“Non-Qualified option” or’ “Non-Qualified Options”); (c) to directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Company and Related Corporations by providing them with awards of stock in the Company (“Awards”); and (d) to directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Company and Related Corporations by providing them with opportunities to make direct purchases of stock in the Company (“Purchases”). Both ISOs and Non-Qualified Options are referred to hereafter individually as an “Option” and collectively as “Options”. Options, Awards and authorizations to make Purchases are referred to hereafter collectively as “Stock Rights”. As used herein, the terms “parent” and “subsidiary” mean “parent corporation” and “subsidiary corporation”, respectively, as those terms are defined in Section 425 of the Code.

 

2. Administration of the Plan.

 

A. The Plan shall be administered by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”). The Board may appoint a Stock Plan Committee (the “Committee”) of three or more of its members to administer this Plan. No member of the Committee, while a member, shall be eligible to participate in the Plan. Subject to ratification of the grant or authorization of each Stock Right by the Board (if so required by applicable state law), and subject to the terms of the Plan, the Committee, if so appointed, shall have the authority to (i) determine the employees of the Company and Related Corporations (from among the class of employees eligible under paragraph 3 to receive ISOs) to whom ISOs may be granted, and to determine (from among the class of individuals and entities eligible under paragraph 3 to receive Non-Qualified Options and Awards and to make Purchases) to whom Non-Qualified Options, Awards and authorizations to make Purchases may be granted; (ii) determine the time or times at which Options or Awards may be granted or Purchases made; (iii) determine the option price of shares subject to each Option, which price shall not be less than the minimum price specified in paragraph 6, and the purchase price of shares subject to each Purchase; (iv) determine whether each Option granted shall be an ISO or a Non-Qualified Option; (v) determine (subject to


paragraph 7) the time or times when each Option shall become exercisable and the duration of the exercise period; (vi) determine whether restrictions such as repurchase options are to be imposed on shares subject to Options, Awards and Purchases and the nature of such restrictions, if any, and (vii) interpret the Plan and prescribe and rescind rules and regulations relating to it If the Committee determines to issue a Non-Qualified Option, it shall take whatever actions it deems necessary, under Section 422A of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder, to ensure that such option is not treated as an ISO. The interpretation and construction by the Committee of any provisions of the Plan or of any Stock Right granted under it shall be final unless otherwise determined by the Board. The Committee may from time to time adopt such rules and regulations for carrying out the Plan as it may deem best. No member of the Board or the Committee shall be liable for any action or determination made in good faith with respect to the Plan or any Stock Right granted under it.

 

B. The Committee may select one of its members as its chairman, and shall hold meetings at such time and places as it may determine. Acts by a majority of the Committee, or acts reduced to or approved in writing by a majority of the members of the Committee, shall be the valid acts of the Committee. All references in this Plan to the Committee shall mean the Board if no Committee has been appointed. From time to time the Board may increase or decrease the of the Committee and appoint additional members thereof, remove members (with or without cause) and appoint new members in substitution therefor, fill vacancies however caused, or remove all members of the Committee and thereafter directly administer the Plan.

 

C. Stock Rights may be granted to members of the Board, but any such grant shall be made and approved in accordance with paragraph 2(D), if applicable. All grants of Stock Rights to members of the Board shall in all other respects be made in accordance with the provisions of this Plan applicable to other eligible persons. Members of the Board who are either (i) eligible for Stock Rights pursuant to the Plan or (ii) have been granted Stock Rights may vote on any matters affecting the administration of the Plan or the grant of any Stock Rights pursuant to the Plan, except that no such member shall act upon the granting to himself of Stock Rights, but any such member may be counted in determining the existence of a quorum at any meeting of the Board during which action is taken with respect to the granting to him of Stock Rights.

 

D. In the event the Company registers any class of any equity security pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), any grant of Stock Rights to a member of the Board (made at any time from the effective date of such registration until six months after the termination of such registration) must be approved by a majority vote of the other members of the Board; provided, however, that if a majority of the Board is eligible to participate in the Plan or in any other stock option or other stock plan of the Company or any of its affiliates, or has been so eligible at any time within the preceding year, any grant of Stock Rights to a member of the Board must be made by, or only in accordance with the recommendation of, the Committee or a committee consisting of three or more persons, who may but need not be directors or employees of the Company, appointed by the Board but having full

 

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authority to act in the matter, none of whom is eligible to participate in this Plan or any other stock option or other stock plan of the Company or any of its affiliates, or has been eligible at any time within the preceding year. The requirements imposed by the preceding sentence shall also apply with respect to grants to officers who are also directors. Once appointed, such Committee shall continue to serve until otherwise directed by the Board.

 

3. Eligible Employees and Others. ISOs may be granted to any employee of the Company or any Related Corporation. Those officers and directors of the Company who are not employees may not be granted ISOs under the Plan. Non-Qualified Options, Awards and authorizations to make Purchases may be granted to any director (whether or not an employee), officer, employee or consultant of the Company or any Related Corporation. The Committee may take into consideration recipient’s individual circumstances in determining whether to grant an ISO, a Non-Qualified Option or an authorization to make a Purchase. The granting of any Stock Right to any individual or entity shall neither entitle that individual or entity to, nor disqualify him from, participation in any other grant of Stock Rights.

 

4. Stock. The stock subject to Options, Awards and Purchases shall be authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock of the Company, no par value per share (the “Common Stock”), or shares of Common Stock reacquired by the Company in any manner. The aggregate number of shares which may be issued pursuant to the Plan is 40,000, subject to adjustment as provided in paragraph 13. Any such shares may be issued as ISOs, Non-Qualified Options or Awards, or to persons or entities making Purchases, so long as the number of shares so issued does not exceed such number, as adjusted. If any Option granted under the Plan shall expire or terminate for any reason without having been exercised in full or shall cease for any reason to be exercisable in whole or in part, or if the Company shall reacquire any vested shares issued pursuant to Awards or Purchases, the unpurchased shares subject to such Options and any unvested shares so reacquired by the Company shall again be available for grants of Stock Rights under the Plan.

 

5. Granting of Stock Rights. Stock Rights may be granted under the Plan at any time after July 15, 1994 and prior to July 15, 2004. The date of grant of a Stock Right under the Plan will be the date specified by the Committee at the time it grants the Stock Right; provided, however, that such date shall not be prior to the date on which the Committee acts to approve the grant. The Committee shall have the right, with the consent of the optionee, to convert any ISO granted under the Plan to a Non-Qualified Option pursuant to paragraph 16.

 

6. Minimum Option Price; ISO Limitations.

 

A. The price per share specified in the agreement relating to each Non-Qualified Option granted under the Plan shall in no event be less than the lesser of (i) the book value per share of Common Stock as of the end of the fiscal year of the Company

 

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immediately preceding the date of such grant, or (ii) 50 percent of the fair market value per share of Common Stock on the date of such grant.

 

B. The price per share specified in the agreement relating to each ISO granted under the Plan shall not be less than the fair market value per share of Common Stock on the date of such grant. In the case of an ISO to be granted to an employee owning stock possessing more than ten percent of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any Related Corporation, the price per share specified in the agreement relating to such ISO shall not be less than 110 percent of the fair market value per share of Common Stock on the date of grant.

 

C. In no event shall the aggregate fair market value (determined at the time an ISO is granted) of Common Stock for which ISOs granted to any employee are exercisable for the first time by such employee during any calendar year (under all stock option plans of the Company and any Related Corporation) exceed $160,000; provided that this paragraph 6(c) shall have no force or effect if its inclusion in the Plan is not necessary for options issued as ISOs to qualify as ISOs pursuant to Section 422A(d) of the Code.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

D. The Committee shall have the right to accelerate the date of exercise of any installment of any Option; provided that the Committee shall not accelerate the exercise date of any installment of any Option granted to any employee as an ISO (and not previously converted into a Non-Qualified Option pursuant to paragraph 16) if such acceleration would violate the annual vesting limitation contained in Section 422A(d) of the Code, as described in paragraph 6(c).

 

9. Termination of Employment. If an ISO optionee ceases to be employed by the Company and all Related Corporations other than by reason of death or disability as defined in paragraph 10, no further installments of his ISOs shall become exercisable, and his ISOs shall terminate after the passage of 60 days, from the date of termination of his employment, but in no event later than on their specified expiration dates, except to the extent that such ISOs (or unexercised installments thereof) have been converted into Non-Qualified Options pursuant to paragraph 16. Employment shall be considered as continuing uninterrupted during any bona fide leave of absence (such as those attributable to illness, military obligations or governmental service) provided that the period of such leave does not exceed 90 days or, if longer, any period during which such optionee’s right to reemployment is guaranteed by statute. A bona fide leave of absence with the written approval of the Committee shall not be considered an interruption of employment under the Plan, provided that such written approval contractually obligates the Company or any Related Corporation to continue the employment of the optionee after the approved period of absence. ISOs granted under the Plan shall not be affected by any change of employment within or among the Company and Related Corporations, so long as the optionee continues to be an employee of the Company or any Related Corporation. Nothing in the Plan shall be deemed to give any grantee of any Stock Right the right to be retained in employment or other service by the Company or any Related Corporation for any period of time.

 

10. Death: Disability.

 

A. If an ISO optionee ceases to be employed by the Company and all Related Corporations by reason of his death, any ISO of his may be exercised, to the extent of the

 

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number or shares with respect to which he could have exercised it on his death, by his estate, personal representative or beneficiary who has acquired the ISO by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, at any time prior to the earlier of the ISO’s specified expiration date or 180 days from the date of the optionee’s death.

 

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

 

11. Assignability. No Stock Right shall be assignable or transferable by the grantee except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and during the lifetime of the grantee each Stock Right shall be exercisable only by him.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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B. Except as may otherwise be provided in the applicable option agreement, in the event of the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or the sale of all or substantially all of the capital stock of the Company, or a consolidation or merger in which stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such merger or consolidation do not own, immediately following such merger or consolidation, voting securities sufficient to elect a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company (assuming the participation of all voting securities in such election), or in the event of the liquidation of the Company (each such event, a “Sale Event”):

 

(1). If the Sale Event is a consolidation or merger that qualifies as a pooling of interests under generally accepted accounting principles, 50% of the unvested Options held by each optionee shall automatically accelerate and become exercisable immediately prior to the consummation of the Sale Event (the date of consummation of the Sale Event referred to herein as the “Closing Date”), and the provisions of this Paragraph (1) shall apply. The Board of Directors shall provide written notice of such acceleration to the optionees within a reasonable period of time prior to the Closing Date. The Board of Directors, or the board of directors of any corporation assuming the obligations of the Company, shall, in its discretion, take any one or more of the following actions, as to outstanding Options: (i) provide that all outstanding Options that are not exercised prior to the Closing Date shall terminate as of the Closing Date; (ii) provide that all outstanding Options shall be assumed, or equivalent options shall be substituted, by the acquiring or succeeding corporation (or an affiliate thereof), provided, however, that any such Options substituted for ISOs shall meet the requirements of Section 424(a) of the Code; (iii) terminate each outstanding option in exchange for a cash payment equal in amount to the product of the excess, if any, of the fair market value of a share of Common Stock over the per-share exercise price of each such Option, times the number of shares subject to such Option. The Board shall determine the fair market value of a share of Common Stock for purposes of the foregoing, and the Board’s determination of such fair market value shall be final, binding and conclusive.

 

(2). If the Sale Event is not a consolidation or merger that qualifies as a pooling of interests under generally accepted accounting principles, the Board, or the board of directors of any corporation assuming the obligations of the Company, shall, in its discretion, take any one or more of the following actions, as to outstanding Options: (i) provide that all outstanding Options shall be assumed, or equivalent options shall be substituted, by the acquiring or succeeding corporation (or an affiliate thereof), provided, however, that any such Options substituted for ISOs shall meet the requirements of Section 424(a) of the Code; (ii) provide that such percentage of all unvested Options held by optionees as the Board of Directors determines shall accelerate and become exercisable immediately prior to the Closing Date by giving all optionees written notice of such acceleration within a reasonable period of time prior to the Closing Date; (iii) provide that all outstanding Options that are not exercised prior to the Closing Date shall terminate as of the Closing Date; (iv) terminate each outstanding Option in exchange for a cash payment equal in amount to the product of the excess, if any, of the fair market value of a share of Common Stock over the per-share exercise price of each such Option, times the number of shares subject to such Option. The Board shall determine the fair

 

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market value of a share of Common Stock for purposes of the foregoing, and the Board’s determination of such fair market value shall be final, binding and conclusive.

 

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

 

D. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any adjustments made pursuant to subparagraphs A, B or C with respect to ISOs shall be made only after the Committee, after consulting with counsel for the Company, determines whether such adjustments would constitute a “modification” of such ISOs (as that term is defined in Section 425 of the Code) or would cause any adverse tax consequences for the holders of such ISOs. If the Committee determines that such adjustments made with respect to ISOs would constitute a modification of such ISOs, it may refrain from making such adjustments.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

If any person or entity owning restricted Common Stock obtained by exercise of a Stock Right made hereunder receives shares or securities or cash in connection with a corporate transaction described in subparagraphs A, B or C above as a result of owning such restricted Common Stock, such shares or securities or cash shall be subject to all of the conditions and restrictions applicable to the restricted Common Stock with respect to

 

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which such shares or securities or cash were issued, unless otherwise determined by the Committee or the Successor Board.

 

14. Means of Exercising Stock Rights. Stock Right (or any part or installment thereof) shall be exercised by giving written notice to the Company at its principal office address. Such notice shall identify the Stock Right being exercised, and specify the number of shares as to which such Stock Right is being exercised, accompanied by full payment of the purchase price therefor either (a) in United States dollars in cash or by check, or (b) at the discretion of the Committee, through delivery of shares of Common Stock having a fair market value equal as of the date of the exercise to the cash exercise price of the Stock Right, or (c) at the discretion of the Committee, by delivery of the grantee’s personal recourse note bearing interest payable not less than annually at no less than 100% of the lowest applicable Federal rate, as defined in Section 1274(d) of the Code, or (d) at the discretion of the Committee, by any combination of (a), (b) and (c) above. If the Committee exercises its discretion to permit payment of the exercise price of an ISO by means of the methods set forth in clauses (b ), (c), or (d) of the preceding sentence, such discretion shall be exercised in writing at the time of the grant of the ISO in question. The holder of a Stock Right shall not have the rights of a shareholder with respect to the shares covered by his Option until the date of issuance of a stock certificate to him for such shares. Except as expressly provided above in paragraph 13 with respect to changes in capitalization and stock dividends, no adjustment shall be made for dividends or similar rights for which the record date is before the date such stock certificate is issued.

 

15. Terms and Amendment of Plan. This Plan was adopted by the Board on July 15, 1994, subject (with respect to the validation of ISO’s granted under the Plan) to approval of the Plan by the stockholders of the Company at the next Meeting of Stockholders or, in lieu thereof, by written consent. If the approval of the stockholders is not obtained by July 15, 1995, any grants of ISOs under the Plan made prior to that date will be rescinded. The Plan shall expire on July 15,2004 (except as to Options outstanding on that date). Subject to the provisions of paragraph 5 above, Stock Rights may be granted under the Plan prior to the date of stockholder approval of the Plan. The Board may terminate or amend the Plan in any respect at any time, except that, without the approval of such stockholders obtained within 12 months before or after the Board adopts a resolution authorizing any of the following actions: (a) the total number of shares that may be issued under the Plan may not be increased (except by adjustment pursuant to paragraph 13); (b) the provisions of paragraph 3 regarding eligibility for grants of ISOs may not be modified; (c) the provisions of paragraph 6(B) regarding the exercise price at which shares may be offered pursuant to ISOs may not be modified (except by adjustment pursuant to paragraph 13); and (d) the expiration date of the Plan may not be extended. Except as provided in the fourth sentence of this paragraph 15, in no event may action of the Board or stockholders alter or impair the rights of a grantee, without his consent, under any Stock Right previously granted to him.

 

16. Conversion of ISOs into Non-Qualified Options; Termination of ISOs. The Committee, at the written request of any optionee, may in its discretion take such

 

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actions as may be necessary to convert such optionee’s ISOs for any installment or portions of installments thereof) that have not been exercised on the date of conversion into Non-Qualified Options at any time prior to the expiration of such ISOs, regardless of whether the optionee is an employee of the Company or a Related Corporation at the time of such conversion. Such actions may include, but are not limited to, extending the exercise period or reducing the exercise price of the appropriate installments of such Options. At the time of such conversion, the Committee (with the consent of the Optionee) may impose such conditions on the exercise of the resulting Non-Qualified Options as the Committee in its discretion may determine, provided that such conditions shall not be inconsistent with this Plan. Nothing in the Plan shall be deemed to give any optionee the right to have such optionee’s ISOs converted into Non-Qualified Options, and no such conversion shall occur until and unless the Committee takes appropriate action. The Committee, with the consent of the optionee, may also terminate any portion of any ISO that has not been exercised at the time of such termination.

 

17. Application of Funds. The proceeds received by the Company from the sale of shares pursuant to Options granted and Purchases authorized under the Plan shall be used for general corporate purposes.

 

18. Governmental Regulation. The Company’s obligation to sell and deliver shares of the Common Stock under this Plan is subject to the approval of any governmental authority required in connection with the authorization, issuance or sale of such shares.

 

19. Withholding of Additional Income Taxes. Upon the exercise of a Non-Qualified Option, the grant of an Award, the making of a Purchase of Common Stock for less than its fair market value, the making of a Disqualifying Disposition (as defined in paragraph 20) or the vesting of restricted Common Stock acquired on the exercise of a Stock Right hereunder, the Company, in accordance with Section 3402(a) of the Code, may require the optionee, Award recipient or purchaser to pay additional withholding taxes in respect of the amount that is considered compensation includible in such person’s gross income. The Committee in its discretion may condition (i) the exercise of an Option, (ii) the grant of an Award, (iii) the making of a Purchase of Common Stock for less than its fair market value, or (iv) the vesting of restricted Common Stock acquired by exercising a Stock Right on the grantee’s payment of such additional withholding taxes.

 

20. Notice to Company of Disqualified Disposition. Each employee who receives an ISO must agree to notify the Company in writing immediately after the employee makes a Disqualifying Disposition of any Common Stock acquired pursuant to the exercise of an ISO. A Disqualifying Disposition is any disposition (including any sale) of such Common Stock before the later of (a) two years after the date the employee was granted the ISO or (b) one year after the date the employee acquired Common Stock by exercising the ISO. If the employee has died before such stock is sold, these holding period requirements do not apply and no Disqualifying Disposition can occur thereafter.

 

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21. Governing Law; Construction. The validity and construction of the Plan and the instruments evidencing Stock Rights shall be governed by the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In construing this Plan, the singular shall include the plural and the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter, unless the context otherwise requires.

 

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EX-4.5 8 dex45.htm VINCA CORPORATION 1997 STOCK OPTION PLAN VINCA CORPORATION 1997 STOCK OPTION PLAN

Exhibit 4.5

 

 

 

VINCA CORPORATION

1997 STOCK OPTION PLAN

 

1.    THE PLAN

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

1.    THE PLAN

    

1.1 Purpose

   1

1.2 Administration and Authorization; Power and Procedure

   1

1.3 Participation

   2

1.4 Shares Available for Options

   2

1.5 Grant of Options

   3

1.6 Term of Options

   3

1.7 Limitations on Exercise of Options

   3

1.8 Acceptance of Notes to Finance Exercise

   3

1.9 No Transferability

   4
2.    EMPLOYEE OPTIONS    5

2.1 Grants

   5

One or more Options may be granted under this Article to any Eligible Employee

   5

2.2 Option Price

   5

2.3 Limitations on Grant and Terms of Incentive Stock Options

   5

2.4 Limits on 10% Holders

   6

2.5 Option Repricing/Cancellation and Regrant/Waiver of Restrictions

   6
3.    OTHER PROVISIONS    6

3.1 Rights of Eligible Employees, Participants and Beneficiaries

   6

3.2 Adjustments; Acceleration

   7

3.3 Effect of Termination of Employment

   8

3.4 Compliance with Laws

   8

3.5 Tax Withholding

   8

3.6 Plan Amendment, Termination and Suspension

   8

3.7 Privileges of Stock Ownership

   9

3.8 Effective Date of the Plan

   9

3.9 Term of the Plan

   9

3.10 Governing Law; Construction; Severability

   10

3.11 Captions

   10

3.12 Effect of Change of Subsidiary Status

   10

3.13 Non-Exclusivity of Plan

   10
4.    DEFINITIONS    10

4.1 Definitions

   10


1.1    Purpose

 

The purpose of this Plan is to promote the success of the Company by providing an additional means through the grant of stock options to attract, motivate, retain and reward key employees, including officers, whether or not directors, of the Company with incentives for high levels of individual performance and improved financial performance of the Company. “Corporation” means Vinca Corporation, a Utah corporation, and “Company” means the Corporation and its Subsidiaries, collectively. These terms and other capitalized terms are defined in Article IV.

 

1.2    Administration and Authorization; Power and Procedure

 

(a)    Committee. This Plan shall be administered by and all Options to Eligible Employees shall be authorized by the Committee. Action of the Committee with respect to the administration of this Plan shall be taken pursuant to a majority vote or by written consent of its members.

 

(b)    Plan Options; Interpretation; Powers of Committee. Subject to the express provisions of this Plan, the Committee shall have the authority:

 

(i)    to determine from among those persons eligible the particular Eligible Employees who will receive any Options;

 

(ii)    to grant Options to Eligible Employees, determine the price at which the Options may be exercised (equal to at least Fair Market Value), the amount of securities to be subject to such Options, and determine the other specific terms and conditions of such Options consistent with the express limits of this Plan, and establish the installments (if any) in which such options shall become exercisable, or determine that no delayed exercisability is required, and establish the events of termination of such Options;

 

(iii)    to approve the forms of Option Agreements (which need not be identical either as to type of option or as among Participants);

 

(iv)    to construe and interpret this Plan and any agreements defining the rights and obligations of the Company and employee Participants under this Plan, further define the terms used in this Plan, and prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to the administration of this Plan;

 

(v)    to cancel, modify, or waive the Corporation’s rights with respect to, or modify, discontinue, suspend, or terminate any or all outstanding Options held by Eligible Employees, subject to any required consent under Section 3.6;

 

(vi)    to accelerate or extend the exercisability or extend the term of any or all such outstanding Options within the maximum ten-year term of Options under Section 1.6; and


(vii)    to make all other determinations and take such other action as contemplated by this Plan or as may be necessary or advisable for the administration of this Plan and the effectuation of its purposes.

 

(c)    Binding Determinations. Any action taken by, or inaction of, the Corporation, any Subsidiary, the Board or the Committee relating or pursuant to this Plan shall be within the absolute discretion of that entity or body and shall be conclusive and binding upon all persons. No member of the Board or Committee, or officer of the Corporation or any Subsidiary, shall be liable for any such action or inaction of the entity or body, of another person or except in circumstances involving bad faith, of himself or herself. Subject only to compliance with the express provisions hereof, the Board and Committee may act in their absolute discretion in matters within their authority related to this Plan.

 

(d)    Reliance on Experts. In making any determination or in taking or not taking any action under this Plan, the Committee or the Board, as the case may be, may obtain and may rely upon the advice of experts, including professional advisors to the Corporation. No director, officer or agent of the Company shall be liable for any such action or determination taken or made or omitted in good faith.

 

(e)    Delegation. The Committee may delegate ministerial, non-discretionary functions to individuals who are officers or employees of the Company.

 

1.3    Participation

 

Options may be granted by the Committee only to those persons that the Committee determines to be Eligible Employees. An Eligible Employee who has been granted an Option may, if otherwise eligible, be granted additional Options if the Committee shall so determine. Non-Employee Directors shall not be eligible to receive any Options through this Plan.

 

1.4    Shares Available for Options

 

Subject to the provisions of Section 3.2, the capital stock that may be delivered under this Plan shall be shares of the Corporation’s authorized but unissued Non-Voting Common Stock. and any shares of its Non-Voting Common Stock held as treasury shares. The shares may be delivered for any lawful consideration.

 

(a)    Number of Shares. The maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to Options granted to Eligible Employees under this Plan is 10,000,000 shares, subject to adjustments contemplated by Section 3.2.

 

(b)    Calculation of Available Shares and Replenishment. Shares subject to outstanding Options that are derivative securities (as defined in Rule 16a-1(c) under the Exchange Act) shall be reserved for issuance. If any Option shall expire or be canceled or terminated without having been exercised in full, the unpurchased share subject thereto shall again be available for the purposes of the Plan, subject to any applicable limitations under Rule 16b-3. If the Corporation withholds shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 3.5, the number of shares that would have been deliverable with respect to an Option but that are withheld pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.5 may in effect not be issued, but the aggregate

 

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number of shares issuable with respect to the applicable Option and under the Plan shall be reduced by the number of shares withheld and such shares shall not be available for additional Options under this Plan.

 

1.5    Grant of Options

 

Subject to the express provisions of this Plan, the Committee shall determine the number of shares of Common Stock subject to each Option and the exercise price thereof. Each option shall be evidenced by an Option Agreement signed by the Corporation and by the Participant.

 

1.6    Term of Options

 

Each Option and all executory rights or obligations under the related Option Agreement shall expire on such date as shall be determined by the Committee but not later than 10 years after the Grant date.

 

1.7    Limitations on Exercise of Options

 

(a)    Provisions for Exercise. No Option shall be exercisable until stockholder approval of the Plan, and once exercisable an Option shall remain exercisable until the expiration or earlier termination of the Option, unless the Committee otherwise provides. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may reduce or eliminate the six month requirement for Participants who are not subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

 

(b)    Procedure. Any exercisable option shall be deemed to be exercised when the Treasurer of the Corporation receives written notice of such exercise from the Participant, together with the required payment made in accordance with Section 2.2(b).

 

(c)    Fractional Shares/Minimum Issue. Fractional share interests shall be disregarded, but may be accumulated. The Committee, however, may determine in the case of Eligible Employees that cash, other securities or other property will be paid or transferred in lieu of any fractional share interests. No fewer than 100 shares may be purchased on exercise of any Option at one time unless the number purchased is the total number at the time available for purchase under the Option.

 

1.8    Acceptance of Notes to Finance Exercise

 

The Corporation may, with the Committee’s approval, accept one or more notes from any Eligible Employee in connection with the exercise or receipt of any outstanding Option, provided that any such note shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:

 

(a)    The principal of the note shall not exceed the amount required to be paid to the Corporation upon the exercise or receipt of one or more Options under the Plan and the note shall be delivered directly to the Corporation in consideration of such exercise or receipt.

 

(b)    The initial term of the note shall be determined by the Committee; provided that the term of the note, including extensions, shall not exceed a period of 10 years.

 

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(c)    The note shall provide for full recourse to the Employee Participant and shall bear interest at a rate determined by the Committee but not less than the applicable imputed interest rate specified by the Code.

 

(d)    If the employment of the Employee Participant terminates, the unpaid principal balance of the note shall become due and payable on the 10th business day after such termination provided, however, that if a sale of such shares would cause such Employee Participant to incur liability under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, the unpaid balance shall become due and payable on the 10th business day after the first day on which a sale of such shares could have been made without incurring such liability assuming for these purposes that there are no other transactions by the Employee Participant subsequent to such termination.

 

(e)    The note shall be secured by a pledge of any shares or rights financed thereby in compliance with applicable law.

 

(f)    The terms, repayment provisions, and collateral release provisions of the note and the pledge securing the note shall conform with applicable rules and regulations of the Federal Reserve Board as then in effect.

 

1.9    No Transferability

 

Options may be exercised only by, and shares issuable pursuant to an Option shall be issued only to (or registered only in the name of), the Participant or, if the Participant has died, the Participant’s Beneficiary or, if the Participant has suffered a Disability, the Participant’s Personal Representative, if any, or if there is none, the Participant, or (to the extent permitted by applicable law and Rule 16b-3) to a third party pursuant to such conditions and procedures as the Committee may establish. Other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution or pursuant to a QDRO or other exception to transfer restrictions under Rule 16b-3 (except to the extent not permitted in the case of an Incentive Stock Option), no right or benefit under this Plan or any Option, shall be transferable by the Participant or shall be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance or charge (other than to the Corporation) and any such attempted action shall be void. The Corporation shall disregard any attempt at transfer, assignment or other alienation prohibited by the preceding sentences and shall deliver such shares of Common Stock in accordance with the provisions of this Plan. The designation of a Beneficiary hereunder shall not constitute a transfer for these purposes.

 

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2.    EMPLOYEE OPTIONS

 

2.1    Grants

 

One or more Options may be granted under this Article to any Eligible Employee. The maximum number of shares of Common Stock subject to Options granted to any Eligible Employee in any calendar year shall not exceed 1,000,000. Each Option granted may be either an Option intended to be an Incentive Stock Option, or an Option not so intended, and such intent shall be indicated in the applicable Option Agreement.

 

2.2    Option Price

 

(a)    Pricing Limits. The purchase price per share of the Common Stock covered by each Option shall be determined by the Committee at the time the Option is granted, but shall not be less than 100% (110% in the case of a Participant who owns or is deemed to own under Section 424(d) of the Code more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Corporation) of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the Grant Date.

 

(b)    Payment Provisions. The purchase price of any shares purchased on exercise of an Option granted under this Article shall be paid in full at the time of each purchase in one or a combination of the following methods: (i) in cash or by electronic funds transfer; (ii) by check payable to the order of the Corporation; (iii) if authorized by the Committee or specified in the applicable Option Agreement, by a .promissory note of the Participant consistent with the requirements of Section 1.8; (iv) by notice and third party payment in such manner as may be authorized by the Committee; or (v) by the delivery of shares of Common Stock of the Corporation already owned by the Participant, provided, however, that the Committee may in its absolute discretion limit the Participant’s ability to exercise an Option by delivering such shares. Shares of Common Stock used to satisfy the exercise price of an Option shall be valued at their Fair Market Value on the date of exercise and any such shares used in payment shall have been owned by the Participant at least six months prior to the date of exercise.

 

2.3    Limitations on Grant and Terms of Incentive Stock Options

 

(a)    $100,000 Limit. To the extent that the aggregate “fair market value” of stock with respect to which incentive stock options first become exercisable by a Participant in any calendar year exceeds $100,000, taking into account both Common Stock subject to Incentive Stock Options under this Plan and stock subject to incentive stock options under all other plans of the Company, such options shall be treated as non-qualified stock options : For this purpose, ;the “fair market value” of the stock subject to options shall be determined as of the date the options were optioned. In reducing the number of options treated as incentive stock options to meet the $100,000 limit, the most recently granted options shall be reduced first. To the extent a reduction of simultaneously granted options is necessary to meet the $100,000 limit, the Committee may, in the manner and to the extent permitted by law, designate which shares of Common Stock are to be treated as shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of an Incentive Stock Option.

 

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(b)    Option Period. Each Incentive Stock Option and all rights thereunder shall expire no later than ten years after the Grant Date.

 

(c)    Other Code Limits. There shall be imposed in any Option Agreement relating to Incentive Stock Options such terms and conditions as from time to time are required in order that the Option be an “incentive stock option” as that term is defined in Section 422 of the Code.

 

2.4    Limits on 10% Holders

 

No Incentive Stock Option may be granted to any person who, at the time the Option is granted, owns (or is deemed to own under Section 424(d) of the Code) shares of outstanding Common Stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Corporation, unless the exercise price of such Option is at-least 110% of the Fair Market Value of the stock subject to the Option and such Option by its terms is not exercisable after the expiration of five years from the date such Option is granted.

 

2.5    Option Repricing/Cancellation and Regrant/Waiver of Restrictions

 

Subject to Section 1.4 and Section 3.6 and the specific limitations on Options contained in this Plan, the Committee from time to time may authorize, generally or in specific cases only, for the benefit of any Eligible Employee, any adjustment in the exercise price, the number of shares subject to or the term of, an Option granted under this Article by cancellation of an outstanding Option and a subsequent regranting of an option, by amendment, by substitution of an outstanding Option, by waiver or by other legally valid means. Such amendment or other action may result among other changes in an exercise price which is higher or lower than the exercise or purchase price of the original or prior Option, provide for a greater or lesser number of shares subject to the Option, or provide for a longer or shorter vesting or exercise period.

 

3.    OTHER PROVISIONS

 

3.1    Rights of Eligible Employees, Participants and Beneficiaries

 

(a)    Employment Status. Status as an Eligible Employee shall not be construed as a commitment that any Option will be granted under this Plan to an Eligible Employee or to Eligible Employees generally.

 

(b)    No Employment Contract. Nothing contained in this Plan (or in any other documents related to this Plan or to any Option) shall confer upon any Eligible Employee or other Participant any right to continue in the employ or other service of the Company or constitute any contract or agreement of employment or other service, nor shall interfere in any way with the right of the Company to change such person’s compensation or other benefits or to terminate the employment of such person, with or without cause, but nothing contained in this Plan or any document related hereto shall adversely affect any independent contractual right of such person without his or her consent thereto:

 

(c)    Plan Not Funded. No Participant, Beneficiary or other person shall have any right, title or interest in any fund or in any specific asset (including shares of Common

 

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Stock, except as expressly otherwise provided) of the Company by reason of any Option hereunder. Neither the provisions of this Plan (or of any related documents), nor the creation or adoption of this Plan, nor any action taken pursuant to the provisions of this Plan shall create, or be construed to create, a trust of any kind or a fiduciary relationship between the Company and any Participant, Beneficiary or other person.

 

3.2    Adjustments; Acceleration

 

(a)    Adjustments. If there shall occur any extraordinary dividend or other extraordinary distribution in respect of the Common Stock (whether in the form of cash, Common Stock, other securities, or other property), or any recapitalization, stock split (including a stock split in the form of a stock dividend), reverse stock split, reorganization, merger, combination, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, repurchase, or exchange of Common Stock or other securities of the Corporation, or there shall occur any other like corporate transaction or event in respect of the Common Stock, then the Committee shall, in such manner and to such extent (if any) as it deems appropriate and equitable (1) proportionately adjust any or all of (a) the number and type of shares of Common Stock (or other securities) which thereafter may be made the subject of Options (including the specific maximum and numbers of shares set forth elsewhere in this Plan), (b) the number, amount and type of shares of Common Stock (or other securities or property) subject to any or all outstanding options, (c) the grant, purchase, or exercise price of any or all outstanding Options, (d) the securities issuable upon exercise of any outstanding Options, or (2) in the case of an extraordinary dividend or other distribution, merger, reorganization, consolidation, combination, sale of assets, split up, exchange, or spin off, make provision for a cash payment or for the substitution or exchange of any or all outstanding Options or the securities deliverable to the holder of any or all outstanding options based upon the distribution or consideration payable to holders of the Common Stock of the Corporation upon or in respect of such event; provided, however, in each case, that with respect to Incentive Stock Options, no such adjustment shall be made which would cause the Plan to violate Section 424(a) of the Code or any successor provisions thereto.

 

(b)    Acceleration of Options Upon Change in Control. As to any Eligible Employee Participant, unless prior to a Change in Control Event the Committee determines that, upon its occurrence, there shall be acceleration of benefits under options or determines that only certain or limited benefits under Options shall be accelerated and the extent to which they shall be accelerated, and/or establishes a different time in respect of such Event for such acceleration, then upon the occurrence of a Change in Control Event each unvested Option shall not become immediately exercisable. The Committee may override the limitations on acceleration in this Section 3.2(b) by express provision in the Option Agreement and may accord any Eligible Employee a right to any acceleration, whether pursuant to the option Agreement or otherwise, in such circumstances as the Committee may approve. Any acceleration of Options shall comply with applicable regulatory requirements, including, without limitation, Section 422 of the Code.

 

(c)    Possible Early Termination of Accelerated Options. If any Option or other right to acquire Common Stock under this Plan has been fully accelerated as permitted by Section 3.2(b) but is not exercised prior to (i) a dissolution of the Corporation, or (ii) a reorganization event described in Section 3.2(a) that the Corporation does not survive, or (iii) the consummation of reorganization event described in Section 3.2(a) that results in a Change of

 

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Control approved by the Board, and no provision has been made for the survival, substitution, exchange or other settlement of such Option or right, such Option or right shall thereupon terminate.

 

3.3    Effect of Termination of Employment

 

The Committee shall establish in respect of each Option granted to an Eligible Employee the effect of a termination of employment on the rights and benefits thereunder and in so doing may make distinctions based upon the cause of termination.

 

3.4    Compliance with Laws

 

This Plan, the granting and vesting of Options under this Plan and the issuance and delivery of shares of Common Stock under this Plan or under Options granted hereunder are subject to compliance with all applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations (including, but not limited to, state and federal securities laws and federal margin requirements), and to such approvals by any listing, regulatory or governmental authority as may, in the opinion of counsel for the Corporation, be necessary or advisable in connection therewith. Any securities delivered under this Plan shall be subject to such restrictions, and the person acquiring such securities shall, if requested by the Corporation, provide such assurances and representations to the Corporation as the Corporation may deem necessary or desirable to assure compliance with all applicable legal requirements.

 

3.5    Tax Withholding

 

(a)    Cash or Shares. Upon any exercise or vesting of any Option or upon the disposition of shares of Common Stock acquired pursuant to the exercise of an Incentive Stock Option prior to satisfaction of the holding period requirements of Section 422 of the Code, the Company shall have the right at its option to (i) require the Participant (or Personal Representative or Beneficiary, as the case may be) to pay or provide for payment of the amount of any taxes which the Company may be required to withhold with respect to such transaction or (ii) deduct from any amount payable in cash the amount of any taxes which the Company may be required to withhold with respect to such cash amount. In any case where a tax is required to be withheld in connection with the delivery of shares of Common Stock under this Plan, the Committee may grant (either at the time the Option is granted or thereafter) to the Participant the right to elect, pursuant to such rules and subject to such conditions as the Committee may establish, to have the Corporation reduce the number of shares to be delivered by (or otherwise re-acquire) the appropriate number of shares valued at their then Fair Market Value, to satisfy such withholding obligation.

 

(b)    Tax Loans. The Committee may, in its discretion, authorize a loan to an Eligible Employee in the amount of any taxes which the Company may, be required to withhold with respect to shares of Common Stock received (or disposed of, as the case may be) pursuant to a transaction described in subsection (a) above. Such a loan shall be for a term, at a rate of interest and pursuant to such other terms and conditions as the Committee, under applicable law, may establish and such loan must comply with the provisions of Section 1.8.

 

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3.6    Plan Amendment, Termination and Suspension

 

(a)    Board Authorization. The Board may, at any time, terminate or, from time to time, amend, modify or suspend this Plan, in whole or in part. No Options may be granted during any suspension of this Plan or after termination of this Plan, but the Committee shall retain jurisdiction as to Options then outstanding in accordance with the terms of this Plan.

 

(b)    Stockholder Approval. If any amendment would (i) materially increase the benefits accruing to Participants under this Plan, (ii) materially increase the aggregate number of securities that may be issued under this Plan, or (iii) materially modify the requirements as to eligibility for participation in this Plan, then to the extent then required by Rule 16b-3 to secure benefits thereunder or to avoid liability under Section 16 of the Exchange Act (and Rules thereunder) or required under Section 425 of the Code or any other applicable law, or deemed necessary or advisable by the Board, such amendment shall be subject to stockholder approval.

 

(c)    Amendments to Options. Without limiting any other express authority of the Committee under but subject to the express limits of this Plan, the Committee by agreement or resolution may waive conditions of or limitation on Options to Eligible Employees that the Committee in the prior exercise of its discretion has imposed, without the consent of a Participant, and may make other changes to the terms and conditions of Options that do not affect in any manner materially adverse to the Employee Participant, his or her rights and benefits under an option.

 

(d)    Limitations on Amendment to Plan and Options. No amendment, suspension or termination of the Plan or change of or affecting any outstanding Option shall, without written consent of the Participant, affect in any manner materially adverse to the Participant any rights or benefits of the Participant or obligations of the Corporation under any Option granted under this Plan prior to the effective date of such change. Changes contemplated by Section 3.2 shall not be deemed to constitute changes or amendments for purposes of this Section 3.6.

 

3.7    Privileges of Stock Ownership

 

Except as otherwise expressly authorized by the Committee or this Plan, a Participant shall not be entitled to any privilege of stock ownership as to any shares of Common Stock not actually delivered to and held of record by him or her. No adjustment will be made for dividends or other rights as a stockholders for which a record date is prior to such date of delivery.

 

3.8    Effective Date of the Plan

 

This Plan shall be effective as of December 16, 1997, the date of Board approval, subject to stockholder approval within 12 months thereafter.

 

3.9    Term of the Plan

 

No Option shall be granted more than 10 years after the effective date of this Plan (the “termination date”). Unless otherwise expressly provided in this Plan or in an applicable Option Agreement, any Option theretofore granted may extend beyond such date, and all authority of the

 

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Committee with respect to Options hereunder shall continue during any suspension of this Plan and in respect of outstanding Options on such termination date.

 

3.10    Governing Law; Construction; Severability

 

(a)    Choice of Law. This Plan, the Options, all documents evidencing Options and all other related documents shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Utah.

 

(b)    Severability. If any provision shall be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid and unenforceable, the remaining provisions of this Plan shall continue in effect.

 

(c)    Plan Construction. It is the intent of the Corporation that this Plan and Options hereunder satisfy and be interpreted in a manner that in the case of Participants who are or may be subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act satisfies the applicable requirements of Rule 16b-3 so that such persons will be entitled to the benefits of Rule 16b-3 or other exemptive rules under Section 16 of the Exchange Act and will not be subjected to avoidable liability thereunder. If any provision of this Plan or of any Option would otherwise frustrate or conflict with the intent expressed above, that provision to the extent possible shall be interpreted and deemed amended so as to avoid such conflict, but to the extent of any remaining irreconcilable conflict with such intent as to such persons in the circumstances, such provision shall be deemed void.

 

3.11    Captions

 

Captions and headings are given to the sections and subsections of this Plan solely as a convenience to facilitate reference. Such headings shall not be deemed in any way material or relevant to the construction or interpretation of the Plan or any provision thereof.

 

3.12    Effect of Change of Subsidiary Status

 

For purposes of this Plan and any Option hereunder, if an entity ceases to be a Subsidiary a termination of employment shall be deemed to have occurred with respect to each employee of such Subsidiary who does not continue as an employee of another entity within the Company.

 

3.13    Non-Exclusivity of Plan

 

Nothing in this Plan shall limit or be deemed to limit the authority of the Board or the Committee to grant options or authorize any other compensation, with or without reference to the Common Stock, under any other plan or authority.

 

4.    DEFINITIONS

 

4.1    Definitions

 

(a)    “Beneficiary” shall mean the person, persons, trust or trusts entitled by will or the laws of descent and distribution to receive the benefits specified in the Option

 

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Agreement and under this Plan in the event of a Participant’s death, and shall mean the Participant’s personal representative, executor or administrator if no other Beneficiary is identified and able to act under the circumstances.

 

(b)    “Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

 

(c)    “Change in Control Event” shall mean any of the following:

 

(i)    Approval by the stockholders of the Corporation of the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation;

 

(ii)    Approval by the stockholders of the Corporation of an agreement to merge or consolidate, or otherwise reorganize, with or into one or more entities that are not Subsidiaries, as a result of which less than 50% of the outstanding voting securities of the surviving or resulting entity immediately after the reorganization are, or will be, owned by stockholders of the Corporation immediately before such reorganization (assuming for purposes of such determination that there is no change in the record ownership of the Corporation’s securities from the record date for such approval until such reorganization and that such record owners hold no securities of the other parties to such reorganization ;

 

(iii)    Approval by the stockholders of the Corporation of the sale of substantially all of the Corporation’s business and/or assets to a person or entity which is not a Subsidiary;

 

(iv)    Any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) (other than a person having such ownership at the time of adoption of this Plan) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act); directly or indirectly, of securities of the Corporation representing more than 50% of the combined voting power of the Corporation’s then outstanding securities entitled to then vote generally in the election of directors of the Corporation; or

 

(v)    During any period not longer than two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the Board cease to constitute at least a majority thereof, unless the election, or the nomination for election by the Corporation’s stockholders, of each new Board member was approved by a vote of at least three-fourths of the Board members then still in office who were Board members at the beginning of such period (including for these purposes, new members whose election or nomination was so approved).

 

(d)    “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

 

(e)    “Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

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(f)    “Committee” shall mean a committee appointed by the Board to administer this Plan, which committee shall be comprised only of two or more directors or such greater number of directors as may be required under applicable law, each of whom, during such time as one or more Participants may be subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, shall be Disinterested. Each member of the Committee shall be an “outside director” as defined in Code Section 162(m) and the regulations thereunder promulgated by the Treasury Department.

 

(g)    “Common Stock” shall mean the Non-Voting Common Stock of the Corporation and such other securities or property as may become subject to Options, pursuant to an adjustment made under Section 3.2 of this Plan.

 

(h)    “Company” shall mean, collectively, the Corporation and its Subsidiaries.

 

(i)    “Corporation” shall mean Vinca Corporation, a Utah corporation, and its successors.

 

(j)    “Disinterested” shall mean disinterested within the meaning of. any applicable regulatory requirements, including Rule 16b-3.

 

(k)    “Eligible Employee” shall mean an officer (whether or not a director) or key employee of the Company. For purposes of this Plan, the term key employee shall also include consultants and advisors to the Company.

 

(l)    “ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

 

(m)    “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

 

(n)    “Fair Market Value” shall mean (i) if the stock is listed or admitted to trade on a national securities exchange, the closing sales price of the stock on the Composite Tape, as published in the Western Edition of The Wall Street Journal, of the principal national securities exchange on which the stock is so listed or admitted to trade, on such date, or, if there is no trading of the stock on such date, then the closing price of the stock as quoted on such Composite Tape on the next preceding date on which there was trading in such shares; (ii) if the stock is not listed or admitted to trade on a national securities exchange, the last sales price for the stock on such date, as furnished by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (“NASD”) through the NASDAQ National Market Reporting System or a similar organization if the NASD is no longer reporting such information; (iii) if the stock is not listed or admitted to trade on a national securities exchange and is not reported on the National Market Reporting System, the mean between the bid and asked price for the stock on such date, as furnished by the NASD or a similar organization; or (iv) if the stock is not listed or admitted to trade on a national securities exchange, is not reported on the National Market Reporting System and if bid and asked prices for the stock are not furnished by the NASD or a similar organization, the value as established by the Committee at such time for purposes of this Plan.

 

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(o)    “Grant Date” shall mean the date upon which the Committee took the action granting an Option or such later date as the Committee designates as the Grant Date at the time of the option is granted.

 

(p)    “Incentive Stock Option” shall mean an Option which is designated as an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422A of the Code, the award of which contains such provisions as are necessary to comply with that section.

 

(q)    “Nonqualified Stock Option” shall mean an Option that is designated as a Nonqualified Stock Option and shall include any Option intended as an Incentive Stock Option that fails to meet the applicable legal requirements thereof. Any option granted hereunder that is not designated as an Incentive Stock Option shall be deemed to be designated a Nonqualified Stock Option under this Plan and not an incentive stock option under the Code.

 

(r)    “Non-Employee Director” shall mean a member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation who is not an officer or employee of the Company.

 

(s)    “Option” shall mean an option to purchase Common Stock under this Plan. The Committee shall designate any Option granted to an Eligible Employee as a Nonqualified Stock Option or an Incentive Stock Option.

 

(t)    “Option Agreement” shall mean any writing setting forth the terms of an Option that has been authorized by the Committee.

 

(u)    “Option Period” shall mean the period beginning on the Grant Date and ending on the expiration date of such Option.

 

(v)    “Participant” shall mean an Eligible Employee who has been granted an Option under this Plan.

 

(w)    “Personal Representative” shall mean the person or persons who, upon the disability or incompetence of a Participant, shall have acquired on behalf of the Participant, by legal proceeding or otherwise, the power to exercise the rights or receive benefits under this Plan and who shall have become the legal representative of the Participant.

 

(x)    “Plan” shall mean this 1997 Stock Option Plan.

 

(y)    “QDRO” shall, mean a qualified domestic relations order as defined in Section 414(p) of the Code or Title I, Section 206 (d) (3) of ERISA (to the same extent as if this Plan were subject thereto), or the applicable rules thereunder.

 

(aa)    “Retirement” shall mean retirement with the consent of the Company.

 

(bb)    “Rule 16b-3” shall mean Rule 16b-3 as promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act.

 

(cc)    “Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.

 

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(dd)    “Subsidiary” shall mean any corporation or other entity a majority of whose outstanding voting stock or voting power is beneficially owned directly or indirectly by the Corporation.

 

(ee)    “Total Disability” shall mean a “permanent and total disability within the meaning of Section 22 (e) (3) of the Code and such other disabilities, infirmities, afflictions or conditions as the Committee by rule may include.

 

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EX-4.6 9 dex46.htm QUALIX GROUP 1997 STOCK OPTION PLAN QUALIX GROUP 1997 STOCK OPTION PLAN

EXHIBIT 4.6

QUALIX GROUP, INC.

1997 STOCK OPTION PLAN

 

ARTICLE ONE

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

I. PURPOSE OF THE PLAN

 

This 1997 Stock Option Plan is intended to promote the interests of Qualix Group, Inc., 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.

 

Capitalized terms shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the attached Appendix.

 

II. STRUCTURE OF THE PLAN

 

A. The Plan shall be divided into two separate equity programs:

 

(i) 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, and

 

(ii) the Automatic Option Grant Program under which Eligible Directors shall automatically receive option grants at periodic intervals to purchase shares of Common Stock.

 

B. The provisions of Articles One and Four shall apply to all equity programs under the Plan and shall accordingly govern the interests of all persons under the Plan.

 

III. ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN

 

A. The Primary Committee shall have authority to administer the Discretionary Option Grant Program with respect to Section 16 Insiders. Administration of the Discretionary Option Grant Program with respect to all other persons eligible to participate in that program may, at the Board’s discretion, be vested in the Primary Committee or a Secondary Committee. In addition, the Board may retain the power to administer the Plan with respect to all persons. The members of the Secondary Committee may be Board members who are Employees eligible to receive discretionary option grants under the Plan or any stock option, stock appreciation, stock bonus or other stock plan of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary).

 

B. Members of the Primary Committee or any Secondary Committee shall serve for such period of time as the Board may determine and shall be subject to removal by the Board at any time. The Board may also at any time terminate the functions of any committee and reassume all powers and authority previously delegated to such committee.

 


C. The Plan Administrator shall, within the scope of its administrative functions under the Plan, have full power and authority to establish such rules and regulations as it may deem appropriate for proper administration of the Plan and to make such determinations under, and issue such interpretations of, the provisions of any program and any outstanding options 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 Plan under its jurisdiction or any option thereunder.

 

D. Service on the Primary Committee or 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 or Secondary Committee shall be liable for any act or omission made in good faith with respect to the Plan or any option grants made under the Plan.

 

E. Administration of the Automatic Option Grant Program shall be self-executing in accordance with the terms of that program; however, the Plan Administrator (other than the Secondary Committee) may exercise any discretionary functions it deems advisable with respect to option grants made thereunder.

 

IV. ELIGIBILITY

 

A. The persons eligible to participate in the Plan are as follows:

 

(i) Employees,

 

(ii) non-employee members of the Board or of the board of directors of any Parent or Subsidiary, and

 

(iii) consultants and other independent advisors who provide services to the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary).

 

B. The Plan Administrator shall, within the scope of its administrative jurisdiction under the Plan, have full authority (subject to the provisions of the Plan) to determine, 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-Statutory Option, the time or times at which each option is to become exercisable and the vesting schedule (if any) applicable to the option shares and the maximum term for which the option is to remain outstanding.

 

C. The individuals eligible to receive option grants under the Automatic Option Grant Program shall be (i) those individuals who are first elected or appointed as non-employee Board members after the Plan Effective Date, whether through appointment by the Board or election by the Corporation’s stockholders, and (ii) those individuals’ who continue to serve as non-employee Board members after one or more Annual Stockholders Meetings held after the

 

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Plan Effective Date. 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 initial option grant under the Automatic Option Grant Program at the time he or she first becomes a non-employee Board member, but such individual shall be eligible to receive periodic option grants under the Automatic 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 initially not exceed 1,269,292 shares. Such authorized share reserve is comprised of (i) the number of shares which remained available for issuance, as of the Plan Effective Date, under the Predecessor Plan as last approved by the Corporation’s stockholders prior to such date, including the shares subject to the outstanding options incorporated into the Plan and any other shares which would have been available for future option grants under the Predecessor Plan, plus (ii) an additional increase of 200,000 shares authorized by the Board under the Plan, subject to stockholder approval.

 

B. The number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan shall automatically increase on the first trading day after June 30 each calendar year beginning June 30, 1997, by an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the shares of Common Stock outstanding on the trading day immediately preceding June 30; but in no event shall any such annual increase exceed 480,000 shares.

 

C. No one person participating in the Plan may receive options and separately exercisable stock appreciation rights for more than 200,000 shares of Common Stock in the aggregate each calendar year.

 

D. Shares of Common Stock subject to outstanding options shall be available for subsequent issuance under the Plan to the extent (i) the options (including any options incorporated from the Predecessor Plan) expire or terminate for any reason prior to exercise in full or (ii) the options are canceled in accordance with the cancellation-regrant provisions of Article Four. All shares issued under the Plan (including shares issued upon exercise of options incorporated from the Predecessor Plan), whether or not those shares are subsequently repurchased by the Corporation pursuant to its repurchase rights under the Plan, shall reduce on a share-for-share basis the number of shares of Common Stock available for subsequent issuance under the Plan. In addition, should the exercise price of an option under the Plan (including any option incorporated from the Predecessor 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 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, and not by the net number of shares of Common Stock issued to the holder of such option.

 

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E. 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/or class of securities issuable under the Plan, (ii) the maximum number and/or class of securities for which the share reserve is to increase automatically each year, (iii) the number and/or class of securities for which any one person may be granted options and separately exercisable stock appreciation rights over the term of the Plan, (iv) the number and/or class of securities for which automatic option grants are to be subsequently made per Eligible Director under the Automatic Option Grant Program and (v) the number and/or class of securities and the exercise price per share in effect under each outstanding option (including any option incorporated from the Predecessor Plan) in order to prevent the dilution or enlargement of benefits thereunder. 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 eighty-five percent (85%) 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 Four 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.

 

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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) 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 it is not exercisable for vested shares on the date of such cessation of Service.

 

(iv) 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.

 

(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.

 

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2. The Plan Administrator shall have the 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 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 under the option 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, the option 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-Statutory Option may be assigned (i) to a member of the immediate family of the Optionee or to a trust established for the benefit of one or more members of the immediate family of the Optionee, provided that the assignment shall not be effective until written notice of the assignment is received by the Plan Administrator, or (ii) in accordance with terms approved in advance by the Plan Administrator. The terms applicable to the assigned option (or portion thereof) 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.

 

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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 Four shall be applicable to Incentive Options. Options which are specifically designated as Non-Statutory 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. Exercise Price. The exercise price per share shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the option grant date.

 

C. Dollar Limitation. To the extent required by Code Section 422, 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 (1) calendar year shall not exceed the sum of $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.

 

D. 10% Stockholder. If any Employee to whom an Incentive Option is granted is a 10% Stockholder, then to the extent required by Code Section 422, the exercise price per share shall not be less than 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 for all of the 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

 

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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. The Plan Administrator shall have the discretion, exercisable either at the time the option is granted or at any time while the option remains outstanding, to provide for the automatic acceleration of one or more outstanding options (and the automatic termination of one or more outstanding repurchase rights with the immediate vesting of the shares of Common Stock subject to those rights) upon the occurrence of a Corporate Transaction, whether or not those options are to be assumed or replaced (or those repurchase rights are to be assigned) in the Corporate Transaction.

 

D. 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).

 

E. 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 shall also be made to (i) the number and class of securities available for issuance under the Plan on both an aggregate and per Optionee basis following the consummation of such Corporate Transaction and (ii) the exercise price payable per share under each outstanding option, provided the aggregate exercise price payable for such securities shall remain the same.

 

F. Any options which are assumed or replaced in the Corporate Transaction and do not otherwise accelerate at that time, shall automatically accelerate in full (and any of the Corporation’s outstanding repurchase rights which do not otherwise terminate at the time of the Corporate Transaction shall automatically terminate and the shares of Common Stock subject to those terminated rights shall immediately vest in full) in the event the Optionee’s Service should subsequently terminate by reason of an Involuntary Termination within twelve (12) months following the effective date of such Corporate Transaction. Any options so accelerated shall remain exercisable for all of the shares which are then exercisable and/or vested 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.

 

G. The Plan Administrator shall have the discretion, exercisable either at the time the option is granted or at any time while the option remains outstanding, to (i) provide for the automatic acceleration of one or more outstanding options (and the automatic termination of one or more outstanding repurchase rights with the immediate vesting of the shares of Common Stock subject to those rights) upon the occurrence of a Change in Control or (ii) condition any such option acceleration (and the termination of any outstanding repurchase rights) upon the subsequent Involuntary Termination of the Optionee’s Service within a specified period following the effective date of such Change in Control. Any options accelerated in connection with a Change in Control shall remain fully exercisable until the expiration or sooner termination of the option term.

 

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H. 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 $100,000 limitation is not exceeded. To the extent such dollar limitation is exceeded, the accelerated portion of such option shall be exercisable as a Non-Statutory Option under the Federal tax laws.

 

I. The grant of options under the Discretionary 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. STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS

 

A. The Plan Administrator shall have full power and authority to grant to selected Optionees tandem stock appreciation rights.

 

B. The following terms shall govern the grant and exercise of tandem stock appreciation rights:

 

(i) One or more Optionees may be granted the right, exercisable upon such terms as the Plan Administrator may establish, to elect between the exercise of the underlying option for shares of Common Stock and the surrender of that option in exchange for a distribution from the Corporation in an amount equal to the excess of (A) the Fair Market Value (on the option surrender date) of the number of shares in which the Optionee is at the time vested under the surrendered option (or surrendered portion thereof) over (B) the aggregate exercise price payable for such shares.

 

(ii) No such option surrender shall be effective unless it is approved by the Plan Administrator. If the surrender is so approved, then the distribution to which the Optionee shall be entitled may be made in shares of Common Stock valued at Fair Market Value on the option surrender date, in cash, or partly in shares and partly in cash, as the Plan Administrator shall in its sole discretion deem appropriate.

 

(iii) If the surrender of an option is rejected by the Plan Administrator, then the Optionee shall retain whatever rights the Optionee had under the surrendered option (or surrendered portion thereof) on the option surrender date and may exercise such rights at any time prior to the later of (A) five (5) business days after the receipt of the rejection notice or (B) the last day on which the option is otherwise exercisable in accordance with the terms of the documents evidencing such option, but in no event may such rights be exercised more than ten (10) years after the option grant date.

 

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ARTICLE THREE

AUTOMATIC OPTION GRANT PROGRAM

 

I. OPTION TERMS

 

A. Grant Dates. Option grants shall be made on the dates specified below:

 

1. Each Eligible Director who is first elected or appointed as a non-employee Board member after the Plan Effective Date shall automatically be granted on the date of such initial election or appointment (as the case may be), a Non-Statutory Option to purchase 20,000 shares of Common Stock.

 

2. On the date of each Annual Stockholders Meeting, beginning with the first Annual Meeting after June 30, 1997, each individual who is to continue to serve as an Eligible Director after such meeting, shall automatically be granted, whether or not such individual is standing for re-election as a Board member at that Annual Meeting, a Non-Statutory Option to purchase 10,000 shares of Common Stock, provided such individual has served as a nonemployee Board member for at least six (6) months prior to the date of such Annual Meeting. There shall be no limit on the number of such 10,000-share option grants any one Eligible Director may receive over his or her period of Board service.

 

B. Exercise Price.

 

1. The exercise price per share shall be equal to 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 become exercisable for the option shares in a series of four (4) equal and successive 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 options held by the Optionee 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.

 

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(ii) During the twelve (12)-month exercise period, the option may not be exercised in the aggregate for more than the number of shares of Common Stock for which the option is exercisable at the time of the Optionee’s cessation of Board service.

 

(iii) Should the Optionee cease to serve as a Board member by reason of death or Permanent Disability, then 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 of Common Stock.

 

(iv) In no event shall the option remain exercisable after the expiration of the option term. Upon the expiration of the twelve (12)-month exercise period or (if earlier) upon the expiration of the option term, the option shall terminate and cease to be outstanding for any shares for which the option has not been exercised. However, the option shall, immediately upon the Optionee’s cessation of Board service, terminate and cease to be outstanding to the extent it is not exercisable on the date of such cessation of Board service.

 

II. CORPORATE TRANSACTION/CHANGE IN CONTROL

 

A. In the event of any Corporate Transaction, each outstanding automatic option shall, immediately prior to the effective date of the Corporate Transaction, become fully exercisable for all of the shares of Common Stock at the time subject to such option and may be exercised for all or any portion of such shares of Common Stock. Immediately following the consummation of the Corporate Transaction, each automatic option grant shall terminate and cease to be outstanding, except to the extent assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof).

 

B. In connection with any Change in Control, the shares of Common Stock at the time subject to each outstanding automatic option shall, immediately prior to the effective date of the Change in Control, become fully exercisable for all of the shares of Common Stock at the time subject to such option and may be exercised for all or any portion of such shares of Common Stock. Each such option shall remain exercisable until the expiration or sooner termination of the option term.

 

C. The grant of options under the Automatic 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.

 

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.

 

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ARTICLE FOUR

MISCELLANEOUS

 

I. FINANCING

 

A. The Plan Administrator may permit any Optionee to pay the option exercise price under the Plan 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 may not exceed the sum of (i) the aggregate option exercise price payable for the purchased shares plus (ii) any Federal, state and local income and employment tax liability incurred by the Optionee in connection with the option exercise.

 

B. The Plan Administrator may, in its discretion, determine that one or more such promissory notes shall be subject to forgiveness by the Corporation in whole or in part upon such terms as the Plan Administrator may deem appropriate.

 

II. CANCELLATION AND REGRANT OF OPTIONS

 

The Plan Administrator shall have the authority to effect, at any time and from time to time, with the consent of the affected option holders, the cancellation of any or all outstanding options under the Plan (including outstanding options incorporated from the Predecessor Plan) and to grant in substitution new options covering the same or different number of shares of Common Stock but with an exercise price per share based on the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the new option grant date

 

III. TAX WITHHOLDING

 

A. The Corporation’s obligation to deliver shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of options or stock appreciation rights under the Plan shall be subject to the satisfaction of all applicable Federal, state and local income and employment tax withholding requirements.

 

B. The Plan Administrator may, in its discretion, provide any or all holders of Non-Statutory Options under the Plan with the right to use shares of Common Stock in satisfaction of all or part of the Taxes incurred by such holders in connection with the exercise of their options. Such right may be provided to any such holder in either or both of the following formats:

 

(i) Stock Withholding: The election to have the Corporation withhold, from the shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable upon the exercise of such Non-Statutory Option, a portion of those shares with an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the percentage of the Taxes (not to exceed 100%) designated by the holder.

 

(ii) Stock Delivery: The election to deliver to the Corporation, at the time the Non-Statutory Option is exercised, one or more shares of Common Stock previously acquired by such holder (other than in connection with the option

 

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exercise triggering the Taxes) with an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the percentage of the Taxes (not to exceed 100%) designated by the holder.

 

IV. EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM OF THE PLAN

 

A. The Discretionary Option Grant Program became effective on the Plan Effective Date. The Automatic Option Grant Program became effective on the Plan Effective Date. The Automatic Option Grant Program was amended on October 21, 1997 to increase the number of shares issuable to non-employee directors.

 

B. The Plan shall serve as the successor to the Predecessor Plan, and no further option grants shall be made under the Predecessor Plan after the Plan Effective Date. All options outstanding under the Predecessor Plan as of such date shall, immediately upon approval of the Plan by the Corporation’s stockholders, be incorporated into the Plan and treated as outstanding options under the Plan. However, each outstanding option so incorporated shall continue to be governed solely by the terms of the documents evidencing such option, and no provision of the 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 Common Stock.

 

C. The option/vesting acceleration provisions of Article Two relating to Corporate Transactions and Changes in Control may, in the Plan Administrator’s discretion, be extended to one or more options incorporated from the Predecessor Plan which do not otherwise provide for such acceleration.

 

D. The Plan shall terminate upon the earliest of (i) December 31, 2006, (ii) the date on which all shares available for issuance under the Plan shall have been issued pursuant to the exercise of the options under the Plan or (iii) the termination of all outstanding options in connection with a Corporate Transaction. Upon such Plan termination, all options outstanding on such date shall thereafter continue to have force and effect in accordance with the provisions of the documents evidencing such options.

 

V. 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 options or stock appreciation rights at the time outstanding under the Plan unless the Optionee consents to such amendment or modification. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Plan Administrator may amend an outstanding option to reduce the number of option shares previously granted to an optionee provided the reduction applies solely to unvested shares or shares which have not yet become exercisable as of the date of the amendment. In addition, the Board shall not, without the approval of the Corporation’s stockholders, (i) materially increase the maximum number of shares issuable under the Plan or the maximum number of shares for which any one person may be granted options or separately exercisable stock appreciation rights in the aggregate over the term of the Plan, except for permissible adjustments in the event of certain changes in the Corporation’s capitalization, or (ii) materially modify the eligibility requirements for Plan participation.

 

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B. Options to purchase shares of Common Stock may be granted under the Plan that are in excess of the number of shares then available for issuance under the Plan, provided any excess shares actually issued are 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 the exercise 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 canceled and cease to be outstanding.

 

VI. 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.

 

VII. REGULATORY APPROVALS

 

A. The implementation of the Plan, the granting of any option or stock appreciation right under the Plan and the issuance of any shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of any option or stock appreciation right shall be subject to the Corporation’s procurement of all approvals and permits required by regulatory authorities having jurisdiction over the Plan, the options and stock appreciation rights 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.

 

VIII. NO EMPLOYMENT/SERVICE RIGHTS

 

Nothing in the Plan shall confer upon the Optionee 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, 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.

 

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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 which the Board does not recommend such stockholders to accept, 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) a 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 Qualix Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

 

H. Discretionary Option Grant Program shall mean the discretionary option grant program in effect under the Plan.

 

I. Eligible Director shall mean a non-employee Board member eligible to participate in the Automatic Option Grant Program in accordance with the eligibility provisions of Article One.

 

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J. 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.

 

K. Exercise Date shall mean the date on which the Corporation shall have received written notice of the option exercise.

 

L. 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 closing selling price per share of Common Stock on the date in question, as such price is reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers on the Nasdaq National Market or any successor system. If there is no closing selling price for the Common Stock on the date in question, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price on the last preceding date for which such quotation exists.

 

(ii) If the Common Stock is at the time listed on any Stock Exchange, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price 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 price is officially quoted in the composite tape of transactions on such exchange. If there is no closing selling price for the Common Stock on the date in question, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price on the last preceding date for which such quotation exists.

 

(iii) For purposes of option grants made on the date the Underwriting Agreement is executed and the initial public offering price of the Common Stock is established, the Fair Market Value shall be deemed to be equal to the established initial offering price per share. For purposes of option grants made prior to such date, the Fair Market Value shall be determined by the Plan Administrator after taking into account such factors as the Plan Administrator shall deem appropriate.

 

M. Incentive Option shall mean an option which satisfies the requirements of Code Section 422.

 

N. 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

 

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(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 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.

 

O. Misconduct shall mean the commission of any act of fraud, embezzlement or dishonesty by the Optionee, 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 or other person in the Service of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary).

 

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

 

Q. Non-Statutory Option shall mean an option not intended to satisfy the requirements of Code Section 422.

 

R. Optionee shall mean any person to whom an option is granted under the Discretionary Option Grant or Automatic Option Grant Program.

 

S. 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.

 

T. Permanent Disability or Permanently Disabled shall mean the inability of the Optionee 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.

 

U. Plan shall mean the Corporation’s 1997 Stock Option Plan, as set forth in this document.

 

V. Plan Administrator shall mean the particular entity, whether the Committee or the Board, which is authorized to administer the Plan with respect to one or more classes of eligible persons, to the extent such entity is carrying out its administrative functions under the Plan with respect to the persons under its jurisdiction.

 

W. Plan Effective Date shall mean the Section 12(g) Registration Date.

 

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X. Predecessor Plan shall mean the Corporation’s existing 1995 Stock Option Plan.

 

Y. 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 Program with respect to Section 16 Insiders.

 

Z. Secondary Committee shall mean a committee of one (1) or more Board members appointed by the Board to administer the Discretionary Option Grant Program with respect to eligible persons other than Section 16 Insiders.

 

AA. 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.

 

BB. Section 12(g) Registration Date shall mean the first date on which the Common Stock is registered under Section 12(g) of the 1934 Act.

 

CC. Service shall mean the provision of services to 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.

 

DD. Stock Exchange shall mean either the American Stock Exchange or the New York Stock Exchange.

 

EE. Stockholder shall mean the owner of stock (as determined under Code Section 424(d)) possessing more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary).

 

FF. 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.

 

GG. Taxes shall mean the Federal, state and local income and employment tax liabilities incurred by the holder of Non-Statutory Options or unvested shares of Common Stock in connection with the exercise of those options or the vesting of those shares.

 

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EX-4.7 10 dex47.htm QUALIX GROUP 1995 STOCK OPTION PLAN QUALIX GROUP 1995 STOCK OPTION PLAN

EXHIBIT 4.7

 

QUALIX GROUP, INC.

1995 STOCK OPTION PLAN

 

ARTICLE ONE

 

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

I. PURPOSE OF THE PLAN

 

This 1995 Stock Option Plan is intended to promote the interests Qualix Group, Inc., 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 the service of the Corporation.

 

Capitalized terms herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the attached Appendix.

 

II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN

 

A. The Plan shall be administered by the Board. However, any or all administrative functions otherwise exercisable by the Board may be delegated to the Committee. Members of the Committee shall serve for such period of time as the Board may determine and shall be subject to removal by the Board at any time. The Board may also at any time terminate the functions of the Committee and reassume all powers and authority previously delegated to the Committee.

 

B. The Plan Administrator shall 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 Plan and to make such determinations under, and issue such interpretations of, the Plan and any outstanding options as it may deem necessary or advisable. Decisions of the Plan Administrator shall be final and binding on all parties who have an interest in the Plan or any option or shares issued thereunder.

 

III. ELIGIBILITY

 

A. The persons eligible to receive option grants under the Plan are as follows:

 

(i) Employees,

 

(ii) non-employee members of the Board or the non-employee members of the board of directors of any Parent or Subsidiary, and

 

(iii) consultants who provide services to the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary).


B. The Plan Administrator shall have full authority to determine which eligible persons are to receive option grants under the Plan, 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-Statutory Option, the time or times at which 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.

 

IV. STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

 

A. The stock issuable under the Plan shall be shares of authorized but unissued or reacquired Common Stock. The maximum number of shares o Common Stock which may be issued over the term of the Plan shall not exceed 2,439,500 shares. Such authorized share reserve is comprised of (i) the number of shares which remained available for issuance, as of the date of adoption of the Plan, under the Predecessor Plan as last approved by the Corporation’s stockholders prior to such date, including the shares subject to the outstanding options incorporated into the Plan and any other shares which would have been available for future option grants under the Predecessor Plan (estimated to be 439,500 shares), plus (ii) an additional increase of 2,000,000 shares authorized by the Board under the Plan, subject to stockholder approval.

 

B. Shares of Common Stock subject to outstanding options shall be available for subsequent issuance under the Plan to the extent (i) the options (including any options incorporated from the Predecessor Plan) expire or terminate for any reason prior to exercise in full or (ii) the options are cancelled in accordance with the cancellation-regrant provisions of Article Two. All shares issued under the Plan, whether or not those shares are subsequently repurchased by the Corporation pursuant to its repurchase rights under the Plan, shall reduce on a share-for-share basis the number of shares of Common Stock available for subsequent issuance under the Plan.

 

C. Should any change be made to the Common Stock by reason of 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 and (ii) the number and/or class of securities and the exercise price per share in effect under each outstanding option (including any options incorporated from the Predecessor Plan) in order to prevent the dilution or enlargement of benefits thereunder. The adjustments determined by the Plan Administrator shall be final, binding and conclusive. In no event shall any such adjustments be made in connection with the conversion of one or more outstanding shares of the Corporation’s preferred stock into shares of Common Stock.

 

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ARTICLE TWO

 

OPTION GRANT PROGRAM

 

1. 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 in accordance with the following provisions:

 

(i) The exercise price per share shall not be less than eighty-five percent (85%) of the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the option grant date.

 

(ii) If the person to whom the 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.

 

2. The exercise price shall become immediately due upon exercise of the option and shall, subject to the provisions of Section I of Article Three and the documents evidencing the option, be payable in cash or check made payable to the Corporation. Should the Common Stock be registered under Section 12(g) of the 1934 Act at the time the option is exercised, then the exercise, price may also be paid as follows:

 

(i) in 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,

 

(ii) 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 (a) to 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) to 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 (10) years measured from the option grant date.

 

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C. EFFECT OF TERMINATION OF SERVICE. The following provisions shall govern the exercise of any options held by the Optionee at the time of cessation of Service or death:

 

(i) Should the Optionee cease to remain in Service for any reason other than Disability or death, then the Optionee shall have a period of three (3) months following the date of such cessation of Service during which to exercise each outstanding option held by such Optionee.

 

(ii) Should such Service terminate by reason of Disability, then the Optionee shall have a period of six (6) months following the date of such cessation of Service during which to exercise each outstanding option held by such Optionee. However, should such Disability be deemed to constitute Permanent Disability, then the period during which each outstanding option held by the Optionee is to remain exercisable shall be extended by an additional six (6) months so that the exercise period shall be the twelve (12)-month period following the date of the Optionee’s cessation of Service by reason of such Permanent Disability.

 

(iii) Should the Optionee die while holding one or more outstanding options, then 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 period of twelve (12) months following the date of the Optionee’s death during which to exercise each such option.

 

(iv) Under no circumstances, however, shall any such option be exercisable after the specified expiration of the option term.

 

(v) 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 it is not exercisable for vested shares on the date of such cessation of 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. UNVESTED SHARES. The Plan Administrator shall have the discretion to grant options which are exercisable for unvested shares of Common Stock under the Plan. Should the Optionee cease Service while holding such unvested shares, the Corporation

 

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shall have the right to repurchase, at the exercise price paid per share, all or (at the discretion of the Corporation and with the consent of the Optionee) any 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. The Plan Administrator may not impose a vesting schedule upon any option grant or any shares of Common Stock subject to the option which is more restrictive than twenty percent (20%) per year vesting, with the initial vesting to occur one (1) year after the option grant date. However, this minimum vesting requirement shall not be applicable with respect to any option granted to a Highly-Compensated Person.

 

F. FIRST REFUSAL RIGHTS. Until such time as the Common Stock is first registered under Section 12(g) of the 1934 Act, the Corporation shall have the right of first refusal with respect to any proposed disposition by the Optionee (or any successor in interest) of any shares of Common Stock issued under the Plan. Such right of first refusal shall be exercisable in accordance with the terms established by the Plan Administrator and set forth in the document evidencing such right.

 

G. LIMITED TRANSFERABILITY OF OPTIONS. During the lifetime of the Optionee, the option 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-Statutory Option may be assigned in whole or in part during Optionee’s lifetime in accordance with the terms of a Qualified Domestic Relations Order. The assigned portion may only be exercised by the person or persons who acquire a proprietary interest in the option pursuant to such Qualified Domestic Relations Order. 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.

 

H. WITHHOLDING. The Corporation’s obligation to deliver shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of any options granted under the Plan shall be subject to the satisfaction of all applicable Federal, state and local income and employment tax withholding requirements.

 

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 the Plan shall be applicable to Incentive Options. Options which are specifically designated as Non-Statutory Options shall not be subject to the terms of Section II.

 

A. ELIGIBILITY. Incentive Options may only be granted to Employees.

 

B. EXERCISE PRICE. The exercise price per share shall not be less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the option grant date.

 

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C. 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 (1) 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.

 

D. 10% STOCKHOLDER. If any Employee to whom an Incentive Option is granted is a 10% Stockholder, then the option term shall not exceed five (5) years measured from the option grant date.

 

III. CORPORATE TRANSACTION

 

A. In the event of any Corporate Transaction, each outstanding option shall terminate and cease to be outstanding, except to the extent assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) in connection with such Corporate Transaction. In addition, all outstanding repurchase rights shall automatically be assigned to the successor corporation (or parent thereof) in connection with such Corporate Transaction, provided that should the successor corporation or parent decline to accept assignment then the repurchase right shall lapse.

 

B. 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 the consummation of such Corporate Transaction, had the option been exercised immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction.

 

Appropriate adjustments shall also be made to (i) the number and class of securities available for issuance under the Plan following the consummation of such Corporate Transaction and (ii) the exercise price payable per share under each outstanding option, provided the aggregate exercise price payable for such securities shall remain the same.

 

C. The grant of options 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.

 

IV. CANCELLATION AND REGRANT OF OPTIONS

 

The Plan Administrator shall have the authority to effect, at any time and from time to time, with the consent of the affected option holders, the cancellation of any or all outstanding options under the Plan (including outstanding options incorporated from the Predecessor Plan) and to grant in substitution therefor new options covering the same or different number of shares of Common Stock but with an exercise price per share based on the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the new option grant date.

 

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ARTICLE THREE

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

I. FINANCING

 

The Plan Administrator may permit any Optionee to pay the option exercise price 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 may not exceed the sum of (i) the aggregate option exercise price payable for the purchased shares (less the par value of such shares) plus ( i) any Federal, state and local income and employment tax liability incurred by the Optionee in connection with the option exercise.

 

II. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY

 

A. The Plan Administrator shall have the discretion, exercisable either at the time an option is granted or at any time while the option remains outstanding, to extend the period of time for which the option is to remain exercisable following the Optionee’s cessation of Service or death from the limited 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.

 

III. EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM OF THE PLAN

 

A. The Plan shall become effective when adopted by the Board, but no option granted under the Plan may be exercised until the Plan is approved by the Corporation’s stockholders. If such stockholder approval is not obtained within twelve (12) months after the date of the Board’s adoption of the Plan, then all options previously granted under the Plan shall terminate and cease to be outstanding, and no further options shall be granted. Subject to such limitation, the Plan Administrator may grant options under the Plan at any time after the effective date of the Plan and before the date fixed herein for termination of the Plan.

 

B. The Plan shall serve as the successor to the Predecessor Plan, and no further option grants shall be made under the Predecessor Plan after the date of adoption of the Plan. All options outstanding under the Predecessor Plan as of such date shall immediately be incorporated into the Plan and treated as outstanding options under the Plan. However, each outstanding option so incorporated shall continue to be governed solely by the terms of the documents evidencing such option, and no provision of the 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 Common Stock.

 

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C. One or more provisions of the Plan, including (without limitation) the provisions of Article Two relating to Corporate Transactions, may, in the Plan Administrator’s discretion, be extended to one or more options incorporated from the Predecessor Plan which do not otherwise contain such provisions.

 

D. The Plan shall terminate upon the earliest of (i) the expiration of the ten (10)-year period measured from the date the Plan is adopted by the Board, (ii) the date on which all shares available for issuance under the Plan shall have been issued or (iii) the termination of all outstanding options in connection with a Corporate Transaction. Upon such Plan termination, all options and unvested stock issuances outstanding under the Plan shall continue to have full force and effect in accordance with the provisions of the documents evidencing such options 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, without the consent of the Optionees, adversely affect their rights and obligations under their outstanding options. In addition, the Board shall not, without the approval of the Corporation’s stockholders, (i) increase the maximum number of shares issuable under the Plan, except for permissible adjustments in the event of certain changes in the Corporation capitalization, (ii) materially modify the eligibility requirements for Plan participation or (iii) materially increase the benefits accruing to Plan participants.

 

B. Options may be granted under the Plan to purchase shares of Common Stock in excess of the number of shares then available for issuance under the Plan, provided any such options actually granted may not be exercised 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 excess grants are first made, then any options granted on the basis of such excess shares shall terminate 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

 

The implementation of the Plan, the granting of any options under the Plan and the issuance of any shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of any option shall be subject to the Corporation’s procurement of all approvals and permits required by regulatory authorities having jurisdiction over the Plan, the options granted under it and the shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to it.

 

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VII. NO EMPLOYMENT OR SERVICE RIGHTS

 

Nothing in the Plan shall confer upon the Optionee 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 Optionee) or of the Optionee, which rights are hereby expressly reserved by each, to terminate the Optionee’s Service at any time for any reason, with or without cause.

 

VIII. FINANCIAL REPORTS

 

The Corporation shall deliver a balance sheet and an income statement at least annually to each individual holding an outstanding option under the Plan, unless such individual is a key Employee whose duties in connection with the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) assure such individual access to equivalent information.

 

APPENDIX

 

The following definitions shall be in effect under the Plan:

 

A. BOARD shall mean the Corporation’s Board of Directors.

 

B. CODE shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

C. COMMITTEE shall mean a committee of two (2) or more Board members appointed by the Board to exercise one or more administrative functions under the Plan.

 

D. COMMON STOCK shall mean the Corporation’s common stock.

 

E. 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 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.

 

F. CORPORATION shall mean Qualix Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

 

G. DISABILITY shall mean the inability of the Optionee to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment and shall be determined by the Plan Administrator on the basis of such medical evidence as the Plan Administrator deems warranted under the circumstances. Disability shall be deemed to constitute PERMANENT DISABILITY in the event that such Disability is expected to result in death or has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of twelve (12) months or more.

 

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H. DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDER shall mean any judgment, decree or order (including approval of a property settlement agreement) which provides or otherwise conveys, pursuant to applicable State domestic relations laws (including community property laws), marital property rights to any spouse or former spouse of the Optionee.

 

I. 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 manner and method of performance.

 

J. EXERCISE DATE shall mean the date on which the Corporation shall have received written notice of the option exercise.

 

K. 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 closing selling price per share of Common Stock on the date in question, as such price is reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers on the Nasdaq National Market or any successor system. If there is no closing selling price for the Common Stock on the date in question, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price on the last preceding date for which such quotation exists.

 

(ii) If the Common Stock is at the time listed on any Stock Exchange, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price 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 price is officially quoted in the composite tape of transactions on such exchange. If there is no closing selling price for the Common Stock on the date in question, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price on the last preceding date for which such quotation exists.

 

(iii) If the Common Stock is at the time neither listed on any Stock Exchange nor traded on the Nasdaq National Market, then the fair Market Value shall be determined by the Plan Administrator after taking into account such factors as the Plan Administrator shall deem appropriate.

 

L. HIGHLY-COMPENSATED PERSON shall mean an Optionee who is an officer, director or consultant.

 

M. INCENTIVE OPTION shall mean an option which satisfies the requirements of Code Section 422.

 

N. 1934 ACT shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

O. NON-STATUTORY OPTION shall mean an option not intended to satisfy the requirements of Code Section 422.

 

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P. OPTIONEE shall mean any person to whom an option is granted under the Plan.

 

Q. 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.

 

R. PLAN shall mean the Corporation’s 1995 Stock Option Plan, as set forth in this document.

 

S. PLAN ADMINISTRATOR shall mean either the Board or the Committee to the extent the Committee is at the time responsible for the administration of the Plan.

 

T. PREDECESSOR PLAN shall mean the Corporation’s existing 1991 Stock Option Plan.

 

U. QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDER shall mean a Domestic Relations Order which substantially complies with the requirements of Code Section 414(p). The Plan Administrator shall have the sole discretion to determine whether a Domestic Relations Order is a Qualified Domestic Relations Order.

 

V. SERVICE shall mean the provision of services to 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, except to the extent otherwise specifically provided in the documents evidencing the option grant.

 

W. STOCK EXCHANGE shall mean either the American Stock Exchange or the New York Stock Exchange.

 

X. 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 of the other corporations in such chain.

 

Y. 10% STOCKHOLDER shall mean the owner of stock (as determine under Code Section 424(d)) possessing more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary).

 

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EX-5.1 11 dex51.htm OPINION OF PAUL T. DACIER OPINION OF PAUL T. DACIER

Exhibit 5.1

[EMC Corporation Letterhead]

 

October 20, 2003

EMC Corporation

176 South Street

Hopkinton, MA 01748

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

I am Senior Vice President and General Counsel to EMC Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation (the “Company”), and am issuing this opinion in connection with the registration statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) being filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on the date hereof for the purpose of registering under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), an aggregate of 24,563,000 shares (collectively, the “Shares”) of common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company, which may be issued pursuant to awards granted under the Legato Systems, Inc. 1995 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan, Amended and Restated OTG Software, Inc. 2000 Stock Incentive Plan, Optical Technology Group 1998 Stock Incentive Plan, Smart Storage, Inc. 1994 Stock Plan, Vinca Corporation 1997 Stock Option Plan, Qualix Group, Inc. 1997 Stock Option Plan, and Qualix Group, Inc. 1995 Stock Option Plan (collectively the “Plans”).

 

In this connection, I have examined and am familiar with originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to my satisfaction, of (i) the Registration Statement; (ii) the Company’s Restated Articles of Organization, as amended; (iii) such records of the corporate proceedings of the Company as I have deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis for the opinions set forth herein; and (iv) such certificates of officers of the Company and others and such other records and documents as I have deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis for the opinion set forth herein.

 

In my examination, I have assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons, the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to me as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to me as certified, conformed or photostatic copies and the authenticity of the originals of such copies. As to any facts material to the opinion expressed herein which I have not independently established or verified, I have relied upon statements and representations of other officers and representatives of the Company and others.

 

I am admitted to the Bar of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts and do not purport to be an expert on, or express any opinion concerning, any law other than the substantive law of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

 

Based upon and subject to the foregoing, I am of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized for issuance and, when issued and sold by the Company pursuant to and in accordance with the applicable Plan, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

 

I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, I do not thereby admit that I am in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

 

This opinion is furnished by me as Senior Vice President and General Counsel to the Company in connection with the filing of the Registration Statement and is not to be used, circulated or quoted for any other purpose or otherwise referred to or relied upon by any other person without the prior express written permission of the Company other than in connection with the offer and sale of Shares while the Registration Statement is in effect.

 

Very truly yours,

 

/s/ PAUL T. DACIER

 

Paul T. Dacier

Senior Vice President and General Counsel

EX-23.1 12 dex231.htm CONSENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP CONSENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP

Exhibit 23.1

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

 

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated January 20, 2003, except for the third to last paragraph within Note L, as to which the date is March 11, 2003, relating to the consolidated financial statements and consolidated financial statement schedule, which appears in EMC Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002.

 

/s/ PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP

 

Boston, Massachusetts

October 20, 2003

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