-----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, K1mcKgOqobiZyVt8OT77QFd3LrQKjr9He1x+YVUJZbCESi0mkgttyl99jHNgRWK3 jDsjCh5k0+LLNNjIHffqyQ== 0000950123-09-021928.txt : 20090714 0000950123-09-021928.hdr.sgml : 20090714 20090713175854 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950123-09-021928 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC TO-C PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 8 FILED AS OF DATE: 20090714 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20090713 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FLEXTRONICS INTERNATIONAL LTD. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000866374 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS [3672] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: U0 FISCAL YEAR END: 0331 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC TO-C SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-46275 FILM NUMBER: 09942602 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE MARINA BOULEVARD, #28-00 CITY: SINGAPORE STATE: U0 ZIP: 018989 BUSINESS PHONE: (65) 6890 7188 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE MARINA BOULEVARD, #28-00 CITY: SINGAPORE STATE: U0 ZIP: 018989 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FLEXTRONICS INTERNATIONAL LTD DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19940318 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FLEX HOLDINGS PTE LTD DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19940201 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FLEXTRONICS INTERNATIONAL LTD. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000866374 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS [3672] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: U0 FISCAL YEAR END: 0331 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC TO-C BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE MARINA BOULEVARD, #28-00 CITY: SINGAPORE STATE: U0 ZIP: 018989 BUSINESS PHONE: (65) 6890 7188 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE MARINA BOULEVARD, #28-00 CITY: SINGAPORE STATE: U0 ZIP: 018989 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FLEXTRONICS INTERNATIONAL LTD DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19940318 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FLEX HOLDINGS PTE LTD DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19940201 SC TO-C 1 d68374e8vk.htm FORM 8-K e8vk
 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 13, 2009
 
FLEXTRONICS INTERNATIONAL LTD.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
         
Singapore   0-23354   Not Applicable
(State or other jurisdiction of   (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)
incorporation)        
     
One Marina Boulevard, # 28-00, Singapore   018989
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (65) 6890-7188
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
o   Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
o   Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
o   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
þ   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
 

 


 

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
     (e) Approval of Amendments to Equity Incentive Plans
     On July 13, 2009, Flextronics International Ltd. (the “Company”) held an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders. At the extraordinary meeting, the Company’s shareholders approved amendments to certain of the Company’s equity incentive plans to allow for a one-time stock option exchange program for eligible employees of the Company and its subsidiaries, other than the members of the Company’s board of directors and its executive officers.
     The following equity incentive plans were amended by the shareholders at the extraordinary meeting to allow for the stock option exchange program: the Company’s 2001 Equity Incentive Plan, the Company’s 2002 Interim Incentive Plan, the Company’s 2004 Award Plan for New Employees, the Company’s 1993 Share Option Plan, the Solectron Corporation 2002 Stock Plan, the Chatham Technologies, Inc. 1997 Stock Option Plan and the Dii Group, Inc. 1994 Stock Incentive Plan (collectively, the “Plans”).
     The foregoing description is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, reference to the full text of the amended Plans, which are attached hereto as exhibits and are incorporated by reference herein.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
     The disclosures in Item 5.02 are incorporated by reference into this Item 8.01.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
     
Exhibit No.   Description
 
   
10.01
  Flextronics International Ltd. 2001 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended through July 13, 2009.
 
   
10.02
  Flextronics International Ltd. 2002 Interim Incentive Plan, as amended through July 13, 2009.
 
   
10.03
  Flextronics International Ltd. 2004 Award Plan for New Employees, as amended through July 13, 2009.
 
   
10.04
  Flextronics International Ltd. 1993 Share Option Plan, as amended through July 13, 2009.
 
   
10.05
  Solectron Corporation 2002 Stock Plan, as amended through July 13, 2009.

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Exhibit No.   Description
 
   
10.06
  Chatham Technologies, Inc. 1997 Stock Option Plan, as amended through July 13, 2009.
 
   
10.07
  The Dii Group, Inc. 1994 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended through July 13, 2009.

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SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
         
  FLEXTRONICS INTERNATIONAL LTD.
 
 
Date: July 13, 2009  By:   /s/ Paul Read    
    Name:   Paul Read   
    Title:   Chief Financial Officer   
 

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EXHIBIT INDEX
     
Exhibit No.   Description
 
   
10.01
  Flextronics International Ltd. 2001 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended through July 13, 2009.
 
   
10.02
  Flextronics International Ltd. 2002 Interim Incentive Plan, as amended through July 13, 2009.
 
   
10.03
  Flextronics International Ltd. 2004 Award Plan for New Employees, as amended through July 13, 2009.
 
   
10.04
  Flextronics International Ltd. 1993 Share Option Plan, as amended through July 13, 2009.
 
   
10.05
  Solectron Corporation 2002 Stock Plan, as amended through July 13, 2009.
 
   
10.06
  Chatham Technologies, Inc. 1997 Stock Option Plan, as amended through July 13, 2009.
 
   
10.07
  The Dii Group, Inc. 1994 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended through July 13, 2009.

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EX-10.01 2 d68374exv10w01.htm EX-10.01 exv10w01
Exhibit 10.01
FLEXTRONICS INTERNATIONAL LTD.
2001 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
As Adopted August 13, 2001 and amended through July 13, 2009
     1. PURPOSE. The purpose of this Plan is to provide incentives to attract, retain and motivate eligible persons whose present and potential contributions are important to the success of the Company, its Parent and Subsidiaries, by offering them an opportunity to participate in the Company’s future performance through grants of Awards. Capitalized terms not defined in the text are defined in Section 21.
     2. SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN.
          2.1 Number of Shares Available. Subject to Sections 2.2 and 15, the total number of Shares reserved and available for grant and issuance pursuant to this Plan will be 62,000,000 Shares, plus shares that are subject to issuance upon exercise of an Award but cease to be subject to such Award for any reason other than exercise of such Award. In addition, any authorized shares not issued or subject to outstanding grants under the Company’s 1993 Share Option Plan, 1997 Interim Option Plan, 1998 Interim Option Plan, 1999 Interim Option Plan, ASIC International, Inc. Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan, Wave Optics, Inc. 1997 Share Option Plan, Wave Optics, Inc. 2000 Share Option Plan, Chatham Technologies, Inc. Stock Option Plan, Chatham Technologies, Inc. 1997 Stock Option Plan, IEC Holdings Limited 1997 Share Option Scheme, Palo Alto Products International Private Ltd 1996 Share Option Plan, The DII Group, Inc. 1994 Stock Incentive Plan, The DII Group, Inc. 1993 Stock Option Plan, Orbit Semiconductor, Inc. 1994 Stock Incentive Plan, Telcom Global Solutions Holdings, Inc. 2000 Equity Incentive Plan, Telcom Global Solutions, Inc. 2000 Stock Option Plan, KMOS Semi-Customs, Inc. 1989 Stock Option Plan, and KMOS Semi-Customs, Inc. 1990 Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan, (each a “Prior Plan” and collectively, the “Prior Plans”) and any shares subject to outstanding grants that are forfeited and/or that are issuable upon exercise of options granted pursuant to the Prior Plans that expire or become unexercisable for any reason without having been exercised in full, will no longer be available for grant and issuance under the Prior Plans, but will be available for grant and issuance under this Plan. At all times the Company shall reserve and keep available a sufficient number of Shares as shall be required to satisfy the requirements of all outstanding Awards granted under this Plan. No more than 30,000,000 Shares shall be issued as ISOs and no more than 20,000,000 Shares shall be issued as Stock Bonuses.
          2.2 Adjustment of Shares. Should any change be made to the Shares issuable under the Plan by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination of shares, exchange of shares, spin-off or other change affecting the outstanding Shares as a class without the Company’s receipt of consideration, then 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 any Participant may be granted Awards under the terms of the Plan or that may be granted generally under the terms of the Plan, (iii) the number and/or class of securities and price per Share in effect under each Award outstanding under Sections 5, 7, and 20, and (iv) the number and/or class of securities for which automatic Option grants are to be subsequently made to newly elected or continuing Outside Directors under Section 7. Such adjustments to the outstanding Awards are to be effected in a manner which shall preclude the enlargement or dilution of rights and benefits under such Awards, provided, however, that (i) fractions of a Share will not be issued but will be replaced by a cash payment equal to the Fair Market Value of such fraction of a Share, as determined by the Committee. The adjustments determined by the Committee shall be final, binding and conclusive. The repricing, replacement or regranting of any previously granted Award, through cancellation or by lowering the Exercise Price or Purchase Price of such Award, shall be prohibited unless the shareholders of the Company first approve such repricing, replacement or regranting.
     3. ELIGIBILITY. All Awards may be granted to employees, officers and directors of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company. No person will be eligible to receive more than 6,000,000 Shares in any calendar year under this Plan pursuant to the grant of Awards hereunder; provided, however, that no Outside

 


 

Director will be eligible to receive more than 100,000 Shares, in the aggregate, in any calendar year under this Plan pursuant to the grant of Awards hereunder. A person may be granted more than one Award under this Plan.
     4. ADMINISTRATION.
          4.1 Committee Authority. This Plan will be administered by the Committee or by the Board acting as the Committee. Except for automatic grants to Outside Directors pursuant to Section 7 hereof, and subject to the general purposes, terms and conditions of this Plan, and to the direction of the Board, the Committee will have full power to implement and carry out this Plan. Except for automatic grants to Outside Directors pursuant to Section 7 hereof, the Committee will have the authority to:
     (a) construe and interpret this Plan, any Award Agreement and any other agreement or document executed pursuant to this Plan;
     (b) prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to this Plan or any Award;
     (c) select persons to receive Awards;
     (d) determine the form and terms of Awards;
     (e) determine the number of Shares or other consideration subject to Awards;
     (f) determine whether Awards will be granted singly, in combination with, in tandem with, in replacement of, or as alternatives to, other Awards under this Plan or any other incentive or compensation plan of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company;
     (g) grant waivers of Plan or Award conditions;
     (h) determine the vesting, exercisability and payment of Awards;
     (i) correct any defect, supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in this Plan, any Award or any Award Agreement;
     (j) determine whether an Award has been earned; and
     (k) make all other determinations necessary or advisable for the administration of this Plan.
          4.2 Committee Discretion. Except for automatic grants to Outside Directors pursuant to Section 7 hereof, any determination made by the Committee with respect to any Award will be made in its sole discretion at the time of grant of the Award or, unless in contravention of any express term of this Plan or Award, at any later time, and such determination will be final and binding on the Company and on all persons having an interest in any Award under this Plan. The Committee may delegate to one or more officers of the Company the authority to grant an Award under this Plan to Participants who are not Insiders of the Company.
     5. OPTIONS. The Committee may grant Options to eligible persons and will determine whether such Options will be Incentive Stock Options within the meaning of the Code (“ISOs”) or Nonqualified Stock Options (“NQSOs”), the number of Shares subject to the Option, the Exercise Price of the Option, the period during which the Option may be exercised, and all other terms and conditions of the Option, subject to the following:
          5.1 Form of Option Grant. Each Option granted under this Plan will be evidenced by an Award Agreement which will expressly identify the Option as an ISO or an NQSO (“Stock Option Agreement”), and, except as otherwise required by the terms of Section 7 hereof, will be in such form and contain such provisions

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(which need not be the same for each Participant) as the Committee may from time to time approve, and which will comply with and be subject to the terms and conditions of this Plan.
          5.2 Date of Grant. The date of grant of an Option will be the date on which the Committee makes the determination to grant such Option, unless otherwise specified by the Committee. The Stock Option Agreement and a copy of this Plan will be delivered to the Participant within a reasonable time after the granting of the Option.
          5.3 Exercise Period. Options may be exercisable within the times or upon the events determined by the Committee as set forth in the Stock Option Agreement governing such Option; provided, however, that no Option will be exercisable after the expiration of ten (10) years from the date the Option is granted; and provided further that (i) no ISO granted to a person who directly or by attribution owns more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of shares or stock of the Company or of any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company (“Ten Percent Shareholder”) will be exercisable after the expiration of five (5) years from the date the ISO is granted and (ii) no Option granted to a person who is not an employee of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company on the date of grant of that Option will be exercisable after the expiration of five (5) years from the date the Option is granted. The Committee also may provide for Options to become exercisable at one time or from time to time, periodically or otherwise, in such number of Shares or percentage of Shares as the Committee determines.
          5.4 Exercise Price. The Exercise Price of an Option will be determined by the Committee when the Option is granted; provided that: (i) the Exercise Price will be not less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the date of grant; and (ii) the Exercise Price of any ISO granted to a Ten Percent Shareholder will not be less than 110% of the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the date of grant. Payment for the Shares purchased may be made in accordance with Section 6 of this Plan.
          5.5 Method of Exercise.
     (a) Options may be exercised only by delivery to the Company (or as the Company may direct) of a written stock option exercise agreement (the “Exercise Agreement”) (in the case of a written Exercise Agreement, in the form approved by the Board or the Committee, which need not be the same for each Participant), in each case stating the number of Shares being purchased, the restrictions imposed on the Shares purchased under such Exercise Agreement, if any, and such representations and agreements regarding Participant’s investment intent and access to information and other matters, if any, as may be required or desirable by the Company to comply with applicable securities laws, together with payment in full of the Exercise Price for the number of Shares being purchased.
     (b) A written Exercise Agreement may be communicated electronically through the use of such security device (including, without limitation, any logon identifier, password, personal identification number, smartcard, digital certificate, digital signature, encryption device, electronic key, and/or other code or any access procedure incorporating any one or more of the foregoing) as may be designated by the Board or the Committee for use in conjunction with the Plan from time to time (“Security Device”), or via an electronic page, site, or environment designated by the Company which is accessible only through the use of such Security Device, and such written Exercise Agreement shall thereby be deemed to have been sent by the designated holder of such Security Device. The Company (or its agent) may accept and act upon any written Exercise Agreement issued and/or transmitted through the use of the Participant’s Security Device (whether actually authorized by the Participant or not) as his authentic and duly authorized Exercise Agreement and the Company (or its agent) may treat such Exercise Agreement as valid and binding on the Participant notwithstanding any error, fraud, forgery, lack of clarity or misunderstanding in the terms of such Exercise Agreement. All written Exercise Agreements issued and/or transmitted through the use of the Participant’s Security Device (whether actually authorized by the Participant or not) are irrevocable and binding on the Participant upon transmission to the Company (or as the Company may direct) and the Company (or its agent) shall be entitled to effect, perform or process such Exercise Agreement without the Participant’s further consent and without further reference to the Participant.

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     (c) The Company’s records of the Exercise Agreements (whether delivered or communicated electronically or in printed form), and its record of any transactions maintained by any relevant person authorized by the Company relating to or connected with the Plan, whether stored in audio, electronic, printed or other form, shall be binding and conclusive on the Participant and shall be conclusive evidence of such Exercise Agreements and/or transactions. All such records shall be admissible in evidence and, in the case of a written Exercise Agreement which has been communicated electronically, the Participant shall not challenge or dispute the admissibility, reliability, accuracy or the authenticity of the contents of such records merely on the basis that such records were incorporated and/or set out in electronic form or were produced by or are the output of a computer system, and the Participant waives any of his rights (if any) to so object.
          5.6 Termination. Notwithstanding the exercise periods set forth in the Stock Option Agreement, exercise of an Option will always be subject to the following:
     (a) If the Participant is Terminated for any reason except death or Disability, then the Participant may exercise such Participant’s Options only to the extent that such Options would have been exercisable upon the Termination Date no later than three (3) months after the Termination Date (or such shorter or longer time period not exceeding five (5) years as may be determined by the Committee, provided, that any Option which is exercised beyond three (3) months after the Termination Date shall be deemed to be an NQSO), but in any event no later than the expiration date of the Options.
     (b) If the Participant is Terminated because of the Participant’s death or Disability (or the Participant dies within three (3) months after a Termination other than for Cause or because of the Participant’s Disability), then the Participant’s Options may be exercised only to the extent that such Options would have been exercisable by the Participant on the Termination Date and must be exercised by the Participant (or the Participant’s legal representative or authorized assignee) no later than twelve (12) months after the Termination Date (or such shorter or longer time period not exceeding five (5) years as may be determined by the Committee, provided, that any Option which is exercised beyond twelve (12) months after the Termination Date when the Termination is for Participant’s Disability, shall be deemed to be an NQSO), but in any event no later than the expiration date of the Options.
     (c) If the Participant is terminated for Cause, then the Participant’s Options shall expire on such Participant’s Termination Date, or at such later time and on such conditions as are determined by the Committee (but in any event, no later than the expiration date of the Options).
          5.7 Limitations on Exercise. The Committee may specify a reasonable minimum number of Shares that may be purchased on any exercise of an Option, provided that such minimum number will not prevent Participant from exercising the Option for the full number of Shares for which it is then exercisable.
          5.8 Limitations on ISO. The aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the date of grant) of Shares with respect to which ISO are exercisable for the first time by a Participant during any calendar year (under this Plan or under any other incentive stock option plan of the Company, Parent or Subsidiary of the Company) will not exceed US$100,000. If the Fair Market Value of Shares on the date of grant with respect to which ISO are exercisable for the first time by a Participant during any calendar year exceeds US$100,000, then the Options for the first US$100,000 worth of Shares to become exercisable in such calendar year will be ISO and the Options for the amount in excess of US$100,000 that become exercisable in that calendar year will be NQSOs. In the event that the Code or the regulations promulgated thereunder are amended after the Effective Date of this Plan to provide for a different limit on the Fair Market Value of Shares permitted to be subject to ISO, such different limit will be automatically incorporated herein and will apply to any Options granted after the effective date of such amendment.
          5.9 Modification, Extension or Renewal. The Committee may modify, extend or renew outstanding Options and authorize the grant of new Options in substitution therefor, provided that any such action may not, without the written consent of a Participant, impair any of such Participant’s rights under any Option

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previously granted, and provided further that the exercise period of any Option may not in any event be extended beyond the periods specified in Section 5.3. Any outstanding ISO that is modified, extended, renewed or otherwise altered will be treated in accordance with Section 424(h) of the Code.
          5.10 No Disqualification. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Plan, no term of this Plan relating to ISO will be interpreted, amended or altered, nor will any discretion or authority granted under this Plan be exercised, so as to disqualify this Plan under Section 422 of the Code or, without the consent of the Participant affected, to disqualify any ISO under Section 422 of the Code.
     6. PAYMENT FOR SHARE PURCHASES.
          6.1 Payment. Payment for Shares purchased pursuant to this Plan may be made in cash (by check) or, where expressly approved for the Participant by the Committee and where permitted by law:
     (a) by cancellation of indebtedness of the Company to the Participant;
     (b) by waiver of compensation due or accrued to the Participant for services rendered;
     (c) with respect only to purchases upon exercise of an Option, and provided that a public market for the Company’s Shares exists:
                    (i) through a “same day sale” commitment from the Participant and a broker-dealer that is a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers (an “NASD Dealer”) whereby the Participant irrevocably elects to exercise the Option and to sell a portion of the Shares so purchased to pay for the Exercise Price, and whereby the NASD Dealer irrevocably commits upon receipt of such Shares to forward the Exercise Price directly to the Company; or
                    (ii) through a “margin” commitment from the Participant and a NASD Dealer whereby the Participant irrevocably elects to exercise the Option and to pledge the Shares so purchased to the NASD Dealer in a margin account as security for a loan from the NASD Dealer in the amount of the Exercise Price, and whereby the NASD Dealer irrevocably commits upon receipt of such Shares to forward the Exercise Price directly to the Company;
     (d) conversion of a convertible note issued by the Company, the terms of which provide that it is convertible into Shares issuable pursuant to the Plan (with the principal amount and any accrued interest being converted and credited dollar for dollar to the payment of the Exercise Price); or
     (e) by any combination of the foregoing.
     7. AUTOMATIC GRANTS TO OUTSIDE DIRECTORS.
          7.1 Types of Options and Shares. Options granted under this Plan and subject to this Section 7 shall be NQSOs.
          7.2 Eligibility. Options subject to this Section 7 shall be granted only to Outside Directors. In no event, however, may any Outside Director be granted any Options under this Section 7 if such grant is (a) prohibited, or (b) restricted (either absolutely or subject to various securities requirements, whether legal or administrative, being complied with), in the jurisdiction in which such Outside Director is resident under the relevant securities laws of that jurisdiction.
          7.3 Initial Grant. Each Outside Director who first becomes a member of the Board after the Effective Date will automatically be granted an Option for 25,000 Shares (an “Initial Grant”) on the date such Outside Director first becomes a member of the Board. Each Outside Director who became a member of the Board

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on or prior to the Effective Date and who did not receive a prior option grant (under this Plan or otherwise and from the Company or any of its corporate predecessors) will receive an Initial Grant on the Effective Date.
          7.4 Succeeding Grant. Immediately following each Annual General Meeting of shareholders of the Company, each Outside Director will automatically be granted an Option for 12,500 Shares (a “Succeeding Grant”), provided, that the Outside Director is a member of the Board immediately following such Annual General Meeting.
          7.5 Vesting and Exercisability. The date an Outside Director receives an Initial Grant or a Succeeding Grant is referred to in this Plan as the “Start Date” for such Option.
     (a) Initial Grant. Each Initial Grant will vest and be exercisable as to 25% of the Shares on the first one year anniversary of the Start Date for such Initial Grant, and thereafter as to 1/48 of the Shares at the end of each full succeeding month, so long as the Outside Director continuously remains a director or a consultant of the Company.
     (b) Succeeding Grant. Each Succeeding Grant will vest and be exercisable as to 25% of the Shares on the first one year anniversary of the Start Date for such Succeeding Grant, and thereafter as to 1/48 of the Shares at the end of each full succeeding month, so long as the Outside Director continuously remains a director or a consultant of the Company. No Options granted to an Outside Director will be exercisable after the expiration of five (5) years from the date the Option is granted to such Outside Director. If the Outside Director is Terminated, the Outside Director may exercise such Outside Director’s Options only to the extent that such Options would have been exercisable upon the Termination Date for such period as set forth in Section 5.6. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, in the event of a Corporate Transaction described in Section 15.1, the vesting of all Options granted to Outside Directors pursuant to this Section 7 will accelerate and such Options will become exercisable in full prior to the consummation of such event at such times and on such conditions as the Committee determines, and must be exercised, if at all, within three (3) months of the consummation of said event. Any Options not exercised within such three-month period shall expire. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, in the event of a Hostile Take-Over, the Outside Director shall have a thirty-day period in which to surrender to the Company each option held by him or her under this Plan for a period of at least six (6) months. The Outside Director shall in return be entitled to a cash distribution from the Company in an amount equal to the excess of (i) the Take-Over Price of the Shares at the time subject to the surrendered Option (whether or not the Option is otherwise at the time exercisable for 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 Company. Neither the approval of the Committee nor the consent of the Board shall be required in connection with such option surrender and cash distribution. The Shares subject to each Option surrendered in connection with the Hostile Take-Over shall NOT be available for subsequent issuance under the Plan.
          7.6 Exercise Price. The Exercise Price of an Option pursuant to an Initial Grant and Succeeding Grant shall be the Fair Market Value of the Shares, at the time that the Option is granted.
     8. WITHHOLDING TAXES.
          8.1 Withholding Generally. Whenever Shares are to be issued in satisfaction of Awards granted under this Plan, the Company may require the Participant to remit to the Company an amount sufficient to satisfy federal, state and local withholding tax requirements prior to the delivery of any certificate or certificates for such Shares. Whenever, under this Plan, payments in satisfaction of Awards are to be made in cash, such payment will be net of an amount sufficient to satisfy federal, state, and local withholding tax requirements.
          8.2 Stock Withholding. When, under applicable tax laws, a Participant incurs tax liability in connection with the exercise or vesting of any Award that is subject to tax withholding and the Participant is obligated to pay the Company the amount required to be withheld, the Committee may in its sole discretion, and

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subject to compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, allow the Participant to satisfy the minimum withholding tax obligation by electing to have the Company withhold from the Shares to be issued that number of Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to the minimum amount required to be withheld, determined on the date that the amount of tax to be withheld is to be determined. All elections by a Participant to have Shares withheld for this purpose will be made in accordance with the requirements established by the Committee and be in writing in a form acceptable to the Committee.
     9. TRANSFERABILITY.
          9.1 Except as otherwise provided in this Section 9, Awards granted under this Plan, and any interest therein, will not be transferable or assignable by a Participant, and may not be made subject to execution, attachment or similar process, otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution or as determined by the Committee and set forth in the Award Agreement with respect to Awards. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) Participants may transfer or assign their Options to Family Members through a gift or a domestic relations order (and not in a transfer for value), and (ii) if the terms of the applicable instrument evidencing the grant of an Option so provide, Participants who reside outside of the United States and Singapore may assign their Options to a financial institution outside of the United States and Singapore that has been approved by the Committee, in accordance with the terms of the applicable instrument, subject to Code regulations providing that any transfer of an ISO may cause such ISO to become a NQSO. The Participant shall be solely responsible for effecting any such assignment, and for ensuring that such assignment is valid, legal and binding under all applicable laws. The Committee shall have the discretion to adopt such rules as it deems necessary to ensure that any assignment is in compliance with all applicable laws.
          9.2 All Awards other than NQSO’s. All Awards other than NQSO’s shall be exercisable: (i) during the Participant’s lifetime, only by (A) the Participant, or (B) the Participant’s guardian or legal representative; and (ii) after Participant’s death, by the legal representative of the Participant’s heirs or legatees. 9.3 NQSOs. Unless otherwise restricted by the Committee, an NQSO shall be exercisable: (i) during the Participant’s lifetime only by (A) the Participant, (B) the Participant’s guardian or legal representative, (C) a Family Member of the Participant who has acquired the NQSO by “permitted transfer;” as defined below, (ii) by a transferee that is permitted pursuant to clause (ii) of Section 9.2, for such period as may be authorized by the terms of the applicable instrument evidencing the grant of the applicable Option, or by the Committee, and (iii) after Participant’s death, by the legal representative of the Participant’s heirs or legatees. “Permitted transfer” means any transfer of an interest in such NQSO by gift or domestic relations order effected by the Participant during the Participant’s lifetime. A permitted transfer shall not include any transfer for value; provided that the following shall be permitted transfers and shall not be considered to be transfers for value: (a) a transfer under a domestic relations order in settlement of marital property rights or (b) a transfer to an entity in which more than fifty percent of the voting interests are owned by Family Members or the Participant in exchange for an interest in that entity.
     10. PRIVILEGES OF STOCK OWNERSHIP. No Participant will have any of the rights of a shareholder with respect to any Shares until the Shares are issued to the Participant. After Shares are issued to the Participant, the Participant will be a shareholder and have all the rights of a shareholder with respect to such Shares, including the right to vote and receive all dividends or other distributions made or paid with respect to such Shares.
     11. CERTIFICATES. All certificates for Shares or other securities delivered under this Plan will be subject to such stock transfer orders, legends and other restrictions as the Committee may deem necessary or advisable, including restrictions under any applicable federal, state or foreign securities law, or any rules, regulations and other requirements of the SEC or any stock exchange or automated quotation system upon which the Shares may be listed or quoted.
     12. EXCHANGE AND BUYOUT OF AWARDS. The Committee may, at any time or from time to time and subject to compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, authorize the Company, with the consent of the respective Participants, to issue new Awards in exchange for the surrender and cancellation of any or all outstanding Awards. The Committee may at any time and subject to compliance with all applicable laws and regulations buy from a Participant an Award previously granted with payment in cash, Shares or other consideration, based on such terms and conditions as the Committee and the Participant may agree.

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     13. SECURITIES LAW AND OTHER REGULATORY COMPLIANCE. An Award will not be effective unless such Award is in compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws, rules and regulations of any governmental body, and the requirements of any stock exchange or automated quotation system upon which the Shares may then be listed or quoted, as they are in effect on the date of grant of the Award and also on the date of exercise or other issuance. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Plan, the Company will have no obligation to issue or deliver certificates for Shares under this Plan prior to: (a) obtaining any approvals from governmental agencies that the Company determines are necessary or advisable; and/or (b) completion of any registration or other qualification of such Shares under any state or federal law or ruling of any governmental body that the Company determines to be necessary or advisable. The Company will be under no obligation to register the Shares with the SEC or to effect compliance with the registration, qualification or listing requirements of any state securities laws, stock exchange or automated quotation system, and the Company will have no liability for any inability or failure to do so.
     14. NO OBLIGATION TO EMPLOY. Nothing in this Plan or any Award granted under this Plan will confer or be deemed to confer on any Participant any right to continue in the employ of, or to continue any other relationship with, the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company or limit in any way the right of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company to terminate Participant’s employment or other relationship at any time, with or without cause.
     15. CORPORATE TRANSACTIONS.
          15.1 Assumption or Replacement of Awards by Successor. Except for automatic grants to Outside Directors pursuant to Section 7 hereof, in the event of (a) a dissolution or liquidation of the Company, (b) a merger or consolidation in which the Company is not the surviving corporation (other than a merger or consolidation with a wholly-owned subsidiary, a reincorporation of the Company in a different jurisdiction, or other transaction in which there is no substantial change in the shareholders of the Company or their relative share holdings and the Awards granted under this Plan are assumed, converted or replaced by the successor corporation, which assumption will be binding on all Participants), (c) a merger in which the Company is the surviving corporation but after which the shareholders of the Company immediately prior to such merger (other than any shareholder that merges, or which owns or controls another corporation that merges, with the Company in such merger) cease to own their shares or other equity interest in the Company, (d) the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Company, or (e) the acquisition, sale, or transfer of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Company by tender offer or similar transaction (each, a “Corporate Transaction ”), each Option which is at the time outstanding under this Plan shall automatically accelerate so that each such Option shall, immediately prior to the specified effective date for the Corporate Transaction, become fully exercisable with respect to the total number of Shares at the time subject to such Option and may be exercised for all or any portion of such Shares. However, subject to the specific terms of a Participant’s Award Agreement, an outstanding Option under this Plan 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 Option spread existing 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 Committee at the time of the Option grant. The determination of Option comparability under clause (i) above shall be made by the Committee, and its determination shall be final, binding and conclusive.
          15.2 Other Treatment of Awards. Subject to any greater rights granted to Participants under the foregoing provisions of this Section 15 or other specific terms of a Participant’s Award Agreement, in the event of the occurrence of any Corporate Transaction described in Section 15.1, any outstanding Awards will be treated as provided in the applicable agreement or plan of merger, consolidation, dissolution, liquidation, or sale of assets.
          15.3 Assumption of Awards by the Company. The Company, from time to time, also may substitute or assume outstanding awards granted by another company, whether in connection with an acquisition of such other company or otherwise, by either; (a) granting an Award under this Plan in substitution of such other company’s award; or (b) assuming such award as if it had been granted under this Plan if the terms of such assumed

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award could be applied to an Award granted under this Plan. Such substitution or assumption will be permissible if the holder of the substituted or assumed award would have been eligible to be granted an Award under this Plan if the other company had applied the rules of this Plan to such grant. In the event the Company assumes an award granted by another company, the terms and conditions of such award will remain unchanged (except that the Exercise Price and the number and nature of Shares issuable upon exercise of any such Option will be adjusted appropriately pursuant to Section 424(a) of the Code). In the event the Company elects to grant a new Option rather than assuming an existing Option, such new Option may be granted with a similarly adjusted Exercise Price.
     16. ADOPTION AND SHAREHOLDER APPROVAL. This Plan will become effective on the date on which the Board adopts the Plan (the “Effective Date”). This Plan shall be approved by the shareholders of the Company (excluding Shares issued pursuant to this Plan), consistent with applicable laws, within twelve (12) months before or after the date this Plan is adopted by the Board. Upon the Effective Date, the Committee may grant Awards pursuant to this Plan; provided, however, that: (a) no Option may be exercised prior to initial shareholder approval of this Plan; (b) no Option granted pursuant to an increase in the number of Shares subject to this Plan approved by the Board will be exercised prior to the time such increase has been approved by the shareholders of the Company; (c) in the event that initial shareholder approval is not obtained within the time period provided herein, all Awards granted hereunder shall be cancelled; and (d) in the event that shareholder approval of such increase is not obtained within the time period provided herein, all Awards granted pursuant to such increase will be cancelled.
     17. TERM OF PLAN/GOVERNING LAW. Unless earlier terminated as provided herein, this Plan will terminate ten (10) years from the date this Plan is adopted by the Board or, if earlier, the date of shareholder approval. This Plan and all agreements thereunder shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California.
     18. AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION OF PLAN. The Board has complete and exclusive power and authority to amend or modify the Plan (or any component thereof) in any or all respects whatsoever. However, (i) no such amendment or modification shall adversely affect rights and obligations with respect to Options at the time outstanding under the Plan, unless the Participant consents to such amendment, and (ii) the automatic grants to Outside Directors pursuant to Section 7 may not be amended at intervals more frequently than once every six (6) months, other than to the extent necessary to comply with applicable U.S. income tax laws and regulations. In addition, the Board may not, without the approval of the Company’s shareholders, amend the Plan to (i) materially increase the maximum number of Shares issuable under the Plan or the number of Shares for which Options may be granted per newly-elected or continuing Outside Director or the maximum number of Shares for which any one individual participating in the Plan may be granted Options, (ii) materially modify the eligibility requirements for plan participation or (iii) materially increase the benefits accruing to Participants. The Board may at any time terminate or amend this Plan in any respect, including without limitation amendment of any form of Award Agreement or instrument to be executed pursuant to this Plan; provided, however, that the Board will not, without the approval of the shareholders of the Company, amend this Plan in any manner that requires such shareholder approval.
     19. NONEXCLUSIVITY OF THE PLAN. Neither the adoption of this Plan by the Board, the submission of this Plan to the shareholders of the Company for approval, nor any provision of this Plan will be construed as creating any limitations on the power of the Board to adopt such additional compensation arrangements as it may deem desirable, including, without limitation, the granting of stock options and bonuses otherwise than under this Plan, and such arrangements may be either generally applicable or applicable only in specific cases.
     20. STOCK BONUSES.
          20.1 Stock Bonuses Generally. A Stock Bonus is a grant of Shares by the Company to an individual who has satisfied the terms and conditions set by the Committee on the making of such grant. The Committee will determine to whom a grant may be made, the number of Shares that may be granted, the restrictions to the making of such grant, and all other terms and conditions of the Stock Bonus, subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 20.2 hereof. The conditions to grant may be based upon completion of a specified number of years of service with the Company or upon completion of the performance goals as set out by the Committee. Grants of Stock Bonuses may vary from Participant to Participant and between groups of Participants. Prior to the grant of a

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Stock Bonus, the Commitee shall: (a) determine the nature, length and starting date of any Performance Period that may be a condition precedent to grant of a Stock Bonus; (b) select from among the Performance Factors to be used to measure performance goals, if any; and (c) determine the number of Shares that may be awarded to the Participant. Prior to the grant of any Stock Bonus, the Committee shall determine the extent to which such Stock Bonus has been earned. Performance Periods may overlap and Participants may participate simultaneously with respect to Stock Bonuses that are subject to different Performance Periods and having different performance goals and other criteria.
          20.2 Restrictions on Stock Bonus Awards.
               (a) Any Stock Bonuses with vesting based on Performance Factors shall have a minimum Performance Period of one year, and any Stock Bonuses with vesting based solely on the passage of time and continued service to the Company shall have a minimum Performance Period of three years (collectively, the “Stock Bonus Restriction Periods”).
               (b) The Stock Bonus Restriction Periods may not be waived except in the case of death, Disability, Termination or a Corporate Transaction.
               (c) Stock Bonuses granted not in accordance with the Stock Bonus Restriction Periods may not exceed five percent (5%) of the total Shares reserved and available for grant and issuance pursuant to this Plan, including (i) shares that are subject to issuance upon exercise of an Award but cease to be subject to such Award for any reason other than exercise of such Award; (ii) any authorized shares not issued or subject to outstanding grants under the Prior Plans; and (iii) any shares subject to outstanding grants that are forfeited and/or that are issuable upon exercise of options granted pursuant to the Prior Plans that expire or become unexercisable for any reason without having been exercised in full.
     21. DEFINITIONS. As used in this Plan, the following terms will have the following meanings:
     “Award” means any Options or shares from Stock Bonuses granted under this Plan.
     “Award Agreement” means, with respect to each Award, the signed written agreement between the Company and the Participant setting forth the terms and conditions of the Award.
     “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
     “Cause” means (a) the commission of an act of theft, embezzlement, fraud, dishonesty, (b) a breach of fiduciary duty to the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary of the Company or (c) a failure to materially perform the customary duties of the employee’s employment.
     “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
     “Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board.
     “Company” means Flextronics International Ltd. or any successor corporation.
     “Disability” means total and permanent disability as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.
     “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
     “Exercise Price” means the price at which a holder of an Option may purchase the Shares issuable upon exercise of the Option.
     “Fair Market Value” means, as of any date, the value of the Shares determined as follows:

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     (a) if such Shares are then quoted on the Nasdaq National Market, the closing price of such Shares on the Nasdaq National Market on the date of determination as reported in The Wall Street Journal;
     (b) if such Shares are publicly traded and are then listed on a national securities exchange, the closing price of such Shares on the date of determination on the principal national securities exchange on which the Shares are listed or admitted to trading as reported in The Wall Street Journal;
     (c) if such Shares are publicly traded but are not quoted on the Nasdaq National Market nor listed or admitted to trading on a national securities exchange, the average of the closing bid and asked prices on the date of determination as reported in The Wall Street Journal; or
     (d) if none of the foregoing is applicable, by the Committee in good faith.
     “Family Member” includes any of the following:
     (a) child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, sibling, niece, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law of the Participant, including any such person with such relationship to the Participant by adoption;
     (b) any person (other than a tenant or employee) sharing the Participant’s household;
     (c) a trust in which the persons in (a) and (b) have more than fifty percent of the beneficial interest;
     (d) a foundation in which the persons in (a) and (b) or the Participant control the management of assets; or
     (e) any other entity in which the persons in (a) and (b) or the Participant own more than fifty percent of the voting interest.
     “Hostile Take-Over” means a change in ownership of the Company effected through the following transaction:
     (a) the direct or indirect acquisition by any person or related group of persons (other than the Company or a person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Company) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act) of securities possessing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the Company’s outstanding securities pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made directly to the Company’s shareholders which the Board does not recommend such shareholders to accept, and
     (b) the acceptance of more than fifty percent (50%) of the securities so acquired in such tender or exchange offer from holders other than Insiders.
     “Insider” means an officer or director of the Company or any other person whose transactions in the Company’s Shares are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
     “Option” means an award of an option to purchase Shares pursuant to Sections 5 and 7.
     “Outside Director” means a member of the Board who is not an employee of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary.
     “Parent” means any corporation (other than the Company) in an unbroken chain of corporations ending with the Company if each of such corporations other than the Company owns stock possessing more than 50% of the

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total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.
     “Participant” means a person who receives an Award under this Plan.
     “Performance Factors” means the factors selected by the Committee from among the following measures to determine whether the performance goals established by the Committee and applicable to Awards have been satisfied:
     (a) Net revenue and/or net revenue growth;
     (b) Earnings before income taxes and amortization and/or earnings before income taxes and amortization growth;
     (c) Operating income and/or operating income growth;
     (d) Net income and/or net income growth;
     (e) Earnings per share and/or earnings per share growth;
     (f) Total stockholder return and/or total stockholder return growth;
     (g) Return on equity;
     (h) Operating cash flow return on income;
     (i) Adjusted operating cash flow return on income;
     (j) Economic value added; and
     (k) Individual confidential business objectives.
     “Performance Period” means the period of service determined by the Committee, not to exceed five years, during which years of service or performance is to be measured for Awards.
     “Plan” means this Flextronics International Ltd. 2001 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time.
     “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
     “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
     “Shares” means ordinary shares of no par value each in the capital of the Company reserved for issuance under this Plan, as adjusted pursuant to Sections 2 and 15, and any successor security.
     “Stock Bonus” means an award of Shares pursuant to Section 20.
     “Subsidiary” means any corporation (other than the Company) in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Company if each of the corporations other than the last corporation in the unbroken chain owns stock possessing more than 50% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.
     “Take-Over Price” means the greater of (a) the Fair Market Value per Share on the date the particular Option to purchase Shares is surrendered to the Company in connection with a Hostile Take-Over or (b) the highest reported price per Share paid by the tender offeror in effecting such Hostile Take-Over. However, if the surrendered Option is an ISO, the Take-Over Price shall not exceed the clause (a) price per Share.

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     “Termination” or “Terminated” means, for purposes of this Plan with respect to a Participant, that the Participant has for any reason ceased to provide services as an employee, officer or director to the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary of the Company. An employee will not be deemed to have ceased to provide services in the case of (i) sick leave, (ii) military leave, or (iii) any other leave of absence approved by the Committee, provided, that such leave is for a period of not more than 90 days, unless reemployment upon the expiration of such leave is guaranteed by contract or statute or unless provided otherwise pursuant to formal policy adopted from time to time by the Company and issued and promulgated to employees in writing. In the case of any employee on an approved leave of absence, the Committee may make such provisions respecting suspension of vesting of the Award while on leave from the employ of the Company or a Subsidiary as it may deem appropriate, except that in no event may an Option be exercised after the expiration of the term set forth in the Stock Option Agreement. The Committee will have sole discretion to determine whether a Participant has ceased to provide services and the effective date on which the Participant ceased to provide services (the “Termination Date”).
     22. OPTION EXCHANGE PROGRAM.
          Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan to the contrary, upon approval of this amendment by the Company’s shareholders, the Board, the Committee or any designee of the Board or the Committee may provide for, and the Company may implement, a one-time Option exchange offer, pursuant to which certain outstanding Options would, at the election of the holder of such Option, be surrendered to the Company for cancellation, whereupon the surrendered Options shall terminate and have no legal effect whatsoever, in exchange for the grant of a lesser number of new Options, which new Options may have reduced Exercise Prices and different vesting and expiration periods from the surrendered Options; provided, however, that such offer shall be commenced within twelve months of the date of such shareholder approval. For the avoidance of doubt, the surrendering and cancellation of the Options shall not at any time, result in the Company acquiring, directly or indirectly, a right or interest in the surrendered Options.

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EX-10.02 3 d68374exv10w02.htm EX-10.02 exv10w02
Exhibit 10.02
FLEXTRONICS INTERNATIONAL LTD.
2002 INTERIM INCENTIVE PLAN
As Adopted May 6, 2002 and amended through July 13, 2009
     1. PURPOSE. The purpose of this Plan is to provide incentives to attract, retain and motivate eligible persons whose present and potential contributions are important to the success of the Company, its Parent and Subsidiaries, by offering them an opportunity to participate in the Company’s future performance through awards of Options and Share Bonuses. Capitalized terms not defined in the text are defined in Section 20.
     2. SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN.
          2.1 Number of Shares Available. Subject to Sections 2.2 and 15, the total number of Shares reserved and available for grant and issuance pursuant to this Plan will be 20,000,000 Shares plus Shares that are subject to: (a) issuance upon exercise of an Option but cease to be subject to such Option for any reason other than exercise of such Option; (b) issuance pursuant to a Share Bonus but cease to be subject to such Share Bonus for any reason other than issuance pursuant to such Share Bonus; and (c) an Award that otherwise terminates without Shares being issued. At all times the Company shall reserve and keep available a sufficient number of Shares as shall be required to satisfy the requirements of all outstanding Awards granted under this Plan.
          2.2 Adjustment of Shares. Should any change be made to the Shares issuable under the Plan by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination of shares, exchange of shares or other change affecting the outstanding Shares as a class without the Company’s receipt of consideration, then 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 price per Share in effect under each Award outstanding under Sections 5 and 6. Such adjustments to the outstanding Awards are to be effected in a manner which shall preclude the enlargement or dilution of rights and benefits under such Awards, provided, however, that (i) fractions of a Share will not be issued but will be replaced by a cash payment equal to the Fair Market Value of such fraction of a Share, as determined by the Committee, and (ii) in the case of an Option granted under Section 5, no such adjustment shall be made if as a result, the Exercise Price would fall below the par value of a Share and if such adjustment would but for this paragraph (ii) result in the Exercise Price being less than the par value of a Share, the Exercise Price payable shall be the par value of a Share. The adjustments determined by the Committee shall be final, binding and conclusive.
     3. ELIGIBILITY. All Awards may be granted to employees, officers and directors of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company, provided however, that non-executive directors of the Company shall be eligible for the grant of Awards only to the extent permitted by, and subject to compliance with, all applicable laws and regulations. A person may be granted more than one Award under this Plan. Awards granted to officers and non-employee directors may not exceed in the aggregate forty-nine percent (49%) of all Shares that are reserved for grant under this Plan.
     4. ADMINISTRATION.
          4.1 Committee Authority. This Plan will be administered by the Committee or by the Board acting as the Committee. Subject to the general purposes, terms and conditions of this Plan, and to the direction of the Board, the Committee will have full power to implement and carry out this Plan. The Committee will have the authority to:
  (a)   construe and interpret this Plan, any Award Agreement and any other agreement or document executed pursuant to this Plan;

 


 

  (b)   prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to this Plan or any Award;
 
  (c)   select persons to receive Awards;
 
  (d)   determine the form and terms of Awards;
 
  (e)   determine the number of Shares or other consideration subject to Awards;
 
  (f)   determine whether Awards will be granted singly, in combination with, in tandem with, in replacement of, or as alternatives to, other Awards under this Plan or any other incentive or compensation plan of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company;
 
  (g)   grant waivers of Plan or Award conditions;
 
  (h)   determine the vesting, exercisability and payment of Awards;
 
  (i)   correct any defect, supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in this Plan, any Award or any Award Agreement;
 
  (j)   determine whether an Award has been earned; and
 
  (k)   make all other determinations necessary or advisable for the administration of this Plan.
          4.2 Committee Discretion. Any determination made by the Committee with respect to any Award will be made in its sole discretion at the time of grant of the Award or, unless in contravention of any express term of this Plan or Award, at any later time, and such determination will be final and binding on the Company and on all persons having an interest in any Award under this Plan. The Committee may delegate to one or more officers of the Company the authority to grant an Award under this Plan to Participants who are not Insiders of the Company.
     5. OPTIONS. The Committee may grant Options that are Nonqualified Stock Options (“NQSOs”) to eligible persons and will determine the number of Shares subject to the Option, the Exercise Price of the Option, the period during which the Option may be exercised, and all other terms and conditions of the Option, subject to the following:
          5.1 Form of Option Grant. Each Option granted under this Plan will be evidenced by an Award Agreement which will expressly identify the Option as a NQSO (“Share Option Agreement”), and, except as otherwise required by the terms of Section 7 hereof, will be in such form and contain such provisions (which need not be the same for each Participant) as the Committee may from time to time approve, and which will comply with and be subject to the terms and conditions of this Plan.
          5.2 Date of Grant. The date of grant of an Option will be the date on which the Committee makes the determination to grant such Option, unless otherwise specified by the Committee. The Share Option Agreement and a copy of this Plan will be delivered to the Participant within a reasonable time after the granting of the Option.
          5.3 Exercise Period. Options may be exercisable within the times or upon the events determined by the Committee as set forth in the Share Option Agreement governing such Option; provided, however, that no Option will be exercisable after the expiration of ten (10) years from the date the Option is granted; and provided further that no Option granted to a person who is not an employee of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company on the date of grant of that Option will be exercisable after the expiration of five (5) years from the date the Option is granted. The Committee also may provide for Options to become exercisable at

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one time or from time to time, periodically or otherwise, in such number of Shares or percentage of Shares as the Committee determines.
          5.4 Exercise Price. The Exercise Price of an Option will be determined by the Committee when the Option is granted. In no event may the Exercise Price of an Option be less than the par value of the Shares. Payment for the Shares purchased may be made in accordance with Section 7 of this Plan.
          5.5 Method of Exercise.
  (a)   Options may be exercised only by delivery to the Company (or as the Company may direct) of a written share option exercise agreement (the “Exercise Agreement”) (in the case of a written Exercise Agreement, in the form approved by the Board or the Committee, which need not be the same for each Participant), in each case stating the number of Shares being purchased, the restrictions imposed on the Shares purchased under such Exercise Agreement, if any, and such representations and agreements regarding Participant’s investment intent and access to information and other matters, if any, as may be required or desirable by the Company to comply with applicable securities laws, together with payment in full of the Exercise Price for the number of Shares being purchased.
 
  (b)   A written Exercise Agreement may be communicated electronically through the use of such security device (including, without limitation, any logon identifier, password, personal identification number, smartcard, digital certificate, digital signature, encryption device, electronic key, and/or other code or any access procedure incorporating any one or more of the foregoing) as may be designated by the Board or the Committee for use in conjunction with the Plan from time to time (“Security Device”), or via an electronic page, site, or environment designated by the Company which is accessible only through the use of such Security Device, and such written Exercise Agreement shall thereby be deemed to have been sent by the designated holder of such Security Device. The Company (or its agent) may accept and act upon any written Exercise Agreement issued and/or transmitted through the use of the Participant’s Security Device (whether actually authorized by the Participant or not) as his authentic and duly authorized Exercise Agreement and the Company (or its agent) may treat such Exercise Agreement as valid and binding on the Participant notwithstanding any error, fraud, forgery, lack of clarity or misunderstanding in the terms of such Exercise Agreement. All written Exercise Agreements issued and/or transmitted through the use of the Participant’s Security Device (whether actually authorized by the Participant or not) are irrevocable and binding on the Participant upon transmission to the Company (or as the Company may direct) and the Company (or its agent) shall be entitled to effect, perform or process such Exercise Agreement without the Participant’s further consent and without further reference to the Participant.
 
  (c)   The Company’s records of the Exercise Agreements (whether delivered or communicated electronically or in printed form), and its record of any transactions maintained by any relevant person authorized by the Company relating to or connected with the Plan, whether stored in audio, electronic, printed or other form, shall be binding and conclusive on the Participant and shall be conclusive evidence of such Exercise Agreements and/or transactions. All such records shall be admissible in evidence and, in the case of a written Exercise Agreement which has been communicated electronically, the Participant shall not challenge or dispute the admissibility, reliability, accuracy or the authenticity of the contents of such records merely on the basis that such records were incorporated and/or set out in electronic form or were produced by or are the output of a computer system, and the Participant waives any of his rights (if any) to so object.

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          5.6 Termination. Notwithstanding the exercise periods set forth in the Share Option Agreement, exercise of an Option will always be subject to the following:
  (a)   If the Participant is Terminated for any reason except death or Disability, then the Participant may exercise such Participant’s Options only to the extent that such Options would have been exercisable upon the Termination Date no later than three (3) months after the Termination Date (or such shorter or longer time period not exceeding five (5) years as may be determined by the Committee), but in any event no later than the expiration date of the Options.
 
  (b)   If the Participant is Terminated because of the Participant’s death or Disability (or the Participant dies within three (3) months after a Termination other than for Cause or because of the Participant’s Disability), then the Participant’s Options may be exercised only to the extent that such Options would have been exercisable by the Participant on the Termination Date and must be exercised by the Participant (or the Participant’s legal representative or authorized assignee) no later than twelve (12) months after the Termination Date (or such shorter or longer time period not exceeding five (5) years as may be determined by the Committee), but in any event no later than the expiration date of the Options.
 
  (c)   If the Participant is Terminated for Cause, then the Participant’s Options shall expire on such Participant’s Termination Date, or at such later time and on such conditions as are determined by the Committee (but in any event, no later than the expiration date of the Options).
          5.7 Limitations on Exercise. The Committee may specify a reasonable minimum number of Shares that may be purchased on any exercise of an Option, provided that such minimum number will not prevent the Participant from exercising the Option for the full number of Shares for which it is then exercisable.
          5.8 Modification, Extension or Renewal. The Committee may modify, extend or renew outstanding Options and authorize the grant of new Options in substitution therefor, provided that any such action may not, without the written consent of a Participant, impair any of such Participant’s rights under any Option previously granted, and provided further that the exercise period of any Option may not in any event be extended beyond the periods specified in Section 5.3.
     6. SHARE BONUSES. The Committee may grant Share Bonuses and will determine the number of Shares subject to the Share Bonus, the Purchase Price of the Shares subject to the Share Bonus, and all other terms and conditions of the Share Bonus, subject to the following:
          6.1 Awards of Share Bonuses. Share Bonuses may be awarded pursuant to an Award Agreement (the “Share Bonus Agreement”) that will be in such form (which need not be the same for each Participant) as the Committee will from time to time approve, and will comply with and be subject to the terms and conditions of this Plan. Share Bonuses provide the Participant with the right to receive a specified number of Shares at the end of a specified vesting period, or periods, not to exceed, in the case of Participants who are employees of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company, ten (10) years from the date of grant of the Share Bonus, and, in the case of Participants who are not employees of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company, five (5) years from the date of grant of the Share Bonus (“Vesting Periods”) upon receipt of the Purchase Price, and may provide that such number will be increased, or the right to receive Shares accelerated, upon the satisfaction of specified performance goals. Share Bonuses may vary from Participant to Participant and between groups of Participants, and may be based upon the achievement of the Company, Parent or Subsidiary and/or individual performance factors or upon such other criteria as the Committee may determine.
          6.2 Terms of Share Bonuses. The Committee will determine the number of Shares to be awarded to the Participant pursuant to a Share Bonus. If the Share Bonus is being earned upon the satisfaction of

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performance goals pursuant to a Share Bonus Agreement, then the Committee will: (a) determine the nature, length and starting date of any Performance Period for each Share Bonus; (b) determine the applicable performance goals and Performance Factors, if any; (c) determine the total number of Shares that may be awarded to the Participant, (d) determine the number of Shares that will be issued in each Performance Period and the effect thereon of the satisfaction of the Performance Factors, including any provision for acceleration of issuance of Shares, or increase in the number of such Shares, and (e) determine whether any payment will be required for the issuance of such Shares other than satisfaction of the Performance Factors and the payment of the Purchase Price.
          The Committee shall, as soon as practicable after the end of each Vesting Period or, as the case may be, Performance Period, determine the extent to which the Share Bonuses have vested or have been earned, and shall thereafter procure the allotment and issuance to the Participant of the Shares to the extent vested and/or earned against payment of the Purchase Price. Performance Periods may overlap and Participants may participate simultaneously with respect to Share Bonuses that are subject to different Performance Periods and different performance goals and other criteria. The number of Shares may be fixed or may vary in accordance with such performance goals and criteria as may be determined by the Committee. The Committee may adjust the performance goals applicable to the Share Bonuses to take into account changes in law and accounting or tax rules and to make such adjustments as the Committee deems necessary or appropriate to reflect the impact of extraordinary or unusual items, events or circumstances to avoid windfalls or hardships.
          6.3 Date of Grant. The date of grant of a Share Bonus will be the date on which the Committee makes the determination to grant such Share Bonus, unless otherwise specified by the Committee. The Share Bonus Agreement and a copy of this Plan will be delivered to the Participant within a reasonable time after the granting of the Share Bonus.
          6.4 Purchase Price. The Purchase Price for each Share subject to a Share Bonus will be equal to the par value of each such Share. Payment of the Purchase Price for the Shares subject to a Share Bonus may be made in accordance with Section 7 of this Plan.
          6.5 Termination. The Share Bonus and all of the Company’s obligations and the Participant’s rights under the Plan and the Share Bonus Agreement (except the right to receive Shares already vested and Shares already earned), shall terminate on the earlier of the Participant’s Termination Date or the date when all the Shares have been allotted and issued.
          6.6 Modification, Extension or Renewal. The Committee may modify, extend or renew outstanding Share Bonuses and authorize the grant of new Share Bonuses in substitution therefor, provided that any such action may not, without the written consent of a Participant, impair any of such Participant’s rights under any Share Bonus previously granted.
     7. PAYMENT FOR SHARE PURCHASES.
          7.1 Payment. Payment for Shares purchased pursuant to this Plan may be made in cash (by check) or, where expressly approved for the Participant by the Committee and where permitted by law:
  (a)   by cancellation of indebtedness of the Company to the Participant;
 
  (b)   by waiver of compensation due or accrued to the Participant for services rendered;
 
  (c)   with respect only to purchases upon exercise of an Option, and provided that a public market for the Company’s Shares exists:
  (1)   through a “same day sale” commitment from the Participant and a broker-dealer that is a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers (an “NASD Dealer”) whereby the Participant irrevocably elects to exercise the Option and to sell a portion of the Shares so purchased to pay for the Exercise

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      Price, and whereby the NASD Dealer irrevocably commits upon receipt of such Shares to forward the Exercise Price directly to the Company; or
 
  (2)   through a “margin” commitment from the Participant and a NASD Dealer whereby the Participant irrevocably elects to exercise the Option and to pledge the Shares so purchased to the NASD Dealer in a margin account as security for a loan from the NASD Dealer in the amount of the Exercise Price, and whereby the NASD Dealer irrevocably commits upon receipt of such Shares to forward the Exercise Price directly to the Company;
  (d)   conversion of a convertible note issued by the Company, the terms of which provide that it is convertible into Shares issuable pursuant to the Plan (with the principal amount and any accrued interest being converted and credited dollar for dollar to the payment of the Exercise Price or, as the case may be, the Purchase Price);
 
  (e)   by the Company, as permitted by applicable laws; or
 
  (f)   by any combination of the foregoing.
     8. WITHHOLDING TAXES. Whenever Shares are to be issued in satisfaction of Awards granted under this Plan, the Company may require the Participant to remit to the Company an amount sufficient to satisfy federal, state and local withholding tax requirements prior to the delivery of any certificate or certificates for such Shares. Whenever, under this Plan, payments in satisfaction of Awards are to be made in cash, such payment will be net of an amount sufficient to satisfy federal, state, and local withholding tax requirements.
     9. TRANSFERABILITY.
          9.1 Except as otherwise provided in this Section 9, Awards granted under this Plan, and any interest therein, will not be transferable or assignable by a Participant, and may not be made subject to execution, attachment or similar process, otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution or as determined by the Committee and set forth in the Award Agreement with respect to Awards. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) Participants may transfer or assign their Awards to Family Members through a gift or a domestic relations order (and not in a transfer for value), and (ii) if the terms of the applicable instrument evidencing the grant of an Award so provide, Participants who reside outside of the United States and Singapore may assign their Awards to a financial institution outside of the United States and Singapore that has been approved by the Committee, in accordance with the terms of the applicable instrument. The Participant shall be solely responsible for effecting any such assignment, and for ensuring that such assignment is valid, legal and binding under all applicable laws. The Committee shall have the discretion to adopt such rules as it deems necessary to ensure that any assignment is in compliance with all applicable laws.
          9.2 NQSOs. Unless otherwise restricted by the Committee, an NQSO shall be exercisable: (i) during the Participant’s lifetime only by (A) the Participant, (B) the Participant’s guardian or legal representative, (C) a Family Member of the Participant who has acquired the NQSO by “permitted transfer;” as defined below, (ii) by a transferee that is permitted pursuant to clause (ii) of Section 9.1, for such period as may be authorized by the terms of the applicable instrument evidencing the grant of the applicable Option, or by the Committee, and (iii) after Participant’s death, by the legal representative of the Participant’s heirs or legatees. “Permitted transfer” means any transfer of an interest in such NQSO by gift or domestic relations order effected by the Participant during the Participant’s lifetime. A permitted transfer shall not include any transfer for value; provided that the following shall be permitted transfers and shall not be considered to be transfers for value: (a) a transfer under a domestic relations order in settlement of marital property rights or (b) a transfer to an entity in which more than fifty percent of the voting interests are owned by Family Members or the Participant in exchange for an interest in that entity.
     10. PRIVILEGES OF SHARE OWNERSHIP. No Participant will have any of the rights of a shareholder with respect to any Shares until the Shares are issued to the Participant. After Shares are issued to the

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Participant, the Participant will be a shareholder and have all the rights of a shareholder with respect to such Shares, including the right to vote and receive all dividends or other distributions made or paid with respect to such Shares.
     11. CERTIFICATES. All certificates for Shares or other securities delivered under this Plan will be subject to such share transfer orders, legends and other restrictions as the Committee may deem necessary or advisable, including restrictions under any applicable federal, state or foreign securities law, or any rules, regulations and other requirements of the SEC or any stock exchange or automated quotation system upon which the Shares may be listed or quoted.
     12. EXCHANGE AND BUYOUT OF AWARDS. The Committee may, at any time or from time to time and subject to compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, authorize the Company, with the consent of the respective Participants, to issue new Awards in exchange for the surrender and cancellation of any or all outstanding Awards. The Committee may at any time and subject to compliance with all applicable laws and regulations buy from a Participant an Award previously granted with payment in cash, Shares or other consideration, based on such terms and conditions as the Committee and the Participant may agree.
     13. SECURITIES LAW AND OTHER REGULATORY COMPLIANCE. An Award will not be effective unless such Award is in compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws, rules and regulations of any governmental body, and the requirements of any stock exchange or automated quotation system upon which the Shares may then be listed or quoted, as they are in effect on the date of grant of the Award and also on the date of exercise or other issuance. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Plan, the Company will have no obligation to issue or deliver certificates for Shares under this Plan prior to: (a) obtaining any approvals from governmental agencies that the Company determines are necessary or advisable; and/or (b) completion of any registration or other qualification of such Shares under any state or federal law or ruling of any governmental body that the Company determines to be necessary or advisable. The Company will be under no obligation to register the Shares with the SEC or to effect compliance with the registration, qualification or listing requirements of any state securities laws, stock exchange or automated quotation system, and the Company will have no liability for any inability or failure to do so.
     14. NO OBLIGATION TO EMPLOY. Nothing in this Plan or any Award granted under this Plan will confer or be deemed to confer on any Participant any right to continue in the employ of, or to continue any other relationship with, the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company or limit in any way the right of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company to terminate Participant’s employment or other relationship at any time, with or without cause.
     15. CORPORATE TRANSACTIONS.
          15.1 Assumption or Replacement of Awards by Successor. In the event of (a) a dissolution or liquidation of the Company, (b) a merger or consolidation in which the Company is not the surviving corporation (other than a merger or consolidation with a wholly-owned subsidiary, a reincorporation of the Company in a different jurisdiction, or other transaction in which there is no substantial change in the shareholders of the Company or their relative share holdings and the Awards granted under this Plan are assumed, converted or replaced by the successor corporation, which assumption will be binding on all Participants), (c) a merger in which the Company is the surviving corporation but after which the shareholders of the Company immediately prior to such merger (other than any shareholder that merges, or which owns or controls another corporation that merges, with the Company in such merger) cease to own their shares or other equity interest in the Company, (d) the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Company, or (e) the acquisition, sale, or transfer of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Company by tender offer or similar transaction (each, a “Corporate Transaction”), each Option which is at the time outstanding under this Plan shall automatically accelerate so that each such Option shall, immediately prior to the specified effective date for the Corporate Transaction, become fully exercisable with respect to the total number of Shares at the time subject to such Option and may be exercised for all or any portion of such Shares. However, subject to the specific terms of a Participant’s Award Agreement, an outstanding Option under this Plan 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

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capital share 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 Option spread existing 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 Committee at the time of the Option grant. The determination of Option comparability under clause (i) above shall be made by the Committee, and its determination shall be final, binding and conclusive.
          15.2 Other Treatment of Awards. Subject to any greater rights granted to Participants under the foregoing provisions of this Section 15 or other specific terms of a Participant’s Award Agreement, in the event of the occurrence of any Corporate Transaction described in Section 15.1, any outstanding Awards will be treated as provided in the applicable agreement or plan of merger, consolidation, dissolution, liquidation, or sale of assets.
          15.3 Assumption of Awards by the Company. The Company, from time to time, also may substitute or assume outstanding awards granted by another company, whether in connection with an acquisition of such other company or otherwise, by either; (a) granting an Award under this Plan in substitution of such other company’s award; or (b) assuming such award as if it had been granted under this Plan if the terms of such assumed award could be applied to an Award granted under this Plan. Such substitution or assumption will be permissible if the holder of the substituted or assumed award would have been eligible to be granted an Award under this Plan if the other company had applied the rules of this Plan to such grant. In the event the Company assumes an award granted by another company, the terms and conditions of such award will remain unchanged (except that the Exercise Price and the number and nature of Shares issuable upon exercise of any such Option will be adjusted appropriately pursuant to Section 424(a) of the Code). In the event the Company elects to grant a new Option rather than assuming an existing Option, such new Option may be granted with a similarly adjusted Exercise Price.
     16. ADOPTION. This Plan will become effective on the date on which the Board adopts the Plan (the “Effective Date”).
     17. TERM OF PLAN/GOVERNING LAW. Unless earlier terminated as provided herein, this Plan will terminate ten (10) years from the date this Plan is adopted by the Board. This Plan and all agreements thereunder shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California.
     18. AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION OF PLAN. The Board has complete and exclusive power and authority to amend or modify the Plan (or any component thereof) in any or all respects whatsoever. However, no such amendment or modification shall adversely affect rights and obligations with respect to Awards at the time outstanding under the Plan, unless the Participant consents to such amendment.
          The Board may at any time terminate or amend this Plan in any respect, including without limitation amendment of any form of Award Agreement or instrument to be executed pursuant to this Plan.
     19. NONEXCLUSIVITY OF THE PLAN. Neither the adoption of this Plan by the Board nor any provision of this Plan will be construed as creating any limitations on the power of the Board to adopt such additional compensation arrangements as it may deem desirable, including, without limitation, the granting of share options and bonuses otherwise than under this Plan, and such arrangements may be either generally applicable or applicable only in specific cases.
     20. DEFINITIONS. As used in this Plan, the following terms will have the following meanings:
          “Award” means any Options or Share Bonuses granted under this Plan.
          “Award Agreement” means, with respect to each Award, the signed written agreement between the Company and the Participant setting forth the terms and conditions of the Award.
          “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

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          “Cause” means (a) the commission of an act of theft, embezzlement, fraud, dishonesty, (b) a breach of fiduciary duty to the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary of the Company or (c) a failure to materially perform the customary duties of the employee’s employment.
          “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
          “Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board.
          “Company” means Flextronics International Ltd. or any successor corporation.
          “Disability” means total and permanent disability as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.
          “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
          “Exercise Price” means the price at which a holder of an Option may purchase the Shares issuable upon exercise of the Option.
          “Fair Market Value” means, as of any date, the value of the Shares determined as follows:
  (a)   if such Shares are then quoted on the Nasdaq National Market, the closing price of such Shares on the Nasdaq National Market on the date of determination as reported in The Wall Street Journal;
 
  (b)   if such Shares are publicly traded and are then listed on a national securities exchange, the closing price of such Shares on the date of determination on the principal national securities exchange on which the Shares are listed or admitted to trading as reported in The Wall Street Journal;
 
  (c)   if such Shares are publicly traded but are not quoted on the Nasdaq National Market nor listed or admitted to trading on a national securities exchange, the average of the closing bid and asked prices on the date of determination as reported in The Wall Street Journal; or
 
  (d)   if none of the foregoing is applicable, by the Committee in good faith.
          “Family Member” includes any of the following:
  (a)   child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, sibling, niece, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law of the Participant, including any such person with such relationship to the Participant by adoption;
 
  (b)   any person (other than a tenant or employee) sharing the Participant’s household;
 
  (c)   a trust in which the persons in (a) and (b) have more than fifty percent of the beneficial interest;
 
  (d)   a foundation in which the persons in (a) and (b) or the Participant control the management of assets; or
 
  (e)   any other entity in which the persons in (a) and (b) or the Participant own more than fifty percent of the voting interest.

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          “Insider” means an officer or director of the Company or any other person whose transactions in the Company’s Shares are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
          “Option” means an award of an option to purchase Shares pursuant to Sections 5.
          “Parent” means any corporation (other than the Company) in an unbroken chain of corporations ending with the Company if each of such corporations other than the Company owns shares possessing more than 50% of the total combined voting power of all classes of shares in one of the other corporations in such chain.
          “Participant” means a person who receives an Award under this Plan.
          “Performance Factors” means such factors as may be selected by the Committee, in it sole discretion, including, but not limited to, the following measures, to determine whether the performance goals established by the Committee and applicable to Awards have been satisfied:
  (a)   Net revenue and/or net revenue growth;
 
  (b)   Earnings before income taxes and amortization and/or earnings before income taxes and amortization growth;
 
  (c)   Operating income and/or operating income growth;
 
  (d)   Net income and/or net income growth;
 
  (e)   Earnings per share and/or earnings per share growth;
 
  (f)   Total shareholder return and/or total shareholder return growth;
 
  (g)   Return on equity;
 
  (h)   Operating cash flow return on income;
 
  (i)   Adjusted operating cash flow return on income;
 
  (j)   Economic value added;
 
  (k)   Cash conversion cycle;
 
  (l)   Return on Invested Capital; and
 
  (k)   Individual confidential business objectives.
It is in the sole discretion of the Committee to determine if any extraordinary, unusual or one-time charges are to be included or excluded in such Performance Factors.
          “Performance Period” means the period of service determined by the Committee, not to exceed five years, during which years of service or performance is to be measured for Share Bonuses.
          “Plan” means this Flextronics International Ltd. 2002 Interim Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time.
          “Purchase Price” means the price at which a holder of a Share Bonus may purchase the Shares issuable pursuant to the Share Bonus.

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          “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
          “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
          “Shares” means ordinary shares of par value S$0.01 each in the capital of the Company reserved for issuance under this Plan, as adjusted pursuant to Sections 2 and 15, and any successor security.
          “Share Bonus” means an award of Shares pursuant to Section 6.
          “Subsidiary” means any corporation (other than the Company) in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Company if each of the corporations other than the last corporation in the unbroken chain owns shares possessing more than 50% of the total combined voting power of all classes of shares in one of the other corporations in such chain.
          “Termination” or “Terminated” means, for purposes of this Plan with respect to a Participant, that the Participant has for any reason ceased to provide services as an employee, officer or director to the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary of the Company. An employee will not be deemed to have ceased to provide services in the case of (i) sick leave, (ii) military leave, or (iii) any other leave of absence approved by the Committee. In the case of any employee on an approved leave of absence, the Committee may make such provisions respecting suspension of vesting of the Award while on leave from the employ of the Company or a Subsidiary as it may deem appropriate, except that in no event may an Option be exercised after the expiration of the term set forth in the Share Option Agreement. The Committee will have sole discretion to determine whether a Participant has ceased to provide services and the effective date on which the Participant ceased to provide services (the “Termination Date”).
     21. OPTION EXCHANGE PROGRAM.
          Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan to the contrary, upon approval of this amendment by the Company’s shareholders, the Board, the Committee or any designee of the Board or the Committee may provide for, and the Company may implement, a one-time Option exchange offer, pursuant to which certain outstanding Options would, at the election of the holder of such Option, be surrendered to the Company for cancellation, whereupon the surrendered Options shall terminate and have no legal effect whatsoever, in exchange for the grant of a lesser number of new Options, which new Options may have reduced Exercise Prices and different vesting and expiration periods from the surrendered Options; provided, however, that such offer shall be commenced within twelve months of the date of such shareholder approval. For the avoidance of doubt, the surrendering and cancellation of the Options shall not at any time, result in the Company acquiring, directly or indirectly, a right or interest in the surrendered Options.

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EX-10.03 4 d68374exv10w03.htm EX-10.03 exv10w03
Exhibit 10.03
FLEXTRONICS INTERNATIONAL LTD.
2004 Award Plan for New Employees
As Adopted October 21, 2004 and as amended through July 13, 2009
     1. PURPOSE. The purpose of this Plan is to provide incentives to attract, retain and motivate eligible persons whose present and potential contributions are important to the success of the Company, its Parent and Subsidiaries, by offering them an opportunity to participate in the Company’s future performance through grants of Awards. Capitalized terms not defined in the text are defined in Section 20.
     2. SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN.
          2.1 Number of Shares Available. Subject to Sections 2.2 and 15, the total number of Shares reserved and available for grant and issuance pursuant to this Plan will be ten million (10,000,000) Shares plus shares that are subject to issuance upon exercise of an Award but cease to be subject to such Award for any reason other than exercise of such Award. At all times the Company shall reserve and keep available a sufficient number of Shares as shall be required to satisfy the requirements of all outstanding Awards granted under this Plan. No more than the lesser of (i) the number of Shares reserved hereunder, or (ii) seven million (7,000,000) Shares, shall be available to be issued and outstanding at any point in time to employees in the Canadian province of Quebec.
          2.2 Adjustment of Shares. Should any change be made to the Shares issuable under the Plan by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination of shares, exchange of shares or other change affecting the outstanding Shares as a class without the Company’s receipt of consideration, then 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 price per Share in effect under each Award outstanding under Sections 5 and 7. Such adjustments to the outstanding Awards are to be effected in a manner which shall preclude the enlargement or dilution of rights and benefits under such Awards, provided, however, that (i) fractions of a Share will not be issued but will be replaced by a cash payment equal to the Fair Market Value of such fraction of a Share, as determined by the Committee, and (ii) no such adjustment shall be made if as a result, the Exercise Price would fall below the par value of a Share and if such adjustment would but for this paragraph (ii) result in the Exercise Price being less than the par value of a Share, the Exercise Price payable shall be the par value of a Share. The adjustments determined by the Committee shall be final, binding and conclusive.
     3. ELIGIBILITY. Awards may be granted only to persons who (a) were not previously an employee or director of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company or (b) have either (i) completed a period of bona fide non-employment by the Company, and any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company, of at least 1 year, or (ii) are returning to service as an employee of the Company, or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company, after a period of bona fide non-employment of less than 1 year due to the Company’s acquisition of such person’s employer; and then only as an incentive to such persons entering into employment with the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company. A person eligible for an Award under this Plan may be granted more than one Award under this Plan.
     4. ADMINISTRATION.
          4.1 Committee Authority. This Plan will be administered by the Committee or by the Board acting as the Committee. Subject to the general purposes, terms and conditions of this Plan, and to the direction of the Board, the Committee will have full power to implement and carry out this Plan. Among its powers the Committee will have the authority to:
     (a) construe and interpret this Plan, any Award Agreement and any other agreement or document executed pursuant to this Plan;

 


 

     (b) prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to this Plan or any Award;
     (c) select persons to receive Awards;
     (d) determine the form and terms of Awards;
     (e) determine the number of Shares or other consideration subject to Awards;
     (f) determine whether Awards will be granted singly, in combination with, in tandem with, in replacement of, or as alternatives to, other Awards under this Plan or any other incentive or compensation plan of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company;
     (g) grant waivers of Plan or Award conditions;
     (h) determine the vesting, exercisability and payment of Awards;
     (i) correct any defect, supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in this Plan, any Award or any Award Agreement;
     (j) determine whether an Award has been earned; and
     (k) make all other determinations necessary or advisable for the administration of this Plan.
          4.2 Committee Discretion. Any determination made by the Committee with respect to any Award will be made in its sole discretion at the time of grant of the Award or, unless in contravention of any express term of this Plan or Award, at any later time, and such determination will be final and binding on the Company and on all persons having an interest in any Award under this Plan.
          4.3 Committee Composition. The grant of any Award shall not be effective unless: (a) if the grant is made by the Board, then it must be approved by a majority of the Independent Directors on the Board; and (b) if the grant is made by the Committee, then the Committee must be comprised solely of Independent Directors (except as otherwise permitted under the rules of the NASD).
     5. OPTIONS. The Committee may grant Options (which will be nonqualified stock options (“NQSOs”)) to eligible persons and will determine the number of Shares subject to the Option, the Exercise Price of the Option, the period during which the Option may be exercised, and all other terms and conditions of the Option, subject to the following:
          5.1 Form of Option Grant. Each Option granted under this Plan will be evidenced by an Award Agreement which will expressly identify the Option as an NQSO (“STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT”), and will be in such form and contain such provisions (which need not be the same for each Participant) as the Committee may from time to time approve, and which will comply with and be subject to the terms and conditions of this Plan.
          5.2 Date of Grant. The date of grant of an Option will be the date on which the Committee makes the determination to grant such Option, unless otherwise specified by the Committee. The Stock Option Agreement and a copy of this Plan will be delivered to the Participant within a reasonable time after the granting of the Option.
          5.3 Exercise Period. Options may be exercisable within the times or upon the events determined by the Committee as set forth in the Stock Option Agreement governing such Option; provided, however, that no Option will be exercisable after the expiration of ten (10) years from the date the Option is granted (five (5) years from the date the Option is granted in the case of any Option granted to a person who is not an employee of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company on the date of grant of that Option). The

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Committee also may provide for Options to become exercisable at one time or from time to time, periodically or otherwise, in such number of Shares or percentage of Shares as the Committee determines.
          5.4 Exercise Price. The Exercise Price of an Option will be determined by the Committee when the Option is granted; provided that in no event may the Exercise Price of an Option be less than the par value of the Shares.
          5.5 Method of Exercise.
     (a) Options may be exercised only by delivery to the Company (or as the Company may direct) of a written stock option exercise agreement (the “Exercise Agreement”) (in the case of a written Exercise Agreement, in the form approved by the Board or the Committee, which need not be the same for each Participant), in each case stating the number of Shares being purchased, the restrictions imposed on the Shares purchased under such Exercise Agreement, if any, and such representations and agreements regarding Participant’s investment intent and access to information and other matters, if any, as may be required or desirable by the Company to comply with applicable securities laws, together with payment in full of the Exercise Price for the number of Shares being purchased.
     (b) A written Exercise Agreement may be communicated electronically through the use of such security device (including, without limitation, any logon identifier, password, personal identification number, smartcard, digital certificate, digital signature, encryption device, electronic key, and/or other code or any access procedure incorporating any one or more of the foregoing) as may be designated by the Board or the Committee for use in conjunction with the Plan from time to time (“Security Device”), or via an electronic page, site, or environment designated by the Company which is accessible only through the use of such Security Device, and such written Exercise Agreement shall thereby be deemed to have been sent by the designated holder of such Security Device. The Company (or its agent) may accept and act upon any written Exercise Agreement issued and/or transmitted through the use of the Participant’s Security Device (whether actually authorized by the Participant or not) as his authentic and duly authorized Exercise Agreement and the Company (or its agent) may treat such Exercise Agreement as valid and binding on the Participant notwithstanding any error, fraud, forgery, lack of clarity or misunderstanding in the terms of such Exercise Agreement. All written Exercise Agreements issued and/or transmitted through the use of the Participant’s Security Device (whether actually authorized by the Participant or not) are irrevocable and binding on the Participant upon transmission to the Company (or as the Company may direct) and the Company (or its agent) shall be entitled to effect, perform or process such Exercise Agreement without the Participant’s further consent and without further reference to the Participant.
     (c) The Company’s records of the Exercise Agreements (whether delivered or communicated electronically or in printed form), and its record of any transactions maintained by any relevant person authorized by the Company relating to or connected with the Plan, whether stored in audio, electronic, printed or other form, shall be binding and conclusive on the Participant and shall be conclusive evidence of such Exercise Agreements and/or transactions. All such records shall be admissible in evidence and, in the case of a written Exercise Agreement which has been communicated electronically, the Participant shall not challenge or dispute the admissibility, reliability, accuracy or the authenticity of the contents of such records merely on the basis that such records were incorporated and/or set out in electronic form or were produced by or are the output of a computer system, and the Participant waives any of his rights (if any) to so object.
          5.6 Termination. Notwithstanding the exercise periods set forth in the Stock Option Agreement, exercise of an Option will always be subject to the following:
     (a) If the Participant is Terminated for any reason except death or Disability, then the Participant may exercise such Participant’s Options only to the extent that such Options would have been exercisable upon the Termination Date no later than three (3) months after the Termination Date (or such shorter or

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longer time period not exceeding five (5) years as may be determined by the Committee), but in any event no later than the expiration date of the Options.
     (b) If the Participant is Terminated because of the Participant’s death or Disability (or the Participant dies within three (3) months after a Termination other than for Cause or because of the Participant’s Disability), then the Participant’s Options may be exercised only to the extent that such Options would have been exercisable by the Participant on the Termination Date and must be exercised by the Participant (or the Participant’s legal representative or authorized assignee) no later than twelve (12) months after the Termination Date (or such shorter or longer time period not exceeding five (5) years as may be determined by the Committee), but in any event no later than the expiration date of the Options.
     (c) If the Participant is terminated for Cause, then the Participant’s Options shall expire on such Participant’s Termination Date, or at such later time and on such conditions as are determined by the Committee (but in any event, no later than the expiration date of the Options).
          5.7 Limitations on Exercise. The Committee may specify a reasonable minimum number of Shares that may be purchased on any exercise of an Option, provided that such minimum number will not prevent Participant from exercising the Option for the full number of Shares for which it is then exercisable.
          5.8 Modification, Extension or Renewal. The Committee may modify, extend or renew outstanding Options and authorize the grant of new Options in substitution therefor, provided that any such action may not, without the written consent of a Participant, impair any of such Participant’s rights under any Option previously granted, and provided further that the exercise period of any Option may not in any event be extended beyond the period specified in Section 5.3.
     6. PAYMENT FOR SHARE PURCHASES.
     6.1 Payment. Subject to compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, payment for Shares purchased pursuant to this Plan may be made in cash (by check) or, where expressly approved for the Participant by the Committee and where permitted by law:
     (a) by cancellation of indebtedness of the Company to the Participant;
     (b) by waiver of compensation due or accrued to the Participant for services rendered;
     (c) with respect only to purchases upon exercise of an Option, and provided that a public market for the Company’s Shares exists: through a “same day sale” commitment from the Participant and a broker-dealer that is a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers (an “NASD DEALER”) whereby the Participant irrevocably elects to exercise the Option and to sell a portion of the Shares so purchased to pay for the Exercise Price, and whereby the NASD Dealer irrevocably commits upon receipt of such Shares to forward the Exercise Price directly to the Company; or
     (d) conversion of a convertible note issued by the Company, the terms of which provide that it is convertible into Shares issuable pursuant to the Plan (with the principal amount and any accrued interest being converted and credited dollar for dollar to the payment of the Exercise Price); or
     (e) by any combination of the foregoing.
     7. TRANSFERABILITY/EXERCISABILITY.
          7.1 Transfer and Assignment. No Option granted under this Plan, or any interest therein, or any right to receive a Stock Bonus (prior to the issuance of Shares thereunder) will be transferable or assignable by a Participant, and no such Option or right may be made subject to execution, attachment or similar process, otherwise

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than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution or as determined by the Committee and set forth in the applicable Award or Stock Option Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and subject to compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, (i) Participants may transfer or assign their Options to Family Members through “permitted transfer;” as defined below, and (ii) if the terms of the applicable instrument evidencing the grant of an Option so provide, Participants who reside outside of the United States and Singapore may assign their Options to a financial institution outside of the United States and Singapore that has been approved by the Committee, in accordance with the terms of the applicable instrument. The Participant shall be solely responsible for effecting any such assignment, and for ensuring that such assignment is valid, legal and binding under all applicable laws and regulations. The Committee shall have the discretion to adopt such rules as it deems necessary to ensure that any assignment is in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.
          7.2 Exercisability. Unless otherwise restricted by the Committee, an NQSO shall be exercisable: (i) during the Participant’s lifetime only by (A) the Participant, (B) the Participant’s guardian or legal representative, (C) a Family Member of the Participant who has, subject to compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, acquired the NQSO by “permitted transfer;” as defined below, and (ii) after Participant’s death, by the legal representative of the Participant’s heirs or legatees.
          7.3 “Permitted transfermeans any transfer of an interest in such NQSO by gift or domestic relations order effected by the Participant during the Participant’s lifetime. A permitted transfer shall not include any transfer for value; provided that the following shall, subject to compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, be permitted transfers and shall not be considered to be transfers for value: (a) a transfer under a domestic relations order in settlement of marital property rights or (b) a transfer to an entity in which more than fifty percent of the voting interests are owned by Family Members or the Participant in exchange for an interest in that entity.
     8. STOCK BONUSES. A Stock Bonus is a grant of Shares by the Company to an individual who has satisfied the terms and conditions set by the Committee on the making of such grant. The Committee will determine to whom a grant may be made, the number of Shares that may be granted, the restrictions to the making of such grant, and all other terms and conditions of the Stock Bonus. The conditions to grant may be based upon completion of a specified number of years of service with the Company or upon completion of the performance goals as set out by the Committee. Grants of Stock Bonuses may vary from Participant to Participant and between groups of Participants. Prior to the grant of a Stock Bonus, the Committee shall: (a) determine the nature, length and starting date of any Performance Period that may be a condition precedent to grant of a Stock Bonus; (b) select from among the Performance Factors to be used to measure performance goals, if any; and (c) determine the number of Shares that may be awarded to the Participant. Prior to the grant of any Stock Bonus, the Committee shall determine the extent to which such Stock Bonus has been earned. Performance Periods may overlap and Participants may participate simultaneously with respect to Stock Bonuses that are subject to different Performance Periods and having different performance goals and other criteria. Participants shall be required to pay the par value for any Shares issued as a Stock Bonus.
     9. WITHHOLDING TAXES.
          9.1 Withholding Generally. Whenever Shares are to be issued in satisfaction of Awards granted under this Plan, the Company may require the Participant to remit to the Company an amount sufficient to satisfy federal, state and local withholding tax requirements prior to the delivery of any certificate or certificates for such Shares. Whenever, under this Plan, payments in satisfaction of Awards are to be made in cash, such payment will be net of an amount sufficient to satisfy federal, state, and local withholding tax requirements.
          9.2 Stock Withholding. When, under applicable tax laws, a Participant incurs tax liability in connection with the exercise or vesting of any Award that is subject to tax withholding and the Participant is obligated to pay the Company the amount required to be withheld, the Committee may in its sole discretion, and subject to compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, allow the Participant to satisfy the minimum withholding tax obligation by electing to have the Company withhold from the Shares to be issued that number of Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to the minimum amount required to be withheld, determined on the date that the amount of tax to be withheld is to be determined. All elections by a Participant to have Shares withheld for

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this purpose will be made in accordance with the requirements established by the Committee and will be in writing in a form acceptable to the Committee.
     10. PRIVILEGES OF STOCK OWNERSHIP. No Participant will have any of the rights of a shareholder with respect to any Shares until the Shares are issued to the Participant. After Shares are issued to the Participant, the Participant will be a shareholder and have all the rights of a shareholder with respect to such Shares, including the right to vote and receive all dividends or other distributions made or paid with respect to such Shares.
     11. CERTIFICATES. All certificates for Shares or other securities delivered under this Plan will be subject to such stock transfer orders, legends and other restrictions as the Committee may deem necessary or advisable, including restrictions under any applicable federal, state or foreign securities law, or any rules, regulations and other requirements of the SEC or any stock exchange or automated quotation system upon which the Shares may be listed or quoted.
     12. EXCHANGE AND BUYOUT OF AWARDS. The Committee may, at any time or from time to time and subject to compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, authorize the Company, with the consent of the respective Participants, to issue new Awards in exchange for the surrender and cancellation of any or all outstanding Awards. The Committee may at any time and subject to compliance with all applicable laws and regulations buy from a Participant an Award previously granted with payment in cash, Shares or other consideration, based on such terms and conditions as the Committee and the Participant may agree.
     13. SECURITIES LAW AND OTHER REGULATORY COMPLIANCE. An Award will not be effective unless such Award is in compliance with all applicable foreign, federal and state securities laws, rules and regulations of any governmental body, and the requirements of any stock exchange or automated quotation system upon which the Shares may then be listed or quoted, as they are in effect on the date of grant of the Award and also on the date of exercise or other issuance. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Plan, the Company will have no obligation to issue or deliver certificates for Shares under this Plan prior to: (a) obtaining any approvals from governmental agencies that the Company determines are necessary or advisable; and/or (b) completion of any registration or other qualification of such Shares under any law or ruling of any governmental body that the Company determines to be necessary or advisable. The Company will be under no obligation to register the Shares with the SEC or to effect compliance with the registration, qualification or listing requirements of any state securities laws, stock exchange or automated quotation system, and the Company will have no liability for any inability or failure to do so.
     14. NO OBLIGATION TO EMPLOY. Nothing in this Plan or any Award granted under this Plan will confer or be deemed to confer on any Participant any right to continue in the employ of, or to continue any other relationship with, the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company or limit in any way the right of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company to terminate Participant’s employment or other relationship at any time, with or without cause.
     15. CORPORATE TRANSACTIONS.
          15.1 Assumption or Replacement of Awards by Successor. In the event of (a) a dissolution or liquidation of the Company, (b) a merger or consolidation in which the Company is not the surviving corporation (other than a merger or consolidation with a wholly-owned subsidiary, a reincorporation of the Company in a different jurisdiction, or other transaction in which there is no substantial change in the shareholders of the Company or their relative share holdings and the Awards granted under this Plan are assumed, converted or replaced by the successor corporation, which assumption will be binding on all Participants), (c) a merger in which the Company is the surviving corporation but after which the shareholders of the Company immediately prior to such merger (other than any shareholder that merges, or which owns or controls another corporation that merges, with the Company in such merger) cease to own their shares or other equity interest in the Company, (d) the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Company, or (e) the acquisition, sale, or transfer of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Company by tender offer or similar transaction (each, a “CORPORATE TRANSACTION”), each Option which is at the time outstanding under this Plan shall automatically accelerate so that each such Option shall, immediately prior

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to the specified effective date for the Corporate Transaction, become fully exercisable with respect to the total number of Shares at the time subject to such Option and may be exercised for all or any portion of such Shares. However, subject to the specific terms of a Participant’s Award Agreement, an outstanding Option under this Plan 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 Option spread existing 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 Committee at the time of the Option grant. The determination of Option comparability under clause (i) above shall be made by the Committee, and its determination shall be final, binding and conclusive.
          15.2 Other Treatment of Awards. Subject to any greater rights granted to Participants under the foregoing provisions of this Section 15 or other specific terms of a Participant’s Award Agreement, in the event of the occurrence of any Corporate Transaction described in Section 15.1, any outstanding Awards will be treated as provided in the applicable agreement or plan of merger, consolidation, dissolution, liquidation, or sale of assets.
          15.3 Assumption of Awards by the Company. The Company, from time to time, also may substitute or assume outstanding awards granted by another company, whether in connection with an acquisition of such other company or otherwise, by either; (a) granting an Award under this Plan in substitution of such other company’s award; or (b) assuming such award as if it had been granted under this Plan if the terms of such assumed award could be applied to an Award granted under this Plan. Such substitution or assumption will be permissible if the holder of the substituted or assumed award would have been eligible to be granted an Award under this Plan if the other company had applied the rules of this Plan to such grant. In the event the Company assumes an award granted by another company, the terms and conditions of such award will remain unchanged (except that the Exercise Price and the number and nature of Shares issuable upon exercise of any such Option will be adjusted appropriately pursuant to Section 424(a) of the Code). In the event the Company elects to grant a new Option rather than assuming an existing Option, such new Option may be granted with a similarly adjusted Exercise Price.
     16. EFFECTIVE DATE AND SHAREHOLDER APPROVAL. This Plan may be submitted by the Board for approval by the shareholders of the Company (excluding Shares issued pursuant to this Plan that are still held by Participants as of the record date established for purposes of such approval), consistent with applicable laws, at any time after the date this Plan is adopted by the Board.
     17. TERM OF PLAN/GOVERNING LAW. Unless earlier terminated as provided herein, this Plan will terminate ten (10) years from the date this Plan is adopted by the Board or, if later, the date of shareholder approval. This Plan and all agreements thereunder shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California.
     18. AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION OF PLAN. The Board has complete and exclusive power and authority to amend or modify the Plan (or any component thereof) in any respect, or all respects, whatsoever. However, no such amendment or modification shall adversely affect rights and obligations with respect to Options at the time outstanding under the Plan, unless the Participant consents to such amendment. The Board may at any time terminate or amend this Plan in any respect, including without limitation amendment of any form of Award Agreement or instrument to be executed pursuant to this Plan.
     19. NONEXCLUSIVITY OF THE PLAN. Neither the adoption of this Plan by the Board, the submission of this Plan to the shareholders of the Company for approval, nor any provision of this Plan will be construed as creating any limitations on the power of the Board to adopt such additional compensation arrangements as it may deem desirable, including, without limitation, the granting of stock options and bonuses otherwise than under this Plan, and such arrangements may be either generally applicable or applicable only in specific cases.
     20. DEFINITIONS. As used in this Plan, the following terms will have the following meanings:

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     “AWARD” means any Options or shares from Stock Bonuses granted under this Plan.
     “AWARD AGREEMENT” means, with respect to each Award, the signed written agreement between the Company and the Participant setting forth the terms and conditions of the Award.
     “BOARD” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
     “CAUSE” means (a) the commission of an act of theft, embezzlement, fraud, dishonesty, (b) a breach of fiduciary duty to the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary of the Company or (c) a failure to materially perform the customary duties of the employee’s employment.
     “CODE” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
     “COMMITTEE” means the Board or an “independent compensation committee” (as such term is defined for purposes of the rules of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.).
     “COMPANY” means Flextronics International Ltd. or any successor corporation.
     “DISABILITY” means total and permanent disability as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.
     “EXCHANGE ACT” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
     “EXERCISE PRICE” means the price at which a holder of an Option may purchase the Shares issuable upon exercise of the Option.
     “FAIR MARKET VALUE” means, as of any date, the value of the Shares determined as follows:
     (a) if such Shares are then quoted on the Nasdaq National Market, the closing price of such Shares on the Nasdaq National Market on the date of determination as reported in The Wall Street Journal;
     (b) if such Shares are publicly traded and are then listed on a national securities exchange, the closing price of such Shares on the date of determination on the principal national securities exchange on which the Shares are listed or admitted to trading as reported in The Wall Street Journal;
     (c) if such Shares are publicly traded but are not quoted on the Nasdaq National Market nor listed or admitted to trading on a national securities exchange, the average of the closing bid and asked prices on the date of determination as reported in The Wall Street Journal; or
     (d) if none of the foregoing is applicable, by the Committee in good faith.
     “FAMILY MEMBER” includes any of the following:
     (a) child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, sibling, niece, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law of the Participant, including any such person with such relationship to the Participant by adoption;
     (b) any person (other than a tenant or employee) sharing the Participant’s household;
     (c) a trust in which the persons in (a) and (b) have more than fifty percent of the beneficial interest;
     (d) a foundation in which the persons in (a) and (b) or the Participant control the management of assets; or

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     (e) any other entity in which the persons in (a) and (b) or the Participant own more than fifty percent of the voting interest.
     “HOSTILE TAKE-OVER” means a change in ownership of the Company effected through the following transaction:
     (f) the direct or indirect acquisition by any person or related group of persons (other than the Company or a person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Company) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act) of securities possessing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the Company’s outstanding securities pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made directly to the Company’s shareholders which the Board does not recommend such shareholders to accept, and
     (g) the acceptance of more than fifty percent (50%) of the securities so acquired in such tender or exchange offer from holders other than Insiders.
     “INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR” has the meaning given such term under the Rules of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. as in effect at the time of grant of any Award. For convenience, as of the date of adoption of the Plan, the Rules of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. define “independent director” as a person other than an officer or employee of the Company or any Subsidiary or any other individual having a relationship which, in the opinion of the Board, would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director. As of the date of adoption of the Plan, the Rules of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. go on to provide that the following persons shall not be considered as an “independent director”:
     (h) a director who is, or at any time during the past three (3) years was, employed by the Company or by any Parent or Subsidiary;
     (i) a director who accepted or who has a Related Party who accepted any payments from the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary in excess of $60,000 during any period of twelve (12) consecutive months within the three (3) years preceding the determination of independence, other than the following:
                    (i) compensation for service on the Board or a committee of the Board;
                    (ii) Payments arising solely from investments in the Company’s securities;
                    (iii) compensation paid to a Related Party who is a non-executive employee of the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary;
                    (iv) benefits under a tax-qualified retirement plan, or non-discretionary compensation;
                    (v) loans from a financial institution provided that the loans (A) were made in the ordinary course of business, (B) were made on substantially the same terms, including interest rates and collateral, as those prevailing at the time for comparable transactions with the general public, (C) did not involve more than a normal degree of risk or other unfavorable factors, and (D) were not otherwise subject to the specific disclosure requirements of SEC Regulation S-K, Item 404;
                    (vi) payments from a financial institution in connection with the deposit of funds or the financial institution acting in an agency capacity, provided such payments were (A) made in the ordinary course of business; (B) made on substantially the same terms as those prevailing at the time for comparable transactions with the general public; and (C) not otherwise subject to the disclosure requirements of SEC Regulation S-K, Item 404; or

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                    (vii) loans permitted under Section 13(k) of the Exchange Act.
     (j) a director who is a Related Party of an individual who is, or at any time during the past three years was, employed by the Company or by any Parent or Subsidiary as an executive officer. Immediate family includes a person’s spouse, parents, children, siblings, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, and anyone who resides in such person’s home;
     (k) a director who is, or has a Related Party who is, a partner in, or a controlling shareholder or an executive officer of, any organization to which the Company made, or from which the Company received, payments for property or services in the current or any of the past three fiscal years that exceed 5% of the recipient’s consolidated gross revenues for that year, or $200,000, whichever is more, other than the following:
                    (i) payments arising solely from investments in the Company’s securities; or
                    (ii) payments under non-discretionary charitable contribution matching programs.
     (l) a director of the Company who is, or has a Related Party who is, employed as an executive officer of another entity where at any time during the past three (3) years any of the executive officers of the Company serve on the compensation committee of such other entity; or
     (m) a director who is, or has a Related Party who is, a current partner of the Company’s outside auditor, or was a partner or employee of the Company’s outside auditor who worked on the Company’s audit at any time during any of the past three (3) years.
     “INSIDER” means an officer or director of the Company or any other person whose transactions in the Company’s Shares are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
     “OPTION” means an award of an option to purchase Shares pursuant to Section 5.
     “PARENT” means any corporation (other than the Company) in an unbroken chain of corporations ending with the Company if each of such corporations other than the Company owns stock possessing more than 50% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.
     “PARTICIPANT” means a person who receives an Award under this Plan.
     “PERFORMANCE FACTORS” means the factors selected by the Committee from among the following measures to determine whether the performance goals established by the Committee and applicable to Awards have been satisfied:
     (a) Net revenue and/or net revenue growth;
     (b) Earnings before income taxes and amortization and/or earnings before income taxes and amortization growth;
     (c) Operating income and/or operating income growth;
     (d) Net income and/or net income growth;
     (e) Earnings per share and/or earnings per share growth;
     (f) Total stockholder return and/or total stockholder return growth;

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     (g) Return on equity;
     (h) Operating cash flow return on income;
     (i) Adjusted operating cash flow return on income;
     (j) Economic value added; and
     (k) Individual confidential business objectives.
     “PERFORMANCE PERIOD” means the period of service determined by the Committee, not to exceed five years, during which years of service or performance is to be measured for Awards.
     “PLAN” means this Flextronics International Ltd. 2004 Award Plan for New Employees, as amended from time to time.
     “RELATED PARTY” means a person’s spouse, parents, children and siblings, whether by blood, marriage or adoption, or anyone residing in such person’s home.
     “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
     “SECURITIES ACT” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
     “SHARES” means ordinary shares of par value S$0.01 each in the capital of the Company reserved for issuance under this Plan, as adjusted pursuant to Sections 2 and 15, and any successor security.
     “STOCK BONUS” means an award of Shares pursuant to Section 8.
     “SUBSIDIARY” means any corporation (other than the Company) in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Company if each of the corporations other than the last corporation in the unbroken chain owns stock possessing more than 50% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.
     “TAKE-OVER PRICE” means the greater of (a) the Fair Market Value per Share on the date the particular Option to purchase Shares is surrendered to the Company in connection with a Hostile Take-Over or (b) the highest reported price per Share paid by the tender offeror in effecting such Hostile Take-Over. However, if the surrendered Option is an ISO, the Take-Over Price shall not exceed the clause (a) price per Share.
     “TERMINATION” or “TERMINATED” means, for purposes of this Plan with respect to a Participant, that the Participant has for any reason ceased to provide services as an employee to the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary of the Company. An employee will not be deemed to have ceased to provide services in the case of (i) sick leave, (ii) military leave, or (iii) any other leave of absence approved by the Committee, provided, that such leave is for a period of not more than 90 days, unless reemployment upon the expiration of such leave is guaranteed by contract or statute or unless provided otherwise pursuant to formal policy adopted from time to time by the Company and issued and promulgated to employees in writing. In the case of any employee on an approved leave of absence, the Committee may make such provisions respecting suspension of vesting of the Award while on leave from the employ of the Company or a Subsidiary as it may deem appropriate, except that in no event may an Option be exercised after the expiration of the term set forth in the Stock Option Agreement. The Committee will have sole discretion to determine whether a Participant has ceased to provide services and the effective date on which the Participant ceased to provide services (the “TERMINATION DATE”).
     21. OPTION EXCHANGE PROGRAM.
          Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan to the contrary, upon approval of this amendment by the Company’s shareholders, the Board, the Committee or any designee of the Board or the Committee may

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provide for, and the Company may implement, a one-time Option exchange offer, pursuant to which certain outstanding Options would, at the election of the holder of such Option, be surrendered to the Company for cancellation, whereupon the surrendered Options shall terminate and have no legal effect whatsoever, in exchange for the grant of a lesser number of new Options, which new Options may have reduced Exercise Prices and different vesting and expiration periods from the surrendered Options; provided, however, that such offer shall be commenced within twelve months of the date of such shareholder approval. For the avoidance of doubt, the surrendering and cancellation of the Options shall not at any time, result in the Company acquiring, directly or indirectly, a right or interest in the surrendered Options.

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EX-10.04 5 d68374exv10w04.htm EX-10.04 exv10w04
Exhibit 10.04
FLEXTRONICS INTERNATIONAL LTD.
1993 SHARE OPTION PLAN
ARTICLE ONE
GENERAL
I. PURPOSE OF THE PLAN
     A. This 1993 Share Option Plan (the “Plan”) is intended to promote the interests of Flextronics International Ltd., a Singapore corporation (the “Corporation”), by providing (i) key employees (including officers) of the Corporation (or its parent or subsidiary corporations) who are responsible for the management, growth and financial success of the Corporation (or its parent or subsidiary corporations), (ii) certain non-employee members of the Corporation’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) and (iii) certain consultants and other independent contractors who provide valuable services to the Corporation (or its parent or subsidiary corporations) 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 (or its parent or subsidiary corporations).
     B. The Plan shall become effective on December 1, 1993 upon adoption by the Board, and such date shall accordingly constitute the Effective Date of the Plan.
II. DEFINITIONS
     A. For purposes of the Plan, the following definitions shall be in effect:
          BOARD: the Corporation’s Board of Directors.
          CHANGE IN CONTROL: a change in ownership or control of the Corporation effected through either of the following transactions:
  (a)   the direct or indirect acquisition 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
 
  (b)   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 (rounded up to the next whole number) ceases, by reason of one or more proxy contests for the election of Board members, to be comprised of individuals who either (i) have been Board members continuously since the beginning of such period or (ii) 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 (i) who were still in office at the time such election or nomination was approved by the Board.
          CODE: the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
          CORPORATE TRANSACTION: any of the following stockholder-approved transactions to which the Corporation is a party:

 


 

  (a)   a merger or consolidation in which the Corporation is not the surviving entity, except for a transaction the principal purpose of which is to change the state in which the Corporation is incorporated,
 
  (b)   the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation in complete liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation, or
 
  (c)   any reverse merger in which the Corporation is the surviving entity but 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 merger.
          EMPLOYEE: an individual who performs services while in the employ of the Corporation or one or more parent or subsidiary corporations, subject to the control and direction of the employer entity not only as to the work to be performed but also as to the manner and method of performance.
          EXERCISE DATE: the date on which the Corporation shall have received written notice of the option exercise.
          FAIR MARKET VALUE: the Fair Market Value per Ordinary Share determined in accordance with the following provisions:
  (a)   If the Ordinary Shares are not at the time listed or admitted to trading on any U.S. national stock exchange but are traded on the Nasdaq National Market, the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price per Ordinary Share on the date in question, as such price is reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers through the Nasdaq National Market or any successor system. If there is no reported closing selling price for the Ordinary Shares on the date in question, then the closing selling price per Ordinary Share on the last preceding date for which such quotation exists shall be determinative of Fair Market Value.
 
  (b)   If the Ordinary Shares are at the time listed or admitted to trading on any U.S. national stock exchange, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price per Ordinary Share on the date in question on the U.S. exchange determined by the Plan Administrator to be the primary market for the Ordinary Shares, as such price is officially quoted in the composite tape of transactions on such exchange. If there is no reported sale of the Ordinary Shares on such exchange on the date in question, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price per Ordinary Share on the exchange on the last preceding date for which such quotation exists.
 
  (c)   If the Ordinary Shares are on the date in question neither listed nor admitted to trading on any U.S. national stock exchange nor traded on the Nasdaq National Market, then the Fair Market Value per Ordinary Share on such date shall be determined by the Plan Administrator after taking into account such factors as the Plan Administrator shall deem appropriate.
          HOSTILE TAKE-OVER: a change in ownership of the Corporation effected through the following transaction:
  (a)   the direct or indirect acquisition 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, and
 
  (b)   the acceptance of more than fifty percent (50%) of the securities so acquired in such tender or exchange offer from holders other than Section 16 Insiders.

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          INCENTIVE OPTION: a stock option which satisfies the requirements of Code Section 422.
          INITIAL AUTOMATIC GRANT DATE: January 24, 1994.
          1934 ACT: the U.S. Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.
          NON-STATUTORY OPTION: a stock option not intended to meet the requirements of Code Section 422.
          OPTIONEE: any person to whom an option is granted under the Discretionary Option Grant or Automatic Option Grant Program in effect under the Plan.
          ORDINARY SHARES: ordinary shares of the Corporation with a par value of S$0.01 per share.
          PARENT: 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 more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.
          PERMANENT DISABILITY OR PERMANENTLY DISABLED: 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.
          PLAN ADMINISTRATOR: the particular entity, whether the Primary Committee, the Board or the Secondary Committee, which is authorized to administer the Discretionary Option Grant Program with respect to one or more classes of eligible persons, to the extent such entity is carrying out its administrative functions under that program with respect to the persons under its jurisdiction.
          PRIMARY COMMITTEE: 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.
          SECONDARY COMMITTEE: the 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.
          SERVICE: the performance of services on a periodic basis to the Corporation (or any parent or subsidiary corporation) in the capacity of an Employee, a non-employee member of the Board or an independent consultant or advisor, except to the extent otherwise specifically provided in the applicable stock option agreement.
          SECTION 12(g) REGISTRATION DATE: the date on which the initial registration of the Ordinary Shares under Section 12(g) of the 1934 Act becomes effective.
          SECTION 16 INSIDER: an officer or director of the Corporation subject to the short-swing profit restrictions of Section 16 of the 1934 Act.
          SUBSIDIARY: 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 more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.
          TAKE-OVER PRICE: the greater of (a) the Fair Market Value per Ordinary Share on the date the particular option to purchase Ordinary Shares is surrendered to the Corporation in connection with a Hostile Take-Over or (b) the highest reported price per Ordinary Share 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 (a) price per share.
          UNDERWRITING EXECUTION DATE: the date on which the Underwriting Agreement for the initial public offering of the Ordinary Shares in the U.S. is executed and priced.

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     B. The following provisions shall be applicable in determining the parent and subsidiary corporations of the Corporation:
          Any corporation (other than the Corporation) in an unbroken chain of corporations ending with the Corporation shall be considered to be a PARENT of the Corporation, provided each such 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.
          Each corporation (other than the Corporation) in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Corporation shall be considered to be a SUBSIDIARY of the Corporation, provided each such corporation in the unbroken chain (other than the last 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.
III. STRUCTURE OF THE PLAN
     A. Stock Programs. The Plan shall be divided into two (2) components: the Discretionary Option Grant Program specified in Article Two and the Automatic Option Grant Program specified in Article Three. Under the Discretionary Option Grant Program, eligible individuals may, at the discretion of the Plan Administrator, be granted options to purchase Ordinary Shares in accordance with the provisions of Article Two. Under the Automatic Option Grant Program, non-employee members of the Board will receive special option grants at periodic intervals to purchase Ordinary Shares in accordance with the provisions of Article Three.
     B. General Provisions. Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the provisions of Articles One and Four shall apply to the Discretionary Option Grant and the Automatic Option Grant Programs and shall accordingly govern the interests of all individuals under the Plan.
IV. ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN
     A. The Primary Committee shall have sole and exclusive authority to administer the Discretionary Option Grant Program with respect to Section 16 Insiders. No non-employee Board member shall be eligible to serve on the Primary Committee if such individual has, during the twelve (12)-month period immediately preceding the date of his or her appointment to the Committee or (if shorter) the period commencing with the Section 12(g) Registration Date and ending with the date of his or her appointment to the Primary Committee, received an option grant under the Plan or any other stock option, stock appreciation, stock bonus or other stock plan of the Corporation (or any parent or subsidiary corporation), other than pursuant to the Automatic Option Grant Program.
     B. 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, or the Board may retain the power to administer that program with respect to all such 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 other stock option, stock appreciation, stock bonus or other stock plan of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary).
     C. 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.
     D. 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 Program and to make such determinations under, and issue such interpretations of the provisions of such program 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 Program under its jurisdiction or any option grant thereunder.

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     E. 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 under the Plan.
     F. Administration of the Automatic Option Grant Program shall be self-executing in accordance with the terms and conditions of that program, and no Plan Administrator shall exercise any discretionary functions with respect to any option grants made under that program.
V. OPTION GRANTS
     A. The persons eligible to participate in the Discretionary Option Grant Program under Article Two shall be limited to the following:
  1.   officers and other key employees of the Corporation (or its parent or subsidiary corporations) who render services which contribute to the management, growth and financial success of the Corporation (or its parent or subsidiary corporations); and
 
  2.   those consultants or other independent contractors who provide valuable services to the Corporation (or its parent or subsidiary corporations) but who are not residents of Singapore.
     B. Non-employee Board members shall not be eligible to participate in the Discretionary Option Grant Program. Such individuals shall, however, be eligible to receive automatic option grants pursuant to the provisions of Article Three, provided such individuals are not residents of Singapore.
     C. The Plan Administrator shall have full authority to determine which eligible individuals are to receive option grants under the Discretionary Option Grant Program, the number of Ordinary 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 granted option is to become exercisable and the maximum term for which the option may remain outstanding.
     D. Options may be granted to eligible individuals or upon the request of any such individual to a trust or other entity for the benefit of such individual at the discretion of the Plan Administrator.
VI. STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN
     A. The maximum number of Ordinary Shares which may be issued over the term of the Plan shall not exceed 50,800,000* Ordinary Shares, subject to adjustment from time to time in accordance with the provisions of this Section VI. The Ordinary Shares reserved for issuance under the Plan shall be drawn from the Corporation’s authorized but unissued Ordinary Shares.
     B. In no event may the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares for which any one individual participating in the Plan may be granted stock options exceed 4,000,000* Ordinary Shares annually.
     C. Should one or more outstanding options under this Plan expire or terminate for any reason prior to exercise in full (including any option cancelled in accordance with the cancellation-regrant provisions of Section IV of Article Two of the Plan), then the Ordinary Shares subject to the portion of each option not so exercised shall be available for subsequent issuance under the Plan. Ordinary Shares subject to any option or portion thereof surrendered in accordance with Section V of Article Two or Section III of Article Three and all Ordinary Shares issued under the Plan shall reduce on a share-for-share basis the number of Ordinary Shares available for subsequent issuance the Plan.
     D. Should any change be made to the Ordinary Shares issuable under the Plan by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination of shares, exchange of shares or other change affecting the outstanding Ordinary Shares as a class without the Corporation’s receipt of consideration, then appropriate adjustments shall be made to (i)

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the maximum number and/or class of securities issuable under the Plan, (ii) the maximum number and/or class of securities for which any one individual participating in the Plan may be granted stock options over the term of the Plan, (iii) the number and/or class of securities and price per share in effect under each option outstanding under the Discretionary Option Grant or Automatic Option Grant Program, and (iv) the class of securities for which automatic option grants are to be subsequently made to newly elected or continuing non-employee Board members under Automatic Option Grant Program. Such adjustments to the outstanding options are to be effected in a manner which shall preclude the enlargement or dilution of rights and benefits under such options. The adjustments determined by the Plan Administrator shall be final, binding and conclusive. In no event shall such adjustments be made to the number of securities for which automatic option grants are to be subsequently made to newly elected or continuing non-employee Board members under the Automatic Option Grant Program.
     E. The repricing, replacement or regranting of any previously granted share option, through cancellation or by lowering the exercise price of such share option, shall be prohibited unless the shareholders of the Company first approve such repricing, replacement or regranting.
ARTICLE TWO
DISCRETIONARY OPTION GRANT PROGRAM
I. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF OPTIONS
     Options granted pursuant to the Discretionary Option Grant Program shall be authorized by action of the Plan Administrator and may, at the Plan Administrator’s discretion, be either Incentive Options or Non-Statutory Options. Individuals who are not Employees of the Corporation or its parent or subsidiary corporations may only be granted Non-Statutory Options. Each granted option shall be evidenced by one or more instruments in the form approved by the Plan Administrator; provided, however, that each such instrument shall comply with the terms and conditions specified below. Each instrument evidencing an Incentive Option shall, in addition, be subject to the applicable provisions of Section II of this Article Two.
     A. Exercise Price.
  1.   The exercise price per Ordinary Share shall be fixed by the Plan Administrator in accordance with the following provisions:
  (a)   The exercise price per Ordinary Share subject to an Incentive Option shall in no event be less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value per Ordinary Share on the grant date.
 
  (b)   The exercise price per Ordinary Share subject to a Non-Statutory Option shall in no event be less than eighty-five percent (85%) of the Fair Market Value per Ordinary Share on the grant date.
 
  (c)   In no event may the exercise price per Ordinary Share subject to any Incentive or Non-Statutory Option be less than the par value of such Ordinary Share.
  2.   The exercise price shall become immediately due upon exercise of the option and, subject to the provisions of Section I of Article Four and the instrument evidencing the grant, shall be payable in one of the following alternative forms specified below:
  (a)   full payment in cash or check made payable to the Corporation’s order;
 
  (b)   full payment through a broker-dealer sale and remittance procedure pursuant to which the Optionee shall provide concurrent irrevocable written instructions (i) to a Corporation-designated brokerage firm to effect the immediate sale of the purchased Ordinary 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 Ordinary Shares plus all applicable

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      Federal, state and local income and employment taxes required to be withheld by the Corporation in connection with such purchase and (ii) to the Corporation to deliver the certificates for the purchased Ordinary Shares directly to such brokerage firm in order to complete the sale transaction; or
 
  (c)   conversion of a convertible note issued by the Corporation or a Subsidiary, the terms of which provide that it is convertible into Ordinary Shares issuable pursuant to the 1993 Plan (with the principal amount and any accrued interest being converted and credited dollar for dollar to the payment of the exercise price).
     B. Term and Exercise of Options. Each option granted under this Discretionary Option Grant Program shall be exercisable at such time or times and during such period as is determined by the Plan Administrator and set forth in the instrument evidencing the grant. No such option, however, shall have a maximum term in excess of five (5) years measured from the grant date. The option, together with any stock appreciation rights pertaining to such option, shall be exercisable only by the Optionee and shall not be assignable by the Optionee, except for a transfer of the option effected by will or the laws of descent or distribution following the Optionee’s death. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) Optionees may transfer or assign their options (other than Incentive Options) to family members (as defined below) through a gift or a domestic relations order (and not in a transfer for value), and (ii) if the terms of the applicable instrument evidencing the grant of an option so provide, Optionees who reside outside of the United States and Singapore may assign their options to a financial institution outside of the United States and Singapore that has been approved by the Plan Administrator, in accordance with the terms of the applicable instrument. The Optionee shall be solely responsible for effecting any such assignment, and for ensuring that such assignment is valid, legal and binding under all applicable laws. The Plan Administrator shall have the discretion to adopt such rules as it deems necessary to ensure that any assignment is in compliance with all applicable laws.
     C. Termination of Service.
  1.   The following provisions shall govern the exercise period applicable to any outstanding options held by the Optionee at the time of cessation of Service or death.
  (a)   Should an Optionee cease Service for any reason (including death or Permanent Disability) while holding one or more outstanding options under this Article Two, then none of those options shall (except to the extent otherwise provided pursuant to subparagraph 3 below) remain exercisable for more than a twenty-four (24)-month period (or such shorter period determined by the Plan Administrator and set forth in the instrument evidencing the grant) measured from the date of such cessation of Service.
 
  (b)   Any option held by the Optionee under this Article Two and exercisable in whole or in part on the date of his or her 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. However, the right to exercise such option shall lapse upon the earlier of (i) the second anniversary of the date of the Optionee’s death (or such shorter period determined by the Plan Administrator and set forth in the instrument evidencing the grant) or (ii) the specified expiration date of the option term. Accordingly, upon the occurrence of the earlier event, the option shall terminate and cease to remain outstanding.
 
  (c)   Under no circumstances shall any such option be exercisable after the specified expiration date of the option term.
 
  (d)   During the applicable post-Service exercise period, the option may not be exercised in the aggregate for more than the number of Ordinary Shares (if any) for which that option is exercisable at the time of the Optionee’s cessation of Service. Upon the expiration of the limited post-Service exercise period or (if earlier) upon the specified expiration date of the option term, each such option shall terminate and cease to be outstanding with respect to any vested Ordinary

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      Shares for which the option has not otherwise been exercised. However, each outstanding option shall immediately terminate and cease to be outstanding, at the time of the Optionee’s cessation of Service, with respect to any Ordinary Shares for which the option is not otherwise at that time exercisable or in which Optionee is not otherwise vested.
 
  (e)   Should (i) the Optionee’s Service be terminated for misconduct (including, but not limited to, any act of dishonesty, willful misconduct, fraud or embezzlement) or (ii) the Optionee make any unauthorized use or disclosure of confidential information or trade secrets of the Corporation or its parent or subsidiary corporations, then in any such event all outstanding options held by the Optionee under this Article Two shall terminate immediately and cease to remain outstanding.
  2.   The Plan Administrator shall have complete discretion, exercisable either at the time the option is granted or at any time while the option remains outstanding, to permit one or more options held by the Optionee under this Article Two to be exercised, during the limited post-Service exercise period applicable under this paragraph C., not only with respect to the number of vested Ordinary Shares for which each such option is exercisable at the time of the Optionee’s cessation of Service but also with respect to one or more subsequent installments of vested Ordinary Shares for which the option would otherwise have become exercisable had such cessation of Service not occurred.
 
  3.   The Plan Administrator shall also have full power and authority, exercisable either at the time the 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 in effect under subparagraph 1. above to such greater period of time as the Plan Administrator shall deem appropriate. In no event, however, shall such option be exercisable after the specified expiration date of the option term.
     D. Stockholder Rights. An optionee shall have no stockholder rights with respect to the Ordinary Shares subject to the option until such individual shall have exercised the option and paid the exercise price for the purchased Ordinary Shares.
II. INCENTIVE OPTIONS
     The terms and conditions specified below shall be applicable to all Incentive Options granted under this Article Two. Incentive Options may only be granted to individuals who are Employees of the Corporation. Options which are specifically designated as Non-Statutory Options when issued under the Plan shall not be subject to such terms and conditions. Except as so modified by this Section II, the provisions of Articles One, Two and Four of the Plan shall apply to all Incentive Options granted hereunder.
     A. Dollar Limitation. The aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the respective date or dates of grant) of the Ordinary Shares for which one or more options granted to any Employee under this Plan (or any other option plan of the Corporation or its parent or subsidiary corporations) may for the first time become exercisable as incentive stock options under the Code during any one calendar year shall not exceed the sum of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000). To the extent the Employee holds two (2) or more such options which become exercisable for the first time in the same calendar year, the foregoing limitation on the exercisability of such options as incentive stock options under the Code shall be applied on the basis of the order in which such options are granted. Should the number of Ordinary Shares for which any Incentive Option first becomes exercisable in any calendar year exceed the applicable One Hundred Thousand Dollar ($100,000) limitation, then that option may nevertheless be exercised in such calendar year for the excess number of shares as a non-statutory option under the Code.
     B. 10% Stockholder. If any individual to whom an Incentive Option is granted is the owner of stock (as determined under Section 424(d) of the Code) possessing ten percent (10%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Corporation or any one of its parent or subsidiary corporations, then the exercise price per Ordinary Share shall not be less than the greater of (i) one hundred and ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value per Ordinary Share on the grant date or (ii) the par value of such Ordinary Share.

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III. CORPORATE TRANSACTION/CHANGE IN CONTROL
     A. In the event of any Corporate Transaction, each option which is at the time outstanding under this Article Two shall automatically accelerate so that each such option shall, immediately prior to the specified effective date for the Corporate Transaction, become fully exercisable with respect to the total number of Ordinary Shares at the time subject to such option and may be exercised for all or any portion of such Ordinary Shares. However, an outstanding option under this Article Two 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 option spread existing 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. Immediately following the consummation of the Corporate Transaction, all outstanding options under this Article Two shall terminate and cease to remain outstanding, except to the extent assumed by the successor corporation or its parent company.
     C. Each outstanding option under this Article Two which is assumed in connection with the Corporate Transaction or is otherwise to continue in effect shall be appropriately adjusted, immediately after such Corporate Transaction, to apply and pertain to the number and class of securities which would have been issued to the option holder, in consummation of such Corporate Transaction, had such person exercised the option immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction. Appropriate adjustments shall also be made to the exercise price payable per share, provided the aggregate exercise price payable for such securities shall remain the same. In addition, the class and number of securities available for issuance under the Plan following the consummation of the Corporate Transaction shall be appropriately adjusted.
     D. The Plan Administrator shall have the discretion, exercisable either in advance of any actually-anticipated Corporate Transaction or at the time of an actual Corporate Transaction, to provide (upon such terms as it may deem appropriate) for the automatic acceleration of one or more outstanding options granted under the Plan which are assumed or replaced in the Corporate Transaction and do not otherwise accelerate at that time, in the event the Optionee’s Service should subsequently terminate within a designated period following such Corporate Transaction.
     E. The Plan Administrator shall have the discretionary authority, exercisable either in advance of any actually-anticipated Change in Control or at the time of an actual Change in Control, to provide for the automatic acceleration of one or more outstanding options under this Article Two upon the occurrence of the Change in Control. The Plan Administrator shall also have full power and authority to condition any such option acceleration upon the subsequent termination of the Optionee’s Service within a specified period following the Change in Control.
     F. Any options accelerated in connection with the Change in Control shall remain fully exercisable until the expiration or sooner termination of the option term.
     G. The grant of options under this Article Two 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.
     H. The portion of any Incentive Option accelerated under this Section III in connection with a Corporate Transaction or Change in Control shall remain exercisable as an incentive stock option under the Code only to the extent the dollar limitation of Section II of this Article Two 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 Code.
IV. CANCELLATION AND REGRANT OF OPTIONS
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affected Optionees, the cancellation of any or all outstanding options under this Article Two and to grant in substitution new options under the Plan covering the same or different numbers of Ordinary Shares but with an exercise price per Ordinary Share not less than (i) eighty-five percent (85%) of the Fair Market Value per Ordinary Share on the new grant date or (ii) one hundred percent (100%) of such Fair Market Value in the case of an Incentive Option, but in no event shall the exercise price per Ordinary Share be less than the par value of such Ordinary Share.
V. STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS
     A. Provided and only if the Plan Administrator determines in its discretion to implement the stock appreciation right provisions of this Section V, one or more Optionees may be granted the right, exercisable upon such terms and conditions as the Plan Administrator may establish, to surrender all or part of an unexercised option under this Article Two in exchange for a distribution from the Corporation in an amount equal to the excess of (i) the Fair Market Value (on the option surrender date) of the number of vested Ordinary Shares for which the surrendered option (or surrendered portion thereof) is at the time exercisable over (ii) the aggregate exercise price payable for such vested Ordinary Shares.
     B. No surrender of an option shall be effective hereunder unless it is approved by the Plan Administrator. If the surrender is so approved, then the distribution to which the Optionee shall accordingly become entitled under this Section V may be made in Ordinary Shares valued at Fair Market Value on the option surrender date, in cash, or partly in Ordinary Shares and partly in cash, as the Plan Administrator shall in its sole discretion deem appropriate.
     C. 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 (i) five (5) business days after the receipt of the rejection notice or (ii) the last day on which the option is otherwise exercisable in accordance with the terms of the instrument evidencing such option, but in no event may such rights be exercised more than five (5) years after the date of the option grant.
     D. One or more Section 16 Insiders may, in the Plan Administrator’s sole discretion, be granted limited stock appreciation rights in tandem with their outstanding options under this Article Two. Upon the occurrence of a Hostile Take-Over, the Section 16 Insider shall have a thirty (30)-day period in which he or she may surrender any outstanding options with such a limited stock appreciation right in effect for at least six (6) months to the Corporation, to the extent such option is at the time exercisable for vested Ordinary Shares. The Section 16 Insiders 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 vested Ordinary Shares for which each surrendered option (or surrendered portion thereof) is at the time exercisable over (ii) the aggregate exercise price payable for such Ordinary Shares. The cash distribution payable upon such option surrender shall be made within five (5) days following the date the option is surrendered to the Corporation. Neither the approval of the Plan Administrator nor the consent of the Board shall be required in connection with such option surrender and cash distribution. Any unsurrendered portion of the option shall continue to remain outstanding and become exercisable in accordance with the terms of the instrument evidencing such grant.
     E. The Ordinary Shares subject to any option surrendered for an appreciation distribution pursuant to this Section V shall not be available for subsequent issuance under the Plan.
ARTICLE THREE
AUTOMATIC OPTION GRANT PROGRAM
I. ELIGIBILITY
     A. Eligible Directors. The individuals eligible to receive automatic option grants pursuant to the provisions of this Article Three shall be limited to (i) those individuals who are serving as non-employee Board members on the Initial Automatic Grant Date, (ii) those individuals who are first elected or appointed as non-employee Board members after the Initial Automatic Grant Date, whether through appointment by the Board or election by the Corporation’s stockholders, and (iii) those individuals who continue to serve as non-employee Board members at one or more Annual

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Stockholders Meetings held after the Underwriting Execution Date. In no event, however, may any non-employee Board member who is a Singapore resident participate in this Automatic Option Grant Program. Any non-employee Board member eligible to participate in the Automatic Option Grant Program pursuant to the foregoing criteria shall be designated an Eligible Director for purposes of the Plan.
     B. Limitation. Except for the option grants to be made pursuant to the provisions of this Automatic Option Grant Program, a non-employee Board member shall not be entitled to receive any additional option grants or stock issuances under this Plan or any other stock plan of the Corporation (or its parent or subsidiaries) during his or her period of Board service.
II. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF AUTOMATIC OPTION GRANTS
     A. Grant Dates. Option grants shall be made under this Article Three on the dates specified below:
  1.   Initial Grant.
          Each individual serving as an Eligible Director on the Initial Automatic Grant Date shall automatically be granted on such date a Non-Statutory Option to purchase 30,000 Ordinary Shares upon the terms and conditions of this Article Three.
          Each individual who first becomes an Eligible Director after the Initial Automatic Grant Date, whether through election by the stockholders or appointment by the Board, shall automatically be granted, at the time of such initial election or appointment, a Non-Statutory Option to purchase 30,000* Ordinary Shares upon the terms and conditions of this Article Three.
  2.   Annual Grant. On the date of each Annual Stockholders Meeting held after the Underwriting Execution Date, each individual who is at that time serving as an Eligible Director, whether or not such individual is standing for reelection as a Board member at that Annual Meeting, shall automatically be granted a Non-Statutory Option to purchase an additional 6,000* Ordinary Shares upon the terms and conditions of this Article Three, provided such individual has served as a Board member for at least six (6) months.
     B. There shall be no limit on the number of such 6,000* Ordinary Share option grants any one Eligible Director may receive over his or her period of Board service. The number of Ordinary Shares for which the automatic option grants are to be made to each newly elected or continuing Eligible Director shall be subject to periodic adjustment pursuant to the applicable provisions of Section VI.C. of Article One.
     C. Exercise Price. The exercise price per Ordinary Share subject to each automatic option grant made under this Article Three shall be determined as follows:
  1.   For each automatic option grant made on the Initial Automatic Grant Date, the exercise price per Ordinary Share shall be equal to the Fair Market Value per Ordinary Share on such date as shall be determined by the Plan Administrator after taking into account such factors as the Plan Administrator deems relevant.
 
  2.   For all other automatic option grants, the exercise price per Ordinary Share shall be equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value per Ordinary Share on the automatic grant date, but in no event less than the par value of such Ordinary Share.
     D. Payment. The exercise price shall be payable in one of the alternative forms specified below:
  1.   full payment in cash or check made payable to the Corporation’s order; or
 
  2.   to the extent the option is exercised for vested Ordinary Shares, full payment through a sale and

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      remittance procedure pursuant to which the non-employee Board member shall provide concurrent irrevocable written instructions (i) to a Corporation-designated brokerage firm to effect the immediate sale of the purchased Ordinary 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 Ordinary Shares and (ii) to the Corporation to deliver the certificates for the purchased Ordinary Shares directly to such brokerage firm in order to complete the sale transaction.
     E. Option Term. Each automatic grant under this Article Three shall have a maximum term of ten (10) years measured from the automatic grant date, except that any grant to a person who is not an employee of the Company or a related entity will have a maximum term of five (5) years.
     F. Exercisability. Each automatic grant shall become exercisable for the Ordinary Shares subject to that grant in a series of successive equal monthly installments upon the Optionee’s completion of each month of Board service over the twenty-four (24) month period measured from the automatic grant date. The exercisability of each such grant shall be subject to acceleration as provided in Section II.G and Section III of this Article Three. In no event, however, shall any automatic option grant become exercisable for any additional Ordinary Shares after the Optionee’s cessation of Board service.
     G. Transferability. During the lifetime of the Optionee, each automatic option grant, together with the limited stock appreciation right pertaining to such option, shall be exercisable only by the Optionee and shall not be assignable or transferable by the Optionee, except for a transfer of the option effected by will or the laws of descent or distribution following the Optionee’s death. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) Optionees may transfer or assign their options (other than Incentive Options) to family members (as defined below) through a gift or domestic relations order (and not in a transfer for value), and (ii) if the terms of the applicable Award Agreement so provide, Optionees who reside outside of the United States and Singapore may assign their options to a financial institution outside of the United States and Singapore that has been approved by the Committee, in accordance with the terms of the applicable award agreement. The Optionee shall be solely responsible for effecting any such assignment, and for ensuring that such assignment is valid, legal and binding under all applicable laws. The Committee shall have the discretion to establish such rules as it deems necessary to ensure that all such assignments are made in compliance with all applicable laws. For purposes of this paragraph, “family member” includes any child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, sibling, niece, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, including adoptive relationships, any person sharing the employee’s household (other than a tenant or employee), a trust in which these persons have more than fifty percent of the beneficial interest, a foundation in which these persons (or the employee) control the management of assets, and any other entity in which these persons (or the employee) own more than fifty percent of the voting interests.
     H. Termination of Board Service.
  1.   Should the Optionee cease to serve as a Board member for any reason (other than death or Permanent Disability) while holding one or more automatic option grants under this Article Three, then such individual shall have a six (6)-month period following the date of such cessation of Board service in which to exercise each such option for any or all of the option shares for which the option is exercisable at the time of such cessation of Board service. Each such option shall immediately terminate and cease to remain outstanding, at the time of the Optionee’s cessation of Board service, with respect to any option shares for which the option is not otherwise at that time exercisable.
 
  2.   Should the Optionee die within six (6) months after cessation of Board service, then any automatic option grant held by the Optionee at the time of death may subsequently be exercised, for any or all of the option shares for which the option is exercisable at the time of the Optionee’s cessation of Board service (less any option shares subsequently purchased by the Optionee prior to death), by the personal representative of the Optionee’s estate or by the person or persons to whom the option is transferred pursuant to the Optionee’s will or in accordance with the laws of descent and distribution. The right to exercise each such option shall lapse upon the expiration of the twelve (12)-month period measured from the date of the Optionee’s death.

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  3.   Should the Optionee die or become Permanently Disabled while serving as a Board member, then each automatic option grant held by such Optionee under this Article Three shall immediately become exercisable for all the Ordinary Shares subject to that option, and the Optionee (or the representative of the Optionee’s estate or the person or persons to whom the option is transferred upon the Optionee’s death) shall have a twelve (12)-month period following the date of the Optionee’s cessation of Board service in which to exercise such option for any or all of those Ordinary Shares as fully-vested shares.
 
  4.   In no event shall any automatic grant under this Article Three remain exercisable after the expiration date of the five (5)-year option term. Upon the expiration of the applicable post-service exercise period under subparagraphs 1. through 3. above or (if earlier) upon the expiration of the five (5)-year option term, the automatic grant shall terminate and cease to be outstanding for any option shares for which the option was exercisable at the time of the Optionee’s cessation of Board service but for which such option was not otherwise exercised.
     I. Stockholder Rights. The holder of an automatic option grant under this Article Three shall have none of the rights of a stockholder with respect to the Ordinary Shares subject to such option until such individual shall have exercised the option and paid the exercise price for the purchased Ordinary Shares.
     J. Remaining Terms. The remaining terms and conditions of each automatic option grant shall be as set forth in the form Automatic Stock Option Agreement attached as Exhibit A.
III. CORPORATE TRANSACTION/CHANGE IN CONTROL/HOSTILE TAKE-OVER
     A. In the event of any Corporate Transaction, each option at the time outstanding under this Article Three but not otherwise fully exercisable shall, immediately prior to the specified effective date for the Corporate Transaction, automatically accelerate and become fully exercisable for all of the Ordinary Shares at the time subject to that option and may be exercised for all or any portion of those shares as fully vested Ordinary Shares. Immediately following the consummation of the Corporate Transaction, all automatic option grants under this Article Three shall terminate and cease to remain outstanding.
     B. In connection with any Change in Control of the Corporation, each option at the time outstanding under this Article Three but not otherwise fully exercisable shall, immediately prior to the specified effective date for the Change in Control, automatically accelerate and become fully exercisable for all of the Ordinary Shares at the time subject to that option and may be exercised for all or any portion of those shares as fully vested Ordinary Shares. Each such option shall remain so exercisable for the option shares until the expiration or sooner termination of the option term.
     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 or her under this Article Three 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 Ordinary Shares at the time subject to the surrendered option (whether or not the option is otherwise at the time exercisable for those Ordinary Shares) over (ii) the aggregate exercise price payable for such Ordinary Shares. Such cash distribution shall be paid within five (5) days following the surrender of the option to the Corporation. Neither the approval of the Plan Administrator nor the consent of the Board shall be required in connection with such option surrender and cash distribution. The Ordinary Shares subject to each option surrendered in connection with the Hostile Take-Over shall NOT be available for subsequent issuance under the Plan.
     D. The automatic option grants outstanding under this Article Three 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. AMENDMENT OF THE AUTOMATIC GRANT PROVISIONS
     A. Limited Amendments. The provisions of this Automatic Option Grant Program, together with the automatic option grants outstanding under this Article Three, may not be amended at intervals more frequently than once every six

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(6) months, other than to the extent necessary to comply with applicable U.S. income tax laws and regulations.
ARTICLE FOUR
MISCELLANEOUS
I. LOANS OR INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS
     A. The Plan Administrator may, in its discretion but subject to any prohibition imposed by any applicable laws, assist any Optionee, to the extent such Optionee is an Employee (including an Optionee or Participant who is an officer of the Corporation), in the exercise of one or more stock options granted to such Optionee under the Discretionary Option Grant Program, including the satisfaction of any Federal, state and local income and employment tax obligations arising therefrom, by (i) authorizing the extension of a loan from the Corporation to such Optionee or (ii) permitting the Optionee to pay the exercise price for the purchased shares in installments over a period of years. The terms of any loan or installment method of payment (including the interest rate and terms of repayment) shall be upon such terms as the Plan Administrator specifies in the applicable option agreement or otherwise deems appropriate under the circumstances. Loans or installment payments may be authorized with or without security or collateral. However, the maximum credit available to the Optionee may not exceed the exercise price of the acquired Ordinary Shares (less the par value of such shares) plus any Federal, state and local income and employment tax liability incurred by the Optionee in connection with the acquisition of the Ordinary Shares.
     B. The Plan Administrator may, in its absolute discretion, determine that one or more loans extended under this financial assistance program shall be subject to forgiveness by the Corporation in whole or in part upon such terms and conditions as the Plan Administrator may deem appropriate.
     C. All financial assistance provided under this Section I of Article Four shall be effected in compliance with the applicable provisions of Section 76(9)(b) of the Companies Act, Chapter 50 of Singapore (or any successor statutory provision).
II. AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN AND AWARDS
     A. The Board has complete and exclusive power and authority to amend or modify the Plan (or any component thereof) in any or all respects whatsoever. However, (i) no such amendment or modification shall adversely affect rights and obligations with respect to options at the time outstanding under the Plan, unless the Optionee consents to such amendment, and (ii) any amendment made to the Automatic Option Grant Program (or any options outstanding thereunder) shall be in compliance with the limitation of Section IV of Article Three. In addition, the Board may not, without the approval of the Corporation’s stockholders, amend the Plan to (i) materially increase the maximum number of Ordinary Shares issuable under the Plan or the number of Ordinary Shares for which options may be granted per newly-elected or continuing Eligible Director under Article Three of the Plan or the maximum number of Ordinary Shares for which any one individual participating in the Plan may be granted stock options over the term of the Plan, except for permissible adjustments under Section VI.C. of Article One, (ii) materially modify the eligibility requirements for plan participation or (iii) materially increase the benefits accruing to plan participants.
     B. Options to purchase Ordinary Shares may be granted under the Discretionary Option Grant Program which are in excess of the number of Ordinary Shares then available for issuance under the Plan. However, no such option shall become exercisable in whole or in part for the excess Ordinary Shares subject to that option until stockholder approval is obtained for a sufficient increase in the number of Ordinary Shares available for issuance under the Plan. If such stockholder approval is not obtained within twelve (12) months after the date the first such excess option grants are made, then such options shall terminate and cease to be exercisable with respect to the excess number of Ordinary Shares, and no further option grants shall be made under the Plan.
III. TAX WITHHOLDING
     The Corporation’s obligation to deliver Ordinary Shares upon the exercise of stock options for such shares under the Plan shall be subject to the satisfaction of all applicable income and employment tax withholding requirements.

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IV. EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM OF PLAN
     A. This Plan became effective when adopted by the Board and approved by the stockholders in 1993. On June 8, 1995, the Board approved an amendment to the Plan to (i) increase the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares issuable over the term thereof from 7,200,000* shares to 12,000,000* shares and (ii) increase the number of Ordinary Shares for which options may be granted to any one individual from 2,400,000* shares to 4,000,000* shares. The shareholders approved those amendments at the 1995 Annual Meeting.
     B. In June 1996, the Board amended the Plan to (i) increase the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares issuable over the term of the Plan from 6,000,000* Ordinary Shares to 8,000,000* Ordinary Shares. The stockholders approved such amendment at the 1996 Annual Meeting.
     C. On August 15, 1996, the Board amended and restated the Plan to authorize, among other things, the separate but concurrent jurisdiction of the Discretionary Option Grant Program by the Primary Committee and one or more Secondary Committees of the Board, with the Primary Committee to have the sole authority to administer such program with respect to Section 16 Insiders.
     D. In September 1997, the Board approved an amendment to the Plan to increase the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares issuable over the term thereof from 16,000,000* to 20,800,000* shares. The shareholders approved those amendments at the 1997 Annual Meeting.
     E. In August 1998, the Board approved an amendment to the Plan to increase the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares issuable over the term thereof from 20,800,000* to 28,800,000* shares. The shareholders approved this amendment at the 1998 Annual Meeting.
     F. In July 1999, the Board approved an amendment to the Plan to increase the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares issuable over the term of the Plan from 28,800,000* Ordinary Shares to 32,800,000* Ordinary Shares. The shareholders approved this amendment at the 1999 Annual Meeting.
     G. In November 1999, the Board approved an amendment to the Plan to increase the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares issuable over the term of the Plan from 32,800,000* Ordinary Shares to 40,800,000* Ordinary Shares. The shareholders approved this amendment at the 2000 Extraordinary General Meeting.
     H. In September 2000, the Board approved an amendment to the Plan to increase the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares issuable over the term of the Plan from 40,800,000* Ordinary Shares to 50,400,000* Ordinary Shares. The shareholders approved this amendment at the 2000 Annual Meeting.
     I. The Plan shall terminate upon the earlier of (i) November 30, 2003 or (ii) the date on which all Ordinary Shares available for issuance under the Plan shall have been issued or cancelled pursuant to the exercise, surrender or cash-out of the options granted under the Plan. If the date of termination is determined under clause (i) above, then all option grants outstanding on such date shall thereafter continue to have force and effect in accordance with the provisions of the instruments evidencing such grants.
V. USE OF PROCEEDS
     Any cash proceeds received by the Corporation from the sale of Ordinary Shares pursuant to option grants under the Plan shall be used for general corporate purposes.
VI. REGULATORY APPROVALS
     A. The implementation of the Plan, the granting of any stock option or stock appreciation right under the Plan, the issuance of any Ordinary Shares upon the exercise or surrender of the stock options or stock appreciation rights granted hereunder shall be subject to the Corporation’s procurement of all approvals and permits required by regulatory

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authorities having jurisdiction over the Plan, the stock options and stock appreciation rights granted under it and the Ordinary Shares issued pursuant to it.
     B. No Ordinary Shares or other assets or securities shall be issued or delivered under this Plan unless and until there shall have been compliance with (i) all applicable requirements of U.S. and state securities laws, including the filing and effectiveness of the Form S-8 registration statement for the Ordinary Shares issuable under the Plan, (ii) all applicable listing requirements of any securities exchange on which the Ordinary Shares are then listed for trading and (iii) all applicable requirements of Singapore law.
VII. NO EMPLOYMENT/SERVICE RIGHTS
     Neither the action of the Corporation in establishing the Plan, nor any action taken by the Plan Administrator hereunder, nor any provision of the Plan shall be construed so as to grant any individual the right to remain in the Service of the Corporation (or any parent or subsidiary corporation) for any period of specific duration, and the Corporation (or any parent or subsidiary corporation retaining the services of such individual) may terminate such individual’s Service at any time and for any reason, with or without cause.
VIII. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
     A. Except to the extent otherwise expressly provided in the Plan, the right to acquire Ordinary Shares or other assets or securities under the Plan may not be assigned, encumbered or otherwise transferred by any Optionee.
     B. The provisions of the Plan shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the Corporation and its successors or assigns, whether by Corporate Transaction or otherwise, and the Participants and Optionees, the legal representatives of their respective estates, their respective heirs or legatees and their permitted assignees.
VIX. OPTION EXCHANGE PROGRAM
          Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan to the contrary, upon approval of this amendment by the Corporation’s shareholders, the Board, the Plan Administrator or any designee of the Board or the Plan Administrator may provide for, and the Corporation may implement, a one-time option exchange offer, pursuant to which certain outstanding options would, at the election of the holder of such option, be surrendered to the Corporation for cancellation, whereupon the surrendered options shall terminate and have no legal effect whatsoever, in exchange for the grant of a lesser number of new options, which new options may have reduced exercise prices and different vesting and expiration periods from the surrendered options; provided, however, that such offer shall be commenced within twelve months of the date of such shareholder approval. For the avoidance of doubt, the surrendering and cancellation of the options shall not at any time, result in the Corporation acquiring, directly or indirectly, a right or interest in the surrendered options.
 
*   Reflects the two-for-one stock splits in the form of a bonus issue (the equivalent of a stock dividend) effective December 22, 1998, December 22, 1999 and October 16, 2000.

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EX-10.05 6 d68374exv10w05.htm EX-10.05 exv10w05
Exhibit 10.05
SOLECTRON CORPORATION
2002 STOCK PLAN
Amended as of July 13, 2009
     1. Purposes of the Plan. The purposes of this 2002 Stock Plan are:
    to attract and retain the best available personnel for positions of substantial responsibility,
 
    to provide additional incentive to Employees, Directors and Consultants, and
 
    to promote the success of the Company’s business.
          Options granted under the Plan may be Incentive Stock Options or Nonstatutory Stock Options, as determined by the Administrator at the time of grant.
     2. Definitions. As used herein, the following definitions shall apply:
          (a) “Administrator” means the Board or any of its Committees as shall be administering the Plan, in accordance with Section 4 of the Plan.
          (b) “Applicable Laws” means the requirements relating to the administration of stock option plans under U. S. state corporate laws, U.S. federal and state securities laws, the Code, any stock exchange or quotation system on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted and the applicable laws of any foreign country or jurisdiction where Options are, or will be, granted under the Plan.
          (c) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
          (d) “Change in Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events:
               (i) Any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding voting securities; or
               (ii) A change in the composition of the Board occurring within a two-year period, as a result of which fewer than a majority of the directors are Incumbent Directors. “Incumbent Directors” will mean directors who either (A) are directors of the Company as of the date hereof, or (B) are elected, or nominated for election, to the Board with the affirmative votes of at least a majority of the Incumbent Directors at the time of such election or nomination (but will not include an individual whose election or nomination is in connection with an actual or threatened proxy contest relating to the election of directors to the Company); or
               (iii) The consummation of the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets; or
               (iv) The consummation of a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity or its parent) at least fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power represented by the

 


 

voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity or its parent outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation.
          (e) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
          (f) “Committee” means a committee of Directors appointed by the Board in accordance with Section 4 of the Plan.
          (g) “Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company.
          (h) “Company” means Solectron Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
          (i) “Consultant” means any natural person, including an advisor, engaged by the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary to render services to such entity.
          (j) “Director” means a member of the Board.
          (k) “Disability” means total and permanent disability as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.
          (l) “Employee” means any person, including Officers and Directors, employed by the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company. A Service Provider shall not cease to be an Employee in the case of (i) any leave of absence approved by the Company or (ii) transfers between locations of the Company or between the Company, its Parent, any Subsidiary, or any successor. For purposes of Incentive Stock Options, no such leave may exceed ninety days, unless reemployment upon expiration of such leave is guaranteed by statute or contract. If reemployment upon expiration of a leave of absence approved by the Company is not so guaranteed, then three (3) months following the 91st day of such leave, any Incentive Stock Option held by the Optionee shall cease to be treated as an Incentive Stock Option and shall be treated for tax purposes as a Nonstatutory Stock Option. Neither service as a Director nor payment of a director’s fee by the Company shall be sufficient to constitute “employment” by the Company.
          (m) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
          (n) “Fair Market Value” means, as of any date, the value of Common Stock determined as follows:
               (i) If the Common Stock is listed on any established stock exchange or a national market system, including without limitation the Nasdaq National Market or The Nasdaq SmallCap Market of The Nasdaq Stock Market, its Fair Market Value shall be the closing sales price for such stock (or the closing bid, if no sales were reported) as quoted on such exchange or system on the day of determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Administrator deems reliable;
               (ii) If the Common Stock is regularly quoted by a recognized securities dealer but selling prices are not reported, the Fair Market Value of a Share of Common Stock shall be the mean between the high bid and low asked prices for the Common Stock on the day of determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Administrator deems reliable;
               (iii) In the absence of an established market for the Common Stock, the Fair Market Value shall be determined in good faith by the Administrator.
          (o) “Incentive Stock Option” means an Option intended to qualify as an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
          (p) “Inside Director” means a Director who is an Employee.

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          (q) “Nonstatutory Stock Option” means an Option not intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option.
          (r) “Notice of Grant” means a written or electronic notice evidencing certain terms and conditions of an individual Option grant. The Notice of Grant is part of the Option Agreement.
          (s) “Officer” means a person who is an officer of the Company within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
          (t) “Option” means a stock option granted pursuant to the Plan.
          (u) “Option Agreement” means an agreement between the Company and an Optionee evidencing the terms and conditions of an individual Option grant. The Option Agreement is subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.
          (v) “Optioned Stock” means the Common Stock subject to an Option.
          (w) “Optionee” means the holder of an outstanding Option granted under the Plan.
          (x) “Outside Director” means a Director who is not an Employee.
          (y) “Parent” means a “parent corporation,” whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(e) of the Code.
          (z) “Plan” means this 2002 Stock Plan, as amended and restated.
          (aa) “Rule 16b-3” means Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act or any successor to Rule 16b-3, as in effect when discretion is being exercised with respect to the Plan.
          (bb) “Section 16(b) “ means Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act.
          (cc) “Service Provider” means an Employee, Director or Consultant.
          (dd) “Share” means a share of the Common Stock, as adjusted in accordance with Section 14 of the Plan.
          (ee) “Subsidiary” means a “subsidiary corporation”, whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code.
     3. Stock Subject to the Plan. Subject to the provisions of Section 13 of the Plan, the maximum aggregate number of Shares that may be optioned and sold under the Plan is 35,000,000 Shares plus (a) any Shares which have been reserved but not issued under the Company’s 1992 Stock Option Plan (the “1992 Plan”) as of the date of stockholder approval of this Plan and (b) any Shares returned to the 1992 Plan as a result of termination of options or repurchase of Shares issued under the 1992 Plan. The Shares may be authorized, but unissued, or reacquired Common Stock.
          If an Option expires or becomes unexercisable without having been exercised in full, the unpurchased Shares which were subject thereto shall become available for future grant or sale under the Plan (unless the Plan has terminated); provided, however, that Shares that have actually been issued under the Plan shall not be returned to the Plan and shall not become available for future distribution under the Plan, except that if Shares of restricted stock are repurchased by the Company at their original purchase price, such Shares shall become available for future grant under the Plan.

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     4. Administration of the Plan.
          (a) Procedure.
               (i) Multiple Administrative Bodies. Different Committees with respect to different groups of Service Providers may administer the Plan.
               (ii) Section 162(m). To the extent that the Administrator determines it to be desirable to qualify Options granted hereunder as “performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code, the Plan shall be administered by a Committee of two or more “outside directors” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code.
               (iii) Rule 16b-3. To the extent desirable to qualify transactions hereunder as exempt under Rule 16b-3, the transactions contemplated hereunder shall be structured to satisfy the requirements for exemption under Rule 16b-3.
               (iv) Other Administration. Other than as provided above, the Plan shall be administered by (A) the Board or (B) a Committee, which committee shall be constituted to satisfy Applicable Laws.
          (b) Powers of the Administrator. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, and in the case of a Committee, subject to the specific duties delegated by the Board to such Committee, the Administrator shall have the authority, in its discretion:
               (i) to determine the Fair Market Value;
               (ii) to select the Service Providers to whom Options may be granted hereunder;
               (iii) to determine the number of shares of Common Stock to be covered by each Option granted hereunder;
               (iv) to approve forms of agreement for use under the Plan;
               (v) to determine the terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, of any Option granted hereunder. Such terms and conditions include, but are not limited to, the exercise price, the time or times when Options may be exercised (which may be based on performance criteria), any vesting acceleration or waiver of forfeiture restrictions, and any restriction or limitation regarding any Option or the Shares relating thereto, based in each case on such factors as the Administrator, in its sole discretion, shall determine;
               (vi) to construe and interpret the terms of the Plan and awards granted pursuant to the Plan;
               (vii) to establish, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan, including rules and regulations relating to sub-plans established for the purpose of satisfying applicable foreign laws;
               (viii) to modify or amend each Option (subject to Section 15(c) of the Plan), including the discretionary authority to extend the post-termination exercisability period of Options longer than is otherwise provided for in the Plan;
               (ix) to allow Optionees to satisfy withholding tax obligations by electing to have the Company withhold from the Shares to be issued upon exercise of an Option that number of Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to the minimum amount required to be withheld. The Fair Market Value of the Shares to be withheld shall be determined on the date that the amount of tax to be withheld is to be determined. All elections by an Optionee to have Shares withheld for this purpose shall be made in such form and under such conditions as the Administrator may deem necessary or advisable;

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               (x) to authorize any person to execute on behalf of the Company any instrument required to effect the grant of an Option previously granted by the Administrator;
               (xi) to correct any defect, supply any omission, or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan, or in any Option Agreement, in a manner and to the extent it shall deem necessary, all of which determinations and interpretations made by the Administrator shall be conclusive and binding on all Optionees, any other holders of Options and on their legal representatives and beneficiaries; and
               (xii) except to the extent prohibited by, or impermissible in order to obtain treatment desired by the Administrator under, applicable law or rule, to allocate or delegate all or any portion of its powers and responsibilities to any one or more of its members or to any person(s) selected by it, subject to revocation or modification by the Administrator of such allocation or delegation.
               (xiii) to make all other determinations deemed necessary or advisable for administering the Plan.
          (c) Effect of Administrator’s Decision. The Administrator’s decisions, determinations and interpretations shall be final and binding on all Optionees and any other holders of Options.
     5. Eligibility. Nonstatutory Stock Options may be granted to Service Providers. Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to Employees.
     6. Limitations.
          (a) Each Option shall be designated in the Option Agreement as either an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonstatutory Stock Option. However, notwithstanding such designation, to the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value of the Shares with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by the Optionee during any calendar year (under all plans of the Company and any Parent or Subsidiary) exceeds $100,000, such Options shall be treated as Nonstatutory Stock Options. For purposes of this Section 6(a), Incentive Stock Options shall be taken into account in the order in which they were granted. The Fair Market Value of the Shares shall be determined as of the time the Option with respect to such Shares is granted.
          (b) Neither the Plan nor any Option shall confer upon an Optionee any right with respect to continuing the Optionee’s relationship as a Service Provider with the Company, nor shall they interfere in any way with the Optionee’s right or the Company’s right to terminate such relationship at any time, with or without cause.
          (c) The following limitation shall apply to grants of Options:
               (i) No Service Provider shall be granted, in any fiscal year of the Company, Options to purchase more than 750,000 Shares.
               (ii) The foregoing limitation shall be adjusted proportionately in connection with any change in the Company’s capitalization as described in Section 13.
     7. Term of Plan. Subject to Section 20 of the Plan, the Plan shall become effective upon its adoption by the Board. It shall continue in effect for a term of ten (10) years unless terminated earlier under Section 15 of the Plan.
     8. Term of Option. The term of each Option shall be stated in the Option Agreement. In the case of an Incentive Stock Option, the term shall be ten (10) years from the date of grant or such shorter term as may be provided in the Option Agreement. Moreover, in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to an Optionee who, at the time the Incentive Stock Option is granted, owns stock representing more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary, the term of the Incentive Stock Option shall be five (5) years from the date of grant or such shorter term as may be provided in the Option Agreement.

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     9. Option Exercise Price and Consideration.
          (a) Exercise Price. The per share exercise price for the Shares to be issued pursuant to exercise of an Option shall be determined by the Administrator, subject to the following:
               (i) In the case of an Incentive Stock Option
                    (A) granted to an Employee who, at the time the Incentive Stock Option is granted, owns stock representing more than ten percent (10%) of the voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary, the per Share exercise price shall be no less than 110% of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant.
                    (B) granted to any Employee other than an Employee described in paragraph (A) immediately above, the per Share exercise price shall be no less than 100% of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant.
               (ii) In the case of a Nonstatutory Stock Option, the per Share exercise price shall be determined by the Administrator. In the case of a Nonstatutory Stock Option intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code, the per Share exercise price shall be no less than 100% of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant.
               (iii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, Options may be granted with a per Share exercise price of less than 100% of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant pursuant to a merger or other corporate transaction.
          (b) Waiting Period and Exercise Dates. At the time an Option is granted, the Administrator shall fix the period within which the Option may be exercised and shall determine any conditions that must be satisfied before the Option may be exercised.
          (c) Form of Consideration. The Administrator shall determine the acceptable form of consideration for exercising an Option, including the method of payment. In the case of an Incentive Stock Option, the Administrator shall determine the acceptable form of consideration at the time of grant. Such consideration may consist of (without limitation):
               (i) cash;
               (ii) check;
               (iii) other Shares, provided Shares acquired directly or indirectly from the Company, (A) have been owned by the Optionee for more than six (6) months on the date of surrender, and (B) have a Fair Market Value on the date of surrender equal to the aggregate exercise price of the Shares as to which said Option shall be exercised;
               (iv) consideration received by the Company under a cashless exercise program implemented by the Company in connection with the Plan;
               (v) a reduction in the amount of any Company liability to the Optionee, including any liability attributable to the Optionee’s participation in any Company-sponsored deferred compensation program or arrangement;
               (vi) any combination of the foregoing methods of payment; or
               (vii) such other consideration and method of payment for the issuance of Shares to the extent permitted by Applicable Laws.

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     10. Exercise of Option.
          (a) Procedure for Exercise; Rights as a Stockholder. Any Option granted hereunder shall be exercisable according to the terms of the Plan and at such times and under such conditions as determined by the Administrator and set forth in the Option Agreement. Unless the Administrator provides otherwise, vesting of Options granted hereunder shall be suspended during any unpaid leave of absence. An Option may not be exercised for a fraction of a Share.
               An Option shall be deemed exercised when the Company receives: (i) written or electronic notice of exercise (in accordance with the Option Agreement) from the person entitled to exercise the Option, and (ii) full payment for the Shares with respect to which the Option is exercised. Full payment may consist of any consideration and method of payment authorized by the Administrator and permitted by the Option Agreement and the Plan. Shares issued upon exercise of an Option shall be issued in the name of the Optionee or, if requested by the Optionee, in the name of the Optionee and his or her spouse or in the name of a family trust of which the Optionee is a trustee. Until the Shares are issued (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company), no right to vote or receive dividends or any other rights as a stockholder shall exist with respect to the Optioned Stock, notwithstanding the exercise of the Option. The Company shall issue (or cause to be issued) such Shares promptly after the Option is exercised; provided that if the Company shall be advised by counsel that certain requirements under the Federal, state or foreign securities laws must be met before Shares may be issued under this Plan, the Company shall notify all persons who have been issued Options, and the Company shall have no liability for failure to issue Shares under any exercise of Options because of delay while such requirements are being met or the inability of the Company to comply with such requirements. No adjustment will be made for a dividend or other right for which the record date is prior to the date the Shares are issued, except as provided in Section 13 of the Plan.
               Exercising an Option in any manner shall decrease the number of Shares thereafter available, both for purposes of the Plan and for sale under the Option, by the number of Shares as to which the Option is exercised.
          (b) Termination of Relationship as a Service Provider. If an Optionee ceases to be a Service Provider, other than upon the Optionee’s death or Disability, the Optionee may exercise his or her Option within such period of time as is specified in the Option Agreement to the extent that the Option is vested on the date of termination (but in no event later than the expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in the Option Agreement). In the absence of a specified time in the Option Agreement, the Option shall remain exercisable for sixty (60) days following the Optionee’s termination. If, on the date of termination, the Optionee is not vested as to his or her entire Option, the Shares covered by the unvested portion of the Option shall revert to the Plan. If, after termination, the Optionee does not exercise his or her Option within the time specified by the Administrator, the Option shall terminate, and the Shares covered by such Option shall revert to the Plan.
          (c) Disability of Optionee. If an Optionee ceases to be a Service Provider as a result of the Optionee’s Disability, the Optionee may exercise his or her Option within such period of time as is specified in the Option Agreement to the extent the Option is vested on the date of termination (but in no event later than the expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in the Option Agreement). In the absence of a specified time in the Option Agreement, the Option shall remain exercisable for six (6) months following the Optionee’s termination. If, on the date of termination, the Optionee is not vested as to his or her entire Option, the Shares covered by the unvested portion of the Option shall revert to the Plan. If, after termination, the Optionee does not exercise his or her Option within the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate, and the Shares covered by such Option shall revert to the Plan.
          (d) Death of Optionee. If an Optionee dies while a Service Provider, the Option may be exercised following the Optionee’s death within such period of time as is specified in the Option Agreement to the extent that the Option is vested on the date of death (but in no event may the Option be exercised later than the expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in the Option Agreement), by the Optionee’s designated beneficiary, provided such beneficiary has been designated prior to the Optionee’s death in a form acceptable to the Administrator. If no such beneficiary has been designated by the Optionee, then such Option may be exercised by the personal representative of the Optionee’s estate or by the person(s) to whom the Option is transferred pursuant to the Optionee’s will or in

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accordance with the laws of descent and distribution. In the absence of a specified time in the Option Agreement, the Option shall remain exercisable for nine (9) months following the Optionee’s death. If, at the time of death, the Optionee is not vested as to his or her entire Option, the Shares covered by the unvested portion of the Option shall immediately revert to the Plan. If the Option is not so exercised within the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate, and the Shares covered by such Option shall revert to the Plan.
     11. Transferability of Options. Unless determined otherwise by the Administrator, an Option may not be sold, pledged, assigned, hypothecated, transferred, or disposed of in any manner other than by will or by the laws of descent or distribution and may be exercised, during the lifetime of the Optionee, only by the Optionee. If the Administrator makes an Option transferable, such Option shall contain such additional terms and conditions as the Administrator deems appropriate.
     12. Formula Option Grants to Outside Directors. Outside Directors shall be automatically granted Options each year in accordance with the following provisions:
          (a) All Options granted pursuant to this Section shall be Nonstatutory Stock Options and, except as otherwise provided herein, shall be subject to the other terms and conditions of the Plan.
          (b) Each person who first becomes an Outside Director on or after January 7, 2004, whether through election by the stockholders of the Company or appointment by the Board to fill a vacancy, shall be automatically granted an Option to purchase 20,000 Shares (the “First Option”) on the date he or she first becomes an Outside Director.
          (c) Each Outside Director shall be automatically granted an Option to purchase 20,000 Shares (a “Full Subsequent Option”) on December 1 of each year (beginning in 2004), provided such Outside Director was an Outside Director on or before the last day of the first quarter of the fiscal year of the Company just ended.
          (d) On December 1 of each year, each Outside Director who was not an Outside Director on or before the last day of the first quarter of the fiscal year of the Company just ended shall be automatically granted a pro-rated Full Subsequent Option (a “Partial Subsequent Option”) calculated according to the number of quarters of service provided by such Outside Director in the just ended fiscal year of the Company. For purposes of this calculation, service for only a portion of the quarter shall be deemed service for the whole quarter.
          (e) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (b), (c) and (d) hereof, any exercise of an Option granted before the Company has obtained stockholder approval of the Plan in accordance with Section 19 hereof shall be conditioned upon obtaining such stockholder approval of the Plan in accordance with Section 19 hereof.
          (f) The terms of each Option granted pursuant to subsections (b), (c) and (d) shall be as follows:
               (i) the term of each Option shall be seven (7) years.
               (ii) each Option shall only be exercisable while the Outside Director remains a Director; provided, however, that if the Outside Director (i) provides five (5) years of continuous service as a Director or (ii) voluntarily resigns as a Director after attaining the age of seventy (70), then each Option shall remain exercisable until the end of its seven-year term.
               (iii) the exercise price per Share shall be 100% of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant of an Option.
               (iv) each Option shall vest as to 1/12 of the Shares subject to such Option on each full month following its date of grant provided that the Optionee continues to serve as a Director on such date.

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          (g) The Administrator in its discretion may change and otherwise revise the terms of Options granted under this Section 12, including, without limitation, the number of Shares and exercise prices thereof, for Options granted on or after the date the Administrator determines to make any such change or revision.
     13. Adjustments Upon Changes in Capitalization, Dissolution, Merger or Change in Control.
          (a) Changes in Capitalization. Subject to any required action by the stockholders of the Company, the number of shares of Common Stock that have been authorized for issuance under the Plan but as to which no Options have yet been granted or which have been returned to the Plan upon cancellation or expiration of an Option, the number of Shares as well as the price per share of Common Stock covered by each such outstanding Option, shall be proportionately adjusted for any increase or decrease in the number of issued shares of Common Stock resulting from a stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, combination or reclassification of the Common Stock, or any other increase or decrease in the number of issued shares of Common Stock effected without receipt of consideration by the Company; provided, however, that conversion of any convertible securities of the Company shall not be deemed to have been “effected without receipt of consideration.” Such adjustment shall be made by the Board, whose determination in that respect shall be final, binding and conclusive. Except as expressly provided herein, no issuance by the Company of shares of stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class, shall affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number or price of shares of Common Stock subject to an Option.
          (b) Dissolution or Liquidation. In the event of the proposed dissolution or liquidation of the Company, the Administrator shall notify each Optionee as soon as practicable prior to the effective date of such proposed transaction. The Administrator in its discretion may provide for an Optionee to have the right to exercise his or her Option until ten (10) days prior to such transaction as to all of the Optioned Stock covered thereby, including Shares as to which the Option would not otherwise be exercisable. In addition, the Administrator may provide that any Company repurchase option applicable to any Shares purchased upon exercise of an Option shall lapse as to all such Shares, provided the proposed dissolution or liquidation takes place at the time and in the manner contemplated. To the extent it has not been previously exercised, an Option will terminate immediately prior to the consummation of such proposed action.
          (c) Merger or Change in Control. In the event of a merger of the Company with or into another corporation, or a Change in Control, each outstanding Option shall be assumed or an equivalent option or right substituted by the successor corporation or a Parent or Subsidiary of the successor corporation. With respect to Options granted to an Outside Director pursuant to Section 13 that are assumed or substituted for, if following such assumption or substitution the Optionee’s status as a Director or a director of the successor corporation, as applicable, is terminated other than upon a voluntary resignation by the Optionee, then the Optionee shall fully vest in and have the right to exercise the Option as to all of the Optioned Stock, including Shares as to which it would not otherwise be vested or exercisable and such Option shall remain exercisable for a period of three (3) months following such termination.
               In the event that the successor corporation refuses to assume or substitute for the Option, the Optionee shall fully vest in and have the right to exercise the Option as to all of the Optioned Stock, including Shares as to which it would not otherwise be vested or exercisable. If an Option becomes fully vested and exercisable in lieu of assumption or substitution in the event of a merger or Change in Control, the Administrator shall notify the Optionee in writing or electronically that the Option shall be fully vested and exercisable for a period of thirty (30) days, or such longer time as the Administrator may provide, from the date of such notice, and the Option shall terminate upon the expiration of such period.
               For the purposes of this subsection (c), the Option shall be considered assumed if, following the merger or Change in Control, the option or right confers the right to purchase or receive, for each Share subject to the Option immediately prior to the merger or Change in Control, the consideration (whether stock, cash, or other securities or property) received in the merger or Change in Control by holders of Common Stock for each Share held on the effective date of the transaction (and if holders were offered a choice of consideration, the type of consideration chosen by the holders of a majority of the outstanding Shares); provided, however, that if such consideration received in the merger or Change in Control is not solely common stock of the successor corporation or its Parent, the Administrator may, with the consent of the successor corporation, provide for the consideration to be received upon the exercise of the

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Option, for each Share subject to the Option, to be solely common stock of the successor corporation or its Parent equal in fair market value to the per share consideration received by holders of Common Stock in the merger or Change in Control.
     14. Date of Grant. The date of grant of an Option shall be, for all purposes, the date on which the Administrator makes the determination granting such Option, or such other later date as is determined by the Administrator. Notice of the determination shall be provided to each Optionee within a reasonable time after the date of such grant.
     15. Amendment and Termination of the Plan.
          (a) Amendment and Termination. The Board may at any time amend, alter, suspend or terminate the Plan.
          (b) Stockholder Approval. The Company shall obtain stockholder approval of any Plan amendment to the extent necessary and desirable to comply with Applicable Laws and Section 15(c) below.
          (c) Effect of Amendment or Termination. No amendment, alteration, suspension or termination of the Plan or any Option shall (i) impair the rights of any Optionee, unless mutually agreed otherwise between the Optionee and the Administrator, which agreement must be in writing and signed by the Optionee and the Company or (ii) permit the reduction of the exercise price of an Option after it has been granted (except for adjustments made pursuant to Section 13). Neither may the Administrator, without the approval of the Company’s stockholders, cancel any outstanding Option and replace it with a new Option with a lower exercise price, where the economic effect would be the same as reducing the exercise price of the cancelled Option. Termination of the Plan shall not affect the Administrator’s ability to exercise the powers granted to it hereunder with respect to Options granted under the Plan prior to the date of such termination.
     16. Conditions Upon Issuance of Shares.
          (a) Legal Compliance. Shares shall not be issued pursuant to the exercise of an Option unless the exercise of such Option and the issuance and delivery of such Shares shall comply with Applicable Laws and shall be further subject to the approval of counsel for the Company with respect to such compliance.
          (b) Investment Representations. As a condition to the exercise of an Option, the Company may require the person exercising such Option to represent and warrant at the time of any such exercise that the Shares are being purchased only for investment and without any present intention to sell or distribute such Shares if, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, such a representation is required.
     17. Inability to Obtain Authority. The inability of the Company to obtain authority from any regulatory body having jurisdiction, which authority is deemed by the Company’s counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any Shares hereunder, shall relieve the Company of any liability in respect of the failure to issue or sell such Shares as to which such requisite authority shall not have been obtained.
     18. Reservation of Shares. The Company, during the term of this Plan, will at all times reserve and keep available such number of Shares as shall be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the Plan.
     19. Stockholder Approval. The Plan shall be subject to approval by the stockholders of the Company within twelve (12) months after the date the Plan is adopted. Such stockholder approval shall be obtained in the manner and to the degree required under Applicable Laws.
     20. Option Exchange Program.
     Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan to the contrary, upon approval of this amendment by the shareholders of Flextronics International Ltd. (“Flextronics”), the Board of Directors of Flextronics, the Compensation

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Committee of its board or any designee of its board or the committee may provide for, and Flextronics may implement, a one-time Option exchange offer, pursuant to which certain outstanding Options would, at the election of the holder of such Options be surrendered to Flextronics for cancellation, whereupon the surrendered Options shall terminate and have no legal effect whatsoever, in exchange for the grant of a lesser number of new Options, which new Options may have reduced exercise prices and different vesting and expiration periods from the surrendered Options; provided, however, that such offer shall be commenced within twelve months of the date of such shareholder approval. For the avoidance of doubt, the surrendering and cancellation of the Options shall not at any time, result in Flextronics acquiring, directly or indirectly, a right or interest in the surrendered Options.

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EX-10.06 7 d68374exv10w06.htm EX-10.06 exv10w06
Exhibit 10.06
1997 STOCK OPTION PLAN
OF

CHATHAM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
     1. PURPOSES OF THE PLAN. This stock option plan (the “Plan”) is intended to provide an incentive to key employees (including directors and officers who are key employees) and to consultants and directors who are not employees of CHATHAM TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), or any of its Subsidiaries (as defined in Paragraph 19), and to offer an additional inducement in obtaining the services of such persons. The Plan provides for the grant of “incentive stock options” (“ISOs”) within the meaning of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and nonqualified stock options which do not qualify as ISOs (“NQSOs”). The Company makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the qualification of any option as an “incentive stock option” under the Code.
     2. STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN. Subject to the provisions of Paragraph 12, the aggregate number of shares of Class A Common Stock, $.01 par value per share, of the Company (“Common Stock”) for which options may be granted under the Plan shall not exceed 150,000. Such shares of Common Stock shall consist of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock. Subject to the provisions of Paragraph 13, any shares of Common Stock subject to an option which for any reason expires, is canceled or is terminated unexercised or which ceases for any reason to be exercisable, shall again become available for the granting of options under the Plan. The Company shall at all times during the term of the Plan reserve and keep available such number of shares of Common Stock as will be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the Plan.
     3. ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN. The Plan shall be administered by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board of Directors”) or a committee of the Board of Directors (collectively, the “Committee”). Except as otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, the By-laws of the Company or applicable law, a majority of the members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum, and the acts of a majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present, and any acts approved in writing by all members without a meeting, shall be the acts of the Committee.
     Subject to the express provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall have the authority, in its sole discretion, to determine: the key employees, consultants and Non-Employee Directors (as defined in Paragraph 19) who shall be granted options; the type of option to be granted to a key employee; the times when an option shall be granted; the number of shares of Common Stock to be subject to each option; the term of each option; the date each option shall become exercisable; whether an option shall be exercisable in whole, in part or in installments and, if in installments, the number of shares of Common Stock to be subject to each installment, whether the installments shall be cumulative, the date each installment shall become exercisable and the term of each installment; whether to accelerate the date of exercise of any option or installment; whether shares of Common Stock may be issued upon the exercise of an option as partly paid and, if so, the dates when future installments of the exercise price shall become due and the amounts of such installments; the exercise price of each option; the form of payment of the exercise price; whether to restrict the sale or other disposition of the shares of Common Stock acquired upon the exercise of an option and, if so, whether and under what conditions to waive any such restriction; whether and under what conditions to subject all or a portion of the grant or exercise of an option or the shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of an option to the fulfillment of certain restrictions or contingencies as specified in the contract referred to in Paragraph 11 hereof (the “Contract”), including without limitation, restrictions or contingencies relating to entering into a covenant not to compete with the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or a Parent (as defined in Paragraph 19), to financial objectives for the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or a Parent, a division of any of the foregoing, a product line or other category, and/or to the period of continued employment of the optionee with the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or a Parent, and to determine whether such restrictions or contingencies have been met; whether an optionee is Disabled (as defined in Paragraph 19); the amount, if any, necessary to satisfy the obligation of the Company, a Subsidiary or Parent to withhold taxes or other amounts; the fair market value of a share of Common Stock; to construe the respective Contracts and the Plan; with the consent of the optionee, to cancel or modify an option, provided, that the modified provision is permitted to be included in an option granted

 


 

under the Plan on the date of the modification, and further, provided, that in the case of a modification (within the meaning of Section 424(h) of the Code) of an ISO, such option as modified would be permitted to be granted on the date of such modification under the terms of the Plan; to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan; and to make all other determinations necessary or advisable for administering the Plan. Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to the Plan, any option granted under the Plan or any Contract shall be determined unilaterally by the Committee in its sole discretion. The determinations of the Committee on the matters referred to in this Paragraph 3 shall be conclusive and binding on the parties. No member or former member of the Committee shall be liable for any action, failure to act or determination made in good faith with respect to the Plan, any Contract or any option hereunder.
     4. ELIGIBILITY. The Committee may from time to time, in its sole discretion, consistent with the purposes of the Plan, grant options to (a) key employees (including officers and directors who are key employees) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (b) consultants to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and (c) Non-Employee Directors. In no event, however, may any consultant or Non-Employee Director participate in the Plan if such participation is (a) prohibited, or (b) restricted (either absolutely or subject to various securities requirements, whether legal or administrative, being complied with), in the jurisdiction in which such consultant or Non-Employee Director is resident under the relevant securities laws of that jurisdiction. Provided Always That in the case of (b) above, the relevant consultant’s or Non-Employee Director’s participation in the Plan may be effected at the absolute discretion of the Committee if compliance with the relevant securities requirements of the jurisdiction in which such consultant or Non-Employee Director is resident is not impractical (having regard to the nature of those requirements) and would not involve undue expense. Such options granted shall cover such number of shares of Common Stock as the Committee may determine, in its sole discretion, as set forth in the applicable Contract; provided, however, that the aggregate market value (determined at the time the option is granted in accordance with Paragraph 5) of the shares of Common Stock for which any eligible employee may be granted ISOs under the Plan or any other plan of the Company, or of a Parent or a Subsidiary of the Company, which are exercisable for the first time by such optionee during any calendar year shall not exceed $100,000. Such ISO limitation shall be applied by taking ISOs into account in the order in which they were granted. Any option granted in excess of such ISO limitation amount shall be treated as a NQSO to the extent of such excess.
     5. EXERCISE PRICE. The exercise price of the shares of Common Stock under each option shall be determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion, as set forth in the applicable Contract; provided, however, that the exercise price of an ISO shall not be less than the fair market value of the Common Stock subject to such option on the date of grant; and further, provided, that if, at the time an ISO is granted, the optionee owns (or is deemed to own under Section 424(d) of the Code) stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company, of any of its Subsidiaries or of a Parent, the exercise price of such ISO shall not be less than 110% of the fair market value of the Common Stock subject to such ISO on the date of grant. In no event may the exercise price be less than the par value of a share.
     The fair market value of a share of Common Stock on any day shall be (a) if the principal market for the Common Stock is a national securities exchange, the average of the highest and lowest sales prices per share of Common Stock on such day as reported by such exchange or on a composite tape reflecting transactions on such exchange, (b) if the principal market for the Common Stock is not a national securities exchange and the Common Stock is quoted on The Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”), and (i) if actual sales price information is available with respect to the Common Stock, the average of the highest and lowest sales prices per share of Common Stock on such day on Nasdaq, or (ii) if such information is not available, the average of the highest bid and lowest asked prices per share of Common Stock on such day on Nasdaq, or (c) if the principal market for the Common Stock is not a national securities exchange and the Common Stock is not quoted on Nasdaq, the average of the highest bid and lowest asked prices per share of Common Stock on such day as reported on the OTC Bulletin Board Service or by National Quotation Bureau, Incorporated or a comparable service; provided, however, that if clauses (a), (b) and (c) of this Paragraph are all inapplicable, or if no trades have been made or no quotes are available for such day, the fair market value of the Common Stock shall be determined by the Board of Directors or the Committee by any method consistent with applicable regulations adopted by the Treasury Department relating to stock options.
     6. TERM. The term of each option granted pursuant to the Plan shall be such term as is established by the Committee, in its sole discretion, as set forth in the applicable Contract; provided, however, that the term of

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each ISO granted pursuant to the Plan shall be for a period not exceeding 10 years from the date of grant thereof; and further, provided, that if, at the time an ISO is granted, the optionee owns (or is deemed to own under Section 424(d) of the Code) stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company, of any of its Subsidiaries or of a Parent, the term of the ISO shall be for a period not exceeding five years from the date of grant. Options shall be subject to earlier termination as hereinafter provided.
     7. EXERCISE. An option (or any part or installment thereof), to the extent then exercisable, shall be exercised by giving written notice to the Company at its principal office stating which option is being exercised, specifying the number of shares of Common Stock as to which such option is being exercised and accompanied by payment in full of the aggregate exercise price therefor (or the amount due on exercise if the applicable Contract permits installment payments) in cash or by certified check equal to the aggregate exercise price of all options being exercised, or with any combination of cash, certified check or shares of Common Stock having such value. The Company shall not be required to issue any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any such option until all required payments, including any required withholding, have been made.
     A person entitled to receive Common Stock upon the exercise of an option shall not have the rights of a stockholder with respect to such shares of Common Stock until the date of allotment of such shares.
     In no case may a fraction of a share of Common Stock be purchased or issued under the Plan.
     8. TERMINATION OF RELATIONSHIP. Except as may otherwise be expressly provided in the applicable Contract, an optionee whose relationship with the Company, its Parent and Subsidiaries as an employee or a consultant has terminated for any reason (other than as a result of the death or Disability of the optionee) may exercise his options, to the extent exercisable on the date of such termination, at any time within three months after the date of termination, but not thereafter and in no event after the date the option would otherwise have expired; provided, however, that if such relationship is terminated either (a) for Cause (as defined in Paragraph 19), or (b) without the consent of the Company, such option shall terminate immediately. Except as may otherwise be expressly provided in the applicable Contract, options granted under the Plan to an employee or consultant shall not be affected by any change in the status of the optionee so long as the optionee continues to be an employee of, or a consultant to, the Company, or any of the Subsidiaries or a Parent (regardless of having changed from one to the other or having been transferred from one corporation to another).
     For the purposes of the Plan, an employment relationship shall be deemed to exist between an individual and the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or a Parent if, at the time of the determination, the individual was an employee of such corporation for purposes of Section 422(a) of the Code. As a result, an individual on military, sick leave or other bona fide leave of absence shall continue to be considered an employee for purposes of the Plan during such leave if the period of the leave does not exceed 90 days, or, if longer, so long as the individual’s right to reemployment with the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or a Parent is guaranteed either by statute or by contract. If the period of leave exceeds 90 days and the individual’s right to reemployment is not guaranteed by statute or by contract, the employment relationship shall be deemed to have terminated on the 91st day of such leave.
     Except as may otherwise be expressly provided in the applicable Contract, an optionee whose relationship with the Company as a Non-Employee Director ceases for any reason (other than as a result of his death or Disability) may exercise his options, to the extent exercisable on the date of such termination, at any time within three months after the date of termination, but not thereafter and in no event after the date the option would otherwise have expired; provided, however, that if such relationship is terminated for Cause, such option shall terminate immediately. Except as may otherwise be expressly provided in the applicable Contract, options granted to a Non-Employee Director shall not be affected by the optionee becoming an employee of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or a Parent.
     Nothing in the Plan or in any option granted under the Plan shall confer on any optionee any right to continue in the employ of, or as a consultant to, the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or a Parent, or as a director of the Company, or interfere in any way with any right of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or a Parent to terminate the optionee’s relationship at any time for any reason whatsoever without liability to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or a Parent.

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     9. DEATH OR DISABILITY OF AN OPTIONEE. Except as may otherwise be expressly provided in the applicable Contract, if an optionee dies (a) while he is an employee of, or consultant to, the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or a Parent, (b) within three months after the termination of such relationship (unless such termination was for Cause or without the consent of the Company) or (c) within one year following the termination of such relationship by reason of his Disability, the options that were granted to him as an employee or consultant may be exercised, to the extent exercisable on the date of his death, by his Legal Representative (as defined in Paragraph 19) at any time within one year after death, but not thereafter and in no event after the date the option would otherwise have expired.
     Except as may otherwise be expressly provided in the applicable Contract, any optionee whose relationship as an employee of, or consultant to, the Company, its Parent and Subsidiaries has terminated by reason of such optionee’s Disability may exercise the options that were granted to him as an employee or consultant, to the extent exercisable upon the effective date of such termination, at any time within one year after such date, but not thereafter and in no event after the date the option would otherwise have expired.
     Except as may otherwise be expressly provided in the applicable Contract, any optionee whose relationship as a Non-Employee Director ceases as a result of his death or Disability may exercise the options that were granted to him as a Non-Employee Director, to the extent exercisable on the date of such termination, at any time within one year after the date of termination, but not thereafter and in no event after the date the option would otherwise have expired. In the case of the death of the Non-Employee Director, the option may be exercised by his Legal Representative.
     10. COMPLIANCE WITH SECURITIES LAWS. The Committee may require, in its sole discretion, as a condition to the exercise of any option that either (a) a Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), with respect to the shares of Common Stock to be issued upon such exercise shall be effective and current at the time of exercise, or (b) there is an exemption from registration under the Securities Act for the issuance of the shares of Common Stock upon such exercise. Nothing herein shall be construed as requiring the Company to register shares subject to any option under the Securities Act or to keep any Registration Statement effective or current.
     The Committee may require, in its sole discretion, as a condition to the receipt of an option or the exercise of any option that the optionee execute and deliver to the Company his representations and warranties, in form, substance and scope satisfactory to the Committee, which the Committee determines are necessary or convenient to facilitate the perfection of an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, applicable state securities laws or other legal requirement, including without limitation that (a) the shares of Common Stock to be issued upon the exercise of the option are being acquired by the optionee for his own account, for investment only and not with a view to the resale or distribution thereof, and (b) any subsequent resale or distribution of shares of Common Stock by such optionee will be made only pursuant to (i) a Registration Statement under the Securities Act which is effective and current with respect to the shares of Common Stock being sold, or (ii) a specific exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, but in claiming such exemption, the optionee shall prior to any offer of sale or sale of such shares of Common Stock provide the Company with a favorable written opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Company, in form, substance and scope satisfactory to the Company, as to the applicability of such exemption to the proposed sale or distribution.
     In addition, if at any time the Committee shall determine, in its sole discretion, that the listing or qualification of the shares of Common Stock subject to any option on any securities exchange, Nasdaq or under any applicable law, or the consent or approval of any governmental agency or regulatory body, is necessary or desirable as a condition to, or in connection with, the granting of an option or the issuing of shares of Common Stock thereunder, such option may not be granted and such option may not be exercised in whole or in part unless such listing, qualification, consent or approval shall have been effected or obtained free of any conditions not acceptable to the Committee.
     11. CONTRACTS. Each option shall be evidenced by an appropriate Contract which shall be duly executed by the Company and the optionee, and shall contain such terms, provisions and conditions not inconsistent herewith as may be determined by the Committee. The terms of each option and Contract need not be identical.

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     12. ADJUSTMENTS UPON CHANGES IN COMMON STOCK. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, in the event of:
     (a) a stock dividend, recapitalization, merger or consolidation in which the Company is the surviving corporation, or a spin-off, split-up, combination or exchange of shares or the like which results in a change in the number or kind of shares of Common Stock which is outstanding immediately prior to such event, the Committee shall appropriately adjust the aggregate number and kind of shares subject to the Plan, the aggregate number and kind of shares subject to each outstanding option and the exercise price thereof. Such adjustments shall be conclusive and binding on all parties and may provide for the elimination of fractional shares which might otherwise be subject to options without payment therefor.
     (b) the liquidation or dissolution of the Company, or a merger to which the Company is a party whether or not it is the surviving corporation or a consolidation or a sale by the Company of all or substantially all of its assets, then, except as set forth below, the options granted hereunder which are outstanding or unvested as of the date of such event, shall continue to be outstanding and the optionee shall be entitled to receive an option to acquire the type and amount of consideration which he would have been entitled to receive if he had exercised the options granted hereunder immediately prior to the transaction and actually owned the shares of common stock subject to such option. The exercise price of the resultant option shall be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion such that the aggregate exercise price payable with respect to the resultant option shall be equal to the aggregate exercise price payable with respect to the option granted under the Plan.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall have the right, by written notice, provided to an optionee sent no later than 15 days prior to the proposed liquidation, dissolution, merger or other transaction, to advise the optionee that upon consummation of the transaction all options granted to any optionee under the Plan shall terminate and be void, in which event, the optionee shall have right to exercise all options then currently exercisable in accordance with the terms of the applicable option Contract within 10 days after the date of the notice from the Company.
     13. AMENDMENTS AND TERMINATION OF THE PLAN. The Plan was adopted by the Board of Directors on August 13, 1997. No ISO may be granted under the Plan after August 12, 2007: The Board of Directors, without further approval of the Company’s stockholders, may at any time suspend or terminate the Plan, in whole or in part, or amend it from time to time in such respects as it may deem advisable, including, without limitation, in order that ISOs granted hereunder meet the requirements for “incentive stock options” under the Code, to comply with any change in applicable law, regulations, rulings or interpretations of any administrative agency; provided, however, that no amendment shall be effective without the requisite prior or subsequent stockholder approval which would (a) except as contemplated in Paragraph 12, increase the maximum number of shares of Common Stock for which options may be granted under the Plan, (b) change the eligibility requirements to receive options hereunder or (c) make any other change for which applicable law requires stockholder approval. No termination, suspension or amendment of the Plan shall, without the consent of the optionee, adversely affect his rights under any option granted under the Plan. The power of the Committee to construe and administer any option granted under the Plan prior to the termination or suspension of the Plan nevertheless shall continue after such termination or during such suspension.
     14. NON-TRANSFERABILITY. No option granted under the Plan shall be transferable otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and options may be exercised, during the lifetime of the optionee, only by the optionee or his Legal Representatives. Except to the extent provided above, options may not be assigned, transferred, pledged, hypothecated or disposed of in any way (whether by operation of law or otherwise) and shall not be subject to execution, attachment or similar process, and any such attempted assignment, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or disposition shall be null and void ab initio and of no force or effect.
     15. WITHHOLDING TAXES. The Company, a Subsidiary or Parent may withhold cash, in an amount equal to the amount which the Committee determines is necessary to satisfy the obligation of the Company, a Subsidiary or Parent to withhold Federal, state and local income taxes or other amounts incurred by reason of the grant, vesting, exercise or disposition of an option, or the disposition of the underlying shares of Common Stock.

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Alternatively, the Company may require the holder to pay to the Company such amount, in cash, promptly upon demand.
     16. LEGENDS; PAYMENT OF EXPENSES. The Company may endorse such legend or legends upon the certificates for shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise of an option under the Plan and may issue such “stop transfer” instructions to its transfer agent in respect of such shares as it determines, in its discretion, to be necessary or appropriate to (a) prevent a violation of, or to perfect an exemption from, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws, (b) implement the provisions of the Plan or any agreement between the Company and the optionee with respect to such shares of Common Stock, or (c) permit the Company to determine the occurrence of a “disqualifying disposition,” as described in Section 421(b) of the Code, of the shares of Common Stock issued or transferred upon the exercise of an ISO granted under the Plan.
     The Company shall pay all issuance taxes with respect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of an option granted under the Plan, as well as all fees and expenses incurred by the Company in connection with such issuance.
     17. USE OF PROCEEDS. The cash proceeds received upon the exercise of an option under the Plan shall be added to the general funds of the Company and used for such corporate purposes as the Board of Directors may determine.
     18. SUBSTITUTIONS AND ASSUMPTIONS OF OPTIONS OF CERTAIN CONSTITUENT CORPORATIONS. Anything in this Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, the Board of Directors may, without further approval by the stockholders, substitute new options for prior options of a Constituent Corporation (as defined in Paragraph 19) or assume the prior options of such Constituent Corporation.
     19. DEFINITIONS. For purposes of the Plan, the following terms shall be defined as set forth below:
     (a) “Cause” shall mean (i) in the case of an employee or consultant, if there is a written employment or consulting agreement between the optionee and the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or a Parent which defines termination of such relationship for cause, cause as defined in such agreement, and (ii) in all other cases, cause as defined by applicable state law.
     (b) “Constituent Corporation” shall mean any corporation which engages with the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or a Parent in a transaction to which Section 424(a) of the Code applies (or would apply if the option assumed or substituted were an ISO), or any Parent or any Subsidiary of such corporation.
     (c) “Disability” shall mean a permanent and total disability within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.
     (d) “Legal Representative” shall mean the executor, administrator or other person who at the time is entitled by law to exercise the rights of a deceased or incapacitated optionee with respect to an option granted under the Plan.
     (e) “Non-Employee Director” shall mean a person who is a director of the Company, but is not an employee of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or a Parent.
     (f) “Parent” shall have the same definition as “parent corporation” in Section 424(e) of the Code.
     (g) “Subsidiary” shall have the same definition as “subsidiary corporation” in Section 424(f) of the Code.

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     20. GOVERNING LAW; CONSTRUCTION. The Plan, the options and Contracts hereunder and all related matters shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to conflict of law provisions that would defer to the substantive laws of another jurisdiction.
     Neither the Plan nor any Contract shall be construed or interpreted with any presumption against the Company by reason of the Company causing the Plan or Contract to be drafted. Whenever from the context it appears appropriate, any term stated in either the singular or plural shall include the singular and plural, and any term stated in the masculine, feminine or neuter gender shall include the masculine, feminine and neuter.
     21. PARTIAL INVALIDITY. The invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of any provision in the Plan, any option or Contract shall not affect the validity, legality or enforceability of any other provision, all of which shall be valid, legal and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
     22. STOCKHOLDER APPROVAL. The Plan shall be subject to approval by a majority of the votes present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote hereon at the next duly held meeting of the Company’s stockholders at which a quorum is present. No options granted hereunder may be exercised prior to such approval; provided, however, that the date of grant of any option shall be determined as if the Plan had not been subject to such approval. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Plan is not approved by a vote of the stockholders of the Company on or before August 17, 1998, then the Plan and any options granted hereunder shall terminate.
     23. OPTION EXCHANGE PROGRAM.
     Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan to the contrary, upon approval of this amendment by the shareholders of Flextronics International Ltd. (“Flextronics”), the Board of Directors of Flextronics, the Compensation Committee of its board or any designee of its board or the committee may provide for, and Flextronics may implement, a one-time Option exchange offer, pursuant to which certain outstanding Options would, at the election of the holder of such Options be surrendered to Flextronics for cancellation, whereupon the surrendered Options shall terminate and have no legal effect whatsoever, in exchange for the grant of a lesser number of new Options, which new Options may have reduced exercise prices and different vesting and expiration periods from the surrendered Options; provided, however, that such offer shall be commenced within twelve months of the date of such shareholder approval. For the avoidance of doubt, the surrendering and cancellation of the Options shall not at any time, result in Flextronics acquiring, directly or indirectly, a right or interest in the surrendered Options.

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EX-10.07 8 d68374exv10w07.htm EX-10.07 exv10w07
Exhibit 10.07
THE DII GROUP, INC.
1994 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
I. PURPOSES AND SCOPE OF PLAN
     The DII Group, Inc. (the “Company”) desires to afford certain salaried officers and other salaried key employees of the Company and its subsidiaries who are in a position to affect materially the profitability and growth of the Company and its subsidiaries an opportunity to acquire a proprietary interest in the Company, and thus to create in such persons interest in and a greater concern for the welfare of the Company. Directors who are salaried key employees within the meaning of the foregoing are eligible to participate in the 1994 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). These objectives will be promoted through the granting to such key employees of equity instruments including (i) incentive stock options (“Incentive Options”) which are intended to qualify under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”); (ii) options which are not intended to so qualify (“NQSOs”); and (iii) performance shares (“Performance Shares”).
     The awards offered pursuant to this Plan are a matter of separate inducement and are not in lieu of any salary or other compensation for services.
     The Company, by means of the Plan, seeks to retain the services of persons now holding key positions and to secure the services of persons capable of filling such positions.
II. AMOUNT OF STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN
     The total number of shares of the Company reserved and available for distribution pursuant to options and awards granted hereunder shall not exceed, in the aggregate, 5,500,000 shares, S$0.01 par value, per share, of the Company (the “Shares”), subject to adjustment described below.
     Shares which may be acquired under the Plan shall be authorized but unissued Shares. Whenever any outstanding option or award or portion thereof expires, is canceled, is forfeited or is otherwise terminated for any reason without having been exercised or payment having been made in respect of the entire option or award, the Shares allocable to the expired, canceled, forfeited or otherwise terminated portion of the option or award may again be the subject of options or awards granted hereunder.
     In the event of any stock dividend, stock split, combination or exchange of Shares, recapitalization or other change in the capital structure of the Company, corporate separation or division (including, but not limited to, split-up, spin-off or distribution to Company shareholders other than a normal cash dividend), sale by the Company of all or a substantial portion of its assets, rights offering, merger, consolidation, reorganization or partial or complete liquidation, or any other corporate transaction or event having an effect similar to any of the foregoing, the aggregate number of Shares reserved for issuance under the Plan, the number and option price of Shares subject to outstanding options, the financial performance goals of the Shares contained in a Performance Share award, the number of Shares subject to a Performance Share award agreement and any other characteristics or terms of the options and awards as the Committee (as hereinafter defined) shall deem necessary or appropriate to reflect equitably the effects of such changes to the holders of options and awards, shall be appropriately substituted for new shares or adjusted, as determined by the Committee in its discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) each such adjustment with respect to an Incentive Option shall comply with the rules of Section 424(a) of the Code, and (ii) in no event shall any adjustment be made which would render any Incentive Option granted hereunder other than an incentive stock option for purposes of Section 422 of the Code without the consent of the grantee.
III. ADMINISTRATION
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Committee shall consist of no fewer than two (2) members of the Board of Directors, each of whom shall be a “non-employee Director” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 or any successor rule or regulation (“Rule 16b-3”) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). The Committee shall administer the Plan so as to comply at all times with Rule 16b-3. A majority of the members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum, and a resolution passed by a majority of the members of the Committee shall be a resolution of the Committee. Any member of the Committee may be removed at any time, either with or without cause, by resolution adopted by a majority of the Board of Directors, and any vacancy on the Committee may at any time be filled by resolution adopted by a majority of the Board of Directors.
     Subject to the express provisions of the Plan, the Board of Directors or the Committee, as the case may be, shall have authority, in its discretion, to (i) select employees of the Company as recipients of options or awards; (ii) determine the number and type of options or awards to be granted; (iii) determine the terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the terms hereof, of any options or awards granted; (iv) adopt, alter and repeal such administrative rules, guidelines and practices governing the Plan as it shall, from time to time, deem advisable; (v) interpret the terms and provisions of the Plan and any option or award granted and any agreements relating thereto; and (vi) otherwise supervise the administration of the Plan.
     The determination of the Board of Directors or the Committee, as the case may be, on matters referred to in this Article III shall be conclusive.
     The Board of Directors or the Committee, as the case may be, may employ such legal counsel, consultants and agents as it may deem desirable for the administration of the Plan and may rely upon any opinion received from any such counsel or consultant and any computation received from any such consultant or agent. Expenses incurred by the Board of Directors or the Committee in the engagement of such counsel, consultant or agent shall be paid by the Company. No member or former member of the Committee or of the Board of Directors shall be liable for any action or determination made in good faith with respect to the Plan or any option or award granted hereunder.
     The Company shall indemnify each member of the Committee for all costs and expenses and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any liability incurred in connection with defending any proceedings arising in connection with any actions in administering the Plan or in authorizing or denying authorization to any transaction hereunder in which judgment is given in his favor or in which he is acquitted or in connection with any application, in relation to such liability, in which relief is granted to him by the court.
IV. ELIGIBILITY
     Options and Performance Share awards may be granted only to certain salaried officers and other salaried key employees of the Company and its subsidiaries who are not members of the Committee; provided, that no person shall be eligible for any award if the granting of such award to such person would prevent the satisfaction by the Plan of the general exemptive conditions of Rule 16b-3. No employee shall be granted or awarded stock option and Performance Shares covering, in aggregate, more than 300,000 Shares in any fiscal year of the Company (subject to adjustment as provided in II. above).
V. SHARE OPTIONS
     1. General. Options may be granted alone or in addition to other awards granted under the Plan. Any options granted under the Plan shall be on such terms as the Committee may from time to time approve and the provisions of the option grants need not be the same with respect to each optionee. Options granted under the Plan may be either Incentive Options or NQSOs. The Committee may grant to any optionee Incentive Options, NQSOs or both types of options.
     Options granted under the Plan shall be subject to the following terms and conditions and shall contain such additional terms and conditions not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, as the Committee deems appropriate. Each option grant shall be evidenced by an agreement executed on behalf of the Company by an officer designated by the Committee and accepted by the optionee. Such agreement shall describe the options and state that such 2

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options are subject to all the terms and provisions of the Plan and shall contain such other terms and provisions, consistent with the Plan, as the Committee may approve.
     2. Exercise Price and Payment. The price per Share under any option granted hereunder shall be such amount as the Board of Directors or the Committee, as the case may be, shall determine, provided, however, that such price shall not be less than one hundred percent (100%) of the fair market value of the Shares subject to such option, as determined below, at the date the option is granted (110% in the case of an Incentive Option granted to any person who, at the time the option is granted, owns shares of the Company or any subsidiary or parent of the Company possessing more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of shares of the Company or of any subsidiary or parent of the Company (a “10% Shareholder”)), and provided further that in no event may the price be less than the par value of a Share.
     If the Shares are listed on a national securities exchange in the United States on the date any option is granted, the fair market value per Share shall be deemed to be the highest sales price at which such Shares are sold on such national securities exchange in the United States on the date upon which the option is granted, but if the Shares are not traded on such date, or such national securities exchange is not open for business on such date, the fair market value per Share shall be the closing price per share determined as of the closest preceding date on which such exchange shall have been open for business and the Shares were traded. If the Shares are listed on more than one national securities exchange in the United States on the date any such option is granted, the Board of Directors or the Committee, as the case may be, shall determine which national securities exchange shall be used for the purpose of determining the fair market value per Share. If the Shares are not listed on a national securities exchange but are reported on the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation System (“Nasdaq”), the fair market value per share shall be deemed to be the average of the high bid and low asked prices on the date upon which the option is granted as reported by Nasdaq.
     For purposes of this Plan, the determination by the Board of Directors or the Committee, as the case may be, of the fair market value of a Share shall be conclusive.
     3. Term of Options and Limitations on the Right of Exercise. The term of each option will be for such period as the Board of Directors or the Committee, as the case may be, shall determine, provided that, except as otherwise provided herein, in no event may any option granted hereunder be exercisable more than ten (10) years from the date of grant of such option (five years in the case of an Incentive Option granted to a 10% Shareholder). Each option shall become exercisable in such installments and at such times as may be designated by the Board of Directors or the Committee, as the case may be, and set forth in the agreement related to the grant of options. To the extent not exercised, installments shall accumulate and be exercisable, in whole or in part, at any time after becoming exercisable, but not later than the date the option expires.
     The Board of Directors or the Committee, as the case may be, shall have the right to limit, restrict or prohibit, in whole or in part, from time to time, conditionally or unconditionally, rights to exercise any option granted hereunder.
     To the extent that an option is not exercised within the period of exercisability specified therein, it shall expire as to the then unexercised part.
     4. Exercise of Options. Options granted under the Plan shall be exercised by the optionee as to all or part of the Shares covered thereby by the giving of written notice of the exercise thereof to the Company at the principal business office of the Company, specifying the number of Shares to be purchased, accompanied by payment therefor made to the Company for the full purchase price of such Shares. The date of actual receipt by the Company of such notice shall be deemed the date of exercise of the option with respect to the Shares being purchased.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company, in its sole discretion, may establish cashless exercise procedures whereby an option holder, subject to the requirements of Rule 16b-3, Regulation T, federal income tax laws, and other federal, state and local tax and securities laws, can exercise an option or a portion thereof without making a direct payment of the option price to the Company, including a program whereby option shares would be sold on behalf of and at the request of an option holder by a designated broker and the exercise price would be satisfied out of the sale proceeds and delivered to the Company. If the Company so elects to establish a cashless exercise program, the Company shall determine, in its sole discretion, and from time to time, such administrative procedures and policies as it deems appropriate and such procedures and policies shall be binding on any option holder wishing to utilize the cashless exercise program.
     5. Nontransferability of Options. An option granted hereunder shall not be transferable, whether by operation of law or otherwise, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and any option granted hereunder shall be exercisable, during the lifetime of the holder, only by such holder.
     The option of any person to acquire Shares and all his rights thereunder shall terminate immediately if the holder: (a) attempts to or does sell, assign, transfer, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of the option or any rights thereunder to any other person except as permitted above; or (b) becomes insolvent or bankrupt or becomes involved in any manner so that the option or any rights thereunder becomes subject to being taken from him to satisfy his debts or liabilities.
     6. Termination of Employment. Upon termination of employment of any option holder, any option previously granted to such option holder, unless otherwise specified by the Board of Directors or the Committee, as the case may be, shall, to the extent not theretofore exercised, terminate and become null and void, provided that:
          (a) if the option holder shall die while in the employ of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, and at a time when such employee was entitled to exercise an option as herein provided, his estate or the legatees or distributees of his estate or of the option, as the case may be, of such option holder, may, within one (1) year following the date of death, but not beyond that time and in no event later than the expiration date of the option, exercise such option, to the extent not theretofore exercised, in respect of any or all of such number of Shares which the option holder was entitled to purchase; and
          (b) if the employment of any option holder to whom such option shall have been granted shall terminate by reason of the option holder’s retirement on or after he reaches the age of 60 years in such manner as would entitle him to receive full Social Security benefits if he were then 65 years of age, or disability (as described in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code), and while such employee is entitled to exercise such option as herein provided, such option holder shall have the right to purchase under the option the number of Shares, if any, which he was entitled to purchase at the time of such termination, at any time up to and including three (3) months after the date of such termination of employment, but not beyond that time and in no event shall an option be exercised later than the expiration date of the option.
     In no event shall any person be entitled to exercise any option after the expiration of the period of exercisability of such option as specified therein.
     Except as otherwise determined by the Board of Directors or the Committee, as the case may be, and other than as set forth above, if an option holder voluntarily terminates his or her employment, or is discharged, any option granted hereunder shall be canceled and the option holder shall have no further rights to exercise any such option and all of the option holder’s rights thereunder shall terminate as of the effective date of such termination of employment.
     If an option granted hereunder shall be exercised by the legal representative of a deceased option holder or former option holder or by a person who acquired an option granted hereunder by bequest or inheritance or by reason of the death of any option holder or former option holder, written notice of such exercise shall be accompanied by a certified copy of letters testamentary or equivalent proof of the right of such legal representative or other person to exercise such option.

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     For the purposes of the Plan, an employment relationship shall be deemed to exist between an individual and a corporation if, at the time of the determination, the individual was an “employee” of such corporation for purposes of Section 422(a) of the Code.
     A termination of employment shall not be deemed to occur by reason of (i) the transfer of an employee from employment by the Company to employment by a subsidiary of the Company or (ii) the transfer of an employee from employment by a subsidiary of the Company to employment by the Company or by another subsidiary of the Company.
     7. Maximum Allotment of Incentive Options. If the aggregate fair market value of Shares with respect to which Incentive Options are exercisable for the first time by an employee during any calendar year (under all share option plans of the Company and any parent or any subsidiary of the Company) exceeds $100,000, any options which otherwise qualify as Incentive Options, to the extent of the excess, will be treated as NQSOs.
VI. PERFORMANCE SHARES
     1. General. Performance Shares may be granted alone or in addition to any other awards granted under the Plan. The provisions of Performance Share awards need not be the same with respect to each recipient. Performance Share awards granted under the Plan shall be in such form as the Board of Directors or the Committee, as the case may be, may from time to time approve. Each grant of a Performance Share award shall be evidenced by an agreement executed on behalf of the Company by an officer designated by the Board of Directors or the Committee, as the case may be, and accepted by the recipient. Such agreement shall describe the Performance Share award and state that such award is subject to all the terms and provisions of the Plan and shall contain such other terms and provisions, consistent with the Plan, as the Board of Directors or the Committee, as the case may be, may approve.
     2. Price. The purchase price for Performance Shares shall be such amount as the Board of Directors or the Committee, as the case may be, shall determine, and subject to applicable law, such purchase price may be zero. The purchase price for Performance Shares, if any, shall be made in cash.
     3. Restrictions. Each Performance Share award shall be subject to restrictions related to (A) the passage of time and/or (B) the attainment by the Company of specified performance objectives. Company financial performance objectives may be expressed in terms of (i) earnings per Share, (ii) pre-tax profits, (iii) net earnings or net worth, (iv) return on equity or assets, (v) any combination of the foregoing, or (vi) any other standard or standards deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors or the Committee, as the case may be, at the time the award is granted. Such time periods (the “Performance Period”) and financial performance goals shall be set by the Board of Directors or the Committee, as the case may be, in its sole discretion.
     Performance Shares shall become vested in a recipient upon the lapse of the Performance Period, if any, and the attainment of the associated financial performance goals set forth in the agreement between the recipient and the Company or, in the discretion of the Board of Directors or the Committee, as the case may be, upon the death, disability or retirement of the recipient.
     4. Share Certificate and Legends. Performance Shares shall be registered in the name of the recipient of an award thereof, provided that the recipient has executed a Performance Share agreement evidencing the award, appropriate blank stock powers and, in the discretion of the Board of Directors or the Committee, as the case may be, an escrow agreement and any other documents which the Board of Directors or the Committee, as the case may be, may require as a condition to the issuance of such Shares. If a recipient shall fail to execute the agreement evidencing a Performance Share award, the appropriate blank stock powers and, in the discretion of the Board of Directors or the Committee, as the case may be, an escrow agreement and any other documents which the Board of Directors or the Committee, as the case may be, may require within the time period prescribed by the Board of Directors or the Committee, as the case may be, at the time the award is granted, the award shall be null and void. At the discretion of the Board of Directors or the Committee, as the case may be, Shares issued in connection with a Performance Share award shall be deposited together with the stock powers with an escrow agent (which may be the Company) designated by the Board of Directors or the Committee, as the case may be.

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     5. Treatment of Dividends. At the time the Performance Share award is granted, the Board of Directors or the Committee, as the case may be, may, in its discretion, determine that the payment to the recipient of dividends, or a specified portion thereof, declared or paid on such Shares by the Company shall be (i) deferred until the lapsing of the restrictions imposed upon such Performance Shares and (ii) held by the Company for the account of the recipient until such time. Payment of deferred dividends in respect of Performance Shares shall be made upon the lapsing of restrictions imposed on the Performance Shares in respect of which the deferred dividends were paid, and any dividends deferred in respect of any Performance Shares shall be forfeited upon the forfeiture of such Performance Shares.
     6. Share Restrictions. Subject to the provisions of this Plan and the applicable agreement, during the period when the Performance Shares have not vested, the recipient shall not be permitted to sell, transfer, pledge, assign or otherwise encumber Performance Shares awarded under the Plan.
     7. Shareholder Rights. Subject to applicable laws, the recipient shall have no rights, with respect to the Performance Shares until they have vested, including no right to vote the Performance Shares.
     8. Termination of Employment. Upon termination of employment with the Company because of death, disability or retirement, the Committee, at its discretion, may provide for waiver of all or a portion of the restrictions applicable to unvested Performance Shares. If termination occurs for any other reason, all shares still subject to restriction shall be forfeited by the recipient.
VII. CHANGE OF CONTROL
     Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, upon a Change of Control (as defined below) of the Company, (i) all options shall immediately vest and become exercisable in full during the remaining term thereof, and shall remain so, whether or not the option holder to whom such options have been granted remains an employee of the Company or its subsidiaries, and (ii) the restrictions applicable to any or all Performance Share awards shall lapse and such awards shall be fully vested.
     A Change of Control shall be deemed to have taken place upon the occurrence of any of the following events:
          (i) any Person (which shall mean and include any individual, corporation, partnership, group, association or other “person”, as such term is used in Sections 13 and 14 of the Exchange Act) is, becomes, or has the right to become the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 20% or more of the Shares then outstanding, whether or not such Person continues to be the beneficial owner of securities representing 20% or more of the outstanding Shares; or
          (ii) as the result of, or in connection with, any tender or exchange offer, merger or other business combination, sale of assets or contested election, any announcement of an intention to make any of the foregoing transactions, or any combination of the foregoing transactions (a “Transaction”), those persons who were directors of the Company before the Transaction and were otherwise unaffiliated with any other party to the Transaction shall cease to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company or any successor to the Company (a “Change in the Board”);
     or
          (iii) the shareholders of the Company approve any merger, consolidation, reorganization, liquidation, dissolution, or sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets in which neither the Company nor a successor resulting from a change in domicile or form of organization will survive as an independent, publicly owned corporation.

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     Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Change of Control (only with respect to the particular option holder or award grantee referred to therein in the case of (i)(A) and (ii) below) shall be deemed to have occurred by virtue of any event which results in any of the following:
     (i) the acquisition, directly or indirectly, of 20% or more of the outstanding Shares by (A) the option holder or Performance Share recipient or a person including the option holder or Performance Share recipient, (B) the Company, or (C) any employee benefit plan of the Company or of a subsidiary, or any entity holding securities of the Company recognized, appointed, or established by the Company or by a subsidiary for or pursuant to the terms of such plan; or
     (ii) a Change in the Board resulting from any Transaction in which the option holder or Performance Share recipient or a Person including the option holder or Performance Share recipient participates directly or indirectly with any party to the Transaction other than the Company.
VIII. PURCHASE FOR INVESTMENT
     Except as hereafter provided, the Company may require the recipient of Shares pursuant to an option or award granted hereunder, upon receipt thereof, to execute and deliver to the Company a written statement, in form satisfactory to the Company, in which such holder represents and warrants that such holder is purchasing or acquiring the Shares acquired thereunder for such holder’s own account, for investment only and not with a view to the resale or distribution thereof, and agrees that any subsequent offer for sale or sale or distribution of any of such Shares shall be made only pursuant to either (a) a Registration Statement on an appropriate form under the Securities Act of 1993, as amended (the “Act”), which Registration Statement has become effective and is current with regard to the Shares being offered or sold, or (b) a specific exemption from the registration requirements of the Act, but in claiming such exemption the holder shall, prior to any offer for sale or sale of such Shares, obtain a prior favorable written opinion, in form and substance satisfactory to the Company, from counsel for or approved by the Company, as to the applicability of such exemption thereto. The foregoing restriction shall not apply to (i) issuances by the Company so long as the Shares being issued are registered under the Act and a prospectus in respect thereof is current or (ii) reofferings of Shares by affiliates of the Company (as defined in Rule 405 or any successor rule or regulation promulgated under the Act) if the Shares being reoffered are registered under the Act and a prospectus in respect thereof is current.
IX. ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES; LEGENDS; PAYMENT OF EXPENSES
     The Company may endorse such legend or legends upon the certificates for Shares issued pursuant to a grant hereunder and may issue such “stop transfer” instructions to its transfer agent in respect of such Shares as, in its discretion, it determines to be necessary or appropriate to (i) prevent a violation of, or to perfect an exemption from, the registration requirements of the Act, (ii) implement the provisions of the Plan and any agreement between the Company and the optionee or grantee with respect to such Shares, or (iii) permit the Company to determine the occurrence of a disqualifying disposition, as described in Section 421(b) of the Code, of Shares transferred upon exercise of an Incentive Option granted under the Plan.
     The Company shall pay all issue or transfer taxes with respect to the issuance or transfer of Shares upon exercise of an option or issuance of Performance Shares, as well as all fees and expenses necessarily incurred by the Company in connection with such issuance or transfer, except fees and expenses which may be necessitated by the filing or amending of a Registration Statement under the Act, which fees and expenses shall be borne by the recipient of the Shares unless such Registration Statement has been filed by the Company for its own corporate purposes (and the Company so states) in which event the recipient of the Shares shall bear only such fees and expenses as are attributable solely to the inclusion of the Shares he or she receives in the Registration Statement, provided that the Company shall have no obligation to include any Shares in any Registration Statement.
     All Shares issued as provided herein shall be fully paid and non-assessable to the extent permitted by law.

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X. WITHHOLDING TAXES
     The Company may require an employee exercising an NQSO or disposing of Shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of an Incentive Option in a disqualifying disposition (within the meaning of Section 421(b) of the Code) or pursuant to the award of Performance Shares to reimburse the Company for any taxes required by any government to be withheld or otherwise deducted and paid by the Company in respect of the issuance or disposition of Shares. In lieu thereof, the Company shall have the right to withhold the amount of such taxes from any other sums due or to become due from the Company to the employee upon such terms and conditions as the Board of Directors or the Committee, as the case may be, shall prescribe. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may, by the adoption of rules or otherwise, modify the provisions of this Article X or impose such other restrictions or limitations as may be necessary to ensure that the withholding transactions described above will be exempt transactions under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act.
     If an optionee makes a disposition, within the meaning of Section 424(c) of the Code and regulations promulgated thereunder, of any Share or Shares issued to such optionee pursuant to the exercise of an Incentive Option within the two-year period commencing on the day after the date of the grant, the optionee shall, within ten (10) days of such disposition, notify the Company thereof, by delivery of written notice to the Company at its principal executive office.
XI. LISTING OF SHARES AND RELATED MATTERS
     If at any time the Board of Directors or the Committee, as the case may be, shall determine in its discretion that the listing, registration or qualification of the Shares covered by the Plan upon any national securities exchange or under any state or federal law or the consent or approval of any governmental regulatory body, is necessary or desirable as a condition of, or in connection with, the sale or purchase of Shares under the Plan, no Shares shall be issued unless and until such listing, registration, qualification, consent or approval shall have been effected or obtained, or otherwise provided for, free of any conditions not acceptable to the Board of Directors or the Committee, as the case may be.
XII. AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN
     The Board of Directors or the Committee, as the case may be, may, from time to time, amend the Plan, provided that no amendment shall be made, without the approval of the shareholders of the Company, that will (i) increase the total number of Shares which may be issued under the Plan (other than an increase resulting from an adjustment provided for in Article II), (ii) modify the provisions of the Plan relating to eligibility, (iii) materially increase the benefits accruing to participants under the Plan, or (iv) extend the maximum period of the Plan. The Board of Directors or the Committee, as the case may be, shall be authorized to amend the Plan and the awards granted hereunder to permit the Incentive Options granted hereunder to qualify as incentive stock options within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code. The rights and obligations under any option or award granted before amendment of the Plan or any unexercised portion of such option shall not be adversely affected by amendment of the Plan or the option without the consent of the holder of the option.
XIII. TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION OF THE PLAN
     The Board of Directors or the Committee, as the case may be, may at any time suspend or terminate the Plan. The Plan, unless sooner terminated by action of the Board of Directors or the Committee, as the case may be, shall terminate at the close of business on March 14, 2004. An option or award may not be granted while the Plan is suspended or after it is terminated. Rights and obligations under any option or award granted while the Plan is in effect shall not be altered or impaired by suspension or termination of the Plan, except upon the consent of the person to whom the option or award was granted. The power of the Board of Directors or the Committee, as the case may be, to construe and administer any options and awards granted prior to the termination or suspension of the Plan under Article III nevertheless shall continue after such termination or during such suspension.

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XIV. GOVERNING LAW
     The Plan, such options and awards as may be granted thereunder and all related matters shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware.
XV. PARTIAL INVALIDITY
     The invalidity or illegality of any provision herein shall not be deemed to affect the validity of any other provision.
XVI. EFFECTIVE DATE
     The Plan shall become effective upon the adoption by the Board of Directors.
XVII. DEFERRAL
     An employee may elect to defer (i) all or part of his Performance Shares upon vesting or (ii) the Option Profit (as hereinafter defined) with respect to any Shares subject to an NQSO, all in accordance with the provisions of the Company’s Deferred Compensation Plan. Any such deferral shall be made in writing in accordance with the provisions of the Deferred Compensation Plan. In cases of deferral, Shares otherwise issuable to the employee shall be issued to the Trust established pursuant to the Deferred Compensation Plan. For purposes of this provision, Option Profit shall mean the amount by which the fair market value of a Share subject to an NQSO exceeds the exercise price of an NQSO, as calculated under the Deferred Compensation Plan.
XVIII. OPTION EXCHANGE PROGRAM
     Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan to the contrary, upon approval of this amendment by the shareholders of Flextronics International Ltd. (“Flextronics”), the Board of Directors of Flextronics, the Compensation Committee of its board or any designee of its board or the committee may provide for, and Flextronics may implement, a one-time Option exchange offer, pursuant to which certain outstanding Options would, at the election of the holder of such Options be surrendered to Flextronics for cancellation, whereupon the surrendered Options shall terminate and have no legal effect whatsoever, in exchange for the grant of a lesser number of new Options, which new Options may have reduced exercise prices and different vesting and expiration periods from the surrendered Options; provided, however, that such offer shall be commenced within twelve months of the date of such shareholder approval. For the avoidance of doubt, the surrendering and cancellation of the Options shall not at any time, result in Flextronics acquiring, directly or indirectly, a right or interest in the surrendered Options.

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