-----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, ByI3T7Sf0gc2Hn4aFPHgEGl+8djehoAdEspr+w9IoPt1cpTIHQekjO1u+dEnfhMo fIcTzhqJSOR/cRWIc6tndQ== 0001193125-04-190247.txt : 20041109 0001193125-04-190247.hdr.sgml : 20041109 20041109062428 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-04-190247 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-8 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 6 FILED AS OF DATE: 20041109 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20041109 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20041109 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ZOLL MEDICAL CORPORATION CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000887568 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTROMEDICAL & ELECTROTHERAPEUTIC APPARATUS [3845] IRS NUMBER: 042711626 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 0928 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-8 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-120310 FILM NUMBER: 041127380 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 269 MILL ROAD CITY: CHELMSFORD STATE: MA ZIP: 01824-4105 BUSINESS PHONE: 9784219655 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 269 MILL ROAD CITY: CHELMSFORD STATE: MA ZIP: 01824-4105 S-8 1 ds8.htm FORM S-8 FORM S-8

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 9, 2004

Registration Statement No. 333-            


 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 


 

ZOLL MEDICAL CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Massachusetts

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)

 

04-2711626

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

269 Mill Road

Chelmsford, MA 01824

(978) 421-9655

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive office)

 


 

ZOLL MEDICAL CORPORATION AMENDED AND RESTATED 2001 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

(Full Title of the Plans)

 


 

Richard A. Packer

Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President

ZOLL Medical Corporation

269 Mill Road

Chelmsford, MA 01824

(978) 421-9655

(Name, address, including zip code and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 


 

With a copy to:

 

Raymond C. Zemlin, P.C.

Goodwin Procter LLP

Exchange Place

Boston, MA 02109-2881

 


 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 


Title of Each Class of

Securities Being Registered

   Amount
to be
Registered (1)
   Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share (2)
   Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
   Amount of
Registration Fee

Common Stock par value $.02 per share (3)

   885,000    $31.23    $27,638,550.00    $3,501.80

 

(1) This Registration Statement also relates to such indeterminate number of additional shares of ZOLL Medical Corporation Common Stock as may be required pursuant to such plan in the event of a stock dividend, reverse stock split, split-up, recapitalization, forfeiture of stock under this plans or other similar event.

 

(2) This estimate is made pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act of 1933 solely for the purposes of determining the amount of the registration fee. The registration fee is based upon the average of the high and low prices for the Registrant’s Common Stock, par value $.02 per share, as reported on The Nasdaq National Market on November 2, 2004.

 

(3) This Registration Statement also relates to the rights to purchase shares of Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock of the Registrant which are attached to all shares of Common Stock issued, pursuant to the terms of the Registrant’s Shareholder Rights Agreement dated as of June 8, 1998. Until the occurrence of certain prescribed events, the rights are not exercisable, are evidenced by the certificates for the Common Stock and will be transferred with and only with such Common Stock. Because no separate consideration is paid for the rights, the registration fee therefore is included in the fee for the Common Stock.

 


 


PART I

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

 

Item 1. Plan Information.*

 

Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*

 

* Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) Prospectuses is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the Introductory Note to Part I of Form S-8.

 

PART II

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 3. Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference.

 

ZOLL Medical Corporation (the “Registrant”) hereby incorporates by reference the following documents which have previously been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission:

 

  (a) the Registrant’s most recent annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 28, 2003 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 19, 2003;

 

  (b) the Registrant’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended January 4, 2004, April 4, 2004 and July 4, 2004 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 18, 2004, May 19, 2004 and August 18, 2004, respectively.

 

  (c) all other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), since September 28, 2003; and

 

  (d) the description of the Registrant’s Common Stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A, dated May 15, 1992, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 15, 1992 pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including any amendments or reports filed for the purposes of updating such description.

 

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

 

Item 4. Description of Securities.

 

Not Applicable.

 


Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

 

The validity of the shares to be offered hereby will be passed upon for the Registrant by Goodwin Procter LLP Boston, Massachusetts, counsel to the Registrant. A professional corporation controlled by Raymond C. Zemlin, the Secretary of the Registrant, is a partner of Goodwin Procter LLP which receives compensation from the Registrant for rendering legal services.

 

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

 

The Registrant is a Massachusetts corporation. Section 2.02(b)(4) of Chapter 156D of the Massachusetts General Laws (“Section 2.02(b)(4)”) allows a corporation to eliminate or limit the personal liability of a director of a corporation to the corporation for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director notwithstanding any provision of law imposing such liability, except (1) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its shareholders, (2) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (3) for improper distributions or (4) for any transaction from which a director derived an improper personal benefit.

 

Section 8.51(a) of Chapter 156D of the Massachusetts General Laws provides that a corporation may indemnify its directors against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement reasonably incurred in connection with any litigation or other legal proceeding brought against any director by virtue of his position as a director of the Registrant unless he is deemed to have not acted in good faith in the reasonable belief that his action was in the best interest of the corporation or was at least not opposed to the best interest of the corporation and, in the case of any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.

 

Section 8.52 of Chapter 156D of the Massachusetts General Laws provides that a corporation must indemnify a director who is wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which the director was a party because he was a director of the corporation against reasonable expenses incurred by him in connection with the proceeding.

 

Section 8.56(a) of Chapter 156D of the Massachusetts General Laws (“Section 8.56”) provides that a corporation may indemnify and advance expenses to its officers to the same extent as its directors and, for officers that are not directors, to the extent provided by (1) the articles of organization, (2) the bylaws, (3) a vote of the board of directors or (4) a contract except for liability arising out of acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law.

 

Article 6A of the Registrant’s Restated Articles of Organization, as amended, provides that a director of the Registrant will not be personally liable to the Registrant or its shareholders for monetary damages arising out of the director’s breach of his fiduciary duty, provided, that such liability is not limited (1) for any breach of the duty of loyalty, (2) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (3) for improper distributions or (4) for any transactions from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. No amendment or repeal of the Registrant’s Restated Articles of Organization shall adversely effect these provisions for acts occurring prior to such amendment. In addition, Article V of the Amended and Restated By-laws of the Registrant provides that the Registrant shall, except as limited by law, indemnify each of its directors and officers against all expenses and liabilities which he has incurred in connection with or arising out of any actual or threatened action, suit or proceeding in which he may be involved by reason of his being or having been a director or officer of the Registrant, provided no such indemnification shall be made in relation to matters as to which such director or officer shall be finally adjudged in any such action, suit or proceeding not to have acted in good faith and in the reasonable belief that his action was in the best interests of the Registrant, or with respect to a criminal matter, that he had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. Additionally, the Amended and Restated By-laws provide that no indemnification shall be provided to a director or officer with respect to any proceeding by or in the right of the Registrant or if it is determined that such party received an improper benefit, provided that expenses incurred in successfully defending an allegation of improper personal benefit may be paid by the Registrant if approved by the Board of Directors. In the event that a settlement or compromise of such action, suit or proceeding is effected which imposes liability on a director or officer, indemnification may be had but only if a court having jurisdiction determines that indemnification is reasonable and proper in the circumstances. If a

 

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settlement or compromise is reached in any other circumstance, indemnification may be provided if (1) a majority of directors (or committee thereof) not involved in the proceeding, (2) independent legal counsel, or (3) a majority vote of shareholders determines that the person seeking indemnification has met the standards set forth in Article V. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a court having jurisdiction may grant or deny indemnification under the provisions of Article V of the Amended and Restated By-laws or applicable law. Article V of the Registrant’s Amended and Restated By-laws further provides that the right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of other rights to which any director, officer or other corporate personnel may be entitled to as a matter of contract or law.

 

The Registrant has purchased directors’ and officers’ liability insurance and company reimbursements liability insurance policy, that (1) insures against certain losses (above a deductible amount) arising from claims against directors or officers of the Registrant by reason of certain acts, done or attempted by such director or officer and (2) insures the Registrant against losses (above a deductible amount) arising from any such claims, but only if the Registrant is permitted to indemnify such directors or officers for such losses under statutory or common law or under provisions of the Registrant’s Restated Articles of Organization or Amended and Restated By-laws.

 

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the Commission has expressed its opinion that such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

 

Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.

 

Not Applicable.

 

Item 8. Exhibits.

 

The following is a complete list of exhibits filed or incorporated by reference as part of this Registration Statement.

 

Exhibits

   
  4.1(1)   ZOLL Medical Corporation Restated Articles of Organization
  4.2(1)   ZOLL Medical Corporation Amended and Restated By-Laws
  4.3(2)   Shareholder Rights Plan
  5.1(3)   Opinion of Goodwin Procter LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered
10.1(3)   ZOLL Medical Corporation Amended and Restated 2001 Stock Incentive Plan
23.1(3)   Consent of Goodwin Procter LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2(3)   Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
24.1(3)   Powers of Attorney (included on signature pages to this Registration Statement)
99.1(3)   Form of Incentive Stock Option Agreement under the ZOLL Medical Corporation Amended and Restated 2001 Stock Incentive Plan
99.2(3)   Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement under the ZOLL Medical Corporation Amended and Restated 2001 Stock Incentive Plan

(1) Incorporated by reference to the relevant exhibit to the ZOLL Medical Corporation Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 033-47937), as amended, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 15, 1992.

 

(2) Incorporated by reference to the relevant exhibit to the ZOLL Medical Corporation Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 11,1998.

 

(3) Filed herewith.

 

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Item 9. Undertakings.

 

  (a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

 

(i) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

 

(A) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

 

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

 

(C) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;

 

provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(A) and (a)(1)(B) herein do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement;

 

(ii) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

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

 

  (b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

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

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Chelmsford, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on this 8th day of November 2004.

 

ZOLL MEDICAL CORPORATION

By:

  /s/    Richard A. Packer        
   

Richard A. Packer

Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each individual whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints each of Richard A. Packer and A. Ernest Whiton such person’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in such person’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that any said attorney-in-fact and agent, or any substitute or substitutes of any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature


  

Title


 

Date


/s/    Richard A. Packer        


Richard A. Packer

  

Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President

and Director (Principal Executive Officer)

  November 9, 2004

/s/    A. Ernest Whiton        


A. Ernest Whiton

  

Vice President of Administration and Chief

Financial Officer (Principal Financial and

Accounting Officer)

  November 9, 2004

/s/    James W. Biondi        


James W. Biondi, M.D.

  

Director

  November 9, 2004

/s/    Willard M. Bright        


Willard M. Bright, Ph.D

  

Director

  November 9, 2004

 

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/s/    Thomas M. Claflin, II        


Thomas M. Claflin, II

  

Director

  November 9, 2004

/s/    Robert J. Halliday        


Robert J. Halliday

  

Director

  November 9, 2004

/s/    Daniel M. Mulvena        


Daniel M. Mulvena

  

Director

  November 9, 2004

/s/    Benson F. Smith        


Benson F. Smith

  

Director

  November 9, 2004

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description


  4.1(1)   ZOLL Medical Corporation Restated Articles of Organization
  4.2(1)   ZOLL Medical Corporation Amended and Restated By-laws
  4.3(2)   Shareholder Rights Plan
  5.1(3)   Opinion of Goodwin Procter LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered
10.1(3)   ZOLL Medical Corporation Amended and Restated 2001 Stock Incentive Plan
23.1(3)   Consent of Goodwin Procter LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2(3)   Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
24.1(3)   Powers of Attorney (included on signature pages to this Registration Statement)
99.1(3)   Form of Incentive Stock Option Agreement under the ZOLL Medical Corporation Amended and Restated 2001 Stock Incentive Plan
99.2(3)   Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement under the ZOLL Medical Corporation Amended and Restated 2001 Stock Incentive Plan

 

(1) Incorporated by reference to the relevant exhibit to the ZOLL Medical Corporation Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 033-47937), as amended, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 15, 1992.

 

(2) Incorporated by reference to the relevant exhibit to the ZOLL Medical Corporation current report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 11, 1998.

 

(3) Filed herewith.

 

EX-5.1 2 dex51.htm OPINION OF GOODWIN PROCTER LLP OPINION OF GOODWIN PROCTER LLP

EXHIBIT 5.1

 

[Goodwin Procter LLP letterhead]

 

November 8, 2004

 

ZOLL Medical Corporation

269 Mill Road

Chelmsford, Massachusetts 01824

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

  Re: Registration Statement on Form S-8

 

This opinion is delivered in our capacity as counsel to ZOLL Medical Corporation (the “Company”) in connection with the preparation and filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”) of a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) relating to 885,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.02 per share (the “Registered Shares”), which the Company may issue pursuant to the ZOLL Medical Corporation Amended and Restated 2001 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2001 Plan”).

 

As counsel for the Company, we have examined copies of the 2001 Plan, the Company’s Restated Articles of Organization and the Amended and Restated By-laws, each as presently in effect, and such records, certificates and other documents of the Company as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion.

 

We are attorneys admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. We express no opinion concerning the laws of any jurisdiction other than the laws of the United States of America and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

 

Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that upon the issuance and delivery of the Registered Shares against payment therefore in accordance with the terms of the 2001 Plan, and any agreement thereunder, the Registered Shares will be legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of the Company’s Common Stock .

 

The foregoing assumes all requisite steps will be taken to comply with the requirements of the Act, applicable requirements of state laws regulating the offer and sale of securities and applicable requirements of The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.

 

We hereby consent to being named as counsel to the Company in the Registration Statement and to the inclusion of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.

 

Very truly yours,

 

/s/ Goodwin Procter LLP

 

GOODWIN PROCTER LLP

 

EX-10.1 3 dex101.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED 2001 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN AMENDED AND RESTATED 2001 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

EXHIBIT 10.1

 

ZOLL MEDICAL CORPORATION

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

 

2001 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

 

SECTION 1. GENERAL PURPOSE OF THE PLAN; DEFINITIONS

 

The name of the plan is the ZOLL Medical Corporation Amended and Restated 2001 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The purpose of the Plan is to encourage and enable the officers, employees and other key persons (including consultants and prospective employees) of ZOLL Medical Corporation, a Massachusetts Corporation (the “Company”) and its Subsidiaries upon whose judgment, initiative and efforts the Company largely depends for the successful conduct of its business to acquire a proprietary interest in the Company. It is anticipated that providing such persons with a direct stake in the Company’s welfare will assure a closer identification of their interests with those of the Company, thereby stimulating their efforts on the Company’s behalf and strengthening their desire to remain with the Company.

 

The following terms shall be defined as set forth below:

 

“Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

“Administrator” is defined in Section 2(a).

 

“Award” or “Awards,” except where referring to a particular category of grant under the Plan, shall include Incentive Stock Options and Non-Qualified Stock Options.

 

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

 

“Change of Control” is defined in Section 10.

 

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor Code, and related rules, regulations and interpretations.

 

“Committee” means the Committee of the Board referred to in Section 2.

 

“Corporate Transaction” is defined in Section 10(b)(iii).

 

“Covered Employee” means an employee who is a “Covered Employee” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code.

 

“Effective Date” means the date on which the amended and restated Plan is approved by stockholders as set forth in Section 12.

 

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

“Fair Market Value” of the Stock on any given date means the fair market value of the Stock determined in good faith by the Administrator; provided, however, that if the Stock is admitted to quotation on the National

 


Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System (“NASDAQ”), NASDAQ National System or a national securities exchange, the determination shall be made by reference to market quotations. If there are no market quotations for such date, the determination shall be made by reference to the last date preceding such date for which there are market quotations.

 

“Incentive Stock Option” means any Stock Option designated and qualified as an “incentive stock option” as defined in Section 422 of the Code.

 

“Incumbent Directors” is defined in Section 10(b)(ii).

 

“Independent Director” means a member of the Board who is not also an employee of the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

“Non-Qualified Stock Option” means any Stock Option that is not an Incentive Stock Option.

 

“Option” or “Stock Option” means any option to purchase shares of Stock granted pursuant to Section 5.

 

“Sale Event” is defined in Section 3(c).

 

“Sale Price” is defined in Section 3(c).

 

“Stock” means the Common Stock, par value $0.02 per share, of the Company, subject to adjustments pursuant to Section 3.

 

“Subsidiary” or “Subsidiaries” means any corporation or other entity (other than the Company) in which the Company has a controlling interest, either directly or indirectly.

 

“Voting Securities” is defined in Section 10(b)(i).

 

SECTION 2. ADMINISTRATION OF PLAN; ADMINISTRATOR AUTHORITY TO SELECT GRANTEES AND DETERMINE AWARDS

 

(a) Committee. The Plan shall be administered by either the Board or a committee of not less than two Independent Directors (in either case, the “Administrator”).

 

(b) Powers of Administrator. The Administrator shall have the power and authority to grant Awards consistent with the terms of the Plan, including the power and authority:

 

(i) to select the individuals to whom Awards may from time to time be granted;

 

(ii) to determine the time or times of grant, and the extent, if any, of Incentive Stock Options and Non-Qualified Stock Options, or any combination of the foregoing, granted to any one or more grantees;

 

(iii) to determine the number of shares of Stock to be covered by any Award;

 

(iv) to determine and modify from time to time the terms and conditions, including restrictions, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, of any Award, which terms and conditions may differ among individual Awards and grantees, and to approve the form of written instruments evidencing the Awards;

 

(v) to accelerate at any time the exercisability or vesting of all or any portion of any Award;

 

(vi) subject to the provisions of Section 5(a)(ii), to extend at any time the period in which Stock Options may be exercised; and

 


(vii) at any time to adopt, alter and repeal such rules, guidelines and practices for administration of the Plan and for its own acts and proceedings as it shall deem advisable; to interpret the terms and provisions of the Plan and any Award (including related written instruments); to make all determinations it deems advisable for the administration of the Plan; to decide all disputes arising in connection with the Plan; and to otherwise supervise the administration of the Plan.

 

All decisions and interpretations of the Administrator shall be binding on all persons, including the Company and Plan grantees.

 

(c) Delegation of Authority to Grant Awards. The Administrator, in its discretion, may delegate to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company all or part of the Administrator’s authority and duties with respect to the granting of Awards at Fair Market Value, to individuals who are not subject to the reporting and other provisions of Section 16 of the Exchange Act or “covered employees” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code. Any such delegation by the Administrator shall include a limitation as to the amount of Awards that may be granted during the period of the delegation and shall contain guidelines as to the determination of the exercise price of any Stock Option and the vesting criteria. The Administrator may revoke or amend the terms of a delegation at any time but such action shall not invalidate any prior actions of the Administrator’s delegate or delegates that were consistent with the terms of the Plan.

 

(d) Indemnification. Neither the Administrator, the Board nor the Committee, nor any member of any of them or any delegatee thereof, shall be liable for any act, omission, interpretation, construction or determination made in good faith in connection with the Plan, and the members of the Administrator, the Board and the Committee (and any delegatee thereof) shall be entitled in all cases to indemnification and reimbursement by the Company in respect of any claim, loss, damage or expense (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising or resulting therefrom to the fullest extent permitted by law and/or under any directors’ and officers’ liability insurance coverage which may be in effect from time to time.

 

SECTION 3. STOCK ISSUABLE UNDER THE PLAN; MERGERS; SUBSTITUTION

 

(a) Stock Issuable. The maximum number of shares of Stock reserved and available for issuance under the Plan shall be 885,000 shares, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 3(b). For purposes of this limitation, the shares of Stock underlying any Awards which are forfeited, canceled, reacquired by the Company, satisfied without the issuance of Stock or otherwise terminated (other than by exercise) shall be added back to the shares of Stock available for issuance under the Plan. Subject to such overall limitation, Stock Options with respect to no more than 100,000 shares of Stock may be granted to any one individual grantee during any one calendar year period. The shares available for issuance under the Plan may be authorized but unissued shares of Stock or shares of Stock reacquired by the Company and held in its treasury.

 

(b) Changes in Stock. Subject to Section 3(c) hereof, if, as a result of any reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split or other similar change in the Company’s capital stock, the outstanding shares of Stock are increased or decreased or are exchanged for a different number or kind of shares or other securities of the Company, or additional shares or new or different shares or other securities of the Company or other non-cash assets are distributed with respect to such shares of Stock or other securities, or, if, as a result of any merger or consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, the outstanding shares of Stock are converted into or exchanged for a different number or kind of securities of the Company or any successor entity (or a parent or subsidiary thereof), the Administrator shall make an appropriate or proportionate adjustment in (i) the maximum number of shares reserved for issuance under the Plan, (ii) the number of Stock Options that can be granted to any one individual grantee, (iii) the number and kind of shares or other securities subject to any then outstanding Awards under the Plan and (iv) the price for each share subject to any then outstanding Stock Options under the Plan, without changing the aggregate exercise price (i.e., the exercise price multiplied by the number of Stock Options) as to which such Stock Options remain exercisable. The adjustment by the Administrator shall be final, binding and conclusive. No fractional shares of Stock shall be issued under the Plan resulting from any such adjustment, but the Administrator in its discretion may make a cash payment in lieu of fractional shares.

 


The Administrator may also adjust the number of shares subject to outstanding Awards and the exercise price and the terms of outstanding Awards to take into consideration material changes in accounting practices or principles, extraordinary dividends, acquisitions or dispositions of stock or property or any other event if it is determined by the Administrator that such adjustment is appropriate to avoid distortion in the operation of the Plan, provided that no such adjustment shall be made in the case of an Incentive Stock Option, without the consent of the grantee, if it would constitute a modification, extension or renewal of the Option within the meaning of Section 424(h) of the Code, and provided further that no such adjustment shall be made in the case of a Stock Option if it would constitute a so-called “repricing” (or decrease in exercise price) of the Stock Option.

 

(c) Mergers and Other Transactions. In the case of and subject to the consummation of (i) the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, (ii) the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company on a consolidated basis to an unrelated person or entity, (iii) a merger, reorganization or consolidation in which the outstanding shares of Stock are converted into or exchanged for a different kind of securities of the successor entity and the holders of the Company’s outstanding voting power immediately prior to such transaction do not own a majority of the outstanding voting power of the successor entity immediately upon completion of such transaction, or (iv) the sale of all of the Stock of the Company to an unrelated person or entity (in each case, a “Sale Event”), all Options that are not exercisable immediately prior to the effective time of the Sale Event shall become fully exercisable as of the effective time of the Sale Event, except as the Administrator may otherwise specify with respect to particular Awards. Upon the effective time of the Sale Event, the Plan and all outstanding Awards granted hereunder shall terminate, unless provision is made in connection with the Sale Event in the sole discretion of the parties thereto for the assumption or continuation of Awards theretofore granted by the successor entity, or the substitution of such Awards with new Awards of the successor entity or parent thereof, with appropriate adjustment as to the number and kind of shares and, if appropriate, the per share exercise prices, as such parties shall agree (after taking into account any acceleration hereunder). In the event of such termination, each grantee shall be permitted, within a specified period of time prior to the consummation of the Sale Event as determined by the Administrator, to exercise all outstanding Options held by such grantee, including those that will become exercisable upon the consummation of the Sale Event; provided, however, that the exercise of Options not exercisable prior to the Sale Event shall be subject to the consummation of the Sale Event.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3(c), in the event of a Sale Event pursuant to which holders of the Stock of the Company will receive upon consummation thereof a cash payment for each share surrendered in the Sale Event, the Company shall have the right, but not the obligation, to make or provide for a cash payment to the grantees holding Options in exchange for the cancellation thereof, in an amount equal to the difference between (A) the value as determined by the Administrator of the consideration payable per share of Stock pursuant to the Sale Event (the “Sale Price”) times the number of shares of Stock subject to outstanding Options (to the extent then exercisable at prices not in excess of the Sale Price) and (B) the aggregate exercise price of all such outstanding Options.

 

(d) Substitute Awards. The Administrator may grant Awards under the Plan in substitution for stock and stock based awards held by employees or other key persons of another corporation in connection with the merger or consolidation of the employing corporation with the Company or a Subsidiary or the acquisition by the Company or a Subsidiary of property or stock of the employing corporation. The Administrator may direct that the substitute awards be granted on such terms and conditions as the Administrator considers appropriate in the circumstances. Any substitute Awards granted under the Plan shall not count against the share limitation set forth in Section 3(a).

 

SECTION 4. ELIGIBILITY

 

Grantees under the Plan will be such full or part-time officers and other employees and key persons (including consultants and prospective employees) of the Company and its Subsidiaries as are selected from time to time by the Administrator in its sole discretion.

 

SECTION 5. STOCK OPTIONS

 

Any Stock Option granted under the Plan shall be in such form as the Administrator may from time to time approve.

 


Stock Options granted under the Plan may be either Incentive Stock Options or Non-Qualified Stock Options. Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to employees of the Company or any Subsidiary that is a “subsidiary corporation” within the meaning of Section 424(f) of the Code. To the extent that any Option does not qualify as an Incentive Stock Option, it shall be deemed a Non-Qualified Stock Option.

 

No Incentive Stock Option shall be granted under the Plan after December 17, 2013.

 

(a) Stock Options Granted to Employees and Key Persons. The Administrator in its discretion may grant Stock Options to eligible employees and key persons of the Company or any Subsidiary. Stock Options granted pursuant to this Section 5(a) 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 Administrator shall deem desirable. If the Administrator so determines, Stock Options may be granted in lieu of cash compensation at the optionee’s election, subject to such terms and conditions as the Administrator may establish.

 

(i) Exercise Price. The exercise price per share for the Stock covered by a Stock Option granted pursuant to this Section 5(a) shall be determined by the Administrator at the time of grant but shall not be less than 100 percent of the Fair Market Value on the date of grant (other than options granted in lieu of cash compensation). If an employee owns or is deemed to own (by reason of the attribution rules of Section 424(d) of the Code) more than 10 percent of the combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any parent corporation or Subsidiary and an Incentive Stock Option is granted to such employee, the option price of such Incentive Stock Option shall be not less than 110 percent of the Fair Market Value on the grant date.

 

(ii) Option Term. The term of each Stock Option shall be fixed by the Administrator, but no Stock Option shall be exercisable more than 10 years after the date the Stock Option is granted. If an employee owns or is deemed to own (by reason of the attribution rules of Section 424(d) of the Code) more than 10 percent of the combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any parent corporation or Subsidiary and an Incentive Stock Option is granted to such employee, the term of such Stock Option shall be no more than five years from the date of grant.

 

(iii) Exercisability; Rights of a Stockholder. Stock Options shall become exercisable at such time or times, whether or not in installments, as shall be determined by the Administrator at or after the grant date. The Administrator may at any time accelerate the exercisability of all or any portion of any Stock Option. An optionee shall have the rights of a stockholder only as to shares acquired upon the exercise of a Stock Option and not as to unexercised Stock Options.

 

(iv) Method of Exercise. Stock Options may be exercised in whole or in part, by giving written notice of exercise to the Company, specifying the number of shares to be purchased. Payment of the purchase price may be made by one or more of the following methods to the extent provided in the Option Award agreement:

 

(A) In cash, by certified or bank check or other instrument acceptable to the Administrator;

 

(B) Through the delivery (or attestation to the ownership) of shares of Stock that have been purchased by the optionee on the open market or that have been beneficially owned by the optionee for at least six months and are not then subject to restrictions under any Company plan. Such surrendered shares shall be valued at Fair Market Value on the exercise date; or

 

(C) By the optionee delivering to the Company a properly executed exercise notice together with irrevocable instructions to a broker to promptly deliver to the Company cash or a check payable and acceptable to the Company for the purchase price; provided that in the event the optionee chooses to pay the purchase price as so provided, the optionee and the broker shall comply with such procedures and enter into such agreements of indemnity and other agreements as the Administrator shall prescribe as a condition of such payment procedure.

 


Payment instruments will be received subject to collection. The delivery of certificates representing the shares of Stock to be purchased pursuant to the exercise of a Stock Option will be contingent upon receipt from the optionee (or a purchaser acting in his stead in accordance with the provisions of the Stock Option) by the Company of the full purchase price for such shares and the fulfillment of any other requirements contained in the Option Award agreement or applicable provisions of laws. In the event an optionee chooses to pay the purchase price by previously-owned shares of Stock through the attestation method, the number of shares of Stock transferred to the optionee upon the exercise of the Stock Option shall be net of the number of shares attested to.

 

(v) Annual Limit on Incentive Stock Options. To the extent required for “incentive stock option” treatment under Section 422 of the Code, the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the time of grant) of the shares of Stock with respect to which Incentive Stock Options granted under this Plan and any other plan of the Company, or its parent and Subsidiaries, become exercisable for the first time by an optionee during any calendar year shall not exceed $100,000. To the extent that any Stock Option exceeds this limit, it shall constitute a Non-Qualified Stock Option.

 

(b) Non-transferability of Options. No Stock Option shall be transferable by the optionee otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution and all Stock Options shall be exercisable, during the optionee’s lifetime, only by the optionee, or by the optionee’s legal representative or guardian in the event of the optionee’s incapacity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrator, in its sole discretion, may provide in the Award agreement regarding a given Option that the optionee may transfer his Non-Qualified Stock Options to members of his immediate family, to trusts for the benefit of such family members, or to partnerships in which such family members are the only partners, provided that the transferee agrees in writing with the Company to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of this Plan and the applicable Option.

 

SECTION 6. TAX WITHHOLDING

 

(a) Payment by Grantee. Each grantee shall, no later than the date as of which the value of an Award or of any Stock or other amounts received thereunder first becomes includable in the gross income of the grantee for Federal income tax purposes, pay to the Company, or make arrangements satisfactory to the Administrator regarding payment of, any Federal, state, or local taxes of any kind required by law to be withheld with respect to such income. The Company and its Subsidiaries shall, to the extent permitted by law, have the right to deduct any such taxes from any payment of any kind otherwise due to the grantee. The Company’s obligation to deliver stock certificates to any grantee is subject to and conditioned on tax obligations being satisfied by the grantee.

 

(b) Payment in Stock. Subject to approval by the Administrator, a grantee may elect to have the minimum required tax withholding obligation satisfied, in whole or in part, by (i) authorizing the Company to withhold from shares of Stock to be issued pursuant to any Award a number of shares with an aggregate Fair Market Value (as of the date the withholding is effected) that would satisfy the withholding amount due, or (ii) transferring to the Company shares of Stock owned by the grantee with an aggregate Fair Market Value (as of the date the withholding is effected) that would satisfy the withholding amount due.

 

SECTION 7. TRANSFER, LEAVE OF ABSENCE, ETC.

 

For purposes of the Plan, the following events shall not be deemed a termination of employment:

 

(a) a transfer to the employment of the Company from a Subsidiary or from the Company to a Subsidiary, or from one Subsidiary to another; or

 

(b) an approved leave of absence for military service or sickness, or for any other purpose approved by the Company, if the employee’s right to re-employment is guaranteed either by a statute or by contract or under the policy pursuant to which the leave of absence was granted or if the Administrator otherwise so provides in writing.

 


SECTION 8. AMENDMENTS AND TERMINATION

 

The Board may, at any time, amend or discontinue the Plan and the Administrator may, at any time, amend or cancel any outstanding Award for the purpose of satisfying changes in law or for any other lawful purpose, but no such action shall adversely affect rights under any outstanding Award without the holder’s consent. Except as provided in Sections 3(b) or 3(c), in no event may the Administrator exercise its discretion to permit a repricing (or decrease in exercise price) of outstanding Stock Options. Any material Plan amendments (other than amendments that curtail the scope of the Plan), including any Plan amendments that (i) increase the number of shares reserved for issuance under the Plan, (ii) expand the type of Awards available, materially expand the eligibility to participate or materially extend the term of the Plan, or (iii) materially change the method of determining Fair Market Value, shall be subject to approval by the Company stockholders entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders. In addition, to the extent determined by the Administrator to be required by the Code to ensure that Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan are qualified under Section 422 of the Code, Plan amendments shall be subject to approval by the holders of a majority of the votes cast at a meeting of stockholders at which a quorum is present. Nothing in this Section 8 shall limit the Administrator’s authority to take any action permitted pursuant to Section 3(c).

 

SECTION 9. STATUS OF PLAN

 

With respect to the portion of any Award that has not been exercised and any payments in cash, Stock or other consideration not received by a grantee, a grantee shall have no rights greater than those of a general creditor of the Company unless the Administrator shall otherwise expressly determine in connection with any Award. In its sole discretion, the Administrator may authorize the creation of trusts or other arrangements to meet the Company’s obligations to deliver Stock or make payments with respect to Awards hereunder, provided that the existence of such trusts or other arrangements is consistent with the foregoing sentence.

 

SECTION 10. CHANGE OF CONTROL PROVISIONS

 

Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control as defined in this Section 10:

 

(a) Except as otherwise provided in the applicable Award agreement, each outstanding Stock Option shall automatically become fully exercisable.

 

(b) “Change of Control” shall mean the occurrence of any one of the following events:

 

(i) any “Person,” as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act (other than the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any trustee, fiduciary or other person or entity holding securities under any employee benefit plan or trust of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), together with all “affiliates” and “associates” (as such terms are defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act) of such person, shall become the “beneficial owner” (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 25 percent or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities having the right to vote in an election of the Company’s Board of Directors (“Voting Securities”) (in such case other than as a result of an acquisition of securities directly from the Company); or

 

(ii) persons who, as of the Effective Date, constitute the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Incumbent Directors”) cease for any reason, including, without limitation, as a result of a tender offer, proxy contest, merger or similar transaction, to constitute at least a majority of the Board, provided that any person becoming a director of the Company subsequent to the Effective Date shall be considered an Incumbent Director if such person’s election was approved by or such person was nominated for election by either (A) a vote of at least a majority of the Incumbent Directors or (B) a vote of at least a majority of the Incumbent Directors who are members of a nominating committee comprised, in the majority, of Incumbent Directors; but provided further, that any such person whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest relating to the election of members of the Board of Directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board, including by reason of agreement intended to avoid or settle any such actual or threatened contest or solicitation, shall not be considered an Incumbent Director; or

 


(iii) the consummation of a consolidation, merger or consolidation or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (a “Corporate Transaction”); excluding, however, a Corporate Transaction in which the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to the Corporate Transaction, would, immediately after the Corporate Transaction, beneficially own (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, shares representing in the aggregate more than 50 percent of the voting shares of the corporation issuing cash or securities in the Corporate Transaction (or of its ultimate parent corporation, if any); or

 

(iv) the approval by the stockholders of any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a “Change of Control” shall not be deemed to have occurred for purposes of the foregoing clause (i) solely as the result of an acquisition of securities by the Company which, by reducing the number of shares of Voting Securities outstanding, increases the proportionate number of shares of Voting Securities beneficially owned by any person to 25 percent or more of the combined voting power of all then outstanding Voting Securities; provided, however, that if any person referred to in this sentence shall thereafter become the beneficial owner of any additional shares of Voting Securities (other than pursuant to a stock split, stock dividend, or similar transaction or as a result of an acquisition of securities directly from the Company) and immediately thereafter beneficially owns 25 percent or more of the combined voting power of all then outstanding Voting Securities, then a “Change of Control” shall be deemed to have occurred for purposes of the foregoing clause (i).

 

SECTION 11. GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

(a) No Distribution; Compliance with Legal Requirements. The Administrator may require each person acquiring Stock pursuant to an Award to represent to and agree with the Company in writing that such person is acquiring the shares without a view to distribution thereof.

 

No shares of Stock shall be issued pursuant to an Award until all applicable securities law and other legal and stock exchange or similar requirements have been satisfied. The Administrator may require the placing of such stop-orders and restrictive legends on certificates for Stock and Awards as it deems appropriate.

 

(b) Delivery of Stock Certificates. Stock certificates to grantees under this Plan shall be deemed delivered for all purposes when the Company or a stock transfer agent of the Company shall have mailed such certificates in the United States mail, addressed to the grantee, at the grantee’s last known address on file with the Company.

 

(c) Other Compensation Arrangements; No Employment Rights. Nothing contained in this Plan shall prevent the Board from adopting other or additional compensation arrangements, including trusts, and such arrangements may be either generally applicable or applicable only in specific cases. The adoption of this Plan and the grant of Awards do not confer upon any employee any right to continued employment with the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

(d) Trading Policy Restrictions. Option exercises under the Plan shall be subject to such Company’s insider trading policy, as in effect from time to time.

 

(e) Designation of Beneficiary. Each grantee to whom an Award has been made under the Plan may designate a beneficiary or beneficiaries to exercise any Award or receive any payment under any Award payable on or after the grantee’s death. Any such designation shall be on a form provided for that purpose by the Administrator and shall not be effective until received by the Administrator. If no beneficiary has been designated by a deceased grantee, or if the designated beneficiaries have predeceased the grantee, the beneficiary shall be the grantee’s estate.

 


SECTION 12. EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN

 

This amended and restated Plan shall become effective upon approval by the holders of a majority of the votes cast at a meeting of stockholders at which a quorum is present. No grants of Stock Options may be made hereunder after February 11, 2014.

 

SECTION 13. GOVERNING LAW

 

This Plan and all Awards and actions taken thereunder shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, applied without regard to conflict of law principles.

 

DATE APPROVED BY BOARD OF DIRECTORS: November 8, 2001

 

DATE APPROVED BY STOCKHOLDERS: February 12, 2002

 

DATE AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT APPROVED BY BOARD OF DIRECTORS: December 17, 2003

 

DATE AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT APPROVED BY STOCKHOLDERS: February 11, 2004

 

EX-23.2 4 dex232.htm CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP

EXHIBIT 23.2

 

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 pertaining to the ZOLL Medical Corporation Amended and Restated 2001 Stock Incentive Plan of our report dated October 31, 2003, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of ZOLL Medical Corporation included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended September 28, 2003, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

 

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

 

 

November 8, 2004

Boston, Massachusetts

 

EX-99.1 5 dex991.htm FORM OF INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT FORM OF INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

EXHIBIT 99.1

 

FORM OF INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

 

UNDER THE ZOLL MEDICAL CORPORATION

AMENDED AND RESTATED 2001 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

 

Name of Optionee:          
No. of Option Shares:    Grant Date:     
Option Exercise Price per Share:    $    Expiration Date:     

 

This Incentive Stock Option Agreement is hereby accepted and the terms and conditions set forth herein and as set forth in Exhibit A, attached hereto, which Exhibit A is hereby made a part of this Incentive Stock Option Agreement by this reference, are hereby agreed to by the undersigned.

 

Dated:                                                                              

      ZOLL MEDICAL CORPORATION
           
       

Name:

Title:

Dated:                                                                              

      OPTIONEE
           
       

Optionee’s Signature

       

Optionee’s name and address:

           
         
         

 


Exhibit A

 

Pursuant to the ZOLL Medical Corporation Amended and Restated 2001 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), ZOLL Medical Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation (the “Company”) hereby grants to the Optionee named above an option (the “Stock Option”) to purchase on or prior to the Expiration Date specified above all or part of the number of shares of Common Stock, par value $0.02 per share (the “Stock”) of the Company specified above at the Option Exercise Price per Share specified above subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan.

 

1. Exercisability Schedule. No portion of this Stock Option may be exercised until such portion shall have become exercisable. Except as set forth below, and subject to the discretion of the Administrator (as defined in Section 2 of the Plan) to accelerate the exercisability schedule hereunder, this Stock Option shall be exercisable with respect to the following number of Option Shares on the dates indicated:

 

Number of
Option Shares Exercisable*


   Exercisability Date

(25%)

    

(25%)

    

(25%)

    

(25%)

    

 

* Max. of $100,000 per yr.

 

Once exercisable, this Stock Option shall continue to be exercisable at any time or times prior to the close of business on the Expiration Date, subject to the provisions hereof and of the Plan.

 

2. Manner of Exercise.

 

(a) The Optionee may exercise this Option only in the following manner: from time to time on or prior to the Expiration Date of this Option, the Optionee may give written notice to the Administrator of his or her election to purchase some or all of the Option Shares purchasable at the time of such notice. This notice shall specify the number of Option Shares to be purchased.

 

Payment of the purchase price for the Option Shares may be made by one or more of the following methods: (i) in cash, by certified or bank check or other instrument acceptable to the Administrator; (ii) through the delivery (or attestation to the ownership) of shares of Stock that have been purchased by the Optionee on the open market or that have been beneficially owned by the Optionee for at least six (6) months and are not then subject to any restrictions under any Company plan; (iii) by the Optionee delivering to the Company a properly executed exercise notice together with irrevocable instructions to a broker to promptly deliver to the Company cash or a check payable and acceptable to the Company to pay the option purchase price, provided that in the event the Optionee chooses to pay the option purchase price as so provided, the Optionee and the broker shall comply with such procedures and enter into such agreements of indemnity and other agreements as the Administrator shall prescribe as a condition of such payment procedure; or (iv) a combination of (i), (ii) and (iii) above. Payment instruments will be received subject to collection.

 

The delivery of certificates representing the Option Shares will be contingent upon the Company’s receipt from the Optionee of full payment for the Option Shares, as set forth above and any agreement, statement or other evidence that the Company may require to satisfy itself that the issuance of Stock to be purchased pursuant to the

 


exercise of Options under the Plan and any subsequent resale of the shares of Stock will be in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. In the event the Optionee chooses to pay the purchase price by previously-owned shares of Stock through the attestation method, the number of shares of Stock transferred to the Optionee upon the exercise of the Option shall be net of the shares attested to.

 

(b) Certificates for the shares of Stock purchased upon exercise of this Stock Option shall be issued and delivered to the Optionee upon compliance to the satisfaction of the Administrator with all requirements under applicable laws or regulations in connection with such issuance and with the requirements hereof and of the Plan. The determination of the Administrator as to such compliance shall be final and binding on the Optionee. The Optionee shall not be deemed to be the holder of, or to have any of the rights of a holder with respect to, any shares of Stock subject to this Stock Option unless and until this Stock Option shall have been exercised pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company shall have issued and delivered the shares to the Optionee, and the Optionee’s name shall have been entered as the stockholder of record on the books of the Company. Thereupon, the Optionee shall have full voting, dividend and other ownership rights with respect to such shares of Stock.

 

(c) The minimum number of shares with respect to which this Stock Option may be exercised at any one time shall be 100 shares, unless the number of shares with respect to which this Stock Option is being exercised is the total number of shares subject to exercise under this Stock Option at the time.

 

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision hereof or of the Plan, no portion of this Stock Option shall be exercisable after the Expiration Date hereof.

 

3. Termination of Employment. If the Optionee’s employment by the Company or a Subsidiary (as defined in the Plan) is terminated, the period within which to exercise the Option may be subject to earlier termination as set forth below.

 

(a) Termination Due to Death. If the Optionee’s employment terminates by reason of death, any Option held by the Optionee shall become fully exercisable and may thereafter be exercised by the Optionee’s legal representative or legatee for a period of twelve (12) months from the date of death or until the Expiration Date, if earlier.

 

(b) Termination Due to Disability. If the Optionee’s employment terminates by reason of disability (as determined by the Administrator), any Option held by the Optionee shall become fully exercisable and may thereafter be exercised by the Optionee for a period of twelve (12) months from the date of termination or until the Expiration Date, if earlier. The death of the Optionee during the 12-month period provided in this Section 3(b) shall extend such period for another 12 months from the date of death or until the Expiration Date, if earlier.

 

(c) Termination for Cause. If the Optionee’s employment terminates for Cause, any Option held by the Optionee shall terminate immediately and be of no further force and effect. For purposes hereof, “Cause” shall mean a vote by the Board resolving that the Optionee shall be dismissed as a result of (i) any material breach by the Optionee of any agreement between the Optionee and the Company; (ii) the conviction of or plea of nolo contendere by the Optionee to a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude; or (iii) any material misconduct or willful and deliberate non-performance (other than by reason of disability) by the Optionee of the Optionee’s duties to the Company.

 

(d) Other Termination. If the Optionee’s employment terminates for any reason other than death, disability, or Cause, and unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, any Option held by the Optionee may be exercised, to the extent exercisable on the date of termination, for a period of three (3) months from the date of termination or until the Expiration Date, if earlier. Any Option that is not exercisable at such time shall terminate immediately and be of no further force or effect.

 

The Administrator’s determination of the reason for termination of the Optionee’s employment shall be conclusive and binding on the Optionee and his or her representatives or legatees.

 


4. Incorporation of Plan. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Stock Option shall be subject to and governed by all the terms and conditions of the Plan. Capitalized terms in this Agreement shall have the meaning specified in the Plan, unless a different meaning is specified herein.

 

5. Transferability. This Agreement is personal to the Optionee, is non-assignable and is not transferable in any manner, by operation of law or otherwise, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. This Stock Option is exercisable, during the Optionee’s lifetime, only by the Optionee, and thereafter, only by the Optionee’s legal representative or legatee.

 

6. Changes in Stock.

 

(a) Subject to the terms of the Plan, if, as a result of any reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split or other similar change in the Company’s capital stock, the outstanding shares of Stock are increased or decreased or are exchanged for a different number or kind of shares or other securities of the Company, or additional shares or new or different shares or other securities of the Company or other non-cash assets are distributed with respect to such shares of Stock or other securities, or, if, as a result of any merger or consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, the outstanding shares of Stock are converted into or exchanged for a different number or kind of securities of the Company or any successor entity (or a parent or subsidiary thereof), the Administrator shall make an appropriate or proportionate adjustment in (i) the number and kind of any then outstanding Option Shares subject to this Stock Option, and (ii) the price for each then outstanding Option Share subject to any then outstanding Stock Option, without changing the aggregate exercise price (i.e., the exercise price multiplied by the number of Stock Options) as to which such Stock Option remains exercisable.

 

(b) The adjustment by the Administrator shall be final, binding and conclusive.

 

(c) No fractional shares of Stock shall be issued under the Plan resulting from any such adjustment, but the Administrator in its discretion may make a cash payment in lieu of fractional shares.

 

7. Effect of Certain Transactions. In the case of and subject to the consummation of (i) the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, (ii) the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company on a consolidated basis to an unrelated person or entity, (iii) a merger, reorganization or consolidation in which the outstanding shares of Stock are converted into or exchanged for a different kind of securities of the successor entity and the holders of the Company’s outstanding voting power immediately prior to such transaction do not own a majority of the outstanding voting power of the successor entity immediately upon completion of such transaction, or (iv) the sale of all of the Stock of the Company to an unrelated person or entity (in each case, a “Sale Event”), all Option Shares, subject to this Stock Option, that are not exercisable immediately prior to the effective time of the Sale Event shall become fully exercisable as of the effective time of the Sale Event. Upon the effective time of the Sale Event, this Stock Option shall terminate, unless provision is made in connection with the Sale Event in the sole discretion of the parties thereto for the assumption or continuation of this Stock Option, or the substitution for this Stock Option of such stock options of the successor entity or parent thereof, with appropriate adjustment as to the number and kind of shares and, if appropriate, the per share exercise prices, as such parties shall agree (after taking into account any acceleration hereunder). In the event of such termination, each grantee shall be permitted, within a specified period of time prior to the consummation of the Sale Event as determined by the Administrator, to exercise this Stock Option; provided, however, that the exercise of Option Shares not exercisable prior to the Sale Event shall be subject to the consummation of the Sale Event.

 

8. Change in Control. Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control as defined in this Section 8:

 

(a) Except as otherwise provided herein, each outstanding Stock Option shall automatically become fully exercisable.

 


(b) “Change of Control” shall mean the occurrence of any one of the following events:

 

(i) any “Person,” as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Act (other than the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any trustee, fiduciary or other person or entity holding securities under any employee benefit plan or trust of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), together with all “affiliates” and “associates” (as such terms are defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act) of such person, shall become the “beneficial owner” (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 25 percent or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities having the right to vote in an election of the Company’s Board of Directors (“Voting Securities”) (in such case other than as a result of an acquisition of securities directly from the Company); or

 

(ii) persons who, as of the Effective Date, constitute the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Incumbent Directors”) cease for any reason, including, without limitation, as a result of a tender offer, proxy contest, merger or similar transaction, to constitute at least a majority of the Board, provided that any person becoming a director of the Company subsequent to the Effective Date shall be considered an Incumbent Director if such person’s election was approved by or such person was nominated for election by either (A) a vote of at least a majority of the Incumbent Directors or (B) a vote of at least a majority of the Incumbent Directors who are members of a nominating committee comprised, in the majority, of Incumbent Directors; but provided further, that any such person whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest relating to the election of members of the Board of Directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board, including by reason of agreement intended to avoid or settle any such actual or threatened contest or solicitation, shall not be considered an Incumbent Director; or

 

(iii) the consummation of a consolidation, merger or consolidation or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (a “Corporate Transaction”); excluding, however, a Corporate Transaction in which the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to the Corporate Transaction, would, immediately after the Corporate Transaction, beneficially own (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, shares representing in the aggregate more than 50 percent of the voting shares of the corporation issuing cash or securities in the Corporate Transaction (or of its ultimate parent corporation, if any); or

 

(iv) the approval by the stockholders of any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

 

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, a “Change of Control” shall not be deemed to have occurred for purposes of the foregoing clause (i) solely as the result of an acquisition of securities by the Company which, by reducing the number of shares of Voting Securities outstanding, increases the proportionate number of shares of Voting Securities beneficially owned by any person to 25 percent or more of the combined voting power of all then outstanding Voting Securities; provided, however, that if any person referred to in this sentence shall thereafter become the beneficial owner of any additional shares of Voting Securities (other than pursuant to a stock split, stock dividend, or similar transaction or as a result of an acquisition of securities directly from the Company) and immediately thereafter beneficially owns 25 percent or more of the combined voting power of all then outstanding Voting Securities, then a “Change of Control” shall be deemed to have occurred for purposes of the foregoing clause (i).

 

9. Status of the Stock Option. This Stock Option is intended to qualify as an “incentive stock option” under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), but the Company does not represent or warrant that this Option qualifies as such. The Optionee should consult with his or her own tax advisors regarding the tax effects of this Option and the requirements necessary to obtain favorable income tax treatment under Section 422 of the Code, including, but not limited to, holding period requirements. If the Optionee intends to dispose or does dispose (whether by sale, gift, transfer or otherwise) of any Option Shares within the one-year period beginning on the date after the transfer of such shares to him or her, or within the two-year period beginning on the day after the grant of this Stock Option, he or she will notify the Company within thirty (30) days after such disposition.

 

10. Tax Withholding. The Optionee shall, not later than the date as of which the exercise of this Stock Option becomes a taxable event for Federal income tax purposes, pay to the Company or make arrangements satisfactory to the Administrator for payment of any Federal, state, and local taxes required by law to be withheld on account of such taxable event. The Optionee may elect to have the minimum required tax withholding obligation

 


satisfied, in whole or in part, by (i) authorizing the Company to withhold from shares of Stock to be issued, or (ii) transferring to the Company, a number of shares of Stock with an aggregate Fair Market Value that would satisfy the withholding amount due.

 

11. Miscellaneous.

 

(a) Notice hereunder shall be given to the Company at its principal place of business, and shall be given to the Optionee at the address set forth below, or in either case at such other address as one party may subsequently furnish to the other party in writing.

 

(b) This Stock Option does not confer upon the Optionee any rights with respect to continuance of employment by the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

EX-99.2 6 dex992.htm FORM OF NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPION AGREEMENT FORM OF NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPION AGREEMENT

EXHIBIT 99.2

 

FORM OF NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

FOR COMPANY EMPLOYEES

 

UNDER THE ZOLL MEDICAL CORPORATION

AMENDED AND RESTATED 2001 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

 

Name of Optionee:                                                     

No. of Option Shares:                                                 

Option Exercise Price per Share:                                

[min. 85% of FMV]

 

Grant Date:                                                     

Expiration Date:                                                         

 

Pursuant to the ZOLL Medical Corporation Amended and Restated 2001 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), ZOLL Medical Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation (the “Company”) hereby grants to the Optionee named above an option (the “Stock Option”) to purchase on or prior to the Expiration Date specified above all or part of the number of shares of Common Stock, par value $0.02 per share (the “Stock”) of the Company specified above at the Option Exercise Price per Share specified above subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan.

 

1. Exercisability Schedule. No portion of this Stock Option may be exercised until such portion shall have become exercisable. Except as set forth below, and subject to the discretion of the Administrator (as defined in Section 2 of the Plan) to accelerate the exercisability schedule hereunder, this Stock Option shall be exercisable with respect to the following number of Option Shares on the dates indicated:

 

    

Number of

Option Shares Exercisable


      

Exercisability Date


                                           (___%)                                     
                                           (___%)                                     
                                           (___%)                                     
                                           (___%)                                     
                                           (___%)                                     

 

Once exercisable, this Stock Option shall continue to be exercisable at any time or times prior to the close of business on the Expiration Date, subject to the provisions hereof and of the Plan.

 

2. Manner of Exercise.

 

(a) The Optionee may exercise this Option only in the following manner: from time to time on or prior to the Expiration Date of this Option, the Optionee may give written notice to the Administrator of his or her election to purchase some or all of the Option Shares purchasable at the time of such notice. This notice shall specify the number of Option Shares to be purchased.

 

Payment of the purchase price for the Option Shares may be made by one or more of the following methods: (i) in cash, by certified or bank check or other instrument acceptable to the Administrator; (ii) through the delivery (or attestation to the ownership) of shares of Stock that have been purchased by the Optionee on the open


market or that have been beneficially owned by the Optionee for at least six (6) months and are not then subject to any restrictions under any Company plan; (iii) by the Optionee delivering to the Company a properly executed exercise notice together with irrevocable instructions to a broker to promptly deliver to the Company cash or a check payable and acceptable to the Company to pay the option purchase price, provided that, in the event the Optionee chooses to pay the option purchase price as so provided, the Optionee and the broker shall comply with such procedures and enter into such agreements of indemnity and other agreements as the Administrator shall prescribe as a condition of such payment procedure; or (iv) a combination of (i), (ii) and (iii) above. Payment instruments will be received subject to collection.

 

The delivery of certificates representing the Option Shares will be contingent upon the Company’s receipt from the Optionee of full payment for the Option Shares, as set forth above and any agreement, statement or other evidence that the Company may require to satisfy itself that the issuance of Stock to be purchased pursuant to the exercise of Options under the Plan and any subsequent resale of the shares of Stock will be in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. In the event the Optionee chooses to pay the purchase price by previously-owned shares of Stock through the attestation method, the number of shares of Stock transferred to the Optionee upon the exercise of the Option shall be net of the Shares attested to.

 

(b) Certificates for shares of Stock purchased upon exercise of this Stock Option shall be issued and delivered to the Optionee upon compliance, to the satisfaction of the Administrator, with all requirements under applicable laws or regulations in connection with such issuance and with the requirements hereof and of the Plan. The determination of the Administrator as to such compliance shall be final and binding on the Optionee. The Optionee shall not be deemed to be the holder of, or to have any of the rights of a holder with respect to, any shares of Stock subject to this Stock Option unless and until this Stock Option shall have been exercised pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company shall have issued and delivered the shares to the Optionee, and the Optionee’s name shall have been entered as the stockholder of record on the books of the Company. Thereupon, the Optionee shall have full voting, dividend and other ownership rights with respect to such shares of Stock.

 

(c) The minimum number of shares with respect to which this Stock Option may be exercised at any one time shall be 100 shares, unless the number of shares with respect to which this Stock Option is being exercised is the total number of shares subject to exercise under this Stock Option at the time.

 

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision hereof or of the Plan, no portion of this Stock Option shall be exercisable after the Expiration Date hereof.

 

3. Termination of Employment. If the Optionee’s employment by the Company or a Subsidiary (as defined in the Section 1 of the Plan) is terminated, the period within which to exercise the Option may be subject to earlier termination as set forth below.

 

(a) Termination Due to Death. If the Optionee’s employment terminates by reason of death, any Option held by the Optionee shall become fully exercisable and may thereafter be exercised by the Optionee’s legal representative or legatee for a period of twelve (12) months from the date of death or until the Expiration Date, if earlier.

 

(b) Termination Due to Disability. If the Optionee’s employment terminates by reason of disability (as determined by the Administrator), any Option held by the Optionee shall become fully exercisable and may thereafter be exercised by the Optionee for a period of twelve (12) months from the date of termination or until the Expiration Date, if earlier. The death of the Optionee during the 12-month period provided in this Section 3(b) shall extend such period for another 12 months from the date of death or until the Expiration Date, if earlier.

 

(c) Termination for Cause. If the Optionee’s employment terminates for Cause, any Option held by the Optionee shall terminate immediately and be of no further force and effect. For purposes hereof, “Cause” shall mean a vote by the Board resolving that the Optionee shall be dismissed as a result of (i) any material breach by the Optionee of any agreement between the Optionee and the Company; (ii) the conviction of or plea of nolo contendere by the Optionee to a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude; or (iii) any material misconduct or willful and deliberate non-performance (other than by reason of disability) by the Optionee of the Optionee’s duties to the Company.


(d) Other Termination. If the Optionee’s employment terminates for any reason other than death, disability or Cause, and unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, any Option held by the Optionee may be exercised, to the extent exercisable on the date of termination, for a period of three (3) months from the date of termination or until the Expiration Date, if earlier. Any Option that is not exercisable at such time shall terminate immediately and be of no further force or effect.

 

The Administrator’s determination of the reason for termination of the Optionee’s employment shall be conclusive and binding on the Optionee and his or her representatives or legatees.

 

4. Incorporation of Plan. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Stock Option shall be subject to and governed by all the terms and conditions of the Plan. Capitalized terms in this Agreement shall have the meaning specified in the Plan, unless a different meaning is specified herein.

 

5. Transferability. This Agreement is personal to the Optionee, is non-assignable and is not transferable in any manner, by operation of law or otherwise, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. This Stock Option is exercisable, during the Optionee’s lifetime, only by the Optionee, and thereafter, only by the Optionee’s legal representative or legatee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Optionee may transfer his or her Non-Qualified Stock Options to members of his or her immediate family, to trusts for the benefit of such family members, or to partnerships in which such family members are the only partners, provided that the transferee agrees in writing with the Company to be bound by all the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Option.

 

6. Changes in Stock.

 

(a) Subject to the terms of the Plan, if, as a result of any reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split or other similar change in the Company’s capital stock, the outstanding shares of Stock are increased or decreased or are exchanged for a different number or kind of shares or other securities of the Company, or additional shares or new or different shares or other securities of the Company or other non-cash assets are distributed with respect to such shares of Stock or other securities, or, if, as a result of any merger or consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, the outstanding shares of Stock are converted into or exchanged for a different number or kind of securities of the Company or any successor entity (or a parent or subsidiary thereof), the Administrator shall make an appropriate or proportionate adjustment in (i) the number and kind of any then outstanding Option Shares subject to this Stock Option, and (ii) the price for each then outstanding Option Share subject to any then outstanding Stock Option, without changing the aggregate exercise price (i.e., the exercise price multiplied by the number of Stock Options) as to which such Stock Option remains exercisable.

 

(b) The adjustment by the Administrator shall be final, binding and conclusive.

 

(c) No fractional shares of Stock shall be issued under the Plan resulting from any such adjustment, but the Administrator in its discretion may make a cash payment in lieu of fractional shares.

 

7. Effect of Certain Transactions. In the case of and subject to the consummation of (i) the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, (ii) the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company on a consolidated basis to an unrelated person or entity, (iii) a merger, reorganization or consolidation in which the outstanding shares of Stock are converted into or exchanged for a different kind of securities of the successor entity and the holders of the Company’s outstanding voting power immediately prior to such transaction do not own a majority of the outstanding voting power of the successor entity immediately upon completion of such transaction, or (iv) the sale of all of the Stock of the Company to an unrelated person or entity (in each case, a “Sale Event”), all Option Shares, subject to this Stock Option, that are not exercisable immediately prior to the effective time of the Sale Event shall become fully exercisable as of the effective time of the Sale Event. Upon the effective time of the Sale Event, this Stock Option shall terminate, unless provision is made in connection with the Sale Event in the sole discretion of the parties thereto for the assumption or continuation of this Stock Option, or the substitution for this Stock Option of such stock options of the successor entity or parent thereof, with appropriate adjustment as to the number and kind of shares and, if appropriate, the per share exercise prices, as such parties shall agree (after taking into account any acceleration hereunder). In the event of such termination, each grantee shall be permitted, within a specified period of time prior to the consummation of the Sale Event as determined by the Administrator, to exercise


this Stock Option; provided, however, that the exercise of Option Shares not exercisable prior to the Sale Event shall be subject to the consummation of the Sale Event.

 

8. Change in Control. Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control as defined in this Section 8:

 

(a) Except as otherwise provided herein, each outstanding Stock Option shall automatically become fully exercisable.

 

(b) “Change of Control” shall mean the occurrence of any one of the following events:

 

(i) any “Person,” as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”) (other than the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any trustee, fiduciary or other person or entity holding securities under any employee benefit plan or trust of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), together with all “affiliates” and “associates” (as such terms are defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) of such person, shall become the “beneficial owner” (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 25 percent or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities having the right to vote in an election of the Company’s Board of Directors (“Voting Securities”) (in such case other than as a result of an acquisition of securities directly from the Company); or

 

(ii) persons who, as of the Effective Date, constitute the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Incumbent Directors”) cease for any reason, including, without limitation, as a result of a tender offer, proxy contest, merger or similar transaction, to constitute at least a majority of the Board, provided that any person becoming a director of the Company subsequent to the Effective Date shall be considered an Incumbent Director if such person’s election was approved by or such person was nominated for election by either (A) a vote of at least a majority of the Incumbent Directors or (B) a vote of at least a majority of the Incumbent Directors who are members of a nominating committee comprised, in the majority, of Incumbent Directors; but provided further, that any such person whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest relating to the election of members of the Board of Directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board, including by reason of agreement intended to avoid or settle any such actual or threatened contest or solicitation, shall not be considered an Incumbent Director; or

 

(iii) the consummation of a consolidation, merger or consolidation or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (a “Corporate Transaction”); excluding, however, a Corporate Transaction in which the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to the Corporate Transaction, would, immediately after the Corporate Transaction, beneficially own (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, shares representing in the aggregate more than 50 percent of the voting shares of the corporation issuing cash or securities in the Corporate Transaction (or of its ultimate parent corporation, if any); or

 

(iv) the approval by the stockholders of any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

 

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, a “Change of Control” shall not be deemed to have occurred for purposes of the foregoing clause (i) solely as the result of an acquisition of securities by the Company which, by reducing the number of shares of Voting Securities outstanding, increases the proportionate number of shares of Voting Securities beneficially owned by any person to 25 percent or more of the combined voting power of all then outstanding Voting Securities; provided, however, that if any person referred to in this sentence shall thereafter become the beneficial owner of any additional shares of Voting Securities (other than pursuant to a stock split, stock dividend, or similar transaction or as a result of an acquisition of securities directly from the Company) and immediately thereafter beneficially owns 25 percent or more of the combined voting power of all then outstanding Voting Securities, then a “Change of Control” shall be deemed to have occurred for purposes of the foregoing clause (i).

 

9. Tax Withholding. The Optionee shall, not later than the date as of which the exercise of this Stock Option becomes a taxable event for Federal income tax purposes, pay to the Company or make arrangements


satisfactory to the Administrator for payment of any Federal, state, and local taxes required by law to be withheld on account of such taxable event. The Optionee may elect to have the minimum required tax withholding obligation satisfied, in whole or in part, by (i) authorizing the Company to withhold from shares of Stock to be issued, or (ii) transferring to the Company, a number of shares of Stock with an aggregate Fair Market Value that would satisfy the withholding amount due.

 

10. Miscellaneous.

 

(a) Notice hereunder shall be given to the Company at its principal place of business, and shall be given to the Optionee at the address set forth below, or in either case at such other address as one party may subsequently furnish to the other party in writing.

 

(b) This Stock Option does not confer upon the Optionee any rights with respect to continuance of employment by the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

ZOLL MEDICAL CORPORATION

By:

   
   

Name:

   

Title:

 

*signatures continued on next page*


The foregoing Agreement is hereby accepted and the terms and conditions thereof hereby agreed to by the undersigned.

 

Dated: 

           
           

Optionee’s Signature

             

Optionee’s name and address:

             
             
             
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