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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 14, 2006
Registration No. 333-                     
 
 
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
COREL CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
     
Canada   98-0407194
(State or Other Jurisdiction   (I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation or Organization)   Identification Number)
1600 Carling Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario
K1Z 8R7

(Address, Including Zip Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)
Intervideo, Inc. 1998 Stock Plan
Intervideo, Inc. 2003 Stock Plan

(Full Title of the Plan)
Christopher DiFrancesco
Vice President, Legal, General Counsel and Secretary
1600 Carling Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario
K1Z 8R7
(613) 728-0826
(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
Joshua B. Goldstein, Esq.
c/o Torys LLP
237 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10017
(212) 880-6000
 
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
                             
 
        Amount to     Proposed              
        be     Maximum     Proposed Maximum     Amount of  
  Title of Each Class of     Registered     Offering Price     Aggregate Offering     Registration  
  Securities to be Registered     (1)     Per Share (2)     Price (2)     Fee  
 
Common Stock, no par value per share
    1,700,717     $12.95     $22,024,286     $2,357  
 
(1)   Reflects common shares (the “Shares”), no par value per share, of Corel Corporation, a corporation organized under the federal laws of Canada (the “Registrant”), being registered hereunder that may be issued pursuant to the Intervideo, Inc. 1998 Stock Plan and Intervideo, Inc. 2003 Stock Plan (the “Plans”), which was assumed by the Registrant in connection with the merger of Intervideo, Inc. (“Intervideo”) with and into Iceland Acquisition Corporation (“MergerSub”), a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Registrant. The number of Shares has been calculated using exchange ratios determined in accordance with the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated August 28, 2006, by and between the Registrant, MergerSub and Intervideo. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement also covers any additional securities that may be offered or issued pursuant to provisions of the Plan relating to adjustments for changes resulting from stock dividends, stock splits, recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation or similar changes.
 
(2)   Pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, the proposed maximum offering price per share and the registration fee have been estimated based upon the weighted average exercise price of $12.95 for the Shares covered by options outstanding.
 
 
 

 


 

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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.*
Item 2. Registration Information and Employee Plan Annual Information*
     * This registration statement relates to securities of Corel Corporation (the “Registrant”) being registered and remaining available for issuance pursuant to the exercise of outstanding stock options previously granted by Intervideo, Inc. (“Intervideo”) under the Intervideo, Inc. 2003 Stock Plan and Intervideo, Inc. 2003 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “Plans”), which was assumed by the Registrant in connection with the merger of Intervideo, Inc. (“Intervideo”) with and into Iceland Acquisition Corporation (“MergerSub”), a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Registrant. The information required by this Part I to be contained in a Section 10(a) prospectus has been or will be sent or given to those persons who hold outstanding options to purchase Intervideo common stock, all of who were employees or directors of Intervideo or its affiliates immediately prior to the merger of Intervideo into the Registrant and is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the “Note” to Part I of Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
     The following documents, which have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) by the Registrant, are incorporated herein by reference:
(a) The Company’s prospectus, dated April 25, 2006 filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act (the “Prospectus”), that contains audited consolidated financial statements of Corel Corporation and its subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2005;
(b) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as amended (the “Exchange Act”) since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Company’s Prospectus; and
(c) The description of the Registrant’s Common Stock contained in its Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on April 14, 2006, including the exhibits thereto and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
     All documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining

 


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unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the respective dates of filing of such documents (such documents, and the documents listed above, being hereinafter referred to as “Incorporated Documents”).
     Any statement contained in an Incorporated Document shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed Incorporated Document modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
     Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
     Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
     Under the Canadian Business Corporation Act (the “CBCA”), the Company may indemnify a current or former director or officer of the company or another individual who acts or acted at the Company’s request as a director or officer, or an individual acting in a similar capacity, of another entity, against all costs, charges and expenses, including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably incurred by the individual in respect of any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other proceeding in which the individual is involved because of that association with the Company or another entity.
However, indemnification is prohibited under the CBCA unless the individual:
    acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the Company’s best interests for which the individual acted as director or officer or in a similar capacity at the Company’s request;
 
    in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, the individual had reasonable grounds for believing that the individual’s conduct was lawful; and
 
    was not judged by the court or other competent authority to have committed any fault or omitted to do anything that the individual ought to have done.
     The CBCA provides that the Company may also advance moneys to a director, officer or other individual for costs, charges and expenses incurred in connection with a proceeding referred to above.
     The Company’s bylaws require the Company to indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by the CBCA, each of the Company’s current or former directors or officers and each person who acts or acted at the Company’s request as a director or officer of a body corporate of which the Company is or was a shareholder or creditor, and their heirs and legal representatives.
     The Company’s bylaws authorize it to purchase and maintain insurance for the benefit of each of the Company’s current or former directors or officers and each person who acts or acted at the Company’s request as a director or officer of a body corporate of which the Company is or was a shareholder or creditor, and their heirs and legal representatives.
     The Company has entered into indemnity agreements with the Company’s directors and officers which provide, among other things, that the Company will indemnify him or her for expenses reasonably incurred by such individual in respect of a proceeding in which such individual is or may be joined as a party or is or may be liable for or in respect of penalty by reason of such individual being or having been a director or officer; provided that, the Company shall not indemnify such individual if, among other things, he or she did not act honestly and in good faith with a view to the Company’s best interests and, in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, the individual had reasonable grounds for believing that his or her conduct was lawful.
     At present, the Company is not aware of any pending or threatened litigation or proceeding involving any of the Company’s directors, officers, employees or agents in which indemnification would be required or permitted.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
     Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.

 


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Exhibit    
No.   Description
4.1**
  Certificate and Articles of Continuance of the Registrant, as currently in effect
 
   
4.2**
  Articles of Amendment of the Registrant, as currently in effect
 
   
4.3**
  By-laws of the Registrant, as currently in effect
 
   
5.1*
  Opinion of Torys LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered
 
   
23.1*
  Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
 
   
23.2*
  Consent of Torys LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto)
 
   
24.1*
  Powers of Attorney (included on signature page of the Registration Statement)
 
   
99.1*
  Intervideo, Inc. 1998 Stock Plan
 
   
99.2*
  Intervideo, Inc. 2003 Stock Plan
 
*   Filed herewith.
 
**   Incorporated by reference to the exhibit of the same number in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-1, as amended (File No. 333-132970).

 


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Item 9. Undertakings.
  (a)   The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
  (1)   To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
  (i)   To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
 
  (ii)   To reflect in the prospectus any facts 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 maximum 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 a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective Registration Statement; and
 
  (iii)   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)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section 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 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
  (2)   That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
 
  (3)   To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
  (b)   The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 


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  (c)   Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act 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 Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities 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 Securities 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, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Ottawa, Ontario, on the 14th day of December, 2006.
         
  COREL CORPORATION
 
 
  By:   /s/ DAVID DOBSON    
    Name:   David Dobson   
    Title:   Chief Executive Officer   
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY
     We, the undersigned officers and directors of the Registrant, hereby severally constitute and appoint David Dobson, Douglas McCollam and Christopher DiFrancesco, our true and lawful attorney and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, each with full power to sign for us in our names in the capacities indicated below all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, as amended, and generally to do all things in our names and on our behalf in such capacities to enable the Registrant to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act and all requirements of the Commission.
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement on Form S-8 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities on December 14, 2006:
     
Signature   Title
 
   
/s/ DAVID DOBSON
 
  Chief Executive Officer and Director 
 
   
David Dobson
   
 
   
/s/ DOUGLAS MCCOLLAM
 
  Chief Financial Officer and Director 
 
   
Douglas McCollam
   
 
   
 
 
  Director (Authorized Representative in the United States) 
 
   
Amish Mehta
   
 
   
/s/ ALEXANDER SLUSKY
 
  Director 
 
   
Alexander Slusky
   
 
   
/s/ STEVEN COHEN
 
  Director 
 
   
Steven Cohen
   
 
   
/s/ J. IAN GIFFEN
 
  Director 
 
   
J. Ian Giffen
   

 


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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
     
Exhibit    
No.   Description
4.1**
  Certificate and Articles of Continuance of the Registrant, as currently in effect
 
   
4.2**
  Articles of Amendment of the Registrant, as currently in effect
 
   
4.3**
  By-laws of the Registrant, as currently in effect
 
   
5.1*
  Opinion of Torys LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered
 
   
23.1*
  Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
 
   
23.2*
  Consent of Torys LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto)
 
   
24.1*
  Powers of Attorney (included on signature page of the Registration Statement)
 
   
99.1*
  Intervideo, Inc. 1998 Stock Plan
 
   
99.2*
  Intervideo, Inc. 2003 Stock Plan
 
*   Filed herewith.
 
**   Incorporated by reference to the exhibit of the same number in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-1, as amended (File No. 333-132970).

 

EX-5.1 2 y27826exv5w1.htm EX-5.1: OPINION OF TORYS LLP EX-5.1
 

         
(TORYS LOGO)
  237 Park Avenue
New York, New York
10017.3142
 
 
 
 
 
  tel 212.880.6000
fax 212.682.0200
 
       
 
  www.torys.com
 
       
 
  December 14, 2006
Christopher DiFrancesco
Vice President, Legal, General Counsel and Secretary
Corel Corporation
1600 Carling Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario
K1Z 8R7
Dear Sir:
We have acted as counsel for Corel Corporation, a corporation organized under the federal laws of Canada (the “Company”), in connection with the registration statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) filed by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), with respect to the registration by the Company of 1,700,717 common shares (the “Plan Shares”), $0.01 par value per share (the “Common Shares”), of the Company authorized for issuance pursuant to the Company’s assumption of the Intervideo, Inc. 1998 Stock Plan and the Intervideo, Inc. 2003 Stock Plan (the “Plans”).
This opinion is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”).
In connection with this opinion, we have examined (i) the Registration Statement, (ii) a specimen certificate evidencing the Common Shares of the Company, (iii) the articles of incorporation of the Company; (iv) the bylaws of the Company; (v) resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company, relating to the Plans and related matters and (vi) resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company, relating to the filing of the Registration Statement and related matters as well as and such records and documents and such questions of law as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion.
On the basis of such examination, we advise you that in our opinion the Plans Shares have been duly authorized by the Company and, when awarded by the board of directors of the Company and issued and paid for in accordance with the terms of the Plans, and, with respect to Plan Shares issuable upon exercise of options, the option agreements, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are included in the category of person whose consent is required by the Securities Act of 1933, or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
         
  Yours very truly,
 
 
  /s/ TORYS LLP    
     
     
 

 

EX-23.1 3 y27826exv23w1.htm EX-23.1: CONSENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP EX-23.1
 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on form S-8 of our report dated March 7, 2006 (except as to notes 2 and 12 which are as of March 31, 2006 and note 18 which is as of April 25, 2006), relating to the financial statements of Corel Corporation and our report dated March 7, 2006 on the financial statement schedule I (filed as exhibit 99.1 to the Registration Statement on Form F-1 of Corel Corporation, as amended) of Corel Corporation.
       
   
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP    
Ottawa, Canada   
December 14, 2006   
 

 

EX-99.1 4 y27826exv99w1.htm EX-99.1: INTERVIDEO, INC. 1998 STOCK PLAN EX-99.1
 

Exhibit 99.1
INTERVIDEO, INC.
1998 STOCK OPTION PLAN
Amended as of October, 2000
     1. Purposes of this Plan. The purposes of this 1998 Stock Option Plan are to attract and retain the best available personnel, to provide additional incentive to the Employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries, to promote the success of the Company’s business and to enable the Employees to share in the growth and prosperity of the Company by providing them with an opportunity to purchase stock in the Company.
     Options granted hereunder may be either Incentive Stock Options or Nonstatutory Stock Options, at the discretion of the Board and as reflected in the terms of the written stock option agreement.
     2. Definitions. As used herein, the following definitions shall apply:
          (a) “Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.
          (b) “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of the 1986, as amended.
          (c) “Common Stock” shall mean the Common Stock of the Company, without par value.
          (d) “Company” shall mean InterVideo, Inc. a California corporation.
          (e) “Committee” shall mean the Committee appointed by the Board in accordance with Section 4 of this Plan, if one is appointed.
          (f) “Continuous Employment” or “Continuous Status as an Employee” shall mean the absence of any interruption or termination of employment or service as an Employee by or to the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company which now exists or is hereafter organized or acquired by or acquires the Company. Continuous Employment shall not be considered interrupted in the case of sick leave, military leave or any other leave of absence approved by the Board or in the event of transfers between locations of the Company or between the Company, its Parent, any of its Subsidiaries or its successors.
          (g) “Employee” shall mean any person, including officers and directors, employed by the Company, its Parent, any of its Subsidiaries or its successors; or, for purposes of eligibility for Nonstatutory Stock Options, any person employed by the Company, including officers and directors, or any consultant to, or director of, the Company, or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company, whether or not such consultant or director is an employee of such entities.
          (h) “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor legislation.

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          (i) “Non Employee Director” shall mean a director who is a “Non Employee Director”, as such term is defined under Rule 16b 3(b)3(i) promulgated pursuant to the Exchange Act and any applicable releases and opinions or the Securities and Exchange Commisions.
          (j) “Incentive Stock Option” shall mean an Option intended to qualify as an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.
          (k) “Nonstatutory Stock Option” shall mean an Option which is not an Incentive Stock Option.
          (l) “Option” shall mean a stock option granted pursuant to this Plan.
          (m) “Option Agreement” shall mean a written agreement in such form or forms as the Board (subject to the terms and conditions of this Plan) may from time to time approve, evidencing an Option.
          (n) “Optioned Stock” shall mean the Common Stock subject to an Option.
          (o) “Optionee” shall mean an Employee who is granted an Option.
          (p) “Parent” shall mean a “parent corporation,” whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in Sections 424(e) and (g) of the Code.
          (q) “Plan” shall mean this 1998 Stock Option Plan.
          (r) “Registration Date” shall mean the effective date of the first registration statement which is filed by the Company and declared effective pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, with respect to any class of the Company’s securities.
          (s) “Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor legislation.
          (t) “Share” or “Shares” shall mean the Common Stock, as adjusted in accordance with Section 11 of this Plan.
          (u) “Stock Purchase Agreement” shall mean an agreement in such form or forms as the Board (subject to the terms and conditions of this Plan) may from time to time approve, which is to be executed as a condition of purchasing Optioned Stock upon exercise of an Option.
          (v) “Subsidiary” shall mean a subsidiary corporation, whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in Sections 424(f) and (g) of the Code.
     3. Stock Subject to this Plan. Subject to the provisions of Section 11 of this Plan, the maximum aggregate number of Shares which may be optioned and sold under this Plan is Ten Million (10,000,000) Shares. The Shares may be authorized, but unissued or reacquired Shares other than reacquired

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shares delivered pursuant to Section 7(c)(iv) hereof as payment of consideration in the exercise of an option.
     If (a) an Option should expire or become unexercisable for any reason without having been exercised in full or (b) if the Company repurchases Shares from the Optionee pursuant to the terms of a Stock Purchase Agreement (provided that the Optionee did not receive benefits of ownership, such as dividends, which would destroy the exemption from the provisions of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act provided by Rule 16b-3 promulgated pursuant to the Exchange Act), the unpurchased Shares or repurchased Shares, respectively, which were subject thereto shall, unless this Plan shall have been terminated, return to this Plan and become available for other Options under this Plan.
     The Company intends that as long as it is not subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, and is not an investment company registered or required to be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, all offers and sales of Options and Common Stock issuable upon exercise of any Option shall be exempt from registration under the provisions of Section 5 of the Securities Act, and this Plan shall be administered in such a manner so as to preserve such exemption. The Company intends for this Plan to constitute a written compensatory benefit plan within the meaning of Rule 701(b) of 17 CFR Section 230.701 (“Rule 701”) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Act. Unless otherwise designated by the Committee at the time an Option is granted, all options granted under this Plan by the Company, and the issuance of any Shares upon exercise thereof, are intended to be granted in reliance on Rule 701.
     4. Administration of this Plan.
          (a) Procedure. This Plan shall be administered by the Board. The Board may appoint a Committee consisting of two (2) or more members of the Board (or such greater number as is required to qualify for the exemption from the provisions of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act provided by Rule 16b-3 promulgated pursuant to the Exchange Act) to administer this Plan on behalf of the Board, subject to such terms and conditions as the Board may prescribe. Once appointed, the Committee shall continue to serve until otherwise directed by the Board. From time to time, the Board may increase the size of the Committee and appoint additional members of the Board thereto, remove members (with or without cause) and appoint new members of the Board in substitution therefor, fill vacancies, however caused, and remove all members of the Committee and, thereafter, directly administer this Plan. Members of the Board or Committee who are either eligible for Options or have been granted Options may vote on any matters affecting the administration of this Plan or the grant of Options pursuant to this Plan, except that no such member shall act upon the granting of an Option to such person nor shall any such members presence at a meeting of the Board of Directors establish the existence of a quorum at any meeting of the Board or the Committee during which action is taken with respect to the granting of an Option to him.
          (b) Procedure After Registration Date. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4(a) above, after the Registration Date this Plan shall be administered either by: (i) the full Board, provided that at all times each member of the Board is a Non-Employee Director; or

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(ii) a Committee which at all times consists solely of Board members who are Non Employee Directors. After the Registration Date, the Board shall take all action necessary to administer this Plan in accordance with the then-effective provisions of Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act, provided that any amendment to this Plan required for compliance with such provisions shall be made in accordance with Section 13 of this Plan.
          (c) Powers of the Board and/or Committee. Subject to the provisions of this Plan, the Committee or the Board, as appropriate, shall have the authority, in its discretion: (i) to grant Incentive Stock Options and Nonstatutory Stock Options; (ii) to determine, upon review of relevant information and in accordance with Section 7 of this Plan, the fair market value per Share; (iii) to determine the exercise price of the Options, which exercise price and type of consideration shall be determined in accordance with Section 7 of this Plan; (iv) to determine the Employees to whom, and the time or times at which, Options shall be granted, and the number of Shares to be subject to each Option; (v) to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to this Plan; (vi) to determine the terms and provisions of each Option Agreement and each Stock Purchase Agreement (each of which need not be identical with the terms of other Option Agreements and Stock Purchase Agreements) and, with the consent of the holder thereof, to modify or amend each Option Agreement and Stock Purchase Agreement; (vii) to determine whether a stock repurchase agreement or other agreement will be required to be executed by any Employee as a condition to the exercise of an Option, and to determine the terms and provisions of any such agreement (which need not be identical with the terms of any other such agreement) and, with the consent of the Optionee, to amend any such agreement; (viii) to interpret this Plan, the Option Agreements, the Stock Purchase Agreements or any agreement entered into with respect to the grant or exercise of Options; (ix) to authorize any person to execute on behalf of the Company any instrument required to effectuate the grant of an Option previously granted by the Board or to take such other actions as may be necessary or appropriate with respect to the Company’s rights pursuant to Options or agreements relating to the grant or exercise thereof; and (x) to make such other determinations and establish such other procedures as it deems necessary or advisable for the administration of this Plan.
          (d) Effect of the Board’s or Committee’s Decision. All decisions, determinations and interpretations of the Board or the Committee shall be final and binding on all Optionees and any other holders of Options.
     5. Eligibility. Options may be granted only to Employees. An Employee who has been granted an Option may, if such Employee is otherwise eligible, be granted additional Options.
     6. Term of Plan. This Plan shall become effective upon the earlier to occur of its adoption by the Board or its approval by vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Company’s capital stock entitled to vote on the adoption of this Plan. This Plan shall continue in effect for a term of ten (10) years unless sooner terminated in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Plan.
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          (a) Exercise Price. The exercise price per Share for the Shares to be issued pursuant to the exercise of an Option shall be such price as is determined by the Board; provided, however, that such price shall in no event be less than eighty-five percent (85%) with respect to Nonstatutory Stock Options, and one hundred percent (100%) with respect to Incentive Stock Options, of the fair market value per Share on the date of grant. In the case of an Option granted to an Employee who, at the time the Option is granted, owns stock (as determined under Section 424(d) of the Code) constituting more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or its Parent or Subsidiaries, the exercise price per Share shall be no less than one hundred ten percent (110%) of the fair market value per Share on the date of grant.
          (b) Fair Market Value. The fair market value per Share on the date of grant shall be determined by the Board in its sole discretion, exercised in good faith; provided, however, that where there is a public market for the Common Stock, the fair market value per Share shall be the average of the closing bid and asked prices of the Common Stock on the date of grant, as reported in The Wall Street Journal (or, if not so reported, as otherwise reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (“NASDAQ”) System), or, in the event the Common Stock is listed on a stock exchange or on the NASDAQ System, the fair market value per Share shall be the closing price on the exchange or on the NASDAQ System as of the date of grant of the Option, as reported in The Wall Street Journal.
          (c) Payment of Consideration. The consideration to be paid for the Shares to be issued upon exercise of an Option, including the method of payment, shall be determined by the Board and may consist entirely of cash, check, promissory notes, Shares held by the Optionee for the requisite period necessary to avoid a charge to the Company’s earnings for financial reporting purposes which have a fair market value on the date of surrender equal to the aggregate exercise price of the Shares as to which said Option shall be exercised, or any combination of such methods of payment. Subject to subparagraphs (i) through (iv) hereto, utilization of Shares as the method of payment may be completed by either (a) the tender of Shares then held by the Optionee, or (b) the withholding of Shares which would otherwise be issued pursuant to an Option pursuant to broker-dealer sale and remittance procedure described in subparagraph (iii) hereto. In making its determination as to the type of consideration to accept, the Board shall consider if acceptance of such consideration is deemed to be such as may be reasonably expected to benefit the Company.
               (i) If the consideration for the exercise of an Option is a promissory note, it shall be a full recourse promissory note executed by the Optionee, bearing interest at a rate which shall be sufficient to preclude the imputation of interest under the applicable provisions of the Code. Until such time as the promissory note has been paid in full, the Company may retain the Shares purchased upon exercise of the Option in escrow as security for payment of the promissory note.
               (ii) If the consideration for the exercise of an Option is the surrender of previously acquired and owned Shares, the Optionee will be required to make representations and warranties satisfactory to the Company regarding his title to the Shares used to effect the purchase, including, without limitation, representations and warranties that the Optionee has

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good and marketable title to such Shares free and clear of any and all liens, encumbrances, charges, equities, claims, security interests, options or restrictions and has full power to deliver such Shares without obtaining the consent or approval of any person or governmental authority other than those which have already given consent or approval in a form satisfactory to the Company. The value of the Shares used to effect the purchase shall be the fair market value of those Shares as determined by the Board in its sole discretion, exercised in good faith.
               (iii) If the consideration for the exercise of an Option is to be paid through a broker-dealer sale and remittance procedure, the Optionee shall provide (1) irrevocable written instructions to a designated brokerage firm to effect the immediate sale of the purchased shares and to remit to the Company, out of the sale proceeds available on the settlement date, sufficient funds to cover the aggregate option price payable for the purchased Shares plus all applicable Federal and State income and employment taxes required to be withheld by the Company in connection with such purchase and (2) written instructions to the Company to deliver the certificates for the purchased Shares directly to such brokerage firm in order to complete the sale transaction.
               (iv) If an Optionee is permitted to exercise an Option by delivering shares of the Company’s Common Stock, the option agreement covering such Option may include provisions authorizing the Optionee to exercise the Option, in whole or in part, by: (1) delivering whole shares of the Company’s Common Stock previously owned by such Optionee (whether or not acquired through the prior exercise of a stock option) having a fair market value equal to the option price; and/or (2) directing the Company to withhold from the Shares that would otherwise be issued upon exercise of the Option that number of whole Shares having a fair market value equal to the option price. Shares of the Company’s Common Stock so delivered or withheld shall be valued at their fair market value on the date of exercise of the Option, as determined by the Committee and/or the Board, as appropriate. Any balance of the exercise price shall be paid in cash or by check or a promissory note, each in accordance with the terms of this Section 7. Any Shares delivered or withheld in accordance with this provision shall again become available for purposes of this Plan and for Options subsequently granted thereunder to the extent permissible pursuant to Section 3 of this Plan.
     8. Options.
          (a) Terms and Provisions of Options. As provided in Section 4 of this Plan and subject to any limitations specified herein, the Board and/or Committee shall have the authority to determine the terms and provisions of any Option granted under this Plan or any agreement required to be executed in connection with the grant or exercise of an Option. Each Option granted pursuant to this Plan shall be evidenced by an Option Agreement. Options granted pursuant to this Plan are conditioned upon the Company obtaining any required permit or order from appropriate governmental agencies authorizing the Company to issue such Options and Shares issuable upon exercise thereof.
          (b) Term of Option. The term of each Option may be up to ten (10) years from the date of grant thereof as determined by the Board upon the grant of the Option and specified in the Option Agreement, except that the term of an Option granted to an Employee

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who, at the time the Option is granted, owns stock comprising more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or its Parent or Subsidiaries, shall be five (5) years from the date of grant thereof or such shorter term as may be provided in the Option Agreement.
     (c) Exercise of Option.
               (i) Procedure for Exercise; Rights as a Shareholder. Any Option shall be exercisable at such times, in such installments and under such conditions as may be determined by the Board and specified in the Option Agreement, including performance criteria with respect to the Company and/or the Optionee, and as shall be permissible under the terms of this Plan.
          An Option may be exercised in accordance with the provisions of this Plan as to all or any portion of the Shares then exercisable under an Option, from time to time during the term of the Option. An Option may not be exercised for a fraction of a Share.
          An Option shall be deemed to be exercised when written notice of such exercise has been given to the Company at its principal business office in accordance with the terms of the Option Agreement by the person entitled to exercise the Option and, except when the broker-dealer sale and remittance procedure described in Section 7(c)(iii) hereto is used, full payment for the Shares with respect to which the Option is exercised has been received by the Company, accompanied by an executed Stock Purchase Agreement and any other agreements required by the terms of this Plan and/or the Option Agreement. Full payment may consist of such consideration and method of payment allowable under Section 7 of this Plan. Until the Option is properly exercised in accordance with the terms of this paragraph, no right to vote or receive dividends or any other rights as a stockholder exist with respect to the Optioned Stock. No adjustment shall be made for a dividend or other right for which the record date is prior to the date the Option is exercised, except as provided in Section 11 of this Plan.
          As soon as practicable after any proper exercise of an Option in accordance with the provisions of this Plan, the Company shall, without transfer or issue tax to the Optionee, deliver to the Optionee at the principal executive office of the Company or such other place as shall be mutually agreed upon between the Company and the Optionee, a certificate or certificates representing the Shares for which the Option shall have been exercised. The time of issuance and delivery of the certificate(s) representing the Shares for which the Option shall have been exercised may be postponed by the Company for such period as may be required by the Company, with reasonable diligence, to comply with any applicable listing requirements of any national or regional securities exchange or any law or regulation applicable to the issuance or delivery of such Shares. No Option may be exercised unless this Plan has been duly approved by the shareholders of the Company in accordance with applicable law. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the terms of a Stock Purchase Agreement required to be executed and delivered in connection with the exercise of an Option may require the certificate or certificates representing the Shares purchased upon exercise of an Option to be delivered and deposited with the Company as security for the Optionee’s faithful performance of the terms of his Stock Purchase Agreement.

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          Exercise of an Option in any manner shall result in a decrease in the number of Shares which thereafter may be available, both for purposes of this Plan and for sale under the Option, by the number of Shares as to which the Option is exercised.
               (ii) Termination of Status as an Employee. If an Optionee ceases to serve as an Employee for any reason other than death or disability and thereby terminates his Continuous Status as an Employee, such Optionee shall have the right to exercise the Option at any time within thirty (30) days (or such other period of time not exceeding three (3) months as is determined by the Board at the time of granting the Option), following the date such Optionee ceases his Continuous Status as an Employee of the Company to the extent that such Optionee was entitled to exercise the Option at the date of such termination; provided, however, that no Option shall be exercisable after the expiration of the term set forth in the Option Agreement. To the extent that such Optionee was not entitled to exercise the Option at the date of such termination, or if such Optionee does not exercise such Option (which such Optionee was entitled to exercise) within the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate.
               (iii) Death or Disability of Optionee. If an Optionee ceases to serve as an Employee due to death or disability and thereby terminates his Continuous Status as an Employee, the Option may be exercised at any time within six (6) months following the date of death or termination of employment due to disability, in the case of death, by the Optionee’s estate or by a person who acquired the right to exercise the Option by bequest or inheritance, or, in the case of disability, by the Optionee, but in any case only to the extent the Optionee was entitled to exercise the Option at the date of his termination of employment by death or disability; provided, however, that no Option shall be exercisable after the expiration of the Option term set forth in the Option Agreement. To the extent that such Optionee was not entitled to exercise such Option at the date of his termination of employment by death or disability or if such Option is not exercised (to the extent it could be exercised) within the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate.
               (iv) Extension of Time to Exercise. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 8, the Board may at any time and from time to time prior to the termination of a Nonstatutory Stock Option, with the consent of the Optionee, extend the period of time during which the Optionee may exercise his Nonstatutory Stock Option following the date the Optionee ceases such Optionee’s Continuous Status as an Employee; provided, however, that (1) the maximum period of time during which a Nonstatutory Stock Option shall be exercisable following such termination date shall not exceed an aggregate of six (6) months, (2) the Nonstatutory Stock Option shall not become exercisable after the expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in the Option Agreement as a result of such extension, and (3) notwithstanding any extension of time during which the Nonstatutory Stock Option may be exercised, such Option, unless otherwise amended by the Board, shall only be exercisable to the extent to which the Optionee was entitled to exercise it on the date Optionee ceased Continuous Status as an Employee. To the extent that such Optionee was not entitled to exercise the Option at the date of such termination, or if such Optionee does not exercise an Option which Optionee was entitled to exercise within the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate.

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     9. Limit on Value of Optioned Stock. No Incentive Stock Option may be granted to an Employee if, as a result of such grant, the aggregate fair market value (determined at the time an Incentive Stock Option is granted) of the Shares with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by an Optionee during any calendar year under all incentive stock option plans of the Company, its Parents or its Subsidiaries, if any, exceeds One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000).
     10. Nontransferability of Options. Options granted under this Plan may not be sold, pledged, assigned, hypothecated, gifted, transferred or disposed of in any manner, either voluntarily or involuntarily by operation of law, other than by will or by the laws of descent or distribution, and may be exercised during the lifetime of the Optionee only by such Optionee.
     11. Adjustments Upon Changes in Capitalization or Merger.
          (a) Subject to any required action by the shareholders of the Company, the number of Shares covered by each outstanding Option, and the number of Shares which have been authorized for issuance under this Plan but as to which no Options have yet been granted or which have been returned to this Plan upon cancellation or expiration of an Option or repurchase of shares from an Optionee upon termination of employment or service, as well as the exercise or purchase price per Share covered by each such outstanding Option, shall be proportionately adjusted for any increase or decrease in the number of issued Shares resulting from a stock split, reverse stock split, combination or reclassification of the Common Stock, or the payment of a stock dividend (but only on the Common Stock) or any other increase or decrease in the number of issued shares of Common Stock effected without receipt of consideration by the Company (other than stock bonuses to Employees, including, without limitation, officers and directors); provided, however, that the conversion of any convertible securities of the Company shall not be deemed to have been effected without the receipt of consideration. Such adjustment shall be made by the Board, whose determination in that respect shall be final, binding and conclusive. Except as expressly provided herein, no issue by the Company of shares of stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class, shall affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number or price of Shares subject to this Plan or an Option.
          (b) In the event of the merger, consolidation or reorganization of the Company with or into another corporation as a result of which the Company is not the surviving corporation or as a result of which the outstanding Shares are exchanged for or converted into cash or property or securities not of the Company, the Board may (i) make provision for the assumption of all outstanding Options by the successor corporation or a Parent or a Subsidiary thereof, or (ii) declare that outstanding Options shall terminate as of a date fixed by the Board which is at least thirty (30) days after the notice thereof to the Optionee, unless such thirty (30) day period is waived by the Optionee. In the event of a dissolution or liquidation of the Company or the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, the Company’s outstanding Options shall terminate as to an Optionee upon termination of Continuous Status as an Employee.
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action described in this Section, and the aggregate number of shares into which Shares then covered by the Option, when changed as the result of such action, shall be reduced to the largest number of whole shares resulting from such action, unless the Board, in its sole discretion, shall determine to issue scrip certificates in respect to any fractional shares, which scrip certificates, in such event, shall be in a form and have such terms and conditions as the Board in its discretion shall prescribe.
     12. Time of Granting Options. The date of grant of an Option shall be the date on which the Board makes the determination granting such Option; provided, however, that if the Board determines that such grant shall be as of some future date, the date of grant shall be such future date. Notice of the determination shall be given to each Employee to whom an Option is so granted within a reasonable time after the date of such grant.
     13. Amendment and Termination of this Plan.
          (a) Amendment and Termination. The Board may amend or terminate this Plan from time to time in such respects as the Board may deem advisable and shall make any amendments which may be required so that Options intended to be Incentive Stock Options shall at all times continue to be Incentive Stock Options for the purpose of the Code, except that, without approval of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Company’s capital stock, no such revision or amendment shall:
               (i) Increase the number of Shares subject to this Plan, other than in connection with an adjustment under Section 11 of this Plan;
               (ii) Materially change the designation of the class of Employees eligible to be granted Options;
               (iii) Remove the administration of this Plan from the Board (other than to the Committee);
               (iv) Materially increase the benefits accruing to participants under this Plan; or
               (v) Extend the term of this Plan.
          (b) Effect of Amendment or Termination. Except as otherwise provided in Section 11, any amendment or termination of this Plan shall not affect Options already granted and such Options shall remain in full force and effect as if this Plan had not been amended or terminated, unless mutually agreed otherwise between the Optionee and the Company, which agreement must be in writing and signed by the Optionee and the Company.
     14. Conditions Upon Issuance of Shares.
          (a) Shares shall not be issued pursuant to the exercise of an Option unless the exercise of such Option and the issuance and delivery of such Shares pursuant thereto shall

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comply with all relevant provisions of law, including, without limitation, the Securities Act as amended, the Exchange Act, applicable state securities laws, the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and the requirement of any stock exchange upon which the Shares may then be listed, and shall be further subject to the approval of counsel for the Company with respect to such compliance.
          (b) As a condition to the exercise of an Option, the Board may require the person exercising such Option to execute an agreement with, and/or may require the person exercising such Option to make any representation and warranty to, the Company as may in the judgment of counsel to the Company be required under applicable law or regulation, including but not limited to a representation and warranty that the Shares are being purchased only for investment and without any present intention to sell or distribute such Shares if, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, such a representation is appropriate under any of the aforementioned relevant provisions of law.
     15. Reservation of Shares. The Company, during the term of this Plan, at all times shall reserve and keep available such number of Shares as shall be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of this Plan.
     The Company, during the term of this Plan, shall use diligent efforts to seek to obtain from appropriate regulatory agencies any requisite authorization in order to issue and sell such number of Shares as shall be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of this Plan. The inability of the Company to obtain the requisite authorization(s) deemed by the Company’s counsel to be necessary for the lawful issuance and sale of any Shares hereunder, or the inability of the Company to confirm to its satisfaction that any issuance and sale of any Shares hereunder will meet applicable legal requirements, shall relieve the Company of any liability in respect to the failure to issue or sell such Shares as to which such requisite authority shall not have been obtained.
     16. Stock Option and Stock Purchase Agreements. Options shall be evidenced by written stock option agreements in such form or forms as the Board shall approve from time to time. Upon the exercise of an Option, the Optionee shall sign and deliver to the Company a Stock Purchase Agreement (if required to be executed and delivered to the Company by an Optionee as a condition to the exercise of an Option) in such form or forms as the Board shall approve from time to time.
     17. Shareholder Approval. Continuance of this Plan shall be subject to approval by the shareholders of the Company within twelve (12) months before or after the date this Plan is adopted by the Board. If such shareholder approval is obtained at a duly held shareholders’ meeting, it may be obtained by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Company entitled to vote thereon. All Options granted prior to shareholder approval of this Plan are subject to such approval, and if such approval is not obtained within twelve (12) months before or after the date this Plan is adopted by the Board all such Options shall expire and shall be of no further force or effect.
     18. Taxes, Fees, Expenses and Withholding of Taxes.

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          (a) The Company shall pay all original issue and transfer taxes (but not income taxes, if any) with respect to the grant of Options and/or the issue and transfer of Shares pursuant to the exercise thereof, and all other fees and expenses necessarily incurred by the Company in connection therewith, and will from time to time use diligent efforts to comply with all laws and regulations which, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, shall be applicable thereto.
          (b) The grant of Options hereunder and the issuance of Shares pursuant to the exercise thereof is conditioned upon the Company’s reservation of the right to withhold, in accordance with any applicable law, from any compensation payable to the Optionee any taxes required to be withheld by federal, state or local law as a result of the grant or exercise of such Option or the sale of the Shares issued upon exercise thereof. To the extent that compensation or other amounts, if any, payable to the Optionee are insufficient to pay any taxes required to be so withheld, the Company may, in its sole discretion, require the Optionee, as a condition of the exercise of an Option, to pay in cash to the Company an amount sufficient to cover such tax liability or otherwise to make adequate provision for the Company’s satisfaction of its withholding obligations under federal and state law.
          (c) The Board or the Committee may, in its discretion and upon such terms and conditions as it may deem appropriate (including the applicable safe-harbor provisions of SEC Rule 16b-3 and interpretations thereof by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission) provide any or all holders of outstanding option grants under this Plan with the election to have the Company withhold, from the shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable upon the exercise of such options, one or more of such shares with an aggregate fair market value equal to the designated percentage (any multiple of 5% specified by the optionee) of the Federal and State income taxes (“Taxes”) incurred in connection with the acquisition of such Shares. In lieu of such direct withholding, one or more optionees may also be granted the right to deliver shares of Common Stock to the Company in satisfaction of such Taxes. The withheld or delivered shares shall be valued at the Fair Market Value on the applicable determination date for such Taxes or such other date required by the applicable safe-harbor provisions of SEC Rule 16b-3.
     19. Liability of Company. The Company, its Parent or any Subsidiary which is in existence or hereafter comes into existence shall not be liable to an Optionee or other person if it is determined for any reason by the Internal Revenue Service or any court having jurisdiction that any Options intended to be Incentive Stock Options granted hereunder do not qualify as incentive stock options within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.
     20. Information to Optionee. The Company shall provide without charge at least annually to each Optionee during the period his Option is outstanding a balance sheet and income statement of the Company. In the event that the Company provides annual reports or periodic reports to its shareholders during the period in which an Optionee’s Option is outstanding, the Company shall provide to each Optionee a copy of each such report.
     21. Notices. Any notice required or permitted hereunder shall be given in writing and shall be deemed effectively given upon personal delivery or upon deposit in the United States

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mail, as first class, registered or certified mail, with postage and fees prepaid and addressed (i) if to the Company, at its principal place of business, attention: Secretary, or (ii) if to the Optionee at his address as set forth on the signature page of his Option Agreement, or at such other address as either party may from time to time designate in writing to other. It shall be the obligation of each Optionee and each transferee holding Shares purchased upon exercise of an Option to provide the Secretary of the Company, by letter mailed as provided hereinabove, with written notice of his direct mailing address.
     22. No Enlargement of Employee Rights. This Plan is purely voluntary on the part of the Company, and the continuance of this Plan shall not be deemed to constitute a contract between the Company and any Employee, or to be consideration for or a condition of the employment or service of any Employee. Nothing contained in this Plan shall be deemed to give any Employee the right to be retained in the employ or service of the Company, its Parent, Subsidiary or a successor corporation, or to interfere with the right of the Company or any such corporations to discharge or retire any Employee at any time with or without cause and with or without notice. No Employee shall have any right to or interest in Options authorized hereunder prior to the grant thereof to such Employee, and upon such grant such Employee shall have only such rights and interests as are expressly provided herein, subject, however, to all applicable provisions of the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, as the same may be amended from time to time.
     23. Legends on Certificates.
          (a) Federal Law. Unless an appropriate registration statement is filed pursuant to the Securities Act as amended, with respect to the Options and Shares issuable under this Plan, each document or certificate representing such Options or Shares shall be endorsed thereon with a legend substantially as follows:
“THIS OPTION AND THE SECURITIES WHICH MAY BE PURCHASED UPON EXERCISE OF THIS SECURITY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THE SALE OR DISTRIBUTION THEREOF. NO SALE, TRANSFER OR DISTRIBUTION MAY BE EFFECTED WITHOUT AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING THERETO OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.”
          (b) California Legend. If required by the California Commissioner of Corporations, each document or certificate representing the Options or Shares issuable under this Plan shall be endorsed thereon with a legend substantially as follows:

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“IT IS UNLAWFUL TO CONSUMMATE A SALE OR TRANSFER OF THIS OPTION AND THE SECURITIES WHICH MAY BE PURCHASED UPON EXERCISE OF THIS OPTION, OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN, OR TO RECEIVE ANY CONSIDERATION THEREFOR, WITHOUT THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CORPORATIONS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, EXCEPT AS PERMITTED IN THE COMMISSIONER’S RULES.”
          (c) Additional Legends. Each document or certificate representing the Options or Shares issuable under this Plan shall also contain legends as may be required under applicable blue sky laws or by any Stock Purchase Agreement or other agreement the execution of which is a condition to the exercise of an Option under this Plan.
     24. Availability of Plan. A copy of this Plan shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Company and shall be shown by him to any eligible person making reasonable inquiry concerning it.
     25. Compliance with Exchange Act Rule 16b-3. With respect to persons subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, transactions under this Plan are intended to comply with all applicable conditions of Rule 16b-3, promulgated pursuant to the Exchange Act, or its successors. To the extent any provision of this Plan or action by the Board or any Committee fails so to comply, it shall be deemed null and void to the extent permitted by law and deemed advisable by the Board or any Committee.
     26. Invalid Provisions. In the event that any provision of this Plan is found to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable under any applicable law, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not be construed as rendering any other provisions contained herein as invalid or unenforceable, and all such other provisions shall be given full force and effect to the same extent as though the invalid or unenforceable provision was not contained herein.
     27. Applicable Law. This Plan shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California.

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Exhibit 99.2
INTERVIDEO, INC.
2003 STOCK PLAN
(as amended on October 27, 2005)
SECTION 1
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE PLAN
     1.1 Background. The Plan permits the grant of Incentive Stock Option, Nonstatutory Stock Options, Stock Purchase Rights, Restricted Stock, Stock Appreciation Rights, Performance Units and Performance Shares.
     1.2 Purpose. The purposes of this 2003 Stock Plan are (a) to attract and retain the best available personnel for positions of substantial responsibility, (b) to provide additional incentive to Employees, Directors and Consultants, and (c) to promote the success of the Company’s business.
SECTION 2
DEFINITIONS
     As used herein, the following definitions shall apply:
     2.1 “Administrator” means the Board or any of its Committees as shall be administering the Plan, in accordance with Section 4 of the Plan.
     2.2 “Affiliated SAR” means an SAR that is granted in connection with a related Option, and which automatically will be deemed to be exercised at the same time that the related Option is exercised.
     2.3 “Applicable Laws” means the requirements relating to the administration of stock option plans under U. S. state corporate laws, U.S. federal and state securities laws, the Code, any stock exchange or quotation system on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted and the applicable laws of any foreign country or jurisdiction where Awards are, or will be, granted under the Plan.
     2.4 “Award” means, individually or collectively, a grant under the Plan of Options, SARs, Stock Purchase Rights, Restricted Stock, Performance Units or Performance Shares.
     2.5 “Award Agreement” means the written agreement setting forth the terms and provisions applicable to each Award granted under the Plan. The Award Agreement is subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.
     2.6 “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
     2.7 “Change in Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events:
          2.7.1 Any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act),

 


 

directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding voting securities;
          2.7.2 The consummation of the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets;
          2.7.3 A change in the composition of the Board occurring within a two-year period, as a result of which fewer than a majority of the directors are Incumbent Directors. “Incumbent Directors” means directors who either (A) are Directors as of the effective date of the Plan, or (B) are elected, or nominated for election, to the Board with the affirmative votes of at least a majority of the Incumbent Directors at the time of such election or nomination (but will not include an individual whose election or nomination is in connection with an actual or threatened proxy contest relating to the election of directors to the Company); or
          2.7.4 The consummation of a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity or its parent) at least fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power represented by the voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity or its parent outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation.
     2.8 “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Any reference to a section of the Code herein shall be a reference to any successor or amended section of the Code.
     2.9 “Committee” means a committee appointed by the Board in accordance with Section 4 of the Plan.
     2.10 “Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company.
     2.11 “Company” means InterVideo, Inc., a Delaware corporation , or any successor thereto.
     2.12 “Consultant” means any natural person, including an advisor, engaged by the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary to render services to such entity.
     2.13 “Director” means a member of the Board.
     2.14 “Disability” means total and permanent disability as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code, provided that in the case of Awards other than Incentive Stock Options, the Administrator in its discretion may determine whether a permanent and total disability exists in accordance with uniform and non-discriminatory standards adopted by the Administrator from time to time.
     2.15 “Employee” means any person, including Officers and Directors, employed by the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company. Neither service as a Director nor payment of a director’s fee by the Company shall be sufficient to constitute “employment” by the Company.
     2.16 “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

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     2.17 “Exchange Program” means a program under which (a) outstanding Awards are surrendered or cancelled in exchange for Awards of the same type (which may have lower exercise prices and different terms), Awards of a different type, and/or cash, and/or (b) the exercise price of an outstanding Award is reduced. The terms and conditions of any Exchange Program shall be determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion.
     2.18 “Fair Market Value” means, as of any date, the value of Common Stock determined as follows:
          2.18.1 If the Common Stock is listed on any established stock exchange or a national market system, including without limitation the Nasdaq National Market or The Nasdaq SmallCap Market of The Nasdaq Stock Market, its Fair Market Value shall be the closing sales price for such stock (or the closing bid, if no sales were reported) as quoted on such exchange or system on the day of determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Administrator deems reliable;
          2.18.2 If the Common Stock is regularly quoted by a recognized securities dealer but selling prices are not reported, the Fair Market Value of a Share of Common Stock shall be the mean between the high bid and low asked prices for the Common Stock on the day of determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Administrator deems reliable; or
          2.18.3 In the absence of an established market for the Common Stock, the Fair Market Value shall be determined in good faith by the Administrator.
     2.19 “Fiscal Year”.
     2.20 means the fiscal year of the Company.
     2.21 “Freestanding SAR”.
     2.22 means a SAR that is granted independently of any Option.
     2.23 “Incentive Stock Option” means an Option intended to qualify as an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
     2.24 “Inside Director” means a Director who is an Employee.
     2.25 “Nonstatutory Stock Option” means an Option not intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option.
     2.26 “Officer” means a person who is an officer of the Company within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
     2.27 “Option” means a stock option granted pursuant to the Plan.
     2.28 “Optioned Stock” means the Common Stock subject to an Award.
     2.29 “Outside Director” means a Director who is not an Employee.
     2.30 “Parent” means a “parent corporation,” whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(e) of the Code.

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     2.31 “Participant” means the holder of an outstanding Award granted under the Plan.
     2.32 “Performance Share” means an Award granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 9.
     2.33 “Performance Unit” means an Award granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 9.
     2.33 “Period of Restriction”.
     2.34 means the period during which the transfer of Shares of Restricted Stock are subject to restrictions and therefore, the Shares are subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture. Such restrictions may be based on the passage of time, the achievement of target levels of performance, or the occurrence of other events as determined by the Administrator, in its discretion.
     2.35 “Plan” means this 2003 Stock Plan.
     2.36 “Registration Date” means the effective date of the first registration statement which is filed by the Company and declared effective pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, with respect to any class of the Company’s securities.
     2.37 “Restricted Stock” means shares of Common Stock acquired pursuant to a grant of Stock Purchase Rights under Section 6 of the Plan or issued pursuant to Section 7 of the Plan.
     2.38 “Rule 16b-3” means Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act or any successor to Rule 16b-3, as in effect when discretion is being exercised with respect to the Plan.
     2.39 “Section 16(b) “ means Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act.
     2.40 “Service Provider” means an Employee, Director or Consultant.
     2.41 “Share” means a share of the Common Stock, as adjusted in accordance with Section 3 of the Plan.
     2.42 “Stock Appreciation Right” or “SAR” means an Award, granted alone or in connection with a related Option, that pursuant to Section 8 is designated as an SAR.
     2.43 “Stock Purchase Right” means the right to purchase Common Stock pursuant to Section 6 of the Plan.
     2.44 “Subsidiary” means a “subsidiary corporation”, whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code.
     2.45 “Tandem SAR” means an SAR that is granted in connection with a related Option, the exercise of which shall require forfeiture of the right to purchase an equal number of Shares under the related Option (and when a Share is purchased under the Option, the SAR shall be canceled to the same extent).

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SECTION 3
SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN
     3.1 Stock Subject to the Plan. The maximum aggregate number of Shares that may be optioned and sold under the Plan consists of (a) 216,480 Shares initially reserved for issuance under the Plan, (b) any Shares which have been reserved but not issued under the Company’s 1998 Stock Option Plan (the “1998 Plan”), as of the Registration Date, (c) any Shares returned to the 1998 Plan as a result of the termination of options or the repurchase of unvested Shares issued under the 1998 Plan, on or after the Registration Date, and (d) an annual increase to be added on the first day of the 2004 Fiscal Year, equal to the lesser of (i) 1,082,400 shares, (ii) 5% of the outstanding shares on such date or (iii) an amount determined by the Board. The Shares may be authorized, but unissued, or reacquired Common Stock. Subject to the following paragraph, the maximum aggregate number of Shares that may be optioned and sold under the Plan pursuant to subsections (a), (b) and (c) shall not exceed the sum of subsections (a), (b) and (c).
     3.2 Lapsed Awards. If an Award expires or becomes unexercisable without having been exercised in full, or is surrendered pursuant to an Exchange Program, the unpurchased Shares which were subject thereto shall become available for future grant or sale under the Plan (unless the Plan has terminated); provided, however, that Shares that have actually been issued under the Plan, whether upon exercise or grant of an Award, shall not be returned to the Plan and shall not become available for future distribution under the Plan, except that if unvested Shares are forfeited or repurchased by the Company at their original purchase price or, if less than their original purchase price, their fair market value, such Shares shall become available for future grant under the Plan.
     3.3 Adjustments. In the event that any dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, Shares, other securities, or other property), recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, repurchase, or exchange of Shares or other securities of the Company, or other change in the corporate structure of the Company affecting the Shares such that an adjustment is determined by the Administrator (in its sole discretion) to be appropriate in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan, then the Administrator shall, in such manner as it may deem equitable, adjust the number and class of Shares which may be delivered under the Plan, the number, class, and price of Shares covered by each outstanding Award, and the numerical Share limits of Section 5.
     3.4 Share Reserve. The Company, during the term of this Plan, will at all times reserve and keep available such number of Shares as shall be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the Plan.
SECTION 4
ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN
     4.1 Procedure.
          4.1.1 Multiple Administrative Bodies. Different Committees with respect to different groups of Service Providers may administer the Plan.

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          4.1.2 Section 162(m). To the extent that the Administrator determines it to be desirable to qualify Options granted hereunder as “performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code, the Plan shall be administered by a Committee of two or more “outside directors” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code.
          4.1.3 Rule 16b-3. To the extent desirable to qualify transactions hereunder as exempt under Rule 16b-3, the transactions contemplated hereunder shall be structured to satisfy the requirements for exemption under Rule 16b-3.
          4.1.4 Other Administration. Other than as provided above, the Plan shall be administered by (A) the Board or (B) a Committee, which committee shall be constituted to satisfy Applicable Laws.
     4.2 Powers of the Administrator. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, and in the case of a Committee, subject to the specific duties delegated by the Board to such Committee, the Administrator shall have the authority, in its discretion: (a) to determine the Fair Market Value; (b) to select the Service Providers to whom Awards may be granted hereunder; (c) to determine the number of shares of Common Stock to be covered by each Award granted hereunder; (d) to approve forms of agreement for use under the Plan; (e) to determine the terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, of any Award granted hereunder. Such terms and conditions include, but are not limited to, the exercise price, the time or times when Awards may be exercised (which may be based on performance criteria), any vesting acceleration or waiver of forfeiture restrictions, and any restriction or limitation regarding any Award or the shares of Common Stock relating thereto, based in each case on such factors as the Administrator, in its sole discretion, shall determine; (f) to institute an Exchange Program; (g) to construe and interpret the terms of the Plan and awards granted pursuant to the Plan; (h) to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan, including rules and regulations relating to sub-plans established for the purpose of satisfying applicable foreign laws; (i) to modify or amend each Award (subject to Section 17.3 of the Plan), including the discretionary authority to extend the post-termination exercisability period of Options longer than is otherwise provided for in the Plan; (j) to allow Participants to satisfy withholding tax obligations by electing to have the Company withhold from the Shares to be issued upon exercise of an Award that number of Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to the minimum amount required to be withheld (the Fair Market Value of the Shares to be withheld shall be determined on the date that the amount of tax to be withheld is to be determined and all elections by a Participant to have Shares withheld for this purpose shall be made in such form and under such conditions as the Administrator may deem necessary or advisable); (k) to authorize any person to execute on behalf of the Company any instrument required to effect the grant of an Award previously granted by the Administrator; (l) allow a Participant to defer the receipt of the payment of cash or the delivery of Shares that would otherwise be due to such Participant under an Award, and (m) to make all other determinations deemed necessary or advisable for administering the Plan.
     4.3 Effect of Administrator’s Decision. The Administrator’s decisions, determinations and interpretations shall be final and binding on all Participants and any other holders of Awards.

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SECTION 5
STOCK OPTIONS
     5.1 Limitations.
          5.1.1 Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to Employees.
          5.1.2 Each Option shall be designated in the Award Agreement as either an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonstatutory Stock Option. However, notwithstanding such designation, to the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value of the Shares with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by the Participant during any calendar year (under all plans of the Company and any Parent or Subsidiary) exceeds $100,000, such Options shall be treated as Nonstatutory Stock Options. For purposes of this Section 5.1.2, Incentive Stock Options shall be taken into account in the order in which they were granted. The Fair Market Value of the Shares shall be determined as of the time the Option with respect to such Shares is granted.
          5.1.3 The following limitations shall apply to grants of Options:
               (a) No Service Provider shall be granted, in any Fiscal Year, Options to purchase more than 1,082,400 Shares.
               (b) In connection with his or her initial service as an Employee, a Service Provider may be granted Options to purchase up to an additional 541,200 Shares, which shall not count against the limit set forth in subsection (a) above.
               (c) The foregoing limitations shall be adjusted proportionately in connection with any change described in Section 3.3.
               (d) If an Option is cancelled in the same Fiscal Year in which it was granted (other than in connection with a transaction described in Section 13), the cancelled Option will be counted against the limits set forth in subsections (a) and (b) above. For this purpose, if the exercise price of an Option is reduced, the transaction will be treated as a cancellation of the Option and the grant of a new Option.
     5.2 Term of Option. The term of each Option shall be stated in the Award Agreement. In the case of an Incentive Stock Option, the term shall be ten (10) years from the date of grant or such shorter term as may be provided in the Award Agreement. Moreover, in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to a Participant who, at the time the Incentive Stock Option is granted, owns stock representing more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary, the term of the Incentive Stock Option shall be five (5) years from the date of grant or such shorter term as may be provided in the Award Agreement.
     5.3 Option Exercise Price and Consideration.
          5.3.1 Exercise Price. The per share exercise price for the Shares to be issued pursuant to exercise of an Option shall be determined by the Administrator, subject to the following:

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               (a) In the case of an Incentive Stock Option
                    (i) granted to an Employee who, at the time the Incentive Stock Option is granted, owns stock representing more than ten percent (10%) of the voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary, the per Share exercise price shall be no less than 110% of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant.
                    (ii) granted to any Employee other than an Employee described in paragraph (i) immediately above, the per Share exercise price shall be no less than 100% of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant.
               (b) In the case of a Nonstatutory Stock Option, the per Share exercise price shall be determined by the Administrator. In the case of a Nonstatutory Stock Option intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code, the per Share exercise price shall be no less than 100% of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant.
               (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, Options may be granted with a per Share exercise price of less than 100% of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant pursuant to a merger or other corporate transaction.
          5.3.2 Waiting Period and Exercise Dates. At the time an Option is granted, the Administrator shall fix the period within which the Option may be exercised and shall determine any conditions that must be satisfied before the Option may be exercised.
          5.3.3 Form of Consideration. The Administrator shall determine the acceptable form of consideration for exercising an Option, including the method of payment. In the case of an Incentive Stock Option, the Administrator shall determine the acceptable form of consideration at the time of grant. Such consideration may consist entirely of: (i) cash; (ii) check; (iii) promissory note; (iv) other Shares which, in the case of Shares acquired from the Company, (A) have been owned by the Participant for more than six (6) months on the date of surrender, and (B) have a Fair Market Value on the date of surrender equal to the aggregate exercise price of the Shares as to which said Option shall be exercised; (v) consideration received by the Company under a cashless exercise program implemented by the Company in connection with the Plan; (vi) a reduction in the amount of any Company liability to the Participant, including any liability attributable to the Participant’s participation in any Company-sponsored deferred compensation program or arrangement; (vii) any combination of the foregoing methods of payment; or (viii) such other consideration and method of payment for the issuance of Shares to the extent permitted by Applicable Laws.
     5.4 Exercise of Option.
          5.4.1 Procedure for Exercise; Rights as a Stockholder. Any Option granted hereunder shall be exercisable according to the terms of the Plan and at such times and under such conditions as determined by the Administrator and set forth in the Award Agreement. An Option may not be exercised for a fraction of a Share.
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to exercise the Option, and (ii) full payment for the Shares with respect to which the Option is exercised. Full payment may consist of any consideration and method of payment authorized by the Administrator and permitted by the Award Agreement and the Plan. Shares issued upon exercise of an Option shall be issued in the name of the Participant or, if requested by the Participant, in the name of the Participant and his or her spouse. Until the Shares are issued (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company), no right to vote or receive dividends or any other rights as a stockholder shall exist with respect to the Optioned Stock, notwithstanding the exercise of the Option. The Company shall issue (or cause to be issued) such Shares promptly after the Option is exercised. No adjustment will be made for a dividend or other right for which the record date is prior to the date the Shares are issued, except as provided in Section 3.3 of the Plan.
               Exercising an Option in any manner shall decrease the number of Shares thereafter available, both for purposes of the Plan and for sale under the Option, by the number of Shares as to which the Option is exercised.
          5.4.2 Termination of Relationship as a Service Provider. If a Participant ceases to be a Service Provider, other than upon the Participant’s death or Disability, the Participant may exercise his or her Option within such period of time as is specified in the Award Agreement to the extent that the Option is vested on the date of termination (but in no event later than the expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in the Award Agreement). In the absence of a specified time in the Award Agreement, the Option shall remain exercisable for three (3) months following the Participant’s termination. If, on the date of termination, the Participant is not vested as to his or her entire Option, the Shares covered by the unvested portion of the Option shall revert to the Plan. If, after termination, the Participant does not exercise his or her Option within the time specified by the Administrator, the Option shall terminate, and the Shares covered by such Option shall revert to the Plan.
          5.4.3 Disability of Participant. If a Participant ceases to be a Service Provider as a result of the Participant’s Disability, the Participant may exercise his or her Option within such period of time as is specified in the Award Agreement to the extent the Option is vested on the date of termination (but in no event later than the expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in the Award Agreement). In the absence of a specified time in the Award Agreement, the Option shall remain exercisable for twelve (12) months following the Participant’s termination. If, on the date of termination, the Participant is not vested as to his or her entire Option, the Shares covered by the unvested portion of the Option shall revert to the Plan. If, after termination, the Participant does not exercise his or her Option within the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate, and the Shares covered by such Option shall revert to the Plan.
          5.4.4 Death of Participant. If a Participant dies while a Service Provider, the Option may be exercised following the Participant’s death within such period of time as is specified in the Award Agreement to the extent that the Option is vested on the date of death (but in no event may the option be exercised later than the expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in the Award Agreement), by the Participant’s designated beneficiary, provided such beneficiary has been designated prior to Participant’s death in a form acceptable to the Administrator. If no such beneficiary has been designated by the Participant, then such Option may be exercised by the personal representative of the Participant’s estate or by the person(s) to whom the Option is

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transferred pursuant to the Participant’s will or in accordance with the laws of descent and distribution. In the absence of a specified time in the Award Agreement, the Option shall remain exercisable for twelve (12) months following Participant’s death. If, at the time of death, Participant is not vested as to his or her entire Option, the Shares covered by the unvested portion of the Option shall immediately revert to the Plan. If the Option is not so exercised within the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate, and the Shares covered by such Option shall revert to the Plan.
SECTION 6
STOCK PURCHASE RIGHTS
     6.1 Rights to Purchase. Stock Purchase Rights may be issued either alone, in addition to, or in tandem with other awards granted under the Plan and/or cash awards made outside of the Plan. After the Administrator determines that it will offer Stock Purchase Rights under the Plan, it shall advise the offeree in writing or electronically, by means of an Award Agreement, of the terms, conditions and restrictions related to the offer, including the number of Shares that the offeree shall be entitled to purchase, the price to be paid, and the time within which the offeree must accept such offer. The offer shall be accepted by execution of an Award Agreement in the form determined by the Administrator.
     6.2 Repurchase Option. Unless the Administrator determines otherwise, the Award Agreement shall grant the Company a repurchase option exercisable upon the voluntary or involuntary termination of the purchaser’s service with the Company for any reason (including death or Disability). The purchase price for Shares repurchased pursuant to the Award Agreement shall be determined by the Administrator and may be paid by cancellation of any indebtedness of the purchaser to the Company. The repurchase option shall lapse at a rate determined by the Administrator.
     6.3 Other Provisions. The Award Agreement shall contain such other terms, provisions and conditions not inconsistent with the Plan as may be determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion.
     6.4 Rights as a Stockholder. Once the Stock Purchase Right is exercised, the purchaser shall have the rights equivalent to those of a stockholder, and shall be a stockholder when his or her purchase is entered upon the records of the duly authorized transfer agent of the Company. No adjustment will be made for a dividend or other right for which the record date is prior to the date the Stock Purchase Right is exercised, except as provided in Section 3.3 of the Plan.
SECTION 7
RESTRICTED STOCK
     7.1 Grant of Restricted Stock. Subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan, the Administrator, at any time and from time to time, may grant Shares of Restricted Stock to Service Providers in such amounts as the Administrator, in its sole discretion, shall determine. The Administrator, in its sole discretion, shall determine the number of Shares to be granted to each Service Provider.
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such other terms and conditions as the Administrator, in its sole discretion, shall determine. Unless the Administrator determines otherwise, Shares of Restricted Stock shall be held by the Company as escrow agent until the restrictions on such Shares have lapsed.
     7.3 Transferability. Except as provided in this Section 7, Shares of Restricted Stock may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated until the end of the applicable Period of Restriction.
     7.4 Other Restrictions. The Administrator, in its sole discretion, may impose such other restrictions on Shares of Restricted Stock as it may deem advisable or appropriate.
     7.5 Removal of Restrictions. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 7, Shares of Restricted Stock covered by each Restricted Stock grant made under the Plan shall be released from escrow as soon as practicable after the last day of the Period of Restriction. The Administrator, in its discretion, may accelerate the time at which any restrictions shall lapse or be removed. After the restrictions have lapsed, the Service Provider shall be entitled to have any legend or legends under Section 7.4.3 removed from his or her Share certificate, and the Shares shall be freely transferable by the Service Provider.
     7.6 Voting Rights. During the Period of Restriction, Service Providers holding Shares of Restricted Stock granted hereunder may exercise full voting rights with respect to those Shares, unless the Administrator determines otherwise.
     7.7 Dividends and Other Distributions. During the Period of Restriction, Service Providers holding Shares of Restricted Stock shall be entitled to receive all dividends and other distributions paid with respect to such Shares unless otherwise provided in the Award Agreement. If any such dividends or distributions are paid in Shares, the Shares shall be subject to the same restrictions on transferability and forfeitability as the Shares of Restricted Stock with respect to which they were paid.
     7.8 Return of Restricted Stock to Company.
     7.9 On the date set forth in the Award Agreement, the Restricted Stock for which restrictions have not lapsed shall revert to the Company and again shall become available for grant under the Plan.
SECTION 8
STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS
     8.1 Grant of SARs. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, a SAR may be granted to Service Providers at any time and from time to time as shall be determined by the Administrator, in its sole discretion. The Administrator may grant Affiliated SARs, Freestanding SARs, Tandem SARs, or any combination thereof.
          8.1.1 Number of Shares. The Administrator shall have complete discretion to determine the number of SARs granted to any Service Provider.
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under the Plan. However, the exercise price of Tandem or Affiliated SARs shall equal the Exercise Price of the related Option.
     8.2 Exercise of Tandem SARs. Tandem SARs may be exercised for all or part of the Shares subject to the related Option upon the surrender of the right to exercise the equivalent portion of the related Option. A Tandem SAR may be exercised only with respect to the Shares for which its related Option is then exercisable. With respect to a Tandem SAR granted in connection with an Incentive Stock Option: (a) the Tandem SAR shall expire no later than the expiration of the underlying Incentive Stock Option; (b) the value of the payout with respect to the Tandem SAR shall be for no more than one hundred percent (100%) of the difference between the Exercise Price of the underlying Incentive Stock Option and the Fair Market Value of the Shares subject to the underlying Incentive Stock Option at the time the Tandem SAR is exercised; and (c) the Tandem SAR shall be exercisable only when the Fair Market Value of the Shares subject to the Incentive Stock Option exceeds the Exercise Price of the Incentive Stock Option.
     8.3 Exercise of Affiliated SARs. An Affiliated SAR shall be deemed to be exercised upon the exercise of the related Option. The deemed exercise of an Affiliated SAR shall not necessitate a reduction in the number of Shares subject to the related Option.
     8.4 Exercise of Freestanding SARs. Freestanding SARs shall be exercisable on such terms and conditions as the Administrator, in its sole discretion, shall determine.
     8.5 SAR Agreement. Each SAR grant shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement that shall specify the exercise price, the term of the SAR, the conditions of exercise, and such other terms and conditions as the Administrator, in its sole discretion, shall determine.
     8.6 Expiration of SARs. An SAR granted under the Plan shall expire upon the date determined by the Administrator, in its sole discretion, and set forth in the Award Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the rules of Section 5.4 also shall apply to SARs.
     8.7 Payment of SAR Amount. Upon exercise of an SAR, a Participant shall be entitled to receive payment from the Company in an amount determined by multiplying:
          (a) The difference between the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of exercise over the exercise price; times
          (b) The number of Shares with respect to which the SAR is exercised.
     At the discretion of the Administrator, the payment upon SAR exercise may be in cash, in Shares of equivalent value, or in some combination thereof.
SECTION 9
PERFORMANCE UNITS AND PERFORMANCE SHARES
     9.1 Grant of Performance Units/Shares. Performance Units and Performance Shares may be granted to Service Providers at any time and from time to time, as shall be determined by the Administrator, in its sole discretion. The Administrator shall have complete discretion in determining the number of Performance Units and Performance Shares granted to each Participant.

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     9.2 Value of Performance Units/Shares. Each Performance Unit shall have an initial value that is established by the Administrator on or before the date of grant. Each Performance Share shall have an initial value equal to the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of grant.
     9.3 Performance Objectives and Other Terms. The Administrator shall set performance objectives in its discretion which, depending on the extent to which they are met, will determine the number or value of Performance Units/Shares that will be paid out to the Service Providers. The time period during which the performance objectives must be met shall be called the “Performance Period.” Each Award of Performance Units/Shares shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement that shall specify the Performance Period, and such other terms and conditions as the Administrator, in its sole discretion, shall determine. The Administrator may set performance objectives based upon the achievement of Company-wide, divisional, or individual goals, applicable federal or state securities laws, or any other basis determined by the Administrator in its discretion.
     9.4 Earning of Performance Units/Shares. After the applicable Performance Period has ended, the holder of Performance Units/Shares shall be entitled to receive a payout of the number of Performance Units/Shares earned by the Participant over the Performance Period, to be determined as a function of the extent to which the corresponding performance objectives have been achieved. After the grant of a Performance Unit/Share, the Administrator, in its sole discretion, may reduce or waive any performance objectives for such Performance Unit/Share.
     9.5 Form and Timing of Payment of Performance Units/Shares. Payment of earned Performance Units/Shares shall be made as soon as practicable after the expiration of the applicable Performance Period. The Administrator, in its sole discretion, may pay earned Performance Units/Shares in the form of cash, in Shares (which have an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the value of the earned Performance Units/Shares at the close of the applicable Performance Period) or in a combination thereof.
     9.6 Cancellation of Performance Units/Shares. On the date set forth in the Award Agreement, all unearned or unvested Performance Units/Shares shall be forfeited to the Company, and again shall be available for grant under the Plan.
SECTION 10
FORMULA OPTION GRANTS TO OUTSIDE DIRECTORS
     All grants of Options to Outside Directors pursuant to this Section shall be automatic and nondiscretionary and shall be made strictly in accordance with the following provisions:
     10.1 Type of Option. All Options granted pursuant to this Section shall be Nonstatutory Stock Options and, except as otherwise provided herein, shall be subject to the other terms and conditions of the Plan.
     10.2 No Discretion. No person shall have any discretion to select which Outside Directors shall be granted Options under this Section or to determine the number of Shares to be covered by such Options.
     10.3 First Option. Each person who first becomes an Outside Director following the Registration Date shall be automatically granted an Option to purchase 20,295 Shares (the “First

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Option”) on or about the date on which such person first becomes an Outside Director, whether through election by the stockholders of the Company or appointment by the Board to fill a vacancy; provided, however, that an Inside Director who ceases to be an Inside Director but who remains a Director shall not receive a First Option.
     10.4 Subsequent Option. Each Outside Director shall be automatically granted an Option to purchase 5,412 Shares (a “Subsequent Option”) on each date of the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Company beginning in 2004, if as of such date, he or she shall have served on the Board for at least the preceding six (6) months.
     10.5 Limitation. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 10.3 and 10.4, any exercise of an Option granted before the Company has obtained stockholder approval of the Plan in accordance with Section 20 shall be conditioned upon obtaining such stockholder approval of the Plan in accordance with Section 20.
     10.6 Terms. The terms of each Option granted pursuant to this Section shall be as follows:
          10.6.1 The term of the Option shall be ten (10) years.
          10.6.2 The exercise price per Share shall be 100% of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant of the Option.
          10.6.3 Subject to Section 13, the First Option shall vest and become exercisable as to 33 1/3% of the Shares subject to the Option on the first anniversary of its date of grant, and as to 1/36 of the Shares subject to the Option each full month thereafter, provided that the Participant continues to serve as a Service Provider on such dates.
          10.6.4 Subject to Section 13, the Subsequent Option shall vest and become exercisable as to 100% of the Shares subject to the Option on the anniversary of its date of grant, provided that the Participant continues to serve as a Service Provider on such date.
SECTION 11
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
     Unless the Administrator provides otherwise, vesting of Awards granted hereunder shall be suspended during any unpaid leave of absence. A Service Provider shall not cease to be an Employee in the case of (i) any leave of absence approved by the Company or (ii) transfers between locations of the Company or between the Company, its Parent, or any Subsidiary. For purposes of Incentive Stock Options, no such leave may exceed ninety days, unless reemployment upon expiration of such leave is guaranteed by statute or contract. If reemployment upon expiration of a leave of absence approved by the Company is not so guaranteed, then three (3) months following the 91st day of such leave any Incentive Stock Option held by the Participant shall cease to be treated as an Incentive Stock Option and shall be treated for tax purposes as a Nonstatutory Stock Option.

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SECTION 12
TRANSFERABILITY OF AWARDS
     Unless determined otherwise by the Administrator, an Award may not be sold, pledged, assigned, hypothecated, transferred, or disposed of in any manner other than by will or by the laws of descent or distribution and may be exercised, during the lifetime of the Participant, only by the Participant. If the Administrator makes an Award transferable, such Award shall contain such additional terms and conditions as the Administrator deems appropriate.
SECTION 13
DISSOLUTION OR LIQUIDATION OR CHANGE IN CONTROL
     13.1 Dissolution or Liquidation. In the event of the proposed dissolution or liquidation of the Company, the Administrator shall notify each Participant as soon as practicable prior to the effective date of such proposed transaction. To the extent it has not been previously exercised, an Award will terminate immediately prior to the consummation of such proposed action.
     13.2 Change in Control. In the event of a Change in Control, each outstanding Option, and Stock Purchase Right shall be assumed or an equivalent option or right substituted by the successor corporation or a Parent or Subsidiary of the successor corporation.
          In the event that the successor corporation refuses to assume or substitute for the Option or Stock Purchase Right, the Participant shall fully vest in and have the right to exercise the Option or Stock Purchase Right as to all of the Optioned Stock, including Shares as to which it would not otherwise be vested or exercisable. If an Option or Stock Purchase Right becomes fully vested and exercisable in lieu of assumption or substitution in the event of a Change in Control, the Administrator shall notify the Participant in writing or electronically that the Option or Stock Purchase Right shall be fully vested and exercisable (subject to the consummation of the Change of Control) for a period of fifteen (15) days from the date of such notice, and the Option or Stock Purchase Right shall terminate upon the expiration of such period.
          With respect to Options granted to an Outside Director that are assumed or substituted for, if following such assumption or substitution the Participant’s status as a Director or a director of the successor corporation, as applicable, is terminated other than upon a voluntary resignation by the Participant, then the Participant shall fully vest in and have the right to exercise the Option as to all of the Optioned Stock, including Shares as to which it would not otherwise be vested or exercisable.
          For the purposes of this subsection (c), the Option or Stock Purchase Right shall be considered assumed if, following the Change in Control, the option or right confers the right to purchase or receive, for each Share of Optioned Stock subject to the Option or Stock Purchase Right immediately prior to the Change in Control, the consideration (whether stock, cash, or other securities or property) received in the Change in Control by holders of Common Stock for each Share held on the effective date of the transaction (and if holders were offered a choice of consideration, the type of consideration chosen by the holders of a majority of the outstanding Shares); provided, however, that if such consideration received in the Change in Control is not solely common stock of the successor corporation or its Parent, the Administrator may, with the consent of

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the successor corporation, provide for the consideration to be received upon the exercise of the Option or Stock Purchase Right, for each Share of Optioned Stock subject to the Option or Stock Purchase Right, to be solely common stock of the successor corporation or its Parent equal in fair market value to the per share consideration received by holders of Common Stock in the Change in Control.]
SECTION 14
NO EFFECT ON EMPLOYMENT OR SERVICE
     Neither the Plan nor any Award shall confer upon a Participant any right with respect to continuing the Participant’s relationship as a Service Provider with the Company, nor shall they interfere in any way with the Participant’s right or the Company’s right to terminate such relationship at any time, with or without cause, to the extent permitted by Applicable Laws.
SECTION 15
DATE OF GRANT
     The date of grant of an Award shall be, for all purposes, the date on which the Administrator makes the determination granting such Award, or such other later date as is determined by the Administrator. Notice of the determination shall be provided to each Participant within a reasonable time after the date of such grant.
SECTION 16
TERM OF PLAN
     Subject to Section 20 of the Plan, the Plan shall become effective upon its adoption by the Board. It shall continue in effect for a term of ten (10) years unless terminated earlier under Section 17 of the Plan.
SECTION 17
AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF THE PLAN
     17.1 Amendment and Termination. The Administrator may at any time amend, alter, suspend or terminate the Plan.
     17.2 Stockholder Approval. The Company shall obtain stockholder approval of any Plan amendment to the extent necessary and desirable to comply with Applicable Laws.
     17.3 Effect of Amendment or Termination. No amendment, alteration, suspension or termination of the Plan shall impair the rights of any Participant, unless mutually agreed otherwise between the Participant and the Administrator, which agreement must be in writing and signed by the Participant and the Company. Termination of the Plan shall not affect the Administrator’s ability to exercise the powers granted to it hereunder with respect to Awards granted under the Plan prior to the date of such termination.

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SECTION 18
CONDITIONS UPON ISSUANCE OF SHARES
     18.1 Legal Compliance. Shares shall not be issued pursuant to the exercise of an Award unless the exercise of such Award and the issuance and delivery of such Shares shall comply with Applicable Laws and shall be further subject to the approval of counsel for the Company with respect to such compliance.
     18.2 Investment Representations. As a condition to the exercise of an Award, the Company may require the person exercising such Award to represent and warrant at the time of any such exercise that the Shares are being purchased only for investment and without any present intention to sell or distribute such Shares if, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, such a representation is required.
SECTION 19
INABILITY TO OBTAIN AUTHORITY
     The inability of the Company to obtain authority from any regulatory body having jurisdiction, which authority is deemed by the Company’s counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any Shares hereunder, shall relieve the Company of any liability in respect of the failure to issue or sell such Shares as to which such requisite authority shall not have been obtained.
SECTION 20
STOCKHOLDER APPROVAL
     The Plan shall be subject to approval by the stockholders of the Company within twelve (12) months after the date the Plan is adopted. Such stockholder approval shall be obtained in the manner and to the degree required under Applicable Laws.
SECTION 21
WITHHOLDING
     21.1 Withholding Requirements. Prior to the delivery of any Shares or cash pursuant to an Award (or exercise thereof), the Company shall have the power and the right to deduct or withhold, or require a Participant to remit to the Company, an amount sufficient to satisfy federal, state, and local taxes (including the Participant’s FICA obligation) required to be withheld with respect to such Award (or exercise thereof).
     21.2 Withholding Arrangements. The Administrator, in its sole discretion and pursuant to such procedures as it may specify from time to time, may permit a Participant to satisfy such tax withholding obligation, in whole or in part by (a) electing to have the Company withhold otherwise deliverable Shares, or (b) delivering to the Company already-owned Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to the amount required to be withheld. The amount of the withholding requirement shall be deemed to include any amount which the Administrator agrees may be withheld at the time the election is made, not to exceed the amount determined by using the maximum federal, state or local marginal income tax rates applicable to the Participant with respect to the Award on the date

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that the amount of tax to be withheld is to be determined. The Fair Market Value of the Shares to be withheld or delivered shall be determined as of the date that the taxes are required to be withheld.

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APPENDIX A
PROVISIONS FOR INDIAN RESIDENTS
     This Appendix A is intended to suitably modify certain provisions of the InterVideo, Inc. 2003 Stock Plan (the “Plan”) so as to align it with the provisions of Indian law relevant and applicable to the grant of Options to employees of InterVideo India Software Private Limited, subsidiary of the Company, (herein after referred to as the “Indian Subsidiary”) incorporated and existing under the laws of India.
     With respect to Options granted to Indian employees, the following provisions shall apply notwithstanding anything in the Plan or the Award Agreement to the contrary:
SECTION 1
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
     1.1 Definitions
          1.1.1 “Indian Employee” means:
               (a) a permanent employee of the Indian Subsidiary.
               (b) a director of the Indian Subsidiary, whether whole time or not.
          1.1.2 “Indian Subsidiary” means InterVideo India Software Private Limited.
          1.1.3 “Promoter” means:
               (a) the person or persons who are in over-all control of the Indian Subsidiary;
               (b) the person or persons who are instrumental in the formation of the Indian Subsidiary or programme pursuant to which shares of the Indian Subsidiary may be offered to the public;
               (c) the person or persons who are named in the offer document (inviting subscription from the public to the shares of the Indian Subsidiaries) as promoter(s), in the event the Indian Subsidiaries decided to offer shares to the public.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.1.3, a director or officer of the Indian Subsidiary, if he is acting as such only in his professional capacity, will not be deemed to be a Promoter.
[Explanation: Where a Promoter of the Indian Subsidiary is a corporate body, the promoter of that corporate body shall also be deemed to be a Promoter of the Indian Subsidiaries.]
          1.1.4 “Promoter Group” in relation to an offer of equity/ securities means:

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               (a) the “promoter”;
               (b) an immediate relative of the promoter (i.e., any spouse of that person, or any parent, brother, sister or child of the person or spouse);
               (c) where the “promoter”, is a corporate body, (i) a subsidiary or holding company of that body, or (ii) any company in which the “promoter” holds 10 percent (10%) or more of the equity capital or which holds 10 percent (10%), or more of the equity capital of the promoter, or (iii) any corporate body in which a group of individuals or corporate bodies or combinations thereof who hold twenty percent (20%) or more of the equity capital in that company also hold twenty percent (20%) or more of the equity capital of the issuer;
               (d) where the “promoter” is an individual, (a) any company in which ten percent (10%), or more of the share capital is held by the “promoter” or an immediate relative of the “promoter” or a firm of Hindu undivided family in which the “promoter” or his immediate relative is a member, (b) any company in which a company specified in (i) above, holds 10 percent (10%) or more, of the share capital, or (c) any Hindu undivided family or firm in which the aggregate share of the promoter and his immediate relatives is equal to or more than 10 percent (10%) of the total; and
               (e) includes all persons whose shareholdings is aggregated for the purposes of disclosure in the offering documents of the “shareholding of the promoter group”.
          1.1.5 “Relative” means immediate relative namely spouse, parent, brother, sister or child of the person or the spouse.
          1.1.6 “Subsidiary Award” means an Option granted to an Employee of the Indian Subsidiary.
     1.2 All defined terms that are not otherwise defined under this Appendix A, shall have the meaning attributed to them under the provisions of the Plan and the Award Agreement.
     1.3 Except to the extent as set forth in this Appendix and where not contrary to the meaning or intention herein, the provisions of the Plan and the Award Agreement shall apply to the Employees and other persons granted Subsidiary Awards.
SECTION 2
PRICE
     2.1 The Subsidiary Awards shall be granted to the Employees at an exercise or purchase price as set forth in the Plan (the “Exercise Price”). The Exercise Price is the price the Employees must pay in order to exercise their right to purchase the Shares underlying the Subsidiary Awards, at the time that such right becomes available, as per the terms in this regard set forth in the Plan and in the Award Agreement.
     2.2 The Administrator determines the Exercise Price, based on the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock.

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SECTION 3
ASSENT OF BOARD/SHAREHOLDERS
     The approval of the Board of the Company to the Plan was accorded on January 2002 and the approval of the stockholders of the Company was accorded on April 2002.
     The assent of the Board, approving this Appendix A for the Indian Subsidiaries was accorded on October 27, 2005.
     The assent of the board of directors of the Indian Subsidiary to the Plan, including its appendices shall be accorded by such board of directors, as and when the said board of directors adopts this Plan for the participation of the Employees.
SECTION 4
PARTICIPATION
     Participation in the Plan and the grant of Subsidiary Awards shall be open to all Indian Employees of, and other individuals providing bona fide services to or for, the Indian Subsidiary as may be selected by the Administrator from time to time; provided, however, that an Indian Employee who is a Promoter or belongs to the Promoter Group or a director who either by himself or through his Relative or through any body corporate, directly or indirectly holds more than 10% of the outstanding equity shares of the Indian Subsidiary shall not be eligible to participate in the Plan pursuant to the provisions of this Appendix A.

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