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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 19, 2000
Registration No. 333-
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
INTERNAP NETWORK SERVICES CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
WASHINGTON 91-1896926
(State of Incorporation) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
601 UNION STREET, SUITE 1000
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
2000 NON-OFFICER EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
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PAUL E. MCBRIDE, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER COPIES TO:
THOMAS B. YOUTH, ESQ., DIRECTOR OF LEGAL AFFAIRS CHRISTOPHER W. WRIGHT, ESQ.
INTERNAP NETWORK SERVICES CORPORATION H. MARLOW GREEN, ESQ.
601 UNION STREET, SUITE 1000 COOLEY GODWARD LLP
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101 5200 CARILLON POINT
(206) 441-8800 KIRKLAND WASHINGTON 98033
(Name, address, and telephone number, (425) 893-7700
including area code, of agent for service)
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed Maximum Proposed Maximum Amount of
Title of Securities Amount to be Offering Aggregate Registration
to be Registered Registered (1) Price per Share Offering Price(2) Fee
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2000 Non-Officer Equity Incentive Plan 1,000,000 $32.63 $32,630,000 $8,614.32
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(1) Together with an indeterminate number of additional shares which may be
necessary to adjust the number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant
to such employee benefit plans as the result of any future stock split,
stock dividend or similar adjustment of the Registrant's outstanding
Common Stock.
(2) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the
registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The price per share is
estimated to be $32.63 based on the average of the high ($34.50) and
low ($30.75) sale prices of the Company's Common Stock as reported on
the Nasdaq Stock Market for May 15, 2000.
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The information required by Part I is included in documents sent or
given to participants in the Plans pursuant to Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, (the "Securities Act").
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents filed by InterNAP Network Services Corporation,
a Washington corporation (the "Company"), with the Securities and Exchange
Commission are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
(a) The final prospectus filed under Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act
contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-95503), filed April 7, 2000, under the Securities Act including any
amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such prospectus;
(b) All other reports filed by the registrant pursuant to Section
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act"), since the end of the last fiscal year covered by
the Registration Statement on Form S-1 referred to in (a) above; and
(c) The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the
Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed September 7, 1999, under
the Exchange Act, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose
of updating such description.
ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
Not applicable.
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
The validity of the issuance of the Common Stock offered hereby will be
passed upon for the Company by Cooley Godward LLP, Kirkland, Washington ("Cooley
Godward"). As of the date of this Prospectus, certain attorneys of Cooley
Godward beneficially own directly or indirectly an aggregate of approximately
159,410 shares of Common Stock.
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Sections 23B.08.500 through 23B.08.600 of the Washington Business
Corporation Act (the "WBCA") authorize a court to award, or a corporation's
board of directors to grant indemnification to directors and officers on terms
sufficiently broad to permit indemnification under certain circumstances for
liabilities arising under the Securities Act. The directors and officers of the
Company also may be indemnified against liability they may incur for serving in
that capacity pursuant to a liability insurance policy maintained by the Company
for such purpose.
Section 23B.08.320 of the WBCA authorizes a corporation to limit a
director's liability to the corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages
for acts or omissions as a director, except in certain circumstances involving
intentional misconduct, knowing violations of law or illegal corporate loans or
distributions, or any transaction from which the director personally receives a
benefit in money, property or services to which the director is not legally
entitled. The Company's Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as
amended by Articles of Amendment (the "Articles of Incorporation"), contain
provisions implementing, to the fullest extent permitted by Washington law, such
limitations on a director's liability to the Company and its shareholders. To
the extent the
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provisions of the Articles of Incorporation provide for indemnification of
directors or officers for liabilities arising under the Securities Act, those
provisions are, in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"), against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act, and
they are therefore unenforceable.
The Company's Bylaws provide that it will indemnify its directors and
officers and may indemnify its other officers and employees and other agents to
the fullest extent permitted by law.
The Company has entered into certain indemnification agreements with
its directors and certain of its officers. These indemnification agreements
provide the Company's directors and certain of its officers with indemnification
to the maximum extent permitted by the WBCA.
ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
Not applicable.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS
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EXHIBIT
NUMBER DESCRIPTION
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3.1* Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of InterNAP.
3.2* Bylaws of InterNAP.
4.1* Specimen Common Stock Certificate.
5.1 Opinion of Cooley Godward LLP.
23.1 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2 Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1 Power of Attorney (contained on signature page).
99.1 2000 Non-Officer Equity Incentive Plan.
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* Documents incorporated by reference from the Company's Registration Statement
on Form S-1, as amended (333-95503), declared effective by the Commission on
April 6, 2000.
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS
1. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(a) 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
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the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20%
change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement.
(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)(i) and (a)(ii) do not apply if
the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the issuer pursuant to
section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference herein.
(b) 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 herein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
(c) 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.
2. 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 the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
3. 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 Company 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 Seattle, State of Washington, on May 18, 2000.
INTERNAP NETWORK SERVICES CORPORATION
a Washington corporation
By: /s/ Paul E. McBride
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Paul E. McBride
Title: Chief Financial Officer and
Vice President of Finance
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Paul E. McBride and Anthony C. Naughtin,
and each or any one of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act
and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully
to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or
their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
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/s/ ANTHONY C. NAUGHTIN Chief Executive Officer and President May 18, 2000
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ANTHONY C. NAUGHTIN
/s/ PAUL E. MCBRIDE Chief Financial Officer and Vice May 18, 2000
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PAUL E. MCBRIDE Finance and Accounting Officer)
/s/ EUGENE EIDENBERG Chairman of the Board May 18, 2000
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EUGENE EIDENBERG
/s/ WILLIAM J. HARDING Director May 18, 2000
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WILLIAM J. HARDING
/s/ FREDRIC W. HARMAN Director May 18, 2000
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FREDRIC W. HARMAN
/s/ ROBERT J. LUNDAY, JR. Director May 18, 2000
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ROBERT J. LUNDAY, JR.
/s/ KEVIN L. OBER Director May 18, 2000
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KEVIN L. OBER
/s/ ROBERT D. SHURTLEFF, JR Director May 18, 2000
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ROBERT D. SHURTLEFF, JR.
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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EXHIBIT
NUMBER DESCRIPTION
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3.1* Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of InterNAP.
3.2* Bylaws of InterNAP.
4.1* Specimen Common Stock Certificate.
5.1 Opinion of Cooley Godward LLP.
23.1 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2 Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1 Power of Attorney (contained on signature page).
99.1 2000 Non-Officer Equity Incentive Plan.
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* Documents incorporated by reference from the Company's Registration Statement
on Form S-1, as amended (333-95503), declared effective by the Commission on
April 6, 2000.
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EXHIBIT 5.1
OPINION OF COOLEY GODWARD LLP
May 18, 2000
InterNAP Network Services Corporation
601 Union Street, Suite 1000
Seattle, WA 98101
Ladies and Gentlemen:
You have requested our opinion with respect to certain matters in connection
with the filing by InterNAP Network Services Corporation (the "Company") of a
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") covering up to 1,000,000
shares of the Company's Common Stock, $.001 par value (the "Shares"), for
issuance pursuant to the Company's 2000 Non-Officer Equity Incentive Plan
(the "Plan").
In connection with this opinion, we have examined and relied upon the
Registration Statement and related Prospectus, the Company's Articles of
Incorporation, as amended, and Bylaws, as currently in effect, and the originals
or copies certified to our satisfaction of such records, documents,
certificates, memoranda and other instruments as in our judgment are necessary
or appropriate to enable us to render the opinion expressed below. We have
assumed the genuineness and authenticity of all documents submitted to us as
originals, the conformity to originals of all documents submitted to us as
copies thereof and the due execution and delivery of all documents where due
execution and delivery are a prerequisite to the effectiveness thereof.
On the basis of the foregoing, and in reliance thereon, we are of the opinion
that the Shares, when sold and issued in accordance with the Registration
Statement, the Plan and the options to be granted thereunder will be validly
issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement.
Very truly yours,
COOLEY GODWARD LLP
By: /s/ Christopher W. Wright
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Christopher W. Wright
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EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of our reports dated January 22, 2000 relating to the
financial statements and financial statement schedule of InterNAP Network
Services Corporation which appear in InterNAP Network Services Corporation's
Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-95503).
/s/ PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
Seattle,Washington
May 18, 2000
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EXHIBIT 99.1
INTERNAP NETWORK SERVICES CORPORATION
2000 NON-OFFICER
EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
Adopted April 26, 2000
Termination Date: April 25, 2010
1. PURPOSES.
(a) AVAILABLE STOCK AWARDS. The purpose of the Plan is to provide a
means by which selected Employees and Consultants of the Company and its
Affiliates may be given an opportunity to benefit from increases in value of
Common Stock through the granting of the following Stock Awards: (i)
Nonstatutory Stock Options, (ii) stock bonuses and (iii) rights to acquire
restricted stock.
(b) GENERAL PURPOSE. The Company, by means of the Plan, seeks to retain
the services of the persons eligible to receive Stock Awards, to secure and
retain the services of new members of this group and to provide incentives for
such persons to exert maximum efforts for the success of the Company and its
Affiliates.
2. DEFINITIONS.
(a) "AFFILIATE" means any parent corporation or subsidiary corporation
of the Company, whether now or hereafter existing, as those terms are defined in
Sections 424(e) and (f), respectively, of the Code.
(b) "BOARD" means the Board of Directors of the Company.
(c) "CAUSE" shall have such meaning as is defined in the Optionholder's
employment or consulting agreement with the Company. If the Optionholder does
not have an employment or consulting agreement with the Company, or if such
agreement does not define the term "cause," then the term "cause" shall mean:
(i) misconduct or dishonesty that materially adversely affects the Company,
including without limitation (A) an act materially in conflict with the
financial interests of the Company, (B) an act that could damage the reputation
or customer relations of the Company, (C) an act that could subject the Company
to liability, (D) an act constituting sexual harassment or other violation of
the civil rights of coworkers, (E) failure to obey any lawful instruction of the
Board or any officer of the Company and (F) failure to comply with, or perform
any duty required under, the terms of any confidentiality, inventions or
non-competition agreement the Optionholder may have with the Company, or (ii)
acts constituting the unauthorized disclosure of any of the trade secrets or
confidential information of the Company, unfair competition with the Company or
the inducement of any customer of the Company to breach any contract with the
Company. The right to exercise any Option shall be suspended automatically
during the pendency of any investigation by the Board or its designee, and/or
any negotiations by the Board or its designee and the Optionholder, regarding
any actual or alleged act or omission by the Optionholder of the type described
in this section.
(d) "CODE" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(e) "COMMITTEE" means a committee of one or more members of the Board
appointed by the Board in accordance with subsection 3(c).
(f) "COMMON STOCK" means the common stock of the Company.
(g) "COMPANY" means InterNAP Network Services Corporation, a Washington
corporation.
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(h) "CONSULTANT" means any person, including an advisor, engaged by the
Company or an Affiliate to render consulting or advisory services and who is
compensated for such services.
(i) "CONTINUOUS SERVICE" means that the Participant's service with the
Company or an Affiliate, whether as an Employee, Director or Consultant, is not
interrupted or terminated. The Participant's Continuous Service shall not be
deemed to have terminated merely because of a change in the capacity in which
the Participant renders service to the Company or an Affiliate as an Employee,
Consultant or Director or a change in the entity for which the Participant
renders such service, provided that there is no interruption or termination of
the Participant's Continuous Service. For example, a change in status from an
Employee of the Company to a Consultant of an Affiliate or a Director will not
constitute an interruption of Continuous Service. The Board or the chief
executive officer of the Company, in that party's sole discretion, may determine
whether Continuous Service shall be considered interrupted in the case of any
leave of absence approved by that party, including sick leave, military leave or
any other personal leave.
(j) "DIRECTOR" means a member of the Board of Directors of the Company.
(k) "DISABILITY" means the permanent and total disability of a person
within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.
(l) "EMPLOYEE" means any person employed by the Company or an
Affiliate.
(m) "EXCHANGE ACT" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
(n) "FAIR MARKET VALUE" means, as of any date, the value of the Common
Stock determined as follows:
(i) If the Common Stock is listed on any established stock
exchange or traded on the Nasdaq National Market or the Nasdaq SmallCap Market,
the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock shall be the closing sales
price for such stock (or the closing bid, if no sales were reported) as quoted
on such exchange or market (or the exchange or market with the greatest volume
of trading in the Common Stock) on the last market trading day prior to the day
of determination, as reported in THE WALL STREET JOURNAL or such other source as
the Board deems reliable.
(ii) In the absence of such markets for the Common Stock, the
Fair Market Value shall be determined in good faith by the Board.
(o) "INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION" means an Option intended to qualify as an
incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code and the
regulations promulgated thereunder.
(p) "NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION" means an Option not intended to qualify
as an Incentive Stock Option.
(q) "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.
(r) "OPTION" means a Nonstatutory Stock Option granted pursuant to the
Plan.
(s) "OPTION AGREEMENT" means a written agreement between the Company
and an Optionholder evidencing the terms and conditions of an individual Option
grant. Each Option Agreement shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the
Plan.
(t) "OPTIONHOLDER" means a person to whom an Option is granted pursuant
to the Plan or, if applicable, such other person who holds an outstanding
Option.
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(u) "PARTICIPANT" means a person to whom a Stock Award is granted
pursuant to the Plan or, if applicable, such other person who holds an
outstanding Stock Award.
(v) "PLAN" means this InterNAP Network Services Corporation 2000
Non-Officer Equity Incentive Plan.
(w) "RULE 16b-3" means Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act or any successor
to Rule 16b-3, as in effect with respect to the Company at the time discretion
is being exercised regarding the Plan.
(x) "SECURITIES ACT" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(y) "STOCK AWARD" means any right granted under the Plan, including an
Option, a stock bonus and a right to acquire restricted stock.
(z) "STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT" means a written agreement between the
Company and a holder of a Stock Award evidencing the terms and conditions of an
individual Stock Award grant. Each Stock Award Agreement shall be subject to the
terms and conditions of the Plan.
3. ADMINISTRATION.
(a) ADMINISTRATION BY BOARD. The Board shall administer the Plan unless
and until the Board delegates administration to a Committee, as provided in
subsection 3(c).
(b) POWERS OF BOARD. The Board shall have the power, subject to, and
within the limitations of, the express provisions of the Plan:
(i) To determine from time to time which of the persons
eligible under the Plan shall be granted Stock Awards; when and how each Stock
Award shall be granted; what type or combination of types of Stock Award shall
be granted; the provisions of each Stock Award granted (which need not be
identical), including the time or times when a person shall be permitted to
receive Common Stock pursuant to a Stock Award; and the number of shares of
Common Stock with respect to which a Stock Award shall be granted to each such
person.
(ii) To construe and interpret the Plan and Stock Awards
granted under it, and to establish, amend and revoke rules and regulations for
its administration. The Board, in the exercise of this power, may correct any
defect, omission or inconsistency in the Plan or in any Stock Award Agreement,
in a manner and to the extent it shall deem necessary or expedient to make the
Plan fully effective.
(iii) To amend the Plan or a Stock Award as provided in
Section 12.
(iv) Generally, to exercise such powers and to perform such
acts as the Board deems necessary or expedient to promote the best interests of
the Company which are not in conflict with the provisions of the Plan.
(c) DELEGATION TO COMMITTEE. The Board may delegate administration of
the Plan to a Committee or Committees of one (1) or more members of the Board,
and the term "Committee" shall apply to any person or persons to whom such
authority has been delegated. If administration is delegated to a Committee, the
Committee shall have, in connection with the administration of the Plan, the
powers theretofore possessed by the Board, including the power to delegate to a
subcommittee any of the administrative powers the Committee is authorized to
exercise (and references in this Plan to the Board shall thereafter be to the
Committee or subcommittee), subject, however, to such resolutions, not
inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as may be adopted from time to
time by the Board. The Board may abolish the Committee at any time and revest in
the Board the administration of the Plan.
(d) EFFECT OF BOARD'S DECISION. All determinations, interpretations and
constructions made by the Board in good faith shall not be subject to review by
any person and shall be final, binding and conclusive on all persons.
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4. SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN.
(a) SHARE RESERVE. Subject to the provisions of Section 11 relating to
adjustments upon changes in Common Stock, the Common Stock that may be issued
pursuant to Stock Awards shall not exceed in the aggregate one million
(1,000,000) shares of Common Stock.
(b) REVERSION OF SHARES TO THE SHARE RESERVE. If any Stock Award shall
for any reason expire or otherwise terminate, in whole or in part, without
having been exercised in full, the shares of Common Stock not acquired under
such Stock Award shall revert to and again become available for issuance under
the Plan.
(c) SOURCE OF SHARES. The shares of Common Stock subject to the Plan
may be unissued shares or reacquired shares, bought on the market or otherwise.
5. ELIGIBILITY.
(a) Stock Awards may be granted only to Employees and Consultants.
However, notwithstanding any other provision herein to the contrary, no person
shall be eligible for a Stock Award under the Plan (i) who holds a position of
vice president or higher of the Company or an Affiliate, (ii) who would be
considered an "officer" or " director" within the meaning of those terms under
Rule 4460(i)(1)(A) of the National Association of Securities Dealers Manual (or
such amended or successor rule), (iv) who would be considered a person subject
to Section 16b of the Exchange Act (and regulations promulgated thereunder), or
(v) whose eligibility would require approval of the Plan by the stockholders of
the Company under any law or regulation or the rules of any stock exchange or
market system upon which the Common Stock may then be listed. If not
inconsistent with any such law, regulation or rule, a Stock Award may be granted
to a person, not previously employed by the Company or an Affiliate, as an
inducement essential to entering into an employment contract with the Company or
an Affiliate.
(b) A Consultant shall not be eligible for the grant of a Stock Award
if, at the time of grant, a Form S-8 Registration Statement under the Securities
Act ("Form S-8") is not available to register either the offer or the sale of
the Company's securities to such Consultant because of the nature of the
services that the Consultant is providing to the Company, or because the
Consultant is not a natural person, or as otherwise provided by the rules
governing the use of Form S-8, unless the Company determines both (i) that such
grant (A) shall be registered in another manner under the Securities Act (E.G.,
on a Form S-3 Registration Statement) or (B) does not require registration under
the Securities Act in order to comply with the requirements of the Securities
Act, if applicable, and (ii) that such grant complies with the securities laws
of all other relevant jurisdictions.
6. OPTION PROVISIONS.
Each Option shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as the Board shall deem appropriate. No Option shall be an Incentive
Stock Option. The provisions of separate Options need not be identical, but each
Option shall include (through incorporation of provisions hereof by reference in
the Option or otherwise) the substance of each of the following provisions:
(a) TERM. No Option shall be exercisable after the expiration of ten
(10) years from the date it was granted.
(b) EXERCISE PRICE OF AN OPTION. The exercise price of each Option
shall be not less than eighty-five percent (85%) of the Fair Market Value of the
Common Stock subject to the Option on the date the Option is granted.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Option may be granted with an exercise price
lower than that set forth in the preceding sentence if such Option is granted
pursuant to an assumption or substitution for another option in a manner
satisfying the provisions of Section 424(a) of the Code.
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(c) CONSIDERATION. The purchase price of Common Stock acquired pursuant
to an Option shall be paid, to the extent permitted by applicable statutes and
regulations, either (i) in cash at the time the Option is exercised or (ii) at
the discretion of the Board (1) by delivery to the Company of other Common
Stock, (2) according to a deferred payment or other similar arrangement with the
Optionholder or (3) in any other form of legal consideration that may be
acceptable to the Board. Unless otherwise specifically provided in the Option,
the purchase price of Common Stock acquired pursuant to an Option that is paid
by delivery to the Company of other Common Stock acquired, directly or
indirectly from the Company, shall be paid only by shares of the Common Stock of
the Company that have been held for more than six (6) months (or such longer or
shorter period of time required to avoid a charge to earnings for financial
accounting purposes). At any time that the Company is incorporated in Delaware,
payment of the Common Stock's "par value," as defined in the Delaware General
Corporation Law, shall not be made by deferred payment.
In the case of any deferred payment arrangement, interest shall be
compounded at least annually and shall be charged at the minimum rate of
interest necessary to avoid the treatment as interest, under any applicable
provisions of the Code, of any amounts other than amounts stated to be interest
under the deferred payment arrangement.
(d) TRANSFERABILITY OF AN OPTION. An Option shall be transferable to
the extent provided in the Option Agreement. If the Option does not provide for
transferability, then the Option shall not be transferable except by will or by
the laws of descent and distribution and shall be exercisable during the
lifetime of the Optionholder only by the Optionholder. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Optionholder may, by delivering written notice to the Company, in
a form satisfactory to the Company, designate a third party who, in the event of
the death of the Optionholder, shall thereafter be entitled to exercise the
Option.
(e) VESTING GENERALLY. The total number of shares of Common Stock
subject to an Option may, but need not, vest and therefore become exercisable in
periodic installments that may, but need not, be equal. The Option may be
subject to such other terms and conditions on the time or times when it may be
exercised (which may be based on performance or other criteria) as the Board may
deem appropriate. The vesting provisions of individual Options may vary. The
provisions of this subsection 6(e) are subject to any Option provisions
governing the minimum number of shares of Common Stock as to which an Option may
be exercised.
(f) TERMINATION OF CONTINUOUS SERVICE. In the event an Optionholder's
Continuous Service terminates (other than upon the Optionholder's death or
Disability), the Optionholder may exercise his or her Option (to the extent that
the Optionholder was entitled to exercise such Option as of the date of
termination) but only within such period of time ending on the earlier of (i)
the date three (3) months following the termination of the Optionholder's
Continuous Service (or such longer or shorter period specified in the Option
Agreement), or (ii) the expiration of the term of the Option as set forth in the
Option Agreement. If, after termination, the Optionholder does not exercise his
or her Option within the time specified in the Option Agreement, the Option
shall terminate.
(g) EXTENSION OF TERMINATION DATE. An Optionholder's Option Agreement
may also provide that if the exercise of the Option following the termination of
the Optionholder's Continuous Service (other than upon the Optionholder's death
or Disability) would be prohibited at any time solely because the issuance of
shares of Common Stock would violate the registration requirements under the
Securities Act, then the Option shall terminate on the earlier of (i) the
expiration of the term of the Option set forth in subsection 6(a) or (ii) the
expiration of a period of three (3) months after the termination of the
Optionholder's Continuous Service during which the exercise of the Option would
not be in violation of such registration requirements.
(h) DISABILITY OF OPTIONHOLDER. In the event that an Optionholder's
Continuous Service terminates as a result of the Optionholder's Disability, the
Optionholder may exercise his or her Option (to the extent that the Optionholder
was entitled to exercise such Option as of the date of termination), but only
within such period of time ending on the earlier of (i) the date twelve (12)
months following such termination (or such longer or shorter period specified in
the Option Agreement) or (ii) the expiration of the term of the Option as set
forth in the Option
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Agreement. If, after termination, the Optionholder does not exercise his or her
Option within the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate.
(i) DEATH OF OPTIONHOLDER. In the event (i) an Optionholder's
Continuous Service terminates as a result of the Optionholder's death or (ii)
the Optionholder dies within the period (if any) specified in the Option
Agreement after the termination of the Optionholder's Continuous Service for a
reason other than death, then the Option may be exercised (to the extent the
Optionholder was entitled to exercise such Option as of the date of death) by
the Optionholder's estate, by a person who acquired the right to exercise the
Option by bequest or inheritance or by a person designated to exercise the
Option upon the Optionholder's death pursuant to subsection 6(d), but only
within the period ending on the earlier of (1) the date eighteen (18) months
following the date of death (or such longer or shorter period specified in the
Option Agreement) or (2) the expiration of the term of such Option as set forth
in the Option Agreement. If, after death, the Option is not exercised within the
time specified herein, the Option shall terminate.
(j) EARLY EXERCISE. The Option may, but need not, include a provision
whereby the Optionholder may elect at any time before the Optionholder's
Continuous Service terminates to exercise the Option as to any part or all of
the shares of Common Stock subject to the Option prior to the full vesting of
the Option. Any unvested shares of Common Stock so purchased may be subject to a
repurchase option in favor of the Company or to any other restriction the Board
determines to be appropriate.
7. PROVISIONS OF STOCK AWARDS OTHER THAN OPTIONS.
(a) STOCK BONUS AWARDS. Each stock bonus agreement shall be in such
form and shall contain such terms and conditions as the Board shall deem
appropriate. The terms and conditions of stock bonus agreements may change from
time to time, and the terms and conditions of separate stock bonus agreements
need not be identical, but each stock bonus agreement shall include (through
incorporation of provisions hereof by reference in the agreement or otherwise)
the substance of each of the following provisions:
(i) CONSIDERATION. A stock bonus may be awarded in
consideration for past services actually rendered to the Company or an Affiliate
for its benefit.
(ii) VESTING. Shares of Common Stock awarded under the stock
bonus agreement may, but need not, be subject to a share repurchase option in
favor of the Company in accordance with a vesting schedule to be determined by
the Board.
(iii) TERMINATION OF PARTICIPANT'S CONTINUOUS SERVICE. In the
event a Participant's Continuous Service terminates, the Company may reacquire
any or all of the shares of Common Stock held by the Participant which have not
vested as of the date of termination under the terms of the stock bonus
agreement.
(iv) TRANSFERABILITY. Rights to acquire shares of Common Stock
under the stock bonus agreement shall be transferable by the Participant only
upon such terms and conditions as are set forth in the stock bonus agreement, as
the Board shall determine in its discretion, so long as Common Stock awarded
under the stock bonus agreement remains subject to the terms of the stock bonus
agreement.
(b) RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS. Each restricted stock purchase agreement
shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as the Board
shall deem appropriate. The terms and conditions of the restricted stock
purchase agreements may change from time to time, and the terms and conditions
of separate restricted stock purchase agreements need not be identical, but each
restricted stock purchase agreement shall include (through incorporation of
provisions hereof by reference in the agreement or otherwise) the substance of
each of the following provisions:
(i) PURCHASE PRICE. The purchase price under each restricted
stock purchase agreement shall be such amount as the Board shall determine and
designate in such restricted stock purchase agreement.
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The purchase price shall not be less than eighty-five percent (85%) of the
Common Stock's Fair Market Value on the date such award is made or at the time
the purchase is consummated.
(ii) CONSIDERATION. The purchase price of Common Stock
acquired pursuant to the restricted stock purchase agreement shall be paid
either: (i) in cash at the time of purchase; (ii) at the discretion of the
Board, according to a deferred payment or other similar arrangement with the
Participant; or (iii) in any other form of legal consideration that may be
acceptable to the Board in its discretion; provided, however, that at any time
that the Company is incorporated in Delaware, then payment of the Common Stock's
"par value," as defined in the Delaware General Corporation Law, shall not be
made by deferred payment.
(iii) VESTING. Shares of Common Stock acquired under the
restricted stock purchase agreement may, but need not, be subject to a share
repurchase option in favor of the Company in accordance with a vesting schedule
to be determined by the Board.
(iv) TERMINATION OF PARTICIPANT'S CONTINUOUS SERVICE. In the
event a Participant's Continuous Service terminates, the Company may repurchase
or otherwise reacquire any or all of the shares of Common Stock held by the
Participant which have not vested as of the date of termination under the terms
of the restricted stock purchase agreement.
(v) TRANSFERABILITY. Rights to acquire shares of Common Stock
under the restricted stock purchase agreement shall be transferable by the
Participant only upon such terms and conditions as are set forth in the
restricted stock purchase agreement, as the Board shall determine in its
discretion, so long as Common Stock awarded under the restricted stock purchase
agreement remains subject to the terms of the restricted stock purchase
agreement.
8. COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY.
(a) AVAILABILITY OF SHARES. During the terms of the Stock Awards, the
Company shall keep available at all times the number of shares of Common Stock
required to satisfy such Stock Awards.
(b) SECURITIES LAW COMPLIANCE. The Company shall seek to obtain from
each regulatory commission or agency having jurisdiction over the Plan such
authority as may be required to grant Stock Awards and to issue and sell shares
of Common Stock upon exercise of the Stock Awards; provided, however, that this
undertaking shall not require the Company to register under the Securities Act
the Plan, any Stock Award or any Common Stock issued or issuable pursuant to any
such Stock Award. If, after reasonable efforts, the Company is unable to obtain
from any such regulatory commission or agency the authority which counsel for
the Company deems necessary for the lawful issuance and sale of Common Stock
under the Plan, the Company shall be relieved from any liability for failure to
issue and sell Common Stock upon exercise of such Stock Awards unless and until
such authority is obtained.
9. USE OF PROCEEDS FROM STOCK.
Proceeds from the sale of Common Stock pursuant to Stock Awards shall
constitute general funds of the Company.
10. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) ACCELERATION OF EXERCISABILITY AND VESTING. The Board shall have
the power to accelerate the time at which a Stock Award may first be exercised
or the time during which a Stock Award or any part thereof will vest in
accordance with the Plan, notwithstanding the provisions in the Stock Award
stating the time at which it may first be exercised or the time during which it
will vest.
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(b) STOCKHOLDER RIGHTS. No Participant shall be deemed to be the holder
of, or to have any of the rights of a holder with respect to, any shares of
Common Stock subject to such Stock Award unless and until such Participant has
satisfied all requirements for exercise of the Stock Award pursuant to its
terms.
(c) NO EMPLOYMENT OR OTHER SERVICE RIGHTS. Nothing in the Plan or any
instrument executed or Stock Award granted pursuant thereto shall confer upon
any Participant any right to continue to serve the Company or an Affiliate in
the capacity in effect at the time the Stock Award was granted or shall affect
the right of the Company or an Affiliate to terminate (i) the employment of an
Employee with or without notice and with or without cause, (ii) the service of a
Consultant pursuant to the terms of such Consultant's agreement with the Company
or an Affiliate or (iii) the service of a Director pursuant to the Bylaws of the
Company or an Affiliate, and any applicable provisions of the corporate law of
the state in which the Company or the Affiliate is incorporated, as the case may
be.
(d) INVESTMENT ASSURANCES. The Company may require a Participant, as a
condition of exercising or acquiring Common Stock under any Stock Award, (i) to
give written assurances satisfactory to the Company as to the Participant's
knowledge and experience in financial and business matters and/or to employ a
purchaser representative reasonably satisfactory to the Company who is
knowledgeable and experienced in financial and business matters and that he or
she is capable of evaluating, alone or together with the purchaser
representative, the merits and risks of exercising the Stock Award; and (ii) to
give written assurances satisfactory to the Company stating that the Participant
is acquiring Common Stock subject to the Stock Award for the Participant's own
account and not with any present intention of selling or otherwise distributing
the Common Stock. The foregoing requirements, and any assurances given pursuant
to such requirements, shall be inoperative if (1) the issuance of the shares of
Common Stock upon the exercise or acquisition of Common Stock under the Stock
Award has been registered under a then currently effective registration
statement under the Securities Act or (2) as to any particular requirement, a
determination is made by counsel for the Company that such requirement need not
be met in the circumstances under the then applicable securities laws. The
Company may, upon advice of counsel to the Company, place legends on stock
certificates issued under the Plan as such counsel deems necessary or
appropriate in order to comply with applicable securities laws, including, but
not limited to, legends restricting the transfer of the Common Stock.
(e) WITHHOLDING OBLIGATIONS. To the extent provided by the terms of a
Stock Award Agreement, the Participant may satisfy any federal, state or local
tax withholding obligation relating to the exercise or acquisition of Common
Stock under a Stock Award by any of the following means (in addition to the
Company's right to withhold from any compensation paid to the Participant by the
Company) or by a combination of such means: (i) tendering a cash payment; (ii)
authorizing the Company to withhold shares of Common Stock from the shares of
Common Stock otherwise issuable to the Participant as a result of the exercise
or acquisition of Common Stock under the Stock Award, provided, however, that no
shares of Common Stock are withheld with a value exceeding the minimum amount of
tax required to be withheld by law; or (iii) delivering to the Company owned and
unencumbered shares of Common Stock.
11. ADJUSTMENTS UPON CHANGES IN COMMON STOCK.
(a) CAPITALIZATION ADJUSTMENTS. If any change is made in the Common
Stock subject to the Plan, or subject to any Stock Award, without the receipt of
consideration by the Company (through merger, consolidation, reorganization,
recapitalization, reincorporation, stock dividend, dividend in property other
than cash, stock split, liquidating dividend, combination of shares, exchange of
shares, change in corporate structure or other transaction not involving the
receipt of consideration by the Company), the Plan will be appropriately
adjusted in the class(es) and maximum number of securities subject to the Plan
pursuant to subsection 4(a) and the outstanding Stock Awards will be
appropriately adjusted in the class(es) and number of securities and price per
share of Common Stock subject to such outstanding Stock Awards. The Board shall
make such adjustments, and its determination shall be final, binding and
conclusive. (The conversion of any convertible securities of the Company shall
not be treated as a transaction "without receipt of consideration" by the
Company.)
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(b) DISSOLUTION OR LIQUIDATION. In the event of a dissolution or
liquidation of the Company, then all outstanding Stock Awards shall terminate
immediately prior to such event.
(c) CERTAIN CHANGES IN CONTROL. In the event of (i) a sale, lease or
other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, (ii)
a merger or consolidation in which the Company is not the surviving corporation
or (iii) a reverse merger in which the Company is the surviving corporation but
the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately preceding the merger are
converted by virtue of the merger into other property, whether in the form of
securities, cash or otherwise (collectively, a "Change in Control"), then any
surviving corporation or acquiring corporation may assume or continue any Stock
Awards outstanding under the Plan or may substitute similar stock awards
(including an award to acquire the same consideration paid to the shareholders
in the transaction described in this subsection 11(c)) for those outstanding
under the Plan. In the event any surviving corporation or acquiring corporation
refuses to assume or continue such Stock Awards or to substitute similar stock
awards for those outstanding under the Plan, then with respect to Stock Awards
held by Participants whose Continuous Service has not terminated, the vesting of
such Stock Awards (and, if applicable, the time during which such Stock Awards
may be exercised) shall be accelerated in full, and the Stock Awards shall
terminate if not exercised (if applicable) at or prior to such event. With
respect to any other Stock Awards outstanding under the Plan, such Stock Awards
shall terminate if not exercised (if applicable) prior to such event.
(d) TERMINATION OF SERVICE FOLLOWING A CHANGE IN CONTROL. Unless
otherwise specified in the applicable Stock Award Agreement, in the event of the
occurrence of a Change in Control and provided that a Participant's Stock Award
remains in effect following such Change in Control or is assumed, continued or
substituted for any similar stock award in connection with the Change in
Control, then, if such Participant's Continuous Service is terminated by the
Company without Cause within thirteen (13) months following the effective date
of the Change in Control, all Stock Awards held by such Participant (or any
substituted stock awards) shall, as of the date of such termination of
Continuous Service, vest in full and become fully exercisable (if applicable) to
the extent not previously vested or exercisable. Such Stock Awards shall remain
exercisable until they expire in accordance with their terms.
(e) SECURITIES ACQUISITION. In the event of an acquisition by any
person, entity or group within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the
Exchange Act, or any comparable successor provisions (excluding any employee
benefit plan, or related trust, sponsored or maintained by the Company or an
Affiliate) of the beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3
promulgated under the Exchange Act, or comparable successor rule) of securities
of the Company representing at least fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting
power entitled to vote in the election of Directors, then with respect to Stock
Awards held by Participants whose Continuous Service has not terminated, the
vesting of such Stock Awards (and, if applicable, the time during which such
Stock Awards may be exercised) shall be accelerated in full. Such Stock Awards
shall remain exercisable until they expire in accordance with their terms.
(f) PARACHUTE PAYMENTS. If any payment or benefit Optionholder would
receive in connection with a Change in Control from the Company or otherwise
("Payment") would (i) constitute a "parachute payment" within the meaning of
Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), and
(ii) but for this sentence, be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999
of the Code (the "Excise Tax"), then such Payment shall be reduced to the
Reduced Amount. The "Reduced Amount" shall be either (x) the largest portion of
the Payment that would result in no portion of the Payment being subject to the
Excise Tax or (y) the largest portion, up to and including the total, of the
Payment, whichever amount, after taking into account all applicable federal,
state and local employment taxes, income taxes, and the Excise Tax (all computed
at the highest applicable marginal rate), results in Optionholder's receipt, on
an after-tax basis, of the greater amount of the Payment notwithstanding that
all or some portion of the Payment may be subject to the Excise Tax. If a
reduction in payments or benefits constituting "parachute payments" is necessary
so that the Payment equals the Reduced Amount, reduction shall occur in the
following order unless the Optionholder elects in writing a different order
(PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such election shall be subject to Company approval if
made on or after the effective date of the Change of Control): reduction of cash
payments; cancellation of accelerated vesting of stock awards; reduction of
employee benefits. In the event that acceleration of vesting of stock award
compensation is to be reduced, such acceleration of vesting
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shall be cancelled in the reverse order of the date of grant of the
Optionholder's stock awards unless the Optionholder elects in writing a
different order for cancellation.
The accounting firm engaged by the Company for general audit purposes
as of the day prior to the effective date of the Change in Control shall perform
the foregoing calculations. If the accounting firm so engaged by the Company is
serving as accountant or auditor for the individual, entity or group effecting
the Change in Control, the Company shall appoint a nationally recognized
accounting firm to make the determinations required hereunder. The Company shall
bear all expenses with respect to the determinations by such accounting firm
required to be made hereunder.
The accounting firm engaged to make the determinations hereunder shall
provide its calculations, together with detailed supporting documentation, to
the Company and Optionholder within fifteen (15) calendar days after the date on
which Optionholder's right to a Payment arises (if requested at that time by the
Company or Optionholder) or at such other time as requested by the Company or
Optionholder. If the accounting firm determines that no Excise Tax is payable
with respect to a Payment, either before or after the application of the Reduced
Amount, it shall furnish the Company and Optionholder with an opinion reasonably
acceptable to Optionholder that no Excise Tax will be imposed with respect to
such Payment. Any good faith determination of the accounting firm made hereunder
shall be final, binding and conclusive upon the Company and Optionholder.
12. AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN AND STOCK AWARDS.
(a) AMENDMENT OF PLAN. The Board at any time, and from time to time,
may amend the Plan. However, except as provided in Section 12 relating to
adjustments upon changes in stock, no amendment shall be effective unless
approved by the stockholders of the Company to the extent stockholder approval
is necessary for the Plan to satisfy the requirements of Rule 16b-3 under the
Exchange Act or any Nasdaq or securities exchange listing requirements. The
Board may in its sole discretion submit such amendment to the Plan for
stockholder approval.
(b) NO IMPAIRMENT OF RIGHTS. Rights under any Stock Award granted
before amendment of the Plan shall not be impaired by any amendment of the Plan
unless (i) the Company requests the consent of the Participant and (ii) the
Participant consents in writing.
(c) AMENDMENT OF STOCK AWARDS. The Board at any time, and from time to
time, may amend the terms of any one or more Stock Awards; provided, however,
that the rights under any Stock Award shall not be impaired by any such
amendment unless (i) the Company requests the consent of the Participant and
(ii) the Participant consents in writing.
13. TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION OF THE PLAN.
(a) PLAN TERM. The Board may suspend or terminate the Plan at any time.
Unless sooner terminated, the Plan shall terminate on the day before the tenth
(10th) anniversary of the date the Plan is adopted by the Board. No Stock Awards
may be granted under the Plan while the Plan is suspended or after it is
terminated.
(b) NO IMPAIRMENT OF RIGHTS. Suspension or termination of the Plan
shall not impair rights and obligations under any Stock Award granted while the
Plan is in effect except with the written consent of the Participant.
14. EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN.
The Plan shall become effective as determined by the Board.
15. CHOICE OF LAW.
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The laws of the State of Washington shall govern all questions
concerning the construction, validity and interpretation of this Plan, without
regard to such state's conflict of laws rules.
