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EXHIBIT 4.1
FASTNET CORPORATION
EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN
AS AMENDED AND RESTATED ON JUNE 23, 2000
The purpose of the FASTNET Corporation Equity Compensation Plan
(formerly the You Tools Corporation, t/a FastNet, 1998 Equity Compensation Plan)
(the "Plan") is to provide (i) designated employees of FASTNET Corporation (the
"Company") and its subsidiaries, (ii) certain consultants and advisors who
perform services for the Company or its subsidiaries and (iii) non-employee
members of the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") with the
opportunity to receive grants of incentive stock options, nonqualified stock
options and restricted stock. The Company believes that the Plan will encourage
the participants to contribute materially to the growth of the Company, thereby
benefitting the Company's shareholders, and will align the economic interests of
the participants with those of the shareholders.
1. ADMINISTRATION
(a) COMMITTEE. The Plan shall be administered by a committee,
which may consist of "outside directors" as defined under section 162(m) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), and related Treasury
regulations and "non-employee directors" as defined under Rule 16b-3 under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). However, the
Board may ratify or approve any grants as it deems appropriate.
(b) COMMITTEE AUTHORITY. The Committee shall have the sole
authority to (i) determine the individuals to whom grants shall be made under
the Plan, (ii) determine the type, size and terms of the grants to be made to
each such individual, (iii) determine the time when the grants will be made and
the duration of any applicable exercise or restriction period, including the
criteria for exercisability and the acceleration of exercisability and (iv) deal
with any other matters arising under the Plan.
(c) COMMITTEE DETERMINATIONS. The Committee shall have full power
and authority to administer and interpret the Plan, to make factual
determinations and to adopt or amend such rules, regulations, agreements and
instruments for implementing the Plan and for the conduct of its business as it
deems necessary or advisable, in its sole discretion. The Committee's
interpretations of the Plan and all determinations made by the Committee
pursuant to the powers vested in it hereunder shall be conclusive and binding on
all persons having any interest in the Plan or in any awards granted hereunder.
All powers of the Committee shall be executed in its sole discretion, in the
best interest of the Company, not as a fiduciary, and in keeping with the
objectives of the Plan and need not be uniform as to similarly situated
individuals.
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2. GRANTS
Awards under the Plan may consist of grants of incentive stock options
as described in Section 5 ("Incentive Stock Options"), nonqualified stock
options as described in Section 5 ("Nonqualified Stock Options") (Incentive
Stock Options and Nonqualified Stock Options are collectively referred to as
"Options") and restricted stock as described in Section 6 ("Restricted Stock")
(hereinafter collectively referred to as "Grants"). All Grants shall be subject
to the terms and conditions set forth herein and to such other terms and
conditions consistent with this Plan as the Committee deems appropriate and as
are specified in writing by the Committee to the individual in a grant
instrument or an amendment to the grant instrument (the "Grant Instrument"). The
Committee shall approve the form and provisions of each Grant Instrument. Grants
under a particular Section of the Plan need not be uniform as among the
grantees.
3. SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN
(a) SHARES AUTHORIZED. Subject to adjustment as described below,
the aggregate number of shares of common stock of the Company ("Company Stock")
that may be issued or transferred under the Plan is 3,000,000 shares. After a
Public Offering, as defined in Section 17(b), the maximum aggregate number of
shares of Company Stock that shall be subject to Grants made under the Plan to
any individual during any calendar year shall be 500,000 shares, subject to
adjustment as described below. The shares may be authorized but unissued shares
of Company Stock or reacquired shares of Company Stock, including shares
purchased by the Company on the open market for purposes of the Plan. If and to
the extent Options granted under the Plan terminate, expire, or are canceled,
forfeited, exchanged or surrendered without having been exercised or if any
shares of Restricted Stock are forfeited, the shares subject to such Grants
shall again be available for purposes of the Plan.
(b) ADJUSTMENTS. If there is any change in the number or kind of
shares of Company Stock outstanding (i) by reason of a stock dividend, spinoff,
recapitalization, stock split, or combination or exchange of shares, (ii) by
reason of a merger, reorganization or consolidation in which the Company is the
surviving corporation, (iii) by reason of a reclassification or change in par
value, or (iv) by reason of any other extraordinary or unusual event affecting
the outstanding Company Stock as a class without the Company's receipt of
consideration, or if the value of outstanding shares of Company Stock is
substantially reduced as a result of a spinoff or the Company's payment of an
extraordinary dividend or distribution, the maximum number of shares of Company
Stock available for Grants, the maximum number of shares of Company Stock that
any individual participating in the Plan may be granted in any year, the number
of shares covered by outstanding Grants, the kind of shares issued under the
Plan, and the price per share of such Grants shall be appropriately adjusted by
the Committee to reflect any increase or decrease in the number of, or change in
the kind or value of, issued shares of Company Stock to preclude, to the extent
practicable, the enlargement or dilution of rights and benefits under such
Grants; provided, however, that any fractional shares resulting from such
adjustment shall be eliminated. Any adjustments determined by the Committee
shall be final, binding and conclusive.
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4. ELIGIBILITY FOR PARTICIPATION
(a) ELIGIBLE PERSONS. All employees of the Company and its
subsidiaries ("Employees"), including Employees who are officers or members of
the Board, and members of the Board who are not Employees ("Non-Employee
Directors") shall be eligible to participate in the Plan. Consultants and
advisors who perform services for the Company or any of its subsidiaries ("Key
Advisors") shall be eligible to participate in the Plan if the Key Advisors
render bona fide services and such services are not in connection with the offer
or sale of securities in a capital-raising transaction.
(b) SELECTION OF GRANTEES. The Committee shall select the
Employees, Non-Employee Directors and Key Advisors to receive Grants and shall
determine the number of shares of Company Stock subject to a particular Grant in
such manner as the Committee determines. Employees, Key Advisors and
Non-Employee Directors who receive Grants under this Plan shall hereinafter be
referred to as "Grantees".
5. GRANTING OF OPTIONS
(a) NUMBER OF SHARES. The Committee shall determine the number of
shares of Company Stock that will be subject to each Grant of Options to
Employees, Non-Employee Directors and Key Advisors.
(b) TYPE OF OPTION AND PRICE.
(i) The Committee may grant Incentive Stock Options that
are intended to qualify as "incentive stock options" within the meaning of
section 422 of the Code or Nonqualified Stock Options that are not intended so
to qualify or any combination of Incentive Stock Options and Nonqualified Stock
Options, all in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth herein.
Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to Employees. Nonqualified Stock
Options may be granted to Employees, Non-Employee Directors and Key Advisors.
(ii) The purchase price (the "Exercise Price") of Company
Stock subject to an Option shall be determined by the Committee and may be equal
to, greater than, or less than the Fair Market Value (as defined below) of a
share of Company Stock on the date the Option is granted; provided, however,
that (x) the Exercise Price of an Incentive Stock Option shall be equal to, or
greater than, the Fair Market Value of a share of Company Stock on the date the
Incentive Stock Option is granted, and (y) an Incentive Stock Option may not be
granted to an Employee who, at the time of grant, owns stock possessing more
than 10 percent of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of
the Company or any parent or subsidiary of the Company (a "10% Shareholder"),
unless the Exercise Price per share is not less than 110% of the Fair Market
Value of Company Stock on the date of grant.
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(iii) If the Company Stock is publicly traded, then the
Fair Market Value per share shall be determined as follows: (x) if the principal
trading market for the Company Stock is a national securities exchange or the
Nasdaq National Market, the last reported sale price thereof on the relevant
date or (if there were no trades on that date) the latest preceding date upon
which a sale was reported, or (y) if the Company Stock is not principally traded
on such exchange or market, the mean between the last reported "bid" and "asked"
prices of Company Stock on the relevant date, as reported on Nasdaq or, if not
so reported, as reported by the National Daily Quotation Bureau, Inc. or as
reported in a customary financial reporting service, as applicable and as the
Committee determines. If the Company Stock is not publicly traded or, if
publicly traded, is not subject to reported transactions or "bid" or "asked"
quotations as set forth above, the Fair Market Value per share shall be as
determined by the Committee.
(c) OPTION TERM. The Committee shall determine the term of each
Option. The term of any Option shall not exceed ten years from the date of
grant. However, an Incentive Stock Option that is granted to an Employee who, at
the time of grant, is a 10% Shareholder may not have a term that exceeds five
years from the date of grant.
(d) EXERCISABILITY OF OPTIONS. Options shall become exercisable in
accordance with such terms and conditions, consistent with the Plan, as may be
determined by the Committee and specified in the Grant Instrument. The Committee
may accelerate the exercisability of any or all outstanding Options at any time
for any reason.
(e) TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT, DISABILITY OR DEATH.
(i) Except as provided below, an Option may only be
exercised while the Grantee is employed by, or providing service to, the Company
as an Employee, Key Advisor or member of the Committee. In the event that a
Grantee ceases to be employed by, or provide service to, the Company for any
reason other than a "disability", death, or termination for "cause", any Option
which is otherwise exercisable by the Grantee shall terminate unless exercised
within 90 days after the date on which the Grantee ceases to be employed by, or
provide service to, the Company (or within such other period of time as may be
specified by the Committee), but in any event no later than the date of
expiration of the Option term. Except as otherwise provided by the Committee,
any of the Grantee's Options that are not otherwise exercisable as of the date
on which the Grantee ceases to be employed by, or provide service to, the
Company shall terminate as of such date.
(ii) In the event the Grantee ceases to be employed by, or
provide service to, the Company on account of a termination for "cause" by the
Company, any Option held by the Grantee shall terminate as of the date the
Grantee ceases to be employed by, or provide service to, the Company. In
addition, notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 5, if the
Committee determines that the Grantee has engaged in conduct that constitutes
"cause" at any time while the Grantee is employed by, or providing service to,
the Company or after the
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Grantee's termination of employment or service, any Option held by the Grantee
shall immediately terminate, and the Grantee shall automatically forfeit all
shares underlying any exercised portion of an Option for which the Company has
not yet delivered the share certificates, upon refund by the Company of the
Exercise Price paid by the Grantee for such shares.
(iii) In the event the Grantee ceases to be employed by, or
provide service to, the Company because the Grantee is "disabled", any Option
which is otherwise exercisable by the Grantee shall terminate unless exercised
within one year after the date on which the Grantee ceases to be employed by, or
provide service to, the Company (or within such other period of time as may be
specified by the Committee), but in any event no later than the date of
expiration of the Option term. Except as otherwise provided by the Committee,
any of the Grantee's Options which are not otherwise exercisable as of the date
on which the Grantee ceases to be employed by, or provide service to, the
Company shall terminate as of such date.
(iv) If the Grantee dies while employed by, or providing
service to, the Company or within 90 days after the date on which the Grantee
ceases to be employed or provide service on account of a termination specified
in Section 5(e)(i) above (or within such other period of time as may be
specified by the Committee), any Option that is otherwise exercisable by the
Grantee shall terminate unless exercised within one year after the date on which
the Grantee ceases to be employed by, or provide service to, the Company (or
within such other period of time as may be specified by the Committee), but in
any event no later than the date of expiration of the Option term. Except as
otherwise provided by the Committee, any of the Grantee's Options that are not
otherwise exercisable as of the date on which the Grantee ceases to be employed
by, or provide service to, the Company shall terminate as of such date.
(v) For purposes of this Section 5(e) and Section 6:
(A) The term "Company" shall mean the Company and its parent
and subsidiary corporations.
(B) "Employed by, or provide service to, the Company" shall
mean employment or service as an Employee, Key Advisor or member of the
Board (so that, for purposes of exercising Options and satisfying
conditions with respect to Restricted Stock, a Grantee shall not be
considered to have terminated employment or service until the Grantee
ceases to be an Employee, Key Advisor and member of the Board), unless
the Committee determines otherwise.
(C) "Disability" shall mean a Grantee's becoming disabled
within the meaning of section 22(e)(3) of the Code.
(D) "Cause" shall mean, except to the extent specified
otherwise by the Committee, a finding by the Committee that the Grantee
has breached his or her
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employment or service contract with the Company, or has been engaged in
disloyalty to the Company, including, without limitation, fraud,
embezzlement, theft, commission of a felony or proven dishonesty in the
course of his or her employment or service, or has disclosed trade
secrets or confidential information of the Company to persons not
entitled to receive such information.
(f) EXERCISE OF OPTIONS. A Grantee may exercise an Option that has
become exercisable, in whole or in part, by delivering a notice of exercise to
the Company with payment of the Exercise Price. The Grantee shall pay the
Exercise Price for an Option as specified by the Committee (x) in cash, (y) with
the approval of the Committee, by delivering shares of Company Stock owned by
the Grantee (including Company Stock acquired in connection with the exercise of
an Option, subject to such restrictions as the Committee deems appropriate) and
having a Fair Market Value on the date of exercise equal to the Exercise Price
or (z) by such other method as the Committee may approve, including payment
through a broker in accordance with procedures permitted by Regulation T of the
Federal Reserve Board. Shares of Company Stock used to exercise an Option shall
have been held by the Grantee for the requisite period of time to avoid adverse
accounting consequences to the Company with respect to the Option. The Grantee
shall pay the Exercise Price and the amount of any withholding tax due (pursuant
to Section 7) at the time of exercise.
(g) LIMITS ON INCENTIVE STOCK OPTIONS. Each Incentive Stock Option
shall provide that, if the aggregate Fair Market Value of the stock on the date
of the grant with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for
the first time by a Grantee during any calendar year, under the Plan or any
other stock option plan of the Company or a parent or subsidiary, exceeds
$100,000, then the option, as to the excess, shall be treated as a Nonqualified
Stock Option. An Incentive Stock Option shall not be granted to any person who
is not an Employee of the Company or a parent or subsidiary (within the meaning
of section 424(f) of the Code).
6. RESTRICTED STOCK GRANTS
The Committee may issue or transfer shares of Company Stock to an
Employee, Non-Employee Director or Key Advisor under a Grant of Restricted
Stock, upon such terms as the Committee deems appropriate. The following
provisions are applicable to Restricted Stock:
(a) GENERAL REQUIREMENTS. Shares of Company Stock issued or
transferred pursuant to Restricted Stock Grants may be issued or transferred for
consideration or for no consideration, as determined by the Committee. The
Committee may establish conditions under which restrictions on shares of
Restricted Stock shall lapse over a period of time or according to such other
criteria as the Committee deems appropriate. The period of time during which the
Restricted Stock will remain subject to restrictions will be designated in the
Grant Instrument as the "Restriction Period."
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(b) NUMBER OF SHARES. The Committee shall determine the number of
shares of Company Stock to be issued or transferred pursuant to a Restricted
Stock Grant and the restrictions applicable to such shares.
(c) REQUIREMENT OF EMPLOYMENT OR SERVICE. If the Grantee ceases to
be employed by, or provide service to, the Company (as defined in Section 5(e))
during a period designated in the Grant Instrument as the Restriction Period, or
if other specified conditions are not met, the Restricted Stock Grant shall
terminate as to all shares covered by the Grant as to which the restrictions
have not lapsed, and those shares of Company Stock must be immediately returned
to the Company. The Committee may, however, provide for complete or partial
exceptions to this requirement as it deems appropriate.
(d) RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER AND LEGEND ON STOCK CERTIFICATE.
During the Restriction Period, a Grantee may not sell, assign, transfer, pledge
or otherwise dispose of the shares of Restricted Stock except to a Successor
Grantee under Section 8(a). Each certificate for a share of Restricted Stock
shall contain a legend giving appropriate notice of the restrictions in the
Grant. The Grantee shall be entitled to have the legend removed from the stock
certificate covering the shares subject to restrictions when all restrictions on
such shares have lapsed. The Committee may determine that the Company will not
issue certificates for shares of Restricted Stock until all restrictions on such
shares have lapsed, or that the Company will retain possession of certificates
for shares of Restricted Stock until all restrictions on such shares have
lapsed.
(e) RIGHT TO VOTE AND TO RECEIVE DIVIDENDS. Unless the Committee
determines otherwise, during the Restriction Period, the Grantee shall have the
right to vote shares of Restricted Stock and to receive any dividends or other
distributions paid on such shares, subject to any restrictions deemed
appropriate by the Committee.
(f) LAPSE OF RESTRICTIONS. All restrictions imposed on Restricted
Stock shall lapse upon the expiration of the applicable Restriction Period and
the satisfaction of all conditions imposed by the Committee. The Committee may
determine, as to any or all Restricted Stock Grants, that the restrictions shall
lapse without regard to any Restriction Period.
7. WITHHOLDING OF TAXES
(a) REQUIRED WITHHOLDING. All Grants under the Plan shall be
subject to applicable federal (including FICA), state and local tax withholding
requirements. The Company may require that the Grantee or other person receiving
or exercising Grants pay to the Company the amount of any federal, state or
local taxes that the Company is required to withhold with respect to such
Grants, or the Company may deduct from other wages paid by the Company the
amount of any withholding taxes due with respect to such Grants.
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(b) ELECTION TO WITHHOLD SHARES. If the Committee so permits, a
Grantee may elect to satisfy the Company's income tax withholding obligation
with respect to a Grant by having shares withheld up to an amount that does not
exceed the Grantee's minimum applicable withholding tax rate for federal
(including FICA), state and local tax liabilities. The election must be in a
form and manner prescribed by the Committee and shall be subject to the prior
approval of the Committee.
8. TRANSFERABILITY OF GRANTS
(a) NONTRANSFERABILITY OF GRANTS. Except as provided below, only
the Grantee may exercise rights under a Grant during the Grantee's lifetime. A
Grantee may not transfer those rights except by will or by the laws of descent
and distribution or, with respect to Grants other than Incentive Stock Options,
if permitted in any specific case by the Committee, pursuant to a domestic
relations order (as defined under the Code or Title I of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or the regulations thereunder). When a
Grantee dies, the personal representative or other person entitled to succeed to
the rights of the Grantee ("Successor Grantee") may exercise such rights. A
Successor Grantee must furnish proof satisfactory to the Company of his or her
right to receive the Grant under the Grantee's will or under the applicable laws
of descent and distribution.
(b) TRANSFER OF NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTIONS. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, subject to applicable state law, the Committee may provide, in a
Grant Instrument, that a Grantee may transfer Nonqualified Stock Options to
family members, one or more trusts for the benefit of family members, or one or
more partnerships of which family members are the only partners, according to
such terms as the Committee may determine; provided that the Grantee receives no
consideration for the transfer of an Option and the transferred Option shall
continue to be subject to the same terms and conditions as were applicable to
the Option immediately before the transfer.
9. CHANGE OF CONTROL OF THE COMPANY
As used herein, a "Change of Control" shall be deemed to have occurred
if:
(a) Any "person" (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)
of the Exchange Act) (other than persons who are shareholders on the effective
date of the Plan) becomes a "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under
the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company
representing more than 50% of the voting power of the then outstanding
securities of the Company, provided that a Change of Control shall not be deemed
to occur as a result of a change of ownership resulting from the death of a
shareholder; or
(b) The shareholders of the Company approve (or, if shareholder
approval is not required, the Committee approves) an agreement providing for (i)
the merger or consolidation of the Company with another corporation where the
shareholders of the Company, immediately
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prior to the merger or consolidation, will not beneficially own, immediately
after the merger or consolidation, shares entitling such shareholders to more
than 50% of all votes to which all shareholders of the surviving corporation
would be entitled in the election of directors (without consideration of the
rights of any class of stock to elect directors by a separate class vote), (ii)
the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company, or (iii) a liquidation or dissolution of the Company.
10. CONSEQUENCES OF A CHANGE OF CONTROL
(a) NOTICE AND ACCELERATION. Upon a Change of Control, unless the
Committee determines otherwise, (i) the Company shall provide each Grantee with
outstanding Grants written notice of such Change of Control, (ii) all
outstanding Options shall automatically accelerate and become fully exercisable
and (iii) the restrictions and conditions on all outstanding Restricted Stock
shall immediately lapse.
(b) ASSUMPTION OF GRANTS. Upon a Change of Control where the
Company is not the surviving corporation (or survives only as a subsidiary of
another corporation), unless the Committee determines otherwise, all outstanding
Options that are not exercised shall be assumed by, or replaced with comparable
options by, the surviving corporation.
(c) OTHER ALTERNATIVES. Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject to
subsection (d) below, in the event of a Change of Control, the Committee may
take one or both of the following actions: the Committee may (i) require that
Grantees surrender their outstanding Options in exchange for a payment by the
Company, in cash or Company Stock as determined by the Committee, in an amount
equal to the amount by which the then Fair Market Value of the shares of Company
Stock subject to the Grantee's unexercised Options exceeds the Exercise Price of
the Options, or (ii) after giving Grantees an opportunity to exercise their
outstanding Options, terminate any or all unexercised Options at such time as
the Committee deems appropriate. Such surrender or termination shall take place
as of the date of the Change of Control or such other date as the Committee may
specify.
(d) LIMITATIONS. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the
contrary, in the event of a Change of Control, the Committee shall not have the
right to take any actions described in the Plan (including without limitation
actions described in Subsection (c) above) that would make the Change of Control
ineligible for pooling of interests accounting treatment or that would make the
Change of Control ineligible for desired tax treatment if, in the absence of
such right, the Change of Control would qualify for such treatment and the
Company intends to use such treatment with respect to the Change of Control.
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11. REQUIREMENTS FOR ISSUANCE OR TRANSFER OF SHARES
No Company Stock shall be issued or transferred in connection with any
Grant hereunder unless and until all legal requirements applicable to the
issuance or transfer of such Company Stock have been complied with to the
satisfaction of the Committee. The Committee shall have the right to condition
any Grant made to any Grantee hereunder on such Grantee's undertaking in writing
to comply with such restrictions on his or her subsequent disposition of such
shares of Company Stock as the Committee shall deem necessary or advisable as a
result of any applicable law, regulation or official interpretation thereof, and
certificates representing such shares may be legended to reflect any such
restrictions. Certificates representing shares of Company Stock issued or
transferred under the Plan will be subject to such stop-transfer orders and
other restrictions as may be required by applicable laws, regulations and
interpretations, including any requirement that a legend be placed thereon.
12. AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF THE PLAN
(a) AMENDMENT. The Board may amend or terminate the Plan at any
time; provided, however, that the Board shall not amend the Plan without
shareholder approval if such approval is required in order for Incentive Stock
Options granted or to be granted under the Plan to meet the requirements of
section 422 of the Code or such approval is required in order to exempt
compensation under the Plan from the deduction limit under section 162(m) of the
Code.
(b) TERMINATION OF PLAN. The Plan shall terminate on the day
immediately preceding the tenth anniversary of its effective date, unless the
Plan is terminated earlier by the Board or is extended by the Board with the
approval of the shareholders.
(c) TERMINATION AND AMENDMENT OF OUTSTANDING GRANTS. A termination
or amendment of the Plan that occurs after a Grant is made shall not materially
impair the rights of a Grantee unless the Grantee consents or unless the
Committee acts under Section 18(b). The termination of the Plan shall not impair
the power and authority of the Committee with respect to an outstanding Grant.
Whether or not the Plan has terminated, an outstanding Grant may be terminated
or amended under Section 18(b) or may be amended by agreement of the Company and
the Grantee consistent with the Plan.
(d) GOVERNING DOCUMENT. The Plan shall be the controlling
document. No other statements, representations, explanatory materials or
examples, oral or written, may amend the Plan in any manner. The Plan shall be
binding upon and enforceable against the Company and its successors and assigns.
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13. FUNDING OF THE PLAN
This Plan shall be unfunded. The Company shall not be required to
establish any special or separate fund or to make any other segregation of
assets to assure the payment of any Grants under this Plan. In no event shall
interest be paid or accrued on any Grant, including unpaid installments of
Grants.
14. RIGHTS OF PARTICIPANTS
Nothing in this Plan shall entitle any Employee, Key Advisor,
Non-Employee Director or other person to any claim or right to be granted a
Grant under this Plan. Neither this Plan nor any action taken hereunder shall be
construed as giving any individual any rights to be retained by or in the employ
of the Company or any other employment rights.
15. NO FRACTIONAL SHARES
No fractional shares of Company Stock shall be issued or delivered
pursuant to the Plan or any Grant. The Committee shall determine whether cash,
other awards or other property shall be issued or paid in lieu of such
fractional shares or whether such fractional shares or any rights thereto shall
be forfeited or otherwise eliminated.
16. HEADINGS
Section headings are for reference only. In the event of a conflict
between a title and the content of a Section, the content of the Section shall
control.
17. EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE PLAN
(a) EFFECTIVE DATE. The Plan was originally effective on February
26, 1999.
(b) PUBLIC OFFERING. The provisions of the Plan that refer to a
Public Offering, or that refer to, or are applicable to persons subject to,
section 16 of the Exchange Act or section 162(m) of the Code, shall be effective
as of the initial registration of the Company Stock under section 12(g) of the
Exchange Act, and shall remain effective thereafter for so long as such stock is
so registered.
18. MISCELLANEOUS
(a) GRANTS IN CONNECTION WITH CORPORATE TRANSACTIONS AND
OTHERWISE. Nothing contained in this Plan shall be construed to (i) limit the
right of the Committee to make Grants under this Plan in connection with the
acquisition, by purchase, lease, merger, consolidation or otherwise, of the
business or assets of any corporation, firm or association, including Grants to
employees thereof who become Employees of the Company, or for other proper
corporate
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purposes, or (ii) limit the right of the Company to grant stock options or make
other awards outside of this Plan. Without limiting the foregoing, the Committee
may make a Grant to an employee of another corporation who becomes an Employee
by reason of a corporate merger, consolidation, acquisition of stock or
property, reorganization or liquidation involving the Company or any of its
subsidiaries in substitution for a stock option or restricted stock grant made
by such corporation. The terms and conditions of the substitute grants may vary
from the terms and conditions required by the Plan and from those of the
substituted stock incentives. The Committee shall prescribe the provisions of
the substitute grants.
(b) COMPLIANCE WITH LAW. The Plan, the exercise of Options and the
obligations of the Company to issue or transfer shares of Company Stock under
Grants shall be subject to all applicable laws and to approvals by any
governmental or regulatory agency as may be required. With respect to persons
subject to section 16 of the Exchange Act, it is the intent of the Company that
the Plan and all transactions under the Plan comply with all applicable
provisions of Rule 16b-3 or its successors under the Exchange Act. In addition,
it is the intent of the Company that the Plan and applicable Grants under the
Plan comply with the applicable provisions of section 162(m) and section 422 of
the Code. To the extent that any legal requirement of section 16 of the Exchange
Act or section 162(m) or 422 of the Code as set forth in the Plan ceases to be
required under section 16 of the Exchange Act or section 162(m) or 422 of the
Code, that Plan provision shall cease to apply. The Committee may revoke any
Grant if it is contrary to law or modify a Grant to bring it into compliance
with any valid and mandatory government regulation. The Committee may also adopt
rules regarding the withholding of taxes on payments to Grantees. The Committee
may, in its sole discretion, agree to limit its authority under this Section.
(c) COMPLIANCE WITH SECURITIES LAWS. If required to comply with
applicable securities laws, the Company shall provide Grantees with such
financial information about the Company as the Committee deems necessary or
appropriate to comply with such laws.
(d) GOVERNING LAW. The validity, construction, interpretation and
effect of the Plan and Grant Instruments issued under the Plan shall be governed
and construed by and determined in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, without giving effect to the conflict of laws provisions
thereof.
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