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Exhibit 10.1
PARADYNE NETWORKS, INC.
2000 BROAD-BASED STOCK PLAN
ADOPTED NOVEMBER 1, 2000
1. PURPOSES.
a. The purpose of the Plan is to provide a means by which selected
Employees and Directors of and Consultants to the Company and its Affiliates may
be given an opportunity to benefit from increases in value of the common stock
of the Company ("Common Stock") through the granting of (i) Nonstatutory Stock
Options, (ii) stock bonuses and (iii) rights to purchase restricted stock.
b. The Company, by means of the Plan, seeks to retain the services of
persons who are now Employees, Directors or Consultants, to secure and retain
the services of new Employees, Directors and Consultants, and to provide
incentives for such persons to exert maximum efforts for the success of the
Company and its Affiliates. The Plan is intended to be a broad-based plan for
purposes of Rule 4460(i) of the NASD Manual. No more that 40% of the total
shares subject to Stock Awards granted under the Plan shall be granted to
Officers and Directors.
c. The Company intends that the Stock Awards issued under the Plan
shall, in the discretion of the Board or any Committee to which responsibility
for administration of the Plan has been delegated pursuant to subsection 3(c),
be either (i) Nonstatutory Stock Options, or (ii) stock bonuses or rights to
purchase restricted stock granted pursuant to Section 7 hereof. A separate
certificate or certificates will be issued for shares purchased on exercise of
an Option.
2. DEFINITIONS.
a. "AFFILIATE" means any parent corporation or subsidiary corporation,
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. "CODE" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
d. "COMMITTEE" means a Committee appointed by the Board in accordance
with subsection 3(c) of the Plan.
e. "COMPANY" means Paradyne Networks, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
f. "CONSULTANT" means any person, including an advisor, engaged by the
Company or an Affiliate to render consulting services and who is compensated for
such services. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term "Consultant" shall not
include (i) Directors who are paid only a director's fee by the Company or who
are not compensated by the Company for their services as Directors, or (ii) any
person with respect to whom Form S-8 under the Securities Act is not available
to register the offer and sale of the Company's securities.
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g. "CONTINUOUS STATUS AS AN EMPLOYEE, DIRECTOR OR CONSULTANT" means the
employment or relationship as a Director or Consultant is not interrupted or
terminated. The Board, in its sole discretion, may determine whether Continuous
Status as an Employee, Director or Consultant shall be considered interrupted in
the case of: (i) any leave of absence approved by the Board, including sick
leave, military leave, or any other personal leave; or (ii) transfers between
locations of the Company or between the Company, Affiliates or their successors.
h. "DIRECTOR" means a member of the Board.
i. "DISABILITY" means the permanent and total disability of a person
within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.
j. "EMPLOYEE" means any person, including Officers and Directors,
employed by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company. Neither service as a
Director nor payment of a director's fee by the Company shall be sufficient to
constitute "employment" by the Company.
k. "EXCHANGE ACT" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
l. "FAIR MARKET VALUE" means, as of any date, the value of the Common
Stock of the Company 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 Common Stock) on the last market trading day prior to the day for
which Fair Market Value is being determined, 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.
m. "NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR" means a Director who either is not a current
Employee or Officer of the Company or its parent or subsidiary, does not receive
compensation (directly or indirectly) from the Company or its parent or
subsidiary for services rendered as a consultant or in any capacity other than
as a Director (except for an amount as to which disclosure would not be required
under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act
("Regulation S-K"), does not possess an interest in any other transaction as to
which disclosure would be required under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K, and is
not engaged in a business relationship as to which disclosure would be required
under Item 404(b) of Regulation S-K; or (ii) is otherwise considered a
"non-employee director" for purposes of Rule 16b-3.
n. "NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION" means an Option not intended to qualify
as an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code and
the regulations thereunder.
o. "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.
p. "OPTION" means a stock option granted pursuant to the Plan.
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q. "OPTION AGREEMENT" means a written agreement between the Company and
an Optionee evidencing the terms and conditions of an individual Option grant.
Each Option Agreement shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.
r. "OPTIONEE" means a person to whom an Option is granted pursuant to
the Plan.
s. "PLAN" means this 2000 Broad-Based Stock Plan.
t. "RULE 16b-3" means Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act or any successor
to Rule 16b-3, as in effect when discretion is being exercised with respect to
the Plan.
u. "SECURITIES ACT" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
v. "STOCK AWARD" means any right granted under the Plan, including any
Option, any stock bonus, and any right to purchase restricted stock.
w. "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. The Plan shall be administered by the Board unless and until the
Board delegates administration to a Committee, as provided in subsection 3(c).
b. 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; whether a Stock Award will be a Nonstatutory Stock
Option, a stock bonus, a right to purchase restricted stock, or a combination of
the foregoing; 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 stock pursuant to a Stock Award and the number of shares 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.
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c. The Board may delegate administration of the Plan to a committee or
committees ("Committee") of one or more members of the Board. 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 (and
references in this Plan to the Board shall thereafter be to the Committee),
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. The Board may delegate to a committee of one or more members of the
Board who are not Non-Employee Directors the authority to grant Stock Awards to
eligible persons who are not then subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
4. SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN.
a. Subject to the provisions of Section 11 relating to adjustments upon
changes in stock, the stock that may be issued pursuant to Stock Awards shall
not exceed in the aggregate four million (4,000,000) shares of Common Stock. If
any Stock Award shall for any reason expire or otherwise terminate, in whole or
in part, without having been exercised in full (or vested in the case of
restricted stock), the stock not acquired under such Stock Award shall revert to
and again become available for issuance under the Plan.
b. The stock subject to the Plan may be unissued shares or reacquired
shares, bought on the market or otherwise.
5. ELIGIBILITY.
Stock Awards may be granted to Employees or Consultants, but not more
than 40% of the total shares subject to Stock Awards under the Plan shall be
granted to Officers or Directors.
6. OPTION PROVISIONS.
Each Option shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as the Board shall deem appropriate. 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. PRICE. The exercise price of each Option shall be determined by the
Board or the Committee.
c. CONSIDERATION. The purchase price of 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 or the Committee, at the time of the grant of the
Option, (1) by delivery to the Company of other Common Stock of the Company;
provided that such shares have been held by the participant for at least six
months prior to such delivery to the Company, (2) according to a deferred
payment or other arrangement (which may include, without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, the use of other Common Stock of the Company that has been
held by such person for at least six months prior to such delivery to the
Company) with the
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person to whom the Option is granted or to whom the Option is transferred
pursuant to subsection 6(d), or (3) in any other form of legal consideration
that may be acceptable to the Board.
In the case of any deferred payment arrangement, interest shall be
payable 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. In addition, where required by applicable law,
deferred payment may not be made of the par value of the Company's Common Stock.
d. TRANSFERABILITY. An Option may be transferred to the extent provided
in the Option Agreement; provided that if the Option Agreement does not
expressly permit the transfer of the Option, the Option shall not be
transferable except by will, by the laws of descent and distribution or pursuant
to a domestic relations order satisfying the requirements of Rule 16b-3, and
shall be exercisable during the lifetime of the person to whom the Option is
granted only by such person or any transferee pursuant to a domestic relations
order. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the person to whom the Option is granted
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 Optionee,
shall thereafter be entitled to exercise the Option.
e. VESTING. The total number of shares of stock subject to an Option
may, but need not, be allotted in periodic installments (which may, but need
not, be equal). The Option Agreement may provide that from time to time during
each of such installment periods, the Option may become exercisable ("vest")
with respect to some or all of the shares allotted to that period, and may be
exercised with respect to some or all of the shares allotted to such period
and/or any prior period as to which the Option became vested but was not fully
exercised. 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, including provisions which
call for the forfeiture of the Option in the event Optionee engages in conduct
in competition with the Company's business or leading to termination for cause.
The provisions of this subsection 6(e) are subject to any Option provisions
governing the minimum number of shares as to which an Option may be exercised.
f. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT OR RELATIONSHIP AS A DIRECTOR OR
CONSULTANT. In the event an Optionee's Continuous Status as an Employee,
Director or Consultant terminates (other than upon the Optionee's death or
Disability), the Optionee may exercise his or her Option (to the extent that the
Optionee was entitled to exercise it at the date of termination) but only within
such period of time ending on the earlier of (i) the date sixty (60) days after
the termination of the Optionee's Continuous Status as an Employee, Director or
Consultant (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, at the date of termination of employment, the Optionee was not
entitled to exercise his or her entire Option, the shares covered by the
unexercisable portion of the Option shall revert to and again become available
for issuance under the Plan. If, after termination, the Optionee does not
exercise his or her Option within the time specified in the Option Agreement,
the Option shall terminate, and the shares covered by such Option shall revert
to and again become available for issuance under the Plan.
An Optionee's Option Agreement may also provide that if the exercise of
the Option following the termination of the Optionee's Continuous Status as an
Employee, Director or Consultant (other than upon the Optionee's death or
Disability) would be prohibited at any time
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solely because the issuance of shares would violate the registration
requirements under the Act, then the Option shall terminate on the earlier of
(i) the expiration of the term of the Option set forth in the preceding
paragraph, or (ii) the expiration of a period of sixty (60) days after the
termination of the Optionee's Continuous Status as an Employee, Director or
Consultant during which the exercise of the Option would not be in violation of
such registration requirements.
g. DISABILITY OF OPTIONEE. In the event an Optionee's Continuous Status
as an Employee, Director or Consultant terminates as a result of the Optionee's
Disability, the Optionee may exercise his or her Option (to the extent that the
Optionee was entitled to exercise it at 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 Agreement. If, at the date of termination, the Optionee is
not entitled to exercise his or her entire Option, the shares covered by the
unexercisable portion of the Option shall revert to and again become available
for issuance under the Plan. If, after termination, the Optionee does not
exercise his or her Option within the time specified herein, the Option shall
terminate, and the shares covered by such Option shall revert to and again
become available for issuance under the Plan.
h. DEATH OF OPTIONEE. In the event of the death of an Optionee during,
or within a period specified in the Option after the termination of, the
Optionee's Continuous Status as an Employee, Director or Consultant, the Option
may be exercised (to the extent the Optionee was entitled to exercise the Option
at the date of death) by the Optionee'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 Optionee's death pursuant to subsection 6(d),
but only within the period ending on the earlier of (i) the date twelve (12)
months following the date of death (or such longer or shorter period specified
in the Option Agreement), or (ii) the expiration of the term of such Option as
set forth in the Option Agreement. If, at the time of death, the Optionee was
not entitled to exercise his or her entire Option, the shares covered by the
unexercisable portion of the Option shall revert to and again become available
for issuance under the Plan. If, after death, the Option is not exercised within
the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate, and the shares covered by
such Option shall revert to and again become available for issuance under the
Plan.
i. EARLY EXERCISE. The Option may, but need not, include a provision
whereby the Optionee may elect at any time while an Employee, Director or
Consultant to exercise the Option as to any part or all of the shares subject to
the Option prior to the full vesting of the Option. Any unvested shares so
purchased may be subject to a repurchase right in favor of the Company or to any
other restriction the Board determines to be appropriate.
j. RE-LOAD OPTIONS. Without in any way limiting the authority of the
Board or Committee to make or not to make grants of Options hereunder, the Board
or Committee shall have the authority (but not an obligation) to include as part
of any Option Agreement a provision entitling the Optionee to a further Option
(a "Re-Load Option") in the event the Optionee exercises the Option evidenced by
the Option agreement, in whole or in part, by surrendering other shares of
Common Stock in accordance with this Plan and the terms and conditions of the
Option Agreement. Any such Re-Load Option (i) shall be for a number of shares
equal to the number of shares surrendered as part or all of the exercise price
of such Option; (ii) shall have an expiration date which is the same as the
expiration date of the Option the exercise of which gave rise to such Re-Load
Option; and (iii) shall have an exercise price which is equal to one hundred
percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock subject to the
Re-Load Option on the date of exercise of the original Option.
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Any such Re-Load Option shall be a Nonstatutory Stock Option. There
shall be no Re-Load Options on a Re-Load Option. Any such Re-Load Option shall
be subject to the availability of sufficient shares under subsection 4(a) and
shall be subject to such other terms and conditions as the Board or Committee
may determine which are not inconsistent with the express provisions of the Plan
regarding the terms of Options.
7. TERMS OF STOCK BONUSES AND PURCHASES OF RESTRICTED STOCK.
Each stock bonus or restricted stock purchase agreement shall be in
such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as the Board or the
Committee shall deem appropriate. The terms and conditions of stock bonus or
restricted stock purchase agreements may change from time to time, and the terms
and conditions of separate agreements need not be identical, but each stock
bonus or 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 as appropriate:
a. PURCHASE PRICE. The purchase price under each restricted stock
purchase agreement shall be such amount as the Board or Committee shall
determine and designate in such agreement. The Board or the Committee to which
administration of the Plan has been delegated may award stock pursuant to a
stock bonus agreement in consideration for services actually rendered to the
Company or for its benefit.
b. TRANSFERABILITY. No rights under a stock bonus or restricted stock
purchase agreement shall be transferable except by will or the laws of descent
and distribution or, if the agreement so provides, pursuant to a domestic
relations order satisfying the requirements of Rule 16b-3, so long as stock
awarded under such agreement remains subject to the terms of the agreement.
c. CONSIDERATION. The purchase price of stock acquired pursuant to a
stock purchase agreement shall be paid either: (i) in cash at the time of
purchase; (ii) at the discretion of the Board or the Committee, according to a
deferred payment or other arrangement with the person to whom the stock is sold;
or (iii) in any other form of legal consideration that may be acceptable to the
Board or the Committee in its discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Board or the Committee to which administration of the Plan has been delegated
may award stock pursuant to a stock bonus agreement in consideration for
services actually rendered to the Company or for its benefit.
d. VESTING. Shares of stock sold or awarded under the Plan may, but
need not, be subject to a repurchase option in favor of the Company in
accordance with a vesting schedule to be determined by the Board or the
Committee.
e. TERMINATION OF CONTINUOUS STATUS AS AN EMPLOYEE, DIRECTOR OR
CONSULTANT. In the event a Participant's Continuous Status as an Employee,
Director or Consultant terminates, the Company may repurchase or otherwise
reacquire any or all of the shares of stock held by that person which have not
vested as of the date of termination under the terms of the stock bonus or
restricted stock purchase agreement between the Company and such person.
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8. COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY.
a. During the terms of the Stock Awards, the Company shall keep
available at all times the number of shares of stock required to satisfy such
Stock Awards.
b. The Company shall seek to obtain from each regulatory commission or
agency having jurisdiction over the Plan such authority as may be required to
issue and sell shares under Stock Awards; provided, however, that this
undertaking shall not require the Company to register under the Securities Act
either the Plan, any Stock Award or any 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 stock under the
Plan, the Company shall be relieved from any liability for failure to issue and
sell 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 stock pursuant to Stock Awards shall
constitute general funds of the Company.
10. MISCELLANEOUS.
a. 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, 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.
b. Neither an Employee, Director nor a Consultant nor any person to
whom a Stock Award is transferred in accordance with the Plan shall be deemed to
be the holder of, or to have any of the rights of a holder with respect to, any
shares subject to such Stock Award unless and until such person has satisfied
all requirements for exercise of the Stock Award pursuant to its terms.
c. Nothing in the Plan or any instrument executed or Stock Award
granted pursuant thereto shall confer upon any holder of Stock Awards any right
to continue in the employ of the Company or any Affiliate, or to continue
serving as a Consultant or Director, or shall affect the right of the Company or
any Affiliate to terminate the employment of any Employee with or without notice
and with or without cause, or the right to terminate the relationship of any
Consultant pursuant to the terms of such Consultant's agreement with the Company
or Affiliate or service as a Director pursuant to the Company's By-Laws.
d. The Company may require any person to whom a Stock Award is granted,
or any person to whom a Stock Award is transferred in accordance with the Plan,
as a condition of exercising or acquiring stock under any Stock Award, (i) to
give written assurances satisfactory to the Company as to such person'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 such person is
acquiring the stock subject to the Stock Award for such person's own account and
not with any present intention of
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selling or otherwise distributing the stock. The foregoing requirements, and any
assurances given pursuant to such requirements, shall be inoperative if (1) the
issuance of the shares upon the exercise or acquisition of 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 stock.
e. To the extent provided by the terms of a Stock Award Agreement, the
person to whom a Stock Award is granted may satisfy any federal, state or local
tax withholding obligation relating to the exercise or acquisition of stock
under a Stock Award by any of the following means or by a combination of such
means: (i) tendering a cash payment; (ii) authorizing the Company to withhold
shares from the shares of the Common Stock otherwise issuable to the participant
as a result of the exercise or acquisition of stock under the Stock Award;
provided, however, that not more than the minimum statutorily required federal,
state or local tax withholding obligation may be satisfied by this method; or
(iii) delivering to the Company owned and unencumbered shares of the Common
Stock of the Company; provided that such shares have been held by the
participant for at least six months prior to such delivery to the Company.
11. ADJUSTMENTS UPON CHANGES IN STOCK.
a. If any change is made in the 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 shares 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 shares and price per share of stock subject to such outstanding Stock
Awards. Such adjustments shall be made by the Board or the Committee, the
determination of which shall be final, binding and conclusive. (The conversion
of any convertible securities of the Company shall not be treated as a
"transaction not involving the receipt of consideration by the Company.")
b. In the event of: (i) a dissolution, liquidation or sale of
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 the 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 (in any such case, a "Corporate Transaction"), then to the extent
permitted by applicable law: any surviving corporation or an Affiliate of such
surviving corporation shall assume any Stock Awards outstanding under the Plan
or shall substitute similar Stock Awards for those outstanding under the Plan.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event any surviving corporation and its
Affiliates do not assume such Stock Awards or substitute similar Stock Awards
for those outstanding under the Plan, then the vesting of all outstanding Stock
Awards shall be accelerated in full as of a date designated by the Board or the
Committee administering the Plan, the holders of such Stock Awards shall be
given reasonable opportunity to exercise such Stock Awards prior to such
Corporate Transaction, and such Stock Awards shall be terminated if not
exercised during such designated time to exercise.
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12. AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN AND STOCK AWARDS.
a. The Board at any time, and from time to time, may amend the Plan.
However, except as provided in Section 11(a) relating to adjustments upon
changes in stock, no amendment shall be effective unless approved by the
stockholders of the Company where stockholder approval is necessary for the Plan
to satisfy the requirements of any Nasdaq or securities exchange listing
requirements.
b. The Board may in its sole discretion submit any other amendment to
the Plan for stockholder approval.
c. Rights and obligations 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 person to whom the Stock Award was
granted and (ii) such person consents in writing.
d. 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 and obligations
under any Stock Award shall not be impaired by any such amendment unless (i) the
Company requests the consent of the person to whom the Stock Award was granted
and (ii) such person consents in writing.
13. TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION OF THE PLAN.
a. The Board may suspend or terminate the Plan at any time. Unless
sooner terminated, the Plan shall terminate ten (10) years from the latest date
on which the Plan or an amendment and restatement of 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. Rights and obligations under any Stock Award granted while the Plan
is in effect shall not be impaired by suspension or termination of the Plan,
except with the consent of the person to whom the Stock Award was granted.
14. EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN.
This Plan shall become effective as determined by the Board.
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The foregoing is hereby acknowledged as being the Paradyne Networks,
Inc. 2000 Broad-Based Stock Plan as adopted by the Board of Directors of the
Company on November 1, 2000.
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Corporate Secretary
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