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INTERNET COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
7100 E. BELLEVIEW AVE., SUITE 201
GREENWOOD VILLAGE, COLORADO 80111
TELEPHONE - (303) 770-7600
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NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON JULY 10, 1997
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TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF INTERNET COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION:
An Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Internet Communications Corporation, a
Colorado corporation (the "Company"), will be held at the Company's offices at
7100 E. Belleview Ave., Suite 201, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111, on
July 10, 1997 at 1:00 p.m., Denver time, to consider and take action on:
1. A proposal to elect four directors.
2. A proposal to approve an amendment to the 1996 Incentive Stock Plan to
increase the number of options available to be granted from 625,000 to 875,000.
3. Such other business as may properly come before the meeting, or any
adjournment or adjournments thereof.
The discussion of the proposals of the Board of Directors set forth above
is intended only as a summary, and is qualified in its entirety by the
information relating to the proposals set forth in the accompanying Proxy
Statement.
Only shareholders of record at the close of business on May 22, 1997, will
be entitled to notice of and to vote at this annual meeting, or any adjournment
or adjournments thereof.
Date: May 30, 1997 By Order of the Board of
Directors:
Thomas C. Galley, President
YOU ARE URGED TO DATE, SIGN AND PROMPTLY RETURN YOUR PROXY SO THAT YOUR
SHARES MAY BE VOTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR WISHES. THE GIVING OF SUCH PROXY
DOES NOT AFFECT YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE IN PERSON IN THE EVENT YOU ATTEND THE
MEETING.
YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT
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INTERNET COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
PROXY STATEMENT
FOR ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON JULY 10, 1997
THIS PROXY STATEMENT IS FURNISHED IN CONNECTION WITH A SOLICITATION OF
PROXIES (IN THE FORM ENCLOSED) BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF INTERNET
COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION (THE "COMPANY") TO BE USED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF
SHAREHOLDERS (THE "ANNUAL MEETING") AT 1:00 P.M. (DENVER TIME), ON JULY 10, 1997
AT THE COMPANY'S OFFICES AT 7100 E. BELLEVIEW AVE., SUITE 201, GREENWOOD
VILLAGE, COLORADO 80111. THE PROXY AND PROXY STATEMENT WILL BE MAILED TO
SHAREHOLDERS ON OR ABOUT MAY 30, 1997.
REVOCABILITY OF PROXY
If the enclosed Proxy is executed and returned, it will be voted on the
proposals as indicated by the shareholder. The Proxy may be revoked by the
shareholder at any time prior to its use by notice in writing to the Secretary
of the Company, by executing a later dated proxy and delivering it to the
Company prior to the meeting or by voting in person at the meeting.
SOLICITATION
The cost of preparing, assembling and mailing the Notice of Meeting, Proxy
Statement and Proxy (the "Proxy Materials"), miscellaneous costs with respect to
the Proxy Materials and solicitation of the Proxies will be paid by the Company.
The Company also may use the services of its directors, officers and employees
to solicit Proxies, personally or by telephone and telegraph, but at no
additional salary or compensation. The Company intends to request banks,
brokerage houses and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries to forward
copies of the Proxy Materials to those persons for whom they hold such shares
and request authority for the execution of the Proxies. The Company will
reimburse them for the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in so
doing.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
Revocability of Proxy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Solicitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Voting Securities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Directors and Executive Officers of the Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Directors Meetings and Standing Committees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Executive Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Related Party Transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management . . . . . . . .10
Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 . . . . .12
Price Range of the Company Common Stock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Proposal One, A Proposal to Elect Four Directors to Office . . . . . . . . . .13
Proposal Two, A Proposal to Approve an Amendment to the 1996 Incentive Stock
Plan to Increase the Number of Options Available to be Granted from 625,000
to 875,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Company's Relationship With Independent Certified Public Accountants . . . . .17
Financial Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Other Matters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Shareholder Proposals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
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VOTING SECURITIES
Shareholders of record at the close of business on May 22, 1997 will be
entitled to vote on all matters. On the record date the Company had 5,375,806
shares of Company Common Stock outstanding. The holders of the Company Common
Stock are entitled to one vote per share. The Company has no class of voting
securities outstanding other than the Company Common Stock. One third of the
issued and outstanding shares of the Company Common Stock entitled to vote,
represented in person or by proxy, constitutes a quorum at any shareholders'
meeting. Adoption of Proposal Two will require that the votes cast favoring
the action must exceed the votes cast opposing the action. In the election of
directors (Proposal One), that number of candidates equaling the number of
directors to be elected, having the highest number of votes cast in favor of
their election, are elected to the board of directors. Abstentions and "broker
non-votes" (referring to instances where a broker or other nominee physically
indicates on the proxy that, because it has not received instructions from
beneficial owners, it does not have discretionary authority as to certain shares
of Company Common Stock to vote on the proposal) will have no effect on
Proposals One and Two. The proxies named in the enclosed proxy card may, at the
direction of the Board, vote to adjourn or postpone the Annual Meeting to
another time or place for the purpose of soliciting additional proxies necessary
for approval of a proposal or otherwise.
DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY
The directors are divided into three classes, with one class to be elected
every year. The term of office for Class I directors expires at the 1997 Annual
Meeting of Shareholders and the term of office for Class II and III directors
will expire at the 1998 and 1999 Annual Meetings, respectively. In April 1997,
the Board of Directors was expanded to ten (10) directors and Mr. Joseph P.
Nacchio and Mr. Richard T. Liebhaber were appointed as directors to serve until
the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Separately, Mr. Dale R. Morrison has
decided to resign as director effective at the end of his term. At that date,
the Board will be reduced to nine (9) directors.
The Directors and Executive Officers of the Company are as follows:
DIRECTOR
NAME CLASS AGE POSITIONS AND OFFICES HELD
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Thomas C. Galley III 41 President, Chief Executive Officer and
Director
Arnell J. Galley II 41 Secretary, Director of Technical
Operations and Director
John M. Couzens III 36 Vice President, Treasurer, General
Manager of Voice Systems and Director
Robert J. Smith II 53 Sales Manager, Engineered Systems and
Director
Peter A. Guglielmi II 53 Director
Dale R. Morrison I 41 Director
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William J. Maxwell I 54 Director
Craig D. Slater I 40 Director
Joseph P. Nacchio n/a 47 Director
Richard T. Liebhaber n/a 62 Director
Paul W. Greiving 39 Chief Financial Officer
The following sets forth biographical information as to the business
experience of each Officer and Director of the Company for at least the past
five years.
THOMAS C. GALLEY - PRESIDENT, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND DIRECTOR. In
1986, Mr. Galley co-founded Internet Datacomm, Inc., which was subsequently
acquired and merged into the Company, and since February 1990, has served as
the Company's President, Chief Executive Officer and member of its Board of
Directors.
ARNELL J. GALLEY - SECRETARY, DIRECTOR OF TECHNICAL OPERATIONS AND
DIRECTOR. Ms. Galley co-founded Internet Datacomm, Inc. in 1986 which was
subsequently acquired and merged into the Company. Since February 1990, Ms.
Galley has served as the Company's Secretary and a member of its Board of
Directors, and previously held the positions of Secretary, Treasurer and Vice
President of IDI. She currently holds the position of Director of Technical
Operations.
JOHN P. COUZENS - VICE PRESIDENT, TREASURER, GENERAL MANAGER OF VOICE
SYSTEMS AND DIRECTOR. Mr. Couzens was appointed to the Company's Board of
Directors in September 1996 and was named Vice President, Treasurer and General
Manager of Voice Systems in March 1997. He had been President and Chief
Executive Officer of Interwest Communications C.S. Corporation ("Interwest")
since April 1996 and was Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
of Interwest Group Inc. ("Group") from September 1994 until March 1996. Prior
to joining Group, Mr. Couzens was Vice President and Division Manager at The
Northern Trust Company.
ROBERT J. SMITH - SALES MANAGER, ENGINEERED SYSTEMS AND DIRECTOR. Mr.
Smith was appointed to the Company's Board of Directors in September 1996. He
joined Interwest in 1980 as General Manager. Mr. Smith was President of
Interwest from 1987 until April 1996, at which time he became the Executive Vice
President of Network Systems for Interwest.
PETER A. GUGLIELMI - DIRECTOR. Mr. Guglielmi was appointed to the
Company's Board of Directors on July 24, 1995. Currently and for the past five
years, Mr. Guglielmi has served as President of Tellabs International, Inc., a
major supplier of hardware products to the telecommunications industry.
Previously, he was Executive Vice President of Finance and Operations for
Tellabs International.
DALE R. MORRISON - DIRECTOR. Mr. Morrison became associated with Internet
DataComm, Inc. in July 1986 in the position of Vice President. Since February
1990, Mr. Morrison has served as a director. From February 1990 until his
resignation on June 30, 1994, he served as the Company's vice president. Since
that time, he has devoted his efforts primarily to managing his personal
investment portfolio and serving as a frequent advisor to the Company's senior
management
WILLIAM J. MAXWELL - DIRECTOR. Mr. Maxwell was elected to the Company's
Board of
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Directors on June 12, 1996. Mr. Maxwell is an executive vice president
of IntelCom Group and president and chief executive officer of ICG Telecom
Group, Inc., which is one of the country's leading competitive local exchange
carriers. Prior to joining ICG in December 1992, Mr. Maxwell was senior
marketing executive of WilTel Inc. in Tulsa, Oklahoma (now a subsidiary of
WorldCom, Inc.), a full-service telecommunications company providing voice,
video and data products and services nationwide.
CRAIG D. SLATER - DIRECTOR. Mr. Slater was named as a Director in
September 1996. He was elected to the Board of Directors of Group in July 1994.
He serves as Vice President of Acquisitions and Investments at Anschutz Company,
a holding company with investments in a variety of industries, including
telecommunications, transportation, energy and real estate. Mr. Slater has been
an employee of Anschutz Company and/or The Anschutz Corporation since 1988. Mr.
Slater also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Forest Oil
Corporation, to which he was elected in 1995.
JOSEPH P. NACCHIO - DIRECTOR. Mr. Nacchio was named as a Director in
April 1997. He has served as a Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
of Qwest Communications International Inc. (Qwest) since February 1997. Prior
to joining Qwest, Mr. Nacchio was Executive Vice President of AT&T Corp.'s
(AT&T) Consumer and Small Business Division since January 1996. In 1994 and
1995, he was President of AT&T's Consumer Communications Services long distance.
From November 1991 until August 1994, Mr. Nacchio was President of AT&T's
Business Communications Services unit focused on the long distance needs of
business customers.
RICHARD T. LIEBHABER - DIRECTOR. Mr. Liebhaber was named as a Director in
April 1997. He has served as a Director of Qwest since February 1997. He has
been a Managing Director of Veronis, Suhler & Associates, Inc., the New York
media merchant banking firm, since June 1, 1995. Mr. Liebhaber has been a member
of the board of directors of Precision Systems, Inc. since June 21, 1995 and
Chairman since June 13, 1996. He has also been a member of the board of
directors of Objective Communications, Inc. since August 1994, the board of
directors of Alcatel Network Systems, Inc. since June 1995, the board of
directors of Geotek Communications, Inc. since April 1995, the board of
directors of Advanced Network Services, Inc. (America OnLine, Inc.) since July
1996, and the board of directors of Scholz Master Builders since December 1985.
From December 1985 to his retirement in May 1995, Mr. Liebhaber served as
Executive Vice President of MCI Communications Corporation and as a member of
its Management Committee. Mr. Liebhaber was a member of the board of directors
of MCI Communications Corporation from July 1992 until his retirement in May
1995.
PAUL W. GREIVING - CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. Mr. Greiving was the Company's
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer from December 1990 until his resignation
in August 1995. He re-joined the Company on May 12, 1997 as the Company's Chief
Financial Officer. During the period from August 1995 to May 1997, Mr. Greiving
was the Chief Financial Officer for Mincom, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of
an Australian software company.
The members of the Board of Directors do not receive compensation for
serving as members of the Board except that Messrs. Guglielmi and Maxwell each
receive $6,000 per year and $1,500 per meeting, and all directors receive
reimbursement for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred. Effective with the July
1997 meeting, non-employee directors will receive $2,000 per meeting instead of
$6,000 per year and $1,500 per meeting.
Thomas C. Galley and Arnell J. Galley are husband and wife. There are no
other family relationships between any Director or Executive Officer of the
Company.
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Officers of the Company are currently elected annually by, and serve at the
discretion of, the Board of Directors
DIRECTORS' MEETINGS AND STANDING COMMITTEES
Since the Special Meeting of Shareholders on September 12, 1996, three
meetings of the Board of Directors were held. All Directors attended 100% of
the meetings of the Board.
The Board has established standing Audit, Compensation and Stock Option
committees. There is no nominating or other committee performing similar
functions.
THE AUDIT COMMITTEE reviews the scope and results of the audit of the
Company by the Company's independent accountants and makes recommendations to
the Board as to the selection of independent accountants. In addition, the
Committee reviews, with the independent accountants, systems of internal control
and accounting policies and procedures, and directs and supervises
investigations into matters within the scope of its duties. The current members
of the Audit Committee are Peter Guglielmi, William Maxwell and Craig Slater.
THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE makes recommendations to the Board concerning
matters related to compensation for certain management personnel and certain
executive and management incentive and benefit plans. The current members of
the Compensation Committee are Peter Guglielmi, William Maxwell and Craig
Slater.
THE STOCK OPTION COMMITTEE grants stock options, determines fair market
value of the stock and otherwise administers the employee stock option plan and
the non-employee directors stock option plan. The current members of the Stock
Option Committee are Thomas Galley, Arnell Galley and John Couzens.
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The following table sets forth the total remuneration paid during the
Company's fiscal year ended January 31, 1997 and the prior two years to the
Chief Executive Officer, the only executive officer whose total cash and non-
cash compensation exceeded $100,000. Employees of Interwest became employees of
the Company effective October 1, 1996 following the acquisition of Interwest by
the Company. Compensation of some Executive Officers of the Company would have
exceeded $100,000 had they been employees of the Company for the entire year.
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SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
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Annual Compensation Long Term Compensation Awards
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Other All
Name Annual Restricted LTIP Other
and Compen- Stock Options/ Pay- Compen-
Principal Salary Bonus sation Award(s) SARs outs sation
Position Year(1) ($) ($) ($)(3) ($) (#)(2) ($) ($)
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Thomas C. Galley, 1997 $156,000 $ 0 - N/A None N/A $ 0
President 1996 $156,000 $ 0 - N/A None N/A $ 0
1995 $175,816 $ 0 - N/A None N/A $ 0
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(1) Periods presented are for the years ended January 31.
(2) Number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to options granted during
the year indicated.
(3) Other perquisites and benefits are less than 10% of total salary and bonus.
STOCK OPTION GRANTS IN FISCAL YEAR ENDED JANUARY 31, 1997
In March 1996, the Board of Directors authorized the exchange of the
Company's then outstanding non-qualified options for new options, which were
approved as incentive stock options at the Special Meeting of Shareholders held
on September 12, 1997. The old options were to expire at the end of April 1996.
The new options will expire in March 2006, except for the options issued to Mr.
Galley, which expire in March 2001. In connection with this exchange, Mr.
Galley exchanged 50,000 options, which were fully vested and exercisable at
$2.00 per share, for 100,000 options exercisable at $4.125 (110% of the market
price of unrestricted Company Common Stock on the date of grant), of which 25%
were immediately vested and 25% vest in each of the succeeding three years. The
Board of Directors granted the new options as the prior granted options were to
expire and to provide all employees the benefits of an incentive stock option
plan
AGGREGATE OPTIONS EXERCISED DURING 1996 AND OPTION VALUES AT JANUARY 31, 1997
The following table sets forth certain information regarding options to
purchase shares of Company Common Stock exercised during the Company's fiscal
year ended January 31, 1997 and the number and value of exercisable and
unexercisable options to purchase shares of Company Common Stock held as of the
end of the Company's fiscal year by the Executive Officer of the Company named
in the Summary Compensation Table:
AGGREGATE OPTIONS EXERCISED DURING 1996 AND OPTION VALUES AT JANUARY 31, 1997
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Number of
Securities Value of
Underlying Unexercised
Unexercised In-the-Money
Options at Options at
Shares 1/31/97 1/31/97
Acquired Value Exercisable/ Exercisable/
Name on Exercise Realized Unexercisable(1) Unexercisable (2)
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Thomas C. Galley None -- 50,000/50,000 $62,500/$62,500
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(1) Excercisable options include 25,000 presently exercisable options and
25,000 options which will vest on March 18, 1997.
(2) Value of exercisable/unexercisable in-the-money options is equal to the
difference between the fair market value per share of Company Common Stock
of $5.375 at January 31, 1997, and the option exercise price per share
multiplied by the number of shares subject to options.
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS
THOMAS C. GALLEY
On May 1, 1994, the Company entered into an employment agreement with its
president, Thomas C. Galley, which extends until January 31, 1999. Under the
agreement, Mr. Galley is to receive a base salary of $180,000 which increases by
15% per year on February 1st of each subsequent year. Mr. Galley is also to
receive a bonus of between 4% to 6% of earnings before taxes and bonus based on
the following:
Before Tax Net Profit Bonus Percentage of
as Percentage of Sales Before Tax Net Profits
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3% or less of gross sales 4% of before tax net profit
More than 3% but less than 5% 5% of before tax net profit
of gross sales
More than 5% of gross sales 6% of before tax net profit
The agreement is cancelable for cause, and may be terminated by the Company
for reasons other than cause. Should either of these events occur, Mr. Galley
will receive as his severance compensation an amount equal to his annual base
salary payable over thirty-six months.
ROBERT J. SMITH
Mr. Smith has an employment agreement with the Company for a two year
period ending June 1, 1997 under which he is to receive a salary of $170,000 per
year. Of this amount, Interwest Group Inc., the beneficial owner of 52.3% of
the Company's common stock, has agreed to pay $45,000 per year. Mr. Smith may
be terminated without cause, in which case he is to receive three months salary.
Each of the other executive officers has signed a non-compete agreement
with the Company. There are non-compete and confidentiality agreements with
sales account executives and engineers. Such agreements generally provide that
in the event of the employee's termination the employee will not (i) compete
with the Company for a period of two years after the termination of employment
within a radius of 100 miles of any office of the Company or any subsidiary of
the Company; (ii) solicit, directly or indirectly, any customer of the Company
or any subsidiary of the Company for a period of three years; (iii) release
Company trade secrets and proprietary information; and (iv) if terminated by the
Company, without cause, the employee is entitled to 10 days' severance
compensation. Executive compensation for officers other than the President is
determined on an annual basis by the Board of Directors and is based upon
operating results and department budgets for the upcoming fiscal year.
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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
In September 1996, the Company acquired the outstanding common stock of
Interwest from Group through the issuance of 2,306,541 shares of its common
stock. Additionally, in April 1997, in exchange for $3,000,000, the Company
issued to Group 631,579 shares of common stock and 63,158 warrants to purchase
common stock at $5.70 per share exercisable for a period of 5 years. As a
result of these transactions, Group is the benefical owner of 52.3% of the
outstanding common stock.
Craig D. Slater, a director of the Company, is also a director of Group.
At the time of the Interwest acquisition, John M. Couzens and Robert L. Smith,
directors of the Company, were executive officers and directors of Interwest and
Mr. Couzens was a director of Group.
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The following table sets forth certain information as of May 22, 1997 with
respect to each director (which includes the only executive officer named in the
compensation table above), each person who is known to the Company to be the
beneficial owner of more than five percent of the Company common stock, and all
directors and executive officers as a group. All shares represent the Company's
common stock, which is the only class of voting securities outstanding.
AMOUNT OF
BENEFICIAL PERCENT OF
OWNERSHIP CLASS
THOMAS C. GALLEY (1) 716,678 13.1%
7100 E. Belleview Ave.
Suite 201
Greenwood Village,
Colorado 80111
ARNELL J. GALLEY (2) 716,678 13.1%
7100 E. Belleview Ave.
Suite 201
Greenwood Village,
Colorado 80111
DALE R. MORRISON 118,000 2.2%
7100 E. Belleview Ave.
Suite 201
Greenwood Village,
Colorado 80111
PETER A. GUGLIELMI (3) 8,666 *
4951 Indiana Avenue
Lisle, Illinois 60532
WILLIAM J. MAXWELL (4) 3,333 *
9605 East Maroon Circle
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Suite 100
Englewood, CO 80112
JOHN M. COUZENS (5) 44,297 *
7100 E. Belleview Ave.
Suite 201
Greenwood Village,
Colorado 80111
CRAIG D. SLATER (6) 2,875,519 52.9%
555 17th St.
Suite 2400
Denver, CO 80202
ROBERT L. SMITH - *
1114 West 7th Ave.
Suite 200
Denver, CO 80204
JOE NACCHIO (7) - *
555 17th St.
Suite 2400
Denver, CO 80202
RICHARD LIEBHABER (7) - *
555 17th St.
Suite 2400
Denver, CO 80202
INTERWEST GROUP, INC. (8) 2,873,568 52.8%
("GROUP")
555 17th St.
Suite 2400
Denver, CO 80202
ALL DIRECTORS AND EXCUTIVE OFFICERS
AS A GROUP (9) 3,785,993 68.2%
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* Less than one percent.
(1) Share ownership includes 379,177 shares of Company Common Stock owned
beneficially and of record, 132,358 shares owned beneficially by virtue of
his wife's ownership of said shares, 126,143 shares owned beneficially and
of record in joint tenancy with his wife, presently exercisable options to
purchase 50,000 shares owned beneficially and of record and options to
purchase 29,000 shares owned beneficially by virtue of his wife's ownership
of said options. These do not include 50,000 options owned beneficially
and of record and 29,000 options owned beneficially by virtue of his wife's
ownership, which will vest over the next two years.
(2) Share ownership includes 132,358 shares of Company Common Stock owned
beneficially and of record, 379,177 shares owned beneficially by virtue of
her husband's ownership of said shares, 126,143 shares owned beneficially
and of record in joint tenancy with her husband, presently exercisable
options to purchase 29,000 shares owned beneficially and of record and
options to purchase 50,000 shares owned beneficially by virtue of her
husband's ownership of said options. These do not include 29,000 options
owned beneficially
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and of record and 50,000 options owned beneficially by virtue of her
husband's ownership, which will vest over the next two years.
(3) Share ownership includes an option to purchase 12,000 shares of which 5,333
is presently exercisable and 3,333 will be exercisable in July 1997.
(4) Share ownership includes an option to purchase 10,000 shares of which 3,333
will be exercisable in June 1997.
(5) Share ownership includes 31,797 shares of Company Common Stock owned
beneficially and of record and presently exercisable options to purchase
12,500 shares. These do not include 37,500 options which will vest over
the next three years.
(6) Mr. Slater is a director of Group. However, Mr. Slater disclaims
beneficial ownership of all shares except 1,951 shares which he owns
beneficially and of record.
(7) Mr. Nacchio and Mr. Liebhaber are directors of a subsidiary of Anschutz
Company. Anschutz is the sole shareholder of Group. Messrs. Nacchio and
Liebhaber disclaim beneficial ownership of all shares held by Group.
(8) Share ownership includes 2,810,410 shares of Company Common Stock owned
beneficially and of record and warrants to purchase 63,158 shares.
Philip F. Anschutz, the sole shareholder of Anschutz Company, the corporate
parent of Group, 555 17th Street, Suite 2400, Denver, Colorado 80202, will
exercise sole voting and dispositive control over these shares.
(9) Represents 11 persons as of May 22, 1997. Share ownership includes
2,875,519 shares reported in the table with respect to Mr. Slater. Mr.
Slater disclaims beneficial ownership of all but 1,951 of these shares.
COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 16(a) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "1934 Act")
requires the Company's directors and executive officers, and persons who own
more than ten percent of a registered class of the Company's equity securities,
if any, to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") initial
reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership of equity securities of
the Company. Such persons are required by SEC regulations to furnish the
Company with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they file.
To the Company's knowledge, all of the Company's Officers and Directors
have complied with all applicable Section 16(a) filing requirements. This
statement is based solely on a review of the copies of such reports furnished to
the Company by its Officers and Directors.
PRICE RANGE OF THE COMPANY COMMON STOCK
The Company Common Stock is traded on the NASDAQ Small-Cap Market under the
symbol "INCC." The following table represents the range of high and low bid
prices in dollars for the Company Common Stock for the eight fiscal quarters
ended January 31, 1997:
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Quarter Ended
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Apr. 30, 95 Jul. 31, 95 Oct. 31, 95 Jan. 31, 96
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High Low High Low High Low High Low
6.75 4.25 6.50 3.90 7.75 4.12 6.50 3.50
Quarter Ended
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Apr. 30, 96 Jul. 31, 96 Oct. 31, 96 Jan. 31, 97
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High Low High Low High Low High Low
4.63 3.63 7.13 4.00 6.81 5.00 6.88 4.88
PROPOSAL ONE
A PROPOSAL TO ELECT FOUR DIRECTORS
The Company's Board of Directors has recommended the election to the Board
of the four nominees listed below. All Class I Directors whose term expires at
the 1997 Annual Meeting have been nominated for re-election except for Dale R.
Morrison, who has decided to resign his position as Director. Joseph P.
Nacchio, who was elected to the Board in April 1997, has been nominated to
replace Mr. Morrison. All Directors nominated, except for Richard T. Liebhaber,
will serve a three-year term ending at the 2000 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
Mr. Liebhaber has been nominated to serve as a Class III Director, whose term
will expire at the 1999 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
The persons named as "proxies" in the enclosed form of Proxy intend to vote
for the four nominees for election as Directors unless otherwise instructed in
such Proxy. If at the time of the Annual Meeting any of the nominees named
below should be unable to serve, which event is not expected to occur, the
discretionary authority provided in the Proxy will be exercised to vote for such
substitute nominee and nominees, if any, as shall be designated by the Board of
Directors. In the election of directors, that number of candidates equaling the
number of directors to be elected, having the highest number of votes cast in
favor of their election, are elected to the Board of Directors.
NOMINEES
The following table sets forth the name and age of each nominee for
Director, indicating all positions and offices with the Company presently held
by him, the period during which he has served as such, and the class and term
for which he has been nominated.
NOMINATED FOR THREE-YEAR TERM EXPIRING AT THE ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS MEETING IN
2000
Name Age Position Year First Director
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William J. Maxwell 54 Director 1996
Craig D. Slater 40 Director 1996
Joseph P. Nacchio 47 Director 1997
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CLASS III NOMINEE - TERM EXPIRING AT THE ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS MEETING IN 1999
Name Age Position Year First Director
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Richard T. Liebhaber 62 Director 1997
Additional information regarding the nominees for directors and executive
officers, compensation of executive officers, related party transactions
involving the Company and the directors and executive officers and their
affiliates, compliance with Section 16(a) of the 1934 Act and information
regarding Board committees and meetings of the Board and committees can be found
beginning on page 4 of this Proxy Statement.
PROPOSAL TWO
A PROPOSAL TO APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO THE 1996 INCENTIVE STOCK PLAN TO INCREASE
THE NUMBER OF OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO BE GRANTED FROM 625,000 TO 875,000
The Board of Directors adopted the 1996 Incentive Stock Plan (the "1996
Plan") on March 18, 1996 and the shareholders approved it at the Special Meeting
of Shareholders held on September 12, 1996. In September 1996 the Board of
Directors adopted an amendment to the 1996 Plan to increase the number of shares
from 625,000 to 875,0000. Approval of the amendment by the shareholders will
insure that all options issued after the September 1996 Board amendment will be
treated as "incentive stock options" within the meaning of the Internal Revenue
Code ("Code").
The 1996 Plan is intended to provide incentives to Officers, employee
Directors, key employees and other persons who contribute to the success of the
Company by offering them the opportunity to acquire an ownership interest in the
Company. The Board of Directors believes that this will help to align the
interests of the Company's employees and management with the interests of the
Company's shareholders. Only employees and consultants of the Company are
eligible to receive options or stock purchase rights under the 1996 Plan.
Options and stock purchase rights may be subject to vesting. The options
granted to date under the 1996 Plan are subject to the following vesting:
Employment After Grant Date Exercisable Percentage of Shares
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At Grant Date 25%
One Year 25%
Two Years 25%
Three Years 25%
Some options granted under the 1996 Plan may be intended to qualify as
incentive stock options. Incentive stock options may be granted only to
employees. The exercise price of such options may not be less than 100% of the
fair market value of the Company Common Stock on the date of the grant and the
term of any such option may not exceed 10 years. Fair market value is the
closing bid price for the Company's shares of Company Common Stock as reported
by the NASDAQ or such national stock exchange on which the stock may then be
traded. Some options granted under the 1996
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Plan may be intended to be treated as "nonqualified options." Nonqualified
options may be granted to both employees and consultants. The Board of
Directors determines the exercise price per share for nonqualified options.
However, if the exercise price is less than fair market value on the date the
option is granted, the discount is treated as a charge to earnings on the
Company's financial statements.
Under the 1996 Plan, the Company may offer an employee or consultant the
right to purchase Company Common Stock (other than pursuant to an option) on
terms and conditions and subject to such restrictions as the Company determines.
Options and stock purchase rights granted under the 1996 Plan are not
transferable (except by the laws of descent and distribution) and, with certain
exceptions, may be exercised by the optionee only during the period of his or
her employment or within three months after termination of employment. Any
shares subject to options that expire or otherwise terminate without having been
exercised in full are available for future grant under the 1996 Plan. An option
or stock purchase right may be exercised by written notice to the Company
specifying the number of shares as to which the option is exercised. The
exercise price may be paid in cash or by surrendering shares of Company Common
Stock having a fair market value equal to the exercise price. The exercise
price for a stock purchase right may also be paid with a promissory note;
however the Company Common Stock is not issued until the note is paid in full.
The maximum number of shares that may be subject to options or stock
purchase rights granted to any individual during the term of the 1996 Plan is
500,000.
ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN. The 1996 Plan is administered by a committee
appointed by the Board of Directors. The committee will be constituted to
comply with Code section 162(m) and Securities and Exchange Commission Rule
16b-3. The Committee also has the power to interpret the 1996 Plan and the
provisions in the instruments evidencing grants made under the 1996 Plan, and is
empowered to make all other determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the
administration of the 1996 Plan. Unless sooner terminated by the Company, the
1996 Plan will terminate on July 1, 2005.
CHANGE IN CONTROL. If the Company's assets or 50% of the outstanding
Company Common Stock is sold, the outstanding options and stock purchase rights
shall become fully vested and immediately exercisable.
ADJUSTMENT. In the event a change, such as a stock split, is made in the
Company's capitalization which results in an exchange or other adjustment of
each share of Company Common Stock for or into a greater or lesser number of
shares, appropriate adjustments will be made to unexercised options and stock
purchase rights and in the exercise price and in the number of shares subject to
each outstanding option. The Board of Directors also may make provisions for
adjusting the number of underlying outstanding options in the event the Company
effects one or more reorganizations, recapitalizations, rights offerings, or
other increases or reductions of shares of the outstanding Company Common Stock.
Options and stock purchase rights may provide that in the event of the
dissolution or liquidation of the Company, a corporate separation or division or
the merger or consolidation of the Company, the holder may exercise the option
or stock purchase rights on such terms as it may have been exercised immediately
prior to such dissolution, corporate separation or division or merger or
consolidation.
TERMINATION OR DEATH OF EMPLOYEE. In the event that the employment of an
employee to whom an option was granted shall be terminated, such option may be
exercised within three (3) months after such termination, but not later than the
expiration of the option term. In the event that the employee dies during the
term of the option, the option may be exercised at any time within six (6)
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months following the date of death by the employee's estate or by a person who
acquired the right to exercise the option by bequest or inheritance.
TAX MATTERS. The Company believes that, under the applicable provisions of
Section 422 of the Code and the regulations of the United States Treasury
Department currently in effect, a grantee will not incur any United States
Federal income tax upon the grant or exercise of an employee option which is an
incentive stock option. Generally, there are no tax consequences to the Company
for grants or exercises of incentive stock options. However, if the grantee
sells Company Common Stock acquired through exercise of an incentive stock
option within two years of the date the incentive option was granted and one
year after the date the incentive option was exercised, the grantee will have
compensation equal to the sales price (or, if less, the Common Stock's fair
market value at the date of exercise) minus the exercise price and the Company
will have a corresponding deduction. However, at the time the incentive stock
options described below under "Options Currently Outstanding" were granted, the
1996 Plan did not satisfy all of the requirements of Code section 162(m). As a
result, if Mr. Galley makes a disqualifying disposition the Company may be
precluded from deducting any compensation (including income from the
disqualifying disposition) with respect to Mr. Galley for the year of the
disqualifying disposition that exceeds $1 million.
Upon exercise of a nonqualified option, for federal income tax purposes,
the Company will be entitled to a deduction and the grantee will recognize
ordinary income subject to withholding. The amount of the income and the
deduction is equal to the amount by which the fair market value of the Company
Common Stock on the date the option is exercised exceeds the exercise price.
Upon exercise of a stock purchase right, for federal income tax purposes,
the Company will be entitled to a deduction and the grantee will recognize
ordinary income in an amount equal to the amount by which fair market value of
the Company Common Stock on the date the restricted stock right is exercised
exceeds the exercise price.
OPTIONS CURRENTLY OUTSTANDING. As of April 30, 1997, the Company had
authorized the issuance of 764,137 options (net of options which have expired
and returned to the option pool) to be granted as incentive stock options under
the 1996 Plan. These options were granted at the market price on the date of
grant, except for 158,000 options to certain 10% shareholders, which were
granted at 110% of the market price. The options granted will expire at various
dates not to exceed ten (10) years, except for 158,000 options to certain 10%
shareholders, which will expire five (5) years from the grant date. If the
Amendment to the 1996 Plan is not approved, options issued in excess of the
authorized 625,000 shares will remain outstanding as non-qualified stock
options. Because the 1996 Plan did not meet all of the requirements of Code
section 162(m) when these options were granted, if these options are treated as
non-qualified options, the Company will not be entitled to a compensation
deduction with respect to the options granted to Mr. Galley to the extent the
total of his compensation (including compensation from the option exercise) for
the year of exercise exceeds $1 million.
CURRENT MARKET VALUE OF SECURITIES UNDERLYING OPTIONS UNDER GRANT. The
current market value of securities underlying the options outstanding as of
April 30, 1997 under the 1996 Plan was $3,343,100 based on the closing price as
reported on NASDAQ at that date.
BOARD RECOMMENDATION TO SHAREHOLDERS AND VOTE REQUIRED. The Board of
Directors recommends that the Amendment to the 1996 Plan be approved and
adopted. To approve the amendment to the 1996 Plan, the votes cast favoring the
action must exceed the votes cast opposing the action.
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COMPANY'S RELATIONSHIP WITH
INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
It is expected that a representative of Hein + Associates LLP, Denver,
Colorado, the Company's independent certified public accountants, will be
present at the Annual Meeting to respond to appropriate questions and to make a
statement if he so desires.
Because the Board of Directors intends to consider the selection of
auditors for next year after the 1997 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, the Board
has not yet determined whether to continue using Hein + Associates as the
Company's independent certified public accountants.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
A copy of the Company's Annual Report for the fiscal year ended January 31,
1997, including audited financial statements, is attached hereto.
OTHER MATTERS
Management does not know of any other matters to be brought before the
meeting. However, if any other matters properly come before the meeting, it is
the intention of the appointees named in the enclosed form of proxy to vote in
accordance with their best judgment on such matters.
SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS
Any shareholder proposing to have any appropriate matter brought before the
1998 Annual Meeting of Shareholders must submit such proposal in accordance with
the proxy rules of the Commission. Such proposals should be sent to the
Secretary of the Company not later than February 1, 1998 to be considered for
inclusion in the 1998 Proxy Statement.
By Order of the Board of Directors:
INTERNET COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
Date: May 30, 1997 Thomas C. Galley,
Chairman of the Board of Directors
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INTERNET COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
1996 INCENTIVE STOCK PLAN
(As Amended in September 1996)
1. PURPOSE OF PLAN. This Incentive Stock Plan is intended to encourage
ownership of shares of Internet Communications Corporation (the
"Corporation") by key Employees and Consultants of the Corporation, thereby
providing additional incentive for such Employees and Consultants to promote
the success of the business. Options granted hereunder may be either
Incentive Stock Options or Nonstatutory Stock Options, at the discretion of
the Committee and as reflected in the terms of the written option agreement.
The Committee also has the discretion to grant Stock Purchase Rights, or to
issue stock to Employees in consideration of past services.
2. DEFINITIONS. As used herein, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) "BOARD" shall mean the Committee, if one has been appointed, or
the Board of Directors of the Corporation, if no Committee is appointed.
(b) "CODE" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(c) "CORPORATION" shall mean Internet Communications Corporation, a
Colorado corporation.
(d) "COMMITTEE" shall mean the Committee appointed by the Board of
Directors in accordance with Section 4 of the Plan, if one is appointed.
(e) "CONSULTANT" shall mean any person, including directors,
performing services for the benefit of the Corporation as an independent
consultant or advisor.
(f) "CONTINUOUS STATUS AS AN EMPLOYEE OR A CONSULTANT" shall mean
the absence of any interruption or termination of service as an Employee or a
Consultant, as applicable. Continuous Status as an Employee or a Consultant
shall not be considered interrupted in the case of sick leave, military
leave, leave of absence or sabbatical, the "loan" of the Employee or
Consultant to another business or agency, or any other leave of absence
approved by the Board.
(g) "EMPLOYEE" shall mean any person employed by the Company or any
Parent or Subsidiary of the Corporation in a management position or in a
position requiring specialized training or expertise. The payment of a
director's fee by the Corporation shall not be sufficient to constitute
"employment" by the Corporation.
(h) "INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION" shall mean an Option intended to qualify
as an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.
(i) "NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION" shall mean an Option not intended to
qualify as an Incentive Stock Option.
(j) "OPTION" shall mean a stock option granted pursuant to the Plan.
(k) "OPTIONED STOCK" shall mean the Stock subject to an Option.
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(l) "OPTIONEE" shall mean an Employee or Consultant who receives an
Option.
(m) "PARENT" shall mean a "parent corporation," whether now or
hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(e) of the Code.
(n) "PLAN" shall mean this Incentive Stock Plan.
(o) "PURCHASER" shall mean an Employee or Consultant who exercises a
Stock Purchase Right.
(p) "SHARE" shall mean a share of the Stock, as adjusted in
accordance with Section 11 of the Plan.
(q) "STOCK" shall mean the no par value common stock of the
Corporation.
(r) "STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT" shall mean the written agreement setting
forth the grant of an Option and terms and conditions relating thereto (which
need not be the same for each Option), in the form attached hereto or such other
form as the Board in its discretion may approve.
(s) "STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT" shall mean a written agreement (which
need not be the same for each Stock Purchase Right) setting forth the terms and
conditions relating to the purchase of Stock under a Stock Purchase Right, in
such form as the Board in its discretion may approve.
(t) "STOCK PURCHASE RIGHT" shall mean a purchase of Stock pursuant to
the Plan.
(u) "SUBSIDIARY" shall mean a "subsidiary corporation," whether now
or hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code.
3. SHARES SUBJECT TO PLAN. There will be reserved for use from time to
time under the Plan, an aggregate of 875,000 shares of Stock. As the Board
of Directors of the Corporation shall from time to time determine, the Shares
may be in whole or in part authorized but unissued Shares or issued Shares
which shall have been reacquired by the Corporation. If an Option should
expire or become unexercisable for any reason without having been exercised
in full, or if any shares of Stock are repurchased by or forfeited to the
Corporation, the unpurchased, repurchased, or forfeited Shares which
were subject thereto shall become available for future grant or sale under
the Plan unless the Plan shall have been terminated.
4. ADMINISTRATION OF PLAN.
(a) COMMITTEE. The Plan shall be administered by the Board of
Directors of the Corporation; provided that the Board of Directors may appoint a
Committee, which shall consist of not less than three (3) members of the Board
of Directors. The Board of Directors may from time to time appoint members of
the Committee in substitution for or in addition to members previously appointed
and may fill vacancies, however caused, in the Committee. The Committee shall
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select one of its members as its chairman and shall hold its meetings at such
times and places as it shall deem advisable. A majority of its members shall
constitute a quorum. All action of the Committee shall be taken by a majority
of its members. Any action may be taken by a written instrument signed by a
majority of the members and action so taken shall be fully as effective as if it
had been taken by a vote held. The Committee may appoint a secretary, shall
keep minutes of its meetings, and shall make such rules and regulations for the
conduct of its obligation to the Corporation, its shareholders, and its option
holders, the Committee's interpretation and construction of any of the
provisions of this Plan, or of any rules promulgated under this Plan, shall be
final and binding on all Optionees, Purchasers, and any other holders of any
Options or Stock Purchase Rights granted under the Plan, unless overturned by
the Board of Directors. No member of the Committee shall be liable for any
action or determination made in good faith in connection with this Plan.
(b) INTERESTED DIRECTORS. Members of the Committee who are either
eligible for Options or have been granted Options may vote on any matters
affecting the administration of the Plan or the grant of any Options pursuant to
the Plan, except that no such member shall act upon the granting of an Option to
himself or herself, but any such member may be counted in determining the
existence of a quorum at any meeting of the Board or Committee during which
action is taken with respect to the granting of Options to said Board or
Committee member. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to the grant of
Options or Stock Purchase Rights to Employees or Consultants who are or who
may become "covered employees" within the meaing of Section 162(m) of the
Code, the Committee shall be so constituted that it meets the requirements
for a "compensation committee" within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the
Code. The Committee shall at all times be constituted so that it meets the
requirements of Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 16b-3, as such Rule
may be in effect from time to time.
(c) POWER OF THE BOARD. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the
Committee shall have the authority, in its discretion: (i) to grant Incentive
Stock Options, Nonstatutory Stock Options or Stock Purchase Rights; (ii) to
determine, upon review of relevant information and in accordance with Section 6
of the Plan, the fair market value of the Stock; (iii) to determine the exercise
price per share of Options, or Stock Purchase Rights to be granted, which
exercise price shall be determined in accordance with Section 6 of the Plan;
(iv) to determine the Employees and Consultants to whom, and the time or times
at which, Options or Stock Purchase Rights shall be granted and the number of
shares to be represented by each Option or Stock Purchase Right; (v) to
interpret the Plan; (vi) to prescribe, amend, and rescind rules and regulations
relating to the Plan; (vii) to determine the terms and provisions of each Option
or Stock Purchase Right granted (which need not be the same for each Option or
Stock Purchase Right granted) and, with the consent of the holder thereof,
modify, terminate or amend each Option or Stock Purchase Right; (viii) to
accelerate or defer (with the consent of the Optionee) the exercise date of any
Option; (ix) to authorize any person to execute on behalf of the company any
instrument required to effectuate the grant of an Option or Stock Purchase Right
previously granted by the Committee; and (x) to make all other determinations
deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan.
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5. ELIGIBILITY.
(a) GENERALLY. Options and Stock Purchase Rights may be granted to
Employees and Consultants, provided that Incentive Stock Options may only be
granted to Employees. An Employee or Consultant who has been granted an
Option or Stock Purchase Right may, if he is otherwise eligible, be granted
additional Options or Stock Purchase Rights. The maximum number of shares
that may be subject to Options granted to an Employee or Consultant shall be
500,000 shares.
(b) CRITERIA. In making any determination as to Employees and
Consultants to whom Options and Stock Purchase Rights shall be granted, the
Committee shall take into account such factors as it shall deem relevant in
accomplishing the purpose of the Plan, including but not limited to the
Employee's or Consultant's loyalty, performance, and experience.
(c) ISO LIMITATIONS WITH RESPECT TO PRICE. In no event shall an
Incentive Stock Option be granted to any person who, at the time such Option is
granted, owns (as defined in Section 422 of the Code) shares possessing more
than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of shares of the
Corporation or of its parent or subsidiary corporation, unless the option
price is at least 110% of the fair market value of the stock subject to the
Option.
(d) ISO LIMITATIONS WITH RESPECT TO SHARES. Moreover, the aggregate
fair market value (determined as of the time that option is granted) of the
Shares with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the
first time by any individual Employee during any single calendar year under
this Plan and all the incentive stock option plans of the Corporation (and its
parent and subsidiary corporations, if any), shall not exceed $100,000.
(e) NO EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT. The Plan shall not confer upon any
Optionee or holder of a Stock Purchase Right any right with respect to
continuation of employment by or the rendition of consulting services to the
Corporation, nor shall it interfere in any way with his right or the
Corporation's right to terminate this employment or services at any time.
6. PRICES.
(a) GENERALLY. The per share exercise price for the Shares to
be issued pursuant to exercise of an Option or Stock Purchase Right shall be
such price as is determined by the Committee. However, the exercise price of
the Shares which shall be covered by each Incentive Stock Option shall be at
least 100% of the fair market value of the Shares at the time of granting the
Incentive Stock Option. For purposes hereof, fair market value means an
amount equal to the closing bid price on the applicable date for shares of
Common Stock made and reported through the Small Cap Market of the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., or such national stock exchange on
which the Stock may then be listed and which constitutes the principal
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market for the Stock, or, if no sales of the Stock shall have been reported
with respect to that date, on the next preceding date with respect to which
sales are reported. If, however, the stock is not publicly traded at time of
grant of an Incentive Stock Option, the fair market value at date of grant
shall be established by the Committee, in good faith, based on such
information as it shall deem necessary.
(b) PAYMENT. The consideration to be paid for the Shares to be
issued upon exercise of an Option, or Stock Purchase Right, including the
method of payment, shall be determined by the Committee and may consist
entirely of cash, check, or other Shares of Stock of the Corporation having a
fair market value on the date of surrender equal to the aggregate exercise
price of the Shares as to which said Option or Stock Purchase Right shall be
exercised, or any combination of such methods of payment, or such other
consideration and method of payment for the issuance of Shares to the extent
permitted under applicable law; provided however, no Optionee shall be
entitled to pay for Shares to be issued upon exercise of an Incentive Stock
Option by exchanging shares of the Corporation which were previously acquired
as "statutory option stock," as that term is identified in Section 425 of the
Code, until the applicable holding period, as prescribed by the Code, has
been satisfied. In addition, the Corporation may accept a promissory note
issued by a Purchaser in exercise of a Stock Purchase Right; provided that
such note shall not be considered payment for the Shares and no Share
Certificate shall issue until the note is paid in full. In making its
determination as to the type of consideration to accept, the Board shall
consider if acceptance of such consideration may be reasonably expected to
benefit the Corporation.
7. OPTIONS.
(a) GENERALLY. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee
shall determine for each Option (which need not be identical) the number of
shares for which the Option shall be granted, the Option price of the Option,
and all other terms and conditions of the Option.
(b) TERM OF OPTION. The term of each Option may be up to ten (10)
years from the date of grant thereof or such shorter term as may be provided in
the Stock Option Agreement.
(c) EXERCISE OF OPTION.
(i) Any Option granted hereunder shall be exercisable at such
times and under such conditions as determined by the Committee, including
performance criteria with respect to the Corporation or the Optionee, or both,
and as shall be permissible under the terms of the Plan.
(ii) An Option may not be exercised for a fraction of a Share.
(iii) An Option shall be deemed to be exercised when written
notice of such exercise has been given to the Corporation in accordance with the
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terms of the Option by the person entitled to exercise the Option and full
payment for the Shares with respect to which the Option is exercised has been
received by the Corporation. Full payment may, as authorized by the Board,
consist of any consideration and method of payment allowable under Section 6 of
the Plan. Until the issuance (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the
books of the Corporation or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the
Corporation) of the stock certificate evidencing such Shares, no right to vote
or receive dividends or any other rights of a shareholder shall exist with
respect to the Optioned Stock, notwithstanding the exercise of the Option. No
adjustment will be made for a dividend or other right for which the record date
is prior to the date the stock certificate is issued, except as provided in
Section 11 of the Plan.
(iv) Exercise of an Option in any manner shall result in a
decrease in the number of Shares which thereafter may be available, both for
purposes of the Plan and for sales under the Option, by the number of Shares as
to which the Option is exercised.
(v) Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, an Option
may not be exercised at any time unless the holder thereof shall have maintained
Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant of the Corporation or of one or
more of its subsidiaries, or a parent corporation, from the date of the granting
of the Option to the date of its exercise.
(d) TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT. In the event that the employment of
an Employee or the engagement of a Consultant to whom an Option shall have
been granted shall be terminated other than by reason of death or disability,
such Option may be exercised (to the extent that the Employee or Consultant
shall have been entitled to do so at the termination of his employment or
consultancy) at any time within three (3) months after such termination, but
in any event no later than the date of expiration of the Option term. So
long as the holder of an Option shall maintain Continuous Status as an
Employee or Consultant of the Corporation or one or more of its subsidiaries,
his Option shall not be affected by any change of duties or position. To the
extent that the holder of an Option was not entitled to exercise his Option
at the time of his termination, or insofar as he does not exercise such
Option to the extent he was entitled within the time specified herein, the
Option shall itself terminate at the time of such termination.
(e) DISABILITY OF OPTIONEE. Notwithstanding the provisions of
Section 7(d) above, in the event an Employee or Consultant is unable to
continue his employment with or to perform services for the benefit of the
Company as a result of his total and permanent disability (as defined in
Section 22(e)(3) of the Code), he may, but only within six (6) months after
termination due to such disability (or such other period set forth in his
Option Agreement) exercise his Option to the extent he was entitled to
exercise it at the date of such disability. To the extent that he was not
entitled to exercise the Option at the date of disability, or insofar as he
does not exercise such Option to the extent he was entitled within the time
specified herein, the Option shall terminate. The Option may be exercised in
the event of such disability by any parent, sibling, spouse or issue of the
Employee or Consultant, or by any other person the Corporation reasonably
believes to have the authority to exercise such Option on the Employee's or
Consultant's behalf.
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(f) DEATH OF OPTIONEE. Unless otherwise set forth in the Option
Agreement, in the event of the death of an Optionee:
(i) if Optionee dies during the term of the Option and is at the
time of his death an Employee or Consultant of the Corporation who shall have
been in Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant since the date of grant
of the Option, the Option may be exercised, at any time within six (6) months
following the date of death (or such other period set forth in his Option
Agreement), by the Optionee's estate or by a person who acquired the right to
exercise the Option by bequest or inheritance, but only to the extent of the
right to exercise that would have accrued had the Optionee continued living and
remained in Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant six (6) months after
the date of death, or
(ii) if Optionee dies within three (3) months after the
termination of Continuous Status as an employee or Consultant, the Option may be
exercised, at any time within six (6) months following the date of death, by the
Optionee's estate or by a person who acquired the right to exercise the Option
by bequest or inheritance, but only to the extent of the right to exercise that
had accrued at the date of such termination.
8. STOCK PURCHASE RIGHTS.
(a) RIGHTS TO PURCHASE. After the Board determines that it will
offer an Employee or Consultant the right to purchase Shares (other than
pursuant to an Option) under the Plan, it shall advise the offeree in writing
of the terms, conditions, and restrictions relating to the offer, including
the number of Shares which such person shall be entitled to purchase, the
proposed Stock Purchase Agreement, and the time within which such person must
accept such offer, which shall in no event exceed nine (9) months from the
date upon which the Board of Directors or its Committee made the
determination to grant the Stock Purchase Right. The offer may be accepted
by execution of the Stock Purchase Agreement and its return to the Corporation
(together with payment for the Stock being purchased) within the time specified.
(b) ISSUANCE OF SHARES. Forthwith after payment therefor, the
Shares purchased shall be duly issued; provided, however, that the Board may
require that the Purchaser make adequate provision for any Federal and State
withholding obligations of the Corporation as a condition to the Purchaser
purchasing such Shares.
(c) OTHER PROVISIONS. The Stock Purchase Agreement shall contain
such other terms, provisions, and conditions not inconsistent with the Plan
as may be determined by the Board.
9. NON-TRANSFERABILITY OF OPTIONS AND STOCK PURCHASE RIGHTS. The Options
and Stock Purchase Rights may not be sold, pledged, assigned, hypothecated,
transferred, or disposed of in any manner other than by will or by the laws of
descent or distribution and may be exercised, during the lifetime of the
Optionee or Purchaser, only by the Optionee or Purchaser.
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10. ADJUSTMENTS UPON CHANGES IN CAPITALIZATION. Subject to any required
action by the shareholders of the Company, the number of shares of Stock
covered by each outstanding Option and Stock Purchase Right, and the number
of shares of Stock which have been authorized for issuance under the Plan but
as to which no Options or Stock Purchase Rights have yet been granted or
which have been returned to the Plan upon cancellation or expiration of an
Option or Stock Purchase Right, or repurchase of Shares from a Purchaser upon
termination of Employment, as well as the price per share of Stock covered
by each such outstanding Option or Stock Purchase Right, shall be
proportionately adjusted for any increase or decrease in the number of issued
shares of Stock resulting from a stock split, the payment of a stock dividend
with respect to the Stock, or any other increase or decrease in the number of
issued shares of Stock effected without receipt of consideration by the
Corporation; provided, however, that conversion of any convertible securities
of the Corporation shall not be deemed to have been "effected without receipt
of consideration." Such adjustment shall be made by the Committee, whose
determination in that respect shall be final, binding, and conclusive.
Except as expressly provided herein, no issuance by the Corporation of shares
of stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of any
class, shall affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with
respect to, the number or price of shares of Stock subject to an Option or
Stock Purchase Right.
11. ACCELERATION AND VESTING OF OPTIONS. In the event the Corporation
consummates a transaction in which 50% of the outstanding shares of the
Corporation are acquired or the assets of the Corporation are acquired,
immediately prior to the consummation of such transaction, options and stock
purchase rights granted under this plan become fully vested and immediately
exercisable.
12. EFFECTIVENESS OF PLAN. The Plan shall become effective on such date
as the Board of Directors shall determine, but only after the shareholders of
the Corporation shall, by the affirmative vote of a majority in interest of all
the shares of the Corporation taken within twelve (12) months after the date the
Plan is adopted, have approved the Plan.
13. TERMINATION AND AMENDMENT OF PLAN. The Plan shall terminate on July
1, 2005, and no Option or Stock Purchase Right shall be granted under the
Plan after that date. The Board of Directors may at any time and from time
to time modify or amend the Plan (including the form of Stock Option
Agreement or Stock Purchase Agreement) in such respects as it shall deem
advisable. The Board of Directors may not make changes in the class of
persons eligible to receive options or rights under the Plan, including the
definitions of "Employee" and "Consultant" without approval by a majority in
interest of all the shares of the Corporation. The termination or any
modification or amendment of the Plan shall not, without the consent of the
employee, affect his rights under an Option theretofore granted to him unless
such amendment is required to enable the Option to qualify as an "Incentive
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Stock Option" as defined in Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
14. ISSUANCE OF SHARES.
(a) Shares shall not be issued pursuant to the exercise of an Option
or Stock Purchase Right unless the exercise of such Option or Stock Purchase
Right and the issuance and delivery of such Shares pursuant thereto shall comply
with all relevant provisions of law, including, without limitation, the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Exchange Act, the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, and the requirements of any stock exchange upon which
the Shares may then be listed, and shall be further subject to the approval of
counsel for the Corporation with respect to such compliance, which approval
shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(b) As a condition to the exercise of an Option or Stock Purchase
Right, the Corporation may impose various conditions, including a requirement
that the person exercising such Option represent and warrant, at the time of
any such exercise, that the Shares are being purchased only for investment
and without any present intention to sell or distribute such Shares.
15. RESERVATION OF SHARES. The Corporation, during the term of this
Plan, will at all times reserve and keep available such number of Shares as
shall be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the Plan. The inability of
the Corporation to obtain authority from any regulatory body having
jurisdiction, which authority is deemed by the Corporation's counsel to be
necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any Shares hereunder, shall relieve
the Corporation of any liability in respect to the failure to issue or sell such
Shares as to which such requisites authority shall not have been obtained,
provided that such inability is not directly caused by the Corporation or its
agents or cannot be cured by the Corporation without unreasonable effort or
expense.
INTERNET COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
THIS OPTION AGREEMENT is made this _______ day of _______________________,
19____, by and between Internet Communications Corporation, a Colorado
corporation (the "Corporation") and ________________________________________ an
employee of the Corporation ("Optionee").
The Corporation desires, by affording the Optionee an opportunity to
purchase Shares of its Common Stock (the "Shares"), to carry out the purpose of
the 1996 Incentive Stock Plan (the "Plan") approved by its shareholders and
directors. The terms defined in the Plan shall have the same defined meanings
herein.
1. GRANT OF OPTION. The Corporation hereby irrevocably grants to the
Optionee the right and option (the "Option") to purchase all or any part of an
aggregate of _________________________ (__________) Shares (such number being
subject to adjustment as provided in section 12 hereof) on the terms and
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conditions herein set forth.
2. NATURE OF THE OPTION. This Option is intended to qualify as an
Incentive Stock Option as defined in Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended (the "Code").
3. EXERCISE PRICE. The purchase price of the Shares covered by the
Option shall be $___________ per share, which purchase price is the fair market
value per share of the Corporation's Common Stock as determined in good faith by
the Corporation's Board of Directors. The purchase price of the shares shall be
paid in full in cash at the time of exercise.
4. TERM OF OPTION. The term of the Option shall be for a period of ten
(10) years from date hereof, subject to earlier termination as provided in
Sections 10, 11, and 12 hereof.
5. LIMIT ON EXERCISE OF OPTION. The Option shall become vested
according to the following schedule:
Employment After Vested
Grant Date Percentage
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On Grant Date 25%
One Year After Grant Date 25%
Two Years After Grant Date 25%
Three Years After Grant Date 25%
Once an increment has become vested, it shall remain vested. Except as
provided in paragraphs 10, 11, and 12 hereof, the Option may not be exercised
at any time unless the Optionee shall have maintained Continuous Status as an
Employee of the Corporation or of its Parent or of one or more of its
Subsidiaries, from the date hereof to the date of the exercise of the Option.
The holder of the Option shall not have any of the rights of a shareholder
with respect to the Shares covered by the Option except to the extent that
one or more certificates for such Shares shall be delivered to him upon the
due exercise of the Option.
6. METHOD OF EXERCISING OPTION. Subject to the terms and conditions of
this Option Agreement, the Option may be exercised by written notice to the
Corporation, at its principal office. Such notice shall be in the form of
Exhibit A attached hereto, shall state the election to exercise the Option and
the number of shares in respect of which it is being exercised, and shall be
signed by the person or persons so exercising the Option. Such notice shall
either: (a) be accompanied by payment of the full purchase price of such
shares, in which event the Corporation shall deliver a certificate or
certificates representing such shares as soon as practicable after the notice
shall be received; or (b) fix a date (not less than five (5) nor more than ten
(10) business days from the date such notice shall be received by the
Corporation) for the payment of the full purchase price of such shares at the
principal office of the Corporation, against delivery of a certificate or
certificates representing such shares. Payment of such purchase price shall, in
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either case, be made by check payable to the order of the Corporation. The
certificate or certificates for the shares as to which the Option shall have
been so exercised shall be registered in the name of the person or persons so
exercising the Option and shall be delivered as provided above to or upon the
written order of the person or persons exercising the Option. In the event the
Option shall be exercised, pursuant to Section 11 hereof, by any person or
persons other than the Optionee, such notice shall be accompanied by appropriate
proof of the right of such person or persons to exercise the Option. All shares
that shall be purchased upon the exercise of the Option as provided herein shall
be fully paid and nonassessable.
7. NONTRANSFERABILITY. The Option shall not be transferable otherwise
than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and the Option may be
exercised, during the lifetime of the Optionee, only by the Optionee. More
particularly (but without limiting the generality of the foregoing), the Option
may not be assigned, transferred (except as provided above), pledged, or
hypothecated in any way, shall not be assignable by operation of law, and shall
not be subject to execution, attachment, or similar process. Any attempted
assignment, transfer, pledge, hypothecation, or other disposition of the Option
contrary to the provisions hereof, and the levy of any execution, attachment,
or similar process upon the Option, shall be null and void and without effect.
8. DISCLOSURE AND RISK. The Optionee represents and warrants to the
Corporation as follows:
(a) This Option and the Shares will be acquired by the Optionee for
Optionee's own account, for investment and not with a view to, or for resale
in connection with, any distribution or public offering thereof within the
meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
(b) The Optionee understands that: (i) at time of grant and
exercise, the Option and the shares have not been and probably will not have
been registered under the Securities Act by reason of their issuance in a
transaction exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of
the Securities Act, and that they must be held by the Optionee indefinitely;
(ii) that the Optionee must therefore bear the economic risk of such investment
indefinitely, unless a subsequent disposition thereof is registered under the
Securities Act or is exempt from registration; (iii) that Rule 144, the usual
exemption from registration, is only available after the satisfaction of certain
holding periods and in the presence of a public market for the Shares, that
there is no certainty that a public market for the Shares will exist, and that
otherwise it will be necessary that the Shares be sold pursuant to another
exemption from registration which may be difficult to satisfy.
(c) That because of Optionee's position with the Corporation and as a
result of inquires made by Optionee and information furnished to Optionee by the
Cooperation, Optionee has as of the date of grant and will have as of the date
of exercise, reviewed all information necessary to make an informed investment
decision.
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(d) The Optionee understands that, under certain conditions,
disposition of the Shares subject to this Option Agreement could result in
adverse tax consequences because of failure to meet prescribed holding period
requirements. The Optionee understands that, if any of the Shares received
under this Option are disposed of within two (2) years after the date of the
Agreement or within one (1) year after such Shares were transferred to Optionee
upon exercise of the Option, Optionee will be treated for federal income tax
purposes as having received ordinary income at the time of such disposition in
an amount equal to the excess of the fair market value of the Shares at the time
such Shares were delivered to Optionee over the price paid for the Shares.
Optionee hereby agrees to notify the Corporation in writing within thirty (30)
days after the date of any such disposition.
(e) That Optionee understands that each certificate representing the
Shares shall be endorsed with the following legend:
"THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER ANY FEDERAL OR STATE
SECURITIES LAWS. THE SHARES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE,
SOLD, PLEDGED, OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED UNLESS SO REGISTERED
OR QUALIFIED, OR UNLESS AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION OR
QUALIFICATION EXISTS. THE AVAILABILITY OF ANY EXEMPTION
FROM REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION MUST BE ESTABLISHED BY
AN OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR THE SHAREHOLDER, WHICH OPTION AND
COUNSEL MUST BE REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY."
The Corporation need not register a transfer of any of the Shares unless one of
the conditions specified in the foregoing legend is satisfied and the
Corporation will not unreasonably withhold consent to registration of such a
transfer. The Corporation may also instruct its transfer agent not to register
the transfer of any of the Shares unless one of the conditions specified in the
foregoing legend is satisfied. Any legend endorsed on a certificate pursuant to
the foregoing language and the stop transfer instructions with respect to such
Shares, shall be removed, and the Corporation shall promptly issue a certificate
without such legend to the holder of such Shares, if such Shares are registered
under the Securities Act and a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10
of the Securities Act is available or if such holder provides the Corporation
with an opinion of counsel for such holder of the Shares reasonably satisfactory
to the Corporation, to the effect that such legend may be removed and such stop-
transfer instructions may be rescinded.
9. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT. In the event that the employment of the
Optionee by the Corporation shall be terminated (otherwise than by reason of
death), the Option may be exercised by the Optionee at any time within three (3)
months after such termination, but in any event no later than the date of
expiration of the Option term. So long as the Optionee shall maintain
Continuous Status as an Employee of the Corporation, its Parent, or one or more
of its Subsidiaries (as defined in the Plan), the Option shall not otherwise be
affected by any change of duties or position. To the extent that the Optionee
was not entitled to exercise an Option held by the Optionee at the time of
termination of Optionee's employment with the Company, the Option shall itself
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terminate at the time of such termination. Nothing in this Option Agreement
shall confer upon the Optionee any right to continue in the employ of the
Corporation or of its Parent or of any of its Subsidiaries or interfere in any
way with the right of the Corporation or any such Parent or Subsidiary to
terminate Optionee's employment or consultancy at any time.
10. DEATH OR DISABILITY OF EMPLOYEE.
(a) If the Optionee shall die while employed by the Corporation
or its Parent or one or more of its Subsidiaries and shall have been in
Continuous Status as an Employee since the date hereof, the Option may be
exercised (to the extent that the Optionee shall have been entitled to do
so at the date of Optionee's death) by a legatee or legatees of the Optionee
under Optionee's last will, or by Optionee's personal representatives or
distributees, at any time within six (6) months after the death of the Optionee,
but in any event no later than the date of expiration of the Option Term.
However, if Optionee dies within three (3) months after the termination of
Continuous Status as an Employee, the Option may be exercised, at any time
within six (6) months following the date of death, by the Optionee's estate or
by a person who acquired the right to exercise the Option by bequest or
inheritance, but only to the extent of the right to exercise that had accrued at
the date of termination.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 10 above, in the event
the Optionee is unable to continue Optionee's employment with or to perform
services for the benefit of the Company as a result of his total and permanent
disability (as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code), Optionee may, but only
within six (6) months after termination due to such disability, exercise
Optionee's Option to the extent Optionee was entitled to exercise it at the date
of such disability. To the extent that Optionee was not entitled to exercise
the Option at the date of disability, or if Optionee does not exercise such
Option to the extent Optionee was so entitled within the time specified herein,
the Option shall terminate. The Option may be exercised under this paragraph
(b) by any parent, sibling, spouse, or issue of the Optionee, or by any other
person the Corporation reasonably believes to have the authority to exercise
such Option.
11. ADJUSTMENTS UPON CHANGES IN CAPITALIZATION OR MERGER.
(a) Subject to any required action by the shareholders of the
Corporation, the number of Shares covered by the Option, as well as the purchase
price per Share covered by the Option, shall be proportionately adjusted for any
increase or decrease in the number of issued shares of Common Stock of the
Corporation resulting from a stock split, the payment of a stock dividend with
respect to the Common Stock, or any other increase or decrease in the number of
issued shares of Common Stock effected without receipt of consideration by the
Corporation; provided however, that conversion of any convertible securities of
the Corporation shall not be deemed to have been "effected without receipt of
consideration." Such adjustment shall be made by the Board, whose determination
in that respect shall be final, binding, and conclusive. Except as expressly
provided herein, no issuance by the Company of shares of stock of any class, or
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securities convertible into shares of stock of any class shall affect, and no
adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number or price
of Shares subject to the Option.
(b) In the event of the proposed dissolution or liquidation of the
Corporation, or in the event of a proposed sale of all or substantially all of
the assets of the Corporation, or the merger of the Corporation with or into
another corporation, the Option granted hereunder will automatically terminate
and be of no further force or effect upon the effective date of such
dissolution, liquidation, sale or merger. The Corporation shall give reasonable
notice to the Optionee prior to effecting any transactions covered by this
paragraph to give the Employee the opportunity to gain the benefit, if any, from
such a transaction.
12. GENERAL. The Corporation shall at all times during the term of the
Option reserve and keep available such number of shares of Common Stock as
will be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of this Option Agreement,
shall pay all original issue and transfer taxes with respect to the issue and
transfer of shares pursuant hereto and all other fees and expenses
necessarily incurred by the Corporation in connection therewith, and will
from time to time use its best efforts to comply with all laws and
regulations which, in the opinion of counsel for the Corporation, shall be
applicable thereto.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Option Agreement to be
duly executed by its officers thereunto duly authorized, and the Optionee has
executed this Agreement, all as of the day and year first above written.
INTERNET COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
By:
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Optionee
Optionee acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan, a copy of which is
annexed hereto, and represents that Optionee is familiar with the terms and
provisions thereof, and hereby accepts this Option subject to all of the terms
and provisions thereof. Optionee hereby agrees to accept as binding, conclusive
and final all decisions of interpretations of the Corporation's Board of
Directors upon any questions arising under the Plan, provided that such
interpretations are made in good faith and in accordance with the Board's
fiduciary obligations to the Corporation, its shareholders, and its Option
holders.
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Dated: , 19 .
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Optionee
EXHIBIT A
INTERNET COMMUNICATION CORPORATION
NOTICE OF EXERCISE OF OPTION
I, _____________________________________, hereby give notice to Internet
Communications Corporation (the "Company"), of my intent to exercise the
option to purchase ________ shares of the Company's common stock granted to
me under the Company's 1996 Incentive Stock Plan adopted effective March 18,
1996 (the "Option Plan").
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this Notice this ________ day of
______________________________, 19______.
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Witness
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PROXY
INTERNET COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The undersigned hereby appoints Thomas C. Galley and Arnell J. Galley, each
with the power to appoint his/her substitute, and hereby authorizes them to
represent and to vote as designated below, all the shares of common stock of
Internet Communications Corporation held of record by the undersigned on May
22, 1997 at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on July 10, 1997,
or any adjournment thereof.
1. A proposal to elect four (4) Directors.
[ ] FOR the following nominees (except as marked to the contrary)
William J. Maxwell Craig D. Slater Joseph P. Nacchio Richard T. Liebhaber
(INSTRUCTIONS: TO WITHHOLD AUTHORITY TO VOTE FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL NOMINEE,
CROSS OUT THAT NOMINEE'S NAME ABOVE.)
2. A proposal to approve an amendment to the 1996 Incentive Stock Plan.
[ ] FOR [ ] AGAINST [ ] ABSTAIN
3. In their discretion, the named proxies may vote on such other business as
may properly come before the Annual Meeting or any adjournments or
postponements thereof.
THIS PROXY WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED
HEREIN BY THE UNDERSIGNED SHAREHOLDER. IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY
WILL BE VOTED FOR PROPOSALS 1 AND 2.
SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED AT THE MEETING IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE SHAREHOLDER'S SPECIFICATIONS ABOVE. THE PROXY CONFERS
DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY IN RESPECT TO MATTERS NOT KNOWN OR DETERMINED AT THE
TIME OF THE MAILING OF THE NOTICE OF THE ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO
THE UNDERSIGNED.
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The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of the Notice of the Annual
Meeting of Shareholders, Proxy Statement and Annual Report furnished
therewith.
Dated:
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Signature(s) of Shareholder(s)
Signature(s) should agree with names
appearing hereon. Executors,
administrators, trustees, guardians,
and attorneys should indicate when
signing. Attorneys should indicate
when signing. Attorneys should submit
powers of attorney.
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF INTERNET
COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION. PLEASE SIGN AND RETURN THIS PROXY IN THE
ENCLOSED, PRE-ADDRESSED ENVELOPE. THE GIVING OF A PROXY WILL NOT AFFECT YOUR
RIGHT TO VOTE IN PERSON IF YOU ATTEND THE MEETING.
