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Exhibit 4.1
JABIL CIRCUIT, INC.
1992 STOCK OPTION PLAN
(AS AMENDED THROUGH NOVEMBER, 2000)
1. Purposes of the Plan. The purposes of this Stock Option Plan
are:
- to attract and retain the best available personnel
for positions of substantial responsibility,
- to provide additional incentive to Employees and
Consultants, and
- to promote the success of the Company's business.
Options granted under the Plan may be Incentive Stock Options or Nonstatutory
Stock Options, as determined by the Administrator at the time of grant. Stock
Purchase Rights may also be granted under the Plan.
2. Definitions. As used herein, the following definitions shall
apply:
(a) "Administrator" means the Board or any of its
Committees as shall be administering the Plan, in accordance with Section 4 of
the Plan.
(b) "Applicable Laws" means the legal requirements
relating to the administration of stock option plans under state corporate and
securities laws and the Code.
(c) "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.
(d) "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
(e) "Committee" means a Committee appointed by the Board
in accordance with Section 4 of the Plan.
(f) "Common Stock" means the Common Stock, $.001 par
value, of the Company.
(g) "Company" means Jabil Circuit, Inc., a Delaware
corporation.
(h) "Consultant" means any person, including an advisor,
engaged by the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary to render services and who is
compensated for such services, including without limitation non-Employee
Directors who are paid only a director's fee by the Company or who are
compensated by the Company for their services as non-Employee Directors. In
addition, as used herein, "consulting relationship" shall be deemed to include
service by a non-Employee Director as such.
(i) "Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant"
means that the employment or consulting relationship is not interrupted or
terminated by the Company, any Parent or Subsidiary. Continuous Status as an
Employee or Consultant shall not 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; provided, however, that for purposes of
Incentive Stock Options, any such leave may not exceed ninety (90) days, unless
reemployment upon the expiration of such leave is guaranteed by contract
(including certain Company policies) or statute, or (ii) transfers between
locations of the Company or between the Company, its Parent, its Subsidiaries
or its successor; or (iii) a change in the status of the Optionee from Employee
to Consultant or from Consultant to Employee.
(j) "Director" means a member of the Board.
(k) "Disability" means total and permanent disability as
defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.
(l) "Employee" means any person, including Officers and
Directors, employed by the Company or any
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Parent or Subsidiary of the Company. Neither service as a Director nor payment
of a director's fee by the Company shall be sufficient to constitute
"employment" by the Company.
(m) "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
(n) "Fair Market Value" means, as of any date, the value
of Common Stock determined as follows:
(i) If the Common Stock is fitted on any
established stock exchange or a national market system, including without
limitation the National Market System of the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation ("NASDAQ") System, 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 system or exchange
(or the exchange with the greatest volume of trading in Common Stock) on the
last market trading day prior to the day of determination, as reported in The
Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Administrator deems reliable;
(ii) If the Common Stock is quoted on the NASDAQ
System (but not on the National Market System thereof) or is regularly quoted
by a recognized securities dealer but selling prices are not reported, the Fair
Market Value of a Share of Common Stock shall be the mean between the high bid
and low asked prices for the Common Stock on the last market trading day prior
to the day of determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such
other source as the Administrator deems reliable;
(iii) In the absence of an established market
for the Common Stock, the Fair Market Value shall be determined in good faith
by the Administrator.
(o) "Incentive Stock Option" means an Option intended to
qualify as an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the
Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
(p) "Nonstatutory Stock Option" means an Option not
intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option.
(q) "Notice of Grant" means a written notice evidencing
certain terms and conditions of an individual Option or Stock Purchase Right
grant. The Notice of Grant is part of the Option Agreement.
(r) "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.
(s) "Option" means a stock option granted pursuant to the
Plan.
(t) "Option Agreement" means a written agreement between
the Company and an Optionee evidencing the terms and conditions of an
individual Option grant. The Option Agreement is subject to the terms and
conditions of the Plan.
(u) "Option Exchange Program" means a program whereby
outstanding options are surrendered in exchange for options with a lower
exercise price.
(v) "Optioned Stock" means the Common Stock subject to an
Option or Stock Purchase Right.
(w) "Optionee" means an Employee or Consultant who holds
an outstanding Option or Stock Purchase Right.
(x) "Parent" means a "parent corporation", whether now or
hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(e) of the Code.
(y) "Plan" means this 1992 Stock Option Plan.
(z) "Restricted Stock" means shares of Common Stock
acquired pursuant to a grant of Stock Purchase Rights under Section 11 below.
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(aa) "Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement" means a written
agreement between the Company and the Optionee evidencing the terms and
restrictions applying to stock purchased under a Stock Purchase Right. The
Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement is subject to the terms and conditions of
the Plan and the Notice of Grant.
(bb) "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.
(cc) "Share" means a share of the Common Stock, as
adjusted in accordance with Section 13 of the Plan.
(dd) "Stock Purchase Right" means the right to purchase
Common Stock pursuant to Section 11 of the Plan, as evidenced by a Notice of
Grant.
(ee) "Subsidiary" means a "subsidiary corporation",
whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code.
3. Stock Subject to the Plan. Subject to the provisions of
Section 13 of the Plan, the maximum aggregate number of Shares which may be
optioned and sold under the Plan is 18,784,944 Shares. The Shares may be
authorized, but unissued, or reacquired Common Stock. However, should the
Company reacquire Shares which were issued pursuant to the exercise of an
Option or Stock Purchase Right, such Shares shall not become available for
future grant under the Plan.
If an Option or Stock Purchase Right expires or becomes unexercisable
without having been exercised in full, or is surrendered pursuant to an Option
Exchange Program, the unpurchased Shares which were subject thereto shall
become available for future grant or sale under the Plan (unless the Plan has
terminated).
4. Administration of the Plan.
(a) Procedure.
(i) Multiple Administrative Bodies. If
permitted by Rule 16b-3, the Plan may be administered by different bodies with
respect to Directors, Officers who are not Directors, and Employees who are
neither Directors nor Officers.
(ii) Administration With Respect to Directors and
Officers Subject to Section 16(b). With respect to Option or Stock Purchase
Right grants made to Employees who are also Officers or Directors subject to
Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, the Plan shall be administered by (A) the
Board, if the Board may administer the Plan in compliance with the rules
governing a plan intended to qualify as a discretionary plan under Rule 16b-3,
or (B) a committee designated by the Board to administer the Plan, which
committee shall be constituted to comply with the rules governing a plan
intended to qualify as a discretionary plan under Rule 16b-3. Once appointed,
such Committee shall continue to serve in its designated capacity until
otherwise directed by the Board. From time to time the Board may increase the
size of the Committee and appoint additional members, remove members (with or
without cause) and substitute new members, fill vacancies (however caused), and
remove all members of the Committee and thereafter directly administer the
Plan, all to the extent permitted by the rules governing a plan intended to
qualify as a discretionary plan under Rule 16b-3.
(iii) Administration With Respect to Other
Persons. With respect to Option or Stock Purchase Right grants made to
Employees or Consultants who are neither Directors nor Officers of the Company,
the Plan shall be administered by (A) the Board or (B) a committee designated
by the Board, which committee shall be constituted to satisfy Applicable Laws.
Once appointed, such Committee shall serve in its designated capacity until
otherwise directed by the Board. The Board may increase the size of the
Committee and appoint additional members, remove members (with or without
cause) and substitute new members, fill vacancies (however caused), and remove
all members of the Committee and thereafter directly administer the Plan, all
to the extent permitted by Applicable Laws.
(b) Powers of the Administrator. Subject to the
provisions of the Plan, and in the case of a Committee, subject to the specific
duties delegated by the Board to such Committee, the Administrator shall have
the authority, in its discretion:
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(i) to determine the Fair Market Value of the
Common Stock, in accordance with Section 2(n) of the Plan;
(ii) to select the Consultants and Employees to
whom Options and Stock Purchase Rights may be granted hereunder;
(iii) to determine whether and to what extent
Options and Stock Purchase Rights or any combination thereof, are granted
hereunder;
(iv) to determine the number of shares of Common
Stock to be covered by each Option and Stock Purchase Right granted hereunder;
(v) to approve forms of agreement for use under
the Plan;
(vi) to determine the terms and conditions, not
inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, of any award granted hereunder. Such
terms and conditions include, but are not limited to, the exercise price, the
time or times when Options or Stock Purchase Rights may be exercised (which may
be based on performance criteria), any vesting acceleration or waiver of
forfeiture restrictions, and any restriction or limitation regarding any Option
or Stock Purchase Right or the shares of Common Stock relating thereto, based
in each case on such factors as the Administrator, in its sole discretion,
shall determine;
(vii) to reduce the exercise price of any Option
or Stock Purchase Right to the then current Fair Market Value if the Fair
Market Value of the Common Stock covered by such Option or Stock Purchase Right
shall have declined since the date the Option or Stock Purchase Right was
granted;
(viii) to construe and interpret the terms of the
Plan;
(ix) to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and
regulations relating to the Plan;
(x) to modify or amend each Option or Stock
Purchase Right (subject to Section 15(c) of the Plan);
(xi) to authorize any person to execute on behalf
of the Company any instrument required to effect the grant of an Option or
Stock Purchase Right previously granted by the Administrator;
(xii) to institute an Option Exchange Program;
(xiii) to determine the terms and restrictions
applicable to Options and Stock Purchase Rights and any Restricted Stock, and
(xiv) to make all other determinations deemed
necessary or advisable for administering the Plan.
(c) Effect of Administrator's Decision. The
Administrator's decisions, determinations and interpretations shall be final
and binding on all Optionees and any other holders of Options or Stock Purchase
Rights.
5. Eligibility. Nonstatutory Stock Options and Stock Purchase
Rights may be granted to Employees and Consultants. Incentive Stock Options may
be granted only to Employees. If otherwise eligible, an Employee or Consultant
who has been granted an Option or Stock Purchase Right may be granted
additional Options or Stock Purchase Rights.
6. Limitations.
(a) Each Option shall be designated in the Notice of
Grant as either an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonstatutory Stock Option.
However, notwithstanding such designations, to the extent that the aggregate
Fair Market Value:
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(i) of Shares subject to an Optionee's incentive
stock options granted by the Company, any Parent or Subsidiary, which (ii)
become exercisable for the first time during any calendar year (under all plans
of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary) exceeds $ 100,000, such excess
Options shall be treated as Nonstatutory Stock Options. For purposes of this
Section 6(a), Incentive Stock Options shall be taken into account in the order
in which they were granted, and the Fair Market Value of the Shares shall be
determined as of the time of grant.
(b) Neither the Plan nor any Option or Stock Purchase
Right shall confer upon an Optionee any right with respect to continuing the
Optionee's employment or consulting relationship with the Company, nor shall
they interfere in any way with the Optionee's right or the Company's right to
terminate such employment or consulting relationship at any time, with or
without cause.
(c) The following limitations shall apply to grants of
Options:
(i) No Employee shall be granted, in any fiscal
year of the Company, Options to purchase more than 882,520 Shares.
(ii) The limitation described in (i) above shall
be adjusted proportionately in connection with any change in the Company's
capitalization as described in Section 13 of the Plan.
(iii) If an Option is canceled in the same fiscal
year of the Company in which it was granted (other than in connection with a
transaction described in Section 13 of the Plan), the canceled Option will be
counted against the limitation described in (i) above. Furthermore, the
reduction of the exercise price of an Option shall be treated as a cancellation
of the Option and the grant of a new Option.
7. Term of Plan. Subject to Section 19 of the Plan, the Plan
shall become effective upon the earlier to occur of its adoption by the Board
or its approval by the stockholders of the Company as described in Section 19
of the Plan. It shall continue in effect for a term of ten (10) years unless
terminated earlier under Section 15 of the Plan.
8. Term of Option. The term of each Option shall be stated in the
Notice of Grant; provided, however, that in the case of an Incentive Stock
Option, the term shall be ten (10) years from the date of grant or such shorter
term as may be provided in the Notice of Grant. Moreover, in the case of an
Incentive Stock Option granted to an Optionee who, at the time the Incentive
Stock Option is granted, owns stock representing more than ten percent (10%) of
the voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any Parent or
Subsidiary, the term of the Incentive Stock Option shall be five (5) years from
the date of grant or such shorter term as may be provided in the Notice of
Grant.
9. Option Exercise Price and Consideration.
(a) Exercise Price. The per share exercise price for the
Shares to be issued pursuant to exercise of an Option shall be determined by
the Administrator, subject to the following:
(i) In the case of an Incentive Stock Option (A)
granted to an Employee who, at the time the Incentive Stock Option is granted,
owns stock representing more than ten percent (10%) of the voting power of all
classes of stock of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary, the per Share
exercise price shall be no less than 110% of the Fair Market Value per Share on
the date of grant, (B) granted to any Employee, the per Share exercise price
shall be no less than 100% of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of
grant.
(ii) In the case of a Nonstatutory Stock Option,
the per Share exercise price shall be determined by the Administrator.
(b) Waiting Period and Exercise Dates. At the time an
Option is granted, the Administrator shall fix the period within which the
Option may be exercised and shall determine any conditions which must be
satisfied before the Option may be exercised. In so doing, the Administrator
may specify that an Option may not be exercised until the completion of a
service period.
(c) Form of Consideration. The Administrator shall
determine the acceptable form of consideration for exercising an Option,
including the method of payment. In the case of an Incentive Stock Option, the
Administrator
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shall determine the acceptable form of consideration at the time of grant. Such
consideration may consist entirely of:
(i) cash;
(ii) check;
(iii) promissory note;
(iv) other Shares which (A) in the case of Shares
acquired upon exercise of an option, have been owned by the Optionee for more
than six months on the date of surrender, and (B) have a Fair Market Value on
the date of surrender equal to the aggregate exercise price of the Shares as to
which said Option shall be exercised;
(v) delivery of a properly executed exercise notice
together with such other documentation as the Administrator and the broker, if
applicable, shall require to effect an exercise of the Option and delivery to
the Company of the sale or loan proceeds required to pay the exercise price;
(vi) any combination of the foregoing methods of
payment; or
(vii) such other consideration and method of payment
for the issuance of Shares to the extent permitted by Applicable Laws.
10. Exercise of Option.
(a) Procedure for Exercise; Rights as a Stockholder. Any
Option granted hereunder shall be exercisable according to the terms of the
Plan and at such times and under such conditions as determined by the
Administrator and set forth in the Option Agreement.
An Option may not be exercised for a fraction of a
Share.
An Option shall be deemed exercised when the Company
receives: (i) written notice of exercise (in accordance with the Option
Agreement) from the person entitled to exercise the Option, and (ii) full
payment for the Shares with respect to which the Option is exercised. Full
payment may consist of any consideration and method of payment authorized by
the Administrator and permitted by the Option Agreement and the Plan. Shares
issued upon exercise of an Option shall be issued in the name of the Optionee
or, if requested by the Optionee, in the name of the Optionee and his or her
spouse. Until the stock certificate evidencing such Shares is issued (as
evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly
authorized transfer agent of the Company), no right to vote or receive
dividends or any other rights as a stockholder shall exist with respect to the
Optioned Stock, notwithstanding the exercise of the Option. The Company shall
issue (or cause to be issued) such stock certificate promptly after the Option
is exercised. No adjustment will be made for a dividend or other right for
which the record date is prior to the date the stock certificate is issued,
except as provided in Section 13 of the Plan.
Exercising an Option in any manner shall decrease the
number of Shares thereafter available, both for purposes of the Plan and for
sale under the Option, by the number of Shares as to which the Option is
exercised.
(b) Termination of Employment or Consulting Relationship.
In the event that an Optionee's Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant
terminates (other than upon the Optionee's death or Disability), the Optionee
may exercise his or her Option, but only within such period of time as is
determined by the Administrator, and only to the extent that the Optionee was
entitled to exercise it at the date of termination (but in no event later than
the expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in the Notice of Grant).
In the case of an Incentive Stock Option, the Administrator shall determine
such period of time (in no event to exceed ninety (90) days from the date of
termination) when the Option is granted. 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 the Plan.
If, after termination, the Optionee does not exercise his or her Option within
the time specified by the Administrator, the Option shall terminate, and the
Shares covered by such Option shall revert to the Plan.
(c) Disability of Optionee. In the event that an
Optionee's Continuous Status as an Employee or
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Consultant terminates as a result of the Optionee's Disability, the Optionee
may exercise his or her Option at any time within 12 months from the date of
such termination, but only to the extent that the Optionee was entitled to
exercise it at the date of such termination (but in no event later than the
expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in the Notice of Grant). 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 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 the Plan.
(d) Death of Optionee. In the event of the death of an
Optionee, the Option may be exercised at any time within 12 months following
the date of death (but in no event later than the expiration of the term of
such Option as set forth in the Notice of Grant), 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 that the Optionee was entitled to exercise
the Option at the date of death. 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 immediately revert to the Plan. If,
after death, the Optionee's estate or a person who acquired the right to
exercise the Option by bequest or inheritance does not exercise the Option
within the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate, and the Shares
covered by such Option shall revert to the Plan.
(e) Buyout Provisions. The Administrator may at any time
offer to buy out, for a payment in cash or Shares, an Option previously
granted, based on such terms and conditions as the Administrator shall
establish and communicate to the Optionee at the time that such offer is made.
Any such cash offer made to an Officer or Director shall comply with the
provisions of Rule 16-3 relating to cash settlement of stock appreciation
rights. This provisions is intended only to clarify the powers of the
Administrator and shall not in any way be deemed to create any rights on the
part of Optionees to buyout offers or payments.
11. Stock Purchase Rights.
(a) Rights to Purchase. Stock Purchase Rights may be
issued either alone, in addition to, or in tandem with, other awards granted
under the Plan and/or cash awards made outside of the Plan. After the
Administrator determines that it will offer Stock Purchase Rights under the
Plan, it shall advise the offeree in writing, by means of a Notice of Grant, of
the terms, conditions and restrictions related to the offer, including the
number of Shares that the offeree shall be entitled to purchase, the price to
be paid (which price shall not be less than 50% of the Fair Market Value of the
Shares as of the date of the offer), and the time within which the offeree must
accept such offer, which shall in no event exceed six months from the date upon
which the Administrator made the determination to grant the Stock Purchase
Right. The offer shall be accepted by execution of a Restricted Stock Purchase
Agreement in the form determined by the Administrator.
(b) Repurchase Option. Unless the Administrator
determines otherwise, the Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement shall grant the
Company a repurchase option exercisable upon the voluntary or involuntary
termination of the purchaser's employment with the Company for any reason
(including death or Disability). The purchase price for Shares repurchased
pursuant to the Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement shall be the original price
paid by the purchaser and may be paid by cancellation of any indebtedness of
the purchaser to the Company. The repurchase option shall lapse at a rate
determined by the Administrator.
(c) Other Provisions. The Restricted Stock Purchase
Agreement shall contain such other terms, provisions and conditions not
inconsistent with the Plan as may be determined by the Administrator in its
sole discretion. In addition, the provisions of Restricted Stock Purchase
Agreements need not be the same with respect to each purchaser.
(d) Rights as a Stockholder. Once the Stock Purchase
Right is exercised, the purchaser shall have the rights equivalent to those of
a stockholder, and shall be a stockholder when his or her purchase is entered
upon the records of the duly authorized transfer agent of the Company. No
adjustment will be made for a dividend or other right for which the record date
is prior to the date the Stock Purchase Right is exercised, except as provided
in Section 13 of the Plan.
12. Non-Transferability of Options and Stock Purchase Rights.
An Option or Stock Purchase Right 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, only by the Optionee.
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13. Adjustments Upon Changes in Capitalization, Dissolution,
Merger, Asset Sale or Change of Control.
(a) Changes in Capitalization. Subject to any required
action by the stockholders of the Company, the number of shares of Common Stock
covered by each outstanding Option and Stock Purchase Right, and the number of
shares of Common 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, as well as the price per share of Common 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 Common Stock resulting from a stock split, reverse stock split, stock
dividend, combination or reclassification of the Common Stock, or any other
increase or decrease in the number of issued shares of Common Stock effected
without receipt of consideration by the Company; provided, however, that
conversion of any convertible securities of the Company 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 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 Common Stock subject to an
Option or Stock Purchase Right.
(b) Dissolution or Liquidation. In the event of the
proposed dissolution or liquidation of the Company, to the extent that an
Option or Stock Purchase Right has not been previously exercised, it will
terminate immediately prior to the consummation of such proposed action. The
Board may, in the exercise of its sole discretion in such instances, declare
that any Option or Stock Purchase Right shall terminate as of a date fixed by
the Board and give each Optionee the right to exercise his or her Option or
Stock Purchase Right as to all or any part of the Optioned Stock, including
Shares as to which the Option or Stock Purchase Right would not otherwise be
exercisable.
(c) Merger or Asset Sale. Subject to the provisions of
paragraph (d) hereof, in the event of a merger of the Company with or into
another corporation, or the sale of substantially all of the assets of the
Company, each outstanding Option and Stock Purchase Right shall be assumed or
an equivalent option or right shall be substituted by the successor corporation
or a Parent or Subsidiary of the successor corporation. In the event that the
successor corporation does not agree to assume the Option or Stock Purchase
Right or to substitute an equivalent option or right, the Administrator shall,
in lieu of such assumption or substitution, provide for the Optionee to have
the right to exercise the Option or Stock Purchase Right as to all or a portion
of the Optioned Stock, including Shares as to which it would not otherwise be
exercisable. If the Administrator makes an Option or Stock Purchase Right
exercisable in lieu of assumption or substitution in the event of a merger or
sale of assets, the Administrator shall notify the Optionee that the Option or
Stock Purchase Right shall be fully exercisable for a period of fifteen (15)
days from the date of such notice, and the Option or Stock Purchase Right will
terminate upon the expiration of such period. For the purposes of this
paragraph, the Option or Stock Purchase Right shall be considered assumed if,
following the merger or sale of assets, the option or right confers the right
to purchase, for each Share of Optioned Stock subject to the Option or Stock
Purchase Right immediately prior to the merger or sale of assets, the
consideration (whether stock, cash, or other securities or property) received
in the merger or sale of assets by holders of Common Stock for each Share held
on the effective date of the transaction (and if holders were offered a choice
of consideration, the type of consideration chosen by the holders of a majority
of the outstanding Shares); provided, however, that if such consideration
received in the merger or sale of assets was not solely common stock of the
successor corporation or its Parent, the Administrator may, with the consent of
the successor corporation and the participant, provide for the consideration to
be received upon the exercise of the Option or Stock Purchase Right, for each
Share of Optioned Stock subject to the Option or Stock Purchase Right, to be
solely common stock of the successor corporation or its Parent equal in Fair
Market Value to the per Share consideration received by holders of Common Stock
in the merger or sale of assets.
(d) Change in Control. In the event of a "Change in
Control" of the Company, as defined in paragraph (e) below, then the following
acceleration and valuation provisions shall apply:
(i) Except as otherwise determined by the Board,
in its discretion, prior to the occurrence of a Change in Control, any Options
and Stock Purchase Rights outstanding on the date such Change in Control is
determined to have occurred that are not yet exercisable and vested on such
date shall become fully exercisable and vested;
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(ii) Except as otherwise determined by the Board,
in its discretion, prior to the occurrence of a Change in Control, all
outstanding Options and Stock Purchase Rights, to the extent they are
exercisable and vested (including Options and Stock Purchase Rights that shall
become exercisable and vested pursuant to subparagraph (i) above), shall be
terminated in exchange for a cash payment equal to the Change in Control Price
(reduced by the Exercise Price applicable to such Options or Stock Purchase
Rights). These cash proceeds shall be paid to the Optionee or, in the event of
death of an Optionee prior to payment, to the estate of the Optionee or to a
person who acquired the right to exercise the Option or Stock Purchase Right by
bequest or inheritance.
(e) Definition of "Change in Control". For purposes of
this Section 13, a "Change in Control" means the happening of any of the
following:
(i) When any "person," as such term is used in
Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act (other than the Company, a
Subsidiary or a Company employee benefit plan, including any trustee of such
plan acting as trustee) is or becomes the "beneficial owner" (as defined in
Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of
the Company representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting
power of the Company's then outstanding securities; or
(ii) The occurrence of a transaction requiring
stockholder approval, and involving the sale of all or substantially all of the
assets of the Company or the merger of the Company with or into another
corporation.
(f) Change in Control Price. For purposes of this Section
13, "Change in Control Price" shall be, as determined by the Board, (i) the
highest Fair Market Value of a Share within the 60 day period immediately
preceding the date of determination of the Change in Control Price by the Board
(the "60-Day Period"), or (ii) the highest price paid or offered per Share, as
determined by the Board, in any bona fide transaction or bona fide offer
related to the Change in Control of the Company, at any time within the 60-Day
Period, or (iii) some lower price as the Board, in its discretion, determines
to be a reasonable estimate of the fair market value of a Share.
14. Date of Grant. The date of grant of an Option or Stock
Purchase Right shall be, for all purposes, the date on which the Administrator
makes the determination granting such Option or Stock Purchase Right, or such
other later date as is determined by the Administrator. Notice of the
determination shall be provided to each Optionee within a reasonable time after
the date of such grant.
15. Amendment and Termination of the Plan.
(a) Amendment and Termination. The Board may at any time
amend, alter, suspend or terminate the Plan.
(b) Stockholder Approval. The Company shall obtain
stockholder approval of any Plan amendment to the extent necessary and
desirable to comply with Rule 16b-3 or with Section 422 of the Code (or any
successor rule or statute or other applicable law, rule or regulation,
including the requirements of any exchange or quotation system on which the
Common Stock is listed or quoted). Such stockholder approval, if required,
shall be obtained in such a manner and to such a degree as is required by the
applicable law, rule or regulation.
(c) Effect of Amendment or Termination. No amendment,
alteration, suspension or termination of the Plan shall impair the rights of
any Optionee, unless mutually agreed otherwise between the Optionee and the
Administrator, which agreement must be in writing and signed by the Optionee
and the Company.
16. Conditions Upon Issuance of Shares.
(a) Legal Compliance. 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 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, Applicable Laws, and the requirements
of any stock exchange or quotation system upon which the Shares may then be
listed or quoted, and shall be further subject to the approval of counsel for
the Company with respect to such compliance.
(b) Investment Representations. As a condition to the
exercise of an Option or Stock Purchase Right, the
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Company may require the person exercising such Option or Stock Purchase Right
to represent and warrant at the time of any such exercise that the Shares are
being purchased only for investment and without any present intention to sell
or distribute such Shares if, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, such a
representation is required.
17. Liability of Company.
(a) Inability to Obtain Authority. The inability of the
Company to obtain authority from any regulatory body having jurisdiction, which
authority is deemed by the Company's counsel to be necessary to the lawful
issuance and sale of any Shares hereunder, shall relieve the Company of any
liability in respect of the failure to issue or sell such Shares as to which
such requisite authority shall not have been obtained.
(b) Grants Exceeding Allotted Shares. If the Optioned
Stock covered by an Option or Stock Purchase Right exceeds, as of the date of
grant, the number of Shares which may be issued under the Plan without
additional stockholder approval, such Option or Stock Purchase Right shall be
void with respect to such excess Optioned Stock, unless stockholder approval of
an amendment sufficiently increasing the number of Shares subject to the Plan
is timely obtained in accordance with Section 15(b) of the Plan.
18. Reservation of Shares. The Company, during the term of this
Plan, will at all times reserve and keep available such number of Shares as
shall be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the Plan.
19. Stockholder Approval. Continuance of the Plan shall be subject
to approval by the stockholders of the Company within 12 months before or after
the date the Plan is adopted. Such stockholder approval shall be obtained in
the manner and to the degree required under applicable federal and state law.
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