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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
[X] Quarterly Report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities and
Exchange Act of 1934
For the quarterly period ended June 30, 1998 or
[ ] Transition Report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities and
Exchange Act of 1934
For the transition period from ___________ to ___________.
Commission file number 0-27168
METACREATIONS CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 95-4102687
(State of incorporation) (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
6303 Carpinteria Ave, Carpinteria, CA 93013
(Address of principal executive offices)
(805) 566-6200
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed by Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant
was required to file reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the past 90 days. Yes [X] No [ ]
As of August 7, 1998, there were outstanding 23,802,537 shares of the
registrant's Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share, which is the only
outstanding class of common or voting stock of the registrant.
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METACREATIONS CORPORATION
FORM 10-Q
Table of Contents
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements............................................ 3
Consolidated Balance Sheets - June 30, 1998 and
December 31, 1997
Consolidated Statements of Operations - Three and six
month periods ended June 30, 1998 and 1997
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - Three and six
month periods ended June 30, 1998 and 1997
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations.......................... 11
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 2. Changes in Securities........................................... 24
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders............. 25
Item 5. Other Information............................................... 26
Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K................................ 26
SIGNATURES ................................................................ 27
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements
METACREATIONS CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(IN THOUSANDS)
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JUNE 30, DECEMBER 31,
1998 1997
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(Unaudited) (Audited)
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ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents ................................................. $ 13,079 $ 9,653
Short-term investments .................................................... 36,456 40,349
Accounts receivable, net .................................................. 15,996 26,604
Inventories ............................................................... 778 1,667
Income taxes receivable ................................................... 4,222 3,324
Deferred income taxes ..................................................... 2,634 2,634
Prepaid expenses .......................................................... 4,462 3,494
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Total current assets .................................................. 77,627 87,725
Property and equipment, net ................................................. 7,807 7,577
Other assets ................................................................ 1,271 1,988
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Total assets .......................................................... $ 86,705 $ 97,290
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable .......................................................... $ 4,309 $ 4,860
Accrued expenses .......................................................... 6,232 3,971
Royalties payable ......................................................... 959 1,217
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Total current liabilities ............................................. 11,500 10,048
Stockholders' equity:
Preferred stock, $.001 par value, 5,000 shares
authorized - no shares issued and outstanding at
June 30, 1998 and December 31, 1997, respectively ....................... -- --
Common stock, $.001 par value; 75,000 shares authorized - 23,801 and 23,606
shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 1998 and December 31, 1997,
respectively............................................................. 24 24
Paid-in capital ........................................................... 111,161 109,896
Notes receivable from stockholders ........................................ (3,255) (3,170)
Cumulative translation adjustment ......................................... (136) (135)
Accumulated deficit ....................................................... (32,589) (19,373)
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Total stockholders' equity ............................................ 75,205 87,242
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Total liabilities and stockholders' equity ............................ $ 86,705 $ 97,290
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these
consolidated financial statements.
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METACREATIONS CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
(UNAUDITED)
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THREE MONTHS ENDED SIX MONTHS ENDED
JUNE 30, JUNE 30,
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1998 1997 1998 1997
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Net revenues ................................ $ 8,015 $ 18,749 $ 22,438 $ 32,001
Cost of revenues ............................ 1,562 3,563 3,893 6,231
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Gross profit ................................ 6,453 15,186 18,545 25,770
Operating expenses:
Sales and marketing ....................... 8,537 8,550 16,452 15,881
Research and development .................. 4,430 3,561 8,649 6,620
General and administrative ................ 1,596 1,409 3,444 3,041
Costs associated with the write-off
of acquired in-process technology,
restructuring and mergers ............... 4,955 16,185 4,955 16,185
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Total operating expenses .................... 19,518 29,705 33,500 41,727
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Loss from operations ........................ (13,065) (14,519) (14,955) (15,957)
Interest and investment income, net ......... 672 778 1,386 1,589
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Loss before benefit for income taxes ........ (12,393) (13,741) (13,569) (14,368)
Benefit for income taxes .................... -- (1,387) (353) (1,582)
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Net loss .................................... $(12,393) $(12,354) $(13,216) $(12,786)
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Net loss per common share - basic and diluted $ (0.52) $ (0.54) $ (0.56) $ (0.57)
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Weighted average number of shares
outstanding - basic and diluted ........... 23,736 22,825 23,679 22,549
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these
consolidated financial statements.
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METACREATIONS CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(IN THOUSANDS)
(UNAUDITED)
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SIX MONTHS ENDED
JUNE 30,
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Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss .................................................................. $(13,216) $(12,786)
Adjustment to retained earnings as a result of business combination ....... -- 513
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided
by (used in) operating activities:
Non-cash restructuring costs .......................................... 2,003 --
Write-off of acquired in-process technology ........................... -- 5,575
Depreciation and amortization ......................................... 2,039 1,048
Provision for losses on receivables and product returns................ 7,981 1,640
Provision for losses on inventory ..................................... 347 270
Accrued interest income ............................................... (85) (84)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable ................................................. 2,627 (5,832)
Inventories ......................................................... 107 (505)
Income taxes receivable ............................................. (534) (2,024)
Prepaid expenses and other assets ................................... (1,790) 1,188
Accounts payable and accrued expenses ............................... 1,897 123
Royalties payable ................................................... (258) 235
Long-term liabilities ............................................... -- 400
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Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities 1,118 (10,239)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of short-term investments ....................................... (30,548) (17,578)
Proceeds from sales and maturities of short-term investments............... 34,441 29,039
Purchases of property and equipment ....................................... (1,943) (2,013)
Purchases of software technology and product rights ....................... (355) (25)
Payments in connection with acquisition ................................... -- (1,233)
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Net cash provided by investing activities .......................... 1,595 8,190
Cash flows from financing activities:
Repayment of notes payable ................................................ -- (274)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options ................................... 714 270
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Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities 714 (4)
Effect of exchange rates changes on cash .................................... (1) 15
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Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents ........................ 3,426 (2,038)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period ............................ 9,653 21,605
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Cash and cash equivalents at end of period .................................. $ 13,079 $ 19,567
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these
consolidated financial statements.
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METACREATIONS CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
1. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements include the
accounts of MetaCreations Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiaries
(collectively "MetaCreations" or the "Company"). All significant intercompany
accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for interim
financial information and with instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of
Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and
footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete
financial statement presentation. In the opinion of management, the accompanying
consolidated balance sheets and related interim consolidated statements of
operations and cash flows include all adjustments (consisting only of normal
recurring items) considered necessary for their fair presentation. The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that
affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses.
Actual results could differ from those estimates. The consolidated results of
operations for the period ended June 30, 1998 are not necessarily indicative of
results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 1998. The information
included in this Form 10-Q should be read in conjunction with the Company's
audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto as of December 31,
1997 and 1996, and for the three years in the period ended December 31, 1997, as
filed on Form 10-K.
Revenue Recognition
During the three months ended March 31, 1998, the Company adopted Statement of
Position ("SOP") 97-2, "Software Revenue Recognition," which superceded SOP
91-1. SOP 97-2 generally requires revenue earned on software arrangements
involving multiple elements (e.g., software products, upgrades/enhancements,
postcontract customer support, etc.) to be allocated to each element based on
the relative fair value of the elements. The fair value of an element must be
based on evidence which is specific to the Company. The revenue allocated to
software products (including specified upgrades/enhancements) generally is
recognized upon delivery of the products. The revenue allocated to postcontract
customer support generally is recognized ratably over the term of the support.
If the Company does not have evidence of the fair value for all elements in a
multiple-element arrangement, all revenue from the arrangement is deferred until
such evidence exists or until all elements are delivered. The impact of adopting
SOP 97-2 was not material to the Company's financial position, results of
operations or cash flows.
The Company provides an allowance for estimated returns at the time of product
shipments and adjusts this allowance as needed based on actual return history.
Such reserves as a percentage of net revenues have varied over recent years,
reflecting the Company's experience in product returns as it has significantly
expanded the proportion of its sales through third-party distribution channels
and increased its product portfolio. The Company expects reserves will continue
to
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METACREATIONS CORPORATION
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
(UNAUDITED)
vary in the future. The Company's agreements with its distributors generally
provide the distributors with limited rights to return unsold inventories under
a stock balancing program. The Company monitors the activities of its
distributors in an effort to minimize excessive returns and establishes its
reserves based on its estimates of expected returns.
Comprehensive Income
During the three months ended March 31, 1998, the Company adopted Statement of
Financial Accounting Standard ("SFAS") No. 130, "Reporting Comprehensive
Income." SFAS No. 130 establishes standards for the reporting and display of
comprehensive income and its components in a full set of general purpose
financial statements. Comprehensive income is defined as the change in equity of
a business enterprise during a period from transactions and other events and
circumstances from nonowner sources. Differences between comprehensive income
and net income were not material to the Company's financial position, results of
operations or cash flows for the three and six months ended June 30, 1998 and
1997.
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards Not Yet Adopted
In June 1997, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued SFAS No. 131,
"Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information." SFAS No.
131 requires publicly-held companies to report financial and other information
about key revenue-producing segments of the entity for which such information is
available and is utilized by the chief operating decision maker. Specific
information to be reported for individual segments includes profit or loss,
certain revenue and expense items and total assets. A reconciliation of segment
financial information to amounts reported in the financial statements would be
provided. SFAS No. 131 requires companies to adopt its provisions for fiscal
years beginning after December 15, 1997, but does not require that segment
information be reported in financial statements for interim periods in the
initial year of application. Management is currently evaluating the requirements
of adopting SFAS No. 131 and the effects, if any, on the Company's current
reporting and disclosures.
2. RESTRUCTURING
On June 30, 1998, the Company announced and began to implement a restructuring
plan aimed at reducing costs and improving competitiveness. In connection with
the restructuring, management considered the Company's future operating costs
and levels of revenue in 1998 and beyond, and determined that a restructuring
charge of $5.0 million was required to cover the costs of reducing certain
sectors of its workforce and facilities. The restructuring charge included an
accrual of approximately $3.0 million related to severance and benefits
associated with the reduction of approximately 75 positions during July 1998, as
well as the related reduction of certain of the Company's facilities. Non-cash
restructuring costs, which totaled approximately $2.0 million, primarily related
to the write-down of non-strategic business assets made redundant or obsolete
due to the reduction of facilities and/or streamlining of the Company's product
lines. The Company expects completion of the restructuring plan during the
second half of 1998.
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METACREATIONS CORPORATION
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
(Unaudited)
The following table depicts the restructuring activity through June 30, 1998 (in
thousands):
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Restructuring Spending/ Balance at
Charges Charges June 30, 1998
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Write-down of operating assets .... $2,003 $2,003 $ --
Severance and benefits ............ 1,956 -- 1,956
Vacated facilities ................ 531 -- 531
Other ............................. 465 -- 465
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$4,955 $2,003 $2,952
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3. INVENTORIES
Inventories consist of the following (in thousands):
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JUNE 30 DECEMBER 31,
1998 1997
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Finished goods ....................... $ 677 $1,465
Materials and supplies ............... 101 202
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$ 778 $1,667
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4. INCOME TAXES
Based upon a review of the Company's deferred income tax assets, available tax
carrybacks, recent quarterly losses, and expected future taxable income, the
Company did not record a benefit for income taxes for the three months ended
June 30, 1998. Management believes that it is more likely than not that any
additional income tax benefit would not be realized at this point in time. The
benefits for income taxes for the three and six months ended June 30, 1997 were
based on the Company's estimated annualized effective tax rate for the year,
after giving effect to the utilization of available tax credits and tax planning
opportunities.
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METACREATIONS CORPORATION
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
(Unaudited)
5. LOSS PER SHARE
The following table provides a reconciliation of the numerators and denominators
of the basic and diluted per-share computations for the three and six months
ended June 30, 1998 and 1997 in accordance with SFAS No. 128, "Earnings per
Share" (in thousands, except per share amounts):
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(NUMERATOR) (DENOMINATOR) AMOUNT
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Three Months Ended:
June 30, 1998:
Basic EPS ................... $(12,393) 23,736 $ (.52)
Effect of dilutive securities -- --
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Diluted EPS ................. $(12,393) 23,736 $ (.52)
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June 30, 1997:
Basic EPS ................... $(12,354) 22,825 $ (.54)
Effect of dilutive securities -- --
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Diluted EPS ................. $(12,354) 22,825 $ (.54)
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Six Months Ended:
June 30, 1998:
Basic EPS ................... $(13,216) 23,679 $ (.56)
Effect of dilutive securities -- --
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Diluted EPS ................. $(13,216) 23,679 $ (.56)
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June 30, 1997:
Basic EPS ................... $(12,786) 22,549 $ (.57)
Effect of dilutive securities -- --
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Diluted EPS ................. $(12,786) 22,549 $ (.57)
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The computation of the diluted number of shares excludes unexercised stock
options which are anti-dilutive. Stock options to purchase 7,112,000 and
6,179,000 shares of common stock were outstanding as of June 30, 1998 and 1997,
respectively, and excluded from the computation.
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Item 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the unaudited
consolidated financial statements and notes thereto.
The discussion and analysis below contains trend analysis and other
forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities
Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
The Company's actual results could differ materially from those projected in the
forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such
differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed in the section
entitled "Factors That May Affect Future Operating Results," as well as those
discussed elsewhere in the Company's SEC reports, including without limitation,
the Company's audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto as of
December 31, 1997 and 1996, and for the three years in the period ended December
31, 1997, as filed on Form 10-K.
OVERVIEW
MetaCreations was formed in May 1997, as a result of the merger of MetaTools,
Inc. and Fractal Design Corporation, and included the acquisitions of Real Time
Geometry Corp. in December 1996 and Specular International. Ltd. in April 1997,
as well as the previous merger of Fractal and Ray Dream, Inc. in May 1996. The
financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 1997 include the
pooled financial statements of MetaTools, Inc. and Fractal Design Corporation.
Net revenues decreased during the three months ended June 30, 1998 as a result
of lower than expected demand in the domestic retail channels, weak demand in
Japan, and increased reserves for returns from distributors to reflect lower
demand. The Company believes the recent weakness in the personal computer retail
markets contributed to the overall weak demand for its products in the second
quarter of 1998. On June 30, 1998, the Company announced and began to implement
a restructuring plan aimed at reducing costs and improving competitiveness. In
connection with the restructuring, the Company recorded a one-time charge to
earnings of $5.0 million to cover the costs of reducing certain sectors of its
workforce and facilities to levels more appropriate to current business
requirements.
While the Company has begun refocusing its product line, the Company's future
revenues continue to be substantially dependent upon the continued market
acceptance of the Company's existing leading products: Bryce, Infini-D, Kai's
Photo Soap, Kai's Super GOO, Kai's Power SHOW, Kai's Power Tools, Painter,
Poser, and Ray Dream Studio. In this regard, revenue from the sale of these
products represented a substantial majority of net revenues during the three
months ended June 30, 1998. The Company also has a number of new product
development efforts under way, and a significant portion of future revenues is
dependent upon the timely introduction and ultimate success of these products.
The Company develops substantially all of its products either internally or
occasionally through co-development arrangements with third parties. These
co-development arrangements generally provide the Company with certain exclusive
proprietary, copyright or marketing rights for developed products in exchange
for the payment of one-time and/or ongoing royalties. The
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Company expects to continue fostering arrangements with external developers as
part of its strategy of expanding its product portfolio. There can be no
assurance, however, that the Company will be able to continue to supplement its
product development efforts in the future through such relationships.
The Company sells its products primarily to domestic and international
distributors, including mail order resellers and retail outlets. The Company
also sells its products to Original Equipment Manufacturers ("OEMs") for
bundling with their hardware or software products and directly to end users,
generally through telesales and direct mail campaigns. Fluctuations in
distributor purchases can cause significant volatility in the Company's
revenues. Distributors generally stock the Company's products at levels which
may fluctuate significantly for a variety of reasons, including the
distributors' ability to finance the purchase of products and to devote shelf
space, catalog space or attention to the products. Distributor purchases may
also be affected by the Company's introduction of a new product or new version
of a product, the Company's end user promotions programs, anticipated product
price increases, the Company's purchases of display space at retail outlets and
other factors. Further, OEM agreements, which generally provide for minimum
guaranteed non-refundable payments to the Company, typically coincide with the
planned introduction of OEM bundled products and are often entered into at the
end of the quarter. The timing of the execution of such agreements can fluctuate
substantially throughout the year, causing volatility in the Company's revenues,
operating results, and cash flows.
Since its inception, the Company has focused on building its product portfolio
and establishing brandname awareness of its products. These activities have
resulted in significant increases in all expense categories. The Company's
recent product development efforts have also entailed significant research and
development expenditures. These higher expense levels combined with costs
associated with periodic restructurings, mergers, and acquisitions, including
the related write-off of acquired in-process technology, and quarterly
fluctuations in net revenues have contributed to the Company's periodic annual
and quarterly losses, as well as fluctuations in its operating results. The
Company intends to continue to invest significant amounts in developing new
markets for its products, as well as maintaining and enhancing brand awareness,
and accordingly may continue to experience losses and volatility of net revenues
and operating results in future periods.
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OPERATING RESULTS
The following table sets forth certain selected financial information expressed
as a percentage of net revenues for the periods indicated:
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JUNE 30, JUNE 30,
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1998 1997 1998 1997
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Net revenues ................... 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 % 100.0 %
Cost of revenues ............... 19.5 19.0 17.4 19.5
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Gross margin ................ 80.5 81.0 82.6 80.5
Operating expenses:
Sales and marketing ............ 106.5 45.6 73.3 49.6
Research and development ....... 55.3 19.0 38.6 20.7
General and administrative ..... 19.9 7.5 15.3 9.5
Write-off of acquired in-process
technology, restructuring
and mergers .................. 61.8 86.3 22.1 50.6
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Total operating expenses ... 243.5 158.4 149.3 130.4
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Loss from operations ........... (163.0) (77.4) (66.7) (49.9)
Interest and investment
income, net .................. 8.4 4.1 6.2 5.0
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Net loss before benefit for
income taxes ................. (154.6) (73.3) (60.5) (44.9)
Benefit for income taxes ....... -- (7.4) (1.6) (4.9)
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Net loss ....................... (154.6)% (65.9)% (58.9)% (40.0)%
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Net Revenues
Net revenues totaled $8.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 1998,
representing a 57% decrease from net revenues of $18.7 million for the three
months ended June 30, 1997. Net revenues decreased as a result of lower than
expected demand in the domestic retail channels, weak demand in Japan, and
increased reserves for returns from distributors to reflect lower demand.
Additionally, the Company also believes recent weakness in the personal computer
retail markets contributed to the overall weak demand for its products in the
second quarter of 1998. During the three months ended June 30, 1998, the Company
released three new versions of its products, Infini-D 4.5, Kai's Super GOO, and
Poser 3. International sales accounted for $2.4 million, or 30% of net revenues,
for the three months ended June 30, 1998, compared to $6.6 million, or 35% of
net revenues, for the three months ended June 30, 1997.
Net revenues totaled $22.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 1998,
compared to $32.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 1997, a decrease of
30%. The decrease in net revenues is attributed to lower than expected demand in
the domestic retail channels and in Japan, as well as increased reserves for
returns from distributors necessitated by the reduced demand. International
sales accounted for $7.1 million, or 31% of net revenues, for the six months
ended June 30, 1998, compared to $12.9 million, or 40% of net revenues, for the
six months ended June 30, 1997.
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The Company recognizes revenue from the sale of its products in accordance with
SOP 97-2, which generally requires revenue earned on software arrangements
involving multiple elements (e.g., software products, upgrades/enhancements,
postcontract customer support, etc.) to be allocated to each element based on
the relative fair value of the elements. The fair value of an element must be
based on evidence which is specific to the Company. The revenue allocated to
software products (including specified upgrades/enhancements) generally is
recognized upon delivery of the products. The revenue allocated to postcontract
customer support generally is recognized ratably over the term of the support.
If the Company does not have evidence of the fair value for all elements in a
multiple-element arrangement, all revenue from the arrangement is deferred until
such evidence exists or until all elements are delivered.
The Company provides an allowance for estimated returns at the time of product
shipments and adjusts this allowance as needed based on actual return history.
Such reserves as a percentage of net revenues have varied over recent years,
reflecting the Company's experience in product returns as it has significantly
expanded the proportion of its sales through third-party distribution channels
and increased its product portfolio. The Company expects reserves will continue
to vary in the future. The Company's agreements with its distributors generally
provide the distributors with limited rights to return unsold inventories under
a stock balancing program. The Company monitors the activities of its
distributors in an effort to minimize excessive returns and establishes its
reserves based on its estimates of expected returns. While historically the
Company's returns have been within management's expectations, the establishment
of reserves requires judgments regarding such factors as future competitive
conditions and product life cycles, which can be difficult to predict. As a
result, there can be no assurance that established reserves will be adequate to
cover actual future returns.
Cost of Revenues
Cost of revenues includes the costs of goods sold, royalties due to external
developers, inventory management costs, freight and handling costs and reserves
for inventory obsolescence. Cost of revenues totaled $1.6 million for the three
months ended June 30, 1998, compared to $3.6 million for the three months ended
June 30, 1997, but remained flat at 19% of net revenues for both periods. The
decrease in cost of revenues resulted from the decrease in net revenues during
the quarter. Royalties represented 3% of net revenues for both the three months
ended June 30, 1998 and 1997.
Cost of revenues totaled $3.9 million, or 17% of net revenues, for the six
months ended June 30, 1998, compared to $6.2 million, or 19% of net revenues,
for the six months ended June 30, 1997. The decrease in cost of revenues as a
percentage of net revenues resulted from the changing mix of product sales.
Royalties represented 3% and 4% of net revenues for the six months ended June
30, 1998 and 1997, respectively.
The Company expects that cost of revenues will increase in the future
commensurate with any increase in net revenues, but may vary as a percentage of
net revenues.
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Sales and Marketing
Sales and marketing expenses include advertising, promotional materials, mail
campaigns, trade shows and the compensation costs of sales, marketing, customer
service and public relations personnel who promote the Company's products,
including related facilities costs. Sales and marketing expenses remained flat
at $8.5 million for both the three months ended June 30, 1998 and 1997, but
increased as a percentage of net revenues from 46% to 107%. Sales and marketing
expenses totaled $16.5 million, or 73% of net revenues, for the six months ended
June 30, 1998, an increase of 4% over sales and marketing expenses of $15.9
million, or 50% of net revenues, for the six months ended June 30, 1997. The
increase reflected the Company's efforts to expand its sales and marketing
presence and distribution channels through increased advertising, mail
campaigns, and public relations.
The Company expects sales and marketing expenses will continue to increase in
future periods, but such expenses may vary as a percentage of net revenues.
Research and Development
Research and development expenses consist primarily of personnel costs,
consultant fees and required equipment and facilities costs related to the
Company's product development efforts. Research and development expenses totaled
$4.4 million, or 55% of net revenues, for the three months ended June 30, 1998,
compared to $3.6 million, or 19% of net revenues, for the three months ended
June 30, 1997, as a result of operating expenses related to increased headcount.
For the six months ended June 30, 1998, research and development expenses
totaled $8.6 million, or 39% of net revenues, an increase of 31% over research
and development expenses of $6.6 million, or 21% of net revenues, for the six
months ended June 30, 1997. The increase was attributed to additional personnel
hired to expand the Company's product portfolio, enhance its existing products,
and translate its products to foreign languages.
The Company expects research and development expenses will continue to increase
in future periods, but such expenses may vary as a percentage of net revenues.
General and Administrative
General and administrative expenses include compensation costs related to
executive management, finance, and administration personnel of the Company along
with other administrative costs including legal and accounting fees, insurance,
and bad debt expenses. General and administrative expenses totaled $1.6 million,
or 20% of net revenues, for the three months ended June 30, 1998, compared to
general and administrative expenses totaling $1.4 million, or 8% of net
revenues, for the three months ended June 30, 1997. The dollar increase was
attributed to increased reserves for bad debts and increased corporate expenses.
For the six months ended June 30, 1998, general and administrative expenses
totaled $3.4 million, or 15% of net revenues, an increase of 13% over general
and administrative expenses of $3.0 million, or 10% of net revenues, for the six
months ended June 30, 1997. The dollar
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increase in general and administrative expenses resulted from increased reserves
for bad debts and increased corporate expenses.
The Company expects that its general and administrative expenses will continue
to increase in the future, but such expenses may vary as a percentage of net
revenues.
Restructuring Costs
On June 30, 1998, the Company announced and began to implement a restructuring
plan aimed at reducing costs and improving competitiveness. In connection with
the restructuring, management considered the Company's future operating costs
and levels of revenue in 1998 and beyond, and determined that a restructuring
charge of $5.0 million was required to cover the costs of reducing certain
sectors of its workforce and facilities. The restructuring charge included an
accrual of approximately $3.0 million related to severance and benefits
associated with the reduction of approximately 75 positions during July 1998, as
well as the related reduction of certain of the Company's facilities. Non-cash
restructuring costs, which totaled approximately $2.0 million, primarily related
to the write-down of non-strategic business assets made redundant or obsolete
due to the reduction of facilities and/or streamlining of the Company's product
lines. The Company expects completion of the restructuring plan during the
second half of 1998.
There can be no assurance that such decreases in operating expenses will be
achieved or that, if achieved, that such reductions will be sufficient to
restore profitability to the Company's operations.
Write-off of Acquired In-process Technology and Other Merger Costs
In May 1997, the stockholders of MetaCreations and Fractal approved the merger
of the two companies. As a result of the merger, the Company issued
approximately 9,055,000 shares of MetaCreations common stock for all of the
outstanding shares of Fractal. During the three months ended June 30, 1997, the
Company charged approximately $9.8 million against earnings related to
transaction costs and other costs associated with integrating the two companies.
On April 15, 1997, the Company completed the acquisition of Specular, a
privately held software development company based in Amherst, Massachusetts,
which develops and markets 3-D animation and graphic design tools for
professionals and prosumers. Under the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the
stockholders of Specular received approximately 547,000 shares of the Company's
common stock, valued at approximately $4.1 million, and $1 million in cash in
exchange for all of the outstanding shares of Specular. The Company also issued
450,000 non-qualified stock options to purchase shares of the Company's common
stock to Specular employees at an exercise price of $7 per share, the fair
market value of the Company's common stock on April 16, 1997. The Company has
relocated approximately 13 of Specular's existing engineering and product
management personnel to its Real Time Geometry facilities in Princeton, New
Jersey, closed Specular's Amherst headquarters, and laid-off and provided
severance to approximately 22 of Specular's existing operations, accounting, and
sales personnel. In addition, the Company assumed the net liabilities of
Specular, which totaled $1.6 million at April 15, 1997. The Company charged
approximately $6.4 million against earnings during the three months
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ended June 30, 1997, comprised of the write-off of acquired in-process
technology of $5.6 million, transaction costs of $300,000, and relocation and
severance costs of $555,000. In addition, the Company recognized a deferred
income tax asset of $900,000 relating to Federal net operating losses and tax
credits of Specular. In accordance with SFAS No. 109, the tax benefits were
first applied to reduce to zero goodwill totaling $280,000, with the remainder
applied against current technology acquired from Specular. After recognition of
the deferred tax asset, acquired current technology totaled $280,000.
Benefit for Income Taxes
Based upon a review of the Company's deferred income tax assets, available tax
carrybacks, recent quarterly losses, and expected future taxable income, the
Company did not record a benefit for income taxes for the three months ended
June 30, 1998. Management believes that it is more likely than not that any
additional income tax benefit would not be realized at this point in time. The
benefits for income taxes for the three and six months ended June 30, 1997 were
based on the Company's estimated annualized effective tax rate for the year,
after giving effect to the utilization of available tax credits and tax planning
opportunities.
Net Loss
Net loss was $12.4 million, or $0.52 per share, for the three months ended June
30, 1998, compared to net loss of $12.4 million, or $0.54 per share, for the
three months ended June 30, 1997. For the six months ended June 30, 1998, net
loss was $13.2 million, or $0.56 per share, compared to net loss of $12.8
million, or $0.57 per share, for the six months ended June 30, 1997.
FACTORS THAT MAY AFFECT FUTURE OPERATING RESULTS
Factors that may affect future operating results include, but are not limited
to, those discussed below, as well as those discussed elsewhere in the Company's
SEC reports, including without limitation, the Company's audited consolidated
financial statements and notes thereto as of December 31, 1997 and 1996, and for
the three years in the period ended December 31, 1997, as filed on Form 10-K.
Seasonality and Fluctuations in Quarterly Results
The Company has experienced in the past and expects in the future to continue to
experience significant fluctuations in quarterly operating results. There can be
no assurance that the Company's future revenues, operating results and cash
flows will not also vary substantially. The Company generally ships products as
orders are received and, therefore, has little or no backlog. As a result,
quarterly revenues, operating results and cash flows of the Company will
generally depend on a number of factors that are difficult to forecast,
including, among others, the volume and timing of and the ability to fulfill
orders received and the timing of and ability to close OEM and licensing
agreements with third parties within a quarter. Quarterly revenues, operating
results and cash flows also may fluctuate due to factors such as demand for the
Company's products; introduction, localization or enhancement of products by the
Company and its competitors;
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customer or distributor order deferrals in anticipation of new versions of
products; market acceptance of new products; reviews in the industry press
concerning the products of the Company or its competitors; changes or
anticipated changes in pricing by the Company or its competitors; the mix of
distribution channels through which products are sold; the mix of products sold;
returns from distributors; and general economic conditions. Revenues, operating
results and cash flows from the Company's products also may be negatively
affected by delays in the introduction or availability of new hardware and
software products from third parties. The Company experiences some effect of
seasonality in its business, as demand for its products tends to increase during
the quarter ending December 31 as a result of timing of year-end holiday season
buying.
As is common in the software industry, the Company's experience has been that a
disproportionately large percentage of revenues in each fiscal quarter occurs in
the third month of that quarter. Because the Company's staffing and other
operating expenses are based in part on anticipated net revenues, a substantial
portion of which may not be realized until shortly before the end of each fiscal
quarter, delays in the receipt and shipment of orders, including delays that may
be occasioned by failures of third party product fulfillment firms to produce
and ship products, and delays or deferrals in the execution of OEM arrangements
can cause significant variations in the Company's financial position, results of
operations and cash flows from quarter to quarter. The Company will most likely
be unable to adjust spending in a timely manner to compensate for any unexpected
revenue shortfall. Accordingly, any significant shortfall in revenues from the
Company's products in relation to expectations could have an immediate adverse
impact on Company's financial position, results of operations and cash flows.
Additionally, in connection with the Company's recent restructuring, the Company
has focused on reducing its operating expenses to levels more consistent with
expected revenues. However, there is no assurance that such decreases in
operating expenses will be achieved or that, if achieved, such reductions will
be sufficient to restore profitability to the Company's operations.
Due to the foregoing factors, it is likely that the operating results of the
Company for some future quarters may fall below the expectations of securities
analysts and investors. In such event, the trading price of the Company's common
stock could be materially and adversely affected.
Possible Volatility of Stock Price
The price of the Company's common stock has fluctuated significantly in the
past. The management of the Company believes that such fluctuations may have
been caused by announcements of new products, quarterly fluctuations in the
results of operations and other factors. Stock markets in general have also
experienced extreme price volatility in recent months. This volatility has had a
substantial effect on the market prices of securities issued by the Company and
other software companies, particularly graphics software companies, often for
reasons unrelated to the operating performance of the specific companies. The
Company anticipates that prices for the Company's common stock will continue to
be volatile in the future.
Product Transitions and Product Returns
From time to time, the Company and its competitors may announce new products,
product versions, capabilities, or technologies that have the potential to
replace or shorten the life cycles
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of the Company's existing products. The Company has historically experienced
increased returns of a particular product version following the announcement of
a planned release of a new version of that product. Additionally, as a result of
lower than expected revenues in domestic retail channels and decreased demand in
Japan, the Company increased its reserves for returns during the three months
ended June 30, 1998. Although the Company provides allowances for anticipated
returns, there can be no assurance that product returns will not exceed such
allowances in the future.
The Company has from time to time offered free upgrades to customers who
purchased a product following announcement of a new release and before shipment
of the new version of that product. Such offers can have a negative effect on
revenues, operating results, and cash flows. In addition, the Company may offer
price discounts for new products and product releases in order to facilitate
market acceptance, which also negatively impacts revenue, operating results, and
cash flows. Moreover, the announcement of currently planned or other new
products may cause customers to delay their purchasing decisions in anticipation
of such products. Any of the foregoing could have a material adverse effect on
the business, operating results, financial condition, and cash flows of the
Company.
Dependence on Distributors and on Other Third Parties
While the Company derives some revenues from direct sales, most of its revenues
are derived from the sale of products through third parties. The Company sells
its products worldwide through multiple distribution channels, including
traditional software distributors, hardware and software OEMs, international
distributors, educational distributors, VARs, hardware superstores, retail
dealers, and direct marketers. In addition, the Company's products are
manufactured by third party manufacturing and fulfillment providers.
The Company will be dependent on the continued viability and financial stability
of these third parties. Any termination or significant disruption of the
Company's relationship with any major distributor or retailer, or a significant
reduction in sales volume attributable to the Company's principal resellers
could materially and adversely affect the business, operating results, financial
condition, and cash flows of the Company. The distribution channels through
which the Company's software products are sold have been characterized by rapid
change, significant margin pressures, consolidation and financial difficulties,
including certain of the Company's current distributors and retailers. In
addition, new distribution channels may develop and there can be no assurance
that the Company will be able to effectively distribute its products through
such channels. The bankruptcy, deterioration in financial condition or other
business difficulties of a distributor or retailer could render the Company's
accounts receivable from such entity uncollectable, which could have a material
adverse effect on the Company's business, operating results, financial
condition, and cash flows. Retailers of the Company's products typically have a
limited amount of shelf space and promotional resources for which there is
intense competition, and the Company depends in part upon promotional efforts of
distributors in placing products with retailers. There can be no assurance that
distributors and retailers will continue to purchase the Company's products or
provide the Company's products with adequate levels of shelf space and
promotional support. Failure of distributors or retailers to do so could have a
material adverse effect on the business, operating results, financial condition,
and cash flows of the Company.
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An integral element of the Company's strategy is to enhance and diversify its
channels of distribution both domestically and internationally. The Company is
currently restructuring its domestic and international sales and marketing force
and continuing to develop distribution relationships with additional third-party
distributors and resellers. The Company's ability to achieve significant revenue
growth in the future will depend in large part on its success in recruiting and
training sufficient sales personnel, distributors, and resellers.
International Operations
International sales represented approximately 30% and 35% of the Company's net
revenues for the three months ended June 30, 1998 and 1997, respectively. A key
component of the Company's strategy is continued expansion into international
markets, primarily Japan and Western Europe. In order to expand its
international presence, the Company will need to retain effective distributors
and hire, retain and motivate qualified personnel internationally. There can be
no assurance that the Company will be able to successfully market, sell,
localize and deliver its products in these international markets.
In addition to the uncertainty as to the Company's ability to expand its
international presence, there are certain risks inherent in doing business on an
international level, such as unexpected changes in regulatory requirements,
problems and delays in collecting accounts receivable, tariffs and other trade
barriers, difficulties in staffing and managing foreign operations, longer
payment cycles, political instability, fluctuations in currency exchange rates,
seasonal reductions in business activity during summer months in Europe and
certain other parts of the world and potentially adverse tax consequences, any
of which could adversely impact the success of international operations. Sales
of products by the Company currently are denominated in U.S. dollars.
Accordingly, any increase in the value of the U.S. dollar as compared to
currencies in the Company's principal overseas markets would increase the
foreign currency-denominated cost of the Company's products, which may
negatively affect the Company's sales in those markets. To date, the Company has
not engaged in currency hedging transactions to reduce the effect of currency
exchange rate fluctuations. In addition, effective copyright and trade secret
protection may be limited or unavailable under the laws of certain foreign
jurisdictions. There can be no assurance that one or more of such factors will
not have a material adverse effect on the Company's international operations
and, consequently, on the business, operating results, financial condition, and
cash flows of the Company.
A significant portion of the Company's net revenues are derived from the Asia
Pacific region, primarily Japan, which has recently experienced weaknesses in
their currency, banking, and equity markets. There can be no assurance that the
financial condition in the Asia Pacific region will improve in the near future
or that the financial condition will not continue to have a material adverse
effect on the Company's international operations and, consequently, on the
business, operating results, financial condition, and cash flows of the Company.
For example, during the three months ended June 30, 1998, these weaknesses had
an adverse impact on demand for the Company's products and, as a result, on the
Company's net revenues from this region.
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Highly Competitive Markets
The markets for graphics software products such as those offered by the Company
are intensely competitive, subject to rapid change and characterized by constant
demand for new product features, pressure to accelerate the release of new
products and product enhancements and pressure to reduce prices. A number of
companies currently offer products that compete directly or indirectly with one
or more the Company's products. Competitors include, among others, Adobe Systems
Incorporated, Autodesk, Inc., Corel Corporation, Macromedia, Inc., Silicon
Graphics, Inc. (through its Alias/Wavefront division), Microsoft Corporation,
and Broderbund Software, Inc. Many of the Company's competitors or potential
competitors have significantly greater financial, managerial, technical, and
marketing resources. A variety of potential actions by any of these competitors,
including a reduction of product prices, increased promotion, announcement or
accelerated introduction of new or enhanced products or features, acquisitions
of software applications or technologies from third parties, product giveaways
or product bundling could have a material adverse effect on the business,
operating results, financial condition, and cash flows of the Company. In the
event of price erosion, the Company may be unable to successfully reposition
itself to accommodate these actions.
Present or future competitors may be able to develop products comparable or
superior to those offered by the Company or adapt more quickly to new
technologies or evolving customer requirements. In addition, developers of
personal computer operating systems, including Microsoft and Apple Computer, may
incorporate functionality into their operating systems, which may be superior to
or incompatible with the products of the Company, thus adversely affecting the
Company's operating results. In particular, while the Company currently is
developing additional product enhancements that it believes address customer
requirements, there can be no assurance that the development or introduction of
these additional product enhancements will be successfully completed on a timely
basis or that these product enhancements will achieve market acceptance.
Accordingly, there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to continue
to compete effectively in its markets, that competition will not intensify or
that future competition will not have a material adverse effect on the business,
operating results, financial condition, and cash flows of the Company.
Dependence on Key Personnel and Difficulty of Identifying and
Hiring Certain Personnel
The future performance of the Company is substantially dependent on the
performance of its executive officers and key employees. The loss of the
services of any of the executive officers or other key employees of the Company
for any reason and/or the inability to hire executive officers or other key
employees could have a material adverse effect on the business, operating
results, financial condition, and cash flows of the Company. In this regard,
during February 1998, the Company's previous Chief Executive Officer, John
Wilczak, resigned from the Company and was succeeded by Gary Lauer, who most
recently served as President of Silicon Graphics, Inc.'s ("SGI") World Trade
Group and Executive Vice President of SGI's Worldwide Field Operations.
Additionally, the Company's Sr. Vice President, Sales and Marketing; Vice
President, Marketing; and Vice President, Product Management and Design have
left the Company in connection with its recent restructuring. Currently, the
Company is seeking to hire at least two Vice Presidents, Sales and Marketing.
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The future success of the Company also depends on its continuing ability to
identify, hire, train and retain other highly qualified technical and managerial
personnel. Competition for such personnel is intense, and the Company has
experienced difficulty in identifying and hiring qualified engineering
personnel. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to attract,
assimilate or retain other highly qualified technical and managerial personnel
in the future. The inability to attract and retain the necessary technical and
managerial personnel could have a material adverse effect upon the Company's
business, operating results, financial condition, and cash flows.
Rapid Technological Change; Dependence on and Need for New Products and Product
Versions; Potential Delays in Product Releases
The market for visual computing graphics software products, and the personal
computer industry in general, is characterized by rapidly changing technology,
resulting in short product life cycles and strong pricing pressures. As a
result, the success of the Company depends substantially upon its ability to
continue to enhance its existing products, to develop and introduce in a timely
manner new products incorporating technological advances and to meet increasing
customer expectations. To the extent one or more competitors introduce products
that better address customer needs, the Company's business could be adversely
affected. There can be no assurance that the Company will be successful in
developing and marketing enhancements to its existing products or new products
on a timely basis or that any new or enhanced products will adequately address
the changing needs of the marketplace. Also, negative reviews of the Company's
new products or product versions in industry publications could have a material
adverse effect on the Company's financial condition, results of operations, and
cash flows.
The Company intends to continue to increase its research and development
expenditures. To the extent such increases are not accompanied by increased
revenues, the Company's business, operating results, financial condition, and
cash flows would be materially adversely affected. The Company has supplemented
its research and development efforts by exclusively licensing products developed
by or co-developed with third parties. There can be no assurance that the
Company will be able to continue to obtain such outside product development
capabilities on terms favorable to the Company or at all. If the Company was
unable to maintain existing development arrangements or to attract new product
development partners, then the Company would, at a minimum, have to further
increase its research and development expenditures, which could have a material
adverse effect on the Company's business, operating results, financial
condition, and cash flows. In addition, there can be no assurance that such
additional research and development expenditures would result in the production
of commercially acceptable products.
The Company also depends upon internal efforts for the development of new
products and product enhancements. The Company has in the past experienced
delays in the development of new products and product versions. There can be no
assurance that the Company will not experience further delays in connection with
the current product development or future development activities. Also, software
products as complex as those offered by the Company may contain undetected
errors when first introduced or as new versions are released. The Company has in
the past discovered software errors in certain of their new products and
enhancements after the introduction of these products. There can be no assurance
that errors will
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not be found in new products or releases after commencement of commercial
shipments, resulting in adverse product reviews and a loss of or delay in market
acceptance, which could have a material adverse effect upon the Company's
business, operating results, financial condition, and cash flows.
The market for visual computing graphics software products, and the personal
computer industry in general, is characterized by rapidly changing technology.
There can be no assurances that the further development of the in-process
research and development of the Company will result in commercially viable
products.
Evolving Markets for Computer Graphic Imaging and Internet/Online Design Tools
The markets for computer graphic imaging and Internet/online design tools are
still emerging. There can be no assurance that the markets for the Company's
existing products will grow, that digital graphic and Internet/online content
developers will adopt the Company's products, that sufficient distribution
resources will be available to market the Company's products in a timely manner
or that such products will be successful in achieving market acceptance. The
demand for computer graphic imaging and Internet/online design tools is
dependent upon a number of variables, including the installed base of digital
graphic and multimedia capable personal computers, the widespread availability
of digital media, and the number and expertise of skilled content producers. If
the markets for such tools fail to grow or grow more slowly than the Company
currently anticipates, or if the Company's products fail to achieve market
acceptance, the Company's business, operating results, financial condition, and
cash flows would be materially adversely affected.
Proprietary Rights and Licenses
The Company relies on a combination of copyright, trademark, patent, trade
secret laws, employee and third-party nondisclosure agreements and exclusive
contracts to protect its intellectual and proprietary rights and products. The
Company distributes its software under shrinkwrap license agreements but
generally does not obtain signed license agreements from its end users. In
keeping with software industry standards, the Company does not copy-protect
their software. Accordingly, it may be possible for unauthorized third parties
to copy or reverse engineer the Company's products or otherwise obtain and use
information that the Company regards as proprietary. Furthermore, there can be
no assurance that competitors will not independently develop technologies that
are substantially equivalent or superior to the technologies of the Company.
Policing unauthorized use of the Company's products is difficult, and while the
Company is unable to determine the extent to which software piracy of their
products exists, software piracy can be expected to be a persistent problem. In
addition, the laws of certain countries in which the Company's products are or
may be distributed do not protect products and the intellectual rights to the
same extent as do laws in the United States.
As the number of software products in the industry increases and the
functionality of these products further overlaps, the Company believes that
software increasingly will become the subject of claims that such software
infringes the rights of others. There can be no assurance that third parties
will not assert infringement claims against the Company in the future or that
any such assertions will not result in costly litigation or require the Company
to obtain a license to
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intellectual property rights of third parties. There can be no assurance that
such licenses will be available on reasonable terms or at all. Furthermore, the
Company licenses certain software products from other companies for distribution
or inclusion in their own products. There can be no assurance that upon the
expiration of these licenses, such licenses will be available again on
reasonable terms or at all, or that similar products could be obtained to
substitute for these products. The inability to license such products could have
a material adverse effect on the Company's business, operating results,
financial condition, and cash flows.
Year 2000 Compliance
Many currently installed computer systems and software products are coded to
accept only two digit entries in the date code field. Beginning in the year
2000, these date code fields will need to accept four digit entries to
distinguish 21st century dates from 20th century dates. As a result, in less
than two years, computer systems and software used by many companies may need to
be upgraded to comply with such "Year 2000" requirements. The Company has
completed implementation of a Year 2000 compliant enterprise-wide information
system. The Company has also initiated an assessment project, both within the
Company and with its business partners, which addresses those other significant
systems that may have Year 2000 compliance issues. The Company presently
believes that with the implementation of the new system and modification to
existing software, Year 2000 compliance will not have a material adverse effect
on the financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows of the Company.
However, there can no assurance that the Company's software contains all date
code changes necessary to prevent processing errors potentially arising from
calculations using the Year 2000 date. Any disruptions in product development or
other operations of the Company as a result of Year 2000 noncompliance could
materially and adversely affect the Company's business, financial condition,
results of operations, and cash flows. The Company believes that the purchasing
patterns of customers and potential customers may also be affected by Year 2000
issues as companies expend significant resources to upgrade their current
software systems for Year 2000 compliance. These expenditures may result in
reduced funds available to purchase products such as those offered by the
Company. Furthermore, there can be no assurance that the Company's customers,
business partners and suppliers are or will be Year 2000 compliant. Failure of
the Company's customers, business partners and suppliers to achieve Year 2000
compliance could materially and adversely affect the Company's business,
financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Historically, net cash used in operating activities and investing activities of
the Company has been significant due to operating losses from acquisitions and
mergers and working capital requirements resulting from the growth of the
Company. Cash and investments totaled $49.5 million at June 30, 1998, compared
to cash and investments of $50.0 million at December 31, 1997. Net cash provided
by operating activities of the Company totaled $1.1 million for the six months
ended June 30, 1998, compared to net cash used in operating activities of
$(10.2) million for the six months ended June 30, 1997. The increase in cash
provided by operating activities is primarily attributed to the decrease in
accounts receivable and to the provision for losses on receivables and product
returns recorded during the six months ended June 30, 1998. Net cash provided by
investing activities totaled $1.6 million and $8.2 million for the six months
ended June 30, 1998 and 1997, respectively. The change resulted primarily from
net sales of short-term investments during the respective periods. Net cash
provided by (used in) financing activities totaled $714,000 and $(4,000) for the
six months ended June 30, 1998 and 1997, respectively, resulting from proceeds
received from the exercise of stock options by the Company's employees during
the respective periods. Additionally, the Company paid off notes payable
totaling $274,000 during the six months ended June 30, 1997, in connection with
its acquisition of Specular.
The Company expects that its working capital requirements will continue to
increase to the extent the Company continues to grow. The Company believes that
its current cash and investment balances, cash provided by future operations, if
any, and available borrowings under the Company's line of credit are sufficient
to meet its working capital needs and anticipated capital expenditure
requirements through at least the next twelve months.
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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS NOT YET ADOPTED
In June 1997, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued SFAS No. 131,
"Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information." SFAS No.
131 requires publicly-held companies to report financial and other information
about key revenue-producing segments of the entity for which such information is
available and is utilized by the chief operating decision maker. Specific
information to be reported for individual segments includes profit or loss,
certain revenue and expense items and total assets. A reconciliation of segment
financial information to amounts reported in the financial statements would be
provided. SFAS No. 131 requires companies to adopt its provisions for fiscal
years beginning after December 15, 1997, but does not require that segment
information be reported in financial statements for interim periods in the
initial year of application. Management is currently evaluating the requirements
of adopting SFAS No. 131 and the effects, if any, on the Company's current
reporting and disclosures.
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
None
Item 2. CHANGES IN SECURITIES
On July 24, 1998, the Board of Directors of the Company announced that it had
declared a dividend distribution of one Preferred Share Purchase Right (the
"Rights") on each outstanding share of the Company's Common Stock. The Rights
are designed to assure that the Company's stockholders receive fair and equal
treatment in the event of any proposed takeover of the Company and to guard
against partial tender offers and other abusive tactics to gain control of
MetaCreations without paying all stockholders the fair value of their shares,
including a "control premium."
Each right will entitle stockholders to buy one one-thousandth of a share of the
Company's Series A Participating Preferred Stock at an exercise price of $38.00.
The Rights will become exercisable following the tenth day after a person or
group announces acquisition of 15% or more of the Company's Common Stock or
announces commencement of a tender offer the consummation of which would result
in ownership by the person or group of 15% or more of the Common Stock. The
Company will be entitled to redeem the Rights at $0.01 per Right at any time on
or before the tenth day following acquisition by a person or group of 15% or
more of the Company's Common Stock.
If, prior to redemption of the Rights, a person or group acquires 15% or more of
the Company's Common Stock, each Right not owned by a holder of 15% or more of
the Common Stock will entitle its holder to purchase, at the Right's then
current exercise price, that number of shares of Common Stock of the Company
(or, in certain circumstances as determined by the Board, cash, other property
or other securities) having a market value at that time of twice the Right's
exercise price. If, after the tenth day following acquisition by a person or
group of 15% or more of the Company's Common Stock, MetaCreations sells more
than 50% of its assets or earning power or
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is acquired in a merger or other business combination transaction, the acquiring
person must assume the obligations under the Rights and the Rights will become
exercisable to acquire Common Stock of the acquiring person at the discounted
price. At any time after an event triggering exercisability of the Rights at a
discounted price and prior to the acquisition by the acquiring person of 50% or
more of the outstanding Common Stock, the Board of Directors of the Company may
exchange the Rights (other than those owned by the acquiring person or its
affiliates) for Common Stock of the Company at an exchange ratio of one share of
Common Stock per Right.
The dividend distribution was made on August 13, 1998, payable to stockholders
of record on August 13, 1998. The Rights will expire on August 13, 2008.
Item 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
None
Item 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
The following matters were approved at the Company's Annual Meeting of
Stockholders held on May 6, 1998:
(a) The following directors were elected:
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<CAPTION>
Directors Votes For Votes Withheld
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<S> <C> <C>
Samuel H. Jones, Jr. 17,449,147 1,238,620
Bert Kolde 17,430,183 1,257,584
Kai Krause 18,348,616 339,151
William H. Lane, III 18,393,305 294,462
Gary L. Lauer 18,392,581 295,186
Howard L. Morgan 18,403,894 283,873
Mark Zimmer 18,403,419 284,348
</TABLE>
(b) The stockholders approved the Amendment to MetaCreations 1995 Stock Plan
to increase the shares reserved for issuance thereunder by 1,500,000
shares by the following vote:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
For: 10,124,642
Against: 1,109,484
Abstain: 1,012,730
No Vote: 6,440,911
</TABLE>
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(c) The stockholders approved the Amendment to MetaCreations Employee Stock
Purchase Plan to increase the shares reserved for issuance thereunder by
300,000 shares by the following vote:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
For: 11,786,204
Against: 411,455
Abstain: 49,197
No Vote: 6,440,911
</TABLE>
(d) The stockholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
as independent accountants of the Company by the following vote:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
For: 18,612,951
Against: 41,201
Abstain: 26,215
No Vote: 7,400
</TABLE>
Item 5. OTHER INFORMATION
As of March 16, 1998, Alexander Migdal beneficially owned 916,302 shares of the
Company's common stock (including 100,833 shares issuable upon exercise of
options to purchase the Company's Common Stock that were exercisable within 60
days of March 16, 1998). Due to a typographical error, this share number was
incorrect in the Company's 1998 Proxy Statement.
Item 6. EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K
(a) Exhibits
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<CAPTION>
Exhibit
Number Exhibit Title
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<S> <C>
3.6 Bylaws of Registrant, as amended July 24, 1998
10.5 1995 Stock Plan, as amended May 6, 1998
10.39 Amendment to Employment Agreement between the Registrant and
Gary L. Lauer, dated July 16, 1998
27.1 Financial Data Schedule
</TABLE>
(b) Reports on Form 8-K
None
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
METACREATIONS CORPORATION
(Registrant)
Date: August 14, 1998 /s/ TERANCE A. KINNINGER
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Terance A. Kinninger
Sr. Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
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EXHIBIT 3.6
BYLAWS
OF
METATOOLS, INC.
(a Delaware corporation)
ARTICLE I
CORPORATE OFFICES
I.1 REGISTERED OFFICE
The registered office of the corporation shall be fixed in the
certificate of incorporation of the corporation.
I.2 OTHER OFFICES
The board of directors may at any time establish branch or subordinate
offices at any place or places where the corporation is qualified to do
business.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
II.1 PLACE OF MEETINGS
Meetings of stockholders shall be held at any place within or outside
the State of Delaware designated by the board of directors. In the absence of
any such designation, stockholders' meetings shall be held at the principal
executive office of the corporation.
II.2 ANNUAL MEETING
The annual meeting of stockholders shall be held each year on a date and
at a time designated by the board of directors. In the absence of such
designation, the annual meeting of stockholders shall be held on the first
Tuesday in May in each year at 9:00 a.m. However, if such day falls on a legal
holiday, then the meeting shall be held at the same time and place on the next
succeeding full business day. At the meeting, directors shall be elected, and
any other proper business may be transacted.
II.3 SPECIAL MEETING
A special meeting of the stockholders may be called at any time by the
board of directors, or by the chairman of the board, or by the president, or by
one or more stockholders holding shares in the aggregate entitled to cast not
less than ten percent (10%) of the votes of all shares of stock owned by
stockholders entitled to vote at that meeting.
If a special meeting is called by any person or persons other than the
board of directors or the president or the chairman of the board, then the
request shall be in writing, specifying the time of such meeting and the general
nature of the business proposed to be transacted, and shall be delivered
personally or sent by registered mail or by telegraphic or other facsimile
transmission to the chairman of the board, the president, or the secretary of
the corporation. No business may be transacted at such special meeting otherwise
than specified in such notice. The officer receiving the request shall
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cause notice to be promptly given to the stockholders entitled to vote, in
accordance with the provisions of Sections 2.4 and 2.6 of these bylaws, that a
meeting will be held at the time requested by the person or persons calling the
meeting, so long as that time is not less than thirty-five (35) nor more than
sixty (60) days after the receipt of the request. If the notice is not given
within twenty (20) days after receipt of the request, then the person or persons
requesting the meeting may give the notice. Nothing contained in this paragraph
of this Section 2.3 shall be construed as limiting, fixing or affecting the time
when a meeting of stockholders called by action of the board of directors may be
held.
II.4 NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS' MEETINGS
All notices of meetings of stockholders shall be sent or otherwise given
in accordance with Section 2.5 of these bylaws not less than ten (10) nor more
than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting. The notice shall specify
the place, date and hour of the meeting and (i) in the case of a special
meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called (no business
other than that specified in the notice may be transacted) or (ii) in the case
of the annual meeting, those matters which the board of directors, at the time
of giving the notice, intends to present for action by the stockholders (but any
proper matter may be presented at the meeting for such action). The notice of
any meeting at which directors are to be elected shall include the name of any
nominee or nominees who, at the time of the notice, the board intends to present
for election.
II.5 ADVANCE NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDER NOMINEES AND STOCKHOLDER BUSINESS
(a) To be properly brought before an annual meeting or special
meeting, nominations for the election of directors or other business must be (i)
specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at
the direction of the board of directors, (ii) otherwise properly brought before
the meeting by or at the direction of the board of directors or (iii) otherwise
properly brought before the meeting by a stockholder.
(b) For business to be properly brought before an annual meeting
by a stockholder, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in
writing to the Secretary of the corporation. To be timely, a stockholder's
notice must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive
offices of the corporation not less than one hundred twenty (120) calendar days
in advance of the date specified in the corporation's proxy statement released
to stockholders in connection with the previous year's annual meeting of
stockholders; provided, however, that in the event that no annual meeting was
held in the previous year or the date of the annual meeting has been changed by
more than thirty (30) days from the date contemplated at the time of the
previous year's proxy statement, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be
so received a reasonable time before the solicitation is made. A stockholder's
notice to the Secretary shall set forth as to each matter the stockholder
proposes to bring before the annual meeting: (i) a brief description of the
business desired to be brought before the annual meeting and the reasons for
conducting such business at the annual meeting, (ii) the name and address, as
they appear on the corporation's books, of the stockholder proposing such
business, (iii) the class and number of shares of the corporation which are
beneficially owned by the stockholder, (iv) any material interest of the
stockholder in such business and (v) any other information that is required to
be provided by the stockholder pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), in his capacity as a
proponent to a stockholder proposal. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in order to
include information with respect to a stockholder proposal in the proxy
statement and form of proxy for a stockholder's meeting, stockholders must
provide notice as required by the regulations promulgated under the Exchange
Act. Notwithstanding anything in these bylaws to the contrary, no business shall
be conducted at any annual meeting except in accordance with the procedures set
forth in this Section 2.5. The chairman of the annual meeting shall, if the
facts warrant, determine and declare at the meeting that business was not
properly brought before the meeting and in accordance with the provisions of
this Section 2.5, and, if he should so determine, he shall so declare at the
meeting that any such business not properly brought before the meeting shall not
be transacted.
(c) Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the
procedures set forth in this paragraph (c) shall be eligible for election as
directors. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the
corporation may be made at a meeting of stockholders by or at the direction of
the Board of Directors or by any
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stockholder of the corporation entitled to vote in the election of directors at
the meeting who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this paragraph
(c). Such nominations, other than those made by or at the direction of the Board
of Directors, shall be made pursuant to timely notice in writing to the
Secretary of the corporation in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (b)
of this Section 2.5. Such stockholder's notice shall set forth (i) as to each
person, if any, whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or
re-election as a director: (A) the name, age, business address and residence
address of such person, (B) the principal occupation or employment of such
person, (C) the class and number of shares of the corporation which are
beneficially owned by such person, (D) a description of all arrangements or
understandings between the stockholder and each nominee and any other person or
persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which the nominations are to
be made by the stockholder and (E) any other information relating to such person
that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for elections of
directors, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A
under the Exchange Act (including without limitation such person's written
consent to being named in the proxy statement, if any, as a nominee and to
serving as a director if elected); and (ii) as to such stockholder giving
notice, the information required to be provided pursuant to paragraph (b) of
this Section 2.5. At the request of the Board of Directors, any person nominated
by a stockholder for election as a director shall furnish to the Secretary of
the corporation that information required to be set forth in the stockholder's
notice of nomination which pertains to the nominee. No person shall be eligible
for election as a director of the corporation unless nominated in accordance
with the procedures set forth in this paragraph (c). The chairman of the meeting
shall, if the facts warrants, determine and declare at the meeting that a
nomination was not made in accordance with the procedures prescribed by these
bylaws, and if he should so determine, he shall so declare at the meeting, and
the defective nomination shall be disregarded.
II.6 MANNER OF GIVING NOTICE; AFFIDAVIT OF NOTICE
Written notice of any meeting of stockholders shall be given either
personally or by first-class mail or by telegraphic or other written
communication. Notices not personally delivered shall be sent charges prepaid
and shall be addressed to the stockholder at the address of that stockholder
appearing on the books of the corporation or given by the stockholder to the
corporation for the purpose of notice. Notice shall be deemed to have been given
at the time when delivered personally or deposited in the mail or sent by
telegram or other means of written communication. If any notice addressed to a
stockholder at the address of that stockholder appearing on the books of the
corporation is returned to the corporation by the United States Postal Service
marked to indicate that the United States Postal Service is unable to deliver
the notice to the stockholder at that address, then all future notices or
reports shall be deemed to have been duly given without further mailing if the
same shall be available to the stockholder on written demand of the stockholder
at the principal executive office of the corporation for a period of one (1)
year from the date of the giving of the notice.
An affidavit of the mailing or other means of giving any notice of any
stockholders' meeting, executed by the secretary, assistant secretary or any
transfer agent of the corporation giving the notice, shall be prima facie
evidence of the giving of such notice.
II.7 QUORUM
The holders of a majority in voting power of the stock issued and
outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by
proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders for the
transaction of business except as otherwise provided by statute or by the
certificate of incorporation. If, however, such quorum is not present or
represented at any meeting of the stockholders, then either (i) the chairman of
the meeting or (ii) the holders of a majority of the shares represented at the
meeting and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy,
shall have power to adjourn the meeting in accordance with Section 2.8 of these
bylaws.
When a quorum is present at any meeting, the vote of the holders of a
majority of the stock having voting power present in person or represented by
proxy shall decide any question brought before such meeting, unless the question
is one upon which, by express provision of the laws of the State of Delaware or
of the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, a different vote is
required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control the
decision of the question.
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If a quorum be initially present, the stockholders may continue to
transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough
stockholders to leave less than a quorum, if any action taken is approved by a
majority of the stockholders initially constituting the quorum.
II.8 ADJOURNED MEETING; NOTICE
Any stockholders' meeting, annual or special, whether or not a quorum is
present, may be adjourned from time to time by (i) the chairman of the meeting
or (ii) the vote of the holders of a majority of the shares represented at that
meeting and entitled to vote thereat, either in person or by proxy. In the
absence of a quorum, no other business may be transacted at that meeting except
as provided in Section 2.7 of these bylaws.
When a meeting is adjourned to another time and place, unless these
bylaws otherwise require, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if
the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment
is taken. At the adjourned meeting the corporation may transact any business
that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is
for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is
fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be
given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.
II.9 VOTING
The stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall
be determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.12 of these bylaws,
subject to the provisions of Sections 217 and 218 of the General Corporation Law
of Delaware (relating to voting rights of fiduciaries, pledgors and joint
owners, and to voting trusts and other voting agreements).
Except as may be otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation
or these bylaws, each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share
of capital stock held by such stockholder. Any stockholder entitled to vote on
any matter may vote part of the shares in favor of the proposal and refrain from
voting the remaining shares or, except when the matter is the election of
directors, may vote them against the proposal; but, if the stockholder fails to
specify the number of shares which the stockholder is voting affirmatively, it
will be conclusively presumed that the stockholder's approving vote is with
respect to all shares which the stockholder is entitled to vote.
II.10 VALIDATION OF MEETINGS; WAIVER OF NOTICE; CONSENT
The transactions of any meeting of stockholders, either annual or
special, however called and noticed, and wherever held, shall be as valid as
though they had been taken at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice,
if a quorum be present either in person or by proxy, and if, either before or
after the meeting, each person entitled to vote, who was not present in person
or by proxy, signs a written waiver of notice or a consent to the holding of the
meeting or an approval of the minutes thereof. The waiver of notice or consent
or approval need not specify either the business to be transacted or the purpose
of any annual or special meeting of stockholders. All such waivers, consents,
and approvals shall be filed with the corporate records or made a part of the
minutes of the meeting.
Attendance by a person at a meeting shall also constitute a waiver of
notice of and presence at that meeting, except when the person objects at the
beginning of the meeting to the transaction of any business because the meeting
is not lawfully called or convened. Attendance at a meeting is not a waiver of
any right to object to the consideration of matters required by law to be
included in the notice of the meeting but not so included, if that objection is
expressly made at the meeting.
II.11 STOCKHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING
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Any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual or special
meeting of stockholders may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and
without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing setting forth the action so
taken shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than
the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such
action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present
and voted. Such consents shall be delivered to the corporation by delivery to it
registered office in the state of Delaware, its principal place of business, or
an officer or agent of the corporation having custody of the book in which
proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to a
corporation's registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered
mail, return receipt requested.
II.12 RECORD DATE FOR STOCKHOLDER NOTICE; VOTING
For purposes of determining the stockholders entitled to notice of any
meeting or to vote thereat or entitled to give consent to corporate action
without a meeting, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date,
which shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record
date is adopted by the board of directors and which shall not be more than sixty
(60) days nor less than ten (10) days before the date of any such meeting, and
in such event only stockholders of record on the date so fixed are entitled to
notice and to vote, notwithstanding any transfer of any shares on the books of
the corporation after the record date.
If the board of directors does not so fix a record date:
(a) the record date for determining stockholders entitled to
notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of
business on the business day next preceding the day on which notice is given,
or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the business day next
preceding the day on which the meeting is held; and
(b) the record date for determining stockholders entitled to give
consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, (i) when no prior
action by the board is required, shall be the day on which the first written
consent is delivered to the Corporation as provided in Section 2.3(b) of the
General Corporation Law of Delaware, or (ii) when prior action by the board is
required, shall be at the close of business on the day on which the board adopts
the resolution relating to that action.
A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to
vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting
unless the board of directors fixes a new record date for the adjourned meeting,
but the board of directors shall fix a new record date if the meeting is
adjourned for more than thirty (30) days from the date set for the original
meeting.
The record date for any other purpose shall be as provided in Section
8.1 of these bylaws.
II.13 PROXIES
Every person entitled to vote for directors, or on any other matter,
shall have the right to do so either in person or by one or more agents
authorized by a written proxy signed by the person and filed with the secretary
of the corporation, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three
(3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A proxy
shall be deemed signed if the stockholder's name is placed on the proxy (whether
by manual signature, typewriting, telegraphic transmission, telefacsimile or
otherwise) by the stockholder or the stockholder's attorney-in-fact. The
revocability of a proxy that states on its face that it is irrevocable shall be
governed by the provisions of Section 212(e) of the General Corporation Law of
Delaware.
II.14 ORGANIZATION
The president, or in the absence of the president, the chairman of the
board, shall call the meeting of the stockholders to order, and shall act as
chairman of the meeting. In the absence of the president, the chairman of the
board, and all of the vice presidents, the stockholders shall appoint a chairman
for such meeting. The chairman of any
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meeting of stockholders shall determine the order of business and the procedures
at the meeting, including such matters as the regulation of the manner of voting
and the conduct of business. The secretary of the corporation shall act as
secretary of all meetings of the stockholders, but in the absence of the
secretary at any meeting of the stockholders, the chairman of the meeting may
appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.
II.15 LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS ENTITLED TO VOTE
The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the corporation shall
prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a
complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in
alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number
of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to
the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting,
during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to
the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held,
which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so
specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be
produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time
thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.
II.16 INSPECTORS OF ELECTION
Before any meeting of stockholders, the board of directors may appoint
an inspector or inspectors of election to act at the meeting or its adjournment.
If no inspector of election is so appointed, then the chairman of the meeting
may, and on the request of any stockholder or a stockholder's proxy shall,
appoint an inspector or inspectors of election to act at the meeting. The number
of inspectors shall be either one (1) or three (3). If inspectors are appointed
at a meeting pursuant to the request of one (1) or more stockholders or proxies,
then the holders of a majority of shares or their proxies present at the meeting
shall determine whether one (1) or three (3) inspectors are to be appointed. If
any person appointed as inspector fails to appear or fails or refuses to act,
then the chairman of the meeting may, and upon the request of any stockholder or
a stockholder's proxy shall, appoint a person to fill that vacancy.
Such inspectors shall:
(a) determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting
power of each, the number of shares represented at the meeting, the existence of
a quorum, and the authenticity, validity, and effect of proxies;
(b) receive votes, ballots or consents;
(c) hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way
arising in connection with the right to vote;
(d) count and tabulate all votes or consents;
(e) determine when the polls shall close;
(f) determine the result; and
(g) do any other acts that may be proper to conduct the election
or vote with fairness to all stockholders.
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ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
III.1 POWERS
Subject to the provisions of the General Corporation Law of Delaware and
to any limitations in the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws relating
to action required to be approved by the stockholders or by the outstanding
shares, the business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed and all
corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the direction of the board of
directors.
III.2 NUMBER OF DIRECTORS
The board of directors shall consist of seven (7) members. The number of
directors may be changed by an amendment to this bylaw, duly adopted by the
board of directors or by the stockholders, or by a duly adopted amendment to the
certificate of incorporation. No reduction of the authorized number of directors
shall have the effect of removing any director before that director's term of
office expires. If for any cause, the directors shall not have been elected at
an annual meeting, they may be elected as soon thereafter as convenient at a
special meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose in the manner
provided in these Bylaws.
III.3 ELECTION AND TERM OF OFFICE OF DIRECTORS
Except as provided in Section 3.4 of these bylaws, directors shall be
elected at each annual meeting of stockholders to hold office until the next
annual meeting. Each director, including a director elected or appointed to fill
a vacancy, shall hold office until the expiration of the term for which elected
and until a successor has been elected and qualified.
III.4 RESIGNATION AND VACANCIES
Any director may resign effective on giving written notice to the
chairman of the board, the president, the secretary or the board of directors,
unless the notice specifies a later time for that resignation to become
effective. If the resignation of a director is effective at a future time, the
board of directors may elect a successor to take office when the resignation
becomes effective.
Vacancies in the board of directors may be filled by a majority of the
remaining directors, even if less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining
director; however, a vacancy created by the removal of a director by the vote of
the stockholders or by court order may be filled only by the affirmative vote of
a majority of the shares represented and voting at a duly held meeting at which
a quorum is present (which shares voting affirmatively also constitute a
majority of the required quorum). Each director so elected shall hold office
until the next annual meeting of the stockholders and until a successor has been
elected and qualified.
Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation or these
bylaws:
(i) Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any
increase in the authorized number of directors elected by all of the
stockholders having the right to vote as a single class may be filled by a
majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a
sole remaining director.
(ii) Whenever the holders of any class or classes of stock or
series thereof are entitled to elect one or more directors by the provisions of
the certificate of incorporation, vacancies and newly created directorships of
such class or classes or series may be filled by a majority of the directors
elected by such class or classes or series thereof then in office, or by a sole
remaining director so elected.
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If at any time, by reason of death or resignation or other cause, the
corporation should have no directors in office, then any officer or any
stockholder or an executor, administrator, trustee or guardian of a stockholder,
or other fiduciary entrusted with like responsibility for the person or estate
of a stockholder, may call a special meeting of stockholders in accordance with
the provisions of the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, or may apply
to the Court of Chancery for a decree summarily ordering an election as provided
in Section 211 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware.
If, at the time of filling any vacancy or any newly created
directorship, the directors then in office constitute less than a majority of
the whole board (as constituted immediately prior to any such increase), then
the Court of Chancery may, upon application of any stockholder or stockholders
holding at least ten (10) percent of the total number of the shares at the time
outstanding having the right to vote for such directors, summarily order an
election to be held to fill any such vacancies or newly created directorships,
or to replace the directors chosen by the directors then in office as aforesaid,
which election shall be governed by the provisions of Section 211 of the General
Corporation Law of Delaware as far as applicable.
III.5 REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS
Unless otherwise restricted by statute, by the certificate of
incorporation or by these bylaws, any director or the entire board of directors
may be removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the
shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors; provided, however,
that, if and so long as stockholders of the corporation are entitled to
cumulative voting, if less than the entire board is to be removed, no director
may be removed without cause if the votes cast against his removal would be
sufficient to elect him if then cumulatively voted at an election of the entire
board of directors.
III.6 PLACE OF MEETINGS; MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE
Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held at any place
within or outside the State of Delaware that has been designated from time to
time by resolution of the board. In the absence of such a designation, regular
meetings shall be held at the principal executive office of the corporation.
Special meetings of the board may be held at any place within or outside the
State of Delaware that has been designated in the notice of the meeting or, if
not stated in the notice or if there is no notice, at the principal executive
office of the corporation.
Any meeting of the board, regular or special, may be held by conference
telephone or similar communication equipment, so long as all directors
participating in the meeting can hear one another; and all such participating
directors shall be deemed to be present in person at the meeting.
III.7 FIRST MEETINGS
The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held
at such time and place as shall be fixed by the vote of the stockholders at the
annual meeting. In the event of the failure of the stockholders to fix the time
or place of such first meeting of the newly elected board of directors, or in
the event such meeting is not held at the time and place so fixed by the
stockholders, the meeting may be held at such time and place as shall be
specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the
board of directors, or as shall be specified in a written waiver signed by all
of the directors.
III.8 REGULAR MEETINGS
Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice at
such time as shall from time to time be determined by the board of directors. If
any regular meeting day shall fall on a legal holiday, then the meeting shall be
held at the same time and place on the next succeeding full business day.
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III.9 SPECIAL MEETINGS; NOTICE
Special meetings of the board of directors for any purpose or purposes
may be called at any time by the chairman of the board, the president, any vice
president, the secretary or any two directors.
Notice of the time and place of special meetings shall be delivered
personally or by telephone to each director or sent by first-class mail,
telecopy or telegram, charges prepaid, addressed to each director at that
director's address as it is shown on the records of the corporation. If the
notice is mailed, it shall be deposited in the United States mail at least four
(4) days before the time of the holding of the meeting. If the notice is
delivered personally or by telephone, telecopy or telegram, it shall be
delivered personally or by telephone or telecopy or to the telegraph company at
least forty-eight (48) hours before the time of the holding of the meeting. Any
oral notice given personally or by telephone may be communicated either to the
director or to a person at the office of the director who the person giving the
notice has reason to believe will promptly communicate it to the director. The
notice need not specify the purpose or the place of the meeting, if the meeting
is to be held at the principal executive office of the corporation.
III.10 QUORUM
A majority of the authorized number of directors shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business, except to adjourn as provided in Section
3.12 of these bylaws. Every act or decision done or made by a majority of the
directors present at a duly held meeting at which a quorum is present shall be
regarded as the act of the board of directors, subject to the provisions of the
certificate of incorporation and applicable law.
A meeting at which a quorum is initially present may continue to
transact business notwithstanding the withdrawal of directors, if any action
taken is approved by at least a majority of the quorum for that meeting.
III.11 WAIVER OF NOTICE
Notice of a meeting need not be given to any director (i) who signs a
waiver of notice, whether before or after the meeting, or (ii) who attends the
meeting without protesting, prior thereto or at its commencement, the lack of
notice to such directors. All such waivers shall be filed with the corporate
records or made part of the minutes of the meeting. A waiver of notice need not
specify the purpose of any regular or special meeting of the board of directors.
III.12 ADJOURNMENT
A majority of the directors present, whether or not constituting a
quorum, may adjourn any meeting of the board to another time and place.
III.13 NOTICE OF ADJOURNMENT
Notice of the time and place of holding an adjourned meeting of the
board need not be given unless the meeting is adjourned for more than
twenty-four (24) hours. If the meeting is adjourned for more than twenty-four
(24) hours, then notice of the time and place of the adjourned meeting shall be
given before the adjourned meeting takes place, in the manner specified in
Section 3.9 of these bylaws, to the directors who were not present at the time
of the adjournment.
III.14 BOARD ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING
Any action required or permitted to be taken by the board of directors
may be taken without a meeting, provided that all members of the board
individually or collectively consent in writing to that action. Such action by
written consent shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of the
board of directors. Such written consent and any counterparts thereof shall be
filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the board of directors.
III.15 FEES AND COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS
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Directors and members of committees may receive such compensation, if
any, for their services and such reimbursement of expenses as may be fixed or
determined by resolution of the board of directors. This Section 3.15 shall not
be construed to preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other
capacity as an officer, agent, employee or otherwise and receiving compensation
for those services.
III.16 APPROVAL OF LOANS TO OFFICERS
The corporation may lend money to, or guarantee any obligation of, or
otherwise assist any officer or other employee of the corporation or any of its
subsidiaries, including any officer or employee who is a director of the
corporation or any of its subsidiaries, whenever, in the judgment of the
directors, such loan, guaranty or assistance may reasonably be expected to
benefit the corporation. The loan, guaranty or other assistance may be with or
without interest and may be unsecured, or secured in such manner as the board of
directors shall approve, including, without limitation, a pledge of shares of
stock of the corporation. Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to
deny, limit or restrict the powers of guaranty or warranty of the corporation at
common law or under any statute.
III.17 SOLE DIRECTOR PROVIDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
In the event only one director is required by these bylaws or the
certificate of incorporation, then any reference herein to notices, waivers,
consents, meetings or other actions by a majority or quorum of the directors
shall be deemed to refer to such notice, waiver, etc., by such sole director,
who shall have all the rights and duties and shall be entitled to exercise all
of the powers and shall assume all the responsibilities otherwise herein
described as given to the board of directors.
ARTICLE IV
COMMITTEES
IV.1 COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS
The board of directors may, by resolution adopted by a majority of the
authorized number of directors, designate one (1) or more committees, each
consisting of two or more directors, to serve at the pleasure of the board. The
board may designate one (1) or more directors as alternate members of any
committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of
the committee. The appointment of members or alternate members of a committee
requires the vote of a majority of the authorized number of directors. Any
committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the board, shall have and
may exercise all the powers and authority of the board, but no such committee
shall have the power or authority to (i) amend the certificate of incorporation
(except that a committee may, to the extent authorized in the resolution or
resolutions providing for the issuance of shares of stock adopted by the board
of directors as provided in Section 151(a) of the General Corporation Law of
Delaware, fix the designations and any of the preferences or rights of such
shares relating to dividends, redemption, dissolution, any distribution of
assets of the corporation or the conversion into, or the exchange of such shares
for, shares of any other class or classes or any other series of the same or any
other class or classes of stock of the corporation), (ii) adopt an agreement of
merger or consolidation under Sections 251 or 252 of the General Corporation Law
of Delaware, (iii) recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of
all or substantially all of the corporation's property and assets, (iv)
recommend to the stockholders a dissolution of the corporation or a revocation
of a dissolution or (v) amend the bylaws of the corporation; and, unless the
board resolution establishing the committee, the bylaws or the certificate of
incorporation expressly so provide, no such committee shall have the power or
authority to declare a dividend, to authorize the issuance of stock, or to adopt
a certificate of ownership and merger pursuant to Section 253 of the General
Corporation Law of Delaware.
IV.2 MEETINGS AND ACTION OF COMMITTEES
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Meetings and actions of committees shall be governed by, and held and
taken in accordance with, the following provisions of Article III of these
bylaws: Section 3.6 (place of meetings; meetings by telephone), Section 3.8
(regular meetings), Section 3.9 (special meetings; notice), Section 3.10
(quorum), Section 3.11 (waiver of notice), Section 3.12 (adjournment), Section
3.13 (notice of adjournment) and Section 3.14 (board action by written consent
without meeting), with such changes in the context of those bylaws as are
necessary to substitute the committee and its members for the board of directors
and its members; provided, however, that the time of regular meetings of
committees may be determined either by resolution of the board of directors or
by resolution of the committee, that special meetings of committees may also be
called by resolution of the board of directors, and that notice of special
meetings of committees shall also be given to all alternate members, who shall
have the right to attend all meetings of the committee. The board of directors
may adopt rules for the government of any committee not inconsistent with the
provisions of these bylaws.
IV.3 COMMITTEE MINUTES
Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the
same to the board of directors when required.
ARTICLE V
OFFICERS
V.1 OFFICERS
The Corporate Officers of the corporation shall be a president, a
secretary and a chief financial officer. The corporation may also have, at the
discretion of the board of directors, a chairman of the board, one or more vice
presidents (however denominated), one or more assistant secretaries, one or more
assistant treasurers and such other officers as may be appointed in accordance
with the provisions of Section 5.3 of these bylaws. Any number of offices may be
held by the same person.
In addition to the Corporate Officers of the Company described above,
there may also be such Administrative Officers of the corporation as may be
designated and appointed from time to time by the president of the corporation
in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.12 of these bylaws.
V.2 ELECTION OF OFFICERS
The Corporate Officers of the corporation, except such officers as may
be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.3 or Section 5.5 of
these bylaws, shall be chosen by the board of directors, subject to the rights,
if any, of an officer under any contract of employment, and shall hold their
respective offices for such terms as the board of directors may from time to
time determine.
V.3 SUBORDINATE OFFICERS
The board of directors may appoint, or may empower the president to
appoint, such other Corporate Officers as the business of the corporation may
require, each of whom shall hold office for such period, have such power and
authority, and perform such duties as are provided in these bylaws or as the
board of directors may from time to time determine.
The president may from time to time designate and appoint Administrative
Officers of the corporation in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.12 of
these bylaws.
V.4 REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION OF OFFICERS
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Subject to the rights, if any, of a Corporate Officer under any contract
of employment, any Corporate Officer may be removed, either with or without
cause, by the board of directors at any regular or special meeting of the board
or, except in case of a Corporate Officer chosen by the board of directors, by
any Corporate Officer upon whom such power of removal may be conferred by the
board of directors.
Any Corporate Officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to
the corporation. Any resignation shall take effect at the date of the receipt of
that notice or at any later time specified in that notice; and, unless otherwise
specified in that notice, the acceptance of the resignation shall not be
necessary to make it effective. Any resignation is without prejudice to the
rights, if any, of the corporation under any contract to which the Corporate
Officer is a party.
Any Administrative Officer designated and appointed by the president may
be removed, either with or without cause, at any time by the president. Any
Administrative Officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the
president or to the secretary of the corporation.
V.5 VACANCIES IN OFFICES
A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal,
disqualification or any other cause shall be filled in the manner prescribed in
these bylaws for regular appointments to that office.
V.6 CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
The chairman of the board, if such an officer be elected, shall, if
present, preside at meetings of the board of directors and exercise such other
powers and perform such other duties as may from time to time be assigned to him
by the board of directors or as may be prescribed by these bylaws. If there is
no president, then the chairman of the board shall also be the chief executive
officer of the corporation and shall have the powers and duties prescribed in
Section 5.7 of these bylaws.
V.7 PRESIDENT
Subject to such supervisory powers, if any, as may be given by the board
of directors to the chairman of the board, if there be such an officer, the
president shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation and shall,
subject to the control of the board of directors, have general supervision,
direction and control of the business and the officers of the corporation. He or
she shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and, in the absence or
nonexistence of a chairman of the board, at all meetings of the board of
directors. He or she shall have the general powers and duties of management
usually vested in the office of president of a corporation, and shall have such
other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the board of
directors or these bylaws.
V.8 VICE PRESIDENTS
In the absence or disability of the president, and if there is no
chairman of the board, the vice presidents, if any, in order of their rank as
fixed by the board of directors or, if not ranked, a vice president designated
by the board of directors, shall perform all the duties of the president and
when so acting shall have all the powers of, and be subject to all the
restrictions upon, the president. The vice presidents shall have such other
powers and perform such other duties as from time to time may be prescribed for
them respectively by the board of directors, these bylaws, the president or the
chairman of the board.
V.9 SECRETARY
The secretary shall keep or cause to be kept, at the principal executive
office of the corporation or such other place as the board of directors may
direct, a book of minutes of all meetings and actions of the board of directors,
committees of directors and stockholders. The minutes shall show the time and
place of each meeting, whether regular or
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special (and, if special, how authorized and the notice given), the names of
those present at directors' meetings or committee meetings, the number of shares
present or represented at stockholders' meetings and the proceedings thereof.
The secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, at the principal
executive office of the corporation or at the office of the corporation's
transfer agent or registrar, as determined by resolution of the board of
directors, a share register or a duplicate share register, showing the names of
all stockholders and their addresses, the number and classes of shares held by
each, the number and date of certificates evidencing such shares and the number
and date of cancellation of every certificate surrendered for cancellation.
The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings
of the stockholders and of the board of directors required to be given by law or
by these bylaws. He or she shall keep the seal of the corporation, if one be
adopted, in safe custody and shall have such other powers and perform such other
duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors or by these bylaws.
V.10 CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
The chief financial officer shall keep and maintain, or cause to be kept
and maintained, adequate and correct books and records of accounts of the
properties and business transactions of the corporation, including accounts of
its assets, liabilities, receipts, disbursements, gains, losses, capital,
retained earnings and shares. The books of account shall at all reasonable times
be open to inspection by any director for a purpose reasonably related to his
position as a director.
The chief financial officer shall deposit all money and other valuables
in the name and to the credit of the corporation with such depositaries as may
be designated by the board of directors. He or she shall disburse the funds of
the corporation as may be ordered by the board of directors, shall render to the
president and directors, whenever they request it, an account of all of his or
her transactions as chief financial officer and of the financial condition of
the corporation, and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties
as may be prescribed by the board of directors or these bylaws.
V.11 ASSISTANT SECRETARY
The assistant secretary, if any, or, if there is more than one, the
assistant secretaries in the order determined by the board of directors (or if
there be no such determination, then in the order of their election) shall, in
the absence of the secretary or in the event of his or her inability or refusal
to act, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary and shall
perform such other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors
may from time to time prescribe.
V.12 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS
In addition to the Corporate Officers of the corporation as provided in
Section 5.1 of these bylaws and such subordinate Corporate Officers as may be
appointed in accordance with Section 5.3 of these bylaws, there may also be such
Administrative Officers of the corporation as may be designated and appointed
from time to time by the president of the corporation. Administrative Officers
shall perform such duties and have such powers as from time to time may be
determined by the president or the board of directors in order to assist the
Corporate Officers in the furtherance of their duties. In the performance of
such duties and the exercise of such powers, however, such Administrative
Officers shall have limited authority to act on behalf of the corporation as the
board of directors shall establish, including but not limited to limitations on
the dollar amount and on the scope of agreements or commitments that may be made
by such Administrative Officers on behalf of the corporation, which limitations
may not be exceeded by such individuals or altered by the president without
further approval by the board of directors.
V.13 AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS
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In addition to the foregoing powers, authority and duties, all officers
of the corporation shall respectively have such authority and powers and perform
such duties in the management of the business of the corporation as may be
designated from time to time by the board of directors.
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ARTICLE VI
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES
AND OTHER AGENTS
VI.1 INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
The corporation shall, to the maximum extent and in the manner permitted
by the General Corporation Law of Delaware as the same now exists or may
hereafter be amended, indemnify any person against expenses (including
attorneys' fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred in connection with any threatened, pending or completed
action, suit, or proceeding in which such person was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party by reason of the fact that such person is or was a
director or officer of the corporation. For purposes of this Section 6.1, a
"director" or "officer" of the corporation shall mean any person (i) who is or
was a director or officer of the corporation, (ii) who is or was serving at the
request of the corporation as a director or officer of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise or (iii) who was a
director or officer of a corporation which was a predecessor corporation of the
corporation or of another enterprise at the request of such predecessor
corporation.
The corporation shall be required to indemnify a director or officer in
connection with an action, suit, or proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by
such director or officer only if the initiation of such action, suit, or
proceeding (or part thereof) by the director or officer was authorized by the
board of Directors of the corporation.
The corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorney's fees)
incurred by a director or officer of the corporation entitled to indemnification
hereunder in defending any action, suit or proceeding referred to in this
Section 6.1 in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that payment
of expenses incurred by a director or officer of the corporation in advance of
the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding shall be made only upon
receipt of an undertaking by the director or officer to repay all amounts
advanced if it should ultimately be determined that the director or officer is
not entitled to be indemnified under this Section 6.1 or otherwise.
The rights conferred on any person by this Article shall not be
exclusive of any other rights which such person may have or hereafter acquire
under any statute, provision of the corporation's Certificate of Incorporation,
these bylaws, agreement, vote of the stockholders or disinterested directors or
otherwise.
Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article
shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any person in
respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or
modification.
VI.2 INDEMNIFICATION OF OTHERS
The corporation shall have the power, to the maximum extent and in the
manner permitted by the General Corporation Law of Delaware as the same now
exists or may hereafter be amended, to indemnify any person (other than
directors and officers) against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments,
fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in
connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, or
proceeding, in which such person was or is a party or is threatened to be made a
party by reason of the fact that such person is or was an employee or agent of
the corporation. For purposes of this Section 6.2, an "employee" or "agent" of
the corporation (other than a director or officer) shall mean any person (i) who
is or was an employee or agent of the corporation, (ii) who is or was serving at
the request of the corporation as an employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise or (iii) who was an
employee or agent of a corporation which was a predecessor corporation of the
corporation or of another enterprise at the request of such predecessor
corporation.
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VI.3 INSURANCE
The corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any
person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation,
or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise against any liability asserted against him or her and incurred
by him or her in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such,
whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her
against such liability under the provisions of the General Corporation Law of
Delaware.
ARTICLE VII
RECORDS AND REPORTS
VII.1 MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION OF RECORDS
The corporation shall, either at its principal executive office or at
such place or places as designated by the board of directors, keep a record of
its stockholders listing their names and addresses and the number and class of
shares held by each stockholder, a copy of these bylaws as amended to date,
accounting books and other records of its business and properties.
Any stockholder of record, in person or by attorney or other agent,
shall, upon written demand under oath stating the purpose thereof, have the
right during the usual hours for business to inspect for any proper purpose the
corporation's stock ledger, a list of its stockholders, and its other books and
records and to make copies or extracts therefrom. A proper purpose shall mean a
purpose reasonably related to such person's interest as a stockholder. In every
instance where an attorney or other agent is the person who seeks the right to
inspection, the demand under oath shall be accompanied by a power of attorney or
such other writing that authorizes the attorney or other agent to so act on
behalf of the stockholder. The demand under oath shall be directed to the
corporation at its registered office in Delaware or at its principal place of
business.
VII.2 INSPECTION BY DIRECTORS
Any director shall have the right to examine the corporation's stock
ledger, a list of its stockholders and its other books and records for a purpose
reasonably related to his or her position as a director.
VII.3 ANNUAL STATEMENT TO STOCKHOLDERS
The board of directors shall present at each annual meeting, and at any
special meeting of the stockholders when called for by vote of the stockholders,
a full and clear statement of the business and condition of the corporation.
VII.4 REPRESENTATION OF SHARES OF OTHER CORPORATIONS
The chairman of the board, if any, the president, any vice president,
the chief financial officer, the secretary or any assistant secretary of this
corporation, or any other person authorized by the board of directors or the
president or a vice president, is authorized to vote, represent and exercise on
behalf of this corporation all rights incident to any and all shares of the
stock of any other corporation or corporations standing in the name of this
corporation. The authority herein granted may be exercised either by such person
directly or by any other person authorized to do so by proxy or power of
attorney duly executed by such person having the authority.
VII.5 CERTIFICATION AND INSPECTION OF BYLAWS
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The original or a copy of these bylaws, as amended or otherwise altered
to date, certified by the secretary, shall be kept at the corporation's
principal executive office and shall be open to inspection by the stockholders
of the corporation, at all reasonable times during office hours.
ARTICLE VIII
GENERAL MATTERS
VIII.1 RECORD DATE FOR PURPOSES OTHER THAN NOTICE AND VOTING
For purposes of determining the stockholders entitled to receive payment
of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the
stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change,
conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action,
the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not
precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted and
which shall not be more than sixty (60) days before any such action. In that
case, only stockholders of record at the close of business on the date so fixed
are entitled to receive the dividend, distribution or allotment of rights, or to
exercise such rights, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of any
shares on the books of the corporation after the record date so fixed, except as
otherwise provided by law.
If the board of directors does not so fix a record date, then the record
date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of
business on the day on which the board of directors adopts the applicable
resolution.
VIII.2 CHECKS; DRAFTS; EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS
From time to time, the board of directors shall determine by resolution
which person or persons may sign or endorse all checks, drafts, other orders for
payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness that are issued in
the name of or payable to the corporation, and only the persons so authorized
shall sign or endorse those instruments.
VIII.3 CORPORATE CONTRACTS AND INSTRUMENTS: HOW EXECUTED
The board of directors, except as otherwise provided in these bylaws,
may authorize and empower any officer or officers, or agent or agents, to enter
into any contract or execute any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the
corporation; such power and authority may be general or confined to specific
instances. Unless so authorized or ratified by the board of directors or within
the agency power of an officer, no officer, agent or employee shall have any
power or authority to bind the corporation by any contract or engagement or to
pledge its credit or to render it liable for any purpose or for any amount.
VIII.4 STOCK CERTIFICATES; TRANSFER; PARTLY PAID SHARES
The shares of the corporation shall be represented by certificates,
provided that the board of directors of the corporation may provide by
resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of
its stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to
shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the
corporation. Notwithstanding the adoption of such a resolution by the board of
directors, every holder of stock represented by certificates and, upon request,
every holder of uncertificated shares, shall be entitled to have a certificate
signed by, or in the name of the corporation by, the chairman or vice-chairman
of the board of directors, or the president or vice-president, and by the
treasurer or an assistant treasurer, or the secretary or an assistant secretary
of such corporation representing the number of shares registered in certificate
form. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. In
case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile
signature has been placed upon a certificate has ceased to be such officer,
transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may
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be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if he or she were such
officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.
Certificates for shares shall be of such form and device as the board of
directors may designate and shall state the name of the record holder of the
shares represented thereby; its number; date of issuance; the number of shares
for which it is issued; a summary statement or reference to the powers,
designations, preferences or other special rights of such stock and the
qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights,
if any; a statement or summary of liens, if any; a conspicuous notice of
restrictions upon transfer or registration of transfer, if any; a statement as
to any applicable voting trust agreement; if the shares be assessable, or, if
assessments are collectible by personal action, a plain statement of such facts.
Upon surrender to the secretary or transfer agent of the corporation of
a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of
succession, assignment or authority to transfer, it shall be the duty of the
corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel
the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books.
The corporation may issue the whole or any part of its shares as partly
paid and subject to call for the remainder of the consideration to be paid
therefor. Upon the face or back of each stock certificate issued to represent
any such partly paid shares, or upon the books and records of the corporation in
the case of uncertificated partly paid shares, the total amount of the
consideration to be paid therefor and the amount paid thereon shall be stated.
Upon the declaration of any dividend on fully paid shares, the corporation shall
declare a dividend upon partly paid shares of the same class, but only upon the
basis of the percentage of the consideration actually paid thereon.
VIII.5 SPECIAL DESIGNATION ON CERTIFICATES
If the corporation is authorized to issue more than one class of stock
or more than one series of any class, then the powers, the designations, the
preferences and the relative, participating, optional or other special rights of
each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or
restrictions of such preferences and/or rights shall be set forth in full or
summarized on the face or back of the certificate that the corporation shall
issue to represent such class or series of stock; provided, however, that,
except as otherwise provided in Section 202 of the General Corporation Law of
Delaware, in lieu of the foregoing requirements there may be set forth on the
face or back of the certificate that the corporation shall issue to represent
such class or series of stock a statement that the corporation will furnish
without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, the designations,
the preferences and the relative, participating, optional or other special
rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications,
limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.
VIII.6 LOST CERTIFICATES
Except as provided in this Section 8.6, no new certificates for shares
shall be issued to replace a previously issued certificate unless the latter is
surrendered to the corporation and cancelled at the same time. The board of
directors may, in case any share certificate or certificate for any other
security is lost, stolen or destroyed, authorize the issuance of replacement
certificates on such terms and conditions as the board may require; the board
may require indemnification of the corporation secured by a bond or other
adequate security sufficient to protect the corporation against any claim that
may be made against it, including any expense or liability, on account of the
alleged loss, theft or destruction of the certificate or the issuance of the
replacement certificate.
VIII.7 TRANSFER AGENTS AND REGISTRARS
The board of directors may appoint one or more transfer agents or
transfer clerks, and one or more registrars, each of which shall be an
incorporated bank or trust company -- either domestic or foreign, who shall be
appointed at such times and places as the requirements of the corporation may
necessitate and the board of directors may designate.
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VIII.8 CONSTRUCTION; DEFINITIONS
Unless the context requires otherwise, the general provisions, rules of
construction and definitions in the General Corporation Law of Delaware shall
govern the construction of these bylaws. Without limiting the generality of this
provision, as used in these bylaws, the singular number includes the plural, the
plural number includes the singular, and the term "person" includes both an
entity and a natural person.
ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS
The original or other bylaws of the corporation may be adopted, amended
or repealed by the stockholders entitled to vote; provided, however, that the
corporation may, in its certificate of incorporation, confer the power to adopt,
amend or repeal bylaws upon the directors. The fact that such power has been so
conferred upon the directors shall not divest the stockholders of the power, nor
limit their power to adopt, amend or repeal bylaws.
Whenever an amendment or new bylaw is adopted, it shall be copied in the
book of bylaws with the original bylaws, in the appropriate place. If any bylaw
is repealed, the fact of repeal with the date of the meeting at which the repeal
was enacted or the filing of the operative written consent(s) shall be stated in
said book.
ARTICLE X
DISSOLUTION
If it should be deemed advisable in the judgment of the board of
directors of the corporation that the corporation should be dissolved, the
board, after the adoption of a resolution to that effect by a majority of the
whole board at any meeting called for that purpose, shall cause notice to be
mailed to each stockholder entitled to vote thereon of the adoption of the
resolution and of a meeting of stockholders to take action upon the resolution.
At the meeting a vote shall be taken for and against the proposed
dissolution. If a majority of the outstanding stock of the corporation entitled
to vote thereon votes for the proposed dissolution, then a certificate stating
that the dissolution has been authorized in accordance with the provisions of
Section 275 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware and setting forth the
names and residences of the directors and officers shall be executed,
acknowledged, and filed and shall become effective in accordance with Section
103 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware. Upon such certificate's becoming
effective in accordance with Section 103 of the General Corporation Law of
Delaware, the corporation shall be dissolved.
Whenever all the stockholders entitled to vote on a dissolution consent
in writing, either in person or by duly authorized attorney, to a dissolution,
no meeting of directors or stockholders shall be necessary. The consent shall be
filed and shall become effective in accordance with Section 103 of the General
Corporation Law of Delaware. Upon such consent's becoming effective in
accordance with Section 103 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, the
corporation shall be dissolved. If the consent is signed by an attorney, then
the original power of attorney or a photocopy thereof shall be attached to and
filed with the consent. The consent filed with the Secretary of State shall have
attached to it the affidavit of the secretary or some other officer of the
corporation stating that the consent has been signed by or on behalf of all the
stockholders entitled to vote on a dissolution; in addition, there shall be
attached to the consent a certification by the secretary or some other officer
of the corporation setting forth the names and residences of the directors and
officers of the corporation.
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ARTICLE XI
CUSTODIAN
XI.1 APPOINTMENT OF A CUSTODIAN IN CERTAIN CASES
The Court of Chancery, upon application of any stockholder, may appoint
one or more persons to be custodians and, if the corporation is insolvent, to be
receivers, of and for the corporation when:
(i) at any meeting held for the election of directors the
stockholders are so divided that they have failed to elect successors to
directors whose terms have expired or would have expired upon qualification of
their successors; or
(ii) the business of the corporation is suffering or is
threatened with irreparable injury because the directors are so divided
respecting the management of the affairs of the corporation that the required
vote for action by the board of directors cannot be obtained and the
stockholders are unable to terminate this division; or
(iii) the corporation has abandoned its business and has failed
within a reasonable time to take steps to dissolve, liquidate or distribute its
assets.
XI.2 DUTIES OF CUSTODIAN
The custodian shall have all the powers and title of a receiver
appointed under Section 291 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, but the
authority of the custodian shall be to continue the business of the corporation
and not to liquidate its affairs and distribute its assets, except when the
Court of Chancery otherwise orders and except in cases arising under Sections
226(a)(3) or 352(a)(2) of the General Corporation Law of Delaware.
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CERTIFICATE OF ADOPTION OF BYLAWS
OF
METATOOLS, INC.
Adoption by Incorporator
The undersigned person appointed in the Certificate of Incorporation as
the Incorporator of MetaTools, Inc. hereby adopts the foregoing bylaws,
comprising nineteen (19) pages, as the Bylaws of the corporation.
Executed this 10th day of October, 1995
/s/ Rana B. DiOrio
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Rana B. DiOrio
Incorporator
Certificate by Secretary of Adoption by Incorporator
The undersigned hereby certifies that he is the duly elected, qualified,
and acting Secretary of MetaTools, Inc. and that the foregoing Bylaws,
comprising nineteen (19) pages, were adopted as the Bylaws of the corporation on
October 10, 1995, by the person appointed in the Certificate of Incorporation as
the Incorporator of the corporation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand and
affixed the corporate seal this 25th day of October, 1995.
/s/ Jeffrey D. Saper
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Jeffrey D. Saper
Secretary
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CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
TO THE BYLAWS OF
METATOOLS, INC.
AS APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Effective as of the date of April 17, 1997, Article III, Section 2 of
the Bylaws of MetaTools, Inc., a Delaware corporation, is hereby amended to read
in full as follows:
"3.2 NUMBER OF DIRECTORS
The board of directors shall consist of six (6) members. The number of
directors may be changed by an amendment to this bylaw, duly adopted by the
board of directors or by the stockholders, or by a duly adopted amendment to the
certificate of incorporation. No reduction of the authorized number of directors
shall have the effect of removing any director before that director's term of
office expires. If for any cause, the directors shall not have been elected at
an annual meeting, they may be elected as soon thereafter as convenient at a
special meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose in the manner
provided in these Bylaws."
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 17th day of
April, 1997.
/s/ Jeffrey D. Saper
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Jeffrey D. Saper, Secretary
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CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
TO THE BYLAWS OF
METACREATIONS CORPORATION
AS APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Effective as of May 29, 1997, Article III, Section 2 of the Bylaws of
MetaCreations Corporation, a Delaware corporation, is hereby amended to read in
full as follows:
"3.2 NUMBER OF DIRECTORS
The board of directors shall consist of nine (9) members. The number of
directors may be changed by an amendment to this bylaw, duly adopted by the
board of directors or by the stockholders, or by a duly adopted amendment to the
certificate of incorporation. No reduction of the authorized number of directors
shall have the effect of removing any director before that director's term of
office expires. If for any cause, the directors shall not have been elected at
an annual meeting, they may be elected as soon thereafter as convenient at a
special meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose in the manner
provided in these Bylaws."
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 29th day of
May, 1997.
/s/ Jeffrey D. Saper
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Jeffrey D. Saper, Secretary
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CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
TO THE BYLAWS OF
METACREATIONS CORPORATION
AS APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Effective as of the date of the MetaCreations 1998 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders, Article III, Section 2 of the Bylaws of MetaCreations Corporation,
a Delaware corporation, is hereby amended to read in full as follows:
"3.2 NUMBER OF DIRECTORS
The board of directors shall consist of seven (7) members. The number of
directors may be changed by an amendment to this bylaw, duly adopted by the
board of directors or by the stockholders, or by a duly adopted amendment to the
certificate of incorporation. No reduction of the authorized number of directors
shall have the effect of removing any director before that director's term of
office expires. If for any cause, the directors shall not have been elected at
an annual meeting, they may be elected as soon thereafter as convenient at a
special meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose in the manner
provided in these Bylaws."
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 26th day of
March, 1998.
/s/ Jeffrey D. Saper
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Jeffrey D. Saper, Secretary
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CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
TO THE BYLAWS OF
METACREATIONS CORPORATION
AS APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Effective as of July 24, 1998, Sections 2.11 and 2.12 of the Bylaws of
MetaCreations Corporation, a Delaware corporation, are hereby amended to read in
full as follows:
"2.11 STOCKHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING
Any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual or special
meeting of stockholders may be taken without a meeting and without a vote, if a
consent or consents in writing setting forth the action so taken shall be signed
by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of
votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at
which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Such consents
shall be delivered to the corporation by delivery to it registered office in the
state of Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of
the corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of
stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to a corporation's registered office
shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested.
2.12 RECORD DATE FOR STOCKHOLDER NOTICE; VOTING
For purposes of determining the stockholders entitled to notice of any
meeting or to vote thereat or entitled to give consent to corporate action
without a meeting, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date,
which shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record
date is adopted by the board of directors and which shall not be more than sixty
(60) days nor less than ten (10) days before the date of any such meeting or
action by written consent without a meeting, and in such event only stockholders
of record on the date so fixed are entitled to notice and to vote,
notwithstanding any transfer of any shares on the books of the corporation after
the record date. Any stockholder of record seeking to have the stockholders
authorize or take corporate action by written consent without a meeting shall,
by written notice to the Secretary, request the board of directors to fix a
record date. The board of directors may, at any time within ten (10) days after
the date on which such a request is received, adopt a resolution fixing the
record date.
If the board of directors does not so fix a record date:
(a) the record date for determining stockholders entitled to
notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of
business on the business day next preceding the day on which notice is given,
or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the business day next
preceding the day on which the meeting is held; and
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(b) the record date for determining stockholders entitled to give
consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, (i) when no prior
action by the board is required, shall be the day on which the first written
consent is delivered to the Corporation as provided in Section 2.3(b) of the
General Corporation Law of Delaware, or (ii) when prior action by the board is
required, shall be at the close of business on the day on which the board adopts
the resolution relating to that action.
A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to
vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting
unless the board of directors fixes a new record date for the adjourned meeting,
but the board of directors shall fix a new record date if the meeting is
adjourned for more than thirty (30) days from the date set for the original
meeting.
The record date for any other purpose shall be as provided in Section
8.1 of these bylaws."
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 24th day of
July, 1998.
/s/ Jeffrey D. Saper
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Jeffrey D. Saper, Secretary
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BYLAWS
OF
METATOOLS, INC.
(A DELAWARE CORPORATION)
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BYLAWS OF
METATOOLS, INC.
(a Delaware corporation)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I - CORPORATE OFFICES....................................................................1
1.1 REGISTERED OFFICE........................................................................1
1.2 OTHER OFFICES............................................................................1
ARTICLE II - MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS............................................................1
2.1 PLACE OF MEETINGS........................................................................1
2.2 ANNUAL MEETING...........................................................................1
2.3 SPECIAL MEETING..........................................................................1
2.4 NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS' MEETINGS.........................................................2
2.5 ADVANCE NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDER NOMINEES AND STOCKHOLDER BUSINESS..........................2
2.6 MANNER OF GIVING NOTICE; AFFIDAVIT OF NOTICE.............................................3
2.7 QUORUM...................................................................................3
2.8 ADJOURNED MEETING; NOTICE................................................................4
2.9 VOTING...................................................................................4
2.10 VALIDATION OF MEETINGS; WAIVER OF NOTICE; CONSENT........................................4
2.11 STOCKHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING..................................4
2.12 RECORD DATE FOR STOCKHOLDER NOTICE; VOTING...............................................5
2.13 PROXIES..................................................................................5
2.14 ORGANIZATION.............................................................................5
2.15 LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS ENTITLED TO VOTE....................................................5
2.16 INSPECTORS OF ELECTION...................................................................6
ARTICLE III - DIRECTORS..........................................................................6
3.1 POWERS...................................................................................6
3.2 NUMBER OF DIRECTORS......................................................................7
3.3 ELECTION AND TERM OF OFFICE OF DIRECTORS.................................................7
3.4 RESIGNATION AND VACANCIES................................................................7
3.5 REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS.....................................................................8
3.6 PLACE OF MEETINGS; MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE.................................................8
3.7 FIRST MEETINGS...........................................................................8
3.8 REGULAR MEETINGS.........................................................................8
3.9 SPECIAL MEETINGS; NOTICE.................................................................8
3.10 QUORUM...................................................................................9
3.11 WAIVER OF NOTICE.........................................................................9
3.12 ADJOURNMENT..............................................................................9
3.13 NOTICE OF ADJOURNMENT....................................................................9
3.14 BOARD ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING........................................9
3.15 FEES AND COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS.......................................................9
3.16 APPROVAL OF LOANS TO OFFICERS............................................................9
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3.17 SOLE DIRECTOR PROVIDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION..................................10
ARTICLE IV - COMMITTEES.........................................................................10
4.1 COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS.................................................................10
4.2 MEETINGS AND ACTION OF COMMITTEES.......................................................10
4.3 COMMITTEE MINUTES.......................................................................11
ARTICLE V - OFFICERS............................................................................11
5.1 OFFICERS................................................................................11
5.2 ELECTION OF OFFICERS....................................................................11
5.3 SUBORDINATE OFFICERS....................................................................11
5.4 REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION OF OFFICERS.....................................................11
5.5 VACANCIES IN OFFICES....................................................................12
5.6 CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD...................................................................12
5.7 PRESIDENT...............................................................................12
5.8 VICE PRESIDENTS.........................................................................12
5.9 SECRETARY...............................................................................12
5.10 CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.................................................................13
5.11 ASSISTANT SECRETARY.....................................................................13
5.12 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS.................................................................13
5.13 AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS........................................................13
ARTICLE VI - INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND OTHER AGENTS.................14
6.1 INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS...............................................14
6.2 INDEMNIFICATION OF OTHERS...............................................................14
6.3 INSURANCE...............................................................................15
ARTICLE VII - RECORDS AND REPORTS...............................................................15
7.1 MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION OF RECORDS...................................................15
7.2 INSPECTION BY DIRECTORS.................................................................15
7.3 ANNUAL STATEMENT TO STOCKHOLDERS........................................................15
7.4 REPRESENTATION OF SHARES OF OTHER CORPORATIONS..........................................15
7.5 CERTIFICATION AND INSPECTION OF BYLAWS..................................................16
ARTICLE VIII - GENERAL MATTERS..................................................................16
8.1 RECORD DATE FOR PURPOSES OTHER THAN NOTICE AND VOTING...................................16
8.2 CHECKS; DRAFTS; EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS...............................................16
8.3 CORPORATE CONTRACTS AND INSTRUMENTS: HOW EXECUTED......................................16
8.4 STOCK CERTIFICATES; TRANSFER; PARTLY PAID SHARES........................................16
8.5 SPECIAL DESIGNATION ON CERTIFICATES.....................................................17
8.6 LOST CERTIFICATES.......................................................................17
8.7 TRANSFER AGENTS AND REGISTRARS..........................................................17
8.8 CONSTRUCTION; DEFINITIONS...............................................................18
ARTICLE IX - AMENDMENTS.........................................................................18
ARTICLE X - DISSOLUTION.........................................................................18
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ARTICLE XI - CUSTODIAN..........................................................................19
11.1 APPOINTMENT OF A CUSTODIAN IN CERTAIN CASES.............................................19
11.2 DUTIES OF CUSTODIAN.....................................................................19
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EXHIBIT 10.5
AS AMENDED ON MAY 6, 1998
METACREATIONS CORPORATION
(FORMERLY KNOWN AS METATOOLS, INC.)
1995 STOCK PLAN
1. Purposes of the Plan. The purposes of this Stock 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 of the Company.
(g) "Company" means MetaCreations Corporation, a Delaware
corporation formerly known as MetaTools, Inc.
(h) "Consultant" means any person, including a Director or
an advisor, engaged by the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary to render
services and who is compensated for such services.
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(i) "Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant" means
that the employment or consulting relationship with the Company, any
Parent, or Subsidiary, is not interrupted or terminated. Continuous Status as an
Employee or Consultant shall not be considered interrupted in the case of (i)
any leave of absence approved by the Company or (ii) transfers between locations
of the Company or between the Company, its Parent, any Subsidiary, or any
successor. A leave of absence approved by the Company shall include sick leave,
military leave, or any other personal leave approved by an authorized
representative of the Company. For purposes of Incentive Stock Options, no such
leave may exceed ninety days, unless reemployment upon expiration of such leave
is guaranteed by statute or contract. If reemployment upon expiration of a leave
of absence approved by the Company is not so guaranteed, on the 181st day of
such leave any Incentive Stock Option held by the Optionee shall cease to be
treated as an Incentive Stock Option and shall be treated for tax purposes as a
Nonstatutory Stock Option.
(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 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 listed on any established
stock exchange or a national market system, including without limitation the
Nasdaq National Market 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 Nasdaq National Market 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;
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(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 1995 Stock Plan.
(z) "Restricted Stock" means shares of Common Stock
acquired pursuant to a grant of Stock Purchase Rights under Section 11 below.
(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.
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(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) "Section 16(b)" means Section 16(b) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(dd) "Share" means a share of the Common Stock, as
adjusted in accordance with Section 13 of the Plan.
(ee) "Stock Purchase Right" means the right to purchase
Common Stock pursuant to Section 11 of the Plan, as evidenced by a Notice of
Grant.
(ff) "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 3,500,000 which number includes 426,300 Shares that were
previously authorized but unissued under the Company's 1994 Incentive Stock
Option, Non-Qualified Stock Option and Restricted Stock Purchase Plan. The
Shares may be authorized, but unissued, or reacquired Common Stock.
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); provided, however, that Shares that have actually been issued
under the Plan, whether upon exercise of an Option or Right, shall not be
returned to the Plan and shall not become available for future distribution
under the Plan, except that if Shares of Restricted Stock are repurchased by the
Company at their original purchase price, and the original purchaser of such
Shares did not receive any benefits of ownership of such Shares, such Shares
shall become available for future grant under the Plan. For purposes of the
preceding sentence, voting rights shall not be considered a benefit of Share
ownership.
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
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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
a manner complying with the rules under Rule 16b-3 relating to the disinterested
administration of employee benefit plans under which Section 16(b) exempt
discretionary grants and awards of equity securities are to be made, or (B) a
committee designated by the Board to administer the Plan, which committee shall
be constituted to comply with the rules under Rule 16b-3 relating to the
disinterested administration of employee benefit plans under which Section 16(b)
exempt discretionary grants and awards of equity securities are to be made. 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 under Rule 16b-3 relating to the
disinterested administration of employee benefit plans under which Section 16(b)
exempt discretionary grants and awards of equity securities are to be made.
(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:
(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;
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(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 and awards granted pursuant to the Plan;
(ix) to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and
regulations relating to the Plan, including rules and regulations relating to
sub-plans established for the purpose of qualifying for preferred tax treatment
under foreign tax laws;
(x) to modify or amend each Option or Stock Purchase
Right (subject to Section 15(c) of the Plan), including the discretionary
authority to extend the post-termination exercisability period of Options longer
than is otherwise provided for in 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.
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6. Limitations.
(a) Each Option shall be designated in the written option
agreement as either an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonstatutory Stock
Option. However, notwithstanding such designation, to the extent that the
aggregate Fair Market Value of the Shares with respect to which Incentive Stock
Options are exercisable for the first time by the Optionee during any calendar
year (under all plans of the Company and any Parent or Subsidiary) exceeds
$100,000, such 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. The Fair Market Value of the
Shares shall be determined as of the time the Option with respect to such Shares
is granted.
(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 and Stock Purchase Rights to Employees:
(i) No Employee shall be granted, in any fiscal
year of the Company, Options and Stock Purchase Rights to purchase more than
300,000 Shares.
(ii) In connection with his or her initial employment,
an Employee may be granted Options and Stock Purchase Rights to purchase up to
an additional 150,000 Shares which shall not count against the limit set forth
in subsection (i) above.
(iii) The foregoing limitations shall be adjusted
proportionately in connection with any change in the Company's capitalization
as described in Section 13.
(iv) If an Option or Stock Purchase Right is cancelled
in the same fiscal year of the Company in which it was granted (other than in
connection with a transaction described in Section 13), the cancelled Option or
Stock Purchase Right will be counted against the limits set forth in subsections
(i) and (ii) above. For this purpose, if the exercise price of an Option or
Stock Purchase Right is reduced, the transaction will be treated as a
cancellation of the Option or Stock Purchase Right and the grant of a new Option
or Stock Purchase Right.
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 shareholders 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.
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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 other than
an Employee described in paragraph (A) immediately above, 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 shall
determine the acceptable form of consideration at the time of grant. Such
consideration may consist entirely of:
(i) cash;
(ii) check;
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(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) a reduction in the amount of any Company
liability to the Optionee, including any liability attributable to the
Optionee's participation in any Company-sponsored deferred compensation program
or arrangement;
(vii) any combination of the foregoing methods of payment; or
(viii) 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 Shareholder. 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 shareholder 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.
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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.
Upon termination of an Optionee's Continuous Status as an Employee or
Consultant, 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 specified
in the Notice of Grant, 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 absence of a specified time in the Notice of Grant, the Option shall remain
exercisable for three (3) months following the Optionee's termination. In the
case of an Incentive Stock Option, such period of time for exercise shall not
exceed three (3) months from the date of termination. If, on the date of
termination, the Optionee is not entitled to exercise the Optionee's 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.
Notwithstanding the above, in the event of an Optionee's
change in status from Consultant to Employee or Employee to Consultant, an
Optionee's Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant shall not
automatically terminate solely as a result of such change in status. However, in
such event, an Incentive Stock Option held by the Optionee shall cease to be
treated as an Incentive Stock Option and shall be treated for tax purposes as a
Nonstatutory Stock Option three months and one day following such change of
status.
(c) Disability of Optionee. In the event that an Optionee's
Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant terminates as a result of
the Optionee's Disability, the Optionee may exercise his or her Option at any
time within twelve (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 twelve (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
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Option within the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate, and the
Shares covered by such Option shall revert to the Plan.
(e) Rule 16b-3. Options granted to individuals subject to
Section 16 of the Exchange Act ("Insiders") must comply with the applicable
provisions of Rule 16b-3 and shall contain such additional conditions or
restrictions as may be required thereunder to qualify for the maximum exemption
from Section 16 of the Exchange Act with respect to Plan transactions.
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, and the
time within which the offeree must accept such offer, which shall in no event
exceed six (6) 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) Rule 16b-3. Stock Purchase Rights granted to Insiders,
and Shares purchased by Insiders in connection with Stock Purchase Rights, shall
be subject to any restrictions applicable thereto in compliance with Rule 16b-3.
An Insider may only purchase Shares pursuant to the grant of a Stock Purchase
Right, and may only sell Shares purchased pursuant to the grant of a Stock
Purchase Right, during such time or times as are permitted by Rule 16b-3.
(d) 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.
(e) Rights as a Shareholder. Once the Stock Purchase Right
is exercised, the purchaser shall have the rights equivalent to those of a
shareholder, and shall be a shareholder 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
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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.
13. Adjustments Upon Changes in Capitalization, Dissolution, Merger
or Asset Sale.
(a) Changes in Capitalization. Subject to any required action
by the shareholders 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. 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 substituted by the successor
corporation or a Parent or Subsidiary of the successor corporation. In the event
that the successor corporation refuses to assume or substitute for the Option or
Stock Purchase Right, the Optionee shall have the right to exercise the Option
or Stock Purchase Right as to all of the Optioned Stock, including Shares as to
which it would not otherwise be exercisable. If an Option
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or Stock Purchase Right is 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 shall 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 or receive, 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, 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.
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) Shareholder Approval. The Company shall obtain
shareholder 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 shareholder 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.
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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 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
shareholder approval, such Option or Stock Purchase Right shall be void with
respect to such excess Optioned Stock, unless shareholder 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 twelve (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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METACREATIONS CORPORATION
(FORMERLY KNOWN AS METATOOLS, INC.)
1995 STOCK PLAN
STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
Unless otherwise defined herein, the terms defined in the Plan shall
have the same defined meanings in this Option Agreement.
I. NOTICE OF STOCK OPTION GRANT
[Optionee's Name and Address]
You have been granted an option to purchase Common Stock of the Company,
subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Option Agreement, as
follows:
Grant Number _________________________
Date of Grant _________________________
Vesting Commencement Date _________________________
Exercise Price per Share $________________________
Total Number of Shares Granted _________________________
Total Exercise Price $_________________________
Type of Option: ___ Incentive Stock Option
___ Nonstatutory Stock Option
Term/Expiration Date: _________________________
Vesting Schedule:
This Option may be exercised, in whole or in part, in accordance with
the following schedule:
25% of the Shares subject to the Option shall vest twelve months
after the Vesting Commencement Date, and 1/48 of the Shares subject to the
Option shall vest each month thereafter.
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Termination Period:
This Option may be exercised for three months after termination of
the Optionee's employment or consulting relationship with the Company. Upon the
death or Disability of the Optionee, this Option may be exercised for such
longer period as provided in the Plan. In the event of the Optionee's change in
status from Employee to Consultant or Consultant to Employee, this Option
Agreement shall remain in effect. In no event shall this Option be exercised
later than the Term/Expiration Date as provided above.
II. AGREEMENT
1 Grant of Option. The Plan Administrator of the Company hereby
grants to the Optionee named in the Notice of Grant attached as Part I of this
Agreement (the "Optionee") an option (the "Option") to purchase the number of
Shares, as set forth in the Notice of Grant, at the exercise price per share set
forth in the Notice of Grant (the "Exercise Price"), subject to the terms and
conditions of the Plan, which is incorporated herein by reference. Subject to
Section 15(c) of the Plan, in the event of a conflict between the terms and
conditions of the Plan and the terms and conditions of this Option Agreement,
the terms and conditions of the Plan shall prevail.
If designated in the Notice of Grant as an Incentive Stock
Option ("ISO"), this Option is intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option
under Section 422 of the Code. However, if this Option is intended to be an
Incentive Stock Option, to the extent that it exceeds the $100,000 rule of Code
Section 422(d) it shall be treated as a Nonstatutory Stock Option ("NSO"). If
this Option does exceed the $100,000 rule, it shall vest first in any calendar
year as to the ISO portion and then, once the $100,000 limit has been reached,
as to the NSO portion.
2 Exercise of Option.
(a) Right to Exercise. This Option is exercisable during its
term in accordance with the Vesting Schedule set out in the Notice of Grant and
the applicable provisions of the Plan and this Option Agreement. In the event of
Optionee's death, Disability or other termination of Optionee's employment or
consulting relationship, the exercisability of the Option is governed by the
applicable provisions of the Plan and this Option Agreement.
(b) Method of Exercise. This Option is exercisable by
delivery of an exercise notice, in the form attached as Exhibit A (the
"Exercise Notice"), which shall state the election to exercise the Option, the
number of Shares in respect of which the Option is being exercised (the
"Exercised Shares"), and such other representations and agreements as may be
required by the Company pursuant to the provisions of the Plan. The Exercise
Notice shall be signed by the Optionee and shall be delivered in person or by
certified mail to the Secretary of the Company. The Exercise Notice shall be
accompanied by payment of the aggregate Exercise Price as to all Exercised
Shares. This Option shall be deemed to be exercised upon receipt by the Company
of such fully executed Exercise Notice accompanied by such aggregate Exercise
Price.
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No Shares shall be issued pursuant to the exercise of this Option
unless such issuance and exercise complies with all relevant provisions of law
and the requirements of any stock exchange or quotation service upon which the
Shares are then listed. Assuming such compliance, for income tax purposes the
Exercised Shares shall be considered transferred to the Optionee on the date the
Option is exercised with respect to such Exercised Shares.
3 Method of Payment. Payment of the aggregate Exercise Price shall
be by any of the following, or a combination thereof, at the election of the
Optionee:
(a) cash; or
(b) check; or
(c) 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; or
(d) surrender of other Shares which (i) in the case of
Shares acquired upon exercise of an option, have been owned by the Optionee for
more than six (6) months on the date of surrender, AND (ii) have a Fair Market
Value on the date of surrender equal to the aggregate Exercise Price of the
Exercised Shares.
4 Non-Transferability of Option. This Option may not be transferred
in any manner otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent or distribution
and may be exercised during the lifetime of Optionee only by the Optionee. The
terms of the Plan and this Option Agreement shall be binding upon the executors,
administrators, heirs, successors and assigns of the Optionee.
5 Term of Option. This Option may be exercised only within the term
set out in the Notice of Grant, and may be exercised during such term only in
accordance with the Plan and the terms of this Option Agreement.
6 Tax Consequences. Some of the federal and California tax
consequences relating to this Option, as of the date of this Option, are set
forth below. THIS SUMMARY IS NECESSARILY INCOMPLETE, AND THE TAX LAWS AND
REGULATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. THE OPTIONEE SHOULD CONSULT A TAX ADVISER
BEFORE EXERCISING THIS OPTION OR DISPOSING OF THE SHARES.
(a) Exercising the Option.
(i) Nonstatutory Stock Option. The Optionee may incur
regular federal income tax and [state] income tax liability upon exercise of a
NSO. The Optionee will be treated as having received compensation income
(taxable at ordinary income tax rates) equal to the excess,
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if any, of the Fair Market Value of the Exercised Shares on the date of exercise
over their aggregate Exercise Price. If the Optionee is an Employee or a former
Employee, the Company will be required to withhold from his or her compensation
or collect from Optionee and pay to the applicable taxing authorities an amount
in cash equal to a percentage of this compensation income at the time of
exercise, and may refuse to honor the exercise and refuse to deliver Shares if
such withholding amounts are not delivered at the time of exercise.
(ii) Incentive Stock Option. If this Option qualifies as
an ISO, the Optionee will have no regular federal income tax or California
income tax liability upon its exercise, although the excess, if any, of the Fair
Market Value of the Exercised Shares on the date of exercise over their
aggregate Exercise Price will be treated as an adjustment to alternative minimum
taxable income for federal tax purposes and may subject the Optionee to
alternative minimum tax in the year of exercise. In the event that the Optionee
undergoes a change of status from Employee to Consultant, any Incentive Stock
Option of the Optionee that remains unexercised shall cease to qualify as an
Incentive Stock Option and will be treated for tax purposes as a Nonstatutory
Stock Option on the ninety-first (91st) day following such change of status.
(b) Disposition of Shares.
(i) NSO. If the Optionee holds NSO Shares for at least one
year, any gain realized on disposition of the Shares will be treated as
long-term capital gain for federal income tax purposes.
(ii) ISO. If the Optionee holds ISO Shares for at least one year
after exercise and two years after the grant date, any gain realized on
disposition of the Shares will be treated as long-term capital gain for federal
income tax purposes. If the Optionee disposes of ISO Shares within one year
after exercise or two years after the grant date, any gain realized on such
disposition will be treated as compensation income (taxable at ordinary income
rates) to the extent of the excess, if any, of the lesser of (A) the difference
between the Fair Market Value of the Shares acquired on the date of exercise and
the aggregate Exercise Price, or (B) the difference between the sale price of
such Shares and the aggregate Exercise Price.
(c) Notice of Disqualifying Disposition of ISO Shares. If
the Optionee sells or otherwise disposes of any of the Shares acquired
pursuant to an ISO on or before the later of (i) two years after the grant date,
or (ii) one year after the exercise date, the Optionee shall immediately notify
the Company in writing of such disposition. The Optionee agrees that he or she
may be subject to income tax withholding by the Company on the compensation
income recognized from such early disposition of ISO Shares by payment in cash
or out of the current earnings paid to the Optionee.
7 Entire Agreement; Governing Law. The Plan is incorporated herein
by reference. The Plan and this Option Agreement constitute the entire agreement
of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede in their
entirety all prior undertakings and agreements of the Company and Optionee with
respect to the subject matter hereof, and may not be modified
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adversely to the Optionee's interest except by means of a writing signed by the
Company and Optionee. This agreement is governed by California law except for
that body of law pertaining to conflict of laws.
By your signature and the signature of the Company's representative
below, you and the Company agree that this Option is granted under and governed
by the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Option Agreement. Optionee has
reviewed the Plan and this Option Agreement in their entirety, has had an
opportunity to obtain the advice of counsel prior to executing this Option
Agreement and fully understands all provisions of the Plan and Option Agreement.
Optionee hereby agrees to accept as binding, conclusive and final all decisions
or interpretations of the Administrator upon any questions relating to the Plan
and Option Agreement. Optionee further agrees to notify the Company upon any
change in the residence address indicated below.
OPTIONEE: METACREATIONS CORPORATION
____________________________________ By:____________________________________
Signature
____________________________________ Title:_________________________________
Print Name
____________________________________
Residence Address
____________________________________
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METACREATIONS CORPORATION
(FORMERLY KNOWN AS METATOOLS, INC.)
1995 STOCK PLAN
EXERCISE NOTICE
MetaCreations Corporation
Attention: Secretary
1 Exercise of Option. Effective as of today, ________________,
199__, the undersigned ("Purchaser") hereby elects to purchase ______________
shares (the "Shares") of the Common Stock of MetaCreations Corporation (the
"Company") under and pursuant to the 1995 Stock Plan (the "Plan") and the Stock
Option Agreement dated , 19___ (the "Option Agreement"). The purchase price for
the Shares shall be $ , as required by the Option Agreement.
2 Delivery of Payment. Purchaser herewith delivers to the Company
the full purchase price for the Shares.
3 Representations of Purchaser. Purchaser acknowledges that
Purchaser has received, read and understood the Plan and the Option Agreement
and agrees to abide by and be bound by their terms and conditions.
4 Rights as Stockholder. Until the issuance (as evidenced by the
appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer
agent of the Company) of the stock certificate evidencing such Shares, 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.
A share certificate for the number of Shares so acquired shall be issued to the
Optionee as soon as practicable after 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 13 of the
Plan.
5 Tax Consultation. Purchaser understands that Purchaser may suffer
adverse tax consequences as a result of Purchaser's purchase or disposition of
the Shares. Purchaser represents that Purchaser has consulted with any tax
consultants Purchaser deems advisable in connection with the purchase or
disposition of the Shares and that Purchaser is not relying on the Company for
any tax advice.
6 Entire Agreement; Governing Law. The Plan and Option Agreement are
incorporated herein by reference. This Agreement, the Plan and the Option
Agreement constitute the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the
subject matter hereof and supersede in their entirety all prior undertakings and
agreements of the Company and Purchaser with respect to the subject
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matter hereof, and may not be modified adversely to the Purchaser's interest
except by means of a writing signed by the Company and Purchaser. This agreement
is governed by [state] law except for that body of law pertaining to conflict of
laws.
Submitted by: Accepted by:
PURCHASER: METACREATIONS CORPORATION
__________________________________ By: _________________________________
Signature
__________________________________ Its: ________________________________
Print Name
Address:
__________________________________
__________________________________
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EXHIBIT 10.39
METACREATIONS CORPORATION
6303 Carpinteria Avenue
Carpinteria, CA 93013
July 16, 1998
Mr. Gary L. Lauer
27866 Via Corita
Los Altos Hills, CA 94022
RE: METACREATIONS CORPORATION
Dear Gary:
This letter amends the letter agreement dated February 20, 1998 between
you and MetaCreations Corporation (the "Company"). In consideration of your
continued employment with the Company, you and the Company agree to the
following:
1. The Company will offer you a secured loan of up to $1,000,000 to be
provided only on or before February 19, 1999 to assist you with the purchase of
a home in the Santa Barbara area (the "Santa Barbara Residence"). Although the
precise terms of the loan and repayment obligations will be presented to you in
writing, the loan will be due four years from February 20, 1998, at regular
rates (zero interest if the Company is provided with a second mortgage).
2. If, on or before February 19, 1999 and after a "Change of Control"
(as defined in the letter agreement dated February 20, 1998), your employment is
terminated without "cause," your principal duties or authority materially
change, or if you resign because of such "Change of Control," you shall be
entitled to accelerated vesting of 100% of any then unvested portion of any
stock options held by you under the Company's stock option plans. The right to
exercise such additional vested portion of such stock options shall be in
accordance with the terms of the applicable plans.
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Mr. Gary L. Lauer
July 16, 1998
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3. For purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
"Income" shall mean your income from the sale of the Santa Barbara
residence, after deducting reasonable selling commissions and any costs of a
third party hired to consummate the sale as contemplated below.
"Purchase Expense" shall mean the purchase price of the Santa Barbara
Residence, after adding reasonable purchasing commissions.
"Improvement Expense" shall mean the cost of all improvements to the
Santa Barbara Residence within one year of your date of purchase, not to exceed,
in the aggregate, ten percent (10%) of the Purchase Expense.
"Expense" shall mean the sum of the Purchase Expense and the Improvement
Expense.
"Loss" shall mean your Expense minus your Income, if your Expense is
greater than your Income.
"Gain" shall mean your Income minus your Expense, if your Income is
greater than your Expense.
In the event that, on or before February 19, 2002, you sell the Santa
Barbara Residence for a Loss, then the Company will reimburse you for the Loss;
provided, however, that in the event that you propose to undertake a sale of the
Santa Barbara Residence for an amount that would result in a Loss, you and the
Company will transfer control of the sale to an independent third party mutually
agreeable to both you and the Company. In the event that such third party is
able to broker a sale of the Santa Barbara Residence for a Gain, you shall
reimburse the Company for expenses payable to the third party in an amount not
to exceed your Gain.
You also agree to exercise reasonable care in maintaining the Santa
Barbara Residence.
To indicate your acceptance of this amendment, please sign and date this
letter in the space provided below and return it to me. A duplicate original is
enclosed for your records. Nothing in this letter alters the at will nature of
your employment. This letter, the letter agreement dated February 20, 1998, the
agreement relating to proprietary rights between you and
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Mr. Gary L. Lauer
July 16, 1998
Page 3
the Company, and the Company's stock option documents set forth the terms of
your employment with the Company and supersede any prior representations or
agreements, whether written, oral or implied. The terms of this letter may not
be modified or amended except by a written agreement, signed by an officer of
the Company and by you.
Sincerely,
METACREATIONS CORPORATION
---------------------------------------
/s/ Howard Morgan
Howard Morgan
Chairman of the Board
ACCEPTED AND AGREED TO this
16 day of July, 1998
/s/ Gary L. Lauer
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Gary L. Lauer
Enclosures:
Duplicate Original Letter
Letter Agreement dated February 20, 1998
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