As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 4, 1998
Registration No._________________
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
EXOGEN, INC.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 22-3208468
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(State or other jurisdiction (IRS Employer Identification No.)
of incorporation or organization)
10 Constitution Avenue, P.O. Box 6860, Piscataway, New Jersey 08855
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
1995 STOCK OPTION/STOCK ISSUANCE PLAN
EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(Full title of the Plans)
Patrick A. McBrayer
Chief Executive officer and President
EXOGEN, INC.
10 Constitution Avenue, P.O. Box 6860, Piscataway, New Jersey 08855
(Name and address of agent for service)
(732) 981-0990
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Proposed
Title of Maximum Maximum
Securities Amount Offering Aggregate Amount of
to be to be Price Offering Registration
Registered Registered(1) per Share(2) Price(2) Fee
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1995 Stock Option/
Stock Issuance Plan
Options to purchase
Common Stock 600,000 shares N/A N/A N/A
Common Stock,
$0.0001 par value 600,000 shares $4.81 $2,886,000 $ 851.37
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Common Stock,
$0.0001 par value 200,000 shares $4.81 $ 962,000 $ 283.79
Aggregate Filing Fee: $1,135.16
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(1) This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of
Common Stock which become issuable under the 1995 Stock Option/Stock
Issuance Plan and/or Employee Stock Purchase Plan by reason of any
stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar
transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which results
in an increase in the number of the outstanding shares of Common Stock
of Exogen, Inc.
(2) Calculated solely for purposes of this offering under Rule 457(h) of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on the basis of the average of
the high and low selling prices per share of Common Stock of Exogen,
Inc. on April 30, 1998, as reported by the Nasdaq National
Market.
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PART II
Information Required in the Registration Statement
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Exogen, Inc. (the "Registrant") hereby incorporates by
reference into this Registration Statement the following documents previously
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"):
(a) The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended September 30, 1997, filed with the SEC on December
19, 1997;
(b) The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
quarter ended December 31, 1997, filed with the with the SEC
on February 6, 1998; and
(c) The Registrant's Registration Statement No. 26154 on Form 8-A,
and amendments thereto, filed with the SEC on May 26, 1995,
pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities and Exchange Act of
1934 (the "1934 Act") in which there is described the terms,
rights and provisions applicable to the Registrant's
outstanding Common Stock.
All reports and definitive proxy or information statements
filed pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act after the
date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or
which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be
deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement
to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed
document which also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or
supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall
not be deemed, except as so such modified or superseded, to constitute a part of
this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law authorizes a court
to award or a corporation's Board of Directors to grant indemnification to
directors and officers in terms sufficiently broad to permit such
indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities (including
reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the 1933 Act. Articles 8 and
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9 of the Registrant's Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
provide for indemnification of its directors and officers and permissible
indemnification of employees and other agents to the maximum extent permitted by
the Delaware General Corporation Law. The Company has obtained liability
insurance for its officers and directors.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits
Exhibit Number Exhibit
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4 Instruments Defining Rights of Shareholders. Reference is made
to Registrant's Registration Statement No. 26154 on Form 8-A
and amendments thereto which are incorporated herein by
reference pursuant to Item 3(b).
5 Opinion and Consent of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP.
23.1 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP, Independent Accountants.
23.2 Consent of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP is contained in
Exhibit 5.
24 Power of Attorney. Reference is made to page II-4 of this
Registration Statement.
99.1 1995 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan (as amended on November
14, 1997).
99.2* Form of Notice of Grant of Stock Option.
99.3 Form of Stock Option Agreement (Installment Option).
99.4 Form of Addendum to Stock Option Agreement (Limited Stock
Appreciation Right).
99.5* Form of Addendum to Stock Option Agreement (Special Tax
Elections).
99.6* Form of Notice of Grant of Automatic Stock Option (Initial
Grant).
99.7* Form of Notice Of Grant of Automatic Stock Option (Annual
Grant).
99.8 Form of Automatic Stock Option Agreement.
99.9 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (as amended on November 14,
1997).
99.10* Form of Stock Purchase Agreement under the Employee Stock
Purchase Plan.
99.11* Form of Enrollment/Change Form.
99.12* Form of Special Officer Participation Form.
* Exhibits 99.2, 99.5, 99.6, 99.7, 99.10, 99.11 and 99.12 are
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibits 99.2, 99.5, 99.6, 99.7, 99.13,
99.14 and 99.15, respectively, to Registrant's Registration Statement No.
33-94750 on Form S-8, filed with the SEC on July 19, 1995.
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Item 9. Undertakings
A. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: (1) to file,
during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement (i) to include any prospectus required
by Section 10(a)(3) of the 1933 Act, (ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts
or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the
most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this
Registration Statement, and (iii) to include any material information with
respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration
Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration
Statement; provided, however, that clauses (1)(i) and (1)(ii) shall not apply if
the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act that are incorporated by reference
into this Registration Statement; (2) that for the purpose of determining any
liability under the 1933 Act each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein
and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof; and (3) to remove from registration by means
of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which
remain unsold at the termination of the Registrant's 1995 Stock Option/Stock
Issuance Plan and/or Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
B. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
1934 Act that is incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement shall
be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
C. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under
the 1933 Act may be permitted to directors, officers, or controlling persons of
the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
Registrant has been advised that, in the opinion of the SEC, such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act, and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that
it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8, and has duly caused
this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Piscataway, State of New Jersey, on
this 30th day of April, 1998.
EXOGEN, INC.
By: /s/Patrick A. McBrayer
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Patrick A. McBrayer
Chief Executive Officer and President
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
That the undersigned officers and directors of Exogen, Inc., a
Delaware corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint Patrick A. McBrayer and
Richard H. Reisner, and each of them, the lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents
with full power and authority to do any and all acts and things and to execute
any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, and any one of them,
determine may be necessary or advisable or required to enable said corporation
to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules or
regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in
connection with this Registration Statement. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing power and authority, the powers granted include the power and
authority to sign the names of the undersigned officers and directors in the
capacities indicated below to this Registration Statement, to any and all
amendments, both pre-effective and post-effective, and supplements to this
Registration Statement, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as
part of or in conjunction with this Registration Statement or amendments or
supplements thereof, and each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms
that all said attorneys and agents, or any of them, shall do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney may be signed in several counterparts.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this
Power of Attorney as of the date indicated.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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Signatures Title Date
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/s/Patrick A. McBrayer Chief Executive Officer, President, April 30, 1998
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Patrick A. McBrayer (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/Richard H. Reisner Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, April 30, 1998
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Richard H. Reisner (Principal Financial Officer)
/s/John P. Ryaby Director April 30, 1998
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John P. Ryaby
/s/Buzz Benson Director April 30, 1998
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Buzz Benson
/s/Donald J. Lothrop Director April 30, 1998
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Donald J. Lothrop
/s/Terence D. Wall Director April 30, 1998
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Terence D. Wall
/s/David J. Ottensmeyer Director April 30, 1998
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David J. Ottensmeyer
/s/Peter C. Madeja Director April 30, 1998
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Peter C. Madeja
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.
EXHIBITS
TO
FORM S-8
UNDER
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
EXOGEN, INC.
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number Exhibit
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4 Instruments Defining Rights of Shareholders. Reference is made
to Registrant's Registration Statement No. 26154 on Form 8-A
which is incorporated herein by reference pursuant to Item
3(d).
5 Opinion and Consent of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP.
23.1 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP, Independent Auditors.
23.2 Consent of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP is contained in
Exhibit 5.
24 Power of Attorney. Reference is made to page II-4 of this
Registration Statement.
99.1 1995 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan (as amended on November
14, 1997).
99.2* Form of Notice of Grant of Stock Option.
99.3 Form of Stock Option Agreement (Installment Option).
99.4 Form of Addendum to Stock Option Agreement (Limited Stock
Appreciation Right).
99.5* Form of Addendum to Stock Option Agreement (Special Tax
Elections).
99.6* Form of Notice of Grant of Automatic Stock Option (Initial
Grant).
99.7* Form of Notice of Automatic Stock Option (Annual Grant).
99.8 Form of Automatic Stock Option Agreement.
99.9 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (as amended on November 14,
1997).
99.10* Form of Stock Purchase Agreement under the Employee Stock
Purchase Plan.
99.11* Form of Enrollment/Change Form.
99.12* Form of Special Officer Participation Form.
* Exhibits 99.2, 99.5, 99.6, 99.7, 99.10, 99.11 and 99.12 are
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibits 99.2, 99.5, 99.6, 99.7, 99.13,
99.14 and 99.15, respectively, to Registrant's Registration Statement No.
33-94750 on Form S-8, filed with the SEC on July 19, 1995.
EXHIBIT 5
Opinion and Consent of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP
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May 4, 1998
EXOGEN, INC.
10 Constitution Avenue
P.O. Box 6860
Piscataway, New Jersey 08855
Re: Exogen, Inc. (the "Company")
Registration Statement for Registration
of an Aggregate of 800,000 Shares of Common Stock
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We refer to your registration on Form S-8 (the "Registration
Statement") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of (i) 600,000
additional shares of the common stock ("Common Stock") of Exogen, Inc. (the
"Company") issuable under the Company's 1995 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan,
(the "Option Plan") and (ii) 200,000 additional shares of Common Stock issuable
under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Purchase Plan"). We advise you
that, in our opinion, when such shares have been issued and sold pursuant to the
applicable provisions of the Option Plan and the Purchase Plan and in accordance
with the Registration Statement, such shares will be validly issued, fully paid
and non-assessable shares of the Company's Common Stock.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement.
Very truly yours,
/s/BROBECK, PHLEGER & HARRISON LLP
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BROBECK, PHLEGER & HARRISON LLP
EXHIBIT 23.1
Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP, Independent Auditors
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CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTS
As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the
incorporation by reference in this form S-8 registration statement of our report
dated November 3, 1997 (except with respect to the matters discussed in Note 15,
as to which the date is November 4, 1997) included in Exogen, Inc.'s Form 10-K
for the year ended September 30, 1997 and to all references to our firm included
in this registration statement.
/s/ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
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ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
New York, New York
May 4, 1998
EXHIBIT 99.1
1995 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan
(As amended on November 14, 1997)
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EXOGEN, INC.
1995 STOCK OPTION/STOCK ISSUANCE PLAN
(As Amended through November 14, 1997)
ARTICLE ONE
GENERAL PROVISIONS
I. PURPOSE OF THE PLAN
This 1995 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan is intended to
promote the interests of Exogen, Inc., a Delaware corporation, by providing
eligible persons with the opportunity to acquire a proprietary interest, or
otherwise increase their proprietary interest, in the Corporation as an
incentive for them to remain in the service of the Corporation.
Capitalized terms shall have the meanings assigned to such
terms in the attached Appendix.
II. STRUCTURE OF THE PLAN
A. The Plan shall be divided into four separate equity
programs:
(i) the Discretionary Option Grant Program under
which eligible persons may, at the discretion of the Plan
Administrator, be granted options to purchase shares of Common Stock,
(ii) the Salary Investment Option Grant Program under
which eligible employees may elect to have a portion of their base
salary invested each year in options to purchase shares of Common
Stock,
(iii) the Stock Issuance Program under which eligible
persons may, at the discretion of the Plan Administrator, be issued
shares of Common Stock directly, either through the immediate purchase
of such shares or as a bonus for services rendered the Corporation (or
any Parent or Subsidiary), and
(iv) the Automatic Option Grant Program under which
Eligible Directors shall automatically receive option grants at
periodic intervals to purchase shares of Common Stock.
B. The provisions of Articles One and Six shall apply to all
equity programs under the Plan and shall accordingly govern the interests of all
persons under the Plan.
III. ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN
A. The Board shall have authority to administer the
Discretionary Option Grant, Salary Investment Option Grant and Stock Issuance
Programs with respect to Section 16 Insiders. However the Board may, at its sole
discretion, delegate such authority to the Primary Committee.
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B. Administration of the Discretionary Option Grant, Salary
Investment Option Grant and Stock Issuance Programs with respect to all other
persons eligible to participate in those programs may, at the Board's
discretion, be vested in the Primary Committee or a Secondary Committee, or the
Board may retain the power to administer those programs with respect to such
persons.
C. Members of the Primary Committee or any Secondary Committee
shall serve for such period of time as the Board may determine and may be
removed by the Board at any time. The Board may also at any time terminate the
functions of any committee and reassume all powers and authority previously
delegated to such committee.
D. Each Plan Administrator shall, within the scope of its
administrative functions under the Plan, have full power and authority (subject
to the provisions of the Plan) to establish such rules and regulations as it may
deem appropriate for proper administration of the Discretionary Option Grant,
Salary Investment Option Grant and Stock Issuance Programs and to make such
determinations under, and issue such interpretations of, the provisions of such
programs and any outstanding options or stock issuances thereunder as it may
deem necessary or advisable. Decisions of the Plan Administrator within the
scope of its administrative functions under the Plan shall be final and binding
on all parties who have an interest in the Discretionary Option Grant, Salary
Investment Option Grant or Stock Issuance Program under its jurisdiction or any
option or stock issuance thereunder.
E. Service on the Primary Committee or the Secondary Committee
shall constitute service as a Board member, and members of each such committee
shall accordingly be entitled to full indemnification and reimbursement as Board
members for their service on such committee. No member of the Primary Committee
or the Secondary Committee shall be liable for any act or omission made in good
faith with respect to the Plan or any option grants or stock issuances under the
Plan.
F. Administration of the Automatic Option Grant Program shall
be self-executing in accordance with the terms of that program, and no Plan
Administrator shall exercise any discretionary functions with respect to option
grants made thereunder.
IV. ELIGIBILITY
A. The persons eligible to participate in the Discretionary
Option Grant and Stock Issuance Programs are as follows:
(i) Employees,
(ii) non-employee members of the Board or the board
of directors of any Parent or Subsidiary, and
(iii) consultants and other independent advisors who
provide services to the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary).
B. Only Employees shall be eligible to participate in the
Salary Investment Option Grant Program.
C. Each Plan Administrator shall, within the scope of its
administrative jurisdiction under the Plan, have full authority to determine,
(i) with respect to the option grants under the Discretionary Option Grant and
Salary Investment Option Grant Programs, which eligible persons are to receive
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option grants, the time or times when such option grants are to be made, the
number of shares to be covered by each such grant, the status of the granted
option as either an Incentive Option or a Non-Statutory Option, the time or
times at which each option is to become exercisable, the vesting schedule (if
any) applicable to the option shares and the maximum term for which the option
is to remain outstanding and (ii) with respect to stock issuances under the
Stock Issuance Program, which eligible persons are to receive stock issuances,
the time or times when such issuances are to be made, the number of shares to be
issued to each Participant, the vesting schedule (if any) applicable to the
issued shares and the consideration to be paid by the Participant for such
shares.
D. The Plan Administrator shall have the absolute discretion
either to grant options in accordance with the Discretionary Option Grant and/or
Salary Investment Option Grant Program or to effect stock issuances in
accordance with the Stock Issuance Program.
E. The individuals eligible to participate in the Automatic
Option Grant Program shall be those individuals who first become non-employee
Board members after the Effective Date, whether through appointment by the Board
or election by the Corporation's stockholders, and those individuals who
continue to serve as non-employee Board members after the Effective Date. A
non-employee Board member who has previously been in the employ of the
Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) shall not be eligible to receive an
option grant under the Automatic Option Grant Program at the time he or she
first becomes a non-employee Board member, but such individual shall be eligible
to receive periodic option grants under the Automatic Option Grant Program upon
his or her continued service as a non-employee Board member at one or more
Annual Stockholders Meetings.
V. STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN
A. The stock issuable under the Plan shall be shares of
authorized but unissued or reacquired Common Stock, including shares repurchased
by the Corporation on the open market. The maximum number of shares of Common
Stock which may be issued over the term of the Plan shall not exceed 1,350,000
shares. Such authorized share reserve reflects the 1-for-2 reverse stock split
effected prior to the Effective Date and is comprised of (i) the number of
shares which remained available for issuance, as of the Effective Date, under
the Predecessor Plan as last approved by the Corporation's stockholders,
including the shares subject to the outstanding options incorporated into the
Plan and any other shares which would have been available for future option
grants under the Predecessor Plan, (ii) an increase of 500,000 shares authorized
by the Board and approved by the Corporation's stockholders prior to the
Effective Date and (iii) an increase of 600,000 shares authorized by the Board
in November 1997, subject to approval by the Corporation's stockholders at the
1998 Annual Meeting.
B. No one person participating in the Plan may receive
options, separately exercisable stock appreciation rights and direct stock
issuances for more than 300,000 shares of Common Stock per calendar year.
C. Shares of Common Stock subject to outstanding options shall
be available for subsequent issuance under the Plan to the extent (i) the
options (including any options incorporated from the Predecessor Plan) expire or
terminate for any reason prior to exercise in full or (ii) the options are
cancelled in accordance with the cancellation-regrant provisions of Article Two.
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Unvested shares issued under the Plan and subsequently cancelled or repurchased
by the Corporation, at the original exercise or direct issue price paid per
share, pursuant to the Corporation's repurchase rights under the Plan shall be
added back to the number of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under
the Plan and shall accordingly be available for reissuance through one or more
subsequent option grants or direct stock issuances under the Plan. However,
shares subject to any options surrendered in connection with the stock
appreciation right provisions of the Plan shall not be available for reissuance.
In addition, should the exercise price of an option under the Plan (including
any option incorporated from the Predecessor Plan) be paid with shares of Common
Stock or should shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable under the Plan be
withheld by the Corporation in satisfaction of the withholding taxes incurred in
connection with the exercise of an option or the vesting of a stock issuance
under the Plan, then the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance
under the Plan shall be reduced by the gross number of shares for which the
option is exercised or which vest under the stock issuance, and not by the net
number of shares of Common Stock issued to the holder of such option or stock
issuance.
D. Should any change be made to the Common Stock by reason of
any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination of shares,
exchange of shares or other change affecting the outstanding Common Stock as a
class without the Corporation's receipt of consideration, appropriate
adjustments shall be made to (i) the maximum number and/or class of securities
issuable under the Plan, (ii) the number and/or class of securities for which
any one person may be granted options, separately exercisable stock appreciation
rights and direct stock issuances per calendar year, (iii) the number and/or
class of securities for which automatic option grants are to be subsequently
made per Eligible Director under the Automatic Option Grant Program and (iv) the
number and/or class of securities and the exercise price per share in effect
under each outstanding option (including any option incorporated from the
Predecessor Plan) in order to prevent the dilution or enlargement of benefits
thereunder. The adjustments determined by the Plan Administrator shall be final,
binding and conclusive.
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ARTICLE TWO
DISCRETIONARY OPTION GRANT PROGRAM
I. OPTION TERMS
Each option shall be evidenced by one or more documents in the
form approved by the Plan Administrator; provided, however, that each such
document shall comply with the terms specified below. Each document evidencing
an Incentive Option shall, in addition, be subject to the provisions of the Plan
applicable to such options.
A. Exercise Price.
1. The exercise price per share shall be fixed by the
Plan Administrator but shall not be less than the Fair Market Value per share of
Common Stock on the option grant date.
2. The exercise price shall become immediately due
upon exercise of the option and shall, subject to the provisions of Section I of
Article Six and the documents evidencing the option, be payable in one or more
of the forms specified below:
(i) cash or check made payable to the
Corporation,
(ii) shares of Common Stock held for the
requisite period necessary to avoid a charge to the Corporation's
earnings for financial reporting purposes and valued at Fair Market
Value on the Exercise Date, or
(iii) to the extent the option is exercised
for vested shares, through a special sale and remittance procedure
pursuant to which the Optionee shall concurrently provide irrevocable
written instructions to (a) a Corporation-designated brokerage firm to
effect the immediate sale of the purchased shares and remit to the
Corporation, out of the sale proceeds available on the settlement date,
sufficient funds to cover the aggregate exercise price payable for the
purchased shares plus all applicable Federal, state and local income
and employment taxes required to be withheld by the Corporation by
reason of such exercise and (b) the Corporation to deliver the
certificates for the purchased shares directly to such brokerage firm
in order to complete the sale transaction.
Except to the extent such sale and remittance procedure is
utilized, payment of the exercise price for the purchased shares must be made on
the Exercise Date.
B. Exercise and Term of Options. Each option shall be
exercisable at such time or times, during such period and for such number of
shares as shall be determined by the Plan Administrator and set forth in the
documents evidencing the option. However, no option shall have a term in excess
of ten (10) years measured from the option grant date.
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C. Effect of Termination of Service.
1. The following provisions shall govern the exercise
of any options held by the Optionee at the time of cessation of Service or
death:
(i) Any option outstanding at the time of the
Optionee's cessation of Service for any reason shall remain exercisable
for such period of time thereafter as shall be determined by the Plan
Administrator and set forth in the documents evidencing the option, but
no such option shall be exercisable after the expiration of the option
term.
(ii) Any option exercisable in whole or in
part by the Optionee at the time of death may be subsequently exercised
by the personal representative of the Optionee's estate or by the
person or persons to whom the option is transferred pursuant to the
Optionee's will or in accordance with the laws of descent and
distribution.
(iii) During the applicable post-Service
exercise period, the option may not be exercised in the aggregate for
more than the number of vested shares for which the option is
exercisable on the date of the Optionee's cessation of Service. Upon
the expiration of the applicable exercise period or (if earlier) upon
the expiration of the option term, the option shall terminate and cease
to be outstanding for any vested shares for which the option has not
been exercised. However, the option shall, immediately upon the
Optionee's cessation of Service, terminate and cease to be outstanding
to the extent it is not otherwise at that time exercisable for vested
shares.
(iv) Should the Optionee's Service be
terminated for Misconduct, then all outstanding options held by the
Optionee shall terminate immediately and cease to be outstanding.
(v) In the event of an Involuntary Termination
following a Corporate Transaction,the provisions of Section III of this
Article Two shall govern the period for which the outstanding options
are to remain exercisable following the Optionee's cessation of Service
and shall supersede any provisions to the contrary in this Section.
2. The Plan Administrator shall have the discretion,
exercisable either at the time an option is granted or at any time while the
option remains outstanding, to:
(i) extend the period of time for which the
option is to remain exercisable following the Optionee's cessation of
Service from the period otherwise in effect for that option to such
greater period of time as the Plan Administrator shall deem
appropriate, but in no event beyond the expiration of the option term,
and/or
(ii) permit the option to be exercised, during
the applicable post-Service exercise period, not only with respect to
the number of vested shares of Common Stock for which such option is
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exercisable at the time of the Optionee's cessation of Service but also
with respect to one or more additional installments in which the
Optionee would have vested under the option had the Optionee continued
in Service.
D. Stockholder Rights. The holder of an option shall have no
stockholder rights with respect to the shares subject to the option until such
person shall have exercised the option, paid the exercise price and become a
holder of record of the purchased shares.
E. Repurchase Rights. The Plan Administrator shall have the
discretion to grant options which are exercisable for unvested shares of Common
Stock. Should the Optionee cease Service while holding such unvested shares, the
Corporation shall have the right to repurchase, at the exercise price paid per
share, any or all of those unvested shares. The terms upon which such repurchase
right shall be exercisable (including the period and procedure for exercise and
the appropriate vesting schedule for the purchased shares) shall be established
by the Plan Administrator and set forth in the document evidencing such
repurchase right.
F. Limited Transferability of Options. During the lifetime of
the Optionee, Incentive Options shall be exercisable only by the Optionee and
shall not be assignable or transferable other than by will or by the laws of
descent and distribution following the Optionee's death. However, Nonstatutory
Options may, in connection with the Optionee's estate plan, be assigned in whole
or in part during the Optionee's lifetime to one or more members of the
Optionee's immediate family or to a trust established exclusively for one or
more such family members. The assigned portion may only be exercised by the
person or persons who acquire a proprietary interest in the option pursuant to
the assignment. The terms applicable to the assigned portion shall be the same
as those in effect for the option immediately prior to such assignment and shall
be set forth in such documents issued to the assignee as the Plan Administrator
may deem appropriate.
II. INCENTIVE OPTIONS
The terms specified below shall be applicable to all Incentive
Options. Except as modified by the provisions of this Section II, all the
provisions of Articles One, Two and Six shall be applicable to Incentive
Options. Options which are specifically designated as Non-Statutory Options when
issued under the Plan shall not be subject to the terms of this Section II.
A. Eligibility. Incentive Options may only be granted to
Employees.
B. Dollar Limitation. The aggregate Fair Market Value
(determined as of the respective date or dates of grant) of the shares of Common
Stock for which one or more options granted to any Employee under the Plan (or
any other option plan of the Corporation or any Parent or Subsidiary) may for
the first time become exercisable as Incentive Options during any one (1)
calendar year shall not exceed the sum of One Hundred Thousand Dollars
($100,000). To the extent the Employee holds two (2) or more such options which
become exercisable for the first time in the same calendar year, the foregoing
limitation on the exercisability of such options as Incentive Options shall be
applied on the basis of the order in which such options are granted.
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C. 10% Stockholder. If any Employee to whom an Incentive
Option is granted is a 10% Stockholder, then the exercise price per share shall
not be less than one hundred ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value per
share of Common Stock on the option grant date, and the option term shall not
exceed five (5) years measured from the option grant date.
III. CORPORATE TRANSACTION/CHANGE IN CONTROL
A. In the event of any Corporate Transaction, each outstanding
option shall automatically accelerate so that each such option shall,
immediately prior to the effective date of the Corporate Transaction, become
fully exercisable for all of the shares of Common Stock at the time subject to
such option and may be exercised for any or all of those shares as fully-vested
shares of Common Stock. However, an outstanding option shall not so accelerate
if and to the extent: (i) such option is, in connection with the Corporate
Transaction, either to be assumed by the successor corporation (or parent
thereof) or to be replaced with a comparable option to purchase shares of the
capital stock of the successor corporation (or parent thereof), (ii) such option
is to be replaced with a cash incentive program of the successor corporation
which preserves the spread existing on the unvested option shares at the time of
the Corporate Transaction and provides for subsequent payout in accordance with
the same vesting schedule applicable to such option or (iii) the acceleration of
such option is subject to other limitations imposed by the Plan Administrator at
the time of the option grant. The determination of option comparability under
clause (i) above shall be made by the Plan Administrator, and its determination
shall be final, binding and conclusive.
B. All outstanding repurchase rights shall also terminate
automatically, and the shares of Common Stock subject to those terminated rights
shall immediately vest in full, in the event of any Corporate Transaction,
except to the extent: (i) those repurchase rights are to be assigned to the
successor corporation (or parent thereof) in connection with such Corporate
Transaction or (ii) such accelerated vesting is precluded by other limitations
imposed by the Plan Administrator at the time the repurchase right is issued.
C. Immediately following the consummation of the Corporate
Transaction, all outstanding options shall terminate and cease to be
outstanding, except to the extent assumed by the successor corporation (or
parent thereof).
D. Each option which is assumed in connection with a Corporate
Transaction shall be appropriately adjusted, immediately after such Corporate
Transaction, to apply to the number and class of securities which would have
been issuable to the Optionee in consummation of such Corporate Transaction had
the option been exercised immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction.
Appropriate adjustments shall also be made to (i) the number and class of
securities available for issuance under the Plan on both an aggregate and per
individual basis following the consummation of such Corporate Transaction and
(ii) the exercise price payable per share under each outstanding option,
provided the aggregate exercise price payable for such securities shall remain
the same.
E. Any options which are assumed or replaced in the Corporate
Transaction and do not otherwise accelerate at that time shall automatically
accelerate (and any of the Corporation's outstanding repurchase rights which do
not otherwise terminate at the time of the Corporate Transaction shall
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automatically terminate and the shares of Common Stock subject to those
terminated rights shall immediately vest in full) in the event the Optionee's
Service should subsequently terminate by reason of an Involuntary Termination
within eighteen (18) months following the effective date of such Corporate
Transaction. Any options so accelerated shall remain exercisable for
fully-vested shares until the earlier of (i) the expiration of the option term
or (ii) the expiration of the one (1)-year period measured from the effective
date of the Involuntary Termination.
F. Each outstanding option shall automatically accelerate (and
any outstanding repurchase rights shall automatically terminate and the shares
of Common Stock subject to those terminated rights shall immediately vest in
full) in the event the Optionee's Service should terminate by reason of an
Involuntary Termination within eighteen (18) months following the effective date
of a Change in Control. Any options so accelerated shall remain exercisable for
fully-vested shares until the earlier of (i) the expiration of the option term
(ii) the expiration of the one (1)-year period measured from the effective date
of the Involuntary Termination.
G. The portion of any Incentive Option accelerated in
connection with a Corporate Transaction or Change in Control shall remain
exercisable as an Incentive Option only to the extent the applicable One Hundred
Thousand Dollar limitation is not exceeded. To the extent such dollar limitation
is exceeded, the accelerated portion of such option shall be exercisable as a
Non-Statutory Option under the Federal tax laws.
H. The grant of options under the Discretionary Option Grant
Program shall in no way affect the right of the Corporation to adjust,
reclassify, reorganize or otherwise change its capital or business structure or
to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part
of its business or assets.
IV. CANCELLATION AND REGRANT OF OPTIONS
The Plan Administrator shall have the authority to effect, at
any time and from time to time, with the consent of the affected option holders,
the cancellation of any or all outstanding options under the Discretionary
Option Grant Program (including outstanding options incorporated from the
Predecessor Plan) and to grant in substitution new options covering the same or
different number of shares of Common Stock but with an exercise price per share
based on the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the new option grant
date.
V. STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS
A. The Plan Administrator shall have full power and authority
to grant to selected Optionees tandem stock appreciation rights and/or limited
stock appreciation rights.
B. The following terms shall govern the grant and exercise of
tandem stock appreciation rights:
(i) One or more Optionees may be granted the
right, exercisable upon such terms as the Plan Administrator may
establish, to elect between the exercise of the underlying option for
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shares of Common Stock and the surrender of that option in exchange for
a distribution from the Corporation in an amount equal to the excess of
(a) the Fair Market Value (on the option surrender date) of the number
of shares in which the Optionee is at the time vested under the
surrendered option (or surrendered portion thereof) over (b) the
aggregate exercise price payable for such shares.
(ii) No such option surrender shall be
effective unless it is approved by the Plan Administrator. If the
surrender is so approved, then the distribution to which the Optionee
shall be entitled may be made in shares of Common Stock valued at Fair
Market Value on the option surrender date, in cash, or partly in shares
and partly in cash, as the Plan Administrator shall in its sole
discretion deem appropriate.
(iii) If the surrender of an option is
rejected by the Plan Administrator, then the Optionee shall retain
whatever rights the Optionee had under the surrendered option (or
surrendered portion thereof) on the option surrender date and may
exercise such rights at any time prior to the later of (a) five (5)
business days after the receipt of the rejection notice or (b) the last
day on which the option is otherwise exercisable in accordance with the
terms of the documents evidencing such option, but in no event may such
rights be exercised more than ten (10) years after the option grant
date.
C. The following terms shall govern the grant and exercise of
limited stock appreciation rights:
(i) One or more Section 16 Insiders may be
granted limited stock appreciation rights with respect to their
outstanding options.
(ii) Upon the occurrence of a Hostile
Take-Over, each such individual holding one or more options with such a
limited stock appreciation right shall have the unconditional right
(exercisable for a thirty (30)-day period following such Hostile
Take-Over) to surrender each such option to the Corporation, to the
extent the option is at the time exercisable for vested shares of
Common Stock. In return for the surrendered option, the Optionee shall
receive a cash distribution from the Corporation in an amount equal to
the excess of (a) the Take-Over Price of the shares of Common Stock
which are at the time vested under each surrendered option (or
surrendered portion thereof) over (b) the aggregate exercise price
payable for such shares. Such cash distribution shall be paid within
five (5) days following the option surrender date.
(iii) The Plan Administrator shall
pre-approve, at the time the limited right is granted, the subsequent
exercise of that right in accordance with the terms of the grant and
the provisions of this Section V. No additional approval of the Plan
Administrator shall be required at the time of the actual option
surrender and cash distribution.
(iv) The balance of the option (if any) shall
continue in full force and effect in accordance with the documents
evidencing such option.
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ARTICLE THREE
SALARY INVESTMENT OPTION GRANT PROGRAM
I. OPTION GRANTS
The Primary Committee shall have the sole and exclusive
authority to determine the calendar year or years (if any) for which the Salary
Investment Option Program is to be in effect and to select the Employees
eligible to participate in the Salary Investment Option Grant Program for such
calendar year or years. Each selected Employee who elects to participate in the
Salary Investment Option Grant Program must, prior to the start of each calendar
year of participation, file with the Plan Administrator (or its designate) an
irrevocable authorization directing the Corporation to reduce his or her base
salary for that calendar year by a designated multiple of one percent (1%).
However, the amount of such salary reduction must be not less than Five Thousand
Dollars ($5,000.00) and must not be more than the lesser of (i) twenty percent
(20%) of his or her rate of base salary for the calendar year or (ii) Twenty
Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00). Each individual who files a proper salary
reduction authorization shall automatically be granted an option under this
Salary Investment Option Grant Program on the first trading day in January of
the calendar year for which that salary reduction is to be in effect.
II. OPTION TERMS
Each option shall be a Non-Statutory Option evidenced by one
or more documents in the form approved by the Plan Administrator; provided,
however, that each such document shall comply with the terms specified below.
A. Exercise Price.
1. The exercise price per share shall be thirty-three
and one-third percent (33-1/3%) of the Fair Market Value per share of Common
Stock on the option grant date.
2. The exercise price shall become immediately due
upon exercise of the option and shall be payable in one or more of the
alternative forms authorized under the Discretionary Option Grant Program.
Except to the extent the sale and remittance procedure specified thereunder is
utilized, payment of the exercise price for the purchased shares must be made on
the Exercise Date.
B. Number of Option Shares. The number of shares of Common
Stock subject to the option shall be determined pursuant to the following
formula (rounded down to the nearest whole number):
X = A / (B x 66-2/3%), where
X is the number of option shares,
A is the dollar amount of the Optionee's base salary
reduction for the calendar year, and
B is the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock
on the option grant date.
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C. Exercise and Term of Options. The option shall become
exercisable in a series of twelve (12) successive equal monthly installments
upon the Optionee's completion of each calendar month of Service in the calendar
year for which the salary reduction is in effect. Each option shall have a
maximum term of ten (10) years measured from the option grant date.
D. Effect of Termination of Service. Should the Optionee cease
Service for any reason while holding one or more options under this Article
Three, then each such option shall remain exercisable, for any or all of the
shares for which the option is exercisable at the time of such cessation of
Service, until the earlier of (i) the expiration of the ten (10)-year option
term or (ii) the expiration of the two (2)-year period measured from the date of
such cessation of Service. Should the Optionee die while holding one or more
options under this Article Three, then each such option may be exercised, for
any or all of the shares for which the option is exercisable at the time of the
Optionee's cessation of Service (less any shares subsequently purchased by the
Optionee prior to death), by the personal representative of the Optionee's
estate or by the person or persons to whom the option is transferred pursuant to
the Optionee's will or in accordance with the laws of descent and distribution.
Such right of exercise shall lapse, and the option shall terminate, upon the
earlier of (i) the expiration of the ten (10)-year option term or (ii) the two
(2)-year period measured from the date of the Optionee's cessation of Service.
However, the option shall, immediately upon the Optionee's cessation of Service
for any reason, terminate and cease to remain outstanding with respect to any
and all shares of Common Stock for which the option is not otherwise at that
time exercisable.
III. CORPORATE TRANSACTION/CHANGE IN CONTROL
A. In the event of any Corporate Transaction while the
Optionee remains in Service, each outstanding option held by such Optionee under
this Salary Investment Option Grant Program shall automatically accelerate so
that each such option shall, immediately prior to the effective date of the
Corporate Transaction, become fully exercisable for all of the shares of Common
Stock at the time subject to such option and may be exercised for any or all of
those shares as fully-vested shares of Common Stock. Each such outstanding
option shall be assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) in the
Corporate Transaction and shall remain exercisable for the fully-vested shares
until the earlier of (i) the expiration of the option term or (ii) the
expiration of the two (2)-year period measured from the date of Optionee's
cessation of Service.
B. In the event of a Change in Control while the Optionee
remains in Service, each outstanding option held by such Optionee under this
Salary Investment Option Grant Program shall automatically accelerate so that
each such option shall immediately become fully exercisable for all of the
shares of Common Stock at the time subject to such option and may be exercised
for any or all of such shares as fully-vested shares of Common Stock. The option
shall remain so exercisable until the earlier of (i) the expiration of the
option term or (ii) the expiration of the two (2)-year period measured from the
date of Optionee's cessation of Service.
C. The grant of options under the Salary Investment Option
Grant Program shall in no way affect the right of the Corporation to adjust,
reclassify, reorganize or otherwise change its capital or business structure or
to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part
of its business or assets.
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III. REMAINING TERMS
The remaining terms of each option granted under the Salary
Investment Option Grant Program shall be the same as the terms in effect for
option grants made under the Discretionary Option Grant Program.
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ARTICLE FOUR
STOCK ISSUANCE PROGRAM
I. STOCK ISSUANCE TERMS
Shares of Common Stock may be issued under the Stock Issuance
Program through direct and immediate issuances without any intervening option
grants. Each such stock issuance shall be evidenced by a Stock Issuance
Agreement which complies with the terms specified below.
A. Purchase Price.
1. The purchase price per share shall be fixed by the
Plan Administrator, but shall not be less than the Fair Market Value per share
of Common Stock on the stock issuance date.
2. Subject to the provisions of Section I of Article
Six shares of Common Stock may be issued under the Stock Issuance Program for
any of the following items of consideration which the Plan Administrator may
deem appropriate in each individual instance:
(i) cash or check made payable to the
Corporation, or
(ii) past services rendered to the Corporation
(or any Parent or Subsidiary).
B. Vesting Provisions.
1. Shares of Common Stock issued under the Stock
Issuance Program may, in the discretion of the Plan Administrator, be fully and
immediately vested upon issuance or may vest in one or more installments over
the Participant's period of Service or upon attainment of specified performance
objectives. The elements of the vesting schedule applicable to any unvested
shares of Common Stock issued under the Stock Issuance Program, namely:
(i) the Service period to be completed by the
Participant or the performance objectives to be attained,
(ii) the number of installments in which the
shares are to vest,
(iii) the interval or intervals (if any) which
are to lapse between installments, and
(iv) the effect which death, Permanent
Disability or other event designated by the Plan Administrator is to
have upon the vesting schedule,
shall be determined by the Plan Administrator and incorporated into the Stock
Issuance Agreement.
2. Any new, substituted or additional securities or
other property (including money paid other than as a regular cash dividend)
which the Participant may have the right to receive with respect to the
Participant's unvested shares of Common Stock by reason of any stock dividend,
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stock split, recapitalization, combination of shares, exchange of shares or
other change affecting the outstanding Common Stock as a class without the
Corporation's receipt of consideration shall be issued subject to (i) the same
vesting requirements applicable to the Participant's unvested shares of Common
Stock and (ii) such escrow arrangements as the Plan Administrator shall deem
appropriate.
3. The Participant shall have full stockholder rights
with respect to any shares of Common Stock issued to the Participant under the
Stock Issuance Program, whether or not the Participant's interest in those
shares is vested. Accordingly, the Participant shall have the right to vote such
shares and to receive any regular cash dividends paid on such shares.
4. Should the Participant cease to remain in Service
while holding one or more unvested shares of Common Stock issued under the Stock
Issuance Program or should the performance objectives not be attained with
respect to one or more such unvested shares of Common Stock, then those shares
shall be immediately surrendered to the Corporation for cancellation, and the
Participant shall have no further stockholder rights with respect to those
shares. To the extent the surrendered shares were previously issued to the
Participant for consideration paid in cash or cash equivalent (including the
Participant's purchase-money indebtedness), the Corporation shall repay to the
Participant the cash consideration paid for the surrendered shares and shall
cancel the unpaid principal balance of any outstanding purchase-money note of
the Participant attributable to such surrendered shares.
5. The Plan Administrator may in its discretion waive
the surrender and cancellation of one or more unvested shares of Common Stock
(or other assets attributable thereto) which would otherwise occur upon the
cessation of the Participant's Service or the non-completion of the vesting
schedule applicable to such shares. Such waiver shall result in the immediate
vesting of the Participant's interest in the shares of Common Stock as to which
the waiver applies. Such waiver may be effected at any time, whether before or
after the Participant's cessation of Service or the attainment or non-attainment
of the applicable performance objectives.
II. CORPORATE TRANSACTION/CHANGE IN CONTROL
A. All of the outstanding repurchase rights under the Stock
Issuance Program shall terminate automatically, and all the shares of Common
Stock subject to those terminated rights shall immediately vest in full, in the
event of any Corporate Transaction, except to the extent (i) those repurchase
rights are assigned to the successor corporation (or parent thereof) in
connection with such Corporate Transaction or (ii) such accelerated vesting is
precluded by other limitations imposed in the Stock Issuance Agreement.
B. Any repurchase rights that are assigned in the Corporate
Transaction shall automatically terminate, and all the shares of Common Stock
subject to those terminated rights shall immediately vest in full, in the event
the Participant's Service should subsequently terminate by reason of an
Involuntary Termination within eighteen (18) months following the effective date
of such Corporate Transaction.
C. All of the outstanding repurchase rights under the Stock
Issuance Program shall terminate automatically, and all the shares of Common
Stock subject to those terminated rights shall immediately vest in full, in the
event the Optionee's service should terminate by reason of an Involuntary
Termination within eighteen (18) months following the effective date of a Change
in Control.
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III. SHARE ESCROW/LEGENDS
Unvested shares may, in the Plan Administrator's discretion,
be held in escrow by the Corporation until the Participant's interest in such
shares vests or may be issued directly to the Participant with restrictive
legends on the certificates evidencing those unvested shares.
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ARTICLE FIVE
AUTOMATIC OPTION GRANT PROGRAM
I. OPTION TERMS
A. Grant Dates. Option grants shall be made on the dates
specified below:
1. Each Eligible Director who is first elected or
appointed as a non-employee Board member after the Effective Date shall
automatically be granted, on the date of such initial election or appointment, a
Non-Statutory Option to purchase 7,500 shares of Common Stock.
2. On the date of each Annual Stockholders Meeting,
beginning with the 1996 Annual Meeting, each individual who is to continue to
serve as an Eligible Director shall automatically be granted a Non-Statutory
Option to purchase an additional 1,250 shares of Common Stock, provided such
individual has served as a non-employee Board member for at least six (6)
months. There shall be no limit on the number of such 1,250-share option grants
any one Eligible Director may receive over his or her period of Board service.
B. Exercise Price.
1. The exercise price per share shall be equal to one
hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the
option grant date.
2. The exercise price shall be payable in one or more
of the alternative forms authorized under the Discretionary Option Grant
Program. Except to the extent the sale and remittance procedure specified
thereunder is utilized, payment of the exercise price for the purchased shares
must be made on the Exercise Date.
C. Option Term. Each option shall have a term of ten (10)
years measured from the option grant date.
D. Exercise and Vesting of Options. Each option shall be
immediately exercisable for any or all of the option shares. However, any shares
purchased under the option shall be subject to repurchase by the Corporation, at
the exercise price paid per share, upon the Optionee's cessation of Board
service prior to vesting in those shares. Each initial grant shall vest, and the
Corporation's repurchase right shall lapse, in a series of four (4) equal and
successive annual installments over the Optionee's period of continued service
as a Board member, with the first such installment to vest upon the Optionee's
completion of one (1) year of Board service measured from the option grant date.
Each annual grant shall vest, and the Corporation's repurchase right shall
lapse, upon the Optionee's completion of one (1) year of Board service measured
from the option grant date.
E. Effect of Termination of Board Service. The following
provisions shall govern the exercise of any options held by the Optionee at the
time the Optionee ceases to serve as a Board member:
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(i) Should the Optionee cease to serve as a
Board member for any reason (other than death or Permanent Disability),
then the Optionee shall have a six (6)-month period following the date
of such cessation of Board service in which to exercise each such
option.
(ii) Should the Optionee die while the option
is outstanding, then the personal representative of the Optionee's
estate or the person or persons to whom the option is transferred
pursuant to the Optionee's will or in accordance with the laws of
descent and distribution shall have a twelve (12)- month period
following the date of the Optionee's cessation of Board service in
which to exercise each such option.
(iii) During the limited post-service exercise
period, the option may not be exercised in the aggregate for more than
the number of vested shares for which the option is exercisable at the
time of the Optionee's cessation of Board service.
(iv) Should the Optionee cease to serve as a
Board member by reason of death or Permanent Disability, then all
shares at the time subject to the option shall immediately vest so that
such option may, during the twelve (12)-month exercise period following
the Optionee's death or Permanent Disability, be exercised for all or
any portion of such shares as fully-vested shares of Common Stock.
(v) In no event shall the option remain
exercisable after the expiration of the option term. Upon the
expiration of the limited post-service exercise period or (if earlier)
upon the expiration of the option term, the option shall terminate and
cease to be outstanding for any vested shares for which the option has
not been exercised. However, the option shall, immediately upon the
Optionee's cessation of Board service, terminate and cease to be
outstanding to the extent it is not otherwise at that time exercisable
for vested shares.
II. CORPORATE TRANSACTION/CHANGE IN CONTROL/HOSTILE TAKE-OVER
A. In the event of any Corporate Transaction, the shares of
Common Stock at the time subject to each outstanding option but not otherwise
vested shall automatically vest in full so that each such option shall,
immediately prior to the effective date of the Corporate Transaction, become
fully exercisable for all of the shares of Common Stock at the time subject to
such option and may be exercised for all or any portion of such shares as
fully-vested shares of Common Stock. Immediately following the consummation of
the Corporate Transaction, each automatic option grant shall terminate and cease
to be outstanding, except to the extent assumed by the successor corporation (or
parent thereof).
B. In connection with any Change in Control, the shares of
Common Stock at the time subject to each outstanding option but not otherwise
vested shall automatically vest in full so that each such option shall,
immediately prior to the effective date of the Change in Control, become fully
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exercisable for all of the shares of Common Stock at the time subject to such
option and may be exercised for all or any portion of such shares as
fully-vested shares of Common Stock. Each such option shall remain exercisable
for such fully-vested option shares until the expiration or sooner termination
of the option term or the surrender of the option in connection with a Hostile
Take-Over.
C. Upon the occurrence of a Hostile Take-Over, the Optionee
shall have a thirty (30)-day period in which to surrender to the Corporation
each automatic option held by him or her. The Optionee shall in return be
entitled to a cash distribution from the Corporation in an amount equal to the
excess of (i) the Take-Over Price of the shares of Common Stock at the time
subject to the surrendered option (whether or not the Optionee is otherwise at
the time vested in those shares) over (ii) the aggregate exercise price payable
for such shares. Such cash distribution shall be paid within five (5) days
following the surrender of the option to the Corporation. Stockholder approval
of the amendments to the Plan at the 1998 Annual Meeting shall constitute
preapproval of the grant of each such option surrender right under this
Automatic Option Grant Program and the subsequent exercise of that right in
accordance with the terms and provisions of this Section II.C. No additional
approval or consent of the Plan Administrator shall be required at the time of
the actual option surrender and cash distribution.
D. Each option which is assumed in connection with a Corporate
Transaction shall be appropriately adjusted, immediately after such Corporate
Transaction, to apply to the number and class of securities which would have
been issuable to the Optionee in consummation of such Corporate Transaction had
the option been exercised immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction.
Appropriate adjustments shall also be made to the exercise price payable per
share under each outstanding option, provided the aggregate exercise price
payable for such securities shall remain the same.
E. The grant of options under the Automatic Option Grant
Program shall in no way affect the right of the Corporation to adjust,
reclassify, reorganize or otherwise change its capital or business structure or
to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part
of its business or assets.
III. REMAINING TERMS
The remaining terms of each option granted under the Automatic
Option Grant Program shall be the same as the terms in effect for option grants
made under the Discretionary Option Grant Program.
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ARTICLE SIX
MISCELLANEOUS
I. FINANCING
A. The Plan Administrator may permit any Optionee or
Participant to pay the option exercise price under the Discretionary Option
Grant Program or the purchase price for shares issued under the Stock Issuance
Program by delivering a promissory note payable in one or more installments. The
terms of any such promissory note (including the interest rate and the terms of
repayment) shall be established by the Plan Administrator in its sole
discretion. Promissory notes may be authorized with or without security or
collateral. In no event may the maximum credit available to the Optionee or
Participant exceed the sum of (i) the aggregate option exercise price or
purchase price payable for the purchased shares plus (ii) any Federal, state and
local income and employment tax liability incurred by the Optionee or the
Participant in connection with the option exercise or share purchase.
B. The Plan Administrator may, in its discretion, determine
that one or more such promissory notes shall be subject to forgiveness by the
Corporation in whole or in part upon such terms as the Plan Administrator may
deem appropriate.
II. TAX WITHHOLDING
A. The Corporation's obligation to deliver shares of Common
Stock upon the exercise of options or stock appreciation rights or upon the
issuance or vesting of such shares under the Plan shall be subject to the
satisfaction of all applicable Federal, state and local income and employment
tax withholding requirements.
B. The Plan Administrator may, in its discretion, provide any
or all holders of Non-Statutory Options or unvested shares of Common Stock under
the Plan (other than the options granted or the shares issued under the
Automatic Option Grant Program) with the right to use shares of Common Stock in
satisfaction of all or part of the Taxes incurred by such holders in connection
with the exercise of their options or the vesting of their shares. Such right
may be provided to any such holder in either or both of the following formats:
(i) Stock Withholding: The election to have
the Corporation withhold, from the shares of Common Stock otherwise
issuable upon the exercise of such Non-Statutory Option or the vesting
of such shares, a portion of those shares with an aggregate Fair Market
Value equal to the percentage of the Taxes (not to exceed one hundred
percent (100%)) designated by the holder.
(ii) Stock Delivery: The election to deliver
to the Corporation, at the time the Non-Statutory Option is exercised
or the shares vest, one or more shares of Common Stock previously
acquired by such holder (other than in connection with the option
exercise or share vesting triggering the Taxes) with an aggregate Fair
Market Value equal to the percentage of the Taxes (not to exceed one
hundred percent (100%)) designated by the holder.
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III. EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM OF PLAN
A. The Plan was adopted by the Board on May 25, 1995 and was
subsequently approved by the Corporation's stockholders. The Plan became
effective on the Effective Date.
B. On November 14, 1997 the Board adopted a series of
amendments to the Plan which (i) increased the number of shares of Common Stock
reserved for issuance over the term of the Plan by an additional 600,000 shares,
(ii) rendered all non-employee Board members eligible to receive option grants
and direct stock issuances under the Discretionary Option Grant and Stock
Issuance Programs, (iii) allowed unvested shares issued under the Plan and
subsequently repurchased by the Corporation at the option exercise price or
direct issue price paid per share to be reissued under the Plan, (iv) removed
certain restrictions on the eligibility of non-employee Board members to serve
as Plan Administrator, and (v) effected a series of additional changes to the
provisions of the Plan (including the stockholder approval requirements) in
order to take advantage of the 1996 amendments to Rule 16b-3 of the 1934 Act
which exempts certain officer and director transactions under the Plan from the
short-swing liability provisions of the federal securities laws. The amendments
listed above are subject to stockholder approval at the 1998 Annual Meeting. In
addition to such amendments, the Board, without the need for stockholder
approval, amended the Plan to (i) allow the Board or the Primary Committee to
administer the Plan with respect to Section 16 Insiders, (ii) allow
Non-Statutory Options to be transferred in limited circumstances and (iii)
eliminiate the six (6)-month holding requirement for limited stock appreciation
rights. Should the required stockholder approval of the November 1997 amendments
not be obtained, then the amendments to the Plan which required such stockholder
approval shall have no force and effect and any options granted on the basis of
the 600,000-share increase shall terminate and cease to remain outstanding
without ever becoming exercisable for those shares, and no further option grants
shall be made on the basis of such increase. The provisions of the Plan as in
effect immediately prior to the November 1997 amendments requiring shareholder
approval shall automatically be reinstated, and option grants and share
issuances may thereafter continue to be made pursuant to the reinstated
provisions of the Plan.
C. The Plan shall serve as the successor to the Predecessor
Plan, and no further option grants shall be made under the Predecessor Plan
after the Effective Date. All options outstanding under the Predecessor Plan on
such date shall, immediately upon approval of the Plan by the Corporations's
stockholders, be incorporated into the Plan and treated as outstanding options
under the Plan. However, each outstanding option so incorporated shall continue
to be governed solely by the terms of the documents evidencing such option, and
no provision of the Plan shall be deemed to affect or otherwise modify the
rights or obligations of the holders of such incorporated options with respect
to their acquisition of shares of Common Stock.
D. One or more provisions of the Plan, including (without
limitation) the option/vesting acceleration provisions of Article Two applicable
to Corporate Transactions and Changes in Control, may, in the Plan
Administrator's discretion, be extended to one or more options incorporated from
the Predecessor Plan which do not otherwise contain such provisions.
E. The Plan shall terminate upon the earliest of (i) April 30,
2005, (ii) the date on which all shares available for issuance under the Plan
shall have been issued pursuant to the exercise of the options or the issuance
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of shares (whether vested or unvested) under the Plan or (iii) the termination
of all outstanding options in connection with a Corporate Transaction. Upon a
clause (i) termination, all options and unvested stock issuances outstanding on
such date shall thereafter continue to have force and effect in accordance with
the provisions of the documents evidencing such options or issuances.
IV. AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN
A. The Board shall have complete and exclusive power and
authority to amend or modify the Plan in any or all respects. However, no such
amendment or modification shall adversely affect the rights and obligations with
respect to options, stock appreciation rights or unvested stock issuances at the
time outstanding under the Plan unless the Optionee or the Participant consents
to such amendment or modification. In addition, certain amendments may require
stockholder approval pursuant to applicable laws and regulations.
B. Options to purchase shares of Common Stock may be granted
under the Discretionary Option Grant and Salary Investment Option Grant Programs
and shares of Common Stock may be issued under the Stock Issuance Program that
are in each instance in excess of the number of shares then available for
issuance under the Plan, provided any excess shares actually issued under those
programs are held in escrow until there is obtained stockholder approval of an
amendment sufficiently increasing the number of shares of Common Stock available
for issuance under the Plan. If such stockholder approval is not obtained within
twelve (12) months after the date the first such excess issuances are made, then
(i) any unexercised options granted on the basis of such excess shares shall
terminate and cease to be outstanding and (ii) the Corporation shall promptly
refund to the Optionees and the Participants the exercise or purchase price paid
for any excess shares issued under the Plan and held in escrow, together with
interest (at the applicable Short Term Federal Rate) for the period the shares
were held in escrow, and such shares shall thereupon be automatically cancelled
and cease to be outstanding.
V. USE OF PROCEEDS
Any cash proceeds received by the Corporation from the sale of
shares of Common Stock under the Plan shall be used for general corporate
purposes.
VI. REGULATORY APPROVALS
A. The implementation of the Plan, the granting of any option
or stock appreciation right under the Plan and the issuance of any shares of
Common Stock (i) upon the exercise of any option or stock appreciation right or
(ii) under the Stock Issuance Program shall be subject to the Corporation's
procurement of all approvals and permits required by regulatory authorities
having jurisdiction over the Plan, the options and stock appreciation rights
granted under it and the shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to it.
B. No shares of Common Stock or other assets shall be issued
or delivered under the Plan unless and until there shall have been compliance
with all applicable requirements of Federal and state securities laws, including
the filing and effectiveness of the Form S-8 registration statement for the
shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan, and all applicable listing
requirements of any stock exchange (or the Nasdaq National Market, if
applicable) on which Common Stock is then listed for trading.
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VII. NO EMPLOYMENT/SERVICE RIGHTS
Nothing in the Plan shall confer upon the Optionee or the
Participant any right to continue in Service for any period of specific duration
or interfere with or otherwise restrict in any way the rights of the Corporation
(or any Parent or Subsidiary employing or retaining such person) or of the
Optionee or the Participant, which rights are hereby expressly reserved by each,
to terminate such person's Service at any time for any reason, with or without
cause.
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APPENDIX
The following definitions shall be in effect under the Plan:
A. Automatic Option Grant Program shall mean the automatic option grant
program in effect under the Plan.
B. Board shall mean the Corporation's Board of Directors.
C. Change in Control shall mean a change in ownership or control of the
Corporation effected through either of the following transactions:
(i) the acquisition, directly or indirectly, by any
person or related group of persons (other than the Corporation or a
person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is
under common control with, the Corporation), of beneficial ownership
(within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the 1934 Act) of securities
possessing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting
power of the Corporation's outstanding securities pursuant to a tender
or exchange offer made directly to the Corporation's stockholders which
the Board does not recommend such stockholders to accept, or
(ii) a change in the composition of the Board over a
period of thirty-six (36) consecutive months or less such that a
majority of the Board members ceases, by reason of one or more
contested elections for Board membership, to be comprised of
individuals who either (A) have been Board members continuously since
the beginning of such period or (B) have been elected or nominated for
election as Board members during such period by at least a majority of
the Board members described in clause (A) who were still in office at
the time the Board approved such election or nomination.
D. Code shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
E. Common Stock shall mean the Corporation's common stock.
F. Corporate Transaction shall mean either of the following
stockholder-approved transactions to which the Corporation is a party:
(i) a merger or consolidation in which securities
possessing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting
power of the Corporation's outstanding securities are transferred to a
person or persons different from the persons holding those immediately
prior to such transaction; or
(ii) the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the Corporation's assets in complete liquidation
or dissolution of the Corporation.
G. Corporation shall mean Exogen, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
H. Discretionary Option Grant Program shall mean the discretionary
option grant program in effect under the Plan.
I. Effective Date shall mean the date on which the Underwriting
Agreement is executed and the initial public offering price of the Common Stock
is established.
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J. Eligible Director shall mean a non-employee Board member eligible to
participate in the Automatic Option Grant Program in accordance with the
eligibility provisions of Article One.
K. Employee shall mean an individual who is in the employ of the
Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), subject to the control and direction
of the employer entity as to both the work to be performed and the manner and
method of performance.
L. Exercise Date shall mean the date on which the Corporation shall
have received written notice of the option exercise.
M. Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on any relevant date
shall be determined in accordance with the following provisions:
(i) If the Common Stock is at the time traded on the
Nasdaq National Market, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing
selling price per share of Common Stock on the date in question, as
such price is reported by the National Association of Securities
Dealers on the Nasdaq National Market or any successor system. If there
is no closing selling price for the Common Stock on the date in
question, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price
on the last preceding date for which such quotation exists.
(ii) If the Common Stock is at the time listed on any
Stock Exchange, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling
price per share of Common Stock on the date in question on the Stock
Exchange determined by the Plan Administrator to be the primary market
for the Common Stock, as such price is officially quoted in the
composite tape of transactions on such exchange. If there is no closing
selling price for the Common Stock on the date in question, then the
Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price on the last
preceding date for which such quotation exists.
(iii) For purposes of option grants made on the Effective
Date, the Fair Market Value shall be deemed to be equal to the initial
public offering price per share at which the Common Stock is to be sold
pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement.
N. Hostile Take-Over shall mean the acquisition, directly or
indirectly, by any person or related group of persons (other than the
Corporation or a person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by,
or is under common control with, the Corporation) of beneficial ownership
(within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the 1934 Act) of securities possessing more
than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the Corporation's
outstanding securities pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made directly to
the Corporation's stockholders which the Board does not recommend such
stockholders to accept.
O. Incentive Option shall mean an option which satisfies the
requirements of Code Section 422.
P. Involuntary Termination shall mean the termination of the Service of
any individual which occurs by reason of:
(i) such individual's involuntary dismissal or
discharge by the Corporation for reasons other than Misconduct, or
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(ii) such individual's voluntary resignation following
(A) a change in his or her position with the Corporation which
materially reduces his or her level of responsibility, (B) a reduction
in his or her level of compensation (including base salary, fringe
benefits and participation in corporate-performance based bonus or
incentive programs) by more than fifteen percent (15%) or (C) a
relocation of such individual's place of employment by more than fifty
(50) miles, provided and only if such change, reduction or relocation
is effected by the Corporation without the individual's consent.
Q. Misconduct shall mean the commission of any act of fraud,
embezzlement or dishonesty by the Optionee or Participant, any unauthorized use
or disclosure by such person of confidential information or trade secrets of the
Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), or any other intentional misconduct
by such person adversely affecting the business or affairs of the Corporation
(or any Parent or Subsidiary) in a material manner. The foregoing definition
shall not be deemed to be inclusive of all the acts or omissions which the
Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) may consider as grounds for the
dismissal or discharge of any Optionee, Participant or other person in the
Service of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary).
R. 1934 Act shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
S. Non-Statutory Option shall mean an option not intended to satisfy
the requirements of Code Section 422.
T. Optionee shall mean any person to whom an option is granted under
the Discretionary Option Grant, Automatic Option Grant or Salary Investment
Option Grant Program.
U. Parent shall mean any corporation (other than the Corporation) in an
unbroken chain of corporations ending with the Corporation, provided each
corporation in the unbroken chain (other than the Corporation) owns, at the time
of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total
combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations
in such chain.
V. Participant shall mean any person who is issued shares of Common
Stock under the Stock Issuance Program.
W. Permanent Disability or Permanently Disabled shall mean the
inability of the Optionee or the Participant to engage in any substantial
gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental
impairment expected to result in death or to be of continuous duration of twelve
(12) months or more. However, solely for the purposes of the Automatic Option
Grant Program, Permanent Disability or Permanently Disabled shall mean the
inability of the non-employee Board member to perform his or her usual duties as
a Board member by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental
impairment expected to result in death or to be of continuous duration of twelve
(12) months or more.
X. Plan shall mean the Corporation's 1995 Stock Option/Stock Issuance
Plan, as set forth in this document.
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Y. Plan Administrator shall mean the particular entity, whether the
Primary Committee, the Board or the Secondary Committee, which is authorized to
administer the Discretionary Option Grant, Salary Investment Option Grant and
Stock Issuance Programs with respect to one or more classes of eligible persons,
to the extent such entity is carrying out its administrative functions under
those programs with respect to the persons under its jurisdiction.
Z. Predecessor Plan shall mean the Corporation's existing 1993 Stock
Option Plan.
AA. Primary Committee shall mean the committee of two (2) or more
non-employee Board members appointed by the Board to administer the
Discretionary Option Grant, Salary Investment Option Grant and Stock Issuance
Programs with respect to Section 16 Insiders.
AB. Salary Investment Option Grant Program shall mean the salary
investment option grant program in effect under the Plan.
AC. Secondary Committee shall mean a committee of two (2) or more Board
members appointed by the Board to administer the Discretionary Option Grant,
Salary Investment Option Grant and Stock Issuance Programs with respect to
eligible persons other than Section 16 Insiders.
AD. Section 16 Insider shall mean an officer or director of the
Corporation subject to the short-swing profit liabilities of Section 16 of the
1934 Act.
AE. Section 12(g) Registration Date shall mean the first date on which
the Common Stock is registered under Section 12(g) of the 1934 Act.
AF. Service shall mean the provision of services to the Corporation (or
any Parent or Subsidiary) by a person in the capacity of an Employee, a
non-employee member of the board of directors or a consultant or independent
advisor, except to the extent otherwise specifically provided in the documents
evidencing the option grant or stock issuance.
AG. Stock Exchange shall mean either the American Stock Exchange or the
New York Stock Exchange.
AH. Stock Issuance Agreement shall mean the agreement entered into by
the Corporation and the Participant at the time of issuance of shares of Common
Stock under the Stock Issuance Program.
AI. Stock Issuance Program shall mean the stock issuance program in
effect under the Plan.
AJ. Subsidiary shall mean any corporation (other than the Corporation)
in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Corporation, provided
each corporation (other than the last corporation) in the unbroken chain owns,
at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more
of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other
corporations in such chain.
AK. Take-Over Price shall mean the greater of (i) the Fair Market Value
per share of Common Stock on the date the option is surrendered to the
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Corporation in connection with a Hostile Take-Over or (ii) the highest reported
price per share of Common Stock paid by the tender offeror in effecting such
Hostile Take-Over. However, if the surrendered option is an Incentive Option,
the Take-Over Price shall not exceed the clause (i) price per share.
AL. Taxes shall mean the Federal, state and local income and employment
tax liabilities incurred by the holder of Non-Statutory Options or unvested
shares of Common Stock in connection with the exercise of such holder's options
or the vesting of his or her shares.
AM. 10% Stockholder shall mean the owner of stock (as determined under
Code Section 424(d)) possessing more than ten percent (10%) of the total
combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Corporation (or any Parent
or Subsidiary).
AN. Underwriting Agreement shall mean the agreement between the
Corporation and the underwriter or underwriters managing the initial public
offering of the Common Stock.
EXHIBIT 99.3
Form of Stock Option Agreement
(Installment Option)
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EXHIBIT A
EXOGEN, INC.
STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
INSTALLMENT
RECITALS OPTION
A. The Board has adopted the Plan for the purpose of retaining the
services of selected Employees, non-employee members of the Board or the board
of directors of any Parent or Subsidiary and consultants and other independent
advisors who provide services to the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary).
B. Optionee is to render valuable services to the Corporation (or a
Parent or Subsidiary), and this Agreement is executed pursuant to, and is
intended to carry out the purposes of, the Plan in connection with the
Corporation's grant of an option to Optionee.
C. All capitalized terms in this Agreement shall have the meaning
assigned to them in the attached Appendix.
NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby agreed as follows:
1. Grant of Option. The Corporation hereby grants to Optionee,
as of the Grant Date, an option to purchase up to the number of Option Shares
specified in the Grant Notice. The Option Shares shall be purchasable from time
to time during the option term specified in Paragraph 2 at the Exercise Price.
2. Option Term. This option shall have a term of ten (10)
years measured from the Grant Date and shall accordingly expire at the close of
business on the Expiration Date, unless sooner terminated in accordance with
Paragraph 5 or 6.
3. Limited Transferability. This option shall be neither
transferable nor assignable by Optionee other than by will or by the laws of
descent and distribution following Optionee's death and may be exercised, during
Optionee's lifetime, only by Optionee. However, if this option is designated a
Non-Statutory Option in the Grant Notice, then this option may, in connection
with the Optionee's estate plan, be assigned in whole or in part during
Optionee's lifetime to one or more members of the Optionee's immediate family or
to a trust established for the exclusive benefit of one or more such family
members. The assigned portion shall be exercisable only by the person or persons
who acquire a proprietary interest in the option pursuant to such assignment.
The terms applicable to the assigned portion shall be the same as those in
effect for this option immediately prior to such assignment.
4. Dates of Exercise. This option shall become exercisable for
the Option Shares in one or more installments as specified in the Grant Notice.
As the option becomes exercisable for such installments, those installments
shall accumulate and the option shall remain exercisable for the accumulated
installments until the Expiration Date or sooner termination of the option term
under Paragraph 5 or 6.
5. Cessation of Service. The option term specified in
Paragraph 2 shall terminate (and this option shall cease to be outstanding)
prior to the Expiration Date should any of the following provisions become
applicable:
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(i) Should Optionee cease to remain in Service
for any reason (other than death or Permanent Disability) while this
option is outstanding, then Optionee shall have a period of three (3)
months (commencing with the date of such cessation of Service) during
which to exercise this option, but in no event shall this option be
exercisable at any time after the Expiration Date.
(ii) Should Optionee die while this option is
outstanding, then the personal representative of Optionee's estate or
the person or persons to whom the option is transferred pursuant to
Optionee's will or in accordance with the laws of descent and
distribution shall have the right to exercise this option. Such right
shall lapse and this option shall cease to be outstanding upon the
earlier of (A) the expiration of the twelve (12)- month period measured
from the date of Optionee's death or (B) the Expiration Date.
(iii) Should Optionee cease Service by reason
of Permanent Disability while this option is outstanding, then Optionee
shall have a period of twelve (12) months (commencing with the date of
such cessation of Service) during which to exercise this option. In no
event shall this option be exercisable at any time after the Expiration
Date.
(iv) Should Optionee's Service be terminated
for Misconduct, then this option shall terminate immediately and cease
to remain outstanding.
(v) During the limited post-Service exercise
period, this option may not be exercised in the aggregate for more than
the number of vested Option Shares for which the option is exercisable
at the time of Optionee's cessation of Service. Upon the expiration of
such limited exercise period or (if earlier) upon the Expiration Date,
this option shall terminate and cease to be outstanding for any vested
Option Shares for which the option has not been exercised. To the
extent Optionee is not vested in the Option Shares at the time of
Optionee's cessation of Service, this option shall immediately
terminate and cease to be outstanding with respect to those shares.
(vi) In the event of an Involuntary
Termination following a Corporate Transaction or Change in Control, the
provisions of Paragraph 6 shall govern the period for which this option
is to remain exercisable following Optionee's cessation of Service and
shall supersede any provisions to the contrary in Paragraph 5.
6. Special Acceleration of Option.
(a) This option, to the extent outstanding at the
time of a Corporate Transaction but not otherwise fully exercisable, shall
automatically accelerate so that this option shall, immediately prior to the
effective date of the Corporate Transaction, become exercisable for all of the
Option Shares at the time subject to this option and may be exercised for any or
all of those Option Shares as fully-vested shares of Common Stock. No such
acceleration of this option, however, shall occur if and to the extent: (i) this
option is, in connection with the Corporate Transaction, either to be assumed by
the successor corporation (or parent thereof) or to be replaced with a
comparable option to purchase shares of the capital stock of the successor
corporation (or parent thereof) or (ii) this option is to be replaced with a
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cash incentive program of the successor corporation which preserves the spread
existing on the Option Shares for which this option is not exercisable at the
time of the Corporate Transaction (the excess of the Fair Market Value of those
Option Shares over the aggregate Exercise Price payable for such shares) and
provides for subsequent pay-out in accordance with the same exercise schedule in
effect for the option pursuant to the option exercise schedule set forth in the
Grant Notice. The determination of option comparability under clause (i) shall
be made by the Plan Administrator, and such determination shall be final,
binding and conclusive.
(b) Immediately following the Corporate Transaction,
this option shall terminate and cease to be outstanding, except to the extent
assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) in connection with the
Corporate Transaction.
(c) If this option is assumed in connection with a
Corporate Transaction, then this option shall be appropriately adjusted,
immediately after such Corporate Transaction, to apply to the number and class
of securities which would have been issuable to Optionee in consummation of such
Corporate Transaction had the option been exercised immediately prior to such
Corporate Transaction, and appropriate adjustments shall also be made to the
Exercise Price, provided the aggregate Exercise Price shall remain the same.
(d) Should there occur an Involuntary Termination of
Optionee's Service within eighteen (18) months following a Corporate Transaction
in which this option is assumed or replaced, then this option, to the extent
outstanding at such time but not otherwise exercisable, shall automatically
accelerate so that this option shall immediately become exercisable for all the
Option Shares at the time subject to this option and may be exercised for any or
all of those Option Shares as fully-vested shares. The option shall remain so
exercisable until the earlier of (i) the Expiration Date or (ii) the expiration
of the one (1)-year period measured from the effective date of such Involuntary
Termination.
(e) Upon an Involuntary Termination of Optionee's
Service within eighteen (18) months following a Change in Control, this option,
to the extent outstanding at such time but not otherwise fully exercisable,
shall automatically accelerate so that this option shall immediately become
exercisable for all the Option Shares at the time subject to this option and may
be exercised for any or all of those Option Shares as fully-vested shares. The
option shall remain so exercisable until the earlier of (i) the Expiration Date
or (ii) the expiration of the one (1)-year period measured from the effective
date of the Involuntary Termination.
(f) This Agreement shall not in any way affect the
right of the Corporation to adjust, reclassify, reorganize or otherwise change
its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate
or sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets.
7. Adjustment in Option Shares. Should any change be made to
the Common Stock by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization,
combination of shares, exchange of shares or other change affecting the
outstanding Common Stock as a class without the Corporation's receipt of
consideration, appropriate adjustments shall be made to (i) the total number
and/or class of securities subject to this option and (ii) the Exercise Price in
order to reflect such change and thereby preclude a dilution or enlargement of
benefits hereunder.
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8. Stockholder Rights. The holder of this option shall not
have any stockholder rights with respect to the Option Shares until such person
shall have exercised the option, paid the Exercise Price and become a holder of
record of the purchased shares.
9. Manner of Exercising Option.
(a) In order to exercise this option with respect to
all or any part of the Option Shares for which this option is at the time
exercisable, Optionee (or any other person or persons exercising the option)
must take the following actions:
(i) Execute and deliver to the Corporation a
Notice of Exercise for the Option Shares for which the option is
exercised.
(ii) Pay the aggregate Exercise Price for the
purchased shares in one or more of the following forms:
(A) cash or check made payable to the
Corporation;
(B) a promissory note payable to the
Corporation, but only to the extent authorized by the Plan
Administrator in accordance with Paragraph 13;
(C) shares of Common Stock held by Optionee
(or any other person or persons exercising the option) for the
requisite period necessary to avoid a charge to the Corporation's
earnings for financial reporting purposes and valued at Fair Market
Value on the Exercise Date; or
(D) through a special sale and remittance
procedure pursuant to which Optionee (or any other person or persons
exercising the option) shall concurrently provide irrevocable written
instructions (I) to a Corporation-designated brokerage firm to effect
the immediate sale of the purchased shares and remit to the
Corporation, out of the sale proceeds available on the settlement date,
sufficient funds to cover the aggregate Exercise Price payable for the
purchased shares plus all applicable Federal, state and local income
and employment taxes required to be withheld by the Corporation by
reason of such exercise and (II) to the Corporation to deliver the
certificates for the purchased shares directly to such brokerage firm
in order to complete the sale transaction.
Except to the extent the sale and remittance
procedure is utilized in connection with the option exercise, payment
of the Exercise Price must accompany the Notice of Exercise delivered
to the Corporation in connection with the option exercise.
(iii) Furnish to the Corporation appropriate
documentation that the person or persons exercising the option (if
other than Optionee) have the right to exercise this option.
(iv) Make appropriate arrangements with the
Corporation (or Parent or Subsidiary employing or retaining Optionee)
for the satisfaction of all Federal, state and local income and
employment tax withholding requirements applicable to the option
exercise.
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(b) As soon as practical after the Exercise Date, the
Corporation shall issue to or on behalf of Optionee (or any other person or
persons exercising this option) a certificate for the purchased Option Shares,
with the appropriate legends affixed thereto.
(c) In no event may this option be exercised for any
fractional shares.
10. Compliance with Laws and Regulations.
(a) The exercise of this option and the issuance of
the Option Shares upon such exercise shall be subject to compliance by the
Corporation and Optionee with all applicable requirements of law relating
thereto and with all applicable regulations of any stock exchange (or the Nasdaq
National Market, if applicable) on which the Common Stock may be listed for
trading at the time of such exercise and issuance.
(b) The inability of the Corporation to obtain
approval from any regulatory body having authority deemed by the Corporation to
be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any Common Stock pursuant to
this option shall relieve the Corporation of any liability with respect to the
non-issuance or sale of the Common Stock as to which such approval shall not
have been obtained. The Corporation, however, shall use its best efforts to
obtain all such approvals.
11. Successors and Assigns. Except to the extent otherwise
provided in Paragraphs 3 and 6, the provisions of this Agreement shall inure to
the benefit of, and be binding upon, the Corporation and its successors and
assigns and Optionee, Optionee's assigns and the legal representatives, heirs
and legatees of Optionee's estate.
12. Notices. Any notice required to be given or delivered to
the Corporation under the terms of this Agreement shall be in writing and
addressed to the Corporation at its principal corporate offices. Any notice
required to be given or delivered to Optionee shall be in writing and addressed
to Optionee at the address indicated below Optionee's signature line on the
Grant Notice. All notices shall be deemed effective upon personal delivery or
upon deposit in the U.S. mail, postage prepaid and properly addressed to the
party to be notified.
13. Financing. The Plan Administrator may, in its absolute
discretion and without any obligation to do so, permit Optionee to pay the
Exercise Price for the purchased Option Shares by delivering a promissory note.
The terms of any such promissory note (including the interest rate, the
requirements for collateral and the terms of repayment) shall be established by
the Plan Administrator in its sole discretion.(1)
14. Construction. This Agreement and the option evidenced
hereby are made and granted pursuant to the Plan and are in all respects limited
by and subject to the terms of the Plan. All decisions of the Plan Administrator
with respect to any question or issue arising under the Plan or this Agreement
shall be conclusive and binding on all persons having an interest in this
option.
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(1) Authorization of payment of the Exercise Price by a promissory note under
such provisions may, under currently proposed Treasury Regulations, result in
the loss of incentive stock option treatment under the Federal tax laws.
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15. Governing Law. The interpretation, performance and
enforcement of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New
Jersey without resort to that State's conflict-of-laws rules.
16. Excess Shares. If the Option Shares covered by this
Agreement exceed, as of the Grant Date, the number of shares of Common Stock
which may without stockholder approval be issued under the Plan, then this
option shall be void with respect to such excess shares, unless stockholder
approval of an amendment sufficiently increasing the number of shares of Common
Stock issuable under the Plan is obtained in accordance with the provisions of
the Plan.
17. Additional Terms Applicable to an Incentive Option. In the
event this option is designated an Incentive Option in the Grant Notice, the
following terms and conditions shall also apply to the grant:
(i) This option shall cease to qualify for
favorable tax treatment as an Incentive Option if (and to the extent)
this option is exercised for one or more Option Shares: (A) more than
three (3) months after the date Optionee ceases to be an Employee for
any reason other than death or Permanent Disability or (B) more than
twelve (12) months after the date Optionee ceases to be an Employee by
reason of Permanent Disability.
(ii) No installment under this option shall
qualify for favorable tax treatment as an Incentive Option if (and to
the extent) the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined at the Grant
Date) of the Common Stock for which such installment first becomes
exercisable hereunder would, when added to the aggregate value
(determined as of the respective date or dates of grant) of any earlier
installments of the Common Stock and any other securities for which
this option or any other Incentive Options granted to Optionee prior to
the Grant Date (whether under the Plan or any other option plan of the
Corporation or any Parent or Subsidiary) first become exercisable
during the same calendar year, exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars
($100,000) in the aggregate. Should such One Hundred Thousand Dollar
($100,000) limitation be exceeded in any calendar year, this option
shall nevertheless become exercisable for the excess shares in such
calendar year as a Non-Statutory Option.
(iii) Should the exercisability of this option
be accelerated upon a Corporate Transaction or Involuntary Termination,
then this option shall qualify for favorable tax treatment as an
Incentive Option only to the extent the aggregate Fair Market Value
(determined at the Grant Date) of the Common Stock for which this
option first becomes exercisable in the calendar year in which the
Corporate Transaction or Involuntary Termination occurs does not, when
added to the aggregate value (determined as of the respective date or
dates of grant) of the Common Stock or other securities for which this
option or one or more other Incentive Options granted to Optionee prior
to the Grant Date (whether under the Plan or any other option plan of
the Corporation or any Parent or Subsidiary) first become exercisable
during the same calendar year, exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars
($100,000) in the aggregate. Should the applicable One Hundred Thousand
Dollar ($100,000) limitation be exceeded in the calendar year of such
Corporate Transaction or Involuntary Termination, the option may
nevertheless be exercised for the excess shares in such calendar year
as a Non-Statutory Option.
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(iv) Should Optionee hold, in addition to this
option, one or more other options to purchase Common Stock which become
exercisable for the first time in the same calendar year as this
option, then the foregoing limitations on the exercisability of such
options as Incentive Options shall be applied on the basis of the order
in which such options are granted.
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EXHIBIT I
NOTICE OF EXERCISE
I hereby notify Exogen, Inc. (the "Corporation") that I elect
to purchase ________shares of the Corporation's Common Stock (the "Purchased
Shares") at the option exercise price of $________ per share (the "Exercise
Price") pursuant to that certain option (the "Option") granted to me under the
Corporation's 1995 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan on ___________, 199_.
Concurrently with the delivery of this Exercise Notice to the
Corporation, I shall hereby pay to the Corporation the Exercise Price for the
Purchased Shares in accordance with the provisions of my agreement with the
Corporation (or other documents) evidencing the Option and shall deliver
whatever additional documents may be required by such agreement as a condition
for exercise. Alternatively, I may utilize the special broker-dealer sale and
remittance procedure specified in my agreement to effect payment of the Exercise
Price.
_______________ , 199_
Date
___________________________
Optionee
Address:___________________
___________________________
Print name in exact manner
it is to appear on the
stock certificate: ___________________________
Address to which certificate
is to be sent, if different
from address above: ___________________________
___________________________
___________________________
Social Security Number: ___________________________
Employee Number: ___________________________
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APPENDIX
The following definitions shall be in effect under the
Agreement:
A. Agreement shall mean this Stock Option Agreement.
B. Board shall mean the Corporation's Board of Directors.
C. Change in Control shall mean a change in ownership or control of the
Corporation effected through either of the following transactions:
(i) the acquisition, directly or indirectly,
by any person or related group of persons (other than the Corporation
or a person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or
is under common control with, the Corporation), of beneficial ownership
(within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the 1934 Act) of securities
possessing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting
power of the Corporation's outstanding securities pursuant to a tender
or exchange offer made directly to the Corporation's stockholders which
the Board does not recommend such stockholders to accept, or
(ii) a change in the composition of the Board
over a period of thirty-six (36) consecutive months or less such that a
majority of the Board members ceases, by reason of one or more
contested elections for Board membership, to be comprised of
individuals who either (a) have been Board members continuously since
the beginning of such period or (b) have been elected or nominated for
election as Board members during such period by at least a majority of
the Board members described in clause (a) who were still in office at
the time the Board approved such election or nomination.
D. Code shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
E. Common Stock shall mean the Corporation's common stock.
F. Corporate Transaction shall mean either of the following
stockholder-approved transactions to which the Corporation is a party:
(i) a merger or consolidation in which securities possessing
more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the
Corporation's outstanding securities are transferred to a person or
persons different from the persons holding those securities immediately
prior to such transaction, or
(ii) the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the Corporation's assets in complete liquidation
or dissolution of the Corporation.
G. Corporation shall mean Exogen, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
H. Employee shall mean an individual who is in the employ of the
Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), subject to the control and direction
of the employer entity as to both the work to be performed and the manner and
method of performance.
I. Exercise Date shall mean the date on which the option shall have
been exercised in accordance with Paragraph 9 of the Agreement.
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J. Exercise Price shall mean the exercise price per share as specified
in the Grant Notice.
K. Expiration Date shall mean the date on which the option expires as
specified in the Grant Notice.
L. Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on any relevant date
shall be determined in accordance with the following provisions:
(i) If the Common Stock is at the time traded on the Nasdaq
National Market, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing
selling price per share of Common Stock on the date in question, as the
price is reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers on
the Nasdaq National Market or any successor system. If there is no
closing selling price for the Common Stock on the date in question,
then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price on the
last preceding date for which such quotation exists.
(ii) If the Common Stock is at the time listed on any Stock
Exchange, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price
per share of Common Stock on the date in question on the Stock Exchange
determined by the Plan Administrator to be the primary market for the
Common Stock, as such price is officially quoted in the composite tape
of transactions on such exchange. If there is no closing selling price
for the Common Stock on the date in question, then the Fair Market
Value shall be the closing selling price on the last preceding date for
which such quotation exists.
M. Grant Date shall mean the date of grant of the option as specified
in the Grant Notice.
N. Grant Notice shall mean the Notice of Grant of Stock Option
accompanying the Agreement, pursuant to which Optionee has been informed of the
basic terms of the option evidenced hereby.
O. Incentive Option shall mean an option which satisfies the
requirements of Code Section 422.
P. Involuntary Termination shall mean the termination of Optionee's
Service which occurs by reason of:
(i) Optionee's involuntary dismissal or discharge by the
Corporation for reasons other than Misconduct, or
(ii) Optionee's voluntary resignation following (a) a change in
Optionee's position with the Corporation (or Parent or Subsidiary
employing Optionee) which materially reduces Optionee's level of
responsibility, (b) a reduction in Optionee's level of compensation
(including base salary, fringe benefits and participation in
corporate-performance based bonus or incentive programs) by more than
fifteen percent (15%) or (c) a relocation of Optionee's place of
employment by more than fifty (50) miles, provided and only if such
change, reduction or relocation is effected by the Corporation without
Optionee's consent.
Q. Misconduct shall mean the commission of any act of fraud,
embezzlement or dishonesty by Optionee, any unauthorized use or disclosure by
Optionee of confidential information or trade secrets of the Corporation (or any
Parent or Subsidiary), or any other intentional misconduct by Optionee adversely
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affecting the business or affairs of the Corporation (or any Parent or
Subsidiary) in a material manner. The foregoing definition shall not be deemed
to be inclusive of all the acts or omissions which the Corporation (or any
Parent or Subsidiary) may consider as grounds for the dismissal or discharge of
Optionee or any other individual in the Service of the Corporation (or any
Parent or Subsidiary).
R. 1934 Act shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
S. Non-Statutory Option shall mean an option not intended to satisfy
the requirements of Code Section 422.
T. Notice of Exercise shall mean the notice of exercise in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit I.
U. Option Shares shall mean the number of shares of Common Stock
subject to the option as specified in the Grant Notice.
V. Optionee shall mean the person to whom the option is granted as
specified in the Grant Notice.
W. Parent shall mean any corporation (other than the Corporation) in an
unbroken chain of corporations ending with the Corporation, provided each
corporation in the unbroken chain (other than the Corporation) owns, at the time
of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total
combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations
in such chain.
X. Permanent Disability shall mean the inability of Optionee to engage
in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable
physical or mental impairment which is expected to result in death or has lasted
or can be expected to last for a continuous period of twelve (12) months or
more.
Y. Plan shall mean the Corporation's 1995 Stock Option/Stock Issuance
Plan.
Z. Plan Administrator shall mean either the Board or a committee of
Board members, to the extent the committee is at the time responsible for the
administration of the Plan.
AA. Service shall mean Optionee's performance of services for the
Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) in the capacity of an Employee, a
non-employee member of the board of directors or a consultant or independent
advisor.
AB. Stock Exchange shall mean the American Stock Exchange or the New
York Stock Exchange.
AC. Subsidiary shall mean any corporation (other than the Corporation)
in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Corporation, provided
each corporation (other than the last corporation) in the unbroken chain owns,
at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more
of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other
corporations in such chain.
EXHIBIT 99.4
Form of Addendum to Stock Option Agreement
(Limited Stock Appreciation Right)
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ADDENDUM
TO
STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
SECTION 16 INSIDERS
The following provisions are hereby incorporated into, and are
hereby made a part of, that certain Stock Option Agreement dated _______________
(the "Option Agreement") by and between Exogen, Inc. (the "Corporation") and
_________________________________________________ ("Optionee") evidencing the
stock option granted on such date to Optionee under the terms of the
Corporation's 1995 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan, and such provisions shall
be effective immediately. All capitalized terms in this Addendum, to the extent
not otherwise defined herein, shall have the meanings assigned to them in the
Option Agreement.
LIMITED STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHT
1. Optionee is hereby granted a limited stock appreciation
right in tandem with the option, exercisable upon the terms set forth below:
(i) Optionee shall have the unconditional right,
exercisable at any time during the thirty (30)-day period immediately
following a Hostile TakeOver, to surrender the Option to the
Corporation, to the extent the Option is at the time exercisable for
one or more shares of Common Stock. In return for the surrendered
Option, Optionee shall receive a cash distribution from the Corporation
in an amount equal to the excess of (A) the Take-Over Price of the
shares of Common Stock for which the surrendered option (or surrendered
portion) is at the time exercisable over (B) the aggregate Exercise
Price payable for such shares.
(ii) To exercise this limited stock appreciation right,
Optionee must, during the applicable thirty (30)-day exercise period,
provide the Corporation with written notice of the option surrender in
which there is specified the number of Option Shares as to which the
option is being surrendered. Such notice must be accompanied by the
return of Optionee's copy of the Option Agreement, together with any
written amendments to such Agreement. The cash distribution shall be
paid to Optionee within five (5) days following such delivery date, and
neither the approval of the Plan Administrator nor the consent of the
Board shall be required in connection with such option surrender and
cash distribution. Upon receipt of such cash distribution, the option
shall be cancelled with respect to the Option Shares for which the
option has been surrendered, and Optionee shall cease to have any
further right to acquire those Option Shares under the Option
Agreement. The option shall, however, remain outstanding and
exercisable for the balance of the Option Shares (if any) in accordance
with the terms of the Option Agreement, and the Corporation shall issue
a new stock option agreement (substantially in the same form of the
surrendered Option Agreement) for those remaining Option Shares.
(iii) In no event may this limited stock appreciation
right be exercised when there is not a positive spread between the Fair
Market Value of the Option Shares subject to the surrendered option and
the aggregate Exercise Price payable for such shares. This limited
stock appreciation right shall in all events terminate upon the
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expiration or sooner termination of the Option term and may not be
assigned or transferred by Optionee, except to the extent the Option is
transferable in accordance with the provisions of the Option Agreement.
2. For purposes of this Addendum, the following definitions
shall be in effect:
(i) A Hostile Take-Over shall be deemed to occur upon
the acquisition, directly or indirectly, by any person or related group
of persons (other than the Corporation or a person that directly or
indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with,
the Corporation) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule
13d-3 of the 1934 Act) of securities possessing more than fifty percent
(50%) of the total combined voting power of the Corporation's
outstanding securities pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made
directly to the Corporation's stockholders which the Board does not
recommend such stockholders to accept.
(ii) The Take-Over Price per share shall be deemed to be
equal to the greater of (A) the Fair Market Value per Option Share on
the option surrender date or (B) the highest reported price per share
of Common Stock paid by the tender offeror in effecting the Hostile
Take-Over. However, if the surrendered option is designated as an
Incentive Option in the Grant Notice, then the Take-Over Price shall
not exceed the clause (A) price per share.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Exogen, Inc. has caused this Addendum to
be executed by its duly-authorized officer, and Optionee has executed this
Addendum, all as of the Effective Date specified below.
EXOGEN, INC.
By: _________________________________
Title: _________________________________
________________________________________
______________________________, OPTIONEE
EFFECTIVE DATE: ______________ , 199_
EXHIBIT 99.8
Form of Automatic Stock Option Agreement
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EXHIBIT A
EXOGEN, INC.
AUTOMATIC STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR
RECITALS
A. The Corporation has implemented an automatic option grant program
under the Plan pursuant to which eligible non-employee members of the Board will
automatically receive special option grants at periodic intervals over their
period of Board service in order to provide such individuals with a meaningful
incentive to continue to serve as a member of the Board.
B. Optionee is an eligible non-employee Board member, and this
Agreement is executed pursuant to, and is intended to carry out the purposes of,
the Plan in connection with the automatic grant of an option to purchase shares
of Common Stock under the Plan.
C. All capitalized terms in this Agreement shall have the meaning
assigned to them in the attached Appendix.
NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby agreed as follows:
1. Grant of Option. The Corporation hereby grants to Optionee,
as of the Grant Date, a Non-Statutory Option to purchase up to the number of
Option Shares specified in the Grant Notice. The Option Shares shall be
purchasable from time to time during the option term specified in Paragraph 2 at
the Exercise Price.
2. Option Term. This option shall have a term of ten (10)
years measured from the Grant Date and shall accordingly expire at the close of
business on the Expiration Date, unless sooner terminated in accordance with
Paragraph 5, 6 or 7.
3. Limited Transferability. This option may, in connection
with the Optionee's estate plan, be assigned in whole or in part during the
Optionee's lifetime to one or more members of the Optionee's immediate family or
to a trust established exclusively for one or more such family members. The
assigned portion shall be exercisable only by the person or persons who acquire
a proprietary interest in the option pursuant to the assignment. The terms
applicable to the assigned portion shall be the same as those in effect for this
option immediately prior to such assignment and shall be set forth in such
documents issued to the assignee as the Board may deem appropriate. Should the
Optionee die while holding this option, then this option shall be transferred in
accordance with Optionee's will or the laws of descent and distribution.
4. Exercisability/Vesting.
(a) This option shall be immediately exercisable for
any or all of the Option Shares, whether or not the Option Shares are vested in
accordance with the Vesting Schedule, and shall remain so exercisable until the
Expiration Date or sooner termination of the option term under Paragraph 5, 6 or
7.
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(b) Optionee shall, in accordance with the Vesting
Schedule, vest in the Option Shares in one or more installments over his or her
period of Board service. Vesting in the Option Shares may be accelerated
pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph 5, 6 or 7. In no event, however, shall
any additional Option Shares vest following Optionee's cessation of service as a
Board member.
5. Cessation of Board Service. Should Optionee's service as a
Board member cease while this option remains outstanding, then the option term
specified in Paragraph 2 shall terminate (and this option shall cease to be
outstanding) prior to the Expiration Date in accordance with the following
provisions:
(a) Should Optionee cease to serve as a Board member
for any reason (other than death or Permanent Disability) while holding this
option, then the period for exercising this option shall be reduced to a six
(6)-month period (commencing with the date of such cessation of Board service),
but in no event shall this option be exercisable at any time after the
Expiration Date. During such limited period of exercisability, this option may
not be exercised in the aggregate for more than the number of Option Shares (if
any) in which Optionee is vested on the date Optionee ceases service as a Board
member. Upon the earlier of (i) the expiration of such six (6)-month period or
(ii) the Expiration Date, the option shall terminate and cease to be exercisable
with respect to any vested Option Shares for which the option has not been
exercised.
(b) Should Optionee die during the six (6)-month
period following his or her cessation of Board service, then the personal
representative of Optionee's estate or the person or persons to whom the option
is transferred pursuant to Optionee's will or in accordance with the laws of
descent and distribution shall have the right to exercise this option for any or
all of the Option Shares in which Optionee is vested at the time of Optionee's
cessation of Board service (less any Option Shares purchased by Optionee after
such cessation of Board service but prior to death). Such right of exercise
shall terminate, and this option shall accordingly cease to be exercisable for
such vested Option Shares, upon the earlier of (i) the expiration of the twelve
(12)-month period measured from the date of Optionee's cessation of Board
service or (ii) the Expiration Date.
(c) Should Optionee cease service as a Board member
by reason of death or Permanent Disability, then all Option Shares at the time
subject to this option but not otherwise vested shall vest in full so that
Optionee (or the personal representative of Optionee's estate or the person or
persons to whom the option is transferred upon Optionee's death) shall have the
right to exercise this option for any or all of those Option Shares as
fully-vested shares of Common Stock at any time prior to the earlier of (i) the
expiration of the twelve (12)-month period measured from the date of Optionee's
death or Permanent Disability or (ii) the Expiration Date.
(d) Upon Optionee's cessation of Board service for
any reason other than death or Permanent Disability, this option shall
immediately terminate and cease to be outstanding with respect to any and all
Option Shares in which Optionee is not otherwise at that time vested in
accordance with the normal Vesting Schedule or the special vesting acceleration
provisions of Paragraph 6 or 7 below.
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6. Corporate Transaction.
(a) All Option Shares subject to this option at the
time of a Corporate Transaction but not otherwise vested shall automatically
vest so that this option shall, immediately prior to the effective date of such
Corporate Transaction, become fully exercisable for all of the Option Shares as
fully-vested shares of Common Stock and may be exercised for any or all of those
Option Shares. Immediately following the Corporate Transaction, this option
shall terminate and cease to be exercisable except to the extent assumed by the
successor corporation (or parent thereof) in connection with such Corporate
Transaction.
(b) If this option is assumed in connection with a
Corporate Transaction, then this option shall be appropriately adjusted,
immediately after such Corporate Transaction, to apply to the number and class
of securities which would have been issuable to Optionee in consummation of such
Corporate Transaction had the option been exercised immediately prior to such
Corporate Transaction, and appropriate adjustments shall also be made to the
Exercise Price, provided the aggregate Exercise Price shall remain the same.
7. Change in Control/Hostile Take-Over.
(a) All Option Shares subject to this option at the
time of a Change in Control but not otherwise vested shall automatically vest so
that this option shall, immediately prior to the effective date of such Change
in Control, become fully exercisable for all of those Option Shares as
fully-vested shares of Common Stock and may be exercised for all or any portion
of those Option Shares. This option shall remain exercisable for such
fully-vested Option Shares until the earliest to occur of (i) the Expiration
Date, (ii) the sooner termination of this option in accordance with Paragraph 5
or 6 or (iii) the surrender of the option in connection with a Hostile TakeOver.
(b) Optionee shall have an unconditional right
(exercisable during the thirty (30)-day period immediately following the
consummation of a Hostile Take-Over) to surrender this option to the Corporation
in exchange for a cash distribution from the Corporation in an amount equal to
the excess of (i) the Take-Over Price of the Option Shares at the time subject
to the surrendered option (whether or not those Option Shares are otherwise at
the time vested) over (ii) the aggregate Exercise Price payable for such shares.
This Paragraph 7(b) limited stock appreciation right shall in all events
terminate upon the expiration or sooner termination of the option term and may
not be assigned or transferred by Optionee.
(c) To exercise the Paragraph 7(b) limited stock
appreciation right, Optionee must, during the applicable thirty (30)-day
exercise period, provide the Corporation with written notice of the option
surrender in which there is specified the number of Option Shares as to which
the Option is being surrendered. Such notice must be accompanied by the return
of Optionee's copy of this Agreement, together with any written amendments to
such Agreement. The cash distribution shall be paid to Optionee within five (5)
days following such delivery date, and no approval or consent of the Board shall
be required in connection with such option surrender and cash distribution. Upon
receipt of such cash distribution, this option shall be cancelled with respect
to the Option Shares subject to the surrendered option (or the surrendered
portion), and Optionee shall cease to have any further right to acquire those
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Option Shares under this Agreement. The option shall, however, remain
outstanding for the balance of the Option Shares (if any) in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement, and the Corporation shall issue a new stock option
agreement (substantially in the same form as this Agreement) for those remaining
Option Shares.
8. Adjustment in Option Shares. Should any change be made to
the Common Stock by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization,
combination of shares, exchange of shares or other change affecting the
outstanding Common Stock as a class without the Corporation's receipt of
consideration, appropriate adjustments shall be made to (i) the total number
and/or class of securities subject to this option and (ii) the Exercise Price in
order to reflect such change and thereby preclude a dilution or enlargement of
benefits hereunder, provided, however, that the aggregate Exercise Price shall
remain the same.
9. Stockholder Rights. The holder of this option shall not
have any stockholder rights with respect to the Option Shares until such person
shall have exercised the option, paid the Exercise Price and become a holder of
record of the purchased shares.
10. Manner of Exercising Option.
(a) In order to exercise this option for all or any
part of the Option Shares for which this option is at the time exercisable,
Optionee (or any other person or persons exercising the option) must take the
following actions:
(i) To the extent the option is exercised for
vested Option Shares, execute and deliver to the Corporation a Notice
of Exercise for the Option Shares for which the option is exercised. To
the extent this option is exercised for unvested Option Shares, execute
and deliver to the Corporation a Purchase Agreement for those shares.
(ii) Pay the aggregate Exercise Price for the
purchased shares in one or more of the following forms:
(A) cash or check made payable to the
Corporation,
(B) shares of Common Stock held by
Optionee (or any other person or persons exercising the option) for the
requisite period necessary to avoid a charge to the Corporation's
earnings for financial reporting purposes and valued at Fair Market
Value on the Exercise Date, or
(C) to the extent the option is
exercised for vested Option Shares, through a special sale and
remittance procedure pursuant to which Optionee (or any other person or
persons exercising the option) shall concurrently provide irrevocable
written instructions (a) to a Corporation-designated brokerage firm to
effect the immediate sale of the purchased shares and remit to the
Corporation, out of the sale proceeds available on the settlement date,
sufficient funds to cover the aggregate Exercise Price payable for the
purchased shares plus all applicable Federal, state and local income
and employment taxes required to be withheld by the Corporation by
reason of such exercise and (b) to the Corporation to deliver the
certificates for the purchased shares directly to such brokerage firm
in order to complete the sale.
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(iii) Furnish to the Corporation appropriate
documentation that the person or persons exercising the option (if
other than Optionee) have the right to exercise this option.
(iv) Make appropriate arrangements with the
Corporation for the satisfaction of all Federal, state and local income
tax withholding requirements applicable to the option exercise.
(b) Except to the extent the sale and remittance
procedure specified above is utilized in connection with the option exercise,
payment of the Exercise Price must accompany the Notice of Exercise (or the
Purchase Agreement) delivered to the Corporation in connection with the option
exercise.
(c) As soon after the Exercise Date as practical, the
Corporation shall issue to or on behalf of Optionee (or any other person or
persons exercising this option) a certificate or certificates for the purchased
Option Shares. To the extent any such Option Shares are unvested, the
certificates for those Option Shares shall be endorsed with an appropriate
legend evidencing the Corporation's repurchase rights and may be held in escrow
with the Corporation until such shares vest.
(d) In no event may this option be exercised for any
fractional shares.
11. No Impairment of Rights. This Agreement shall not in any
way affect the right of the Corporation to adjust, reclassify, reorganize or
otherwise change its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate,
dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part of its business or
assets. In addition, nothing in this Agreement shall in any way be construed or
interpreted so as to affect adversely or otherwise impair the right of the
Corporation or the shareholders to remove Optionee from the Board at any time in
accordance with the provisions of applicable law.
12. Compliance with Laws and Regulations.
(a) The exercise of this option and the issuance of
the Option Shares upon such exercise shall be subject to compliance by the
Corporation and Optionee with all applicable requirements of law relating
thereto and with all applicable regulations of any stock exchange (or the Nasdaq
National Market, if applicable) on which the Common Stock may be listed for
trading at the time of such exercise and issuance.
(b) The inability of the Corporation to obtain
approval from any regulatory body having authority deemed by the Corporation to
be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any Common Stock pursuant to
this option shall relieve the Corporation of any liability with respect to the
non-issuance or sale of the Common Stock as to which such approval shall not
have been obtained. The Corporation, however, shall use its best efforts to
obtain all such approvals.
13. Successors and Assigns. Except to the extent otherwise
provided in Paragraph 3 or 6, the provisions of this Agreement shall inure to
the benefit of, and be binding upon, the Corporation and its successors and
assigns and Optionee, Optionee's assigns and the legal representatives, heirs
and legatees of Optionee's estate.
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14. Notices. Any notice required to be given or delivered to
the Corporation under the terms of this Agreement shall be in writing and
addressed to the Corporation at its principal corporate offices. Any notice
required to be given or delivered to Optionee shall be in writing and addressed
to Optionee at the address indicated below Optionee's signature line on the
Grant Notice. All notices shall be deemed effective upon personal delivery or
upon deposit in the U.S. mail, postage prepaid and properly addressed to the
party to be notified.
15. Construction. This Agreement and the option evidenced
hereby are made and granted pursuant to the Plan and are in all respects limited
by and subject to the terms of the Plan.
16. Governing Law. The interpretation, performance and
enforcement of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New
Jersey without resort to that State's conflict-of-laws rules.
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EXHIBIT I
NOTICE OF EXERCISE
I hereby notify Exogen, Inc. (the "Corporation") that I elect
to purchase ___________shares of the Corporation's Common Stock (the "Purchased
Shares") at the option exercise price of $____________ per share (the "Exercise
Price") pursuant to that certain option (the "Option") granted to me under the
Corporation's 1995 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan on ___________, 199_.
Concurrently with the delivery of this Exercise Notice to the
Corporation, I shall hereby pay to the Corporation the Exercise Price for the
Purchased Shares in accordance with the provisions of my agreement with the
Corporation (or other documents) evidencing the Option and shall deliver
whatever additional documents may be required by such agreement as a condition
for exercise. Alternatively, I may utilize the special broker-dealer sale and
remittance procedure specified in my agreement to effect payment of the Exercise
Price for any Purchased Shares in which I am vested at the time of exercise of
the Option.
_______________________ , 199_
Date
___________________________
Optionee
Address:___________________
___________________________
Print name in exact manner
it is to appear on the
stock certificate: ___________________________
Address to which certificate
is to be sent, if different
from address above: ___________________________
___________________________
Social Security Number: ___________________________
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APPENDIX
The following definitions shall be in effect under the Agreement:
A. Agreement shall mean this Automatic Stock Option Agreement.
B. Board shall mean the Corporation's Board of Directors.
C. Change in Control shall mean a change in ownership or control of the
Corporation effected through either of the following transactions:
(i) the acquisition, directly or indirectly, by any person or
related group of persons (other than the Corporation or a person that
directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common
control with, the Corporation) of beneficial ownership (within the
meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the 1934 Act) of securities possessing more
than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the
Corporation's outstanding securities pursuant to a tender or exchange
offer made directly to the Corporation's stockholders which the Board
does not recommend such stockholders to accept, or
(ii) a change in the composition of the Board over a period of
thirty-six (36) consecutive months or less such that a majority of the
Board members ceases, by reason of one or more contested elections for
Board membership, to be comprised of individuals who either (A) have
been Board members continuously since the beginning of such period or
(B) have been elected or nominated for election as Board members during
such period by at least a majority of the Board members described in
clause (A) who were still in office at the time the Board approved such
election or nomination.
D. Code shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
E. Common Stock shall mean the Corporation's common stock.
F. Corporate Transaction shall mean either of the following
stockholder-approved transactions to which the Corporation is a party:
(i) a merger or consolidation in which securities possessing
more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the
Corporation's outstanding securities are transferred to a person or
persons different from the persons holding those securities immediately
prior to such transaction, or
(ii) the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the Corporation's assets in complete liquidation
or dissolution of the Corporation.
G. Corporation shall mean Exogen, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
H. Exercise Date shall mean the date on which the option shall have
been exercised in accordance with Paragraph 10 of the Agreement.
I. Exercise Price shall mean the exercise price per share as specified
in the Grant Notice.
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J. Expiration Date shall mean the date on which the option expires as
specified in the Grant Notice.
K. Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on any relevant date
shall be determined in accordance with the following provisions:
(i) If the Common Stock is at the time traded on the Nasdaq
National Market, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing
selling price per share of Common Stock on the date in question, as the
price is reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers on
the Nasdaq National Market or any successor system. If there is no
closing selling price for the Common Stock on the date in question,
then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price on the
last preceding date for which such quotation exists.
(ii) If the Common Stock is at the time listed on any Stock
Exchange, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price
per share of Common Stock on the date in question on the Stock Exchange
serving as the primary market for the Common Stock, as such price is
officially quoted in the composite tape of transactions on such
exchange. If there is no closing selling price for the Common Stock on
the date in question, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing
selling price on the last preceding date for which such quotation
exists.
L. Grant Date shall mean the date of grant of the option as specified
in the Grant Notice.
M. Grant Notice shall mean the Notice of Grant of Non-Employee Director
Automatic Stock Option accompanying the Agreement, pursuant to which Optionee
has been informed of the basic terms of the option evidenced hereby.
N. Hostile Take-Over shall mean the acquisition, directly or
indirectly, by any person or related group of persons (other than the
Corporation or a person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by,
or is under common control with, the Corporation) of beneficial ownership
(within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the 1934 Act) of securities possessing more
than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the Corporation's
outstanding securities pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made directly to
the Corporation's stockholders which the Board does not recommend such
stockholders to accept.
O. 1934 Act shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
P. Non-Statutory Option shall mean an option not intended to satisfy
the requirements of Code Section 422.
Q. Notice of Exercise shall mean the notice of exercise in the form of
Exhibit I.
R. Option Shares shall mean the number of shares of Common Stock
subject to the option.
S. Optionee shall mean the person to whom the option is granted as
specified in the Grant Notice.
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T. Permanent Disability shall mean the inability of Optionee to perform
his or her usual duties as a Board member by reason of any medically
determinable physical or mental impairment which is expected to result in death
or has lasted or to be of continuous duration of twelve (12) months or more.
U. Plan shall mean the Corporation's 1995 Stock Option/Stock Issuance
Plan.
V. Purchase Agreement shall mean the stock purchase agreement (in form
and substance satisfactory to the Corporation) which grants the Corporation the
right to repurchase, at the Exercise Price, any and all unvested Option Shares
held by Optionee at the time of Optionee's cessation of Board service and which
precludes the sale, transfer or other disposition of the purchased Option Shares
while subject to such repurchase right.
W. Stock Exchange shall mean the American Stock Exchange or the New
York Stock Exchange.
X. Take-Over Price per share of Common Stock shall mean the greater of
(i) the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the date the option is
surrendered to the Corporation in connection with a Hostile Take-Over or (ii)
the highest reported price per share of Common Stock paid by the tender offeror
in effecting the Hostile Take-Over.
Y. Vesting Schedule shall mean the schedule set forth in the Grant
Notice pursuant to which the Option Shares are to vest in a series of
installments over the Optionee's period of Service.
EXHIBIT 99.9
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(As amended on November 14, 1997)
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EXOGEN, INC.
EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(As Amended through November 14, 1997)
I. PURPOSE OF THE PLAN
This Employee Stock Purchase Plan is intended to promote the
interests of Exogen, Inc. by providing eligible employees with the opportunity
to acquire a proprietary interest in the Corporation through participation in a
payroll-deduction based employee stock purchase plan designed to qualify under
Section 423 of the Code. Capitalized terms herein shall have the meanings
assigned to such terms in the attached Appendix.
II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN
The Plan Administrator shall have full authority to interpret
and construe any provision of the Plan and to adopt such rules and regulations
for administering the Plan as it may deem necessary in order to comply with the
requirements of Code Section 423. Decisions of the Plan Administrator shall be
final and binding on all parties having an interest in the Plan.
III. STOCK SUBJECT TO PLAN
A. The stock purchasable under the Plan shall be shares of
authorized but unissued or reacquired Common Stock, including shares of Common
Stock purchased on the open market. The maximum number of shares of Common Stock
which may be issued over the term of the Plan shall not exceed 350,000 shares.
Such authorized share reserve reflects the 1-for-2 reverse stock split effected
prior to the Effective Date and includes (i) the original share reserve of
150,000 shares established for the Plan and (ii) the 200,000-share increase
adopted by the Board on November 14, 1997, subject to approval by the
Corporation's stockholders at the 1998 Annual Meeting.
B. Should any change be made to the Common Stock by reason of
any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination of shares,
exchange of shares or other change affecting the outstanding Common Stock as a
class without the Corporation's receipt of consideration, appropriate
adjustments shall be made to (i) the maximum number and class of securities
issuable under the Plan, (ii) the maximum number and class of securities
purchasable per Participant on any one Purchase Date and (iii) the number and
class of securities and the price per share in effect under each outstanding
purchase right in order to prevent the dilution or enlargement of benefits
thereunder.
IV. OFFERING PERIODS
A. Shares of Common Stock shall be offered for purchase under
the Plan through a series of successive offering periods until such time as (i)
the maximum number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the
Plan shall have been purchased or (ii) the Plan shall have been sooner
terminated.
B. Each offering period shall be of such duration (not to
exceed twenty-four (24) months) as determined by the Plan Administrator prior to
the start date. However, the initial offering period shall commence at the
Effective Time and terminate on the last business day in July 1997. The next
offering period shall commence on the first business day in August 1997, and
subsequent offering periods shall commence as designated by the Plan
Administrator.
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C. Each offering period shall be comprised of a series of one
or more successive Purchase Periods. Purchase Periods shall begin on the first
business day in February and August each year and terminate on the last business
day in July and January respectively each year.
V. ELIGIBILITY
A. Each individual who is an Eligible Employee on the start
date of the initial offering period shall be eligible to enter that offering
period or any subsequent offering period under the Plan on the start date of any
Purchase Period within the applicable offering period on which he or she remains
an Eligible Employee.
B. Each individual who first becomes an Eligible Employee
after the start date of the initial offering period shall be eligible to enter
that offering period or any subsequent offering period under the Plan on the
start date of any Purchase Period within the applicable offering period on which
he or she is an Eligible Employee with at least three (3) months of service with
the Corporation or any Corporate Affiliate.
C. The date an individual enters an offering period shall be
designated his or her Entry Date for purposes of that offering period.
D. To participate in the Plan for a particular offering
period, the Eligible Employee must complete the enrollment forms prescribed by
the Plan Administrator (including a stock purchase agreement and a payroll
deduction authorization form) and file such forms with the Plan Administrator
(or its designate) on or before his or her scheduled Entry Date.
VI. PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS
A. The payroll deduction authorized by the Participant for
purposes of acquiring shares of Common Stock under the Plan may be any multiple
of one percent (1%) of the Cash Compensation paid to the Participant during each
Purchase Period within that offering period, up to a maximum of ten percent
(10%). The deduction rate so authorized shall continue in effect for the
remainder of the offering period, except to the extent such rate is changed in
accordance with the following guidelines:
(i) The Participant may, at any time during
the offering period, reduce his or her rate of payroll deduction to
become effective as soon as possible after filing the appropriate form
with the Plan Administrator. The Participant may not, however, effect
more than one (1) such reduction per Purchase Period.
(ii) The Participant may, prior to the
commencement of any new Purchase Period within the offering period,
increase the rate of his or her payroll deduction by filing the
appropriate form with the Plan Administrator. The new rate (which may
not exceed the ten percent (10%) maximum) shall become effective as of
the start date of the Purchase Period following the filing of such
form.
B. Payroll deductions shall begin on the first pay day
following the Participant's Entry Date into the offering period and shall
(unless sooner terminated by the Participant) continue through the pay day
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ending with or immediately prior to the last day of that offering period. The
amounts so collected shall be credited to the Participant's book account under
the Plan, but no interest shall be paid on the balance from time to time
outstanding in such account. The amounts collected from the Participant shall
not be held in any segregated account or trust fund and may be commingled with
the general assets of the Corporation and used for general corporate purposes.
C. Payroll deductions shall automatically cease upon the
termination of the Participant's purchase right in accordance with the
provisions of the Plan.
D. The Participant's acquisition of Common Stock under the
Plan on any Purchase Date shall neither limit nor require the Participant's
acquisition of Common Stock on any subsequent Purchase Date, whether within the
same or a different offering period.
VII. PURCHASE RIGHTS
A. Grant of Purchase Right. A Participant shall be granted a
separate purchase right for each offering period in which he or she
participates. The purchase right shall be granted on the Participant's Entry
Date into the offering period and shall provide the Participant with the right
to purchase shares of Common Stock, in a series of successive installments over
the remainder of such offering period, upon the terms set forth below. The
Participant shall execute a stock purchase agreement embodying such terms and
such other provisions (not inconsistent with the Plan) as the Plan Administrator
may deem advisable.
Under no circumstances shall purchase rights be granted under
the Plan to any Eligible Employee if such individual would, immediately after
the grant, own (within the meaning of Code Section 424(d)) or hold outstanding
options or other rights to purchase, stock possessing five percent (5%) or more
of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of stock of the
Corporation or any Corporate Affiliate.
B. Exercise of the Purchase Right. Each purchase right shall
be automatically exercised in installments on each successive Purchase Date
within the offering period, and shares of Common Stock shall accordingly be
purchased on behalf of each Participant (other than any Participant whose
payroll deductions have previously been refunded in accordance with the
Termination of Purchase Right provisions below) on each such Purchase Date. The
purchase shall be effected by applying the Participant's payroll deductions for
the Purchase Period ending on such Purchase Date to the purchase of whole shares
of Common Stock at the purchase price in effect for the Participant for that
Purchase Date.
C. Purchase Price. The purchase price per share at which
Common Stock will be purchased on the Participant's behalf on each Purchase Date
within the offering period shall be equal to eighty-five percent (85%) of the
lower of (i) the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the
Participant's Entry Date into that offering period or (ii) the Fair Market Value
per share of Common Stock on that Purchase Date. However, for each Participant
whose Entry Date is other than the start date of the offering period, the clause
(i) amount shall in no event be less than the Fair Market Value per share of
Common Stock on the start date of that offering period.
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D. Number of Purchasable Shares. The number of shares of
Common Stock purchasable by a Participant on each Purchase Date during the
offering period shall be the number of whole shares obtained by dividing the
amount collected from the Participant through payroll deductions during the
Purchase Period ending with that Purchase Date by the purchase price in effect
for the Participant for that Purchase Date. However, the maximum number of
shares of Common Stock purchasable per Participant on any one Purchase Date
shall not exceed 2,500 shares, subject to periodic adjustments in the event of
certain changes in the Corporation's capitalization.
E. Excess Payroll Deductions. Any payroll deductions not
applied to the purchase of shares of Common Stock on any Purchase Date because
they are not sufficient to purchase a whole share of Common Stock shall be held
for the purchase of Common Stock on the next Purchase Date. However, any payroll
deductions not applied to the purchase of Common Stock by reason of the
limitation on the maximum number of shares purchasable by the Participant on the
Purchase Date shall be promptly refunded.
F. Termination of Purchase Right. The following provisions
shall govern the termination of outstanding purchase rights:
(i) A Participant may, at any time prior to
the next Purchase Date in the offering period, terminate his or her
outstanding purchase right by filing the appropriate form with the Plan
Administrator (or its designate), and no further payroll deductions
shall be collected from the Participant with respect to the terminated
purchase right. Any payroll deductions collected during the Purchase
Period in which such termination occurs shall, at the Participant's
election, be immediately refunded or held for the purchase of shares on
the next Purchase Date. If no such election is made at the time such
purchase right is terminated, then the payroll deductions collected
with respect to the terminated right shall be refunded as soon as
possible.
(ii) The termination of such purchase right
shall be irrevocable, and the Participant may not subsequently rejoin
the offering period for which the terminated purchase right was
granted. In order to resume participation in any subsequent offering
period, such individual must re-enroll in the Plan (by making a timely
filing of the prescribed enrollment forms) on or before his or her
scheduled Entry Date into that offering period.
(iii) Should the Participant cease to remain
an Eligible Employee for any reason (other than death or disability)
while his or her purchase right remains outstanding, then that purchase
right shall immediately terminate, and all of the Participant's payroll
deductions for the Purchase Period in which the purchase right so
terminates shall be immediately refunded. Should the Participant cease
to remain an Eligible Employee by reason of death or disability while
his or her purchase right remains outstanding, then that purchase right
shall immediately terminate, and all of the Participant's payroll
deductions for the Purchase Period in which such death or disability
occurs shall, at the election of the Participant (or, in the event of
the Participant's death, the personal representative of the
Participant's estate), be immediately refunded or held for the purchase
of shares on the next Purchase Date. If no such election is made prior
to the next Purchase Date, then the payroll deductions collected with
respect to the terminated right shall be refunded as soon as possible.
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(iv) Should the Participant cease to remain in
active service by reason of an approved unpaid leave of absence, then
no further payroll deductions shall be collected on the Participant's
behalf during such leave, and the Participant shall have the election,
exercisable up until the last business day of the Purchase Period in
which such leave commences, to (a) withdraw all the payroll deductions
collected on the Participant's behalf to date in that Purchase Period
or (b) have such funds held for the purchase of shares at the end of
such Purchase Period. Upon the Participant's return to active service
following the approved leave, his or her payroll deductions under the
Plan shall automatically resume at the rate in effect at the time the
leave began, provided such return to service occurs prior to the
expiration date of the offering period in which such leave began.
G. Corporate Transaction. Each outstanding purchase right
shall automatically be exercised, immediately prior to the effective date of any
Corporate Transaction, by applying the payroll deductions of each Participant
for the Purchase Period in which such Corporate Transaction occurs to the
purchase of whole shares of Common Stock at a purchase price per share equal to
eighty-five percent (85%) of the lower of (i) the Fair Market Value per share of
Common Stock on the Participant's Entry Date into the offering period in which
such Corporate Transaction occurs or (ii) the Fair Market Value per share of
Common Stock immediately prior to the effective date of such Corporate
Transaction. However, the applicable share limitations per Participant shall
continue to apply to any such purchase, and the clause (i) amount above shall
not, for any Participant whose Entry Date for the offering period is other than
the start date of that offering period, be less than the Fair Market Value per
share of Common Stock on such start date.
The Corporation shall use its best efforts to provide at least
ten (10)-days prior written notice of the occurrence of any Corporate
Transaction, and Participants shall, following the receipt of such notice, have
the right to terminate their outstanding purchase rights prior to the effective
date of the Corporate Transaction.
H. Proration of Purchase Rights. Should the total number of
shares of Common Stock to be purchased pursuant to outstanding purchase rights
on any particular date exceed the number of shares then available for issuance
under the Plan, the Plan Administrator shall make a pro-rata allocation of the
available shares on a uniform and nondiscriminatory basis, and the payroll
deductions of each Participant, to the extent in excess of the aggregate
purchase price payable for the Common Stock pro-rated to such individual, shall
be refunded.
I. Assignability. During the Participant's lifetime, the
purchase right shall be exercisable only by the Participant and shall not be
assignable or transferable by the Participant other by will or the laws of
descent and distribution following the Participant's death.
J. Stockholder Rights. A Participant shall have no stockholder
rights with respect to the shares subject to his or her outstanding purchase
right until the shares are purchased on the Participant's behalf in accordance
with the provisions of the Plan and the Participant has become a holder of
record of the purchased shares.
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VIII. ACCRUAL LIMITATIONS
A. No Participant shall be entitled to accrue rights to
acquire Common Stock pursuant to any purchase right outstanding under this Plan
if and to the extent such accrual, when aggregated with (i) rights to purchase
Common Stock accrued under any other purchase right granted under this Plan and
(ii) similar rights accrued under other employee stock purchase plans (within
the meaning of Code Section 423) of the Corporation or any Corporate Affiliate,
would otherwise permit such Participant to purchase more than Twenty-Five
Thousand Dollars ($25,000) worth of stock of the Corporation or any Corporate
Affiliate (determined on the basis of the Fair Market Value of such stock on the
date or dates such rights are granted) for each calendar year such rights are at
any time outstanding.
B. For purposes of applying such accrual limitations, the
following provisions shall be in effect:
(i) The right to acquire Common Stock under
each outstanding purchase right shall accrue in a series of
installments on each successive Purchase Date during the offering
period on which such right remains outstanding.
(ii) No right to acquire Common Stock under
any outstanding purchase right shall accrue to the extent the
Participant has already accrued in the same calendar year the right to
acquire Common Stock under one (1) or more other purchase rights at a
rate equal to Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) worth of Common
Stock (determined on the basis of the Fair Market Value of such stock
on the date or dates of grant) for each calendar year such rights were
at any time outstanding.
C. Should any purchase right of a Participant not accrue for a
particular Purchase Period by reason of such accrual limitations, then the
payroll deductions which the Participant made during that Purchase Period with
respect to such purchase right shall be promptly refunded.
D. In the event there is any conflict between the provisions
of this Article and one or more provisions of the Plan or any instrument issued
thereunder, the provisions of this Article shall be controlling.
IX. EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM OF THE PLAN
A. The Plan was adopted by the Board on May 5, 1995 and shall
become effective at the Effective Time, provided no purchase rights granted
under the Plan shall be exercised, and no shares of Common Stock shall be issued
hereunder, until (i) the Plan shall have been approved by the stockholders of
the Corporation and (ii) the Corporation shall have complied with all applicable
requirements of the 1933 Act (including the registration of the shares of Common
Stock issuable under the Plan on a Form S-8 registration statement filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission), all applicable listing requirements of
any stock exchange (or the Nasdaq National Market, if applicable) on which the
Common Stock is listed for trading and all other applicable requirements
established by law or regulation. In the event such stockholder approval is not
obtained, or such compliance is not effected, within twelve (12) months after
the date on which the Plan is adopted by the Board, the Plan shall terminate and
have no further force or effect and all sums collected from Participants during
the initial offering period hereunder shall be refunded.
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B. Unless sooner terminated by the Board, the Plan shall
terminate upon the earliest of (i) the last business day in July 2005, (ii) the
date on which all shares available for issuance under the Plan shall have been
sold pursuant to purchase rights exercised under the Plan or (iii) the date on
which all purchase rights are exercised in connection with a Corporate
Transaction. No further purchase rights shall be granted or exercised, and no
further payroll deductions shall be collected, under the Plan following its
termination.
X. AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN
The Board may alter, amend, suspend or discontinue the Plan at
any time to become effective immediately following the close of any Purchase
Period. However, the Board may not, without the approval of the Corporation's
stockholders, (i) materially increase the number of shares of Common Stock
issuable under the Plan or the maximum number of shares purchasable per
Participant on any one Purchase Date, except for permissible adjustments in the
event of certain changes in the Corporation's capitalization, (ii) alter the
purchase price formula so as to reduce the purchase price payable for the shares
of Common Stock purchasable under the Plan, or (iii) materially increase the
benefits accruing to Participants under the Plan or materially modify the
requirements for eligibility to participate in the Plan.
XI. GENERAL PROVISIONS
A. All costs and expenses incurred in the administration of
the Plan shall be paid by the Corporation.
B. Nothing in the Plan shall confer upon the Participant any
right to continue in the employ of the Corporation or any Corporate Affiliate
for any period of specific duration or interfere with or otherwise restrict in
any way the rights of the Corporation (or any Corporate Affiliate employing such
person) or of the Participant, which rights are hereby expressly reserved by
each, to terminate such person's employment at any time for any reason, with or
without cause.
C. The provisions of the Plan shall be governed by the laws of
the State of New Jersey without resort to that State's conflict-of-laws rules.
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APPENDIX
The following definitions shall be in effect under the Plan:
A. Board shall mean the Corporation's Board of Directors.
B. Cash Compensation shall mean the (i) regular base salary
paid to a Participant by one or more Participating Companies during such
individual's period of participation in the Plan, plus (ii) any pre-tax
contributions made by the Participant to any Code Section 401(k) salary deferral
plan or any Code Section 125 cafeteria benefit program now or hereafter
established by the Corporation or any Corporate Affiliate, plus (iii) all of the
following amounts to the extent paid in cash: overtime payments, bonuses,
commissions, profit-sharing distributions and other incentive-type payments.
However, Eligible Earnings shall not include any contributions (other than Code
Section 401(k) or Code Section 125 contributions) made on the Participant's
behalf by the Corporation or any Corporate Affiliate to any deferred
compensation plan or welfare benefit program now or hereafter established.
C. Code shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
D. Common Stock shall mean the Corporation's common stock.
E. Corporate Affiliate shall mean any parent or subsidiary
corporation of the Corporation (as determined in accordance with Code Section
424), whether now existing or subsequently established.
F. Corporate Transaction shall mean either of the following
stockholder-approved transactions to which the Corporation is a party:
(i) a merger or consolidation in which securities
possessing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting
power of the Corporation's outstanding securities are transferred to a
person or persons different from the persons holding those securities
immediately prior to such transaction, or
(ii) the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Corporation in complete
liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation.
G. Corporation shall mean Exogen, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, and any corporate successor to all or substantially all of the
assets or voting stock of Exogen, Inc. which shall by appropriate action adopt
the Plan.
H. Effective Time shall mean the time at which the
Underwriting Agreement is executed and finally priced. Any Corporate Affiliate
which becomes a Participating Corporation after such Effective Time shall
designate a subsequent Effective Time with respect to its employee-Participants.
I. Eligible Employee shall mean any person who is engaged, on
a regularly-scheduled basis of more than twenty (20) hours per week for more
than five (5) months per calendar year, in the rendition of personal services to
any Participating Corporation as an employee for earnings considered wages under
Code Section 3401(a).
J. Entry Date shall mean the date an Eligible Employee first
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commences participation in the offering period in effect under the Plan. The
earliest Entry Date under the Plan shall be the Effective Time.
K. Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on any relevant
date shall be determined in accordance with the following provisions:
(i) If the Common Stock is at the time traded on the
Nasdaq National Market, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing
selling price per share of Common Stock on the date in question, as
such price is reported by the National Association of Securities
Dealers on the Nasdaq National Market or any successor system. If there
is no closing selling price for the Common Stock on the date in
question, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price
on the last preceding date for which such quotation exists.
(ii) If the Common Stock is at the time listed on any
Stock Exchange, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling
price per share of Common Stock on the date in question on the Stock
Exchange determined by the Plan Administrator to be the primary market
for the Common Stock, as such price is officially quoted in the
composite tape of transactions on such exchange. If there is no closing
selling price for the Common Stock on the date in question, then the
Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price on the last
preceding date for which such quotation exists.
(iii) For purposes of the initial offering period which
begins at the Effective Time, the Fair Market Value shall be deemed to
be equal to the price per share at which the Common Stock is sold in
the initial public offering pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement.
L. 1933 Act shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
M. Participant shall mean any Eligible Employee of a
Participating Corporation who is actively participating in the Plan.
N. Participating Corporation shall mean the Corporation and
such Corporate Affiliate or Affiliates as may be authorized from time to time by
the Board to extend the benefits of the Plan to their Eligible Employees. The
Participating Corporations in the Plan as of the Effective Time are listed in
attached Schedule A.
O. Plan shall mean the Corporation's Employee Stock Purchase
Plan, as set forth in this document.
P. Plan Administrator shall mean the committee of two (2) or
more Board members appointed by the Board to administer the Plan.
Q. Purchase Date shall mean the last business day of each
Purchase Period. The initial Purchase Date shall be January 31, 1996.
R. Purchase Period shall mean each successive six (6)-month
period within the offering period at the end of which there shall be purchased
shares of Common Stock on behalf of each Participant.
S. Stock Exchange shall mean either the American Stock
Exchange or the New York Stock Exchange.
T. Underwriting Agreement shall mean the agreement between the
Corporation and the underwriter or underwriters managing the initial public
offering of the Common Stock.
