As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 18, 2011

 

Registration No. 333-

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM S-8

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 


 

ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

77-0019522

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 


 

345 Park Avenue
San Jose, California  95110
(408) 536-6000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of principal executive offices)

 


 

Auditude, Inc. 2009 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended

Auditude, Inc. Employee Stock Option Plan, as amended

(Full title of the plan)

 


 

Mark Garrett
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Adobe Systems Incorporated
345 Park Avenue
San Jose, California  95110
(408) 536-6000
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 


 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer x

 

Accelerated filer o

Non-accelerated filer o (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

 

Smaller reporting company o

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

Title of Securities
to be Registered

 

Amount to be
Registered

(1)

 

Proposed Maximum
Offering
Price per Share

 

Proposed Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price

 

Amount of
Registration

Fee

 

Common Stock par value $.0001 per share, under the Auditude, Inc. 2009 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended(2)

 

140,661

147,954

 

$

$

1.93

28.02

(3)

(4)

$

$

271,475.73

4,145,671.08

(3)

(4)

$

$

31.12

475.10

 

Common Stock par value $.0001 per share, under the Auditude, Inc. Employee Stock Option Plan, as amended(5)

 

4,200

 

$

1.93

(6)

$

8,106.00

(6)

$

.93

 

Total

 

292,815

 

NA

 

$

4,425,252.81

 

$

507.15

 

 


(1)

Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of common stock which become issuable under the plans by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or similar transaction effected without receipt of consideration by Adobe Systems Incorporated (the “Registrant”) which results in an increase in the number of outstanding shares of the Registrant’s common stock.

 

(2)

Represents shares subject to issuance upon the exercise of outstanding stock options and vesting of restricted stock units (“RSUs”) under the Auditude, Inc. 2009 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the “Auditude 2009 Plan”), and assumed by the Registrant pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among the Registrant, Auditude, Inc. and certain other parties named therein (the “Merger Agreement”).

 

(3)

Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act. The price per share and aggregate offering price are based upon the weighted average exercise price for outstanding options to purchase 140,661 shares of common stock granted pursuant to the Auditude 2009 Plan assumed by the Registrant.

 

(4)

Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act. The price per share and aggregate offering price are based upon Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act, the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant’s common stock reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on November 17, 2011, with respect to 147,954 shares of common stock issuable upon the vesting of RSUs pursuant to the Auditude 2009 Plan assumed by the Registrant.

 

(5)

Represents shares subject to issuance upon the exercise of outstanding stock options under the Auditude, Inc. Employee Stock Option Plan, as amended (the “Auditude Stock Option Plan”), and assumed by the Registrant pursuant to the Merger Agreement.

 

(6)

Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act. The price per share and aggregate offering price are based upon the weighted average exercise price for outstanding options to purchase 4,200 shares of common stock granted pursuant to the Auditude Stock Option Plan assumed by the Registrant.

 

 

 



 

PART I

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

 

The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to employees as specified by Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) Rule 428(b)(1).  Such documents need not be filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424.  These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Form S-8 (Part II hereof), taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.

 



 

PART II

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 3.     Incorporation of Documents by Reference

 

The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:

 

(a)                                   The Registrant’s annual report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended December 3, 2010, filed with the Commission on January 27, 2011;

 

(b)                                  All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Registrant’s document referred to in (a) above; and

 

(c)                                   The description of the Registrant’s common stock contained in Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed on November 19, 1986, under the Exchange Act including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.

 

All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part of this Registration Statement from the date of the filing of such documents; provided, however, that documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with Commission rules shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. For the purposes of this Registration Statement, any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or 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 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 (the “DGCL”) provides that a Delaware corporation may indemnify directors, officers, employees and agents against expenses (including attorney’s fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding in which such person is made a party by reason of such person being or having been a director, officer, employee or agent to the corporation, provided that such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation’s best interests and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful. The DGCL provides that Section 145 is not exclusive of other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders, or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

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Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL permits a corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation or an amendment thereto, to eliminate or limit the personal liability of a director to the corporation and its stockholders for monetary damages arising out of certain breaches of their fiduciary duty.

 

The Registrant’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides for the elimination of a director’s liability to the Registrant and its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of the law, (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit and as otherwise limited by Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL.

 

The Registrant’s Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”) generally provide that the Registrant shall indemnify each of its directors and executive officers to the fullest extent not prohibited by the DGCL and may indemnify certain other persons as set forth in the DGCL.

 

The Registrant also maintains officer and director insurance coverage against certain liabilities for actions taken in their capacities as such, including liabilities under the Securities Act.  In addition, each executive officer and director is a party to a written agreement which states that the Registrant agrees to hold each of them harmless against any and all judgments, fines, settlements and expenses related to claims against such person by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, executive officer, employee or other agent of the Registrant, and otherwise to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by the Registrant’s Bylaws and under the non-exclusivity provisions of the DGCL.

 

Item 7.     Exemption from Registration Claimed

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 8.     Exhibits

 

See Index to Exhibits.

 

Item 9.     Undertakings

 

1.                                        The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

 

(a)                                   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 Securities Act;

 

(ii)                                   To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this 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 this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement.

 

Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(i) and (a)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.

 

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(b)                                  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities 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.

 

(c)                                   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 offering.

 

2.                                        The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference into this 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.

 

3.                                        Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the indemnity provisions summarized in Item 6, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities 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 of whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities 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, 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 San Jose, State of California, on November 18, 2011.

 

 

ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Mark Garrett

 

 

Mark Garrett

 

 

Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer

 

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POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS , that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Mark Garrett and Karen Cottle, and each or any one of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed on November 18, 2011, by the following persons in the capacities indicated.

 

Signature

 

Title

 

 

 

/s/ John E. Warnock

 

Chairman of the Board

John E. Warnock

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Charles M. Geschke

 

Chairman of the Board

Charles M. Geschke

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Shantanu Narayen

 

President and Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)

Shantanu Narayen

 

 

 

 

/s/ Mark Garrett

 

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)

Mark Garrett

 

 

 

 

/s/ Richard Rowley

 

Vice President and Corporate Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)

Richard Rowley

 

 

 

 

/s/ Edward W. Barnholt

 

Director

Edward W. Barnholt

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Robert K. Burgess

 

Director

Robert K. Burgess

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Michael R. Cannon

 

Director

Michael R. Cannon

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ James E. Daley

 

Director

James E. Daley

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Daniel Rosensweig

 

Director

Daniel Rosensweig

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Robert Sedgewick

 

Director

Robert Sedgewick

 

 

 

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

 

 

 

 

Incorporated by Reference

Exhibit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Filed

Number

 

Description

 

Form

 

Date of Report

 

Exhibit No.

 

Herewith

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.1

 

Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Adobe Systems Incorporated

 

8-K

 

04/26/11

 

3.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.2

 

Amended and Restated Bylaws

 

8-K

 

04/26/11

 

3.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.3

 

Specimen Common Stock Certificate

 

S-3

 

01/15/10

 

4.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.1

 

Opinion of Counsel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23.1

 

Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23.2

 

Consent of Counsel, contained within Exhibit 5.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24.1

 

Power of Attorney is contained on the signature page of this Registration Statement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

99.1

 

Auditude, Inc. 2009 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

99.2

 

Auditude, Inc. Employee Stock Option Plan, as amended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

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Exhibit 5.1

 

November 18, 2011

 

Adobe Systems Incorporated

345 Park Avenue

San Jose, CA  95110

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

You have requested my opinion with respect to certain matters in connection with the filing by Adobe Systems Incorporated (the “Registrant”) of a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) covering the offering of up to 292,815 shares of the Registrant’s common stock, $.0001 par value (the “Shares”), subject to issuance by the Registrant upon the exercise of stock options and the vesting of restricted stock units granted under the Auditude, Inc. 2009 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended and the Auditude, Inc. Employee Stock Option Plan, as amended (each, a “Plan”) and assumed by Registrant in accordance with the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, by and among the Registrant, Auditude, Inc. and certain other parties named therein.

 

In connection with this opinion, I have examined such documents and such matters of fact and law as I have deemed necessary as a basis for this opinion.  I have assumed the genuineness and authenticity of all documents submitted to me as originals, the conformity to originals of all documents submitted to me as copies thereof, and the due execution and delivery of all documents where due execution and delivery are a prerequisite to the effectiveness thereof.

 

I am opining herein as to the effect on the subject transactions of only the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (“DGCL”), and I express no opinion with respect to the applicability thereto or the effect thereon of any other laws or as to any matters of municipal law or any other local agencies within any state.

 

Subject to the foregoing and in reliance thereon, it is my opinion that, upon the issuance and sale of the Shares in accordance with the terms of each respective Plan and in the manner contemplated by the Registration Statement, and subject to the Registrant completing all actions and proceedings required on its part to be taken prior to the issuance of the Shares pursuant to the terms of each respective Plan and the Registration Statement, including, without limitation, receipt of legal consideration in excess of the par value of the Shares issued and, when the Shares shall have been duly registered on the books of the transfer agent and registrar therefor in the name or on behalf of the purchasers or when certificates representing the Shares have been signed by an authorized officer of the transfer agent and registrar therefor, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable securities of the Registrant. In rendering the foregoing opinion, I have assumed that the Registrant will comply with all applicable notice requirements regarding uncertificated shares provided in the DGCL.

 

I consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.  In giving such consent, I do not thereby admit that I am in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations of the Commission.

 

This opinion is solely for your benefit and may not be relied upon by any person without my prior written consent.

 

Very truly yours,

 

/s/ Justin Judd

 

Justin Judd

 

Associate General Counsel

 

 


Exhibit 23.1

 

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

The Board of Directors

Adobe Systems Incorporated:

 

We consent to the use of our report dated January 27, 2011, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Adobe Systems Incorporated and subsidiaries as of December 3, 2010 and November 27, 2009, and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and comprehensive income, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 3, 2010, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 3, 2010, incorporated herein by reference.

 

Our report on the consolidated financial statements refers to changes in the accounting for multiple element revenue transactions and tax uncertainties in fiscal 2010 and fiscal 2008, respectively, resulting from the adoption of new accounting pronouncements.

 

/s/ KPMG LLP

 

Mountain View, California

November 18, 2011

 


Exhibit 99.1

 

AUDITUDE, INC.

 

2009 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

 

As Adopted on February 25, 2009, and
as Amended by the Board and Stockholders through October 19, 2011

 

1.                                       PURPOSE .   The purpose of this Plan is to provide incentives to attract, retain and motivate eligible persons whose present and potential contributions are important to the success of the Company, its Parent and Subsidiaries by offering eligible persons an opportunity to participate in the Company’s future performance through the grant of Awards covering Shares.  Capitalized terms not defined in the text are defined in Section 14 hereof.  Although this Plan is intended to be a written compensatory benefit plan within the meaning of Rule 701 promulgated under the Securities Act, grants may be made pursuant to this Plan that do not qualify for exemption under Rule 701 or Section 25102(o) of the California Corporations Code (“ Section 25102(o) ”).  Any requirement of this Plan that is required in law only because of Section 25102(o) need not apply if the Committee so provides.

 

2.                                       SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN .

 

2.1                                Number of Shares Available .  Subject to Sections 2.2 and 11 hereof, the total number of Shares reserved and available for grant and issuance pursuant to this Plan will be (a) 23,093,349 Shares, plus (b) the number of shares that are subject to issuance upon exercise of an option granted under the Company’s 2006 Founder’s Plan and 2006 Employee’s Plan (together, the “ Old Plans ”) and outstanding as of December 29, 2010 but subsequently cease to be subject to such option for any reason other than exercise of such option, plus (c) shares that were issued under the Old Plans and outstanding as of December 29, 2010 which are subsequently repurchased by the Corporation at the original issue price or forfeited or such lessor number of shares as permitted under Section 260.140.45 of Title 10 of the California Code of Regulations.  Subject to Sections 2.2, 4.10 and 11 hereof, Shares subject to Awards that are cancelled, forfeited, settled in cash or that expire by their terms will again be available for grant and issuance in connection with other Awards.  At all times the Company will reserve and keep available a sufficient number of Shares as will be required to satisfy the requirements of all Awards granted and outstanding under this Plan.

 

2.2                                Adjustment of Shares .  In the event that the number of outstanding shares of the Company’s Common Stock is changed by a stock dividend, recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, subdivision, combination, reclassification or similar change in the capital structure of the Company without consideration, then (a) the number of Shares reserved for issuance under this Plan, (b) the Exercise Prices of and number of Shares subject to outstanding Options and SARS, and (c) the Purchase Prices of and/or number of Shares subject to other outstanding Awards will be proportionately adjusted, subject to any required action by the Board or the stockholders of the Company and compliance with applicable securities laws; provide d , however , that fractions of a Share will not be issued but will either be paid in cash at the Fair Market Value of such fraction of a Share or will be rounded down to the nearest whole Share, as determined by the Committee ; and provided , further , that the Exercise Price of any Option or SAR may not be decreased to below the par value of the Shares.

 

3.                                       PLAN FOR BENEFIT OF SERVICE PROVIDERS

 

3.1                                Eligibility .   The Committee will have the authority to select persons to receive Awards. ISOs (as defined in Section 4 hereof) may be granted only to employees (including officers and directors who are also employees) of the Company or of a Parent or Subsidiary of the Company.  NQSOs (as defined in Section 4 hereof) and all other types of Awards may be granted to employees, officers,

 



 

directors and consultants of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company; provided such consultants render bona fide services not in connection with the offer and sale of securities in a capital-raising transaction when Rule 701 is to apply to the Award granted for such services.  A person may be granted more than one Award under this Plan.

 

3.2                                No Obligation to Employ .   Nothing in this Plan or any Award granted under this Plan will confer or be deemed to confer on any Participant any right to continue in the employ of, or to continue any other relationship with, the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary or limit in any way the right of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary to terminate Participant’s employment or other relationship at any time, with or without Cause.

 

4.                                       OPTIONS .   The Committee may grant Options to eligible persons described in Section 3 hereof and will determine whether such Options will be Incentive Stock Options within the meaning of the Code (“ ISOs ”) or Nonqualified Stock Options (“ NQSOs ”), the number of Shares subject to the Option, the Exercise Price of the Option, the period during which the Option may be exercised, and all other terms and conditions of the Option, subject to the following.

 

4.1                                Form of Option Grant .  Each Option granted under this Plan will be evidenced by an Award Agreement which will expressly identify the Option as an ISO or an NQSO (“ Stock Option Agreement ”), and will be in such form and contain such provisions (which need not be the same for each Participant) as the Committee may from time to time approve, and which will comply with and be subject to the terms and conditions of this Plan.

 

4.2                                Date of Grant .  The date of grant of an Option will be the date on which the Committee makes the determination to grant such Option, unless a later date is otherwise specified by the Committee.  The Stock Option Agreement and a copy of this Plan will be delivered to the Participant within a reasonable time after the granting of the Option.

 

4.3                                Exercise Period .  Options may be exercisable immediately but subject to repurchase pursuant to Section 10 hereof or may be exercisable within the times or upon the events determined by the Committee as set forth in the Stock Option Agreement governing such Option; provided , however , that (a) no Option will be exercisable after the expiration of ten (10) years from the date the Option is granted; and (b) no ISO granted to a person who directly or by attribution owns more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or of any Parent or Subsidiary (“ Ten Percent Shareholder ”) will be exercisable after the expiration of five (5) years from the date the ISO is granted.  The Committee also may provide for Options to become exercisable at one time or from time to time, periodically or otherwise, in such number of Shares or percentage of Shares as the Committee determines.

 

4.4                                Exercise Price .  The Exercise Price of an Option will be determined by the Committee when the Option is granted and shall not be less than the Fair Market Value per Share unless expressly determined in writing by the Committee on the Option’s date of grant; provided that the Exercise Price of an ISO granted to a Ten Percent Shareholder will not be less than one hundred ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the date of grant.  Payment for the Shares purchased must be made in accordance with Section 6 hereof.

 

4.5                                Method of Exercise .  Options may be exercised only by delivery to the Company of a written stock option exercise agreement (the “ Exercise Agreement ”) in a form approved by the Committee (which need not be the same for each Participant).  The Exercise Agreement will state (a) the number of Shares being purchased, (b) the restrictions imposed on the Shares purchased under such Exercise Agreement, if any, and (c) such representations and agreements regarding Participant’s investment intent and access to information and other matters, if any, as may be required or desirable by the Company

 



 

to comply with applicable securities laws.  Each Participant’s Exercise Agreement may be modified by (i) written agreement of Participant and the Company or (ii) substitution by the Company upon becoming a reporting company in order to add payment terms set forth in Section 8.2 and such other terms as shall be necessary or advisable to assist in exercise of an Option.  Upon exercise of an Option, Participant shall execute and deliver to the Company the Exercise Agreement then in effect, together with payment in full of the Exercise Price for the number of Shares being purchased and payment of any applicable taxes.

 

4.6                                Termination .  Subject to earlier termination pursuant to Sections 11 and 13.1 hereof and notwithstanding the exercise periods set forth in the Stock Option Agreement, exercise of an Option will always be subject to the following terms and conditions.

 

(a)                                  Other than Death or Disability or for Cause .  If the Participant is Terminated for any reason other than death, Disability or for Cause, then the Participant may exercise such Participant’s Options only to the extent that such Options are exercisable as to Vested Shares upon the Termination Date or as otherwise determined by the Committee.  Such Options must be exercised by the Participant, if at all, as to all or some of the Vested Shares calculated as of the Termination Date or such other date determined by the Committee, within three (3) months after the Termination Date (or within such shorter time period, not less than thirty (30) days, or within such longer time period, not exceeding five (5) years, after the Termination Date as may be determined by the Committee, with any exercise beyond three (3) months after the Termination Date deemed to be an NQSO) but in any event, no later than the expiration date of the Options.

 

(b)                                  Death or Disability .  If the Participant is Terminated because of Participant’s death or Disability (or the Participant dies within three (3) months after a Termination other than for Cause), then Participant’s Options may be exercised only to the extent that such Options are exercisable as to Vested Shares by Participant on the Termination Date or as otherwise determined by the Committee.  Such options must be exercised by Participant (or Participant’s legal representative or authorized assignee), if at all, as to all or some of the Vested Shares calculated as of the Termination Date or such other date determined by the Committee, within twelve (12) months after the Termination Date (or within such shorter time period, not less than six (6) months, or within such longer time period, not exceeding five (5) years, after the Termination Date as may be determined by the Committee, with any exercise beyond (a) three (3) months after the Termination Date when the Termination is for any reason other than the Participant’s death or disability, within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code, or (b) twelve (12) months after the Termination Date when the Termination is for Participant’s disability, within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code, deemed to be an NQSO) but in any event no later than the expiration date of the Options.

 

(c)                                   For Cause .  If the Participant is terminated for Cause, the Participant may exercise such Participant’s Options, but not to an extent greater than such Options are exercisable as to Vested Shares upon the Termination Date and Participant’s Options shall expire on such Participant’s Termination Date, or at such later time and on such conditions as are determined by the Committee.

 

4.7                                Limitations on Exercise .  The Committee may specify a reasonable minimum number of Shares that may be purchased on any exercise of an Option, provided that such minimum number will not prevent Participant from exercising the Option for the full number of Shares for which it is then exercisable.

 



 

4.8                                Limitations on ISOs .  The aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the date of grant) of Shares with respect to which ISOs are exercisable for the first time by a Participant during any calendar year (under this Plan or under any other incentive stock option plan of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company) will not exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000).  If the Fair Market Value of Shares on the date of grant with respect to which ISOs are exercisable for the first time by a Participant during any calendar year exceeds One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000), then the Options for the first One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) worth of Shares to become exercisable in such calendar year will be ISOs and the Options for the amount in excess of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) that become exercisable in that calendar year will be NQSOs.  In the event that the Code or the regulations promulgated thereunder are amended after the Effective Date (as defined in Section 13.1 hereof) to provide for a different limit on the Fair Market Value of Shares permitted to be subject to ISOs, then such different limit will be automatically incorporated herein and will apply to any Options granted after the effective date of such amendment.

 

4.9                                Modification, Extension or Renewal .  The Committee may modify, extend or renew outstanding Options and authorize the grant of new Options in substitution therefor, provided that any such action may not, without the written consent of a Participant, impair any of such Participant’s rights under any Option previously granted.  Any outstanding ISO that is modified, extended, renewed or otherwise altered will be treated in accordance with Section 424(h) of the Code.  Subject to Section 4.10 hereof, the Committee may reduce the Exercise Price of outstanding Options without the consent of Participants by a written notice to them; provided , however , that the Exercise Price may not be reduced below the minimum Exercise Price that would be permitted under Section 4.4 hereof for Options granted on the date the action is taken to reduce the Exercise Price; provided , further , that the Exercise Price will not be reduced below the par value of the Shares, if any.

 

4.10                         No Disqualification .  Notwithstanding any other provision in this Plan, no term of this Plan relating to ISOs will be interpreted, amended or altered, nor will any discretion or authority granted under this Plan be exercised, so as to disqualify this Plan under Section 422 of the Code or, without the consent of the Participant, to disqualify any Participant’s ISO under Section 422 of the Code.  In no event shall the total number of Shares issued (counting each reissuance of a Share that was previously issued and then forfeited or repurchased by the Company as a separate issuance) under the Plan upon exercise of ISOs exceed 30,000,000 Shares (adjusted in proportion to any adjustments under Section 2.2 hereof) over the term of the Plan.

 

5.                                       RESTRICTED STOCK .   A Restricted Stock Award is an offer by the Company to sell to an eligible person Shares that are subject to certain specified restrictions.  The Committee will determine to whom an offer will be made, the number of Shares the person may purchase, the Purchase Price, the restrictions to which the Shares will be subject, and all other terms and conditions of the Restricted Stock Award, subject to the following terms and conditions.

 

5.1                                Form of Restricted Stock Award .  All purchases under a Restricted Stock Award made pursuant to this Plan will be evidenced by an Award Agreement (“ Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement ”) that will be in such form (which need not be the same for each Participant) as the Committee will from time to time approve, and will comply with and be subject to the terms and conditions of this Plan.  The Restricted Stock Award will be accepted by the Participant’s execution and delivery of the Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement and full payment for the Shares to the Company within thirty (30) days from the date the Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement is delivered to the person.  If such person does not execute and deliver the Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement along with full payment for the Shares to the Company within such thirty (30) days, then the offer will terminate, unless otherwise determined by the Committee.

 



 

5.2                                Purchase Price .  The Purchase Price of Shares sold pursuant to a Restricted Stock Award will be determined by the Committee on the date the Restricted Stock Award is granted or at the time the purchase is consummated.  Payment of the Purchase Price must be made in accordance with Section 6 hereof.

 

5.3                                Restrictions .  Restricted Stock Awards may be subject to the restrictions set forth in Sections 10 and 9 hereof or such other restrictions not inconsistent with Section 25102(o) of the California Corporations Code.

 

6.                                       RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS .

 

6.1                                Awards of Restricted Stock Units .  An RSU is an Award covering a number of Shares that may be settled in cash, or by issuance of those Shares for services to be rendered or for past services already rendered to the Company or any Subsidiary.  No Purchase Price shall apply to an RSU settled in Shares. All grants of Restricted Stock Units will be evidenced by an Award Agreement that will be in such form (which need not be the same for each Participant) as the Committee will from time to time approve, and will comply with and be subject to the terms and conditions of this Plan.

 

6.2                                Form and Timing of Settlement .  To the extent permissible under applicable law, the Committee may permit a Participant to defer payment under a RSU to a date or dates after the RSU is earned, provided that the terms of the RSU and any deferral satisfy the requirements of Section 409A of the Code (or any successor) and any regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder.  Payment may be made in the form of cash or whole Shares or a combination thereof, all as the Committee determines.

 

7.                                       STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS .

 

7.1                                Awards of SARs .  Stock Appreciation Rights may be settled in cash, or Shares (which may consist of Restricted Stock or RSUs), having a value equal to the value determined by multiplying the difference between the Fair Market Value on the date of exercise over the Exercise Price and the number of Shares with respect to which the SAR is being settled.  The SAR may be granted for services to be rendered or for past services already rendered to the Company, or any Subsidiary. All grants of SARs made pursuant to this Plan will be evidenced by an Award Agreement that will be in such form (which need not be the same for each Participant) as the Committee will from time to time approve, and will comply with and be subject to the terms and conditions of this Plan.

 

7.2                                Exercise Period and Expiration Date .  A SAR will be exercisable within the times or upon the occurrence of events determined by the Committee and set forth in the Award Agreement governing such SAR.  The Award Agreement shall set forth the Expiration Date; provided that no SAR will be exercisable after the expiration of ten years from the date the SAR is granted.

 

7.3                                Exercise Price .  The Committee will determine the Exercise Price of the SAR when the SAR is granted, and which may not be less than the Fair Market Value on the date of grant and may be settled only in Shares.

 

7.4                                Termination .

 

(a)                                  Vesting .  Any SAR granted to a Participant will cease to vest on the Participant’s Termination Date.  If the Participant does not exercise his or her SAR within the time specified by the Committee or as set forth in the Award Agreement, the SAR shall terminate.

 



 

(b)                                  Post-Termination Exercise Period .  Subject to Section 22.4, following a Participant’s Termination, the Participant’s SAR may be exercised to the extent vested and exercisable as set forth below:

 

(i)                                      no later than 60 days after the Termination Date if a Participant is Terminated for any reason except death or Disability, unless a different period of time period is specifically set forth in the Participant’s Award Agreement; provided that no SAR may be exercised after the Expiration Date of the SAR; or

 

(ii)                                   no later than twelve months after the Termination Date in the case of Termination due to Disability or death or if a Participant dies within 30 days of the Termination Date, unless a different time period is specifically set forth in the Participant’s Award Agreement; provided that no SAR may be exercised after the Expiration Date of the SAR.

 

8.                                       PAYMENT FOR PURCHASES AND EXERCISES .

 

8.1                                Payment in General .  Payment for Shares acquired pursuant to this Plan may be made in cash (by check) or, where expressly approved for the Participant by the Committee and where permitted by law:

 

(a)                      by cancellation of indebtedness of the Company owed to the Participant;

 

(b)                      by surrender of shares of the Company that are clear of all liens, claims, encumbrances or security interests and: (i) for which the Company has received “full payment of the purchase price” within the meaning of SEC Rule 144 (and, if such shares were purchased from the Company by use of a promissory note, such note has been fully paid with respect to such shares) or (ii) that were obtained by Participant in the public market;

 

(c)                       by tender of a full recourse promissory note having such terms as may be approved by the Committee and bearing interest at a rate sufficient to avoid imputation of income under Sections 483 and 1274 of the Code; provided , however , that Participants who are not employees or directors of the Company will not be entitled to purchase Shares with a promissory note unless the note is adequately secured by collateral other than the Shares ; provided , further , that the portion of the Exercise Price or Purchase Price, as the case may be, equal to the par value of the Shares must be paid in cash or other legal consideration permitted by the laws under which the Company is then incorporated or organized ;

 

(d)                      by waiver of compensation due or accrued to the Participant from the Company for services rendered; or

 

(e)               by any combination of the foregoing.

 

8.2                                Public Company Payment .  Where permitted by laws with respect only to purchases upon exercise of an Option when a public market for the Company’s stock exists, in addition to the payment terms permitted in Section 8.1, the Option may be exercised:  (a) through a “same day sale” commitment from the Participant and a Company-designated broker-dealer that is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (a “ Dealer ”), whereby the Participant irrevocably elects to exercise the Option and to sell a portion of the Shares so purchased sufficient to pay the total Exercise Price, and whereby the Dealer irrevocably commits upon receipt of such Shares to forward the total Exercise Price directly to the Company; or (b) through a “margin” commitment from the Participant and a Dealer whereby the Participant irrevocably elects to exercise the Option and to pledge the Shares so purchased to the Dealer in a margin account as security for a loan from the Dealer in the amount of the total Exercise

 



 

Price, and whereby the Dealer irrevocably commits upon receipt of such Shares to forward the total Exercise Price directly to the Company.  Exercise though a “same-day sale” or a “margin” commitment shall be permitted where expressly approved for the Participant by the Committee or if a new form of Exercise Agreement expressly containing such terms is adopted by the Committee as a substitute for the Participant’s existing form of Exercise Agreement.

 

8.3                                Withholding Taxes .

 

(a)                      Withholding Generally .  Whenever Shares are to be issued in satisfaction of Awards granted under this Plan, the Company may require the Participant to remit to the Company an amount sufficient to satisfy federal, state and local withholding tax requirements prior to the delivery of any certificate or certificates for such Shares.  Whenever, under this Plan, payments in satisfaction of Awards are to be made in cash by the Company, such payment will be net of an amount sufficient to satisfy federal, state, and local withholding tax requirements.

 

(b)                      Stock Withholding .  When, under applicable tax laws, a Participant incurs tax liability in connection with the exercise or vesting of any Award that is subject to tax withholding and the Participant is obligated to pay the Company the amount required to be withheld, the Committee may in its sole discretion allow the Participant to satisfy the minimum withholding tax obligation by electing to have the Company withhold from the Shares to be issued up to the minimum number of Shares having a Fair Market Value on the date that the amount of tax to be withheld is to be determined that is not more than the minimum amount to be withheld; but in no event will the Company withhold Shares if such withholding would result in adverse accounting consequences to the Company.  All elections by a Participant to have Shares withheld for this purpose will be made in accordance with the requirements established by the Committee for such elections and be in writing in a form acceptable to the Committee.

 

9.                                       RESTRICTIONS ON AWARDS .

 

9.1                                Transferability .   Except as permitted by the Committee, Awards granted under this Plan, and any interest therein, will not be transferable or assignable by Participant, other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and, with respect to NQSOs, by instrument to an inter vivos or testamentary trust in which the NQSOs are to be passed to beneficiaries upon the death of the trustor (settlor), or by gift to “immediate family” as that term is defined in 17 C.F.R. 240.16a-1(e), and may not be made subject to execution, attachment or similar process.  During the lifetime of the Participant an Award will be exercisable only by the Participant or Participant’s legal representative and any elections with respect to an Award may be made only by the Participant or Participant’s legal representative. The terms of an Option shall be binding upon the executor, administrator, successors and assigns of the Participant who is a party thereto.

 

9.2                                Securities Law and Other Regulatory Compliance .   Although this Plan is intended to be a written compensatory benefit plan within the meaning of Rule 701 promulgated under the Securities Act, grants may be made pursuant to this Plan that do not qualify for exemption under Rule 701 or Section 25102(o) of the California Corporations Code.  Any requirement of this Plan which is required in law only because of Section 25102(o) need not apply with respect to a particular Award to which Section 25102(o) will not apply.  An Award will not be effective unless such Award is in compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws, rules and regulations of any governmental body, and the requirements of any stock exchange or automated quotation system upon which the Shares may then be listed or quoted, as they are in effect on the date of grant of the Award and also on the date of exercise or other issuance.  Notwithstanding any other provision in this Plan, the Company will have no obligation to issue or deliver certificates for Shares under this Plan prior to (a) obtaining any approvals from governmental agencies that the Company determines are necessary or advisable, and/or (b) compliance with any exemption, completion of any registration or other qualification of such Shares under any state or federal

 



 

law or ruling of any governmental body that the Company determines to be necessary or advisable.  The Company will be under no obligation to register the Shares with the SEC or to effect compliance with the exemption, registration, qualification or listing requirements of any state securities laws, stock exchange or automated quotation system, and the Company will have no liability for any inability or failure so do.

 

9.3                                Exchange and Buyout of Awards .   The Committee may, at any time or from time to time, authorize the Company, with the consent of the respective Participants, to issue new Awards in exchange for the surrender and cancellation of any or all outstanding Awards.  The Committee may at any time buy from a Participant an Award previously granted with payment in cash, Shares (including Restricted Stock) or other consideration, based on such terms and conditions as the Committee and the Participant may agree.

 

10.                                RESTRICTIONS ON SHARES .

 

10.1                         Privileges of Stock Ownership .  No Participant will have any of the rights of a stockholder with respect to any Shares until such Shares are issued to the Participant.  After Shares are issued to the Participant, the Participant will be a stockholder and have all the rights of a stockholder with respect to such Shares, including the right to vote and receive all dividends or other distributions made or paid with respect to such Shares; provided , that if such Shares are Restricted Stock, then any new, additional or different securities the Participant may become entitled to receive with respect to such Shares by virtue of a stock dividend, stock split or any other change in the corporate or capital structure of the Company will be subject to the same restrictions as the Restricted Stock.  The Participant will have no right to retain such stock dividends or stock distributions with respect to Unvested Shares that are repurchased as described in this Section 10.

 

10.2                         Rights of First Refusal and Repurchase .  At the discretion of the Committee, the Company may reserve to itself and/or its assignee(s) in the Award Agreement (a) a right of first refusal to purchase all Shares that a Participant (or a subsequent transferee) may propose to transfer to a third party, provided that such right of first refusal terminates upon the Company’s initial public offering of Common Stock pursuant to an effective registration statement filed under the Securities Act and (b) a right to repurchase Unvested Shares held by a Participant for cash and/or cancellation of purchase money indebtedness owed to the Company by the Participant following such Participant’s Termination at any time.

 

10.3                         Escrow; Pledge of Shares To enforce any restrictions on a Participant’s Shares, the Committee may require the Participant to deposit all certificates representing Shares, together with stock powers or other instruments of transfer approved by the Committee, appropriately endorsed in blank, with the Company or an agent designated by the Company to hold in escrow until such restrictions have lapsed or terminated.  The Committee may cause a legend or legends referencing such restrictions to be placed on the certificate. Any Participant who is permitted to execute a promissory note as partial or full consideration for the purchase of Shares under this Plan will be required to pledge and deposit with the Company all or part of the Shares so purchased as collateral to secure the payment of Participant’s obligation to the Company under the promissory note; provided , however , that the Committee may require or accept other or additional forms of collateral to secure the payment of such obligation and, in any event, the Company will have full recourse against the Participant under the promissory note notwithstanding any pledge of the Participant’s Shares or other collateral.  In connection with any pledge of the Shares, Participant will be required to execute and deliver a written pledge agreement in such form as the Committee will from time to time approve.  The Shares purchased with the promissory note may be released from the pledge on a pro rata basis as the promissory note is paid.

 



 

10.4                         Securities Law Restrictions .   All certificates for Shares or other securities delivered under this Plan will be subject to such stock transfer orders, legends and other restrictions as the Committee may deem necessary or advisable, including restrictions under any applicable federal, state or foreign securities law, or any rules, regulations and other requirements of the SEC or any stock exchange or automated quotation system upon which the Shares may be listed or quoted.

 

11.                                CORPORATE TRANSACTIONS .

 

11.1                         Assumption or Replacement of Awards by Successor or Acquiring Entity .

 

(a)                                          Assumption or Replacement of Awards .  If any of the events set forth in clauses (i) through (iii) below in this Section 11.1(a) shall occur, any or all outstanding Awards may be assumed, converted or replaced by the successor or acquiring entity (if any), which assumption, conversion or replacement will be binding on all Participants.  In the alternative, the successor or acquiring entity may substitute equivalent Awards or provide substantially similar consideration to Participants as was provided to stockholders of the Company (after taking into account the existing provisions of the Awards).  The successor or acquiring entity may also substitute by issuing, in place of outstanding Shares of the Company held by the Participant, substantially similar shares or other property subject to repurchase restrictions and other provisions no less favorable to the Participant than those which applied to such outstanding Shares immediately prior to such transaction described in this Section 11.1.  The events upon which such assumption, conversion, replacement may occur are the following:

 

(i)                                      a dissolution or liquidation of the Company, followed by the payment of creditors and the distribution of any remaining funds to the Company’s stockholders;

 

(ii)                                   any reorganization, consolidation, merger or similar transaction or series of related transactions (each, a “ combination transaction ”) in which the Company is a constituent entity or is a party if, as a result of such combination transaction, the voting securities of the Company that are outstanding immediately prior to the consummation of such combination transaction ( other than any such securities that are held by an Acquiring Stockholder (defined below)) do not represent, or are not converted into, securities of the surviving entity of such combination transaction (or such surviving entity’s parent entity if the surviving entity is owned by the parent entity) that, immediately after the consummation of such combination transaction, together possess at least fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power of all securities of such surviving entity (or its parent entity, if applicable) that are outstanding immediately after the consummation of such combination transaction, including securities of such surviving entity (or its parent entity, if applicable) that are held by the Acquiring Stockholder; or

 

(iii)                                a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, that is followed by payment of creditors and the distribution of the proceeds remaining, if any, to the Company’s stockholders.

 

For purposes of this Section 11.1, an “ Acquiring Stockholder ” means a stockholder or stockholders of the Company that merges or combines with the Company in such combination transaction or that owns or controls a majority of the voting power of another entity that merges or combines with the Company in such combination transaction.

 

(b)                                  Expiration of Awards Not Assumed or Replaced .  In the event such successor or acquiring entity (if any) refuses to assume, convert, replace or substitute Awards, as provided above, pursuant to a transaction described in Section 11.1(a), then notwithstanding any other provision in this Plan to the contrary and unless earlier terminated in accordance with the Plan or the Award Agreement, each such Award will expire upon the consummation of such transaction upon such conditions as the Committee may determine provided that termination of the Award is in compliance with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code.

 



 

(c)                                   Subject to any greater rights granted to Participants under the provisions of this Section 11.1, in the event of the occurrence of any transaction described in Section 11.1(a), any outstanding Awards will be treated as provided in the applicable agreement or plan of reorganization, merger, consolidation, dissolution, liquidation or sale of assets.

 

11.2                         Assumption of Awards by the Company .  The Company, from time to time, also may substitute or assume outstanding awards granted by another entity, whether in connection with an acquisition of such other entity or otherwise, by either (a) granting an Award under this Plan in substitution of such other entity’s award or (b) assuming such award as if it had been granted under this Plan if the terms of such assumed award could be applied to an Award granted under this Plan.  Such substitution or assumption will be permissible if the holder of the substituted or assumed award would have been eligible to be granted an Award under this Plan if the other entity had applied the rules of this Plan to such grant.  In the event the Company assumes an award granted by another entity, the terms and conditions of such award will remain unchanged (except that the exercise price and the number and nature of shares issuable upon exercise of any such option or stock appreciation right, or any award that is subject to Section 409A of the Code, will be adjusted appropriately pursuant to Section 424(a) of the Code).  In the event the Company elects to grant a new Option or SAR rather than assuming an existing option or stock appreciation right, such new Option or SAR may be granted with a similarly adjusted Exercise Price.

 

12.                                ADMINISTRATION .

 

12.1                         Committee Authority .  This Plan will be administered by the Committee or the Board if no Committee is created by the Board.  Subject to the general purposes, terms and conditions of this Plan, and to the direction of the Board, the Committee will have full power to implement and carry out this Plan.  Without limitation, the Committee will have the authority to:

 

(a)                      construe and interpret this Plan, any Award Agreement and any other agreement or document executed pursuant to this Plan;

 

(b)                      prescribe, amend, expand, modify and rescind or terminate rules and regulations relating to this Plan;

 

(c)                       approve persons to receive Awards;

 

(d)                      determine the form and terms of Awards;

 

(e)                       determine the number of Shares or other consideration subject to Awards granted under this Plan;

 

(f)                        determine whether Awards will be granted singly, in combination with, in tandem with, in replacement of, or as alternatives to, other Awards under this Plan or awards under any other incentive or compensation plan of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company;

 

(g)                       grant waivers of any conditions of this Plan or any Award;

 

(h)                      determine the terms of vesting, exercisability and payment of Awards to be granted pursuant to this Plan;

 

(i)                          correct any defect, supply any omission, or reconcile any inconsistency in this Plan, any Award, any Award Agreement, any Exercise Agreement or any Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement;

 

(j)                         determine whether an Award has been earned;

 

(k)                      extend the vesting period beyond a Participant’s Termination Date; and

 

(l)                          make all other determinations necessary or advisable in connection with the administration of this Plan.

 



 

12.2                         Committee Composition and Discretion .  The Board may delegate full administrative authority over the Plan and Awards to a Committee consisting of at least one member of the Board (or such greater number as may then be required by applicable law). Unless in contravention of any express terms of this Plan or Award, any determination made by the Committee with respect to any Award will be made in its sole discretion either (a) at the time of grant of the Award, or (b) subject to Section 4.9 hereof, at any later time.  Any such determination will be final and binding on the Company and on all persons having an interest in any Award under this Plan.  To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Committee may delegate to one or more officers of the Company the authority to grant an Award under this Plan, provided that each such officer is a member of the Board.

 

12.3                         Nonexclusivity of the Plan .   Neither the adoption of this Plan by the Board, the submission of this Plan to the stockholders of the Company for approval, nor any provision of this Plan will be construed as creating any limitations on the power of the Board to adopt such additional compensation arrangements as it may deem desirable, including, without limitation, the granting of stock options and other equity awards otherwise than under this Plan, and such arrangements may be either generally applicable or applicable only in specific cases.

 

12.4                         Governing Law This Plan and all agreements hereunder shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of [California] , without giving effect to that body of laws pertaining to conflict of laws.

 

13.                                EFFECTIVENESS, AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF THE PLAN .

 

13.1                         Adoption and Stockholder Approval .   This Plan will become effective on the date that it is adopted by the Board (the “ Effective Date ”).  This Plan will be approved by the stockholders of the Company (excluding Shares issued pursuant to this Plan), consistent with applicable laws, within twelve (12) months before or after the Effective Date.  Upon the Effective Date, the Board may grant Awards pursuant to this Plan; provided , however , that:  (a) no Option or SAR may be exercised prior to initial stockholder approval of this Plan; (b) no Option or SAR granted pursuant to an increase in the number of Shares approved by the Board shall be exercised prior to the time such increase has been approved by the stockholders of the Company; (c) in the event that initial stockholder approval is not obtained within the time period provided herein, all Awards for which only the exemption from California’s securities qualification requirements provided by Section 25102(o) can apply shall be canceled, any Shares issued pursuant to any such Award shall be canceled and any purchase of such Shares issued hereunder shall be rescinded; and (d) Awards (to which only the exemption from California’s securities qualification requirements provided by Section 25102(o) can apply) granted pursuant to an increase in the number of Shares approved by the Board which increase is not approved by stockholders within the time then required under Section 25102(o) shall be canceled, any Shares issued pursuant to any such Awards shall be canceled, and any purchase of Shares subject to any such Award shall be rescinded.

 

13.2                         Term of Plan .   Unless earlier terminated as provided herein, this Plan will terminate ten (10) years from the Effective Date or, if earlier, ten (10) years from the date of stockholder approval.

 

13.3                         Amendment or Termination of Plan.   Subject to Section 4.9 hereof, the Board may at any time terminate or amend this Plan in any respect, including without limitation amendment of any form of Award Agreement or instrument to be executed pursuant to this Plan; provided , however , that the Board will not, without the approval of the stockholders of the Company, amend this Plan in any manner that requires such stockholder approval pursuant to Section 25102(o) of the California Corporations Code, the Code or the regulations promulgated under the Code as such provisions apply to ISO plans.

 



 

14.                                DEFINITIONS .   For all purposes of this Plan, the following terms will have the following meanings.

 

Award ” means any award pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Plan, including any Option, Restricted Stock Unit, Stock Appreciation Right or Restricted Stock Award.

 

Award Agreement ” means, with respect to each Award, the signed written agreement between the Company and the Participant setting forth the terms and conditions of the Award as approved by the Committee.

 

Board ” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

Cause ” means Termination because of (a) any willful, material violation by the Participant of any law or regulation applicable to the business of the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary of the Company, the Participant’s conviction for, or guilty plea to, a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude, or any willful perpetration by the Participant of a common law fraud, (b) the Participant’s commission of an act of personal dishonesty which involves personal profit in connection with the Company or any other entity having a business relationship with the Company, (c) any material breach by the Participant of any provision of any agreement or understanding between the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company and the Participant regarding the terms of the Participant’s service as an employee, officer, director or consultant to the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary of the Company, including without limitation, the willful and continued failure or refusal of the Participant to perform the material duties required of such Participant as an employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary of the Company, other than as a result of having a Disability, or a breach of any applicable invention assignment and confidentiality agreement or similar agreement between the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary of the Company and the Participant, (d) Participant’s disregard of the policies of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company so as to cause loss, damage or injury to the property, reputation or employees of the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary of the Company, or (e) any other misconduct by the Participant which is materially injurious to the financial condition or business reputation of, or is otherwise materially injurious to, the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary of the Company.

 

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

Committee ” means the committee created and appointed by the Board to administer this Plan, or if no committee is created and appointed, the Board.

 

Company ” means Auditude, Inc., or any successor corporation.

 

Disability ” means a disability, whether temporary or permanent, partial or total, as determined by the Committee.

 

Exercise Price ” means the price per Share at which a holder of an Option may purchase Shares issuable upon exercise of the Option.

 



 

Fair Market Value ” means, as of any date, the value of a share of the Company’s Common Stock determined as follows:

 

(a)                                  if such Common Stock is then publicly traded on a national securities exchange, its closing price on the date of determination on the principal national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading as reported in The Wall Street Journal ;

 

(b)                                  if such Common Stock is publicly traded but is not listed or admitted to trading on a national securities exchange, the average of the closing bid and asked prices on the date of determination as reported by The Wall Street Journal (or, if not so reported, as otherwise reported by any newspaper or other source as the Committee may determine); or

 

(c)                                   if none of the foregoing is applicable to the valuation in question, by the Committee in good faith.

 

Option ” means an award of an option to purchase Shares pursuant to Section 4 of this Plan.

 

Parent ” means any entity (other than the Company) in an unbroken chain of entities ending with the Company if each of such entities other than the Company owns stock or other equity securities representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock or other equity securities in one of the other entities in such chain.

 

Participant ” means a person who receives an Award under this Plan.

 

Plan ” means this Auditude, Inc. 2009 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time.

 

Purchase Price ” means the price at which a Participant may purchase Restricted Stock pursuant to this Plan.

 

Restricted Stock ” means Shares purchased pursuant to a Restricted Stock Award under this Plan.

 

Restricted Stock Award ” means an award of Shares pursuant to Section 5 hereof.

 

Restricted Stock Unit ” or “ RSU ” means an award made pursuant to Section 6 hereof.

 

SEC ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Shares ” means shares of the Company’s Common Stock , $0.001 , par value per share, reserved for issuance under this Plan, as adjusted pursuant to Sections 2 and 11 hereof, and any successor security.

 

Stock Appreciation Right ” or “ SAR ” means an award granted pursuant to Section 7 hereof.

 

Subsidiary ” means any entity (other than the Company) in an unbroken chain of entities beginning with the Company if each of the entities other than the last entity in the unbroken chain owns stock or other equity securities representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock or other equity securities in one of the other entities in such chain.

 

Termination ” or “ Terminated ” means, for purposes of this Plan with respect to a Participant, that the Participant has for any reason ceased to provide services as an employee, officer, director or consultant to the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary of the Company.  A Participant will not be deemed to have ceased to provide services in the case of sick leave, military leave, or any other leave of absence approved by the Committee; provided that such leave is for a period of not more than ninety (90) days (a) unless reinstatement (or, in the case of an employee with an ISO, reemployment) upon the expiration of such leave is guaranteed by contract or statute, or (b) unless provided otherwise pursuant to formal policy adopted from

 



 

time to time by the Company’s Board and issued and promulgated in writing.  In the case of any Participant on sick leave, military leave or an approved leave of absence, the Committee may make such provisions respecting suspension of vesting of the Award while on leave from the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary of the Company as it may deem appropriate, except that in no event may an Option be exercised after the expiration of the term set forth in the Stock Option Agreement.  The Committee will have sole discretion to determine whether a Participant has ceased to provide services and the effective date on which the Participant ceased to provide services (the “ Termination Date ”).

 

Unvested Shares ” means “ Unvested Shares ” as defined in the Award Agreement for an Award.

 

Vested Shares ” means “ Vested Shares ” as defined in the Award Agreement.

 

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Exhibit 99.2

 

AUDITUDE, INC. EMPLOYEE

 

STOCK OPTION PLAN

 

 

As amended by the Corporation’s Board of Directors on

 

November 20, 2007

 



 

SECTION 1:  GENERAL PURPOSE OF PLAN

 

The name of this plan is the Auditude, Inc. Employee Stock Option Plan (the “ Plan ”). The purpose of the Plan is to enable Auditude, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and any Parent or any Subsidiary, to obtain and retain the services of the types of Employees, Consultants and Directors who will contribute to the Company’s long range success and to provide incentives which are linked directly to increases in share value which will inure to the benefit of all stockholders of the Company.

 

SECTION 2:  DEFINITIONS

 

For purposes of the Plan, the following terms shall be defined as set forth below:

 

Administrator ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3 hereof.

 

Board ” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

Cause” means (i) failure by an Eligible Person to substantially perform his or her duties and obligations to the Company (other than any such failure resulting from his or her incapacity due to physical or mental illness); (ii) engaging in misconduct or a fiduciary breach which is or potentially is materially injurious to the Company or its stockholders; (iii) commission of a felony; (iv) the commission of a crime against the Company which is or potentially is materially injurious to the Company; or (v) as otherwise provided in the Stock Option Agreement.  For purposes of this Plan, the existence of Cause shall be determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion.

 

Change in Control ” shall mean:

 

(1)  The consummation of a merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another entity or any other corporate reorganization, if more than 50% of the combined voting power (which voting power shall be calculated by assuming the conversion of all equity securities convertible (immediately or at some future time) into shares entitled to vote, but not assuming the exercise of any warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase those shares) of the continuing or Surviving Entity’s securities outstanding immediately after such merger, consolidation or other reorganization is owned, directly or indirectly, by persons who were not stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or other reorganization; provided , however , that in making the determination of ownership by the stockholders of the Company, immediately after the reorganization, equity securities which persons own immediately before the reorganization as stockholders of another party to the transaction shall be disregarded; or

 

(2)  The sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets.

 

A transaction shall not constitute a Change in Control if its sole purpose is to change the state of the Company’s incorporation or to create a holding company that will be owned in substantially the same proportions by the persons who held the Company’s securities immediately before such transaction.

 



 

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

 

Committee ” means a committee of the Board designated by the Board to administer the Plan.

 

Company ” means Auditude, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (or any successor corporation).

 

Consultant ” means a consultant or advisor who is a natural person and who provides bona fide services to the Company, a Parent or a Subsidiary; provided such services are not in connection with the offer or sale of securities in a capital-raising transaction and do not directly or indirectly promote or maintain a market for the Company’s securities.

 

Date  of  Grant ”  means  the  date  on  which  the  Administrator  adopts  a  resolution expressly granting an Option to a Participant or, if a different date is set forth in such resolution as the Date of Grant, then such date as is set forth in such resolution.

 

Director ” means a member of the Board.

 

Disability ” means that the Optionee is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment; provided, however, for purposes of determining the term of an ISO pursuant to Section 6.6 hereof, the term Disability shall have the meaning ascribed to it under Code Section 22(e)(3).  The determination of whether an individual has a Disability shall be determined under procedures established by the Plan Administrator.

 

Eligible Person ” means an Employee, Consultant or Director of the Company, any Parent or any Subsidiary.

 

“Employee” shall mean any individual who is a common-law employee (including officers) of the Company, a Parent or a Subsidiary.

 

“Exercise Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.3 hereof.

 

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Fair Market Value ” shall mean the fair market value of a share of Stock, determined as follows: (i) if the Stock is listed on any established stock exchange or a national market system, including without limitation the Nasdaq National Market, the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock shall be the closing sales price for such stock (or the closing bid, if no sales were reported) as quoted on such system or exchange (or the exchange with the greatest volume of trading in the Stock) on the last market trading day prior to the day of determination, as reported in the Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Administrator deems reliable; (ii) if the Stock is quoted on the Nasdaq System (but not on the Nasdaq National Market) or any similar system whereby the stock is regularly quoted by a recognized securities dealer but closing sale prices are not reported, the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock shall be the mean between the bid and asked prices for the Stock on the last market trading day prior to the day of determination, as reported

 



 

in the Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Administrator deems reliable; or (iii) in the absence of an established market for the Stock, the Fair Market Value shall be determined in good faith by the Administrator and such determination shall be conclusive and binding on all persons.

 

First Refusal Right ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.7 hereof.

 

ISO ” means a Stock Option intended to qualify as an “incentive stock option” as that term is defined in Section 422(b) of the Code.

 

“Non-Employee Director” means a member of the Board who is not an Employee of the Company, a Parent or Subsidiary, who satisfies the requirements of such term as defined in Rule 16b-3(b)(3)(i) of the Exchange Act promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Non-Qualified Stock Option ” means a Stock Option not described in Section 422(b) of the Code.

 

Optionee ” means a Participant who is granted a Stock Option pursuant to the Plan.

 

“Outside Director” means a member of the Board who is not an Employee of the Company, a Parent or Subsidiary, who satisfies the requirements of such term as defined in the Treasury Regulations (26 Code of Federal Regulation Section 1.162-27(e)(3)).

 

Parent ” means any corporation (other than the Company) in an unbroken chain of corporations ending with the Company, if each of the corporations other than the Company owns stock possessing 50% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.  A corporation that attains the status of a Parent on a date after the adoption of the Plan shall be considered a Parent commencing as of such date.

 

Participant ” means any Eligible Person selected by the Administrator, pursuant to the Administrator’s authority in Section 3 , to receive grants of Options.

 

Plan ” means this Auditude, Inc. Employee Stock Option Plan, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time.

 

Service ” shall mean service as an Employee, Director or Consultant.

 

Stock ” means Common Stock, par vaule $0.001 per share, of the Company.

 

Stock Option ” or “ Option ” means an option to purchase shares of Stock granted pursuant to Section 6 .

 

Stock Option Agreement ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1 .

 

Subsidiary ” means any corporation (other than the Company) in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Company, if each of the corporations other than the last corporation in the unbroken chain owns stock possessing 50% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.  A corporation that attains the status of a Subsidiary on a date after the adoption of the Plan shall be considered a Subsidiary commencing as of such date.

 



 

Surviving Entity ” means the Company if immediately following any merger, consolidation or similar transaction, the holders of outstanding voting securities of the Company immediately prior to the merger or consolidation own equity securities possessing more than 50% of the voting power of the corporation existing following the merger, consolidation or similar transaction.  In all other cases, the other entity to the transaction and not the Company shall be the Surviving Entity.  In making the determination of ownership by the stockholders of an entity immediately after the merger, consolidation or similar transaction, equity securities which the stockholders owned immediately before the merger, consolidation or similar transaction as stockholders of another party to the transaction shall be disregarded.  Further, outstanding voting securities of an entity shall be calculated by assuming the conversion of all equity securities convertible (immediately or at some future time) into shares entitled to vote.

 

Ten Percent Stockholder ” means a person who on the Date of Grant owns, either directly or through attribution as provided in Section 424 of the Code, Stock constituting more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of his or her employer corporation or of any Parent or Subsidiary.

 

SECTION 3:  ADMINISTRATION

 

3.1                        Administrator .  The Plan shall be administered by either (i) the Board or (ii) the Committee (the group that administers the Plan is referred to as the “ Administrator ”).

 

3.2       Powers in General .   The Administrator shall have the power and authority to grant Stock Options to Eligible Persons, pursuant to the terms of the Plan.

 

3.3       Specific Powers .  In particular, the Administrator shall have the authority: (i) to construe and interpret the Plan and apply its provisions; (ii) to promulgate, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to the administration of the Plan; (iii) to authorize any person to execute, on behalf of the Company, any instrument required to carry out the purposes of the Plan; (iv) to determine when Stock Options are to be granted under the Plan; (v) from time to time to select, subject to the limitations set forth in this Plan, those Eligible Persons to whom Stock Options shall be granted; (vi) to determine the number of shares of Stock to be made subject to each Stock Option; (vii) to determine whether each Stock Option is to be an ISO or a Non-Qualified Stock Option; (viii) to prescribe the terms and conditions of each Stock Option, including, without limitation, the Exercise Price, medium of payment and vesting provisions, and to specify the provisions of the Stock Option Agreement relating to such grant or sale; (ix) to amend any outstanding Stock Options for the purpose of modifying the time or manner of vesting or the Exercise Price, as the case may be, subject to applicable legal restrictions and to the consent of the other party to such agreement; (x) to determine the duration and purpose of leaves of absences which may be granted to a Participant without constituting termination of their employment for purposes of the Plan; (xi) to make decisions with respect to outstanding Stock Options that may become necessary upon a change in corporate control or an event that triggers anti-dilution adjustments; and (xii) to make any and all other determinations which it determines to be necessary or advisable for administration of the Plan.

 



 

3.4       Decisions  Final .    All  decisions  made  by  the  Administrator  pursuant  to  the provisions of the Plan shall be final and binding on the Company and the Participants.

 

3.5       The Committee .  The Board may, in its sole and absolute discretion, from time to time, and at any period of time during which the Company’s Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act shall, delegate any or all of its duties and authority with respect to the Plan to the Committee whose members are to be appointed by and to serve at the pleasure of the Board.  From time to time, the Board may increase or decrease the size of the Committee, add  additional  members  to,  remove  members  (with  or  without  cause)  from,  appoint  new members in substitution therefor, and fill vacancies, however caused, in the Committee.  The Committee shall act pursuant to a vote of the majority of its members or, in the case of a committee comprised of only two members, the unanimous consent of its members, whether present or not, or by the unanimous written consent of the majority of its members, and minutes shall be kept of all of its meetings and copies thereof shall be provided to the Board.  Subject to the limitations prescribed by the Plan and the Board, the Committee may establish and follow such rules and regulations for the conduct of its business as it may determine to be advisable. During any period of time during which the Company’s Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, all members of the Committee shall be Non-Employee Directors and Outside Directors.

 

3.6       Indemnification .  In addition to such other rights of indemnification as they may have as Directors or members of the Committee, and to the extent allowed by applicable law, the Administrator and each of the Administrator’s consultants shall be indemnified by the Company against the reasonable expenses, including attorney’s fees, actually incurred in connection with any action, suit or proceeding or in connection with any appeal therein, to which the Administrator or any of its consultants may be party by reason of any action taken or failure to act under or in connection with the Plan or any option granted under the Plan, and against all amounts paid by the Administrator or any of its consultants in settlement thereof (provided that the settlement has been approved by the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) or paid by the Administrator or any of its consultants in satisfaction of a judgment in any such action, suit or proceeding, except in relation to matters as to which it shall be adjudged in such action, suit or proceeding that such Administrator or any of its consultants did not act in good faith and in a manner which such person reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the Company, and in the case of a criminal proceeding, had no reason to believe that the conduct complained of was unlawful; provided , however , that within 60 days after institution of any such action, suit or proceeding, such Administrator or any of its consultants shall, in writing, offer the Company  the  opportunity  at  its  own  expense  to  handle  and  defend  such  action,  suit  or proceeding.

 

SECTION 4:  STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

 

4.1                        Stock Subject to the Plan .    Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 8 , 6,973,141 shares of Stock shall be reserved and available for issuance under the Plan.   Stock reserved hereunder may consist, in  whole or in part, of authorized and unissued shares or treasury shares.

 



 

4.2                        Basic  Limitation .   The  maximum  number  of  shares  with  respect  to  which Options may be granted under the Plan to any Participant in any one calendar year shall be 1,000,000 shares.  The number of shares that are subject to Stock Options under the Plan shall not exceed the number of shares that then remain available for issuance under the Plan.  The Company, during the term of the Plan, shall at all times reserve and keep available a sufficient number of shares to satisfy the requirements of the Plan.

 

4.3       Additional Shares .   In the event that any outstanding Option for any reason expires or is canceled or otherwise terminated, the shares allocable to the unexercised portion of such Option shall again be available for the purposes of the Plan.  In the event that shares issued under the Plan are reacquired by the Company pursuant to the terms of any forfeiture provision, right of repurchase or right of first refusal, such shares shall again be available for the purposes of the Plan.

 

SECTION 5:  ELIGIBILITY

 

Eligible Persons who are selected by the Administrator shall be eligible to be granted Options hereunder subject to limitations set forth in this Plan; provided , however , that only Employees shall be eligible to be granted ISOs hereunder.

 

SECTION 6:  TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF OPTIONS.

 

6.1      Stock Option Agreement .  Each grant of an Option under the Plan shall be evidenced by a Stock Option Agreement between the Optionee and the Company (the “ Stock Option Agreement ”).  Such Option shall be subject to all applicable terms and conditions of the Plan and may be subject to any other terms and conditions which are not inconsistent with the Plan and which the Administrator deems appropriate for inclusion in a Stock Option Agreement. The provisions of the various Stock Option Agreements entered into under the Plan need not be identical.

 

6.2       Number of Shares .  Each Stock Option Agreement shall specify the number of shares of Stock that are subject to the Option and shall provide for the adjustment of such number in accordance with Section 8 , hereof.  The Stock Option Agreement shall also specify whether the Option is an ISO or a Non-Qualified Stock Option.

 

6.3                                Exercise Price .

 

6.3.1    In General .  Each Stock Option Agreement shall state the price at which shares subject to the Stock Option may be purchased (the “ Exercise Price ”), which shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of the Stock on the Date of Grant.

 

6.3.2    Ten Percent Stockholder .  A Ten Percent Stockholder shall not be eligible for designation as an Optionee, unless (i) the  Exercise Price of a Non-Qualified Stock Option is at least 110% of the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the Date of Grant, or (ii) in the case of an ISO, the Exercise Price is at least 110% of the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the Date of Grant and such ISO by its terms is not exercisable after the expiration of five years from the Date of Grant.

 



 

6.3.3  Non Applicability .   The Exercise Price restriction applicable to Non- Qualified Stock Options required by Section 6.3.2(i)  shall be inoperative if (i) the shares to be issued upon payment of the Exercise Price have been registered under a then currently effective registration statement under applicable federal securities laws and the issuer is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or becomes an investment company registered or required to be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or (ii) a determination is made by counsel for the Company that such Exercise Price restriction is not required in the circumstances under applicable federal or state securities laws.

 

6.3.4                      Payment .    The Exercise Price shall be payable in a form described in Section 7 hereof.

 

6.4       Withholding Taxes .  As a condition to the exercise of an Option, the Optionee shall make such arrangements as the Board may require for the satisfaction of any federal, state, local or foreign withholding tax obligations that may arise in connection with such exercise or with the disposition of shares acquired by exercising an Option.

 

6.5       Exercisability .  Each Stock Option Agreement shall specify the date when all or any installment of the Option becomes exercisable.  In the case of an Optionee who is not an officer of the Company, a Director or a Consultant, an Option shall become exercisable at least as rapidly as 20% per year over the five-year period commencing on the Date of Grant.  Subject to the preceding sentence, the exercise provisions of any Stock Option Agreement shall be determined by the Administrator, in its sole discretion.

 

6.6       Term.  The Stock Option Agreement shall specify the term of the Option.  No Option shall be exercised after the expiration of ten years after the date the Option is granted.  In the case of an ISO granted to a Ten Percent Stockholder, the ISO shall not be exercised after the expiration of five years after the date the ISO is granted.  Unless otherwise provided in the Stock Option Agreement, no Option may be exercised (i) three months after the date the Optionee’s Service with the Company, a Parent or a Subsidiary terminates if such termination is for any reason other than death, Disability or Cause, (ii) one year after the date the Optionee’s Service with the Company and any Parent or Subsidiary terminates if such termination is a result of death or  Disability,  and  (iii)  if  the  Optionee’s  Service  with  the  Company  and  its  Subsidiaries terminates for Cause, all outstanding Options granted to such Optionee shall expire as of the commencement of business on the date of such termination.  The Administrator may, in its sole discretion, waive the accelerated expiration provided for in clauses (i) or (ii) above.  Outstanding Options that are not vested at the time of termination of employment for any reason other than Cause shall expire at the close of business on the date of such termination.

 

6.7       Leaves of Absence .  For purposes of Section 6.6 above, to the extent required by applicable law, Service shall be deemed to continue while the Optionee is on a bona fide leave of absence.  To the extent applicable law does not require such a leave to be deemed to continue

 



 

Service while the Optionee is on a bona fide leave of absence, such leave shall be deemed to continue Service if, and only if, expressly provided in writing by the Administrator or a duly authorized officer of the Company, a Parent or a Subsidiary for whom Optionee provides his or her services.

 

6.8       Modification, Extension and Assumption of Options . Within the limitations of the Plan, the Administrator may modify, extend, assume or repurchase outstanding Options (whether  granted  by  the  Company  or  another  issuer)  or  may  accept  the  cancellation  of outstanding Options (whether granted by the Company or another issuer) in return for either a cash payment equal to the difference between the Fair Market Value and the Exercise Price of the vested portion of such Option, or the grant of new Options for the same or a different number of shares and at the same or a different Exercise Price.  Without limiting the foregoing, the Administrator may amend a previously granted Option to fully accelerate the vesting schedule of such Option (including without limitation, in connection with a Change in Control) and provide that upon the exercise of such Option, the Optionee shall receive shares that are subject to repurchase by the Company at the Exercise Price paid for the Option with the Company’s right to repurchase at such price lapsing at the same rate as the vesting provisions set forth in Optionee’s Stock Option Agreement.  The foregoing notwithstanding, no modification of an Option shall, without the consent of the Optionee, impair the Optionee’s rights or increase the Optionee’s obligations under such Option.  However, a termination of the Option in which the Optionee receives a cash payment equal to the difference between the Fair Market Value and the Exercise Price for all shares subject to exercise under any outstanding Option shall not be deemed to impair any rights of the Optionee or increase the Optionee’s obligations under such Option.

 

SECTION 7:  PAYMENT; RESTRICTIONS

 

7.1       General Rule .  The entire Exercise Price of shares issued under the Plan shall be payable in full by, as applicable, cash or check for an amount equal to the aggregate Exercise Price  for  the  number  of  shares  of  Stock  being  purchased,  or  in  the  discretion  of  the Administrator, upon such terms as the Administrator shall approve, (i) by a copy of instructions to a broker directing such broker to sell the Stock for which such Option is exercised, and to remit to the Company the aggregate Exercise Price of such Options (a “ cashless exercise ”), (ii) by paying all or a portion of the Exercise Price for the number of shares of Stock being purchased  by  tendering  Stock  owned  by  the  Optionee,  duly  endorsed  for  transfer  to  the Company, with a Fair Market Value on the date of delivery equal to the aggregate Exercise Price of the Stock with respect to which such Option or portion thereof is thereby exercised (a “ stock- for-stock exercise ”) or (iii) by a stock-for-stock exercise by means of attestation whereby the Optionee identifies for delivery specific shares of Stock already owned by the Optionee and receives a number of shares of Stock equal to the difference between the number of shares of Stock subject to the Option thereby exercised and the identified attestation shares of Stock (an “ attestation exercise ”).

 



 

7.2       Withholding Payment .  The Exercise Price shall include payment of the amount of all federal, state, local or other income, excise or employment taxes subject to withholding (if any) by the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary as a result of the exercise of a Stock Option.

 

The Optionee may pay all or a portion of the tax withholding by cash or check payable to the Company, or, at the discretion of the Administrator, upon such terms as the Administrator shall approve, by (i) cashless exercise; (ii) stock-for-stock exercise or attestation exercise; (iii) by paying all or a portion of the tax withholding for the number of shares being purchased by withholding shares from any transfer or payment to the Optionee (“ Stock Withholding ”); or (iv) a combination of one or more of the foregoing payment methods.  Any shares issued pursuant to the exercise of an Option and transferred by the Optionee to the Company for the purpose of satisfying any withholding obligation shall not again be available for purposes of the Plan.  The Fair Market Value of the number of shares subject to Stock Withholding shall not exceed an amount equal to the applicable minimum required tax withholding rates.

 

7.3       Promissory Note .  To the extent that a Stock Option Agreement so provides, in the discretion of the Administrator, upon such terms as the Administrator shall approve, all or a portion of the Exercise Price of shares of Stock issued under the Plan may be paid with a full- recourse promissory note; provided , however , that payment of any portion of the Exercise Price by promissory note shall not be permitted where such loan would be prohibited by applicable laws, regulations and rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission and any other governmental agency having jurisdiction.  However, in the event there is a stated par value of the shares and applicable law requires, the par value of the shares, if newly issued, shall be paid in cash or cash equivalents.  The shares shall be pledged as security for payment of the principal amount of the promissory note and interest thereon.  The interest rate payable under the terms of the promissory note shall not be less than the minimum rate (if any) required to avoid the imputation of additional interest under the Code.  Subject to the foregoing, the Administrator (at its sole discretion) shall specify the term, interest rate, amortization requirements (if any) and other provisions of such note.  Unless the Administrator determines otherwise, shares of Stock having a Fair Market Value at least equal to the principal amount of the loan shall be pledged by the holder to the Company as security for payment of the unpaid balance of the loan and such pledge shall be evidenced by a pledge agreement, the terms of which shall be determined by the Administrator,  in  its  discretion;  provided however ,  that  each  loan  shall  comply  with  all applicable laws, regulations and rules of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and any other governmental agency having jurisdiction.

 

7.4       Exercise/Pledge .  To the extent that a Stock Option Agreement so allows and if Stock is publicly traded, in the discretion of the Administrator, upon such terms as the Administrator shall approve, payment may be made all or in part by the delivery (on a form prescribed by the Administrator) of an irrevocable direction to pledge shares to a securities broker or lender approved by the Company, as security for a loan, and to deliver all or part of the loan  proceeds  to  the  Company  in  payment  of  all  or  part  of  the  Exercise  Price  and  any withholding taxes.

 

7.5       Written Notice .  The purchaser shall deliver a written notice to the Administrator requesting that the Company direct its transfer agent or officers to issue to the purchaser (or to his designee) a certificate for the number of shares of Stock underlying any Options being exercised or, in the case of a cashless exercise or share withholding exercise, for any shares that were not sold in the cashless exercise or withheld.

 



 

7.6       First  Refusal  Right .  Each  Stock  Option  Agreement  may  provide  that  the Company shall have the right of first refusal (the “ First Refusal Right ”), exercisable in connection with any proposed sale, hypothecation or other disposition of the Stock purchased by the Optionee pursuant to a Stock Option Agreement; and in the event the holder of such Stock desires to accept a bona fide third-party offer for any or all of such Stock, the Stock shall first be offered to the Company upon the same terms and conditions as are set forth in the bona fide offer.

 

7.7       Termination  of  First  Refusal  Rights .    Each  Stock  Option  Agreement  shall provide that the First Refusal Rights shall have no effect with respect to, or shall lapse and cease to have effect when the Company’s securities become publicly traded or a determination is made by counsel for the Company that such First Refusal Rights are not permitted under applicable federal or state securities laws.

 

7.8       No Transferability .  Except as provided herein, a Participant may not assign, sell or transfer Options, in whole or in part, other than by will or by operation of the laws of descent and distribution.

 

7.8.1    Permitted Transfer of Non-Qualified Stock Option . The Administrator, in its sole discretion may permit the transfer of a Non-Qualified Stock Option (but not an ISO) as follows:  (i) by gift to a member of the Participant’s immediate family or (ii) by transfer by instrument to a trust providing that the Option is to be passed to beneficiaries upon death of the trustor (either or both (i) or (ii) referred to as a “ Permitted Transferee ”).  For purposes of this Section 7.8.1 , “ immediate family ” shall mean the Optionee’s spouse (including a former spouse subject to terms of a domestic relations order); child, stepchild, grandchild, child-in-law; parent, stepparent, grandparent, parent-in-law; sibling and sibling-in-law, and shall include adoptive relationships.

 

7.8.2              Conditions of Permitted Transfer .  A transfer permitted under this Section 7.8 may be made only upon written notice to and approval thereof by the Administrator.  A Permitted Transferee may not further assign, sell or transfer the transferred Option, in whole or in part, other than by will or by operation of the laws of descent and distribution.  A Permitted Transferee shall agree in writing to be bound by the provisions of this Plan.

 

SECTION 8:  ADJUSTMENTS; MARKET STAND-OFF

 

8.1                                Effect of Certain Changes .

 

8.1.1   Stock Dividends, Splits, Etc .  If there is any change in the number of outstanding shares of Stock by reason of a stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination or reclassification, then (i) the number of shares of Stock available for Options, (ii) the number of shares of Stock covered by outstanding Options and (iii) the Exercise Price of any Stock Option, in effect prior to such change, shall be proportionately adjusted by the Administrator to reflect any increase or decrease in the number of issued shares of Stock; provided , however , that any fractional shares resulting from the adjustment shall be eliminated.

 



 

8.1.2    Liquidation, Dissolution, Merger, Consolidation or Change in Control .  In the event of a dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or any corporate separation or division, including, but not limited to, a split-up, a split-off or a spin-off, or a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company; a merger or consolidation in which the Company is not the Surviving Entity; a reverse merger in which the Company is the Surviving Entity, but the shares of Company stock outstanding immediately preceding the merger are converted by virtue of the merger into other property, whether in the form of securities, cash or otherwise; the transfer of more than 90% of the then outstanding voting stock of the Company to another person or entity; or a Change in Control, then, the Company, to the extent permitted by applicable law, but otherwise in its sole discretion may provide for: (i) the continuation of outstanding Options by the Company (if the Company is the Surviving Entity); (ii) the assumption of the Plan and such outstanding Options by the Surviving Entity or its parent; (iii) the substitution by the Surviving Entity or its parent of stock options with substantially the same terms for such outstanding Options; (iv) if provided for by the Administrator using its sole discretion in a notice of cancellation, the right to exercise such Option in whole or in part without regard to any vesting provisions in the Stock Option Agreement, (iv) the cancellation of such outstanding Options without payment of any consideration, provided that if such Options would be canceled in accordance with the foregoing, the Optionee shall have the right, exercisable during the later of the ten-day period ending on the fifth day prior to such merger or consolidation or ten days after the Administrator provides the Optionee with a notice of cancellation, to exercise the vested portion of such Options in whole or in part, or (v) the cancellation of the outstanding unvested portion of such Options and the repurchase of the vested portion of such Options for a cash payment equal to the difference between the Fair Market Value and the Exercise Price of such Options.

 

8.1.3    Further Adjustments .   Subject to Section 8.1.2 , the Administrator shall have the discretion, exercisable at any time before a sale, merger, consolidation, reorganization, liquidation or Change in Control, to take such further action as it determines to be necessary or advisable, and fair and equitable to Participants, with respect to Options.  Such authorized action may include (but shall not be limited to) establishing, amending or waiving the type, terms, conditions or duration of, or restrictions on, Options so as to provide for earlier, later, extended or additional time for exercise and other modifications, and the Administrator may take such actions with respect to all Participants, to certain categories of Participants or only to individual Participants.  The Administrator may take such action before or after granting Options to which the action relates and before or after any public announcement with respect to such sale, merger, consolidation, reorganization, liquidation or Change in Control that is the reason for such action.

 

8.1.4      Par Value Changes .  In the event of a change in the Stock of the Company as presently constituted which is limited to a change of all of its authorized shares with par value, into the same number of shares without par value, or a change in the par value, the shares resulting from any such change shall be “Stock” within the meaning of the Plan.

 

8.2       Decision of Administrator Final .  To the extent that the foregoing adjustments relate  to  stock  or  securities  of  the  Company,  such  adjustments  shall  be  made  by  the Administrator, whose determination in that respect shall be final, binding and conclusive; provided , however , that each ISO granted pursuant to the Plan shall not be adjusted in a manner that causes such ISO to fail to continue to qualify as an ISO without the prior consent of the Optionee thereof.

 



 

8.3       No Other Rights .  Except as hereinbefore expressly provided in this Section 8 , no Participant shall have any rights by reason of any subdivision or consolidation of shares of Stock or the payment of any dividend or any other increase or decrease in the number of shares of Stock of any class or by reason of any of the events described in Section 8.1 , above, or any other issue by the Company of shares of stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class; and, except as provided in this Section 8 , none of the foregoing events shall affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number or price of shares of Stock subject to Options.  The grant of a Stock Option pursuant to the Plan shall not affect in any way the right or power of the Company to make adjustments, reclassifications, reorganizations or changes of its capital or business structures or to merge or to consolidate or to dissolve, liquidate or sell, or transfer all or part of its business or assets.

 

8.4       Market  Stand-Off .     Each  Stock  Option  Agreement  shall  provide  that,  in connection  with  any  underwritten  public  offering  by  the  Company  of  its  equity  securities pursuant  to  an  effective  registration  statement  filed  under  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  as amended, including the Company’s initial public offering, the Participant shall agree not to sell, make any short sale of, loan, hypothecate, pledge, grant any option for the repurchase of, or otherwise dispose or transfer for value or otherwise agree to engage in any of the foregoing transactions with respect to any Stock without the prior written consent of the Company or its underwriters, for such period of time from and after the effective date of such registration statement as may be requested by the Company or such underwriters (the “ Market Stand-Off ”).

 

SECTION 9:  AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

 

The Board may amend, suspend or terminate the Plan at any time and for any reason.  At the time of such amendment, the Board shall determine, upon advice from counsel, whether such amendment will be contingent on stockholder approval.

 

SECTION 10:  GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

10.1                 General Restrictions .

 

10.1.1 No View to Distribute .   The Administrator may require each person acquiring shares of Stock pursuant to the Plan to represent to and agree with the Company in writing that such person is acquiring the shares without a view towards distribution thereof.  The certificates for such shares may include any legend that the Administrator deems appropriate to reflect any restrictions on transfer.

 

10.1.2  Legends .  All certificates for shares of Stock delivered under the Plan shall be subject to such stop transfer orders and other restrictions as the Administrator may deem advisable under the rules, regulations and other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, any stock exchange upon which the Stock is then listed and any applicable federal or state securities laws, and the Administrator may cause a legend or legends to be put on any such certificates to make appropriate reference to such restrictions.

 



 

10.1.3  No Rights as Stockholder .  Except as specifically provided in this Plan, a Participant or a transferee of a Stock Option shall have no rights as a stockholder with respect to any shares covered by the Options until the date of the issuance of a stock certificate to him or her for such shares, and no adjustment shall be made for dividends (ordinary or extraordinary, whether in cash, securities or other property) or distributions of other rights for which the record date is prior to the date such stock certificate is issued, except as provided in Section 8.1 , hereof.

 

10.2     Other  Compensation  Arrangements .    Nothing  contained  in  this  Plan  shall prevent the Board from adopting other or additional compensation arrangements, subject to stockholder approval if such approval is required; and such arrangements may be either generally applicable or applicable only in specific cases.

 

10.3     Disqualifying Dispositions .  Any Participant who shall make a “ disposition ” (as defined in Section 424 of the Code) of all or any portion of an ISO within two years from the date of grant of such ISO or within one year after the issuance of the shares of Stock acquired upon exercise of such ISO shall be required to immediately advise the Company in writing as to the occurrence of the sale and the price realized upon the sale of such shares of Stock.

 

10.4     Regulatory Matters .  Each Stock Option Agreement shall provide that no shares shall be purchased or sold thereunder unless and until (i) any then applicable requirements of state or federal laws and regulatory agencies shall have been fully complied with to the satisfaction of the Company and its counsel and (ii) if required to do so by the Company, the Optionee or Offeree shall have executed and delivered to the Company a letter of investment intent in such form and containing such provisions as the Board or Committee may require.

 

10.5     Recapitalizations .    Each  Stock  Option  Agreement  shall  contain  provisions required to reflect the provisions of Section 8 .

 

10.6     Delivery .  Upon exercise of a Stock Option granted under this Plan, the Company shall issue Stock or pay any amounts due within a reasonable period of time thereafter.  Subject to any statutory obligations the Company may otherwise have, for purposes of this Plan, thirty days shall be considered a reasonable period of time.

 

10.7     Other Provisions .  The Stock Option Agreements authorized under the Plan may contain such other provisions not inconsistent with this Plan, including, without limitation, restrictions upon the exercise of the Options, as the Administrator may deem advisable.

 

SECTION 11:  INFORMATION TO PARTICIPANTS

 

To the extent necessary to comply with applicable law, the Company each year shall furnish to Participants its balance sheet and income statement unless such Participants are limited to key Employees whose duties with the Company assure them access to equivalent information.

 



 

SECTION 12: STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

 

As a condition to the transfer of Stock pursuant to a Stock Option granted under this Plan, the Administrator, in its sole and absolute discretion, may require the Participant to execute and become a party to any agreement by and among the Company and any of its stockholders which exists on or after the Date of Grant (the “ Stockholders Agreement ”).  If the Participant becomes a party to a Stockholders Agreement, in addition to the terms of this Plan and the Stock Option Agreement pursuant to which the Stock is transferred, the terms and conditions of Stockholders Agreement shall govern Participant’s rights in and to the Stock; and if there is any conflict between the provisions of the Stockholders Agreement and this Plan or any conflict between the provisions of the Stockholders Agreement and the Stock Option Agreement pursuant to which the Stock is transferred, the provisions of the Stockholders Agreement shall be controlling. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 12 , if the Stockholders Agreement contains any provisions which would violate Section 25102(o) of the California Corporations Code if applied to the Participant, the terms of this Plan and the Stock Option Agreement pursuant to which the Stock is transferred shall govern the Participant’s rights with respect to such provisions.

 

SECTION 13:  EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN

 

The effective date of this Plan is April 2, 2006.  The adoption of the Plan is subject to approval by the Company’s stockholders, which approval must be obtained within 12 months from the date the Plan is adopted by the Board.  In the event that the stockholders fail to approve the Plan within 12 months after its adoption by the Board, any grants of Options that have already occurred shall be rescinded, and no additional grants shall be made thereafter under the Plan.

 

SECTION 14:  TERM OF PLAN

 

The Plan shall terminate automatically on April 1, 2016, but no later than prior to the 10 th  anniversary of the effective date.   No Option shall be granted pursuant to the Plan after such date, but Options theretofore granted may extend beyond that date.  The Plan may be terminated on any earlier date pursuant to Section 9 hereof.

 

SECTION 15:  EXECUTION.

 

To record the adoption of the Plan by the Board, the Company has caused its authorized officer to execute the same as of April 2, 2006.

 

 

 

AUDITUDE, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By: Richard Ying

 

Its:  Chief Executive Officer