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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 10-Q

 

 

(Mark One)

x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended December 31, 2013

or

 

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                      to                     

Commission File Number: 001-16073

 

 

UNWIRED PLANET, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   94-3219054

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

170 South Virginia Street, Suite 201

Reno, Nevada

  89501
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(775) 980-2345

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes   x     No   ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes   x     No   ¨

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   ¨    Accelerated filer   x
Non-accelerated filer   ¨   (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    Smaller reporting company   ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes   ¨     No   x

As of February 4, 2014 there were 109,767,378 shares of the registrant’s Common Stock outstanding.

 

 

 


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UNWIRED PLANET, INC.

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION   

Item 1. Financial Statements:

  

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

     3   

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

     4   

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss

     5   

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

     6   

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

     7   

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

     15   

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

     20   

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

     20   
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION      21   

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

     21   

Item 1A. Risk Factors

     21   

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Securities and Use of Proceeds

     21   

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

     22   

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

     22   

Item 5. Other Information

     22   

Item 6. Exhibits

     22   

SIGNATURES

     23   

 

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

UNWIRED PLANET, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands, except par value)

Unaudited

 

     December 31,
2013
    June 30,
2013
 
ASSETS     

Current assets:

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 11,063      $ 47,613   

Short-term investments

     40,038        10,793   

Restricted cash and investments

     —          17,251   

Accounts receivable

     —          88   

Prepaid and other current assets

     588        420   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

     51,689        76,165   

Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $139 and $93

     216        212   

Long-term investments

     21,831        —     

Debt issue costs and other assets

     1,876        1,861   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 75,612      $ 78,238   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY     

Current liabilities:

    

Accounts payable

   $ 724      $ 2,317   

Accrued liabilities

     1,119        2,817   

Accrued legal expense

     4,018        3,686   

Accrued compensation

     716        1,057   

Accrued restructuring costs

     514        594   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     7,091        10,471   

Accrued restructuring costs, net of current portion

     —          259   

Long-term note payable

     23,831        22,096   

Other long-term liabilities

     930        1,485   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     31,852        34,311   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Stockholders’ equity

    

Preferred stock, $0.001 par value; 5,000 shares authorized and zero outstanding

     —          —     

Common stock, $0.001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized and 109,934 and 100,281 issued; and 109,560 and 99,988 outstanding at December 31, 2013 and June 30, 2013, respectively

     109        100   

Treasury stock, at cost; 374 and 293 shares at December 31, 2013 and June 30, 2013, respectively

     (702     (575

Additional paid-in-capital

     3,239,201        3,224,769   

Accumulated other comprehensive income

     —          2   

Accumulated deficit

     (3,194,848     (3,180,369
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total stockholders’ equity

     43,760        43,927   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

   $ 75,612      $ 78,238   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements

 

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UNWIRED PLANET, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In thousands, except per share data)

Unaudited

 

     Three Months Ended
December 31,
    Six Months Ended
December 31,
 
     2013     2012     2013     2012  

Revenue:

        

License fees

   $ —        $ 3      $ —        $ 6   

Fee Share

     —          —          —          —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net revenue

     —          3        —          6   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating costs and expenses:

        

Sales and marketing expense

     —          —          —          78   

Patent licensing expenses

     5,743        3,156        10,546        8,715   

General and administrative

     1,359        4,350        3,143        8,141   

Restructuring and other related costs

     —          1,349        —          1,806   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating costs and expenses

     7,102        8,855        13,689        18,740   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating loss from continuing operations

     (7,102     (8,852     (13,689     (18,734

Interest income

     27        57        70        135   

Interest expense

     (899     —          (1,782     (3

Other income (expense), net

     449        (18     803        (43
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss from continuing operations

     (7,525     (8,813     (14,598     (18,645
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Discontinued operations:

        

Loss on sale of discontinued operations

     —          —          —          (750

Discontinued operations, net of tax

     232        (2,797     119        (7,325
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) from discontinued operations

     232        (2,797     119        (8,075
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss

   $ (7,293   $ (11,610   $ (14,479   $ (26,720
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Basic and diluted net loss per share from:

        

Continuing operations

   $ (0.07   $ (0.10   $ (0.14   $ (0.21

Discontinued operations

     —          (0.03     —          (0.09
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss

   $ (0.07   $ (0.13   $ (0.14   $ (0.30
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Weighted average shares outstanding

        

basic and diluted

     109,141        90,323        105,631        90,147   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements

 

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UNWIRED PLANET, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

(In thousands)

Unaudited

 

     Three Months Ended
December 31,
    Six Months Ended
December 31,
 
     2013     2012     2013     2012  

Net loss

   $ (7,293   $ (11,610   $ (14,479   $ (26,720

Other comprehensive income (loss)

        

Change in unrealized gain (loss) on marketable securities

     17        (55     (5     (17

Foreign currency translation adjustment

     (9     —          3        —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     8        (55     (2     (17
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Comprehensive loss

   $ (7,285   $ (11,665   $ (14,481   $ (26,737
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements

 

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UNWIRED PLANET, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In thousands)

Unaudited

 

     Six Months Ended
December 31,
 
     2013     2012  

Cash flows from operating activities:

    

Net loss

   $ (14,479   $ (26,720

Loss on sale of discontinued operations

     —          750   

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

    

Depreciation and amortization

     47        243   

Stock-based compensation

     910        1,296   

Non-cash restructuring charges

     2        397   

Amortization of premiums/discounts on investments, net

     69        537   

Realized loss on sale of investments

     81        —     

Gain on change in fair value of consultant incentive award obligation

     (795     —     

In kind interest payments on note payable

     1,627        —     

Amortization debt discount and issuance costs

     155        —     

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

    

Accounts receivable

     88        —     

Prepaid assets, deposits, and other assets

     (231     2,408   

Accounts payable

     (1,593     667   

Accrued liabilities

     (417     (2,690

Accrued restructuring costs

     (341     (6,285

Restricted Cash

     17,251        (675
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

     2,374        (30,072
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

    

Proceeds from sale (purchases) of property and equipment

     (51     74   

Payments to vendors related to the sale of discontinued operation

     —          (1,893

Purchases of short-term investments

     (29,851     (10,014

Proceeds from sales and maturities of investments

     17,107        26,476   

Purchases of long-term investments

     (38,482     (948

Proceeds from sales and maturities of long-term investments

     —          5   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

     (51,277     13,700   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

    

Proceeds from rights offering issuance of common stock

     12,500        —     

Proceeds from exercise of stock options

     1,446        1,272   

Payment of debt and equity issuance costs

     (1,467     —     

Purchase of treasury stock

     (126     —     

Employee stock purchase plan

     —          6   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

     12,353        1,278   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

     (36,550     (15,094

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

     47,613        39,709   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

   $ 11,063      $ 24,615   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-cash investing and financing activities

    

Unpaid debt and equity issuance costs

   $ 65      $ —     

Obligation to financial consultant for stock compensation

     175        —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total financing agreements and issue costs

   $ 240      $ —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other non-cash items:

    

Common stock issued to satisfiy liability for issuance costs

   $ 1,000      $ —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements

 

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UNWIRED PLANET, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - UNAUDITED

 

  (1) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Organization

Unwired Planet, Inc. (referred to as “Unwired Planet”, “UPIP”, the “Company”, “our”, “we”, or “us”) is an intellectual property licensing company with approximately 2,600 worldwide mobile technology patents and patent applications. Our patents cover a wide range of technology in the mobile ecosystem.

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial information, the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Accordingly, they do not contain all of the information and notes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for the fair presentation of the Company’s financial position as of December 31, 2013 and June 30, 2013, and the results of its operations for the three months and six months ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, and cash flows for the six months ended December 31, 2013 and 2012. The following information should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the condensed consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Contingent Legal Expenses

The Company retains the services of law firms that specialize in intellectual property licensing, enforcement, and patent law. These law firms are retained on an hourly fee, contingent fee, or blended fee basis. In a contingency fee arrangement, law firms are paid a success fee, which is calculated in a variety of ways, most typically expressed as a percentage of any negotiated license fees, settlements or judgments awarded. Contingent legal fees are expensed in the condensed consolidated statements of operations in the period such fees become contractually due and payable. In instances where there are no recoveries from potential infringers, no contingent legal fees are due; however, the Company may be liable for certain out of pocket legal costs incurred pursuant to the underlying legal services agreement which are expensed as incurred. Legal fees that are required to be paid regardless of whether license recoveries are obtained are expensed as incurred. Legal fees related to maintenance, licensing, and enforcement of intellectual property and associated costs are recorded in patent licensing expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents are comprised of cash and highly liquid investments with remaining maturities of 90 days or less at the date of purchase. Cash equivalents are comprised of short-term investments with an investment rating of any two of the following: Moody’s of A-2 or higher, or Standard & Poor’s of A1 or higher at the time of purchase.

During the six months ended December 31, 2013, approximately $17.3 million of restricted cash related to the lease on the Company’s prior headquarters, which expired in April 2013 was released in July 2013. The Company considered this change in restricted cash as an operating activity in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of cash flows due to the nature of the restricted cash. As of December 31, 2013, the Company had restricted cash deposits of $0.6 million included in debt issue costs and other assets on the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

 

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New Accounting Pronouncements

In July 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2013-11, Presentation of an Unrecognized Tax Benefit When a Net Operating Loss Carryforward, a Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Credit Carryforward Exists”. This pronouncement was issued to provide for consistent presentation of an unrecognized tax benefit when a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or tax credit carryforward exists. ASU 2013-11 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2013. The Company is evaluating the potential impact of adopting this guidance on its consolidated financial position, results of operations, cash flows, and disclosures.

 

  (2) Stockholders’ Equity

Common Stock

As of December 31, 2013, the Company had 109,934,247 shares of common stock issued and 109,559,772 shares of common stock outstanding.

In September 2013, the Company issued 7,530,120 shares of common stock at a price of $1.66 per share. As a result of the offering, the Company received gross proceeds of $12.5 million. As part of the offering, the Company issued 225,904 shares of common stock to Indaba Capital Fund, L.P. for their Backstop Purchase commitment fee recognized in fiscal 2013. In October 2013 the Company issued 549,450 shares of common stock, valued at $1.0 million, to a third party consultant for their fee in connection with the financing agreements discussed in Note 3 to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. As of December 31, 2013, the Company had unpaid debt and equity offering costs of approximately $0.2 million.

During the six months ended December 31, 2013, the Company issued 959,815 shares of common stock for the exercise of stock options and received cash proceeds of $1.4 million.

During the six months ended December 31, 2013, the Company issued 391,593 shares of common stock for vested restricted stock grants at par value.

During the six months ended December 31, 2013, the Company repurchased 81,160 shares of common stock at a cost of $0.1 million, which is included in treasury stock.

Employee and Director Stock Compensation

In September 2013, the Board approved an amendment and restatement of the Company’s Amended and Restated 2006 Stock Incentive Plan (as amended and restated, the “2006 Plan”) and of the the Company’s 1999 Director’s Plan (as amended and restated the “Directors Plan”) that increased the number of shares authorized for issuance under each plan by 2,000,000 shares to 19,000,000 and 3,650,000 shares, respectively. The above changes to the 2006 Plan and the Directors Plan were approved by the Company’s shareholders in November 2013.

During the six months ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company recognized stock based compensation for employees and directors of $0.9 million and $1.3 million, respectively.

Options

The fair value of options is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model. The following table illustrates the assumptions used in estimating the fair value of the options granted during the six months ended December 31, 2013:

 

     Six months ended
December 31,
 
     2013      2012  

Expected volatility

     64.6% - 66.4%         62.1% - 71.0%   

Expected dividends

     —           —     

Expected term (in years)

     2.60 - 3.04         3.60 - 6.07   

Risk-free rate

     0.49% - 0.57%         0.4% - 0.9%   

 

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A summary of option activity, including discontinued operations from July 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013 is presented below (in thousands except per share and year amounts):

 

Options

   Shares     Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
     Weighted
Average
Remaining
Term (years)
     Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
 

Outstanding July 1, 2013

     5,855      $ 2.03         

Options granted

     543        1.51         

Exercised

     (960     1.51         

Forfeited, cancelled or expired

     (1,152     2.44         
  

 

 

   

 

 

       

Outstanding at December 31, 2013

     4,286      $ 1.97         3.58       $ 64   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Exercisable at December 31, 2013

     3,020      $ 2.12         1.16       $ 45   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The estimated grant date fair value of options granted during the six months ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 were $0.4 million and $0.7 million, respectively.

Restricted Stock Awards and Units

A summary of the activity of the Company’s restricted stock awards, including discontinued operations, from July 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013 is presented below (in thousands except per share amounts):

 

Restriced Stock Awards

   Shares     Weighted
Average Grant
Date Fair Value
Per Share
 

Outstanding July 1, 2013

     106      $ 1.61   

Vested

     (42     1.68   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Outstanding December 31, 2013

     64      $ 1.56   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

A summary of the activity of the Company’s restricted stock units from July 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013 is presented below (in thousands except per share amounts):

 

Restricted Stock Units

   Shares     Weighted
Average Grant
Date Fair Value
 

Outstanding July 1, 2013

     1,557      $ 1.40   

Granted

     428      $ 1.69   

Vested

     (392   $ 1.43   

Forfeited

     (20   $ 1.43   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Outstanding December 31, 2013

     1,573      $ 1.47   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

As of December 31, 2013, there was $2.9 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to all unvested share awards and options.

Consultant Stock Compensation

From time to time the Company issues equity and equity-linked awards to consultants for services. During the six month periods ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company recognized $0.2 million and $0.1 million, respectively, associated with awards classified as equity. The Company recognized a gain of $0.8 million and $0, respectively, for the six month periods ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 for the change in the fair value of liability classified stock awards (“Incentive Fee”) issued to a third party consultant. As of December 31, 2013, the fair value of the Incentive Fee awards was estimated at $0.1 million.

 

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The assumptions used to estimate the fair value of the Incentive Fee at December 31, 2013 using a Monte-Carlo simulation model are as follows:

 

     December 31,  
     2013  

Expected volatility

     60.42

Expected dividends

     —     

Risk-free interest rate

     0.16

 

  (3) Financing Agreements

During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013, the Company entered into financing agreements including a Note Purchase Agreement, a Securities Purchase Agreement and a Backstop Purchase Agreement (collectively “Transactions” or “Financing Agreements”) with Indaba Capital Fund LP (“Indaba”). As of June 30, 2013, the Company estimated the total fair value of the Financing Agreements to be $36.8 million.

Of the total value, approximately $22.1 million was allocated to the Senior Secured Notes (“Notes”) bearing an initial interest rate of 12.875% per annum and maturing in June 2018. For the first two years, the Company is required to make quarterly “in-kind” interest payments via the issuance of additional notes at an effective interest rate of 17.2%. During the six months ended December 31, 2013, the Company recognized interest expense of $1.6 million associated with the in-kind payment. Additionally, the Company recognized $0.2 million in interest expense associated with the amortization of the issuance costs and discount for the six months ended December 31, 2013. As of December 31, 2013, the Notes principle balance was $26.7 million, inclusive of in-kind interest payments. At December 31, 2013, the Notes had a remaining unamortized discount of $2.8 million.

During the quarter ended September 30, 2013, the Company issued Indaba a total of 2,481,365 shares of common stock in accordance with their Backstop Purchase Agreement. Of these shares, 225,904 and 2,255,461 were issued in consideration of the backstop fee and backstop commitment with an initial allocated fair value of $1.3 million and the remaining shares issued for $3.7 million in cash proceeds. Upon the closing of the rights offering on September 13, 2013, the Company and Indaba completed their commitments under the Securities and Backstop Purchase Agreements.

As of December 31, 2013, the Company was in compliance with its debt covenants related to the Notes.

 

  (4) Net Loss Per Share

The Company excludes potentially dilutive securities from its diluted net loss per share computation when their effect would be anti-dilutive to the net loss from continuing operations per share computation. The following table sets forth potential shares of Company common stock that are not included in the diluted net loss per share calculation because to do so would reduce net loss per share for the periods indicated below (in thousands):

 

     As of December 31,  
     2013      2012  

Potentially dilutive securities:

     

Non-vested restriced share awards

     64         118   

Non-vested restriced share units

     1,573         —     

Options outstanding

     4,286         6,215   

Consultant stock award with market condition

     1,200         —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     7,123         6,333   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (5) Restructuring and Other Related Costs

The Company underwent significant restructuring in prior periods through its fiscal year ended June 30, 3013. During the six months ended December 31, 2013, the Company reduced its accrued costs associated with restructuring by approximately $0.3 million.

 

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  (6) Financial Instruments

(a) Investments

The Company’s investment policy is consistent with the definition of available-for-sale securities. From time to time, the Company may sell certain securities but the objectives are generally not to generate profits on short-term differences in price. The following tables show the Company’s available-for-sale investments at December 31, 2013 (in thousands):

 

     Expected maturity for the
year ending June 30,
     Amortized Cost      Fair Value  
     2014      2015      December 31, 2013      December 31, 2013  

U.S. Government Agencies

   $ 19,284       $ 39,085       $ 58,369       $ 58,371   

Certificates of Deposit

     750         2,750         3,500         3,498   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 20,034       $ 41,835       $ 61,869       $ 61,869   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

At December 31, 2013, the Company did not recognize any unrealized losses on its available for sale securities. During the six months ended December 31, 2013, the Company realized a loss of $0.1 million on the sale and maturity of its investments.

At June 30, 2013, the Company held the following investments (in thousands):

 

     Amortized
cost
     Estimated
fair value
 

U.S. Government Agencies

   $ 2,978       $ 2,980   

Certificates of Deposit

     2,005         2,005   

Corporate Bonds

     5,808         5,808   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 10,791       $ 10,793   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

(b) Fair Value Measurement

The FASB has established a consistent framework for measuring fair value on either a recurring or nonrecurring basis whereby inputs used in valuation techniques are assigned a hierarchical level. The following are the hierarchical levels of inputs to measure fair value:

 

    Level 1: Observable inputs that reflect quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.

 

    Level 2: Inputs reflect quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets that are not active; quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities; or inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.

 

    Level 3: Unobservable inputs reflecting the Company’s own assumptions incorporated in valuation techniques used to determine fair value. These assumptions are required to be consistent with market participant assumptions that are reasonably available.

The carrying value of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents and investments approximates their fair value and is based on Level 1 inputs. The carrying value of the Company’s accounts payable, accrued liabilities and restructuring liabilities approximates their fair value due to the short-term nature of these instruments and is based on Level 2 inputs. The Company recognizes transfers between levels of the hierarchy based on the fair values of the respective financial instruments at the end of the reporting period in which the transfer occurred. There were no transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy during the six months ended December 31, 2013.

 

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The following tables summarize the Company’s financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis, by level within the fair value hierarchy (in thousands):

 

Fair value of securities as of December 31, 2013

 

Assets

   Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
     Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs (Level 2)
     Significant
Unobservable
Inputs (Level 3)
     Total  

Cash and cash equivalents (1)

   $ 6,502       $ —         $ —         $ 6,502   

Certificates of Deposit

     3,498         —           —           3,498   

U.S. Government Agencies

     58,371         —           —           58,371   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Assets

   $ 68,371       $ —         $ —         $ 68,371   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Liabilities                            

Market Condition Consultant:

           

Stock

   $ —         $ 109       $ —         $ 109   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

   $ —         $ 109       $ —         $ 109   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

Fair value of securities as of June 30, 2013

 

Assets

   Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
     Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs (Level 2)
     Significant
Unobservable
Inputs (Level 3)
     Total  

Cash and cash equivalents (1)

   $ 9,121       $ —         $ —         $ 9,121   

Certificates of Deposit

     2,005         —           —           2,005   

Corporate Bonds

     5,808         —           —           5,808   

U.S. Government Agencies

     2,980         —           —           2,980   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Assets

   $ 19,914       $ —         $ —         $ 19,914   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Liabilities                            

Market Condition Consultant:

           

Stock

   $ —        $ 904       $ —         $ 904   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

   $ —         $ 904       $ —         $ 904   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1) Reflects money market and government agency instruments considered to be cash equivalents.

 

  (7) Commitments and Contingencies

Litigation

 

  (a) Openwave Systems Inc.(Unwired Planet) v. Apple Inc. (“Apple”), Research in Motion Ltd, and Research in Motion Corp. (“RIM”) (now known as Blackberry)

On August 31, 2011, the Company filed a complaint in the Federal District Court for the District of Delaware against Apple and RIM, alleging that Apple and RIM products infringe certain of the Company’s patents, seeking among other things a declaration that the Company’s patents cited in the complaint have been infringed by Apple and RIM and that these patents are valid and enforceable, damages as a result of the infringement, and an injunction against further infringement. This matter was stayed pending a parallel case filed with the International Trade Commission (“ITC”). The Company withdrew the ITC investigation in October 2012. The Federal District Court in Delaware lifted the stay in January 2013 and a Markman hearing was held in November of 2013. The Company is currently awaiting an order from the above hearing, which will determine the claim construction for the patents the Company alleges have been infringed.

 

  (b) Unwired Planet LLC v. Apple Inc. (“Apple”)

On September 20, 2012, the Company filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, charging Apple with infringing ten of its patents. The case charges infringement of ten patents related to smart mobile devices, cloud computing, digital content

 

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stores, push notification technologies, and location-based services such as mapping and advertising. On August 30, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada granted Apple’s motion to transfer venue from the District of Nevada to the Northern District of California. A scheduling conference in the above matter occurred in January of 2014 and a Markman hearing has been scheduled for May of 2014.

 

  (c) Unwired Planet LLC v. Google, Inc. (“Google”)

On September 20, 2012, the Company filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, charging Google with infringing ten patents. The case charges infringement of ten patents related to cloud computing, digital content stores, push notification technologies, and location-based services such as mapping and advertising. A Markman hearing has been scheduled in July of 2014.

 

  (d) Unwired Planet LLC v. Square Inc. (“Square”)

On October 20, 2013, the Company filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, charging Square with infringing three patents related to mobile payment technologies.

From time to time, the Company may be involved in litigation or other legal proceedings, including those noted above, relating to or arising out of its day-to-day operations or otherwise. Litigation is inherently uncertain and the Company could experience unfavorable rulings. Should the Company experience an unfavorable ruling, there exists the possibility of a material adverse impact on its financial condition, results of operations, cash flows or on its business for the period in which the ruling occurs and/or in future periods.

Ericsson Master Sales Agreement

On February 13, 2013, the Company, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, acquired a patent portfolio from a wholly owned subsidiary of Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (“Ericsson”) that consists of approximately 2,150 patents and patent applications and the right to receive 100 additional patents per year for five years beginning in 2014. The acquired patents cover technology utilized in telecommunications infrastructure and mobile devices including, among other things, signal processing, network protocols, radio resource management, voice/text applications, mobility management, software, hardware, and antennas and were purchased subject to existing encumbrances. The Company is not entitled to royalty payments that are currently being received by Ericsson under third party license agreements on any patents included in the portfolio. Consideration to be paid to Ericsson consists of a nontransferable, limited license to the Company’s patents and a right to receive an amount equal to a percentage of future gross revenues generated by a combined patent portfolio that includes both the Ericsson Patents plus the Company’s legacy mobility patents (“fee share”). The payments Ericsson will receive from the derived value of the patent portfolio are computed on a tiered basis. Specifically, Ericsson will receive an amount equal to 20% of the first $100 million of gross revenue, 50% of the next $400 million and 70% of any amounts above $500 million. The fee share has no termination date.

The Company has recognized cumulative revenues of $106,000 and incurred a cumulative fee share of $21,000 from inception of the Master Sales Agreement through December 31, 2013. The Company did not recognize any revenues nor incur any fee share for the six months ended December 31, 2013.

Contingent Legal Expenses

In September 2013, the Company entered into blended fee arrangement with its lead patent infringement counsel on the Apple/RIM, Apple/Google, and Google cases for a period of five years. The agreement calls for monthly cash payments of $0.5 million for a period of twenty-four (24) months retroactively commencing on July 1, 2013 and a sliding scale percentage of any negotiated license fees, settlements or judgments awarded, if any, from the three defendants covered up to a maximum of $70 million. During the six months ended December 31, 2013, the Company recognized $2.5 million in legal fees and $0.9 million in out of pocket costs related to this agreement, which are included in Patent licensing expenses in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

In October 2013, the Company entered into a blended fee arrangement with its lead counsel on the Square litigation. The agreement calls for periodic fixed fees beginning in July 2014 and a contingency fee due upon successful settlement or a judgment. During the six months ended December 31, 2013, the Company recognized $0.1 million in legal fees and expenses related to this agreement included in patent licensing expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Indemnification claims

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Company’s product businesses, the Company retains certain ongoing liabilities with respect to indemnification claims related to its former customers that were initiated prior to the sale of the Location business line and the Messaging and Mediation product businesses.

Originally, three licensees of the Company sought indemnification from the Company under their respective license agreements in connection with being named as defendants in two matters pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas captioned Unified Messaging Solutions, Inc. v. Google, et al. (Civil Action No. 6:11cv00464) and Unified Messaging Solutions, Inc. v. Facebook, et al. (Civil Action No. 6:11cv00120) (the “Actions”). Plaintiffs in the Actions allege that the licensees’ web-based communication services infringe patents allegedly owned by the plaintiff and the licensees claim that their web-based services are comprised of products licensed from the Company. The Company assumed the defense on behalf of two of the licensees and settled those matters in the second quarter of the current fiscal year for an immaterial amount. These indemnification payments are included in General and administrative expenses in our Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations. With respect to the third, the licensee conducted its own defense and has resolved this issue.

 

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

Forward-Looking Statements

In addition to historical information, this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), as amended. These forward-looking statements are based upon current expectations and beliefs of our management and are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual events, results of performance to differ materially from those indicated by these statements. Words such as “anticipates”, “expects”, “intends”, “plans”, “believes”, “seeks”, “estimates” and similar expressions identify such forward-looking statements. Such statements address future events and conditions concerning intellectual property acquisition and development, licensing and enforcement activities, capital expenditures, earnings, litigation, regulatory matters, markets for our services, liquidity and capital resources and accounting matters. Actual results in each case could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements by reason of factors such as future economic conditions, changes in demand for our technology, legislative, regulatory and competitive developments in markets in which we and our subsidiaries operate, results of litigation and other circumstances affecting anticipated revenues and costs. The occurrence of the events described above or below could harm our business, results of operations and financial condition. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and we undertake no obligation to revise or publicly release the results of any revision to these forward-looking statements except as required by law. Readers should carefully review the risk factors described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013 and additional risk factors disclosed in Part II. Other Information, Item 1A. Risk Factors in this Form 10-Q. The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and related notes, and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013 and the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Overview of Our Business

Unwired Planet, Inc. (referred to as “Unwired Planet”, “UPIP”, the “Company”, “our”, “we”, or “us”) is an intellectual property licensing company with approximately 2,600 worldwide mobile technology patents and patent applications.

In the prior fiscal year the Company changed its business strategy to focus on its intellectual property and to restructure the Company’s business operations. The Company is now focused entirely on pursuing a multi-pronged strategy to realize the value of our patent portfolio.

Our strategy includes direct licensing, litigation when necessary, sale of our patents, joint ventures, and partnering with one or more intellectual property specialists. We intend to generate revenue by licensing our patented innovations and technologies to companies that develop mobile communications, software infrastructure or hardware and/or develop mobile communications products. Our goal is to generate licensing revenue through fair and reasonable royalties on our intellectual property.

Significant Accounting Policies and Judgments

There have not been any material changes to the significant accounting policies and estimates previously disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013. We did adopt a new accounting policy relating to how the Company accounts for contingent legal expenses as described in Note (1) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in Part 1, which is being applied prospectively for transactions entered into subsequent to June 30, 2013 and has no impact on our previously reported financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, and disclosures.

Results of Operations

Overview of Financial Results During the Three and Six Months Ended December 31, 2013

Revenues

We anticipate generating revenue primarily from licensing our intellectual property.

We did not recognize any license fee revenue during the three and six months ended December 31, 2013. During the three and six months ended December 31, 2012, our license fee revenue was from one customer in the amount of $3,000 and $6,000, respectively. Although we intend to broaden our customer base, there can be no assurance that this objective will be achieved.

 

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Operating Expenses

The following table represents operating cost and expenses for the three and six months ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively (in thousands):

 

     Three Months Ended            Six Months Ended         
     December 31,      Percent     December 31,      Percent  
     2013      2012      Change     2013      2012      Change  

Operating costs and expenses:

                

Sales and marketing expense

     —           —           0     —           78         -100

Patent licensing expenses

     5,743         3,156         82     10,546         8,715         21

General and administrative

     1,359         4,350         -69     3,143         8,141         -61

Restructuring and other related costs

     —           1,349         -100     —           1,806         -100
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total operating costs and expenses

     7,102         8,855         -20     13,689         18,740         -27

Sales and marketing expense

Sales and marketing expenses include costs related to public relations, advertising, promotional materials and other market development programs. During the three and six months ended December 31, 2013, the Company did not incur any expenses related to sales and marketing compared to $78,000 in the six month period ended December 31, 2012. Based on our strategy to pursue the intellectual property licensing business, we do not expect to incur material sales and marketing expenses for at least the next twelve months.

Patent licensing expenses

Patent licensing expenses include legal and consulting costs related to technical and economic evaluation, licensing, maintaining, and defending or asserting our patents, as well as salary and benefit expenses and travel expenses for our employees engaged in these activities on a full-time basis. We are in a reactive business and some of our licensing expenses are related to the actions taken by defendant companies. Since our strategy focuses on licensing of our patents, we incur significant costs defending our patents and initiating litigation against entities we believe have infringed our patents.

During the three months ended December 31, 2013, patent licensing expenses increased by $2.6 million compared to the corresponding period in the prior year. This increase in patent licensing expenses was primarily attributable to an increase in patent litigation expenses of $0.8 million related to the Apple and Research in Motion, Apple, and Google patent infringement matters referred to in Note 7 to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, an increase in patent maintenance costs of $1.3 million associated with the acquired Ericsson portfolio of patents, and an increase of $0.4 million in licensing expense. We expect that our patent licensing expenses will fluctuate in the future depending on the status of the cases that we are pursuing.

During the six months ended December 31, 2013, patent licensing expenses increased by $1.8 million compared to the corresponding period in the prior year. This increase is primarily attributable to higher patent maintenance costs associated with the acquired Ericsson portfolio of patents.

General and Administrative Expenses

General and administrative expenses consist principally of salary and benefit expenses, travel expenses, and facility costs for our finance, legal, information services, and executive personnel. General and administrative expenses also include outside accounting and corporate legal fees, public company costs, and expenses associated with the board of directors.

During the three months ended December 31, 2013, general and administrative expenses decreased by approximately $3.0 million compared with the corresponding period in the prior year. The decrease was primarily due to our decrease in headcount associated with the sale of our product businesses in April 2012, relocation of the Company headquarters to Reno, Nevada, and the associated reduction in our facilities costs and other operating overhead. We expect our general and administrative expenses to remain at approximately the same level each quarter during fiscal 2014.

During the six months ended December 31, 2013, general and administrative expenses decreased by approximately $5.0 million compared to the corresponding period in the prior year. The decrease in general and administrative expense is primarily associated with the company restructuring and associated decrease in headcount, facilities costs, and other operating overhead.

 

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Restructuring and Other Related Costs

Since we completed our restructuring efforts during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013, we did not incur any new restructuring and other related costs nor have our estimates of those costs changed for the three and six months ended December 31, 2013. We do not anticipate any restructuring charges for the remainder of fiscal 2014.

We incurred restructuring and other related costs during the three and six months ended December 31, 2012 $1.3 million and $1.8 million, respectively, consisting of charges associated with estimated severance, facility and accelerated depreciation costs as a result of our relocation to Reno, Nevada.

Interest Income

Interest income was $27,000 and $57,000 for the three months ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The decrease resulted from our increased investment in government issued instruments and certificates of deposit, which generally bear lower interest rates than corporate bonds, which were held during the prior period. We expect our investments to be in government instruments and certificates of deposit for the remainder of fiscal 2014.

Interest income was $70,000 and $135,000 for the six months ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The decrease resulted from the same reasons as the decrease for the three months ended December 31, 2013 and 2012.

Interest Expense

During the three months ended December 31, 2013, interest expense increased to $0.9 million compared to $0 in the corresponding period in the prior year. The increase was the result of the Company issuing Senior Secured Notes in late fiscal 2013 and associated “in-kind” interest payment and amortization of debt discounts and deferred issue costs. For the remainder of fiscal 2014, we expect our interest expense to increase slightly based upon the compounding nature of the in-kind interest payments.

During the six months ended December 31, 2013, interest expense increased to $1.8 million compared to $3,000 in the corresponding period in the prior year. The increase was the result of the Company issuing Senior Secured Notes in late fiscal 2013 and associated “in- kind” interest payments and amortization of debt discounts and deferred issue costs.

Other Income (Expense), net

During the three months ended December 31, 2013, we recognized approximately $0.4 million other income compared to other expense of $18,000 for the corresponding period in the prior year. The increase in other income primarily consisted of a gain associated with the reduction in the fair value of liability classified consultant stock compensation. The value of this instrument fluctuates with our stock price and remaining time to expiration and is revalued quarterly.

During the six months ended December 31, 2013, we recognized $0.8 million of other income compared with other expense of $43,000 in the corresponding period in the prior year. The increase in other income was primarily associated with the reduction in the fair value of our consultant stock compensation obligation.

Loss from Continuing Operations

For the reasons described above, we reported a loss from continuing operations of $7.5 million and $ 8.8 million for the three months ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and of $14.6 million and $18.6 million for the six months ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

Discontinued Operations, net of tax

We recognized income from discontinued operations of approximately $0.2 million during the three months ended December 31, 2013 compared with a loss from discontinued operations of $2.8 million in the corresponding period in the prior year. The income in the three months ended December 31, 2013 was primarily due to a property tax refund for a facility. The loss from discontinued operations during the three months ended December 31, 2012 of $2.8 million were primarily attributable to payroll, severance, change in control payments, modification of stock-based compensation, and professional service costs associated with winding down the product lines businesses that were sold in the fourth quarter of the 2012 fiscal year.

 

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We recognized income from discontinued operations of approximately $0.1 million during the six months ended December 31, 2013 compared with the loss from discontinued operations of $8.1 million in the corresponding period in the prior year. The income from discontinued operations in the six months ended December 31, 2013 was attributable to a property tax refund described less costs we have incurred to close foreign subsidiaries related to product line businesses that were sold in the 2012 fiscal year. The loss from discontinued operation in the six months ended December 31, 2012 consisted of a loss of $0.8 million on sale of our discontinued operations and a loss of $7.3 million were primarily attributable to payroll, severance, change in control payments, modification of stock-based compensation, and professional service costs associated with winding down the product line business that were sold in the fourth quarter of the 2012 fiscal year. We do not expect the remaining costs to close our foreign subsidiaries will be material.

Net Loss

For the reasons described above, we reported a net loss of $7.3 million and $11.6 million for the three months ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and a net loss of $14.5 million and $26.7 million for the six months ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of December 31, 2013, our working capital was approximately $44.6 million, a decrease of approximately $21.1 million or 32% from June 30, 2013. This decrease is primarily the result of purchasing long-term investments. We expect our total cash and investments of $72.9 million as of December 31, 2013 to be sufficient to meet our operating needs for at least the next twelve months.

The following table presents our cash flows for the three months ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 (in thousands):

 

     Six Months Ended
December 31, 2013
 
     2013     2012  

Cash provided by (used in) operating activities

     2,374        (30,072

Cash provided by (used in) investing activities

     (51,277     13,700   

Cash provided by financing activities

     12,353        1,278   

We have obtained a majority of our cash and investments through the recent completion of our debt and equity offering resulting in net proceeds of approximately $49.4 million of which $36.9 million were received at the end of fiscal 2013. In addition, approximately $17.3 million of restricted cash was released during the first quarter of fiscal 2014 upon the termination of a credit facility with Silicon Valley Bank.

Cash provided by (used in) operating activities

Cash provided by operating activities during the six months ended December 31, 2013 was $2.4 million compared to cash used in operating activities of $30.1 during the same period of 2012. The $32.5 million increase in cash provided by operations was primarily attributable to the following:

 

    In July 2013 a restriction on a $17.3 million cash collateral account for a letter of credit relating to a lease on the Company’s former headquarters was removed and the cash collateral was returned to the Company compared to an increase in restricted cash of $0.7 million during the six month ended December 31, 2012 related to cash transferred into a Rabbi trust to fund a severance payment obligation. The effect of these transactions was an increase in cash provided by operating activities of $17.9 million.

 

    The Company reported a $14.5 million net loss for the six months ended December 31, 2013 compared to a $26.7 million net loss in the corresponding period of the prior year. The above decrease in the net loss resulted in a $12.2 million increase in cash provided by operating activities for the reasons discussed above in Results of Operations.

 

    Accrued restructuring costs decreased $0.3 million during the six months ended December 31, 2013 compared to a $6.3 million decrease in the corresponding period of the prior year. The above changes in accrued restructuring costs resulted in a $6.0 million increase in net cash provided by operating activities.

 

    Prepaid assets, deposits and other assets increased $0.2 million during the six months ended December 31, 2013 compared to a $2.4 million decrease in the corresponding period of the prior year. This resulted in a $2.6 million decrease in net cash provided by operating activities and is primarily attributable to a reduction in prepaid hardware and software maintenance costs during the six months ended December 31, 2012 with the relocation of our facilities to Reno, Nevada

 

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Cash provided by (used in) investing activities

Cash used in investing activities during the six months ended December 31, 2013 was $51.3 million compared to cash provided by investing activities of $13.7 million during the corresponding period of the prior year. The $65 million increase in cash used in investing activities was largely due to the purchase of approximately $68.3 million of government instruments and certificates of deposit and receipt of $17.1 million of proceeds from the sale and maturity of previously held available for sale securities for the six months ended December 31, 2013 compared to the purchase of $11.0 million of investments and the receipt of $26.5 million of maturities or sales of investments in the corresponding period of the prior year. The effect of these purchases and maturity or sales of investments resulted in an increase in cash used in investing activities of $66.7 million.

Unless we generate cash from operations or financing activities, we do not intend to make additional material investments for the remainder of fiscal 2014.

Cash flows provided by financing activities

Cash provided by financing activities during the six months ended December 31, 2013 was $12.4 million compared to $1.3 million in the corresponding period of the prior year. The $11.1 million increase in cash provided by financing activities is primarily attributable to the following:

 

    The Company received proceeds of $12.5 million from our rights offering in September 2013. There was no rights offering in the same period of 2012, which resulted in a $12.5 million increase in cash provided by financing activities.

 

    The Company paid a total of $1.5 million of debt and equity issuance costs during the six months ended December 31, 2013 of which $1.0 million of the above costs were accrued as of June 30, 2013. Approximately $0.4 million of equity costs associated with the rights offering described above were incurred and paid in the six month period ending December 31, 2013. There were no comparable costs in the corresponding period of the prior year.

While we believe that our current working capital and anticipated cash flows from operations, as well as proceeds from our financing activities, and the release of the restricted cash will be adequate to meet our cash needs for daily operations and capital expenditures for at least the next 12 months, we may elect to raise additional capital through the sale of additional equity or debt securities. If additional funds are raised through the issuance of additional debt securities, these securities could have rights, preferences and privileges senior to holders of our common stock and the terms of any debt could impose restrictions on our operations. The sale of additional equity or convertible debt securities could result in additional dilution to our stockholders and additional financing may not be available in amounts or on terms acceptable to us. We also may pursue contingency arrangements related to our legal cases and/or alternative financing contracts to increase our available cash and fund our patent licensing expenses.

There can be no assurance that we will be able to raise additional capital in amounts sufficient to meet our requirements, if at all. If additional financing is necessary and we are unable to obtain the additional financing, we may be required to reduce the scope of our planned intellectual property initiatives, which could harm our business, financial condition and operating results. In the meantime, we will continue to manage our cash and investment portfolio in a manner designed to facilitate adequate cash and cash equivalents to fund our operations as well as future acquisitions, if any, for the next twelve months.

Long-Term Debt Obligations and Commitments

As of December 31, 2013, our principal long-term debt obligation consisted of 12  7 8 % Senior Secured Notes (“Notes”) in the amount of $25 million due in June 2018 with an effective interest rate of 17.2%. From the date of issuance of the Notes up to and inclusive of the second anniversary of the date of issuance or June 2015, we will make interest only quarterly “in-kind” payments. Beginning in the third year after the date of issuance, the Company has the option to make quarterly cash interest only payments at a nominal rate of 12.5% per annum.

The Company may redeem some or all of the Notes on or after June 28, 2014 with the net cash proceeds from the sale, lease, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of its patents at a redemption price equal to 115% plus accrued and unpaid interest. In addition, the Company may redeem some or all of the Notes at any time on or after June 28, 2015 at a redemption price initially equal to 110% and declining over time, in each case, plus accrued and unpaid interest. As of the date of this report, we are in compliance with our debt covenants on the Notes.

In September 2013, the Company entered into an agreement with a law firm, providing for legal services on a partial contingency and partial flat fee basis (the “September 2013 Agreement”). The September 2013 Agreement provides the law firm will be the Company’s legal counsel in connection with the Company’s patent infringement litigation matters with Google, Inc., Apple, Inc. and Research in Motion Ltd. (the “Patent Enforcement Matters”). Under the September 2013 Agreement, the Company will pay the law firm a flat fee of

 

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$0.5 million per month for 24 months (the “24-Month Period”) effective July 2013. In the event of resolution of any of the Patent Enforcement Matters prior to the conclusion of the 24-Month Period, the flat monthly fee is subject to certain downward adjustments.

In addition to the flat monthly fee, the Company will pay the law firm a contingency fee based on a sliding scale percentage of any negotiated fees, settlements or judgments awarded, if any, up to a maximum of $70 million. The term of the agreement is five years and may be extended for certain conditions.

In October 2013, the Company entered into an agreement with a second law firm, providing for legal services on a partial contingency and partial fixed fee basis (the “October 2013 Agreement”). The October 2013 Agreement provides the law firm will be the Company’s legal counsel in connection with the Company’s patent infringement litigation matter with Square, Inc.

Under the October 2013 Agreement, the Company expects to pay the law firm a fixed fee over two years with the first payment due in July of 2014. The Company is responsible for payment of all expenses incurred by the firm under the October 2013 Agreement. In addition to the fixed fee and expenses, the Company will pay the law firm a contingency fee calculated as a percentage of any recovery after deduction for fixed fees, costs and revenue sharing obligations.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that are material to investors.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

There have been no material changes in the market risks discussed in Item 7A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our management has evaluated, under the supervision and with the participation of our President/CFO, the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2013. Based on their evaluation, our President/CFO has concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) were not effective at the reasonable assurance level to ensure that the information required to be disclosed by us in this Quarterly Report was (i) recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations and (ii) accumulated and communicated to our management, including our President/CFO, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) is a process designed by, or under the supervision of, our principal executive and principal financial officer and affected by our Board of Directors, management and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

As previously disclosed, we identified material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting as a result of not having adequate personnel with sufficient experience in financial reporting at the end of our 2013 fiscal year. Following the above identification, our initial remediation plan consisted of employing additional temporary financial reporting resources, implementing enhanced review processes, and commencing of training programs for our staff. In the second quarter of our fiscal year, we hired a new controller with substantial experience in financial reporting for publicly held companies and have continued our initial steps described above. Due to the nature of the identified material weaknesses and the frequency of financial reporting control processes, we are not yet able to conclude the material weaknesses have been remediated.

Except as described above, there have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended December 31, 2013, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

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PART II. Other Information

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

See discussion of Litigation in Note 7 to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Report, which disclosure is incorporated by reference herein. These matters were also discussed in Item 3 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

Except as provided below, there have not been any material changes to the risk factors previously disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013.

Our fee arrangement with patent enforcement legal counsel subjects us to certain risks and substantial fees and could limit our net proceeds derived from any successful patent enforcement actions.

Our agreement for legal services and partial contingent fee arrangement with McKool Smith, P.C. (“McKool”) provides that McKool is our legal counsel in connection with our patent infringement litigation matters with Google, Inc., Apple, Inc. and Research in Motion Ltd. (the “Patent Enforcement Matters”). Effective as of July 1, 2013, we will pay McKool a flat fee of $500,000 per month for 24 months, at which time no additional monthly flat fee will be owing pursuant to the agreement with McKool. In addition to the flat monthly fee, we will pay McKool a contingency fee in an amount equal to between 10% and 30% of net proceeds (after deducting expenses and any payments due under our revenue sharing arrangement with Ericsson) derived from any license, settlement, or agreement entered into with any defendant involved in the Patent Enforcement Matters, depending on the net proceeds derived from such matters; provided however, that in no event shall such contingency fees exceed $70,000,000 and such amounts may be further reduced in the event of early settlement of any of the Patent Enforcement Matters. We will also be responsible for the current payment of expenses incurred in connection with the Patent Enforcement matters. We are not in control of the timing, costs and fees associated with the Patent Enforcement Matters, which could be substantial and we could be required to pay substantial litigation support costs without any recovery. Costs and fees paid by McKool could also limit our share of proceeds, if any, from future patent enforcement actions. Furthermore, there can be no assurance that McKool will diligently and timely pursue patent enforcement actions on our behalf.

We have concluded that a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting exists as a result of not having adequate personnel with sufficient experience in financial reporting.

As part of its assessment, management concluded that, as of June 30, 2013, a material weakness in internal control over financial reporting exists as a result of not having adequate personnel with sufficient experience in financial reporting. We have adopted certain remedial measures to address this weakness, but due to the nature of the material weaknesses and frequency of the financial reporting control processes, we have been unable to demonstrate that the remedial measures are operating effectively as of December 31, 2013. Through enhanced review of financial reporting resources, training of personnel, and hiring of new personnel with experience in financial reporting, we believe we will adequately remediate this material weakness. However, even with these remedial measures successfully implemented, the effectiveness of any system of disclosure controls and procedures is subject to limitations, including the exercise of judgment in designing, implementing and evaluating the controls and procedures, the assumptions used in identifying the likelihood of future events and the inability to eliminate misconduct completely. Moreover, additional material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting may be identified in the future.

The mobile handset market is consolidating which could limit our ability to enter into profitable and long-term licensing agreements and negatively impact our business

Our largest market for patent licensing, the mobile devise market, has few participants. Recently there has been consolidation in the mobile device market with certain companies emerging as the dominant market participants. The remaining market participants in the mobile device market are suffering financial losses and may not have the financial wherewithal or willingness to enter into a licensing agreement with the Company. In addition, the now dominant market participants in the mobile handset market are well capitalized with greater financial resources than ours providing them with a greater ability to sustain patent infringement litigation, which may put us at a disadvantage. This, in turn, may adversely affect our financial condition, results of operations, and ability to raise additional capital on terms we consider acceptable.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

In October 2013, we issued 549,450 shares of our common stock, par value $.001 per share, in consideration of certain services rendered in connection with a private placement of securities. The issuance was made in reliance on Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.

 

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Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

Item 5. Other Information

None.

Item 6. Exhibits

See the Index to Exhibits, which follows the signature page of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Date: February 7, 2014

 

Unwired Planet, Inc.

By:

 

/s/ EricVetter

  Eric Vetter
  Chief Financial Officer and President

 

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

    3.1    Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Unwired Planet, Inc. (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 5, 2013.
    3.2    Amended and Restated Bylaws of Unwired Planet, Inc. (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on November 15, 2013.
  10.1    Second Amended and Restated 2006 Stock Incentive Plan
  10.2    Second Amended and Restated 1999 Directors Equity Compensation Plan
  31.1    Certification of the Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
  32.1    Certification of the Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101.INS    XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

The certifications furnished in Exhibit 32.1 hereto are deemed to accompany this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and will not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such certifications will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except to the extent that the registrant specifically incorporates it by reference.

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

UNWIRED PLANET, INC.

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

2006 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

 

A. Adopted by the Board on November 29, 2006 and originally approved by the shareholders of the Company on January 17, 2007.

 

B. Amended by the Committee on October 20, 2008, inter alia , to increase the Share Reserve to seventeen million (17,000,000), and subsequently approved by shareholders of the Company on December 4, 2008.

 

C. Amended by the Committee on November 11, 2011, to eliminate the minimum vesting period for Restricted Stock Bonuses, Restricted Stock Purchase Rights and Restricted Stock Units. Shareholder approval was not required.

 

D. Amended and restated by the Committee on September 13, 2013 to increase the Share Reserve and to make certain other changes, and subsequently approved by shareholders of the Company on November 12, 2013.

 

I. PURPOSES

 

1.1 Eligible Stock Award Recipients . The persons eligible to receive Stock Awards are the Employees and Consultants of the Company and its Affiliates.

 

1.2 Available Stock Awards . The types of stock awards that may be granted under this Plan shall be: (i) Incentive Stock Options, (ii) Nonstatutory Stock Options, (iii) Restricted Stock Bonuses, (iv) Restricted Stock Purchase Rights, (v) Stock Appreciation Rights, (vi) Phantom Stock Units, (vii) Restricted Stock Units, (viii) Performance Share Bonuses and (ix) Performance Share Units.

 

1.3 General Purpose . The Company, by means of this Plan, seeks to create incentives for eligible Employees (including officers) and Consultants of the Company and to maximize the long term value of the Company by granting awards to acquire the Common Stock of the Company (or awards, the value of which is measured with reference to the Common Stock of the Company).

 

II. DEFINITIONS

 

2.1 “Affiliate” means a parent or subsidiary of the Company, with “parent” meaning an entity that controls the Company directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, and “subsidiary” meaning an entity that is controlled by the Company directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries. Solely with respect to the granting of any Incentive Stock Options, Affiliate means any parent corporation or subsidiary corporation of the Company, whether now or hereafter existing, as those terms are defined in Sections 424(e) and (f), respectively, of the Code.

 

2.2 “Beneficial Owner” means the definition given in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act.

 

2.3 “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

2.4 “Change in Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events:

 

(i) Any person or group is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting power of the voting stock of the Company, including by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise;

 

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(ii) The sale, exchange, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to a person or group of related persons, as such terms are defined or described in Sections 3(a)(9) and 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act;

 

(iii) A merger or consolidation or similar transaction involving the Company;

 

(iv) A change in the composition of the Board occurring within a two-year period, as a result of which fewer than a majority of the Directors are Incumbent Directors; or

 

(v) A dissolution or liquidation of the Company.

 

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

 

2.6 “Committee” means the committee appointed by the Board in accordance with Section 3.3 of the Plan.

 

2.7 “Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company.

 

2.8 “Company” means Unwired Planet, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

 

2.9 “Consultant” means any person, including an advisor, (i) engaged by the Company or an Affiliate to render consulting or advisory services and who is compensated for such services or (ii) who is a member of the board of directors of an Affiliate. However, the term “Consultant” shall not include either Directors who are not compensated by the Company for their services as a Director or Directors who are compensated by the Company solely for their services as a Director.

 

2.10 “Continuous Service” means the absence of any interruption or termination of service as an Employee or Consultant. Continuous Service shall not be considered interrupted in the case of (i) sick leave; (ii) military leave; (iii) any other leave of absence as approved by the Board or the chief executive officer of the Company provided that such leave is for a period of not more than ninety (90) days, unless reemployment upon the expiration of such leave is guaranteed by contract or statute, or unless provided otherwise pursuant to Company policy adopted from time to time; or (iv) in the case of transfers between locations of the Company or between the Company, its Affiliates or its successor.

 

2.11 “Covered Employee” means an employee who is a “Covered Employee” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code.

 

2.12 “Director” means a member of the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

2.13 “Disability” means the inability of an individual, in the opinion of a qualified physician acceptable to the Company, to perform the major duties of that individual’s position with the company or an Affiliate of the Company because of the sickness or injury of the individual, or as may be otherwise defined under applicable local laws.

 

2.14 “Employee” means any person employed by the Company or an Affiliate. Service as a Director or compensation by the Company or an Affiliate solely for services as a Director shall not be sufficient to constitute “employment” by the Company or an Affiliate.

 

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

 

2.16 “Fair Market Value” means, as of any date, the value of the Common Stock as determined as follows:

 

(i) If the Common Stock is listed on any established stock exchange or a national market system, including without limitation the National Market System of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.

 

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Automated Quotation (“Nasdaq”) System, its Fair Market Value shall be the closing sales price for such stock (or the closing bid, if no sales were reported), as quoted on such exchange or system on the day of determination or, if the stock exchange or national market system on which the Common Stock trades is not open on the day of determination, the last business day prior to the day of determination;

 

(ii) If the Common Stock is quoted on the Nasdaq System (but not on the National Market System thereof) or regularly quoted by a recognized securities dealer but selling prices are not reported, its Fair Market Value shall be the mean between the high bid and the low asked prices for the Common Stock on the day of determination or, if the stock exchange or national market system on which the Common Stock trades is not open on the day of determination, the last business day prior to the day of determination; or

 

(iii) In the absence of any established market for the Common Stock, the Fair Market Value thereof shall be determined in good faith by the Board.

 

2.17 “Full-Value Stock Award” shall mean any of a Restricted Stock Bonus, Restricted Stock Units, Phantom Stock Units, Performance Share Bonus, or Performance Share Units.

 

2.18 “Incentive Stock Option” means an Option intended to qualify and qualified as an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

2.19 “Incumbent Directors” shall mean Directors who either (i) are Directors of the Company as of the date the Plan first becomes effective pursuant to Article XV hereof or (ii) are elected, or nominated for election, to the Board with the affirmative votes of at least a majority of those Directors whose election or nomination was not in connection with any transaction described in subsections (i), (ii), or (iii) of Section 2.4, or in connection with an actual or threatened proxy contest relating to the election of Directors to the Company.

 

2.20 “Non-Employee Director” means a Director who either (i) is not a current Employee or Officer of the Company or its parent or a subsidiary, does not receive compensation (directly or indirectly) from the Company or its parent or a subsidiary for services rendered as a consultant or in any capacity other than as a Director (except for an amount as to which disclosure would not be required under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act (“Regulation S-K”)), does not possess an interest in any other transaction as to which disclosure would be required under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K and is not engaged in a business relationship as to which disclosure would be required under Item 404(b) of Regulation S-K; or (ii) is otherwise considered a “non-employee director” for purposes of Rule 16b-3.

 

2.21 “Nonstatutory Stock Option” means an Option that is not an Incentive Stock Option.

 

2.22 “Officer” means a person who is an officer of the Company within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

2.23 “Option” means an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonstatutory Stock Option granted pursuant to the Plan.

 

2.24 “Option Agreement” means a written agreement between the Company and an Optionholder evidencing the terms and conditions of an individual Option grant. Each Option Agreement shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.

 

2.25 “Optionholder” means a person to whom an Option is granted pursuant to the Plan or, if applicable, such other person who holds an outstanding Option.

 

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2.26 “Outside Director” means a Director who either (i) is not a current employee of the Company or an “affiliated corporation” (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations promulgated under Section 162(m) of the Code), is not a former employee of the Company or an “affiliated corporation” receiving compensation for prior services (other than benefits under a tax qualified pension plan), was not an officer of the Company or an “affiliated corporation” at any time and is not currently receiving direct or indirect remuneration from the Company or an “affiliated corporation” for services in any capacity other than as a Director; or (ii) is otherwise considered an “outside director” for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code.

 

2.27 “Participant” means a person to whom a Stock Award is granted pursuant to the Plan or, if applicable, such other person who holds an outstanding Stock Award.

 

2.28 “Performance-Based Award” means any award of a Performance Share Bonus, Performance Share Units, a Phantom Stock Unit, a Restricted Stock Bonus, a Restricted Stock Purchase Right or Restricted Stock Units granted to a Covered Employee that is intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

2.29 “Performance Criteria” means the criteria that the Board or the Committee selects for purposes of establishing the Performance Goal or Performance Goals for an individual for a Performance Cycle. The Performance Criteria (which shall be applicable to the organizational level specified by the Board or the Committee, including, but not limited to, the Company or a unit, division, group, or subsidiary of the Company) that will be used to establish Performance Goals are limited to the following : earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, net income (loss) (either before or after interest, taxes, depreciation and/or amortization), changes in the market price of the Common Stock, economic value-added, funds from operations or similar measure, sales or revenue, acquisitions or strategic transactions, operating income (loss), cash flow (including, but not limited to, operating cash flow and free cash flow), return on capital, assets, equity, or investment, return on sales, stockholder returns, gross or net profit levels, productivity, expense, margins, operating efficiency, customer satisfaction, working capital, earnings (loss) per share of Stock, sales or market shares and number of customers, any of which may be measured either in absolute terms or as compared to any incremental increase or as compared to results of a peer group.

 

2.30 “Performance Cycle” means one or more periods of time, which may be of varying and overlapping durations, as the Board or the Committee may select, over which the attainment of one or more Performance Criteria will be measured for the purpose of determining a grantee’s right to and the payment of a Performance-Based Award, the vesting and/or payment of which is subject to the attainment of one or more Performance Goals. Each such period shall not be less than 12 months.

 

2.31 “Performance Goals” means, for a Performance Cycle, the specific goals established in writing by the Board or the Committee for a Performance Cycle based upon the Performance Criteria.

 

2.32 “Performance Share Bonus” means a grant of shares of the Company’s Common Stock not requiring a Participant to pay any amount of monetary consideration, and which grant is subject to the provisions of Section 7.6 of the Plan.

 

2.33 “Performance Share Unit” means the right to receive the value of one (1) share of the Company’s Common Stock at the time the Performance Share Unit vests, with the further right to elect to defer receipt of that value otherwise deliverable upon the vesting of an award of Performance Share Units to the extent permitted in the Participant’s Stock Award Agreement. Performance Share Units are subject to the provisions of Section 7.7 of the Plan.

 

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2.34 “Phantom Stock Unit” means the right to receive the value of one (1) share of the Company’s Common Stock, subject to the provisions of Section 7.4 of the Plan.

 

2.35 “Plan” means this Unwired Planet Inc. Second Amended and Restated 2006 Stock Incentive Plan.

 

2.36 “Restricted Stock Bonus” means a grant of shares of the Company’s Common Stock not requiring a Participant to pay any amount of monetary consideration, and which grant is subject to the provisions of Section 7.1 of the Plan.

 

2.37 “Restricted Stock Purchase Right” means the right to acquire shares of the Company’s Common Stock upon the payment of the agreed-upon monetary consideration, subject to the provisions of Section 7.2 of the Plan.

 

2.38 “Restricted Stock Unit” means the right to receive the value of one (1) share of the Company’s Common Stock at the time the Restricted Stock Unit vests, with the further right to elect to defer receipt of that value otherwise deliverable upon the vesting of an award of restricted stock to the extent permitted in the Participant’s agreement. These Restricted Stock Units are subject to the provisions of Section 7.5 of the Plan.

 

2.39 “Rule 16b-3” means Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act or any successor to Rule 16b-3, as in effect from time to time.

 

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

 

2.41 “Stock Appreciation Right” means the right to receive an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of one (1) share of the Company’s Common Stock on the day the Stock Appreciation Right is redeemed, reduced by the deemed exercise price or base price of such right, subject to the provisions of Section 7.3 of the Plan.

 

2.42 “Stock Award” means any Option award, Restricted Stock Bonus award, Restricted Stock Purchase Right award, Stock Appreciation Right award, Phantom Stock Unit award, Restricted Stock Unit award, Performance Share Bonus award, Performance Share Unit award, or other stock-based award. These Awards may include, but are not limited to those listed in Section 1.2.

 

2.43 “Stock Award Agreement” means a written agreement, including an Option Agreement, between the Company and a holder of a Stock Award setting forth the terms and conditions of an individual Stock Award grant. Each Stock Award Agreement shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.

 

2.44 “Ten Percent Shareholder” means a person who owns (or is deemed to own pursuant to Section 424(d) of the Code) stock possessing more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or of any of its Affiliates.

 

III. ADMINISTRATION

 

3.1 Administration by Board . The Board shall administer the Plan unless and until the Board delegates administration to a Committee, as provided in Section 3.3.

 

3.2 Powers of Board . The Board shall have the power, subject to, and within the limitations of, the express provisions of the Plan:

 

(i) To determine from time to time which of the persons eligible under the Plan shall be granted Stock Awards; when and how each Stock Award shall be granted; what type or combination of types of Stock Award shall be

 

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granted; the provisions of each Stock Award granted (which need not be identical), including the time or times when a person shall be permitted to receive Common Stock pursuant to a Stock Award; and the number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which a Stock Award shall be granted to each such person.

 

(ii) To construe and interpret the Plan and Stock Awards granted under it, and to establish, amend and revoke rules and regulations for its administration. The Board, in the exercise of this power, may correct any defect, omission or inconsistency in the Plan or in any Stock Award Agreement, in a manner and to the extent it shall deem necessary or expedient to make the Plan fully effective.

 

(iii) To amend the Plan or a Stock Award as provided in Section 14 of the Plan.

 

(iv) Generally, to exercise such powers and to perform such acts as the Board deems necessary, desirable, convenient or expedient to promote the best interests of the Company that are not in conflict with the provisions of the Plan.

 

(v) To authorize any person to execute on behalf of the Company any instrument required to effect the grant of a Stock Award previously granted by the Board.

 

(vi) To determine whether Stock Awards will be settled in shares of Common Stock, cash or in any combination thereof.

 

(vii) To establish a program whereby Participants designated by the Board can reduce compensation otherwise payable in cash in exchange for Stock Awards under the Plan.

 

(viii) To impose such restrictions, conditions or limitations as it determines appropriate as to the timing and manner of any resales by a Participant or other subsequent transfers by the Participant of any shares of Common Stock issued as a result of or under a Stock Award, including, without limitation, (A) restrictions under an insider trading policy and (B) restrictions as to the use of a specified brokerage firm for such resales or other transfers.

 

(ix) To provide, either at the time a Stock Award is granted or by subsequent action, that a Stock Award shall contain as a term thereof, a right, either in tandem with the other rights under the Stock Award or as an alternative thereto, of the Participant to receive, without payment to the Company, a number of shares of Common Stock, cash or a combination thereof, the amount of which is determined by reference to the value of the Stock Award.

 

(x) To adopt sub-plans and/or special provisions applicable to Stock Awards regulated by the laws of a jurisdiction other than and outside of the United States. Such sub-plans and/or special provisions may take precedence over other provisions of the Plan, with the exception of Article IV of the Plan, but unless otherwise superseded by the terms of such sub-plans and/or special provisions, the provisions of the Plan shall govern.

 

3.3 Delegation to Committee .

 

The Board may delegate administration of the Plan to a committee (the “Committee”) consisting solely of two or more Outside Directors, in accordance with Section 162(m) of the Code, and/or solely of two or more Non-Employee Directors, in accordance with Rule 16b-3. The Committee may exercise, in connection with the administration of the Plan, any of the powers and authority granted to the Board under the Plan, and the Committee may delegate to a subcommittee any of the administrative powers the Committee is authorized to exercise (and references in this Plan to the Board shall thereafter be to the Committee or the subcommittee, as applicable), subject, however, to such resolutions, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as may be adopted from time to time by

 

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the Board. Within the scope of such authority, the Board or the Committee may (1) delegate to a committee of one or more Directors who are not Outside Directors the authority to grant Stock Awards to eligible persons who are either (a) not then Covered Employees and are not expected to be Covered Employees at the time of recognition of income resulting from such Stock Award or (b) not persons with respect to whom the Company wishes to comply with Section 162(m) of the Code and/or (2) delegate to a committee of one or more Directors who are not Non-Employee Directors the authority to grant Stock Awards to eligible persons who are either (a) not then subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act or (b) receiving a Stock Award as to which the Board or Committee elects not to comply with Rule 16b-3 by having two or more Non-Employee Directors grant such Stock Award. Furthermore, within the scope of such authority, the Board may delegate to a committee of one or more officers of the Company to designate employees to receive options and other rights to acquire shares of Common Stock and the number of such options or other rights in accordance with the requirements of Section 157(c) of the Delaware General Corporation Law.

 

This Section 3.3 of the Plan, is subject, however, to such resolutions, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as may be adopted from time to time by the Board. The Board may abolish the Committee at any time and revest in the Board the administration of the Plan.

 

3.4 Effect of Board’s Decision . All determinations, interpretations and constructions made by the Board in good faith shall not be subject to review by any person and shall be final, binding and conclusive on all persons.

 

3.5 Compliance with Section 16 of Exchange Act . With respect to persons subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, transactions under this Plan are intended to comply with the applicable conditions of Rule 16b-3, or any successor rule thereto. To the extent any provision of this Plan or action by the Board fails to so comply, it shall be deemed null and void, to the extent permitted by law and deemed advisable by the Board. Notwithstanding the above, it shall be the responsibility of such persons, not of the Company or the Board, to comply with the requirements of Section 16 of the Exchange Act; and neither the Company nor the Board shall be liable if this Plan or any transaction under this Plan fails to comply with the applicable conditions of Rule 16b-3 or any successor rule thereto, or if any person incurs any liability under Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

 

IV. SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

 

4.1 Share Reserve . Subject to the provisions of Section 12 of the Plan relating to adjustments upon changes in Common Stock, the maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to Stock Awards shall not exceed nineteen million (19,000,000) shares of Common Stock (“Share Reserve”). Each share of Common Stock issued pursuant to a Stock Award issued under this Plan shall reduce the Share Reserve by one (1) share; provided, however , that for each Full-Value Stock Award, the Share Reserve shall be reduced by one and one-half (1.5) shares. To the extent that a distribution pursuant to a Stock Award is made in cash, the Share Reserve shall be reduced by the number of shares of Common Stock subject to the redeemed or exercised portion of the Stock Award. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, the maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the Plan pursuant to Incentive Stock Options is 19,000,000 shares of Common Stock (“ISO Limit”), subject to the adjustments provided for in Section 12 of the Plan.

 

4.2 Reversion of Shares to the Share Reserve .

 

(i) If any Stock Award granted under this Plan shall for any reason (A) expire, be cancelled or otherwise terminate, in whole or in part, without having been exercised or redeemed in full, (B) be reacquired by the Company prior to vesting, or (C) be repurchased at cost by the Company prior to vesting, the shares of Common Stock not acquired by Participant under such Stock Award shall revert or be added to the Share Reserve and become available for

 

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issuance under the Plan; provided, however, that shares of Common Stock shall not revert or be added to the Share Reserve that are (a) tendered in payment of an Option, (b) withheld by the Company to satisfy any tax withholding obligation or (c) purchased by the Company with proceeds from the exercise of Options, and provided, further, that shares of Common Stock covered by a Stock Appreciation Right, to the extent that it is exercised and settled in shares of Common Stock, and whether or not shares of Common Stock are actually issued to the Participant upon exercise of the Stock Appreciation Right, shall be considered issued or transferred pursuant to the Plan.

 

4.3 Source of Shares . The shares of Common Stock subject to the Plan may be unissued shares or reacquired shares, bought on the market or otherwise.

 

V. ELIGIBILITY

 

5.1 Eligibility for Specific Stock Awards . Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to Employees. Stock Awards other than Incentive Stock Options may be granted to Employees and Consultants.

 

5.2 Ten Percent Shareholders . A Ten Percent Shareholder shall not be granted an Incentive Stock Option unless the exercise price of such Option is at least one hundred ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the date of grant and the Option is not exercisable after the expiration of five (5) years from the date of grant.

 

5.3 Annual Section 162(m) Limitation . Subject to the provisions of Section 12 of the Plan relating to adjustments upon changes in the shares of Common Stock, no individual grantee shall be eligible to be granted Incentive Stock Options, Nonstatutory Stock Options, or Stock Appreciation Rights covering more than one and a half million (1,500,000) shares of Common Stock during any fiscal year. The foregoing provision applies to both continuing and newly hired Employees.

 

5.4 Consultants .

 

(i) A Consultant shall not be eligible for the grant of a Stock Award if, at the time of grant, a Form S-8 Registration Statement under the Securities Act (“Form S-8”) is not available to register either the offer or the sale of the Company’s securities to such Consultant because of the nature of the services that the Consultant is providing to the Company, or because the Consultant is not a natural person, or as otherwise provided by the rules governing the use of Form S-8, unless the Company determines both (1) that such grant (A) shall be registered in another manner under the Securities Act (e.g., on a Form S-3 Registration Statement) or (B) does not require registration under the Securities Act in order to comply with the requirements of the Securities Act, if applicable, and (2) that such grant complies with the securities laws of all other relevant jurisdictions.

 

(ii) Form S-8 generally is available to consultants and advisors only if (A) they are natural persons; (B) they provide bona fide services to the issuer, its parents, or its majority owned subsidiaries; and (C) the 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 issuer’s securities.

 

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VI. OPTION PROVISIONS

 

Each Option shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as the Board shall deem appropriate. All Options shall be separately designated Incentive Stock Options or Nonstatutory Stock Options at the time of grant, and, if certificates are issued, a separate certificate or certificates will be issued for shares of Common Stock purchased upon exercise of each type of Option. The provisions of separate Options need not be identical, but each Option shall include (through incorporation of provisions hereof by reference in the Option or otherwise) the substance of each of the following provisions:

 

6.1 Term . Subject to the provisions of Section 5.2 of the Plan regarding grants of Incentive Stock Options to Ten Percent Shareholders, no Option shall be exercisable after the expiration of ten (10) years from the date it was granted.

 

6.2 Exercise Price of an Incentive Stock Option . Subject to the provisions of Section 5.2 of the Plan regarding Ten Percent Shareholders, the exercise price of each Incentive Stock Option shall be not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock subject to the Option on the date the Option is granted. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Incentive Stock Option may be granted with an exercise price lower than that set forth in the preceding sentence if such Option is granted pursuant to an assumption or substitution for another option in a manner satisfying the provisions of Section 424(a) of the Code.

 

6.3 Exercise Price of a Nonstatutory Stock Option . The exercise price of each Nonstatutory Stock Option shall be not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock subject to the Option on the date the Option is granted. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Nonstatutory Stock Option may be granted with an exercise price lower than that set forth in the preceding sentence if such Option is granted pursuant to an assumption or substitution for another option in a manner satisfying the provisions of Section 424(a) of the Code.

 

6.4 Consideration . The purchase price of Common Stock acquired pursuant to an Option shall be paid, to the extent permitted by applicable statutes and regulations, either (i) in cash or by check at the time the Option is exercised or (ii) at the discretion of the Board at the time of the grant of the Option (or subsequently in the case of a Nonstatutory Stock Option): (1) by delivery to the Company of other Common Stock, (2) pursuant to a “same day sale” program to the extent permitted by law, (3) reduction of the Company’s liability to the Optionholder, (4) by any other form of consideration permitted by law, but in no event shall a promissory note or other form of deferred payment constitute a permissible form of consideration for an Option granted under the Plan or (5) by some combination of the foregoing. In the absence of a provision to the contrary in the individual Optionholder’s Option Agreement, payment for Common Stock pursuant to an Option may only be made in the form of cash, check, or pursuant to a “same day sale” program.

 

Unless otherwise specifically provided in the Option, the purchase price of Common Stock acquired pursuant to an Option that is paid by delivery to the Company of other Common Stock acquired, directly or indirectly from the Company, shall be paid only by shares of the Common Stock of the Company that have been held for more than six (6) months (or such longer or shorter period of time required to avoid a charge to earnings for financial accounting purposes).

 

6.5 Transferability of an Incentive Stock Option . An Incentive Stock Option shall not be transferable except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution or qualified domestic relations order and shall be exercisable during the lifetime of the Optionholder only by the Optionholder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Optionholder may, by delivering written notice to the Company, in a form satisfactory to the Company, designate a third party who, in the

 

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event of the death of the Optionholder, shall thereafter be entitled to exercise the Option. Notwithstanding anything herein or in any Option Agreement to the contrary, transfers of Options for consideration are not permitted.

 

6.6 Transferability of a Nonstatutory Stock Option . A Nonstatutory Stock Option shall be transferable to family members to the extent provided in the Option Agreement. If the Nonstatutory Stock Option does not provide for transferability to family members, then the Nonstatutory Stock Option shall not be transferable except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution or qualified domestic relations order and shall be exercisable during the lifetime of the Optionholder only by the Optionholder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Optionholder may, by delivering written notice to the Company, in a form satisfactory to the Company, designate a third party who, in the event of the death of the Optionholder, shall thereafter be entitled to exercise the Option. Notwithstanding anything herein or in any Option Agreement to the contrary, transfers of Options for consideration are not permitted.

 

6.7 Vesting Generally . Options granted under the Plan shall be exercisable at such time and upon such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Board. The vesting provisions of individual Options may vary. If vesting is based on the Participant’s Continuous Service, such Options generally will vest in equal monthly installments over a three (3) year period; provided, however, that vesting for new hires will occur as to one-third (1/3 rd ) of the Options after one (1) year from the grant date and as to the remaining two-thirds (2/3 rds ) of the Options in equal monthly installments over the subsequent two (2) years. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the vesting of Options may be conditioned or accelerated upon achievement of performance criteria as determined by the Board or its delegatee. The provisions of this Section 6.7 are subject to any Option provisions governing the minimum number of shares of Common Stock as to which an Option may be exercised.

 

6.8 Termination of Continuous Service . In the event an Optionholder’s Continuous Service terminates (other than upon the Optionholder’s death or Disability), the Optionholder may exercise his or her Option (to the extent that the Optionholder was entitled to exercise such Option as of the date of termination) but only within such period of time as is specified in the Option Agreement (and in no event later than the expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in the Option Agreement). If, after termination, the Optionholder does not exercise his or her Option within the time specified in the Option Agreement, the Option shall terminate. In the absence of a provision to the contrary in the individual Optionholder’s Option Agreement, the Option shall remain exercisable for three (3) months following the termination of the Optionholder’s Continuous Service; provided, however, that if the Optionholder’s Continuous Service is terminated for Cause (as defined in the Option Agreement), the Option immediately shall terminate.

 

6.9 Extension of Termination Date . An Optionholder’s Option Agreement may also provide that if the exercise of the Option following the termination of the Optionholder’s Continuous Service (other than upon the Optionholder’s death or Disability) would be prohibited at any time solely because the issuance of shares of Common Stock would violate the registration requirements under the Securities Act or other applicable securities law, then the Option shall terminate on the earlier of (i) the expiration of the term of the Option set forth in the Option Agreement or (ii) the expiration of a period of three (3) months after the termination of the Optionholder’s Continuous Service during which the exercise of the Option would not be in violation of such registration requirements or other applicable securities law. The provisions of this Section 6.9 notwithstanding, in the event that a sale of the shares of Common Stock received upon exercise of his or her Option would subject the Optionholder to liability under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, then the Option will terminate on the earlier of (1) the fifteenth (15 th ) day after the last date upon which such sale would result in liability, or (2) two hundred ten (210) days following the date of termination of the Optionholder’s employment or other service to the Company (and in no event later than the expiration of the term of the Option).

 

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6.10 Disability of Optionholder . In the event that an Optionholder’s Continuous Service terminates as a result of the Optionholder’s Disability, the Optionholder may exercise his or her Option to the extent that the Optionholder was entitled to exercise such Option as of the date of termination, but only within such period of time as is specified in the Option Agreement (and in no event later than the expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in the Option Agreement). If, after termination, the Optionholder does not exercise his or her Option within the time specified in the Option Agreement, the Option shall terminate. In the absence of a provision to the contrary in the individual Optionholder’s Option Agreement, the Option shall remain exercisable for twelve (12) months following such termination.

 

6.11 Death of Optionholder . In the event (i) an Optionholder’s Continuous Service terminates as a result of the Optionholder’s death or (ii) the Optionholder dies within the period (if any) specified in the Option Agreement after the termination of the Optionholder’s Continuous Service for a reason other than death, then the Option may be exercised (to the extent the Optionholder was entitled to exercise such Option as of the date of death) by the Optionholder’s estate, by a person who acquired the right to exercise the Option by bequest or inheritance or by a person designated to exercise the Option upon the Optionholder’s death pursuant to Section 6.5 or 6.6 of the Plan, but only within such period of time as is specified in the Option Agreement (and in no event later than the expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in the Option Agreement). If, after death, the Option is not exercised within the time specified in the Option Agreement, the Option shall terminate. In the absence of a provision to the contrary in the individual Optionholder’s Option Agreement, the Option shall remain exercisable for eighteen (18) months following the Optionholder’s death.

 

6.12 Early Exercise Generally Not Permitted . The Company’s general policy is not to allow the Optionholder to exercise the Option as to any part or all of the shares of Common Stock subject to the Option prior to the vesting of the Option. If, however, an Option Agreement does permit such early exercise, any unvested shares of Common Stock so purchased may be subject to a repurchase option in favor of the Company or to any other restriction the Board determines to be appropriate.

 

VII. PROVISIONS OF STOCK AWARDS OTHER THAN OPTIONS

 

7.1 Restricted Stock Bonuses . Each Restricted Stock Bonus agreement shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as the Board shall deem appropriate. Restricted Stock Bonuses shall be paid by the Company in shares of the Common Stock of the Company. The terms and conditions of Restricted Stock Bonus agreements may change from time to time, and the terms and conditions of separate Restricted Stock Bonus agreements need not be identical, but each Restricted Stock Bonus agreement shall include (through incorporation of provisions hereof by reference in the agreement or otherwise) the substance of each of the following provisions:

 

(i) Consideration . A Restricted Stock Bonus may be awarded in consideration for past services actually rendered to the Company or an Affiliate for its benefit; provided, however , that in the case of a Restricted Stock Bonus to be made to a new Employee or Consultant who has not performed prior services for the Company, the Company shall require such consideration to be paid as will ensure compliance with the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

 

(ii) Vesting . Shares of Common Stock awarded under the Restricted Stock Bonus agreement shall be subject to a share reacquisition right in favor of the Company in accordance with a vesting schedule to be determined by the Board or its delegatee and set forth in the Participant’s Restricted Stock Bonus agreement.

 

(iii) Termination of Participant’s Continuous Service . In the event a Participant’s Continuous Service terminates, the Company shall automatically reacquire without cost any or all of the shares of Common Stock held by the Participant that have not vested as of the date of termination under the terms of the Restricted Stock Bonus agreement.

 

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(iv) Transferability . Rights to acquire shares of Common Stock under the Restricted Stock Bonus agreement shall be transferable by the Participant only upon such terms and conditions as are set forth in the Restricted Stock Bonus agreement, as the Board shall determine in its discretion, so long as Common Stock awarded under the Restricted Stock Bonus agreement remains subject to the terms of the Restricted Stock Bonus agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein or in any Restricted Stock Bonus agreement to the contrary, transfers of rights to acquire shares of Common Stock pursuant to Restricted Stock Bonuses for consideration are not permitted.

 

7.2 Restricted Stock Purchase Rights . Each Restricted Stock Purchase Right agreement shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as the Board shall deem appropriate. The terms and conditions of the Restricted Stock Purchase Right agreements may change from time to time, and the terms and conditions of separate Restricted Stock Purchase Right agreements need not be identical, but each Restricted Stock Purchase Right agreement shall include (through incorporation of provisions hereof by reference in the agreement or otherwise) the substance of each of the following provisions:

 

(i) Purchase Price . The purchase price under each Restricted Stock Purchase Right agreement shall be such amount as the Board shall determine and designate in such Restricted Stock Purchase Right agreement. The purchase price shall not be less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Common Stock’s Fair Market Value on the date such award is made or at the time the purchase is consummated.

 

(ii) Consideration . The purchase price of Common Stock acquired pursuant to the Restricted Stock Purchase Right agreement shall be paid either: (A) in cash or by check at the time of purchase; or (B) at the discretion of the Board, according to a deferred payment or other similar arrangement with the Participant to the extent permitted by law.

 

(iii) Vesting . Absent a provision to the contrary in the Participant’s Restricted Stock Purchase Right agreement, so long as the Participant remains in Continuous Service with the Company, a Restricted Stock Purchase Right granted to the Participant shall vest as to a schedule to be determined by the Board in its discretion. Shares of Common Stock acquired under the Restricted Stock Purchase Right agreement may, but need not, be subject to a share repurchase option in favor of the Company in accordance with a vesting schedule to be determined by the Board.

 

(iv) Termination of Participant’s Continuous Service . In the event a Participant’s Continuous Service terminates, the Company may repurchase any or all of the shares of Common Stock held by the Participant that have not vested as of the date of termination under the terms of the Restricted Stock Purchase Right agreement.

 

(v) Transferability . Rights to acquire shares of Common Stock under the Restricted Stock Purchase Right agreement shall be transferable by the Participant only upon such terms and conditions as are set forth in the Restricted Stock Purchase Right agreement, as the Board shall determine in its discretion, so long as Common Stock awarded under the Restricted Stock Purchase Right agreement remains subject to the terms of the Restricted Stock Purchase Right agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein or in any Restricted Stock Purchase Right agreement to the contrary, transfers of rights to acquire shares of Common Stock pursuant to Restricted Stock Purchase Rights for consideration are not permitted.

 

7.3 Stock Appreciation Rights . Two types of Stock Appreciation Rights (“SARs”) shall be authorized for issuance under the Plan: (1) stand-alone SARs and (2) stapled SARs. No SAR shall be exercisable after the expiration of ten (10) years from the date it was granted

 

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(i) Stand-Alone SARs . The following terms and conditions shall govern the grant and redeemability of stand-alone SARs:

 

(A) The stand-alone SAR shall cover a specified number of underlying shares of Common Stock and shall be redeemable upon such terms and conditions as the Board may establish. Upon redemption of the stand-alone SAR, the holder shall be entitled to receive a distribution from the Company in an amount equal to the excess of (i) the aggregate Fair Market Value (on the redemption date) of the shares of Common Stock underlying the redeemed right over (ii) the aggregate base price in effect for those shares.

 

(B) The number of shares of Common Stock underlying each stand-alone SAR and the base price in effect for those shares shall be determined by the Board in its sole discretion at the time the stand-alone SAR is granted. In no event, however, may the base price per share be less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value per underlying share of Common Stock on the grant date.

 

(C) The distribution with respect to any redeemed stand-alone SAR may be made in shares of Common Stock valued at Fair Market Value on the redemption date, in cash, or partly in shares and partly in cash, as the Board shall in its sole discretion deem appropriate; provided, however, that the total number of shares subject to the SAR shall be counted in reducing the Share Reserve to the extent the SAR is exercised.

 

(ii) Stapled SARs . The following terms and conditions shall govern the grant and redemption of stapled SARs:

 

(A) Stapled SARs may only be granted concurrently with an Option to acquire the same number of shares of Common Stock as the number of such shares underlying the stapled SARs.

 

(B) Stapled SARs shall be redeemable upon such terms and conditions as the Board may establish and shall grant a holder the right to elect among (i) the exercise of the concurrently granted Option for shares of Common Stock, whereupon the number of shares of Common Stock subject to the stapled SARs shall be reduced by an equivalent number, (ii) the redemption of such stapled SARs in exchange for a distribution from the Company in an amount equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value (on the redemption date) of the number of vested shares which the holder redeems over the aggregate base price for such vested shares, whereupon the number of shares of Common Stock subject to the concurrently granted Option shall be reduced by any equivalent number, or (iii) a combination of (i) and (ii).

 

(C) The distribution to which the holder of stapled SARs shall become entitled under this Section 7 upon the redemption of stapled SARs as described in Section 7.3(ii)(B) above may be made in shares of Common Stock valued at Fair Market Value on the redemption date, in cash, or partly in shares and partly in cash, as the Board shall in its sole discretion deem appropriate; provided, however, that the total number of shares subject to the stapled SAR shall be counted in reducing the Share Reserve to the extent the stapled SAR is exercised.

 

7.4 Phantom Stock Units . The following terms and conditions shall govern the grant and redeemability of Phantom Stock Units:

 

(i) Phantom Stock Unit awards shall be redeemable by the Participant upon such terms and conditions as the Board may establish; provided, however, that if vesting is based on Continuous Service, the length of service required shall be no less than three (3) years. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the vesting of a Phantom Stock Unit award may be conditioned or accelerated upon the achievement of performance criteria as determined by the Board or its delegatee. The value of a single Phantom Stock Unit shall be equal to the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock, unless the Board otherwise provides in the terms of the Stock Award Agreement. The holder of a Phantom Stock Unit shall not have a right to dividend equivalents.

 

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(ii) The distribution with respect to any exercised Phantom Stock Unit award may be made in shares of Common Stock valued at Fair Market Value on the redemption date, in cash, or partly in shares and partly in cash, as the Board shall in its sole discretion deem appropriate.

 

7.5 Restricted Stock Units . The following terms and conditions shall govern the grant and redeemability of Restricted Stock Units:

 

A Restricted Stock Unit is the right to receive the value of one (1) share of the Company’s Common Stock at the time the Restricted Stock Unit vests. The holder of a Restricted Stock Unit shall not have the right to dividend equivalents. To the extent permitted by the Board in the terms of his or her Restricted Stock Unit agreement, a Participant may elect to defer receipt of the value of the shares of Common Stock otherwise deliverable upon the vesting of an award of Restricted Stock Units, so long as such deferral election complies with applicable law, including to the extent applicable, the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. An election to defer such delivery shall be irrevocable and shall be made in writing on a form acceptable to the Company. The election form shall be filed prior to the vesting date of such Restricted Stock Units in a manner determined by the Board. When the Participant vests in such Restricted Stock Units, the Participant will be credited with a number of Restricted Stock Units equal to the number of shares of Common Stock for which delivery is deferred. Restricted Stock Units may be paid by the Company by delivery of shares of Common Stock, in cash, or a combination thereof, as the Board shall in its sole discretion deem appropriate, in accordance with the timing and manner of payment elected by the Participant on his or her election form, or if no deferral election is made, as soon as administratively practicable following the vesting of the Restricted Stock Unit.

 

Each Restricted Stock Unit agreement shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as the Board shall deem appropriate. The terms and conditions of Restricted Stock Unit agreements may change from time to time, and the terms and conditions of separate Restricted Stock Unit agreements need not be identical, but each Restricted Stock Unit agreement shall include (through incorporation of provisions hereof by reference in the agreement or otherwise) the substance of each of the following provisions:

 

(i) Consideration . A Restricted Stock Unit may be awarded in consideration for past services actually rendered to the Company or an Affiliate for its benefit. The Board shall have the discretion to provide that the Participant pay for such Restricted Stock Unit with cash or other consideration permissible by law.

 

(ii) Vesting . Restricted Stock Units shall vest in accordance with a vesting schedule to be determined by the Board or its delegatee and set forth in the Participant’s Restricted Stock Bonus agreement.

 

(iii)  Termination of Participant’s Continuous Service . The unvested portion of the Restricted Stock Unit award shall expire immediately upon the termination of Participant’s Continuous Service.

 

(iv) Transferability . Rights to acquire the value of shares of Common Stock under the Restricted Stock Unit agreement shall be transferable by the Participant only upon such terms and conditions as are set forth in the Restricted Stock Unit agreement, as the Board shall determine in its discretion, so long as any Common Stock awarded under the Restricted Stock Unit agreement remains subject to the terms of the Restricted Stock Unit agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein or in any Restricted Stock Unit agreement to the contrary, transfers of rights to acquire the value of shares of Common Stock pursuant to Restricted Stock Purchase Rights for consideration are not permitted.

 

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the Company in shares of the Common Stock of the Company. The terms and conditions of Performance Share Bonus agreements may change from time to time, and the terms and conditions of separate Performance Share Bonus agreements need not be identical, but each Performance Share Bonus agreement shall include (through incorporation of provisions hereof by reference in the agreement or otherwise) the substance of each of the following provisions:

 

(i) Consideration . A Performance Share Bonus may be awarded in consideration for past services actually rendered to the Company or an Affiliate for its benefit. In the event that a Performance Share Bonus is granted to a new Employee or Consultant who has not performed prior services for the Company, the Performance Share Bonus will not be awarded until the Board determines that such person has rendered services to the Company for a sufficient period of time to ensure proper issuance of the shares in compliance with the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

 

(ii) Vesting . Vesting shall be based on the achievement of certain performance criteria, whether financial, transactional or otherwise, as determined by the Board. Vesting shall be subject to the Performance Share Bonus agreement. Generally, a Performance Share Bonus shall not fully vest in less than one (1) year. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the vesting of a Performance Share Bonus may be accelerated upon the achievement of performance criteria as determined by the Board or its delegatee. Upon failure to meet performance criteria, shares of Common Stock awarded under the Performance Share Bonus agreement shall be subject to a share reacquisition right in favor of the Company in accordance with a vesting schedule to be determined by the Board.

 

(iii) Termination of Participant’s Continuous Service . In the event a Participant’s Continuous Service terminates, the Company shall reacquire any or all of the shares of Common Stock held by the Participant that have not vested as of the date of termination under the terms of the Performance Share Bonus agreement.

 

(iv) Transferability . Rights to acquire shares of Common Stock under the Performance Share Bonus agreement shall be transferable by the Participant only upon such terms and conditions as are set forth in the Performance Share Bonus agreement, as the Board shall determine in its discretion, so long as Common Stock awarded under the Performance Share Bonus agreement remains subject to the terms of the Performance Share Bonus agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein or in any Performance Share Bonus agreement to the contrary, transfers of rights to acquire shares of Common Stock pursuant to Performance Share Bonuses for consideration are not permitted.

 

7.7 Performance Share Units . The following terms and conditions shall govern the grant and redeemability of Performance Share Units:

 

A Performance Share Unit is the right to receive the value of one (1) share of the Company’s Common Stock at the time the Performance Share Unit vests. The holder of a Performance Share Unit shall not have a right to dividend equivalents. To the extent permitted by the Board in the terms of his or her Performance Share Unit agreement, a Participant may elect to defer receipt of the value of shares of Common Stock otherwise deliverable upon the vesting of an award of performance shares. An election to defer such delivery shall be irrevocable and shall be made in writing on a form acceptable to the Company. The election form shall be filed prior to the vesting date of such performance shares in a manner determined by the Board. When the Participant vests in such performance shares, the Participant will be credited with a number of Performance Share Units equal to the number of shares of Common Stock for which delivery is deferred. Performance Share Units may be paid by the Company by delivery of shares of Common Stock, in cash, or a combination thereof, as the Board shall in its sole discretion deem appropriate, in accordance with the timing and manner of payment elected by the Participant on his or her election form, or if no deferral election is made, as soon as administratively practicable following the vesting of the Performance Share Unit.

 

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Each Performance Share Unit agreement shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as the Board shall deem appropriate. The terms and conditions of Performance Share Unit agreements may change from time to time, and the terms and conditions of separate Performance Share Unit agreements need not be identical, but each Performance Share Unit agreement shall include (through incorporation of provisions hereof by reference in the agreement or otherwise) the substance of each of the following provisions:

 

(i) Consideration . A Performance Share Unit may be awarded in consideration for past services actually rendered to the Company or an Affiliate for its benefit. The Board shall have the discretion to provide that the Participant pay for such Performance Share Unit with cash or other consideration permissible by law.

 

(ii) Vesting . Vesting shall be based on the achievement of certain performance criteria, whether financial, transactional or otherwise, as determined by the Board. Vesting shall be subject to the Performance Share Unit agreement. Generally, a Performance Share Unit may not fully vest in less than one (1) year. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the vesting of a Performance Share Unit may be accelerated upon achievement of performance criteria as determined by the Board or its delegatee.

 

(iii) Termination of Participant’s Continuous Service . The unvested portion of any Performance Share Unit shall expire immediately upon the termination of Participant’s Continuous Service.

 

(iv) Transferability . Rights to acquire the value of shares of Common Stock under the Performance Share Unit agreement shall be transferable by the Participant only upon such terms and conditions as are set forth in the Performance Share Unit agreement, as the Board shall determine in its discretion, so long as Common Stock awarded under the Performance Share Unit agreement remains subject to the terms of the Performance Share Unit agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein or in any Performance Share Unit agreement to the contrary, transfers of rights to acquire the value of shares of Common Stock pursuant to Performance Share Units for consideration are not permitted.

 

8. Performance-Based Awards to Covered Employees .

 

(i) Performance-Based Awards . Any Employee or Consultant providing services to the Company and who is selected by the Board may be granted one or more Performance-Based Awards in the form of a Performance Share Bonus or Performance Share Unit payable upon the attainment of Performance Goals that are established by the Board and relate to one or more of the Performance Criteria, in each case on a specified date or dates or over any period or periods determined by the Board. The Board shall define in an objective fashion the manner of calculating the Performance Criteria it selects to use for any Performance Cycle. Depending on the Performance Criteria used to establish such Performance Goals, the Performance Goals may be expressed in terms of overall Company performance or the performance of a division, business unit, or an individual. The Board, in its discretion, may adjust or modify the calculation of Performance Goals for such Performance Cycle in order to prevent the dilution or enlargement of the rights of an individual (i) in the event of, or in anticipation of, any unusual or extraordinary corporate item, transaction, event or development, (ii) in recognition of, or in anticipation of, any other unusual or nonrecurring events affecting the Company, or the financial statements of the Company, or (iii) in response to, or in anticipation of, changes in applicable laws, regulations, accounting principles, or business conditions provided however, that the Board may not exercise such discretion in a manner that would increase the Performance-Based Award granted to a Covered Employee. Each Performance-Based Award shall comply with the provisions set forth below.

 

(ii) Grant of Performance-Based Awards . With respect to each Performance-Based Award granted to a Covered Employee, the Board or the Committee shall select, within the first 90 days of a Performance Cycle (or, if shorter, within the maximum period allowed under Section 162(m) of the Code) the Performance Criteria for such

 

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grant, and the Performance Goals with respect to each Performance Criterion (including a threshold level of performance below which no amount will become payable with respect to such Award). Each Performance-Based Award will specify the amount payable, or the formula for determining the amount payable, upon achievement of the various applicable performance targets. The Performance Criteria established by the Board may be (but need not be) different for each Performance Cycle and different Performance Goals may be applicable to Performance-Based Awards to different Covered Employees.

 

(iii) Payment of Performance-Based Awards . Following the completion of a Performance Cycle, the Board shall meet to review and certify in writing whether, and to what extent, the Performance Goals for the Performance Cycle have been achieved and, if so, to also calculate and certify in writing the amount of the Performance-Based Awards earned for the Performance Cycle. The Board shall then determine the actual size of each Covered Employee’s Performance-Based Award, and, in doing so, may reduce or eliminate the amount of the Performance-Based Award for a Covered Employee if, in its sole judgment, such reduction or elimination is appropriate.

 

(iv) Maximum Award Payable . The maximum Performance-Based Award payable to any one Covered Employee under the Plan for a Performance Cycle is one and a half million (1,500,000) shares of Common Stock (subject to adjustment as provided in Section 12 hereof).

 

XIII. COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY

 

8.1 Availability of Shares . During the term of the Stock Awards, the Company shall keep available at all times the number of shares of Common Stock required to satisfy such Stock Awards.

 

8.2 Securities Law Compliance . The Company shall seek to obtain from each regulatory commission or agency having jurisdiction over the Plan such authority as may be required to grant Stock Awards and to issue and sell shares of Common Stock upon exercise, redemption or satisfaction of the Stock Awards; provided, however , that this undertaking shall not require the Company to register under the Securities Act the Plan or any Stock Award or any Common Stock issued or issuable pursuant to any such Stock Award. If, after reasonable efforts, the Company is unable to obtain from any such regulatory commission or agency the authority which counsel for the Company deems necessary for the lawful issuance and sale of Common Stock under the Plan, the Company shall be relieved from any liability for failure to issue and sell Common Stock related to such Stock Awards unless and until such authority is obtained.

 

IX. USE OF PROCEEDS FROM STOCK

 

Proceeds from the sale of Common Stock pursuant to Stock Awards shall constitute general funds of the Company.

 

X. CANCELLATION AND RE-GRANT OF OPTIONS

 

10.1 Subject to Section 10.2, the Board shall have the authority to effect, at any time and from time to time, (i) the repricing of any outstanding Options, Stock Appreciation Rights and/or Restricted Stock Purchase Rights under the Plan and/or (ii) with the consent of the affected Participants, the cancellation of any outstanding Options, Stock Appreciation Rights and/or Restricted Stock Purchase Rights under the Plan and the grant in substitution therefor of new Options, Stock Appreciation Rights and/or Restricted Stock Purchase Rights under the Plan covering the same or a different number of shares of Common Stock, but, in the case of Options or Stock Appreciation Rights, having an exercise price per share not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value and, in the case

 

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of an Incentive Stock Option granted to a Ten Percent Shareholder (as described in Section 5.2 of the Plan), having an exercise price not less than one hundred ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the new grant date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may grant an Option or a Stock Appreciation Right with an exercise price lower than that set forth above if such Option or Stock Appreciation Right is granted as part of a transaction to which Section 424(a) of the Code applies.

 

10.2 Prior to the implementation of any such repricing or cancellation of one or more outstanding Options, Stock Appreciation Rights and/or Restricted Stock Purchase Rights as described in Section 10.1, the Board shall obtain the approval of the shareholders of the Company.

 

10.3 Shares subject to an Option or a Stock Appreciation Right cancelled under this Section 10 shall continue to be counted against the maximum award of Options and/or Stock Appreciation Rights permitted to be granted pursuant to Section 5.3 of the Plan. The repricing of an Option or a Stock Appreciation Right under this Section 10, resulting in a reduction of the exercise price, shall be deemed to be a cancellation of the original Option or Stock Appreciation Right and the grant of a substitute Option or Stock Appreciation Right; in the event of such repricing, both the original and the substituted Options and/or Stock Appreciation Rights shall be counted against the maximum awards of Options and/or Stock Appreciation Rights permitted to be granted pursuant to Section 5.3 of the Plan. The provisions of this Section 10.3 shall be applicable only to the extent required by Section 162(m) of the Code.

 

XI. MISCELLANEOUS

 

11.1 Acceleration of Exercisability and Vesting . The Board (or Committee, if so authorized by the Board) shall have the power to accelerate exercisability and/or vesting of any Stock Award granted pursuant to the Plan upon a Change in Control or upon the death, Disability or termination of Continuous Service of the Participant. In furtherance of such power, the Board or Committee may accelerate the time at which a Stock Award may first be exercised or the time during which a Stock Award or any part thereof will vest in accordance with the Plan, notwithstanding any provisions in the Stock Award Agreement to the contrary.

 

11.2 Shareholder Rights . No Participant shall be deemed to be the holder of, or to have any of the rights of a holder with respect to, any shares of Common Stock subject to a Stock Award except to the extent that the Company has issued the shares of Common Stock relating to such Stock Award.

 

11.3 No Employment or Other Service Rights . Nothing in the Plan or any instrument executed or Stock Award granted pursuant thereto shall confer upon any Participant any right to continue to serve the Company or an Affiliate in the capacity in effect at the time the Stock Award was granted or shall affect the right of the Company or an Affiliate to terminate (i) the employment of an Employee with or without notice and with or without cause, or (ii) the service of a Consultant pursuant to the terms of such Consultant’s agreement with the Company or an Affiliate.

 

11.4 Incentive Stock Option $100,000 Limitation . To the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined at the time of grant) of Common Stock with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by any Optionholder during any calendar year (under all plans of the Company and its Affiliates) exceeds One Hundred Thousand dollars ($100,000), or such other limit as may be set by law, the Options or portions thereof which exceed such limit (according to the order in which they were granted) shall be treated as Nonstatutory Stock Options.

 

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11.5 Investment Assurances . The Company may require a Participant, as a condition of exercising or redeeming a Stock Award or acquiring Common Stock under any Stock Award, (i) to give written assurances satisfactory to the Company as to the Participant’s knowledge and experience in financial and business matters and/or to employ a purchaser representative reasonably satisfactory to the Company who is knowledgeable and experienced in financial and business matters and that he or she is capable of evaluating, alone or together with the purchaser representative, the merits and risks of acquiring the Common Stock; (ii) to give written assurances satisfactory to the Company stating that the Participant is acquiring Common Stock subject to the Stock Award for the Participant’s own account and not with any present intention of selling or otherwise distributing the Common Stock; and (iii) to give such other written assurances as the Company may determine are reasonable in order to comply with applicable law. The foregoing requirements, and any assurances given pursuant to such requirements, shall be inoperative if (1) the issuance of the shares of Common Stock under the Stock Award has been registered under a then currently effective registration statement under the Securities Act or (2) as to any particular requirement, a determination is made by counsel for the Company that such requirement need not be met in the circumstances under the then applicable securities laws, and in either case otherwise complies with applicable law. The Company may, upon advice of counsel to the Company, place legends on stock certificates issued under the Plan as such counsel deems necessary or appropriate in order to comply with applicable laws, including, but not limited to, legends restricting the transfer of the Common Stock.

 

11.6 Withholding Obligations . To the extent provided by the terms of a Stock Award Agreement, the Participant may satisfy any federal, state, local, or foreign tax withholding obligation relating to the exercise or redemption of a Stock Award or the acquisition, vesting, distribution, or transfer of Common Stock under a Stock Award by any of the following means (in addition to the Company’s right to withhold from any compensation or other amounts payable to the Participant by the Company) or by a combination of such means: (i) tendering a cash payment; (ii) authorizing the Company to withhold shares of Common Stock from the shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable to the Participant, provided, however , that no shares of Common Stock are withheld with a value exceeding the minimum amount of tax required to be withheld by law; or (iii) delivering to the Company owned and unnumbered shares of Common Stock.

 

11.7 Section 409A . Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, it is the intent of the Company that all Stock Awards granted under this Plan shall not cause an imposition of the additional taxes provided for in Section 409A(a)(1)(B) of the Code; furthermore, it is the intent of the Company that the Plan shall be administered so that the additional taxes provided for in Section 409A(a)(1)(B) of the Code are not imposed. In the event that the Company determines in good faith that any provision of this Plan does not comply with Section 409A of the Code, the Company may amend this Plan to the minimum extent necessary to cause the Plan to comply.

 

XII. ADJUSTMENTS UPON CHANGES IN STOCK

 

12.1 Capitalization Adjustments . If any change is made in the Common Stock subject to the Plan, or subject to any Stock Award, without the receipt of consideration by the Company (through merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, reincorporation, stock dividend, spinoff, dividend in property other than cash, stock split, liquidating dividend, extraordinary dividends or distributions, combination of shares, exchange of shares, change in corporate structure or other transaction not involving the receipt of consideration by the Company), the Board or, if applicable, the Committee, shall make appropriate and proportionate adjustments to the class(es) and maximum number of securities subject to the Plan pursuant to Section 4.1 above, the maximum number of securities that can be made subject to an award granted to any individual pursuant to Section 5.3 above, the maximum number

 

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of securities that can be made subject to an award granted to any Covered Employee pursuant to Section 8(iv) above and the class(es) and number of securities or other property and price per share of the securities or other property subject to outstanding Stock Awards. The Board, or the Committee, if applicable, shall make such adjustments in its sole discretion, and its determination shall be final, binding and conclusive. (The conversion of any convertible securities of the Company shall not be treated as a transaction “without receipt of consideration” by the Company.)

 

12.2 Adjustments Upon a Change in Control .

 

(i) In the event of a Change in Control as defined in Section 2.4(i) through 2.4(iv), such as an asset sale, merger, or change in Board composition, then the Board or the board of directors of any surviving entity or acquiring entity may provide or require that the surviving or acquiring entity shall: (1) assume or continue all or any part of the Stock Awards outstanding under the Plan or (2) substitute substantially equivalent stock awards (including an award to acquire substantially the same consideration paid to the shareholders in the transaction by which the Change in Control occurs) for those outstanding under the Plan. In the event any surviving entity or acquiring entity refuses to assume or continue such Stock Awards or to substitute similar stock awards for those outstanding under the Plan, then with respect to Stock Awards held by Participants whose Continuous Service has not terminated, the Board in its sole discretion and without liability to any person may: (1) provide for the payment of a cash amount in exchange for the cancellation of a Stock Award equal to the product of (x) the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock at such time over the exercise or redemption price, if any, times (y) the total number of shares then subject to such Stock Award; (2) continue the Stock Awards; or (3) notify Participants holding an Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Phantom Stock Unit, Restricted Stock Unit or Performance Share Unit that they must exercise or redeem any portion of such Stock Award (including, at the discretion of the Board, any unvested portion of such Stock Award) at or prior to the closing of the transaction by which the Change in Control occurs and that the Stock Awards shall terminate if not so exercised or redeemed at or prior to the closing of the transaction by which the Change in Control occurs. With respect to any other Stock Awards outstanding under the Plan, such Stock Awards shall terminate if not exercised or redeemed prior to the closing of the transaction by which the Change in Control occurs. The Board shall not be obligated to treat all Stock Awards, even those that are of the same type, in the same manner.

 

(ii) In the event of a Change in Control as defined in Section 2.4(v), such as a dissolution of the Company, all outstanding Stock Awards shall terminate immediately prior to such event.

 

XIII. AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN AND STOCK AWARDS

 

13.1 Amendment of Plan . The Board at any time, and from time to time, may amend the Plan. However, except as provided in Section 12 of the Plan relating to adjustments upon changes in Common Stock, no amendment shall be effective unless approved by the shareholders of the Company to the extent shareholder approval is necessary to satisfy the requirements of Section 422 of the Code, any New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq or other securities exchange listing requirements, or other applicable law or regulation.

 

13.2 Shareholder Approval . The Board may, in its sole discretion, submit any other amendment to the Plan for shareholder approval, including, but not limited to, amendments to the Plan intended to satisfy the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code and the regulations thereunder regarding the exclusion of performance-based compensation from the limit on corporate deductibility of compensation paid to certain executive officers.

 

13.3 Contemplated Amendments . It is expressly contemplated that the Board may amend the Plan in any respect the Board deems necessary or advisable to provide eligible Employees with the maximum benefits provided or

 

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to be provided under the provisions of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder relating to Incentive Stock Options and/or to bring the Plan and/or Incentive Stock Options granted under it into compliance therewith.

 

13.4 No Material Impairment of Rights . Rights under any Stock Award granted before amendment of the Plan shall not be materially impaired by any amendment of the Plan unless (i) the Company requests the consent of the Participant and (ii) the Participant consents in writing.

 

13.5 Amendment of Stock Awards . The Board at any time, and from time to time, may amend the terms of any one or more Stock Awards subject to and consistent with the terms of the Plan, including Sections 13.1 and 13.2; provided, however , that the rights of the Participant under any Stock Award shall not be materially impaired by any such amendment unless (i) the Company requests the consent of the Participant and (ii) the Participant consents in writing.

 

XIV. TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION OF THE PLAN

 

14.1 Plan Term . The Board may suspend or terminate the Plan at any time. Unless sooner terminated, the Plan shall terminate on the day before the tenth (10 th ) anniversary of the date that the Plan is most recently adopted. No Stock Awards may be granted under the Plan while the Plan is suspended or after it is terminated.

 

14.2 No Material Impairment of Rights . Suspension or termination of the Plan shall not materially impair rights and obligations under any Stock Award granted while the Plan is in effect except with the written consent of the Participant.

 

XV. EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN

 

The Plan shall become effective immediately following its approval by the shareholders of the Company, which approval shall be within twelve (12) months before or after the date the Plan is adopted by the Board (the “Effective Date”). No Stock Awards may be granted under the Plan prior to the time that the shareholders have approved the Plan.

 

XVI. CHOICE OF LAW

 

The law of the State of Delaware shall govern all questions concerning the construction, validity and interpretation of this Plan, without regard to such state’s conflict of laws rules.

 

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Exhibit 10.2

UNWIRED PLANET, INC.

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

1999 DIRECTORS’ EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN

 

1. Purposes of the Plan . The purposes of this Unwired Planet, Inc. Second Amended and Restated 1999 Directors’ Equity Compensation Plan are to attract and retain the best available personnel for service as Directors of the Company, to provide additional incentive to the Outside Directors of the Company to serve as Directors, and to encourage their continued service on the Board.

 

All options granted hereunder shall be nonstatutory stock options.

 

2. Definitions . As used herein, the following definitions shall apply:

 

(a) “Annual Award” means yearly granting of both the Annual Option Award and the Annual Restricted Stock Award.

 

(b) “Annual Meeting of the Stockholders” means the Company’s annual meeting of its stockholders.

 

(c) “Annual Option Award” means the annual grant of an Option to purchase a certain number of shares granted by the Board to an Outside Director.

 

(d) “Annual Restricted Stock Award” means the annual Restricted Stock Bonus of a certain number of shares granted by the Board to an Outside Director.

 

(e) “Award” means an Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock Bonus or Restricted Stock Unit granted under the Plan.

 

(f) “Award Recipient” means an Outside Director who receives an Award.

 

(g) “Base Price” means the Fair Market Value of one Share on the date that a Stock Appreciation Right is granted.

 

(h) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

(i) “Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events:

 

(i) The sale, exchange, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to a person or group of related persons (as such terms are defined or described in Sections 3(a)(9) and 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act ) that will continue the business of the Company in the future;

 

(ii) A merger or consolidation involving the Company in which the voting securities of the Company owned by the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such merger or consolidation do not represent, after conversion if applicable, more than fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power of the surviving controlling entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation; provided that any person who (1) was a beneficial owner (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of the voting securities of the Company immediately prior to such merger or consolidation, and (2) is a beneficial owner of more than 20% of the securities of the Company immediately after such merger or consolidation, shall be excluded from the list of “stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such merger or consolidation” for purposes of the preceding calculation); or

 

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(iii) The direct or indirect acquisition of beneficial ownership of at least fifty percent (50%) of the voting securities of the Company by a person or group of related persons (as such terms are defined or described in Sections 3(a)(9) and 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act); provided, that “person or group of related persons” shall not include the Company, a subsidiary of the Company, or an employee benefit plan sponsored by the Company or a subsidiary of the Company (including any trustee of such plan acting as trustee).

 

(j) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

(k) “Common Stock” means the Common Stock of the Company.

 

(l) “Company” means Unwired Planet, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

 

(m) “Continuous Status as a Director” means the absence of any interruption or termination of service as a Director. The Board, in its sole discretion, may determine whether Continuous Service shall be considered interrupted in the case of any leave of absence approved by the Company, including sick leave, military leave or any other personal leave.

 

(n) “Corporate Transaction” means a dissolution or liquidation of the Company, a sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, or a merger, consolidation or other capital reorganization of the Company with or into another corporation.

 

(o) “Director” means a member of the Board.

 

(p) “Employee” means any person, including any officer or Director, employed by the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company. The payment of a director’s fee by the Company shall not be sufficient in and of itself to constitute “employment” by the Company.

 

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

 

(r) “Fair Market Value” means the value of a Share as determined in accordance with Section 8(a) hereof.

 

(s) “First Award” means the first Award granted by the Board to a new Outside Director which shall consist of the First Option Award and the First Restricted Stock Award.

 

(t) “First Option Award” means the first Option to purchase a certain number of shares granted to an Outside Director upon his or her election by the stockholders of appointment by the Board.

 

(u) “First Restricted Stock Award” means the first Restricted Stock Bonus of a certain number of shares granted to an Outside Director upon his or her election by the stockholders or appointment by the Board.

 

(v) “Option” means a stock option granted pursuant to the Plan. All options shall be nonstatutory stock options (i.e., options that are not intended to qualify as incentive stock options under Section 422 of the Code).

 

(w) “Optioned Stock” means the Common Stock subject to an Option.

 

(x) “Optionee” means an Outside Director who receives an Option.

 

(y) “Outside Director” means a Director who is not an Employee.

 

(z) “Parent” means a “parent corporation,” whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(e) of the Code.

 

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(aa) “Plan” means this Unwired Planet, Inc. Second Amended and Restated 1999 Directors’ Equity Compensation Plan.

 

(bb) “Restricted Stock Bonus” means a grant of Shares not requiring an Outside Director to pay any amount of monetary consideration.

 

(cc) “Restricted Stock Bonus Recipient” means an Outside Director who receives a Restricted Stock Bonus.

 

(dd) Restricted Stock Unit means a right to receive an amount of cash and/or Shares, as the case may be, equal to the Fair Market Value of one Share at the time the Restricted Stock Unit vests.

 

(ee) “Restricted Stock Unit Recipient” means an Outside Director who receives a Restricted Stock Unit.

 

(ff) “Share” means a share of the Common Stock, as adjusted in accordance with Section 14 hereof.

 

(gg) “Stock Appreciation Right” means the right to receive an amount of cash and/or Shares, as the case may be, equal to the Fair Market Value of one Share on the day the Stock Appreciation Right is redeemed, reduced by the Base Price applicable to such Stock Appreciation Right.

 

(hh) “Stock Appreciation Right Recipient” means an Outside Director who receives a Stock Appreciation Right.

 

(ii) “Subsidiary” means a “subsidiary corporation,” whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code.

 

3. Stock Subject to the Plan . Subject to the provisions of Section 14 hereof, the maximum aggregate number of Shares that are available for Awards under the Plan is 3,650,000 Shares (the “Pool” ); provided, however, that no more than 2,000,000 Shares of such Pool may be issued pursuant to Awards of Restricted Stock Units or Restricted Stock Bonus. The Shares may be authorized, but unissued, or reacquired Common Stock. Upon any distribution in respect of Stock Appreciation Rights or Restricted Stock Units, there shall be deemed to have been delivered under this Plan for purposes of this Section 3 the number of Shares covered by the Stock Appreciation Rights or Restricted Stock Units, regardless of whether such distribution was paid in cash or Shares.

 

If an Award should expire, be cancelled or forfeited or become unexercisable or irredeemable for any reason without Shares being delivered thereunder (or other payment made in lieu thereof) or the Award having been exercised in full, the Shares that were subject thereto shall, unless the Plan has been terminated, become available for future grant under the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Shares subject to an Award under the Plan may not again be made available for issuance under the Plan if such Shares are retained by the Company upon the vesting, exercise or redemption of an Award in order to satisfy the exercise price for such Award or withholding taxes, if any, due in connection with such vesting, exercise or redemption. For the avoidance of doubt, Shares underlying (i) the unexercised portion of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right and (ii) the unvested portion of a Restricted Stock Bonus or Restricted Stock Unit at the time any such Award terminates in accordance with Sections 10, 11, 12 or 13 hereof, as applicable, shall revert to and again be available for future grant under the Plan, unless the Plan has been terminated. If Shares that were acquired upon exercise of an Option or redemption of a Stock Appreciation Right, or in connection with a Restricted Stock Bonus or Restricted Stock Unit are subsequently repurchased by the Company, such Shares shall not in any event be returned to the Plan and shall not become available for future grant under the Plan.

 

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4. Administration of and Grants of Awards under the Plan .

 

(a) Administrator . Except as otherwise required herein, the Plan shall be administered by the Board; provided, however, that the Board may by resolution delegate to a committee of two or more members of the Board the authority to perform any or all things that the Board is authorized and empowered to do or perform under the Plan, and for all purposes under this Plan, such committee shall be treated as the Board; except to the extent that the grant or exercise of such authority would cause any Award or transaction to become subject to (or lose an exemption under) the short-swing profit recovery provisions of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 4(a) to the contrary, any amendment to the Plan that, in accordance with Applicable Law (as defined in Section 17 hereof), would require stockholder approval must be approved by the full Board.

 

(b) Procedure for Grants . Grants of First Awards and Annual Awards hereunder shall be made in accordance with the following provisions:

 

(i) Each Outside Director who becomes an Outside Director for the first time after October 20, 2008, whether through election by the stockholders of the Company or appointment by the Board to fill a vacancy, but excluding a person who becomes an Outside Director solely on account of his or her resignation or termination of employment with the Company, shall automatically be granted, on the date that such person becomes an Outside Director, the First Award which shall consist of (i) the First Option Award and (ii) the First Restricted Stock Award, in each case as determined by the Board. In the event, however, that (i) the Board exercises its discretion under Section 4(f) to grant Stock Appreciation Rights in lieu of Options and/or Restricted Stock Units in lieu of Restricted Stock Bonuses, the First Award shall instead consist of a grant of Stock Appreciation Rights and/or Restricted Stock Units covering the number of Shares to be issued pursuant to the First Award.

 

(ii) Each Outside Director shall automatically be eligible for a grant of an Annual Award which shall consist of (i) an Annual Option Award and (ii) an Annual Restricted Stock Award, in each case, on the date of the Company’s most recently adjourned Annual Meeting of the Stockholders provided they are an Outside Director as of such date. The number of Shares subject to each Annual Award shall be determined by the Board and shall be granted to each Outside Director in accordance with the schedule set forth in Subsections 4(b)(iii)(1)-(4) hereof. For the avoidance of doubt, a person who becomes an Outside Director solely on account of his or her resignation or termination of employment with the Company shall be entitled to Annual Awards pursuant to this Subsection 4(b)(iii) based on the time such Director first becomes an Outside Director. In the event, however, that the Board exercises its discretion under Section 4(f) to grant Stock Appreciation Rights in lieu of Options and/or Restricted Stock Units in lieu of Restricted Stock Bonuses, the Annual Awards instead shall consist of a grant of Stock Appreciation Rights and/or Restricted Stock Units, as applicable, covering the number of Shares determined pursuant to the schedule set forth in Subsections 4(b)(iii)(1)-(4) hereof.

 

(1) a person who has served less than two full months as an Outside Director during the prior calendar year shall not be awarded any Annual Award;

 

(2) a person who has served at least two full months, but less than five full months as an Outside Director during the prior calendar year, shall be granted an Annual Award equal to one-third of the Annual Option Award and the Annual Restricted Stock Award, respectively;

 

(3) a person who has served at least five full months, but less than eight full months as an Outside Director during the prior calendar year, shall be granted an Annual Award equal to two-thirds of the Annual Option Award and the Annual Restricted Stock Award, respectively; and

 

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(4) a person who has served at least eight full months as an Outside Director during the prior calendar year, shall be granted the full Annual Award.

 

(iii) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsections (i) and (ii) hereof, in the event that a grant would cause the number of Shares subject to outstanding Awards plus the number of Shares previously acquired upon exercise or redemption of, or otherwise in connection with, Awards to exceed the Pool, then each such automatic grant shall be for that number of Shares determined by dividing the total number of Shares remaining available for grant by the number of Outside Directors receiving an Award on the automatic grant date and shall be granted in the form of both Options (or Stock Appreciation Rights) and Restricted Stock Bonuses (or Restricted Stock Units) in the same proportions as would otherwise have been granted on that date. Any further grants shall then be deferred until such time, if any, as additional Shares become available for grant under the Plan through action of the stockholders to increase the number of Shares which may be issued under the Plan or through cancellation, forfeiture or expiration of Awards previously granted hereunder.

 

(iv) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsections (i) and (ii) hereof, any grant of an Award made before the Company has obtained required stockholder approval of the Plan in accordance with Section 20 hereof shall be conditioned upon obtaining such stockholder approval of the Plan in accordance with Section 20 hereof.

 

(v) In addition to the First Awards and Annual Awards described in Subsections (i) and (ii) hereof, the Board shall have the authority to grant Awards to Outside Directors for service as an Outside Director, service on a committee or committees of the Board and/or for service as the Chairman of the Board, in each case in accordance with a policy adopted by the Board or otherwise, and shall be subject to such terms and conditions as the Board may determine; provided, however, no more than 500,000 shares year may be granted to any one director pursuant to a discretionary award under the Restated Plan per calendar.

 

(vi) The terms of each Award granted hereunder shall be as follows:

 

(1) each Award of Options or Stock Appreciation Rights shall be exercisable or redeemable only while the Outside Director remains a Director of the Company, except as set forth in Section 9 or Section 10 hereof, as applicable;

 

(2) the exercise price or Base Price per Share of each Option or Stock Appreciation Right shall be 100% of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant of each Award, determined in accordance with Section 8(a) hereof;

 

(3) each Option or Stock Appreciation Right granted to an Outside Director as a First Award shall vest and become exercisable or redeemable in equal annual installments commencing on the one year anniversary of the date of grant and ending on the three year anniversary of the date of grant, and the Annual Awards shall vest and become exercisable or redeemable in equal annual installments on the date of each of the three subsequent Annual Meetings of the Stockholders; provided, however, that such Shares underlying the Award shall only vest as long as the Outside Director remains in Continuous Status as a Director of the Company on the respective vesting date;

 

(4) each Share subject to a Restricted Stock Bonus and each Restricted Stock Unit granted to an Outside Director as a First Award shall vest in equal annual installments commencing on the one year anniversary of the date of grant and ending on the three year anniversary of the date of grant, and Annual Awards shall vest in equal annual installments on the date of each of the three subsequent Annual Meetings of the Stockholders; provided, however, that such Shares underlying the Award shall only vest as long as the Outside Director remains in Continuous Status as a Director of the Company on the respective vesting date;

 

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(5) notwithstanding the foregoing, each outstanding Award granted to an Outside Director shall immediately vest, and to the extent applicable, become exercisable or redeemable, upon the termination of such Outside Director’s Continuous Status as a Director for any reason upon or within 24 months following a Change of Control.

 

(c) Powers of the Board . Subject to the provisions and restrictions of the Plan, the Board shall have the authority, in its discretion: (i) to determine, upon review of relevant information and in accordance with Section 8(a) hereof, the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock; (ii) to determine the exercise price or Base Price per Share of Options and Stock Appreciation Rights to be granted, which exercise price or Base Price shall be determined in accordance with Section 9 or Section 10 hereof, as applicable; (iii) to interpret the Plan; (iv) to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan; (v) to authorize any person to execute on behalf of the Company any instrument required to effectuate the grant of an Award previously granted hereunder; and (vi) to make all other determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan.

 

(d) Effect of Board’s Decision . All decisions, determinations and interpretations of the Board shall be final and binding on all Award Recipients and any other holders of any Awards granted under the Plan.

 

(e) Suspension or Termination of Award . If the Chief Executive Officer or his or her designee reasonably believes that an Award Recipient has committed an act of misconduct, such officer may suspend the Award Recipient’s right to vest in or exercise or redeem any Award, or receive Shares under an Award, pending a determination by the Board (excluding the Outside Director accused of such misconduct). If the Board (excluding the Outside Director accused of such misconduct) determines an Award Recipient has committed an act of embezzlement, fraud, dishonesty, nonpayment of an obligation owed to the Company, breach of fiduciary duty or deliberate disregard of the Company rules resulting in loss, damage or injury to the Company, or if an Award Recipient makes an unauthorized disclosure of any Company trade secret or confidential information, engages in any conduct constituting unfair competition, induces any Company customer to breach a contract with the Company or induces any principal for whom the Company acts as agent to terminate such agency relationship, all Awards then held by the Award Recipient (or his or her estate) shall be forfeited immediately upon such determination. In making such determination, the Board (excluding the Outside Director accused of such misconduct) shall act fairly and shall give the Award Recipient an opportunity to appear and present evidence on his or her own behalf at a hearing before the Board or a committee of the Board.

 

(f) Stock Appreciation Rights and/or Restricted Stock Units; Distribution . Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 4(b) through 4(e) hereof, the Board shall retain the right to make grants under this Plan in the form of Stock Appreciation Rights rather than in Options and in the form of Restricted Stock Units rather than in Restricted Stock Bonuses.

 

Stock Appreciation Rights granted in lieu of Options and Restricted Stock Units granted in lieu of Restricted Stock Bonuses shall cover the same number of underlying Shares as the Award for which they have been substituted. Vested Stock Appreciation Rights shall be redeemable upon such terms and conditions as the Board may establish that are not inconsistent with the provisions of Section 4(b) hereof. Upon redemption of the Stock Appreciation Right, the Stock Appreciation Right Recipient shall be entitled to receive a distribution from the Company in an amount equal to the excess of (i) the aggregate Fair Market Value (on the redemption date) of the Shares underlying the redeemed right over (ii) the aggregate Base Price in effect for those Shares. Upon the vesting of each Restricted Stock Unit, the Restricted Stock Unit Recipient shall be entitled to receive a distribution from the Company in an amount equal to the aggregate Fair Market Value (on the vesting date) of the Shares underlying the portion of the Restricted Stock Unit vesting on such date.

 

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The distribution with respect to any Stock Appreciation Right or Restricted Stock Unit may be made in Shares valued at the Fair Market Value on the redemption or vesting date (as applicable), in cash, or partly in Shares and partly in cash, as the Board shall in its sole discretion deem appropriate.

 

5. Eligibility . Awards may be granted only to Outside Directors. First Awards and Annual Awards shall be automatically granted in accordance with the terms set forth in Section 4(b)(i) and Section 4(b)(ii) hereof. An Outside Director who has been granted a First Award and/or Annual Awards may, if he or she is otherwise eligible, be granted an additional Award or Awards in accordance with Section 4(b)(v) hereof. The Plan shall not confer upon any Award Recipient any right with respect to continuation of service as a Director or nomination to serve as a Director, nor shall it interfere in any way with any rights which the Director or the Company may have to terminate his or her directorship at any time.

 

6. Term of Plan; Effective Date . This amendment and restatement of the Plan is effective as of September 13, 2013 except for the increase in the Pool under Section 3 hereof, which shall become effective upon the approval of the stockholders of the Company. The Plan shall continue in effect until November 12, 2023, unless sooner terminated under Section 16 hereof.

 

7. Term of Awards . The term of each Award of Options or Stock Appreciation Rights shall be ten (10) year(s) from the date of grant thereof unless an Award terminates sooner pursuant to Section 9 or Section 10 hereof, as applicable, or the Award Recipient’s Award agreement.

 

8. Determination of Fair Market Value; Withholding .

 

(a) Fair Market Value . Fair Market Value per Share shall be determined as follows:

 

(i) If the Common Stock is listed on any established stock exchange or a national market system, including without limitation the Nasdaq Global Market or The Nasdaq Capital Market of The Nasdaq Stock Market, its Fair Market Value shall be the closing sales price for such stock (or the closing bid, if no sales were reported), as quoted on such exchange or system on the day of determination or, if the stock exchange or national market system on which the Common Stock trades is not open on the day of determination, the last business day prior to the day of determination;

 

(ii) If the Common Stock is regularly quoted by a recognized securities dealer but selling prices are not reported, its Fair Market Value shall be the mean between the high bid and low asked prices for the Common Stock on the day of determination or, if the stock exchange or national market system on which the Common Stock trades is not open on the day of determination, the last business day prior to the day of determination; or

 

(iii) In the absence of an established market for the Common Stock, the Fair Market Value thereof shall be determined in good faith by the Board.

 

(b) Share Withholding; Delivery of Shares . With respect to any Award, the Board may, in its discretion and subject to such rules as the Board may adopt, permit or require any Award Recipient to satisfy, in whole or in part, a withholding tax obligation, if any, which may arise in connection with the Award by electing to have the Company withhold Shares having a Fair Market Value (as of the date the amount of withholding tax is determined) equal to the amount of withholding tax.

 

If, under the Plan or any agreement evidencing an Award, an Award Recipient is permitted to pay the exercise price of an Option or taxes relating to the vesting, exercise or redemption of an Award by delivering Shares, the Award Recipient may satisfy such delivery requirement by presenting proof of beneficial ownership of such Shares,

 

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subject to procedures satisfactory to the Board. If the Award Recipient presents such proof, the Company shall treat the Award as vested, exercised or redeemed without further payment and shall withhold the appropriate number of Shares from the Shares actually acquired by the Award Recipient under the Award.

 

9. Terms and Conditions of Options .

 

(a) Exercise Price . The per Share exercise price for the Shares to be issued pursuant to exercise of an Option shall be 100% of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant of the Option.

 

(b) Form of Consideration for Options . The consideration to be paid for the Shares to be issued upon exercise of an Option shall consist entirely of cash, check, other Shares having a Fair Market Value on the date of surrender equal to the aggregate exercise price of the Shares as to which the Option shall be exercised (which, if acquired from the Company, shall have been held for such period of time, if any, as required by the Board), or any combination of such methods of payment and/or, if expressly permitted under the terms of an Option, any other consideration or method of payment as shall be permitted under applicable corporate law.

 

(c) Procedure for Exercise; Rights as a Stockholder . Any Option granted hereunder shall be exercisable at such times as are set forth in Section 4(b) hereof or as otherwise determined by the Board. An Option may not be exercised for a fraction of a Share.

 

An Option shall be deemed to be exercised when written notice of such exercise has been given to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Option by the person entitled to exercise the Option and full payment for the Shares with respect to which the Option is exercised has been received by the Company. Full payment may consist of any consideration and method of payment allowable under Section 9(b) hereof. Until the issuance (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company) of the stock certificate evidencing such Shares, no right to vote or receive dividends or any other rights as a stockholder shall exist with respect to the Optioned Stock, notwithstanding the exercise of the Option. A share certificate for the number of Shares so acquired shall be issued to the Optionee as soon as practicable after exercise of the Option. No adjustment will be made for a dividend or other right for which the record date is prior to the date the stock certificate is issued, except as provided in Section 14 hereof.

 

Exercise of an Option in any manner shall result in a decrease in the number of Shares which thereafter may be available for sale under the Option, by the number of Shares as to which the Option is exercised.

 

(d) Termination of Continuous Status as a Director . If an interruption or termination of the Continuous Status as a Director occurs to an Outside Director, he or she may, but only within three (3) months after the date he or she ceases to be a Director of the Company, exercise his or her Option to the extent that he or she was entitled to exercise it at the date of such termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event may the Option be exercised after its term set forth in Section 7 has expired. To the extent that such Outside Director was not entitled to exercise an Option at the date of such termination, or does not exercise such Option (to the extent he or she was entitled to exercise) within the time specified above, the Option shall terminate and the Shares underlying the unexercised portion of the Option shall revert to the Plan.

 

(e) Disability of Optionee . Notwithstanding Section 9(d) hereof, in the event a Director is unable to continue his or her service as a Director with the Company as a result of his or her total and permanent disability (as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code), he or she may, but only within twelve (12) months from the date of such termination, exercise his or her Option to the extent he or she was entitled to exercise it at the date of such termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event may the Option be exercised after its term set forth in

 

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Section 7 has expired. To the extent that he or she was not entitled to exercise the Option at the date of termination, or if he or she does not exercise such Option (to the extent he or she was entitled to exercise) within the time specified above, the Option shall terminate and the Shares underlying the unexercised portion of the Option shall revert to the Plan.

 

(f) Death of Optionee . In the event of the death of an Optionee: (A) who is, at the time of his or her death, a Director of the Company and who shall have been in Continuous Status as a Director since the date of grant of the Option, or (B) three (3) months after the termination of Continuous Status as a Director, the Option may be exercised, at any time within twelve (12) months following the date of death, by the Optionee’s estate or by a person who acquired the right to exercise the Option by bequest or inheritance, but only to the extent of the right to exercise that had accrued at the date of death or the date of termination, as applicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event may the Option be exercised after its term set forth in Section 7 has expired. To the extent that an Optionee was not entitled to exercise the Option at the date of death or termination or if he or she does not exercise such Option (to the extent he or she was entitled to exercise) within the time specified above, the Option shall terminate and the Shares underlying the unexercised portion of the Option shall revert to the Plan.

 

10. Terms and Conditions of Stock Appreciation Rights .

 

(a) Base Price . The per Share Base Price for the Shares to be issued pursuant to the redemption of a Stock Appreciation Right shall be 100% of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant of the Stock Appreciation Right.

 

(b) Procedure for Redemption; Rights as a Stockholder . Any Stock Appreciation Right granted hereunder shall be redeemable at such times as are set forth in Section 4(b) hereof or as otherwise determined by the Board . A Stock Appreciation Right may not be redeemed for a fraction of a Share.

 

A Stock Appreciation Right shall be deemed to be redeemed when written notice of such redemption has been given to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Stock Appreciation Right by the person entitled to redeem the Stock Appreciation Right.

 

Until the issuance (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company) of the stock certificate evidencing such Shares, no right to vote or receive dividends or any other rights as a stockholder shall exist with respect to the Shares distributed upon redemption of Stock Appreciation Rights, notwithstanding the redemption of the Stock Appreciation Right. A share certificate for the number of Shares so acquired shall be issued to the Stock Appreciation Right Recipient as soon as practicable after redemption of the Stock Appreciation Right. No adjustment will be made for a dividend or other right for which the record date is prior to the date the stock certificate is issued, except as provided in Section 14 hereof.

 

(c) Termination of Continuous Status as a Director . If an interruption or termination of the Continuous Status as a Director occurs to an Outside Director, he or she may, but only within three (3) months after the date he or she ceases to be a Director of the Company, redeem his or her Stock Appreciation Right to the extent that he or she was entitled to redeem it at the date of such termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event may the Stock Appreciation Right be redeemed after its term set forth in Section 7 has expired. To the extent that such Outside Director was not entitled to redeem a Stock Appreciation Right at the date of such termination, or does not redeem such Stock Appreciation Right (to the extent he or she was entitled to redeem) within the time specified above, the Stock Appreciation Right shall terminate and the Shares underlying the unredeemed portion of the Stock Appreciation Right shall revert to the Plan.

 

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(d) Disability of Stock Appreciation Right Recipient . Notwithstanding Section 10(c) hereof, in the event a Director is unable to continue his or her service as a Director with the Company as a result of his or her total and permanent disability (as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code), he or she may, but only within twelve (12) months from the date of such termination, redeem his or her Stock Appreciation Right to the extent he or she was entitled to redeem it at the date of such termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event may the Stock Appreciation Right be redeemed after its term set forth in Section 7 has expired. To the extent that he or she was not entitled to redeem the Stock Appreciation Right at the date of termination, or if he or she does not redeem such Stock Appreciation Right (to the extent he or she was entitled to redeem) within the time specified above, the Stock Appreciation Right shall terminate and the Shares underlying the unredeemed portion of the Stock Appreciation Right shall revert to the Plan.

 

(e) Death of Stock Appreciation Right Recipient . In the event of the death of a Stock Appreciation Right Recipient: (A) who is, at the time of his or her death, a Director of the Company and who shall have been in Continuous Status as a Director since the date of grant of the Stock Appreciation Right, or (B) three (3) months after the termination of Continuous Status as a Director, the Stock Appreciation Right may be redeemed, at any time within twelve (12) months following the date of death, by the Stock Appreciation Right Recipient’s estate or by a person who acquired the right to redeem the Stock Appreciation Right by bequest or inheritance, but only to the extent of the right to redeem that had accrued at the date of death or the date of termination, as applicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event may the Stock Appreciation Right be redeemed after its term set forth in Section 7 has expired. To the extent that a Stock Appreciation Right Recipient was not entitled to redeem the Stock Appreciation Right at the date of death or termination or if he or she does not redeem such Stock Appreciation Right (to the extent he or she was entitled to redeem) within the time specified above, the Stock Appreciation Right shall terminate and the Shares underlying the unredeemed portion of the Stock Appreciation Right shall revert to the Plan.

 

11. Terms and Conditions of Restricted Stock Bonuses .

 

(a) Consideration . Restricted Stock Bonuses may be awarded in consideration for future services to be rendered or past services actually rendered to the Company or for its benefit, or any benefit to the Company within the meaning of Section 152 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or any combination thereof.

 

(b) Vesting . Shares awarded under a Restricted Stock Bonus shall be subject to a share reacquisition right in favor of the Company in accordance with the vesting schedule set forth in Section 4(b)(vi)(4) hereof or as otherwise determined by the Board.

 

(c) Termination of Continuous Status as a Director . If an interruption or termination of the Continuous Status as a Director occurs to an Outside Director, the Company shall reacquire all of the Shares subject to Restricted Stock Bonuses awarded to the Outside Director that have not vested as of the date of interruption or termination and such Shares shall revert to the Plan.

 

12. Terms and Conditions of Restricted Stock Units .

 

(a) Consideration . Shares subject to Restricted Stock Units may be awarded in consideration for future services to be rendered or past services actually rendered to the Company or for its benefit, or any benefit to the Company within the meaning of Section 152 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or any combination thereof.

 

(b) Vesting . Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to forfeiture in accordance with the vesting schedule set forth in Section 4(b)(vi)(4) hereof or as otherwise determined by the Board.

 

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(c) Termination of Continuous Status as a Director . If an interruption or termination of the Continuous Status as a Director occurs to an Outside Director, all Restricted Stock Units awarded to the Outside Director that have not vested as of the date of interruption or termination shall terminate and the Shares subject to such Restricted Stock Units shall revert to the Plan.

 

(d) Deferral . To the extent permitted by the Board in the terms of the agreement evidencing an Award of Restricted Stock Units, an Outside Director may elect to defer receipt of the value of the Shares otherwise deliverable upon the vesting of an Award of Restricted Stock Units, so long as such deferral election complies with the procedures established by the Board and applicable law, including Section 409A of the Code and the regulations and other guidance issued thereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event will any deferral of the delivery of Shares or any other payment with respect to any Restricted Stock Unit be allowed if the Board determines that the deferral would result in the imposition of the additional tax under Section 409A(a)(1)(B) of the Code.

 

13. Nontransferability of Awards . Awards granted under the Plan may not be sold, pledged, assigned, hypothecated, transferred or disposed of in any manner other than by will or by the laws of descent or distribution or pursuant to a domestic relations order. The designation of a beneficiary by an Award Recipient does not constitute a transfer. An Award may be exercised during the lifetime of an Award Recipient only by the Award Recipient or a transferee permitted by this Section. Notwithstanding anything herein or in any Award agreement to the contrary, Awards granted under the Plan may not be transferred for consideration.

 

14. Adjustments Upon Changes in Capitalization; Corporate Transactions .

 

(a) Adjustment . Subject to any required action by the stockholders of the Company, the number of Shares covered by each outstanding Award, the number of Shares set forth in Sections 4(b)(i) and (ii) hereof, the number of Shares subject to outstanding awards under the Plan and the number of Shares which have been authorized for issuance under the Plan but as to which no Awards have yet been granted or which have been returned to the Plan, as well as the exercise price or Base Price per Share of each outstanding Option or Stock Appreciation Right, shall be proportionately adjusted for any increase or decrease in the number of issued Shares resulting from a stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, combination or reclassification of the Common Stock (including any such change in the number of Shares effected in connection with a change in domicile of the Company) or any other increase or decrease in the number of issued Shares effected without receipt of consideration by the Company; provided, however, that conversion of any convertible securities of the Company shall not be deemed to have been “effected without receipt of consideration.” Such adjustment shall be made by the Board, whose determination in that respect shall be final, binding and conclusive. Except as expressly provided herein, no issuance by the Company of shares of stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class, shall affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number or price of Shares subject to an Award.

 

(b) Corporate Transactions; Change of Control . In the event of a Corporate Transaction, each outstanding Award shall be (i) continued by the Company, (ii) assumed by the successor to the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary of the Company or such successor, or (iii) an equivalent award shall be substituted by the successor or a Parent or Subsidiary of such successor or the Company. In the event that the Company shall not continue each outstanding Award and the Company does not reach agreement with any other entity to assume the outstanding Awards or to substitute equivalent awards, the Awards shall terminate upon the consummation of the transaction; provided, however, that each Award Recipient shall have the right to exercise or redeem all of his or her Options to purchase Shares or Stock Appreciation Rights, immediately prior to the consummation of the transaction, to the extent that he or she was entitled to exercise such Awards immediately prior to the consummation of the transaction.

 

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In addition, in the event of a Change of Control, each outstanding Award shall be (i) continued by the Company, (ii) assumed by the successor to the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary of the Company or such successor, or (iii) an equivalent award shall be substituted by the successor or a Parent or Subsidiary of the Company or such successor. In the event that the Company shall not continue each outstanding Award and the Company does not reach agreement with any other entity to assume the outstanding Awards or to substitute equivalent awards, the Awards shall terminate upon the consummation of the transaction; provided, however, that each Award shall become 100% vested and each Award Recipient shall have the right to exercise or redeem all of his or her Options and Stock Appreciation Rights in their entirety, in each case, immediately prior to the consummation of the transaction.

 

Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph of this Section 14(b), in no event may an Option or Stock Appreciation Right be exercised or redeemed after its term has expired. To the extent that an Outside Director does not exercise or redeem an Award (to the extent he or she was entitled to exercise or redeem) within the time specified above, the Award shall terminate and the Shares underlying unexercised portion of the Award shall revert to the Plan.

 

For purposes of this Section 14(b), an Award shall be considered assumed, if, at the time of issuance of the stock or other consideration upon such Corporate Transaction or Change of Control, each Award Recipient would be entitled to receive upon vesting or exercise of an Award the same number and kind of shares of stock or the same amount of property, cash or securities as the Award Recipient would have been entitled to receive upon the occurrence of such transaction if the Award Recipient had been, immediately prior to such transaction, the holder of the number of Shares covered by the Award at such time (after giving effect to any adjustments in the number of Shares covered by the Award as provided for in this Section 14); provided, however, that if such consideration received in the transaction was not solely common stock of the successor corporation or its Parent, the Board may, with the consent of the successor corporation, provide for the consideration to be received upon vesting, exercise or redemption of the Award to be solely common stock of the successor corporation or its Parent equal to the Fair Market Value of the per Share consideration received by holders of Common Stock in the transaction.

 

(c) Certain Distributions . In the event of any distribution to the Company’s stockholders of securities of any other entity or other assets (other than dividends payable in cash or stock of the Company) without receipt of consideration by the Company, the Board may, in its discretion, appropriately adjust the exercise price or Base Price per Share of each outstanding Option or Stock Appreciation Right to reflect the effect of such distribution.

 

15. Time of Granting Awards . The date of grant of an Award shall, for all purposes, be the date determined in accordance with Section 4(b) hereof. Notice of the grant shall be given to each Outside Director to whom an Award is so granted within a reasonable time after the date of such grant.

 

16. Amendment and Termination of the Plan .

 

(a) Amendment and Termination . The Board may amend or terminate the Plan from time to time in such respects as the Board may deem advisable; provided that, to the extent necessary to comply with Applicable Laws (as defined in Section 17 hereof), the Company shall obtain approval of the stockholders of the Company to Plan amendments to the extent and in the manner required by such Applicable Laws. The Board, in its discretion, may also submit to the stockholders of the Company for approval such other amendments to the Plan as it shall determine to be desirable or appropriate. Except as provided in Section 14(a), the Board may not reduce the exercise price of outstanding Options or Stock Appreciation Rights by amendment or cancellation and regrant (of new Award or for cash) without obtaining stockholder approval.

 

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(b) Effect of Amendment or Termination . Any such amendment or termination of the Plan that would impair the rights of any Award Recipient shall not affect Awards already granted to such Award Recipient and such Awards shall remain in full force and effect as if this Plan had not been amended or terminated, unless mutually agreed otherwise between the Award Recipient and the Board, which agreement must be in writing and signed by the Award Recipient and the Company.

 

17. Conditions Upon Issuance of Shares . Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or any agreement entered into by the Company pursuant to the Plan, the Company shall not be obligated, and shall have no liability for failure, to issue or deliver any Shares under the Plan unless such issuance or delivery would comply with the legal requirements relating to the administration of stock option plans under applicable U.S. federal and state corporate laws, U.S. federal and applicable state securities laws, the Code, any stock exchange or Nasdaq rules or regulations to which the Company may be subject and the applicable laws of any other country or jurisdiction where Awards are granted under the Plan, as such laws, rules, regulations and requirements shall be in place from time to time (the “ Applicable Laws ”). Such compliance shall be determined by the Company in consultation with its legal counsel.

 

As a condition to the vesting, exercise or redemption of an Award, the Company may require the Award Recipient to represent and warrant at the time of any such vesting, exercise or redemption that the Shares are being acquired only for investment and without any present intention to sell or distribute such Shares if, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, such a representation is required under Applicable Laws.

 

18. Reservation of Shares . The Company, during the term of this Plan, will at all times reserve and keep available such number of Shares as shall be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the Plan.

 

19. Acceleration of Exercisability and Vesting . The Board shall have the power to accelerate the time at which an Award may first be exercised or the time during which an Award or any part thereof will vest in accordance with the Plan, notwithstanding the provisions in the Award stating the time at which it may first be exercised or the time during which it will vest.

 

20. Award Agreement . Awards shall be evidenced by written award agreements in such form as the Board shall approve.

 

21. Stockholder Approval . If required by the Applicable Laws, continuance of the Plan shall be subject to approval by the stockholders of the Company. Such stockholder approval shall be obtained in the manner and to the degree required under the Applicable Laws.

 

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Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT

I, Eric Vetter, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Unwired Planet, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: February 7, 2014   By:  

/s/ ERIC VETTER

    Eric Vetter
    Chief Financial Officer and President
    (Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer)

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Unwired Planet, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ending December 31, 2013 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Eric Vetter, Chief Financial Officer and President of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to my knowledge, that:

 

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

By:

 

/s/ ERIC VETTER

  Eric Vetter
  Chief Financial Officer and President
  (Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer)

February 7, 2014