Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Singapore | 98-0682363 | |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
1 Yishun Avenue 7
Singapore 768923
(65) 6755-7888
(Address of Principal Executive Offices including Zip Code)
LSI Corporation 2003 Equity Incentive Plan
Sandforce, Inc. 2007 Stock Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Corporation Service Company
1090 Vermont Avenue NW
Washington, D.C. 20005
Tel: (800) 222-2122
(Name and Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,
Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copy To:
Anthony J. Richmond | Patricia H. McCall | |
Latham & Watkins LLP | Rebecca Boyden | |
140 Scott Drive | c/o Avago Technologies U.S. Inc. | |
Menlo Park, California 94025 | 350 W. Trimble Road, Building 90 | |
Telephone: (650) 328-4600 | San Jose, California, 95131 | |
Facsimile: (650) 463-2600 | (408) 435-7400 |
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 definition of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer and smaller reporting company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. Check one:
Large accelerated filer | x | Accelerated filer | ¨ | |||
Non-accelerated filer | ¨ (do not check if a smaller reporting company) | Smaller reporting company | ¨ |
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of Securities to be
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Amount
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Maximum Offering Price Per Share |
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Amount of Registration Fee |
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Ordinary Shares, No Par Value, to be issued under the LSI Corporation 2003 Equity Incentive Plan (the LSI Plan), and the Sandforce, Inc. 2007 Stock Plan (the Sandforce Plan and, together with the LSI Plan, the Plans) |
3,947,011(2) | $62.02(3) | $244,793,622.22 | $31,529.42 | ||||
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(1) | Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), this registration statement shall also cover any additional ordinary shares, no par value (Ordinary Shares), of the Registrant in respect of the securities identified in the above table by reason of any share dividend, share split, recapitalization or similar transaction effected without the Registrants receipt of consideration which would increase the number of outstanding Ordinary Shares of the Registrant. |
(2) | Represents 3,845,700 Ordinary Shares of the Registrant issuable pursuant to outstanding restricted stock units under the LSI Plan and 101,311 Ordinary Shares of the Registrant issuable pursuant to outstanding restricted stock units under the Sandforce Plan, in each case, that will be assumed by the Registrant pursuant to the Merger Agreement (as defined below). |
(3) | The proposed maximum offering price per share and the proposed maximum aggregate offering price are estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee. Pursuant to Rule 457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act, the proposed maximum offering price per share and the proposed maximum aggregate offering price are based on the average of the high and low prices of the Registrants Ordinary Shares as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on April 30, 2014 of $62.02. |
Proposed sale to take place as soon after the effective date of the
registration statement as awards under the Plans are exercised.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
On December 15, 2013 Avago Technologies Limited (the Registrant), LSI Corporation (LSI), Avago Technologies Wireless (U.S.A.) Manufacturing Inc. (Parent) and Leopold Merger Sub, Inc. (Merger Sub) entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the Merger Agreement). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement) (the Effective Time), Merger Sub will be merged with and into LSI (the Merger), with LSI continuing after the Merger as the surviving corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. Pursuant to and subject to the terms of the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, among other things, the Registrant will assume the Plans and certain restricted stock units of LSI granted under the Plans, and such restricted stock units will be exercisable (or will become exercisable in accordance with their terms) for and cover, respectively, the Registrants Ordinary Shares, subject to the terms and conditions of the underlying award agreements. The aggregate number of the Registrants Ordinary Shares to be subject to such restricted stock units under the LSI Plan will be 3,845,700 shares. The aggregate number of the Registrants Ordinary Shares to be subject to such assumed restricted stock units under the Sandforce Plan will be 101,311 shares. The Registrant is filing this Registration Statement to register such shares under the Securities Act.
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The information called for in Part I of Form S-8 is not being filed with or included in this Form S-8 (by incorporation by reference or otherwise) in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC or the Commission).
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
In this registration statement, Avago Technologies Limited is sometimes referred to as Registrant, we, us or our.
Item 3. | Incorporation of Documents by Reference . |
The SEC allows us to incorporate by reference the information we file with them, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this registration statement, and later information filed with the SEC will update and supersede this information. We hereby incorporate by reference into this registration statement the following documents previously filed with the SEC:
(a) | The Registrants Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended November 3, 2013, filed by the Registrant with the SEC on December 20, 2013. |
(b) | The Registrants Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended February 2, 2014 filed on March 13, 2014. |
(c) | The current reports on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the SEC on December 12, 2013, December 16, 2013 (as amended by the current report on Form 8-K/A filed on December 16, 2013), December 17, 2013, December 18, 2013, January 24, 2014, March 5, 2014, March 14, 2014 and April 10, 2014. |
(d) | The description of the Registrants Ordinary Shares contained in the Registrants registration statement on Form 8-A (Registration No. 001-34428), filed by the Registrant with the SEC under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), on August 3, 2009. |
All documents that the Registrant subsequently files pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to the registration statement which indicates that all of the Ordinary Shares offered have been sold or which deregisters all of such shares then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents; except as to any portion of any future annual or quarterly report to shareholders or document or current report furnished under current Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K or related exhibits furnished pursuant to Item 9.01 of Form 8-K that is deemed to be furnished and not filed under such provisions. For the purposes of this registration statement, any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.
Item 4. | Description of Securities . |
Not Applicable.
Item 5. | Interests of Named Experts and Counsel . |
Not Applicable.
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Item 6. | Indemnification of Directors and Officers . |
Subject to the Singapore Companies Act and every other Act for the time being in force concerning companies and affecting the Registrant, article 96 of the Registrants articles of association provides that, subject to the Singapore Companies Act and every other Act for the time being in force concerning companies and affecting the Registrant, every director, managing director, secretary or other officer of the Registrant and its subsidiaries and affiliates shall be entitled to be indemnified by the Registrant against any liability incurred by him in defending any proceedings, civil or criminal, in which judgment is given in his favor; or in which he is acquitted; or in connection with any application under the Singapore Companies Act in which relief is granted to him by the Court.
In addition, no director, managing director, secretary or other officer shall be liable for the acts, receipts, neglects or defaults of any other director or officer, or for joining in any receipt or other act for conformity, or for any loss or expense incurred by the Registrant, through the insufficiency or deficiency of title to any property acquired by order of the directors for the Registrant or for the insufficiency or deficiency of any security upon which any of the moneys of the Registrant are invested or for any loss or damage arising from the bankruptcy, insolvency or tortious act of any person with whom any moneys, securities or effects are deposited, or any other loss, damage or misfortune which happens in the execution of his duties, unless the same happens through his own negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust.
Section 172 of the Singapore Companies Act prohibits a company from indemnifying its directors or officers against liability, which by law would otherwise attach to them for any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust of which they may be guilty relating to the Registrant. However, a company is not prohibited from (a) purchasing and maintaining for any such officer insurance against any such liability, or (b) indemnifying such officer against any liability incurred by him in defending any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, in which judgment is given in his favor or in which he is acquitted, or in connection with any application under Section 76A(13) or 391 or any other provision of the Singapore Companies Act in which relief is granted to him by the court.
The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with its officers and directors. These indemnification agreements provide the Registrants officers and directors with indemnification to the maximum extent permitted by the Singapore Companies Act. The Registrant has also obtained a policy of directors and officers liability insurance that will insure directors and officers against the cost of defense, settlement or payment of a judgment under certain circumstances which are permitted under the Singapore Companies Act.
Item 7. | Exemption from Registration Claimed . |
Not Applicable.
Item 8. | Exhibits . |
See Index to Exhibits herein.
Item 9. | Undertakings . |
(a) The Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the Calculation of Registration Fee table in the effective registration statement;
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(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;
Provided, however , that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-8 and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrants annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plans annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(h) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Jose, State of California, on this 6th day of May 2014.
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED | ||
By: |
/s/ Hock E. Tan |
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Hock E. Tan | ||
President and Chief Executive Officer |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below does hereby constitute and appoint Hock E. Tan, Anthony E. Maslowski and Patricia H. McCall, and each of them, with full power of substitution and full power to act without the others, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to act for him or her in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to file this registration statement, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully, to all intents and purposes, as they or he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
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Date |
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/s/ Hock E. Tan Hock E. Tan |
President and Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) |
May 6, 2014 | ||
/s/ Anthony E. Maslowski Anthony E. Maslowski |
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) |
May 6, 2014 | ||
/s/ James V. Diller James V. Diller |
Chairman of the Board of Directors | May 6, 2014 | ||
/s/ John T. Dickson John T. Dickson |
Director | May 6, 2014 | ||
/s/ Kenneth Y. Hao Kenneth Y. Hao |
Director | May 6, 2014 | ||
/s/ Bruno Guilmart Bruno Guilmart |
Director | May 6, 2014 | ||
/s/ Justine F. Lien Justine F. Lien |
Director | May 6, 2014 | ||
/s/ Donald Macleod Donald Macleod |
Director | May 6, 2014 | ||
/s/ Peter J. Marks Peter J. Marks |
Director | May 6, 2014 | ||
/s/ Lewis C. Eggebrecht Lewis C. Eggebrecht |
Director | May 6, 2014 | ||
/s/ Anthony E. Maslowski Anthony E. Maslowski |
Authorized Representative in the United States | May 6, 2014 |
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT | ||
4.1 | LSI Corporation 2003 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended | |
4.2 | Sandforce, Inc. 2007 Stock Plan, as amended | |
5.1 | Opinion of WongPartnership LLP | |
23.1 | Consent of WongPartnership LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1) | |
23.2 | Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | |
24.1 | Power of Attorney (included in the signature page to this registration statement) |
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Exhibit 4.1
LSI CORPORATION
2003 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
SECTION 1
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
1.1 Background and Effective Date . The Plan permits the grant of Nonqualified Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Incentive Stock Options, Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units. The Plan was last amended on May 9, 2013.
1.2 Purpose of the Plan . The Plan is intended to attract, motivate, and retain employees of the Company and its Affiliates and Directors of the Company. The Plan also is designed to encourage stock ownership by Participants, thereby aligning their interests with those of the Companys stockholders and to permit the payment of compensation that qualifies as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code.
SECTION 2
DEFINITIONS
The following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:
2.1 1934 Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Reference to a specific section of the 1934 Act or regulation thereunder shall include such section or regulation, any valid regulation promulgated under such section, and any comparable provision of any future legislation or regulation amending, supplementing or superseding such section or regulation.
2.2 Affiliate means any corporation or any other entity (including, but not limited to, partnerships and joint ventures) controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Company.
2.3 Applicable Laws means the requirements relating to equity-based awards under U.S. federal and state corporate laws, U.S. federal and state securities laws, the Code, any stock exchange or quotation system on which the Companys common stock is listed or quoted and the applicable laws of any foreign country or jurisdiction where Awards are, or will be, granted under the Plan.
2.4 Award means, individually or collectively, a grant under the Plan of a Nonqualified Stock Option, an Incentive Stock Option, a Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock and/or Restricted Stock Units.
2.5 Award Agreement means a written or electronic agreement setting forth the terms and conditions applicable to an Award.
2.6 Board or Board of Directors means the Board of Directors of the Company.
2.7 Cash Flow means, as to any Performance Period, the Companys or a business units sum of Profit plus depreciation and amortization less capital expenditures plus changes in
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working capital comprised of accounts receivable, inventories, other current assets, trade accounts payable, accrued expenses, product warranty, advance payments from customers and long-term accrued expenses.
2.8 Change in Control means the occurrence of any of the following events:
(a) Change in Ownership of the Company . A change in the ownership of the Company which occurs on the date that any one person, or more than one person acting as a group (Person), acquires beneficial ownership of stock of the Company that, together with other stock beneficially owned by such Person, constitutes more than 50% of the total voting power of the stock of the Company; provided, however, that for purposes of this clause (a), the acquisition of beneficial ownership of additional stock by any one Person who is considered to beneficially own more than 50% of the total voting power of the stock of the Company will not be considered a Change in Control; or
(b) Change in Effective Control of the Company . A change in the effective control of the Company which occurs on the date that a majority of members of the Board is replaced during any twelve (12) month period by Directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the members of the Board prior to the date of the appointment or election; provided, however, that for purposes of this clause (b), if any Person is considered to be in effective control of the Company, the acquisition of additional control of the Company by the same Person will not be considered a Change in Control; or
(c) Change in Ownership of a Substantial Portion of the Companys Assets . A change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the Companys assets which occurs on the date that any Person acquires (or has acquired during the twelve (12) month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or persons) assets from the Company that have a total gross fair market value equal to or more than 50% of the total gross fair market value of all of the assets of the Company immediately prior to such acquisition or acquisitions; provided, however, that for purposes of this clause (c), the following will not constitute a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the Companys assets: (A) a transfer to an entity that is controlled by the Companys stockholders immediately after the transfer, or (B) a transfer of assets by the Company to: (1) a stockholder of the Company (immediately before the asset transfer) in exchange for or with respect to the Companys stock, (2) an entity, 50% or more of the total value or voting power of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company, (3) a Person that owns, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the total value or voting power of all the outstanding stock of the Company, or (4) an entity, at least 50% of the total value or voting power of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by a Person described in clause (c)(B)(3); provided, however, for purposes of this clause (c), gross fair market value means the value of the assets of the Company, or the value of the assets being disposed of, determined without regard to any liabilities associated with such assets.
For purposes of this Section, persons will be considered to be acting as a group if they are owners of a corporation that enters into a merger, consolidation, purchase or acquisition of stock, or similar business transaction with the Company.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction shall not be deemed a Change in Control unless the transaction qualifies as a change in control event within the meaning of Section 409A.
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2.9 Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Reference to a specific section of the Code or regulation thereunder shall include such section or regulation, any valid regulation promulgated under such section, and any comparable provision of any future legislation or regulation amending, supplementing or superseding such section or regulation.
2.10 Committee means the committee appointed by the Board to administer the Plan.
2.11 Company means LSI Corporation, a Delaware corporation, or any successor thereto.
2.12 Determination Date means the latest possible date that will not jeopardize the qualification of an Award as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code.
2.13 Director means any individual who is a member of the Board of Directors of the Company.
2.14 Disability means a permanent and total disability determined in accordance with uniform and nondiscriminatory standards adopted by the Committee, in its discretion, from time to time; provided, however, that in the case of Incentive Stock Options, Disability means a permanent and total disability within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code. Disabled means an individual has a Disability.
2.15 Earnings Per Share means, as to any Performance Period, the Companys earnings per share, determined in accordance with GAAP or such other basis determined by the Committee.
2.16 Effective Date means the most recent date on which the Plan was approved or amended by the stockholders of the Company.
2.17 Employee means any employee of the Company or of an Affiliate.
2.18 Exchange/Repricing Program means a program established by the Committee under which outstanding Awards are (a) amended to provide for a lower Exercise Price or (b) surrendered or cancelled in exchange for (i) Awards with a lower Exercise Price, (ii) a different type of Award, (iii) cash, or (iv) a combination of (i), (ii) and/or (iii). Notwithstanding the preceding, the term Exchange/Repricing Program does not include any action described in Sections 4.3, 9, 10.5 or 10.6.
2.19 Exercise Price means the price at which a Share may be purchased by a Participant pursuant to the exercise of an Option or SAR.
2.20 Fair Market Value means, as of any date, the value of a Share determined as follows: (a) if the common stock is listed on an established stock exchange or a national market system, including, without limitation, the NASDAQ Stock Market (including any tier thereof) or the New York Stock Exchange, the closing price per Share on that date, or if the established stock exchange or national market system was not open for trading on that date, the closing price per Share on the nearest day on which the established stock exchange or national market system was open for trading before that date, in either case, as reported by The Wall Street Journal or such other service selected in the discretion of the Committee, (b) if the common stock is regularly quoted by a
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recognized securities dealer but selling prices are not reported, the mean of the closing bid and asked prices for the common stock on that date (or if no bid or asked prices were reported for that date, on the most recent trading day prior to that date for which such bid and asked prices were reported), as reported by The Wall Street Journal or such other service selected in the discretion of the Committee, or (c) in the absence of an established market for the common stock, as determined in good faith by the Board. Notwithstanding the preceding, for federal, state, and local income tax reporting purposes, fair market value shall be determined by the Committee in accordance with uniform and nondiscriminatory standards adopted by it from time to time.
2.21 Fiscal Year means the fiscal year of the Company.
2.22 GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.
2.23 Grant Date means, with respect to an Award, the date that the Award was granted. The Grant Date shall be no earlier than the date the Award is approved by the Committee.
2.24 Incentive Stock Option means an Option to purchase Shares that is designated as an Incentive Stock Option and is intended to and does meet the requirements of Section 422 of the Code.
2.25 Nonemployee Director means a Director who is an employee of neither the Company nor of any Affiliate.
2.26 Nonqualified Stock Option means an option to purchase Shares that by its terms does not qualify or is not intended to be an Incentive Stock Option.
2.27 Operating Income means as to any Performance Period, the Companys operating income, determined in accordance with GAAP or such other basis determined by the Committee.
2.28 Option means an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonqualified Stock Option.
2.29 Participant means an Employee or Nonemployee Director who has an outstanding Award.
2.30 Performance Goals means the goal(s) (or combined goal(s)) determined by the Committee (in its discretion) to be applicable to an Award. As determined by the Committee, the Performance Goal(s) for any Award may provide for a targeted level or levels of achievement using one or more of the following measures: (a) Cash Flow, (b) Earnings Per Share, (c) Operating Income, (d) Profit, (e) Return on Capital (f) Return on Equity, (g) Return on Sales, (h) Revenue and (i) Total Shareholder Return. Performance Goals may differ from Participant to Participant, Performance Period to Performance Period and from Award to Award. Any criteria used may be measured, as applicable, (i) in absolute terms, (ii) in combination with another Performance Goal or Goals (for example, but not by way of limitation, as a ratio or matrix); (iii) in relative terms (including, but not limited to, results for other periods, passage of time and/or against another company or companies or an index or indices), (iv) on a per-share basis, (v) against the performance of the Company as a whole or a segment of the Company and/or (vi) on a pre-tax or after-tax basis. Prior to the Determination Date, the Committee may determine that any element(s) normally included in or excluded from the applicable measures shall be included in or excluded from the calculation of any Performance Goal with respect to any Participants, whether or not such determinations result in any Performance Goal being measured on a basis other than GAAP.
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2.31 Performance Period means the period, determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, during which any Performance Goals specified by the Committee with respect to an Award are to be measured.
2.32 Period of Restriction means the period during which the transfer of Shares of Restricted Stock are subject to restrictions and therefore, the Shares are subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture. As provided in Section 6, such restrictions may be based on the passage of time, the achievement of specified levels of performance, or the occurrence of other events or conditions, as determined by the Committee, in its discretion.
2.33 Plan means the LSI Corporation 2003 Equity Incentive Plan.
2.34 Profit means as to any Performance Period, the Companys income, determined in accordance with GAAP or such other basis determined by the Committee.
2.35 Restricted Stock means Shares granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 6.
2.36 Restricted Stock Unit or RSU means an Award granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 7.
2.37 Retirement means a Termination of Service occurring on or after the earlier of (a) age sixty-five (65), or (b) age fifty-five (55) and the completion of ten (10) years of service with the Company or an Affiliate.
2.38 Return on Capital means, as to any Performance Period, Profit divided by average invested capital.
2.39 Return on Equity means as to any Performance Period, the percentage equal to the Companys Profit divided by average shareholders equity, determined in accordance with GAAP or such other basis determined by the Committee.
2.40 Return on Sales means, as to any Performance Period, the percentage equal to Profit, divided by the Revenue.
2.41 Revenue means as to any Performance Period, the Companys revenues determined in accordance with GAAP or such other basis determined by the Committee.
2.42 Rule 16b-3 means Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the 1934 Act, and any future regulation amending, supplementing or superseding such regulation.
2.43 Section 16 Person means a person who, with respect to Shares, is subject to Section 16 of the 1934 Act.
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2.44 Section 409A means Section 409A of the Code, as it has been and may be amended from time to time, and any Treasury Regulations and Internal Revenue Service guidance that has been promulgated or may be promulgated thereunder from time to time.
2.45 Shares means shares of common stock of the Company.
2.46 Stock Appreciation Right or SAR means an Award, granted alone or in connection with a related Option, that pursuant to Section 8 is designated as an SAR.
2.47 Subsidiary means any corporation in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Company as the corporation at the top of the chain, but only if each of the corporations below the Company (other than the last corporation in the unbroken chain) then owns stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain, or if Section 424(f) of the Code is modified after the date hereof, a subsidiary corporation as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code.
2.48 Tax Obligations means tax and social insurance liability obligations and requirements in connection with Awards, including, without limitation, (a) all federal, state, and local taxes (including the Participants Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) obligation) that are required to be withheld by the Company or the employing Affiliate, (b) the Participants and, to the extent required by the Company (or the employing Affiliate), the Companys (or the employing Affiliates) fringe benefit tax liability, if any, associated with the grant or vesting of or issuance of Shares under an Award, the exercise of an option or a Stock Appreciation Right or the sale of Shares, and (c) any other Company (or employing Affiliate) taxes the responsibility for which the Participant has agreed to bear with respect to such Award (or exercise thereof or issuance of Shares thereunder).
2.49 Termination of Service means (a) in the case of an Employee, a cessation of the employee-employer relationship between the Employee and the Company or an Affiliate for any reason, including, but not by way of limitation, a termination by resignation, discharge, death, Disability, Retirement, or the disaffiliation of an Affiliate, but excluding any such termination where there is a simultaneous reemployment by the Company or an Affiliate; and (b) in the case of a Nonemployee Director, a cessation of the Directors service on the Board for any reason, including, but not by way of limitation, a termination by resignation, death, Disability, Retirement or non-reelection to the Board.
2.50 Total Shareholder Return means as to any Performance Period, the total return (based on change in share price and taking into account reinvestment of any dividends) of a Share.
SECTION 3
ADMINISTRATION
3.1 The Committee . The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. The Committee shall consist of two (2) or more Nonemployee Directors. Unless otherwise determined by the Board, the Committee shall mean the Compensation Committee of the Board.
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3.2 Authority of the Committee . The Committee shall have all powers and discretion necessary or desirable to administer the Plan and to control its operation, including, but not limited to, the power to (a) determine which Employees and Directors shall be granted Awards, (b) prescribe the terms and conditions of the Awards, (c) interpret the Plan and the Awards, (d) adopt such procedures and subplans as are necessary or desirable to permit participation in the Plan by Employees and Directors who are foreign nationals or employed outside of the United States, to satisfy applicable laws outside of the United States and/or for qualifying for favorable tax treatment under applicable laws outside of the United States, (e) adopt rules for the administration, interpretation and application of the Plan as are consistent therewith and (f) interpret, amend or revoke any such rules. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of the Plan, the Committee shall not have the authority to implement an Exchange/Repricing Program without the approval of the Companys stockholders.
3.3 Delegation by the Committee . The Committee, in its sole discretion and on such terms and conditions as it may provide, may delegate all or any part of its authority, discretion and powers under the Plan to one or more Directors or employees of the Company; provided, however, that the Committee may not delegate its authority, discretion and powers with respect to the granting, amending or interpreting of Awards granted to Section 16 Persons.
3.4 Decisions Binding . All determinations and decisions made by the Committee, the Board, and any delegate of the Committee shall be final, conclusive, and binding on all persons, and shall be given the maximum deference permitted by law.
SECTION 4
SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN
4.1 Number of Shares . Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4.3, the total number of Shares available for grant under the Plan on or after the Effective Date shall be 20,000,000, no more than 15,000,000 of which may be used for Awards of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units. Shares granted under the Plan may be either authorized but unissued Shares or treasury Shares.
4.2 Lapsed Awards . If an Award, including an Award granted prior to the Effective Date, expires, terminates, is canceled or becomes unexercisable without having been exercised in full, or, with respect to Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units, is forfeited or repurchased by the Company, the unpurchased Shares (or for Awards other than Options and Stock Appreciation Rights, the forfeited or repurchased Shares) which were subject thereto will become available for future grant or sale under the Plan (unless the Plan has terminated). If Shares subject to an Award of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units become available again under the Plan pursuant to the preceding sentence, then those Shares will also become available for Awards of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units. Upon exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right settled in Shares, the total number of Shares subject to the portion of the Award so exercised, whether or not actually issued pursuant to such exercise, will cease to be available under the Plan. Shares that have actually been issued under the Plan pursuant to any Award will not be returned to the Plan and will not become available for future Awards; provided, however, that if unvested Shares of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units are repurchased by the Company or are forfeited, such Shares will become available for future Awards. Shares used to pay the taxes associated with, and/or Exercise Price of,
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an Award will not become available for future Awards. To the extent an Award is paid out in cash rather than Shares, such cash payment will not result in reducing the number of Shares available for issuance under the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 4.2, and subject to adjustment provided in Section 4.3, the maximum number of Shares that may be issued upon the exercise of Incentive Stock Options will be 20,000,000 Shares.
4.3 Adjustments in Awards and Authorized Shares . In the event of any dividend (excluding any cash dividend other than an extraordinary dividend) or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, Shares, other securities, or other property), recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, repurchase, or exchange of Shares or other securities of the Company, or other change in the corporate structure of the Company affecting the Shares such that an adjustment is appropriate in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan, then the Committee shall appropriately adjust the number and class of Shares that may be made subject to Awards, the number, class, and price of Shares (or other property or cash) subject to outstanding Awards, and the numerical limits of Sections 5.1, 6.1, 7.1, and 8.1. Notwithstanding the preceding, the number of Shares subject to any Award always shall be a whole number.
SECTION 5
STOCK OPTIONS
5.1 Grant of Options . Subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan, Options may be granted to Employees or Directors at any time and from time to time as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. The Committee, in its sole discretion, shall determine the number of Shares subject to each Option, provided that during any Fiscal Year, no Employee or Director shall be granted Options covering more than 4,000,000 Shares. The Committee may grant Incentive Stock Options, Nonqualified Stock Options, or a combination thereof.
5.2 Award Agreement . Each Option shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement that shall specify the Exercise Price, the expiration date of the Option, the number of Shares to which the Option pertains, any conditions to exercise of the Option, and such other terms and conditions as the Committee, in its discretion, shall determine. The Award Agreement shall also specify whether the Option is intended to be an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonqualified Stock Option.
5.3 Exercise Price . Subject to the provisions of this Section 5.3, the Exercise Price for each Option shall be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.
5.3.1 Nonqualified Stock Options . In the case of a Nonqualified Stock Option, the Exercise Price shall be not less than the Fair Market Value of a Share on the Grant Date.
5.3.2 Incentive Stock Options . In the case of an Incentive Stock Option, the Exercise Price shall be not less than the Fair Market Value of a Share on the Grant Date; provided, however, that if on the Grant Date, the Employee (together with persons whose stock ownership is attributed to the Employee pursuant to Section 424(d) of the Code) owns stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the Exercise Price shall be not less than one hundred and ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the Grant Date.
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5.3.3 Substitute Options . Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 5.3.1 and 5.3.2, in the event that the Company or an Affiliate consummates a transaction described in Section 424(a) of the Code (e.g., the acquisition of property or stock from an unrelated corporation), persons who become Employees or Nonemployee Directors on account of such transaction may be granted Options in substitution for options granted by their former employer. If such substitute Options are granted, the Committee, in its sole discretion and consistent with Section 424(a) of the Code, may determine that such substitute Options shall have an Exercise Price less than the Fair Market Value of a Share on the Grant Date.
5.4 Expiration of Options .
5.4.1 Expiration Dates . Each Option shall terminate no later than the first to occur of the following events:
(a) The date for termination of the Option set forth in the Award Agreement; or
(b) The expiration of seven (7) years from the Grant Date.
5.4.2 Committee Discretion . Subject to the limits of Sections 5.4.1, the Committee, in its sole discretion, (a) shall provide in each Award Agreement when each Option expires and becomes unexercisable, and (b) may, after an Option is granted, extend the maximum term of the Option (subject to Section 5.8.4 regarding Incentive Stock Options and, unless expressly determined otherwise by the Committee, to compliance with Section 409A).
5.5 Exercisability of Options . Options granted under the Plan shall be exercisable at such times and be subject to such restrictions and conditions as the Committee shall determine in its sole discretion. After an Option is granted, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may accelerate the exercisability of the Option.
5.6 Payment . Options shall be exercised by the Participants delivery of a notice of exercise to the Company (or its designee), setting forth the number of Shares with respect to which the Option is to be exercised, accompanied by, or irrevocably committing to arrangements acceptable to the Company providing for, full payment for the Shares and following such procedure as the Company may specify from time to time. The notice shall be given in the form and manner specified by the Company from time to time.
Upon the exercise of any Option, the Exercise Price shall be payable to the Company in full in cash or its equivalent. The Committee, in its sole discretion, also may permit exercise (a) by tendering previously acquired Shares having an aggregate Fair Market Value at the time of exercise equal to the total Exercise Price, or (b) by any other means which the Committee, in its sole discretion, determines to both provide legal consideration for the Shares, and to be consistent with the purposes of the Plan. As soon as practicable after receipt of a notice of exercise and full payment for the Shares purchased, the Company shall deliver to the Participant (which may be by deposit in an account maintained for the Participant at the Companys designated broker), the Shares purchased.
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5.7 Restrictions on Share Transferability . The Committee may impose such restrictions on any Shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of an Option as it may deem advisable, including, but not limited to, restrictions related to applicable securities laws in the U.S. or any other country, the requirements of any national securities exchange or system upon which Shares are then listed or traded, or any blue sky or state securities laws.
5.8 Certain Additional Provisions for Incentive Stock Options.
5.8.1 Exercisability . The aggregate Fair Market Value (determined on the Grant Date(s)) of the Shares with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by any Employee during any calendar year (under all plans of the Company and its Subsidiaries) shall not exceed $100,000.
5.8.2 Termination of Service . No Incentive Stock Option may be exercised more than three (3) months after the Participants Termination of Service for any reason other than Disability or death, unless (a) the Participant dies during such three-month period, and/or (b) the Award Agreement or the Committee permits later exercise. No Incentive Stock Option may be exercised more than one (1) year after the Participants Termination of Service on account of Disability, unless (a) the Participant dies during such one-year period, and (b) the Award Agreement or the Committee permit later exercise.
5.8.3 Eligible Grantees . Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to persons who are employees of the Company or a Subsidiary on the Grant Date.
5.8.4 Expiration . No Incentive Stock Option may be exercised after the expiration of seven (7) years from the Grant Date; provided, however, that if the Option is granted to an Employee who, together with persons whose stock ownership is attributed to the Employee pursuant to Section 424(d) of the Code, owns stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of the stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the Option may not be exercised after the expiration of five (5) years from the Grant Date.
5.8.5 Leave of Absence . For purposes of Incentive Stock Options, no leave of absence may exceed three (3) months, unless reemployment upon expiration of such leave is guaranteed by statute or contract. If reemployment upon expiration of a leave of absence approved by the Company is not so guaranteed, then six (6) months following the first (1st) day of such leave, any Incentive Stock Option held by the Participant will cease to be treated as an Incentive Stock Option and will be treated for tax purposes as a Nonqualified Stock Option.
SECTION 6
RESTRICTED STOCK
6.1 Grant of Restricted Stock . Subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan, the Committee, at any time and from time to time, may grant Restricted Stock to Employees and Directors in such amounts as the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall determine. The Committee, in its sole discretion, shall determine the number of Shares to be granted to each Employee or Director as Restricted Stock, provided that during any Fiscal Year, the sum of the number of Restricted Stock Units and Shares of Restricted Stock granted to any one Employee or Director shall not exceed 1,000,000.
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6.2 Restricted Stock Agreement . Each Award of Restricted Stock shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement that shall specify the Period of Restriction, the number of Shares granted, and such other terms and conditions as the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall determine. Unless the Committee determines otherwise, shares of Restricted Stock shall be held by the Company as escrow agent until the restrictions on such Shares have lapsed.
6.3 Transferability . Except as provided in this Section 6 or Sections 10.5 or 10.6, shares of Restricted Stock may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated until the end of the applicable Period of Restriction.
6.4 Other Restrictions . The Committee, in its sole discretion, may impose such restrictions on Shares of Restricted Stock as it may deem advisable or appropriate, in accordance with this Section 6.4.
6.4.1 General Restrictions . The Committee may set restrictions based upon continued employment or service with the Company and/or its affiliates, the achievement of specific performance objectives (Company-wide, divisional, or individual), applicable federal, state or country securities laws, or any other basis determined by the Committee in its discretion.
6.4.2 Section 162(m) Performance Restrictions . For purposes of qualifying grants of Restricted Stock as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code, the Committee, in its discretion, may set restrictions based upon the achievement of Performance Goals. The Performance Goals shall be set by the Committee on or before the Determination Date. In granting Restricted Stock that is intended to qualify as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code, the Committee shall follow any procedures determined by it from time to time to be necessary or desirable to enable qualification of the Restricted Stock as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code (e.g., in determining the Performance Goals and certifying in writing whether the applicable Performance Goals have been achieved after the completion of the applicable Performance Period).
6.4.3 Legend on Certificates . The Committee, in its discretion, may legend the certificates representing Restricted Stock to give appropriate notice of the restrictions thereon.
6.5 Removal of Restrictions . Except as otherwise provided in this Section 6, the Shares covered by a Restricted Stock Award shall be released from escrow as soon as practicable after the last day of the Period of Restriction. The Committee, in its discretion, may accelerate the time at which any restrictions shall lapse or be removed. After the restrictions have lapsed, the Participant shall be entitled to have any legend or legends placed under Section 6.4.3 on certificates representing the Restricted Stock for which the Period of Restriction has lapsed removed from his or her Share certificate, and the Shares shall be transferable by the Participant free of any restriction under the Plan. The Committee (in its discretion) may establish procedures regarding the release of Shares from escrow and the removal of legends, as necessary or desirable to minimize administrative burdens on the Company.
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6.6 Voting Rights . During the Period of Restriction, Participants holding Shares of Restricted Stock may exercise full voting rights with respect to those Shares, unless the Committee determines otherwise.
6.7 Dividends and Other Distributions . During the Period of Restriction, Participants holding Shares of Restricted Stock shall be entitled to receive all dividends and other distributions paid with respect to such Shares unless otherwise provided in the Award Agreement. If any such dividends or distributions are paid in Shares, those Shares shall be subject to the same restrictions on transferability and forfeitability as the Shares of Restricted Stock with respect to which they were paid, unless otherwise provided in the Award Agreement.
6.8 Return of Restricted Stock to Company . On the date set forth in the Award Agreement, any Restricted Stock for which restrictions have not lapsed shall be forfeited and, subject to Section 4.2, shall revert to the Company and again shall become available for grant under the Plan.
SECTION 7
RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS
7.1 Grant of Restricted Stock Units . Subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan, the Committee, at any time and from time to time, may grant Restricted Stock Units to Employees and Directors in such amounts as the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall determine. The Committee, in its sole discretion, shall determine the number of Restricted Stock Units to be granted to each Employee or Director, provided that during any Fiscal Year, the sum of the number of Restricted Stock Units and Shares of Restricted Stock granted to any one Employee or Director shall not exceed 1,000,000.
7.2 Value of RSUs . Each Restricted Stock Unit shall represent the right to receive one Share (or the equivalent value thereof) on such date as is specified in the Award Agreement if the conditions specified in the Award Agreement are met.
7.3 Restricted Stock Unit Agreement . Each Restricted Stock Unit Award shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement that shall specify any vesting conditions, the number of Restricted Stock Units granted, and such other terms and conditions as the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall determine.
7.4 Transferability . Except as provided in this Section 7 or Sections 10.5 or 10.6, Restricted Stock Units may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated.
7.5 Other Restrictions . The Committee, in its sole discretion, may impose such restrictions on Restricted Stock Units as it may deem advisable or appropriate.
7.5.1 General Restrictions . The Committee may set restrictions based upon continued employment or service with the Company or its Affiliates, the achievement of specific performance objectives (Company-wide, divisional, or individual), applicable federal or state securities laws, or any other basis determined by the Committee in its discretion.
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7.5.2 Section 162(m) Performance Restrictions . For purposes of qualifying grants of Restricted Stock Units as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code, the Committee, in its discretion, may set performance objectives based upon the achievement of Performance Goals. The Performance Goals shall be set by the Committee on or before the Determination Date. In granting Restricted Stock Units that are intended to qualify as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code, the Committee shall follow any procedures determined by it from time to time to be necessary or desirable to enable qualification of the Restricted Stock Units as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code (e.g., in determining the Performance Goals and certifying in writing whether the applicable Performance Goals have been achieved after the completion of the applicable Performance Period).
7.6 Earning Restricted Stock Units . After any applicable Performance Period and/or vesting period have ended and such Restricted Stock Units have otherwise become payable, the holder of Restricted Stock Units shall be entitled to receive a payout of the number of Restricted Stock Units earned by the Participant. After the grant of a Restricted Stock Unit, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may reduce or waive any performance objectives for such Restricted Stock Unit.
7.7 Form and Timing of Payment . Except as otherwise provided in this Section 7, or as may be required to comply with or avoid additional taxation to the Participant under Section 409A or as otherwise required by Applicable Laws, payment of earned Restricted Stock Units shall be made as soon as practicable after vesting (subject to any deferral permitted under Section 10.1). The Committee, in its sole discretion, may pay such earned Restricted Stock Units in cash, Shares, or a combination thereof.
7.8 Return of Restricted Stock Units to Company . On the date set forth in the Award Agreement, any unearned Restricted Stock Units shall be forfeited and, subject to Section 4.2, again shall become available for grant under the Plan.
SECTION 8
STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS
8.1 Grant of SARs . Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, a SAR may be granted to Employees and Directors at any time and from time to time as shall be determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion.
8.1.1 Number of Shares . The Committee, in its sole discretion, shall determine the number of SARs granted to any Employee or Director, provided that during any Fiscal Year, no Employee or Director shall be granted SARs covering more than a total of 4,000,000 Shares.
8.1.2 Exercise Price and Other Terms . The Committee, subject to the provisions of the Plan, shall have complete discretion to determine the terms and conditions of SARs. The Exercise Price of each SAR shall be determined by the Committee in its discretion but shall not be less than the Fair Market Value of a Share on the Grant Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, SARs may be granted with a per Share exercise price of less than the Fair Market Value of a Share on the Grant Date pursuant to the rules of Section 5.3.3, which also shall apply to SARs.
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8.2 SAR Agreement . Each SAR grant shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement that shall specify the Exercise Price, the numbers of SARs granted, the term of the SARs, the conditions of exercise, and such other terms and conditions as the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall determine.
8.3 Expiration of SARs . A SAR granted under the Plan shall expire upon the date determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion, and set forth in the Award Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Section 5.4 also shall apply to SARs.
8.4 Payment of SAR Amount . Upon exercise of an SAR, a Participant shall be entitled to receive payment from the Company in an amount determined by multiplying:
(a) The Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of exercise (or, if so specified in the Award Agreement, on the date immediately preceding the date of exercise) minus the Exercise Price; times
(b) The number of Shares with respect to which the SAR is exercised.
At the discretion of the Committee, the payment upon SAR exercise may be in cash, in Shares of equal Fair Market Value on the date of exercise, or in some combination thereof. The Company shall make such payment as soon as administratively practicable following the SAR exercise.
SECTION 9
CHANGE IN CONTROL
9.1 Change in Control . In the event of a merger of the Company with or into another corporation or other entity or a Change in Control, each outstanding Award will be treated as the Committee determines, which may include that each Award will be assumed or an equivalent option or right substituted by the successor corporation or a parent or subsidiary of the successor corporation (the Successor Corporation). The Committee will not be required to treat all Awards similarly in the transaction.
9.1.1 In the event that the Successor Corporation does not assume or substitute for a Participants Award, the Participant will fully vest in and have the right to exercise all of his or her outstanding Options and Stock Appreciation Rights that are part of the Award, including Shares as to which the Award would not otherwise be vested or exercisable, all restrictions on Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units that are part of the Award will lapse, and, if the Award has performance-based vesting, all Performance Goals or other performance-based vesting criteria will be deemed achieved at target levels and all other terms and conditions will be deemed met. In addition, if an Option or Stock Appreciation Right is not assumed or substituted for in the event of a merger or Change in Control, the Committee will notify the Participant in writing or electronically (which notice may be in the form of a notice on the Companys Intranet or notice to any e-mail or postal address maintained by the Companys Stock Administration Department for the Participant) that the Option or Stock Appreciation Right will be fully vested and exercisable for a period of time determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, and the Option or Stock Appreciation Right will terminate upon the expiration of such period.
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9.1.2 For the purposes of this Section 9.1, an Award will be considered assumed if, following the merger or Change in Control, the Award confers the right to purchase or receive, for each Share subject to the Award immediately prior to the merger or Change in Control:
(a) the consideration (whether stock, cash, or other securities or property) received in the merger or Change in Control by holders of Common Stock for each Share held on the effective date of the transaction (and if holders were offered a choice of consideration, the type of consideration chosen by the holders of a majority of the outstanding Shares);
(b) in the case of (i) an Option, (ii) a Stock Appreciation Right upon the exercise of which the Committee determines to pay cash, or (iii) a Restricted Stock Unit which the Committee can determine to pay in cash, the fair market value of the consideration received in the merger or Change in Control by the holder of a Share held on the effective date of the transaction (and if holders were offered a choice of consideration, the type of consideration chosen by the holders of a majority of the outstanding Shares); or
(c) in the case of (i) an Option, (ii) a Stock Appreciation Right, or (iii) a Restricted Stock Unit, the common stock of the Successor Corporation equal in fair market value to the per share consideration received by holders of Common Stock in the merger or Change in Control.
9.1.3 Impact on Performance Goals . Notwithstanding anything in this Section 9.1 to the contrary, an Award that vests, is earned or paid-out upon the satisfaction of one or more performance goals will not be considered assumed if the Company or its successor modifies any of such performance goals without the Participants consent; provided, however, a non-substantive modification to such performance goals only to reflect the Successor Corporations post-Change in Control corporate structure will not be deemed to invalidate an otherwise valid Award assumption.
SECTION 10
MISCELLANEOUS
10.1 Deferrals . The Committee, in its sole discretion, may permit a Participant to defer receipt of the payment of cash or the delivery of Shares that would otherwise be due to such Participant under an Award. Any such deferral elections shall be subject to such rules and procedures as shall be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion and, unless expressly determined by the Committee, shall comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code.
10.2 No Effect on Employment or Service . Nothing in the Plan shall interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Company to terminate any Participants employment or service at any time, with or without cause. For purposes of the Plan, transfer of employment of a Participant between the Company and any one of its Affiliates (or between Affiliates) shall not be deemed a Termination of Service. Employment with the Company and its Affiliates is on an at-will basis only except as may be provided by contract or applicable law.
10.3 Participation . No Employee or Director shall have the right to be selected to receive an Award, or, having been so selected, to be selected to receive a future Award.
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10.4 Successors . All obligations of the Company under the Plan with respect to Awards shall be binding on any successor to the Company, whether the existence of such successor is the result of a direct or indirect purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company.
10.5 Limited Transferability of Awards . No Award granted under the Plan may be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated, other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. All rights with respect to an Award granted to a Participant shall be available during his or her lifetime only to the Participant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may determine that a Participant may, in a manner specified by the Committee, (a) transfer an Award to a Participants spouse, former spouse or dependent pursuant to a court-approved domestic relations order which relates to the provision of child support, alimony payments or marital property rights, and (b) transfer an Award by bona fide gift and not for any consideration, to (i) a member or members of the Participants immediate family, (ii) a trust established for the exclusive benefit of the Participant and/or member(s) of the Participants immediate family, (iii) a partnership, limited liability company or other entity whose only partners or members are the Participant and/or member(s) of the Participants immediate family, or (iv) a foundation in which the Participant and/or member(s) of the Participants immediate family control the management of the foundations assets; provided, however, that the Participant may not transfer an Award if the transfer would, in the sole determination of the Committee, cause the Award to lose eligibility for registration under Form S-8 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The transferability provisions provided in the preceding sentence shall be effective only if expressly determined by the Committee, and any transfer shall be made in accordance with such procedures as the Committee may specify from time to time.
10.6 Beneficiary Designations . Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of Section 10.5, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may determine that a Participant may name a beneficiary or beneficiaries to whom any vested but unpaid Award shall be paid in the event of the Participants death. Each such designation shall revoke all prior designations by the Participant and shall be effective only if given in a form and manner acceptable to the Committee. In the absence of any such designation, any vested benefits remaining unpaid at the Participants death shall be paid to the Participants estate and, subject to the terms of the Plan and of the applicable Award Agreement, any unexercised vested Award may be exercised by the administrator or executor of the Participants estate. The provisions of this Section 10.6 shall be effective only if expressly determined by the Committee.
10.7 No Rights as Stockholder . Except to the limited extent provided in Sections 6.6 and 6.7, no Participant or beneficiary shall have any of the rights or privileges of a stockholder of the Company with respect to any Shares issuable pursuant to an Award, unless and until such Shares shall have been issued, recorded on the records of the Company or its transfer agent or registrar, and delivered to the Participant, or beneficiary, or its nominee.
10.8 Additional Limitations . Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, any Award that is granted to a Participant and is intended to constitute qualified performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code will be subject to any additional limitations set forth in the Code (including any amendment to Section 162(m)) or any regulations and ruling issued thereunder that are requirements for qualification as performance-based compensation under
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Section 162(m) of the Code, and the Plan will be deemed amended to the extent necessary to conform to such requirements. A Participant will be eligible to receive payment pursuant to an Award intended to qualify as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code for a Performance Period only if the Performance Goals for such period are achieved, unless otherwise permitted under Section 162(m). In determining the amounts earned by a Participant pursuant to an Award intended to qualify as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code, the Committee will have the right to reduce or eliminate (but not to increase) the amount payable at a given level of performance to take into account additional factors that the Committee may deem relevant to the assessment of individual or corporate performance for the Performance Period.
10.9 Limitation on Awards to Nonemployee Directors . Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, during any Fiscal Year, no Nonemployee Director may be granted Awards with a grant date fair value (determined in accordance with GAAP) of more than $500,000. Any Awards granted to a Participant while an Employee shall not count for purposes of this limitation.
SECTION 11
AMENDMENT, TERMINATION, AND DURATION
11.1 Duration of the Plan . The Plan shall remain effective until no further Shares are available for distribution pursuant to Awards. However, without further stockholder approval, no Incentive Stock Option may be granted under the Plan after February 5, 2023.
11.2 Amendment, Suspension, or Termination . Notwithstanding Section 11.1, the Board, in its sole discretion, may amend, suspend or terminate the Plan, or any part thereof, at any time and for any reason. The amendment, suspension, or termination of the Plan shall not, without the consent of a Participant, alter or impair any rights or obligations under any Award theretofore granted to such Participant. No Award may be granted during any period of suspension or after termination of the Plan.
SECTION 12
TAX WITHHOLDING
12.1 Withholding Requirements . Prior to the delivery of any Shares or cash pursuant to an Award or the exercise or vesting of an Award or at such earlier time as any Tax Obligations are due, the Company shall have the power and the right to deduct or withhold, or require a Participant to remit to the Company, an amount sufficient to satisfy all Tax Obligations with respect to such Award.
12.2 Withholding Arrangements . The Committee, in its sole discretion and pursuant to such procedures as it may specify from time to time, may permit a Participant to satisfy Tax Obligations, in whole or in part by (a) electing to have the Company withhold otherwise deliverable Shares, (b) delivering to the Company already-owned Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to the amount required to be withheld or remitted, or (c) such other method(s) determined by the Committee and permitted by Applicable Laws. The amount of the Tax Obligations shall be deemed to include any amount which the Committee agrees may be withheld at the time the election is made, not to exceed the amount determined by using the maximum federal, state or local marginal income
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tax rates applicable to the Participant or the Company, as applicable, with respect to the Award on the date that the amount of tax or social insurance liability to be withheld or remitted is to be determined. The Fair Market Value of the Shares to be withheld or delivered shall be determined as of the date that the Tax Obligations are required to be withheld.
SECTION 13
LEGAL CONSTRUCTION
13.1 Gender and Number . Except where otherwise indicated by the context, any masculine term used herein also shall include the feminine; the plural shall include the singular and the singular shall include the plural.
13.2 Severability . In the event any provision of the Plan shall be held illegal or invalid for any reason, the illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining parts of the Plan, and the Plan shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid provision had not been included.
13.3 Requirements of Law . The granting of Awards and the issuance and delivery of Shares under the Plan shall be subject to all Applicable Laws, rules, and regulations, and to such approvals by any governmental agencies or national securities exchanges as may be required and to the approval of counsel for the Company with respect to such compliance and/or approvals, and Shares shall not be issued pursuant to the exercise or vesting of an Award unless the exercise or vesting of such Award and the issuance and delivery of such Shares shall comply with Applicable Laws, rules, regulations and approvals.
13.4 Section 409A . Unless otherwise specifically determined by the Committee, the Committee shall comply with Section 409A in establishing the rules and procedures applicable to deferrals in accordance with Section 10.1 and in taking or permitting such other actions under the terms of the Plan that otherwise would result in a deferral of compensation subject to Section 409A and Awards will be designed and operated in such a manner that they are either exempt from the application of, or comply with, the requirements of Section 409A such that the grant, payment, settlement or deferral will not be subject to the additional tax or interest applicable under Section 409A. To the extent that an Award or payment, or the settlement or deferral thereof, is subject to Section 409A, unless otherwise specifically determined by the Committee by reference to Section 409A, the Award will be granted, paid, settled or deferred in a manner that will meet the requirements of Section 409A, such that the grant, payment, settlement or deferral will not be subject to the additional tax or interest applicable under Section 409A. Each payment or benefit under this Plan and under each Award Agreement is intended to constitute a separate payment for purposes of Section 1.409A-2(b)(2) of the Treasury Regulations. The Plan, each Award and each Award Agreement under the Plan is intended to be exempt from or comply with the requirements of Section 409A and will be construed and interpreted in accordance with such intent, and any ambiguities or ambiguous terms herein or in any Award Agreement will be interpreted to be exempt or so comply.
13.5 Governing Law . The Plan and all Award Agreements shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Delaware (with the exception of its conflict of laws provisions).
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13.6 Captions . Captions are provided herein for convenience only, and shall not serve as a basis for interpretation or construction of the Plan.
13.7 Inability to Obtain Authority . The Company will not be required to issue Shares or permit the exercise of Awards pursuant to the Plan, and shall have no liability for its failure so to do, at any time when (a) those Shares or the Shares subject to those Awards are not listed on all stock exchanges on which Shares of the same class are then listed; (b) any registration or other qualification or rule compliance of the Shares under any state, federal or foreign law or under the rules or regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the stock exchange on which Shares of the same class are then listed, or any other governmental regulatory body, which the Committee will, in its absolute discretion, deem necessary or advisable, has not been obtained or completed; or (c) any approval or other clearance from any state, federal or foreign governmental agency, which the Committee will, in its absolute discretion, determine to be necessary or advisable has not been obtained.
13.8 Provisions Applicable to Options Held by Employees of a Subsidiary in China . Notwithstanding any contrary provision in the Plan or any Award Agreement for an Option, in the event of a Participants Termination of Service by reason of death or Disability, if the Participant is employed by a Subsidiary in China, then the Option shall remain exercisable until the earlier of the original expiration date of the Option and six months following the date of the Termination of Service.
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AMENDMENT TO THE
LSI CORPORATION
2003 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
MAY 6, 2014
This Amendment (this Amendment ) to the LSI Corporation 2003 Equity Incentive Award Plan, as amended, (the Plan ) is effective as of the date first set forth above, such amendment being approved by the Board of Directors of Avago Technologies Limited ( Avago ) pursuant to Section 11.2 of the Plan. The Plan is hereby amended as follows:
1. | The following will replace Section 2.11 of the Plan in its entirety: |
2.11 Company means Avago Technologies Limited (Registration No. 200510713C), a company incorporated in the Republic of Singapore.
2. | All references to stock, common stock or other similar terms in the Plan shall refer to the ordinary shares of Avago, no par value. The following will replace Section 2.45 of the Plan in its entirety: |
2.45 Shares means the ordinary shares of the Company, no par value.
3. | The following will replace Section 5.4.1(d) of the Plan in its entirety: |
(b) The expiration of ten (10) years from the Grant Date for Participants who are Employees or five (5) years from the Grant Date for all other Participants.
4. | The following will replace Section 5.8.4 of the Plan in its entirety: |
5.8.4 Expiration . No Incentive Stock Option may be exercised after the expiration of ten (10) years from the Grant Date for Participants who are Employees; provided, however, that if the Option is granted to an Employee who, together with persons whose stock ownership is attributed to the Employee pursuant to Section 424(d) of the Code, owns stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of the stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the Option may not be exercised after the expiration of five (5) years from the Grant Date.
5. | The following will replace Section 13.5 of the Plan in its entirety: |
13.5 Governing Law . The Plan and all Award Agreements shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of California (with the exception of its conflict of laws provisions).
6. | Exhibit A attached hereto is hereby added as an appendix to the Plan to reflect the terms and conditions for Awards (as defined in the Plan) granted to certain eligible individuals in France, pursuant to the authority granted to Avagos Board of Directors in Section 3.2(d) of the Plan. |
7. | Except as provided in this Amendment, the Plan shall remain in full force and effect. |
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LSI CORPORATION
2003 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
French Sub-Plan
This French sub-plan (the French Sub-Plan ) provides for certain conditions and definitions which will apply to the Awards (as defined in the Plan) of Avago Technologies Limited (the Company ) granted to employees of French Affiliated Companies (as defined below), under the LSI Corporation 2003 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the Plan ) and this French Sub-Plan.
The additional terms and conditions provided for by the French Sub-Plan are specific to the Eligible Employees (as defined below) of French Affiliated Companies, so long as they are an Affiliate of the Company only, and do not affect the rights afforded to any other Participant (as defined below) who is granted Awards under the Plan. The additional terms and conditions provided for by the French Sub-Plan also do not affect the terms of the Plan itself for other purposes, including compliance with U.S. tax and securities and other applicable laws.
Unless otherwise defined herein, the terms defined in the Plan and in the Award Agreement evidencing the grant under the Plan shall have the same defined meaning in the French Sub-Plan.
The provisions of this French Sub-Plan shall form an integral part of the Plan, and the Awards granted to the Eligible Employees shall consequently be governed by the provisions of the Plan and of this French Sub-Plan. The provisions of the Plan shall remain applicable insofar as they do not contradict the provisions of the French Sub-Plan.
I. DEFINITIONS
Affiliated Company means :
| a company or a groupement dintérêt économique (a GIE ) in which the Company holds, directly or indirectly, ten percent (10%) at least of the share capital or of the voting shares, |
| a company or a GIE which holds, directly or indirectly, at least ten percent (10%) of the share capital or of the voting shares of the Company, |
| a company or a GIE in which a company holds, directly or indirectly, fifty percent (50%) at least of the share capital or of the voting shares that itself holds, directly or indirectly, fifty percent (50%) at least of the share capital or of the voting shares of the Company. |
Average Trading Price means eighty percent (80%) of the average of the closing sales price for a Share as quoted on any established stock exchange or any national market system upon which the Shares are listed during the twenty market trading days prior to the day the Committee grants the Option to an Eligible Employee.
Eligible Employee means(i) the Chairman (i.e. the Président ) or the General managers (i.e. the directeur général and the directeur général délégué ) of a French Affiliated Company, (ii)
any person employed by a French Affiliated Company under the terms of a written or oral employment agreement (but not a consultant), (iii) an employee of the French branch or the French headquarter of the Company or (iv) an employee of the French branch or the French headquarter of an Affiliate of the Company and who does not own, on the applicable Grant Date, Shares representing more than 10% of the issued equity securities of the Company.
Participant means an Eligible Employee who is granted an Award pursuant to the terms of the Plan and the French Sub-Plan.
II. SPECIFIC CONDITIONS APPLYING TO OPTIONS GRANTED TO ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES UNDER THIS FRENCH SUB-PLAN
1. | Options granted under the Plan and the French Sub-Plan may only be granted to Eligible Employees and only Eligible Employees may be granted Options under the Plan and the French Sub-Plan. |
2. | If the Companys Shares are listed on an established stock exchange or a national market system, Options cannot be granted (i) during the ten (10) trading sessions preceding and following the date on which the consolidated accounts or the annual accounts of the Company are first released to the public and (ii) during a period (x) starting from the date on which the Board, the Committee or any other corporate bodies or committee thereof become aware of any information which, if released to the public, could significantly affect the Companys market price and (y) ending at the close of the tenth (10 th ) trading session following the publication of the information. |
3. | If the Companys Shares are listed on an established stock exchange or a national market system, no Option could be granted less than twenty (20) trading sessions after a coupon giving a right to a dividend or to a capital increase has been detached from the Shares, |
4. | The exercise price of the Option shall be equal to the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the Grant Date as determined under the terms of the Plan. However, if the Companys Shares are listed on an established stock exchange or a national market system, and if the Fair Market Value is less than the Average Trading Price, then the exercise price of the option shall automatically be increased to the Average Trading Price, |
5. | The Shares acquired as a result of the exercise of all or part of an Option shall not be transferred by a Participant prior to the date that is the later of (a) the fourth (4 th ) anniversary of the Grant Date and (b) the expiration of each of the transfer restrictions contemplated in the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Shares acquired as a result of the exercise of the Option may be transferred upon the occurrence of one of the events referred to under Article 91-bis of appendix II to the French General Tax Code, i.e., the dismissal, retirement forced by an employer once the Participant has accrued his/her pension rights, invalidity (as defined under Article L 341-4 of the Social Security Code) or death of the Participant, provided the Shares that are the subject of the transfer have been held for at least three months as of the date of the dismissal or the retirement forced by the employer, as the case may be. |
6. | In the event of death of a Participant, his or her Options should be exercised within six (6) months following the date of death by the Participant estate or by any person who acquired the rights to exercise the Options by inheritance. |
7. | In the event that a Participant does not comply with the requirement set forth in Section II(5) of the French Sub-Plan and transfers Shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of the Option prior to the expiration of the four-year period (save in case of death, invalidity, dismissal or retirement), such Participant shall be liable for all consequences to the Company resulting from such breach and undertakes to indemnify the Company in respect of all amounts payable by the Company in connection with such breach. More generally, the Participant agrees to indemnify and keep indemnified the Company or the Participants employer, as the case may be, from and against any liability for and obligation to pay any tax and social charges incurred by the Company or the Participants employer, as the case may be. |
8. | The exercise price of the Option shall be determined on the Grant Date. No adjustments shall be made to the exercise price of an Option, except as otherwise permitted under Article L 225-181 of the French business code ( Code de Commerce ). |
9. | The consideration to be paid for the Shares to be issued upon exercise of an Option shall consist of only cash or its equivalent. |
10. | The Options may neither be assigned nor transferred. The Options may nevertheless be transferred to the heirs of the Participant and exercised by the heirs within a period of six (6) months following the death of such Participant. |
III. SPECIFIC CONDITIONS APPLYING TO RESTRICTED SHARES/RESTRICTED SHARE UNITS GRANTED TO ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES UNDER THIS FRENCH SUB-PLAN
1. | Restricted Share Units may only be granted to Eligible Employees and Eligible Employees can only be granted Shares under the Plan without payment therefore in the form of Restricted Shares. |
2. | Shares cannot be delivered upon vesting of Restricted Share Units or Restricted Shares prior to the second (2 nd ) anniversary of the Grant Date ( Delivery Date ), subject to the Participant remaining employed with the French Affiliated Company or the Company on the Delivery Date. Shares acquired upon vesting of Awards cannot be transferred prior to the second (2 nd ) anniversary of the Delivery Date (hereafter the Holding Period ). In the event that an Eligible Employee does not comply with the requirement set forth in this Section III(2) and in Section III(3) of the French Sub-Plan, such Eligible Employee shall be liable for all consequences to the Company or to the applicable employing French Affiliated Company resulting from such breach and must indemnify the Company and the employing French Affiliated Company in respect of all amounts payable by the Company or such French Affiliated Company in connection with such breach. More generally, the Eligible Employee agrees to indemnify and keep indemnified the Company or the Eligible Employees employer, as the case may be, from and against any liability for and obligation to pay any tax and social charges incurred by the Company or the Eligible Employees employer, as the case may be. |
3. | At the expiration of the Holding Period, if the Companys Shares are listed on an established stock exchange or a national market system, Shares cannot be sold (i) during the ten (10) trading sessions preceding and following the date on which the consolidated accounts or the annual accounts of the Company are first released to the public, and (ii) during a period (x) starting from the date on which the Board, the Committee or any corporate bodies or committee thereof become aware of any information which, if released to the public, could significantly affect the Companys market price and (y) ending at the close of the tenth (10 th ) trading session following the publication of the information. |
Exhibit 4.2
SANDFORCE, INC.
2007 STOCK PLAN
1. E STABLISHMENT , P URPOSE AND T ERM OF P LAN .
1.1 Establishment . The SandForce, Inc. 2007 Stock Plan (the Plan ) is hereby established effective as of April 10, 2007.
1.2 Purpose. The purpose of the Plan is to advance the interests of the Participating Company Group and its stockholders by providing an incentive to attract, retain and reward persons performing services for the Participating Company Group and by motivating such persons to contribute to the growth and profitability of the Participating Company Group. The Company intends that Awards granted pursuant to the Plan be exempt from or comply with Section 409A of the Code (including any amendments or replacements of such section), and the Plan shall be so construed.
1.3 Term of Plan. The Plan shall continue in effect until its termination by the Board; provided, however, that, all Awards shall be granted, if at all, within ten (10) years from the earlier of the date the Plan is adopted by the Board or the date the Plan is duly approved by the stockholders of the Company.
2. D EFINITIONS AND C ONSTRUCTION .
2.1 Definitions. Whenever used herein, the following terms shall have their respective meanings set forth below:
(a) Applicable California Law means Section 25102(o) of the California Corporations Code and related Sections of the California Code of Regulations.
(b) Award means any Option, Restricted Stock Units Award or Stock Purchase Right granted under the Plan.
(c) Award Agreement means a written or electronic agreement between the Company and a Participant setting forth the terms, conditions and restrictions of the Award granted to the Participant.
(d) Board means the Board of Directors of the Company. If one or more Committees have been appointed by the Board to administer the Plan, Board also means such Committee(s).
(e) Cause means, unless such term or an equivalent term is otherwise defined with respect to an Award by the Participants Award Agreement or written contract of employment or service, any of the following: (i) the Participants theft, dishonesty, willful misconduct, breach of fiduciary duty for personal profit, or falsification of any Participating Company documents or records; (ii) the Participants material failure to abide by a Participating Companys code of conduct or other policies (including, without limitation,
policies relating to confidentiality and reasonable workplace conduct); (iii) the Participants unauthorized use, misappropriation, destruction or diversion of any tangible or intangible asset or corporate opportunity of a Participating Company (including, without limitation, the Participants improper use or disclosure of a Participating Companys confidential or proprietary information); (iv) any intentional act by the Participant which has a material detrimental effect on a Participating Companys reputation or business; (v) the Participants repeated failure or inability to perform any reasonable assigned duties after written notice from a Participating Company of, and a reasonable opportunity to cure, such failure or inability; (vi) any material breach by the Participant of any employment or service agreement between the Participant and a Participating Company, which breach is not cured pursuant to the terms of such agreement; or (vii) the Participants conviction (including any plea of guilty or nolo contendere) of any criminal act involving fraud, dishonesty, misappropriation or moral turpitude, or which impairs the Participants ability to perform his or her duties with a Participating Company.
(f) Change in Control means, unless such term or an equivalent term is otherwise defined with respect to an Award by the Participants Award Agreement or written contract of employment or service, the occurrence of any of the following:
(i) an Ownership Change Event or a series of related Ownership Change Events (collectively, a Transaction ) in which the stockholders of the Company immediately before the Transaction do not retain immediately after the Transaction, in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of shares of the Companys voting stock immediately before the Transaction, direct or indirect beneficial ownership of more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the outstanding voting securities of the Company or, in the case of an Ownership Change Event described in Section 2.1(v)(iii), the entity to which the assets of the Company were transferred (the Transferee ), as the case may be; or
(ii) the liquidation or dissolution of the Company.
For purposes of the preceding sentence, indirect beneficial ownership shall include, without limitation, an interest resulting from ownership of the voting securities of one or more corporations or other business entities which own the Company or the Transferee, as the case may be, either directly or through one or more subsidiary corporations or other business entities. The Board shall have the right to determine whether multiple sales or exchanges of the voting securities of the Company or multiple Ownership Change Events are related, and its determination shall be final, binding and conclusive.
(g) Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any applicable regulations and administrative guidelines promulgated thereunder.
(h) Committee means the compensation committee or other committee of the Board duly appointed to administer the Plan and having such powers as shall be specified by the Board. Unless the powers of the Committee have been specifically limited, the Committee shall have all of the powers of the Board granted herein, including, without limitation, the power to amend or terminate the Plan at any time, subject to the terms of the Plan and any applicable limitations imposed by law.
(i) Company means SandForce, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or any successor corporation thereto.
(j) Consultant means a person engaged to provide consulting or advisory services (other than as an Employee or a Director) to a Participating Company, provided that the identity of such person, the nature of such services or the entity to which such services are provided would not preclude the Company from offering or selling securities to such person pursuant to the Plan in reliance on either the exemption from registration provided by Rule 701 under the Securities Act or, if the Company is required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, registration on a Form S-8 Registration Statement under the Securities Act.
(k) Director means a member of the Board or of the board of directors of any other Participating Company.
(l) Disability means the inability of the Participant, in the opinion of a qualified physician acceptable to the Company, to perform the major duties of the Participants position with the Participating Company Group because of the sickness or injury of the Participant.
(m) Employee means any person treated as an employee (including an Officer or a Director who is also treated as an employee) in the records of a Participating Company and, with respect to any Incentive Stock Option granted to such person, who is an employee for purposes of Section 422 of the Code; provided, however, that neither service as a Director nor payment of a directors fee shall be sufficient to constitute employment for purposes of the Plan. The Company shall determine in good faith and in the exercise of its discretion individuals employment or termination of employment, as the case may be. For purposes of an individuals rights, if any, under the terms of the Plan as of the time of the Companys determination of whether or not the individual is an Employee, all such determinations by the Company shall be final, binding and conclusive as to such rights, if any, notwithstanding that the Company or any court of law or governmental agency subsequently makes a contrary determination as to such individuals status as an Employee.
(n) Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(o) Fair Market Value means, as of any date, the value of a share of Stock or other property as determined by the Board, in its discretion, or by the Company, in its discretion, if such determination is expressly allocated to the Company herein, subject to the following:
(i) If, on such date, the Stock is listed on a national or regional securities exchange or market system, the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock shall be the closing price of a share of Stock (or the mean of the closing bid and asked prices of a share of Stock if the Stock is so quoted instead) as quoted on the national or regional securities exchange or market system constituting the primary market for the Stock, as reported in The Wall Street
Journal or such other source as the Company deems reliable. If the relevant date does not fall on a day on which the Stock has traded on such securities exchange or market system, the date on which the Fair Market Value shall be established shall be the last day on which the Stock was so traded prior to the relevant date, or such other appropriate day as shall be determined by the Board, in its discretion.
(ii) If, on such date, the Stock is not listed on a national or regional securities exchange or market system, the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock shall be as determined by the Board in good faith without regard to any restriction other than a restriction which, by its terms, will never lapse, and subject to the applicable requirements, if any, of Section 409A of the Code and Section 260.140.50 of Title 10 of the California Code of Regulations.
(p) Incentive Stock Option means an Option intended to be (as set forth in the Award Agreement) and which qualifies as an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422(b) of the Code.
(q) Insider means an Officer, a Director of the Company or other person whose transactions in Stock are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
(r) Net-Exercise means a procedure by which the Participant will be issued a number of whole shares of Stock upon the exercise of an Option determined in accordance with the following formula:
N = X(A-B)/A, where
N = the number of shares of Stock to be issued to the Participant upon exercise of the Option;
X = the total number of shares with respect to which the Participant has elected to exercise the Option;
A = the Fair Market Value of one (1) share of Stock determined on the exercise date; and
B = the exercise price per share (as defined in the Participants Award Agreement)
(s) Nonstatutory Stock Option means an Option not intended to be (as set forth in the Award Agreement) or which does not qualify as an Incentive Stock Option.
(t) Officer means any person designated by the Board as an officer of the Company.
(u) Option means a right granted under Section 6 to purchase Stock pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Plan. An Option may be either an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonstatutory Stock Option.
(v) Ownership Change Event means the occurrence of any of the following with respect to the Company: (i) the direct or indirect sale or exchange in a single or series of related transactions by the stockholders of the Company of more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting stock of the Company; (ii) a merger or consolidation in which the Company is a party; or (iii) the sale, exchange, or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company.
(w) Parent Corporation means any present or future parent corporation of the Company, as defined in Section 424(e) of the Code.
(x) Participant means any eligible person who has been granted one or more Awards.
(y) Participating Company means the Company or any Parent Corporation or Subsidiary Corporation.
(z) Participating Company Group means, at any point in time, all entities collectively which are then Participating Companies.
(aa) Rule 16b-3 means Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, as amended from time to time, or any successor rule or regulation.
(bb) Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(cc) Service means a Participants employment or service with the Participating Company Group, whether in the capacity of an Employee, a Director or a Consultant. A Participants Service shall not be deemed to have terminated merely because of a change in the capacity in which the Participant renders Service to the Participating Company Group or a change in the Participating Company for which the Participant renders such Service, provided that there is no interruption or termination of the Participants Service. Furthermore, a Participants Service shall not be deemed to have terminated if the Participant takes any military leave, sick leave, or other bona fide leave of absence approved by the Company. However, if any such leave taken by a Participant exceeds ninety (90) days, then on the ninety-first (91st) day following the commencement of such leave the Participants Service shall be deemed to have terminated, unless the Participants right to return to Service is guaranteed by statute or contract. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless otherwise designated by the Company or required by law, an unpaid leave of absence shall not be treated as Service for purposes of determining vesting under the Participants Award Agreement. Except as otherwise provided by the Board, in its discretion, the Participants Service shall be deemed to have terminated either upon an actual termination of Service or upon the corporation for which the Participant performs Service ceasing to be a Participating Company. Subject to the foregoing, the Company, in its discretion, shall determine whether the Participants Service has terminated and the effective date of and reason for such termination.
(dd) Stock means the common stock of the Company, as adjusted from time to time in accordance with Section 4.2.
(ee) Stock Purchase Right means a right granted under Section 7 to purchase Stock pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Plan.
(ff) Subsidiary Corporation means any present or future subsidiary corporation of the Company, as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code.
(gg) Ten Percent Stockholder means a person who, at the time an Award is granted to such person, owns stock possessing more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power (as defined in Section 194.5 of the California Corporations Code) of all classes of stock of a Participating Company within the meaning of Section 422(b)(6) of the Code.
2.2 Construction. Captions and titles contained herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision of the Plan. Except when otherwise indicated by the context, the singular shall include the plural and the plural shall include the singular. Use of the term or is not intended to be exclusive, unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
3. A DMINISTRATION .
3.1 Administration by the Board. The Plan shall be administered by the Board. All questions of interpretation of the Plan or of any Award shall be determined by the Board, and such determinations shall be final and binding upon all persons having an interest in the Plan or such Award.
3.2 Authority of Officers. Any Officer shall have the authority to act on behalf of the Company with respect to any matter, right, obligation, determination or election which is the responsibility of or which is allocated to the Company herein, provided the Officer has apparent authority with respect to such matter, right, obligation, determination or election.
3.3 Powers of the Board. In addition to any other powers set forth in the Plan and subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Board shall have the full and final power and authority, in its discretion:
(a) to determine the persons to whom, and the time or times at which, Awards shall be granted and the number of shares of Stock to be subject to each Award;
(b) to designate Options as Incentive Stock Options or Nonstatutory Stock Options;
(c) to determine the Fair Market Value of shares of Stock or other property;
(d) to determine the terms, conditions and restrictions applicable to each Award (which need not be identical) and any shares acquired upon the exercise thereof, including, without limitation, (i) the exercise price of the Award, (ii) the method of payment for shares purchased upon the exercise of the Award, (iii) the method for satisfaction of any tax withholding obligation arising in connection with the Award or such shares, including by the
withholding or delivery of shares of stock, (iv) the timing, terms and conditions of the exercisability of the Award or the vesting of any shares acquired upon the exercise thereof, (v) the time of the expiration of the Award, (vi) the effect of the Participants termination of Service on any of the foregoing, and (vii) all other terms, conditions and restrictions applicable to the Award or such shares not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan;
(e) to approve one or more forms of Award Agreement;
(f) to amend, modify, extend, cancel or renew any Award or to waive any restrictions or conditions applicable to any Award or any shares acquired upon the exercise thereof;
(g) to accelerate, continue, extend or defer the exercisability of any Award or the vesting of any shares acquired upon the exercise thereof, including with respect to the period following a Participants termination of Service;
(h) to prescribe, amend or rescind rules, guidelines and policies relating to the Plan, or to adopt supplements to, or alternative versions of, the Plan, including, without limitation, as the Board deems necessary or desirable to comply with the laws of, or to accommodate the tax policy or custom of, foreign jurisdictions whose citizens may be granted Awards; and
(i) to correct any defect, supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or any Award Agreement and to make all other determinations and take such other actions with respect to the Plan or any Award as the Board may deem advisable to the extent not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan or applicable law.
3.4 Administration with Respect to Insiders. With respect to participation by Insiders in the Plan, at any time that any class of equity security of the Company is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, the Plan shall be administered in compliance with the requirements, if any, of Rule 16b-3.
3.5 Indemnification. In addition to such other rights of indemnification as they may have as members of the Board or officers or employees of the Participating Company Group, members of the Board and any officers or employees of the Participating Company Group to whom authority to act for the Board or the Company is delegated shall be indemnified by the Company against all reasonable expenses, including attorneys fees, actually and necessarily incurred in connection with the defense of any action, suit or proceeding, or in connection with any appeal therein, to which they or any of them may be a party by reason of any action taken or failure to act under or in connection with the Plan, or any right granted hereunder, and against all amounts paid by them in settlement thereof (provided such settlement is approved by independent legal counsel selected by the Company) or paid by them in satisfaction of a judgment in any such action, suit or proceeding, except in relation to matters as to which it shall be adjudged in such action, suit or proceeding that such person is liable for gross negligence, bad faith or intentional misconduct in duties; provided, however, that within sixty (60) days after the institution of such action, suit or proceeding, such person shall offer to the Company, in writing, the opportunity at its own expense to handle and defend the same.
4. S HARES S UBJECT TO P LAN .
4.1 Maximum Number of Shares Issuable. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4.2, the maximum aggregate number of shares of Stock that may be issued under the Plan shall be Two Million Five Hundred Forty-Five Thousand Four Hundred Fifty (2,545,450) which shall consist of authorized but unissued or reacquired shares of Stock or any combination thereof. If an outstanding Award for any reason expires or is terminated or canceled or if shares of Stock are acquired upon the exercise of an Award subject to a Company repurchase option and are repurchased by the Company at the Participants exercise or purchase price, the shares of Stock allocable to the unexercised portion of such Award or such repurchased shares of Stock shall again be available for issuance under the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any such time as the offer and sale of securities pursuant to the Plan is subject to compliance with Section 260.140.45 of Title 10 of the California Code of Regulations ( Section 260.140.45 ), the total number of shares of Stock issuable upon the exercise of all outstanding Awards (together with options outstanding under any other stock plan of the Company) and the total number of shares provided for under any stock bonus or similar plan of the Company shall not exceed thirty percent (30%) (or such other higher percentage limitation as may be approved by the stockholders of the Company pursuant to Section 260.140.45) of the then outstanding shares of the Company as calculated in accordance with the conditions and exclusions of Section 260.140.45.
4.2 Adjustments for Changes in Capital Structure. Subject to any required action by the stockholders of the Company, in the event of any change in the Stock effected without receipt of consideration by the Company, whether through merger, consolidation, reorganization, reincorporation, recapitalization, reclassification, stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, split-up, split-off, spin-off, combination of shares, exchange of shares, or similar change in the capital structure of the Company, or in the event of payment of a dividend or distribution to the stockholders of the Company in a form other than Stock (excepting normal cash dividends) that has a material effect on the Fair Market Value of shares of Stock, appropriate and proportionate adjustments shall be made in the number and kind of shares subject to the Plan and to any outstanding Awards, in the ISO Share Limit set forth in Section 5.3(a), and in the exercise or purchase price per share of any outstanding Awards in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of Participants rights under the Plan. For purposes of the foregoing, conversion of any convertible securities of the Company shall not be treated as effected without receipt of consideration by the Company. If a majority of the shares which are of the same class as the shares that are subject to outstanding Awards are exchanged for, converted into, or otherwise become (whether or not pursuant to an Ownership Change Event) shares of another corporation (the New Shares ), the Board may unilaterally amend the outstanding Awards to provide that such Awards are for New Shares. In the event of any such amendment, the number of shares subject to, and the exercise or purchase price per share of, the outstanding Awards shall be adjusted in a fair and equitable manner as determined by the Board, in its discretion. Any fractional share resulting from an adjustment pursuant to this Section 4.2 shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number, and the exercise price per share shall be rounded up to the nearest whole cent. In no event may the exercise price of any Award be decreased to an amount less than the par value, if any, of the stock subject to the Award. Such adjustments shall be determined by the Board, and its determination shall be final, binding and conclusive.
5. E LIGIBILITY AND O PTION L IMITATIONS .
5.1 Persons Eligible for Awards. Awards may be granted only to Employees, Consultants and Directors.
5.2 Participation in Plan. Awards are granted solely at the discretion of the Board. Eligible persons may be granted more than one Award. However, eligibility in accordance with this Section shall not entitle any person to be granted an Award, or, having been granted an Award, to be granted an additional Award.
5.3 Incentive Stock Option Limitations.
(a) Maximum Number of Shares Issuable Pursuant to Incentive Stock Options. Subject to Section 4.1 and adjustment as provided in Section 4.2, the maximum aggregate number of shares of Stock that may be issued under the Plan pursuant to the exercise of Incentive Stock Options shall not exceed Two Million Five Hundred Forty-Five Thousand Four Hundred Fifty (2,545,450) shares (the ISO Share Limit ). The maximum aggregate number of shares of Stock that may be issued under the Plan pursuant to all Awards other than Incentive Stock Options shall be the number of shares determined in accordance with Section 4.1, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4.2.
(b) Persons Eligible. An Incentive Stock Option may be granted only to a person who, on the effective date of grant, is an Employee. Any person who is not an Employee on the effective date of the grant of an Option to such person may be granted only a Nonstatutory Stock Option. An Incentive Stock Option granted to a prospective Employee upon the condition that such person become an Employee shall be deemed granted effective on the date such person commences Service as an Employee, with an exercise price determined as of such date in accordance with Section 6.1.
(c) Fair Market Value Limitation. To the extent that options designated as Incentive Stock Options (granted under all stock plans of the Participating Company Group, including the Plan) become exercisable by a Participant for the first time during any calendar year for stock having a Fair Market Value greater than One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000), the portions of such options which exceed such amount shall be treated as Nonstatutory Stock Options. For purposes of this Section 5.3, options designated as Incentive Stock Options shall be taken into account in the order in which they were granted, and the Fair Market Value of stock shall be determined as of the time the option with respect to such stock is granted. If the Code is amended to provide for a different limitation from that set forth in this Section, such different limitation shall be deemed incorporated herein effective as of the date and with respect to such Options as required or permitted by such amendment to the Code. If an Option is treated as an Incentive Stock Option in part and as a Nonstatutory Stock Option in part by reason of the limitation set forth in this Section, the Participant may designate which portion of such Option the Participant is exercising. In the absence of such designation, the Participant shall be deemed to have exercised the Incentive Stock Option portion of the Option first. Separate certificates representing each such portion shall be issued upon the exercise of the Option.
6. T ERMS AND C ONDITIONS OF O PTIONS .
Options shall be evidenced by Award Agreements specifying the number of shares of Stock covered thereby, in such form as the Board shall from time to time establish. Award Agreements may incorporate all or any of the terms of the Plan by reference and shall comply with and be subject to the following terms and conditions:
6.1 Exercise Price. The exercise price for each Option shall be established in the discretion of the Board; provided, however, that (a) the exercise price per share for an Option shall be not less than the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the effective date of grant of the Option and (b) no Incentive Stock Option (or, if required by Applicable California Law, no Option) granted to a Ten Percent Stockholder shall have an exercise price per share less than one hundred ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the effective date of grant of the Option. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Option (whether an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonstatutory Stock Option) may be granted with an exercise price lower than the minimum exercise price set forth above if such Option is granted pursuant to an assumption or substitution for another option in a manner qualifying under the provisions of Section 424(a) of the Code.
6.2 Exercisability and Term of Options. Options shall be exercisable at such time or times, or upon such event or events, and subject to such terms, conditions, performance criteria and restrictions as shall be determined by the Board and set forth in the Award Agreement evidencing such Option; provided, however, that (a) no Option shall be exercisable after the expiration of ten (10) years after the effective date of grant of such Option, (b) no Incentive Stock Option granted to a Ten Percent Stockholder shall be exercisable after the expiration of five (5) years after the effective date of grant of such Option, and (c) with the exception of an Option granted to an Officer, a Director or a Consultant, if required by Applicable California Law, no Option shall become exercisable at a rate less than twenty percent (20%) per year over a period of five (5) years from the effective date of grant of such Option, subject to the Participants continued Service. Subject to the foregoing, unless otherwise specified by the Board in the grant of an Option, any Option granted hereunder shall terminate ten (10) years after the effective date of grant of the Option, unless earlier terminated in accordance with its provisions.
6.3 Payment of Exercise Price.
(a) Forms of Consideration Authorized. Except as otherwise provided below, payment of the exercise price for the number of shares of Stock being purchased pursuant to any Option shall be made (i) in cash or by check or cash equivalent, (ii) by tender to the Company, or attestation to the ownership, of shares of Stock owned by the Participant having a Fair Market Value not less than the exercise price, (iii) by delivery of a properly executed notice together with irrevocable instructions to a broker providing for the assignment to the Company of the proceeds of a sale or loan with respect to some or all of the shares being acquired upon the exercise of the Option (including, without limitation, through an exercise complying with the provisions of Regulation T as promulgated from time to time by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) (a Cashless Exercise ), (iv) by delivery of a properly executed notice electing a Net-Exercise, (v) by such other consideration as may be
approved by the Board from time to time to the extent permitted by applicable law, or (vi) by any combination thereof. The Board may at any time or from time to time, by approval of or by amendment to the standard forms of Award Agreement described in Section 8, or by other means, grant Options which do not permit all of the foregoing forms of consideration to be used in payment of the exercise price or which otherwise restrict one or more forms of consideration.
(b) Limitations on Forms of Consideration .
(i) Tender of Stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Option may not be exercised by tender to the Company, or attestation to the ownership, of shares of Stock to the extent such tender or attestation would constitute a violation of the provisions of any law, regulation or agreement restricting the redemption of the Companys stock. Unless otherwise provided by the Board, an Option may not be exercised by tender to the Company, or attestation to the ownership, of shares of Stock unless such shares either have been owned by the Participant for more than six (6) months or such other period, if any, required by the Company (and were not used for another Option exercise by attestation during such period) or were not acquired, directly or indirectly, from the Company.
(ii) Cashless Exercise. The Company reserves, at any and all times, the right, in the Companys sole and absolute discretion, to establish, decline to approve or terminate any program or procedures for the exercise of Options by means of a Cashless Exercise.
6.4 Effect of Termination of Service.
(a) Option Exercisability. Subject to earlier termination of the Option as otherwise provided by this Plan and unless a longer exercise period is provided by the Board in the grant of an Option and set forth in the Award Agreement, an Option shall terminate immediately upon the Participants termination of Service to the extent that it is then unvested and shall be exercisable after the Participants termination of Service to the extent it is then vested only during the applicable time period determined in accordance with this Section and thereafter shall terminate:
(i) Disability. If the Participants Service terminates because of the Disability of the Participant, the Option, to the extent unexercised and exercisable on the date on which the Participants Service terminated, may be exercised by the Participant (or the Participants guardian or legal representative) at any time prior to the expiration of twelve (12) months after the date on which the Participants Service terminated, but in any event no later than the date of expiration of the Options term as set forth in the Award Agreement evidencing such Option (the Option Expiration Date ).
(ii) Death. If the Participants Service terminates because of the death of the Participant, the Option, to the extent unexercised and exercisable on the date on which the Participants Service terminated, may be exercised by the Participants legal representative or other person who acquired the right to exercise the Option by reason of the Participants death at any time prior to the expiration of twelve (12) months after the date on which the Participants Service terminated, but in any event no later than the Option Expiration
Date. The Participants Service shall be deemed to have terminated on account of death if the Participant dies within three (3) months (or such longer period of time as determined by the Board, in its discretion) after the Participants termination of Service.
(iii) Termination for Cause. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, if the Participants Service is terminated for Cause, the Option shall terminate and cease to be exercisable immediately upon such termination of Service.
(iv) Other Termination of Service. If the Participants Service terminates for any reason, except Disability, death or for Cause, the Option, to the extent unexercised and exercisable by the Participant on the date on which the Participants Service terminated, may be exercised by the Participant at any time prior to the expiration of three (3) months after the date on which the Participants Service terminated, but in any event no later than the Option Expiration Date.
(b) Extension if Exercise Prevented by Law. Notwithstanding the foregoing other than termination for Cause, if the exercise of an Option within the applicable time periods set forth in Section 6.4(a) is prevented by the provisions of Section 11 below, the Option shall remain exercisable until thirty (30) days after the date such exercise first would no longer be prevented by such provisions, but in any event no later than the Option Expiration Date.
6.5 Transferability of Options. During the lifetime of the Participant, an Option shall be exercisable only by the Participant or the Participants guardian or legal representative. No Option shall be assignable or transferable by the Participant, except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent permitted by the Board, in its discretion, and set forth in the Award Agreement evidencing such Option, a Nonstatutory Stock Option shall be assignable or transferable subject to the applicable limitations, if any, described in Rule 701 under the Securities Act, and the General Instructions to Form S-8 Registration Statement under the Securities Act.
7. T ERMS AND C ONDITIONS OF S TOCK P URCHASE R IGHTS .
Stock Purchase Rights shall be evidenced by Award Agreements, specifying the number of shares of Stock covered thereby, in such form as the Board shall from time to time establish. Award Agreements may incorporate all or any of the terms of the Plan by reference and shall comply with and be subject to the following terms and conditions:
7.1 Purchase Price. The purchase price under each Stock Purchase Right shall be established by the Board; provided, however, that, to the extent required by Applicable California Law, (a) the purchase price per share shall be at least eighty-five percent (85%) of the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock either on the effective date of grant of the Stock Purchase Right or on the date on which the purchase is consummated and (b) the purchase price per share under a Stock Purchase Right granted to a Ten Percent Stockholder shall be at least one hundred percent (100%)) of the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock either on the effective date of grant of the Stock Purchase Right or on the date on which the purchase is consummated.
7.2 Purchase Period. A Stock Purchase Right shall be exercisable within a period established by the Board, which shall in no event exceed thirty (30) days from the effective date of the grant of the Stock Purchase Right.
7.3 Payment of Purchase Price. Except as otherwise provided below, payment of the purchase price for the number of shares of Stock being purchased pursuant to any Stock Purchase Right shall be made (a) in cash or by check or cash equivalent, (b) in the form of the Participants past service rendered to a Participating Company or for its benefit having a value not less than the aggregate purchase price of the shares being acquired, (c) by such other consideration as may be approved by the Board from time to time to the extent permitted by applicable law, or (d) by any combination thereof. The Board may at any time or from time to time, by adoption of or by amendment to the standard form of Award Agreement described in Section 8, or by other means, grant Stock Purchase Rights which do not permit all of the foregoing forms of consideration to be used in payment of the purchase price or which otherwise restrict one or more forms of consideration.
7.4 Vesting and Restrictions on Transfer. Shares issued pursuant to any Stock Purchase Right may or may not be made subject to vesting conditioned upon the satisfaction of such Service requirements, conditions, restrictions or performance criteria (the Vesting Conditions ) as shall be established by the Board and set forth in the Award Agreement evidencing such Award. During any period in which shares acquired pursuant to a Stock Purchase Right remain subject to Vesting Conditions, such shares may not be sold, exchanged, transferred, pledged, assigned or otherwise disposed of other than pursuant to an Ownership Change Event or as provided in Section 7.5. Upon request by the Company, each Participant shall execute any agreement evidencing such transfer restrictions prior to the receipt of shares of Stock hereunder and shall promptly present to the Company any and all certificates representing shares of Stock acquired hereunder for the placement on such certificates of appropriate legends evidencing any such transfer restrictions.
7.5 Effect of Termination of Service. Unless otherwise provided by the Board in the grant of a Stock Purchase Right and set forth in the Award Agreement, if a Participants Service terminates for any reason, whether voluntary or involuntary (including the Participants death or disability), then the Company shall have the option to repurchase for the purchase price paid by the Participant any shares acquired by the Participant pursuant to a Stock Purchase Right which remain subject to Vesting Conditions as of the date of the Participants termination of Service; provided, however, that with the exception of shares acquired pursuant to a Stock Purchase Right by an Officer, a Director or a Consultant, the Companys repurchase option must lapse, to the extent required by Applicable California Law, at the rate of at least twenty percent (20%) of the shares per year over the period of five (5) years from the effective date of grant of the Stock Purchase Right (without regard to the date on which the Stock Purchase Right was exercised) and the repurchase option must be exercised, if at all, for cash or cancellation of purchase money indebtedness for the shares within ninety (90) days following the Participants termination of Service. The Company shall have the right to assign at any time any repurchase right it may have, whether or not such right is then exercisable, to one or more persons as may be selected by the Company.
7.6 Nontransferability of Stock Purchase Rights. Rights to acquire shares of Stock pursuant to a Stock Purchase Right may not be assigned or transferred in any manner except by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and, during the lifetime of the Participant, shall be exercisable only by the Participant.
7A. T ERMS AND C ONDITIONS OF R ESTRICTED S TOCK U NIT A WARDS
Restricted Stock Unit Awards shall be evidenced by Award Agreements specifying the number of Restricted Stock Units subject to the Award, in such form as the Board shall from time to time establish. Award Agreements evidencing Restricted Stock Units may incorporate all or any of the terms of the Plan by reference and shall comply with and be subject to the following terms and conditions:
7A.1 Additional Definitions. In addition to the definitions set forth in Section 2, the following terms shall have their respective meanings set forth below:
(a) Dividing Equivalent Right means the right of a Participant, granted at the discretion of the Board, to receive a credit for the account of such Participant in an amount equal to the cash dividends paid on one share of Stock represented by an Award held by a Participant.
(b) Restricted Stock Unit means a Right granted pursuant to this Section 7A to receive on a future date or event a share of Stock or cash in lieu thereof, as determined by the Board.
7A.2 Grant of Restricted Stock Unit Awards. Restricted Stock Unit Awards may be granted upon such conditions as the Board shall determine, including, without limitation, upon the attainment of one or more performance goals established by the Board.
7A.3 Purchase Price. No monetary payment (other than applicable tax withholding, if any) shall be required as a condition of receiving a Restricted Stock Unit Award, the consideration for which shall be services actually rendered to a Participating Company or for its benefit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if required by applicable state corporate law, the Participant shall furnish consideration in the form of cash or past services rendered to a Participating Company or for its benefit having a value not less than the par value of the shares of Stock issued upon settlement of the Restricted Stock Unit Award.
7A.4 Vesting Restricted Stock Unit Awards may (but need not) be made subject to vesting conditions based upon the satisfaction of such Service requirements, conditions, restrictions or performance criteria as shall be approved by the Board and set forth in the Award Agreement evidencing such Award.
7A.5 Voting Rights, Dividend Equivalent Rights and Distributions Participants shall have no voting rights with respect to shares of Stock represented by Restricted Stock Units until the date of the issuance of such shares (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company). However, the Board, in its discretion, may provide in the Award Agreement evidencing any Restricted Stock Unit Award that the Participant shall be entitled to Dividend Equivalent Rights with
respect to the payment of cash dividends on Stock during the period beginning on the date such Award is granted and ending, with respect to each share subject to the Award, on the earlier of the date the Award is settled or the date on which it is terminated. Such Dividend Equivalent Rights, if any, shall be paid by crediting the Participant with additional whole Restricted Stock Units as of the date of payment of such cash dividends on Stock. The number of additional Restricted Stock Units (rounded down to the nearest whole number) to be so credited shall be determined by dividing (a) the amount of cash dividends paid on such date with respect to the number of shares of Stock represented by the Restricted Stock Units previously credited to the Participant by (b) the Fair Market Value per share of Stock on such date. Such additional Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to the same terms and conditions and shall be settled in the same manner and at the same time as the Restricted Stock Units originally subject to the Restricted Stock Unit Award. In the event of a dividend or distribution paid in shares of Stock or other property or any other adjustment made upon a change in the capital structure of the Company as described in Section 4.2, appropriate adjustments shall be made in the Participants Restricted Stock Unit Award so that it represents the right to receive upon settlement any and all new, substituted or additional securities or other property (other than regular, periodic cash dividends) to which the Participant would be entitled by reason of the shares of Stock issuable upon settlement of the Award, and all such new, substituted or additional securities or other property shall be immediately subject to the same vesting conditions as are applicable to the Award.
7A.6 Effect of Termination of Service. Unless otherwise provided by the Board and set forth in the Award Agreement evidencing a Restricted Stock Unit Award, if a Participants Service terminates for any reason, whether voluntary or involuntary (including the Participants death or disability), then the Participant shall forfeit to the Company any Restricted Stock Units pursuant to the Award which remain subject to vesting conditions as of the date of the Participants termination of Service.
7A.7 Settlement of Restricted Stock Unit Awards. The Company shall issue to a Participant on the date on which Restricted Stock Units subject to the Participants Restricted Stock Unit Award vest or on such other date determined by the Board, in its discretion, and set forth in the Award Agreement one (1) share of Stock (and/or any other new, substituted or additional securities or other property pursuant to an adjustment described in Section 7A.5) for each Restricted Stock Unit then becoming vested or otherwise to be settled on such date, subject to the withholding of applicable taxes, if any. If permitted by the Board, the Participant may elect, consistent with the requirements of Section 409A, to defer receipt of all or any portion of the shares of Stock or other property otherwise issuable to the Participant pursuant to this Section, and such deferred issuance date(s) and amount(s) elected by the Participant shall be set forth in the Award Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board, in its discretion, may provide for settlement of any Restricted Stock Unit Award by payment to the Participant in cash of an amount equal to the Fair Market Value on the payment date of the shares of Stock or other property otherwise issuable to the Participant pursuant to this Section.
7A.8 Nontransferability of Restricted Stock Unit Awards. The right to receive shares pursuant to a Restricted Stock Unit Award shall not be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, exchange, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, or garnishment by creditors of the Participant or the Participants beneficiary, except transfer by
will or by the laws of descent and distribution. All rights with respect to a Restricted Stock Unit Award granted to a Participant hereunder shall be exercisable during his or her lifetime only by such Participant or the Participants guardian or legal representative.
8. S TANDARD F ORMS OF A WARD A GREEMENTS .
8.1 Award Agreements. Each Award shall comply with and be subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the appropriate form of Award Agreement approved by the Board and as amended from time to time. No Award or purported Award shall be a valid and binding obligation of the Company unless evidenced by a fully executed Award Agreement. Any Award Agreement may consist of an appropriate form of Notice of Grant and a form of Agreement incorporated therein by reference, or such other form or forms, including electronic media, as the Board may approve from time to time.
8.2 Authority to Vary Terms. The Board shall have the authority from time to time to vary the terms of any standard form of Award Agreement either in connection with the grant or amendment of an individual Award or in connection with the authorization of a new standard form or forms; provided, however, that the terms and conditions of any such new, revised or amended standard form or forms of Award Agreement are not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan.
9. C HANGE IN C ONTROL .
9.1 Effect of Change in Control on Awards.
(a) Accelerated Vesting . The Board may, in its sole discretion, provide in any Award Agreement or, in the event of a Change in Control, may take such actions as it deems appropriate to provide for the acceleration of the exercisability and vesting in connection with such Change in Control of any or all outstanding Awards and shares acquired upon the exercise thereof upon such conditions, including termination of the Participants Service prior to, upon, or following such Change in Control, and to such extent as the Board shall determine.
(b) Assumption or Substitution of Awards . In the event of a Change in Control, the surviving, continuing, successor, or purchasing entity or parent thereof, as the case may be (the Acquiror ), may, without the consent of any Participant, assume or continue the Companys rights and obligations under each or any Award or portion thereof outstanding immediately prior to the Change in Control or substitute for each or any such outstanding Award or portion thereof a substantially equivalent award for the Acquirors stock. For purposes of this Section, if so determined by the Board in its discretion, an Award shall be deemed assumed if, following the Change in Control, the Award confers the right to receive, subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement, for each share of Stock subject to the Award immediately prior to the Change in Control, the consideration (whether stock, cash, other securities or property or a combination thereof) to which a holder of a share of Stock on the effective date of the Change in Control was entitled; provided, however, that if such consideration is not solely common stock of the Acquiror, the Board may, with the consent of the Acquiror, provide for the consideration to be received upon the exercise of the Award, for each
share of Stock subject to the Award, to consist solely of common stock of the Acquiror equal in Fair Market Value to the per share consideration received by holders of Stock pursuant to the Change in Control. If any portion of such consideration may be received by holders of Stock pursuant to the Change in Control on a contingent or delayed basis, the Board may, in its sole discretion, determine such Fair Market Value per share as of the time of the Change in Control on the basis of the Boards good faith estimate of the present value of the probable future payment of such consideration. Any Award or portion thereof which is neither assumed or continued by the Acquiror in connection with the Change in Control nor exercised as of the time of consummation of the Change in Control shall terminate and cease to be outstanding effective as of the time of consummation of the Change in Control. Notwithstanding the foregoing, shares acquired upon exercise of an Award prior to the Change in Control and any consideration received pursuant to the Change in Control with respect to such shares shall continue to be subject to all applicable provisions of the Award Agreement evidencing such Award except as otherwise provided in such Award Agreement.
(c) Cash-Out of Awards. The Board may, in its sole discretion and without the consent of any Participant, determine that, upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, each or any Award or portion thereof outstanding immediately prior to the Change in Control shall be canceled in exchange for a payment with respect to each vested share (and each unvested share, if so determined by the Board) of Stock subject to such canceled Award in (i) cash, (ii) stock of the Company or of a corporation or other business entity a party to the Change in Control, or (iii) other property which, in any such case, shall be in an amount having a Fair Market Value equal to the Fair Market Value of the consideration to be paid per share of Stock in the Change in Control over the exercise price per share under such Award (the Spread ). If any portion of such consideration may be received by holders of Stock pursuant to the Change in Control on a contingent or delayed basis, the Board may, in its sole discretion, determine such Fair Market Value per share as of the time of the Change in Control on the basis of the Boards good faith estimate of the present value of the probable future payment of such consideration. In the event such determination is made by the Board, the Spread (reduced by applicable withholding taxes, if any) shall be paid to Participants in respect of their canceled Awards as soon as practicable following the date of the Change in Control and in respect of the unvested portion of their canceled Awards in accordance with the vesting schedule applicable to such Awards as in effect prior to the Change in Control.
9.2 Federal Excise Tax Under Section 4999 of the Code.
(a) Excess Parachute Payment. In the event that any acceleration of vesting pursuant to an Award and any other payment or benefit received or to be received by a Participant would subject the Participant to any excise tax pursuant to Section 4999 of the Code due to the characterization of such acceleration of vesting, payment or benefit as an excess parachute payment under Section 280G of the Code, the Participant may elect, in his or her sole discretion, to reduce the amount of any acceleration of vesting called for under the Award in order to avoid such characterization.
(b) Determination by Independent Accountants. To aid the Participant in making any election called for under Section 9.2(a), no later than the date of the occurrence of any event that might reasonably be anticipated to result in an excess parachute
payment to the Participant as described in Section 9.2(a), the Company shall request a determination in writing by independent public accountants selected by the Company (the Accountants ). As soon as practicable thereafter, the Accountants shall determine and report to the Company and the Participant the amount of such acceleration of vesting, payments and benefits which would produce the greatest after-tax benefit to the Participant. For the purposes of such determination, the Accountants may rely on reasonable, good faith interpretations concerning the application of Sections 280G and 4999 of the Code. The Company and the Participant shall furnish to the Accountants such information and documents as the Accountants may reasonably request in order to make their required determination. The Company shall bear all fees and expenses the Accountants may reasonably charge in connection with their services contemplated by this Section 9.2(b).
10. T AX W ITHHOLDING .
10.1 Tax Withholding in General. The Company shall have the right to deduct from any and all payments made under the Plan, or to require the Participant, through payroll withholding, cash payment or otherwise, including by means of a Cashless Exercise of an Option, to make adequate provision for, the federal, state, local and foreign taxes (including any social insurance tax), if any, required by law to be withheld by the Participating Company Group with respect to an Award or the shares acquired pursuant thereto. The Company shall have no obligation to deliver shares of Stock or to release shares of Stock from an escrow established pursuant to an Award Agreement until the Participating Company Groups tax withholding obligations have been satisfied by the Participant.
10.2 Withholding in Shares. The Company shall have the right, but not the obligation, to deduct from the shares of Stock issuable to a Participant upon the exercise of an Award, or to accept from the Participant the tender of, a number of whole shares of Stock having a Fair Market Value, as determined by the Company, equal to all or any part of the tax withholding obligations of the Participating Company Group. The Fair Market Value of any shares of Stock withheld or tendered to satisfy any such tax withholding obligations shall not exceed the amount determined by the applicable minimum statutory withholding rates.
11. C OMPLIANCE WITH S ECURITIES L AW .
The grant of Awards and the issuance of shares of Stock upon exercise of Awards shall be subject to compliance with all applicable requirements of federal, state and foreign law with respect to such securities. Awards may not be exercised if the issuance of shares of Stock upon exercise would constitute a violation of any applicable federal, state or foreign securities laws or other law or regulations or the requirements of any stock exchange or market system upon which the Stock may then be listed. In addition, no Award may be exercised unless (a) a registration statement under the Securities Act shall at the time of exercise of the Award be in effect with respect to the shares issuable upon exercise of the Award or (b) in the opinion of legal counsel to the Company, the shares issuable upon exercise of the Award may be issued in accordance with the terms of an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. The inability of the Company to obtain from any regulatory body having jurisdiction the authority, if any, deemed by the Companys legal counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any shares hereunder shall relieve the Company of any liability in
respect of the failure to issue or sell such shares as to which such requisite authority shall not have been obtained. As a condition to the exercise of any Award, the Company may require the Participant to satisfy any qualifications that may be necessary or appropriate, to evidence compliance with any applicable law or regulation and to make any representation or warranty with respect thereto as may be requested by the Company.
12. A MENDMENT OR T ERMINATION OF P LAN .
The Board may amend, suspend or terminate the Plan at any time. However, subject to changes in applicable law, regulations or rules that would permit otherwise, without the approval of the Companys stockholders, there shall be (a) no increase in the maximum aggregate number of shares of Stock that may be issued under the Plan (except by operation of the provisions of Section 4.2), (b) no change in the class of persons eligible to receive Incentive Stock Options, and (c) no other amendment of the Plan that would require approval of the Companys stockholders under any applicable law, regulation or rule, including the rules of any stock exchange or market system upon which the Stock may then be listed. No amendment, suspension or termination of the Plan shall affect any then outstanding Award unless expressly provided by the Board. Except as provided by the next sentence, no amendment, suspension or termination of the Plan may adversely affect any then outstanding Award without the consent of the Participant. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or any Award Agreement to the contrary, the Board may, in its sole and absolute discretion and without the consent of any Participant, amend the Plan or any Award Agreement, to take effect retroactively or otherwise, as it deems necessary or advisable for the purpose of conforming the Plan or such Award Agreement to any present or future law, regulation or rule applicable to the Plan, including, but not limited to, Section 409A of the Code.
13. M ISCELLANEOUS P ROVISIONS .
13.1 Repurchase Rights. Shares issued under the Plan may be subject to a right of first refusal, one or more repurchase options, or other conditions and restrictions as determined by the Board in its discretion at the time the Award is granted. The Company shall have the right to assign at any time any repurchase right it may have, whether or not such right is then exercisable, to one or more persons as may be selected by the Company. Upon request by the Company, each Participant shall execute any agreement evidencing such transfer restrictions prior to the receipt of shares of Stock hereunder and shall promptly present to the Company any and all certificates representing shares of Stock acquired hereunder for the placement on such certificates of appropriate legends evidencing any such transfer restrictions.
13.2 Provision of Information . At least annually, copies of the Companys balance sheet and income statement for the just completed fiscal year shall be made available to each Participant and purchaser of shares of Stock upon the exercise of an Award. The Company shall not be required to provide such information to key employees whose duties in connection with the Company assure them access to equivalent information. Furthermore, the Company shall deliver to each Participant such disclosures as are required in accordance with Rule 701 under the Securities Act.
13.3 Rights as Employee, Consultant or Director. No person, even though eligible pursuant to Section 5, shall have a right to be selected as a Participant, or, having been so selected, to be selected again as a Participant. Nothing in the Plan or any Award granted under the Plan shall confer on any Participant a right to remain an Employee, Consultant or Director or interfere with or limit in any way any right of a Participating Company to terminate the Participants Service at any time. To the extent that an Employee of a Participating Company other than the Company receives an Award under the Plan, that Award shall in no event be understood or interpreted to mean that the Company is the Employees employer or that the Employee has an employment relationship with the Company.
13.4 Rights as a Stockholder. A Participant shall have no rights as a stockholder with respect to any shares covered by an Award until the date of the issuance of such shares (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company). No adjustment shall be made for dividends, distributions or other rights for which the record date is prior to the date such shares are issued, except as provided in Section 4.2 or another provision of the Plan.
13.5 Fractional Shares. The Company shall not be required to issue fractional shares upon the exercise or settlement of any Award.
13.6 Retirement and Welfare Plans . Neither Awards made under this Plan nor shares of Stock or cash paid pursuant to such Awards shall be included as compensation for purposes of computing the benefits payable to any Participant under any Participating Companys retirement plans (both qualified and non-qualified) or welfare benefit plans unless such other plan expressly provides that such compensation shall be taken into account in computing such benefits.
13.7 Severability . If any one or more of the provisions (or any part thereof) of this Plan shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such provision shall be modified so as to make it valid, legal and enforceable, and the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions (or any part thereof) of the Plan shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
13.8 No Constraint on Corporate Action. Nothing in this Plan shall be construed to: (a) limit, impair, or otherwise affect the Companys or another Participating Companys right or power to make adjustments, reclassifications, reorganizations, or changes of its capital or business structure, or to merge or consolidate, or dissolve, liquidate, sell, or transfer all or any part of its business or assets; or (b) limit the right or power of the Company or another Participating Company to take any action which such entity deems to be necessary or appropriate.
13.9 Choice of Law. Except to the extent governed by applicable federal law, the validity, interpretation, construction and performance of the Plan and each Award Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict of law rules.
13.10 Stockholder Approval . The Plan or any increase in the maximum aggregate number of shares of Stock issuable thereunder as provided in Section 4.1 (the Authorized Shares ) shall be approved by a majority of the outstanding securities of the Company entitled to vote within twelve (12) months before or after the date of adoption thereof by the Board. Awards granted prior to security holder approval of the Plan or in excess of the Authorized Shares previously approved by the security holders shall become exercisable no earlier than the date of security holder approval of the Plan or such increase in the Authorized Shares, as the case may be.
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The Board of Directors Avago Technologies Limited 1 Yishun Avenue 7 Singapore 768923 |
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Dear Sirs
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8 IN RESPECT OF THE 3,947,011 PLAN SHARES (AS DEFINED BELOW)
A. | Introduction |
1. | We have acted as Singapore legal advisers to Avago Technologies Limited (the Company ), a company incorporated under the laws of the Republic of Singapore, in connection with the filing by the Company with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission of a registration statement on Form S-8 (the Registration Statement ) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act ), in respect of (i) 3,845,700 ordinary shares of the Company (the LSI Plan Shares ) issuable by the Company pursuant to outstanding restricted stock units under the LSI Corporation 2003 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended and (ii) 101,311 ordinary shares of the Company (the Sandforce Plan Shares , together with the LSI Plan Shares, the Plan Shares ) issuable by the Company pursuant to outstanding restricted stock units under the Sandforce, Inc. 2007 Stock Plan, each as assumed and approved by the board of directors of the Company (the Board of Directors ) on 2 May 2014 (collectively, the Plans ), in connection with the Merger Agreement (as defined below). |
B. | Documents |
2. | In rendering the opinions set out below, we have examined: |
2.1 | a copy of the certificate of incorporation of the Company; |
2.2 | a copy of the Memorandum of Association and the Articles of Association of the Company, as amended as of 31 July 2009 (enclosing a copy each of the Certificate Confirming Incorporation of Company dated 4 August 2005 and the Certificate Confirming Incorporation upon Conversion) (the Articles of Association ); |
2.3 | an executed copy of the Agreement and Plan of Merger by and between the Company, LSI Corporation, Avago Technologies Wireless (U.S.A.) Manufacturing Inc. and Leopold Merger Sub, Inc dated 15 December 2013 (the Merger Agreement ); |
2.4 | a copy of the minutes and resolution in writing of the Board of Directors of the Company dated 2 May 2014 (together, the Board Resolution ); |
2.4 | a copy of the minutes and resolutions passed by the shareholders of the Company on 9 April 2014 (the Company Shareholders Resolution and together with the Board resolutions, the Resolutions ); |
2.5 | a copy of each of the Plans; |
2.6 | a copy of the Registration Statement; and |
2.7 | such other documents as we may have considered necessary or desirable to examine in order that we may render this opinion. |
3. | Save as expressly provided in paragraph 5 of this legal opinion, we express no opinion whatsoever with respect to any document described in paragraph 2 herein. |
C. | Assumptions |
4. | We have assumed (without enquiry and with your consent): |
4.1 | the genuineness of all signatures on all documents and the completeness, and the conformity to original documents, of all copies submitted to us; |
4.2 | each of the documents submitted to us for examination is a true, complete and up-to-date copy and has not been revoked or amended, and all representations and factual statements contained in all documents listed in paragraph 2 above are true and correct; |
4.3 | that the copies of the Resolutions submitted to us are in full force and effect and that no other resolution or other action has been taken which could affect the validity of any or all of such Resolutions; |
4.4 | there shall be the absence of fraud, bad faith, undue influence, coercion or duress on the part of the Company and its respective officers, employees, agents and advisers; |
4.5 | all acts, conditions or things required to be fulfilled, performed or effected in connection with the allotment and issue of the Plan Shares under the laws of any jurisdiction (other than the Republic of Singapore) will be duly fulfilled, performed and complied with; |
4.6 | there are no provisions of the laws of any jurisdiction (other than the laws of the Republic of Singapore) which will be contravened by the allotment and issue of the Plan Shares and that, insofar as any obligation expressed to be incurred or performed under the Plans and to the extent relevant, in connection with the allotment and issue of the Plan Shares, falls to be performed in or is otherwise subject to the laws of any jurisdiction (other than the Republic of Singapore), its performance will not be illegal by virtue of the laws of that jurisdiction; |
4.7 | all applicable consents, approvals, authorisations, licences, exemptions or orders required from any applicable governmental or other regulatory authorities and all other requirements for allotment and issue of the Plan Shares (other than any required under the laws of the Republic of Singapore) have been (and have not been withdrawn) or will be duly obtained or fulfilled, and are (and will remain) in full force and effect, and that any conditions to which they are subject have been (or will be) satisfied; |
4.8 | that there are no agreements, documents, arrangements or transactions to which the Company is a party to that may in any way prohibit or restrict the allotment and issue of the Plan Shares; and |
4.9 | that no foreign law is relevant to or affects the conclusions stated in this opinion, and none of the opinions expressed herein will be affected by the laws (including, without limitation, the public policy) of any jurisdiction outside the Republic of Singapore, and insofar as the laws of any jurisdiction outside the Republic of Singapore may be relevant, such laws have been or will be complied with. |
D. | Opinion |
5. | Based on the foregoing and subject to the assumptions set out in this letter and having regard to such legal considerations as we have deemed relevant and subject to any matters not disclosed to us, we are of the opinion that when the Plan Shares (a) are issued by the Company against payment of the amounts required in accordance with the rules of the relevant Plan, and (b) have been duly registered in the register of members of the Company in the name of the persons who have purchased the Plan Shares, and assuming that in each case: |
5.1 | the individual grants, purchases and issuances under the relevant Plan are duly authorised by all necessary corporate actions of the Company; |
5.2 | such individual grants, purchases and issuances are made under the relevant Plan and the Plan Shares are duly issued in accordance with the requirements of applicable law (other than the laws of the Republic of Singapore), the rules of the relevant Plan and in compliance with section 77 of the Companies Act, Chapter 50 of Singapore (the Companies Act ); and |
5.3 | the Company having, at the time of the individual grants, purchases and issuances of the Plan Shares, obtained a mandate from shareholders of the Company to issue ordinary shares of the Company pursuant to section 161 of the Companies Act (the Share Issue Mandate ) and such Share Issue Mandate not having expired in accordance with its terms or previously revoked or varied by the Company in general meeting, |
the Plan Shares will be duly authorised by the Company for issuance and subscription and will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
E. | Qualifications |
6. | For the purposes of this legal opinion, we have assumed that the term non-assessable (a term which has no recognised meaning under Singapore law) in relation to the 2009 Plan Shares to be issued means that holders of such shares, having fully paid up all amounts due on such shares, are under no further personal liability to contribute to the assets or liabilities of the Company in their capacities purely as holders of such shares. |
7. | We are not responsible for investigating or verifying the accuracy or completeness of any facts or information, including statements of foreign law, or the reasonableness of any assumptions or statements of opinion or intention contained in any document described in paragraph 2. In addition, we are not responsible for investigating or verifying that no material facts have been omitted from any document described in paragraph 2. |
8. | We express no opinion as to the validity, binding effect or enforceability of any provision in the Plans or, where applicable, the Plan Shares by reference to a law other than that of Singapore, or as to the availability in Singapore of remedies which are available in other jurisdictions. This opinion relates only to the laws of general application of the Republic of Singapore as at the date hereof and as currently applied by the Singapore courts, and is given on the basis that it will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Singapore. We have made no investigation of, and do not express or imply any views on, the laws of any country other than the Republic of Singapore. |
9. | With respect to matters of fact material to this opinion, we have relied on the statements of the responsible officers of the Company. |
10. | Our advice is strictly limited to matters stated in this opinion and is not to be construed as extending by implication to all the documents listed in paragraph 2 above, or to any other matter or document in connection with, or referred to, in such document. |
11. | We hereby consent to the use of our opinion as herein set forth as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not hereby admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act. |
12. | This opinion is only for the benefit of the person to whom it is addressed, subject to the condition that such person accepts and acknowledges that this opinion may not be appropriate or sufficient for such persons purposes, and is strictly limited to the matters stated in this opinion and is not to be read as extending by implication to any other matter in connection with the Registration Statement or otherwise. Further, save for the filing of this opinion with the SEC as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, this opinion is not to be circulated to, or relied upon by, any other person (other than persons entitled to rely on it pursuant to applicable provisions of federal securities law in the United States, if applicable) or quoted or referred to in any public document or filed with any governmental body or agency without our prior written consent, unless the person to whom it is addressed is required to do so by law, regulation or any governmental or regulatory authority. |
Yours faithfully
/s/ WongPartnership LLP
WONGPARTNERSHIP LLP
Exhibit 23.2
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated December 20, 2013 relating to the financial statements, financial statement schedule and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in Avago Technologies Limiteds Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended November 3, 2013.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
San Jose, California
May 6, 2014