As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 15, 2019
Registration No.333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
HERITAGE COMMERCE CORP
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
California | 77-0469558 | |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
150 Almaden Boulevard
San Jose, California 95113
(Address of Registrants Principal Executive Offices Including Zip Code)
Presidio Bank Amended and Restated 2006 Stock Option Plan
Presidio Bank 2016 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of Plan)
Lawrence D. McGovern
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
150 Almaden Boulevard
San Jose, California 95113
(408) 947-6900
(Name and Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
With a copy to:
Mark A. Bonenfant, Esq.
Buchalter
A Professional Corporation
1000 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1500
Los Angeles, California 90017
Telephone: (213) 891-0700
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, and emerging growth company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer | ☐ | Accelerated filer | ☒ | |||
Non-accelerated filer | ☐ | Smaller reporting company | ☐ | |||
Emerging growth company | ☐ |
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of Securities to Be Registered |
Amount to Be Registered(1) |
Proposed
Maximum
Per Share |
Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price |
Amount of Registration Fee |
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Common Stock, no par value, reserved for issuance pursuant to the Presidio Bank Amended and Restated 2006 Stock Option Plan |
911,545(2) | $3.96(4) | $3,609,719 | $469 | ||||||
Common Stock, no par value, reserved for issuance pursuant to the Presidio Bank 2016 Equity Incentive Plan |
265,212(3) | $8.81(5) | $2,336,518 | $304 | ||||||
TOTAL |
1,176,757 | $5,946,237 | $773 | |||||||
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(1) |
Pursuant to Rule 416(a), this Registration Statement also covers any additional shares of the Registrants Common Stock that become issuable under the Presidio Bank Amended and Restated 2006 Stock Option Plan, as amended from time to time (the Presidio Bank 2006 Plan), and the Presidio Bank 2016 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time (the Presidio Bank 2016 Plan), which were assumed by the Registrant in connection with the acquisition of Presidio Bank, by reason of an event such as any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without receipt of consideration that increases the number of the Registrants outstanding shares of Common Stock. |
(2) |
Represents shares of the Registrants common stock reserved for issuance pursuant to stock option awards outstanding under the Presidio Bank 2006 Plan, which awards were assumed by and converted into stock options of the Registrant on October 11, 2019 pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization, dated as of May 16, 2019, by and among the Registrant, Heritage Bank of Commerce and Presidio Bank (the Merger Agreement). |
(3) |
Represents shares of the Registrants common stock reserved for issuance pursuant to stock option awards outstanding under the Presidio Bank 2016 Plan, which awards were assumed by and converted into stock options of the Registrant on October 11, 2019 pursuant to the Merger Agreement. |
(4) |
Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h), based on $3.96, the weighted average exercise price per share of the outstanding options under the Presidio Bank 2006 Plan as adjusted under the terms of the Merger Agreement. |
(5) |
Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h), based on $8.81, the weighted average exercise price per share of the outstanding options under the Presidio Bank 2016 Plan as adjusted under the terms of the Merger Agreement. |
HERITAGE COMMERCE CORP
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed by Heritage Commerce Corp, a California corporation (the Company or the Registrant), to register the following shares in connection with the merger of Presidio Bank, a California corporation (Presidio Bank), with and into Heritage Bank of Commerce, a California corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (HBC), with HBC surviving the merger pursuant to the terms and conditions of an Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization, dated as of May 16, 2019. The merger of Presidio Bank and HBC was effective on October 11, 2019.
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911,545 shares of common stock of the Company, no par value, pursuant to the Companys assumption of the Presidio Bank 2016 Equity Incentive Plan and outstanding awards thereunder. |
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265,212 shares of common stock of the Company, no par value, pursuant to the Companys assumption of the Presidio Bank Amended and Restated 2006 Stock Option Plan and outstanding awards thereunder. |
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The information specified in Item 1 and Item 2 of Part I of Form S-8 is omitted from this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the Registration Statement) in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), and the introductory note to Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be delivered to the participants in the equity benefit plans covered by this Registration Statement as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. |
Incorporation of Documents by Reference. |
The SEC allows us to incorporate by reference information into this Registration Statement. This means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to another document that we file separately with the SEC. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be a part of this Registration Statement, except for any information that is superseded by information that is included directly in this document or in a more recent incorporated document.
This Registration Statement incorporates by reference the documents listed below that we have previously filed with the SEC.
SEC Filings |
Period or Filing Date (as applicable) |
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Annual Report on Form 10-K (including portions of our definitive proxy statement for our Annual Meeting of Shareholders, filed on April 15, 2019, and as supplemented on April 24, 2019, to the extent specifically incorporated by reference in such Form 10-K) | Year ended December 31, 2018 | |
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q | Quarters ended March 31, 2019 and June 30, 2019 | |
Current Reports on Form 8-K (in each case other than those portions furnished under Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K) | January 24, 2019, April 3, 2019, April 26, 2019, May 17, 2019, May 28, 2019, July 26, 2019, July 29, 2019, August 12, 2019, August 14, 2019, August 20, 2019, August 29, 2019 and October 15, 2019 | |
The description of our common stock set forth in the registration statement on Form 8-A12G and any amendment or report filed with the SEC for the purpose of updating this description | March 5, 1998 |
All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), on or after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents; provided, however, that documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with the rules of the Commission shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into 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 for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. |
Description of Securities. |
Not applicable.
Item 5. |
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. |
Not applicable.
Item 6. |
Indemnification of Directors and Officers. |
Heritage Commerce Corp is subject to the California General Corporation Law (the CGCL), which provides a detailed statutory framework covering indemnification of any officer or other agent of a corporation who is made or threatened to be made a party to any legal proceeding by reason of his or her services on behalf of such corporation.
With respect to indemnification, the CGCL provides that to the extent any officer, director or other agent of a corporation is successful on the merits in defense of any legal proceeding to which such person is a party or is threatened to be made a party by reason of his or her service on behalf of such corporation or in defense of any claim, issue, or matter therein, such agent shall be indemnified against expenses actually and reasonably incurred by the agent in connection therewith, but does not require indemnification in any other circumstance. The CGCL also provides that a
corporation may indemnify any agent of the corporation, including officers and directors, against expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred in a third party proceeding against such person by reason of his or her services on behalf of the corporation, provided the person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in the best interests of such corporation. The CGCL further provides that in derivative suits a corporation may indemnify such a person against expenses incurred in such a proceeding, provided such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the corporation and its shareholders. Indemnification is not available in derivative actions (i) for amounts paid or expenses incurred in connection with a matter that is settled or otherwise disposed of without court approval or (ii) with respect to matters for which the agent shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless the court shall determine that such person is entitled to indemnification.
The CGCL permits the advancing of expenses incurred in defending any proceeding against a corporate agent by reason of his or her service on behalf of the corporation upon the giving of a promise to repay any such sums in the event it is later determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified. Finally, the CGCL provides that the indemnification provided by the statute is not exclusive of other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled, by bylaw, agreement or otherwise, to the extent additional rights are authorized in a corporations articles of incorporation. The law further permits a corporation to procure insurance on behalf of its directors, officers and agents against any liability incurred by any such individual, even if a corporation would not otherwise have the power under applicable law to indemnify the director, officer or agent for such expenses.
The bylaws of Heritage Commerce Corp provide that it shall, to the maximum extent permitted by the CGCL, have power to indemnify each of its agents against expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any proceeding arising by reason of the fact any such person is or was an agent of the corporation, and shall have power to advance to each such agent expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding to the maximum extent permitted by that law.
The Company presently maintains a policy of directors and officers liability insurance that provides coverage sufficiently broad to permit indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities (including reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act.
The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and certain of its senior executive officers, including Heritages named executive officers (each, an Indemnitee) to provide them with, among other things, indemnification against liabilities relating to their services as directors and officers of Heritage and the advancement of expenses under certain circumstances. The indemnification agreements also require Heritage to use its reasonable best efforts to purchase and maintain one or more policies of directors and officers liability insurance to cover liabilities asserted against, or incurred by, the Indemnitees.
Item 7. |
Exemption from Registration Claimed. |
Not applicable.
Item 8. |
Exhibits. |
The following is a list of exhibits filed as part of the Registration Statement:
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 Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the Calculation of Registration Fee table in the effective registration statement; and |
(iii) |
To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement; |
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this 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 the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrants annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 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.
(C) 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 Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question 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.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Jose, State of California, on October 15, 2019.
Heritage Commerce Corp | ||
By: |
/s/ KEITH A. WILTON |
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Keith A. Wilton | ||
President and Chief Executive Officer |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned directors and officers of Heritage Commerce Corp (the Company), hereby severally constitute and appoint Keith A. Wilton and Lawrence D. McGovern, and each of them, as our true and lawful attorney and agent, to do any and all things in our names in the capacities indicated below which said Keith A. Wilton and Lawrence D. McGovern may deem necessary or advisable to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, in connection with this registration statement on Form S-8 relating to the offering of the Companys securities, including specifically, but not limited to, power and authority to sign for us in our names in the capacities indicated below the registration statement and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) thereto; and we hereby approve, ratify and confirm all that said Keith A. Wilton and Lawrence D. McGovern shall do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement on Form S-8 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
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Title |
Date |
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/s/ JULIANNE M. BIAGINI-KOMAS Julianne M. Biagini-Komas |
Director | October 15, 2019 | ||
/s/ FRANK G. BISCEGLIA Frank G. Bisceglia |
Director | October 15, 2019 | ||
Bruce H. Cabral |
Director | |||
/s/ JACK W. CONNER Jack W. Conner |
Director and Chairman of the Board | October 15, 2019 | ||
/s/ JASON DINAPOLI Jason DiNapoli |
Director | October 15, 2019 | ||
/s/ STEVEN L. HALLGRIMSON Steven L. Hallgrimson |
Director | October 15, 2019 |
Signatures |
Title |
Date |
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Stephen G. Heitel |
Director | |||
/s/ WALTER T. KACZMAREK Walter T. Kaczmarek |
Director | October 15, 2019 | ||
/s/ LAWRENCE D. MCGOVERN Lawrence D. McGovern |
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | October 15, 2019 | ||
/s/ ROBERT T. MOLES Robert T. Moles |
Director | October 15, 2019 | ||
Marina Park Sutton |
Director | |||
/s/ LAURA RODEN Laura Roden |
Director | October 15, 2019 | ||
/s/ RANSON W. WEBSTER Ranson W. Webster |
Director | October 15, 2019 | ||
/s/ KEITH A. WILTON Keith A. Wilton |
Director and Chief Executive Officer and President (Principal Executive Officer) | October 15, 2019 |
Exhibit 4.3
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
OF
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
HERITAGE COMMERCE CORP
Lawrence D. McGovern and Debbie Reuter certify that:
1. They are the duly elected and acting Executive Vice President and Corporate Secretary, respectively, of Heritage Commerce Corp, a California corporation.
2. ARTICLE III of the Articles of Incorporation of this corporation is amended by amending paragraph a. to read as follows:
a. The total number of shares of stock that the corporation shall have authority to issue is 110,000,000 shares, which shall be divided into two classes as follows: (a) 100,000,000 shares of Common Stock, and (b) 10,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock.
3. The foregoing amendment of Articles of Incorporation has been duly approved by the board of directors.
4. The foregoing amendment of Articles of Incorporation has been duly approved by the required vote of shareholders in accordance with Section 902, Corporations Code. The total number of outstanding shares entitled to vote with respect to the amendment was 43,498,406 common shares. The number of shares voting in favor of the amendment equaled or exceeded the vote required. The percentage vote required was more than 50%. No shares of Preferred Stock are currently outstanding.
We further declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the matters set forth in this certificate are true and correct of our own knowledge.
Dated: August 28, 2019 |
/s/ Lawrence D. McGovern |
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Lawrence D. McGovern | ||||||
Executive Vice President | ||||||
/s/ Debbie Reuter |
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Debbie Reuter | ||||||
Corporate Secretary |
Exhibit 5.1
[Buchalter letterhead]
October 15, 2019
Heritage Commerce Corp
150 Almaden Boulevard
San Jose, California 95113
Re: |
Heritage Commerce Corp |
Registration Statement on Form S-8
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to Heritage Commerce Corp, a California corporation (the Company), in connection with the filing of a registration statement on Form S-8 (the Registration Statement) with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the registration of 1,176,757 shares of the Companys common stock (the Shares). The Shares subject to the Registration Statement are to be issued pursuant to the assumption of outstanding awards granted under the Presidio Bank Amended and Restated 2006 Stock Option Plan, as amended from time to time (the 2006 Plan), and the Presidio Bank 2016 Equity Incentive Plan (the 2016 Plan, and together with the 2006 Plan, the Plans).
In connection with this opinion, we have examined and relied upon the Registration Statement and related prospectus, the Companys Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, and Bylaws, as amended, the Plans, and the originals or copies certified to our satisfaction of such other records, documents, certificates, memoranda, and other instruments as we deem necessary or appropriate to enable us to render the opinion expressed below. We have assumed the genuineness and authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to originals of all documents submitted to us as copies thereof. Our opinion is expressed only with respect to the laws of the State of California.
On the basis of the foregoing, and in reliance thereon, we are of the opinion that the Shares, when sold and issued in accordance with the Plans, the Registration Statement, and related prospectuses, will be validly issued, fully paid, and nonassessable.
We consent to filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. This opinion is furnished to you in connection with the filing of the Registration Statement and is not to be used, circulated, quoted or otherwise relied upon for any other purposes. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations of the Commission.
Very truly yours, |
BUCHALTER |
/s/ Buchalter |
Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Heritage Commerce Corp of our report dated March 14, 2019 related to the consolidated financial statements and effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Heritage Commerce Corp for the year ended December 31, 2018.
/s/ CROWE LLP |
Sacramento, California
October 15, 2019
Exhibit 99.1
PRESIDIO BANK
AMENDED AND RESTATED 2006 STOCK OPTION PLAN
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PRESIDIO BANK
AMENDED AND RESTATED 2006 STOCK OPTION PLAN
1. |
Purposes of the Plan. |
The purposes of the Presidio Bank Amended and Restated 2006 Stock Option Plan are to optimize the profitability and growth of the Company through annual and long-term incentives that are consistent with the Companys goals and that link the personal interests of Optionees to those of the Companys shareholders, to provide Optionees with an incentive for excellence in individual performance, and to promote teamwork among Optionees. The Plan is further intended to provide flexibility to the Company in its ability to motivate, attract, and retain the services of Optionees who make significant contributions to the Companys success and to allow Optionees to share in that success.
Options granted under the Plan may be Incentive Stock Options or Nonstatutory Stock Options, as determined by the Administrator at the time of grant of an Option and subject to the applicable provisions of Section 422 of the Code and the regulations promulgated there under. The Options offered pursuant to the Plan are a matter of separate inducement and are not in lieu of salary or other compensation.
2. |
Definitions. |
As used herein, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) Administrator means the Board or any of its Committees appointed pursuant to Section 4 of the Plan.
(b) Board means the Board of Directors of the Company, as constituted from time to time.
(c) Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(d) Committee means a Committee appointed by the Board in accordance with Section 4 of the Plan.
(e) Common Stock means the common stock, no par value, of the Company.
(f) Company means Presidio Bank, a California banking corporation.
(g) Consultant means any person who is engaged by the Company to render consulting or advisory services and is compensated for such services, and any Founder, Organizer or Director of the Company who is not also an Employee, whether compensated for such services or not. If the Company registers any class of any equity security pursuant to the Exchange Act, the term Consultant shall thereafter not include Directors who are not compensated for their services or are paid only a directors fee.
(h) Continuous Status as a Director, Employee or Consultant means that the director, employment or consulting relationship with the Company is not interrupted or terminated. Continuous Status as a Director, Employee or Consultant shall not be considered interrupted in the case of (i) any leave of absence approved by the Company or (ii) transfers between locations of the Company or transfers to any subsidiary of the Company, or between a subsidiary and the Company or any successor. A leave of absence shall include sick leave or any other personal leave approved by an authorized representative of the Company. For purposes of Incentive Stock Options, no such leave may exceed 90 days, unless reemployment upon expiration of such leave is guaranteed by statute or contract, including policies of the Company. If reemployment upon expiration of a leave of absence approved by the Company is not so guaranteed, on the day which is three months after the 91st day of such leave any Incentive Stock Option held by the Optionee shall cease to be treated as an Incentive Stock Option and shall be treated for tax purposes as a Nonstatutory Stock Option.
(i) Director means a member of the Board of Directors of the Company.
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(j) Employee means any person, including an Officer or Director, who is a full- or part-time salaried or hourly employee (i.e., paid in accordance with normal payroll procedures) of the Company. The payment of a directors fee by the Company shall not be sufficient to constitute employment.
(k) Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(l) Fair Market Value means, as of any date, the market price of the Common Stock determined by the Administrator as follows:
(i) If the Common Stock was traded over-the-counter on the date in question but was not traded on the Nasdaq market system, then the Fair Market Value shall be equal to the mean between the last reported representative bid and asked prices quoted for the thirty trading days prior to such date by the principal automated inter-dealer quotation system on which Stock is quoted or, if Stock is not quoted on any such system, by the Pink Sheets published by the National Quotation Bureau, Inc. and taking the average of such amounts.
(ii) If the Common Stock was traded over-the-counter on the date in question and was traded on the Nasdaq market, then the Fair Market Value shall be equal to the last transaction price quoted for such date by the Nasdaq market;
(iii) If the Common Stock was traded on a stock exchange on the date in question, then the Fair Market Value shall be equal to the closing price reported by the applicable composite transactions report for such date; and
(iv) If none of the foregoing provisions is applicable, then the Fair Market Value shall be determined by the Administrator in good faith on such basis as it deems appropriate. In all cases, the determination of Fair Market Value by the Administrator shall be conclusive and binding on all persons.
(m) Founder and Organizer mean the individuals who contributed funds to the Company to pay the Companys pre-opening expenses.
(n) Incentive Stock Option means an Option intended to qualify as an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.
(o) Nonstatutory Stock Option means an option not intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option.
(p) Officer means a person who is an officer of the Company within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated there under.
(q) Option means a stock option granted pursuant to the Plan.
(r) Optionee means a Director, Employee or Consultant who receives an Option.
(s) Plan means the Presidio Bank 2006 Stock Option Plan.
(t) Rule 16b-3 means Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act or any successor thereto.
(u) Section 16(b) means Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act.
(v) Share means each of the shares of Common Stock subject to an Option, as adjusted in accordance with Section 11 below.
(w) Stock Option Agreement shall mean the agreement between the Company and an Optionee which contains the terms, conditions and restrictions pertaining to his or her Option.
(x) Total and Permanent Disability shall mean as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.
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3. |
Stock Subject to the Plan. |
Subject to the provisions of Section 11 of the Plan, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued under this Plan is 1,600,000. The Shares may be authorized but unissued or reacquired Common Stock.
If an Option expires or becomes unexercisable without having been exercised in full, the unpurchased Shares which were subject thereto shall become available for future grant or sale under the Plan (unless the Plan has terminated).
4. |
Administration of the Plan. |
(a) Initial Plan Procedure. Prior to the date, if any, upon which the Company becomes subject to the Exchange Act, the Plan shall be administered by the Board or a Committee appointed by the Board.
(b) Plan Procedure Under the Exchange Act. After the date, if any, upon which the Company becomes subject to the Exchange Act, the Plan shall be administered as follows:
(i) Multiple Administrative Bodies. If permitted by Rule 16b-3, the Plan may be administered by different bodies with respect to Directors, Officers and Employees who are neither Directors nor Officers.
(ii) Administration With Respect to Directors and Officers. With respect to grants of Options to Directors and Officers, including Employees who are also Officers or Directors, the Plan shall be administered by (A) the Board if the Board may administer the Plan in compliance with any applicable laws, including the rules under Rule 16b-3 relating to the disinterested administration of employee benefit plans under which Section 16(b) exempt discretionary grants and awards of equity securities are to be made, or (B) a Committee designated by the Board to administer the Plan, which Committee shall be constituted to comply with any applicable laws, including the rules under Rule 16b-3 relating to the disinterested administration of employee benefit plans under which Section 16(b) exempt discretionary grants and awards of equity securities are to be made. Once appointed, such Committee shall continue to serve in its designated capacity until otherwise directed by the Board. From time to time the Board may increase the size of the Committee and appoint additional members thereof, remove members (with or without cause) and appoint new members in substitution therefore, fill vacancies, however caused, and remove all members of the Committee and thereafter directly administer the Plan, all to the extent permitted by any applicable laws, including the rules under Rule 16b-3 relating to the disinterested administration of employee benefit plans under which Section 16(b) exempt discretionary grants and awards of equity securities are to be made.
(iii) Administration With Respect to Other Employees and Consultants. With respect to grants of Options to Employees or Consultants who are neither Directors nor Officers, the Plan shall be administered by (A) the Board or (B) a Committee designated by the Board, which committee shall be constituted in such a manner as to satisfy the legal requirements relating to the administration of stock option plans, if any, of United States securities laws, of California banking, corporate and securities laws, of the Code, and of any applicable stock exchange (the Applicable Laws). Once appointed, such Committee shall continue to serve in its designated capacity until otherwise directed by the Board. From time to time the Board may increase the size of the Committee and appoint additional members thereof, remove members (with or without cause) and appoint new members in substitution therefore, fill vacancies, however caused, and remove all members of the Committee and thereafter directly administer the Plan, all to the extent permitted by the Applicable Laws.
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(iv) Compliance with Section 162(m). If, at any time, awards made under the Plan shall be subject to Section 162(m) of the Code, the Plan shall be administered by a committee comprised solely of outside directors (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.162-27(e)(3)) or such other persons as may be permitted from time to time under Section 162(m) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated there under.
(c) Powers of the Administrator. Subject to the provisions of the Plan and, in the case of a Committee, the specific duties delegated by the Board to such Committee, and subject to the approval of any relevant authorities, including the approval, if required, of any stock exchange upon which the Common Stock is listed, the Administrator shall have the authority in its discretion:
(i) To interpret the Plan and to apply its provisions;
(ii) To adopt, amend or rescind rules, procedures and forms relating to the Plan;
(iii) To authorize any person to execute, on behalf of the Company, any instrument required to carry out the purposes of the Plan;
(iv) to approve forms of Stock Option Agreements for use under the Plan; and
(v) To determine when Options are to be granted under the Plan;
(vi) To select the Optionees;
(vii) To determine the number of Shares to be made subject to each Option;
(viii) To prescribe the terms and conditions of each Option and to specify the provisions of the Stock Option Agreement relating to such Option;
(ix) To amend any outstanding Stock Option Agreement, subject to applicable legal restrictions and to the consent of the Optionee who entered into such Stock Option Agreement;
(x) To prescribe the consideration for the grant of each Option under the Plan and to determine the sufficiency of such consideration;
(xi) To determine the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock in accordance with Section 2(1) of the Plan; and
(x) To take any other actions deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan.
(d) Effect of Administrators Decision. All decisions, interpretations and other actions of the Administrator shall be final and binding on all Optionees, and all persons deriving their rights from an Optionee. No member of the Administrator shall be liable for any action that he or she has taken or has failed to take in good faith with respect to the Plan or any Option.
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Eligibility. |
(a) Nonstatutory Stock Options may be granted to Directors, Employees and Consultants. Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to Employees. A Director, Employee or Consultant who has been granted an Option may, if otherwise eligible, be granted additional Options.
(b) Each Option shall be designated in the Stock Option Agreement as either an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonstatutory Stock Option. However, notwithstanding such designation, to the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value of the Shares with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by the Optionee during any calendar year (under all plans of the Company and of any affiliates of the Company) exceeds $100,000, such Options shall be treated as Nonstatutory Stock Options. For purposes of this Section 5(b), Incentive Stock Options shall be taken into account in the order in which they were granted. The Fair Market Value of the Shares shall be determined as of the time the Option with respect to such Shares is granted.
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(c) Neither the Plan nor any Option shall confer upon any Optionee any right with respect to continuation of his or her employment or consulting relationship with the Company, nor shall it interfere in any way with his or her right or the Companys right to terminate his or her employment or consulting relationship at any time, with or without cause.
6. |
Term of Plan. |
The Plan shall become effective upon the earlier to occur of its adoption by the Board or its approval by the shareholders of the Company, as described in Section 18 of the Plan. It shall continue in effect for a term of ten (10) years unless sooner terminated under Section 13 of the Plan.
7. |
Term of Option. |
The term of each Option shall be the term stated in the Stock Option Agreement; provided, however, that the term shall be no more than ten (10) years from the date of grant thereof. In the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to an Optionee who, at the time the Option is granted, owns stock representing more than ten percent (10%) of the voting power of all classes of stock of the Company, the term of the Option shall be five (5) years from the date of grant thereof or such shorter term as may be provided in the Stock Option Agreement.
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Option Exercise Price and Consideration. |
(a) Exercise Price. Each Stock Option Agreement shall specify the per share exercise price of the Option. The per share exercise price for the Shares to be issued upon exercise of any Option shall be such price as is determined by the Administrator, but shall be subject to the following:
(i) In the case of an Incentive Stock Option:
(A) granted to an Employee who, at the time of grant of such Option, owns stock representing more than ten percent (10%) of the voting power of all classes of stock of the Company, the per Share exercise price shall be no less than one hundred ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant.
(B) granted to any other Employee, the per Share exercise price shall be no less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant.
(ii) In the case of a Nonstatutory Stock Option the per Share exercise price shall be no less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant.
(b) General Consideration. The consideration to be paid for the Shares to be issued upon exercise of an Option shall be determined by the Administrator at the time of grant. Such consideration shall be payable (i) in lawful money of the United States of America in cash or by certified check, official bank check, or the equivalent thereof acceptable to the Company at the time when such Shares are purchased, (ii) if permitted by the Company and subject to the provisions of subsection (c) below, by means of (A) a Stock Tender Exercise, (B) a Cashless Exercise or (C) a Net Exercise; (iii) by such other consideration as may be approved by the Board or the Administrator from time to time to the extent permitted by applicable law, or (iv) by any combination of those methods of payment. The Board or the Administrator may at any time or from time to time 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.
(c) Alternative Exercise Methods.
(i) A Stock Tender Exercise means the delivery of a properly executed exercise notice accompanied by the Optionees tender to the Company, in a form acceptable to the Company of whole shares of Common Stock having a Fair Market Value that does not exceed the aggregate exercise price for the shares with respect to which the Option is exercised. The
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Optionee shall pay to the Company in cash the remaining balance of such aggregate exercise price not satisfied by such whole shares tendered to the Company. A Stock Tender Exercise shall not be permitted if it would constitute a violation of the provisions of any law, regulation or agreement restricting the redemption of the Companys stock. If required by the Company, the Option may not be exercised by tender to the Company of shares of Common Stock unless such shares either have been owned by the Optionee for a period of time required by the Company (and not used for another option exercise) or were not acquired, directly or indirectly, from the Company.
(ii) A Cashless Exercise means the delivery of a properly executed exercise 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). 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, including with respect to one or more Optionees specified by the Company notwithstanding that such program or procedures may be available to other Optionees.
(iii) A Net Exercise means the delivery of a properly executed exercise notice followed by a procedure pursuant to which the Company will reduce the number of shares otherwise issuable to the Optionee upon the exercise of an Option by the largest whole number of shares having a Fair Market Value that does not exceed the aggregate exercise price for the shares with respect to which the Option is exercised. The Optionee shall pay to the Company in cash the remaining balance of such aggregate exercise price not satisfied by such reduction in the number of whole shares to be issued.
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Exercise of Option. |
(a) Procedure for Exercise; Rights as a Shareholder. Any Option granted hereunder shall be exercisable at such times and under such conditions as determined by the Administrator and as permissible under the terms of the Plan, but (except with respect to Options granted to Founders or Organizers) in no case at a rate of less than twenty percent (20%) per year over five (5) years from the date the Option is granted. The right to exercise an Option may be conditioned on specific performance criteria with respect to the Company and/or the Optionee. An Option may not be exercised for a fraction of a Share.
An Option shall be deemed to be exercised when written notice of such exercise has been given to the Company in accordance with terms of the Option by the person entitled to exercise the Option and full payment for the Shares with respect to which the Option is exercised has been received by the Company. Full payment may, as authorized by the Administrator, consist of any consideration and method of payment allowable under Section 8 hereof. Until the issuance (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company) of the stock certificate evidencing such Shares, no right to vote, receive dividends or any other rights as a shareholder shall exist with respect to the Shares, notwithstanding the exercise of the Option. The Company shall issue (or cause to be issued) such stock certificate promptly upon exercise of the Option. No adjustment shall be made for a dividend or other right for which the record date is prior to the date the stock certificate is issued, except as provided in Section 11 hereof.
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Exercise of an Option in any manner shall result in a decrease in the number of Shares which thereafter may be available, both for purposes of the Plan and for sale under the Option, by the number of Shares as to which the Option is exercised.
(b) Termination of Employment or Consulting Relationship. Except as otherwise provided in the Optionees Stock Option Agreement or in subsections (c) and (d) below, in the event of termination of an Optionees Continuous Status as a Director, Employee or Consultant (but not in the event of an Optionees change of status from Employee to Director or Consultant (in which case an Employees Incentive Stock Option shall automatically convert to a Nonstatutory Stock Option three months and one day following such change of status) or from Director or Consultant to Employee), such Optionee may, but only within ninety (90) days after the date of such termination (and in no event later than the expiration date of the term of such Option as set forth in the Stock Option Agreement), exercise his or her Option to the extent that the Optionee was entitled to exercise it at the date of such termination. To the extent that the Optionee was not entitled to exercise the Option at the date of such termination, or if the Optionee does not exercise such Option to the extent so entitled within the time specified herein (or the time specified in the Optionees Stock Option Agreement, as applicable), the Option shall terminate.
(c) Death or Total and Permanent Disability of Optionee. In the event of termination of an Optionees Continuous Status as a Director, Employee or Consultant as a result of his or her death or Total and Permanent Disability, the term of the Option shall expire twelve (12) months (or such other period specified in the Optionees Agreement) after such death or Total and Permanent Disability but not later than the original expiration date specified in the Agreement, provided, however, that the expiration of the term of a Nonstatutory Stock Option may be extended for such further period as the Administrator, in its sole discretion, may determine, to a date not later than the original expiration date specified in the Stock Option Agreement. If the Optionee does not exercise such Option to the extent so entitled within the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate, and the Shares covered by such Option shall revert to the Plan.
(d) Termination of Participant for Cause. If the Optionees employment with the Bank terminates (by resignation or otherwise) for cause, all Options shall expire immediately upon such termination (notice or advice of which shall subsequently be given by the Bank), and thereafter neither the Optionee nor the Optionees estate shall have any rights under the Option whatsoever, whether or not after such termination the Optionee may receive payment from the Bank for paid time off, for services rendered prior to termination, for services for the day on which termination occurred, for salary in lieu of notice or for other benefits. For purposes of this Paragraph (d), cause shall mean an act of embezzlement, fraud, dishonesty or breach of fiduciary duty to the Bank or its shareholders, disclosure of any of the secrets or confidential information of the Bank, the inducement of any client or customer of the Bank to break any contract with the Bank, or the inducement of any principal for whom the Bank acts as agent to terminate such agency relationship, the engagement of any conduct which constitutes unfair competition with the Bank, the removal of the Optionee from office by any court or bank regulatory agency, or such other similar acts which the Administrator in its discretion reasonably determines to constitute good cause for termination of Optionees Service.
(e) In the case of a consultant, the meaning of termination or termination of employment includes the date that the individual ceases to provide services to the Bank. In the case of a non-employee Director, the meaning of termination includes the date that the individual ceases to be a Director of the Bank.
(f) Rule 16b-3. Options granted to a person subject to Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act must comply with Rule 16b-3 and shall contain such additional conditions or restrictions as may be required thereunder to qualify for the maximum exemption from Section 16 of the Exchange Act with respect to Plan transactions.
10. |
Non-Transferability of Options. |
Options may not be sold, pledged, assigned, hypothecated, transferred, or disposed of in any manner other than by will or by the laws of descent or distribution and may be exercised, during the lifetime of the Optionee, only by the Optionee.
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Adjustments Upon Changes in Capitalization or Terminating Event. |
(a) Changes in Capitalization. Subject to any required action by the shareholders of the Company, the number of shares of Common Stock covered by each outstanding Option, and the number of shares of Common Stock that have been authorized for issuance under the Plan but as to which no Options have yet been granted or that have been returned to the Plan upon cancellation or expiration of an Option, as well as the price for each share of Common Stock covered by each such outstanding Option, shall be proportionately adjusted for any increase or decrease in the number of issued shares of Common Stock resulting from a reorganization, merger, recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, combination or reclassification of the Common Stock, partial or complete liquidation or otherwise, without consideration to the Company, or any other increase or decrease as determined by the Administrator. Such adjustment shall be made by the Administrator, whose determination in that respect shall be final, binding and conclusive. Except as expressly provided herein, no issuance by the Company of shares of stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class, shall affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number of shares of Common Stock subject to an Option. Any adjustment under this Section shall be made by the Administrator, whose determination as to what adjustments shall be made, and the extent thereof, shall be final and conclusive. No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued or made available under the Plan on account of any such adjustment, and fractional share interests shall be disregarded and the fractional share interest shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number.
(b) Reservation of Rights. Except as provided in this Section 11, an Optionee shall have no rights by reason of any subdivision or consolidation of shares of stock of any class, the payment of any dividend or any other increase or decrease in the number of shares of stock of any class. Any issue by the Company of shares of stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class, shall not affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, an Option. The grant of an Option pursuant to the Plan shall not affect in any way the right or power of the Company to make adjustments, reclassifications, reorganizations or changes of its capital or business structure, to merge or consolidate or to dissolve, liquidate, sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets.
(c) Terminating Events. A Terminating Event shall be defined as any one of the following events: (i) a dissolution or liquidation of the Company; (ii) a reorganization, merger or consolidation of the Company with one or more corporations, as the result of which (A) the Company is not the surviving corporation or (B) the Company becomes a subsidiary of another corporation (which shall be deemed to have occurred if another corporation shall own directly or indirectly, over 50 percent of the aggregate voting power of all outstanding equity securities of the Company); (iii) a sale of substantially all the assets of the Company to another corporation; (iv) a sale of the equity securities of the Company representing more than 50 percent of the aggregate voting power of all outstanding equity securities of the Company to any person or entity, or any group of persons and/or entities acting in concert; or (v) the individuals who, as of commencement of banking operations by the Company, are members of the Board of Directors of the Company (the Incumbent Board), cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the members of the Board; provided, however, that if the appointment of any new director or the election or nomination for election by the Companys shareholders of any new director was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the Incumbent Board, such new director shall, for purposes of this Plan, be considered as a member of the Incumbent Board; provided, further, however, that no individual shall be considered a member of the Incumbent Board if such individual initially assumed office as a result of either an actual or threatened Election Contest (as described in Rule 14a-11 promulgated under the Exchange Act) or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person) (as the term person is used for purposes of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act) other than the Board of Directors (a Proxy Contest) including by reason of any agreement intended to avoid or settle any Election Contest or Proxy Contest.
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(d) Effect of Terminating Event on Awards. Upon a Terminating Event the Company shall deliver to each Optionee, no less than thirty days prior to the Terminating Event, written notification of the Terminating Event and the Optionees right to exercise all Options granted pursuant to this Plan, whether or not vested under this Plan or applicable Stock Option Agreement, and all outstanding Options granted pursuant to this Plan shall completely vest and become immediately exercisable as to all Shares granted pursuant to the Option immediately prior to such Terminating Event. Upon the occurrence of the Terminating Event all then outstanding Options and the Plan shall terminate; provided, however, that any outstanding Options not exercised as of the occurrence of the Terminating Event shall not terminate if there is a successor corporation which assumes the outstanding Options or substitutes for such Options, new options covering the stock of the successor corporation with appropriate adjustments as to the number and kind of shares and exercise prices.
(i) Each outstanding restricted stock award and restricted stock unit award shall immediately and completely vest immediately prior to the Terminating Event, and, subject to any limitations constraints necessary for compliance with Section 409A of the Code, the shares of Common Stock subject to each outstanding restricted stock unit shall immediately be delivered to the holder of the award. Subject to subsection (iii) below, each share of Common Stock vested and delivered immediately prior to the Terminating Event shall be entitled to receive the same consideration (whether stock, cash, other securities or property or a combination thereof) to which a holder of a share of Common Stock on the effective date of the Terminating Event is entitled (and if holders are offered a choice of consideration, shall be given such choice).
(ii) The Board may, in its discretion and without the consent of any Optionee or other award holder, but subject to any limitations constraints necessary for compliance with Section 409A of the Code, determine that, upon the occurrence of a Terminating Event, each or any award or portion thereof outstanding immediately prior to the Terminating Event and not previously exercised or settled shall be canceled in exchange for a payment with respect to each share of Common Stock subject to such canceled award in (A) cash, (B) stock of the Company or of a corporation or other business entity a party to the Terminating Event, or (C) 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 Common Stock in the Terminating Event, reduced (but not below zero) by the exercise price or purchase price per share, if any, under such award. If any portion of such consideration may be received by holders of Common Stock pursuant to the Terminating Event 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 Terminating Event on the basis of the Boards good faith estimate of the present value of the probable amount of future payment of such consideration. In the event such determination is made by the Board, an award having an exercise or purchase price per share equal to or greater than the Fair Market Value of the consideration to be paid per share of Common Stock in the Terminating Event may be canceled without payment of consideration to the holder thereof. Payment pursuant to this subsection (reduced by applicable withholding taxes, if any) shall be made to Optionees and other award holders in respect of their canceled awards as soon as practicable following the date of the Terminating Event.
(e) Compliance with Incentive Stock Option Provisions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, each adjustment made to an Incentive Stock Option pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 11 shall comply with the rules of Section 424(a) of the Code, and no such adjustment shall be made that would cause any Incentive Stock Option to become a Nonstatutory Stock Option.
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Time of Granting Options. |
The date of grant of an Option shall, for all purposes, be the date on which the Administrator makes the determination granting such Option, or such other date as is determined by the Administrator. Notice of the determination shall be given to each person to whom an Option is so granted within a reasonable time after the date of such grant.
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Amendment and Termination of the Plan. |
(a) Amendment and Termination. The Board may at any time amend, alter, suspend or discontinue the Plan, but no amendment, alteration, suspension or discontinuation shall be made which would impair the rights of any Optionee under any grant theretofore made, without his or her consent. In addition, to the extent necessary and desirable to comply with Rule l6b-3 under the Exchange Act or with Section 422 of the Code (or any other applicable law or regulation, including the requirements of the NASD or an established stock exchange), the Company shall obtain shareholder approval of any Plan amendment in such a manner and to such a degree as required.
(b) Effect of Amendment or Termination. No Shares shall be issued or sold under the Plan after the termination thereof, except upon exercise of an Option granted prior to such termination. The termination of the Plan, or any amendment thereof, shall not affect any Share previously issued previously granted under the Plan.
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Conditions Upon Issuance of Shares. |
(a) Securities Laws. Shares shall not be issued under the Plan unless the issuance and delivery of such Shares complies with (or is exempt from) all applicable requirements of law, including (without limitation) the California Financial Code, the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, state securities laws and regulations, and the regulations of any stock exchange on which the Companys securities may then be listed. The certificates representing the shares of Common Stock purchased under any Option granted under this Plan may contain such legends as counsel for the Company shall deem necessary to comply with any applicable securities law, rule, or regulation.
All Options granted under the Plan are subject to the requirement that if at any time the Administrator shall determine in its discretion that the listing or qualification of the Shares subject thereto on any securities exchange or under any applicable law, or the consent or approval of any governmental regulatory body, or if, in the opinion of counsel to the Company, compliance with any state or federal securities laws is necessary or desirable as a condition of or in connection with the issuance of Shares under the Option, the Optionees right to exercise any and all Options shall be suspended unless such listing, qualification, consent, approval, or compliance shall have been effected or obtained free of any condition not acceptable to the Administrator.
(b) Tax Withholding. Prior to the exercise of any Option, the Optionee must pay, or make arrangements acceptable to the Company for the payment of any and all federal, state and local tax withholding that in the opinion of the Company is required by law. The Company shall have the right to withhold, at the time of delivery or vesting of Shares under the Plan, an appropriate number of Shares for payment of taxes required by law or to take such other action as may be necessary in the opinion of the Company to satisfy all obligations for withholding of such taxes.
15. |
Exercise or Forfeiture at Direction of FDIC. |
Options granted pursuant to the Plan shall be subject to the right of the Company to require that unexercised options be either immediately exercised or (at the option of the Optionee) forfeited in the event the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation directs the Company to require immediate exercise or forfeiture as a result of the Companys capital failing to meet minimum regulatory capital requirements.
16. |
Reservation of Shares. |
During the term of this Plan, the Company shall at all times reserve and keep available such number of Shares as shall be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the Plan. The inability of the Company to obtain authority from any regulatory body having jurisdiction, which authority is deemed by Company 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.
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Stock Option Agreements. |
(a) Provisions of Stock Option Agreements. Each grant of an Option under the Plan shall be evidenced by a Stock Option Agreement executed by the Optionee and the Company. Such Option shall be subject to all applicable terms and conditions of the Plan and may be subject to any other terms and conditions which are not inconsistent with the Plan and which the Administrator deems appropriate for inclusion in a Stock Option Agreement. The provisions of the various Stock Option Agreements entered into under the Plan need not be identical.
(b) Number of Shares. Each Stock Option Agreement shall specify the number of Shares that are subject to the Option and shall provide for the adjustment of such number in accordance with Section 11. The Stock Option Agreement shall also specify whether the Option is an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonstatutory Stock Option. For as long as the Code shall so provide, Options granted to any Employee under the Plan (and any other incentive stock option plans of the Company or its affiliates) which are intended to constitute Incentive Stock Options shall not constitute Incentive Stock Options to the extent that such Options, in the aggregate, become exercisable for the first time in any one (1) calendar year for shares of Common Stock with an aggregate fair market value (determined as of the respective date or dates of grant) of more than $100,000.
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Shareholder Approval. |
Continuance of the Plan shall be subject to approval by the shareholders of the Company within 12 months before or after the date the Plan is adopted. Such shareholder approval shall be obtained in the degree and manner required under applicable state and federal law and the rules of any stock exchange upon which the Common Stock is listed.
19. Governing Law; Integration.
This Plan and the rights and obligations of the Company and the participants in this Plan shall be governed and construed according to the domestic substantive laws of the State of California without giving effect to choice or conflict of law provisions that would cause the application of the domestic substantive laws of any other jurisdiction. This Plan and the Stock Option Agreements entered into from time to time pursuant to the Plan constitute the sole understanding of the Company and the participants with respect to the subject matter of the Plan and the Stock Option Agreements.
20. Restricted Stock Awards
(a) Restricted Stock Awards. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, the Administrator may grant restricted stock awards to Directors, Employees and Consultants pursuant to a restricted stock purchase agreement. Each restricted stock purchase agreement shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as the Administrator shall deem appropriate. The terms and conditions of the restricted stock purchase agreements may change from time to time, and the terms and conditions of separate restricted stock purchase agreements need not be identical.
(b) Consideration. At the time of grant of a restricted stock award, the Administrator will determine the consideration, if any, to be paid by the recipient upon purchase of Common Stock subject to the restricted stock award. To the extent required by applicable law, the consideration to be paid by the recipient for each share of Common Stock subject to a restricted stock award will not be less than the par value of a share of Common Stock. The Administrator may permit payment, in its sole discretion, according to a deferred payment or other similar arrangement with the recipient or in any other form of legal consideration that may be acceptable to the Administrator in its discretion.
(c) Vesting. Subject to the Repurchase Limitation in Section 22, shares of Common Stock acquired under the restricted stock purchase agreement may, but need not, be subject to a share repurchase option in favor of the Company in accordance with a vesting schedule to be determined by the Administrator.
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(d) Termination of Recipients Continuous Status as a Director, Employee or Consultant. Subject to the Repurchase Limitation in Section 22, in the event that a recipients Continuous Status as a Director, Employee or Consultant terminates, the Company may repurchase or otherwise reacquire any or all of the shares of Common Stock held by the recipient as of the date of termination under the terms of the restricted stock purchase agreement.
(e) Transferability. Except as otherwise determined by the Administrator, rights to acquire shares of Common Stock under the restricted stock purchase agreement shall not be transferable except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution or with the prior written consent of the Company, to a trust if the recipient is considered the sole beneficial owner for tax purposes and under applicable law of the right to acquire shares of Common Stock under the restricted stock purchase agreement while it is held in trust.
21. Restricted Stock Unit Awards.
(a) Restricted Stock Unit Awards. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, the Administrator may grant restricted stock unit awards to Directors, Employees and Consultants pursuant to a restricted stock unit award agreement. Each restricted stock unit award agreement shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as the Administrator shall deem appropriate. The terms and conditions of restricted stock unit award agreements may change from time to time, and the terms and conditions of separate restricted stock unit award agreements need not be identical.
(b) Consideration. At the time of grant of a restricted stock unit award, the Administrator will determine the consideration, if any, to be paid by the recipient upon delivery of each share of Common Stock subject to the restricted stock unit award. To the extent required by applicable law, the consideration to be paid by the recipient for each share of Common Stock subject to a restricted stock unit award will not be less that the par value of a share of Common Stock.
(c) Vesting. At the time of grant of a restricted stock unit award, the Administrator shall impose such restrictions or conditions to the vesting of the restricted stock unit award as it, in its absolute discretion, deems appropriate. The Administrator may condition the vesting of the restricted stock unit award upon the attainment of specified performance objectives established by the Administrator or such other factors as the Administrator may determine in its sole discretion, including time-based vesting.
(d) Payment. A restricted stock unit award will be denominated in shares of Common Stock equivalents. A restricted stock unit award will be settled by the delivery of shares of Common Stock immediately upon vesting unless otherwise specified in the applicable restricted stock unit award agreement.
(e) Termination of Recipients Continuous Status as a Director, Employee or Consultant. Except as otherwise provided in the applicable restricted stock unit award agreement, such portion of the restricted stock unit award that has not vested will be forfeited upon the recipients termination of Continuous Status as a Director, Employee or Consultant for any reason.
(f) Transferability. Restricted stock units shall be transferable by the recipient only upon such terms and conditions as are set forth in the restricted stock unit agreement, or as the Administrator shall determine in its discretion.
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22. Repurchase Limitation. The terms of any repurchase option in favor of the Company shall be specified in the restricted stock purchase agreement. Except as otherwise determined by the Administrator, any repurchase option contained in a restricted stock purchase agreement shall be upon the following terms: (i) if the repurchase option gives the Company the right to repurchase vested shares of Common Stock upon termination of Continuous Status as a Director, Employee or Consultant, then such option shall be exercisable at not less than the Fair Market Value per share thereof on the date of termination of Continuous Status as a Director, Employee or Consultant; (ii) if the repurchase option gives the Company the right to repurchase unvested shares of Common Stock upon termination of Continuous Status as a Director, Employee or Consultant, then such option shall be exercisable at the lower of: (1) the Fair Market Value per share on the date of repurchase; or (2) the original purchase price; and (iii) the option shall be exercised (if at all) for cash or cancellation of purchase money indebtedness for the shares of Common Stock within 90 days of termination of Continuous Status as a Director, Employee or Consultant or such longer period as may be agreed to by the Company and the recipient (for example, for purposes of satisfying the requirements of Section 1202(c)(3) of the Code regarding qualified small business stock).
23. Incorporation and Interpretation of Sections. Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18 and 19 of the Plan shall be interpreted to apply to restricted stock awards and restricted stock unit awards.
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Exhibit 99.2
2016 Equity Incentive Plan
Board approved, 19-Jan-16
Shareholder approved, 11-May-16
CONTENTS
Article 1. |
Establishment, Purpose, and Duration |
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Article 2. |
Definitions |
1 | ||||
Article 3. |
Administration |
6 | ||||
Article 4. |
Shares Subject to the Plan and Maximum Awards |
7 | ||||
Article 5. |
Eligibility and Participation |
8 | ||||
Article 6. |
Stock Options |
8 | ||||
Article 7. |
Stock Appreciation Rights |
12 | ||||
Article 8. |
Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units |
13 | ||||
Article 9. |
Performance Shares and Performance Units |
15 | ||||
Article 10. |
Stock-Based Awards |
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Article 11. |
Performance Measures |
17 | ||||
Article 12. |
Rights of Employees, Directors and Independent Contractors |
18 | ||||
Article 13. |
Change in Control |
18 | ||||
Article 14. |
Amendment, Modification, Suspension, and Termination |
19 | ||||
Article 15. |
Withholding |
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Presidio Bank
2016 Equity Incentive Plan
Article 1. Establishment, Purpose, and Duration
1.1 Establishment of the Plan. Presidio Bank, a California banking corporation (hereinafter referred to as the Company), establishes a stock-based incentive compensation plan to be known as the Presidio Bank 2016 Equity Incentive Plan (hereinafter referred to as the Plan), as set forth in this document.
The Plan shall become effective upon Board adoption of the Plan (the Effective Date) and shall remain in effect as provided in Section 1.3 hereof, subject to shareholder approval as set forth in Section 18.7 hereof.
1.2 Purposes of the Plan. The purposes of the Plan are to provide the Company flexible means of compensating Employees, Directors and Independent Contractors of the Company in order to attract, motivate and retain such Employees, Directors and Independent Contractors who become Participants in the Plan, and to promote the success and enhance the value of the Company by linking the personal interests of the Participants to those of the Companys shareholders and by providing Participants with an incentive for outstanding performance.
1.3 Duration of the Plan. Unless sooner terminated as provided herein, the Plan shall terminate ten (10) years from the Effective Date. After the Plan terminates, no future Awards may be granted, but Awards previously granted shall remain outstanding in accordance with their applicable terms and conditions and the Plans terms and conditions.
Article 2. Definitions
Whenever used in the Plan, the following terms shall have the meaning set forth below, and when the meaning is intended, the initial letter of the word shall be capitalized.
2.1 Affiliate shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations of the Exchange Act.
2.2 Award means, individually or collectively, a grant under this Plan of NSOs, ISOs, SARs, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares, Performance Units, or Stock-Based Awards.
2.3 Award Agreement means either (i) an agreement entered into by the Company and a Participant setting forth the terms and provisions applicable to an Award granted under this Plan; or (ii) a statement issued by the Company to a Participant describing the terms and provisions of such an Award.
2.4 Beneficial Owner or Beneficial Ownership shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in rule 13d-3 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act.
2.5 Board means the Board of Directors of the Company.
2.6 Cause means any of the following with respect to a Participant:
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The Participants deliberate violation of any state or federal banking or securities law; or |
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(b) |
The Participants deliberate violation of the Bylaws, rules, policies or resolutions of the Company that has a material adverse effect on the Company or any Subsidiary; or |
(c) |
The Participants deliberate violation of the rules or regulations of the California Department of Business Oversight, Division of Financial Institutions or any successor agency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency or any other regulatory agency or governmental authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any Subsidiary; or |
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The Participants conviction of any felony, including a plea of nolo contendre; or |
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The Participants conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude, fraudulent conduct, or dishonest conduct. |
2.7 Change in Control shall mean any of the following:
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Any person (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) or group becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act) or has the right to acquire beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total voting power represented by the Companys then outstanding voting securities; |
(b) |
The consummation of the sale, lease or other disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Companys assets (including any equity interests in subsidiaries); or |
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The consummation of a merger, consolidation, business combination, share exchange or similar transaction involving the Company and any other entity (Business Combination) which results in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto representing less than fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power represented by the voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity or its parent outstanding immediately after such Business Combination; or |
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Individuals who, as of any date (the Initial Date) after the Effective Date, constitute the Board (the Incumbent Board) cease for any reason, at any time within 12 months following the Initial Date, to constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided, however, that any individual becoming a Director subsequent to the Initial Date whose election, or nomination for election by the Companys shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the Directors then comprising the Incumbent Board (including for these purposes, the new members whose election or nomination was so approved, without counting the member and his predecessor twice), or whose nomination for election by the Companys shareholders was approved by a nominating committee solely comprised of members who are Incumbent Board members, shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board. |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any payment to be made hereunder as a result of the occurrence one or more of the foregoing events would be considered nonqualified deferred compensation for purposes of Section 409A of the Code, then, as to such payment, such event shall constitute a Change in Control only if the event additionally constitutes a change in ownership, a change in effective control or a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets (as such terms are defined for purposes of Section 409A of the Code) of the Company.
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2.8 Code means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or corresponding provisions of any successor statute thereto.
2.9 Committee means the Human Resources and Compensation Committee of the Board. However, if a member of the Human Resources and Compensation Committee is not an outside director within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code, is not an independent director within the meaning of the rules and regulations of the national securities exchange or national market on which the Companys Stock is then traded, or is not a non-employee director within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, the Human Resources and Compensation Committee may from time to time delegate some or all of its functions under the Plan to a committee or subcommittee composed of members that meet the relevant requirements. The term Committee includes any such committee or subcommittee, to the extent of the Human Resources and Compensation Committees delegation.
2.10 Company means Presidio Bank, a California banking corporation, and any successor thereto as provided in Article 16 herein.
2.11 Covered Employee means a Participant who is a covered employee, as defined in Section 162(m) of the Code and the regulations promulgated under Section 162(m) of the Code.
2.12 Director means any individual who is a member of the Board or of the board of directors of any Subsidiary.
2.13 Disability means a permanent and total disability within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code and such other disabilities, infirmities, afflictions and conditions as the Committee by rule may include.
2.14 Employee means an employee of the Company or any Subsidiary. A Director who is not otherwise employed as an employee of the Company or any Subsidiary shall not be considered an Employee under this Plan.
2.15 Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, or any successor act thereto.
2.16 Fair Market Value or FMV of Shares or Stock on any given date under the Plan shall be determined as follows:
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If the Stock is at the time listed or admitted to trading on any national stock exchange, including the Nasdaq Stock Market or the Nasdaq Capital Market, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price per share of the Stock on the date of determination on the stock exchange determined by the Committee to be the primary market for the Stock, as such price is officially quoted in the composite tape transactions on such exchange. If there is no reported sale of the Stock on such exchange on the date of determination, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing price on the exchange on the last preceding date for which such quotation exists. |
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If the Stock is at the time neither listed nor admitted to trading on any national stock exchange, but is traded over-the-counter (including on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin |
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Board), then the Fair Market Value shall be the daily average closing selling price for the Stock during the 30-day period immediately preceding the date of determination, as reported, for each day within such 30-day period on which a sale transaction is reported, by the principal automated inter-dealer quotation system on which such Stock is quoted or, if Stock is not quoted on any such system, by the Pink Sheets published by the National Quotation Bureau, or through any successor system. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining the taxable amount of any Award at a time that the Stock is neither listed nor admitted to trading on any national stock exchange, but is traded over-the-counter (including on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board), Fair Market Value is the closing selling price for the Stock on the date on which the Award is or becomes taxable, as reported by the principal automated inter-dealer quotation system on which such Stock is quoted or, if Stock is not quoted on any such system, by the Pink Sheets published by the National Quotation Bureau, or through any successor system. If there is no reported selling price for the Stock on such date of determination, then, for purposes of determining the taxable amount of any Award, the Fair Market Value is the last reported closing selling price for the Stock on the last preceding date for which such a selling price exists. |
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If the Stock is at the time neither listed nor admitted to trading on any stock exchange, or over-the-counter or the Pink Sheets, then the Fair Market Value shall be determined by the Committee in good faith on such basis and taking into account such factors as the Committee shall deem appropriate, without regard to any restriction other than a restriction which, by its terms, will never lapse, and to the extent applicable in a manner consistent with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code. |
2.17 Freestanding SAR means a SAR that is granted independently of any Options, as described in Article 7 herein.
2.18 Grant Price means the price at which a SAR may be exercised by a Participant, as determined by the Committee and set forth in Section 7.1 herein.
2.19 Incentive Stock Option or ISO means an Option to purchase Shares granted under Article 6 herein and that is designated as an Incentive Stock Option and is intended to meet the requirements of Section 422 of the Code.
2.20 Independent Contractor means an individual providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary, other than a Director or an Employee. Such Independent Contractor shall be eligible to participate in the Plan as selected by the Committee in accordance with Article 5. Notwithstanding any other provision in the Plan to the contrary, the following shall apply in the case of an Independent Contractor who is allowed to participate in the Plan: (a) with respect to any reference in this Plan to the working relationship between such Independent Contractor and the Company or a Subsidiary, the term service shall apply as may be appropriate in lieu of the term employment or employ; (b) no such Independent Contractor shall be eligible for a grant of an ISO; and (c) the exercise period and vesting of an Award following such Independent Contractors termination from service shall be specified and governed under the terms and conditions of the Award as may be determined by the Committee and set forth in the Independent Contractors Award Agreement related to such Award.
2.21 Insider shall mean an individual who is, on the relevant date, an officer, Director, or more than ten percent (10%) Beneficial Owner of any class of the Companys equity securities that is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, as determined by the Board in accordance with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
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2.22 Non-Employee Director shall mean an individual who is serving as a Director and is not also concurrently serving as an Employee.
2.23 Nonstatutory Stock Option or NSO means an Option to purchase Shares, granted under Article 6 herein, which is not intended to be an Incentive Stock Option or that otherwise does not meet such requirements.
2.24 Option means an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonstatutory Stock Option, as described in Article 6 herein.
2.25 Option Price means the price at which a Share may be purchased by a Participant pursuant to an Option, as determined by the Committee.
2.26 Participant means an Employee, Director or Independent Contractor who has been selected to receive an Award or who has an outstanding Award granted under the Plan.
2.27 Performance-Based Compensation means compensation under an Award that satisfies the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code for deductibility of remuneration paid to Covered Employees.
2.28 Performance Measures means measures as described in Article 11 on which the performance goals are based and which are approved by the Companys shareholders pursuant to this Plan in order to qualify Awards as Performance-Based Compensation.
2.29 Performance Period means the period of time during which the performance goals must be met in order to determine the degree of payout and/or vesting with respect to an Award.
2.30 Performance Share means an Award of Shares granted to a Participant, as described in Article 9 herein.
2.31 Performance Unit means an Award designated as such granted to a Participant, as described in Article 9 herein.
2.32 Period of Restriction means the period during which an Award is subject to forfeiture based on the passage of time, the achievement of performance goals, and/or upon the occurrence of other events as determined by the Committee, in its discretion.
2.33 Person shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, including a group as defined in Section 13(d) thereof.
2.34 Restricted Stock means an Award of Shares granted to a Participant pursuant to Article 8 herein.
2.35 Restricted Stock Unit means an Award designated as such granted to a Participant pursuant to Article 8 herein.
2.36 Service means a Participants employment or other service with the Company or any Subsidiary, whether as an Employee, a Director or an Independent Contractor. Unless otherwise provided by the Committee, a Participants Service shall not be deemed to have terminated merely because of a change in the capacity in which the Participant renders such Service or a change in the entity for which the
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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 been interrupted or terminated if the Participant takes any military leave, sick leave, or other bona fide leave of absence approved by the Company. However, unless otherwise provided by the Committee, 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 Committee 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. A Participants Service shall be deemed to have terminated either upon an actual termination of Service or upon the business entity for which the Participant performs Service ceasing to be an affiliate of the Company. Subject to the foregoing, the Committee, in its discretion, shall determine whether the Participants Service has terminated and the effective date of and reason for such termination.
2.37 Shares or Stock means shares of common stock of the Company.
2.38 Stock Appreciation Right or SAR means an Award, designated as a SAR, pursuant to the terms of Article 7 herein.
2.39 Stock-Based Award means an Award granted pursuant to the terms of Article 10 herein.
2.40 Subsidiary means any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, or other entity (other than the Company) in an unbroken chain of entities beginning with the Company if each of the entities other than the last entity in the unbroken chain owns at least fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power in one of the other entities in such chain.
2.41 Tandem SAR means a SAR that is granted in connection with a related Option pursuant to Article 7 herein, the exercise of which shall require forfeiture of the right to purchase a Share under the related Option (and when a Share is purchased under the Option, the Tandem SAR shall similarly be cancelled) or a SAR that is granted in tandem with an Option but the exercise of such Option does not cancel the SAR, but rather results in the exercise of the related SAR.
Article 3. Administration
3.1 General. The Committee shall be responsible for administering the Plan. The Committee may employ attorneys, consultants, accountants, and other persons, and the Committee, the Company, and its officers and Directors shall be entitled to rely upon the advice, opinions, or valuations of any such persons. All actions taken and all interpretations and determinations made by the Committee shall be final, conclusive, and binding upon the Participants, the Company, and all other interested parties.
3.2 Authority of the Committee. The Committee shall have full and exclusive discretionary power and authority to interpret the terms and the intent of the Plan and to determine eligibility for Awards and to adopt such rules, regulations, and guidelines for administering the Plan as the Committee may deem necessary or proper. Such authority shall include, but not be limited to, selecting Award recipients, establishing all Award terms and conditions and, subject to Article 14, adopting modifications and amendments or subplans to the Plan or modifications or amendments to any Award Agreement, including without limitation, any that are necessary to comply with the laws of any country in which the Company or any Subsidiary operates.
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3.3 Delegation. The Committee may delegate to one or more of its members or to one or more officers of the Company or any Subsidiary, or to one or more agents or advisors such administrative duties as it may deem advisable, and the Committee or any person to whom it has delegated duties as aforesaid may employ one or more persons to render advice with respect to any responsibility the Committee or such person may have under the Plan. Except with respect to Awards to Insiders, the Committee may (to the extent permitted by applicable law), by resolution, authorize one or more officers of the Company to do one or both of the following: (a) designate Employees and Independent Contractors to be recipients of Awards; and (b) determine the size of the Award; provided, however, that the resolution providing such authorization sets forth the total number of Shares subject to Awards such officer or officers may grant.
Article 4. Shares Subject to the Plan and Maximum Awards
4.1 Number of Shares Available for Awards. Subject to adjustment as provided in this Article 4, the number of Shares which may be delivered pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan (the Share Authorization) shall be five hundred thousand (500,000) Shares. Any Shares related to Awards that terminate by expiration, forfeiture, cancellation, or otherwise without the issuance of such Shares, are settled in cash in lieu of Shares, or are exchanged with the Committees permission for Awards not involving Shares, shall be available again for grant under the Plan. Moreover, if a SAR is exercised, only the number of Shares issued, if any, will be deemed delivered for purposes of determining the maximum number of Shares available for delivery under the Plan. The maximum number of Shares available for issuance under the Plan shall not be reduced to reflect any dividends or dividend equivalents that are reinvested into additional Shares or credited as additional Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares, or Stock-Based Awards. The Shares available for issuance under the Plan may be authorized and unissued Shares or treasury Shares. Following shareholder approval of the Plan, no new option grants shall be made under the Companys Amended and Restated 2006 Stock Option Plan (the 2006 Plan), provided, however, the Company may continue to issue shares of common stock pursuant to the terms of the 2006 Plan to honor option grants which are outstanding as of the date of shareholder approval of this Plan.
4.2 Adjustments in Authorized Shares. In the event of any corporate event or transaction (including, but not limited to, a change in the Shares of the Company or the capitalization of the Company) such as a merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, separation, stock dividend, stock split, reverse Stock split, split up, spin-off, or other distribution of stock or property of the Company, combination of securities, exchange of securities, dividend in kind, or other like change in capital structure or distribution (other than normal cash dividends) to shareholders of the Company, or any similar corporate event or transaction, the Committee, in its sole discretion, in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of Participants rights under the Plan, shall substitute or adjust, in an equitable manner, as applicable, the number and kind of Shares that may be issued under the Plan, the number and kind of Shares subject to outstanding Awards, the Option Price or Grant Price applicable to outstanding Awards, any Award limits (including limitations set forth in Section 5.3 herein), and other value determinations applicable to outstanding Awards.
Appropriate adjustments may also be made by the Committee in the terms of any Awards under the Plan to reflect such changes or distributions and to modify any other terms of outstanding Awards on an equitable basis, including modifications of performance goals and changes in the length of Performance Periods. The determination of the Committee as to the foregoing adjustments, if any, shall be conclusive and binding on Participants under the Plan.
4.3 Substitute Awards. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Plan to the contrary, where the outstanding shares of another corporation are changed into or exchanged for Shares in a merger, consolidation, reorganization or similar transaction, then, subject to the approval of the Board, Awards may
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be granted in exchange for unexercised, unexpired similar equity based awards of the other corporation, and the exercise price of the Shares subject to any Option or Stock Appreciation Right so granted may be fixed at a price less than one hundred percent of the Fair Market Value of the Stock at the time such Award is granted if said exercise price or grant price has been determined to be not less than the exercise price or grant price set forth in the stock option or stock appreciation right of the other corporation, with appropriate adjustment to reflect the exchange ratio of the shares of stock of the other corporation into the Shares. The number of shares of the awards of the other corporation shall also be adjusted in accordance with the exchange ratio so that any substituted Award shall reflect such adjustment.
Article 5. Eligibility and Participation
5.1 Eligibility. Individuals eligible to participate in the Plan include all Employees, Directors, and Independent Contractors.
5.2 Participation. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee may from time to time, select from all eligible Employees, Directors, and Independent Contractors, those to whom Awards shall be granted and shall determine the nature and amount of each Award.
5.3 Limitation on Annual Grants. No Participant shall be granted Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares, Performance Units (if denominated in Shares) or Stock-Based Awards, in each case whether payable in Shares or in cash, covering or referencing in the aggregate more than 25,000 Shares during any calendar year. In no event shall the aggregate number of Shares covered or referenced by all of the Options and Stock Appreciation Rights, whether the SARs are payable in Shares or in cash, granted to any one Participant in any one calendar year exceed 50,000 Shares. In addition to the foregoing limitations, if the Participant is a Non-Employee Director, the maximum aggregate amount awarded or credited under this Plan with respect to Awards in any one calendar year shall not have a Fair Market Value that exceeds $150,000, determined as of the date of grant.
Article 6. Stock Options
6.1 Grant of Options. Subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan, Options may be granted to Participants in such number, and upon such terms, and at any time and from time to time as shall be determined by the Committee, provided that ISOs shall not be granted to Non-Employee Directors and Independent Contractors.
6.2 Award Agreement. Each Option grant shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement that shall specify the Option Price, the duration of the Option, the number of Shares to which the Option pertains, the conditions upon which an Option shall become vested and exercisable, and such other provisions as the Committee shall determine which are not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan. The Award Agreement also shall specify whether the Option is intended to be an ISO or a NSO.
6.3 Option Price. The Option Price for each grant of an Option under this Plan shall be determined by the Committee and shall be specified in the Award Agreement. The Option Price shall be not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the FMV of the Shares on the date of grant.
6.4 Duration of Options. Each Option granted to a Participant shall expire at such time as the Committee shall determine at the time of grant; provided, however, no Option shall be exercisable later than the tenth (10th) anniversary of the date of its grant.
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6.5 Exercise of Options. Options granted under this Article 6 shall be exercisable at such times and be subject to such restrictions and conditions as the Committee shall in each instance approve, which need not be the same for each grant or for each Participant. Options granted under this Article 6 shall be exercised by the delivery of a written notice of exercise to the Company, setting forth the number of Shares with respect to which the Option is to be exercised, accompanied by full payment of the Option Price for the Shares.
6.6 Payment. Payment of the Option Price for the number of Shares being purchased pursuant to any Option shall be made (i) in cash, by check or in cash equivalent; (ii) if and to the extent set forth in the Award Agreement, by means of (1) a Stock Tender Exercise, (2) a Cashless Exercise or (3) a Net Exercise; (iii) by such other consideration as may be approved by the Board from time to time to the extent permitted by applicable law; or (iv) by any combination thereof. The Committee may at any time or from time to time grant Options which do not permit all of the foregoing forms of consideration to be used in payment of the Option Price or which otherwise restrict one or more forms of consideration. For purposes of this section:
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Stock Tender Exercise means the delivery of a properly executed exercise notice accompanied by a Participants tender to the Company, or attestation to the ownership, in a form acceptable to the Company of whole Shares having a Fair Market Value that does not exceed the aggregate Option Price of the Shares with respect to which the Option is exercised. A Stock Tender Exercise shall not be permitted if it would constitute a violation of the provisions of any law, regulation or agreement restricting the redemption of the Companys Stock. If required by the Company, the Option may not be exercised by tender to the Company, or attestation to the ownership, of Shares unless such Shares either have been owned by the Participant for a period of time required by the Company (and not used for another option exercise by attestation during such period) or were not acquired, directly or indirectly, from the Company. |
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Cashless Exercise, which shall be permitted only upon the class of Shares subject to the Option becoming publicly traded in an established securities market, means the delivery of a properly executed exercise 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). 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, including with respect to one or more Participants specified by the Company notwithstanding that such program or procedures may be available to other Participants. |
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Net Exercise means the delivery of a properly executed exercise notice followed by a procedure pursuant to which (1) the Company will reduce the number of Shares otherwise issuable to a Participant upon the exercise of an Option by the largest whole number of Shares having a Fair Market Value that does not exceed the aggregate Option Price for the Shares with respect to which the Option is exercised, and (2) the Participant shall pay to the Company in cash the remaining balance of such aggregate Option Price not satisfied by such reduction in the number of whole Shares to be issued. |
6.7 Restrictions on Share Transferability. The Committee may impose such restrictions on any Shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of an Option granted under this Article 6 as it may deem
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advisable, including, without limitation, requiring the Participant to hold the Shares acquired pursuant to exercise for a specified period of time, restrictions under applicable federal securities laws, under the requirements of any stock exchange or market upon which such Shares are then listed and/or traded, and under any blue sky or state securities laws applicable to such Shares.
6.8 Termination of Service. Each Participants Award Agreement shall set forth the extent to which the Participant shall have the right to exercise the Option following termination of the Participants Service with the Company and its Subsidiaries. Such provisions shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Committee, shall be included in the Award Agreement entered into with each Participant, need not be uniform among all Options issued pursuant to this Article 6, and may reflect distinctions based on the reasons for termination.
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Option Exercisability. Subject to earlier termination of the Option as otherwise provided by this Plan and unless a different exercise period is provided by the Committee in an Award Agreement or amendment thereto (which periods need not be uniform among all Options issued pursuant to the Plan), 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: |
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Disability. If the Participants Service terminates because of the Disability of the Participant, the Option, to the extent unexercised and exercisable for vested shares 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). |
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Death. If the Participants Service terminates because of the death of the Participant, the Option, to the extent unexercised and exercisable for vested shares 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 after the Participants termination of Service other than for Cause. |
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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 in its entirety and cease to be exercisable immediately upon such termination of Service. |
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Other Termination of Service. If the Participants Service terminates for any reason, except Disability, death or Cause, the Option, to the extent unexercised and exercisable for vested shares 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. |
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Extension if Exercise Prevented by Law. Notwithstanding the foregoing other than termination of Service for Cause, if the exercise of an Option within the applicable time periods set forth in Section 6.8(a) is prevented by the provisions of Section 18.4 below, the Option shall remain exercisable until the later of (i) thirty (30) days after the date such exercise first would no longer be prevented by such provisions or (ii) the end of the applicable time period under Section 6.8(a), but in any event no later than the Option Expiration Date. |
6.9 Transferability of Options.
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Incentive Stock Options. No ISO 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. Further, all ISOs granted to a Participant under this Article 6 shall be exercisable during his or her lifetime only by such Participant. |
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Nonstatutory Stock Options. Except as otherwise provided in a Participants Award Agreement or otherwise at any time by the Committee, no NSO granted under this Article 6 may be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated, other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution; provided that the Board or Committee may permit further transferability, on a general or a specific basis, and may impose conditions and limitations on any permitted transferability. Further, except as otherwise provided in a Participants Award Agreement or otherwise at any time by the Committee, or unless the Board or the Committee decides to permit further transferability, all NSOs granted to a Participant under this Article 6 shall be exercisable during his or her lifetime only by such Participant. |
6.10 Incentive Stock Option Limitations.
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Maximum Number of Shares Issuable Pursuant to Incentive Stock Options. Subject to Section 4.1 and any adjustment as provided in Section 4.2, the maximum aggregate number of Shares that may be issued under the Plan pursuant to the exercise of ISOs shall be five hundred thousand (500,000) Shares. The maximum aggregate number of Shares that may be issued under the Plan pursuant to all Awards (including Shares issued pursuant to ISOs) shall be the number of shares determined in accordance with Section 4.1, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4.2. |
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Fair Market Value Limitation. To the extent that Options designated as ISOs (granted under all stock plans of the Company, 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 that exceed such amount shall be treated as NSOs. For purposes of this Section, Options designated as ISOs shall be taken into account in the order in which they were granted, and the Fair Market Value of Shares shall be determined as of the time the Option with respect to such Shares is granted. If the Code is amended to provide for a limitation different 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 ISO in part and as a NSO in part by reason of the limitation set forth in this Section, the Participant may designate which |
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portion of such Option the Participant is exercising. In the absence of such designation, the Participant shall be deemed to have exercised the ISO portion of the Option first. Upon exercise of the Option, Shares issued pursuant to each such portion shall be separately identified. |
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Notification of Disqualifying Disposition. The Participant will notify the Company upon the disposition of Shares issued pursuant to the exercise of an ISO. The Company will use such information to determine whether a disqualifying disposition as described in Section 421(b) of the Code has occurred. |
Article 7. Stock Appreciation Rights
7.1 Grant of SARs. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, SARs may be granted to Participants at any time and from time to time as shall be determined by the Committee. The Committee may grant Freestanding SARs, Tandem SARs, or any combination of these forms of SARs.
Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, the Committee shall have complete discretion in determining the number of SARs granted to each Participant and, consistent with the provisions of the Plan, in determining the terms and conditions pertaining to such SARs.
The SAR Grant Price of each Freestanding SAR shall be determined by the Committee and shall be specified in the Award Agreement. The Grant Price of each Tandem SAR shall be equal to the Option Price of the related Option. The SAR Grant Price of each SAR must be not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the FMV of the Shares on the date of grant.
7.2 SAR Agreement. Each SAR shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement that shall specify the Grant Price, the term of the SAR, and such other provisions as the Committee shall determine.
7.3 Term of SAR. The term of a SAR granted under the Plan shall be determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion, and except as determined otherwise by the Committee and specified in the SAR Award Agreement, no SAR shall be exercisable later than the tenth (10th) anniversary of the date of its grant.
7.4 Exercise of Freestanding SARs. Freestanding SARs may be exercised upon whatever terms and conditions the Committee, in its sole discretion, imposes upon them.
7.5 Exercise of Tandem SARs. Tandem SARs may be exercised for all or part of the Shares subject to the related Option upon the surrender of the right to exercise the equivalent portion of the related Option. A Tandem SAR may be exercised only with respect to the Shares for which its related Option is then exercisable.
7.6 Payment of SAR Amount. Upon the exercise of a SAR, a Participant shall be entitled to receive payment from the Company in an amount determined by multiplying:
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The difference between the FMV of a Share on the date of exercise over the Grant Price; by |
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The number of Shares with respect to which the SAR is exercised. |
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At the discretion of the Committee, the payment upon SAR exercise may be in cash, in Shares of equivalent value, in some combination thereof, or in any other manner approved by the Committee at its sole discretion. The Committees determination regarding the form of SAR payout shall be set forth or reserved for later determination in the Award Agreement pertaining to the grant of the SAR.
7.7 Termination of Service. Each Award Agreement shall set forth the extent to which the Participant shall have the right to exercise the SAR following termination of the Participants Service with the Company and its Subsidiaries. Such provisions shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Committee, shall be included in the Award Agreement entered into with Participants, need not be uniform among all SARs issued pursuant to the Plan, and may reflect distinctions based on the reasons for termination.
7.8 Nontransferability of SARs. Except as otherwise provided in a Participants Award Agreement, no SAR 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; provided that the Board or Committee may permit further transferability, on a general or a specific basis, and may impose conditions and limitations on any permitted transferability. Further, except as otherwise provided in a Participants Award Agreement or otherwise unless the Board or the Committee decides to permit further transferability, all SARs granted to a Participant under this Article 7 shall be exercisable during his or her lifetime only by such Participant.
7.9 Other Restrictions. The Committee shall impose such other conditions and/or restrictions on any Shares received upon exercise of a SAR granted pursuant to the Plan as it may deem advisable. This includes, but is not limited to, requiring the Participant to hold the Shares received upon exercise of a SAR for a specified period of time.
Article 8. Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units
8.1 Grant of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units. Subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan, the Committee, at any time and from time to time, may grant Shares of Restricted Stock and/or Restricted Stock Units to Participants in such amounts, as the Committee shall determine. Restricted Stock Units shall be similar to Restricted Stock except that no Shares are actually awarded to the Participant on the date of grant.
8.2 Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit Agreement. Each Restricted Stock and/or Restricted Stock Unit grant shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement that shall specify the Period(s) of Restriction, the number of Shares of Restricted Stock or the number of Restricted Stock Units granted, the time and form of payment of Restricted Stock Units, and such other provisions as the Committee shall determine. Restricted Stock Units shall be paid in cash, Shares, or a combination of cash and Shares as the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall determine at the time of grant and set forth in the applicable Award Agreement.
8.3 Transferability. Except as provided in this Article 8, the Shares of Restricted Stock and/or Restricted Stock Units granted herein may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated until the end of the applicable Period of Restriction established by the Committee and specified in the Award Agreement (and in the case of Restricted Stock Units until the date of delivery or other payment), or upon earlier satisfaction of any other conditions, as specified by the Committee, in its sole discretion, and set forth in the Award Agreement. All rights with respect to the Restricted Stock and/or Restricted Stock Units granted to a Participant under the Plan shall be available during his or her lifetime only to such Participant.
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8.4 Other Restrictions. The Committee shall impose such other conditions and/or restrictions on any Shares of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units granted pursuant to the Plan as it may deem advisable including, without limitation, a requirement that Participants pay a stipulated purchase price for each Share of Restricted Stock or each Restricted Stock Unit, restrictions based upon the achievement of specific performance goals, time-based restrictions on vesting following the attainment of the performance goals, time-based restrictions, restrictions under applicable federal or state securities laws, or any holding requirements or sale restrictions placed on the Shares by the Company upon vesting of such Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units.
To the extent deemed appropriate by the Committee, the Company may retain the certificates representing Shares of Restricted Stock in the Companys possession until such time as all conditions and/or restrictions applicable to such Shares have been satisfied or lapse.
Except as otherwise provided in this Article 8, Shares of Restricted Stock covered by each Restricted Stock Award shall become freely transferable by the Participant after all conditions and restrictions applicable to such Shares have been satisfied or lapse.
8.5 Certificate Legend. In addition to any legends placed on certificates pursuant to Section 8.4 herein, each certificate representing Shares of Restricted Stock granted pursuant to the Plan may bear a legend such as the following:
The sale or other transfer of the Shares of Stock represented by this certificate, whether voluntary, involuntary, or by operation of law, is subject to certain restrictions on transfer as set forth in the Presidio Bank 2016 Equity Incentive Plan, and in the associated Restricted Stock Award Agreement. A copy of the Plan and such Restricted Stock Award Agreement may be obtained from Presidio Bank
8.6 Voting Rights. To the extent permitted or required by law, as determined by the Committee, Participants holding Shares of Restricted Stock granted hereunder shall have the right to exercise full voting rights with respect to those Shares during the Period of Restriction. A Participant shall have no voting rights with respect to any Restricted Stock Units granted hereunder, but rather only with respect to any Shares that have been received pursuant to and following the vesting of the Restricted Stock Units.
8.7 Dividends and Dividend Equivalents. During the Period of Restriction, Participants holding Shares of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units granted hereunder may, if the Committee so determines, be credited with dividends paid with respect to Restricted Stock or dividend equivalents with respect to Restricted Stock Units while they are so held in a manner determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. The Committee may apply any restrictions to the dividends or dividend equivalents that the Committee deems appropriate. The Committee, in its sole discretion, may determine the form of payment of dividends or dividend equivalents, including cash, Shares, Restricted Stock, or Restricted Stock Units and such dividends or dividend equivalents may be subject to accrual, forfeiture, or payout restrictions as determined by the Committee.
8.8 Termination of Service. Each Award Agreement shall set forth the extent to which the Participant shall have the right to retain Restricted Stock and/or Restricted Stock Units following termination of the Participants Service with the Company and its Subsidiaries. Such provisions shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Committee, shall be included in the Award Agreement entered into with each Participant, need not be uniform among all Shares of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units issued pursuant to the Plan, and may reflect distinctions based on the reasons for termination.
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8.9 Section 83(b) Election. The Committee may provide in an Award Agreement that the Award of Restricted Stock is conditioned upon the Participant making or refraining from making an election with respect to the Award under Section 83(b) of the Code. If a Participant makes an election pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Code concerning a Restricted Stock Award, the Participant shall promptly submit a copy of such election to the Company.
Article 9. Performance Shares and Performance Units
9.1 Grant of Performance Shares and Performance Units. Subject to the terms of the Plan, Performance Shares and/or Performance Units may be granted to Participants in such amounts and upon such terms, and at any time and from time to time, as shall be determined by the Committee.
9.2 Value of Performance Shares and Performance Units. Each Performance Share shall have an initial value equal to the FMV of a Share on the date of grant. Each Performance Unit shall have an initial value that is established by the Committee at the time of grant. The Committee shall set performance goals in its discretion which, depending on the extent to which they are met, will determine the value and/or number of Performance Shares/Performance Units that will be paid out to the Participant.
9.3 Earning of Performance Shares and Performance Units. Subject to the terms of this Plan, after the applicable Performance Period has ended, the holder of Performance Shares/Performance Units shall be entitled to receive payout on the value and number of Performance Shares/Performance Units earned by the Participant over the Performance Period, to be determined as a function of the extent to which the corresponding performance goals have been achieved. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company has the ability to require the Participant to hold the Shares received pursuant to such Award for a specified period of time.
9.4 Form and Timing of Payment of Performance Shares and Performance Units. Payment of earned Performance Shares/Performance Units shall be as determined by the Committee and as evidenced in the Award Agreement. Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may pay earned Performance Shares/Performance Units in the form of cash or in Shares (or in a combination thereof) equal to the value of the earned Performance Shares/Performance Units as soon as practicable after the end of the applicable Performance Period, but in no event later than 2 1⁄2 months following the end of the calendar year in which such Performance Period ends; provided, however, that any Shares may be granted subject to restrictions deemed appropriate by the Committee. The determination of the Committee with respect to the form of payout of such Awards shall be set forth in the Award Agreement pertaining to the grant of the Award.
9.5 Dividend Equivalents. At the discretion of the Committee, Participants holding Performance Shares may be entitled to receive dividend equivalents with respect to dividends declared with respect to the Shares. Such dividend equivalents may be subject to accrual, forfeiture, or payout restrictions as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.
9.6 Termination of Service. Each Award Agreement shall set forth the extent to which the Participant shall have the right to retain Performance Shares and/or Performance Units following termination of the Participants Service with the Company and its Subsidiaries. Such provisions shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Committee, shall be included in the Award Agreement entered into with each Participant, need not be uniform among all Awards of Performance Shares or Performance Units issued pursuant to the Plan, and may reflect distinctions based on the reasons for termination.
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9.7 Nontransferability. Except as otherwise provided in a Participants Award Agreement, Performance Shares/Performance Units may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated, other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. Further, except as otherwise provided in a Participants Award Agreement, a Participants rights under the Plan shall be exercisable during his or her lifetime only by such Participant.
Article 10. Stock-Based Awards
10.1 Stock-Based Awards. The Committee may grant other types of equity-based or equity- related Awards (including the grant or offer for sale of unrestricted Shares) in such amounts and subject to such terms and conditions, as the Committee shall determine. Such Awards may entail the transfer of actual Shares to Participants, or payment in cash or otherwise of amounts based on the value of Shares and may include, without limitation, Awards designed to comply with or take advantage of the applicable local laws of jurisdictions other than the United States.
10.2 Value of Stock-Based Awards. Each Stock-Based Award shall have a value based on the value of a Share, as determined by the Committee. The Committee may establish performance goals in its discretion. If the Committee exercises its discretion to establish performance goals, the number and/or value of Stock-Based Awards that will be paid out to the Participant will depend on the extent to which the performance goals are met.
10.3 Earning of Stock-Based Awards. Subject to the terms of this Plan, the holder of Stock- Based Awards shall be entitled to receive payout on the number and value of Stock-Based Awards earned by the Participant, to be determined as a function of the extent to which applicable performance goals, if any, have been achieved.
10.4 Form and Timing of Payment of Stock-Based Awards. Payment of earned Stock-Based Awards shall be as determined by the Committee and as evidenced in the Award Agreement. Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may pay earned Stock-Based Awards in the form of cash or in Shares (or in a combination thereof) that have an aggregate FMV equal to the value of the earned Stock-Based Awards. Such Shares may be granted subject to any restrictions deemed appropriate by the Committee. The determination of the Committee with respect to the form of payout of such Awards shall be set forth in the Award Agreement pertaining to the grant of the Award.
10.5 Termination of Service. Each Award Agreement shall set forth the extent to which the Participant shall have the right to receive Stock-Based Awards following termination of the Participants Service with the Company and its Subsidiaries. Such provisions shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Committee shall be included in the Award Agreement entered into with each Participant, need not be uniform among all Awards of Stock-Based Awards issued pursuant to the Plan, and may reflect distinctions based on the reasons for termination.
10.6 Nontransferability. Except as otherwise provided in a Participants Award Agreement, Stock-Based Awards may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated, other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. Further, except as otherwise provided in a Participants Award Agreement, a Participants rights under the Plan shall be exercisable during the Participants lifetime only by the Participant.
10.7 Dividend Equivalents. At the discretion of the Committee, Participants holding Stock- Based Awards may be entitled to receive dividend equivalents with respect to dividends declared with respect to the Shares. Such dividend equivalents may be subject to accrual, forfeiture, or payout restrictions as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.
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Article 11. Performance Measures
11.1 Performance Criteria. Unless and until the Committee proposes for shareholder vote and the shareholders approve a change in the general Performance Measures set forth in this Article 11, the performance goals upon which the payment or vesting of an Award to a Covered Employee that is intended to qualify as Performance-Based Compensation shall be limited to the following Performance Measures: net sales; gross sales; revenue; net revenue; gross revenue; net income; net income after capital costs, non- interest income compared to net interest income ratio; growth of loans and/or deposits; growth in number of customers, households or assets; cost per dollar loan growth; cost per dollar deposit growth; revenue per personnel; operating expense to budget; cash generation; cash flow; unit volume; market share; cost reduction; costs and expenses (including expense efficiency ratios and other expense measures); strategic plan development and implementation; customer satisfaction; credit quality measures; full-time equivalency control; allowance for loan losses; operating efficiency; loan charge offs; loan write downs; non-performing or impaired loans; return measures (including, but not limited to, return on assets, risk- adjusted return on capital or return on equity); return on net assets; return on actual or pro forma assets; return on average assets; return on capital; return on investment; return on working capital; return on net capital employed; working capital; asset turnover; economic value added; total shareholder return; fee income; net income; net income before capital costs; net income before taxes; operating income; operating profit margin; net income margin; net interest margin; capacity utilization; increase in customer base; book value; stock price (including, but not limited to, growth measures and total shareholder return); earnings per share (actual or targeted growth); stock price earnings ratio; margins; earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization expenses (EBITDA); earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT); earnings before interest (EBI); or EBITDA, EBIT, EBI or earnings before taxes and unusual or nonrecurring items as measured either against the annual budget or as a ratio to revenue.
11.2 Manner of Measurement. Any Performance Measure(s) may be designated to apply on a core basis, where at the discretion of the Committee certain non-recurring items may be excluded for purposes of determining the attainment of the Performance Measure(s). In addition, any Performance Measure(s) may be used to measure the performance of the Company as a whole, or any subsidiary, affiliate, business unit of the Company, in comparison with peer group performance or to an index, or any combination thereof, as the Committee may deem appropriate, or any of the above Performance Measures as compared to the performance of a group of comparator companies, or published or special index that the Committee, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate. The Committee also has the authority to provide for accelerated vesting of any Award that is based on the achievement of performance goals pursuant to the Performance Measures specified in this Article 11.
11.3 Excludable Items. The Committee may provide in any such Award that any evaluation of performance may include or exclude any of the following events that occurs during a Performance Period: (a) asset write-downs; (b) litigation or claim judgments or settlements; (c) the effect of changes in tax laws, accounting principles, or other laws or provisions affecting reported results; (d) reorganization or restructuring programs; (e) extraordinary or nonrecurring items as described in Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 30 and/or in managements discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations appearing in the Companys annual report to shareholders for the applicable year; (f) acquisitions or divestitures; and (g) foreign exchange gains and losses. To the extent such inclusions or exclusions affect Awards to Covered Employees, they shall be prescribed in a form that meets the requirements of Code Section 162(m) for deductibility.
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11.4 No Upward Adjustment. Awards that are designed to qualify as Performance-Based Compensation, and that are held by Covered Employees, may not be adjusted upward. The Committee shall retain the discretion to adjust such Awards downward.
11.5 Committee Discretion. In the event that applicable tax and/or securities laws change to permit Committee discretion to alter the governing Performance Measures without obtaining shareholder approval of such changes, the Committee shall have sole discretion to make such changes without obtaining shareholder approval. In addition, in the event that the Committee determines that it is advisable to grant Awards that shall not qualify as Performance-Based Compensation, the Committee may make such grants without satisfying the requirements of Code Section 162(m).
Article 12. Rights of Employees, Directors and Independent Contractors
12.1 Employment or Other Service. Nothing in the Plan or an Award Agreement shall interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to terminate any Participants employment or other Service relationship at any time, nor confer upon any Participant any right to continue in the capacity in which he or she is employed or otherwise serves the Company or any Subsidiary.
For purposes of the Plan, transfer of Service of a Participant between the Company and any Subsidiary or between Subsidiaries shall not be deemed a termination of Service. Additionally, the Committee shall have the ability to stipulate in a Participants Award Agreement that a transfer to a company that is spun-off from the Company shall not be deemed a termination of Service with the Company for purposes of the Plan until the Participants Service is terminated with the spun-off company.
12.2 Participation. No Employee, Director or Independent Contractor shall have the right to be selected to receive an Award under this Plan, or, having been so selected, to be selected to receive a future Award.
12.3 Rights as a Shareholder. A Participant shall have none of the rights of a shareholder with respect to Shares covered by any Award until the Participant becomes the record holder of such Shares.
Article 13. Change in Control
13.1 Accelerated Vesting. Upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, the exercisability and vesting of each outstanding Award shall be accelerated in full, and each such Award shall be fully exercisable and vested at such time. In addition, subject to the requirements and limitations of Section 409A of the Code, if applicable, the Board or the Committee may cause any one or more of the consequences set forth in Sections 13.2 and 13.3 to occur (or not to occur) upon a Change in Control.
13.2 Assumption, Continuation or Substitution of Awards. In the event of a Change in Control, the surviving, continuing, successor, or purchasing corporation or other business 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 with respect to the Acquirors stock. For purposes of this Section, if so determined by the Board or the Committee, in its discretion, an Award or any portion thereof 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 subject to such
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portion of 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 on the effective date of the Change in Control was entitled (and if holders were offered a choice of consideration, the type of consideration chosen by the holders of a majority of the outstanding Shares); provided, however, that if such consideration is not solely common stock of the Acquiror, the Board or the Committee may, with the consent of the Acquiror, provide for the consideration to be received upon the exercise of the Award for each Share 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 or the Committee may, in its discretion, determine such Fair Market Value per Share as of the time of the Change in Control on the basis of the Boards or the Committees 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.
13.3 Cash-Out of Outstanding Awards. The Board or the Committee may, in its 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 and not previously exercised or settled shall be canceled in exchange for a payment with respect to each Share 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 in the Change in Control, reduced (but not below zero) by the exercise price or purchase price per Share, if any, under such Award. 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 or the Committee 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 or the Committees good faith estimate of the present value of the probable amount of future payment of such consideration. In the event such determination is made by the Board or the Committee, an Award having an exercise or purchase price per Share equal to or greater than the Fair Market Value of the consideration to be paid per Share in the Change in Control may be canceled without payment of consideration to the holder thereof. Payment pursuant to this Section (reduced by applicable withholding taxes, if any) shall be made to Participants in respect of their canceled Awards as soon as practicable following the date of the Change in Control.
Article 14. Amendment, Modification, Suspension, and Termination
14.1 Amendment, Modification, Suspension, and Termination. The Committee or Board may, at any time and from time to time, alter, amend, modify, suspend, or terminate the Plan in whole or in part, provided that any such alteration, amendment, modification, suspension or termination of the Plan pursuant to this Article 14 shall be effected in a manner compliant with Section 409A of the Code. No amendment of the Plan shall be made without shareholder approval if shareholder approval is required by applicable law, regulation, or stock exchange rule.
14.2 Adjustment of Awards Upon the Occurrence of Certain Unusual or Nonrecurring Events. The Committee may make adjustments in the terms and conditions of, and the criteria included in,
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Awards in recognition of unusual or nonrecurring events (including, without limitation, the events described in Section 4.2 hereof) affecting the Company or the financial statements of the Company or of changes in applicable laws, regulations, or accounting principles, whenever the Committee determines that such adjustments are appropriate in order to prevent unintended dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan. The determination of the Committee as to the foregoing adjustments, if any, shall be conclusive and binding on Participants under the Plan.
14.3 Awards Previously Granted. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, no termination, amendment, suspension, or modification of the Plan shall adversely affect in any material way any Award previously granted under the Plan, without the written consent of the Participant holding such Award.
14.4 Clawback and Other Provisions for Recovery or Termination of Awards. Notwithstanding anything else stated in this Plan or any Award Agreement, this Plan and each Award Agreement shall be subject to the following conditions:
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Any term or provision in this Plan that is interpreted, deemed or found by any governmental agency or by the Company to be in violation or potential violation of any law, guidance, rule, regulation, regulatory action, order or decree (hereinafter individually and collectively referred to as Law) will be modified to conform to the Law. |
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Any bonus, retention award, incentive compensation or any other payment paid under this Plan or any Award Agreement is subject to recovery (clawback) by any governmental agency or by the Company to the extent required by Law if it is based on materially inaccurate statements of earnings, revenues or gains, or any performance criteria/metric or other criteria or metric that is found by any governmental agency or the Company to be materially inaccurate (or is otherwise required by Law) or to have encouraged unnecessary and/or excessive risk taking. |
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Payments that require regulatory or other approval are prohibited unless and until such approval is obtained, and the Company shall have no obligation to seek such approval. |
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The Company will adhere to all requirements required under applicable Law relating to, among other things, excessive compensation, golden parachute payments and risk management. |
Article 15. Withholding
15.1 Tax Withholding. 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 federal, state, and local taxes, domestic or foreign (including the Participants FICA obligation), required by law or regulation to be withheld with respect to any taxable event arising or as a result of this Plan.
15.2 Share Withholding. With respect to withholding required upon the exercise of Options or SARs, upon the lapse of restrictions on Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units, or upon the achievement of performance goals related to Performance Shares, or any other taxable event arising as a result of Awards granted hereunder, the Company may require or Participants may elect, subject to the approval of the Committee, to satisfy the withholding requirement, in whole or in part, by having the Company withhold Shares having a FMV on the date the tax is to be determined equal to the tax that could
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be imposed on the transaction, provided that if required by the accounting rules and regulations to maintain favorable accounting treatment for the Awards, the tax is to be determined equal to the minimum statutory total tax that could be imposed on the transaction. All elections shall be irrevocable, made in writing, and signed by the Participant, and shall be subject to any restrictions or limitations that the Committee, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate.
Article 16. Successors
All obligations of the Company under the Plan with respect to Awards granted hereunder, 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 and/or assets of the Company.
Article 17. General Provisions
17.1 Forfeiture Events. The Committee may specify in an Award Agreement that the Participants rights, payments, and benefits with respect to an Award shall be subject to reduction, cancellation, forfeiture, or recoupment upon the occurrence of certain specified events, in addition to any otherwise applicable vesting or performance conditions of an Award. Such events shall include, but shall not be limited to, termination of employment for Cause, violation of material Company and/or Subsidiary policies, breach of noncompetition, confidentiality, or other restrictive covenants that may apply to the Participant, or other conduct by the Participant that is detrimental to the business or reputation of the Company or any Subsidiary.
17.2 Legend. The certificates for Shares may include any legend that the Committee deems appropriate to reflect any restrictions on transfer of such Shares.
17.3 Delivery of Title. The Company shall have no obligation to issue or deliver evidence of title for Shares issued under the Plan prior to:
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Obtaining any approvals from governmental agencies that the Company determines are necessary or advisable; and |
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Completion of any registration or other qualification of the Shares under any applicable national or foreign law or ruling of any governmental body that the Company determines to be necessary or advisable. |
17.4 Investment Representations. The Committee may require each Participant receiving Shares pursuant to an Award under this Plan to represent and warrant in writing that the Participant is acquiring the Shares for investment and without any present intention to sell or distribute such Shares, and any further representations and warranties that may be required by applicable state or federal securities laws.
17.5 Uncertificated Shares. To the extent that the Plan provides for issuance of certificates to reflect the transfer of Shares, the transfer of such Shares may be effected on a noncertificated basis, to the extent not prohibited by applicable law or the rules of any stock exchange.
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17.6 Unfunded Plan. Participants shall have no right, title, or interest whatsoever in or to any investments that the Company or any Subsidiary may make to aid it in meeting its obligations under the Plan. Nothing contained in the Plan, and no action taken pursuant to its provisions, shall create or be construed to create a trust of any kind, or a fiduciary relationship between the Company or any Subsidiary and any Participant, beneficiary, legal representative, or any other person. To the extent that any person acquires a right to receive payments from the Company or any Subsidiary under the Plan, such right shall be no greater than the right of an unsecured general creditor of the Company. All payments to be made hereunder shall be paid from the general funds of the Company and no special or separate fund shall be established and no segregation of assets shall be made to assure payment of such amounts except as expressly set forth in the Plan. The Plan is not intended to be subject to ERISA.
17.7 No Fractional Shares. No fractional Shares shall be issued or delivered pursuant to the Plan or any Award. The Committee shall determine whether cash, Awards, or other property shall be issued or paid in lieu of fractional Shares or whether such fractional Shares or any rights thereto shall be forfeited or otherwise terminated.
17.8 Retirement and Welfare Plans. The Awards under this Plans will not be included as compensation for purposes of computing benefits payable to any Participant under the Companys retirement plans (both qualified and nonqualified) or welfare benefit plans unless such other plan expressly provides that such compensation shall be taken into account in computing a Participants benefit.
Article 18. Legal Construction
18.1 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.
18.2 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.
18.3 Requirements of Law. The granting of Awards and the issuance 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, including, but not limited to, the California Financial Code and the regulations promulgated by the California Department of Business Oversight, the rules and regulations of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the rules and regulations of the Federal Reserve Board. The Company shall receive the consideration required by law for the issuance of Awards under the Plan.
The inability of the Company to obtain authority from any regulatory body having jurisdiction, which authority is deemed by the Companys 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.
18.4 Securities Law Compliance. Following the registration of the Companys common stock under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, the Company may register Shares allotted pursuant to the exercise of an Award to effect compliance with the registration, qualification, and listing requirements of any national or foreign securities laws, stock exchange, or automated quotation system. With respect to Insiders, following registration of the Companys common stock under Section 12 of the Exchange Act,
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transactions under this Plan are intended to comply with all applicable conditions of Rule 16b-3 or its successors under the Exchange Act. To the extent any provision of the Plan or action by the Committee fails to so comply following registration, it shall be deemed null and void, to the extent permitted by law and deemed advisable by the Committee. The Company may impose such additional conditions and restrictions as are necessary with respect to any Award as are necessary to comply with applicable federal and state securities laws.
18.5 Governing Law. The Plan and each Award Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of California, excluding any conflicts or choice of law rule or principle that might otherwise refer construction or interpretation of the Plan to the substantive law of another jurisdiction. Unless otherwise provided in the Award Agreement, recipients of an Award under the Plan are deemed to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the federal or state courts of California, to resolve any and all issues that may arise out of or relate to the Plan or any related Award Agreement.
18.6 Section 409A of the Code. It is the Companys intent that Awards and payments under the Plan are exempt from, and do not constitute deferred compensation subject to, Section 409A of the Code, or are compliant with Section 409A of the Code, and that the Plan shall be interpreted and administered accordingly to the fullest extent possible. If and to the extent that any payment is determined by the Company to constitute non-qualified deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code and is payable hereunder to a Participant by reason of his termination of Service, then (a) such payment or benefit shall be made or provided to the Participant only upon a separation from service as defined for purposes of Section 409A of the Code under applicable regulations and (b) if the Participant is a specified employee (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and as determined by the Company), such payment shall be made or provided on the first day of a calendar month that is more than six months after the date of the Participants separation from service (or as soon as administratively feasible following the Participants earlier death). Neither the Company nor its Affiliates shall have any liability to any Participant, Participants spouse or other beneficiary of any Participants spouse or other beneficiary of any Participant or otherwise if the Plan or any amounts paid or payable hereunder are subject to the additional tax and penalties under Section 409A of the Code.
18.7 Shareholder Approval. The Plan shall be submitted for approval by the shareholders of the Company no later than twelve (12) months after the Effective Date. No Awards shall be granted under the Plan unless and until such shareholder approval is received.
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