As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 2, 2018

 

Registration No. 333-        

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

MYDX, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada

(state of other jurisdiction of

Incorporation or organization)

 

6335 Ferris Square, Suite B

San Diego, CA 92121

(800) 814-4550

(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

 

MyDx, Inc.

2018 Stock Incentive Plan

(Full Title of the Plan)

 

Daniel Yazbeck

Chief Executive Officer

6335 Ferris Square, Suite B

San Diego, CA 92121

(800) 814-4550

(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

Large accelerated filer Accelerated filer
Non-accelerated filer Smaller reporting company
(Do not check if a 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 provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐

 

 

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

Title Of  Securities To Be Registered  

Amount

To Be Registered (1)

 

Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price

Per Share (2)

   

Proposed Maximum

Aggregate

Offering Price (2)

    Amount Of Registration Fee (2)  
Common Stock, $.001 par value per share   150,000,000 shares   $ 0.0019     $ 285,000     $ 34.55  

 

(1) Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock attributable to these registered shares which become issuable under the 2018 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the Registrant’s receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the outstanding shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock.
   
(2) Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act.  The above calculation is based on the average of the high and low sale prices of Common Stock, as reported on the OTC Pink Current Information marketplace, on October 30, 2018.

 

Proposed sales to take place as soon after the effective date of the Registration Statement as awards granted under the above-named plan are granted, exercised and/or distributed.

 

 

 

 

 

   

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

On July 5, 2018, the Board of Directors of MyDx, Inc. (the “Company”) approved the Plan to, among other things, make available 150,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”), for stock-based awards thereunder. This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission for the purpose of registering 150,000,000 shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Plan.

 

 

 

 

PART I

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

 

Item 1. Plan Information.

 

Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with the introductory note to Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part I have been or will be delivered to the participants in the Plan as required by Rule 428(b) under the Securities Act.

 

Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.

 

In this Registration Statement, MyDx, Inc., is sometimes referred to as “Registrant,” “we,” “us” or “our.”

 

Upon written or oral request, any of the documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement (which documents are incorporated by reference in this Section 10(a) Prospectus) and other documents required to be delivered to eligible employees, non-employee directors and consultants, pursuant to Rule 428(b), are available without charge by contacting:

 

Daniel Yazbeck

Chief Executive Officer

6335 Ferris Square, Suite B

San Diego, CA 92121

(800) 814-4550

 

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PART II

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

 

The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) allows us to “incorporate by reference” the information we file with them, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this Registration Statement, and later information filed with the SEC will update and supersede this information. We hereby incorporate by reference into this Registration Statement the following documents previously filed with the SEC:

 

  (a) Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, filed with the SEC on April 17, 2018;
     
  (b) Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2018, filed with the SEC on May 22, 2018;
     
  (c) Our Amended Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2018, filed with the SEC on May 22, 2018;
     
  (d) Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2018, filed with the SEC on August 14, 2018;
     
  (e) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Registrant’s Annual Report referred to in a. above; and
     
  (f) the description of our common stock contained in our Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed under the Exchange Act on March 15, 2016, including any amendment or reports filed for the purpose of updating such descriptions

  

In addition, all documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the filing of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which de-registers all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing such documents, except as to specific sections of such statements as set forth therein. 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 other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement contained herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in any subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or 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.

 

Under no circumstances shall any information furnished under Item 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K be deemed incorporated herein by reference unless such Form 8-K expressly provides to the contrary.

 

Item 4. Description of Securities.

 

Not Applicable.

 

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Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

 

Not Applicable.

 

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

 

Subsection 7 of Section 78.138 of the Nevada Revised Statutes (the “Nevada Law”) provides that, subject to certain very limited statutory exceptions, a director or officer is not individually liable to the corporation or its stockholders or creditors for any damages as a result of any act or failure to act in his or her capacity as a director or officer, unless it is proven that the act or failure to act constituted a breach of his or her fiduciary duties as a director or officer and such breach of those duties involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of law. The statutory standard of liability established by Section 78.138 controls even if there is a provision in the corporation’s articles of incorporation unless a provision in the Company’s Articles of Incorporation provides for greater individual liability.

 

Subsection 1 of Section 78.7502 of the Nevada Law empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise (any such person, a “Covered Person”), against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the Covered Person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the Covered Person is not liable pursuant to Section 78.138 of the Nevada Law or the Covered Person acted in good faith and in a manner the Covered Person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceedings, had no reasonable cause to believe the Covered Person’s conduct was unlawful.

 

Subsection 2 of Section 78.7502 of the Nevada Law empowers a corporation to indemnify any Covered Person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such person acted in the capacity of a Covered Person against expenses, including amounts paid in settlement and attorneys’ fees actually and reasonably incurred by the Covered Person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit, if the Covered Person is not liable pursuant to Section 78.138 of the Nevada Law or the Covered Person acted in good faith and in a manner the Covered Person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation. However, no indemnification may be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which the Covered Person shall have been adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction (after exhaustion of all appeals) to be liable to the corporation or for amounts paid in settlement to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the court in which such action or suit was brought or other court of competent jurisdiction determines upon application that in view of all the circumstances the Covered Person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court deems proper.

 

Section 78.7502 of the Nevada Law further provides that to the extent a Covered Person has been successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Subsection 1 or 2, as described above, or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, the corporation shall indemnify the Covered Person against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the Covered Person in connection with the defense.

 

Subsection 1 of Section 78.751 of the Nevada Law provides that any discretionary indemnification pursuant to Section 78.7502 of the Nevada Law, unless ordered by a court or advanced pursuant to Subsection 2 of Section 78.751, may be made by a corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the Covered Person is proper in the circumstances. Such determination must be made (a) by the stockholders, (b) by the board of directors of the corporation by majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the action, suit or proceeding, (c) if a majority vote of a quorum of such non-party directors so orders, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (d) by independent legal counsel in a written opinion if a quorum of such non-party directors cannot be obtained.

 

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Subsection 2 of Section 78.751 of the Nevada Law provides that a corporation’s articles of incorporation or bylaws or an agreement made by the corporation may require the corporation to pay as incurred and in advance of the final disposition of a criminal or civil action, suit or proceeding, the expenses of officers and directors in defending such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt by the corporation of an undertaking by or on behalf of the officer or director to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation. Subsection 2 of Section 78.751 further provides that its provisions do not affect any rights to advancement of expenses to which corporate personnel other than officers and directors may be entitled under contract or otherwise by law.

 

Subsection 3 of Section 78.751 of the Nevada Law provides that indemnification pursuant to Section 78.7502 of the Nevada Law and advancement of expenses authorized in or ordered by a court pursuant to Section 78.751 does not exclude any other rights to which the Covered Person may be entitled under the articles of incorporation or any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, for either an action in his or her official capacity or in another capacity while holding his or her office. However, indemnification, unless ordered by a court pursuant to Section 78.7502 or for the advancement of expenses under Subsection 2 of Section 78.751 of the Nevada Law, may not be made to or on behalf of any director or officer of the corporation if a final adjudication establishes that his or her acts or omissions involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of the law and were material to the cause of action. Additionally, the scope of such indemnification and advancement of expenses shall continue for a Covered Person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and administrators.

 

Section 78.752 of the Nevada Law empowers a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance or make other financial arrangements on behalf of a Covered Person for any liability asserted against such person and liabilities and expenses incurred by such person in his or her capacity as a Covered Person or arising out of such person’s status as a Covered Person whether or not the corporation has the authority to indemnify such person against such liability and expenses.

 

The Bylaws of the Company provide for indemnification of Covered Persons substantially identical in scope to that permitted under the Nevada Law. Such Bylaws provide that the expenses of directors and officers of the Company incurred in defending any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, must be paid by the Company as they are incurred and in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay all amounts so advanced if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company.

 

The above-described provisions relating to the exclusion of liability and indemnification of directors and officers are sufficiently broad to permit the indemnification of such persons in certain circumstances against liabilities arising under the Securities Act. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to our directors and officers and to persons controlling us pursuant to the foregoing provisions, we have been informed that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.

 

Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 8. Exhibits.

 

The list of exhibits is set forth under “Exhibit Index” at the end of this Registration Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Item 9. Undertakings.

 

(A) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

 

(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

 

i. To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the 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 statemen.

 

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 statemen;

 

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 the Registration Statement.

 

(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, 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 undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934) 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 of 1933 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 Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 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 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. 

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Diego, in the State of California, on this 2nd day of November, 2018.

 

  MYDX, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Daniel Yazbeck
    Daniel Yazbeck
    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

SIGNATURE   TITLE   DATE
           
By:

/s/ Daniel Yazbeck

  Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and
Chief Financial Officer  
  November 2, 2018
  Daniel Yazbeck   (Principal Executive, Financial, and
Accounting Officer)
   

 

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Exhibit Index

 

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

          Filed/   Incorporated by Reference
Exhibit No.   Description   Furnished
Herewith
  Form   Exhibit
No.
  File No.   Filing Date
4.1   Articles of Incorporation       S-1   3.1   333-191721   10/15/2013
                         
4.2   Amendment to Articles of Incorporation       8-K   3.1   000-55596   10/04/2016
                         
4.3   Amendment to Articles of Incorporation (Series A Preferred Designation)       8-K   3.1   000-55596   01/11/2017
                         
4.4   Certificate of Designation of Series B Preferred Stock       8-K   3.2   000-55596   01/11/2017
                         
4.5   Bylaws, as amended on April 30, 2015   X                
                         
5.1   Opinion of McMurdo Law Group, LLC   X                
                         
10.1   2018 Stock Incentive Plan   X                
                         
23.1   Consent of Sadler, Gibb & Associates, LLC   X                
                         
23.2   Consent of Anton & Chia, LLP   X                
                         
23.3   Consent of McMurdo Law Group, LLC  (see Exhibit 5.1)   X                

 

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Exhibit 4.5

 

Bylaws
of
BRISTA CORP.
(the “Corporation”)

 

Dated  December 20, 2012

 

Updated  April 30, 2015

 

Article I
Office

 

The Board of Directors shall designate and the Corporation shall maintain a principal office. The location of the principal office may be changed by the Board of Directors. The Corporation also may have offices in such other places as the Board may from time to time designate. The location of the initial principal office of the Corporation shall be designated by resolution.

 

Article II
Shareholders Meetings

 

1.

Annual Meetings

The annual meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation shall be held at such place within or without the State of Nevada as shall be set forth in compliance with these Bylaws. The meeting shall be held on the  second Thursday of January  of each year. If such day is a legal holiday, the meeting shall be on the next business day. This meeting shall be for the election of Directors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before it.

 

2.

Special Meetings

Special meetings of shareholders, other than those regulated by statute, may be called by the President upon written request of the holders of 50% or more of the outstanding shares entitled to vote at such special meeting. Written notice of such meeting stating the place, the date and hour of the meeting, the purpose or purposes for which it is called, and the name of the person by whom or at whose direction the meeting is called shall be given.

 

 

 

 

3.

Notice of Shareholders Meeting

The Secretary shall give written notice stating the place, day, and hour of the meeting, and in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, which shall be delivered not less than ten or more than fifty days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, addressed to the shareholder at their address as it appears on the books of the Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid. Attendance at the meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice thereof.

 

4.

Place of Meeting

The Board of Directors may designate any place, either within or without the State of Nevada, as the place of meeting for any annual meeting or for any special meeting called by the Board of Directors. A waiver of notice signed by all shareholders entitled to vote at a meeting may designate any place, either within or without the State of Nevada, as the place for the holding of such meeting. If no designation is made, or if a special meeting is otherwise called, the place of meeting shall be the principal office of the Corporation.

 

5.

Record Date

The Board of Directors may fix a date not less than ten nor more than fifty days prior to any meeting as the record date for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at such meetings of the shareholders. The transfer books may be closed by the Board of Directors for a stated period not to exceed fifty days for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to receive payment of and dividend, or in order to make a determination of shareholders for any other purpose.

 

6.

Quorum

A majority of the outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of shareholders. If less than a majority of the outstanding shares are represented at a meeting, a majority of the shares so represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice. At a meeting resumed after any such adjournment at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted, which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed.

 

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7.

Voting

A holder of outstanding shares, entitled to vote at a meeting, may vote at such meeting in person or by proxy. Except as may otherwise be provided in the currently filed Articles of Incorporation, every shareholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share standing their name on the record of shareholders. Except as herein or in the currently filed Articles of Incorporation otherwise provided, all corporate action shall be determined by a majority of the votes cast at a meeting of shareholders by the holders of shares entitled to vote thereon.

 

8.

Proxies

At all meeting of shareholders, a shareholder may vote in person or by proxy executed in writing by the shareholder or by their duly authorized attorney-in-fact. Such proxy shall be filed with the Secretary of the Corporation before or at the time of the meeting. No proxy shall be valid after six months from the date of its execution.

 

9.

Informal Action by Shareholders

Any action required to be taken at a meeting of the shareholders, may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by a majority of the shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.

 

Article III
Board of Directors

 

1.

General Powers

The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors. The Board if Directors may adopt such rules and regulations for the conduct of their meetings and the management of the Corporation as they appropriate under the circumstances. The Board shall have authority to authorize changes in the Corporation’s capital structure.

 

2.

Number, Tenure and Qualification

The number of Directors of the Corporation shall be a number between one and nine, as the Directors may by resolution determine from time to time. Each of the Directors shall hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their successor shall have been elected and qualified.

 

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3.

Regular Meetings

A regular meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held without other notice than by this Bylaw, immediately after and, at the same place as the annual meeting of shareholders. The Board of Directors may provide, by resolution, the time and place for the holding of additional regular meetings without other notice than this resolution.

 

4.

Special Meetings

Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by order of the Chairman of the Board or the President. The Secretary shall give notice of the time, place and purpose or purposes of each special meeting by mailing the same at least two days before the meeting or by telephone, telegraphing or telecopying the same at least one day before the meeting to each Director. Meeting of the Board of Directors may be held by telephone conference call.

 

5.

Quorum

A majority of the members of the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but less than a quorum may adjourn any meeting from time to time until a quorum shall be present, whereupon the meeting may be held, as adjourned, without further notice. At any meeting at which every Director shall be present, even though without any formal notice any business may be transacted

 

6.

Manner of Acting

At all meetings of the Board of Directors, each Director shall have one vote. The act of a majority of Directors present at a meeting shall be the act of the full Board of Directors, provided that a quorum is present.

 

7.

Vacancies

A vacancy in the Board of Directors shall be deemed to exist in the case of death, resignation, or removal of any Director, or if the authorized number of Directors is increased, or if the shareholders fail, at any meeting of the shareholders, at which any Director is to be elected, to elect the full authorized number of Directors to be elected at that meeting.

 

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8.

Removals

Directors may be removed, at any time, by a vote of the shareholders holding a majority of the shares outstanding and entitled to vote. Such vacancy shall be filled by the Directors entitled to vote. Such vacancy shall be filled by the Directors then in office, though less than a quorum, to hold office until the next annual meeting or until their successor is duly elected and qualified, except that any directorship to be filled by election by the shareholders at the meeting at which the Director is removed. No reduction of the authorized number of Directors shall have the effect of removing any Director prior to the expiration of their term of office.

 

9.

Resignation

A director may resign at any time by delivering written notification thereof to the President or Secretary of the Corporation. A resignation shall become effective upon its acceptance by the Board of Directors; provided, however, that if the Board of Directors has not acted thereon within ten days from the date of its delivery, the resignation shall be deemed accepted.

 

10.

Presumption of Assent

A Director of the Corporation who is present at a meeting of the Board of Directors at which action on any corporate matter is taken shall be presumed to have assented to the action(s) taken unless their dissent shall be placed in the minutes of the meeting or unless he or she shall file their written dissent to such action with the person acting as the secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or shall forward such dissent by registered mail to the secretary of the Corporation immediately after the adjournment of the meeting. Such right to dissent shall not apply to a Director who voted in favor of such action.

 

11.

Compensation

By resolution of the Board of Directors, the Directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors or a stated salary as Director. No such payment shall preclude any Director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

 

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12.

Emergency Power

When, due to a national disaster or death, a majority of the Directors are incapacitated or otherwise unable to attend the meetings and function as Directors, the remaining members of the Board of Directors shall have all the powers necessary to function as a complete Board, and for the purpose of doing business and filling vacancies shall constitute a quorum, until such time as all Directors can attend or vacancies can be filled pursuant to these Bylaws.

 

13.

Chairman

The Board of Directors may elect from its own number a Chairman of the Board, who shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Chairman may by appointment fill any vacancies on the Board of Directors.

 

Article IV
Officers

 

1.

Number

The officers of the Corporation shall be a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary, and a Treasurer, each of whom shall be elected by a majority of the Board of Directors. Such other Officers and assistant Officers as may be deemed necessary may be elected or appointed by the Board of Directors. In its discretion, the Board of Directors may leave unfilled for any such period as it may determine any office except those of President and Secretary. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person. Officers may or may not be Directors or shareholders of the Corporation.

 

2.

Election and Term of Office

The Officers of the Corporation to be elected by the Board of Directors shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors at the first meeting of the Board of Directors held after each annual meeting of the shareholders. If the election of Officers shall not be held at such meeting, such election shall be held as soon thereafter as convenient. Each Officer shall hold office until their successor shall have been duly elected and shall have qualified or until their death or until they shall resign or shall have been removed in the manner hereinafter provided.

 

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3.

Resignations

Any Officer may resign at any time by delivering a written resignation either to the President or to the Secretary. Unless otherwise specified therein, such resignation shall take effect upon delivery.

 

4.

Removal

Any Officer or agent may be removed by the Board of Directors whenever in its judgment the best interests Corporation will be served thereby, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed. Election or appointment of an Officer or agent shall not of itself create contract rights. Any such removal shall require a majority vote of the Board of Directors, exclusive of the Officer in question if he or she is also a Director.

 

5.

Vacancies

A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or otherwise, or is a new office shall be created, may be filled by the Board of Directors for the un-expired portion of the term.

 

6.

President

The president shall be the chief executive and administrative Officer of the Corporation. He or she shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and, in the absence of the Chairman of the Board, at meetings of the Board of Directors. He or she shall exercise such duties as customarily pertain to the office of President and shall have general and active supervision over the property, business, and affairs of the Corporation and over its several Officers, agents, or employees other than those appointed by the Board of Directors. He or she may sign, execute and deliver in the name of the Corporation powers of attorney, contracts, bonds and other obligations, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors or by the Bylaws.

 

7.

Vice President

The Vice President shall have such powers and perform such duties as may be assigned to him by the Board of Directors or the President. In the absence or disability of the President, the Vice President designated by the Board or the President shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President. A Vice President may sign and execute contracts any other obligations pertaining to the regular course of their duties.

 

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8.

Secretary

The Secretary shall keep the minutes of all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors and, to the extent ordered by the Board of Directors or the President, the minutes of meeting of all committees. He or she shall cause notice to be given of meetings of stockholders, of the Board of Directors, and of any committee appointed by the Board. He or she shall have custody of the corporate seal and general charge of the records, documents and papers of the Corporation not pertaining to the performance of the duties vested in other Officers, which shall at all reasonable times be open to the examination of any Directors. He or she may sign or execute contracts with the President or a Vice President thereunto authorized in the name of the Corporation and affix the seal of the Corporation thereto. He or she shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors or by the Bylaws.

 

9.

Treasurer

The Treasurer shall have general custody of the collection and disbursement of funds of the Corporation. He or she shall endorse on behalf of the Corporation for collection check, notes and other obligations, and shall deposit the same to the credit of the Corporation in such bank or banks or depositories as the Board of Directors may designate. He or she may sign, with the President or such other persons as may be designated for the purpose of the Board of Directors, all bills of exchange or promissory notes of the Corporation. He or she shall enter or cause to be entered regularly in the books of the Corporation full and accurate account of all monies received and paid by him on account of the Corporation; shall at all reasonable times exhibit his (or her) books and accounts to any Director of the Corporation upon application at the office of the Corporation during business hours; and, whenever required by the Board of Directors or the President, shall render a statement of his (or her) accounts. The Treasurer shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors or by the Bylaws.

 

10.

Other Officers

Other Officers shall perform such duties and shall have such powers as may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors.

 

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11.

Salaries

Salaries or other compensation of the Officers of the Corporation shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors, except that the Board of Directors may delegate to any person or group of persons the power to fix the salaries or other compensation of any subordinate Officers or agents. No Officer shall be prevented from receiving any such salary or compensation by reason of the fact the he or she is also a Director of the Corporation

 

12.

Surety Bonds

In case the Board of Directors shall so require, any Officer or agent of the Corporation shall execute to the Corporation a bond in such sums and with such surety or sureties as the Board of Directors may direct, conditioned upon the faithful performance of his (or her) duties to the Corporation, including responsibility for negligence and for the accounting for all property, monies or securities of the Corporation, which may come into his (or her) hands.

 

Article V
Contracts, Loans, Checks and Deposits

 

1.

Contracts

The Board of Directors may authorize any Officer or Officers, agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

 

2.

Loans

No loan or advance shall be contracted on behalf of the Corporation, no negotiable paper or other evidence of its obligation under any loan or advance shall be issued in its name, and no property of the Corporation shall be mortgaged, pledged, hypothecated or transferred as security for the payment of any loan, advance, indebtedness or liability of the Corporation unless and except as authorized by the Board of Directors. Any such authorization may be general or confined to specific instances.

 

3.

Deposits

All funds of the Corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the Corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as the Board of Directors may select, or as may be selected by an Officer or agent of the Corporation authorized to do so by the Board of Directors.

 

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4.

Checks and Drafts

All notes, drafts, acceptances, checks, endorsements and evidence of indebtedness of the Corporation shall be signed by such Officer or Officers or such agent or agents of the Corporation and in such manner as the Board of Directors from timer to time may determine. Endorsements for deposits to the credit of the Corporation in any of its duly authorized depositories shall be made in such manner as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.

 

5.

Bonds and Debentures

Every bond or debenture issued by the Corporation shall be in the form of an appropriate legal writing, which shall be signed by the President or Vice President and by the Treasurer or by the Secretary, and sealed with the seal of the Corporation. The seal may be facsimile, engraved or printed. Where such bond or debenture is authenticated with the manual signature of an authorized Officer of the Corporation or other trustee designated by the indenture of trust or other agreement under which such security is issued, the signature of any of the Corporation’s Officers named thereon may be facsimile. In case any Officer who signed, or whose facsimile signature has been used on any such bond or debenture, shall cease to be an Officer of the Corporation for any reason before the same has been delivered by the Corporation, such bond or debenture may nevertheless by adopted by the Corporation and issued and delivered as though the person who signed it or whose facsimile signature has been used thereon had not ceased to be such Officer.

 

Article VI
Capital Stock

 

1.

Certificate of Share

The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates prepared by the Board of Directors and signed by the President. The signatures of such Officers upon a certificate may be facsimiles if the certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent or registered by a registrar other than the Corporation itself or one of its employees. All certificates for shares shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified. The name and address of the person to whom the shares represented thereby are issued, with the number of shares and date of issue, shall be entered on the stock transfer books of the Corporation. All certificates surrendered to the Corporation for transfer shall be canceled except that in case of a lost, destroyed or mutilated certificate, a new one may be issued therefor upon such terms and indemnity to the Corporation as the Board of Directors may prescribe.

 

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2.

Transfer of Shares

Transfer of shares of the Corporation shall be made only on the stock transfer books of the Corporation by the holder of record thereof or by his (or her) legal representative, who shall furnish proper evidence of authority to transfer, or by his (or her) attorney thereunto authorized by power of attorney duly executed and filed with the Secretary of the Corporation, and on surrender for cancellation of the certificate for such shares. The person in whose name shares stand on the books of the Corporation shall be deemed by the Corporation to be the owner thereof for all purposes.

 

3.

Transfer Agent and Registrar

The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall have the power to appoint one or more transfer agents and registrars for the transfer and registration of certificates of stock of any class, and may require that stock certificates shall be countersigned and registered by one or more of such transfer agents and registrars.

 

4.

Lost or Destroyed Certificates

The Corporation may issue a new certificate to replace any certificate theretofore issued by it alleged to have been lost or destroyed. The Board of Directors may require the owner of such a certificate or his (or her) legal representative to give the Corporation a bond in such sum and with such sureties as the Board of Directors may direct to indemnify the Corporation as transfer agents and registrars, if any, against claims that may be made on account of the issuance of such new certificates. A new certificate may be issued without requiring any bond.

 

5.

Registered Shareholders

The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share or shares of stock as the holder thereof, in fact, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or on behalf of this Corporation to any and all of the rights and powers incident to the ownership of such stock at any such meeting, and shall have power and authority to execute and deliver proxies and consents on behalf of this Corporation in connection with the exercise by this Corporation of the rights and powers incident to the ownership of such stock. The Board of Directors, from time to time, may confer like powers upon any other person or persons.

 

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Article VII
Indemnification

 

No Officer or Director shall be personally liable for any obligations of the Corporation or for any duties or obligations arising out of any acts or conduct of said Officer or Director performed for or on behalf of the Corporation. The Corporation shall and does hereby indemnify and hold harmless each person and their heirs and administrators who shall serve at any time hereafter as a Director or Officer of the Corporation from and against any and all claims, judgments and liabilities to which such persons shall become subject by reason of their having heretofore or hereafter been a Director or Officer of the Corporation, or by reason of any action alleged to have heretofore or hereafter taken or omitted to have been taken by him as such Director or Officer, and shall reimburse each such person for all legal and other expenses reasonably incurred by him in connection with any such claim or liability, including power to defend such persons from all suits or claims as provided for under the provisions of the Nevada Revised Statutes; provided, however, that no such persons shall be indemnified against, or be reimbursed for, any expense incurred in connection with any claim or liability arising out of his (or her) own negligence or willful misconduct. The rights accruing to any person under the foregoing provisions of this section shall not exclude any other right to which he or she may lawfully be entitled, nor shall anything herein contained restrict the right of the Corporation to indemnify or reimburse such person in any proper case, even though not specifically herein provided for. The Corporation, its Directors, Officers, employees and agents shall be fully protected in taking any action or making any payment, or in refusing so to do in reliance upon the advice of counsel.

 

Article VIII
Notice

 

Whenever any notice is required to be given to any shareholder or Director of the Corporation under the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, or under the provisions of the Nevada Statutes, a waiver thereof in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. Attendance at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meetings, except where attendance is for the express purpose of objecting to the holding of that meeting.

 

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Article IX
Amendments

 

These Bylaws may be altered, amended, repealed, or new Bylaws adopted by a majority of the entire Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting. Any Bylaw adopted by the Board may be repealed or changed by the action of the shareholders.

 

Article X
Fiscal Year

 

The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed and may be varied by resolution of the Board of Directors.

 

Article XI
Dividends

 

The Board of Directors may at any regular or special meeting, as they deem advisable, declare dividends payable out of the surplus of the Corporation.

 

Article XII
Corporate Seal

 

The seal of the Corporation shall be in the form of a circle and shall bear the name of the Corporation and the year of incorporation per sample affixed hereto.

  

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Exhibit 5.1

 

MCMURDO LAW GROUP, LLC

Matthew C. McMurdo | 917 318 2865 | matt@nannaronelaw.com

 

 

Date: November 2, 2018

1185 Avenue of the Americas
3rd Floor New York,
NY 10036

  

VIA ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION

 

MyDx, Inc.

6335 Ferris Square, Suite B

San Diego, California 92121 

 

Re: MyDx, Inc.

 

Form S-8 Registration Statement

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We refer to the above-captioned registration statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), to be filed by MyDx, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about November 2, 2018, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), of an aggregate of 150,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.001 par value per share, that are subject to issuance by the Company under the MyDx, Inc. 2018 Stock Incentive Plan.

 

We have examined the originals, photocopies, certified copies or other evidence of such records of the Company, certificates of officers of the Company and public officials, and other documents as we have deemed relevant and necessary as a basis for the opinion hereinafter expressed. In such examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as certified copies or photocopies and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents.

 

Based on our examination mentioned above, we are of the opinion that the securities being issued pursuant to the Registration Statement are duly authorized and will be, when so issued, legally and validly issued, and fully paid and non-assessable.

   

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement. In giving the foregoing consent, we do not hereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act, or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

  MCMURDO LAW GROUP, INC.
   
  /s/ Matthew McMurdo, Esq.
  Matthew McMurdo, Esq.

  

McMurdo Law Group, LLC

 

New York

 

Exhibit 10.1

 

MyDx, Inc.

2018 Stock Incentive Plan

 

ARTICLE I

PURPOSE AND ADOPTION OF THE PLAN

 

1.1 Purpose . The purpose of the MyDx, Inc. 2018 Stock Incentive Plan (hereinafter referred to as the “ Plan ”) is to assist in attracting and retaining highly competent key employees, non-employee directors and consultants and to act as an incentive in motivating selected key employees, non-employee directors and consultants of MyDx, Inc. and its Subsidiaries (as defined below) to achieve long-term corporate objectives.

 

1.2  Adoption and Term . The Plan has been approved by the Board of Directors (hereinafter referred to as the “ Board ”) of MyDx, Inc., a Nevada corporation (including any successor entity, the “ Company ”), to be effective as of the date the Plan is approved by the Board (the “ Effective Date ”), subject to the approval of the stockholders of the Company. The Plan shall remain in effect until terminated by action of the Board; provided, however , that no Incentive Stock Option (as defined below) may be granted hereunder after the tenth anniversary of the Effective Date. The Company intends that any grant, award or other acquisition of the Company’s securities pursuant to the Plan to any officer and/or director of the Company shall be exempt from Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act.

 

ARTICLE II

DEFINITIONS

 

2.1 For the purposes of this Plan, capitalized terms shall have the following meanings:

 

Award ” means any grant to a Participant of one or a combination of Non-Qualified Stock Options or Incentive Stock Options, and Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Shares and Performance Awards described herein.

 

Award Agreement ” means a written agreement between the Company and a Participant or a written notice from the Company to a Participant specifically setting forth the terms and conditions of an Award granted under the Plan.

 

Award Period ” means, with respect to an Award, the period of time set forth in the Award Agreement during which specified target performance goals must be achieved or other conditions set forth in the Award Agreement must be satisfied.

 

Beneficiary ” means an individual, trust or estate who or which, by a written designation of the Participant filed with the Company or by operation of law, succeeds to the rights and obligations of the Participant under the Plan and an Award Agreement upon the Participant’s death.

 

Board ” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

Change in Control ” means, and shall be deemed to have occurred upon the occurrence of, any one of the following events:

 

(a) Consummation by the Company of a reorganization, merger, consolidation or similar transaction (a “ Reorganization Transaction ”), in each case, unless, immediately following such Reorganization Transaction, more than 50% of, respectively, the outstanding shares of common stock (or similar equity security) of the corporation or other entity resulting from or surviving such Reorganization Transaction and the combined voting power of the securities of such corporation or other entity entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, is then beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by the individuals and entities who were the respective beneficial owners of the Outstanding Common Stock and the Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Reorganization Transaction in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the Outstanding Common Stock and Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Reorganization Transaction; or

 

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(b) Consummation by the Company of (i) a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company or (ii) the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to a corporation or other entity, unless, with respect to such corporation or other entity, immediately following such sale or other disposition more than 50% of, respectively, the outstanding shares of common stock (or similar equity security) of such corporation or other entity and the combined voting power of the securities of such corporation or other entity entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, is then beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by the individuals and entities who were the respective beneficial owners of the Outstanding Common Stock and the Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such sale or disposition in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the Outstanding Common Stock and Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such sale or disposition.

 

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. References to a section of the Code include that section and any comparable section or sections of any future legislation that amends, supplements or supersedes said section.

 

Committee ” means the committee established in accordance with Section 3.1.

 

Company ” means MyDx, Inc., a Nevada Corporation, and its successors.

 

Common Stock ” means the Company’s common Stock, par value $.001 per share.

 

Company Voting Securities ” means the combined voting power of all outstanding securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the Company.

 

Date of Grant ” means the date designated by the Committee as the date as of which it grants an Award, which shall not be earlier than the date on which the Committee approves the granting of such Award.

 

Effective Date ” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 1.2.

 

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

 

Exercise Price ” means, with respect to a Stock Appreciation Right, the amount established by the Committee in the related Award Agreement as the amount to be subtracted from the Fair Market Value on the date of exercise in order to determine the amount of the payment to be made to the Participant, as further described in Section 6.2(b).

 

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

 

(i) if the Common Stock is listed on any established stock exchange or a national market system, including without limitation the NYSE Archipelago Exchange, the Nasdaq National Market or The Nasdaq SmallCap Market of The Nasdaq Stock Market, the Fair Market Value of a Share of Common Stock shall be the closing sales price of a Share of Common Stock (or the closing bid, if no such sales were reported) as quoted on such exchange or system for the last market trading day prior to the time of determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Administrator deems reliable;

 

(ii) if the Common Stock is listed on the OTC Bulletin Board or on the Pink Sheets trading market or is otherwise regularly quoted by a recognized securities dealer but is not listed in the manner contemplated by clause (i) above, the Fair Market Value of a Share of Common Stock shall be the mean between the high bid and low asked prices for the Common Stock on the last market trading day prior to the day of determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Administrator deems reliable; or

 

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(iii) if neither clause (i) above nor clause (ii) above applies, the Fair Market Value shall be determined in good faith by the Administrator.

 

Incentive Stock Option ” means a stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.

 

Merger ” means any merger, reorganization, consolidation, share exchange, transfer of assets or other transaction having similar effect involving the Company.

 

Non-Employee Director ” means a member of the Board who (i) is not currently an officer or otherwise employed by the Company or a parent or a subsidiary of the Company, (ii) does not receive compensation directly or indirectly from the Company or a parent or a subsidiary of the Company for services rendered as a consultant or in any capacity other than as a director, except for an amount for which disclosure would not be required pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K, (iii) does not possess an interest in any other transaction for which disclosure would be required pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K, (iv) is not engaged in a business relationship for which disclosure would be required pursuant to Item 404(b) of Regulation S-K, and (v) qualifies as “Outside Director” pursuant to Section 162(m) of the Code.

 

Non-Employee Director Option ” means a stock option granted to a Non-Employee Director in accordance with Section 6.1(a).

 

Non-Qualified Stock Option ” means a stock option which is not an Incentive Stock Option.

 

Options ” means all Non-Qualified Stock Options and Incentive Stock Options granted at any time under the Plan.

 

Outstanding Common Stock ” means, at any time, the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock.

 

Participant ” means a person designated to receive an Award under the Plan in accordance with Section 5.1.

 

Performance Awards ” means Awards granted in accordance with Article VIII.

 

Plan ” means the MyDx, Inc. 2018 Stock Incentive Plan as described herein, as the same may be amended from time to time.

 

Purchase Price ”, with respect to Options, shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(b).

 

Restricted Shares ” means Common Stock subject to restrictions imposed in connection with Awards granted under Article VII.

 

Retirement ” means early or normal retirement under a pension plan or arrangement of the Company or one of its Subsidiaries in which the Participant participates.

 

Stock Appreciation Rights ” means Awards granted in accordance with Article VI.

 

Subsidiary ” means a subsidiary of the Company within the meaning of Section 424(f) of the Code.

 

Termination of Employment ” means the voluntary or involuntary termination of a Participant’s employment with the Company or a Subsidiary for any reason, including death, disability, retirement or as the result of the divestiture of the Participant’s employer or any similar transaction in which the Participant’s employer ceases to be the Company or one of its Subsidiaries. Whether entering military or other government service shall constitute Termination of Employment, or whether a Termination of Employment shall occur as a result of disability, shall be determined in each case by the Committee in its sole discretion. In the case of a consultant who is not an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary, Termination of Employment shall mean voluntary or involuntary termination of the consulting relationship for any reason. In the case of a Non-Employee Director, Termination of Employment shall mean voluntary or involuntary termination, non-election, removal or other act which results in such Non-Employee Director no longer serving in such capacity.

 

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ARTICLE III

ADMINISTRATION

 

3.1 Committee. The Plan shall be administered by a committee of the Board (the “ Committee ”). The Committee shall have exclusive and final authority in each determination, interpretation or other action affecting the Plan and its Participants. The Committee shall have the sole discretionary authority to interpret the Plan, to establish, modify and amend administrative rules for the Plan, to impose such conditions and restrictions on Awards as it determines appropriate, and to take such steps in connection with the Plan and Awards granted hereunder as it may deem necessary or advisable. The Committee may, subject to compliance with applicable legal requirements, delegate such of its powers and authority under the Plan as it deems appropriate to designated officers or employees of the Company. In addition, the Board may exercise any of the authority conferred upon the Committee hereunder. In the event of any such delegation of authority or exercise of authority by the Board, references in the Plan to the Committee shall be deemed to refer to the delegate of the Committee or the Board, as the case may be.

  

ARTICLE IV

SHARES

 

4.1 Number of Shares Issuable . The total number of shares initially authorized to be issued under the Plan shall be one hundred fifty million (150,000,000) shares of Common Stock. The number of shares available for issuance under the Plan shall be subject to adjustment in accordance with the terms herein. The shares to be offered under the Plan shall be authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock, or issued shares of Common Stock which will have been reacquired by the Company.

 

4.2 Shares Subject to Terminated Awards . Shares of Common Stock covered by any unexercised portions of terminated Options (including canceled Options) granted under Article VI, shares of Common Stock forfeited as provided in Section 7.2(a) and shares of Common Stock subject to any Award that are otherwise surrendered by a Participant may be subject to new Awards under the Plan. Shares of Common Stock subject to Options, or portions thereof, that have been surrendered in connection with the exercise of Stock Appreciation Rights shall not be available for subsequent Awards under the Plan, but shares of Common Stock issued in payment of such Stock Appreciation Rights shall not be charged against the number of shares of Common Stock available for the grant of Awards hereunder.

 

ARTICLE V

PARTICIPATION

 

5.1 Eligible Participants . Participants in the Plan shall be such key employees, non-employee directors and consultants of the Company and its Subsidiaries, whether or not members of the Board, as the Committee, in its sole discretion, may designate from time to time. The Committee’s designation of a Participant in any year shall not require the Committee to designate such person to receive Awards in any other year. The designation of a Participant to receive an Award under one portion of the Plan does not require the Committee to include such Participant under other portions of the Plan. The Committee shall consider such factors as it deems pertinent in selecting Participants and in determining the types and amounts of their respective Awards.

 

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ARTICLE VI

STOCK OPTIONS AND STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS

 

6.1 Option Awards .

 

(a) Grant of Options . The Committee may grant, to such Participants as the Committee may select, Options entitling the Participants to purchase shares of Common Stock from the Company in such numbers, at such prices, and on such terms and subject to such conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, as may be established by the Committee and are subject to adjustment as described herein. Non-Qualified Stock Options granted after the Effective Date shall have an exercise price of not less than 100% of the Fair Market Value on the Date of Grant. Other Incentive Stock Options may be granted at such prices and in such quantities as determined by the Committee. Except as provided in Sections 6.3(c), or 6.5, Non-Employee Director Options shall not be exercisable prior to the first anniversary of the Date of Grant, at which time they will be immediately exercisable, in whole or in part, and shall remain exercisable until the tenth anniversary of the Date of Grant.

 

(b) Purchase Price of Options . The Purchase Price of each share of Common Stock which may be purchased upon exercise of any Option granted under the Plan shall be determined by the Committee.

 

(c) Designation of Options . Except as otherwise expressly provided in the Plan, the Committee may designate, at the time of the grant of an Option, such Option as an Incentive Stock Option or a Non-Qualified Stock Option; provided, however , that an Option may be designated as an Incentive Stock Option only if the applicable Participant is an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary on the Date of Grant.

 

(d) Incentive Stock Option Share Limitation . No Participant may be granted Incentive Stock Options under the Plan (or any other plans of the Company and its Subsidiaries) that would result in Incentive Stock Options to purchase shares of Common Stock with an aggregate Fair Market Value (measured on the Date of Grant) of more than $500,000 first becoming exercisable by such Participant in any one calendar year.

 

(e) Rights as a Stockholder . A Participant or a transferee of an Option pursuant to Section 9.4 shall have no rights as a stockholder with respect to the shares of Common Stock covered by an Option until that Participant or transferee shall have become the holder of record of any such shares, and no adjustment shall be made with respect to any such shares of Common Stock for dividends in cash or other property or distributions of other rights on the Common Stock for which the record date is prior to the date on which that Participant or transferee shall have become the holder of record of any shares covered by such Option; provided, however, that Participants are entitled to share adjustments to reflect capital changes under Section 9.7.

 

6.2 Stock Appreciation Rights .

 

(a) Stock Appreciation Right Awards . The Committee is authorized to grant to any Participant one or more Stock Appreciation Rights. Such Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted either independent of or in tandem with Options granted to the same Participant. Stock Appreciation Rights granted in tandem with Options may be granted simultaneously with, or, in the case of Non-Qualified Stock Options, subsequent to, the grant to such Participant of the related Options; provided, however, that: (i) any Option covering any share of Common Stock shall expire and not be exercisable upon the exercise of any Stock Appreciation Right with respect to the same share, (ii) any Stock Appreciation Right covering any share of Common Stock shall expire and not be exercisable upon the exercise of any Option with respect to the same share, and (iii) an Option and a Stock Appreciation Right covering the same share of Common Stock may not be exercised simultaneously. Upon exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right with respect to a share of Common Stock, the Participant shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (A) the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the date of exercise over (B) the Exercise Price of such Stock Appreciation Right established in the Award Agreement, which amount shall be payable as provided in Section 6.2(c).

 

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(b) Exercise Price . The Exercise Price established for any Stock Appreciation Right granted under this Plan shall be determined by the Committee, but in the case of Stock Appreciation Rights granted in tandem with Options shall not be less than the Purchase Price of the related Options. Upon exercise of Stock Appreciation Rights, the number of shares issuable upon exercise under any related Options shall automatically be reduced by the number of shares of Common Stock represented by such Options which are surrendered as a result of the exercise of such Stock Appreciation Rights.

 

(c) Payment of Incremental Value . Any payment that may become due from the Company by reason of a Participant’s exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right may be paid to the Participant as determined by the Committee (i) all in cash, (ii) all in Common Stock, or (iii) in any combination of cash and Common Stock. In the event that all or a portion of the payment is to be made in Common Stock, the number of shares of Common Stock to be delivered in satisfaction of such payment shall be determined by dividing the amount of such payment or portion thereof by the Fair Market Value on the date of exercise. No fractional share of Common Stock shall be issued to make any payment in respect of Stock Appreciation Rights; if any fractional share would otherwise be issuable, the combination of cash and Common Stock payable to a Participant shall be adjusted as directed by the Committee to avoid the issuance of any fractional share.

 

6.3 Terms of Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights .

 

(a) Conditions on Exercise . An Award Agreement with respect to Options and/or Stock Appreciation Rights may contain such waiting periods, exercise dates and restrictions on exercise (including, but not limited to, periodic installments) as may be determined by the Committee at the time of grant.

 

(b) Duration of Options and Stock Appreciation Rights . Options and Stock Appreciation Rights shall terminate after the first to occur of the following events:

 

(i) Expiration of the Option or Stock Appreciation Right as provided in the related Award Agreement; or

 

(ii) Termination of the Award as provided in Section 6.3(e), following the applicable Participant’s Termination of Employment; or

 

(iii) In the case of an Incentive Stock Option, ten (10) years from the Date of Grant; or

 

(iv) Solely in the case of a Stock Appreciation Right granted in tandem with an Option, upon the expiration of the related Option.

 

(b) Acceleration of Exercise Time . The Committee, in its sole discretion, shall have the right (but shall not in any case be obligated), exercisable at any time after the Date of Grant, to permit the exercise of any Option or Stock Appreciation Right prior to the time such Option or Stock Appreciation Right would otherwise become exercisable under the terms of the related Award Agreement.

 

(c) Extension of Exercise Time . The Committee, in its sole discretion, shall have the right (but shall not in any case be obligated), exercisable on or at any time after the Date of Grant, to permit the exercise of any Option or Stock Appreciation Right after its expiration date described in Section 6(b).

 

6.4 Termination .

 

(a) Termination . In the event of Termination of Employment of a Participant other than by reason of death, disability or Retirement, the right of the Participant to exercise any Option or Stock Appreciation Right shall terminate 90 days after the date of such Termination of Employment, unless the exercise period is extended by the Committee in accordance with Section 6.3(d).

 

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(b) Disability or Retirement . In the event of a Participant’s Termination of Employment by reason of disability or Retirement, the right of the Participant to exercise any Option or Stock Appreciation Right which he or she was entitled to exercise upon Termination of Employment (or which became exercisable at a later date pursuant to Section 6.3(e)(ii)) shall terminate one year after the date of such Termination of Employment, unless the exercise period is extended by the Committee in accordance with Section 6.3(d). In no event, however, may any Option or Stock Appreciation Right be exercised later than the date of expiration of the Option determined pursuant to Section 6.3(b)(i), (iii) or (iv).

 

(c) Death . In the event of the death of a Participant while employed by the Company or a Subsidiary or within any additional period of time from the date of the Participant’s Termination of Employment and prior to the expiration of any Option or Stock Appreciation Right as provided pursuant to Section 6.3(e)(i)(B) or Section 6.3(d) above, to the extent the right to exercise the Option or Stock Appreciation Right was accrued as of the date of such Termination of Employment and had not expired during such additional period, the right of the Participant’s Beneficiary to exercise the Option or Stock Appreciation Right shall terminate one year after the date of the Participant’s death (but in no event more than one year from the date of the Participant’s Termination of Employment by reason of disability or Retirement), unless the exercise period is extended by the Committee in accordance with Section 6.3(d). In no event, however, may any Option or Stock Appreciation Right be exercised later than the date of expiration of the Option determined pursuant to Section 6.3(b)(i), (iii) or (iv).

 

(d) Termination of Unvested Options or Stock Appreciation Rights . Upon Termination of Employment, subject to Section 6.3(c), to the extent the right to exercise an Option or a Stock Appreciation Right, or any portion thereof, has not accrued as of the date of Termination of Employment, such right shall expire at the date of such Termination of Employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee, in its sole discretion and under such terms as it deems appropriate, may permit, for a Participant who terminates employment by reason of Retirement and who will continue to render significant services to the Company or one of its Subsidiaries after his or her Termination of Employment, the continued vesting of his or her Options and Stock Appreciation Rights during the period in which that individual continues to render such services.

 

6.5 Exercise Procedures . Each Option and Stock Appreciation Right granted under the Plan shall be exercised by written notice to the Company which must be received by the officer or employee of the Company designated in the Award Agreement at or before the close of business on the termination date of the Award. The Purchase Price of shares purchased upon exercise of an Option granted under the Plan shall be paid in full in cash by the Participant pursuant to the Award Agreement; provided, however, that the Committee may (but shall not be required to) permit payment to be made by delivery to the Company of either (a) shares of Common Stock (which may include Restricted Shares or shares otherwise issuable in connection with the exercise of the Option, subject to such rules as the Committee deems appropriate) or (b) any combination of cash and Common Stock or (c) such other consideration as the Committee deems appropriate and in compliance with applicable law (including payment in accordance with a cashless exercise program under which, if so instructed by a Participant, shares of Common Stock may be issued directly to the Participant’s broker or dealer upon receipt of an irrevocable written notice of exercise from the Participant). In the event that any shares of Common Stock shall be transferred to the Company to satisfy all or any part of the Purchase Price, the part of the Purchase Price deemed to have been satisfied by such transfer of shares of Common Stock shall be equal to the product derived by multiplying the Fair Market Value as of the date of exercise times the number of shares of Common Stock transferred to the Company. The Participant may not transfer to the Company in satisfaction of the Purchase Price any fractional share of Common Stock. Any part of the Purchase Price paid in cash upon the exercise of any Option shall be added to the general funds of the Company and may be used for any proper corporate purpose. Unless the Committee shall otherwise determine, any shares of Common Stock transferred to the Company as payment of all or part of the Purchase Price upon the exercise of any Option shall be held as treasury shares.

 

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6.6 Adjustments upon Changes in Capitalization, dissolution, Merger or Sale of Assets .

 

(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 which have been authorized for issuance under the Plan but as to which no Options have yet been granted or which have been returned to the Plan upon cancellation or expiration of an option, as well as the price per 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 stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, combination or reclassification of the Common Stock, or any other increase or decrease in the number of issued shares of Common Stock effected without receipt of consideration by the Company; provided, however, that conversion of any convertible securities of the Company shall not be deemed to have been “effected without receipt of consideration.” Such adjustment shall be made by the Board, whose determination in that respect shall be final, binding and conclusive. Except as expressly provided herein, no issuance by the Company of shares of stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class, shall affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number or price of shares of Common Stock subject to an Option.

 

(b) Dissolution or Liquidation . In the event of the proposed dissolution or liquidation of the Company, the Committee shall notify each Participant as soon as practicable prior to the effective date of such proposed transaction. The Committee in its discretion may provide for a Participant to have the right to exercise his or her Option until ten (10) days prior to such transaction as to all of the Options covered thereby, including Shares as to which the Option would not otherwise be exercisable. In addition, the Committee may provide that any Company repurchase option applicable to any Shares purchased upon exercise of an Option shall lapse as to all such Shares, provided the proposed dissolution or liquidation takes place at the time and in the manner contemplated. To the extent it has not been previously exercised, an Option will terminate immediately prior to the consummation of such proposed action.

 

(c) Merger or Asset Sale . In the event of a merger of the Company with or into another corporation, or the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Company, each outstanding Option shall be assumed or an equivalent option or right substituted by the successor corporation or a Parent or Subsidiary of the successor corporation. In the event that the successor corporation refuses to assume or substitute for the Option, the Participant shall fully vest in and have the right to exercise the Option as to all of the Optioned Stock, including Shares as to which it would not otherwise be vested or exercisable. If an Option becomes fully vested and exercisable in lieu of assumption or substitution in the event of a merger or sale of assets, the Committee shall notify the Participant in writing or electronically that the Option shall be fully vested and exercisable for a period of fifteen (15) days from the date of such notice, and the Option shall terminate upon the expiration of such period. For the purposes of this paragraph, the Option shall be considered assumed if, following the merger or sale of assets, the option or right confers the right to purchase or receive, for each Share of Optioned Stock, immediately prior to the merger or sale of assets, the consideration (whether stock, cash, or other securities or property) received in the merger or sale of assets by holders of Common Stock for each Share held on the effective date of the transaction (and if holders were offered a choice of consideration, the type of consideration chosen by the holders of a majority of the outstanding Shares); provided, however, that if such consideration received in the merger or sale of assets is not solely common stock of the successor corporation or its Parent, the Committee may, with the consent of the successor corporation, provide for the consideration to be received upon the exercise of the Option, for each Share of Optioned Stock to be solely common stock of the successor corporation or its Parent equal in fair market value to the per share consideration received by holders of Common Stock in the merger or sale of assets.

 

6.7 Change in Control . Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in the applicable Award Agreement, in the event of a Change in Control, all Options and Stock Appreciation Rights outstanding on the date of such Change in Control shall become immediately and fully exercisable. The provisions of this Section 6.7 shall not be applicable to any Options or Stock Appreciation Rights granted to a Participant if any Change in Control results from such Participant’s beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of Common Stock or Company Voting Securities.

 

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ARTICLE VII

RESTRICTED SHARES

 

7.1 Restricted Share Awards . The Committee may grant to any Participant an Award of such number of shares of Common Stock on such terms, conditions and restrictions, whether based on performance standards, periods of service, retention by the Participant of ownership of purchased or designated shares of Common Stock or other criteria, as the Committee shall establish. With respect to performance-based Awards of Restricted Shares intended to qualify for deductibility under Section 162(m) of the Code, performance targets will include specified levels of one or more of operating income, return or investment, return on stockholders’ equity, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization and/or earnings per share. The terms of any Restricted Share Award granted under this Plan may be set forth in an Award Agreement which shall contain provisions determined by the Committee and not inconsistent with this Plan.

 

(a) Issuance of Restricted Shares . As soon as practicable after the Date of Grant of a Restricted Share Award by the Committee, the Company shall cause to be transferred on the books of the Company or its agent, shares of Common Stock, registered on behalf of the Participant, evidencing the Restricted Shares covered by the Award. All shares of Common Stock covered by Awards under this Article VII shall be subject to the restrictions, terms and conditions contained in the Plan. Until the lapse or release of all restrictions applicable to an Award of Restricted Shares the share certificates representing such Restricted Shares may be held in custody by the Company, its designee, or, if the certificates bear a restrictive legend, by the Participant. Upon the lapse or release of all restrictions with respect to an Award as described in Section 7.1(d), one or more share certificates, registered in the name of the Participant, for an appropriate number of shares as provided in Section 7.1(d), free of any restrictions set forth in the Plan (however subject to any restrictions that may be imposed by law) shall be delivered to the Participant.

 

(b) Stockholder Rights . Beginning on the Date of Grant of a Restricted Share Award, the Participant shall become a stockholder of the Company with respect to all shares and shall have all of the rights of a stockholder, including, but not limited to, the right to vote such shares and the right to receive dividends; provided, however, that any shares of Common Stock distributed as a dividend or otherwise with respect to any Restricted Shares as to which the restrictions have not yet lapsed, shall be subject to the same restrictions as such Restricted Shares and held or restricted as provided in Section 7.1(a).

 

(c) Restriction on Transferability . None of the Restricted Shares may be assigned or transferred (other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution or to an inter vivos trust with respect to which the Participant is treated as the owner under Sections 671 through 677 of the Code), pledged or sold prior to the lapse of the restrictions applicable thereto without prior Company approval.

 

(d) Delivery of Shares Upon Vesting . Upon expiration or earlier termination of the forfeiture period without a forfeiture and the satisfaction of or release from any other conditions prescribed by the Committee, or at such earlier time as provided under the provisions of Section 7.3, the restrictions applicable to the Restricted Shares shall lapse. As promptly as administratively feasible thereafter, subject to the requirements of Section 9.5, the Company shall deliver to the Participant or, in case of the Participant’s death, to the Participant’s Beneficiary, one or more share certificates for the appropriate number of shares of Common Stock, free of all such restrictions, except for any restrictions that may be imposed by law.

 

7.2 Terms of Restricted Shares .

 

(a) Change in Control . Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in the applicable Award Agreement, in the event of a Change in Control, all restrictions applicable to the Restricted Share Award shall terminate fully and the Participant shall immediately have the right to the delivery of share certificates for such shares in accordance with Section 7.1(d).

 

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ARTICLE VIII

PERFORMANCE AWARDS

 

8.1 Performance Awards .

 

(a) Award Periods and Calculations of Potential Incentive Amounts . The Committee may grant Performance Awards to Participants. A Performance Award shall consist of the right to receive a payment (measured by the Fair Market Value of a specified number of shares of Common Stock, increases in such Fair Market Value during the Award Period and/or a fixed cash amount) contingent upon the extent to which certain predetermined performance targets have been met during an Award Period. Performance Awards may be made in conjunction with, or in addition to, Restricted Share Awards made under Article VII. The Award Period shall be two or more fiscal or calendar years as determined by the Committee. The Committee, in its discretion and under such terms as it deems appropriate, may permit newly eligible employees, such as those who are promoted or newly hired, to receive Performance Awards after an Award Period has commenced.

 

(b) Performance Targets . The performance targets may include such goals related to the performance of the Company and/or the performance of a Participant as may be established by the Committee in its discretion. In the case of Performance Awards intended to qualify for deductibility under Section 162(m) of the Code, the targets will include specified levels of one or more of operating income, return on investment, return on stockholders’ equity, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization and/or earnings per share. The performance targets established by the Committee may vary for different Award Periods and need not be the same for each Participant receiving a Performance Award in an Award Period. Except to the extent inconsistent with the performance-based compensation exception under Section 162(m) of the Code, in the case of Performance Awards granted to employees to whom such section is applicable, the Committee, in its discretion, but only under extraordinary circumstances as determined by the Committee, may change any prior determination of performance targets for any Award Period at any time prior to the final determination of the value of a related Performance Award when events or transactions occur to cause such performance targets to be an inappropriate measure of achievement.

 

(c) Earning Performance Awards . The Committee, on or as soon as practicable after the Date of Grant, shall prescribe a formula to determine the percentage of the applicable Performance Award to be earned based upon the degree of attainment of performance targets.

 

(d) Payment of Earned Performance Awards . Payments of earned Performance Awards shall be made in cash or shares of Common Stock or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, in the discretion of the Committee. The Committee, in its sole discretion, may provide such terms and conditions with respect to the payment of earned Performance Awards as it may deem desirable.

 

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8.2  Terms of Performance Awards .

 

(a) Termination of Employment . Unless otherwise provided below or in Section 8.3, in the case of a Participant’s Termination of Employment prior to the end of an Award Period, the Participant will not have earned any Performance Awards for that Award Period.

 

(b) Retirement . If a Participant’s Termination of Employment is because of Retirement prior to the end of an Award Period, the Participant will not be paid any Performance Award, unless the Committee, in its sole and exclusive discretion, determines that an Award should be paid. In such a case, the Participant shall be entitled to receive a pro-rata portion of his or her Award as determined under subsection (d) of this Section 8.2.

 

(c) Death or Disability . If a Participant’s Termination of Employment is due to death or to disability (as determined in the sole and exclusive discretion of the Committee) prior to the end of an Award Period, the Participant or the Participant’s personal representative shall be entitled to receive a pro-rata share of his or her Award as determined under subsection (d) of this Section 8.2.

 

(d) Pro-Rata Payment . The amount of any payment to be made to a Participant whose employment is terminated by Retirement, death or disability (under the circumstances described in subsections (b) and (c)) will be the amount determined by multiplying (i) the amount of the Performance Award that would have been earned through the end of the Award Period had such employment not been terminated by (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of whole months such Participant was employed during the Award Period, and the denominator of which is the total number of months of the Award Period. Any such payment made to a Participant whose employment is terminated prior to the end of an Award Period shall be made at the end of such Award Period, unless otherwise determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. Any partial payment previously made or credited to a deferred account for the benefit of a Participant in accordance with Section 8.1(d) of the Plan shall be subtracted from the amount otherwise determined as payable as provided in this Section 8.2(d).

 

(e) Other Events . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article VIII, the Committee may, in its sole and exclusive discretion, determine to pay all or any portion of a Performance Award to a Participant who has terminated employment prior to the end of an Award Period under certain circumstances (including the death, disability or Retirement of the Participant or a material change in circumstances arising after the Date of Grant), subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee shall deem appropriate.

 

8.3  Change in Control . Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in the applicable Award Agreement, in the event of a Change in Control, all Performance Awards for all Award Periods shall immediately become fully payable to all Participants and shall be paid to Participants within thirty (30) days after such Change in Control.

  

ARTICLE IX

TERMS APPLICABLE TO ALL AWARDS GRANTED UNDER THE PLAN

 

9.1  Plan Provisions Control Award Terms . The terms of the Plan shall govern all Awards granted under the Plan, and in no event shall the Committee have the power to grant any Award under the Plan the terms of which are contrary to any of the provisions of the Plan. In the event any provision of any Award granted under the Plan shall conflict with any term in the Plan as constituted on the Date of Grant of such Award, the term in the Plan as constituted on the Date of Grant of such Award shall control. Except as provided in Section 9.3 and Section 9.7, the terms of any Award granted under the Plan may not be changed after the Date of Grant of such Award so as to materially decrease the value of the Award without the express written approval of the holder. The Committee may make or enforce limitations so that the number of shares of Stock underlying the Plan and the total amount of Common Stock available for issuance under Plan does not exceed the applicable percentage as may be required by the laws of the State of Nevada and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or in accordance with such other securities laws of any State, the compliance with which the Committee in its sole discretion believes is the in the best interest of the Company.

 

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9.2  Award Agreement . No person shall have any rights under any Award granted under the Plan unless and until the Company and the Participant to whom such Award shall have been granted shall have executed and delivered an Award Agreement or the Participant shall have received and acknowledged notice of the Award authorized by the Committee expressly granting the Award to such person and containing provisions setting forth the terms of the Award.

 

9.3  Modification of Award After Grant . No Award granted under the Plan to a Participant may be modified (unless such modification does not materially decrease the value of that Award) after its Date of Grant except by express written agreement between the Company and such Participant, provided that any such change (a) may not be inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, and (b) shall be approved by the Committee.

 

9.4  Limitation on Transfer . Except as provided in Section 7.1(c) in the case of Restricted Shares, a Participant’s rights and interest under the Plan may not be assigned or transferred other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution and, during the lifetime of a Participant, only the Participant personally (or the Participant’s personal representative) may exercise rights under the Plan. The Participant’s Beneficiary may exercise the Participant’s rights to the extent they are exercisable under the Plan following the death of the Participant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may grant Non-Qualified Stock Options that are transferable, without payment of consideration, to immediate family members of the Participant or to trusts or partnerships for such family members, and the Committee may also amend outstanding Non-Qualified Stock Options to provide for such transferability.

 

9.5  Taxes . The Company shall be entitled, if the Committee deems it necessary or desirable, to withhold (or secure payment from the Participant in lieu of withholding) the amount of any withholding or other tax required by law to be withheld or paid by the Company with respect to any amount payable and/or shares issuable under such Participant’s Award or with respect to any income recognized upon a disqualifying disposition of shares received pursuant to the exercise of an Incentive Stock Option, and the Company may defer payment of cash or issuance of shares upon exercise or vesting of an Award unless indemnified to its satisfaction against any liability for any such tax. The amount of such withholding or tax payment shall be determined by the Committee and shall be payable by the Participant at such time as the Committee determines in accordance with the following rules:

 

(a) The Participant shall have the right to elect to meet his or her withholding requirement (i) by having withheld from such Award at the appropriate time that number of shares of Common Stock, rounded up to the next whole share, the Fair Market Value of which is equal to the amount of withholding taxes due, (ii) by direct payment to the Company in cash of the amount of any taxes required to be withheld with respect to such Award or (iii) by a combination of withholding such shares and paying cash.

 

(b) The Committee shall have the discretion as to any Award to cause the Company to pay to tax authorities for the benefit of the applicable Participant, or to reimburse such Participant for, the individual taxes which are due on the grant, exercise or vesting of any Award or the lapse of any restriction on any Award (whether by reason of such Participant’s filing of an election under Section 83(b) of the Code or otherwise), including, but not limited to, Federal income tax, state income tax, local income tax and excise tax under Section 4999 of the Code, as well as for any such taxes as may be imposed upon such tax payment or reimbursement.

 

(c) In the case of Participants who are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, the Committee may impose such limitations and restrictions as it deems necessary or appropriate with respect to the delivery or withholding of shares of Common Stock to meet tax withholding obligations.

 

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9.6  Surrender of Awards . Any Award granted under the Plan may be surrendered to the Company for cancellation on such terms as the Committee and the Participant approve.

 

9.7  Adjustments to Reflect Capital Changes .

 

(a) Recapitalization . The number and kind of shares subject to outstanding Awards, the Purchase Price or Exercise Price for such shares, the number and kind of shares available for Awards subsequently granted under the Plan and the maximum number of shares in respect of which Awards can be made to any Participant in any calendar year shall be appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock dividend, stock split, combination or exchange of shares, merger, consolidation or other change in capitalization with a similar substantive effect upon the Plan or the Awards granted under the Plan. The Committee shall have the power and sole discretion to determine the amount of the adjustment to be made in each case.

 

(b) Merger . After any Merger in which the Company is the surviving corporation, each Participant shall, at no additional cost, be entitled upon any exercise of an Option or receipt of any other Award to receive (subject to any required action by stockholders), in lieu of the number of shares of Common Stock receivable or exercisable pursuant to such Award prior to such Merger, the number and class of shares or other securities to which such Participant would have been entitled pursuant to the terms of the Merger if, at the time of the Merger, such Participant had been the holder of record of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of shares of Common Stock receivable or exercisable pursuant to such Award. Comparable rights shall accrue to each Participant in the event of successive Mergers of the character described above. In the event of a Merger in which the Company is not the surviving corporation, the surviving, continuing, successor or purchasing corporation, as the case may be (the “ Acquiring Corporation ”), will either assume the Company’s rights and obligations under outstanding Award Agreements or substitute awards in respect of the Acquiring Corporation’s stock for outstanding Awards, provided, however, that if the Acquiring Corporation does not assume or substitute for such outstanding Awards, the Board shall provide prior to the Merger that any unexercisable and/or unvested portion of the outstanding Awards shall be immediately exercisable and vested as of a date prior to such merger or consolidation, as the Board so determines. The exercise and/or vesting of any Award that was permissible solely by reason of this Section 9.7(b) shall be conditioned upon the consummation of the Merger. Any Options which are neither assumed by the Acquiring Corporation not exercised as of the date of the Merger shall terminate effective as of the effective date of the Merger.

 

(c) Options to Purchase Shares or Stock of Acquired Companies . After any merger in which the Company or a Subsidiary shall be a surviving corporation, the Committee may grant substituted options under the provisions of the Plan, pursuant to Section 424 of the Code, replacing old options granted under a plan of another party to the merger whose shares of stock subject to the old options may no longer be issued following the merger. The manner of application of the foregoing provisions to such options and any appropriate adjustments shall be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. Any such adjustments may provide for the elimination of any fractional shares which might otherwise become subject to any Options.

 

9.8  No Right to Employment . No employee or other person shall have any claim of right to be granted an Award under the Plan. Neither the Plan nor any action taken hereunder shall be construed as giving any employee any right to be retained in the employ of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

9.9  Awards Not Includable for Benefit Purposes . Payments received by a Participant pursuant to the provisions of the Plan shall not be included in the determination of benefits under any pension, group insurance or other benefit plan applicable to the Participant which is maintained by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except as may be provided under the terms of such plans or determined by the Board.

 

9.10 Governing Law . All determinations made and actions taken pursuant to the Plan shall be governed by the laws of the State of Nevada, other than the conflict of law provisions thereof, and construed in accordance therewith.

 

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9.11 No Strict Construction . No rule of strict construction shall be implied against the Company, the Committee or any other person in the interpretation of any of the terms of the Plan, any Award granted under the Plan or any rule or procedure established by the Committee.

 

9.12 Captions . The captions (i.e., all Section headings) used in the Plan are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of the Plan, and shall not be deemed to limit, characterize or affect in any way any provisions of the Plan, and all provisions of the Plan shall be construed as if no captions had been used in the Plan.

 

9.13 Severability . Whenever possible, each provision in the Plan and every Award at any time granted under the Plan shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of the Plan or any Award at any time granted under the Plan shall be held to be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, then (a) such provision shall be deemed amended to accomplish the objectives of the provision as originally written to the fullest extent permitted by law and (b) all other provisions of the Plan, such Award and every other Award at any time granted under the Plan shall remain in full force and effect.

 

9.14 Amendment and Termination .

 

(a) Amendment . The Board shall have complete power and authority to amend the Plan at any time without the authorization or approval of the Company’s stockholders. No termination or amendment of the Plan may, without the consent of the Participant to whom any Award shall theretofore have been granted under the Plan, materially adversely affect the right of such individual under such Award.

 

(b) Termination . The Board shall have the right and the power to terminate the Plan at any time. No Award shall be granted under the Plan after the termination of the Plan, but the termination of the Plan shall not have any other effect and any Award outstanding at the time of the termination of the Plan may be exercised after termination of the Plan at any time prior to the expiration date of such Award to the same extent such Award would have been exercisable had the Plan not been terminated.

 

9.15 Registration of Shares .

 

To the extent legally available, the Committee shall maintain the right, pursuant to appropriate authorization of the Company and the Company’s Board and with no further approval of the Company’s shareholders, to register any shares issuable pursuant to the Plan in any applicable registration statement with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, a registration statement filed under a Form S-8 Registration Statement. 

 

DATE ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: 7/5/18  
     
DATE ADOPTED BY THE SHAREHOLDERS: 7/5/18  

  

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Exhibit 23.1

 

 

 

Registered with the Public Company

Accounting Oversight Board

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 pertaining to the 2018 Stock Incentive Plan of MyDx, Inc. of our report dated April 17, 2018, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of MyDx, Inc. included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2017, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

SADLER, GIBB AND ASSOCIATES, LLC

Salt Lake City, Utah

November 2, 2018

 

 

Exhibit 23.2

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 2, 2018 (File No. ), and this registration statement on Form S-8, of our report dated April 17, 2017 relating to the consolidated financial statements of MyDx, Inc appearing in the entity’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016.

 

We also consent to the reference to us under the caption “Experts” in the Prospectus. 

 

/s/ Anton & Chia, LLP  
   
Newport Beach, California  
   
November 2, 2018