As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 5, 2016
Registration No. 333-            
 
 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
  
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
 
ROVI CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
Delaware
2 Circle Star Way
San Carlos, California 94070
 
26-1739297
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(Address of principal executive offices,
including zip code)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
ROVI CORPORATION AMENDED 2008 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
ROVI CORPORATION AMENDED 2008 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(Full title of the plans)

 
 
Thomas Carson
President and Chief Executive Officer
Rovi Corporation
2 Circle Star Way
San Carlos, California 94070
(408) 562-8400
 
 
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 
 
Copies to:
 
 
 
 
Jon Gavenman, Esq.
Cooley LLP
3175 Hanover Street
Palo Alto, California 94304
(650) 843-5000
Facsimile: (650) 849-7400
 
 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
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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
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share
 
12,500,000 shares
 
$16.09
 
$201,125,000
 
$20,253.29
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(1)
This registration statement covers 6,000,000 shares, not previously registered, under the Rovi Corporation 2008 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the “2008 Plan”) and 6,500,000 shares, not previously registered, under the Rovi Corporation 2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended (the “ESPP”). Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this registration statement shall also cover any additional shares of the registrant’s common stock that become issuable under the 2008 Plan or the ESPP by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without receipt of consideration that increases the number of outstanding shares of the registrant’s common stock.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) and Rule 457(c) promulgated under the Securities Act. The offering price per share and the aggregate offering price are based upon the average of the high and low prices of the registrant’s common stock as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on May 4, 2016.







EXPLANATORY NOTE

This registration statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering an aggregate of (i) 6,000,000 shares of the registrant’s common stock to be issued pursuant to the Rovi Corporation 2008 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the “2008 Plan”) and (ii) 6,500,000 shares of the registrant’s common stock to be issued pursuant to the Rovi Corporation 2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended (the “ESPP”).

The amendment to the 2008 Plan, which increased the aggregate number of shares of the registrant’s common stock authorized for issuance under the 2008 Plan by 6,000,000 shares, was approved by the registrant’s Board of Directors on March 8, 2016 and by the registrant’s stockholders at registrant’s annual meeting of stockholders on April 27, 2016.

The amendment to the ESPP, which increased the aggregate number of shares of the registrant’s common stock authorized for issuance under the ESPP by 6,500,000 shares, was approved by the registrant’s Board of Directors on March 8, 2016 and by the registrant’s stockholders at registrant’s annual meeting of stockholders on April 27, 2016.
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF CONTENTS OF
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8

The contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 23, 2008 (File No. 333-152485), July 31, 2013 (File No. 333-190274) and July 30, 2014 (File No. 333-197731) are incorporated by reference herein.







Item 8.      Exhibits.

Exhibit Number
 
 
 
Incorporated by Reference
 
Filed Herewith
 
Exhibit Description
 
Form
 
Date
 
Number
 
4.1
 
Certificate of Incorporation of Rovi Corporation, as amended, on July 15, 2009
 
10-Q
 
8/6/09
 
3.01
 
 
4.2
 
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Rovi Corporation (as amended and restated on February 11, 2014)
 
10-K
 
2/12/14
 
3.02
 
 
4.3
 
First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Bylaws of Rovi Corporation (as adopted on April 28, 2016)
 
8-K
 
5/4/16
 
3.2
 
 
5.1
 
Opinion of Cooley LLP
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
X
23.1
 
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
X
23.2
 
Consent of Cooley LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
X
24.1
 
Power of Attorney (see signature page)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
X
99.1
 
Rovi Corporation 2008 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended April 27, 2016
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
X
99.2
 
Form of Notice of Stock Option Grant/Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement pursuant to 2008 Equity Incentive Plan
 
10-K
 
2/11/16
 
10.04
 
 
99.3
 
Form of Notice of Restricted Stock Award/Restricted Stock Award Agreement pursuant to 2008 Equity Incentive Plan
 
10-K
 
2/11/16
 
10.05
 
 
99.4
 
Form of Notice of Restricted Stock Award/Restricted Stock Award Agreement (Director grant form for one year vest) pursuant to 2008 Equity Incentive Plan
 
10-K
 
2/11/16
 
10.06
 
 
99.5
 
Form of Notice of Restricted Stock Award/Restricted Stock Award Agreement (Director grant form for three year vest) pursuant to 2008 Equity Incentive Plan
 
10-K
 
2/11/16
 
10.07
 
 
99.6
 
Form of Notice of Restricted Stock Unit/Restricted Stock Unit Agreement pursuant to 2008 Equity Incentive Plan
 
10-K
 
2/11/16
 
10.08
 
 
99.7
 
Rovi Corporation 2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended April 27, 2016
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
X





SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Carlos, State of California, on this 5th day of May, 2016.
 
 
 
 
ROVI CORPORATION
 
 
By:
 
/s/ Thomas Carson
 
 
Thomas Carson
 
 
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Thomas Carson , Peter C. Halt and Pamela A. Sergeeff , jointly and severally, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his or her substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
 




 
 
 
 
 
Signature
  
Title
  
Date
 
 
 
/s/ Thomas Carson
 
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director  (Principal Executive Officer)
 
 
Thomas Carson
  
  
May 5, 2016
 
 
 
/s/ Peter C. Halt
 
Chief Financial Officer  (Principal Financial Officer)
 
 
Peter C. Halt
  
  
May 5, 2016
 
 
 
/s/ Wesley Gutierrez
 
Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer (Principal Accounting Officer)
 
 
Wesley Gutierrez
 
 
May 5, 2016
 
 
 
/s/ James E. Meyer
  
Chairman of the Board of Directors
  
May 5, 2016
James E. Meyer
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
/s/ Alan L. Earhart
  
Director
  
May 5, 2016
Alan L. Earhart
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
/s/ Eddy W. Hartenstein
  
Director
  
May 5, 2016
Eddy W. Hartenstein
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
/s/ N. Steven Lucas
  
Director
  
May 5, 2016
N. Steven Lucas
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
/s/ Ruthann Quindlen
  
Director
  
May 5, 2016
Ruthann Quindlen
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Raghavendra Rau
  
Director
 
May 5, 2016
Raghavendra Rau
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Glenn W. Welling
  
Director
 
May 5, 2016
Glenn W. Welling
  
 
 
 








EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number
 
 
 
Incorporated by Reference
 
Filed Herewith
 
Exhibit Description
 
Form
 
Date
 
Number
 
4.1
 
Certificate of Incorporation of Rovi Corporation, as amended, on July 15, 2009
 
10-Q
 
8/6/09
 
3.01
 
 
4.2
 
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Rovi Corporation (as amended and restated on February 11, 2014)
 
10-K
 
2/12/14
 
3.02
 
 
4.3
 
First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Bylaws of Rovi Corporation (as adopted on April 28, 2016)
 
8-K
 
5/4/16
 
3.2
 
 
5.1
 
Opinion of Cooley LLP
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
X
23.1
 
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
X
23.2
 
Consent of Cooley LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
X
24.1
 
Power of Attorney (see signature page)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
X
99.1
 
Rovi Corporation 2008 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended April 27, 2016
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
X
99.2
 
Form of Notice of Stock Option Grant/Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement pursuant to 2008 Equity Incentive Plan
 
10-K
 
2/11/16
 
10.04
 
 
99.3
 
Form of Notice of Restricted Stock Award/Restricted Stock Award Agreement pursuant to 2008 Equity Incentive Plan
 
10-K
 
2/11/16
 
10.05
 
 
99.4
 
Form of Notice of Restricted Stock Award/Restricted Stock Award Agreement (Director grant form for one year vest) pursuant to 2008 Equity Incentive Plan
 
10-K
 
2/11/16
 
10.06
 
 
99.5
 
Form of Notice of Restricted Stock Award/Restricted Stock Award Agreement (Director grant form for three year vest) pursuant to 2008 Equity Incentive Plan
 
10-K
 
2/11/16
 
10.07
 
 
99.6
 
Form of Notice of Restricted Stock Unit/Restricted Stock Unit Agreement pursuant to 2008 Equity Incentive Plan
 
10-K
 
2/11/16
 
10.08
 
 
99.7
 
Rovi Corporation 2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended April 27, 2016
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
X





Exhibit 5.1
 

May 5, 2016
Rovi Corporation
2 Circle Star Way
San Carlos, California 94070


Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to Rovi Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”) in connection with the filing of a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “ Registration Statement ”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission covering the offering of up to (i) 6,000,000 shares (the “ 2008 Equity Plan Shares ”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, to be issued pursuant to the Rovi Corporation 2008 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the “ 2008 Equity Plan ”) and (ii) 6,500,000 shares (the “ ESPP Shares ”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, to be issued pursuant to the Rovi Corporation 2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended (the “ ESPP ”).

In connection with this opinion, we have examined (a) the Registration Statement and the related prospectuses for the 2008 Equity Plan and the ESPP, (b) the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, the Company's Bylaws, as amended, each as currently in effect, (c) the 2008 Equity Plan, (d) the ESPP, and (e) such other documents, records, certificates, memoranda and other instruments as in our judgment are necessary or appropriate to enable us to render the opinion expressed below. We have assumed the genuineness and authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to originals of all documents submitted to us as copies thereof, and the due execution and delivery of all documents where due execution and delivery are a prerequisite to the effectiveness thereof.

As to certain factual matters, we have relied upon a certificate of officers of the Company and have not sought to independently verify such matters. Our opinion is expressed only with respect to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

On the basis of the foregoing, and in reliance thereon, we are of the opinion that the 2008 Equity Plan Shares and the ESPP Shares, when sold and issued in accordance with the 2008 Equity Plan and the ESPP, respectively, and the Registration Statement and applicable related prospectus, will be validly issued, fully paid, and nonassessable (except as to shares issued pursuant to certain deferred payment arrangements, which will be fully paid and nonassessable when such deferred payments are made in full).
We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.

Sincerely,

Cooley LLP


By: /s/ Jon Gavenman     
Jon Gavenman





Exhibit 23.1

Consent Of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8) of Rovi Corporation pertaining to the Rovi Corporation 2008 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, and the Rovi Corporation 2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended, of our reports dated February 11, 2016, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Rovi Corporation and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Rovi Corporation included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2015, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

/s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP

Los Angeles, California
May 5, 2016





Exhibit 99.1

ROVI CORPORATION

2008 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

As Adopted by the Board of Directors on June 9, 2008
Approved by the Stockholders on July 15, 2008
As amended on May 24, 2011
As amended on April 30, 2013
As amended on April 29, 2014
As amended on April 27, 2016

Section 1.
Purpose; Definitions .

The name of the plan is the ROVI Corporation 2008 Equity Incentive Plan (the “ Plan ”). The purpose of the Plan is to encourage and enable employees (including officers and Directors) of ROVI Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”) and its Subsidiaries, non-employee members of the Board of Directors of the Company, and those consultants and other independent contractors who provide services to the Company and its Subsidiaries and upon whose judgment, initiative and efforts the Company and its Subsidiaries depend for the successful conduct of their business to acquire proprietary interests in the Company. It is anticipated that providing such persons with a direct stake in the Company’s welfare will assure a closer identification of their interests with those of the Company, thereby stimulating their efforts on behalf of the Company and its Subsidiaries and strengthening their desire to remain with the Company and its Subsidiaries.

The following terms shall be defined as set forth below:

(a) 2013 Amendment Date ” means the effective date of the 2013 amendment of this Plan document, which is the date of the annual meeting of stockholders of the Company held in 2013 provided this Plan is approved by the Company’s stockholders at such meeting.

(b) 2016 Amendment Date ” means the effective date of the 2016 amendment of this Plan document, which is the date of the annual meeting of stockholders of the Company held in 2016 provided this Plan is approved by the Company’s stockholders at such meeting.

(c) Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

(d) Administrator ” means the Board or the Committee.

(e) Award ” or “ Awards ,” except where referring to a particular category of grant under the Plan, means Incentive Stock Options, Nonstatutory Stock Options, Performance Shares, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, and Restricted Stock Units.

(f) Board ” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

(g) Cause ,” as such term relates to the termination of any person’s status as an employee or other service provider of the Company, means the occurrence of one or more of the following: (i) such person is convicted of, pleads guilty to, or confesses to any felony or any act of fraud, misappropriation or embezzlement which has an immediate and materially adverse effect on the Company or any Subsidiary, as determined by the Board in good faith in its sole discretion, (ii) such person engages in a fraudulent act to the material damage or prejudice of the Company or any Subsidiary or in conduct or activities materially damaging to the property, business or reputation of the Company or any Subsidiary, all as determined by the Board in good faith in its sole discretion, (iii) any material act or omission by such person involving malfeasance or negligence in the performance of such person’s duties to the Company or any Subsidiary to the material detriment of the Company or any Subsidiary, as determined by the Board in good faith in its sole discretion, which has not been corrected by such person to the satisfaction of the Board within 30 days after written notice from the Company of any such act or omission, (iv) failure by such person to comply in any material respect with the terms of his employment agreement, if any, or any written policies or directives of the Board as determined by the Board in good faith in its sole discretion, which has not been corrected by such person to the satisfaction of the Board within 30 days after written notice from the Company of such failure, or (v) material breach by such person of any other agreement with the Company, as determined by the Board in good faith in its sole discretion.





(h) Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor tax laws, and related rules, regulations and interpretations.

(i) Covered Employees ” means any participant who is designated by the Committee prior to the date that the Committee establishes the Performance Goals for a Performance Period, to be a Covered Employee within the meaning of Code Section 162(m).

(j) Committee ” means a committee of two or more Independent Directors appointed by the Board to administer the Plan.

(k) Director ” means a member of the Board.

(l) Disability ” means an individual’s inability to perform his normal required services for the Company and its Subsidiaries for a period of six consecutive months by reason of the individual’s mental or physical disability, as determined by the Administrator in good faith in its sole discretion.

(m) Fair Market Value ” of the Stock on any given date under the Plan shall be determined as follows:

(i) If the Stock is at the time listed on any established stock exchange, then the fair market value shall be the closing selling price per share of the Stock as quoted on such exchange on the date of determination, or if there is no reported sale of the Stock on such exchange on the date of determination, then the fair market value shall be the closing selling price on the exchange on the last preceding trading day on which sales of the Stock are reported as having occurred, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Administrator deems reliable.

(ii) If the Stock is regularly quoted by a recognized securities dealer but selling prices are not reported, the fair market value shall be the mean between the closing high bid and low asked prices for the Stock on the date of determination, or if no prices are quoted for such date, then the mean between the closing high bid and low asked prices on the last, preceding trading day on which any bid and asked prices were quoted, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Administrator deems reliable.

(iii) In the absence of an established market for the Stock, then the fair market value shall be determined by the Administrator after taking into account such factors as the Administrator shall deem appropriate.

(n) Full Value Award ” means an Award that is not an Option with respect to which the exercise or strike price is at least 100% of the Fair Market Value on the date of grant or a Stock Appreciation Right with respect to which the exercise or strike price is at least 100% of the Fair Market Value on the date of grant.

(o) Incentive Stock Option ” means any Stock Option designated and qualified as an “incentive stock option” as defined in Section 422 of the Code.

(p) Independent Director ” means a member of the Board who is not also an employee of the Company or any Subsidiary.

(q) Nonstatutory Stock Option ” means any Stock Option that is not an Incentive Stock Option.

(r) Option ” or “ Stock Option ” means any option to purchase shares of Stock granted pursuant to Section 5.

(s) Performance-Based Award ” means an Incentive Stock Option, Nonstatutory Stock Option, Performance Shares, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units granted to a selected Covered Employee and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in Section 9. All Performance-Based Awards are intended to qualify as Qualified Performance-Based Compensation.

(t) Performance Criteria ” means the criteria that the Committee selects for purposes of establishing the Performance Goal or Performance Goals for a participant for a Performance Period. The Performance Criteria that will be used to establish Performance Goals are limited to the following: earnings (or net earnings, in either case before or after any or all of: interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, and other non-cash or nonrecurring items, legal settlements or other income (expense), or stock-based compensation) (“ Earnings ”), net losses, sales or revenue (or growth thereof), operating income, operating cash flow, return on net assets or investments, return on stockholders’ equity, return on assets, return on capital, return on equity or average stockholders’ equity, stockholder returns, gross or net profit or earnings margin, earnings per share, price per share of





Stock, market share, expenses and cost reduction goals, cash flow, cash burn, cash collections, debt reduction, operating profit or net operating profit, workforce diversity, employee retention, budget management, or strategic partnerships or transactions, including licensing agreements any of which may be measured either in absolute terms or as compared to any incremental increase or as compared to results of a peer group. The Committee shall, within the time prescribed by Section 162(m) of the Code, define in an objective fashion the manner of calculating the Performance Criteria it selects to use for such Performance Period for such participant.

(u) Performance Goals ” means, for a Performance Period, the goals established in writing by the Committee for the Performance Period based upon the Performance Criteria. Depending upon the Performance Criteria used to establish such Performance Goals, the Performance Goals may be expressed in terms of overall Company performance or the performance of a division, business unit, or an individual. The Committee, in its discretion, may, within the time prescribed by Section 162(m) of the Code, adjust or modify the calculation of Performance Goals for such Performance Period in order to prevent the dilution or enlargement of the rights of participants (i) in the event of, or in anticipation of, any unusual or infrequent or nonrecurring corporate item, transaction, event, or development, including any merger, consolidation, acquisition or similar corporate transaction, (ii) in recognition of, or in anticipation of, any other unusual or infrequent or nonrecurring events affecting the Company, or the financial statements of the Company, or in response to, or in anticipation of, changes in applicable laws, regulations, accounting principles, or business conditions, (iii) to exclude exchange rate effects, effects of changes to generally accepted accounting principles, (iv) to exclude the effects of stock based compensation and the award of bonuses under the Company’s bonus plans, (v) to exclude the effect of any change in the outstanding shares of common stock of the Company by reason of any stock dividend or split, stock repurchase, reorganization, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, spin-off, combination or exchange of shares or other similar corporate change, or any distributions to common stockholders other than regular cash dividends, or (vi) to exclude the goodwill and intangible asset impairment charges that are required to be recorded under generally accepted accounting principles. Where applicable, the Performance Goals may be applied to the performance of the Company relative to a market index, a group of other companies or a combination thereof, all as determined by the Committee. The Performance Goals may include a threshold level of performance below which no vesting will occur, levels of performance at which specified vesting will occur, and a maximum level of performance at which full vesting will occur.

(v) Performance Period ” means the one or more periods of time, which may be of varying and overlapping durations, as the Committee may select, over which the attainment of one or more Performance Goals will be measured for the purpose of determining a participant’s right to a Performance-Based Award.

(w) Performance Shares ” mean an Award granted to a participant pursuant to Section 8 that entitles the participant to receive a prescribed number of shares of Stock upon achievement of Performance Goals established by the Committee for such Award.

(x) Qualified Performance-Based Compensation ” means any compensation that is intended to qualify as “qualified performance-based compensation” as described in Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code.

(y) Restricted Stock ” means a Restricted Stock Award granted pursuant to Section 7 by the issuance of Stock subject to restrictions.

(z) Restricted Stock Award ” means any Award granted pursuant to Section 7.

(aa) Restricted Stock Unit ” means a Restricted Stock Award granted pursuant to Section 7 to receive the economic equivalent of Restricted Stock without the issuance of Stock at time of grant.

(bb)     Retirement ” means an employee’s termination of employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries after attainment of age 65 or attainment of age 55 and completion of 10 years of employment.

(cc)      Stock ” means the Common Stock, par value $.001 per share, of the Company, subject to adjustments pursuant to Section 3.

(dd)     Stock Appreciation Right ” means any Award granted pursuant to Section 6.

(ee)     Subsidiary ” means any corporation or other entity (other than the Company) in any unbroken chain of corporations or other entities, beginning with the Company if each of the corporations or entities (other than the last corporation or entity in the unbroken chain) owns stock or other interests possessing 50% or more of the economic interest or the total combined voting power of all classes of stock or other interests in one of the other corporations or entities in the chain.






Section 2. Administration of Plan; Authority to Select Participants and Determine Awards .

(a) Powers of Administrator . The Administrator shall have the power and authority to grant Awards consistent with the terms of the Plan, including the power and authority:

(i) to select those employees (including officers and Directors) of the Company and its Subsidiaries, Independent Directors, and consultants and other independent contractors in service to the Company and its Subsidiaries to whom Awards may from time to time be granted;

(ii) to determine the time or times of grant, and the extent, if any, of Incentive Stock Options, Nonstatutory Stock Options, Performance Shares, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, and Restricted Stock Units, or any combination of the foregoing, granted to any one or more participants;

(iii) to determine the number of shares of Stock to be covered by any Award;

(iv) to determine and modify from time to time the terms and conditions, including restrictions, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, of any Award, which terms and conditions may differ among individual Awards and participants, and to approve the form of written instruments evidencing the Awards;

(v) to accelerate at any time the exercisability or vesting of all or any portion of any Award;

(vi) subject to the provisions of Section 5(a)(ii), to extend at any time the period in which Stock Options may be exercised;

(vii) to determine at any time whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances Stock and other amounts payable with respect to an Award shall be deferred either automatically or at the election of the participant and whether and to what extent the Company shall pay or credit amounts constituting interest (at rates determined by the Administrator) or dividends or deemed dividends on such deferrals; and

(viii) at any time to adopt, alter and repeal such rules, guidelines and practices for administration of the Plan (including for any subplan or portion of the Plan that the Administrator may establish for a specific group of employees or other service providers) and for its own acts and proceedings as it shall deem advisable; to interpret the terms and provisions of the Plan and any Award (including related written instruments); to make all determinations it deems advisable for the administration of the Plan; to decide all disputes arising in connection with the Plan; and otherwise to supervise the administration of the Plan.

All decisions and interpretations of the Administrator shall be binding on all persons, including the Company and Plan participants.

(b) Delegation of Authority to Grant Awards . The Administrator, in its discretion, may delegate to the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Operating Officer of the Company all or part of the Administrator’s authority and duties with respect to Awards, including the granting thereof, to individuals who are not subject to the reporting and other provisions of Section 16 of the Act or Covered Employees within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code. The Administrator may revoke or amend the terms of a delegation at any time but such action shall not invalidate any prior actions of the Administrator’s delegate or delegates that were consistent with the terms of the Plan.

Section 3. Stock Issuable Under the Plan; Mergers; Substitution .

(a) Successor to and Continuation of Prior Plans . The Plan is the successor to and continuation of the Rovi Corporation 2000 Equity Incentive Plan and the Sonic Solutions 2004 Equity Compensation Plan (together, the “ Prior Plans ”). Following the 2013 Amendment Date, no additional stock awards will be granted under the Prior Plans. Any unallocated shares remaining available for issuance pursuant to the exercise of options or issuance or settlement of stock awards not previously granted under the Prior Plans as of 12:01 a.m. Pacific Standard Time on the 2013 Amendment Date (the “ Prior Plans’ Available Reserve ”) will cease to be available under the Prior Plans at such time and will be added to the Share Reserve (as further described in Section 3(b)) and be then immediately available for issuance pursuant to Awards. In addition, from and after 12:01 a.m. Pacific Standard Time on the 2013 Amendment Date, all outstanding stock awards granted under the Prior Plans will remain subject to the terms of the Prior Plans; provided , however , that any shares of Stock subject to outstanding options and stock appreciation rights granted under the Prior Plans (the “ Prior Plans’ Appreciation Awards ”) and stock awards granted under the Prior Plans that (i) expire or terminate for any reason prior to exercise or settlement, (ii) are forfeited because of the failure to meet a contingency or condition required to vest such shares, or (iii) other than with respect to a Prior Plans’ Appreciation Award, are reacquired or





withheld (or not issued) to satisfy a tax withholding obligation (collectively, the “ Prior Plans’ Returning Shares ”) will become available for issuance pursuant to Stock Awards granted hereunder in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(c) below. All Awards granted on or after 12:01 a.m. Pacific Standard Time on the 2013 Amendment Date will be subject to the terms of the Plan.

(b) Stock Issuable . Subject to Sections 3(c) and (f), the aggregate number of shares of Stock that may be issued pursuant to Awards under the Plan will not exceed (A) 28,149,817 shares, which number is the sum of (i) the 1,849,817 shares subject to the Prior Plans’ Available Reserve and, (ii) 26,300,000 shares (which includes the 6,000,000 new shares added as of the 2016 Amendment Date); plus (B) the Prior Plans’ Returning Shares, if any, that become available for grant under the Plan from time to time (the aggregate number of shares described in (A) and (B) above, the “ Share Reserve ”). Subject to Section 3(c), the number of shares available for issuance under the Plan will be reduced by: (A) one share for each share of Stock issued pursuant to (1) an Option with respect to which the exercise price is at least 100% of the Fair Market Value on the date of grant, or (2) a Stock Appreciation Right with respect to which the strike price is at least 100% of the Fair Market Value on the date of grant; and (B) one and seven-tenths (1.7) shares (increased to two (2.0) shares as of the 2016 Amendment Date) for each share of Stock issued pursuant to a Full Value Award. Subject to such overall limitation and the individual limitations set forth in Section 3(d) and 3(e), shares of Stock may be issued up to such maximum number pursuant to any type or types of Award. The shares available for issuance under the Plan may be authorized but unissued shares of Stock or shares of Stock reacquired by the Company. Upon the exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right settled in shares of Stock, the right to purchase an equal number of shares of Stock covered by a related Stock Option, if any, shall be deemed to have been surrendered and will no longer be exercisable, and said number of shares of Stock shall no longer be available under the Plan.

(c) Reversion of Shares to the Share Reserve .

(i) Shares Available For Subsequent Issuance . If any shares of Stock issued pursuant to an Award are (A) not issued or forfeited back to the Company because of the failure to meet a contingency or condition required to vest such shares or such Award expires or otherwise terminates without all of the shares covered by such Award having been issued or (B) not issued or reacquired by the Company pursuant to Section 10(b) in connection with a Full Value Award, such shares will again become available for issuance under the Plan (the “ 2008 Plan Returning Shares ”). For each (1) 2008 Plan Returning Share that is subject to a Full Value Award, (2) Prior Plans’ Returning Share pursuant to an award other than a Prior Plans’ Appreciation Award or (3) share not issued or reacquired by the Company pursuant to Section 10(b) in connection with a Full Value Award, the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan will increase by one and seven-tenths (1.7) shares (increased to two (2.0) shares with respect to any such shares that again become available for issuance upon and after the 2016 Amendment Date).

(ii) Shares Not Available For Subsequent Issuance . If any shares subject to an Award or a Prior Plans’ Appreciation Award are not delivered because the Award is exercised through a reduction of shares subject to the Award or Prior Plans’ Appreciation Award ( i.e ., “net exercised”), the number of shares that are not delivered will no longer be available for issuance under the Plan. Also, any shares reacquired by the Company pursuant to Section 10(b) ( i.e ., tax withholding) upon the exercise of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right or a Prior Plans’ Appreciation Award, any shares used as consideration for the exercise of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right or a Prior Plans’ Appreciation Award or any shares repurchased by the Company on the open market with the proceeds of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right exercise price or a Prior Plans’ Appreciation Award exercise price will no longer be available for issuance under the Plan.

(iii) Recapitalizations . If, through or as a result of any merger, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split or other similar transaction, the outstanding shares of Stock are increased or decreased or are exchanged for a different number or kind of shares or other securities of the Company, or additional shares or new or different shares or other securities of the Company or other non-cash assets are distributed with respect to such shares of Stock or other securities, the Administrator shall make an appropriate or proportionate adjustment in (i) the Share Reserve, (ii) the maximum number of shares of Stock and Stock equivalents subject to Awards that can be granted to any one individual participant described in Section 3(d), (iii) the number and kind of shares or other securities subject to any then outstanding Awards under the Plan, and (iv) the price for each share subject to any then outstanding Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights under the Plan, without changing the aggregate exercise price (i.e., the exercise price multiplied by the number of Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights) as to which such Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights remain exercisable. The adjustment by the Administrator shall be final, binding and conclusive. No fractional shares of Stock shall be issued under the Plan resulting from any such adjustment, but the Administrator in its discretion may make a cash payment in lieu of fractional shares.

(d) Section 162(m) Limitations . Subject to the overall stock issuable under Section 3(b): (i) a maximum of one million five hundred thousand (1,500,000) shares of Stock and Stock equivalents subject to Performance-Based Awards may be





granted to any one individual participant during any one calendar year (whether the grant, vesting or exercise is contingent upon the attainment during the Performance Period of the Performance Goals) and (ii) a maximum of one million five hundred thousand (1,500,000) shares of Stock and Stock equivalents subject to Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights and other Awards whose value is determined by reference to an increase over an exercise or strike price of at least one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value on the date any such Award is granted may be granted to any one individual participant during any calendar year. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any additional Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights and other Awards whose value is determined by reference to an increase over an exercise or strike price of at least one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value on the date any such Award is granted to any individual participant during any calendar year, compensation attributable to the exercise or settlement of such Award will not satisfy the requirements to be considered “qualified performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code unless such Award is approved by the Company’s stockholders.

(e) Limitation on Non-Employee Director Compensation . The aggregate value of all compensation paid or granted, as applicable, to any individual for service as an Independent Director with respect to any fiscal year (beginning with the 2016 fiscal year), including Awards granted under the Plan and cash fees paid by the Company to such Independent Director, shall not exceed $700,000 in total value, calculating the value of any Awards based on the grant date fair value of such Awards for financial reporting purposes. The Board may make an exception to the applicable limit in this Section 3(e) for individual Independent Directors in extraordinary circumstances, as Board may determine in its discretion, provided that the Independent Director who is granted or paid such additional compensation may not participate in the decision to grant or pay such additional compensation.

(f) Mergers, etc. In the event of (i) a dissolution or liquidation of the Company; (ii) a merger or consolidation in which the Company is the not the surviving corporation (other than a merger or consolidation with a wholly-owned subsidiary, a reincorporation of the Company in a different jurisdiction, or other transaction in which there is no substantial change in the stockholders of the Company or their relative stock holdings and the Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Performance Shares and Restricted Stock Units granted under this Plan are assumed, converted or replaced by the successor corporation, which assumption will be binding on all optionees); (iii) a merger in which the Company is the surviving corporation but after which the stockholders of the Company (other than any stockholder which merges (or which owns or controls another corporation which merges) with the Company in such merger) cease to own their shares or other equity interests in the Company; (iv) the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Company; or (v) any other transaction which qualifies as a “corporate transaction” under Section 424(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, wherein the stockholders of the Company give up all of their equity interest in the Company (except for the acquisition, sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the outstanding shares of the Company from or by the stockholders of the Company), the Board, or the Board of Directors of any corporation assuming the obligations of the Company, may, in its discretion, take any one or more of the following actions, as to outstanding Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights: (I) provide that such Stock Options shall be assumed or equivalent options shall be substituted, by the acquiring or succeeding corporation (or an affiliate thereof), (II) upon written notice to the optionees, provide that all unexercised Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights will terminate immediately prior to the consummation of such transaction unless exercised by the optionee within a specified period following the date of such notice, and/or (III) in the event of a business combination under the terms of which holders of the Stock of the Company will receive upon consummation thereof a cash payment for each share surrendered in the business combination, make or provide for a cash payment to the optionees, equal to the difference between (A) the value (as determined by the Administrator) of the consideration payable per share of Stock pursuant to the business combination (the “ Merger Price ”) multiplied by the number of shares of Stock subject to such outstanding Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights (to the extent then exercisable at prices not in excess of the Merger Price) and (B) the aggregate exercise price of all such outstanding Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights, in exchange for the termination of such Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights.

(g) Substitute Awards . The Administrator may grant Awards under the Plan in substitution for stock and stock based awards held by employees of another corporation who become employees of the Company or a Subsidiary as the result of a merger or consolidation of the employing corporation with the Company or a Subsidiary or the acquisition by the Company or a Subsidiary of property or stock of the employing corporation. The Administrator may direct that the substitute awards be granted on such terms and conditions as the Administrator considers appropriate in the circumstances.

Section 4. Eligibility .

Participants in the Plan shall be such full-time or part-time employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries, Independent Directors, and consultants and other independent contractors in service to the Company and its Subsidiaries as the Administrator in its sole discretion shall select from time to time.

Section 5.
Stock Options .

Any Stock Option granted under the Plan shall be in such form as the Administrator may from time to time approve.





Stock Options granted under the Plan may be either Incentive Stock Options or Nonstatutory Stock Options. Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to employees of the Company or any Subsidiary that is a “subsidiary corporation” within the meaning of Section 424(f) of the Code. To the extent that any Option does not qualify as an Incentive Stock Option, it shall be a Nonstatutory Stock Option. The Administrator may from time to time adopt subplans to this Plan containing such additional terms, conditions and restrictions, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, as may be necessary to qualify the grants of Stock Options thereunder for preferential treatment under the laws of any country or other jurisdiction in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has employees, Independent Directors, consultants or other independent contractors.

No Incentive Stock Option shall be granted under the Plan after July 15, 2018.

(a) Terms and Conditions of Stock Options . The Administrator in its discretion may grant Stock Options subject to the following terms and conditions and such additional terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, as the Administrator shall deem desirable:

(i) Exercise Price . The exercise price per share for the Stock covered by a Stock Option granted pursuant to this Section 5(a) shall be determined by the Administrator at the time of grant, but shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date of grant. If an employee owns or is deemed to own (by reason of the attribution rules of Section 424(d) of the Code) more than 10% of the combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or of any “parent or subsidiary corporation” of the Company (within the meaning of Section 424(f) of the Code) and an Incentive Stock Option is granted to such employee, the exercise price per share for the Stock covered by such Incentive Stock Option shall be not less than 110% of the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the grant date.

(ii) Option Term . The term of each Stock Option shall be fixed by the Administrator, but no Stock Option shall be exercisable more than seven (7) years after the date the Option is granted, and the term of each such Option shall expire no more than seven (7) years after the date of grant. If an employee owns or is deemed to own (by reason of the attribution rules of Section 424(d) of the Code) more than 10% of the combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or of any “parent or subsidiary corporation” of the Company (within the meaning of Section 424(f) of the Code) and an Incentive Stock Option is granted to such employee, the term of such Option shall expire no more than five years after the date of grant.

(iii) Exercisability; Rights of a Stockholder . Stock Options shall become exercisable at such time or times, whether or not in installments, as shall be determined by the Administrator at the time of grant, subject to the minimum vesting requirements of Section 11(b). The Administrator may at any time accelerate the exercisability of all or any portion of any Stock Option. An optionee shall have the rights of a stockholder only as to shares acquired upon the exercise of a Stock Option and not as to unexercised Stock Options.

(iv) Method of Exercise . Stock Options may be exercised in whole or in part, by giving written notice of exercise to the Company specifying the number of shares to be purchased. Payment of the purchase price shall be made in full concurrently with such exercise by any one of the following methods: (A) in cash; (B) if and to the extent the instrument evidencing the Option so provides and if the Company is not then prohibited from purchasing or acquiring shares of Stock, with shares of Stock that have been held by the optionee for the requisite period necessary to avoid a charge to the Company’s earnings for financial reporting purposes, delivered in lieu of cash and valued at their Fair Market Value on the date of exercise; (C) through a “same day sale” commitment from the optionee and a broker-dealer that is a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the “ NASD Dealer ”) whereby the optionee irrevocably elects to exercise the Option and to sell a portion of the shares so purchased to pay for the exercise price, and whereby the NASD Dealer irrevocably commits upon receipt of such shares to forward the exercise price directly to the Company; (D) through a “margin” commitment from the optionee and a NASD Dealer whereby the optionee irrevocably elects to exercise the Option and to pledge the shares so purchased to the NASD Dealer in a margin account as security for a loan from the NASD Dealer in the amount of the exercise price , and whereby the NASD Dealer irrevocably commits upon receipt of such shares to forward the exercise price directly to the Company; or (E) any combination of the foregoing. The delivery of certificates representing the shares of Stock to be purchased pursuant to the exercise of a Stock Option will be contingent upon receipt from the optionee (or a purchaser acting in his stead in accordance with the provisions of the Stock Option) by the Company of the full purchase price for such shares and the fulfillment of any other requirements contained in the Stock Option or applicable provisions of laws.

(v) Termination by Reason of Death . Any Stock Option held by an optionee whose employment by (or other business relationship with) the Company and its Subsidiaries is terminated by reason of the optionee’s death may thereafter be exercised, to the extent it was exercisable by the optionee on the date of the optionee’s death, by the legal representative of the optionee’s estate or by any other person who acquires the right to exercise the option by reason of such death under the optionee’s will or the laws of intestate succession, for a period of 12 months (or such other period as the Administrator shall specify in the Stock Option) from the date of death, but not later than the expiration of the stated term of the Option, if earlier.






(vi) Termination by Reason of Disability . Any Stock Option held by an optionee whose employment by (or other business relationship with) the Company and its Subsidiaries is terminated by reason of Disability may thereafter be exercised, to the extent it was exercisable on the date of such termination, for a period of 12 months (or such other period as the Administrator shall specify in the Stock Option) from the date of such termination of employment (or business relationship), but not later than the expiration of the stated term of the Option, if earlier. The Administrator shall have sole authority and discretion to determine whether a participant’s employment (or business relationship) has been terminated by reason of Disability. The Administrator may specify in any Stock Option that the death of an optionee during the period provided in this Section 5(a)(vi) for the exercise of the Option shall extend such period for a period ending not later than 12 months following the date of the optionee’s death, subject to termination on the expiration of the stated term of the Option, if earlier.

(vii) Termination by Reason of Retirement . Any Stock Option held by an optionee whose employment by the Company and its Subsidiaries is terminated by reason of Retirement may thereafter be exercised, to the extent it was exercisable on the date of such termination, for a period of 12 months (or such other period as the Administrator shall specify) from the date of such termination of employment, but not later than the expiration of the stated term of the Option, if earlier. The Administrator may specify in any Stock Option that the death of an optionee during the period provided in this Section 5(a)(vii) for the exercise of the Option shall extend such period for a period ending not later than 12 months following the date of the optionee’s death, subject to termination on the expiration of the stated term of the Option, if earlier.

(viii) Termination for Cause . If any optionee’s employment by (or business relationship with) the Company and its Subsidiaries is terminated for Cause, any Stock Option held by such optionee, including any Stock Option that is exercisable at the time of such termination, shall immediately terminate and be of no further force and effect; provided , however , that the Administrator may, in its sole discretion, provide in any Stock Option that such Stock Option can be exercised, to the extent it was exercisable on the date of such termination, for a period of up to 30 days from the date of termination of employment (or business relationship), but not later than the expiration of the stated term of the Option, if earlier.

(ix) Other Termination . Unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, if an optionee’s employment by (or business relationship with) the Company and its Subsidiaries terminates for any reason other than death, Disability, Retirement, or for Cause, any Stock Option held by such optionee may thereafter be exercised, to the extent it was exercisable on the date of such termination, for three months (or such other period not to exceed 60 months as the Administrator shall specify) from the date of termination of employment (or business relationship), but not later than the expiration of the stated term of the Option, if earlier.

(x) Annual Limit on Incentive Stock Options . To the extent required for “incentive stock option” treatment under Section 422 of the Code, the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the time of grant) of the shares of Stock with respect to which Incentive Stock Options granted under this Plan and any other plan of the Company or its parent and subsidiary corporations become exercisable for the first time by an optionee during any calendar year shall not exceed $100,000. To the extent that any Stock Option exceeds this limit, it shall constitute a Nonstatutory Stock Option.

(b) Non-Transferability of Options . No Stock Option shall be transferable by the optionee otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution and all Stock Options shall be exercisable, during the optionee’s lifetime, only by the optionee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrator may provide in an option agreement evidencing a Nonstatutory Stock Option that the optionee may transfer, without consideration for the transfer, such Nonstatutory Stock Option to members of his immediate family, to trusts for the benefit of such family members, to partnerships in which such family members are the only partners, to charitable organizations, or pursuant to a domestic relations order in settlement of marital property rights (which shall not be a transfer for value), provided that the transferee agrees in writing with the Company to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of the Plan and the applicable option agreement.

(c) Form of Settlement . Shares of Stock issued upon exercise of a Stock Option shall be free of all restrictions under the Plan, except as otherwise provided in the Plan.

Section 6. Stock Appreciation Rights .

(a) Nature of Stock Appreciation Rights . A Stock Appreciation Right is an Award entitling the recipient to receive an amount in cash or shares of Stock or a combination thereof having a value equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date of exercise over the per share exercise price of the Stock Appreciation Right set by the Administrator at the time of grant, which exercise price shall be not less than the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date of grant (or not less than the Option exercise price per share, if the Stock Appreciation Right was granted in tandem with a Stock Option)





multiplied by the number of shares of Stock with respect to which the Stock Appreciation Right shall have been exercised, with the Administrator having the right to determine the form of payment.

(b) Grant and Exercise of Stock Appreciation Rights . Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted by the Administrator in tandem with, or independently of, any Stock Option granted pursuant to Section 5 of the Plan. In the case of a Stock Appreciation Right granted in tandem with a Nonstatutory Stock Option, such Stock Appreciation Right may be granted either at or after the time of the grant of such Option. In the case of a Stock Appreciation Right granted in tandem with an Incentive Stock Option, such Stock Appreciation Right may be granted only at the time of the grant of the Option.

(c) Terms and Conditions of Stock Appreciation Rights . Stock Appreciation Rights shall be subject to such terms and conditions as shall be determined from time to time by the Administrator, subject to the following:

(i) Stock Appreciation Rights granted in tandem with Options shall be exercisable at such time or times and to the extent that the related Stock Options shall be exercisable, subject to the minimum vesting requirements of Section 11(b). A Stock Appreciation Right or applicable portion thereof granted in tandem with a Stock Option shall terminate and no longer be exercisable upon the termination or exercise of the related Option.

(ii) Upon exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right, the applicable portion of any related Option shall be surrendered. When a stock settled Stock Appreciation Right is exercised, the shares subject to a Stock Appreciation Right grant agreement shall be counted against the shares available for issuance, regardless of the number of shares used to settle the Stock Appreciation Right upon exercise.

(iii) Stock Appreciation Rights granted in tandem with an Option shall be transferable only when and to the extent that the underlying Option would be transferable. Stock Appreciation Rights not granted in tandem with an Option shall not be transferable otherwise than by will or the laws of descent or distribution. All Stock Appreciation Rights shall be exercisable during the participant’s lifetime only by the participant or the participant’s legal representative.

Section 7. Restricted Stock Awards .

(a) Nature of Restricted Stock Awards . A Restricted Stock Award is an Award entitling the participant to receive shares of Stock (“ Restricted Stock ”) or to receive the economic equivalent of shares of Stock (“ Restricted Stock Units ”) subject to such restrictions and conditions as the Administrator may determine at the time of grant, at a purchase price and for such consideration as the Administrator may determine. Restricted Stock issuances and Restricted Stock Unit grants may, at the discretion of the Administrator, be based on continuing employment (or other business relationship) with the Company and its Subsidiaries and/or achievement of Performance Goals or other pre-established performance criteria or objectives.

(b) Rights as a Stockholder . Upon execution of a written instrument for the issuance of Restricted Stock and paying any applicable purchase price, a participant shall have the rights of a stockholder with respect to the voting of the Restricted Stock, subject to such conditions contained in the written instrument evidencing the Restricted Stock Award. Unless the Administrator shall otherwise determine, certificates evidencing the Restricted Stock shall remain in the possession of the Company or of a third party escrow holder until such Restricted Stock is vested as provided in Section 7(d) below. Stock underlying a Restricted Stock Unit will not be issued until the Restricted Stock Unit has vested as provided in Section 7(d) below. A participant awarded Restricted Stock Units shall have no rights as a Company stockholder with respect to such Restricted Stock Units until such time as the Restricted Stock Units have vested and Stock underlying the Restricted Stock Units has been issued.

(c) Restrictions . Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered or disposed of except as specifically provided herein or in the written instrument evidencing the Restricted Stock Award. If a participant’s employment (or other business relationship) with the Company and its Subsidiaries terminates for any reason, the Company shall have the right to repurchase from the participant or the participant’s legal representative at their purchase price Restricted Stock with respect to which conditions have not lapsed.

(d) Vesting of Restricted Stock . The Administrator at the time of grant shall specify the date or dates and/or the attainment of pre-established performance goals, objectives and other conditions on which the cancellation of Restricted Stock Units and the non-transferability of the Restricted Stock and the Company’s right of repurchase shall lapse. Subsequent to such date or dates and/or the attainment of such pre-established Performance Goals or other performance criteria, objectives and other conditions, the shares on which all restrictions have lapsed shall no longer be subject to the restrictions set forth above and shall be “vested.” Except as may otherwise be provided by the Administrator, a participant’s rights in any shares of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units that have not vested shall terminate automatically upon the participant’s termination of employment (





or other business relationship) with the Company and its Subsidiaries and shares of Restricted Stock shall be subject to the Company’s right of repurchase as provided in Section 7(c) above.

(e) Waiver, Deferral and Reinvestment of Dividends . The written instrument evidencing the Restricted Stock Award may require or permit the immediate payment, waiver, deferral or investment of dividends paid on the Restricted Stock or their economic equivalent with respect to Restricted Stock Units.

Section 8. Performance Shares .

(a) Nature of Performance Shares . An Award of Performance Shares entitles a participant to receive shares of Stock following the satisfaction of one or more Performance Goals or other specific performance criteria established by the Administrator, in each case on a specified date or dates or over any Performance Period or other period determined by the Administrator.

(b) Rights as a Stockholder . Stock underlying Performance Shares will not be issued until the Performance Shares have vested, pursuant to the Performance Goals or other specific performance criteria set by the Administrator. A participant awarded Performance Shares shall have no rights as a Company stockholder with respect to such Performance Shares until such time as the Performance Shares have vested and the Stock underlying the Performance Shares has been issued.

(c) Vesting of Performance Shares . The Administrator, at the time of grant, shall specify the Performance Goals or other specific performance criteria, objectives and conditions on which the Stock underlying the Performance Shares shall vest. Except as otherwise may be provided by the Administrator, a participant’s rights in the Stock underlying the Performance Shares that have not vested shall terminate automatically upon the participant’s termination of employment (or other business relationship) with the Company and its Subsidiaries.

Section 9. Performance-Based Awards .

(a) Purpose . The purpose of this Section 9 is to provide the Committee the ability to qualify Awards granted under the Plan as Qualified Performance-Based Compensation. If the Committee, in its discretion, decides to grant a Performance-Based Award to a Covered Employee, the provisions of this Section 9 shall control over any contrary provision contained in the Plan; provided, however , that the Committee may in its discretion grant Awards to Covered Employees that are based on Performance Criteria or Performance Goals but that do not satisfy the requirements of this Section 9.

(b) Applicability . This Section 9 shall apply only to those Covered Employees selected by the Committee to receive Performance-Based Awards. The designation of a Covered Employee as a participant for a Performance Period shall not in any manner entitle the participant to receive an Award for the period. Moreover, designation of a Covered Employee as a participant for a particular Performance Period shall not require designation of such Covered Employee as a participant in any subsequent Performance Period and designation of one Covered Employee as a participant shall not require designation of any other Covered Employees as a participant in such period or in any other period.

(c) Procedures With Respect to Performance-Based Awards . To the extent necessary to comply with the Qualified Performance-Based Compensation requirements of Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code, with respect to any Award that may be granted to one or more Covered Employees, no later than 90 days following the commencement of any fiscal year in question or any other designated fiscal period or period of service (or such other time as may be required or permitted by Section 162(m) of the Code), the Committee shall, in writing, (i) designate one or more Covered Employees, (ii) select the Performance Criteria applicable to the Performance Period, (iii) establish the Performance Goals, and amounts of such Awards, as applicable, which may be earned for such Performance Period, and (iv) specify the relationship between Performance Criteria and the Performance Goals and the amounts of such Awards, as applicable, to be earned by each Covered Employee for such Performance Period. Following the completion of each Performance Period, the Committee shall certify in writing whether the applicable Performance Goals have been achieved for such Performance Period. In determining the amount earned by a Covered Employee, the Committee shall have the right to reduce or eliminate (but not to increase) the amount payable at a given level of performance to take into account additional factors that the Committee may deem relevant to the assessment of individual or corporate performance for the Performance Period.

(d) Payment of Performance-Based Awards . Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Award agreement, a participant must be employed by the Company or a Subsidiary on the day a Performance-Based Award for such Performance Period is paid to the participant. Furthermore, a participant shall be eligible to receive payment pursuant to a Performance-Based Award for a Performance Period only if the Performance Goals for such period are achieved. In determining the amount earned





under a Performance-Based Award, the Committee may reduce or eliminate the amount of the Performance-Based Award earned for the Performance Period, if in its sole and absolute discretion, such reduction or elimination is appropriate.

(e) Additional Limitations . Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, any Award which is granted to a Covered Employee and is intended to constitute Qualified Performance-Based Compensation shall be subject to any additional limitations set forth in Section 162(m) of the Code (including any amendment to Section 162(m) of the Code) or any regulations or rulings issued thereunder that are requirements for qualification as Qualified Performance-Based Compensation as described in Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code, and the Plan shall be deemed amended to the extent necessary to conform to such requirements.

Section 10. Tax Withholding .

(a) Payment By Participant . Each participant shall, no later than the date as of which the value of an Award or of any Stock or other amounts received thereunder first becomes includable in the gross income of the participant for Federal income tax purposes, pay to the Company, or make arrangements satisfactory to the Administrator regarding payment of, any Federal, state, or local taxes of any kind required by law to be withheld with respect to such income. The Company and its Subsidiaries shall, to the extent permitted by law, have the right to deduct any such taxes from any payment of any kind otherwise due to the participant.

(b) Payment in Stock . Subject to approval by the Administrator, a participant may elect to have such tax withholding obligation satisfied, in whole or in part, by (i) authorizing the Company to withhold from shares of Stock to be issued pursuant to any Award a number of shares with an aggregate Fair Market Value (as of the date the withholding is effected) that would satisfy the withholding amount due, or (ii) transferring to the Company shares of Stock owned by the participant with an aggregate Fair Market Value (as of the date the withholding is effected) that would satisfy the withholding amount due.

Section 11. Transfer, Leave of Absence, Minimum Vesting.

(a) For purposes of the Plan, the following events shall not be deemed a termination of employment: (i) a transfer to the employment of the Company from a Subsidiary or from the Company to a Subsidiary, or from one Subsidiary to another; or (ii) an approved leave of absence for military service or sickness, or for any other purpose approved by the Company, if the employee’s right to re-employment is guaranteed either by a statute or by contract or under the policy pursuant to which the leave of absence was granted or if the Administrator otherwise so provides in writing.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan to the contrary, no Options or Stock Appreciation Rights shall be granted on or after the 2016 Amendment Date that vest (or if applicable, are exercisable) until at least twelve (12) months following the date of grant of the Award;  provided, however , that up to five percent (5%) of the Share Reserve (as defined in Section 3(b)) may be subject to Options or Stock Appreciation Rights granted on or after the 2016 Amendment Date which do not meet such vesting (and, if applicable, exercisability) requirements.

Section 12. Amendments and Termination .

The Board may, at any time, amend or discontinue the Plan and the Administrator may, at any time, amend or cancel any outstanding Award for the purpose of satisfying changes in law or for any other lawful purpose, but no such action shall adversely affect rights under any outstanding Award without the holder’s consent. The Board may at time amend the Plan to provide for the grant of automatic nondiscretionary equity grants to Independent Directors without the requirement to obtain approval from the Company’s stockholders. If and to the extent determined by the Administrator to be required to ensure that Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan are qualified under Section 422 of the Code, Plan amendments shall be subject to approval by the Company’s stockholders entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, except in connection with a corporate transaction involving the Company (including, without limitation, any stock dividend, stock split, extraordinary cash dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, or exchange of shares), the terms of outstanding Awards may not be amended to reduce the exercise price of outstanding Options or Stock Appreciation Rights or cancel outstanding Options or Stock Appreciation Rights in exchange for cash, other awards or Options or Stock Appreciation Rights with an exercise price that is less than the exercise price of the original Options or Stock Appreciation Rights without stockholder approval.

Section 13.
Status of Plan .

With respect to the portion of any Award which has not been exercised and any payments in cash, Stock or other consideration not received by a participant, a participant shall have no rights greater than those of a general creditor of the Company unless the Administrator shall otherwise expressly determine in connection with any Award or Awards. In its sole





discretion, the Administrator may authorize the creation of trusts or other arrangements to meet the Company’s obligations to deliver Stock or make payments with respect to Awards hereunder, provided that the existence of such trusts or other arrangements is consistent with the foregoing sentence.

Section 14.
General Provisions .

(a) No Distribution; Compliance With Legal Requirements . The Administrator may require each person acquiring Stock pursuant to an Award to represent to and agree with the Company in writing that such person is acquiring the shares without a view to distribution thereof. No shares of Stock shall be issued pursuant to an Award until all applicable securities law and other legal and stock exchange or similar requirements have been satisfied. The Administrator may require the placing of such stop-orders and restrictive legends on certificates for Stock and Awards as it considers appropriate.

(b) Delivery Of Stock Certificates . Delivery of stock certificates to participants under this Plan shall be deemed effected for all purposes when the Company or a stock transfer agent of the Company shall have mailed such certificates in the United States mail, addressed to the participant, at the participant’s last known address on file with the Company.

(c) Other Compensation Arrangements; No Employment Rights . Nothing contained in this Plan shall prevent the Board from adopting other or additional compensation arrangements, including trusts, and such arrangements may be either generally applicable or applicable only in specific cases. The adoption of this Plan and the grant of Awards do not confer upon any employee any right to continued employment with the Company or any Subsidiary.

Section 15. Effective Date of Plan .

This Plan shall become effective when approved by the Company’s stockholders.

Section 16.
Governing Law .

This Plan shall be governed by California law except to the extent such law is preempted by federal law; provided , however , that the Delaware General Corporation Law shall apply to the issuance of Stock and other securities hereunder.







 
Exhibit 99.7 


ROVI CORPORATION
2008 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

Adopted by the Board of Directors on June 9, 2008
Approved by the Stockholders on July 15, 2008
Amended by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors on November 4, 2008
As Amended by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors on October 27, 2010
Amended by the Board of Directors on March 8, 2016
Approved by the Stockholders on April 27, 2016


1.     Purpose . The purpose of the Rovi Corporation 2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “Plan”) is to grant to all eligible employees of Rovi Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and any parent or subsidiary of the Company, a favorable opportunity to acquire common stock of the Company (“Common Stock”), thereby encouraging such employees to accept, or to continue in, employment with the Company; increasing the interest of such employees in the Company’s welfare through participation in the growth and value of the Common Stock; and furnishing such employees with an incentive to improve operations and increase profits of the Company.

To accomplish the foregoing objectives, this Plan provides a means whereby all eligible employees may accrue rights to purchase shares of Common Stock.

2.     Administration . The Plan shall be administered by the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company or by a committee of two or more directors appointed by the Board (the “Administrator”).

The Administrator may delegate nondiscretionary administrative duties to such employees of the Company as it deems proper. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Plan, the Administrator shall have the sole authority, in its discretion to interpret the Plan and to make all determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan.

3.     Eligibility .

3.1     Employment Requirement . Except as otherwise set forth herein, every individual who, on the date of commencement of any Offering Period pursuant to this Plan, is an employee of the Company or of any parent or subsidiary of the Company, as defined below, is eligible to receive purchase rights to acquire shares of Common Stock pursuant to this Plan. The term “employee” includes an officer or director who is an employee of the Company or a parent or subsidiary of it, as well as a non-officer, non-director employee of the Company or a parent or subsidiary of it, and excludes an individual who provides services to the Company or a parent or subsidiary of it as an independent contractor whether or not such individual is reclassified as a common law employee, unless the Company or a parent or subsidiary of it withholds or is required to withhold U.S. Federal employment taxes for such individual pursuant to Section 3402 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “IRC”). As used in this Plan, the terms “parent corporation” and “subsidiary corporation” shall have meanings set forth in Sections 424(e) and (f), respectively, of the IRC.

3.2     Permissible Employees . In no event shall a purchase right be granted to any individual who, immediately after the grant of such purchase right, would own five percent (5%) or more of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of outstanding capital stock of the Company, its parent or any subsidiary.

For purposes of this Section 3.2, in determining stock ownership, an individual shall be considered as owning the voting capital stock owned, directly or indirectly, by or for his brothers and sisters, spouse, ancestors and lineal descendants. Voting capital stock owned, directly or indirectly, by or for a corporation, partnership, estate or trust shall be considered as being owned proportionately by or for its stockholders, partners or beneficiaries, as applicable. An individual shall be considered as owning the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of any option or purchase right which such individual holds. Additionally, for purposes of this Section 3.2, outstanding capital stock shall include all capital stock actually issued and outstanding immediately after the grant of the option or the purchase right to the individual. Outstanding capital stock shall not include capital stock authorized for issue under outstanding options or purchase rights held by any person.






3.3     Excluded Employees . The following categories of employees of the Company or any parent or subsidiary of the Company shall be excluded from participating in this Plan: (i) employees whose customary employment is twenty (20) hours or less per week; (ii) employees whose customary employment is not more than five (5) months in any calendar year; and (iii) subject to Section 4.3, employees who are citizens or residents of a foreign jurisdiction if the grant of purchase rights under the Plan to such employees is prohibited under the laws of such jurisdiction or compliance with the laws of such jurisdiction would cause the Plan to violate the requirements of Section 423 of the IRC.

3.4     Transfer to or from Related Corporation . In the event that an employee leaves the employ of the Company to become an employee of any parent or subsidiary corporation of the Company, or if the employee leaves the employ of any such parent or subsidiary corporation to become an employee of the Company or of another parent or subsidiary corporation of the Company, such employee shall be deemed to continue as an employee of the Company or its parent or subsidiary for all purposes of this Plan.

4.     Common Stock Subject to Plan; Structure of the Plan .

4.1     Shares Reserved for Issue . There shall be reserved for issue upon the exercise of purchase rights granted under this Plan 14,000,000 shares of Common Stock (“Plan Shares”), subject to adjustment as provided in Section 11 hereof. Shares issued under this Plan may consist, in whole or in part, of authorized and unissued shares or treasury shares reacquired in private transactions or open market purchases, but all shares issued under this Plan shall be counted against the Plan Shares. If any purchase rights granted under this Plan shall expire or terminate for any reason without having been exercised in full, the unpurchased shares subject thereto shall again be available for the purposes of the Plan.

4.2     Aggregate Shares . Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Plan, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock subject to outstanding purchase rights granted under this Plan, plus the aggregate number of shares issued upon the exercise of all purchase rights granted under this Plan, shall never be permitted to exceed the number of shares specified in Section 4.1 above.

4.3     Plan Structure . This Plan document is an omnibus document which includes the primary Plan document (the “Statutory Plan”) designed to permit offerings of grants to employees of the Company and any parent or subsidiary of the Company where such offerings are intended to satisfy the requirements of Section 423 of the IRC (although the Company makes no undertaking nor representation to obtain or maintain qualification under Section 423 for any parent, subsidiary, individual, offering or grant) and also a separate sub-plan (the “Non-Statutory Plan”) which permits offerings of grants to employees of certain Non-U.S. subsidiaries that are not intended to satisfy the requirements of Section 423 of the IRC.

(a)    The Statutory Plan shall be a separate and independent plan from the Non-Statutory Plan, provided, however, that the total number of shares authorized to be issued under the Plan applies in the aggregate to both the Statutory Plan and the Non-Statutory Plan. Offerings under the Non-Statutory Plan may be made to achieve desired tax or other objectives in particular locations outside the United States or to comply with local laws applicable to offerings in such foreign jurisdictions.

(b)    The terms of the Statutory Plan shall be those set forth in this Plan document to the extent such terms are consistent with the requirements for qualification under Section 423 of the IRC. The Board may adopt a Non-Statutory Plan applicable to particular subsidiaries, which shall be designed to achieve tax, securities law or other Company compliance objectives in particular locations outside the United States. The terms of a Non-Statutory Plan may take precedence over other provisions in this document, with the exception of Section 4.1 of the Plan with respect to the total number of shares available to be offered under the Plan. Unless otherwise superseded by the terms of such Non-Statutory Plan, the provisions of this Plan document shall govern the operation of such Non-Statutory Plan. Except to the extent expressly set forth herein or where the context suggests otherwise, any reference herein to “Plan” shall be construed to include a reference to the Statutory Plan and the Non-Statutory Plan.

5.     Nontransferability . All purchase rights acquired pursuant to this Plan shall be nontransferable, except by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and shall be exercisable during the lifetime of the participant only by the participant.

6.     Terms and Conditions of Each Offering . All offerings under this Plan shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:

6.1     Term and Frequency of Offerings . Each offering under the Plan will be for a period of approximately twenty-four (24) months (the “Offering Period”) commencing on the first business day of February and August of each year and ending approximately twenty-four (24) months thereafter on the last business day of January and July, respectively; provided, however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the first Offering Period will begin on August 1, 2008 and will end on July 31, 2010.





Each Offering Period will consist of four (4) six-month purchase periods (each a “Purchase Period”) commencing on the first business day of February and August of each year. The Board has the power to change the duration of Offering Periods or Purchase Periods without stockholder approval, provided that the change is announced at least fifteen (15) days prior to the scheduled beginning of the first Offering Period or Purchase Period to be affected.

6.2     Other Terms and Conditions . Purchase rights granted under this Plan shall be subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, and to such other terms and conditions not inconsistent herewith as the Administrator may deem appropriate, provided that, except as otherwise permitted herein, such terms and conditions shall be identical for each participant granted purchase rights pursuant to any particular offering.

6.3     Election to Participate . If an individual is an eligible employee and desires to participate in an Offering Period under the Plan, he or she should enroll in the manner determined by the Administrator no later than the day before the start of the particular Offering Period (or by such other earlier date determined by the Administrator and communicated to participants) evidencing his or her election to participate. Once an employee becomes a participant in an Offering Period, such employee will automatically participate in the Offering Period commencing immediately following the last day of the Offering Period in which he or she is currently participating, unless the employee withdraws or is deemed to withdraw from this Plan or terminates further participation in such Offering Period as set forth in Sections 6.8 and 6.9.

If the fair market value of the Common Stock on the first day of any current Offering Period in which a participant is enrolled is higher than the fair market value of the Common Stock on the first day of any subsequent Offering Period, the participant will be deemed to have withdrawn from the current Offering Period on the day immediately preceding the first day of the subsequent Offering Period, and the Company automatically will enroll such participant in the subsequent Offering Period (the participant does not need to take any action to be so enrolled). Any funds accumulated in such a participant’s account for the current Offering Period as of the day immediately preceding the first day of such subsequent Offering Period will be applied to purchase shares on the current Offering Period Purchase Date immediately prior to the first day of such subsequent Offering Period and the current Offering Period will terminate immediately following such purchase.

6.4     Purchase Rights . Enrollment by an eligible employee in this Plan with respect to an Offering Period will constitute the grant, as of the first day of such Offering Period, by the Company to such employee of purchase rights to acquire that number of Plan Shares (rounded down to the nearest whole share) equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the amount accumulated in such employee’s payroll deduction account during each Purchase Period in the Offering Period, by (ii) eighty-five percent (85%) of the lesser of the fair market value of the Common Stock on the first day of the applicable Offering Period or on the last day of the respective Purchase Period, subject to the limitations set forth below (the “Maximum Shares”). No participant may accrue purchase rights, pursuant to this Plan (and/or any other stock purchase plan qualifying under IRC Section 423 of this Company or of any parent or subsidiary of this Company), to acquire more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) worth of Common Stock (based on the fair market value of the Common Stock on the grant date of the purchase rights) in any one calendar year. No participant may accrue purchase rights pursuant to this Plan to acquire more than a maximum number of shares, which shall be 10,000 shares in any Offering Period or such lower number as may be established for a particular Purchase Period or Offering Period by the Board or the Administrator.

6.5     Payment for Common Stock . The purchase price will be paid with funds accumulated through periodic payroll deductions from the participant’s compensation during an Offering Period. The participant should provide authorization for payroll deductions to the Company, in the manner determined by the Administrator, on or before the last day of the month preceding any Offering Period (or by such other earlier date determined by the Administrator and communicated to participants), specifying the percentage (in whole percentages (i.e 1.5% is not acceptable)), which shall be not less than one percent (1%), nor more than one hundred percent (100%) per payroll period, in no event to exceed the net amount of pay after taxes and authorized deductions have been taken out of his or her total compensation earned during each payroll period during each Offering Period, which he or she desires to have deducted and set aside for purchases of Plan Shares for the duration of the Offering Period/s in which he or she is a participant. A participant’s “total compensation” shall include elective reductions in compensation that are excluded from income by reason of IRC Sections 125, 132(f)(4) and 402(g)(3) and shall include any amounts paid in cash that are considered “wages” under IRC Section 3101(a) (without regard to any limitation under IRC Section 3121(a)). A participant may reduce or increase the rate of payroll deductions during an Offering Period by authorizing a new rate for payroll deductions, in which case the new rate shall become effective for the next payroll period commencing after receipt of the authorization and shall continue for the remainder of the Offering Period. Such a change in payroll deductions may be made at any time during an Offering Period, but not more than one (1) reduction and not more than one (1) increase during any Purchase Period. A participant’s reduction in the rate of payroll deductions during an Offering Period may be to zero percent (0%), but a participant may not elect zero percent (0%) at the beginning of an Offering Period. A participant may increase or decrease the rate of payroll deductions for any subsequent Offering Period by authorizing a new rate for payroll deductions not later than the day before the beginning of such Offering Period (or by such other earlier date determined by the Administrator and communicated to participants). Payroll





deductions made for each participant shall be credited to a special book account on the Company’s books, but no funds will be actually set aside in any special fund or account.

6.6     Purchase Dates . The semi-annual purchase dates will occur on the last business day of each Purchase Period (the “Purchase Dates”). All payroll deductions collected from the participant and not theretofore applied to the purchase of Plan Shares, will automatically be applied to the purchase of that number of Plan Shares for which the participant was granted purchase rights for that Purchase Period pursuant to the formula set forth in Section 6.4 hereof. Any funds deducted from the participant’s compensation pursuant to this Plan during a particular Purchase Period in excess of the purchase price of the shares purchased for the Purchase Period, at the election of the participant, shall be carried over to subsequent Purchase Periods within the same Offering Period or promptly refunded to the participant following the expiration of the Purchase Period upon the participant’s request. Any funds deducted from the participant’s compensation pursuant to this Plan for a particular Offering Period in excess of the purchase price of the shares purchased during the Offering Period shall be promptly refunded to the participant following the expiration of the Offering Period.

6.7     Purchase Price . The purchase price for the Common Stock purchased under the Purchase Plan is 85% of the lesser of the fair market value of the Common Stock on the first day of the applicable Offering Period or the last day of the respective Purchase Period. For all purposes of this Plan, the fair market value of the Common Stock on any particular date shall be determined as follows:

(a)    If the Common Stock is at the time listed on any established stock exchange, then the fair market value shall be the closing selling price per share of the Common Stock as quoted on such exchange on the date of determination, or if there is no reported sale of the Common Stock on such exchange on the date of determination, then the fair market value shall be the closing selling price on the exchange on the last preceding trading day on which sales of the Common Stock are reported as having occurred, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Administrator deems reliable.

(b)    If the Common Stock is regularly quoted by a recognized securities dealer but selling prices are not reported, the fair market value shall be the mean between the closing high bid and low asked prices for the Common Stock on the date of determination, or if no prices are quoted for such date, then the mean between the closing high bid and low asked prices on the last preceding trading day on which any bid and asked prices were quoted, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Administrator deems reliable.

(c)    In the absence of an established market for the Common Stock, then the fair market value shall be determined by the Administrator after taking into account such factors as the Administrator shall deem appropriate.

6.8     Withdrawal . Each participant may withdraw from an Offering Period under this Plan by notifying the Administrator in the manner determined by the Administrator of his or her election to withdraw at any time on or before the end of an Offering Period (or by such other earlier date determined by the Administrator and communicated to participants). Upon receipt of such notice by the Administrator, all future payroll deductions for such Offering Period will cease, and any payroll deductions previously collected during such Offering Period pursuant to Section 6.5 (to the extent not already applied to the purchase of Plan Shares, and, if the withdrawal occurs on a Purchase Date, to the extent not applied to the purchase of Plan Shares on such Purchase Date) will be refunded, without interest. In the event a participant voluntarily elects to withdraw from this Plan, he or she may not resume his or her participation in this Plan during the same Offering Period, but he or she may participate in any Offering Period under this Plan which commences on a date subsequent to such withdrawal in the same manner as set forth above for initial participation in this Plan.

6.9     Termination of Participation in an Offering . A participant’s participation in an Offering Period will automatically terminate upon the participant’s cessation of employment or retirement with the Company or any parent or subsidiary of the Company, permanent and total disability, as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the IRC, or death. Upon such event, the participant will be treated as having withdrawn from the Offering Period, and the Administrator will take the actions specified in Section 6.8. In the event a participant’s last day of employment falls on the same day as a Purchase Date, the participant will not be eligible to purchase shares on that Purchase Date.

6.10     Registration of Plan and Due Authorization . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, express or implied herein, no rights granted under the Plan may be exercised to any extent unless the Plan (including the purchase rights and the shares covered thereby) is covered by an effective registration statement pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). If on any Purchase Date, the Plan is not so registered, no rights granted under the Plan or any offering shall be exercised, and the Purchase Date shall be delayed until the Plan is subject to an effective registration statement, except that the Purchase Date shall not be delayed more than six (6) months, and in no event shall the Purchase Date be more than twenty-seven





(27) months from the commencement of the particular Offering Period. If on the Purchase Date of any offering hereunder, as delayed to the maximum extent permissible, the Plan is still not registered, no purchase rights shall be exercised and all payroll deductions accumulated (to the extent not already applied to the purchase of Plan Shares) shall be refunded to the participants, without interest. If after reasonable efforts, the Company is unable to obtain from each regulatory commission or agency having jurisdiction over the Plan such authority as counsel for the Company deems necessary or appropriate, the Company shall be relieved from any liability for failure to issue and sell Plan Shares upon exercise of such purchase rights unless and until such authority is obtained.

7.     Withholding and Employment Taxes . The Company shall be entitled to withhold and/or pay from any payroll deductions made pursuant to this Plan, the amount of any and all applicable federal, state, local and foreign withholding and employment taxes.

    8.     Equal Rights and Privileges . All participants in an Offering Period under the Statutory Plan shall have the same rights and privileges with respect to their participation in the Statutory Plan for that Offering Period in accordance with Section 423 of the IRC and the related regulations.

9.     Disqualifying Dispositions . If any Plan Shares are disposed of within two (2) years from the date the purchase rights were acquired or within one (1) year after the acquisition of the Plan Shares by the participant, immediately prior to the disposition, the participant shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the date and terms of the disposition and shall provide such other information regarding the disposition as the Company may reasonably require.

10.     Stock Issuance and Rights as Stockholder . Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan, no participant shall have any of the rights of a stockholder (including the right to vote and receive dividends) of the Company, by reason of the provisions of this Plan or any action taken hereunder, until the date such participant shall both have paid the purchase price for the Plan Shares and shall have been issued (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company) the stock certificate evidencing such shares.

11.     Adjustments Upon Changes in Capitalization or Merger .

11.1     Appropriate Adjustment in Number of Shares . Subject to any required action by the Company’s stockholders, the number of shares of Common Stock covered by this Plan as provided in Section 4, the number of shares of Common Stock covered by each outstanding purchase right granted hereunder and the purchase price thereof, and the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be purchased by any participant in any Offering Period as provided in Section 6.4 shall be proportionately adjusted for any increase or decrease in the number of issued shares of Common Stock resulting from a subdivision or consolidation of such shares or the payment of a stock dividend (but only on the Common Stock) or any other increase or decrease in the number of such outstanding shares of Common Stock effected without the receipt of consideration by the Company; provided, however, that the conversion of any convertible securities of the Company shall not be deemed to have been “effected without receipt of consideration.”

11.2     Mergers and/or Acquisitions . Subject to any required action by the Company’s stockholders, if the Company shall be the surviving corporation in any merger or consolidation (other than one described in (iii) below), each outstanding purchase right shall pertain and apply to the securities to which a holder of the number of shares subject to the purchase right would have been entitled. In the event of (i) a dissolution or liquidation of the Company; (ii) a merger or consolidation in which the Company is not the surviving corporation (other than a merger or consolidation with a wholly-owned subsidiary, a reincorporation of the Company in a different jurisdiction, or other transaction in which there is no substantial change in the stockholders of the Company or their relative stock holdings and the purchase rights granted under this Plan are assumed, converted or replaced by the successor corporation, which assumption will be binding on all participants); (iii) a merger in which the Company is the surviving corporation but after which the stockholders of the Company (other than any stockholder which merges (or which owns or controls another corporation which merges) with the Company in such merger) cease to own their shares or other equity interests in the Company; (iv) the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Company; or (v) any other transaction which qualifies as a “corporate transaction” under Section 424(a) of the IRC, wherein the stockholders of the Company give up all of their equity interest in the Company (except for the acquisition, sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the outstanding shares of the Company from or by the stockholders of the Company), each outstanding purchase right shall terminate, unless the surviving corporation in the case of a merger or consolidation assumes outstanding purchase rights or replaces them with substitute purchase rights having substantially similar terms and conditions; provided, however, that if an outstanding purchase right is to terminate upon any such event, the Administrator on such terms and conditions as it deems appropriate, shall provide either by the terms of the agreement or by a resolution adopted prior to the occurrence of any such event, that, for some period of time prior to such event, such purchase right shall be exercisable as to all of the shares covered by the portion of the purchase right that previously has not lapsed, terminated, or been exercised.






11.3     Board’s Determination Conclusive . To the extent that the foregoing adjustments relate to stock or securities of the Company, such adjustments shall be made by the Board, whose determination in that respect shall be final, binding and conclusive.

11.4     Limitation on Rights . Except as hereinabove expressly provided in this Section 11, no participant shall have any rights by reason of any subdivision or consolidation of shares of the capital stock of any class or the payment of any stock dividend or any other increase or decrease in the number of shares of any class or by reason of any dissolution, liquidation, merger or consolidation or spin-off of assets or stock of another corporation, and any issue by the Company of shares of stock of any class or of securities convertible into shares of stock of any class shall not affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number or price of shares subject to any purchase right granted hereunder.

11.5     Reservation of Rights . The grant of a purchase right pursuant to this Plan shall not affect in any way the right or power of the Company to make adjustments, reclassifications, reorganizations or changes of its capital or business structure or to merge or consolidate or to dissolve, liquidate, sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets.

12.     Securities Law Requirements .

12.1     Investment Representations . The Administrator may require an individual as a condition of the grant and of the exercise of a purchase right, to represent and establish to the satisfaction of the Administrator that all Plan Shares to be acquired will be acquired for investment and not for resale. The Administrator shall cause such legends to be placed on certificates evidencing Plan Shares as, in the opinion of the Company’s counsel, may be required by federal and applicable state securities laws.

12.2     Compliance with Applicable Securities Laws . No Plan Shares shall be issued unless and until counsel for the Company determines that: (i) the Company and the participant have satisfied all applicable requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; (ii) any applicable requirement of any stock exchange or quotation system on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted has been satisfied; and (iii) all other applicable provisions of state and federal law have been satisfied.

13.     Termination and Amendment . The Board may terminate the Plan or amend the Plan from time to time, in such respects as the Board may deem advisable; provided, however, that:

    (i)     any outstanding purchase rights granted before such termination or amendment will not be materially impaired by any such termination or amendment except (a) with the consent of the person to whom such purchase rights were granted, (b) as necessary to comply with any laws, listing requirements, or governmental regulations (including, without limitation, the provisions of Section 423 of the IRC and the regulations and other interpretive guidance issued thereunder relating to employee stock purchase plans) including, without limitation, any such regulations or other guidance that may be issued or amended after the effective date of the Plan, or (c) as necessary to obtain or maintain favorable tax, listing, or regulatory treatment; and

(ii)    the approval of the Company’s stockholders will be required for any amendment of the Plan for which stockholder approval is required by applicable law or listing requirements, including any amendment that either (a) materially increases the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan, (b) materially expands the class of individuals eligible to become participants and receive purchase rights under the Plan, (c) materially increases the benefits accruing to participants under the Plan or materially reduces the price at which shares of Common Stock may be purchased under the Plan, (d) materially extends the term of the Plan, or (e) expands the types of awards available for issuance under the Plan, but in each of (a) through (e) above only to the extent stockholder approval is required by applicable law or listing requirements.

14.     Termination .     The Plan will terminate automatically on the earlier of termination by the Board or issuance of all the shares reserved under the Plan. No offering shall be initiated hereunder after termination of the Plan, but such termination shall not affect the validity of any purchase rights then outstanding, except as provided in Section 13.

15.     Time of Granting Options . The date of grant of a purchase right hereunder shall, for all purposes, be the date on which the particular Offering Period commences.

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






17.     Effective Date . This Plan was adopted by the Board on June 9, 2008. The Plan was approved by the stockholders of the Company on July 15, 2008 and shall be effective on said date.