RADWARE LTD.
2010 EMPLOYEE SHARE PURCHASE PLAN
ADDENDUM FOR ISRAELI PARTICIPANTS
1. Application. This Addendum for Israeli Participants (the “Addendum”) in the "Radware Ltd. 2010 Employee Share Purchase Plan" (the “Plan”) sets forth additional terms and conditions applicable to Options granted to Eligible Employees who are (or are deemed to be) residents of the State of Israel for the purpose of payment of taxes, and forms an integral part of the Plan. Only Options pursuant to the Plan may be granted under this Addendum. Options granted under this Addendum are intended to qualify under Section 102 of the Ordinance. & #160;For the avoidance of doubt, this Addendum does not add to or modify the Plan in respect of any other category.
The Plan and this Addendum are complimentary to each other and shall be deemed as one. In any case of contradiction with respect to Options granted to Eligible Employees, whether explicit or implied, between the provisions of this Addendum and the Plan, the provisions set out in this Addendum shall prevail.
2. Definitions. Definitions as set out in the Plan are applicable to this Addendum. In addition, the following definitions shall apply to this Addendum:
(a) “Applicable Laws” means the requirements relating to the administration of stock option plans under U.S. state corporate laws, U.S. federal and state securities laws, the Code, U.S. and Israeli tax laws, Israeli securities laws, Israel’s Companies Law - 1999, and Foreign Currency Control Law, any stock exchange or quotation system on which the Ordinary Share is listed or quoted and the applicable laws of any other country or jurisdiction where Options are granted under the Plan and the Addendum, as are in effect from time to time.
(b) “Option Agreement” shall mean in connection with Eligible Employees the "Participation in the ESPP according to Section 102 of the Income Tax Ordinance" form together with the "Subscription Agreement" form, and\or any other relevant written agreement executed by an authorized officer of the Company and the Eligible Employee, which shall contain such terms and conditions with respect to the Option, as the Board shall determine, consistent with the Plan and this Addendum.
(c) “Capital Gain Option (CGO)” means a Trustee 102 Option elected and designated by the Company, or a Subsidiary, to qualify under the capital gain tax treatment, in accordance with the provisions of Section 102(b)(2) of the Ordinance.
(d) “Controlling Shareholder” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 32(9) of the Ordinance.
(e) “Employee” or “Eligible Employee” means, in addition to the definition provided in Article 2 of the Plan, any person, who is an employee, executive, officer, office holder employed by, the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary, who is (or is deemed to be) a resident of the State of Israel for the purpose of payment of taxes, excluding a Controlling Shareholder. In any case of contradiction between the definition of Eligible Employee in this Addendum and in the Plan, whether explicit or implied, the definition in this Addendum shall prevail.
(f) “ITA” means the Israeli Tax Authority.
(g) “Non-Trustee 102 Option” means an Option granted pursuant to Section 102(c) of the Ordinance and not held in Trust by a Trustee.
(h) “Ordinance” means the Israeli Income Tax Ordinance [New Version] 1961, and any regulations, rules, orders or procedures promulgated thereunder.
(i) “Ordinary Income Option (OIO)” means a Trustee 102 Option elected and designated by the Company to qualify for ordinary income tax treatment in accordance with the provisions of Section 102(b)(1) of the Ordinance.
(j) “Rights” means any and all rights, securities or property, issued in respect of Ordinary Shares granted pursuant to this Addendum or resulting from the exercise of Options granted under this Addendum, including bonus shares, but excluding cash dividends.
(k) “Section 102” means Section 102 of the Ordinance and any regulations, rules, orders or procedures promulgated thereunder as now in effect or as hereafter amended.
(l) “Section 102 Option” means an Option granted to an Eligible Employee and intended to qualify under Section 102.
(m) “Share” means an Ordinary Share of the Company.
(n) “Trust” means that certain trust established by the Company with the Trustee for the purpose of holding Options or Shares issued pursuant to Options or any Rights thereof, in accordance with Section 102.
(o) “Trust Agreement” means that certain trust agreement(s) entered into by the Company and the Trustee with respect to the Trust.
(p) “Trustee” means a trustee appointed by the Board and approved by the ITA in accordance with Section 102, to hold in Trust for the benefit of an Eligible Employee, Options, or Shares issued pursuant to Options, or any Rights thereof.
(q) “Trustee 102 Option” means an Option granted pursuant to Section 102(b) of the Ordinance and held in Trust by a Trustee for the benefit of an Eligible Employee.
3. Effectiveness of Addendum. This Addendum shall become effective upon the date specified by the Board.
4. Eligibility.
(a) Any Eligible Employee who shall be employed by the Company or a Subsidiary on the first business day of any Payment Period shall receive Options under the Plan and this Addendum, as provided in the Plan (including in Articles 3 and 5 thereto).
(b) Section 102 Options may only be granted to Eligible Employees.
5. Options Under Section 102.
(a) Designation Subject to Section 102. The Company may designate Options to Eligible Employees pursuant to Section 102 as Non-Trustee 102 Options or Trustee 102 Options, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in Section 102. Trustee 102 Options may either be classified as CGOs or OIOs (the “Tax Route(s)”). No Trustee 102 Options may be granted under this Addendum to any Eligible Employees, until the lapse of at least thirty (30) days from the day the Addendum and the Company’s election of the type of Trustee 102 Options (as CGO or OIO) (t he “Election”), is appropriately filed with the ITA. Such Election shall become effective beginning with the date of grant of the first Trustee 102 Option under this Addendum, and shall remain in effect at least until the end of the year following the year during which the Company first granted Trustee 102 Options under this Addendum. The Election shall obligate the Company to grant only the type of Trustee 102 Option it has elected (CGO or OIO) during the period indicated in the preceding sentence, and shall apply to all Trustee 102 Options granted during the period the Election is in effect, all in accordance with the provisions of Section 102(g) of the Ordinance. For the avoidance of doubt, such Election shall not prevent the Company from granting Non-Trustee 102 Options to the Eligible Employees at any time.
(b) Issuance of Shares to Trust. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, including without limitation Articles 7 through 10 of the Plan, in the event the Company grants Trustee 102 Options, each Option, and each Share issued upon the exercise of an Option (and any other Right received in respect of such Shares while such Shares are held in the Trust) shall be deposited with the Trustee and held in Trust for the benefit of the Eligible Employee, for the period of time required by Section 102 (the “Minimum Trust Period”), until such time that such Options, Shares (or Rights) are released from the Trust as herein provided. The Trustee shall hold such Options, Shares (or Rights) pursuant to the instructions provided by the Board from time to time, provided such instructions are consistent with the terms of the Plan and this Addendum, the Trust Agreement and all Applicable Laws. Upon grant of a Trustee 102 Option, the Eligible Employee will sign an undertaking declaring that he/she is familiar with the provisions of Section 102 and the elected Tax Route and that he/she undertakes not to sell or transfer the Trustee 102 Options or Rights prior to the lapse of the Minimum Trust Period, unless he/she pays all taxes, which may arise in connection with such sale and/or transfer.
(c) Minimum Trust Period; Release of Options and Shares from Trust. With respect to any Trustee 102 Options, subject to the provisions of Section 102, in order to obtain favorable Trustee 102 Options tax treatment, an Eligible Employee shall not be entitled to sell or release from Trust any Option, Share issued upon the exercise of an Option and/or any Rights received with respect to such Trustee 102 Option, until the lapse of the Minimum Trust Period required under Section 102. Notwithstanding the above, if any such sale or release occurs during the Minimum Trust Period, the implications under Section 102 shall apply to, and shall be borne by, such Eligible Employee. In the event the requirements for Trustee 102 Options are not met, then the Trustee 102 Options shall be regarded as Non-Trustee 102 Options, all in accordance with the provisions of Section 102.
(d) Condition to Release of Options and Shares from Trust. No 102 Options or Shares issued upon the exercise of an Option (or Rights received in respect of such Shares while such Shares are held in the Trust) shall be sold or released from the Trust to the Eligible Employee unless and until such Eligible Employee shall have satisfied all of such Eligible Employee’s tax obligations with respect to such Options, Shares or Rights (including, without limitation, social security and health insurance payments, if applicable) and shall have provided the Trustee with sufficient confirmation of the satisfaction of such tax obligations, in a form sat isfactory in the opinion of the Trustee. The Eligible Employee shall satisfy such tax obligations in any manner contemplated by Section 6 below.
(e) Rights as a Shareholder While Shares are Held in Trust. Once Shares are issued upon the exercise of an Option, the Eligible Employee shall have rights equivalent to those of a shareholder and shall be a shareholder when his or her purchase is entered upon the records of the Company. The Eligible Employee shall be entitled to receive dividends with respect to such Shares and to vote the same at any meeting of the shareholders of the Company. For so long as such Shares are held in the Trust by the Trustee on behalf of an Eligible Employee, the cash dividends paid with respect thereto shall be remitted directly to such Eligible Employee. In the event a share d ividend (including bonus Shares and any Rights with respect to the Shares) is declared on Shares held in the Trust by the Trustee on behalf of an Eligible Employee, such share dividend shall be issued to the Trustee for the benefit of such Eligible Employee, shall be subject to the provisions of the Plan and this Addendum, and the Minimum Trust Period for such Rights shall be measured from the commencement of the Minimum Trust Period applicable to such Shares with respect to which the dividend was declared, subject to Applicable Laws. Furthermore, such Rights shall be subject to the Taxation Route under Section 102, which is applicable to such Shares. No adjustment shall be made for a dividend or other Right for which the record date is prior to the date the Shares are issued, except as provided in the Plan and in this Addendum. For so long as Shares are held in Trust by the Trustee on behalf of an Eligible Employee, the voting rights at the Company’s general and specia l meetings attached to such Shares will remain with the Trustee. However, the Trustee shall not exercise such voting rights at general and special meetings. The Trustee shall not be required to notify the Eligible Employee of any Shares held in the Trust of any meeting of the Company’s shareholder.
(f) Nontransferability of Options Held in Trust. Without derogating from the limitations on transferability of Options as specified in the Plan and in this Addendum, as long as Options are held by the Trustee on behalf of an Eligible Employee, such Options may not be sold, pledged, assigned, hypothecated, transferred, or disposed of in any manner other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution.
(g) Certain Options Not Required to be Held in Trust. Non-Trustee 102 Options (including any Rights received with respect thereof) are not required to be held in the Trust and shall not be subject to the provisions of this Section 5.
6. Tax Implications.
(a) Tax Consequences. Any tax consequences arising from the grant, or exercise, from the payment for Shares covered thereby, or from any other event or act (of the Company or any Subsidiary, the Trustee or the Eligible Employee), hereunder, shall be borne solely by the Eligible Employee (including, without limitation, the Eligible Employee’s social security and national health insurance payments, if applicable). The Company and/or any Subsidiary, and/or the Trustee shall withhold taxes according to the requirements under the Applicable Laws, rules, and regulations, incl uding withholding taxes at source. Furthermore, the Eligible Employee shall agree to indemnify the Company and/or its Subsidiary and/or the Trustee and hold them harmless against and from any and all liability for any such tax or other payment or interest or penalty thereon, including without limitation, liabilities relating to the necessity to withhold, or to have withheld, any such tax from any payment made to the Eligible Employee.
(b) Tax Withholding. The Company shall be entitled to require payment in cash or deduction from other compensation payable to each Eligible Employee of any taxes or other sums required by all Applicable Laws to be paid or withheld with respect to the issuance, exercise, sale or release from the Trust of any Option or any Share issued upon the exercise of an Option (or Rights issued with respect to such Shares). The Board may in its discretion and in satisfaction of the foregoing requirement allow such Eligible Employee to satisfy such tax or other obligations by the delivery to the Company, the Trustee or the appropriate authorities of cash in an amount equ al to the sums required to be paid or withheld, may also allow such Eligible Employee to elect to have the Company withhold Shares otherwise issuable under such Option or may allow the return of Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to the sums required to be paid or withheld. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan and this Addendum, the number of Shares which may be withheld with respect to the issuance, exercise, sale or release from the Trust of any Option or any Shares issued upon the exercise of an Option (or Rights issued with respect to such Shares) (or which may be repurchased from the Eligible Employee of such Option within six (6) months after such Shares were acquired by the Eligible Employee from the Company) in order to satisfy the Eligible Employee’s tax or other liabilities with respect to the issuance, exercise, sale or release from the Trust of any Option or any Shares issued upon the exercise of an Option (or Rights issued with respect to such Shares), shall be l imited to the number of shares which have a Fair Market Value on the date of withholding or repurchase equal to the aggregate amount of such liabilities based on the statutory tax rates that are applicable to such taxable income. In addition, without derogating from the Eligible Employee’s obligations to pay taxes or other sums as and when due, upon the sale by a Eligible Employee of any Shares held in the Trust or release of such Shares from the Trust, the Company may (by itself or through the Trustee) withhold from the proceeds of such sale all applicable taxes or other amounts, in which event the Company (or the Trustee) shall remit the amount withheld to the appropriate authorities, shall pay the remaining balance of such sale proceeds to the Eligible Employee and shall report to such Eligible Employee the amount so withheld and paid to said authorities.
(c) No Release of Options or Shares Until Payments Made. The Company and/or, when applicable, the Trustee shall not be required to release any Option and/or Shares to an Eligible Employee until all required payments have been fully made.
(d) Guarantee. With respect to a Non-Trustee 102 Option, if the Eligible Employee ceases to be employed by the Company or any Subsidiary thereof, the Eligible Employee shall extend to the Company and/or any Subsidiary, a security or guarantee for the payment of tax due at the time of sale of Shares, all in accordance with the provisions of Section 102.
(e) Dividends. Any dividends payable with respect to Shares issued with respect to any Options granted pursuant to this Addendum shall be subject to any applicable taxation on the distribution of dividends, and when applicable subject to the provisions of Section 102.
7. Compliance with Applicable Laws. This Addendum shall be subject to all Applicable Laws. The grant of Options and Rights and the issuance of Shares upon the exercise of Options under this Addendum shall entitle the Company to require recipients of Options to comply with such Applicable Laws as may be necessary. Furthermore, the grant of any Options under this Addendum shall be subject to the Company’s procurement of all approvals and permits required by regulatory authorities having jurisdiction over this Addendum and the Options and Rights granted thereunder.
8. Governing Law. The validity and enforceability of this Addendum shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Israel without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of law thereof.
RADWARE LTD.
2010 EMPLOYEE SHARE PURCHASE PLAN
ADDENDUM FOR UNITED STATES PARTICIPANTS
1. Application. This Addendum for United States Participants (the “Addendum”) in the Radware Ltd. 2010 Employee Share Purchase Plan (the “Plan”) sets forth additional terms and conditions applicable to Options granted to Eligible Employees who are (or are deemed to be) residents of the United States of America for the purpose of payment of taxes, and forms an integral part of the Plan. Only Options pursuant to the Plan may be granted under this Addendum. Options granted under this Addendum are not intended to qualify under Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”). For the avoidance of doubt, this Addendum does not add to or modify the Plan in respect of any other category.
The Plan and this Addendum are complimentary to each other and shall be deemed as one. In any case of contradiction with respect to Options granted to Eligible Employees, whether explicit or implied, between the provisions of this Addendum and the Plan, the provisions set out in this Addendum shall prevail.
2. Effectiveness of Addendum. This Addendum shall become effective upon the date the Plan becomes effective.
3. Section 409A Compliance. Notwithstanding Section 19 of the Plan, with respect to Participants’ Options that would otherwise be subject to Code Section 409A of the Code, the shortening of the Offering Period then in progress and the setting of a New Exercise Date shall only be effected to the extent the event constituting the merger or sale of assets qualifies as a “change in ownership” or “change in effective control” of the Company or a “change in ownership of a substantial portion of the assets” of the Company, as defined in U.S. Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-3(i)(5) or successor provisions.
All rights granted to Participants under this Plan and this Addendum are expressly subject to all applicable laws, regulations and the approval of all governmental authorities required for the authorization, issuance, sale or transfer of the Ordinary Shares reserved for the Plan. This includes, without limitation, a current registration statement of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, covering the Ordinary Shares that may be purchased under the Plan. If a registration statement is not effective on the last day of a Payment Period, the Payment Period shall be extended until the first business day after the effective date of a registration statement, or post-effective amendment; provided, however, that a Payment Period for a Participant’s Options that would otherwise be subject to Sectio n 409A of the Code shall be extended only to the extent that such extension would not cause a violation under Section 409A of the Code.
To the maximum extent permitted under Section 409A of the Code and its corresponding regulations, the benefits payable under the Plan and this Addendum are intended to meet the requirements of the short-term deferral exemption under Section 409A of the Code. To the extent applicable, the Plan and this Addendum are intended to comply and shall be administered in a manner that is intended to comply with Section 409A of the Code and shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with such intent. To the extent an Option or rights under the Plan or the payment, settlement or deferral thereof is subject to Section 409A of the Code, the Option or right shall be granted, paid, exercised, settled or deferred in a manner that will comply with Section 409A of the Code, including the final regulations and other guidance i ssued with respect thereto, except as otherwise determined by the Board or applicable committee. Any provision of the Plan that would cause the grant of an Option or right or the payment, settlement or deferral thereof to fail to satisfy Section 409A of the Code shall be amended to comply with Section 409A of the Code if permitted in accordance with the final regulations and guidance issued under Section 409A of the Code. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall have no liability to a Participant or any other party if an Option or right granted under the Plan that is intended to be exempt from, or compliant with Section 409A of the Code is not so exempt or compliant or for any action taken by the Board or applicable committee with respect thereto.
4. Governing Law. The validity and enforceability of this Addendum shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Israel without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of law thereof.
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