As used in this Plan, the following definitions will apply to the capitalized terms indicated below:
(a) “Adoption Date” means the date this Plan is originally adopted by the Board.
(b) “Affiliate” means, at the time of determination, any “parent” or “subsidiary” of the Company, as such terms are defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. The Board will have the authority to determine the time or times at which “parent” or “subsidiary” status is determined within the foregoing definition.
(c) “Award” means a Stock Award or a Performance Cash Award.
(d) “Award Document” means a written agreement between the Company and a Participant, or a written notice issued by the Company to a Participant, evidencing the terms and conditions of an Award.
(e) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
(f) “Capital Stock” means each and every class of common stock of the Company, regardless of the number of votes per share.
(g) “Capitalization Adjustment” means any change that is made in, or other events that occur with respect to, the Common Stock subject to this Plan or subject to any Stock Award after the Adoption Date without the receipt of consideration by the Company through merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, reincorporation, stock dividend, dividend in property other than cash, large nonrecurring cash dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, liquidating dividend, combination of shares, exchange of shares, change in corporate structure or other similar equity restructuring transaction, as that term is used in Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718 (or any successor thereto). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the conversion of any convertible securities of the Company will not be treated as a Capitalization Adjustment.
(h) “Cause” will have the meaning ascribed to such term in any written agreement between the Participant and the Company or any Affiliate defining such term and, in the absence of such agreement, such term means, with respect to a Participant, the occurrence of any of the following events: (i) engaging in personal dishonesty, willful violation of any law, rule, or regulation (other than minor traffic violations or similar offenses), or breach of fiduciary duty involving personal profit, (ii) being unable to satisfactorily perform or failing to satisfactorily perform the Participant’s duties and responsibilities for the Company or any Affiliate, (iii) being convicted of, or pleading nolo contendere to, any felony or a crime involving moral turpitude, (iv) engaging in negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of the Participant’s duties, including but not limited to willfully refusing without proper legal reason to perform the Participant’s duties and responsibilities, (v) materially breaching any corporate policy or code of conduct established by the Company or any Affiliate as such policies or codes may be adopted from time to time, (vi) violating the terms of any confidentiality, nondisclosure, intellectual property, nonsolicitation, noncompetition, proprietary information and inventions, or any other
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