“Plan” means this Amended and Restated Option Plan of the Company, as amended from time to time.
“Share” means a common share of the Company.
“Shareholders Agreement” means the second amended and restated unanimous shareholders agreement of the Company and all schedules and appendices, if any, attached thereto, in each case as they may be amended, restated, supplemented or replaced from time to time.
“Subsidiary Corporation” has the meaning set forth in Section 424(f) of the Code, and any successor Code sections.
“Substitution Event”has the meaning specified in Section 2.7.
“Termination Date” means (i) with respect to a Participant who is an employee or officer of a Participating Company, such Participant’s last day of active employment and does not include any period of statutory, reasonable or contractual notice or any period of deemed employment or salary continuance, (ii) with respect to a Participant who is a Consultant, the date such Consultant ceases to provide services to a Participating Company, and (iii) with respect to a Participant who is a director, the date such Person ceases to be a director of a Participating Company, and “Terminate” and “Terminated” have corresponding meanings.
“Transfer” includes any sale, exchange, assignment, gift, disposition, mortgage, charge, pledge, encumbrance, grant of security interest or any arrangement by which possession, legal title or ownership passes from one Person to another, or to the same Person in a different capacity, whether or not voluntary and whether or not for value, and any Agreement to effect any of the foregoing; and the words “Transferred”, “Transferring” and similar words have corresponding meanings.
“U.S. Participant” means any Eligible Person who is a United States citizen or United States resident alien as defined for purposes of Section 7701(b)(1)(A) of the Code.
In the Plan, unless the context otherwise requires, words importing the singular include the plural and vice versa, and words importing gender include all genders.
The Plan will be administered by the Board which has the sole and absolute discretion to: (i) grant Options to Eligible Persons; (ii) determine all attributes of such Options, including the Exercise Price, vesting, terms, limitations, restrictions and conditions of such grants; (iii) interpret and administer the Plan; (iv) establish, amend and rescind any rules and regulations relating to the Plan (subject to obtaining any required regulatory approval or shareholder approval, including any approval required pursuant to the Shareholders Agreement); and (v) make any other determinations that the Board deems necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan. The Board may correct any defect or supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan, in the manner and to the extent the Board deems, in its sole and absolute discretion, necessary or desirable (subject to obtaining any required regulatory approval or shareholder approval, including any approval required pursuant to the Shareholders Agreement). Any decision of the Board with respect to the administration and interpretation of the Plan shall be conclusive and binding on the Participants.
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