EXHIBIT 10.32
IN-CHIP SYSTEMS, INC.
2001 INCENTIVE AND NON-STATUTORY STOCK OPTION PLAN
(AS AMENDED ON JUNE 25, 2002)
1. PURPOSE OF THE PLAN. Under this Incentive and Non-Statutory Stock
Option Plan, as amended (the "Plan") of In-Chip Systems, Inc., a California
corporation ("In-Chip"), options may be granted to eligible employees, directors
and consultants of In-Chip and its Affiliates to purchase shares of common stock
of Virage Logic Corporation, a Delaware corporation and parent of In-Chip
("Virage Logic"), which acquired In-Chip on May 24, 2002. The Plan is designed
to enable In-Chip and its Affiliates to attract, retain and motivate their
employees, directors and consultants by providing for or increasing the
proprietary interest of such persons in In-Chip and its Affiliates. The Plan
provides for options which qualify as incentive stock options ("Incentive
Options") under section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(the "Code"), as well as options which do not so qualify ("Non-Statutory
Options").
2. STOCK SUBJECT TO PLAN. The maximum number of shares of stock for
which options granted hereunder may be exercised shall be 585,520 shares of
Virage Logic Common Stock, subject to the adjustments provided in SECTION 6.
Shares of stock subject to the unexercised portions of any options granted under
this Plan which expire, terminate or are canceled may again be subject to
options under the Plan. When the exercise price for an option granted under this
Plan is paid with previously outstanding shares or with shares as to which the
option is being exercised, as permitted in SECTION 9, the total number of shares
of stock for which further options may be granted under this Plan shall be
irrevocably reduced by the total number of shares for which such option is thus
exercised, without regard to the number of shares received or retained by Virage
Logic in connection with that exercise. An Incentive Option may be granted to an
eligible person under the Plan only if the aggregate Fair Market Value
(determined at the time the option is granted) of the stock with respect to
which incentive stock options (as defined in the Code) are exercisable for the
first time by such optionee during any calendar year under all incentive stock
option plans of In-Chip and its Affiliates does not exceed One Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($100,000). Should it be determined that an option granted under the
Plan exceeds such maximum for any reason, such option shall be considered a
Non-Statutory Option to the extent, but only to the extent, of such excess.
3. ELIGIBLE OPTIONEES. The persons eligible to be considered for the
grant of options hereunder are any persons regularly employed by In-Chip or its
Affiliates on a salaried basis, as well as any directors of or consultants to
In-Chip or any of its Affiliates.
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The Board shall comply with the requirements of Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the
Exchange Act, as from time to time in effect.
4. MINIMUM EXERCISE PRICE. The exercise price for each option granted
hereunder shall be not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market
Value (as defined below) of the stock at the date of the grant of the option,
for Incentive Options, and not less than eighty-five percent (85%) of such Fair
Market Value, for Non-Statutory Options. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however,
no person shall be eligible for the grant of an Incentive Option under the Plan
if, at the time of grant, such person owns (or is deemed to own pursuant to
Section 424(d) of the Code) stock possessing more than ten percent (10%) of the
total combined voting power of all classes of stock of In-Chip or any of its
Affiliates unless the exercise price of such option is at least one hundred ten
percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value of such stock at the date of grant and
the term of the option does not exceed five (5) years from the date of grant.
5. NONTRANSFERABILITY. Any option granted under this Plan shall, by its
terms, be nontransferable by the optionee other than by will or the laws of
descent and distribution and shall be exercisable during the optionee's lifetime
only by the optionee or by the optionee's guardian or legal representative,
except that an option which is not intended to be an Incentive Option may, if
the instrument evidencing it so provides, also be transferable to members of the
optionee's Immediate Family (as defined below), to a partnership whose members
are only the optionee and/or members of the optionee's Immediate Family, or to a
trust for the benefit of only the Optionee and/or members of the optionee's
Immediate Family.
6. ADJUSTMENTS.
6.1 GENERAL. If the outstanding shares of stock of the class then
subject to this Plan are increased or decreased, or are changed into or
exchanged for a different number or kind of shares or securities or other forms
or property (including cash) or rights, as a result of one or more
reorganizations, recapitalizations, spin-offs, stock splits, reverse stock
splits, stock dividends or the like, appropriate adjustments shall be made in
the number and/or kind of shares or securities or other forms of property
(including cash) or rights for which options may thereafter be granted under
this Plan and for which options then outstanding under this Plan may thereafter
be exercised. Any such adjustment in outstanding options shall be made without
changing the aggregate exercise price applicable to the unexercised portions of
such options.
6.2 REORGANIZATIONS, ETC. In-Chip was acquired by Virage Logic on May
24, 2002. At the time of that transaction, all outstanding options granted under
this Plan were automatically modified to be options to acquire 0.07319 shares of
Virage Logic Common Stock; all options eligible to be granted after the date of
the acquisition became options to purchase shares of Virage Logic Common Stock,
and the number of
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shares authorized to be issued under this Plan was amended to be 585,520 shares
of Virage Logic Common Stock, with 19,760 shares having been issued as of the
date of the acquisition so that there were 565,760 shares remaining to be issued
as of the date of the acquisition of In-Chip by Virage Logic. If there is,
following the date of the acquisition, a change in capital structure,
Fundamental Transaction, or Change in Control involving Virage Logic (all as
defined in Section 10 of the Virage Logic 2002 Equity Incentive Plan) the right
under all options outstanding under this Plan to purchase shares of Virage Logic
Common Stock will be modified as provided in the Virage Logic 2002 Equity
Incentive Plan.
7. OPTION TERM.
7.1 MAXIMUM OPTION TERM. No option granted under this Plan may be
exercised in whole or in part more than ten (10) years after its date of grant.
7.2 TERMINATION OF OPTION. An option shall terminate three (3) months
after termination of the optionee's employment or relationship as a consultant
or director with In-Chip or an Affiliate, unless (a) such termination is due to
such person's disability, in which case the option shall provide that it may be
exercised at any time for at least twelve (12) months following such termination
of employment or relationship as a consultant or director; or (b) the optionee
dies while an employee of or while serving as a consultant or director to
In-Chip or an Affiliate, or within not more than three (3) months after
termination of such relationship, in which case the option shall provide that it
may be exercised at any time for at least twelve (12) months following the death
of the optionee by the person or persons to whom the optionee's rights under
such option pass by will or by the laws of descent and distribution; (c) such
termination is for cause, as defined below, in which case the option shall
terminate on the date of termination of the optionee's employment or
relationship as a consultant or director with In-Chip or an Affiliate; or (d)
the option by its terms specifies either (i) that it shall terminate sooner than
three (3) months after termination of the optionee's employment or relationship
as a consultant or director with In-Chip or an Affiliate, or (ii) that it may be
exercised more than three (3) months after termination of such relationship with
In-Chip or an Affiliate. For purposes of this SECTION 7.2, an optionee shall be
deemed to have been terminated for "cause" if terminated by In-Chip or an
Affiliate as the result of any one or more of the following acts of the
optionee: (a) continuing material neglect of optionee's duties not cured by
optionee within thirty (30) days following written notice thereof from In-Chip
or an Affiliate; (b) fraud, embezzlement or the commission of any act relating
to the business or affairs of In-Chip or an Affiliate involving moral turpitude;
(c) material violation of any provision of any employment or consulting
agreement between In-Chip or any of its Affiliates and the optionee not cured
within thirty (30) days following written notice thereof from In-Chip or an
Affiliate; (d) breach of any material term of any proprietary information,
confidentiality and/or inventions assignment agreement between In-Chip or an
Affiliate and the optionee; (e) any grounds which constitute a "for cause"
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termination under any written employment or consulting agreement between In-Chip
or an Affiliate and optionee; or (f) any other grounds which have, as of the
date of termination, been held under the prevailing case law or stipulated by
statute to constitute valid grounds for termination of an employee or consultant
for cause under applicable state law. This SECTION 7.2 shall not be construed to
extend the term of any option or to permit anyone to exercise the option after
expiration of its term, nor shall it be construed to increase the number of
shares as to which any option is exercisable from the amount exercisable on the
date of termination of the optionee's employment or relationship as a consultant
or director with In-Chip or an Affiliate.
8. PLAN DURATION. Options may not be granted under this Plan more than
ten (10) years after the date of the adoption of this Plan, or of shareholder
approval thereof, whichever is earlier.
9. PAYMENT. Payment for stock purchased upon any exercise of an option
granted under this Plan shall be made in full in cash (including payment by
check) concurrently with such exercise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if and to
the extent the instrument evidencing the option so provides, if the stock of
Virage Logic obtainable from the exercise of such option is Publicly Traded (as
defined below) and if In-Chip or the Affiliate is not then prohibited from
purchasing or acquiring shares of such stock, such payment may be made in lieu
of cash concurrently with such exercise. The shares so delivered shall be valued
on the basis of the Fair Market Value of the stock on the date of exercise.
10. ADMINISTRATION.
10.1 GENERAL.
10.1.1 The Plan shall be administered by Virage Logic's Board
of Directors (the "Board") or, at the discretion of the Board, by a committee
(the "Committee") of not less than two (2) members of the Board, each of whom
shall not, at any time during his or her service as an administrator of the
Plan, be an officer or employee of In-Chip or of any Affiliate. The Board or the
Committee may further delegate certain of its responsibilities to any employee
of In-Chip or of any Affiliate, provided that delegation of the responsibility
to grant options shall be only to the Chief Executive Officer or President of
Virage Logic. Where the Plan specifies that an action is to be taken or a
determination made by the Board, only the Board may take that action or make
that determination. Where the Plan specifies that an action is to be taken or a
determination made by the Committee, only the Committee may take that action or
make that determination. However, only the Board or the Committee may approve
grants of options to officers, and the Chief Executive Officer or President of
Virage Logic as provided in SECTION 10.3 may grant options to non-executive
level employees within guidelines established by the Board or Committee.
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10.1.2 The Board or the Committee may engage a brokerage firm,
bank, or other financial institution to assist in the delivery of Virage Logic
Common Stock upon exercise of options, delivery of reports, or other
administrative aspects of the Plan. If the Board or the Committee so elects,
each optionee shall be deemed upon enrollment in the Plan to have authorized the
establishment of an account on his or her behalf at such institution. Shares
purchased by an optionee under the Plan shall be held in the account in the name
in which the share certificate would otherwise be issued.
10.2 INTERPRETATION AND CONSTRUCTION; ADOPTION OF REGULATIONS AND
FORMS. The interpretation and construction by the Committee of any term or
provision of the Plan or of any option granted under it, including, without
limitation, any determination of adjustments required pursuant to SECTION 6
hereof, shall be conclusive, unless otherwise determined by the Board in which
event such determination by the Board shall be conclusive, and such
interpretation and construction shall be binding upon all those who hold or are
eligible to receive options under the Plan, and all persons claiming under them.
The Board or the Committee may, from time to time, adopt rules and regulations
for carrying out this Plan and, subject to the provisions of this Plan, may
prescribe the form or forms of the instruments evidencing any option granted
under this Plan.
10.3 DISCRETION OF BOARD OR COMMITTEE. Subject to the provisions of
this Plan, the Board or, by delegation from the Board, the Committee or the
Chief Executive Officer or President of Virage Logic, shall have full and final
authority in its discretion to select the persons to be granted options, to
grant such options and to determine the number of shares to be subject thereto,
the exercise prices, the terms of exercise, expiration dates and other pertinent
provisions thereof.
11. OTHER OPTION PROVISIONS.
11.1 OTHER TERMS. Options granted under this Plan shall contain such
other terms and provisions which are not inconsistent with this Plan as the
Board, the Committee or the Chief Executive Officer or President of Virage Logic
as provided in SECTION 10.3 may authorize, including but not limited to (a)
vesting schedules governing the exercisability of such options; (b) the right of
In-Chip or an Affiliate to repurchase any option shares, and the price at which
such option right of repurchase may be exercised; (c) provisions for
acceleration of such vesting schedules in certain events; (d) arrangements
whereby In-Chip or an Affiliate may fulfill any tax withholding obligations it
may have in connection with the exercise of such options; (e) provisions
imposing restrictions upon the transferability of stock acquired on exercise of
such option, whether required by this Plan or applicable securities laws or
imposed for other reasons; and (f) provisions regarding the termination or
survival of any such option upon the optionee's death, retirement or other
terminations of employment and the extent, if any, to which any such option may
be exercised after such event.
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11.2 TERMS FOR INCENTIVE OPTIONS. Incentive Options shall contain
the terms and provisions required of them by the Code.
12. LIMITATIONS OF RIGHTS OF PARTICIPANTS.
12.1 INTEREST IN OPTION SHARES. A person to whom an option is
granted under this Plan shall not have any interest in the option shares or in
any dividends paid thereon, and shall not have any of the rights or privileges
of a shareholder with respect to such shares, until the certificates therefore
have been issued and delivered to him or her.
12.2 ISSUANCE OF SHARES. No shares of stock issuable under the Plan
shall be issued and no certificate therefore delivered unless and until, in the
opinion of legal counsel for In-Chip or an Affiliate, such securities may be
issued and delivered without causing In-Chip or an Affiliate to be in violation
of, or to incur any liability under, any federal, state or other securities law,
or any other requirement of law or of any regulatory body having jurisdiction
over In-Chip or an Affiliate.
12.3 ENGAGEMENT. The receipt of an option does not give the optionee
any right to continued employment by In-Chip or an Affiliate for any period, nor
shall the granting of the option or the issuance of shares on exercise thereof
give In-Chip or any Affiliate any right to the continued services of the
optionee for any period.
12.4 GRANT OF OPTION. Nothing contained in this Plan shall
constitute the granting of an option hereunder, which shall occur only pursuant
to express authorization by the Board, the Committee or the Chief Executive
Officer or President of Virage Logic.
13. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. In-Chip or any Affiliate is vested with
authority under this Plan to assist any person to whom an option is granted
hereunder in the payment of the purchase price payable on exercise of that
option, by lending the amount of such purchase price to such person on such
terms and at such rates of interest and upon such security (or unsecured) as
shall have been authorized by or under authority of the Board, provided that any
such loan must be at a fair market value rate of interest at the time the loan
is made.
14. AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION. The Board may alter, amend, suspend or
terminate this Plan, provided that no such action shall deprive an optionee,
without his or her consent, of any option granted to the optionee pursuant to
this Plan or of any of his or her rights under such option. Except as herein
provided, no such action of the Board, unless taken with the approval of the
shareholders of In-Chip, may (a) increase the maximum number of shares for which
options granted under this Plan may be exercised; (b) reduce the minimum
permissible exercise price; (c) extend the 10-year duration of this Plan set
forth herein; (d) alter the class of and/or others eligible to receive options
under the Plan; or (e) amend the Plan in any other manner which the Board, in
its discretion, determines should become effective only if approved by the
stockholders of
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Virage Logic even though such stockholder approval is not expressly required by
this Plan.
15. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. The following terms shall have the following
meanings.
15.1 FAIR MARKET VALUE. "Fair Market Value" of corporate stock
means:
15.1.1 PUBLICLY TRADED. If the stock is then Publicly Traded,
the closing price of stock of that class as of the day in question (or, if such
day is not a trading day in the principal securities market or markets for such
stock, on the nearest preceding trading day), as reported with respect to the
market (or the composite of markets, if more than one) in which shares of such
stock are then traded, or, if no such closing prices are reported, on the basis
of the mean between the high bid and low asked prices that day on the principal
market or quotation system on which shares of such stock are then quoted, or, if
not so quoted, as furnished by a professional securities dealer making a market
in such stock selected by the Board or the Committee.
15.1.2 NOT PUBLICLY TRADED. If the stock is then not Publicly
Traded, the price at which one could reasonably expect such stock to be sold in
an arm's length transaction, for cash, other than on an installment basis, to a
person not employed by, controlled by, in control of or under common control
with the issuer of such stock. Such Fair Market Value shall be that which has
currently or most recently been determined for this purpose by the Board, or at
the discretion of the Board by an independent appraiser or appraisers selected
by the Board, in either case giving due consideration to recent transactions
involving shares of such stock, if any, the issuer's net worth, prospective
earning power and dividend-paying capacity, the goodwill of the issuer's
business, the issuer's industry position and its management, that industry's
economic outlook, the values of securities of issuers whose stock is Publicly
Traded and which are engaged in similar businesses, the effect of transfer
restrictions to which such stock may be subject under law and under the
applicable terms of any contract governing such stock, the absence of a public
market for such stock and such other matters as the Board or its appraiser or
appraisers deem pertinent. The determination by the Board or its appraiser or
appraisers of the Fair Market Value shall, if not unreasonable, be conclusive
and binding notwithstanding the possibility that other persons might make a
different, and also reasonable, determination. If the Fair Market Value to be
used was thus fixed more than six (6) months prior to the day as of which Fair
Market Value is being determined, it shall in any event be no less than the book
value of the stock being valued at the end of the most recent period for which
financial statements of the issuer are available.
15.2 IMMEDIATE FAMILY. An individual's "Immediate Family" includes
only his or her spouse, parents or other ancestors, and children and other
direct
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descendants of that individual or of his or her spouse (including such ancestors
and descendants by adoption).
15.3 PUBLICLY TRADED. Corporate stock is "Publicly Traded" if stock
of that class is listed or admitted to unlisted trading privileges on a national
securities exchange or designated as a national market system security on an
interdealer quotation system by the National Association of Securities Dealers,
Inc. ("NASD") or if sales or bid and offer quotations are reported for that
class of stock in the automated quotation system ("NASDAQ") operated by the
NASD.
15.4 AFFILIATE. "Affiliate" means a parent or subsidiary corporation
of In-Chip in accordance with the definition of such terms as provided in
Sections 424(e) and 424(f) of the Code.
16. MISCELLANEOUS.
16.1 NUMBER AND GENDER. The masculine, feminine and neuter, wherever
used in the Plan or in any option granted hereunder, shall refer to either the
masculine, feminine or neuter; and, unless the context otherwise requires, the
singular shall include the plural and the plural the singular.
16.2 GOVERNING LAW. This Plan and each option granted hereunder
shall be construed and administered in accordance with the laws of the State of
California without giving effect to principles relating to conflict of laws.
16.3 HEADINGS AND LABELS. Article, section and subsection titles and
captions contained in this Plan and any option granted hereunder are inserted as
a matter of convenience and for reference and in no way define, extend or
describe the scope of the Plan, any option granted hereunder or the intent of
any of its or their provisions