Exhibit 10.13 ------------- Mintz Levin Draft 9/14/98 - ------------------------- MICROTOUCH SYSTEMS, INC. 1998 EMPLOYEE AND CONSULTANT NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION PLAN 1. DEFINITIONS. ----------- Unless otherwise specified or unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms, as used in this 1998 Employee and Consultant Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan, have the following meanings: Administrator means the Board of Directors, unless it has delegated ------------- power to act on its behalf to the Committee, in which case the Administrator means the Committee. Affiliate means a corporation which, for purposes of Section 424 of --------- the Code, is a parent or subsidiary of the Company, direct or indirect. Board of Directors means the Board of Directors of the Company. ------------------ Code means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as ---- amended. Committee means the committee of the Board of Directors to which the --------- Board of Directors has delegated power to act under or pursuant to the provisions of the Plan. Common Stock means shares of the Company's common stock, $.01 par ------------ value per share. Company means MicroTouch Systems, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation. ------- Disability or Disabled means permanent and total disability as defined ---------- -------- in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code. Fair Market Value of a Share of Common Stock means: ----------------- (1) If the Common Stock is listed on a national securities exchange or traded in the over-the-counter market and sales prices are regularly reported for the Common Stock, the closing or last price of the Common Stock on the Composite Tape or other comparable reporting system for the trading day immediately preceding the applicable date; 1 (2) If the Common Stock is not traded on a national securities exchange but is traded on the over-the-counter market, if sales prices are not regularly reported for the Common Stock for the trading day referred to in clause (1), and if bid and asked prices for the Common Stock are regularly reported, the mean between the bid and the asked price for the Common Stock at the close of trading in the over-the- counter market for the trading day on which Common Stock was traded immediately preceding the applicable date; and (3) If the Common Stock is neither listed on a national securities exchange nor traded in the over-the-counter market, such value as the Administrator, in good faith, shall determine. ISO means an option meant to qualify as an incentive stock option --- under Section 422 of the Code. Employee means any employee of the Company or of an Affiliate who is -------- not also a director or officer of the Company or such Affiliate, designated by the Administrator to be eligible to be granted one or more Options under the Plan. Non-Qualified Option means an option which is not intended to qualify -------------------- as an ISO. Option means a Non-Qualified Option granted under the Plan. ------ Option Agreement means an agreement between the Company and a ---------------- Participant delivered pursuant to the Plan, in such form as the Administrator shall approve. Participant means an Employee to whom one or more Options are granted ----------- under the Plan. As used herein, "Participant" shall include "Participant's Survivors" where the context requires. Plan means this MicroTouch 1998 Employee and Consultant Non-Qualified ---- Stock Option Plan. Shares means shares of the Common Stock as to which Options have been ------ or may be granted under the Plan or any shares of capital stock into which the Shares are changed or for which they are exchanged within the provisions of Paragraph 3 of the Plan. The Shares issued upon exercise of Options granted under the Plan may be authorized and unissued shares or shares held by the Company in its treasury, or both. Survivors means a deceased Participant's legal representatives and/or --------- any person or persons who acquired the Participant's rights to an Option by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. 2 2. PURPOSES OF THE PLAN. -------------------- The Plan is intended to encourage ownership of Shares by Employees and certain consultants to the Company in order to attract such people, to induce them to work for the benefit of the Company or of an Affiliate and to provide additional incentive for them to promote the success of the Company or of an Affiliate. The Plan provides exclusively for the granting of Non-Qualified Options. 3. SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN. -------------------------- The number of Shares which may be issued from time to time pursuant to this Plan shall be one million (1,000,000), or the equivalent of such number of Shares after the Administrator, in its sole discretion, has interpreted the effect of any stock split, stock dividend, combination, recapitalization or similar transaction in accordance with Paragraph 16 of the Plan. If an Option ceases to be "outstanding", in whole or in part, the Shares which were subject to such Option shall be available for the granting of other Options under the Plan. Any Option shall be treated as "outstanding" until such Option is exercised in full, or terminates or expires under the provisions of the Plan, or by agreement of the parties to the pertinent Option Agreement. 4. ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN. -------------------------- The Administrator of the Plan will be the Board of Directors, except to the extent the Board of Directors delegates its authority to the Committee, in which case the Committee shall be the Administrator. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Administrator is authorized to: a. Interpret the provisions of the Plan or of any Option or Option Agreement and to make all rules and determinations which it deems necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan; b. Determine which of the Employees and consultants shall be granted Options; c. Determine the number of Shares for which an Option or Options shall be granted; and d. Specify the terms and conditions upon which an Option or Options may be granted. The interpretation and construction by the Administrator of any provisions of the Plan or of any Option granted under it shall be final, unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, if the Administrator is the Committee. 3 5. ELIGIBILITY FOR PARTICIPATION. ----------------------------- The Administrator will, in its sole discretion, name the Participants in the Plan, provided, however, that each Participant must be an Employee or consultant of the Company or of an Affiliate at the time an Option is granted. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrator may authorize the grant of an Option to a person not then an employee or consultant of the Company or of an Affiliate; provided, however, that the actual grant of such Option shall be conditioned upon such person becoming eligible to become a Participant at or prior to the time of the delivery of the Option Agreement evidencing such Option. The granting of any Option to any individual shall neither entitle that individual to, nor disqualify him or her from, participation in any other grant of Options. 6. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF OPTIONS. ------------------------------- Each Option shall be set forth in writing in an Option Agreement, duly executed by the Company and, to the extent required by law or requested by the Company, by the Participant. Each Option shall be subject to the terms and conditions which the Administrator determines to be appropriate and in the best interest of the Company, subject to the following minimum standards: a. Option Price: Each Option Agreement shall state the option price (per share) of the Shares covered by each Option, which option price shall be determined by the Administrator but shall not be less than the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock; b. Each Option Agreement shall state the number of Shares to which it pertains; c. Each Option Agreement shall state the date or dates on which it first is exercisable and the date after which it may no longer be exercised, and may provide that the Option rights accrue or become exercisable in installments over a period of months or years, or upon the occurrence of certain conditions or the attainment of stated goals or events; and d. Exercise of any Option may be conditioned upon the Participant's execution of a Share purchase agreement in form satisfactory to the Administrator providing for certain protections for the Company and its other shareholders, including requirements that: i. The Participant's or the Participant's Survivors' right to sell or transfer the Shares may be restricted; and ii. The Participant or the Participant's Survivors may be required to execute letters of investment intent. 4 7. EXERCISE OF OPTIONS AND ISSUE OF SHARES. --------------------------------------- An Option (or any part or installment thereof) shall be exercised by giving written notice to the Company at its principal executive office address, together with provision for payment of the full purchase price in accordance with this Paragraph for the Shares as to which the Option is being exercised, and upon compliance with any other condition(s) set forth in the Option Agreement. Such written notice shall be signed by the person exercising the Option, shall state the number of Shares with respect to which the Option is being exercised and shall contain any representation required by the Plan or the Option Agreement. Payment of the purchase price for the Shares as to which such Option is being exercised shall be made (a) in United States dollars in cash or by check, or (b) at the discretion of the Administrator, through delivery of shares of Common Stock having a Fair Market Value equal as of the date of the exercise to the cash exercise price of the Option, or (c) at the discretion of the Administrator, by having the Company retain from the shares otherwise issuable upon exercise of the Option, a number of shares having a Fair Market Value equal as of the date of exercise to the exercise price of the Option, or (d) at the discretion of the Administrator, by delivery of the grantee's personal recourse note bearing interest payable not less than annually at no less than 100% of the applicable Federal rate, as defined in Section 1274(d) of the Code, or (e) at the discretion of the Administrator, in accordance with a cashless exercise program established with a securities brokerage firm, and approved by the Company's management, or (f) at the discretion of the Administrator, by any combination of (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) above. The Company shall then reasonably promptly deliver the Shares as to which such Option was exercised to the Participant (or to the Participant's Survivors, as the case may be). In determining what constitutes "reasonably promptly," it is expressly understood that the delivery of the Shares may be delayed by the Company in order to comply with any law or regulation (including, without limitation, state securities or "blue sky" laws) which requires the Company to take any action with respect to the Shares prior to their issuance. The Shares shall, upon delivery, be evidenced by an appropriate certificate or certificates for fully paid, non-assessable Shares. The Administrator shall have the right to accelerate the date of exercise of any installment of any Option. The Administrator may, in its discretion, amend any term or condition of an outstanding Option provided (i) such term or condition as amended is permitted by the Plan and (ii) any such amendment shall be made only with the consent of the Participant to whom the Option was granted, or in the event of the death of the Participant, the Participant's Survivors, if the amendment is adverse to the Participant. 8. RIGHTS AS A SHAREHOLDER. ----------------------- No Participant to whom an Option has been granted shall have rights as a shareholder with respect to any Shares covered by such Option, except after due exercise of the Option and tender of the full purchase price for the Shares being purchased pursuant to such exercise and registration of the Shares in the Company's share register in the name of the Participant. 5 9. ASSIGNABILITY AND TRANSFERABILITY OF OPTIONS. -------------------------------------------- By its terms, an Option granted to a Participant shall not be transferable by the Participant other than (i) by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, or (ii) as otherwise determined by the Administrator and set forth in the applicable Option Agreement. The designation of a beneficiary of an Option by a Participant shall not be deemed a transfer prohibited by this Paragraph. Except as provided above, an Option shall be exercisable, during the Participant's lifetime, only by such Participant (or by his or her legal representative) and shall not be assigned, pledged or hypothecated in any way (whether by operation of law or otherwise) and shall not be subject to execution, attachment or similar process. Any attempted transfer, assignment, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition of any Option or of any rights granted thereunder contrary to the provisions of this Plan, or the levy of any attachment or similar process upon an Option, shall be null and void. 10. EFFECT OF TERMINATION OF SERVICE OTHER THAN "FOR CAUSE" OR DEATH OR ------------------------------------------------------------------- DISABILITY. ---------- Except as otherwise provided in the pertinent Option Agreement, in the event of a termination of service (whether as an employee or consultant) with the Company or an Affiliate before the Participant has exercised all Options, the following rules apply: a. A Participant who ceases to be an employee or consultant of the Company or of an Affiliate (for any reason other than termination "for cause", Disability, or death for which events there are special rules in Paragraphs 11, 12, and 13, respectively), may exercise any Option granted to him or her to the extent that the Option is exercisable on the date of such termination of service, but only within such term as the Administrator has designated in the pertinent Option Agreement. b. The provisions of this Paragraph, and not the provisions of Paragraph 12 or 13, shall apply to a Participant who subsequently becomes Disabled or dies after the termination of employment or consultancy, provided, however, in the case of a Participant's Disability or death within three (3) months after the termination of employment or consultancy, the Participant or the Participant's Survivors may exercise the Option within one (1) year after the date of the Participant's termination of employment, but in no event after the date of expiration of the term of the Option. c. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if subsequent to a Participant's termination of employment or termination of consultancy, but prior to the exercise of an Option, the Board of Directors determines that, either prior or subsequent to the Participant's termination, the Participant engaged in conduct which would constitute "cause", then such Participant shall forthwith cease to have any right to exercise any Option. 6 d. A Participant to whom an Option has been granted under the Plan who is absent from work with the Company or with an Affiliate because of temporary disability (any disability other than a permanent and total Disability as defined in Paragraph 1 hereof), or who is on leave of absence for any purpose, shall not, during the period of any such absence, be deemed, by virtue of such absence alone, to have terminated such Participant's employment or consultancy with the Company or with an Affiliate, except as the Administrator may otherwise expressly provide. e. Except as required by law or as set forth in the pertinent Option Agreement, Options granted under the Plan shall not be affected by any change of a Participant's status within or among the Company and any Affiliates, so long as the Participant continues to be an employee or consultant of the Company or any Affiliate. 11. EFFECT OF TERMINATION OF SERVICE "FOR CAUSE". -------------------------------------------- Except as otherwise provided in the pertinent Option Agreement, the following rules apply if the Participant's service (whether as an employee or consultant) with the Company or an Affiliate is terminated "for cause" prior to the time that all his or her outstanding Options have been exercised: a. All outstanding and unexercised Options as of the time the Participant is notified his or her service is terminated "for cause" will immediately be forfeited. b. For purposes of this Plan, "cause" shall include (and is not limited to) dishonesty with respect to the Company or any Affiliate, insubordination, substantial malfeasance or non-feasance of duty, unauthorized disclosure of confidential information, and conduct substantially prejudicial to the business of the Company or any Affiliate. The determination of the Administrator as to the existence of "cause" will be conclusive on the Participant and the Company. c. "Cause" is not limited to events which have occurred prior to a Participant's termination of service, nor is it necessary that the Administrator's finding of "cause" occur prior to termination. If the Administrator determines, subsequent to a Participant's termination of service but prior to the exercise of an Option, that either prior or subsequent to the Participant's termination the Participant engaged in conduct which would constitute "cause," then the right to exercise any Option is forfeited. d. Any definition in an agreement between the Participant and the Company or an Affiliate, which contains a conflicting definition of "cause" for termination and which is in effect at the time of such termination, shall supersede the definition in this Plan with respect to such Participant. 7 12. EFFECT OF TERMINATION OF SERVICE FOR DISABILITY. ----------------------------------------------- Except as otherwise provided in the pertinent Option Agreement, a Participant who ceases to be an employee or consultant of the Company or of an Affiliate by reason of Disability may exercise any Option granted to such Participant: a. To the extent exercisable but not exercised on the date of Disability; and b. In the event rights to exercise the Option accrue periodically, to the extent of a pro rata portion of any additional rights as would have accrued had the Participant not become Disabled prior to the end of the accrual period which next ends following the date of Disability. The proration shall be based upon the number of days of such accrual period prior to the date of Disability. A Disabled Participant may exercise such rights only within the period ending one (1) year after the date of the Participant's termination of employment or consultancy, as the case may be, notwithstanding that the Participant might have been able to exercise the Option as to some or all of the Shares on a later date if the Participant had not become disabled and had continued to be an employee or consultant or, if earlier, within the originally prescribed term of the Option. The Administrator shall make the determination both of whether Disability has occurred and the date of its occurrence (unless a procedure for such determination is set forth in another agreement between the Company and such Participant, in which case such procedure shall be used for such determination). If requested, the Participant shall be examined by a physician selected or approved by the Administrator, the cost of which examination shall be paid for by the Company. 13. EFFECT OF DEATH WHILE AN EMPLOYEE OR CONSULTANT. ----------------------------------------------- Except as otherwise provided in the pertinent Option Agreement, in the event of the death of a Participant while the Participant is an employee or consultant of the Company or of an Affiliate, such Option may be exercised by the Participant's Survivors: a. To the extent exercisable but not exercised on the date of death; and b. In the event rights to exercise the Option accrue periodically, to the extent of a pro rata portion of any additional rights which would have accrued had the Participant not died prior to the end of the accrual period which next ends following the date of death. The proration shall be based upon the number of days of such accrual period prior to the Participant's death. 8 If the Participant's Survivors wish to exercise the Option, they must take all necessary steps to exercise the Option within one (1) year after the date of death of such Participant, notwithstanding that the decedent might have been able to exercise the Option as to some or all of the Shares on a later date if he or she had not died and had continued to be an employee or consultant or, if earlier, within the originally prescribed term of the Option. 14. PURCHASE FOR INVESTMENT. ----------------------- Unless the offering and sale of the Shares to be issued upon the particular exercise of an Option shall have been effectively registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as now in force or hereafter amended (the "1933 Act"), the Company shall be under no obligation to issue the Shares covered by such exercise unless and until the following conditions have been fulfilled: a. The person(s) who exercise(s) such Option shall warrant to the Company, prior to the receipt of such Shares, that such person(s) are acquiring such Shares for their own respective accounts, for investment, and not with a view to, or for sale in connection with, the distribution of any such Shares, in which event the person(s) acquiring such Shares shall be bound by the provisions of the following legend which shall be endorsed upon the certificate(s) evidencing their Shares issued pursuant to such exercise or such grant: "The shares represented by this certificate have been taken for investment and they may not be sold or otherwise transferred by any person, including a pledgee, unless (1) either (a) a Registration Statement with respect to such shares shall be effective under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or (b) the Company shall have received an opinion of counsel satisfactory to it that an exemption from registration under such Act is then available, and (2) there shall have been compliance with all applicable state securities laws." b. At the discretion of the Administrator, the Company shall have received an opinion of its counsel that the Shares may be issued upon such particular exercise in compliance with the 1933 Act without registration thereunder. 15. DISSOLUTION OR LIQUIDATION OF THE COMPANY. ----------------------------------------- Upon the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, all Options granted under this Plan which as of such date shall not have been exercised will terminate and become null and void; provided, however, that if the rights of a Participant or a Participant's Survivors have not otherwise terminated and expired, the Participant or the Participant's Survivors will have the right immediately prior to such dissolution or liquidation to exercise any Option to the extent that the Option is exercisable as of the date immediately prior to such dissolution or liquidation. 9 16. ADJUSTMENTS. ----------- Upon the occurrence of any of the following events, a Participant's rights with respect to any Option granted to him or her hereunder which has not previously been exercised in full shall be adjusted as hereinafter provided, unless otherwise specifically provided in the pertinent Option Agreement: A. Stock Dividends and Stock Splits. If (i) the shares of Common Stock -------------------------------- shall be subdivided or combined into a greater or smaller number of shares or if the Company shall issue any shares of Common Stock as a stock dividend on its outstanding Common Stock, or (ii) 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 Common Stock, the number of shares of Common Stock deliverable upon the exercise of such Option may be appropriately increased or decreased proportionately, and appropriate adjustments may be made in the purchase price per share to reflect such events. B. Consolidations or Mergers. If the Company is to be consolidated with ------------------------- or acquired by another entity in a merger, sale of all or substantially all of the Company's assets or otherwise (an "Acquisition"), the Administrator or the board of directors of any entity assuming the obligations of the Company hereunder (the "Successor Board"), shall, as to outstanding Options, either (i) make appropriate provision for the continuation of such Options by substituting on an equitable basis for the Shares then subject to such Options either the consideration payable with respect to the outstanding shares of Common Stock in connection with the Acquisition or securities of any successor or acquiring entity; or (ii) upon written notice to the Participants, provide that all Options must be exercised (either to the extent then exercisable or, at the discretion of the Administrator, all Options being made fully exercisable for purposes of this Subparagraph), within a specified number of days of the date of such notice, at the end of which period the Options shall terminate; or (iii) terminate all Options in exchange for a cash payment equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value of the shares subject to such Options (either to the extent then exercisable or, at the discretion of the Administrator, all Options being made fully exercisable for purposes of this Subparagraph) over the exercise price thereof. C. Recapitalization or Reorganization. In the event of a recapitalization ---------------------------------- or reorganization of the Company (other than a transaction described in Subparagraph B above) pursuant to which securities of the Company or of another corporation are issued with respect to the outstanding shares of Common Stock, a Participant upon exercising an Option shall be entitled to receive for the purchase price paid upon such exercise the securities which would have been received if such Option had been exercised prior to such recapitalization or reorganization. 10 17. ISSUANCES OF SECURITIES. ----------------------- Except as expressly provided herein, no issuance by the Company of shares of stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class, shall affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number or price of shares subject to Options. Except as expressly provided herein, no adjustments shall be made for dividends paid in cash or in property (including without limitation, securities) of the Company. 18. FRACTIONAL SHARES. ----------------- No fractional shares shall be issued under the Plan and the person exercising such right shall receive from the Company cash in lieu of such fractional shares equal to the Fair Market Value thereof. 19. WITHHOLDING. ----------- In the event that any federal, state, or local income taxes, employment taxes, Federal Insurance Contributions Act ("F.I.C.A.") withholdings or other amounts are required by applicable law or governmental regulation to be withheld from the Participant's salary, wages or other remuneration in connection with the exercise of an Option, the Company may withhold from the Participant's compensation, if any, or may require that the Participant advance in cash to the Company, or to any Affiliate of the Company which employs or employed the Participant, the amount of such withholdings unless a different withholding arrangement, including the use of shares of the Company's Common Stock or a promissory note, is authorized by the Administrator (and permitted by law). For purposes hereof, the fair market value of the shares withheld for purposes of payroll withholding shall be determined in the manner provided in Paragraph 1 above, as of the most recent practicable date prior to the date of exercise. If the fair market value of the shares withheld is less than the amount of payroll withholdings required, the Participant may be required to advance the difference in cash to the Company or the Affiliate employer. The Administrator in its discretion may condition the exercise of an Option for less than the then Fair Market Value on the Participant's payment of such additional withholding. 20. TERMINATION OF THE PLAN. ----------------------- The Plan will terminate on August 6, 2008. 21. AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN AND AGREEMENTS. ------------------------------------ The Plan may be amended by the Administrator, including, without limitation, to the extent necessary to qualify any or all outstanding Options granted under the Plan or Options to be granted under the Plan for favorable federal income tax treatment, and to the extent necessary 11 to qualify the shares issuable upon exercise of any outstanding Options granted, or Options to be granted, under the Plan for listing on any national securities exchange or quotation in any national automated quotation system of securities dealers. Any amendment approved by the Administrator which the Administrator determines is of a scope that requires shareholder approval shall be subject to obtaining such shareholder approval. Any modification or amendment of the Plan shall not, without the consent of a Participant, adversely affect his or her rights under an Option previously granted to him or her. With the consent of the Participant affected, the Administrator may amend outstanding Option Agreements in a manner which may be adverse to the Participant but which is not inconsistent with the Plan. In the discretion of the Administrator, outstanding Option Agreements may be amended by the Administrator in a manner which is not adverse to the Participant. 22. EMPLOYMENT OR OTHER RELATIONSHIP. -------------------------------- Nothing in this Plan or any Option Agreement shall be deemed to prevent the Company or an Affiliate from terminating the employment or consultancy status of a Participant, nor to prevent a Participant from terminating his or her own employment or consultancy status or to give any Participant a right to be retained in employment or other service by the Company or any Affiliate for any period of time. 23. GOVERNING LAW. ------------- This Plan shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the law of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 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