EXHIBIT 10.26
METAWAVE COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
2000 STOCK PLAN
1. Purposes of the Plan. The purposes of this 2000 Stock Plan are to
attract and retain the best available personnel for positions of substantial
responsibility, to provide additional incentive to Employees and Consultants and
to promote the success of the Company's business. Options granted under the Plan
may be Incentive Stock Options or Nonstatutory Stock Options, as determined by
the Administrator at the time of grant of an option and subject to the
applicable provisions of Section 422 of the Code and the regulations promulgated
thereunder. Stock purchase rights may also be granted under the Plan.
2. Definitions. As used herein, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) "Administrator" means the Board or its Committee appointed
pursuant to Section 4 of the Plan.
(b) "Affiliate" means an entity other than a Subsidiary (as defined
below) which, together with the Company, is under common control of a third
person or entity.
(c) "Applicable Laws" means the legal requirements relating to the
administration of stock option and restricted stock purchase plans under
applicable U.S. state corporate laws, U.S. federal and applicable state
securities laws, the Code, any Stock Exchange rules or regulations and the
applicable laws of any other country or jurisdiction where Options or Stock
Purchase Rights are granted under the Plan, as such laws, rules, regulations and
requirements shall be in place from time to time.
(d) "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.
(e) "Cause" for termination of a Participant's Continuous Service
Status will exist if the Participant is terminated for any of the following
reasons: (i) Participant's willful failure substantially to perform his or her
duties and responsibilities to the Company or deliberate violation of a Company
policy; (ii) Participant's commission of any act of fraud, embezzlement,
dishonesty or any other willful misconduct that has caused or is reasonably
expected to result in material injury to the Company; (iii) unauthorized use or
disclosure by Participant of any proprietary information or trade secrets of the
Company or any other party to whom the Participant owes an obligation of
nondisclosure as a result of his or her relationship with the Company; or (iv)
Participant's willful breach of any of his or her obligations under any written
agreement or covenant with the Company. The determination as to whether a
Participant is being terminated for Cause shall be made in good faith by the
Company and shall be final and binding on the Participant. The foregoing
definition does not in any way limit the Company's ability to terminate a
Participant's employment or consulting relationship at any time as provided in
Section 5(d) below, and the term "Company" will be interpreted to include any
Subsidiary, Parent, Affiliate or successor thereto, if appropriate.
(f) "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(g) "Committee" means one or more committees or subcommittees of the
Board appointed by the Board to administer the Plan in accordance with Section 4
below.
(h) "Common Stock" means the Common Stock of the Company.
(i) "Company" means Metawave Communications Corporation, a Delaware
corporation.
(j) "Consultant" means any person, including an advisor, who is
engaged by the Company or any Parent, Subsidiary or Affiliate to render services
and is compensated for such services, and any Director of the Company whether
compensated for such services or not.
(k) "Continuous Service Status" means the absence of any interruption
or termination of service as an Employee or Consultant. Continuous Service
Status as an Employee or Consultant shall not be considered interrupted in the
case of: (i) sick leave; (ii) military leave; (iii) any other leave of absence
approved by the Administrator, provided that such leave is for a period of not
more than ninety (90) days, unless reemployment upon the expiration of such
leave is guaranteed by contract or statute, or unless provided otherwise
pursuant to Company policy adopted from time to time; or (iv) in the case of
transfers between locations of the Company or between the Company, its Parents,
Subsidiaries, Affiliates or their respective successors. A change in status
from an Employee to a Consultant or from a Consultant to an Employee will not
constitute an interruption of Continuous Service Status.
(l) "Control Transaction" means:
(i) any merger, consolidation, or statutory or contractual
share exchange in which there is no group of persons who held a majority of the
outstanding Common Stock immediately prior to the transaction who continue to
hold, immediately following the transaction, at least a majority of the combined
voting power of the outstanding shares of that class of capital stock (herein,
"Voting Stock") which ordinarily (and apart from rights accruing under special
circumstances) has the right to vote in the election of directors of the Company
(or of any other corporation or entity whose securities are issued in such
transaction wholly or partially in exchange for Common Stock);
(ii) any liquidation or dissolution of the Company;
(iii) any transaction (or series of related transactions)
involving the sale, lease, exchange or other transfer not in the ordinary course
of business of all, or substantially all, of the assets of the Company; or
(iv) any transaction (or series of related transactions) in
which any person (including, without limitation, any natural person, any
corporation or other legal entity, and any person as defined in Sections
13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, other than the Company or any
employee benefit plan sponsored by the Company):
(A) purchases any Common Stock (or securities convertible
into Common Stock) for cash, securities or any other consideration pursuant to a
tender offer or exchange offer subject to the requirements of the Exchange Act,
or
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(B) directly or indirectly becomes the "beneficial owner"
(as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of securities of the Company
which, when aggregated with such person's beneficial ownership prior to such
transaction, either (x) represent 30% or more (50% or more if the Company is not
then subject to the requirements of the Exchange Act) (the "Control Percentage")
of the combined voting power of the then outstanding Voting Stock of the
Company, or (y) if such person's beneficial ownership prior to such transaction
already exceeded the applicable Control Percentage, result in an increase in
such holder's beneficial ownership percentage (all such percentages being
calculated as provided in Rule 13d-3(d) under the Exchange Act with respect to
rights to acquire the Company's securities).
All references in this definition to specific sections of or rules
promulgated under the Exchange Act shall apply whether or not the Company is
then subject to the requirements of the Exchange Act.
(m) "Director" means a member of the Board.
(n) "Employee" means any person employed by the Company or any
Parent, Subsidiary or Affiliate, with the status of employment determined based
upon such factors as are deemed appropriate by the Administrator in its
discretion, subject to any requirements of the Code or the Applicable Laws. The
payment by the Company of a director's fee to a Director shall not be sufficient
to constitute "employment" of such Director by the Company.
(o) "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
(p) "Fair Market Value" means, as of any date, the fair market value
of the Common Stock, as determined by the Administrator in good faith on such
basis as it deems appropriate and applied consistently with respect to
Participants. Whenever possible, the determination of Fair Market Value shall be
based upon the closing price for the Shares as reported in the Wall Street
Journal for the applicable date.
(q) "Incentive Stock Option" means an Option intended to qualify as
an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code, as
designated in the applicable Option Agreement.
(r) "Involuntary Termination" means termination of a Participant's
Continuous Service Status under the following circumstances: (i) termination
without Cause by the Company or a Subsidiary, Parent, Affiliate or successor
thereto, as appropriate; or (ii) voluntary termination by the Participant within
60 days following (A) a material reduction in the Participant's job
responsibilities, provided that neither a mere change in title alone nor
reassignment following a Control Transaction to a position that is substantially
similar to the position held prior to the Control Transaction shall constitute a
material reduction in job responsibilities; (B) relocation by the Company or a
Subsidiary, Parent, Affiliate or successor thereto, as appropriate, of the
Participant's work site to a facility or location more than 50 miles from the
Participant's principal work site for the Company at the time of the Control
Transaction; or (C) a reduction in Participant's then-current total compensation
by at least 15%, provided that an across-the-board reduction in the salary level
of all other employees or consultants in positions
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similar to the Participant's by the same percentage amount as part of a general
salary level reduction shall not constitute such a salary reduction.
(s) "Listed Security" means any security of the Company that is
listed or approved for listing on a national securities exchange or designated
or approved for designation as a national market system security on an
interdealer quotation system by the National Association of Securities Dealers,
Inc.
(t) "Named Executive" means any individual who, on the last day of
the Company's fiscal year, is the chief executive officer of the Company (or is
acting in such capacity) or among the four most highly compensated officers of
the Company (other than the chief executive officer). Such officer status shall
be determined pursuant to the executive compensation disclosure rules under the
Exchange Act.
(u) "Nonstatutory Stock Option" means an Option not intended to
qualify as an Incentive Stock Option, as designated in the applicable Option
Agreement.
(v) "Option" means a stock option granted pursuant to the Plan.
(w) "Option Agreement" means a written document, the form(s) of which
shall be approved from time to time by the Administrator, reflecting the terms
of an Option granted under the Plan and includes any documents attached to or
incorporated into such Option Agreement, including, but not limited to, a notice
of stock option grant and a form of exercise notice.
(x) "Option Exchange Program" means a program approved by the
Administrator whereby outstanding Options are exchanged for Options with a lower
exercise price or are amended to decrease the exercise price as a result of a
decline in the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock.
(y) "Optioned Stock" means the Common Stock subject to an Option.
(z) "Optionee" means an Employee or Consultant who receives an
Option.
(aa) "Parent" means a "parent corporation," whether now or hereafter
existing, as defined in Section 424(e) of the Code, or any successor provision.
(bb) "Participant" means any holder of one or more Options or Stock
Purchase Rights, or the Shares issuable or issued upon exercise of such awards,
under the Plan.
(cc) "Plan" means this 2000 Stock Plan.
(dd) "Reporting Person" means an officer, Director, or greater than
ten percent stockholder of the Company within the meaning of Rule 16a-2 under
the Exchange Act, who is required to file reports pursuant to Rule 16a-3 under
the Exchange Act.
(ee) "Restricted Stock" means Shares of Common Stock acquired pursuant
to a grant of a Stock Purchase Right under Section 11 below.
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(ff) "Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement" means a written document,
the form(s) of which shall be approved from time to time by the Administrator,
reflecting the terms of a Stock Purchase Right granted under the Plan and
includes any documents attached to such agreement.
(gg) "Rule 16b-3" means Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act,
as amended from time to time, or any successor provision.
(hh) "Share" means a share of the Common Stock, as adjusted in
accordance with Section 14 of the Plan.
(ii) "Stock Exchange" means any stock exchange or consolidated stock
price reporting system on which prices for the Common Stock are quoted at any
given time.
(jj) "Stock Purchase Right" means the right to purchase Common Stock
pursuant to Section 11 below.
(kk) "Subsidiary" means a "subsidiary corporation," whether now or
hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code, or any successor
provision.
(ll) "Ten Percent Holder" means a person who owns stock representing
more than ten percent (10%) of the voting power of all classes of stock of the
Company or any Parent or Subsidiary.
3. Stock Subject to the Plan. Subject to the provisions of Section 14 of
the Plan, the maximum aggregate number of Shares that may be sold under the Plan
is 1,333,333 Shares of Common Stock plus an annual increase on the first day of
each of the Company's fiscal years beginning in 2001 through 2009 equal to the
lesser of (i) 2,000,000 Shares (ii) five percent (5%) of the Shares outstanding
on the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year, or (iii) such lesser
number of Shares as the Board shall determine. The Shares may be authorized, but
unissued, or reacquired Common Stock. If an award should expire or become
unexercisable for any reason without having been exercised in full, or is
surrendered pursuant to an Option Exchange Program, the unpurchased Shares that
were subject thereto shall, unless the Plan shall have been terminated, become
available for future grant under the Plan. In addition, any Shares of Common
Stock which are retained by the Company upon exercise of an award in order to
satisfy any withholding taxes due with respect to such exercise or purchase
shall be treated as not issued and shall continue to be available under the
Plan. Shares issued under the Plan and later repurchased by the Company pursuant
to any repurchase right which the Company may have shall not be available for
future grant under the Plan.
4. Administration of the Plan.
(a) General. The Plan shall be administered by the Board or a
Committee, or a combination thereof, as determined by the Board. The Plan may
be administered by different administrative bodies with respect to different
classes of Participants and, if permitted by the Applicable Laws, the Board may
authorize one or more officers to make awards under the Plan.
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(b) Committee Composition. If a Committee has been appointed
pursuant to this Section 4, such Committee shall continue to serve in its
designated capacity until otherwise directed by the Board. From time to time the
Board may increase the size of any Committee and appoint additional members
thereof, remove members (with or without cause) and appoint new members in
substitution therefor, fill vacancies (however caused) and remove all members of
a Committee and thereafter directly administer the Plan, all to the extent
permitted by the Applicable Laws and, in the case of a Committee administering
the Plan in accordance with the requirements of Rule 16b-3 or Section 162(m) of
the Code, to the extent permitted or required by such provisions.
(c) Powers of the Administrator. Subject to the provisions of the
Plan and in the case of a Committee, the specific duties delegated by the Board
to such Committee, the Administrator shall have the authority, in its
discretion:
(i) to determine the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock, in
accordance with Section 2(p) of the Plan;
(ii) to select the Employees and Consultants to whom Options and
Stock Purchase Rights may from time to time be granted;
(iii) to determine whether and to what extent Options and Stock
Purchase Rights are granted;
(iv) to determine the number of Shares of Common Stock to be
covered by each award granted;
(v) to approve the form(s) of agreement(s) used under the Plan;
(vi) to determine the terms and conditions, not inconsistent
with the terms of the Plan, of any award granted hereunder, which terms and
conditions include but are not limited to the exercise or purchase price, the
time or times when awards may be exercised (which may be based on performance
criteria), any vesting acceleration or waiver of forfeiture restrictions, and
any restriction or limitation regarding any Option, Optioned Stock, Stock
Purchase Right or Restricted Stock, based in each case on such factors as the
Administrator, in its sole discretion, shall determine;
(vii) to determine whether and under what circumstances an Option
may be settled in cash under Section 10(c) instead of Common Stock;
(viii) to implement an Option Exchange Program on such terms and
conditions as the Administrator in its discretion deems appropriate, provided
that no amendment or adjustment to an Option that would materially and adversely
affect the rights of any Optionee shall be made without the prior written
consent of the Optionee;
(ix) to adjust the vesting of an Option held by an Employee or
Consultant as a result of a change in the terms or conditions under which such
person is providing services to the Company;
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(x) to construe and interpret the terms of the Plan and awards
granted under the Plan, which constructions, interpretations and decisions shall
be final and binding on all Participants; and
(xi) in order to fulfill the purposes of the Plan and without
amending the Plan, to modify grants of Options or Stock Purchase Rights to
Participants who are foreign nationals or employed outside of the United States
in order to recognize differences in local law, tax policies or customs.
5. Eligibility.
(a) Recipients of Grants. Nonstatutory Stock Options and Stock
Purchase Rights may be granted to Employees and Consultants. Incentive Stock
Options may be granted only to Employees, provided that Employees of Affiliates
shall not be eligible to receive Incentive Stock Options.
(b) Type of Option. Each Option shall be designated in the Option
Agreement as either an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonstatutory Stock Option.
(c) ISO $100,000 Limitation. Notwithstanding any designation under
Section 5(b), to the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value of Shares with
respect to which Options designated as Incentive Stock Options are exercisable
for the first time by any Optionee during any calendar year (under all plans of
the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary) exceeds $100,000, such excess Options
shall be treated as Nonstatutory Stock Options. For purposes of this Section
5(c), Incentive Stock Options shall be taken into account in the order in which
they were granted, and the Fair Market Value of the Shares subject to an
Incentive Stock Option shall be determined as of the grant date of such Option.
(d) No Employment Rights. The Plan shall not confer upon any
Participant any right with respect to continuation of an employment or
consulting relationship with the Company, nor shall it interfere in any way with
such Participant's right or the Company's right to terminate his or her
employment or consulting relationship at any time, with or without Cause.
6. Term of Plan. The Plan shall become effective upon the effective date
of the registration statement on Form S-1 for the initial public offering of the
Company's Common Stock. It shall continue in effect for a term of ten (10) years
thereafter unless sooner terminated under Section 16 of the Plan.
7. Term of Option. The term of each Option shall be the term stated in
the Option Agreement; provided that the term shall be no more than ten years
from the date of grant thereof or such shorter term as may be provided in the
Option Agreement and provided further that, in the case of an Incentive Stock
Option granted to a person who at the time of such grant is a Ten Percent
Holder, the term of the Option shall be five years from the grant date thereof
or such shorter term as may be provided in the Option Agreement.
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8. Limitation on Grants to Employees. Subject to adjustment as provided
in Section 14 below, the maximum number of Shares that may be subject to Options
and Stock Purchase Rights granted to any one Employee under this Plan for any
fiscal year of the Company shall be 2,000,000 (before giving effect to a stock
split effected in connection with the Company's initial public offering),
provided that this Section 8 shall apply only after such time, if any, as the
Common Stock becomes a Listed Security.
9. Option Exercise Price and Consideration.
(a) Exercise Price. The per Share exercise price for the Shares to
be issued pursuant to exercise of an Option shall be such price as is determined
by the Administrator and set forth in the Option Agreement, but shall be subject
to the following:
(i) In the case of an Incentive Stock Option
(A) granted to an Employee who at the time of grant is a
Ten Percent Holder, the per Share exercise price shall be no less than 110% of
the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant; or
(B) granted to any other Employee, the per Share exercise
price shall be no less than 100% of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date
of grant.
(ii) In the case of a Nonstatutory Stock Option, the per share
Exercise Price shall be such price as determined by the Administrator, provided
that if such eligible person is a Named Executive of the Company at the time of
the Option grant, the per share Exercise Price shall be no less than 100% of the
Fair Market Value on the grant date if the Option is intended to qualify as
performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code.
(iii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, Options may be granted with
a per Share exercise price other than as required above pursuant to a merger or
other corporate transaction.
(b) Permissible Consideration. The consideration to be paid for the
Shares to be issued upon exercise of an Option, including the method of payment,
shall be determined by the Administrator (and, in the case of an Incentive Stock
Option, shall be determined at the time of grant) and may consist entirely of
(1) cash; (2) check; (3) delivery of Optionee's promissory note with such
recourse, interest, security and redemption provisions as the Administrator
determines to be appropriate (subject to the provisions of Section 153 of the
Delaware General Corporation Law); (4) cancellation of indebtedness; (5) other
Shares that have a Fair Market Value on the date of surrender equal to the
aggregate exercise price of the Shares as to which the Option is exercised,
provided that in the case of Shares acquired, directly or indirectly, from the
Company, such Shares must have been owned by the Optionee for more than six
months on the date of surrender (or such other period as may be required to
avoid the Company's incurring an adverse accounting charge); (6) delivery of a
properly executed exercise notice together with such other documentation as the
Administrator and a securities broker approved by the Company shall require to
effect exercise of the Option and prompt delivery to the Company of the sale or
loan proceeds required to pay the exercise price and any applicable
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withholding taxes; (7) any combination of the foregoing methods of payment; or
(8) such other consideration and method of payment for the issuance of Shares to
the extent permitted under the Applicable Laws. In making its determination as
to the type of consideration to accept, the Administrator shall consider if
acceptance of such consideration may be reasonably expected to benefit the
Company and the Administrator may, in its sole discretion, refuse to accept a
particular form of consideration at the time of any Option exercise.
10. Exercise of Option.
(a) General.
(i) Exercisability. Any Option granted hereunder shall be
exercisable at such times and under such conditions as determined by the
Administrator, consistent with the term of the Plan and reflected in the Option
Agreement, including vesting requirements and/or performance criteria with
respect to the Company and/or the Optionee.
(ii) Minimum Exercise Requirements. An Option may not be
exercised for a fraction of a Share. The Administrator may require that an
Option be exercised as to a minimum number of Shares, provided that such
requirement shall not prevent an Optionee from exercising the full number of
Shares as to which the Option is then exercisable.
(iii) Procedures for and Results of Exercise. An Option shall be
deemed exercised when written notice of such exercise has been given to the
Company in accordance with the terms of the Option by the person entitled to
exercise the Option and the Company has received full payment for the Shares
with respect to which the Option is exercised. Full payment may, as authorized
by the Administrator, consist of any consideration and method of payment
allowable under Section 9(b) of the Plan, provided that the Administrator may,
in its sole discretion, refuse to accept any form of consideration at the time
of exercise.
Exercise of an Option in any manner shall result in a decrease in the
number of Shares that thereafter may be available, both for purposes of the Plan
and for sale under the Option, by the number of Shares as to which the Option is
exercised.
(iv) Rights as Stockholder. Until the issuance (as evidenced by
the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized
transfer agent of the Company) of the Shares, no right to vote or receive
dividends or any other rights as a stockholder shall exist with respect to the
Optioned Stock, notwithstanding the exercise of the Option. No adjustment will
be made for a dividend or other right for which the record date is prior to the
date the stock certificate is issued, except as provided in Section 14 of the
Plan.
(b) Termination of Employment or Consulting Relationship. Except as
otherwise set forth in this Section 10(b), the Administrator shall establish and
set forth in the applicable Option Agreement the terms and conditions upon which
an Option shall remain exercisable, if at all, following termination of an
Optionee's Continuous Service Status, which provisions may be waived or modified
by the Administrator at any time. To the extent that the Optionee is not
entitled to exercise an Option at the date of his or her termination of
Continuous Service Status, or if the Optionee (or other person entitled to
exercise the Option) does not
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exercise the Option to the extent so entitled within the time specified in the
Option Agreement or below (as applicable), the Option shall terminate and the
Optioned Stock underlying the unexercised portion of the Option shall revert to
the Plan. In no event may any Option be exercised after the expiration of the
Option term as set forth in the Option Agreement (and subject to Section 7).
The following provisions shall apply to the extent an Option Agreement does
not specify the terms and conditions upon which an Option shall terminate upon
termination of an Optionee's Continuous Service Status:
(i) Termination other than Upon Disability or Death or for
Cause. In the event of termination of an Optionee's Continuous Service Status,
such Optionee may exercise an Option for three months following such termination
to the extent the Optionee was entitled to exercise it at the date of such
termination. No termination shall be deemed to occur and this Section 10(b)(i)
shall not apply if (i) the Optionee is a Consultant who becomes an Employee, or
(ii) the Optionee is an Employee who becomes a Consultant.
(ii) Disability of Optionee. In the event of termination of an
Optionee's Continuous Service Status as a result of his or her disability
(including a disability within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code),
such Optionee may exercise an Option at any time within 12 months following such
termination to the extent the Optionee was entitled to exercise it at the date
of such termination.
(iii) Death of Optionee. In the event of the death of an
Optionee during the period of Continuous Service Status since the date of grant
of the Option, or within 30 days following termination of Optionee's Continuous
Service Status, the Option may be exercised by Optionee's estate or by a person
who acquired the right to exercise the Option by bequest or inheritance at any
time within 12 months following the date of death, but only to the extent of the
right to exercise that had accrued at the date of death or, if earlier, the date
the Optionee's Continuous Service Status terminated.
(iv) Termination for Cause. In the event of termination of an
Optionee's Continuous Service Status for Cause, any Option (including any
exercisable portion thereof) held by such Optionee shall immediately terminate
in its entirety upon first notification to the Optionee of termination of the
Optionee's Continuous Service Status. If an Optionee's employment or consulting
relationship with the Company is suspended pending an investigation of whether
the Optionee shall be terminated for Cause, all the Optionee's rights under any
Option likewise shall be suspended during the investigation period and the
Optionee shall have no right to exercise any Option. This Section 10(b)(iv)
shall apply with equal effect to vested Shares acquired upon exercise of an
Option, in that the Company shall have the right to repurchase such Shares from
the Participant at the Participant's original cost for the Shares within 90 days
following termination of Optionee's Continuous Service Status for Cause. Nothing
in this Section 10(b)(iv) shall in any way limit the Company's right to purchase
unvested Shares issued upon exercise of an Option as set forth in the applicable
Option Agreement.
(c) Buyout Provisions. The Administrator may at any time offer to
buy out for a payment in cash or Shares an Option previously granted under the
Plan based on such terms
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and conditions as the Administrator shall establish and communicate to the
Optionee at the time that such offer is made.
11. Stock Purchase Rights.
(a) Rights to Purchase. When the Administrator determines that it
will offer Stock Purchase Rights under the Plan, it shall advise the offeree in
writing of the terms, conditions and restrictions related to the offer,
including the number of Shares that such person shall be entitled to purchase,
the price to be paid, and the time within which such person must accept such
offer. The purchase price of Shares subject to Stock Purchase Rights shall be as
determined by the Administrator. The offer to purchase Shares subject to Stock
Purchase Rights shall be accepted by execution of a Restricted Stock Purchase
Agreement in the form determined by the Administrator.
(b) Repurchase Option.
(i) General. Unless the Administrator determines otherwise, the
Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement shall grant the Company a repurchase option
exercisable upon the voluntary or involuntary termination of the purchaser's
employment with the Company for any reason (including death or disability). The
purchase price for Shares repurchased pursuant to the Restricted Stock Purchase
Agreement shall be the original purchase price paid by the purchaser and may be
paid by cancellation of any indebtedness of the purchaser to the Company. The
repurchase option shall lapse at such rate as the Administrator may determine.
(ii) Termination for Cause. In the event of termination of a
Participant's Continuous Service Status for Cause, the Company shall have the
right to repurchase from the Participant vested Shares issued upon exercise of a
Stock Purchase Right at the Participant's original cost for the Shares within 90
days of termination of the Optionee's Continuous Service Status for Cause.
Nothing in this Section 11(b)(ii) shall in any way limit the Company's right to
purchase unvested Shares as set forth in the applicable Restricted Stock
Purchase Agreement.
(c) Other Provisions. The Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement shall
contain such other terms, provisions and conditions not inconsistent with the
Plan as may be determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion. In
addition, the provisions of Restricted Stock Purchase Agreements need not be the
same with respect to each purchaser.
(d) Rights as a Stockholder. Once the Stock Purchase Right is
exercised, the purchaser shall have the rights equivalent to those of a
stockholder, and shall be a stockholder when his or her purchase is entered upon
the records of the duly authorized transfer agent of the Company. No adjustment
will be made for a dividend or other right for which the record date is prior to
the date the Stock Purchase Right is exercised, except as provided in Section 14
of the Plan.
12. Taxes.
(a) As a condition of the exercise of an Option or Stock Purchase
Right granted under the Plan, the Participant (or in the case of the
Participant's death, the person
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exercising the Option or Stock Purchase Right) shall make such arrangements as
the Administrator may require for the satisfaction of any applicable federal,
state, local or foreign withholding tax obligations that may arise in connection
with the exercise of the Option or Stock Purchase Right and the issuance of
Shares. The Company shall not be required to issue any Shares under the Plan
until such obligations are satisfied. If the Administrator allows the
withholding or surrender of Shares to satisfy a Participant's tax withholding
obligations under this Section 12 (whether pursuant to Section 12(c), (d) or
(f), or otherwise), the Administrator shall not allow Shares to be withheld in
an amount that exceeds the minimum statutory withholding rates for federal and
state tax purposes, including payroll taxes.
(b) In the case of an Employee and in the absence of any other
arrangement, the Employee shall be deemed to have directed the Company to
withhold or collect from his or her compensation an amount sufficient to satisfy
such tax obligations from the next payroll payment otherwise payable after the
date of an exercise of the Option or Stock Purchase Right.
(c) This Section 12(c) shall apply only after the date, if any, upon
which the Common Stock becomes a Listed Security. In the case of Participant
other than an Employee (or in the case of an Employee where the next payroll
payment is not sufficient to satisfy such tax obligations, with respect to any
remaining tax obligations), in the absence of any other arrangement and to the
extent permitted under the Applicable Laws, the Participant shall be deemed to
have elected to have the Company withhold from the Shares to be issued upon
exercise of the Option or Stock Purchase Right that number of Shares having a
Fair Market Value determined as of the applicable Tax Date (as defined below)
equal to the amount required to be withheld. For purposes of this Section 12,
the Fair Market Value of the Shares to be withheld shall be determined on the
date that the amount of tax to be withheld is to be determined under the
Applicable Laws (the "Tax Date").
(d) If permitted by the Administrator, in its discretion, a
Participant may satisfy his or her tax withholding obligations upon exercise of
an Option or Stock Purchase Right by surrendering to the Company Shares that
have a Fair Market Value determined as of the applicable Tax Date equal to the
amount required to be withheld. In the case of shares previously acquired from
the Company that are surrendered under this Section 12(d), such Shares must have
been owned by the Participant for more than six (6) months on the date of
surrender (or such other period of time as is required for the Company to avoid
adverse accounting charges).
(e) Any election or deemed election by a Participant to have Shares
withheld to satisfy tax withholding obligations under Section 12(c) or (d) above
shall be irrevocable as to the particular Shares as to which the election is
made and shall be subject to the consent or disapproval of the Administrator.
Any election by a Participant under Section 12(d) above must be made on or prior
to the applicable Tax Date.
(f) In the event an election to have Shares withheld is made by a
Participant and the Tax Date is deferred under Section 83 of the Code because no
election is filed under Section 83(b) of the Code, the Participant shall receive
the full number of Shares with respect to which the Option or Stock Purchase
Right is exercised but such Participant shall be unconditionally obligated to
tender back to the Company the proper number of Shares on the Tax Date.
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13. Non-Transferability of Options and Stock Purchase Rights. Except as
set forth in this Section 13, Options and Stock Purchase Rights may not be sold,
pledged, assigned, hypothecated, transferred or disposed of in any manner other
than by will or by the laws of descent or distribution; provided that the
Administrator may in its discretion grant transferable Nonstatutory Stock
Options pursuant to Option Agreements specifying the manner in which such
Nonstatutory Stock Options are transferable. The designation of a beneficiary by
an Optionee will not constitute a transfer. An Option or Stock Purchase Right
may be exercised, during the lifetime of the holder of Option or Stock Purchase
Right, only by such holder or a transferee permitted by this Section 13.
14. Adjustments Upon Changes in Capitalization, Merger or Certain Other
Transactions.
(a) Changes in Capitalization. Subject to any required action by
the stockholders of the Company, the number of Shares of Common Stock covered by
each outstanding Option or Stock Purchase Right, the numbers of Shares set forth
in Sections 3(a)(i) and 8 above, and the number of Shares of Common Stock that
have been authorized for issuance under the Plan but as to which no Options or
Stock Purchase Rights have yet been granted or that have been returned to the
Plan upon cancellation or expiration of an Option or Stock Purchase Right, as
well as the price per Share of Common Stock covered by each such outstanding
Option or Stock Purchase Right, shall be proportionately adjusted for any
increase or decrease in the number of issued Shares of Common Stock resulting
from a stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, combination,
recapitalization or reclassification of the Common Stock, or any other increase
or decrease in the number of issued Shares of Common Stock effected without
receipt of consideration by the Company; provided that conversion of any
convertible securities of the Company shall not be deemed to have been "effected
without receipt of consideration." Such adjustment shall be made by the
Administrator, whose determination in that respect shall be final, binding and
conclusive. 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 of Common Stock subject to an Option
or Stock Purchase Right.
(b) Dissolution or Liquidation. In the event of the dissolution or
liquidation of the Company, the Board shall notify each Optionee or holder of
Stock Purchase Rights at least fifteen (15) days prior to such proposed action.
To the extent it has not been previously exercised, each outstanding award will
terminate immediately prior to consummation of the transaction.
(c) Corporate Transaction.
(i) Corporate Transaction. In the event of a Corporate
Transaction, each outstanding Option or Stock Purchase Right shall be assumed or
an equivalent option or right shall be substituted by such successor corporation
or a parent or subsidiary of such successor corporation (the "Successor
Corporation"), unless the Successor Corporation does not agree to assume the
award or to substitute an equivalent option or right, in which case such Option
or Stock Purchase Right shall terminate upon the consummation of the
transaction.
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(ii) Control Transaction. Notwithstanding Section 14(c)(i)
above, the following shall apply under the circumstances described below:
(A) In the event of a Control Transaction in which the
Successor Corporation does not agree to assume or substitute outstanding awards,
the vesting and exercisability of each outstanding Option and Stock Purchase
Right, and the lapsing of any repurchase right in favor of the Company
applicable to Shares issued upon exercise of an award, shall accelerate as to
the number of Shares that would otherwise have vested and been exercisable, or
as to which the Company repurchase right would have lapsed, as of the date 12
months, in the case of a Participant who has been in a service relationship with
the Company for less than 2 years as of the date of consummation of the
transaction, or 24 months, in the case of a Participant who has been in a
service relationship with the Company for at least 2 years as of such date, in
each case assuming the Participant had remained in Continuous Service Status for
such 12 or 24 month period. Such acceleration shall be effective as of
immediately prior to consummation of the transaction. To the extent that an
award is not exercised prior to consummation of a transaction in which the award
is not being assumed or substituted, such award shall terminate upon such
consummation and the Administrator shall notify the Optionee or holder of such
fact at least five (5) days prior to the date on which the Option or Stock
Purchase Right terminates.
(B) Following a Control Transaction in which outstanding
awards were assumed or substituted with equivalent awards by the Successor
Corporation, in the event a Participant's service relationship with the Company
and/or the Successor Corporation is involuntarily terminated without Cause in
connection with, or within 6 months following consummation of, the transaction,
then the vesting and exercisability (or lapse of a repurchase right) applicable
to any assumed or substituted Option or Stock Purchase Right held by the
terminated Participant at the time of termination shall accelerate as to the
number of Shares that would otherwise have vested and been exercisable (or as to
which the repurchase right would have lapsed) as of the date 12 months, in the
case of a Participant who has been in a service relationship with the Company
and/or the Successor Company for less than 2 years from the date of termination
of that relationship, or 24 months, in the case of a Participant who has been in
a service relationship with the Company and/or the Successor Company for at
least 2 years as of such date, in each case assuming the Participant had
remained in Continuous Service Status for such 12 or 24 month period; provided
that the vesting and exercisability (or lapse of any repurchase right) of
assumed or substituted awards held by a person who was a Reporting Person
immediately prior to consummation of the Control Transaction shall accelerate in
full without regard to the length of such person's service relationship with the
Company and/or the Successor Corporation if that relationship is Involuntarily
Terminated in connection with, or within 6 months following consummation of, the
Control Transaction. The acceleration of vesting and lapse of repurchase rights
provided for in the previous sentence shall occur immediately prior to the
effective date of the Participant's termination.
(iii) For purposes of this Section 14(c), an award shall be
considered assumed, without limitation, if, at the time of issuance of the stock
or other consideration upon a Corporate Transaction or a Control Transaction, as
the case may be, each holder of an award would be entitled to receive upon
exercise of the award the same number and kind of shares of stock or the same
amount of property, cash or securities as such holder would have been entitled
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to receive upon the occurrence of the transaction if the holder had been,
immediately prior to such transaction, the holder of the number of Shares of
Common Stock covered by the award at such time (after giving effect to any
adjustments in the number of Shares covered by the Option or Stock Purchase
Right as provided for in this Section 14); provided that if such consideration
received in the transaction is not solely common stock of the Successor
Corporation, the Administrator may, with the consent of the Successor
Corporation, provide for the consideration to be received upon exercise of the
award to be solely common stock of the Successor Corporation equal to the Fair
Market Value of the per Share consideration received by holders of Common Stock
in the transaction.
(d) Certain Distributions. In the event of any distribution to the
Company's stockholders of securities of any other entity or other assets (other
than dividends payable in cash or stock of the Company) without receipt of
consideration by the Company, the Administrator may, in its discretion,
appropriately adjust the price per Share of Common Stock covered by each
outstanding Option or Stock Purchase Right to reflect the effect of such
distribution.
15. Time of Granting Options and Stock Purchase Rights. The date of grant
of an Option or Stock Purchase Right shall, for all purposes, be the date on
which the Administrator makes the determination granting such Option or Stock
Purchase Right, or such other date as is determined by the Administrator,
provided that in the case of any Incentive Stock Option, the grant date shall be
the later of the date on which the Administrator makes the determination
granting such Incentive Stock Option or the date of commencement of the
Optionee's employment relationship with the Company. Notice of the determination
shall be given to each Employee or Consultant to whom an Option or Stock
Purchase Right is so granted within a reasonable time after the date of such
grant.
16. Amendment and Termination of the Plan.
(a) Authority to Amend or Terminate. The Board may at any time
amend, alter, suspend or discontinue the Plan, but no amendment, alteration,
suspension or discontinuation (other than an adjustment pursuant to Section 14
above) shall be made that would materially and adversely affect the rights of
any Optionee or holder of Stock Purchase Rights under any outstanding grant,
without his or her consent. In addition, to the extent necessary and desirable
to comply with the Applicable Laws, the Company shall obtain stockholder
approval of any Plan amendment in such a manner and to such a degree as
required.
(b) Effect of Amendment or Termination. No amendment or termination
of the Plan shall materially and adversely affect Options or Stock Purchase
Rights already granted, unless mutually agreed otherwise between the Optionee or
holder of the Stock Purchase Rights and the Administrator, which agreement must
be in writing and signed by the Optionee or holder and the Company.
(c) Accounting Issues. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary
in this Section 16, the Administrator may at any time amend or adjust the Plan
or an outstanding award issued under the Plan without the consent of the
affected Participant if such amendment or adjustment is necessary to avoid the
Company's incurring adverse accounting charges.
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17. Conditions Upon Issuance of Shares. Notwithstanding any other
provision of the Plan or any agreement entered into by the Company pursuant to
the Plan, the Company shall not be obligated, and shall have no liability for
failure, to issue or deliver any Shares under the Plan unless such issuance or
delivery would comply with the Applicable Laws, with such compliance determined
by the Company in consultation with its legal counsel. As a condition to the
exercise of an Option or Stock Purchase Right, the Company may require the
person exercising the award to represent and warrant at the time of any such
exercise that the Shares are being purchased only for investment and without any
present intention to sell or distribute such Shares if, in the opinion of
counsel for the Company, such a representation is required by law.
18. Reservation of Shares. The Company, during the term of this Plan,
will at all times reserve and keep available such number of Shares as shall be
sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the Plan.
19. Agreements. Options and Stock Purchase Rights shall be evidenced by
Option Agreements and Restricted Stock Purchase Agreements, respectively, in
such form(s) as the Administrator shall from time to time approve.
20. Stockholder Approval. If required by the Applicable Laws, continuance
of the Plan shall be subject to approval by the stockholders of the Company
within twelve (12) months before or after the date the Plan is adopted. Such
stockholder approval shall be obtained in the manner and to the degree required
under the Applicable Laws.
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