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Exhibit 10.17
KEANE, INC.
AMENDED AND RESTATED
1992 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
Adopted by the Board of Directors on May 27, 1998
Effective July 1, 1998
1. PURPOSE.
The Keane, Inc. 1992 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan"), as hereby
amended and restated effective July 1, 1998, is intended to provide eligible
employees of Keane, Inc. (the "Company") and designated subsidiaries an
opportunity to acquire a proprietary interest in the Company through the
purchase of shares of common stock of the Company, Ten Cents ($0.10) par value
(the "Common Stock" or "Stock"). The Company intends that the Plan qualify as an
"employee stock purchase plan" under Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as (the "Code"), and the provisions of the Plan shall be construed so as
to extend and limit participation in a manner consistent with the requirements
thereof.
2. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes hereof, in addition to those terms defined elsewhere herein,
the following terms shall have the meanings indicated unless the context or
applicable law shall otherwise require.
(a) "BENEFICIARY" means one or more individuals designated as such
pursuant to Section 13 hereof.
(b) "COMPENSATION" means regular straight-time earnings, sales commissions
and recruiter bonuses all prior to deduction of taxes and other withholding
charges and employee contributions to employee benefit plans, but excludes
employer contributions to or benefits payable under such plans.
(c) "EMPLOYEE" means any person who is customarily employed for more than
twenty (20) hours per week by the Company or any Subsidiary.
(d) "MONTH OF SERVICE" means a calendar month in which an Employee has
completed an hour of service.
(e) "OFFERING COMMENCEMENT DATE" with respect to an Offering under the
Plan means the first day of the applicable semi-annual period for such Offering
pursuant to Section 4 hereof.
(f) "OFFERING TERMINATION DATE" with respect to an Offering under the Plan
means the last day of the applicable semi-annual period for such Offering
pursuant to Section 4 hereof.
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(g) "PARTICIPANT" means an Employee who is participating in this Plan in
accordance with the provisions hereof.
(h) "PLAN ADMINISTRATOR" means the Treasurer of the Company.
(i) "SUBSIDIARY" means any corporation which (i) is a "subsidiary
corporation" of the Company, as that term is defined in Section 424 of the Code,
and (ii) is designated as such for purposes hereof by the Board of Directors of
the Company (the "Board").
3. ELIGIBILITY.
(a) Any Employee who shall have completed twelve (12) Months of Service
with the Company or a Subsidiary, based upon the Employee's adjusted date of
hire as computed by the Company or Subsidiary in accordance with its usual
policies and procedures, and shall be employed by the Company or a Subsidiary on
the last day of such twelve (12) month period and upon the first Offering
Commencement Date thereafter, shall be eligible to participate in the Plan.
(b) Any provision of the Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, no Employee
may participate, or continue to participate, in the Plan:
(i) if, immediately after the grant of any option to purchase
Common Stock hereunder, such Employee would own and/or hold outstanding
options to purchase stock possessing five percent (5%) or more of the total
combined voting power or value of all classes of stock of the Company or of
any parent or subsidiary thereof, applying, for purposes hereof, the stock
ownership attribution rules of Section 424(d) of the Code; or
(ii) if any option to purchase Common Stock hereunder would permit
such Employee's rights to purchase stock under all employee stock purchase
plans of the Company and its parent and subsidiary corporations to accrue
at a rate which exceeds Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) of the fair
market value of the Common Stock determined at the time such option is
granted) for each calendar year in which such option is outstanding at any
time.
4. OFFERINGS.
The Plan will be implemented by consecutive semi-annual offerings (referred
to herein collectively as "Offerings" and individually as an "Offering")
commencing on July 1, 1998, and continuing until the earlier of (i) the date on
which a total of two million five hundred fifty thousand (2,550,000) shares of
Common Stock have been issued under the Plan (subject to adjustment pursuant to
Section 16 hereof), or (ii) June 30, 2000. Participation in any one or more of
the Offerings under the Plan shall neither limit, nor require, participation in
any other Offering.
5. PARTICIPATION.
(a) An eligible Employee may participate in the Plan by completing an
authorization for payroll deduction on the form provided by the Company (an
"Authorization") and filing it
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with the Plan Administrator. Each Authorization shall authorize a regular
payroll deduction from the Employee's Compensation. Once an Employee has filed
an Authorization, he or she will automatically participate in subsequent
Offerings until and unless he or she withdraws from an Offering pursuant to
Sections 7(b) or 9 hereof.
(b) The Company will maintain payroll deduction accounts for all
Participants. A Participant may authorize a payroll deduction of a specified
whole percentage of Compensation, up to a maximum of ten percent (10%) of his or
her Compensation for the period during which he or she elects to participate in
the Plan, but in no event may any Participant authorize a deduction of more than
Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000) in any calendar year. All payroll deductions
made for a Participant shall be credited to his or her account under the Plan.
No Participant may make any separate cash payment into such account.
(c) Except as provided in Sections 7(b) or 9, a Participant may not make
any changes to his or her participation during an Offering and, specifically,
may not during an Offering alter the amount of his or her payroll deductions for
such Offering, except insofar as a change in the amount of Compensation affects
the amount represented by the percentage of Compensation elected by the
Participant. A Participant may make a change in his or her payroll deduction for
a subsequent Offering by filing a new Authorization with the Plan Administrator
prior to the Offering Commencement Date of such Offering.
6. GRANTING OF OPTION.
(a) For each of the Offerings, a Participant shall be deemed to have been
granted an option (the "Option") to purchase, on the applicable Offering
Termination Date, that number of shares of Common Stock determined by dividing
the market value of a share of Common Stock on the applicable Offering
Commencement Date into Twelve Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($12,500).
(b) For purposes hereof, the market value of Common Stock shall be the
official closing price of the Common Stock on the American Stock Exchange or
such other exchange or automated quotation system upon which the Common Stock
shall from time to time be regularly traded, on the Offering Commencement Date
and Offering Termination Date applicable to such Offering (or on the next
regular business date on which shares of Common Stock shall be traded in the
event that no shares of Common Stock shall have been traded on the relevant
date).
7. EXERCISE OF OPTION.
With respect to each Offering during the term of the Plan:
(a) Unless a Participant gives written notice of withdrawal to the Company
or his or her employment is terminated, in each case as hereinafter provided,
his or her Option will be deemed to have been exercised automatically on the
Offering Termination Date applicable to such Offering to the extent of that
number of shares (including fractional shares) of Common Stock which the
accumulated payroll deductions credited to his or her account at that time will
purchase at the applicable Option Exercise Price, defined for purposes of each
such Offering as eighty-five percent (85%) of the market value of a share of
Common Stock on (i) the applicable Offering Commencement Date, or (ii) the
applicable Offering Termination Date, whichever is
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lower. If the amount then credited to the Participant's account exceeds the
purchase price of the number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which an
Option has been granted to the Participant as provided in Section 6 hereof
pursuant to such Offering, any excess shall be paid to the Participant (or if
the Participant dies prior to payment, to his or her Beneficiary) within a
reasonable period following said Offering Termination Date.
(b) By written notice to the Plan Administrator a minimum of one (1) month
prior to the Offering Termination Date applicable to any such Offering, a
Participant may elect to cease all future payroll deductions and to withdraw all
accumulated payroll deductions in his or her account. Such accumulated payroll
deductions shall be paid to the Participant (or, if the Participant dies prior
to payment, to his or her Beneficiary) within a reasonable period following said
Offering Termination Date.
8. DELIVERY.
Within a reasonable period after the Offering Termination Date of each
Offering, the Company will deliver the shares of Common Stock purchased upon the
exercise of such Participant's Option to the Participant's account with the
Company's agent. Upon the Participant's request, the agent will deliver one or
more certificates representing such shares to the Participant by mail or, at the
Participant's option, directly to a broker designated by the Participant.
9. WITHDRAWAL.
(a) As provided in Section 7(b), a Participant may withdraw all, but not
less than all, payroll deductions credited to his or her account under any
Offering by giving written notice of withdrawal to the Plan Administrator of the
Company a minimum of one (1) month prior to the Offering Termination Date. All
of the Participant's payroll deductions credited to his or her account will be
paid to the Participant (or if the Participant dies subsequent to such notice
but prior to payment, to his or her Beneficiary) within a reasonable period
following said Offering Termination Date, and no further payroll deductions will
be made from his or her pay during such Offering. The Company may, at its
option, treat an attempt by a Participant to borrow on the security of
accumulated payroll deductions as an election pursuant to Section 7(b) to
withdraw such deductions.
(b) A Participant's withdrawal from an Offering will not have any effect
upon his or her eligibility to participate in any succeeding Offering or in any
similar plan which may hereafter be adopted by the Company; provided, however,
that any Participant who withdraws from an Offering in accordance with Section
7(b) hereof may not participate in another Offering for a period of at least six
(6) months following such withdrawal.
(c) Upon termination of the Participant's employment with the Company or a
Subsidiary for any reason other than death or disability, the payroll deductions
credited to his or her account will be returned to the Participant (or, if the
Participant dies subsequent to such termination of employment, to his or her
Beneficiary) if such termination occurred a minimum of one (1) month prior to
the Offering Termination Date. If such termination occurred less than one
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(1) month prior to such Date, the Participant's Option will be deemed to have
been automatically exercised in accordance with Section 7(a) hereof.
(d) Upon termination of the Participant's employment due to death or
disability, the Participant or his or her Beneficiary, by written notice given
to the Plan Administrator within thirty (30) days following such termination,
but in any event prior to the Offering Termination Date, may elect to:
(i) withdraw all payroll deductions credited to the Participant's
account under the Plan; or
(ii) exercise the Participant's option pursuant to Section 7(a)
hereof.
In the event that no such written notice of election shall be timely
received by the Plan Administrator, the Participant or Beneficiary shall
automatically be deemed to have elected to withdraw the payroll deductions
credited to the Participant's account and the same shall be paid within a
reasonable period to the Participant or said Beneficiary.
10. INTEREST.
No interest will be paid or allowed on any money paid into the Plan or
credited to the account of any Participant.
11. STOCK.
(a) The maximum number of shares of Common Stock which shall be made
available for sale under the Plan is two million five hundred fifty thousand
(2,550,000) shares, subject to further adjustment upon changes in capitalization
of the Company as provided in Section 16 hereof. If the total number of shares
for which options are exercised on any Offering Termination Date in accordance
with Section 7 hereof exceeds the number of shares of Common Stock which remain
available for issue under the Plan, the Company shall make a pro rata allocation
of the shares available for delivery and distribution in as nearly a uniform
manner as shall be practicable and as it shall determine to be equitable, and
the balance of payroll deductions credited to the account of each Participant
under the Plan shall be returned to him or her as promptly as possible. The
Company may purchase shares on the open market in order to have shares available
for purchase by Participants in each Offering.
(b) The Participant will have no interest in Common Stock to which his or
her Option pertains until such Option has been exercised.
(c) Common Stock to be delivered to a Participant under the Plan will be
registered in the name of the Participant or, if the Participant so directs by
written notice to the Company prior to the Offering Termination Date applicable
thereto, in the names of the Participant and one such other adult natural person
as may be designated by the Participant, as joint tenants with rights of
survivorship, to the extent permitted by applicable law.
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12. ADMINISTRATION.
The Plan shall be administered by the Plan Administrator. The
interpretation and construction of any provision of the Plan and the adoption of
rules and regulations for administering the Plan shall be made by the Plan
Administrator, subject to review and modification by the Board, at its option.
Determinations made by the Plan Administrator or the Board with respect to any
matter or provision contained in the Plan shall, subject to Board review at its
option, be final, conclusive and binding upon the Company and upon all
Participants, their heirs or legal representatives. Any rule or regulation
adopted by the Plan Administrator shall remain in full force and effect unless
and until altered, amended, or repealed by the Plan Administrator or the Board.
The Company shall indemnify the Plan Administrator and Board members to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law for any expenses incurred in
defending a civil or criminal action or proceeding arising out of such
individual's actions with respect to administration of the Plan in advance of
the final disposition of such action or proceeding, upon receipt of an
undertaking by the person indemnified to repay such payment if such individual
shall be adjudicated not to have acted in good faith in the reasonable belief
that such individual's action was in the best interest of the Company.
13. DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY.
A Participant may file a written designation of a Beneficiary who is to
receive any shares of Common Stock and/or cash in the event of the death of the
Participant prior to the delivery of such shares or cash to the Participant.
Such designation of Beneficiary may be changed by the Participant at any time by
written notice to the Plan Administrator. Within thirty (30) days after the
death of a Participant, the Beneficiary may, as provided in paragraph 9(d)
hereof, elect to exercise the Participant's Option when it becomes exercisable
on the Offering Termination Date of the then-current Offering. Upon the death of
a Participant and upon receipt by the Company of proof of identity and existence
at the Participant's death of a Beneficiary validly designated by the
Participant under the Plan, and notice of election of the Beneficiary to
exercise the Option, the Company shall deliver such Stock and/or cash to such
Beneficiary. In the event of the death of a Participant and in the absence of a
Beneficiary validly designated under the Plan who is living at the time of such
Participant's death, the Company shall deliver such Stock and/or cash to the
executor or administrator of the estate of the Participant or, if no such
executor or administrator has been appointed (to the knowledge of the Company),
the Company, in its discretion, may deliver such Stock and/or cash to the spouse
or to any one or more dependents of the Participant as the Company may
designate, and such persons shall be deemed Beneficiaries for purposes hereof.
No Beneficiary shall, prior to the death of the Participant by whom he or she
has been designated, acquire any interest in the Stock or cash credited to the
Participant.
14. TRANSFERABILITY.
Neither payroll deductions credited to a Participant's account nor any
rights with regard to the exercise of an Option or to receive Stock under the
Plan may be assigned, transferred, pledged, or otherwise disposed of in any way
by the Participant otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and
distribution, and any such rights are exercisable during the lifetime of the
Participant only by him or her. Any such attempted assignment transfer, pledge,
or other
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disposition, or exercise of such rights, shall be without effect, except that
the Company may treat such act as an election to withdraw funds in accordance
with Section 7(b) hereof.
15. USE OF FUNDS.
All payroll deductions received or held by the Company under this Plan may
be used by the Company for any corporate purpose, and the Company shall not be
obligated to segregate such payroll deductions.
16. EFFECT OF CHANGES OF COMMON STOCK.
In the event of any changes in the outstanding shares of the Common Stock
by reason of stock dividends, subdivisions, combinations and exchanges of
shares, recapitalizations or merger in which the Company is the surviving
corporation, the aggregate number and class of shares available under this Plan
and the Option Exercise Price per share shall be appropriately adjusted by the
Plan Administrator, subject to review by the Board at its option, whose
determination shall be conclusive. Any such adjustments may provide for the
elimination of any fractional shares which would otherwise become subject to any
Options.
17. AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION.
The Board may at any time terminate or amend the Plan. Except as
hereinafter provided, no such termination shall affect Options previously
granted, nor shall an amendment make any change in any option theretofore
granted which would adversely affect the rights of any Participant. No amendment
shall be made without the approval of the stockholders of the Company within
twelve (12) months before or after such amendment is adopted by the Board if
such amendment would (a) increase the aggregate number of shares which may be
issued under the Plan (other than an increase merely reflecting a change in
capitalization, such as a stock dividend or split, pursuant to Section 16
hereof); or (b) change the designation of corporations whose Employees may be
granted options hereunder, provided that the Board may, without stockholder
approval, designate participating corporations from time to time from among that
group of corporations consisting of the Company and its parent or subsidiary
corporations (including corporations, having become parents or subsidiaries of
the Company after the adoption and approval of the Plan); or if such approval is
otherwise required by applicable law.
18. NOTICES.
All notices or other communications by a Participant or Beneficiary to the
Company under or in connection with the Plan shall be deemed to have been duly
given when received by the Plan Administrator.
19. MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION.
If the Company shall at any time merge into or consolidate with another
corporation and the Company is the surviving entity, the holder of each Option
then outstanding will thereafter be entitled to receive at the next Offering
Termination Date upon the exercise of such Option for each share as to which
such Option shall be exercised the securities or property which a holder of one
share of the Common Stock was entitled to upon and at the time of such merger or
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consolidation, and the Board shall take such steps in connection with such
merger or consolidation as the Board shall deem necessary to assure that the
provisions of Section 16 hereof shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as
reasonably may be, in relation to the said securities or property as to which
such holder of such Option might thereafter be entitled to receive thereunder.
In the event of a merger or consolidation in which the Company is not the
surviving entity, or of a sale of assets in which the Company is not the
surviving entity, the Plan shall terminate, and all payroll deductions credited
to Participants' accounts shall be returned to them; provided, however, that the
Board may, in the event of such merger, consolidation or sale, accelerate the
Offering Termination Date of the Offering then in effect and permit Participants
to purchase shares under the Plan at such accelerated Offering Termination Date.
20. APPROVAL OF STOCKHOLDERS.
This Plan has been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and stockholders
of the Company; and the Plan, as hereby amended and restated, has been approved
by the Board of Directors, subject to approval by the stockholders of the
Company within twelve (12) months of the date of adoption of the Plan by the
Board of Directors, if and as required by the provisions of the Plan prior to
such amendment and restatement. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan,
no Option shall be exercised unless and until the stockholders of the Company
approve the amended and restated Plan, if such approval is required.
21. REGISTRATION AND QUALIFICATION OF THE PLAN UNDER APPLICABLE SECURITIES
LAWS.
No Option shall be exercised under the Plan until such time as the Company
has qualified or registered the shares which are subject to the Options under
the applicable federal and state securities laws, to the extent required by such
laws.
Adopted by the Board of Directors on May 27,1998
Effective as of July 1, 1998
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AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
KEANE, INC.
AMENDED AND RESTATED
1992 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
VOTED: That Keane, Inc.'s 1992 Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase
Plan be and hereby is amended by deleting Section 3(a) in its entirety
and inserting a new Section 3(a) as set forth below:
"3. ELIGIBILITY.
(a) Any Employee who shall have completed six (6) Months of
Service with the Company or a Subsidiary, based upon the
Employee's adjusted date of hire as computed by the
Company or Subsidiary in accordance with its usual
policies and procedures, and shall be employed by the
Company or Subsidiary on the last day of such six (6)
month period and upon the first Offering Commencement
Date thereafter, shall be eligible to participate in the
Plan."
Adopted by the Board of
Directors of Keane, Inc. on
May 26, 1999
Effective as of July 1, 1999
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AMENDMENT NO. 1-A
TO
KEANE, INC.
AMENDED AND RESTATED
1992 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
VOTED: That Keane, Inc.'s 1992 Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase
Plan be and hereby is amended by deleting Section 3(a) in its entirety
and inserting a new Section 3(a) as set forth below:
"3. ELIGIBILITY.
(a) Any Employee who shall have completed three (3) Months of
Service with the Company or a Subsidiary, based upon the
Employee's adjusted date of hire as computed by the Company or
Subsidiary in accordance with its usual policies and
procedures, and shall be employed by the Company or Subsidiary
on the last day of such three (3) month period and upon the
first Offering Commencement Date thereafter, shall be eligible
to participate in the Plan."
Adopted by the Board of
Directors of Keane, Inc. on
November 29, 2001
Effective as of January 1,
2002
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AMENDMENT NO. 2
TO
KEANE, INC.
AMENDED AND RESTATED
1992 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
VOTED: That Keane, Inc.'s 1992 Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase
Plan be and hereby is amended by deleting Section 4 in its entirety
and inserting a new Section 4 (Offerings) as set forth below:
"4. OFFERINGS.
The Plan will be implemented by consecutive semi-annual
Offerings (referred to herein collectively as "Offerings" and
individually as an "Offering"). Offerings will begin each
January 1 and July 1, or the first business day thereafter.
The Board of Directors may, at its discretion, chooses a
different Offering period of twelve (12) months or less for
subsequent Offerings. Participation in any one or more of the
Offerings under the Plan shall neither limit, nor require,
participation in any other Offering."
Adopted by the Board of
Directors of Keane, Inc. on
February 15, 2001
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AMENDMENT NO. 3
TO
KEANE, INC.
AMENDED AND RESTATED
1992 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
VOTED: That Keane, Inc.'s 1992 Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase
Plan be and hereby is amended by deleting Section 11(a) in its
entirety and inserting a new Section 11(a) as set forth below:
"11. STOCK.
(a) The maximum number of shares of Common Stock which shall
be made available for sale under the Plan is four million five
hundred fifty thousand (4,550,000) shares, subject to further
adjustment upon changes in capitalization of the Company as
provided in Section 16 hereof. If the total number of shares
for which Options are exercised on any Offering Termination
Date in accordance with Section 7 hereof exceeds the number of
shares of Common Stock which remain available for issue under
the Plan, the Company shall make a pro rata allocation of the
shares available for delivery and distribution in as nearly a
uniform manner as shall be practicable and as it shall
determine to be equitable, and the balance of payroll
deductions credited to the account of each Participant under
the Plan shall be returned to him or her as promptly as
possible. The Company may purchase shares on the open market
in order to have shares available for purchase by Participants
in each Offering."
Adopted by the Board of
Directors of Keane, Inc. on
February 15, 2001 and by the
Stockholders on May 30, 2001
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AMENDMENT NO. 4
TO
KEANE, INC.
AMENDED AND RESTATED
1992 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
VOTED: That Keane, Inc.'s 1992 Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase
Plan be and hereby is amended by deleting the first sentence of
Section 11(a) in its entirety and inserting the following in lieu
thereof:
"The maximum number of shares of Common Stock which shall be made
available for sale under the Plan is six million five hundred fifty
thousand (6,550,000) shares, subject to further adjustment upon
changes in capitalization of the Company as provided in Section 16
hereof."
Adopted by the Board of Directors of
Keane, Inc. on February 12, 2004
and adopted by the Stockholders on
May 27, 2004
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