EXHIBIT 10.01
RADIUS INC.
1999 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
As Adopted February 26, 1999
1. ESTABLISHMENT OF PLAN. Radius Inc. (the "COMPANY") proposes to
grant options for purchase of the Company's Common Stock to eligible employees
of the Company and its Participating Subsidiaries (as hereinafter defined)
pursuant to this Employee Stock Purchase Plan (this "PLAN"). For purposes of
this Plan, "PARENT CORPORATION" and "SUBSIDIARY" (collectively, "PARTICIPATING
SUBSIDIARIES") shall have the same meanings as "parent corporation" and
"subsidiary corporation" in Sections 424(e) and 424(f), respectively, of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "CODE"). "PARTICIPATING
SUBSIDIARIES" are Parent Corporations or Subsidiaries that the Board of
Directors of the Company (the "BOARD") designates from time to time as
corporations that shall participate in this Plan. The Company intends this Plan
to qualify as an "employee stock purchase plan" under Section 423 of the Code
(including any amendments to or replacements of such Section), and this Plan
shall be so construed. Any term not expressly defined in this Plan but defined
for purposes of Section 423 of the Code shall have the same definition herein.
A total of 137,500 shares of the Company's Common Stock plus any authorized
shares not issued under the Company's 1990 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the
"PRIOR PLAN") on the date this Plan is adopted by the Board are reserved for
issuance hereunder. The Prior Plan is terminated as of the date the Board
adopts this Plan. The number of shares reserved for issuance under this Plan
shall be subject to adjustments effected in accordance with Section 14 of this
Plan.
2. PURPOSE. The purpose of this Plan is to provide eligible employees
of the Company and Participating Subsidiaries with a convenient means of
acquiring an equity interest in the Company through payroll deductions, to
enhance such employees' sense of participation in the affairs of the Company and
Participating Subsidiaries, and to provide an incentive for continued
employment.
3. ADMINISTRATION. This Plan shall be administered by the Board or by
a committee of not less than two members of the Board appointed to administer
this Plan (the "COMMITTEE"). As used in this Plan, references to the
"Committee" shall mean either such committee or the Board, if no committee has
been established. Subject to the provisions of this Plan and the limitations of
Section 423 of the Code or any successor provision in the Code, all questions of
interpretation or application of this Plan shall be determined by the Committee
and its decisions shall be final and binding upon all participants. Members of
the Board shall receive no compensation for their services in connection with
the administration of this Plan, other than standard fees as established from
time to time by the Board for services rendered by Board members serving on
Board committees. All expenses incurred in connection with the administration
of this Plan shall be paid by the Company.
4. ELIGIBILITY. Any employee of the Company or the Participating
Subsidiaries is eligible to participate in an Offering Period (as hereinafter
defined) under this Plan except the following:
(a) employees who are not employed by the Company or Participating
Subsidiaries on the day before the beginning of such Offering Period;
(b) employees who are customarily employed for less than twenty
(20) hours per week;
(c) employees who are customarily employed for less than five (5)
months in a calendar year;
(d) employees who, together with any other person whose stock
would be attributed to such employee pursuant to Section 424(d) of the Code, own
stock or hold 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 any of its Participating Subsidiaries or who, as a result of being granted an
option under this Plan with respect to such Offering Period, would own stock or
hold 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 any of
its Participating Subsidiaries; and
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(e) individuals who provide services to the Company or any of its
Participating Subsidiaries as independent contractors whether or not
reclassified as common law employees, unless the Company or a Participating
Subsidiary withholds or is required to withhold U.S. Federal employment taxes
for such individuals pursuant to Section 3402 of the Code.
5. OFFERING DATES. The first offering period under this Plan shall
commence on a date determined by the Committee (the "FIRST OFFERING DATE").
Thereafter, the offering periods of this Plan shall be of twelve (12) months
duration commencing on April 1 and October 1 of each year and ending on the next
March 31 and September 30 respectively, thereafter. Each Offering Period shall
consist of two (2) six-month purchase periods (individually, a "PURCHASE
PERIOD"), except for the first Offering Period which will contain two Purchase
Periods either of which may be longer or shorter than six months as determined
by the Committee. Payroll deductions of the participants are accumulated under
this Plan during each Purchase Period. The first business day of each Offering
Period is referred to as the "OFFERING DATE". The last business day of each
Purchase Period is referred to as the "PURCHASE DATE". The Board shall have the
power to change the duration of Offering Periods or Purchase Periods with
respect to offerings without shareholder approval if such change is announced at
least fifteen (15) days prior to the scheduled beginning of the first Offering
Period or Purchase Period to be affected.
6. PARTICIPATION IN THIS PLAN. Eligible employees may become
participants in an Offering Period under this Plan on the first Offering Date
after satisfying the eligibility requirements by delivering a subscription
agreement to the Company's treasury department (the "TREASURY DEPARTMENT") not
later than: (a) for current employees, the fifteenth (15th) of the month before
such Offering Date or (b) for new employees who commence employment within(each,
an "OFFERING PERIOD") shall be of twelve (12) months duration commencing on
April 1 and thirty (30) days of the next Offering Date, the day before the
beginning of the New Offering Period, unless a later time for filing the
subscription agreement authorizing payroll deductions is set by the Board for
all eligible employees with respect to a given Offering Period. An eligible
employee who does not deliver a subscription agreement to the Treasury
Department by such date after becoming eligible to participate in such Offering
Period shall not participate in that Offering Period or any subsequent Offering
Period, unless such employee enrolls in this Plan by filing a subscription
agreement with the Treasury Department not later than: (a) for current
employees, the fifteenth (15th) of the month before such Offering Date or (b)
for new employees who commence employment within thirty (30) days of the next
Offering Date, the day before the beginning of the new Offering Period, unless a
later time for filing the subscription agreement authorizing payroll deductions
is set by the Board for all eligible employees with respect to a given Offering
Period. Once an employee becomes a participant in an Offering Period, such
employee will automatically participate in the Offering Period commencing
immediately following the last day of the prior Offering Period unless the
employee withdraws or is deemed to withdraw from this Plan or terminates further
participation in the Offering Period as set forth in Section 11 below. Such
participant is not required to file any additional subscription agreement in
order to continue participation in this Plan.
7. GRANT OF OPTION ON ENROLLMENT. Enrollment by an eligible employee
in this Plan with respect to an Offering Period will constitute the grant (as of
the Offering Date) by the Company to such employee of an option to purchase on
the Purchase Date up to that number of shares of Common Stock of the Company
determined by dividing (a) the amount accumulated in such employee's payroll
deduction account during such Purchase Period by (b) the lower of
(i) eighty-five percent (85%) of the fair market value of a share of the
Company's Common Stock on the Offering Date, or (ii) eighty-five percent (85%)
of the fair market value of a share of the Company's Common Stock on the
Purchase Date, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the number of shares of the Company's
Common Stock subject to any option granted pursuant to this Plan shall not
exceed the lesser of (a) the maximum number of shares set by the Board pursuant
to Section 10(c) below with respect to the applicable Purchase Date, or (b) the
maximum number of shares which may be purchased pursuant to Section 10(b) below
with respect to the applicable Purchase Date. The fair market value of a share
of the Company's Common Stock shall be determined as provided in Section 8
hereof.
8. PURCHASE PRICE. The purchase price per share at which a share of
Common Stock will be sold in any Offering Period shall be eighty-five percent
(85%) of the lesser of:
(a) The fair market value on the day prior to the Offering Date; or
(b) The fair market value on the Purchase Date.
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For purposes of this Plan, the term "FAIR MARKET VALUE" means, as of any
date, the value of a share of the Company's Common Stock determined as follows:
(a) if such Common Stock is then quoted on the Nasdaq
National Market, its closing price on the Nasdaq National
Market on the date of determination as reported in THE
WALL STREET JOURNAL;
(b) if such Common Stock is publicly traded and is then
listed on a national securities exchange, its closing
price on the date of determination on the principal
national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is
listed or admitted to trading as reported in THE WALL
STREET JOURNAL;
(c) if such Common Stock is publicly traded but is not quoted
on the Nasdaq National Market nor listed or admitted to
trading on a national securities exchange, the average of
the closing bid and asked prices on the date of
determination as reported in THE WALL STREET JOURNAL; or
(d) if none of the foregoing is applicable, by the Board in
good faith.
9. PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE; CHANGES IN PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS; ISSUANCE
OF SHARES.
(a) The purchase price of the shares is accumulated by regular
payroll deductions made during each Offering Period. The deductions are made as
a percentage of the participant's compensation in one percent (1%) increments
not less than two percent (2%), nor greater than fifteen percent (15%) or such
lower limit set by the Committee. Compensation shall be limited to base salary
or wages, bonuses, overtime and commissions, if any, paid during the Purchase
Period; provided, however that for purposes of determining a participant's
compensation, any election by such participant to reduce his or her regular cash
remuneration under Sections 125 or 401(k) of the Code shall be treated as if the
participant did not make such election. Payroll deductions shall commence on
the first payday following the Offering Date and shall continue to the end of
the Offering Period unless sooner altered or terminated as provided in this
Plan.
(b) A participant may lower or increase the rate of payroll
deductions during an Offering Period by filing with the Treasury Department a
new authorization for payroll deductions, in which case the new rate shall
become effective for the next payroll period commencing more than fifteen (15)
days after the Treasury Department's receipt of the authorization and shall
continue for the remainder of the Offering Period unless changed as described
below. Such change in the rate of payroll deductions may be made at any time
during an Offering Period, but not more than one (1) decrease and one (1)
increase may be made effective during any Offering Period. A participant may
increase or decrease the rate of payroll deductions for any subsequent Offering
Period by filing with the Treasury Department a new authorization for payroll
deductions not later than the fifteenth (15th) of the month before the beginning
of such Offering Period.
(c) All payroll deductions made for a participant are credited to
his or her account under this Plan and are deposited with the general funds of
the Company. No interest accrues on the payroll deductions. All payroll
deductions received or held by the Company may be used by the Company for any
corporate purpose, and the Company shall not be obligated to segregate such
payroll deductions.
(d) On each Purchase Date, so long as this Plan remains in effect
and provided that the participant has not submitted a signed and completed
withdrawal form before that date which notifies the Company that the participant
wishes to withdraw from that Offering Period and have all payroll deductions
accumulated in the account maintained on behalf of the participant as of that
date returned to the participant, the Company shall apply the funds then in the
participant's account to the purchase of whole shares of Common Stock reserved
under the option granted to such participant with respect to the Offering Period
to the extent that such option is exercisable on the Purchase Date. The
purchase price per share shall be as specified in Section 8 of this Plan. Any
cash remaining in a participant's account after such purchase of shares shall be
refunded to such participant in cash, without interest; provided, however that
any amount remaining in such participant's account on a Purchase Date which is
less than the amount necessary to purchase
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a whole share shall be carried forward, without interest, into the next
Purchase Period or Offering Period as the case may be. In the event that
this Plan has been oversubscribed, all funds not used to purchase shares on
the Purchase Date shall be returned to the participant, without interest. No
Common Stock shall be purchased on a Purchase Date on behalf of any employee
whose participation in this Plan has terminated prior to such Purchase Date.
(e) As promptly as practicable after the Purchase Date, the Company
shall issue shares for the participant's benefit representing the shares
purchased upon exercise of his or her option.
(f) During a participant's lifetime, such participant's option to
purchase shares hereunder is exercisable only by him or her. The participant
will have no interest or voting right in shares covered by his or her option
until such option has been exercised.
10. LIMITATIONS ON SHARES TO BE PURCHASED.
(a) No participant shall be entitled to purchase stock under this
Plan at a rate which, when aggregated with his or her rights to purchase stock
under all other employee stock purchase plans of the Company or any Parent
Corporation or Subsidiary, exceeds $25,000 in fair market value, determined as
of the Offering Date (or such other limit as may be imposed by the Code) for
each calendar year in which the employee participates in this Plan.
(b) No more than two hundred percent (200%) of the number of
shares determined by using eighty-five percent (85%) of the fair market value of
a share of the Company's Common Stock on the Offering Date as the denominator
may be purchased by a participant on any single Purchase Date.
(c) No participant shall be entitled to purchase more than the
Maximum Share Amount (as defined below) on any single Purchase Date. Not less
than fifteen (15) days prior to the commencement of any Offering Period, the
Committee may, in its sole discretion, set a maximum number of shares which may
be purchased by any employee at any single Purchase Date (hereinafter the
"MAXIMUM SHARE AMOUNT"). Until otherwise determined by the Committee, there
shall be no Maximum Share Amount. In no event shall the Maximum Share Amount,
if any, exceed the amounts permitted under Section 10(b) above. If a new
Maximum Share Amount is set, then all participants must be notified of such
Maximum Share Amount prior to the commencement of the next Offering Period.
Once the Maximum Share Amount is set, it shall continue to apply with respect to
all succeeding Purchase Dates and Offering Periods unless revised by the
Committee as set forth above.
(d) If the number of shares to be purchased on a Purchase Date by
all employees participating in this Plan exceeds the number of shares then
available for issuance under this Plan, then the Company will make a pro rata
allocation of the remaining shares in as uniform a manner as shall be reasonably
practicable and as the Committee shall determine to be equitable. In such
event, the Company shall give written notice of such reduction of the number of
shares to be purchased under a participant's option to each participant affected
thereby.
(e) Any payroll deductions accumulated in a participant's account
which are not used to purchase stock due to the limitations in this Section 10
shall be returned to the participant as soon as practicable after the end of the
applicable Purchase Period, without interest.
11. WITHDRAWAL.
(a) Each participant may withdraw from an Offering Period under
this Plan by signing and delivering to the Treasury Department a written notice
to that effect on a form provided for such purpose. Such withdrawal may be
elected at any time at least fifteen (15) days prior to the end of an Offering
Period.
(b) Upon withdrawal from this Plan, the accumulated payroll
deductions shall be returned to the withdrawn participant, without interest, and
his or her interest in this Plan shall terminate. In the event a participant
voluntarily elects to withdraw from this Plan, he or she may not resume his or
her participation in this Plan during the same Offering Period, but he or she
may participate in any Offering Period under this Plan which commences on a date
subsequent to such withdrawal by filing a new authorization for payroll
deductions in the same manner as set forth above for initial participation in
this Plan.
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(c) If the purchase price on the first day of any current Offering
Period in which a participant is enrolled is higher than the purchase price on
the first day of any subsequent Offering Period, the Company will automatically
enroll such participant in the subsequent Offering Period. Any funds
accumulated in a participant's account prior to the first day of such subsequent
Offering Period will be applied to the purchase of shares on the Purchase Date
immediately prior to the first day of such subsequent Offering Period. A
participant does not need to file any forms with the Company to automatically be
enrolled in the subsequent Offering Period.
12. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT. Termination of a participant's
employment for any reason, including retirement, death or the failure of a
participant to remain an eligible employee of the Company or of a Participating
Subsidiary, immediately terminates his or her participation in this Plan. In
such event, the payroll deductions credited to the participant's account will be
returned to him or her or, in the case of his or her death, to his or her legal
representative, without interest. For purposes of this Section 12, an employee
will not be deemed to have terminated employment or failed to remain in the
continuous employ of the Company or of a Participating Subsidiary in the case of
sick leave, military leave, or any other leave of absence approved by the
Committee; PROVIDED that such leave is for a period of not more than ninety (90)
days or reemployment upon the expiration of such leave is guaranteed by contract
or statute.
13. RETURN OF PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS. In the event a participant's
interest in this Plan is terminated by withdrawal, termination of employment or
otherwise, or in the event this Plan is terminated by the Board, the Company
shall promptly deliver to the participant all payroll deductions credited to
such participant's account. No interest shall accrue on the payroll deductions
of a participant in this Plan.
14. CAPITAL CHANGES. Subject to any required action by the
shareholders of the Company, the number of shares of Common Stock covered by
each option under this Plan which has not yet been exercised and the number of
shares of Common Stock which have been authorized for issuance under this Plan
but have not yet been placed under option (collectively, the "RESERVES"), as
well as the price per share of Common Stock covered by each option under this
Plan which has not yet been exercised, shall be proportionately adjusted for any
increase or decrease in the number of issued and outstanding shares of Common
Stock of the Company resulting from a stock split or the payment of a stock
dividend (but only on the Common Stock) or any other increase or decrease in the
number of issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock effected without receipt
of any consideration by the Company; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, 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
Committee, whose determination shall be final, binding and conclusive. Except
as expressly provided herein, no issue 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.
In the event of the proposed dissolution or liquidation of the Company,
the Offering Period will terminate immediately prior to the consummation of such
proposed action, unless otherwise provided by the Committee. The Committee may,
in the exercise of its sole discretion in such instances, declare that the
options under this Plan shall terminate as of a date fixed by the Committee and
give each participant the right to exercise his or her option as to all of the
optioned stock, including shares which would not otherwise be exercisable.
In the event of (i) a merger or consolidation in which the Company is
not the surviving corporation (OTHER THAN a merger or consolidation with a
wholly-owned subsidiary, a reincorporation of the Company in a different
jurisdiction, or other transaction in which there is no substantial change in
the shareholders of the Company or their relative stock holdings and the options
under this Plan are assumed, converted or replaced by the surviving corporation,
which assumption, conversion or replacement will be binding on all
participants), (ii) a merger in which the Company is the surviving corporation
but after which the shareholders of the Company immediately prior to such merger
(other than any shareholder that merges with the Company in such merger, or
which owns or controls another corporation that merges, with the Company in such
merger) cease to own their shares or other equity interest in the Company,
(iii) the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or
(iv) the acquisition, sale, or transfer of more than 50% of the outstanding
shares of the Company by tender offer or similar transaction, each option under
this Plan may be assumed or an equivalent option may be substituted by such
surviving corporation or a parent or subsidiary of such surviving corporation.
In the event such surviving corporation does not assume or substitute the
options under this
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Plan, (x) this Plan will terminate upon the consummation of such transaction,
unless otherwise provided by the Committee and (y) the Committee may declare
that the options under this Plan shall terminate as of a date fixed by the
Committee and give each participant the right to exercise his or her option
as to all of the optioned stock. If the Committee makes an option fully
exercisable in the event of a merger, consolidation or sale of assets, the
Committee shall notify the participant that the option shall be fully
exercisable for a certain period, and the option and this Plan will terminate
upon the expiration of such period.
The Committee may, if it so determines in the exercise of its sole
discretion, also make provision for adjusting the Reserves, as well as the price
per share of Common Stock covered by each outstanding option, in the event that
the Company effects one or more reorganizations, recapitalizations, rights
offerings or other increases or reductions of shares of its outstanding Common
Stock, or in the event the Company is consolidated with or merged into any other
corporation.
15. NONASSIGNABILITY. Neither payroll deductions credited to a
participant's account nor any rights with regard to the exercise of an option or
to receive shares under this Plan may be assigned, transferred, pledged or
otherwise disposed of in any way (other than by will, the laws of descent and
distribution or as provided in Section 22 hereof) by the participant. Any such
attempt at assignment, transfer, pledge or other disposition shall be void and
without effect.
16. REPORTS. Individual accounts will be maintained for each
participant in this Plan. Each participant shall receive promptly after the end
of each Purchase Period a report of his or her account setting forth the total
payroll deductions accumulated, the number of shares purchased, the per share
price thereof and the remaining cash balance, if any, carried forward to the
next Purchase Period or Offering Period, as the case may be.
17. NOTICE OF DISPOSITION. Each participant shall notify the Company
if the participant disposes of any of the shares purchased in any Offering
Period pursuant to this Plan if such disposition occurs within two (2) years
from the Offering Date or within one (1) year from the Purchase Date on which
such shares were purchased (the "NOTICE PERIOD"). Unless such participant is
disposing of any of such shares during the Notice Period, such participant shall
keep the certificates representing such shares in his or her name (and not in
the name of a nominee) during the Notice Period. The Company may, at any time
during the Notice Period, place a legend or legends on any certificate
representing shares acquired pursuant to this Plan requesting the Company's
transfer agent to notify the Company of any transfer of the shares. The
obligation of the participant to provide such notice shall continue
notwithstanding the placement of any such legend on the certificates.
18. NO RIGHTS TO CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT. Neither this Plan nor the grant
of any option hereunder shall confer any right on any employee to remain in the
employ of the Company or any Participating Subsidiary, or restrict the right of
the Company or any Participating Subsidiary to terminate such employee's
employment.
19. EQUAL RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. All eligible employees shall have
equal rights and privileges with respect to this Plan so that this Plan
qualifies as an "employee stock purchase plan" within the meaning of Section 423
or any successor provision of the Code and the related regulations. Any
provision of this Plan which is inconsistent with Section 423 or any successor
provision of the Code shall, without further act or amendment by the Company or
the Board, be reformed to comply with the requirements of Section 423. This
Section 19 shall take precedence over all other provisions in this Plan.
20. NOTICES. All notices or other communications by a participant to
the Company under or in connection with this Plan shall be deemed to have been
duly given when received in the form specified by the Company at the location,
or by the person, designated by the Company for the receipt thereof.
21. TERM; STOCKHOLDER APPROVAL. After this Plan is adopted by the
Board, this Plan will become effective on the date that is the First Offering
Date (as defined above). This Plan shall be approved by the shareholders of the
Company, in any manner permitted by applicable corporate law, within twelve (12)
months before or after the date this Plan is adopted by the Board. No purchase
of shares pursuant to this Plan shall occur prior to such shareholder approval.
This Plan shall continue until the earlier to occur of (a) termination of this
Plan by the Board (which termination may be effected by the Board at any time),
(b) issuance of all of the shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under
this Plan, or (c) ten (10) years from the adoption of this Plan by the Board.
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22. DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY.
(a) A participant may file a written designation of a beneficiary
who is to receive any shares and cash, if any, from the participant's account
under this Plan in the event of such participant's death subsequent to the end
of an Purchase Period but prior to delivery to him of such shares and cash. In
addition, a participant may file a written designation of a beneficiary who is
to receive any cash from the participant's account under this Plan in the event
of such participant's death prior to a Purchase Date.
(b) Such designation of beneficiary may be changed by the
participant at any time by written notice. In the event of the death of a
participant and in the absence of a beneficiary validly designated under this
Plan who is living at the time of such participant's death, the Company shall
deliver such shares 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
shares or cash to the spouse or to any one or more dependents or relatives of
the participant, or if no spouse, dependent or relative is known to the Company,
then to such other person as the Company may designate.
23. CONDITIONS UPON ISSUANCE OF SHARES; LIMITATION ON SALE OF SHARES.
Shares shall not be issued with respect to an option unless the exercise of such
option and the issuance and delivery of such shares pursuant thereto shall
comply with all applicable provisions of law, domestic or foreign, including,
without limitation, the State of California Corporate Securities Law of 1968, as
amended, the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and the
requirements of any stock exchange or automated quotation system upon which the
shares may then be listed, and shall be further subject to the approval of
counsel for the Company with respect to such compliance.
24. APPLICABLE LAW. The Plan shall be governed by the substantive laws
(excluding the conflict of laws rules) of the State of California.
25. AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION OF THIS PLAN. The Board may at any time
amend, terminate or extend the term of this Plan, except that any such
termination cannot affect options previously granted under this Plan, nor may
any amendment make any change in an option previously granted which would
adversely affect the right of any participant, nor may any amendment be made
without approval of the shareholders of the Company obtained in accordance with
Section 21 hereof within twelve (12) months of the adoption of such amendment if
such amendment would:
(a) increase the number of shares that may be issued under this
Plan; or
(b) change the designation of the employees (or class of
employees) eligible for participation in this Plan.
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