UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report
(Date of earliest event reported): April 23,
2009
SILICON
LABORATORIES INC.
(Exact Name of
Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Delaware
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000-29823
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74-2793174
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(State or Other
Jurisdiction
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(Commission File
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(IRS Employer
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of
Incorporation)
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Identification
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400 West
Cesar Chavez, Austin, TX 78701
(Address of Principal
Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrants
telephone number, including area code: (512)
416-8500
Check the appropriate box
below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see
General Instruction A.2. below):
o Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)
o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant
to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant
to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors
or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers;
Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On April 23, 2009,
the stockholders of Silicon Laboratories Inc. (the Company) approved the 2009
Stock Incentive Plan (the Incentive Plan) and the 2009 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan (the Purchase Plan). A
summary of the terms of the Incentive Plan and the Purchase Plan is included in
the Companys definitive proxy statement filed on March 13, 2009, which
summary is qualified entirely by reference to the terms of the actual Incentive
Plan and Purchase Plan, which are attached hereto as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2,
respectively, and incorporated herein by reference.
The purposes of the
Incentive Plan are to attract and retain the best available personnel, to provide
additional incentives to our employees, non-employee directors and consultants,
and to promote the success of our business by linking the personal interests of
the employees, non-employee directors and consultants to those of our
stockholders by providing such individuals with an incentive for outstanding
performance to generate superior returns to our stockholders. The Purchase Plan is intended to promote the
interests of the Company by providing eligible employees with the opportunity
to acquire a proprietary interest in the company through participation in an
employee stock purchase plan.
Additionally, the Company
has approved forms of agreements for use in connection with the issuance of
restricted stock units and stock options under the Incentive Plan, which are
attached hereto as Exhibits 10.3 and 10.4, respectively, and the terms thereof
are incorporated herein by reference.
The Board and the Compensation Committee have discretion to alter the
terms of such form agreements, subject to the limitations set forth in the
Incentive Plan.
Item
9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits.
10.1 Silicon Laboratories Inc. 2009 Stock Incentive
Plan.
10.2 Silicon Laboratories Inc. 2009 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan.
10.3 Form of Restricted Stock Units Grant
Notice and Restricted Stock Units Award Agreement under Registrants 2009 Stock
Incentive Plan.
10.4 Form of Stock Option Grant Notice and Stock
Option Award Agreement under Registrants 2009 Stock Incentive Plan.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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SILICON
LABORATORIES INC.
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April 27, 2009
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/s/ Paul V.
Walsh, Jr.
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Date
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Paul V. Walsh, Jr.
Vice President of Finance
(Principal Accounting Officer)
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
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Description
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10.1
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Silicon Laboratories Inc.
2009 Stock Incentive Plan.
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10.2
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Silicon
Laboratories Inc. 2009 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
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10.3
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Form of Restricted
Stock Units Grant Notice and Restricted Stock Units Award Agreement under
Registrants 2009 Stock Incentive Plan.
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10.4
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Form of Stock
Option Grant Notice and Stock Option Award Agreement under Registrants 2009
Stock Incentive Plan.
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Exhibit 10.1
SILICON
LABORATORIES INC.
2009
STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
ARTICLE 1. PURPOSES OF THE PLAN
The purposes of the Silicon
Laboratories Inc. 2009 Stock Incentive Plan (the Plan) are to attract
and retain the best available personnel, to provide additional incentives to
Employees, Directors and Consultants and to promote the success of the Companys
business by linking the personal interests of the Directors, Employees, and
Consultants to those of Company stockholders and by providing such individuals
with an incentive for outstanding performance to generate superior returns to
Company stockholders.
ARTICLE 2. DEFINITIONS
Wherever the following terms
are used in the Plan they shall have the meanings specified below, unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise. The
singular pronoun shall include the plural where the context so indicates.
2.1 Affiliate means, at the time of determination, any parent
or subsidiary as such terms are defined in Rule 405 of the Securities
Act. The Board shall have the authority
to determine the time or times at which parent or subsidiary status is
determined within the foregoing definition.
2.2 Award means an Option, an award of Restricted Stock,
a Stock Appreciation Right, an award of Performance Shares, an award of
Performance Stock Units, an award of Restricted Stock Units, a
Performance-Based Award or any other right or benefit, including any other
Award under Article 8, granted to a Participant pursuant to the Plan.
2.3 Award Agreement means any written agreement,
contract, or other instrument or document evidencing the terms and conditions
of an Award, including through electronic medium.
2.4 Board means the Board of Directors of the Company.
2.5 Change in Control means and includes each of the
following:
(a) A transaction or series of transactions (other than an
offering of the Shares to the general public through a registration statement
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission) whereby any person or
related group of persons (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and
14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) (other than the Company, any of its
subsidiaries, an employee benefit plan maintained by the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or a person that, prior to such transaction, directly or
indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the
Company) directly or indirectly acquires beneficial ownership (within the
meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of securities of the Company
possessing more than 50% of the total combined voting power of the Companys
securities outstanding immediately after such acquisition; or
(b) During any period of two consecutive years, individuals who,
at the beginning of such period, constitute the Board together with any new
director(s) (other than a director designated by a person who shall have
entered into an agreement with the Company to effect a transaction described in
Section 2.5(a) or Section 2.5(c) hereof) whose election by
the Board or nomination for election by the Companys stockholders was approved
by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then still in office who
either were directors at the beginning of the two-year period or whose election
or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to
constitute a majority thereof; or
(c) The consummation by the Company (whether directly involving
the Company or indirectly involving the Company through one or more
intermediaries) of (x) a merger, consolidation, reorganization, or business
combination or (y) a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all
of the Companys assets in any single transaction or series of related
transactions or (z) the acquisition of assets or stock of another entity,
in each case other than a transaction:
(i) Which results in the Companys voting securities outstanding
immediately before the transaction continuing to represent (either by remaining
outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the Company or the
person that, as a result of the transaction, controls, directly or indirectly,
the Company or owns, directly or indirectly, all or substantially all of the
Companys assets or otherwise succeeds to the business of the Company (the
Company or such person, the Successor Entity)) directly or indirectly,
at least a majority of the combined voting power of the Successor Entitys
outstanding voting securities immediately after the transaction, and
(ii) After which no person or group beneficially owns voting
securities representing 50% or more of the combined voting power of the
Successor Entity; provided, however,
that no person or group shall be treated for purposes of this Section 2.5(c)(ii) as
beneficially owning 50% or more of combined voting power of the Successor
Entity solely as a result of the voting power held in the Company prior to the
consummation of the transaction; or
(d) The Companys stockholders approve a liquidation or
dissolution of the Company.
The Committee shall have
full and final authority, which shall be exercised in its discretion, to
determine conclusively whether a Change in Control of the Company has occurred
pursuant to the above definition, and the date of the occurrence of such Change
in Control and any incidental matters relating thereto.
2.6 Code means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended.
2.7 Committee means the committee of the Board appointed
or described in Article 12 to administer the Plan.
2.8 Common Stock means the common stock of the Company,
par value $0.0001 per share, and such other securities of the Company that may
be substituted for the Common Stock pursuant to Article 11.
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2.9 Company means Silicon Laboratories Inc., a Delaware
corporation.
2.10 Consultant means any consultant or adviser if: (a) the
consultant or advisor renders bona fide services to the Company or any
Subsidiary or Affiliate; (b) the services rendered by the consultant or
advisor are not in connection with the offer or sale of securities in a
capital-raising transaction and do not directly or indirectly promote or
maintain a market for the Companys securities; and (c) the consultant or
advisor is a natural person.
2.11 Covered Employee means an Employee who is, or could
be, a covered employee within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the
Code.
2.12 Director means a member of the Board.
2.13 Disability means that the
Participant would qualify to receive benefit payments under the long-term
disability policy, as it may be amended
from time to time, of the Company or the Subsidiary or Affiliate to which the
Participant provides services regardless of whether the Participant is covered
by such policy. If the Company or the
Subsidiary or Affiliate to which the Participant provides service does not have
a long-term disability plan in place, Disability means that a Participant is
unable to carry out the responsibilities and functions of the position held by
the Participant by reason of any medically determined physical or mental
impairment for a period of not less than ninety (90) consecutive days. A Participant shall not be considered to have
incurred a Disability unless he or she furnishes proof of such impairment
sufficient to satisfy the Board in its discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes
of Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan, Disability means that the
Participant is disabled within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the
Code.
2.14 Dividend Equivalent Right means a right granted to a
Participant related to the Award of Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares
and/or Performance Units which is a right to receive the equivalent value of
dividends paid on the Shares prior to vesting of the Award. Such Dividend Equivalent Rights shall be
converted to cash or additional Shares by such formula and at such time and
subject to such limitations as may be determined by the Committee.
2.15 Effective Date shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13.1
hereof.
2.16 Eligible Individual means any person who is an
Employee, a Consultant or a Director, as determined by the Committee.
2.17 Employee means a full time or part time employee of
the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate, including an officer or Director,
who is treated as an employee in the personnel records of the Company or
Subsidiary or Affiliate for the relevant period, but shall exclude individuals
who are classified by the Company or Subsidiary or Affiliate as (a) independent
contractors or (b) intermittent or temporary, even if any such classification
is changed retroactively as a result of an audit, litigation or otherwise. A Participant shall not cease to be an
Employee in the case of (i) any vacation or sick time or otherwise
approved paid time off in accordance with the Company or Subsidiary or
Affiliates policy or in the case where the Employee is on an unpaid leave but
his or her employment cannot be terminated pursuant to applicable local law or (ii) transfers
between locations of the Company or between
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the Company, a Subsidiary and/or Affiliate. Neither services as a Director nor payment of
a directors fee by the Company or a Subsidiary or Affiliate shall be
sufficient to constitute employment by the Company or any Subsidiary or
Affiliate.
2.18 Equity Restructuring shall mean a nonreciprocal
transaction between the Company and its stockholders, such as a stock dividend,
stock split, spin-off, rights offering or recapitalization through a large,
nonrecurring cash dividend, that affects the Shares (or other securities of the
Company) or the price of Shares (or other securities) and causes a change in
the per share value of the Shares underlying outstanding Awards.
2.19 Exchange Act means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended.
2.20 Fair Market Value means, as of any given date, (a) if
Shares are traded on any established stock exchange, the closing price of a
Share as quoted on the principal exchange on which the Shares are listed, as
reported in the Wall Street Journal (or such
other source as the Company may deem reliable for such purposes) for such date,
or if no sale occurred on such date, the first trading date immediately prior
to such date during which a sale occurred; or (b) if Shares are not traded
on an exchange but are regularly quoted on a national market or other quotation
system, the closing sales price on such date as quoted on such market or
system, or if no sales occurred on such date, then on the date immediately
prior to such date on which sales prices are reported; or (c) in the
absence of an established market for the Shares of the type described in (a) or
(b) of this Section 2.20, the fair market value established by the
Committee acting in good faith.
2.21 Full Value Award means any Award other than an
Option, SAR or other Award for which the Participant pays a minimum of the Fair
Market Value of the Shares, as determined as of the date of grant.
2.22 Incentive Stock Option means an Option that is
intended to meet the requirements of Section 422 of the Code or any
successor provision thereto.
2.23 Independent Director means a Director of the Company
who is not an Employee.
2.24 Involuntary Termination shall have the meaning
ascribed to such term in the Award Agreement, or if the term is not defined in
the Award Agreement, shall mean the termination of the employment or service of
any Participant which occurs by reason of:
(a) such Participants involuntary dismissal or discharge by the
Company or a Subsidiary or Affiliate for reasons other than Misconduct, or
(b) such Participants voluntary resignation following (A) a
change in his or her position with the Company or Subsidiary or Affiliate employing the Participant which
materially reduces his or her duties and responsibilities or the level of
management to which he or she reports, (B) a reduction in his or her level
of total compensation (including base salary, fringe benefits and target bonus
under any corporate-performance based bonus or incentive programs) by more than
fifteen percent (15%) unless such reduction is effectuated as part of a
broad-based compensation reduction scheme within the Company and/or its
Subsidiaries and
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Affiliates, (C) a relocation of such Participants
place of employment by more than fifty (50) miles, provided and only if
such change, reduction or relocation is effected by the Company without the
individuals written consent or (D) negotiations between the Participant
and the Company and/or Subsidiary or Affiliate employing the Participant in the
context of a reduction in force.
2.25 Misconduct shall mean the commission of any act of
fraud, embezzlement or dishonesty by the Participant, any unauthorized use or
disclosure by such person of confidential information or trade secrets of the
Company (or any Subsidiary or Affiliate) or any intentional wrongdoing by such
person, whether by omission or commission, which adversely affects the business
or affairs of the Company (or any Subsidiary or Affiliate) in a material
manner. This shall not limit the grounds
for the dismissal or discharge of any person in the employment or service of
the Company (or any Subsidiary or Affiliate).
2.26 Non-Employee Director means a Director of the
Company who qualifies as a Non-Employee Director as defined in Rule 16b-3(b)(3) under
the Exchange Act, or any successor rule.
2.27 Non-Qualified Stock Option means an Option that is
not intended to be an Incentive Stock Option.
2.28 Option means a right granted to a Participant
pursuant to Article 5 to purchase a specified number of Shares at a
specified price during specified time periods.
An Option may be either an Incentive Stock Option or a Non-Qualified
Stock Option.
2.29 Participant means any Eligible Individual who, as a
Director, Consultant or Employee, has been granted an Award pursuant to the
Plan.
2.30 Performance-Based Award means an Award granted
pursuant to Article 9.
2.31 Performance Criteria means the criteria that the
Committee selects for purposes of establishing the Performance Goal or
Performance Goals for a Participant for a Performance Period. The Performance Criteria that will be used to
establish Performance Goals are limited to the following: earnings or net
earnings (either before or after interest, taxes, depreciation and
amortization), economic value-added, sales or revenue, income, net income
(either before or after taxes), operating earnings, cash flow (including, but
not limited to, operating cash flow and free cash flow), cash flow return on
capital, return on assets or net assets, return on stockholders equity, return
on capital, stockholder returns, return on sales, gross or net profit margin,
productivity, expense, margins, operating efficiency, customer satisfaction,
working capital, earnings per share, price per Share, market share, new
products, customer penetration, technology and risk management, any of which
may be measured either in absolute terms or as compared to any incremental
increase or as compared to results of a peer group. The Committee shall define in an objective
fashion the manner of calculating the Performance Criteria it selects to use
for such Performance Period for such Participant.
2.32 Performance Goals means, for a Performance Period,
the goals established in writing by the Committee for the Performance Period
based upon the Performance Criteria.
Depending on the Performance Criteria used to establish such Performance
Goals, the
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Performance
Goals may be expressed in terms of overall Company performance, the performance
of a Subsidiary or Affiliate, the performance of a division or a business unit
of the Company or a Subsidiary or Affiliate, or the performance of an
individual. The Committee, in its
discretion, may, to the extent consistent with, and within the time prescribed
by, Section 162(m) of the Code, appropriately adjust or modify the
calculation of Performance Goals for such Performance Period in order to
prevent the dilution or enlargement of the rights of Participants (a) in
the event of, or in anticipation of, any unusual or extraordinary corporate
item, transaction, event, or development, or (b) in recognition of, or in
anticipation of, any other unusual or nonrecurring events affecting the
Company, or the financial statements of the Company, or in response to, or in
anticipation of, changes in applicable laws, regulations, accounting
principles, or business conditions.
2.33 Performance Period means the one or more periods of
time, which may be of varying and overlapping durations, as the Committee may
select, over which the attainment of one or more Performance Goals will be
measured for the purpose of determining a Participants right to, and the
payment of, a Performance-Based Award.
2.34 Performance Share means a right granted to a
Participant pursuant to Section 8.1 hereof, to receive Shares, the payment
of which is contingent upon achieving certain Performance Goals or other
performance-based targets established by the Committee.
2.35 Performance Stock Unit means a right granted to a
Participant pursuant to Section 8.2 hereof, to receive Shares (or value of
Shares in cash), the payment of which is contingent upon achieving certain
Performance Goals or other performance-based targets established by the
Committee.
2.36 Plan means this 2009 Stock Incentive Plan, as it may
be amended from time to time.
2.37 Qualified Performance-Based Compensation means any
compensation that is intended to qualify as qualified performance-based
compensation as described in Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code.
2.38 Restricted Stock means Shares awarded to a
Participant pursuant to Article 6 that are subject to certain restrictions
as set forth in the Award Agreement.
2.39 Restricted Stock Unit means an Award granted
pursuant to Section 8.3 hereof and shall be evidenced by a bookkeeping
entry representing the equivalent of one Share.
2.40 Section 409A Compliance shall have the meaning
assigned to it in Section 10.6 hereof.
2.41 Securities Act shall mean the U.S. Securities Act of
1933, as amended.
2.42 Share means a share of Common Stock.
2.43 Stock Appreciation Right or SAR means a
right granted pursuant to Article 7 to receive a payment equal to the
excess of the Fair Market Value of a specified
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number of Shares on the date the SAR is exercised over the
grant price of the SAR, as set forth in the applicable Award Agreement.
2.44 Subsidiary means any subsidiary corporation as
defined in Section 424(f) of the Code and any applicable regulations
promulgated thereunder or any other entity of which a majority of the
outstanding voting stock or voting power is beneficially owned directly or
indirectly by the Company.
ARTICLE 3. SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN
3.1 Number of Shares.
(a) Subject to Article 11 and Section 3.1(b) hereof,
the aggregate number of Shares which may be issued or transferred pursuant to
Awards, including upon the exercise of Incentive Stock Options, under the Plan
shall be 6,800,000 Shares. Any Shares
that are subject to Awards of Options or SARs shall be counted against this
limit as one (1) Share for every one (1) Share granted. Any Shares that are subject to Full Value
Awards (other than Options or SARs) shall be counted against this limit as one
and fifty-five hundredths (1.55) Shares for every one (1) Share granted.
(b) To the extent that an Award terminates, expires, lapses for
any reason, or is settled in cash, any Shares subject to the Award shall again
be available for the grant of an Award pursuant to the Plan. Any Shares that become available for the
grant of Awards pursuant to this Section 3.1(b) shall be added back
as one (1) Share if such Shares were subject to Options or SARs granted
under the Plan and as one and fifty-five hundredths (1.55) shares if such
shares were subject to Full Value Awards granted under the Plan. Any Shares withheld to satisfy the grant or
exercise price or tax withholding obligation pursuant to any Award shall be
treated as issued under this Plan and shall be deducted from the aggregate
number of shares which may be issued under Section 3.1(a). Further, any Shares tendered to satisfy the
grant or exercise price or tax withholding obligation pursuant to any Award
shall not be added to the aggregate number of Shares which may be issued under Section 3.1(a). To the extent permitted by applicable law or
any exchange rule, Shares issued in assumption of, or in substitution for, any
outstanding awards of any entity acquired in any form of combination by the
Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate shall not be counted against Shares
available for grant pursuant to this Plan.
The payment of Dividend Equivalent Rights in cash in conjunction with
any outstanding Awards shall not be counted against the Shares available for
issuance under the Plan. Notwithstanding
the provisions of this Section 3.1(b), no Shares may again be optioned,
granted or awarded if such action would cause an Incentive Stock Option to fail
to qualify as an incentive stock option under Section 422 of the Code.
3.2 Shares Distributed. Any Shares
distributed pursuant to an Award may consist, in whole or in part, of
authorized and unissued Shares, treasury Shares or Shares purchased on the open
market.
3.3 Limitation on Number of Shares
Subject to Awards. Notwithstanding any provision in the Plan to
the contrary, and subject to Article 11, where it is intended to comply
with Section 162(m) of the Code, the maximum number of Shares with respect
to one or more
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Awards that may be granted to any one Participant during any
calendar year shall be 1,000,000 Shares and the maximum amount that may be paid
in cash during any calendar year with respect to any Award shall be
$30,000,000.
ARTICLE 4. ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION
4.1 Eligibility. Each Eligible Individual shall be eligible to
be granted one or more Awards pursuant to the Plan.
4.2 Participation. Subject to the
provisions of the Plan, the Committee may, from time to time, select from among
all Eligible Individuals, those to whom Awards shall be granted and shall
determine the nature and amount of each Award.
No Eligible Individual shall have any right to be granted an Award
pursuant to this Plan.
ARTICLE 5. STOCK OPTIONS
5.1 General. The Committee is authorized to grant Options
to Eligible Individuals on the following terms and conditions:
(a) Exercise Price. The exercise price per Share subject to an
Option shall be determined by the Committee and set forth in the Award
Agreement; provided that, subject to Section 5.2(c) hereof, the per
Share exercise price for any Option shall not be less than 100% of the Fair
Market Value of a Share on the date of grant.
(b) Time and Conditions of Exercise. The Committee shall
determine the time or times at which an Option may be exercised in whole or in
part; provided that the term of
any Option granted under the Plan shall not exceed ten years. The Committee shall also determine the
performance or other conditions, if any, that must be satisfied before all or
part of an Option may be exercised.
(c) Payment. The Committee shall determine the methods by
which the exercise price of an Option may be paid, potentially including the
following methods: (i) cash or check, (ii) surrender of Shares or
delivery of a properly executed form of attestation of ownership of Shares as
the Committee may require (including withholding of Shares otherwise
deliverable upon exercise of the Award) which have a Fair Market Value on the date
of surrender of attestation equal to the aggregate exercise price of the Shares
as to which the Award shall be exercised, (iii) promissory note bearing
interest at no less than such rate as shall then preclude the imputation of
interest under the Code), (iv) other property acceptable to the Committee
(including through the delivery of a notice that the Participant has placed a
market sell order with a broker with respect to Shares then issuable upon
exercise of the Option, and that the broker has been directed to pay a
sufficient portion of the net proceeds of the sale to the Company in
satisfaction of the Option exercise price; provided
that payment of such proceeds is then made to the Company upon settlement of
such sale), or (v) any combination of the foregoing methods of
payment. The Award Agreement will
specify the methods of paying the exercise price available to
Participants. The Committee shall also
determine the methods by which Shares shall be delivered or deemed to be
delivered to Participants.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, no
Participant who is a Director or an executive officer of the Company within
the meaning of Section 13(k) of the Exchange Act shall be permitted
to pay the exercise
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price of an Option, or continue any extension of credit with
respect to the exercise price of an Option with a loan from the Company or a
loan arranged by the Company in violation of Section 13(k) of the
Exchange Act.
(d) Evidence of Grant. All Options shall be evidenced by an Award
Agreement between the Company and the Participant. The Award Agreement shall include such
additional provisions as may be specified by the Committee.
5.2 Incentive Stock Options. Incentive Stock
Options shall be granted only to Employees of the Company or any Subsidiary,
and the terms of any Incentive Stock Options granted pursuant to the Plan, in
addition to the requirements of Section 5.1 hereof, must comply with the
provisions of this Section 5.2.
(a) Expiration. Subject to Section 5.2(c) hereof,
an Incentive Stock Option shall expire and may not be exercised to any extent
by anyone after the first to occur of the following events:
(i) Ten years from the date it is granted, unless an earlier time
is set in the Award Agreement;
(ii) Three months after the Participants termination of
employment as an Employee; and
(iii) One year after the date of the Participants termination of
employment or service on account of death, or Disability within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of
the Code. Upon the Participants
Disability or death, any Incentive Stock Options exercisable at the Participants
Disability or death may be exercised by the Participants legal representative
or representatives, by the person or persons entitled to do so pursuant to the
Participants last will and testament, or, if the Participant fails to make
testamentary disposition of such Incentive Stock Option or dies intestate, by
the person or persons entitled to receive the Incentive Stock Option pursuant
to the applicable laws of descent and distribution.
(b) Dollar Limitation. The aggregate Fair Market Value (determined
as of the time the Option is granted) of all Shares with respect to which
Incentive Stock Options are first exercisable by a Participant in any calendar
year may not exceed $100,000 or such other limitation as imposed by Section 422(d) of
the Code, or any successor provision. To
the extent that Incentive Stock Options are first exercisable by a Participant
in excess of such limitation, the excess shall be considered Non-Qualified
Stock Options.
(c) Ten Percent Owners. An Incentive Stock Option shall be granted to
any individual who, at the date of grant, owns stock possessing more than ten
percent of the total combined voting power of all classes of Shares of the
Company only if such Option is granted at a price that is not less than 110% of
Fair Market Value on the date of grant and the Option is exercisable for no
more than five years from the date of grant.
(d) Notice of Disposition. The Participant shall give the Company prompt
notice of any disposition of Shares acquired by exercise of an Incentive Stock
Option within (i)
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two years from the date of grant of such Incentive Stock
Option or (ii) one year after the transfer of such Shares to the
Participant.
(e) Right to Exercise. During a Participants lifetime, an Incentive
Stock Option may be exercised only by the Participant.
(f) Failure to Meet Requirements. Any Option (or portion thereof) purported to
be an Incentive Stock Option, which, for any reason, fails to meet the
requirements of Section 422 of the Code shall be considered a
Non-Qualified Stock Option.
ARTICLE 6. RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS
6.1 Grant of Restricted Stock. The Committee is
authorized to make Awards of Restricted Stock to any Eligible Individual
selected by the Committee in such amounts and subject to such terms and
conditions as determined by the Committee.
All Awards of Restricted Stock shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement.
6.2 Purchase Price. At the time of the grant of an Award of
Restricted Stock, the Committee shall determine the price, if any, to be paid
by the Participant for each Share subject to the Award of Restricted
Stock. To the extent required by
applicable law, the price to be paid by the Participant for each Share subject
to the Award of Restricted Stock shall not be less than the par value of a
Share (or such higher amount required by applicable law). The purchase price of Shares acquired
pursuant to the Award of Restricted Stock shall be paid either: (i) in
cash at the time of purchase; (ii) at the sole discretion of the
Committee, by services rendered or to be rendered to the Company or a Subsidiary
or Affiliate; or (iii) in any other form of legal consideration that may
be acceptable to the Committee in its sole discretion and in compliance with
applicable law.
6.3 Issuance and Restrictions. Restricted Stock
shall be subject to such restrictions on transferability and other restrictions
as the Committee may impose (including, without limitation, limitations on the
right to vote Restricted Stock or the right to receive dividends on the
Restricted Stock). These restrictions
may lapse separately or in combination at such times, pursuant to such
circumstances, in such installments, or otherwise, as the Committee determines
at the time of the grant of the Award or thereafter.
6.4 Forfeiture. Except as otherwise
determined by the Committee at the time of the grant of the Award or
thereafter, upon termination of employment or service during the applicable
restriction period, Restricted Stock that is at that time subject to
restrictions shall be forfeited; provided,
however, that the Committee may (a) provide in any Restricted
Stock Award Agreement that restrictions or forfeiture conditions relating to
Restricted Stock will be waived in whole or in part in the event of
terminations resulting from specified causes, and (b) in other cases waive
in whole or in part restrictions or forfeiture conditions relating to
Restricted Stock.
6.5 Certificates for Restricted Stock. Restricted Stock
granted pursuant to the Plan may be evidenced in such manner as the Committee
shall determine. If certificates
representing shares of Restricted Stock are registered in the name of the
Participant, certificates must bear an appropriate legend referring to the
terms, conditions, and restrictions applicable to
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such
Restricted Stock, and the Company may, at its discretion, retain physical
possession of the certificate until such time as all applicable restrictions
lapse.
ARTICLE
7. STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS
7.1 Grant of Stock Appreciation Rights.
(a) A Stock Appreciation Right may be granted to any Eligible
Individual selected by the Committee. A
Stock Appreciation Right shall be subject to such terms and conditions not
inconsistent with the Plan as the Committee shall impose and shall be evidenced
by an Award Agreement, provided that the term of any Stock Appreciation Right
shall not exceed ten years.
(b) A Stock Appreciation Right shall entitle the Participant (or
other person entitled to exercise the Stock Appreciation Right pursuant to the
Plan) to exercise all or a specified portion of the Stock Appreciation Right
(to the extent then exercisable pursuant to its terms) and to receive from the
Company an amount equal to the product of (i) the excess of (A) the
Fair Market Value of the Shares on the date the Stock Appreciation Right is
exercised over (B) the grant price of the Stock Appreciation Right and (ii) the
number of Shares with respect to which the Stock Appreciation Right is
exercised, subject to any limitations the Committee may impose.
(c) Grant Price. The grant price per Share subject to a Stock
Appreciation Right shall be determined by the Committee and set forth in the
Award Agreement; provided that, the per Share grant price for any Stock
Appreciation Right shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of a
Share on the date of grant.
7.2 Payment and Limitations on Exercise.
(a) Subject to Section 7.2(b) hereof, payment of the
amounts determined under Section 7.1(b) hereof shall be in cash, in
Shares (based on its Fair Market Value as of the date the Stock Appreciation
Right is exercised) or a combination of both, as determined by the Committee.
(b) To the extent any payment under Section 7.1(b) hereof
is effected in Shares, it shall be made subject to satisfaction of all
applicable provisions of Article 5 pertaining to Options.
ARTICLE
8. OTHER TYPES OF AWARDS
8.1 Performance Share Awards. Any Eligible Individual selected by the
Committee may be granted one or more Awards of Performance Shares which shall
be denominated in a number of Shares and which may be linked to any one or more
of the Performance Criteria or other specific performance criteria determined
appropriate by the Committee, in each case on a specified date or dates or over
any period or periods determined by the Committee. In making such determinations, the Committee
shall consider (among such other factors as it deems relevant in light of the
specific type of award) the contributions, responsibilities and other
compensation of the particular Participant.
The Committee may authorize Dividend
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Equivalents to be paid on outstanding Performance Share
Awards. If Dividend Equivalents are
authorized to be paid, they may be paid at the time dividends are declared on
the Shares or at the time the awards vest and they may be paid in either cash
or Shares, in the discretion of the Committee.
8.2 Performance Stock Units. Any
Eligible Individual selected by the Committee may be granted one or more
Performance Stock Unit awards which shall be denominated in unit equivalent of
Shares and/or units of value including dollar value of Shares and which may be
linked to any one or more of the Performance Criteria or other specific
performance criteria determined appropriate by the Committee, in each case on a
specified date or dates or over any period or periods determined by the
Committee. In making such
determinations, the Committee shall consider (among such other factors as it
deems relevant in light of the specific type of award) the contributions,
responsibilities and other compensation of the particular Participant. On the vesting date, the Company shall,
subject to Section 10.5(b), transfer to the Participant one unrestricted,
fully transferable Share for each Performance Stock Unit scheduled to be paid
out on such date and not previously forfeited.
Alternatively, settlement of a Performance Stock Unit may be made in
cash (in an amount reflecting the Fair Market Value of Shares that would have
been issued) or any combination of cash and Shares, as determined by the
Committee, in its sole discretion. The
Committee may authorize Dividend Equivalents to be paid on outstanding
Performance Stock Units. If Dividend
Equivalents are authorized to be paid, they may be paid at the time dividends
are declared on the Shares or at the time the awards vest and they may be paid
in either cash or Shares, in the discretion of the Committee.
8.3 Restricted Stock Units. The Committee is authorized to make Awards of
Restricted Stock Units to any Eligible Individual selected by the Committee in
such amounts and subject to such terms and conditions as determined by the
Committee. At the time of grant, the
Committee shall specify the date or dates on which the Restricted Stock Units
shall become fully vested and nonforfeitable, and may specify such conditions
to vesting as it deems appropriate. On
the vesting date, the Company shall, subject to Section 10.5(b), transfer
to the Participant one unrestricted, fully transferable Share for each Restricted
Stock Unit scheduled to be paid out on such date and not previously
forfeited. Alternatively, settlement of
a Restricted Stock Unit may be made in cash (in an amount reflecting the Fair
Market Value of Shares that would have been issued) or any combination of cash
and Shares, as determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion. The Committee may authorize Dividend
Equivalents to be paid on outstanding Restricted Stock Units. If Dividend Equivalents are authorized to be
paid, they may be paid at the time dividends are declared on the Shares or at
the time the awards vest and they may be paid in either cash or Shares, in the
discretion of the Committee.
8.4 Other Awards. The Committee is authorized under the Plan to
make any other Award to an Eligible Individual that is not inconsistent with
the provisions of the Plan and that by its terms involves or might involve the
issuance of (i) Shares, (ii) a right with an exercise or conversion
privilege related to the passage of time, the occurrence of one or more events,
or the satisfaction of performance criteria or other conditions, or (iii) any
other right with the value derived from the value of the Shares. The Committee may establish one or more
separate programs under the Plan for the purpose of issuing particular forms of
Awards to one or more classes of Participants on such terms and conditions as
determined by the Committee from time to time.
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8.5 Term. Except as otherwise provided herein, the term
of any Award of Performance Shares, Performance Stock Units, Restricted Stock
Units and any other Award granted pursuant to this Article 8 shall be set
by the Committee in its discretion.
8.6 Exercise or Purchase Price. The Committee may establish the exercise or
purchase price, if any, of any Award of Performance Shares, Performance Stock
Units, Restricted Stock Units and any other Award granted pursuant to this Article 8;
provided, however, that such
price shall not be less than the par value of a Share on the date of grant,
unless otherwise permitted by applicable state law.
8.7 Exercise upon Termination of
Employment or Service. An Award of Performance Shares, Performance
Stock Units, Restricted Stock Units and any other Awards granted pursuant to
this Article 8 shall only be exercisable or payable while the Participant
is an Employee, Consultant or Director, as applicable; provided, however, that the Committee in
its sole and absolute discretion may provide that an Award of Performance
Shares, Performance Stock Units, Restricted Stock Units or any other Award
granted pursuant to this Article 8 may be exercised or paid subsequent to
a termination of employment or service, as applicable, or following a Change in
Control of the Company, or because of the Participants retirement, death or
Disability, or otherwise; provided, however,
that any such provision with respect to Performance Shares or Performance Stock
Units shall be subject to the requirements of Section 162(m) of the
Code if such Performance Shares or Performance Stock Units are granted as
Qualified Performance-Based Compensation.
8.8 Form of Payment. Payments with respect to any Awards granted
under this Article 8 shall be made in cash, in Shares or a combination of
both, as determined by the Committee.
8.9 Award Agreement. All Awards under this Article 8 shall be
subject to such additional terms and conditions as determined by the Committee
and shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement.
8.10 Timing of Settlement. At the time of grant, the Committee shall
specify the settlement date applicable to an Award of Performance Shares,
Performance Stock Units, Restricted Stock Units or any other Award granted
pursuant to this Article 8, which shall be no earlier than the vesting
date(s) applicable to the relevant Award and may be later than the vesting
date(s) to the extent and under the terms determined by the Committee.
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ARTICLE
9. PERFORMANCE-BASED AWARDS FOR COVERED
EMPLOYEES
9.1 Purpose. The purpose of this Article 9
is to provide the Committee the ability to qualify Awards other than Options
and SARs and that are granted pursuant to Articles 6 and 8 as Qualified Performance-Based
Compensation. If the Committee, in its
discretion, decides to grant a Performance-Based Award to a Covered Employee,
the provisions of this Article 9 shall control over any contrary provision
contained in Articles 6 or 8; provided,
however, that the Committee may in its discretion grant Awards to
Covered Employees that are based on Performance Criteria or Performance Goals
but that do not satisfy the requirements of this Article 9.
9.2 Applicability. This Article 9
shall apply only to those Covered Employees selected by the Committee to
receive Performance-Based Awards that are intended to qualify as Qualified
Performance-Based Compensation. The
designation of a Covered Employee as a Participant for a Performance Period
shall not in any manner entitle the Participant to receive an Award for the
period. Moreover, designation of a
Covered Employee as a Participant for a particular Performance Period shall not
require designation of such Covered Employee as a Participant in any subsequent
Performance Period and designation of one Covered Employee as a Participant
shall not require designation of any other Covered Employees as a Participant
in such period or in any other period.
9.3 Procedures with Respect to
Performance-Based Awards. To the extent necessary to comply with the
Qualified Performance-Based Compensation requirements of Section 162(m)(4)(C) of
the Code, with respect to any Award granted under Articles 6 or 8 which may be
granted to one or more Covered Employees, no later than ninety (90) days
following the commencement of any fiscal year in question or any other
designated fiscal period or period of service (or such other time as may be
required or permitted by Section 162(m) of the Code), the Committee
shall, in writing, (a) designate one or more Covered Employees, (b) select
the Performance Criteria applicable to the Performance Period, (c) establish
the Performance Goals, and amounts of such Awards, as applicable, which may be
earned for such Performance Period, and (d) specify the relationship
between Performance Criteria and the Performance Goals and the amounts of such
Awards, as applicable, to be earned by each Covered Employee for such
Performance Period. Following the
completion of each Performance Period, the Committee shall certify in writing
whether the applicable Performance Goals have been achieved for such
Performance Period. In determining the
amount earned by a Covered Employee, the Committee shall have the right to
reduce or eliminate (but not to increase) the amount payable at a given level
of performance to take into account additional factors that the Committee may
deem relevant to the assessment of individual or corporate performance for the
Performance Period.
9.4 Payment of Performance-Based Awards. Unless otherwise
provided in the applicable Award Agreement, a Participant must be employed by
the Company or a Subsidiary or Affiliate on the day a Performance-Based Award
for the appropriate Performance Period is paid to the Participant. Furthermore, a Participant shall be eligible
to receive payment pursuant to a Performance-Based Award for a Performance
Period only if the Performance Goals for such period are achieved.
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9.5 Additional Limitations. Notwithstanding any other provision of the
Plan, any Award which is granted to a Covered Employee shall be subject to any
additional limitations set forth in Section 162(m) of the Code
(including any amendment to Section 162(m) of the Code) or any
regulations or rulings issued thereunder that are requirements for
qualification as qualified performance-based compensation as described in Section 162(m)(4)(C) of
the Code, and the Plan shall be deemed amended to the extent necessary to
conform to such requirements.
ARTICLE
10. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO AWARDS
10.1 Stand-Alone and Tandem Awards. Awards granted
pursuant to the Plan may, in the discretion of the Committee, be granted either
alone, in addition to, or in tandem with, any other Award granted pursuant to
the Plan. Awards granted in addition to or in tandem with other Awards may be
granted either at the same time as or at a different time from the grant of
such other Awards.
10.2 Award Agreement. Awards under the
Plan shall be evidenced by Award Agreements that set forth the terms,
conditions and limitations for each Award which may include the term of an
Award, the provisions applicable in the event the Participants employment or
service terminates, and the Companys authority to unilaterally or bilaterally
amend, modify, suspend, cancel or rescind an Award.
10.3 Limits on Transfer. No right or interest
of a Participant in any Award may be pledged, encumbered, or hypothecated to or
in favor of any party other than the Company or a Subsidiary or Affiliate, or
shall be subject to any lien, obligation, or liability of such Participant to
any other party other than the Company or a Subsidiary or Affiliate. Except as otherwise provided by the
Committee, no Award shall be assigned, transferred, or otherwise disposed of by
a Participant other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution or
pursuant to beneficiary designation procedures approved from time to time by
the Committee (or the Board in the case of Awards granted to Independent
Directors). The Committee by express
provision in the Award or an amendment thereto may permit an Award (other than
an Incentive Stock Option) to be transferred to, exercised by and paid to
certain persons or entities related to the Participant, including, but not
limited to, members of the Participants family, charitable institutions, or
trusts or other entities whose beneficiaries or beneficial owners are members
of the Participants family and/or charitable institutions, or to such other
persons or entities as may be expressly approved by the Committee, pursuant to
such conditions and procedures as the Committee may establish. Any permitted transfer shall be subject to
the condition that the Committee receive evidence satisfactory to it that the
transfer is being made for estate and/or tax planning purposes (or to a blind
trust in connection with the Participants termination of employment or
service with the Company or a Subsidiary or Affiliate to assume a position with
a governmental, charitable, educational or similar non-profit institution) and
on a basis consistent with the Companys lawful issue of securities.
10.4 Beneficiaries. Notwithstanding Section 10.3
hereof, a Participant may, if permitted by the Committee, designate a
beneficiary to exercise the rights of the Participant and to receive any
distribution with respect to any Award upon the Participants death. A beneficiary, legal guardian, legal
representative, or other person claiming any rights pursuant to
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the Plan is
subject to all terms and conditions of the Plan and any Award Agreement
applicable to the Participant, except to the extent the Plan and Award
Agreement otherwise provide, and to any additional restrictions deemed
necessary or appropriate by the Committee.
If the Participant is married and resides in a community property state,
a designation of a person other than the Participants spouse as his or her
beneficiary with respect to more than 50% of the Participants interest in the
Award shall not be effective without the prior written consent of the
Participants spouse. If no beneficiary
has been designated or survives the Participant, payment shall be made to
either the persons estate or legal representative or the person entitled
thereto pursuant to the Participants will or the laws of descent and distribution
(or equivalent laws outside the U.S.).
Subject to the foregoing, a beneficiary designation may be changed or
revoked by a Participant at any time provided the change or revocation is filed
with the Committee.
10.5 Stock Certificates; Book Entry Procedures.
(a) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company
shall not be required to issue or deliver any certificates evidencing Shares
pursuant to the exercise of any Award, unless and until the Board has
determined, with advice of counsel, that the issuance and delivery of such
certificates is in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations of
governmental authorities and, if applicable, the requirements of any exchange
on which the Shares are listed or traded.
All certificates evidencing Shares delivered pursuant to the Plan are
subject to any stop-transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee
deems necessary or advisable to comply with federal, state local, securities or
other laws, including laws of jurisdictions outside of the United States, rules and
regulations and the rules of any national securities exchange or automated
quotation system on which the Shares are listed, quoted, or traded. The Committee may place legends on any
certificate evidencing Shares to reference restrictions applicable to the
Shares. In addition to the terms and
conditions provided herein, the Board may require that a Participant make such
reasonable covenants, agreements, and representations as the Board, in its
discretion, deems advisable in order to comply with any such laws, regulations,
or requirements. The Committee shall have the right to require any Participant to comply with any timing or
other restrictions with respect to the settlement or exercise of any Award,
including a window-period limitation, as may be imposed in the discretion of
the Committee.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, unless
otherwise determined by the Committee or required by any applicable law, rule or
regulation, the Company shall not deliver to any Participant certificates
evidencing Shares issued in connection with any Award and instead such Shares
shall be recorded in the books of the Company (or, as applicable, its transfer
agent or stock plan administrator).
10.6 Accelerated Vesting and Deferral Limitations. The Committee shall
not have the discretionary authority to accelerate or delay issuance of Shares
under an Award that constitutes a deferral of compensation within the meaning
of Section 409A of the Code, except to the extent that such acceleration
or delay may, in the discretion of the Committee, be effected in a manner that
will not cause any person to incur taxes, interest or penalties under Section 409A
of the Code (Section 409A Compliance).
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10.7 Paperless Administration. In the event that the Company establishes,
for itself or using the services of a third party, an automated system for the
documentation, granting or exercise of Awards, such as a system using an
internet website or interactive voice response, then the paperless
documentation, granting or exercise of Awards by a Participant may be permitted
through the use of such an automated system.
ARTICLE
11. CHANGES IN CAPITAL STRUCTURE
11.1 Adjustments.
(a) In the event of any
stock dividend, stock split, combination or exchange of shares, merger,
consolidation or other distribution (other than normal cash dividends) of
Company assets to stockholders, or any other change affecting the Shares or the
price of the Shares other than an Equity Restructuring, the Committee shall
make such adjustments, if any, as the Committee in its discretion may deem
appropriate to reflect such change with respect to (a) the aggregate
number and kind of shares that may be issued under the Plan (including, but not
limited to, adjustments of the limitations in Sections 3.1 and 3.3 hereof); (b) the
terms and conditions of any outstanding Awards (including, without limitation,
any applicable performance targets or criteria with respect thereto); and (c) the
grant or exercise price per Share for any outstanding Awards under the
Plan. Any adjustment affecting an Award
intended as Qualified Performance-Based Compensation shall be made consistent
with the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code.
(b) In the event of any transaction or event described in Section 11.1(a) hereof or any unusual or nonrecurring transactions or events
affecting the Company, any affiliate of the Company, or the financial
statements of the Company or any affiliate, or of changes in applicable laws,
regulations or accounting principles, the Committee, in its sole and absolute
discretion, and on such terms and conditions as it deems appropriate, either by
the terms of the Award or by action taken prior to the occurrence of such transaction
or event and either automatically or upon the Participants request, is hereby
authorized to take any one or more of the following actions whenever the
Committee determines that such action is appropriate in order to prevent
dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be
made available under the Plan or with respect to any Award under the Plan, to
facilitate such transactions or events or to give effect to such changes in
laws, regulations or principles:
(i) To provide for either (A) termination of any such Award
in exchange for an amount of cash, if any, equal to the amount that would have
been attained upon the exercise of such Award or realization of the Participants
rights (and, for the avoidance of doubt, if as of the date of the occurrence of
the transaction or event described in this Section 11.1 the Committee
determines in good faith that no amount would have been attained upon the
exercise of such Award or realization of the Participants rights, then such
Award may be terminated by the Company without payment) or (B) the
replacement of such Award with other rights or property selected by the
Committee in its sole discretion;
(ii) To provide that such Award be assumed by the successor or
survivor corporation, or a parent or subsidiary thereof, or shall be
substituted for by similar options, rights or awards covering the stock of the
successor or survivor corporation, or a parent
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or subsidiary thereof, with appropriate adjustments as to the
number and kind of shares and prices;
(iii) To make adjustments in the number and type of Shares (or
other securities or property) subject to outstanding Awards, and in the number
and kind of outstanding Restricted Stock and/or in the terms and conditions of
(including the grant or exercise price), and the criteria included in,
outstanding options, rights and awards;
(iv) To provide that such Award shall be exercisable or payable or
fully vested with respect to all Shares covered thereby, notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in the Plan or the applicable Award Agreement; and
(v) To provide that the Award cannot vest, be exercised or become
payable after such event.
(c) In connection with
the occurrence of any Equity Restructuring, and notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in Sections 11.1(a) and 11.1(b) hereof:
(i) The number and
type of securities subject to each outstanding Award and the exercise price or
grant price thereof, if applicable, shall be equitably adjusted. The adjustments provided under this Section 11.1(c)(i) shall
be nondiscretionary and shall be final and binding on the affected Participant
and the Company.
(ii) The Committee
shall make such equitable adjustments, if any, as the Committee in its discretion
may deem appropriate to reflect such Equity Restructuring with respect to the
aggregate number and kind of shares that may be issued under the Plan
(including, but not limited to, adjustments of the limitations in Sections 3.1
and 3.3 hereof).
11.2 Change in Control.
(a) Notwithstanding Section 11.1 hereof,
and except as may otherwise be provided in any applicable Award Agreement or
other written agreement entered into between the Company and a Participant, if
a Change in Control occurs and a Participants Awards are not converted,
assumed, or replaced by a successor or survivor corporation, or a parent or
subsidiary thereof, then immediately prior to the Change in Control such Awards
shall become fully exercisable and all forfeiture restrictions on such Awards
shall lapse and, following the consummation of such Change in Control, all such
Awards shall terminate and cease to be outstanding. In the event that the terms of any agreement
(other than the Award Agreement) between the Company or any Subsidiary or
Affiliate and a Participant contains provisions that conflict with and are more
restrictive than the provisions of this Section 11.2(a), this Section 11.2(a) shall
prevail and control and the more restrictive terms of such agreement (and only such
terms) shall be of no force or effect.
(b) The Committee may at any time, subject to Section 10.6,
provide that one or more Awards will automatically accelerate in connection
with a Change in Control, whether or not those Awards are assumed or otherwise
continue in full force and effect. In
addition, where Awards are assumed or continued after a Change of Control, the
Committee may provide that one or more Awards will automatically accelerate
upon an Involuntary Termination of the
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Participants employment or service within a designated
period (not to exceed eighteen (18) months) following the effective date of
such Change in Control. Any such Award
shall accordingly, immediately prior to the effective date of such Change in
Control or upon an Involuntary Termination of the Participants employment or
service following a Change in Control (at the Committees discretion), become
fully exercisable and all forfeiture restrictions on such Awards shall lapse.
(c) Upon a Change in Control, the Committee may cause any and all
Awards outstanding hereunder to terminate at a specific time in the future,
including, but not limited to, the date of such Change in Control, and shall
give each Participant the right to exercise such Awards during a period of time
as the Committee, in its sole and absolute discretion, shall determine.
(d) The portion of any Incentive Stock Option accelerated in
connection with a Change in Control shall remain exercisable as an Incentive
Stock Option only to the extent the applicable One Hundred Thousand Dollar
($100,000) limitation is not exceeded.
To the extent such dollar limitation is exceeded, the accelerated
portion of such Option shall be exercisable as a Non-Statutory Option under the
U.S. federal tax laws.
11.3 No Other Rights. Except as expressly
provided in the Plan, no Participant shall have any rights by reason of any
subdivision or consolidation of Shares of any class, the payment of any
dividend, any increase or decrease in the number of Shares of any class or any
dissolution, liquidation, merger, or consolidation of the Company or any other
corporation. Except as expressly
provided in the Plan or pursuant to action of the Committee under the Plan, no
issuance by the Company of Shares of any class, or securities convertible into
Shares of any class, shall affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be
made with respect to, the number of Shares subject to an Award or the grant or
the exercise price of any Award.
ARTICLE
12. ADMINISTRATION
12.1 Committee. Unless and until the
Board delegates administration of the Plan to a Committee as set forth below,
the Plan shall be administered by the full Board, and for such purposes the
term Committee as used in this Plan shall be deemed to refer to the
Board. The Board, at its discretion or
as otherwise necessary to comply with the requirements of Section 162(m) of
the Code, Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act or to the extent
required by any other applicable rule or regulation, may delegate
administration of the Plan to a Committee consisting of two or more members of
the Board. Unless otherwise determined
by the Board, the Committee shall consist solely of two or more members of the
Board each of whom is an outside director, within the meaning of Section 162(m) of
the Code, a Non-Employee Director and an independent director under the
NASDAQ rules (or other principal securities market on which Shares are
traded); provided that any action taken by the Committee shall be valid and
effective, whether or not members of the Committee at the time of such action
are later determined not to have satisfied the requirements for membership set
forth in this Section 12.1 or otherwise provided in any charter of the
Committee. Notwithstanding the foregoing: (a) the full Board, acting by a
majority of its members in office, shall conduct the general administration of
the Plan with respect to all Awards granted to Independent Directors and for
purposes of such Awards the term Committee as used in
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this Plan
shall be deemed to refer to the Board and (b) the Committee may delegate
its authority hereunder to the extent permitted by Section 12.5
hereof. In its sole discretion, the
Board may at any time and from time to time exercise any and all rights and
duties of the Committee under the Plan except with respect to matters which
under Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act or Section 162(m) of the
Code, or any regulations or rules issued thereunder, are required to be
determined in the sole discretion of the Committee. Except as may otherwise be provided in any
charter of the Committee, appointment of Committee members shall be effective
upon acceptance of appointment; Committee members may resign at any time by
delivering written notice to the Board; and vacancies in the Committee may only
be filled by the Board.
12.2 Action by the Committee. Unless otherwise
established by the Board or in any charter of the Committee, a majority of the
Committee shall constitute a quorum and the acts of a majority of the members
present at any meeting at which a quorum is present, and acts approved in
writing by a majority of the Committee in lieu of a meeting, shall be deemed
the acts of the Committee. Each member
of the Committee is entitled to, in good faith, rely or act upon any report or
other information furnished to that member by any officer or other employee of
the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate, the Companys independent certified
public accountants, or any executive compensation consultant or other
professional retained by the Company to assist in the administration of the
Plan.
12.3 Authority of Committee. Subject to any
specific designation in the Plan, the Committee has the exclusive power,
authority and discretion to:
(a) Designate Participants to receive Awards;
(b) Determine the type or types of Awards to be granted to each
Participant;
(c) Determine the number of Awards to be granted and the number
of Shares to which an Award will relate;
(d) Determine the terms and conditions of any Award granted
pursuant to the Plan, including, but not limited to, the exercise price, grant
price, or purchase price, any restrictions or limitations on the Award, any
schedule for lapse of forfeiture restrictions or restrictions on the
exercisability of an Award, and accelerations or waivers thereof, any
provisions related to non-competition and recapture of gain on an Award, based
in each case on such considerations as the Committee in its sole discretion
determines; provided, however,
that the Committee shall not have the authority to accelerate the vesting or
waive the forfeiture of any Performance-Based Awards intended to qualify as
Qualified Performance Based-Compensation, except as permitted under Section 162(m) of
the Code;
(e) Determine whether, to what extent, and pursuant to what
circumstances an Award may be settled in, or the exercise price of an Award may
be paid in, cash, Shares, other Awards, or other property, or an Award may be
canceled, forfeited, or surrendered;
(f) Prescribe the form of each Award Agreement, which need not be
identical for each Participant and may vary for Participants outside the United
States;
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(g) Decide all other matters that must be determined in
connection with an Award;
(h) Establish, adopt, or revise any rules and regulations
including adopting sub-plans to the Plan for the purposes of complying with
foreign laws an/or taking advantage of tax favorable treatment for Awards
granted to Participants outside the United States, as it may deem necessary or
advisable to administer the Plan;
(i) To suspend or terminate the Plan at any time provided that
such suspension or termination does not impair rights and obligations under any
outstanding Award without written consent of the affected Participant.
(j) Interpret the terms of, and any matter arising pursuant to,
the Plan or any Award Agreement; and
(k) Make all other decisions and determinations that may be
required pursuant to the Plan or as the Committee deems necessary or advisable
to administer the Plan.
12.4 Decisions Binding. The Committees
interpretation of the Plan, any Awards granted pursuant to the Plan, any Award
Agreement and all decisions and determinations by the Committee with respect to
the Plan are final, binding, and conclusive on all parties.
12.5 Delegation of Authority. To the extent permitted by applicable law,
the Board may from time to time delegate to a committee of one or more members
of the Board or one or more officers of the Company the authority to grant or
amend Awards to Participants other than (a) Employees who are subject to Section 16
of the Exchange Act, (b) Covered Employees, or (c) officers of the
Company (or Directors) to whom authority to grant or amend Awards has been
delegated hereunder. For the avoidance
of doubt, provided it meets the limitation in the preceding sentence, this
delegation shall include the right to modify Awards as necessary to accommodate
changes in the laws or regulations, including in jurisdictions outside the
United States. Any delegation hereunder
shall be subject to the restrictions and limits that the Board specifies at the
time of such delegation, and the Board may at any time rescind the authority so
delegated or appoint a new delegatee. At
all times, the delegatee appointed under this Section 12.5 shall serve in
such capacity at the pleasure of the Board.
ARTICLE 13. EFFECTIVE AND EXPIRATION DATE
13.1 Effective Date. The Plan is
effective as of the date the Plan is approved by the Companys stockholders
(the Effective Date). The Plan
will be deemed to be approved by the stockholders if it is approved either:
(a) By a majority of the votes cast at a duly held stockholders
meeting at which a quorum representing a majority of outstanding voting stock
is, either in person or by proxy, present and voting on the plan; or
(b) By a method and in a degree that would be treated as adequate
under Delaware law in the case of an action requiring stockholder approval.
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13.2 Expiration Date. The Plan will expire
on, and no Award may be granted pursuant to the Plan after the tenth
anniversary of the Effective Date, except that no Incentive Stock Options may
be granted under the Plan after the earlier of the tenth anniversary of (a) the
date the Plan is approved by the Board or (b) the Effective Date. Any Awards that are outstanding on the tenth
anniversary of the Effective Date shall remain in force according to the terms
of the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement.
ARTICLE 14. AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION, AND TERMINATION
14.1 Amendment, Modification, and
Termination. Subject to Section 15.14 hereof, with
the approval of the Board, at any time and from time to time, the Committee may
terminate, amend or modify the Plan; provided,
however, that (a) to the extent necessary and desirable to
comply with any applicable law, regulation, or stock exchange rule, the Company
shall obtain stockholder approval of any Plan amendment in such a manner and to
such a degree as required, and (b) stockholder approval shall be required
for any amendment to the Plan that (i) increases the number of shares
available under the Plan (other than any adjustment as provided by Article 11),
or (ii) permits the Committee to extend the exercise period for an Option
beyond ten years from the date of grant.
Notwithstanding any provision in this Plan to the contrary, absent
approval of the stockholders of the Company, no Option or SAR may be amended to
reduce the per share exercise price of the shares subject to such Option or SAR
below the per share exercise price as of the date the Option or SAR is granted
and, except as permitted by Article 11, (a) no Option or SAR may be
granted in exchange for, or in connection with the cancellation, surrender or
substitution of an Option or SAR having a higher per share exercise price and (b) no
Option or SAR may be cancelled in exchange for, or in connection with the payment
of a cash amount.
14.2 Awards Previously Granted. Except with respect
to amendments made pursuant to Section 15.14
hereof, no termination, amendment, or modification of the Plan shall adversely
affect in any material way any Award previously granted pursuant to the Plan
without the prior written consent of the Participant; provided,
however, that an amendment or
modification that may cause an Incentive Stock Option to become a Non-Qualified
Stock Option shall not be treated as adversely affecting the rights of the
Participant.
ARTICLE 15. GENERAL PROVISIONS
15.1 No Rights to Awards. No Eligible
Individual or other person shall have any claim to be granted any Award
pursuant to the Plan, and neither the Company nor the Committee is obligated to
treat Eligible Individuals, Participants or any other persons uniformly.
15.2 No Stockholders Rights. Except as otherwise
provided herein, a Participant shall have none of the rights of a stockholder
with respect to Shares covered by any Award, including to the right to vote or
receive dividends, until the Participant becomes the record owner of such
Shares, notwithstanding the exercise of an Option or other Award.
15.3 Withholding. The Company or any
Subsidiary or Affiliate, as appropriate, shall have the authority and the right
to deduct or withhold, or require a Participant to remit to the
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Company, an
amount sufficient to satisfy U.S. federal, state, and local taxes and taxes
imposed by jurisdictions outside of the United States (including income tax,
social insurance contributions, payment on account and any other taxes that may
be due) required by law to be withheld with respect to any taxable event
concerning a Participant arising as a result of this Plan or to take such other
action as may be necessary in the opinion of the Company or a Subsidiary or
Affiliate, as appropriate, to satisfy withholding obligations for the payment
of taxes. The Committee may in its
discretion and in satisfaction of the foregoing requirement allow a Participant
to elect to have the Company withhold Shares otherwise issuable under an Award
(or allow the return of Shares) having a Fair Market Value equal to the sums
required to be withheld. No Shares shall
be delivered hereunder to any Participant or other person until the Participant
or such other person has made arrangements acceptable to the Committee for the
satisfaction of these tax obligations with respect to any taxable event
concerning the Participant or such other person arising as a result of Awards
made under this Plan.
15.4 No Right to Employment or Services. Nothing in the Plan
or any Award Agreement shall interfere with or limit in any way the right of
the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate to terminate any Participants
employment or services at any time, nor confer upon any Participant any right
to continue in the employ or service of the Company or any Subsidiary or
Affiliate.
15.5 Unfunded Status of Awards. The Plan is intended
to be an unfunded plan for incentive compensation. With respect to any payments not yet made to
a Participant pursuant to an Award, nothing contained in the Plan or any Award
Agreement shall give the Participant any rights that are greater than those of
a general creditor of the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate.
15.6 Indemnification. To the extent
allowable pursuant to applicable law, each member of the Committee or of the
Board shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company from any loss,
cost, liability, or expense that may be imposed upon or reasonably incurred by
such member in connection with or resulting from any claim, action, suit, or
proceeding to which he or she may be a party or in which he or she may be
involved by reason of any action or failure to act pursuant to the Plan and
against and from any and all amounts paid by him or her in satisfaction of
judgment in such action, suit, or proceeding against him or her; provided he or she gives the Company an
opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend the same before he or she
undertakes to handle and defend it on his or her own behalf. The foregoing right of indemnification shall
not be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which such persons
may be entitled pursuant to the Companys Certificate of Incorporation or
Bylaws, as a matter of law, or otherwise, or any power that the Company may
have to indemnify them or hold them harmless.
15.7 Relationship to other Benefits. No payment pursuant
to the Plan shall be taken into account in determining any benefits pursuant to
any pension, retirement, savings, profit sharing, group insurance, termination
programs and/or indemnities or severance payments, welfare or other benefit
plan of the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate except to the extent
otherwise expressly provided in writing in such other plan or an agreement
thereunder.
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15.8 Expenses. The expenses of
administering the Plan shall be borne by the Company and/or its Subsidiaries
and/or Affiliates.
15.9 Titles and Headings. The titles and
headings of the Sections in the Plan are for convenience of reference only and,
in the event of any conflict, the text of the Plan, rather than such titles or
headings, shall control.
15.10 Fractional Shares. No fractional Shares
shall be issued and the Committee shall determine, in its discretion, whether
cash shall be given in lieu of fractional shares or whether such fractional
shares shall be eliminated by rounding up or down as appropriate.
15.11 Limitations Applicable to Section 16 Persons. Notwithstanding any
other provision of the Plan, the Plan, and any Award granted or awarded to any
Participant who is then subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, shall
be subject to any additional limitations set forth in any applicable exemptive rule under
Section 16 of the Exchange Act (including any amendment to Rule 16b-3
under the Exchange Act) that are requirements for the application of such
exemptive rule. To the extent permitted
by applicable law, the Plan and Awards granted or awarded hereunder shall be
deemed amended to the extent necessary to conform to such applicable exemptive
rule.
15.12 Government and Other Regulations. The obligation of
the Company to make payment of awards in Shares or otherwise shall be subject
to all applicable laws, rules, and regulations of the United States and
jurisdictions outside the United States, and to such approvals by government
agencies, including government agencies in jurisdictions outside of the United
States, in each case as may be required or as the Company deems necessary or
advisable. Without limiting the
foregoing, the Company shall have no obligation to issue or deliver evidence of
title for Shares subject to Awards granted hereunder prior to: (i) obtaining
any approvals from governmental agencies that the Company determines are
necessary or advisable, and (ii) completion of any registration or other
qualification with respect to the Shares under any applicable law in the United
States or in a jurisdiction outside of the United States or ruling of any
governmental body that the Company determines to be necessary or advisable or
at a time when any such registration or qualification is not current, has been
suspended or otherwise has ceased to be effective. The inability or impracticability of the
Company to obtain or maintain authority from any regulatory body having
jurisdiction, which authority is deemed by the Companys counsel to be
necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any Shares hereunder, shall
relieve the Company of any liability in respect of the failure to issue or sell
such Shares as to which such requisite authority shall not have been
obtained. The Company shall be under no
obligation to register pursuant to the Securities Act, as amended, any of the
Shares paid pursuant to the Plan. If the
Shares paid pursuant to the Plan may in certain circumstances be exempt from
registration pursuant to the Securities Act, as amended, the Company may
restrict the transfer of such Shares in such manner as it deems advisable to
ensure the availability of any such exemption.
15.13 Governing Law. The Plan and all
Award Agreements shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws
of the State of Texas.
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15.14 Section 409A. Except as provided in Section 15.15
hereof, to the extent that the Committee determines that any Award granted
under the Plan is subject to Section 409A of the Code, the Award Agreement
evidencing such Award shall incorporate the terms and conditions required by Section 409A
of the Code. To the extent applicable, the Plan and Award Agreements shall be
interpreted in accordance with Section 409A of the Code and Department of
Treasury regulations and other interpretive guidance issued thereunder,
including without limitation any such regulations or other guidance that may be
issued after the Effective Date.
Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, in the event
that following the Effective Date the Committee determines that any Award may
be subject to Section 409A of the Code and related Department of Treasury
guidance (including such Department of Treasury guidance as may be issued after
the Effective Date), the Committee may adopt such amendments to the Plan and
the applicable Award Agreement or adopt other policies and procedures
(including amendments, policies and procedures with retroactive effect), or
take any other actions, that the Committee determines are necessary or
appropriate to (a) exempt the Award from Section 409A of the Code
and/or preserve the intended tax treatment of the benefits provided with
respect to the Award, or (b) comply with the requirements of Section 409A
of the Code and related Department of Treasury guidance and thereby avoid the
application of any penalty taxes under such Section.
15.15 No Representations or Covenants with respect to Tax
Qualification. Although the Company may endeavor to (1) qualify
an Award for favorable tax treatment under the laws of the United States or
jurisdictions outside of the United States (e.g., incentive
stock options under Section 422 of the Code or French-qualified stock
options) or (2) avoid adverse tax treatment (e.g.,
under Section 409A of the Code), the Company makes no representation to
that effect and expressly disavows any covenant to maintain favorable or avoid
unfavorable tax treatment, anything to the contrary in this Plan, including Section 15.14
hereof, notwithstanding. The Company
shall be unconstrained in its corporate activities without regard to the
potential negative tax impact on holders of Awards under the Plan.
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Exhibit 10.2
SILICON
LABORATORIES INC.
2009
EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
I. PURPOSE OF
THE PLAN
This Employee Stock Purchase Plan is intended to
promote the interests of Silicon Laboratories Inc., a Delaware corporation, by
providing Eligible Employees with the opportunity to acquire a proprietary
interest in the Corporation through participation in an employee stock purchase
plan designed to qualify under Section 423 of the Code, although the
Corporation makes no undertaking nor representation to maintain such
qualification. In addition, this Plan
authorizes the grant of rights to purchase Common Stock under a Non-423(b) Plan
which do not qualify under Section 423(b) of the Code, pursuant to
rules, procedures or sub-plans adopted by the Board or Plan Administrator which
are designed to achieve tax, securities law or other of the Corporations
compliance objectives in particular locations outside the United States. This Plan shall govern the terms and
conditions of grants made under both the Code Section 423(b) Plan
component and the Non-423(b) Plan component.
Capitalized terms herein shall have the meanings
assigned to such terms in the attached Appendix.
II. ADMINISTRATION
OF THE PLAN
The Plan Administrator shall have full authority to
interpret and construe any provision of the Plan and, for the grant of rights
to purchase Common Stock under the Code Section 423(b) Plan, to adopt
such rules and regulations for administering the Plan as it may deem
necessary in order to comply with the requirements of Section 423 of the
Code. The Plan Administrator may from
time to time grant or provide for the grant of rights to purchase Common Stock
under the Non-423(b) Plan. If such
grants are intended to be made under the Non-423(b) Plan, they will be
designated as such at the time of grant and such grants may not comply with the
requirements set forth under Section 423 of the Code. Decisions of the
Plan Administrator shall be final and binding on all parties having an interest
in the Plan.
III. STOCK
SUBJECT TO PLAN
A. The stock
purchasable under the Plan shall be shares of authorized but unissued or
reacquired Common Stock, including shares of Common Stock purchased on the open
market. Subject to Article III (B) below,
the maximum number of shares of Common Stock which may be issued in the
aggregate under the Plan shall be 1,250,000 shares.
B. Should any
change be made to the Common Stock by reason of any stock split, stock
dividend, recapitalization, combination of shares, exchange of shares or other
change affecting the outstanding Common Stock as a class without the
Corporations receipt of consideration, appropriate adjustments shall be made
to the maximum number and class of securities issuable in the aggregate under
the Plan, (ii) the maximum number and class of securities purchasable per
Participant and in the aggregate on any one Purchase Date and (iii) the
number and class of securities and the price per share in effect under each
outstanding purchase right in order to prevent the dilution or enlargement of
benefits thereunder.
IV. OFFERING
PERIODS
A. Shares of
Common Stock shall be offered for purchase under the Plan through a series of
successive offering periods until such time as (i) the maximum number of
shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan shall have been
purchased or (ii) the Plan shall have been sooner terminated.
B. Each
offering period shall be of such duration (not to exceed twenty-four (24)
months) as determined by the Plan Administrator prior to the start date of such
offering period. However, the initial
offering period shall commence at the Effective Date and terminate twenty-four
(24) months from the commencement date of such offering period, unless (i) the
offering period automatically resets prior to that date (as described in Article IV(D) hereof),
or (ii) prior to the commencement of the initial offering period, the Plan
Administrator determines that such initial offering period shall be of a
shorter duration. Subsequent offering
periods shall commence as designated by the Plan Administrator.
C. Each
offering period shall be comprised of a series of one or more successive and/or
overlapping Purchase Intervals having such durations as may be established by
the Plan Administrator. Unless otherwise
provided by the Plan Administrator, Purchase Intervals shall run from the last
business day in April each year to the last business day in October of
the same year and from the last business day in October each year to the
last business day in April of the following year. However, the first Purchase Interval in
effect under the initial offering period shall commence on the Effective Date
and terminate on the last business day in the next succeeding April or October (whichever
is earlier).
D. Should the
Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on any Purchase Date within an
offering period be less than the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on
the start date of that offering period, then that offering period shall
automatically terminate immediately after the purchase of shares of Common
Stock on such Purchase Date, and a new offering period shall commence on that
day, following such Purchase. The new
offering period shall have a duration of twenty-four (24) months, unless a
shorter duration is established by the Plan Administrator within thirty (30)
calendar days following the start date of that offering period.
V. ELIGIBILITY
A. Each
individual who is an Eligible Employee on the start date of an offering period
under the Plan may enter that offering period on such start date or on any
subsequent Semi-Annual Entry Date within that offering period, provided he or
she remains an Eligible Employee.
B. Each
individual who first becomes an Eligible Employee after the start date of an
offering period may enter that offering period on any subsequent Semi-Annual
Entry Date within that offering period on which he or she is an Eligible
Employee.
C. The date an
individual enters an offering period shall be designated his or her Entry Date
for purposes of that offering period.
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D. To
participate in the Plan for a particular offering period, the Eligible Employee
must complete the enrollment forms prescribed by the Plan Administrator
(including a stock purchase agreement and a payroll deduction authorization)
and file such forms with the Plan Administrator (or its designate) on or before
his or her scheduled Entry Date. Once an
Eligible Employee has enrolled in an offering period, his or her enrollment
will remain in effect through subsequent offering periods unless the Eligible
Employee withdraws from the Plan.
VI. PAYROLL
DEDUCTIONS
A. Except as
otherwise provided by the Plan Administrator prior to the commencement of an
offering period, the payroll deduction authorized by the Participant for
purposes of acquiring shares of Common Stock during an offering period may be
any multiple of one percent (1%) of the Participants Base Salary during each
Purchase Interval within that offering period, up to a maximum equal to the lesser
of (i) twenty-five percent (25%) of the Participants Base Salary per
pay-period during the applicable Purchase Interval and (ii) one hundred
percent (100%) of the Participants Base Salary that remains after subtracting
all other amounts that are to be deducted or withheld from the Participants
Base Salary during such pay-period in the Purchase Interval, provided, however,
that a lesser amount of the Participants remaining Base Salary may be deducted
if required to comply with applicable local law. The deduction rate so authorized shall
continue in effect throughout the offering period, except to the extent such
rate is changed in accordance with the following guidelines:
(i) The
Participant may, at any time during the offering period, reduce his or her rate
of payroll deduction to become effective as soon as possible after filing the
appropriate form with the Plan Administrator.
The Participant may not, however, effect more than one (1) such
reduction per Purchase Interval.
(ii) The Participant
may, prior to the commencement of any new Purchase Interval within the offering
period, increase the rate of his or her payroll deduction by filing the
appropriate form with the Plan Administrator.
The new rate (which may not exceed the twenty-five percent (25%)
maximum) shall become effective on the start date of the first Purchase
Interval following the filing of such form.
B. Payroll
deductions shall begin on the first pay day following the Participants Entry
Date into the offering period and shall (unless sooner terminated by the
Participant) continue through the pay day ending with or immediately prior to
the last day of that offering period.
The amounts so collected shall be credited to the Participants book
account under the Plan, but no interest shall be paid on the balance from time
to time outstanding in such account, unless payment of interest is required
under local law in which case the purchase rights will be granted under the
Non-423(b) Plan, if necessary under applicable laws or regulations. The amounts collected from the Participant
shall not be required to be held in any segregated account, unless otherwise
required under local law (in which case, such rights will be granted under the
Non-423(b) Plan if necessary), or trust fund and may be commingled with
the general assets of the Corporation and used for general corporate purposes.
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C. Payroll
deductions shall automatically cease upon the termination of the Participants
purchase right in accordance with the provisions of the Plan.
D. The
Participants acquisition of Common Stock under the Plan on any Purchase Date
shall neither limit nor require the Participants acquisition of Common Stock
on any subsequent Purchase Date, whether within the same or a different
offering period.
E. For rights to purchase Common Stock
granted under the Non-423(b) Plan, if payroll deductions are not permitted
under local law, as determined by the Corporation, Participants may be
permitted to contribute to the Plan by an alternative method, as determined by
the Corporation. Alternate methods of
contribution may be permitted for purchase rights granted under the Code Section 423(b) Plan
if such is determined to be permissible under Code Section 423.
VII. PURCHASE
RIGHTS
A. Grant of Purchase Right. A Participant shall be granted a separate
purchase right for each offering period in which he or she participates. The purchase right shall be granted on the
Participants Entry Date into the offering period and shall provide the
Participant with the right to purchase shares of Common Stock, in a series of
successive installments over the remainder of such offering period, upon the
terms set forth below. The Participant
shall execute a stock purchase agreement embodying such terms and such other
provisions (not inconsistent with the Plan) as the Plan Administrator may deem
advisable.
Under no circumstances shall purchase rights be
granted under the Plan to any Eligible Employee if such individual would,
immediately after the grant, own (within the meaning of Code Section 424(d))
or hold outstanding options or other rights to purchase, stock possessing five
percent (5%) or more of the total combined voting power or value of all classes
of stock of the Corporation or any Corporate Affiliate.
B. Exercise of the Purchase Right. Each purchase
right shall be automatically exercised in installments on each successive
Purchase Date within the offering period, and shares of Common Stock shall
accordingly be purchased on behalf of each Participant (other than Participants
whose payroll deductions have previously been refunded pursuant to the
Termination of Purchase Right provisions below) on each such Purchase
Date. The purchase shall be effected by
applying the Participants payroll deductions for the Purchase Interval ending
on such Purchase Date to the purchase of whole shares of Common Stock at the
purchase price in effect for the Participant for that Purchase Date.
C. Purchase Price. The purchase price per share at which Common
Stock will be purchased on the Participants behalf on each Purchase Date
within the offering period shall be established by the Plan Administrator;
provided however, that such purchase price shall not be less than eighty-five
percent (85%) of the lower of (i) the Fair Market Value per share
of Common Stock on the Participants Entry Date into that offering period or (ii) the
Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on that Purchase Date. Subject to adjustment as provided in Article III
(B) or Article X below, the purchase price per share at which Common
Stock will be purchased on the Participants behalf on each Purchase Date
within the offering period shall be
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equal to eighty-five percent (85%) of
the lower of (i) the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on
the Participants Entry Date into that offering period or (ii) the Fair
Market Value per share of Common Stock on that Purchase Date.
D. Number of Purchasable Shares. The number of shares of Common Stock
purchasable by a Participant on each Purchase Date during the offering period
shall be the number of whole shares obtained by dividing the amount collected
from the Participant through payroll deductions during the Purchase Interval
ending with that Purchase Date by the purchase price in effect for the
Participant for that Purchase Date.
However, except as otherwise provided by the Plan Administrator prior to
the commencement of an offering period, the maximum number of shares of Common
Stock purchasable per Participant on any one Purchase Date during such offering
period shall not exceed Four Hundred (400) shares, subject to periodic
adjustments in the event of certain changes in the Corporations
capitalization. In addition, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock
purchasable in the aggregate by all Participants on any one Purchase Date under
the Plan shall not exceed Three Hundred Thousand (300,000) shares (or such
other number designated by the Plan Administrator), subject to periodic
adjustments in the event of certain changes in the Corporations
capitalization. Should the total number
of shares of Common Stock to be purchased by all Participants pursuant to
outstanding purchase rights on any particular date exceed the maximum share
limitation set forth in this paragraph, the Plan Administrator shall make a
pro-rata allocation of the available shares on a uniform and nondiscriminatory
basis.
E. Excess Payroll Deductions. Any payroll deductions not applied to the
purchase of shares of Common Stock on any Purchase Date because they are not
sufficient to purchase a whole share of Common Stock shall be held for the
purchase of Common Stock on the next Purchase Date. However, any payroll deductions not applied to
the purchase of Common Stock by reason of the limitation on the maximum number
of shares purchasable on the Purchase Date shall be promptly refunded.
F. Termination of Purchase Right. The following provisions shall govern the
termination of outstanding purchase rights:
(i) A
Participant may, at any time prior to the next scheduled Purchase Date in the
offering period, withdraw from participation in the Plan by filing the
appropriate form with the Plan Administrator (or its designate), and no further
payroll deductions shall be collected from the Participant with respect to the
withdrawal. Any payroll deductions
collected during the Purchase Interval in which such withdrawal occurs shall,
at the Participants election, be immediately refunded or held for the purchase
of shares on the next Purchase Date. If
no such election is made at the time of such withdrawal, then the payroll
deductions collected with respect to the terminated right shall be refunded as
soon as possible.
(ii) The
termination of such purchase right shall be irrevocable, and the Participant
may not subsequently rejoin the offering period for which the terminated
purchase right was granted. In order to
resume participation in any subsequent offering period, such individual must
re-enroll in the Plan (by making
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a timely filing of the prescribed
enrollment forms) on or before his or her scheduled Entry Date into that
offering period.
(iii) Should the
Participant cease to remain an Eligible Employee for any reason (including
death, disability or change in status) while his or her purchase right remains
outstanding, then that purchase right shall immediately terminate, and all of
the Participants payroll deductions for the Purchase Interval in which the
purchase right so terminates shall be immediately refunded. However, should the Participant cease to
remain in active service by reason of an approved unpaid leave of absence, then
the Participant shall have the right, exercisable up until the last business
day of the Purchase Interval in which such leave commences, to (a) withdraw
all the payroll deductions collected to date on his or her behalf for that
Purchase Interval or (b) have such funds held for the purchase of shares
on his or her behalf on the next scheduled Purchase Date, provided the
Participant remains an Eligible Employee on such Purchase Date. In no event, however, shall any further
payroll deductions be collected on the Participants behalf during such leave,
unless continuation of payroll deductions or other authorized contributions is
required under local law, in which case the purchase rights will be granted
under the Non-423(b) Plan, if necessary under applicable laws or
regulations. Upon the Participants
return to active service (i) within ninety (90) days following the
commencement of such leave or, (ii) prior to the expiration of any longer
period for which such Participants right to reemployment with the Corporation
or Corporate Affiliate is guaranteed by either statute or contract, his or her
payroll deductions under the Plan shall automatically resume at the rate in
effect at the time the leave began.
However, should the Participants leave of absence exceed ninety (90)
days and his or her re-employment rights not be guaranteed by either statute or
contract, then the Participants status as an Eligible Employee will be deemed
to terminate on the ninety-first (91st) day of that leave, and such Participants
purchase right for the offering period in which that leave began shall
thereupon terminate. An individual who
returns to active employment following such a leave shall be treated as a new
Eligible Employee for purposes of the Plan and must, in order to resume
participation in the Plan, re-enroll in the Plan (by making a timely filing of
the prescribed enrollment forms) on or before his or her scheduled Entry Date
into the offering period, unless a re-enrollment requirement would be contrary
to local law, in which case the purchase rights will be granted under the
Non-423(b) Plan, if necessary under applicable laws or regulations.
G. Change of Control. Each outstanding purchase right shall
automatically be exercised, prior to the effective date of any Change of
Control on a date determined by the Plan Administrator, by applying the payroll
deductions of each Participant for the Purchase Interval in which such Change
of Control occurs to the purchase of whole shares of Common Stock at the
purchase price per share established by the Plan Administrator for the applicable
offering period, treating as the Purchase Date for this purpose the date on
which shares are purchased prior to the effective date of such Change of
Control The applicable limitation on the number of shares of Common Stock
purchasable by all Participants in the aggregate shall not apply to any such
purchase.
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The Corporation shall use its best efforts to provide
at least ten (10)-days prior written notice of the occurrence of any Change of
Control, and Participants shall, following the receipt of such notice, have the
right to terminate their outstanding purchase rights prior to the effective
date of the Change of Control.
H. Proration of Purchase Rights. Should the total number of shares of Common
Stock to be purchased pursuant to outstanding purchase rights on any particular
date exceed the number of shares then available for issuance under the Plan,
the Plan Administrator shall make a pro-rata allocation of the available shares
on a uniform and nondiscriminatory basis, and the payroll deductions of each
Participant, to the extent in excess of the aggregate purchase price payable
for the Common Stock pro-rated to such individual, shall be refunded.
I. Assignability.
The purchase right shall be exercisable only by the Participant and
shall not be assignable or transferable by the Participant.
J. Stockholder Rights. A Participant shall have no stockholder
rights with respect to the shares subject to his or her outstanding purchase
right until the shares are purchased on the Participants behalf in accordance
with the provisions of the Plan and the Participant has become a holder of
record of the purchased shares.
K. Tax Withholding. At the time a
Participants purchase right is exercised, in whole or in part, or at the time
a Participant disposes of some or all of the shares of Common Stock he or she
acquires under the Plan, the Participant shall make adequate provision for the
U.S. federal, state, local and foreign tax withholding obligations, if any, of
the Corporation and/or Corporate Affiliate which arise upon exercise of the
purchase right or upon such disposition of shares, respectively. The Corporation and/or the Corporate
Affiliate may, but shall not be obligated to, withhold from the Participants
compensation or any other payments due the Participant the amount necessary to
meet such withholding obligations or withhold from the proceeds of the sale of
shares of Common Stock or any other method of withholding the Corporation
and/or the Corporate Affiliate deems appropriate. The Corporation and/or the Corporate
Affiliate shall have the right to take such other action as may be necessary in
the opinion of the Corporation or a Corporate Affiliate to satisfy withholding
obligations for such taxes.
VIII. ACCRUAL
LIMITATIONS
A. No
Participant shall be entitled to accrue rights to acquire Common Stock pursuant
to any purchase right outstanding under this Plan if and to the extent such
accrual, when aggregated with (i) rights to purchase Common Stock accrued
under any other purchase right granted under this Plan and (ii) similar
rights accrued under other employee stock purchase plans (within the meaning of
Code Section 423) of the Corporation or any Corporate Affiliate, would
otherwise permit such Participant to purchase more than Twenty-Five Thousand
Dollars ($25,000) worth of stock of the Corporation or any Corporate Affiliate
(determined on the basis of the Fair Market Value per share on the date or
dates such rights are granted) for each calendar year such
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rights are at any time outstanding,
or, if required pursuant to final revised Code Section 423 regulations
issued by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, for each calendar year such rights
are outstanding and exercisable. The
requirements set forth under this provision will be interpreted and applied to
comply with current requirements under Code Section 423.
B. For purposes
of applying such accrual limitations to the purchase rights granted under the
Plan, the following provisions shall be in effect:
(i) The right to
acquire Common Stock under each outstanding purchase right shall accrue in a
series of installments on each successive Purchase Date during the offering
period on which such right remains outstanding.
(ii) No right to
acquire Common Stock under any outstanding purchase right shall accrue to the
extent the Participant has already accrued in the same calendar year the right
to acquire Common Stock under one (1) or more other purchase rights at a
rate equal to Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) worth of Common Stock
(determined on the basis of the Fair Market Value per share on the date or
dates of grant) for each calendar year such rights were at any time
outstanding, or, if required pursuant to final revised regulations issued by
the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, for each calendar year such rights were
outstanding and exercisable.
C. If by reason
of such accrual limitations, any purchase right of a Participant does not
accrue for a particular Purchase Interval, then the payroll deductions which
the Participant made during that Purchase Interval with respect to such
purchase right shall be promptly refunded.
D. In the event
there is any conflict between the provisions of this Article and one or
more provisions of the Plan or any instrument issued thereunder, the provisions
of this Article shall be controlling.
IX. EFFECTIVE
DATE, TERM OF THE PLAN AND COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS
A. The Plan was
adopted by the Board on January 29, 2009 and shall become effective at the
Effective Date, provided that the Plan shall have been approved by the
stockholders of the Corporation, and provided further that no purchase rights
granted under the Plan shall be exercised, and no shares of Common Stock shall
be issued hereunder, until the Corporation shall have complied with all
applicable requirements of the 1933 Act (including the registration of the
shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan on a Form S-8 registration
statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, unless in the
opinion of legal counsel to the Corporation, the shares issuable upon exercise
of the purchase rights may be issued in accordance with the terms of an
applicable exemption from the registration requirements of said Act), all
applicable listing requirements of any stock exchange on which the Common Stock
is listed for trading and all other applicable requirements established by any
applicable U.S. federal, state or foreign securities laws or other law or
regulation. In the event such
stockholder approval is not obtained, or such compliance is not effected,
within twelve (12) months after the date on which the Plan is adopted by the
Board, the Plan shall terminate and have no further force or effect, and any
sums collected from Participants during the initial
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offering period hereunder shall be
refunded. The inability of the
Corporation to obtain from any regulatory body having jurisdiction the
authority, if any, deemed by the Corporations legal counsel to be necessary
for the lawful issuance and sale of any shares under the Plan shall relieve the
Corporation of any liability in respect of the failure to issue or sell such
shares as to which such requisite authority shall not have been obtained. As a condition to the exercise of a purchase
right, the Corporation may require the Participant to satisfy any
qualifications that may be necessary or appropriate, to evidence compliance
with any applicable law or regulation, and to make any representation or
warranty with respect thereto as may be requested by the Corporation.
B. Unless
sooner terminated by the Board, in its sole discretion, the Plan shall
terminate upon the earliest of (i) the date on which all shares available
for issuance under the Plan shall have been sold pursuant to purchase rights
exercised under the Plan or (ii) the date on which all purchase rights are
exercised in connection with a Change of Control. No further purchase rights shall be granted or
exercised, and no further payroll deductions shall be collected, under the Plan
following such termination.
X. AMENDMENT/TERMINATION
OF THE PLAN
A. The Board
may alter, amend, suspend or terminate the Plan at any time to become effective
immediately following the close of any Purchase Interval. However, the Plan may be amended or
terminated immediately upon Board action, if and to the extent necessary the
Board or the Plan Administrator, as applicable, determines that such amendment
or termination of the Plan is in the best interests of the Corporation and its
stockholders. Such actions by the Board
may include, without limitation, (i) termination of the Plan or any
offering period or Purchase Interval, (ii) acceleration of the Purchase
Date of any Purchase Interval, (iii) reduction of the discount or change
in the method of determining the purchase price in any Purchase Interval or
offering period (e.g., by determining the purchase price solely on the basis of
the Fair Market Value on the Purchase Date), (iv) reduction in the maximum
number of shares that may be purchased by any Participant or in the aggregate
by all Participants on any Purchase Date or (v) any combination of the
foregoing actions.
B. To the
extent necessary to comply with Section 423 of the Code (or any successor rule or
provision or any other applicable law, regulation or stock exchange rule), the
Corporation shall obtain shareholder approval for such amendment or termination
in such a manner and to such a degree as required.
XI. RULES FOR FOREIGN
JURISDICTIONS.
A. The Board or Plan Administrator may adopt
rules or procedures relating to the operation and administration of the
Non-423(b) component of the Plan to accommodate the specific requirements
of local laws and procedures. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Board or Plan Administrator is
specifically authorized to adopt rules and procedures regarding handling
of payroll deductions, payment of interest, conversion of local currency,
payroll tax, withholding procedures and handling of stock certificates which
vary with local requirements.
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B. The Board or Plan Administrator may also
adopt rules, procedures or sub-plans applicable to particular Participating Corporations
or locations under the non-423 component of the Plan. The rules of such sub-plans may take
precedence over other provisions of this Plan, with the exception of Article III
(A), but unless otherwise superseded by the terms of such sub-plan, the
provisions of this Plan shall govern the operation of such sub-plan.
XII. GENERAL PROVISIONS
A. Nothing in
the Plan shall confer upon the Participant any right to continue in the employ
of the Corporation or any Corporate Affiliate for any period of specific
duration or interfere with or otherwise restrict in any way the rights of the
Corporation (or any Corporate Affiliate employing such person) or of the
Participant, which rights are hereby expressly reserved by each, to terminate
such persons employment at any time for any reason, with or without cause.
B. The Code Section 423(b) Plan
is exempt from the application of Section 409A. The Non-423(b) Plan is intended to be
exempt from the application of Section 409A of the Code under the
short-term deferral exception and any ambiguities shall be construed and
interpreted in accordance with such intent.
Except as provided in Article XII (C) hereof, in the case of a
Participant who would otherwise be subject to Section 409A of the Code, to
the extent the Plan Administrator determines that a purchase right or the
exercise, payment, settlement or deferral thereof is subject to Section 409A
of the Code, the purchase right shall be granted, exercised, paid, settled or
deferred in a manner that will comply with Section 409A of the Code,
including Department of Treasury
regulations and other interpretive guidance issued thereunder, including
without limitation any such regulations or other guidance that may be issued
after the Effective Date. Anything in
the foregoing to the contrary notwithstanding, the Corporation shall
have no liability to a Participant or any other party if the purchase right
that is intended to be exempt from, or compliant with Section 409A of the
Code is not so exempt or compliant or for any action taken by the Committee
with respect thereto.
C. Although the
Corporation may endeavor to (1) qualify a purchase right for favorable tax
treatment under the laws of the United States or jurisdictions outside of the
United States or (2) avoid adverse tax treatment (e.g.,
under Section 409A of the Code), the Corporation makes no representation
to that effect and expressly disavows any covenant to maintain favorable or
avoid unfavorable tax treatment, anything to the contrary in this Plan,
including Article XII (B) hereof, notwithstanding. The Corporation shall be unconstrained in its
corporate activities without regard to the potential negative tax impact on
Participants under the Plan.
D. All costs
and expenses incurred in the administration of the Plan shall be paid by the
Corporation; however, each Plan Participant shall bear all costs and expenses
incurred by such individual in the sale or other disposition of any shares
purchased under the Plan.
E. The
provisions of the Plan shall be governed by the laws of the State of Texas
without regard to that States conflict-of-laws rules.
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Schedule
A
Participating
Corporations under the
2009
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
As of the
Effective Date
I. Code Section 423(b) Plan
Participating Corporations
Silicon Laboratories Inc.
II. Non-423(b) Plan
Participating Corporations
Silicon Laboratories UK
Limited
Silicon Laboratories
International Pte. Ltd.
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APPENDIX
The following definitions
shall be in effect under the Plan:
A. Base Salary shall mean the regular base salary
or wages, overtime payments and shift premiums paid to a Participant by one or
more Participating Corporations during such individuals period of
participation in one or more offering periods under the Plan and shall be
calculated before deduction of (i) any income or employment tax
withholdings or (ii) any contributions made by the Participant to any Code
Section 401(k) salary deferral plan or any Code Section 125
cafeteria benefit program now or hereafter established by the Corporation or
any Corporate Affiliate. Base Salary
shall not include (i) any bonuses,
commissions, profit-sharing distributions or other incentive-type payments or (ii) any
contributions made by the Corporation or any Corporate Affiliate on the
Participants behalf to any employee benefit or welfare plan now or hereafter
established (other than Code Section 401(k) or Code Section 125
contributions deducted from such Base Salary).
B. Board shall mean the Corporations Board
of Directors.
C. Change of Control shall mean and includes each of the
following:
(i) A
transaction or series of transactions (other than an offering of the Common
Stock to the general public through a registration statement filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission) whereby any person or related group of persons
(as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the
Exchange Act) (other than the Corporation, any of its subsidiaries, an employee
benefit plan maintained by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries or a person
that, prior to such transaction, directly or indirectly controls, is controlled
by, or is under common control with, the Corporation) directly or indirectly
acquires beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the
Exchange Act) of securities of the Corporation possessing more than 50% of the
total combined voting power of the Corporations securities outstanding
immediately after such acquisition; or
(ii) During any
period of two consecutive years, individuals who, at the beginning of such
period, constitute the Board together with any new director(s) (other than
a director designated by a person who shall have entered into an agreement with
the Corporation to effect a transaction described in Section C (i) or
Section C (iii) hereof) whose election by the Board or nomination for
election by the Corporations stockholders was approved by a vote of at least a
majority of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the
beginning of the two-year period or whose election or nomination for election
was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority
thereof; or
(iii) The
consummation by the Corporation (whether directly involving the Corporation or
indirectly involving the Corporation through one or more intermediaries) of (x) a
merger, consolidation, reorganization, or business
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combination or (y) a sale or
other disposition of all or substantially all of the Corporations assets in
any single transaction or series of related transactions or (z) the
acquisition of assets or stock of another entity, in each case other than a
transaction:
a. Which results in the Corporations voting
securities outstanding immediately before the transaction continuing to
represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting
securities of the Corporation or the person that, as a result of the
transaction, controls, directly or indirectly, the Corporation or owns,
directly or indirectly, all or substantially all of the Corporations assets or
otherwise succeeds to the business of the Corporation (the Corporation or such
person, the Successor Entity)) directly or indirectly, at least a majority of
the combined voting power of the Successor Entitys outstanding voting
securities immediately after the transaction, and
b. After which no person or group
beneficially owns voting securities representing 50% or more of the combined
voting power of the Successor Entity; provided,
however, that no person or group shall be treated for purposes of
this Section C (iii) (b) as beneficially owning 50% or more of
combined voting power of the Successor Entity solely as a result of the voting
power held in the Corporation prior to the consummation of the transaction; or
(iv) The
Corporations stockholders approve a liquidation or dissolution of the
Corporation.
The Board shall have full
and final authority, which shall be exercised in its discretion, to determine
conclusively whether a Change of Control of the Corporation has occurred
pursuant to the above definition, and the date of the occurrence of such Change
of Control and any incidental matters relating thereto.
D. Code shall mean the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended.
E. Code Section 423(b) Plan shall mean an
employee stock purchase plan which is designed to meet the requirements set
forth in Section 423(b) of the Code, as amended. The provisions of the Code Section 423(b) Plan
shall be construed, administered and enforced in accordance with Section 423(b).
F. Common Stock shall mean the Corporations common
stock.
G. Corporate Affiliate shall mean any parent or subsidiary
corporation of the Corporation (as determined in accordance with Code Section 424),
whether now existing or subsequently established.
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H. Corporation shall mean Silicon Laboratories
Inc., a Delaware corporation, and any corporate successor to all or
substantially all of the assets or voting stock of Silicon Laboratories Inc.
which shall by appropriate action adopt the Plan.
I. Exchange Act means the U.S. Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
J. Effective Date shall mean the date of the final
purchase under the offering period in effect under the Prior Plan.
K. Eligible Employee shall mean any person who is
employed by a Participating Corporation on a basis under which he or she is
regularly expected to render more than twenty (20) hours of service per week
for more than five (5) months per calendar year. For rights to purchase Common Stock granted
under the Non-423(b) Plan, Eligible Employee shall also mean any other
employee of a Participating Corporation to the extent that local law requires
participation in the Plan to be extended to such employee, as determined by the
Corporation.
L. Entry Date shall mean the date an Eligible
Employee first commences participation in the offering period in effect under
the Plan. The earliest Entry Date under
the Plan shall be the Effective Date.
M. Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on any
relevant date shall be determined as of the Applicable Date (as defined
below) in accordance with the following provisions:
(i) If the Common Stock is at the time listed
on any Stock Exchange, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling
price per share of Common Stock on the Applicable Date on the Stock Exchange
determined by the Plan Administrator to be the primary market for the Common
Stock, as such price is officially quoted in the composite tape of transactions
on such exchange. If there is no closing
selling price for the Common Stock on the Applicable Date, then the Fair Market
Value shall be the closing selling price on the last preceding date for which
such quotation exists.
(ii) In the absence of an established market
for the shares of Common Stock, the Fair Market Value established by the Plan
Administrator acting in good faith.
For the purposes of this
provision, the Applicable Date shall be (a) with respect to any Entry
Date, the last business day immediately preceding the Entry Date and (b) with
respect to any Purchase Date, such Purchase Date.
N. 1933 Act shall mean the Securities Act of
1933, as amended.
O. Non-423(b) Plan shall mean an employee stock
purchase plan which is not required to meet the requirements set forth in Section 423(b) of
the Code, as amended.
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P. Participant shall mean any Eligible Employee of
a Participating Corporation who is participating in the Plan.
Q. Participating Corporations shall mean the
Corporation and such Corporate Affiliates as may be authorized from time to
time by the Board to participate in the Plan.
The Board may determine that some Participating Corporations shall be
designated to participate in the Non-423(b) Plan. The Participating Corporations in the Code Section 423(b) Plan
and in the Non-423(b) Plan are listed in attached Schedule A.
R. Plan shall mean the Corporations 2009
Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as set forth in this document, as amended from
time to time, which includes a Code Section 423(b) Plan and a Non-423(b) Plan
component.
S. Plan Administrator shall mean the committee of two (2) or
more Board members appointed by the Board to administer the Plan.
T. Prior Plan shall mean the Silicon Laboratories
Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan adopted by the Board on January 5, 2000,
as amended.
U. Purchase Date shall mean the last business day of
each Purchase Interval.
V. Purchase Interval shall mean each successive six
(6)-month period within the offering period at the end of which there shall be
purchased shares of Common Stock on behalf of each Participant.
W. Semi-Annual Entry Date shall mean the last business days in
April and October each year (or such other days as may be established
by the Plan Administrator) on which an Eligible Employee may first enter an
offering period.
X. Stock Exchange shall mean NASDAQ, the American
Stock Exchange or the New York Stock Exchange.
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PLAN HISTORY
January 29, 2009
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Exhibit 10.3
SILICON
LABORATORIES INC.
2009
STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
RESTRICTED
STOCK UNITS GRANT NOTICE AND
RESTRICTED
STOCK UNITS AWARD AGREEMENT
U.S. PARTICIPANTS
Silicon
Laboratories Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), pursuant
to its 2009 Stock Incentive Plan (the Plan), hereby
grants to the holder listed below (the Participant), an award
of Restricted Stock Units, each of which is a bookkeeping entry representing
the equivalent in value of one (1) Share, on the terms and conditions set
forth herein and in the Restricted Stock Units Award Agreement attached hereto
(the Award Agreement) and the
Plan, which are incorporated herein by reference. Unless otherwise defined herein, the terms
defined in the Plan shall have the same defined meanings in this Grant Notice
and the Award Agreement.
Participant:
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For each Restricted Stock Unit, except as otherwise
provided by the Award Agreement, the date on which such unit vests in
accordance with the vesting schedule set forth below.
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Except as provided in the
Award Agreement and provided that the Participants Service has not
terminated prior to the relevant date, the Restricted Stock Units shall vest
and become nonforfeitable in accordance with the following schedule:
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By his or her signature below or by electronic acceptance or authentication
in a form authorized by the Company, the Participant agrees to be bound
by the terms and conditions of the Plan, the Award Agreement and this Grant
Notice. The Participant has reviewed the
Award Agreement, the Plan and this Grant Notice in their entirety, has had an
opportunity to obtain the advice of counsel prior to executing this Grant
Notice and fully understands all provisions of this Grant Notice, the Award
Agreement and the Plan. The Participant
hereby agrees to accept as binding, conclusive and final all decisions or
interpretations of the Committee upon any questions arising under the Plan or
relating to the Restricted Stock Units.
SILICON LABORATORIES INC.
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SILICON
LABORATORIES INC.
2009
STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS AWARD AGREEMENT
U.S. PARTICIPANTS
Silicon
Laboratories Inc. (the Company)
has granted to the Participant named in the Restricted Stock Units Grant Notice
(the Grant Notice) to which this Restricted Stock Units
Award Agreement (this Award
Agreement) is attached an Award consisting of Restricted
Stock Units subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Grant Notice
and this Award Agreement. The Award has
been granted pursuant to the Silicon Laboratories Inc. 2009 Stock Incentive
Plan (the Plan),
as amended to the Grant Date, the provisions of which are incorporated herein
by reference.
Unless otherwise defined herein or in the Grant Notice, capitalized
terms shall have the meanings assigned under the Plan.
1. THE
AWARD.
The
Company hereby awards to the Participant, Restricted Stock Units under the
Plan. Subject to the terms of this Award
Agreement and the Plan, each Restricted Stock Unit represents a right to
receive one (1) share of Common Stock (a Share)
on the applicable vesting date. The
number of Shares subject to this Award, the applicable vesting schedule for the
Restricted Stock Units, the dates on which the Shares underlying the Restricted
Stock Units will be issued, and the remaining terms and conditions are set
forth in the Grant Notice and this Award Agreement. Unless and until the Restricted Stock Units
have vested in accordance with the vesting schedule set forth in the Grant
Notice, the Participant will have no right to settlement of such Restricted
Stock Units. Prior to settlement of any
vested Restricted Stock Units, such Restricted Stock Units will represent an
unfunded and unsecured obligation of the Company.
2. VESTING
OF RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS.
2.1 Normal Vesting. Except as otherwise provided in this Award Agreement, the Restricted
Stock Units shall vest as provided in the Grant Notice.
2.2 Leave of Absence / Part-Time
Work. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, the following provisions
shall apply upon the Participants commencement of an authorized leave of
absence:
(a) The vesting schedule
in effect under the Grant Notice shall be frozen as of the first fifteenth (15th) day of a month immediately
following the commencement of the authorized leave, and the number of
Restricted Stock Units subject thereto shall not vest for any additional
installments during the period Participant remains on such leave. Vesting of the Restricted Stock Units shall
resume upon the first fifteenth (15th) day of a month immediately following the
Participants resumption of active Service.
(b) Should the
Participant resume active Service within sixty (60) days after the start date
of the authorized leave, the Participant shall, for purposes of the vesting
schedule set forth in the Grant Notice, receive vesting credit for the entire
period of such leave. If the Participant
does not resume active Service within such sixty (60)-day period, then no
vesting credit shall be given for the period of such leave.
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(c) Part-Time
Work. If the Participant
commences working on a part-time basis, then the vesting schedule specified in
the Grant Notice may be adjusted in accordance with the Companys part-time
work policy or the terms of an agreement between the Participant and the
Company pertaining to the Participants part-time schedule.
3. TERMINATION
OF SERVICE.
3.1 General Rule. In
the event that the Participant ceases to provide services to the Company (or
any Subsidiary or Affiliate) in the capacity of an Employee, Director or
Consultant (collectively referred to herein as Service)
for any reason, with or without cause, other than by reason of the Participants
death, the Participant shall forfeit and the Company shall automatically
reacquire all Restricted Stock Units which are not, as of the time of such
termination, vested, and the Participant shall not be entitled to any payment
therefor.
3.2 Death of the Participant.
Should the Participant cease Service by reason of his or her death, the
vesting of the Restricted Stock Units shall be accelerated in full and the
total number of Restricted Stock Units subject to the Award shall be deemed
vested effective as of the date of the Participants death. The Shares due in settlement of such
Restricted Stock Units shall be issued to the personal representative of the
Participants estate, the person or persons to whom the Award is transferred
pursuant to the Participants will or in accordance with the laws of descent
and distribution (collectively referred to herein as the Participants
Heirs).
4. SETTLEMENT
OF THE AWARD.
4.1 Issuance of Shares of Common Stock. Subject to the provisions of Section 4.3
and Section 5 below, the Company shall issue to the Participant (or, if
applicable, the Participants Heirs), on the vesting date, or as soon as
practicable thereafter, with respect to each Restricted Stock Unit to be
settled on such date (but in no event later than March 15th of the year
following the calendar year in which such Restricted Stock Unit vests), one (1) Share; Shares issued in settlement of Restricted
Stock Units shall not be subject to any restriction on transfer other than any
such restriction as may be required pursuant to Section 4.3.
4.2 Beneficial Ownership of Shares;
Certificate Registration. The
Participant hereby authorizes the Company, in its sole discretion, to deposit
for the benefit of the Participant with a Company-designated brokerage firm or,
at the Companys discretion, any other broker with which the Participant has an
account relationship of which the Company has notice any or all Shares acquired
by the Participant pursuant to the settlement of the Award. Except as provided by the preceding sentence,
a certificate for the Shares as to which the Award is settled shall be
registered in the name of the Participant, or, if applicable, in the names of
the Participants Heirs.
4.3 Restrictions on Grant
of the Award and Issuance of Shares. The
grant of the Award and issuance of shares of Common Stock upon settlement of
the Award shall be subject to compliance with all applicable requirements of
U.S. federal, state or foreign law with respect to such securities. No Shares may be issued hereunder if the
issuance of such Shares would constitute a violation of any applicable U.S.
federal, state or foreign securities laws or other laws or regulations or the
requirements of any stock exchange or market system upon which the Common Stock
may then be listed. The inability of the
Company to obtain from any regulatory body having jurisdiction the authority,
if any, deemed by the Companys legal counsel to be necessary to the lawful
issuance of any Shares subject to the Award shall relieve the Company of any
liability in respect of the failure to issue such Shares as to which such
requisite authority shall not have been obtained. As a condition to the settlement of the
Award, the Company may require the Participant to satisfy any qualifications that may be necessary or
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appropriate,
to evidence compliance with any applicable law or regulation and to make any
representation or warranty with respect thereto as may be requested by the
Company. Further, regardless of whether
the transfer or issuance of the Shares to be issued pursuant to the Restricted
Stock Units has been registered under the Securities Act or has been registered
or qualified under the securities laws of any State, the Company may impose additional
restrictions upon the sale, pledge, or other transfer of the Shares (including
the placement of appropriate legends on stock certificates and the issuance of
stop-transfer instructions to the Companys transfer agent) if, in the judgment
of the Company and the Companys counsel, such restrictions are necessary in
order to achieve compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act, the
securities laws of any State, or any other law.
4.4 Fractional Shares. The Company shall not be required to issue
fractional Shares upon the settlement of the Award.
5. TAX
WITHHOLDING AND ADVICE.
5.1 In General.
Subject to Section 5.2, at the time the Grant Notice is executed,
or at any time thereafter as requested by the Company, the Participant hereby authorizes withholding from payroll
and any other amounts payable to the Participant, and otherwise agrees to make adequate provision for, any sums
required to satisfy the U.S. federal, state, and local taxes and (if
applicable) taxes imposed by jurisdictions outside of the United States
(including income tax, social insurance contributions, payment on account and
any other taxes) and required by law to be withheld with respect to any taxable
event arising as a result of the Participants participation in the Plan
(referred to herein as Tax-Related Items).
5.2 Withholding of Taxes. The
Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate, as appropriate, shall have the
authority and the right to deduct or withhold, or require the Participant to
remit to the Company (or to the applicable Subsidiary or Affiliate), an amount
sufficient to satisfy applicable Tax-Related Items or to take such other action
as may be necessary in the opinion of the Company or a Subsidiary or Affiliate,
as appropriate, to satisfy such Tax-Related Items (including hypothetical
withholding tax amounts if the Participant is covered under a Company tax
equalization policy). In this regard,
the Participant authorizes the Company and/or the applicable Subsidiary or Affiliate,
or their respective agents, at their discretion, to satisfy the obligations
with regard to all Tax-Related Items by one or a combination of the following:
(a) withholding from the
Participants wages or other cash compensation paid to the Participant by the
Company or the applicable Subsidiary or Affiliate; or
(b) withholding from
proceeds of the sale of Shares acquired upon vesting and settlement of the
Restricted Stock Units, either through a voluntary sale or through a mandatory
sale arranged by the Company (on the Participants behalf pursuant to this
authorization); or
(c) withholding in
Shares to be issued upon vesting and settlement of the Restricted Stock Units;
or
(d) direct payment from the Participant.
To avoid negative
accounting treatment, the Company may withhold or account for Tax-Related Items
by considering applicable minimum statutory withholding amounts or other
applicable withholding rates. If the
Participant is covered by a Company tax equalization policy, the Participant agrees
to pay to the Company any additional hypothetical tax obligation calculated and
paid under the terms and conditions of such tax equalization policy. Finally, the Participant shall pay to the
Company or the
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Subsidiary or Affiliate, as appropriate, any amount of
Tax-Related Items that the Company or the applicable Subsidiary or Affiliate
may be required to withhold as a result of his or her participation in the Plan
that cannot be satisfied by the means previously described. The Company may refuse to issue or deliver
the Shares that may be issued in connection with the settlement of the
Restricted Stock Units if the Participant fails to comply with his or her
Tax-Related Items obligations.
5.3 Tax Advice. The
Participant represents, warrants and acknowledges that the Company has made no
warranties or representations to the
Participant with respect to the income tax consequences of the transactions
contemplated by this Award Agreement, and the Participant is in no manner
relying on the Company or the Companys representatives for an assessment of
such tax consequences. THE PARTICIPANT
UNDERSTANDS THAT THE TAX LAWS AND REGULATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. THE PARTICIPANT SHOULD CONSULT HIS OR HER OWN
TAX ADVISOR REGARDING ANY RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS. NOTHING STATED HEREIN IS INTENDED OR WRITTEN
TO BE USED, AND CANNOT BE USED, FOR THE PURPOSE OF AVOIDING TAXPAYER PENALTIES.
6. AUTHORIZATION
TO RELEASE NECESSARY PERSONAL INFORMATION.
The
Participant hereby authorizes and directs the Participants employer to
collect, use and transfer in electronic or other form, any personal information
(the Data) regarding the
Participants Service, the nature and amount of the Participants compensation
and the fact and conditions of the Participants participation in the Plan
(including, but not limited to, the Participants name, home address, telephone
number, date of birth, social security number (or any other social or national
identification number), salary, nationality, job title, number of Shares held
and the details of all restricted stock units or any other entitlement to
Shares awarded, cancelled, exercised, vested, unvested or outstanding) for the
purpose of implementing, administering and managing the Participants
participation in the Plan. The
Participant understands that the Data may be transferred to the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, or to any third parties assisting in the
implementation, administration and management of the Plan, including any
requisite transfer to a brokerage firm or other third party assisting with
administration of the Award or with whom Shares acquired upon settlement of
this Award or cash from the sale of such Shares may be deposited. The Participant acknowledges that recipients
of the Data may be located in different countries, and those countries may have
data privacy laws and protections different from those in the country of the
Participants residence. Furthermore, the Participant acknowledges and
understands that the transfer of the Data to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates, or to any third parties is necessary for
Participants participation in the Plan.
The Participant may at any time withdraw the consents herein, by
contacting the Companys stock administration department in writing. The
Participant further acknowledges that withdrawal of consent may affect the
Participants ability to realize benefits from the Award, and the Participants
ability to participate in the Plan.
7. EFFECT OF CHANGE IN CONTROL ON
AWARD.
7.1 In the event of a
Change in Control, the vesting of the Restricted Stock Units shall be
accelerated in full and the total number of Restricted Stock Units subject to
the Award shall be deemed vested effective as of the date of the Change in
Control, provided that the Participants Service has not terminated prior to
such date. No such acceleration,
however, shall occur if and to the extent: (i) these Restricted Stock
Units are, in connection with the Change in Control, either assumed by the
successor corporation (or parent thereof) or replaced with comparable
restricted stock units of the successor corporation (or parent thereof) or (ii) these
Restricted Stock Units are replaced with a cash incentive program of the
successor corporation which preserves the Fair Market Value of the Restricted
Stock Units at the time of the Change in Control and provides for subsequent
pay-out in accordance with the vesting schedule set forth in the Grant
Notice. The determination of the
comparability of restricted
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stock units under clause (i) shall
be made by the Committee, and such determination shall be final, binding and
conclusive. This Agreement shall not in
any way affect the right of the Company to adjust, reclassify, reorganize or
otherwise change its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate,
dissolve, liquidate, sell or transfer all or any part of its business or
assets.
7.2 In the event that
the Restricted Stock Units are, in connection with the Change in Control,
either assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) or replaced
with comparable restricted stock units of the successor corporation (or parent
thereof) and, within eighteen (18) months of the effective date of the Change
in Control, the Participants Service terminates due to Involuntary
Termination, the vesting of the Restricted Stock Units shall be accelerated in
full and the total number of Restricted Stock Units subject to the Award shall
be deemed vested effective as of the date of the Participants Involuntary
Termination.
8. ADJUSTMENTS
FOR CHANGES IN CAPITAL STRUCTURE.
The number of Restricted
Stock Units awarded pursuant to this Award Agreement is subject to adjustment
as provided in the Article 11 of the Plan.
The Participant shall be notified of such adjustment and such adjustment
shall be binding upon the Company and the Participant.
9. NO
ENTITLEMENT OR CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION.
9.1 The Participants rights, if any, in respect
of or in connection with the Restricted Stock Units are derived solely from the
discretionary decision of the Company to permit the Participant to participate
in the Plan and to benefit from a discretionary Award. By accepting the Restricted Stock Units, the
Participant expressly acknowledges that there is no obligation on the part of
the Company to continue the Plan and/or grant any additional restricted stock
units or other Awards to the Participant.
The Restricted Stock Units are not intended to be compensation of a
continuing or recurring nature, or part of the Participants normal or expected
compensation, and in no way represents any portion of the Participants salary,
compensation, or other remuneration for purposes of pension benefits,
severance, redundancy, resignation or any other purpose.
9.2 Neither the Plan nor the Restricted Stock
Units shall be deemed to give the Participant a right to remain an Employee,
Director or Consultant of the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate. The Company and its Subsidiaries and
Affiliates reserve the right to terminate the Service of the Participant at any
time, with or without cause, and for any reason, subject to applicable laws,
the Companys Certificate of
Incorporation and Bylaws and a written
employment agreement (if any), and the Participant shall be deemed irrevocably
to have waived any claim to damages or specific performance for breach of
contract or dismissal, compensation for loss of office, tort or otherwise with
respect to the Plan, the Restricted Stock Units or any other outstanding Award
that is forfeited and/or is terminated by its terms or to any future Award.
10. RIGHTS
AS A STOCKHOLDER.
The Participant shall have no rights as a stockholder with
respect to any Shares which may be issued in settlement of this Award until the
date of the issuance of a certificate for such Shares (as evidenced by the
appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer
agent of the Company). No adjustment
shall be made for dividends, dividend equivalents, distributions or other
rights for which the record date is prior to the date such certificate is
issued, except as provided in Section 8.
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11. MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS.
11.1 Amendment. The
Committee may amend this Award Agreement at any time; provided, however, that
no such amendment may adversely affect the Participants rights under this
Award Agreement without the consent of the Participant, except
to the extent such amendment is necessary to comply with applicable law,
including, but not limited to, Code Section 409A. No
amendment or addition to this Award Agreement shall be effective unless in
writing.
11.2 Nontransferability of the
Award. Prior to the issuance of Shares on the
applicable Settlement Date, no right or interest of the Participant in the
Award nor any Shares issuable on settlement of the Award shall be in any manner
pledged, encumbered, or hypothecated to or in favor of any party other than the
Company or a Subsidiary or Affiliate or shall become subject to any lien,
obligation, or liability of such Participant to any other party other than the
Company, or a Subsidiary or Affiliate.
Except as otherwise provided by the Committee, no Award shall be
assigned, transferred or otherwise disposed of other than by will or the laws
of descent and distribution. All rights
with respect to the Award shall be exercisable during the Participants
lifetime only by the Participant or the Participants guardian or legal
representative.
11.3 Further Instruments. The parties
hereto agree to execute such further instruments and to take such further
action as may reasonably be necessary to carry out the intent of this Award
Agreement.
11.4 Binding Effect. This
Award Agreement shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the
Company and, subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth herein, be
binding upon the Participant and the Participants heirs, executors,
administrators, successors and assigns.
11.5 Notices. Any notice required to be given or delivered
to the Company under the terms of this Award Agreement shall be in writing and
addressed to the Company at its principal corporate offices. Any notice required to be given or delivered
to the Participant shall be in writing and addressed to the Participant at the
address maintained for the Participant in the Companys records or at the
address of the local office of the Company or of a Subsidiary or Affiliate at
which the Participant works.
11.6 Construction of Award
Agreement. The Grant Notice, this Award Agreement, and
the Restricted Stock Units evidenced hereby (i) are made and granted
pursuant to the Plan and are in all respects limited by and subject to the
terms of the Plan, and (ii) constitute the entire agreement between the
Participant and the Company on the subject matter hereof and supersede all
proposals, written or oral, and all other communications between the parties
related to the subject matter. All
decisions of the Committee with respect to any question or issue arising under
the Grant Notice, this Award Agreement or the Plan shall be conclusive and
binding on all persons having an interest in the Restricted Stock Units.
11.7 Governing Law. The
interpretation, performance and enforcement of this Award Agreement shall be
governed by the laws of the State of Texas, U.S.A. without regard to the
conflict-of-laws rules thereof or of any other jurisdiction.
11.8 Section 409A.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, this Award Agreement or
the Grant Notice, the Plan, this Agreement and the Grant Notice shall be
interpreted in accordance with, and incorporate the terms and conditions
required by, Code Section 409A (together with any Department of
Treasury regulations and other interpretive guidance issued thereunder,
including without limitation any such regulations or other guidance that may be
issued after the date hereof). The
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vesting and settlement of
Restricted Stock Units awarded pursuant to this Award Agreement are intended to
qualify for the short-term deferral exemption from Section 409A of the
Code. The Company reserves the right, to
the extent the Company deems necessary or advisable in its sole discretion, to
unilaterally amend or modify the Plan and/or this Award Agreement to ensure
that the Restricted Stock Units qualify for exemption from or comply with Section 409A
of the Code; provided, however,
that the Company makes no representations that the Restricted Stock Units will
be exempt from Section 409A of the Code and makes no undertaking to
preclude Section 409A of the Code from applying to these Restricted Stock
Units.
11.9 Administration. The
Committee shall have the power to interpret the Plan and this Award Agreement
and to adopt such rules for the administration, interpretation and
application of the Plan as are consistent therewith and to interpret, amend or
revoke any such rules. All actions taken
and all interpretations and determinations made by the Committee in good faith
shall be final and binding upon the Participant, the Company and all other
interested persons. No member of the
Committee or the Board shall be personally liable for any action, determination
or interpretation made in good faith with respect to the Plan, this Award
Agreement or the Restricted Stock Units.
11.10 Counterparts. The
Grant Notice may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an
original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
11.11 Severability. If any provision of this Award Agreement is
held to be unenforceable for any reason, it shall be adjusted rather than
voided, if possible, in order to achieve the intent of the parties to the
extent possible. In any event, all other
provisions of this Award Agreement shall be deemed valid and enforceable to the
full extent possible.
11.12 Relocation Outside the United
States. If the Participant
relocates to a country outside the United States, the Company reserves the right to impose other
requirements on the Participants participation in the Plan, on the Restricted
Stock Units and on any Shares acquired under the Plan, to the extent the
Company determines necessary or advisable in order to comply with local law or
facilitate the administration of the Plan, and to require the Participant to
sign any additional agreements or undertakings that may be necessary to
accomplish the foregoing.
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Exhibit 10.4
SILICON
LABORATORIES INC.
2009
STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
STOCK
OPTION GRANT NOTICE AND
STOCK
OPTION AWARD AGREEMENT
U.S.
PARTICIPANTS
Silicon Laboratories Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the Company), pursuant
to its 2009 Stock Incentive Plan (the Plan), hereby
grants to the holder listed below (the Participant), an
option to purchase the number of shares of the Companys Common Stock, par
value $0.0001 (Shares), set forth below
(the Option). This Option is subject to all of the
terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Stock Option Award Agreement
attached hereto (the Award Agreement) and in
the Plan, which are incorporated herein by reference. Unless otherwise defined herein, the terms
defined in the Plan shall have the same defined meanings in this Grant Notice
and the Award Agreement.
Participant:
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As an administrative matter, the vested portion of this Option may be
exercised only until the close of the NASDAQ Global Select Market on the
Expiration Date or the termination date set forth under Sections 3 or 7 of
the Award Agreement or, if such date is not a trading day on the NASDAQ
Global Select Market, the last trading day before such date. Any later
attempt to exercise this Option will not be honored.
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By his or her signature below or by electronic
acceptance or authentication in a form authorized by the Company, the
Participant agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Plan, the
Award Agreement and this Grant Notice.
The Participant has reviewed the Award Agreement, the Plan and this
Grant Notice in their entirety, has had an opportunity to obtain the advice of
counsel prior to executing this Grant Notice and fully understands all
provisions of this Grant Notice, the Award Agreement and the Plan. The Participant hereby agrees to accept as
binding, conclusive and final all decisions or interpretations of the Committee
upon any questions arising under the Plan or relating to the Option.
SILICON
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SILICON
LABORATORIES INC.
2009
STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
STOCK OPTION AWARD AGREEMENT
U.S.
PARTICIPANTS
Silicon Laboratories Inc. (the Company)
has granted to the Participant named in the Stock Option Grant Notice (the Grant Notice) to which this Stock Option Award
Agreement (this Award Agreement)
is attached an Award consisting of Stock Options subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in the Grant Notice and this Award Agreement. The Award has been granted pursuant to the
Silicon Laboratories Inc. 2009 Stock Incentive Plan (the Plan), as amended to the Grant Date, the
provisions of which are incorporated herein by reference.
Unless otherwise defined herein or in the Grant Notice, capitalized
terms shall have the meanings assigned under the Plan.
1. THE
AWARD.
The
Company hereby awards to the Participant, as of the Grant Date set forth in the
Grant Notice, an Option to purchase up to the number of Shares specified in the
Grant Notice at the exercise price per Share set forth in the Grant Notice (the
Exercise Price) and subject to the
terms and conditions of the Plan.
If
designated in the Grant Notice as an Incentive Stock Option, the Option is
intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option as defined in Section 422
of the Code. Nevertheless, to the extent
that the value of the Option exceeds the $100,000 rule of Code Section 422(d),
the Option shall be treated as a Non-Qualified Stock Option. Further, if for any other reason the Option
(or a portion thereof) shall not qualify as an Incentive Stock Option, then the
Option or the disqualifying portion thereof shall be regarded as a
Non-Qualified Stock Option under the Plan.
In no event shall the Company, or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of the
Company or their respective employees or directors have any liability to the
Participant due to the failure of the Option to qualify as an Incentive Stock
Option.
2. VESTING
OF OPTION.
2.1 Dates
of Exercise. Except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement, the Option shall become exercisable for Shares in one or more
installments as specified in the Grant Notice.
As the Option becomes exercisable for such installments, those
installments shall accumulate, and the Option shall remain exercisable for the
accumulated installments until the Expiration Date or sooner termination of the
Option term under Sections 3 or 7, below.
2.2 Leave of Absence / Part-Time
Work. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, the following provisions
shall apply upon the Participants commencement of an authorized leave of
absence:
(a) Authorized
Leave. The vesting schedule
in effect under the Grant Notice shall be frozen as of the first fifteenth (15th) day of a month immediately
following the commencement of the authorized leave, and the Option shall not become
exercisable for any additional installments during the period Participant
remains on such leave. Vesting of the Option
shall resume upon the first fifteenth (15th) day of a month immediately following the
Participants resumption of active Service.
(b) Vesting
Credit for Leave. Should the
Participant resume active Service within sixty (60) days after the start date
of the authorized leave, the Participant shall, for purposes of the vesting
schedule set forth in the Grant Notice, receive vesting credit for the entire
period of such leave. If the Participant
does not resume active Service within such sixty (60)-day period, then no
vesting credit shall be given for the period of such leave.
(c) Consequence
of Leave upon Incentive Stock Option. If the Option is designated as an Incentive
Stock Option in the Grant Notice, and the leave of absence continues for more
than ninety (90) days, then the Option shall automatically convert to a
Non-Qualified Stock Option at the end of the three (3)-month period measured
from the ninety-first (91st) day of such leave, unless the Participants
reemployment rights are guaranteed by law or by a contract. Following any such conversion of the Option,
all subsequent exercises of the Option, whether effected before or after the
Participants return to active Employee status, shall result in an immediate
taxable event, and the Company shall be required to collect from the
Participant the income and employment withholding taxes applicable to such
exercise.
(d) Term of
Option Upon Leave. In no
event shall the Option become exercisable for any additional Shares or otherwise
remain outstanding if the Participant does not resume active Service prior to
the Expiration Date of the Option term.
(e) Part-Time
Work. If the Participant
commences working on a part-time basis, then the vesting schedule specified in
the Grant Notice may be adjusted in accordance with the Companys part-time
work policy or the terms of an agreement between the Participant and the
Company pertaining to the Participants part-time schedule.
2.3 Term
of Option. The Option shall have a maximum term of ten (10) years
measured from the Grant Date and shall accordingly expire at the close of the
NASDAQ Global Select Market on the Expiration Date, unless sooner terminated in
accordance with Sections 3 or 7, below.
3. TERMINATION
OF SERVICE.
The Option term specified in
Section 2.3 shall terminate (and the Option shall cease to be outstanding)
prior to the Expiration Date should any of the following provisions become
applicable:
3.1 General Rule. Should
the Participant cease to provide services to the Company (or any Subsidiary or
Affiliate) in the capacity of an Employee, Director or Consultant (collectively
referred to herein as Service)
for any reason (other than death, Disability or Misconduct) while the Option is
outstanding, then the Option shall remain exercisable until the earlier
of (i) the expiration of the three (3)-month period measured from the date
of such cessation of Service or (ii) the Expiration Date.
3.2 Death of the
Participant. Should the Participant cease Service by
reason of his or her death, the vesting of the Option shall automatically
accelerate so that the Option shall become exercisable for all of the Shares at
the time subject to the Option and may be exercised by the personal
representative of the Participants estate, the person or persons to whom the
Option is transferred pursuant to the Participants will or in accordance with
the laws of descent and distribution until the earlier of (i) the
expiration of the twelve (12)-month period measured from the date of the
Participants death or (ii) the Expiration Date.
3.3 Disability of the
Participant. Should the Participant cease Service by
reason of Disability while the Option is outstanding, then the Option shall
remain exercisable until the earlier of (i) the expiration of the twelve
(12)-month period measured from the date of such cessation of Service or (ii) the
Expiration Date.
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3.4 Number of Exercisable
Shares Post-Service. Except in the event of the Participants cessation
of Service by reason of his or her death, during the applicable post-Service
exercise period, the Option may not be exercised in the aggregate for more than
the number of vested Shares for which the Option is exercisable on the date of
the Participants cessation of Service.
Upon the expiration of the applicable exercise period or (if earlier)
upon the Expiration Date, the Option shall terminate and cease to be
outstanding for any vested Shares for which the Option has not been
exercised. However, the Option shall,
immediately upon the Participants cessation of Service for any reason other
than the Participants death, terminate and cease to be outstanding to the
extent the Option is not otherwise at that time exercisable for vested shares.
3.5 Termination for Misconduct.
Should the Participants Service be terminated for Misconduct or should
the Participant engage in Misconduct while the Option is outstanding, then the
Option shall terminate immediately and cease to be outstanding. In the event the Participants Service is
suspended pending an investigation of whether the Participants Service will be
terminated for Misconduct, all of the Participants rights under the Option,
including the right to exercise the Option, shall be suspended during the
investigation period.
3.6 Cessation of Service. For
purposes of this Award Agreement, the Participants period of Service shall not
include any period of notice of termination, (whether express or implied). The Participants date of cessation of Service
shall mean the date upon which the Participant ceases active performance of
services for the Company, a Subsidiary or Affiliate, as determined by the
Company following the provision of such notification of termination or
resignation from Service and shall be determined solely by this Award Agreement
and without reference to any other agreement, written or oral, including the
Participants contract of employment (if any).
4. EXERCISE
OF OPTION.
4.1 Method of
Exercise. In order to exercise the Option with respect
to all or any part of the Shares for which the Option is at the time
exercisable, the Participant (or any other person or persons exercising the
Option) must take the following actions:
(a) Execute and deliver
to the Company a notice of exercise (the Notice of Exercise)
in the form authorized by the Company, which may be electronic or written. An electronic Notice of Exercise must be
digitally signed or authenticated by the Participant in such manner as required
by the notice and transmitted to the applicable authorized representative of
the Company (including a Company-designated brokerage firm). In the event that the Participant is not
authorized or is unable to provide an electronic Notice of Exercise, the Option
shall be exercised by a written Notice of Exercise addressed to the Company,
which shall be signed by the Participant and delivered in person, by certified
or registered mail, return receipt requested, by confirmed facsimile
transmission, or by such other means as the Company may permit, to the
applicable authorized representative of the Company (including a
Company-designated brokerage firm). Each
Notice of Exercise, whether electronic or written, must state the Participants
election to exercise the Option, the number of whole Shares for which the
Option is being exercised and such other representations and agreements as to
the Participants investment intent with respect to such Shares as may be
required pursuant to the provisions of this Award Agreement. Further, each Notice of Exercise must be
received by the Company prior to the termination of the Option as set forth in Section 3
or 7.
(b) Pay the aggregate Exercise Price for the
purchased Shares in one or more of the following forms:
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(i) cash or check which, in the Companys
sole discretion, shall be made payable to a Company-designated brokerage firm
or the Company; or
(ii) with the consent of the Committee,
surrender Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Option having a Fair Market
Value on the date of exercise equal to the aggregate Exercise Price of the
Shares plus all applicable tax withholding obligations of the Company (or a
Subsidiary or Affiliate) with respect to which the Option or portion thereof is
being exercised; or
(iii) as permitted by applicable law,
through a special sale and remittance procedure pursuant to which the
Participant (or any other person or persons exercising the Option) shall
concurrently provide irrevocable instructions (A) to a Company-designated
brokerage firm to effect the immediate sale of the purchased Shares and remit
to the Company, out of the sale proceeds available on the settlement date,
sufficient funds to cover the aggregate Exercise Price payable for the
purchased Shares plus all applicable tax withholding obligations of the Company
(or a Subsidiary or Affiliate) by reason of such exercise and (B) to the
Company to deliver the certificates for the purchased Shares directly to such
brokerage firm in order to complete the sale.
Except to the extent the
sale and remittance procedure is utilized in connection with the exercise of
the Option, payment of the Exercise Price must accompany the Notice of Exercise
delivered to the Company (or a Company-designated brokerage firm) in connection
with the Option exercise.
(c) Furnish to the
Company appropriate documentation that the person or persons exercising the
Option (if other than the Participant) have the right to exercise the Option.
(d) Make
appropriate arrangements with the Company (or Subsidiary or Affiliate employing
or retaining the Participant) for the satisfaction of all applicable tax
withholding requirements applicable to the Option exercise.
(e) As soon as
practical after the exercise date, the Company shall issue to or on behalf of
the Participant (or any other person or persons exercising the Option) the
purchased Shares (as evidenced by an appropriate entry on the books of the
Company or a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company), subject to the
appropriate legends and/or stop transfer instructions.
(f) Notwithstanding
any other provisions of the Plan, this Award Agreement or any other agreement
to the contrary, if at the time this Option is exercised, Participant is
indebted to the Company (or any Subsidiary or Affiliate) for any reason, the
following actions shall be taken, as deemed appropriate by the Committee:
(i) any Shares to be
issued upon such exercise shall automatically be pledged against Participants
outstanding indebtedness; and
(ii) if this Option is
exercised in accordance with subsection 4.1(b)(iii) above, the after-tax
proceeds of the sale of Participants Shares shall automatically be applied to
the outstanding balance of Participants indebtedness.
4.2 Restrictions on Exercise of the
Option and Issuance of Shares. The exercise
of the Option and issuance of shares of Common Stock upon such exercise shall
be subject to compliance with all applicable requirements of U.S. federal,
state or foreign law with respect to such securities. No Shares may be issued hereunder if the
issuance of such Shares would constitute a violation of any applicable U.S.
federal, state or foreign securities laws or other laws or regulations or the
requirements of any stock exchange or market system upon which the Common Stock
may then be listed. The inability of
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the
Company to obtain from any regulatory body having jurisdiction the authority,
if any, deemed by the Companys legal counsel to be necessary to the lawful
issuance of any Shares subject to the Option shall relieve the Company of any
liability in respect of the failure to issue such Shares as to which such
requisite authority shall not have been obtained. As a condition to the exercise of the Option,
the Company may require the Participant to satisfy any qualifications that may be necessary or appropriate, to
evidence compliance with any applicable law or regulation and to make any
representation or warranty with respect thereto as may be requested by the Company. Further, regardless of whether the transfer
or issuance of the Shares to be issued pursuant to the Option has been
registered under the Securities Act or has been registered or qualified under
the securities laws of any State, the Company may impose additional
restrictions upon the sale, pledge, or other transfer of the Shares (including
the placement of appropriate legends on stock certificates and the issuance of
stop-transfer instructions to the Companys transfer agent) if, in the judgment
of the Company and the Companys counsel, such restrictions are necessary in
order to achieve compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act, the
securities laws of any State, or any other law.
4.3 Fractional Shares. In no event may the Option be exercised for
any fractional shares.
4.4 Excess
Shares. If the Shares covered by this Award Agreement
exceed, as of the Grant Date, the number of Shares which may without
stockholder approval be issued under the Plan, then the Option shall be void
with respect to those excess Shares, unless stockholder approval of an
amendment sufficiently increasing the number of Shares issuable under the Plan
is obtained in accordance with the provisions of the Plan.
4.5 Financing. The
Committee may, in its absolute discretion and without any obligation to do so,
permit the Participant to pay the Exercise Price for the purchased Shares by
delivering a full-recourse promissory note payable to the Company. The terms of any such promissory note
(including the interest rate, the requirements for collateral and the terms of
repayment) shall be established by the Committee in its sole discretion.
5. TAX
WITHHOLDING AND ADVICE.
5.1 In General.
Subject to Section 5.2, at the time the Grant Notice is executed,
or at any time thereafter as requested by the Company, the Participant hereby authorizes withholding from payroll
and any other amounts payable to the Participant, and otherwise agrees to make adequate provision for, any sums
required to satisfy the U.S. federal, state, and local taxes and (if
applicable) taxes imposed by jurisdictions outside of the United States
(including income tax, social insurance contributions, payment on account and
any other taxes) and required by law to be withheld with respect to any taxable
event arising as a result of the Participants participation in the Plan
(referred to herein as Tax-Related Items).
5.2 Withholding of Taxes. The
Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate, as appropriate, shall have the
authority and the right to deduct or withhold, or require the Participant to
remit to the Company (or to the applicable Subsidiary or Affiliate), an amount
sufficient to satisfy applicable Tax-Related Items or to take such other action
as may be necessary in the opinion of the Company or a Subsidiary or Affiliate,
as appropriate, to satisfy such Tax-Related Items (including hypothetical
withholding tax amounts if the Participant is covered under a Company tax
equalization policy).
The Committee may in its discretion and in satisfaction of the foregoing
requirement allow a Participant to elect to have the Company withhold Shares
otherwise issuable under the Option (or allow the return of Shares) having a
Fair Market Value equal to the sums required to be withheld. Further, to
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the
extent determined appropriate by the Company in its discretion, the Company (or
Subsidiary or Affiliate, as applicable) will have the right (but not the
obligation) to satisfy any tax withholding obligations by one or a combination
of the following:
(a) withholding from the
Participants wages or other cash compensation paid to the Participant by the
Company and/or a Subsidiary or Affiliate; or
(b) withholding a number
of whole Shares otherwise deliverable to the Participant upon exercise of the
Option having a Fair Market Value equal to the Tax-Related Items obligations,
as determined by the Company as of the date on which the Tax-Related Items
obligations arise; or
(c) withholding from the
proceeds from the sale of Shares otherwise deliverable to the Participant
having a Fair Market Value equal to the Tax-Related Items obligations, provided
the sale does not violate Company policy or applicable laws; any such sale is
on the Participants behalf and at the Participants direction pursuant to this
authorization; or
(d) direct payment from
the Participant.
To avoid negative accounting treatment, the Company may withhold or
account for Tax-Related Items by considering applicable minimum statutory
withholding amounts or other applicable withholding rates. If the Participant is covered by a Company
tax equalization policy, the Participant agrees to pay to the Company any
additional hypothetical tax obligation calculated and paid under the terms and
conditions of such tax equalization policy.
No Shares shall be delivered hereunder to any Participant or other
person until the Participant or such other person has made arrangements
acceptable to the Committee for the satisfaction of these tax obligations with
respect to any taxable event concerning the Participant or such other person
arising as a result of the Participants participation in the Plan.
5.3 Tax Advice. The
Participant represents, warrants and acknowledges that the Company has made no
warranties or representations to the Participant with respect to the income tax
consequences of the transactions contemplated by this Award Agreement, and the
Participant is in no manner relying on the Company or the Companys
representatives for an assessment of such tax consequences. THE PARTICIPANT UNDERSTANDS THAT THE TAX LAWS
AND REGULATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
THE PARTICIPANT SHOULD CONSULT HIS OR HER OWN TAX ADVISOR REGARDING ANY OPTION. NOTHING STATED HEREIN IS INTENDED OR WRITTEN
TO BE USED, AND CANNOT BE USED, FOR THE PURPOSE OF AVOIDING TAXPAYER PENALTIES.
6. AUTHORIZATION
TO RELEASE NECESSARY PERSONAL INFORMATION.
The
Participant hereby authorizes and directs the Participants employer to
collect, use and transfer in electronic or other form, any personal information
(the Data) regarding the
Participants Service, the nature and amount of the Participants compensation
and the fact and conditions of the Participants participation in the Plan
(including, but not limited to, the Participants name, home address, telephone
number, date of birth, social security number (or any other social or national
identification number), salary, nationality, job title, number of Shares held
and the details of all options or any other entitlement to Shares awarded,
cancelled, exercised, vested, unvested or outstanding) for the purpose of
implementing, administering and managing the Participants participation in the
Plan. The Participant understands that
the Data may be transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or
Affiliates, or to any third parties assisting in the implementation,
administration and management of the Plan, including any requisite transfer to
a brokerage firm or other third party assisting with the exercise of Options
under
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the Plan or with whom Shares
acquired upon exercise of this Option or cash from the sale of such Shares may
be deposited. The Participant
acknowledges that recipients of the Data may be located in different countries,
and those countries may have data privacy laws and protections different from
those in the country of the Participants residence. Furthermore, the
Participant acknowledges and understands that the transfer of the Data to the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, or to any third parties is
necessary for Participants participation in the Plan.
The Participant may at any
time withdraw the consents herein, by contacting the Companys stock
administration department in writing. The Participant further acknowledges that
withdrawal of consent may affect the Participants ability to exercise or
realize benefits from the Option, and the Participants ability to participate
in the Plan.
7. EFFECT
OF CHANGE IN CONTROL ON AWARD.
This Award Agreement shall
not in any way affect the right of the Company to adjust, reclassify,
reorganize or otherwise change its capital or business structure or to merge,
consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part of its
business or assets.
7.1 Acceleration of Vesting. In
the event of a Change in Control, the Option, to the extent outstanding at that
time but not otherwise fully exercisable, shall automatically accelerate so
that the Option shall, immediately prior to the effective date of the Change in
Control, become exercisable for all of the Shares at the time subject to the
Option and may be exercised for any or all of those Shares as fully-vested
Shares. No such acceleration of the
Option, however, shall occur if and to the extent: (i) the Option is, in
connection with the Change in Control, assumed or otherwise continued in full
force and effect by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) or replaced
with a comparable option to purchase shares of the capital stock of the
successor corporation (or parent thereof) pursuant to the terms of the Change
in Control or (ii) the Option is replaced with a cash incentive program of
the successor corporation which preserves the spread existing at the time of
the Change in Control on the Shares for which the Option is not otherwise at
that time exercisable (the excess of the Fair Market Value of those Shares over
the aggregate Exercise Price payable for such Shares) and provides for
subsequent pay-out in accordance with the same vesting schedule set forth in
the Grant Notice. The determination of
option comparability under clause (i) shall be made by the Committee, and
such determination shall be final, binding and conclusive.
7.2 Termination of the
Option Upon Change in Control. Immediately following the
consummation of the Change in Control, the Option shall terminate and cease to
be outstanding, except to the extent assumed by the successor corporation (or
parent thereof) or otherwise expressly continued in full force and effect
pursuant to the terms of the Change in Control.
7.3 Assumption of the
Option. If the Option is assumed in connection with a
Change in Control, then the Option shall be appropriately adjusted, immediately
after such Change in Control, to apply to the number and class of securities
which would have been issuable to the Participant in consummation of such
Change in Control had the Option been exercised immediately prior to such
Change in Control, and appropriate adjustments shall also be made to the
Exercise Price, provided the aggregate Exercise Price shall remain the same.
7.4 Involuntary
Termination After Change in Control. In the event that the Option
is, in connection with the Change in Control, either assumed by the successor
corporation (or parent thereof) or replaced with a comparable option of the
successor corporation (or parent thereof) and, within eighteen (18) months of
the effective date of the Change in Control, the Participants Service
terminates due to Involuntary Termination, the Option, to the extent
outstanding at that time but not
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otherwise fully exercisable,
shall automatically accelerate so that the Option shall, immediately upon the
effective date of the Involuntary Termination, become exercisable for all of
the Shares at the time subject to the Option and may be exercised for any or
all of those Shares as fully-vested Shares for a period of three (3) months.
8. ADJUSTMENTS
FOR CHANGES IN CAPITAL STRUCTURE.
The Participant acknowledges
that the Option is subject to modification and termination in certain events as
provided in this Award Agreement and Article 11 of the Plan.
9. NO
ENTITLEMENT OR CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION.
9.1 The Participants rights, if any, in respect
of or in connection with this Option are derived solely from the discretionary
decision of the Company to permit the Participant to participate in the Plan
and to benefit from a discretionary Award.
By accepting this Option, the Participant expressly acknowledges that
there is no obligation on the part of the Company to continue the Plan and/or
grant any additional options or other Awards to the Participant. This Option is not intended to be
compensation of a continuing or recurring nature, or part of the Participants
normal or expected compensation, and in no way represents any portion of the Participants
salary, compensation, or other remuneration for purposes of pension benefits,
severance, redundancy, resignation or any other purpose.
9.2 Neither the Plan nor this Option shall be
deemed to give the Participant a right to remain an Employee, Director or
Consultant of the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate. The Company and its Subsidiaries and
Affiliates reserve the right to terminate the Service of the Participant at any
time, with or without cause, and for any reason, subject to applicable laws,
the Companys Certificate of
Incorporation and Bylaws and a written
employment agreement (if any), and the Participant shall be deemed irrevocably
to have waived any claim to damages or specific performance for breach of
contract or dismissal, compensation for loss of office, tort or otherwise with
respect to the Plan, this Option or any other outstanding Award that is
forfeited and/or is terminated by its terms or to any future Award.
10. RIGHTS
AS A STOCKHOLDER.
The Participant shall not
have any stockholder rights with respect to the Shares until the Participant
exercises the Option, pays the Exercise Price and becomes a holder of record of
the purchased Shares or the purchased Shares are deposited in a Company-designated
brokerage account.
11. MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS.
11.1 Amendment. The
Committee may amend this Award Agreement at any time; provided, however, that
no such amendment may adversely affect the Participants rights under this
Award Agreement without the consent of the Participant, except
to the extent such amendment is necessary to comply with applicable law,
including, but not limited to, Code Section 409A. No
amendment or addition to this Award Agreement shall be effective unless in writing.
11.2 Nontransferability of the Option. Prior
to the issuance of Shares upon exercise, no right or interest of the
Participant in the Option nor any Shares subject to the Option shall be in any
manner pledged, encumbered, or hypothecated to or in favor of any party other
than the Company or a Subsidiary or Affiliate or shall become subject to any
lien, obligation, or liability of such Participant to any other party other
than the Company, or a Subsidiary or Affiliate.
Except as otherwise provided by the Committee, no Option shall be
assigned, transferred or otherwise disposed of other than by will or the
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laws
of descent and distribution. All rights
with respect to the Option shall be exercisable during the Participants
lifetime only by the Participant or the Participants guardian or legal
representative.
11.3 Further Instruments. The
parties hereto agree to execute such further instruments and to take such
further action as may reasonably be necessary to carry out the intent of this
Award Agreement.
11.4 Binding Effect. This
Award Agreement shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the
Company and, subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth herein, be
binding upon the Participant and the Participants heirs, executors,
administrators, successors and assigns.
11.5 Notices. Any
notice required to be given or delivered to the Company under the terms of this
Award Agreement shall be in writing and addressed to the Company at its
principal corporate offices. Any notice
required to be given or delivered to the Participant shall be in writing and
addressed to the Participant at the address maintained for the Participant in
the Companys records or at the address of the local office of the Company or
of a Subsidiary or Affiliate at which the Participant works.
11.6 Construction of Award Agreement. The
Grant Notice, this Award Agreement, and the Option evidenced hereby (i) are
made and granted pursuant to the Plan and are in all respects limited by and
subject to the terms of the Plan, and (ii) constitute the entire agreement
between the Participant and the Company on the subject matter hereof and
supersede all proposals, written or oral, and all other communications between
the parties related to the subject matter.
All decisions of the Committee with respect to any question or issue
arising under the Grant Notice, this Award Agreement or the Plan shall be
conclusive and binding on all persons having an interest in this Option.
11.7 Governing Law. The
interpretation, performance and enforcement of this Award Agreement shall be
governed by the laws of the State of Texas, U.S.A. without regard to the
conflict-of-laws rules thereof or of any other jurisdiction.
11.8 Compliance.
(a) Conformity
to Securities Laws. The
Participant acknowledges that the Plan and this Agreement are intended to
conform to the extent necessary with all provisions of the Securities Act and
the Exchange Act and any and all regulations and rules promulgated by the
Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, and State securities laws and
regulations. Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, the Plan shall be administered, and the Option is
granted and may be exercised, only in such a manner as to conform to such laws,
rules and regulations. To the
extent permitted by applicable law, the Plan and this Award Agreement shall be
deemed amended to the extent necessary to conform to such laws, rules and
regulations.
(b) Section 409A. Notwithstanding any other provision of the
Plan, this Award Agreement or the Grant Notice, the Plan, this Agreement and
the Grant Notice shall be interpreted in accordance with, and incorporate the
terms and conditions required by, Code Section 409A (together with any
Department of Treasury regulations and other interpretive guidance issued
thereunder, including without limitation any such regulations or other guidance
that may be issued after the date hereof, Section 409A). The Company reserves the right, to the extent
the Company deems necessary or advisable in its sole discretion, to
unilaterally amend or modify the Plan, this Award Agreement or the Grant Notice
or adopt other policies and procedures (including amendments, policies and
procedures with retroactive effect), or take any other actions, as the
Committee determines are necessary or appropriate to ensure that this Option
qualifies for exemption from, or complies with the requirements of, Section 409A;
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provided,
however, that the Company makes no representation that the Option will be
exempt from, or will comply with, Section 409A, and makes no undertakings
to preclude Section 409A of the Code from applying to the Option or to
ensure that it complies with Section 409A.
(c) Limitations
Applicable to Section 16 Persons. Notwithstanding any other provision of the
Plan or this Award Agreement, if the Participant is subject to Section 16
of the Exchange Act, the Plan, the Option and this Award Agreement shall be
subject to any additional limitations set forth in any applicable exemptive rule under
Section 16 of the Exchange Act (including any amendment to Rule 16b-3
of the Exchange Act) that are requirements for the application of such
exemptive rule. To the extent permitted
by applicable law, this Award Agreement shall be deemed amended to the extent
necessary to conform to such applicable exemptive rule.
11.9 Notice
of Disqualifying Disposition of Incentive Stock Option Shares. If
the Option granted herein is an Incentive Stock Option and if the Participant
sells or otherwise disposes of Shares acquired pursuant to the Incentive Stock
Option on or before (i) the date that is two (2) years after the
Grant Date or (ii) the date that is one (1) year after the exercise
date, the Participant shall immediately notify the Company in writing of such
disposition. The Participant agrees that
the Participant may be subject to further income tax withholding by the Company
on the income received by the Participant.
11.10 Administration. The
Committee shall have the power to interpret the Plan and this Award Agreement
and to adopt such rules for the administration, interpretation and
application of the Plan as are consistent therewith and to interpret, amend or
revoke any such rules. All actions taken
and all interpretations and determinations made by the Committee in good faith
shall be final and binding upon the Participant, the Company and all other
interested persons. No member of the
Committee or the Board shall be personally liable for any action, determination
or interpretation made in good faith with respect to the Plan, this Award
Agreement or the Option.
11.11 Counterparts. The
Grant Notice may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an
original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
11.12 Severability. If
any provision of this Award Agreement is held to be unenforceable for any
reason, it shall be adjusted rather than voided, if possible, in order to achieve
the intent of the parties to the extent possible. In any event, all other provisions of this
Award Agreement shall be deemed valid and enforceable to the full extent
possible.
11.13 Relocation Outside the United
States. If the Participant relocates to a country
outside the United States, the Company reserves the right to impose other
requirements on the Participants participation in the Plan, on the Option and
on any Shares acquired under the Plan, to the extent the Company determines
necessary or advisable in order to comply with local law or facilitate the
administration of the Plan, and to require the Participant to sign any
additional agreements or undertakings that may be necessary to accomplish the
foregoing.
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