UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 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):
June 8, 2005

 

PROTEIN DESIGN LABS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

000-19756

 

94-3023969

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)

 

(Commission File No.)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification
No.)

 

34801 Campus Drive

Fremont, California 94555
(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
(510) 574-1400

 

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)

 

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o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 



 

Item 1.01               Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On April 28, 2005, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Protein Design Labs, Inc. (the “Company”) approved a 2005 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2005 Plan”), subject to approval by the Company’s stockholders.  On June 8, 2005, the Company’s stockholders approved the 2005 Plan at the annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders.  The 2005 Plan was approved in order to permit grants of certain equity incentives, including stock appreciation rights, restricted stock and restricted stock unit awards, performance share and performance unit awards, deferred compensation awards and other stock-based or cash-based awards, to the Company’s service providers.  A total of 2,300,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock was initially authorized for issuance under the 2005 Plan.  Shares issued under the 2005 Plan may be authorized but unissued or reacquired shares of the Common Stock of the Company.  The 2005 Plan is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by this reference.  The preceding discussion of the 2005 Plan is qualified by reference to the 2005 Plan attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

On April 28, 2005, the Board approved an amendment to the Company’s 2002 Outside Directors Stock Option Plan (the “Outside Directors Plan”), subject to approval by the Company’s stockholders.  On June 8, 2005, the Company’s stockholders approved this amendment of the Outside Directors Plan at the annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders.  The Outside Directors Plan, as previously adopted, provided for the nondiscretionary grant to new non-employee members of the Board of Directors of initial options and to continuing non-employee directors of annual options, each to purchase 12,000 shares of the Company’ s Common Stock, vesting monthly over a period of 12 months following the date of grant.  The amendment of the Outside Directors Plan, as approved by the Board on April 28, 2005 and the stockholders on June 8, 2005, increased the size of the initial and annual non-employee director stock options from 12,000 shares to 15,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock.  The amended Outside Directors Plan, as approved by the Board on April 28, 2005 and by the stockholders on June 8, 2005, is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by this reference.  The preceding discussion of the Outside Directors Plan is qualified by reference to the amended Outside Directors Plan attached as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

On June 8, 2005, the Board re-constituted certain committees of the Board, as described in Item 8.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K.  Accordingly, pursuant to compensation policies previously established by the Board, the cash and equity compensation of the Company’s non-employee directors changed as follows as of that date:

 

(1)           The following chart sets forth the quarterly cash compensation for all the Company’s non-employee directors in connection with each respective director’s service after June 8, 2005 on the committee set forth beside such director’s name:

 

 

 

Quarterly Cash

 

 

Director

 

Compensation

 

Committee

Karen A. Dawes

 

$

1,750

 

Audit

Karen A. Dawes

 

$

1,500

 

Commercialization

Karen A. Dawes

 

$

1,500

 

Compensation

L. Patrick Gage

 

$

2,000

 

Nominating and Governance (Chair)

L. Patrick Gage

 

$

2,000

 

Scientific Review (Chair)

Cary L. Queen

 

$

1,500

 

Scientific Review

Jon S. Saxe

 

$

1,750

 

Audit

 

In addition, each non-employee director will continue to receive (a) $4,500 of cash compensation per quarter for service on the Board, (b)  $1,000 for each Board meeting attended in person, (c) $500 for each Board meeting attended by telephone and (d) reimbursement of expenses related to Board meeting attendance.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Max Link will continue to receive an aggregate of $25,000 of cash compensation per quarter for his service as the Chairman of the Board, and will not receive additional cash compensation for committee memberships, attendance at Board meetings or reimbursement of travel expenses.

 

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(2)           On June 8, 2005 the Board granted to Max Link an option to purchase 25,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, such option to vest 1/12 per each month of continuous service after July 1, 2005 as the Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors.  In addition, on June 8, 2005 the Board granted an option to the following non-employee directors in connection with each respective director’s service on the committee set forth beside such director’s name:

 

 

 

Number of Shares

 

 

Director

 

Subject to Option

 

Committee

Karen A. Dawes

 

3,000

 

Audit

Karen A. Dawes

 

1,000

*

Commercialization

Karen A. Dawes

 

3,000

 

Compensation

L. Patrick Gage

 

3,000

 

Nominating and Governance

L. Patrick Gage

 

3,000

 

Scientific Review

Max Link

 

3,000

 

Audit

Max Link

 

3,000

 

Compensation

Max Link

 

3,000

 

Nominating and Governance

Cary L. Queen

 

3,000

 

Scientific Review

Jon S. Saxe

 

3,000

 

Audit

 

Each such option was granted under the Company’s 1999 Stock Option Plan, pursuant to an option agreement substantially in the form used under the Outside Directors Plan.  The exercise price per share of each such option was $18.28, the closing sale price of the Company’s Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market at the close of business on June 8, 2005.  Each such option will vest 1/12 per each month of the respective director’s continuous service on the applicable committee after July 1, 2005; provided, however, that the option marked with an asterisk will vest 1/4 per each month of the applicable director’s continuous service on the applicable committee after March 1, 2006.

 

In addition, on June 8, 2005 each non-employee director received a non-discretionary grant of an option to purchase 15,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock under the Outside Directors Plan and pursuant to the standard terms thereof.

 

Item 5.02               Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

 

(c)           On June 8, 2005, the Board appointed George T. Jue as the Company’s Principal Accounting Officer, to serve at the pleasure of the Board or until his successor is duly elected.

 

Mr. Jue, age 52, continues to hold his position as the Company’s Vice President, Finance and Corporate Controller, which he has held since May 9, 2005.  From 2000 to 2005, Mr. Jue served as Corporate Controller at

 

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Scios Inc., a biopharmaceutical company affiliated with Johnson & Johnson.  Prior to Scios, he served as Director of Finance at Roche Bioscience, a biopharmaceutical company, in the Urology and CNS Division from 1999 to 2000.  Before Roche, he was Senior Group Controller at Genentech, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, from 1997 to 1999.  Prior to Genentech, he served as Assistant CFO at Lawrence Berkley National Laboratories from 1995 to 1997.  From 1982 to 1995, Mr. Jue held various management responsibilities at Syntex Laboratories, the U.S. sales and marketing division of Syntex Corporation, a pharmaceutical company, in commercial planning, corporate finance, and product launches.  His most recent position at Syntex was Director of Financial Planning and Analysis.  He received a B.S. in Accounting from Bentley College and an MBA from Golden Gate University.

 

Mr. Jue is employed by the Company at-will.  His compensation includes a monthly salary of $17,916.67, a standard benefits package and eligibility for the Company’s performance bonus program.  Mr. Jue also received options to purchase 105,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock vesting over four years, with one-fourth of the options vesting after one year of employment and the remainder vesting in equal monthly increments over the remaining three years.  In addition, Mr. Jue received a hiring bonus of $15,000, which is due and payable to the Company if Mr. Jue voluntarily resigns his position or he is terminated for cause prior to his one-year anniversary with the Company.

 

Item 5.03               Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

 

(a)           Effective as of June 8, 2005, the Board approved an amendment to Article V, Section 3 of the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws to clarify that that the Board could empower the Company’s Chief Executive Officer to change titles of the Company’s Non-Executive Officers.  The previous provision of the Bylaws stated that the Board could empower the Chief Executive Officer to appoint such Non-Executive Officers, but it did not address the Chief Executive Officer’s power to change the titles of such Non-Executive Officers.  The amendment also added a provision permitting the Board to empower the Chief Executive Officer to appoint any Vice President that is not Section 16 Officer.  The previous Bylaws did not address this matter.  For purposes of this Item 5.03, “Non-Executive Officers” means all officers of the Company other than any Vice President of the Company that is a Section 16 Officer, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, President(s), Secretary, Chief Financial Officer, Chairman of the Board, Treasurer, Assistant Secretar(ies) and General Counsel.  For purposes of this Item 5.03, “Section 16 Officer” means an “officer” for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

The Amended and Restated Bylaws, adopted and effective as of June 8, 2005, are attached hereto as Exhibit 99.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by this reference.  The preceding discussion of the amendment of the Amended and Restated Bylaws is qualified by reference to the Amended and Restated Bylaws attached as Exhibit 99.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Item 8.01               Other Events.

 

On June 8, 2005, the Board re-constituted the memberships of the committees of the Board as follows:

 

Committee

 

Chair

 

Other Members

 

 

 

 

 

Audit

 

Max Link

 

Karen A. Dawes, Jon S. Saxe

Commercialization

 

None

 

Karen A. Dawes, Mark McDade

Compensation

 

Max Link

 

Karen A. Dawes

Nominating and Governance

 

L. Patrick Gage

 

Max Link

Scientific Review

 

L. Patrick Gage

 

Cary L. Queen

Equity Grant

 

None

 

Mark McDade, with Glen Y. Sato, the Company’s
Chief Financial Officer, serving as an alternate

 

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Item 9.01               Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(c)           Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Protein Design Labs, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan.

 

 

 

99.2

 

Protein Design Labs, Inc. 2002 Outside Directors Stock Option Plan, as amended on June 8, 2005.

 

 

 

99.3

 

Amended and Restated Bylaws of Protein Design Labs, Inc. effective as of June 8, 2005.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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.

 

Date: June 14, 2005

 

 

 

 

PROTEIN DESIGN LABS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

  /s/ Glen Y. Sato

 

 

 

Glen Y. Sato

 

 

Senior Vice President and

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

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Exhibit 99.1

 

 

Protein Design Labs, Inc.

 

2005 Equity Incentive Plan

 

 



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

1.

Establishment, Purpose and Term of Plan

 

 

 

 

 

1.1

Establishment

 

 

1.2

Purpose

 

 

1.3

Term of Plan

 

 

 

 

 

2.

Definitions and Construction

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.1

Definitions

 

 

2.2

Construction

 

 

 

 

 

3.

Administration

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.1

Administration by the Committee

 

 

3.2

Authority of Officers

 

 

3.3

Administration with Respect to Insiders

 

 

3.4

Committee Complying with Section 162(m)

 

 

3.5

Powers of the Committee

 

 

3.6

Option or SAR Repricing

 

 

3.7

Indemnification

 

 

 

 

 

4.

Shares Subject to Plan

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.1

Maximum Number of Shares Issuable

 

 

4.2

Share Accounting

 

 

4.3

Adjustments for Changes in Capital Structure

 

 

 

 

 

5.

Eligibility, Participation and Award Limitations

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.1

Persons Eligible for Awards

 

 

5.2

Participation in Plan

 

 

5.3

Award Limitations

 

 

 

 

 

6.

Stock Options

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.1

Exercise Price

 

 

6.2

Exercisability and Term of Options

 

 

6.3

Payment of Exercise Price

 

 

6.4

Effect of Termination of Service

 

 

6.5

Transferability of Options

 

 

 

 

 

7.

Stock Appreciation Rights

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.1

Types of SARs Authorized

 

 

7.2

Exercise Price

 

 

7.3

Exercisability and Term of SARs

 

 

7.4

Exercise of SARs

 

 

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7.5

Deemed Exercise of SARs

 

 

7.6

Effect of Termination of Service

 

 

7.7

Nontransferability of SARs

 

 

 

 

 

8.

Restricted Stock Awards

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.1

Types of Restricted Stock Awards Authorized

 

 

8.2

Purchase Price

 

 

8.3

Purchase Period

 

 

8.4

Payment of Purchase Price

 

 

8.5

Vesting and Restrictions on Transfer

 

 

8.6

Voting Rights; Dividends and Distributions

 

 

8.7

Effect of Termination of Service

 

 

8.8

Nontransferability of Restricted Stock Award Rights

 

 

 

 

 

9.

Restricted Stock Unit Awards

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.1

Grant of Restricted Stock Unit Awards

 

 

9.2

Purchase Price

 

 

9.3

Vesting

 

 

9.4

Voting Rights, Dividend Equivalent Rights and Distributions

 

 

9.5

Effect of Termination of Service

 

 

9.6

Settlement of Restricted Stock Unit Awards

 

 

9.7

Nontransferability of Restricted Stock Unit Awards

 

 

 

 

 

10.

Performance Awards

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.1

Types of Performance Awards Authorized

 

 

10.2

Initial Value of Performance Shares and Performance Units

 

 

10.3

Establishment of Performance Period, Performance Goals and Performance Award Formula

 

 

10.4

Measurement of Performance Goals

 

 

10.5

Settlement of Performance Awards

 

 

10.6

Voting Rights; Dividend Equivalent Rights and Distributions

 

 

10.7

Effect of Termination of Service

 

 

10.8

Nontransferability of Performance Awards

 

 

 

 

 

11.

Deferred Compensation Awards

 

 

 

 

 

 

11.1

Establishment of Deferred Compensation Award Programs

 

 

11.2

Terms and Conditions of Deferred Compensation Awards

 

 

 

 

 

12.

Cash-Based Awards and Other Stock-Based Awards

 

 

 

 

 

 

12.1

Grant of Cash-Based Awards

 

 

12.2

Grant of Other Stock-Based Awards

 

 

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12.3

Value of Cash-Based and Other Stock-Based Awards

 

 

12.4

Payment or Settlement of Cash-Based Awards and Other Stock-Based Awards

 

 

12.5

Voting Rights; Dividend Equivalent Rights and Distributions

 

 

12.6

Effect of Termination of Service

 

 

12.7

Nontransferability of Cash-Based Awards and Other Stock-Based Awards

 

 

 

 

 

13.

Standard Forms of Award Agreement

 

 

 

 

 

 

13.1

Award Agreements

 

 

13.2

Authority to Vary Terms

 

 

 

 

 

14.

Change in Control

 

 

 

 

 

 

14.1

Effect of Change in Control on Options and SARs

 

 

14.2

Effect of Change in Control on Restricted Stock Awards, Restricted Stock Unit Awards and Performance Awards

 

 

14.3

Effect of Change in Control on Deferred Compensation Awards

 

 

14.4

Effect of Change in Control on Cash-Based Awards and Other Stock-Based Awards

 

 

 

 

 

15.

Compliance with Securities Law

 

 

 

 

 

16.

Tax Withholding

 

 

 

 

 

 

16.1

Tax Withholding in General

 

 

16.2

Withholding in Shares

 

 

 

 

 

17.

Amendment or Termination of Plan

 

 

 

 

 

18.

Compliance with Section 409A

 

 

 

 

 

 

18.1

Awards Subject to Section 409A

 

 

18.2

Deferral and/or Distribution Elections

 

 

18.3

Subsequent Elections

 

 

18.4

Distributions Pursuant to Deferral Elections

 

 

18.5

Unforeseeable Emergency

 

 

18.6

Disabled

 

 

18.7

Death

 

 

18.8

No Acceleration of Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

19.

Miscellaneous Provisions

 

 

 

 

 

 

19.1

Repurchase Rights

 

 

19.2

Forfeiture Events

 

 

19.3

Provision of Information

 

 

19.4

Rights as Employee, Consultant or Director

 

 

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19.5

Rights as a Stockholder

 

 

19.6

Delivery of Title to Shares

 

 

19.7

Fractional Shares

 

 

19.8

Retirement and Welfare Plans

 

 

19.9

Beneficiary Designation

 

 

19.10

Severability

 

 

19.11

No Constraint on Corporate Action

 

 

19.12

Unfunded Obligation

 

 

19.13

Choice of Law

 

 

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Protein Design Labs, Inc.

2005 Equity Incentive Plan

 

1.                                       ESTABLISHMENT, PURPOSE AND TERM OF PLAN.

 

1.1                                 Establishment.  The Protein Design Labs, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan (the Plan) is hereby established effective as of June 8, 2005, the date of its approval by the stockholders of the Company (the Effective Date).

 

1.2                                 Purpose.  The purpose of the Plan is to advance the interests of the Participating Company Group and its stockholders by providing an incentive to attract, retain and reward persons performing services for the Participating Company Group and by motivating such persons to contribute to the growth and profitability of the Participating Company Group.  The Plan seeks to achieve this purpose by providing for Awards in the form of Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock Purchase Rights, Restricted Stock Bonuses, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares, Performance Units, Deferred Compensation Awards, Cash-Based Awards and Other Stock-Based Awards.

 

1.3                                 Term of Plan.  The Plan shall continue in effect until its termination by the Committee; provided, however, that all Awards shall be granted, if at all, within ten (10) years from the Effective Date.

 

2.                                       DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION.

 

2.1                                 Definitions.  Whenever used herein, the following terms shall have their respective meanings set forth below:

 

(a)                                  Affiliate means (i) an entity, other than a Parent Corporation, that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediary entities, controls the Company or (ii) an entity, other than a Subsidiary Corporation, that is controlled by the Company directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediary entities.  For this purpose, the term “control” (including the term “controlled by”) means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of the relevant entity, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; or shall have such other meaning assigned such term for the purposes of registration on Form S-8 under the Securities Act.

 

(b)                                 Award means any Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock Purchase Right, Restricted Stock Bonus, Restricted Stock Unit, Performance Share, Performance Unit, Deferred Compensation Award, Cash-Based Award or Other Stock-Based Award granted under the Plan.

 

(c)                                  Award Agreement means a written or electronic agreement between the Company and a Participant setting forth the terms, conditions and restrictions of the Award granted to the Participant.

 

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(d)                                 Board means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

(e)                                  Cash-Based Award” means an Award denominated in cash and granted pursuant to Section 12.

 

(f)                                    Cause means, unless such term or an equivalent term is otherwise defined with respect to an Award by the Participant’s Award Agreement or by a written contract of employment or service, any of the following: (i) the Participant’s theft, dishonesty, willful misconduct, breach of fiduciary duty for personal profit, or falsification of any Participating Company documents or records; (ii) the Participant’s material failure to abide by a Participating Company’s code of conduct or other policies (including, without limitation, policies relating to confidentiality and reasonable workplace conduct); (iii) the Participant’s unauthorized use, misappropriation, destruction or diversion of any tangible or intangible asset or corporate opportunity of a Participating Company (including, without limitation, the Participant’s improper use or disclosure of a Participating Company’s confidential or proprietary information); (iv) any intentional act by the Participant which has a material detrimental effect on a Participating Company’s reputation or business; (v) the Participant’s repeated failure or inability to perform any reasonable assigned duties after written notice from a Participating Company of, and a reasonable opportunity to cure, such failure or inability; (vi) any material breach by the Participant of any employment, service, non-disclosure, non-competition, non-solicitation or other similar agreement between the Participant and a Participating Company, which breach is not cured pursuant to the terms of such agreement; or (vii) the Participant’s conviction (including any plea of guilty or nolo contendere) of any criminal act involving fraud, dishonesty, misappropriation or moral turpitude, or which impairs the Participant’s ability to perform his or her duties with a Participating Company.

 

(g)                                 Change in Control means, unless such term or an equivalent term is otherwise defined with respect to an Award by the Participant’s Award Agreement or by a written contract of employment or service, the occurrence of any of the following:

 

(i)                                     any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than (1) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities of the Company under an employee benefit plan of a Participating Company or (2) a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the stock of the Company, becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing forty percent (40%) or more of (i) the outstanding shares of common stock of the Company or (ii) the total combined voting power of the Company’s then-outstanding securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors; or

 

(ii)                                  an Ownership Change Event or series of related Ownership Change Events (collectively, a Transaction) in which the stockholders of the Company immediately before the Transaction do not retain immediately after the Transaction direct or indirect beneficial ownership of more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the outstanding voting securities of the Company or, in the case of an Ownership Change Event described in Section 2.1(cc)(iii), the entity to which the assets of the Company were transferred (the Transferee), as the case may be; or

 

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(iii)                               a liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

 

For purposes of the preceding sentence, indirect beneficial ownership shall include, without limitation, an interest resulting from ownership of the voting securities of one or more corporations or other business entities which own the Company or the Transferee, as the case may be, either directly or through one or more subsidiary corporations or other business entities.  The Committee shall have the right to determine whether multiple sales or exchanges of the voting securities of the Company or multiple Ownership Change Events are related, and its determination shall be final, binding and conclusive.

 

(h)                                 Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any applicable regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

(i)                                     Committee means the Compensation Committee and such other committee or subcommittee of the Board, if any, duly appointed to administer the Plan and having such powers in each instance as shall be specified by the Board.  If, at any time, there is no committee of the Board then authorized or properly constituted to administer the Plan, the Board shall exercise all of the powers of the Committee granted herein, and, in any event, the Board may in its discretion exercise any or all of such powers.

 

(j)                                     Company means Protein Design Labs, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or any successor corporation thereto.

 

(k)                                  Consultant means a person engaged to provide consulting or advisory services (other than as an Employee or a member of the Board) to a Participating Company, provided that the identity of such person, the nature of such services or the entity to which such services are provided would not preclude the Company from offering or selling securities to such person pursuant to the Plan in reliance on registration on a Form S-8 Registration Statement under the Securities Act.

 

(l)                                     Covered Employee means any Employee who is or may become a “covered employee” as defined in Section 162(m), or any successor statute, and who is designated, either as an individual Employee or a member of a class of Employees, by the Committee no later than (i) the date ninety (90) days after the beginning of the Performance Period, or (ii) the date on which twenty-five percent (25%) of the Performance Period has elapsed, as a “Covered Employee” under this Plan for such applicable Performance Period.

 

(m)                               Deferred Compensation Award means an award granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 11.

 

(n)                                 Director means a member of the Board.

 

(o)                                 Disability means the permanent and total disability of the Participant, within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.

 

(p)                                 Dividend Equivalent means a credit, made at the discretion of the Committee or as otherwise provided by the Plan, to the account of a Participant in an amount

 

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equal to the cash dividends paid on one share of Stock for each share of Stock represented by an Award held by such Participant.

 

(q)                                 Employee means any person treated as an employee (including an Officer or a member of the Board who is also treated as an employee) in the records of a Participating Company and, with respect to any Incentive Stock Option granted to such person, who is an employee for purposes of Section 422 of the Code; provided, however, that neither service as a member of the Board nor payment of a director’s fee shall be sufficient to constitute employment for purposes of the Plan.  The Company shall determine in good faith and in the exercise of its discretion whether an individual has become or has ceased to be an Employee and the effective date of such individual’s employment or termination of employment, as the case may be.  For purposes of an individual’s rights, if any, under the terms of the Plan as of the time of the Company’s determination of whether or not the individual is an Employee, all such determinations by the Company shall be final, binding and conclusive as to such rights, if any, notwithstanding that the Company or any court of law or governmental agency subsequently makes a contrary determination as to such individual’s status as an Employee.

 

(r)                                    Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

(s)                                  Fair Market Value means, as of any date, the value of a share of Stock or other property as determined by the Committee, in its discretion, or by the Company, in its discretion, if such determination is expressly allocated to the Company herein, subject to the following:

 

(i)                                     Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, if, on such date, the Stock is listed on a national or regional securities exchange or market system, the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock shall be the closing price of a share of Stock (or the mean of the closing bid and asked prices of a share of Stock if the Stock is so quoted instead) as quoted on the Nasdaq National Market, The Nasdaq SmallCap Market or such other national or regional securities exchange or market system constituting the primary market for the Stock, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Company deems reliable.  If the relevant date does not fall on a day on which the Stock has traded on such securities exchange or market system, the date on which the Fair Market Value shall be established shall be the last day on which the Stock was so traded prior to the relevant date, or such other appropriate day as shall be determined by the Committee, in its discretion.

 

(ii)                                  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may, in its discretion, determine the Fair Market Value on the basis of the opening, closing, or average of the high and low sale prices of a share of Stock on such date, the preceding trading day or the next succeeding trading day; and, for purposes other than determining the exercise price or purchase price of shares pursuant to an Award, the high or low sale price of a share of Stock on such date, the preceding trading day or the next succeeding trading day, the average of any such prices determined over a period of trading days or the actual sale price of a share of Stock received by a Participant.  The Committee may vary its method of determination of the Fair Market Value as provided in this Section for different purposes under the Plan.

 

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(iii)                               If, on such date, the Stock is not listed on a national or regional securities exchange or market system, the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock shall be as determined by the Committee in good faith without regard to any restriction other than a restriction which, by its terms, will never lapse.

 

(t)                                    Full Value Award means any Award settled in Stock, other than (i) an Option, (ii) a Stock Appreciation Right, (iii) a Restricted Stock Purchase Right or an Other Stock-Based Award under which the Company will receive monetary consideration equal to the Fair Market Value of the shares subject to such Award, (iv) a Deferred Compensation Award which is an elective cash compensation reduction award described in Section 11.1(a) or a stock issuance deferral award described in Section 11.1(b), or (v) an Other Stock-Based award based on appreciation in the Fair Market Value of the Stock.

 

(u)                                 Incentive Stock Option means an Option intended to be (as set forth in the Award Agreement) and which qualifies as an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422(b) of the Code.

 

(v)                                 Insider means an Officer, Director or any other person whose transactions in Stock are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

 

(w)                               Insider Trading Policy means the written policy of the Company pertaining to the purchase, sale, transfer or other disposition of the Company’s equity securities by Directors, Officers, Employees or other service providers who may possess material, nonpublic information regarding the Company or its securities.

 

(x)                                   “Net-Exercise” means a procedure by which the Participant will be issued a number of shares of Stock determined in accordance with the following formula:

 

N = X(A-B)/A, where

“N” = the number of shares of Stock to be issued to the Participant upon exercise of the Option;

“X” = the total number of shares with respect to which the Participant has elected to exercise the Option;

“A” = the Fair Market Value of one (1) share of Stock determined on the exercise date; and

“B” = the exercise price per share (as defined in the Participant’s Award Agreement)

 

(y)                                 Nonstatutory Stock Option means an Option not intended to be (as set forth in the Award Agreement) an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422(b) of the Code.

 

(z)                                   Officer means any person designated by the Board as an officer of the Company.

 

(aa)                            Option means an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonstatutory Stock Option granted pursuant to Section 6.

 

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(bb)                          Other Stock-Based Award” means an Award denominated in shares of Stock and granted pursuant to Section 12.

 

(cc)                            Ownership Change Event means the occurrence of any of the following with respect to the Company:  (i) the direct or indirect sale or exchange in a single or series of related transactions by the stockholders of the Company of more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting stock of the Company; (ii) a merger or consolidation in which the Company is a party; or (iii) the sale, exchange, or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (other than a sale, exchange or transfer to one or more subsidiaries of the Company).

 

(dd)                          Parent Corporation means any present or future “parent corporation” of the Company, as defined in Section 424(e) of the Code.

 

(ee)                            Participant means any eligible person who has been granted one or more Awards.

 

(ff)                                Participating Company means the Company or any Parent Corporation, Subsidiary Corporation or Affiliate.

 

(gg)                          Participating Company Group means, at any point in time, all entities collectively which are then Participating Companies.

 

(hh)                          Performance Award means an Award of Performance Shares or Performance Units.

 

(ii)                                  Performance Award Formula means, for any Performance Award, a formula or table established by the Committee pursuant to Section 10.3 which provides the basis for computing the value of a Performance Award at one or more threshold levels of attainment of the applicable Performance Goal(s) measured as of the end of the applicable Performance Period.

 

(jj)                                  Performance-Based Compensation” means compensation under an Award that satisfies the requirements of Section 162(m) for certain performance-based compensation paid to Covered Employees.

 

(kk)                            Performance Goal means a performance goal established by the Committee pursuant to Section 10.3.

 

(ll)                                  Performance Period means a period established by the Committee pursuant to Section 10.3 at the end of which one or more Performance Goals are to be measured.

 

(mm)                      Performance Share means a bookkeeping entry representing a right granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 10 to receive a payment equal to the value of a Performance Share, as determined by the Committee, based on performance.

 

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(nn)                          Performance Unit means a bookkeeping entry representing a right granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 10 to receive a payment equal to the value of a Performance Unit, as determined by the Committee, based upon performance.

 

(oo)                          Restricted Stock Award means an Award of a Restricted Stock Bonus or a Restricted Stock Purchase Right.

 

(pp)                          Restricted Stock Bonus means Stock granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 8.

 

(qq)                          Restricted Stock Purchase Right means a right to purchase Stock granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 8.

 

(rr)                                Restricted Stock Unit” or Stock Unit means a bookkeeping entry representing a right granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 9 or Section 11, respectively, to receive a share of Stock on a date determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 9 or Section 11, as applicable, and the Participant’s Award Agreement.

 

(ss)                            Restriction Period means the period established in accordance with Section 8.5 during which shares subject to a Restricted Stock Award are subject to Vesting Conditions.

 

(tt)                                Rule 16b-3 means Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, as amended from time to time, or any successor rule or regulation.

 

(uu)                          SAR or Stock Appreciation Right means a bookkeeping entry representing, for each share of Stock subject to such SAR, a right granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 7 to receive payment of an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date of exercise of the SAR over the exercise price.

 

(vv)                          Section 162(m) means Section 162(m) of the Code.

 

(ww)                      Section 409A means Section 409A of the Code (including regulations or administrative guidelines thereunder).

 

(xx)                              Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

(yy)                          Service means a Participant’s employment or service with the Participating Company Group, whether in the capacity of an Employee, a Director or a Consultant.  Unless otherwise provided by the Committee, a Participant’s Service shall not be deemed to have terminated merely because of a change in the capacity in which the Participant renders such Service or a change in the Participating Company for which the Participant renders such Service, provided that there is no interruption or termination of the Participant’s Service.  Furthermore, a Participant’s Service shall not be deemed to have terminated if the Participant takes any military leave, sick leave, or other bona fide leave of absence approved by the Company.  However, if any such leave taken by a Participant exceeds ninety (90) days, then on the one hundred eighty-first (181st) day following the commencement of such leave any Incentive Stock Option held by the Participant shall cease to be treated as an Incentive Stock

 

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Option and instead shall be treated thereafter as a Nonstatutory Stock Option, unless the Participant’s right to return to Service is guaranteed by statute or contract.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless otherwise designated by the Company or required by law, a leave of absence shall not be treated as Service for purposes of determining vesting under the Participant’s Award Agreement.  A Participant’s Service shall be deemed to have terminated either upon an actual termination of Service or upon the entity for which the Participant performs Service ceasing to be a Participating Company.  Subject to the foregoing, the Company, in its discretion, shall determine whether the Participant’s Service has terminated and the effective date of such termination.

 

(zz)                              Stock means the common stock of the Company, as adjusted from time to time in accordance with Section 4.3.

 

(aaa)                      Subsidiary Corporation means any present or future “subsidiary corporation” of the Company, as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code.

 

(bbb)                   Ten Percent Owner means a Participant who, at the time an Option is granted to the Participant, owns stock possessing more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of a Participating Company (other than an Affiliate) within the meaning of Section 422(b)(6) of the Code.

 

(ccc)                      Vesting Conditions mean those conditions established in accordance with the Plan prior to the satisfaction of which shares subject to an Award remain subject to forfeiture or a repurchase option in favor of the Company exercisable for the Participant’s purchase price for such shares upon the Participant’s termination of Service.

 

2.2                                 Construction.  Captions and titles contained herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision of the Plan.  Except when otherwise indicated by the context, the singular shall include the plural and the plural shall include the singular.  Use of the term “or” is not intended to be exclusive, unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

 

3.                                       ADMINISTRATION.

 

3.1                                 Administration by the Committee.  The Plan shall be administered by the Committee.  All questions of interpretation of the Plan or of any Award shall be determined by the Committee, and such determinations shall be final and binding upon all persons having an interest in the Plan or such Award.

 

3.2                                 Authority of Officers.  The Chief Executive Officer shall have the authority to act on behalf of the Company with respect to any matter, right, obligation, determination or election which is the responsibility of or which is allocated to the Company herein.  The Board or Committee may, in its discretion, delegate to a committee comprised of one or more Officers the authority to grant one or more Awards, without further approval of the Board or the Committee, to any Employee, other than a person who, at the time of such grant, is an Insider; provided, however, that (a) such Awards shall not be granted for shares in excess of the maximum aggregate number of shares of Stock authorized for issuance pursuant to Section 4.1, (b) each such Award which is a Full Value Award shall be subject to minimum

 

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vesting provisions described in Section 5.3(c), (c) each such Award shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the appropriate standard form of Award Agreement approved by the Board or the Committee and shall conform to the provisions of the Plan, and (d) each such Award shall conform to such limits and guidelines as shall be established from time to time by resolution of the Board or the Committee.

 

3.3                                 Administration with Respect to Insiders.  With respect to participation by Insiders in the Plan, at any time that any class of equity security of the Company is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, the Plan shall be administered in compliance with the requirements, if any, of Rule 16b-3.

 

3.4                                 Committee Complying with Section 162(m).  If the Company is a “publicly held corporation” within the meaning of Section 162(m), the Board may establish a Committee of “outside directors” within the meaning of Section 162(m) to approve the grant of any Award intended to result in the payment of Performance-Based Compensation.

 

3.5                                 Powers of the Committee.  In addition to any other powers set forth in the Plan and subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall have the full and final power and authority, in its discretion:

 

(a)                                  to determine the persons to whom, and the time or times at which, Awards shall be granted and the number of shares of Stock, units or monetary value to be subject to each Award;

 

(b)                                 to determine the type of Award granted;

 

(c)                                  to determine the Fair Market Value of shares of Stock or other property;

 

(d)                                 to determine the terms, conditions and restrictions applicable to each Award (which need not be identical) and any shares acquired pursuant thereto, including, without limitation, (i) the exercise or purchase price of shares pursuant to any Award, (ii) the method of payment for shares purchased pursuant to any Award, (iii) the method for satisfaction of any tax withholding obligation arising in connection with Award, including by the withholding or delivery of shares of Stock, (iv) the timing, terms and conditions of the exercisability or vesting of any Award or any shares acquired pursuant thereto, (v) the Performance Measures, Performance Period, Performance Award Formula and Performance Goals applicable to any Award and the extent to which such Performance Goals have been attained, (vi) the time of the expiration of any Award, (vii) the effect of the Participant’s termination of Service on any of the foregoing, and (viii) all other terms, conditions and restrictions applicable to any Award or shares acquired pursuant thereto not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan;

 

(e)                                  to determine whether an Award will be settled in shares of Stock, cash, or in any combination thereof;

 

(f)                                    to approve one or more forms of Award Agreement;

 

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(g)                                 to amend, modify, extend, cancel or renew any Award or to waive any restrictions or conditions applicable to any Award or any shares acquired pursuant thereto;

 

(h)                                 to accelerate, continue, extend or defer the exercisability or vesting of any Award or any shares acquired pursuant thereto, including with respect to the period following a Participant’s termination of Service;

 

(i)                                     without the consent of the affected Participant and notwithstanding the provisions of any Award Agreement to the contrary, to unilaterally substitute at any time a Stock Appreciation Right providing for settlement solely in shares of Stock in place of any outstanding Option, provided that such Stock Appreciation Right covers the same number of shares of Stock and provides for the same exercise price (subject in each case to adjustment in accordance with Section 4.3) as the replaced Option and otherwise provides substantially equivalent terms and conditions as the replaced Option, as determined by the Committee;

 

(j)                                     to prescribe, amend or rescind rules, guidelines and policies relating to the Plan, or to adopt sub-plans or supplements to, or alternative versions of, the Plan, including, without limitation, as the Committee deems necessary or desirable to comply with the laws or regulations of or to accommodate the tax policy, accounting principles or custom of, foreign jurisdictions whose citizens may be granted Awards; and

 

(k)                                  to correct any defect, supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or any Award Agreement and to make all other determinations and take such other actions with respect to the Plan or any Award as the Committee may deem advisable to the extent not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan or applicable law.

 

3.6                                 Option or SAR Repricing.  Without the affirmative vote of holders of a majority of the shares of Stock cast in person or by proxy at a meeting of the stockholders of the Company at which a quorum representing a majority of all outstanding shares of Stock is present or represented by proxy, the Board shall not approve either (a) the cancellation of outstanding Options or SARs and the grant in substitution therefore of new Options or SARs having a lower exercise price or (b) the amendment of outstanding Options or SARs to reduce the exercise price thereof.  This paragraph shall not be construed to apply to “issuing or assuming a stock option in a transaction to which section 424(a) applies,” within the meaning of Section 424 of the Code.

 

3.7                                 Indemnification.  In addition to such other rights of indemnification as they may have as members of the Board or the Committee or as officers or employees of the Participating Company Group, members of the Board or the Committee and any officers or employees of the Participating Company Group to whom authority to act for the Board, the Committee or the Company is delegated shall be indemnified by the Company against all reasonable expenses, including attorneys’ fees, actually and necessarily incurred in connection with the defense of any action, suit or proceeding, or in connection with any appeal therein, to which they or any of them may be a party by reason of any action taken or failure to act under or in connection with the Plan, or any right granted hereunder, and against all amounts paid by them in settlement thereof (provided such settlement is approved by independent legal counsel selected by the Company) or paid by them in satisfaction of a judgment in any such action, suit or proceeding, except in relation to matters as to which it shall be adjudged in such action, suit or

 

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proceeding that such person is liable for gross negligence, bad faith or intentional misconduct in duties; provided, however, that within sixty (60) days after the institution of such action, suit or proceeding, such person shall offer to the Company, in writing, the opportunity at its own expense to handle and defend the same.

 

4.                                       SHARES SUBJECT TO PLAN.

 

4.1                                 Maximum Number of Shares Issuable.  Subject to adjustment as provided in Sections 4.2 and 4.3, the maximum aggregate number of shares of Stock that may be issued under the Plan shall be equal to two million three hundred thousand (2,300,000) shares, and shall consist of authorized but unissued or reacquired shares of Stock or any combination thereof.

 

4.2                                 Share Accounting.  If an outstanding Award for any reason expires or is terminated or canceled without having been exercised or settled in full, or if shares of Stock acquired pursuant to an Award subject to forfeiture or repurchase are forfeited or repurchased by the Company for an amount not greater than the Participant’s original purchase price, the shares of Stock allocable to the terminated portion of such Award or such forfeited or repurchased shares of Stock shall again be available for issuance under the Plan.  Shares of Stock shall not be deemed to have been issued pursuant to the Plan with respect to any portion of an Award, other than an Option or SAR that is settled in cash.  Shares withheld or reacquired by the Company in satisfaction of tax withholding obligations pursuant to Section 16.2 shall not again be available for issuance under the Plan.  Upon payment in shares of Stock pursuant to the exercise of an SAR, the number of shares available for issuance under the Plan shall be reduced by the gross number of shares for which the SAR is exercised.  If the exercise price of an Option is paid by tender to the Company, or attestation to the ownership, of shares of Stock owned by the Participant, or by means of a Net-Exercise, the number of shares available for issuance under the Plan shall be reduced by the gross number of shares for which the Option is exercised.

 

4.3                                 Adjustments for Changes in Capital Structure.  Subject to any required action by the stockholders of the Company, in the event of any change in the Stock effected without receipt of consideration by the Company, whether through merger, consolidation, reorganization, reincorporation, recapitalization, reclassification, stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, split-up, split-off, spin-off, combination of shares, exchange of shares, or similar change in the capital structure of the Company, or in the event of payment of a dividend or distribution to the stockholders of the Company in a form other than Stock (excepting normal cash dividends) that has a material effect on the Fair Market Value of shares of Stock, appropriate adjustments shall be made in the number and kind of shares subject to the Plan and to any outstanding Awards, in the Award limits set forth in Section 5.3 and in the exercise or purchase price per share under any outstanding Award in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of Participants’ rights under the Plan.  For purposes of the foregoing, conversion of any convertible securities of the Company shall not be treated as “effected without receipt of consideration by the Company.”  If a majority of the shares which are of the same class as the shares that are subject to outstanding Awards are exchanged for, converted into, or otherwise become (whether or not pursuant to an Ownership Change Event) shares of another corporation (the New Shares), the Committee may unilaterally amend the outstanding Awards to provide that such Awards are for New Shares.  In the event of any such amendment, the number of shares

 

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subject to, and the exercise or purchase price per share of, the outstanding Awards shall be adjusted in a fair and equitable manner as determined by the Committee, in its discretion.  Any fractional share resulting from an adjustment pursuant to this Section shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number, and in no event may the exercise or purchase price under any Award be decreased to an amount less than the par value, if any, of the stock subject to such Award.  The Committee in its sole discretion, may also make such adjustments in the terms of any Award to reflect, or related to, such changes in the capital structure of the Company or distributions as it deems appropriate, including modification of Performance Goals, Performance Award Formulas and Performance Periods.  The adjustments determined by the Committee pursuant to this Section shall be final, binding and conclusive.

 

The Committee may, without affecting the number of Shares reserved or available hereunder, authorize the issuance or assumption of benefits under this Plan in connection with any merger, consolidation, acquisition of property or stock, or reorganization upon such terms and conditions as it may deem appropriate, subject to compliance with Sections 409A and 422 and any related guidance issued by the U.S. Treasury Department, where applicable.

 

5.                                       ELIGIBILITY, PARTICIPATION AND AWARD LIMITATIONS.

 

5.1                                 Persons Eligible for Awards.  Awards may be granted only to Employees and Consultants.

 

5.2                                 Participation in Plan.  Awards are granted solely at the discretion of the Committee.  Eligible persons may be granted more than one Award.  However, eligibility in accordance with this Section shall not entitle any person to be granted an Award, or, having been granted an Award, to be granted an additional Award.

 

5.3                                 Award Limitations.

 

(a)                                  Incentive Stock Option Limitations.

 

(i)                                     Maximum Number of Shares Issuable Pursuant to Incentive Stock Options.  Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4.3, the maximum aggregate number of shares of Stock that may be issued under the Plan pursuant to the exercise of Incentive Stock Options shall not exceed two million three hundred thousand (2,300,000) shares.  The maximum aggregate number of shares of Stock that may be issued under the Plan pursuant to all Awards other than Incentive Stock Options shall be the number of shares determined in accordance with Section 4.1, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4.2 and Section 4.3.

 

(ii)                                  Persons Eligible.  An Incentive Stock Option may be granted only to a person who, on the effective date of grant, is an Employee of the Company, a Parent Corporation or a Subsidiary Corporation (each being an ISO-Qualifying Corporation).  Any person who is not an Employee of an ISO-Qualifying Corporation on the effective date of the grant of an Option to such person may be granted only a Nonstatutory Stock Option.  An Incentive Stock Option granted to a prospective Employee upon the condition that such person become an Employee of an ISO-Qualifying Corporation shall be deemed granted effective on the

 

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date such person commences Service with an ISO-Qualifying Corporation, with an exercise price determined as of such date in accordance with Section 6.1.

 

(iii)                               Fair Market Value Limitation.  To the extent that options designated as Incentive Stock Options (granted under all stock option plans of the Participating Company Group, including the Plan) become exercisable by a Participant for the first time during any calendar year for stock having a Fair Market Value greater than One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000), the portion of such options which exceeds such amount shall be treated as Nonstatutory Stock Options.  For purposes of this Section, options designated as Incentive Stock Options shall be taken into account in the order in which they were granted, and the Fair Market Value of stock shall be determined as of the time the option with respect to such stock is granted.  If the Code is amended to provide for a limitation different from that set forth in this Section, such different limitation shall be deemed incorporated herein effective as of the date and with respect to such Options as required or permitted by such amendment to the Code.  If an Option is treated as an Incentive Stock Option in part and as a Nonstatutory Stock Option in part by reason of the limitation set forth in this Section, the Participant may designate which portion of such Option the Participant is exercising.  In the absence of such designation, the Participant shall be deemed to have exercised the Incentive Stock Option portion of the Option first.  Upon exercise, shares issued pursuant to each such portion shall be separately identified.

 

(b)                                 Aggregate Limit on Full Value Awards.  In no event shall more than fifty percent (50%) of the maximum aggregate number of shares of Stock that may be issued under the Plan, determined in accordance with Sections 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3, be issued pursuant to Full Value Awards.

 

(c)                                  Aggregate Limit on Full Value Awards Without Minimum Vesting.  Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, no more than five percent (5%) of the maximum aggregate number of shares of Stock that may be issued under the Plan, determined in accordance with Sections 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3, shall be issued pursuant to Full Value Awards having Vesting Conditions which (i) if based upon a Service requirement, provide for vesting more rapid than annual pro rata vesting over a period three (3) years or (ii) if based upon the attainment of one or more Performance Goals, provide for a Performance Period of less than twelve (12) months; provided, however, that such limitations shall not preclude the acceleration of vesting of any such Award upon the death, disability, retirement or involuntary termination of Service of the Participant or upon or following a Change in Control, as determined by the Committee in its discretion.

 

(d)                                 Maximum Annual Aggregate Award Limits.  Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4.3, no Participant shall be granted within any fiscal year of the Company, other than the fiscal year in which such Participant’s Service with the Company commences, one or more Awards that may be settled in Stock which in the aggregate are for more than a number of shares equal to nine percent (9%) of the maximum aggregate number of shares of Stock that may be issued under the Plan as set forth in Section 4.1

 

(e)                                  Section 162(m) Award Limits.  The following limits shall apply to the grant of any Award intended to qualify for treatment as Performance-Based Compensation:

 

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(i)                                     Options and SARs.  Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4.3, no Employee shall be granted within any fiscal year of the Company one or more Options or Freestanding SARs which in the aggregate are for more than one million six hundred thousand (1,600,000) shares.

 

(ii)                                  Restricted Stock Awards and Restricted Stock Unit Awards.  Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4.3, no Employee shall be granted within any fiscal year of the Company one or more Restricted Stock Awards or Restricted Stock Unit Awards for more than four hundred thousand (400,000) shares.

 

(iii)                               Performance Awards.  Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4.3, no Employee shall be granted (1) Performance Shares which could result in such Employee receiving more than one hundred thousand (100,000) shares for each full fiscal year of the Company contained in the Performance Period for such Award, or (2) Performance Units which could result in such Employee receiving more than two million dollars ($2,000,000) for each full fiscal year of the Company contained in the Performance Period for such Award.

 

(iv)                              Cash-Based Awards and Other Stock-Based Awards.  Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4.3, no Employee shall be granted (1) Cash-Based Awards in any fiscal year of the Company which could result in such Employee receiving more than two million dollars ($2,000,000) for each full fiscal year of the Company contained in the Performance Period for such Award, or (2) Other Stock-Based Awards in any fiscal year of the Company which could result in such Employee receiving more than one hundred thousand (100,000) shares for each full fiscal year of the Company contained in the Performance Period for such Award.

 

6.                                       STOCK OPTIONS.

 

Options shall be evidenced by Award Agreements specifying the number of shares of Stock covered thereby, in such form as the Committee shall from time to time establish.  No Option or purported Option shall be a valid and binding obligation of the Company unless evidenced by a fully executed Award Agreement.  Award Agreements evidencing Options may incorporate all or any of the terms of the Plan by reference, including the provisions of Section 18 with respect to Section 409A if applicable, and shall comply with and be subject to the following terms and conditions:

 

6.1                                 Exercise Price.  The exercise price for each Option shall be established in the discretion of the Committee; provided, however, that (a) the exercise price per share shall be not less than the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the effective date of grant of the Option and (b) no Incentive Stock Option granted to a Ten Percent Owner shall have an exercise price per share less than one hundred ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the effective date of grant of the Option.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Option (whether an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonstatutory Stock Option) may be granted with an exercise price lower than the minimum exercise price set forth above if such Option is granted pursuant to an assumption or substitution for another option in a manner qualifying under the provisions of Section 424(a) of the Code.

 

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6.2                                 Exercisability and Term of Options.  Options shall be exercisable at such time or times, or upon such event or events, and subject to such terms, conditions, performance criteria and restrictions as shall be determined by the Committee and set forth in the Award Agreement evidencing such Option; provided, however, that (a) no Option shall be exercisable after the expiration of seven (7) years after the effective date of grant of such Option and (b) no Incentive Stock Option granted to a Ten Percent Owner shall be exercisable after the expiration of five (5) years after the effective date of grant of such Option.  Subject to the foregoing, unless otherwise specified by the Committee in the grant of an Option, each Option shall terminate seven (7) years after the effective date of grant of the Option, unless earlier terminated in accordance with its provisions.

 

6.3                                 Payment of Exercise Price.

 

(a)                                  Forms of Consideration Authorized.  Except as otherwise provided below, payment of the exercise price for the number of shares of Stock being purchased pursuant to any Option shall be made (i) in cash or by check or cash equivalent, (ii) by tender to the Company, or attestation to the ownership, of shares of Stock owned by the Participant having a Fair Market Value not less than the exercise price, (iii) by delivery of a properly executed notice of exercise together with irrevocable instructions to a broker providing for the assignment to the Company of the proceeds of a sale or loan with respect to some or all of the shares being acquired upon the exercise of the Option (including, without limitation, through an exercise complying with the provisions of Regulation T as promulgated from time to time by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) (a Cashless Exercise), (iv) by delivery of a properly executed notice electing a Net-Exercise, (v) by such other consideration as may be approved by the Committee from time to time to the extent permitted by applicable law, or (vi) by any combination thereof.  The Committee may at any time or from time to time grant Options which do not permit all of the foregoing forms of consideration to be used in payment of the exercise price or which otherwise restrict one or more forms of consideration.

 

(b)                                 Limitations on Forms of Consideration.

 

(i)                                     Tender of Stock.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Option may not be exercised by tender to the Company, or attestation to the ownership, of shares of Stock to the extent such tender or attestation would constitute a violation of the provisions of any law, regulation or agreement restricting the redemption of the Company’s stock.  Unless otherwise provided by the Committee, an Option may not be exercised by tender to the Company, or attestation to the ownership, of shares of Stock unless such shares either have been owned by the Participant for more than six (6) months (or such other period, if any, as the Committee may permit) and not used for another Option exercise by attestation during such period, or were not acquired, directly or indirectly, from the Company.

 

(ii)                                  Cashless Exercise.  The Company reserves, at any and all times, the right, in the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, to establish, decline to approve or terminate any program or procedures for the exercise of Options by means of a Cashless Exercise, including with respect to one or more Participants specified by the Company notwithstanding that such program or procedures may be available to other Participants.

 

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6.4                                 Effect of Termination of Service.

 

(a)                                  Option Exercisability.  Subject to earlier termination of the Option as otherwise provided herein and unless otherwise provided by the Committee in the grant of an Option and set forth in the Award Agreement, an Option shall terminate immediately upon the Participant’s termination of Service to the extent that it is then unvested and shall be exercisable after the Participant’s termination of Service to the extent it is then vested only during the applicable time period determined in accordance with this Section and thereafter shall terminate:

 

(i)                                     Disability.  If the Participant’s Service terminates because of the Disability of the Participant, the Option, to the extent unexercised and exercisable on the date on which the Participant’s Service terminated, may be exercised by the Participant (or the Participant’s guardian or legal representative) at any time prior to the expiration of twelve (12) months after the date on which the Participant’s Service terminated, but in any event no later than the date of expiration of the Option’s term as set forth in the Award Agreement evidencing such Option (the Option Expiration Date).

 

(ii)                                  Death.  If the Participant’s Service terminates because of the death of the Participant, the Option, to the extent unexercised and exercisable on the date on which the Participant’s Service terminated, may be exercised by the Participant’s legal representative or other person who acquired the right to exercise the Option by reason of the Participant’s death at any time prior to the expiration of twelve (12) months after the date on which the Participant’s Service terminated, but in any event no later than the Option Expiration Date.  The Participant’s Service shall be deemed to have terminated on account of death if the Participant dies within three (3) months after the Participant’s termination of Service.

 

(iii)                               Other Termination of Service.  If the Participant’s Service terminates for any reason, except Disability or death, the Option, to the extent unexercised and exercisable by the Participant on the date on which the Participant’s Service terminated, may be exercised by the Participant at any time prior to the expiration of three (3) months after the date on which the Participant’s Service terminated, but in any event no later than the Option Expiration Date.

 

(b)                                 Extension if Exercise Prevented by Law.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the exercise of an Option within the applicable time periods set forth in Section 6.4(a) is prevented by the provisions of Section 15 below, the Option shall remain exercisable until three (3) months (or such longer period of time as determined by the Committee, in its discretion) after the date the Participant is notified by the Company that the Option is exercisable, but in any event no later than the Option Expiration Date.

 

(c)                                  Extension if Participant Subject to Section 16(b).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a sale within the applicable time periods set forth in Section 6.4(a) of shares acquired upon the exercise of the Option would subject the Participant to suit under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, the Option shall remain exercisable until the earliest to occur of (i) the tenth (10th) day following the date on which a sale of such shares by the Participant would no longer be subject to such suit, (ii) the one hundred and ninetieth (190th) day after the Participant’s termination of Service, or (iii) the Option Expiration Date.

 

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6.5                                 Transferability of Options.  During the lifetime of the Participant, an Option shall be exercisable only by the Participant or the Participant’s guardian or legal representative.  An Option shall not be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, exchange, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, or garnishment by creditors of the Participant or the Participant’s beneficiary, except transfer by will or by the laws of descent and distribution.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent permitted by the Committee, in its discretion, and set forth in the Award Agreement evidencing such Option, a Nonstatutory Stock Option shall be assignable or transferable subject to the applicable limitations, if any, described in the General Instructions to Form S-8 Registration Statement under the Securities Act.

 

7.                                       STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS.

 

Stock Appreciation Rights shall be evidenced by Award Agreements specifying the number of shares of Stock subject to the Award, in such form as the Committee shall from time to time establish.  No SAR or purported SAR shall be a valid and binding obligation of the Company unless evidenced by a fully executed Award Agreement.  Award Agreements evidencing SARs may incorporate all or any of the terms of the Plan by reference, including provisions of Section 18 with respect to Section 409A if applicable, and shall comply with and be subject to the following terms and conditions:

 

7.1                                 Types of SARs Authorized.  SARs may be granted in tandem with all or any portion of a related Option (a Tandem SAR) or may be granted independently of any Option (a Freestanding SAR).  A Tandem SAR may only be granted concurrently with the grant of the related Option.

 

7.2                                 Exercise Price.  The exercise price for each SAR shall be established in the discretion of the Committee; provided, however, that (a) the exercise price per share subject to a Tandem SAR shall be the exercise price per share under the related Option and (b) the exercise price per share subject to a Freestanding SAR shall be not less than the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the effective date of grant of the SAR.

 

7.3                                 Exercisability and Term of SARs.

 

(a)                                  Tandem SARs.  Tandem SARs shall be exercisable only at the time and to the extent, and only to the extent, that the related Option is exercisable, subject to such provisions as the Committee may specify where the Tandem SAR is granted with respect to less than the full number of shares of Stock subject to the related Option.  The Committee may, in its discretion, provide in any Award Agreement evidencing a Tandem SAR that such SAR may not be exercised without the advance approval of the Company and, if such approval is not given, then the Option shall nevertheless remain exercisable in accordance with its terms.  A Tandem SAR shall terminate and cease to be exercisable no later than the date on which the related Option expires or is terminated or canceled.  Upon the exercise of a Tandem SAR with respect to some or all of the shares subject to such SAR, the related Option shall be canceled automatically as to the number of shares with respect to which the Tandem SAR was exercised.  Upon the exercise of an Option related to a Tandem SAR as to some or all of the shares subject to such Option, the related Tandem SAR shall be canceled automatically as to the number of shares with respect to which the related Option was exercised.

 

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(b)                                 Freestanding SARs.  Freestanding SARs shall be exercisable at such time or times, or upon such event or events, and subject to such terms, conditions, performance criteria and restrictions as shall be determined by the Committee and set forth in the Award Agreement evidencing such SAR; provided, however, that no Freestanding SAR shall be exercisable after the expiration of seven (7) years after the effective date of grant of such SAR.

 

7.4                                 Exercise of SARs.  Upon the exercise (or deemed exercise pursuant to Section 7.5) of an SAR, the Participant (or the Participant’s legal representative or other person who acquired the right to exercise the SAR by reason of the Participant’s death) shall be entitled to receive payment of an amount for each share with respect to which the SAR is exercised equal to the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date of exercise of the SAR over the exercise price.  Payment of such amount shall be made (a) in the case of a Tandem SAR, solely in shares of Stock in a lump sum as soon as practicable following the date of exercise of the SAR and (b) in the case of a Freestanding SAR, in cash, shares of Stock, or any combination thereof as determined by the Committee in compliance with Section 409A.  Unless otherwise provided in the Award Agreement evidencing a Freestanding SAR, payment shall be made in a lump sum as soon as practicable following the date of exercise of the SAR.  The Award Agreement evidencing any Freestanding SAR may provide for deferred payment in a lump sum or in installments in compliance with Section 409A.  When payment is to be made in shares of Stock, the number of shares to be issued shall be determined on the basis of the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date of exercise of the SAR.  For purposes of Section 7, an SAR shall be deemed exercised on the date on which the Company receives notice of exercise from the Participant or as otherwise provided in Section 7.5.

 

7.5                                 Deemed Exercise of SARs.  If, on the date on which an SAR would otherwise terminate or expire, the SAR by its terms remains exercisable immediately prior to such termination or expiration and, if so exercised, would result in a payment to the holder of such SAR, then any portion of such SAR which has not previously been exercised shall automatically be deemed to be exercised as of such date with respect to such portion.

 

7.6                                 Effect of Termination of Service.  Subject to earlier termination of the SAR as otherwise provided herein and unless otherwise provided by the Committee in the grant of an SAR and set forth in the Award Agreement, an SAR shall be exercisable after a Participant’s termination of Service only to the extent and during the applicable time period determined in accordance with Section 6.4 (treating the SAR as if it were an Option) and thereafter shall terminate.

 

7.7                                 Nontransferability of SARs.  During the lifetime of the Participant, an SAR shall be exercisable only by the Participant or the Participant’s guardian or legal representative.  An SAR shall not be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, exchange, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, or garnishment by creditors of the Participant or the Participant’s beneficiary, except transfer by will or by the laws of descent and distribution.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent permitted by the Committee, in its discretion, and set forth in the Award Agreement evidencing such Award, a Tandem SAR related to a Nonstatutory Stock Option or a Freestanding SAR shall be assignable or transferable subject to the applicable limitations, if any, described in the General Instructions to Form S-8 Registration Statement under the Securities Act.

 

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8.                                       RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS.

 

Restricted Stock Awards shall be evidenced by Award Agreements specifying whether the Award is a Restricted Stock Bonus or a Restricted Stock Purchase Right and the number of shares of Stock subject to the Award, in such form as the Committee shall from time to time establish.  No Restricted Stock Award or purported Restricted Stock Award shall be a valid and binding obligation of the Company unless evidenced by a fully executed Award Agreement.  Award Agreements evidencing Restricted Stock Awards may incorporate all or any of the terms of the Plan by reference, including the provisions of Section 18 with respect to Section 409A, if applicable, and shall comply with and be subject to the following terms and conditions:

 

8.1                                 Types of Restricted Stock Awards Authorized.  Restricted Stock Awards may be granted in the form of either a Restricted Stock Bonus or a Restricted Stock Purchase Right.  Restricted Stock Awards may be granted upon such conditions as the Committee shall determine, including, without limitation, upon the attainment of one or more Performance Goals described in Section 10.4.  If either the grant of a Restricted Stock Award or the lapsing of the Restriction Period is to be contingent upon the attainment of one or more Performance Goals, the Committee shall follow procedures substantially equivalent to those set forth in Sections 10.3 through 10.5(a).

 

8.2                                 Purchase Price.  The purchase price for shares of Stock issuable under each Restricted Stock Purchase Right shall be established by the Committee in its discretion.  No monetary payment (other than applicable tax withholding) shall be required as a condition of receiving shares of Stock pursuant to a Restricted Stock Bonus, the consideration for which shall be services actually rendered to a Participating Company or for its benefit.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if required by applicable state corporate law, the Participant shall furnish consideration in the form of cash or past services rendered to a Participating Company or for its benefit having a value not less than the par value of the shares of Stock subject to a Restricted Stock Award.

 

8.3                                 Purchase Period.  A Restricted Stock Purchase Right shall be exercisable within a period established by the Committee, which shall in no event exceed thirty (30) days from the effective date of the grant of the Restricted Stock Purchase Right.

 

8.4                                 Payment of Purchase Price.  Except as otherwise provided below, payment of the purchase price for the number of shares of Stock being purchased pursuant to any Restricted Stock Purchase Right shall be made (a) in cash or by check or cash equivalent, (b) by such other consideration as may be approved by the Committee from time to time to the extent permitted by applicable law, or (c) by any combination thereof.  The Committee may at any time or from time to time grant Restricted Stock Purchase Rights which do not permit all of the foregoing forms of consideration to be used in payment of the purchase price or which otherwise restrict one or more forms of consideration.

 

8.5                                 Vesting and Restrictions on Transfer.  Subject to Section 5.3(c), Shares issued pursuant to any Restricted Stock Award may (but need not) be made subject to Vesting Conditions based upon the satisfaction of such Service requirements, conditions, restrictions or

 

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performance criteria, including, without limitation, Performance Goals as described in Section 10.4, as shall be established by the Committee and set forth in the Award Agreement evidencing such Award.  During any Restriction Period in which shares acquired pursuant to a Restricted Stock Award remain subject to Vesting Conditions, such shares may not be sold, exchanged, transferred, pledged, assigned or otherwise disposed of other than pursuant to an Ownership Change Event or as provided in Section 8.8.  The Committee, in its discretion, may provide in any Award Agreement evidencing a Restricted Stock Award that, if the satisfaction of Vesting Conditions with respect to any shares subject to such Restricted Stock Award would otherwise occur on a day on which the sale of such shares would violate the Company’s Insider Trading Policy, then the satisfaction of the Vesting Conditions automatically be deemed to occur on the next day on which the sale of such shares would not violate the Insider Trading Policy.  Upon request by the Company, each Participant shall execute any agreement evidencing such transfer restrictions prior to the receipt of shares of Stock hereunder and shall promptly present to the Company any and all certificates representing shares of Stock acquired hereunder for the placement on such certificates of appropriate legends evidencing any such transfer restrictions.

 

8.6                                 Voting Rights; Dividends and Distributions.  Except as provided in this Section, Section 8.5 and any Award Agreement, during any Restriction Period applicable to shares subject to a Restricted Stock Award, the Participant shall have all of the rights of a stockholder of the Company holding shares of Stock, including the right to vote such shares and to receive all dividends and other distributions paid with respect to such shares.  However, in the event of a dividend or distribution paid in shares of Stock or other property or any other adjustment made upon a change in the capital structure of the Company as described in Section 4.3, any and all new, substituted or additional securities or other property (other than normal cash dividends) to which the Participant is entitled by reason of the Participant’s Restricted Stock Award shall be immediately subject to the same Vesting Conditions as the shares subject to the Restricted Stock Award with respect to which such dividends or distributions were paid or adjustments were made.

 

8.7                                 Effect of Termination of Service.  Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in the Award Agreement evidencing a Restricted Stock Award, if a Participant’s Service terminates for any reason, whether voluntary or involuntary (including the Participant’s death or disability), then (a) the Company shall have the option to repurchase for the purchase price paid by the Participant any shares acquired by the Participant pursuant to a Restricted Stock Purchase Right which remain subject to Vesting Conditions as of the date of the Participant’s termination of Service and (b) the Participant shall forfeit to the Company any shares acquired by the Participant pursuant to a Restricted Stock Bonus which remain subject to Vesting Conditions as of the date of the Participant’s termination of Service.  The Company shall have the right to assign at any time any repurchase right it may have, whether or not such right is then exercisable, to one or more persons as may be selected by the Company.

 

8.8                                 Nontransferability of Restricted Stock Award Rights.  Rights to acquire shares of Stock pursuant to a Restricted Stock Award shall not be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, exchange, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance or garnishment by creditors of the Participant or the Participant’s beneficiary, except transfer by will or the laws of descent and distribution.  All rights with respect to a Restricted Stock Award

 

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granted to a Participant hereunder shall be exercisable during his or her lifetime only by such Participant or the Participant’s guardian or legal representative.

 

9.                                       RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARDS.

 

Restricted Stock Unit Awards shall be evidenced by Award Agreements specifying the number of Restricted Stock Units subject to the Award, in such form as the Committee shall from time to time establish.  No Restricted Stock Unit Award or purported Restricted Stock Unit Award shall be a valid and binding obligation of the Company unless evidenced by a fully executed Award Agreement.  Award Agreements evidencing Restricted Stock Units may incorporate all or any of the terms of the Plan by reference, including the provisions of Section 18 with respect to Section 409A, if applicable, and shall comply with and be subject to the following terms and conditions:

 

9.1                                 Grant of Restricted Stock Unit Awards.  Restricted Stock Unit Awards may be granted upon such conditions as the Committee shall determine, including, without limitation, upon the attainment of one or more Performance Goals described in Section 10.4.  If either the grant of a Restricted Stock Unit Award or the Vesting Conditions with respect to such Award is to be contingent upon the attainment of one or more Performance Goals, the Committee shall follow procedures substantially equivalent to those set forth in Sections 10.3 through 10.5(a).

 

9.2                                 Purchase Price.  No monetary payment (other than applicable tax withholding, if any) shall be required as a condition of receiving a Restricted Stock Unit Award, the consideration for which shall be services actually rendered to a Participating Company or for its benefit.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if required by applicable state corporate law, the Participant shall furnish consideration in the form of cash or past services rendered to a Participating Company or for its benefit having a value not less than the par value of the shares of Stock issued upon settlement of the Restricted Stock Unit Award.

 

9.3                                 Vesting.  Subject to Section 5.3(c), Restricted Stock Unit Awards may (but need not) be made subject to Vesting Conditions based upon the satisfaction of such Service requirements, conditions, restrictions or performance criteria, including, without limitation, Performance Goals as described in Section 10.4, as shall be established by the Committee and set forth in the Award Agreement evidencing such Award.

 

9.4                                 Voting Rights, Dividend Equivalent Rights and Distributions.  Participants shall have no voting rights with respect to shares of Stock represented by Restricted Stock Units until the date of the issuance of such shares (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company).  However, the Committee, in its discretion, may provide in the Award Agreement evidencing any Restricted Stock Unit Award that the Participant shall be entitled to receive Dividend Equivalents with respect to the payment of cash dividends on Stock during the period beginning on the date such Award is granted and ending, with respect to the particular shares subject to the Award, on the earlier of the date the Award is settled or the date on which it is terminated.  Such Dividend Equivalents, if any, shall be paid by crediting the Participant with additional whole Restricted Stock Units as of the date of payment of such cash dividends on Stock.  The number of

 

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additional Restricted Stock Units (rounded to the nearest whole number) to be so credited shall be determined by dividing (a) the amount of cash dividends paid on such date with respect to the number of shares of Stock represented by the Restricted Stock Units previously credited to the Participant by (b) the Fair Market Value per share of Stock on such date.  Such additional Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to the same terms and conditions and shall be settled in the same manner and at the same time (or as soon thereafter as practicable) as the Restricted Stock Units originally subject to the Restricted Stock Unit Award.  In the event of a dividend or distribution paid in shares of Stock or other property or any other adjustment made upon a change in the capital structure of the Company as described in Section 4.3, appropriate adjustments shall be made in the Participant’s Restricted Stock Unit Award so that it represents the right to receive upon settlement any and all new, substituted or additional securities or other property (other than normal cash dividends) to which the Participant would entitled by reason of the shares of Stock issuable upon settlement of the Award, and all such new, substituted or additional securities or other property shall be immediately subject to the same Vesting Conditions as are applicable to the Award.

 

9.5                                 Effect of Termination of Service.  Unless otherwise provided by the Committee and set forth in the Award Agreement evidencing a Restricted Stock Unit Award, if a Participant’s Service terminates for any reason, whether voluntary or involuntary (including the Participant’s death or disability), then the Participant shall forfeit to the Company any Restricted Stock Units pursuant to the Award which remain subject to Vesting Conditions as of the date of the Participant’s termination of Service.

 

9.6                                 Settlement of Restricted Stock Unit Awards.  The Company shall issue to a Participant on the date on which Restricted Stock Units subject to the Participant’s Restricted Stock Unit Award vest or on such other date determined by the Committee, in its discretion, and set forth in the Award Agreement one (1) share of Stock (and/or any other new, substituted or additional securities or other property pursuant to an adjustment described in Section 9.4) for each Restricted Stock Unit then becoming vested or otherwise to be settled on such date, subject to the withholding of applicable taxes.  If permitted by the Committee, subject to the provisions of Section 18 with respect to Section 409A, the Participant may elect in accordance with terms specified in the Award Agreement to defer receipt of all or any portion of the shares of Stock or other property otherwise issuable to the Participant pursuant to this Section, and such deferred issuance date(s) elected by the Participant shall be set forth in the Award Agreement.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee, in its discretion, may provide for settlement of any Restricted Stock Unit Award by payment to the Participant in cash of an amount equal to the Fair Market Value on the payment date of the shares of Stock or other property otherwise issuable to the Participant pursuant to this Section.  The Committee, in its discretion, may provide in any Award Agreement evidencing a Restricted Stock Unit Award that, if the settlement of the Award with respect to any shares would otherwise occur on a day on which the sale of such shares would violate the Company’s Insider Trading Policy, then the settlement with respect to such shares shall occur on the next day on which the sale of such shares would not violate the Insider Trading Policy.

 

9.7                                 Nontransferability of Restricted Stock Unit Awards.  The right to receive shares pursuant to a Restricted Stock Unit Award shall not be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, exchange, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, or

 

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garnishment by creditors of the Participant or the Participant’s beneficiary, except transfer by will or by the laws of descent and distribution.  All rights with respect to a Restricted Stock Unit Award granted to a Participant hereunder shall be exercisable during his or her lifetime only by such Participant or the Participant’s guardian or legal representative.

 

10.                                 PERFORMANCE AWARDS.

 

Performance Awards shall be evidenced by Award Agreements in such form as the Committee shall from time to time establish.  No Performance Award or purported Performance Award shall be a valid and binding obligation of the Company unless evidenced by a fully executed Award Agreement.  Award Agreements evidencing Performance Awards may incorporate all or any of the terms of the Plan by reference, including the provisions of Section 18 with respect to Section 409A, if applicable, and shall comply with and be subject to the following terms and conditions:

 

10.1                           Types of Performance Awards Authorized.  Performance Awards may be granted in the form of either Performance Shares or Performance Units.  Each Award Agreement evidencing a Performance Award shall specify the number of Performance Shares or Performance Units subject thereto, the Performance Award Formula, the Performance Goal(s) and Performance Period applicable to the Award, and the other terms, conditions and restrictions of the Award.

 

10.2                           Initial Value of Performance Shares and Performance Units.  Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in granting a Performance Award, each Performance Share shall have an initial monetary value equal to the Fair Market Value of one (1) share of Stock, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4.3, on the effective date of grant of the Performance Share, and each Performance Unit shall have an initial monetary value established by the Committee at the time of grant.  The final value payable to the Participant in settlement of a Performance Award determined on the basis of the applicable Performance Award Formula will depend on the extent to which Performance Goals established by the Committee are attained within the applicable Performance Period established by the Committee.

 

10.3                           Establishment of Performance Period, Performance Goals and Performance Award Formula.  In granting each Performance Award, the Committee shall establish in writing the applicable Performance Period, Performance Award Formula and one or more Performance Goals which, when measured at the end of the Performance Period, shall determine on the basis of the Performance Award Formula the final value of the Performance Award to be paid to the Participant.  Unless otherwise permitted in compliance with the requirements under Section 162(m) with respect to each Performance Award intended to result in the payment of Performance-Based Compensation, the Committee shall establish the Performance Goal(s) and Performance Award Formula applicable to each Performance Award no later than the earlier of (a) the date ninety (90) days after the commencement of the applicable Performance Period or (b) the date on which 25% of the Performance Period has elapsed, and, in any event, at a time when the outcome of the Performance Goals remains substantially uncertain.  Once established, the Performance Goals and Performance Award Formula applicable to a Covered Employee shall not be changed during the Performance Period.  The Company shall

 

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notify each Participant granted a Performance Award of the terms of such Award, including the Performance Period, Performance Goal(s) and Performance Award Formula.

 

10.4                           Measurement of Performance Goals.  Performance Goals shall be established by the Committee on the basis of targets to be attained (Performance Targets) with respect to one or more measures of business or financial performance (each, a Performance Measure), subject to the following:

 

(a)                                  Performance Measures.  Performance Measures shall have the same meanings as used in the Company’s financial statements, or, if such terms are not used in the Company’s financial statements, they shall have the meaning applied pursuant to generally accepted accounting principles, or as used generally in the Company’s industry.  Performance Measures shall be calculated with respect to the Company and each Subsidiary Corporation consolidated therewith for financial reporting purposes or such division or other business unit as may be selected by the Committee.  For purposes of the Plan, the Performance Measures applicable to a Performance Award shall be calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, but prior to the accrual or payment of any Performance Award for the same Performance Period and excluding the effect (whether positive or negative) of any change in accounting standards or any extraordinary, unusual or nonrecurring item, as determined by the Committee, occurring after the establishment of the Performance Goals applicable to the Performance Award.  Each such adjustment, if any, shall be made solely for the purpose of providing a consistent basis from period to period for the calculation of Performance Measures in order to prevent the dilution or enlargement of the Participant’s rights with respect to a Performance Award.  Performance Measures may be one or more of the following, as determined by the Committee:

 

(i)                                     revenue;

 

(ii)                                  sales;

 

(iii)                               expenses;

 

(iv)                              operating income;

 

(v)                                 gross margin;

 

(vi)                              operating margin;

 

(vii)                           earnings before any one or more of: stock-based compensation expense, interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization;

 

(viii)                        pre-tax profit;

 

(ix)                                net operating income;

 

(x)                                   net income;

 

(xi)                                economic value added;

 

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(xii)                             free cash flow;

 

(xiii)                          operating cash flow;

 

(xiv)                         stock price;

 

(xv)                            earnings per share;

 

(xvi)                         return on stockholder equity;

 

(xvii)                      return on capital;

 

(xviii)                   return on assets;

 

(xix)                           return on investment;

 

(xx)                              employee satisfaction;

 

(xxi)                           employee retention;

 

(xxii)                        balance of cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities;

 

(xxiii)                     market share;

 

(xxiv)                    product regulatory approvals;

 

(xxv)                       projects in development;

 

(xxvi)                    regulatory filings;

 

(xxvii)                 research and development expenses; and

 

(xxviii)              completion of a joint venture or other corporate transaction.

 

(b)                                 Performance Targets.  Performance Targets may include a minimum, maximum, target level and intermediate levels of performance, with the final value of a Performance Award determined under the applicable Performance Award Formula by the level attained during the applicable Performance Period.  A Performance Target may be stated as an absolute value or as a value determined relative to an index, budget or other standard selected by the Committee.

 

10.5                           Settlement of Performance Awards.

 

(a)                                  Determination of Final Value.  As soon as practicable following the completion of the Performance Period applicable to a Performance Award, the Committee shall certify in writing the extent to which the applicable Performance Goals have been attained and the resulting final value of the Award earned by the Participant and to be paid upon its settlement in accordance with the applicable Performance Award Formula.

 

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(b)                                 Discretionary Adjustment of Award Formula.  In its discretion, the Committee may, either at the time it grants a Performance Award or at any time thereafter, provide for the positive or negative adjustment of the Performance Award Formula applicable to a Performance Award granted to any Participant who is not a Covered Employee to reflect such Participant’s individual performance in his or her position with the Company or such other factors as the Committee may determine.  If permitted under a Covered Employee’s Award Agreement, the Committee shall have the discretion, on the basis of such criteria as may be established by the Committee, to reduce some or all of the value of the Performance Award that would otherwise be paid to the Covered Employee upon its settlement notwithstanding the attainment of any Performance Goal and the resulting value of the Performance Award determined in accordance with the Performance Award Formula.  No such reduction may result in an increase in the amount payable upon settlement of another Participant’s Performance Award that is intended to result in Performance-Based Compensation.

 

(c)                                  Effect of Leaves of Absence.  Unless otherwise required by law or a Participant’s Award Agreement, payment of the final value, if any, of a Performance Award held by a Participant who has taken in excess of thirty (30) days in leaves of absence during a Performance Period shall be prorated on the basis of the number of days of the Participant’s Service during the Performance Period during which the Participant was not on a leave of absence.

 

(d)                                 Notice to Participants.  As soon as practicable following the Committee’s determination and certification in accordance with Sections 10.5(a) and (b), the Company shall notify each Participant of the determination of the Committee.

 

(e)                                  Payment in Settlement of Performance Awards.  Subject to the provisions of Section 18 with respect to Section 409A, as soon as practicable following the Committee’s determination and certification in accordance with Sections 10.5(a) and (b), payment shall be made to each eligible Participant (or such Participant’s legal representative or other person who acquired the right to receive such payment by reason of the Participant’s death) of the final value of the Participant’s Performance Award.  Payment of such amount shall be made in cash, shares of Stock, or a combination thereof as determined by the Committee.  Unless otherwise provided in the Award Agreement evidencing a Performance Award, payment shall be made in a lump sum.  If permitted by the Committee, and subject to the provisions of Section 18 with respect to Section 409A, the Participant may elect to defer receipt of all or any portion of the payment to be made to Participant pursuant to this Section, and such deferred payment date(s) elected by the Participant shall be set forth in the Award Agreement.  If any payment is to be made on a deferred basis, the Committee may, but shall not be obligated to, provide for the payment during the deferral period of Dividend Equivalents or interest.

 

(f)                                    Provisions Applicable to Payment in Shares.  If payment is to be made in shares of Stock, the number of such shares shall be determined by dividing the final value of the Performance Award by the value of a share of Stock determined by the method specified in the Award Agreement.  Such methods may include, without limitation, the closing market price on a specified date (such as the settlement date) or an average of market prices over a series of trading days.  Shares of Stock issued in payment of any Performance Award may be fully vested and freely transferable shares or may be shares of Stock subject to Vesting

 

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Conditions as provided in Section 8.5.  Any shares subject to Vesting Conditions shall be evidenced by an appropriate Award Agreement and shall be subject to the provisions of Sections 8.5 through 8.8 above.

 

10.6                           Voting Rights; Dividend Equivalent Rights and Distributions.  Participants shall have no voting rights with respect to shares of Stock represented by Performance Share Awards until the date of the issuance of such shares, if any (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company).  However, the Committee, in its discretion, may provide in the Award Agreement evidencing any Performance Share Award that the Participant shall be entitled to receive Dividend Equivalents with respect to the payment of cash dividends on Stock during the period beginning on the date the Award is granted and ending, with respect to the particular shares subject to the Award, on the earlier of the date on which the Performance Shares are settled or the date on which they are forfeited.  Such Dividend Equivalents, if any, shall be credited to the Participant in the form of additional whole Performance Shares as of the date of payment of such cash dividends on Stock.  The number of additional Performance Shares (rounded to the nearest whole number) to be so credited shall be determined by dividing (a) the amount of cash dividends paid on the dividend payment date with respect to the number of shares of Stock represented by the Performance Shares previously credited to the Participant by (b) the Fair Market Value per share of Stock on such date.  Dividend Equivalents may be paid currently or may be accumulated and paid to the extent that Performance Shares become nonforfeitable, as determined by the Committee.  Settlement of Dividend Equivalents may be made in cash, shares of Stock, or a combination thereof as determined by the Committee, and may be paid on the same basis as settlement of the related Performance Share as provided in Section 10.5.  Dividend Equivalents shall not be paid with respect to Performance Units.  In the event of a dividend or distribution paid in shares of Stock or other property or any other adjustment made upon a change in the capital structure of the Company as described in Section 4.3, appropriate adjustments shall be made in the Participant’s Performance Share Award so that it represents the right to receive upon settlement any and all new, substituted or additional securities or other property (other than normal cash dividends) to which the Participant would entitled by reason of the shares of Stock issuable upon settlement of the Performance Share Award, and all such new, substituted or additional securities or other property shall be immediately subject to the same Performance Goals as are applicable to the Award.

 

10.7                           Effect of Termination of Service.  Unless otherwise provided by the Committee and set forth in the Award Agreement evidencing a Performance Award, the effect of a Participant’s termination of Service on the Performance Award shall be as follows:

 

(a)                                  Death or Disability.  If the Participant’s Service terminates because of the death or Disability of the Participant before the completion of the Performance Period applicable to the Performance Award, the final value of the Participant’s Performance Award shall be determined by the extent to which the applicable Performance Goals have been attained with respect to the entire Performance Period and shall be prorated based on the number of days of the Participant’s Service during the Performance Period.  Payment shall be made following the end of the Performance Period in any manner permitted by Section 10.5.

 

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(b)                                 Other Termination of Service.  If the Participant’s Service terminates for any reason except death or Disability before the completion of the Performance Period applicable to the Performance Award, such Award shall be forfeited in its entirety.

 

10.8                           Nontransferability of Performance Awards.  Prior to settlement in accordance with the provisions of the Plan, no Performance Award shall be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, exchange, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, or garnishment by creditors of the Participant or the Participant’s beneficiary, except transfer by will or by the laws of descent and distribution.  All rights with respect to a Performance Award granted to a Participant hereunder shall be exercisable during his or her lifetime only by such Participant or the Participant’s guardian or legal representative.

 

11.                                 DEFERRED COMPENSATION AWARDS.

 

11.1                           Establishment of Deferred Compensation Award Programs.  This Section 11 shall not be effective unless and until the Committee determines to establish a program pursuant to this Section.  The Committee, in its discretion and upon such terms and conditions as it may determine, subject to the provisions of Section 18 with respect to Section 409A, may establish one or more programs pursuant to the Plan under which:

 

(a)                                  Elective Cash Compensation Reduction Awards.  Participants designated by the Committee who are Insiders or otherwise among a select group of highly compensated Employees may irrevocably elect, prior to a date specified by the Committee and complying with Section 409A, to reduce such Participant’s compensation otherwise payable in cash (subject to any minimum or maximum reductions imposed by the Committee) and to be granted automatically at such time or times as specified by the Committee one or more Awards of Stock Units with respect to such numbers of shares of Stock as determined in accordance with the rules of the program established by the Committee and having such other terms and conditions as established by the Committee.

 

(b)                                 Stock Issuance Deferral Awards.  Participants designated by the Committee who are Insiders or otherwise among a select group of highly compensated Employees may irrevocably elect, prior to a date specified by the Committee and complying with Section 409A, to be granted automatically an Award of Stock Units with respect to such number of shares of Stock and upon such other terms and conditions as established by the Committee in lieu of:

 

(i)                                     shares of Stock otherwise issuable to such Participant upon the exercise of an Option;

 

(ii)                                  cash or shares of Stock otherwise issuable to such Participant upon the exercise of an SAR; or

 

(iii)                               cash or shares of Stock otherwise issuable to such Participant upon the settlement of a Performance Award.

 

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Agreements in such form as the Committee shall from time to time establish.  No such Deferred Compensation Award or purported Deferred Compensation Award shall be a valid and binding obligation of the Company unless evidenced by a fully executed Award Agreement.  Award Agreements evidencing Deferred Compensation Awards may incorporate all or any of the terms of the Plan by reference, including the provisions of Section 18 with respect to Section 409A, and, except as provided below, shall comply with and be subject to the terms and conditions of Section 9.

 

(a)                                  Voting Rights; Dividend Equivalent Rights and Distributions.  Participants shall have no voting rights with respect to shares of Stock represented by Stock Units until the date of the issuance of such shares (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company).  However, a Participant shall be entitled to receive Dividend Equivalents with respect to the payment of cash dividends on Stock during the period beginning on the date the Stock Units are granted automatically to the Participant and ending on the earlier of the date on which such Stock Units are settled or the date on which they are forfeited.  Such Dividend Equivalents shall be paid by crediting the Participant with additional whole Stock Units as of the date of payment of such cash dividends on Stock.  The number of additional Stock Units (rounded to the nearest whole number) to be so credited shall be determined by dividing (A) the amount of cash dividends paid on the dividend payment date with respect to the number of shares of Stock represented by the Stock Units previously credited to the Participant by (B) the Fair Market Value per share of Stock on such date.  Such additional Stock Units shall be subject to the same terms and conditions and shall be settled in the same manner and at the same time (or as soon thereafter as practicable) as the Stock Units originally subject to the Stock Unit Award.  In the event of a dividend or distribution paid in shares of Stock or other property or any other adjustment made upon a change in the capital structure of the Company as described in Section 4.3, appropriate adjustments shall be made in the Participant’s Stock Unit Award so that it represents the right to receive upon settlement any and all new, substituted or additional securities or other property (other than normal cash dividends) to which the Participant would entitled by reason of the shares of Stock issuable upon settlement of the Award.

 

(i)                                     Settlement of Stock Unit Awards.  A Participant electing to receive an Award of Stock Units pursuant to this Section 11 shall specify at the time of such election a settlement date with respect to such Award which complies with Section 409A.  The Company shall issue to the Participant on the settlement date elected by the Participant, or as soon thereafter as practicable, a number of whole shares of Stock equal to the number of vested Stock Units subject to the Stock Unit Award.  Such shares of Stock shall be fully vested, and the Participant shall not be required to pay any additional consideration (other than applicable tax withholding) to acquire such shares.

 

12.                                 CASH-BASED AWARDS AND OTHER STOCK-BASED AWARDS.

 

Cash-Based Awards and Other Stock-Based Awards shall be evidenced by Award Agreements in such form as the Committee shall from time to time establish.  No such Award or purported Award shall be a valid and binding obligation of the Company unless evidenced by a fully executed Award Agreement.  Award Agreements evidencing Cash-Based Awards and Other Stock-Based Awards may incorporate all or any of the terms of the Plan by reference,

 

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including the provisions of Section 18 with respect to Section 409A, if applicable, and shall comply with and be subject to the following terms and conditions:

 

12.1                           Grant of Cash-Based Awards.  Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee, at any time and from time to time, may grant Cash-Based Awards to Participants in such amounts and upon such terms and conditions, including the achievement of performance criteria, as the Committee may determine.

 

12.2                           Grant of Other Stock-Based Awards.  The Committee may grant other types of equity-based or equity-related Awards not otherwise described by the terms of this Plan (including the grant or offer for sale of unrestricted securities, stock-equivalent units, stock appreciation units, securities or debentures convertible into common stock or other forms determined by the Committee) in such amounts and subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee shall determine.  Such Awards may involve the transfer of actual shares of Stock to Participants, or payment in cash or otherwise of amounts based on the value of Stock and may include, without limitation, Awards designed to comply with or take advantage of the applicable local laws of jurisdictions other than the United States.

 

12.3                           Value of Cash-Based and Other Stock-Based Awards.  Each Cash-Based Award shall specify a monetary payment amount or payment range as determined by the Committee.  Each Other Stock-Based Award shall be expressed in terms of shares of Stock or units based on such shares of Stock, as determined by the Committee.  The Committee may require the satisfaction of such Service requirements, conditions, restrictions or performance criteria, including, without limitation, Performance Goals as described in Section 10.4, as shall be established by the Committee and set forth in the Award Agreement evidencing such Award.  If the Committee exercises its discretion to establish performance criteria, the final value of Cash-Based Awards or Other Stock-Based Awards that will be paid to the Participant will depend on the extent to which the performance criteria are met.  The establishment of performance criteria with respect to the grant or vesting of any Cash-Based Award or Other Stock-Based Award intended to result in Performance-Based Compensation shall follow procedures substantially equivalent to those applicable to Performance Awards set forth in Section 10.

 

12.4                           Payment or Settlement of Cash-Based Awards and Other Stock-Based Awards.  Payment or settlement, if any, with respect to a Cash-Based Award or an Other Stock-Based Award shall be made in accordance with the terms of the Award, in cash, shares of Stock or other securities or any combination thereof as the Committee determines.  The determination and certification of the final value with respect to any Cash-Based Award or Other Stock-Based Award intended to result in Performance-Based Compensation shall comply with the requirements applicable to Performance Awards set forth in Section 10.  To the extent applicable, payment or settlement with respect to each Cash-Based Award and Other Stock-Based Award shall be made in compliance with the provisions of Section 18 with respect to Code Section 409A.

 

12.5                           Voting Rights; Dividend Equivalent Rights and Distributions.  Participants shall have no voting rights with respect to shares of Stock represented by Other Stock-Based Awards until the date of the issuance of such shares of Stock (as evidenced by the

 

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appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company), if any, in settlement of such Award.  However, the Committee, in its discretion, may provide in the Award Agreement evidencing any Other Stock-Based Award that the Participant shall be entitled to receive Dividend Equivalents with respect to the payment of cash dividends on Stock during the period beginning on the date such Award is granted and ending, with respect to the particular shares subject to the Award, on the earlier of the date the Award is settled or the date on which it is terminated.  Such Dividend Equivalents, if any, shall be paid in accordance with the provisions set forth in Section 9.4.  Dividend Equivalent rights shall not be granted with respect to Cash-Based Awards.

 

12.6                           Effect of Termination of Service.  Each Award Agreement evidencing a Cash-Based Award or Other Stock-Based Award shall set forth the extent to which the Participant shall have the right to retain such Award following termination of the Participant’s Service.  Such provisions shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Committee, need not be uniform among all Cash-Based Awards or Other Stock-Based Awards, and may reflect distinctions based on the reasons for termination.

 

12.7                           Nontransferability of Cash-Based Awards and Other Stock-Based Awards.  Prior to the payment or settlement of a Cash-Based Award or Other Stock-Based Award, the Award shall not be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, exchange, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, or garnishment by creditors of the Participant or the Participant’s beneficiary, except transfer by will or by the laws of descent and distribution.  The Committee may impose such additional restrictions on any shares of Stock issued in settlement of Cash-Based Awards and Other Stock-Based Awards as it may deem advisable, including, without limitation, minimum holding period requirements, restrictions under applicable federal securities laws, under the requirements of any stock exchange or market upon which such shares of Stock are then listed and/or traded, or under any state securities laws applicable to such shares of Stock.

 

13.                                 STANDARD FORMS OF AWARD AGREEMENT.

 

13.1                           Award Agreements.  Each Award shall comply with and be subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the appropriate form of Award Agreement approved by the Committee and as amended from time to time.  Any Award Agreement may consist of an appropriate form of Notice of Grant and a form of Agreement incorporated therein by reference, or such other form or forms as the Committee may approve from time to time.

 

13.2                           Authority to Vary Terms.  The Committee shall have the authority from time to time to vary the terms of any standard form of Award Agreement either in connection with the grant or amendment of an individual Award or in connection with the authorization of a new standard form or forms; provided, however, that the terms and conditions of any such new, revised or amended standard form or forms of Award Agreement are not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan.

 

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14.                                 CHANGE IN CONTROL.

 

14.1                           Effect of Change in Control on Options and SARs.  Subject to the provisions of Section 18 with respect to Section 409A if applicable, the Committee may provide for any one or more of the following:

 

(a)                                  Accelerated Vesting.  The Committee may, in its sole discretion, provide in any Award Agreement or, in the event of a Change in Control, may take such actions as it deems appropriate to provide for the acceleration of the exercisability and vesting in connection with such Change in Control of any or all outstanding Options and SARs and shares acquired upon the exercise of such Options and SARs upon such conditions, including termination of the Participant’s Service prior to, upon, or following such Change in Control, and to such extent as the Committee shall determine.

 

(b)                                 Assumption or Substitution.  In the event of a Change in Control, the surviving, continuing, successor, or purchasing entity or parent thereof, as the case may be (the Acquiror), may, without the consent of any Participant, either assume or continue the Company’s rights and obligations under outstanding Options and SARs or substitute for outstanding Options and SARs substantially equivalent options and SARs (as the case may be) for the Acquiror’s stock.  Any Options or SARs which are neither assumed or continued by the Acquiror in connection with the Change in Control nor exercised as of the time of consummation of the Change in Control shall terminate and cease to be outstanding effective as of the time of consummation of the Change in Control.

 

(c)                                  Cash-Out.  The Committee may, in its sole discretion and without the consent of any Participant, determine that, upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, each or any Option or SAR outstanding immediately prior to the Change in Control shall be canceled in exchange for a payment with respect to each vested share (and each unvested share, if so determined by the Committee) of Stock subject to such canceled Option or SAR in (i) cash, (ii) stock of the Company or of a corporation or other business entity a party to the Change in Control, or (iii) other property which, in any such case, shall be in an amount having a Fair Market Value equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value of the consideration to be paid per share of Stock in the Change in Control over the exercise price per share under such Option or SAR (the Spread).  In the event such determination is made by the Committee, the Spread (reduced by applicable withholding taxes, if any) shall be paid to Participants in respect of the vested portion of their canceled Options and SARs as soon as practicable following the date of the Change in Control and in respect of the unvested portion of their canceled Options and SARs in accordance with the vesting schedule applicable to such Awards as in effect prior to the Change in Control.

 

14.2                           Effect of Change in Control on Restricted Stock Awards, Restricted Stock Unit Awards and Performance Awards.  Subject to the provisions of Section 18 with respect to Section 409A if applicable, the Committee may, in its discretion, provide in any Award Agreement evidencing a Restricted Stock Award, Restricted Stock Unit Award or Performance Award for, or in the event of a Change in Control may take such actions as it deems appropriate to provide for, the lapsing of the Restriction Period applicable to the shares subject to the Restricted Stock Award (and, in the case of Restricted Stock Units and Performance Awards,

 

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acceleration of the vesting and settlement of such Award) upon such conditions, including termination of the Participant’s Service prior to, upon, or following such Change in Control, and to such extent as the Committee shall determine.

 

14.3                           Effect of Change in Control on Deferred Compensation Awards.  Subject to the provisions of Section 18 with respect to Section 409A if applicable, the Committee may, in its discretion, provide in any Award Agreement evidencing a Deferred Compensation Award or, in the event of a Change in control, may take such actions as it deems appropriate to provide that, in the event of a Change in Control, the Stock Units pursuant to such Award shall become vested and shall be settled effective as of the date of the Change in Control to such extent as the Committee shall determine.

 

14.4                           Effect of Change in Control on Cash-Based Awards and Other Stock-Based Awards.  Subject to the provisions of Section 18 with respect to Section 409A if applicable, the Committee may, in its discretion, provide in any Award Agreement evidencing a Cash-Based Award or Other Stock-Based Award for, or in the event of a Change in Control may take such actions as it deems appropriate to provide for, acceleration of the vesting and settlement of such Award upon such conditions, including termination of the Participant’s Service prior to, upon, or following such Change in Control, and to such extent as the Committee shall determine.

 

15.                                 COMPLIANCE WITH SECURITIES LAW.

 

The grant of Awards and the issuance of shares of Stock pursuant to any Award shall be subject to compliance with all applicable requirements of federal, state and foreign law with respect to such securities and the requirements of any stock exchange or market system upon which the Stock may then be listed.  In addition, no Award may be exercised or shares issued pursuant to an Award unless (a) a registration statement under the Securities Act shall at the time of such exercise or issuance be in effect with respect to the shares issuable pursuant to the Award or (b) in the opinion of legal counsel to the Company, the shares issuable pursuant to the Award may be issued in accordance with the terms of an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.  The inability of the Company to obtain from any regulatory body having jurisdiction the authority, if any, deemed by the Company’s legal 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.  As a condition to issuance of any Stock, 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.

 

16.                                 TAX WITHHOLDING.

 

16.1                           Tax Withholding in General.  The Company shall have the right to deduct from any and all payments made under the Plan, or to require the Participant, through payroll withholding, cash payment or otherwise, to make adequate provision for, the federal, state, local and foreign taxes, if any, required by law to be withheld by the Participating Company Group with respect to an Award or the shares acquired pursuant thereto.  The

 

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Company shall have no obligation to deliver shares of Stock, to release shares of Stock from an escrow established pursuant to an Award Agreement, or to make any payment in cash under the Plan until the Participating Company Group’s tax withholding obligations have been satisfied by the Participant.

 

16.2                           Withholding in Shares.  The Company shall have the right, but not the obligation, to deduct from the shares of Stock issuable to a Participant upon the exercise or settlement of an Award, or to accept from the Participant the tender of, a number of whole shares of Stock having a Fair Market Value, as determined by the Company, equal to all or any part of the tax withholding obligations of the Participating Company Group.  The Fair Market Value of any shares of Stock withheld or tendered to satisfy any such tax withholding obligations shall not exceed the amount determined by the applicable minimum statutory withholding rates.

 

17.                                 AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION OF PLAN.

 

The Committee may amend, suspend or terminate the Plan at any time.  However, without the approval of the Company’s stockholders, there shall be (a) no increase in the maximum aggregate number of shares of Stock that may be issued under the Plan (except by operation of the provisions of Section 4.3), (b) no change in the class of persons eligible to receive Incentive Stock Options, and (c) no other amendment of the Plan that would require approval of the Company’s stockholders under any applicable law, regulation or rule, including the rules of any stock exchange or market system upon which the Stock may then be listed.  No amendment, suspension or termination of the Plan shall affect any then outstanding Award unless expressly provided by the Committee.  Except as provided by the next sentence, no amendment, suspension or termination of the Plan may adversely affect any then outstanding Award without the consent of the Participant.  Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, the Committee may, in its sole and absolute discretion and without the consent of any Participant, amend the Plan or any Award Agreement, to take effect retroactively or otherwise, as it deems necessary or advisable for the purpose of conforming the Plan or such Award Agreement to any present or future law, regulation or rule applicable to the Plan, including, but not limited to, Section 409A.

 

18.                                 COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 409A.

 

18.1                           Awards Subject to Section 409A.  The provisions of this Section 18 shall apply to any Award or portion thereof that is or becomes subject to Section 409A, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in the Plan or the Award Agreement applicable to such Award.  Awards subject to Section 409A include, without limitation:

 

(a)                                  Any Nonstatutory Stock Option that permits the deferral of compensation other than the deferral of recognition of income until the exercise of the Award.

 

(b)                                 Each Deferred Compensation Award.

 

(c)                                  Any Restricted Stock Unit Award, Performance Award, Cash-Based Award or Other Stock-Based Award that either (i) provides by its terms for settlement of all or any portion of the Award on one or more dates following the Short-Term Deferral Period

 

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(as defined below) or (ii) permits or requires the Participant to elect one or more dates on which the Award will be settled.

 

Subject to any applicable U.S. Treasury Regulations promulgated pursuant to Section 409A or other applicable guidance, the term “Short-Term Deferral Period means the period ending on the later of (i) the date that is two and one-half months from the end of the Company’s fiscal year in which the applicable portion of the Award is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture or (ii) the date that is two and one-half months from the end of the Participant’s taxable year in which the applicable portion of the Award is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture.  For this purpose, the term “substantial risk of forfeiture” shall have the meaning set forth in any applicable U.S. Treasury Regulations promulgated pursuant to Section 409A or other applicable guidance.

 

18.2                           Deferral and/or Distribution Elections.  Except as otherwise permitted or required by Section 409A or any applicable U.S. Treasury Regulations promulgated pursuant to Section 409A or other applicable guidance, the following rules shall apply to any deferral and/or distribution elections (each, an “Election”) that may be permitted or required by the Committee pursuant to an Award subject to Section 409A:

 

(a)                                  All Elections must be in writing and specify the amount of the distribution in settlement of an Award being deferred, as well as the time and form of distribution as permitted by this Plan.

 

(b)                                 All Elections shall be made by the end of the Participant’s taxable year prior to the year in which services commence for which an Award may be granted to such Participant; provided, however, that if the Award qualifies as “performance-based compensation” for purposes of Section 409A and is based on services performed over a period of at least twelve (12) months, then the Election may be made no later than six (6) months prior to the end of such period.

 

(c)                                  Elections shall continue in effect until a written election to revoke or change such Election is received by the Company, except that a written election to revoke or change such Election must be made prior to the last day for making an Election determined in accordance with paragraph (b) above or as permitted by Section 18.3.

 

18.3                           Subsequent Elections.  Any Award subject to Section 409A which permits a subsequent Election to delay the distribution or change the form of distribution in settlement of such Award shall comply with the following requirements:

 

(a)                                  No subsequent Election may take effect until at least twelve (12) months after the date on which the subsequent Election is made;

 

(b)                                 Each subsequent Election related to a distribution in settlement of an Award not described in Section 18.3(b), 18.4(b), or 18.4(f) must result in a delay of the distribution for a period of not less than five (5) years from the date such distribution would otherwise have been made; and

 

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(c)                                  No subsequent Election related to a distribution pursuant to Section 18.4(d) shall be made less than twelve (12) months prior to the date of the first scheduled payment under such distribution.

 

18.4                           Distributions Pursuant to Deferral Elections. No distribution in settlement of an Award subject to Section 409A may commence earlier than:

 

(a)                                  Separation from service (as determined by the Secretary of the United States Treasury);

 

(b)                                 The date the Participant becomes Disabled (as defined below);

 

(c)                                  Death;

 

(d)                                 A specified time (or pursuant to a fixed schedule) that is either (i) specified by the Committee upon the grant of an Award and set forth in the Award Agreement evidencing such Award or (ii) specified by the Participant in an Election complying with the requirements of Section 18.2 and/or 18.3, as applicable;

 

(e)                                  To the extent provided by the Secretary of the U.S. Treasury, a change in the ownership or effective control or the Company or in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Company; or

 

(f)                                    The occurrence of an Unforeseeable Emergency (as defined below).

 

Notwithstanding anything else herein to the contrary, to the extent that a Participant is a “Specified Employee” (as defined in Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i)) of the Company, no distribution pursuant to Section 18.4(a) in settlement of an Award subject to Section 409A may be made before the date which is six (6) months after such Participant’s date of separation from service, or, if earlier, the date of the Participant’s death.

 

18.5                           Unforeseeable Emergency.  The Committee shall have the authority to provide in the Award Agreement evidencing any Award subject to Section 409A for distribution in settlement of all or a portion of such Award in the event that a Participant establishes, to the satisfaction of the Committee, the occurrence of an Unforeseeable Emergency.  In such event, the amount(s) distributed with respect to such Unforeseeable Emergency cannot exceed the amounts necessary to satisfy such Unforeseeable Emergency plus amounts necessary to pay taxes reasonably anticipated as a result of such distribution(s), after taking into account the extent to which such hardship is or may be relieved through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or otherwise or by liquidation of the Participant’s assets (to the extent the liquidation of such assets would not itself cause severe financial hardship).  All distributions with respect to an Unforeseeable Emergency shall be made in a lump sum as soon as practicable following the Committee’s determination that an Unforeseeable Emergency has occurred.

 

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occurred and the manner in which, if at all, the distribution in settlement of an Award shall be altered or modified, shall be final, conclusive, and not subject to approval or appeal.

 

18.6                           Disabled.  The Committee shall have the authority to provide in any Award subject to Section 409A for distribution in settlement of such Award in the event that the Participant becomes Disabled.  A Participant shall be considered “Disabled” if either:

 

(a)                                  the Participant is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months, or

 

(b)                                 the Participant is, by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months, receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than three (3) months under an accident and health plan covering employees of the Participant’s employer.

 

All distributions payable by reason of a Participant becoming Disabled shall be paid in a lump sum or in periodic installments as established by the Participant’s Election, commencing as soon as practicable following the date the Participant becomes Disabled.  If the Participant has made no Election with respect to distributions upon becoming Disabled, all such distributions shall be paid in a lump sum as soon as practicable following the date the Participant becomes Disabled.

 

18.7                           Death.  If a Participant dies before complete distribution of amounts payable upon settlement of an Award subject to Section 409A, such undistributed amounts shall be distributed to his or her beneficiary under the distribution method for death established by the Participant’s Election as soon as administratively possible following receipt by the Committee of satisfactory notice and confirmation of the Participant’s death.  If the Participant has made no Election with respect to distributions upon death, all such distributions shall be paid in a lump sum as soon as practicable following the date of the Participant’s death.

 

18.8                           No Acceleration of Distributions.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, this Plan does not permit the acceleration of the time or schedule of any distribution under this Plan, except as provided by Section 409A and/or the Secretary of the U.S. Treasury.

 

19.                                 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.

 

19.1                           Repurchase Rights.  Shares issued under the Plan may be subject to one or more repurchase options, or other conditions and restrictions as determined by the Committee in its discretion at the time the Award is granted.  The Company shall have the right to assign at any time any repurchase right it may have, whether or not such right is then exercisable, to one or more persons as may be selected by the Company.  Upon request by the Company, each Participant shall execute any agreement evidencing such transfer restrictions prior to the receipt of shares of Stock hereunder and shall promptly present to the Company any and all certificates

 

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representing shares of Stock acquired hereunder for the placement on such certificates of appropriate legends evidencing any such transfer restrictions.

 

19.2                           Forfeiture Events.

 

(a)                                  The Committee may specify in an Award Agreement that the Participant’s rights, payments, and benefits with respect to an Award shall be subject to reduction, cancellation, forfeiture, or recoupment upon the occurrence of specified events, in addition to any otherwise applicable vesting or performance conditions of an Award.  Such events may include, but shall not be limited to, termination of Service for Cause or any act by a Participant, whether before or after termination of Service, that would constitute Cause for termination of Service.

 

(b)                                 If the Company is required to prepare an accounting restatement due to the material noncompliance of the Company, as a result of misconduct, with any financial reporting requirement under the securities laws, any Participant who knowingly or through gross negligence engaged in the misconduct, or who knowingly or through gross negligence failed to prevent the misconduct, and any Participant who is one of the individuals subject to automatic forfeiture under Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, shall reimburse the Company the amount of any payment in settlement of an Award earned or accrued during the twelve- (12-) month period following the first public issuance or filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (whichever first occurred) of the financial document embodying such financial reporting requirement.

 

19.3                           Provision of Information.  Each Participant shall be given access to information concerning the Company equivalent to that information generally made available to the Company’s common stockholders.

 

19.4                           Rights as Employee, Consultant or Director.  No person, even though eligible pursuant to Section 5, shall have a right to be selected as a Participant, or, having been so selected, to be selected again as a Participant.  Nothing in the Plan or any Award granted under the Plan shall confer on any Participant a right to remain an Employee, Consultant or Director or interfere with or limit in any way any right of a Participating Company to terminate the Participant’s Service at any time.  To the extent that an Employee of a Participating Company other than the Company receives an Award under the Plan, that Award shall in no event be understood or interpreted to mean that the Company is the Employee’s employer or that the Employee has an employment relationship with the Company.

 

19.5                           Rights as a Stockholder.  A Participant shall have no rights as a stockholder with respect to any shares covered by an Award until the date of the issuance of 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, distributions or other rights for which the record date is prior to the date such shares are issued, except as provided in Section 4.3 or another provision of the Plan.

 

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to an Award and shall deliver such shares to or for the benefit of the Participant by means of one or more of the following: (a) by delivering to the Participant evidence of book entry shares of Stock credited to the account of the Participant, (b) by depositing such shares of Stock for the benefit of the Participant with any broker with which the Participant has an account relationship, or (c) by delivering such shares of Stock to the Participant in certificate form.

 

19.7                           Fractional Shares.  The Company shall not be required to issue fractional shares upon the exercise or settlement of any Award.

 

19.8                           Retirement and Welfare Plans.  Neither Awards made under this Plan nor shares of Stock or cash paid pursuant to such Awards may be included as “compensation” for purposes of computing the benefits payable to any Participant under any Participating Company’s retirement plans (both qualified and non-qualified) or welfare benefit plans unless such other plan expressly provides that such compensation shall be taken into account in computing a Participant’s benefit.

 

19.9                           Beneficiary Designation.  Subject to local laws and procedures, each Participant may file with the Company a written designation of a beneficiary who is to receive any benefit under the Plan to which the Participant is entitled in the event of such Participant’s death before he or she receives any or all of such benefit.  Each designation will revoke all prior designations by the same Participant, shall be in a form prescribed by the Company, and will be effective only when filed by the Participant in writing with the Company during the Participant’s lifetime.  If a married Participant designates a beneficiary other than the Participant’s spouse, the effectiveness of such designation may be subject to the consent of the Participant’s spouse.  If a Participant dies without an effective designation of a beneficiary who is living at the time of the Participant’s death, the Company will pay any remaining unpaid benefits to the Participant’s legal representative.

 

19.10                     Severability.  If any one or more of the provisions (or any part thereof) of this Plan shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such provision shall be modified so as to make it valid, legal and enforceable, and the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions (or any part thereof) of the Plan shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

19.11                     No Constraint on Corporate Action.  Nothing in this Plan shall be construed to: (a) limit, impair, or otherwise affect the Company’s or another Participating Company’s right or power to make adjustments, reclassifications, reorganizations, or changes of its capital or business structure, or to merge or consolidate, or dissolve, liquidate, sell, or transfer all or any part of its business or assets; or (b) limit the right or power of the Company or another Participating Company to take any action which such entity deems to be necessary or appropriate.

 

19.12                     Unfunded Obligation.  Participants shall have the status of general unsecured creditors of the Company.  Any amounts payable to Participants pursuant to the Plan shall be unfunded and unsecured obligations for all purposes, including, without limitation, Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.  No Participating Company shall be required to segregate any monies from its general funds, or to create any trusts, or

 

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establish any special accounts with respect to such obligations.  The Company shall retain at all times beneficial ownership of any investments, including trust investments, which the Company may make to fulfill its payment obligations hereunder.  Any investments or the creation or maintenance of any trust or any Participant account shall not create or constitute a trust or fiduciary relationship between the Committee or any Participating Company and a Participant, or otherwise create any vested or beneficial interest in any Participant or the Participant’s creditors in any assets of any Participating Company.  The Participants shall have no claim against any Participating Company for any changes in the value of any assets which may be invested or reinvested by the Company with respect to the Plan.

 

19.13                     Choice of Law.  Except to the extent governed by applicable federal law, the validity, interpretation, construction and performance of the Plan and each Award Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict of law rules.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Secretary of the Company certifies that the foregoing sets forth the Protein Design Labs, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan as duly adopted by the Board on April 28, 2005.

 

 

 

 

/s/ J. Howard Clowes

 

 

 

Secretary

 

 

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Exhibit 99.2

 

PROTEIN DESIGN LABS, INC.

2002 OUTSIDE DIRECTORS STOCK OPTION PLAN

As Amended Through June 8, 2005

 

1.                                       ESTABLISHMENT, PURPOSE AND TERM OF PLAN.

 

1.1                                 Establishment.  The Protein Design Labs, Inc. 2002 Outside Directors Stock Option Plan (the Plan) is hereby established effective as of the date of its approval by the stockholders of the Company, which date is June 20, 2002 (the Effective Date).

 

1.2                                 Purpose.  The purpose of the Plan is to advance the interests of the Company and its stockholders by providing an incentive to attract, retain and reward persons performing services as Outside Directors of the Company and by motivating such persons to contribute to the goals of the Company.

 

1.3                                 Term of Plan.  The Plan shall continue in effect until the earlier of its termination by the Board or the date on which all of the shares of Stock available for issuance under the Plan have been issued and all restrictions on such shares under the terms of the Plan and the agreements evidencing Options granted under the Plan have lapsed.

 

2.                                       DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION.

 

2.1                                 Definitions.  Whenever used herein, the following terms shall have their respective meanings set forth below:

 

(a)                                  “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.  If one or more Committees have been appointed by the Board to administer the Plan, “Board” also means such Committee(s).

 

(b)                                 Change in Control means the occurrence of any of the following:

 

(i)                                     any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities of the Company under an employee benefit plan of the Company, becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing forty percent (40%) or more of (i) the outstanding shares of common stock of the Company or (ii) the total combined voting power of the Company’s then-outstanding securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors;
 
(ii)                                  the Company is party to a merger or consolidation which results in the holders of the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto failing to retain immediately after such merger or consolidation direct or indirect beneficial ownership of more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the Company or the surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation; or

 

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(iii)                               the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or consummation of any transaction having similar effect (other than a sale or disposition to one or more subsidiaries of the Company).
 

(c)                                  “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any applicable regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

(d)                                 “Committee” means the committee of the Board, if any, duly appointed to administer the Plan and having such powers as shall be specified by the Board.  Unless the powers of the Committee have been specifically limited, the Committee shall have all of the powers of the Board granted herein, including, without limitation, the power to amend or terminate the Plan at any time, subject to the terms of the Plan and any applicable limitations imposed by law.

 

(e)                                  “Company” means Protein Design Labs, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or any successor corporation thereto.

 

(f)                                    Director means a member of the Board.

 

(g)                                 “Disability” means the permanent and total disability of the Optionee within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.

 

(h)                                 “Employee” means any person treated as an employee in the records of the Company or any Parent Corporation or Subsidiary Corporation.

 

(i)                                     “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

(j)                                     “Fair Market Value” means, as of any date, the value of a share of Stock or other property as determined by the Board, in its discretion, subject to the following:

 

(i)                                     If, on such date, the Stock is listed on a national or regional securities exchange or market system, the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock shall be the closing sale price of a share of Stock (or the mean of the closing bid and asked prices of a share of Stock if the Stock is so quoted instead) as quoted on the Nasdaq National Market, The Nasdaq SmallCap Market or such other national or regional securities exchange or market system constituting the primary market for the Stock, as reported in the Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Board deems reliable.  If the relevant date does not fall on a day on which the Stock has traded on such securities exchange or market system, the date on which the Fair Market Value shall be established shall be the last day on which the Stock was so traded prior to the relevant date, or such other appropriate day as shall be determined by the Board, in its discretion.
 
(ii)                                  If, on such date, the Stock is not listed on a national or regional securities exchange or market system, the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock shall be as determined by the Board without regard to any restriction other than a restriction which, by its terms, will never lapse.

 

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(k)                                  “Nonstatutory Stock Option” means an Option not intended to be an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422(b) of the Code.

 

(l)                                     “Option” means a right to purchase Stock (subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4.2) pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Plan.  All Options shall be Nonstatutory Stock Options.

 

(m)                               “Option Agreement” means a written agreement between the Company and an Optionee setting forth the terms, conditions and restrictions of the Option granted to the Optionee and any shares of Stock acquired upon the exercise thereof.

 

(n)                                 “Optionee” means a person who has been granted one or more Options.

 

(o)                                 “Outside Director” means a Director who is not an Employee.

 

(p)                                 “Parent Corporation” means any present or future “parent corporation” of the Company, as defined in Section 424(e) of the Code.

 

(q)                                 “Predecessor Plan” means the Protein Design Labs, Inc. Outside Directors Stock Option Plan approved by the stockholders of the Company on October 20, 1992 and subsequently amended from time to time.

 

(r)                                    “Predecessor Plan Option” means an option granted pursuant to the Predecessor Plan.

 

(s)                                  “Predecessor Plan Termination Date” means the earlier of October 20, 2002 or the date on which the Predecessor Plan is terminated by the Board.

 

(t)                                    “Prior Employee Option” means an outstanding Option previously granted by the Company to an individual who, at the time of such grant, was an Employee and who, subsequent to such grant, becomes an Outside Director.

 

(u)                                 “Prior Option” means an outstanding Option, but in all cases excluding Prior Employee Options, previously granted by the Company to a Director in his or her capacity as such pursuant to any of the Company’s stock option plans, other than the Predecessor Plan.

 

(v)                                 “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

(w)                               “Service” means an Optionee’s service with the Company as a Director.  An Optionee’s Service shall be deemed to have terminated if the Optionee ceases to be a Director, even if the Optionee continues or commences to render service to the Company or to a Parent Corporation or Subsidiary Corporation in a capacity other than as a Director.  An Optionee’s Service with the Company shall not be deemed to have terminated if the Optionee

 

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takes any bona fide leave of absence approved by the Company.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless otherwise required by law, the Company may provide that an approved leave of absence shall not be treated as Service for purposes of determining vesting under the Optionee’s Option Agreement.  Subject to the foregoing, the Company, in its discretion, shall determine whether an Optionee’s Service has terminated and the effective date of such termination.

 

(x)                                   “Stock” means the common stock of the Company, as adjusted from time to time in accordance with Section 4.2.

 

(y)                                 “Subsidiary Corporation” means any present or future “subsidiary corporation” of the Company, as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code.

 

2.2                                 Construction.  Captions and titles contained herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision of the Plan.  Except when otherwise indicated by the context, the singular shall include the plural and the plural shall include the singular.  Use of the term “or” is not intended to be exclusive, unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

 

3.                                       ADMINISTRATION.

 

3.1                                 Administration by the Board.  The Plan shall be administered by the Board.  All questions of interpretation of the Plan or of any Option shall be determined by the Board, and such determinations shall be final and binding upon all persons having an interest in the Plan or such Option.

 

3.2                                 Authority of Officer.  The Chief Executive Officer shall have the authority to act on behalf of the Company with respect to any matter, right, obligation, determination or election which is the responsibility of or which is allocated to the Company herein.

 

4.                                       SHARES SUBJECT TO PLAN.

 

4.1                                 Maximum Number of Shares Issuable.  Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4.2, the maximum aggregate number of shares of Stock that may be issued under the Plan shall be the sum of (a) 240,000, (b) the number of shares that remain available for grant pursuant to the Predecessor Plan on the Predecessor Plan Termination Date and (c) the number of unissued shares subject to each Predecessor Plan Option outstanding on the Predecessor Plan Termination Date which for any reason expires or is terminated or canceled.  Such shares shall consist of authorized but unissued or reacquired shares of Stock or any combination thereof.  If an outstanding Option for any reason expires or is terminated or canceled or if unvested shares of Stock are acquired upon the exercise of an Option subject to a Company repurchase option and are repurchased by the Company, the shares of Stock allocable to the unexercised portion of such Option or such unvested repurchased shares of Stock shall again be available for issuance under the Plan.

 

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4.2                                 Adjustments for Changes in Capital Structure.  In the event of any stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, recapitalization, combination, reclassification or similar change in the capital structure of the Company, appropriate adjustments shall be made in the number and class of shares subject to the Plan, to the grant of Options pursuant to Section 6.1, to the rates of vesting pursuant to Section 6.3 and to any outstanding Options, and in the exercise price per share of any outstanding Options.  If a majority of the shares which are of the same class as the shares that are subject to outstanding Options are exchanged for, converted into, or otherwise become shares of another corporation (the “New Shares”), the Board may unilaterally amend the outstanding Options to provide that such Options are exercisable for New Shares.  In the event of any such amendment, the number of shares subject to, and the exercise price per share of, the outstanding Options shall be adjusted in a fair and equitable manner as determined by the Board, in its discretion.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any fractional share resulting from an adjustment pursuant to this Section 4.2 shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number, and in no event may the exercise price of any Option be decreased to an amount less than the par value, if any, of the stock subject to the Option.  The adjustments determined by the Board pursuant to this Section 4.2 shall be final and binding.

 

5.                                       ELIGIBILITY.

 

Options may be granted only to those persons who, at the time of grant, are serving as Outside Directors.

 

6.                                       TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF OPTIONS.

 

Options shall be evidenced by Option Agreements specifying the number of shares of Stock covered thereby, in such form as the Board shall from time to time establish.  No Option or purported Option shall be a valid and binding obligation of the Company unless evidenced by a fully executed Option Agreement.  Option Agreements may incorporate all or any of the terms of the Plan by reference and shall comply with and be subject to the following terms and conditions:

 

6.1                                 Automatic Grant.  Subject to the execution by an Outside Director of an appropriate Option Agreement, Options shall be granted automatically and without further action of the Board, as follows:

 

(a)                                  Initial Option.  Each person who first becomes an Outside Director on or after the Effective Date (whether upon initial election or appointment to the Board (including following a break in service as a Director) or upon ceasing to be an Employee while remaining or simultaneously becoming a Director) shall be granted on the date such person first becomes an Outside Director an Option (an Initial Option) to purchase (1) twelve thousand (12,000) shares of Stock if such date occurs prior to June 8, 2005 or (2) fifteen thousand (15,000) shares of Stock if such date occurs on or after June 8, 2005, except as follows:

 

(i)                                     An Outside Director who holds Prior Employee Option(s) that will continue to vest on the basis of such individual’s Service as an Outside Director shall be granted an Initial Option only upon the date that such Prior Employee Option(s) cease to vest.

 

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(ii)                                  Each person who was an Outside Director prior to the Effective Date, and who does not have a break in Service as an Outside Director subsequent to the Effective Date, shall not be granted an Initial Option.
 

(b)                                 Annual Option.  Each Outside Director shall be granted on the date of each annual meeting of the stockholders of the Company which occurs on or after the Effective Date (an Annual Meeting) immediately following which such person remains an Outside Director an Option (an Annual Option) to purchase (1) twelve thousand (12,000) shares of Stock if the date of such Annual Meeting occurs prior to June 8, 2005 or (2) fifteen thousand (15,000) shares of Stock if the date of such Annual Meeting occurs on or after June 8, 2005; provided, however, that no Annual Option shall be granted to an Outside Director granted an Initial Option on the same Annual Meeting date, and subject to the following:

 

(i)                                     An Outside Director who holds Prior Employee Option(s) that continue to vest on the basis of such individual’s Service as an Outside Director shall be granted his or her first Annual Option on the date of the Annual Meeting immediately following the grant to such individual of an Initial Option, as described in Section 6.1(a)(i).  The number of shares subject to such Annual Option shall be determined in accordance with Section 6.1(b)(ii).
 
(ii)                                  An Annual Option granted to an Outside Director who was granted an Initial Option prior to the date of the current Annual Meeting and subsequent to the date of the preceding Annual Meeting shall be reduced by a number of shares equal to (A) the number of months (rounded to the nearest whole number) determined by dividing the number of days between the date of the preceding Annual Meeting and the date of grant of an Initial Option to such Outside Director by thirty (30) multiplied by (B) one thousand (1,000) for Annual Meetings occurring prior to June 8, 2005 or one thousand two hundred fifty (1,250) for Annual Meetings occurring on or after June 8, 2005.
 
(iii)                               The first Annual Option granted to an Outside Director who holds Predecessor Plan Option(s) or Prior Option(s) shall be granted on the date of the Annual Meeting immediately preceding the date on which the Predecessor Plan Option(s) or the Prior Option(s), as applicable, are scheduled to cease vesting.  Such Annual Option shall be reduced by a number of shares equal to (A) the number of months (rounded to the nearest whole number) determined by dividing the number of days between the date of grant of such Annual Option and the date on which the Predecessor Plan Option(s) or the Prior Option(s), as applicable, are scheduled to cease vesting by thirty (30) multiplied by (B) one thousand (1,000) for Annual Meetings occurring prior to June 8, 2005 or one thousand two hundred fifty (1,250) for Annual Meetings occurring on or after June 8, 2005.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the number of shares subject to such Annual Option would be reduced to zero (0) pursuant to the preceding sentence, then the first Annual Option shall be granted to such Outside Director at the Annual Meeting immediately following the date on which the Predecessor Plan Option(s) or the Prior Option(s), as applicable, cease to vest, and the number of shares of Stock subject to such Annual Option shall be (A) twelve thousand (12,000) for Annual Meetings occurring prior to June 8, 2005 or (B) fifteen thousand (15,000) for Annual Meetings occurring on or after June 8, 2005.

 

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(c)                                  Right to Decline Option.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any person may elect not to receive an Option by delivering written notice of such election to the Board no later than the day prior to the date such Option would otherwise be granted.  A person so declining an Option shall receive no payment or other consideration in lieu of such declined Option.  A person who has declined an Option may revoke such election by delivering written notice of such revocation to the Board no later than the day prior to the date such Option would be granted pursuant to Section 6.1(a) or (b), as the case may be.

 

6.2                                 Exercise Price.  The exercise price for each Option shall be the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date of grant of an Option.

 

6.3                                 Exercisability and Term of Options.  Except as otherwise provided in the Plan or in the Option Agreement evidencing an Option and provided that the Optionee’s Service has not terminated prior to the relevant date, the Options shall vest and become exercisable as follows:

 

(a)                                  Each Initial Option and each Annual Option (other than an Annual Option described in Section 6.1(b)(i), (ii) or (iii)) shall vest and become exercisable at the Applicable Share Rate (as defined below) for each full month of the Optionee’s continuous Service from the date of grant until the Option is fully vested.

 

(b)                                 Each Annual Option described in Section 6.1(b)(i) or (ii) shall vest and become exercisable at the Applicable Share Rate (as defined below) for each full month of the Optionee’s continuous Service from the date on which the Optionee’s Initial Option vests in full until such Annual Option is fully vested.

 

(c)                                  Each Annual Option described in Section 6.1(b)(iii) shall vest and become exercisable at the Applicable Share Rate (as defined below) for each full month of the Optionee’s continuous Service from the date on which the Optionee’s Predecessor Plan Option(s) or Prior Option(s), as applicable, cease to vest until such Annual Option is fully vested.

 

For purposes of this Section 6.3, the “Applicable Share Rate” shall be (A) one thousand (1,000) shares in the case of an Initial Option or Annual Option granted prior to June 8, 2005 and (B) one thousand two hundred fifty (1, 250) in the case of an Initial Option or Annual Option granted on or after June 8, 2005.  Unless earlier terminated in accordance with the terms of the Plan or the Option Agreement evidencing an Option, each Option shall terminate and cease to be exercisable ten (10) years after the date of grant of the Option.

 

6.4                                 Payment of Exercise Price.

 

(a)                                  Forms of Consideration Authorized.  Except as otherwise provided below, payment of the exercise price for the number of shares of Stock being purchased pursuant to any Option shall be made (i) in cash, by check or cash equivalent, (ii) by tender to the Company, or attestation to the ownership, of shares of Stock owned by the Optionee having a Fair Market Value not less than the exercise price, (iii) by the assignment of the proceeds of a

 

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sale or loan with respect to some or all of the shares being acquired upon the exercise of the Option (including, without limitation, through an exercise complying with the provisions of Regulation T as promulgated from time to time by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) (a Cashless Exercise), or (iv) by any combination thereof.

 

(b)                                 Limitations on Forms of Consideration.

 

(i)                                     Tender of Stock.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Option may not be exercised by tender to the Company, or attestation to the ownership, of shares of Stock to the extent such tender or attestation would constitute a violation of the provisions of any applicable law, regulation or agreement restricting the redemption of the shares of Stock.  Unless otherwise provided by the Board, an Option may not be exercised by tender to the Company, or attestation to the ownership, of shares of Stock unless such shares either have been owned by the Optionee for more than six (6) months (and not used for another option exercise by attestation during such period) or were not acquired, directly or indirectly, from the Company.
 
(ii)                                  Cashless Exercise.  The Company reserves, at any and all times, the right, in the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, to establish, decline to approve or terminate any program or procedures for the exercise of Options by means of a Cashless Exercise.
 

6.5                                 Tax Withholding.  The Company shall have the right, but not the obligation, to deduct from the shares of Stock issuable upon the exercise of an Option, or to accept from the Optionee the tender of, a number of whole shares of Stock having a Fair Market Value equal to all or any part of the federal, state, local and foreign taxes, if any, required by law to be withheld by the Company with respect to such Option or the shares of Stock acquired upon the exercise thereof.  Alternatively or in addition, in its discretion, the Company shall have the right to require the Optionee, by cash payment or otherwise, including by means of a Cashless Exercise, to make adequate provision for any such tax withholding obligations of the Company arising in connection with the Option or the shares of Stock acquired upon the exercise thereof.  The Fair Market Value of any shares of Stock withheld or tendered to satisfy any such tax withholding obligations shall not exceed the amount determined by the applicable minimum statutory withholding rates.  The Company shall have no obligation to deliver shares of Stock until the Company’s tax withholding obligations have been satisfied by the Optionee.

 

6.6                                 Effect of Termination of Service.

 

(a)                                  Option Exercisability.  Subject to earlier termination of the Option as otherwise provided herein and unless otherwise provided by the Board in the grant of an Option and set forth in the Option Agreement, an Option shall be exercisable after an Optionee’s termination of Service as follows:

 

(i)                                     Disability.  If the Optionee’s Service with the Company is terminated because of the Disability of the Optionee, the Option, to the extent unexercised and exercisable on the date on which the Optionee’s Service terminated, may be exercised by the Optionee (or the Optionee’s guardian or legal representative) at any time prior to the expiration

 

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of twelve (12) months after the date on which the Optionee’s Service terminated, but in any event no later than the date of expiration of the Option’s term as set forth in the Option Agreement evidencing such Option (the Option Expiration Date).
 
(ii)                                  Death.  If the Optionee’s Service with the Company is terminated because of the death of the Optionee, the Option, to the extent unexercised and exercisable on the date on which the Optionee’s Service terminated, may be exercised by the Optionee’s legal representative or other person who acquired the right to exercise the Option by reason of the Optionee’s death at any time prior to the expiration of twelve (12) months after the date on which the Optionee’s Service terminated, provided that such period shall be extended by the number of days between the date on which the Optionee’s Service terminated and the date on which the executor, personal representative or administrator of the Optionee’s estate determines the person who acquired the right to exercise the Option by reason of the Optionee’s death.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the option be exercisable following the Option Expiration Date.  The Optionee’s Service shall be deemed to have terminated on account of death if the Optionee dies within three (3) months after the Optionee’s termination of Service.
 
(iii)                               Other Termination of Service.  If the Optionee’s Service with the Company terminates for any reason, except Disability or death, the Option, to the extent unexercised and exercisable by the Optionee on the date on which the Optionee’s Service terminated, may be exercised by the Optionee within six (6) months (or such longer period of time as determined by the Board, in its discretion) after the date on which the Optionee’s Service terminated, but in any event no later than the Option Expiration Date.
 

(b)                                 Extension if Exercise Prevented by Law.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the exercise of an Option within the applicable time periods set forth in Section 6.6(a) is prevented by the provisions of Section 10 below, the Option shall remain exercisable until ninety (90) days after the date the Optionee is notified by the Company that the Option is exercisable, but in any event no later than the Option Expiration Date.

 

(c)                                  Extension if Optionee Subject to Section 16(b).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a sale within the applicable time periods set forth in Section 6.6(a) of shares acquired upon the exercise of the Option could subject the Optionee to suit under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, the Option shall remain exercisable until the earliest to occur of (i) the thirtieth (30th) day following the date on which a sale of such shares by the Optionee would no longer be subject to such suit, (ii) the two hundred tenth (210th) day after the Optionee’s termination of Service, or (iii) the Option Expiration Date.

 

7.                                       STANDARD FORMS OF OPTION AGREEMENT.

 

7.1                                 Outside Director Stock Option Agreement. Each Option shall comply with and be subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the appropriate form of Option Agreement approved by the Board concurrently with its adoption of the Plan and as amended from time to time.

 

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7.2                                 Authority to Vary Terms.  The Board shall have the authority from time to time to vary the terms of the standard form of Option Agreement described in this Section 7 either in connection with the grant or amendment of an individual Option or in connection with the authorization of a new standard form or forms; provided, however, that the terms and conditions of any such new, revised or amended standard form or forms of Option Agreement are not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan.

 

8.                                       CHANGE IN CONTROL.

 

In the event of a Change in Control, any unexercisable or unvested portions of outstanding Options and any shares acquired upon the exercise thereof shall be immediately exercisable and vested in full as of the date ten (10) days prior to the date of the Change in Control.  The exercise or vesting of any Option and any shares acquired upon the exercise thereof that was permissible solely by reason of this Section 8 shall be conditioned upon the consummation of the Change in Control.  In addition, the surviving, continuing, successor, or purchasing corporation or parent corporation thereof, as the case may be (the Acquiring Corporation), may either assume the Company’s rights and obligations under outstanding Options or substitute for outstanding Options substantially equivalent options for the Acquiring Corporation’s stock.  Any Options which are neither assumed or substituted for by the Acquiring Corporation in connection with the Change in Control nor exercised as of the date of the Change in Control shall terminate and cease to be outstanding effective as of the date of the Change in Control.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the corporation the stock of which is subject to the outstanding Options immediately prior to a Change in Control described in Section 2.1(b)(i) is the surviving or continuing corporation and immediately after such Change in Control less than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of its voting stock is held by another corporation or by other corporations that are members of an affiliated group within the meaning of Section 1504(a) of the Code without regard to the provisions of Section 1504(b) of the Code, the outstanding Options shall not terminate unless the Board otherwise provides in its discretion.

 

9.                                       TRANSFERABILITY OF OPTIONS.

 

During the lifetime of the Optionee, an Option shall be exercisable only by the Optionee or the Optionee’s guardian or legal representative.  No Option shall be assignable or transferable by the Optionee, except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Option shall be assignable or transferable to the extent permitted by the Board and set forth in the Option Agreement evidencing such Option.

 

10.                                 COMPLIANCE WITH SECURITIES LAW.

 

The grant of Options and the issuance of shares of Stock upon exercise of Options shall be subject to compliance with all applicable requirements of federal, state or foreign law with respect to such securities.  Options may not be exercised if the issuance of shares of Stock upon exercise would constitute a violation of any applicable federal, state or foreign securities laws or other law or regulations or the requirements of any stock exchange or market system upon which the Stock may then be listed.  In addition, no Option may be exercised unless (a) a registration statement under the Securities Act shall at the time of exercise of the Option be in

 

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effect with respect to the shares of Stock issuable upon exercise of the Option or (b) in the opinion of legal counsel to the Company, the shares of Stock issuable upon exercise of the Option may be issued in accordance with the terms of an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.  The inability of the Company to obtain from any regulatory body having jurisdiction the authority, if any, deemed by the Company’s legal counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any shares of Stock hereunder shall relieve the Company of any liability in respect of the failure to issue or sell such shares of Stock as to which such requisite authority shall not have been obtained.  As a condition to the exercise of any Option, the Company may require the Optionee 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.

 

11.                                 TERMINATION OR AMENDMENT OF PLAN.

 

The Board may terminate or amend the Plan at any time.  However, without the approval of the Company’s stockholders, there shall be (a) no increase in the maximum aggregate number of shares of Stock that may be issued under the Plan (except by operation of the provisions of Section 4.2), and (b) no material change in the class of persons eligible to receive Options.  No termination or amendment of the Plan shall affect any then outstanding Option unless expressly provided by the Board.  In any event, no termination or amendment of the Plan may adversely affect any then outstanding Option without the consent of the Optionee, unless such termination or amendment is necessary to comply with any applicable law, regulation or rule.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Secretary of the Company certifies that the foregoing sets forth the Protein Design Labs, Inc. 2002 Outside Directors Stock Option Plan as amended through June 8, 2005.

 

 

 

/s/ J. Howard Clowes

 

J. Howard Clowes

 

Secretary

 

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Exhibit 99.3

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

PROTEIN DESIGN LABS, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

OFFICES

 

Section 1.  Principal Executive Office.  The Board of Directors shall fix the location of the principal executive office of the Corporation at any place within or outside the State of Delaware.  The Board of Directors shall fix and designate a registered business office and registered agent in the State of Delaware regardless of whether the Corporation maintains a place of business there.

 

Section 2.  Other Offices.  The Board of Directors may at any time establish branch or subordinate offices at any place or places where the Corporation is qualified to do business.

 

ARTICLE II

 

MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

 

Section 1.  Place of Meetings.  Meetings of stockholders shall be held at any place within or outside the State of Delaware designated by the Board of Directors.  In the absence of any such designation, stockholders’ meetings shall be held at the principal executive office of the Corporation.

 

Section 2.  Annual Meetings.  The annual meetings of stockholders shall be held on such day and at such hour as may be fixed by the Board of Directors within thirteen months subsequent to the later of the date of incorporation of the Corporation or the last annual meeting of stockholders.  At such meeting, directors shall be elected and any other proper business may be transacted.

 

Section 3.  Special Meeting.  A special meeting of the stockholders for any purpose or purposes described in the notice of the meeting may be called at any time by a majority of the number of authorized directors of the Board of Directors or the holders of not less than a majority of the number of shares entitled to vote at the meeting.  Notice of such special meeting shall be given in the same manner as for the annual meeting of stockholders.

 

Section 4.  Notice of Stockholders’ Meetings.  All notices of meetings of stockholders shall be sent or otherwise given in accordance with Section 5 of this Article II not fewer than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting.  The notice shall specify the place, date and hour of the meeting and (i) in the case of a special meeting, the nature of the business to be transacted, or (ii) in the case of the annual meeting, those matters which the Board of Directors, at the time of giving the notice, intends to present for action by the stockholders.  The notice of any meeting at which directors are to be elected shall include the name of any nominee or nominees whom, at the time of the notice, management intends to present for election.

 

Section 5.  Manner of Giving Notice; Affidavit of Notice.  Written notice of any meeting of stockholders shall be given.  If mailed, notice shall be deemed to have been given at the time when delivered personally or deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid.

 

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An affidavit of the mailing or other means of giving any notice of any stockholders’ meeting shall be executed by the secretary, assistant secretary, or any transfer agent of the Corporation giving the notice, and shall be filed and maintained in the minute book of the Corporation.

 

Section 6.  Quorum.  The presence in person or by proxy of the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.  If a quorum shall fail to attend any meeting, the chairman of the meeting or the holders of a majority of the shares of stock entitled to vote who are present, in person or by proxy, may adjourn the meeting to another place, date, or time.

 

Section 7.  Conduct of the Stockholders’ Meeting.  At every meeting of the stockholders, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or in his or her absence, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, or in his or her absence, the person designated by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or in the absence of such designation, a chairman chosen by the majority of the voting shares represented in person or by proxy, shall act as Chairman of the meeting.  The Secretary of the Corporation or a person designated by the Chairman of the meeting shall act as Secretary of the meeting.  Unless otherwise approved by the Chairman, attendance at the Stockholders’ Meeting is restricted to stockholders of record, persons authorized in accordance with Section 14 of this Article II to act by proxy, and officers of the Corporation.

 

Section 8.  Conduct of Business.  The Chairman of the meeting shall call the meeting to order, establish the agenda, and conduct the business of the meeting in accordance therewith or, at the discretion of the Chairman of the meeting, it may be conducted otherwise in accordance with the wishes of the stockholders in attendance.  The date and time of the opening and closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at the meeting shall be announced at the meeting.

 

The Chairman of the meeting shall also conduct the meeting in an orderly manner, rule on the precedence of, and procedure on, motions and other procedural matters, and exercise discretion with respect to such procedural matters with fairness and good faith toward all those entitled to take part.  The Chairman of the meeting may impose reasonable limits on the amount of time taken up at the meeting on discussion in general or on remarks by any one stockholder.  Should any person in attendance become unruly or obstruct the meeting proceedings, the Chairman shall have the power to have such person removed from participation.  Notwithstanding anything in the bylaws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at a meeting except in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 8 and Section 9, below.  The Chairman of a meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that business was not properly brought before the meeting and in accordance with the provisions of this Section 8 and Section 9, and if he or she should so determine, he or she shall so declare to the meeting and any such business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted.

 

Section 9.  Notice of Stockholder Business.  At an annual or special meeting of the stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before the meeting.  To be properly brought before a meeting, business must be (a) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, (b) properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, (c) properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, or (d) properly brought before a special meeting by a stockholder, but if, and only if, the notice of a special meeting provides for business to be brought before the meeting by stockholders.  For business to be properly brought before a meeting by a stockholder, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation.  To be timely, a stockholder proposal to be presented at an annual meeting shall be received at the Corporation’s principal executive office not less than one hundred twenty (120) calendar days in advance of the date that the Corporation’s (or the Corporation’s predecessor’s) proxy statement was released to stockholders in connection with the previous year’s annual meeting of stockholders.  However, if no annual meeting was held in the previous year or the date of the annual meeting has been changed by more than thirty

 

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(30) calendar days from the date contemplated at the time of the previous year’s proxy statement, or in the event of a special meeting, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be received not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which such notice of the date of the meeting was mailed or such public disclosure was made.  A stockholder’s notice to the Secretary shall set forth as to each matter the stockholder proposes to bring before the annual or special meeting (a) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual or special meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual or special meeting, (b) the name and address, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, of the stockholder proposing such business, (c) the class and number of shares of the Corporation which are beneficially owned by the stockholder, and (d) any material interest of the stockholder in such business.

 

Section 10.  Adjourned Meetings and Notice Thereof.  When a stockholders’ meeting is adjourned to another time or place, notice of the adjourned meeting need not be given if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken; except that if the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days or if the Board of Directors shall set a new record date, notice of any adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting in accordance with Sections 4 and 5 of this Article II.

 

At the adjourned meeting, the Corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting.

 

Section 11.  Voting.  Except as otherwise required by the Certificate of Incorporation or the General Corporation Law of Delaware, each outstanding share, regardless of class, shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote of stockholders.  All voting, including on the election of directors but excepting where otherwise required by law, may be by a voice vote; provided, however, that upon demand therefor by a stockholder entitled to vote or his or her proxy, a stock vote shall be taken.  Every stock vote shall be taken by ballots, each of which shall state the name of the stockholder or proxy voting and such other information as may be required under the procedure established for the meeting.  Every vote taken by ballots shall be counted by an inspector or inspectors appointed by the chairman of the meeting.  The Corporation may, and to the extent required by law, shall, in advance of any meeting of stockholders, appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting and make a written report thereof.  The Corporation may designate one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act.  If no inspector or alternate is able to act at a meeting of stockholders, the person presiding at the meeting may, and to the extent required by law, shall, appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting.  Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his or her ability.  Each inspector shall:

 

(a)  Determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, and the authenticity, validity, and effect of proxies;

 

(b)  Receive votes, ballots, or consents;

 

(c)  Hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote;

 

(d)  Count and tabulate all votes or consents;

 

(e)  Determine when the polls shall close;

 

(f)  Determine the results; and

 

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(g)  Do any other acts that may be proper to conduct the elections or votes with fairness to all stockholders.

 

Any holder of shares entitled to vote on any matter may vote part of the shares in favor of the proposal and refrain from voting the remaining shares or vote them against the proposal but if the stockholder fails to specify the number of shares such stockholder is voting affirmatively, it shall be conclusively presumed that the stockholder’s approving vote is with respect to all shares said stockholder is entitled to vote.

 

All elections shall be determined by a plurality of the votes cast, and except as otherwise required by law, all other matters shall be determined by a majority of the votes cast affirmatively or negatively.

 

Section 12.  Waiver of Notice or Consent by Absent Stockholders.  The transactions of any meeting of stockholders, either annual or special, however called and noticed, and wherever held, shall be as valid as though had at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice, if a quorum is present either in person or by proxy, and if, either before or after the meeting, each person entitled to vote, not present in person or by proxy, signs a written waiver of notice, or a consent to the holding of such meeting, or an approval of the minutes thereof.  The waiver of notice or consent need not specify either the business to be transacted or the purpose of any annual or special meeting of stockholders.  All such waivers, consents, or approvals shall be filed with the corporate records or made a part of the minutes of the meeting.

 

Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when a person objects, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened; and except that attendance at a meeting is not a waiver of any right to object to the consideration of matters not included in the notice of the meeting if that objection is expressly made at the meeting.

 

Section 13.  Stockholder Action by Written Consent.  Any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders may be taken without a meeting and without prior notice, if a consent in writing, setting forth the actions so taken, is signed by the holders of outstanding shares having not less than the minimum number of votes which would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted.  All such consents shall be filed with the Secretary of the Corporation and shall be maintained in the corporate records.  Prompt notice of the taking of a corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing.

 

Section 14.  Proxies.  At any meeting of the stockholders, every stockholder entitled to vote may vote in person or by proxy authorized by an instrument in writing or by a transmission permitted by law filed in accordance with the procedure established for the meeting.  Any copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reliable reproduction of the writing or transmission created pursuant to this paragraph may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing or transmission for any and all purposes for which the original writing or transmission could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile transmission or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing or transmission.  A validly executed proxy which does not state that it is irrevocable and is not coupled with an interest shall continue in full force and effect unless (i) revoked by the person executing it, before the vote pursuant to that proxy, by a writing delivered to the Corporation stating that the proxy is revoked, or by a subsequent proxy executed by, or attendance at the meeting and voting in person by, the person executing the proxy; or (ii) written notice of the death or incapacity of the maker of that proxy is received by the Corporation before the vote pursuant to that proxy is counted; provided, however, that no proxy shall be valid after the expiration of three years from the date of the proxy, unless otherwise provided in the proxy.

 

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Section 15.  Stock List.  A complete list of stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders, arranged in alphabetical order for each class of stock and showing the address of each such stockholder and the number of shares registered in his or her name, shall be open to the examination of any such stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held.

 

The stock list shall also be kept at the place of the meeting during the whole time thereof and shall be open to the examination of any such stockholder who is present.  This list shall presumptively determine the identity of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting and the number of shares held by each of them.

 

ARTICLE III

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Section 1.  Powers.  Subject to the limitations stated in the Certificate of Incorporation, these bylaws, and the General Corporation Law of Delaware as to actions which shall be approved by the stockholders or by the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote, all corporate powers shall be exercised by, or under the direction of, and the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by, the Board of Directors.

 

Section 2.  Number and Term of Office.  The number of directors shall be fixed from time to time exclusively by the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the total number of authorized directors (whether or not there exist any vacancies in previously authorized directorships at the time any such resolution is presented to the Board for adoption).  The directors shall be divided into three classes, as nearly equal in number as reasonably possible, with the term of office of the first class to expire at the 1993 annual meeting of stockholders, the term of office of the second class to expire at the 1994 annual meeting of stockholders and the term of office of the third class to expire at the 1995 annual meeting of stockholders.  At each annual meeting of stockholders following such initial classification and election, directors elected to succeed those directors whose terms expire shall be elected for a term of office to expire at the third succeeding annual meeting of stockholders after their election.  All directors shall hold office until the expiration of the term for which elected, except in the case of the death, resignation or removal of any director.

 

Section 3.  Vacancies and Newly Created Directorships.  Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock then outstanding, newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors or any vacancies in the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, retirement, removal from office, disqualification or other cause may be filled only by a majority vote of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and directors so chosen shall hold office for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders at which the term of office of the class to which they have been elected expires.  No decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.

 

Section 4.  Resignations.  Any director may resign effective on giving notice in writing or by electronic transmission to the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the Secretary, or the Board of Directors, unless the notice specifies a later time for that resignation to become effective.  If the resignation of a director is effective at a future time, the Board of Directors may elect a successor to take office when the resignation becomes effective.

 

Section 5.  Place of Meetings and Meetings by Telephone.  Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at any place within or without the State of Delaware which may be designated in the

 

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notice of the meeting, or, if not stated in the notice or there is no notice, designated by resolution of the Board.  In the absence of such designation, meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at the principal executive office of the Corporation.  Members of the Board may participate in a regular or special meeting through use of conference telephone or similar communications equipment, so long as all members participating in such meeting can hear one another.  Participation in a meeting pursuant to this Section 5 of this Article III constitutes presence in person at such meeting.

 

Section 6.  Annual Meeting.  Immediately following each annual meeting of stockholders, the Board of Directors shall hold a regular meeting for the purpose of organization, the election of officers and the transaction of other business.  No notice of such meeting need be given.

 

Section 7.  Other Regular Meetings.  The Board of Directors may provide by resolution the time and place for the holding of regular meetings of the Board; provided, however, that if the date so designated falls upon a legal holiday, then the meeting shall be held at the same time and place on the next succeeding day which is not a legal holiday.  No notice of such regular meetings of the Board need be given.

 

Section 8.  Special Meetings.  Special meetings of the Board of Directors for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, the General Counsel, the Secretary or any two directors.

 

Notice of the time and place of any special meeting of directors shall be given to each director by the Secretary or by the officer or one of the directors calling the meeting.  Notice shall be duly given to each director by (i) giving notice to such director in person or by telephone, electronic transmission or voice message system at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting; provided, however, that notice may not be given to such director by electronic transmission if such director so elects in a prior written notice delivered to the Secretary; and provided, further, that any such election by a director will not affect such director’s right to deliver any notice or provide any consent to the Corporation by electronic transmission as otherwise permitted herein, (ii) sending a facsimile, or delivering written notice by hand, to his last known business or home address at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting, or (iii) mailing written notice to his last known business or home address at least three days in advance of the meeting.  Any oral notice given personally or by telephone may be communicated either to the director or to a person at the office of the director who the person giving the notice has reason to believe will promptly communicate it to the director.  A notice or waiver of notice of a meeting of the Board of Directors need not specify the purpose of the meeting nor the place if the meeting is to be held at the principal executive office of the Corporation.  Unless otherwise indicated in the notice thereof, any and all business may be transacted at a special meeting.

 

Section 9.  Quorum.  A majority of the total number of authorized directors shall constitute a quorum for all purposes at any meeting of the Board of Directors.  If a quorum shall fail to attend any meeting, a majority of those present may adjourn the meeting to another place, date, or time, without further notice or waiver thereof.

 

Section 10.  Waiver of Notice.  Notice of a meeting shall be deemed given to any director who attends the meeting without protesting before or at its commencement, the lack of notice to such director.

 

The transactions of any meeting of the Board of Directors, however called and noticed or wherever held, shall be as valid as though had at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice if a quorum is present and if, either before or after the meeting, each of the directors not present gives a waiver of notice (either in writing and signed by each such director, by electronic transmission or by any other method permitted under the Delaware General Corporation Law), a consent to holding the meeting or an approval of the minutes thereof.  The waiver of notice or consent need not specify the purpose of the

 

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meeting.  All such waivers, consents and approvals shall be filed with the corporate records or made a part of the minutes of the meeting.

 

Section 11.  Adjournment.  Any meeting of the Board of Directors, whether or not a quorum is present, may be adjourned to another time and place by the vote of a majority of the votes of the directors present.  If a meeting is adjourned for more than twenty-four (24) hours, notice of the time and place of the reconvened adjourned meeting shall be given to directors absent at the time of adjournment before the time of the reconvened adjourned meeting.

 

Section 12.  Conduct of Business and Action Without Meeting.  At any meeting of the Board of Directors, business shall be transacted in such order and manner as the Board may from time to time determine, and all matters shall be determined by the vote of a majority of the directors then present, except as otherwise provided herein or required by law.  Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the Board shall individually or collectively consent in writing or by electronic transmission to such action.  Such written consent or consents shall be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board of Directors.  Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form.  Such action by written consent shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of such directors.

 

Section 13.  Fees and Compensation of Directors.  Directors shall not receive any stated salary for their services as directors, but, by resolution of the Board, a fixed fee, with or without expenses of attendance, may be allowed for attendance at each meeting.  Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity as an officer, agent, employee, member of a committee of the Board of Directors or otherwise, and receiving compensation therefor.

 

Section 14.  Nomination of Director Candidates. Subject to the rights of holders of any Preferred Stock then outstanding, nominations for the election of directors may be made by the Board of Directors or a proxy committee authorized to do so by the Board of Directors, or by any stockholder entitled to vote in the election of directors generally.  However, any stockholder entitled to vote in the election of directors generally may nominate one or more persons for election as directors at a meeting only if timely notice of such stockholder’s intent to make such nomination or nominations has been given in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation.  To be timely, a stockholder nomination for a director to be elected at an annual meeting shall be received at the Corporation’s principal executive offices not less than one hundred twenty (120) calendar days in advance of the date that the Corporation’s (or Corporation’s predecessor’s) proxy statement was released to stockholders in connection with the previous year’s annual meeting of stockholders.  However, if no annual meeting was held in the previous year or the date of the annual meeting has been changed by more than thirty (30) calendar days from the date contemplated at the time of the previous year’s proxy statement, or in the event of a nomination for director to be elected at a special meeting, notice by the stockholders to be timely must be received not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which such notice of the date of the special meeting was mailed or such public disclosure was made.  Each such notice shall set forth:  (a) the name and address of the stockholder who intends to make the nomination and of the person or persons to be nominated; (b) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote for the election of directors on the date of such notice and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the person or persons specified in the notice; (c) a description of all arrangements or understandings between the stockholder and each nominee and any other person or persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which the nomination or nominations are to be made by the stockholder; (d) such other information regarding each nominee proposed by such stockholder as would be required to be included in a proxy statement filed pursuant to the proxy rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, had the nominee been nominated, or intended to be nominated, by the Board of Directors; and (e) the consent of each nominee to serve as a director of the Corporation if so elected.

 

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In the event that a person is validly designated as a nominee in accordance with this Section 14 and shall thereafter become unable or unwilling to stand for election to the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors or the stockholder who proposed such nominee, as the case may be, may designate a substitute nominee upon delivery, not fewer than thirty (30) days prior to the date of the meeting for the election of such nominee, of a written notice to the Secretary setting forth such information regarding such substitute nominee as would have been required to be delivered to the Secretary pursuant to this Section 14 had such substitute nominee been initially proposed as a nominee.  Such notice shall include a signed consent to serve as a director of the Corporation, if elected, of each such substitute nominee.

 

If the chairman of the meeting for the election of directors determines that a nomination of any candidate for election as a director at such meeting was not made in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Section 14, such nomination shall be void.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

COMMITTEES

 

Section 1.  Committees.  The Board of Directors may, by resolution adopted by a majority of the authorized number of directors, designate such committees, each consisting of one or more directors, as it may from time to time deem advisable to perform such general or special duties as may from time to time be delegated to any such committee by the Board of Directors, subject to the limitations contained in the General Corporations Law of Delaware, or imposed by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these bylaws.  Any committee so designated may exercise the power and authority of the Board of Directors to declare a dividend, to authorize the issuance of stock or to adopt a certificate of ownership and merger pursuant to Section 253 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware if the resolution which designates the committees or a supplemental resolution of the Board of Directors so provides.  The Board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent member at any meeting of the committee.

 

Section 2.  Minutes.  Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings, which shall be filed with the Secretary.

 

Section 3.  Conduct of Business.  Each committee may determine the procedural rules for meeting and conducting its business and shall act in accordance therewith, except as otherwise provided herein or required by law.  Adequate provision shall be made for notice to members of all meetings; one-third (1/3) of the authorized members shall constitute a quorum unless the committee shall consist of one or two members, in which event one member shall constitute a quorum; and all matters shall be determined by a majority vote of the members present.  Action may be taken by any committee without a meeting if all members thereof consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of the proceedings of such committee.

 

ARTICLE V

 

OFFICERS

 

Section 1.  Officers.  The officers of the Corporation shall be a Chief Executive Officer, one or more Presidents, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary, and a Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation.  The Corporation may also have, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, a Chairman of the Board, a Treasurer, one or more Assistant Secretaries, a General Counsel and such other officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of this Article V.  The Chairman of the Board, if there shall be such a position, shall be a member of the Board of Directors.  One person may hold two or more offices.

 

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Section 2.  Election.  The officers of the Corporation, except such officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Sections 3 and 5 of this Article V, shall be chosen annually by the Board of Directors and each shall hold office until such officer shall resign or shall be removed or otherwise disqualified to serve, or such officer’s successor shall be elected and qualified.

 

Section 3.  Subordinate Officers, Non-Section-16-Vice-Presidents, etc.  The Board of Directors may appoint, or may empower the Chief Executive Officer to appoint or change the titles of, such other officers as the business of the Corporation may require, each of whom shall hold office for such period, have such authority and perform such duties as are provided in these bylaws or as the Board of Directors or Chief Executive Officer, as applicable, may from time to time determine.  The Board of Directors may empower the Chief Executive Officer to appoint or change the title of any Vice President that is not an “officer” for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as such term is defined in Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 16a-1(f), each of whom shall hold office for such period, have such authority and perform such duties as provided in Section 9 of this Article V.

 

Section 4.  Removal and Resignation of Officers.  Any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, by a majority of the directors at the time in office, at any regular or special meeting of the Board, or by an officer upon whom such power of removal may be conferred by the Board of Directors.

 

Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Corporation.  Any such resignation shall take effect at the date of the receipt of such notice or at any later time specified therein; and, unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

 

Section 5.  Vacancies in Office.  A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or any other cause shall be filled in the manner prescribed in these bylaws for regular appointments to such office.

 

Section 6.  Chairman of the Board.  The Chairman of the Board, if there shall be such a position, shall, if present, preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors, and exercise and perform such other powers and duties as may be from time to time assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors or prescribed by these bylaws.  He or she shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders.

 

Section 7.  Chief Executive Officer.  Subject to the powers, if any, as may be given by the Board of Directors to the Chairman of the Board, if there be such a position , the Chief Executive Officer shall be the general manager and chief executive officer of the Corporation and shall, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, have general supervision, direction, and control of the business and affairs of the Corporation. In the absence of a Chairman of the Board, he or she shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders.  He or she shall have the general powers and duties of management usually vested in the office of Chief Executive Officer of a corporation, and shall have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or by these bylaws.

 

Section 8.  Presidents.  Each President shall, subject to the control of the Chief Executive Officer and the Board of Directors, have the responsibility for the supervision, direction, and control of such portions of the business and such officers of the Corporation as report to him or her and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer, or as may be prescribed by these bylaws.

 

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responsibility for the supervision, direction, and control of such portions of the business and such officers of the Corporation as report to him or her and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer or any officer to whom he or she reports, or as may be prescribed by these bylaws.  “Vice President(s)” as used in these bylaws shall include Senior Vice President(s).

 

Section 10.  Secretary.  The Secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, a book of minutes in written form of the proceedings of the Board of Directors, committees of the Board, and stockholders.  Such minutes shall include all waivers of notice, consents to the holding of meetings, or approvals of the minutes of meetings executed pursuant to these bylaws or the General Corporation Law of Delaware.  The Secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept at the principal executive office or at the office of the Corporation’s transfer agent or registrar, a record of its stockholders, giving the names and addresses of all stockholders and the number and class of shares held by each.

 

The Secretary shall give or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors required by these bylaws or by law to be given, and shall keep the seal of the Corporation in safe custody, and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or these bylaws.

 

Section 11.  Chief Financial Officer.  The Chief Financial Officer shall keep and maintain, or cause to be kept and maintained, adequate and correct books and records of account in written form or any other form capable of being converted into written form.

 

The Chief Financial Officer shall deposit all monies and other valuables in the name and to the credit of the Corporation with such depositaries as may be designated by the Board of Directors.  He or she shall disburse all funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, shall render to the Chief Executive Officer and directors, whenever they request it, an account of all of his or her transactions as Chief Financial Officer and of the financial condition of the Corporation, and shall have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or by these bylaws.

 

Section 12.  Treasurer.  The Treasurer shall have the powers and duties prescribed by these bylaws, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer or by the Board of Directors.  In the absence or disability of the Chief Financial Officer, she or he shall have all of her or his powers and duties.

 

Section 13.  Assistant Treasurers.  The Assistant Treasurers shall have the powers and duties prescribed by these bylaws or assigned by the Chief Financial Officer, if there be such

 

an officer, or the Treasurer.  In the absence or disability of the Treasurer, they shall have all of his or her powers and duties.

 

Section 14.  Assistant SecretariesThe Assistant Secretaries shall have the powers and duties prescribed by these bylaws or assigned by these bylaws or assigned by the Secretary.  In the absence or disability of the Secretary, they shall have all of the powers and duties of such officer.

 

Section 15.  General CounselSubject to the control and supervision by the Chief Executive Officer or such officer as the Chief Executive Officer may designate, and by the Board of Directors, the General Counsel shall be the chief legal officer of the Company, and she or he shall have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by these bylaws or by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or such officer as the Chief Executive Officer may designate, and the usual powers and duties pertaining to her or his office.

 

Section 16.  Compensation.  The compensation of the officers shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors or by a committee of the Board of Directors authorized to do so, and no officer

 

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ARTICLE VI

 

INDEMNIFICATION

 

Section 1.  Right to Indemnification.  Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (“Proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person of whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer or employee of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer or employee of another Corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, whether the basis of such Proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer or employee or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer or employee, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the General Corporation Law of Delaware, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said Law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment) against all expenses, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement and amounts expended in seeking indemnification granted to such person under applicable law, this bylaw or any agreement with the Corporation) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith and such indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer or employee and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and administrators; provided, however, that, except as provided in Section 2 of this Article VI, the Corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnity in connection with an action, suit or Proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if (a) such indemnification is expressly required to be made by law, (b) the action, suit or Proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation, (c) such indemnification is provided by the Corporation, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the Corporation under the General Corporation Law of Delaware, or (d) the action, suit or Proceeding (or part thereof) is brought to establish or enforce a right to indemnification under an indemnity agreement or any other statute or law or otherwise as required under Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware.  Such right shall be a contract right and shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation expenses incurred in defending any such Proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that, if required by the General Corporation Law of Delaware, the payment of such expenses incurred by a director or officer in his or her capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such person while a director or officer, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) in advance of the final disposition of such Proceeding, shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such director or officer, to repay all amounts so advanced if it should be determined ultimately that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Section or otherwise.

 

Section 2.  Right of Claimant to Bring Suit.  If a claim under Section 1 of this Article VI is not paid in full by the Corporation within ninety (90) days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if such suit is not frivolous or brought in bad faith, the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting such claim.  It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any Proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the required undertaking, if any, has been tendered to the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct which make it permissible under the General Corporation Law of Delaware for the Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the Corporation.  Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or it stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he or she has met the applicable

 

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standard of conduct set forth in the General Corporation Law of Delaware, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

 

Section 3.  Non-Exclusivity of Rights.  The rights conferred on any person by Sections 1 and 2 of this Article VI shall not be exclusive of any other right which such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

Section 4.  Indemnification Contracts.  The Board of Directors is authorized to enter into a contract with any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or any person serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another Corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including employee benefit plans, providing for indemnification rights equivalent to or, if the Board of Directors so determines, greater than, those provided for in this Article VI.

 

Section 5.  Insurance.  The Corporation may maintain insurance to the extent reasonably available, at its expense, to protect itself and any such director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any such expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the General Corporation Law of Delaware.

 

Section 6.  Effect of Amendment.  Any amendment, repeal or modification of any provision of this Article VI by the stockholders or the directors of the Corporation shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director or officer of the Corporation existing at the time of such amendment, repeal or modification.

 

Section 7.  Savings Clause.  In the event that a court of competent jurisdiction should, by a decision which the Corporation chooses not to appeal or which is beyond all right of review, declare any portion or all of this Article VI invalid or unenforceable by reason of the operation of California Corporations Code Section 2115, or for any other reason, then the provisions of this Article VI and the corresponding provisions of any indemnification contracts entered into pursuant hereto shall be automatically amended and modified to eliminate any provision thereof which is found to be invalid or unenforceable and shall be deemed and construed to grant indemnification to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including the Corporations Code of the State of California if held to be controlling.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

NOTICES

 

Section 1.  Notices.  Except as otherwise specifically provided herein or required by law, all notices required to be given to any stockholder, director, officer, employee or agent shall be in writing and may in every instance be effectively given by hand delivery to the recipient thereof, by depositing such notice in the mails, postage paid, or by sending such notice by facsimile or other electronic transmission in the manner provided in Section 232 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or by prepaid telegram, mailgram, telecopy or commercial courier service; provided, however, that notice may not be given to a director by electronic transmission if such director so elects in a prior written notice delivered to the Secretary; and provided, further, that any such election by a director will not affect such director’s right to deliver any notice or provide any consent to the Corporation by electronic transmission as otherwise permitted herein.  Any such notice shall be addressed to such stockholder, director, officer, employee or agent at his or her last known address as the same appears on the books

 

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of the Corporation.  The time when such notice shall be deemed to be given shall be the time such notice is received by such stockholder, director, officer, employee or agent, or by any person accepting such notice on behalf of such person, if delivered by hand, facsimile, other electronic transmission or commercial courier service, or the time such notice is dispatched, if delivered through the mails or by telegram or mailgram.

 

Section 2.  Waivers.  A written waiver of any notice, signed by a stockholder, director, officer, employee or agent, whether before or after the time of the event for which notice is to be given, shall be deemed equivalent to the notice required to be given to such stockholder, director, officer, employee or agent.  Neither the business nor the purpose of any meeting need be specified in such a waiver.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

STOCK

 

Section 1.  Certificates of Stock.  Each stockholder shall be entitled to a certificate signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by, the Chairman of the Board, President or a Vice President, and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, or the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, certifying the number of shares owned by him or her.  Any of or all the signatures on the certificate may be facsimile.

 

Section 2.  Transfers of Stock.  Transfers of stock shall be made only upon the transfer books of the Corporation kept at an office of the Corporation or by transfer agents designated to transfer shares of the stock of the Corporation.  Except where a certificate is issued in accordance with Section 4 of this Article VIII of these bylaws, an outstanding certificate for the number of shares involved shall be surrendered for cancellation before a new certificate is issued therefor.

 

Section 3.  Record Date.  The Board of Directors may fix a record date, which shall not be more than sixty (60) nor fewer than ten (10) days before the date of any meeting of stockholders, nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the time for the other action hereinafter described, as of which there shall be determined the stockholders who are entitled: to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof; to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights; or to exercise any rights with respect to any change, conversion or exchange of stock or with respect to any other lawful action.

 

Section 4.  Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates.  In the event of the loss, theft or destruction of any certificate of stock, another may be issued in its place pursuant to such regulations as the Board of Directors may establish concerning proof of such loss, theft or destruction and concerning the giving of a satisfactory bond or bonds of indemnity.

 

Section 5.  Regulations.  The issue, transfer, conversion and registration of certificates of stock shall be governed by such other regulations as the Board of Directors may establish.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

GENERAL CORPORATE MATTERS

 

Section 1.  Checks, Drafts, Evidences of Indebtedness.  All checks, drafts, or other orders for payment of money, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness, issued in the name of or payable to the Corporation, shall be signed or endorsed by such person or persons and in such manner as, from time to time, shall be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors.

 

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enter into any contract or execute any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation, and this authority may be general or confined to specific instances; and, unless so authorized or ratified by the Board of Directors or within the agency power of an officer, no officer, agent, or employee shall have any power or authority to bind the Corporation by any contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render it liable for any purpose or for any amount.

 

Section 3.  Representation of Shares of Other Corporations.  The Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, any President, or any Vice President, or any other person authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors or by any of the foregoing designated officers, is authorized to vote on behalf of the Corporation, in person or by proxy, at any meeting of stockholders of or with respect to any action of stockholders of any other corporation, any and all shares of any other corporation or corporations, foreign or domestic, standing in the name of the Corporation.  The authority granted to these officers to vote or represent on behalf of the Corporation any and all shares held by the Corporation in any other corporation or corporations may be exercised by any of these officers in person or by any person authorized to do so by a proxy duly executed by these officers.

 

Section 4.  Construction and Definitions.  Unless the context requires otherwise, the general provisions, rules of construction, and definitions in the General Corporation Law of Delaware shall govern the construction of these bylaws.  Without limiting the generality of this provision, the singular number includes the plural, the plural number includes the singular, and the term “person” includes both a corporation and a natural person.

 

Section 5.  Maintenance and Inspection of Books and Records.  The Corporation shall keep at its principal executive office, or at the office of its transfer agent or registrar, if either be appointed and as determined by resolution of the Board of Directors, a record of its stockholders, giving the names and addresses of all stockholders and the number and class of shares held by each stockholder. The Corporation shall also keep at its principal executive office the original or a copy of the bylaws as amended to date and its other books and records.

 

Any stockholder of the Corporation of record, in person or by attorney or other agent shall, upon written demand under oath stating the purpose thereof, have the right during the usual hours for business to inspect for any proper purpose the Corporation’s stock ledger, a list of its stockholders, and its other books and records and to make copies or extracts therefrom.  A proper purpose shall mean a purpose reasonably related to such person’s interest as a stockholder.  In every instance where an attorney or other agent shall be the person who seeks the right to inspection, the demand under oath shall be accompanied by a power of attorney or such other writing which authorizes the attorney or other agent to so act on behalf of the stockholder.

 

Section 6.  Inspection by Directors.  Any director shall have the right to examine the Corporation’s stock ledger, a list of its stockholders and its other books and records for a purpose reasonably related to his or her position as a director.

 

ARTICLE X

 

AMENDMENTS

 

Section 1.  Amendments.    The Board of Directors is expressly empowered to adopt, amend or repeal bylaws of the Corporation.  Any adoption, amendment or repeal of bylaws of the Corporation by the Board of Directors shall require the approval of a majority of the total number of authorized directors (whether or not there exist any vacancies in previously authorized directorships at the time any resolution providing for adoption, amendment or repeal is presented to the Board).  The stockholders shall also have power to adopt, amend or repeal the bylaws of the Corporation.

 

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AMENDMENTS TO BYLAWS

 

July 24, 1986

 

Original bylaws were adopted by the Action of Sole Incorporator.

 

April 19, 1989

 

Board adopted amendments to Article II, Section 3, and Article VI, Sections 1 and 2, to reflect comments received from the California Department of Corporations in connection with qualification of the 1986 Stock Purchase Plan (see UWC dated 04-19-89).

 

October 27, 1989

 

Board adopted amendment to Article VI to add Section 7, entitled “Savings Clause” (see 10-27-89 Minutes).

 

August 24, 1992

 

Board adopted amendments to Sections 2 and 3 of Article III to provide for the establishment of a classified board of directors (see UWC dated 08-24-92).

 

October 20, 1992

 

Amendments to Article III were adopted by the stockholders at the 1992 Annual Meeting (see 10-20-92 Minutes of Annual Meeting).

 

February 16, 1995

 

Board adopted amendments to Article V, including the addition of a new Section 7 (Chief Executive Officer, 12 (Treasurer), 13 (Assistant Treasurers), 14 (Assistant Secretaries), 15 (General Counsel), 16 (Controller) and the revision of Section 8 (President) as well as certain other conforming changes throughout the text (see Minutes of Meeting of 02-16-95).

 

February 11, 1999

 

Board adopted amendments removing Section 16 (Controller) of Article V, and certain related conforming changes throughout the text (see Minutes of Meeting February 11, 1999).

 

April 26, 2000

 

Board adopted amendments providing for one or more Presidents by amending Article V, Section 8, and made certain related and conforming changes throughout the text (see Unanimous Written Consent dated April 26, 2000).

 

April 29, 2002

 

Board adopted amendment to change all references to “Chairperson” in the bylaws to read “Chairman” (see Minutes of Meeting April 30, 2002).

 

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April 22, 2004

 

Board adopted amendments to Section 8 of Article II to clarify the Chairman of the meeting, Section 2 of Article III to clarify the expiration of directors’ terms of office, Sections 4 and 8 of Article III and Section 1 of Article VI to change notice provisions, including the addition of electronic notice provisions, and Section 14 of Article III to clarify director nomination procedure (see Minutes of Meeting April 22, 2004).

 

June 30, 2004

 

Board adopted amendment to change references in Article 5 to “Chairman of the Board, if there be such an officer,” to “Chairman of the Board, if there shall be such a position” (See Minutes of Meeting June 30, 2004).

 

April 28, 2005

 

Board adopted amendment to Section 3 of Article V to allow the Board of Directors to empower the Chief Executive Officer to change titles of subordinate officers and to appoint and change titles of Vice Presidents that are not Section 16 officers.

 

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