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
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000-19756
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94-3023969
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(State or other
jurisdiction of
incorporation)
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(Commission File
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification
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34801 Campus Drive
Fremont, California 94555
(Address of principal executive offices)
Registrants
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):
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
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Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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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 Companys stockholders. On June 8, 2005, the Companys stockholders
approved the 2005 Plan at the annual meeting of the Companys
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 Companys service
providers. A total of 2,300,000 shares
of the Companys 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 Companys
2002 Outside Directors Stock Option Plan (the Outside Directors Plan),
subject to approval by the Companys stockholders. On June 8, 2005, the Companys stockholders
approved this amendment of the Outside Directors Plan at the annual meeting of
the Companys 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 Companys 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 Companys non-employee directors changed as follows as of that date:
(1) The following chart
sets forth the quarterly cash compensation for all the Companys non-employee
directors in connection with each respective directors service after June 8,
2005 on the committee set forth beside such directors name:
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Quarterly Cash
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Director
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Compensation
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Committee
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Karen A. Dawes
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$
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1,750
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Audit
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Karen A. Dawes
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$
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1,500
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Commercialization
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Karen A. Dawes
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$
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1,500
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Compensation
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L. Patrick Gage
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$
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2,000
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Nominating and
Governance (Chair)
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L. Patrick Gage
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2,000
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Scientific
Review (Chair)
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Cary L. Queen
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1,500
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Scientific
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Jon S. Saxe
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1,750
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Audit
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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 Companys
Common Stock, such option to vest 1/12 per each month of continuous service
after July 1, 2005 as the Chairman of the Companys 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 directors service on the committee set forth beside such directors
name:
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Number of Shares
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Director
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Subject to Option
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Committee
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Karen A. Dawes
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3,000
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Audit
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Karen A. Dawes
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1,000
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Commercialization
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Karen A. Dawes
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3,000
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Compensation
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L. Patrick Gage
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3,000
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Nominating and
Governance
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L. Patrick Gage
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3,000
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Scientific
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Max Link
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3,000
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Audit
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Max Link
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3,000
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Compensation
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Max Link
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3,000
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Nominating and
Governance
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Cary L. Queen
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3,000
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Scientific
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Jon S. Saxe
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3,000
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Audit
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Each such option was granted under the Companys 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 Companys
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 directors 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 directors
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 Companys
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 Companys 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 Companys 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 Companys
performance bonus program. Mr. Jue also
received options to purchase 105,000 shares of the Companys 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 Companys
Amended and Restated Bylaws to clarify that that the Board could empower the
Companys Chief Executive Officer to change titles of the Companys 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
Officers 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 Companys 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
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Chair
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Other Members
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Audit
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Max Link
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Karen A. Dawes,
Jon S. Saxe
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Commercialization
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None
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Karen A. Dawes,
Mark McDade
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Compensation
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Max Link
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Karen A. Dawes
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Nominating and
Governance
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L. Patrick Gage
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Max Link
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Scientific
Review
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L. Patrick Gage
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Cary L. Queen
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Equity Grant
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None
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Mark McDade,
with Glen Y. Sato, the Companys
Chief Financial Officer, serving as an alternate
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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(c) Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
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Description
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99.1
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Protein Design Labs,
Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan.
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99.2
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Protein Design Labs,
Inc. 2002 Outside Directors Stock Option Plan, as amended on June 8, 2005.
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99.3
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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 |
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PROTEIN DESIGN LABS, INC. |
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/s/ Glen Y. Sato |
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Glen Y. Sato |
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Senior Vice President and |
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Chief Financial Officer |
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Exhibit 99.1
Protein Design Labs, Inc.
2005 Equity Incentive Plan
Protein Design Labs, Inc.
2005 Equity Incentive 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.
2.1 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 Participants Award
Agreement or by a written contract of employment or service, any of the
following: (i) the Participants theft, dishonesty, willful misconduct,
breach of fiduciary duty for personal profit, or falsification of any
Participating Company documents or records; (ii) the Participants
material failure to abide by a Participating Companys code of conduct or other
policies (including, without limitation, policies relating to confidentiality
and reasonable workplace conduct); (iii) the Participants unauthorized
use, misappropriation, destruction or diversion of any tangible or intangible
asset or corporate opportunity of a Participating Company (including, without
limitation, the Participants improper use or disclosure of a Participating
Companys confidential or proprietary information); (iv) any intentional
act by the Participant which has a material detrimental effect on a
Participating Companys reputation or business; (v) the Participants
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 Participants conviction (including any plea of
guilty or nolo contendere) of any criminal act involving fraud, dishonesty,
misappropriation or moral turpitude, or which impairs the Participants 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 Participants 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 Companys 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 directors 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 individuals employment or termination of employment, as the case may
be. For purposes of an individuals
rights, if any, under the terms of the Plan as of the time of the Companys
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
individuals 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 Companys 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 Participants 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 Participants 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 Participants 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 Participants 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 Participants Service.
Furthermore, a Participants 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 Participants 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 Participants Award Agreement. A Participants 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 Participants 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 Participants purchase price for such shares upon
the Participants 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.
3.1 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 Participants 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 Participants 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.
4.1 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 Participants 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.
5.1 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 Participants 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.
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 Companys 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 Companys
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 Participants termination of Service to the
extent that it is then unvested and shall be exercisable after the Participants
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
Participants Service terminates because of the Disability of the Participant, the
Option, to the extent unexercised and exercisable on the date on which the
Participants Service terminated, may be exercised by the Participant (or the
Participants guardian or legal representative) at any time prior to the
expiration of twelve (12) months after the date on which the Participants
Service terminated, but in any event no later than the date of expiration of
the Options term as set forth in the Award Agreement evidencing such Option
(the Option Expiration Date).
(ii) Death. If the
Participants Service terminates because of the death of the Participant, the
Option, to the extent unexercised and exercisable on the date on which the
Participants Service terminated, may be exercised by the Participants legal
representative or other person who acquired the right to exercise the Option by
reason of the Participants death at any time prior to the expiration of twelve
(12) months after the date on which the Participants Service terminated, but
in any event no later than the Option Expiration Date. The Participants Service shall be deemed to
have terminated on account of death if the Participant dies within three (3) months
after the Participants termination of Service.
(iii) Other
Termination of Service. If
the Participants 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 Participants 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 Participants 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 Participants 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 Participants
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 Participants 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.
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 Participants legal representative or other
person who acquired the right to exercise the SAR by reason of the Participants
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 Participants 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 Participants 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 Participants
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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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 Companys 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 Participants 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 Participants Service terminates for any reason, whether voluntary
or involuntary (including the Participants 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 Participants 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
Participants 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 Participants 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 Participants guardian or legal
representative.
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 Participants 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 Participants Service terminates for any reason, whether voluntary or
involuntary (including the Participants 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
Participants 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 Participants
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 Companys 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 Participants
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
Participants guardian or legal representative.
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 Companys financial statements, or, if such terms are
not used in the Companys financial statements, they shall have the meaning
applied pursuant to generally accepted accounting principles, or as used
generally in the Companys 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 Participants
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 Participants
individual performance in his or her position with the Company or such other factors
as the Committee may determine. If
permitted under a Covered Employees 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 Participants
Performance Award that is intended to result in Performance-Based Compensation.
(c) Effect of Leaves of Absence. Unless otherwise required by law or a Participants
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 Participants 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
Committees 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
Committees determination and certification in accordance with Sections 10.5(a) and
(b), payment shall be made to each eligible Participant (or such Participants
legal representative or other person who acquired the right to receive such
payment by reason of the Participants death) of the final value of the
Participants 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
Participants 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 Participants termination of Service on the Performance Award shall be as
follows:
(a) Death or Disability. If the Participants 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 Participants 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
Participants 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 Participants 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 Participants
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 Participants guardian
or legal representative.
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
Participants 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.
11.2 Terms and Conditions of Deferred Compensation Awards. Deferred Compensation Awards granted pursuant
to this Section 11 shall be evidenced by 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 Participants 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.
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 Participants 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 Participants 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.
13.1 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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14.1 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
Participants 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
Companys 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 Acquirors 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 Participants 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 Participants Service prior to, upon, or following
such Change in Control, and to such extent as the Committee shall determine.
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 Companys 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.
16.1 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
Groups 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 Companys 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
Companys 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.
18.1 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 Companys 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 Participants 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 Participants 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 Participants date of separation from service, or, if earlier, the
date of the Participants 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 Participants
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 Committees determination that an
Unforeseeable Emergency has occurred.
The
occurrence of an Unforeseeable Emergency shall be judged and determined by the
Committee. The Committees decision with
respect to whether an Unforeseeable Emergency has
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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 Participants 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 Participants
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 Participants Election as soon as administratively
possible following receipt by the Committee of satisfactory notice and
confirmation of the Participants 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 Participants 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.
19.1 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 Participants 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 Companys
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 Participants 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 Employees 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.
19.6 Delivery of Title to Shares.
Subject to any governing rules or regulations, the Company shall
issue or cause to be issued the shares of Stock acquired pursuant
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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
Companys 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 Participants 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
Participants 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 Participants lifetime. If a married Participant designates a
beneficiary other than the Participants spouse, the effectiveness of such
designation may be subject to the consent of the Participants spouse. If a Participant dies without an effective designation
of a beneficiary who is living at the time of the Participants death, the
Company will pay any remaining unpaid benefits to the Participants 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 Companys or another Participating Companys
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 Participants 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.
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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 Companys 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
Companys 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 Companys stock
option plans, other than the Predecessor Plan.
(v) Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
(w) Service means an Optionees service with the
Company as a Director. An Optionees
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 Optionees
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 Optionees Option Agreement. Subject to the foregoing, the Company, in its
discretion, shall determine whether an Optionees 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 individuals 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 individuals 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 Optionees 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
Optionees 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 Optionees continuous Service from
the date on which the Optionees 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 Optionees continuous Service from the date on which the
Optionees 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 Companys
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 Companys 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 Optionees
termination of Service as follows:
(i) Disability. If the
Optionees 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 Optionees Service terminated, may be exercised by the Optionee
(or the Optionees 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 Optionees Service terminated, but in any event no
later than the date of expiration of the Options term as set forth in the
Option Agreement evidencing such Option (the Option Expiration Date).
(ii) Death. If the
Optionees 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 Optionees Service terminated, may be exercised by the Optionees
legal representative or other person who acquired the right to exercise the
Option by reason of the Optionees death at any time prior to the expiration of
twelve (12) months after the date on which the Optionees Service terminated,
provided that such period shall be extended by the number of days between the
date on which the Optionees Service terminated and the date on which the
executor, personal representative or administrator of the Optionees estate
determines the person who acquired the right to exercise the Option by reason
of the Optionees death. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in no event shall the option be exercisable following the Option
Expiration Date. The Optionees Service
shall be deemed to have terminated on account of death if the Optionee dies
within three (3) months after the Optionees termination of Service.
(iii) Other Termination of Service. If the Optionees 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
Optionees 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 Optionees 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 Optionees 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 Companys rights and obligations under outstanding
Options or substitute for outstanding Options substantially equivalent options
for the Acquiring Corporations 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 Optionees 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 Companys 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 Companys 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.
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/s/ J. Howard Clowes
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J. Howard Clowes
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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 Corporations principal executive office not
less than one hundred twenty (120) calendar days in advance of the date that
the Corporations (or the Corporations predecessors) proxy statement was
released to stockholders in connection with the previous years 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 years 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
stockholders 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
Corporations 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 stockholders 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 directors
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 stockholders
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 Corporations principal executive offices not
less than one hundred twenty (120) calendar days in advance of the date that
the Corporations (or Corporations predecessors) proxy statement was released
to stockholders in connection with the previous years 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 years 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 officers 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.
Section 9. Vice Presidents.
.. Each Vice President shall, subject to
the control of the Chief Executive Officer and the Board of Directors and any
officer to whom he or she reports, have the
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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
Corporations 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 Secretaries. The 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 Counsel. Subject 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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shall be prevented from
receiving such compensation by reason of the fact that he or she is also a
director of the Corporation.
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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 directors
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.
Section 2. Corporate Contracts and Instruments; How
Executed. The
Board of Directors, except as otherwise provided in these bylaws, may authorize
any officer or officers, agent or agents, to
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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
Corporations 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 persons 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 Corporations 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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