Equity Plans Executive shall be entitled to participate in any equity or other employee benefit plan that is generally available to senior executive officers, as distinguished from general management, of the Company. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, Executive’s participation in and benefits under any such plan shall be on the terms and subject to the conditions specified in the governing document of the particular plan.
Company Equity Awards With respect to any stock options, restricted stock or other equity awards (the “Equity Awards”) granted pursuant to any compensation plan of the Company or its Subsidiaries providing for the issuance of Equity Awards (the “Company Plans”), (A) each grant of an Equity Award was duly authorized no later than the date on which the grant of such Equity Award was by its terms to be effective by all necessary corporate action, and (B) each such grant was made in accordance with the terms of the Company Plans and all other applicable laws and regulatory rules or requirements.
Stock Plans With respect to the stock options (the “Stock Options”) granted pursuant to the stock-based compensation plans of the Company and its subsidiaries (the “Company Stock Plans”), (i) each Stock Option intended to qualify as an “incentive stock option” under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), so qualifies, (ii) each grant of a Stock Option was duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, including, as applicable, approval by the board of directors of the Company (or a duly constituted and authorized committee thereof) and any required stockholder approval by the necessary number of votes or written consents, and the award agreement governing such grant (if any), to the Company’s knowledge, was duly executed and delivered by each party thereto, (iii) each such grant was made in all material respects in accordance with the terms of the Company Stock Plans, and (iv) each such grant was properly accounted for in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as applied in the United States (“GAAP”) in the financial statements (including the related notes) of the Company.
Company Options “Company Options” shall mean all options to purchase Shares (whether granted by the Company pursuant to the Company Equity Plans, assumed by the Company in connection with any merger, acquisition or similar transaction or otherwise issued or granted).
Vested Company Options Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each Vested Company Option (other than any Vested Company Option that is a Rollover Security under the Support Agreement) outstanding and unexercised immediately prior to the Effective Time, with a per share exercise price less than the Per Share Merger Consideration (each, a “Cashed-Out Option”), shall automatically and without any action on the part of the holder thereof, be cancelled as of the Effective Time in exchange for the right to receive, unless otherwise agreed to between such holder and Parent prior to the Closing, an amount in cash equal to the excess of (x) Per Share Merger Consideration over (y) the exercise price of such Cashed-Out Option, multiplied by the number of Company Shares underlying such Cashed-Out Option (the “Option Consideration”); provided that if based on the agreement between a holder of a Cashed-Out Option and Parent prior to the Closing that such Cashed-Out Option shall not be cancelled in exchange for the right to receive Option Consideration in accordance with this Section 3.1(f)(ii), such holder of the Cashed-Out Option shall, in exchange for the cancellation of such Cashed-Out Option as of the Effective Time, have a right to receive an equity incentive award of Parent, pursuant to the terms and conditions to be determined by Parent and entitling the holder thereof to substantially the same economic value as such Cashed-Out Option, provided further that the number of shares underlying such award granted in substitution for such Cashed-Out Option may be further adjusted by Parent in accordance with Parent’s capital structure at the Closing to provide substantially the same economic terms to the holder of such Cashed-Out Option. Each Vested Company Option outstanding and unexercised immediately prior to the Effective Time with a per share exercise price greater than or equal to the Per Share Merger Consideration shall automatically be cancelled as of the Effective time without any consideration payable in respect thereof. As promptly as practicable following the Effective Time, the Surviving Company shall pay (or cause to be paid on its behalf) to each holder of a Cashed-Out Option the aggregate Option Consideration (without interest) payable to such holder of Cashed-Out Options pursuant to this Section 3.1(f)(ii). Such Option Consideration shall be rounded down to the nearest cent and the Surviving Company (or such Person(s) making payment on behalf of the Surviving Company) shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from such cash consideration all amounts required to be deducted and withheld under applicable Laws. To the extent that amounts are so withheld by the Surviving Company (or such Person(s) making payment on behalf of the Surviving Company), such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the holder of the Cashed-Out Options with respect to whom such amounts were withheld by the Surviving Company (or such Person(s) making payment on behalf of the Surviving Company).