DISCOVERY LABORATORIES, INC.
Exhibit
10.3
[bracketed
language to be included based on a determination by the Committee at the time
of
the grant.]
DISCOVERY
LABORATORIES, INC.
2007
LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
RECITALS
A. The
Board
has adopted the Discovery Laboratories, Inc. 2007 Long-Term Incentive Plan
(the
“Plan”) for the purpose of encouraging selected Employees, Directors and
Consultants of the Company and its Subsidiaries to acquire a proprietary
interest in the growth and performance of the Company, to generate an increased
incentive to contribute to the Company’s future success and prosperity, thus
enhancing the value of the Company for the benefit of its shareholders, and
to
enhance the ability of the Company and its Subsidiaries to attract and retain
exceptionally qualified individuals upon whom, in large measure, the sustained
progress, growth and profitability of the Company depend.
The
administrator of the Plan is a committee of the Board of Directors or its
delegate (the “Committee”), as contemplated by Section 3 of the
Plan.
B. Participant
is to render valuable Services to the Company (or Subsidiary), and this Award
Agreement is executed pursuant to, and is intended to carry out the purposes
of,
the Plan in connection with the Company's grant of an option to
Participant.
C. All
capitalized terms in this Stock Option Agreement (“Award Agreement”) shall have
the meaning assigned to them in the attached Appendix or, if not otherwise
defined in the Appendix, in the Plan.
NOW,
THEREFORE,
it is
hereby agreed as follows:
1. Award
of Option.
The
Company hereby grants to Participant, as of the Award Date, an option to
purchase up to the number of Option Shares specified in the Notice of Award.
The
Option Shares shall be purchasable from time to time as specified in Paragraph
4
during the option term specified in Paragraph 2 at the Exercise Price set forth
on the Notice of Award.
2. Option
Term.
This
option shall have the term set forth on the Notice of Award, up to a maximum
term of ten (10) years measured from the Award Date and shall expire at the
close of business on the Expiration Date set forth on the Notice of Award,
unless sooner terminated in accordance with Paragraph 5 or 6.
3. Limited
Transferability.
The
option granted under this Award Agreement shall not be assignable, alienable,
saleable, or transferable by Participant other than by will or by the laws
of
descent and distribution; provided, however, that, if a procedure shall be
adopted by the Committee at any time, Participant may designate a beneficiary
or
beneficiaries to exercise the rights of Participant with respect to this option
upon Participant’s death. The option granted under this Award Agreement shall be
exercisable during Participant’s lifetime only by Participant or, if permissible
under applicable law, by Participant’s guardian or legal representative. This
option may not be pledged, alienated, attached, or otherwise encumbered, and
any
purported pledge, alienation, attachment, or encumbrance thereof shall be void
and unenforceable against the Company or any affiliate of the Company.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if this option is designated a Non-Qualified
Stock Option in the Notice of Award, then this option may, in connection with
Participant's estate plan, be assigned, in whole or in part, during
Participant's lifetime to one or more members of Participant's immediate family
or to a trust established for the exclusive benefit of one or more such family
members. The assigned portion shall be exercisable only by the person or persons
who acquire a proprietary interest in the option pursuant to such assignment.
The terms applicable to the assigned portion shall be the same as those in
effect for this option immediately prior to such assignment and shall be set
forth in such documents issued to the assignee as the Committee may deem
appropriate.
4. Dates
of Exercise.
This
option shall vest and become exercisable for the Option Shares in one or more
installments as specified in the Notice of Award. As the option becomes
exercisable for such installments, those installments shall accumulate, and
the
option shall remain exercisable for the accumulated installments until the
Expiration Date or sooner termination of the option term under Paragraph 5
or
6.
5. Termination
of Service.
The
option term specified in Paragraph 2 shall terminate (and this option shall
expire and cease to be exercisable) prior to the Expiration Date should any
of
the following provisions become applicable:
(a) If
Participant's Service is terminated for any reason other than death, Disability
or for Cause, then Participant shall have the right to exercise, in whole or
in
part, that portion of this option that was vested and exercisable on the date
of
termination of Service until the earlier
of
(i) three (3) months after termination of Service or (ii) the Expiration
Date; and, to the extent that any portion of this option was not exercisable
on
the date of termination of Service, it will immediately terminate.
(b) If
Participant's Service is terminated on account of death (or if a Participant
dies within ninety days following termination of employment due to Disability),
then Participant's Beneficiary shall have the right to exercise, in whole or
in
part, that portion of this option that was vested and exercisable on the date
of
date until the earlier
of (A)
the first anniversary of the date of Participant’s death or (B) the Expiration
Date; and, to the extent that any portion of this option was not exercisable
on
the date of termination of Service, it will immediately terminate.
(c) If
Participant's Service is terminated on account of Disability, then Participant
or Participant’s Beneficiary shall have the right to exercise, in whole or in
part, that portion of this option that was vested and exercisable on the date
of
Disability until the earlier
of
(i) ninety (90) days after termination of Service or (ii) the Expiration
Date; and, to the extent that any portion of this option was not exercisable
on
the date of termination of Service, it will immediately terminate.
(d) If
Participant's Service is terminated for Cause or if Participant shall breach
any
post-Service duties to the Company or any post-Service covenants or agreements,
including any confidentiality or non-competition and non-solicitation agreement,
any unexercised portion of this option shall terminate immediately. Solely
for
the purposes of this Award Agreement, notwithstanding any notice period or
cure
period provided in any employment or other applicable agreement, if Participant
is terminated for Cause, the date of termination shall be deemed to be the
date
as of which the Company issues a notice of termination to Participant (subject
to any right that the Participant may have to cure). The right to exercise
any
vested and unexercised portion of this option shall be suspended during any
such
notice or cure period. Should the Company revoke any notice of termination
based
on Participant’s satisfactory cure under an employment or other applicable
agreement, the Committee may reinstate the right to exercise this option under
the original terms of this Award Agreement.
[(e)
to
be included in Award Agreements for non-employee directors only]
(e) If
Participant’s Service is as a member of the Board (“Board Service”), in lieu of
clauses (a) through (c) of this Paragraph 6, the following provisions shall
apply:
(i) The
Participant (or, in the event of the Participant's death, the personal
representative of the Participant's estate or the person or persons to whom
this
option is transferred pursuant to the Participant's will or in accordance with
the laws of descent and distribution) may exercise that
portion of this option that was vested and exercisable
until
the earlier of (A) twelve (12) months following the date of such cessation
of Board Service, or (B) the Expiration Date.
(ii) During
the post−Board Service period, this option may not be exercised in the aggregate
for more than the number of vested Shares for which the Option was exercisable
at the time of the Participant's cessation of Board Service.
(iii) Should
the Participant cease to serve as a Board member by reason of death or
Disability, then vesting under this option shall accelerate and this option
shall become exercisable with respect to the total number of Option Shares
subject to this option and may be exercised for any or all of those Option
Shares until the earlier of (A) twelve (12) months following cessation of Board
Service or (B) the Expiration Date.
(iv) This
option shall, immediately upon the Participant's cessation of Board Service
for
any reason other than death or Disability, terminate and cease to be outstanding
to the extent the Option is not otherwise at that time exercisable for vested
Shares.
6. Special
Acceleration of Option.
Except
as otherwise expressly provided in a Participant’s employment or other
applicable agreement, which shall supersede the provisions of this Paragraph
6
solely
to the
extent that the rights and privileges under such agreement, as determined by
the
Committee, in its discretion, are not reasonably likely to significantly
diminish the rights and benefits that would otherwise be provided under this
paragraph 6:
(a) In
the
event of a Corporate Transaction, vesting under this option shall automatically
accelerate so that, immediately prior to the effective date of the Corporate
Transaction, this option shall become exercisable with respect to the total
number of Option Shares at the time subject to this option and may be exercised
for any or all of those Option Shares. [However, vesting under this option
shall
not so accelerate if and to the extent: (i) this option is, in connection
with the Corporate Transaction, either to be assumed by the successor
corporation (or parent thereof) or to be replaced with a comparable option
to
purchase shares of the capital stock of the successor corporation (or parent
thereof), or (ii) this option is to be replaced with a cash incentive program
of
the successor corporation which preserves the spread existing on any unvested
Option Shares at the time of the Corporate Transaction (the excess of the Fair
Market Value of those Option Shares over the aggregate Exercise Price payable
for such Option Shares) and provides for subsequent pay-out in accordance with
the same option vesting schedule set forth in the Notice of Award. The
determination of comparability under clause (i) above shall be made by the
Committee, and its determination shall be final, binding and conclusive.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee shall have the discretion,
exercisable at any time during the term of this Award Agreement, to provide
for
the automatic acceleration of all or a portion of this option upon the
occurrence of a Corporate Transaction, whether or not this option is to be
assumed or replaced in the Corporate Transaction.]
(b) In
the
event Participant's Service is terminated by reason of an Involuntary
Termination within eighteen (18) months following the effective date of any
Corporate Transaction in which this option is assumed or replaced and does
not
otherwise accelerate, vesting under this option shall accelerate automatically
and this option shall remain exercisable until the earlier of (i) the Expiration
Date or (ii) the expiration of a one (1)−year period measured from the effective
date of the Involuntary Termination.
(c) If
this
option is assumed in connection with a Corporate Transaction, then this option
shall be appropriately adjusted, immediately after such Corporate Transaction,
to apply to the number and class of securities which would have been issuable
to
Participant in consummation of such Corporate Transaction had the option been
exercised immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction, and appropriate
adjustments shall also be made to the Exercise Price per Share, provided
the
aggregate Exercise Price shall remain the same.
(d) Upon
the
occurrence of [ a Change in Control or ] [the termination of Participant's
Service by reason of an Involuntary Termination within eighteen (18) months
following the effective date of a Change in Control], vesting under
this
option shall
accelerate automatically and this option shall become exercisable with respect
to the total number of Shares at the time subject to this option and
shall
remain exercisable until the earlier of (i) the Expiration Date or (ii) if
applicable, the expiration of the a (1)−year period measured from the effective
date of the Involuntary Termination.
(e) This
Award Agreement shall not in any way affect the right of the Company to adjust,
reclassify, reorganize or otherwise change its capital or business structure
or
to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part
of its business or assets.
7. Repurchase
Right.
if
at any
time Participant’s Service is terminated for Cause or if Participant shall
breach any post-termination covenants set forth in any written agreement between
Participant and the Company, the Company may, in its discretion, for a period
of
one year after the termination for Cause or the actual discovery by the Company
of the breach, as the case may be, and upon 10 (ten) days’ notice to
Participant, (i) repurchase all or any portion of any Option Shares acquired
by
Participant upon Participant’s exercise of this option, and/or (ii) require
Participant to repay to the Company the amount of any profits realized by
Participant upon the sale or other disposition during the preceding three years
of any Option Shares acquired by Participant upon Participant’s exercise of this
option. The purchase price for any Shares repurchased by the Company pursuant
to
clause (i) of this Section 7 shall be the lesser of the price paid by
Participant to acquire such Shares and the Fair Market Value thereof on the
date
of such purchase by the Company.
8. Adjustment
in Option Shares.
Should
any change be made to the Common Stock by reason of any stock split, stock
dividend, recapitalization, combination of shares, exchange of shares or other
change affecting the outstanding Common Stock as a class without the Company's
receipt of consideration, appropriate adjustments shall be made to (i) the
total
number and/or class of securities subject to this option and (ii) the Exercise
Price in order to reflect such change and thereby preclude a dilution or
enlargement of benefits hereunder.
9. Stockholder
Rights.
The
holder of this option shall not have any stockholder rights with respect to
the
Option Shares until such person shall have exercised the option, paid the
Exercise Price and become a holder of record of the purchased
Shares.
10. Manner
of Exercising Option.
(a) In
order
to exercise this option with respect to all or any part of the Option Shares
for
which this option is at the time exercisable, Participant (or any other person
or persons exercising the option) must take the following actions:
(i) Execute
and deliver to the Company a Notice of Exercise for the Option Shares for which
the option is exercised.
(ii) Pay
the
aggregate Exercise Price for the purchased Shares in one or more of the
following forms:
(A) cash
or
check made payable to the Company;
(B) Shares
held by Participant (or any other person or persons exercising the option)
for
the requisite period necessary to avoid a charge to the Company's earnings
for
financial reporting purposes and valued at Fair Market Value on the Exercise
Date; or
(C) provided
that no restrictions against trading in the Shares are then in effect, as
contemplated by Paragraph 11, through a special sale and remittance procedure
pursuant to which Participant (or any other person or persons exercising the
option) shall concurrently provide irrevocable instructions (I) to a
Company-approved brokerage firm to effect the immediate sale of the purchased
Shares and remit to the Company, out of the sale proceeds available on the
settlement date, sufficient funds to cover the aggregate Exercise Price payable
for the purchased Shares plus all applicable income and employment taxes
required to be withheld by the Company by reason of such exercise and (II)
to
the Company to deliver the certificates for the purchased Shares directly to
such brokerage firm in order to complete the sale.
Except
to
the extent the sale and remittance procedure is utilized in connection with
the
option exercise, payment of the Exercise Price must accompany the Notice of
Exercise delivered to the Company in connection with the option
exercise.
(iii) Furnish
to the Company appropriate documentation that the person or persons exercising
the option (if other than Participant) have the right to exercise this
option.
(iv) Make
appropriate arrangements with the Company (or Parent or Subsidiary employing
or
retaining Participant) for the satisfaction of all income and employment tax
withholding requirements applicable to the option exercise.
(b) As
soon
as practical after the Exercise Date, the Company shall issue to or on behalf
of
Participant (or any other person or persons exercising this option) a
certificate for the purchased Option Shares, with the appropriate legends
affixed thereto.
(c) In
no
event may this option be exercised for any fractional shares.
11. Compliance
with Laws and Regulations.
(a) The
exercise of this option and the issuance of the Option Shares upon such exercise
shall be subject to compliance by the Company and Participant with all
applicable requirements of law relating thereto and with all applicable
regulations of any stock exchange (or the Nasdaq National Market, if applicable)
on which the Common Stock may be listed for trading at the time of such exercise
and issuance.
(b) The
inability of the Company to obtain approval from any regulatory body having
authority deemed by the Company to be necessary to the lawful issuance and
sale
of any Common Stock pursuant to this option shall relieve the Company of any
liability with respect to the non-issuance or sale of the Common Stock as to
which such approval shall not have been obtained. The Company, however, shall
use its best efforts to obtain all such approvals.
12. Successors
and Assigns.
Except
to the extent otherwise provided in Paragraphs 3 and 6, the provisions of this
Award Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the Company
and its successors and assigns and Participant and Participant's assigns and
Beneficiaries.
13. Notices.
Any
notice required to be given or delivered to the Company under the terms of
this
Award Agreement shall be in writing and addressed to the Company at its
principal corporate offices. Any notice required to be given or delivered to
Participant shall be in writing and addressed to Participant at the address
indicated below Participant's signature line on the Notice of Award. All notices
shall be deemed effective upon personal delivery or upon deposit in the U.S.
mail, postage prepaid and properly addressed to the party to be
notified.
14. Construction.
This
Award Agreement and the option evidenced hereby are made and granted pursuant
to
the Plan and are in all respects limited by and subject to the terms of the
Plan. All decisions of the Committee with respect to any question or issue
arising under the Plan or this Award Agreement shall be conclusive and binding
on all persons having an interest in this option.
15. Governing
Law.
The
interpretation, performance and enforcement of this Award Agreement shall be
governed by the laws of the State of Delaware without resort to that State's
conflict-of-laws rules.
16. Excess
Shares.
If the
Option Shares covered by this Award Agreement exceed, as of the Award Date,
the
number of Shares which may without stockholder approval be issued under the
Plan, then this option shall be void with respect to those excess Shares, unless
stockholder approval of an amendment sufficiently increasing the number of
Shares issuable under the Plan is obtained in accordance with the provisions
of
the Plan.
17. Additional
Terms Applicable to an Incentive Stock Option.
The
terms
of any Incentive Stock Option granted under the Plan shall be designed to comply
in all respects with the provisions of Sections 422 of the Code, or any
successor provision
thereto, and any regulations promulgated thereunder. Notwithstanding anything
in
this Section 17 to the contrary, Options designated as Incentive Stock
Options shall not be eligible for treatment under the Code as Incentive Stock
Options (and will be deemed to be Non-Qualified Stock Options) to the extent
that either (1) the aggregate Fair Market Value of Shares (determined as of
the time of grant) with respect to which such Options are exercisable for the
first time by Participant during any calendar year (under all plans of the
Company and any Subsidiary) exceeds $100,000, taking Options into account in
the
order in which they were granted, or (2) such Options otherwise remain
exercisable but are not exercised within three (3) months of termination of
employment (or such other period of time provided in Section 422 of the
Code).
18. Leave
of Absence.
The
following provisions shall apply upon Participant's commencement of an
authorized leave of absence:
(a) The
exercise schedule in effect under the Notice of Award shall be frozen as of
the
first day of the authorized leave, and this option shall not become exercisable
for any additional installments of the Option Shares during the period
Participant remains on such leave.
(b) Should
Participant resume active Employee status within sixty (60) days after the
start
date of the authorized leave, Participant shall, for purposes of the exercise
schedule set forth in the Notice of Award, receive Service credit for the entire
period of such leave. If Participant does not resume active Employee status
within such sixty (60)-day period, then no Service credit shall be given for
the
period of such leave.
(c) If
this
option is designated as an Incentive Stock Option in the Notice of Award, then
the following additional provision shall apply:
(i) If
the
leave of absence continues for more than ninety (90) days, then this option
shall automatically convert to a Non-Qualified Stock Option at the end of the
three (3)-month period measured from the ninety-first (91st) day of such leave,
unless Participant's reemployment rights are guaranteed by statute or by written
agreement. Following any such conversion of this option, all subsequent
exercises of this option, whether effected before or after Participant's return
to active Employee status, shall result in an immediate taxable event, and
the
Company shall be required to collect from Participant the income and employment
withholding taxes applicable to such exercise.
(ii) In
no
event shall this option become exercisable for any additional Option Shares
or
otherwise remain outstanding if Participant does not resume Employee status
prior to the Expiration Date of the option term.
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EXHIBIT I
NOTICE
OF EXERCISE
I
hereby
notify Discovery Laboratories, Inc. (the "Company") that I elect to purchase
_________ shares
of
the Company's Common Stock (the "Purchased Shares") at the option exercise
price
of $_________ per
share
(the "Exercise Price") pursuant to that certain option (the "Option") granted
to
me under the Company's 2007 Stock Incentive Plan on
_________________ ,___ .
Concurrently
with the delivery of this Exercise Notice to the Company, I shall hereby pay
to
the Company the Exercise Price for the Purchased Shares in accordance with
the
provisions of my agreement with the Company (or other documents) evidencing
the
Option and shall deliver whatever additional documents may be required by such
agreement as a condition for exercise. Alternatively, if I am eligible I may
utilize the special broker-dealer sale and remittance procedure specified in
my
agreement to effect payment of the Exercise Price.
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APPENDIX
The
following definitions shall be in effect under the Award
Agreement:
Award
Agreement
shall
mean this Stock Option Agreement.
Award
Date
shall
mean the date of grant of the option as specified in the Notice of
Award.
Beneficiary
shall
mean, in the event the Committee implements a beneficiary designation procedure,
the person designated by Participant, pursuant to such procedure, to succeed
to
such person's rights under any outstanding awards held by Participant at the
time of death. In the absence of such procedure or designation, the Beneficiary
shall be Participant’s personal representative or the person or persons to whom
the Award is transferred by will or the laws of descent and
distribution.
Board
shall
mean the Company's Board of Directors.
Cause,
with
respect to any Employee or Consultant of the Company or a Subsidiary, shall
have
the meaning set forth in such person’s employment, consulting or other
applicable agreement, or, in the absence of any such agreement or if such term
is not defined in any such agreement, shall mean any one or more of the
following, as determined by the Committee:
(i)
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willful
misconduct or gross negligence in the performance of such person’s duties;
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(ii)
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willful
and continued failure or refusal to perform satisfactorily any duties
reasonably requested in the course of such person’s employment by, or
service to, the Company (other than a failure resulting from such
person’s
disability); or
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(iii)
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fraudulent,
dishonest or other improper conduct engaged in by such person that
causes,
or has the potential to cause, harm to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, or its or their business or reputation, including,
without
limitation, such person’s violation of any policies of the Company
applicable to the such person, such person’s violation of laws, rules or
regulations applicable to such person, criminal activity, habitual
drunkenness or use of illegal
drugs.
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Change
in Control
shall
have the meaning, if any, set forth in a Participant’s employment, consulting or
other applicable agreement, or, if such term is not defined in any such
agreement, shall mean the occurrence of any of the following
events:
(i)
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the
acquisition, directly or indirectly by any person or related group
of
persons (other than the Company or a person that directly or indirectly
controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the
Company),
of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of securities possessing
more
than thirty-five percent (35%) of the total combined voting power
of the
Company’s outstanding securities;
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(ii)
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a
change in the composition of the Board over a period of thirty-six
(36)
consecutive months or less such that a majority of the Board ceases
to
consist of Incumbent Members, which term means members of the Board
on the
first day of such period and any person becoming a member of the
Board
subsequent to such date whose election or nomination for election
was
approved by two-thirds of the members of the Board who then comprised
the
Incumbent Directors; or
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(iii)
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the
Company combines with another company and is the surviving corporation
but, immediately after the combination, the shareholders of the Company
immediately prior to the combination hold, directly or indirectly,
by
reason of their being stockholders of the Company, fifty percent
(50%) or
less of the voting stock of the combined
entity.
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Code
shall
mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time.
Committee
shall
mean a committee of the Board, acting in accordance with the provisions of
Section 3 of the Plan, designated by the Board to administer the
Plan.
Common
Stock
shall
mean the Company's common stock.
Consultant
shall
mean any person, including a Director, who is not an Employee and who is engaged
by the Company (or a Subsidiary) to render services to or for the benefit of
the
Company and is compensated for such services.
Corporate
Transaction
shall
mean a liquidation of the Company, a sale of all or substantially all of the
Company’s assets, or a merger, consolidation or similar transaction in which the
Company is not the surviving entity or survives as a wholly-owned or
majority-owned subsidiary of another entity.
Director
shall
mean a member of the Board.
Disability
shall
have the meaning set forth in Participant’s employment agreement or other
similar agreement with the Company; provided,
that,
if such term is not defined in any such agreement or if Participant is not
a
party to any such agreement, then “Disability” shall mean a permanent and total
disability, within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.
Employee
shall
mean any person treated as an employee (including officers and directors) in
the
records of the Company or any Subsidiary and who is subject to the control
and
direction of the Company or any Subsidiary with regard to both the work to
be
performed and the manner and method of performance.
Exercise
Date
shall
mean the date on which the option shall have been exercised in accordance with
Paragraph 10 of this Award Agreement.
Exercise
Date
shall
mean the purchase price
payable
for Option Shares under this option, as specified in the Notice of
Award.
Expiration
Date
shall
mean the date on which the option expires as specified in the Notice of
Award.
Fair
Market Value
per
share of Common Stock on any relevant date shall be determined in accordance
with the following provisions:
(i)
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if
the Shares are listed or admitted for trading on any United States
national securities exchange, or if actual transactions are otherwise
reported on a consolidated transaction reporting system, the last
reported
sale price of a Share on such exchange or reporting system, as reported
in
any newspaper of general circulation, or
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(ii)
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if
clause (i) is not applicable, the mean of the high bid and low asked
quotations for a Share as reported by the National Quotation Bureau,
Incorporated if at least two securities dealers have inserted both
bid and
asked quotations for the Shares on at least five of the 10 preceding
trading days; or
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(iii)
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if
the information set forth in clauses (i) through (ii) above is unavailable
or inapplicable to the Company (e.g., if the Shares are not then
publicly
traded or quoted), then the “Fair Market Value” of a Share shall be the
fair market value (i.e., the price at which a willing seller would
sell a
Share to a willing buyer when neither is acting under compulsion
and when
both have reasonable knowledge of all relevant facts) of a Share
on such
date as the Committee in its sole and absolute discretion shall determine
in a fair and uniform manner.
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Incentive
Stock Option
shall
mean an option that is intended to meet the requirements of Section 422 of
the
Code
Involuntary
Termination
shall
mean the termination of the Service of any individual which occurs by reason
of:
(i)
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such
individual’s involuntary dismissal or discharge by the Company for reasons
other than Cause, or
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(ii)
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such
individual’s voluntary resignation following (A) a change in his or her
position with the Company (or Subsidiary employing such individual)
which
materially reduces such individual’s duties and responsibilities or the
level of management to which such individual reports, (B) a reduction
in
such individual’s level of compensation (including base salary, fringe
benefits and target bonus under any corporate performance-based bonus
or
incentive programs) by more than fifteen percent (15%) or (C) a relocation
of such individual’s place of employment by more than fifty (50) miles,
provided and only if such change, reduction or relocation is effected
by
the Company without such individual’s consent.
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Non-Employee
Director
shall
mean a Director who is not also an Employee.
Non-Qualified
Stock Option
shall
mean an option granted under this Award Agreement that is not intended to be
an
Incentive Stock Option.
Notice
of Award
shall
mean the Notice of Award of Stock Option accompanying the Award Agreement,
pursuant to which Participant has been informed of the basic terms of the option
evidenced hereby.
Notice
of Exercise
shall
mean the notice of exercise in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
I.
Option
Shares
shall
mean the number of Shares subject to the option as specified in the Notice
of
Award.
Participant
shall
mean the person to whom the option is granted as specified in the Notice of
Award.
Plan
shall
mean the Company's 2007 Long-Term Incentive Plan.
Service
shall
mean Participant's performance of services for the Company (or any Subsidiary)
in the capacity of an Employee, a Non-Employee Director or a
Consultant.
Shares
shall
mean the common shares of the Company and such other securities as may become
the subject of Awards, or become subject to Awards, pursuant to an adjustment
made under Section 4(b) of the Plan.
Subsidiary
shall
mean a subsidiary company as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code (with the
Company being treated as the employer corporation for purposes of this
definition).