EXHIBIT 4.1
IDS SOFTWARE SYSTEMS, INC.
2001 STOCK OPTION/STOCK ISSUANCE PLAN
ARTICLE ONE
GENERAL PROVISIONS
I. PURPOSE OF THE PLAN
This 2001 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan is intended to
promote the interests of IDS Software Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation, by
providing eligible persons in the Corporation's employ or service with the
opportunity to acquire a proprietary interest, or otherwise increase their
proprietary interest, in the Corporation as an incentive for them to continue in
such employ or service.
Capitalized terms herein shall have the meanings assigned to
such terms in the attached Appendix.
II. STRUCTURE OF THE PLAN
A. The Plan shall be divided into two (2) separate
equity programs:
(i) the Option Grant Program under which
eligible persons may, at the discretion of the Plan Administrator, be
granted options to purchase shares of Common Stock, and
(ii) the Stock Issuance Program under which
eligible persons may, at the discretion of the Plan Administrator, be
issued shares of Common Stock directly, either through the immediate
purchase of such shares or as a bonus for services rendered the
Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary).
B. The provisions of Articles One and Four shall apply
to both equity programs under the Plan and shall accordingly govern the
interests of all persons under the Plan.
III. ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN
A. The Plan shall be administered by the Board. However,
any or all administrative functions otherwise exercisable by the Board may be
delegated to the Committee. Members of the Committee shall serve for such period
of time as the Board may determine and shall be subject to removal by the Board
at any time. The Board may also at any time terminate the functions of the
Committee and reassume all powers and authority previously delegated to the
Committee.
B. The Plan Administrator shall have full power and
authority (subject to the provisions of the Plan) to establish such rules and
regulations as it may deem appropriate for proper administration of the Plan and
to make such determinations under, and issue such
interpretations of, the Plan and any outstanding options or stock issuances
thereunder as it may deem necessary or advisable. Decisions of the Plan
Administrator shall be final and binding on all parties who have an interest in
the Plan or any option grant or stock issuance thereunder.
IV. ELIGIBILITY
A. The persons eligible to participate in the Plan are
as follows:
(i) Employees,
(ii) non-employee members of the Board or the
non-employee members of the board of directors of any Parent or
Subsidiary, and
(iii) consultants and other independent advisors
who provide services to the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary).
B. The Plan Administrator shall have full authority to
determine, (i) with respect to the grants made under the Option Grant Program,
which eligible persons are to receive such grants, the time or times when those
grants are to be made, the number of shares to be covered by each such grant,
the status of the granted option as either an Incentive Option or a
Non-Statutory Option, the time or times when each option is to become
exercisable, the vesting schedule (if any) applicable to the option shares and
the maximum term for which the option is to remain outstanding, and (ii) with
respect to stock issuances made under the Stock Issuance Program, which eligible
persons are to receive such issuances, the time or times when those issuances
are to be made, the number of shares to be issued to each Participant, the
vesting schedule (if any) applicable to the issued shares and the consideration
to be paid by the Participant for such shares.
C. The Plan Administrator shall have the absolute
discretion either to grant options in accordance with the Option Grant Program
or to effect stock issuances in accordance with the Stock Issuance Program.
V. STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN
A. The stock issuable under the Plan shall be shares of
authorized but unissued or reacquired Common Stock. The maximum number of shares
of Common Stock which may be issued over the term of the Plan shall not exceed
three million five hundred thousand (3,500,000) shares.
B. Shares of Common Stock subject to outstanding options
shall be available for subsequent issuance under the Plan to the extent (i) the
options expire or terminate for any reason prior to exercise in full or (ii) the
options are cancelled in accordance with the cancellation-regrant provisions of
Article Two. Unvested shares issued under the Plan and subsequently repurchased
by the Corporation, at the option exercise or direct issue price paid per share,
pursuant to the Corporation's repurchase rights under the Plan shall be added
back to the number of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the
Plan and shall accordingly be available for reissuance through one or more
subsequent option grants or direct stock issuances under the Plan.
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C. 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 Corporation's receipt of consideration, appropriate
adjustments shall be made to (i) the maximum number and/or class of securities
issuable under the Plan and (ii) the number and/or class of securities and the
exercise price per share in effect under each outstanding option in order to
prevent the dilution or enlargement of benefits thereunder. The adjustments
determined by the Plan Administrator shall be final, binding and conclusive. In
no event shall any such adjustments be made in connection with the conversion of
one or more outstanding shares of the Corporation's preferred stock into shares
of Common Stock.
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ARTICLE TWO
OPTION GRANT PROGRAM
I. OPTION TERMS
Each option shall be evidenced by one or more documents in the
form approved by the Plan Administrator; provided, however, that each such
document shall comply with the terms specified below. Each document evidencing
an Incentive Option shall, in addition, be subject to the provisions of the Plan
applicable to such options.
A. EXERCISE PRICE.
1. The exercise price per share shall be fixed
by the Plan Administrator in accordance with the following provisions:
(i) The exercise price per share shall
not be less than eighty-five percent (85%) of the Fair Market Value per
share of Common Stock on the option grant date.
(ii) If the person to whom the option is
granted is a 10% Stockholder, then the exercise price per share shall
not be less than one hundred ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market
Value per share of Common Stock on the option grant date.
2. The exercise price shall become immediately
due upon exercise of the option and shall, subject to the provisions of Section
I of Article Four and the documents evidencing the option, be payable in cash or
check made payable to the Corporation. Should the Common Stock be registered
under Section 12 of the 1934 Act at the time the option is exercised, then the
exercise price may also be paid as follows:
(i) in shares of Common Stock held for
the requisite period necessary to avoid a charge to the Corporation's
earnings for financial reporting purposes and valued at Fair Market
Value on the Exercise Date, or
(ii) to the extent the option is
exercised for vested shares, through a special sale and remittance
procedure pursuant to which the Optionee shall concurrently provide
irrevocable instructions (A) to a Corporation-designated brokerage firm
to effect the immediate sale of the purchased shares and remit to the
Corporation, 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 Federal, state and local income
and employment taxes required to be withheld by the Corporation by
reason of such exercise and (B) to the Corporation to deliver the
certificates for the purchased shares directly to such brokerage fm in
order to complete the sale.
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Except to the extent such sale and remittance procedure is
utilized, payment of the exercise price for the purchased shares must be made on
the Exercise Date.
B. EXERCISE AND TERM OF OPTIONS. Each option shall be
exercisable at such time or times, during such period and for such number of
shares as shall be determined by the Plan Administrator and set forth in the
documents evidencing the option grant. However, no option shall have a term in
excess of ten (10) years measured from the option grant date.
C. EFFECT OF TERMINATION OF SERVICE.
1. The following provisions shall govern the
exercise of any options held by the Optionee at the time of cessation of Service
or death:
(i) Should the Optionee cease to remain
in Service for any reason other than death, Disability or Misconduct,
then the Optionee shall have a period of three (3) months following the
date of such cessation of Service during which to exercise each
outstanding option held by such Optionee.
(ii) Should Optionee's Service terminate
by reason of Disability, then the Optionee shall have a period of
twelve (12) months following the date of such cessation of Service
during which to exercise each outstanding option held by such Optionee.
(iii) If the Optionee dies while holding
an outstanding option, then the personal representative of his or her
estate or the person or persons to whom the option is transferred
pursuant to the Optionee's will or the laws of inheritance or the
Optionee's designated beneficiary or beneficiaries of that option shall
have a twelve (12)-month period following the date of the Optionee's
death to exercise such option.
(iv) Under no circumstances, however,
shall any such option be exercisable after the specified expiration of
the option term.
(v) During the applicable post-Service
exercise period, the option may not be exercised in the aggregate for
more than the number of vested shares for which the option is
exercisable on the date of the Optionee's cessation of Service. Upon
the expiration of the applicable exercise period or (if earlier) upon
the expiration of the option term, the option shall terminate and cease
to be outstanding for any vested shares for which the option has not
been exercised. However, the option shall, immediately upon the
Optionee's cessation of Service, terminate and cease to be outstanding
with respect to any and all option shares for which the option is not
otherwise at the time exercisable or in which the Optionee is not
otherwise at that time vested.
(vi) Should Optionee's Service be
terminated for Misconduct or should Optionee otherwise engage in
Misconduct while holding one or more outstanding options under the
Plan, then all those options shall terminate immediately and cease to
remain outstanding.
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2. The Plan Administrator shall have the
discretion, exercisable either at the time an option is granted or at any time
while the option remains outstanding, to:
(i) extend the period of time for which
the option is to remain exercisable following Optionee's cessation of
Service or death from the limited period otherwise in effect for that
option to such greater period of time as the Plan Administrator shall
deem appropriate, but in no event beyond the expiration of the option
term, and/or
(ii) permit the option to be exercised,
during the applicable post-Service exercise period, not only with
respect to the number of vested shares of Common Stock for which such
option is exercisable at the time of the Optionee's cessation of
Service but also with respect to one or more additional installments in
which the Optionee would have vested under the option had the Optionee
continued in Service.
D. STOCKHOLDER RIGHTS. The holder of an option shall have no
stockholder rights with respect to the shares subject to the option until such
person shall have exercised the option, paid the exercise price and become the
recordholder of the purchased shares.
E. UNVESTED SHARES. The Plan Administrator shall have the
discretion to grant options which are exercisable for unvested shares of Common
Stock. Should the Optionee cease Service while holding such unvested shares, the
Corporation shall have the right to repurchase, at the exercise price paid per
share, any or all of those unvested shares. The terms upon which such repurchase
right shall be exercisable (including the period and procedure for exercise and
the appropriate vesting schedule for the purchased shares) shall be established
by the Plan Administrator and set forth in the document evidencing such
repurchase right. The Plan Administrator may not impose a vesting schedule upon
any option grant or the shares of Common Stock subject to that option which is
more restrictive than twenty percent (20%) per year vesting, with the initial
vesting to occur not later than one (1) year after the option grant date.
However, such limitation shall not be applicable to any option grants made to
individuals who are officers of the Corporation, non-employee Board members or
independent consultants.
F. FIRST REFUSAL RIGHTS. Until such time as the Common Stock is
first registered under Section 12 of the 1934 Act, the Corporation shall have
the right of first refusal with respect to any proposed disposition by the
Optionee (or any successor in interest) of any shares of Common Stock issued
under the Plan. Such right of first refusal shall be exercisable in accordance
with the terms established by the Plan Administrator and set forth in the
document evidencing such right.
G. LIMITED TRANSFERABILITY OF OPTIONS. An Incentive Stock Option
shall be exercisable only by the Optionee during his or her lifetime and shall
not be assignable or transferable other than by will or by the laws of
inheritance following the Optionee's death. A Non-Statutory Option may be
assigned in whole or in part during the Optionee's lifetime to one or more
members of the Optionee's family or to a trust established exclusively for one
or more such family members or to Optionee's former spouse, to the extent such
assignment is in connection with the Optionee's estate plan or pursuant to a
domestic relations order. The
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assigned portion may only be exercised by the person or persons who acquire a
proprietary interest in the Non-Statutory Option pursuant to the assignment. The
terms applicable to the assigned portion shall be the same as those in effect
for the option immediately prior to such assignment and shall be set forth in
such documents issued to the assignee as the Plan Administrator may deem
appropriate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Optionee may also designate one
or more persons as the beneficiary or beneficiaries of his or her outstanding
options under the Plan, and those options shall, in accordance with such
designation, automatically be transferred to such beneficiary or beneficiaries
upon the Optionee's death while holding those options. Such beneficiary or
beneficiaries shall take the transferred options subject to all the terms and
conditions of the applicable agreement evidencing each such transferred option,
including (without limitation) the limited time period during which the option
may be exercised following the Optionee's death.
II. INCENTIVE OPTIONS
The terms specified below shall be applicable to all Incentive
Options. Except as modified by the provisions of this Section II, all the
provisions of Articles One, Two and Four shall be applicable to Incentive
Options. Options which are specifically designated as Non-Statutory Options
shall not be subject to the terms of this Section II.
A. ELIGIBILITY. Incentive Options may only be granted to
Employees.
B. EXERCISE PRICE. The exercise price per share shall
not be less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value per share
of Common Stock on the option grant date.
C. DOLLAR LIMITATION. The aggregate Fair Market Value of
the shares of Common Stock (determined as of the respective date or dates of
grant) for which one or more options granted to any Employee under the Plan (or
any other option plan of the Corporation or any Parent or Subsidiary) may for
the first time become exercisable as Incentive Options during any one (1)
calendar year shall not exceed the sum of One Hundred Thousand Dollars
($100,000). To the extent the Employee holds two (2) or more such options which
become exercisable for the first time in the same calendar year, the foregoing
limitation on the exercisability of such options as Incentive Options shall be
applied on the basis of the order in which such options are granted.
D. 10% STOCKHOLDER. If any Employee to whom an Incentive
Option is granted is a 10% Stockholder, then the option term shall not exceed
five (5) years measured from the option grant date.
III. CORPORATE TRANSACTION
A. The shares subject to each option outstanding under
the Plan at the time of a Corporate Transaction shall automatically vest in full
so that each such option shall, immediately prior to the effective date of the
Corporate Transaction, become exercisable for all of the shares of Common Stock
at the time subject to that option and may be exercised for any or all of those
shares as fully-vested shares of Common Stock. However, the shares subject to an
outstanding option shall NOT vest on such an accelerated basis if and to the
extent: (i) such option
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is assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) in the Corporate
Transaction and any repurchase rights of the Corporation with respect to the
unvested option shares are concurrently assigned to such successor corporation
(or parent thereof) or (ii) such option is to be replaced with a cash incentive
program of the successor corporation which preserves the spread existing on the
unvested option shares at the time of the Corporate Transaction and provides for
subsequent payout in accordance with the same vesting schedule applicable to
those unvested option shares or (iii) the acceleration of such option is subject
to other limitations imposed by the Plan Administrator at the time of the option
grant.
B. All outstanding repurchase rights under the Option
Grant Program shall also terminate automatically, and the shares of Common Stock
subject to those terminated rights shall immediately vest in full, in the event
of any Corporate Transaction, except to the extent: (i) those repurchase rights
are assigned to the successor corporation (or parent thereof) in connection with
such Corporate Transaction or (ii) such accelerated vesting is precluded by
other limitations imposed by the Plan Administrator at the time the repurchase
right is issued.
C. Immediately following the consummation of the
Corporate Transaction, all outstanding options shall terminate and cease to be
outstanding, except to the extent assumed by the successor corporation (or
parent thereof).
D. Each option which is assumed in connection with a
Corporate Transaction shall be appropriately adjusted, immediately after such
Corporate Transaction, to apply to the number and class of securities which
would have been issuable to the Optionee in consummation of such Corporate
Transaction, had the option been exercised immediately prior to such Corporate
Transaction. Appropriate adjustments shall also be made to (i) the number and
class of securities available for issuance under the Plan following the
consummation of such Corporate Transaction and (ii) the exercise price payable
per share under each outstanding option, provided the aggregate exercise price
payable for such securities shall remain the same. To the extent the actual
holders of the Corporation's outstanding Common Stock receive cash consideration
for their Common Stock in consummation of the Corporate Transaction, the
successor corporation may, in connection with the assumption of the outstanding
options under this Plan, substitute one or more shares of its own common stock
with a fair market value equivalent to the cash consideration paid per share of
Common Stock in such Corporate Transaction.
E. The Plan Administrator shall have the discretion,
exercisable either at the time the option is granted or at any time while the
option remains outstanding, to structure one or more options so that those
options shall automatically accelerate and vest in fill (and any repurchase
rights of the Corporation with respect to the unvested shares subject to those
options shall immediately terminate) upon the occurrence of a Corporate
Transaction, whether or not those options are to be assumed in the Corporate
Transaction.
F. The Plan Administrator shall also have full power and
authority, exercisable either at the time the option is granted or at any time
while the option remains outstanding, to structure such option so that the
shares subject to that option will automatically vest on an accelerated basis
should the Optionee's Service terminate by reason of an Involuntary Termination
within a designated period (not to exceed eighteen (18) months) following the
effective date of any Corporate Transaction in which the option is assumed and
the repurchase
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rights applicable to those shares do not otherwise terminate. Any option so
accelerated shall remain exercisable for the fully-vested option shares until
the expiration or sooner termination of the option term. In addition, the Plan
Administrator may provide that one or more of the Corporation's outstanding
repurchase rights with respect to shares held by the Optionee at the time of
such Involuntary Termination shall immediately terminate on an accelerated
basis, and the shares subject to those terminated rights shall accordingly vest
at that time.
G. The portion of any Incentive Option accelerated in
connection with a Corporate Transaction shall remain exercisable as an Incentive
Option only to the extent the applicable One Hundred Thousand Dollar limitation
is not exceeded. To the extent such dollar limitation is exceeded, the
accelerated portion of such option shall be exercisable as a Non-Statutory
Option under the Federal tax laws.
H. The grant of options under the Plan shall in no way
affect the right of the Corporation 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.
IV. CANCELLATION AND REGRANT OF OPTIONS
The Plan Administrator shall have the authority to effect, at
any time and from time to time, with the consent of the affected option holders,
the cancellation of any or all outstanding options under the Plan and to grant
in substitution therefor new options covering the same or different number of
shares of Common Stock but with an exercise price per share based on the Fair
Market Value per share of Common Stock on the new option grant date.
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ARTICLE THREE
STOCK ISSUANCE PROGRAM
I. STOCK ISSUANCE TERMS
Shares of Common Stock may be issued under the Stock Issuance
Program through direct and immediate issuances without any intervening option
grants. Each such stock issuance shall be evidenced by a Stock Issuance
Agreement which complies with the terms specified below.
A. PURCHASE PRICE.
1. The purchase price per share shall be fixed
by the Plan Administrator but shall not be less than eighty-five percent (85%)
of the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the issue date. However,
the purchase price per share of Common Stock issued to a 10% Stockholder shall
not be less than one hundred and ten percent (110%) of such Fair Market Value.
2. Subject to the provisions of Section I of
Article Four, shares of Common Stock may be issued under the Stock Issuance
Program for any of the following items of consideration which the Plan
Administrator may deem appropriate in each individual instance:
(i) cash or check made payable to the
Corporation, or
(ii) past services rendered to the
Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary).
B. VESTING PROVISIONS.
1. Shares of Common Stock issued under the
Stock Issuance Program may, in the discretion of the Plan Administrator, be
fully and immediately vested upon issuance or may vest in one or more
installments over the Participant's period of Service or upon attainment of
specified performance objectives. However, the Plan Administrator may not impose
a vesting schedule upon any stock issuance effected under the Stock Issuance
Program which is more restrictive than twenty percent (20%) per year vesting,
with initial vesting to occur not later than one (1) year after the issuance
date. Such limitation shall not apply to any Common Stock issuances made to the
officers of the Corporation, non-employee Board members or independent
consultants.
2. Any new, substituted or additional
securities or other property (including money paid other than as a regular cash
dividend) which the Participant may have the right to receive with respect to
the Participant's unvested shares of Common Stock by reason of any stock
dividend, stock split, recapitalization, combination of shares, exchange of
shares or other change affecting the outstanding Common Stock as a class without
the Corporation's receipt of consideration shall be issued subject to (i) the
same vesting requirements applicable to
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the Participant's unvested shares of Common Stock and (ii) such escrow
arrangements as the Plan Administrator shall deem appropriate.
3. The Participant shall have full stockholder
rights with respect to any shares of Common Stock issued to the Participant
under the Stock Issuance Program, whether or not the Participant's interest in
those shares is vested. Accordingly, the Participant shall have the right to
vote such shares and to receive any regular cash dividends paid on such shares.
4. Should the Participant cease to remain in
Service while holding one or more unvested shares of Common Stock issued under
the Stock Issuance Program or should the performance objectives not be attained
with respect to one or more such unvested shares of Common Stock, then those
shares shall be immediately surrendered to the Corporation for cancellation, and
the Participant shall have no further stockholder rights with respect to those
shares. To the extent the surrendered shares were previously issued to the
Participant for consideration paid in cash or cash equivalent (including the
Participant's purchase-money indebtedness), the Corporation shall repay to the
Participant the cash consideration paid for the surrendered shares and shall
cancel the unpaid principal balance of any outstanding purchase-money note of
the Participant attributable to such surrendered shares.
5. The Plan Administrator may in its discretion
waive the surrender and cancellation of one or more unvested shares of Common
Stock (or other assets attributable thereto) which would otherwise occur upon
the non-completion of the vesting schedule applicable to those shares. Such
waiver shall result in the immediate vesting of the Participant's interest in
the shares of Common Stock as to which the waiver applies. Such waiver may be
effected at any time, whether before or after the Participant's cessation of
Service or the attainment or non-attainment of the applicable performance
objectives.
C. FIRST REFUSAL RIGHTS. Until such time as the Common
Stock is first registered under Section 12 of the 1934 Act, the Corporation
shall have the right of first refusal with respect to any proposed disposition
by the Participant (or any successor in interest) of any shares of Common Stock
issued under the Stock Issuance Program. Such right of first refusal shall be
exercisable in accordance with the terms established by the Plan Administrator
and set forth in the document evidencing such right.
II. CORPORATE TRANSACTION
A. Upon the occurrence of a Corporate Transaction, all
outstanding repurchase rights under the Stock Issuance Program shall terminate
automatically, and the shares of Common Stock subject to those terminated rights
shall immediately vest in full, except to the extent: (i) those repurchase
rights are assigned to the successor corporation (or parent thereof) in
connection with such Corporate Transaction or (ii) such accelerated vesting is
precluded by other limitations imposed by the Plan Administrator at the time the
repurchase right is issued.
B. The Plan Administrator shall have the discretionary
authority, exercisable either at the time the unvested shares are issued or any
time while the Corporation's repurchase rights with respect to those shares
remain outstanding, to provide that those rights shall
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automatically terminate on an accelerated basis, and the shares of Common Stock
subject to those terminated rights shall immediately vest, in the event the
Participant's Service should subsequently terminate by reason of an Involuntary
Termination within a designated period (not to exceed eighteen (18) months)
following the effective date of any Corporate Transaction in which those
repurchase rights are assigned to the successor corporation (or parent thereof).
III. SHARE ESCROW/LEGENDS
Unvested shares may, in the Plan Administrator's discretion,
be held in escrow by the Corporation until the Participant's interest in such
shares vests or may be issued directly to the Participant with restrictive
legends on the certificates evidencing those unvested shares.
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ARTICLE FOUR
MISCELLANEOUS
I. FINANCING
The Plan Administrator may permit any Optionee or Participant
to pay the option exercise price under the Option Grant Program or the purchase
price for shares issued under the Stock Issuance Program by delivering a
full-recourse, interest bearing promissory note payable in one or more
installments and secured by the purchased shares. In no event, however, may the
maximum credit available to the Optionee or Participant exceed the sum of (i)
the aggregate option exercise price or purchase price payable for the purchased
shares (less the par value of those shares) plus (ii) any Federal, state and
local income and employment tax liability incurred by the Optionee or the
Participant in connection with the option exercise or share purchase.
II. EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM OF PLAN
A. The Plan shall become effective when adopted by the
Board, but no option granted under the Plan may be exercised, and no shares
shall be issued under the Plan, until the Plan is approved by the Corporation's
stockholders. If such stockholder approval is not obtained within twelve (12)
months after the date of the Board's adoption of the Plan, then all options
previously granted under the Plan shall terminate and cease to be outstanding,
and no further options shall be granted and no shares shall be issued under the
Plan. Subject to such limitation, the Plan Administrator may grant options and
issue shares under the Plan at any time after the effective date of the Plan and
before the date fixed herein for termination of the Plan.
B. The Plan shall terminate upon the earliest of (i) the
expiration of the ten (10)-year period measured from the date the Plan is
adopted by the Board, (ii) the date on which all shares available for issuance
under the Plan shall have been issued as vested shares or (iii) the termination
of all outstanding options in connection with a Corporate Transaction. All
options and unvested stock issuances outstanding at the time of a clause (i)
termination event shall continue to have full force and effect in accordance
with the provisions of the documents evidencing those options or issuances.
III. AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN
A. The Board shall have complete and exclusive power and
authority to amend or modify the Plan in any or all respects. However, no such
amendment or modification shall adversely affect the rights and obligations with
respect to options or unvested stock issuances at the time outstanding under the
Plan unless the Optionee or the Participant consents to such amendment or
modification. In addition, certain amendments may require stockholder approval
pursuant to applicable laws and regulations.
B. Options may be granted under the Option Grant Program
and shares may be issued under the Stock Issuance Program which are in each
instance in excess of the number of shares of Common Stock then available for
issuance under the Plan, provided any excess shares actually issued under those
programs shall be held in escrow until there is obtained
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stockholder approval of an amendment sufficiently increasing the number of
shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan. If such
stockholder approval is not obtained within twelve (12) months after the date
the first such excess grants or issuances are made, then (i) any unexercised
options granted on the basis of such excess shares shall terminate and cease to
be outstanding and (ii) the Corporation shall promptly refund to the Optionees
and the Participants the exercise or purchase price paid for any excess shares
issued under the Plan and held in escrow, together with interest (at the
applicable Short Term Federal Rate) for the period the shares were held in
escrow, and such shares shall thereupon be automatically cancelled and cease to
be outstanding.
IV. USE OF PROCEEDS
Any cash proceeds received by the Corporation from the sale of
shares of Common Stock under the Plan shall be used for general corporate
purposes.
V. WITHHOLDING
The Corporation's obligation to deliver shares of Common Stock
upon the exercise of any options granted under the Plan or upon the issuance or
vesting of any shares issued under the Plan shall be subject to the satisfaction
of all applicable Federal, state and local income and employment tax withholding
requirements.
VI. REGULATORY APPROVALS
The implementation of the Plan, the granting of any options
under the Plan and the issuance of any shares of Common Stock (i) upon the
exercise of any option or (ii) under the Stock Issuance Program shall be subject
to the Corporation's procurement of all approvals and permits required by
regulatory authorities having jurisdiction over the Plan, the options granted
under it and the shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to it.
VII. NO EMPLOYMENT OR SERVICE RIGHTS
Nothing in the Plan shall confer upon the Optionee or the
Participant any right to continue in Service for any period of specific duration
or interfere with or otherwise restrict in any way the rights of the Corporation
(or any Parent or Subsidiary employing or retaining such person) or of the
Optionee or the Participant, which rights are hereby expressly reserved by each,
to terminate such person's Service at any time for any reason, with or without
cause.
VIII. FINANCIAL REPORTS
The Corporation shall deliver a balance sheet and an income
statement at least annually to each individual holding an outstanding option
under the Plan, unless such individual is a key Employee whose duties in
connection with the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) assure such
individual access to equivalent information.
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APPENDIX
The following definitions shall be in effect under the Plan:
A. BOARD shall mean the Corporation's Board of
Directors.
B. CODE shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
C. COMMITTEE shall mean a committee of one (1) or more
Board members appointed by the Board to exercise one or more administrative
functions under the Plan.
D. COMMON STOCK shall mean the Corporation's common
stock.
E. CORPORATE TRANSACTION shall mean either of the
following stockholder-approved transactions to which the Corporation is a party:
(i) a merger, consolidation or other
reorganization approved by the Corporation's stockholders, unless
securities representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total
combined voting power of the voting securities of the successor
corporation are immediately thereafter beneficially owned, directly or
indirectly and in substantially the same proportion, by the persons who
beneficially owned the Corporation's outstanding voting securities
immediately prior to such transaction, or
(ii) the sale, transfer or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the Corporation's assets in
complete liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation.
F. CORPORATION shall mean IDS Software Systems, Inc., a
Delaware corporation, and any successor corporation to all or substantially all
of the assets or voting stock of IDS Software Systems, Inc. which shall by
appropriate action adopt the Plan.
G. DISABILITY shall mean the inability of the Optionee
or the Participant to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of
any medically determinable physical or mental impairment and shall be determined
by the Plan Administrator on the basis of such medical evidence as the Plan
Administrator deems warranted under the circumstances.
H. EMPLOYEE shall mean an individual who is in the
employ of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), subject to the control
and direction of the employer entity as to both the work to be performed and the
manner and method of performance.
I. EXERCISE DATE shall mean the date on which the
Corporation shall have received written notice of the option exercise.
J. FAIR MARKET VALUE per share of Common Stock on any
relevant date shall be determined in accordance with the following provisions:
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(i) If the Common Stock is at the time
traded on the Nasdaq National Market, then the Fair Market Value shall
be the closing selling price per share of Common Stock on the date in
question, as such price is reported by the National Association of
Securities Dealers on the Nasdaq National Market and published in The
Wall Street Journal. If there is no closing selling price for the
Common Stock on the date in question, then the Fair Market Value shall
be the closing selling price on the last preceding date for which such
quotation exists.
(ii) If the Common Stock is at the time
listed on any Stock Exchange, then the Fair Market Value shall be the
closing selling price per share of Common Stock on the date in question
on the Stock Exchange determined by the Plan Administrator to be the
primary market for the Common Stock, as such price is officially quoted
in the composite tape of transactions on such exchange and published in
The Wall Street Journal. If there is no closing selling price for the
Common Stock on the date in question, then the Fair Market Value shall
be the closing selling price on the last preceding date for which such
quotation exists.
(iii) If the Common Stock is at the time
neither listed on any Stock Exchange nor traded on the Nasdaq National
Market, then the Fair Market Value shall be determined by the Plan
Administrator after taking into account such factors as the Plan
Administrator shall deem appropriate.
K. INCENTIVE OPTION shall mean an option which satisfies
the requirements of Code Section 422.
L. INVOLUNTARY TERMINATION shall mean the termination of
the Service of any individual which occurs by reason of:
(i) such individual's involuntary
dismissal or discharge by the Corporation for reasons other than
Misconduct, or
(ii) such individual's voluntary
resignation following (A) a change in his or her position with the
Corporation which materially reduces his or her duties and
responsibilities or the level of management to which he or she reports,
(B) a reduction in his or her level of 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 without the individual's
consent.
M. MISCONDUCT shall mean the commission of any act of
fraud, embezzlement or dishonesty by the Optionee or Participant, any
unauthorized use or disclosure by such person of confidential information or
trade secrets of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), or any other
intentional misconduct by such person adversely affecting the business or
affairs of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) in a material manner.
The foregoing
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definition shall not in any way preclude or restrict the right of the
Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) to discharge or dismiss any Optionee,
Participant or other person in the Service of the Corporation (or any Parent or
Subsidiary) for any other acts or omissions, but such other acts or omissions
shall not be deemed, for purposes of the Plan, to constitute grounds for
termination for Misconduct.
N. 1934 ACT shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
O. NON-STATUTORY OPTION shall mean an option not
intended to satisfy the requirements of Code Section 422.
P. OPTION GRANT PROGRAM shall mean the option grant
program in effect under the Plan.
Q. OPTIONEE shall mean any person to whom an option is
granted under the Plan.
R. PARENT shall mean any corporation (other than the
Corporation) in an unbroken chain of corporations ending with the Corporation,
provided each corporation in the unbroken chain (other than the Corporation)
owns, at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or
more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the
other corporations in such chain.
S. PARTICIPANT shall mean any person who is issued
shares of Common Stock under the Stock Issuance Program.
T. PLAN shall mean the Corporation's 2001 Stock
Option/Stock Issuance Plan, as set forth in this document.
U. PLAN ADMINISTRATOR shall mean either the Board or the
Committee acting in its capacity as administrator of the Plan.
V. SERVICE shall mean the provision of services to the
Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) by a person in the capacity of an
Employee, a non-employee member of the board of directors or a consultant or
independent advisor, except to the extent otherwise specifically provided in the
documents evidencing the option grant.
W. STOCK EXCHANGE shall mean either the American Stock
Exchange or the New York Stock Exchange.
X. STOCK ISSUANCE AGREEMENT shall mean the agreement
entered into by the Corporation and the Participant at the time of issuance of
shares of Common Stock under the Stock Issuance Program.
Y. STOCK ISSUANCE PROGRAM shall mean the stock issuance
program in effect under the Plan.
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Z. SUBSIDIARY shall mean any corporation (other than the
Corporation) in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the
Corporation, provided each corporation (other than the last corporation) in the
unbroken chain owns, at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty
percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock
in one of the other corporations in such chain.
AA. 10% STOCKHOLDER shall mean the owner of stock (as
determined under Code Section 424(d)) possessing more than ten percent (10%) of
the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Corporation (or
any Parent or Subsidiary).
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