As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 5, 2002

Registration No. 333-

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Under

The Securities Act of 1933


Yahoo! Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


Delaware

 

77-0398689

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or  Organization)

 

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

 

 

 

701 First Avenue

Sunnyvale, California 94089

 

 

 

(Address, Including Zip Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)


HotJobs.com, Ltd. 1999 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan

HotJobs.com, Ltd. 2000 Stock Option Plan

HotJobs, Inc. Stock Award Plan

Resumix, Inc. 1998 Equity Incentive Plan

Resumix, Inc. 1998 Non-Employee Directors’ Stock Option Plan

Resumix, Inc. 2000 Stock Option Plan

(Full Title of the Plan)


Susan L. Decker

Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration

Chief Financial Officer

701 First Avenue

Sunnyvale, California 94089

408-349-3300

(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)


Copies to:

Michael J. Callahan

 

Kenton J. King, Esq.

Deputy General Counsel

 

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Yahoo! Inc.

 

525 University Avenue, Suite 1100

701 First Avenue

 

Palo Alto, California 94301

Sunnyvale, California 94089

 

(650) 470-4500

(408) 349-3300

 

 


CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

Title of Securities
To Be Registered

 

Amount To Be Registered (1)

 

Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share (2)

 

Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price

 

Amount Of Registration Fee

 

HotJobs.com, Ltd. 1999 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HotJobs.com, Ltd. 2000 Stock Option Plan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HotJobs, Inc. Stock Award Plan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Resumix, Inc. 1998 Equity Incentive Plan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Resumix, Inc. 1998 Non-Employee  Directors’ Stock Option Plan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Resumix, Inc. 2000 Stock Option Plan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stock, par value $0.001 (3)

 

3,729,641

 

$14.63

 

$54,564,648

 

$5,020

 

TOTAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1) This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock which may become issuable under the Plans being registered pursuant to this Registration Statement by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the Registrant’s outstanding shares of Common Stock.  In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefits plans described herein.

(2) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act on the basis of the average of the high and low sale prices for a share of common stock of Yahoo! Inc. as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on February 28, 2002.

(3) Including the associated preferred share purchase rights.

 



 

This Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing in accordance with Rule 462(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).

 

PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

 

Item 1.    Plan Information*

 

Item 2.    Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information*

 


* The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 have been or will be sent or given to employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act.

 

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 3.    Incorporation of Documents by Reference

 

The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) requires us to “incorporate by reference” certain of our publicly-filed documents into this prospectus, which means that information included in those documents is considered part of this prospectus. Information that we file with the Commission after the effective date of this prospectus will automatically update and supercede this information. We incorporate by reference the documents listed below and any future filings made with the Commission under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (the “Exchange Act”), until we terminate the effectiveness of this registration statement.

 

The following documents filed with the Commission are hereby incorporated by reference:

 

(a)  Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000, as filed on March 16, 2001 (File No. 812-11976), which contains audited financial statements for our latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed.

 

(b) (1)            Our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for: the fiscal Quarter ended March 31, 2001, as filed on May 4, 2001 (File No. 000-28018); the fiscal Quarter ended June 30, 2001, as filed on August 10, 2001 (File No. 000-28018); the fiscal Quarter ended September 30, 2001, as filed on November 9, 2001 (File No. 000-28018).

 

(b) (2)            Our Current Reports on Form 8-K as filed on March 19, 2001 (File No. 812-11976); April 12, 2001 (File No. 000-28018); April 17, 2001 (File No. 000-28018); July 12, 2001 (File No. 000-28018); October 11, 2001 (File No. 000-28018); November 16, 2001 (File No. 000-28018); December 13, 2001 (File No. 000-28018); December 27, 2001 (File No. 000-28018); January 11, 2002 (File No. 000-28018); January 18, 2002 (File No. 000-28018); January 29, 2002 (File No. 000-28018); February 7, 2002 (File No. 000-28018); and February 14, 2002 (File No. 000-28018).

 

(c) (1)            The description of our Common Stock contained in our Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the Commission on March 12, 1996 (File No. 0-26822), as updated by our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on August 11, 2000 (File No. 812-11976).

 

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(c) (2)            The description of our Preferred Stock Purchase Rights contained in our Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the Commission on March 19, 2001 (File No. 000-28018).

 

We will furnish without charge to you, on written or oral request, a copy of any or all of the documents incorporated by reference, other than exhibits to those documents. You should direct any requests for documents to Cathy LaRocca, Investor Relations, Yahoo! Inc., 701 First Avenue, Sunnyvale, California 94089.

 

Item 4.    Description of Securities

 

Not Applicable.

 

Item 5.    Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

 

Not Applicable.

 

Item 6.    Indemnification of Directors and Officers

 

Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”) allows for the indemnification of officers, directors, and other corporate agents in terms sufficiently broad to indemnify such persons under certain circumstances for liabilities (including reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Article XII of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and Article VI of our bylaws authorize indemnification of our directors, officers, employees and other agents to the extent and under the circumstances permitted by the DGCL.

 

We have also entered into agreements with our directors and certain officers that will require us, among other things, to indemnify them against certain liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or service as directors or officers to the fullest extent not prohibited by law. We maintain liability insurance for the benefit of our officers and directors.

 

The above discussion of the DGCL and of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, bylaws and indemnification agreements is not intended to be exhaustive and is qualified in its entirety by such statutes, amended and restated certificate of incorporation, bylaws and indemnification agreements.

 

Item 7.    Exemption From Registration Claimed

 

Not Applicable.

 

Item 8.    Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.       Description

4.1                                      HotJobs.com, Ltd. 1999 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan.

4.2                                      HotJobs.com, Ltd. 1999 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan Amendment No. 1.

4.3                                      HotJobs.com, Ltd. 2000 Stock Option Plan.

4.4                                      HotJobs, Inc. Stock Award Plan.

4.5                                      Resumix, Inc. 1998 Equity Incentive Plan.

4.6                                      Resumix, Inc. 1998 Non-Employee Director’s Stock Option Plan.

4.7                                      Resumix, Inc. 2000 Stock Option Plan.

4.8*                               Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Yahoo! Inc.

 

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Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.1 of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2000 as filed by the Registrant on July 28, 2000).

4.9                                              Amended Bylaws of Yahoo! Inc.

4.10*                                    Rights Agreement, dated as of March 15, 2001 between the Registrant and EquiServe Trust Company, N.A., as Rights Agent, including the form of Rights Certificate as Exhibit B and the Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Stock as Exhibit C.  Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant on March 19, 2001.

4.11*                                    Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock of the Registrant.  Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.8 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2001 filed by the Registrant on May 4, 2001.

4.12*                                    Form of Senior Indenture.  Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed by the Registrant of September 22, 2000.

4.13*                                    Form of Subordinated Indenture.  Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.2 to the Registration Statement of Form S-3 filed by the Registrant on September 22, 2000.

4.14*                                    Form of Deposit Agreement.  Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.6 to the Registration Statement of Form S-3 filed by the Registrant on September 22, 2000.

5.1                                                 Opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom LLP.

23.1                                           Consent of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).

23.2                                           Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Accountants.

24.1                                           Power of Attorney (included on Signature page hereto).

 


*              Not filed herewith; previously filed.

 

Item 9     Undertakings

 

The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

 

(1)  to file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement.

 

(2)  that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

(3)  to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

 

The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to

 

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Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

Insofar as the indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in a successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the question has already been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question of whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Sunnyvale, State of California, on this 5th day of March 2002.

 

 

YAHOO! INC.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ SUSAN L. DECKER

 

Susan L. Decker

 

Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Terry S. Semel and Susan L. Decker, and each of them, as his or her attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution in each, for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this registration statement on Form S-8 and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature

 

Title

 

Date

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ TERRY S. SEMEL

 

Chairman of the Board Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

 

March 5, 2002

 

Terry S. Semel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ JEFF MALLET

 

President, Chief Operating Officer and Director

 

March 5, 2002

 

Jeff Mallet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ SUSAN L. DECKER

 

Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)

 

March 5, 2002

 

Susan L. Decker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ WILLIAM LOSCH

 

Vice President, Finance (Principal Accounting Officer)

 

March 5, 2002

 

William Losch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Director

 

 

 

Ronald W. Burkle

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Director

 

 

 

Eric Hippeau

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ ARTHUR KERN

 

Director

 

March 5, 2002

 

Arthur H. Kern

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Director

 

 

 

Timothy Koogle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Director

 

 

 

Edward Kozel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ MICHAEL MORITZ

 

Director

 

March 5, 2002

 

Michael Moritz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/.GARY L. WILSON

 

Director

 

March 5, 2002

 

Gary L. Wilson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ JERRY YANG

 

Director

 

March 5, 2002

 

Jerry Yang

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit No.       Description

 

4.1                                                 HotJobs.com, Ltd. 1999 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan.

4.2                                                 HotJobs.com, Ltd. 1999 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan Amendment No. 1.

4.3                                                 HotJobs.com, Ltd. 2000 Stock Option Plan.

4.4                                                 HotJobs, Inc. Stock Award Plan.

4.5                                                 Resumix, Inc. 1998 Equity Incentive Plan.

4.6                                                 Resumix, Inc. 1998 Non-Employee Director’s Stock Option Plan.

4.7                                                 Resumix, Inc. 2000 Stock Option Plan.

4.8*                                          Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Yahoo! Inc.  Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2000 as filed July 28, 2000).

4.9                                                 Amended Bylaws of Yahoo! Inc.

4.10*                                    Rights Agreement, dated as of March 15, 2001 between the Registrant and EquiServe Trust Company, N.A., as Rights Agent, including the form of Rights Certificate as Exhibit B and the Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Stock as Exhibit C.  Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant on March 19, 2001.

4.11*                                    Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock of the Registrant.  Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.8 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2001 filed by the Registrant on May 4, 2001.

4.12*                                    Form of Senior Indenture.  Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed by the Registrant of September 22, 2000.

4.13*                                    Form of Subordinated Indenture.  Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.2 to the Registration Statement of Form S-3 filed by the Registrant on September 22, 2000.

4.14*                                    Form of Deposit Agreement.  Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.6 to the Registration Statement of Form S-3 filed by the Registrant on September 22, 2000.

5.1                                              Opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom LLP.

23.1                                           Consent of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).

23.2                                           Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Accountants.

24.1                                           Power of Attorney (included on Signature page hereto).


* Not filed herewith; previously filed

 

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Exhibit 4.1

HOTJOBS.COM, LTD.

1999 STOCK OPTION/STOCK ISSUANCE PLAN

 

ARTICLE ONE

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

I. PURPOSE OF THE PLAN

 

This 1999 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan is intended to promote the interests of HotJobs.com, Ltd., a Delaware corporation, by providing eligible persons with the opportunity to acquire a proprietary interest, or otherwise increase their proprietary interest, in the Corporation as an incentive for them to remain in the service of the Corporation.

 

Capitalized terms shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the attached Appendix.

 

II. STRUCTURE OF THE PLAN

 

A. The Plan shall be divided into three separate equity programs:

 

(i) the Discretionary Option Grant Program under which eligible persons may, at the discretion of the Plan Administrator, be granted options to purchase shares of Common Stock,

 

(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), and

 

(iii) the Automatic Option Grant Program under which eligible non-employee Board members shall automatically receive options at periodic intervals to purchase shares of Common Stock.

 

B. The provisions of Articles One and Five shall apply to all equity programs under the Plan and shall govern the interests of all persons under the Plan.

 

III. ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN

 

A. Prior to the Section 12 Registration Date, the Discretionary Option Grant and Stock Issuance Programs shall be administered by the Board. Beginning with the Section 12 Registration Date, the following provisions shall govern the administration of the Plan:

 

(i) The Board shall have the authority to administer the Discretionary Option Grant and Stock Issuance Programs with respect to Section 16 Insiders but may delegate such authority in whole or in part to the Primary Committee.

 

(ii) Administration of the Discretionary Option Grant and Stock Issuance Programs with respect to all other persons eligible to participate in those programs may, at the Board’s discretion, be

 



 

vested in the Primary Committee or a Secondary Committee, or the Board may retain the power to administer those programs with respect to all such persons.

 

(iii) Administration of the Automatic Option Grant Program shall be self-executing in accordance with the terms of that program.

 

B. Each Plan Administrator shall, within the scope of its administrative jurisdiction under the Plan, have full power and authority subject to the provisions of the Plan:

 

(i) to establish such rules as it may deem appropriate for proper administration of the Plan, to make all factual determinations, to construe and interpret the provisions of the Plan and the awards thereunder and to resolve any and all ambiguities thereunder;

 

(ii) to determine, with respect to awards made under the Discretionary Option Grant and Stock Issuance Programs, which eligible persons are to receive such awards, the time or times when such awards are to be made, the number of shares to be covered by each such award, the vesting schedule (if any)applicable to the award, the status of a granted option as either an Incentive Option or a Non-Statutory Option and the maximum term for which the option is to remain outstanding;

 

(iii) to amend, modify or cancel any outstanding award with the consent of the holder or accelerate the vesting of such award; and

 

(iv) to take such other discretionary actions as permitted pursuant to the terms of the applicable program.

 

Decisions of each Plan Administrator within the scope of its administrative functions under the Plan shall be final and binding on all parties.

 

C. Members of the Primary Committee or any Secondary Committee shall serve for such period of time as the Board may determine and may be removed by the Board at any time. The Board may also at any time terminate the functions of any Secondary Committee and reassume all powers and authority previously delegated to such committee.

 

D. Service on the Primary Committee or the Secondary Committee shall constitute service as a Board member, and members of each such committee shall accordingly be entitled to full indemnification and reimbursement as Board members for their service on such committee. No member of the Primary Committee or the Secondary Committee shall be liable for any act or omission made in good faith with respect to the Plan or any options or stock issuances under the Plan.

 

IV. ELIGIBILITY

 

A. The persons eligible to participate in the Discretionary Option Grant and Stock Issuance Programs are as follows:

 

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(i) Employees,

 

(ii) non-employee members of the Board or 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. Only non-employee Board members shall be eligible to participate in the Automatic Option Grant 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, including shares repurchased by the Corporation on the open market. The maximum number of shares of Common Stock initially reserved for issuance over the term of the Plan shall not exceed 4,500,000 shares.

 

B. No one person participating in the Plan may receive options, separately exercisable stock appreciation rights and direct stock issuances for more than 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock in the aggregate per calendar year, beginning with the 1999 calendar year.

 

C. Shares of Common Stock subject to outstanding options shall be available for subsequent issuance under the Plan to the extent those options expire, terminate or are cancelled for any reason prior to exercise in full. Unvested shares issued under the Plan and subsequently repurchased by the Corporation, at the original exercise or 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 options or direct stock issuances under the Plan. However, should the exercise price of an option under the Plan be paid with shares of Common Stock or should shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable under the Plan be withheld by the Corporation in satisfaction of the withholding taxes incurred in connection with the exercise of an option or the vesting of a stock issuance under the Plan, then the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan shall be reduced by the gross number of shares for which the option is exercised or which vest under the stock issuance, and not by the net number of shares of Common Stock issued to the holder of such option or stock issuance. Shares of Common Stock underlying one or more stock appreciation rights exercised under the Plan shall NOT be available for subsequent issuance.

 

D. If any change is 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, (ii) the number and/or class of securities for which any one person may be granted options, separately exercisable stock appreciation rights and direct stock issuances under this Plan per calendar year, (iii) the number and/or class of securities for which grants are

 

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subsequently to be made under the Automatic Option Grant Program to new and continuing non-employee Board members and (iv) the number and/or class of securities and the exercise price per share in effect under each outstanding option under the Plan. Such adjustments to the outstanding options are to be effected in a manner which shall preclude the enlargement or dilution of rights and benefits under such options. 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.

 

ARTICLE TWO

DISCRETIONARY 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 at the time of the option grant.

 

2. The exercise price shall become immediately due upon exercise of the option and shall, subject to the provisions of Section II of Article Five 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) 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 to (a) a Corporation-approved 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) the Corporation to deliver the certificates for the purchased shares directly to such brokerage firm in order to complete the sale.

 

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.

 

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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. However, no option shall have a term in excess of ten (10) years measured from the option grant date.

 

C. CESSATION OF SERVICE.

 

1. The following provisions shall govern the exercise of any options outstanding at the time of the Optionee’s cessation of Service or death:

 

(i) Any option outstanding at the time of the Optionee’s cessation of Service for any reason shall remain exercisable for such period of time thereafter as shall be determined by the Plan Administrator and set forth in the documents evidencing the option, but no such option shall be exercisable after the expiration of the option term.

 

(ii) Any option exercisable in whole or in part by the Optionee at the time of death may be subsequently exercised by his or her Beneficiary.

 

(iii) 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 to the extent the option is not otherwise at that time exercisable for vested shares.

 

(iv) Should the Optionee’s Service be terminated for Misconduct or should the Optionee engage in Misconduct while his or her options are outstanding, then all such options shall terminate immediately and cease to be outstanding.

 

2. The Plan Administrator shall have complete discretion, exercisable either at the time an option is granted or at any time while the option remains outstanding:

 

(i) to extend the period of time for which the option is to remain exercisable following the Optionee’s cessation of Service to such period of time as the Plan Administrator shall deem appropriate, but in no event beyond the expiration of the option term, and/or

 

(ii) to permit the option to be exercised, during the applicable post-Service exercise period, for one or more additional installments in which the Optionee would have vested 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 a holder of record of the purchased shares.

 

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E. REPURCHASE RIGHTS. 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.

 

F. LIMITED TRANSFERABILITY OF OPTIONS. During the lifetime of the Optionee, Incentive Options shall be exercisable only by the Optionee and shall not be assignable or transferable other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution following the Optionee’s death. Non-Statutory Options shall be subject to the same restrictions, except that a Non-Statutory Option may, to the extent permitted by the Plan Administrator, be assigned in whole or in part during the Optionee’s lifetime (i) as a gift to one or more members of the Optionee’s immediate family, to a trust in which Optionee and/or one or more such family members hold more than fifty percent (50%) of the beneficial interest or to an entity in which more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting interests are owned by Optionee and/or one or more such family members or (ii) pursuant to a domestic relations order. 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.

 

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 Five shall be applicable to Incentive Options. Options which are specifically designated as Non-Statutory Options when issued under the Plan 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 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 exercise price per share shall not be less than one hundred ten percent

 

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(110%) of the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the option grant date, and the option term shall not exceed five (5) years measured from the option grant date.

 

III. CHANGE IN CONTROL/HOSTILE TAKE-OVER

 

A. Each option outstanding at the time of a Change in Control but not otherwise fully-vested shall automatically accelerate so that each such option shall, immediately prior to the effective date of the Change in Control, 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, an outstanding option shall not so accelerate if and to the extent: (i) such option is, in connection with the Change in Control, assumed or otherwise continued in full force and effect by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) pursuant to the terms of the Change in Control, (ii) such option is replaced with a cash incentive program of the successor corporation which preserves the spread existing at the time of the Change in Control on the shares of Common Stock for which the option is not otherwise at that time exercisable and provides for subsequent payout in accordance with the same vesting schedule applicable to those 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 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 Change in Control, except to the extent: (i) those repurchase rights are assigned to the successor corporation (or parent thereof) or otherwise continue in full force and effect pursuant to the terms of the Change in Control 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 Change in Control, all outstanding options shall terminate and cease to be outstanding, except to the extent assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) or otherwise expressly continued in full force and effect pursuant to the terms of the Change in Control.

 

D. Each option which is assumed in connection with a Change in Control shall be appropriately adjusted, immediately after such Change in Control, to apply to the number and class of securities which would have been issuable to the Optionee in consummation of such Change in Control had the option been exercised immediately prior to such Change in Control. Appropriate adjustments to reflect such Change in Control shall also be made to (i) the exercise price payable per share under each outstanding option, PROVIDED the aggregate exercise price payable for such securities shall remain the same, (ii) the maximum number and/or class of securities available for issuance over the remaining term of the Plan and (iii) the maximum number and/or class of securities for which any one person may be granted options, separately exercisable stock appreciation rights and direct stock issuances under the Plan per calendar year.

 

E. The Plan Administrator may at any time provide that one or more options will automatically accelerate in connection with a Change in Control, whether or not those options are assumed or otherwise continued in full force and effect pursuant to the terms of the Change in Control. Any such option shall accordingly become exercisable, immediately prior to the effective date of such

 

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Change in Control, 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. In addition, the Plan Administrator may at any time provide that one or more of the Corporation’s repurchase rights shall not be assignable in connection with such Change in Control and shall terminate upon the consummation of such Change in Control.

 

F. The Plan Administrator may at any time provide that one or more options will automatically accelerate upon an Involuntary Termination of the Optionee’s Service within a designated period (not to exceed eighteen (18) months) following the effective date of any Change in Control in which those options do not otherwise accelerate. Any options so accelerated shall remain exercisable for fully-vested shares until the EARLIER of (i) the expiration of the option term or (ii) the expiration of the one (1)-year period measured from the effective date of the Involuntary Termination. In addition, the Plan Administrator may at any time provide that one or more of the Corporation’s repurchase rights shall immediately terminate upon such Involuntary Termination.

 

G. The Plan Administrator may at any time provide that one or more options will automatically accelerate in connection with a Hostile Take-Over. Any such option shall become exercisable, immediately prior to the effective date of such Hostile Take-Over, 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. In addition, the Plan Administrator may at any time provide that one or more of the Corporation’s repurchase rights shall terminate automatically upon the consummation of such Hostile Take-Over. Alternatively, the Plan Administrator may condition such automatic acceleration and termination upon an Involuntary Termination of the Optionee’s Service within a designated period (not to exceed eighteen (18) months) following the effective date of such Hostile Take-Over. Each option so accelerated shall remain exercisable for fully-vested shares until the expiration or sooner termination of the option term.

 

H. The portion of any Incentive Option accelerated in connection with a Change in Control or Hostile Take Over shall remain exercisable as an Incentive Option only to the extent the applicable One Hundred Thousand Dollar ($100,000) 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.

 

IV. STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS

 

The Plan Administrator may, subject to such conditions as it may determine, grant to selected Optionees stock appreciation rights which will allow the holders of those rights to elect between the exercise of the underlying option for shares of Common Stock and the surrender of that option in exchange for a distribution from the Corporation in an amount equal to the excess of (a) the Option Surrender Value of the number of shares for which the option is surrendered over (b) the aggregate exercise price payable for such shares. The distribution may be made in shares of Common Stock valued at Fair Market Value on the option surrender date, in cash, or partly in shares and partly in cash, as the Plan Administrator shall in its sole discretion deem appropriate.

 

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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 options. Shares of Common Stock may also be issued under the Stock Issuance Program pursuant to share right awards which entitle the recipients to receive those shares upon the attainment of designated performance goals or Service requirements. Each such award shall be evidenced by one or more documents which comply with the terms specified below.

 

A. PURCHASE PRICE.

 

1. The purchase price per share of Common Stock subject to direct issuance shall be fixed by the Plan Administrator.

 

2. Subject to the provisions of Section II of Article Five, 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/ISSUANCE PROVISIONS.

 

1. The Plan Administrator may issue shares of Common Stock which are fully and immediately vested upon issuance or which are to vest in one or more installments over the Participant’s period of Service or upon attainment of specified performance objectives. Alternatively, the Plan Administrator may issue share right awards which shall entitle the recipient to receive a specified number of vested shares of Common Stock upon the attainment of one or more performance goals or Service requirements established by the Plan Administrator.

 

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 his or her 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 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 the issued shares of Common Stock, whether or not the Participant’s interest in those shares is vested. Accordingly, the

 

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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, 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 the surrendered shares.

 

5. The Plan Administrator may 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 cessation of the Participant’s Service or the non-attainment of the performance objectives 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.

 

6. Outstanding share right awards shall automatically terminate, and no shares of Common Stock shall actually be issued in satisfaction of those awards, if the performance goals or Service requirements established for such awards are not attained. The Plan Administrator, however, shall have the authority to issue shares of Common Stock in satisfaction of one or more outstanding share right awards as to which the designated performance goals or Service requirements are not attained.

 

II. CHANGE IN CONTROL/HOSTILE TAKE-OVER

 

A. All of the Corporation’s outstanding repurchase rights shall terminate automatically, and all the shares of Common Stock subject to those terminated rights shall immediately vest in full, in the event of any Change in Control, except to the extent (i) those repurchase rights are assigned to the successor corporation (or parent thereof) or otherwise continue in full force and effect pursuant to the terms of the Change in Control 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 may at any time provide for the automatic termination of one or more of those outstanding repurchase rights and the immediate vesting of the shares of Common Stock subject to those terminated rights upon (i) a Change in Control or Hostile Take-Over or (ii) an Involuntary Termination of the Participant’s Service within a designated period (not to exceed eighteen (18) months) following the effective date of any Change in Control or Hostile Take-Over in which those repurchase rights are assigned to the successor corporation (or parent thereof) or otherwise continue in full force and effect.

 

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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.

 

ARTICLE FOUR

AUTOMATIC OPTION GRANT PROGRAM

 

I. OPTION TERMS

 

A. GRANT DATES. Options shall be made on the dates specified below:

 

1. Each individual who is serving as a non-employee Board member on the Underwriting Date shall automatically be granted, on the Underwriting Date, a Non-Statutory Option to purchase 20,000 shares of Common Stock, provided that individual has not previously been in the employ of any Parent or Subsidiary.

 

2. Each individual who is first elected or appointed as a non-employee Board member at any time after the Underwriting Date shall automatically be granted, on the date of such initial election or appointment, a Non-Statutory Option to purchase 20,000 shares of Common Stock, provided that individual has not previously been in the employ of the Corporation or any Parent or Subsidiary.

 

3. On the date of each Annual Stockholders Meeting held after the Underwriting Date, each individual who is to continue to serve as a non-employee Board member, whether or not that individual is standing for re-election to the Board, shall automatically be granted a Non-Statutory Option to purchase 5,000 shares of Common Stock, provided such individual has served as a non-employee Board member for at least six (6) months.

 

B. EXERCISE PRICE.

 

1. The exercise price per share shall be equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the option grant date.

 

2. The exercise price shall be payable in one or more of the alternative forms authorized under the Discretionary Option Grant Program. Except to the extent the sale and remittance procedure specified thereunder is utilized, payment of the exercise price for the purchased shares must be made on the Exercise Date.

 

C. OPTION TERM. Each option shall have a term of ten (10) years measured from the option grant date.

 

D. EXERCISE AND VESTING OF OPTIONS. Each option shall be immediately exercisable for any or all of the option shares. However, any shares purchased under the option shall be subject

 

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to repurchase by the Corporation, at the exercise price paid per share, upon the Optionee’s cessation of Board service prior to vesting in those shares. Each initial 20,000 share grant shall vest, and the Corporation’s repurchase right shall lapse, in a series of four

(4) successive equal annual installments over the Optionee’s period of continued service as a Board member, with the first such installment to vest upon the Optionee’s completion of one (1) year of Board service measured from the option grant date. Each annual 5,000 share option grant shall vest, and the Corporation’s repurchase right shall lapse upon the Optionee’s completion of one (1) year of Board service measured from the option grant date.

 

E. CESSATION OF BOARD SERVICE. The following provisions shall govern the exercise of any options outstanding at the time of the Optionee’s cessation of Board service:

 

(i) Any option outstanding at the time of the Optionee’s cessation of Board service for any reason shall remain exercisable for a twelve (12)-month period following the date of such cessation of Board service, but in no event shall such option be exercisable after the expiration of the option term.

 

(ii) Any option exercisable in whole or in part by the Optionee at the time of death may be subsequently exercised by his or her Beneficiary.

 

(iii) Following the Optionee’s cessation of Board service, the option may not be exercised in the aggregate for more than the number of shares for which the option was exercisable on the date of such cessation of Board 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 Board service, terminate and cease to be outstanding for any and all shares for which the option is not otherwise at that time exercisable.

 

(iv) However, should the Optionee cease to serve as a Board member by reason of death or Permanent Disability, then all shares at the time subject to the option shall immediately vest so that such option may, during the twelve (12)-month exercise period following such cessation of Board service, be exercised for all or any portion of those shares as fully-vested shares of Common Stock.

 

II. CHANGE IN CONTROL/HOSTILE TAKE-OVER

 

A. In the event of any Change in Control or Hostile Take-Over, the shares of Common Stock at the time subject to each outstanding option but not otherwise vested shall automatically vest in full so that each such option may, immediately prior to the effective date of such Change in Control or Hostile Take-Over, became fully exercisable for all of the shares of Common Stock at the time subject to such option and maybe exercised for all or any of those shares as fully-vested shares of Common Stock. Each such option accelerated in connection with a Change in Control shall terminate upon the Change in Control, except to the extent assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) or otherwise continued in full force and effect pursuant to the

 

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terms of the Change in Control. Each such option accelerated in connection with a Hostile Take-Over shall remain exercisable until the expiration or sooner termination of the option term.

 

B. All outstanding repurchase rights shall automatically terminate and the shares of Common Stock subject to those terminated rights shall immediately vest in full, in the event of any Change in Control or Hostile Take-Over.

 

C. Upon the occurrence of a Hostile Take-Over, the Optionee shall have a thirty (30)-day period in which to surrender to the Corporation each of his or her outstanding options. The Optionee shall in return be entitled to a cash distribution from the Corporation in an amount equal to the excess of (i) the Option Surrender Value of the shares of Common Stock at the time subject to each surrendered option over (ii) the aggregate exercise price payable for such shares. Such cash distribution shall be paid within five (5) days following the surrender of the option to the Corporation.

 

D. Each option which is assumed in connection with a Change in Control shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to the number and class of securities which would have been issuable to the Optionee in consummation of such Change in Control had the option been exercised immediately prior to such Change in Control. Appropriate adjustments shall also be made to the exercise price payable per share under each outstanding option, PROVIDED the aggregate exercise price payable for such securities shall remain the same.

 

III. REMAINING TERMS

 

The remaining terms of each option granted under the Automatic Option Grant Program shall be the same as the terms in effect for options made under the Discretionary Option Grant Program.

 

ARTICLE FIVE

MISCELLANEOUS

 

I. NO IMPAIRMENT OF AUTHORITY

 

Outstanding awards 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.

 

II. FINANCING

 

The Plan Administrator may permit any Optionee or Participant to pay the option exercise price under the Discretionary Option Grant Program or the purchase price of shares issued under the Stock Issuance Program by delivering a full-recourse, interest bearing promissory note payable in one or more installments. The terms of any such promissory note (including the interest rate and the terms of repayment) shall be established by the Plan Administrator in its sole discretion. In no event 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 plus (ii)

 

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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.

 

III. TAX WITHHOLDING

 

A. The Corporation’s obligation to deliver shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of options or the issuance or vesting of such shares under the Plan shall be subject to the satisfaction of all applicable Federal, state and local income and employment tax withholding requirements.

 

B. The Plan Administrator may, in its discretion, provide any or all holders of Non-Statutory Options or unvested shares of Common Stock under the Plan with the right to use shares of Common Stock in satisfaction of all or part of the Withholding Taxes incurred by such holders in connection with the exercise of their options or the vesting of their shares. Such right may be provided to any such holder in either or both of the following formats:

 

STOCK WITHHOLDING: The election to have the Corporation withhold, from the shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable upon the exercise of such Non-Statutory Option or the vesting of such shares, a portion of those shares with an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the percentage of the Withholding Taxes (not to exceed one hundred percent (100%)) designated by the holder.

 

STOCK DELIVERY: The election to deliver to the Corporation, at the time the Non-Statutory Option is exercised or the shares vest, one or more shares of Common Stock previously acquired by such holder (other than in connection with the option exercise or share vesting triggering the Withholding Taxes) with an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the percentage of the Taxes (not to exceed one hundred percent (100%)) designated by the holder.

 

IV. EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM OF THE PLAN

 

A. The Plan shall become effective with respect to the Discretionary Option Grant and Stock Issuance Programs immediately upon the Plan Effective Date. The Automatic Option Grant Program shall become effective on the Underwriting Date. Options may be granted under the Discretionary Option Grant at any time on or after the Plan Effective Date. However, no options 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 Plan Effective Date, then all options previously granted under this Plan shall terminate and cease to be outstanding, and no further options shall be granted and no shares shall be issued under the Plan.

 

B. The Plan shall terminate upon the EARLIEST of (i) June 29, 2009, (ii) the date on which all shares available for issuance under the Plan shall have been issued as fully-vested shares or (iii) the termination of all outstanding options in connection with a Change in Control. Upon such plan termination, all outstanding options and unvested stock issuances shall thereafter continue to have force and effect in accordance with the provisions of the documents evidencing such grants or issuances.

 

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V. 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 stock 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 or regulations.

 

B. Options to purchase shares of Common Stock may be granted under the Discretionary Option Grant Program and shares of Common Stock may be issued under the Stock Issuance Program that are in each instance in excess of the number of shares 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 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 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.

 

VI. 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.

 

VII. REGULATORY APPROVALS

 

A. The implementation of the Plan, the granting of any stock option under the Plan and the issuance of any shares of Common Stock (i) upon the exercise of any granted 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 stock options granted under it and the shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to it.

 

B. No shares of Common Stock or other assets shall be issued or delivered under the Plan unless and until there shall have been compliance with all applicable requirements of Federal and state securities laws, including the filing and effectiveness of the Form S-8 registration statement for the shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan, and all applicable listing requirements of any stock exchange (or the Nasdaq National Market, if applicable) on which Common Stock is then listed for trading.

 

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VIII. NO EMPLOYMENT/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.

 

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APPENDIX

The following definitions shall be in effect under the Plan:

 

A. AUTOMATIC OPTION GRANT PROGRAM shall mean the automatic option grant program in effect under the Plan.

 

B. BENEFICIARY shall mean, in the event the Plan Administrator implements a beneficiary designation procedure, the person designated by an Optionee or Participant, pursuant to such procedure, to succeed to such person’s rights under any outstanding awards held by him or her at the time of death. In the absence of such designation or procedure, the Beneficiary shall be the personal representative of the estate of the Optionee or Participant or the person or persons to whom the award is transferred by will or the laws of descent and distribution.

 

C. BOARD shall mean the Corporation’s Board of Directors.

 

D. CHANGE IN CONTROL shall mean a change in ownership or control of the Corporation effected through any of the following transactions:

 

(i) a merger, consolidation or 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,

 

(ii) any stockholder-approved transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets, or

 

(iii) the acquisition, directly or indirectly by any person or related group of persons (other than the Corporation or a person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Corporation), of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the 1934 Act) of securities possessing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the Corporation’s outstanding securities pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made directly to the Corporation’s stockholders which the Board recommend such stockholders to accept.

 

E. CODE shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

F. COMMON STOCK shall mean the Corporation’s common stock.

 

G. CORPORATION shall mean HotJobs.com, Ltd., a Delaware corporation, and its successors.

 

H. DISCRETIONARY OPTION GRANT PROGRAM shall mean the discretionary option grant program in effect under the Plan.

 

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I. 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.

 

J. EXERCISE DATE shall mean the date on which the Corporation shall have received written notice of the option exercise.

 

K. FAIR MARKET VALUE per share of Common Stock on any relevant date shall be determined in accordance with the following provisions:

 

(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 on the Nasdaq National Market or any successor system. 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. 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) For purposes of any options made on the Underwriting Date, the Fair Market Value shall be deemed to be equal to the price per share at which the Common Stock is to be sold in the initial public offering pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement.

 

(iv) For purposes of any options made prior to the Underwriting Date, the Fair Market Value shall be determined by the Plan Administrator, after taking into account such factors as it deems appropriate.

 

L. HOSTILE TAKE-OVER shall mean:

 

(i) the acquisition, directly or indirectly, by any person or related group of persons (other than the Corporation or a person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Corporation) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the 1934 Act) of securities possessing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the Corporation’s outstanding securities pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made directly to the Corporation’s stockholders which the Board does not recommend such stockholders to accept, or

 

(ii) 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 members ceases, by reason of one or more contested elections for Board membership, to be comprised of individuals who either (A) have been Board

 

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members continuously since the beginning of such period or (B) have been elected or nominated for election as Board members during such period by at least a majority of the Board members described in clause (A) who were still in office at the time the Board approved such election or nomination.

 

M. INCENTIVE OPTION shall mean an option which satisfies the requirements of Code Section 422.

 

N. 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 or Parent or Subsidiary employing the individual 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 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 Corporation without the individual’s consent.

 

O. 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 intentional wrongdoing by such person, whether by omission or commission, which adversely affects the business or affairs of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) in a material manner. This shall not limit the grounds for the dismissal or discharge of any person in the Service of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary).

 

P. 1934 ACT shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Q. NON-STATUTORY OPTION shall mean an option not intended to satisfy the requirements of Code Section 422.

 

R. OPTION SURRENDER VALUE shall mean the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the date the option is surrendered to the Corporation or, in the event of a Hostile Take-Over, effected through a tender offer, the highest reported price per share of Common Stock paid by the tender offer or in effecting such Hostile Take-Over, if greater. However, if the surrendered option is an Incentive Option, the Option Surrender Value shall not exceed the Fair Market Value per share.

 

S. OPTIONEE shall mean any person to whom an option is granted under the Discretionary Option Grant or Automatic Option Grant Program.

 

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T. 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.

 

U. PARTICIPANT shall mean any person who is issued shares of Common Stock under the Stock Issuance Program.

 

V. PERMANENT DISABILITY OR PERMANENTLY DISABLED 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 expected to result in death or to be of continuous duration of twelve (12) months or more. However, solely for purposes of the Automatic Option Grant Program, Permanent Disability or Permanently Disabled shall mean the inability of the non-employee Board member to perform his or her usual duties as a Board member by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment expected to result in death or to be of continuous duration of twelve (12) months or more.

 

W. PLAN shall mean the Corporation’s 1999 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan, as set forth in this document.

 

X. PLAN ADMINISTRATOR shall mean the particular entity, whether the Primary Committee, the Board or the Secondary Committee, which is authorized to administer the Discretionary Option Grant and Stock Issuance Programs with respect to one or more classes of eligible persons, to the extent such entity is carrying out its administrative functions under those programs with respect to the persons under its jurisdiction. However, the Primary Committee shall have the plenary authority to make all factual determinations and to construe and interpret any and all ambiguities under the Plan to the extent such authority is not otherwise expressly delegated to any other Plan Administrator.

 

Y. PLAN EFFECTIVE DATE shall mean June 30, 1999, the date on which the Plan was adopted by the Board.

 

Z. PRIMARY COMMITTEE shall mean the committee of two (2) or more non-employee Board members appointed by the Board to administer the Discretionary Option Grant and Stock Issuance Programs with respect to Section 16 Insiders.

 

AA. SECONDARY COMMITTEE shall mean a committee of one (1) or more Board members appointed by the Board to administer the Discretionary Option Grant and Stock Issuance Programs with respect to eligible persons other than Section 16 Insiders.

 

BB. SECTION 12 REGISTRATION DATE shall mean the date on which the Common Stock is first registered under Section 12(g) of the 1934 Act.

 

CC. SECTION 16 INSIDER shall mean an officer or director of the Corporation subject to the short-swing profit liabilities of Section 16 of the 1934 Act.

 

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DD. SERVICE shall mean the performance of services for 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 or stock issuance.

 

EE. STOCK EXCHANGE shall mean either the American Stock Exchange or the New York Stock Exchange.

 

FF. STOCK ISSUANCE PROGRAM shall mean the stock issuance program in effect under the Plan.

 

GG. 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.

 

HH. 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).

 

II. UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT shall mean the agreement between the Corporation and the underwriter or underwriters managing the initial public offering of the Common Stock.

 

JJ. UNDERWRITING DATE shall mean the date on which the Underwriting Agreement is executed and priced in connection with an initial public offering of the Common Stock.

 

KK. WITHHOLDING TAXES shall mean the Federal, state and local income and employment withholding tax liabilities to which the holder of Non-Statutory Options or unvested shares of Common Stock may become subject in connection with the exercise of those options or the vesting of those shares.

 

 

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Exhibit 4.2

HOTJOBS.COM, LTD.

 

1999 STOCK OPTION/STOCK ISSUANCE PLAN

 

AMENDMENT NO. 1

 

The HotJobs.com, Ltd. 1999 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan (the “Plan”) is hereby amended as follows:

 

1.     Paragraphs B, C and D of Section V of Article One of the Plan are hereby redesignated as Paragraphs C, D and E, respectively, and new Paragraph V.B. of Article One is hereby added to the Plan to read as follows:

 

“B.  The number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan shall automatically increase on the first trading day of January each calendar year during the term of the Plan, beginning with the 2001 calendar year, by an amount equal to three percent (3%) of the shares of Common Stock outstanding on the last trading day in December of the immediately preceding calendar year, but in no event shall such annual increase exceed One Million Five Hundred Thousand (1,500,000) shares.”

 

2.     Redesignated Paragraph V.E. of Article One of the Plan is hereby amended and restated in its entirety, to read as follows:

 

“E.   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 classwithout the Corporation’s receipt of consideration, appropriate adjustmentsshall be made by the Committee to (i) the maximum number and/or class ofsecurities issuable under the Plan, (ii) the number and/or class ofsecurities by which the share reserve is to increase each calendar yearpursuant to the automatic share increase provisions of the Plan, (iii) themaximum number and/or class of securities for which any one person may begranted options, separately exercisable stock appreciation rights anddirect stock issuances under this Plan per calendar year, (iv) the numberand/or class of securities for which grants are subsequently to be madeunder the Automatic Option Grant Program to new and continuing  non-employee Board members and (v) the number and/or class of securities andthe exercise price per share in effect under each outstanding option underthe Plan. Such adjustments to the outstanding options are to be effectedin a manner which shall preclude the enlargement or dilution of rights andbenefits under such options. The adjustments determined by the PlanAdministrator shall be final, binding and conclusive.”

 

 



 

 

3.     Except as modified by this Plan Amendment, all the terms and provisions of the Plan shall continue in full force and effect.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, HotJobs.com, Ltd. has caused this Amendment No. 1 to be executed on its behalf by its duly authorized officer as of the 17th day of May, 2000.

 

 

 

HOTJOBS.COM, LTD.

 

 

 

 

BY:

/s/ RICHARD S. JOHNSON

 

 

Name: Richard S. Johnson

 

 

Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 4.3

HOTJOBS.COM, LTD.

2000 STOCK OPTION PLAN

 

 

ARTICLE I

 

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

1.1.          Purpose of the Plan.  This 2000 Stock Option Plan is intended to promote the interests of HotJobs.com, Ltd., a Delaware corporation, by providing eligible persons with the opportunity to acquire a proprietary interest, or else to increase their proprietary interest, in the Corporation as an incentive for them to remain in the service of the Corporation.  The Plan is intended to qualify as a “broadly based” plan for purposes of the shareholder approval rules promulgated by the National Association of Securities Dealers for the NASDAQ stock market.

 

                                Capitalized terms shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the attached Appendix.

 

1.2.          Administration of the Plan.  (a)  The following provisions shall govern the administration of the Plan:

 

(i)            The Board shall have the authority to administer the Discretionary Option Grant Program with respect to Section 16 Insiders but may delegate such authority in whole or in part to the Primary Committee.

 

(ii)           Administration of the Discretionary Option Grant Program with respect to all other persons eligible to participate in such program may, at the Board’s discretion, be vested in the Primary Committee or a Secondary Committee, or the Board may retain the power to administer such program with respect to all such persons.

 

(b)           Each Plan Administrator shall, within the scope of its administrative jurisdiction under the Plan, have full power and authority subject to the provisions of the Plan:

 

(i)            to establish such rules as it may deem appropriate for proper administration of the Plan, to make all factual determinations, to construe and interpret the provisions of the Plan and the awards thereunder and to resolve any and all ambiguities thereunder;

 

(ii)           to determine which eligible persons are to receive awards; the time or times when such awards are to be made; the number of shares to be covered by each such award; the vesting schedule (if any) applicable to the award; and the maximum term for which the option is to remain outstanding;

 

(iii)          to amend, modify or cancel any outstanding award with the consent of the holder or accelerate the vesting of such award; and

 



 

(iv)          to take such other discretionary actions as permitted pursuant to the terms of the Plan.

 

Decisions of each Plan Administrator within the scope of its administrative functions under the Plan shall be final and binding on all parties.

 

(c)           Members of the Primary Committee or any Secondary Committee shall serve for such period of time as the Board may determine and may be removed by the Board at any time.  The Board may also at any time terminate the functions of any Secondary Committee and reassume all powers and authority previously delegated to such committee.

 

(d)           Service on the Primary Committee or the Secondary Committee shall constitute service as a Board member, and members of each such committee shall accordingly be entitled to full indemnification and reimbursement as Board members for their service on such committee.  No member of the Primary Committee or the Secondary Committee shall be liable for any act or omission made in good faith with respect to the Plan or any options under the Plan.

 

1.3.          Eligibility.  The persons eligible to participate in the Discretionary Option Grant and Stock Issuance Programs are as follows:

 

(i)            Employees,

 

(ii)           non-employee members of the Board or 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).

 

1.4.          Stock Subject to the Plan.  (a)  The stock issuable under the Plan shall be shares of authorized but unissued or reacquired Common Stock, including shares repurchased by the Corporation on the open market.  The maximum number of shares of Common Stock initially reserved for issuance over the term of the Plan shall not exceed 4 million shares of Common Stock.

 

(b)           Shares of Common Stock subject to outstanding options shall be available for subsequent issuance under the Plan to the extent those options expire, terminate or are cancelled for any reason prior to exercise in full.  Unvested shares issued under the Plan and subsequently repurchased by the Corporation, at the original exercise or 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 options under the Plan.  However, should the exercise price of an option under the Plan be paid with shares of Common Stock or should shares of Common

 

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Stock otherwise issuable under the Plan be withheld by the Corporation in satisfaction of the withholding taxes incurred in connection with the exercise of an option under the Plan, then the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan shall be reduced by the gross number of shares for which the option is exercised, and not by the net number of shares of Common Stock issued to the holder of such option.

 

(c)           If any change is made to the Common Stock by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, merger, reorganization, 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 under the Plan.

 

Such adjustments to the outstanding options are to be effected in a manner which shall preclude the enlargement or dilution of rights and benefits under such options.  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

 

(d)           During the first three (3) years following the Plan Effective Date, at least a majority of the shares of Common Stock underlying options awarded under the Plan shall be awarded to employees who are not executive officers or directors of the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE II

 

DISCRETIONARY OPTION GRANT PROGRAM

 

2.1.          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.  All options granted under the Plan shall be Non-Statutory Options.  Each option granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by a written agreement (the “Award Agreement”) executed by the Corporation and the Optionee.  The Award Agreement shall be in such term and shall contain such provisions as the Program Administrators, in their sole discretion, determine.

 

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2.2.          Exercise Price.

 

(a)           The exercise price per share shall be fixed by the Plan Administrator at the time of the option grant.

 

(b)           The exercise price shall become immediately due upon exercise of the option and shall, subject to 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)            through 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 to (A) a Corporation–approved 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) the Corporation to deliver the certificates for the purchased shares directly to such brokerage firm in order to complete the sale.

 

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.

 

2.3.          Exercise and Term of Options.  (a)  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.

 

(b)  However, no option shall have a term in excess of ten (10) years measured from the option grant date.

 

2.4.          Cessation of Service.  (a)  Except as otherwise provided in any Award Agreement, the following provisions shall govern the exercise of any options outstanding at the time of the Optionee’s cessation of Service or death:

 

(i)            Any option outstanding at the time of the Optionee’s cessation of Service for any reason shall remain exercisable for such period of

 

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time thereafter as shall be determined by the Plan Administrator and set forth in the Award Agreement evidencing the option, but no such option shall be exercisable after the expiration of the option term.

 

(ii)           Any option exercisable in whole or in part by the Optionee at the time of death may be subsequently exercised by his or her Beneficiary.

 

(iii)          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 except as such number may be changed pursuant to Section 1.5(d) above.  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 to the extent the option is not otherwise at that time exercisable for vested shares.

 

(iv)          Should the Optionee’s Service be terminated for Misconduct or should the Optionee engage in Misconduct while his or her options are outstanding, then all such options shall terminate immediately and cease to be outstanding.

 

(b)           The Plan Administrator shall have complete discretion, exercisable either at the time an option is granted or at any time while the option remains outstanding:

 

(i)            to extend the period of time for which the option is to remain exercisable following the Optionee’s cessation of Service to such period of time as the Plan Administrator shall deem appropriate, but in no event beyond the expiration of the option term, and/or

 

(ii)           to permit the option to be exercised, during the applicable post–Service exercise period, for one or more additional installments in which the Optionee would have vested had the Optionee continued in Service.

 

2.5.          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 a holder of record of the purchased shares.

 

2.6.          Repurchase Rights.  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

 

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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.

 

2.7.          Limited Transferability of Options.  During the lifetime of the Optionee, options shall be exercisable only by the Optionee and shall not be assignable or transferable other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution following the Optionee’s death, except that an option may, to the extent permitted by the Plan Administrator, be assigned in whole or in part during the Optionee’s lifetime as a gift to one or more members of the Optionee’s immediate family, to a trust in which Optionee and/or one or more such family members hold more than fifty percent (50%) of the beneficial interest or to an entity in which more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting interests are owned by Optionee and/or one or more such family members.  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.

 

2.8.          Change in Control.  (a)  Each option outstanding at the time of a Change in Control but not otherwise fully-vested shall automatically accelerate so that each such option shall, immediately prior to the effective date of the Change in Control, 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, an outstanding option shall not so accelerate if and to the extent:

(i)            such option is, in connection with the Change in Control, assumed or otherwise continued in full force and effect by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) pursuant to the terms of the Change in Control,

 

(ii)           such option is replaced with a cash incentive program of the successor corporation which preserves the spread existing at the time of the Change in Control on the shares of Common Stock for which the option is not otherwise at that time exercisable and provides for subsequent payout in accordance with the same vesting schedule applicable to those 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 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 Change in Control, except to the extent:

 

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(i)            those repurchase rights are assigned to the successor corporation (or parent thereof) or otherwise continue in full force and effect pursuant to the terms of the Change in Control 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 Change in Control, all outstanding options shall terminate and cease to be outstanding, except to the extent assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) or otherwise expressly continued in full force and effect pursuant to the terms of the Change in Control.

 

(d)           Each option which is assumed in connection with a Change in Control shall be appropriately adjusted, immediately after such Change in Control, to apply to the number and class of securities which would have been issuable to the Optionee in consummation of such Change in Control had the option been exercised immediately prior to such Change in Control.  Appropriate adjustments to reflect such Change in Control shall also be made to

 

(i)            the exercise price payable per share under each outstanding option, PROVIDED the aggregate exercise price payable for such securities shall remain the same, and

 

(ii)           the maximum number and/or class of securities available for issuance over the remaining term of the Plan.

 

(e)           The Plan Administrator may at any time provide that one or more options will automatically accelerate in connection with a Change in Control, whether or not those options are assumed or otherwise continued in full force and effect pursuant to the terms of the Change in Control.  Any such option shall accordingly become exercisable, immediately prior to the effective date of such Change in Control, 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.  In addition, the Plan Administrator may at any time provide that

one or more of the Corporation’s repurchase rights shall not be assignable in connection with such Change in Control and shall terminate upon the consummation of such Change in Control.

 

(f)            The Plan Administrator may at any time provide that one or more options will automatically accelerate upon an Involuntary Termination of the Optionee’s Service within a designated period (not to exceed eighteen (18) months) following the effective date of any Change in Control in which those options do not otherwise accelerate.  Any options so accelerated shall remain exercisable for fully-vested shares until the EARLIER of

 

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(i)            the expiration of the option term or

(ii)           the expiration of the one (1)-year period measured from the effective date of the Involuntary Termination.  In addition, the Plan Administrator may at any time provide that one or more of the Corporation’s repurchase rights shall immediately terminate upon such Involuntary Termination.

 

 

ARTICLE III

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

3.1.          No Impairment of Authority.  Outstanding awards 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.

 

3.2.          Financing.  The Plan Administrator may permit any Optionee to pay the option exercise price under the Plan by delivering a full-recourse, interest bearing promissory note payable in one or more installments.  The terms of any such promissory note (including the interest rate and the terms of repayment) shall be established by the Plan Administrator in its sole discretion.  In no event may the maximum credit available to the Optionee exceed the sum of (i) the aggregate option exercise price or purchase price payable for the purchased 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.

 

3.3.          Tax Withholding.  (a)  The Corporation’s obligation to deliver shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of options under the Plan shall be subject to the satisfaction of all applicable Federal, state and local income and employment tax withholding requirements.

 

(b)           The Plan Administrator may, in its discretion, provide any or all Optionees with the right to use shares of Common Stock in satisfaction of all or part of the Withholding Taxes incurred by such holders in connection with the exercise of their options.  Such right may be provided to any such holder in either or both of the following formats:

 

                                STOCK WITHHOLDING:  The election to have the Corporation withhold, from the shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable upon the exercise of such option, a portion of those shares with an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the percentage of the Withholding Taxes (not to exceed one hundred percent (100%)) designated by the holder.

 

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                                STOCK DELIVERY:  The election to deliver to the Corporation, at the time the option is exercised, one or more shares of Common Stock previously acquired by such holder (other than in connection with the option exercise triggering the Withholding Taxes) with an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the percentage of the Taxes (not to exceed one hundred percent (100%)) designated by the holder.

 

3.4.          Effective Date and Term of the Plan.  (a)  The Plan shall become effective upon the Plan Effective Date.

 

(b)           The Plan shall terminate upon the EARLIEST of

 

(i)            the tenth anniversary of the Plan Effective Date, or

 

(ii)           the termination of all outstanding options in connection with a Change in Control.

 

Upon such plan termination, all outstanding options shall thereafter continue to have force and effect in accordance with the provisions of the documents evidencing such grants.

 

3.5.          Amendment of the Plan.    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 stock options at the time outstanding under the Plan unless the Optionee consents to such amendment or modification.

 

3.6.          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.

 

3.7.          Regulatory Approvals.  (a)  The implementation of the Plan, the granting of any stock option under the Plan and the issuance of any shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of any granted option shall be subject to the Corporation’s procurement of all approvals and permits required by regulatory authorities having jurisdiction over the Plan, the stock options granted under it and the shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to it.

 

(b)           No shares of Common Stock or other assets shall be issued or delivered under the Plan unless and until there shall have been compliance with all applicable requirements of Federal and state securities laws, including the filing and effectiveness of the Form S–8 registration statement for the shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan, and all applicable listing requirements of any stock exchange (or the Nasdaq National Market, if applicable) on which Common Stock is then listed for trading.

 

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3.8.          No Employment/Service Rights.  Nothing in the Plan shall confer upon the Optionee 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, which rights are hereby expressly reserved by each, to terminate such person’s Service at any time for any reason, with or without cause.

 

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APPENDIX

 

The following definitions shall be in effect under the Plan:

 

1.             AWARD AGREEMENT shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.

 

2.             BENEFICIARY shall mean, in the event the Plan Administrator implements a beneficiary designation procedure, the person designated by an Optionee pursuant to such procedure, to succeed to such person’s rights under any outstanding awards held by him or her at the time of death.  In the absence of such designation or procedure, the Beneficiary shall be the personal representative of the estate of the Optionee or the person or persons to whom the award is transferred by will or the laws of descent and distribution.

 

3.             BOARD shall mean the Corporation’s Board of Directors.

 

4.             CHANGE IN CONTROL shall mean a change in ownership or control of the Corporation effected through any of the following transactions:

 

(i)            a merger, consolidation or reorganization approved by the stockholders of the Corporation, UNLESS securities representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the voting securities of the 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,

 

(ii)           any stockholder-approved transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation, or

 

(iii)          the acquisition, directly or indirectly by any person or related group of persons (other than the Corporation or a person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the Corporation), of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the 1934 Act) of securities possessing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the outstanding securities of the Corporation pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made directly to the stockholders of the Corporation which the Board recommends such stockholders to accept;

 

5.             CODE shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

6.             COMMON STOCK shall mean the common stock of HotJobs, adjusted as described in Section 1.5(d) herein.

 

7.             CORPORATION shall mean HotJobs.com, Ltd., a Delaware corporation, and its successors.

 

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8.             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.

 

9.             EXERCISE DATE shall mean the date on which the Corporation shall have received written notice of the option exercise.

 

10.           FAIR MARKET VALUE per share of Common Stock on any relevant date shall be determined in accordance with the following provisions:

 

(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 on the Nasdaq National Market or any successor system.  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.  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 neither (i) or (ii) above applies, the Fair Market Value shall be determined by the Plan Administrator, after taking into account such factors as it deems appropriate.

 

11.           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 or Parent or Subsidiary employing the individual 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 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 Corporation without the individual’s consent..

 

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12.           MISCONDUCT shall mean the commission of any act of fraud, embezzlement or dishonesty by the Optionee, any unauthorized use or disclosure by such person of confidential information or trade secrets of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), or any intentional wrongdoing by such person, whether by omission or commission, which adversely affects the business or affairs of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) in a material manner.  This shall not limit the grounds for the dismissal or discharge of any person in the Service of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary).

 

13.           1934 ACT shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

14.           NON-STATUTORY OPTION shall mean an option not intended to satisfy the requirements of Code Section 422.

 

15.           OPTIONEE shall mean any person to whom an option is granted under the Discretionary Option Grant Program.

 

16.           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.

 

17.           PLAN shall mean the Corporation’s 2000 Stock Option Plan, as set forth in this document.

 

18.           PLAN ADMINISTRATOR shall mean the particular entity, whether the Primary Committee, the Board or the Secondary Committee, which is authorized to administer the Discretionary Option Grant Program with respect to one or more classes of eligible persons, to the extent such entity is carrying out its administrative functions under such program with respect to the persons under its jurisdiction.  However, the Primary Committee shall have the plenary authority to make all factual determinations and to construe and interpret any and all ambiguities under the Plan to the extent such authority is not otherwise expressly delegated to any other Plan Administrator.

 

19.           PLAN EFFECTIVE DATE shall mean the date on which the Plan is adopted by the Board.

 

20.           PRIMARY COMMITTEE shall mean the committee of two (2) or more non-employee Board members appointed by the Board to administer the Discretionary Option Grant Program with respect to Section 16 Insiders.

 

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21.           SECONDARY COMMITTEE shall mean a committee of one (1) or more Board members appointed by the Board to administer the Discretionary Option Grant Program with respect to eligible persons other than Section 16 Insiders.

 

22.           SECTION 16 INSIDER shall mean an officer or director of the Corporation subject to the short-swing profit liabilities of Section 16 of the 1934 Act.

 

23.           SERVICE shall mean the performance of services for the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) by a person in the capacity of an Employee, non-employee member of the board of directors, consultant, or independent advisor.

 

24.           STOCK EXCHANGE shall mean either the American Stock Exchange or the New York Stock Exchange.

 

25.           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.

 

26.           WITHHOLDING TAXES shall mean the Federal, state and local income and employment withholding tax liabilities to which the holder of Options may become subject in connection with the exercise of those options.

 

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Exhibit 4.4

HOT JOBS, INC.

STOCK AWARD PLAN

 

1. PURPOSE.

 

The purpose of this Stock Award Plan (the “Plan”) is to provide to selected officers, directors, employees and consultants and other non-employee individuals providing or expected to provide valuable services contributing to the growth and success of Hot Jobs, Inc. (the “Company”), an opportunity to obtain or increase a proprietary interest in the Company, or to benefit from the appreciation in the value of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), as an incentive to such persons to continue and to increase their efforts to benefit the Company and to continue their relationship with the Company.

 

2. ADMINISTRATION.

 

The Plan shall be administered by, and all decisions and determinations concerning the Plan shall be made solely by, the Award Committee or any successor committee (the “Committee”) appointed by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”). The Committee may establish, modify or rescind any rules or regulations for the conduct of its business and the administration of the Plan, in any case, not inconsistent with the express provisions of the Plan, the By-laws or Certificate of Incorporation of the Company or any resolutions of the Board. Any decision of the Committee in the administration of the Plan, shall be final, conclusive and binding on all persons. No member of the Committee shall be liable for any action taken, or determination made, in good faith.

 

3. ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION.

 

Officers, directors and employees of the Company shall be eligible for selection to participate in the Plan. Non-employee individuals, providing or expected to provide valuable services to the Company, as the Committee may determine, also shall be eligible for selection to participate in the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, only persons employed by the Company (or any subsidiary thereof) shall be eligible to receive options intended to meet the requirements of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Incentive Stock Options” or “ISOs”), hereunder.

 

4. AWARDS UNDER THE PLAN.

 

(a) “Awards” under the Plan shall mean and include any one or a combination of ISOs, nonqualified stock options (“NQSOs,” and together with ISOs, “Options”) and shares of Common Stock subject to restrictions (“Restricted Stock”). Awards shall be represented by, or issued pursuant to, agreements in such form as the Committee may from time to time approve, which agreements need not contain uniform terms and conditions but shall

 



 

comply with and be subject to all the terms, conditions and restrictions of the Plan (“Award Agreements”).

 

(b) Subject to adjustment as provided in paragraph 7 below, there may be issued under the Plan pursuant to Awards an aggregate of not more than 300 shares of Common Stock; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if an Option shall expire or terminate without having been exercised in full, or if any shares of Restricted Stock shall be forfeited by a recipient thereof, any shares of Common Stock which were covered by that Award may be added to the shares otherwise available for Awards to be granted pursuant to the Plan. The Company hereby reserves 300 shares of Common Stock for issuance under the Plan.

 

(c) A participant who has been awarded an Option hereunder (an “Optionee”) (and any person succeeding to the Optionee’s rights pursuant hereto) shall not have any rights as a stockholder with respect to any shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to any Option until the date of the issuance of a stock certificate to the Optionee for the shares. Except as provided in paragraph 7 below, no adjustment shall be made for dividends, distributions or other rights (whether ordinary or extraordinary, and whether in cash, securities or other property) for which the record date is prior to the date a stock certificate is issued. A participant who has been awarded Restricted Stock hereunder shall, except for the restrictions on transfer, be the owner of such Restricted Stock and shall have all the rights of a stockholder.

 

5. OPTIONS.

 

Each Option granted under the Plan shall comply with the following terms and conditions:

 

(a) An Option exercise price shall be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, but in the case of an ISO, such exercise price shall be not less than the Fair Market Value, as hereinafter defined, of the Common Stock on the date of grant.

 

(b) The term of an Option shall be determined by the Committee, but in no event shall any ISO be exercisable more than ten years after the date on which it was granted.

 

(c) An Option shall not be transferable by the Optionee otherwise than by will or the applicable laws of descent and distribution and shall be exercisable during the Optionee’s lifetime only by the Optionee.

 

(d) An Option shall not be exercisable:

 

(i) prior to six months from the date it is granted;

 

(ii) unless payment in full is made for the shares of Common Stock being acquired thereunder at the time of exercise (A) in United States dollars by cash or check, (B) by tendering to the Company shares of Common Stock owned by the person exercising the Option and having a Fair Market Value equal to the cash price applicable to Option, (C)

 

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by a combination of United States dollars and shares of Common Stock as aforesaid, or (D) with the prior approval of the Committee, by tendering to the Company a promissory note on which such person exercising the Option is personally liable and which is in a form satisfactory to the Committee; and

 

(iii) unless the person exercising the Option fulfills the eligibility and participation requirements in paragraph 3 above at all times during the period beginning with the date of grant of the Option and ending on the date of such exercise, except that each Award Agreement with respect to an Option shall specify the conditions and circumstances under which an unexercised Option may or may not be exercised in the event that the relationship between the Company and the Optionee is terminated prior to the expiration date of the Option.

 

For purposes hereof “Fair Market Value” shall mean the fair market value per share of the Company’s Common Stock as determined by the Committee in good faith; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the Company’s Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading on a securities exchange registered under the Exchange Act, or as a national market security on the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotations System (“NASDAQ”) or any similar system then in use, the Fair Market Value per share shall be the average of the reported high and low sales price on the date in question (or if there was no reported sale on such date, on the last preceding date on which any reported sale occurred) on the principal securities exchange or system on which such share is listed or admitted to trading, or if a share is not listed or admitted to trading on any such exchange and is not listed as national market security on NASDAQ but is quoted on NASDAQ or any similar system then in use, the Fair Market Value per share shall be the average of the closing high bid and low asked quotations on such system for such share on the date in question.

 

6. RESTRICTED STOCK.

 

An Award of Restricted Stock hereunder shall entitle the holder thereof to receive shares of Common Stock which shall be forfeited if the relationship between the Company and such holder terminates during the Restricted Period, as defined below, for any reason other than those set forth in the related Award Agreement. For purposes hereof, “Restricted Period” shall mean that period as determined by the Committee during which the shares of Restricted Stock awarded to a participant may be forfeited. The committee may at any time provide that a Restricted Period shall terminate upon the attainment of any performance objective established by the Committee. Upon termination of the Restricted Period, the shares of Restricted Stock shall be delivered to the recipient free and clear of all such restrictions.

 

7. CERTAIN ADJUSTMENTS.

 

In the event of any change in the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, reorganization, combination or exchange of shares or other similar event, the number or

 

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kind of shares issued, or that may be issued under the Plan pursuant to paragraph 4 above shall be automatically adjusted to give effect to the occurrence of such event (and, in the case of an Option, the number or kind of shares subject to, or the Option price per share under, any outstanding Option shall be automatically adjusted) so that the proportionate interest of the participant shall be maintained as before the occurrence of such event. Any adjustment in outstanding Options pursuant to this paragraph 7 shall be made without change in the total Option exercise price applicable to the unexercised portion of such Options and with a corresponding adjustment in the Option exercise price per share. No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued pursuant to any adjustment referred to herein, and any fractions resulting from any such adjustment shall be eliminated in each case by rounding downward to the nearest whole share. Any adjustment made pursuant to this paragraph 7 shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes of the Plan.

 

8. MISCELLANEOUS.

 

(a) No person shall have any claim or right to be granted an Award under the Plan. Neither the Plan nor any action taken hereunder shall be construed as giving any person any right to be retained in any way in the service of the Company.

 

(b) No shares of Common Stock shall be issued hereunder unless counsel for the Company shall be satisfied, that such issuance will be in compliance with applicable federal, state and other securities laws.

 

(c) It shall be a condition to the obligation of the Company to issue shares of Common Stock upon exercise of an Option, or deliver shares upon termination of a Restricted Period, as the case may be, that the participant (or any beneficiary or person entitled to act under paragraph 9 below) pay to the Company, upon its demand, any taxes required to be withheld.

 

(d) The expenses of the Plan shall be borne by the Company.

 

(e) By accepting any Award or other benefit under the Plan, each participant and each person claiming under or through him shall be conclusively deemed to have indicated his acceptance and ratification of, and consent to, any action taken under the Plan by the Company or the Committee.

 

9. TOTAL DISABILITY OR DEATH.

 

(a) Except as otherwise provided in the Award Agreement, if an employee Optionee terminates employment with the Company as the result, in the sole judgment of the Committee, of his becoming totally disabled, the Optionee shall be entitled to exercise any Option to the extent his right to exercise such Option had accrued at the date of termination of employment and had not previously been exercised, for a period of three months after such termination, subject, in any case, to all other provisions of the Plan.

 

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(b) Except as otherwise provided in the Award Agreement, if the employee Optionee should die either (i) while employed by the Company, or (ii) during any period in which the Optionee may exercise the Option following termination of employment, then the person or persons to whom the Optionee’s rights under the Option shall pass by will or by the applicable laws of descent and distribution shall be entitled to exercise the Option to the extent his right to exercise such Option had accrued at the date of termination of employment and had not previously been exercised, for a period of twelve months from the date of such death, subject, in any case, to all other provisions of the Plan.

 

10. AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION.

 

The Plan may be terminated at any time or amended at any time or from time to time by the Committee as the Committee shall deem advisable; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that except as provided in paragraph 7 above, the Committee may not, without further approval by the stockholders of the Company, increase the maximum number of shares of Common Stock as to which Options may be granted, or awarded as Restricted Stock, under the Plan, materially increase the benefits accruing to participants under the Plan or change the class of persons eligible to receive Awards under the Plan. No amendment or termination of the Plan shall materially and adversely affect any right of any participant with respect to any Award theretofore granted without such participant’s written consent.

 

11. EFFECTIVENESS.

 

The Plan shall not be effective and no Award granted hereunder shall have effect unless and until the Plan has been approved and adopted by a majority in voting power of the stockholders of the Company.

 

Dated as of February 21, 1997

 

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Exhibit 4.5

 

RESUMIX, INC.

1998 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

EFFECTIVE AUGUST 14, 1998

APPROVED BY SHAREHOLDERS AUGUST 13, 1998

TERMINATION DATE: AUGUST 13, 2008

 

1. PURPOSES.

 

(a) ELIGIBLE STOCK AWARD RECIPIENTS. The persons eligible to receive Stock Awards are the Employees, Directors and Consultants of the Company and its Affiliates.

 

(b) AVAILABLE STOCK AWARDS. The purpose of the Plan is to provide a means by which eligible recipients of Stock Awards may be given an opportunity to benefit from increases in value of the Common Stock through the granting of the following Stock Awards: (i) Incentive Stock Options, (ii) Nonstatutory Stock Options, (iii) stock bonuses and (iv) rights to acquire restricted stock.

 

(c) GENERAL PURPOSE. The Company, by means of the Plan, seeks to retain the services of the group of persons eligible to receive Stock Awards, to secure and retain the services of new members of this group and to provide incentives for such persons to exert maximum efforts for the success of the Company and its Affiliates.

 

2. DEFINITIONS.

 

(a) “AFFILIATE” means any parent corporation or subsidiary corporation of the Company, whether now or hereafter existing, as those terms are defined in Sections 424(e) and (f), respectively, of the Code.

 

(b) “BOARD” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

(c) “CAUSE” means any of the following: (a) an intentional act which materially injures the Company; (b) an intentional refusal or failure to follow lawful and reasonable directions of the Board or an individual to whom Participant reports (as appropriate); (c) a willful and habitual neglect of duties; or (d) a conviction of a felony involving moral turpitude which is reasonably likely to inflict or has inflicted material injury on the Company.

 

(d) “CODE” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

(e) “COMMITTEE” means a Committee appointed by the Board in accordance with subsection 3(c).

 

(f) “COMMON STOCK” means the common stock of the Company.

 

(g) “COMPANY” means Resumix, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

 


 


 

(h) “CONSULTANT” means any person, including an advisor, (i) engaged by the Company or an Affiliate to render consulting or advisory services and who is compensated for such services or (ii) who is a member of the Board of Directors of an Affiliate. However, the term “Consultant” shall not include either Directors of the Company who are not compensated by the Company for their services as Directors or Directors of the Company who are merely paid a director’s fee by the Company for their services as Directors.

 

(i) “CONTINUOUS SERVICE” means that the Participant’s service with the Company or an Affiliate, whether as an Employee, Director or Consultant, is not terminated. The Participant’s Continuous Service shall not be deemed to have terminated merely because of a change in the capacity in which the Participant renders service to the Company or an Affiliate as an Employee, Consultant or Director or a change in the entity for which the Participant renders such service, provided that there is no termination of the Participant’s Continuous Service. For example, a change in status from an Employee of the Company to a Consultant of an Affiliate or a Director of the Company will not constitute a termination of Continuous Service. The Board or the chief executive officer of the Company, in that party’s sole discretion, may determine whether Continuous Service shall be considered interrupted in the case of any leave of absence approved by that party, including sick leave, military leave or any other personal leave.

 

(j) “COVERED EMPLOYEE” means the chief executive officer and the four

 

(4) other highest compensated officers of the Company for whom total compensation is required to be reported to shareholders under the Exchange Act, as determined for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code.

 

(k) “DIRECTOR” means a member of the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

(l) “DISABILITY” means (i) before the Listing Date, the inability of a person, in the opinion of a qualified physician acceptable to the Company, to perform the major duties of that person’s position with the Company or an Affiliate of the Company because of the sickness or injury of the person and (ii) after the Listing Date, the permanent and total disability of a person within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.

 

(m) “EMPLOYEE” means any person employed by the Company or an Affiliate. Mere service as a Director or payment of a director’s fee by the Company or an Affiliate shall not be sufficient to constitute “employment” by the Company or an Affiliate.

 

(n) “EXCHANGE ACT” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

(o) “FAIR MARKET VALUE” means, as of any date, the value of the Common Stock determined as follows:

 

(i) If the Common Stock is listed on any established stock exchange or traded on the Nasdaq National Market or the Nasdaq SmallCap Market, the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock shall be the closing sales price for such stock (or the closing bid,

 

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if no sales were reported) as quoted on such exchange or market (or the exchange or market with the greatest volume of trading in the Common Stock) on the last market trading day prior to the day of determination, as reported in THE WALL STREET JOURNAL or such other source as the Board deems reliable.

 

(ii) In the absence of such markets for the Common Stock, the Fair Market Value shall be determined in good faith by the Board.

 

(iii) Prior to the Listing Date, the value of the Common Stock shall be determined in a manner consistent with Section 260.140.50 of Title 10 of the California Code of Regulations.

 

(p) “INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION” means an Option intended to qualify as an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

(q) “LISTING DATE” means the first date upon which any security of the Company is listed (or approved for listing) upon notice of issuance on any securities exchange or designated (or approved for designation) upon notice of issuance as a national market security on an interdealer quotation system if such securities exchange or interdealer quotation system has been certified in accordance with the provisions of Section 25100(o) of the California Corporate Securities Law of 1968.

 

(r) “NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR” means a Director of the Company who either

(i) is not a current Employee or Officer of the Company or its parent or a subsidiary, does not receive compensation (directly or indirectly) from the Company or its parent or a subsidiary for services rendered as a consultant or in any capacity other than as a Director (except for an amount as to which disclosure would not be required under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act (“Regulation S-K”)), does not possess an interest in any other transaction as to which disclosure would be required under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K and is not engaged in a business relationship as to which disclosure would be required under Item 404(b) of Regulation S-K; or (ii) is otherwise considered a “non-employee director” for purposes of Rule 16b-3.

 

(s) “NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION” means an Option not intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option.

 

(t) “OFFICER” means (i) before the Listing Date, any person designated by the Company as an officer and (ii) on and after the Listing Date, a person who is an officer of the Company within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

(u) “OPTION” means an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonstatutory Stock Option granted pursuant to the Plan.

 

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(v) “OPTION AGREEMENT” means a written agreement between the Company and an Optionholder evidencing the terms and conditions of an individual Option grant. Each Option Agreement shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.

 

(w) “OPTIONHOLDER” means a person to whom an Option is granted pursuant to the Plan or, if applicable, such other person who holds an outstanding Option.

 

(x) “OUTSIDE DIRECTOR” means a Director of the Company who either (i) is not a current employee of the Company or an “affiliated corporation” (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations promulgated under Section 162(m) of the Code), is not a former employee of the Company or an “affiliated corporation” receiving compensation for prior services (other than benefits under a tax qualified pension plan), was not an officer of the Company or an “affiliated corporation” at any time and is not currently receiving direct or indirect remuneration from the Company or an “affiliated corporation” for services in any capacity other than as a Director or (ii) is otherwise considered an “outside director” for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code.

 

(y) “PARTICIPANT” means a person to whom a Stock Award is granted pursuant to the Plan or, if applicable, such other person who holds an outstanding Stock Award.

 

(z) “PLAN” means this Resumix, Inc. 1998 Equity Incentive Plan.

 

(aa) “RULE 16b-3” means Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act or any successor to Rule 16b-3, as in effect from time to time.

 

(bb) “SECURITIES ACT” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

(cc) “STOCK AWARD” means any right granted under the Plan, including an Option, a stock bonus and a right to acquire restricted stock.

 

(dd) “STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT” means a written agreement between the Company and a holder of a Stock Award evidencing the terms and conditions of an individual Stock Award grant. Each Stock Award Agreement shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.

 

(ee) “TEN PERCENT SHAREHOLDER” means a person who owns (or is deemed to own pursuant to Section 424(d) of the Code) stock possessing more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or of any of its Affiliates.

 

3. ADMINISTRATION.

 

(a) ADMINISTRATION BY BOARD. The Board shall administer the Plan unless and until the Board delegates administration to a Committee, as provided in subsection 3(c).

 

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(b) POWERS OF BOARD. The Board shall have the power, subject to, and within the limitations of, the express provisions of the Plan:

 

(i) To determine from time to time which of the persons eligible under the Plan shall be granted Stock Awards; when and how each Stock Award shall be granted; what type or combination of types of Stock Award shall be granted; the provisions of each Stock Award granted (which need not be identical), including the time or times when a person shall be permitted to receive stock pursuant to a Stock Award; and the number of shares with respect to which a Stock Award shall be granted to each such person.

 

(ii) To construe and interpret the Plan and Stock Awards granted under it, and to establish, amend and revoke rules and regulations for its administration, provided however, that the chief executive officer of the Company may determine, in that party’s sole discretion, whether Continuous Service shall be considered terminated in the case of any leave of absence approved by that party (including sick leave, military leave, or any other personal leave). The Board, in the exercise of this power, may correct any defect, omission or inconsistency in the Plan or in any Stock Award Agreement, in a manner and to the extent it shall deem necessary or expedient to make the Plan fully effective.

 

(iii) To amend the Plan or a Stock Award as provided in Section 12.

 

(iv) Generally, to exercise such powers and to perform such acts as the Board deems necessary or expedient to promote the best interests of the Company which are not in conflict with the provisions of the Plan.

 

(c) DELEGATION TO COMMITTEE.

 

(i) GENERAL. The Board may delegate administration of the Plan to a Committee or Committees of one or more members of the Board, and the term “Committee” shall apply to any person or persons to whom such authority has been delegated. If administration is delegated to a Committee, the Committee shall have, in connection with the administration of the Plan, the powers theretofore possessed by the Board, including the power to delegate to a subcommittee any of the administrative powers the Committee is authorized to exercise (and references in this Plan to the Board shall thereafter be to the Committee or subcommittee), subject, however, to such resolutions, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as may be adopted from time to time by the Board. The Board may abolish the Committee at any time and revest in the Board the administration of the Plan.

 

(ii) COMMITTEE COMPOSITION WHEN COMMON STOCK IS PUBLICLY TRADED. At such time as the Common Stock is publicly traded, in the discretion of the Board, a Committee may consist solely of two or more Outside Directors, in accordance with Section 162(m) of the Code, and/or solely of two or more Non-Employee Directors, in accordance with Rule 16b-3. Within the scope of such authority, the Board or the Committee may (i) delegate to a committee of one or more members of the Board who are not Outside Directors the authority to grant Stock Awards to eligible persons who are

 

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either (1) not then Covered Employees and are not expected to be Covered Employees at the time of recognition of income resulting from such Stock Award or (2) not persons with respect to whom the Company wishes to comply with Section 162(m) of the Code and/or) (ii) delegate to a committee of one or more members of the Board who are not Non-Employee Directors the authority to grant Stock Awards to eligible persons who are not then subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

 

4. SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN.

 

(a) SHARE RESERVE. Subject to the provisions of Section 11 relating to adjustments upon changes in stock, the stock that may be issued pursuant to Stock Awards shall not exceed in the aggregate two million fifty thousand (2,050,000) shares of Common Stock.

 

(b) REVERSION OF SHARES TO THE SHARE RESERVE. If any Stock Award shall for any reason expire or otherwise terminate, in whole or in part, without having been exercised in full, the stock not acquired under such Stock Award shall revert to and again become available for issuance under the Plan. If any Common Stock acquired pursuant to the exercise of a Stock Award shall for any reason be repurchased by the Company, pursuant to subsection 6(m), or 6(n) or 7(a)(ii), or 7(b)(iii) of the Plan, the stock so acquired by the Company shall not revert to and again become available for issuance under the Plan.

 

(c) SOURCE OF SHARES. The stock subject to the Plan may be unissued shares or reacquired shares, bought on the market or otherwise.

 

(d) SHARE RESERVE LIMITATION. Prior to the Listing Date, at no time shall the total number of shares issuable upon exercise of all outstanding Stock Awards and the total number of shares provided for under any stock bonus or similar plan of the Company exceed the applicable percentage as calculated in accordance with the conditions and exclusions of Section 260.140.45 of Title 10 of the California Code of Regulations, based on the shares of the Company which are outstanding at the time the calculation is made.(1)

 

5. ELIGIBILITY.

 

(a) ELIGIBILITY FOR SPECIFIC STOCK AWARDS. Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to Employees. Stock Awards other than Incentive Stock Options may be granted to Employees, Directors and Consultants.

 

(b) TEN PERCENT SHAREHOLDERS. No Ten Percent Shareholder shall be eligible for the grant of an Incentive Stock Option unless the exercise price of such Option is at least one hundred ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock at the date of grant and the Option is not exercisable after the expiration of five (5) years from the date of grant.

 

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(1) Section 260.140.45 generally provides that the total number of shares issuable upon exercise of all outstanding options (exclusive of certain rights) and the total number of shares called for under any stock bonus or similar plan shall not exceed a number of shares which is equal to 30% of the then outstanding shares of the issuer (convertible preferred or convertible senior common shares counted on an as if converted basis), exclusive of shares subject to promotional waivers under Section 260.141, unless a percentage higher than 30% is approved by at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares entitled to vote.

 

Prior to the Listing Date, no Ten Percent Shareholder shall be eligible for the grant of a Nonstatutory Stock Option unless the exercise price of such Option is at least one hundred ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock at the date of grant.

 

Prior to the Listing Date, no Ten Percent Shareholder shall be eligible for a restricted stock award unless the purchase price of the restricted stock is at least one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock at the date of grant.

 

(c) SECTION 162(m) LIMITATION. Subject to the provisions of Section 11 relating to adjustments upon changes in stock, no employee shall be eligible to be granted Options covering more than one million (1,000,000) shares of the Common Stock during any calendar year. This subsection 5(c) shall not apply prior to the Listing Date and, following the Listing Date, this subsection 5(c) shall not apply until (i) the earliest of: (1) the first material modification of the Plan (including any increase in the number of shares reserved for issuance under the Plan in accordance with Section 4); (2) the issuance of all of the shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Plan; (3) the expiration of the Plan; or (4) the first meeting of shareholders at which Directors of the Company are to be elected that occurs after the close of the third calendar year following the calendar year in which occurred the first registration of an equity security under Section 12 of the Exchange Act; or (ii) such other date required by Section 162(m) of the Code and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

6. OPTION PROVISIONS.

 

Each Option shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as the Board shall deem appropriate. All Options shall be separately designated Incentive Stock Options or Nonstatutory Stock Options at the time of grant, and a separate certificate or certificates will be issued for shares purchased on exercise of each type of Option. The provisions of separate Options need not be identical, but each Option shall include (through incorporation of provisions hereof by reference in the Option or otherwise) the substance of each of the following provisions:

 

(a) TERM. Subject to the provisions of subsection 5(b) regarding Ten Percent Shareholders, no Option shall be exercisable after the expiration of ten (10) years from the date it was granted.

 

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(b) EXERCISE PRICE OF AN INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION. Subject to the provisions of subsection 5(b) regarding Ten Percent Shareholders, the exercise price of each Incentive Stock Option shall be not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of the stock subject to the Option on the date the Option is granted. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Incentive Stock Option may be granted with an exercise price lower than that set forth in the preceding sentence if such Option is granted pursuant to an assumption or substitution for another option in a manner satisfying the provisions of Section 424(a) of the Code.

 

(c) EXERCISE PRICE OF A NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION. Subject to the provisions of subsection 5(b) regarding Ten Percent Shareholders, the exercise price of each Nonstatutory Stock Option granted prior to the Listing Date shall be not less than eighty-five percent (85%) of the Fair Market Value of the stock subject to the Option on the date the Option is granted. The exercise price of each Nonstatutory Stock Option granted on or after the Listing Date shall be not less than eighty-five percent (85%) of the Fair Market Value of the stock subject to the Option on the date the Option is granted. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Nonstatutory Stock Option may be granted with an exercise price lower than that set forth in the preceding sentence if such Option is granted pursuant to an assumption or substitution for another option in a manner satisfying the provisions of Section 424(a) of the Code.

 

(d) CONSIDERATION. The purchase price of stock acquired pursuant to an Option shall be paid, to the extent permitted by applicable statutes and regulations, either (i) in cash at the time the Option is exercised or (ii) at the discretion of the Board at the time of the grant of the Option (or subsequently in the case of a Nonstatutory Stock Option) by (1) delivery to the Company of other Common Stock, (2) according to a deferred payment or other arrangement (which may include, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the use of other Common Stock) with the Participant or (3) in any other form of legal consideration that may be acceptable to the Board; provided, however, that at any time that the Company is incorporated in Delaware, payment of the Common Stock’s “par value,” as defined in the Delaware General Corporation Law, shall not be made by deferred payment.

 

In the case of any deferred payment arrangement, interest shall be compounded at least annually and shall be charged at the minimum rate of interest necessary to avoid the treatment as interest, under any applicable provisions of the Code, of any amounts other than amounts stated to be interest under the deferred payment arrangement.

 

(e) TRANSFERABILITY OF AN INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION. An Incentive Stock Option shall not be transferable except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution and shall be exercisable during the lifetime of the Optionholder only by the Optionholder. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection 6(e), the Optionholder may, by delivering written notice to the Company, in a form satisfactory to the Company, designate a third party who, in the event of the death of the Optionholder, shall thereafter be entitled to exercise the Option.

 

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(f) TRANSFERABILITY OF A NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION. A Nonstatutory Stock Option granted prior to the Listing Date shall not be transferable except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution and shall be exercisable during the lifetime of the Optionholder only by the Optionholder. A Nonstatutory Stock Option granted on or after the Listing Date shall be transferable to the extent provided in the Option Agreement. If the Nonstatutory Stock Option does not provide for transferability, then the Nonstatutory Stock Option shall not be transferable except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution and shall be exercisable during the lifetime of the Optionholder only by the Optionholder. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection 6(f), the Optionholder may, by delivering written notice to the Company, in a form satisfactory to the Company, designate a third party who, in the event of the death of the Optionholder, shall thereafter be entitled to exercise the Option.

 

(g) VESTING GENERALLY. The total number of shares of Common Stock subject to an Option may, but need not, vest and therefore become exercisable in periodic installments which may, but need not, be equal. The Option may be subject to such other terms and conditions on the time or times when it may be exercised (which may be based on performance or other criteria) as the Board may deem appropriate. The vesting provisions of individual Options may vary. The provisions of this subsection 6(g) are subject to any Option provisions governing the minimum number of shares as to which an Option may be exercised.

 

(h) MINIMUM VESTING PRIOR TO THE LISTING DATE. Notwithstanding the foregoing subsection 6(g), Options granted prior to the Listing Date shall provide for vesting of the total number of shares at a rate of at least twenty percent (20%) per year over five (5) years from the date the Option was granted, subject to reasonable conditions such as continued employment. However, in the case of such Options granted to Officers, Directors or Consultants, the Option may become fully exercisable, subject to reasonable conditions such as continued employment, at any time or during any period established by the Company; for example, the Option Agreement may provide for vesting of less than twenty percent (20%) per year of the total number of shares subject to the Option.

 

(i) TERMINATION OF CONTINUOUS SERVICE. In the event an Optionholder’s Continuous Service terminates (other than upon the Optionholder’s death or Disability), the Optionholder may exercise his or her Option (to the extent that the Optionholder was entitled to exercise it as of the date of termination) but only within such period of time ending on the earlier of (i) the date three (3) months following the termination of the Optionholder’s Continuous Service (or such longer or shorter period specified in the Option Agreement, which, for Options granted prior to the Listing Date, shall not be less than thirty (30) days, unless such termination is for Cause), or (ii) the expiration of the term of the Option as set forth in the Option Agreement. If, after termination, the Optionholder does not exercise his or her Option within the time specified in the Option Agreement, the Option shall terminate.

 

(j) EXTENSION OF TERMINATION DATE. An Optionholder’s Option Agreement may also provide that if the exercise of the Option following the termination of the

 

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Optionholder’s Continuous Service (other than upon the Optionholder’s death or Disability) would be prohibited at any time solely because the issuance of shares would violate the registration requirements under the Securities Act, then the Option shall terminate on the earlier of (i) the expiration of the term of the Option set forth in subsection 6(a) or (ii) the expiration of a period of three (3) months after the termination of the Optionholder’s Continuous Service (or such longer or shorter period specified in the Option Agreement in accordance with the other provisions of this Section 6) during which the exercise of the Option would not be in violation of such registration requirements.

 

(k) DISABILITY OF OPTIONHOLDER. In the event an Optionholder’s Continuous Service terminates as a result of the Optionholder’s Disability, the Optionholder may exercise his or her Option (to the extent that the Optionholder was entitled to exercise it as of the date of termination), but only within such period of time ending on the earlier of (i) the date twelve (12) months following such termination (or such longer or shorter period specified in the Option Agreement, which, for Options granted prior to the Listing Date, shall not be less than six (6) months) or (ii) the expiration of the term of the Option as set forth in the Option Agreement. If, after termination, the Optionholder does not exercise his or her Option within the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate.

 

(l) DEATH OF OPTIONHOLDER. In the event (i) an Optionholder’s Continuous Service terminates as a result of the Optionholder’s death or (ii) the Optionholder dies within the period (if any) specified in the Option Agreement after the termination of the Optionholder’s Continuous Service for a reason other than death, then the vesting date or dates of the Option shall be advanced by six (6) months, and the Option may be exercised (to the extent the Optionholder was entitled to exercise the Option as of the date of death) by the Optionholder’s estate, by a person who acquired the right to exercise the Option by bequest or inheritance or by a person designated to exercise the Option upon the Optionholder’s death pursuant to subsection 6(e) or 6(f), but only within the period ending on the earlier of (1) the date eighteen (18) months following the date of death (or such longer or shorter period specified in the Option Agreement, which, for an Option granted prior to the Listing Date, shall not be less than six (6) months) or (2) the expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in the Option Agreement. If, after death, the Option is not exercised within the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate.

 

(m) EARLY EXERCISE. The Option may, but need not, include a provision whereby the Optionholder may elect at any time before the Optionholder’s Continuous Service terminates to exercise the Option as to any part or all of the shares subject to the Option prior to the full vesting of the Option. Subject to the “Repurchase Limitation” in subsection 10(h), any unvested shares so purchased may be subject to an unvested share repurchase option in favor of the Company or to any other restriction the Board determines to be appropriate.

 

(n) RIGHT OF REPURCHASE. Subject to the “Repurchase Limitation” in subsection 10(h), the Option may, but need not, include a provision whereby the Company may

 

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elect, prior to the Listing Date, to repurchase all or any part of the vested shares acquired by the Optionholder pursuant to the exercise of the Option.

 

(o) RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL. The Option may, but need not, include a provision whereby the Company may elect, prior to the Listing Date, to exercise a right of first refusal following receipt of notice from the Optionholder of the intent to transfer all or any part of the shares exercised pursuant to the Option. Such right of first refusal shall comply with any applicable provisions of the Bylaws of the Company.

 

(p) RE-LOAD OPTIONS. Without in any way limiting the authority of the Board to make or not to make grants of Options hereunder, the Board shall have the authority (but not an obligation) to include as part of any Option Agreement a provision entitling the Optionholder to a further Option (a “Re-Load Option”) in the event the Optionholder exercises the Option evidenced by the Option Agreement, in whole or in part, by surrendering other shares of Common Stock in accordance with this Plan and the terms and conditions of the Option Agreement. Any such Re-Load Option shall (i) provide for a number of shares equal to the number of shares surrendered as part or all of the exercise price of such Option; (ii) have an expiration date which is the same as the expiration date of the Option the exercise of which gave rise to such Re-Load Option; and (iii) have an exercise price which is equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock subject to the Re-Load Option on the date of exercise of the original Option. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Re-Load Option shall be subject to the same exercise price and term provisions heretofore described for Options under the Plan.

 

Any such Re-Load Option may be an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonstatutory Stock Option, as the Board may designate at the time of the grant of the original Option; provided, however, that the designation of any Re-Load Option as an Incentive Stock Option shall be subject to the one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) annual limitation on exercisability of Incentive Stock Options described in subsection 10(d) and in Section 422(d) of the Code. There shall be no Re-Load Options on a Re-Load Option. Any such Re-Load Option shall be subject to the availability of sufficient shares under subsection 4(a) and the “Section 162(m) Limitation” on the grants of Options under subsection 5(c) and shall be subject to such other terms and conditions as the Board may determine which are not inconsistent with the express provisions of the Plan regarding the terms of Options.

 

7. PROVISIONS OF STOCK AWARDS OTHER THAN OPTIONS.

 

(a) STOCK BONUS AWARDS. Each stock bonus agreement shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as the Board shall deem appropriate. The terms and conditions of stock bonus agreements may change from time to time, and the terms and conditions of separate stock bonus agreements need not be identical, but each stock bonus agreement shall include (through incorporation of provisions hereof by reference in the agreement or otherwise) the substance of each of the following provisions:

 

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(i) CONSIDERATION. A stock bonus shall be awarded in consideration for past services actually rendered to the Company for its benefit.

 

(ii) VESTING. Subject to the “Repurchase Limitation” in subsection 10(h), shares of Common Stock awarded under the stock bonus agreement may, but need not, be subject to a share repurchase option in favor of the Company in accordance with a vesting schedule to be determined by the Board.

 

(iii) TERMINATION OF PARTICIPANT’S CONTINUOUS SERVICE. Subject to the “Repurchase Limitation” in subsection 10(h), in the event a Participant’s Continuous Service terminates, the Company may reacquire any or all of the shares of Common Stock held by the Participant which have not vested as of the date of termination under the terms of the stock bonus agreement.

 

(iv) TRANSFERABILITY. For a stock bonus award made before the Listing Date, rights to acquire shares under the stock bonus agreement shall not be transferable except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution and shall be exercisable during the lifetime of the Participant only by the Participant. For a stock bonus award made on or after the Listing Date, rights to acquire shares under the stock bonus agreement shall be transferable by the Participant only upon such terms and conditions as are set forth in the stock bonus agreement, as the Board shall determine in its discretion, so long as stock awarded under the stock bonus agreement remains subject to the terms of the stock bonus agreement.

 

(b) RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS. Each restricted stock purchase agreement shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as the Board shall deem appropriate. The terms and conditions of the restricted stock purchase agreements may change from time to time, and the terms and conditions of separate restricted stock purchase agreements need not be identical, but each restricted stock purchase agreement shall include (through incorporation of provisions hereof by reference in the agreement or otherwise) the substance of each of the following provisions:

 

(i) PURCHASE PRICE. Subject to the provisions of subsection 5(b) regarding Ten Percent Shareholders, the purchase price under each restricted stock purchase agreement shall be such amount as the Board shall determine and designate in such restricted stock purchase agreement. For restricted stock awards made prior to the Listing Date, the purchase price shall not be less than eighty-five percent (85%) of the stock’s Fair Market Value on the date such award is made or at the time the purchase is consummated. For restricted stock awards made on or after the Listing Date, the purchase price shall not be less than eighty-five percent (85%) of the stock’s Fair Market Value on the date such award is made or at the time the purchase is consummated.

 

(ii) CONSIDERATION. The purchase price of stock acquired pursuant to the restricted stock purchase agreement shall be paid either: (i) in cash at the time of purchase; (ii) at the discretion of the Board, according to a deferred payment or other arrangement with the Participant; or (iii) in any other form of legal consideration that may be acceptable to

 

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the Board in its discretion; provided, however, that at any time that the Company is incorporated in Delaware, then payment of the Common Stock’s “par value,” as defined in the Delaware General Corporation Law, shall not be made by deferred payment.

 

(iii) VESTING. Subject to the “Repurchase Limitation” in subsection 10(h), shares of Common Stock acquired under the restricted stock purchase agreement may, but need not, be subject to a share repurchase option in favor of the Company in accordance with a vesting schedule to be determined by the Board.

 

(iv) TERMINATION OF PARTICIPANT’S CONTINUOUS SERVICE. Subject to the “Repurchase Limitation” in subsection 10(h), in the event a Participant’s Continuous Service terminates, the Company may repurchase or otherwise reacquire any or all of the shares of Common Stock held by the Participant which have not vested as of the date of termination under the terms of the restricted stock purchase agreement.

 

(v) TRANSFERABILITY. For a restricted stock award made before the Listing Date, rights to acquire shares under the restricted stock purchase agreement shall not be transferable except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution and shall be exercisable during the lifetime of the Participant only by the Participant. For a restricted stock award made on or after the Listing Date, rights to acquire shares under the restricted stock purchase agreement shall be transferable by the Participant only upon such terms and conditions as are set forth in the restricted stock purchase agreement, as the Board shall determine in its discretion, so long as stock awarded under the restricted stock purchase agreement remains subject to the terms of the restricted stock purchase agreement.

 

8. COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY.

 

(a) AVAILABILITY OF SHARES. During the terms of the Stock Awards, the Company shall keep available at all times the number of shares of Common Stock required to satisfy such Stock Awards.

 

(b) SECURITIES LAW COMPLIANCE. The Company shall seek to obtain from each regulatory commission or agency having jurisdiction over the Plan such authority as may be required to grant Stock Awards and to issue and sell shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Stock Awards; provided, however, that this undertaking shall not require the Company to register under the Securities Act the Plan, any Stock Award or any stock issued or issuable pursuant to any such Stock Award. If, after reasonable efforts, the Company is unable to obtain from any such regulatory commission or agency the authority which counsel for the Company deems necessary for the lawful issuance and sale of stock under the Plan, the Company shall be relieved from any liability for failure to issue and sell stock upon exercise of such Stock Awards unless and until such authority is obtained.

 

9. USE OF PROCEEDS FROM STOCK.

 

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Proceeds from the sale of stock pursuant to Stock Awards shall constitute general funds of the Company.

 

10. MISCELLANEOUS.

 

(a) ACCELERATION OF EXERCISABILITY AND VESTING. The Board shall have the power to accelerate the time at which a Stock Award may first be exercised or the time during which a Stock Award or any part thereof will vest in accordance with the Plan, notwithstanding the provisions in the Stock Award stating the time at which it may first be exercised or the time during which it will vest.

 

(b) SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS. No Participant shall be deemed to be the holder of, or to have any of the rights of a holder with respect to, any shares subject to such Stock Award unless and until such Participant has satisfied all requirements for exercise of the Stock Award pursuant to its terms.

 

(c) NO EMPLOYMENT OR OTHER SERVICE RIGHTS. Nothing in the Plan or any instrument executed or Stock Award granted pursuant thereto shall confer upon any Participant or other holder of Stock Awards any right to continue to serve the Company or an Affiliate in the capacity in effect at the time the Stock Award was granted or shall affect the right of the Company or an Affiliate to terminate (i) the employment of an Employee with or without notice and with or without Cause, (ii) the service of a Consultant pursuant to the terms of such Consultant’s agreement with the Company or an Affiliate or (iii) the service of a Director pursuant to the Bylaws of the Company or an Affiliate, and any applicable provisions of the corporate law of the state in which the Company or the Affiliate is incorporated, as the case may be.

 

(d) INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION $100,000 LIMITATION. To the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined at the time of grant) of stock with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by any Optionholder during any calendar year (under all plans of the Company and its Affiliates) exceeds one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), the Options or portions thereof which exceed such limit (according to the order in which they were granted) shall be treated as Nonstatutory Stock Options.

 

(e) INVESTMENT ASSURANCES. The Company may require a Participant, as a condition of exercising or acquiring stock under any Stock Award, (i) to give written assurances satisfactory to the Company as to the Participant’s knowledge and experience in financial and business matters and/or to employ a purchaser representative reasonably satisfactory to the Company who is knowledgeable and experienced in financial and business matters and that he or she is capable of evaluating, alone or together with the purchaser representative, the merits and risks of exercising the Stock Award; and (ii) to give written assurances satisfactory to the Company stating that the Participant is acquiring the stock subject to the Stock Award for the Participant’s own account and not with any present intention of selling or otherwise distributing the stock. The foregoing requirements, and any assurances given pursuant to such requirements, shall be

 

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inoperative if (iii) the issuance of the shares upon the exercise or acquisition of stock under the Stock Award has been registered under a then currently effective registration statement under the Securities Act or (iv) as to any particular requirement, a determination is made by counsel for the Company that such requirement need not be met in the circumstances under the then applicable securities laws. The Company may, upon advice of counsel to the Company, place legends on stock certificates issued under the Plan as such counsel deems necessary or appropriate in order to comply with applicable securities laws, including, but not limited to, legends restricting the transfer of the stock.

 

(f) WITHHOLDING OBLIGATIONS. To the extent provided by the terms of a Stock Award Agreement, the Participant may satisfy any federal, state or local tax withholding obligation relating to the exercise or acquisition of stock under a Stock Award by any of the following means (in addition to the Company’s right to withhold from any compensation paid to the Participant by the Company) or by a combination of such means: (i) tendering a cash payment; (ii) authorizing the Company to withhold shares from the shares of the Common Stock otherwise issuable to the participant as a result of the exercise or acquisition of stock under the Stock Award; or (iii) delivering to the Company owned and unencumbered shares of the Common Stock.

 

(g) INFORMATION OBLIGATION. Prior to the Listing Date, to the extent required by Section 260.140.46 of Title 10 of the California Code of Regulations, the Company shall deliver financial statements to Participants at least annually. This subsection 10(g) shall not apply to key Employees whose duties in connection with the Company assure them access to equivalent information.

 

(h) REPURCHASE LIMITATION. The terms of any repurchase option shall be specified in the Stock Award and may be either at Fair Market Value at the time of repurchase or at not less than the original purchase price. To the extent required by Section 260.140.41 and Section 260.140.42 of Title 10 of the California Code of Regulations, any repurchase option contained in a Stock Award granted prior to the Listing Date to a person who is not an Officer, Director or Consultant shall be upon the terms described below:

 

(i) FAIR MARKET VALUE. If the repurchase option gives the Company the right to repurchase the shares upon termination of employment at not less than the Fair Market Value of the shares to be purchased on the date of termination of Continuous Service, then (i) the right to repurchase shall be exercised for cash or cancellation of purchase money indebtedness for the shares within ninety (90) days of termination of Continuous Service (or in the case of shares issued upon exercise of Stock Awards after such date of termination, within ninety (90) days after the date of the exercise) or such longer period as may be agreed to by the Company and the Participant (for example, for purposes of satisfying the requirements of Section 1202(c)(3) of the Code regarding “qualified small business stock”) and (ii) the right terminates when the shares become publicly traded.

 

(ii) ORIGINAL PURCHASE PRICE. If the repurchase option gives the Company the right to repurchase the shares upon termination of Continuous Service at the original purchase price, then (i) the right to repurchase at the original purchase price shall lapse at

 

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the rate of at least twenty percent (20%) of the shares per year over five (5) years from the date the Stock Award is granted (without respect to the date the Stock Award was exercised or became exercisable) and (ii) the right to repurchase shall be exercised for cash or cancellation of purchase money indebtedness for the shares within ninety (90) days of termination of Continuous Service (or in the case of shares issued upon exercise of Options after such date of termination, within ninety (90) days after the date of the exercise) or such longer period as may be agreed to by the Company and the Participant (for example, for purposes of satisfying the requirements of Section 1202(c)(3) of the Code regarding “qualified small business stock”).

 

11. ADJUSTMENTS UPON CHANGES IN STOCK.

 

(a) CAPITALIZATION ADJUSTMENTS. If any change is made in the stock subject to the Plan, or subject to any Stock Award, without the receipt of consideration by the Company (through merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, reincorporation, stock dividend, dividend in property other than cash, stock split, liquidating dividend, combination of shares, exchange of shares, change in corporate structure or other transaction not involving the receipt of consideration by the Company), the Plan will be appropriately adjusted in the class(es) and maximum number of securities subject to the Plan pursuant to subsection 4(a) and the maximum number of securities subject to award to any person pursuant to subsection 5(c), and the outstanding Stock Awards will be appropriately adjusted in the class(es) and number of securities and price per share of stock subject to such outstanding Stock Awards. The Board, the determination of which shall be final, binding and conclusive, shall make such adjustments. (The conversion of any convertible securities of the Company shall not be treated as a transaction “without receipt of consideration” by the Company.)

 

(b) DISSOLUTION OR LIQUIDATION. In the event of a dissolution or liquidation of the Company, then such Stock Awards shall be terminated if not exercised (if applicable) prior to such event.

 

(c) CHANGE IN CONTROL—ASSET SALE, MERGER, CONSOLIDATION OR REVERSE MERGER. In the event of (i) a sale of substantially all of the assets of the Company, (ii) a merger or consolidation in which the Company is not the surviving corporation or (iii) a reverse merger in which the Company is the surviving corporation but the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately preceding the merger are converted by virtue of the merger into other property, whether in the form of securities, cash or otherwise, then any surviving corporation or acquiring corporation shall assume any Stock Awards outstanding under the Plan or shall substitute similar stock awards (including an award to acquire the same consideration paid to the shareholders in the transaction described in this subsection 11(c)) for those outstanding under the Plan. In the event any surviving corporation or acquiring corporation refuses to assume such Stock Awards or to substitute similar stock awards for those outstanding under the Plan, then with respect to Stock Awards held by Participants whose Continuous Service has not terminated, the vesting of such Stock Awards (and, if applicable, the time during which such Stock Awards may be exercised) shall be accelerated in full, and the Stock Awards

 

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shall terminate if not exercised (if applicable) at or prior to such event. With respect to any other Stock Awards outstanding under the Plan, such Stock Awards shall terminate if not exercised (if applicable) prior to such event.

 

(d) Notwithstanding other provisions of the Plan, or an Option Agreement: if potential acceleration of vesting (and exercisability) would BY ITSELF result in a transaction that would otherwise be eligible to be accounted for as a “pooling of interests” accounting transaction becoming ineligible for such accounting treatment; and the potential acquiring or surviving corporation of the transaction desires to account for such transaction as a “pooling of interests” transaction, then such acceleration shall not occur. Additionally, in the event that the restrictions upon acceleration provided for in the immediately preceding sentence BY ITSELF would result in the transaction becoming ineligible to be accounted for as a “pooling of interests” accounting transaction, then such restrictions (and such acceleration) shall be deemed inoperative. Accounting issues shall be determined by the Company’s independent public accountants applying generally accepted accounting principles.

 

12. AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN AND STOCK AWARDS.

 

(a) AMENDMENT OF PLAN. The Board at any time, and from time to time, may amend the Plan. However, except as provided in Section 11 relating to adjustments upon changes in stock, no amendment shall be effective unless approved by the shareholders of the Company to the extent shareholder approval is necessary to satisfy the requirements of Section 422 of the Code, Rule 16b-3 or any Nasdaq or securities exchange listing requirements.

 

(b) SHAREHOLDER APPROVAL. The Board may, in its sole discretion, submit any other amendment to the Plan for shareholder approval, including, but not limited to, amendments to the Plan intended to satisfy the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code and the regulations thereunder regarding the exclusion of performance-based compensation from the limit on corporate deductibility of compensation paid to certain executive officers.

 

(c) CONTEMPLATED AMENDMENTS. It is expressly contemplated that the Board may amend the Plan in any respect the Board deems necessary or advisable to provide eligible Employees with the maximum benefits provided or to be provided under the provisions of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder relating to Incentive Stock Options and/or to bring the Plan and/or Incentive Stock Options granted under it into compliance therewith.

 

(d) NO IMPAIRMENT OF RIGHTS. Rights under any Stock Award granted before amendment of the Plan shall not be impaired by any amendment of the Plan unless (i) the Company requests the consent of the Participant and (ii) the Participant consents in writing.

 

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(e) AMENDMENT OF STOCK AWARDS. The Board at any time, and from time to time, may amend the terms of any one or more Stock Awards; provided, however, that the rights under any Stock Award shall not be impaired by any such amendment unless (i) the Company requests the consent of the Participant and (ii) the Participant consents in writing.

 

13. TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION OF THE PLAN.

 

(a) PLAN TERM. The Board may suspend or terminate the Plan at any time. Unless sooner terminated, the Plan shall terminate on the day before the tenth (10th) anniversary of the date the Plan is adopted by the Board or approved by the shareholders of the Company, whichever is earlier. No Stock Awards may be granted under the Plan while the Plan is suspended or after it is terminated.

 

(b) NO IMPAIRMENT OF RIGHTS. Suspension or termination of the Plan shall not impair rights and obligations under any Stock Award granted while the Plan is in effect except with the written consent of the Participant.

 

14. EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN.

 

The Plan shall become effective as determined by the Board, but no Stock Award shall be exercised (or, in the case of a stock bonus, shall be granted) unless and until the Plan has been approved by the shareholders of the Company, which approval shall be within twelve (12) months before or after the date the Plan is adopted by the Board.

 

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Exhibit 4.6

 

RESUMIX, INC.

1998 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS’ STOCK OPTION PLAN

ADOPTED ON AUGUST 13, 1998

APPROVED BY SHAREHOLDERS ON AUGUST 13, 1998

 

1. PURPOSE.

 

(a) The purpose of the 1998 Non-Employee Directors’ Stock Option Plan (the “Plan”) is to provide a means by which each person who is a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of RESUMIX, INC, a New Jersey corporation (the “Company”), and who is not otherwise, at the time of grant of an option under the Plan, an employee of the Company or of any Affiliate of the Company (each such person being hereinafter referred to as a “Non-Employee Director”) will be given an opportunity to purchase stock of the Company.

 

(b) The word “AFFILIATE” as used in the Plan means any parent corporation or subsidiary corporation of the Company as those terms are defined in Sections 424(e) and (f), respectively, of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time (the “Code”), and shall be deemed to include the General Atlantic Partners family of investment funds. The term “LISTING DATE” means the first date upon which any security of the Company is listed (or approved for listing) upon notice of issuance on any securities exchange or designated (or approved for designation) upon notice of issuance as a national market security on an interdealer quotation system if such securities exchange or interdealer quotation system has been certified in accordance with the provisions of Section 25100(o) of the California Corporate Securities Law of 1968.

 

(c) The Company, by means of the Plan, seeks to retain the services of persons now serving as Non-Employee Directors of the Company, to secure and retain the services of persons capable of serving in such capacity, and to provide incentives for such persons to exert maximum efforts for the success of the Company.

 

2. ADMINISTRATION.

 

(a) The Plan shall be administered by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) unless and until the Board delegates administration to a committee, as provided in subsection 2(b).

 

(b) The Board may delegate administration of the Plan to a committee comprising not fewer than two (2) members of the Board (the “Committee”). If administration is delegated to a Committee, the Committee shall have, in connection with the administration of the Plan, the powers theretofore possessed by the Board, subject, however, to such resolutions, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as may be adopted from time to time by the Board. The Board may abolish the Committee at any time and revest in the Board the administration of the Plan.

 



 

3. SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN.

 

(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 10 relating to adjustments upon changes in stock, the stock that may be sold pursuant to options granted under the Plan shall not exceed in the aggregate fifty thousand (50,000) shares of the Company’s common stock. If any option granted under the Plan shall for any reason expire or otherwise terminate without having been exercised in full, the stock not purchased under such option shall again become available for the Plan.

 

(b) The stock subject to the Plan may be unissued shares or reacquired shares, bought on the market or otherwise.

 

4. ELIGIBILITY.

 

Options shall be granted only to Non-Employee Directors of the Company.

 

5. NON-DISCRETIONARY GRANTS.

 

(a) Upon the date of the approval of the Plan by the Board (the “Adoption Date”), each person who is then a Non-Employee Director automatically shall be granted an option to purchase twenty-four thousand (24,000) shares of common stock of the Company on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

 

(b) Each person who is, after the Adoption Date, elected for the first time to be a Non-Employee Director automatically shall, upon the date of his or her initial election to be a Non-Employee Director by the Board or shareholders of the Company, be granted an option to purchase twenty-four thousand (24,000) shares of common stock of the Company on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

 

(c) On the third anniversary from the date of grant of an option under subsection 5(a) or subsection 5(b), the holder of such an option who is then a Non-Employee Director, automatically shall be granted an option to purchase twenty-four thousand (24,000) shares of common stock of the Company on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

 

(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if on a grant date under this Section 5, the number of shares reserved under the Plan and not subject to outstanding options is less than the number of shares to be granted subject to options on such date, then the number of such remaining shares shall be allocated first to the making of grants under subsection 5(b) of the Plan (pro-rated if necessary), and any remaining number of such shares shall then be allocated pro-rata among the option grants to be made under subsection 5(c).

 

6. OPTION PROVISIONS.

 

Each option shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:

 

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(a) The term of each option commences on the date it is granted and, unless sooner terminated as set forth herein, expires on the date (“Expiration Date”) ten (10) years from the date of grant. If the optionee’s service as a Non-Employee Director of the Company or any Affiliate terminates for any reason or for no reason, the option shall terminate on the earlier of the Expiration Date or the date three (3) months following the date of termination of such service; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if such termination of service is due to (i) the optionee’s death, the option shall terminate on the earlier of the Expiration Date or eighteen (18) months following the date of the optionee’s death (ii) the optionee’s disability, the option shall terminate on the earlier of the Expiration Date or twelve (12) months following the date of the optionee’s disability. In any and all circumstances, an option may be exercised following termination of the optionee’s service as a Non-Employee Director of the Company or any Affiliate only as to that number of shares as to which it was exercisable as of the date of termination of such service under the provisions of subsection 6(e).

 

(b) The exercise price of each option shall be one hundred percent (100%) of the fair market value of the stock subject to such option on the date such option is granted. Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to the effective date of the first registration of an equity security of the Company under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, if any person to whom an option is to be granted under the Plan owns stock possessing more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of stock of the Company or of any of its Affiliates, the option exercise price shall be one hundred ten percent (110%) of the fair market value of such stock at the date of grant.

 

(c) The optionee may elect to make payment of the exercise price under one of the following alternatives:

 

(i) Payment of the exercise price per share in cash at the time of exercise; or

 

(ii) Provided that at the time of the exercise the Company’s common stock is publicly traded and quoted regularly in the Wall Street Journal, payment by delivery of shares of common stock of the Company already owned by the optionee, held for the period required to avoid a charge to the Company’s reported earnings, and owned free and clear of any liens, claims, encumbrances or security interest, which common stock shall be valued at its fair market value on the date preceding the date of exercise; or

 

(iii) Payment by a combination of the methods of payment specified in subsection 6(c)(i) and 6(c)(ii) above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this option may be exercised pursuant to a program developed under Regulation T as promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board which results in the receipt of cash (or check) by the Company either prior to the issuance of shares of the Company’s common stock or pursuant to the terms of irrevocable instructions issued by the optionee prior to the issuance of shares of the Company’s common stock.

 

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(d) An option shall not be transferable except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, or pursuant to a domestic relations order satisfying the requirements of Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Rule 16b-3”) and shall be exercisable during the lifetime of the person to whom the option is granted only by such person (or by his guardian or legal representative) or transferee pursuant to such an order. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the optionee may, by delivering written notice to the Company in a form satisfactory to the Company, designate a third party who, in the event of the death of the optionee, shall thereafter be entitled to exercise the option.

 

(e) The option shall become exercisable as follows:

 

(i) The option shall become exercisable, starting from the grant date, at the rate of one thirty-sixth (1/36th) of the number of shares subject to the option at the end of each month for so long as the optionee continues service as a Non-Employee Director of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company, whereupon such option shall become fully exercisable in accordance with its terms with respect to that portion of the shares represented by that installment.

 

(ii) In the event the optionee’s service as a Non-Employee Director terminates as a result of the optionee’s death, the vesting of the option that would have occurred under the option, but for the optionee’s death, during the period beginning on the date of death and ending on the date that is six (6) months from the date of death, shall accelerate and the option shall be exercisable for such number of shares in addition to the number of shares for which it was exercisable on the date of death.

 

(iii) If so provided in the option agreement, the optionee may elect at any time before the optionee’s service as a Non-Employee Director terminates to exercise the option as to any part or all of the shares subject to the option prior to the full vesting of the option. Any unvested shares so purchased shall be subject to an unvested share repurchase option in favor of the Company. The price of any such repurchase option shall be the original purchase price (or the exercise price).

 

(f) The Company may require any optionee, or any person to whom an option is transferred under subsection 6(d), as a condition of exercising any such option: (i) to give written assurances satisfactory to the Company as to the optionee’s knowledge and experience in financial and business matters; and (ii) to give written assurances satisfactory to the Company stating that such person is acquiring the stock subject to the option for such person’s own account and not with any present intention of selling or otherwise distributing the stock. These requirements, and any assurances given pursuant to such requirements, shall be inoperative if (i) the issuance of the shares upon the exercise of the option has been registered under a then-currently-effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or (ii), as to any particular requirement, a determination is made by counsel for the Company that such requirement need not be met in the circumstances under the then applicable securities laws. The Company may require any optionee to provide such other representations, written assurances or information which the Company shall determine is

 

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necessary, desirable or appropriate to comply with applicable securities laws as a condition of granting an option to the optionee or permitting the optionee to exercise the option. The Company may, upon advice of counsel to the Company, place legends on stock certificates issued under the Plan as such counsel deems necessary or appropriate in order to comply with applicable securities laws, including, but not limited to, legends restricting the transfer of the stock.

 

(g) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, an option may not be exercised unless the shares issuable upon exercise of such option are then registered under the Securities Act or, if such shares are not then so registered, the Company has determined that such exercise and issuance would be exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

 

(h) The Company (or a representative of the underwriters) may, in connection with the first underwritten registration of the offering of any securities of the Company under the Securities Act, require that any optionee not sell or otherwise transfer or dispose of any shares of common stock or other securities of the Company during such period (not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days) following the effective date of the registration statement of the Company filed under the Securities Act as may be requested by the Company or the representative of the underwriters.

 

7. COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY.

 

(a) During the terms of the options granted under the Plan, the Company shall keep available at all times the number of shares of stock required to satisfy such options.

 

(b) The Company shall seek to obtain from each regulatory commission or agency having jurisdiction over the Plan such authority as may be required to issue and sell shares of stock upon exercise of the options granted under the Plan; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that this undertaking shall not require the Company to register under the Securities Act either the Plan, any option granted under the Plan, or any stock issued or issuable pursuant to any such option. If, after reasonable efforts, the Company is unable to obtain from any such regulatory commission or agency the authority which counsel for the Company deems necessary for the lawful issuance and sale of stock under the Plan, the Company shall be relieved from any liability for failure to issue and sell stock upon exercise of such options.

 

8. USE OF PROCEEDS FROM STOCK.

 

Proceeds from the sale of stock pursuant to options granted under the Plan shall constitute general funds of the Company.

 

9. MISCELLANEOUS.

 

(a) Neither an optionee nor any person to whom an option is transferred under subsection 6(d) shall be deemed to be the holder of, or to have any of the rights of a holder with

 

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respect to, any shares subject to such option unless and until such person has satisfied all requirements for exercise of the option pursuant to its terms.

 

(b) Throughout the term of any option granted pursuant to the Plan, the Company shall make available to the holder of such option, not later than one hundred twenty (120) days after the close of each of the Company’s fiscal years during the option term, upon request, such financial and other information regarding the Company as comprises the annual report to the shareholders of the Company provided for in the Bylaws of the Company and such other information regarding the Company as the holder of such option may reasonably request.

 

(c) Nothing in the Plan or in any instrument executed pursuant thereto shall confer upon any Non-Employee Director any right to continue in the service of the Company or any Affiliate in any capacity or shall affect any right of the Company, its Board or shareholders or any Affiliate to remove any Non-Employee Director pursuant to the Company’s By-Laws and the provisions of the California General Corporation Law (or the applicable laws of the Company’s state of incorporation if the Company’s state of incorporation should change in the future).

 

(d) No Non-Employee Director, individually or as a member of a group, and no beneficiary or other person claiming under or through him, shall have any right, title or interest in or to any option reserved for the purposes of the Plan except as to such shares of common stock, if any, as shall have been reserved for him pursuant to an option granted to him.

 

(e) In connection with each option made pursuant to the Plan, it shall be a condition precedent to the Company’s obligation to issue or transfer shares to a Non-Employee Director, or to evidence the removal of any restrictions on transfer, that such Non-Employee Director make arrangements satisfactory to the Company to insure that the amount of any federal or other withholding tax required to be withheld with respect to such sale or transfer, or such removal or lapse, is made available to the Company for timely payment of such tax.

 

(f) As used in this Plan, “fair market value” means, as of any date, the value of the common stock of the Company determined as follows and in each case in a manner consistent with Section 260.140.50 of Title 10 of the California Code of Regulations:

 

(i) If the common stock is listed on any established stock exchange or a national market system, including without limitation the National Market System of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation (“NASDAQ”) System, the Fair Market Value of a share of common stock shall be the closing sales price for such stock (or the closing bid, if no sales were reported) as quoted on such system or exchange (or the exchange with the greatest volume of trading in common stock) on the last market trading day prior to the day of determination, as reported in the Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Board deems reliable;

 

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(ii) If the common stock is quoted on the NASDAQ System (but not on the National Market System thereof) or is regularly quoted by a recognized securities dealer but selling prices are not reported, the Fair Market Value of a share of common stock shall be the mean between the bid and asked prices for the common stock on the last market trading day prior to the day of determination, as reported in the Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Board deems reliable;

 

(iii) In the absence of an established market for the common stock, the Fair Market Value shall be determined in good faith by the Board.

 

10. ADJUSTMENTS UPON CHANGES IN STOCK.

 

(a) If any change is made in the stock subject to the Plan, or subject to any option granted under the Plan (through merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, stock dividend, dividend in property other than cash, stock split, liquidating dividend, combination of shares, exchange of shares, change in corporate structure or other transaction not involving the receipt of consideration by the Company), the Plan and outstanding options will be appropriately adjusted in the class(es) and maximum number of shares subject to the Plan and the class(es) and number of shares and price per share of stock subject to outstanding options. Such adjustments shall be made by the Board, the determination of which shall be final, binding and conclusive. (The conversion of any convertible securities of the Company shall not be treated as a “transaction not involving the receipt of consideration by the Company.”)

 

(b) “CORPORATE-DEFINING EVENT” means:

 

(i) a dissolution, liquidation, or sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or

 

(ii) a merger or consolidation in which the Company is not the surviving corporation, or

 

(iii) a reverse merger in which the Company is the surviving corporation but the shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding immediately preceding the merger are converted by virtue of the merger into other property, whether in the form of securities, cash or otherwise, or

 

(iv) after the Listing Date, the acquisition by any person, entity or group within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or any comparable successor provisions (excluding any employee benefit plan, or related trust, sponsored or maintained by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company) of the beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act, or comparable successor rule) of securities of the Company representing at least fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power entitled to vote in the election of directors, or

 

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(v) after the Listing Date, individuals who, as of the date of the adoption of this Plan, are members of the Board (the “Incumbent Board”), ceasing for any reason to constitute at least fifty percent (50%) of the Board, unless the election, or nomination for election, by the Company’s shareholders of any new director was approved by a vote of at least fifty percent (50%) of the Incumbent Board, in which case such new director shall be considered as a member of the Incumbent Board.

 

(c) If there is a Corporate-Defining Event, then to the extent not prohibited by applicable law, the vesting of options outstanding under the Plan shall accelerate in full prior to such Corporate-Defining Event and (i) if the Corporate-Defining Event is described under subsections 10(b)(i), 10(b)(ii), or 10(b)(iii), then the options shall terminate if neither exercised after such acceleration and at or prior to such event, nor assumed or converted into substantially similar options; or (ii) if the Corporate-Defining Event is described under subsections 10(b)(iv) or 10(b)(v), then the options shall otherwise continue in accordance with their terms and the Plan.

 

(d) Notwithstanding other provisions of the Plan: if potential acceleration of vesting (and exercisability) would BY ITSELF result in a transaction that would otherwise be eligible to be accounted for as a “pooling of interests” accounting transaction becoming ineligible for such accounting treatment; and the potential acquiring or surviving corporation of the transaction desires to account for such transaction as a “pooling of interests” transaction, then such acceleration shall not occur. Additionally, in the event that the restrictions upon acceleration provided for in the immediately preceding sentence BY ITSELF would result in the transaction becoming ineligible to be accounted for as a “pooling of interests” accounting transaction, then such restrictions (and such acceleration) shall be deemed inoperative. Accounting issues shall be determined by the Company’s independent public accountants applying generally accepted accounting principles.

 

11. AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN.

 

(a) The Board at any time, and from time to time, may amend the Plan and/or some or all outstanding options granted under the Plan. Except as provided in Section 10 relating to adjustments upon changes in stock, no amendment shall be effective unless approved by the shareholders of the Company within twelve (12) months before or after the adoption of the amendment, where the amendment will:

 

(i) Increase the number of shares which may be issued under the Plan;

 

(ii) Modify the requirements as to eligibility for participation in the Plan (to the extent such modification requires shareholder approval in order for the Plan to comply with the requirements of Rule 16b-3); or

 

(iii) Modify the Plan in any other way if such modification requires shareholder approval in order for the Plan to comply with the requirements of Rule 16b-3 or Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code.

 

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(b) Rights and obligations under any option granted before any amendment of the Plan shall not be impaired by such amendment unless (i) the Company requests the consent of the person to whom the option was granted and (ii) such person consents in writing.

 

12. TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION OF THE PLAN.

 

(a) The Board may suspend or terminate the Plan at any time. Unless sooner terminated, the Plan shall terminate on the day before the tenth (10th) anniversary of the date the Plan is adopted by the Board or approved by the shareholders of the Company, whichever is earlier.

 

(b) Rights and obligations under any option granted while the Plan is in effect shall not be impaired by suspension or termination of the Plan, except with the consent of the person to whom the option was granted.

 

13. EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN; CONDITIONS OF EXERCISE.

 

(a) The Plan shall become effective upon adoption by the Board of Directors, subject to the condition subsequent that the Plan is approved by the shareholders of the Company.

 

(b) No option granted under the Plan shall be exercised or exercisable unless and until the condition of subsection 13(a) above has been met.

 

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Exhibit 4.7

 

RESUMIX, INC.

2000 STOCK OPTION PLAN

ARTICLE I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

1.1. PURPOSE OF THE PLAN. This 2000 Stock Option Plan is intended to promote the interests of Resumix, Inc., a Delaware corporation, by providing eligible persons with the opportunity to acquire a proprietary interest, or else to increase their proprietary interest, in the Corporation as an incentive for them to remain in the service of the Corporation.

 

Capitalized terms shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the attached Appendix.

 

1.2. STRUCTURE OF THE PLAN. (a) The Plan shall consist of a Discretionary Option Grant Program under which eligible persons may, at the discretion of the Plan Administrator, be granted options to purchase shares of Common Stock.

 

(b) The provisions of Articles One and Three shall apply to the Plan and shall govern the interests of all persons under the Plan.

 

1.3. ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN. (a) The following provisions shall govern the administration of the Plan:

 

(i) The Board shall have the authority to administer the Discretionary Option Grant Program with respect to Section 16 Insiders but may delegate such authority in whole or in part to the Primary Committee.

 

(ii) Administration of the Discretionary Option Grant Program with respect to all other persons eligible to participate in such program may, at the Board’s discretion, be vested in the Primary Committee or a Secondary Committee, or the Board may retain the power to administer such program with respect to all such persons.

 

(b) Each Plan Administrator shall, within the scope of its administrative jurisdiction under the Plan, have full power and authority subject to the provisions of the Plan:

 

(i) to establish such rules as it may deem appropriate for proper administration of the Plan, to make all factual determinations, to construe and interpret the provisions of the Plan and the awards thereunder and to resolve any and all ambiguities thereunder;

 

(ii) to determine, with respect to awards made under the Discretionary Option Grant Program, which eligible persons are to receive such awards; the time or times when such awards are to be made; the number of shares to be covered by each such award; following the Plan Effective Date, the vesting schedule (if any) applicable to the award; the status of a granted option as either an Incentive Option or a Non-Statutory Option and the maximum term for which the option is to remain outstanding;

 



 

(iii) to amend, modify or cancel any outstanding award with the consent of the holder or accelerate the vesting of such award; and

 

(iv) to take such other discretionary actions as permitted pursuant to the terms of the Plan.

 

Decisions of each Plan Administrator within the scope of its administrative functions under the Plan shall be final and binding on all parties.

 

(c) Members of the Primary Committee or any Secondary Committee shall serve for such period of time as the Board may determine and may be removed by the Board at any time. The Board may also at any time terminate the functions of any Secondary Committee and reassume all powers and authority previously delegated to such committee.

 

(d) Service on the Primary Committee or the Secondary Committee shall constitute service as a Board member, and members of each such committee shall accordingly be entitled to full indemnification and reimbursement as Board members for their service on such committee. No member of the Primary Committee or the Secondary Committee shall be liable for any act or omission made in good faith with respect to the Plan or any options under the Plan.

 

1.4. ELIGIBILITY. The persons eligible to participate in the Discretionary Option Grant Program are the Employees.

 

1.5. STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN. (a) The stock issuable under the Plan shall be shares of authorized but unissued or reacquired Common Stock, including shares repurchased by the Corporation on the open market. The maximum number of shares of Common Stock initially reserved for issuance over the term of the Plan shall not exceed 4,500,000 shares of Common Stock.

 

(b) No one person participating in the Plan may receive options for more than 850,000 shares of Common Stock in the aggregate per calendar year, beginning with the 2000 calendar year.

 

(c) Shares of Common Stock subject to outstanding options shall be available for subsequent issuance under the Plan to the extent those options expire, terminate or are cancelled for any reason prior to exercise in full. Unvested shares issued under the Plan and subsequently repurchased by the Corporation, at the original exercise or 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 options under the Plan. However, should the exercise price of an option under the Plan be paid with shares of Common Stock or should shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable under the Plan be withheld by the Corporation in satisfaction of the withholding taxes incurred in connection with the exercise of an option under the Plan, then the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan shall be

 

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reduced by the gross number of shares for which the option is exercised, and not by the net number of shares of Common Stock issued to the holder of such option.

 

(d) Except for the transactions contemplated in the Merger Agreement (which are handled in paragraph (e) below), if any change is made to the Common Stock by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, merger, reorganization, 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,

 

(ii) the number and/or class of securities for which any one person may be granted options under this Plan per calendar year, and

 

(iii) the number and/or class of securities and the exercise price per share in effect under each outstanding option under the Plan.

 

Such adjustments to the outstanding options are to be effected in a manner which shall preclude the enlargement or dilution of rights and benefits under such options. 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.

 

(e) Upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated in the Merger Agreement, each of

 

(i) the maximum number and/or class of securities issuable under the Plan shall be adjusted to become a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the product of (A) 4.5 million and (B) the Conversion Number,

 

(ii) the number and/or class of securities for which any one person may be granted options under this Plan per calendar year shall be adjusted to become a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the product of (A) 850,000 and (B) the Conversion Number, and

 

(iii) the number and/or class of securities and the exercise price per share in effect under each outstanding option under the Plan shall be adjusted in the manner described in the Merger Agreement.

 

ARTICLE II

DISCRETIONARY OPTION GRANT PROGRAM

 

2.1. 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

 

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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.

 

2.2. EXERCISE PRICE.

 

(a) The exercise price per share shall be fixed by the Plan Administrator at the time of the option grant, but shall not be less than the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock at the time of the option grant.

 

(b) The exercise price shall become immediately due upon exercise of the option and shall, subject to 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) through 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 to (A) a Corporation-approved 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) the Corporation to deliver the certificates for the purchased shares directly to such brokerage firm in order to complete the sale.

 

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.

 

2.3. EXERCISE AND TERM OF OPTIONS. (a) In respect of any options granted prior to the Plan Effective Date, 25% of the shares subject to any and all such options shall become exercisable on the first anniversary of the date of grant; and the remainder of the shares subject to such options shall become exercisable in equal monthly installments over the 36 month period immediately following the first anniversary of the date of grant.

 

(b) With respect to options granted after the Plan Effective Date, 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.

 

(c) However, no option shall have a term in excess of ten (10) years measured from the option grant date.

 

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2.4. CESSATION OF SERVICE. (a) The following provisions shall govern the exercise of any options outstanding at the time of the Optionee’s cessation of Service or death:

 

(i) Any option outstanding at the time of the Optionee’s cessation of Service for any reason shall remain exercisable for such period of time thereafter as shall be determined by the Plan Administrator and set forth in the documents evidencing the option, but no such option shall be exercisable after the expiration of the option term.

 

(ii) Any option exercisable in whole or in part by the Optionee at the time of death may be subsequently exercised by his or her Beneficiary.

 

(iii) 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 except as such number may be changed pursuant to Section 1.5(d) above. 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 to the extent the option is not otherwise at that time exercisable for vested shares.

 

(iv) Should the Optionee’s Service be terminated for Misconduct or should the Optionee engage in Misconduct while his or her options are outstanding, then all such options shall terminate immediately and cease to be outstanding.

 

(b) The Plan Administrator shall have complete discretion, exercisable either at the time an option is granted or at any time while the option remains outstanding:

 

(i) to extend the period of time for which the option is to remain exercisable following the Optionee’s cessation of Service to such period of time as the Plan Administrator shall deem appropriate, but in no event beyond the expiration of the option term, and/or

 

(ii) to permit the option to be exercised, during the applicable post-Service exercise period, for one or more additional installments in which the Optionee would have vested had the Optionee continued in Service.

 

2.5. 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 a holder of record of the purchased shares.

 

2.6. REPURCHASE RIGHTS. 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

 

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shares) shall be established by the Plan Administrator and set forth in the document evidencing such repurchase right.

 

2.7. LIMITED TRANSFERABILITY OF OPTIONS. During the lifetime of the Optionee, Incentive Options shall be exercisable only by the Optionee and shall not be assignable or transferable other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution following the Optionee’s death. Non-Statutory Options shall be subject to the same restrictions, except that a Non-Statutory Option may, to the extent permitted by the Plan Administrator, be assigned in whole or in part during the Optionee’s lifetime

 

(i) as a gift to one or more members of the Optionee’s immediate family, to a trust in which Optionee and/or one or more such family members hold more than fifty percent (50%) of the beneficial interest or to an entity in which more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting interests are owned by Optionee and/or one or more such family members or

 

(ii) pursuant to a domestic relations order. 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.

 

2.8. INCENTIVE OPTIONS. The terms specified below shall be applicable to all Incentive Options. Except as modified by the provisions of this Section 2.8, all the provisions of Articles One, Two and Three shall be applicable to Incentive Options. Options which are specifically designated as Non-Statutory Options when issued under the Plan shall NOT be subject to the terms of this Section 2.8.

 

(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 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 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

 

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date, and the option term shall not exceed five (5) years measured from the option grant date.

 

2.9. CHANGE IN CONTROL. (a) Each option outstanding at the time of a Change in Control but not otherwise fully-vested shall automatically accelerate so that each such option shall, immediately prior to the effective date of the Change in Control, 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, an outstanding option shall not so accelerate if and to the extent:

 

(i) such option is, in connection with the Change in Control, assumed or otherwise continued in full force and effect by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) pursuant to the terms of the Change in Control,

 

(ii) such option is replaced with a cash incentive program of the successor corporation which preserves the spread existing at the time of the Change in Control on the shares of Common Stock for which the option is not otherwise at that time exercisable and provides for subsequent payout in accordance with the same vesting schedule applicable to those 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 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 Change in Control, except to the extent:

 

(i) those repurchase rights are assigned to the successor corporation (or parent thereof) or otherwise continue in full force and effect pursuant to the terms of the Change in Control 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 Change in Control, all outstanding options shall terminate and cease to be outstanding, except to the extent assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) or otherwise expressly continued in full force and effect pursuant to the terms of the Change in Control.

 

(d) Each option which is assumed in connection with a Change in Control shall be appropriately adjusted, immediately after such Change in Control, to apply to the number and class of securities which would have been issuable to the Optionee in consummation of such Change in Control had the option been exercised immediately prior to such Change in Control. Appropriate adjustments to reflect such Change in Control shall also be made to

 

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(i) the exercise price payable per share under each outstanding option, PROVIDED the aggregate exercise price payable for such securities shall remain the same,

 

(ii) the maximum number and/or class of securities available for issuance over the remaining term of the Plan and

 

(iii) the maximum number and/or class of securities for which any one person may be granted options under the Plan per calendar year.

 

(e) The Plan Administrator may at any time provide that one or more options will automatically accelerate in connection with a Change in Control, whether or not those options are assumed or otherwise continued in full force and effect pursuant to the terms of the Change in Control. Any such option shall accordingly become exercisable, immediately prior to the effective date of such Change in Control, 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. In addition, the Plan Administrator may at any time provide that one or more of the Corporation’s repurchase rights shall not be assignable in connection with such Change in Control and shall terminate upon the consummation of such Change in Control.

 

(f) The Plan Administrator may at any time provide that one or more options will automatically accelerate upon an Involuntary Termination of the Optionee’s Service within a designated period (not to exceed eighteen (18) months) following the effective date of any Change in Control in which those options do not otherwise accelerate. Any options so accelerated shall remain exercisable for fully-vested shares until the EARLIER of

 

(i) the expiration of the option term or

 

(ii) the expiration of the one (1)-year period measured from the effective date of the Involuntary Termination. In addition, the Plan Administrator may at any time provide that one or more of the Corporation’s repurchase rights shall immediately terminate upon such Involuntary Termination.

 

(g) The portion of any Incentive Option accelerated in connection with a Change in Control shall remain exercisable as an Incentive Option only to the extent the applicable One Hundred Thousand Dollar ($100,000) 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.

 

ARTICLE III

MISCELLANEOUS

 

3.1. NO IMPAIRMENT OF AUTHORITY. Outstanding awards shall in no way affect the right of the Corporation to adjust, reclassify, reorganize or otherwise change its

 

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capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets.

 

3.2. FINANCING. The Plan Administrator may permit any Optionee or Participant to pay the option exercise price under the Discretionary Option Grant Program by delivering a full-recourse, interest bearing promissory note payable in one or more installments. The terms of any such promissory note (including the interest rate and the terms of repayment) shall be established by the Plan Administrator in its sole discretion. In no event 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 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.

 

3.3. TAX WITHHOLDING. (a) The Corporation’s obligation to deliver shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of options under the Plan shall be subject to the satisfaction of all applicable Federal, state and local income and employment tax withholding requirements.

 

(b) The Plan Administrator may, in its discretion, provide any or all holders of Non-Statutory Options under the Plan with the right to use shares of Common Stock in satisfaction of all or part of the Withholding Taxes incurred by such holders in connection with the exercise of their options. Such right may be provided to any such holder in either or both of the following formats:

 

STOCK WITHHOLDING: The election to have the Corporation withhold, from the shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable upon the exercise of such Non-Statutory Option, a portion of those shares with an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the percentage of the Withholding Taxes (not to exceed one hundred percent (100%)) designated by the holder.

 

STOCK DELIVERY: The election to deliver to the Corporation, at the time the Non-Statutory Option is exercised, one or more shares of Common Stock previously acquired by such holder (other than in connection with the option exercise triggering the Withholding Taxes) with an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the percentage of the Taxes (not to exceed one hundred percent (100%)) designated by the holder.

 

3.4. EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM OF THE PLAN. (a) The Plan shall become effective immediately upon the Plan Effective Date. However, options may be granted under the Discretionary Option Grant Program at any time following Board approval of the Plan (even though such date is prior to the Plan Effective Date). Nonetheless, no options granted under the Plan may be exercised until the Plan Effective Date. If the Plan Effective Date does not occur within twelve (12) months after the Plan is approved by the Corporation’s shareholders, then all options previously granted under this Plan shall terminate and cease to be outstanding, and no further options shall be granted under the Plan. In addition, in the event that the Merger Agreement is terminated or otherwise is not consummated within twelve (12) months following Board approval of the Plan, then

 

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all options previously granted under this Plan shall terminate and cease to be outstanding, and no further options shall be granted under the Plan.

 

(b) The Plan shall terminate upon the EARLIEST of

 

(i) the tenth anniversary of the Plan Effective Date, or

 

(ii) the termination of all outstanding options in connection with a Change in Control.

 

Upon such plan termination, all outstanding options shall thereafter continue to have force and effect in accordance with the provisions of the documents evidencing such grants.

 

3.5. AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN. 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 stock options at the time outstanding under the Plan unless the Optionee consents to such amendment or modification. In addition, certain amendments may require stockholder approval pursuant to applicable laws or regulations.

 

3.6. 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.

 

3.7. REGULATORY APPROVALS. (a) The implementation of the Plan, the granting of any stock option under the Plan and the issuance of any shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of any granted option shall be subject to the Corporation’s procurement of all approvals and permits required by regulatory authorities having jurisdiction over the Plan, the stock options granted under it and the shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to it.

 

(b) No shares of Common Stock or other assets shall be issued or delivered under the Plan unless and until there shall have been compliance with all applicable requirements of Federal and state securities laws, including the filing and effectiveness of the Form S-8 registration statement for the shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan, and all applicable listing requirements of any stock exchange (or the Nasdaq National Market, if applicable) on which Common Stock is then listed for trading.

 

3.8. NO EMPLOYMENT/SERVICE RIGHTS. Nothing in the Plan shall confer upon the Optionee 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, which rights are hereby expressly reserved by each, to terminate such person’s Service at any time for any reason, with or without cause.

 

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APPENDIX

 

The following definitions shall be in effect under the Plan:

 

1. BENEFICIARY shall mean, in the event the Plan Administrator implements a beneficiary designation procedure, the person designated by an Optionee pursuant to such procedure, to succeed to such person’s rights under any outstanding awards held by him or her at the time of death. In the absence of such designation or procedure, the Beneficiary shall be the personal representative of the estate of the Optionee or the person or persons to whom the award is transferred by will or the laws of descent and distribution.

 

2. BOARD shall mean, prior to the Plan Effective Date, the Corporation’s Board of Directors; on or after the Plan Effective Date, “Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of HotJobs.

 

3. CHANGE IN CONTROL shall mean a change in ownership or control of HotJobs effected through any of the following transactions:

 

(i) a merger, consolidation or reorganization approved by the stockholders of HotJobs, UNLESS securities representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the voting securities of HotJobs are immediately thereafter beneficially owned, directly or indirectly and in substantially the same proportion, by the persons who beneficially owned HotJobs’s outstanding voting securities immediately prior to such transaction,

 

(ii) any stockholder-approved transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of HotJobs, or

 

(iii) the acquisition, directly or indirectly by any person or related group of persons (other than HotJobs or a person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with HotJobs), of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the 1934 Act) of securities possessing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the outstanding securities of HotJobs pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made directly to the stockholders of HotJobs which the Board recommends such stockholders to accept;

 

PROVIDED, however, that none of the transactions contemplated in the Merger Agreement shall result in or constitute a Change in Control.

 

4. CODE shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

5. COMMON STOCK shall mean, prior to the Plan Effective Date, the Corporation’s common stock, and on or after the Plan Effective Date shall mean the common stock of HotJobs, adjusted as described in Section 1.5(d) herein.

 

6. CONVERSION NUMBER shall have the meaning set forth in the Merger Agreement.

 

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7. CORPORATION shall mean Resumix, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its successors.

 

8. DISCRETIONARY OPTION GRANT PROGRAM shall mean the discretionary option grant program in effect under the Plan.

 

9. 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.

 

10. EXERCISE DATE shall mean the date on which the Corporation shall have received written notice of the option exercise.

 

11. FAIR MARKET VALUE per share of Common Stock on any relevant date shall be determined in accordance with the following provisions:

 

(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 on the Nasdaq National Market or any successor system. 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. 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) For purposes of any options made on the Underwriting Date, the Fair Market Value shall be deemed to be equal to the price per share at which the Common Stock is to be sold in the initial public offering pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement.

 

(iv) For purposes of any options made prior to the Underwriting Date, the Fair Market Value shall be determined by the Plan Administrator, after taking into account such factors as it deems appropriate.

 

12. HOTJOBS shall mean HotJobs.com, Ltd., a Delaware corporation.

 

13. INCENTIVE OPTION shall mean an option which satisfies the requirements of Code Section 422.

 

14. INVOLUNTARY TERMINATION shall mean the termination of the Service of any individual which occurs by reason of:

 

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(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 or Parent or Subsidiary employing the individual 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 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 Corporation without the individual’s consent.

 

15. MERGER AGREEMENT shall mean the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated April 25, 2000, by and among the Corporation, HotJobs, Resumix Acquisition Corp. and the other parties thereto.

 

16. MISCONDUCT shall mean the commission of any act of fraud, embezzlement or dishonesty by the Optionee, any unauthorized use or disclosure by such person of confidential information or trade secrets of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), or any intentional wrongdoing by such person, whether by omission or commission, which adversely affects the business or affairs of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) in a material manner. This shall not limit the grounds for the dismissal or discharge of any person in the Service of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary).

 

17. 1934 ACT shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

18. NON-STATUTORY OPTION shall mean an option not intended to satisfy the requirements of Code Section 422.

 

19. OPTIONEE shall mean any person to whom an option is granted under the Discretionary Option Grant Program.

 

20. 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.

 

21. PLAN shall mean the Corporation’s 2000 Stock Option Plan, as set forth in this document.

 

22. PLAN ADMINISTRATOR shall mean the particular entity, whether the Primary Committee, the Board or the Secondary Committee, which is authorized to administer the Discretionary Option Grant Program with respect to one or more classes of eligible persons, to the extent such entity is carrying out its administrative functions under such program with respect to the persons under its jurisdiction. However, the Primary

 

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Committee shall have the plenary authority to make all factual determinations and to construe and interpret any and all ambiguities under the Plan to the extent such authority is not otherwise expressly delegated to any other Plan Administrator.

 

23. PLAN EFFECTIVE DATE shall mean the “Effective Time,” as defined in the Merger Agreement.

 

24. PRIMARY COMMITTEE shall mean the committee of two (2) or more non-employee Board members appointed by the Board to administer the Discretionary Option Grant Program with respect to Section 16 Insiders.

 

25. SECONDARY COMMITTEE shall mean a committee of one (1) or more Board members appointed by the Board to administer the Discretionary Option Grant Program with respect to eligible persons other than Section 16 Insiders.

 

26. SECTION 12 REGISTRATION DATE shall mean the date on which the Common Stock is first registered under Section 12(g) of the 1934 Act.

 

27. SECTION 16 INSIDER shall mean an officer or director of the Corporation subject to the short-swing profit liabilities of Section 16 of the 1934 Act.

 

28. SERVICE shall mean the performance of services for the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) by a person in the capacity of an Employee.

 

29. STOCK EXCHANGE shall mean either the American Stock Exchange or the New York Stock Exchange.

 

30. 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.

 

31. 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).

 

32. UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT shall mean the agreement between the Corporation and the underwriter or underwriters managing the initial public offering of the Common Stock.

 

33. UNDERWRITING DATE shall mean the date on which the Underwriting Agreement is executed and priced in connection with an initial public offering of the Common Stock.

 

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34. WITHHOLDING TAXES shall mean the Federal, state and local income and employment withholding tax liabilities to which the holder of Non-Statutory Options may become subject in connection with the exercise of those options.

 

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Exhibit 4.9

 

AMENDED BYLAWS

 

OF

 

YAHOO! INC.

 

(as of November 13, 2001)

 


 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE I - CORPORATE OFFICES

 

 

 

 

1.1

Registered Office

 

1.2

Other Offices

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE II - MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

 

 

 

 

2.1

Place of Meetings

 

2.2

Annual Meeting

 

2.3

Special Meeting

 

2.4

Notice of Stockholder’s Meetings; Affidavit of Notice

 

2.5

Advance Notice of Stockholder Nominees

 

2.6

Quorum

 

2.7

Adjourned Meeting; Notice

 

2.8

Conduct of Business

 

2.9

Voting

 

2.10

Waiver of Notice

 

2.11

Record Date for Stockholder Notice; Voting

 

2.12

Proxies

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE III - DIRECTORS

 

 

 

 

3.1

Powers

 

3.2

Number of Directors

 

3.3

Election, Qualification and Term of Office of Directors

 

3.4

Resignation and Vacancies

 

3.5

Place of Meetings; Meetings by Telephone

 

3.6

Regular Meetings

 

3.7

Special Meetings; Notice

 

3.8

Quorum

 

3.9

Waiver of Notice

 

3.10

Board Action by Written Consent without a Meeting

 

3.11

Fees and Compensation of Directors

 

3.12

Approval of Loans to Officers

 

3.13

Removal of Directors

 

3.14

Chairman of the Board of Directors

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV - COMMITTEES

 

 

 

 

4.1

Committees of Directors

 

4.2

Committee Minutes

 

4.3

Meetings and Action of Committees

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE V - OFFICERS

 

 

 

 

5.1

Officers

 

5.2

Appointment of Officers

 

5.3

Subordinate Officers

 

5.4

Removal and Resignation of Officers

 

5.5

Vacancies in Offices

 

5.6

Chief Executive Officer

 

5.7

President

 

5.8

Vice Presidents

 

5.9

Secretary

 

5.10

Chief Financial Officer

 

5.11

Representation of Shares of Other Corporations

 

5.12

Authority and Duties of Officers

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI - INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND OTHER AGENTS

 

 

 

 

6.1

Indemnification of Directors and Officers

 

6.2

Indemnification of Others

 

6.3

Payment of Expenses in Advance

 

6.4

Indemnity Not Exclusive

 

6.5

Insurance

 

6.6

Conflicts

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VII - RECORDS AND REPORTS

 

 

 

 

7.1

Maintenance and Inspection of Records

 

7.2

Inspection by Directors

 

7.3

Annual Statement to Stockholders

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VIII - GENERAL MATTERS

 

 

 

 

8.1

Checks

 

8.2

Execution of Corporate Contracts and Instruments

 

8.3

Stock Certificates; Partly Paid Shares

 

8.4

Special Designation on Certificates

 

8.5

Lost Certificates

 

8.6

Construction; Definitions

 

8.7

Dividends

 

8.8

Fiscal Year

 

8.9

Seal

 

8.10

Transfer of Stock

 

8.11

Stock Transfer Agreements

 

8.12

Registered Stockholders

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IX - AMENDMENTS

 

 

 


 


 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

YAHOO! INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

CORPORATE OFFICES

 

1.1                                 Registered Office.

 

The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is 1013 Centre Road, Wilmington, County of New Castle.  The name of its registered agent at such address is Corporation Service Company.

 

1.2                                 Other Offices.

 

The Board of Directors may at any time establish other offices at any place or places where the Corporation is qualified to do business.

 

ARTICLE II

 

MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

 

2.1                                 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 registered office of the Corporation.

 

2.2                                 Annual Meeting.

 

(a)           The annual meeting of stockholders shall be held each year on a date and at a time designated by the Board of Directors.  In the absence of such designation, the annual meeting of stockholders shall be held on the third Tuesday of May in each year at 10:00 a.m.  However, if such day falls on a legal holiday, then the meeting shall be held at the same time and place on the next succeeding full business day.  At the meeting, directors shall be elected and any other proper business may be transacted.

 

(b)           Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the Corporation and the proposal of business to be transacted by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders (i) pursuant to the Corporation’s notice with respect to such meeting, (ii) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (iii) by any stockholder of the Corporation who was a stockholder of record at the time of giving of the notice provided for in

 

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this Section 2.2, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who has complied with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.2.

 

(c)           In addition to the requirements of Section 2.5, for nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause (iii) of paragraph (b) of this Section 2.2, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the secretary of the Corporation and such business must be a proper matter for stockholder action under the General Corporation Law of  Delaware.  To be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall be delivered to the secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than 60 days nor more than 90 days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting of stockholders; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is more than 30 days prior to or more than 60 days after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the 90th day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 60th day prior to such annual meeting or the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made.  Such stockholder’s notice shall set forth (i) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a director all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) (including such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected); (ii) as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of such business, the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest in such business of such stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; and (iii) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made (A) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, and of such beneficial owner and (B) the class and number of shares of the Corporation which are owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner.

 

(d)           Only such business shall be conducted at an annual meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.2.  The chairman of the meeting shall determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be transacted by the stockholders has been properly brought before the meeting and, if any proposed nomination or business has not been properly brought before the meeting, the chairman shall declare that such proposed business or nomination shall not be presented for stockholder action at the meeting.

 

(e)           For purposes of this Section 2.2, “public announcement” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or a comparable national news service.

 

(f)            Nothing in this Section 2.2 shall be deemed to affect any rights of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.

 

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2.3                                 Special Meeting.

 

A special meeting of the stockholders may be called at any time by the Board of Directors, or by the chairman of the board, or by the president.

 

2.4                                 Notice of Stockholder’s Meetings; Affidavit of Notice.

 

All notices of meetings of stockholders shall be in writing and shall be sent or otherwise given in accordance with this Section 2.4 of these Bylaws not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting (or such longer or shorter time as is required by Section 2.5 of these Bylaws, if applicable).  The notice shall specify the place, date, and hour of the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called.

 

Written notice of any meeting of stockholders, if mailed, is given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his address as it appears on the records of the Corporation.  An affidavit of the secretary or an assistant secretary or of the transfer agent of the Corporation that the notice has been given shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.

 

2.5                                 Advance Notice of Stockholder Nominees.

 

Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.5 shall be eligible for election as directors.  Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the Corporation may be made at a meeting of stockholders by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or by any stockholder of the Corporation entitled to vote for the election of directors at the meeting who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.5.  Such nominations, other than those made by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, shall be made pursuant to timely notice in writing to the secretary of the Corporation.  To be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than 60 days nor more than 90 days prior to the meeting; provided, however, that in the event that less than 60 days’ notice or prior public disclosure of the date of the meeting is given or made to stockholders, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which such notice of the date of the meeting was mailed or such public disclosure was made.  Such stockholder’s notice shall set forth (a) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or re-election as a director, (i) the name, age, business address and residence address of such person, (ii) the principal occupation or employment of such person, (iii) the class and number of shares of the Corporation which are beneficially owned by such person and (iv) any other information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act (including, without limitation, such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected); and (b) as to the stockholder giving the notice (i) the name and address, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, of such stockholder and (ii) the class and number of shares of the Corporation which are beneficially owned by such stockholder.  At the request of the Board of

 

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Directors any person nominated by the Board of Directors for election as a director shall furnish to the secretary of the Corporation that information required to be set forth in a stockholder’s notice of nomination which pertains to the nominee.  No person shall be eligible for election as a director of the Corporation unless nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.5.  The chairman of the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a nomination was not made in accordance with the procedures prescribed by the Bylaws, and if he or she should so determine, he or she shall so declare to the meeting and the defective nomination shall be disregarded.

 

2.6                                 Quorum.

 

The holders of a majority of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stock­holders for the transaction of business except as otherwise pro­vided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation.  If, however, such quorum is not present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, then either (a) the chairman of the meeting or (b) the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present or represented.  At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present or represented, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed.

 

2.7                                 Adjourned Meeting; Notice.

 

When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, unless these Bylaws otherwise require, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken.  At the adjourned meeting the Corporation may transact any business that might have been transacted at the original meeting.  If the adjournment is for more than 30 days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

2.8                                 Conduct of Business.

 

The chairman of any meeting of stockholders shall determine the order of business and the procedure at the meeting, including the manner of voting and the conduct of business.

 

2.9                                 Voting.

 

(a)           The stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.11 of these Bylaws, subject to the provisions of Sections 217 and 218 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware (relating to voting rights of fiduciaries, pledgors and joint owners of stock and to voting trusts and other voting agreements).

 

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(b)           Except as may be otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share of capital stock held by such stockholder.

 

2.10                           Waiver of Notice.

 

Whenever notice is required to be given under any provision of the General Corporation Law of Delaware or of the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a written waiver thereof, signed by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice.  Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.  Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the stockholders need be specified in any written waiver of notice unless so required by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws.

 

2.11                           Record Date for Stockholder Notice; Voting

 

In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting, nor more than 60 days prior to any other action. If the Board of Directors does not so fix a record date:

 

(a)           The record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held.

 

(b)           The record date for determining stockholders for any other purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.

 

A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

 

2.12                           Proxies.

 

Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by a written proxy, signed by the stockholder and filed with the secretary of the Corporation, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period.  A proxy shall be deemed signed if the stockholder’s name is placed on the proxy (whether by manual signature, typewriting, telegraphic transmission or otherwise) by the stockholder or the

 

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stockholder’s attorney-in-fact.  The revocability of a proxy that states on its face that it is irrevocable shall be governed by the provisions of Section 212(e) of the General Corporation Law of Delaware.

 

ARTICLE III

 

DIRECTORS

 

3.1                                 Powers.

 

Subject to the provisions of the General Corporation Law of Delaware and any limitations in the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws relating to action required to be approved by the stockholders or by the outstanding shares, the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed and all corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.

 

3.2                                 Number of Directors.

 

The number of directors constituting the entire Board of Directors shall be ten.  Thereafter, this number may be changed by a resolution of the Board of Directors or of the stockholders, subject to Section 3.4 of these Bylaws.  No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the effect of removing any director before that director’s term of office expires.

 

3.3                                 Election, Qualification and Term of Office of Directors.

 

Except as provided in Section 3.4 of these Bylaws, directors shall be elected at each annual meeting of stockholders to hold office until the next annual meeting.  Directors need not be stockholders unless so required by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, wherein other qualifications for directors may be prescribed.  Each director, including a director elected to fill a vacancy, shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.

 

Elections of directors need not be by written ballot.

 

3.4                                 Resignation and Vacancies.

 

Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the attention of the secretary of the Corporation.  When one or more directors so resigns and the resignation is effective at a future date, a majority of the directors then in office, including those who have so resigned, shall have power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote thereon to take effect when such resignation or resignations shall become effective, and each director so chosen shall hold office as provided in this section in the filling of other vacancies. A vacancy created by the removal of a director by the vote of the stockholders or by court order may be filled only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares represented and voting at a duly held meeting at which a quorum is present (which shares voting affirmatively also constitute a majority of the

 

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quorum.  Each director so elected shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the stockholders and until a successor has been elected and qualified.

 

Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws:

 

(a)           Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors elected by all of the stockholders having the right to vote as a single class may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director.

 

(b)           Whenever the holders of any class or classes of stock or series thereof are entitled to elect one or more directors by the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, vacancies and newly created directorships of such class or classes or series may be filled by a majority of the directors elected by such class or classes or series thereof then in office, or by a sole remaining director so elected.

 

If at any time, by reason of death or resignation or other cause, the Corporation should have no directors in office, then any officer or any stockholder or an executor, administrator, trustee or guardian of a stockholder, or other fiduciary entrusted with like responsibility for the person or estate of a stockholder, may call a special meeting of stockholders in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, or may apply to the Court of Chancery for a decree summarily ordering an election as provided in Section 211 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware.

 

If, at the time of filling any vacancy or any newly created directorship, the directors then in office constitute less than a majority of the whole Board of Directors (as constituted immediately prior to any such increase), then the Court of Chancery may, upon applica­tion of any stockholder or stockholders holding at least 10% of the total number of the shares at the time outstanding having the right to vote for such directors, summarily order an election to be held to fill any such vacancies or newly created directorships, or to replace the directors chosen by the directors then in office as aforesaid, which election shall be governed by the provisions of Section 211 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware as far as applicable.

 

3.5                                 Place of Meetings; Meetings by Telephone.

 

The Board of Directors of the Corporation may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or outside the State of Delaware.

 

Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, members of the Board of Directors, or any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee, by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

 

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Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors.

 

3.7                                 Special Meetings; Notice.

 

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 president, any vice president, the secretary or any two directors.

 

Notice of the time and place of special meetings shall be delivered personally or by telephone to each director or sent by first-class mail or telegram, charges prepaid, addressed to each director at that director’s address as it is shown on the records of the Corporation.  If the notice is mailed, it shall be deposited in the United States mail at least four days before the time of the holding of the meeting.  If the notice is delivered personally or by telephone or by telegram, it shall be delivered personally or by telephone or to the telegraph company at least 24 hours before the time of the holding of the meeting, or on such shorter notice as the person or persons calling such meeting may deem necessary or appropriate under the circumstances.  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.  The notice need not specify the purpose or the place of the meeting, if the meeting is to be held at the principal executive office of the Corporation.

 

3.8                                 Quorum.

 

At all meetings of the Board of Directors, a majority of the authorized number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation.  If a quorum is not present at any meeting of the Board of Directors, then the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present.

 

A meeting at which a quorum is initially present may continue to transact business notwithstanding the withdrawal of directors, if any action taken is approved by at least a majority of the required quorum for that meeting.

 

3.9                                 Waiver of Notice.

 

Whenever notice is required to be given under any provision of the General Corporation Law of Delaware or of the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a written waiver thereof, signed by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice.  Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.  Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the directors, or members of a committee of

 

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directors, need be specified in any written waiver of notice unless so required by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws.

 

3.10                           Board Action by Written Consent without a Meeting..

 

Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board of Directors or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee.  Written consents representing actions taken by the board or committee may be executed by telex, telecopy or other facsimile transmission, and such facsimile shall be valid and binding to the same extent as if it were an original.

 

3.11                           Fees and Compensation of Directors.

 

Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the Board of Directors shall have the authority to fix the compensation of directors.  No such compen­sation shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

 

3.12                           Approval of Loans to Officers.

 

The Corporation may lend money to, or guarantee any obligation of, or otherwise assist any officer or other employee of the Corporation or of its subsidiary, including any officer or employee who is a director of the Corporation or its subsidiary, whenever, in the judgment of the directors, such loan, guaranty or assistance may reasonably be expected to benefit the Corporation.  The loan, guaranty or other assistance may be with or without interest and may be unsecured, or secured in such manner as the Board of Directors shall approve, including, without limitation, a pledge of shares of stock of the Corporation.  Nothing in this Section 3.2 contained shall be deemed to deny, limit or restrict the powers of guaranty or warranty of the Corporation at common law or under any statute.

 

3.13                           Removal of Directors.

 

Unless otherwise restricted by statute, by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws, any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors; provided, however, that if the stockholders of the Corporation are entitled to cumulative voting, if less than the entire Board of Directors is to be removed, no director may be removed without cause if the votes cast against his removal would be sufficient to elect him if then cumulatively voted at an election of the entire Board of Directors.

 

No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the effect of removing any director prior to the expiration of such director’s term of office.

 

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The Corporation may also have, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, a chairman of the Board of Directors and a vice chairman of the Board of Directors, who shall not be considered officers of the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

COMMITTEES

 

4.1                                 Committees of Directors.

 

The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board of Directors, designate one or more committees, with each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation.  The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disquali­fied member at any meeting of the committee.  In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member.  Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors or in the Bylaws of the Corporation, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers that may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority to (a) amend the Certificate of Incorporation (except that a committee may, to the extent autho­rized in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of shares of stock adopted by the Board of Directors as provided in Section 151(a) of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, fix the designations and any of the preferences or rights of such shares relating to dividends, redemption, dissolution, any distribution of assets of the Corporation or the conversion into, or the exchange of such shares for, shares of any other class or classes or any other series of the same or any other class or classes of stock of the Corporation or fix the number of shares of any series of stock or authorize the increase or decrease of the shares of any series), (b) adopt an agreement of merger or consolidation under Sections 251 or 252 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, (c) recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s property and assets, (d) recommend to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution, or (e) amend the Bylaws of the Corporation; and, unless the board resolution establishing the committee, the Bylaws or the Certificate of Incorporation expressly so provide, no such committee shall have the power or authority 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.

 

4.2                                 Committee Minutes.

 

Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the Board of Directors when required.

 

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Meetings and actions of committees shall be governed by, and held and taken in accordance with, the provisions of Section 3.5 (place of meetings and meetings by telephone), Section 3.6 (regular meetings), Section 3.7 (special meetings and notice), Section 3.8 (quorum), Section 3.9 (waiver of notice), and Section 3.10 (action without a meeting) of these Bylaws, with such changes in the context of such provisions as are necessary to substitute the committee and its members for the Board of Directors and its members; provided, however, that the time of regular meetings of committees may be determined either by resolution of the Board of Directors or by resolution of the committee, that special meetings of committees may also be called by resolution of the Board of Directors and that notice of special meetings of committees shall also be given to all alternate members, who shall have the right to attend all meetings of the committee.  The Board of Directors may adopt rules for the government of any committee not inconsistent with the provisions of these Bylaws.

 

ARTICLE V

 

OFFICERS

 

5.1                                 Officers

 

The officers of the Corporation shall be a chief executive officer, a president, a secretary, and a chief financial officer.  The Corporation may also have, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, one or more vice presidents, one or more assistant secretaries, one or more assistant treasurers, and any such other officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.3 of these Bylaws.  Any number of offices may be held by the same person.

 

5.2                                 Appointment of Officers.

 

The officers of the Corporation, except such officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Sections 5.3 or 5.5 of these Bylaws, shall be appointed by the Board of Directors, subject to the rights, if any, of an officer under any contract of employment.

 

5.3                                 Subordinate Officers.

 

The Board of Directors may appoint, or empower the chief executive officer or the president to appoint, such other officers and agents 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 may from time to time determine.

 

5.4                                 Removal and Resignation of Officers.

 

Subject to the rights, if any, of an officer under any contract of employment, any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, by an affirmative vote of the majority of the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors or, except in the case of an officer chosen by the Board of Directors, by any officer upon whom such power of removal may be conferred by the Board of Directors.

 

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Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the attention of the secretary of the Corporation.  Any resignation shall take effect at the date of the receipt of that notice or at any later time specified in that notice; and, unless otherwise specified in that notice, the acceptance of the resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.  Any resignation is without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the Corporation under any contract to which the officer is a party.

 

5.5                                 Vacancies in Offices.

 

Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation shall be filled by the Board of Directors.

 

5.6                                 Chief Executive Officer.

 

Subject to such supervisory powers, if any, as may be given by the Board of Directors to the chairman of the board, if any, the chief executive officer of the Corporation shall, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, have general supervision, direction, and control of the business and the officers of the Corporation.  He or she shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and, in the absence or nonexistence of a chairman of the board, at all meetings of the Board of Directors and 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 these Bylaws.

 

5.7                                 President.

 

Subject to such supervisory powers, if any, as may be given by the Board of Directors to the chairman of the board, if any, or the chief executive officer, the president shall have general supervision, direction, and control of the business and other officers of the Corporation.  He or she shall have the general powers and duties of management usually vested in the office of president of a corporation and such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or these Bylaws.

 

5.8                                 Vice Presidents.

 

In the absence or disability of the chief executive officer and president, the vice presidents, if any, in order of their rank as fixed by the Board of Directors or, if not ranked, a vice president designated by the Board of Directors, shall perform all the duties of the president and when so acting shall have all the powers of, and be subject to all the restrictions upon, the president.  The vice presidents shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as from time to time may be prescribed for them respectively by the Board of Directors, these Bylaws, the president or the chairman of the board.

 

5.9                               Secretary.

 

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show the time and place of each meeting, the names of those present at directors’ meetings or committee meetings, the number of shares present or represented at stockholders’ meetings, and the proceedings thereof.

 

The secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, at the principal executive office of the Corporation or at the office of the Corporation’s transfer agent or registrar, as determined by resolution of the Board of Directors, a share register, or a duplicate share register, showing the names of all stockholders and their addresses, the number and classes of shares held by each, the number and date of certificates evidencing such shares, and the number and date of cancellation of every certificate surrendered for cancellation.

 

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

 

5.10                           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 accounts of the properties and business transactions of the Corporation, including accounts of its assets, liabilities, receipts, disbursements, gains, losses, capital retained earnings, and shares. The books of account shall at all reasonable times be open to inspection by any director.

 

The chief financial officer shall deposit all moneys and other valuables in the name and to the credit of the Corporation with such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors. He or she shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, shall render to the president, the chief executive officer, or the directors, upon request, an account of all his or her transactions as chief financial officer and of the financial condition of the Corporation, and shall have other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or the Bylaws.

 

5.11                           Representation of Shares of Other Corporations..

 

The chairman of the board, the chief executive officer, the president, any vice president, the chief financial officer, the secretary or assistant secretary of this Corporation, or any other person authorized by the Board of Directors or the chief executive officer or the president or a vice president, is authorized to vote, represent, and exercise on behalf of this Corporation all rights incident to any and all shares of any other corporation or corporations standing in the name of this Corporation.  The authority granted herein may be exercised either by such person directly or by any other person authorized to do so by proxy or power of attorney duly executed by the person having such authority.

 

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5.12                           Authority and Duties of Officers.

 

In addition to the foregoing authority and duties, all officers of the Corporation shall respectively have such authority and perform such duties in the management of the business of the Corporation as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors or the stockholders.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS,

EMPLOYEES, AND OTHER AGENTS

 

6.1                                 Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

 

The Corporation shall, to the maximum extent and in the manner permitted by the General Corporation Law of Delaware, indemnify each of its directors and officers against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any proceeding, arising by reason of the fact that such person is or was an agent of the Corporation.  For purposes of this Section 6.1, a “director” or “officer” of the Corporation includes any person (a) who is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, (b) who is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or (c) who was a director or officer of a Corporation which was a predecessor corporation of the Corporation or of another enterprise at the request of such predecessor corporation.

 

6.2                                 Indemnification of Others.

 

The Corporation shall have the power, to the maximum extent and in the manner permitted by the General Corporation Law of Delaware, to indemnify each of its employees and agents (other than directors and officers) against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judg­ments, fines, settlements and other amounts actually and reason­ably incurred in connection with any proceeding, arising by reason of the fact that such person is or was an agent of the Corporation.  For purposes of this Section 6.2, an “employee” or “agent” of the Corporation (other than a director or officer) includes any person (a) who is or was an employee or agent of the Corporation, (b) who is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as an employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or (c) who was an employee or agent of a corporation which was a predecessor corporation of the Corporation or of another enterprise at the request of such predecessor corporation.

 

6.3                                 Payment of Expenses in Advance.

 

Expenses incurred in defending any action or proceeding for which indemnification is required pursuant to Section 6.1 or for which indemnification is permitted pursuant to Section 6.2 following authorization thereof by the Board of Directors shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the indemnified party to repay such amount if it shall

 

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ultimately be determined that the indemnified party is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized in this Article VI.

 

6.4                                 Indemnity Not Exclusive.

 

The indemnification provided by this Article VI shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any Bylaw, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in an official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, to the extent that such additional rights to indemnification are authorized in the Certificate of Incorporation

 

6.5                                 Insurance.

 

The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liability under the provisions of the General Corporation Law of Delaware.

 

6.6                                 Conflicts.

 

No indemnification or advance shall be made under this Article VI, except where such indemnification or advance is mandated by law or the order, judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, in any circumstance where it appears:

 

(a)           That it would be inconsistent with a provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, a resolution of the stockholders or an agreement in effect at the time of the accrual of the alleged cause of the action asserted in the proceeding in which the expenses were incurred or other amounts were paid, which prohibits or otherwise limits indemnification; or

 

(b)           That it would be inconsistent with any condition expressly imposed by a court in approving a settlement.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

RECORDS AND REPORTS

 

7.1                                 Maintenance and Inspection of Records.

 

The Corporation shall, either at its principal executive offices or at such place or places as designated by the Board of Directors, keep a record of its stockholders listing their names and addresses and the number and class of shares held by each stockholder, a copy of these Bylaws as amended to date, accounting books, and other records.

 

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

 

7.2                                 Inspection by Directors.

 

Any director shall have the right to examine the Corporation’s stock ledger, a list of its stockholders, and its other books and records for a purpose reasonably related to his or her position as a director.  The Court of Chancery is hereby vested with the exclu­sive jurisdiction to determine whether a director is entitled to the inspection sought.  The Court may summarily order the Corporation to permit the director to inspect any and all books and records, the stock ledger, and the stock list and to make copies or extracts therefrom.  The Court may, in its discretion, prescribe any limitations or conditions with reference to the inspection, or award such other and further relief as the Court may deem just and proper.

 

7.3                                 Annual Statement to Stockholders.

 

The Board of Directors shall present at each annual meeting, and at any special meeting of the stockholders when called for by vote of the stockholders, a full and clear statement of the business and condition of the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

GENERAL MATTERS

 

8.1                                 Checks.

 

From time to time, the Board of Directors shall determine by resolution which person or persons may sign or endorse all checks, drafts, other orders for payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness that are issued in the name of or payable to the Corporation, and only the persons so authorized shall sign or endorse those instruments.

 

8.2                                 Execution of Corporate Contracts and Instruments.

 

The Board of Directors, except as otherwise provided in these Bylaws, may authorize any officer or officers, or agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation; such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.  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

 

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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.

 

8.3                                 Stock Certificates; Partly Paid Shares.

 

The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certifi­cates, provided that the Board of Directors of the Corporation may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of its stock shall be uncertificated shares.  Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certifi­cate until such certificate is surrendered to the Corporation.  Notwithstanding the adoption of such a resolution by the Board of Directors, every holder of stock represented by certificates and upon request every holder of uncertificated shares shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by the chairman or vice-chairman of the Board of Directors, or the chief executive officer or the president or vice-president, and by the chief financial officer or an assistant treasurer, or the secretary or an assistant secretary of the Corporation representing the number of shares registered in certificate form.  Any or all of the signa­tures on the certificate may be a facsimile.  In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate has ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he or she were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.

 

The Corporation may issue the whole or any part of its shares as partly paid and subject to call for the remainder of the consid­eration to be paid therefor.  Upon the face or back of each stock certificate issued to represent any such partly paid shares, upon the books and records of the Corporation in the case of uncertifi­cated partly paid shares, the total amount of the consideration to be paid therefor and the amount paid thereon shall be stated.  Upon the declaration of any dividend on fully paid shares, the Corporation shall declare a dividend upon partly paid shares of the same class, but only upon the basis of the percentage of the consideration actually paid thereon.

 

8.4                                 Special Designation on Certificates.

 

If the Corporation is authorized to issue more than one class of stock or more than one series of any class, then the powers, the designations, the preferences, and the relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights shall be set forth in full or summarized on the face or back of the certificate that the Corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock; provided, how­ever, that, except as otherwise provided in Section 202 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, in lieu of the foregoing requirements there may be set forth on the face or back of the certificate that the Corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock a statement that the Corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, the designations, the preferences, and the relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.

 

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8.5                                 Lost Certificates

 

Except as provided in this Section 8.5, no new certificates for shares shall be issued to replace a previously issued certifi­cate unless the latter is surrendered to the Corporation and canceled at the same time.  The Corporation may issue a new certificate of stock or uncertificated shares in the place of any certificate previously issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Corporation may require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or the owner’s legal representa­tive, to give the Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate or uncertificated shares.

 

8.6                                 Construction; Definitions.

 

Unless the context requires otherwise, the general provisions, rules of construction, and definitions in the Delaware General Corporation Law 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.

 

8.7                                 Dividends.

 

The directors of the Corporation, subject to any restrictions contained in (a) the General Corporation Law of Delaware or (b) the Certificate of Incorporation, may declare and pay dividends upon the shares of its capital stock.  Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the Corporation’s capital stock.

 

The directors of the Corporation may set apart out of any of the funds of the Corporation available for dividends a reserve or reserves for any proper purpose and may abolish any such reserve. Such purposes shall include but not be limited to equalizing dividends, repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, and meeting contingencies.

 

8.8                                 Fiscal Year.

 

The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors and may be changed by the Board of Directors.

 

8.9                                 Seal.

 

The Corporation may adopt a corporate seal, which may be altered at pleasure, and may use the same by causing it or a facsimile thereof, to be impressed or affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

 

8.10                           Transfer of Stock.

 

Upon surrender to the Corporation or the transfer agent of the Corporation of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accom­panied by proper evidence of succession,

 

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assignation or authority to transfer, it shall be the duty of the Corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate, and record the transaction in its books.

 

8.11                           Stock Transfer Agreements.

 

The Corporation shall have power to enter into and perform any agreement with any number of stockholders of any one or more classes of stock of the Corporation to restrict the transfer of shares of stock of the Corporation of any one or more classes owned by such stockholders in any manner not prohibited by the General Corporation Law of Delaware.

 

8.12                           Registered Stockholders.

 

The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends and to vote as such owner, shall be entitled to hold liable for calls and assessments the person registered on its books as the owner of shares, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of another person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of Delaware.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

AMENDMENTS

 

The Bylaws of the Corporation may be adopted, amended or repealed by the stockholders entitled to vote; provided, however, that the Corporation may, in its Certificate of Incorporation, confer the power to adopt, amend or repeal Bylaws upon the directors.  The fact that such power has been so conferred upon the directors shall not divest the stockholders of the power, nor limit their power to adopt, amend or repeal Bylaws.

 

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Exhibit 5.1

 

March 1, 2002

Yahoo! Inc.

701 First Avenue

Sunnyvale, CA 94089

 

Re:          Yahoo! Inc.

Form S-8 Registration Statement

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have acted as special counsel to Yahoo! Inc., a Delaware corporation, (the “Company”), in connection with the registration of 3,729,641 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), issuable pursuant to the following plans:  (1) the HotJobs.com, Ltd. 1999 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan; (2) the HotJobs.com, Ltd. 2000 Stock Option Plan; (3) the HotJobs, Inc. Stock Award Plan; (4) the Resumix, Inc. 1998 Equity Incentive Plan; (5) the Resumix, Inc. 1998 Non-Employee Director’s Stock Option Plan and (6) the Resumix, Inc. 2000 Stock Option Plan (collectively the “Plans”).

 

This opinion is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”).

 

In connection with this opinion, we have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of (i) the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on March 1, 2002 under the Act; (ii) a specimen certificate representing the Common Stock; (iii) the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as presently in effect; (iv) the Amended Bylaws of the Company, as presently in effect; (v) the Plans; and (vi) certain resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company relating to the issuance and sale of the Shares and related matters under the Plans.  We have also examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such records of the Company and such agreements, certificates of public officials, certificates of officers or other representatives of the Company and others, and such other documents, certificates and records as we have deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis for the opinions set forth herein.

 

In our examination, we have assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons, the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as

 


 


 

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certified, conformed or photostatic copies and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents.  In making our examination of documents executed or to be executed by parties other than the Company, we have assumed that such parties had or will have the power, corporate or other, to enter into and perform all obligations thereunder and have also assumed the due authorization by all requisite action, corporate or other, and execution and delivery by such parties of such documents and the validity and binding effect thereof.  As to any facts material to the opinions expressed herein that we have not independently established or verified, we have relied upon statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Company and others.  In rendering the opinion set forth below, we have assumed that the certificates representing the Shares will be manually signed by one of the authorized officers of the transfer agent and registrar for the Common Stock and registered by such transfer agent and registrar and will conform to the specimen thereof examined by us.

 

We have also assumed that each award agreement setting forth the terms of each grant of options or other awards under the Plan is consistent with the Plan and has been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by the parties thereto, and that the consideration received by the Company for the Shares delivered pursuant to the Plan will be in an amount at least equal to the par value of such Shares.

 

Members of our firm are admitted to the bar in the State of California, and we do not express any opinion with respect to the law of any jurisdiction other than Delaware corporate law.

 

Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized for issuance by the Company and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Plans, the Shares will be validly issued and, subject to any restrictions imposed by the Plans, fully paid and nonassessable.

 

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement.  In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are included in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

/s/ Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT 23.2

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

 

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated January 9, 2001, except for Note 11, which is as of March 7, 2001, relating to the financial statements and financial statement schedule of Yahoo! Inc., which appears in Yahoo! Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000.

 

/s/ PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP

 

San Jose, California

March 1, 2002