{"id":38264,"date":"2015-09-17T11:25:58","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T16:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-legal\/contracts\/uncategorized\/1997-director-stock-plan.html"},"modified":"2015-09-17T11:25:58","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T16:25:58","slug":"1997-director-stock-plan","status":"publish","type":"corporate_contracts","link":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/contracts\/compensation\/1997-director-stock-plan.html","title":{"rendered":"1997 Director Stock Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre><p align=\"center\"><b>HEWLETT-PACKARD\nCOMPANY<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p align=\"center\"><b>1997\nDIRECTOR STOCK PLAN<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p align=\"center\"><b>(AMENDED\nAND RESTATED, EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 1, 2005)<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p align=\"center\">PART 1.  PLAN\nADMINISTRATION AND ELIGIBILITY<\/p>\n\n<p>I.              Purpose<\/p>\n\n<p>The purpose of\nthis amended and restated 1997 Director Stock Plan (the \u0093Plan\u0094) of\nHewlett-Packard Company (\u0093HP\u0094) is to encourage ownership in HP by outside\ndirectors of HP (each, a \u0093Non-Employee Director,\u0094 or collectively, the \u0093Non-Employee\nDirectors\u0094) whose continued services are considered essential to HP\u0092s continued\nprogress and thus to provide them with a further incentive to remain as\ndirectors of HP.<\/p>\n\n<p>II.            Administration<\/p>\n\n<p>The\nBoard of Directors (the \u0093Board\u0094) of HP or any committee (the \u0093Committee\u0094) of\nthe Board that will satisfy Rule 16b-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of\n1934, as amended (the \u0093Exchange Act\u0094), and any regulations promulgated\nthereunder, as from time to time in effect, including any successor rule (\u0093Rule 16b-3\u0094),\nshall supervise and administer the Plan. The Committee shall consist solely of\ntwo or more non-employee directors of HP, who shall be appointed by the Board.\nA member of the Board shall be deemed to be a \u0093non-employee director\u0094 only if\nhe satisfies such requirements as the Securities and Exchange Commission may\nestablish for non-employee directors under Rule 16b-3. Members of the\nBoard receive no additional compensation for their services in connection with\nthe administration of the Plan.<\/p>\n\n<p>The\nBoard or the Committee may adopt such rules or guidelines as it deems\nappropriate to implement the Plan. All questions of interpretation of the Plan\nor of any shares issued under it shall be determined by the Board or the\nCommittee and such determination shall be final and binding upon all persons\nhaving an interest in the Plan. Any or all powers and discretion vested in the\nBoard or the Committee under this Plan may be exercised by any subcommittee so\nauthorized by the Board or the Committee and satisfying the requirements of Rule 16b-3.<\/p>\n\n<p>III.           Participation in the\nPlan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each\nmember of the Board who is not an employee of HP or any of its subsidiaries or\naffiliates and who is providing service to HP as a member of the Board at the\nbeginning of the Plan Year shall be eligible to receive an Annual Retainer (as\ndefined in Section XII below) under the Plan.<\/p>\n\n<p>Any\nmember of the Board who enters service after the beginning of the Plan Year may\nbe eligible to receive a prorated Annual Retainer under the Plan as the Board\nor the Committee determines in its discretion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IV.           Stock Subject to the\nPlan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nmaximum number of shares of HP\u0092s $0.01 par value Common Stock (\u0093Common Stock\u0094)\nwhich may be issued under the Plan shall be Two Million (2,000,000). The\nlimitation on the number of shares which may be issued under the Plan shall be\nsubject to adjustment as provided in Section X of the Plan.<\/p>\n\n<p>If any\noutstanding option under the Plan for any reason expires or is terminated\nwithout having been exercised in full, the shares allocable to the unexercised\nportion of such option shall again become available for grant pursuant to the\nPlan.<\/p>\n\n<p align=\"center\">PART 2.  TERMS OF\nTHE PLAN<\/p>\n\n<p>V.            Effective Date of\nthe Plan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nPlan shall take effect on the date of adoption by the shareholders of HP.  The Plan shall terminate on February 24,\n2007, unless earlier terminated by the Board of Directors or the Committee.<\/p>\n\n<p>VI.           Time for Granting\nOptions and Issuing Shares<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No\noptions shall be granted, and no Common Stock Payments (as defined in Section VII\nbelow) shall be made, after the date on which this Plan terminates. The\napplicable terms of this Plan, and any terms and conditions applicable to the\noptions granted or the shares issued prior to such date,\nshall survive the termination of the Plan and continue to apply to such options\nand shares.<\/p>\n\n<p>VII.         Terms and Conditions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><i>A.<\/i><i>            <\/i><i>Compensation Alternatives<\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1.             Within (i) 25 days after\nthe beginning of the Plan Year (as defined in Section XII below), or (ii) if\nthe Non-Employee Director elects to participate in the Hewlett-Packard Company\n2005 Executive Deferred Compensation Plan (the \u0093EDCP\u0094) then in the calendar\nyear preceding the first day of the Plan Year, each Non-Employee Director will\nbe entitled to select one of the following alternative means of payment for the\nvalue of his Annual Retainer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(i)            A\nminimum of seventy-five percent of the value of his Annual Retainer in the form\nof a Common Stock payment (a \u0093Common Stock Payment\u0094) and the balance in cash (a\n\u0093Cash Payment\u0094); or<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(ii)           A\nminimum of seventy-five percent of the value of his Annual Retainer in the form\nof an option to purchase shares of Common Stock (an \u0093Option Payment\u0094) and a\nCash Payment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2.             If any Non-Employee Director\nfails to notify the Secretary of HP in writing by 25 days after the beginning\nof the Plan Year of his desired means to receive payment of the Annual Retainer\nfor the Plan Year, then he shall be deemed to have elected an Option Payment\nfor fifty percent of the value of his Annual Retainer, with the remaining fifty\npercent in cash. Any such election, or any modification or termination of such\nan election, shall be filed with HP on a form prescribed by HP for this\npurpose.  If a Non-Employee Director does\nnot elect to participate in the EDCP and does not select his or her means of\npayment in Section VII(A)(1) above within the prescribed time, then\nsuch Non-Employee Director shall not be permitted to participate in the EDCP\nfor the applicable Plan Year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><i>B.<\/i><i>            <\/i><i>Common Stock Payment<\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1.             Date of Payment. The shares\nconstituting any Common Stock Payment shall be issued automatically one month\nafter the beginning of each Plan Year (or, if such date is not a business day,\non the next succeeding business day) (the \u0093Grant Date\u0094), with the first payment\nunder this Plan commencing March 1, 1997. Each award of a Common Stock\nPayment shall be evidenced by an agreement which shall reflect the terms and\nconditions of the Common Stock Payment and such additional terms and conditions\nas may be determined by the Board or the Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2.             Number of Shares Subject to\nCommon Stock Payment. The total number of shares of Common Stock included in\neach Common Stock Payment shall be determined by dividing the amount of the\nAnnual Retainer that is to be paid in stock by the Fair Market Value (as\ndefined in Section XII below) of a share of Common Stock on the Grant\nDate. It shall be rounded up to the largest number of whole shares determined\nas follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/pre>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"65%\" style=\"border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:.5in;width:65.0%;\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"55%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:55.76%;\">\n<p>75% or more, if<br \/>\n  applicable, of Annual Retainer<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"1%\" valign=\"bottom\" style=\"padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.94%;\">\n  <\/td>\n<td width=\"42%\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:42.3%;\">\n<p>= Number of<br \/>\n  Shares<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"55%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:55.76%;\">\n<p>Fair Market Value on the Grant Date<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"1%\" valign=\"bottom\" style=\"padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.94%;\">\n  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Any<br \/>\npayment for a fractional share automatically shall be paid in cash based upon<br \/>\nthe Fair Market Value on the Grant Date of such fractional share.<\/p>\n<p>3.             Holding Period for Common Stock<br \/>\nPayment Shares. If the Committee does not expressly exercise its discretion to<br \/>\nchange the vesting of the Common Stock Payment for a Plan Year, then the<br \/>\nvesting of such Common Stock Payment shall be the same as the last Plan Year in<br \/>\nwhich the Committee exercised its discretion.<br \/>\nThe shares of Common Stock included in each Common Stock Payment shall<br \/>\nbe deposited in certificate or book entry form in escrow with HP\u0092s Secretary<br \/>\nuntil such shares vest.  The Non-Employee<br \/>\nDirector shall retain all rights in the shares while they are held in escrow,<br \/>\nincluding, but not limited to, voting rights and the right to receive<br \/>\ndividends; provided, however, that the Non-Employee Director shall not have the<br \/>\nright to pledge, sell or otherwise assign such shares until all restrictions<br \/>\npertaining to such shares are terminated. Promptly after the shares vest, HP\u0092s<br \/>\nSecretary shall release the shares from escrow and deliver any applicable stock<br \/>\ncertificates to the Non-Employee Director or release any applicable<br \/>\nrestrictions on the Non-Employee Director\u0092s book entry account.<\/p>\n<p><i>C.<\/i><i>            <\/i><i>Option Payment<\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Subject to Section VII.A.  above, each Non-Employee Director may specify the amount of<br \/>\nhis Annual Retainer to be received in the form of a non-statutory option not<br \/>\nentitled to special tax treatment under Section 422 of the Internal<br \/>\nRevenue Code of 1986, as amended. Each option granted under this Plan shall be<br \/>\nevidenced by a written agreement in such form as the Board or Committee shall from<br \/>\ntime to time approve, which Agreements shall comply with and be subject to the<br \/>\nfollowing terms and conditions and such additional terms and conditions as may<br \/>\nbe determined by the Board or Committee:<\/p>\n<p>1.             Date of Payment. The option<br \/>\nconstituting any Option Payment shall be granted automatically on the Grant<br \/>\nDate.<\/p>\n<p>2.             Number of Shares Subject to<br \/>\nOption. The number of shares to be subject to any option granted pursuant to<br \/>\nthe Plan shall be an amount necessary to make such option equal in value, using<br \/>\na modified Black-Scholes option valuation model, to that portion of the Annual<br \/>\nRetainer that the Non-Employee Director elected to receive in the form of an<br \/>\noption. The value of the option will be calculated by assuming that the value<br \/>\nof an option to purchase one share of Common Stock equals the product of (i) a<br \/>\nfraction determined by dividing 1 by the Multiplier, as defined below, and (ii) the<br \/>\nFair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the Grant Date.<\/p>\n<p>The<br \/>\nnumber of shares represented by an option granted pursuant to the Plan shall be<br \/>\ndetermined by multiplying the number of shares determined in Section VII.B.2<br \/>\nabove by a multiplier determined using a modified Black-Scholes option<br \/>\nvaluation method (the \u0093Multiplier\u0094). The Board or the Committee shall determine<br \/>\nthe Multiplier prior to the beginning of the Plan Year by considering the<br \/>\nfollowing factors: (i) the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the<br \/>\ndate the Multiplier is determined; (ii) the average length of time that<br \/>\nCompany stock options are held by optionees prior to exercise; (iii) the<br \/>\nrisk-free rate of return based on the term determined in (ii) above and<br \/>\nU.S. government securities rates; (iv) the annual dividend yield for the<br \/>\nCommon Stock; and (v) the volatility of the Common Stock over the previous<br \/>\nten-year period. For the Plan Year commencing March 1, 1997, the Board or<br \/>\nthe Committee shall calculate the Multiplier by March 1, 1997. The number<br \/>\nof shares to be subject to the option shall be rounded up to the largest number<br \/>\nof whole shares determined as follows:<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"65%\" style=\"border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:.5in;width:65.0%;\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"54%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:54.88%;\">\n<p>75% or more, if<br \/>\n  applicable, of Annual Retainer<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"1%\" valign=\"bottom\" style=\"padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.98%;\">\n  <\/td>\n<td width=\"43%\" rowspan=\"2\" style=\"padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:43.14%;\">\n<p>x<br \/>\n  Multiplier  =  Number of Shares<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"54%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:54.88%;\">\n<p>Fair Market Value on the Grant Date<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"1%\" valign=\"bottom\" style=\"padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.98%;\">\n  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>3.             Price of Options. The exercise<br \/>\nprice of the option will be the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the<br \/>\ndate of grant.<\/p>\n<p>4.             Exercise of Options. Options may<br \/>\nbe exercised only by written notice to HP at its head office accompanied by<br \/>\npayment in cash of the full consideration for the shares as to which they are<br \/>\nexercised.<\/p>\n<p>5.             Period of Option. The Committee<br \/>\nshall have the discretion to determine the exercisability of Shares subject to<br \/>\nthe option; provided, however, that no option shall be exercisable after the<br \/>\nexpiration of ten (10) years from the date upon which such option is<br \/>\ngranted.  If the Committee does not expressly<br \/>\nexercise its discretion to change the exercisability of the options for a Plan<br \/>\nYear, then the exercisability of such options shall be the same as the last<br \/>\nPlan Year in which the Committee expressly exercised its discretion.<\/p>\n<p>6.             Exercise by Representative<br \/>\nFollowing Death of Director. A Non-Employee Director, by written notice to HP,<br \/>\nmay designate one or more persons (and from time to time change such<br \/>\ndesignation) including his legal representative, who, by reason of his death,<br \/>\nshall acquire the right to exercise all or a portion of the option. If the<br \/>\nperson or persons so designated wish to exercise any portion of the option,<br \/>\nthey must do so within the term of the option as provided in Section VII.C.5.<br \/>\nAny exercise by a representative shall be subject to the provisions of this<br \/>\nPlan.<\/p>\n<p>7.             Options Nontransferable. Each<br \/>\noption granted under the Plan by its terms shall not be transferable by the<br \/>\noptionee otherwise than by will, or by the laws of descent and distribution,<br \/>\nand shall be exercised during the lifetime of the optionee only by him. No<br \/>\noption or interest therein may be transferred, assigned, pledged or<br \/>\nhypothecated by the optionee during his lifetime, whether by operation of law<br \/>\nor otherwise, or be made subject to execution, attachment or similar process.<\/p>\n<p><i>D.<\/i><i>            <\/i><i>Cash Payment<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Each<br \/>\nCash Payment shall be made in four equal installments during the Plan Year,<br \/>\nunless the Non-Employee Director elects in a timely manner to participate in<br \/>\nthe EDCP.<\/p>\n<p><i>E.<\/i><i>            <\/i><i>Form of Issuance of Shares<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Shares<br \/>\nissued under the Plan shall be in either book entry form or in certificate form<br \/>\npursuant to the instructions given by the Non-Employee Director to HP\u0092s<br \/>\ntransfer agent.<\/p>\n<p><i>F.<\/i><i>            <\/i><i>Transferability<\/i><\/p>\n<p>In the<br \/>\nevent of a Non-Employee Director\u0092s death, all of such person\u0092s rights to<br \/>\nreceive any accrued but unpaid Common Stock Payment or Option Payment will<br \/>\ntransfer to the maximum extent permitted by law to such person\u0092s beneficiary.<br \/>\nEach Non-Employee Director may name, from time to time, any beneficiary or<br \/>\nbeneficiaries (which may be named contingently or successively) as his<br \/>\nbeneficiary for purposes of this Plan. Each designation shall be on a form<br \/>\nprescribed by the Committee, will be effective only when delivered to HP and<br \/>\nwhen effective will revoke all prior designations by the Non-Employee Director.<br \/>\nIf a Non-Employee Director dies with no such beneficiary designation in effect,<br \/>\nsuch person\u0092s beneficiary shall be his estate and such person\u0092s payments will<br \/>\nbe transferable by will or pursuant to laws of descent and distribution<br \/>\napplicable to such person.<\/p>\n<p><i>G.<\/i><i>            <\/i><i>Termination<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Any<br \/>\nmember of the Board who terminates service prior to the end of the Plan Year<br \/>\nmay have his Annual Retainer prorated, including a forfeiture of options, stock<br \/>\nor cash payment, if any, as the Board or the Committee determines in its<br \/>\ndiscretion.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">PART 3.  GENERAL<br \/>\nPROVISIONS<\/p>\n<p>VIII.        Assignments<\/p>\n<p>The<br \/>\nrights and benefits under this Plan may not be assigned except for the<br \/>\ndesignation of a beneficiary as provided in Section VII.<\/p>\n<p>IX.           Limitation of Rights<\/p>\n<p>No<br \/>\nRight to Continue as a Director.  Neither<br \/>\nthe Plan, nor the issuance of shares of Common Stock nor any other action taken<br \/>\npursuant to the Plan, shall constitute or be evidence<br \/>\nof any agreement or understanding, express or implied, that HP will retain a<br \/>\ndirector for any period of time, or at any particular rate of compensation.<\/p>\n<p>No<br \/>\nStockholders\u0092 Rights for Options. An optionee shall have no rights as a<br \/>\nstockholder with respect to the shares covered by his options until the date of<br \/>\nthe issuance to him of a stock certificate therefor or the making of a book<br \/>\nentry with HP\u0092s transfer agent, and no adjustment will be made for dividends or<br \/>\nother rights for which the record date is prior to the date such certificate is<br \/>\nissued.<\/p>\n<p>X.            Changes in Present<br \/>\nStock<\/p>\n<p>In the<br \/>\nevent of any merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, stock<br \/>\ndividend, stock split, or other change in the corporate structure or<br \/>\ncapitalization affecting HP\u0092s present Common Stock, at the time of such event<br \/>\nthe Board or the Committee shall make appropriate adjustments to the number<br \/>\n(including the aggregate numbers specified in Section IV) and kind of<br \/>\nshares to be issued under the Plan and the price of any Stock Option or Common<br \/>\nStock Payment.<\/p>\n<p>XI.           Amendment of the<br \/>\nPlan<\/p>\n<p>The<br \/>\nBoard shall have the right to amend, modify, suspend or terminate the Plan at<br \/>\nany time for any purpose; provided, that following the<br \/>\napproval of the Plan by HP\u0092s shareholders, HP will seek shareholder approval<br \/>\nfor any change to the extent required by applicable law, regulation or rule.<\/p>\n<p>XII.         Definitions<\/p>\n<p>\u0093Annual<br \/>\nRetainer\u0094 shall mean the amount to which a Non-Employee Director will be<br \/>\nentitled to receive for serving as a director in a relevant Plan Year, but<br \/>\nshall not include reimbursement for expenses, fees associated with service on<br \/>\nany committee of the Board or fees with respect to any other services to be<br \/>\nprovided to HP.  \u0093Fair Market Value\u0094<\/p>\n<p>shall be the mean of the highest and lowest quoted selling prices for the<br \/>\nCommon Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape on the<br \/>\ndate in question, or if no sales of such stock were made on that date, the mean of the<br \/>\nhighest and lowest prices of the Common Stock on the next preceding day on<br \/>\nwhich sales were made.<\/p>\n<p>\u0093Plan<br \/>\nYear\u0094 shall mean the year beginning the day after HP\u0092s annual meeting and<br \/>\nending on the day of HP\u0092s next annual meeting, as the case may be, for any<br \/>\nrelevant year.<\/p>\n<p>XIII.        Compliance with Section 16<br \/>\nof the Exchange Act<\/p>\n<p>It is HP\u0092s<br \/>\nintent that the Plan comply in all respects with Rule 16b-3. If any<br \/>\nprovision of this Plan is found not to be in compliance with such rule and<br \/>\nregulations, the provision shall be deemed null and void, and the remaining<br \/>\nprovisions of the Plan shall continue in full force and effect. All<br \/>\ntransactions under this Plan shall be executed in accordance with the<br \/>\nrequirements of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and regulations promulgated<br \/>\nthereunder. The Board or the Committee may, in its sole discretion, modify the<br \/>\nterms and conditions of this Plan in response to and consistent with any<br \/>\nchanges in applicable law, rule or regulation.<\/p>\n<p>XIV.        Notice<\/p>\n<p>Any<br \/>\nwritten notice to HP required by any of the provisions of this Plan shall be<br \/>\naddressed to the Secretary of HP and shall become effective when it is<br \/>\nreceived.<\/p>\n<p>XV.         Governing Law<\/p>\n<p>This<br \/>\nPlan and all determinations made and actions taken pursuant hereto shall be<br \/>\ngoverned by the law of the State of Delaware and construed accordingly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_stopmodifiedupdate":true,"_modified_date":"","_cloudinary_featured_overwrite":false},"corporate_contracts_companies":[7770],"corporate_contracts_industries":[9508],"corporate_contracts_types":[9539,9543],"class_list":["post-38264","corporate_contracts","type-corporate_contracts","status-publish","hentry","corporate_contracts_companies-hewlett-packard-co","corporate_contracts_industries-technology__hardware","corporate_contracts_types-compensation","corporate_contracts_types-compensation__dsp"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/legal-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/corporate_contracts\/38264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/legal-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/corporate_contracts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/legal-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/corporate_contracts"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/legal-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"corporate_contracts_companies","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/legal-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/corporate_contracts_companies?post=38264"},{"taxonomy":"corporate_contracts_industries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/legal-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/corporate_contracts_industries?post=38264"},{"taxonomy":"corporate_contracts_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/legal-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/corporate_contracts_types?post=38264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}