{"id":38286,"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-stock-option-plan-quotesmith-com-inc.html"},"modified":"2015-09-17T11:25:58","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T16:25:58","slug":"1997-stock-option-plan-quotesmith-com-inc","status":"publish","type":"corporate_contracts","link":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/contracts\/compensation\/1997-stock-option-plan-quotesmith-com-inc.html","title":{"rendered":"1997 Stock Option Plan &#8211; Quotesmith.com Inc."},"content":{"rendered":"<pre>    \n                              QUOTESMITH.COM INC.\n                             1997 STOCK OPTION PLAN\n                    (AS AMENDED AND RESTATED MARCH 29, 1999)\n\n1.       Establishment and Purpose.\n\n         (a) Establishment. The Quotesmith Corporation 1997 Stock Option Plan,\ninitially adopted and effective on _____, 1997, is amended and restated in its\nentirety hereby and is renamed the Quotesmith.com Inc.1997 Stock Option Plan\n(As Amended and Restated March 29, 1999). Options granted under this Plan may\nbe 'incentive stock options' intended to satisfy the requirements of Section\n422 of the Code, or 'nonqualified options.'\n\n         (b) Purpose. The purposes of this Plan are to attract and retain the\nbest available personnel for positions of substantial responsibility, to\nprovide additional incentive to Employees, Directors and Consultants and to\npromote the success of the Company's business. Options granted under the Plan\nmay be Incentive Stock Options or Nonqualified Stock Options, as determined by\nthe Administrator at the time of grant.\n\n2.       Definitions. As used herein, the following definitions shall apply:\n\n         (a) 'Administrator' means the Board of Directors of the Company and\/or\nCommittee appointed by the Board pursuant to Section 4 of the Plan.\n\n         (b) 'Affiliate' means a parent or subsidiary corporation as defined in\nthe applicable provisions (currently Section 424(e) and (f), respectively) of\nthe Code.\n\n         (c) 'Agreement' means the written agreement between the Company and an\nOptionee evidencing the grant of an Option and setting forth the terms and\nconditions thereof.\n\n         (d) 'Applicable Laws' means the requirements relating to the\nadministration of stock option plans under U.S. state corporate laws, U.S.\nfederal and state securities laws, the Code, any stock exchange or quotation\nsystem on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted and the applicable laws of\nany other country or jurisdiction where Options are granted under the Plan.\n\n         (e) 'Board' means the Board of Directors of the Company.\n\n         (f) 'Code' means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.\n\n\n                                       1\n\n\n         (g) 'Committee' means a committee appointed by the Board to administer\nthe Plan in accordance with Section 4 hereof, and to perform the functions set\nforth herein.\n\n         (h) 'Common Stock' means the Common Stock of the Company.\n\n         (i) 'Company' means Quotesmith.com Incorporated, a Delaware\ncorporation.\n\n         (j) 'Consultant' means any person who is engaged by the Company or any\nAffiliate to render consulting or advisory services and is compensated for such\nservices.\n\n         (k) 'Director' means a member of the Board of Directors of the Company\nor any of its Affiliates.\n\n         (l) 'Disability' means total and permanent disability as defined in\nSection 22(e)(3) of the Code.\n\n         (m) 'Employee' means any person, including Officers and Directors,\nemployed by the Company or any Affiliate designated by the Administrator as\neligible to receive Options subject to the conditions set forth herein. For\npurposes hereof, 'Employee' shall also include individuals who have not\ncommenced employment with the Company but have received an offer of employment\nwith the Company. A person shall not cease to be an Employee in the case of (i)\nany leave approved by the Company or (ii) transfers between locations of the\nCompany or between the Company and its Affiliates. For purposes of ISOs, no\nsuch leave may exceed ninety (90) days, unless reemployment upon expiration of\nsuch leave is guaranteed by statute or contract. reemployment upon expiration\nof a leave of absence as provided by the Company is not so guaranteed, on the\n181st day of such leave any ISO held by the Optionee shall cease to be treated\nas an ISO and shall be treated for tax purposes as a NQO. Neither service as a\nDirector nor payment of a director's fee by the Company shall be sufficient to\nconstitute 'employment' by the Company.\n\n         (n) 'Exchange Act' means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as\namended.\n\n         (o) 'Fair Market Value' means, as of any date, the value of Common\nStock determined as follows:\n\n             (i) if the Common Stock is listed on any established stock\n         exchange or a national market system, including without limitation the\n         National Market or SmallCap Market of The Nasdaq Stock Market, its\n         Fair Market Value shall be the closing sales price for such stock (or\n         the closing bid, if no sales were reported) as quoted on such exchange\n         or system for the last market trading day prior to the time of\n         determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other\n         source as the Administrator deems reliable;\n\n\n\n                                       2\n\n\n             (ii) if the Common Stock is regularly quoted by a recognized\n         securities dealer but selling prices are not reported, its Fair Market\n         Value shall be the mean between the high bid and low asked prices for\n         the Common Stock on the last market trading day prior to the day of\n         determination; or\n\n             (iii) in the absence of an established market for the Common\n         Stock, the Fair Market Value thereof shall be determined in good faith\n         by the Administrator.\n\n         (p) 'Incentive Stock Option' or 'ISO' means an Option satisfying the\nrequirements of Section 422 of the Code and designated by the Administrator as\nan Incentive Stock Option.\n\n         (q) 'Nonqualified Stock Option' or 'NQO' means an Option that is not\nan Incentive Stock Option.\n\n         (r) 'Officer' means a person who is an officer of the Company within\nthe meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations\npromulgated thereunder.\n\n         (s) 'Option' means a stock option granted pursuant to the Plan.\n\n         (t) 'Option Agreement' means an agreement between the Company and an\nOptionee evidencing the terms and conditions of an individual Option grant. The\nOption Agreement is subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.\n\n         (u) 'Optioned Stock' means the Common Stock subject to an Option.\n\n         (v) 'Optionee' means a person to whom an Option has been granted under\nthe Plan.\n\n         (w) 'Parent' means a 'parent corporation' within the meaning of\nSection 424(e) of the Code, whether now or hereafter existing.\n\n         (x) 'Plan' means the Quotesmith.com Inc. 1997 Stock Option Plan, as\namended and restated hereby.\n\n         (y) 'Plan Year' shall be a calendar year.\n\n         (z) 'Section 16(b)' means Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act.\n\n         (aa) 'Share' means a share of the Common Stock, as adjusted in\naccordance with Section 11 of the Plan.\n\n\n\n                                       3\n\n\n         (bb) 'Subsidiary' means a 'subsidiary corporation' within the meaning\nof Section 424(f) of the Code, whether now or hereafter existing.\n\n         (cc) 'Ten-Percent Stockholder' means an Employee, who, at the time an\nIncentive Stock Option is to be granted to him or her, owns (within the meaning\nof Section 422(b) (6) of the Code) stock possessing more than ten percent (10%)\nof the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company, or\nany Affiliate.\n\n   \n         3. Stock Subject to the Plan. Subject to Section 11 of the Plan, the\nmaximum aggregate number of Shares which may be subject to options and sold\nunder the Plan is One Million Five Hundred Thousand (1,500,000) Shares.\n    \n\n            If an Option expires, is canceled, surrendered (without exercise)\nor otherwise become unexercisable for any reason, the Shares allocable to the\ncanceled, surrendered or otherwise terminated Option may again be the subject\nof Options granted hereunder (unless the Plan has terminated). However, Shares\nthat have actually been issued under the Plan, upon exercise of an Option,\nshall not be returned to the Plan and shall not become available for future\ndistribution under the Plan. Shares that are retained by the Company upon\nexercise of an Option in order to satisfy the exercise price for such Option or\nany withholding taxes due with respect to such exercise shall be treated as not\nissued and shall continue to be available under the Plan.\n\n         4. Administration.\n\n            (a) Administrator. The Plan shall be administered by the Board\n         and\/or by a duly appointed Committee of the Board having such powers\n         as shall be specified by the Board. A majority of a quorum of the\n         Board or Committee, as the case may be, may authorize any action.\n\n            (b) Compliance with Section 162(m) of the Code. In the event that\n         the Company is a 'publicly held corporation' as defined in paragraph\n         (2) of section 162(m) of the Code, as amended, and the regulations\n         promulgated thereunder ('Section 162(m)'), the Company may establish a\n         committee of outside directors meeting the requirements of Section\n         162(m) to approve the grant of Options which might reasonably be\n         anticipated to result in the payment of employee remuneration that\n         would otherwise exceed the limit on employee remuneration deductible\n         for income tax purposes pursuant to Section 162(m).\n\n            (c) Powers of the Administrator. Subject to the provisions of the\n         Plan and in the case of a Committee, the specific duties delegated by\n         the Board to such Committee, and subject to the approval of any\n         relevant authorities, the Administrator shall have the authority in\n         its discretion:\n\n                (i) to determine the Fair Market Value;\n\n\n\n                                       4\n\n\n                (ii) to select Employees, Directors and\/or Consultants to whom\n         Options may from time to time be granted hereunder; \n\n                (iii) to determine the terms and conditions of any Option \n         granted hereunder. Such terms and conditions include, without\n         limitation, the exercise price, the time when Options may be exercised,\n         any vesting acceleration or waiver of forfeiture restrictions, and any\n         restriction or limitation regarding any Option or the Common Stock\n         relating thereto, based in each case on such factors as the\n         Administrator, in its sole discretion, shall determine;\n\n                (iv) to determine the number of shares of Common Stock to be\n         covered by each such Option granted hereunder;\n\n                (v) to approve forms of agreement for use under the Plan;\n\n                (vi) to determine the terms and conditions, not inconsistent\n         with the terms of the Plan, of any Option granted hereunder;\n\n                (vii) to determine whether and under what circumstances an\n         Option may be settled in cash under Section 9(e) instead of Common\n         Stock;\n\n                (viii) in order to fulfill the purposes of the Plan and without\n         amending the Plan, to modify grants of Options to participants who are\n         foreign nationals or employed outside of the United States in order to\n         recognize differences in local law, tax policies customs;\n\n                (ix) to allow Optionees to satisfy withholding tax obligations\n         as contemplated by Section 10 hereof;\n\n                (x) to construe and interpret the terms of the Plan and awards\n         granted pursuant to the Plan and to establish, amend and revoke rules\n         and regulations for the administration of the Plan, including, but\n         without limitation, correcting any defect or supplying any omission,\n         or reconciling any inconsistency in the Plan or in any Agreement, in\n         the manner and to the extent it shall deem necessary or advisable to\n         make the Plan fully effective;\n\n                (xi) to determine the duration and purposes for leaves of\n         absence which may be granted to an Optionee on an individual basis\n         without constituting a termination of employment or service for\n         purposes of the Plan;\n\n                (xii) to exercise its discretion with respect to the powers and\n         rights granted to it as set forth in the Plan; and\n\n\n\n                                       5\n\n\n                (xiii) generally, to exercise such powers and to perform such\n         acts as are deemed necessary or advisable to promote the best\n         interests of the Company with respect to the Plan.\n\n         (d)    Effect of Administrator's Decision. All decisions, \ndeterminations and interpretations of the Administrator shall be final, binding\nand conclusive upon the Company and its Affiliates, the Optionees and all other\npersons having any interest therein.\n\n         (e)    Indemnification. The Administrator shall not be liable for any\naction, failure to act, determination or interpretation made in good faith with\nrespect to this Plan or any transaction hereunder, except for liability arising\nfrom his or her own willful misfeasance, gross negligence or reckless disregard\nof his or her duties. The Company hereby agrees to indemnity the Administrator\nfor all costs and expenses and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any\nliability incurred in connection with defending against, responding to,\nnegotiation for the settlement of or otherwise dealing with any claim, cause of\naction or dispute of any kind arising in connection with any actions in\nadministering this Plan or in authorizing or denying authorization to any\ntransaction hereunder.\n\n5.       Eligibility.\n\n         (a)    Nonqualified Stock Options may be granted to Employees, \nDirectors or Consultants. Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to\nEmployees.\n\n         (b)    Each Option shall be designated in the Option Agreement as \neither an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonqualified Stock Option. However,\nnotwithstanding such designation, to the extent that the aggregate Fair Market\nValue of the Shares with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are\nexercisable for the first time by the Optionee during any calendar year (under\nall plans of the Company and any Affiliate) exceeds $100,000, such Options\nshall be treated as Nonqualified Stock Options. For purposes of this Section\n5(b), Incentive Stock Options shall be taken into account in the order in which\nthey were granted. The Fair Market Value of the Shares shall be determined as\nof the time the Option with respect to such Shares is granted.\n\n         (c)    The aggregate number of Options that may be granted to any\nOptionee under the Plan shall not exceed fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate\nnumber of Shares referred to in Section 3 hereof.\n\n         (d)    Neither the Plan nor any Option shall not confer upon any \nOptionee any right with respect to continuing the Optionee's relationship as an\nEmployee, Director or Consultant with the Company, nor shall it interfere in\nany way with his or her right or the Company's right to terminate such\nrelationship at any time, with or without cause.\n\n\n\n                                       6\n\n\n         6.  Term of Plan. The Plan shall become effective upon its adoption by\nthe Board. It shall continue in effect for a term of ten (10) years unless\nsooner terminated under Section 14 of the Plan.\n\n         7.  Term of Option. The term of each Option shall be the term stated in\nthe Option Agreement; provided, however, that the term shall be no more than\nten (10) years from the date it is granted (five (5) years in the case of an\nIncentive Stock Option granted to a Ten-Percent Stockholder), or such shorter\nterm as the Administrator may, subsequent to the granting of any Option,\nprovide.\n\n         8.  Option Exercise Price and Consideration.\n\n             (a) Exercise Price. The per share exercise price for the Shares to\n         be issued pursuant to exercise of an Option shall be such price as is\n         determined by the Administrator, but shall be subject to the\n         following:\n\n                 (i)   In the case of an Incentive Stock Option\n\n                       (aa) granted to an Employee who is a Ten-Percent\n            Stockholder, the exercise price shall be no less than 110% of the\n            Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant.\n\n                       (bb) granted to any other Employee, the per Share \n             exercise price shall be no less than 100% of the Fair Market \n             Value per Share on the date of grant.\n\n                 (ii)  In the case of a Nonqualified Stock Option granted to an\n             Employee, Director or Consultant, the per Share exercise price\n             shall be no less than [85%] of the Fair Market Value per Share on\n             the date of grant.\n\n                 (iii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, Options may be granted\n             with a per Share exercise price other than as required above\n             pursuant to a merger or other corporate transaction.\n\n             (b) Payment of Option Price. The consideration to be paid for the\n         Shares to be issued upon exercise of an Option, including the method\n         of payment, shall be determined by the Administrator (and in the case\n         of an ISO, shall be determined at the time of grant). Such\n         consideration may consist of: (i) cash, by check, or cash equivalent,\n         (ii) promissory note, (iii) by tender to the Company of other Shares\n         owned by the Optionee which (A) in the case of Shares acquired upon\n         exercise of an Option have been owned by the Optionee for more than\n         six months on the date of surrender, and (B) have a Fair Market Value,\n         as determined by the Administrator (but without regard to any\n         restrictions on transferability applicable to such stock by reason of\n         federal or state securities laws or agreements with an underwriter for\n\n\n\n                                       7\n\n\n         the Company), of not less than the option price of the Shares as to\n         which such Option shall be exercised (provided such tender of stock\n         would not constitute a violation of the provisions of any law,\n         regulation and\/or agreement restricting the redemption of the Common\n         Stock), (iv) consideration received by the Company under a cashless\n         exercise program, (v) authorization for the Company to retain from the\n         total number of Shares as to which the Option is exercised that number\n         of Shares having a Fair Market Value on the date of exercise equal to\n         the exercise price for the total number of Shares as to which the\n         Option is exercised, or (vi) such other consideration and method of\n         payment for the issuance of Shares that may be permitted under\n         Applicable Laws.\n\n             The Administrator shall have the authority to permit or require\n         the Optionee to secure any promissory note used to exercise an Option\n         with the Shares acquired on exercise of the Option and\/or with other\n         collateral acceptable to the Company. In making its determination as\n         to the type of consideration to accept, the Administrator shall\n         consider if acceptance of such consideration may be reasonably\n         expected to benefit the Company. The Administrator may at any time or\n         from time to time grant Options which do not permit all of the\n         foregoing forms of consideration to be used in payment of the option\n         price and\/or which otherwise restrict one or more forms of\n         consideration.\n\n         9.  Exercise of Option.\n\n             (a) Procedure for Exercise; Rights as a Shareholder. Any Option\n         granted hereunder shall be exercisable at such times and under such\n         conditions as determined by the Administrator, including performance\n         criteria with respect to the Company and\/or the Optionee, and as shall\n         be permissible under the terms of the Plan. An Option may not be\n         exercised for a fraction of a Share.\n\n                 An Option shall be deemed to be exercised when the Company\n         receives: (i) written or electronic notice of exercise (in accordance\n         with the Option Agreement) from the person entitled to exercise the\n         Option and (ii) full payment for the Shares with respect to which the\n         Option is exercised. Full payment may, as authorized by the\n         Administrator, consist of any consideration and method of payment\n         authorized by the Administrator and permitted by the Option Agreement\n         and the Plan. Shares issued upon exercise of an Option shall be issued\n         in the name of the Optionee or, if requested by the Optionee, in the\n         name of the Optionee and his or her spouse. Until the Shares are\n         issued (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the\n         Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company), no\n         right to vote or receive dividends or any other rights as a\n         shareholder shall exist with respect to the Optioned Stock,\n         notwithstanding the exercise of the Option. The Company shall issue\n         (or cause to be issued) such stock certificate promptly upon exercise\n         of the Option. No adjustment will be made for a dividend or other\n         right for which the record date is prior to the date the stock\n         certificate is issued, except as provided in Section 11 of the Plan.\n\n\n\n                                       8\n\n\n                 Exercise of an Option in any manner shall result in a decrease \n         in the number of Shares thereafter available, both for purposes of the\n         Plan and for sale under the Option, by the number of Shares as to\n         which the Option is exercised.\n\n             (b) Termination of Relationship as Employee, Director or\n         Consultant. If an Optionee ceases to be an Employee, Director or\n         Consultant, as the case may be, such Optionee may exercise his or her\n         Option within such period of time as is specified in the Option\n         Agreement to the extent that the Option is vested on the date of\n         termination (but in no event later than the expiration of the term of\n         the Option as set forth in the Option Agreement). In the absence of a\n         specified time in the Option Agreement, the Option shall remain\n         exercisable for three (3) months following the Optionee's termination.\n         If, on the date of termination, the Optionee is not vested as to his\n         or her entire Option, the Shares covered by the unvested portion of\n         the Option shall revert to the Plan. If, after termination, the\n         Optionee does not exercise his or her Option within the time specified\n         by the Administrator, the Option shall terminate, and the Shares\n         covered by such Option shall revert to the Plan. No termination shall\n         be deemed to occur if (i) the Optionee is a Consultant or Director who\n         becomes an Employee within the time specified herein; or (ii) the\n         Optionee is an Employee who becomes a Consultant or Director who is\n         not also an employee, within the time specified herein.\n\n             (c) Disability of Optionee. If an Optionee ceases to be an\n         Employee, Director or Consultant as a result of Optionee's Disability,\n         the Optionee may within six (6) months from the date of such\n         termination (but in no event later than the expiration date of the\n         term of such Option as set forth in the Option Agreement), exercise an\n         Option to the extent otherwise entitled to exercise it at the date of\n         such termination. To the extent that Optionee is not entitled to\n         exercise the Option on the date of termination, or if Optionee does\n         not exercise such Option to the extent so entitled within the time\n         specified herein, the Option shall terminate, and the Shares covered\n         by such Option shall revert to the Plan.\n\n             (d) Death of Optionee. If an Optionee dies while an Employee,\n         Director or Consultant, the Option may be exercised at any time within\n         six (6) months following the date of death (but in no event later than\n         the expiration date of the term of such Option as set forth in the\n         Option Agreement), to the extent the Optionee was vested on the date\n         of death. If, at the time of death, Optionee is not vested as to the\n         entire Option, the Shares covered by the unvested portion of the\n         Option shall revert to the Plan. The Option may be exercised by the\n         executor or administrator of the Optionee's estate or, if none, by the\n         person(s) entitled to exercise the Option under the Optionee's will or\n         under the laws of descent and distribution. If the Option is not so\n         exercised within the time specified herein, the Option shall\n         terminate, and the Shares covered by such Option shall revert to the\n         Plan.\n\n             (e) Buyout Provisions. The Administrator may at any time offer\n         to buy out for a payment in cash or Shares, an Option previously\n         granted, based on such terms and conditions as the Administrator shall\n         establish and communicate to the Optionee at the time that such offer\n         is made. \n                                                                        \n\n\n\n                                       9\n\n\n         10. Withholding to Satisfy Tax Obligations.\n\n             (a) Permitted Methods. At the discretion of the Administrator,\n         Optionees may satisfy withholding obligations as provided in this\n         Section 10. When an Optionee incurs tax liability in connection with\n         an Option, which tax liability is subject to tax withholding under\n         applicable tax laws, and the Optionee is obligated to pay the Company\n         an amount required to be withheld under applicable tax laws, the\n         Optionee may satisfy the withholding tax obligation by one or some\n         combination of the following methods: (i) by cash payment; (ii) out of\n         Optionee's current compensation; (iii) if permitted by the\n         Administrator, in its discretion, by surrendering to the Company\n         Shares that (A) in the case of Shares previously acquired from the\n         Company, have been owned by the Optionee for more than six months on\n         the date of surrender, and (B) have a Fair Market Value on the date of\n         surrender equal to or less than Optionee's marginal tax rate times the\n         ordinary income recognized; or (iv) by electing to have the Company\n         withhold from the Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Option, if\n         any, that number of Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to the\n         amount of withholding due. The Fair Market Value of the Shares to be\n         withheld shall be determined on the date that the amount of tax to be\n         withheld is to be determined.\n\n             (b) Procedures for Stock Withholding. All elections by an Optionee\n         to have Shares withheld to satisfy tax withholding obligations shall\n         be made in writing in a form acceptable to the Administrator and shall\n         be subject to the following restrictions: (i) the election must be\n         made on or prior to the applicable tax withholding date; (ii) once\n         made, the election shall be irrevocable as to the particular Shares of\n         the Option as to which the election is made; (iii) all elections shall\n         be subject to the consent or disapproval of the Administrator; (iv) if\n         the Optionee is an Officer, Director or greater than Ten-Percent\n         Stockholder within the meaning of Rule 16a-2 under the Exchange Act\n         ('Reporting Person'), the election must comply with the applicable\n         provisions of Rule 16b-3 and shall be subject to such additional\n         conditions or restrictions as may be required thereunder to qualify\n         for the maximum exemption from Section 16 of the Exchange Act with\n         respect to Plan transactions.\n\n         11. Adjustments upon Changes in Capitalization, Merger or Certain\nOther Transactions.\n\n             (a) Changes in Capitalization. Subject to any required action\n         by the shareholders of the Company, the number and class of shares of\n         Common Stock with respect to which Options may be granted under the\n         Plan, the number and class of Shares of Common Stock which are subject\n         to outstanding Options granted under the Plan, and the purchase price\n         per Share of Common Stock , if applicable, shall be proportionately\n         adjusted for any increase or decrease in the number of issued Shares\n         of Common Stock resulting from a stock split, reverse stock split,\n         stock dividend, combination or reclassification of the Common Stock,\n         or any other increase or decrease in the number of issued Shares of\n         Common Stock effected without receipt of consideration by the Company.\n         The conversion of any convertible securities of the Company shall not\n         be deemed to have been 'effected without receipt of consideration.'\n         Any such adjustment in the Shares subject to outstanding Incentive\n         Stock \n\n\n\n                                       11\n\n         Options (including any adjustments in the purchase price) shall be\n         made in such manner as not to constitute a modification as defined by\n         Section 424(h)(3) of the Code and only to the extent otherwise\n         permitted by Sections 422 and 424 of the Code. Adjustments shall be\n         made by the Administrator, whose determination in that respect shall\n         be final, binding and conclusive. If, by reason of a change in\n         Capitalization, an Optionee shall be entitled to exercise an Option\n         with respect to new, additional or different shares of stock, such\n         new, additional or different shares shall thereupon be subject to all\n         of the conditions which were applicable to the Shares subject to the\n         Option, as the case may be, prior to such Change in Capitalization.\n\n             (b) Dissolution or Liquidation. In the event of the proposed\n         dissolution or liquidation of the Company, the Administrator shall\n         notify each Optionee as soon as practicable prior to the effective\n         date of such proposed action. The Administrator in its discretion may\n         provide for an Optionee to have the right to exercise his or her\n         Option until fifteen (15) days prior to such transaction as to all of\n         the Optioned Stock covered thereby, including Shares as to which the\n         Option would not otherwise be exercisable. To the extent it has not\n         been previously exercised, an Option will terminate immediately prior\n         to the consummation of such proposed action.\n\n             (c) Merger or Sale of Assets. If the Company is to be consolidated\n         with or acquired by another entity in a merger or other reorganization\n         in which the holders of the outstanding voting stock of the Company\n         immediately preceding the consummation of such event, shall,\n         immediately following such event, hold, as a group, less than a\n         majority of the voting securities of the surviving or successor\n         entity, or in the event of a sale of all or substantially all of the\n         Company's assets or otherwise (each, a 'Change-of-Control'), then all\n         outstanding Options, whether or not then vested or exercisable, shall\n         be deemed to be vested and exercisable immediately prior to the\n         Change-of-Control.\n\n             (d) Certain Distributions. In the event of any distribution to the\n         Company's shareholders of securities of any other entity or other\n         assets (other than dividends payable in cash or stock of the Company)\n         without receipt of consideration by the Company, the Administrator\n         may, in its discretion, appropriately adjust the price per share of\n         Common Stock covered by each outstanding Option to reflect the effect\n         of such distribution.\n\n         12. Non-Transferability of Options. Except as otherwise provided in\nthis Section, Options may not be sold, pledged, assigned, hypothecated,\ntransferred, or disposed of in any manner other than by will or by the laws of\ndescent or distribution and may be exercised or purchased during the lifetime\nof the Optionee, only by the Optionee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the\nAdministrator may, in its discretion, authorize all or a portion of the Options\nto be granted to an Optionee to be transferred by such Optionee to (i) the\nspouse, children or grandchildren of such Optionee ('Immediate Family\nMembers'), (ii) a trust of trusts for the benefit of an Immediate Family\nMember, or (iii) a partnership in which Immediate Family Members are the only\npartners, provided, that (x) there is no consideration for such transfer, (y)\nthe Option Agreement expressly provides for \n\n\n\n                                       12\n\nthe transfer of the Options in accordance with this Section, and (z) subsequent\ntransfers of such Options are prohibited except by or in accordance with the\nlaws of descent or distribution.\n\n         13. Time of Granting Options. The date of grant of an Option shall,\nfor all purposes, be the date on which the Administrator makes the\ndetermination granting such Option, or such other date as is determined by the\nAdministrator. Notice of the determination shall be given to each Employee,\nDirector or Consultant to whom an Option is so granted within a reasonable time\nafter the date of such grant.\n\n         14. Amendment and Termination of the Plan.\n\n             (a) Amendment and Termination. The Board or the Administrator may\n         at any time amend, alter, suspend or terminate the Plan.\n\n             (b) Shareholder Approval. To the extent necessary and desirable to\n         comply with Applicable Laws, the Company shall obtain shareholder\n         approval of any Plan amendment in such a manner and to such a degree\n         as required.\n\n             (c) Effect of Amendment or Termination. No amendment, alteration,\n         suspension or termination of the Plan shall impair the rights of any\n         Optionee, unless mutually agreed otherwise between the Optionee and\n         the Administrator, which agreement must be in writing and signed by\n         the Optionee and the Company. Termination of the Plan shall not affect\n         the Administrator's ability to exercise the powers granted to it\n         hereunder with respect to Options granted under the Plan prior to the\n         date of such termination.\n\n         15. Conditions Upon Issuance of Shares.\n\n             (a) Legal Compliance. Shares shall not be issued pursuant to the\n         exercise of an Option unless the exercise of such Option and the\n         issuance and delivery of such Shares pursuant thereto shall comply\n         with all relevant provisions of law, including, without limitation,\n         the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Exchange Act, the rules\n         and regulations promulgated thereunder, and the requirements of any\n         Stock Exchange.\n\n             (b) Investment Representations. As a condition to the exercise of\n         an Option, the Administrator may require the person exercising such\n         Option to represent and warrant to the Company in writing at the time\n         of any such exercise that the Shares are being purchased only for\n         investment and without any present intention to sell or distribute\n         such Shares, and will not be sold or transferred other than pursuant\n         to an effective registration thereof under the Exchange Act or\n         pursuant to an exemption applicable under the Securities Act of 1933,\n         as amended, or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. The\n         certificates evidencing any such Shares shall be appropriately\n         legended to reflect their status as restricted securities.\n\n\n\n                                       13\n\n         16. Regulations and Other Approvals; Governing Law.\n\n             (a) This Plan and the rights of all persons claiming hereunder\n         shall be construed and determined in accordance with the laws of the\n         State of Illinois.\n\n             (b) The obligation of the Company to sell or deliver Shares with\n         respect to Options granted under the Plan shall be subject to all\n         Applicable Laws, and the obtaining of all such approvals by\n         governmental agencies as may be deemed necessary or appropriate by the\n         Administrator.\n\n             (c) The inability of the Company to obtain authority from any\n         regulatory body having jurisdiction, which authority is deemed by the\n         Company's counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of\n         any Shares hereunder, shall relieve the Company of any liability in\n         respect of the failure to issue or sell such Shares as to which such\n         requisite authority shall not have been obtained.\n\n             (d) The Plan is intended to comply with Rule 16b-3 promulgated\n         under the Exchange Act and the Administrator shall interpret and\n         administer the provisions of the Plan or any Agreement in a manner\n         consistent therewith. Any provisions inconsistent with such Rule shall\n         be inoperative and shall not affect the validity of the Plan.\n\n             (e) The Administrator may make such changes as may be necessary or\n         appropriate to comply with the rules and regulations of any government\n         authority, or to obtain for Employees granted Incentive Stock Options\n         the tax benefits under the applicable provisions of the Code and\n         regulations promulgated thereunder.\n\n         17. Reservation of Shares. The Company, during the term of this Plan,\nshall at all times reserve and keep available such number of Shares as shall be\nsufficient to satisfy the requirements of the Plan.\n\n         18. Agreements. Options shall be evidenced by written agreements in\nsuch form as the Administrator shall approve from time to time.\n\n         19. Shareholder Approval. The Plan, as amended and restated, shall be\nsubject to approval by the shareholders of the Company within twelve (12)\nmonths after the date the Plan is so amended and restated. Such shareholder\napproval shall be obtained in the degree and manner required under Applicable\nLaw. 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