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21-Nov-2008
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Financial Statements and Exhibits
On November 17, 2008, the Compensation Committee of the Company granted Company employees an aggregate of 2,815,000 options to purchase common stock pursuant to the Company's 2008 equity incentive program under the Company's 2006 Stock Incentive Plan. In addition, the Board of Directors of the Company granted non-employee directors an aggregate of 95,400 options to purchase common stock on terms consistent with the Company's 2008 equity incentive program under the 2006 Stock Incentive Plan. The form of stock option award agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1.
The form of stock option award agreement attached hereto differs from the form of stock option award agreement attached to the Company's proxy statement mailed in June 2008 in connection with the Company's special meeting of stockholders on July 29, 2008. Following the Company's special meeting and in light of stock market performance and the recent volatility of the stock market, the Board of Directors of the Company determined to eliminate the portion of the options dependent on the Company's stock price and also eliminate time vested options. The elimination of market performance vested options was based on the realization that there may be a significant disparity between the Company's operating performance and the Company's stock price and the fact that the value of the options is ultimately dependent on the Company's stock price in the markets. The end result is that 100% of the options under the 2008 equity incentive program will vest based on the Company's achievement of established operating performance goals. Relying heavily on stock price targets for vesting is not necessary in order to achieve alignment with stockholders. The Board of Directors believes that increasing the operating performance vesting component of the options would serve to better focus management on the factors over which they have control. Thus, the form of stock option agreement under the 2008 equity incentive program has been revised to provide that all options vest based upon achievement of operating performance goals.
In addition, the Board of Directors approved adding a provision to the option agreements for sixteen of the optionees, including all of our executive officers and operating unit presidents, to gross up any payments that would be deemed to be "excess parachute payments" under Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code in connection with the acceleration of options upon a change in control.
Exhibit No. 10.1 Form of Stock Option Agreement under 2008 equity incentive program under 2006 Stock Incentive Plan
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