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March , 2006
Dear Stockholder:
This years annual meeting of stockholders will be held on
Thursday, May 4, 2006, at 9:00 a.m. local time, in the
Dana Point room at the San Diego Marriott Hotel,
11966 El Camino Real, San Diego 92130. You are
cordially invited to attend.
The Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders and a Proxy
Statement, which describes the formal business to be conducted
at the meeting, follow this letter.
It is important that you use this opportunity to take part in
the affairs of Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. by voting on the
business to come before this meeting. After reading the Proxy
Statement, please promptly mark, sign, date and return the
enclosed proxy card in the prepaid envelope to assure that your
shares will be represented. Regardless of the number of shares
you own, your careful consideration of, and vote on, the matters
before our stockholders is important.
A copy of Halozymes Annual Report to Stockholders is also
enclosed for your information. At the annual meeting we will
review Halozymes activities over the past year and our
plans for the future. The Board of Directors and management look
forward to seeing you at the annual meeting.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
11588 Sorrento Valley Road, Suite 17
San Diego, California 92121
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
To Be Held May 4, 2006
TO OUR STOCKHOLDERS:
Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the
stockholders of Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc., a Nevada
corporation, will be held on May 4, 2006, at 9:00 a.m.
local time, in the Coronado room at the San Diego Marriott
Hotel located at 11966 El Camino Real, San Diego 92130, for
the following purposes:
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1. To elect two Class II directors. |
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2. To approve an amendment to our Amended and Restated
Articles of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized
shares of Common Stock from 100,000,000 to 150,000,000 and to
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3. To consider a proposal to approve our 2005 Outside
Directors Plan and to reserve an aggregate of
500,000 shares of our Common Stock for issuance under this
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4. To consider a proposal to approve our 2006 Stock Plan
and to reserve an aggregate of 2,000,000 shares of our
Common Stock for issuance under this plan. |
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5. To transact such other business as may properly come
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Stockholders of record at the close of business on
March 31, 2006 are entitled to notice of, and to vote at,
this meeting and any adjournment or postponement.
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March , 2006
IMPORTANT: Please fill in, date, sign and promptly mail the
enclosed proxy card in the accompanying postage-paid envelope to
assure that your shares are represented at the meeting. If you
attend the meeting, you may choose to vote in person even if you
have previously sent in your proxy card.
PROXY STATEMENT FOR ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
The accompanying proxy is solicited by the Board of Directors of
Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc., a Nevada corporation, for use at
its annual meeting of stockholders to be held on May 4,
2006, or any adjournment or postponement thereof, for the
purposes set forth in the accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting
of Stockholders. This Proxy Statement and the enclosed proxy are
being mailed to stockholders on or about
March , 2006.
HISTORICAL NOTE
Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. is the product of the March 11,
2004, merger between DeliaTroph Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
(DeliaTroph), a private biopharmaceutical company,
and Global Yacht Services, Inc. (Global), a publicly
traded yacht chartering and sales company. In the merger, Global
issued Common Stock to the former shareholders of DeliaTroph in
exchange for all of their interests in DeliaTroph. Although
Global conducted limited operations prior to the merger and was
the parent entity of DeliaTroph following the merger, the former
shareholders of DeliaTroph held approximately 90% of the
outstanding voting interest in the combined enterprise
immediately after the merger. DeliaTrophs management and
Board of Directors assumed operational control of Global
immediately following the merger and Global changed its name to
Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. The historical operations of Global
ceased in connection with the merger and the historical
operations of DeliaTroph continued. The merger has been treated
as a re-capitalization of DeliaTroph for accounting purposes and
the historical and financial information presented here and in
our Annual Report reflects the pre-merger activities of
DeliaTroph and does not include information relating to the
activities of Global prior to the merger unless otherwise
indicated.
SOLICITATION AND VOTING
Voting Securities. Only stockholders of record as of the
close of business on March 31, 2006, will be entitled to
vote at the meeting and any adjournment thereof. As of that
time, we had
approximately shares
of Common Stock outstanding, all of which are entitled to vote
with respect to all matters to be acted upon at the annual
meeting. Each stockholder of record as of that date is entitled
to one vote for each share of Common Stock held by him or her.
Our Bylaws provide that a majority of all of the shares of the
stock entitled to vote, whether present in person or represented
by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business at the meeting. Votes for and against, abstentions and
broker non-votes will each be counted as present for
purposes of determining the presence of a quorum.
Broker Non-Votes. A broker non-vote occurs when a broker
submits a proxy card with respect to shares held in a fiduciary
capacity (typically referred to as being held in street
name) but declines to vote on a particular matter because
the broker has not received voting instructions from the
beneficial owner. Under the rules that govern brokers who are
voting with respect to shares held in street name, brokers have
the discretion to vote such shares on routine matters, but not
on non-routine matters. Routine matters include the election of
directors, increases in authorized common stock for general
corporate purposes and ratification of auditors. Non-routine
matters include adoptions of, and amendments to, stock plans.
Solicitation of Proxies. We will bear the entire cost of
soliciting proxies. In addition to soliciting stockholders by
mail through our employees, we will request banks, brokers and
other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries to solicit customers
for whom they hold our stock and will reimburse them for their
reasonable,
out-of-pocket costs. We
may use the services of our officers, directors and others to
solicit proxies, personally or by telephone, without additional
compensation. In addition, we may retain a proxy solicitation
firm or other third party to assist us in collecting or
soliciting proxies from our stockholders, although we do not
currently plan on retaining such a proxy solicitor.
Voting of Proxies. All valid proxies received before the
meeting will be exercised. All shares represented by a proxy
will be voted, and where a proxy specifies a stockholders
choice with respect to any matter to be acted upon, the shares
will be voted in accordance with that specification. If no
choice is indicated on the proxy, the shares will be voted in
favor of the proposal. A stockholder giving a proxy has the
power to revoke his or her proxy at any time before it is
exercised by delivering to the Secretary of Halozyme a written
instrument revoking the proxy or a duly executed proxy with a
later date, or by attending the meeting and voting in person.
PROPOSAL NO. 1
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
We have a classified Board of Directors that consists of two
Class I directors, two Class II directors and two
Class III directors. Our directors are elected for a term
of three years, with one class of directors up for election
every year. In connection with the 2006 annual meeting of
stockholders we will be electing two Class II directors,
while two Class III directors will be elected at the 2007
annual meeting of stockholders and two Class I directors
will be elected at the 2008 annual meeting of stockholders. Once
elected, directors serve until their respective successors are
duly elected and qualified.
Managements Class II nominees for election by the
stockholders are John S. Patton and Steven T. Thornton. Both
Dr. Patton and Mr. Thornton are current members of our
Board of Directors and, if elected, they will serve as directors
until our annual meeting of stockholders in 2009 and until their
successors are elected and qualified. If either nominee declines
to serve or becomes unavailable for any reason, or if a vacancy
occurs before the election (although we know of no reason
to anticipate that this will occur), the proxies may be voted
for such substitute nominees as we may designate.
If a quorum is present and voting, the two nominees for
Class II directors receiving the highest number of votes
will be elected as the Class II directors. Abstentions and
broker non-votes have no effect on the vote.
The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR each
of the nominees named above.
The following table sets forth, for our current directors,
including the Class II nominees to be elected at this
meeting, information with respect to their ages and background:
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Class II directors nominated for election at the 2006
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John S. Patton, Ph.D.
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Kenneth J. Kelley
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Jonathan E. Lim, M.D.
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Robert L. Engler, M.D.
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Nominees for Election at this Meeting
John S. Patton, Ph.D. Dr. Patton is co-Founder
and Vice President, Research of Nektar Therapeutics
(Nasdaq-NKTR) (formerly Inhale Therapeutic Systems) and has
served as Chief Scientific Officer since November 2001 and as a
director since July 1990. He is an expert in the delivery of
peptides and proteins. Before co-founding Inhale,
Dr. Patton led the drug delivery group at Genentech, Inc.,
where he demonstrated the feasibility of systemic delivery of
large molecules through the lungs. Prior to joining Genentech,
Inc., he was a tenured professor at the University of Georgia.
He has published a wide range of articles and has presented his
work in national and international arenas. Dr. Patton
received his Ph.D. in Biology from the University of California,
San Diego, and held post-doctoral positions in biomedicine
at Harvard Medical School and the University of Lund in Sweden.
Dr. Patton also chairs our Scientific and Clinical Advisory
Board.
Steven T. Thornton. Mr. Thornton has been President
of SkyePharma, Inc.
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SkyePharma develops and manufactures injectable,
sustained-release therapeutic products. Prior to SkyePharma,
Mr. Thornton was an Executive Vice President of Business
Development at Elan
from to .
Mr. Thornton has been involved in a significant number of
business development activities and partnerships
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across the industry, with both major pharmaceutical and emerging
biotechnology companies. Mr. Thornton represented Elan on a
number of joint venture boards with biotechnology partners,
giving him insight into the workings of relatively early company
organizations. He is highly experienced in the areas of in- and
out-licensing of products and has been involved in a variety of
start-up operations,
joint ventures and acquisitions. Mr. Thornton has also held
senior executive positions at Eli Lilly and
Bayer. .
Mr. Thornton is the chairman of our Compensation Committee.
Directors Elected to Continue in Office Until the 2007 Annual
Meeting
Robert L. Engler, M.D. Dr. Engler spent his
career as a Cardiologist at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center
and the University of California, San Diego, where he
retired as Professor Emeritus in 2001. While at the Veterans
Affairs Medical Center, Dr. Engler served as Associate
Chief of Staff and Chief of Research and was an attending
physician, in addition to running an active cardiovascular
research laboratory. His research and clinical work led to the
founding of two successful biotechnology companies: Gensia,
Inc., and Collateral Therapeutics, Inc. He also founded and
served as President of the Veterans Medical Research Foundation.
Dr. Engler graduated from Georgetown Medical School.
Dr. Engler is the chairman of our Nominating and Governance
Committee.
Gregory I. Frost, Ph.D., Vice President & Chief
Scientific Officer and Director. Dr. Frost co-founded
Halozyme in 1999 and has spent more than twelve years
researching the hyaluronidase family of enzymes. Previously he
was a Senior Research Scientist at the Sidney Kimmel Cancer
Center (SKCC), where he focused much of his work developing the
hyaluronidase technology. Prior to SKCC, his research in the
Department of Pathology at the University of California,
San Francisco, led directly to the purification, cloning,
and characterization of human hyaluronidase gene family, and the
discovery of several metabolic disorders. He has authored
multiple scientific peer-reviewed and invited articles in the
Hyaluronidase field and is an inventor on several key patents.
Dr. Frosts prior experience includes serving as a
scientific consultant to a number of biopharmaceutical
companies, including Q-Med (SE), Biophausia AB (SE), and Active
Biotech (SE). Dr. Frost is registered to practice before
the US Patent Trademark Office, and earned his BA in
biochemistry and molecular biology from the University of
California, Santa Cruz and his Ph.D. in the department of
Pathology at the University of California, San Francisco,
where he was an ARCS-Scholar.
Directors Elected to Continue in Office Until the 2008 Annual
Meeting
Kenneth J. Kelley. Mr. Kelley brings over
25 years of entrepreneurial, venture capital, operational
and technical biotechnology experience to Halozyme.
Mr. Kelley has been the managing director of K2
Bioventures, a biomedical startup consulting company, since July
2004. From April 2002 through June 2004, Mr. Kelley was a
General Partner at Latterell Venture Partners, where he made
investments in early stage biotechnology and medical device
startups. Mr. Kelley founded IntraBiotics Pharmaceuticals
in January 1994 and over eight years served as CEO, Director and
Chairman. Earlier, Mr. Kelley was an Associate at
Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), where he participated in
the financing of twenty biotech and medical companies, fifteen
of which became public companies. Prior to IVP, he was a
consultant for McKinsey & Company and a scientist at
Integrated Genetics (acquired by Genzyme). Mr. Kelley
earned an M.B.A. from Stanford University and a B.A. in
biochemical sciences from Harvard University. Mr. Kelley is
the chairman of the Board of Directors as well as our Audit
Committee. Mr. Kelley also serves on the Compensation
Committee and the Nominating and Governance Committee.
Jonathan E. Lim, M.D. Dr. Lim joined Halozyme
in 2003 and has served as Halozymes President and Chief
Executive Officer since that time. From 2001 to 2003,
Dr. Lim was a management consultant at McKinsey &
Company, where he specialized in the health care industry,
serving a wide range of
start-ups to Fortune
500 companies in the biopharmaceutical, medical products,
and payor/provider segments. From 1999 to 2001, Dr. Lim was
a recipient of a National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral
Fellowship, during which time he conducted clinical outcomes
research at Harvard Medical School. He has published articles in
peer-reviewed medical journals such as the Annals of Surgery and
the Journal of Refractive Surgery. Dr. Lims prior
experience also includes two years of clinical training in
general surgery at the New York Hospital-
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Cornell Medical Center and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center; Founder and President of a health care software company;
Founding
Editor-in-Chief of the
McGill Journal of Medicine; and basic science and clinical
research at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. Dr. Lim is currently a
California-licensed physician and was a member of the strategic
planning committee of the American Medical Association from 2002
to 2005. He earned his B.S., with honors, and M.S. degrees in
molecular biology from Stanford University, his M.D. degree from
McGill University, and his M.P.H. degree in health care
management from Harvard University.
The Board of Directors has determined that, other than
Drs. Lim and Frost, each of the members of the Board of
Directors is an independent director for purposes of the listing
requirements of the American Stock Exchange.
Board Meetings and Committees
The Board of Directors held eight meetings during the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2005. The Board of Directors has an
Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee and a Nominating and
Governance Committee. During the last fiscal year, no director
other than Steven T. Thornton attended fewer than 75% of the
total number of meetings of the Board and all of the committees
of the Board on which such director served during that period.
Mr. Thornton joined the Board in June of 2005 and was
unable to attend one Board meeting that was scheduled prior to
his joining the Board as well as one special meeting of the
Board.
Audit Committee. The members of the Audit Committee are
Kenneth J. Kelley (Chairman), Steven T. Thornton and Robert L.
Engler. Each of the members of the Audit Committee satisfy the
independence requirements established by the rules of the
American Stock Exchange. Mr. Kelley is an audit committee
financial expert, as defined in the rules of the Securities and
Exchange Commission. The primary purpose of the Audit Committee
is to oversee our accounting and financial reporting processes
and the function of the Audit Committee includes retaining our
independent auditors, reviewing their independence, reviewing
and approving the planned scope of our annual audit, reviewing
and approving any fee arrangements with our auditors, overseeing
their audit work, reviewing and pre-approving any non-audit
services that may be performed by them, reviewing the adequacy
of accounting and financial controls, reviewing our critical
accounting policies and reviewing and approving any related
party transactions. The Audit Committee held six meetings during
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005.
Compensation Committee. The members of the Compensation
Committee are Steven T. Thornton (Chairman), Robert L. Engler,
Kenneth J. Kelley and John S. Patton. Each of the members of the
Compensation Committee satisfy the independence requirements
established by the rules of the American Stock Exchange. The
primary purpose of the Compensation Committee is to discharge
the Boards responsibilities relating to compensation and
benefits of our executive officers. The Compensation Committee
recommends the salary and bonus earned by the Chief Executive
Officer, reviews and approves salary and bonus levels for other
executive officers, approves stock option grants to executive
officers and other employees and approves all employment and
severance agreements. The Compensation Committee held six
meetings during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005.
Nominating and Governance Committee. The members of the
Nominating and Governance Committee are Robert L. Engler
(Chairman), Kenneth J. Kelley and Steven T. Thornton. Each of
the members of the Nominating and Governance Committee satisfy
the independence requirements established by the rules of the
American Stock Exchange. The primary responsibilities of the
Nominating and Governance Committee are to (i) identify
individuals qualified to become Board members; (ii) select,
or recommend to the Board, director nominees for each election
of directors; (iii) develop and recommend to the Board
criteria for selecting qualified director candidates;
(iv) consider committee member qualifications, appointment
and removal; (v) recommend applicable corporate governance
principles, codes of conduct and compliance mechanisms, and
(vi) provide oversight in the evaluation of the Board and
each committee. The Nominating and Governance Committee held six
meetings during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005.
The Nominating and Governance Committees goal is to
assemble a Board of Directors that brings a variety of
perspectives and skills derived from high quality business and
professional experience. There are no
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stated minimum criteria for director nominees, but the
Nominating and Governance Committee believes that at least one
member of the Board meet the criteria for an audit
committee financial expert as defined by SEC rules, and
that a majority of the members of the Board meet the definition
of independent director under the rules of the
American Stock Exchange. The Nominating and Governance Committee
also believes it appropriate for certain key members of
management to participate as members of the Board.
When considering whether to recommend any candidate for
inclusion in the Boards slate of recommended director
nominees, including candidates recommended by our stockholders,
the Nominating and Governance Committee will review the
candidates integrity, business acumen, age, experience,
commitment, diligence, conflicts of interest, existing time
commitments and the ability to act in the interests of all
stockholders. Once a potential qualified candidate is
identified, one or more members of the Nominating and Governance
Committee will interview that candidate. The committee may also
ask the candidate to meet with non-committee members of the
Board and/or members of management and, if the committee
believes a candidate would be a valuable addition to the Board,
it will recommend that candidate to the full Board.
Pursuant to the terms of its charter, the Nominating and
Governance Committee will consider qualified director candidates
suggested by our stockholders. Stockholders may recommend
individuals for the Nominating and Governance Committee to
consider as potential director candidates by submitting the
candidates name, contact information and biographical
information in writing to the Halozyme Nominating and
Governance Committee c/o Corporate Secretary,
11588 Sorrento Valley Road, Suite 17, San Diego,
California 92121. The biographical information and background
materials will be forwarded to the Nominating and Governance
Committee for its review and consideration. The committees
review of candidates identified by our stockholders is
essentially identical to the review process for candidates
identified by the committee. The Nominating and Governance
Committee will review periodically whether a more formal policy
regarding stockholder nominations should be adopted. In addition
to the process discussed above regarding the consideration of
the Nominating and Governance Committee of candidates suggested
by our stockholders, our Bylaws contain provisions that address
the process by which a stockholder may nominate an individual to
stand for election to our Board at our annual meeting of
stockholders.
Communications with Directors
Any stockholder who desires to contact any members of our Board
of Directors may do so by writing to: Board of Directors,
c/o Corporate Secretary, 11588 Sorrento Valley Road,
Suite 17, San Diego, California 92121. Communications
received in writing are distributed to the Chairman of the Board
or the other members of the Board as appropriate depending on
the facts and circumstances outlined in the communication
received. Alternatively, any stockholder who desires to contact
an independent member of our Board of Directors directly, may
contact the Chairman of our Board of Directors, Kenneth J.
Kelley, electronically by sending an email to the following
address: kkelley@halozyme.com.
Director Attendance at Annual Meetings
Although we do not have a formal policy regarding attendance by
members of the Board at our annual meeting of stockholders, we
encourage directors to attend. Drs. Lim, Frost and Engler
attended our annual meeting of stockholders in 2005.
Mr. Thornton was not a member of the Board at the time of
this meeting.
Committee Charters
The Board has adopted a charter for each of the committees
described above and links to these charters are available on our
website, www.halozyme.com.
Code of Ethics
The Board has adopted a Code of Conduct and Ethics that applies
to all of our employees, officers and directors. A copy of our
Code of Conduct and Ethics is currently available on our
website, www.halozyme.com. Please note that the
information on our website is not incorporated by reference in
this Proxy Statement.
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PROPOSAL NO. 2
APPROVAL OF AMENDMENTS TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES
OF INCORPORATION TO INCREASE THE AUTHORIZED NUMBER OF SHARES OF
COMMON STOCK FROM 100,000,000 TO 150,000,000 AND TO ELIMINATE
OUTDATED REFERENCES TO FORMER DIRECTORS
The Board has adopted, subject to stockholder approval,
amendments to our Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation
(the Articles) to increase our authorized number of
shares of Common Stock from 100,000,000 to 150,000,000 and to
remove outdated references to individuals that no longer serve
on the Board.
Background of Proposal
Under Nevada law, we may only issue shares of Common Stock to
the extent such shares have been authorized for issuance under
the Articles. The Articles currently authorize the issuance of
up to 100,000,000 shares of Common Stock, each having a par
value of one-tenth of one cent ($0.001). However, as of
March 1, 2006, approximately 60.3 million shares of
Common Stock were issued and outstanding and approximately
20.0 million unissued shares were reserved for issuance
(i) under our equity compensation plans and (ii) upon
exercise of outstanding warrants, leaving approximately
19.7 million shares of Common Stock unissued and
unreserved. In order to ensure sufficient shares of Common Stock
will be available for issuance by us, the Board of Directors has
approved, subject to stockholder approval, amendments to our
Articles to increase the number of shares of such Common Stock
authorized for issuance from 100,000,000 to 150,000,000.
The Articles also currently list the five members of the Board
as of March 11, 2004 (the date that the Articles were
filed). The composition and size of the Board has changed since
that time and the Board has approved, subject to stockholder
approval, amendments to our Articles that remove references to
specific Board size as well as the names of particular
individuals on the Board.
Purpose and Effect of the Amendments
The principal purpose of the proposed amendment to the Articles
is to authorize additional shares of Common Stock, which will be
available in the event the Board determines that it is necessary
or appropriate to permit future stock splits in the form of
stock dividends, to raise additional capital through the sale of
equity securities, to acquire another company or its assets, to
establish strategic relationships with corporate partners, to
provide equity incentives to employees and officers or for other
corporate purposes. The availability of additional shares of
Common Stock is particularly important in the event that the
Board needs to undertake any of the foregoing actions on an
expedited basis and thus to avoid the time and expense of
seeking stockholder approval in connection with the contemplated
issuance of Common Stock. If the amendments are approved by the
stockholders, the Board does not intend to solicit further
stockholder approval prior to the issuance of any additional
shares of Common Stock, except as may be required by applicable
law.
The increase in authorized common stock will not have any
immediate effect on the rights of existing stockholders.
However, the Board will have the authority to issue authorized
Common Stock without requiring future stockholder approval of
such issuances, except as may be required by applicable law. To
the extent that additional authorized shares are issued in the
future, they may decrease the existing stockholders
percentage equity ownership and, depending on the price at which
they are issued, could be dilutive to the existing stockholders.
The holders of Common Stock have no preemptive rights and the
Board has no plans to grant such rights with respect to any such
shares.
The increase in the authorized number of shares of Common Stock
and the subsequent issuance of such shares could have the effect
of delaying or preventing a change in control of Halozyme
without further action by the stockholders. Shares of authorized
and unissued Common Stock could, within the limits imposed by
applicable law, be issued in one or more transactions which
would make a change in control of Halozyme
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more difficult, and therefore less likely. Any such issuance of
additional stock could have the effect of diluting the earnings
per share and book value per share of outstanding shares of
common stock and such additional shares could be used to dilute
the stock ownership or voting rights of a person seeking to
obtain control of Halozyme.
The Board is not currently aware of any attempt to take over or
acquire Halozyme. While it may be deemed to have potential
anti-takeover effects, the proposed amendments to increase the
authorized Common Stock are not prompted by any specific effort
or takeover threat currently perceived by management.
If this proposal is approved by the stockholders, the first
paragraph of Article IV of the Articles will be amended to
read in its entirety substantially as follows:
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The Corporation is authorized to issue two classes of
stock to be designated Common Stock and
Preferred Stock. The total number of shares of
Common Stock that the Corporation is authorized to issue is One
Hundred Fifty Million (150,000,000) shares, with a par value of
$0.001 per share. The total number of shares of Preferred
Stock that the Corporation is authorized to issue is Twenty
Million (20,000,000) shares, with a par value of $0.001 per
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In addition, the Articles currently list the five Board members
that were sitting on March 11, 2004 (the date that the
Articles were filed with the Nevada Secretary of State). Since
that time the size and composition of the Board has changed as
certain directors left the Board and others were added. If this
proposal is approved by the stockholders, Article V of the
Articles will be amended to read in its entirety substantially
as follows:
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Directors shall be determined pursuant to the Bylaws of the
Corporation. Such Directors shall so serve until the successors
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These proposed amendments to the Articles are set forth in
Appendix A. The additional shares of Common Stock to be
authorized pursuant to the proposed amendment will be of the
same class of common stock as is currently authorized under the
Articles. If approved, this proposal will become effective upon
the filing of Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation
with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada containing
substantially these amendments, which Halozyme will do promptly
after the annual meeting.
Required Vote and Board of Directors Recommendation
Approval of this proposal requires the affirmative vote of the
holders of a majority of the shares of our Common Stock
outstanding on the Record Date. Abstentions and broker non-votes
will be counted as present for purposes of determining if a
quorum is present, but will have the same effect as a negative
vote on the outcome of this proposal.
The Board believes that the proposed amendments to the Articles
are in the best interests of Halozyme and its stockholders for
the reasons stated above. Therefore, the Board unanimously
recommends a vote FOR amendments to our Amended and
Restated Articles of Incorporation to increase the number of
authorized shares of Common Stock from 100,000,000 to
150,000,000 and to eliminate references to former directors.
PROPOSAL NO. 3
APPROVAL OF THE HALOZYME THERAPEUTICS, INC.
2005 OUTSIDE DIRECTORS STOCK PLAN
The Board of Directors adopted the Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.
2005 Outside Directors Stock Plan (the Director
Plan), in June 2005.
The Board believes that the Company must offer competitive
compensation, including an equity incentive program, if it is to
continue to successfully attract and retain the best possible
directors. The Board expects that the Director Plan will be an
important factor in attracting and retaining the high caliber
directors essential
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to our success, in motivating such directors to strive to
increase the value of the Company for its stockholders and in
aligning the interest of the directors and the stockholders.
Summary of the Director Plan
The following is a summary of the material terms of the Director
Plan. It is qualified in its entirety by the specific language
of the Director Plan, which is available to any stockholder upon
request.
General. The Director Plan provides to members of the
Board of Directors who are not employees of the Company or of
any subsidiary or parent of the Company (Outside
Directors) the (i) automatic grant of nonstatutory
stock options, and (ii) automatic grant of restricted
stock. The Director Plan is intended to qualify as a
formula plan within the meaning of
Rule 16b-3 under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Authorized Shares. A maximum of 500,000 of the authorized
but unissued or reacquired shares of our Common Stock may be
issued under the Director Plan. If any award expires, lapses or
otherwise terminates for any reason without having been
exercised or settled in full, or if shares subject to forfeiture
or repurchase are forfeited or repurchased by the Company, any
such shares that are reacquired or subject to such a terminated
award will again become available for issuance under the
Director Plan. If shares are surrendered in satisfaction of tax
obligations, such shares shall not be deemed to be issued under
the Director Plan. Upon any stock dividend, stock split, reverse
stock split, recapitalization or similar change in our capital
structure, appropriate adjustments will be made to the shares
subject to the Director Plan, to the terms applicable to any
automatic grant of awards described below, and to all
outstanding awards.
Administration. The Director Plan is intended to operate
automatically without discretionary administration. To the
extent administration is necessary, it will be performed by the
Board or a committee of the Board. (For purposes of this
discussion, the term Board refers to either the
Board of Directors or such committee.) The Director Plan will be
administered in a manner intended to permit awards to be exempt
from Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
in accordance with
Rule 16b-3
thereunder. The Board will approve forms of award agreements for
use under the Director Plan, determine the terms and conditions
of awards consistent with the requirements of the Director Plan,
and construe and interpret the terms of the Director Plan and
awards granted under it. However, the Board has no discretion to
select the Outside Directors who are granted awards under the
Director Plan.
Eligibility. Only directors of the Company who are
Outside Directors at the time of grant are eligible to
participate in the Director Plan. Currently, four Outside
Directors are eligible for the Director Plan.
Automatic Grant of Stock Options. Stock options will be
granted automatically under the Director Plan. Each person who
first becomes an Outside Director on or after the Director
Plans adoption in June 2005 shall be granted on the date
he or she becomes an Outside Director an option (an
Initial Option) for ten thousand (10,000) shares of
Common Stock. In addition, following stockholder approval of the
Director Plan each Outside Director who has served on the Board
for at least six (6) full months prior to an annual meeting
of the stockholders shall be granted an Option (Annual
Option) to purchase ten thousand (10,000) shares
immediately following such annual meeting.
Terms and Conditions of Stock Options. Each Initial
Option and Annual Option granted under the Director Plan will be
evidenced by a written agreement specifying the number of shares
subject to the option and the other terms and conditions of the
option, consistent with the provisions of the Director Plan. The
per-share exercise price for each Option will be equal to the
fair market value of a share of our Common Stock on the date of
grant. Generally, the fair market value of the Common Stock is
the closing price per share on the date of grant as quoted by
the national or regional securities exchange or market system on
which the Common Stock is listed. The closing price of our
Common Stock as reported on the American Stock Exchange on
March 16, 2006 was $3.39 per share.
The Director Plan provides that the option exercise price may be
paid in cash, by check, by tender or attestation of previously
owned shares, by assignment of the proceeds of a sale with
respect to some or all of the shares acquired upon the exercise
or by any other legal means approved by the Board.
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Subject to stockholder approval of the Director Plan, Initial
Options will become vested and exercisable in full on the later
of the date six (6) months from the grant date or the next
annual meeting following the grant date. Annual Options will
become vested and exercisable in full on the date immediately
preceding the annual meeting following the grant date. Option
vesting is subject to the Outside Directors continuous
service to the Company. Unless earlier terminated under the
terms of the Director Plan or the option agreement, each option
will remain exercisable for ten (10) years after the date
of grant. An option may be transferred or assigned to the extent
permitted by the Board and set forth in the option agreement.
Automatic Grant of Restricted Stock. Awards of restricted
stock will be granted automatically under the Director Plan.
Initial Grants and Annual Grants of restricted stock covering
fifteen thousand (15,000) shares each shall be granted on the
same schedule and on the same basis as Initial Options and
Annual Options.
Terms and Conditions of Restricted Stock. Each award of
restricted stock granted under the Director Plan will be
evidenced by a written agreement specifying the number of shares
subject to the award and the other terms and conditions of the
award, consistent with the provisions of the Director Plan.
Subject to stockholder approval of the Director Plan, Initial
Grants of restricted stock vest in full on the first day the
holder may trade Company Stock in compliance with the insider
trading policy of the Company following the later of
(a) the six month anniversary of the grant date, or
(b) the first annual meeting of stockholders following the
grant date. Annual Grants of restricted stock vest in full on
the first day the holder may trade Company stock in compliance
with the Companys insider trading policy following the
date immediately preceding the first annual meeting of
stockholders following the grant date.
Change in Control. If a change in control (as defined in
the Director Plan) occurs, all stock options and restricted
stock shall be 100% vested prior to the effective date of any
change in control. As a result of such a change in control, the
surviving, continuing, successor or purchasing corporation or
parent corporation thereof may either assume all outstanding
awards or substitute new awards having an equivalent value.
Termination or Amendment. The Director Plan has a term of
10 years. The Director Plan shall continue in effect until
the end of the term or until the earlier of its termination by
the Board or the date on which all of the shares of Common Stock
available for issuance under the Director Plan have been issued
and all restrictions on such shares under the terms of the
Director Plan have lapsed. The Board may terminate or amend the
Director Plan at any time, provided that no amendment may be
made without stockholder approval if the Board deems such
approval necessary for compliance with any applicable tax or
securities law or other regulatory requirements, including the
requirements of any stock exchange or market system on which the
Common Stock of the Company is then listed. No termination or
amendment may affect any outstanding award unless expressly
provided by the Board, and, in any event, may not adversely
affect an outstanding award without the consent of the Outside
Director unless necessary to comply with any applicable law,
regulation or rule.
Summary of U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences
The following summary is intended only as a general guide to the
U.S. federal income tax consequences of participation in
the Director Plan and does not attempt to describe all possible
federal or other tax consequences of such participation or tax
consequences based on particular circumstances.
Nonstatutory Stock Options. All stock options shall be
nonstatutory stock options having no special tax status. An
Outside Director generally recognizes no taxable income upon
receipt of such an option. Upon exercising a nonstatutory stock
option, the Outside Director normally recognizes ordinary income
equal to the difference between the exercise price paid and the
fair market value of the shares on the date when the option is
exercised or such later date as the shares become vested and
free of any restrictions on transfer (the later of such dates
being referred to as the determination date). Upon
the sale of stock acquired by the exercise of a nonstatutory
stock option, any gain or loss, based on the difference between
the sale price and the fair market value of the shares on the
determination date, will be taxed as capital gain or loss. The
Company generally should be entitled to a tax deduction equal to
the amount of ordinary income recognized by the Outside
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Director as a result of the exercise of a nonstatutory stock
option, except to the extent such deduction is limited by
applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.
Restricted Stock. Acquisitions of restricted stock
receive tax treatment that is similar to that of exercises of
nonstatutory stock options. An Outside Director acquiring
restricted stock normally recognizes ordinary income equal to
the difference between the amount, if any, the Outside Director
paid for the restricted stock and the fair market value of the
shares on the determination date. The Outside Director may
elect, pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue
Code, to treat the acquisition date as the determination date by
filing an election with the Internal Revenue Service. Upon the
sale of restricted stock, any gain or loss, based on the
difference between the sale price and the fair market value of
the shares on the determination date, will be taxed as capital
gain or loss. The Company generally should be entitled to a tax
deduction equal to the amount of ordinary income recognized by
the Outside Director as a result of the acquisition of
restricted stock, except to the extent such deduction is limited
by applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.
New Plan Benefits
Only Outside Directors are eligible to participate in the
Director
Plan. shares
of our Common Stock underlying the automatic grants of stock
options
and shares
of restricted stock will be received under the Director Plan
during the 2006 fiscal year by the Outside Directors, assuming
no new Outside Directors not currently anticipated join the
Board.
Vote Required and Board of Directors Recommendation
Approval of this proposal would require the affirmative vote of
a majority of the votes cast affirmatively or negatively on the
proposal at the annual meeting of stockholders, as well as the
presence of a quorum representing a majority of all outstanding
shares of common stock of the Company, either in person or by
proxy. Abstentions and broker non-votes would be counted for
purposes of determining the presence of a quorum but otherwise
would not have any effect on the outcome of the proposal.
The Board believes that the adoption of the Director Stock Plan
is in the best interests of Halozyme and its stockholders for
the reasons stated above. Therefore, the Board unanimously
recommends a vote FOR approval of the 2005 Stock
Plan.
PROPOSAL NO. 4
APPROVAL OF THE HALOZYME THERAPEUTICS, INC.
2006 STOCK PLAN
In March 2006, the Board of Directors adopted, subject to
stockholder approval, the Companys 2006 Stock Plan (the
2006 Plan). The 2006 Plan has a share reserve of
2,000,000 shares. As of March 31,
2006, shares
were subject to options under the Companys existing stock
option plans
and shares
remained eligible for grant under those plans.
The Company believes that appropriate equity incentives are
critical to attracting and retaining the best employees in its
industry. The approval of this proposal will enable the Company
to continue to provide such incentives.
The Board has full discretion to determine the number of awards
to be granted to participants under the 2006 Plan, subject to an
annual limitation on the total number of awards that may be
granted to any employee. Prior to the Annual Meeting, the
Company will not grant any awards under the 2006 Plan.
Summary of the 2006 Plan
The following is a summary of the material terms of the 2006
Plan. It is qualified in its entirety by the specific language
of the 2006 Plan, a copy of which is available to any
stockholder upon request.
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General. The 2006 Plan provides for the grant of
incentive and nonstatutory stock options as well as stock
appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units,
performance units and shares and other stock-based awards.
Incentive stock options granted under the 2006 Plan are intended
to qualify as incentive stock options within the
meaning of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended (the Code). Nonstatutory stock
options granted under the 2006 Plan are not intended to qualify
as incentive stock options under the Code.
Purpose. The purpose of the 2006 Plan is to advance the
interests of the Company and its stockholders by providing an
incentive to attract and retain persons eligible to receive
options under the 2006 Plan and by motivating such persons to
contribute to the growth and profitability of the Company.
Administration. The 2006 Plan is administered by the
Board of Directors and its designees. The Board has the power to
construe and interpret the 2006 Plan and, subject to the
provisions of the 2006 Plan, to determine the persons to whom
and the dates on which awards will be granted, the number of
shares to be subject to each award, the time or times during the
term of each award within which all or a portion of such award
may be exercised, the exercise price, the type of consideration
to be paid upon exercise of an award, and other terms of the
award. The Board of Directors is authorized to delegate
administration of the 2006 Plan to a committee of outside
directors. The Board has delegated administration of the 2006
Plan to the Compensation Committee of the Board. As used herein
with respect to the 2006 Plan, the Board refers to
the Compensation Committee, as well as to the Board of Directors
itself.
Stock Subject to the 2006 Plan. The share reserve under
the 2006 Plan will be equal to 2,000,000 shares. If awards
granted under the 2006 Plan expire, are cancelled or otherwise
terminate without being exercised, the shares of Common Stock
subject to such expired, cancelled or terminated awards will
then be available for grant under the 2006 Plan. In addition, to
the extent (a) shares are surrendered in exercise of awards
or payment of tax, or (b) awards are settled in cash, such
shares will not be deemed to be issued under the Plan.
In general, no more
than shares
may be issued under the Plan pursuant to restricted stock
awards, restricted stock unit awards and performance awards.
Except
for shares,
such awards may generally not vest more rapidly than over three
years or pursuant to a one year performance period.
Eligibility. Awards other than incentive stock options
generally may be granted only to employees, directors and
consultants of the Company, or certain related entities or
designated affiliates. An incentive stock option can only be
granted to a person who, on the effective date of grant, is an
employee of the Company, a parent corporation or a subsidiary
corporation. As of March 31, 2006, approximately 34 persons
would have been eligible to receive grants under the 2006 Plan.
No incentive stock options may be granted under the 2006 Plan to
any person who, at the time of the grant, owns (or is deemed to
own) stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting
power of the Company, or any of its parent or subsidiary
corporations, unless the option exercise price is at least 110%
of the fair market value of the stock subject to the option on
the date of grant, and the term of the option does not exceed
5 years from the date of grant. The aggregate fair market
value, determined at the time of grant, of the shares of Common
Stock with respect to which incentive stock options granted
under the 2006 Plan are exercisable for the first time by an
optionee during any calendar year (under all such plans of the
Company and its parent and subsidiary corporations) may not
exceed $100,000. In order to permit awards to qualify as
performance based compensation under Code
Section 162(m) no employee may be granted awards under the
2006 Plan in excess of the following in each fiscal year of the
Company:
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Restricted stock and restricted stock unit awards having vesting
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Performance share awards: No more
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Options and Stock Appreciation Rights
The following is a description of the general terms of options
and stock appreciation rights under the 2006 Plan. Individual
grants may have terms that differ from those described below.
Exercise Price; Payment. The exercise price of incentive
stock options under the 2001 Option Plan may not be less than
the fair market value of the Common Stock subject to the option
on the date of the option grant, and in some cases (see
Eligibility above), may not be less than 110% of
such fair market value. The exercise price of nonstatutory stock
options and stock appreciation rights may not be less than the
fair market value of the stock subject to the award on the date
of the option grant. On March 16, 2006, the closing price
of the Companys Common Stock as reported on the American
Stock Exchange was $3.39 per share. The exercise price of
options granted under the 2006 Plan must be paid: (i) in
cash, by check or cash equivalent, (ii) by tender to the
Company, or attestation to the ownership of shares of Common
Stock of the Company owned by the optionee having a fair market
value not less than the exercise price, (iii) for optionees
who are employees, in the Companys sole and absolute
discretion, by delivery of a promissory note, (iv) in any
other form of legal consideration acceptable to the Board, or
(v) any combination of the above.
No Repricing. The 2006 Plan does not permit the Company
to lower the exercise price of options or stock appreciation
rights or to exchange options or stock appreciation rights for
awards with a lower exercise price without further stockholder
approval.
Exercise. Options and stock appreciation rights granted
under the 2006 Plan may become exercisable (vest) in
cumulative increments as determined by the Board provided that
the holders employment by, or service as a director or
consultant to the Company or certain related entities or
designated affiliates (service) continues from the
date of grant until the applicable vesting date. Shares covered
by awards granted under the 2006 Plan may be subject to
different vesting terms. The Board has the power to accelerate
the time during which an award may be exercised.
Term. The maximum term of options and stock appreciation
rights under the 2006 Plan is ten years, except that in certain
cases (see Eligibility above) the maximum term is
five years. The 2006 Plan provides for earlier termination of an
award due to the holders cessation of service.
Restrictions on Transfer. Incentive stock options granted
under the 2006 Plan may not be transferred except by will or by
the laws of descent and distribution, and may be exercised
during the lifetime of the person to whom the option is granted
only by such person. A nonstatutory stock option or stock
appreciation right is not transferable in any manner other than
(i) by will or by the laws of descent and distribution,
(ii) by written designation of a beneficiary taking effect
upon the death of the optionee, (iii) by delivering written
notice to the Company that the optionee will be gifting to
certain family members or other specific entities controlled by
or for the benefit of such family members, and such other
transferees as the Board may approve.
Restricted Stock Units
The Board may grant restricted stock units under the 2006 Plan
that represent a right to receive shares of our common stock at
a future date determined in accordance with the
participants award agreement. No monetary payment is
required for receipt of restricted stock units or the shares
issued in settlement of the award, the consideration for which
is furnished in the form of the participants services to
the company. The Board may grant restricted stock unit awards
subject to the attainment of one or more performance goals
similar to those described below in connection with performance
awards, or may make the awards subject to vesting conditions
similar to those applicable to restricted stock awards. Unless
otherwise provided by the Board, a participant will forfeit any
restricted stock units which have not vested prior to the
participants termination of service. Participants have no
voting rights or rights to receive cash dividends with respect
to restricted stock unit awards until shares of common stock are
issued in settlement of such awards. However, the Board may
grant restricted stock units that entitle their holders to
receive dividend equivalents, which are rights to receive
additional restricted stock units for a number of shares whose
value is equal to any cash dividends we pay.
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Restricted Stock Awards
The Board may grant restricted stock awards under the 2006 Plan
either in the form of a restricted stock purchase right, giving
a participant an immediate right to purchase common stock, or in
the form of a restricted stock bonus, for which the participant
furnishes consideration in the form of services to the company.
The Board determines the purchase price payable under restricted
stock purchase awards, which may be less than the then current
fair market value of our common stock. Restricted stock awards
may be subject to vesting conditions based on such service or
performance criteria as the Board specifies, including the
attainment of one or more performance goals similar to those
described below in connection with performance awards. Shares
acquired pursuant to a restricted stock award may not be
transferred by the participant until vested. Unless otherwise
provided by the Board, a participant will forfeit any shares of
restricted stock as to which the restrictions have not lapsed
prior to the participants termination of service.
Participants holding restricted stock will generally have the
right to vote the shares and to receive any dividends paid,
except that dividends or other distributions paid in shares will
be subject to the same restrictions as the original award.
Performance Awards
The Board may grant performance awards subject to such
conditions and the attainment of such performance goals over
such periods as the determines in writing and sets forth in a
written agreement between the company and the participant. To
the extent compliance with Section 162(m) of the Code is
desired, a committee comprised solely of outside
directors under Section 162(m) shall act with respect
to performance awards, and Board as used in this
section shall mean this committee. These awards may be
designated as performance shares or performance units.
Performance shares and performance units are unfunded
bookkeeping entries generally having initial values,
respectively, equal to the fair market value determined on the
grant date of a share of common stock and a value set by the
Board. Performance awards will specify a predetermined amount of
performance shares or performance units that may be earned by
the participant to the extent that one or more predetermined
performance goals are attained within a predetermined
performance period. To the extent earned, performance awards may
be settled in cash, shares of common stock (including shares of
restricted stock) or any combination thereof.
Prior to the beginning of the applicable performance period or
such later date as permitted under Section 162(m) of the
Code, the Board will establish one or more performance goals
applicable to the award. Performance goals will be based on the
attainment of specified target levels with respect to one or
more measures of business or financial performance of the
company and each subsidiary corporation consolidated with the
company for financial reporting purposes, or such division or
business unit of the company as may be selected by the Board.
The Board, in its discretion, may base performance goals on one
or more of the following such measures: sales revenue, gross
margin, operating margin, operating income, pre-tax profit,
earnings before stock-based compensation expense, interest,
taxes, depreciation and amortization, net income, expenses, the
market price of our common stock, earnings per share, return on
stockholder equity, return on capital, return on net assets,
economic value added, market share, customer service, customer
satisfaction, safety, total stockholder return, free cash flow,
net operating income, operating cash flow, return on investment,
employee satisfaction, employee retention, balance of cash, cash
equivalents and marketable securities, product development,
research and development expenses, completion of an identified
special project, completion of a joint venture or other
corporate transaction, or other measures as determined by the
Board. The target levels with respect to these performance
measures may be expressed on an absolute basis or relative to a
standard specified by the Board. The degree of attainment of
performance measures will be calculated in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles, but prior to the
accrual or payment of any performance award for the same
performance period, and, according to criteria established by
the Board, excluding the effect (whether positive or negative)
of changes in accounting standards or any extraordinary, unusual
or nonrecurring item occurring after the establishment of the
performance goals applicable to a performance award.
Following completion of the applicable performance period, the
Board will certify in writing the extent to which the applicable
performance goals have been attained and the resulting value to
be paid to the participant. The Board retains the discretion to
eliminate or reduce, but not increase, the amount that would
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otherwise be payable on the basis of the performance goals
attained to a participant who is a covered employee
within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code. However,
no such reduction may increase the amount paid to any other
participant. The Board may make positive or negative adjustments
to performance award payments to participants other than covered
employees to reflect the participants individual job
performance or other factors determined by the Board. In its
discretion, the Board may provide for the payment to a
participant awarded performance shares of dividend equivalents
with respect to cash dividends paid on the companys common
stock. The Board may provide for performance award payments in
lump sums or installments. If any payment is to be made on a
deferred basis, the Board may provide for the payment of
dividend equivalents or interest during the deferral period.
Unless otherwise provided by the Board, if a participants
service terminates due to the participants death or
disability prior to completion of the applicable performance
period, the final award value will be determined at the end of
the performance period on the basis of the performance goals
attained during the entire performance period but will be
prorated for the number of months of the participants
service during the performance period. If a participants
service terminates prior to completion of the applicable
performance period for any other reason, the 2006 Plan provides
that, unless otherwise determined by the Board, the performance
award will be forfeited. No performance award may be sold or
transferred other than by will or the laws of descent and
distribution prior to the end of the applicable performance
period.
Deferred Compensation Awards
The 2006 Plan authorizes the Board to establish a deferred
compensation award program. If and when implemented,
participants designated by the Board who are officers, directors
or members of a select group of highly compensated employees may
elect to receive, in lieu of compensation otherwise payable in
cash or in lieu of cash or shares of common stock issuable upon
the exercise or settlement of stock options, stock appreciation
rights or performance share or performance unit awards, an award
of deferred stock units. Each such stock unit represents a right
to receive one share of our common stock at a future date
determined in accordance with the participants award
agreement. Deferred stock units are fully vested upon grant and
will be settled by distribution to the participant of a number
of whole shares of common stock equal to the number of stock
units subject to the award as soon as practicable following the
earlier of the date on which the participants service
terminates or a settlement date elected by the participant at
the time of his or her election to receive the deferred stock
unit award. Participants are not required to pay any additional
consideration in connection with the settlement of deferred
stock units. A holder of deferred stock units has no voting
rights or other rights as a stockholder until shares of common
stock are issued to the participant in settlement of the stock
units. However, participants holding deferred stock units will
be entitled to receive dividend equivalents with respect to any
payment of cash dividends on an equivalent number of shares of
common stock. Such dividend equivalents will be credited in the
form of additional whole and fractional stock units determined
in accordance with a method specified by the Board in the
participants award agreement. Prior to settlement,
deferred stock units may not be assigned or transferred other
than by will or the laws of descent and distribution.
Other Stock-Based Awards
The Plan permits the Board to grant other awards based on the
Companys stock or on dividends on the Companys stock.
Effect of Certain Corporate Events
In the event of any stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock
split, recapitalization, combination, reclassification or
similar change in the capital structure of the Company,
appropriate adjustments will be made in the number and class of
shares subject to the 2006 Plan and to any outstanding awards,
in the aggregate and Section 162(m) per employee grant
limits (see Federal Income Tax Information
Potential Limitation on Company Deductions, below), and in
the exercise price per share of any outstanding awards. Any
fractional share resulting from an adjustment will be rounded
down to the nearest whole number, and at
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no time will the exercise price of any option or stock
appreciation right be decreased to an amount less than par value
of the stock subject to the award.
If a change in control occurs, the surviving, continuing,
successor or purchasing corporation or parent corporation
thereof may either assume the Companys rights and
obligations under the outstanding awards or substitute
substantially equivalent awards for such corporations
stock. Awards that are not assumed, replaced or exercised prior
to the change in control will terminate. The Board may grant
awards that will accelerate in connection with a change in
control. The acceleration of an award in the event of an
acquisition or similar corporate event may be viewed as an
anti-takeover provision, which may have the effect of
discouraging a proposal to acquire or otherwise obtain control
of the Company.
Duration, Amendment and Termination
The Board may amend or terminate the 2006 Plan at any time. If
not earlier terminated, the 2006 Plan will expire on the tenth
anniversary of stockholder approval.
The Board may also amend the 2006 Plan at any time or from time
to time. However, no amendment authorized by the Board will be
effective unless approved by the stockholders of the Company if
the amendment would: (i) increase the number of shares
reserved for options under the 2006 Plan; (ii) change the
class of persons eligible to receive incentive stock options; or
(iii) modify the 2006 Plan in any other way if such
modification requires stockholder approval under applicable law,
regulation or rule.
Specific Grants
Awards under the 2006 Plan are discretionary. Accordingly, it is
not possible to determine the number of awards that may be
granted under the 2006 Plan to specific individuals.
Federal Income Tax Information
Incentive Stock Options. An optionee recognizes no
taxable income for regular income tax purposes as the result of
the grant or exercise of an incentive stock option. Optionees
who do not dispose of their shares for two years following the
date the incentive stock option was granted or within one year
following the exercise of the option will normally recognize a
long-term capital gain or loss equal to the difference, if any,
between the sale price and the purchase price of the shares. If
an optionee satisfies both such holding periods upon a sale of
the shares, the Company will not be entitled to any deduction
for federal income tax purposes. If an optionee disposes of
shares either within two years after the date of grant or within
one year from the date of exercise (referred to as a
disqualifying disposition), the difference between
the fair market value of the shares on the exercise date and the
option exercise price (not to exceed the gain realized on the
sale if the disposition is a transaction with respect to which a
loss, if sustained, would be recognized) will be taxed as
ordinary income at the time of disposition. Any gain in excess
of that amount will be a capital gain. If a loss is recognized,
there will be no ordinary income, and such loss will be a
capital loss. A capital gain or loss will be long-term if the
optionees holding period is more than 12 months. Any
ordinary income recognized by the optionee upon the
disqualifying disposition of the shares generally should be
deductible by the Company for federal income tax purposes,
except to the extent such deduction is limited by applicable
provisions of the Code or the regulations thereunder. The
difference between the option exercise price and the fair market
value of the shares on the exercise date of an incentive stock
option is an adjustment in computing the optionees
alternative minimum taxable income and may be subject to an
alternative minimum tax which is paid if such tax exceeds the
regular tax for the year. Special rules may apply with respect
to certain subsequent sales of the shares in a disqualifying
disposition, certain basis adjustments for purposes of computing
the alternative minimum taxable income on a subsequent sale of
the shares and certain tax credits which may arise with respect
to optionees subject to the alternative minimum tax.
Nonstatutory Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights.
Nonstatutory stock options and stock appreciation rights have no
special tax status. A holder of these awards generally does not
recognize taxable income as the result of the grant of such
award. Upon exercise of a nonstatutory stock option or stock
appreciation right, the holder normally recognizes ordinary
income in an amount equal to the difference
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between the exercise price and the fair market value of the
shares on the exercise date. If the holder is an employee, such
ordinary income generally is subject to withholding of income
and employment taxes. Upon the sale of stock acquired by the
exercise of a nonstatutory stock option or stock appreciation
right, any gain or loss, based on the difference between the
sale price and the fair market value on the exercise date, will
be taxed as capital gain or loss. A capital gain or loss will be
long-term if the holding period of the shares is more than
12 months. The Company generally should be entitled to a
deduction equal to the amount of ordinary income recognized by
the optionee as a result of the exercise of a nonstatutory stock
option or stock appreciation right, except to the extent such
deduction is limited by applicable provisions of the Code or the
regulations thereunder. No tax deduction is available to the
Company with respect to the grant of a nonstatutory stock option
or stock appreciation right or the sale of the stock acquired
pursuant to such grant.
Restricted Stock. A participant acquiring restricted
stock generally will recognize ordinary income equal to the fair
market value of the shares on the determination
date. The determination date is the date on
which the participant acquires the shares unless the shares are
subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture and are not
transferable, in which case the determination date is the
earlier of (i) the date on which the shares become
transferable or (ii) the date on which the shares are no
longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture. If the
determination date is after the date on which the participant
acquires the shares, the participant may elect, pursuant to
Section 83(b) of the Code, to have the date of acquisition
be the determination date by filing an election with the
Internal Revenue Service no later than 30 days after the
date on which the shares are acquired. If the participant is an
employee, such ordinary income generally is subject to
withholding of income and employment taxes. Upon the sale of
shares acquired pursuant to a restricted stock award, any gain
or loss, based on the difference between the sale price and the
fair market value on the determination date, will be taxed as
capital gain or loss. We generally should be entitled to a
deduction equal to the amount of ordinary income recognized by
the participant on the determination date, except to the extent
such deduction is limited by applicable provisions of the Code.
Performance and Restricted Stock Unit Awards. A
participant generally will recognize no income upon the receipt
of a performance share, performance unit or restricted stock
unit award. Upon the settlement of such awards, participants
normally will recognize ordinary income in the year of receipt
in an amount equal to the cash received and the fair market
value of any substantially vested shares received. If the
participant is an employee, such ordinary income generally is
subject to withholding of income and employment taxes. If the
participant receives shares of restricted stock, the participant
generally will be taxed in the same manner as described above
(see discussion under Restricted Stock). Upon the
sale of any shares received, any gain or loss, based on the
difference between the sale price and the fair market value on
the determination date (as defined above under
Restricted Stock), will be taxed as capital gain or
loss. The company generally should be entitled to a deduction
equal to the amount of ordinary income recognized by the
participant on the determination date, except to the extent such
deduction is limited by applicable provisions of the Code.
Deferred Compensation Awards. A participant generally
will recognize no income upon the receipt of deferred
compensation awards. Upon the settlement of the awards, the
participant normally will recognize ordinary income in the year
of settlement in an amount equal to the fair market value of the
shares received. Upon the sale of any shares received, any gain
or loss, based on the difference between the sale price and the
fair market value of the shares on the date they are transferred
to the participant, will be taxed as capital gain or loss. The
Company generally should be entitled to a deduction equal to the
amount of ordinary income recognized by the participant, except
to the extent such deduction is limited by applicable provisions
of the Internal Revenue Code.
Potential Limitation on Company Deductions. Code
Section 162(m) denies a deduction to the Company for
compensation paid to certain employees in a taxable year to the
extent that compensation exceeds $1 million for a covered
employee. It is possible that compensation attributable to stock
options, when combined with all other types of compensation
received by a covered employee from the Company, may cause this
limitation to be exceeded in any particular year. Certain kinds
of compensation, including qualified performance-based
compensation, are disregarded for purposes of the
deduction limitation. In accordance with applicable regulations
issued under Section 162(m), compensation attributable to
stock options and stock appreciation rights will qualify as
performance-based compensation, provided that: (i) the
option plan
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contains a per-employee limitation on the number of shares for
which options or stock appreciation rights may be granted during
a specified period, (ii) the per-employee limitation is
approved by the stockholders, (iii) the option is granted
by a Compensation Committee comprised solely of outside
directors (as defined in Section 162(m)) and
(iv) the exercise price of the option or right is no less
than the fair market value of the stock on the date of grant.
For the aforementioned reasons, the 2006 Plan provides for an
annual per employee limitation as required under
Section 162(m) and the Companys Compensation
Committee is comprised solely of outside directors. Accordingly,
options or stock appreciation rights granted by the Compensation
Committee qualify as performance-based compensation, and the
other awards subject to performance goals may qualify.
Other Tax Consequences. The foregoing discussion is
intended to be a general summary only of the federal income tax
aspects of awards granted under the 2006 Plan; tax consequences
may vary depending on the particular circumstances at hand. In
addition, administrative and judicial interpretations of the
application of the federal income tax laws are subject to
change. Furthermore, no information is given with respect to
state or local taxes that may be applicable. Participants in the
2006 Plan who are residents of or are employed in a country
other than the United States may be subject to taxation in
accordance with the tax laws of that particular country in
addition to or in lieu of United States federal income taxes.
Vote Required and Board of Directors Recommendation
Approval of this proposal would require the affirmative vote of
a majority of the votes cast affirmatively or negatively on the
proposal at the annual meeting of stockholders, as well as the
presence of a quorum representing a majority of all outstanding
shares of common stock of the Company, either in person or by
proxy. Abstentions and broker non-votes would be counted for
purposes of determining the presence of a quorum but otherwise
would not have any effect on the outcome of the proposal.
The Board believes that the adoption of the 2006 Stock Plan is
in the best interests of Halozyme and its stockholders for the
reasons stated above. Therefore, the Board unanimously
recommends a vote FOR approval of the 2006 Stock
Plan.
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STOCK OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND
MANAGEMENT
The following table sets forth, as of March 1, 2006,
certain information with respect to the beneficial ownership of
our Common Stock by (i) each stockholder known by Halozyme
to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our Common Stock,
(ii) each director and director-nominee of Halozyme,
(iii) each executive officer named in the Summary
Compensation Table below, and (iv) all directors and
executive officers of Halozyme as a group:
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Beneficially | |
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Beneficial Owner(1) |
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Owned(2) | |
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Percent(3) | |
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QVT Fund LP(4)
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6,036,779 |
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9.99 |
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527 Madison Avenue, 8th Floor
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New York, New York 10022
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Randal J. Kirk(5)
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5,198,050 |
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8.62 |
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The Governor Tyler, 1881 Grove Avenue
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Radford, Virginia 24141
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Elliot Feuerstein(6)
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3,561,516 |
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5.91 |
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Gregory I. Frost(7)
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4,256,123 |
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6.92 |
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Jonathan E. Lim(8)
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2,766,592 |
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4.43 |
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David A. Ramsay(9)
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817,523 |
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1.35 |
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Mark Wilson(10)
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570,950 |
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* |
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Don. A. Kennard(11)
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523,950 |
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* |
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Carolyn M. Rynard(12)
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520,950 |
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* |
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Richard C. Yocum(13)
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50,000 |
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* |
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John S. Patton(14)
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522,471 |
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* |
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Kenneth J. Kelley(15)
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170,833 |
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* |
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Robert L. Engler(16)
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205,833 |
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* |
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Steven T. Thornton(17)
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10,000 |
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* |
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Directors and executive officers as a group (11 persons)(18)
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10,415,227 |
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16.94 |
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(1) |
Except as otherwise indicated, the persons named in this table
have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares
of Common Stock shown as beneficially owned by them, subject to
community property laws where applicable and to the information
contained in the footnotes to this table. Unless otherwise
noted, the address for each beneficial owner is:
c/o Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc., 11588 Sorrento Valley
Rd., Suite 17, San Diego, CA 92121. |
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(2) |
Under the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, a
person is deemed to be the beneficial owner of shares that can
be acquired by such person within 60 days upon the exercise
of options or warrants. Certain options granted under the
DeliaTroph Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2001 Stock Plan that were
assumed by Halozyme in connection with the March 2004 merger of
DeliaTroph Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Global Yacht Services, Inc.
are immediately exercisable, subject to our right to repurchase
unvested shares upon termination of employment or other service
at a price equal to the option exercise price. |
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(3) |
Calculated on the basis of 60,300,795 shares of Common
Stock outstanding as of March 1, 2006, provided that any
additional shares of Common Stock that a stockholder has the
right to acquire within 60 days after March 1, 2006,
are deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of calculating that
stockholders percentage beneficial ownership. |
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(4) |
Based on a Schedule 13G/A filed by QVT Fund LP with
the SEC on February 13, 2006. QVT Financial LP (QVT
Financial) is the investment manager for QVT Fund LP
(the Fund), which beneficially owns
5,611,779 shares of Common Stock, consisting of
5,285,000 shares of Common Stock |
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and 326,779 warrants to purchase additional Common Shares (the
Warrants). QVT Financial is also the investment
manager for a separate discretionary account managed for
Deutsche Bank AG (the Separate Account), which holds
425,000 shares of Common Stock. QVT Financial has the power
to direct the vote and disposition of the Common Stock held by
each of the Fund and the Separate Account. Accordingly, QVT
Financial may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of an
aggregate amount of 6,036,779 shares of Common Stock,
consisting of the shares owned or eligible for purchase by the
Fund and the shares held in the Separate Account. |
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QVT Financial GP LLC, as General Partner of QVT Financial, may
be deemed to beneficially own the same number of shares of
Common Stock reported by QVT Financial. QVT Associates GP LLC,
as General Partner of the Fund, may be deemed to beneficially
own the same number of shares of Common Stock reported by the
Fund. Each of QVT Financial and QVT Financial GP LLC disclaim
beneficial ownership of the shares of Common Stock beneficially
owned by the Fund and the shares of Common Stock held in the
Separate Account. QVT Associates GP LLC disclaims beneficial
ownership of all shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by
the Fund, except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein. |
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QVT Financial GP LLC, as General Partner of QVT Financial, may
be deemed to beneficially own the same number of shares of
Common Stock reported by QVT Financial. QVT Associates GP LLC,
as General Partner of the Fund, may be deemed to beneficially
own the same number of shares of Common Stock reported by the
Fund. Each of QVT Financial and QVT Financial GP LLC disclaim
beneficial ownership of the 4,160,000 shares of Common
Stock owned by the Fund. |
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(5) |
Based on a Schedule 13G filed by Randal J. Kirk with the
SEC on March 3, 2006. Includes shares held by the following
entities over which Mr. Kirk (or an entity over which he
exercises exclusive control) exercises exclusive control:
510,500 shares held by RJK, L.L.C.; 135,000 shares
held by Third Security Staff 2001, LLC; 3,000,000 shares
held by Radford Investments Limited Partnership; and
1,552,550 shares held by Randal J. Kirk (2000) Limited
Partnership. |
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(6) |
Based on a Schedule 13G filed by Elliot Feuerstein with the
SEC on February 11, 2005. |
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(7) |
Includes 1,192,344 shares subject to warrants and options
that may be exercised within 60 days after March 1,
2006, of which 315,463 of these shares are subject to a right of
repurchase on behalf of Halozyme that will expire within
60 days after March 1, 2006. See footnote 2 above. |
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(8) |
Includes 2,177,095 shares subject to warrants and options
that may be exercised within 60 days after March 1,
2006, of which 617,800 of these shares are subject to a right of
repurchase on behalf of Halozyme that will expire within
60 days after March 1, 2006. See footnote 2 above. |
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(9) |
Includes 416,113 shares subject to warrants and options
that may be exercised within 60 days after March 1,
2006, of which 384,950 of these shares are subject to a right of
repurchase on behalf of Halozyme that will expire within
60 days after March 1, 2006. See footnote 2 above. |
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(10) |
Includes 520,950 shares subject to warrants and options
that may be exercised within 60 days after March 1,
2006, of which 133,857 of these shares are subject to a right of
repurchase on behalf of Halozyme that will expire within
60 days after March 1, 2006. See footnote 2 above. |
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(11) |
Includes 520,950 shares subject to warrants and options
that may be exercised within 60 days after March 1,
2006, of which 205,934 of these shares are subject to a right of
repurchase on behalf of Halozyme that will expire within
60 days after March 1, 2006. See footnote 2 above. |
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(12) |
Includes 320,950 shares subject to warrants and options
that may be exercised within 60 days after March 1,
2006, of which 175,044 of these shares are subject to a right of
repurchase on behalf of Halozyme that will expire within
60 days after March 1, 2006. See footnote 2 above. |
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(13) |
Includes 50,000 shares subject to options that may be
exercised within 60 days after March 1, 2006. |
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(14) |
Includes 175,000 shares subject to warrants and options
that may be exercised within 60 days after March 1,
2006, as well as 264,420 shares held in the name of the
John S. & Jamie S. Patton TTEES F/T Patton Revocable
Trust DTD 7/2/97. |
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(15) |
Includes 170,833 shares subject to options that may be
exercised within 60 days after March 1, 2006. |
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(16) |
Includes 170,833 shares subject to options that may be
exercised within 60 days after March 1, 2006. |
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(17) |
Includes 10,000 shares subject to options that may be
exercised within 60 days after March 1, 2006,
contingent upon stockholder approval of the 2005 Outside
Directors Stock Plan. |
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(18) |
Includes 5,725,070 shares subject to warrants and options
that may be exercised within 60 days after March 1,
2006 beneficially owned by all executive officers and directors,
of which 1,833,048 of these shares would not be vested within
60 days after March 1, 2006, and thus would be subject
to repurchase by Halozyme during that period. |
COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
Compensation of Directors
Upon joining the Board, outside directors receive an initial
option grant of 10,000 shares of Common Stock and an
initial restricted stock grant of 15,000 shares of Common
Stock. The initial option grant will vest upon the later of:
(a) the six month anniversary of the date of grant or
(b) the date of the first annual meeting following the
grant of the initial option. The initial restricted stock grant
will vest upon the later of: (a) the first day that the
outside director may trade our stock in compliance with our
Insider Trading Policy that occurs after the six month
anniversary of the date of grant or (b) the first day that
the outside director may trade our stock in compliance with our
Insider Trading Policy that occurs after the date of the first
annual meeting following the initial restricted stock grant.
Outside directors also receive annual option grants of
10,000 shares of Common Stock and restricted stock grants
of 15,000 shares of Common Stock immediately following
future annual meetings of stockholders. The annual option grant
will vest and become exercisable on the date immediately
preceding the date of the annual meeting following the date of
grant. The annual restricted stock grant will vest on the first
day that the outside director may trade our stock in compliance
with our Insider Trading Policy that occurs after the date
immediately preceding the annual meeting following the date of
grant.
Outside directors receive an annual retainer of $10,000 for
service on the Board as well as an annual retainer of $5,000 for
service on any committee of the Board. The chairman of the Board
of Directors receives an annual retainer of $25,000. The
chairman of the Boards Audit Committee receives an annual
retainer of $10,000 and the chairmen of the Boards
Nominating and Governance Committee and Compensation Committee
each receive an annual retainer of $7,500 for their service on
these committees.
Halozyme directors who are also employees of Halozyme do not
receive any compensation for their services as members of the
Board of Directors.
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Executive Compensation
The following table sets forth information concerning the
compensation earned during the fiscal years ended
December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003 by our Chief Executive
Officer and our four other most highly compensated executive
officers whose salary and bonus for the last fiscal year
exceeded $100,000.
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
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Awards | |
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Annual Compensation |
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Name and Principal Position |
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Year | |
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Options | |
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Jonathan E. Lim(1)
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2005 |
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$ |
200,000 |
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$ |
70,000 |
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$ |
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$ |
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President and Chief Executive Officer |
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2004 |
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$ |
158,085 |
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$ |
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$ |
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303,422 |
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$ |
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2003 |
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$ |
66,667 |
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$ |
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$ |
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2,471,201 |
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$ |
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Gregory I. Frost
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2005 |
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$ |
160,000 |
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$ |
50,000 |
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$ |
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$ |
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Chief Scientific Officer |
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2004 |
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$ |
153,390 |
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$ |
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$ |
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111,753 |
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$ |
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2003 |
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$ |
92,500 |
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$ |
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$ |
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1,235,601 |
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$ |
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David A. Ramsay(2)
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2005 |
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$ |
150,000 |
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$ |
50,000 |
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$ |
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$ |
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Vice President and Chief |
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2004 |
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$ |
138,935 |
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$ |
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$ |
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96,745 |
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$ |
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Financial Officer |
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2003 |
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$ |
12,240 |
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$ |
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$ |
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741,360 |
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$ |
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Carolyn M. Rynard(3)
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2005 |
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$ |
140,000 |
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$ |
40,000 |
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$ |
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$ |
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Vice President of Product |
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2004 |
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$ |
120,225 |
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$ |
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$ |
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75,067 |
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$ |
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Development and Manufacturing |
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2003 |
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$ |
17,660 |
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$ |
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$ |
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494,240 |
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$ |
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Don A. Kennard(4)
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2005 |
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$ |
150,000 |
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$ |
50,000 |
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$ |
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$ |
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Vice President of Regulatory Affairs |
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2004 |
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$ |
118,459 |
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|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
569,307 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
and Quality Assurance |
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|
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
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|
|
|
|
(1) |
Dr. Lim joined Halozyme in May 2003 as President and Chief
Executive Officer. |
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(2) |
Mr. Ramsay joined Halozyme in November 2003 as Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer. |
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(3) |
Ms. Rynard joined Halozyme in October 2003 as Vice
President of Product Development and Manufacturing. |
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(4) |
Mr. Kennard joined Halozyme in January 2004 as Vice
President of Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance. |
Stock Options Granted in Fiscal 2005
We did not grant stock options to any of the above executive
officers during the year ended December 31, 2005.
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Option Exercises and Fiscal 2005 Year-End Values
The following table provides the specified information
concerning exercises of options to purchase our Common Stock in
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005, and unexercised
options held as of December 31, 2005, by the persons named
in the Summary Compensation Table above. A portion of the shares
subject to these options are not yet vested, and thus would be
subject to repurchase by Halozyme at a price equal to the option
exercise price, if the corresponding options were exercised
before those shares had vested.
AGGREGATED OPTION EXERCISES IN LAST FISCAL YEAR
AND FISCAL YEAR-END VALUES
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Number of Shares | |
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Value of Unexercised | |
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|
Shares | |
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|
|
Underlying Unexercised Options | |
|
In-the-Money Options at Fiscal | |
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|
Acquired | |
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|
|
at Fiscal Year End | |
|
Year End(1) | |
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|
on | |
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Value | |
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| |
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| |
Name |
|
Exercise | |
|
Realized | |
|
Exercisable(2) | |
|
Unexercisable | |
|
Exercisable(2) | |
|
Unexercisable | |
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| |
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| |
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| |
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| |
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| |
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| |
Jonathan E. Lim
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|
100,000 |
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|
$ |
121,000 |
|
|
|
1,904,737 |
|
|
|
513,476 |
|
|
$ |
2,676,029 |
|
|
$ |
348,122 |
|
Gregory I. Frost
|
|
|
100,000 |
|
|
$ |
147,000 |
|
|
|
866,261 |
|
|
|
381,093 |
|
|
$ |
1,159,142 |
|
|
$ |
419,344 |
|
David A. Ramsay
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|
|
100,000 |
|
|
$ |
150,000 |
|
|
|
414,166 |
|
|
|
67,529 |
|
|
$ |
550,479 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
Carolyn M. Rynard
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|
|
200,000 |
|
|
$ |
316,000 |
|
|
|
319,281 |
|
|
|
50,025 |
|
|
$ |
420,763 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
Don A. Kennard
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
519,282 |
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|
|
50,025 |
|
|
$ |
706,763 |
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|
$ |
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|
|
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(1) |
Based on a market value of $1.82 per share, the closing
price of our Common Stock on December 30, 2005, as reported
by the American Stock Exchange. |
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(2) |
Stock options granted under the 2001 Stock Plan are generally
immediately exercisable at the date of grant, but any shares
received upon exercise of unvested options are subject to
repurchase by Halozyme. Options granted under the 2004 Stock
Plan typically vest and become exercisable 1/4 after one year
and an additional 1/48 per month thereafter. |
Employment Contracts and Termination of Employment and
Change-in-Control
Arrangements
We have not entered into employment agreements with any of our
employees or officers. Options granted to employees and officers
of Halozyme under our 2001 Stock Plan provide for full
acceleration of the unvested portion of an option if the option
is not assumed or substituted by an acquiring entity in certain
change in control events. Furthermore, if the option is
substituted or assumed the unvested portion of the option will
become fully vested if the option holder is terminated
without cause, as defined in the 2001 Stock Plan, or
resigns after an adverse change, as defined in the
2001 Stock Plan, following certain change in control events.
Options granted to employees and officers of Halozyme under our
2004 Stock Plan provide for full acceleration of the unvested
portion of an option if the option is not assumed or substituted
by an acquiring entity upon a Change in Control, as
defined under the 2004 Stock Plan.
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EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION
The following table sets forth information regarding outstanding
options and shares reserved for future issuance under our
current equity compensation plans as of December 31, 2005:
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|
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|
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Number of Shares | |
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|
|
|
|
|
Remaining Available | |
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|
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|
|
for Future Issuance | |
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Number of Shares to | |
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|
under Equity | |
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|
Be Issued upon | |
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Weighted-Average | |
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Compensation Plans | |
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|
Exercise of | |
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Exercise Price of | |
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(Excluding Shares | |
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|
Outstanding Options, | |
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Outstanding Options, | |
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Reflected in | |
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|
Warrants and Rights | |
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Warrants and Rights | |
|
Column(a)) | |
Plan Category |
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(a) | |
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(b) | |
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(c) | |
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| |
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| |
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| |
Equity compensation plans approved by stockholders(1)
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|
8,400,751 |
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|
$ |
1.01 |
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|
|
216,283 |
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Equity compensation plans not approved by stockholders(2)
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|
|
135,000 |
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|
$ |
1.29 |
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|
|
2,490,000 |
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|
Total
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|
|
8,535,751 |
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$ |
1.01 |
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|
|
2,706,283 |
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(1) |
Represents stock options under the 2004 Stock Plan and the 2001
Stock Plan. Options under the 2001 Stock Plan were assumed by
Halozyme as part of the March 2004 merger between DeliaTroph
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Global Yacht Services, Inc. The 2001
Stock Plan was approved by the shareholders of DeliaTroph prior
to the merger and the former shareholders of DeliaTroph held
approximately 90% of the voting stock of Halozyme immediately
following the merger. No additional options will be granted
under the 2001 Stock Plan. The material features of the 2001
Stock Plan and 2004 Stock Plan are described below. |
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(2) |
Represents the Halozyme 2005 Outside Directors Stock Plan,
2006 Stock Plan as well as the grant by Halozyme to a
non-executive employee of an option to
purchase 125,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise
price of $1.25 per share through a nonstatutory stock
option that is not under any of Halozymes existing stock
plans. This option has a ten year term and vests at the rate of
1/4
of the shares on the first anniversary of the employees
date of hire and
1/48
of the shares monthly thereafter. The material features of the
2005 Outside Directors Stock Plan and the 2006 Stock Plan
are described below. |
Material Features of the 2001 Stock Plan
As of December 31, 2005, we had reserved
7,143,217 shares of our Common Stock for issuance under the
2001 Stock Plan. At December 31, 2005, there were
5,760,251 shares issuable upon exercise of outstanding
options under the 2001 Stock Plan, at a weighted average
exercise price of $0.40. The 2001 Stock Plan provides for the
granting of incentive and nonstatutory stock options to
employees and nonstatutory stock options to consultants with
exercise prices equal to the fair market value of our Common
Stock on the date of grant. Options granted under the 2001 Stock
Plan generally have a
10-year term and vest
at the rate of
1/4
of the shares on the first anniversary of the date of grant and
1/48
of the shares monthly thereafter. Options granted to employees
and officers of Halozyme under our 2001 Stock Plan provide for
full acceleration of the unvested portion of an option if the
option is not assumed or substituted by an acquiring entity in
certain change in control events. Furthermore, if the option is
substituted or assumed the unvested portion of the option will
become fully vested if the option holder is terminated
without cause, as defined in the 2001 Stock Plan, or
resigns after an adverse change, as defined in the
2001 Stock Plan, following certain change in control events.
Material Features of the 2004 Stock Plan
As of December 31, 2005, we had reserved
2,856,783 shares of our Common Stock for issuance under the
2004 Stock Plan. At December 31, 2005, there were
2,640,500 shares issuable upon exercise of outstanding
options under the 2004 Stock Plan, at a weighted average
exercise price of $2.34. The 2004 Stock Plan provides for the
granting of incentive and nonstatutory stock options to
employees and nonstatutory stock options to consultants with
exercise prices equal to the fair market value of our Common
Stock on the date of
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grant. Options granted under the 2004 Stock Plan generally have
a 10-year term and vest
at the rate of
1/4
of the shares on the first anniversary of the date of grant and
1/48
of the shares monthly thereafter. Options granted to employees
and officers of Halozyme under our 2004 Stock Plan provide for
full acceleration of the unvested portion of an option if the
option is not assumed or substituted by an acquiring entity upon
a Change in Control, as defined under the 2004 Stock
Plan.
Material Features of the 2005 Outside Directors Stock
Plan
As of December 31, 2005, we had reserved
500,000 shares of our Common Stock for issuance under the
2005 Outside Directors Stock Plan. At December 31,
2005, there were 10,000 shares issuable upon exercise of
outstanding options under the 2005 Outside Directors Stock
Plan at a weighted average exercise price of $1.75. The 2005
Outside Directors Stock Plan provides for the granting of
nonstatutory stock options and restricted stock grants to
non-employee directors that meet currently applicable standards
for independence. The exercise prices for stock options granted
under the 2005 Outside Directors Stock Plan equal the fair
market value of our Common Stock on the date of grant. Options
granted under the 2005 Outside Directors Stock Plan
generally have a
10-year term and vest
over one year. Options granted under our 2005 Outside
Directors Stock Plan provide for full acceleration of the
unvested portion of an option if the option is not assumed or
substituted by an acquiring entity upon a Change in
Control, as defined under the 2005 Outside Directors
Stock Plan. See Approval of Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.
2005 Outside Directors Stock Plan Summary of
the 2005 Outside Directors Stock Plan.
Material Features of the 2006 Stock Plan
As of December 31, 2005, we had not yet reserved any shares
of our Common Stock for issuance under the 2006 Stock Plan as
that plan was not adopted by our Board until
March , 2006. The 2006 Stock
Plan provides for the granting of incentive stock options to
employees and nonstatutory stock options to employees and
consultants with exercise prices equal to the fair market value
of our Common Stock on the date of grant. In addition, the 2006
Stock Plan allows for restricted stock
grants, and .
Options granted under the 2006 Stock Plan generally have a
10-year term and vest
at the rate of
1/4
of the shares on the first anniversary of the date of grant and
1/48
of the shares monthly thereafter. Options granted under our 2006
Stock Plan to the extent not assumed or substituted by an
acquiring entity upon a Change in Control, as
defined under the 2006 Stock Plan shall expire. See
Approval of Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. 2006 Stock
Plan Summary of the 2006 Stock Plan.
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
We have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our
executive officers and directors containing provisions that may
require us, among other things, to indemnify those officers and
directors against liabilities that may arise by reasons of their
status or service as officers or directors. The agreements also
provide for Halozyme to advance to the officers and directors
expenses that they expect to incur as a result of any proceeding
against them as to which they could be indemnified. We also
intend to execute such agreements with our future directors and
executive officers.
SECTION 16(a) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING
COMPLIANCE
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
requires our executive officers and directors and persons who
beneficially own more than 10% of our Common Stock to file
initial reports of beneficial ownership and reports of changes
in beneficial ownership with the SEC. Such persons are required
by SEC regulations to furnish us with copies of all
Section 16(a) forms filed by such person.
Based solely on our review of such forms furnished to us and
written representations from certain reporting persons, we
believe that all filing requirements applicable to our executive
officers, directors and greater-than-10% stockholders were met.
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APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Halozyme has
not yet selected an independent auditor to audit the
consolidated financial statements of Halozyme for the fiscal
year ending December 31, 2006, as it is still reviewing
various independent auditor candidates. Cacciamatta Accountancy
Corporation has acted in such capacity since its appointment in
fiscal year 2003. A representative of Cacciamatta Accountancy
Corporation is expected to be present at the annual meeting and
to make a statement. A representative of Cacciamatta Accountancy
Corporation is also expected to be available to respond to
appropriate questions.
The following table sets forth the aggregate fees billed to
Halozyme for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2005, and
December 31, 2004, by Cacciamatta Accountancy Corporation:
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|
|
|
|
Fiscal 2005 | |
|
Fiscal 2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
Audit Fees(1)
|
|
$ |
101,000 |
|
|
$ |
85,000 |
|
Audit-Related Fees(2)
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
Tax Fees(3)
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
All Other Fees(4)
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
Audit Fees consist of fees billed for professional services
rendered for the audit of our consolidated annual financial
statements and review of the interim consolidated financial
statements included in quarterly reports and services that are
normally provided by Cacciamatta Accountancy Corporation in
connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements. |
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(2) |
Audit-Related Fees consist of fees billed for assurance and
related services that are reasonably related to the performance
of the audit or review of our consolidated financial statements
and are not reported under Audit Fees. |
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(3) |
Tax Fees consist of fees billed for professional services
rendered for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning
(domestic and international). These services include assistance
regarding federal, state and international tax compliance,
acquisitions and international tax planning. |
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(4) |
All Other Fees consist of fees for products and services other
than the services reported above. |
The Audit Committees policy is to pre-approve all audit
and permissible non-audit services provided by our independent
auditors. These services may include audit services,
audit-related services, tax services and other services.
Pre-approval is generally provided for up to one year and any
pre-approval is detailed as to the particular service or
category of services. The independent auditor and management are
required to periodically report to the Audit Committee regarding
the extent of services provided by the independent auditor in
accordance with this pre-approval. The chair of the Audit
Committee is also authorized, pursuant to delegated authority,
to pre-approve additional services of up to $25,000 per
engagement on a case-by-case basis, and such approvals are
communicated to the full Audit Committee at its next meeting.
25
REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE
The Audit Committee oversees Halozymes financial reporting
process on behalf of the Board of Directors. The Audit Committee
consists of three directors each of whom, in the judgment of the
Board, is an independent director as defined in the
listing standards for The American Stock Exchange. The Audit
Committee acts pursuant to a written charter that has been
adopted by the Board of Directors.
Management has the primary responsibility for the financial
statements and the reporting process, including internal control
systems. Our independent auditor, Cacciamatta Accountancy
Corporation, is responsible for expressing an opinion as to the
conformity of our audited financial statements with generally
accepted accounting principles. The Audit Committee has reviewed
and discussed the consolidated financial statements with
management and Cacciamatta Accountancy Corporation.
The Committee has also discussed and reviewed with the auditors
all matters required to be disclosed in Statement on Auditing
Standards No. 61 (Communication with Audit Committees). The
Committee has met with Cacciamatta Accountancy Corporation, with
and without management present, to discuss the overall scope of
the Cacciamatta Accountancy Corporation audit, the results of
its examinations, its evaluations of Halozymes internal
controls and the overall quality of its financial reporting.
The Audit Committee has received from the auditors a formal
written statement describing all relationships between the
auditors and Halozyme that might bear on the auditors
independence consistent with Independence Standards Board
Standard No. 1 (Independence Discussions with Audit
Committees), discussed with the auditors any relationships that
may impact their objectivity and independence, and satisfied
itself as to the auditors independence.
Based on the review and discussions referred to above, the
committee recommended to the Board of Directors that
Halozymes audited financial statements be included in
Halozymes Annual Report on
Form 10-KSB for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005.
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AUDIT COMMITTEE |
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Kenneth J. Kelley (Chairman) |
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Robert L. Engler |
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Steven T. Thornton |
26
STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS TO BE PRESENTED AT NEXT ANNUAL
MEETING
Stockholder proposals may be included in our proxy materials for
an annual meeting so long as they are provided to us on a timely
basis and satisfy the other conditions set forth in applicable
SEC rules. For a stockholder proposal to be included in our
proxy materials for the 2007 annual meeting, the proposal must
be received at our principal executive offices, addressed to the
Secretary, not later than
November , 2006. Stockholder
business that is not intended for inclusion in our proxy
materials may be brought before the annual meeting so long as we
receive notice of the proposal as specified by our Bylaws,
addressed to the Secretary at our principal executive offices,
not later than November ,
2006.
TRANSACTION OF OTHER BUSINESS
At the date of this Proxy Statement, the Board of Directors
knows of no other business that will be conducted at the 2006
annual meeting other than as described in this Proxy Statement.
If any other matter or matters are properly brought before the
meeting, or any adjournment or postponement of the meeting, it
is the intention of the persons named in the accompanying form
of proxy to vote the proxy on such matters in accordance with
their best judgment.
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David A. Ramsay |
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Chief Financial Officer and Secretary |
March , 2006
27
APPENDIX A
HALOZYME THERAPEUTICS, INC.
AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
A-1
AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
HALOZYME THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 78.403 of the Nevada
Revised Statutes, the undersigned corporation adopts the
following Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation as of
this date:
FIRST: The name of the corporation is Halozyme
Therapeutics, Inc. (the Corporation).
SECOND: The Corporations initial Articles of
Incorporation were filed with the Secretary of State on
February 22, 2001 (under the Corporations former
name, Global Yacht Services, Inc.), were amended by a
Certificate of Amendment filed on June 6, 2001 and
subsequently amended on March 11, 2004.
THIRD: The board of directors at a meeting duly convened
and held
on ,
2006, adopted a resolution to amend and restate the Articles of
Incorporation of Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc., as amended, as
follows:
ARTICLE I
The name of the corporation is Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (the
Corporation).
ARTICLE II
The Corporations principle office in the State of Nevada
is located at 251 Jeanell Dr., Suite 3, Carson City, Nevada
89703, although this Corporation may maintain an office, or
offices, in such other place within or without the state of
Nevada as may from time to time be designated by the Board of
Directors of the Corporation, or by the Bylaws of said
Corporation, and that this Corporation may conduct all
Corporation business of every kind and nature, including the
holding of all meetings of the Board of Directors and
stockholders, outside the State of Nevada as well as within the
State of Nevada.
ARTICLE III
The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or
activity for which a corporation may be organized under the
Nevada General Corporation Law.
ARTICLE IV
The Corporation is authorized to issue two classes of stock to
be designated Common Stock and Preferred
Stock. The total number of shares of Common Stock that the
Corporation is authorized to issue is One Hundred Fifty Million
(150,000,000) shares, with a par value of $0.001 per share.
The total number of shares of Preferred Stock that the
Corporation is authorized to issue is Twenty Million
(20,000,000) shares, with a par value of $0.001 per share.
The Preferred Stock authorized by these Amended and Restated
Articles of Incorporation may be issued from time to time in one
or more series. The Board of Directors is expressly authorized
to increase or decrease (but not below the number of shares of
such series then outstanding ) the number of shares of any
series prior to or subsequent to the issue of shares in that
series. In case the number of shares of any such series shall be
so decreased, the shares constituting such decrease shall resume
the status that they had prior to the adoption of the resolution
originally fixing the number of shares of such series.
ARTICLE V
The number of Directors constituting the Board of Directors
shall be determined pursuant to the Bylaws of the Corporation.
Such Directors shall so serve until the successors thereto are
elected and qualified pursuant to the Bylaws of the Corporation.
A-2
ARTICLE VI
No director or officer of the Corporation shall have any
personal liability to the Corporation or its stockholders for
damages resulting from breach of fiduciary duty by said director
or officer unless such damages result from: (a) acts or
omissions which involve intentional misconduct, fraud or a
knowing violation of law; or (b) the payment of dividends
in violation of Nevada General Corporation Law
Chapter 78.300.
No amendment or repeal of this Article VI applies to or has
any effect on the liability or alleged liability of any officer
or director of this Corporation for or with respect to any acts
or omissions of the officer or director occurring prior to the
amendment or repeal, except as otherwise required by law.
ARTICLE VII
In furtherance and not in limitation of the rights, powers,
privileges, and discretionary authority granted or conferred by
Chapter 78 of the Nevada General Corporation Law or other
statutes or laws of the State of Nevada, the Board of Directors
is expressly authorized:
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1. To make, amend, alter, or repeal the Bylaws of the
Corporation; |
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2. To adopt from time to time bylaw provisions with respect
to indemnification of directors, officers, employees, agents,
and other persons as it shall deem expedient and in the best
interests of the Corporation and to the extent permitted by
law; and |
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3. To fix and determine designations, preferences,
privileges, rights, and powers and relative, participating,
optional, or other special rights, qualifications, limitations,
or restrictions on the capital stock of the Corporation as
provided by Chapter 78.195 of the Nevada General
Corporation Law, unless otherwise provided herein. |
ARTICLE VIII
The capital stock, after the amount of the subscription price,
or par value, has been paid in, shall not be subject to
assessment to pay the debts of this Corporation.
ARTICLE IX
This Corporation is to have perpetual existence.
ARTICLE X
No stockholder shall be entitled as a matter of right to
subscribe for, or receive additional shares of any class of
stock of the Corporation, whether now or hereafter authorized,
or any bonds, debentures or securities convertible into stock
may be issued or disposed of by the Board of Directors to such
persons and on such terms as is in its discretion it shall deem
advisable.
ARTICLE XI
This Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change, in
any manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, or by the
Articles of Incorporation, as amended, these Amended and
Restated Articles of Incorporation, and all rights conferred
upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation.
A-3
* * *
FIFTH: The number of shares of the corporation
outstanding and entitled to vote on an amendment and restatement
to the Articles of Incorporation
is ,
and the above changes and amendment has been consented to and
approved by a majority vote of the stockholders holding at least
a majority of each class of stock outstanding and entitled to
vote thereon.
SIXTH: Jonathan Lim is the president and David Ramsay is
the secretary of Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. and they have been
authorized to execute the foregoing certificate by resolution of
the board of directors, adopted at a meeting of the board of
directors duly called and that such meeting was held
on ,
2006, and the foregoing certificate sets forth the text of the
Articles of Incorporation, as amended, to the date of the
certificate.
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GLOBAL YACHT SERVICES, INC. |
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Jonathan Lim, President |
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and |
Date: May , 2006
A-4
APPENDIX B
HALOZYME THERAPEUTICS, INC.
2005 OUTSIDE DIRECTORS STOCK PLAN
HALOZYME THERAPEUTICS, INC.
2005 OUTSIDE DIRECTORS STOCK PLAN
1. Establishment, Purpose and
Term of Plan.
1.1 Establishment. The
Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. 2005 Outside Directors Stock
Plan (the Plan) is adopted by the
Board of Directors as of June 29, 2005 (the
Effective Date).
1.2 Purpose. The purpose of
the Plan is to advance the interests of the Company and its
stockholders by providing an incentive to attract, retain and
reward persons performing services as Outside Directors of the
Company and by motivating such persons to contribute to the
growth and profitability of the Company. The Plan seeks to
achieve this purpose by providing Awards in the form of Options
and Restricted Stock.
1.3 Term of Plan. The Plan
shall continue in effect until terminated by the Board or the
date on which all of the shares of Stock available for issuance
under the Plan have been issued and all restrictions on such
shares under the terms of the Plan and the agreements evidencing
Awards granted under the Plan have lapsed. However, all Awards
shall be granted, if at all, within ten (10) years from the
Effective Date.
2. Definitions and
Construction.
2.1 Definitions. Whenever
used herein, the following terms shall have their respective
meanings set forth below:
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(a) Award means any Option or
Restricted Stock granted under the Plan. |
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(b) Award Agreement means a
written agreement between the Company and a Participant setting
forth the terms, conditions and restrictions of the Award
granted to the Participant. An Award Agreement may be an
Option Agreement or a Restricted Stock
Agreement. |
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(c) Board means the Board of
Directors of the Company. If one or more Committees have been
appointed by the Board to administer the Plan,
Board also means such Committee(s). |
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(d) Change in Control means,
unless such term or an equivalent term is otherwise defined with
respect to an Award by the Participants Award Agreement or
written contract of employment or service, the occurrence of any
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(i) an Ownership Change Event or a series of related
Ownership Change Events (collectively, a
Transaction) in which the shareholders
of the Company immediately before the Transaction do not retain
immediately after the Transaction, in substantially the same
proportions as their ownership of shares of the Companys
voting stock immediately before the Transaction, direct or
indirect beneficial ownership of more than fifty percent (50%)
of the total combined voting power of the outstanding voting
securities of the Company or, in the case of an Ownership Change
Event described in Section 2.1(p)(iii), the entity to which
the assets of the Company were transferred (the
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For purposes of the preceding sentence, indirect beneficial
ownership shall include, without limitation, an interest
resulting from ownership of the voting securities of one or more
corporations or other business entities which own the Company or
the Transferee, as the case may be, either directly or through
one or more subsidiary corporations or other business entities.
The Board shall have the right to determine whether multiple
sales or exchanges of the voting securities of the Company or
multiple Ownership Change Events are related, and its
determination shall be final, binding and conclusive. |
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(e) Code means the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any applicable regulations
promulgated thereunder. |
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(f) Committee means the
compensation committee or other committee of one or members of
the Board duly appointed to administer the Plan and having such
powers as shall be specified by the Board. Unless the powers of
the Committee have been specifically limited, the Committee
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powers of the Board granted herein, including, without
limitation, the power to amend or terminate the Plan at any
time, subject to the terms of the Plan and any applicable
limitations imposed by law. |
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(g) Company means Halozyme
Therapeutics, Inc. a Nevada corporation, or any successor
corporation thereto. |
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(h) Consultant means a person
engaged to provide consulting or advisory services (other than
as an Employee or a Director) to a Participating Company. |
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(i) Director means a member of
the Board or of the board of directors of any other Parent
Corporation or Subsidiary Corporation. |
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(j) Disability means the
permanent and total disability of the Participant within the
meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code. |
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(k) Employee means any person
treated as an employee (including an officer of the Company or a
Director who is also treated as an employee) in the records of a
Participating Company; provided, however, that neither service
as a Director nor payment of a directors fee shall be
sufficient to constitute employment for purposes of the Plan. |
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(l) Exchange Act means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. |
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(m) Fair Market Value
means, as of any date, the value of a share of Stock or
other property as determined by the Board, in its discretion, or
by the Company, in its discretion, if such determination is
expressly allocated to the Company herein, subject to the
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(i) If, on such date, the Stock is listed on a national or
regional securities exchange or market system, the Fair Market
Value of a share of Stock shall be the closing price of a share
of Stock (or the closing bid price of a share of Stock if the
Stock is so quoted instead) as quoted on the American Stock
Exchange or such other national or regional securities exchange
or market system constituting the primary market for the Stock,
as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other
source as the Company deems reliable. If the relevant date does
not fall on a day on which the Stock has traded on such
securities exchange or market system, the date on which the Fair
Market Value shall be established shall be the last day on which
the Stock was so traded prior to the relevant date, or such
other appropriate day as shall be determined by the Board, in
its discretion. |
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(ii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may, in its
discretion, determine the Fair Market Value on the basis of the
opening, closing, high, low or average sale price of a share of
Stock or the actual sale price of a share of Stock received by a
Participant, on such date, the preceding trading day or the next
succeeding trading day or an average determined over a period of
trading days. The Board may vary its method of determination of
the Fair Market Value as provided in this Section for different
purposes under the Plan. |
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(iii) If, on such date, the Stock is not listed on a
national or regional securities exchange or market system, the
Fair Market Value of a share of Stock shall be as determined by
the Board in good faith without regard to any restriction other
than a restriction which, by its terms, will never lapse. |
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(n) Option means a right
to purchase Stock (subject to adjustment as provided in
Section 4.2) pursuant to the terms and conditions of the
Plan. Each Option shall be a nonstatutory stock option; that is,
an option not intended to qualify as an incentive stock option
within the meaning of Section 422(b) of the Code. |
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(o) Outside Director means
a Director of the Company who is not an Employee or Consultant
and who has not been an Employee or Consultant during the
preceding twelve months. |
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(p) Ownership Change Event
means the occurrence of any of the following with respect to
the Company: (i) the direct or indirect sale or exchange in
a single or series of related transactions by the shareholders
of the Company of more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting
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merger or consolidation in which the Company is a party; or
(iii) the sale, exchange, or transfer of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company. |
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(q) Parent Corporation means any
present or future parent corporation of the Company,
as defined in Section 424(e) of the Code. |
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(r) Participant means a person
who has been granted one or more Awards. |
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(s) Participating Company means
the Company or any Parent Corporation or Subsidiary Corporation. |
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(t) Participating Company Group
means, at any point in time, all corporations
collectively which are then Participating Companies. |
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(u) Restricted Stock means Stock
granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 7 of the Plan. |
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(v) Rule 16b-3
means
Rule 16b-3 under
the Exchange Act, as amended from time to time, or any successor
rule or regulation. |
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(w) Securities Act means the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended. |
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(x) Service means a
Participants employment or service with the Participating
Company Group, whether in the capacity of an Employee, a
Director, or a Consultant. A Participants Service shall
not be deemed to have terminated merely because of a change in
the capacity in which the Participant renders Service to the
Participating Company Group or a change in the Participating
Company for which the Participant renders such Service, provided
that there is no interruption or termination of the
Participants Service. Furthermore, a Participants
Service shall not be deemed to have terminated if the
Participant takes any military leave, sick leave, or other bona
fide leave of absence approved by the Company. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, unless otherwise designated by the Company or
required by law, a leave of absence shall not be treated as
Service for purposes of determining vesting under a
Participants Award Agreement. A Participants Service
shall be deemed to have terminated either upon an actual
termination of Service or upon the corporation for which the
Participant performs Service ceasing to be a Participating
Company. Subject to the foregoing, the Company, in its
discretion, shall determine whether a Participants Service
has terminated and the effective date of such termination. |
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(y) Stock means the common stock
of the Company, as adjusted from time to time in accordance with
Section 4.2. |
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(z) Subsidiary Corporation means
any present or future subsidiary corporation of the
Company, as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code. |
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(aa) Vesting Conditions mean
those conditions established in accordance with Section 7
of the Plan prior to the satisfaction of which shares of
Restricted Stock remain subject to forfeiture to the Company
upon the Participants termination of Service. |
2.2 Construction. Captions
and titles contained herein are for convenience only and shall
not affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision of the
Plan. Except when otherwise indicated by the context, the
singular shall include the plural and the plural shall include
the singular. Use of the term or is not intended to
be exclusive, unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
3. Administration.
3.1 Administration by the
Board. The Plan shall be administered by the Board. At any
time that any class of equity security of the Company is
registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, the
Plan shall be administered in compliance with the requirements,
if any, of
Rule 16b-3. All
questions of interpretation of the Plan or of any Award shall be
determined by the Board, and such determinations shall be final
and binding upon all persons having an interest in the Plan or
such Award.
3.2 Authority of Officers.
Any officer of the Company shall have the authority to act on
behalf of the Company with respect to any matter, right,
obligation, determination or election which is the
responsibility of
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or which is allocated to the Company herein, provided the
officer has apparent authority with respect to such matter,
right, obligation, determination or election.
3.3 Powers of the Board. In
addition to any other powers set forth in the Plan and subject
to the provisions of the Plan, the Board shall have the full and
final power and authority, in its discretion:
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(a) to determine the Fair Market Value of shares of Stock
or other property; |
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(b) to determine the terms, conditions and restrictions
applicable to each Award (which need not be identical) and any
shares acquired pursuant thereto, including, without limitation,
(i) the exercise or purchase price of shares purchased
pursuant to any Award, (ii) the method of payment for
shares purchased pursuant to any Award, (iii) the method
for satisfaction of any tax withholding obligation arising in
connection with Award, including by the withholding or delivery
of shares of Stock, (iv) the timing, terms and conditions
of the exercisability or vesting of any Award or any shares
acquired pursuant thereto, (v) the time of the expiration
of any Award, (vi) the effect of the Participants
termination of Service on any of the foregoing, and
(vii) all other terms, conditions and restrictions
applicable to any Award or shares acquired pursuant thereto not
inconsistent with the terms of the Plan; |
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(d) to amend, modify, extend, cancel or renew any Award or
to waive any restrictions or conditions applicable to any Award
or any shares acquired pursuant thereto; |
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(e) to accelerate, continue, extend or defer the
exercisability or vesting of any Award or any shares acquired
pursuant thereto, including with respect to the period following
a Participants termination of Service; |
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(f) to prescribe, amend or rescind rules, guidelines and
policies relating to the plan, or to adopt sub-plans or
supplements to, or alternative versions of, the Plan, including,
without limitation, as the Board deems necessary or desirable to
comply with the laws or regulations of or to accommodate the tax
policy, accounting principles or custom of, foreign
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(g) to correct any defect, supply any omission or reconcile
any inconsistency in the Plan or any Award Agreement and to make
all other determinations and take such other actions with
respect to the Plan or any Award as the Board may deem advisable
to the extent not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan
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3.4 Indemnification. In
addition to such other rights of indemnification as they may
have as members of the Board or Officers or employees of the
Company, members of the Board and any Officers or employees of
the Company to whom authority to act for the Board or the
Company is delegated shall be indemnified by the Company against
all reasonable expenses, including attorneys fees,
actually and necessarily incurred in connection with the defense
of any action, suit or proceeding, or in connection with any
appeal therein, to which they or any of them may be a party by
reason of any action taken or failure to act under or in
connection with the Plan, or any right granted hereunder, and
against all amounts paid by them in settlement thereof (provided
such settlement is approved by independent legal counsel
selected by the Company) or paid by them in satisfaction of a
judgment in any such action, suit or proceeding, except in
relation to matters as to which it shall be adjudged in such
action, suit or proceeding that such person is liable for gross
negligence, bad faith or intentional misconduct in duties;
provided, however, that within sixty (60) days after the
institution of such action, suit or proceeding, such person
shall offer to the Company, in writing, the opportunity at its
own expense to handle and defend the same.
4. Shares Subject to
Plan.
4.1 Maximum Number of Shares
Issuable. Subject to adjustment as provided in
Section 4.2, the maximum aggregate number of shares of
Stock that may be issued under the Plan shall be five hundred
thousand (500,000) and shall consist of authorized but unissued
or reacquired shares of Stock or any combination thereof. If an
outstanding Award for any reason expires or is terminated or
canceled without having been exercised or settled in full, or if
shares of Stock acquired pursuant to an Award subject to
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forfeiture are forfeited, the shares of Stock allocable to the
unexercised portion of such Award or such forfeiture shall again
be available for issuance under the Plan. Shares of Stock shall
not be deemed to have been issued pursuant to the Plan to the
extent such shares are withheld in satisfaction of tax
withholding obligations pursuant to Section 11. If the
exercise price of an Option is paid by tender to the Company, or
attestation to the ownership, of shares of Stock owned by the
Participant, the number of shares available for issuance under
the Plan shall be reduced by the net number of shares for which
the Option is exercised.
4.2 Adjustments for Changes in
Capital Structure. Subject to any required action by the
stockholders of the Company, in the event of any change in the
Stock effected without receipt of consideration by the Company,
whether through merger, consolidation, reorganization,
reincorporation, recapitalization, reclassification, stock
dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, split-up, split-off,
spin-off, combination of shares, exchange of shares, or similar
change in the capital structure of the Company, or in the event
of payment of a dividend or distribution to the stockholders of
the Company in a form other than Stock (excepting normal cash
dividends) that has a material effect on the Fair Market Value
of shares of Stock, appropriate adjustments shall be made in the
number and kind of shares subject to the Plan and to any
outstanding Awards, and in the exercise per share under any
outstanding Award in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of
Participants rights under the Plan. For purposes of the
foregoing, conversion of any convertible securities of the
Company shall not be treated as effected without receipt
of consideration by the Company. Any fractional share
resulting from an adjustment pursuant to this Section 4.2
shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number, and in no
event may the exercise or purchase price under any Award be
decreased to an amount less than the par value, if any, of the
stock subject to such Award. The adjustments determined by the
Board pursuant to this Section 4.2 shall be final, binding
and conclusive.
5. Eligibility.
Awards shall be granted only to those persons who, at the time
of grant, are serving as Outside Directors.
6. Terms and Conditions of
Options.
Options shall be evidenced by Award Agreements specifying the
number of shares of Stock subject to the Award, in such form as
the Board shall from time to time establish. No Option Award or
purported Option Award shall be a valid and binding obligation
of the Company unless evidenced by a fully executed Award
Agreement. Award Agreements evidencing Options may incorporate
all or any of the terms of the Plan by reference and shall
comply with and be subject to the following terms and conditions:
6.1 Automatic Grant. Subject
to the execution by an Outside Director of an appropriate Award
Agreement, Options shall be granted automatically and without
further action of the Board, as follows:
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(a) Initial Option. Each person who first
becomes an Outside Director on or after the Effective Date shall
be granted, on the date such person first becomes an Outside
Director, an Option to purchase ten thousand (10,000) shares of
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(b) Annual Option. Immediately following each
annual meeting of the stockholders of the Company which occurs
on or after the Effective Date (an Annual
Meeting), each Outside Director shall
automatically be granted an Option to purchase ten thousand
(10,000) shares of Stock (an Annual
Option); provided, however, that an Outside
Director who has not served on the Board for six (6) full
months prior to the date of such Board meeting shall not be
granted an Annual Option; provided, further, that no Annual
Option shall be granted under the Plan prior to the Company
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(c) Right to Decline Option. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any person may elect not to receive an Option by
delivering written notice of such election to the Board no later
than the day prior to the date such Option would otherwise be
granted. A person so declining an Option shall receive no
payment or other consideration in lieu of such declined Option.
A person who has declined an Option may revoke such election by
delivering written notice of such revocation to the Board no
later than the day prior to the date such Option would be
granted pursuant to Section 6.1(a) or (b), as the case may
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6.2 Exercise Price. The
exercise price per share of Stock subject to an Option shall be
the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date of grant
of the Option. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Option may be
granted with an exercise price lower than the minimum exercise
price set forth above if such Option is granted pursuant to an
assumption or substitution for another option in a manner
qualifying under the provisions of Section 424(a) of the
Code.
6.3 Exercisability and Term of
Options. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan or in the
Award Agreement evidencing an Option and provided that the
Participants Service has not terminated prior to the
relevant date, each Option shall vest and become exercisable as
follows:
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(a) Initial Option. The Initial Option shall
vest and become exercisable with respect to the total number of
shares subject thereto on the later of: (a) the six month
anniversary of the date of grant or (b) the date of the
first Annual Meeting following the grant of the Initial Option,
provided, however, that the terms of any Initial Option granted
prior to stockholder approval of the Plan shall provide that
such Initial Option shall not become exercisable until the
Company receives stockholder approval of the Plan. |
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(b) Annual Option. The Annual Option shall
vest and become exercisable with respect to the total number of
shares subject thereto on the date immediately preceding the
date of the Annual Meeting following the date of grant. |
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(c) Term of Option. Unless earlier terminated
in accordance with the terms of the Plan or the Award Agreement
evidencing an Option, each Option shall terminate and cease to
be exercisable on the tenth (10th) anniversary of the date of
grant of the Option. |
6.4 Payment of Exercise
Price.
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(a) Forms of Consideration Authorized. Except
as otherwise provided below, payment of the exercise price for
the number of shares of Stock being purchased pursuant to any
Option shall be made (i) in cash, by check or cash
equivalent, (ii) by tender to the Company, or attestation
to the ownership, of shares of Stock owned by the Participant
having a Fair Market Value not less than the exercise price,
(iii) by delivery of a properly executed notice of exercise
together with irrevocable instructions to a broker providing for
the assignment to the Company of the proceeds of a sale or loan
with respect to some or all of the shares being acquired upon
the exercise of the Option (including, without limitation,
through an exercise complying with the provisions of
Regulation T as promulgated from time to time by the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) (a
Cashless Exercise), (iv) by such
other consideration as may be approved by the Board from time to
time to the extent permitted by applicable law, or (v) by
any combination thereof. The Board may at any time or from time
to time, by approval of or by amendment to the standard forms of
Award Agreement described in Section 8, or by other means,
grant Options which do not permit all of the foregoing forms of
consideration to be used in payment of the exercise price or
which otherwise restrict one or more forms of consideration. |
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(i) Tender of Stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
an Option may not be exercised by tender to the Company, or
attestation to the ownership, of shares of Stock to the extent
such tender or attestation would constitute a violation of the
provisions of any law, regulation or agreement restricting the
redemption of the Companys stock. Unless otherwise
provided by the Board, an Option may not be exercised by tender
to the Company, or attestation to the ownership, of shares of
Stock unless such shares either have been owned by the
Participant for more than six (6) months (and not used for
another Option exercise by attestation during such period) or
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(ii) Cashless Exercise. The Company reserves, at any
and all times, the right, in the Companys sole and
absolute discretion, to establish, decline to approve or
terminate any program or procedures for the exercise of Options
by means of a Cashless Exercise, including with respect to one
or more Participants specified by the Company notwithstanding
that such program or procedures may be available to other
Participants. |
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6.5 Effect of Termination of
Service.
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(a) Option Exercisability. Subject to earlier
termination of the Option as otherwise provided herein and
unless otherwise provided by the Board in the grant of an Option
and set forth in the Award Agreement, an Option shall be
exercisable after a Participants termination of Service
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(i) Disability. If the Participants Service
terminates because of the Disability of the Participant, the
Option, to the extent unexercised and exercisable on the date on
which the Participants Service terminated, may be
exercised by the Participant (or the Participants guardian
or legal representative) at any time prior to the expiration of
twelve (12) months after the date on which the
Participants Service terminated, but in any event no later
than the date of expiration of the Options term as set
forth in the Award Agreement evidencing such Option (the
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(ii) Death. If the Participants Service
terminates because of the death of the Participant, the Option,
to the extent unexercised and exercisable on the date on which
the Participants Service terminated, may be exercised by
the Participants legal representative or other person who
acquired the right to exercise the Option by reason of the
Participants death at any time prior to the expiration of
twelve (12) months after the date on which the
Participants Service terminated, but in any event no later
than the Option Expiration Date. The Participants Service
shall be deemed to have terminated on account of death if the
Participant dies within three (3) months after the
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(iii) Other Termination of Service. If the
Participants Service terminates for any reason, except
Disability or death, the Option, to the extent unexercised and
exercisable by the Participant on the date on which the
Participants Service terminated, may be exercised by the
Participant at any time prior to the expiration of three
(3) months after the date on which the Participants
Service terminated, but in any event no later than the Option
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(b) Extension if Exercise Prevented by Law.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the exercise of an Option
within the applicable time periods set forth in
Section 6.5(a) is prevented by the provisions of
Section 10 below, the Option shall remain exercisable until
three (3) months after the date the Participant is notified
by the Company that the Option is exercisable, but in any event
no later than the Option Expiration Date. |
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(c) Extension if Participant Subject to
Section 16(b). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a
sale within the applicable time periods set forth in
Section 6.5(a) of shares acquired upon the exercise of the
Option would subject the Participant to suit under
Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, the Option shall remain
exercisable until the earliest to occur of (i) the tenth
(10th) day following the date on which a sale of such shares by
the Participant would no longer be subject to such suit,
(ii) the one hundred and ninetieth (190th) day after the
Participants termination of Service, or (iii) the
Option Expiration Date. |
6.6 Transferability of
Options. During the lifetime of the Participant, an Option
shall be exercisable only by the Participant or the
Participants guardian or legal representative. Prior to
the issuance of shares of Stock upon the exercise of an Option,
the Option shall not be subject in any manner to anticipation,
alienation, sale, exchange, transfer, assignment, pledge,
encumbrance, or garnishment by creditors of the Participant or
the Participants beneficiary, except transfer by will or
by the laws of descent and distribution. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, to the extent permitted by the Board, in its
discretion, and set forth in the Award Agreement evidencing such
Option, an Option shall be assignable or transferable subject to
the applicable limitations, if any, described in the General
Instructions to
Form S-8
Registration Statement under the Securities Act.
7. Terms and Conditions of
Restricted Stock Awards.
Restricted Stock Awards shall be evidenced by Award Agreements
specifying the number of shares of Stock subject to the Award,
in such form as the Board shall from time to time establish. No
Restricted Stock Award or purported Restricted Stock Award shall
be a valid and binding obligation of the Company unless
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evidenced by a fully executed Award Agreement. Award Agreements
evidencing Restricted Stock may incorporate all or any of the
terms of the Plan by reference and shall comply with and be
subject to the following terms and conditions:
7.1 Automatic Grant. Subject
to the execution by an Outside Director of an appropriate Award
Agreement, Restricted Stock Awards shall be granted
automatically and without further action of the Board, as
follows:
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(a) Initial Restricted Stock Award. Each
person who first becomes an Outside Director on or after the
Effective Date shall be granted on the date such person first
becomes an Outside Director a Restricted Stock Award for fifteen
thousand (15,000) shares of Stock (an Initial
Stock Award); provided, however, that any person
who first becomes an Outside Director prior to the stockholders
of the Company approving the Plan will not be granted an Initial
Stock Award until the date that the Company receives such
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(b) Annual Restricted Stock Award.
Immediately after any Annual Meeting following the Effective
Date, each Outside Director shall automatically be granted a
Restricted Stock Award for fifteen thousand (15,000) shares
of Stock (an Annual Stock Award);
provided, however, that an Outside Director who has not served
on the Board for six (6) full months prior to the date of
such Board meeting shall not be granted an Annual Stock Award;
provided, further, that no Annual Stock Award shall be granted
under the Plan prior to the Company receiving stockholder
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(c) Right to Decline Restricted Stock Award.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any person may elect not to
receive a Restricted Stock Award by delivering written notice of
such election to the Board no later than the day prior to the
date such Restricted Stock would otherwise be granted. A person
so declining a Restricted Stock Award shall receive no payment
or other consideration in lieu of such declined Restricted
Stock. A person who has declined a Restricted Stock Award may
revoke such election by delivering written notice of such
revocation to the Board no later than the day prior to the date
such Restricted Stock would be granted pursuant to
Section 7.1(a) or (b), as the case may be. |
7.2 Purchase Price. No
monetary payment (other than applicable tax withholding, if any)
shall be required as a condition of receiving shares of
Restricted Stock, the consideration for which shall be services
actually rendered to a Participating Company or for its benefit.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if required by applicable law,
the Participant shall furnish consideration in the form of cash
or past services rendered to a Participating Company or for its
benefit having a value not less than the par value of the shares
of Restricted Stock subject to such Award.
7.3 Vesting Conditions and
Restrictions on Transfer. Except as otherwise provided in
the Plan or in the Award Agreement evidencing a Restricted Stock
Award and provided that the Participants Service has not
terminated prior to the relevant date, each Restricted Stock
Award shall be subject to the Vesting Conditions as follows:
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(a) Initial Stock Award. The Initial Stock
Award shall vest and no longer be subject to forfeiture with
respect to the total number of shares subject thereto on the
later of: (a) the first day that Participant may trade
Company stock in compliance with the Companys Insider
Trading Policy that occurs after the six month anniversary of
the date of grant or (b) the first day that Participant may
trade Company stock in compliance with the Companys
Insider Trading Policy that occurs after the date of the first
Annual Meeting following the grant of the Initial Stock Award;
provided, however, that if the Initial Stock Award for an
Outside Director is delayed pending stockholder approval of the
Plan pursuant to Section 7.1(a) above, such Initial Stock
Award shall vest and no longer be subject to forfeiture with
respect to the total number of shares subject thereto on the
later of: (y) the first day that Participant may trade
Company stock in compliance with the Companys Insider
Trading Policy that occurs after the six month anniversary of
the Outside Director joining the Board or (z) the first day
that Participant may trade Company stock in compliance with the
Companys Insider Trading Policy that occurs after the date
of the first Annual Meeting following the date that the Outside
Director joined the Board. |
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(b) Annual Stock Award: The Annual Stock
Award shall vest and no longer be subject to forfeiture with
respect to the total number of shares subject thereto on the
first day that Participant may trade Company stock in compliance
with the Companys Insider Trading Policy that occurs after
the date immediately preceding the date of the Annual Meeting
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At any time the shares acquired pursuant to a Restricted Stock
Award remain subject to Vesting Conditions, such shares may not
be sold, exchanged, transferred, pledged, assigned or otherwise
disposed of other than pursuant to an Ownership Change Event or
as provided in Section 7.6 below. Upon request by the
Company, each Participant shall execute any agreement evidencing
such transfer restrictions prior to the receipt of shares of
Restricted Stock hereunder and shall promptly present to the
Company any and all certificates representing shares of
Restricted Stock acquired hereunder for the placement on such
certificates of appropriate legends evidencing any such transfer
restrictions.
7.4 Voting Rights; Dividends and
Distributions. Except as provided in this Section,
Section 7.3 and any Award Agreement, during the period in
which shares subject to a Restricted Stock Award are subject to
Vesting Conditions, the Participant shall have all of the rights
of a stockholder of the Company holding shares of Stock,
including the right to vote such shares and to receive all
dividends and other distributions paid with respect to such
shares. However, in the event of a dividend or distribution paid
in shares of Stock or any other adjustment made upon a change in
the capital structure of the Company as described in
Section 4.2, then any and all new, substituted or
additional securities or other property (other than normal cash
dividends) to which the Participant is entitled by reason of the
Participants Restricted Stock Award shall be immediately
subject to the same Vesting Conditions as the shares subject to
the Restricted Stock Award with respect to which such dividends
or distributions were paid or adjustments were made.
7.5 Effect of Termination of
Service. Unless otherwise provided by the Board in the grant
of a Restricted Stock Award and set forth in the Award
Agreement, if a Participants Service terminates for any
reason, whether voluntary or involuntary (including the
Participants death or Disability), then the Participant
shall forfeit to the Company any shares acquired by the
Participant pursuant to a Restricted Stock Award which remain
subject to Vesting Conditions as of the date of the
Participants termination of Service.
7.6 Nontransferability of
Restricted Stock Award Rights. Prior to the issuance of
shares of Stock pursuant to a Restricted Stock Award, rights to
acquire such shares shall not be subject in any manner to
anticipation, alienation, sale, exchange, transfer, assignment,
pledge, encumbrance or garnishment by creditors of the
Participant or the Participants beneficiary, except
transfer by will or the laws of descent and distribution.
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Standard Forms of Award Agreement. |
8.1 Award Agreement. Each
Award shall comply with and be subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in the appropriate form of Award Agreement
approved by the Board and as amended from time to time. Any
Award Agreement may consist of an appropriate form of Notice of
Grant and a form of Agreement incorporated therein by reference,
or such other form or forms as the Board may approve from time
to time.
8.2 Authority to Vary Terms.
The Board shall have the authority from time to time to vary the
terms of any standard form of Award Agreement either in
connection with the grant or amendment of an individual Award or
in connection with the authorization of a new standard form or
forms; provided, however, that the terms and conditions of any
such new, revised or amended standard form or forms of Award
Agreement are not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan.
9.1 Effect of Change in Control
on Options.
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(a) Accelerated Vesting. Notwithstanding any
other provision of the Plan to the contrary, in the event of a
Change in Control, each Option held by a Participant whose
Service has not terminated prior to the date of such Change in
Control shall become immediately exercisable and vested in full
as of such date, subject to the consummation of the Change in
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(b) Assumption or Substitution. In the event
of a Change in Control, the surviving, continuing, successor, or
purchasing entity or parent thereof, as the case may be (the
Acquiror), may, without the consent of
any Participant, either assume the Companys rights and
obligations under outstanding Options or substitute for
outstanding Options substantially equivalent options for the
Acquirors stock. Any Options which are not assumed by the
Acquiror in connection with the Change in Control nor exercised
as of the time of consummation of the Change in Control shall
terminate and cease to be outstanding effective as of the time
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(c) Cash-Out of Options. The Board may, in
its sole discretion and without the consent of any Participant,
determine that, upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, each
or any Option outstanding immediately prior to the Change in
Control shall be canceled in exchange for a payment with respect
to each vested share of Stock subject to such canceled Option in
(i) cash, (ii) stock of the Company or of a
corporation or other business entity a party to the Change in
Control, or (iii) other property which, in any such case,
shall be in an amount having a Fair Market Value equal to the
excess of the Fair Market Value of the consideration to be paid
per share of Stock in the Change in Control over the exercise
price per share under such Option (the Spread
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Board, the Spread (reduced by applicable withholding taxes, if
any) shall be paid to Participants in respect of their canceled
Options as soon as practicable following the date of the Change
in Control. |
9.2 Effect of Change in Control
on Restricted Stock Awards. The Board may, in its
discretion, provide in any Award Agreement evidencing a
Restricted Stock Award that, in the event of a Change in
Control, the lapsing of any Vesting Conditions applicable to the
shares subject to the Restricted Stock Award held by a
Participant whose Service has not terminated prior to such date
shall be accelerated effective immediately prior to the
consummation of the Change in Control to such extent as
specified in such Award Agreement. Any acceleration of the
lapsing of any Vesting Conditions that was permissible solely by
reason of this Section 9.2 and the provisions of such Award
Agreement shall be conditioned upon the consummation of the
Change in Control.
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Compliance with Securities Law. |
The grant of Awards and the issuance of shares of Stock pursuant
to any Award shall be subject to compliance with all applicable
requirements of federal, state and foreign law with respect to
such securities and the requirements of any stock exchange or
market system upon which the Stock may then be listed. In
addition, no Award may be exercised or shares issued pursuant to
an Award unless (i) a registration statement under the
Securities Act shall at the time of such exercise or issuance be
in effect with respect to the shares issuable pursuant to the
Award or (ii) in the opinion of legal counsel to the
Company, the shares issuable pursuant to the Award may be issued
in accordance with the terms of an applicable exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act. The inability
of the Company to obtain from any regulatory body having
jurisdiction the authority, if any, deemed by the Companys
legal counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of
any shares hereunder shall relieve the Company of any liability
in respect of the failure to issue or sell such shares as to
which such requisite authority shall not have been obtained. As
a condition to issuance of any Stock, the Company may require
the Participant to satisfy any qualifications that may be
necessary or appropriate, to evidence compliance with any
applicable law or regulation and to make any representation or
warranty with respect thereto as may be requested by the Company.
11.1 Tax Withholding in
General. The Company shall have the right to deduct from any
and all payments made under the Plan, or to require the
Participant, through payroll withholding, cash payment or
otherwise, including by means of a Cashless Exercise of an
Option, to make adequate provision for, the federal, state,
local and foreign taxes, if any, required by law to be withheld
by the Participating Company Group with respect to an Award or
the shares acquired pursuant thereto. The Company shall have no
obligation to deliver shares of Stock, to release shares of
Stock from an escrow established pursuant to an Award Agreement,
or to make any payment in cash under the Plan until the
Participating Company Groups tax withholding obligations
have been satisfied by the Participant.
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11.2 Withholding in Shares.
The Company shall have the right, but not the obligation, to
deduct from the shares of Stock issuable to a Participant upon
the exercise or settlement of an Award, or to accept from the
Participant the tender of, a number of whole shares of Stock
having a Fair Market Value, as determined by the Company, equal
to all or any part of the tax withholding obligations of the
Participating Company Group. The Fair Market Value of any shares
of Stock withheld or tendered to satisfy any such tax
withholding obligations shall not exceed the amount determined
by the applicable minimum statutory withholding rates.
12. Termination or Amendment
of Plan.
The Board may amend, suspend or terminate the Plan at any time.
However, without the approval of the Companys
stockholders, there shall be (a) no increase in the maximum
aggregate number of shares of Stock that may be issued under the
Plan (except by operation of the provisions of Section 4.2)
and (b) no other amendment of the Plan that would require
approval of the Companys stockholders under any applicable
law, regulation or rule. No amendment, suspension or termination
of the Plan shall affect any then outstanding Award unless
expressly provided by the Board. In any event, no amendment,
suspension or termination of the Plan may adversely affect any
then outstanding Award without the consent of the Participant
unless necessary to comply with any applicable law, regulation
or rule.
13. Miscellaneous
Provisions.
13.1 Repurchase Rights.
Shares issued under the Plan may be subject to one or more
repurchase options, or other conditions and restrictions as
determined by the Board in its discretion at the time the Award
is granted. The Company shall have the right to assign at any
time any repurchase right it may have, whether or not such right
is then exercisable, to one or more persons as may be selected
by the Company. Upon request by the Company, each Participant
shall execute any agreement evidencing such transfer
restrictions prior to the receipt of shares of Stock hereunder
and shall promptly present to the Company any and all
certificates representing shares of Stock acquired hereunder for
the placement on such certificates of appropriate legends
evidencing any such transfer restrictions.
13.2 Provision of
Information. Each Participant shall be given access to
information concerning the Company equivalent to that
information generally made available to the Companys
common stockholders.
13.3 Rights as Outside
Director. No person, even though eligible pursuant to
Section 5, shall have a right to be selected as a
Participant, or, having been so selected, to be selected again
as a Participant. Nothing in the Plan or any Award granted under
the Plan shall confer on any Participant a right to remain an
Outside Director, or interfere with or limit in any way any
right of a Participating Company to terminate the
Participants Service at any time.
13.4 Fractional Shares. The
Company shall not be required to issue fractional shares upon
the exercise or settlement of any Award.
13.5 Beneficiary
Designation. Subject to local laws and procedures, each
Participant may file with the Company a written designation of a
beneficiary who is to receive any benefit under the Plan to
which the Participant is entitled in the event of such
Participants death before he or she receives any or all of
such benefit. Each designation will revoke all prior
designations by the same Participant, shall be in a form
prescribed by the Company, and will be effective only when filed
by the Participant in writing with the Company during the
Participants lifetime. If a married Participant designates
a beneficiary other than the Participants spouse, the
effectiveness of such designation may be subject to the consent
of the Participants spouse. If a Participant dies without
an effective designation of a beneficiary who is living at the
time of the Participants death, the Company will pay any
remaining unpaid benefits to the Participants legal
representative.
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13.6 Rights as a
Stockholder. A Participant shall have no rights as a
stockholder with respect to any shares covered by an Award until
the date of the issuance of such shares (as evidenced by the
appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly
authorized transfer agent of the Company). No adjustment shall
be made for dividends, distributions or other rights for which
the record date is prior to the date such shares are issued,
except as provided in Section 4.2 or another provision of
the Plan.
PLAN HISTORY
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June 29, 2005
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Board adopts 2005 Outside Directors Stock Plan
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initial reserve of 500,000 shares. |
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2006
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Stockholders approve Plan at annual meeting. |
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APPENDIX C
HALOZYME THERAPEUTICS, INC.
2006 STOCK PLAN
Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.
2006 Stock Plan
Table of Contents
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Establishment, Purpose and Term of Plan |
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Establishment |
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Term of Plan |
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Definitions and Construction |
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Construction |
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Administration |
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Administration by the Committee |
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Authority of Officers |
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Administration with Respect to Insiders |
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Committee Complying with Section 162(m) |
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Powers of the Committee |
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Indemnification |
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Arbitration |
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Shares Subject to Plan |
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Eligibility and Award Limitations |
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Participation |
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Terms and Conditions of Options |
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Terms and Conditions of Stock Appreciation Rights |
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Voting Rights; Dividends and Distributions |
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Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.
2006 Stock Plan
1. Establishment, Purpose and
Term of Plan.
1.1 Establishment. The
Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. 2006 Stock Plan (the
Plan) is hereby
adopted ,
2006 subject to approval by the stockholders of the Company (the
date of such approval, the Effective
Date).
1.2 Purpose. The purpose of
the Plan is to advance the interests of the Participating
Company Group and its stockholders by providing an incentive to
attract and retain the best qualified personnel to perform
services for the Participating Company Group, by motivating such
persons to contribute to the growth and profitability of the
Participating Company Group, by aligning their interests with
interests of the Companys stockholders, and by rewarding
such persons for their services by tying a significant portion
of their total compensation package to the success of the
Company. The Plan seeks to achieve this purpose by providing for
Awards in the form of Options, Stock Appreciation Rights,
Restricted Stock Awards, Performance Shares, Performance Units,
Restricted Stock Units, Deferred Compensation Awards and other
Stock-Based Awards as described below.
1.3 Term of Plan. The Plan
shall continue in effect until the earlier of its termination by
the Board or the date on which all of the shares of Stock
available for issuance under the Plan have been issued and all
restrictions on such shares under the terms of the Plan and the
agreements evidencing Awards granted under the Plan have lapsed.
However, Awards shall not be granted later than ten
(10) years from the Effective Date. The Company intends
that the Plan comply with Section 409A of the Code
(including any amendments to or replacements of such section),
and the Plan shall be so construed.
2. Definitions and
Construction.
2.1 Definitions. Whenever
used herein, the following terms shall have their respective
meanings set forth below:
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(a) Affiliate means (i) an
entity, other than a Parent Corporation, that directly, or
indirectly through one or more intermediary entities, controls
the Company or (ii) an entity, other than a Subsidiary
Corporation, that is controlled by the Company directly, or
indirectly through one or more intermediary entities. For this
purpose, the term control (including the term
controlled by) means the possession, direct or
indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of the relevant entity, whether through
the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; or
shall have such other meaning assigned such term for the
purposes of registration on
Form S-8 under the
Securities Act. |
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(b) Award means any Option, SAR,
Restricted Stock Award, Performance Share, Performance Unit,
Restricted Stock Unit or Deferred Compensation Award or other
Stock-Based Award granted under the Plan. |
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(c) Award Agreement means a
written agreement between the Company and a Participant setting
forth the terms, conditions and restrictions of the Award
granted to the Participant. |
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(d) Board means the Board of
Directors of the Company. |
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(e) Change in Control means,
unless such term or an equivalent term is otherwise defined with
respect to an Award by the Participants Award Agreement or
by a written contract of employment or service, the occurrence
of any of the following: |
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(i) any person (as such term is used in
Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than
(1) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities of the
Company under an employee benefit plan of a Participating
Company or (2) a corporation owned directly or indirectly
by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same
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the Company, becomes the beneficial owner (as
defined in
Rule 13d-3
promulgated under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of
securities of the Company representing fifty percent (50%) or
more of (i) the total Fair Market Value of the stock of the
Company or (ii) the total combined voting power of the
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(ii) an Ownership Change Event or series of related
Ownership Change Events (collectively, a
Transaction) in which the stockholders
of the Company immediately before the Transaction do not retain
immediately after the Transaction direct or indirect beneficial
ownership of more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined
voting power of the outstanding voting securities of the Company
or, in the case of an Ownership Change Event described in
Section 2.1(y)(i), the entity to which the assets of the
Company were transferred (the
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For purposes of the preceding sentence, indirect beneficial
ownership shall include, without limitation, an interest
resulting from ownership of the voting securities of one or more
corporations or other business entities which own the Company or
the Transferee, as the case may be, either directly or through
one or more subsidiary corporations or other business entities.
The Committee shall have the right to determine whether multiple
sales or exchanges of the voting securities of the Company or
multiple Ownership Change Events are related, and its
determination shall be final, binding and conclusive. |
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(f) Code means the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any applicable regulations
promulgated thereunder. |
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(g) Committee means the
Compensation Committee or other committee of the Board duly
appointed to administer the Plan and having such powers as shall
be specified by the Board. If no committee of the Board has been
appointed to administer the Plan, the Board shall exercise all
of the powers of the Committee granted herein, and, in any
event, the Board may in its discretion exercise any or all of
such powers. The Committee shall have the exclusive authority to
administer the Plan and shall have all of the powers granted
herein, including, without limitation, the power to amend or
terminate the Plan at any time, subject to the terms of the Plan
and any applicable limitations imposed by law. |
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(h) Company means Halozyme
Therapeutics, Inc., a Nevada corporation, or any Successor. |
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(i) Consultant means a person
engaged to provide consulting or advisory services (other than
as an Employee or a member of the Board) to a Participating
Company. |
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(j) Deferred Compensation Award
means an award of Stock Units granted to a Participant
pursuant to Section 11 of the Plan. |
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(k) Director means a member of
the Board or of the board of directors of any Participating
Company. |
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(l) Disability means the
permanent and total disability of the Participant, within the
meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code. |
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(m) Dividend Equivalent means a
credit, made at the discretion of the Committee or as otherwise
provided by the Plan, to the account of a Participant in an
amount equal to the cash dividends paid on one share of Stock
for each share of Stock represented by an Award held by such
Participant. |
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(n) Employee means any person
treated as an employee (including an Officer or a member of the
Board who is also treated as an employee) in the records of a
Participating Company and, with respect to any Incentive Stock
Option granted to such person, who is an employee for purposes
of Section 422 of the Code; provided, however, that neither
service as a member of the Board nor payment of a
directors fee shall be sufficient to constitute employment
for purposes of the Plan. The Company shall determine in good
faith and in the exercise of its discretion whether an
individual has become or has ceased to be an Employee and the
effective date of such individuals employment or
termination of employment, as the case may be. For purposes of
an individuals rights, if any, under the Plan as of the
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determination, all such determinations by the Company shall be
final, binding and conclusive, notwithstanding that the Company
or any court of law or governmental agency subsequently makes a
contrary determination. |
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(o) Exchange Act means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. |
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(p) Fair Market Value means, as
of any date, the value of a share of Stock or other property as
determined by the Committee, in its discretion, or by the
Company, in its discretion, if such determination is expressly
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(i) Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, if, on
such date, the Stock is listed on a national or regional
securities exchange or market system, the Fair Market Value of a
share of Stock shall be the closing price of a share of Stock as
quoted on such national or regional securities exchange or
market system constituting the primary market for the Stock on
the last trading day prior to the day of determination, as
reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the
Company deems reliable. |
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(ii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may, in
its discretion, determine the Fair Market Value on the basis of
the closing, high, low or average sale price of a share of Stock
or the actual sale price of a share of Stock received by a
Participant, on such date, the preceding trading day, the next
succeeding trading day or an average determined over a period of
trading days. The Committee may vary its method of determination
of the Fair Market Value as provided in this Section for
different purposes under the Plan. |
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(iii) If, on such date, the Stock is not listed on a
national or regional securities exchange or market system, the
Fair Market Value of a share of Stock shall be as determined by
the Committee in good faith without regard to any restriction
other than a restriction which, by its terms, will never lapse. |
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(q) Incentive Stock Option means
an Option intended to be (as set forth in the Award Agreement)
and which qualifies as an incentive stock option within the
meaning of Section 422(b) of the Code. |
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(r) Insider means an Officer, a
Director or any other person whose transactions in Stock are
subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act. |
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(s) Non-Control Affiliate means
any entity in which any Participating Company has an ownership
interest and which the Committee shall designate as a
Non-Control Affiliate. |
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(t) Nonemployee Director means a
Director who is not an Employee. |
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(u) Nonstatutory Stock Option
means an Option not intended to be (as set forth in the
Award Agreement) an incentive stock option within the meaning of
Section 422(b) of the Code. |
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(v) Officer means any person
designated by the Board as an officer of the Company. |
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(w) Option means the right to
purchase Stock at a stated price for a specified period of time
granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 6 of the Plan.
An Option may be either an Incentive Stock Option or a
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(x) Option Expiration Date means
the date of expiration of the Options term as set forth in
the Award Agreement. |
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(y) An Ownership Change Event
shall be deemed to have occurred if any of the following
occurs with respect to the Company: (i) the direct or
indirect sale or exchange in a single or series of related
transactions by the stockholders of the Company of more than
fifty percent (50%) of the voting stock of the Company;
(ii) a merger or consolidation in which the Company is a
party; (iii) the sale, exchange, or transfer of all or
substantially all, as determined by the Board in its discretion,
of the assets of the Company; or (iv) a liquidation or
dissolution of the Company. |
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(z) Parent Corporation means any
present or future parent corporation of the Company,
as defined in Section 424(e) of the Code. |
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(aa) Participant means any
eligible person who has been granted one or more Awards. |
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(bb) Participating Company means
the Company or any Parent Corporation, Subsidiary Corporation or
Affiliate. |
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(cc) Participating Company Group
means, at any point in time, all entities collectively
which are then Participating Companies. |
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(dd) Performance Award means an
Award of Performance Shares or Performance Units. |
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(ee) Performance Award Formula
means, for any Performance Award, a formula or table
established by the Committee pursuant to Section 9.3 of the
Plan which provides the basis for computing the value of a
Performance Award at one or more threshold levels of attainment
of the applicable Performance Goal(s) measured as of the end of
the applicable Performance Period. |
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(ff) Performance Goal means a
performance goal established by the Committee pursuant to
Section 9.3 of the Plan. |
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(gg) Performance Period means a
period established by the Committee pursuant to Section 9.3
of the Plan at the end of which one or more Performance Goals
are to be measured. |
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(hh) Performance Share means a
bookkeeping entry representing a right granted to a Participant
pursuant to Section 9 of the Plan to receive a payment
equal to the value of a Performance Share, as determined by the
Committee, based on performance. |
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(ii) Performance Unit means a
bookkeeping entry representing a right granted to a Participant
pursuant to Section 9 of the Plan to receive a payment
equal to the value of a Performance Unit, as determined by the
Committee, based upon performance. |
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(jj) Restricted Stock Award means
an Award of Restricted Stock. |
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(kk) Restricted Stock Unit or
Stock Unit means a bookkeeping entry
representing a right granted to a Participant pursuant to
Section 10 or Section 11 of the Plan, respectively, to
receive a share of Stock on a date determined in accordance with
the provisions of Section 10 or Section 11, as
applicable, and the Participants Award Agreement. |
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(ll) Restriction Period means the
period established in accordance with Section 8.4 of the
Plan during which shares subject to a Restricted Stock Award are
subject to Vesting Conditions. |
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(mm) Rule 16b-3
means
Rule 16b-3 under
the Exchange Act, as amended from time to time, or any successor
rule or regulation. |
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(nn) SAR or Stock
Appreciation Right means a bookkeeping entry
representing, for each share of Stock subject to such SAR, a
right granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 7 of the
Plan to receive payment in any combination of shares of Stock or
cash of an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Fair
Market Value of a share of Stock on the date of exercise of the
SAR over the exercise price. |
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(oo) Section 162(m) means
Section 162(m) of the Code. |
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(pp) Securities Act means the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended. |
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(qq) Service means a
Participants employment or service with the Participating
Company Group, whether in the capacity of an Employee, a
Director or a Consultant. Unless otherwise provided by the
Committee, a Participants Service shall not be deemed to
have terminated merely because of a change in the capacity in
which the Participant renders such Service or a change in the
Participating Company for which the Participant renders such
Service, provided that there is no interruption or termination
of the Participants Service. Furthermore, a
Participants Service shall not be deemed to have
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approved by the Company. However, if any such leave taken by a
Participant exceeds ninety (90) days, then on the
ninety-first (91st) day following the commencement of such leave
the Participants Service shall be deemed to have
terminated, unless the Participants right to return to
Service is guaranteed by statute or contract. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, unless otherwise designated by the Company or
required by law, a leave of absence shall not be treated as
Service for purposes of determining vesting under the
Participants Award Agreement. A Participants Service
shall be deemed to have terminated either upon an actual
termination of Service or upon the entity for which the
Participant performs Service ceasing to be a Participating
Company. Subject to the foregoing, the Company, in its
discretion, shall determine whether the Participants
Service has terminated and the effective date of such
termination. |
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(rr) Stock means the common stock
of the Company, as adjusted from time to time in accordance with
Section 4.2 of the Plan. |
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(ss) Stock-Based Awards means any
award that is valued in whole or in part by reference to, or is
otherwise based on, the Stock, including dividends on the Stock,
but not limited to those Awards described in Sections 6
through 11 of the Plan. |
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(tt) Subsidiary Corporation means
any present or future subsidiary corporation of the
Company, as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code. |
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(uu) Successor means a
corporation into or with which the Company is merged or
consolidated or which acquires all or substantially all of the
assets of the Company and which is designated by the Board as a
Successor for purposes of the Plan. |
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(vv) Ten Percent Owner means a
Participant who, at the time an Option is granted to the
Participant, owns stock possessing more than ten percent (10%)
of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of a
Participating Company (other than an Affiliate) within the
meaning of Section 422(b)(6) of the Code. |
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(ww) Vesting Conditions means
those conditions established in accordance with Section 8.4
or Section 10.2 of the Plan prior to the satisfaction of
which shares subject to a Restricted Stock Award or Restricted
Stock Unit Award, respectively, remain subject to forfeiture or
a repurchase option in favor of the Company upon the
Participants termination of Service. |
2.2 Construction. Captions
and titles contained herein are for convenience only and shall
not affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision of the
Plan. Except when otherwise indicated by the context, the
singular shall include the plural and the plural shall include
the singular. Use of the term or is not intended to
be exclusive, unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
3. Administration.
3.1 Administration by the
Committee. The Plan shall be administered by the Committee.
All questions of interpretation of the Plan or of any Award
shall be determined by the Committee, and such determinations
shall be final and binding upon all persons having an interest
in the Plan or such Award.
3.2 Authority of Officers.
Any Officer shall have the authority to act on behalf of the
Company with respect to any matter, right, obligation,
determination or election which is the responsibility of or
which is allocated to the Company herein, provided the Officer
has apparent authority with respect to such matter, right,
obligation, determination or election.
3.3 Administration with Respect
to Insiders. With respect to participation by Insiders in
the Plan, at any time that any class of equity security of the
Company is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the
Exchange Act, the Plan shall be administered in compliance with
the requirements, if any, of
Rule 16b-3.
3.4 Committee Complying with
Section 162(m). While the Company is a publicly
held corporation within the meaning of
Section 162(m), the Board may establish a Committee of
outside directors within the meaning of
Section 162(m) to approve the grant of any Award which
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anticipated to result in the payment of employee remuneration
that would otherwise exceed the limit on employee remuneration
deductible for income tax purposes pursuant to
Section 162(m).
3.5 Powers of the Committee.
In addition to any other powers set forth in the Plan and
subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall have
the full and final power and authority, in its discretion:
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(a) to determine the persons to whom, and the time or times
at which, Awards shall be granted and the number of shares of
Stock or units to be subject to each Award; |
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(b) to determine the type of Award granted and to designate
Options as Incentive Stock Options or Nonstatutory Stock Options; |
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(c) to determine the Fair Market Value of shares of Stock
or other property; |
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(d) to determine the terms, conditions and restrictions
applicable to each Award (which need not be identical) and any
shares acquired pursuant thereto, including, without limitation,
(i) the exercise or purchase price of shares purchased
pursuant to any Award, (ii) the method of payment for
shares purchased pursuant to any Award, (iii) the method
for satisfaction of any tax withholding obligation arising in
connection with Award, including by the withholding or delivery
of shares of Stock, (iv) the timing, terms and conditions
of the exercisability or vesting of any Award or any shares
acquired pursuant thereto, (v) the Performance Award
Formula and Performance Goals applicable to any Award and the
extent to which such Performance Goals have been attained,
(vi) the time of the expiration of any Award,
(vii) the effect of the Participants termination of
Service on any of the foregoing, and (viii) all other
terms, conditions and restrictions applicable to any Award or
shares acquired pursuant thereto not inconsistent with the terms
of the Plan; |
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(e) to determine whether an Award will be settled in shares
of Stock, cash, or in any combination thereof; |
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(f) to approve one or more forms of Award Agreement; |
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(g) to amend, modify, extend, cancel or renew any Award or
to waive any restrictions or conditions applicable to any Award
or any shares acquired pursuant thereto; |
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(h) to accelerate, continue, extend or defer the
exercisability or vesting of any Award or any shares acquired
pursuant thereto, including with respect to the period following
a Participants termination of Service; |
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(i) without the consent of the affected Participant and
notwithstanding the provisions of any Award Agreement to the
contrary, to unilaterally substitute at any time a Stock
Appreciation Right providing for settlement solely in shares of
Stock in place of any outstanding Option, provided that such
Stock Appreciation Right covers the same number of shares of
Stock and provides for the same exercise price (subject in each
case to adjustment in accordance with Section 4.2) as the
replaced Option and otherwise provides substantially equivalent
terms and conditions as the replaced Option, as determined by
the Committee; |
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(j) to prescribe, amend or rescind rules, guidelines and
policies relating to the Plan, or to adopt sub-plans or
supplements to, or alternative versions of, the Plan, including,
without limitation, as the Committee deems necessary or
desirable to comply with the laws or regulations of or to
accommodate the tax policy, accounting principles or custom of,
foreign jurisdictions whose citizens may be granted Awards; |
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(k) to correct any defect, supply any omission or reconcile
any inconsistency in the Plan or any Award Agreement and to make
all other determinations and take such other actions with
respect to the Plan or any Award as the Committee may deem
advisable to the extent not inconsistent with the provisions of
the Plan or applicable law; and |
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(l) to delegate to any proper Officer the authority to
grant one or more Awards, without further approval of the
Committee, to any person eligible pursuant to Section 5,
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time of such grant, is an Insider; provided, however, that
(i) the exercise price per share of each such Option shall
be equal to the Fair Market Value per share of the Stock on the
effective date of grant, and (ii) each such Award shall be
subject to the terms and conditions of the appropriate standard
form of Award Agreement approved by the Committee and shall
conform to the provisions of the Plan and such other guidelines
as shall be established from time to time by the Committee. |
3.6 Indemnification. In
addition to such other rights of indemnification as they may
have as members of the Board or the Committee or as officers or
employees of the Participating Company Group, members of the
Board or the Committee and any officers or employees of the
Participating Company Group to whom authority to act for the
Board, the Committee or the Company is delegated shall be
indemnified by the Company against all reasonable expenses,
including attorneys fees, actually and necessarily
incurred in connection with the defense of any action, suit or
proceeding, or in connection with any appeal therein, to which
they or any of them may be a party by reason of any action taken
or failure to act under or in connection with the Plan, or any
right granted hereunder, and against all amounts paid by them in
settlement thereof (provided such settlement is approved by
independent legal counsel selected by the Company) or paid by
them in satisfaction of a judgment in any such action, suit or
proceeding, except in relation to matters as to which it shall
be adjudged in such action, suit or proceeding that such person
is liable for gross negligence, bad faith or intentional
misconduct in duties; provided, however, that within sixty
(60) days after the institution of such action, suit or
proceeding, such person shall offer to the Company, in writing,
the opportunity at its own expense to handle and defend the same.
3.7 Arbitration. Any dispute
or claim concerning any Awards granted (or not granted) pursuant
to this Plan and any other disputes or claims relating to or
arising out of the Plan shall be fully, finally and exclusively
resolved by binding arbitration conducted pursuant to the
Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration
Association. By accepting an Award, Participants and the Company
waive their respective rights to have any such disputes or
claims tried by a judge or jury.
3.8 Repricing Prohibited.
Without the affirmative vote of holders of a majority of the
shares of Stock cast in person or by proxy at a meeting of the
stockholders of the Company at which a quorum representing a
majority of all outstanding shares of Stock is present or
represented by proxy, the Committee shall not approve a program
providing for either (a) the cancellation of outstanding
Options or SARs and the grant in substitution therefore of new
Options or SARs having a lower exercise price or (b) the
amendment of outstanding Options or SARs to reduce the exercise
price thereof. This paragraph shall not be construed to apply to
the issuance or assumption of an Award in a transaction to which
Code section 424(a) applies, within the meaning of
Section 424 of the Code.
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Shares Subject to Plan. |
4.1 Maximum Number of Shares
Issuable. Subject to adjustment as provided in
Section 4.2, the maximum aggregate number of shares of
Stock that may be issued under the Plan shall be
[ ( )]
and shall consist of authorized but unissued or reacquired
shares of Stock or any combination thereof. If an outstanding
Award for any reason expires or is terminated or canceled
without having been exercised or settled in full, or if shares
of Stock acquired pursuant to an Award subject to forfeiture or
repurchase are forfeited or repurchased by the Company, the
shares of Stock allocable to the terminated portion of such
Award or such forfeited or repurchased shares of Stock shall
again be available for issuance under the Plan. Shares of Stock
shall not be deemed to have been issued pursuant to the Plan
(a) with respect to any portion of an Award that is settled
in cash or (b) to the extent such shares are withheld or
reacquired by the Company in satisfaction of tax withholding
obligations pursuant to Section 15.2. Upon payment in
shares of Stock pursuant to the exercise of an SAR, the number
of shares available for issuance under the Plan shall be reduced
only by the number of shares actually issued in such payment. If
the exercise price of an Option is paid by tender to the
Company, or attestation to the ownership, of shares of Stock
owned by the Participant, or by means of a Net-Exercise, the
number of shares available for issuance under the Plan shall be
reduced only by the net number of shares for which the Option is
exercised.
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4.2 Adjustments for Changes in
Capital Structure. Subject to any required action by the
stockholders of the Company, in the event of any change in the
Stock effected without receipt of consideration by the Company,
whether through merger, consolidation, reorganization,
reincorporation, recapitalization, reclassification, stock
dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, split-up, split-off,
spin-off, combination of shares, exchange of shares, or similar
change in the capital structure of the Company, or in the event
of payment of a dividend or distribution to the stockholders of
the Company in a form other than Stock (excepting normal cash
dividends) that has a material effect on the Fair Market Value
of shares of Stock, appropriate adjustments shall be made in the
number and kind of shares subject to the Plan and to any
outstanding Awards, in the Award limits set forth in
Section 5.4, and in the exercise or purchase price per
share under any outstanding Award in order to prevent dilution
or enlargement of Participants rights under the Plan. For
purposes of the foregoing, conversion of any convertible
securities of the Company shall not be treated as effected
without receipt of consideration by the Company. If a
majority of the shares which are of the same class as the shares
that are subject to outstanding Awards are exchanged for,
converted into, or otherwise become (whether or not pursuant to
an Ownership Change Event) shares of another corporation (the
New Shares), the Committee may
unilaterally amend the outstanding Options to provide that such
Options are exercisable for New Shares. In the event of any such
amendment, the number of shares subject to, and the exercise
price per share of, the outstanding Awards shall be adjusted in
a fair and equitable manner as determined by the Board, in its
discretion. Any fractional share resulting from an adjustment
pursuant to this Section 4.2 shall be rounded down to the
nearest whole number. The Committee in its sole discretion, may
also make such adjustments in the terms of any Award to reflect,
or related to, such changes in the capital structure of the
Company or distributions as it deems appropriate, including
modification of Performance Goals, Performance Award Formulas
and Performance Periods. The adjustments determined by the
Committee pursuant to this Section 4.2 shall be final,
binding and conclusive.
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Eligibility and Award Limitations. |
5.1 Persons Eligible for Awards. Awards may be
granted only to Employees, Consultants and Directors. For
purposes of the foregoing sentence, Employees,
Consultantsand Directors shall include
prospective Employees, prospective Consultants and prospective
Directors to whom Awards are offered to be granted in connection
with written offers of an employment or other service
relationship with the Participating Company Group; provided,
however, that no Stock subject to any such Award shall vest,
become exercisable or be issued prior to the date on which such
person commences Service.
5.2 Participation. Awards other than Nonemployee
Director Awards are granted solely at the discretion of the
Committee. Eligible persons may be granted more than one Award.
However, eligibility in accordance with this Section shall not
entitle any person to be granted an Award, or, having been
granted an Award, to be granted an additional Award.
5.3 Incentive Stock Option Limitations.
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(a) Persons Eligible. An Incentive Stock
Option may be granted only to a person who, on the effective
date of grant, is an Employee of the Company, a Parent
Corporation or a Subsidiary Corporation (each being an
ISO-Qualifying Corporation). Any
person who is not an Employee of an ISO-Qualifying Corporation
on the effective date of the grant of an Option to such person
may be granted only a Nonstatutory Stock Option. An Incentive
Stock Option granted to a prospective Employee upon the
condition that such person become an Employee of an
ISO-Qualifying Corporation shall be deemed granted effective on
the date such person commences Service with an ISO-Qualifying
Corporation, with an exercise price determined as of such date
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(b) Fair Market Value Limitation. To the
extent that options designated as Incentive Stock Options
(granted under all stock option plans of the Participating
Company Group, including the Plan) become exercisable by a
Participant for the first time during any calendar year for
stock having a Fair Market Value greater than One Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($100,000), the portion of such options which
exceeds such amount shall be treated as Nonstatutory Stock
Options. For purposes of this Section, options designated as
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granted, and the Fair Market Value of stock shall be determined
as of the time the option with respect to such stock is granted.
If the Code is amended to provide for a limitation different
from that set forth in this Section, such different limitation
shall be deemed incorporated herein effective as of the date and
with respect to such Options as required or permitted by such
amendment to the Code. If an Option is treated as an Incentive
Stock Option in part and as a Nonstatutory Stock Option in part
by reason of the limitation set forth in this Section, the
Participant may designate which portion of such Option the
Participant is exercising. In the absence of such designation,
the Participant shall be deemed to have exercised the Incentive
Stock Option portion of the Option first. Upon exercise, shares
issued pursuant to each such portion shall be separately
identified. |
5.4 Award Limits.
(a) Maximum Number of Shares Issuable Pursuant to
Incentive Stock Options. Subject to adjustment as
provided in Section 4.2, the maximum aggregate number of
shares of Stock that may be issued under the Plan pursuant to
the exercise of Incentive Stock Options shall not
exceed ( ) shares.
The maximum aggregate number of shares of Stock that may be
issued under the Plan pursuant to all Awards other than
Incentive Stock Options shall be the number of shares determined
in accordance with Section 4.1, subject to adjustment as
provided in Section 4.2 and further subject to the
limitation set forth in Section 5.4(b) below.
(b) Aggregate Limit on Full Value Awards.
Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4.2, in no
event shall more than
[ ( )] shares
in the aggregate be issued under the Plan pursuant to the
exercise or settlement of Restricted Stock Awards, Restricted
Stock Unit Awards and Performance Awards (Full Value
Awards). Except with respect to a maximum of
[ ( )] shares,
any Full Value Awards which vest on the basis of the
Participants continued Service shall not provide for
vesting which is any more rapid than annual pro rata vesting
over a three (3) year period and any Full Value Awards
which vest upon the attainment of Performance Goals shall
provide for a Performance Period of at least twelve
(12) months.
(c) Section 162(m) Award Limits. The
following limits shall apply to the grant of any Award if, at
the time of grant, the Company is a publicly held
corporation within the meaning of Section 162(m).
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(i) Options and SARs. Subject to adjustment as
provided in Section 4.2, no Employee shall be granted
within any fiscal year of the Company one or more Options or
Freestanding SARs which in the aggregate are for more than
[ ( )] shares
of Stock reserved for issuance under the Plan. |
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(ii) Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Unit
Awards. Subject to adjustment as provided in
Section 4.2, no Employee shall be granted within any fiscal
year of the Company one or more Restricted Stock Awards or
Restricted Stock Unit Awards, subject to Vesting Conditions
based on the attainment of Performance Goals, for more than
[ ( )] shares
of Stock reserved for issuance under the Plan. |
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(iii) Performance Awards. Subject to adjustment as
provided in Section 4.2, no Employee shall be granted
(1) Performance Shares which could result in such Employee
receiving more than
[ ( )] shares
of Stock reserved for issuance under the Plan for each full
fiscal year of the Company contained in the Performance Period
for such Award, or (2) Performance Units which could result
in such Employee receiving more than
[ ]
dollars
($ )]for
each full fiscal year of the Company contained in the
Performance Period for such Award. No Participant may be granted
more than one Performance Award for the same Performance Period. |
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Terms and Conditions of Options. |
Options shall be evidenced by Award Agreements specifying the
number of shares of Stock covered thereby, in such form as the
Committee shall from time to time establish. No Option or
purported Option shall be a valid and binding obligation of the
Company unless evidenced by a fully executed Award
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Agreement. Award Agreements evidencing Options may incorporate
all or any of the terms of the Plan by reference and shall
comply with and be subject to the following terms and conditions:
6.1 Exercise Price. The
exercise price for each Option shall be established in the
discretion of the Committee; provided, however, that
(a) the exercise price per share shall be not less than the
Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the effective date of
grant of the Option and (b) no Incentive Stock Option
granted to a Ten Percent Owner shall have an exercise price per
share less than one hundred ten percent (110%) of the Fair
Market Value of a share of Stock on the effective date of grant
of the Option. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Option (whether
an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonstatutory Stock Option) may be
granted with an exercise price lower than the minimum exercise
price set forth above if such Option is granted pursuant to an
assumption or substitution for another option in a manner
qualifying under the provisions of Section 424(a) of the
Code.
6.2 Exercisability and Term of
Options.
(a) Option Vesting and Exercisability.
Options shall be exercisable at such time or times, or upon such
event or events, and subject to such terms, conditions,
performance criteria and restrictions as shall be determined by
the Committee and set forth in the Award Agreement evidencing
such Option; provided, however, that (a) no Option shall be
exercisable after the expiration of ten (10) years after
the effective date of grant of such Option, (b) no
Incentive Stock Option granted to a Ten Percent Owner shall be
exercisable after the expiration of five (5) years after
the effective date of grant of such Option, (c) no Option
shall become fully vested in a period of less than three
(3) years from the date of grant, other than in connection
with a termination of Service or a Change in Control or in the
case of an Option granted to a Nonemployee Director, and
(d) no Option offered or granted to a prospective Employee,
prospective Consultant or prospective Director may become
exercisable prior to the date on which such person commences
Service. Subject to the foregoing, unless otherwise specified by
the Committee in the grant of an Option, any Option granted
hereunder shall terminate ten (10) years after the
effective date of grant of the Option, unless earlier terminated
in accordance with its provisions, or the terms of the Plan.
(b) Participant Responsibility for Exercise of
Option. Each Participant is responsible for taking any
and all actions as may be required to exercise any Option in a
timely manner, and for properly executing any documents as may
be required for the exercise of an Option in accordance with
such rules and procedures as may be established from time to
time. By signing an Option Agreement each Participant
acknowledges that information regarding the procedures and
requirements for the exercise of any Option is available upon
such Participants request. The Company shall have no duty
or obligation to notify any Participant of the expiration date
of any Option.
6.3 Payment of Exercise
Price.
(a) Forms of Consideration Authorized. Except
as otherwise provided below, payment of the exercise price for
the number of shares of Stock being purchased pursuant to any
Option shall be made (i) in cash, by check or in cash
equivalent, (ii) by tender to the Company, or attestation
to the ownership, of shares of Stock owned by the Participant
having a Fair Market Value not less than the exercise price,
(iii) provided that the Participant is an Employee, and not
an Officer or Director (unless otherwise not prohibited by law,
including, without limitation, any regulation promulgated by the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) and in the
Companys sole and absolute discretion at the time the
Option is exercised, by delivery of the Participants
promissory note in a form approved by the Company for the
aggregate exercise price, provided that, if the Company is
incorporated in the State of Delaware, the Participant shall pay
in cash that portion of the aggregate exercise price not less
than the par value of the shares being acquired, (iv) by
such other consideration as may be approved by the Committee
from time to time to the extent permitted by applicable law, or
(v) by any combination thereof. The Committee may at any
time or from time to time grant Options which do not permit all
of the foregoing forms of consideration to be used in payment of
the exercise price or which otherwise restrict one or more forms
of consideration.
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(b) Limitations on Forms of Consideration.
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(i) Tender of Stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
an Option may not be exercised by tender to the Company, or
attestation to the ownership, of shares of Stock to the extent
such tender or attestation would constitute a violation of the
provisions of any law, regulation or agreement restricting the
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(ii) Payment by Promissory Note. No promissory note
shall be permitted if the exercise of an Option using a
promissory note would be a violation of any law. Any permitted
promissory note shall be on such terms as the Committee shall
determine. The Committee shall have the authority to permit or
require the Participant to secure any promissory note used to
exercise an Option with the shares of Stock acquired upon the
exercise of the Option or with other collateral acceptable to
the Company. Unless otherwise provided by the Committee, if the
Company at any time is subject to the regulations promulgated by
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any
other governmental entity affecting the extension of credit in
connection with the Companys securities, any promissory
note shall comply with such applicable regulations, and the
Participant shall pay the unpaid principal and accrued interest,
if any, to the extent necessary to comply with such applicable
regulations. |
6.4 Effect of Termination of
Service.
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(a) Option Exercisability. Subject to earlier
termination of the Option as otherwise provided herein and
unless otherwise provided by the Committee, an Option shall be
exercisable after a Participants termination of Service
only during the applicable time periods provided in the Award
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(b) Extension if Exercise Prevented by Law.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless the Committee provides
otherwise in the Award Agreement, if the exercise of an Option
within the applicable time periods is prevented by the
provisions of Section 14 below, the Option shall remain
exercisable until three (3) months (or such longer period
of time as determined by the Committee, in its discretion) after
the date the Participant is notified by the Company that the
Option is exercisable, but in any event no later than the Option
Expiration Date. |
(c) Extension if Participant Subject to
Section 16(b). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a
sale within the applicable time periods of shares acquired upon
the exercise of the Option would subject the Participant to suit
under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, the Option shall
remain exercisable until the earliest to occur of (i) the
tenth (10th) day following the date on which a sale of such
shares by the Participant would no longer be subject to such
suit, (ii) the one hundred and ninetieth (190th) day after
the Participants termination of Service, or (iii) the
Option Expiration Date.
6.5 Transferability of
Options. During the lifetime of the Participant, an Option
shall be exercisable only by the Participant or the
Participants guardian or legal representative. Prior to
the issuance of shares of Stock upon the exercise of an Option,
the Option shall not be subject in any manner to anticipation,
alienation, sale, exchange, transfer, assignment, pledge,
encumbrance, or garnishment by creditors of the Participant or
the Participants beneficiary, except transfer by will or
by the laws of descent and distribution. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, to the extent permitted by the Committee, in its
discretion, and set forth in the Award Agreement evidencing such
Option, a Nonstatutory Stock Option shall be assignable or
transferable subject to the applicable limitations, if any,
described in the General Instructions to
Form S-8
Registration Statement under the Securities Act.
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Terms and Conditions of Stock Appreciation Rights. |
Stock Appreciation Rights shall be evidenced by Award Agreements
specifying the number of shares of Stock subject to the Award,
in such form as the Committee shall from time to time establish.
No SAR or purported SAR shall be a valid and binding obligation
of the Company unless evidenced by a fully executed
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Award Agreement. Award Agreements evidencing SARs may
incorporate all or any of the terms of the Plan by reference and
shall comply with and be subject to the following terms and
conditions:
7.1 Types of SARs
Authorized. SARs may be granted in tandem with all or any
portion of a related Option (a Tandem
SAR) or may be granted independently of any Option
(a Freestanding SAR). A Tandem SAR may
be granted either concurrently with the grant of the related
Option or at any time thereafter prior to the complete exercise,
termination, expiration or cancellation of such related Option.
7.2 Exercise Price. The
exercise price for each SAR shall be established in the
discretion of the Committee; provided, however, that
(a) the exercise price per share subject to a Tandem SAR
shall be the exercise price per share under the related Option
and (b) the exercise price per share subject to a
Freestanding SAR shall be not less than the Fair Market Value of
a share of Stock on the effective date of grant of the SAR.
7.3 Exercisability and Term of
SARs.
(a) Tandem SARs. Tandem SARs shall be
exercisable only at the time and to the extent, and only to the
extent, that the related Option is exercisable, subject to such
provisions as the Committee may specify where the Tandem SAR is
granted with respect to less than the full number of shares of
Stock subject to the related Option.
(b) Freestanding SARs. Freestanding SARs
shall be exercisable at such time or times, or upon such event
or events, and subject to such terms, conditions, performance
criteria and restrictions as shall be determined by the
Committee and set forth in the Award Agreement evidencing such
SAR; provided, however, that no Freestanding SAR shall be
exercisable after the expiration of ten (10) years after
the effective date of grant of such SAR.
No SAR shall become fully vested in a period of less than three
(3) years from the date of grant, other than in connection
with a termination of Service or a Change in Control or the case
of an SAR granted to a Nonemployee Director.
7.4 Deemed Exercise of SARs.
If, on the date on which an SAR would otherwise terminate or
expire, the SAR by its terms remains exercisable immediately
prior to such termination or expiration and, if so exercised,
would result in a payment to the holder of such SAR, then any
portion of such SAR which has not previously been exercised
shall automatically be deemed to be exercised as of such date
with respect to such portion.
7.5 Effect of Termination of
Service. Subject to earlier termination of the SAR as
otherwise provided herein and unless otherwise provided by the
Committee in the grant of an SAR and set forth in the Award
Agreement, an SAR shall be exercisable after a
Participants termination of Service only as provided in
the Award Agreement.
7.6 Nontransferability of
SARs. During the lifetime of the Participant, an SAR shall
be exercisable only by the Participant or the Participants
guardian or legal representative. Prior to the exercise of an
SAR, the SAR shall not be subject in any manner to anticipation,
alienation, sale, exchange, transfer, assignment, pledge,
encumbrance, or garnishment by creditors of the Participant or
the Participants beneficiary, except transfer by will or
by the laws of descent and distribution.
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Terms and Conditions of Restricted Stock Awards. |
Restricted Stock Awards shall be evidenced by Award Agreements
specifying the number of shares of Stock subject to the Award,
in such form as the Committee shall from time to time establish.
No Restricted Stock Award or purported Restricted Stock Award
shall be a valid and binding obligation of the Company unless
evidenced by a fully executed Award Agreement. Award Agreements
evidencing Restricted Stock
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Awards may incorporate all or any of the terms of the Plan by
reference and shall comply with and be subject to the following
terms and conditions:
8.1 Types of Restricted Stock
Awards Authorized. Restricted Stock Awards may or may not
require the payment of cash compensation for the stock.
Restricted Stock Awards may be granted upon such conditions as
the Committee shall determine, including, without limitation,
upon the attainment of one or more Performance Goals described
in Section 9.4. If either the grant of a Restricted Stock
Award or the lapsing of the Restriction Period is to be
contingent upon the attainment of one or more Performance Goals,
the Committee shall follow procedures substantially equivalent
to those set forth in Sections 9.3 through 9.5(a).
8.2 Purchase Price. The
purchase price, if any, for shares of Stock issuable under each
Restricted Stock Award and the means of payment shall be
established by the Committee in its discretion.
8.3 Purchase Period. A
Restricted Stock Award requiring the payment of cash
consideration shall be exercisable within a period established
by the Committee; provided, however, that no Restricted Stock
Award granted to a prospective Employee, prospective Consultant
or prospective Director may become exercisable prior to the date
on which such person commences Service.
8.4 Vesting and Restrictions on
Transfer. Shares issued pursuant to any Restricted Stock
Award may or may not be made subject to Vesting Conditions based
upon the satisfaction of such Service requirements, conditions,
restrictions or performance criteria, including, without
limitation, Performance Goals as described in Section 9.4,
as shall be established by the Committee and set forth in the
Award Agreement evidencing such Award. During any Restriction
Period in which shares acquired pursuant to a Restricted Stock
Award remain subject to Vesting Conditions, such shares may not
be sold, exchanged, transferred, pledged, assigned or otherwise
disposed of other than as provided in the Award Agreement or as
provided in Section 8.7. Upon request by the Company, each
Participant shall execute any agreement evidencing such transfer
restrictions prior to the receipt of shares of Stock hereunder.
8.5 Voting Rights; Dividends and
Distributions. Except as provided in this Section,
Section 8.4 and any Award Agreement, during the Restriction
Period applicable to shares subject to a Restricted Stock Award,
the Participant shall have all of the rights of a stockholder of
the Company holding shares of Stock, including the right to vote
such shares and to receive all dividends and other distributions
paid with respect to such shares. However, in the event of a
dividend or distribution paid in shares of Stock or any other
adjustment made upon a change in the capital structure of the
Company as described in Section 4.2, any and all new,
substituted or additional securities or other property (other
than normal cash dividends) to which the Participant is entitled
by reason of the Participants Restricted Stock Award shall
be immediately subject to the same Vesting Conditions as the
shares subject to the Restricted Stock Award with respect to
which such dividends or distributions were paid or adjustments
were made.
8.6 Effect of Termination of
Service. Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in the
grant of a Restricted Stock Award and set forth in the Award
Agreement, if a Participants Service terminates for any
reason, whether voluntary or involuntary (including the
Participants death or disability), then the Participant
shall forfeit to the Company any shares acquired by the
Participant pursuant to a Restricted Stock Award which remain
subject to Vesting Conditions as of the date of the
Participants termination of Service in exchange for the
payment of the purchase price, if any, paid by the Participant.
The Company shall have the right to assign at any time any
repurchase right it may have, whether or not such right is then
exercisable, to one or more persons as may be selected by the
Company.
8.7 Nontransferability of
Restricted Stock Award Rights. Prior to the issuance of
shares of Stock pursuant to a Restricted Stock Award, rights to
acquire such shares shall not be subject in any manner to
anticipation, alienation, sale, exchange, transfer, assignment,
pledge, encumbrance or garnishment by creditors of the
Participant or the Participants beneficiary, except
transfer by will or the laws of descent and distribution. All
rights with respect to a Restricted Stock Award granted to a
Participant hereunder shall be exercisable during his or her
lifetime only by such Participant or the Participants
guardian or legal representative.
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Terms and Conditions of Performance Awards. |
Performance Awards shall be evidenced by Award Agreements in
such form as the Committee shall from time to time establish. No
Performance Award or purported Performance Award shall be a
valid and binding obligation of the Company unless evidenced by
a fully executed Award Agreement. Award Agreements evidencing
Performance Awards may incorporate all or any of the terms of
the Plan by reference and shall comply with and be subject to
the following terms and conditions:
9.1 Types of Performance Awards
Authorized. Performance Awards may be in the form of either
Performance Shares or Performance Units. Each Award Agreement
evidencing a Performance Award shall specify the number of
Performance Shares or Performance Units subject thereto, the
Performance Award Formula, the Performance Goal(s) and
Performance Period applicable to the Award, and the other terms,
conditions and restrictions of the Award.
9.2 Initial Value of Performance
Shares and Performance Units. Unless otherwise provided by
the Committee in granting a Performance Award, each Performance
Share shall have an initial value equal to the Fair Market Value
of one (1) share of Stock, subject to adjustment as
provided in Section 4.2, on the effective date of grant of
the Performance Share. Each Performance Unit shall have an
initial value determined by the Committee. The final value
payable to the Participant in settlement of a Performance Award
determined on the basis of the applicable Performance Award
Formula will depend on the extent to which Performance Goals
established by the Committee are attained within the applicable
Performance Period established by the Committee.
9.3 Establishment of Performance
Period, Performance Goals and Performance Award Formula. In
granting each Performance Award, the Committee shall establish
in writing the applicable Performance Period, Performance Award
Formula and one or more Performance Goals which, when measured
at the end of the Performance Period, shall determine on the
basis of the Performance Award Formula the final value of the
Performance Award to be paid to the Participant. To the extent
compliance with the requirements under Section 162(m) with
respect to performance-based compensation is
desired, the Committee shall establish the Performance Goal(s)
and Performance Award Formula applicable to each Performance
Award no later than the earlier of (a) the date ninety
(90) days after the commencement of the applicable
Performance Period or (b) the date on which 25% of the
Performance Period has elapsed, and, in any event, at a time
when the outcome of the Performance Goals remains substantially
uncertain. Once established, the Performance Goals and
Performance Award Formula shall not be changed during the
Performance Period. The Company shall notify each Participant
granted a Performance Award of the terms of such Award,
including the Performance Period, Performance Goal(s) and
Performance Award Formula.
9.4 Measurement of Performance
Goals. Performance Goals shall be established by the
Committee on the basis of targets to be attained
(Performance Targets) with respect to
one or more measures of business or financial performance (each,
a Performance Measure), subject to the
following:
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(a) Performance Measures. Performance
Measures shall have the same meanings as used in the
Companys financial statements, or, if such terms are not
used in the Companys financial statements, they shall have
the meaning applied pursuant to generally accepted accounting
principles, or as used generally in the Companys industry.
Performance Measures shall be calculated with respect to the
Company and each Subsidiary Corporation consolidated therewith
for financial reporting purposes or such division or other
business unit as may be selected by the Committee. For purposes
of the Plan, the Performance Measures applicable to a
Performance Award shall be calculated in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles, but prior to the
accrual or payment of any Performance Award for the same
Performance Period and excluding the effect (whether positive or
negative) of any change in accounting standards or any
extraordinary, unusual or nonrecurring item, as determined by
the Committee, occurring after the establishment of the
Performance Goals applicable to the Performance Award. Each such
adjustment, if any, shall be made solely for the purpose of
providing a consistent basis from period to period for the
calculation of Performance Measures in order to prevent the
dilution or enlargement of the Participants rights with
respect to a Performance Award. Performance Measures may be one
or more of the following, as determined by the Committee:
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(iii) operating margin; (iv) operating income;
(v) pre-tax profit; (vi) earnings before stock-based
compensation expense, interest, taxes and depreciation and
amortization; (vii) earnings before interest, taxes and
depreciation and amortization; (viii) earnings before
interest and taxes; (ix) net income; (x) expenses;
(xi) the market price of the Stock; (xii) stock price;
(xiii) earnings per share; (xiv) return on stockholder
equity; (xv) return on capital; (xvi) return on net
assets; (xvii) economic value added; (xviii) market
share; (xix) customer service; (xx) customer
satisfaction; (xxi) safety; (xxii) total stockholder
return; (xxiii) free cash flow; (xxiv) net operating
income; (xxv) operating cash flow; (xxvi) return on
investment; (xxvii) employee satisfaction;
(xxviii) employee retention; (xxix) balance of cash,
cash equivalents and marketable securities; (xxx) product
development; (xxxi) research and development expenses;
(xxxii) completion of an identified special project;
(xxxiii) completion of a joint venture or other corporate
transaction; or (xxxiv) such other measures as determined
by the Committee consistent with this Section 9.4(a). |
(b) Performance Targets. Performance Targets
may include a minimum, maximum, target level and intermediate
levels of performance, with the final value of a Performance
Award determined under the applicable Performance Award Formula
by the level attained during the applicable Performance Period.
A Performance Target may be stated as an absolute value or as a
value determined relative to a standard selected by the
Committee.
9.5 Settlement of Performance
Awards.
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(a) Determination of Final Value. As soon as
practicable following the completion of the Performance Period
applicable to a Performance Award, the Committee shall certify
in writing the extent to which the applicable Performance Goals
have been attained and the resulting final value of the Award
earned by the Participant and to be paid upon its settlement in
accordance with the applicable Performance Award Formula. |
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(b) Discretionary Adjustment of Award
Formula. In its discretion, the Committee may, either at
the time it grants a Performance Award or at any time
thereafter, provide for the positive or negative adjustment of
the Performance Award Formula applicable to a Performance Award
that is not intended to constitute qualified performance
based compensation to a covered employee
within the meaning of Section 162(m) (a Covered
Employee) to reflect such Participants
individual performance in his or her position with the Company
or such other factors as the Committee may determine. With
respect to a Performance Award intended to constitute qualified
performance-based compensation to a Covered Employee, the
Committee shall have the discretion to reduce some or all of the
value of the Performance Award that would otherwise be paid to
the Covered Employee upon its settlement notwithstanding the
attainment of any Performance Goal and the resulting value of
the Performance Award determined in accordance with the
Performance Award Formula. |
(c) Payment in Settlement of Performance
Awards. As soon as practicable following the
Committees determination and certification in accordance
with Sections 9.5(a) and (b), payment shall be made to each
eligible Participant (or such Participants legal
representative or other person who acquired the right to receive
such payment by reason of the Participants death) of the
final value of the Participants Performance Award. Payment
of such amount shall be made in cash in a lump sum or in
installments, shares of Stock (either fully vested or subject to
vesting), or a combination thereof, as determined by the
Committee.
9.6 Voting Rights; Dividend
Equivalent Rights and Distributions. Participants shall have
no voting rights with respect to shares of Stock represented by
Performance Share Awards until the date of the issuance of such
shares, if any (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the
books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of
the Company). However, the Committee, in its discretion, may
provide in the Award Agreement evidencing any Performance Share
Award that the Participant shall be entitled to receive Dividend
Equivalents with respect to the payment of cash dividends on
Stock having a record date prior to the date on which the
Performance Shares are settled or forfeited. Such Dividend
Equivalents, if any, shall be credited to the Participant in the
form of additional whole Performance Shares as of the date of
payment of such cash dividends on Stock. The number of
additional Performance Shares (rounded to the nearest whole
number) to be so credited shall be determined by dividing
(a) the amount of cash dividends paid on such date
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with respect to the number of shares of Stock represented by the
Performance Shares previously credited to the Participant by
(b) the Fair Market Value per share of Stock on such date.
Dividend Equivalents may be paid currently or may be accumulated
and paid to the extent that Performance Shares become
nonforfeitable, as determined by the Committee. Settlement of
Dividend Equivalents may be made in cash, shares of Stock, or a
combination thereof as determined by the Committee, and may be
paid on the same basis as settlement of the related Performance
Share as provided in Section 9.5. Dividend Equivalents
shall not be paid with respect to Performance Units. In the
event of a dividend or distribution paid in shares of Stock or
any other adjustment made upon a change in the capital structure
of the Company as described in Section 4.2, appropriate
adjustments shall be made in the Participants Performance
Share Award so that it represents the right to receive upon
settlement any and all new, substituted or additional securities
or other property (other than normal cash dividends) to which
the Participant would entitled by reason of the shares of Stock
issuable upon settlement of the Performance Share Award, and all
such new, substituted or additional securities or other property
shall be immediately subject to the same Performance Goals as
are applicable to the Award.
9.7 Effect of Termination of
Service. Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in the
grant of a Performance Award and set forth in the Award
Agreement, the effect of a Participants termination of
Service on the Performance Award shall be as follows:
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(a) Death or Disability. If the
Participants Service terminates because of the death or
Disability of the Participant before the completion of the
Performance Period applicable to the Performance Award, the
final value of the Participants Performance Award shall be
determined by the extent to which the applicable Performance
Goals have been attained with respect to the entire Performance
Period and shall be prorated based on the number of months of
the Participants Service during the Performance Period.
Payment shall be made following the end of the Performance
Period in any manner permitted by Section 9.5. |
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(b) Other Termination of Service. If the
Participants Service terminates for any reason except
death or Disability before the completion of the Performance
Period applicable to the Performance Award, such Award shall be
forfeited in its entirety; provided, however, that in the event
of an involuntary termination of the Participants Service,
the Committee, in its sole discretion, may waive the automatic
forfeiture of all or any portion of any such Award. |
9.8 Nontransferability of
Performance Awards. Prior to settlement in accordance with
the provisions of the Plan, no Performance Award shall be
subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale,
exchange, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, or
garnishment by creditors of the Participant or the
Participants beneficiary, except transfer by will or by
the laws of descent and distribution. All rights with respect to
a Performance Award granted to a Participant hereunder shall be
exercisable during his or her lifetime only by such Participant
or the Participants guardian or legal representative.
10. Terms and Conditions of Restricted Stock Unit
Awards.
Restricted Stock Unit Awards shall be evidenced by Award
Agreements specifying the number of Restricted Stock Units
subject to the Award, in such form as the Committee shall from
time to time establish. No Restricted Stock Unit Award or
purported Restricted Stock Unit Award shall be a valid and
binding obligation of the Company unless evidenced by a fully
executed Award Agreement. Award Agreements evidencing Restricted
Stock Units may incorporate all or any of the terms of the Plan
by reference and shall comply with and be subject to the
following terms and conditions:
10.1 Grant of Restricted Stock
Unit Awards. Restricted Stock Unit Awards may be granted
upon such conditions as the Committee shall determine,
including, without limitation, upon the attainment of one or
more Performance Goals described in Section 9.4. If either
the grant of a Restricted Stock Unit Award or the Vesting
Conditions with respect to such Award is to be contingent upon
the attainment of one or more Performance Goals, the Committee
shall follow procedures substantially equivalent to those set
forth in Sections 9.3 through 9.5(a).
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10.2 Vesting. Restricted
Stock Units may or may not be made subject to Vesting Conditions
based upon the satisfaction of such Service requirements,
conditions, restrictions or performance criteria, including,
without limitation, Performance Goals as described in
Section 9.4, as shall be established by the Committee and
set forth in the Award Agreement evidencing such Award.
10.3 Voting Rights, Dividend
Equivalent Rights and Distributions. Participants shall have
no voting rights with respect to shares of Stock represented by
Restricted Stock Units until the date of the issuance of such
shares (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of
the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the
Company). However, the Committee, in its discretion, may provide
in the Award Agreement evidencing any Restricted Stock Unit
Award that the Participant shall be entitled to receive Dividend
Equivalents with respect to the payment of cash dividends on
Stock having a record date prior to the date on which Restricted
Stock Units held by such Participant are settled. Such Dividend
Equivalents, if any, shall be paid by crediting the Participant
with additional whole Restricted Stock Units as of the date of
payment of such cash dividends on Stock. The number of
additional Restricted Stock Units (rounded to the nearest whole
number) to be so credited shall be determined by dividing
(a) the amount of cash dividends paid on such date with
respect to the number of shares of Stock represented by the
Restricted Stock Units previously credited to the Participant by
(b) the Fair Market Value per share of Stock on such date.
Such additional Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to the
same terms and conditions and shall be settled in the same
manner and at the same time (or as soon thereafter as
practicable) as the Restricted Stock Units originally subject to
the Restricted Stock Unit Award. In the event of a dividend or
distribution paid in shares of Stock or any other adjustment
made upon a change in the capital structure of the Company as
described in Section 4.2, appropriate adjustments shall be
made in the Participants Restricted Stock Unit Award so
that it represents the right to receive upon settlement any and
all new, substituted or additional securities or other property
(other than normal cash dividends) to which the Participant
would entitled by reason of the shares of Stock issuable upon
settlement of the Award, and all such new, substituted or
additional securities or other property shall be immediately
subject to the same Vesting Conditions as are applicable to the
Award.
10.4 Effect of Termination of
Service. Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in the
grant of a Restricted Stock Unit Award and set forth in the
Award Agreement, if a Participants Service terminates for
any reason, whether voluntary or involuntary (including the
Participants death or disability), then the Participant
shall forfeit to the Company any Restricted Stock Units pursuant
to the Award which remain subject to Vesting Conditions as of
the date of the Participants termination of Service.
10.5 Settlement of Restricted
Stock Unit Awards. The Company shall issue to a Participant
on the date on which Restricted Stock Units subject to the
Participants Restricted Stock Unit Award vest or on such
other date determined by the Committee, in its discretion, and
set forth in the Award Agreement one (1) share of Stock
(and/or any other new, substituted or additional securities or
other property pursuant to an adjustment described in
Section 10.3) for each Restricted Stock Unit then becoming
vested or otherwise to be settled on such date, subject to the
withholding of applicable taxes. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
if permitted by the Committee and set forth in the Award
Agreement, the Participant may elect in accordance with terms
specified in the Award Agreement to defer receipt of all or any
portion of the shares of Stock or other property otherwise
issuable to the Participant pursuant to this Section.
10.6 Nontransferability of
Restricted Stock Unit Awards. Prior to the issuance of
shares of Stock in settlement of a Restricted Stock Unit Award,
the Award shall not be subject in any manner to anticipation,
alienation, sale, exchange, transfer, assignment, pledge,
encumbrance, or garnishment by creditors of the Participant or
the Participants beneficiary, except transfer by will or
by the laws of descent and distribution. All rights with respect
to a Restricted Stock Unit Award granted to a Participant
hereunder shall be exercisable during his or her lifetime only
by such Participant or the Participants guardian or legal
representative.
11. Deferred Compensation Awards.
11.1 Establishment of Deferred
Compensation Award Programs. This Section 11 shall not
be effective unless and until the Committee determines to
establish a program pursuant to this Section. The Committee,
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in its discretion and upon such terms and conditions as it may
determine, may establish one or more programs pursuant to the
Plan under which:
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(a) Participants designated by the Committee who are
Insiders or otherwise among a select group of highly compensated
Employees may irrevocably elect, prior to a date specified by
the Committee, to reduce such Participants compensation
otherwise payable in cash (subject to any minimum or maximum
reductions imposed by the Committee) and to be granted
automatically at such time or times as specified by the
Committee one or more Awards of Stock Units with respect to such
numbers of shares of Stock as determined in accordance with the
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Insiders or otherwise among a select group of highly compensated
Employees may irrevocably elect, prior to a date specified by
the Committee, to be granted automatically an Award of Stock
Units with respect to such number of shares of Stock and upon
such other terms and conditions as established by the Committee
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Participant upon the settlement of a Performance Award or
Performance Unit. |
11.2 Terms and Conditions of
Deferred Compensation Awards. Deferred Compensation Awards
granted pursuant to this Section 11 shall be evidenced by
Award Agreements in such form as the Committee shall from time
to time establish. No such Deferred Compensation Award or
purported Deferred Compensation Award shall be a valid and
binding obligation of the Company unless evidenced by a fully
executed Award Agreement. Award Agreements evidencing Deferred
Compensation Awards may incorporate all or any of the terms of
the Plan by reference and shall comply with and be subject to
the following terms and conditions:
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(i) Voting Rights; Dividend Equivalent Rights and
Distributions. Participants shall have no voting rights with
respect to shares of Stock represented by Stock Units until the
date of the issuance of such shares (as evidenced by the
appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly
authorized transfer agent of the Company). However, a
Participant shall be entitled to receive Dividend Equivalents
with respect to the payment of cash dividends on Stock having a
record date prior to date on which Stock Units held by such
Participant are settled. Such Dividend Equivalents shall be paid
by crediting the Participant with additional whole and/or
fractional Stock Units as of the date of payment of such cash
dividends on Stock. The method of determining the number of
additional Stock Units to be so credited shall be specified by
the Committee and set forth in the Award Agreement. Such
additional Stock Units shall be subject to the same terms and
conditions and shall be settled in the same manner and at the
same time (or as soon thereafter as practicable) as the Stock
Units originally subject to the Stock Unit Award. In the event
of a dividend or distribution paid in shares of Stock or any
other adjustment made upon a change in the capital structure of
the Company as described in Section 4.2, appropriate
adjustments shall be made in the Participants Stock Unit
Award so that it represent the right to receive upon settlement
any and all new, substituted or additional securities or other
property (other than normal cash dividends) to which the
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(ii) Settlement of Stock Unit Awards. A Participant
electing to receive an Award of Stock Units pursuant to this
Section 11 shall specify at the time of such election a
settlement date with respect to such Award. The Company shall
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the earlier of the settlement date elected by the Participant or
the date of termination of the Participants Service, a
number of whole shares of Stock equal to the number of whole
Stock Units subject to the Stock Unit Award. Such shares of
Stock shall be fully vested, and the Participant shall not be
required to pay any additional consideration (other than
applicable tax withholding) to acquire such shares. Any
fractional Stock Unit subject to the Stock Unit Award shall be
settled by the Company by payment in cash of an amount equal to
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(iii) Nontransferability of Stock Unit Awards. Prior
to their settlement in accordance with the provision of the
Plan, no Stock Unit Award shall be subject in any manner to
anticipation, alienation, sale, exchange, transfer, assignment,
pledge, encumbrance, or garnishment by creditors of the
Participant or the Participants beneficiary, except
transfer by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. All
rights with respect to a Stock Unit Award granted to a
Participant hereunder shall be exercisable during his or her
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12. Other Stock-Based
Awards.
In addition to the Awards set forth in Sections 6 through
11 above, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may carry out
the purpose of this Plan by awarding Stock-Based Awards as it
determines to be in the best interests of the Company and
subject to such other terms and conditions as it deems necessary
and appropriate.
13. Effect of Change in
Control on Options and SARs.
13.1 Accelerated Vesting.
The Committee, in its sole discretion, may provide in any Award
Agreement or, in the event of a Change in Control, may take such
actions as it deems appropriate to provide for the acceleration
of the exercisability and vesting in connection with such Change
in Control of any or all outstanding Options and SARs and shares
acquired upon the exercise of such Options and SARs upon such
conditions and to such extent as the Committee shall determine.
The previous sentence notwithstanding such acceleration shall
not occur to the extent an Option or SAR is assumed or
substituted with a substantially similar Award in connection
with a Change in Control.
13.2 Assumption or
Substitution. In the event of a Change in Control, the
surviving, continuing, successor, or purchasing corporation or
other business entity or parent thereof, as the case may be (the
Acquiring Corporation), may, without
the consent of the Participant, either assume the Companys
rights and obligations under outstanding Options and SARs or
substitute for outstanding Options and SARs substantially
equivalent options or stock appreciation rights for the
Acquiring Corporations stock. Any Options or SARs which
are neither assumed or substituted for by the Acquiring
Corporation in connection with the Change in Control nor
exercised as of the date of the Change in Control shall
terminate and cease to be outstanding effective as of the date
of the Change in Control. Notwithstanding the foregoing, shares
acquired upon exercise of an Option or SAR prior to the Change
in Control and any consideration received pursuant to the Change
in Control with respect to such shares shall continue to be
subject to all applicable provisions of the Award Agreement
evidencing such Award except as otherwise provided in such Award
Agreement. Furthermore, notwithstanding the foregoing, if the
corporation the stock of which is subject to the outstanding
Options or SARs immediately prior to an Ownership Change Event
described in Section 2.1(y)(i) constituting a Change in
Control is the surviving or continuing corporation and
immediately after such Ownership Change Event less than fifty
percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of its voting
stock is held by another corporation or by other corporations
that are members of an affiliated group within the meaning of
Section 1504(a) of the Code without regard to the
provisions of Section 1504(b) of the Code, the outstanding
Options and SARs shall not terminate unless the Board otherwise
provides in its discretion.
13.3 Effect of Change in Control
on Restricted Stock and Other Type of Awards. The Committee
may, in its discretion, provide in any Award Agreement
evidencing a Restricted Stock or Other Type of Award
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that, in the event of a Change in Control, the lapsing of any
applicable Vesting Condition, Restriction Period or Performance
Goal applicable to the shares subject to such Award held by a
Participant whose Service has not terminated prior to the Change
in Control shall be accelerated and/or waived effective
immediately prior to the consummation of the Change in Control
to such extent as specified in such Award Agreement; provided,
however, that such acceleration or waiver shall not occur to the
extent an Award is assumed or substituted with a substantially
equivalent Award in connection with the Change in Control. Any
acceleration, waiver or the lapsing of any restriction that was
permissible solely by reason of this Section 13.3 and the
provisions of such Award Agreement shall be conditioned upon the
consummation of the Change in Control.
14. Compliance with
Securities Law.
The grant of Awards and the issuance of shares of Stock pursuant
to any Award shall be subject to compliance with all applicable
requirements of federal, state and foreign law with respect to
such securities and the requirements of any stock exchange or
market system upon which the Stock may then be listed. In
addition, no Award may be exercised or shares issued pursuant to
an Award unless (a) a registration statement under the
Securities Act shall at the time of such exercise or issuance be
in effect with respect to the shares issuable pursuant to the
Award or (b) in the opinion of legal counsel to the
Company, the shares issuable pursuant to the Award may be issued
in accordance with the terms of an applicable exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act. The inability
of the Company to obtain from any regulatory body having
jurisdiction the authority, if any, deemed by the Companys
legal counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of
any shares hereunder shall relieve the Company of any liability
in respect of the failure to issue or sell such shares as to
which such requisite authority shall not have been obtained. As
a condition to issuance of any Stock, the Company may require
the Participant to satisfy any qualifications that may be
necessary or appropriate, to evidence compliance with any
applicable law or regulation and to make any representation or
warranty with respect thereto as may be requested by the Company.
15. Tax Withholding.
15.1 Tax Withholding in
General. The Company shall have the right to deduct from any
and all payments made under the Plan, or to require the
Participant, through payroll withholding, cash payment or
otherwise, including by means of a Cashless Exercise or Net
Exercise of an Option, to make adequate provision for, the
federal, state, local and foreign taxes, if any, required by law
to be withheld by the Participating Company Group with respect
to an Award or the shares acquired pursuant thereto. The Company
shall have no obligation to deliver shares of Stock, to release
shares of Stock from an escrow established pursuant to an Award
Agreement, or to make any payment in cash under the Plan until
the Participating Company Groups tax withholding
obligations have been satisfied by the Participant.
15.2 Withholding in Shares.
The Company shall have the right, but not the obligation, to
deduct from the shares of Stock issuable to a Participant upon
the exercise or settlement of an Award, or to accept from the
Participant the tender of, a number of whole shares of Stock
having a Fair Market Value, as determined by the Company, equal
to all or any part of the tax withholding obligations of the
Participating Company Group. The Fair Market Value of any shares
of Stock withheld or tendered to satisfy any such tax
withholding obligations shall not exceed the amount determined
by the applicable minimum statutory withholding rates.
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The Board or the Committee may amend, suspend or terminate the
Plan at any time. However, without the approval of the
Companys stockholders, there shall be (a) no increase
in the maximum aggregate number of shares of Stock that may be
issued under the Plan (except by operation of the provisions of
Section 4.2), (b) no change in the class of persons
eligible to receive Incentive Stock Options, and (c) no
other amendment of the Plan that would require approval of the
Companys stockholders under any applicable law, regulation
or rule. No amendment, suspension or termination of the Plan
shall affect any then outstanding Award unless expressly
provided by the Board or the Committee. In any event, no
amendment, suspension or termination of
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the Plan may adversely affect any then outstanding Award without
the consent of the Participant unless necessary to comply with
any applicable law, regulation or rule.
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17.1 Repurchase Rights.
Shares issued under the Plan may be subject to one or more
repurchase options, or other conditions and restrictions as
determined by the Committee in its discretion at the time the
Award is granted. The Company shall have the right to assign at
any time any repurchase right it may have, whether or not such
right is then exercisable, to one or more persons as may be
selected by the Company. Upon request by the Company, each
Participant shall execute any agreement evidencing such transfer
restrictions prior to the receipt of shares of Stock hereunder
and shall promptly present to the Company any and all
certificates representing shares of Stock acquired hereunder for
the placement on such certificates of appropriate legends
evidencing any such transfer restrictions.
17.2 Provision of
Information. Each Participant shall be given access to
information concerning the Company equivalent to that
information generally made available to the Companys
common stockholders.
17.3 Rights as Employee,
Consultant or Director. No person, even though eligible
pursuant to Section 5, shall have a right to be selected as
a Participant, or, having been so selected, to be selected again
as a Participant. Nothing in the Plan or any Award granted under
the Plan shall confer on any Participant a right to remain an
Employee, Consultant or Director or interfere with or limit in
any way any right of a Participating Company to terminate the
Participants Service at any time. To the extent that an
Employee of a Participating Company other than the Company
receives an Award under the Plan, that Award shall in no event
be understood or interpreted to mean that the Company is the
Employees employer or that the Employee has an employment
relationship with the Company.
17.4 Rights as a
Stockholder. A Participant shall have no rights as a
stockholder with respect to any shares covered by an Award until
the date of the issuance of such shares (as evidenced by the
appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly
authorized transfer agent of the Company). No adjustment shall
be made for dividends, distributions or other rights for which
the record date is prior to the date such shares are issued,
except as provided in Section 4.2 or another provision of
the Plan.
17.5 Fractional Shares. The
Company shall not be required to issue fractional shares upon
the exercise or settlement of any Award.
17.6 Severability. If any
one or more of the provisions (or any part thereof) of this Plan
shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect,
such provision shall be modified so as to make it valid, legal
and enforceable, and the validity, legality and enforceability
of the remaining provisions (or any part thereof) of the Plan
shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
17.7 Beneficiary
Designation. Subject to local laws and procedures, each
Participant may file with the Company a written designation of a
beneficiary who is to receive any benefit under the Plan to
which the Participant is entitled in the event of such
Participants death before he or she receives any or all of
such benefit. Each designation will revoke all prior
designations by the same Participant, shall be in a form
prescribed by the Company, and will be effective only when filed
by the Participant in writing with the Company during the
Participants lifetime. If a married Participant designates
a beneficiary other than the Participants spouse, the
effectiveness of such designation may be subject to the consent
of the Participants spouse. If a Participant dies without
an effective designation of a beneficiary who is living at the
time of the Participants death, the Company will pay any
remaining unpaid benefits to the Participants legal
representative.
17.8 Unfunded Obligation.
Participants shall have the status of general unsecured
creditors of the Company. Any amounts payable to Participants
pursuant to the Plan shall be unfunded and unsecured obligations
for all purposes, including, without limitation, Title I of
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. No
Participating Company shall be required to segregate any monies
from its general funds, or to create any trusts, or establish
any special accounts with respect to such obligations. The
Company shall retain at all times beneficial ownership of any
investments, including trust investments, which the Company may
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make to fulfill its payment obligations hereunder. Any
investments or the creation or maintenance of any trust or any
Participant account shall not create or constitute a trust or
fiduciary relationship between the Committee or any
Participating Company and a Participant, or otherwise create any
vested or beneficial interest in any Participant or the
Participants creditors in any assets of any Participating
Company. The Participants shall have no claim against any
Participating Company for any changes in the value of any assets
which may be invested or reinvested by the Company with respect
to the Plan. Each Participating Company shall be responsible for
making benefit payments pursuant to the Plan on behalf of its
Participants or for reimbursing the Company for the cost of such
payments, as determined by the Company in its sole discretion.
In the event the respective Participating Company fails to make
such payment or reimbursement, a Participants (or other
individuals) sole recourse shall be against the respective
Participating Company, and not against the Company. A
Participants acceptance of an Award pursuant to the Plan
shall constitute agreement with this provision.
PLAN HISTORY AND NOTES TO COMPANY
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HALOZYME THERAPEUTICS, INC.
PROXY SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON MAY 4, 2006
The undersigned hereby appoints Jonathan E. Lim and David A. Ramsay, and each of them, as
attorneys and proxies of the undersigned, with full power of substitution, to vote all of the
shares of stock of Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (the Company) which the undersigned may be
entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company to be held at the San Diego
Marriott Hotel, 11966 El Camino Real, San Diego 92130, on Thursday, May 4, 2006, at 9:00 a.m. local
time and at any and all adjournments or postponements thereof, with all powers that the undersigned
would possess if personally present, upon and in respect of the following matters and in accordance
with the following instructions, with discretionary authority as to any and all other matters that
may properly come before the meeting.
The shares represented by this proxy card will be voted as directed or, if this card contains
no specific voting instructions, these shares will be voted in accordance with the recommendations
of the Board of Directors.
YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT. You are urged to complete, sign, date and promptly return the
accompanying proxy in the enclosed envelope, which is postage prepaid if mailed in the United
States.
(CONTINUED AND TO BE SIGNED ON REVERSE SIDE.)
TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS FOLLOWS: x
Whether or not you plan to attend the meeting in person, you are urged to sign and promptly mail
this proxy in the return envelope so that your stock may be represented at the meeting.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR ALL PROPOSALS:
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Class II Directors,
to hold office
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(Instruction: To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee, mark the
Exceptions box above and write the name of the nominee(s) that you do not wish to vote for on
the line(s) below the Exemptions box.)
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To approve an amendment to
our Amended and Restated
Articles of Incorporation
to increase the number of
authorized shares of Common
Stock from 100,000,000 to
150,000,000 and to
eliminate references to
former directors.
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Directors Stock Plan and
to reserve an aggregate of
500,000 shares of our
Common Stock for issuance
under the 2005 Outside
Directors Stock Plan.
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Plan and to reserve an
aggregate of 2,000,000
shares of our Common Stock
for issuance under the 2006
Stock Plan.
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Please sign below, exactly as name or names appear on this proxy. If the stock is registered in
the names of two or more persons (Joint Holders), each should sign. When signing as attorney,
executor, administrator, trustee, custodian, guardian or corporate officer, give printed name and
full title. If more than one trustee, all should sign.
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