THIRD AMENDMENT

EX-10.14 20 dex1014.htm THIRD AMENDMENT TO 2000 STOCK OPTION PLAN Third Amendment to 2000 Stock Option Plan

EXHIBIT 10.14

 

THIRD AMENDMENT

 

TO

 

2000 STOCK OPTION PLAN

 

THIS THIRD AMENDMENT TO 2000 STOCK OPTION PLAN (the “Amendment”) is made and adopted, effective as of January 20, 2004 (the “Effective Date”), by CALLWAVE, INC., a California corporation (the “Company”), with reference to the following facts.

 

RECITALS:

 

A. The Company previously adopted that certain 2000 Stock Option Plan dated effective April 13, 2000, (the “Option Plan”), and the shareholders and Board of Directors of the Company set aside thereunder Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand (750,000) shares of Common Stock as of April 13, 2000, to permit certain additional administrative procedures in connection with the operation of the Option Plan.

 

B. The Company previously adopted the First Amendment to the 2000 Stock Option Plan dated effective December 18, 2001 and the shareholders and Board of Directors of the Company set aside thereunder to increase the shares under the Option Plan to One Million Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand (1,750,000) shares.

 

C. The Company previously adopted the Second Amendment to the 2000 Stock Option Plan dated effective December 18, 2001 and the shareholders and Board of Directors of the Company set aside thereunder to increase the shares under the Option Plan to Two Million Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand (2,750,000) shares.

 

D. The Board of Directors and shareholders have determined that in order to attract and retain talented employees, the Company needs to set aside additional shares under that Option Plan for the granting of options and issuance of shares of restricted stock thereunder.

 

E. The Board of Directors and shareholders of the Corporation have approved the setting aside of an additional One Million (1,000,000) shares of Common Stock under the Option Plan, and the Company is executing this Amendment in order memorialize those actions.

 

AMENDMENT:

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Company, intending to be legally bound, hereby amends the Option Plan as follows:

 

1. INCREASE IN AUTHORIZED SHARES

 

Effective as of the Effective Date, the number of shares of Common Stock set aside under the Option Plan for the granting of options and issuance of shares of restricted stock thereunder is hereby increased by One Million (1,000,000) shares, to a total of Three Million Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand (3,750,000) (including in such 3,750,000 figure the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock heretofore set aside under the Option Plan).


2. MISCELLANEOUS

 

Except as expressly modified by this Amendment, the Option Plan is hereby ratified and confirmed and remains in full force and effect.

 

(Signature appears on the following page.)

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Third Amendment, effective as of the “Effective Date” described above.

 

 

CALLWAVE, INC., a California corporation

By

 

/s/    DAVID HOFSTATTER        


    David Hofstatter
    President and Chief Executive Officer

 

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