QUIKSILVER, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN1 (As amended and restated February 5, 2013)
Exhibit 10.2
QUIKSILVER, INC.
EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN1
(As amended and restated February 5, 2013)
1. PURPOSE OF THE PLAN
This Employee Stock Purchase Plan is intended to promote the interests of Quiksilver, Inc., a Delaware corporation, by providing eligible employees with the opportunity to acquire a proprietary interest in the Corporation through participation in a payroll-deduction based employee stock purchase plan designed to qualify under Section 423 of the Code.
Capitalized terms herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the attached Appendix.
This February 5, 2013 amendment and restatement shall become effective upon approval of such amendment and restatement by the Corporations stockholders at the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. In the event such stockholder approval is not obtained, then the revisions to the Plan effected by this amendment and restatement shall have no force and effect; however, the Employee Stock Purchase Plan shall continue in effect in accordance with the terms and provisions of the plan in effect on the date prior to this amendment and restatement.
2. ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN
The Plan Administrator shall have full authority to interpret and construe any provision of the Plan and to adopt such rules and regulations for administering the Plan as it may deem necessary to comply with the requirements of Code Section 423. Decisions of the Plan Administrator shall be final and binding on all parties having an interest in the Plan. Notwithstanding anything else contained in the Plan to the contrary, the Plan Administrator may also adopt rules, procedures, separate offerings or sub-plans applicable to particular subsidiaries or locations, which sub-plans may be designed to be outside the scope of Code Section 423 and need not comply with the otherwise applicable provisions of the Plan.
3. STOCK SUBJECT TO PLAN
A. The stock purchasable under the Plan shall be shares of authorized but unissued or reacquired Common Stock, including shares of Common Stock purchased on the open market. The number of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance over the term of the Plan shall be limited to 4,700,000 shares. Such share reserve consists of (i) 800,000 shares approved by the Corporations stockholders in connection with the initial adoption of the Plan, (ii) an increase of 900,000 shares approved by the Corporations stockholders on March 16, 2007, (iii) an increase of 2,000,000 shares approved by the Corporations stockholders on March 25, 2009, and (iv) an increase of 1,000,000 shares for which approval by the Corporations stockholders will be sought at the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
B. Should any change be made to the Common Stock by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination of shares, exchange of shares or other change affecting the outstanding Common Stock as a class without the Corporations receipt of consideration, appropriate adjustments shall be made to (i) the maximum number and class of securities issuable under the Plan, (ii) the maximum number and class of
1 | All share amounts in this document have been revised to reflect a 2 for 1 stock split effected through a stock dividend on April 30, 2003 and a 2 for 1 stock split effected through a stock dividend on April 27, 2005. |
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securities purchasable per Participant on any one Purchase Date, (iii) the maximum number and class of securities purchasable by all Participants in the aggregate on any one Purchase Date, and (iv) the number and class of securities and the price per share in effect under each outstanding purchase right. The adjustments shall be made in such manner as the Plan Administrator deems appropriate to prevent the dilution or enlargement of benefits under the Plan and the outstanding purchase rights, and such adjustments shall be final, binding and conclusive.
4. PURCHASE PERIODS
Shares of Common Stock shall be offered for purchase under the Plan through a series of successive Purchase Periods until such time as (i) the maximum number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan shall have been purchased or (ii) the Plan shall have been sooner terminated.
5. | ELIGIBILITY |
A. Each individual who is an Eligible Employee on the start date of any Purchase Period under the Plan may enter that Purchase Period on such start date.
B. To participate in the Plan for a particular Purchase Period, the Eligible Employee must complete the enrollment forms prescribed by the Plan Administrator (including a stock purchase agreement and a payroll deduction authorization) and file such forms with the Plan Administrator (or its designate) in advance of that Purchase Period and in accordance with such terms and conditions as the Plan Administrator may impose.
6. PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS
A. The payroll deduction authorized by the Participant for purposes of acquiring shares of Common Stock during a Purchase Period may be any multiple of one percent (1%) of the Base Salary paid to the Participant during the Purchase Period, up to a maximum of fifteen percent (15%). The deduction rate so authorized shall continue in effect, except to the extent such rate is changed in accordance with the following guidelines:
(i) The Participant may, at any time during the Purchase Period, reduce his or her rate of payroll deduction to become effective as soon as possible after filing the appropriate form with the Plan Administrator. The Participant may not, however, effect more than one (1) such reduction per Purchase Period.
(ii) The Participant may, prior to the commencement of any new Purchase Period, increase the rate of his or her payroll deduction by filing the appropriate form with the Plan Administrator. The new rate (which may not exceed the fifteen percent (15%) maximum) shall become effective on the start date of the first Purchase Period following the filing of such form.
B. Payroll deductions shall begin on the first pay day administratively feasible following the beginning of the Purchase Period and shall (unless sooner terminated by the Participant) continue through the pay day ending with or immediately prior to the last day of that Purchase Period. The amounts so collected shall be credited to the Participants book account under the Plan, but no interest shall be paid on the balance from time to time outstanding in such account. The amounts collected from the Participant shall not be required to be held in any segregated account or trust fund and may be commingled with the general assets of the Corporation and used for general corporate purposes.
C. Payroll deductions shall automatically cease upon the termination of the Participants purchase right in accordance with the provisions of the Plan.
D. The Participants acquisition of Common Stock under the Plan on any Purchase Date shall neither limit nor require the Participants acquisition of Common Stock on any subsequent Purchase Date.
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7. PURCHASE RIGHTS
A. GRANT OF PURCHASE RIGHT. A Participant shall be granted a separate purchase right for each Purchase Period in which he or she participates. The purchase right shall be granted on the first business day of the Purchase Period and shall provide the Participant with the right to purchase shares of Common Stock upon the terms set forth below. The Participant shall execute a stock purchase agreement embodying such terms and such other provisions (not inconsistent with the Plan) as the Plan Administrator may deem advisable.
Under no circumstances shall purchase rights be granted under the Plan to any Eligible Employee if such individual would, immediately after the grant, own (within the meaning of Code Section 424(d)) or hold outstanding options or other rights to purchase, stock possessing five percent (5%) or more of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of stock of the Corporation or any Corporate Affiliate.
B. EXERCISE OF THE PURCHASE RIGHT. Each purchase right shall be automatically exercised on each successive Purchase Date, and shares of Common Stock shall accordingly be purchased on behalf of each Participant on each such Purchase Date. The purchase shall be effected by applying the Participants payroll deductions for the Purchase Period ending on such Purchase Date to the purchase of whole shares of Common Stock at the purchase price in effect for the Participant for that Purchase Date.
C. PURCHASE PRICE. The purchase price per share at which Common Stock will be purchased on the Participants behalf on each Purchase Date shall be equal to eighty-five percent (85%) of the lower of (i) the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the first business day of the Purchase Period or (ii) the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on that Purchase Date.
D. NUMBER OF PURCHASABLE SHARES. The number of shares of Common Stock purchasable by a Participant on each Purchase Date shall be the number of whole shares obtained by dividing the amount collected from the Participant through payroll deductions during the Purchase Period ending with that Purchase Date by the purchase price in effect for the Participant for that Purchase Date. However, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock purchasable per Participant on any one Purchase Date shall not exceed 4,000 shares, subject to periodic adjustments in the event of certain changes in the Corporations capitalization. In addition, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock purchasable in the aggregate by all Participants on any one Purchase Date shall not exceed 400,000 shares, subject to periodic adjustments in the event of certain changes in the Corporations capitalization. However, the Plan Administrator shall have the discretionary authority, exercisable prior to the start of any Purchase Period under the Plan, to increase or decrease the limitations to be in effect for the number of shares purchasable per Participant and in the aggregate by all Participants on each Purchase Date.
E. EXCESS PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS. Any payroll deductions not applied to the purchase of shares of Common Stock on any Purchase Date because they are not sufficient to purchase a whole share of Common Stock shall be held for the purchase of Common Stock on the next Purchase Date. However, any payroll deductions not applied to the purchase of Common Stock by reason of the limitation on the maximum number of shares purchasable per Participant or in the aggregate on the Purchase Date shall be promptly refunded.
F. TERMINATION OF PURCHASE RIGHT. The following provisions shall govern the termination of outstanding purchase rights:
(A) A Participant may, at any time prior to the next scheduled Purchase Date, terminate his or her outstanding purchase right by filing the appropriate form with the Plan Administrator (or its designate), and no further payroll deductions shall be collected from the Participant with respect to the terminated purchase right. Any payroll deductions collected during the Purchase Period in which such termination occurs shall, at the
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Participants election, be immediately refunded or held for the purchase of shares on the next Purchase Date. If no such election is made at the time such purchase right is terminated, then the payroll deductions collected with respect to the terminated right shall be refunded as soon as possible.
(B) The termination of such purchase right shall be irrevocable, and the Participant may not subsequently rejoin the Purchase Period for which the terminated purchase right was granted. In order to resume participation in any subsequent Purchase Period, such individual must re-enroll in the Plan (by making a timely filing of the prescribed enrollment forms).
(C) Should the Participant cease to remain an Eligible Employee for any reason (including death, disability or change in status) while his or her purchase right remains outstanding, then that purchase right shall immediately terminate, and all of the Participants payroll deductions for the Purchase Period in which the purchase right so terminates shall be immediately refunded. However, should the Participant cease to remain in active service by reason of an approved unpaid leave of absence, then the Participant shall have the right, exercisable up until the last business day of the Purchase Period in which such leave commences, to (a) withdraw all the payroll deductions collected to date on his or her behalf for that Purchase Period or (b) have such funds held for the purchase of shares on his or her behalf on the next scheduled Purchase Date. In no event, however, shall any further payroll deductions be collected on the Participants behalf during such leave. Upon the Participants return to active service (x) within ninety (90) days following the commencement of such leave or (y) prior to the expiration of any longer period for which such Participants right to reemployment with the Corporation is guaranteed by statute or contract, his or her payroll deductions under the Plan shall automatically resume at the rate in effect at the time the leave began, unless the Participant withdraws from the Plan prior to his or her return. An individual who returns to active employment following a leave of absence which exceeds in duration the applicable (x) or (y) time period will be treated as anew Employee for purposes of subsequent participation in the Plan and must accordingly re- enroll in the Plan (by making a timely filing of the prescribed enrollment forms).
G. CHANGE IN CONTROL. Each outstanding purchase right shall automatically be exercised, immediately prior to the effective date of any Change in Control, by applying the payroll deductions of each Participant for the Purchase Period in which such Change in Control occurs to the purchase of whole shares of Common Stock at a purchase price per share equal to eighty-five percent (85%) of the lower of (i) the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the first business day of the Purchase Period in which such Change in Control occurs or (ii) the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock immediately prior to the effective date of such Change in Control. However, the applicable limitation on the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable per Participant shall continue to apply to any such purchase, but not the limitation applicable to the maximum number of shares of Common Stock purchasable in the aggregate by all participants.
The Corporation shall use its best efforts to provide at least ten (10)-days prior written notice of the occurrence of any Change in Control, and Participants shall, following the receipt of such notice, have the right to terminate their outstanding purchase rights prior to the effective date of the Change in Control.
H. PRORATION OF PURCHASE RIGHTS. Should the total number of shares of Common Stock to be purchased pursuant to outstanding purchase rights on any particular date exceed the number of shares then available for issuance under the Plan, the Plan Administrator shall make a pro-rata allocation of the available shares on a uniform and nondiscriminatory basis, and the payroll deductions of each Participant, to the extent in excess of the aggregate purchase price payable for the Common Stock pro-rated to such individual, shall be refunded.
I. ASSIGNABILITY. The purchase right shall be exercisable only by the Participant and shall not be assignable or transferable by the Participant.
J. STOCKHOLDER RIGHTS. A Participant shall have no stockholder rights with respect to the shares subject to his or her outstanding purchase right until the shares are purchased on the Participants behalf in accordance with the provisions of the Plan and the Participant has become a holder of record of the purchased shares.
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8. ACCRUAL LIMITATIONS
A. No Participant shall be entitled to accrue rights to acquire Common Stock pursuant to any purchase right outstanding under this Plan if and to the extent such accrual, when aggregated with (i) rights to purchase Common Stock accrued under any other purchase right granted under this Plan and (ii) similar rights accrued under other employee stock purchase plans (within the meaning of Code Section 423) of the Corporation or any Corporate Affiliate, would otherwise permit such Participant to purchase more than Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) worth of stock of the Corporation or any Corporate Affiliate (determined on the basis of the Fair Market Value per share on the date or dates such rights are granted) for each calendar year such rights are at any time outstanding.
B. For purposes of applying such accrual limitations to the purchase rights granted under the Plan, the following provisions shall be in effect:
(i) The right to acquire Common Stock under each outstanding purchase right shall accrue on each successive Purchase Date on which such right remains outstanding.
(ii) No right to acquire Common Stock under any outstanding purchase right shall accrue to the extent the Participant has already accrued in the same calendar year the right to acquire Common Stock under one or more other purchase rights at a rate equal to Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) worth of Common Stock (determined on the basis of the Fair Market Value per share on the date or dates of grant) for each calendar year such rights were at any time outstanding.
C. If by reason of such accrual limitations, any purchase right of a Participant does not accrue for a particular Purchase Period, then the payroll deductions which the Participant made during that Purchase Period with respect to such purchase right shall be promptly refunded.
D. In the event there is any conflict between the provisions of this Article and one or more provisions of the Plan or any instrument issued thereunder, the provisions of this Article shall be controlling.
9. EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM OF THE PLAN
A. The Plan was originally adopted by the Board on February 15, 2000 and became effective at the Effective Time. This amendment and restatement was adopted by the Board on February 5, 2013 and shall become effective upon approval thereof by the Corporations stockholders at the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. In no event, however, shall any payroll deductions be collected or purchase rights be exercised, and no shares of Common Stock shall be issued, pursuant to this February 5, 2013 amendment and restatement unless the Corporation is at the time in compliance with all applicable requirements of the 1933 Act (including the registration of the shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan on an appropriate form filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission), all applicable listing requirements of any stock exchange on which the Common Stock is listed for trading and all other applicable requirements established by law or regulation.
B. Unless sooner terminated by the Board, the Plan shall terminate upon the earliest of (i) January 31, 2023, (ii) the date on which all shares available for issuance under the Plan shall have been sold pursuant to purchase rights exercised under the Plan or (iii) the date on which all purchase rights are exercised in connection with a Change in Control. No further purchase rights shall be granted or exercised, and no further payroll deductions shall be collected, under the Plan following such termination.
10. AMENDMENT/TERMINATION OF THE PLAN
A. The Board may alter, amend, suspend or terminate the Plan at any time to become effective immediately following the close of any Purchase Period.
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B. In no event may the Board effect any of the following amendments or revisions to the Plan without the approval of the Corporations stockholders: (i) increase the number of shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan, except for permissible adjustments in the event of certain changes in the Corporations capitalization, (ii) alter the purchase price formula so as to reduce the purchase price payable for the shares of Common Stock purchasable under the Plan or (iii) modify the eligibility requirements for participation in the Plan.
11. GENERAL PROVISIONS
A. All costs and expenses incurred in the administration of the Plan shall be paid by the Corporation; however, each Plan Participant shall bear all costs and expenses incurred by such individual in the sale or other disposition of any shares purchased under the Plan.
B. Nothing in the Plan shall confer upon the Participant any right to continue in the employ of the Corporation or any Corporate Affiliate for any period of specific duration or interfere with or otherwise restrict in any way the rights of the Corporation (or any Corporate Affiliate employing such person) or of the Participant, which rights are hereby expressly reserved by each, to terminate such persons employment at any time for any reason, with or without cause.
C. The provisions of the Plan shall be governed by the laws of the State of California without resort to that States conflict-of-laws rules.
D. The Corporation shall have the right to take whatever steps the Plan Administrator deems necessary or appropriate to comply with all applicable federal, state, local and employment tax withholding requirements, and the Corporations obligations to deliver shares under this Plan shall be conditioned upon compliance with all such withholding tax requirements. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Corporation shall have the right to withhold taxes from any other compensation or other amounts that it may owe to the Participant, or to require the Participant to pay to the Corporation the amount of any taxes that the Corporation may be required to withhold with respect to such shares. The Plan Administrator may require the Participant to notify the Plan Administrator or the Corporation before the Participant sells or otherwise disposes of any shares acquired under the Plan.
E. Except as the Plan Administrator may expressly provide in the case of one or more sub-plans adopted pursuant to Section 2, the Plan and purchase rights granted thereunder are intended to qualify under Code Section 423. Accordingly, all Participants are to have the same rights and privileges (within the meaning of Code Section 423(b)(5) and except as not required thereunder to qualify the Plan under Code Section 423) under the Plan, subject to differences in compensation among Participants and subject to the contribution and share limits of the Plan.
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APPENDIX
The following definitions shall be in effect under the Plan:
A. BASE SALARY shall mean the regular base salary paid to a Participant by one or more Participating Companies during such individuals period of participation in one or more Purchase Periods under the Plan. Base Salary shall be calculated before deduction of (A) any income or employment tax withholdings or (B) any and all contributions made by the Participant to any Code Section 401(k) salary deferral plan or Code Section 125 cafeteria benefit program now or hereafter established by the Corporation or any Corporate Affiliate. Base Salary shall NOT include (i) any overtime payments, bonuses, commissions, profit-sharing distributions and other incentive- type payments received during the period of participation in the Plan and (ii) any contributions made on the Participants behalf by the Corporation or any Corporate Affiliate to any employee benefit or welfare plan now or hereafter established (other than Code Section 401(k) or Code Section 125 contributions deducted from Base Salary).
B. BOARD shall mean the Corporations Board of Directors.
C. CHANGE IN CONTROL shall mean a change in ownership or control of the Corporation effected through any of the following transactions:
(i) a stockholder-approved merger or consolidation in which securities possessing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the Corporations outstanding securities are transferred to a person or persons different from the persons holding those securities immediately prior to such transaction, or
(ii) a stockholder-approved sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation in complete liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation, or
(iii) the acquisition, directly or indirectly by any person or related group of persons (other than the Corporation or a person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with the Corporation) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) of securities possessing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the Corporations outstanding securities pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made directly to the Corporations stockholders or pursuant to a private transaction or series of related transactions with one or more of the Corporations stockholders.
D. CODE shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
E. COMMON STOCK shall mean the Corporations common stock.
F. CORPORATE AFFILIATE shall mean any parent or subsidiary corporation of the Corporation (as determined in accordance with Code Section 424), whether now existing or subsequently established.
G. CORPORATION shall mean Quiksilver, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and any corporate successor to all or substantially all of the assets or voting stock of Quiksilver, Inc. which shall by appropriate action adopt the Plan.
H. EFFECTIVE TIME shall mean July 1, 2000. Any Corporate Affiliate which becomes a Participating Corporation after such Effective Time shall designate a subsequent Effective Time with respect to its employee-Participants.
I. ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE shall mean any person who is employed by a Participating Corporation on a basis under which he or she is regularly expected to render more than twenty (20) hours of service per week for more than five (5) months per calendar year for earnings considered wages under Code Section 3401(a).
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J. FAIR MARKET VALUE per share of Common Stock on any relevant date shall be determined in accordance with the following provisions:
(i) If the Common Stock is at the time traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (or the Nasdaq Global Market), then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price per share of Common Stock at the close of regular trading hours (i.e., before after-hours trading begins) on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (or the Nasdaq Global Market) on the date in question, as such price is reported by The Wall Street Journal. If there is no closing selling price for the Common Stock on the date in question, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price on the last preceding date for which such quotation exists.
(ii) If the Common Stock is at the time listed on any other Stock Exchange, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price per share of Common Stock at the close of regular trading hours (i.e., before after-hours trading begins) on the date in question on the Stock Exchange determined by the Plan Administrator to be the primary market for the Common Stock, as such price is officially quoted in the composite tape of transactions on such exchange. If there is no closing selling price for the Common Stock on the date in question, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price on the last preceding date for which such quotation exists.
K. 1933 ACT shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
L. PARTICIPANT shall mean any Eligible Employee of a Participating Corporation who is actively participating in the Plan.
M. PARTICIPATING CORPORATION shall mean the Corporation and such Corporate Affiliate or Affiliates as may be authorized from time to time by the Board to extend the benefits of the Plan to their Eligible Employees. The Participating Corporations in the Plan as of February 5, 2013 are listed in attached Schedule A.
N. PLAN shall mean the Corporations amended and restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as set forth in this document.
O. PLAN ADMINISTRATOR shall mean the committee of two (2) or more Board members appointed by the Board to administer the Plan.
P. PURCHASE DATE shall mean the last business day of each Purchase Period. The initial Purchase Date shall be December 29, 2000.
Q. PURCHASE PERIOD shall mean each successive approximate six (6)-month period, beginning on the first business day in each of July and January and ending on the last business day in each of June and December of each year, at the end of which there shall be purchased shares of Common Stock on behalf of each Participant; provided, however, that the Plan Administrator may declare, as it deems appropriate and in advance of the applicable Purchase Period, a shorter (not to be less than three (3) months) or a longer (not to exceed twenty seven (27) months) Purchase Period; provided further that the Purchase Date for a Purchase Period may not occur on or before the Purchase Date for the immediately preceding Purchase Period.
R. STOCK EXCHANGE shall mean the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the Nasdaq Global Market or the New York Stock Exchange.
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