Amended and Restated 1998 Equity Incentive Plan, effective as of March 15, 2006

EX-10.3 5 exh10-3.htm NONEMPLOYEE DIRECTOR STOCK OPTION PLAN March 21, 2006 8K Exhibit 10.3

Exhibit 10.3

SHOE PAVILION, INC.

AMENDED AND RESTATED
NONEMPLOYEE DIRECTOR STOCK OPTION PLAN








TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

Page

SECTION 1

ESTABLISHMENT, PURPOSE AND DURATION

1

    1.1

Establishment

1

    1.2

Purpose of the Plan

1

    1.3

Effective Date

1

    1.4

Duration of the Plan

1

SECTION 2

DEFINITIONS

1

    2.1

Board or Board of Directors

1

    2.2

Change in Control

1

    2.3

Code

2

    2.4

Company

2

    2.5

Director

2

    2.6

Exchange Act

2

    2.7

Exercise Price

2

    2.8

Fair Market Value

2

    2.9

Nonemployee Director

2

    2.10

Option

3

    2.11

Participant

3

    2.12

Plan

3

    2.13

Shares

3

    2.14

Subsidiary

3

    2.15

Termination of Service

3

SECTION 3

ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN

4

    3.1

The Board of Directors

4

    3.2

Authority of the Board of Directors

4

    3.3

Decisions Binding

4

    3.4

Administrative Expenses

4

    3.5

Indemnification

4

SECTION 4

SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

5

    4.1

Number of Shares

5

    4.2

Effect of Lapsed Options

5

    4.3

Adjustments in Authorized Shares

5

SECTION 5

ELIGIBILITY

5

    5.1

Eligibility

5

    5.2

Consideration for Grant of Option

5

SECTION 6

OPTIONS

5

    6.1

Grant of Options

5

    6.2

Terms of Options

6

SECTION 7

MISCELLANEOUS

7

    7.1

Amendment or Termination of the Plan

7

    7.2

Beneficiary Designation

7

    7.3

No Effect Upon Other Compensation Plans

7

    7.4

No Effect on Service

7

    7.5

Requirements of Law

7

    7.6

Successors

7

    7.7

Rule 16b-3 Compliance

7

    7.8

Captions

8

    7.9

Governing Law

8

    7.10

Applicable Law; Severability

8

    7.11

Change in Control

8

    7.12

Cash Out of Awards

8

    7.13

Accelerated Vesting

8








SHOE PAVILION, INC.
AMENDED AND RESTATED
NONEMPLOYEE DIRECTOR STOCK OPTION PLAN

SECTION 1
ESTABLISHMENT, PURPOSE AND DURATION

1.1    Establishment. Shoe Pavilion, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), hereby establishes as of February 22, 1998 the "Shoe Pavilion, Inc. Nonemployee Director Stock Option Plan" (the "Plan"), for the benefit of certain nonemployee members of the Board of Directors of the Company ("Nonemployee Directors"), in order to compensate such Nonemployee Directors for their past services by awarding them stock options under the Plan ("Options").

1.2    Purpose of the Plan. The purpose of the Plan is to promote the success, and enhance the value, of the Company, by attracting, retaining and motivating Nonemployee Directors of outstanding competence. The Plan also is designed to align the interests of Nonemployee Directors with the interests of the stockholders of the Company.

1.3    Effective Date. The Plan is effective immediately preceding the date that the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 covering the sale of its Common Stock is declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

1.4    Duration of the Plan. The Plan shall commence on the date specified in Section 1.3, and subject to the right of the Board of Directors of the Company to terminate the Plan at any time and for any reason pursuant to Section 7, shall remain in effect thereafter. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, each Option shall remain in effect until such Option has been satisfied by the issuance of Shares or terminated in accordance with its terms and the terms of the Plan. In the event that on any date of grant the number of Shares to be subject to Options granted to all Nonemployee Directors exceeds the number of Shares then available for grant under the Plan, each Nonemployee Director shall share pro rata in the number of Shares that remain available for grant on such date.

SECTION 2
DEFINITIONS

For purposes of this Plan, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context:

2.1    Board or Board of Directors means the Board of Directors of the Company.

2.2    Change in Control means the occurrence of any of the following events:

2.2.1    Any "person" (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the 1934 Securities Exchange Act) becomes the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rule 13d-3 of the 1934 Securities Exchange Act) directly or indirectly, or securities of the Company representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total voting power represented by the Company's then outstanding voting securities;

2.2.2    The consummation of the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company's assets;

2.2.3    The consummation or a liquidation or dissolution of the Company;

2.2.4    The consummation of a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity or its parent) at least fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power represented by the voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity or its parent outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation.

2.3    Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Reference to a specific section of the Code shall include such section, any valid regulation promulgated thereunder, and any comparable provision of any future legislation amending, supplementing or superseding such section.

2.4    Company means Shoe Pavilion, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or any successor thereto.

2.5    Director means an individual who is a member of the Board.

2.6    Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, or any successor Act thereto. Reference to a specific section of the Exchange Act shall include such section, any valid regulation promulgated thereunder, and any comparable provision of any future legislation amending, supplementing or superseding such section.

2.7    Exercise Price means the price at which a Share may be purchased pursuant to an Option.

2.8    Fair Market Value means the average of the highest and lowest quoted selling prices for Shares on the relevant date, or if there were no sales on such date, the weighted average of the means between the highest and lowest quoted selling prices on the nearest day before and the nearest day after the relevant date, as determined by the Board of Directors.

2.9    Nonemployee Director means a Director who is an employee of neither the Company nor of any Subsidiary.

2.10    Option means an option to purchase Shares which has been granted under the provisions of the Plan. Options are not intended to be incentive stock options under section 422 of the Code.

2.11    Participant means a Nonemployee Director to whom an Option has been granted under the provisions of the Plan.

2.12    Plan means the Shoe Pavilion, Inc. Nonemployee Director Stock Option Plan, as set forth in this instrument and as hereafter amended from time to time.

2.13    Shares means the shares of common stock of the Company.

2.14    Subsidiary means any corporation in which the Company owns directly, or indirectly through subsidiaries, at least fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock, or any other entity (including, but not limited to, partnerships and joint ventures) in which the Company owns at least fifty percent (50%) of the combined equity thereof.

2.15    Termination of Service means a cessation of the Nonemployee Director's service on the Board for any reason.

SECTION 3
ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN

3.1    The Board of Directors. The Plan shall be administered by the Board of Directors. It shall be the duty of the Board of Directors to conduct the general administration of the Plan in accordance with its provisions.

3.2    Authority of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors shall have all powers and discretion necessary or appropriate to administer the Plan and to control its operation in accordance with its terms, including, but not limited to, the following powers:

  1. To interpret the provisions of the Plan and to determine, in its sole discretion, any question arising under, or in connection with the administration or operation of, the Plan;
  2. To employ such counsel, agents and advisers, and to obtain such legal, clerical and other services, as it may deem necessary or appropriate in carrying out the provisions of the Plan; and
  3. To prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan, and to make all other determinations which may be necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan.

3.3    Decisions Binding. All actions, interpretations and decisions of the Board of Directors shall be final, conclusive and binding on all persons, and shall be given the maximum deference permitted by law.

3.4    Administrative Expenses. All expenses incurred in the administration of the Plan by the Board of Directors, or otherwise, including legal fees and expenses, shall be paid and borne by the Company.

3.5    Indemnification. Each person who is or shall have been a member of the Board shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against and from any loss, cost, liability, or expense that may be imposed upon or reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with or resulting from any claim, notion, suit, or proceeding to which he or she may be a party or in which he or she may be involved by reason of any action taken or failure to act under the Plan and against and from any and all amounts paid by him or her in settlement thereof, with the Company's approval, or paid by him or her in satisfaction of any judgment in any such action, suit, or proceeding against him or her, provided he or she shall give the Company an opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend the same before he or she undertakes to handle and defend it on his or her own behalf. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which such persons may be entitled under the Company's Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, as a matter of law, or otherwise, or any power that the Company may have to indemnify them or hold them harmless.

SECTION 4
SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

4.1    Number of Shares. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4.3, the maximum number of Shares available for grant under the Plan may not exceed 100,000. Such Shares may be either authorized but unissued Shares or treasury Shares.

4.2    Effect of Lapsed Options. If an Option is cancelled, terminates, expires or lapses for any reason, any Shares subject to such Option again shall be made available for grant under the Plan (to the same Participant or to a different person).

4.3    Adjustments in Authorized Shares. In the event of any merger, reorganization, consolidation, recapitalization, separation, liquidation, stock dividend, split-up, Share combination, or other change in the corporate structure of the Company affecting the Shares, such adjustment shall be made in the number and class of Shares which may be delivered under the Plan, and in the number and class of and/or the Exercise Price of Shares subject to outstanding Options, as may be determined to be appropriate and equitable by the Board, in its sole discretion, to prevent the dilution or diminishment of Options. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the number of Shares subject to any Option always shall be a whole number.

SECTION 5
ELIGIBILITY

5.1    Eligibility. All Nonemployee Directors shall be eligible to participate in the Plan.

5.2    Consideration for Grant of Option. Any Option under the Plan shall be granted in consideration of the past services of the Participant.

SECTION 6
OPTIONS

6.1    Grant of Options.

6.1.1    Initial Grants. Each Nonemployee Director automatically will receive on the date he or she is initially appointed by the Board of Directors to serve as a member thereof an Option to purchase 7,500 Shares.

6.1.2    Ongoing Grants. Each Participant who has been granted an Option to purchase 7,500 Shares pursuant to Section 6.1.1, automatically will receive, on the date of each subsequent annual meeting of the stockholders of the Company, an Option to purchase an additional 2,500 Shares, provided that the Participant is a Nonemployee Director on each such date of grant.

6.2    Terms of Options.

6.2.1    Option Agreement. Each Option shall be evidenced by a written stock option agreement which shall be executed by the Participant and the Company.

6.2.2    Exercise Price. The Exercise Price for the Shares subject to each Option shall be one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of such Shares on the date of grant.

6.2.3    Exercisability of Options. Each Option shall become exercisable in full on the first anniversary of the date of grant of the Option.

6.2.4    Expiration of Options. Each Option shall terminate upon the earlier of (a) the expiration of six (6) years from the date of grant of the Option, or (b) the expiration of nine (9) months from the date of the Participant's Termination of Service as a Director for any reason. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, if a Participant incurs a Termination of Service prior to the date that an Option held by him or her has become exercisable pursuant to Section 6.2.3, such Option shall terminate on the date of the Participant's Termination of Service as a Director.

6.2.5    Payment. Options shall be exercised by the Participant's delivery of a written notice of exercise to the Secretary of the Company, setting forth the number of Shares with respect to which the Option is to be exercised, accompanied by full payment for the Shares. The Exercise Price for any such Shares shall be payable to the Company in full in cash or its equivalent.

As soon as practicable after receipt of a written notification of exercise and full payment for the Shares purchased, the Company shall deliver to the Participant Share certificates (in the Participant's name) representing such Shares.

6.2.6    Restrictions on Share Transferability. The Board of Directors may impose such restrictions on any Shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of an Option, as it may deem advisable, including, but not limited to, restrictions under applicable Federal securities laws, under the requirements of any national securities exchange or system upon which Shares are then listed and/or traded, and/or under any blue sky or state securities laws applicable to such Shares.

6.2.7    Nontransferability of Options. No Option granted under the Plan may be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated, other than by will, the laws of descent and distribution, or as permitted in Section 7.2. All Options granted to a Participant under the Plan shall be exercisable during his or her lifetime only by such Participant.

SECTION 7
MISCELLANEOUS

7.1    Amendment or Termination of the Plan. The Board, in its sole discretion, may amend, alter, modify or terminate the Plan, in whole or in part, at any time and for any reason. However, only if and to the extent required to maintain the Plan's qualification under Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act, any such amendment shall be subject to stockholder approval. Neither the amendment, suspension, termination, nor scheduled expiration of the Plan shall, without the consent of the Participant, alter or impair any rights or obligations under any Option theretofore granted. No Option may be granted during any period of suspension nor after termination of the Plan.

7.2    Beneficiary Designation. If permitted by the Board of Directors, a Participant may name a beneficiary or beneficiaries to whom any benefit under the Plan is to be paid in case of the Participant's death before he or she receives any or all of such benefit. Each such designation shall revoke all prior designations by the same Participant and must be in a form and manner acceptable to the Board of Directors. In the absence of any such designation, or if no beneficiary survives the Participant, benefits remaining unpaid at the Participant's death shall be paid to the person or persons entitled to such benefits under the Participant's will or, if the Participant shall fail to make testamentary disposition of such benefits, his or her legal representative. Any transferee must furnish the Company with (a) written notice of his or her status as a transferee, and (b) evidence satisfactory to the Company to establish the validity of the transfer and compliance with any laws or regulations pertaining to said transfer.

7.3    No Effect Upon Other Compensation Plans. The adoption of this Plan shall not affect any other stock option, compensation or incentive plans in effect for the Company or any Subsidiary, and this Plan shall not preclude the Board from establishing any other forms of incentive or compensation for Nonemployee Directors.

7.4    No Effect on Service. Nothing in the Plan shall interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Company to terminate any Participant's service on the Board at any time, with or without cause.

7.5    Requirements of Law. The granting of Options and the issuance of Shares under the Plan shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules, and regulations, and to such approvals by any governmental agencies or national securities exchanges as may be required.

7.6    Successors. All obligations of the Company under the Plan, with respect to Options granted hereunder, shall be binding on any successor to the Company, whether the existence of such successor is the result of a direct or indirect purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company.

7.7    Rule 16b-3 Compliance. Transactions under this Plan are intended to comply with all applicable conditions of Rule 16b-3 or its successors under the Exchange Act. To the extent that any provision of the Plan, an Option or any action by the Board of Directors fails to so comply, it shall be deemed null and void, to the extent permitted by law and deemed advisable by the Board of Directors. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of the Plan, if the Board of Directors specifically determines that compliance with Rule 16b-3 no longer is required, all references in the Plan to Rule 16b-3 shall be of no force or effect.

7.8    Captions. The captions contained herein and in the table of contents are provided as a matter of convenience only, and in no way define, limit, enlarge or describe the scope or intent of the Plan. Such captions shall not affect in any way the construction of any provision of the Plan.

7.9    Governing Law. The Plan and all Options Agreements hereunder, shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of California.

7.10    Applicable Law; Severability. The Plan hereby created shall be construed, administered and governed in all respects in accordance with the laws of the State of California (with the exception of its conflict of laws provisions). If any provision of this instrument shall be held invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions hereof shall continue to be fully effective.

7.11    Change in Control. In the event of a Change in Control of the Company as defined in Section 2.2, all unvested Options as defined in Section 2.10 then outstanding shall be accelerated and deemed fully vested and exercisable as of the effective date of such Change in Control event. The Company shall give each Director holding Options shares at least thirty (30) days prior written notice of the anticipated effective date of any such Change in Control event. Notwithstanding anything in this Plan or in any Option agreement to the contrary, (i) all Option effected during the 30-day period prior to the effective date of any such Change in Control event, shall be deemed effective immediately prior to the closing of such Change in Control event, and (ii) if the Company abandons or otherwise fails to close any such Change in Control event, then (a) all exercises during the foregoing 30-day period shall cease to be effective ab initio and (b) the outstanding Options and SARs shall be exercisable as otherwise determined under the applicable Option agreement and without consideration of this Section 7.11 or the corresponding provisions of any Option agreement.

7.12    Cash Out of Awards. Notwithstanding Section 7.11, in event of a Change in Control of the Company as defined in Section 2.2, Participant agrees that the Committee may, in its sole and absolute discretion, cancel all Awards granted under this Plan from Participant in exchange for a cash payment to the Award holder equal to the greater of (A) the average closing price of the Company's Common Stock for a consecutive 5 days period , less exercise price or (B) the highest price per share actually paid in connection with the Change of Control of the Company, less the exercise price.

7.13    Accelerated Vesting. Accelerated vesting of all awards will occur as outlined in the event of a change of control as outlined in Section 2.2 In addition, the Committee may in its sole and absolute discretion provide for earlier accelerated vesting of an Award in full or in part at any time.








EXECUTION

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company, by its duly authorized officer, has executed this Amended and Restated Plan on the date indicated below.

 

SHOE PAVILION, INC.

Date Revised
March 15, 2006

By: /s/ Dmitry Beinus


Name: Dmitry Beinus
Title: Chairman, President
and Chief Executive Officer