EX-10.1 1999 Officers/Employees Stock Option Plan

BIOHEART, INC.
1999 OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES STOCK OPTION PLAN
as amended and restated effective as of October 8, 2001

     1. Purpose. The purpose of this Plan is to advance the interests of BIOHEART, INC., a Florida corporation (the “Company”), and its Related Entities by providing an additional incentive to attract and retain qualified and competent persons who provide services to the Company and its Related Entities, and upon whose efforts and judgment the success of the Company and its Related Entities is largely dependent, through the encouragement of stock ownership in the Company by such persons.

     2. Definitions. As used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:

          (a) “Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

          (b) “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

          (c) “Committee” shall mean the committee appointed by the Board pursuant to Section 14(a) hereof, or, if such committee is not appointed, the Board.

          (d) “Common Stock” shall mean the Company’s Common Stock, par value $.01 per share.

          (e) “Company” shall mean BIOHEART, INC., a Florida corporation, and its successors and assignees.

          (f) “Consultant” shall mean any person (other than an Employee or a Director, solely with respect to rendering services in such person’s capacity as a Director) who is engaged by the Company or any Related Entity to render consulting or advisory services to the Company or such Related Entity.

          (g) “Continuous Service” shall mean the continuous service to the Company or Related Entity, without interruption, in any capacity of Employee, Director or Consultant. Continuous Service shall not be considered interrupted in the case of (i) any approved leave of absence, (ii) transfers among the Company, any Related Entity, or any successor, in any capacity of Employee, Director or Consultant, or (iii) any change in status as long as the individual remains in the service of the Company or a Related Entity in any capacity of Employee, Director or Consultant (except as otherwise provided in the Option Agreement). An approved leave of absence shall include sick leave, military leave, or any other authorized personal leave.

          (h) “Director” shall mean a member of the Board or of the board of directors of any Related Entity.

          (i) “Effective Date” shall mean December 1, 1999.

          (j) “Employee” shall mean any person, including an Officer or Director, who is an employee of the Company or any Related Entity. The payment of a Director’s normal compensation and fee (as applicable to all Directors or Committee members, as the case may be) by the Company or a Related Entity shall not be sufficient to constitute “employment” by the Company.

          (k) “Fair Market Value” of a Share on any date of reference shall mean the fair market value of a Share of the Company’s Common Stock on that date, as determined by the Committee or the Board in a fair and uniform manner. After the Publicly-Traded Date, Fair Market Value shall mean the “Closing Price” (as defined below) of the Common Stock on the business day immediately preceding the date of reference, unless the Committee or the Board in its sole discretion shall determine otherwise in a fair and uniform manner. For the purpose of determining Fair Market Value, the “Closing Price” of the Common Stock on any business day shall be (i) if the Common Stock is listed or admitted for trading on any United States national securities exchange, or if actual transactions are otherwise reported on a consolidated transaction reporting system, the last reported sale price of Common Stock on such exchange or reporting system, as reported in any newspaper of general circulation, (ii) if the Common Stock is quoted on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations System (“NASDAQ”), or any similar system of automated dissemination of quotations of securities prices in common use, the last reported sale price of Common Stock on such system or, if sales prices are not reported, the mean between the closing high bid and low asked quotations for such day of Common Stock on such system, as reported in any newspaper of general circulation or (iii) if neither clause (i) or (ii) is applicable, the mean between the high bid and low asked quotations for the Common Stock as reported by the National Quotation Bureau, Incorporated if at least two securities dealers have inserted both bid and asked quotations for Common Stock on at least five of the ten preceding days.

          (l) “Incentive Stock Option” shall mean an incentive stock option as defined in Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code.

          (m) “Non-Qualified Stock Option” shall mean an Option that is not an Incentive Stock Option.

          (n) “Officer” shall mean the Company’s Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer, any vice-president of the Company in charge of a principal business unit, division or function (such as sales, administration or finance), any other officer who performs a policy-making function, or any other person who performs similar policy-making functions for the Company. Officers of Subsidiaries shall be deemed Officers of the Company if they perform such policy-making functions for the Company. As used in this paragraph, the phrase “policy-making function” does not include policy-making functions that are not significant If pursuant to Item 401(b) of

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Regulation S-K (17 C.F.R. § 229.401(b)) the Company identifies a person as an “executive officer,” the person so identified shall be deemed an “‘Officer” even though such person may not otherwise be an “Officer” pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this paragraph.

          (o) “Option” (when capitalized) shall mean any option granted under this Plan.

          (p) “Option Agreement” means the agreement between the Company and the Optionee for the grant of an option.

          (q) “Optionee” shall mean a person to whom a stock option is granted under this Plan or any person who succeeds to the rights of such person under this Plan by reason of the death of such person.

          (r) “Outside Director” shall mean a member of the Board who qualifies as an “outside director” under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations thereunder and as a “Non-Employee Director” under Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act.

          (s) “Parent” shall mean any corporation (other than the Company), whether now or hereafter existing, in an unbroken chain of corporations ending with the Company, if each of the corporations in the chain (other than the Company) owns stock possessing 50% or more of the combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in the chain.

          (t) “Plan” shall mean this 1999 Officers and Employees Stock Option Plan for the Company.

          (u) “Publicly-Traded Date” shall mean the date on which the Common Stock of the Company, or the stock of any successor company into which the Option or any substituted option or right becomes exercisable pursuant to Section 10(c) hereof, is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act.

          (v) “Related Entity” shall mean any Parent, Subsidiary and any business, corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity in which the Company, a Parent or a Subsidiary holds a substantial ownership interest, directly or indirectly.

          (w) “Securities Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

          (x) “Share” shall mean a share of Common Stock.

          (y) “Subsidiary” shall mean any corporation (other than the Company), whether now or hereafter existing, in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Company, if each of the corporations other than the last corporation in the unbroken chain owns stock possessing 50 percent or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.

     3. Shares Available for Option Grants. The Committee or the Board may grant to Optionees from time to time Options to purchase an aggregate of up to Two Million Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand (2,750,000) Shares from the Company’s authorized and unissued Shares, less the number of Shares with respect to issued and outstanding Options granted under the Company’s 1999 Directors and Consultants Stock Option Plan, as amended from time to time (the “Directors Plan”). If any Option granted under the Plan and/or the Directors Plan shall terminate, expire, or be canceled or surrendered as to any Shares, new Options may thereafter be granted covering such Shares.

     4. Incentive and Non-Qualified Options.

          (a) An Option granted hereunder shall be either an Incentive Stock Option or a Non-Qualified Stock Option as determined by the Committee or the Board at the time of grant of the Option and shall clearly state whether it is an Incentive Stock Option or Non-Qualified Stock Option. All Incentive Stock Options shall be granted within 10 years from the effective date of this Plan. Incentive Stock Options may not be granted to any person who is not an Employee of the Company, the Parent or a Subsidiary.

          (b) Options otherwise qualifying as Incentive Stock Options hereunder will not be treated as Incentive Stock Options to the extent that the aggregate fair market value (determined at the time the Option is granted) of the Shares, with respect to which Options meeting the requirements of Section 422(b) of the Code are exercisable for the first time by any individual during any calendar year (under all plans of the Company and its Parent and Subsidiaries, exceeds $100,000.

     5. Conditions for Grant of Options.

          (a) Each Option shall be evidenced by an Option Agreement that may contain any term deemed necessary or desirable by the Committee or the Board, provided such terms are not inconsistent with this Plan or any applicable law. Optionees shall be those persons selected by the Committee or the Board from the class of all Employees, including Officers and Directors who are Employees.

          (b) In granting Options, the Committee or the Board shall take into consideration the contribution the person has made to the success of the Company or its Subsidiaries and such other factors as the Committee or the Board shall determine. The Committee or the Board shall also have the authority to consult with and receive recommendations from officers and other personnel of the Company and its Subsidiaries with regard to these matters. The Committee or the Board may from time to time in granting Options under the Plan prescribe such other terms and conditions concerning such Options as it deems appropriate, including, without limitation, (i) prescribing the date or dates on which the Option becomes exercisable, (ii) providing that the Option rights accrue or become exercisable in installments over a period of years, or upon the attainment of stated goals or both, or (iii) relating an Option to the Continuous Service of the Optionee for a specified period of time, provided that such terms and conditions are not more favorable to an Optionee than those expressly permitted herein.

          (c) The Options granted to employees under this Plan shall be in addition to regular salaries, pension, life insurance or other benefits related to their employment or Continuous Service with the Company or its Related Entities. Neither the Plan nor any Option granted under the Plan shall confer upon any person any right to employment or continuance of employment or Continuous Service by the Company or its Related Entities.

          (d) The Committee or the Board shall have the discretion to grant Options that are exercisable for unvested Shares. Should the Optionee’s Continuous Service cease while holding such unvested Shares, the Company shall have the right to repurchase, at the exercise price paid per share, any or all of those unvested Shares. The terms upon which such repurchase right shall be exercisable (including the period and procedure for exercise and the appropriate vesting schedule for the purchased shares) shall be established by the Committee or the Board and set forth in the Option Agreement for the relevant Option.

          (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, an Incentive Stock Option shall not be granted to any person owning directly or indirectly (through attribution under Section 424(d) of the Code) at the date of grant, stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company (or of its parent or subsidiary corporation [as defined in Section 424 of the Code] at the date of grant) unless the option price of such Option is at least 110% of the Fair Market Value of the Shares subject to such Option on the date the Option is granted, and such Option by its terms is not exercisable after the expiration of five years from the date such Option is granted.

          (f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, and in addition to any other requirements of this Plan, the aggregate number of Options granted to any one Optionee may not exceed Six Hundred Thousand (600,000), subject to adjustment as provided in Section 10 hereof.

     6. Option Price. The option price per Share of any Option shall be any price determined by the Committee or the Board but shall not be less than the par value per Share; provided, however, that in no event shall the option price per Share of any Incentive Stock Option be less than the Fair Market Value of the Shares underlying such Option on the date such Option is granted.

     7. Exercise of Options.

          (a) An Option shall be deemed exercised when (i) the Company has received written notice of such exercise in accordance with the terms of the Option, (ii) full payment of the aggregate option price of the Shares as to which the Option is exercised has been made, and (iii) arrangements that are satisfactory to the Committee or the Board in its sole discretion have been made for the Optionee’s payment to the Company of the amount that is necessary for the Company or Subsidiary employing the Optionee to withhold in accordance with applicable Federal or state tax withholding requirements.

          (b) The consideration to be paid for the Shares to be issued upon exercise of an Option, as well as the method of payment of the exercise price and of any withholding and employment taxes applicable thereto, shall be determined by the Committee or the Board and may, in the discretion of the Committee or the Board, consist of: (1) cash, (2) certified or official bank check, (3) money order, (4) Shares that have been held by the Optionee for at least six (6) months (or such other Shares as the Company determines will not cause the Company to recognize for financial accounting purposes a charge for compensation expense), (5) the withholding of Shares issuable upon exercise of the Option, (6) pursuant to a “cashless exercise” procedure, by delivery of a properly executed exercise notice together with such other documentation, and subject to such guidelines, as the Board or the Committee shall require to effect an exercise of the Option and delivery to the Company by a licensed broker acceptable to the Company of proceeds from the sale of Shares or a margin loan sufficient to pay the exercise price and any applicable income or employment taxes, or (7) in such other consideration as the Committee or the Board deems appropriate, or by a combination of the above. In the case of an Incentive Stock Option, the permissible methods of payment shall be specified at the time the Option is granted. The Committee or the Board in its sole discretion may accept a personal check in full or partial payment of any Shares. If the exercise price is paid, and/or the Optionee’s tax withholding obligation is satisfied, in whole or in part with Shares, or through the withholding of Shares issuable upon exercise of the Option, the value of the Shares surrendered or withheld shall be their Fair Market Value on the date the Option is exercised.

          (c) The Committee or the Board in its sole discretion may, on an individual basis or pursuant to a general program established in connection with this Plan, cause the Company to lend money to an Optionee, guarantee a loan to an Optionee, or otherwise assist an Optionee to obtain the cash necessary to exercise all or a portion of an Option granted hereunder or to pay any tax liability of the Optionee attributable to such exercise. If the exercise price is paid in whole or part with the Optionee’s promissory note, such note shall (i) provide for full recourse to the maker, (ii) be collateralized by the pledge of the Shares that the Optionee purchases upon exercise of the Option, (iii) bear interest at the prime rate of the Company’s principal lender, and (iv) contain such other terms as the Committee or the Board in its sole discretion shall reasonably require.

          (d) No Optionee shall be deemed to be a holder of any Shares subject to an Option unless and until a stock certificate or certificates for those Shares are issued to that person(s) under the terms of this Plan. No adjustment shall be made for dividends (ordinary or extraordinary, whether in cash, securities or other property) or distributions or other rights for which the record date is prior to the date the stock certificate is issued, except as expressly provided in Section 10 hereof.

     8. Exercisability of Options.

          (a) Any Option shall become exercisable in such amounts, at such intervals and upon such terms as the Committee or the Board shall provide in the Option Agreement for that Option, except as otherwise provided in this Section 8.

          (b) The expiration date of an Option shall be determined by the Committee or the Board at the time of grant, but in no event shall an Option be exercisable after the expiration of 10 years from the date of grant of the Option.

          (c) Unless otherwise provided in any Option, each outstanding Option shall become immediately fully exercisable in the event of a “Change in Control” or in the event that the Committee or the Board exercises its discretion to provide a cancellation notice with respect to the Option pursuant to Section 9(b) hereof. For this purpose, the term “Change in Control” shall mean:

               (i) Approval by the shareholders of the Company of a reorganization, merger, consolidation or other form of corporate transaction or series of transactions (other than an initial public offering, private placement or other offering of the Company), in each case, with respect to which persons who were the shareholders of the Company immediately prior to such reorganization, merger or consolidation or other transaction do not, immediately thereafter, own more than 50% of the combined voting power entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the reorganized, merged or consolidated company’s then outstanding voting securities, in substantially the same proportions as their ownership immediately prior to such reorganization, merger, consolidation or other transaction, or a liquidation or dissolution of the Company or the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (unless such reorganization, merger, consolidation or other corporate transaction, liquidation, dissolution or sale is subsequently abandoned); or

               (ii) The acquisition (other than from the Company) by any person, entity or “group”, within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act, of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13-d promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act, of more than 50% of either the then outstanding shares of the Company’s Common Stock or the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (hereinafter referred to as the ownership of a “Controlling Interest”) excluding, for this purpose, any acquisitions by (1) the Company or its Subsidiaries, (2) any person, entity or “group” that as of the date on which the Option is granted owns beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act) of a Controlling Interest, (3) any employee benefit plan of the Company or its Subsidiaries, or (4) Howard Leonhardt.

          (d) The Committee or the Board may in its sole discretion accelerate the date on which any Option may be exercised and may accelerate the vesting of any Shares subject to any Option or previously acquired by the exercise of any Option.

     9. Termination of Option Period.

          (a) Unless otherwise provided in any Option Agreement, the unexercised portion of any Option shall automatically and without notice terminate and become null and void at the time of the earliest to occur of the following:

               (i) three months after the date on which the Optionee’s Continuous Service is terminated other than by reason of (A) Cause, which, solely for purposes of this Plan, shall mean the termination of the Optionee’s Continuous Service by reason of the Optionee’s willful misconduct or gross negligence, (B) a mental or physical disability (within the meaning of Internal Revenue Code Section nee)) of the Optionee as determined by a medical doctor satisfactory to the Committee, or (C) death of the Optionee;

               (ii) immediately upon the termination of the Optionee’s Continuous Service for Cause;

               (iii) twelve months after the date on which the Optionee’s Continuous Service is terminated by reason of a mental or physical disability (within the meaning of Section 22(e) of the Code) as determined by a medical doctor satisfactory to the Committee or the Board;

               (iv) (A) twelve months after the date of termination of the Optionee’s Continuous Service by reason of the death of the Optionee, or, if later, (B) three months after the date on which the Optionee shall die if such death shall occur during the one year period specified in Subsection 9(a)(iii) hereof;

               (v) immediately in the event that the Optionee shall file any lawsuit or arbitration claim against the Company or any Subsidiary, or any of their respective officers, directors or shareholders; or

               (vi) the tenth anniversary of the date of grant of the Option.

          (b) To the extent not previously exercised, (i) each Option shall terminate immediately in the event of (1) the liquidation or dissolution of the Company, or (2) any reorganization, merger, consolidation or other form of corporate transaction (each a “Corporate Transaction”) in which either the Company does not survive or the Shares are exchange for or converted into securities issued by another entity, unless the successor or acquiring entity, or an affiliate thereof, assumes the Option or substitutes an equivalent option or right pursuant to Section 10(c) hereof, and (ii) the Committee or the Board in its sole discretion may by written notice (“cancellation notice”) cancel, effective upon the consummation of any corporate transaction described in Subsection 8(c)(i) hereof, any Option that remains unexercised on such date. The Committee or the Board shall give written notice of any proposed transaction referred to in this Section 9(b) a reasonable period of time prior to the closing date for such transaction (which notice may be given either before or after approval of such transaction), in order that Optionees may have a reasonable period of time prior to the closing date of such transaction within which to exercise any Options that then are exercisable (including any Options that may become exercisable upon the closing date of such transaction). An Optionee may condition his exercise of any Option upon the consummation of a transaction referred to in this Section 9(b).

     10. Adjustment of Shares.

          (a) If at any time while the Plan is in effect or unexercised Options are outstanding, there shall be any increase or decrease in the number of issued and outstanding Shares through the declaration of a stock dividend or through any recapitalization resulting in a stock split-up, combination or exchange of Shares, then and in that event, the Board or the Committee:

               (i) shall make appropriate adjustment in the maximum number of Shares available for grant under the Plan, or available for grant to any person under the Plan, so that the same percentage of the Company’s issued and outstanding Shares shall continue to be subject to being so optioned; and

               (ii) may, in its discretion, make any adjustments it deems appropriate in the number of Shares and the exercise price per Share thereof then subject to any outstanding Option, so that the same percentage of the Company’s issued and outstanding Shares shall remain subject to purchase at the same aggregate exercise price.

          (b) Unless otherwise provided in any Option Agreement, the Board or the Committee may change the terms of Options outstanding under this Plan, with respect to the option price or the number of Shares subject to the Options, or both, when, in the sole discretion of the Board or the Committee, such adjustments become appropriate so as to preserve benefits under the Plan.

          (c) In the event of any Corporate Transaction as defined in Section 9(b) hereof, in which the Company does not survive, or in which the Shares are exchanged for or converted into securities issued by another entity, then the successor or acquiring entity or an affiliate thereof may, with the consent of the Committee or the Board, assume each outstanding Option or substitute an equivalent option or right pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the agreement effectuating the Corporate Transaction.

          (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the issuance by the Company of shares of its capital stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of capital stock of any class, either in connection with a direct sale or upon the exercise of rights or warrants to subscribe therefor, or upon conversion of shares or obligations of the Company convertible into such shares or other securities, shall not affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made to, the number of or exercise price for Shares then subject to outstanding Options granted under the Plan.

          (e) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the existence of outstanding Options granted under the Plan shall not affect in any manner the right or power of the Company to make, authorize or consummate (i) any or all adjustments, recapitalizations, reorganizations or other changes in the Company’s capital structure or its business; (ii) any merger or consolidation of the Company; (iii) any issue by the Company of debt securities, or preferred or preference stock that would rank above the Shares subject to outstanding Options; (iv) the dissolution or liquidation of the Company; (v) any sale, transfer or assignment of all or any part of the assets or business of the Company; or (vi) any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise.

     11. Transferability of Options and Shares. No Incentive Stock Option, and unless the prior written consent of the Committee or the Board is obtained (which consent may be withheld for any reason) and the transaction does not violate the requirements of Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act no Non-Qualified Stock Option, shall be subject to alienation, assignment, pledge, charge or other transfer other than by the Optionee by will or the laws of

descent and distribution, and any attempt to make any such prohibited transfer shall be void. Each Option shall be exercisable during the Optionee’s lifetime only by the Optionee, or in the case of a Non-Qualified Stock Option that has been assigned or transferred with the prior written consent of the Committee or the Board, only by the permitted assignee.

     12. Restrictive Covenants. As a condition to an Optionee receiving a grant of an Option under this Plan, or the receiving of Shares upon exercise of such Option, the Committee or the Board may require that the Optionee comply with certain restrictive covenants to be specified in the Optionee’s Option Agreement. In such a case, the Optionee must execute an Option Agreement acknowledging the restrictive covenants set forth therein, consenting to comply with such restrictive covenants, and that the Option Agreement is conditioned on compliance with those restrictive covenants.

     13. Issuance of Shares.

          (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, the Company shall not be obligated to issue any Shares unless it is advised by counsel of its selection that it may do so without violation of the applicable Federal and State laws pertaining to the issuance of securities, and may require any stock so issued to bear a legend, may give its transfer agent instructions, and may take such other steps, as in its judgment are reasonably required to prevent any such violation.

          (b) As a condition to any sale or issuance of Shares upon exercise of any Option, the Committee or the Board may require such agreements or undertakings as the Committee or the Board may deem necessary or advisable to facilitate compliance with any applicable law or regulation including, but not limited to, the following:

               (i) a representation and warranty by the Optionee to the Company, at the time any Option is exercised, that he is acquiring the Shares to be issued to him for investment and not with a view to, or for sale in connection with, the distribution of any such Shares;

               (ii) a representation, warranty and/or agreement to be bound by any legends endorsed upon the certificate(s) for the Shares that are, in the opinion of the Committee or the Board, necessary or appropriate to facilitate compliance with the provisions of any securities laws deemed by the Committee or the Board to be applicable to the issuance and transfer of those Shares; and

               (iii) a Stockholders Agreement in a form prescribed by the Board or the Committee respecting the transfer and disposition of the Shares and restrictions thereon prior to the Publicly-Traded Date.

     14. Administration of the Plan.

          (a) The Plan shall be administered by the Board or, at the discretion of the Board, by a committee appointed by the Board (the “Committee”) which shall be composed of two or more Directors. At any time after the Publicly Traded Date, the membership of the

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Committee shall be constituted so as to comply at all times with the then applicable requirements for Outside Directors of Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act and Section 162(m) of the Code. The Committee shall serve at the pleasure of the Board and shall have the powers designated herein and such other powers as the Board may from time to time confer upon it.

          (b) The Committee or the Board from time to time, may adopt rules and regulations for carrying out the purposes of the Plan. The determinations of the Committee or the Board, and its interpretation and construction of any provision of the Plan or any Option Agreement, shall be final and conclusive.

          (c) Any and all decisions or determinations of the Committee shall be made either (i) by a majority vote of the members of the Committee at a meeting or (ii) without a meeting by the unanimous written approval of the members of the Committee.

     15. Withholding or Deduction for Taxes. If at any time specified herein for the making of any issuance or delivery of any Option or Common Stock to any Optionee, any law or regulation of any governmental authority having jurisdiction in the premises shall require the Company to withhold, or to make any deduction for, any taxes or to take any other action in connection with the issuance or delivery then to be made, the issuance or delivery shall be deferred until the withholding or deduction shall have been provided for by the Optionee or beneficiary, or other appropriate action shall have been taken.

     16. Interpretation.

          (a) As it is the intent of the Company that after the Publicly-Traded Date, the Plan shall comply in all respects with Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act (“Rule 16b-3”), any ambiguities or inconsistencies in construction of the Plan shall be interpreted to give effect to such intention, and if any provision of the Plan is found not to be in compliance with Rule 16b-3, such provision shall be deemed null and void to the extent required to permit the Plan to comply with Rule 16b-3. The Committee or the Board may from time to time adopt rules and regulations under, and amend, the Plan in furtherance of the intent of the foregoing.

          (b) The Plan and any Option Agreements entered into pursuant to the Plan shall be administered and interpreted so that all Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan will qualify as Incentive Stock Options under Section 422 of the Code. If any provision of the Plan or any Option Agreement relating to an Incentive Stock Option should be held invalid for the granting of Incentive Stock Options or illegal for any reason, that determination shall not affect the remaining provisions hereof, but instead the Plan and the Option Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if such provision had never been included in the Plan or the Option Agreement.

          (c) This Plan shall be governed by the laws of the State of Florida.

          (d) Headings contained in this Plan are for convenience only and shall in no manner be construed as part of this Plan.

          (e) Any reference to the masculine, feminine, or neuter gender shall be a reference to such other gender as is appropriate.

     17. Amendment and Discontinuation of the Plan. The Committee or the Board may from time to time amend, suspend or terminate the Plan or any Option; provided, however, that, any amendment to the Plan shall be subject to the approval of the Company’s shareholders if such shareholder approval is required by any applicable federal or state law or regulation (including, without limitation, Rule 16b-3 or to comply with Section 162(m) of the Code) or the rules of any stock exchange or automated quotation system on which the Common Stock may then be listed or granted. Except to the extent provided in Sections 9 and 10 hereof, no amendment, suspension or termination of the Plan or any Option issued hereunder shall substantially impair the rights or benefits of any Optionee pursuant to any Option previously granted without the consent of the Optionee.

     18. Effective Date and Termination Date. The effective date of the Plan is the Effective Date, and the Plan shall terminate on the 10th anniversary of the Effective Date. This Plan, as amended and restated, shall be effective as of October 8, 200l (which is the date on which the Board adopted the Plan, as so amended and restated). The Plan, as amended and restated, shall be submitted to the shareholders of the Company for their approval and adoption, and Options hereunder may be granted prior to such approval and adoption; provided, however, that any Incentive Stock Options hereunder, and but only to the extent otherwise required by law or the rules of any stock exchange or automated quotation system in which the Common Stock may be listed, any Non-Qualified Stock Options hereunder, may be granted prior to such approval and adoption but shall be contingent upon obtaining such approval and adoption.