Purposes of the Plan Contract Clauses (1,181)

Purposes of the Plan. The purposes of this Plan are: • to attract and retain the best available personnel for positions of substantial responsibility, • to provide additional incentive to Employees, Directors and Consultants, and • to promote the success of the Company's business. The Plan permits the grant of Incentive Stock Options, Nonstatutory Stock Options, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Stock Appreciation Rights and Performance Shares.

Purposes of the Plan. The purposes of this Plan are (a) to attract and retain the best available personnel to ensure the Company's success and accomplish the Company's goals; (b) to incentivize Employees, Directors and Independent Contractors with long-term equity-based compensation to align their interests with the Company's stockholders, and (c) to promote the success of the Company's business. The Plan permits the grant of Incentive Stock Options, Nonstatutory Stock Options, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit...s, Stock Appreciation Rights, Performance Units and Performance Shares. View More

Purposes of the Plan. The Plan is intended to encourage ownership of Shares by Employees and directors of and certain Consultants to the Company and its Affiliates in order to attract and retain such people, to induce them to work for the benefit of the Company or of an Affiliate and to provide additional incentive for them to promote the success of the Company or of an Affiliate. The Plan provides for the granting of ISOs, Non‐Qualified Options, Stock Grants and Stock-Based Awards. 4 3. SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN. (...a)The number of Shares which may be issued from time to time pursuant to this Plan shall be the sum of: (i) 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock and (ii) any shares of Common Stock that are represented by awards granted under the Company's 2004 Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan, 2009 Stock Plan, as amended, and the 2014 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, that are forfeited, expire or are cancelled without delivery of shares of Common Stock or which result in the forfeiture of shares of Common Stock back to the Company on or after May 31, 2018, or the equivalent of such number of Shares after the Administrator, in its sole discretion, has interpreted the effect of any stock split, stock dividend, combination, recapitalization or similar transaction in accordance with Paragraph 25 of this Plan. (b)On the first day of each fiscal year of the Company during the period beginning in fiscal year 2019, and ending on the second day of fiscal year 2028, the number of Shares that may be issued from time to time pursuant to the Plan, shall be increased by an amount equal to the lesser of (i) 4% of the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock on such date; and (iii) an amount determined by the Administrator. However, in no event shall the number of Shares available for issuance under this Plan be increased as set forth in this Subparagraph to the extent such increase, in addition to any other increases proposed by the Board in the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under all other employee or director stock plans, including, without limitation, employee stock purchase plans, would result in the total number of shares of Common Stock then available for issuance under all employee and director stock plans exceeding 20% of the outstanding shares of the Company on the first day of the applicable fiscal year. (c)If an Option ceases to be "outstanding", in whole or in part (other than by exercise), or if the Company shall reacquire (at not more than its original issuance price) any Shares issued pursuant to a Stock Grant or Stock-Based Award, or if any Stock Right expires or is forfeited, cancelled, or otherwise terminated or results in any Shares not being issued, the unissued or reacquired Shares which were subject to such Stock Right shall again be available for issuance from time to time pursuant to this Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Stock Right is exercised, in whole or in part, by tender or withholding of Shares or if the Company or an Affiliate's tax withholding obligation is satisfied by the tender or withholding of Shares, the number of Shares deemed to have been issued under the Plan for purposes of the limitation set forth in Paragraph 3(a) above shall be the number of Shares that were subject to the Stock Right or portion thereof, and not the net number of Shares actually issued. In addition, Shares repurchased by the Company with the proceeds of the option exercise price may not be reissued under the Plan. However, in the case of ISOs, the foregoing provisions shall be subject to any limitations under the Code. (d)The maximum number of shares that may be issued as ISOs under the Plan shall be 10,000,000. View More

Purposes of the Plan. The Shell Midstream Partners GP LLC 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "Plan") has been adopted by Shell Midstream Partners GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the "Company"), in its capacity as the general partner of Shell Midstream Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the "Partnership"), and is intended to promote the interests of the Partnership and the Company and their Affiliates (as defined below) by providing to employees, consultants, and directors of the Company and... its Affiliates who perform services for or on behalf of the Partnership or its Affiliates incentive compensation awards for superior performance that are based on Units (as defined below). The Plan is also contemplated to enhance the ability of the Company and its Affiliates to attract and retain the services of individuals who are essential for the growth and profitability of the Partnership and its subsidiaries and to encourage them to devote their best efforts to advancing the business of the Partnership and its subsidiaries. View More

Purposes of the Plan. The Plan is intended to encourage ownership of Shares by Employees and directors of and certain Consultants to the Company and its Affiliates in order to attract and retain such people, to induce them to work for the benefit of the Company or of an Affiliate and to provide additional incentive for them to promote the success of the Company or of an Affiliate. The Plan provides for the granting of ISOs, Non-Qualified Options, Stock Grants and Stock-Based Awards.

Purposes of the Plan. The purpose of this Plan is to serve as part of a program to attract, retain and reward a select group of the Bank's executive officers and directors by providing retirement benefits in excess of the limitations on contributions or benefits imposed by the IRC. The Plan has been amended and restated as set forth herein.

Purposes of the Plan. 2 2. Shares Subject to the Plan. 2 3. Administration of the Plan. 3 4. Stock Options. 5 5. Restricted Stock. 7 6. Restricted Stock Units. 7 7. Stock Appreciation Rights. 8 8. Performance Stock Units and Performance Shares. 9 9. Performance Awards. 9 10. Outside Director Limitations. 9 11. Leaves of Absence/Transfer Between Locations/Change of Status. 10 12. Transferability of Awards. 10 13. Adjustments; Dissolution or Liquidation. 11 14. Change in Control 11 15. Tax Matters. 13 16. Other Terms. ...13 17. Term of Plan. 14 18. Amendment and Termination of the Plan. 14 19. Conditions Upon Issuance of Shares. 15 20. Stockholder Approval. 15 21. Definitions. 15 1. Purposes of the Plan. The purposes of this Plan are to attract and retain personnel for positions with the Company, to provide additional incentive to Employees, Directors, and Consultants (collectively, "Service Providers"), and to promote the success of the Company's business. The Plan permits the grant of Incentive Stock Options to Employees and the grant of Nonstatutory Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares, Performance Stock Units, and Performance Awards to any Service Provider. View More

Purposes of the Plan. The purpose of this Plan is to attract and retain the best available personnel for positions of substantial responsibility by providing an inducement material to individuals' entering into employment with the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company. The Plan permits the grant of Nonstatutory Stock Options, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Stock Appreciation Rights, Performance Units and Performance Shares. Each Award under the Plan is intended to qualify as an employment indu...cement award under the Listing Rule 5635(c)(4) or to qualify under the exception relating to plans or arrangements relating to an acquisition or merger under the Listing Rule 5635(c)(3). View More

Purposes of the Plan. The Plan is intended to increase stockholder value and the success of the Company by motivating Employees to (a) perform to the best of their abilities and (b) achieve the Company's objectives.

Purposes of the Plan. The purpose of this Plan is to enhance shareholder value by linking the compensation of officers, directors, key employees and consultants of the Company to increases in the price of Monopar Therapeutics Inc. common stock and the achievement of other performance objectives, and to encourage ownership in the Company by key personnel and consultants whose long-term employment and retention is considered essential to the Company's continued progress and success. The Plan is also intended to assist ...the Company in the recruitment of new employees and consultants and to motivate, retain and encourage such employees, directors and consultants to act in the shareholders' interest and share in the Company's success. View More