EXHIBIT 10.4

 

REMEC, INC.

 

1996 NONEMPLOYEE DIRECTORS STOCK OPTION PLAN

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED AS OF JUNE 14, 2002

 

1.    PURPOSE.

The purpose of this Plan is to offer Nonemployee Directors of REMEC, Inc. an
opportunity to acquire a proprietary interest in the success of the Company, or
to increase such interest, by purchasing shares of the Company’s Common Stock.
This Plan provides for the grant of Options to purchase Shares. Options granted
hereunder shall be “Nonstatutory Options,” and shall not include “incentive
stock options” intended to qualify for treatment under Sections 421 and 422 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

2.    DEFINITIONS.

As used herein, the following definitions shall apply:

  (a)   “Administrator” shall mean the entity, either the Board or the committee
of the Board, responsible for administering this Plan, as provided in Section 3.

  (b)   “Affiliate” means a parent or subsidiary corporation as defined in the
applicable provisions (currently, Sections 424(e) and (f), respectively) of the
Code.

  (c)   “Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company, as constituted
from time to time.

  (d)   “Change in Control” shall mean the occurrence of any one of the
following:

  (i)   any “person”, as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the
Exchange Act (other than the Company, an Affiliate, or a Company employee
benefit plan, including any trustee of such plan acting as trustee) is or
becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange
Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 35% or
more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities;

  (ii)   the solicitation of proxies (within the meaning of Rule 14a-1(k) under
the Exchange Act and any successor rule) with respect to the election of any
director

 

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       of the Company where such solicitation is for any candidate who is not a
candidate proposed by a majority of the Board in office prior to the time of
such election; or

  (iii) the dissolution or liquidation (partial or total) of the Company or a
sale of assets involving 30% or more of the assets of the Company, or any merger
or reorganization of the Company, whether or not another entity is the survivor,
or other transaction pursuant to which the holders, as a group, of all of the
shares of the Company outstanding prior to the transaction hold, as a group,
less than 70% of the shares of the Company outstanding after the transaction.

  (e)   “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from
time to time, and any successor statute.

  (f)   “Company” shall mean REMEC, Inc., a California corporation.

  (g)   “Common Stock” shall mean the Common Stock of the Company.

  (h)   “Disability” means permanent and total disability as determined by the
Administrator in accordance with the standards set forth in Section 22(e)(3) of
the Code.

  (i)   “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
from time to time, and any successor statute.

  (j)   “Expiration Date” shall mean the last day of the term of an Option
established under Section 6(c).

  (k)   “Fair Market Value” means as of any given date (a) the closing price of
the Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market as reported in The Wall Street
Journal; or (b) if the Common Stock is no longer quoted on the Nasdaq National
Market but is listed on an established stock exchange or quoted on any other
established interdealer quotation system, the closing price for the Common Stock
on such exchange or system, as reported in The Wall Street Journal.

  (l)   “Nonemployee Director” shall mean any person who is a member of the
Board but is not an employee of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company and
has not been an employee of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company at any
time during the preceding twelve months. Service as a director does not in
itself constitute employment for purposes of this definition.

 

 

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  (m)   “Option” shall mean a stock option granted pursuant to this Plan. Each
Option shall be a nonstatutory option not intended to qualify as an incentive
stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.

  (n)   “Option Agreement” shall mean the written agreement described in Section
6 evidencing the grant of an Option to a Nonemployee Director and containing the
terms, conditions and restrictions pertaining to such Option.

  (o)   “Optionee” shall mean a Nonemployee Director who holds an Option.

  (p)   “Plan” shall mean this REMEC, Inc. 1996 Nonemployee Directors Stock
Option Plan, as it may be amended from time to time.

  (q)   “Section” unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, shall refer to
a Section of this Plan.

  (r)   “Shares” shall mean the shares of Common Stock subject to an Option
granted under this Plan.

  (s)   “Tax Date” means the date defined in Section 7(c).

  (t)   “Termination” means, for purposes of the Plan, with respect to an
Optionee, that the Optionee has ceased to be, for any reason, a director of the
Company.

  (u)   “Window Period” means any twenty (20) day period beginning on the third
business day following the date of release for publication of the Company’s
quarterly or annual summary statements of earnings or such other period as is
specified in Rule 16b-3(e) under the Exchange Act, as such rule may be amended
from time to time, or any successor to such rule.

 

3.     ADMINISTRATION.

  (a)   Administrator. The Plan shall be administered by the Board or, upon
delegation by the Board, by a committee consisting of not fewer than two
non-employee directors (as that term is defined in Rule 16(b)(3)(i) of the
Exchange Act) (in either case, the “Administrator”). The Administrator shall
have no authority, discretion or power to select the Nonemployee Directors who
will receive Options hereunder or to set the number of shares to be covered by
each Option granted hereunder, the exercise price of such Option, the timing of
the grant of such Option or the period within which such Option may be
exercised. In connection with the administration of the Plan, the

 

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       Administrator shall have the powers possessed by the Board. The
Administrator may act only by a majority of its members. The Administrator may
delegate administrative duties to such employees of the Company, as it deems
proper, so long as such delegation is not otherwise prohibited by Rule 16b-3
under the Exchange Act. The Board at any time may terminate the authority
delegated to any committee of the Board pursuant to this Section 3(a) and revest
in the Board the administration of the Plan.

  (b)   Administrator Determinations Binding. Subject to the limitations set
forth in Section 3(a), the Administrator may adopt, alter and repeal
administrative rules, guidelines and practices governing the Plan as it from
time to time shall deem advisable, may interpret the terms and provisions of the
Plan, any Option and any Option Agreement and may otherwise supervise the
administration of the Plan. All decisions made by the Administrator under the
Plan shall be binding on all persons, including the Company and Optionees. No
member of the Administrator shall be liable for any action that he or she has in
good faith taken or failed to take with respect to this Plan or any Option.

 

4.    ELIGIBILITY.

Only Nonemployee Directors may receive Options under this Plan.

 

5.    SHARES SUBJECT TO PLAN.

  (a)   Aggregate Number. Subject to Section 9, the total number of shares of
Common Stock reserved and available for issuance pursuant to Options under this
Plan shall be 450,000 shares. (This number reflects (i) the increase in the
authorized number of shares under the Plan approved by shareholders on June 6,
1997 and (ii) the adjustment by the Board to the authorized number of shares
pursuant to Section 9 of the Plan to account for the three-for-two split of
Common Stock effected as a 50% stock dividend payable on June 27, 1997 to
shareholders of record as of June 20, 1997; the adjustment by the Board to the
authorized number of shares pursuant to Section 9 of the Plan to account for the
three-for-two split of Common Stock effected as a 50% stock dividend payable on
June 30, 2000 to shareholders of record as of June 19, 2000.) Such shares may
consist, in whole or in part, of authorized and unissued shares or shares
reacquired in private transactions or open market purchases, but all shares
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       source shall be counted against the 450,000 share limitation. If any
Option terminates or expires without being exercised in full, the shares
issuable under such Option shall again be available for issuance in connection
with other Options. If shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to an Option are
repurchased by the Company, such Common Stock shall not again be available for
issuance in connection with Options. To the extent the number of shares of
Common Stock issued pursuant to an Option is reduced to satisfy withholding tax
obligations, the number of shares withheld to satisfy the withholding tax
obligations shall not be available for later grant under the Plan.

  (b)   No Rights as a Shareholder. An Optionee shall have no rights as a
shareholder with respect to any Shares covered by his or her Option until the
issuance (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or
its duly authorized transfer agent) of a stock certificate evidencing such
Shares. Subject to Section 9, no adjustment shall be made for dividends
(ordinary or extraordinary, whether in cash, securities or other property),
distributions, or other rights for which the record date is prior to the date
the certificate is issued.

 

6.    GRANT OF OPTIONS.

  (a)   Mandatory Initial Option Grants. Subject to the terms and conditions of
this Plan, if any person who is not, and has not been in the preceding twelve
(12) months, an officer or employee of the Company and who has not previously
been a member of the Board is elected or appointed as a member of the Board,
then on the effective date of such appointment or election the Company shall
grant to such new Nonemployee Director an Option to purchase 25,000 Shares at an
exercise price equal to the Fair Market Value of such Shares on the date of such
option grant. This Section 6(a) shall apply to elections and appointments
beginning on and including May 29, 1996 and thereafter.

  (b)   Mandatory Annual Option Grants. Subject to the terms and conditions of
this Plan, on May 29, 1996 and annually thereafter on the same day that options
are granted to employee Directors and other senior executives of the Company,
the Company shall grant to each such Nonemployee Director then in office (other
than a Nonemployee director who received a Grant under Section 6(a) on that date
or in the previous six (6)

 

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       months) an Option to purchase 9,000 Shares at an exercise price equal to
the Fair Market Value of such Shares on the date of such option grant.

  (c)   Terms; Vesting. Subject to the other provisions of this Plan, each
Option granted pursuant to this Plan shall be for a term of nine (9) years. Each
Option granted under Section 6(a) shall become exercisable 30% at the end of the
first year, 30% at the end of the second year and 40% at the end of the third
year so that the Option is 100% exercisable at the end of the third year from
the date of grant. Options granted under Section 6(b) shall become exercisable
daily (based on a 365 day year) beginning on the day after the date of grant so
that 30% of the number of Shares covered by such Option are exercisable on the
first anniversary of the date of grant, 30% of the number of Shares covered by
such Option are exercisable on the second anniversary of the date of grant and
40% of the numbers of Shares covered by such Option are exercisable on the third
anniversary of the date of grant so that such Option shall be fully exercisable
on the third anniversary of the date such Option was granted.

  (d)   Limitation on Other Grants. The Administrator shall have no discretion
to grant Options under this Plan other than as set forth in Sections 6(a) and
6(b).

  (e)   Option Agreement. As soon as practicable after the grant of an Option,
the Company and the Optionee shall enter into a written Option Agreement
identifying the date of grant, the number of Shares granted and specifying the
terms and conditions applicable to the Option. A subsequent Option grant to the
Optionee that is subject to the same terms and conditions as the initial or the
most recent previous Option grant does not require a separate Option Agreement.
Such an Option may be granted by appending or amending an exhibit to the initial
or most recent previous Option Agreement identifying the effective date of the
Option, the number of Shares granted, and the option price. If a subsequent
Option grant to the Optionee is subject to terms and conditions that are
different than the initial or the most recent previous Option Agreement, or if
there are intervening amendments, alterations, or modifications to the Plan, the
Company and the Optionee shall enter into another written Option Agreement
specifying the effective date of the Option, the number of Shares granted, the
option price, and the terms and conditions of that Award.

 

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  (f)   Transferability. Except as expressly permitted by the Administrator, no
Option granted under this Plan shall be assignable or otherwise transferable by
the Optionee except by will, pursuant to a domestic relations order (within the
meaning of Rule 16a-12 promulgated under the Exchange Act) or by the laws of
descent and distribution. No Option may be assigned before it has vested.

  (g)   Limits on Exercise. Subject to the other provisions of this Plan, an
Option shall be exercisable in such amounts as are specified in the Option
Agreement.

  (h)   Exercise Procedures. To the extent the right to purchase Shares has
accrued, Options may be exercised, in whole or in part, from time to time, by
written notice from the Optionee to the Company stating the number of Shares
being purchased, accompanied by payment of the exercise price for the Shares,
and other applicable amounts, as provided in Section 7.

  (i)   Termination. In the event of Termination, Options held at the date of
Termination (and only to the extent then exercisable) may be exercised in whole
or in part at any time within three months after the date of Termination (but in
no event after the Expiration Date), but not thereafter. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if Termination is due to retirement or to death or Disability,
Options held at the date of Termination (and only to the extent then
exercisable) may be exercised in whole or in part by the Optionee in the case of
retirement or Disability, by the participant’s guardian or legal representative
or by the person to whom the Option is transferred by will or the laws of
descent and distribution, at any time within two years from the date of
Termination (but in no event after the Expiration Date).

 

7.    PAYMENT AND TAXES UPON EXERCISE OF OPTIONS.

  (a)   Purchase Price. The purchase price of Shares issued under this Plan
shall be paid in full at the time an Option is exercised.

  (b)   Delivery of Purchase Price. Optionees may make all or any portion of any
payment due to the Company

  (i)   upon exercise of an Option, or

  (ii)   with respect to federal, state, local or foreign tax payable in
connection with the exercise of an Option, by delivery of (x) cash, (y) check,
or (z) shares of Common

 

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       Stock so long as, if applicable, such property constitutes valid
consideration for the Common Stock under, and otherwise complies with,
applicable law. Exercise of an Option may be made pursuant to a “cashless
exercise/sale” procedure pursuant to which funds to pay for exercise of the
Option are delivered to the Company by a broker upon receipt of stock
certificates from the Company, or pursuant to which Optionees obtain margin
loans from brokers to fund the exercise of the Option.

  (c)   Tax Withholding. The Optionee shall pay to the Company in cash, promptly
upon exercise of an Option or, if later, the date that the amount of such
obligations becomes determinable (in either case, the “Tax Date”), all
applicable federal, state, local and foreign withholding taxes that the
Administrator, in its discretion, determines to result upon exercise of an
Option or from a transfer or other disposition of shares of Common Stock
acquired upon exercise of an Option or otherwise related to an Option or shares
of Common Stock acquired in connection with an Option.

 

       A person who has exercised an Option may make an election (i) to tender
to the Company previously-owned shares of Common Stock, or (ii) to have shares
of Common Stock to be obtained upon exercise of the Option withheld by the
Company.

 

       Any shares tendered to or withheld by the Company will be valued at Fair
Market Value on such date. The value of the shares of Common Stock tendered or
withheld may not exceed the required federal, state, local and foreign
withholding tax obligations as computed by the Company.

 

8.    USE OF PROCEEDS.

Proceeds from the sale of Shares pursuant to this Plan shall be used for general
corporate purposes.

 

9.    ADJUSTMENT OF SHARES.

In the event of any merger, reorganization, consolidation, recapitalization,
stock dividend, stock split or other change in corporate structure affecting the
Common Stock, appropriate adjustments

 

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shall be made by the Administrator in the aggregate number and kind of shares of
Stock reserved for issuance under the Plan and in the number, kind and exercise
price of shares subject to outstanding Options; provided, however, that the
number of shares subject to any Option shall always be a whole number.

 

10. EFFECT OF CHANGE IN CONTROL.

In the event of a “Change in Control,” any Options outstanding as of the date
such Change in Control is determined to have occurred and not then exercisable
and vested shall become fully exercisable and vested.

 

11. NO RIGHT TO DIRECTORSHIP.

Neither this Plan nor any Option granted hereunder shall confer upon any
Optionee any right with respect to continuation of the Optionee’s membership on
the Board or shall interfere in any way with provisions in the Company’s
Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws relating to the election, appointment,
terms of office, and removal of members of the Board.

 

12. LEGAL REQUIREMENTS.

The Company shall not be obligated to offer or sell any Shares upon exercise of
any Option unless the Shares are at that time effectively registered or exempt
from registration under the federal securities laws and the offer and sale of
the Shares are otherwise in compliance with all applicable securities laws and
the regulations of any stock exchange on which the Company’s securities may then
be listed. The Company shall have no obligation to register the securities
covered by this Plan under the federal securities laws or take any other steps
as may be necessary to enable the securities covered by this Plan to be offered
and sold under federal or other securities laws. Upon exercising all or any
portion of an Option, an Optionee may be required to furnish representations or
undertakings deemed appropriate by the Company to enable the offer and sale of
the Shares or subsequent transfers of any interest in the Shares to comply with
applicable securities laws. Certificates evidencing Shares acquired upon
exercise of Options shall bear any legend required by, or useful for purposes of
compliance with, applicable securities laws, this Plan or the Option Agreements.

 

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13. DURATION AND AMENDMENTS.

  (a)   Duration. The Plan shall become effective upon adoption by the Board
provided, however, that no Option shall be exercisable unless and until approval
of the shareholders of the Company is obtained at the next annual meeting
following adoption of the Plan by the Board.

  (b)   Amendment and Termination. The Board may amend, alter or discontinue the
Plan or any Option, but no amendment, alteration or discontinuance shall be made
which would impair the rights of an Optionee under an outstanding Option without
the Optionee’s consent. No amendment shall require shareholder approval except
(i) an increase in the total number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to
Options under the Plan or (ii) to the extent required by laws, rules or
regulations or (iii) to the extent the Board otherwise concludes that
shareholder approval is advisable.

  (c)   Effect of Amendment or Termination. No Shares shall be issued or sold
under this Plan after the termination hereof, except upon exercise of an Option
granted before termination. Termination or amendment of this Plan shall not
affect any Shares previously issued and sold or any Option previously granted
under this Plan.

 

14. RULE 16B-3.

With respect to persons subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, transactions
under this Plan are intended to comply with the applicable conditions of Rule
16b-3 under the Exchange Act. To the extent any provision of this Plan or action
by the Administrator fails to so comply, it shall be adjusted to comply with
Rule 16b-3, to the extent permitted by law and deemed advisable by the
Administrator. It shall be the responsibility of persons subject to Section 16
of the Exchange Act, not of the Company or the Administrator, to comply with the
requirements of Section 16 of the Exchange Act; and neither the Company nor the
Administrator shall be liable if this Plan or any transaction under this Plan
fails to comply with the applicable conditions of Rule 16b-3, or if any such
person incurs any liability under Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

 

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Adopted by the Board of Directors: May 29, 1996.

Amended and Restated by the Board of Directors: April 28, 1997.

Amended by the Board of Directors: June 6, 1997.

Approved by the shareholders: June 6, 1997.

Amended by the Board of Directors: December 5, 1997.

Amended by the Board of Directors: June 12, 1998.

Amended by the Board of Directors: March 8, 1999.

Amended by the Administrator: March 5, 2000.

Amended by the Board of Directors: June 7, 2000.

Amended by the Administrator: March 4, 2001.

Amended by the Board of Directors: June 14, 2002.

 

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