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Exhibit 10.26




MarineMax, Inc.

2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan




ARTICLE I

PURPOSE




     1.1 Name. This Stock Purchase Plan shall be known as the MarineMax 2008 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan (the “Plan”).



     1.2 Purpose. The Plan is intended to provide a method whereby employees of MarineMax, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and one or more of its Subsidiary Corporations will have an
opportunity to acquire a proprietary interest in the Company through the purchase of shares of the
Common Stock of the Company.



     1.3 Qualification. It is the intention of the Company to have the Plan qualify as an
“employee stock purchase plan” under Section 423 of the Code. The provisions of the Plan shall be
construed so as to extend and limit participation in a manner consistent with the requirements of
that section of the Code.



ARTICLE II

DEFINITIONS




     2.1 Base Pay. “Base Pay” shall mean all annual cash compensation received by an Employee. If
any Offering is a six-month Offering, the Base Pay shall be divided by one-half.



     2.2 Code. “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code, as amended.



     2.3 Closing Price. “Closing Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.2.



     2.4 Committee. “Committee” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.1.



     2.5 Employee. “Employee” shall mean any person who is customarily employed on a full-time or
part-time basis by the Company and is regularly scheduled to work more than 20 hours per week.



     2.6 Offering. “Offering” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.



     2.7 Offering Commencement Date. “Offering Commencement Date” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 4.1.



     2.8 Offering Termination Date. “Offering Termination Date” shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 4.1.



     2.9 Option. “Option” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.



     2.10 Option Price. “Option Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.2.



     2.11 Participating Company. “Participating Company” shall mean the Company and such
Subsidiary Corporations as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors of the
Company.



     2.12 Participant. “Participant” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.4.



     2.13 Participation Amount. “Participation Amount” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 5.1.



     2.14 Stock. “Stock” shall mean the Common Stock of the Company, par value one-tenth of one
cent ($.001 per share).



     2.15 Subsidiary Corporation. “Subsidiary Corporation” shall mean any present or future
corporation which would be a “subsidiary corporation” of the Company, as that term is defined in
Code Section 424.



 









 





ARTICLE III

ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION




     3.1 Initial Eligibility. Any Employee who shall have completed one year of continuous
employment with a Participating Company and is employed by a Participating Company on the date such
Employee’s participation in the Plan is to become effective shall be eligible to participate in
Offerings under the Plan that commence on or after such one-year employment period has concluded.
Any corporation that becomes a Subsidiary Corporation after the initial Offering Commencement Date
shall become a Participating Company only upon the decision of the Board of Directors of the
Company to designate such Subsidiary Corporation as a Participating Company and to extend the
benefits of the Plan to its eligible Employees.



     3.2 Leave of Absence. For purposes of participation in the Plan, a person on leave of
absence shall be deemed to be an Employee for the first 90 days of such leave of absence and such
Employee’s employment shall be deemed to have terminated at the close of business on the 90th day
of such leave of absence unless such Employee shall have returned to regular full-time or part-time
employment (as the case may be) prior to the close of business on such 90th day. Termination by a
Participating Company of any Employee’s leave of absence, other than termination of such leave of
absence on return to full time or part time employment, shall terminate an Employee’s employment
for all purposes of the Plan and shall terminate such Employee’s participation in the Plan and
right to exercise any Option.



     3.3 Restrictions on Participation. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the
contrary, no Employee shall be granted an Option to participate in the Plan:



     (a) if, immediately after the grant, such Employee would own Stock, and/or hold outstanding
Options to purchase Stock, possessing five percent or more of the total combined voting power or
value of all classes of Stock of the Company (for purposes of this paragraph, the rules of Section
424(d) of the Code shall apply in determining Stock ownership of any Employee); or



     (b) which permits such Employee’s rights to purchase Stock under all employee stock purchase
plans of the Company and all Participating Companies to accrue at a rate that exceeds $25,000 in
fair market value of the Stock (determined at the time such Option is granted) for each calendar
year in which such Option is outstanding.



     3.4 Commencement of Participation. An eligible Employee may become a participant
(“Participant”) by completing the enrollment forms prescribed by the Committee (including a
purchase agreement and a payroll deduction authorization) and filing such forms with the designated
office of the Company prior to the Offering Commencement Date for the next scheduled Offering.
Payroll deductions for a Participant shall commence on the next scheduled Offering Commencement
Date when such Participant’s authorization for a payroll deduction becomes effective and shall
continue in effect for the term of this Plan, except to the extent such payroll deduction is
changed in accordance with this Section 3.4 or terminated in accordance with Article 8. Subject to
Section 5.4, a Participant may, at any time, increase or decrease the rate of, or cease,
the Participant’s payroll deductions by filing the appropriate form with the designated office of
the Company and such change shall become effective as of the next applicable Offering Commencement
Date.



ARTICLE IV

OFFERINGS




     4.1 Annual Offerings. The Plan will be implemented by up to ten annual offerings
(“Offerings”) of the Company’s Stock beginning on the 1st day of October in each of the years 2008
through 2017, with each Offering terminating on September 30 of the next year; provided, however,
that each annual Offering may, in the discretion of the Committee exercised prior to the
commencement thereof, be divided into two six-month Offerings commencing respectively, on October 1
and April 1, and terminating six months thereafter. As used in the Plan, “Offering Commencement
Date” means the October 1 or April 1, as the case may be,
on which the particular
Offering begins and “Offering Termination Date” means the March 31 or September 30, as the
case may be, on



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which the particular Offering terminates. Any decision of the Committee to adjust
the number of shares of Stock in an Offering must be made prior to the Offering Commencement Date
of that Offering.



ARTICLE V

PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS




     5.1 Percentage of Participation. At the time an Employee files authorization for payroll
deductions and becomes a Participant in the Plan, the Employee shall elect to have deductions made
from the Employee’s pay on each payday during the time the Employee is a Participant in an
Offering. Such deductions shall be an amount equal to the Employee’s Participation Amount divided
by the number of payroll periods occurring during the Offering. An Employee’s “Participation
Amount” shall equal the rate of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 percent (as elected by the
Employee) times such Employee’s Base Pay in effect at the Offering Commencement Date of such
Offering; provided, however, that prior to any Offering Commencement Date, the Committee shall have
the discretion to limit deductions to less than 10 percent (but no less than 5 percent) for any
Offering.



     5.2 Calculation of Base Pay. An Employee’s Base Pay as of an Offering Commencement Date and
whether an Employee is “part-time” shall be determined in the discretion of the Committee based on
the provisions of this Plan. In calculating an Employee’s normal weekly rate of pay under this
Section 5.2, retroactive adjustments occurring during an Offering that are retroactive to the last
day prior to the Offering Commencement Date of that particular Offering shall be taken into
account. In addition, if an Employee’s Base Pay includes commissions, the Committee may set such
Employee’s Base Pay based upon commission averages and standards as determined in the discretion of
the Committee.



     5.3 Participant’s Account. All payroll deductions made for a Participant pursuant to this
Article 5 shall be credited to such Participant’s account under the Plan. A Participant may not
make any separate cash payment into such account except when on leave of absence and then only as
provided in Section 5.5.



     5.4 Changes in Payroll Deductions. A Participant may discontinue participation in the Plan
as provided in Article 8, but no other change can be made during an Offering and, specifically, a
Participant may not alter the amount of such Participant’s payroll deductions for that Offering.



     5.5 Leave of Absence. If a Participant goes on a leave of absence, such Participant shall
have the right to elect: (a) to withdraw the balance in such Participant’s account pursuant to
Section 8.1 hereof, or (b) to discontinue contributions to the Plan but remain a Participant in the
Plan, or remain a Participant in the Plan during such leave of absence, authorizing deductions to
be made from payments by the Company to the Participant during such leave of absence and
undertaking to make cash payments to the Plan at the end of each payroll period to the extent that
amounts payable by the Participating Company to such Participant are insufficient to meet such
Participant’s authorized Plan deductions.



ARTICLE VI

GRANTING OF OPTION




     6.1 Number of Option Shares. On each Offering Commencement Date, a Participant shall be
deemed to have been granted an option (“Option”) to purchase a maximum number of shares of Stock
equal to the Participation Amount with respect to such Participant, divided by the Option Price,
determined as provided in Section 6.2 hereof.



     6.2 Option Price. The “Option Price” of Stock for each Offering shall be the lower of (a)
85% of the Closing Price of the Stock on the Offering Commencement Date, or (b) 85% of the Closing
Price of the Stock on the Offering Termination Date. The “Closing Price” of the Stock as to a
particular day shall be the closing price of the Stock as reported for such day in the Wall Street
Journal or in such other source as the Committee deems reliable. If the Stock is not traded on the
New York Stock Exchange or other principal exchange or market on which it is authorized or listed
for trading on the Offering Commencement Date and/or Offering Termination Date, as the case may be,
the Closing Price for the Stock as to either of such dates on which such trading did not occur
shall be the Closing Price on the nearest prior business day on which trading did occur.



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ARTICLE VII

EXERCISE OF OPTION




     7.1 Automatic Exercise. Unless a Participant gives written notice to the Company as
hereinafter provided, such Participant’s Option for the purchase of Stock granted under Section 6.1
hereof will be deemed to have been exercised automatically on the Offering Termination Date
applicable to such Offering for the purchase of the number of full shares of Stock that the
accumulated payroll deductions in such Participant’s account at that time will purchase at the
applicable Option Price (but not in excess of the number of shares for which Options have been
granted to the Employee pursuant to Section 6.1 hereof).



     7.2 Fractional Shares. Fractional shares will not be issued under the Plan and any
accumulated payroll deductions that would have been used to purchase fractional shares will be, at
the option of the Committee, either (a) returned (without interest) to the Participant promptly
following the termination of an Offering, or (b) added to the Participation Amount for such
Participant and held for the purchase of Stock in connection with the next Offering; provided,
however, that such amount (without interest) shall be refunded to any Participant who provides the
Company with a written request for a refund prior to the use of such amount to purchase Stock at
the end of the next Offering.



     7.3 Transferability of Option. During a Participant’s lifetime, Options held by such
Participant shall be exercisable only by such Participant.



     7.4 Delivery of Stock. As promptly as practicable after the Offering Termination Date of
each Offering, the Company will deliver to each Participant, as appropriate, the Stock purchased
upon exercise of such Participant’s Option. All Stock delivered to each Participant will contain a
restriction stating that such Stock is restricted from being transferred for a period of one year
from the date of issuance unless the Committee otherwise consents. The Committee may withhold its
consent to any such transfer in its absolute and sole discretion. Any transfer in violation of the
legend placed on each such stock certificate shall be void ab initio. In no event, however, shall
Stock be forfeited for violation of the transfer restriction.



ARTICLE VIII

WITHDRAWAL




     8.1 In General. At any time prior to the last five days of an Offering, a Participant may
withdraw payroll deductions credited to such Participant’s account under the Plan by giving written
notice to the designated office of the Company, which withdrawal notice shall be in form and
substance as decided by the Committee. All of the Participant’s payroll deductions credited to the
Participant’s account will be paid to the Participant promptly after receipt of such Participant’s
notice of withdrawal, and no further payroll deductions will be made from the Participant’s pay
during such Offering or during any subsequent Offering unless the Participant re-enrolls as
provided in Section 8.2 hereof. The Company may, at its option, treat any attempt by a Participant
to borrow on the security of such Participant’s accumulated payroll deductions as an election to
withdraw such deductions.



     8.2 Effect on Subsequent Participation. An Employee’s withdrawal from any Offering will not
have any effect upon such Employee’s eligibility to participate in any succeeding Offering or in
any similar plan that may hereafter be adopted by the Company. In order to be eligible for a
subsequent Offering; however, an Employee who has withdrawn from an Offering must satisfy the
requirements of Section 3.4 hereof prior to the Offering Commencement Date of such subsequent
Offering.



     8.3 Termination of Employment. Upon termination of a Participant’s employment for any
reason, including retirement (but excluding death or permanent disablement while in the employ of a
Participating Company or continuation of a leave of absence for a period beyond 90 days), the
payroll deductions credited to such Participant’s account will be returned to the Participant, or,
in the case of the Participant’s death subsequent to the termination of such Participant’s
employment, to the person or persons entitled thereto under Section 12.1 hereof.



     8.4 Termination of Employment Due to Death. Upon termination of a Participant’s employment
because of death or permanent disablement, the Participant or Participant’s beneficiary (as defined
in Section 12.1 hereof)



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shall have the right to elect, by written notice given to the designated office of the Company
prior to the earlier of the Offering Termination Date or the expiration of a period of 60 days
commencing with the termination of the Participant’s employment, either:



     (a) to withdraw all of the payroll deductions credited to the Participant’s account under the
Plan; or



     (b) to exercise the Participant’s Option on the next Offering Termination Date and purchase
the number of full shares of Stock that the accumulated payroll deductions in the Participant’s
account at the date of the Participant’s cessation of employment will purchase at the applicable
Option Price, and any excess in such account will be returned to said beneficiary, without
interest.



     In the event that no such written notice of election shall be duly received by the designated
office of the Company, the beneficiary shall automatically be deemed to have elected, pursuant to
paragraph (b), to exercise the Participant’s Option.



     8.5 Leave of Absence. A Participant on leave of absence shall, subject to the election made
by such Participant pursuant to Section 5.5 hereof, continue to be a Participant in the Plan so
long as such Participant is on continuous leave of absence. A Participant who has been on leave of
absence for more than 90 days and who therefore is not an Employee for the purpose of the Plan
shall not be entitled to participate in any Offering commencing after the 90th day of such leave of
absence. Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan, unless a Participant on leave of absence
returns to regular full time or part time employment with the Company at the earlier of: (a) the
termination of such leave of absence, or (b) three months after the 90th day of such leave of
absence, such Participant’s participation in the Plan shall terminate on whichever of such dates
first occurs.



ARTICLE IX

INTEREST




     9.1 Payment of Interest. No interest will be paid or allowed on any money paid into the Plan
or credited to the account of any Participant, including any interest paid on any and all money
which is distributed to a Participant or such Participant’s beneficiary pursuant to the provisions
of Sections 7.2, 8.1, 8.3, 8.4 and 10.1 hereof.



ARTICLE X

STOCK




     10.1 Maximum Shares. The maximum number of shares of Stock that shall be issued under the
Plan, subject to adjustment upon changes in capitalization of the Company as provided in Section
12.4 hereof, shall be 500,000 shares plus the number of shares reserved for issuance under the
Company’s 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “1998 Plan”) that are not purchased as of the
expiration date of the 1998 Plan. If the total number of shares for which Options are exercised on
any Offering Termination Date in accordance with Article 6 exceeds the maximum number of shares for
the applicable Offering, the Company shall make a pro rata allocation of the shares available for
delivery and distribution in as nearly a uniform manner as shall be practicable and as the
Committee shall determine to be equitable, and the balance of payroll deductions credited to the
account of each Participant under the Plan shall be returned to such Participant as promptly as
possible.



     10.2 Participant’s Interest in Option Stock. A Participant will have no interest in Stock
covered by such Participant’s Option until such Option has been exercised.



     10.3 Issuance of Shares. The shares issued upon the exercise of any such Option may be, as
the Committee may from time to time determine: (i) unissued shares of Stock, (ii) shares of Stock
now held as treasury shares; or (iii) shares of Stock subsequently acquired by the Company,
including, without limitation, shares of Stock purchased in the open market by the Company.



     10.4 Registration of Stock. Stock to be delivered to a Participant under the Plan will be
registered in the name of the Participant, or, if the Participant so directs by written notice to
the designated office of the Company



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prior to the Offering Termination Date applicable thereto, in
the names of the Participant and the Participant’s spouse, in the form and manner permitted by
applicable law.



     10.5 Restrictions on Exercise. The Board of Directors may, in its discretion, require as
conditions to the exercise of any Option that the shares of Stock reserved for issuance upon the
exercise of the Option shall have been duly listed, upon official notice of issuance, upon the New
York Stock Exchange or other principal exchange or market on which the Common Stock is authorized
or listed for trading, and that either:



     (a) a Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with respect to
said shares shall be effective; or



     (b) the Participant shall have represented at the time of purchase, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Company, that it is such Participant’s intention to purchase the shares for
investment and not for resale or distribution.



ARTICLE XI

ADMINISTRATION




     11.1 Appointment of Committee. The Board of Directors shall appoint a committee
(“Committee”) to administer the Plan, which shall consist of no fewer than two (2) members of the
Board of Directors. Members of the Committee who are Employees shall be eligible to purchase Stock
under the Plan.



     11.2 Authority of Committee. Subject to the express provisions of the Plan, the Committee
shall have plenary authority in its discretion to interpret and construe any and all provisions of
the Plan, to adopt rules and regulations for administering the Plan, and to make all other
determinations deemed necessary or advisable for administering the Plan. The Committee’s
determination regarding the foregoing matters shall be conclusive. The Committee may delegate its
authority as it deems necessary or appropriate.



     11.3 Rules Governing Administration of the Committee. The Board of Directors may from time
to time appoint members of the Committee in substitution for or in addition to members previously
appointed and may fill vacancies, however caused, in the Committee. The Committee may select one of
its members as its Chairman and shall hold its meetings at such times and places as it shall deem
advisable and may hold telephonic meetings. A majority of its members shall constitute a quorum.
All determinations of the Committee shall be made by a majority of its members. The Committee may
correct any defect or omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan, in the manner and to the
extent it shall deem desirable. Any decision or determination reduced to writing and signed by a
majority of the members of the Committee shall be as fully effective as if it had been made by a
majority vote at a meeting duly called and held. The Committee may appoint a secretary and shall
make such rules and regulations for the conduct of its business as it shall deem advisable.



ARTICLE XII

MISCELLANEOUS




     12.1 Designation of Beneficiary. A Participant may file a written designation of a
beneficiary who is to receive any Stock and/or cash that such Participant would be entitled to
under the Plan. Such designation of beneficiary may be changed by the Participant at any time by
written notice to the designated office of the Company. Upon the death of a Participant and upon
receipt by the Company of proof of identity and existence at the Participant’s death of a
beneficiary validly designated by the Participant under the Plan, the Company shall deliver such
Stock and/or cash to such beneficiary. In the event of the death of a Participant and in the
absence of a beneficiary validly designated under the Plan who is living at the time of such
Participant’s death, the Company shall deliver such Stock and/or cash to the executor or
administrator of the estate of the Participant, or if no such executor or administrator has been
appointed (to the knowledge of the Company), the Company, in its discretion, may deliver such Stock
and/or cash to the spouse or to any one or more dependents of the Participant as the
Company may designate. No beneficiary shall, prior to the death of the Participant by whom he
has been designated, acquire any interest in the Stock or cash credited to the Participant under
the Plan.



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     12.2 Transferability. Neither payroll deductions credited to a Participant’s account nor any
rights with regard to an Option granted under the Plan may be assigned, transferred, pledged, or
otherwise disposed of in any way by the Participant, other than by will or the laws of descent and
distribution. Any such attempted assignment, transfer, pledge or other disposition shall be without
effect, except that the Company may treat such act as an election to withdraw funds in accordance
with Article 8.



     12.3 Use of Funds. All payroll deductions received or held by the Company under this Plan
may be used by the Company for any corporate purpose and the Company shall not be obligated to
segregate such payroll deductions.



     12.4 Adjustment Upon Changes in Capitalization.



     (a) If, while any Options are outstanding, the outstanding shares of Stock of the Company have
increased, decreased, changed into, or been exchanged for a different number or type of shares or
securities of the Company through reorganization, merger, recapitalization, reclassification, stock
split (whether or not effected in the form of a stock dividend), reverse stock split or similar
transaction, equitable and proportionate adjustments shall be made by the Committee in the number
and/or type of shares of Stock that are subject to purchase under outstanding Options and to the
Option Price applicable to such outstanding Options. In addition, in any such event, the number
and/or type of shares of Stock which may be offered in the Offerings described in Article 4 hereof
shall also be proportionately adjusted.



     (b) Upon the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or upon a reorganization, merger or
consolidation of the Company with one or more corporations as a result of which the Company is not
the surviving corporation, or upon a sale of substantially all of the assets or stock of the
Company to another corporation, the holder of each Option then outstanding under the Plan will
thereafter be entitled to receive at the next Offering Termination Date upon the exercise of such
Option for each share as to which such Option shall be exercised, as nearly as reasonably may be
determined, the cash, securities and/or property which a holder of one share of Stock was entitled
to receive upon and at the time of such transaction. The Board of Directors shall take such steps
in connection with such transactions as the Board shall deem necessary to assure that the
provisions of this Section 12.4 shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as reasonably may be
determined, in relation to the said cash, securities and/or property as to which such holder of
such Option might thereafter be entitled to receive.



     12.5 Amendment and Termination. The Board of Directors shall have complete power and
authority to terminate or amend the Plan; provided; however, that the Board of Directors shall not,
without the approval of the stockholders of the Company (a) increase the maximum number of shares
that may be issued under the Plan (except pursuant to Section 12.4 hereof); or (b) amend the
requirements as to the class of Employees eligible to purchase Stock under the Plan. No
termination, modification, or amendment of the Plan may, without the consent of a Participant then
holding an Option under the Plan to purchase stock, adversely affect the rights of such Participant
under such Option.



     12.6 No Employment Rights. The Plan does not, directly or indirectly, create in any Employee
or class of Employees any right with respect to continuation of employment by any Participating
Company, and it shall not be deemed to interfere in any way with any Participating Company’s right
to terminate, or otherwise modify, an Employee’s employment at any time.



     12.7 Effect of Plan. The provisions of the Plan shall, in accordance with its terms, be
binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, all successors of each Participant, including, without
limitation, such Participant’s estate and the executors, administrators or trustees thereof, heirs
and legatees, and any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy or representative of creditors of such
Participant.



     12.8 Governing Law. The law of the State of Delaware will govern all matters relating to
this Plan except to the extent it is superseded by the laws of the United States.




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