**Exhibit 10.4**

 

**CV THERAPEUTICS, INC.**

 

**2000 Equity Incentive Plan**

 

**ADOPTED MARCH 31, 2000**

**APPROVED BY STOCKHOLDERS MAY 16, 2000**

**AMENDEDAND RESTATEDBYTHE BOARDOF DIRECTORS FEBRUARY 25, 2002**

**AMENDEDAND RESTATEDBYTHE BOARDOFDIRECTORS APRIL 15, 2002**

**APPROVED BY STOCKHOLDERSJUNE 7, 2002**

**AMENDEDAND RESTATEDBYTHEBOARDOF DIRECTORS OCTOBER 30, 2002**

**AMENDEDAND RESTATEDBYTHE BOARDOF DIRECTORS APRIL 1, 2004**

**APPROVED BY STOCKHOLDERS MAY 26, 2004**

 

 

**A.****Eligible Stock Award Recipients.** The persons eligible to receive Stock Awards are the Employees, Directors and Consultants of the Companyand its Affiliates. 

 

**B.****Available Stock Awards.**The purpose of the Plan is to provide a means by which eligible recipients of Stock Awards may be given an opportunity to benefit from increases in value of the Common Stock through the granting of the following Stock Awards: (i) Incentive StockOptions, (ii) Nonstatutory Stock Options, and (iii) rights to acquire Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units. 

 

**C.****General Purpose.** The Company, by means of the Plan, seeks to retain the services of the group of persons eligible to receive StockAwards, to secure and retain the services of new members of this group and to provide incentives for such persons to exert maximum efforts for the success of the Company and its Affiliates. 

 

 

**A.** “***Affiliate***” means any parent corporation or subsidiary corporation of the Company, whether now or hereafter existing, asthose terms are defined in Sections 424(e) and (f), respectively, of the Code. 

 

**B.**“***Board***” means the Board of Directors of the Company. 

 

**C.**“***Code***” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 

 

**D.**“***Committee***” means a committee of one ormore members of the Board appointed by the Board in accordance with subsection III(C). 

 

**E.**“***Common Stock***” means the common stock of the Company. 

 

**F.**“***Company***” means CV Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation. 

 

**G.**“***Consultant***” means any person, including anadvisor, (i) engaged by the Company or an Affiliate to render consulting or advisory services and who is compensated for 

 

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such services or (ii) who is a member of the Board of Directors of an Affiliate. However, the term “Consultant” shall not include either Directorswho are not compensated by the Company for their services as Directors or Directors who are merely paid a director’s fee by the Company for their services as Directors. 

 

**H.** “***Continuous Service***” means that the Participant’s service with the Company or anAffiliate, whether as an Employee, Director or Consultant, is not interrupted or terminated. The Participant’s Continuous Service shall not be deemed to have terminated merely because of a change in the capacity in which the Participant rendersservice to the Company or an Affiliate as an Employee, Consultant or Director or a change in the entity for which the Participant renders such service, provided that there is no interruption or termination of the Participant’s service to theCompany or an Affiliate. For example, a change in status without interruption from an Employee of the Company to a Consultant of an Affiliate or a Director will not constitute an interruption of Continuous Service. The Board or the chief executiveofficer of the Company, in that party’s sole discretion, may determine whether Continuous Service shall be considered interrupted in the case of any leave of absence approved by that party, including sick leave, military leave or any otherpersonal leave. 

 

**I.** “***CoveredEmployee***” means the chief executive officer and the four (4) other highest compensated officers of the Company for whom total compensation is required to be reported to stockholders under the Exchange Act, as determined for purposes ofSection 162(m) of the Code. 

 

**J.**“***Director***” means a member of the Board of Directors of the Company. 

 

**K.**“***Disability***” means the permanent and total disability of a person within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.

 

**L.**“***Employee***” means any personemployed by the Company or an Affiliate. Mere service as a Director or payment of a director’s fee by the Company or an Affiliate shall not be sufficient to constitute “employment” by the Company or an Affiliate. 

 

**M.**“***Exchange Act***” means the SecuritiesExchange Act of 1934, as amended. 

 

**N.**“***FairMarket Value***” means, as of any date, the value of the Common Stock determined as follows: 

 

1. If the Common Stock is listed on any established stock exchange or traded on the Nasdaq National Market or the Nasdaq SmallCap Market,the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock shall be the closing sales price for such stock (or the closing bid, if no sales were reported) as quoted on such exchange or market (or the exchange or market with the greatest volume of trading inthe Common Stock) on the last market trading day prior to the day of determination, as reported in *The Wall Street Journal*or such other source as the Board deems reliable. 

 

2. In the absence of such markets for the Common Stock, the Fair Market Value shall be determined in goodfaith by the Board. 

 

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**O.**“***Incentive Stock Option***” means an Option intended to qualify as anincentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder. 

 

**P.**“***Non-Employee Director***” means a Director who either (i) is not a current Employee or Officer of the Company or itsparent or a subsidiary, does not receive compensation (directly or indirectly) from the Company or its parent or a subsidiary for services rendered as a consultant or in any capacity other than as a Director (except for an amount as to whichdisclosure would not be required under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act (“Regulation S-K”)), does not possess an interest in any other transaction as to which disclosure would be required under Item404(a) of Regulation S-K and is not engaged in a business relationship as to which disclosure would be required under Item 404(b) of Regulation S-K; or (ii) is otherwise considered a “non-employee director” for purposes of Rule 16b-3.

 

**Q.**“***Nonstatutory Stock Option***”means an Option not intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option. 

 

**R.**“***Officer***” means a person who is an officer of the Company within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. 

 

**S.**“***Option***” means an Incentive Stock Option ora Nonstatutory Stock Option granted pursuant to the Plan. 

 

**T.**“***Option Agreement***” means a written agreement between the Company and an Optionholder evidencing the terms and conditions of an individual Option grant. Each Option Agreement shall be subject to the termsand conditions of the Plan. 

 

**U.**“***Optionholder***” means a person to whom an Option is granted pursuant to the Plan or, if applicable, such other person who holds an outstanding Option. 

 

**V.**“***Outside Director***” means a Director who either (i) is not a current employee of theCompany or an “affiliated corporation” (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations promulgated under Section 162(m) of the Code), is not a former employee of the Company or an “affiliated corporation” receiving compensation forprior services (other than benefits under a tax qualified pension plan), was not an officer of the Company or an “affiliated corporation” at any time and is not currently receiving direct or indirect remuneration from the Company or an“affiliated corporation” for services in any capacity other than as a Director or (ii) is otherwise considered an “outside director” for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code. 

 

**W.**“***Participant***” means a person to whom aStock Award is granted pursuant to the Plan or, if applicable, such other person who holds an outstanding Stock Award. 

 

**X.**“***Performance Criteria***” means the criteria that the Committee selects for purposes of establishing the Performance Goalor Performance Goals for a Section 162(m) Participant for a Performance Period. The Performance Criteria that will be used to establish Performance Goals are limited to the following: net earnings (either before or after interest, taxes,depreciation and amortization), net losses, sales or revenue, operating earnings, operating cash flow, return on net assets, return on stockholders’ equity, return on assets, return on capital, 

 

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stockholder returns, gross or net profit margin, earnings per share, price per share of Common Stock, and market share, any of which may be measured eitherin absolute terms or as compared to any incremental increase or as compared to results of a peer group; corporate or individual goals relating to the Company’s research, development, clinical, regulatory, operational, marketing or complianceprograms. The Committee shall, within the time prescribed by Section 162(m) of the Code, define in an objective fashion the manner of calculating the Performance Criteria it selects to use for such Performance Period for such Section 162(m)Participant. 

 

**Y.**“***PerformanceGoals***” means, for a Performance Period, the goals established in writing by the Committee for the Performance Period based upon the Performance Criteria. Depending on the Performance Criteria used to establish such Performance Goals,the Performance Goals may be expressed in terms of overall Company performance or the performance of a division, business unit, or an individual. The Committee, in its discretion, may, within the time prescribed by Section 162(m) of the Code, adjustor modify the calculation of Performance Goals for such Performance Period in order to prevent the dilution or enlargement of the rights of Section 162(m) Participants (i) in the event of, or in anticipation of, any unusual or extraordinarycorporate item, transaction, event, or development, or (ii) in recognition of, or in anticipation of, any other unusual or nonrecurring events affecting the Company, or the financial statements of the Company, or in response to, or in anticipationof, changes in applicable laws, regulations, accounting principles, or business conditions. 

 

**Z.**“***Performance Period***” means the one or more periods of time, which may be of varying and overlapping durations, as the Committee may select, over which the attainment of one or morePerformance Goals will be measured for the purpose of determining a Section 162(m) Participant’s right to, and the payment of, a Stock Award the vesting of which is based on the attainment of Performance Goals. 

 

**AA.**“***Plan***” means this CV Therapeutics, Inc.2000 Equity Incentive Plan. 

 

**BB.**“*RestrictedStock*” means Common Stock awarded to a Participant pursuant to Section VII that is subject to certain restrictions and to risk of forfeiture.****

 

**CC.**“*Restricted Stock Unit*” means a right to receive a specified number of shares of Common Stock during specified time periodspursuant to Section VII.****

 

**DD.**“***Rule16b-3***” means Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act or any successor to Rule 16b-3, as in effect from time to time. 

 

**EE.**“***Section 162(m) Participant***” shall mean any Employee designated by the Board as an Employee whose compensation for thefiscal year in which the Employee is so designated or a future fiscal year may be subject to the limit on deductible compensation imposed by Section 162(m) of the Code. 

 

**FF.**“***Securities Act***” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. 

 

**GG.**“***Stock Award***” means any right grantedunder the Plan, including an Option, Restricted Stock, and a Restricted Stock Unit. 

 

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**HH.**“***Stock Award Agreement***” means a written agreement between the Companyand a holder of a Stock Award evidencing the terms and conditions of an individual Stock Award grant. Each Stock Award Agreement shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan. 

 

**II.**“***Ten Percent Stockholder***” means a person who owns (or is deemed to own pursuant toSection 424(d) of the Code) stock possessing more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or of any of its Affiliates. 

 
**III.****ADMINISTRATION.**
 

**A.****Administration by Board.** The Board shall administer the Plan unless and until the Board delegates administration to a Committee, asprovided in subsection III(C). 

 

**B.****Powers ofBoard.** The Board shall have the power, subject to, and within the limitations of, the express provisions of the Plan: 

 

1. To determine from time to time which of the persons eligible under the Plan shall be granted Stock Awards; when and how each StockAward shall be granted; what type or combination of types of Stock Award shall be granted; the provisions of each Stock Award granted (which need not be identical), including the time or times when a person shall be permitted to receive Common Stockpursuant to a Stock Award; and the number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which a Stock Award shall be granted to each such person. 

 

2. To construe and interpret the Plan and Stock Awards granted under it, and to establish, amend and revoke rules and regulations for itsadministration. The Board, in the exercise of this power, may correct any defect, omission or inconsistency in the Plan or in any Stock Award Agreement, in a manner and to the extent it shall deem necessary or expedient to make the Plan fullyeffective. 

 

3. To amend the Plan or a StockAward as provided in Sections XI and XII. 

 

4.To terminate or suspend the Plan as provided in Section XIII. 

 

5. Generally, to exercise such powers and to perform such acts as the Board deems necessary or expedient to promote the best interests of the Company which are not in conflict with the provisions of the Plan.

 

**C.****Delegation to Committee.**

 

1. **General.** The Board may delegate administration ofthe Plan to a Committee or Committees of one (1) or more members of the Board, and the term “Committee” shall apply to any person or persons to whom such authority has been delegated. If administration is delegated to a Committee, theCommittee shall have, in connection with the administration of the Plan, the powers theretofore possessed by the Board, including the power to delegate to a subcommittee any of the administrative powers the Committee is authorized to exercise (andreferences in this Plan to the Board 

 

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shall thereafter be to the Committee or subcommittee), subject, however, to such resolutions, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as may beadopted from time to time by the Board. The Board may abolish the Committee at any time and revest in the Board the administration of the Plan. 

 

2. **Committee Composition.** In the discretion of the Board, a Committee may consist solely of two or more Outside Directors, inaccordance with Section 162(m) of the Code, and/or solely of two or more Non-Employee Directors, in accordance with Rule 16b-3. Within the scope of such authority, the Board or the Committee may (1) delegate to a committee of one or more members ofthe Board who are not Outside Directors the authority to grant Stock Awards to eligible persons who are either (a) not then Covered Employees and are not expected to be Covered Employees at the time of recognition of income resulting from such StockAward or (b) not persons with respect to whom the Company wishes to comply with Section 162(m) of the Code and/or) (2) delegate to a committee of one or more members of the Board who are not Non-Employee Directors the authority to grant Stock Awardsto eligible persons who are not then subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act. 

 

**D.****Effect of Board’s Decision.** All determinations, interpretations and constructions made by the Board in good faith shall not be subject to review by any person and shall be final, binding andconclusive on all persons. 

 
**IV.****SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN.**
 

**A.****Share Reserve.** Subject to the provisions of Section XI relating to adjustments upon changes in Common Stock, the Common Stock that may beissued pursuant to Stock Awards shall not exceed in the aggregate the sum of (i) two million four hundred fifty thousand (2,450,000) shares of Common Stock, (ii) that number of shares of Common Stock remaining available for issuance as of March 29,2004 under the CV Therapeutics, Inc. 2000 Nonstatutory Incentive Plan (the “Nonstatutory Plan”) (not to exceed 404,685 shares of Common Stock) and (iii) that number of shares of Common Stock that after March 29, 2004 again become availablefor issuance under the Nonstatutory Plan under Section 4(b) thereof as a result of stock awards granted thereunder expiring or terminating without having been exercised in full. 

 

**B.****Reversion of Shares to the Share Reserve.** If any Stock Award shall for any reason expire or otherwiseterminate, in whole or in part, without having been exercised in full, the shares of Common Stock not acquired under such Stock Award shall revert to and again become available for issuance under the Plan. 

 

**C.****Source of Shares.** The shares of Common Stock subject to thePlan may be unissued shares or reacquired shares, bought on the market or otherwise. 

 
**V.****ELIGIBILITY.**
 

**A.****Eligibility for Specific Stock Awards.** Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to Employees. Stock Awards other than Incentive StockOptions may be granted to Employees, Directors and Consultants. 

 

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**B.****Ten Percent Stockholders.** A Ten Percent Stockholder shall not be granted an IncentiveStock Option unless the exercise price of such Option is at least one hundred ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock at the date of grant and the Option is not exercisable after the expiration of five (5) years from the dateof grant. 

 

**C.****Section 162(m) Limitation.** Subjectto the provisions of Section XI relating to adjustments upon changes in the shares of Common Stock, no Employee shall be eligible to be granted Stock Awards covering more than five hundred thousand (500,000) shares of Common Stock during anycalendar year. 

 

**D.****Consultants.** A Consultantshall not be eligible for the grant of a Stock Award if, at the time of grant, a Form S-8 Registration Statement under the Securities Act (“Form S-8”) is not available to register either the offer or the sale of the Company’ssecurities to such Consultant because of the nature of the services that the Consultant is providing to the Company, or because the Consultant is not a natural person, or as otherwise provided by the rules governing the use of Form S-8, unless theCompany determines both (i) that such grant (A) shall be registered in another manner under the Securities Act (***e.g.,*** on a Form S-3 Registration Statement) or (B) does not require registration under the Securities Act in order tocomply with the requirements of the Securities Act, if applicable, and (ii) that such grant complies with the securities laws of all other relevant jurisdictions. 

 
**VI.****OPTION PROVISIONS.**
 

**A.**Each Option shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as the Board shall deem appropriate. All Options shall beseparately designated Incentive Stock Options or Nonstatutory Stock Options at the time of grant, and, if certificates are issued, a separate certificate or certificates will be issued for shares of Common Stock purchased on exercise of each type ofOption. The provisions of separate Options need not be identical, but each Option shall include (through incorporation of provisions hereof by reference in the Option or otherwise) the substance of each of the following provisions: 

 

**B.****Term.** Subject to the provisions of subsection V(B) regardingTen Percent Stockholders, no Incentive Stock Option shall be exercisable after the expiration of ten (10) years from the date it was granted. 

 

**C.****Exercise Price of an Incentive Stock Option.** Subject to the provisions of subsection V(B) regarding Ten Percent Stockholders, theexercise price of each Incentive Stock Option shall be not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock subject to the Option on the date the Option is granted. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Incentive StockOption may be granted with an exercise price lower than that set forth in the preceding sentence if such Option is granted pursuant to an assumption or substitution for another option in a manner satisfying the provisions of Section 424(a) of theCode. 

 

**D.****Exercise Price of a Nonstatutory StockOption.** The exercise price of each Nonstatutory Stock Option shall be not less than the par value of the Common Stock subject to the Option on the date the Option is granted. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Nonstatutory 

 

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Stock Option may be granted with an exercise price lower than that set forth in the preceding sentence if such Option is granted pursuant to an assumption orsubstitution for another option in a manner satisfying the provisions of Section 424(a) of the Code. 

 

**E.****Consideration.** The purchase price of Common Stock acquired pursuant to an Option shall be paid, to the extent permitted by applicablestatutes and regulations, either (i) in cash at the time the Option is exercised or (ii) at the discretion of the Board at the time of the grant of the Option (or subsequently in the case of a Nonstatutory Stock Option) (1) by delivery to theCompany of other Common Stock, (2) according to a deferred payment or other similar arrangement with the Optionholder or (3) in any other form of legal consideration that may be acceptable to the Board. Unless otherwise specifically provided in theOption, the purchase price of Common Stock acquired pursuant to an Option that is paid by delivery to the Company of other Common Stock acquired, directly or indirectly from the Company, shall be paid only by shares of the Common Stock of theCompany that have been held for more than six (6) months (or such longer or shorter period of time required to avoid a charge to earnings for financial accounting purposes). At any time that the Company is incorporated in Delaware, payment of theCommon Stock’s “par value,” as defined in the Delaware General Corporation Law, shall not be made by deferred payment. 

 

**F.**In the case of any deferred payment arrangement, interest shall be compounded at least annually and shall be charged at the minimum rate ofinterest necessary to avoid the treatment as interest, under any applicable provisions of the Code, of any amounts other than amounts stated to be interest under the deferred payment arrangement. 

 

**G.****Transferability of an Incentive Stock Option.** An IncentiveStock Option shall not be transferable except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution and shall be exercisable during the lifetime of the Optionholder only by the Optionholder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Optionholder may, bydelivering written notice to the Company, in a form satisfactory to the Company, designate a third party who, in the event of the death of the Optionholder, shall thereafter be entitled to exercise the Option. 

 

**H.****Transferability of a Nonstatutory Stock Option.** ANonstatutory Stock Option shall be transferable to the extent provided in the Option Agreement. If the Nonstatutory Stock Option does not provide for transferability, then the Nonstatutory Stock Option shall not be transferable except by will or bythe laws of descent and distribution and shall be exercisable during the lifetime of the Optionholder only by the Optionholder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Optionholder may, by delivering written notice to the Company, in a form satisfactoryto the Company, designate a third party who, in the event of the death of the Optionholder, shall thereafter be entitled to exercise the Option. 

 

**I.****Vesting Generally.** The total number of shares of Common Stock subject to an Option may, but need not, vest and therefore becomeexercisable in periodic installments that may, but need not, be equal. The Option may be subject to such other terms and conditions on the time or times when it may be exercised (which may be based on performance or other criteria) as the Board maydeem appropriate. The vesting provisions of individual Options may vary. The provisions of this subsection VI(I) are subject to any Option provisions governing the minimum number of shares of Common Stock as to which an Option may be exercised.

 

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**J.****Termination of Continuous Service.** In the event an Optionholder’s ContinuousService terminates (other than upon the Optionholder’s death or Disability), the Optionholder may exercise his or her Option (to the extent that the Optionholder was entitled to exercise such Option as of the date of termination) but onlywithin such period of time ending on the earlier of (i) the date three (3) months following the termination of the Optionholder’s Continuous Service (or such longer or shorter period specified in the Option Agreement), or (ii) the expiration ofthe term of the Option as set forth in the Option Agreement. If, after termination, the Optionholder does not exercise his or her Option within the time specified in the Option Agreement, the Option shall terminate. 

 

**K.****Extension of Termination Date.** An Optionholder’s OptionAgreement may also provide that if the exercise of the Option following the termination of the Optionholder’s Continuous Service (other than upon the Optionholder’s death or Disability) would be prohibited at any time solely because theissuance of shares of Common Stock would violate the registration requirements under the Securities Act, then the Option shall terminate on the earlier of (i) the expiration of the term of the Option set forth in subsection VI(B) or (ii) theexpiration of a period of three (3) months after the termination of the Optionholder’s Continuous Service during which the exercise of the Option would not be in violation of such registration requirements. 

 

**L.****Disability of Optionholder.** In the event that anOptionholder’s Continuous Service terminates as a result of the Optionholder’s Disability, the Optionholder may exercise his or her Option (to the extent that the Optionholder was entitled to exercise such Option as of the date oftermination), but only within such period of time ending on the earlier of (i) the date twelve (12) months following such termination (or such longer or shorter period specified in the Option Agreement) or (ii) the expiration of the term of theOption as set forth in the Option Agreement. If, after termination, the Optionholder does not exercise his or her Option within the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate. 

 

**M.****Death of Optionholder.** In the event (i) an Optionholder’s Continuous Service terminates as a result ofthe Optionholder’s death or (ii) the Optionholder dies within the period (if any) specified in the Option Agreement after the termination of the Optionholder’s Continuous Service for a reason other than death, then the Option may beexercised (to the extent the Optionholder was entitled to exercise such Option as of the date of death) by the Optionholder’s estate, by a person who acquired the right to exercise the Option by bequest or inheritance or by a person designatedto exercise the Option upon the Optionholder’s death pursuant to subsections VI(G) or VI(H), but only within the period ending on the earlier of (1) the date eighteen (18) months following the date of death (or such longer or shorter periodspecified in the Option Agreement) or (2) the expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in the Option Agreement. If, after death, the Option is not exercised within the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate. 

 

**N.****Early Exercise.** The Option may, but need not, include aprovision whereby the Optionholder may elect at any time before the Optionholder’s Continuous Service terminates to exercise the Option as to any part or all of the shares of Common Stock subject to the Option prior to the full vesting of theOption. Any unvested shares of Common Stock so purchased may be subject to a repurchase option in favor of the Company or to any other restriction the Board 

 

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determines to be appropriate. The Company will not exercise its repurchase option until at least six (6) months (or such longer or shorter period of timerequired to avoid a charge to earnings for financial accounting purposes) have elapsed following exercise of the Option unless the Board otherwise specifically provides in the Option. 

 
**VII. ****PROVISIONS OF STOCK AWARDS OTHER THAN OPTIONS.**
 

**A.****Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Unit Awards.** The Board may grant Restricted Stock and/or Restricted Stock Units, the terms of whichStock Awards shall be set forth in an appropriate Stock Award Agreement. Each such Stock Award Agreement shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as the Board shall deem appropriate. The terms and conditions of the StockAward Agreements may change from time to time, and the terms and conditions of separate Stock Award Agreements need not be identical, but each Stock Award Agreement shall include (through incorporation of provisions hereof by reference in theagreement or otherwise) the substance of each of the following provisions: 

 

1. **Purchase Price.** At its discretion, the Board may designate a purchase price or no purchase price for the issuance of Common Stock under the Plan. The purchase price, if any, under each Stock Award Agreementshall be such amount as the Board shall determine and designate in such Stock Award Agreement. In no event may Common Stock be issued under the Plan for less than adequate legal consideration, as determined by the Board in its sole discretion.

 

2. **Consideration.** The purchase priceof Common Stock acquired pursuant to the Stock Award Agreement shall be paid either: (i) in cash at the time of issuance of the Common Stock; (ii) at the discretion of the Board, according to a deferred payment or other similar arrangement with theParticipant; or (iii) in any other form of legal consideration that may be acceptable to the Board in its discretion; provided, however, that at any time that the Company is incorporated in Delaware, then payment of the Common Stock’s “parvalue,” as defined in the Delaware General Corporation Law, shall not be made by deferred payment. 

 

3. **Restricted Stock Vesting.** Restricted Stock Units and/or shares of Common Stock acquired under a Stock Award Agreement shall besubject to vesting schedule or a forfeiture or share repurchase option (in the case of Restricted Stock issued with a purchase price) in favor of the Company pursuant to a vesting schedule to be determined by the Board (or by the Committee, withregard to grants to Section 162(m) Participants intended to be linked to the Performance Criteria) in accordance with the following guidelines: (A) the vesting period for Restricted Stock Units or shares of Common Stock acquired under Stock AwardAgreements shall be no less than three (3) years unless based upon performance milestones (including without limitation Performance Goals), in which event the vesting period shall be no less than one (1) year; and (B) notwithstanding the provisionsof Section X(A), the Board may not accelerate such vesting except under extraordinary circumstances, including without limitation the death, disability or divorce of the Participant, change in corporate structure of the Company, Change of Control ortermination of Continuous Service in connection with a Change of Control. 

 

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4. **Termination of Participant’s Continuous Service.** In the event aParticipant’s Continuous Service terminates, the Board may cancel an unvested Restricted Stock Unit and/or repurchase or otherwise reacquire any or all of the shares of Restricted Stock held by the Participant which have not vested as of thedate of termination under the terms of the Stock Award Agreement. 

 

5. **Transferability.** Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units shall be transferable by the Participant only upon such terms and conditions as are set forth in the Stock Award Agreement, as the Board shalldetermine in its discretion, so long as Common Stock awarded under the applicable Stock Award Agreement remains subject to the terms of the Stock Award Agreement. 

 

6. **Restricted Stock Units**. Common Stock underlying a Restricted Stock Unit award will not be issueduntil the Restricted Stock Unit award has vested. Unless otherwise provided by the Board, a Participant awarded Restricted Stock Units shall have no rights as a Company stockholder with respect to such Restricted Stock Units until such time as theRestricted Stock Units have vested and the Common Stock underlying the Restricted Stock Units has been issued. 

 

7. **Section 162(m) Participants.** Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units granted to a Section 162(m) Participant may, asdetermined by the Committee, have its vesting linked to any one or more of the Performance Criteria or other specific performance criteria determined appropriate by the Committee, in each case on a specified date or dates or over any period orperiods determined by the Committee. In making such determinations, the Committee shall consider (among such other factors as it deems relevant in light of the specific type of award) the contributions, responsibilities and other compensation of theparticular Section 162(m) Participant. 

 
**VIII. ****COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY.**
 

**A**. **Availability of Shares.** During the terms of the Stock Awards, the Company shall keep available at all times the number of shares ofCommon Stock required to satisfy such Stock Awards. 

 

**B.****Securities Law Compliance.** The Company shall seek to obtain from each regulatory commission or agency having jurisdiction over the Plan such authority as may be required to grant Stock Awards and to issue and sell shares of Common Stockupon exercise of the Stock Awards; provided, however, that this undertaking shall not require the Company to register under the Securities Act the Plan, any Stock Award or any Common Stock issued or issuable pursuant to any such Stock Award. If,after reasonable efforts, the Company is unable to obtain from any such regulatory commission or agency the authority which counsel for the Company deems necessary for the lawful issuance and sale of Common Stock under the Plan, the Company shall berelieved from any liability for failure to issue and sell Common Stock upon exercise of such Stock Awards unless and until such authority is obtained. 

 

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**IX.****USE OF PROCEEDS FROM STOCK.**
 

Proceeds from the sale of Common Stock pursuant to Stock Awards shall constitute general funds of the Company. 

 
**X.****MISCELLANEOUS.**
 

**A.****Acceleration of Exercisability and Vesting.** Subject to subsection VII(A)(3) with respect to Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units,the Committee shall have the power to accelerate the time at which a Stock Award may first vest and/or be exercised in accordance with the Plan, notwithstanding the provisions in the Stock Award stating the time at which it may first be exercised orthe time during which it will vest. 

 

**B.****Non-EmployeeDirectors.**Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the grant of any Stock Award to a Non-Employee Director under this Plan shall be made by the Board pursuant to a written non-discretionary formula established by the CompensationCommittee of the Board, or any successor committee thereto carrying out its responsibilities on the date of grant of any such Stock Award (the “***Non-Employee Director Equity Compensation Policy***”). The Non-Employee DirectorEquity Compensation Policy shall set forth the type of Stock Award(s) to be granted to Non-Employee Directors, the number of shares of Common Stock to be subject to Non-Employee Director Stock Awards, the conditions on which such Stock Awards shallbe granted, become exercisable and/or payable and expire, and such other terms and conditions as the Compensation Committee (or such other successor committee as described above) determines in its discretion.****

 

**C.****Stockholder Rights.** No Participant shall be deemed to be theholder of, or to have any of the rights of a holder with respect to, any shares of Common Stock subject to such Stock Award unless and until such Participant has satisfied all requirements for exercise of the Stock Award pursuant to its terms.

 

**D.****No Employment or Other Service Rights.**Nothing in the Plan or any instrument executed or Stock Award granted pursuant thereto shall confer upon any Participant any right to continue to serve the Company or an Affiliate in the capacity in effect at the time the Stock Award was granted orshall affect the right of the Company or an Affiliate to terminate (i) the employment of an Employee with or without notice and with or without cause, (ii) the service of a Consultant pursuant to the terms of such Consultant’s agreement withthe Company or an Affiliate or (iii) the service of a Director pursuant to the Bylaws of the Company or an Affiliate, and any applicable provisions of the corporate law of the state in which the Company or the Affiliate is incorporated, as the casemay be. 

 

**E.****Incentive Stock Option $100,000Limitation.** To the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined at the time of grant) of Common Stock with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by any Optionholder during any calendar year (underall plans of the Company and its Affiliates) exceeds one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), the Options or portions thereof which exceed such limit (according to the order in which they were granted) shall be treated as Nonstatutory Stock Options.

 

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**F.****Investment Assurances.** The Company may require a Participant, as a condition ofexercising or acquiring Common Stock under any Stock Award, (i) to give written assurances satisfactory to the Company as to the Participant’s knowledge and experience in financial and business matters and/or to employ a purchaserrepresentative reasonably satisfactory to the Company who is knowledgeable and experienced in financial and business matters and that he or she is capable of evaluating, alone or together with the purchaser representative, the merits and risks ofexercising the Stock Award; and (ii) to give written assurances satisfactory to the Company stating that the Participant is acquiring Common Stock subject to the Stock Award for the Participant’s own account and not with any present intentionof selling or otherwise distributing the Common Stock. The foregoing requirements, and any assurances given pursuant to such requirements, shall be inoperative if (1) the issuance of the shares of Common Stock upon the exercise or acquisition ofCommon Stock under the Stock Award has been registered under a then currently effective registration statement under the Securities Act or (2) as to any particular requirement, a determination is made by counsel for the Company that such requirementneed not be met in the circumstances under the then applicable securities laws. The Company may, upon advice of counsel to the Company, place legends on stock certificates issued under the Plan as such counsel deems necessary or appropriate in orderto comply with applicable securities laws, including, but not limited to, legends restricting the transfer of the Common Stock. 

 

**G.****Withholding Obligations.** To the extent provided by the terms of a Stock Award Agreement, the Participant may satisfy any federal, stateor local tax withholding obligation relating to the exercise or acquisition of Common Stock under a Stock Award by any of the following means (in addition to the Company’s right to withhold from any compensation paid to the Participant by theCompany) or by a combination of such means: (i) tendering a cash payment; (ii) authorizing the Company to withhold shares of Common Stock from the shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable to the Participant as a result of the exercise oracquisition of Common Stock under the Stock Award, provided, however, that no shares of Common Stock are withheld with a value exceeding the minimum amount of tax required to be withheld by law; or (iii) delivering to the Company owned andunencumbered shares of Common Stock. 

 
**XI.****ADJUSTMENTS UPON CHANGES IN STOCK.**
 

**A.****Capitalization Adjustments.** If any change is made in the Common Stock subject to the Plan, or subject to any Stock Award, without thereceipt of consideration by the Company (through merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, reincorporation, stock dividend, dividend in property other than cash, stock split, liquidating dividend, combination of shares, exchange ofshares, change in corporate structure or other transaction not involving the receipt of consideration by the Company), the Plan will be appropriately adjusted in the class(es) and maximum number of securities subject to the Plan pursuant tosubsection IV(A) and the maximum number of securities subject to award to any person pursuant to subsection V(C), and the outstanding Stock Awards will be appropriately adjusted in the class(es) and number of securities and price per share of CommonStock subject to such outstanding Stock Awards. The Board shall make such adjustments, and its determination shall be final, binding and conclusive. The conversion of any convertible securities of the Company shall not be treated as a transaction“without receipt of consideration” by the Company. 

 

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**B.****Dissolution or Liquidation.** In the event of a dissolution or liquidation of the Company,then all outstanding Stock Awards shall terminate immediately prior to such event. 

 

**C.****Change of Control.** In the event of a Change of Control, each outstanding Stock Award under the Plan shall, automatically and without further action by the Company, become fully vested and/orexercisable with respect to all of the shares of Common Stock subject thereto no later than five (5) business days before the closing of such Change of Control. In addition, to the extent permitted by law, any surviving corporation or acquiringcorporation in a Change of Control may assume any such Stock Awards outstanding under the Plan or substitute similar stock awards (including awards to acquire the same consideration paid to the stockholders in the Change of Control) for thoseoutstanding under the Plan. In the event any surviving corporation or acquiring corporation does not assume such Stock Awards or substitute similar stock awards for those outstanding under the Plan then the Stock Awards shall terminate if notexercised at or prior to the closing of the Change of Control. 

 

**D.****Definition.** For purposes of this Plan, “Change of Control” means: (i) a sale of substantially all of the assets of the Company; (ii) a merger or consolidation in which the Company is not the surviving corporation(other than a merger or consolidation in which shareholders immediately before the merger or consolidation have, immediately after the merger or consolidation, equal or greater stock voting power); (iii) a reverse merger in which the Company is thesurviving corporation but the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately preceding the merger are converted by virtue of the merger into other property, whether in the form of securities, cash or otherwise (other than a reverse merger in whichstockholders immediately before the merger have, immediately after the merger, greater stock voting power); or (iv) any transaction or series of related transactions in which in excess of 50% of the Company’s voting power is transferred.

 
**XII. ****AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN AND STOCK AWARDS.**
 

**A.****Amendment of Plan.** The Board at any time, and from time to time, may amend the Plan. However, except as provided in Section XI relatingto adjustments upon changes in Common Stock, no amendment shall be effective unless approved by the stockholders of the Company if such amendment (i) increases the number of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Plan, (ii) expandsthe class of eligible Participants under the Plan, (iii) materially increases the benefits available under the Plan or (iv) is an amendment for which stockholder approval is necessary to satisfy the requirements of Section 422 of the Code, Rule16b-3 or any applicable Nasdaq or securities exchange listing requirements. 

 

**B.****Stockholder Approval.** The Board may, in its sole discretion, submit any other amendment to the Plan for stockholder approval, including, but not limited to, amendments to the Plan intended to satisfythe requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code and the regulations thereunder regarding the exclusion of performance-based compensation from the limit on corporate deductibility of compensation paid to certain executive officers. 

 

**C.****Contemplated Amendments.** It is expressly contemplated thatthe Board may amend the Plan in any respect the Board deems necessary or advisable to provide eligible Employees with the maximum benefits provided or to be provided under the provisions of the 

 

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Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder relating to Incentive Stock Options and/or to bring the Plan and/or Incentive Stock Options granted under itinto compliance therewith. 

 

**D.****No Impairment ofRights.** Rights under any Stock Award granted before amendment of the Plan shall not be impaired by any amendment of the Plan unless (i) the Company requests the consent of the Participant and (ii) the Participant consents in writing. 

 

**E.****Amendment of Stock Awards/Repricing Prohibited.** The Boardat any time, and from time to time, may amend the terms of any one or more Stock Awards; provided, however, that the rights under any Stock Award shall not be impaired by any such amendment unless (i) the Company requests the consent of theParticipant and (ii) the Participant consents in writing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board shall not, without the approval of the stockholders of the Company, authorize the amendment of any outstanding Option to reduce its exercise price.Furthermore, no Option shall be canceled and replaced with grants having a lower exercise price without the further approval of stockholders of the Company. 

 
**XIII. ****TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION OF THE PLAN.**
 

**A.****Plan Term.** The Board may suspend or terminate the Plan at any time. Unless sooner terminated, the Plan shall terminate on March 31, 2014,which is the day before the tenth (10th) anniversary of the date the Plan was amended and restated by the Board on April 1, 2004. No Stock Awards may be granted under the Plan while the Plan is suspended or after it is terminated. 

 

**B.****No Impairment of Rights.** Suspension or termination of thePlan shall not impair rights and obligations under any Stock Award granted while the Plan is in effect except with the written consent of the Participant. 

 
**XIV. ****EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN.**
 

The Plan shall become effective upon its adoption by the Board, but no Stock Award shall be exercised unless and until the Plan has been approved by thestockholders of the Company, which approval shall be within twelve (12) months before or after the date the Plan is adopted by the Board. 

 
**XV. ****CHOICE OF LAW.**
 

The law of the State of Delaware shall govern all questions concerning the construction, validity and interpretation of this Plan, without regard to suchstate’s conflict of laws rules. 

 

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