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Exhibit 4

	 	 	 

 

	
HOT TOPIC, INC.

	
NON-STATUTORY STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

	
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Name of Optionee:

	
Matthew A. Drapkin

	  	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
	
Hot Topic, Inc. (the "Company"), pursuant to its 1996 Non-Employee Directors' Stock Option Plan, as amended (the "Plan") has on October 1, 2010 granted to you, the optionee named above, options to purchase shares of the common stock of the Company ("Common Stock") consisting of an automatic grant of an option to purchase 10,000 shares of common stock (the "Option") pursuant to paragraph 5(a) of the Plan and the non-employee director compensation policy as approved by the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board"). This Option is a "non-statutory stock option" and is not intended to qualify and will not be treated as an "incentive stock option" within the meaning of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code").  

	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
	
Number of Shares covered by the Option (the "Option Shares"):

	
10,000

	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
	
Purchase Price Per Option Share:

	  	
$6.05 

	
(1)

	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
	
The Option shall become exercisable based on the following vesting schedule:

	  	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
	  	
Date

	
# of Options Vested (2)

	  	  	  	  
	  	
October 1, 2011

	
2,500 

	  	  	  	  
	  	
January 1, 2012

	
625 

	  	  	  	  
	  	
April 1, 2012

	
625 

	  	  	  	  
	  	
July 1, 2012

	
625 

	  	  	  	  
	  	
October 1, 2012

	
625 

	  	  	  	  
	  	
January 1, 2013

	
625 

	  	  	  	  
	  	
April 1, 2013

	
625 

	  	  	  	  
	  	
July 1, 2013

	
625 

	  	  	  	  
	  	
October 1, 2013

	
625 

	  	  	  	  
	  	
January 1, 2014

	
625 

	  	  	  	  
	  	
April 1, 2014

	
625 

	  	  	  	  
	  	
July 1, 2014

	
625 

	  	  	  	  
	  	
October 1, 2014

	
625 

	  	  	  	  
	  	
Total

	
10,000 

	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
	
(1) The purchase price per Option Share will be the fair market value of the Common Stock on October 1, 2010

	  	  	  	  
	
(as determined by the closing price of the Common Stock as traded on The Nasdaq National Market on October 1, 2010).

	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
	
(2)   Once vested, an Option Share shall remain subject to purchase by the optionee until the expiration date noted below,

	  	  	  
	
unless the option is earlier terminated in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Plan.

	  	  
	
 

 

 

 

 

  

  

  

 

	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
	
1.  (a) This Option may be exercised, to the extent specified in the Plan, by delivering a notice of exercise (in a form designated by the Company) together with the exercise price to the Secretary of the Company, or to such other person as the Company may designate, during regular business hours, together with such additional documents the Company may then require pursuant to the Plan.  This Option may not be exercised for any number of shares which would require the issuance of anything other than whole shares. (b)  By exercising this Option you agree that the Company may require you to enter an arrangement providing for the cash payment by you or to the Company of any tax withholding obligation of the Company arising by reason of the exercise of this Option or the lapse of any substantial risk of forfeiture to which the shares are shares are subject at the time of exercise.

	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
	
2.  Any notices provided for in this Option or the Plan shall be given in writing and shall be deemed effectively given upon receipt or, in the case of notices delivered by the Company to you, five (5) days after deposit in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to you at the address specified below or at such other address as you hereafter designate by written notice to the Company.

	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
	
3.  This Option is subject to all the provisions of the Plan and the Terms and Conditions, hereby made a part of this option, and is further subject to all  interpretations, amendments, rules and regulations which may from time to time be promulgated and adopted pursuant to the Plan.  In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Option and those of the Plan, the provisions of the Plan shall control.

	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
	
Date of Option Expiration:

	  	
October 1, 2020

	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
	
Date of this Option Agreement:  

	  	
October 1, 2010

	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
	
Very truly yours,

	  	  	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
	
HOT TOPIC, INC.

	  	  	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
	
By: /s/ Elizabeth M. McLaughlin

	  	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
	
Name:   Elizabeth M. McLaughlin,

	  	  	  	  	  	  
	
              CEO

	  	  	  	  	  	  
	
Duly authorized on behalf of the Board of Directors

	  	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
	
The undersigned:

	  	  	  	  	  	  
	
(a)  Acknowledges receipt of the foregoing Option and the attachments referenced therein and understands that all rights and liabilities with respect to this Option are set forth in the Option and the Plan;

	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
	
(b)  Acknowledges that as of the date of grant of this Option, it sets forth the entire understanding between the undersigned optionee and the Company and its affiliates regarding the acquisition of stock in the Company and supersedes all prior oral and written agreements on that subject with the exception of the options and stock previously granted and delivered to the undersigned under equity incentive plans of the Company.

	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
	
                   Optionee :

	
Matthew A. Drapkin

	  	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
	
Signature /s/ Matthew A. Drapkin

	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
	
Optionee Address:

	
652 Broadway, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10012Exhibit 4.01 - 2010 Share Incentive Plan

Exhibit 4.01

FRIENDLY ENERGY EXPLORATION

2010 SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN 

 

1. Establishment, Purpose and Types of Awards. Friendly Energy Exploration Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the “Corporation”) hereby establishes the 2010 SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN (the “Plan”). The purpose of the Plan is to advance the interests of the Corporation by providing directors, selected employees and consultants of the Corporation with the opportunity to acquire shares of Common Stock. By encouraging stock ownership, the Corporation seeks to attract, retain and motivate the best available personnel for positions of substantial responsibility; to provide additional incentive to directors, selected employees and consultants of the Corporation to promote the success of the business as measured by the value of its shares; and generally to increase the commonality of interests among directors, employees, consultants and other shareholders.

The Plan permits the granting of stock options (including incentive stock options within the meaning of Code Section 422 and non-qualified stock options), stock appreciation rights, restricted or unrestricted stock awards, phantom stock, performance awards, other stock-based awards, or any combination of the foregoing.

2. Definitions. Under the Plan, except where the context otherwise indicates, the following definitions apply:

“Administrator” means the Board or the committee(s) or officer(s) appointed by the Board that have authority to administer the Plan as provided in Section 3 hereof.

“Affiliate” means any entity, whether now or hereafter existing, which controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Corporation, including, but not limited to, joint ventures, limited liability companies, and partnerships. For this purpose, “control” shall mean ownership of 50% or more of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of stock or interests of the entity.

“Award” means any stock option, stock appreciation right, stock award, phantom stock award, performance award, or other stock-based award pursuant to the Plan.

“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

“Cause” has the meaning ascribed to such term or words of similar import in Participant’s written employment or service contract with the Corporation and, in the absence of such agreement or definition, means Participant’s (i) conviction of, or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, a felony or crime involving moral turpitude; (ii) fraud on or misappropriation of any funds or property of the Corporation, any affiliate, customer or vendor; (iii) personal dishonesty, incompetence, willful misconduct, willful violation of any law, rule or regulation (other than minor traffic violations or similar offenses), or breach of fiduciary duty which involves personal profit; (iv) willful misconduct in connection with Participant’s duties or willful failure to perform Participant’s responsibilities in the best interests of the Corporation; (v) illegal use or distribution of drugs; (vi) violation of any Corporation rule, regulation, procedure or policy; or (vii) breach of any provision of any employment, non-disclosure, non-competition, non-solicitation or other similar agreement executed by Participant for the benefit of the Corporation, all as determined by the Administrator, which determination will be conclusive.

“Change of Control” means if any of the following occurs: 

(i) 

any individual, firm, corporation or other entity, or any group (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) or the Exchange Act becomes, directly or indirectly, the beneficial owner (as defined in the general rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to Sections 13(d) and 13(g) of the Act) of more than 35% of the then outstanding shares of the Corporation's capital stock entitled vote generally in the election of directors of the Corporation; or 

 

(ii) 

the stockholders of the Corporation approve a definitive agreement for (i) the merger or other business combination of the Corporation with or into another corporation pursuant to which the stockholders of the Corporation do not own, immediately after the transaction, more than 50% of the voting power of the corporation that survives and is a publicly owned corporation and not a subsidiary of another 

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corporation, or (ii) the sale, exchange or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation.

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any regulations promulgated thereunder.

“Common Stock” means the Corporation’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share.

“Corporation” means Friendly Energy Exploration, a Nevada corporation.

“Consultant” means an individual consultant or advisor who renders or has rendered bona fide services, including acting as distributors for the Corporation’s product line(s), other than services in connection with the offering or sale of securities of the Corporation in a capital-raising transaction or as a market maker or promoter of the Corporation's securities.

“Disability” shall mean the inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve months. The Administrator may require such proof of Disability as the Administrator in its sole discretion deems appropriate and the Administrator’s good faith determination as to whether Participant is totally and permanently disabled will be final and binding on all parties concerned.

 

“Employee” means any person employed by the Corporation or any affiliate, other than in the capacity as director, advisory director or comparable status.

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

“Fair Market Value” means, with respect to a share of Common Stock for any purpose on a particular date: (i) the closing price quoted on the Nasdaq Stock Market or other national securities exchange or national securities association that is the principal market for the Common Stock, or (ii) if the Common Stock is not so listed, the last or closing price on the relevant date quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board Service or by Pink Sheets LLC or a comparable service as determined in the Administrator’s sole discretion; or (iii) if the Common Stock is not listed or quoted by any of the above, the average of the closing bid and asked prices on the relevant date furnished by a professional market maker for the Common Stock selected by the Administrator in its sole discretion. If the Common Stock is listed or quoted as described in clause (i), clause (ii) or clause (iii) above, as applicable, but no public trading of the Common Stock occurs on the relevant date, then Fair Market Value shall be determined as of the nearest preceding date on which trading of the Common Stock occurred. For all purposes under the Plan, the term “relevant date” as used in this definition means either the date as of which Fair Market Value is to be determined or the nearest preceding date on which public trading of the Common Stock occurred, as determined in the Administrator’s sole discretion.

“Grant Agreement” means a written document memorializing the terms and conditions of an Award granted pursuant to the Plan. Each Grant Agreement shall incorporate the terms of the Plan.

 

“Participants” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5. 

 

“Parent” shall mean a corporation, whether now or hereafter existing, within the meaning of the definition of “parent corporation” provided in Code section 424(e), or any successor thereto. 

 

“Performance Goals” shall mean performance goals established by the Administrator which may be based on one or more business criteria selected by the Administrator that apply to an individual or group of individuals, the Corporation and/or one or more of its Affiliates either separately or together, over such performance period as the Administrator may designate, including, but not limited to, criteria based on operating income, earnings or earnings growth, sales, return on assets, equity or investment, regulatory compliance, satisfactory internal or external audits, improvement of financial ratings, achievement of balance sheet or income statement objectives, or any other 

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objective goals established by the Administrator, and may be absolute in their terms or measured against or in relationship to other companies comparably, similarly or otherwise situated.  

“Subsidiary” and “Subsidiaries” shall mean only a corporation or corporations, whether now or hereafter existing, within the meaning of the definition of “subsidiary corporation” provided in section 424(f) of the Code, or any successor thereto. 

 

“Ten-Percent Stockholder” shall mean a Participant who (applying the rules of Code section 424(d)) owns stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of stock or interests of the Corporation.

 

3. Administration.

(a) Administration of the Plan. The Plan shall be administered by the Board or a committee that may be appointed by the Board from time to time. To the extent allowed by applicable state or federal law, the Board by resolution may authorize an officer or officers to grant Awards (other than stock Awards) to other officers and employees of the Corporation and its Affiliates, and, to the extent of such authorization, such officer or officers shall be the Administrator.

(b) Powers of the Administrator. The Administrator shall have all the powers vested in it by the terms of the Plan, such powers to include authority, in its sole discretion, to grant Awards under the Plan, prescribe Grant Agreements evidencing such Awards and establish programs for granting Awards.

The Administrator shall have full power and authority to take all other actions necessary to carry out the purpose and intent of the Plan, including, but not limited to, the authority to: (i) determine the eligible persons to whom, and the time or times at which, Awards shall be granted; (ii) determine the types of Awards to be granted; (iii) determine the number of shares to be covered by or used for reference purposes for each Award; (iv) impose such terms, limitations, restrictions and conditions (not inconsistent with the Plan) upon any such Award as the Administrator shall deem appropriate, including, but not limited to, whether a stock option shall be an incentive stock option or a nonqualified stock option, any exceptions to nontransferability, any Performance Goals applicable to Awards, any provisions relating to vesting, any circumstances in which the Awards would terminate, the period during which Awards may be exercised, and the period during which Awards shall be subject to restrictions; (v) modify, amend, extend or renew outstanding Awards, or accept the surrender of outstanding Awards and substitute new Awards (provided however, that, except as provided in Section 6 or 7(d) of the Plan, any modification that would materially adversely affect any outstanding Award shall not be made without the consent of the holder); (vi) accelerate, extend or otherwise change the time in which an Award may be exercised or becomes payable and to waive or accelerate the lapse, in whole or in part, of any restriction or condition with respect to such Award, including, but not limited to, any restriction or condition with respect to the vesting or exercisability of an Award following termination of any grantee’s employment or other relationship with the Corporation or an Affiliate; (vii) establish objectives and conditions (including, without limitation, vesting criteria), if any, for earning Awards and determining whether such objectives and conditions have been satisfied; (viii) determine the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock from time to time in accordance with the Plan; and (ix) for any purpose, including but not limited to, qualifying for preferred tax treatment under foreign tax laws or otherwise complying with the regulatory requirements of local or foreign jurisdictions, to establish, amend, modify, administer or terminate sub-plans, and prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to such sub-plans.

The Administrator shall have full power and authority, in its sole discretion, to administer and interpret the Plan, Grant Agreements and all other documents relevant to the Plan and Awards issued thereunder, and to adopt and interpret such rules, regulations, agreements, guidelines and instruments for the administration of the Plan and for the conduct of its business as the Administrator deems necessary or advisable.

(c) Non-Uniform Determinations. The Administrator’s determinations under the Plan (including, without limitation, determinations of the persons to receive Awards, the form, amount and timing of such Awards, the terms and provisions of such Awards and the Grant Agreements evidencing such Awards) need not be uniform and may be made by the Administrator selectively among persons who receive, or are eligible to receive, Awards under the Plan, whether or not such persons are similarly situated.

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(d) Limited Liability. To the maximum extent permitted by law, no member of the Administrator shall be liable for any action taken or decision made in good faith relating to the Plan or any Award thereunder.

(e) Indemnification. To the maximum extent permitted by law and by the Corporation’s charter and by-laws, the members of the Administrator shall be indemnified by the Corporation in respect of all their activities under the Plan.

(f) Reliance on Reports. Each member of the Board shall be fully justified in relying or acting in good faith upon any report made by the accountants of the Corporation, and upon any other information furnished in connection with this Plan. In no event shall any person who is or shall have been a member of the Board or the Administrator be liable for any determination made or other action taken or any omission to act in reliance upon any such report or information, or for any action taken, including the furnishing of information, or failure to act, if in good faith.

(g) Effect of Administrator’s Decision. All actions taken and decisions and determinations made by the Administrator on all matters relating to the Plan pursuant to the powers vested in it hereunder shall be in the Administrator’s sole discretion and shall be conclusive and binding on all parties concerned, including the Corporation, its stockholders, any participants in the Plan and any other employee, consultant, or director of the Corporation, and their respective successors in interest.

4. Shares Available for the Plan. The aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to all Awards granted under the Plan shall not exceed 15,000,000. In no event (subject to adjustment as provided in Section 7(f)), may the number of shares issuable pursuant to the exercise of incentive stock options granted hereunder exceed 15,000,000. The aggregate number of shares of Common Stock available for grant under this Plan and the number of shares of Common Stock subject to outstanding Awards shall be subject to adjustment as provided in Section 7(f). 

The Corporation shall reserve such number of shares for Awards under the Plan, subject to adjustments as provided in Section 7(f) of the Plan. If any Award, or portion of an Award, under the Plan expires or terminates unexercised, becomes unexercisable or is forfeited or otherwise terminated, surrendered or canceled as to any shares, or if any shares of Common Stock are repurchased by or surrendered to the Corporation in connection with any Award (whether or not such surrendered shares were acquired pursuant to any Award), or if any shares are withheld by the Corporation, the shares subject to such Award and the repurchased, surrendered and withheld shares shall thereafter be available for further Awards under the Plan; provided, however, that to the extent required by applicable law, any such shares that are surrendered to or repurchased or withheld by the Corporation in connection with any Award or that are otherwise forfeited after issuance shall not be available for purchase pursuant to incentive stock options intended to qualify under Code section 422. 

5. Participation. Participation in the Plan shall be open only to those employees, officers, and directors of, and consultants providing bona fide services to or for, the Corporation, or of any Affiliate of the Corporation, as may be selected by the Administrator from time to time. The Administrator may also grant Awards to individuals in connection with hiring, retention or otherwise, prior to the date the individual first performs services for the Corporation or an Affiliate, provided that such Awards shall not become vested or exercisable prior to the date the individual first commences performance of such services.

6. Awards. The Administrator, in its sole discretion, shall establish the terms of all Awards granted under the Plan. All Awards shall be subject to the terms and conditions provided in the Grant Agreement. Awards may be granted individually or in tandem with other types of Awards. Each Award shall be evidenced by a Grant Agreement, and each Award shall be subject to the terms and conditions provided in the applicable Grant Agreement. The Administrator may permit or require a recipient of an Award to defer such individual’s receipt of the payment of cash or the delivery of Common Stock that would otherwise be due to such individual by virtue of the exercise of, payment of, or lapse or waiver of restrictions respecting, any Award. If any such deferral is required or permitted, the Administrator shall, in its sole discretion, establish rules and procedures for such deferral.

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(a) Stock Options. The Administrator may from time to time grant to eligible Participants Awards of incentive stock options as that term is defined in Code section 422 or non-qualified stock options; provided, however, that Awards of incentive stock options shall be limited to employees of the Corporation or of any current or hereafter existing “parent corporation” or “subsidiary corporation,” as defined in Code sections 424(e) and (f), respectively, of the Corporation. The exercise price of any option granted under the Plan shall be determined by the sole discretion of the Administrator. No stock option shall be an incentive stock option unless so designated by the Administrator at the time of grant or in the Grant Agreement evidencing such stock option. 

(i) 

Special Rules for Incentive Stock Options. The aggregate Fair Market Value, as of the date the Option is granted, of the shares of Common Stock with respect to which incentive stock options are exercisable for the first time by a Participant during any calendar year (under all incentive stock option plans, as defined in Section 422 of the Code, of the Corporation, or any Parent or Subsidiary), shall not exceed $100,000 or such other dollar limitation as may be provided in the Code. Notwithstanding the prior provisions of this Section, the Board may grant Options in excess of the foregoing limitations, in which case such Options granted in excess of such limitation shall be Options which are non-qualified stock options.

(b)

Stock Appreciation Rights. The Administrator may from time to time grant to eligible Participants Awards of Stock Appreciation Rights (“SAR”). A SAR may be exercised in whole or in part as provided in the applicable Grant Agreement and entitles the grantee to receive, subject to the provisions of the Plan and the Grant Agreement, a payment having an aggregate value equal to the product of (i) the excess of (A) the Fair Market Value on the exercise date of one share of Common Stock over (B) the base price per share specified in the Grant Agreement, which shall not be less than the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock as of the date the SAR is granted, times (ii) the number of shares specified by the SAR, or portion thereof, which is exercised. Payment by the Corporation of the amount receivable upon any exercise of a SAR may be made by the delivery of Common Stock or cash, or any combination of Common Stock and cash, as specified in the Grant Agreement or as determined in the sole discretion of the Administrator. If upon settlement of the exercise of a SAR a grantee is to receive a portion of such payment in shares of Common Stock, the number of shares shall be determined by dividing such portion by the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the exercise date. No fractional shares shall be used for such payment and the Administrator shall determine whether cash shall be given in lieu of such fractional shares or whether such fractional shares shall be eliminated.

(c) Stock Awards. The Administrator may from time to time grant restricted or unrestricted Stock Awards to eligible Participants in such amounts, on such terms and conditions (which terms and conditions may condition the vesting or payment of Stock Awards on the achievement of one or more Performance Goals), and for such consideration, including no consideration or such minimum consideration as may be required by law, as it shall determine. 

(d) Phantom Stock. The Administrator may from time to time grant Awards to eligible participants denominated in stock-equivalent units (“Phantom Stock”) in such amounts and on such terms and conditions as it shall determine, which terms and conditions may condition the vesting or payment of Phantom Stock on the achievement of one or more Performance Goals. Phantom Stock units granted to a Participant shall be credited to a bookkeeping reserve account solely for accounting purposes and shall not require a segregation of any of the Corporation’s assets. An Award of Phantom Stock may be settled in Common Stock, in cash, or in a combination of Common Stock and cash, as specified in the Grant Agreement. Except as otherwise provided in the applicable Grant Agreement, the grantee shall not have the rights of a stockholder with respect to any shares of Common Stock represented by a phantom stock unit solely as a result of the grant of a phantom stock unit to the grantee. In granting any such Phantom Stock Awards, the Administrator shall consider the potential application of Section 409A of the Code, and the applicable Grant Agreement shall include appropriate disclosure with respect to any such potential application.

 (e) Performance Awards. The Administrator may, in its sole discretion, grant Performance Awards, which become payable on account of attainment of one or more Performance Goals established by the Administrator. Performance awards may be paid by the delivery of Common Stock or cash, or any combination of Common Stock and cash, as specified in the Grant Agreement. 

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(f) Other Stock-Based Awards. The Administrator may from time to time grant other stock-based awards to eligible Participants in such amounts, on such terms and conditions, and for such consideration, including no consideration or such minimum consideration as may be required by law, as it shall determine. Other stock-based awards may be denominated in cash, in Common Stock or other securities, in stock-equivalent units, in stock appreciation units, in securities or debentures convertible into Common Stock, or in any combination of the foregoing and may be paid in Common Stock or other securities, in cash, or in a combination of Common Stock or other securities and cash, all as determined in the sole discretion of the Administrator as set forth in the Grant Agreement. In granting any such Awards, the Administrator shall consider the potential application of Section 409A of the Code, and the applicable Grant Agreement shall include appropriate disclosure with respect to any such potential application.

7. Miscellaneous.

(a) Investment Representations. The Administrator may require each person acquiring shares of Common Stock pursuant to Awards hereunder to represent to and agree with the Corporation in writing that such person is acquiring the shares without a view to distribution thereof. The certificates for such shares may include any legend that the Administrator deems appropriate to reflect any restrictions on transfer. All certificates for shares issued pursuant to the Plan shall be subject to such stock transfer orders and other restrictions as the Administrator may deem advisable under the rules, regulations and other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, any stock exchange upon which the Common Stock is then listed or interdealer quotation system upon which the Common Stock is then quoted, and any applicable federal or state securities laws. The Administrator may place a legend or legends on any such certificates to make appropriate reference to such restrictions.

(b) Compliance with Securities Law. Each Award shall be subject to the requirement that if, at any time, counsel to the Corporation shall determine that the listing, registration or qualification of the shares subject to such an Award upon any securities exchange or interdealer quotation system or under any state or federal law, or the consent or approval of any governmental or regulatory body, or that the disclosure of nonpublic information or the satisfaction of any other condition is necessary in connection with the issuance or purchase of shares under such an Award, such Award may not be exercised, in whole or in part, unless such satisfaction of such condition shall have been effected on conditions acceptable to the Administrator. Nothing herein shall be deemed to require the Corporation to apply for or to obtain such listing, registration or qualification, or to satisfy such condition.

(c) Withholding of Taxes. Grantees and holders of Awards shall pay to the Corporation or its Affiliate, or make provision satisfactory to the Administrator for payment of, any taxes required to be withheld in respect of Awards under the Plan no later than the date of the event creating the tax liability. The Corporation or its Affiliate may, to the extent permitted by law, deduct any such tax obligations from any payment of any kind otherwise due to the grantee or holder of an Award. In the event that payment to the Corporation or its Affiliate of such tax obligations is made in shares of Common Stock, such shares shall be valued at Fair Market Value on the applicable date for such purposes and shall not exceed in amount the minimum statutory tax withholding obligation.

(d) Loans. To the extent otherwise permitted by law, the Corporation or its Affiliate may make loans to grantees to assist grantees in exercising Awards and satisfying any withholding tax obligations.

(e) Transferability. Except as otherwise determined by the Administrator or provided in a Grant 

Agreement, and in any event in the case of an incentive stock option or a stock appreciation right granted with respect to an incentive stock option, no Award granted under the Plan shall be transferable by a grantee otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution or pursuant to the terms of a “qualified domestic relations order” (within the meaning of Section 414(p) of the Code and the regulations and rulings thereunder). Unless otherwise determined by the Administrator in accord with the provisions of the immediately preceding sentence, an Award may be exercised during the lifetime of the grantee, only by the grantee or, during the period the grantee is under a legal disability, by the grantee’s guardian or legal representative.

(f) Adjustments for Corporate Transactions and Other Events.

(i) Capital Adjustments. In the event of any change in the outstanding Common Stock by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, split up, recapitalization, reclassification, 

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reorganization, combination or exchange of shares, merger, consolidation, liquidation or the like, then (A) the maximum number of shares of such Common Stock as to which Awards may be granted under the Plan, and (B) the number of shares covered by and the exercise price and other terms of outstanding Awards, shall, without further action of the Board, be appropriately adjusted to reflect such event, unless, with respect to Section 7(f)(i)(A) only, the Board determines, at the time it approves such action that no such adjustment shall be made. The Administrator may make adjustments, in its sole discretion, to address the treatment of fractional shares and fractional cents that arise with respect to outstanding Awards as a result of the stock dividend, stock split or reverse stock split.

(ii) Change of Control Transactions. In the event of any transaction resulting in a Change of Control of the Corporation, (A) outstanding stock options and other Awards that are payable in or convertible into Common Stock under the Plan will terminate upon the effective time of such Change of Control unless provision is made in connection with the transaction for the continuation or assumption of such Awards by, or for the substitution of the equivalent awards of, the surviving or successor entity or a parent thereof; (B) except as provided in the next sentence of this Section 7(f)(ii), all outstanding stock options and other Awards shall vest and become exercisable to the extent provided for in the applicable Grant Agreement, and (C) the holders of stock options and other Awards under the Plan will be permitted, immediately before the Change of Control, to exercise or convert all portions of such stock options or other Awards under the Plan that are then exercisable or convertible or which become exercisable or convertible upon or prior to the effective time of the Change of Control. 

(g) Termination, Amendment and Modification of the Plan. The Board may terminate, amend or modify the Plan or any portion thereof at any time, but no amendment or modification shall be made which would impair the rights of any grantee under any Award theretofore made, without his or her consent. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Plan, the Board may not amend or modify the Plan or any portion thereof without stockholder approval where such approval is required by applicable law. Furthermore, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Plan, the Administrator may not amend or modify any Award if such amendment or modification would require the approval of the stockholders if the amendment or modification were made to the Plan.

(i) Non-Guarantee of Employment or Service. Nothing in the Plan or in any Grant Agreement thereunder shall confer any right on an individual to continue in the service of the Corporation or shall interfere in any way with the right of the Corporation to terminate such service at any time with or without cause or notice and whether or not such termination results in (i) the failure of any Award to vest; (ii) the forfeiture of any unvested or vested portion of any Award; and/or (iii) any other adverse effect on the individual’s interests under the Plan.

(h) No Trust or Fund Created. Neither the Plan nor any Award shall create or be construed to create a trust or separate fund of any kind or a fiduciary relationship between the Corporation and a grantee or any other person. To the extent that any grantee or other person acquires a right to receive payments from the Corporation pursuant to an Award, such right shall be no greater than the right of any unsecured general creditor of the Corporation.

(i) Governing Law. The validity, construction and effect of the Plan, of Grant Agreements entered into pursuant to the Plan, and of any rules, regulations, determinations or decisions made by the Administrator relating to the Plan or such Grant Agreements, and the rights of any and all persons having or claiming to have any interest therein or thereunder, shall be determined exclusively in accordance with applicable federal laws and the laws of the State of Nevada without regard to its conflict of laws principles. Any suit with respect to the Plan shall be brought in the federal or state courts in the districts which include the city and state in which the principal offices of the Corporation are located.

(j) Effective Date; Termination Date. The Plan is effective as of the date approved by the Corporation’s stockholders and shall continue in effect for a term of ten (10) years, unless earlier terminated pursuant to Section 7(g) hereof. No Award shall be granted under the Plan after the close of business on the day immediately preceding the tenth anniversary of the effective date of the Plan, or if earlier, the tenth anniversary of the date the Plan is approved by the stockholders, and no Award under the Plan shall have a term of more than ten 

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(10) years. Subject to other applicable provisions of the Plan, all Awards made under the Plan prior to such termination of the Plan shall remain in effect until such Awards expire or have been satisfied or terminated in accordance with the Plan and the terms of such Awards; provided, however, that no Award that contemplates exercise or conversion may be exercised or converted, and no Award that defers vesting, shall remain outstanding and unexercised, unconverted or unvested, in each case, for more than ten (10) years after the date such Award was initially granted.

(k)  Regulatory Restrictions. The Plan and the Corporation’s obligations under the Plan and any Grant Agreement shall be subject to all applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations, and to such approvals by any regulatory or governmental agency as may be required. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (i) the Corporation shall not be required to sell or issue any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any Award if the sale or issuance of such shares would constitute a violation by the individual exercising the Award or the Corporation of any provision of any law or regulation of any governmental authority, including without limitation any federal or state securities laws or regulations, and (ii) the inability of the Corporation to obtain any necessary authority from any regulatory body having jurisdiction, which authority is deemed by the Corporation’s counsel to be necessary to the lawful exercise or payment of any Award hereunder, shall relieve the Corporation of any liability in respect of the exercise or payment of such Award to the extent such requisite authority shall have been deemed necessary and shall not have been obtained.

PLAN APPROVAL:

 

Dated: _______October 7, 2010________

___/s/_____________________________

Douglas Tallant – President & CEO

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