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Exhibit 10.11

 

  Exhibit
10.11

 

AUTOWEB, INC.

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED 2014 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

 

AutoWeb, Inc. (“Company”), a Delaware corporation, hereby
establishes and adopts the following AutoWeb, Inc. Amended and
Restated 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (“Plan”).

 

1.            

PURPOSE OF THE PLAN

 

The
purpose of the Plan is to assist the Company and its Subsidiaries
in attracting and retaining selected individuals to serve as
employees, directors, officers, consultants and/or advisors who are
expected to contribute to the Company’s success and to
achieve long-term objectives that will benefit stockholders of the
Company through the additional incentives inherent in the Awards
hereunder.

 

2.            DEFINITIONS

 

“Award” means any Option, Stock Appreciation
Right, Restricted Stock Award, Restricted Stock Unit Award, Other
Share-Based Award, Performance Award or any other right, interest
or option relating to Shares or other property (including cash)
granted pursuant to the provisions of the Plan.

 

“Award
Agreement” means any
agreement, contract or other instrument or document evidencing any
Award hereunder, whether in writing or through an electronic
medium.

 

“Board” means the board of directors of the
Company.

 

“Board Approval
Date” means April 14,
2016, the date the Board approved this Plan.

 

“Business
Combination” has the
meaning set forth in Section 11.3(c).

 

“Change in Control”
has the meaning set forth in Section
11.3.

 

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended from time to time.

 

“Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the
Board or a subcommittee thereof formed by the Compensation
Committee to act as the Committee hereunder.  The Committee
must consist of no fewer than two Directors, each of whom is (i) a
“Non-Employee Director” within the meaning of Rule
16b-3 of the Exchange Act, (ii) an “outside director”
within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code, and (iii) an
“independent director" for purpose of the rules of the
principal U.S. national securities exchange on which the Shares are
traded, to the extent required by such rules.

 

“Company Voting
Securities” has the
meaning set forth in Section 11.3(b).

 

“Consultant” means any consultant or advisor who is a
natural person and who provides services to the Company or any
Subsidiary, so long as such person (i) renders bona fide services
that are not in connection with the offer and sale of the Company's
securities in a capital raising transaction, (ii) does not directly
or indirectly promote or maintain a market for the Company’s
securities, and (iii) otherwise qualifies as a consultant under the
applicable rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission for
registration of shares of stock on a Form S-8 registration
statement.

 

“Covered
Employee” means an
employee of the Company or its Subsidiaries who is a “covered
employee" within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the
Code.

 

“Director” means a non-employee member of the
Board.

 

“Dividend
Equivalents” has the
meaning set forth in Section 12.5.

 

“Effective
Date” has the meaning set
forth in Section 13.13.

 

 

 

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“Employee” means any employee of the Company or any
Subsidiary and any prospective employee conditioned upon, and
effective not earlier than, such person becoming an employee of the
Company or any Subsidiary.

 

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

 

“Existing
Plan” means the AutoWeb,
Inc. 2014 Equity Incentive Plan in effect prior to this amendment
and restatement.

 

“Fair Market
Value” means, with
respect to Shares as of any date, (i) the closing price of the
Shares as reported on the principal U.S. national securities
exchange on which the Shares are listed and traded on that date,
or, if there is no closing price on that date, then on the last
preceding date on which a closing price was reported; (ii) if the
Shares are not listed on any U.S. national securities exchange but
are quoted in an inter-dealer quotation system on a last sale
basis, the final ask price of the Shares reported on the
inter-dealer quotation system for such date, or, if there is no
sale on that date, then on the last preceding date on which a sale
was reported; or (iii) if the Shares are neither listed on a U.S.
national securities exchange nor quoted on an inter-dealer
quotation system on a last sale basis, the amount determined by the
Committee to be the fair market value of the Shares as determined
by the Committee in its sole discretion. The Fair Market Value of
any property other than Shares means the market value of that
property determined by such methods or procedures as may be
established from time to time by the Committee.

 

“Fungible Share
Ratio” means the
rate at which Full-Value Awards are counted against Plan limits as
set forth in Sections 3.1(a) and 3.1(d).

 

“Full-Value
Awards” means Awards
other than Option and Stock Appreciation
Rights.

 

“Incumbent
Directors” has the
meaning set forth in Section 11.3(a).

 

“Incentive Stock
Option” means an Option
that when granted is intended to qualify as an incentive stock
option for purposes of Section 422 of the Code.

 

“Limitations” has the meaning set forth in Section
10.5.

 

“Non-Qualifying
Transaction” has the
meaning set forth in Section 11.3(c).

 

“Officer” means any officer of the Company or any
Subsidiary.

 

“Option” means any right granted to a Participant
under the Plan allowing that Participant to purchase Shares at such
price or prices and during such period or periods as the Committee
may determine.

 

“Other Share-Based
Awards” has the meaning
set forth in Section 8.1.

 

“Parent
Corporation” has the
meaning set forth in Section 11.3(c).

 

“Participant” means an Employee, Officer, Director or
Consultant who is selected by the Committee to receive an Award
under the Plan.

 

“Payee” has the meaning set forth in Section
13.2.

 

“Performance
Award” means any Award of
Performance Cash, Performance Shares or Performance Units granted
pursuant to Article 9.

 

“Performance
Cash” means any cash
incentives granted pursuant to Article 9 payable to the Participant
upon the achievement of such performance goals as the Committee may
establish.

 

 

 

 

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“Performance
Period” means the period
established by the Committee during which any performance goals
specified by the Committee with respect to a Performance Award are
to be measured.

 

“Performance
Share” means any grant
pursuant to Article 9 of a unit valued by reference to a designated
number of Shares, which value may be paid to the Participant upon
achievement of such performance goals as the Committee may
establish.

 

“Performance
Unit” means any grant
pursuant to Article 9 of a unit valued by reference to a designated
amount of cash or property other than Shares, which value may be
paid to the Participant upon achievement of such performance goals
during the Performance Period as the Committee may
establish.

 

“Permitted
Assignee” has the meaning
set forth in Section 12.3.

 

“Plan Expiration
Date” means June 19,
2024.

 

“Prior Plans” means, collectively, the Company’s
1998 Stock Option Plan, 1999 Stock Option Plan, 2000 Stock Option
Plan, Amended and Restated 2001 Restricted Stock and Option Plan,
2004 Restricted Stock and Option Plan, and 2010 Equity Incentive
Plan.

 

“Restricted
Stock” means any Share
issued with the restriction that the holder may not sell, transfer,
pledge or assign such Share and with such other restrictions as the
Committee, in its sole discretion, may impose, which restrictions
may lapse separately or in combination at such time or times, in
installments or otherwise, as the Committee may deem
appropriate.

 

“Restricted Stock
Award” has the meaning
set forth in Section 7.1.

 

“Restricted Stock
Unit” means an Award that
is valued by reference to a Share, which value may be paid to the
Participant in Shares or cash as determined by the Committee in its
sole discretion upon the satisfaction of vesting restrictions as
the Committee may establish, which
restrictions may lapse separately or in combination at such time or
times, in installments or otherwise, as the Committee may deem
appropriate.

 

“Restricted Stock Unit
Award” has the meaning
set forth in Section 7.1

 

“SEC” has the meaning set forth in Section
13.6.

 

“Shares” means the shares of common stock of the
Company, par value $0.001 per share.

 

“Stock Appreciation
Right” means the right
granted to a Participant pursuant to Article 6.

 

“Subsidiary”
means any corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, joint venture or similar entity in which the Company
owns, directly or indirectly, an equity interest possessing more
than 50% of the combined voting power of the total outstanding
equity interests of such entity.  Provided, however, in the case of an
Incentive Stock Option, “Subsidiary” means any
corporation (other than the Company) in an unbroken chain of
corporations beginning with the Company if, at the relevant time
each of the corporations other than the last corporation in the
unbroken chain owns stock possessing 50% or more of the total
combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other
corporations in the chain.  For purposes of the preceding
sentence, the term “corporation” has the meaning
prescribed in Section 7701(a)(3) of the Code and the regulations
thereunder.

 

“Substitute
Awards” means Awards
granted or Shares issued by the Company in assumption of, or in
substitution or exchange for, awards previously granted, or the
right or obligation to make future awards, in each case by a
company acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary or with which the
Company or any Subsidiary combines.

 

“Surviving
Corporation” has the
meaning set forth in Section 11.3(c).

 

“Vesting
Period” means the period
of time specified by the Committee during which vesting
restrictions for an Award are applicable.

 

 

 

 

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3.            

SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

 

 3.1           Number
of Shares.

 

(a)           Subject
to adjustment as provided in Section 12.2, as of the Effective
Date, a maximum total of 2,315,273 Shares are authorized for grant
under the Plan, less one (1) Share for every one (1) Share that was
subject to an Option or Stock Appreciation Right granted under the
Plan after December 31, 2015 and prior to the Effective Date, and
one and six-tenths (1.6) Shares for every one (1) Share that was
subject to a Full-Value Award granted under the Plan after December
31, 2015 and prior to the Effective Date.  Any Shares
that are subject to Options or Stock Appreciation Rights must be
counted against this limit as one (1) Share for every one (1) Share
granted, and any Shares that are subject to Full-Value Awards must
be counted against this limit as one and six-tenths (1.6) Shares
for every one (1) Share granted.  After June 19, 2014, no
awards may be granted under any Prior Plan.

 

(b)           If
(i) any Shares subject to an Award are forfeited, an Award expires
or an Award is settled for cash (in whole or in part), or (ii)
after December 31, 2013 any Shares subject to an award under the
Prior Plans are forfeited, or an award under the Prior Plans
expires or is settled for cash (in whole or in part), the Shares
subject to such Award or award under the Prior Plans will, to the
extent of such forfeiture, expiration or cash settlement, again be
available for Awards under the Plan, in accordance with Section
3.1(d) below.  In the event that withholding tax liabilities
arising from an Award other than an Option or Stock Appreciation
Right or, after December 31, 2013, an award other than an option or stock appreciation
right under any Prior Plan are satisfied by the tendering of Shares
(either actually or by attestation) or by the withholding of Shares
by the Company, the Shares so tendered or withheld shall be added
to the Shares available for Awards under the Plan in accordance
with Section 3.1(d).  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, the following Shares may not be added to the
Shares authorized for grant under paragraph (a) of this Section
3.1: (i) Shares tendered by the Participant or withheld by the
Company in payment of the exercise price of an Option or after
December 31, 2013, an option granted under the Prior Plans, or to
satisfy any tax withholding obligation with respect to Options or
Stock Appreciation Rights or, after December 31,
2013, options or stock appreciation rights under the
Prior Plans, (ii) Shares subject to a Stock Appreciation Right, or
after December 31, 2013, a stock appreciation right granted under
the Prior Plans that are not issued in connection with its stock
settlement on exercise thereof, and (iii) Shares reacquired by the
Company on the open market or otherwise using cash proceeds from
the exercise of Options or after December 31, 2013, options granted
under the Prior Plans.

 

(c)           Substitute
Awards will not reduce the Shares authorized for grant under the
Plan or the Limitations applicable to a Participant under Section
10.5, nor will Shares subject to a Substitute Award again be
available for Awards under the Plan to the extent of any
forfeiture, expiration or cash settlement as provided in paragraph
(b) above.  Additionally, in the event that a company acquired
by the Company or any Subsidiary or with which the Company or any
Subsidiary combines has shares available under a pre-existing plan
approved by stockholders and not adopted in contemplation of such
acquisition or combination, the shares available for grant pursuant
to the terms of such pre-existing plan (as adjusted, to the extent
appropriate, using the exchange ratio or other adjustment or
valuation ratio or formula used in such acquisition or combination
to determine the consideration payable to the holders of common
stock of the entities party to such acquisition or combination) may
be used for Awards under the Plan and will not reduce the Shares
authorized for grant under the Plan; provided that Awards using such available shares may not be
made after the date awards or grants could have been made under the
terms of the pre-existing plan, absent the acquisition or
combination, and will only be made to individuals who were not
Employees or Directors prior to such acquisition or
combination.

 

(d)           Any
Shares that again become available for grant pursuant to this
Section must be added back as (i) one (1) Share if such Shares were
subject to Options or Stock Appreciation Rights granted under the
Plan or options or stock appreciation rights granted under the
Prior Plans, and (ii) as one and six-tenths (1.6) Shares if such
Shares were subject to Full-Value Awards granted under the Plan or
under the Prior Plans.

 

3.2          Character
of Shares.  Any
Shares issued hereunder may consist, in whole or in part, of
authorized and unissued shares, treasury shares or shares purchased
in the open market or otherwise.

 

3.3          Limit
on Awards to Non-Employee Directors. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary,
the aggregate of the following during any single calendar year
shall not exceed $750,000: (i) the aggregate grant date fair value
(as calculated by the Company for financial accounting purposes) of
all Awards granted to any non-employee Director during such
calendar year and (ii) the sum of all cash payments to any
non-employee Director made during such calendar
year.

 

 

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4.            

ELIGIBILITY AND ADMINISTRATION

 

4.1           Eligibility.  Any
Employee, Officer, Director or Consultant is eligible to be
selected as a Participant.

 

4.2          Administration. 

 

(a)           The
Plan must be administered by the Committee.  The Committee has
full power and authority, subject to the provisions of the Plan and
subject to such orders or resolutions not inconsistent with the
provisions of the Plan as may from time to time be adopted by the
Board, to:  (i) select the Employees, Officers, Directors and
Consultants to whom Awards may from time to time be granted
hereunder; (ii) determine the type or types of Awards to be granted
to each Participant hereunder; (iii) determine the number of Shares
(or dollar value) to be covered by each Award granted hereunder;
(iv) determine the terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the
provisions of the Plan, of any Award granted hereunder; (v)
determine whether, to what extent and under what circumstances
Awards may be settled in cash, Shares or other property; (vi)
determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances
cash, Shares, other property and other amounts payable with respect
to an Award made under the Plan will be deferred either
automatically or at the election of the Participant; (vii)
determine whether, to what extent and under what circumstances any
Award will be canceled or suspended; (viii) interpret and
administer the Plan and any instrument or agreement entered into
under or in connection with the Plan, including any Award
Agreement; (ix) correct any defect, supply any omission or
reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or any Award in the manner
and to the extent that the Committee deems desirable to carry it
into effect; (x) establish such rules and regulations and appoint
such agents as it deems appropriate for the proper administration
of the Plan; (xi) determine whether any Award, other than an Option
or Stock Appreciation Right, will have Dividend Equivalents; and
(xii) make any other determination and take any other action that
the Committee deems necessary or desirable for the administration
of the Plan.

 

(b)           Decisions
of the Committee are final, conclusive and binding on all persons
or entities, including the Company, any Participant, and any
Subsidiary.  Meetings and actions of the Committee are
governed by, and must be held and taken in accordance with the
Company’s Bylaws and any rules adopted by the Board not
inconsistent with the Company’s Bylaws.

 

(c)           To
the extent not inconsistent with applicable law, including Section
162(m) of the Code, or the rules and regulations of the principal
U.S. national securities exchange on which the Shares are traded,
the Committee may: (i) delegate to a committee of one or more
directors of the Company any of the authority of the Committee
under the Plan, including the right to grant, cancel or suspend
Awards, and (ii) authorize one or more executive officers to
do one or both of the following: (A) designate officers (other than
officers subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act) and employees
of the Company or any Subsidiary to be recipients of Options, and
(B) determine the number of such Options to be received by those
officers and employees; provided that any resolution of the Committee authorizing
such officer(s) must specify the total number of Options such
officer(s) may so award and the Committee may not authorize an
officer to designate himself or herself as a recipient of an
Option.

 

5.            

OPTIONS

 

5.1           Grant
of Options.  Options
may be granted hereunder to Participants either alone or in
addition to other Awards granted under the Plan.  Any Option
is subject to the terms and conditions of this Article and to such
additional terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the
provisions of the Plan, as the Committee deems
desirable.

 

5.2           Award
Agreements.  All
Options must be evidenced by a written Award Agreement in such form
and containing such terms and conditions as the Committee
determines which are not inconsistent with the provisions of the
Plan.  The terms and conditions of Options need not be the
same with respect to each Participant.  Granting an
Option pursuant to the Plan does not impose any obligation on the
recipient to exercise that Option.  Any Participant who is
granted an Option pursuant to this Article may hold more than one
Option granted pursuant to the Plan at the same
time.

 

5.3           Option
Price.  Other than in
connection with Substitute Awards, the option price per each Share
purchasable under any Option granted pursuant to this Article must
not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of one Share on the
date of grant of that Option; provided, however, that in the case of an Incentive Stock Option
granted to a Participant who, at the time of the grant, owns (or is
deemed to own pursuant to Section 424(d) of the Code) stock
representing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of
all classes of stock of the Company or any Subsidiary, the option
price per share must be no less than 110% of the Fair Market Value
of one Share on the date of grant.  Other than pursuant to
Section 12.2, the Committee may not without the approval of the
Company's stockholders (i) lower the option price per Share of an
Option after it is granted, (ii) cancel an Option when the option
price per Share exceeds the Fair Market Value of one Share in
exchange for cash or another Award (other than in connection with a
Change in Control as defined in Section 11.3), or (iii) take any
other action with respect to an Option that would be treated as a
repricing under the rules and regulations of the principal U.S.
national securities exchange on which the Shares are
traded.

 

 

 

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5.4           Option
Term.  The term of
each Option must be fixed by the Committee in its sole discretion;
provided that no Option may be exercisable after the expiration of
seven (7) years from the date the Option is granted, except in the
event of death or disability of the Participant;
provided,
however, that the term of the
Option must not exceed five (5) years from the date the Option is
granted in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to a
Participant who, at the time of the grant, owns (or is deemed to
own pursuant to Section 424(d) of the Code) stock representing more
than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock
of the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

5.5           Exercise
of Options.  

 

(a)           Vested
Options granted under the Plan may be exercised by the Participant
or by a Permitted Assignee thereof (or by the Participant's
executors, administrators, guardian or legal representative, as may
be provided in an Award Agreement) as to all or part of the Shares
covered thereby, by giving notice of exercise to the Company or its
designated agent, specifying the number of Shares to be
purchased.  The notice of exercise must be in such form, made
in such manner, and must comply with such other requirements
consistent with the provisions of the Plan as the Committee may
prescribe from time to time.

 

(b)           Unless
otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, full payment of the
purchase price must be made at the time of exercise and must be
made (i) in cash or cash equivalents (including certified check or
bank check or wire transfer of immediately available funds), (ii)
by tendering previously acquired Shares (either actually or by
attestation) valued at their then Fair Market Value, (iii) with the
consent of the Committee, by delivery of other
consideration  having a Fair Market Value on the exercise
date equal to the total purchase price, (iv) with the consent of
the Committee, by withholding Shares otherwise issuable in
connection with the exercise of the Option, (v) through any other
method specified in an Award Agreement (including same-day sales
through a broker) or as authorized by the Committee, including
through any third party option administrator authorized by the
Committee, or (vi) any combination of any of the foregoing. 
The notice of exercise, accompanied by such payment, must be
delivered to the Company at its principal business office or such
other office or location as the Committee may from time to time
direct, including to a third party option administrator authorized
by the Committee, and must be in such form, containing such further
provisions consistent with the provisions of the Plan, as the
Committee may from time to time prescribe.  In no event
may any Option granted hereunder be exercised for a fraction of a
Share.

 

(c)           Notwithstanding
the foregoing, an Award Agreement may provide that if on the last
day of the term of an Option the Fair Market Value of one Share
exceeds the option price per Share, the Participant has not
exercised the Option (or a tandem Stock Appreciation Right, if
applicable) and the Option has not expired, the Option may be
deemed to have been exercised by the Participant on that day with
payment made by withholding Shares otherwise issuable in connection
with the exercise of the Option.  In such event, the Company
must deliver to the Participant the number of Shares for which the
Option was deemed exercised, less the number of Shares required to
be withheld for the payment of the total purchase price and
required withholding taxes; provided,
however, any fractional Share
must be settled in cash.

 

5.6           Form
of Settlement.  In
its sole discretion, the Committee may provide that the Shares to
be issued upon an Option's exercise will be in the form of
Restricted Stock or other similar securities.

 

5.7           Incentive
Stock Options.  The
Committee may grant Incentive Stock Options to any Employee of the
Company or any Subsidiary, subject to the requirements of Section
422 of the Code and the regulations thereunder.  Solely for
purposes of determining whether Shares are available for the grant
of Incentive Stock Options under the Plan, the maximum aggregate
number of Shares that may be issued pursuant to Incentive Stock
Options granted under the Plan is 2,000,000 Shares, subject to
adjustment as provided in Sections 3.1(a) and
12.2.

 

6.            

STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS

 

6.1           Grant
and Exercise.  The
Committee may provide Stock Appreciation Rights (i) in tandem
with all or part of any Option granted under the Plan or at any
subsequent time during the term of such Option, (ii) in tandem with
all or part of any Award (other than an Option) granted under the
Plan or at any subsequent time during the term of such Award, or
(iii) without regard to any Option or other Award in each case
upon such terms and conditions as the Committee may establish in
its sole discretion.

 

 

 

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6.2           Terms
and Conditions.  Stock Appreciation Rights are subject
to such terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the provisions
of the Plan, as are determined from time to time by the Committee,
including the following:

 

(a) Upon
the exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right, the holder has the
right to receive, for each Share for which the Stock Appreciation
Right is exercised, the excess of (i) the Fair Market Value of one
Share on the date of exercise (or such amount less than such Fair
Market Value as the Committee so determines at any time during a
specified period before the date of exercise) over (ii) the grant
price of the Stock Appreciation Right.

 

(b) The
Committee may determine in its sole discretion whether payment on
exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right must be made in cash, in
whole Shares or other property, or any combination
thereof.

 

(c) The
terms and conditions of Stock Appreciation Rights need not be the
same with respect to each Participant.

 

(d) The
Committee may impose such other terms and conditions on the
exercise of any Stock Appreciation Right, as it deems
appropriate.  A Stock Appreciation Right must: (i) have a
grant price per Share of not less than the Fair Market Value of one
Share on the date of grant or, if applicable, on the date of grant
of an Option with respect to a Stock Appreciation Right granted in
exchange for or in tandem with, but subsequent to, the Option
(subject to the requirements of Section 409A of the Code) except in
the case of Substitute Awards or in connection with an adjustment
provided in Section 12.2, and (ii) have a term not greater than
seven (7) years.

 

(e) An
Award Agreement may provide that if on the last day of the term of
a Stock Appreciation Right the Fair Market Value of one Share
exceeds the grant price per Share of the Stock Appreciation Right,
the Participant has not exercised the Stock Appreciation Right or
the tandem Option (if applicable), and the Stock Appreciation Right
has not expired, the Stock Appreciation Right will be deemed to
have been exercised by the Participant on that day.  In that
event, the Company must make payment to the Participant in
accordance with this Section, reduced by the number of Shares (or
cash) required for withholding taxes; any fractional Share must be
settled in cash.

 

(f) Without
the approval of the Company's stockholders, other than pursuant to
Section 12.2, the Committee may not (i) reduce the grant price of
any Stock Appreciation Right after the date of grant (ii) cancel
any Stock Appreciation Right when the grant price per Share exceeds
the Fair Market Value of one Share in exchange for cash or another
Award (other than in connection with a Change in Control as defined
in Section 11.3), or (iii) take any other action with respect to a
Stock Appreciation Right that would be treated as a repricing under
the rules and regulations of the principal U.S. national securities
exchange on which the Shares are traded.

 

 

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7.            

RESTRICTED STOCK AND RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS

 

7.1           Grants.  Awards
of Restricted Stock and of Restricted Stock Units may be issued
hereunder to Participants either alone or in addition to other
Awards granted under the Plan (a “Restricted Stock
Award” or
“Restricted Stock Unit
Award” respectively), and
such Restricted Stock Awards and Restricted Stock Unit Awards may
also be available as a form of payment of Performance Awards and
other earned cash-based incentive compensation.  A Restricted
Stock Award or Restricted Stock Unit Award may be subject to
vesting restrictions during the Vesting Period as specified by the
Committee.  The Committee has absolute discretion to determine
whether any consideration (other than services) is to be received
by the Company or any Subsidiary as a condition precedent to the
issuance of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock
Units

 

7.2           Award
Agreements.  The
terms of any Restricted Stock Award or Restricted Stock Unit Award
granted under the Plan must be set forth in an Award Agreement
which must contain provisions determined by the Committee and not
inconsistent with the Plan.  The terms of Restricted Stock
Awards and Restricted Stock Unit Awards need not be the same with
respect to each Participant.

 

7.3           Rights
of Holders of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock
Units.  Unless
otherwise provided in the Award Agreement, beginning on the date of
grant of the Restricted Stock Award and subject to execution of the
Award Agreement, the Participant will become a stockholder of the
Company with respect to all Shares subject to the Award Agreement
and will have all of the rights of a stockholder, including the
right to vote those Shares and the right to receive distributions
made with respect to those Shares.  A Participant receiving a
Restricted Stock Unit Award has only those rights specifically
provided for in the Award Agreements; provided,
however, in no event will the
Participant possess voting rights with respect to that Award. 
Except as otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, any Shares or
any other property (other than cash) distributed as a dividend or
otherwise with respect to any Restricted Stock Award or the number
of Shares covered by a Restricted Stock Unit Award as to which the
restrictions have not yet lapsed are subject to the same
restrictions as such Restricted Stock Award or Restricted Stock
Unit Award.  Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section,
cash dividends with respect to any Restricted Stock Award and any
other property (other than cash) distributed as a dividend or
otherwise with respect to any Restricted Stock Award or the number
of Shares covered by a Restricted Stock Unit Award that vests based
on achievement of performance goals will be accumulated, will be
subject to restrictions and risk of forfeiture to the same extent
as the Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units with respect to
which that cash, Shares or other property has been distributed and
must be paid at the time such restrictions and risk of forfeiture
lapse.

 

7.4           Issuance
of Shares.  Any
Restricted Stock granted under the Plan may be evidenced in such
manner as the Board may deem appropriate, including book-entry
registration or issuance of a stock certificate or certificates,
which certificate or certificates will be held by the
Company.  Certificate or certificates, if any, evidencing
Restricted Stock must be registered in the name of the Participant
and must bear an appropriate legend referring to the restrictions
applicable to such Restricted Stock.

 

8.            

OTHER SHARE-BASED AWARDS

 

8.1           Grants.  Other
Awards of Shares and other Awards that are valued in whole or in
part by reference to, or are otherwise based on, Shares or other
property (“Other Share-Based
Awards”), including
deferred stock units, may be granted hereunder to Participants
either alone or in addition to other Awards granted under the
Plan.  Other Share-Based Awards may also be available as a
form of payment of other Awards granted under the Plan and other
earned cash-based compensation.

 

8.2           Award
Agreements.  The
terms of Other Share-Based Award granted under the Plan must be set
forth in an Award Agreement which must contain provisions
determined by the Committee and not inconsistent with the
Plan.  The terms of such Awards need not be the same with
respect to each Participant.  Notwithstanding the provisions
of this Section, dividend equivalents and any property (other than
cash) distributed as a dividend or otherwise with respect to the
number of Shares covered by a Other Share-Based Award that vests
based on achievement of performance goals will be subject to
restrictions and risk of forfeiture to the same extent as the
Shares covered by a Other Share-Based Award with respect to which
such cash, Shares or other property has been distributed. Other
Share-Based Awards may be subject to vesting restrictions during
the Vesting Period as specified by the
Committee.

 

 

 

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8.3           Payment.  Except
as may be provided in an Award Agreement, Other Share-Based
Awards may be paid in cash, Shares, other property, or any
combination thereof, in the sole discretion of the Committee. 
Other Share-Based Awards may be paid in a lump sum or in
installments or, in accordance with procedures established by the
Committee, on a deferred basis subject to the requirements of
Section 409A of the Code and the regulations
thereunder.

 

8.4           Deferral
of Director Fees.  Subject to the limits set forth in
Section 3.3, Directors must, if determined by the Board, receive
Other Share-Based Awards in the form of deferred stock units in
lieu of all or a portion of their annual retainer.  In
addition, Directors may elect to receive Other Share-Based Awards
in the form of deferred stock units in lieu of all or a portion of
their annual and committee retainers and annual meeting fees,
provided that such election is made in accordance with the
requirements of Section 409A of the Code and the regulations
thereunder and subject to the limits set forth in Section
3.3.  The Committee may, in its absolute discretion, establish
such rules and procedures as it deems appropriate for such
elections and for the payment in deferred stock
units.

 

9.            

PERFORMANCE AWARDS

 

9.1           Grants.  Performance
Awards in the form of Performance Cash, Performance Shares or
Performance Units, as determined by the Committee in its sole
discretion, may be granted hereunder to Participants, for no
consideration or for such minimum consideration as may be required
by applicable law, either alone or in addition to other Awards
granted under the Plan.  The performance goals to be achieved
for each Performance Period will be conclusively determined by the
Committee and may be based upon the criteria set forth in Section
10.2.

 

9.2           Award
Agreements.  The
terms of any Performance Award granted under the Plan must be set
forth in an Award Agreement (or, if applicable, in a resolution
duly adopted by the Committee) which must contain provisions
determined by the Committee and not inconsistent with the Plan,
including whether such Awards will have Dividend Equivalents. 
The terms of Performance Awards need not be the same with respect
to each Participant.

 

9.3           Terms
and Conditions.  The
performance criteria to be achieved during any Performance Period
and the length of the Performance Period must be determined by the
Committee upon the grant of each Performance Award; provided,
however, that a Performance Period may not be longer than five
years.  The amount of the Award to be distributed will be
conclusively determined by the Committee.

 

9.4           Payment.  Except
as provided in Article 11 or as may be provided in an Award
Agreement, Performance Awards will be distributed only after the
end of the relevant Performance Period.  Performance Awards
may be paid in cash, Shares, other property, or any combination
thereof, in the sole discretion of the Committee.  Performance
Awards may be paid in a lump sum or in installments following the
close of the Performance Period or, in accordance with procedures
established by the Committee, on a deferred basis subject to the
requirements of Section 409A of the Code and the regulations
thereunder.

 

 

 

 

 

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10.            

CODE SECTION 162(m) PROVISIONS

 

10.1           Covered
Employees.  Notwithstanding any other provision
of the Plan, if the Committee determines at the time a Restricted
Stock Award, a Restricted Stock Unit Award, a Performance Award or
an Other Share-Based Award is granted to a Participant who is, or
is likely to be, as of the end of the tax year in which the Company
would claim a tax deduction in connection with such Award, a
Covered Employee, then the Committee may provide that this Article
10 is applicable to that Award.

 

10.2           Performance
Criteria.  If the
Committee determines that a Restricted Stock Award, a Restricted
Stock Unit, a Performance Award or an Other Share-Based Award is
intended to be subject to this Article 10, the lapsing of
restrictions thereon and the distribution of cash, Shares or other
property pursuant thereto, as applicable, will be subject to the
achievement of one or more objective performance goals established
by the Committee, which must be based on the attainment of
specified levels of one or any combination of the following: net
sales; revenue; revenue growth or product revenue growth; operating
income (before or after taxes); pre- or after-tax income or loss
(before or after allocation of corporate overhead and bonus);
earnings or loss per share; net income or loss (before or after
taxes); return on equity; total stockholder return; return on
assets or net assets; appreciation in and/or maintenance of the
price of the Shares or any other publicly-traded securities of the
Company; market share; gross profits; earnings or losses (including
earnings or losses before taxes, before interest and taxes, or
before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization); economic
value-added models or equivalent metrics; comparisons with various
stock market indices; reductions in costs; cash flow or cash flow
per share (before or after dividends); return on capital (including
return on total capital or return on invested capital); cash flow
return on investment; improvement in or attainment of expense
levels or working capital levels, including cash, inventory and
accounts receivable; operating margin; gross margin; year-end cash;
cash margin; debt reduction; stockholders equity; operating
efficiencies; market share; customer satisfaction; customer growth;
employee satisfaction; regulatory achievements (including
submitting or filing applications or other documents with
regulatory authorities or receiving approval of any such
applications or other documents and passing pre-approval
inspections); strategic partnerships or transactions (including
in-licensing and out-licensing of intellectual property);
establishing relationships with commercial entities with respect to
the marketing, distribution and sale of the Company’s
products (including with group purchasing organizations,
distributors and other vendors); lead supply or other supply chain
achievements); co-development, co-marketing, profit sharing, joint
venture or other similar arrangements; financial ratios (including
those measuring liquidity, activity, profitability or leverage);
cost of capital or assets under management; financing and other
capital raising transactions (including sales of the
Company’s equity or debt securities); factoring transactions;
sales or licenses of the Company’s assets (including its
intellectual property, whether in a particular jurisdiction or
territory or globally; or through partnering transactions);
implementation, completion or attainment of measurable objectives
with respect to research, development, manufacturing,
commercialization, products or projects, production volume levels,
acquisitions and divestitures; factoring transactions; and
recruiting and maintaining personnel.  These performance
goals also may be based solely by reference to the Company’s
performance or the performance of a Subsidiary, division, business
segment or business unit of the Company, or based upon the relative
performance of other companies or upon comparisons of any of the
indicators of performance relative to other companies. Any
performance goals that are financial metrics, may be determined in
accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
(“GAAP”), in
accordance with accounting principles established by the
International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB Principles”), or may be
adjusted when established to include or exclude any items otherwise
includable or excludable under GAAP or under IASB
Principles  The Committee may
also exclude the impact of an event or occurrence which the
Committee determines should appropriately be excluded, including
(i) restructurings, discontinued operations, items of an unusual
nature or infrequency of occurrence or non-recurring items;
(ii) an event either not directly related to the operations
of the Company, Subsidiary, division, business segment or business
unit or not within the reasonable control of management; (iii) the cumulative effects of tax or
accounting changes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted
accounting principles; (iv) asset write-downs, (v)
litigation or claim judgments or settlements; (vi) acquisitions or
divestitures; (vii) reorganization or change in the corporate
structure or capital structure of the Company; (ix) foreign
exchange gains and losses; (x) a change in the fiscal year of the
Company; (xi) the refinancing or repurchase of bank loans or debt
securities; (xii), unbudgeted capital expenditures; (xiii) the
issuance or repurchase of equity securities and other changes in
the number of outstanding shares; (xiv) conversion of some or all
of convertible securities to common stock; (xv) any business
interruption event; or (xvi) the effect of changes in other laws or
regulatory rules affecting reported results. The Committee must set these performance goals
(and any exclusions) within the time period prescribed by, and must
otherwise comply with the requirements of, Section 162(m) of the
Code and the regulations thereunder.

 

10.3           Adjustments.  Notwithstanding
any provision of the Plan (other than Article 11), with respect to
any Restricted Stock Award, Restricted Stock Unit Award,
Performance Award or Other Share-Based Award that is subject to
this Section 10, the Committee may adjust downwards, but not
upwards, the amount payable pursuant to such Award, and the
Committee may not waive the achievement of the applicable
performance goals except in the case of the death or disability of
the Participant or a Change in Control of the
Company.

 

 

 

 

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10.4           Restrictions.  The
Committee has the power to impose such other restrictions on Awards
subject to this Article as it may deem necessary or appropriate to
ensure that the Awards satisfy all requirements for
“qualified performance-based compensation" within the meaning
of Section 162(m) of the Code and the regulations
thereunder.

 

10.5           Limitations
on Grants to Individual Participants.  Subject to adjustment as provided in
Section 12.2, no Participant may (i) be granted Options or Stock
Appreciation Rights during any calendar year with respect to more
than 400,000 Shares and (ii) be granted Restricted Stock Awards,
Restricted Stock Unit Awards, Performance Awards and/or Other
Share-Based Awards in any calendar year that are intended to comply
with the qualified performance-based exception under Code Section
162(m) and are denominated in Shares and under which more
than 400,000 Shares may be earned for each 12 months in the
Performance Period.  In
addition to the foregoing, during any calendar year no
Participant may be granted Performance Awards that are intended to
comply with the performance-based exception under Code Section
162(m) and are denominated in cash under which more than
$2,500,000 may be earned for each 12 months in
the Performance Period (together,
collectively with the limitations in the preceding sentence, the
“Limitations”).  If an Award is cancelled, the
cancelled Award will continue to be counted toward the applicable
Limitation (or, if denominated in cash, toward the dollar amount in
the preceding sentence).

 

11.            

CHANGE IN CONTROL PROVISIONS

 

11.1           Impact
on Certain Awards.  Award Agreements may provide that in
the event of a Change in Control of the Company (as defined in
Section 11.3):  (i) Options and Stock Appreciation Rights
outstanding as of the date of the Change in Control will be
cancelled and terminated without payment therefor if the Fair
Market Value of one Share as of the date of the Change in Control
is less than the per Share Option exercise price or Stock
Appreciation Right grant price, and (ii) all Performance Awards
will be considered to be earned and payable (either in full or pro
rata based on the portion of the Performance Period completed as of
the date of the Change in Control), and any limitations or other
restrictions will lapse and such Performance Awards will be
immediately settled or distributed.

 

11.2           Assumption
or Substitution of Certain Awards. 

 

(a) Unless
otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, in the event of a Change
in Control of the Company in which the successor company assumes or
substitutes for an Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted
Stock Award, Restricted Stock Unit Award or Other Share-Based Award
(or in which the Company is the ultimate parent corporation and
continues the Award), if a Participant’s employment with such
successor company (or the Company) or a subsidiary thereof
terminates within 24 months following such Change in Control (or
such other period set forth in the Award Agreement, including prior
thereto if applicable) and under the circumstances specified in the
Award Agreement:  (i) Options and Stock Appreciation
Rights outstanding as of the date of such termination of employment
will immediately vest, become fully exercisable, and may thereafter
be exercised for 24 months (or the period of time set forth in the
Award Agreement), but in no event later than the earlier of (A) the
latest date on which the Option or Stock Appreciation Right would
have expired by its original terms or (B) the date that is seven
(7) years after the original date of grant of the Option or Stock
Appreciation Right, (ii) the restrictions, limitations and other
conditions applicable to Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock
Units outstanding as of the date of such termination of employment
will lapse and the Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units will
become free of all restrictions, limitations and conditions and
become fully vested, and (iii) the restrictions, limitations and
other conditions applicable to any Other Share-Based Awards or any
other Awards will lapse, and such Other Share-Based Awards or such
other Awards will become free of all restrictions, limitations and
conditions and become fully vested and transferable to the full
extent of the original grant.  For the purposes of this
Section 11.2, an Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock
Award, Restricted Stock Unit Award or Other Share-Based Award will
be considered assumed or substituted for if following the Change in
Control the Award confers the right to purchase or receive, for
each Share subject to the Option, Stock Appreciation Right,
Restricted Stock Award, Restricted Stock Unit Award or Other
Share-Based Award immediately prior to the Change in Control, the
consideration (whether stock, cash or other securities or property)
received in the transaction constituting a Change in Control by
holders of Shares for each Share held on the effective date of such
transaction (and if holders were offered a choice of consideration,
the type of consideration chosen by the holders of a majority of
the outstanding Shares); provided, however, that if such
consideration received in the transaction constituting a Change in
Control is not solely common stock of the successor company, the
Committee may, with the consent of the successor company, provide
that the consideration to be received upon the exercise or vesting
of an Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock Award,
Restricted Stock Unit Award or Other Share-Based Award, for each
Share subject thereto, will be solely common stock of the successor
company substantially equal in fair market value to the per Share
consideration received by holders of Shares in the transaction
constituting a Change in Control.  The determination of
such substantial equality of value of consideration may be made by
the Committee in its sole discretion and its determination is
conclusive and binding.

 

 

 

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(b) Unless
otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, in the event of a Change
in Control of the Company to the extent the successor company does
not assume or substitute for an Option, Stock Appreciation Right,
Restricted Stock Award, Restricted Stock Unit Award or Other
Share-Based Award (or in which the Company is the ultimate parent
corporation and does not continue the Award), then immediately
prior to the Change in Control: (i) those Options and Stock
Appreciation Rights outstanding as of the date of the Change in
Control that are not assumed or substituted for (or continued) will
immediately vest and become fully exercisable, (ii) restrictions,
limitations and other conditions applicable to Restricted Stock and
Restricted Stock Units that are not assumed or substituted for (or
continued) will lapse and the Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock
Units will become free of all restrictions, limitations and
conditions and become fully vested, and (iii) the restrictions,
other limitations and other conditions applicable to any Other
Share-Based Awards or any other Awards that are not assumed or
substituted for (or continued) will lapse, and such Other
Share-Based Awards or such other Awards will become free of all
restrictions, limitations and conditions and become fully vested
and transferable to the full extent of the original
grant.

 

(c) The
Committee, in its discretion, may determine that, upon the
occurrence of a Change in Control of the Company, each Option and
Stock Appreciation Right outstanding will terminate within a
specified number of days after notice to the Participant, and/or
that each Participant will receive, with respect to each Share
subject to such Option or Stock Appreciation Right, an amount equal
to the excess of the Fair Market Value of such Share immediately
prior to the occurrence of such Change in Control over the exercise
price per Share of such Option and/or Stock Appreciation Right;
such amount to be payable in cash, in one or more kinds of stock or
property (including the stock or property, if any, payable in the
transaction) or in a combination thereof, as the Committee, in its
discretion, may determine.

 

 

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11.3           Change
in Control.  For
purposes of the Plan, unless otherwise provided in an Award
Agreement, “Change in
Control” means the
occurrence of any one of the following events:

 

(a) During
any twenty-four (24) month period, individuals who, as of the
beginning of such period, constitute the Board
(“Incumbent
Directors”) cease for any
reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board, provided
that any person becoming a director subsequent to the beginning of
such period whose election or nomination for election was approved
by a vote of at least a majority of the Incumbent Directors then on
the Board (either by a specific vote or by approval of the proxy
statement of the Company in which such person is named as a nominee
for director, without written objection to such nomination) will be
an Incumbent Director; provided,
however, that no individual
initially elected or nominated as a director of the Company as a
result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to
directors or as a result of any other actual or threatened
solicitation of proxies by or on behalf of any person other than
the Board will be deemed to be an Incumbent
Director;

 

(b) Any
“person” (as such term is defined in the Exchange
Act and as used in Sections 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange
Act) is or becomes a “beneficial
owner” (as defined in
Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of
securities of the Company representing 50% or more of the combined
voting power of the Company's then outstanding securities eligible
to vote for the election of the Board (“Company Voting
Securities”);
provided,
however, that the event
described in this paragraph (b) will not be deemed to be a Change
in Control by virtue of any of the following
acquisitions:  (i) by the Company or any Subsidiary, (ii)
by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or
maintained by the Company or any Subsidiary, (iii) by any
underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering
of such securities, (iv) pursuant to a Non-Qualifying Transaction,
as defined in paragraph (c), or (v) by any person of Voting
Securities from the Company, if a majority of the Incumbent Board
approves in advance the acquisition of beneficial ownership of 50%
or more of Company Voting Securities by that
person;

 

(c) The
consummation of a merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange
or similar form of corporate transaction involving the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries that requires the approval of the Company's
stockholders, whether for such transaction or the issuance of
securities in the transaction (a “Business
Combination”), unless
immediately following such Business Combination:  (i)
more than 50% of the total voting power of (A) the corporation
resulting from such Business Combination
(“Surviving
Corporation”), or (B) if
applicable, the ultimate parent corporation that directly or
indirectly has beneficial ownership of 100% of the voting
securities eligible to elect directors of the Surviving Corporation
(“Parent
Corporation”), is
represented by Company Voting Securities that were outstanding
immediately prior to such Business Combination (or, if applicable,
is represented by shares into which such Company Voting Securities
were converted pursuant to such Business Combination), and such
voting power among the holders thereof is in substantially the same
proportion as the voting power of such Company Voting Securities
among the holders thereof immediately prior to the Business
Combination, (ii) no person (other than any employee benefit plan
(or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Surviving
Corporation or the Parent Corporation), is or becomes the
beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 50% or more of the
total voting power of the outstanding voting securities eligible to
elect directors of the Parent Corporation (or, if there is no
Parent Corporation, the Surviving Corporation) and (iii) at least a
majority of the members of the board of directors of the Parent
Corporation (or, if there is no Parent Corporation, the Surviving
Corporation) following the consummation of the Business Combination
were Incumbent Directors at the time of the Board's approval of the
execution of the initial agreement providing for such Business
Combination (any Business Combination which satisfies all of the
criteria specified in (i), (ii) and (iii) above is deemed to be a
“Non-Qualifying
Transaction”);
or

 

(d) The
stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation
or dissolution of the Company or the consummation of a sale of all
or substantially all of the Company’s assets.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Change in Control
will not be deemed to occur solely because any person acquires
beneficial ownership of more than 50% of the Company Voting
Securities as a result of the acquisition of Company Voting
Securities by the Company which reduces the number of Company
Voting Securities outstanding; provided, that if after such acquisition by the Company
such person becomes the beneficial owner of additional Company
Voting Securities that increases the percentage of outstanding
Company Voting Securities beneficially owned by such person, a
Change in Control of the Company will then
occur.

 

 

 

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12.            

GENERALLY APPLICABLE PROVISIONS

 

12.1           Amendment
and Termination of the Plan.  The Board may, from time to time,
alter, amend, suspend or terminate the Plan as it may deem
advisable, subject to any requirement for stockholder approval
imposed by applicable law, including the rules and regulations of
the principal U.S. national securities exchange on which the Shares
are traded; provided that the Board may not amend the Plan in any
manner that would result in noncompliance with Rule 16b-3 of the
Exchange Act; and further provided that the Board may not, without the approval of
the Company's stockholders, amend the Plan to (i) increase the
number of Shares that may be the subject of Awards under the Plan
(except for adjustments pursuant to Section 12.2), (ii) expand the
types of awards available under the Plan, (iii) change the
class of persons eligible to receive grants of Incentive Stock
Options or materially expand the class of persons eligible to
participate in the Plan, (iv) amend Section 5.3 or Section 6.2(f)
to eliminate the requirements relating to minimum exercise price,
minimum grant price and stockholder approval, (v) increase the
maximum permissible term of any Option specified by Section 5.4 or
the maximum permissible term of a Stock Appreciation Right
specified by Section 6.2(d), or (vi) increase the limits specified
in Section 3.3 or the Limitations (except for adjustments pursuant
to Section 12.2).  Except pursuant to Section 12.2, the
Board may not, without the approval of the Company's stockholders,
cancel an Option or Stock Appreciation Right in exchange for cash
when the exercise or grant price per share exceeds the Fair Market
Value of one Share or take any action with respect to an Option or
Stock Appreciation Right that would be treated as a repricing under
the rules and regulations of the principal U.S. securities exchange
on which the Shares are traded, including a reduction of the
exercise price of an Option or the grant price of a Stock
Appreciation Right or the exchange of an Option or Stock
Appreciation Right for cash or another Award.  In addition, no
amendments to, or termination of, the Plan will impair the rights
of a Participant in any material respect under any Award previously
granted without such Participant's consent.

 

12.2           Adjustments.  In
the event of any merger, reorganization, consolidation,
recapitalization, dividend or distribution (whether in cash, shares
or other property, other than a regular cash dividend), stock
split, reverse stock split, spin-off or similar transaction or
other change in corporate structure affecting the Shares or the
value thereof, such adjustments and other substitutions must be
made to the Plan and to Awards as the Committee deems equitable or
appropriate taking into consideration the accounting and tax
consequences, including such adjustments in the aggregate number,
class and kind of securities that may be delivered under the Plan,
the number of Shares set forth in the Limitations contained in the
first sentence of Section 10.5 (but not the dollar amount set
forth in the second sentence of Section 10.5), the maximum number
of Shares that may be issued pursuant to Incentive Stock Options
and, in the aggregate or to any Participant, in the number, class,
kind and option or exercise price of securities subject to
outstanding Awards granted under the Plan (including, if the
Committee deems appropriate, the substitution of similar options to
purchase the shares of, or other awards denominated in the shares
of, another company) as the Committee may determine to be
appropriate; provided,
however, that the number of
Shares subject to any Award must always be a whole
number.

 

12.3           Transferability
of Awards.  Except as
provided below, no Award and no Shares that have not been issued or
as to which any applicable restriction, performance or deferral
period has not lapsed, may be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged
or otherwise encumbered, other than by will or the laws of descent
and distribution, and such Award may be exercised during the life
of the Participant only by the Participant or the Participant's
guardian, members of a committee for incompetent former employees,
or similar persons duly authorized by law to administer the estate
or assets of former employees.  To the extent and under such
terms and conditions as determined by the Committee and except for
Incentive Stock Options, Options may be exercised and the Shares
acquired on exercise may be resold by a Participant's family member
who has acquired the Options from the Participant through a gift or
a domestic relations order (a “Permitted
Assignee”).  For
purposes of this Section, “family member” includes any
child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent,
spouse, former spouse, sibling, niece, nephew, mother-in-law,
father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or
sister-in-law, including adoptive relationships, any person sharing
the Participant's household (other than a tenant or employee), a
trust in which these persons have more than fifty percent of the
beneficial interest, a foundation in which these persons (or the
Participant) control the management of assets, and any other entity
in which these persons (or the Participant) own more than fifty
percent of the voting interests; provided that such Permitted Assignee will be bound by and
subject to all of the terms and conditions of the Plan and the
Award Agreement relating to the transferred Award and must execute
an agreement satisfactory to the Company evidencing such
obligations; and provided further that such Participant remains bound by the
terms and conditions of the Plan.  The Company must cooperate
with any Permitted Assignee and the Company’s transfer agent
in effectuating any transfer permitted under this Section. 
Options transferred for value may not be exercised.  A
transfer for value does not include: (i) a transfer under a
domestic relations order in settlement of marital property rights;
or (ii) a transfer to an entity in which more than fifty percent of
the voting interests are owned by the family members (or the
Participant) in exchange for an interest in that
entity.  An Incentive Stock Option is not transferable
(other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution) by
the Participant and is exercisable, during the lifetime of the
Participant, only by the Participant.

 

 

 

 

 

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12.4           Termination
of Employment or Services.  The Committee must determine and set
forth in each Award Agreement whether any Awards granted in such
Award Agreement will continue to be exercisable, continue to vest
or be earned and the terms of such exercise, vesting or earning, on
and after the date that a Participant ceases to be employed by or
to provide services to the Company or any Subsidiary (including as
a Director), whether by reason of death, disability, voluntary or
involuntary termination of employment or services, or
otherwise.  The date of termination of a Participant's
employment or services will be determined by the Committee, which
determination will be final.

 

12.5           Deferral;
Dividend Equivalents.  The Committee is authorized to
establish procedures pursuant to which the payment of any Award may
be deferred.  Subject to the provisions of the Plan and any
Award Agreement, the recipient of an Award other than an Option or
Stock Appreciation Right may, if so determined by the Committee, be
entitled to receive, currently or on a deferred basis, amounts
equivalent to cash, stock or other property dividends on Shares
(“Dividend
Equivalents”) with
respect to the number of Shares covered by the Award, as determined
by the Committee, in its sole discretion.  The Committee may
provide that the Dividend Equivalents (if any) will be deemed to
have been reinvested in additional Shares or otherwise reinvested
and may provide that the Dividend Equivalents are subject to the
same vesting or performance conditions as the underlying
Award.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Dividend Equivalents
distributed in connection with an Award that vests based on the
achievement of performance goals will be subject to restrictions
and risk of forfeiture to the same extent as the Award with respect
to which such cash, stock or other property has been
distributed.

 

13.            

MISCELLANEOUS

 

13.1           Award
Agreements.  

 

(a) Each
Award Agreement must either be (i) in writing in a form approved by
the Committee and executed by the Company by an officer duly
authorized to act on its behalf, or (ii) an electronic notice in a
form approved by the Committee and recorded by the Company (or its
designee) in an electronic recordkeeping system used for the
purpose of tracking one or more types of Awards as the Committee
may provide; in each case and if required by the Committee, the
Award Agreement must be executed or otherwise electronically
accepted by the recipient of the Award in such form and manner as
the Committee may require.  The Committee may authorize any
officer of the Company to execute any or all Award Agreements on
behalf of the Company.  The Award Agreement must set forth the
material terms and conditions of the Award as established by the
Committee consistent with the provisions of the Plan.

 

(b) No
Full Value Award granted on or after the Effective Date may vest in
less than one year from its date of grant.  Notwithstanding
the foregoing, up to five percent (5%) of the available Shares
authorized for issuance under the Plan as of the Effective Date
(adjusted to reflect the Fungible Share Ratio as it applies to Full
Value Awards) may vest (in full or in part) in less than one year
from their date of grant (“Full Value Award 5%
Basket”).  Any Full
Value Award granted under the Plan may vest in full or in part upon
death or disability of the Participant, or upon a Change in Control
of the Company, and such vesting shall not count against the Full
Value Award 5% Basket. 

 

 

 

 

 

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13.2           Tax
Withholding.  The
Company has the right to make all payments or distributions
pursuant to the Plan to a Participant (or a Permitted Assignee
thereof) (any such person, a “Payee”) net of any
applicable federal, state and local taxes required to be paid or
withheld (including any taxes, penalties and interest under Section
409A of the Code) as a result of (i) the grant of any Award, (ii)
the exercise of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right, (iii) the
delivery of Shares or cash, (iv) the lapse of any restrictions in
connection with any Award, (v) the vesting of any Award, or (vi)
any other event occurring pursuant to the Plan.  The Company
or any Subsidiary has the right to withhold from wages or other
amounts otherwise payable to such Payee such withholding taxes as
may be required by law, or to otherwise require the Payee to pay
such taxes, penalties and interest required to be withheld or paid
by the Participant.  If the Payee fails to make such tax
payments as are required, the Company or its Subsidiaries will, to
the extent permitted by law, have the right to deduct any such
taxes from any payment of any kind otherwise due to such Payee or
to take such other action as may be necessary to satisfy such
withholding obligations.  The Committee is authorized to
establish procedures for election by Participants to satisfy such
obligation for the payment of such taxes by tendering previously
acquired Shares (either actually or by attestation, valued at their
then Fair Market Value), or by directing the Company to retain
Shares (up to the Participant's minimum required tax withholding
rate or such other rate that will not cause an adverse accounting
consequence or cost) otherwise deliverable in connection with the
Award.

 

13.3           Right
of Discharge Reserved; Claims to Awards.  Nothing in the Plan nor the grant of
an Award hereunder confers upon any Employee, Director, officer or
Consultant the right to continue in the employment or service of
the Company or any Subsidiary or affect any right that the Company
or any Subsidiary may have to terminate the employment or service
of (or to demote or to exclude from future Awards under the Plan)
any such Employee, Director, officer or Consultant at any time for
any reason.  Except as specifically provided by the
Committee, the Company will not be liable for the loss of existing
or potential profit from an Award granted in the event of
termination of an employment or other relationship.  No
Employee, Director, officer or Consultant will have any claim to be
granted any Award under the Plan, and there is no obligation for
uniformity of treatment of Employees, Directors, officers or
Consultants under the Plan.

 

13.4           Substitute
Awards.  Notwithstanding any other provision
of the Plan, the terms of Substitute Awards may vary from the terms
set forth in the Plan to the extent the Committee deems appropriate
to conform, in whole or in part, to the provisions of the awards in
substitution for which they are granted.

 

13.5           Cancellation
of Award; Forfeiture of Gain.  Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, an Award Agreement may provide that the
Award will be canceled if the Participant, without the consent of
the Company, while employed by or providing services to the Company
or any Subsidiary or after termination of such employment or
service, violates a non-competition, non-solicitation or
non-disclosure covenant or agreement or otherwise engages in
activity that is in conflict with or adverse to the interest of the
Company or any Subsidiary (including conduct contributing to any
financial restatements or financial irregularities), as determined
by the Committee in its sole discretion.  The Committee may
provide in an Award Agreement that if within the time period
specified in the Agreement the Participant establishes a
relationship with a competitor or engages in an activity referred
to in the preceding sentence, the Participant will forfeit any gain
realized on the vesting or exercise of the Award and must repay
such gain to the Company.

 

13.6           Stop
Transfer Orders.  All
certificates or book-entries for Shares delivered under the Plan
pursuant to any Award will be subject to such stop-transfer orders
and other restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under
the rules, regulations and other requirements of the Securities and
Exchange Commission (“SEC”), any stock exchange upon which the Shares
are then listed, and any applicable federal or state securities
law, and the Committee may cause a legend or legends to be put on
any such certificates or noted in the book entries to make
appropriate reference to such restrictions.

 

 

 

 

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13.7           Nature
of Payments.  All
Awards made pursuant to the Plan are in consideration of services
performed or to be performed for the Company or any Subsidiary,
division or business unit of the Company.  Any income or gain
realized pursuant to Awards under the Plan constitutes a special
incentive payment to the Participant and must not be taken into
account, to the extent permissible under applicable law, as
compensation for purposes of any of the employee benefit plans of
the Company or any Subsidiary except as may be determined by the
Committee or by the Board or board of directors of the applicable
Subsidiary.

 

13.8           Other
Plans.  Nothing
contained in the Plan prevents the Board from adopting other or
additional compensation arrangements, subject to stockholder
approval if such approval is required; and such arrangements may be
either generally applicable or applicable only in specific
cases.

 

13.9           Severability.  The
provisions of the Plan are severable.  If any provision of the
Plan is held unlawful or otherwise invalid or unenforceable in
whole or in part by a court of competent jurisdiction or by reason
of change in a law or regulation, such provision will (i) be deemed
limited to the extent that such court of competent jurisdiction
deems it lawful, valid and/or enforceable and as so limited will
remain in full force and effect, and (ii) not affect any other
provision of the Plan or part thereof, each of which will remain in
full force and effect.  If the making of any payment or the
provision of any other benefit required under the Plan is held
unlawful or otherwise invalid or unenforceable by a court of
competent jurisdiction, such unlawfulness, invalidity or
unenforceability will not prevent any other payment or benefit from
being made or provided under the Plan, and if the making of any
payment in full or the provision of any other benefit required
under the Plan in full would be unlawful or otherwise invalid or
unenforceable, then such unlawfulness, invalidity or
unenforceability will not prevent such payment or benefit from
being made or provided in part, to the extent that it would not be
unlawful, invalid or unenforceable, and the maximum payment or
benefit that would not be unlawful, invalid or unenforceable will
be made or provided under the Plan.

 

13.10           Construction.  As
used in the Plan, the words “include” and
“including,” and variations thereof, are not terms of
limitation, but rather must be deemed to be followed by the words
“without limitation.”

 

13.11           Unfunded
Status of the Plan.  The Plan is intended to constitute an
“unfunded” plan for incentive compensation.  With
respect to any payments not yet made to a Participant by the
Company, nothing contained herein gives any such Participant any
rights that are greater than those of a general creditor of the
Company.  In its sole discretion, the Committee may
authorize the creation of trusts or other arrangements to meet the
obligations created under the Plan to deliver the Shares or
payments in lieu of or with respect to Awards hereunder;
provided,
however, that the existence of
such trusts or other arrangements is consistent with the unfunded
status of the Plan.  No deferral of compensation within the
meaning of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 is
permitted under this Plan or any Award Agreement for any
Participant that is not an executive officer or director of the
Company or a Subsidiary.

 

13.12           Governing
Law.  The Plan and all determinations made
and actions taken thereunder, to the extent not otherwise governed
by the Code or the laws of the United States, is governed by the
laws of the State of Delaware, without reference to principles of
conflict of laws, and construed accordingly.

 

13.13           Effective
Date of Plan; Termination of Plan.  The Existing Plan will remain in full
force and effect in accordance with its terms until the date on
which the stockholders approve the Plan in accordance with the
Company’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws and the
rules of the principal U.S. national securities exchange on which
the Shares are traded (“Effective
Date”).  For the
avoidance of doubt, the Effective Date is the date the
Company’s stockholders approve the Plan at the 2016 Annual
Meeting of Stockholders. The Plan will become effective on the
Effective Date and will be null and void and of no effect if the
foregoing approval is not obtained.  No Incentive Stock Option
may be granted under the Plan if the Plan is not approved by the
Company's stockholders within 12 months of the Board Approval
Date.  Awards may be granted under the Plan at any time after
the Effective Date (or prior to the Effective Date, as long as any
such prior grants are subject to and conditioned upon the approval
of the Plan by the Company’s stockholders) and from time to
time on, or prior to, the Plan Expiration Date, on which date the
Plan will expire except as to Awards then outstanding under the
Plan or the Existing Plan. Such outstanding Awards will remain
in effect until they have been exercised or terminated, or have
expired.

 

 

 

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13.14           Foreign
Employees and Consultants.  Awards may be granted to Participants
who are foreign nationals or employed or providing services outside
the United States, or both, on such terms and conditions different
from those applicable to Awards to Employees or Consultants
providing services in the United States as may, in the judgment of
the Committee, be necessary or desirable in order to recognize
differences in local law or tax policy.  The Committee
also may impose conditions on the exercise or vesting of Awards in
order to minimize the Company's obligation with respect to tax
equalization for Employees or Consultants on assignments outside
their home country.

 

13.15           Compliance
with Section 409A of the Code.  This Plan is intended to comply and
must be administered in a manner that is intended to comply with
Section 409A of the Code and the regulations thereunder and must be
construed and interpreted in accordance with that
intent.

 

(a)           To
the extent that an Award or the payment, settlement or deferral
thereof is subject to Section 409A of the Code, the Award must be
granted, paid, settled or deferred in a manner that will comply
with Section 409A of the Code, including regulations or other
guidance issued with respect thereto, except as otherwise
determined by the Committee.  Any provision of this Plan that
would cause the grant of an Award or the payment, settlement or
deferral thereof to fail to satisfy Section 409A of the Code must
be amended to comply with Section 409A of the Code on a timely
basis, which may be made on a retroactive basis, in accordance with
regulations and other guidance issued under Section 409A of the
Code and the regulations thereunder.

 

(b)           Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Plan or any Award
Agreement:

 

(i)            if
this Plan or any Award Agreement provides that a payment,
distribution or benefit constituting deferred compensation under
Code Section 409A and the regulations thereunder will be made or
provided to a Participant as a result of an event constituting a
Change in Control, such payment, distribution or benefit will not
be payable to such Participant as a result of such event unless
such event also constitutes a “change in control event”
as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5)(i), and
any such payment, distribution or benefit payable as a result of
such a change in control event must be made or provided to such
Participant no later than five (5) days following the occurrence of
the change in control event.

 

(ii)            With
respect to a Participant who is a “specified employee”
within the meaning of Code Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) and the
regulations thereunder, no payment, distribution or benefit that
constitutes deferred compensation under Code Section 409A and the
regulations thereunder may be made or provided to such Participant
during the 6-month period following such Participant’s
“separation from service” (within the meaning of Code
Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(i) and the regulations thereunder), to
the extent necessary in order to avoid the imposition of excise
taxes.  However, if any payment, distribution or benefit is
delayed as a result of the previous sentence, then such payment,
distribution or benefit must be made or provided to the
Participant, without interest, on the first business day following
the end of such 6-month period (or such earlier date upon which
such amount can be paid without resulting in a prohibited
distribution under Code Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) and the
regulations thereunder, including as a result of the
Participant’s death).

 

13.16           No
Registration Rights; No Right to Settle in Cash.  The Company has no obligation to
register with any governmental body or organization (including,
without limitation, the SEC) any of (i) the offer or issuance of
any Award, (ii) any Shares issuable upon the exercise of any Award,
or (iii) the sale of any Shares issued upon exercise of any Award,
regardless of whether the Company in fact undertakes to register
any of the foregoing.  In particular, in the event that any of
(x) any offer or issuance of any Award, (y) any Shares issuable
upon exercise of any Award, or (z) the sale of any Shares issued
upon exercise of any Award are not registered with any governmental
body or organization (including, without limitation, the SEC), the
Company will not under any circumstance be required to settle its
obligations, if any, under this Plan in cash.

 

13.17           Captions.  The
captions in the Plan are for convenience of reference only, and are
not intended to narrow, limit or affect the substance or
interpretation of the provisions contained
herein.

 

13.18           Indemnification.  To
the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, each member of the
Committee and the Board must be indemnified and held harmless by
the Company from and against: (i) any loss, cost, liability, or
expense (including attorneys' fees and costs) that may be imposed
upon or reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with or
resulting from any claim, action, suit, or proceeding (whether
civil, administrative, investigative or criminal) to which he or
she may be a party or in which he or she may be involved by reason
of any action taken or failure to act under the Plan or any Award
Agreement, and (ii) from any and all amounts paid by him or her in
settlement thereof, with the Company’s approval, or paid by
him or her in satisfaction of any such claim, action, suit, or
proceeding against him or her.  The foregoing right to
indemnification is not exclusive of any other rights to
indemnification to which a member of the Committee or the Board may
be entitled under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation,
Bylaws, or agreement or as a matter of law, or otherwise, or under
any power that the Company may have to indemnify the member or hold
them harmless.

 

 

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  Exhibit
10.12

 

AUTOWEB, INC.

AMENDED AND RESTATED 2014 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

 

Non-Employee Director Stock Option Award Agreement

(Non-Qualified Stock Option)

 

This
Non-Employee Director Stock Option Award Agreement
(“Agreement”) is
entered into effective as of the Grant Date set forth on the
signature page to this Agreement (“Grant Date”), by and between
AutoWeb, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Company”), and the member of
Company’s Board set forth as Participant on the signature
page hereto (“Participant”).

 

This
Agreement and the stock options granted hereby are subject to the
provisions of the AutoWeb, Inc. Amended and Restated 2014 Equity
Incentive Plan (“Plan”). In the event of a conflict
between the provisions of the Plan and this Agreement, the Plan
shall control. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this
Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the
Plan.

 

1. Grant of Options. Company
hereby grants to Participant non-qualified stock options
(“Options”) to
purchase the number of shares of common stock of Company, par value
$0.001 per share, set forth on the signature page to this Agreement
(“Shares”), at
the exercise price per Share set forth on the signature page to
this Agreement (“Exercise
Price”). The Options are not intended to qualify as
incentive stock options under Section 422 of the Code.

 

2. Term of Options. Unless the
Options terminate earlier pursuant to the provisions of this
Agreement or the Plan, the Options shall expire on the
seventh (7th) anniversary of the
Grant Date (“Option
Expiration Date”).

 

3. Vesting. The Options shall vest
in twelve monthly installments of one-twelfth (1/12) each on the
[XX] day of each
month commencing [XXX].

 

4. Exercise of
Options.

 

(a)           Manner
of Exercise. To the extent vested, the Options may be
exercised, in whole or in part, by delivering written notice to
Company in accordance with Section 6(f) of this Agreement in such
form as Company may require from time to time, or at the direction
of Company, through the procedures established with Company’s
third party option administration service. Such notice shall
specify the number of Shares, subject to the Options that are being
exercised, and shall be accompanied by full payment of the Exercise
Price of such Shares in a manner permitted under the terms of
Section 5.5 of the Plan (including same-day sales through a
broker), except that payment in whole or in part in a manner set
forth in clauses (ii), (iii) or (iv) of Section 5.5(b) of the
Plan may only be made with the consent of the Committee. The
Options may be exercised only in multiples of whole Shares, and no
fractional Shares shall be issued.

 

(b)           Issuance
of Shares. Upon exercise of the Options and payment of the
Exercise Price for the Shares as to which the Options are exercised
and satisfaction of all applicable tax withholding requirements, if
any, the Company shall issue to Participant the applicable number
of Shares in the form of fully paid and nonassessable
Shares.

 

	

 

 

	
 

	

 

 

 

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(c)           Withholding.
No Shares will be issued on exercise of the Options unless and
until Participant pays to Company, or makes satisfactory
arrangements with Company for payment of, any federal, state, local
or foreign taxes required by law to be withheld in respect of the
exercise of the Options. Participant hereby agrees that Company may
withhold from Participant’s wages or other remuneration the
applicable taxes. At the discretion of Company, the applicable
taxes may be withheld in kind from the Shares otherwise deliverable
to Participant on exercise of the Options, up to
Participant’s minimum required withholding rate or such other
rate determined by the Committee that will not trigger a negative
accounting impact.

 

5.

Termination of
Options.

 

(a) Termination Upon Expiration of Option
Term. The Options shall terminate and expire in their
entirety on the Option Expiration Date. In no event may Participant
exercise the Options after the Option Expiration Date, even if the
application of another provision of this Section 5 may result in an
extension of the exercise period for the Options beyond the Option
Expiration Date.

 

(b)           Termination
of Service as a Director.

 

(i)           Termination
of Service as a Director Other Than Due to Death, Disability or
Cause. Participant may exercise the vested portion of the
Options for a period of twelve (12) months (but in no event later
than the Option Expiration Date) following any termination of
Participant’s service as a Director of Company (including
termination of service by reason of Participant’s
resignation, failure to be re-elected or failure to be nominated
for re-election), other than in the event of a termination of
Participant’s service as a Director due to Removal for Cause
(as defined below) or by reason of Participant’s death or
Disability (as defined below). To the extent Participant is not
entitled to exercise the Options at the date of termination of
service as a Director, or if Participant does not exercise the
Options within the time specified in the Plan or this Agreement for
post-termination of service exercises of the Options, the Options
shall terminate.

 

(ii)           Termination
of Service Due to Removal for Cause. Upon the termination of
Participant’s service as a Director due to Removal for Cause,
unless the Options have earlier terminated, the Options (whether
vested or not) shall immediately terminate in their entirety and
shall thereafter not be exercisable to any extent whatsoever;
provided that Company, in its discretion, may, by written notice to
Participant given as of the date of Removal for Cause, authorize
Participant to exercise any vested portion of the Options for a
period of up to thirty (30) days following Participant’s
termination of service due to Removal for Cause, provided that in
no event may Participant exercise the Options after the Option
Expiration Date. For purposes of this Agreement,
“Removal for
Cause” shall mean a removal of Participant as a member
of the Board by Company’s stockholders pursuant to applicable
corporate laws governing the removal of Directors.

 

(iii)           Termination
of Participant’s Service as a Director By Reason of
Participant’s Death. In the event Participant’s
service as a Director is terminated by reason of
Participant’s death, unless the Options have earlier
terminated, any unvested portion of the Options shall become
immediately and fully vested as of the date of termination. Vested
Options may be exercised at any time within twelve (12) months
following the date of termination (but in no event later than the
Option Expiration Date) by Participant’s executor or personal
representative or the person to whom the Options shall have been
transferred by will or the laws of descent and distribution, but
only to the extent Participant could exercise the Options at the
date of termination.

 

 

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(iv)           Termination
of Participant’s Service as a Director By Reason of
Participant’s Disability. In the event that
Participant ceases to be a Director by reason of
Participant’s Disability, unless the Options have earlier
terminated, any unvested portion of the Options shall become
immediately and fully vested as of the date of termination.
Participant (or Participant’s attorney in fact, conservator
or other representative on behalf of Participant) may, but only
within twelve (12) months from the date of such termination of
service as a Director (and in no event later than the Option
Expiration Date), exercise the Options to the extent Participant
was otherwise entitled to exercise the Options at the date of such
termination of service. For purposes of this Agreement,
“Disability”
shall mean Participant’s becoming “permanently and
totally disabled” within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of
the Code or as otherwise determined by the Committee in its
discretion. The Committee may require such proof of Disability as
the Committee in its sole and absolute discretion deems
appropriate, and the Committee’s determination as to whether
Participant has incurred a Disability shall be final and binding on
all parties concerned.

 

(c)           Change
in Control. In the event of a Change in Control, the effect
of the Change in Control on the Options shall be determined by the
applicable provisions of the Plan (including, without limitation,
Article 11 of the Plan), provided that (i) to the extent the
Options are assumed or substituted by the successor company in
connection with the Change in Control (or the Options are continued
by Company if it is the ultimate parent entity after the Change in
Control), the Options will vest and become fully exercisable in
accordance with clause (i) of Section 11.2(a) of the Plan if within
twenty-four (24) months following the date of the Change in Control
Participant’s service as a Director of the Company is
terminated for any reason other than by reason of removal for
Cause, and any vested Options (either vested prior to the Change in
Control or accelerated by reason of this Section 5(c)) may be
exercised for a period of twenty-four (24) months after the date of
such termination of service (but in no event later than the Option
Expiration Date); and (ii) any portion of the Options which vests
and becomes exercisable pursuant to Section 11.2(b) of the Plan as
a result of such Change in Control will (1) vest and become
exercisable on the day prior to the date of the Change in Control
if Participant is then a member of the Company’s Board and
(2) terminate on the date of the Change in Control. For purposes of
Section 11.2 (a) of the Plan, the Options shall not be deemed
assumed or substituted by a successor company (or continued by
Company if it is the ultimate parent entity after the Change in
Control) if the Options are not assumed, substituted or continued
with equity securities of the successor company or Company, as
applicable, that are publicly-traded and listed on an exchange in
the United States and that have voting, dividend and other rights,
preferences and privileges substantially equivalent to the Shares.
If the Options are not deemed assumed, substituted or continued for
purposes of Section 11.2(a) of the Plan, the Options shall be
deemed not assumed, substituted or continued and governed by
Section 11.2(b) of the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if on
the date of the Change in Control the Fair Market Value of one
Share is less than the Exercise Price per Share, then the Options
shall terminate as of the date of the Change in Control except as
otherwise determined by the Committee.

 

(d)           Extension
of Post-Termination Exercise Period.  Notwithstanding any provisions of this
Section 5 to the contrary, if following termination of service on
the Board, the exercise of the Options or, if in conjunction with
the exercise of the Options, the sale of the Shares acquired on
exercise of the Options during the post-termination of service time
period set forth in the paragraph of this Section 5
applicable to the reason for termination of service would, in the
determination of the Company, violate any applicable federal
or state securities laws, rules, regulations or orders (or any
Company policy related thereto, including its securities
trading policy), the running of the applicable period to exercise
the Options shall be tolled for the number of days during the
period that the exercise of the Options or sale of the Shares
acquired on exercise would in the Company's determination
constitute such a violation; provided, however, that in no event
shall the exercisability of the Options be extended beyond the
Option Expiration Date.

 

 

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(e)           Forfeiture
upon Engaging in Detrimental Activities.  If, at any
time within the twelve (12) months after (i) Participant exercises
any portion of the Options; or (ii) the effective date of any
termination of Participant’s service as a Director of Company
for any reason, Participant engages in, or is determined by the
Committee in its sole discretion to have engaged in, any (i)
material breach of any non-competition, non-solicitation,
non-disclosure or settlement or release covenant or agreement with
Company or any Subsidiary, or (ii) activities during the course of
Participant’s service as a Director with Company or any
Subsidiary constituting fraud, embezzlement, theft or dishonesty;
or (iii) activity that is otherwise in conflict with, or adverse or
detrimental to the interests of Company or any Subsidiary, then (x)
the Options shall terminate effective as of the date on which
Participant engaged in or engages in that activity or conduct,
unless terminated sooner pursuant to the provisions of this
Agreement, and (y) the amount of any gain realized by Participant
from exercising all or a portion of the Options at any time
following the date that Participant engaged in any such activity or
conduct, as determined as of the time of exercise, shall be
forfeited by Participant and shall be paid by Participant to
Company, and recoverable by Company, within sixty (60) days
following such termination date of the Options. For purposes of the
foregoing, the following will be deemed to be activities in
conflict with or adverse or detrimental to the interests of Company
or any Subsidiary: (i) Participant’s conviction of, or
pleading guilty or nolo contendere to any misdemeanor involving
moral turpitude or any felony, the underlying events of which
related to Participant’s service as a Director of Company;
(ii) knowingly engaged or aided in any act or transaction by
Company or a Subsidiary that results in the imposition of criminal,
civil or administrative penalties against Company or any
Subsidiary; or (iii) misconduct during the course of
Participant’s service as a Director of Company or any
Subsidiary that results in an accounting restatement by Company due
to material noncompliance with any financial reporting requirement
under applicable securities laws, whether such restatement occurs
during or after Participant’s service as a Director of
Company or any Subsidiary.

 

(f)           Reservation
of Committee Discretion to Accelerate Option Vesting and Extend
Option Exercise Window. The Committee reserves the right, in
its sole and absolute discretion, to accelerate the vesting of the
Options and to extend the exercise window for Options that have
vested (either in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or by
discretionary acceleration by the Committee) under circumstances
not otherwise covered by the foregoing provisions of this Section
5; provided that in no event may the Committee extend the exercise
window for Options beyond the Option Expiration Date. The Committee
is under no obligation to exercise any such discretion and may or
may not exercise such discretion on a case-by-case
basis.

 

 

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(g)           Reversion
of Expired, Cancelled and Forfeited Options to Plan. Any
Options that do not vest or that are cancelled, terminated or
expire unexercised are forfeited and revert to the Plan and shall
again be available for Awards under the Plan.

 

6.

Miscellaneous.

 

(a)           No
Rights of Stockholder. Participant shall not have any of the
rights of a stockholder with respect to the Shares subject to this
Agreement until such Shares have been issued upon the due exercise
of the Options.

 

(b)           Nontransferability
of Options. The Options shall be nontransferable or
assignable except to the extent expressly provided in the Plan.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Participant may by delivering
written notice to Company in a form provided by or otherwise
satisfactory to Company, designate a third party who, in the event
of Participant’s death, shall thereafter be entitled to
exercise the Options. This Agreement
is not intended to confer upon any person other than the parties
hereto any rights or remedies hereunder.

 

(c)           Severability.
If any provision of this Agreement shall be held unlawful or
otherwise invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part by a court
of competent jurisdiction, such provision shall (i) be deemed
limited to the extent that such court of competent jurisdiction
deems it lawful, valid and/or enforceable and as so limited shall
remain in full force and effect, and (ii) not affect any other
provision of this Agreement or part thereof, each of which shall
remain in full force and effect.

 

(d)           Governing
Law, Jurisdiction and Venue. This Agreement shall be
governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the
State of Delaware other than its conflict of laws principles. The
parties agree that in the event that any suit or proceeding is
brought in connection with this Agreement, such suit or proceeding
shall be brought in the state or federal courts located in New
Castle County, Delaware, and the parties shall submit to the
exclusive jurisdiction of such courts and waive any and all
jurisdictional, venue and inconvenient forum objections to such
courts.

 

(e)           Headings.
The headings in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and
shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this
Agreement.

 

(f)           Notices.
All notices required or permitted under this Agreement shall be in
writing and shall be sufficiently made or given if hand delivered
or mailed by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid. Notice
by mail shall be deemed delivered on the date on which it is
postmarked.

 

Notices
to Company should be addressed to:

 

AutoWeb,
Inc.

18872
MacArthur Blvd., Suite 200

Irvine,
CA 92612-1400

Attention: Chief
Legal Officer

 

Notice
to Participant should be addressed to Participant at
Participant’s address as it appears on Company’s
records.

 

Company
or Participant may by writing to the other party designate a
different address for notices. If the receiving party consents in
advance, notice may be transmitted and received via telecopy or via
such other electronic transmission mechanism as may be available to
the parties. Such notices shall be deemed delivered when
received.

 

 

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(g)           Agreement
Not a Service Contract. This Agreement is not an employment
or service contract, and nothing in this Agreement or in the
granting of the Options shall be deemed to create in any way
whatsoever any obligation on Participant’s part to continue
as a Director or on Company’s part to continue
Participant’s service as a Director.

 

(h)           Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts each of
which shall be deemed an original Agreement but all of which, taken
together, shall constitute one and the same Agreement binding on
the parties hereto. The signature of any party hereto to any
counterpart hereof shall be deemed a signature to, and may be
appended to, any other counterpart hereof.

 

(i)           Administration.
The Committee shall have the power to interpret the Plan and this
Agreement and to adopt such rules for the administration,
interpretation and application of the Plan and this Agreement as
are consistent with the Plan and to interpret or revoke any such
rules. All actions taken and all interpretations and determinations
made by the Committee (including determinations as to the
calculation, satisfaction or achievement of performance-based
vesting requirements, if any, to which the Options are subject)
shall be final and binding upon Participant, Company and all other
interested persons. No member of the Committee shall be personally
liable for any action, determination or interpretation made in good
faith with respect to the Plan or this Agreement.

 

(j)           Policies
and Procedures. Participant agrees that Company may impose,
and Participant agrees to be bound by, Company policies and
procedures with respect to the ownership, timing and manner of
resales of shares of Company’s securities, including without
limitation, (i) restrictions on insider trading; (ii) restrictions
designed to delay and/or coordinate the timing and manner of sales
by officers, directors and affiliates of Company following a public
offering of Company’s securities; (iii) stock ownership or
holding requirements applicable to officers and/or directors of
Company; and (iv) the required use of a specified brokerage firm
for such resales.

 

(k)           Entire
Agreement; Modification. This Agreement and the Plan contain
the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the
subject matter contained herein and may not be modified except as
provided in the Plan or in a written document signed by each of the
parties hereto and may be rescinded only by a written agreement
signed by both parties.

 

 

 

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Follows

 

 

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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement effective
as of the Grant Date.

 

Grant
Date:                                                                

Total
Options
Awarded:                                                                

Exercise Price Per
Share:                                                               

 

“Company”  AutoWeb,
Inc., a Delaware corporation

 

 

 

 

 

By:                                                                

Glenn E.
Fuller

Executive Vice
President, Chief Legal

and
Administrative Officer and Secretary

 

 

 

“Participant”

 

 

 

 

By:                                                                

[Printed Name of
Participant]

 

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