Document:

Ventix Systems, Inc. 1997 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan

 Exhibit 4.7 
  

VENTIX SYSTEMS INC. 
 1997 STOCK
OPTION/STOCK ISSUANCE PLAN 
  
 ARTICLE ONE 

  
 GENERAL PROVISIONS  
  

	I.	PURPOSE OF THE PLAN 

  
 This 1997 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan is intended to promote the interests of VENTIX Systems Inc., a Delaware corporation, by providing eligible
persons with the opportunity to acquire a proprietary interest, or otherwise increase their proprietary interest, in the Corporation as an incentive for them to remain in the service of the Corporation. 
  
 Capitalized terms shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the
attached Appendix. 
  

	II.	STRUCTURE OF THE PLAN 

  
 A. The Plan shall be divided into two (2) separate equity programs: 
  
 (i) the Option Grant Program under which eligible persons may, at the discretion of the Plan Administrator,
be granted options to purchase shares of Common Stock, and 
  
 (ii) the Stock Issuance Program under which eligible persons may, at the discretion of the Plan Administrator, be issued shares of Common Stock directly, either through the immediate purchase of such shares or as a
bonus for services rendered the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary). 
  
 B. The provisions of Articles One and Four shall apply to both equity programs under the Plan and shall accordingly govern the interests of all persons under the Plan. 
  

	III.	ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN 

  
 A. The Plan shall be administered by the Board. However, any or all administrative functions otherwise exercisable by the Board may be delegated to the
Committee. Members of the Committee shall serve for such period of time as the Board may determine and may be removed by the Board at any time. The Board may also at any time terminate the functions of the Committee and reassume all powers and
authority previously delegated to the Committee. 
  
 B. The Plan
Administrator shall have full power and authority to establish such rules and regulations as it may deem appropriate for proper administration of the Plan and to make 

  

 
such determinations under, and issue such interpretations of, the Plan and any outstanding options or stock issuances thereunder as it may deem necessary or
advisable. Decisions of the Plan Administrator shall be final and binding on all parties who have an interest in the Plan or any option or stock issuance thereunder. 
  

	IV.	ELIGIBILITY 

  
 A. The persons eligible to participate in the Plan are as follows: 
  
 (i) Employees, 
  
 (ii) non-employee members of the Board or the board of directors of any Parent or Subsidiary, and 
  
 (iii) consultants and other independent advisors who provide
services to the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary). 
  
 B.
The Plan Administrator shall have full authority to determine, (i) with respect to the option grants under the Option Grant Program, which eligible persons are to receive option grants, the time or times when such option grants are to be made, the
number of shares to be covered by each such grant, the status of the granted option as either an Incentive Option or a Non-Statutory Option, the time or times at which each option is to become exercisable, the vesting schedule (if any) applicable to
the option shares and the maximum term for which the option is to remain outstanding and (ii) with respect to stock issuances under the Stock Issuance Program, which eligible persons are to receive stock issuances, the time or times when such
issuances are to be made, the number of shares to be issued to each Participant, the vesting schedule (if any) applicable to the issued shares and the consideration to be paid for such shares. 
  
 C. The Plan Administrator shall have the absolute discretion either to grant
options in accordance with the Option Grant Program or to effect stock issuances in accordance with the Stock Issuance Program. 
  

	V.	STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN 

  
 A. The stock issuable under the Plan shall be shares of authorized but unissued or reacquired Common Stock. The maximum number of shares of Common Stock
which may be issued over the term of the Plan shall not exceed 4,000,000 shares. 
  
 B. Shares of Common Stock subject to outstanding options shall be available for subsequent issuance under the Plan to the extent (i) the options expire or terminate for any reason prior to exercise in full or (ii) the
options are cancelled in accordance with the cancellation-regrant provisions of Article Two. Unvested shares issued under the Plan, and subsequently repurchased by the Corporation, at the original issue price paid per share, pursuant to the
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under the Plan, shall be added back to the number of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Plan and shall accordingly be available for
reissuance through one or more subsequent option grants or direct stock issuances under the Plan. 
  
 C. Should any change be made to the Common Stock by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination of shares, exchange of shares
or other change affecting the outstanding Common Stock as a class without the Corporation’s receipt of consideration, appropriate adjustments shall be made to (i) the maximum number and/or class of securities issuable under the Plan and (ii)
the number and/or class of securities and the exercise price per share in effect under each outstanding option in order to prevent the dilution or enlargement of rights and benefits thereunder. The adjustments determined by the Plan Administrator
shall be final, binding and conclusive. In no event shall any such adjustments be made in connection with the conversion of one or more outstanding shares of the Corporation’s preferred stock into shares of Common Stock. 
  

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 ARTICLE TWO 
  
 OPTION GRANT PROGRAM 
  

	I.	OPTION TERMS 

  
 Each option shall be evidenced by one or more documents in the form approved by the Plan Administrator; provided, however, that each such document
shall comply with the terms specified below. Each document evidencing an Incentive Option shall, in addition, be subject to the provisions of the Plan applicable to such options. 
  
 A. Exercise Price. 
  

1. The exercise price per share shall be fixed by the Plan Administrator and may be less than, equal to or greater than the Fair Market
Value per share of Common Stock on the option grant date. 
  
 2. The exercise price shall become immediately due upon exercise of the option and shall, subject to the provisions of Section I of Article Four and the documents evidencing the option, be payable in cash or check
made payable to the Corporation Should the Common Stock be registered under Section 12(g) of the 1934 Act at the time the option is exercised, then the exercise price may also be paid as follows: 
  
 (i) in shares of Common Stock held for the requisite period
necessary to avoid a charge to the Corporation’s earnings for financial reporting purposes and valued at Fair Market Value on the Exercise Date, or 
  
 (ii) to the extent the option is exercised for vested shares, through a special sale and remittance procedure pursuant to which the
Optionee shall concurrently provide irrevocable written instructions to (a) a Corporation-designated brokerage firm to effect the immediate sale of the purchased shares and remit to the Corporation, out of the sale proceeds available on the
settlement date, sufficient funds to cover the aggregate exercise price payable for the purchased shares plus all applicable Federal, state and local income and employment taxes required to be withheld by the Corporation by reason of such exercise
and (b) the Corporation to deliver the certificates for the purchased shares directly to such brokerage firm in order to complete the sale. 
  
 Except to the extent such sale and remittance procedure is utilized, payment of the exercise price for the purchased shares must be made on the Exercise
Date. 
  

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 B. Exercise and Term of Options. Each option shall be exercisable at such time or times,
during such period and for such number of shares as shall be determined by the Plan Administrator and set forth in the documents evidencing the option. However, no option shall have a term in excess often (10) years measured from the option grant
date. 
  
 C. Effect of Termination of Service.

  
 1. The following provisions shall govern the
exercise of any options held by the Optionee at the time of cessation of Service or death: 
  
 (i) Any option outstanding at the time of the Optionee’s cessation of Service for any reason shall remain exercisable for such period
of time thereafter as shall be determined by the Plan Administrator and set forth in the documents evidencing the option, but no such option shall be exercisable after the expiration of the option term. 
  
 (ii) Any option exercisable in whole or in part by the
Optionee at the time of death may be exercised subsequently by the personal representative of the Optionee’s estate or by the person or persons to whom the option is transferred pursuant to the Optionee’s will or in accordance with the
laws of descent and distribution. 
  
 (iii)
During the applicable post-Service exercise period, the option may not be exercised in the aggregate for more than the number of vested shares for which the option is exercisable on the date of the Optionee’s cessation of Service. Upon the
expiration of the applicable exercise period or (if earlier) upon the expiration of the option term, the option shall terminate and cease to be outstanding for any vested shares for which the option has not been exercised. However, the option shall,
immediately upon the Optionee’s cessation of Service, terminate and cease to be outstanding to the extent the option is not otherwise at that time exercisable for vested shares. 
  
 (iv) Should the Optionee’s Service be terminated for Misconduct, then all outstanding options held by
the Optionee shall terminate immediately and cease to be outstanding. 
  
 2. The Plan Administrator shall have the discretion, exercisable either at the time an option is granted or at any time while the option remains outstanding, to: 
  
 (i) extend the period of time for which the option is to
remain exercisable following the Optionee’s cessation of Service from the period otherwise in effect for that option to such greater period of time as the Plan Administrator shall deem appropriate, but in no event beyond the expiration of the
option term, and/or 
  

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 (ii) permit the option to be exercised, during the applicable post-Service exercise
period, not only with respect to the number of vested shares of Common Stock for which such option is exercisable at the time of the Optionee’s cessation of Service but also with respect to one or more additional installments in which the
Optionee would have vested under the option had the Optionee continued in Service. 
  
 D. Stockholder Rights. The holder of an option shall have no stockholder rights with respect to the shares subject to the option until such person shall have exercised the option, paid the exercise price
and become a holder of record of the purchased shares. 
  
 E.
Repurchase Rights. The Plan Administrator shall have the discretion to grant options which are exercisable for unvested shares of Common Stock. Should the Optionee cease Service while holding such unvested shares, the Corporation shall
have the right to repurchase, at the exercise price paid per share, any or all of those unvested shares. The terms upon which such repurchase right shall be exercisable (including the period and procedure for exercise and the appropriate vesting
schedule for the purchased shares) shall be established by the Plan Administrator and set forth in the document evidencing such repurchase right. 
  
 F. First Refusal Rights. Until such time as the Common Stock is first registered under Section 12(g) of the 1934 Act, the Corporation shall
have the right of first refusal with respect to any proposed disposition by the Optionee (or any successor in interest) of any shares of Common Stock issued under the Option Grant Program. Such right of first refusal shall be exercisable in
accordance with the terms established by the Plan Administrator and set forth in the document evidencing such right. 
  
 G. Limited Transferability of Options. During the lifetime of the Optionee, Incentive Options shall be exercisable only by the Optionee and
shall not be assignable or transferable other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution following the Optionee’s death. However, a Non-Statutory Option may, in connection with the Optionee’s estate plan, be assigned in whole
or in part during the Optionee’s lifetime to one or more members of the Optionee’s immediate family or to a trust established exclusively for one or more such family members. The assigned portion may only be exercised by the person or
persons who acquire a proprietary interest in the option pursuant to the assignment. The terms applicable to the assigned portion shall be the same as those in effect for the option immediately prior to such assignment and shall be set forth in such
documents issued to the assignee as the Plan Administrator may deem appropriate. 
  

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	II.	INCENTIVE OPTIONS 

  
 The terms specified below shall be applicable to all Incentive Options. Except as modified by the provisions of this Section II, all the provisions of
Articles One, Two and Four shall be applicable to Incentive Options. Options which are specifically designated as Non-Statutory Options when issued under the Plan shall not be subject to the terms of this Section II. 
  
 A. Eligibility. Incentive Options may only be granted to
Employees. 
  
 B. Exercise Price. The exercise price
per share shall not be less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the option grant date. 
  
 C. Dollar Limitation. The aggregate Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock (determined as of the respective date or dates of grant)
for which one or more options granted to any Employee under the Plan (or any other option plan of the Corporation or any Parent or Subsidiary) may for the first time become exercisable as Incentive Options during any one (1) calendar year shall not
exceed the sum of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000). To the extent the Employee holds two (2) or more such options which become exercisable for the first time in the same calendar year, the foregoing limitation on the exercisability of such
options as Incentive Options shall be applied on the basis of the order in which such options are granted. 
  
 D. 10% Stockholder. If any Employee to whom an Incentive Option is granted is a 10% Stockholder, then the exercise price per share shall not
be less than one hundred ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the option grant date and the option term shall not exceed five (5) years measured from the option grant date. 
  

	III.	CORPORATE TRANSACTION 

  
 A. In the event of any Corporate Transaction, each outstanding option shall automatically accelerate so that each such option shall, immediately prior to
the effective date of the Corporate Transaction, become fully exercisable for all of the shares of Common Stock at the time subject to such option and may be exercised for any or all of those shares as fully-vested shares of Common Stock. However,
an outstanding option shall not so accelerate if and to the extent: (i) such option is, in connection with the Corporate Transaction, either to be assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) or to be replaced with a comparable option to
purchase shares of the capital stock of the successor corporation (or parent thereof), (ii) such option is to be replaced with a cash incentive program of the successor corporation which preserves the spread existing on the unvested option shares at
the time of the Corporate Transaction and provides for subsequent payout in accordance with the same vesting schedule applicable to such option or (iii) the acceleration of such option is subject to other limitations imposed by the Plan
Administrator at the time of the option grant. The determination of option comparability under clause (i) above shall be made by the Plan Administrator, and its determination shall be final, binding and conclusive. 
  

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 B. All outstanding repurchase rights shall also terminate automatically, and the shares of Common Stock
subject to those terminated rights shall immediately vest in full, in the event of any Corporate Transaction, except to the extent: (i) those repurchase rights are to be assigned to the successor corporation (or parent thereof) in connection with
such Corporate Transaction or (ii) such accelerated vesting is precluded by other limitations imposed by the Plan Administrator at the time the repurchase right is issued. 
  
 C. Immediately following the consummation of the Corporate Transaction, all outstanding options shall terminate and cease to
be outstanding, except to the extent assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof). 
  
 D. Each option which is assumed in connection with an Corporate Transaction shall be appropriately adjusted, immediately after such Corporate Transaction, to apply to the number and class of securities which would
have been issuable to the Optionee in consummation of such Corporate Transaction had the option been exercised immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction. Appropriate adjustments to reflect such Corporate Transaction shall also be made to (i)
the number and class of securities available for issuance under the Plan following the consummation of such Corporate Transaction and (ii) the exercise price payable per share under each outstanding option, provided the aggregate exercise
price payable for such securities shall remain the same. 
  
 E.
The Plan Administrator shall have the discretion, exercisable at the time the option is granted or at any time while the option remains outstanding, to provide that any options which are assumed or replaced in the Corporate Transaction and do not
otherwise accelerate at that time shall automatically accelerate (and any of the Corporation’s outstanding repurchase rights which do not otherwise terminate at the time of the Corporate Transaction shall automatically terminate and the shares
of Common Stock subject to those terminated rights shall immediately vest in full) in the event the Optionee’s Service should subsequently terminate by reason of an Involuntary Termination within eighteen (18) months following the effective
date of such Corporate Transaction. Any options so accelerated shall remain exercisable for fully-vested shares until the earlier of (i) the expiration of the option term or (ii) the expiration of the one (1)-year period measured from the
effective date of the Involuntary Termination. 
  
 F. The Plan
Administrator shall have the discretion, exercisable either at the time the option is granted or at any time while the option remains outstanding to provide for the automatic acceleration of one or more outstanding options (and the automatic
termination of one or more outstanding repurchase rights with the immediate vesting of the shares of Common Stock subject to those rights) upon the occurrence of a Corporate Transaction, whether or not those options are to be assumed or replaced (or
those repurchase rights are to be assigned) in the Corporate Transaction. 
  
 G. The portion of any Incentive Option accelerated in connection with an Corporate Transaction shall remain exercisable as an Incentive Option only to the extent the applicable One Hundred Thousand Dollar ($100,000)
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limitation is exceeded, the accelerated portion of such option shall be exercisable as a Non-Statutory Option under the Federal tax laws. 
  
 H. The grant of options under the Plan shall in no way affect the right of
the Corporation to adjust, reclassify, reorganize or otherwise change its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets. 
  

	IV.	CANCELLATION AND REGRANT OF OPTIONS 

  
 The Plan Administrator shall have the authority to effect, at any time and from time to time, with the consent of the affected option holders, the
cancellation of any or all outstanding options under the Option Grant Program and to grant in substitution new options covering the same or different number of shares of Common Stock but with an exercise price per share based on the Fair Market
Value per share of Common Stock on the new grant date. 
  

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 ARTICLE THREE 
  
 STOCK ISSUANCE PROGRAM 
  

	I.	STOCK ISSUANCE TERMS 

  
 Shares of Common Stock may be issued under the Stock Issuance Program through direct and immediate issuances without any intervening option grants. Each
such stock issuance shall be evidenced by a Stock Issuance Agreement which complies with the terms specified below. 
  
 A. Purchase Price. 
  
 1. The purchase price per share shall be fixed by the Plan Administrator and may be less than, equal to or greater than the Fair Market
Value per share of Common Stock on the stock issuance date. 
  
 2. Subject to the provisions of Section I of Article Four, shares of Common Stock may be issued under the Stock Issuance Program for one or both of the following items of consideration which the Plan Administrator may
deem appropriate in each individual instance: 
  
 (i) cash or check made payable to the Corporation, or 
  
 (ii) past services rendered to the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary). 
  
 B. Vesting Provisions. 
  
 1. Shares of Common Stock issued under the Stock Issuance Program may, in the discretion of the Plan Administrator, be fully and
immediately vested upon issuance or may vest in one or more installments over the Participant’s period of Service or upon attainment of specified performance objectives. 
  
 2. Any new, substituted or additional securities or other property (including money paid other than as a
regular cash dividend) which the Participant may have the right to receive with respect to the Participant’s unvested shares of Common Stock by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, combination of shares, exchange of
shares or other change affecting the outstanding Common Stock as a class without the Corporation’s receipt of consideration shall be issued subject to (i) the same vesting requirements applicable to the Participant’s unvested shares of
Common Stock and (ii) such escrow arrangements as the Plan Administrator shall deem appropriate. 
  

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 3. The Participant shall have full stockholder rights with respect to any shares of
Common Stock issued to the Participant under the Stock Issuance Program, whether or not the Participant’s interest in those shares is vested. Accordingly, the Participant shall have the right to vote such shares and to receive any regular cash
dividends paid on such shares. 
  
 4. Should the
Participant cease to remain in Service while holding one or more unvested shares of Common Stock issued under the Stock Issuance Program or should the performance objectives not be attained with respect to one or more such unvested shares of Common
Stock, then those shares shall be immediately surrendered to the Corporation for cancellation, and the Participant shall have no further stockholder rights with respect to those shares. To the extent the surrendered shares were previously issued to
the Participant for consideration paid in cash or cash equivalent (including the Participant’s purchase-money indebtedness), the Corporation shall repay to the Participant the cash consideration paid for the surrendered shares and shall cancel
the unpaid principal balance of any outstanding purchase-money note of the Participant attributable to the surrendered shares. 
  
 5. The Plan Administrator may in its discretion waive the surrender and cancellation of one or more unvested shares of Common Stock (or
other assets attributable thereto) which would otherwise occur upon the cessation of the Participant’s Service or the non-attainment of the performance objectives applicable to such shares. Such waiver shall result in the immediate vesting of
the Participant’s interest in the shares of Common Stock as to which the waiver applies. Such waiver may be effected at any time, whether before or after the Participant’s cessation of Service or the attainment or non-attainment of the
applicable performance objectives. 
  
 C. First Refusal
Rights. Until such time as the Common Stock is first registered under Section 12(g) of the 1934 Act, the Corporation shall have the right of first refusal with respect to any proposed disposition by the Participant (or any successor in
interest) of any shares of Common Stock issued under the Stock Issuance Program. Such right of first refusal shall be exercisable in accordance with the terms established by the Plan Administrator and set forth in the document evidencing such right.

  

	II.	CORPORATE TRANSACTION 

  
 A. All of the outstanding repurchase rights under the Stock Issuance Program shall terminate automatically, and all the shares of Common Stock subject to
those terminated rights shall immediately vest in full, in the event of any Corporate Transaction, except to the extent (i) those repurchase rights are assigned to the successor corporation (or parent thereof) in connection with such Corporate
Transaction or (ii) such accelerated vesting is precluded by other limitations imposed in the Stock Issuance Agreement. 
  
 B. The Plan Administrator shall have the discretion, exercisable either at the time the unvested shares are issued or at any time while the
Corporation’s repurchase right remains outstanding, to provide for the automatic termination of one or more outstanding repurchase rights that are assigned in the Corporate Transaction, and the immediate vesting of the shares of Common Stock

  

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subject to these rights, in the event the Participant’s Service should subsequently terminate by reason of an Involuntary Termination within eighteen
(18) months following the effective date of such Corporate Transaction. 
  
 C. The Plan Administrator shall have the discretion, exercisable either at the time the unvested shares are issued or at any time while the Corporation’s repurchase right remains outstanding, to provide for the automatic termination of
one or more outstanding repurchase rights, and the immediate vesting of the shares of Common Stock subject to those rights, upon the occurrence of an Corporate Transaction, whether or not those repurchase rights are assigned in connection with the
Corporate Transaction. 
  

	III.	SHARE ESCROW/LEGENDS 

  
 Unvested shares may, in the Plan Administrator’s discretion, be held in escrow by the Corporation until the Participant’s interest in such
shares vests or may be issued directly to the Participant with restrictive legends on the certificates evidencing those unvested shares. 
  

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 ARTICLE FOUR 
  
 MISCELLANEOUS 
  

	I.	FINANCING 

  
 A. The Plan Administrator may permit any Optionee or Participant to pay the option exercise price or the purchase price for shares issued under the Plan
by delivering a promissory note payable in one or more installments. The terms of any such promissory note (including the interest rate and the terms of repayment) shall be established by the Plan Administrator in its sole discretion. Promissory
notes may be authorized with or without security or collateral. In all events, the maximum credit available to the Optionee or Participant may not exceed the sum of (i) the aggregate option exercise price or purchase price payable for the purchased
shares plus (ii) any Federal, state and local income and employment tax liability incurred by the Optionee or the Participant in connection with the option exercise or share purchase. 
  
 B. The Plan Administrator may, in its discretion, determine that one or more such promissory notes shall be subject to
forgiveness by the Corporation in whole or in part upon such terms as the Plan Administrator may deem appropriate. 
  

	II.	EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM OF THE PLAN 

  
 A. The Plan shall become effective when adopted by the Board, but no option granted under the Plan may be exercised, and no shares shall be issued under
the Plan, until the Plan is approved by the Corporation’s stockholders. If such stockholder approval is not obtained within twelve (12) months after the date of the Board’s adoption of the Plan, then all options previously granted under
the Plan shall terminate and cease to be outstanding, and no further options shall be granted and no shares shall be issued under the Plan. Subject to such limitation, the Plan Administrator may grant options and issue shares under the Plan at any
time after the effective date of the Plan and before the date fixed herein for termination of the Plan. 
  
 B. The Plan shall terminate upon the earliest of (i) the expiration of the ten (10)- year period measured from the date the Plan is adopted by the
Board, (ii) the date on which all shares available for issuance under the Plan shall have been issued as fully-vested shares or (iii) the termination of all outstanding options in connection with an Corporate Transaction. Upon such Plan termination,
all options and unvested stock issuances outstanding under the Plan shall continue to have full force and effect in accordance with the provisions of the documents evidencing such options or issuances. 
  

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	III.	AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN 

  
 A. The Board shall have complete and exclusive power and authority to amend or modify the Plan in any or all respects. However, no such amendment or
modification shall adversely affect any rights and obligations with respect to options or unvested stock issuances at the time outstanding under the Plan, unless the Optionee or the Participant consents to such amendment or modification. In
addition, certain amendments may require stockholder approval pursuant to applicable laws or regulations. 
  
 B. Options to purchase shares of Common Stock may be granted under the Plan and shares of Common Stock may be issued under the Plan that are in each
instance in excess of the number of shares then available for issuance under the Plan, provided any excess shares actually issued under the Plan are held in escrow until there is obtained stockholder approval of an amendment sufficiently increasing
the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan. If such stockholder approval is not obtained within twelve (12) months after the date the first such excess grants or issuances are made, then (i) any unexercised options
granted on the basis of such excess shares shall terminate and cease to be outstanding and (ii) the Corporation shall promptly refund to the Optionees and the Participants the exercise or purchase price paid for any excess shares issued under the
Plan and held in escrow, together with interest (at the applicable Short-Term Federal Rate) for the period the shares were held in escrow, and such shares shall thereupon be automatically cancelled and cease to be outstanding. 
  

	IV.	USE OF PROCEEDS 

  
 Any cash proceeds received by the Corporation from the sale of shares of Common Stock under the Plan shall be used for general corporate purposes.

  

	V.	WITHHOLDING 

  
 The Corporation’s obligation to deliver shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of any options or upon the issuance or vesting of such shares issued
under the Plan shall be subject to the satisfaction of all applicable Federal, state and local income and employment tax withholding requirements. 
  

	VI.	REGULATORY APPROVALS 

  
 The implementation of the Plan, the granting of any option under the Plan and the issuance of any shares of Common Stock (i) upon the exercise of any
option or (ii) under the Stock Issuance Program shall be subject to the Corporation’s procurement of all approvals and permits required by regulatory authorities having jurisdiction over the Plan, the options granted under it and the shares of
Common Stock issued pursuant to it. 
  

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	VII.	NO EMPLOYMENT OR SERVICE RIGHTS 

  
 Nothing in the Plan shall confer upon the Optionee or the Participant any right to continue in Service for any period of specific duration or interfere
with or otherwise restrict in any way the rights of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary employing or retaining such person) or of the Optionee or the Participant, which rights are hereby expressly reserved by each, to terminate such
person’s Service at any time for any reason, with or without cause. 
  

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 APPENDIX 
  
 The following definitions shall be in effect under the Plan: 
  
 A. Board shall mean the Corporation’s Board of Directors. 
  
 B. Code shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended. 
  
 C. Committee shall mean a committee of
one (1) or more Board members appointed by the Board to exercise one or more administrative functions under the Plan. 
  
 D. Common Stock shall mean the Corporation’s common stock. 
  
 E. Corporate Transaction shall mean either of the following stockholder- approved transactions to which the
Corporation is a party: 
  
 (i) a merger or
consolidation in which securities possessing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the Corporation’s outstanding securities are transferred to a person or persons different from the persons holding those securities
immediately prior to such transaction, or 
  
 (ii) the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets in complete liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation 
  
 F. Corporation shall mean VENTIX Systems Inc., a Delaware corporation, and any corporate successor to all or
substantially all of the assets or voting stock of VENTIX Systems Inc., which shall by appropriate action adopt the Plan. 
  
 G. Employee shall mean an individual who is in the employ of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), subject to the control and
direction of the employer entity as to both the work to be performed and the manner and method of performance. 
  
 H. Exercise Date shall mean the date on which the Corporation shall have received written notice of the option exercise. 
  
 I. Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on any relevant
date shall be determined in accordance with the following provisions: 
  
 (i) If the Common Stock is at the time traded on the Nasdaq National Market, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price per share of Common Stock on the date in question, as such price is reported
by the National Association of Securities Dealers on the Nasdaq National Market or any successor system. If there is no closing selling price for the Common Stock on the date in 

  

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question, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price on the last preceding date for which such quotation exists. 
  
 (ii) If the Common Stock is at the time listed on any Stock
Exchange, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price per share of Common Stock on the date in question on the Stock Exchange determined by the Plan Administrator to be the primary market for the Common Stock, as such price is
officially quoted in the composite tape of transactions on such exchange. If there is no closing selling price for the Common Stock on the date in question, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price on the last preceding date for
which such quotation exists. 
  
 (iii) If the
Common Stock is at the time neither listed on any Stock Exchange nor traded on the Nasdaq National Market, then the Fair Market Value shall be determined by the Plan Administrator after taking into account such factors as the Plan Administrator
shall deem appropriate. 
  
 J. Incentive Option
shall mean an option which satisfies the requirements of Code Section 422. 
  
 K. Involuntary Termination shall mean the termination of the Service of any individual which occurs by reason of: 
  

(i) such individual’s involuntary dismissal or discharge by the Corporation for reasons other than Misconduct, or 
  
 (ii) such individual’s voluntary resignation following
(A) a change in his or her position with the Corporation which materially reduces his or her level of responsibility, (B) a reduction in his or her level of compensation (including base salary, fringe benefits and participation in
corporate-performance based bonus or incentive programs) by more than fifteen percent (15%) or (C) a relocation of such individual’s place of employment by more than fifty (50) miles, provided and only if such change, reduction or relocation is
effected by the Corporation without the individual’s consent. 
  
 L. Misconduct shall mean any act of fraud, embezzlement or dishonesty by the Optionee or Participant, any unauthorized use or disclosure by such person of confidential information or trade secrets of the Corporation (or any
Parent or Subsidiary), dereliction of Optionee’s duties continuing for (15) days after notice thereof, or any other intentional misconduct by such person adversely affecting the business or affairs of the Corporation (or any Parent or
Subsidiary) in a material manner. The foregoing definition shall not be deemed to be inclusive of all the acts or omissions which the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) may consider as grounds for the dismissal or discharge of any Optionee,
Participant or other person in the Service of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary). 
  

 A-2. 

 M. 1934 Act shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 
  
 N. Non-Statutory Option shall mean an option not intended to
satisfy the requirements of Code Section 422. 
  
 O. Option
Grant Program shall mean the option grant program in effect under the Plan. 
  
 P. Optionee shall mean any person to whom an option is granted under the Option Grant Program. 
  
 Q. Parent shall mean any corporation (other than the Corporation) in an unbroken chain of corporations ending with the Corporation, provided
each corporation in the unbroken chain (other than the Corporation) owns, at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in
such chain. 
  
 R. Participant shall mean any person
who is issued shares of Common Stock under the Stock Issuance Program. 
  
 S. Permanent Disability shall mean the inability of the Optionee or the Participant to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment expected to result in
death or to be of continuous duration of twelve (12) months or more. 
  
 T. Plan shall mean the Corporation’s 1997 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan, as set forth in this document. 
  
 U. Plan Administrator shall mean either the Board or the Committee, to the extent the Committee is at the time responsible for the
administration of the Plan. 
  
 V. Service shall
mean the provision of services to the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) by a person in the capacity of an Employee, a non-employee member of the board of directors or a consultant or independent advisor, except to the extent otherwise
specifically provided in the documents evidencing the option grant or stock issuance. 
  
 W. Stock Exchange shall mean either the American Stock Exchange or the New York Stock Exchange. 
  
 X. Stock Issuance Agreement shall mean the agreement entered into by the Corporation and the Participant at the time of issuance of shares
of Common Stock under the Stock Issuance Program. 
  

 A-3. 

 Y. Stock Issuance Program shall mean the stock issuance program in effect under the Plan.

  
 Z. Subsidiary shall mean any corporation (other
than the Corporation) in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Corporation, provided each corporation (other than the last corporation) in the unbroken chain owns, at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%)
or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain. 
  
 AA. 10% Stockholder shall mean the owner of stock (as determined under Code Section 424(d)) possessing more than ten percent (10%) of the
total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary). 
  

 A-4. 

 VENTIX SYSTEMS INC. 
  
 1997 STOCK OPTION/STOCK ISSUANCE PLAN 
  
 AMENDMENT NO. 1 
  
 1. Section III.A. of Article Two of the Ventix Systems Inc. 1997 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan (the “Plan”) is hereby amended to be and read
in its entirety as follows: 
  
 “A. (i)
Fifty percent (50%) of the shares subject to each outstanding option held by an Officer or Key Employee at the time of a Corporate Transaction but not otherwise vested shall automatically vest and the Corporation’s repurchase rights with
respect to those shares shall immediately terminate so that each such option shall, immediately prior to the effective date of the Corporate Transaction, become fully exercisable for any or all of those shares as fully vested shares of Common Stock.
Any shares for which vesting is so not accelerated shall thereafter vest in accordance with the applicable vesting schedule determined by the Plan Administrator and set forth in the documents evidencing the option. 
  
 (ii) In the event of any Corporate Transaction, each
outstanding option shall automatically accelerate (to the extent not otherwise accelerated pursuant to subparagraph (i) above) so that each such option shall, immediately prior to the effective date of the Corporate Transaction, become fully
exercisable for all of the shares of Common Stock at the time subject to such option and may be exercised for any or all of those shares as fully vested shares of Common Stock. However, an outstanding option shall not so accelerate (pursuant to this
subparagraph (ii)) if and to the extent: (a) such option is, in connection with the Corporate Transaction, either to be assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) or to be replaced with a comparable option to purchase shares of the
capital stock of the successor corporation (or parent thereof), (b) such option is to be replaced with a cash incentive program of the successor corporation which preserves the spread existing on the unvested option shares at the time of the
Corporate Transaction and provides for subsequent payout in accordance with the same vesting schedule applicable to such option or (c) the acceleration of such option is subject to other limitations imposed by the Plan Administrator at the time of
the option grant. The determination of option comparability under clause (a) above shall be made by the Plan Administrator, and its determination shall be final, binding and conclusive.” 
  

 2. Section II.A. of Article Three of the Plan is hereby amended to be and read in its entirety as
follows: 
  
 “A. (i) In the event of any
Corporate Transaction, fifty percent (50%) of the unvested shares subject to each outstanding stock issuance then held by an Officer or Key Employee shall automatically vest and the Corporation’s repurchase rights with respect to those shares
shall terminate. Any shares for which vesting is not so accelerated shall thereafter vest in accordance with the applicable vesting schedule determined by the Plan Administrator and set forth in the documents evidencing the stock issuance.

  
 (ii) In the event of any Corporate
Transaction, the unvested shares subject to each outstanding stock issuance shall automatically vest (to the extent not otherwise vested pursuant to subparagraph (i) above) and the Corporation’s repurchase rights with respect to those shares
shall terminate, except that vesting shall not so accelerate (pursuant to this subparagraph (ii)) to the extent (a) those repurchase rights are assigned to the successor corporation (or parent thereof) in connection with such Corporate Transaction
or (b) such accelerated vesting is precluded by other limitations imposed in the documents evidencing the stock issuance.” 
  
 3. The Appendix to the Plan is hereby amended to include the following additional defined terms: 
  
 “AB. Officer shall mean the
Corporation’s chief executive officer, chief financial officer and any vice-president who reports directly to the Corporation’s chief executive officer. 
  
 “AC. Key Employee shall mean any senior Employee designated by the Board as a “key
employee” upon the earlier to occur of such Employee’s hire date or the date of the Board’s adoption of Amendment No. 1 to the Plan.” 
  

 2 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment No. 1 to the 1997 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan has been executed
by a duly authorized officer of Ventix Systems Inc., to be effective as of October 1, 1998. 
  

			
	VENTIX SYSTEMS INC.
		
	By:	 	/s/    DAVID SIKORA        
	 	 	David Sikora
	 	 	President and Chief Executive Officer

  

 3Exhibit 10.A

 EXHIBIT (10)(a) 
  
 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS 
  

 Consent of Independent Auditors 
  
 We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption “Independent Auditors” in the Statement of Additional Information and to
the use of our report dated February 13, 2004, with respect to the statutory-basis financial statements and schedules of Western Reserve Life Assurance Co. of Ohio, included in Pre-effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement (Form N-4
No. 333-112089) and related Prospectus of Separate Account VA V. 
  
 Ernst & Young LLP 
  
 Des Moines, Iowa

 June 24, 2004

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