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Exhibit
10.59

 

AVERION
INTERNATIONAL CORP.

 

2005
EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN, AS AMENDED

 

1.     PURPOSES.  The primary
purpose of this Averion International Corp. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) is to provide
a means by which the Company can retain and maximize the services of its
current Employees, Directors and Consultants, and secure, retain and maximize
the services of new Employees, Directors and Consultants, by providing Stock
Awards, including Incentive Stock Options, Nonstatutory Stock Options, Restricted
Stock Awards and stock bonuses, to such persons on the terms and conditions set
forth in the Plan. In addition, the Plan is intended to generate proceeds from
the sale of Common Stock pursuant to Stock Awards that shall be used as general
funds of the Company

 

2.     DEFINED
TERMS.  Capitalized terms in this Plan shall have the
meanings set forth in Appendix A
attached hereto, unless defined elsewhere in this Plan or the context of their
use clearly indicates a different meaning.

 

3.     ADMINISTRATION.

 

3.1     Authority
of Board.  Until the Board decides to delegate
administration of the Plan to a Committee as set forth in Section 3.2
below, the Board shall have full authority to administer the Plan, subject only
to the express provisions and limitations set forth in the Plan and any
applicable laws. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Board
shall be fully empowered to: (i) determine, from time to time, the
recipients of Stock Awards and the terms upon which Stock Awards shall be
granted to such recipients; (ii) construe and interpret, and correct any
defects, omissions or inconsistencies in, the Plan and any Stock Awards; (iii) terminate,
suspend or amend the Plan or any Stock Award as provided in Section 11;
and (iv) exercise such powers and perform such acts consistent with the
provisions of the Plan as the Board deems necessary or expedient to promote the
best interests of the Company and its stockholders. The determinations of the
Board with respect to the Plan shall not be subject to review by any Person and
shall be final, binding and conclusive on the Company and all other Persons.

 

3.2     Delegation
to Committee.  In accordance with the Board’s authority
under the Delaware General Corporation Law and the Company’s Bylaws, the Board
shall delegate administration of the Plan to a Committee, which Committee shall
be comprised of at least two (2) members who qualify as “outside directors”
within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code, and which Committee
shall, upon such delegation, be empowered to exercise the full authority of the
Board with respect to the Plan.

 

4.     COMMON
STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN.

 

4.1     Reserve
Pool.  Subject to the provisions of Section 10
relating to Capitalization Adjustments, an aggregate of 150,000,000 shares of
Common Stock (the “Reserve
Pool”) may be issued pursuant to Stock Awards. If any Stock
Award shall for any reason expire or otherwise terminate, in whole or in part,
without having been exercised in full, the shares of Common Stock not acquired
under such Stock Award shall automatically revert to the Reserve Pool and again
become available for issuance under the Plan. During the term of the Plan, the
Company shall keep available in the Reserve Pool at all times a number of
shares of Common Stock sufficient to satisfy all outstanding Stock Awards.

 

 

4.2     Limitation
on Number of Shares.  To the extent required by
CCR Title 10, the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise
of all outstanding Stock Awards, together with the total number of shares of
Common Stock provided for under any stock bonus or similar plan of the Company,
shall not exceed the applicable percentage as calculated in accordance with the
conditions and exclusions of CCR Title 10, based on the shares of Common Stock
of the Company that are outstanding at the time the calculation is made.

 

4.3     Stock Award
Limitations per Participant.  Subject to adjustment as
provided in Section 10 of the Plan, no eligible Employee, Director or
Consultant may be granted any Stock Award(s) under the Plan for more than
20,000,000 shares of Common Stock, in the aggregate in any calendar year.

 

5.     ELIGIBILITY.

 

5.1     Employees.  Employees shall
be eligible to receive each of the types of Stock Awards provided for in the
Plan.

 

5.2     Directors.  Directors shall
be eligible to receive each of the types of Stock Awards, except Incentive
Stock Options, provided for in the Plan.

 

5.3     Consultants.  To the extent
permitted by applicable law, consultants shall be eligible to receive each of
the types of Stock Awards, except Incentive Stock Options, provided for in the
Plan.

 

5.4     Ten Percent
Stockholders.  In addition to any other applicable
restrictions set forth in this Section 5, a Ten Percent Stockholder shall
not be granted: (i) an Incentive Stock Option unless the exercise price of
such Incentive Stock Option is at least one hundred ten percent (110%) of the
Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the date of grant and such Incentive
Stock Option is not exercisable after the expiration of five (5) years
from the date of grant; (ii) a Nonstatutory Stock Option unless the
exercise price of such Nonstatutory Stock Option is at least one hundred ten
percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the date of
grant; or (iii) a Restricted Stock Award unless the purchase price of the
Common Stock issuable upon exercise of such Restricted Stock Award is at least
one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the
date of grant.

 

5.5     Proprietary
Information and Inventions Agreement.

 

(a)  Prior to being granted any Award under the
Plan, each Employee shall have executed and delivered to the Company a copy of
the Company’s standard proprietary information and inventions agreement or such
other agreement containing similar obligations of confidentiality as may be
approved by the Board at the time the Award is granted (any such agreement
being referred to herein as a “Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement”). In
the event that any Award is inadvertently granted to an Employee who has not,
as of the date of such grant, entered into a Proprietary Information and
Inventions Agreement with the Company, such Award shall be deemed null and void
ab initio.

 

(b)  In the event that any Employee breaches
any provision of the Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement between
such Employee and the Company, such Employee shall no longer be eligible to
receive Awards pursuant to this Plan. Moreover, such Employee shall be deemed,
as of the date of such Employee’s breach of such Proprietary Information and
Inventions Agreement, to have forfeited all outstanding Awards previously
granted to and then held by such Employee, regardless of whether such Awards
are then vested or exercisable.

 

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6.     PROVISIONS
APPLICABLE TO ALL STOCK AWARDS.

 

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

 

6.2     No
Employment or Other Service Rights.  Nothing in the Plan or any
Stock Award Agreement shall confer upon any Participant any right to continue
to serve the Company or an Affiliate in any capacity. Likewise, nothing in the
Plan or any Stock Award shall affect the right of the Company or any applicable
Affiliate to terminate: (i) the employment of an Employee with or without
notice and with or without Cause; (ii) the service of a Consultant
pursuant to the terms of such Consultant’s agreement with the Company or an
Affiliate; or (iii) the service of a Director pursuant to the bylaws of
the Company or any applicable Affiliate, and any applicable provisions of the
corporate law of the state in which the Company or the Affiliate is
incorporated, as the case may be.

 

6.3     Investment
Assurances.  At any time that the issuance of the shares
of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of a Stock Award has not been
registered under an effective registration statement under the Securities Act,
the Company may: (i) require a Participant, as a condition of acquiring
Common Stock under such Stock Award, to give written assurances satisfactory to
the Company (a) as to the Participant’s knowledge and experience in
financial and business matters and capability to evaluate the merits and risks
of acquiring such Common Stock under such Stock Award and (b) stating that
the Participant is acquiring such Common Stock under the Stock Award for the
Participant’s own account and not with any present intention of selling or
otherwise distributing such Common Stock; and (ii) place legends,
including, without limitation, legends restricting the transfer of such Common
Stock, on any and all stock certificates representing such Common Stock in
order to comply with applicable securities laws.

 

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

 

6.5     Vesting.  The Board or
Committee may provide that the total number of shares of Common Stock subject
to a Stock Award shall vest in installments over any given period of time.
Criteria for determining the vesting of shares of Common Stock subject to a
Stock Award may be based solely on the passage of time or on any other
criteria, including, without limitation, the performance of the Participant,
deemed appropriate by the Board or Committee.

 

6.6     Acceleration
of Exercisability and Vesting.  The Board shall have the
power to accelerate the time at which a Stock Award may first be exercised or
the time during which a Stock Award or any part thereof will vest in accordance
with the Plan, notwithstanding the provisions in the Stock Award stating the
time at which it may first be exercised or the time during which it will vest.

 

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6.7     Terms of
Repurchase Options.  The terms of any repurchase
option in favor of the Company with respect to shares of Common Stock issuable
pursuant to a Stock Award shall be specified in the applicable Stock Award
Agreement. The price per share of Common Stock at which such repurchase option
may be exercised may be either: (i) the Fair Market Value of the shares of
Common Stock on the date of the termination of the applicable Participant’s
Continuous Service; or (ii) the lower of (a) the Fair Market Value of
the shares of Common Stock on the date of repurchase and (b) the original
purchase price per share of Common Stock paid by the applicable Participant; provided, however,
that terms of any repurchase option shall, if applicable, comply at all times
with the provisions of CCR Title 10 relating to “presumptively reasonable”
repurchase prices.

 

6.8     Information
Obligation.  To the extent required by CCR Title 10, the
Company shall deliver financial statements to Participants at least annually; provided, however,
that the obligation to deliver financial statements shall not apply to
Employees whose duties with the Company assure them access to equivalent
information.

 

6.9     Performance
Targets; Section 162(m) Performance Criteria.  To the extent a
Committee is delegated authority by the Board to administer the Plan in
accordance with Section 162(m) of the Code, and such Committee
determines it to be desirable to qualify Stock Awards as “performance-based
compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code, then the Committee
shall in setting performance targets for such Stock Awards consider the
following performance criteria with respect to the Company: net earnings
(either before or after interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization),
economic value-added, gross or net sales, gross or net revenue, net income
(either before or after taxes), operating income or earnings, operating margin,
cash flow (including, but not limited to, operating cash flow and fee cash
flow), return on capital, return on net assets, return on stockholders’ equity,
return on assets, stockholder returns, gross or net profit margin,
productivity, expense, margins, operating efficiency, cost reductions or
savings, funds from operations, client satisfaction, working capital, earnings
per share, price per share of Common Stock, and market share, any of which may
be measured either in absolute terms or as compared to any incremental increase
or decrease, or as compared to results of a peer group, each as determined in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles or subject to such
adjustments as may be specified by the Committee. The Committee shall define in
an objective fashion the manner of calculating the performance criteria it
selects and may, in its discretion, within the time prescribed by Section 162(m) of
the Code, adjust or modify the calculation of performance targets for a
performance period in order to prevent the dilution or enlargement of the
rights of participants in the Plan: (a) in the event of, or in an
anticipation of, any unusual or extraordinary corporate item, transaction,
event or development, or (b) in recognition of, or in anticipation of, any
other unusual or non-recurring events affecting the Company, or the financial
statements of the Company, or in response to, or in anticipation of, changes in
applicable laws, regulations, accounting principles, or business conditions.

 

7.     OPTIONS.

 

7.1     Stock Award
Agreements for Options.  Each Stock Award Agreement
for an Option shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions
as the Board or Committee shall deem appropriate. The terms and conditions of
such Stock Award Agreements may change from time to time, and the terms and
conditions of Stock Award Agreements for separate Options need not be
identical; provided, however, that each Stock Award Agreement
for an Option shall include (through incorporation of provisions hereof by
reference in the Stock Award Agreement or otherwise) the substance of the
provisions set forth in this Section 7.

 

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7.2     Designation.  All Options
shall be separately designated Incentive Stock Options or Nonstatutory Stock Options
at the time of grant, and, if certificates are issued, a separate certificate
or certificates shall be issued for shares of Common Stock purchased on
exercise of each type of Option.

 

7.3     Term.  Subject to the
provisions of Section 5.4 above, no Option shall be exercisable after the
expiration of ten (10) years from the date it was granted.

 

7.4     Minimum
Vesting.  Notwithstanding Section 6.5 above, to the
extent required by CCR Title 10: (i) Options granted to an Employee who is
not an Officer, Director or Consultant shall provide for vesting of the total
number of shares of Common Stock at a rate of at least twenty percent (20%) per
year over five (5) years from the date the Option was granted, subject to
reasonable conditions such as Continuous Service; and (ii) Options granted
to Officers, Directors or Consultants may be made fully exercisable at any time
or during any period established by the Board or Committee, subject to
reasonable conditions such as Continuous Service.

 

7.5     Consideration.

 

(a)  The purchase price of Common Stock
acquired pursuant to an Option shall be paid, to the extent permitted by
applicable statutes and regulations, either: (i) in cash at the time the
Option is exercised; or (ii) pursuant to a program developed under
Regulation T as promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board that, prior to
the issuance of Common Stock, results in either the receipt by the Company of
cash (or a check) in the amount of, or the receipt by the Company of a copy of
irrevocable instructions previously delivered by the purchaser to the purchaser’s
broker instructing such broker to pay to the Company an amount equal to, the
aggregate exercise price for the number of shares of Common Stock being issued
to the purchaser in connection with the exercise of the Option from the
proceeds of the simultaneous sale of the Common Stock.

 

(b)  Notwithstanding Section 7.5(a) above:
(i) unless otherwise specifically provided in the Option, the purchase
price of Common Stock acquired pursuant to an Option that is paid by delivery
to the Company of other Common Stock acquired, directly or indirectly from the
Company, shall be paid only by shares of the Common Stock of the Company that
have been held for more than six (6) months (or such longer or shorter
period of time required to avoid a charge to earnings for financial accounting
purposes); and (ii) in the case of any deferred payment arrangement,
interest shall be compounded at least annually and shall be charged at the
minimum rate of interest necessary to avoid (a) the treatment as interest,
under any applicable provisions of the Code, of any amounts other than amounts
stated to be interest under the deferred payment arrangement and (b) the
treatment of the Option as a variable award for financial accounting purposes.

 

7.6     Early
Exercise.  An Option may include a provision whereby the
Participant may elect at any time before the Participant’s Continuous Service
terminates to exercise the Option as to any part or all of the shares of Common
Stock subject to the Option prior to the full vesting of such shares of Common
Stock. Subject to Section 6.7 above, any unvested shares of Common Stock
so purchased may be subject to a repurchase option in favor of the Company or
to any other restriction the Board determines to be appropriate.

 

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7.7     Termination
of Continuous Service.

 

(a)  Termination Other Than for Cause or
As a Result of Death or Disability.  In the event that a
Participant’s Continuous Service terminates other than for Cause or as a result
of the Participant’s Disability or death, the Participant may exercise his or
her Option (to the extent that the Participant was entitled to exercise such
Option as of the date of termination) at any time within the period (the “Post-Termination Exercise Period”)
ending on the earlier of: (i) the expiration of the term of the Option as
set forth in the applicable Stock Award Agreement; or (ii) the date three (3) months
following the termination of the Participant’s Continuous Service (or such
longer or shorter period specified in the applicable Stock Award Agreement,
which period shall not be less than thirty (30) days). If, after the
termination of such Participant’s Continuous Service, such Participant does not
exercise his or her Option within such Post-Termination Exercise Period, the
Option shall terminate.

 

(b) Termination for Cause.  In the event a
Participant’s Continuous Service is terminated for Cause, the Option shall
terminate upon the termination date of such Participant’s Continuous Service,
and the Participant shall be prohibited from exercising his or her Option as of
the time of such termination.

 

(c)  Termination As a Result of
Disability.  In the event that a Participant’s Continuous
Service terminates as a result of the Participant’s Disability, the Participant
may exercise his or her Option (to the extent that the Participant was entitled
to exercise such Option as of the date of termination), at any time during the
Post-Termination Exercise Period ending on the earlier of: (i) the
expiration of the term of the Option as set forth in the Stock Award Agreement;
or (ii) the date twelve (12) months following such termination of
Continuous Service (or such longer or shorter period specified in the Stock
Award Agreement, which period shall not be less than six (6) months). If,
after termination of Continuous Service, the Participant does not exercise his
or her Option within such Post-Termination Exercise Period, the Option shall
terminate.

 

(d) Termination As a Result of Death.  In the event
that a Participant’s Continuous Service terminates as a result of the
Participant’s death or a Participant dies within any applicable
Post-Termination Exercise Period, then such Participant’s Option may be
exercised (to the extent the Participant was entitled to exercise such Option
as of the date of death) by the Participant’s estate, by a Person who acquired
the right to exercise the Option by bequest or inheritance or by a Person
designated to exercise the option upon the Participant’s death pursuant to Section
7.8(b) or 7.9(b) below, at any time during the Post-Termination
Exercise Period ending on the earlier of: (i) the expiration of the term
of the Option as set forth in the Stock Award Agreement; or (ii) the date
eighteen (18) months following such termination of Continuous Service (or such
longer or shorter period specified in the Stock Award Agreement, which period
shall not be less than six (6) months). If, after termination of
Continuous Service, the Participant does not exercise his or her Option within
such Post-Termination Exercise Period, the Option shall terminate.

 

7.8     Special
Provisions for Incentive Stock Options.

 

(a)  Exercise Price.  Subject to the
provisions of Section 5.4 above, the exercise price of each Incentive
Stock Option shall be not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair
Market Value of the Common Stock subject to the Incentive Stock Option on the
date the Incentive Stock Option is granted. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an
Incentive Stock Option may be granted with an exercise price lower than that
set forth in the preceding sentence if such Incentive Stock Option is granted
pursuant to an assumption or substitution for another option in a manner
satisfying the provisions of Section 424(a) of the Code.

 

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(b) Transferability.  An Incentive
Stock Option shall not be transferable except by will or by the laws of descent
and distribution and shall be exercisable during the lifetime of the
Participant only by the Participant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a
Participant may, by delivering written notice to the Company in a form
satisfactory to the Company, designate a third party who, in the event of the
death of such Participant, shall thereafter be entitled to exercise such
Participant’s Incentive Stock Option.

 

(c)  $100,000 Limitation.  To the extent
that the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined at the time of grant) of
Common Stock with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for
the first time by any Participant during any calendar year under all plans of
the Company and its Affiliates exceeds $100,000, the Incentive Stock Options or
portions thereof that exceed such limit (according to the order in which they
were granted) shall be treated as Nonstatutory Stock Options, notwithstanding
any contrary provision of the applicable Stock Award Agreement(s).

 

7.9     Special
Provisions for Nonstatutory Stock Options.

 

(a)  Exercise Price.  Subject to the
provisions of Section 5.4 above, the exercise price of each Nonstatutory
Stock Option shall be not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair
Market Value of the Common Stock subject to the Nonstatutory Stock Option on
the date the Nonstatutory Stock Option is granted. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
a Nonstatutory Stock Option may be granted with an exercise price lower than
that set forth in the preceding sentence if such Nonstatutory Stock Option is
granted pursuant to an assumption or substitution for another option in a
manner satisfying the provisions of Section 424(a) of the Code.

 

(b) Transferability.  A Nonstatutory
Stock Option shall not be transferable except by will or by the laws of descent
and distribution and, to the extent provided in the Stock Award Agreement and,
if applicable, as permitted by CCR Title 10 at the time of the grant of the
Nonstatutory Stock Option, and shall be exercisable during the lifetime of the
Participant only by the Participant. If a Nonstatutory Stock Option does not
provide for transferability, then such Nonstatutory Stock Option shall not be
transferable except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution and
shall be exercisable during the lifetime of the Participant only by the
Participant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Participant may, by delivering
written notice to the Company in a form satisfactory to the Company, designate
a third party who, in the event of the death of such Participant, shall
thereafter be entitled to exercise such Participant’s Nonstatutory Stock
Option.

 

8.     STOCK
BONUSES.

 

8.1     Stock Award
Agreements for Stock Bonuses.  Each Stock Award Agreement
for a stock bonus shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as the Board or Committee shall deem appropriate. The terms and
conditions of such Stock Award Agreements may change from time to time, and the
terms and conditions of Stock Award Agreements for separate stock bonuses need
not be identical; provided, however, that each Stock Award Agreement
for a stock bonus shall include (through incorporation of provisions hereof by
reference in the Stock Award Agreement or otherwise) the substance of the
provisions set forth in this Section 8.

 

8.2     Consideration.  A stock bonus
may be awarded in consideration for past services actually rendered to the
Company or an Affiliate for its benefit.

 

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8.3     Termination
of Participant’s Continuous Service.  In the event that a
Participant’s Continuous Service terminates, the Company may reacquire, for no
consideration, any or all of the shares of Common Stock held by the Participant
that have not vested as of the date of termination under the terms of the Stock
Award Agreement for the stock bonus.

 

8.4     Transferability.  Rights to
acquire shares of Common Stock under the Stock Award Agreement for a stock
bonus shall not be transferable except by will or by the laws of descent and
distribution and shall be exercisable during the lifetime of the Participant
only by the Participant.

 

9.     RESTRICTED
STOCK AWARDS.

 

9.1     Stock Award
Agreements for Restricted Stock Awards.  Each Stock
Award Agreement for a Restricted Stock Award shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as the Board or Committee shall deem
appropriate. The terms and conditions of such Stock Award Agreements may change
from time to time, and the terms and conditions of Stock Award Agreements for
separate Restricted Stock Awards need not be identical; provided, however,
that each Stock Award Agreement for a Restricted Stock Award shall include
(through incorporation of provisions hereof by reference in the Stock Award
Agreement or otherwise) the substance of the provisions set forth in this Section 9.

 

9.2     Purchase
Price.  At the time of grant of a Restricted Stock Award,
the Board or Committee will determine the price to be paid by the Participant
for each share of Common Stock subject to such Restricted Stock Award. Subject
to the provisions of Section 5.4 above, the purchase price of Restricted
Stock Awards shall not be less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair
Market Value of the Common Stock on the date such Restricted Stock Award is
made. A Restricted Stock Award may be awarded as a stock bonus (i.e., with
no cash purchase price to be paid) to the extent permissible under applicable
law.

 

9.3     Consideration.  At the time of
the grant of a Restricted Stock Award, the Board will determine the
consideration permissible for the payment of the purchase price of the
Restricted Stock Award. The purchase price of Common Stock acquired pursuant to
the Stock Award Agreement for the Restricted Stock Award shall be paid either: (i) in
cash at the time of purchase; (ii) at the discretion of the Board,
according to a deferred payment or other similar arrangement with the
Participant; (iii) by services rendered or to be rendered to the Company;
or (iii) in any other form of legal consideration that may be acceptable
to the Board in its discretion.

 

9.4     Termination
of Participant’s Continuous Service.  Subject to Section 6.7,
in the event that a Participant’s Continuous Service terminates, the Company
may repurchase or otherwise reacquire any or all of the shares of Common Stock
held by the Participant that have not vested as of the date of termination
under the terms of the Stock Award Agreement for such Participant’s Restricted
Stock Award.

 

9.5     Transferability.  Rights to
acquire shares of Common Stock under the Stock Award Agreement for a Restricted
Stock Award shall not be transferable except by will or by the laws of descent
and distribution and shall be exercisable during the lifetime of the
Participant only by the Participant.

 

10.   ADJUSTMENTS
UPON CHANGES IN STOCK.

 

10.1   Capitalization
Adjustments.  If any change is made in, or other event
occurs with respect to, the Common Stock of the Company without the receipt of
consideration by the Company (through merger, consolidation, reorganization,
recapitalization, reincorporation, stock dividend, dividend in property other
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shares,
exchange of shares, change in corporate structure or other transaction (each a “Capitalization Adjustment”)),
the Plan will be appropriately adjusted in the class and maximum number of
securities subject to the Plan pursuant to Section 4.1, and the
outstanding Stock Awards will be appropriately adjusted in the class and number
of securities and price per share of Common Stock subject to such outstanding
Stock Awards; provided, however, that the conversion of any
convertible securities of the Company shall not be treated as a transaction “without
receipt of consideration” by the Company and shall not give rise to a
Capitalization Adjustment pursuant to this Section 10.1. The Board or
Committee shall make such adjustments, which shall be final, binding and
conclusive.

 

10.2   Dissolution
or Liquidation.  In the event of a
dissolution or liquidation of the Company, then all outstanding Stock Awards
shall terminate immediately prior to the completion of such dissolution or
liquidation, and shares of Common Stock subject to any repurchase option in
favor of the Company may be repurchased by the Company, notwithstanding the
fact whether or not the applicable Participant’s Continuous Service has
terminated.

 

10.3   Corporate
Transaction.

 

(a)  In the event of a Corporate Transaction,
any surviving corporation or acquiring corporation may (but need not) assume or
continue any or all Stock Awards outstanding under the Plan or may (but need
not) substitute similar stock awards for Stock Awards outstanding under the
Plan (including an award to acquire the same consideration paid to the
stockholders or the Company, as the case may be, pursuant to the Corporate
Transaction), and any reacquisition or repurchase rights held by the Company in
respect of Common Stock issued pursuant to Stock Awards may be assigned by the
Company to the successor of the Company or to the acquiring corporation (or
such successor’s or acquiring corporation’s parent company), if any, in
connection with such Corporate Transaction. In the event any surviving
corporation or acquiring corporation elects to assume or continue any or all
Stock Awards outstanding under the Plan, such Stock Awards shall remain in
effect in accordance with the terms of this Plan and the applicable Stock Award
Agreements, but shall thereafter represent the right to receive (upon exercise
thereof in accordance with the terms of such Stock Awards, if applicable) for
each share of Common Stock underlying each such Stock Award such cash,
securities or other property that would have been received by the applicable
Participant had such Participant exercised such Stock Award immediately prior
to the effective time of the Corporate Transaction.

 

(b)  In the event that, in connection with a
Corporate Transaction, any surviving corporation or acquiring corporation does
not assume or continue any or all such outstanding Stock Awards or substitute
similar stock awards for such outstanding Stock Awards, then with respect to
Stock Awards that have not been assumed, continued or substituted, such Stock
Awards shall terminate if not exercised (if applicable) at or prior to the
effective time of such Corporate Transaction, and any reacquisition or
repurchase rights held by the Company with respect to such Stock Awards held by
Participants whose Continuous Service has not terminated shall (contingent upon
the effectiveness of the Corporate Transaction) lapse.

 

10.4   Change in
Control.  A Stock Award held by any Participant whose
Continuous Service has not terminated prior to the effective time of a Change
in Control may be subject to additional acceleration of vesting and
exercisability upon or after such Change in Control as may be provided in the
Stock Award Agreement for such Stock Award; provided,
however, that in the absence of
any such provision in the Stock Award Agreement for such Stock Award, no such
acceleration shall occur.

 

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11.   TERMINATION,
SUSPENSION AND AMENDMENT.

 

11.1   Termination
or Suspension of the Plan.  The Board may suspend or
terminate the Plan at any time. Unless sooner terminated, the Plan shall
terminate on the day before the tenth (10th) anniversary of the date
the Plan is adopted by the Board or approved by the stockholders of the
Company, whichever is earlier. No Stock Awards may be granted under the Plan
while the Plan is suspended or after it is terminated.

 

11.2   Amendment
of the Plan and Stock Awards.  Subject to Section 11.3
below, the Board may, from time to time, amend the Plan or any Stock Award in
any manner it deems appropriate or necessary. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
except as expressly provided elsewhere in the Plan, no amendment to the Plan
shall be effective unless approved by the stockholders of the Company to the
extent stockholder approval is necessary to satisfy the requirements of Section 162(m) of
the Code, Section 422 of the Code, or the listing requirements of the
exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which the Company’s Common stock
is traded.

 

11.3 No Impairment.  No termination or
suspension of the Plan or amendment of the Plan or any Stock Award shall impair
rights of a Participant with respect to any outstanding Stock Award unless the
Company receives the written consent of such Participant.

 

12.   MISCELLANEOUS.

 

12.1 Compliance with Laws.

 

(a)  This Plan and the obligations of the
Company with respect to any Stock Awards granted hereunder shall be subject to
all applicable federal and state securities laws. If, after reasonable efforts,
the Company is unable to obtain from any applicable regulatory commission or
agency the authority that legal counsel for the Company deems necessary for the
lawful issuance and sale of Common Stock pursuant to such Stock Awards, then
the Company shall be relieved from any liability for failure to issue and sell
Common Stock in connection with such Stock Awards unless and until such
authority is obtained.

 

(b)  To facilitate the grant of any Stock
Award, the Committee may impose special terms for Stock Awards granted to
Participants who are foreign nationals or who are employed by the Company or
any Affiliate outside of the United States as the Board or Committee may
consider necessary or appropriate to accommodate differences in local laws, tax
policies or customs.

 

12.2 Severability.  If one or more
provisions of this Plan are held to be unenforceable under applicable law, such
provision shall be excluded from this Plan and the balance of the Plan shall be
interpreted as if such provision were so excluded and shall be enforceable in
accordance with its terms.

 

12.3 Governing Law.  The law of the
State of California shall govern all questions concerning the construction,
validity and interpretation of this Plan, without regard to such state’s
conflict of laws rules.

 

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APPENDIX A

 

DEFINITIONS

 

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

 

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

 

“Cause” means, with
respect to a particular Participant, the occurrence of any of the following: (i) such
Participant’s conviction of any felony or any crime involving fraud; (ii) such
Participant’s participation (whether by affirmative act or omission) in a fraud
or felonious act against the Company and/or its Affiliates; (iii) such
Participant’s violation of any statutory or fiduciary duty, or duty of loyalty owed
to the Company and/or its Affiliates and which has a material adverse effect on
the Company and/or its Affiliates; (iv) such Participant’s violation of
state or federal law in connection with such Participant’s performance of such
Participant’s job; (v) breach of any material term of any contract between
such Participant and the Company and/or its Affiliates; and (vi) such
Participant’s violation of any material Company policy; provided, however,
that the final determination that a termination is for Cause shall be made by
the Board or Committee, as applicable, in its sole and exclusive judgment and
discretion.

 

“CCR Title 10” means
Title 10 of the California Code of Regulations, as amended from time to time.

 

“Change in Control”
means any Corporate Transaction or the occurrence, in any single transaction or
in any series of related transactions not approved by the Board, of any Person
becoming the Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company
representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the
Company’s then-outstanding securities; provided,
however, that notwithstanding the
foregoing or any other provision of this Plan, the definition of Change in
Control (or any analogous term) in an individual written agreement between the
Company or any Affiliate and the Participant shall supersede the foregoing
definition with respect to Stock Awards subject to such agreement (it being
understood, however, that if no definition of Change in Control or any
analogous term is set forth in such an individual written agreement, the
foregoing definition shall apply).

 

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

 

“Committee” means a
committee comprised of two (2) or more “outside directors” within the
meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code appointed by the Board in
accordance with Section 3.2 of the Plan.

 

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

 

“Company” means
Averion International Corp., a Delaware corporation.

 

“Consultant” means any
person, including an advisor, engaged by the Company or an Affiliate to render
consulting or advisory services and who is compensated for such services; provided, however,
that the term “Consultant” shall not include Directors who are not compensated
by the Company for their services as Directors, and the payment of a fee by the
Company for services which the Board determines in its sole discretion are
services as a Director shall not cause a Director to be considered a “Consultant”
for purposes of the Plan.

 

“Continuous Service”
means that the Participant’s service with the Company or an Affiliate, whether
as an Employee, Director or Consultant, is not interrupted or terminated. A
change in the capacity in which the Participant renders service to the Company
or an Affiliate as an Employee, Consultant or 

 

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Director
or a change in the entity for which the Participant renders such service,
provided that there is no interruption or termination of the Participant’s
service with the Company or an Affiliate, shall not terminate a Participant’s
Continuous Service. For example, a change in status from an Employee of the
Company to a Consultant of an Affiliate, or to a Director shall not constitute
an interruption of Continuous Service. The Board, Committee or any authorized
Officer of the Company, in that party’s sole discretion, may determine whether
Continuous Service shall be considered interrupted in the case of any leave of
absence approved by that party, including sick leave, military leave or any
other personal leave. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a leave of absence shall
be treated as Continuous Service for purposes of vesting in a Stock Award only
to such extent as may be provided in the Company’s leave of absence policy or
in the written terms of the Participant’s leave of absence.

 

“Corporate Transaction”
means the occurrence, in a single transaction or in a series of related
transactions, of any one or more of the following events:

 

(a)  there is consummated a merger,
consolidation or similar transaction involving (directly or indirectly) the
Company if, immediately after the consummation of such merger, consolidation or
similar transaction, the stockholders of the Company immediately prior thereto
do not Own, directly or indirectly, either: (i) outstanding voting
securities representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined
outstanding voting power of the surviving Entity in such merger, consolidation
or similar transaction; or (ii) more than fifty percent (50%) of the
combined outstanding voting power of the parent of the surviving Entity in such
merger, consolidation or similar transaction;

 

(b)  the stockholders of the Company approve or
the Board approves a plan of complete dissolution or liquidation of the
Company, or a complete dissolution or liquidation of the Company shall
otherwise occur; or

 

(c)  there is consummated a sale of all or
substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, other than a sale of all or substantially all of the consolidated
assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries to an Entity more than fifty percent
(50%) of the combined voting power of the voting securities of which Entity is
Owned by stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportion as
their Ownership of the Company immediately prior to such sale.

 

The
term “Corporate Transaction” shall not include a sale of assets, merger or
other transaction effected exclusively for the purpose of changing the domicile
of the Company.

 

“Director” means a
member of the Board.

 

“Disability” means the
inability of a person, in the opinion of a qualified physician acceptable to
the Company, to perform the duties of that person’s position with the Company
or an Affiliate because of the sickness or injury of the person.

 

“Employee” means any
person employed by the Company or an Affiliate; provided, however,
that service as a Director, or payment of a fee by the Company for services
which the Board determines in its sole discretion are services as a Director or
as a member of the Board of Directors of an Affiliate, shall not be sufficient
to constitute “employment” by the Company or such Affiliate.

 

“Entity” means any
corporation (including any non-profit corporation), general partnership, limited
partnership, limited liability partnership, joint venture, estate, trust,
company (including any limited liability company or joint stock company), firm
or other enterprise, association, organization or entity.

 

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“Fair Market Value”
means the closing price of a share of Common Stock of the Company, as quoted on
the exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which the Company’s Common
Stock is then listed or quoted, as the case may be, on the date a Stock Award
is granted.

 

“Incentive Stock Option”
means an option to purchase shares of Common Stock that is intended to qualify
as an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of Section 422 of the
Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

“Nonstatutory Stock Option”
means an option to purchase shares of Common Stock that is not intended to
qualify as an Incentive Stock Option.

 

“Officer” means any
person designated by the Company as an officer.

 

“Option” means an
Incentive Stock Option or a Nonstatutory Stock Option granted pursuant to the
Plan.

 

A
Person shall be deemed to “Own”,
to have “Owned”,
to be the “Owner”
of, or to have acquired “Ownership”
of securities if such Person, directly or indirectly, through any contract,
arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, has or shares voting
power, which includes the power to vote or to direct the voting, with respect
to such securities.

 

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

 

“Person” means any
natural person or Entity.

 

“Plan” means this
Averion International Corp. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan.

 

“Restricted Stock Award”
means an award of shares of Common Stock, which is granted pursuant to the
terms and conditions of Section 9 of the Plan.

 

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

 

“Stock Award” means
any right granted under the Plan, including an Option, a Restricted Stock Award
or a stock bonus.

 

“Stock Award Agreement”
means a written agreement between the Company and a Participant evidencing the
terms and conditions of an individual Stock Award. Each Stock Award Agreement
shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.

 

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

 

13Exhibit
10.60

 

AVERION
CASH INCENTIVE PLAN

 

ARTICLE I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

        1.1    Purpose.    The
purpose of the Cash Incentive Plan (the “Plan)
is to assist Averion International Corp. (the “Company”)
in promoting and rewarding covered employees for achieving the goals and
objectives that promote the interests of the Company and its stockholders.

 

        1.2    Administration
of the Plan.    The Plan shall be
administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the
Company (the “Committee”). The
Committee shall have the authority to interpret and construe the Plan and to
adopt all necessary rules and regulations for administering the Plan. All
decisions and determinations of the Committee with respect to the Plan shall be
final and binding on all parties. The Committee shall have the authority to
delegate to the Executive Management Team the administration of the Plan with
respect to those Participants who are not executive officers of the Company.

 

ARTICLE II

PARTICIPATION

 

        2.1    Eligibility
and Participation.    Employees eligible to
participate in the Plan shall include the members of the Company’s Executive
Management Team (“EMT”), Global
Operational Management Team (“GOMT”),
Operational Management Team (“OMT”)
and other key individuals employed with the Company as may be determined by the
Committee. The Committee shall have the sole and absolute authority to
designate actual participants in the Plan (“Participant”)
from among those eligible persons set forth in the first sentence of this Section 2.1.

 

ARTICLE III

PLAN AWARDS

 

        3.1    Establishment
of Performance Goals, Amount of Bonus Pool and Target Bonus.    Following
the beginning of each fiscal year of the Company (“Plan Year”), the Committee shall, in its sole and absolute
discretion, determine the amount of the annual bonus pool for such Plan Year
(the “Bonus Pool”) and the
individual and corporate performance goals (the “Performance Goals”) for each Participant for such Plan Year.
The Performance Goals may relate to the Company, to individual Participants or
such other criteria as the Committee shall, in its sole and absolute
discretion, deem appropriate, including without limitation the criteria
attached hereto as Exhibit A.
The Performance Goals shall be identified for each Plan Year and shall be
attached hereto as Exhibit B.
The Committee shall establish the amount of the Bonus Pool to which each
Participant may be eligible (the “Target
Bonus”) by multiplying each Participant’s base rate of salary by a
percentage value assigned by the Committee to each Participant.

 

        3.2    Evaluation
of Performance Goals for Prior Plan Year.    Within
ninety (90) days following the end of each Plan Year, and provided that
the Company’s audited financial statements have been issued, the Committee
shall, in its sole and absolute discretion, determine the extent to which the
Performance Goals for the previous Plan Year have been attained. If the
Committee determines that some or all of the individual Performance Goals for
the previous Plan Year have been attained by a Participant, the Committee shall
assign a percentage of the Target Bonus payable to such Participant by
determining the value of each individual Performance Goal to the Company and
the extent to which the individual Performance Goals have been attained by such
Participant (“Allocation”). The
Committee, in its sole and absolute discretion, may determine that a
Participant’s Allocation for the Plan Year shall be less than or more than the
amount earned by such Participant under the Plan. Only Participants who are
performing services for the Company as of the last day of any Plan Year shall
be eligible to receive an Allocation for such Plan Year. Whether an individual
is performing services for the Company shall be determined by the Committee.
Payments under the Plan to Participants living or working outside of the United
States shall not qualify for pension contributions.

 

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        3.3    Payment of
Benefits.    The Company shall pay the
Allocation due to a Participant in cash compensation, less applicable payroll
and other withholdings, within thirty (30) days following the Committee’s
determination as set forth in Section 3.2. All payments made by check
under the Plan shall be delivered in person or mailed to the last address of a
Participant or deposited to the Participant’s direct deposit account on file
with the payroll department of the Company. Each Participant shall be
responsible for furnishing the Company with the Participant’s correct current
address.

 

ARTICLE IV

MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

 

        4.1    No
Enlargement of Employee Rights.    Nothing
in the Plan shall be construed to create or imply any contract of employment
between any Participant and the Company, to confer upon any Participant any
right to continue in the employ of the Company or to confer upon the Company
any right to require any Participant’s continued employment.

 

        4.2    Rights Not
Alienable.    Any rights provided to a
Participant under the Plan may not be assigned, transferred or alienated,
except by will or pursuant to the laws of descent and distribution, and shall
be earned only by the Participant.

 

        4.3    Other
Compensation Plans.    The adoption of the
Plan shall not affect any other compensation plans in effect for the Company,
nor shall the Plan preclude the Company from establishing any other forms of
compensation for employees, officers or directors of the Company.

 

        4.4    Amendment
and Termination of Plan.    The Company may
amend, modify or terminate the Plan at any time, but any such amendment,
modification or termination shall not adversely affect any rights of the
Participants with respect to the Plan, which had been awarded prior to such
amendment, modification or termination.

 

        4.5    Governing
Law.    To the extent not preempted by
federal law, the Plan shall be determined in accordance with the laws of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

 

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Exhibit A

 

General Performance Goals

 

        Performance
Goals may include financial and other criteria including, but not limited to,
the following: Company revenue, profitability, EBITDA, net loss or profit,
backlog, market share, therapeutic area performance, debt and equity
financings, strategic alliances, customer satisfaction, and employee
satisfaction.

 

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