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AEROFLEX HOLDING CORP.

 

2011 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN

 

Aeroflex Holding Corp. (the "Company"), a Delaware corporation, hereby establishes and adopts the following Aeroflex Holding Corp. 2011 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the "Plan").

 

1.           PURPOSE OF THE PLAN

 

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

 

2.           DEFINITIONS

 

2.1.           "Affiliate" means, as to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such Person.  For the purposes of this definition, "control," when used with respect to any Person, means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.  The term "controlling" and "controlled" shall have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

 

2.2.           "Award" shall mean any Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock Award, Restricted Stock Unit Award, Other Share-Based Award or Performance Award granted pursuant to the provisions of the Plan.

 

2.3.           "Award Agreement" shall mean any agreement, contract or other instrument or document evidencing any Award hereunder, whether in writing or through an electronic medium.

 

2.4.           "Board" shall mean the board of directors of the Company.

 

2.5.           "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

 

2.6.           "Committee" shall mean the Compensation Committee of the Board or a subcommittee thereof formed by the Compensation Committee to act as the Committee hereunder.  The Committee shall consist of no fewer than two Directors, each of whom is (i) a "Non-Employee Director" within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act, (ii) an "outside director" within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code, and (iii) an "independent director" to the extent required by the rules and regulations of the New York Stock Exchange (or such other principal securities exchange on which the Shares are traded), to the extent required by such rules.

 

  

  

  

 

2.7.           "Covered Employee" shall mean an employee of the Company or its subsidiaries who is a "covered employee" within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code to the extent required by such rules.

 

2.8.           "Director" shall mean a member of the Board who is not an employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

2.9.           "Dividend Equivalents" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12.5.

 

2.10.           "Employee" shall mean any employee of the Company or any Subsidiary and any prospective employee conditioned upon, and effective not earlier than, such person becoming an employee of the Company or any Subsidiary.  Solely for purposes of the Plan, an Employee shall also mean any consultant who is a natural person and who provides services to the Company or any Subsidiary, so long as such person (i) renders bona fide services that are not in connection with the offer and sale of the Company's securities in a capital-raising transaction and (ii) does not directly or indirectly promote or maintain a market for the Company's securities.

 

2.11.           "Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

2.12.           "Fair Market Value" shall mean, with respect to any property other than Shares, the market value of such property determined by such methods or procedures as shall be established from time to time by the Committee.  The Fair Market Value of Shares as of any date shall be the per Share closing price of the Shares as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on that date (or if there were no reported prices on such date, on the last preceding date on which the prices were reported) or, if the Company is not then listed on the New York Stock Exchange, on such other principal securities exchange on which the Shares are traded, and if the Company is not listed on the New York Stock Exchange or any other securities exchange, the Fair Market Value of Shares shall be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.

 

2.13.           "Limitations" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.5.

 

2.14.           "Option" shall mean any right granted to a Participant under the Plan allowing such Participant to purchase Shares at such price or prices and during such period or periods as the Committee shall determine.

 

2.15.           "Other Share-Based Award" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.1.

 

2.16.           "Participant" shall mean an Employee or Director who is selected by the Committee to receive an Award under the Plan.

 

2.17.           "Payee" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13.1.

 

2.18.           "Performance Award" shall mean any Award of Performance Cash or Performance Shares granted pursuant to Article 9.

 

2.19.           "Performance Cash" shall mean any cash incentives granted pursuant to Article 9 which will be paid to the Participant upon the achievement of such performance goals as the Committee shall establish.

 

  

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2.20.           "Performance Period" shall mean the period established by the Committee of not less than 6 months during which any performance goals specified by the Committee with respect to such Award are to be measured.

 

2.21.           "Performance Share" shall mean any grant pursuant to Article 9 of a unit valued by reference to a designated number of Shares, which value will be paid to the Participant upon achievement of such performance goals as the Committee shall establish.

 

2.22.           "Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, estate, trust, unincorporated association, any federal, state, county or municipal government or any bureau, department or agency thereof and any fiduciary acting in such capacity on behalf of any of the foregoing.

 

2.23.           "Permitted Assignee" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12.3.

 

2.24.           "Restricted Stock" shall mean any Share issued with the restriction that the holder may not sell, transfer, pledge or assign such Share and with such other restrictions as the Committee, in its sole discretion, may impose (including any restriction on the right to vote such Share and the right to receive any dividends), which restrictions may lapse separately or in combination at such time or times, in installments or otherwise, as the Committee may deem appropriate.

 

2.25.           "Restricted Stock Award" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1.

 

2.26.           "Restricted Stock Unit" means an Award that is valued by reference to a Share, which value may be paid to the Participant by delivery of such property as the Committee shall determine, including without limitation, cash or Shares, or any combination thereof, and that has such restrictions as the Committee, in its sole discretion, may impose, including without limitation, any restriction on the right to retain such Awards, to sell, transfer, pledge or assign such Awards, and/or to receive any Dividend Equivalents with respect to such Awards, which restrictions may lapse separately or in combination at such time or times, in installments or otherwise, as the Committee may deem appropriate.

 

2.27.           "Restricted Stock Unit Award" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1

 

2.28.           "Shares" shall mean the shares of the common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share.

 

2.29.           "Stock Appreciation Right" shall mean the right granted to a Participant pursuant to Article 6.

 

2.30.           "Subsidiary" shall mean any corporation (other than the Company) in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Company if, at the relevant time each of the corporations other than the last corporation in the unbroken chain owns stock possessing 50% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in the chain.

 

  

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

 

3.           SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

 

3.1.           Number of Shares. (a) Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 12.2, a total of 4,462,632 Shares shall be authorized for issuance under the Plan.

 

(b)           If any Shares subject to an Award are forfeited, expire or otherwise terminate without issuance of such Shares, or any Award is settled for cash or otherwise does not result in the issuance of all or a portion of the Shares subject to such Award (including payment in Shares on exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right), such Shares shall, to the extent of such forfeiture, expiration, termination, cash settlement or non-issuance, again be available for issuance under the Plan.

 

(c)           In the event that (i) any Option or other Award granted hereunder is exercised through the tendering of Shares (either actually or by attestation) or by the withholding of Shares by the Company, or (ii) withholding tax liabilities arising from such Option or other Award are satisfied by the tendering of Shares (either actually or by attestation) or by the withholding of Shares by the Company, then the Shares so tendered or withheld shall be available for issuance under the Plan.

 

(d)           Substitute Awards shall not reduce the Shares authorized for grant under the Plan or authorized for grant to a Participant in any calendar year.  Additionally, in the event that a company acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary or with which the Company or any Subsidiary combines has shares available under a pre-existing plan approved by stockholders and not adopted in contemplation of such acquisition or combination, the shares available for grant pursuant to the terms of such pre-existing plan (as adjusted, to the extent appropriate, using the exchange ratio or other adjustment or valuation ratio or formula used in such acquisition or combination to determine the consideration payable to the holders of common stock of the entities party to such acquisition or combination) may be used for Awards under the Plan and shall not reduce the Shares authorized for grant under the Plan; provided that Awards using such available shares shall not be made after the date awards or grants could have been made under the terms of the pre-existing plan, absent the acquisition or combination, and shall only be made to individuals who were not Employees or Directors prior to such acquisition or combination.

 

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

 

4.           ELIGIBILITY AND ADMINISTRATION

 

4.1.           Eligibility.  Any Employee or Director shall be eligible to be selected as a Participant.

 

  

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

 

(b)           Decisions of the Committee shall be final, conclusive and binding on all persons or entities, including the Company, any Participant, and any Subsidiary.

 

(c)           To the extent not inconsistent with applicable law, including Section 162(m) of the Code, or the rules and regulations of the New York Stock Exchange (or such other principal securities exchange on which the Shares are traded), the Committee may delegate to (i) a committee of one or more directors of the Company any of the authority of the Committee under the Plan, including the right to grant, cancel or suspend Awards and (ii) to the extent permitted by law, one or more executive officers or a committee of executive officers the right to grant Awards to Employees who are not Directors or executive officers of the Company.

 

5.           OPTIONS

 

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

 

5.2.           Award Agreements.  All Options granted pursuant to this Article shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement in such form and containing such terms and conditions as the Committee shall determine which are not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan.  The terms of Options need not be the same with respect to each Participant.  Granting an Option pursuant to the Plan shall impose no obligation on the recipient to exercise such Option.  Any individual who is granted an Option pursuant to this Article may hold more than one Option granted pursuant to the Plan at the same time.

 

  

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5.3.           Option Price.  Other than in connection with Substitute Awards, the option price per each Share purchasable under any Option granted pursuant to this Article shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of one Share on the date of grant of such Option; provided that the option price of an incentive stock option granted to an employee who, at the time of grant, owns stock possessing more than ten (10) percent of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company (a "Ten Percent Shareholder") shall be no less than 110% of the Fair Market Value of one Share on the date of grant of such Option.  Other than pursuant to Section 12.2, the Committee shall not without the approval of the Company's stockholders (a) lower the option price per Share of an Option after it is granted, (b) cancel an Option in exchange for cash or another Award (other than in connection with a Change in Control as defined in Section 11.2), and (c) take any other action with respect to an Option that would be treated as a repricing under the rules and regulations of the principal securities exchange on which the Shares are traded.

 

5.4.           Option Term.  The term of each Option shall be fixed by the Committee in its sole discretion; provided that no Option shall be exercisable after the expiration of ten (10) years from the date the Option is granted; provided, further that no incentive stock option granted to a Ten Percent Shareholder shall be exercisable after five (5) years from the date the Option is granted.

 

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

 

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

 

  

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(c)           The Award Agreement for an Option shall set forth the extent to which it may be exercised following termination of the Participant's employment with or provision of services to the Company (including service as a director of the Company) and its Subsidiaries.

 

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

 

5.7.           Incentive Stock Options.  The Committee may grant Options intended to qualify as "incentive stock options" as defined in Section 422 of the Code, to any employee of the Company or any Subsidiary, subject to the requirements of Section 422 of the Code.  The aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the date an Option is granted) of the Shares for which incentive stock options granted to any employee under this Plan may first become exercisable in any calendar year shall not exceed $100,000.  Solely for purposes of determining whether Shares are available for the grant of "incentive stock options" under the Plan, the maximum aggregate number of Shares that may be issued pursuant to "incentive stock options" granted under the Plan shall be 4,462,632 Shares, subject to adjustment provided in Section 12.2.

 

6.           STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS

 

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

 

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

 

(a)           Upon the exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right, the holder shall have the right to receive the excess of (i) the Fair Market Value of one Share on the date of exercise over (ii) the grant price of the Stock Appreciation Right on the date of grant, which, except in the case of Substitute Awards or in connection with an adjustment provided in Section 12.2, shall not be less than the Fair Market Value of one Share on such date of grant of the right.

 

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

 

(c)           The provisions of Stock Appreciation Rights need not be the same with respect to each recipient.

 

  

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(d)           Stock Appreciation Rights shall be subject to such vesting conditions as may be imposed by the Committee.  The Committee may impose such other conditions or restrictions on the terms of exercise of any Stock Appreciation Right, as it shall deem appropriate.  The Award Agreement for the Stock Appreciation Right shall set forth the extent to which it may be exercised following termination of the Participant's employment with or provision of services to the Company (including service as a director of the Company) and its Subsidiaries.

 

(e)           A Stock Appreciation Right shall have (i) a grant price not less than Fair Market Value on the date of grant (subject to the requirements of Section 409A of the Code with respect to a Stock Appreciation Right granted in conjunction with, but subsequent to, an Option), and (ii) a term not greater than ten (10) years.

 

(f)           Without the approval of the Company's stockholders, other than pursuant to Section 12.2, the Committee shall not (i) reduce the grant price of any Stock Appreciation Right after the date of grant (ii) cancel any Stock Appreciation Right in exchange for cash or another Award (other than in connection with a Change in Control as defined in Section 10.2), and (iii) take any other action with respect to a Stock Appreciation Right that would be treated as a repricing under the rules and regulations of the principal securities market on which the Shares are traded.

 

(g)           The Committee may impose such terms and conditions on Stock Appreciation Rights granted in conjunction with any Award (other than an Option) as the Committee shall determine in its sole discretion.

 

7.           RESTRICTED STOCK AND RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS

 

7.1.           Grants.  Awards of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units may be issued hereunder to Participants either alone or in addition to other Awards granted under the Plan (a "Restricted Stock Award" or "Restricted Stock Unit Award" respectively), and such Restricted Stock Awards and Restricted Stock Unit Awards shall also be available as a form of payment of Performance Awards and other earned cash-based incentive compensation.  A Restricted Stock Award or Restricted Stock Unit Award shall be subject to vesting restrictions imposed by the Committee covering a period of time specified by the Committee, unless the Committee applies Article 10 to the Award as provided in Section 10.1.  The Committee has absolute discretion to determine whether any consideration (other than services) is to be received by the Company or any Subsidiary as a condition precedent to the issuance of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units.

 

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

 

  

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7.3.           Rights of Holders of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units.  Unless otherwise provided in the Award Agreement, beginning on the date of grant of the Restricted Stock Award and subject to execution of the Award Agreement, the Participant shall become a stockholder of the Company with respect to all Shares subject to the Award Agreement and shall have all of the rights of a stockholder, including the right to vote such Shares and the right to receive distributions made with respect to such Shares.  A Participant receiving a Restricted Stock Unit Award shall not possess any rights of a stockholder with respect to such Award. Except as otherwise provided in an Award Agreement any Shares or any other property (including cash) distributed as a dividend or otherwise with respect to any Restricted Stock Award as to which the restrictions have not yet lapsed shall be subject to the same restrictions as such Restricted Stock Award.  Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, cash dividends with respect to any Restricted Stock Award and any other property distributed as a dividend or otherwise with respect to any Restricted Stock Award or the number of Shares covered by a Restricted Stock Unit Award that vests based on achievement of performance goals shall either (i) not be paid or credited or (ii) be accumulated, shall be subject to restrictions and risk of forfeiture to the same extent as the Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units with respect to which such cash, Shares or other property has been distributed and shall be paid at the time such restrictions and risk of forfeiture lapse.

 

7.4.           Effect of Termination of Employment.  The Award Agreement for Restricted Stock Award or Restricted Stock Unit Award shall set forth the extent to which the Participant shall have the right to retain Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units following termination of the Participant's employment with or provision of services to the Company (including service as a director of the Company) and its Subsidiaries.

 

7.5.           Issuance of Shares.  Any Restricted Stock granted under the Plan may be evidenced in such manner as the Committee may deem appropriate, including book-entry registration or issuance of a stock certificate or certificates, which certificate or certificates shall be held by the Company.  Such certificate or certificates shall be registered in the name of the Participant and shall bear an appropriate legend referring to the restrictions applicable to such Restricted Stock.

 

8.           OTHER SHARE-BASED AWARDS

 

8.1.           Grants.  Other Awards of Shares and other Awards that are valued in whole or in part by reference to, or are otherwise based on, Shares or other property ("Other Share-Based Awards") may be granted hereunder to Participants either alone or in addition to other Awards granted under the Plan.  Other Share-Based Awards shall also be available as a form of payment of other Awards granted under the Plan and other earned cash-based compensation.  Other Share-Based Awards shall be subject to vesting restrictions imposed by the Committee covering a period of time specified by the Committee, unless the Committee applies Article 10 to the Award as provided in Section 10.1.

 

8.2.           Award Agreements.  The terms of Other Share-Based Award granted under the Plan shall be set forth in an Award Agreement which shall contain provisions determined by the Committee and not inconsistent with the Plan.  The terms of such Awards need not be the same with respect to each Participant.  Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, Dividend Equivalents and cash and any property distributed as a dividend or otherwise with respect to the number of Shares covered by a Other Share-Based Award shall be subject to restrictions and risk of forfeiture to the same extent as the Shares covered by a Other Share-Based Award with respect to which such cash, Shares or other property has been distributed.

 

  

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8.3.           Effect of Termination of Employment.  The Award Agreement for an Other Share-Based Award shall set forth the extent to the Award will be retained following termination of the Participant's employment with or provision of services to the Company (including service as a director of the Company) and its Subsidiaries.

 

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

 

9.           PERFORMANCE AWARDS

 

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

 

9.2.           Award Agreements.  The terms of any Performance Award granted under the Plan shall be set forth in an Award Agreement which shall contain provisions determined by the Committee and not inconsistent with the Plan, including whether such Awards shall have Dividend Equivalents.  The terms of Performance Awards need not be the same with respect to each Participant.

 

9.3.           Terms and Conditions.  The performance criteria to be achieved during any Performance Period and the length of the Performance Period shall be determined by the Committee upon the grant of each Performance Award.  The amount of the Award to be distributed shall be conclusively determined by the Committee.

 

9.4.           Effect of Termination of Employment.  The Award Agreement for Performance Awards shall set forth the extent to which the Participant shall have the right to retain Performance Awards following termination of the Participant's employment with or provision of services to the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

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

 

  

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10.           CODE SECTION 162(m) PROVISIONS

 

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

 

10.2.           Performance Criteria.  If the Committee determines that a Restricted Stock Award, a Restricted Stock Unit, a Performance Award or an Other Share-Based Award is intended to be subject to this Article 10, the lapsing of restrictions thereon and the distribution of cash, Shares or other property pursuant thereto, as applicable, shall be subject to the achievement of one or more objective performance goals established by the Committee, which shall be based on the attainment of specified levels of one or any combination of the following: net sales; booking value of contract awards; year-end backlog; days sales outstanding; revenue; revenue growth or product revenue growth; operating income (before or after taxes); pre- or after-tax income (before or after allocation of corporate overhead and bonus); earnings per share; net income (before or after taxes); return on equity; total shareholder return; return on assets or net assets; appreciation in and/or maintenance of the price of the Shares or any other publicly-traded securities of the Company; market share; gross profits; earnings (including earnings before taxes, earnings before interest and taxes or earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization); economic value-added models or equivalent metrics; comparisons with various stock market indices; reductions in costs; cash flow or cash flow per share (before or after dividends); return on capital (including return on total capital or return on invested capital); cash flow return on investment; improvement in or attainment of expense levels or working capital levels; operating margins, gross margins or cash margin; year-end cash; debt reductions; stockholder equity; market share; regulatory achievements; and implementation, completion or attainment of measurable objectives with respect to research, development, products or projects, production volume levels, acquisitions and divestitures and recruiting and maintaining personnel. Such performance goals also may be based solely by reference to the Company's performance or the performance of a Subsidiary, division, business segment or business unit of the Company, or based upon the relative performance of other companies or upon comparisons of any of the indicators of performance relative to other companies.  The Committee may also exclude charges related to an event or occurrence which the Committee determines should appropriately be excluded, including (a) restructurings, discontinued operations, extraordinary items, and other unusual or non-recurring charges, (b) an event either not directly related to the operations of the Company or not within the reasonable control of the Company's management, or (c) the cumulative effects of tax or accounting changes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Such performance goals shall be set by the Committee within the time period prescribed by, and shall otherwise comply with the requirements of, Section 162(m) of the Code, and the regulations thereunder.

 

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

 

  

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

 

10.5.           Limitations on Grants to Individual Participants.  Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 12.2, no Participant may be granted (i) Options or Stock Appreciation Rights during any 12-month period with respect to more than 1,000,000 Shares or (ii) Restricted Stock Awards, Restricted Stock Unit Awards, Performance Awards and/or Other Share-Based Awards in any 12-month period that are intended to comply with the performance-based exception under Code Section 162(m) and are denominated in Shares with respect to more than 300,000 Shares (the "Limitations").  In addition to the foregoing, the maximum dollar value that may be earned by any Participant in any 12-month period with respect to Performance Awards that are intended to comply with the performance-based exception under Code Section 162(m) and are denominated in cash is $5,000,000.  If an Award is cancelled, the cancelled Award shall continue to be counted toward the applicable Limitations.

 

11.           CHANGE IN CONTROL PROVISIONS

 

11.1.           Treatment of Awards. (a)  Unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, in the event of a Change in Control of the Company in which the successor company assumes or replaces an Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock Award, Restricted Stock Unit Award, Performance Award or Other Share-Based Award, (or in which the Company is the ultimate parent corporation and continues the Award), if a Participant's employment with such successor company (or a subsidiary thereof) terminates (other than a termination by the Company for cause (as defined in an Award Agreement) within 24 months following such Change in Control (or such other period set forth in the Award Agreement, including prior thereto if applicable): (i) Options and Stock Appreciation Rights outstanding as of the date of such termination of employment will immediately vest, become fully exercisable, and may thereafter be exercised for 24 months, (ii) restrictions, limitations and other conditions on Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units shall lapse and the Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units shall become free of all restrictions, limitations and conditions and become fully vested, (iii) all Performance Awards shall be considered to be earned and payable (pro rata based on the portion of Performance Period completed as of the date of the Change in Control), and any other restriction shall lapse and such Performance Awards shall be immediately settled or distributed, and (iv) the restrictions, limitations and other conditions applicable to any Other Share-Based Awards shall lapse, and such Other Share-Based Awards shall become free of all restrictions, limitations and conditions and become fully vested and transferable to the full extent of the original grant.  For the purposes of this Section 12.1, an Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock Award, Restricted Stock Unit Award, Performance Award or Other Share-Based Award shall be considered assumed or replaced if following the Change in Control the assumed or replacement award confers the right to purchase or receive, for each Share subject to the Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock Award, Restricted Stock Unit Award, Performance Award or Other Share-Based Award immediately prior to the Change in Control, the consideration (whether stock, cash or other securities or property) received in the transaction constituting a Change in Control by holders of Shares for each Share held on the effective date of such transaction (and if holders were offered a choice of consideration, the type of consideration chosen by the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares).

 

  

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(b)           Unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, in the event of any Change in Control of the Company, to the extent the successor company does not assume or replace an Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock Award, Restricted Stock Unit Award, Performance Award or Other Share-Based Award (or in which the Company is the ultimate parent corporation and does not continue the Award): (i) those Options and Stock Appreciation Rights outstanding as of the date of the Change in Control that are not assumed or replaced shall immediately vest and become fully exercisable, (ii) restrictions, limitations and other conditions applicable to Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units that are not assumed or replaced shall lapse and the Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units shall become free of all restrictions, limitations and conditions and become fully vested, (iii) all Performance Awards shall be considered to be earned and payable (pro rata based on the portion of Performance Period completed as of the date of the Change in Control), and any other restriction shall lapse and such Performance Awards shall be immediately settled or distributed, and (iv) the restrictions, limitations and other conditions applicable to any Other Share-Based Awards shall lapse, and such Other Share-Based Awards shall become free of all restrictions, limitations and conditions and become fully vested and transferable to the full extent of the original grant.

 

(c)           Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee, in its discretion, may determine that, upon the occurrence of a Change in Control of the Company, each Option and Stock Appreciation Right outstanding shall terminate within a specified number of days after notice to the Participant, and/or that each Option and Stock Appreciation Right shall be cancelled and in consideration for such cancellation each Participant shall receive, with respect to each Share subject to such Option or Stock Appreciation Right, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value of such Share immediately prior to the occurrence of such Change in Control over the exercise price per share of such Option and/or Stock Appreciation Right; such amount to be payable in cash, in one or more kinds of stock or property (including the stock or property, if any, payable in the transaction) or in a combination thereof, as the Committee, in its discretion, shall determine; provided, that if the exercise price per share of such Option and/or Stock Appreciation Right equals or exceeds the Fair Market Value of such Share immediately prior to the occurrence of such Change in Control, then such Option and/or Stock Appreciation Right may be cancelled without the payment of consideration.

 

11.2.           Change in Control.  For purposes of the Plan, Change in Control means the occurrence of any of the following events:

 

(a)           (i) sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to any Person or group of Persons which is not an Affiliate of Veritas Capital Management, L.P. ("Veritas"), Golden Gate Private Equity, Inc. ("Golden Gate") or GS Direct, L.L.C. ("Goldman"); (ii) any Person or group of Persons (other than a group consisting solely of Affiliates of Veritas, Golden Gate or Goldman) is or shall become the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rule 13(d)-3 and 13(d)-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the voting stock of the Company then outstanding or (iii) a merger or consolidation pursuant to which any Person or group of Persons (other than a group consisting solely of Affiliates of Veritas, Golden Gate or Goldman) becomes the "beneficial owner" (as defined in clause (ii) above) of more than 50% of the voting stock of the Company or the surviving or resulting entity immediately following the consummation of such transaction; or

 

  

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(b)           consummation of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

 

12.           GENERALLY APPLICABLE PROVISIONS

 

12.1.           Amendment and Termination of the Plan.  The Board may, from time to time, alter, amend, suspend or terminate the Plan as it shall deem advisable, subject to any requirement for stockholder approval imposed by applicable law, including the rules and regulations of the principal securities market on which the Shares are traded; provided that the Board may not amend the Plan in any manner that would result in noncompliance with Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act; and further provided that the Board may not, without the approval of the Company's stockholders, amend the Plan to (a) increase the number of Shares that may be the subject of Awards under the Plan (except for adjustments pursuant to Section 12.2), (b) expand the types of awards available under the Plan, (c) materially expand the class of persons eligible to participate in the Plan, (d) amend any provision of Section 5.3 or Section 6.2(f) to eliminate the requirements relating to minimum exercise price, minimum grant price and stockholder approval or (e) increase the maximum permissible term of any Option specified by Section 5.4 or the maximum permissible term of a Stock Appreciation Right specified by Section 6.2(d), or (f) amend any provision of Section 10.5.  The Board may not (except pursuant to Section 12.2 or in connection with a Change in Control), without the approval of the Company's stockholders, cancel an Option or Stock Appreciation Right in exchange for cash or take any other action with respect to an Option or Stock Appreciation Right that would be treated as a repricing under the rules and regulations of the principal securities market on which the Shares are traded, including a reduction of the exercise price of an Option or the grant price of a Stock Appreciation Right or the exchange of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right for another Award.  Unless required by applicable law, rule or regulation, no amendments to, or suspension or termination of, the Plan shall impair the rights of a Participant in any material respect under any Award previously granted without such Participant's consent.

 

12.2.           Adjustments.  In the event of any merger, reorganization, consolidation, recapitalization, dividend or distribution (whether in cash, shares or other property, other than a regular cash dividend), stock split, reverse stock split, spin-off or similar transaction or other change in corporate structure affecting the Shares or the value thereof, such adjustments and other substitutions shall be made to the Plan and to Awards as the Committee deems equitable or appropriate to prevent dilution or enlargement of the rights of Participants under the Plan, taking into consideration the accounting and tax consequences, including such adjustments in the aggregate number, class and kind of securities that may be delivered under the Plan, in the aggregate or to any one Participant, the Limitations, the maximum number of Shares that may be issued as incentive stock options and, in the number, class, kind and option or exercise price of securities subject to outstanding Awards granted under the Plan (including, if the Committee deems appropriate, the substitution of similar options to purchase the shares of, or other awards denominated in the shares of, another company) as the Committee may determine to be appropriate provided, however, that the number of Shares subject to any Award shall always be a whole number.

 

  

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12.3.           Transferability of Awards.  Except as provided below, no Award and no Shares subject to Awards described in Article 8 that have not been issued or as to which any applicable restriction, performance or deferral period has not lapsed, may be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and such Award may be exercised during the life of the Participant only by the Participant or the Participant's guardian or legal representative.  To the extent and under such terms and conditions as determined by the Committee, a Participant may assign or transfer an Award without consideration (each transferee thereof, a "Permitted Assignee") to (i) the Participant's spouse, children or grandchildren (including any adopted and step children or grandchildren), parents, grandparents or siblings, (ii) to a trust for the benefit of one or more of the Participant or the persons referred to in clause (i), (iii) to a partnership, limited liability company or corporation in which the participant or the Persons referred to in clause (i) are the only partners, members or shareholders or (iv) for charitable donations; provided that such Permitted Assignee shall be bound by and subject to all of the terms and conditions of the Plan and the Award Agreement relating to the transferred Award and shall execute an agreement satisfactory to the Company evidencing such obligations; and provided further that such Participant shall remain bound by the terms and conditions of the Plan.  The Company shall cooperate with any Permitted Assignee and the Company's transfer agent in effectuating any transfer permitted under this Section.

 

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

 

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

 

  

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13.           MISCELLANEOUS

 

13.1.           Tax Withholding.  The Company shall have the right to make all payments or distributions pursuant to the Plan to a Participant (or a Permitted Assignee thereof) (any such person, a "Payee") net of any applicable federal, state and local taxes required to be paid or withheld as a result of (a) the grant of any Award, (b) the exercise of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right, (c) the delivery of Shares or cash, (d) the lapse of any restrictions in connection with any Award or (e) any other event occurring pursuant to the Plan.  The Company or any Subsidiary shall have the right to withhold from wages or other amounts otherwise payable to such Payee such withholding taxes as may be required by law, or to otherwise require the Payee to pay such withholding taxes.  If the Payee shall fail to make such tax payments as are required, the Company or its Subsidiaries shall, to the extent permitted by law, have the right to deduct any such taxes from any payment of any kind otherwise due to such Payee or to take such other action as may be necessary to satisfy such withholding obligations.  The Committee shall be authorized to establish procedures for election by Participants to satisfy such obligation for the payment of such taxes by tendering previously acquired Shares (either actually or by attestation, valued at their then Fair Market Value), or by directing the Company to retain Shares (up to the Participant's minimum required tax withholding rate or such other rate that will not trigger a negative accounting impact) otherwise deliverable in connection with the Award.

 

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

 

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

 

13.4.           Forfeiture Events. v) The Committee may specify in an Award Agreement that the Participant's rights, payments, and benefits with respect to an Award shall be subject to reduction, cancellation, forfeiture, or recoupment upon the occurrence of certain specified events, in addition to any otherwise applicable vesting or performance conditions of an Award. Such events may include, but shall not be limited to, termination of employment for cause, termination of the Participant's provision of services to the Company and/or a Subsidiary, violation of material Company, and/or Subsidiary policies, breach of noncompetition, non-solicitation, confidentiality, or other restrictive covenants that may apply to the Participant, or other conduct by the Participant that is detrimental to the business or reputation of the Company, and/or its Subsidiaries.

 

  

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(b)           If the Company is required to file an accounting restatement due to the material noncompliance of the Company, as a result of misconduct, with any financial reporting requirement under the securities laws, if the Participant knowingly or recklessly engaged in the misconduct, or knowingly or recklessly failed to prevent or report the misconduct, or if the Participant is one of the individuals subject to automatic forfeiture under Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Participant shall reimburse the Company the amount of any payment in settlement of an Award earned or accrued for such period as determined by the Committee following the first public issuance or filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (whichever just occurred) of the financial document reflecting such material noncompliance.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

  

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13.9.           Construction.  As used in the Plan, the words "include" and "including," and variations thereof, shall not be deemed to be terms of limitation, but rather shall be deemed to be followed by the words "without limitation."

 

13.10.           Unfunded Status of the Plan.  The Plan is intended to constitute an "unfunded" plan for incentive compensation.  With respect to any payments not yet made to a Participant by the Company, nothing contained herein shall give any such Participant any rights that are greater than those of a general unsecured creditor of the Company.  In its sole discretion, the Committee may authorize the creation of trusts or other arrangements to meet the obligations created under the Plan to deliver the Shares or payments in lieu of or with respect to Awards hereunder; provided, however, that the existence of such trusts or other arrangements is consistent with the unfunded status of the Plan.

 

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

 

13.12.           Effective Date of Plan; Termination of Plan.  The Plan shall be effective on the date of the approval of the Plan by the Board.  Awards may be granted under the Plan at any time and from time to time on or prior to the tenth anniversary of the effective date of the Plan, on which date the Plan will expire except as to Awards then outstanding under the Plan.  Such outstanding Awards shall remain in effect until they have been exercised or terminated, or have expired.

 

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

 

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

 

  

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13.15.           No Registration Rights; No Right to Settle in Cash.  The Company has no obligation to register with any governmental body or organization any of (a) the offer or issuance of any Award, (b) any Shares issuable upon the exercise of any Award, or (c) the sale of any Shares issued upon exercise of any Award, regardless of whether the Company in fact undertakes to register any of the foregoing.  In particular, in the event that any of (x) any offer or issuance of any Award, (y) any Shares issuable upon exercise of any Award, or (z) the sale of any Shares issued upon exercise of any Award are not registered with any governmental body or organization, the Company will not under any circumstance be required to settle its obligations, if any, under this Plan in cash.

 

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

 

 

  

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LETTER OF INTENT

 

November 14, 2011

 

John Magner

President

Global NuTech, Inc.

7601 Woodwind Drive

Huntington Beach, California 92647

	  	
Re:

	
Acquisition of International Plant Services, L.L.C. by Global NuTech, Inc.

 

 

Dear Mr. Magner

This letter of intent (this “Letter”) is intended to summarize the principal terms of the proposed acquisition (the “Transaction”) of International Plant Services, L.L.C., a Texas limited liability company (“IPS”), by Global NuTech, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“BOCL”).  The persons holding an aggregate amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the outstanding equity interests in IPS (the “Interests”) are Karim Ayed and Mohamed Noureddine Ayed (together, the “Members”). BOCL, IPS and the Members are referred to collectively herein as the “Parties”, and each individually as a “Party”.

Although it is the intent of the Parties that this Letter serve as a basis for negotiating the completion of the Transaction, other than those terms set forth under Sections 7(g)&(i), Section 8 (“Expenses of Parties”), Section 9 (“Exclusive Dealing”), Section 10 (“Confidentiality”), Section 11 (“Public Announcement”), Section 13 (“Governing Law”), Section 14 (“Counterparts”) and Section 15 (“Binding Provisions”) of this Letter, the terms contained herein are not binding on the Parties, are subject to change, and are not intended to create rights in favor of the Parties with respect to the Transaction.  The obligations of the Parties to consummate the Transaction shall be subject in all respects to the negotiation, execution and delivery of a definitive agreement with respect to the Transaction (the “Definitive Agreement”), and the satisfaction of the conditions contained in the Definitive Agreement.

1. Structure. The Transaction shall primarily consist of an equity exchange by and between BOCL and the Members whereby IPS shall become a subsidiary of BOCL. The structure of the Transaction shall otherwise be determined based on review and discussion among the Parties of applicable tax, accounting, regulatory and other concerns.

2. Valuation. The Parties have determined that, as of the date of this Letter, the strategic value of IPS is US$15,000,000.00 (the “Valuation”).

3. Consideration. Based on the Valuation, the aggregate purchase price for the Interests shall be US$15,000,000.00, the payment of which shall consist of (a) BOCL’s issuance to the Members of US$5,000,000.00 worth of BOCL’s common stock, par value $0.00001 per share (“Common Stock”), at a price of $0.17 per share (in total, 29,411,765 shares), and (b) BOCL’s delivery to the Members of a convertible promissory note in the amount of US$10,000,000.00, such note (the “Promissory Note”) convertible into shares of Common Stock at a conversion price of $0.17 per share (in total, 58,823,529 shares), subject to the terms therein.

4. Capitalization. The pre-Transaction and post-Transaction capitalization of BOCL shall be as follows:

 

  

  

  

 

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Pre-Transaction

	  	
Post-Transaction

	  	  
	
COMMON STOCK

	
Shares

	
COMMON STOCK

	
Shares

	  
	
Total Authorized:

	
1,400,000,000

	
Total Authorized:

	
1,400,000,000

	  
	
Total Issued and Outstanding:

	
2,000,000

	
Total Issued and Outstanding

	
34,411,765

	  
	  	  	
Fully diluted Common Stock (*non-inclusive of incentive or compensation shares*):

	  	
% of 128,792,944

Fully Diluted

	  	  	
IPS Holders

	  	  
	  	  	
$5M Common Stock

	
29,411,765

	
22.84%

	  	  	
$10M Note

	
58,823,529

	
45.67%

	  	  	
Preferred Stock

	
22,745,100

	
17.66%

	  	  	  	
110,980,394

	
86.17%

	  	  	
CEO/Investor - Preferred Stock:

	
11,372,550

	
8.83%

	  	  	
Public Common Stockholders:

	
6,440,000

	
5.0%

	  	  	  	  	  
	
PREFERRED STOCK

	  	
PREFERRED STOCK

	  	  
	
Total Authorized:

	
100,000,000

	
Total Authorized:

	
100,000,000

	  
	
Total Issued and Outstanding:

	
30,000

	
Total Issued and Outstanding:

	
2,900,000

	  
	
SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK

	  	
SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK

	  	  
	
Total Authorized:

	
5,000,000

	
Total Authorized:

	
0

	  
	
Total Issued and Outstanding:

	
0

	  	  	  
	
SERIES B CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK

	  	
SERIES B CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK

	  	  
	
Total Authorized:

	
250,000

	
Total Authorized:

	
0

	  
	
Total Issued and Outstanding:

	
0

	  	  	  
	
SERIES C CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK

	  	
SERIES C CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK

	  	  
	
Total Authorized:

	
80,000

	
Total Authorized:

	
0

	  
	
Total Issued and Outstanding:

	
30,000

	  	  	  
	
NEW PREFERRED

	  	
NEW PREFERRED

	  	  
	
Total Authorized:

	
0

	
Total Authorized:

	
2,900,000

	  
	  	  	
Total Issued and Outstanding:

	
2,900,000

	  

5. Employees. All employees of IPS who are employed as of the date of this Letter shall continue to be employed post-Transaction on employment terms which, in general, are no less favorable than those existing between the employee and IPS as of the date of this Letter.

6. Unregistered Shares.  None of the shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to the Definitive Agreement will be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the certificates evidencing such shares shall contain appropriate restrictive legends to that effect. BOCL shall remove such legends upon a stockholder’s request if, in the opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to BOCL, such shares can be sold pursuant to an exemption from the provisions of the Securities Act and any lock-up provisions contained in the Definitive Agreement.

7. Conditions. In addition  to other customary conditions, the consummation of the Transaction shall be subject to the following conditions:

 

  

  

  

 

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(a)  

	
Negotiation of a Definitive Agreement.  BOCL, IPS and the Members shall use commercially reasonable efforts in the negotiation of the Definitive Agreement in order to reflect the proposed terms and conditions set forth in this Letter and such further terms, provisions, covenants, representations, indemnities and warranties satisfactory to the Parties.

	
(b)  

	
Director (Manager) and Stockholder (Member) Approval.  All necessary approvals of the Board of Directors and stockholders (or Managers and members, if applicable) of BOCL and IPS shall have been obtained, including all approvals that may be necessary to effect the Transaction.

	
(c)  

	
Access to Books and Records.  Pending the execution of the Definitive Agreement and the consummation of the Transaction, each of BOCL and IPS shall give the other Parties and their designated respective officers, directors, stockholders, members, partners, employees, advisors, agents, financing sources (and their respective advisors) or other representatives and affiliates (collectively, “Representatives”), a reasonable opportunity to conduct a due diligence investigation of IPS and BOCL and their respective businesses and affairs.

	
(d)  

	
Consents and Releases. Prior to the consummation of the Transaction, IPS shall obtain all written consents and releases of all persons deemed necessary by BOCL in connection with the consummation of the Transaction. Prior to the consummation of the Transaction, BOCL shall obtain all written consents and releases of all persons deemed necessary by IPS in connection with the consummation of the Transaction.

	
(e)  

	
Approval of Due Diligence. The Parties shall have approved the results of their respective reviews of the relevant books, records, documents, intellectual property, contracts, and financial condition of BOCL and IPS.

	
(f)  

	
Conduct of Business. From the date of this Letter through the signing of the Definitive Agreement, BOCL and IPS shall operate only in an ordinary course consistent with prior practices.

	
(g)  

	
Preferred Stock Subscription.  BOCL shall sell and each of Karim Ayed, Mohamed Noureddine Ayed and David Mathews (collectively, the “Investors”), shall purchase pro rata, an aggregate amount of 2,900,000 shares (in each case, a “Subscription”) of a new class of preferred stock, as designated and issued by BOCL (“New Preferred Stock”), in consideration of the Investors’ delivery of an aggregate amount of US$2,900,000.00 to BOCL on the date of the execution of this Letter. In connection with each Subscription, BOCL and each of the Investors shall enter into a subscription agreement, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, on the date of the execution of this Letter. BOCL shall cause the certificate of designations for the New Preferred Stock to entitle holders of such stock to voting rights on a 100-to-1 share basis relative to that of the Common Stock, on all matters. The certificate of designations for the New Preferred Stock shall provide for the conversion of such securities into Common Stock, at the option of the holders thereof, upon the earlier of (i) the passing of three (3) years from the issuance date of the securities or (ii) the change of control, or sale, of BOCL. The New Preferred Stock shall be convertible into Common Stock at a conversion price of $0.085 per share. Within seven (7) business days of the execution of this Letter, BOCL shall effect the issuance and delivery of the New Preferred Stock to the Investors.

	
(h)  

	
Conversion of Promissory Note.  The terms of the Promissory Note shall provide for its conversion into Common Stock, at the option of the holders thereof, upon the earlier of (i) the passing of three (3) years from its issuance date or (ii) the change of control, or sale, of BOCL. The Promissory Note shall be convertible into Common Stock at a conversion price of $0.17 per share.

 

  

  

  

 

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(i)  

	
Satisfaction of Outstanding Debt. BOCL shall satisfy the debt owed under those certain promissory notes issued to Corporate Strategies LLC and TRAC Financial, having an outstanding balance of approximately US$252,000.00 as of the date of this Letter (the “CT Notes”), by (i) at the Closing (as defined in Subjection (k) below), converting $2,000.00 of the outstanding debt under the oldest of the CT Notes into four million four hundred forty thousand (4,440,000) shares of Common Stock, two million two hundred twenty thousand (2,220,000) shares of which (the “Consideration Shares”) shall be delivered to each of Corporate Strategies LLC and TRAC Financial, and (b) on the date of, and simultaneous with, the execution of this Letter, delivering a cash payment in satisfaction of the outstanding balance owed under the CT Notes, save and except for the $2,000.00 indebtedness to be evidenced by the Consideration Shares.

	
(j)  

	
Retirement of Outstanding Preferred Stock.  As of the date of the Definitive Agreement, the New Preferred Stock shall be the only series of preferred stock having shares authorized and designated by BOCL. To the extent that BOCL has previously created and designated any other series of preferred stock, BOCL shall take all actions necessary to retire any outstanding shares of such stock, and take all actions to withdraw all and any certificates of designation for any such series in accordance with Section 78.1955 of the Nevada Revised Statutes.

	
(k)  

	
Appointment of CEO. Upon the consummation of the Transaction (the “Closing”), BOCL shall (i) appoint, and shall have taken all proper and required corporate actions to appoint, David Mathews as the chief executive officer of BOCL, and (ii) grant to David Mathews, in connection with his appointment as chief executive officer, shares (the “Mathews Shares”) of restricted Common Stock in an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the amount of fully diluted shares of Common Stock as of the date of the Closing (the “Closing Date”). The Mathews Shares shall vest and be issued by BOCL to David Mathews as follows: (i) one-third (1/3) of the Mathews Shares on the Closing Date; (ii) one-third (1/3) of the Mathews Shares on the first anniversary of the Closing Date; and (iii) one-third (1/3) of the Mathews Shares on the second anniversary of the Closing Date. In the event that a change of control, or sale, of BOCL occurs, all of the Mathews Shares shall immediately vest and be issued by BOCL.

	
(l)  

	
Appointment of CFO.  At the Closing, BOCL shall (i) appoint, and shall have taken all proper and required corporate actions to appoint, Craig Crawford as the chief financial officer, and president, of BOCL, and (ii) grant to Craig Crawford, in connection with his appointment as chief financial officer and president, shares (the “Crawford Shares”) of restricted Common Stock in an amount equal to three percent (3%) of the amount of fully diluted shares of Common Stock as of the Closing Date. The Crawford Shares shall vest and be issued by BOCL to Craig Crawford as follows: (i) one-third (1/3) of the Crawford Shares on the Closing Date; (ii) one-third (1/3) of the Crawford Shares on the first anniversary of the Closing Date; and (iii) one-third (1/3) of the Crawford Shares on the second anniversary of the Closing Date. In the event that a change of control, or sale, of BOCL occurs, all of the Crawford Shares shall immediately vest and be issued by BOCL.

	
(m)  

	
Corporate Strategies Compensation.  At the Closing, BOCL shall grant to Corporate Strategies, LLC, in connection with the provision of consulting services by Timothy J. Connolly, shares (the “CS Shares”) of restricted Common Stock in an amount equal to 2.4% of the amount of fully diluted shares of Common Stock as of the Closing Date. The CS Shares shall vest and be issued by BOCL to Corporate Strategies, LLC as follows: (i) one-third (1/3) of the CS Shares on the Closing Date; (ii) one-third (1/3) of the CS Shares on the first anniversary of the Closing Date; and (iii) one-third (1/3) of the CS Shares on the second anniversary of the Closing Date. In the event that a change of control, or sale, of BOCL occurs, all of the CS Shares shall immediately vest and be issued by BOCL.

 

  

  

  

 

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(n)  

	
Board of Directors. Immediately following the consummation of the Transaction, the board of directors of BOCL shall consist of seven (7) members, three (3) of whom shall be Karim Ayed, Mohamed Noureddine Ayed, and David Mathews.

8. Expenses of Parties.  The Parties shall each bear their own costs and expenses incurred in connection with the Transaction, including, without limitation, the conduct of due diligence and the preparation of any definitive agreements as well as legal, accounting and other professional fees.

9. Exclusive Dealing. It is understood that IPS will commit time, effort and money to the process of completing the Transaction described herein. In consideration of that time, effort and expense, BOCL agrees to deal with IPS on an exclusive basis until December 31, 2011, or the earlier mutual termination of negotiations, and that, during such period, neither BOCL or its Representatives shall directly or indirectly, solicit, initiate, encourage, or conduct discussions or negotiations with (and shall formally terminate past or existing discussions or negotiations with) or engage in substantive negotiations or enter into any agreement with any third-party concerning any merger, acquisition of stock or substantially all of its assets or similar fundamental corporate transactions by or of BOCL, or involving BOCL, with any party other than IPS, except with the express written consent of IPS.

10. Confidentiality: For purposes of this Letter, “Confidential Information” shall mean all information relating to, or derived from, a Party hereto or its Affiliates, as defined below (collectively, the “Disclosing Party”) to which one or more other Parties hereto (each, a “Receiving Party”) is given access in connection with its consideration of the Transaction.  Confidential Information shall include, without limitation, all methods and systems, software, technical data, research reports, designs and specifications, new product and service developments, customers and customer lists, pricing information, trademarks or service marks, and other information, data, documents, technology, know how, processes, trade secrets, contracts, proprietary information, financial and operating data, now or hereafter existing or previously developed or acquired by the Disclosing Party, regardless of whether any such information, data or documents qualify as “trade secrets” under applicable law.  “Confidential Information” shall not include with respect to the applicable Receiving Party: (a) information that such Receiving Party can demonstrate by competent proof to have been in its possession prior to disclosure of such information by the Disclosing Party or its Representatives to such Receiving Party; (b) information that also has been furnished to such Receiving Party by a third party as a matter of right without restriction and which was not received directly or indirectly from the Disclosing Party or its Representatives; (c) information which is or becomes part of the public domain by publication or otherwise through no breach of this Letter by such Receiving Party; and (d) information which is independently developed by such Receiving Party without access to or use of the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information and such can be proven by competent evidence.  Any Confidential Information which the Disclosing Party discloses or makes available to a Receiving Party (a) shall not be, directly or indirectly, disclosed or used by such Receiving Party for its competitive advantage, in its business activities or for any other purpose whatsoever, but shall be used solely in connection with the Transaction, (b) shall be kept in strict confidence by such Receiving Party, (c) shall not be reproduced by such Receiving Party without the Disclosing Party’s prior consent, and (d) shall not be disclosed by such Receiving Party to any other person or entity without the Disclosing Party’s prior written consent.  Notwithstanding the above, each Receiving Party may reveal Confidential Information to its Representatives who (i) need to know or be aware of the Confidential Information in connection with the Transaction, (ii) are informed of the confidential nature of the Confidential Information, and (iii) are subject to an obligation similar in nature and scope to this Agreement, which prohibits such Representative from disclosing the Confidential Information furnished to it in connection with the Transaction.  Each Receiving Party shall be responsible for any breach of this Agreement by any of its Representatives.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, each Receiving Party may disclose the Confidential Information to the extent required by applicable law or as required in any civil or criminal legal proceeding, regulatory proceeding or any similar process provided that such Receiving Party, to the extent possible, gives prompt notice of such request to the Disclosing Party so that the Disclosing Party may seek an appropriate protective order or waive such Receiving Party’s compliance with the provisions of this Agreement.  As used herein, the term “Affiliate” means any corporation, partnership or other business entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Disclosing Party or Receiving Party, as applicable.

 

  

  

  

 

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11. Public Announcement.  Notwithstanding Section 10 of this Letter, the Parties agree that anytime after the execution of this Letter, BOCL may prepare and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission any appropriate disclosure with respect to this Letter and the Transaction if deemed reasonably necessary by counsel for BOCL, provided that BOCL shall provide to IPS a reasonable opportunity to review, comment on and approve such disclosure prior to its filing.

12. Timing.  It is contemplated that the execution of the Definitive Agreement shall be completed on or before November 30, 2011, subject to the Parties having obtained the approval, if necessary, of their respective stockholders and/or members of the Transaction as contemplated herein.

13. Governing Law.  This Letter shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of Texas, without regard to conflicts of laws.

14. Counterparts.  This Letter may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

15. Binding Provisions.  Except for Sections 7(g)&(i),  Section 8 (“Expenses of Parties”), Section 9 (“Exclusive Dealing”), Section 10 (“Confidentiality”), Section 11 (“Public Announcement”), Section 13 (“Governing Law”), Section 14 (“Counterparts”) and Section 15 (“Binding Provisions”) of this Letter (which are intended to be binding legal agreements), this Letter is not a legally binding agreement and does not create rights in favor of any Party with respect to the Transaction contemplated hereby.  The obligations of the Parties to consummate the Transaction contemplated hereby shall be subject in all respects to the negotiation, execution and delivery of the Definitive Agreement and to the satisfaction of the conditions contained therein.

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If this Letter correctly reflects your understanding, please execute the enclosed copy where indicated and return to IPS.

	 	 
	
 

	
Sincerely,

	  	  
	  	
INTERNATIONAL PLANT SERVICES LLC

	  	  
	  	
By: /s/ Karim Ayed                                              

	  	
Name: Karim Ayed

	  	
Title: President

	  	  
	

Executed, Accepted and Agreed to as

	
Member:

	

of the date first set forth above.

	  
	 	/s/ Karim Ayed                                                         
	  	
Name: Karim Ayed

	

GLOBAL NUTECH, INC.

	  
	  	
Member:

	By: /s/ John Magner                          	  
	

Name: John Magner

	/s/ Mohamed Noureddine Ayed                       
	

Title: President

	
Name: Mohamed Noureddine Ayed  

The undersigned Investors hereby agree to participate in the Transaction on the terms set forth above in this Letter, and specifically agree to be bound by the terms of Section 7(g) herein.

	
 

 

 

 

 

By: /s/ David Mathews                     

	  	
 

 

 

 

 

By: /s/ Karim Ayed                                    

	  	
 

 

 

 

 

By: /s/ Mohamed Noureddine Ayed   

	
Name: David Mathews

	  	
Name: Karim Ayed

	  	
Name: Mohamed Noureddine Ayed

 

  

  

  

 

EXHIBIT A – SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT

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GLOBAL NUTECH, INC.

 

SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT AND SUITABILITY REPRESENTATIONS

 

THE SECURITIES OF GLOBAL NUTECH, INC. SUBSCRIBED FOR HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE “BLUE SKY” OR SECURITIES LAWS. SUCH SECURITIES CANNOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, ASSIGNED, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY UNDER APPLICABLE FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND WILL NOT BE TRANSFERRED OF RECORD EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE THEREWITH.

 

THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT AND SUITABILITY REPRESENTATIONS (this “Agreement”) is executed in connection with that certain Letter of Intent dated as of November ____, 2011 (the “LOI”) to which this Agreement is an exhibit and pursuant to which the subscriber named herein (“Subscriber”) purchases _____________ shares of preferred stock (the “Preferred Stock”) of Global NuTech, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), in exchange for a cash payment of ___________________. Defined terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given such terms in the LOI.

 

A.   ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

 

By executing this Agreement, Subscriber acknowledges that Subscriber understands that the Company is relying upon the accuracy of the representations and warranties of Subscriber contained herein in complying with its obligations under applicable securities laws.

 

Subscriber understands and acknowledges that neither the Preferred Stock, nor the common stock underlying the Preferred Stock, upon issuance, shall be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), or under the securities or “blue sky” laws of any state.  Subscriber also understands that in order to ensure that the issuance of the Preferred Stock is exempt from registration under the Act and the various state securities laws, the Company may be required to have reasonable grounds to believe that Subscriber meets certain minimum sophistication, net worth and/or income requirements. Subscriber understands that the information supplied in this Agreement will be disclosed to no one other than officers, managers and agents of the Company without Subscriber’s consent unless it is necessary for the Company to use such information to support the exemptions from registration under the Act or under applicable state securities laws and regulations of any state.

 

B.   TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION

 

(i) General. This Agreement sets forth the terms under which Subscriber subscribes for the Preferred Stock pursuant to the LOI and this Agreement.  Execution of this Agreement by Subscriber shall constitute an offer by Subscriber to subscribe for the Preferred Stock in the amount and on the terms and conditions specified in this Agreement and the LOI.

 

(ii) Consideration. Subscriber hereby subscribes for __________ shares of Preferred Stock (such stock identified as New Preferred Stock in the LOI) and agrees to deliver to the Company in consideration therefor the sum of $________________ in cash, pursuant to and in accordance with the terms set forth in Section 7(g) of the LOI.  Within seven (7) business days of the execution of the LOI, the Company shall deliver the subscribed for shares of Preferred Stock to Subscriber.

 

  

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(iii) Subscriber’s Representations and Warranties.

 

In order to induce the Company to permit Subscriber to accept the Preferred Stock, Subscriber represents and warrants to the Company, knowing that Company is relying thereon, the following:

 

1.  Subscriber represents, warrants and covenants to the Company that Subscriber (i) will be the sole party in interest as to the Preferred Stock subscribed for, and (ii) is acquiring the Preferred Stock for Subscriber’s own account, for investment only and not with a view toward the sale or distribution thereof.

 

2.  Subscriber understands that Subscriber must bear the economic risk of this investment for an indefinite period of time because the Preferred Stock, and its underlying common stock, shall not, upon issuance, be registered under the Act or any state’s securities laws. Subscriber has been advised that the Preferred Stock is not being registered under the Act upon the basis that the transaction is exempt from such registration requirements as a transaction by an issuer not involving any public offering under Section 4(2) of the Act, and that reliance by the Company on such exemption is predicated in part on Subscriber’s representations set forth in this Agreement.  Subscriber also understands that it is not contemplated that any registration will be made or that the Company will take steps that will make the provisions of Rule 144 under the Act available to permit the resale of the Preferred Stock or its underlying common stock.  Subscriber agrees that Subscriber will not attempt to pledge, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of the Preferred Stock or its underlying common stock, except in a transaction that is the subject of either (i) an effective registration statement under the Act and any applicable state securities laws or (ii) an opinion of counsel, which opinion of counsel shall be at Subscriber’s sole cost and expense and satisfactory to the Company, in its sole and absolute discretion, to the effect that such registration is not required.  The Company may rely on such opinion of Subscriber’s counsel in making such determination.

 

3.  Subscriber represents and warrants that Subscriber is able to bear the economic risk of losing Subscriber’s entire investment in the Company, which investment is not disproportionate to Subscriber’s net worth, and that Subscriber has adequate means of providing for Subscriber’s current needs and contingencies without regard to the investment in the Company. Further;

 

(a) If Subscriber is a resident of the United States, Subscriber represents and warrants that Subscriber is an “accredited investor” as defined in the Act by virtue of one or more of the following:

 

	
(1)  

	
Subscriber is an individual (not a partnership, corporation, limited liability company, etc.) whose individual net worth, or joint net worth with his or her spouse, presently exceeds $1,000,000 (exclusive of the value of the Subscriber’s principal residence);

 

	
(2)  

	
Subscriber is an individual (not a partnership, corporation, limited liability company, etc.) who had an income in excess of $200,000 in each of the two most recent years, or joint income with their spouse in excess of $300,000 in each of those years (in each case including foreign income, tax exempt income and full amount of capital gains and losses, but excluding any income of other family members and any unrealized capital appreciation) and has a reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in the current year;

 

	
(3)  

	
Subscriber is (i) a bank, or any savings and loan association; (ii) an insurance company; (iii) a registered broker/dealer; (iv) a registered investment company or business development company; (v) a licensed small business investment company; (vi) a plan established and maintained by a state, its political subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of a state or its political subdivisions, for the benefit of its employees, if such plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000; or an employee benefit plan within the meaning of Title 1 of ERISA and (a) the investment decision is made by a plan fiduciary which is either a bank, savings and loan association, insurance company or registered investment advisor, or (b) the plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000, or is a self-directed plan with investment decisions made solely by persons that are accredited investors;

 

  

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(4)  

	
Subscriber is a private business development company (as defined in section 202(a)(22) of the Investment Advisors Act of 1940);

 

	
(5)  

	
Subscriber is a corporation, partnership, business trust, or a non-profit organization within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, in each case with total assets in excess of $5,000,000;

 

	
(6)  

	
Subscriber is a trust with total assets in excess of $5,000,000, where the purchase is directed by a “sophisticated person” as defined in Rule 506(b)(2)(ii) promulgated under the Act.  Such “sophisticated person” has the knowledge and experience in financial and business matters to capably evaluate the merits and risks of any potential business combination involving the Company; or

 

	
(7)  

	
Subscriber is an entity (partnership, corporation, limited liability company, etc.) all the equity owners of which are “accredited investors” within one or more of the above categories.

 

  or

 

  (b) Subscriber is a non-resident of the United States.

 

4.  Subscriber represents and warrants that, to the extent Subscriber has deemed necessary, Subscriber has consulted with Subscriber’s attorneys, financial and tax advisors and others regarding all business, financial, securities and tax aspects of the proposed investment, and that said advisors have reviewed this Agreement, the LOI, and all other documents and agreements relating thereto on Subscriber’s behalf. Subscriber and Subscriber’s advisors have sufficient knowledge and experience in business and financial matters to evaluate the Company, to evaluate the risk of an investment in the Company, to make an informed investment decision with respect thereto, and to protect Subscriber’s interest in connection with Subscriber’s subscription for the Preferred Stock, without need for the additional information that would be required to be included in a registration statement effective under the Act.

 

5.  Subscriber acknowledges that, to the extent Subscriber has deemed necessary, Subscriber and Subscriber’s advisors have had an opportunity to conduct a due diligence investigation of the Company and to ask questions of and to receive answers from the officers, managers, agents and principals of the Company and to obtain any and all additional information in writing to the extent that the Company possesses such information or could acquire it without unreasonable effort or expense: (i) relative to the Company and the Preferred Stock and (ii) necessary to verify the accuracy of any information, documents, books and records furnished. All such materials and information requested by Subscriber and Subscriber’s advisors (including information requested to verify information previously furnished) has been made available and examined by Subscriber or Subscriber’s advisors.

 

(iv) Miscellaneous.

 

1.  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws of such state.

 

  

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2.  The headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only, and they shall not limit or otherwise affect the interpretation of any term or provision hereof.

 

3.  In construing this Agreement, in any place in which the context so requires (i) feminine or neuter pronouns shall be substituted for those masculine in form and vice versa and (ii) plural terms shall be substituted for singular and singular for plural.

 

4.  This Agreement and the rights, powers and duties set forth herein shall, except as set forth herein, bind and inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors and permitted assigns of the parties hereto. Subscriber may not assign any of Subscriber’s rights, interests or obligations in and under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Company, and any attempted assignment thereof without such consent shall be void and without effect.

 

5.  If any provision of this Agreement is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be legally invalid or unenforceable: (i) the validity and enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement shall not be affected, (ii) such provision shall be deemed modified to the minimum extent necessary to make such provision consistent with applicable law, and (iii) such provision shall be valid, enforceable and enforced in its modified form.

 

6.  This Agreement may be executed simultaneously via facsimile or otherwise in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties hereto and delivered to the other.

 

7.  This Agreement may not be amended or modified except by a written instrument executed and delivered by both of the parties hereto.

 

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Subscriber has executed this Subscription Agreement as of the ______ day of November, 2011.

 

	  	
SUBSCRIBER:

	  
	  	  	  
	  	
By:

	  
	  	
Name:

	  

 

	  	
Social Security Number:

	  
	  	
Business Address:

	  

 

	  	
Business Phone:

	  
	  	
Business Fax::

	  
	  	
E-Mail Address:

	  

 

	
The foregoing offer is hereby accepted by the Company this ______ day of November, 2011.

	
GLOBAL NUTECH, INC.

 

 

	  	
By:

	  
	  	
Title:

	  

 

  

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