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 EXHIBIT 10.1

    

STANDBY BUSINESS AGREEMENT

 

THIS STANDBY BUSINESS COOPERATION AGREEMENT (“Standby BCA”), is entered into as of December 19, 2011 by and between the following parties and shall be effective when signed by all of the Parties, the last of whom shall fill in the date such Party signs (“Effective Date”):

 

1.   VelaTel Global Communications, Inc., a United States (“US”) corporation, organized under the laws of the state of Nevada, with a principal place of business at 12526 High Bluff Drive, Suite 155, San Diego, California duly and legally represented by George Alvarez, its Chief Executive Officer (“Investor” or “VelaTel”), which terms shall also refer to VelaTel’s wholly owned subsidiary, Gulfstream Capital Partners, Ltd., a Seychelles corporation (“Gulfstream”) to the extent VelaTel elects to acquire the Investor’s Shares through Gulfstream, in which case all obligations, representations and warranties of Investor set forth in this Agreement and the Schedules thereof shall apply jointly and severally to both VelaTel and Gulfstream);

 

2.   7L Capital Partners Emerging Europe LP a limited partnership incorporated in Guernsey, having its registered office in Guernsey, Carinthia House, 9-12 The Grange, St. Peter Port, GY1 4BF, duly and legally represented by Mr. Salvator Levis (“7LCPEELP”);

 

3.   Kerseyco Trading Limited, a company incorporated in Cyprus and having its registered office in Cyprus (Agapinoros 2, Iris Tower, 7th Floor Flat/Office 702 Nicosia) duly and legally represented by Mr. Salvator Levis (“Company” or “Kerseyco”);

 

4.   Verica Radovic (“Shareholder 1”);

 

5.   Angelina Jevtic (“Shareholder 2”);

 

6.   Nikola Zelic (“Shareholder 3”);

 

7.   Zivana Olbina (“Shareholder 4”); and

 

8.   CLEARCON D.O.O. (formerly: SECI D.O.O.). Beograd (“Shareholder 5”);

 

(all of the parties mentioned under number 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 hereinafter referred to jointly as Shareholders).

 

(Each and all of the aforementioned referred to individually as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties”)

 

RECITALS

 

A.   The Company is the sole owner of Verat D.O.O. (“Verat”).

 

B.   Verat is a private company for telecommunication services limited by stake, incorporated in Serbia, having its registered office at 37 Boulevard Vojvode Mišića Str, Belgrade.  Verat’s operations include but are not limited to providing wireless broadband access (“WBA”) services to subscribers in Serbia using radio frequency spectrum licenses granted by appropriate Governmental Authorities in Serbia.  Verat’s assets that are used exclusively or primarily to deliver WBA services include eleven (11) fully installed base transceiver stations (“BTS”) and related network core equipment.

   

  

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C.   Investor is in the business of designing, building, deploying, expanding and operating WBA networks in key markets throughout the world.  Investor has access to investment capital and relationship with vendors advantageous to the business interests of Investor and the Company.

 

D.   7LCPEELP is an investment fund that also holds an equity interest in other companies with telecommunications assets and operations in the Balkans region.

 

E.   Investor and 7LCPEELP, on behalf of the Shareholders, have been negotiating the terms of a Business Cooperation Agreement (“BCA”) for Investor to acquire a majority interest in the Company.  Such negotiations have proceeded in tandem with negotiations for Investor to also acquire a majority interest in Herlong Investments Limited (“Herlong”) a holding company with subsidiaries who have telecommunications assets and operations in Croatia and Montenegro.

 

F.   Investor, 7LCPEELP, Herlong, and the other shareholders of Herlong have recently signed a business cooperation agreement (“Herlong BCA”) for Investor to acquire a 75% equity interest in Herlong.  The Herlong BCA is projected to close in early January 2012.

 

G.   The Parties have reached agreement on all material terms of the BCA, in a form substantially similar to the Herlong BCA, but for logistical reasons, including Investor’s public disclosure obligation as a US public company, the Parties require additional time to assemble all schedules that will be included in the BCA.  The Parties expect to sign the BCA by January 15, 2012 and to Close the BCA by February 15, 2012.

 

H.   The Parties enter into this Standby BCA so that Investor can proceed with negotiations with its equipment vendor ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”), and with preliminary engineering in preparation for the improvements to the Company’s WBA infrastructure assets contemplated by the BCA.

 

I.   The Shareholders shall be entitled to sell all the Common Shares they hold in the Company before or after Closing to a new holding company they shall establish (“NewCo”), in which case NewCo shall enjoy the rights and bear the obligations of the Shareholders as if NewCo were an original contracting party hereto.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and the respective representations and warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein, the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:

 

AGREEMENT

 

Pursuant to the terms of the BCA, upon terms as similar as possible to the form of the Herlong BCA, and subject to Closing of the BCA, which shall occur on or before February 15, 2012:

 

1.   Investor shall acquire a 51% equity interest in the Company in exchange for the following investment (“Investor’s 51% Investment”):

 

(a)   All CAPEX, OPEX, debt service, and other negative cash flow through the date the overall operations of the Company and Verat become cash flow positive, including the full cost and/or financing to design, purchase, install and deploy the following described infrastructure equipment suitable for Verat’s existing WBA operations using Verat’s current and any future WBA licenses, of at least the following minimum components of equipment and service levels;

    

  

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(b)   Replacement of Verat’s existing 11 BTS with new BTS manufactured by ZTE, including such new antennae, radios and back-up batteries as are necessary for operation of the new BTS, lease payments on sites, and all civil works and towers required to make the sites legally and structurally amendable to installation of the new BTS equipment;

 

(c)   Replacement of such portion of Verat’s existing core network equipment, switches and software as is necessary to make it compatible with the 11 new BTS and to provide WBA service to at least 33,000 total subscribers based on no more than a 300% over-subscription level (i.e. as many as 11,000 subscribers online simultaneously);

 

(d)   Provision for national transport of internet connectivity between core network equipment and remote cities, plus point-to-point backhaul via fiber or microwave;

 

(e)   Administrative, sales, marketing and customer support staff, office space and office equipment required to operate the WBA network(s);

 

(f)   Consumer premises equipment (CPE), dongles, tablets, handsets, Mi-Fi cards and other devices compatible with the new BTS and core equipment and offered for sale to subscribers to enable connection to the WBA network and carried as inventory for sale;

 

(g)   Taxes, license fees and other amounts accruing to Governmental Authorities in connection with operations of the WBA network; and

 

(h)   Debt service on any amounts borrowed from banks to finance any of the foregoing items or other elements of CAPEX or OPEX, as well as debt service on pre-existing debt, to be retired in the ordinary course and according to their various terms.

 

2.   Subject to Section 10, Investor’s minimum cash commitment for Investor’s 51% Investment (“Investor’s 51% Cash Commitment”) is EUR 2,400,000, payable as follows:

 

(a)   EUR 350,000 at or before Closing of the BCA;

 

(b)   The full value of the down payment for any of the equipment included in Investor’s 51% Investment that Investor has paid to ZTE prior to Closing of the BCA; and

 

(c)   Installments of at least EUR 250,000, each payable at least every 90 days following Closing of the BCA, until Investor’s 51% Cash Commitment is paid in full.

     

3.   Investor shall be issued Common Stock of the Company representing Investor’s 51% Investment at Closing of the BCA.

 

4.   At such time as is advantageous, either before or after the signing or Closing of the BCA, Investor may increase its equity interest in the Company to 65% in exchange for the following additional investment (“Investor’s 65% Investment”):

 

(a)   Such additional CAPEX, OPEX, debt service, and other negative cash flow to finance, design, purchase, install and deploy the following described additional infrastructure equipment of at least the following minimum components of equipment and service levels;

 

(b)   Fifteen additional new BTS manufactured by ZTE (bringing the total to 26 BTS) including such additional antennae, radios and back-up batteries as are necessary for operation of the additional BTS, lease payments on sites, and all civil works and towers required to make the sites legally and structurally amendable to installation of the additional BTS equipment;

    

  

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(c)   Replacement or upgrade of such portion of Verat’s then existing core network equipment (including components previously replaced or upgraded under Investor’s 51% Investment), switches and software as is necessary for the total 26 BTS to provide WBA service to at least 78,000 total subscribers based on no more than a 300% over-subscription level (i.e. as many as 26,000 subscribers online simultaneously);

 

(d)   Such increased quantities of the items described in Section 1(d)-(h) as is necessary based on the additional equipment, software and subscriber capacity described in Section 4(a)-(c).

 

5.   Subject to Section 10, Investor’s minimum cash commitment for Investor’s 65% Investment (“Investor’s 65% Cash Commitment”) is EUO 3,000,000, which amount is inclusive of Investor’s 51% Cash Commitment, payable as follows:

 

(a)   The same EUR 350,000 at or before Closing of the BCA, if Investor decides to make Investor’s 65% Investment instead of Investor’s 51% Investment;

 

(b)   The full value of the down payment for any of the equipment included in Investor’s 65% Investment and not previously paid to ZTE pursuant to Investor’s 51% Investment;

 

(c)   Additional installments of at least EUR 250,000, each payable every 90 days following either Closing of the BCA or the last payment Investor makes under Section 2(c), until Investor’s 65% Cash Commitment is paid in full.

 

6.   Investor shall be issued Common Stock of the Company representing Investor’s 65% Investment at Closing of the BCA, or if Closing of Investor’s 51% Investment has already occurred, within 30 days of making the down payment described in Section 5(b).  Such increase in Investor’s equity in the Company may be accomplished by any combination of transfer of shares of Common Stock from Shareholders or issuance of new additional Shares, in the discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors.

 

7.   At such time as is advantageous after the Closing of the BCA, either as a result of subscriber growth within Verat’s existing license territory, and/or if Verat is awarded licenses covering additional geographic regions in Serbia, Investor may increase its equity interest in the Company to 75% in exchange for the following additional investment (“Investor’s 75% Investment”):

 

(a)   Such additional CAPEX, OPEX, debt service, and other negative cash flow to finance, design, purchase, install and deploy the following described additional infrastructure equipment of at least the following minimum components of equipment and service levels;

 

(b)   Twenty-four additional new BTS manufactured by ZTE (bringing the total to 50 BTS) including such additional antennae, radios and back-up batteries as are necessary for operation of the additional BTS, lease payments on sites, and all civil works and towers required to make the sites legally and structurally amendable to installation of the additional BTS equipment;

 

(c)   Replacement or upgrade of such portion of Verat’s then existing core network equipment (including components previously replaced or upgraded under Investor’s 51% and 65% Investments), switches and software as is necessary for the 50 BTS to provide WBA service to at least 150,000 total subscribers based on no more than a 300% over-subscription level (i.e. as many as 50,000 subscribers online simultaneously);

    

  

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(d)   Such increased quantities of the items described in Section 1(d)-(h) and as is necessary based on the additional equipment, software and subscriber capacity described in Sections 7(a)-(c).

 

8.   Subject to Section 10, Investor’s minimum cash commitment for Investor’s 75% Investment (“Investor’s 75% Cash Commitment”) is EUR 4,200,000, which amount is inclusive of Investor’s 51% and 65% Commitments, payable as follows:

 

(a)   EUR 400,000 upon Investor’s decision to increase to Investor’s 75% Investment;

 

(b)   The full value of the down payment for the equipment included in Investor’s 75% Investment and not previously paid to either ZTE or the Company pursuant to Investor’s 51% and 65% Cash Commitments combined; and

 

(c)   Additional installments of at least EUR 250,000, each payable every 90 days following the last payment Investor makes under Section 2(c) or 5(c), until Investor’s 75% Cash Commitment is paid in full.

 

9.   Investor shall be issued Common Stock of the Company representing Investor’s 75% Investment within 30 days after making both of the payments described in Section 8(a) and (b).  Such increase in Investor’s equity in the Company may be accomplished by any combination of transfer of shares of Common Stock from Shareholders or issuance of new additional Shares, in the discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors.

 

10.   Investor’s Cash Commitment with respect to installments under Sections 2(c), 5(c) and 8(c) are each subject to a limitation that at such time as the Independent Accountant confirms, based on audited financial statements, that the operations of the Company and Verat have achieved cash flow positive (after due allowance for reserves for taxes, working capital and other contingent liabilities), any future payment called for under such Sections (i.e. 2(c), 5(c), or 8(c)) shall be deferred.

 

11.   Investor and 7LCPEELP shall each be entitled to Redeemable Preference Shares, as that term is understood and at the same issuance price and redemption rate described in the Herlong BCA.  At Closing of the BCA, 7LCPEELP shall be entitled to 7,000,000 Redeemable Preference Shares.  At Closing of the BCA, Investor shall be entitled to that number of Redeemable Preferred Shares representing the value of the amount Investor pays at Closing, plus such amount as Investor pays to ZTE prior to Closing of the BCA and which is credited against either Investor’s 51% or 65% Investment, as the case may be.  Investor and 7LCPEELP shall each be entitled to additional Redeemable Preference Shares based on amounts either invests from time to time either after Closing of the BCA or prior to Closing of the BCA and not paid or incurred as of the Effective Date of this Standby BCA.

 

12.   This Standby BCA is a full binding and enforceable contract as of the Effective Date.  For the avoidance of doubt, all terms of the Herlong BCA not unique to or inconsistent with this Standby BCA are incorporated by this reference, and the term “Shareholders” shall have the same meaning as the Herlong BCA with the substitution of the shareholders of the Company for the shareholders of Herlong.

    

  

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Standby BCA to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the date first above written.

 

	
7LCPEELP

 

7L CAPITAL PARTNERS EMERGING EUROPE LIMITED

 

 

 

By /s/ Salvator I. Levis

Salvator I. Levis, Authorized Signatory for 7L Capital Partners Emerging Europe L.P.

	
INVESTOR

 

VELATEL GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

 

 

 

By: /s/ George Alvarez

George Alvarez, its Chief Executive Officer

	 	 
	 	 
	
Company

 

KERSEYCO TRADING LIMITED

 

 

 

By /s/ Aristides C. Fronistas

Aristides C. Fronistas

Authorized Signatory for Kerseyco Trading Limited

 

 

	
VERICA RADOVIC

 

 

 

/s/ Salvator I. Levis

Salvator I. Levis, as attorney in fact per POA

	
ANGELINA JEVTIC

 

 

 

/s/ Salvator I. Levis

Salvator I. Levis, as attorney in fact per POA

	 	 
	  	  
	
NIKOLA ZELIC

 

 

 

/s/ Salvator I. Levis

Salvator I. Levis, as attorney in fact per POA

	
ZIVANA OLBINA

 

 

 

/s/ Salvator I. Levis

Salvator I. Levis, as attorney in fact per POA

	 	 
	 	 
	
CLEARCON D.O.O. (formerly: SECI D.O.O) BEOGRAD

 

 

 

By /s/ Salvator I. Levis

Salvator I. Levis, as attorney in fact per POA

	  

 

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Exhibit 4.01

 

FOCUS GOLD CORPORATION

2011 SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN

 

1. Establishment, Purpose and Types of Awards. Focus Gold Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the “Corporation”) hereby establishes the 2011 SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN (the “Plan”). The purpose of the Plan is to advance the interests of the Corporation by providing directors, selected employees and consultants of the Corporation with the opportunity to acquire shares of Common Stock. By encouraging stock ownership, the Corporation seeks to attract, retain and motivate the best available personnel for positions of substantial responsibility; to
provide additional incentive to directors, selected employees and consultants of the Corporation to promote the success of the business as measured by the value of its shares; and generally to increase the commonality of interests among directors, employees, consultants and other shareholders.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

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

  

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

“Common Stock” means the Corporation’s common stock, par value $0.00001 per share.

“Corporation” means Focus Gold Corp., a Nevada corporation.

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

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

 

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

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

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

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

  

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

 

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

 

3. Administration.

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

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

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

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

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

  

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

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

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

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

4. Shares Available for the Plan. The aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to all Awards granted under the Plan shall not exceed 10,000,000. In no event (subject to adjustment as provided in Section 7(f)), may the number of shares issuable pursuant to the exercise of incentive stock options granted hereunder exceed 10,000,000. The aggregate number of shares of Common Stock available for grant under this Plan and the number of shares of Common Stock subject to outstanding Awards shall be subject to adjustment as provided in Section 7(f).

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

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

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

  

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

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

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

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

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

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

  

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

7. Miscellaneous.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  

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(f) Adjustments for Corporate Transactions and Other Events.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  

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(j) Effective Date; Termination Date. The Plan is effective as of the date fist adopted by the Board and shall continue in effect for a term of ten (10) years, unless earlier terminated pursuant to Section 7(g) hereof. No Award shall be granted under the Plan after the close of business on the day immediately preceding the tenth anniversary of the effective date of the Plan, and no Award under the Plan shall have a term of more than ten (10) years. Subject to other applicable provisions of the Plan, all Awards made under the Plan prior to such termination of the Plan shall remain in effect until such Awards expire or have
been satisfied or terminated in accordance with the Plan and the terms of such Awards; provided, however, that no Award that contemplates exercise or conversion may be exercised or converted, and no Award that defers vesting, shall remain outstanding and unexercised, unconverted or unvested, in each case, for more than ten (10) years after the date such Award was initially granted.

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

PLAN APPROVAL:

 

	
Dated: December 18, 2011

	
/s/ Grant White

	  	
Grant White – Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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