Document:

Promissory Note dated March 1, 2005

 Exhibit 4.1 
  
 PROMISSORY NOTE 
 Dated: March 1, 2005 
  

			
	 Transcend Services, Inc.
	  	DCOA Loan No.: Trans760
	 945 East Paces Ferry Road, Ste. 1475
	  	 
	 Atlanta, GA 30326-6629
	  	Principal Amount $1,000,000.00

  

	1.	PROMISE TO PAY: For value received, Transcend Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation, (the “Borrower”), promises to pay to the order of the Development Corporation
of Abilene, Inc., (DCOA, the “Lender”), at Lender’s place of business in Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, or such other place as the Lender may from time to time designate, the principal sum of One Million and No/100’s Dollars
($1,000,000), the unpaid principal amount, in lawful money of the United States of America, at the interest rate and at the time and in the manner specified herein. For the purposes of this Note, Borrower shall include its affiliates, subsidiaries,
and any related company. As used herein, “affiliate” shall mean any individual or entity directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, another individual or entity. 

  

	2.	INTEREST RATE: Zero Percent (0%). If Borrower has not created and/or retained the 104 new FTEs and has not fully earned the outstanding principal by maturity on March 31,
2012, the remaining outstanding principal balance shall be due at maturity. After maturity, any principal balance shall bear interest at the maximum interest rate allowed by law. 

  

	3.	PRINCIPAL REDUCTION SCHEDULE: Principal reductions will be earned by TRANSCEND a.) at an accelerated rate of $25,000 per month for the first 6 months beginning April 1, 2005,
and for the first fifteen employees hired for a total principal reduction of $150,000, and, b.) at the quarterly rate of 1/20th of the DCOA Assistance per New Job amount listed below for each additional FTE created. A full-time equivalent
employment position is one that provides 520 hours, including all paid leave and excluding any overtime. The job creation period begins April 1, 2005 and ends March 31, 2010. The letter of credit partially securing this Note may be released by
Lender upon Borrower providing proof of additional offsetting capital equipment purchases with funds other than those provided by this Note. Said offsetting capital equipment shall be valued at 100% of invoice for purposes of reducing the letter of
credit. 

  
 DCOA Assistance per New
Job 
  

						
	 Jobs

	  	 Annual Salary

	  	Job Creation Incentives

	 200 Transcribers
	  	$34,000 annually av. 200 X $ 9,535 =	  	$	1,907,000
	 3 Trainers
	  	$40,000 annually 3 X $12,500 =	  	$	37,500
	 1 Manager
	  	$50,000 annually 1 X $16,000 =	  	$	16,000
	1 IT Support	  	$35,000 annually 1 X $9,000 =	  	$	9,000
	1 Sales	  	$55,000 annually 1 X $16,500 =	  	$	16,500
	1 Custodian	  	$25,000 annually 1 X $7,000 =	  	$	7,000
	1 Secretary	  	$12 hourly ($25K/yr) 1 X $ 7,000 =	  	$	 7,000
	 	  	 	  	
	

	    Total	  	 	  	$	2,000,000

  
 Borrower will provide
quarterly certifications of the jobs created and retained within 90 days of the end of each quarter. 

 If any new FTE’s are created during years two and three of the five-year job creation period, the
prorated credit will be extended up to two additional years to allow Borrower to realize the full benefit of the incentive for each FTE created. 
  

	4.	PURPOSE: The purpose of this loan is to offset start-up costs, first year operating losses and to support the creation of 104 new job by Borrower at Borrower’s Abilene,
Taylor County, Texas, facility located at
                                        .

  

	5.	WAIVER: The Borrower and all other liable parties on this note waive demand, presentment for payment, notice of non-payment, protest, notice of intent to accelerate, notice
of acceleration, and other notice, filing of suit and diligence in collecting this note or enforcing any security given therefor, and agree to any substitution, exchange, release to the Borrower or third parties or impairment (including but not
limited to failure to perfect any security interest) or any security now; or hereafter given for this note or the release of any party primarily or secondarily liable hereon. Borrower and all other liable parties on this note further agree that it
will not be necessary for the Lender or any holder hereof, in order to enforce payment of this note, to first institute or exhaust its remedies against any maker or other party liable therefor or to enforce its rights against any security for this
note and hereby consent to all renewals, extensions, refinancing, accelerations, modifications of interest rate or changes in the time and manner of payment from time to time of this note, and to any other indulgence with respect hereto, without
notice of any such renewals, extensions, refinancing, accelerations, modifications of interest rate or changes in the time and manner of payment or any other indulgence. 

  

	6.	EVENTS OF DEFAULT: Subject to the notice and cure provisions of Section V in the Agreement for Financial Assistance effective March 1, 2005 (Agreement), if any of the
following events of default shall occur, the outstanding balance due Lender according to the terms of this Note and other binding documents shall be due and payable on demand and Lender shall have no further obligation to Borrower under this Note:

  

	 	a)	Failure of Borrower to perform any term, covenant, or agreement contained in this Note, Agreement, Security Agreement, or in any related document(s); or 

  

	 	b)	The Lender and/or City of Abilene determines that any representation or warranty contained herein or in any financial statement, certificate, report or opinion submitted to Lender
in connection with or pursuant to the requirements of the Note was incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made; or 

  

	 	c)	Any judgment in excess of $100,000.00 is assessed against Borrower or any attachment or other levy against the property of Borrower with respect to a claim remains unpaid, unstayed
on appeal, undischarged, not bonded or not dismissed for a period of 30 days; or 

  

	 	d)	Borrower makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; admits in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due; files a petition in bankruptcy; is
adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt; petitions or applies to any tribunal for any receiver or any trustee of Borrower or any substantial part of its property, commences any action relating to Borrower under any reorganization, arrangement,
readjustment of debt, dissolution or liquidation law or statute of any jurisdiction whether now or hereafter in effect; or if there is commenced against Borrower any such action and such action remains undismissed or unanswered for a period of sixty
(60) days from such filing, or Borrower by an act indicates its consent to or approval of any trustee of Borrower or any substantial part of its property; or suffers any such receivership or trustee to and such appointment remains unvacated for a
period of sixty (60) days; or 

  

	 	e)	Borrower knowingly grants, suffers, or permits future liens on or security interests in Borrower’s assets pledged to Lender, other than to Lender, or fails to promptly pay all
lawful claims, whether for labor, materials or otherwise which are not being contested by Borrower in good faith; or 

	 	f)	Borrower substantially changes it present senior management or ownership without written notification to Lender within thirty (30) days after such change; or

  

	 	g)	Borrower changes the general character of business as conducted at the date hereof, or engages in any type of business not reasonably related to its business as presently and
normally conducted. 

  

	7.	RIGHTS OF LENDER AFTER DEFAULT: In the event default is not cured within thirty (30) days after written notice to Borrower, at the sole election of Lender, without any
additional notice, demand or opportunity to cure the default, all of which the Borrower and all other liable parties waive, the Lender may elect to declare the principal sum and all interest on this note immediately due and payable and such
principal sum and interest shall then become immediately due and payable, and the Lender may proceed to take possession and to foreclose upon any collateral in any lawful manner permitted by agreement between the parties, in the event of such
acceleration, all other indebtedness and obligations owed by the Borrower to the Lender shall at the option of Lender also become at once due and payable. The failure to exercise any option shall not constitute a waiver of the right of the Lender to
exercise the option upon the occurrence of any subsequent event of default. 

  

	8.	JOINT AND SEVERAL: All the obligations of this Note are the joint and several obligations of Borrower, and all other liable parties. 

  

	9.	COSTS OF COLLECTION AND ATTORNEY’S FEES: If this Note is placed in the hands of an attorney for collection or collected through lawsuit, bankruptcy, probate proceedings
or any other judicial proceedings, Borrower agrees to pay in addition to all other sums due and payable hereunder costs of collection and a reasonable attorney’s fees. 

  

	10.	APPLICATION OF PAYMENTS: At its option, Lender may apply any payment first to interest and then to principal and any prepaid installment payment may be applied in the inverse
order of maturity. 

  

	11.	SECURITY: Payment of this Note is secured by a Letter of Credit issued by Bank of America in the amount of $150,000.00 and any and all equipment, machinery, furniture and
fixtures, whether now owned or hereafter acquired located in the Atlanta, Georgia and Abilene, Texas facilities. The property covered thereby is more fully described in the document(s) creating the security interest or lien, which document(s) may be
a security agreement, deed of trust and/or other collateral document(s). Collateral securing any other obligation or indebtedness of the Borrower or any other liable party to the Lender may also secure payment of this note. 

 

			
	 Development Corporation of Abilene, Inc.
	 	Transcend Services, Inc.
	 P.O. Box 60
	 	945 East Paces Ferry Road, Suite 1475
	 Abilene, Texas 79604-0060
	 	Atlanta, Georgia 30326-6629
		
	 /s/ Richard Burdine

	 	 /s/ Larry G. Gerdes

	 Richard Burdine
	 	 
	 CEO
	 	 
		
	 Attest:
	 	Attest:
		
	 /s/ Kim Tarrant

	 	 /s/ Jeanne Bateman

	 Kim Tarrant
	 	Assistant Secretary
	 Contracts Administrator
	 	 
		
	 	 	 Corporate Seal:

		
	 Approved:
	 	 
		
	 /s/ T. Daniel Santee

	 	 
	 City AttorneyAsiainfo Holdings, Inc. 2005Stock Incentive Plan

 Exhibit 10.1 
  
 ASIAINFO HOLDINGS, INC. 
  
 2005 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN 
 As Amended
Through April 8, 2005 
  
 SECTION
1    PURPOSE 
  
 The purpose of the
AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) is to enhance the long-term stockholder value of AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), by offering opportunities to employees, directors,
officers, consultants, agents, advisors and independent contractors of the Company and its Subsidiaries (as defined in Section 2) to participate in the Company’s growth and success, and to encourage them to remain in the service of the Company
and its Subsidiaries and to acquire and maintain stock ownership in the Company. 
  
 SECTION 2    DEFINITIONS 
  
 For purposes of the Plan, the following terms shall be defined as set forth below: 
  

	2.1	AWARD 

  
 “Award” means an award or grant made pursuant to the Plan, including, without limitation, awards or grants of Options and Stock Awards, or any combination of the foregoing. 
  

	2.2	BOARD 

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

	2.3	CAUSE 

  
 “Cause” means dishonesty, fraud, misconduct, unauthorized use or disclosure of confidential information or trade secrets, or conviction or confession of a crime punishable by law (except minor violations),
in each case as determined by the Plan Administrator, and its determination shall be conclusive and binding. 
  

	2.4	CODE 

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

	2.5	COMMON STOCK 

  
 “Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company. 
  

	2.6	CORPORATE TRANSACTION 

  
 “Corporate Transaction” means any of the following events: 
  
 (a)    Consummation of any merger or consolidation of the Company in which the Company is not the
continuing or surviving corporation, or pursuant to which shares of the Common Stock are converted into cash, securities or other property (other than a merger of the Company in which the holders of Common Stock immediately prior to the merger have
the same proportionate ownership of capital stock of the surviving corporation immediately after the merger); 
  
 (b)    Consummation of any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer in one transaction or a series of related transactions of all or
substantially all of the Company’s assets other than a transfer of the Company’s assets to a majority-owned subsidiary corporation (as the term “subsidiary corporation” is defined in Section 8.3) of the Company; or 

 (c)    Approval by the holders of the Common Stock of any plan or proposal for the
liquidation or dissolution of the Company. 
  

	2.7	DISABILITY 

  
 “Disability” means “permanent and total disability” as that term is defined for purposes of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code. 
  

	2.8	EARLY RETIREMENT 

  
 “Early Retirement” means early retirement as that term is defined by the Plan Administrator from time to time for purposes of the Plan.

  

	2.9	EXCHANGE ACT 

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

	2.10	FAIR MARKET VALUE 

  
 The “Fair Market Value” shall be as established in good faith by the Plan Administrator or (a) if the Common Stock is listed on the Nasdaq
National Market, the average of the high and low per share sales prices for the Common Stock as reported by the Nasdaq National Market for a single trading day or (b) if the Common Stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange or the American Stock
Exchange, the average of the high and low per share sales prices for the Common Stock as such price is officially quoted in the composite tape of transactions on such exchange for a single trading day. If there is no such reported price for the
Common Stock for the date in question, then such price on the last preceding date for which such price exists shall be determinative of the Fair Market Value. 
  

	2.11	GRANT DATE 

  
 “Grant Date” means the date the Plan Administrator adopted the granting resolution and all conditions precedent to the grant have been satisfied; provided that conditions to the exercisability or vesting of
Awards shall not defer the Grant Date. If, however, the Plan Administrator designates in a resolution a later date as the date an Award is to be granted, then such later date shall be the “Grant Date.” 
  

	2.12	INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION 

  
 “Incentive Stock Option” means an Option to purchase Common Stock granted under Section 7 with the intention that it qualify as an
“incentive stock option” as that term is defined in Section 422 of the Code. 
  

	2.13	NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION 

  
 “Nonqualified Stock Option” means an Option to purchase Common Stock granted under Section 7 other than an Incentive Stock Option. 

 

	2.14	OPTION 

  
 “Option” means the right to purchase Common Stock granted under Section 7. 
  

	2.15	PARTICIPANT 

  
 “Participant” means (a) the person to whom an Award is granted; (b) for a Participant who has died, the personal representative of the Participant’s estate, the person(s) to whom the Participant’s
rights under the Award have passed by will or by the applicable laws of descent and distribution, or the beneficiary designated in accordance with Section 10; or (c) person(s) to whom an Award has been transferred in accordance with Section 10.

	2.16	PLAN ADMINISTRATOR 

  
 “Plan Administrator” means the Compensation Committee of the Board or any successor committee of the Board designated to administer the Plan
under Section 3.1. 
  

	2.17	PRC 

  
 “PRC” means the People’s Republic of China. 
  

	2.18	RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD 

  
 “Restricted Stock Award” means shares of Common Stock or units denominated in Common Stock granted under Section 9, the rights of ownership of
which may be subject to restrictions prescribed by the Plan Administrator. 
  

	2.19	RETIREMENT 

  
 “Retirement” means retirement on or after the individual’s normal retirement date under PRC law or the law of such individual’s other jurisdiction of employment unless otherwise defined by the Plan
Administrator from time to time for purposes of the Plan. 
  

	2.20	SECURITIES ACT 

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

	2.21	SUBSIDIARY 

  
 “Subsidiary”, except as provided in Section 8.3 in connection with Incentive Stock Options, means any entity that is directly or indirectly controlled by the Company or in which the Company has a significant
ownership interest, as determined by the Plan Administrator, and any entity that may become a direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company. 
  
 SECTION 3    ADMINISTRATION 
  

	3.1	PLAN ADMINISTRATOR 

  
 The Plan shall be administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board or a successor committee or committees (which term includes subcommittees)
appointed by, and consisting of two or more members of, the Board. If and so long as the Common Stock is registered under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, the Board shall consider in selecting the Plan Administrator and the membership of
any committee acting as Plan Administrator, with respect to any persons subject or likely to become subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, the provisions regarding (a) “outside directors” as contemplated by Section 162(m) of the Code
and (b) “nonemployee directors” as contemplated by Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act. The Plan Administrator may delegate the responsibility for administering the Plan with respect to designated classes of eligible persons to different
committees consisting of one or more members of the Board, subject to such limitations as the Board deems appropriate. Committee members shall serve for such term as the Board may determine, subject to removal by the Board at any time. To the extent
consistent with applicable law, the Plan Administrator may authorize one or more officers of the Company to grant Awards to designated classes of eligible persons, within the limits specifically prescribed by the Plan Administrator. 
  

	3.2	ADMINISTRATION AND INTERPRETATION BY THE PLAN ADMINISTRATOR 

  
 Except for the terms and conditions explicitly set forth in the Plan, the Plan Administrator shall have exclusive authority, in its discretion, to
determine all matters relating to Awards under the Plan, including the 

 
selection of individuals to be granted Awards, the type of Awards, the number of shares of Common Stock subject to an Award, all terms, conditions,
restrictions and limitations, if any, of an Award and the terms of any instrument that evidences the Award. The Plan Administrator shall also have exclusive authority to interpret the Plan and may from time to time adopt, and change, rules and
regulations of general application for the Plan’s administration. The Plan Administrator’s interpretation of the Plan and its rules and regulations, and all actions taken and determinations made by the Plan Administrator pursuant to the
Plan, shall be conclusive and binding on all parties involved or affected. The Plan Administrator may delegate administrative duties to such of the Company’s officers as it so determines. 
  
 SECTION 4    STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN 

 

	4.1	AUTHORIZED NUMBER OF SHARES 

  
 Subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in Section 11.1, the number of shares of Common Stock that shall be available for issuance under the
Plan shall be: (a) 600,000 shares plus (b) any authorized shares of Common Stock that, as of April 21, 2005, were available for issuance under the Company’s 2002 Stock Option Plan (the “Prior Plan”) (or that thereafter become
available for issuance under the Prior Plan in accordance with its terms). Shares issued under the Plan shall be drawn from authorized and unissued shares or shares now held or subsequently acquired by the Company as treasury shares. 
  

	4.2	LIMITATIONS 

  
 Subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in Section 11.1, not more than 100,000 shares of Common Stock may be made subject to Awards under the Plan to any individual in the aggregate in any one fiscal year
of the Company, except that the Company may make additional one-time grants of up to 200,000 million shares to newly hired or newly promoted individuals, such limitation to be applied in a manner consistent with the requirements of, and only to the
extent required for compliance with, the exclusion from the limitation on deductibility of compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code. 
  

	4.3	REUSE OF SHARES 

  
 Any shares of Common Stock that have been made subject to an Award that cease to be subject to the Award (other than by reason of exercise or payment of
the Award to the extent it is exercised for or settled in shares), and/or shares of Common Stock subject to repurchase or forfeiture which are subsequently reacquired by the Company, shall again be available for issuance in connection with future
grants of Awards under the Plan; provided, however, that for purposes of Section 4.2, any such shares shall be counted in accordance with the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code. 
  
 SECTION 5    ELIGIBILITY 
  
 Awards may be granted under the Plan to those officers, directors and employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries as the
Plan Administrator from time to time selects. Awards may also be granted to consultants, agents, advisors and independent contractors who provide services to the Company and its Subsidiaries. 
  
 SECTION 6    AWARDS 
  

	6.1	FORM AND GRANT OF AWARDS 

  
 The Plan Administrator shall have the authority, in its sole discretion, to determine the type or types of Awards to be made under the Plan. Such Awards
may include, but are not limited to, Incentive Stock Options, Nonqualified Stock Options and Restricted Stock Awards. Awards may be granted singly or in combination. 

	6.2	SETTLEMENT OF AWARDS 

  
 The Company may settle Awards through the delivery of shares of Common Stock, cash payments, the granting of replacement Awards or any combination thereof
as the Plan Administrator shall determine. Any Award settlement, including payment deferrals, may be subject to such conditions, restrictions and contingencies as the Plan Administrator shall determine. The Plan Administrator may permit or require
the deferral of any Award payment, subject to such rules and procedures as it may establish, which may include provisions for the payment or crediting of interest, or dividend equivalents, including converting such credits into deferred stock
equivalents. 
  

	6.3	ACQUIRED COMPANY OPTION AWARDS 

  
 Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, the Plan Administrator may grant Awards under the Plan in substitution for awards issued under other
plans, or assume under the Plan awards issued under other plans, if the other plans are or were plans of other acquired entities (“Acquired Entities”) (or the parent of an Acquired Entity) and the new Award is substituted, or the old award
is assumed, by reason of a merger, consolidation, acquisition of property or of stock, reorganization or liquidation (the “Acquisition Transaction”). In the event that a written agreement pursuant to which the Acquisition Transaction is
completed is approved by the Board and said agreement sets forth the terms and conditions of the substitution for or assumption of outstanding awards of the Acquired Entity, said terms and conditions shall be deemed to be the action of the Plan
Administrator without any further action by the Plan Administrator, except as may be required for compliance with Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, and the persons holding such awards shall be deemed to be Participants. 
  
 SECTION 7    TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF OPTIONS

  

	7.1	GRANT OF OPTIONS 

  
 The Plan Administrator is authorized under the Plan, in its sole discretion, to issue Options as Incentive Stock Options or as Nonqualified Stock Options,
which shall be appropriately designated. 
  

	7.2	OPTION EXERCISE PRICE 

  
 The exercise price for shares purchased under an Option shall be as determined by the Plan Administrator, but shall not be less than 100% of the Fair
Market Value of the Common Stock on the Grant Date with respect to Incentive Stock Options. 
  

	7.3	TERM OF OPTIONS 

  
 The term of each Option shall be as established by the Plan Administrator or, if not so established, shall be 10 years from the Grant Date. 
  

	7.4	EXERCISE AND VESTING OF OPTIONS 

  
 The Plan Administrator shall establish and set forth in each instrument that evidences an Option the time at which, or the installments in which, the
Option shall vest and become exercisable, which provisions may be waived or modified by the Plan Administrator at any time. 
  
 To the extent that an Option has become exercisable, the Option may be exercised from time to time by written notice to the Company, in accordance with
procedures established by the Plan Administrator, setting forth the number of shares with respect to which the Option is being exercised and accompanied by payment in full as described in Section 7.5. The Plan Administrator may determine at any time
that an Option may not be exercised as to less than any number of shares at any one time for vested shares and any number in its discretion for unvested shares (or the lesser number of remaining shares covered by the Option). 

	7.5	PAYMENT OF EXERCISE PRICE 

  
 The exercise price for shares purchased under an Option shall be paid in full to the Company by delivery of consideration equal to the product of the
Option exercise price and the number of shares purchased. Such consideration must be paid in cash or by check or, unless the Plan Administrator in its sole discretion determines otherwise, either at the time the Option is granted or at any time
before it is exercised, a combination of cash and/or check (if any) and one or both of the following alternative forms: (a) tendering (either actually or, if and so long as the Common Stock is registered under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange
Act, by attestation) Common Stock already owned by the Participant for at least six months (or any shorter period necessary to avoid a charge to the Company’s earnings for financial reporting purposes) having a Fair Market Value on the day
prior to the exercise date equal to the aggregate Option exercise price or (b) if and so long as the Common Stock is registered under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, delivery of a properly executed exercise notice, together with
irrevocable instructions, to (i) a brokerage firm designated by the Company to deliver promptly to the Company the aggregate amount of sale or loan proceeds to pay the Option exercise price and any withholding tax obligations that may arise in
connection with the exercise and (ii) the Company to deliver the certificates for such purchased shares directly to such brokerage firm, all in accordance with the regulations of the United States Federal Reserve Board. In addition, the exercise
price for shares purchased under an Option may be paid, either singly or in combination with one or more of the alternative forms of payment authorized by this Section 7.5, by (y) a promissory note delivered pursuant to Section 13 or (z) such other
consideration as the Plan Administrator may permit. 
  

	7.6	POST-TERMINATION EXERCISES 

  
 The Plan Administrator shall establish and set forth in each instrument that evidences an Option whether the Option will continue to be exercisable, and
the terms and conditions of such exercise, if a Participant ceases to be employed by, or to provide services to, the Company or its Subsidiaries, which provisions may be waived or modified by the Plan Administrator at any time. If not so established
in the instrument evidencing the Option, the Option will be exercisable according to the following terms and conditions, which may be waived or modified by the Plan Administrator at any time. 
  
 In case of termination of the Participant’s employment or services other
than by reason of death or Cause, the Option shall be exercisable, to the extent of the number of shares vested at the date of such termination, only (a) within one year if the termination of the Participant’s employment or services is
coincident with Retirement, Early Retirement at the Company’s request or Disability or (b) within three months after the date the Participant ceases to be an employee, director, officer, consultant, agent, advisor or independent contractor of
the Company or a Subsidiary if termination of the Participant’s employment or services is for any reason other than Retirement, Early Retirement at the Company’s request or Disability, but in no event later than the remaining term of the
Option. Any Option exercisable at the time of the Participant’s death may be exercised, to the extent of the number of shares vested at the date of the Participant’s death, by the personal representative of the Participant’s estate,
the person(s) to whom the Participant’s rights under the Option have passed by will or the applicable laws of descent and distribution or the beneficiary designated pursuant to Section 10 at any time or from time to time within one year after
the date of death, but in no event later than the remaining term of the Option. Any portion of an Option that is not vested on the date of termination of the Participant’s employment or services shall terminate on such date, unless the Plan
Administrator determines otherwise. In case of termination of the Participant’s employment or services for Cause, the Option shall automatically terminate upon first notification to the Participant of such termination, unless the Plan
Administrator determines otherwise. If a Participant’s employment or services with the Company are suspended pending an investigation of whether the Participant shall be terminated for Cause, all the Participant’s rights under any Option
likewise shall be suspended during the period of investigation. 
  
 With respect to employees, unless the Plan Administrator at any time determines otherwise, “termination of the Participant’s employment or services” for purposes of the Plan (including without limitation this Section 7 and
Section 14) shall mean any reduction in the Participant’s regular hours of employment to less than thirty (30) hours per week. A transfer of employment or services between or among the Company and its Subsidiaries shall 

 
not be considered a termination of employment or services. The effect of a Company approved leave of absence on the terms and conditions of an Option shall
be determined by the Plan Administrator, in its sole discretion. 
  

	7.7	PROHIBITION ON OPTION REPRICING 

  
 An option issued under the Plan may not be repriced by lowering the option exercise price or by cancellation of an outstanding option with a subsequent
replacement or re-grant of an option with a lower exercise price. 
  
 SECTION 8    INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION LIMITATIONS 
  
 To the extent required by Section 422 of the Code, Incentive Stock Options shall be subject to the following additional terms and conditions: 
  

	8.1	DOLLAR LIMITATION 

  
 To the extent the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the Grant Date) of Common Stock with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are
exercisable for the first time during any calendar year (under the Plan and all other stock option plans of the Company) exceeds $100,000, such portion in excess of $100,000 shall be subject to delayed exercisability or treated as a Nonqualified
Stock Option as set forth by the Plan Administrator in the agreement(s) evidencing the Option. In the event the Participant holds two or more such Options that become exercisable for the first time in the same calendar year, such limitation shall be
applied on the basis of the order in which such Options are granted. 
  

	8.2	10% STOCKHOLDERS 

  
 If an individual owns more than 10% of the total voting power of all classes of the Company’s stock, then the exercise price per share of an
Incentive Stock Option shall not be less than 110% of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the Grant Date and the Option term shall not exceed five years. The determination of 10% ownership shall be made in accordance with Section 422 of the
Code. 
  

	8.3	ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES 

  
 Individuals who are not employees of the Company or one of its parent corporations or subsidiary corporations may not be granted Incentive Stock Options.
For purposes of this Section 8.3, “parent corporation” and “subsidiary corporation” shall have the meanings attributed to those terms for purposes of Section 422 of the Code. 
  

	8.4	TERM 

  
 The term of an Incentive Stock Option shall not exceed 10 years. 
  

	8.5	EXERCISABILITY 

  
 To qualify for Incentive Stock Option tax treatment, an Option designated as an Incentive Stock Option must be exercised within three months after
termination of employment for reasons other than death, except that, in the case of termination of employment due to Disability, such Option must be exercised within one year after such termination. Disability shall be deemed to have occurred on the
first day after the Company has furnished its opinion of Disability to the Plan Administrator. Employment shall not be deemed to continue beyond the first 90 days of a leave of absence unless the Participant’s reemployment rights are guaranteed
by statute or contract. 
  

	8.6	TAXATION OF INCENTIVE STOCK OPTIONS 

  
 In order to obtain certain tax benefits afforded to Incentive Stock Options under Section 422 of the Code, the Participant must hold the shares issued
upon the exercise of an Incentive Stock Option for two years after the Grant Date of the Incentive Stock Option and one year from the date of exercise. A Participant may be subject to the alternative minimum tax at the time of exercise of an
Incentive Stock Option. The Plan Administrator may require a Participant to give the Company prompt notice of any disposition of shares acquired by the exercise of an Incentive Stock Option prior to the expiration of such holding periods.

	8.7	PROMISSORY NOTES 

  
 The amount of any promissory note delivered pursuant to Section 13 in connection with an Incentive Stock Option shall bear interest at a rate specified by
the Plan Administrator but in no case less than the rate required to avoid imputation of interest (taking into account any exceptions to the imputed interest rules) for federal income tax purposes. 
  
 SECTION 9    RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS 
  

	9.1	GRANT OF STOCK AWARDS 

  
 The Plan Administrator is authorized to make Awards of Common Stock or Awards denominated in units of Common Stock on such terms and conditions and
subject to such restrictions (which may be based on continuous service with the Company or the achievement of performance goals related to profits or loss, revenue or profit growth or loss reduction, profit or loss related return ratios, other
balance sheet or income statement targets or ratios, market share, project completion, operational or productivity efficiency gains, cash flow, share price appreciation or total stockholder return, where such goals may be stated in absolute terms or
relative to comparison companies), as the Plan Administrator shall determine, in its sole discretion, which terms, conditions and restrictions shall be set forth in the instrument evidencing the Award. The terms, conditions and restrictions that the
Plan Administrator shall have the power to determine shall include, without limitation, the manner in which shares subject to Restricted Stock Awards are held during the periods they are subject to restrictions and the circumstances under which
forfeiture of the Restricted Stock Award shall occur by reason of termination of the Participant’s employment or service relationship. 
  

	9.2	ISSUANCE OF SHARES 

  
 Upon the satisfaction of any terms, conditions and restrictions prescribed in respect to a Restricted Stock Award, or upon the Participant’s release
from any terms, conditions and restrictions of a Restricted Stock Award, as determined by the Plan Administrator, the Company shall release, as soon as practicable, to the Participant or, in the case of the Participant’s death, to the personal
representative of the Participant’s estate or as the appropriate court directs, the appropriate number of shares of Common Stock. 
  

	9.3	WAIVER OF RESTRICTIONS 

  
 Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan, the Plan Administrator may, in its sole discretion, waive the forfeiture period and any other terms,
conditions or restrictions on any Restricted Stock Award under such circumstances and subject to such terms and conditions as the Plan Administrator shall deem appropriate; provided, however, that the Plan Administrator may not adjust performance
goals for any Restricted Stock Award intended to be exempt under Section 162(m) of the Code for the year in which the Restricted Stock Award is settled in such a manner as would increase the amount otherwise payable to a Participant. 
  
 SECTION 10    ASSIGNABILITY 
  
 No Awards granted under the Plan or any interest therein may be assigned,
pledged or transferred by the Participant other than by will or by the applicable laws of descent and distribution, and, during the Participant’s lifetime, such Award may be exercised only by the Participant or a permitted assignee or
transferee of the Participant (as provided below). Notwithstanding the foregoing, and to the extent permitted by Section 422 of the Code, the Plan Administrator, in its sole discretion, may permit such assignment, transfer and exercisability and may
permit a Participant to designate a beneficiary who may exercise the Award or receive payment under the Award after the Participant’s death; provided, however, that any Award so assigned or transferred shall be subject to all the same terms and
conditions contained in the instrument evidencing the Award. 

 SECTION 11    ADJUSTMENTS 
  

	11.1	ADJUSTMENT OF SHARES 

  
 In the event that, at any time or from time to time, a stock dividend, stock split, spin-off, combination or exchange of shares, recapitalization, merger,
consolidation, distribution to stockholders other than a normal cash dividend, or other change in the Company’s corporate or capital structure results in (a) the outstanding shares, or any securities exchanged therefor or received in their
place, being exchanged for a different number or class of securities of the Company or of any other corporation or (b) new, different or additional securities of the Company or of any other corporation being received by the holders of shares of
Common Stock of the Company, then the Plan Administrator shall make proportional adjustments in (i) the maximum number and kind of securities subject to the Plan as set forth in Sections 4.1(a), (b) and (c); (ii) the maximum number and kind of
securities that may be issued as ISOs under the Plan as set forth in Section 4.1(d); (iii) the maximum number and kind of securities that may be made subject to Awards to any individual as set forth in Section 4.2, and (iv) the number and kind of
securities that are subject to any outstanding Award and the per share price of such securities, without any change in the aggregate price to be paid therefor. The determination by the Plan Administrator as to the terms of any of the foregoing
adjustments shall be conclusive and binding. 
  

	11.2	CORPORATE TRANSACTION 

  

	 	11.2.1	Options 

  
 Except as otherwise provided in the instrument that evidences the Option, in the event of a Corporate Transaction, the Plan Administrator shall determine whether provision will be made in connection with the Corporate
Transaction for an appropriate assumption of the Options theretofore granted under the Plan (which assumption may be effected by means of a payment to each Participant (by the Company or any other person or entity involved in the Corporate
Transaction), in exchange for the cancellation of the Options held by such Participant, of the difference between the then Fair Market Value of the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock then subject to such Options and the aggregate exercise
price that would have to be paid to acquire such shares) or for substitution of appropriate new options covering stock of a successor corporation to the Company or stock of an affiliate of such successor corporation. If the Plan Administrator
determines that such an assumption or substitution will be made, the Plan Administrator shall give notice of such determination to the Participants, and the provisions of such assumption or substitution, and any adjustments made (i) to the number
and kind of shares subject to the outstanding Options (or to the options in substitution therefor), (ii) to the exercise prices, and/or (iii) to the terms and conditions of the stock options, shall be binding on the Participants. Any such
determination shall be made in the sole discretion of the Plan Administrator and shall be final, conclusive and binding on all Participants. If the Plan Administrator, in its sole discretion, determines that no such assumption or substitution will
be made, the Plan Administrator shall give notice of such determination to the Participants, and each Option that is at the time outstanding shall automatically accelerate so that each such Option shall, immediately prior to the specified effective
date for the Corporate Transaction, become 100% vested and exercisable. All such Options shall terminate and cease to remain outstanding immediately following the consummation of the Corporate Transaction, except to the extent assumed by the
successor corporation or an affiliate thereof. 
  

	 	11.2.2	Restricted Stock Awards 

  
 Except as otherwise provided in the instrument that evidences the Award, in the event of a Corporate Transaction, the vesting of shares subject to
Restricted Stock Awards shall accelerate, and the forfeiture provisions to which such shares are subject shall lapse, if and to the same extent that the vesting of outstanding Options accelerates in connection with the Corporate Transaction. If
unvested Options are to be assumed, continued or substituted by a successor corporation without acceleration upon the occurrence of a Corporate Transaction, the forfeiture provisions to which such Restricted Stock Awards are subject will continue
with respect to shares of the successor corporation that may be issued in exchange for such shares subject to Restricted Stock Awards. 

	11.3	FURTHER ADJUSTMENT OF AWARDS 

  
 Subject to Section 11.2, the Plan Administrator shall have the discretion, exercisable at any time before a sale, merger, consolidation, reorganization,
liquidation or change in control of the Company, as defined by the Plan Administrator, to take such further action as it determines to be necessary or advisable, and fair and equitable to Participants, with respect to Awards. Such authorized action
may include (but shall not be limited to) establishing, amending or waiving the type, terms, conditions or duration of, or restrictions on, Awards so as to provide for earlier, later, extended or additional time for exercise and other modifications,
and the Plan Administrator may take such actions with respect to all Participants, to certain categories of Participants or only to individual Participants. The Plan Administrator may take such action before or after granting Awards to which the
action relates and before or after any public announcement with respect to such sale, merger, consolidation, reorganization, liquidation or change in control that is the reason for such action. 
  

	11.4	LIMITATIONS 

  
 The grant of Awards will in no way affect the Company’s right to adjust, reclassify, reorganize or otherwise change its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or
transfer all or any part of its business or assets. 
  

	11.5	FRACTIONAL SHARES 

  
 In the event of any adjustment in the number of shares covered by any Award, each such Award shall cover only the number of full shares resulting from
such adjustment. 
  
 SECTION
12    WITHHOLDING 
  
 The Company may
require the Participant to pay to the Company the amount of any withholding taxes that the Company is required to withhold with respect to the grant, vesting or exercise of any Award. Subject to the Plan and applicable law, the Plan Administrator
may, in its sole discretion, permit the Participant to satisfy withholding obligations, in whole or in part, (a) by paying cash, (b) by electing to have the Company withhold shares of Common Stock (up to the minimum required federal withholding
rate), or (c) by transferring shares of Common Stock to the Company (already owned by the Participant for the period necessary to avoid a charge to the Company’s earnings for financial reporting purposes), in such amounts as are equivalent to
the Fair Market Value of the withholding obligation. The Company shall have the right to withhold from any shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to an Award or from any cash amounts otherwise due or to become due from the Company to the
Participant an amount equal to such taxes. The Company may also deduct from any Award any other amounts due from the Participant to the Company or a Subsidiary. 
  

SECTION 13    LOANS, INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS AND LOAN GUARANTEES 
  
 To assist a Participant (including a Participant who is an officer or a director of the Company) in acquiring shares of
Common Stock pursuant to an Award granted under the Plan, the Plan Administrator, in its sole discretion, may authorize, either at the Grant Date or at any time before the acquisition of Common Stock pursuant to the Award, (a) the extension of a
full-recourse loan to the Participant by the Company, (b) the payment by the Participant of the purchase price, if any, of the Common Stock in installments, or (c) the guarantee by the Company of a full-recourse loan obtained by the Participant from
a third party. Subject to the foregoing, the terms of any loans, installment payments or loan guarantees, including the interest rate and terms of repayment, will be subject to the Plan Administrator’s discretion. The maximum credit available
is the purchase price, if any, of the Common Stock acquired, plus the maximum federal and state income and employment tax liability that may be incurred in connection with the acquisition. 

 SECTION 14    REPURCHASE RIGHTS; ESCROW 
  

	14.1	REPURCHASE RIGHTS 

  
 The Plan Administrator shall have the discretion to authorize the issuance of unvested shares of Common Stock pursuant to the exercise of an Option. In
the event of termination of the Participant’s employment or services, all shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise of an Option which are unvested at the time of cessation of employment or services shall be subject to repurchase at the
exercise price paid for such shares. The terms and conditions upon which such repurchase right shall be exercisable (including the period and procedure for exercise) shall be established by the Plan Administrator and set forth in the agreement
evidencing such right. 
  
 All of the Company’s outstanding
repurchase rights under this Section 14.1 are assignable by the Company at any time and shall remain in full force and effect in the event of a Corporate Transaction; provided that if the vesting of Options is accelerated pursuant to Section 11.2,
the repurchase rights under this Section 14.1 shall terminate and all shares subject to such terminated rights shall immediately vest in full. 
  
 The Plan Administrator shall have the discretionary authority, exercisable either before or after the Participant’s cessation of employment or
services, to cancel the Company’s outstanding repurchase rights with respect to one or more shares purchased or purchasable by the Participant under an Option and thereby accelerate the vesting of such shares in whole or in part at any time.

  

	14.2	ESCROW 

  
 To ensure that shares of Common Stock acquired pursuant to an Award that are subject to any repurchase or forfeiture right and/or security for any promissory note will be available for repurchase or forfeiture, the
Plan Administrator may require the Participant to deposit the certificate or certificates evidencing such shares with an agent designated by the Plan Administrator under the terms and conditions of escrow and security agreements approved by the Plan
Administrator. If the Plan Administrator does not require such deposit as a condition of exercise of an Option or grant of a Stock Award, the Plan Administrator reserves the right at any time to require the Participant to so deposit the certificate
or certificates in escrow. The Company shall bear the expenses of the escrow. The Company, at its discretion, may in lieu of issuing a stock certificate for such shares, make a book entry credit in the Company’s stock ledger to evidence the
issuance of such shares. As soon as practicable after the expiration of any repurchase or forfeiture rights, and after full repayment of any promissory note secured by the shares in escrow, the agent shall deliver to the Participant the shares no
longer subject to such restrictions and no longer security for any promissory note. 
  
 In the event shares held in escrow are subject to the Company’s exercise of a repurchase or forfeiture right, the notices required to be given to the Participant shall be given to the agent and any payment
required to be given to the Participant shall be given to the agent. Within 30 days after payment by the Company, the agent shall deliver the shares which the Company has purchased to the Company and shall deliver the payment received from the
Company to the Participant. 
  
 In the event of any stock
dividend, stock split or consolidation of shares or any like capital adjustment of any of the outstanding securities of the Company, any and all new, substituted or additional securities or other property to which the Participant is entitled by
reason of ownership of shares acquired upon exercise of an Option or grant of a Stock Award shall be subject to any repurchase or forfeiture rights, and/or security for any promissory note with the same force and effect as the shares subject to such
repurchase or forfeiture rights and/or security interest immediately before such event. 
  
 SECTION 15    AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF PLAN 
  

	15.1	AMENDMENT OF PLAN 

  
 The Plan may be amended only by the Board in such respects as it shall deem advisable; however, to the extent required for compliance with Section 422 of
the Code or any applicable law or regulation, stockholder approval will be required for any amendment that will (a) increase the total number of shares available for 

 
issuance under the Plan, (b) modify the class of persons eligible to receive Options, or (c) otherwise require stockholder approval under any applicable law
or regulation. 
  

	15.2	TERMINATION OF PLAN 

  
 The Board may suspend or terminate the Plan at any time. The Plan will have no fixed expiration date; provided, however, that no Incentive Stock Options
may be granted more than 10 years after the later of (a) the Plan’s adoption by the Board and (b) the adoption by the Board of any amendment to the Plan that constitutes the adoption of a new plan for purposes of Section 422 of the Code.

  

	15.3	CONSENT OF PARTICIPANT 

  
 The amendment or termination of the Plan shall not, without the consent of the Participant, impair or diminish any rights or obligations under any Award
theretofore granted under the Plan. 
  
 Any change or adjustment
to an outstanding Incentive Stock Option shall not, without the consent of the Participant, be made in a manner so as to constitute a “modification” that would cause such Incentive Stock Option to fail to continue to qualify as an
Incentive Stock Option. 
  
 SECTION
16    GENERAL 
  

	16.1	EVIDENCE OF AWARDS 

  
 Awards granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by a written agreement that shall contain such terms, conditions, limitations and restrictions as the
Plan Administrator shall deem advisable and that are not inconsistent with the Plan. 
  

	16.2	CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT OR SERVICES; RIGHTS IN AWARDS 

  
 None of the Plan, participation in the Plan or any action of the Plan Administrator taken under the Plan shall be construed as giving any person any right
to be retained in the employ of the Company or limit the Company’s right to terminate the employment or services of any person. 
  

	16.3	REGISTRATION 

  
 The Company shall be under no obligation to any Participant to register for offering or resale or to qualify for exemption under the Securities Act, or to
register or qualify under state securities laws, any shares of Common Stock, security or interest in a security paid or issued under, or created by, the Plan, or to continue in effect any such registrations or qualifications if made. 
  
 The Company may issue certificates for shares with such legends and subject
to such restrictions on transfer and stop-transfer instructions as counsel for the Company deems necessary or desirable for compliance by the Company with federal and state securities laws. 
  
 Inability of the Company to obtain, from any regulatory body having
jurisdiction, the authority deemed by the Company’s counsel to be necessary for the lawful issuance and sale of any shares hereunder or the unavailability of an exemption from registration for the issuance and sale of any shares hereunder shall
relieve the Company of any liability in respect of the nonissuance or sale of such shares as to which such requisite authority shall not have been obtained. 
  
 As a condition to the exercise of an Award, the Company may require the Participant to represent and warrant at the time of any such exercise or receipt
that such shares are being purchased or received only for the Participant’s own account and without any present intention to sell or distribute such shares if, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, such a representation is required by any
relevant provision of the aforementioned laws. At the option of the Company, a stop-transfer order against any such shares may be placed on the official stock 

 
books and records of the Company, and a legend indicating that such shares may not be pledged, sold or otherwise transferred, unless an opinion of counsel is
provided (concurred in by counsel for the Company) stating that such transfer is not in violation of any applicable law or regulation, may be stamped on stock certificates to ensure exemption from registration. The Plan Administrator may also
require such other action or agreement by the Participant as may from time to time be necessary to comply with the federal and state securities laws. 
  

	16.4	NO RIGHTS AS A STOCKHOLDER 

  
 No Option or Stock Award denominated in units shall entitle the Participant to any dividend, voting or other right of a stockholder unless and until the
date of issuance under the Plan of the shares that are the subject of such Award, free of all applicable restrictions. 
  

	16.5	COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS AND REGULATIONS 

  
 Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, the Board, in its sole discretion, may bifurcate the Plan so as to restrict, limit or condition the
use of any provision of the Plan to Participants who are officers or directors subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act without so restricting, limiting or conditioning the Plan with respect to other Participants. 
  
 Additionally, in interpreting and applying the provisions of the Plan, any
Option granted as an Incentive Stock Option pursuant to the Plan shall, to the extent permitted by law, be construed as an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code. 
  

	16.6	NO TRUST OR FUND 

  
 The Plan is intended to constitute an “unfunded” plan. Nothing contained herein shall require the Company to segregate any monies or other
property, or shares of Common Stock, or to create any trusts, or to make any special deposits for any immediate or deferred amounts payable to any Participant, and no Participant shall have any rights that are greater than those of a general
unsecured creditor of the Company. 
  

	16.7	SEVERABILITY 

  
 If any provision of the Plan or any Option is determined to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, or as to any person, or would
disqualify the Plan or any Option under any law deemed applicable by the Plan Administrator, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to applicable laws, or, if it cannot be so construed or deemed amended without, in the Plan
Administrator’s determination, materially altering the intent of the Plan or the Option, such provision shall be stricken as to such jurisdiction, person or Option, and the remainder of the Plan and any such Option shall remain in full force
and effect. 
  

	16.8	PARTICIPANTS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES 

  
 The Plan Administrator shall have the authority to adopt such modifications, procedures and subplans as may be necessary or desirable, after consideration
of the provisions of the laws of the PRC or other foreign countries in which the Company or its Subsidiaries may operate, to ensure the viability of the benefits from Awards granted to Participants employed in such countries and to meet the
objectives of the Plan. 
  

	16.9	CHOICE OF LAW 

  
 The Plan and all determinations made and actions taken pursuant hereto, to the extent not otherwise governed by the federal laws of the United States,
shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware without giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws. 
  
 SECTION 17    EFFECTIVE DATE 
  
 The Plan’s effective date is the date on which it is adopted by the Board, so long as it is approved by the Company’s stockholders at any time
within 12 months of such adoption.

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