SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2020-05-08

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<div><a name="sdc550839b4994c72b77eb14cbd967264"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:34px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">EXHIBIT 10.1</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:34px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">HESKA CORPORATION</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:9px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">2020 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:32px;text-align:justify;padding-left:28px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">1.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Purpose.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:3px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The purpose of the 2020 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">&#8220;Plan&#8221;)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;is to provide an opportunity for Employees of Heska Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">&#8220;Company&#8221;)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;and its Participating Subsidiaries to purchase Common Stock and thereby to have an additional incentive to contribute to the prosperity of the Company. It is the intention of the Company that the Plan (excluding any sub-plans thereof except as expressly provided in the terms of such sub-plan) qualify as an &#8220;Employee Stock Purchase Plan&#8221; under Section 423 of the Code, and the Plan shall be administered in accordance with this intent.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;padding-top:17px;text-align:left;text-indent:30px;"><font style="padding-top:17px;text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:18px;">2.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Definitions</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;padding-top:17px;text-align:left;text-indent:28px;"><font style="padding-top:17px;text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:20px;">(a)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">&#8220;Applicable Law&#8221;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;means the legal requirements relating to the administration of an employee stock purchase plan under applicable U.S. state corporate laws, U.S. federal and applicable state securities laws, the Code, any stock exchange rules or regulations and the applicable laws of any other country or jurisdiction, as such laws, rules, regulations and requirements shall be in place from time to time.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;padding-top:17px;text-align:left;text-indent:28px;"><font style="padding-top:17px;text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:20px;">(b)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">&#8220;Board&#8221;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;means the Board of Directors of the Company.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;padding-top:17px;text-align:justify;text-indent:28px;"><font style="padding-top:17px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:20px;">(c)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">&#8220;Code&#8221;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and the rulings and regulations issued thereunder.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;padding-top:17px;text-align:left;text-indent:28px;"><font style="padding-top:17px;text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:20px;">(d)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">&#8220;Commencement Date&#8221;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;means, with respect to a given Offering Period, the first Trading Day during such Offering Period.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;padding-top:17px;text-align:left;text-indent:28px;"><font style="padding-top:17px;text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:20px;">(e)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">&#8220;Committee&#8221;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;means the Compensation Committee of the Board or such other committee designated by the Board to administer this Plan, which shall consist exclusively of one or more directors of the Company.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;padding-top:17px;text-align:left;text-indent:28px;"><font style="padding-top:17px;text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;padding-right:20px;">(f)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">