SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2019-03-06

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<p style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Exhibit 10.16</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">ARTICLE I.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">1.1 <font style="text-decoration:underline;">Purpose and Scope.</font> The purpose of the Avalanche Biotechnologies, Inc. 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as it may be amended from time to time, (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;) is to assist employees of Avalanche Biotechnologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) and its Designated Subsidiaries in acquiring a stock ownership interest in the Company pursuant to a plan which is intended to qualify as an &#8220;employee stock purchase plan&#8221; under Section 423 of the Code and to help such employees provide for their future security and to encourage them to remain in the employment of the Company and its Subsidiaries.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Whenever the following terms are used in the Plan, they shall have the meaning specified below unless the context clearly indicates to the contrary. The singular pronoun shall include the plural where the context so indicates.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">2.1 &#8220;<font style="text-decoration:underline;">Agent</font>&#8221; means the brokerage firm, bank or other financial institution, entity or person(s), if any, engaged, retained, appointed or authorized to act as the agent of the Company or an Employee with regard to the Plan.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">2.2 &#8220;<font style="text-decoration:underline;">Administrator</font>&#8221; shall mean the Committee, or such individuals to which authority to administer the Plan has been delegated under Section 7.1 hereof. </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">2.3 &#8220;<font style="text-decoration:underline;">Board</font>&#8221; shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">2.4 &#8220;<font style="text-decoration:underline;">Code</font>&#8221; shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">2.5 &#8220;<font style="text-decoration:underline;">Committee</font>&#8221; shall mean the Compensation Committee of the Board.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">2.6 &#8220;<font style="text-decoration:underline;">Common Stock</font>&#8221; shall mean the common stock of the Company.</p>
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