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GameFly Inc.
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S-1
Feb 10, 6:22 AM ET
GameFly Inc. S-1
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ARTICLE 2. ADMINISTRATION
(a) Any listing standards prescribed by the principal securities market on which the Company’s equity securities are traded;
(b) Such requirements as the Internal Revenue Service may establish for outside directors acting under plans intended to qualify for exemption under section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code;
(c) Such requirements as the Securities and Exchange Commission may establish for administrators acting under plans intended to qualify for exemption under Rule 16b-3 (or its successor) under the Exchange Act; and
(d) Any other requirements imposed by applicable law, regulations or rules.
4.1 Eligibility. Only Employees, Outside Directors, and Consultants shall be eligible to participate in the Plan.
(a) The number of Options, SARs, Restricted Shares and Stock Units available for future Awards under Article 3;
(b) The limitations set forth in Sections 5.2, 7.2, 8.3 and 9.3;
(c) The number of Common Shares covered by each outstanding Option and SAR;
(d) The Exercise Price under each outstanding Option and SAR; and
(e) The number of Stock Units included in any prior Award that has not yet been settled.
(a) The continuation of such outstanding Awards (or portion thereof) by the Company (if the Company is the surviving corporation).
(b) The assumption of such outstanding Awards (or portion thereof) by the surviving corporation or its parent, provided that the assumption of Options or SARs shall comply with section 424(a) of the Code (whether or not the Options are ISOs).
(c) The substitution by the surviving corporation or its parent of new awards for such outstanding Awards (or portion thereof), provided that the substitution of Options or SARs shall comply with section 424(a) of the Code (whether or not the Options are ISOs).
(d) The cancellation of outstanding Options and SARs and a payment to the Participants equal to the excess of (i) the Fair Market Value of the Common Shares subject to such Options and SARs as of the closing date of such Change in Control over (ii) their Exercise Price. Such payment shall be made in the form of cash, cash equivalents, or securities of the surviving corporation or its parent with a Fair Market Value equal to the required amount. Such payment may be made in installments and may be deferred until the date or dates when such Options and SARs would have become exercisable or such Common Shares would have vested. Such payment may be subject to vesting based on the Participant’s continuing Service, provided that the vesting schedule shall not be less favorable to the Participant than the schedule under which such Options and SARs would have become exercisable or such Common Shares would have vested. If the Exercise Price of the Common Shares subject to such Options and SARs exceeds the Fair Market Value of such Common Shares, then such Options and SARs may be cancelled without making a payment to the Optionees. For purposes of this Subsection (d), the Fair Market Value of any security shall be determined without regard to any vesting conditions that may apply to such security.
(e) The cancellation of outstanding Stock Units and a payment to the Participants equal to the Fair Market Value of the Common Shares subject to such Stock Units as of the closing date of such Change in Control. Such payment shall be made in the form of cash, cash equivalents, or securities of the surviving corporation or its parent with a Fair Market Value equal to the required amount. Such payment may be made in installments and may be deferred until the date or dates when such Stock Units would have vested. Such payment may be subject to vesting based on the Participant’s continuing Service, provided that the vesting schedule shall not be less favorable to the Participant than the schedule under which such Stock Units would have vested. For purposes of this Subsection (e), the Fair Market Value of any security shall be determined without regard to any vesting conditions that may apply to such security.
Immediately following a Change in Control, all outstanding Options, SARs and Stock Units shall terminate and cease to be outstanding, except to the extent such Options, SARs and Stock Units (or portion thereof) have been continued or assumed, as described in Sections 10.3(a) and/or 10.3(b).
(a) The Plan not later than the first regular meeting of stockholders that occurs in the fourth calendar year following the calendar year in which the IPO Date occurred; and
(b) The Performance Goals not later than the first meeting of stockholders that occurs in the fifth year following the year in which the Company’s stockholders previously approved such criteria.
16.1 “Affiliate” means any entity other than a Subsidiary, if the Company and/or one or more Subsidiaries own not less than 50% of such entity.
16.2 “Award” means any award of an Option, an SAR, a Restricted Share or a Stock Unit under the Plan.
16.3 “Board” means the Company’s Board of Directors, as constituted from time to time.
16.4 “Change in Control” means:
(a) The consummation of a merger or consolidation of the Company or any other corporate reorganization or business combination transaction of the Company with or into another corporation, entity or person;
(b) The sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets;
(c) A change in the composition of the Board, as a result of which fewer than 50% of the incumbent directors are directors who either:
(i) Had been directors of the Company on the date 24 months prior to the date of such change in the composition of the Board (the “Original Directors”); or
(ii) Were appointed to the Board, or nominated for election to the Board, with the affirmative votes of at least a majority of the aggregate of (A) the Original Directors who were in office at the time of their appointment or nomination and (B) the directors whose appointment or nomination was previously approved in a manner consistent with this Paragraph (ii); or
(d) Any transaction as a result of which any person is the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing at least 50% of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding voting securities. For purposes of this Subsection (d), the term “person” shall have the same meaning as when used in sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act but shall exclude (i) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or of a Parent or Subsidiary and (ii) a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the common stock of the Company.
16.5 “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
16.6 “Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board, as further described in Article 2.
16.7 “Common Share” means one share of the common stock of the Company.
16.8 “Company” means GameFly, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
16.9 “Consultant” means a consultant or adviser who provides bona fide services to the Company, a Parent, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate as an independent contractor.
16.10 “Covered Employees” means those persons identified by the Company who are or who may be subject to the limitations of Code Section 162(m).
16.11 “Employee” means a common-law employee of the Company, a Parent, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate.
16.12 “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
16.13 “Exercise Price,” in the case of an Option, means the amount for which one Common Share may be purchased upon exercise of such Option, as specified in the applicable Stock Option Agreement. “Exercise Price,” in the case of an SAR, means an amount, as specified in the applicable SAR Agreement, which is subtracted from the Fair Market Value of one Common Share in determining the amount payable upon exercise of such SAR.
16.14 “Fair Market Value” means the market price of a Common Share as determined in good faith by the Committee. Such determination shall be conclusive and binding on all persons. The Fair Market Value shall be determined by the following:
In each case, the applicable price shall be the price reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Committee deems reliable; provided, however, that if there is no such reported price for the Common Shares for the date in question, then the Fair Market Value shall be equal to the price reported on the last preceding date for which such price exists. If neither (i) or (ii) are applicable, then the Fair Market Value shall be determined by the Committee in good faith on such basis as it deems appropriate.
16.15 “Immediately Family” means, except as otherwise defined by the Committee, any child, sibling, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, niece, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, sister-in-law, or brother-in-law, including adoptive relationships, any person sharing the Participant’s household (other than a tenant or employee), a trust in which these persons have more than fifty percent (50%) of the beneficial interest, a foundation in which these persons (or the Participant) own more than fifty percent (50%) or more of the voting interests.
16.16 “IPO Date” means the effective date of the registration statement filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission for its initial offering of Common Shares to the public.
16.17 “ISO” means an incentive stock option described in section 422(b) of the Code.
16.18 “NSO” means a stock option not described in sections 422 or 423 of the Code.
16.19 “Option” means an ISO or NSO granted under the Plan and entitling the holder to purchase Common Shares.
16.20 “Optionee” means an individual, estate or other person holding an Option or SAR.
16.21 “Outside Director” means a member of the Board who is not an Employee.
16.22 “Parent” means any corporation (other than the Company) in an unbroken chain of corporations ending with the Company, if each of the corporations other than the
Company owns stock possessing 50% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain. A corporation that attains the status of a Parent on a date after the adoption of the Plan shall be considered a Parent commencing as of such date.
16.23 “Participant” means an individual, estate or other person holding an Award.
16.24 “Performance Goals” means an objective formula or standard determined by the Committee with respect to each Performance Period utilizing one or more of the following factors and any objectively verifiable adjustment(s) thereto permitted and pre-established by the Committee in accordance with Code Section 162(m): revenue, operating income, EBITDA and/or net earnings (either before or after interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization), net income (either before or after taxes), earnings per share, earnings as determined other than pursuant to United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), return on gross or net assets, return on equity, return on invested capital, cash flow (including, but not limited to, operating cash flow and free cash flow), operating or gross margins, stock price appreciation, total stockholder return, customer satisfaction metrics, customer count, customer retention, cost per customer acquisition, and transaction volume, subscriber growth, subscriber acquisition cost, subscriber churn rate, any of which may be measured with respect to the Company, or any Subsidiary, affiliate or other business unit of the Company, either in absolute terms, terms of growth or as compared to any incremental increase, as compared to results of a peer group. Awards that are not intended to comply with Code Section 162(m) may take into account other factors (including subjective factors).
The Committee may, in its discretion, provide that one or more objectively determinable adjustments shall be made to one or more of the Performance Goals. Such adjustments may include one or more of the following: (i) items related to a change in accounting principle; (ii) items relating to financing activities; (iii) expenses for restructuring or productivity initiatives; (iv) other non-operating items; (v) items related to acquisitions; (vi) items attributable to the business operations of any entity acquired by the Company during the Performance Period; (vii) items related to the disposal of a business or segment of a business; (viii) items related to discontinued operations that do not qualify as a segment of a business under GAAP; (ix) items attributable to any stock dividend, stock split, combination or exchange of shares occurring during the Performance Period; or (x) any other items of significant income or expense which are determined to be appropriate adjustments; (xi) items relating to unusual or extraordinary corporate transactions, events or developments, (xii) items related to amortization of acquired intangible assets; (xiii) items that are outside the scope of the Company’s core, on-going business activities; or (xiv) items relating to any other unusual or nonrecurring events or changes in applicable laws, accounting principles or business conditions. For all Awards intended to comply with Code Section 162(m), such determinations shall be made within the time prescribed by, and otherwise in compliance with, Section 162(m) of the Code.
16.25 “Performance Period” means any period not exceeding seven (7) years as determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion. The Committee may establish different Performance Periods for different Participants and the Committee may establish concurrent or overlapping Performance Periods.
16.26 “Plan” means this GameFly, Inc. 2010 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time.
16.27 “Restricted Share” means a Common Share awarded under the Plan.
16.28 “Restricted Stock Agreement” means the agreement between the Company and the recipient of a Restricted Share that contains the terms, conditions and restrictions pertaining to such Restricted Share.
16.29 “SAR” means a stock appreciation right granted under the Plan.
16.30 “SAR Agreement” means the agreement between the Company and an Optionee that contains the terms, conditions and restrictions pertaining to his or her SAR.
16.31 “Service” means service as an Employee, Outside Director or Consultant.
16.32 “Stock Option Agreement” means the agreement between the Company and an Optionee that contains the terms, conditions and restrictions pertaining to his or her Option.
16.33 “Stock Unit” means a bookkeeping entry representing the equivalent of one Common Share, as awarded under the Plan.
16.34 “Stock Unit Agreement” means the agreement between the Company and the recipient of a Stock Unit that contains the terms, conditions and restrictions pertaining to such Stock Unit.
16.35 “Subsidiary” means any corporation (other than the Company) in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Company, if each of the corporations other than the last corporation in the unbroken chain owns stock possessing 50% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain. A corporation that attains the status of a Subsidiary on a date after the adoption of the Plan shall be considered a Subsidiary commencing as of such date.