As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 14, 2022
Registration Statement No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ZeroFox Holdings, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware |
98-1557361 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
1834 S. Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21230
(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)
ZeroFox Holdings, Inc. 2022 Incentive Equity Plan
ZeroFox, Inc. 2013 Equity Incentive Plan
ID Experts Holdings, Inc. 2016 Stock Option and Grant Plan
ID Experts Holdings, Inc. 2017 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plans)
Thomas P. FitzGerald
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
ZeroFox Holdings, Inc.
1834 S. Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21230
(Name and address of agent for service)
(855) 936-9369
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Jeffrey N. Ostrager
Anthony J. Rosso
Venable LLP
1270 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10020
Tel: (212) 307-5500
Fax: (212) 307-5598
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) covers the registration of (i) 11,750,135 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), of ZeroFox Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), reserved for issuance pursuant to awards that may be granted under the ZeroFox Holdings, Inc. 2022 Incentive Equity Plan, (ii) 6,369,641 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options originally granted under the ZeroFox, Inc. 2013 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2013 Plan”), (iii) 183,544 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options originally granted under the ID Experts Holdings, Inc. 2016 Stock Option and Grant Plan (the “2016 Plan”), and (iv) 1,582,857 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options originally granted under the ID Experts Holdings, Inc. 2017 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2017 Plan”). The stock options under the 2013 Plan, the 2016 Plan and the 2017 Plan were assumed by the Company in connection with the Business Combination (as defined in the Reoffer Prospectus).
This Registration Statement includes a reoffer prospectus (the “Reoffer Prospectus”) prepared in accordance with General Instruction C of Form S-8 and in accordance with the requirements of Part I of Form S-3. This Reoffer Prospectus may be used for reoffers and resales of shares of Common Stock on a continuous or delayed basis that may be deemed to be “control securities” within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, that are issuable to certain executive officers of the Company identified in the Reoffer Prospectus (the “Selling Stockholders”). The number of shares of Common Stock included in the Reoffer Prospectus represents shares of Common Stock issuable to the Selling Stockholders upon the exercise of stock options granted under the 2013 Plan and does not necessarily represent a present intention to sell any or all such shares of Common Stock. The number of shares of Common Stock to be offered or resold by means of the Reoffer Prospectus by each Selling Stockholder, and any other person with whom such Selling Stockholder is acting in concert for the purpose of selling shares of Common Stock, may not exceed, during any three-month period, the amount specified in Rule 144(e) under the Securities Act.
REOFFER PROSPECTUS
Up to 4,536,146 Shares of Common Stock
Offered by the Selling Stockholders
This reoffer prospectus (the “Reoffer Prospectus”) relates to the offer and sale from time to time by the selling stockholders named in this Reoffer Prospectus (the “Selling Stockholders”), or their permitted transferees, of up to 4,536,146 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”) of ZeroFox Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). This Reoffer Prospectus covers shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options previously granted to the Selling Stockholders under the ZeroFox, Inc. 2013 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2013 Plan”). We are not offering any shares of Common Stock and will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the shares of Common Stock by the Selling Stockholders pursuant to this Reoffer Prospectus.
Upon the exercise of the stock options relating to the shares of Common Stock covered by this Reoffer Prospectus pursuant to the terms of the relevant award agreements, and subject to the expiration of the lock-up provisions described in this Reoffer Prospectus, the Selling Stockholders may from time to time sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of the shares of Common Stock covered by this Reoffer Prospectus in a number of different ways and at varying prices, including through underwriters or dealers which the Selling Stockholders may select, directly to purchasers (or a single purchaser), or through broker-dealers or agents. If underwriters or dealers are used to sell the shares, we will name them and describe their compensation in a prospectus supplement. The shares of Common Stock may be sold in one or more transactions at fixed prices, prevailing market prices at the time of a sale, prices related to the prevailing market prices, varying prices determined at the time of sale or at negotiated prices. The Selling Stockholders may sell any, all, or none of the shares and we do not know when or in what amounts the Selling Stockholders may sell their shares under this Reoffer Prospectus. The prices at which any of the shares may be sold, and the commissions, if any, paid in connection with any such sales, are unknown and may vary from transaction to transaction. We provide more information about how the Selling Stockholders may sell their shares in the section titled “Plan of Distribution.” The Selling Stockholders will bear all sales commissions and similar expenses. Any other expenses incurred by us in connection with the registration and offering that are not borne by the Selling Stockholders will be borne by us.
The Selling Stockholders are “affiliates” of the Company (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)). Shares of Common Stock covered by this Reoffer Prospectus will be “control securities” under the Securities Act before their sale under this Reoffer Prospectus. This Reoffer Prospectus has been prepared for the purposes of registering the shares of Common Stock under the Securities Act to allow for future sales by Selling Stockholders on a continuous or delayed basis to the public without restriction, provided that the number of shares of Common Stock to be offered or resold under this Reoffer Prospectus by each Selling Stockholder or other person with whom he, she or they are acting in concert for the purpose of selling shares of Common Stock, may not exceed, during any three-month period, the amount specified in Rule 144(e) under the Securities Act.
We are an “emerging growth company” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act, and are subject to reduced public company reporting requirements. This Reoffer Prospectus complies with the requirements that apply to an issuer that is an emerging growth company.
Our Common Stock is listed on The Nasdaq Global Market (“Nasdaq”) under the symbol “ZFOX”. On November 11, 2022, the last reported sales price of our Common Stock was $4.04 per share.
See the section entitled “Risk Factors” beginning on page 3 of this Reoffer Prospectus to read about factors you should consider before buying our securities.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this Reoffer Prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
The date of this reoffer prospectus is November 14, 2022
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ABOUT THIS REOFFER PROSPECTUS
This Reoffer Prospectus contains important information you should know before investing, including important information about our company and the shares being offered. You should carefully read this Reoffer Prospectus, as well as the additional information contained in the documents described under “Where You Can Find Additional Information” and “Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference” in this Reoffer Prospectus.
You should rely only on the information contained in this Reoffer Prospectus or incorporated herein by reference or in any accompanying prospectus supplement. Neither we nor the Selling Stockholders have authorized anyone to provide any information or to make any representations other than those contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus or in any accompanying prospectus supplement. We and the Selling Stockholders take no responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any other information that others may give you. This prospectus is an offer to sell only the securities offered hereby and only under circumstances and in jurisdictions where it is lawful to do so. No dealer, salesperson or other person is authorized to give any information or to represent anything not contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus or in any applicable prospectus supplement. This prospectus is not an offer to sell securities, and it is not soliciting an offer to buy securities, in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.
You should not assume that the information in this Reoffer Prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement, or any documents incorporated by reference is accurate as of any date other than the date of the applicable document, regardless of the time of delivery of this Reoffer Prospectus or any applicable prospectus supplement, or any sale of shares hereunder. Our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects may have changed since those dates.
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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY This summary is not complete and does not contain all the information you should consider in making your investment decision. This summary is qualified in its entirety by the more detailed information included in this Reoffer Prospectus, including the documents incorporated by reference herein. You should read the entire Reoffer Prospectus carefully before making an investment in our securities. You should carefully consider, among other things, the consolidated financial statements and the related notes and the sections titled “Risk Factors,” “Business,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of ZeroFox,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of IDX,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of L&F” and “Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information” in the documents incorporated by reference in this Reoffer Prospectus. Unless the context otherwise requires, we use the terms “Company,” “we” “us” and “our” in this Reoffer Prospectus to refer to ZeroFox Holdings, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries. Background On August 3, 2022 (the “Closing Date”), we consummated the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2021 (the “Business Combination Agreement”), by and among L&F Acquisition Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company (“L&F”), L&F Acquisition Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of L&F (“L&F Holdings”), ZF Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of L&F Holdings (“ZF Merger Sub”), IDX Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of L&F Holdings (“IDX Merger Sub”), IDX Forward Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of L&F Holdings (“IDX Forward Merger Sub”), ZeroFox, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Legacy ZeroFox”), and ID Experts Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“IDX”). As contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, L&F was domesticated as a Delaware corporation and changed its name to ZeroFox Holdings, Inc. (the “Domestication”). On the Closing Date, we consummated the merger transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, whereby following the Domestication (i) ZF Merger Sub merged with and into Legacy ZeroFox (the “ZF Merger”), with Legacy ZeroFox being the surviving company in the ZF Merger and continuing (immediately following the ZF Merger) as a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of ZeroFox Holding, LLC (f/k/a L&F Holdings), (ii) immediately following the ZF Merger, IDX Merger Sub merged with and into IDX (the “IDX Merger”), with IDX being the surviving company in the IDX Merger (“Transitional IDX Entity”) and continuing (immediately following the IDX Merger) as a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of ZeroFox Holdings, LLC and (iii) immediately following the IDX Merger, Transitional IDX Entity merged with and into IDX Forward Merger Sub (the “IDX Forward Merger”), with IDX Forward Merger Sub being the surviving company in the IDX Forward Merger and continuing (immediately following the IDX Forward Merger) as a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of ZeroFox Holdings, LLC. The foregoing transactions are collectively referred to as the “Business Combination.” Company Overview We are an enterprise cybersecurity software-as-a-service company that addresses the full lifecycle of external cyber threats and risks for our customers. External cybersecurity encompasses the threats that target internet accessible systems, devices and digital assets that exist beyond the protection of an organization’s endpoint and firewall systems. The ZeroFox platform addresses these risks by providing enterprises external threat intelligence and protection to disrupt attacks and threats to brands, people, systems, assets and data, and respond to data breaches across the internet. The integration of IDX’s technology into the ZeroFox platform enhances the platform to support expanded use cases, additional cross-sell synergy opportunities between ZeroFox’s and IDX’s customer bases and future growth. The combined business creates a unique competitive advantage by providing external threat protection capabilities and breach response services, for companies protecting against, or responding to, an external cyberattack, effectively capturing the entire lifecycle of the external cybersecurity market.
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Corporate Information Our principal executive offices are located at 1834 S. Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21230, and our telephone number is (855) 936-9369. Our website is www.zerofox.com. The information found on, or that can be accessed from or that is hyperlinked to, our website is not part of this prospectus.
The Offering This Reoffer Prospectus relates to the public offering, which is not being underwritten, by the Selling Stockholders listed in this Reoffer Prospectus, of up to 4,536,146 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options previously granted to the Selling Stockholders under the 2013 Plan. Upon the exercise of the stock options relating to the shares of Common Stock covered by this Reoffer Prospectus pursuant to the terms of the relevant award agreements, and subject to the expiration of the lock-up provisions described in this Reoffer Prospectus, the Selling Stockholders may from time to time sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of the shares of Common Stock covered by this Reoffer Prospectus in a number of different ways and at varying prices, including through underwriters or dealers which the Selling Stockholders may select, directly to purchasers (or a single purchaser), or through broker-dealers or agents. We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares by the Selling Stockholders. The Selling Stockholders will bear all sales commissions and similar expenses. Any other expenses incurred by us in connection with the registration and offering that are not borne by the Selling Stockholders will be borne by us. Lock-Up Restrictions Of the 4,536,146 shares of Common Stock that may be offered or sold by the Selling Stockholders identified in this Reoffer Prospectus, 4,536,146 of those shares (the “Lock-Up Shares”), are subject to certain lock-up restrictions pursuant to our amended and restated bylaws, effective as of the Closing Date. Pursuant to our amended and restated bylaws, subject to certain exceptions, the Lock-Up Shares will be locked-up for a period of 180 days after August 3, 2022 (the “Lock-Up Period”), provided that if (A) at least 120 days have elapsed since the Closing Date and (B) the Lock-Up Period is scheduled to end during a blackout period under the Company’s insider trading policy or within five trading days prior to a blackout period, the Lock-Up Period shall end 10 trading days prior to the commencement of the blackout period (the “Blackout-Related Release”); provided that the Company is required to announce the date of the expected Blackout-Related Release through a major news service, or on a Form 8-K, at least two trading days in advance of the Blackout-Related Release; and provided further that the Blackout-Related Release shall not occur unless the Company shall have publicly released its earnings results for the quarterly period that includes the Closing Date. |
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RISK FACTORS
Investing in our Common Stock involves a high degree of risk. Before you make a decision to buy our securities, you should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties set forth under the heading “Risk Factors” starting on page 8 in our final prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act on October 7, 2022, in connection with our registration statement on Form S-1 (“Final Prospectus”), which are incorporated by reference herein, and in subsequent reports we file with the SEC, together with the financial and other information contained or incorporated by reference in this Reoffer Prospectus. Our business, operating results, financial condition or prospects could also be harmed by risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently do not believe are material. If any of these risks actually occur, our business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations could be materially adversely affected. In that event, the trading price of our Common Stock could decline and you could lose part or all of your investment. Only those investors who can bear the risk of loss of their entire investment should invest in our Common Stock.
The risks we have described also include forward-looking statements, and our actual results may differ substantially from those discussed in these forward-looking statements. See “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.”
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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Reoffer Prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference in this Reoffer Prospectus contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, that address activities, events or developments that we expect, believe or anticipate will or may occur in the future, including statements related to plans, strategies and objectives of management, our business prospects, our systems and technology, future profitability and our competitive position, are forward-looking statements. The words “will,” “may,” “believes,” “anticipates,” “thinks,” “expects,” “estimates,” “plans,” “intends” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by these forward-looking statements. The inclusion or incorporation by reference of any statement in this Reoffer Prospectus does not constitute an admission by us or any other person that the events or circumstances described in such statement are material. In addition, new risks may emerge from time to time and it is not possible for management to predict such risks or to assess the impact of such risks on our business or financial results. Accordingly, future results may differ materially from historical results or from those discussed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Given these risks and uncertainties, the reader should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the following:
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Additional information concerning these, and other risks, is described under the “Risk Factors,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of ZeroFox” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of IDX” sections of the Final Prospectus incorporated by reference in this Reoffer Prospectus. We expressly disclaim any obligation to update any of these forward-looking statements, except to the extent required by applicable law.
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USE OF PROCEEDS
The shares of Common Stock offered by the Selling Stockholders pursuant to this Reoffer Prospectus will be sold by the Selling Stockholders for their respective accounts. We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of the shares hereunder. All the proceeds from the sale of the shares of Common Stock offered by the Selling Stockholders pursuant to this Reoffer Prospectus will go to the Selling Stockholders. For more information, see the sections titled “Selling Stockholders” and “Plan of Distribution” included below.
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SELLING STOCKHOLDERS
The table below sets forth information concerning the resale of the shares of Common Stock by the Selling Stockholders. We will not receive any proceeds from the resale of the shares of Common Stock by the Selling Stockholders.
The table below sets forth, as of November 10, 2022 (the “Determination Date”): (i) the name of each Selling Stockholder who is offering the resale of shares of Common Stock by this Reoffer Prospectus; (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned (determined in the manner described in footnote (1) to the table below) by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) the number of shares that each Selling Stockholder may offer for sale from time to time pursuant to this Reoffer Prospectus, whether or not such Selling Stockholder has a present intention to do so; and (iv) the number of shares of Common Stock (and the percentage of our outstanding shares as of the Determination Date) of Common Stock each Selling Stockholder will own after the offering, assuming each Selling Stockholder sells all of the shares offered in this Reoffer Prospectus. Unless otherwise indicated, beneficial ownership is direct and the person indicated has sole voting and investment power
The Selling Stockholders identified below may have sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of some or all of their shares since the date on which the information in the following table is presented in transactions exempt from or not subject to the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Information concerning the Selling Stockholders may change from time to time and, if necessary, we will amend or supplement this prospectus accordingly. We cannot give an estimate as to the number of shares of Common Stock that will actually be held by the Selling Stockholders upon termination of this offering because the Selling Stockholders may offer some or all of their Common Stock under the offering contemplated by this Reoffer Prospectus or acquire additional shares of Common Stock. The total number of shares that may be sold hereunder will not exceed the number of shares offered hereby. Please see “Plan of Distribution” below for more information.
Name of Selling Stockholder |
Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned Prior to this Offering(1) |
Shares of Common Stock Offered for Resale in this Offering(2) |
Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned After this Offering(3) |
Percent of Common Stock Beneficially Owned After this Offering(4) |
Timothy S. Bender(5) |
833,527 |
892,441 |
115,118 |
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Thomas P. FitzGerald(6) |
75,146 |
171,766 |
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Todd P. Headley(7) |
306,334 |
226,731 |
79,603 |
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Scott O’Rourke(8) |
589,867 |
657,861 |
93,039 |
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John R. Prestridge, III (9) |
118,088 |
171,766 |
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Michael Price(10) |
733,295 |
884,002 |
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Kevin T. Reardon(11) |
896,401 |
1,531,579 |
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Other Material Relationships with the Selling Stockholders
We have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our directors and executive officers. The indemnification agreements and our certificate of incorporation and bylaws require us to indemnify our directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law. There is no pending litigation or proceeding naming any of our directors or officers to which indemnification is being sought, and we are not aware of any pending or threatened litigation that may result in claims for indemnification by any director or officer.
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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
The shares of Common Stock covered by this Reoffer Prospectus are being registered by the Company for the account of the Selling Stockholders. The shares of Common Stock offered may be sold from time to time directly by or on behalf of each Selling Stockholder in one or more transactions on Nasdaq or any other stock exchange on which the Common Stock may be listed at the time of sale, in privately negotiated transactions, or through a combination of such methods, at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices, at fixed prices (which may be changed) or at negotiated prices. The Selling Stockholders may sell shares through one or more agents, brokers or dealers or directly to purchasers. Such brokers or dealers may receive compensation in the form of commissions, discounts or concessions from the Selling Stockholders and/or purchasers of the shares or both. Such compensation as to a particular broker or dealer may be in excess of customary commissions. The number of shares of Common Stock to be reoffered or resold under this Reoffer Prospectus by each Selling Stockholder and any other person with whom he or she is acting in concert for the purpose of selling shares of Common Stock, may not exceed, during any three-month period, the amount specified in Rule 144(e) under the Securities Act.
In connection with their sales, a Selling Stockholder and any participating broker or dealer may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act, and any commissions they receive and the proceeds of any sale of shares may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act. We are bearing all costs relating to the registration of the shares of Common Stock. Any commissions or other fees payable to brokers or dealers in connection with any sale of the shares will be borne by the Selling Stockholders or other party selling such shares. Sales of the shares must be made by the Selling Stockholders in compliance with all applicable state and federal securities laws and regulations, including the Securities Act. In addition to any shares sold hereunder, Selling Stockholders may sell shares of Common Stock in compliance with Rule 144, when eligible to do so. There is no assurance that the Selling Stockholders will sell all or a portion of the Common Stock offered hereby. The Selling Stockholders may agree to indemnify any broker, dealer or agent that participates in transactions involving sales of the shares against certain liabilities in connection with the offering of the shares arising under the Securities Act. We have notified the Selling Stockholders of the need to deliver a copy of this Reoffer Prospectus in connection with any sale of the shares.
The anti-manipulation rules of Regulation M under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), may apply to sales of our Common Stock and activities of the Selling Stockholders, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of any of the shares of Common Stock by the Selling Stockholders and any other participating person. Regulation M may also restrict the ability of any person engaged in the distribution of the shares of Common Stock to engage in passive market-making activities with respect to the shares of Common Stock. Passive market making involves transactions in which a market maker acts as both our underwriter and as a purchaser of our Common Stock in the secondary market. All of the foregoing may affect the marketability of the shares of Common Stock and the ability of any person or entity to engage in market-making activities with respect to the shares of Common Stock.
Once sold under the registration statement of which this Reoffer Prospectus forms a part, the shares of Common Stock will be freely tradable in the hands of persons other than our affiliates.
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LEGAL MATTERS
The validity of the securities offered by this Reoffer Prospectus has been passed upon for us by Venable LLP.
EXPERTS
The financial statements of L&F Acquisition Corp. as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 and for the year ended December 31, 2021 and for the period from August 20, 2020 (inception) through December 31, 2020, incorporated by reference in this Reoffer Prospectus have been audited by WithumSmith+Brown, PC, independent registered accounting firm, as stated in their report thereon incorporated by reference herein, in reliance upon such report and upon the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
The financial statements of ZeroFox, Inc. and subsidiaries as of January 31, 2022 and 2021, and for each of the three years in the period ended January 31, 2022, incorporated by reference in this Reoffer Prospectus have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report incorporated by reference herein. Such financial statements are incorporated by reference in reliance upon the report of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.
The financial statements of ID Experts Holdings, Inc. and subsidiary as of and for the year ended December 31, 2021, incorporated by reference in this Reoffer Prospectus have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report incorporated by reference herein. Such financial statements are incorporated by reference in reliance upon the report of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.
The consolidated financial statements of ID Experts Holdings, Inc. and subsidiary as of December 31, 2020 and for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2020, have been incorporated by reference herein in reliance upon the report of KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, incorporated by reference herein, and upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing. The audit report covering the December 31, 2020 financial statements refers to a change to the accounting for revenue as of January 1, 2020 due to the adoption of a new standard.
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE
The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” information into this Reoffer Prospectus, which means that we can disclose important information about us by referring you to another document filed separately with the SEC. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this Reoffer Prospectus, and information that we file later with the SEC will automatically update and supersede the previously filed information. We incorporate by reference the documents listed below and any future filings made by us with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (other than any portions of the respective filings that are furnished, rather than filed, pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Current Reports on Form 8-K including exhibits related thereto or other applicable SEC rules) after the date of this Reoffer Prospectus and prior to the termination of the offering under this Reoffer Prospectus:
(a) The Company’s prospectus filed with the SEC on October 7, 2022 pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, relating to the Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-267200);
(b) The Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 filed with the SEC on March 15, 2022;
(c) The Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2022 filed with the SEC on May 16, 2022 and for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2022 filed with the SEC on July 28, 2022;
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(d) The Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 4, 2022, June 7, 2022 (with respect to Item 3.01 only), July 14, 2022, August 2, 2022, and August 9, 2022 (other than information furnished and not filed, and as amended by the Current Report Form 8-K/A filed with the SEC on September 12, 2022); and
(e) The description of the Common Stock contained in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on August 3, 2022, including any amendment or report filed with the SEC for the purpose of updating such description.
Any statement contained in this Reoffer Prospectus, or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Reoffer Prospectus.
We will provide without charge to each person, including any beneficial owner, to whom a copy of this Reoffer Prospectus is delivered, upon written or oral request of any such person, a copy of any and all of the information that has been incorporated by reference in this Reoffer Prospectus but not delivered with the Reoffer Prospectus other than the exhibits to those documents, unless the exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference into the information that this Reoffer Prospectus incorporates. Requests for documents should be directed to ZeroFox Holdings, Inc., Attn: Legal, 1834 S Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21230; (855) 936-9369.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. The SEC maintains an Internet website at www.sec.gov that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information about issuers, like us, that file electronically with the SEC. We also maintain a website at www.zerofox.com. Through our website, we make available, free of charge, annual, quarterly and current reports, prospectus and other information as soon as reasonably practicable after they are electronically filed with, or furnished to, the SEC. Except for the SEC filings expressly incorporated by reference under “Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference” in this Reoffer Prospectus, information contained on, or that may be accessed through, our website is not part of, and is not incorporated into, this Reoffer Prospectus.
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The information specified in Item 1 and Item 2 of Part I of Form S-8 is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the introductory note to Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be delivered to the participants in the employee benefit plans covered by this Registration Statement as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act. Such documents are not required to be, and are not, filed with the SEC, either as part of this Registration Statement or as a prospectus or prospectus supplement pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act.
Item 1. Plan Information.
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by the Company with the SEC are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
(a) The Company’s prospectus filed with the SEC on October 7, 2022 pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, relating to the Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-267200);
(b) The Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2022 filed with the SEC on May 16, 2022 and for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2022 filed with the SEC on July 28, 2022;
(c) The Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 4, 2022, June 7, 2022 (with respect to Item 3.01 only), July 14, 2022, August 2, 2022, and August 9, 2022 (other than information furnished and not filed, and as amended by the Current Report Form 8-K/A filed with the SEC on September 12, 2022); and
(d) The description of the Common Stock contained in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on August 3, 2022, including any amendment or report filed with the SEC for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents filed by the Company with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act on or after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents; provided, however, that documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with the rules of the SEC (including, without limitation, information furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Current Reports on Form 8-K and the exhibits related to such items furnished under Item 9.01) shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.
Any statement contained in this Registration Statement, or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interest of Named Experts and Counsel
Not applicable.
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Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145(a) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”) provides, in general, that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party to or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation), because he or she is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit, or proceeding, if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.
Section 145(b) of the DGCL provides, in general, that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending, or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor because the person is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made with respect to any claim, issue, or matter as to which he or she shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or other adjudicating court determines that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all of the circumstances of the case, he or she is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses that the Court of Chancery or other adjudicating court shall deem proper.
Section 145 of the DGCL further provides that to the extent a director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action, suit, or proceeding referred to in Section 145(a) or (b) of the DGCL, or in defense of any claim, issue, or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith; that indemnification provided for by Section 145 of the DGCL shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which the indemnified party may be entitled; and the indemnification provided for by Section 145 of the DGCL shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee, or agent and shall inure to the benefit of such person’s heirs, executors, and administrators. Section 145(g) of the DGCL provides, in general, that a corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify the person against such liability under Section 145 of the DGCL.
Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL provides that a corporation’s certificate of incorporation may contain a provision eliminating or limiting the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, provided that such provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
Additionally, the Company’s certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws limit the liability of the registrant’s directors to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, and provide that the registrant will indemnify its directors to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL.
The Company has entered into and expects to continue to enter into agreements to indemnify its directors, executive officers, and other employees as determined by our board of directors. Under the terms of such indemnification agreements, the Company is required to indemnify each of its directors and officers, to the fullest
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extent permitted by applicable law by reason of their service to us, and to advance expenses incurred as a result of any proceeding against them as to which they could be indemnified.
The Company also maintains a general liability insurance policy, which covers certain liabilities of directors and officers of the registrant arising out of claims based on acts or omissions in their capacities as directors or officers.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
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Item 9. Undertakings.
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Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Baltimore, State of Maryland, on November 14, 2022.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints James C. Foster, Timothy S. Bender, and Thomas P. FitzGerald, and each of them acting individually, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact, each with full power of substitution, for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or any substitute, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, and such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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Exhibit 5.01
November 14, 2022
ZeroFox Holdings, Inc.
1834 South Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21230
Re: Registration Statement on Form S-8
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to ZeroFox Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) filed on the date hereof with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), relating to the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), of (a) the issuance by the Company of (i) up to 11,750,135 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company reserved for issuance pursuant to awards that may be granted under the ZeroFox Holdings, Inc. 2022 Incentive Equity Plan (the “2022 Plan”) (the “2022 Plan Shares”), (ii) up to 6,369,641 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options originally granted under the ZeroFox, Inc. 2013 Equity Incentive Plan (as amended, the “2013 Plan”) (the “2013 Plan Shares”), (iii) up to 183,544 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options originally granted under the ID Experts Holdings, Inc. 2016 Stock Option and Grant Plan (as amended, the “2016 Plan”) (the “2016 Plan Shares”), and (iv) up to 1,582,857 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options originally granted under the ID Experts Holdings, Inc. 2017 Equity Incentive Plan (as amended, the “2017 Plan”, and together with the 2022 Plan, the 2013 Plan and the 2016 Plan, the “Plans”) (the “2017 Plan Shares”), and (b) the reoffer and resale by the selling stockholders named in the reoffer prospectus filed with the Registration Statement of up to 4,536,146 2013 Plan Shares. In this opinion letter we refer to 2022 Plan Shares, the 2013 Plan Shares, the 2016 Plan Shares and the 2017 Plan Shares collectively as the “Shares”.
This opinion letter is rendered in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S–K under the Securities Act, and no opinion is expressed herein as to any matter pertaining to the contents of the Registration Statement or any related prospectus, other than as expressly stated herein.
In connection with our opinions expressed below, we have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the following documents (hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Documents”):
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In expressing the opinion set forth below, we have assumed the following:
1. Each individual executing any of the Documents, whether on behalf of such individual or any other person, is legally competent to do so.
2. Each individual executing any of the Documents on behalf of a party (other than the Company) is duly authorized to do so.
3. Each of the parties (other than the Company) executing any of the Documents has duly and validly executed and delivered each of the Documents to which such party is a signatory, and such party’s obligations set forth therein are legal, valid and binding and are enforceable in accordance with all stated terms.
4. All Documents submitted to us as originals are authentic. The form and content of all Documents submitted to us as unexecuted drafts do not differ in any respect relevant to this opinion from the form and content of such Documents as executed and delivered. All Documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies conform to the original documents. All signatures on all such Documents are genuine. All public records reviewed or relied upon by us or on our behalf are true and complete. All representations, warranties, statements and information contained in the Documents are true and complete. There has been no oral or written modification of or amendment to any of the Documents, and there has been no waiver of any provision of any of the Documents, by action or omission of the parties or otherwise.
5. None of the Shares will be issued or transferred in violation of any restriction or limitation contained in the Charter, the Bylaws or any of the Plans. Upon any issuance of
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Shares, the total number of Common Stock issued and outstanding will not exceed the total number of Common Stock that the Company is then authorized to issue under the Charter or any of the Plans.
We render this opinion only with respect to, and express no opinion herein concerning the application or effect of the laws of any jurisdiction other than, the existing Delaware General Corporation Law. We express no opinion as to the applicability or effect of federal or state securities laws, including the securities laws of the State of Delaware, or as to federal or state laws regarding fraudulent transfers. To the extent that any matter as to which our opinion is expressed herein would be governed by the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware, we do not express any opinion on such matter. The opinions expressed herein are subject to the effect of any judicial decision which may permit the introduction of parol evidence to modify the terms or the interpretation of agreements.
In connection with our opinions expressed in the paragraphs below, we have assumed that, at or prior to the time of the delivery of any Shares, the Registration Statement will have been declared effective under the Securities Act that the registration will apply to the offer and sale of such Shares and will not have been modified or rescinded and that there will not have occurred any change in law affecting the validity of the issuance of the Shares.
Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the assumptions, limitations and qualifications stated herein, it is our opinion that:
The opinions expressed herein are limited to the matters specifically set forth herein and no other opinion shall be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated. We assume no obligation to supplement this opinion if any applicable law changes after the date hereof or if we become aware of any fact that might change the opinion expressed herein after the date hereof.
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We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to our name under the caption “Legal Matters” in the reoffer prospectus filed with the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are (i) "experts" within the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder or (ii) within the category of persons whose consent is required by Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Venable LLP
Exhibit 23.01
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated March 14, 2022, relating to the financial statements of L&F Acquisition Corp., which report appears in the Prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, relating to the Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-267200) of ZeroFox Holdings, Inc. We also consent to the reference to our firm under the caption “Experts” in the Reoffer Prospectus, which is part of this Registration Statement.
/s/ WithumSmith+Brown, PC
New York, New York
November 14, 2022
Exhibit 23.02
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the use of our report dated September 30, 2021, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of ID Experts Holdings, Inc. and subsidiary, incorporated herein by reference and to the reference to our firm under the heading “Experts” in the registration statement/prospectus.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Portland, Oregon
November 14, 2022
Exhibit 23.03
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated April 8, 2022, relating to the consolidated financial statements of ID Experts Holdings, Inc. and subsidiary, appearing in the Prospectus relating to the amended Registration Statement No. 333-267200 on Form S-1 of ZeroFox Holdings, Inc. filed on September 27, 2022. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in such Registration Statements.
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
McLean, Virginia
November 14, 2022
Exhibit 23.04
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated April 7, 2022, relating to the financial statements of ZeroFox, Inc. and subsidiaries, appearing in the Prospectus relating to the amended Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-267200) of ZeroFox Holdings, Inc, filed on September 27, 2022. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in such Registration Statements.
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
McLean, VA
November 14, 2022
Exhibit 99.03
ID EXPERTS HOLDINGS, INC.
2016 STOCK OPTION AND GRANT PLAN
SECTION 1. GENERAL PURPOSE OF THE PLAN; DEFINITIONS
The name of the plan is the ID Experts Holdings, Inc. 2016 Stock Option and Grant Plan (the “Plan”). The purpose of the Plan is to encourage and enable the officers, employees, directors and other key persons (including prospective employees, but conditioned on their employment, and Consultants) of ID Experts Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (including any successor entity, the “Company”) and any Subsidiary, upon whose judgment, initiative and efforts the Company largely depends for the successful conduct of its business, to acquire a proprietary interest in the Company. It is anticipated that providing such persons with a direct stake in the Company’s welfare will assure a closer identification of their interests with those of the Company and its stockholders, thereby stimulating their efforts on the Company’s behalf and strengthening their desire to remain with the Company.
The following terms shall be defined as set forth below:
“Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
“Award” or “Awards,” except where referring to a particular category of grant under the Plan, shall include Incentive Stock Options, Non-Qualified Stock Options, Restricted Stock Awards, Unrestricted Stock Awards, Restricted Stock Units or any combination of the foregoing.
“Award Agreement” means a written or electronic agreement setting forth the terms and provisions applicable to an Award granted under the Plan. Each Award Agreement may contain terms and conditions in addition to those set forth in the Plan; provided, however, that except to the extent explicitly provided to the contrary, in the event of any conflict in the terms of the Plan and the Award Agreement, the terms of the Plan shall govern.
“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
“Cause” shall have the meaning as set forth in the Award Agreement(s). In the case that any Award Agreement does not contain a definition of “Cause,” it shall have the meaning as determined in good faith by the Board.
“Chief Executive Officer” means the Chief Executive Officer of the Company or, if there is no Chief Executive Officer, then the President of the Company.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor Code, and related rules, regulations and interpretations.
“Committee” means the Committee referred to in Section 2.
“Consultant” means any natural person that provides bona fide services to the Company (including a Subsidiary), and such services are not in connection with the offer or sale of securities in a capital-raising transaction and do not directly or indirectly promote or maintain a market for the Company’s securities.
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“Deferral Period” means, with respect to a Restricted Stock Unit, the period of time between the date of grant of such Restricted Stock Unit and the date on which such Restricted Stock Unit is due to be settled in accordance with its terms.
“Effective Date” means the date on which the Plan is approved by stockholders as set forth on the final page of the Plan.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
“Fair Market Value” of the Stock on any given date means the fair market value of the Stock determined in good faith by the Committee based on the reasonable application of a reasonable valuation method not inconsistent with Section 409A of the Code. If the Stock is admitted to quotation on a national securities exchange, the determination shall be made by reference to market quotations. If the date for which Fair Market Value is determined is the first day when trading prices for the Stock are reported on a national securities exchange, the Fair Market Value shall be the “Price to the Public” (or equivalent) set forth on the cover page for the final prospectus relating to the Company’s Initial Public Offering.
“Incentive Stock Option” means any Stock Option designated and qualified as an “incentive stock option” as defined in Section 422 of the Code.
“Initial Public Offering” means the consummation of the first fully underwritten, firm commitment public offering pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Act covering the offer and sale by the Company of its equity securities, as a result of or following which the Stock shall be publicly held.
“NASDAQ” means the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC.
“Non-Qualified Stock Option” means any StockOption that is not an Incentive Stock Option.
“Option” or “Stock Option” means any option to purchase shares of Stock granted pursuant to Section 5.
“Restricted Stock Award” means an Award granted pursuant to Section6 entitling the recipient to acquire, at such purchase price (which may be zero) as determined by the Committee, shares of Stock subject to such restrictions and conditions as the Committee may determine at the time of grant, which purchase price shall be payable in cash or other form of consideration acceptable to the Committee.
“Restricted Stock Unit” means an Award of phantom stock units to a grantee, which may be settled in cash or stock as determined by the Committee, pursuant to Section 8.
“Sale Event” shall mean and include any of the following: (a) consummation of a merger or consolidation of the Company with or into any other corporation or other entity in which holders of the Company’s voting securities immediately prior to such merger or consolidation will not, directly or indirectly, continue to hold at least a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Company; (b) a sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one transaction or a related series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ assets on a consolidated basis to an unrelated person or entity; (c) the acquisition by any person or any group of persons, acting together in any transaction or related series of transactions, of such quantity of the Company’s voting securities as causes such person, or group of persons, to own beneficially, directly or indirectly, as of the time immediately after such transaction or related series of transactions, 50 percent or more of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the Company other
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than as a result of (i) an acquisition of securities directly from the Company or (ii) an acquisition of securities by the Company which, by reducing the voting securities outstanding, increases the proportionate voting power represented by the voting securities owned by any such person or group of persons to 50 percent or more of the combined voting power of such voting securities; or (d) the liquidation or dissolution of the Company.
“Section 409A” means Section 409A of the Code and the regulations and other guidance promulgated thereunder.
“Stock” means the Common Stock, par value$0.0001 per share, of the Company, subject to adjustments pursuant to Section 3.
“Subsidiary” means any corporation or other entity(other than the Company) in which the Company has more than a 50 percent interest, either directly or indirectly.
“Ten Percent Owner” means an employee who owns or is deemed to own (by reason of the attribution rules of Section424(d) of the Code) more than 10 percent of the combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any parent of the Company or any Subsidiary.
“Unrestricted Stock Award” means an Award of shares of Stock, free of any vesting restrictions, granted pursuant to Section 7.
SECTION 2. ADMINISTRATION OF PLAN; COMMITTEE AUTHORITY TO SELECT GRANTEES AND DETERMINE AWARDS
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All decisions and interpretations of the Committee shall be binding on all persons, including the Company and Plan grantees.
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SECTION 3. STOCK ISSUABLE UNDER THE PLAN; MERGERS AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS; SUBSTITUTION
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(d) Substitute Awards. The Committee may grant Awards under the Plan in substitution for stock and similar stock-based awards held by employees, directors or other key persons of another corporation in connection with the merger or consolidation of the employing corporation with the Company or a Subsidiary or the acquisition by the Company or a Subsidiary of property or stock of the employing corporation. The Committee may direct that the substitute awards be granted on such terms and conditions as the Committee considers appropriate in the circumstances. Any substitute Awards granted under the Plan shall not count against the share limitation set forth in Section 3(a).
SECTION 4. ELIGIBILITY
Grantees under the Plan will be such full or part-time officers and other employees, directors and key persons (including prospective employees, but conditioned on their employment, and Consultants) of the Company and any Subsidiary who are selected from time to time by the Committee in its sole discretion; provided, however, that an Incentive Stock Option may be granted only to a person who, at the time the Incentive Stock Option is granted, is an employee of the Company or any Subsidiary.
SECTION 5. STOCK OPTIONS
Any Stock Option granted under the Plan must be made pursuant to a Stock Option Award Agreement in such form as the Committee may from time to time approve. Option Award Agreements need not be identical.
Stock Options granted under the Plan may be either Incentive Stock Options or Non- Qualified Stock Options. Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to employees of the Company or any Subsidiary that is a “subsidiary corporation” within the meaning of
Section 424(f) of the Code. To the extent that any Option does not qualify as an Incentive Stock Option, it shall be deemed a Non-Qualified Stock Option.
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No Incentive Stock Option shall be granted under the Plan after the date which is ten years from the date the Plan is approved by the Board.
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Payment instruments will be received subject to collection. No certificates for shares of Stock so purchased will be issued to the optionee until the Company has completed all steps required by law to be taken in connection with the issuance and sale of the shares, including without limitation (i) receipt of a representation from the optionee at the time of exercise of the Option that the optionee is purchasing the shares for the optionee’s own account and not with a view to any sale or distribution thereof, (ii) the legending of any certificate representing the shares to evidence the foregoing restrictions, and (iii) obtaining from optionee payment or provision for all withholding taxes due as a result of the exercise of the Option. The delivery of certificates representing the shares of Stock to be purchased pursuant to the exercise of a Stock Option will be contingent upon receipt from the optionee (or a purchaser acting in his or her stead in accordance with the provisions of the Stock Option) by the Company of the full purchase price for such shares and the fulfillment of any other requirements contained in the Option Award Agreement or applicable provisions of laws. In the event an optionee chooses to pay the purchase price by previously-owned shares of Stock through the attestation method, the number of shares of Stock transferred to the optionee upon the exercise of the Stock Option shall be net of the number of shares attested to.
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SECTION 6. RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS
SECTION 7. UNRESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS
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SECTION 8. RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS
SECTION 9. TAX WITHHOLDING
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SECTION 10. SECTION 409A AWARDS.
To the extent that any Award is determined to constitute “nonqualified deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A (a “409A Award”), the Award shall be subject to such additional rules and requirements as specified by the Committee from time to time in order to comply with Section409A. In this regard, if any amount under a 409A Award is payable upon a “separation from service” (within the meaning of Section 409A) to a grantee who is considered a “specified employee” (within the meaning of Section 409A), then no such payment shall be made prior to the date that is the earlier of (i) six months and one day after the grantee’s date of separation from service, or (ii) the grantee’s death, but only to the extent such delay is necessary to prevent such payment from being subject to interest, penalties and/or additional tax imposed pursuant to Section 409A.
SECTION 11. TRANSFER, LEAVEOF ABSENCE, ETC.
For purposes of the Plan, the following events shall not be deemed a termination of employment:
SECTION 12. AMENDMENTS AND TERMINATION
The Board may, at any time, amend or discontinue the Plan and the Committee may, at any time, amend or cancel any outstanding Award(or provide substitute Awards at the same or a reduced exercise or purchase price or with no exercise or purchase price in a manner not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan; provided, that such price, if any, must satisfy the requirements which would apply to the substitute or amended Award if it were then initially granted under the Plan for the purpose of satisfying changes in law or for any other lawful purpose), but no such action shall adversely affect rights under any outstanding Award without the consent of the holder of the Award. The Committee may exercise its discretion to reduce the exercise price of outstanding Stock Options or effect repricing through cancellation of outstanding Awards and by granting such holders new Awards in replacement of the cancelled Awards. To the extent determined by the Committee to be required either by the Code to ensure that Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan are qualified under Section 422 of the Code or otherwise, Plan amendments shall be subject to approval by the Company stockholders entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders. Nothing in this Section 12 shall limit the Board’s or Committee’s authority to take any action permitted pursuant to Section 3(c).
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SECTION 13. STATUS OF PLAN
With respect to the portion of any Award that has not been exercised and any payments in cash, Stock or other consideration not received by a grantee, a grantee shall have no rights greater than those of a general creditor of the Company unless the Committee shall otherwise expressly so determine in connection with any Award or Awards. In its sole discretion, the Committee may authorize the creation of trusts or other arrangements to meet the Company’s obligations to deliver Stock or make payments with respect to Awards hereunder; provided, that the existence of such trusts or other arrangements is consistent with the foregoing sentence.
SECTION 14. GENERAL PROVISIONS
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The transferability of this certificate and the shares of stock represented hereby are subject to the restrictions, terms and conditions (including repurchase and restrictions against transfers) contained in the ID Experts Holdings, Inc. 2016 Stock Option and Grant Plan and any agreement entered into thereunder by and between the company and the holder of this certificate (a copy of which is available at the offices of the company for examination).
SECTION 15. EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN
The Plan shall become effective upon approval of stockholders in accordance with applicable state law and the Company’s bylaws and articles of incorporation. Subject to such approval by the stockholders and to the requirement that no Stock may be issued hereunder prior to such approval, Stock Options and other Awards may be granted hereunder on and after adoption of the Plan by the Board. No grants of Stock Options and other Awards may be made hereunder after the tenth anniversary of the Effective Date and no grants of Incentive Stock Options may be made hereunder after the tenth anniversary of the date the Plan is approved by the Board.
SECTION 16. GOVERNING LAW
This Plan, all Awards and any controversy arising out of or relating to this Plan and all Awards shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as to matters within the scope thereof, and as to all other matters shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to conflict of law principles that would result in the application of any law other than the law of the State of Delaware.
DATE APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: , 2016
DATE APPROVED BY THE STOCKHOLDERS: , 2016
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ID EXPERTS HOLDINGS, INC. 2017 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
SECTION 1. PURPOSE
The purpose of the ID Experts Holdings, Inc. 2017 Equity Incentive Plan is to attract, retain and motivate employees, officers, directors, consultants, agents, advisors and independent contractors of the Company and its Related Companies by providing them the opportunity to acquire a proprietary interest in the Company and to align their interests and efforts to the long-term interests of the Company's stockholders.
SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS
Certain capitalized terms used in the Plan have the meanings set forth in Appendix A.
SECTION 3. ADMINISTRATION
3.1 Administration of the Plan
The Plan shall be administered by the Board. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may delegate concurrent responsibility for administering the Plan, including with respect to designated classes of Eligible Persons, to a committee or committees (which term includes subcommittees) consisting of one or more members of the Board, subject to such limitations as the Board deems appropriate. 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 members of any committee acting as Plan Administrator, with respect to any persons subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, the provisions regarding "non-employee directors" as contemplated by Rule 16b-3(b)(3) under the Exchange Act, or any successor provision thereto. Members of any committee shall serve for such term as the Board may determine, subject to removal by the Board at any time. All references in the Plan to the "Plan Administrator" shall be, as applicable, to the Board or any committee to whom the Board has delegated authority to administer the Plan.
3.2 Administration and Interpretation by Plan Administrator
(vii) interpret and administer the Plan and any instrument evidencing an Award, notice or agreement executed or entered into under the Plan; (viii) establish such rules and regulations as
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it shall deem appropriate for the proper administration of the Plan; (ix) delegate ministerial duties to such of the Company's employees as it so determines; and (x) make any other determination and take any other action that the Plan Administrator deems necessary or desirable for administration of the Plan.
SECTION 4. SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN
4.1 Authorized Number of Shares
Subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in Section 14.1, the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan shall be 4,722,732 shares available for issuance, and not issued or subject to outstanding awards, under the Company's 2016 Stock Option and Grant Plan (the "Prior Plan") on the Effective Date and up to 1,565,000 shares subject to outstanding awards under the Prior Plan on the Effective Date that cease to be subject to such awards following the Effective Date (other than by reason of exercise or settlement of the awards to the extent they are exercised for or settled in shares), subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in Section 14.1, which shares shall cease, as of such date, to be available for grant and issuance under the Prior Plan, but shall be available for issuance under the Plan.
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 Share Usage
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SECTION 5. ELIGIBILITY
An Award may be granted to any employee, officer or director of the Company or a Related Company whom the Plan Administrator from time to time selects. An Award may also be granted to any consultant, agent, advisor or independent contractor for bona fide services rendered to the Company or any Related Company that (a) are not in connection with the offer and sale of the Company's securities in a capital-raising transaction and (b) do not directly or indirectly promote or maintain a market for the Company's securities.
SECTION 6. AWARDS
6.1 Form, Grant and Settlement of Awards
The Plan Administrator shall have the authority, in its sole discretion, to determine the type or types of Awards to be granted under the Plan. Such Awards may be granted either alone or in addition to or in tandem with any other type of Award. Any Award settlement may be subject to such conditions, restrictions and contingencies as the Plan Administrator shall determine.
6.2 Evidence of Awards
Awards granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by a written, including an electronic, instrument that shall contain such terms, conditions, limitations and restrictions as the Plan Administrator shall deem advisable and that are not inconsistent with the Plan.
6.3 Deferrals
To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Plan Administrator may permit or require a Participant to defer receipt of the payment of any Award. If any such deferral election is permitted or required, the Plan Administrator, in its sole discretion, shall establish rules and procedures for such payment deferrals, which may include the grant of additional Awards or provisions for the payment or crediting of interest or dividend equivalents, including converting such credits to deferred stock unit equivalents. All deferrals by Participants shall be made in accordance with Section 409A.
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6.4 Dividends and Distributions
Participants may, if the Plan Administrator so determines, be credited with dividends or dividend equivalents paid with respect to shares of Common Stock underlying an Award in a manner determined by the Plan Administrator in its sole discretion. The Plan Administrator may apply any restrictions to the dividends or dividend equivalents that the Plan Administrator deems appropriate. The Plan Administrator, in its sole discretion, may determine the form of payment of dividends or dividend equivalents, including cash, shares of Common Stock, Restricted Stock or Stock Units. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the right to any dividends or dividend equivalents declared and paid on the number of shares underlying an Option or a Stock Appreciation Right may not be contingent, directly or indirectly, on the exercise of the Option or Stock Appreciation Right, and must comply with or qualify for an exemption under Section 409A. Also notwithstanding the foregoing, the right to any dividends or dividend equivalents declared and paid on Restricted Stock must (a) be paid at the same time such dividends or dividend equivalents are paid to other stockholders and (b) comply with or qualify for an exemption under Section 409A.
SECTION 7. OPTIONS
7.1 Grant of Options
The Plan Administrator may grant Options designated as Incentive Stock Options or Nonqualified Stock Options.
7.2 Option Exercise Price
Options shall be granted with an exercise price per share not less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the Grant Date (and not less than the minimum exercise price required by Section 422 of the Code with respect to Incentive Stock Options), except in the case of Substitute Awards.
7.3 Term of Options
Subject to earlier termination in accordance with the terms of the Plan and the instrument evidencing the Option, the maximum term of an Option (the "Option Term") shall be ten years from the Grant Date. For Incentive Stock Options, the Option Term shall be as specified in Section 8.4.
7.4 Exercise 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, any of which provisions may be waived or modified by the Plan Administrator at any time.
To the extent an Option has vested and become exercisable, the Option may be exercised in whole or from time to time in part by delivery to or as directed or approved by the Company of a properly executed stock option exercise agreement or notice, in a form and in accordance with procedures established by the Plan Administrator, setting forth the number of shares with respect to which the Option is being exercised, the restrictions imposed on the shares
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purchased under such exercise agreement or notice, if any, and such representations and agreements as may be required by the Plan Administrator, accompanied by payment in full as described in Section 7.5. An Option may be exercised only for whole shares and may not be exercised for less than a reasonable number of shares at any one time, as determined by the Plan Administrator.
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 before the Company will issue the shares being purchased and must be in a form or a combination of forms acceptable to the Plan Administrator for that purchase, which forms may include:
In addition, to assist a Participant (including directors and executive officers) in acquiring shares of Common Stock pursuant to an Option granted under the Plan, the Plan Administrator, in its sole discretion and to the extent permitted by applicable law, may authorize, either at the Grant Date or at any time before the acquisition of Common Stock pursuant to the Option, (i) the payment by a Participant of the purchase price of the Common Stock by a promissory note or (ii) the guarantee by the Company of a loan obtained by the Participant from a third party. Such notes or loans must be full recourse to the extent necessary to avoid adverse accounting charges to the Company's earnings for financial reporting purposes. Subject to the foregoing, the Plan Administrator shall in its sole discretion specify the terms of any loans or loan guarantees, including the interest rate and terms of and security for repayment.
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7.6 Effect of Termination of Service
The Plan Administrator shall establish and set forth in each instrument that evidences an Option whether the Option shall continue to be exercisable, and the terms and conditions of such exercise, after a Termination of Service, any of which provisions may be waived or modified by the Plan Administrator at any time. If not otherwise established in the instrument evidencing the Option, the Option shall be exercisable according to the following terms and conditions, which may be waived or modified by the Plan Administrator at any time:
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Participant dies after the Participant's Termination of Service but while an Option is otherwise exercisable, the portion of the Option that is vested and exercisable on the date of such Termination of Service shall expire upon the earlier to occur of (y) the Option Expiration Date and (z) the one-year anniversary of the date of death, unless the Plan Administrator determines otherwise.
Also notwithstanding the foregoing, in case a Participant's Termination of Service occurs for Cause, all Options granted to the Participant shall automatically expire upon first notification to the Participant of such Termination of Service, unless the Plan Administrator determines otherwise. If a Participant's employment or service relationship with the Company is suspended pending an investigation of whether the Participant shall be terminated for Cause, all the Participant's rights under any Option shall likewise be suspended during the period of investigation. If any facts that would constitute termination for Cause are discovered after a Participant's Termination of Service, any Option then held by the Participant may be immediately terminated by the Plan Administrator, in its sole discretion.
SECTION 8. INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION LIMITATIONS
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, the terms and conditions of any Incentive Stock Options shall in addition comply in all respects with Section 422 of the Code, or any successor provision, and any applicable regulations thereunder, including, to the extent required thereunder, the following:
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 a Participant's Incentive Stock Options become exercisable for the
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first time during any calendar year (under the Plan and all other stock option plans of the Company and its parent and subsidiary corporations) exceeds $100,000, such portion in excess of $100,000 shall be treated as a Nonqualified Stock 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 Eligible Employees
Individuals who are not employees of the Company or one of its parent or subsidiary corporations may not be granted Incentive Stock Options.
8.3 Exercise Price
Incentive Stock Options shall be granted with an exercise price per share not less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the Grant Date, and in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to a Participant who owns more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of the stock of the Company or of its parent or subsidiary corporations (a "Ten Percent Stockholder"), shall be granted with an exercise price per share not less than 110% of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the Grant Date. The determination of more than 10% ownership shall be made in accordance with Section 422 of the Code.
8.4 Option Term
Subject to earlier termination in accordance with the terms of the Plan and the instrument evidencing the Option, the maximum term of an Incentive Stock Option shall not exceed ten years, and in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to a Ten Percent Stockholder, shall not exceed five years.
8.5 Exercisability
An Option designated as an Incentive Stock Option shall cease to qualify for favorable tax treatment as an Incentive Stock Option to the extent it is exercised (if permitted by the terms of the Option) (a) more than three months after the date of a Participant's termination of employment if termination was for reasons other than death or disability, (b) more than one year after the date of a Participant's termination of employment if termination was by reason of disability, or (c) more than six months following the first day of a Participant's leave of absence that exceeds three months, 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 acquired upon the exercise of an Incentive Stock Option for two years after the Grant Date and one year after 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 Participant shall give the Company prompt notice of any
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disposition of shares acquired on the exercise of an Incentive Stock Option prior to the expiration of such holding periods.
8.7 Code Definitions
For the purposes of this Section 8, "disability," "parent corporation" and "subsidiary corporation" shall have the meanings attributed to those terms for purposes of Section 422 of the Code.
8.8 Stockholder Approval
If the stockholders of the Company do not approve the Plan within 12 months after the Board's adoption of the Plan (or the Board's adoption of any amendment to the Plan that constitutes the adoption of a new plan for purposes of Section 422 of the Code), Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan after the date of the Board's adoption (or approval) will be treated as Nonqualified Stock Options. No Incentive Stock Options may be granted more than ten years after the earlier of the approval by the Board or the stockholders of the Plan (or any amendment to the Plan that constitutes the adoption of a new plan for purposes of Section 422 of the Code).
8.9 Promissory Notes
The amount of any promissory note delivered pursuant to Section 7.5 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. STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS
9.1 Grant of Stock Appreciation Rights
The Plan Administrator may grant Stock Appreciation Rights to Participants at any time on such terms and conditions as the Plan Administrator shall determine in its sole discretion. An SAR may be granted in tandem with an Option (a "tandem SAR") or alone (a "freestanding SAR"). The grant price of a tandem SAR shall be equal to the exercise price of the related Option. The grant price of a freestanding SAR shall be established in accordance with procedures for Options set forth in Section 7.2. An SAR may be exercised upon such terms and conditions and for such term as the Plan Administrator determines in its sole discretion; provided, however, that, subject to earlier termination in accordance with the terms of the Plan and the instrument evidencing the SAR, the maximum term of a freestanding SAR shall be ten years, and in the case of a tandem SAR, (a) the term shall not exceed the term of the related Option and (b) the tandem SAR may be exercised for all or part of the shares subject to the related Option upon the surrender of the right to exercise the equivalent portion of the related Option, except that the tandem SAR may be exercised only with respect to the shares for which its related Option is then exercisable.
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9.2 Payment of SAR Amount
Upon the exercise of an SAR, a Participant shall be entitled to receive payment in an amount determined by multiplying: (a) the difference between the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the date of exercise over the grant price of the SAR by (b) the number of shares with respect to which the SAR is exercised. At the discretion of the Plan Administrator as set forth in the instrument evidencing the Award, the payment upon exercise of an SAR may be in cash, in shares, in some combination thereof or in any other manner approved by the Plan Administrator in its sole discretion.
9.3 Waiver of Restrictions
The Plan Administrator, in its sole discretion, may waive any other terms, conditions or restrictions on any SAR under such circumstances and subject to such terms and conditions as the Plan Administrator shall deem appropriate.
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SECTION 10. STOCK AWARDS, RESTRICTED STOCK AND STOCK UNITS
10.1 Grant of Stock Awards, Restricted Stock and Stock Units
The Plan Administrator may grant Stock Awards, Restricted Stock and Stock Units on such terms and conditions and subject to such repurchase or forfeiture restrictions, if any, which may be based on continuous service with the Company or a Related Company or the achievement of any performance goals, 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.
10.2 Vesting of Restricted Stock and Stock Units
Upon the satisfaction of any terms, conditions and restrictions prescribed with respect to Restricted Stock or Stock Units, or upon a Participant's release from any terms, conditions and restrictions on Restricted Stock or Stock Units, as determined by the Plan Administrator,
(a) the shares covered by each Award of Restricted Stock shall become freely transferable by the Participant subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan (including the restrictions on transfer set forth in Section 13, the right of first refusal, repurchase and other rights set forth in Section 15 and the market standoff requirements set forth in Section 16), the instrument evidencing the Award, and applicable securities laws, and (b) Stock Units shall be paid in shares of Common Stock or, if set forth in the instrument evidencing the Awards, in cash or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock. Any fractional shares subject to such Awards shall be paid to the Participant in cash.
10.3 Waiver of Restrictions
The Plan Administrator, in its sole discretion, may waive the repurchase or forfeiture period and any other terms, conditions or restrictions on any Restricted Stock or Stock Unit under such circumstances and subject to such terms and conditions as the Plan Administrator shall deem appropriate.
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SECTION 11. OTHER STOCK OR CASH-BASED AWARDS
Subject to the terms of the Plan and such other terms and conditions as the Plan Administrator deems appropriate, the Plan Administrator may grant other incentives payable in cash or in shares of Common Stock under the Plan.
SECTION 12. WITHHOLDING
(i) paying cash to the Company or a Related Company, as applicable, (ii) having the Company or a Related Company, as applicable, withhold an amount from any cash amounts otherwise due or to become due from the Company to the Participant, (iii) having the Company withhold a number of shares of Common Stock that would otherwise be issued to the Participant (or become vested, in the case of Restricted Stock) having a Fair Market Value equal to the tax withholding obligations and other obligations, or (iv) surrendering a number of shares of Common Stock the Participant already owns having a value equal to the tax withholding obligations and other obligations. The value of the shares so withheld or
tendered may not exceed the employer’s applicable minimum required tax withholding rate; provided, however, that, in the discretion of the Plan Administrator and to the extent permitted under applicable financial accounting standards, the value of shares so withheld or tendered may exceed the employer’s minimum required tax withholding rate but may not be greater than the maximum tax withholding rate, so long as the exercise of such discretion by the Plan Administrator would not result in adverse treatment for financial accounting purposes, as determined by the Plan Administrator in its sole discretion.
SECTION 13. RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER
13.1 No Assignment or Transfer of Awards
No Award or interest in an Award may be sold, assigned, pledged (as collateral for a loan or as security for the performance of an obligation or for any other purpose) or transferred by a Participant or made subject to attachment or similar proceedings otherwise than by will or by the applicable laws of descent and distribution, except to the extent the Participant designates one or more beneficiaries on a Company-approved form who may exercise the Award or receive payment under the Award after the Participant's death. During a Participant's lifetime, an Award may be exercised only by the Participant. Notwithstanding the foregoing and to the extent permitted by Section 422 of the Code, the Plan Administrator, in its sole discretion, may permit a Participant to assign or transfer an Award, subject to such terms and conditions as the Plan Administrator shall specify.
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13.2 Restrictions on Transfer of Common Stock
No shares of Common Stock acquired pursuant to an Award may be transferred, whether by a Participant or any other person or entity, except pursuant to a Permitted Transfer. As a condition to any Permitted Transfer, the person or entity to whom transfer-restricted Common Stock is so transferred shall be obligated to execute an agreement in form and substance prescribed by the Plan Administrator under which the recipient agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Plan. The restrictions imposed by this Section 13.2 shall terminate upon the earlier to occur of (a) the date on which the initial registration of the Common Stock under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act first becomes effective and (b) a Change of Control.
SECTION 14. ADJUSTMENTS
14.1 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 of Common Stock, or any securities exchanged therefor or received in their place, being exchanged for a different number or kind of securities of the Company or any other company or (b) new, different or additional securities of the Company or any other company being received by the holders of shares of Common Stock, then the Plan Administrator shall make proportional adjustments in (i) the maximum number and kind of securities available for issuance under the Plan; (ii) the maximum number and kind of securities issuable as Incentive Stock Options as set forth in Section 4.2(d); and (iii) 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.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the issuance by the Company of shares of stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class, for cash or property, or for labor or services rendered, either upon direct sale or upon the exercise of rights or warrants to subscribe therefor, or upon conversion of shares or obligations of the Company convertible into such shares or other securities, shall not affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, outstanding Awards. Also notwithstanding the foregoing, a dissolution or liquidation of the Company or a Change of Control shall not be governed by this Section 14.1 but shall be governed by Sections 14.2 and 14.3, respectively.
14.2 Dissolution or Liquidation
To the extent not previously exercised or settled, and unless otherwise determined by the Plan Administrator in its sole discretion, Awards shall terminate immediately prior to the dissolution or liquidation of the Company. To the extent a vesting condition, forfeiture provision or repurchase right applicable to an Award has not been waived by the Plan Administrator, the Award shall be forfeited immediately prior to the consummation of the dissolution or liquidation.
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14.3 Change of Control
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14.4 Further Adjustment of Awards
Subject to Sections 14.2 and 14.3, the Plan Administrator shall have the discretion, exercisable at any time before a sale, merger, consolidation, reorganization, liquidation, dissolution or change of control of the Company, as defined by the Plan Administrator, to take such further action as it determines to be necessary or advisable 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, lifting restrictions 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, dissolution or change of control that is the reason for such action.
14.5 No Limitations
The grant of Awards shall 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.
14.6 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, and any fractional shares resulting from such adjustment shall be disregarded.
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14.7 Section 409A
Subject to Section 18.5, but notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary,
(a) any adjustments made pursuant to this Section 14 to Awards that are considered "deferred compensation" within the meaning of Section 409A shall be made in compliance with the requirements of Section 409A and (b) any adjustments made pursuant to this Section 14 to Awards that are not considered "deferred compensation" subject to Section 409A shall be made in such a manner as to ensure that after such adjustment the Awards either (i) continue not to be subject to Section 409A or (ii) comply with the requirements of Section 409A.
SECTION 15. FIRST REFUSAL AND REPURCHASE RIGHTS; VOTING RESTRICTIONS
15.1 First Refusal Rights
Until the date on which the initial registration of the Common Stock under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act first becomes effective, the Company shall have the right of first refusal with respect to any proposed sale or other disposition by a Participant of any shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to an Award. Such right of first refusal shall be exercisable in accordance with the terms and conditions established by the Plan Administrator and set forth in the agreement evidencing the Participant's receipt of the shares or, if applicable, in a stockholders agreement or other similar agreement.
15.2 Repurchase Rights for Vested Shares
Until the date on which the initial registration of the Common Stock under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act first becomes effective, upon a Participant's Termination of Service, all vested shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to an Award (whether issued before or after such Termination of Service) shall be subject to repurchase by the Company, at the Company's sole discretion, at the Fair Market Value of such shares on the date of such repurchase. 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 the Participant's receipt of the shares or, if applicable, in a stockholders agreement or other similar agreement.
15.3 Other Rights and Voting Restrictions
Until the date on which the initial registration of the Common Stock under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act first becomes effective, the Plan Administrator may require a Participant, as a condition to receiving shares under the Plan, to become a party to a stock purchase agreement and/or a stockholders agreement or other similar agreement, in the form designated by the Plan Administrator, pursuant to which the Participant grants to the Company and/or its other stockholders certain rights, including but not limited to co-sale rights, and agrees to certain voting restrictions with respect to the shares acquired by the Participant under the Plan.
15.4 General
The Company's rights under this Section 15 are assignable by the Company at any time.
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SECTION 16. MARKET STANDOFF
In the event of an underwritten public offering by the Company of its equity securities pursuant to an effective registration statement filed under the Securities Act, including the Company's initial public offering, Participant shall not sell, make any short sale of, loan, hypothecate, pledge, grant any option for the purchase of, or otherwise dispose of or transfer for value or otherwise agree to engage in any of the foregoing transactions with respect to any securities of the Company however or whenever acquired (except for those being registered) without the prior written consent of the Company or the underwriters. Such limitations shall be in effect for such period of time as may be requested by the Company or such underwriter; provided, however, that in no event shall such period exceed 180 days after the effective date of the registration statement for such public offering, plus such additional period requested by the underwriters as is necessary to comply with regulatory restrictions on the publication of research reports (including, but not limited to, FINRA Rule 2241, or any amendments or successor rules). Each Participant shall execute an agreement reflecting the limitation of this Section 16 as may be requested by the underwriters at the time of such public offering. The limitations of this Section 16 shall in all events terminate two years after the effective date of the registration statement for the Company’s initial public offering pursuant to an effective registration statement filed under the Securities Act.
In the event of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination of shares, exchange of shares or other change affecting the Company's outstanding Common Stock effected as a class without the Company's receipt of consideration, any new, substituted or additional securities distributed with respect to the shares issued under the Plan shall be immediately subject to the provisions of this Section 16, to the same extent the shares issued under the Plan are at such time covered by such provisions.
In order to enforce the limitations of this Section 16, the Company may impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to the shares until the end of the applicable standoff period.
SECTION 17. AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
17.1 Amendment, Suspension or Termination
The Board may amend, suspend or terminate the Plan or any portion of the Plan at any time and in such respects as it shall deem advisable; provided, however, that, to the extent required by applicable law, regulation or stock exchange rule, stockholder approval shall be required for any amendment to the Plan. Subject to Section 17.3, the Board may amend the terms of any outstanding Award, prospectively or retroactively.
17.2 Term of the Plan
The Plan shall have no fixed expiration date. After the Plan is terminated, no future Awards may be granted under the Plan, but Awards previously granted shall remain outstanding in accordance with their applicable terms and conditions and the Plan's terms and conditions.
17.3 Consent of Participant
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The amendment, suspension or termination of the Plan or a portion thereof or the amendment of an outstanding Award shall not, without the Participant's consent, materially adversely affect any rights under any Award theretofore granted to the Participant 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.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any adjustments made pursuant to Section 14 shall not be subject to these restrictions.
Subject to Section 18.5, but notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, the Plan Administrator shall have broad authority to amend the Plan or any outstanding Award without the consent of the Participant to the extent the Plan Administrator deems necessary or advisable to comply with, or take into account, changes in applicable tax laws, securities laws, accounting rules or other applicable law, rule or regulation.
SECTION 18. GENERAL
18.1 No Individual Rights
No individual or Participant shall have any claim to be granted any Award under the Plan, and the Company has no obligation for uniformity of treatment of Participants under the Plan.
Furthermore, nothing in the Plan or any Award granted under the Plan shall be deemed to constitute an employment contract or confer or be deemed to confer on any Participant any right to continue in the employ of, or to continue any other relationship with, the Company or any Related Company or limit in any way the right of the Company or any Related Company to terminate a Participant's employment or other relationship at any time, with or without cause.
18.2 Issuance of Shares
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, the Company shall have no obligation to issue or deliver any shares of Common Stock under the Plan or make any other distribution of benefits under the Plan unless, in the opinion of the Company's counsel, such issuance, delivery or distribution would comply with all applicable laws (including, without limitation, the requirements of the Securities Act or the laws of any state or foreign jurisdiction) and the applicable requirements of any securities exchange or similar entity.
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 the laws of any state or foreign jurisdiction, 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.
As a condition to the exercise of an Option or any other receipt of Common Stock pursuant to an Award under the Plan, the Company may require (a) 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 and (b) such other action or agreement by the Participant as may from
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time to time be necessary to comply with federal, state and foreign securities 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 the Participant to execute and deliver to the Company a purchase agreement or such other agreement as may be in use by the Company at such time that describes certain terms and conditions applicable to the shares.
To the extent the Plan or any instrument evidencing an Award provides for issuance of stock certificates to reflect the issuance of shares of Common Stock, the issuance may be effected on an uncertificated basis, to the extent not prohibited by applicable law or the applicable rules of any stock exchange.
18.3 Indemnification
Each person who is or shall have been a member of the Board or a committee appointed by the Board in accordance with Section 3.1 shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against and from any loss, cost, liability or expense that may be imposed upon or reasonably incurred by such person in connection with or resulting from any claim, action, suit or proceeding to which such person may be a party or in which such person may be involved by reason of any action taken or failure to act under the Plan and against and from any and all amounts paid by such person in settlement thereof, with the Company's approval, or paid by such person in satisfaction of any judgment in any such claim, action, suit or proceeding against such person, unless such loss, cost, liability or expense is a result of such person's own willful misconduct or except as expressly provided by statute; provided, however, that such person shall give the Company an opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend the same before such person undertakes to handle and defend it on such person's own behalf.
The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which such person may be entitled under the Company's certificate of incorporation or bylaws, as a matter of law, or otherwise, or of any power that the Company may have to indemnify or hold harmless.
18.4 No Rights as a Stockholder
Unless otherwise provided by the Plan Administrator or in the instrument evidencing the Award or in a written employment, services or other agreement, no Award, other than a Stock Award or an Award of Restricted Stock, shall entitle the Participant to any cash 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.
18.5 Compliance with Laws and Regulations
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.
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The Plan and Awards granted under the Plan are intended to be exempt from the requirements of Section 409A to the maximum extent possible, whether pursuant to the short-term deferral exception described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(4), the exclusion applicable to stock options, stock appreciation rights and certain other equity-based compensation under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(5), or otherwise. To the extent Section 409A is applicable to the Plan or any Award granted under the Plan, it is intended that the Plan and any Awards granted under the Plan shall comply with the deferral, payout, plan termination and other limitations and restrictions imposed under Section 409A. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or any Award granted under the Plan to the contrary, the Plan and any Award granted under the Plan shall be interpreted, operated and administered in a manner consistent with such intentions; provided, however, that the Plan Administrator makes no representations that Awards granted under the Plan shall be exempt from or comply with Section 409A and makes no undertaking to preclude Section 409A from applying to Awards granted under the Plan. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or any Award granted under the Plan to the contrary, with respect to any payments and benefits under the Plan or any Award granted under the Plan to which Section 409A applies, all references in the Plan or any Award granted under the Plan to the termination of the Participant's employment or service are intended to mean the Participant's "separation from service," within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(i) to the extent necessary to avoid subjecting the Participant to the imposition of any additional tax under Section 409A. In addition, if the Participant is a "specified employee," within the meaning of Section 409A, then to the extent necessary to avoid subjecting the Participant to the imposition of any additional tax under Section 409A, amounts that would otherwise be payable under the Plan or any Award granted under the Plan during the six-month period immediately following the Participant's "separation from service," within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(i), shall not be paid to the Participant during such period, but shall instead be accumulated and paid to the Participant (or, in the event of the Participant's death, the Participant's estate) in a lump sum on the first business day after the earlier of the date that is six months following the Participant's separation from service or the Participant's death. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, the Plan Administrator, to the extent it deems necessary or advisable in its sole discretion, reserves the right, but shall not be required, to unilaterally amend or modify the Plan and any Award granted under the Plan so that the Award qualifies for exemption from or complies with Section 409A.
18.6 Participants in Other Countries or Jurisdictions
Without amending the Plan, the Plan Administrator may grant Awards to Eligible Persons who are foreign nationals on such terms and conditions different from those specified in the Plan, as may, in the judgment of the Plan Administrator, be necessary or desirable to foster and promote achievement of the purposes of the Plan and shall have the authority to adopt such modifications, procedures, subplans and the like as may be necessary or desirable to comply with provisions of the laws or regulations of other countries or jurisdictions in which the Company or any Related Company may operate or have employees to ensure the viability of the benefits from Awards granted to Participants employed in such countries or jurisdictions, meet the requirements that permit the Plan to operate in a qualified or tax efficient manner, comply with applicable foreign laws or regulations and meet the objectives of the Plan.
18.7 No Trust or Fund
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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.
18.8 Successors
All obligations of the Company under the Plan with respect to Awards shall be binding on any successor to the Company, whether the existence of such successor is the result of a direct or indirect purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise, of all or substantially all the business and/or assets of the Company.
18.9 Severability
If any provision of the Plan or any Award is determined to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, or as to any person, or would disqualify the Plan or any Award 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 Award, such provision shall be stricken as to such jurisdiction, person or Award, and the remainder of the Plan and any such Award shall remain in full force and effect.
18.10 Choice of Law and Venue
The Plan, all Awards granted thereunder and all determinations made and actions taken pursuant hereto, to the extent not otherwise governed by the laws of the United States, shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware without giving effect to principles of conflicts of law. Participants irrevocably consent to the nonexclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts located in the State of Delaware.
18.11 Legal Requirements
The granting of Awards and the issuance of shares of Common Stock under the Plan are subject to all applicable laws, rules and regulations, and to such approvals by any governmental agencies or national securities exchanges as may be required.
18.12 California Appendix Provisions
To the extent required by applicable law, Participants who are residents of the State of California shall be subject to the additional terms and conditions set forth in Appendix B to the Plan until such time as the Common Stock becomes a "listed" security under the Securities Act.
SECTION 19. EFFECTIVE DATE
The effective date (the "