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1999 Non-Employee Directors' Stock Option Plan - TiVo Inc.
TiVo Inc.
1999 Non-Employee Directors' Stock Option Plan
Adopted by the Board of Directors July 14, 1999
Approved By Stockholders July 14, 1999
Effective Date: July 14, 1999
Termination Date: July 13, 2009
1. Purposes.
(a) Eligible Option Recipients. The persons eligible to receive Options
are the Non-Employee Directors of the Company.
(b) Available Options. The purpose of the Plan is to provide a means by
which Non-Employee Directors may be given an opportunity to benefit from
increases in value of the Common Stock through the granting of Nonstatutory
Stock Options.
(c) General Purpose. The Company, by means of the Plan, seeks to retain
the services of its Non-Employee Directors, to secure and retain the services of
new Non-Employee Directors and to provide incentives for such persons to exert
maximum efforts for the success of the Company and its Affiliates.
2. Definitions.
(a) "Affiliate" means any parent corporation or subsidiary corporation of
the Company, whether now or hereafter existing, as those terms are defined in
Sections 424(e) and (f), respectively, of the Code.
(b) "Annual Grant" means an Option granted annually to all Non-Employee
Directors who meet the specified criteria pursuant to subsection 6(b) of the
Plan.
(c) "Annual Meeting" means the annual meeting of the stockholders of the
Company.
(d) "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.
(e) "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(f) "Common Stock" means the common stock of the Company.
(f) "Company" means TiVo Inc., a Delaware corporation.
(h) "Consultant" means any person, including an advisor, (i) engaged by
the Company or an Affiliate to render consulting or advisory services and who is
compensated for such services or (ii) who is a member of the Board of Directors
of an Affiliate. However, the
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term "Consultant" shall not include either Directors of the Company who are not
compensated by the Company for their services as Directors or Directors of the
Company who are merely paid a director's fee by the Company for their services
as Directors.
(i) "Continuous Service" means that the Optionholder's service with the
Company or an Affiliate, whether as an Employee, Director or Consultant, is not
interrupted or terminated. The Optionholder's Continuous Service shall not be
deemed to have terminated merely because of a change in the capacity in which
the Optionholder renders service to the Company or an Affiliate as an Employee,
Consultant or Director or a change in the entity for which the Optionholder
renders such service, provided that there is no interruption or termination of
the Optionholder's Continuous Service. For example, a change in status from a
Non-Employee Director of the Company to a Consultant of an Affiliate or an
Employee of the Company will not constitute an interruption of Continuous
Service. The Board or the chief executive officer of the Company, in that
party's sole discretion, may determine whether Continuous Service shall be
considered interrupted in the case of any leave of absence approved by that
party, including sick leave, military leave or any other personal leave.
(j) "Director" means a member of the Board of Directors of the Company.
(k) "Disability" means (i) before the Listing Date, the inability of a
person, in the opinion of a qualified physician acceptable to the Company, to
perform the major duties of that person's position with the Company or an
Affiliate of the Company because of the sickness or injury of the person and
(ii) after the Listing Date, the permanent and total disability of a person
within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.
(l) "Employee" means any person employed by the Company or an Affiliate.
Mere service as a Director or payment of a director's fee by the Company or an
Affiliate shall not be sufficient to constitute "employment" by the Company or
an Affiliate.
(m) "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(n) "Fair Market Value" means, as of any date, the value of the Common
Stock determined as follows:
(ii) If the Common Stock is listed on any established stock exchange
or traded on the Nasdaq National Market or the Nasdaq SmallCap Market, the Fair
Market Value of a share of Common Stock shall be the closing sales price for
such stock (or the closing bid, if no sales were reported) as quoted on such
exchange or market (or the exchange or market with the greatest volume of
trading in the Common Stock) on the last market trading day prior to the day of
determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as
the Board deems reliable.
(ii) In the absence of such markets for the Common Stock, the Fair
Market Value shall be determined in good faith by the Board.
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(iii) Prior to the Listing Date, the value of the Common Stock shall
be determined in a manner consistent with Section 260.140.50 of Title 10 of the
California Code of Regulations.
(o) "Initial Grant" means an Option granted to a Non-Employee Director who
meets the specified criteria pursuant to subsection 6(a) of the Plan.
(p) "IPO Date" means the effective date of the initial public offering of
the Common Stock.
(q) "Listing Date" means the first date upon which any security of the
Company is listed (or approved for listing) upon notice of issuance on any
securities exchange or designated (or approved for designation) upon notice of
issuance as a national market security on an interdealer quotation system if
such securities exchange or interdealer quotation system has been certified in
accordance with the provisions of Section 25100(o) of the California Corporate
Securities Law of 1968.
(r) "Non-Employee Director" means a Director who is not an Employee.
(s) "Nonstatutory Stock Option" means an Option not intended to qualify as
an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code and the
regulations promulgated thereunder.
(t) "Option" means a Nonstatutory Stock Option granted pursuant to the
Plan.
(u) "Option Agreement" means a written agreement between the Company and
an Optionholder evidencing the terms and conditions of an individual Option
grant. Each Option Agreement shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the
Plan.
(v) "Optionholder" means a person to whom an Option is granted pursuant to
the Plan or, if applicable, such other person who holds an outstanding Option.
(w) "Plan" means this TiVo Inc. 1999 Non-Employee Directors' Stock Option
Plan.
(x) "Rule 16b-3" means Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act or
any successor to Rule 16b-3, as in effect from time to time.
(y) "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(z) "Ten Percent Stockholder" means a person who owns (or is deemed to own
pursuant to Section 424(d) of the Code) stock possessing more than ten percent
(10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company
or of any of its Affiliates.
3. Administration.
(a) Administration by Board. The Board shall administer the Plan. The
Board may not delegate administration of the Plan to a committee.
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(b) Powers of Board. The Board shall have the power, subject to, and
within the limitations of, the express provisions of the Plan:
(i) To determine the provisions of each Option to the extent not
specified in the Plan.
(ii) To construe and interpret the Plan and Options granted under
it, and to establish, amend and revoke rules and regulations for its
administration. The Board, in the exercise of this power, may correct any
defect, omission or inconsistency in the Plan or in any Option Agreement, in a
manner and to the extent it shall deem necessary or expedient to make the Plan
fully effective.
(iii) To amend the Plan or an Option as provided in Section 12.
(iv) Generally, to exercise such powers and to perform such acts as
the Board deems necessary or expedient to promote the best interests of the
Company which are not in conflict with the provisions of the Plan.
4. Shares Subject to the Plan.
(a) Share Reserve. Subject to the provisions of Section 11 relating to
adjustments upon changes in stock, the stock that may be issued pursuant to
Options shall not exceed in the aggregate Five Hundred Thousand (500,000) shares
of Common Stock.
(b) Additional Shares. Commencing on December 31, 1999, the aggregate
number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to Options granted
under the Plan as specified in subsection 4(a) shall automatically be increased
each December 31 by one hundred thousand (100,000) shares of Common Stock.
(c) Reversion of Shares to the Share Reserve. If any Option shall for any
reason expire or otherwise terminate, in whole or in part, without having been
exercised in full, the stock not acquired under such Option shall revert to and
again become available for issuance under the Plan.
(d) Source of Shares. The stock subject to the Plan may be unissued shares
or reacquired shares, bought on the market or otherwise.
(e) Share Reserve Limitation. Prior to the Listing Date and to the extent
then required by Section 260.140.45 of Title 10 of the California Code of
Regulations, the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise
of all outstanding Options and the total number of shares of Common Stock
provided for under any stock bonus or similar plan of the Company shall not
exceed the applicable percentage as calculated in accordance with the conditions
and exclusions of Section 260.140.45 of Title 10 of the California Code of
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Regulations, based on the shares of Common Stock of the Company that are
outstanding at the time the calculation is made./1/
5. Eligibility. Nondiscretionary Options as set forth in section 6 shall be
granted under the Plan to all Non-Employee Directors.
6. Non-Discretionary Grants.
(a) Initial Grants.
(i) Each person who is a Non-Employee Director on the July 14, 1999
automatically shall be granted an Initial Grant to purchase Twenty Thousand
(20,000) shares of Common Stock on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
(ii) Each person who is elected or appointed for the first time to be
a Non-Employee Director after July 14, 1999 automatically shall, upon the date
of his or her initial election or appointment to be a Non-Employee Director by
the Board or stockholders of the Company, be granted an Initial Grant to
purchase Twenty Thousand (20,000) shares of Common Stock on the terms and
conditions set forth herein.
(b) Annual Grants. On the day following each Annual Meeting commencing
with the Annual Meeting in 2001, each person who is then a Non-Employee Director
and has been a Non-Employee Director for at least six (6) months automatically
shall be granted an Annual Grant to purchase Ten Thousand (10,000) shares of
Common Stock on the terms and conditions set forth herein; provided, however,
that, with respect to the first Annual Grant made to any Non-Employee Director,
at least eighteen (18) months must have elapsed between the Initial Grant to
such person and the first Annual Grant to such person.
7. Option Provisions.
Each Option shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as required by the Plan. Each Option shall contain such additional
terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the Plan, as the Board shall deem
appropriate. Each Option shall include (through incorporation of provisions
hereof by reference in the Option or otherwise) the substance of each of the
following provisions:
(a) Term. No Option shall be exercisable after the expiration of ten (10)
years from the date it was granted.
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/1/ Section 260.140.45 generally provides that the total number of shares
issuable upon exercise of all outstanding options (exclusive of certain rights)
and the total number of shares called for under any stock bonus or similar plan
shall not exceed a number of shares which is equal to 30% of the then
outstanding shares of the issuer (convertible preferred or convertible senior
common shares counted on an as if converted basis), exclusive of shares subject
to promotional waivers under Section 260.141, unless a percentage higher than
30% is approved by at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares entitled to
vote.
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(b) Exercise Price.
(i) General. Subject to subsection 6(b)(ii) below, the exercise price
of each Option shall be one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of
the stock subject to the Option on the date the Option is granted.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Option may be granted with an exercise price
lower than that set forth in the preceding sentence if such Option is granted
pursuant to an assumption or substitution for another option in a manner
satisfying the provisions of Section 424(a) of the Code.
(ii) Ten Percent Stockholders. Prior to the Listing Date, the exercise
price of each Option granted to a Ten Percent Stockholder shall be (i) one
hundred ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock at the
date of grant or (ii) subject to subsection 6(b)(i) above, such lower percentage
of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock at the date of grant as is
permitted by Section 260.140.41 of Title 10 of the California Code of
Regulations at the time of the grant of the Option.
(c) Consideration. The purchase price of stock acquired pursuant to an
Option may be paid, to the extent permitted by applicable statutes and
regulations, in any combination of (i) cash or check, (ii) delivery to the
Company of other Common Stock, (ii) deferred payment or (iv) any other form of
legal consideration that may be acceptable to the Board and provided in the
Option Agreement; provided, however, that at any time that the Company is
incorporated in Delaware, payment of the Common Stock's "par value," as defined
in the Delaware General Corporation Law, shall not be made by deferred payment.
In the case of any deferred payment arrangement, interest shall be
compounded at least annually and shall be charged at the minimum rate of
interest necessary to avoid the treatment as interest, under any applicable
provisions of the Code, of any amounts other than amounts stated to be interest
under the deferred payment arrangement.
(d) Transferability. An Option is not transferable, except (i) by will or
by the laws of descent and distribution, (ii) by instrument to an inter vivos or
testamentary trust, in a form accepted by the Company, in which the Option is to
be passed to beneficiaries upon the death of the trustor (settlor) and (iii) by
gift, in a form accepted by the Company, to a member of the "immediate family"
of the Optionholder as that term is defined in 17 C.F.R. 240.16a-1(e). In
addition, Optionholder may, by delivering written notice to the Company, in a
form satisfactory to the Company, designate a third party who, in the event of
the death of the Optionholder, shall thereafter be entitled to exercise the
Option.
(e) Vesting. Initial Grants shall vest at the rate of 1/24/th/ of the
shares subject to the Initial Grant per month over two (2) years from the date
of grant. Annual Grants shall be fully vested and exercisable on the date of
grant.
(f) Termination of Continuous Service. In the event an Optionholder's
Continuous Service terminates (other than upon the Optionholder's death or
Disability), the Optionholder may exercise his or her Option but only within
such period of time ending on the earlier of (i) the date three (3) months
following the termination of the Optionholder's Continuous Service, or (ii)
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the expiration of the term of the Option as set forth in the Option Agreement.
If, after termination, the Optionholder does not exercise his or her Option
within the time specified in the Option Agreement, the Option shall terminate.
(g) Extension of Termination Date. If the exercise of the Option following
the termination of the Optionholder's Continuous Service (other than upon the
Optionholder's death or Disability) would be prohibited at any time solely
because the issuance of shares would violate the registration requirements under
the Securities Act, then the Option shall terminate on the earlier of (i) the
expiration of the term of the Option set forth in subsection 7(a) or (ii) the
expiration of a period of three (3) months after the termination of the
Optionholder's Continuous Service during which the exercise of the Option would
not be in violation of such registration requirements.
(h) Disability of Optionholder. In the event an Optionholder's Continuous
Service terminates as a result of the Optionholder's Disability, the
Optionholder may exercise his or her Option, but only within such period of time
ending on the earlier of (i) the date twelve (12) months following such
termination or (ii) the expiration of the term of the Option as set forth in the
Option Agreement. If, after termination, the Optionholder does not exercise his
or her Option within the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate.
(i) Death of Optionholder. In the event (i) an Optionholder's Continuous
Service terminates as a result of the Optionholder's death or (ii) the
Optionholder dies within the three-month period after the termination of the
Optionholder's Continuous Service for a reason other than death, then the Option
may be exercised by the Optionholder's estate, by a person who acquired the
right to exercise the Option by bequest or inheritance or by a person designated
to exercise the Option upon the Optionholder's death, but only within the period
ending on the earlier of (1) the date eighteen (18) months following the date of
death or (2) the expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in the
Option Agreement. If, after death, the Option is not exercised within the time
specified herein, the Option shall terminate.
8. Covenants of the Company.
(a) Availability of Shares. During the terms of the Options, the Company
shall keep available at all times the number of shares of Common Stock required
to satisfy such Options.
(b) Securities Law Compliance. The Company shall seek to obtain from each
regulatory commission or agency having jurisdiction over the Plan such authority
as may be required to grant Options and to issue and sell shares of Common Stock
upon exercise of the Options; provided, however, that this undertaking shall not
require the Company to register under the Securities Act the Plan, any Option or
any stock issued or issuable pursuant to any such Option. If, after reasonable
efforts, the Company is unable to obtain from any such regulatory commission or
agency the authority which counsel for the Company deems necessary for the
lawful issuance and sale of stock under the Plan, the Company shall be relieved
from any liability for failure to issue and sell stock upon exercise of such
Options unless and until such authority is obtained.
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9. Use of Proceeds from Stock.
Proceeds from the sale of stock pursuant to Options shall constitute
general funds of the Company.
10. Miscellaneous.
(a) Stockholder Rights. No Optionholder shall be deemed to be the holder
of, or to have any of the rights of a holder with respect to, any shares subject
to such Option unless and until such Optionholder has satisfied all requirements
for exercise of the Option pursuant to its terms.
(b) No Service Rights. Nothing in the Plan or any instrument executed or
Option granted pursuant thereto shall confer upon any Optionholder any right to
continue to serve the Company as a Non-Employee Director or shall affect the
right of the Company or an Affiliate to terminate (i) the employment of an
Employee with or without notice and with or without cause, (ii) the service of a
Consultant pursuant to the terms of such Consultant's agreement with the Company
or an Affiliate or (iii) the service of a Director pursuant to the Bylaws of the
Company or an Affiliate, and any applicable provisions of the corporate law of
the state in which the Company or the Affiliate is incorporated, as the case may
be.
(c) Investment Assurances. The Company may require an Optionholder, as a
condition of exercising or acquiring stock under any Option, (i) to give written
assurances satisfactory to the Company as to the Optionholder's knowledge and
experience in financial and business matters and/or to employ a purchaser
representative reasonably satisfactory to the Company who is knowledgeable and
experienced in financial and business matters and that he or she is capable of
evaluating, alone or together with the purchaser representative, the merits and
risks of exercising the Option; and (ii) to give written assurances satisfactory
to the Company stating that the Optionholder is acquiring the stock subject to
the Option for the Optionholder's own account and not with any present intention
of selling or otherwise distributing the stock. The foregoing requirements, and
any assurances given pursuant to such requirements, shall be inoperative if
(iii) the issuance of the shares upon the exercise or acquisition of stock under
the Option has been registered under a then currently effective registration
statement under the Securities Act or (iv) as to any particular requirement, a
determination is made by counsel for the Company that such requirement need not
be met in the circumstances under the then applicable securities laws. The
Company may, upon advice of counsel to the Company, place legends on stock
certificates issued under the Plan as such counsel deems necessary or
appropriate in order to comply with applicable securities laws, including, but
not limited to, legends restricting the transfer of the stock.
(d) Withholding Obligations. The Optionholder may satisfy any federal,
state or local tax withholding obligation relating to the exercise or
acquisition of stock under an Option by any of the following means (in addition
to the Company's right to withhold from any compensation paid to the
Optionholder by the Company) or by a combination of such means: (i) tendering a
cash payment; (ii) authorizing the Company to withhold shares from the shares of
the Common Stock otherwise issuable to the Optionholder as a result of the
exercise or acquisition
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of stock under the Option; or (iii) delivering to the Company owned and
unencumbered shares of the Common Stock.
(e) Information Obligation. Prior to the Listing Date, to the extent
required by Section 260.140.46 of Title 10 of the California Code of
Regulations, the Company shall deliver financial statements to Optionholders at
least annually. This subsection 10(e) shall not apply to Optionholders whose
duties in connection with the Company assure them access to equivalent
information.
11. Adjustments upon Changes in Stock.
(a) Capitalization Adjustments. If any change is made in the stock subject
to the Plan, or subject to any Option, without the receipt of consideration by
the Company (through merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization,
reincorporation, stock dividend, dividend in property other than cash, stock
split, liquidating dividend, combination of shares, exchange of shares, change
in corporate structure or other transaction not involving the receipt of
consideration by the Company), the Plan will be appropriately adjusted in the
class(es) and maximum number of securities subject both to the Plan pursuant to
subsection 4(a) and to the nondiscretionary Options specified in Section 5, and
the outstanding Options will be appropriately adjusted in the class(es) and
number of securities and price per share of stock subject to such outstanding
Options. The Board shall make such adjustments, and its determination shall be
final, binding and conclusive. (The conversion of any convertible securities of
the Company shall not be treated as a transaction "without receipt of
consideration" by the Company.)
(b) Change in Control--Dissolution or Liquidation. In the event of a
dissolution or liquidation of the Company, then the vesting and exercisability
of outstanding Options shall accelerate immediately prior to such event, and all
outstanding Options shall terminate immediately prior to such event.
(c) Change in Control--Asset Sale, Merger, Consolidation or Reverse
Merger. In the event of (i) a sale, lease or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company, (ii) a sale by the stockholders
of the Company of the voting stock of the Company to another corporation and/or
its subsidiaries that results in the ownership by such corporation and/or its
subsidiaries of eighty percent (80%) or more of the combined voting power of all
classes of the voting stock of the Company entitled to vote; (iii) a merger or
consolidation in which the Company is not the surviving corporation or (iv) a
reverse merger in which the Company is the surviving corporation but the shares
of Common Stock outstanding immediately preceding the merger are converted by
virtue of the merger into other property, whether in the form of securities,
cash or otherwise, then any surviving corporation or acquiring corporation shall
assume any Options outstanding under the Plan or shall substitute similar
options (including an option to acquire the same consideration paid to the
stockholders in the transaction described in this subsection 11(c)) for those
outstanding under the Plan. Whether or not any surviving corporation or
acquiring corporation assumes such Options or substitutes similar options for
those outstanding under the Plan, the vesting and exercisability of outstanding
Options shall accelerate ten (10) days prior to such event. In the event any
surviving corporation
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or acquiring corporation refuses to assume such Options or to substitute similar
options for those outstanding under the Plan, then such Options shall terminate
if not exercised prior to such event.
12. Amendment of the Plan and Options.
(a) Amendment of Plan. The Board at any time, and from time to time, may
amend the Plan. However, except as provided in Section 11 relating to
adjustments upon changes in stock, no amendment shall be effective unless
approved by the stockholders of the Company to the extent stockholder approval
is necessary to satisfy the requirements of Rule 16b-3 or any Nasdaq or
securities exchange listing requirements.
(b) Stockholder Approval. The Board may, in its sole discretion, submit
any other amendment to the Plan for stockholder approval.
(c) No Impairment of Rights. Rights under any Option granted before
amendment of the Plan shall not be impaired by any amendment of the Plan unless
(i) the Company requests the consent of the Optionholder and (ii) the
Optionholder consents in writing.
(d) Amendment of Options. The Board at any time, and from time to time,
may amend the terms of any one or more Options; provided, however, that the
rights under any Option shall not be impaired by any such amendment unless (i)
the Company requests the consent of the Optionholder and (ii) the Optionholder
consents in writing.
13. Termination or Suspension of the Plan.
(a) Plan Term. The Board may suspend or terminate the Plan at any time.
Unless sooner terminated, the Plan shall terminate on the day before the tenth
(10/th/) anniversary of the date the Plan is adopted by the Board or approved by
the stockholders of the Company, whichever is earlier. No Options may be
granted under the Plan while the Plan is suspended or after it is terminated.
(b) No Impairment of Rights. Suspension or termination of the Plan shall
not impair rights and obligations under any Option granted while the Plan is in
effect except with the written consent of the Optionholder.
14. Effective Date of Plan.
The Plan shall become effective upon adoption by the Board, but no Option
shall be exercised unless and until the Plan has been approved by the
stockholders of the Company, which approval shall be within twelve (12) months
before or after the date the Plan is adopted by the Board.
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15. Choice of Law.
All questions concerning the construction, validity and interpretation of
this Plan shall be governed by the law of the State of Delaware, without regard
to such state's conflict of laws rules.
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