-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, LVOphhNyh6X1lIyHUGfXvwmOnsZQX6+0xcFZ8e7QM0yrWOeNHGf/cxCW9Uv2SgKQ Rs8lRBkD7Pu78f8MWlW2gw== /in/edgar/work/20000628/0000891618-00-003624/0000891618-00-003624.txt : 20000920 0000891618-00-003624.hdr.sgml : 20000920 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000891618-00-003624 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-8 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 6 FILED AS OF DATE: 20000628 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20000628 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: DOUBLECLICK INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001049480 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [7310 ] IRS NUMBER: 133870996 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-8 SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-40310 FILM NUMBER: 663448 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 450 W 33RD ST STREET 2: 16TH FL CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10001 BUSINESS PHONE: 2123815784 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 450 W 33RD ST STREET 2: 16TH FL CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10001 S-8 1 s-8.txt FORM S-8 1 As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 28, 2000 Registration No. 333-________ ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ___________________ FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT Under The Securities Act of 1933 ___________________ DOUBLECLICK INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) DELAWARE 13-3870996 (State or other jurisdiction (IRS Employer Identification No.) of incorporation or organization) 450 WEST 33RD STREET NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10001 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) FLASHBASE, INC. 1999 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN (Full title of the Plan(s)) ___________________ KEVIN J. O'CONNOR CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DOUBLECLICK INC. 450 WEST 33RD STREET NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10001 (Name and address of agent for service) (212) 683-0001 (Telephone Number, including area code, of agent for service) ___________________ CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
================================================================================================================ Proposed Maximum Proposed Maximum Amount of Title of Securities to be Amount to be Offering Price per Aggregate Offering Registration Registered Registered(1) Share(2) Price(2) Fee - ---------- ------------- ------------------ ------------------ ------------ Flashbase, Inc. 32,296 shares $2.15 $69,436.40 $18.33 1999 Equity Incentive Plan Common Stock, $0.001 par value - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock which become issuable under the Flashbase, Inc. 1999 Equity Incentive Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the Registrant's receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the outstanding shares of Registrant's Common Stock. (2) Calculated solely for purposes of this offering under Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on the basis of the average of the weighted exercise price per share of the Registrant's Common Stock. 2 PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference DoubleClick Inc. (the "Registrant") hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the following documents previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"): (a) The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission on February 17, 2000 for the fiscal year ended 1999; (b) The Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, filed with the Commission on May 12, 2000 for period ended March 31, 2000; (c) The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on November 10, 1999 (as amended on Form 8-K/A filed with the Commission on January 10, 2000), December 8, 1999 (as amended on Form 8-K/A filed with the Commission on January 10, 2000), January 13, 2000 (as amended on Form 8-K/A filed with the Commission on March 10, 2000), January 27, 2000 (for period dates November 1, 1999 and January 11, 2000), February 16, 2000, March 17, 2000 and June 26, 2000; and (d) The Registrant's Registration Statement No. 000-23709 on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on February 2, 1998 and amended on February 9, 1998 and December 1, 1998, pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), in which there is described the terms, rights and provisions applicable to the Registrant's outstanding Common Stock. All reports and definitive proxy or information statements filed pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act") after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which de-registers all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained 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 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. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel Not applicable. Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers The Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation (the "Certificate") provides that, except to the extent prohibited by the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL"), the Registrant's directors shall not be personally liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty as directors of the Registrant. Under the DGCL, the directors have a fiduciary duty to the Registrant which is not eliminated by this provision of the Certificate and, in appropriate circumstances, equitable remedies such as injunctive or other forms of non II-1 3 monetary relief will remain available. In addition, each director will continue to be subject to liability under the DGCL for breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Registrant, for acts or omissions which are found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct, for knowing violations of law, for actions leading to improper personal benefit to the director, and for payment of dividends or approval of stock repurchases or redemptions that are prohibited by DGCL. This provision also does not affect the directors' responsibilities under any other laws, such as the Federal securities laws or state or Federal environmental laws. The Registrant has obtained liability insurance for its officers and directors. Section 145 of the DGCL empowers a corporation to indemnify its directors and officers and to purchase insurance with respect to liability arising out of their capacity or status as directors and officers, provided that this 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) arising under Section 174 of the DGCL, or (iv)for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. The DGCL provides further that the indemnification permitted thereunder shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which the directors and officers may be entitled under the corporation's bylaws, any agreement, a vote of stockholders or otherwise. The Certificate eliminates the personal liability of directors to the fullest extent permitted by Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL and provides that the Registrant shall fully indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative) by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Registrant, or is or was serving at the request of the Registrant as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorney's fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding. At present, there is no pending litigation or proceeding involving any director, officer, employee or agent as to which indemnification will be required or permitted under the Certificate. The Registrant is not aware of any threatened litigation or proceeding that may result in a claim for such indemnification. Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed Not applicable. Item 8. Exhibits
Exhibit Number Exhibit -------------- ------- 4 Instruments Defining the Rights of Stockholders. Reference is made to Registrant's Registration Statement No. 000-23709 on Form 8-A, together with any exhibits thereto, which are incorporated herein by reference pursuant to Item 3(d) to this Registration Statement. 5 Opinion and consent of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP. 23.1 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Accountants. 23.2 Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Accountants 23.3 Consent of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP is contained in Exhibit 5. 24 Power of Attorney. Reference is made to page II-4 of this Registration Statement. 99.1 Flashbase, Inc. 1999 Equity Incentive Plan. 99.2 Form of Assumption Agreement
Item 9. Undertakings A. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: (1) to file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: (i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the 1933 Act, (ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, II-2 4 individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement and (iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement; provided, however, that clauses (1)(i) and (1)(ii) shall not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those clauses is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act that are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement; (2) that for the purpose of determining any liability under the 1933 Act each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; and (3) to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the Registrant's Flashbase, Inc. 1999 Equity Incentive Plan. B. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act that is incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. C. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the 1933 Act may be permitted to directors, officers or controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the indemnification provisions summarized in Item 6 or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that, in the opinion of the Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 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 1933 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. II-3 5 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 New York, State of New York on this 23rd day of June, 2000. DOUBLECLICK INC. By: /s/ Kevin J. O'Connor ---------------------------------- Kevin J. O'Connor Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS: That the undersigned officers and directors of DoubleClick Inc., a Delaware corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint Kevin J. O'Connor, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors and Stephen R. Collins, Chief Financial Officer, and each of them, the lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power and authority to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, and any one of them, determine may be necessary or advisable or required to enable said corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules or regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with this Registration Statement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing power and authority, the powers granted include the power and authority to sign the names of the undersigned officers and directors in the capacities indicated below to this Registration Statement, to any and all amendments, both pre-effective and post-effective, and supplements to this Registration Statement, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as part of or in conjunction with this Registration Statement or amendments or supplements thereof, and each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms that all said attorneys and agents, or any one of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney may be signed in several counterparts. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of the date indicated. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE --------- ----- ---- /s/ Kevin J. O'Connor Chief Executive Officer and Chairman June 23, 2000 - ----------------------------- of the Board (Principal Executive Kevin J. O'Connor Officer) /s/ Stephen R. Collins Chief Financial Officer (Principal June 23, 2000 - ----------------------------- Financial and Accounting Officer) Stephen R. Collins
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SIGNATURE TITLE DATE --------- ----- ---- /s/ Thomas S. Murphy Director June 23, 2000 - ----------------------------- Thomas S. Murphy /s/ Mark E. Nunnelly Director June 23, 2000 - ----------------------------- Mark E. Nunnelly Director ____________, _____ - ----------------------------- David N. Strohm Director ____________, _____ - ----------------------------- Dwight A. Merriman /s/ W. Grant Gregory Director June 23, 2000 - ----------------------------- W. Grant Gregory /s/ Don Peppers Director June 23, 2000 - ----------------------------- Don Peppers
II-5 7 EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number Exhibit -------------- ------- 4 Instruments Defining the Rights of Stockholders. Reference is made to Registrant's Registration Statement No. 000-23709 on Form 8-A, together with any exhibits thereto, which are incorporated herein by reference pursuant to Item 3(d) to this Registration Statement. 5 Opinion and consent of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP. 23.1 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Accountants. 23.2 Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Accountants 23.3 Consent of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP is contained in Exhibit 5. 24 Power of Attorney. Reference is made to page II-4 of this Registration Statement. 99.1 Flashbase, Inc. 1999 Equity Incentive Plan. 99.2 Form of Assumption Agreement
EX-5 2 ex5.txt EXHIBIT 5 1 EXHIBIT 5 OPINION AND CONSENT OF BROBECK, PHLEGER & HARRISON LLP June 23, 2000 DoubleClick Inc. 450 West 33rd Street New York, New York 10001 Re: DoubleClick Inc. - Registration Statement for Offering of 32,296 Shares of Common Stock Dear Ladies and Gentlemen: We have acted as counsel to DoubleClick Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the registration on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of 32,296 shares of the Company's common stock (the "Shares") for issuance under the Company's Flashbase, Inc. 1999 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). This opinion is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Item 8 of Form S-8 and Item 601(b)(5)(i) of Regulation S-K. We have reviewed the Company's charter documents and the corporate proceedings taken by the Company in connection with the establishment and implementation of the Plan. Based on such review, we are of the opinion that, if, as and when the Shares have been issued and sold (and the consideration therefor received) pursuant to the provisions of stock option agreements duly authorized under the Flashbase, Inc. 1999 Equity Incentive Plan and in accordance with the Registration Statement, such Shares will be duly authorized, legally issued, fully paid and nonassessable. We consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5 to the Registration Statement. This opinion letter is rendered as of the date first written above and we disclaim any obligation to advise you of facts, circumstances, events or developments which hereafter may be brought to our attention and which may alter, affect or modify the opinion expressed herein. Our opinion is expressly limited to the matters set forth above and we render no opinion, whether by implication or otherwise, as to any other matters relating to the Company, the Plan or the Shares. Very truly yours, /s/ BROBECK, PHLEGER & HARRISON LLP EX-23.1 3 ex23-1.txt EXHIBIT 23.1 1 EXHIBIT 23.1 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 pertaining to the Flashbase, Inc. 1999 Equity Incentive Plan of DoubleClick Inc. of our report dated January 18, 2000, except as for Note 11(b) which is as of February 11, 2000, relating to the consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule of DoubleClick Inc. which appears in DoubleClick Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999. /s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP New York, New York June 22, 2000 EX-23.2 4 ex23-2.txt EXHIBIT 23.2 1 EXHIBIT 23.2 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of DoubleClick Inc. dated June 28, 2000 of our report dated January 27, 1999, with respect to the consolidated balance sheet of NetGravity, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1998, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the years in two-year period ended December 31, 1998, which report appears in the December 31, 1999, annual report on Form 10-K of DoubleClick Inc. /s/ KPMG LLP KPMG LLP New York, New York June 23, 2000 EX-99.1 5 ex99-1.txt EXHIBIT 99.1 1 EXHIBIT 99.1 FLASHBASE, INC. 1999 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN AS ADOPTED ON JUNE 4, 1999 1. PURPOSE. The purpose of this Plan is to provide incentives to attract, retain and motivate eligible persons whose present and potential contributions are important to the success of the Company, its Parent and Subsidiaries, by offering them an opportunity to participate in the Company's future performance through awards of Options and Restricted Stock. Capitalized terms not defined in the text are defined in Section 22 hereof. This Plan is intended to be a written compensatory benefit plan within the meaning of Rule 701 promulgated under the Securities Act. 2. SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN. 2.1 Number of Shares Available. Subject to Sections 2.2 and 17 hereof, the total number of Shares reserved and available for grant and issuance pursuant to this Plan will be 2,000,000 Shares. Subject to Sections 2.2, 5.10 and 17 hereof, Shares subject to Awards previously granted will again be available for grant and issuance in connection with future Awards under this Plan to the extent such Shares: (i) cease to be subject to issuance upon exercise of an Option, other than due to exercise of such Option; (ii) are subject to an Award granted hereunder but the Shares subject to such award are forfeited or repurchased by the Company at the original issue price; or (iii) are subject to an Award that otherwise terminates without Shares being issued. At all times the Company will reserve and keep available a sufficient number of Shares as will be required to satisfy the requirements of all Awards granted and outstanding under this Plan. 2.2 Adjustment of Shares. In the event that the number of outstanding shares of the Company's Common Stock is changed by a stock dividend, recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, subdivision, combination, reclassification or similar change in the capital structure of the Company without consideration, then (i) the number of Shares reserved for issuance under this Plan, (ii) the Exercise Prices of and number of Shares subject to outstanding Options and (iii) the Purchase Prices of and number of Shares subject to other outstanding Awards will be proportionately adjusted, subject to any required action by the Board or the stockholders of the Company and compliance with applicable securities laws; provided, however, that fractions of a Share will not be issued but will either be paid in cash at the Fair Market Value of such fraction of a Share or will be rounded down to the nearest whole Share, as determined by the Committee; and provided, further, that the Exercise Price of any Option may not be decreased to below the par value of the Shares. 3. ELIGIBILITY. ISOs (as defined in Section 5 hereof) may be granted only to employees (including officers and directors who are also employees) of the Company or of a Parent or Subsidiary of the Company. NQSOs (as defined in Section 5 hereof) and Restricted Stock Awards may be granted to employees, officers, directors and consultants of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company; provided such consultants render bona fide services 1 2 not in connection with the offer and sale of securities in a capital-raising transaction. A person may be granted more than one Award under this Plan. 4. ADMINISTRATION. 4.1 Committee Authority. This Plan will be administered by the Committee or the Board is no Committee is created by the Board. Subject to the general purposes, terms and conditions of this Plan, and to the direction of the Board, the Committee will have full power to implement and carry out this Plan. Without limitation, the Committee will have the authority to: (a) construe and interpret this Plan, any Award Agreement and any other agreement or document executed pursuant to this Plan; (b) prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to this Plan; (c) approve persons to receive Awards; (d) determine the form and terms of Awards; (e) determine the number of Shares or other consideration subject to Awards; (f) determine whether Awards will be granted singly, in combination with, in tandem with, in replacement of, or as alternatives to, other Awards under this Plan or awards under any other incentive or compensation plan of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company; (g) grant waivers of any conditions of this Plan or any Award; (h) determine the terms of vesting, exercisability and payment of Awards; (i) correct any defect, supply any omission, or reconcile any inconsistency in this Plan, any Award, any Award Agreement, any Exercise Agreement or any Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement; (j) determine whether an Award has been earned; (k) make all other determinations necessary or advisable for the administration of this Plan; and (l) extend the vesting period beyond a Participant's Termination Date. 4.2 Committee Discretion. Unless in contravention of any express terms of this Plan or Award, any determination made by the Committee with respect to any Award will be made in its sole discretion either (i) at the time of grant of the Award, or (ii) subject to Section 5.9 hereof, at any later time. Any such determination will be final and binding on the Company and on all persons having an interest in any Award under this Plan. The Committee may delegate to one or more officers of the Company the authority to grant an Award under this Plan, provided such officer or officers are members of the Board. 2 3 5. OPTIONS. The Committee may grant Options to eligible persons described in Section 3 hereof and will determine whether such Options will be Incentive Stock Options within the meaning of the Code ("ISOs") or Nonqualified Stock Options ("NQSOs"), the number of Shares subject to the Option, the Exercise Price of the Option, the period during which the Option may be exercised, and all other terms and conditions of the Option, subject to the following: 5.1 Form of Option Grant. Each Option granted under this Plan will be evidenced by an Award Agreement which will expressly identify the Option as an ISO or an NQSO ("STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT"), and will be in such form and contain such provisions (which need not be the same for each Participant) as the Committee may from time to time approve, and which will comply with and be subject to the terms and conditions of this Plan. 5.2 Date of Grant. The date of grant of an Option will be the date on which the Committee makes the determination to grant such Option, unless a later date is otherwise specified by the Committee. The Stock Option Agreement and a copy of this Plan will be delivered to the Participant within a reasonable time after the granting of the Option. 5.3 Exercise Period. Options may be exercisable immediately but subject to repurchase pursuant to Section 11 hereof or may be exercisable within the times or upon the events determined by the Committee as set forth in the Stock Option Agreement governing such Option; provided, however, that no Option will be exercisable after the expiration of ten (10) years from the date the Option is granted; and provided further that no ISO granted to a person who directly or by attribution owns more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or of any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company ("TEN PERCENT SHAREHOLDER") will be exercisable after the expiration of five (5) years from the date the ISO is granted. The Committee also may provide for Options to become exercisable at one time or from time to time, periodically or otherwise, in such number of Shares or percentage of Shares as the Committee determines. Subject to earlier termination of the Option as provided herein, each Participant who is not an officer, director or consultant of the company or of a Parent or Subsidiary of the Company shall have the right to exercise an Option granted hereunder at the rate of no less than twenty percent (20%) per year over five (5) years from the date such Option is granted. 5.4 Exercise Price. The Exercise Price of an Option will be determined by the Committee when the Option is granted and may not be less than eighty-five percent (85%) of the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the date of grant; provided that (i) the Exercise Price of an ISO will not be less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the date of grant and (ii) the Exercise Price of any Option granted to a Ten Percent Shareholder will not be less than one hundred ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the date of grant. Payment for the Shares purchased must be made in accordance with Section 7 hereof. 5.5 Method of Exercise. Options may be exercised only by delivery to the Company of a written stock option exercise agreement (the "EXERCISE AGREEMENT") in a form approved by the Committee (which need not be the same for each Participant). The Exercise Agreement will state (i) the number of Shares being purchased, (ii) the restrictions imposed on 3 4 the Shares purchased under such Exercise Agreement, if any, and (iii) such representations and agreements regarding Participant's investment intent and access to information and other matters, if any, as may be required or desirable by the Company to comply with applicable securities laws. Participant shall execute and deliver to the Company the Exercise Agreement together with payment in full of the Exercise Price, and any applicable taxes, for the number of Shares being purchased. 5.6 Termination. Subject to earlier termination pursuant to Sections 17 and 18 hereof and notwithstanding the exercise periods set forth in the Stock Option Agreement, exercise of an Option will always be subject to the following: (a) If the Participant is Terminated for any reason other than death, Disability or for Cause, then the Participant may exercise such Participant's Options only to the extent that such Options are exercisable upon the Termination Date or as otherwise determined by the Committee. Such Options must be exercised by the Participant, if at all, as to all or some of the Vested Shares calculated as of the Termination Date or such other date determined by the Committee, within three (3) months after the Termination Date (or within such shorter time period, not less than thirty (30) days, or within such longer time period, not exceeding five (5) years, after the Termination Date as may be determined by the Committee, with any exercise beyond three (3) months after the Termination Date deemed to be an NQSO) but in any event, no later than the expiration date of the Options. (b) If the Participant is Terminated because of Participant's death or Disability (or the Participant dies within three (3) months after a Termination other than for Cause), then Participant's Options may be exercised only to the extent that such Options are exercisable by Participant on the Termination Date or as otherwise determined by the Committee. Such options must be exercised by Participant (or Participant's legal representative or authorized assignee), if at all, as to all or some of the Vested Shares calculated as of the Termination Date or such other date determined by the Committee, within twelve (12) months after the Termination Date (or within such shorter time period, not less than six (6) months, or within such longer time period, not exceeding five (5) years, after the Termination Date as may be determined by the Committee, with any exercise beyond (i) three (3) months after the Termination Date when the Termination is for any reason other than the Participant's death or disability, within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code, or (ii) twelve (12) months after the Termination Date when the Termination is for Participant's disability, within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code, deemed to be an NQSO) but in any event no later than the expiration date of the Options. (c) If the Participant is terminated for Cause, then Participant's Options shall expire on such Participant's Termination Date, or at such later time and on such conditions as are determined by the Committee. 4 5 5.7 Limitations on Exercise. The Committee may specify a reasonable minimum number of Shares that may be purchased on any exercise of an Option, provided that such minimum number will not prevent Participant from exercising the Option for the full number of Shares for which it is then exercisable. 5.8 Limitations on ISOs. The aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the date of grant) of Shares with respect to which ISOs are exercisable for the first time by a Participant during any calendar year (under this Plan or under any other incentive stock option plan of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company) will not exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000). If the Fair Market Value of Shares on the date of grant with respect to which ISOs are exercisable for the first time by a Participant during any calendar year exceeds One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000), then the Options for the first One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) worth of Shares to become exercisable in such calendar year will be ISOs and the Options for the amount in excess of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) that become exercisable in that calendar year will be NQSOs. In the event that the Code or the regulations promulgated thereunder are amended after the Effective Date (as defined in Section 18 hereof) to provide for a different limit on the Fair Market Value of Shares permitted to be subject to ISOs, then such different limit will be automatically incorporated herein and will apply to any Options granted after the effective date of such amendment. 5.9 Modification, Extension or Renewal. The Committee may modify, extend or renew outstanding Options and authorize the grant of new Options in substitution therefor, provided that any such action may not, without the written consent of a Participant, impair any of such Participant's rights under any Option previously granted. Any outstanding ISO that is modified, extended, renewed or otherwise altered will be treated in accordance with Section 424(h) of the Code. Subject to Section 5.10 hereof, the Committee may reduce the Exercise Price of outstanding Options without the consent of Participants by a written notice to them; provided, however, that the Exercise Price may not be reduced below the minimum Exercise Price that would be permitted under Section 5.4 hereof for Options granted on the date the action is taken to reduce the Exercise Price; provided, further, that the Exercise Price will not be reduced below the par value of the Shares, if any. 5.10 No Disqualification. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Plan, no term of this Plan relating to ISOs will be interpreted, amended or altered, nor will any discretion or authority granted under this Plan be exercised, so as to disqualify this Plan under Section 422 of the Code or, without the consent of the Participant, to disqualify any Participant's ISO under Section 422 of the Code. In no event shall the total number of Shares issued (counting each reissuance of a Share that was previously issued and then forfeited or repurchased by the Company as a separate issuance) under the Plan upon exercise of ISOs exceed 10,000,000 Shares (adjusted in proportion to any adjustments under Section 2.2 hereof) over the term of the Plan. 6. RESTRICTED STOCK. A Restricted Stock Award is an offer by the Company to sell to an eligible person Shares that are subject to certain specified restrictions. The Committee will determine to whom an offer will be made, the number of Shares the person may purchase, the Purchase Price, the restrictions to which the Shares will be subject, and all other terms and conditions of the Restricted Stock Award, subject to the following: 5 6 6.1 Form of Restricted Stock Award. All purchases under a Restricted Stock Award made pursuant to this Plan will be evidenced by an Award Agreement ("RESTRICTED STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT") that will be in such form (which need not be the same for each Participant) as the Committee will from time to time approve, and will comply with and be subject to the terms and conditions of this Plan. The Restricted Stock Award will be accepted by the Participant's execution and delivery of the Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement and full payment for the Shares to the Company within thirty (30) days from the date the Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement is delivered to the person. If such person does not execute and deliver the Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement along with full payment for the Shares to the Company within such thirty (30) days, then the offer will terminate, unless otherwise determined by the Committee. 6.2 Purchase Price. The Purchase Price of Shares sold pursuant to a Restricted Stock Award will be determined by the Committee and will be at least eighty-five percent (85%) of the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the date the Restricted Stock Award is granted or at the time the purchase is consummated, except in the case of a sale to a Ten Percent Shareholder, in which case the Purchase Price will be one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value on the date the Restricted Stock Award is granted or at the time the purchase is consummated. Payment of the Purchase Price must be made in accordance with Section 7 hereof. 6.3 Restrictions. Restricted Stock Awards may be subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 11 hereof or such other restrictions not inconsistent with Section 25102(o) of the California Corporations Code. 7. PAYMENT FOR SHARE PURCHASES. 7.1 Payment. Payment for Shares purchased pursuant to this Plan may be made in cash (by check) or, where expressly approved for the Participant by the Committee and where permitted by law: (a) by cancellation of indebtedness of the Company owed to the Participant; (b) by surrender of shares that: (i) either (A) have been owned by Participant for more than six (6) months and have been paid for within the meaning of SEC Rule 144 (and, if such shares were purchased from the Company by use of a promissory note, such note ahs been fully paid with respect to such shares) or (B) were obtained by Participant in the public market and (ii) are clear of all liens, claims, encumbrances or security interests; (c) by tender of a full recourse promissory note having such terms as may be approved by the Committee and bearing interest at a rate sufficient to avoid imputation of income under Sections 483 and 1274 of the Code; provided, however, that Participants who are not employees or directors of the Company will not be entitled to purchase Shares with a promissory note unless the note is adequately secured by collateral other than the Shares; provided, further, that the portion of the Exercise Price or 6 7 Purchase Price, as the case may be, equal to the par value of the Shares must be paid in cash or other legal consideration permitted by Delaware General Corporation Law; (d) by waiver of compensation due or accrued to the Participant from the Company for services rendered; (e) with respect only to purchases upon exercise of an Option, and provided that a public market for the Company's stock exists: (i) through a "same day sale" commitment from the Participant and a broker-dealer that is a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers (an "NASD DEALER") whereby the Participant irrevocably elects to exercise the Option and to sell a portion of the Shares so purchased sufficient to pay the total Exercise Price, and whereby the NASD Dealer irrevocably commits upon receipt of such Shares to forward the total Exercise Price directly to the Company; or (ii) through a "margin" commitment from the Participant and an NASD Dealer whereby the Participant irrevocably elects to exercise the Option and to pledge the Shares so purchased to the NASD Dealer in a margin account as security for a loan from the NASD Dealer in the amount of the total Exercise Price, and whereby the NASD Dealer irrevocably commits upon receipt of such Shares to forward the total Exercise Price directly to the Company; or (f) by any combination of the foregoing. 7.2 Loan Guarantees. The Committee may, in its sole discretion, elect to assist the Participant in paying for Shares purchased under this Plan by authorizing a guarantee by the Company of a third-party loan to the Participant. 8. WITHHOLDING TAXES. 8.1 Withholding Generally. Whenever Shares are to be issued in satisfaction of Awards granted under this Plan, the Company may require the Participant to remit to the Company an amount sufficient to satisfy federal, state and local withholding tax requirements prior to the delivery of any certificate or certificates for such Shares. Whenever, under this Plan, payments in satisfaction of Awards are to be made in cash by the Company, such payment will be net of an amount sufficient to satisfy federal, state, and local withholding tax requirements. 8.2 Stock Withholding. When, under applicable tax laws, a Participant incurs tax liability in connection with the exercise or vesting of any Award that is subject to tax withholding and the Participant is obligated to pay the Company the amount required to the withheld, the Committee may in its sole discretion allow the Participant to satisfy the minimum withholding tax obligation by electing to have the Company withhold from the Shares to be 7 8 issued that minimum number of Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to the minimum amount required to be withheld, determined on the date that the amount of tax to be withheld is to be determined; but in no event will the Company withhold Shares if such withholding would result in adverse accounting consequences to the Company. All elections by a Participant to have Shares withheld for this purpose will be made in accordance with the requirements established by the Committee for such elections and be in writing in a form acceptable to the Committee. 9. PRIVILEGES OF STOCK OWNERSHIP. 9.1 Voting and Dividends. No Participant will have any of the rights of a stockholder with respect to any Shares until the Shares are issued to the Participant. After Shares are issued to the Participant, the Participant will be a stockholder and have all the rights of a stockholder with respect to such Shares, including the right to vote and receive all dividends or other distributions made or paid with respect to such Shares; provided, that if such Shares are Restricted Stock, then any new, additional or different securities the Participant may become entitled to receive with respect to such Shares by virtue of a stock dividend, stock split or any other change in the corporate or capital structure of the Company will be subject to the same restrictions as the Restricted Stock. The Participant will have no right to retain such stock dividends or stock distributions with respect to Unvested Shares that are repurchased pursuant to Section 11 hereof. The Company will comply with Section 260.140.1 of Title 10 of the California Code of Regulations with respect to the voting rights of Common Stock. 9.2 Financial Statements. The Company will provide financial statements to each Participant annually during the period such Participant has Awards outstanding, or as otherwise required under Section 260.140.46 of Title 10 of the California Code of Regulations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will not be required to provide such financial statements to Participants when issuance is limited to key employees whose services in connection with the Company assure them access to equivalent information. 10. TRANSFERABILITY. Awards granted under this Plan, and any interest therein, will not be transferable or assignable by Participant, other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and may not be made subject to execution, attachment or similar process. During the lifetime of the Participant an Award will be exercisable only by the Participant or Participant's legal representative and any elections with respect to an Award may be made only by the Participant or Participant's legal representative. 11. RESTRICTIONS ON SHARES. 11.1 Right of First Refusal. At the discretion of the Committee, the Company may reserve to itself and/or its assignee(s) in the Award Agreement a right of first refusal to purchase all Shares that a Participant (or a subsequent transferee) may propose to transfer to a third party provided that such right of first refusal terminates upon the Company's initial public offering of Common Stock pursuant to an effective registration statement filed under the Securities Act. 8 9 11.2 Right of Repurchase. At the discretion of the Committee, the Company may reserve to itself and/or its assignee(s) in the Award Agreement a right to repurchase Unvested Shares held by a Participant for cash and/or cancellation of purchase money indebtedness owed to the Company by the Participant following such Participant's Termination at any time within the later of ninety (90) days after the Participant's Termination Date and the date the Participant purchases Shares under the Plan at the Participant's Exercise Price or Purchase Price, as the case may be, provided that, unless the Participant is an officer, director or consultant of the Company or of a Parent or Subsidiary of the Company, such right of repurchase lapses at the rate of no less than twenty percent (20%) per year over five (5) years from: (a) the date of grant of the Option or (b) in the case of Restricted Stock, the date the Participant purchases Shares. 12. CERTIFICATES. All certificates for Shares or other securities delivered under this Plan will be subject to such stock transfer orders, legends and other restrictions as the Committee may deem necessary or advisable, including restrictions under any applicable federal, state or foreign securities law, or any rules, regulations and other requirements of the SEC or any stock exchange or automated quotation system upon which the Shares may be listed or quoted. 13. ESCROW; PLEDGE OF SHARES. To enforce any restrictions on a Participant's Shares set forth in Section 11 hereof, the Committee may require the Participant to deposit all certificates representing Shares, together with stock powers or other instruments of transfer approved by the Committee, appropriately endorsed in blank, with the Company or an agent designated by the Company to hold in escrow until such restrictions have lapsed or terminated. The Committee may cause a legend or legends referencing such restrictions to be placed on the certificates. Any Participant who is permitted to execute a promissory note as partial or full consideration for the purchase of Shares under this Plan will be required to pledge and deposit with the Company all or part of the Shares so purchased as collateral to secure the payment of Participant's obligation to the Company under the promissory note; provided, however, that the Committee may require or accept other or additional forms of collateral to secure the payment of such obligation and, in any event, the Company will have full recourse against the Participant under the promissory note notwithstanding any pledge of the Participant's Shares or other collateral. In connection with any pledge of the Shares, Participant will be required to execute and deliver a written pledge agreement in such form as the Committee will from time to time approve. 14. EXCHANGE AND BUYOUT OF AWARDS. The Committee may, at any time or from time to time, authorize the Company, with the consent of the respective Participants, to issue new Awards in exchange for the surrender and cancellations of any or all outstanding Awards. The Committee may at any time buy from a Participant an Award previously granted with payment in cash, shares of Common Stock of the Company (including Restricted Stock) or other consideration, based on such terms and conditions as the Committee and the Participant may agree. 15. SECURITIES LAW AND OTHER REGULATORY COMPLIANCE. An Award will not be effective unless such Award is in compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws, rules and regulations of any governmental body, and the requirements of any stock exchange or automated quotation system upon which the Shares may then be listed or 9 10 quoted, as they are in effect on the date of grant of the Award and also on the date of exercise or other issuance. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Plan, the Company will have no obligation to issue or deliver certificates for Shares under this Plan prior to (i) obtaining any approvals from governmental agencies that the Company determines are necessary or advisable, and/or (ii) compliance with any exemption, completion of any registration or other qualification of such Shares under any state or federal law or ruling of any governmental body that the Company determines to be necessary or advisable. The Company will be under no obligation to register the Shares with the SEC or to effect compliance with the exemption, registration, qualification or listing requirements of any state securities laws, stock exchange or automated quotation system, and the Company will have no liability for any inability or failure to do so. 16. NO OBLIGATION TO EMPLOY. Nothing in this Plan or any Award granted under this Plan will 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 Parent or Subsidiary of the Company or limit in any way the right of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company to terminate Participant's employment or other relationship at any time, with or without Cause. 17. CORPORATE TRANSACTIONS. 17.1 Assumption or Replacement of Awards by Successor or Acquiring Company. In the event of (i) a dissolution or liquidation of the Company, (ii) a merger or consolidation in which the Company is not the surviving corporation (other than a merger or consolidation with a wholly-owned subsidiary, a reincorporation of the Company in a different jurisdiction, or other transaction in which there is no substantial change in the stockholders of the Company or their relative stock holdings and the Awards granted under this Plan are assumed, converted or replaced by the successor or acquiring corporation, which assumption, conversion or replacement will be binding on all Participants), (iii) a merger in which the Company is the surviving corporation but after which the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such merger (other than any stockholder which merges with the Company in such merger, or which owns or controls another corporation which merges with the Company in such merger) cease to own their shares or other equity interests in the Company, or (iv) the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, any or all outstanding Awards may be assumed, converted or replaced by the successor or acquiring corporation (if any), which assumption, conversion or replacement will be binding on all Participants. In the alternative, the successor or acquiring corporation may substitute equivalent Awards or provide substantially similar consideration to Participants as was provided to stockholders (after taking into account the existing provisions of the Awards). The successor or acquiring corporation may also substitute by issuing, in place of outstanding Shares of the Company held by the Participant, substantially similar shares or other property subject to repurchase restrictions and other provisions no less favorable to the Participant than those which applied to such outstanding Shares immediately prior to such transaction described in this Section 17.1. In the event such successor or acquiring corporation (if any) does not assume, convert, replace or substitute Awards, as provided above, pursuant to a transaction described in this Section 17.1, then notwithstanding any other provision in this Plan to the contrary, the vesting of such Awards will accelerate and the Options will become exercisable in full prior to the consummation of such event at such times and on such conditions 10 11 as the Committee determines, and if such Options are not exercised prior to the consummation of the corporate transaction, they shall terminate in accordance with the provisions of this Plan. 17.2 Other Treatment of Awards. Subject to any greater rights granted to Participants under the foregoing provisions of this Section 17, in the event of the occurrence of any transaction described in Section 17.1 hereof, any outstanding Awards will be treated as provided in the applicable agreement or plan of merger, consolidation, dissolution, liquidation or sale of assets. 17.3 Assumption of Awards by the Company. The Company, from time to time, also may substitute or assume outstanding awards granted by another company, whether in connection with an acquisition of such other company or otherwise, by either (i) granting an Award under this Plan in substitution of such other company's award or (ii) assuming such award as if it had been granted under this Plan if the terms of such assumed award could be applied to an Award granted under this Plan. Such substitution or assumption will be permissible if the holder of the substituted or assumed award would have been eligible to be granted an Award under this Plan if the other company had applied the rules of this Plan to such grant. In the event the Company assumes an award granted by another company, the terms and conditions of such award will remain unchanged (except that the exercise price and the number and nature of shares issuable upon exercise of any such option will be adjusted appropriately pursuant to Section 424(a) of the Code). In the event the Company elects to grant a new Option rather than assuming an existing option, such new Option may be granted with a similarly adjusted Exercise Price. 18. ADOPTION AND SHAREHOLDER APPROVAL. This Plan will become effective on the date that it is adopted by the Board (the "EFFECTIVE DATE"). This Plan will be approved by the stockholders of the Company (excluding Shares issued pursuant to this Plan), consistent with applicable laws, within twelve (12) months before or after the Effective Date. Upon the Effective Date, the Board may grant Awards pursuant to this Plan; provided, however, that: (i) no Option may be exercised prior to initial stockholder approval of this Plan; (ii) no Option granted pursuant to an increase in the number of Shares approved by the Board shall be exercised prior to the time such increase has been approved by the stockholders of the Company, (iii) in the event that initial stockholder approval is not obtained within the time period provided herein, all Awards granted hereunder shall be canceled, any Shares issued pursuant to any Award shall be canceled and any purchase of Shares issued hereunder shall be rescinded; any (iv) Awards granted pursuant to an increase in the number of Shares approved by the Board which increase is not timely approved by stockholders shall be canceled, any Shares issued pursuant to any such Awards shall be canceled, and any purchase of Shares subject to any such Award shall be rescinded. 19. TERM OF PLAN/GOVERNING LAW. Unless earlier terminated as provided herein, this Plan will terminate ten (10) years from the Effective Date or, if earlier, the date of stockholder approval. This Plan and all agreements hereunder shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. 20. AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION OF PLAN. Subject to Section 5.9 hereof, the Board may at any time terminate or amend this Plan in any respect, including without 11 12 limitation amendment of any form of Award Agreement or instrument to be executed pursuant to this Plan, provided, however, that the Board will not without the approval of the stockholder of the Company, amend this plan in any manner that requires such stockholder approval pursuant to the Code or the regulation promulgated thereunder as such provisions apply to ISO plans. 21. NONEXCLUSIVITY OF THE PLAN. Neither the adoption of this Plan by the Board, the submission of this Plan to the stockholders of the Company for approval, nor any provision of this Plan will be construed as creating any limitations on the power of the Board to adopt such additional compensation arrangements as it may deem desirable, including, without limitation, the granting of stock options and other equity awards otherwise than under this Plan, and such arrangements may be either generally applicable or applicable only in specific cases. 22. DEFINITIONS. As used in this Plan, the following terms will have the following meanings: "AWARD" means any award under this Plan, including any Option or Restricted Stock Award. "AWARD AGREEMENT" means, with respect to each Award, the signed written agreement between the Company and the Participant setting forth the terms and conditions of the Award, including the Stock Option Agreement and Restricted Stock Agreement. "BOARD" means the Board of Directors of the Company. "CAUSE" means Termination because of (i) any willful, material violation by the Participant of any law or regulation applicable to the business of the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary of the Company, the Participant's conviction for, or guilty plea to, a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude, or any willful perpetration by the Participant of a common law fraud, (ii) the Participant's commission of an act of personal dishonesty which involves personal profit in connection with the Company or any other entity having a business relationship with the Company, (iii) any material breach by the Participant of any provision of any agreement or understanding between the Company or any Parent of Subsidiary of the Company and the Participant regarding the terms of the Participant's service as an employee, officer, director or consultant to the Company or a Parent of Subsidiary of the Company, including without limitation, the willful and continued failure or refusal of the Participant to perform the material duties required of such Participant as an employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary of the Company, other than as a result of having a Disability, or a breach of any applicable invention assignment and confidentially agreement or similar agreement between the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary of the Company and the Participant, (iv) Participant's disregard of the policies of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company so as to cause loss, damage or injury to the property, reputation or employees of the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary of the Company, or (v) any other misconduct by the Participant which is materially injurious to the financial condition or business reputation of, or is otherwise materially injurious to, the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary of the Company. "CODE" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 12 13 "COMMITTEE" means the committee created and appointed by the Board to administer this Plan, or if no committee is created and appointed, the Board. "COMPANY" means FlashBase, Inc., or any successor corporation. "DISABILITY" means a disability, whether temporary or permanent, partial or total, as determined by the committee. "EXERCISE PRICE" means the price at which a holder of an Option may purchase the Shares issuable upon exercise of the Option. "FAIR MARKET VALUE" means, as of any date, the value of a share of the Company's Common Stock determined as follows: (a) if such Common Stock is then quoted on the Nasdaq National Market, its closing price on the Nasdaq National Market on the date of determination as reported in The Wall Street Journal; (b) if such Common Stock is publicly traded and is then listed on a national securities exchange, its closing price on the date of determination on the principal national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading as reported in The Wall Street Journal; (c) if such Common Stock is publicly traded but is not quoted on the Nasdaq National Market nor listed or admitted to trading on a national securities exchange, the average of the closing bid and asked prices on the date of determination as reported by The Wall Street Journal (or, if not so reported, as otherwise reported by any newspaper or other source as the Board may determine); or (d) if none of the foregoing is applicable, by the Committee in good faith. "OPTION" means an award of an option to purchase Shares pursuant to Section 5 hereof. "PARENT" means any corporation (other than the Company) in an unbroken chain of corporations ending with the Company if each of such corporations other than the Company owns stock representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combining voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain. "PARTICIPANT" means a person who receives an Award under this Plan. "PLAN" means this FlashBase, Inc. 1999 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time. "PURCHASE PRICE" means the price at which a Participant may purchase Restricted Stock. 13 14 "RESTRICTED STOCK" means Shares purchased pursuant to a Restricted Stock Award. "RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD" means an award of Shares pursuant to Section 6 hereof. "SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission. "SECURITIES ACT" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. "SHARES" means shares of the Company's Common Stock $0.01, reserved for issuance under the Plan, as adjusted pursuant to Sections 2 and 17 hereof, and any successor security. "SUBSIDIARY" means any corporation (other than the Company) in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Company if each of the corporations other than the last corporation in the unbroken chain owns stock fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain. "TERMINATION" or "TERMINATED" means, for purposes of this Plan with respect to a Participant, that the Participant has for any reason ceased to provide services as an employee, officer, director or consultant to the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary of the Company. A Participant will not be deemed to have ceased to provide services in the case of (i) sick leave, (ii) military leave, or (iii) any other leave of absence approved by the Committee, provided that such leave is for a period of not more than ninety (90) days (a) unless reinstatement (or, in the case of an employee with an ISO, reemployment) upon the expiration of such leave is guaranteed by contract or statute, or (b) unless provided otherwise pursuant to formal policy adopted from time to time by the Company's Board and issued and promulgated in writing. In the case of any Participant on (i) sick leave, (ii) military leave or (iii) an approved leave of absence, the Committee may make such provisions respecting suspension of vesting of the Award while on leave from the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary of the Company as it may deem appropriate, except that in no even may an Option be exercised after the expiration of the term set forth in the Stock Option Agreement. The Committee will have sole discretion to determine whether a Participant has ceased to provide services and the effective date on which the Participant ceased to provide services (the "TERMINATION DATE"). "UNVESTED SHARES" means "Unvested Shares" as defined in the Award Agreement. "VESTED SHARES" means "Vested Shares" as defined in the Award Agreement. 14 EX-99.2 6 ex99-2.txt EXHIBIT 99.2 1 EXHIBIT 99.2 DOUBLECLICK INC. STOCK OPTION ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT FLASHBASE, INC. 1999 STOCK PLAN OPTIONEE: <><>, STOCK OPTION ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT effective as of the 26th day of May, 2000 by DoubleClick Inc., a Delaware corporation ("DoubleClick"). WHEREAS, the undersigned individual ("Optionee") holds one or more outstanding options to purchase shares of the common stock of Flashbase, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Flashbase"), which were granted to Optionee under the Flashbase 1999 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan") and are each evidenced by a Stock Option Agreement (the "Option Agreement"). WHEREAS, Flashbase has been acquired by DoubleClick through the merger of Flashbase with and into DoubleClick (the "Merger") pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, by and between DoubleClick and Flashbase (the "Merger Agreement"). WHEREAS, the provisions of the Merger Agreement require DoubleClick to assume all obligations of Flashbase under all outstanding options under the Plan at the consummation of the Merger and to issue to the holder of each outstanding option an agreement evidencing the assumption of such option. WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of the Merger Agreement, the exchange ratio (the "Exchange Ratio") in effect for the Merger is 0.04194 shares of DoubleClick common stock ("DoubleClick Stock") for each outstanding share of Flashbase common stock ("Flashbase Stock"). WHEREAS, this Agreement became effective immediately upon the consummation of the Merger (the "Effective Time") in order to reflect certain adjustments to Optionee's outstanding options which have become necessary by reason of the assumption of those options by DoubleClick in connection with the Merger. NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby agreed as follows: 1. The number of shares of Flashbase Stock subject to the options held by Optionee immediately prior to the Effective Time (the "Flashbase Options") and the exercise price payable per share are set forth below. DoubleClick hereby assumes, as of the Effective Time, all the duties and obligations of Flashbase under each of the Flashbase Options. In connection with such assumption, the number of shares of DoubleClick Stock purchasable under each Flashbase Option hereby assumed and the exercise price payable thereunder have been adjusted to reflect the Exchange Ratio. Accordingly, the number of shares of DoubleClick Stock subject to each Flashbase Option hereby assumed shall be as specified for that option below, and 2 the adjusted exercise price payable per share of DoubleClick Stock under the assumed Flashbase Option shall also be as indicated for that option below.
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2. The intent of the foregoing adjustments to each assumed Flashbase Option is to assure that the spread between the aggregate fair market value of the shares of DoubleClick Stock purchasable under each such option and the aggregate exercise price as adjusted pursuant to this Agreement will, immediately after the consummation of the Merger, be not less than the spread which existed, immediately prior to the Merger, between the then aggregate fair market value of the Flashbase Stock subject to the Flashbase Option and the aggregate exercise price in effect at such time under the Option Agreement. Such adjustments are also intended to preserve, immediately after the Merger, on a per share basis, the same ratio of exercise price per option share to fair market value per share which existed under the Flashbase Option immediately prior to the Merger. 3. The following provisions shall govern each Flashbase Option hereby assumed by DoubleClick: (a) Unless the context otherwise requires, all references in each Option Agreement and, if applicable, in the Plan (as incorporated into such Option Agreement) (i) to the "Company" shall mean DoubleClick, (ii) to "Share" shall mean share of DoubleClick Stock, (iii) to the "Board" shall mean the Board of Directors of DoubleClick and (iv) to the "Committee" shall mean the Compensation Committee of the DoubleClick Board of Directors. (b) The grant date and the expiration date of each assumed Flashbase Option and all other provisions which govern either the exercise or the termination of the assumed Flashbase Option shall remain the same as set forth in the Option Agreement applicable to that option, and the provisions of the Option Agreement shall accordingly govern and control Optionee's rights under this Agreement to purchase DoubleClick Stock. (c) Pursuant to the terms of the Option Agreement, none of your options assumed by DoubleClick in connection with the transaction will vest and become exercisable on an accelerated basis upon the consummation of the Merger. Each Flashbase Option shall be assumed by DoubleClick as of the Effective Time. Each such assumed Flashbase Option shall thereafter continue to vest for any remaining unvested shares of DoubleClick Stock subject to that option in accordance with the same installment vesting schedule in effect under the applicable Option Agreement immediately prior to the Effective Time; 2 3 provided, however, that the number of shares subject to each such installment shall be adjusted to reflect the Exchange Ratio. (d) For purposes of applying any and all provisions of the Option Agreement and/or the Plan relating to Optionee's status as an employee or a consultant of Flashbase, Optionee shall be deemed to continue in such status as an employee or a consultant for so long as Optionee renders services as an employee or a consultant to DoubleClick or any present or future DoubleClick subsidiary. Accordingly, the provisions of the Option Agreement governing the termination of the assumed Flashbase Options upon Optionee's cessation of service as an employee or a consultant of Flashbase shall hereafter be applied on the basis of Optionee's cessation of employee or consultant status with DoubleClick and its subsidiaries, and each assumed Flashbase Option shall accordingly terminate, within the designated time period in effect under the Option Agreement for that option, generally a three (3) month period, following such cessation of service as an employee or a consultant of DoubleClick and its subsidiaries. (e) The adjusted exercise price payable for the DoubleClick Stock subject to each assumed Flashbase Option shall be payable in any of the forms authorized under the Option Agreement applicable to that option. For purposes of determining the holding period of any shares of DoubleClick Stock delivered in payment of such adjusted exercise price, the period for which such shares were held as Flashbase Stock prior to the Merger shall be taken into account. (f) In order to exercise each assumed Flashbase Option, Optionee must deliver to DoubleClick a written notice of exercise in which the number of shares of DoubleClick Stock to be purchased thereunder must be indicated. The exercise notice must be accompanied by payment of the adjusted exercise price payable for the purchased shares of DoubleClick Stock and should be delivered to DoubleClick at the following address: DoubleClick Inc. 450 West 33rd Street New York, New York 10001 Attention: Stock Administration 4. Except to the extent specifically modified by this Option Assumption Agreement, all of the terms and conditions of each Option Agreement as in effect immediately prior to the Merger shall continue in full force and effect and shall not in any way be amended, revised or otherwise affected by this Stock Option Assumption Agreement. 3 4 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, DoubleClick Inc. has caused this Stock Option Assumption Agreement to be executed on its behalf by its duly-authorized officer as of the 26th day of May, 2000. DOUBLECLICK INC. By: ACKNOWLEDGMENT The undersigned acknowledges receipt of the foregoing Stock Option Assumption Agreement and understands that all rights and liabilities with respect to each of his or her Flashbase Options hereby assumed by DoubleClick are as set forth in the Option Agreement, the Plan, as applicable, and such Stock Option Assumption Agreement. ------------------------------------- <><>, OPTIONEE DATED: __________________, 2000 4 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----