0001193125-11-184997.txt : 20110708 0001193125-11-184997.hdr.sgml : 20110708 20110708162707 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-11-184997 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-8 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 5 FILED AS OF DATE: 20110708 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110708 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20110708 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EBAY INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001065088 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-BUSINESS SERVICES, NEC [7389] IRS NUMBER: 770430924 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-8 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-175416 FILM NUMBER: 11959570 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2145 HAMILTON AVENUE CITY: SAN JOSE STATE: CA ZIP: 95125 BUSINESS PHONE: 408-376-7400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2145 HAMILTON AVENUE CITY: SAN JOSE STATE: CA ZIP: 95125 S-8 1 ds8.htm FORM S-8 Form S-8

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 8, 2011

Registration No. 333-            

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

eBay Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   77-0430924

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

2145 Hamilton Avenue

San Jose, California 95125

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

 

GSI Commerce, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended

GSI Commerce, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended

(Full title of the plan)

 

 

Michael R. Jacobson

Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs, General Counsel and Secretary

eBay Inc.

2145 Hamilton Avenue

San Jose, California 95125

(408) 376-7400

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

Indicate by a check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act (Check one):

 

Large accelerated filer   x    Accelerated filer   ¨
Non-accelerated filer   ¨  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    Smaller reporting company   ¨

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

Title of Securities

to be Registered

 

Amount

to be

Registered (1)

 

Proposed

Maximum

Offering Price

per Share (4)

 

Proposed

Maximum

Aggregate

Offering Price (4)

 

Amount of

Registration Fee

Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share

  1,490,757 (2)   $32.26   $48,091,820.82   $5,583.46

Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share

  3,606,900 (3)   $32.26   $116,358,594.00   $13,509.23
 
 
(1) Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 27, 2011, by and among eBay Inc., Gibraltar Acquisition Corp. and GSI Commerce, Inc. (the “Merger Agreement”), eBay Inc. assumed all of the outstanding unvested restricted stock units of GSI Commerce, Inc. under the plans referred to above. Any such restricted stock units will be settled solely with shares of common stock of eBay Inc., with appropriate adjustments to the number of shares underlying the assumed restricted stock units in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement. In addition, eBay Inc. may grant new equity awards under the GSI Commerce, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, in accordance with Nasdaq Rule 5635(c).

Pursuant to Rule 416(a), this registration statement shall also cover any additional shares of common stock which become issuable under the GSI Commerce, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, and the GSI Commerce, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (collectively, the “Plans”), by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, or other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase or decrease in the number of outstanding shares of common stock of eBay Inc.

 

(2) Number of shares of common stock issuable under the GSI Commerce, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended.
(3) Number of shares of common stock issuable under the GSI Commerce, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended.
(4) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The offering price per share and aggregate offering price are based upon the average of the high and low prices of the registrant’s common stock on June 30, 2011 as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.

 

 

 


PART I. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS

ITEM 1. PLAN INFORMATION*

ITEM 2. REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION

 

* The prospectus containing information required by Part I of Form S-8 and related to this Registration Statement is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with the note to Part I of Form S-8. eBay Inc. (the “Company”) will send or give to each participant in the GSI Commerce, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, and the GSI Commerce, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (collectively, the “Plans”), a copy of the prospectus or documents containing information specified in Part I of Form S-8, as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), the prospectus for the Plans is not being filed with or included in this Registration Statement. The prospectus for the Plans and the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, taken together, each constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.  

PART II. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

The following documents filed by the Company with the Commission are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:

(a) The Company’s latest annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, filed with the Commission on January 28, 2011, which includes audited financial statements for the Company’s latest fiscal year;

(b)(1) The Company’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2011, filed with the Commission on April 29, 2011;

(b)(2) The Company’s current reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March 30, 2011, June 13, 2011, June 20, 2011 and June 28, 2011; and

(c) The description of the Company’s common stock which is contained in a Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed August 20, 1998, under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.

All reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part of this Registration Statement from the date of the filing of such reports and documents.

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Item 3, no document, or portion of or exhibit to a document, that is “furnished” to (rather than “filed” with) the Commission shall be incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in 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

As permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”), the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”) provide that (i) the Company is required to indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL; provided, however, that the Company is required to provide indemnification with respect to a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by one of such persons only if the proceeding (or part thereof) is authorized by the Company’s board of directors, (ii) the Company may, in its discretion, indemnify other persons as set forth in the DGCL, (iii) to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, the Company is required to advance all expenses incurred by its directors and officers in connection with a legal proceeding (subject to certain exceptions), (iv) the rights conferred in the Bylaws are not exclusive, (v) the Company is authorized to enter into indemnification agreements with its directors, officers, employees and agents and (vi) the Company may not retroactively amend the Bylaws provisions relating to indemnity.

The Company has entered into agreements with its directors and executive officers that require the Company to indemnify such persons against expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts that such person becomes legally obligated to pay (including expenses of a derivative action) in connection with any proceeding, whether actual or threatened, to which any such person may be made a party by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Company or any of its affiliated enterprises, provided such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company. The indemnification agreements also set forth certain procedures that will apply in the event of a claim for indemnification thereunder.

ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED

Not applicable.

ITEM 8. EXHIBITS

The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement.

 

Exhibit

Number

   Description
  5.1    Opinion of Sidley Austin LLP.
23.1    Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.2    Consent of Sidley Austin LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).
24.1    Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement).
99.1    GSI Commerce, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (filed as Appendix A to GSI Commerce, Inc.’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Commission on April 25, 2008 and incorporated herein by reference).
99.2    Amendment to the GSI Commerce, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended.


99.3    GSI Commerce, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (filed as Appendix A to GSI Commerce, Inc.’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Commission on April 13, 2010 and incorporated herein by reference).
99.4    Amendment to the GSI Commerce, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan.

ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS

 

1. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

(a) 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 Securities Act;

(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement.

(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(i) and (a)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference herein.

(b) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities 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.

(c) 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 offering.

 

2. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the 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.

 

3. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


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 San Jose, State of California, on July 8, 2011.

 

eBay Inc.

/s/ John J. Donahoe

John J. Donahoe
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John J. Donahoe, Robert H. Swan, Michael R. Jacobson and Phillip P. DePaul, and each or any one of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and her in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or his or her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature    Title   Date

/s/ John J. Donahoe  

    John J. Donahoe

  

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

(Principal Executive Officer)

  July 8, 2011

/s/ Robert H. Swan  

    Robert H. Swan

   Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)   July 8, 2011

/s/ Phillip P. DePaul  

    Phillip P. DePaul

   Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)   July 8, 2011

/s/ Pierre M. Omidyar  

    Pierre M. Omidyar

   Founder, Chairman of the Board and Director   July 8, 2011


/s/ Fred D. Anderson  

    Fred D. Anderson

   Director   July 8, 2011

/s/ Marc L. Andreessen  

    Marc L. Andreessen

   Director   July 8, 2011

/s/ Edward W. Barnholt  

    Edward W. Barnholt

   Director   July 8, 2011

/s/ Scott D. Cook  

    Scott D. Cook

   Director   July 8, 2011

/s/ William Clay Ford, Jr.  

    William Clay Ford, Jr.

   Director   July 8, 2011

/s/ Dawn G. Lepore  

    Dawn G. Lepore

   Director   July 8, 2011

/s/ David M. Moffett  

    David M. Moffett

   Director   July 8, 2011

/s/ Richard T. Schlosberg, III  

    Richard T. Schlosberg, III

   Director   July 8, 2011

/s/ Thomas J. Tierney  

    Thomas J. Tierney

   Director   July 8, 2011


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

Number

  Description
  5.1   Opinion of Sidley Austin LLP.
23.1   Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.2   Consent of Sidley Austin LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).
24.1   Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement).
99.1   GSI Commerce, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (filed as Appendix A to GSI Commerce, Inc.’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Commission on April 25, 2008 and incorporated herein by reference).
99.2   Amendment to the GSI Commerce, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended.
99.3   GSI Commerce, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (filed as Appendix A to GSI Commerce, Inc.’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Commission on April 13, 2010 and incorporated herein by reference).
99.4   Amendment to the GSI Commerce, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan.
EX-5.1 2 dex51.htm OPINION OF SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP Opinion of Sidley Austin LLP

Exhibit 5.1

LETTERHEAD OF SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP

July 8, 2011

eBay Inc.

2145 Hamilton Avenue

San Jose, CA 95125

 

  Re: Registration Statement on Form S-8

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We refer to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) being filed, on or about the date hereof, by eBay Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), relating to the registration by the Company of 5,097,657 shares (the “Registered Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, issuable or reserved for issuance pursuant to the GSI Commerce, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, and the GSI Commerce, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (each, a “Plan”).

As counsel to the Company, we have examined and relied upon originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such instruments, certificates, records and other documents as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for the purpose of rendering the opinion set forth in this letter. In our examination, we have assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons, the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies or by facsimile or other means of electronic transmission. We have also assumed, to the extent relevant to the opinion set forth herein, that the Company was duly organized and at all relevant times was and will be validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.

Based on and subject to the foregoing and the other limitations, qualifications, exceptions and assumptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that each Registered Share that is newly issued pursuant to either Plan will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable when (a) the Registration Statement shall have become effective under the Securities Act, (b) the Company’s Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof shall have duly adopted final resolutions authorizing the issuance and sale of the Registered Shares as contemplated by the Registration Statement and such Plan, (c) such Registered Share shall have been duly issued and delivered in the manner contemplated by and in accordance with such Plan and (d) a certificate in due and proper form representing such Registered Share shall have been duly executed, countersigned, registered and delivered to the person entitled thereto against payment of the agreed consideration therefor (not less than the par value thereof) in accordance with such Plan or, if any such Registered Share is to be issued in uncertificated form, the Company’s books shall reflect the issuance of such Registered Share to the purchaser thereof upon payment of the agreed consideration therefor (not less than the par value thereof) in accordance with such Plan.

The foregoing opinion is limited to matters arising under the Delaware General Corporation Law.


The opinion expressed herein is expressed as of the date hereof and we assume no obligation to advise you of changes in law, fact or other circumstances (or the effect thereof on such opinion) that may come to our attention after such time.

We hereby consent to the filing of this letter as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to all references to our firm included in or made a part of the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules or regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Very truly yours,
/s/ Sidley Austin LLP
EX-23.1 3 dex231.htm CONSENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated January 28, 2011 relating to the financial statements, financial statement schedule and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in eBay Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

San Jose, California

July 7, 2011

EX-99.2 4 dex992.htm AMENDMENT TO THE GSI COMMERCE, INC. 2005 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN, AS AMENDED Amendment to the GSI Commerce, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended

Exhibit 99.2

AMENDMENT TO THE

GSI COMMERCE, INC. 2005 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN, AS AMENDED

WHEREAS, GSI Commerce, Inc. (“GSI”) previously adopted and maintained the GSI Commerce, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the “Plan”);

WHEREAS, on June 17, 2011, Gibraltar Acquisition Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of eBay Inc. (the “Company”), merged with and into GSI with GSI surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Merger”);

WHEREAS, in connection with the Merger, the Company has assumed unvested outstanding restricted stock units granted under the Plan;

WHEREAS, in anticipation of the Company’s assumption of outstanding unvested restricted stock units granted under the Plan, the Board of Directors of GSI authorized the amendment of the Plan and any awards previously granted to conform to the Company’s administrative practices; and

WHEREAS, the Company desires to amend the Plan to incorporate such amendments.

NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to the power of amendment contained in Section 3(b)(iv) of the Plan, the Plan is hereby amended, effective as of June 17, 2011, by inserting a new section of the Plan, titled “Assumption of Plan by eBay Inc.,” as Section 18 of the Plan as follows:

 

18. ASSUMPTION OF PLAN BY EBAY INC.

     (a) Acquisition of GSI Commerce, Inc. by eBay Inc. On June 17, 2011, Gibraltar Acquisition Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of eBay Inc., merged with and into GSI Commerce, Inc. with GSI Commerce, Inc. surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of eBay Inc. In connection with such merger, eBay Inc. assumed outstanding unvested restricted stock units granted under this Plan.

     (b) Conformance to eBay Inc.’s Administrative Practices. Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, effective as of June 17, 2011, the following provisions shall apply: (i) all references in this Plan to “GSI Commerce, Inc.” or the “Company” shall be understood to mean eBay Inc., (ii) the Compensation Committee of eBay Inc.’s Board of Directors shall succeed to the authority of the Board and Committee of GSI Commerce, Inc. with respect to the administration of this Plan, (iii) all administrative authority with respect to this Plan shall be delegated in a manner consistent with the delegation provisions of the eBay Inc. 2008 Equity Incentive Award Plan, as amended and restated (the “eBay Equity Plan”), (iv) all awards granted under this Plan shall be administered in accordance with the administrative policies and procedures in effect from time to time under the eBay Equity Plan, including without limitation eBay Inc.’s applicable leave of absence policy; provided that awards outstanding under this Plan as of June 17, 2011 shall be deemed amended only to the extent that the amendment does not cause the terms and conditions of such awards to be less favorable to the holders of such awards than the terms and conditions of such awards as in effect immediately prior to June 17, 2011, (v) all awards granted under this Plan shall be subject to the tax withholding provisions of the eBay Equity Plan, and (vi) all notices to be made to eBay Inc. pursuant to this Plan shall be sent to Stock Administration at eBay Inc., 2145 Hamilton Avenue, San Jose, CA 95125. Also effective as of June 17, 2011 and notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, each restricted stock unit award granted prior to June 17, 2011 under this Plan has been amended to provide that, effective for vesting dates after July 15, 2011, each vesting date that falls between the 16th day and the 31st day of any given month will be accelerated to the 15th day of the same month, and each vesting date that falls between the 1st day and the 14th day of any given month will be accelerated to the 15th day of the previous month, such that all vesting dates of all restricted stock unit awards will fall on the 15th day of a month.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be executed by its duly authorized agent on this 7th day of July, 2011.

 

eBay Inc.
By:      

/s/ Brian Levey

  Brian Levey
  Vice President, Deputy General
  Counsel & Assistant Secretary
EX-99.4 5 dex994.htm AMENDMENT TO THE GSI COMMERCE, INC. 2010 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN Amendment to the GSI Commerce, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan

Exhibit 99.4

AMENDMENT TO THE

GSI COMMERCE, INC. 2010 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

WHEREAS, GSI Commerce, Inc. (“GSI”) previously adopted and maintained the GSI Commerce, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”);

WHEREAS, on June 17, 2011, Gibraltar Acquisition Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of eBay Inc. (the “Company”), merged with and into GSI with GSI surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Merger”);

WHEREAS, the Company has assumed the Plan in connection with the Merger and has reserved the right to grant future awards under the terms of the Plan;

WHEREAS, in anticipation of the Company’s assumption of the Plan, the Board of Directors of GSI authorized the amendment of the Plan and any awards previously granted or to be granted in the future to conform to the Company’s administrative practices; and

WHEREAS, the Company desires to amend the Plan to incorporate such amendments.

NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to the power of amendment contained in Section 2(b)(vi) of the Plan, the Plan is hereby amended, effective as of June 17, 2011, as follows:

Section 13 of the Plan is hereby amended by redesignating such section and all references to such section as Section 14.

A new section of the Plan, titled “Assumption of Plan by eBay Inc.,” is hereby inserted as Section 13 of the Plan as follows:

 

13. ASSUMPTION OF PLAN BY EBAY INC.

     (a) Acquisition of GSI Commerce, Inc. by eBay Inc. On June 17, 2011, Gibraltar Acquisition Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of eBay Inc., merged with and into GSI Commerce, Inc. with GSI Commerce, Inc. surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of eBay Inc. In connection with such merger, eBay Inc. assumed the Plan and is entitled to grant future awards under the terms of the Plan.

     (b) Conformance to eBay Inc.’s Administrative Practices. Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, effective as of June 17, 2011, the following provisions shall apply: (i) all references in this Plan to “GSI Commerce, Inc.” or the “Company” shall be understood to mean eBay Inc., (ii) the Compensation Committee of eBay Inc.’s Board of Directors shall succeed to the authority of the Board and Committee of GSI Commerce, Inc. with respect to the administration of this Plan, (iii) all references in this Plan to a number of shares of common stock of GSI Commerce, Inc. shall be deemed to refer to a number of shares of eBay Inc. common stock determined by multiplying the number of referenced shares of GSI Commerce, Inc. common stock by 0.993550988 and rounding the resulting number down to the nearest whole number of shares of eBay Inc. common stock, (iv) all administrative authority with respect to this Plan shall be delegated in a manner consistent with the delegation provisions of the eBay Inc. 2008 Equity Incentive Award Plan, as amended and restated (the “eBay Equity Plan”), (v) all awards granted under this Plan shall be administered in accordance with the administrative policies and procedures in


effect from time to time under the eBay Equity Plan, including without limitation eBay Inc.’s applicable leave of absence policy; provided that awards outstanding under this Plan as of June 17, 2011 shall be deemed amended only to the extent that the amendment does not cause the terms and conditions of such awards to be less favorable to the holders of such awards than the terms and conditions of such awards as in effect immediately prior to June 17, 2011, (vi) all awards granted under this Plan shall be subject to the tax withholding provisions of the eBay Equity Plan, and (vii) all notices to be made to eBay Inc. pursuant to this Plan shall be sent to Stock Administration at eBay Inc., 2145 Hamilton Avenue, San Jose, CA 95125. Also effective as of June 17, 2011 and notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, each restricted stock unit award granted prior to June 17, 2011 under this Plan has been amended to provide that, effective for vesting dates after July 15, 2011, each vesting date that falls between the 16th day and the 31st day of any given month will be accelerated to the 15th day of the same month, and each vesting date that falls between the 1st day and the 14th day of any given month will be accelerated to the 15th day of the previous month, such that all vesting dates of all restricted stock unit awards will fall on the 15th day of a month.

    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be executed by its duly authorized agent on this 7th day of July, 2011.

 

eBay Inc.
By:      

/s/ Brian Levey

  Brian Levey
  Vice President, Deputy General
  Counsel & Assistant Secretary