-----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, R1vVkkJ7tdYjTQ3dSK3oohGxejhiLm/Yi2gBHVQdGK38XwubIJhDsKySh6MgBJiN L4NB6IdsQpWqctkAskigpg== 0001144204-08-059234.txt : 20081024 0001144204-08-059234.hdr.sgml : 20081024 20081024180257 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-08-059234 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-8 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 4 FILED AS OF DATE: 20081024 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20081024 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20081024 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MIPSolutions, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001394872 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WATER SUPPLY [4941] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NV FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-8 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-154747 FILM NUMBER: 081140946 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1005 TERMINAL WAY STREET 2: STE 110 CITY: RENO STATE: NV ZIP: 89502 BUSINESS PHONE: (509) 209-6484 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1005 TERMINAL WAY STREET 2: STE 110 CITY: RENO STATE: NV ZIP: 89502 S-8 1 v129618_s8.htm
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
MIP Solutions, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Nevada
 
20-4047619
(State of incorporation)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

128 East Fairview Avenue
Spokane, WA 99207
(Address, including zip code, of Registrant’s principal executive offices)
 
MIP Solutions, Inc. 2008 Stock Plan
(Full title of the Plan)
 
Paul David Marotta, Esq.
Megan Jeanne, Esq.
The Corporate Law Group
500 Airport Boulevard, Suite 120
Burlingame, CA 94010
(650) 227-8000
(Name, address, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
 
Indicate by 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.
 
Large accelerated filer
 
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Accelerated filer
 
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Non-accelerated filer
 
¨ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
  
Smaller reporting company
 
x
 
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE 
 
Title of Securities
to be Registered
 
Amount to be
Registered
 
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share
 
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price
 
Amount of
Registration
Fee (1)
Common Stock, $0.0001 par value
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
-       2008 Stock Plan
 
2,500,000(3)
 
$0.35(2)
 
$875,000
 
$39.30
 (1)
Amount of registration fee was calculated pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, which provides that the fee shall be $39.30 per $1,000,000 of the proposed maximum aggregate offering price of the securities proposed to be offered.
 (2)
Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, solely for the purpose of calculating the filing fee on the basis of $0.35 per share, which represents the closing price reported on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board System October 21, 2008.
 (3)
In accordance with Rule 416(a), the Registrant is also registering hereunder an indeterminate number of shares that may be issued and resold to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
 

 
MIP Solutions, Inc.
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
 
PART I
 
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS
 
Item 1.
Plan Information.
 
The documents containing the information specified in this Item 1 will be sent or given to employees, officers, directors or others as specified by Rule 428(b)(1). In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) and the instructions to Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplement pursuant to Rule 424.
 
Item 2.
Registration Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
 
The documents containing the information specified in this Item 2 will be sent or given to employees, officers, directors or others as specified by Rule 428(b)(1). In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission and the instructions to Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplement pursuant to Rule 424.
 
PART II
 
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
 
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
 
There are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement the following documents and information heretofore filed with the Commission:
 
 
(a)
Our Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, filed with the Commission on March 31, 2008;
 
 
(b)
Our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on September 17, 2008, concerning item 1.01.

 
(c)
Our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on September 17, 2008, concerning item 5.02;

 
(d)
Our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on September 17, 2008, concerning item 9.01;

 
(e)
Our Current Report on Form 8-K/A, filed with the Commission on September 15, 2008; concerning item 5.02

 
(f)
Our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on September 2, 2008;

 
(g)
Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed with the Commission on August 14, 2008;

 
(h)
Our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on July 29, 2008;

 
(i)
Our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on June 16, 2008;

 
(j)
Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed with the Commission on May 15, 2008;

 
(k)
Our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on February 4, 2008;
 
 
(l)
The description of Our common stock contained in Our Form SB-2 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 5, 2007 including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
 
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Also incorporated by reference are all documents that we may file with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the initial filing of this registration statement and before we stop offering the securities described in this registration statement. These documents include periodic reports, such as annual reports on Form 10-KSB, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and current reports on Form 8-K, as well as proxy statements. Pursuant to General Instruction B of Form 8-K, any information submitted under Item 2.02, Results of Operations and Financial Condition, or Item 7.01, Regulation FD Disclosure, of Form 8-K is not deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, and we are not subject to the liabilities of Section 18 with respect to information submitted under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K. We are not incorporating by reference any information submitted under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K into any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or into this prospectus. Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.
 
You may request copies of these filings, at no cost, by writing to or calling our Investor Relations department at:

MIP Solutions, Inc.
128 East Fairview Avenue
Spokane, WA 99207
Telephone: (509) 484-6385
 
Any statement contained in an Incorporated Document or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes hereof to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed Incorporated Document 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 hereof.
 
 Item 4.
Description of Securities.
 
Not applicable.
 
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

The validity of the shares of Common Stock registered hereby has been passed upon by The Corporate Law Group, counsel for the Registrant.
 
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

Section 78.7502 of the Nevada Revised Statutes provides that a corporation may indemnify directors and officers as well as other employees and individuals against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any threatened, pending or completed actions, suits or proceedings in which such person is made a party by reason of such person being or having been a director, officer, employee or agent to the company.

The Nevada Revised Statutes provides that Section 78.7502 is not exclusive of other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

As permitted by Section 78.7502 of the Nevada Revised Statutes, subsection 2 provides that:

“A corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses, including amounts paid in settlement and attorneys’ fees actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of the action or suit if he: (a) Is not liable pursuant to NRS 78.138; or (b) Acted in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation.”
 
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Furthermore, the Nevada Revised Statutes Section 78.751 provides in subsection 2 that:

“The articles of incorporation, the bylaws or an agreement made by the corporation may provide that the expenses of officers and directors incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding must be paid by the corporation as they are incurred and in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation. The provisions of this subsection do not affect any rights to advancement of expenses to which corporate personnel other than directors or officers may be entitled under any contract or otherwise by law.”


As permitted by Section 78.751 of the Nevada Revised Statutes, on December 19, 2005 the Registrant’s Incorporators resolved as follows:

“That no director or officer of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or any of its stockholders for damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director or officer involving any act or omission of any such director or officer, provided, however, that the foregoing provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director or officer (i) for acts or omissions which involve intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of the law, or (ii) the payment of dividends in violation of Section 78.300 of the Nevada Revised Statutes. Any repeal or modification of this Article by the stockholders of the Corporation shall be prospective only, and shall not Adversely affect any limitation on the personal liability of a director or officer of the Corporation for acts or omissions prior to such repeal or modification.”
 
In addition to the above, the Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors and executive officers to indemnify the foregoing persons against any and all expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by each of them in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (including an action by or in the right of Corporation) to which the indemnified person is, was or at any time becomes a party, or is reasonably thought to be threatened to be made a party, by reason of the fact that the indemnified person is, was or at any time becomes a director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant, or is or was serving or at any time serves at the request of the Registrant as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, under the indemnification agreements between the Registrant and its directors and executive officers, no indemnity will be paid for any of the following: (i) to the extent the aggregate of losses to be indemnified exceeds the sum of (A) such losses for which the director or officer is indemnified and (B) any settlement pursuant to any D & O Insurance purchased and maintained by the Registrant; (ii) in respect to remuneration paid to the director or officer if it shall be determined by a final judgment without right of appeal, or other final adjudication that such remuneration was in violation of law; (iii) on account of any suit in which judgment is rendered against the director or officer for an accounting of profits made from the purchase or sale by him of securities of the Registrant pursuant to the provisions of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and amendments thereto or similar provisions of any federal, state or local statutory law; (iv) on account of the director’s or officer’s acts or omissions that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing and culpable violation of law; (v) on account of any proceeding (other than the enforcement of the indemnification agreement by the director or officer against the Registrant) initiated by the director or officer unless such proceeding was authorized by the uninterested directors of the Registrant; or (vi) if a final decision without right of appeal by a Court having jurisdiction in the matter shall determine that such indemnification is not lawful.
 
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Additionally, no indemnity will be paid for any of the following: (i) on account of acts or omissions that the director or officer believed or believes to be contrary to the best interests of the Registrant or its shareholders or that involve the absence of good faith on the part of the director or officer; (ii) with respect to any transaction from which the director or officer derived an improper personal benefit; (iii) on account of acts or omissions that show a reckless disregard for the director’s or officer’s duties to the Registrant or its shareholders in circumstances in which the director or officer was aware, or should have been aware, in the ordinary course of performing his duties, of a risk of serious injury to the Registrant or its shareholders; (iv) on account of acts or omissions that constitute an unexcused pattern of inattention that amounts to an abdication of the director’s or officer’s duties to the Registrant or its shareholders; (v) to the extent prohibited by the Nevada Revised Statutes; (vi) in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which the director or officer shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Registrant in the performance of his duties to the Registrant and its shareholders, unless and only to the extent that the court in which such proceeding is or was pending shall determine upon application that, in view of all the circumstances of the case, the director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for expenses and then only to the extent that such court shall determine; (vii) of amounts paid in settling or otherwise disposing of a pending action without court approval; and (viii) of expenses incurred in defending a pending action which is settled or otherwise disposed of without court approval.
 
The indemnification provisions in the Incorporator’s resolution and the indemnification agreements entered into between the Registrant and its directors and officers may be sufficiently broad to permit indemnification of the Registrant’s directors and officers for liabilities arising under the Securities Act.
 
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed.
 
Not applicable.
 
Item 8.
Exhibits.
 
Exhibit
Number
 
Description
   
4.1
 
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant.
   
4.2(1)
 
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant.
   
5.1   
 
Opinion of Counsel as to legality of securities being registered.
   
23.1    
 
Consent of Williams & Webster, P.C., Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
   
23.2    
 
Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.1).
   
24.1    
 
Power of Attorney (see signature page of this Registration Statement).
   
99.1
 
MIP Solutions Inc. 2008 Stock Plan.
   
 

(1)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2007, filed with the Commission on March 31, 2008.
 

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 Securities Act of 1933;
 
(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 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement;
 
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(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)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(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 by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement.
 
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, 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.
 
(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 offering.

(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) 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.
 
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered hereunder, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
 
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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Carlos, State of California, on this 23rd day of October, 2008.

MIP Solutions, Inc.
   
By:
/s/ Rocky R. Arnold
 
Dr. Rocky Richard Arnold, Chief Executive Officer, President and Director
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
We, the undersigned officers and directors of MIP Solutions, Inc., hereby severally constitute and appoint The Corporate Law Group, and each of them singly (with full power to each of them to act alone), our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution in each of them for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, and in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement (or any other Registration Statement for the same offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933), 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 or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as full to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them or their or his or her substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons effective as of this 23rd day of October, 2008 in the capacities indicated.
 
Signature
   
     
/s/ Rocky R. Arnold
  
/s/ Edward A. Hunton
Dr. Rocky Richard Arnold
Chief Executive Officer, President and Director (principal executive officer)
 
Edward Hunton
Executive Vice President of Administration and Finance, Secretary, and Director (principal financial officer, principal accounting officer)
     
/s/ Duane Simon   /s/ Dale Carlton
Duane Simon
Director
 
Dale Carlton
Director
     
/s/ Glen Southard   /s/ Gary MacDonald
Glen Southard
Director
 
Gary MacDonald
Director
     
 
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EX-5.1 2 v129618_ex5-1.htm
Exhibit 5.1

 
October 23, 2008

MIP Solutions, Inc.
1005 Terminal Way, Suite 110
Reno, NV 89502

Re:
Registration Statement on Form S-8

We have acted as special counsel for MIP Solutions, Inc., a Nevada company (the “Company”), in connection with the filing by the Company of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about October 21, 2008 (the “Registration Statement”). The Registration Statement covers an aggregate of 2,500,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Shares”), as additional shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the MIP Solutions, Inc. 2008 Stock Plan, as amended (the “Plan”).

In connection with the opinions expressed herein we have made such examination of matters of law and of fact as we considered appropriate or advisable for the purposes hereof. As to matters of fact material to the opinions expressed herein, we have relied upon the representations and warranties as to factual matters contained in and made by the Company upon certificates and statements of government officials and of officers of the Company. We have also examined originals or copies of such corporate documents or records of the Company as we have considered appropriate for the opinions expressed herein. We have assumed for the purposes of this opinion that the signatures on documents and instruments examined by us are authentic, that each document is what it purports to be, and that all documents submitted to us as copies conform with the originals, which facts we have not independently verified.

In rendering this opinion we have also assumed: (A) all representations and warranties made to us are true and correct; (B) that there are no extrinsic agreements or understandings among any of the parties or their affiliates that would modify or interpret any of the documents provided to us, or the respective rights or obligations of the parties thereunder, (C) that each person or entity entering into any document or agreement had the power, legal competence and capacity to enter into and perform all of such party’s obligations thereunder, (D) the due authorization, execution and delivery by each party, (E) the enforceability and binding nature of the obligations of the parties to any such documents, (F) that there is no fact or circumstance relating to any party that might prevent it from enforcing any of its rights, and (G) no action has been taken or event occurred which amends, revokes, terminates or renders invalid any of the documents, records, consents or resolutions which we have reviewed since the date of the certificates we relied upon in rendering this opinion.

As used in this opinion, the expressions “we are not aware” or the phrase “to the best of our knowledge” mean as to matters of fact that, based on the actual knowledge of individual attorneys within the firm principally responsible for handling this matter for the Company and after an examination of documents made available to us by the Company and after inquiries of certain officers of the Company, no facts have been disclosed to us that have caused us to believe that the opinions expressed are factually incorrect; but beyond that we have made no factual investigation for the purposes of rendering this opinion.
 


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The opinion relates solely to the laws of the State of California and the federal laws of the United States, and we express no opinion with respect to the affect or application of any other laws. Special rulings of authorities administering such laws or opinions of other counsel have not been sought or obtained.

Based upon our examination of and reliance upon the foregoing, and subject to the limitations, exceptions, qualifications and assumptions set forth below, we are of the opinion that:

(1) The Shares will be, when issued and sold in the manner anticipated by the Plan, legally and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. We have assumed for the purposes of this opinion that the Company will receive the consideration required in connection with the exercise of options by optionees, from the optionees, for the purchase of the Shares.

Our opinions expressed above are specifically subject to the following limitations, exceptions, qualifications and assumptions:

(A) The effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting the relief of debtors or the rights and remedies of creditors generally including, without limitation, the effect of statutory or other laws regarding fraudulent conveyances, preferential transfers and distributions and equitable subordination.
 
(B) We express no opinion as to the Company’s compliance or noncompliance with applicable federal or state antifraud or antitrust statutes, laws, rules and regulations including, without limitation, the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended.
 
(C) Limitations imposed by state or federal law or general equitable principles on the specific enforceability of any remedies, covenants or other provisions of an agreement and on the availability of injunctive relief or other equitable remedies, regardless of whether enforcement of any such agreement is considered a proceeding in equity or at law.
 
(D) The effect of court decisions, invoking statutes or principles of equity, which have held that certain covenants and provisions of agreements are unenforceable where enforcement of such covenants or provisions under the circumstances would violate the enforcing party’s implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, is not reasonably necessary for the protection of the enforcing party, would be commercially unreasonable, or would not be a material breach of a material covenant or provision.
 

 
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(E) We express no opinion concerning the past, present or future fair market value of any assets or securities.

(F) The unenforceability under certain circumstances of any provisions prohibiting waivers of terms other than in writing, or prohibiting oral modifications thereof or modification by course of dealing.

(G) The effect of Section 1670.5 of the California Civil Code or any other California, Nevada or federal law or equitable principle which provides that a court may refuse to enforce, or may limit the application of, a contract or any clause thereof which the court finds to have been unconscionable at the time it was made or contrary to public policy.

(H) The unenforceability under certain circumstances of provisions expressly, or by implication, waiving broadly or vaguely stated rights, unknown future rights, or defenses, or waiving defenses to obligations or rights granted by law (whether substantive or procedural) or waiving rights to damages, or the benefits of statutory, regulatory or constitutional rights, unless and to the extent the statute, regulation or constitution explicitly permits the waiver of such rights, or to obligations or rights granted by law, when such waivers are against public policy or prohibited by law.

(I) The unenforceability under certain circumstances of provisions to the effect that rights or remedies are not exclusive, that rights or remedies may be exercised without notice, that every right or remedy is cumulative and may be exercised in addition to, or with, any other right or remedy, that election of a particular remedy or remedies does not preclude recourse to one or more other or similar remedies, that liquidated damages are to be paid upon the breach of an agreement, or that failure to exercise, or a delay in exercising, rights or remedies will not operate as a waiver of any such right or remedy.
 
(J) The enforceability of any provisions purporting to (i) waive rights to trial by jury, service of process or objections to venue or jurisdiction in connection with litigation, (ii) exclude conflict of law principles under California or other applicable law, (iii) establish particular courts as the forum for the adjudication of controversies, (iv) establish the laws of any particular state, country or jurisdiction for the adjudication of any controversies, (v) establish evidentiary standards or make determinations conclusive or (vi) provide for arbitration of disputes.
 
(K) The effect of judicial decisions, which may permit the introduction of extrinsic evidence to modify the terms or the interpretation of agreements.
 
(L) The enforceability of any attorneys' fees, severability, reimbursement, indemnification or contribution provisions.
 

 
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(M) Any provision of an agreement requiring written amendments or waivers insofar as they suggest that oral or other modifications, amendments or waivers could not be effectively agreed upon by the parties or that the doctrine of promissory estoppel might not apply. We note that a requirement that provisions of an agreement may only be amended or waived in writing may not be binding or enforceable if an oral agreement has been created modifying such provision or an implied agreement by trade practice or course of conduct has given rise to an amendment or waiver.
 
(N) The validity, binding effect or enforceability of an agreement to the extent that an arbitrator’s decision, or the decision of an arbiter under an agreement’s provisions concerning resolution of disputes may be contrary to the law or the facts and not subject to reversal.
 
(O) We have not conducted any investigation into the various types of businesses and activities in which the Company may engage or the manner in which the Company conducts its businesses. We have not conducted any special investigation of laws, statutes, rules or regulations and our investigation of and our opinion is limited to such laws, rules or regulations that in our experience are typically applicable to the contemplated transaction. We have assumed that no party to any agreement will in the future take any discretionary action (including a decision not to act permitted by such agreement) that would cause the performance of any agreement to violate the Nevada Revised Statutes or any California or federal statute, rule or regulation; or require an order, consent, permit or approval to be obtained from a Nevada, California or federal government authority.
 
(P) We assumed (a) the accuracy and completeness of representations and warranties and (b) the validity and payment of any wire transfers, drafts or checks that are tendered.
 
(Q) We express no opinion as to whether the members of the Board of Directors of the Company have complied with their fiduciary duties in connection with the authorization and performance of the contemplated transactions.
 
(R) We express no opinion as to the statutes, administrative decisions, rules, regulations or requirements of any county, municipality, subdivision or local authority of any jurisdiction. We express no opinion as to whether the laws of any jurisdiction are applicable to any transaction contemplated.
 
(S) We express no opinion as to matters governed by federal and state laws and regulations governing: usury; securities (except with respect to the specific securities contemplated by the Registration Statement); broker-dealers, investment companies, and investment advisers; insurance; labor, employment (including, but not limited to, the Americans with Disabilities Act) and pension and employee benefits; antitrust and unfair competition; escheat; health and safety, environmental protection and hazardous substances; taxation; or patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade names and other intellectual property rights.
 
(T) We express no opinion concerning the enforceability in California of any provisions relating to restraint, non-competition, or similar concepts.
 
(U) We express no opinion concerning the applicability of export laws, rules and regulations.
 

 
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(V) This opinion is qualified to the extent, and is rendered and delivered on the express condition and assumption, that no counsel or advisor for the addressee has expressed or reached opinions which are contrary to the opinions set forth in this letter.
 
(W) In rendering the opinion set forth above as to the good standing of the Company, we have relied exclusively on certificates of public officials.
 
(X) With regard to any opinion that an agreement is a “valid and binding obligation” of a party “enforceable in accordance with its terms,” such statement shall mean that, subject to the qualifications and limitations set forth herein, (i) an effective contract has been formed under California law, (ii) the entire agreement is not invalid by reason of a specific statutory prohibition or the public policy of the State of California, (iii) to the best of our knowledge contractual defenses to the entire agreement are not available and (iv) some remedy is available if a party to the agreement does not materially comply with its terms. This does not imply that any particular type of remedy is available.
 
This opinion is rendered as of the date first written above solely for your benefit in connection with your filing of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about October 21, 2008, and may not be delivered to, quoted or relied upon by any person other than you, or for any other purpose, without our prior written consent. 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. We assume no 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 opinions expressed herein.

We consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, and further consent to the use of our name wherever appearing in the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto.


   
THE CORPORATE LAW GROUP
 
  /s/ 
The Corporate Law Group
 

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EXHIBIT 23.1 – CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated March 28, 2008 appearing in MIP Solutions, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-KSB filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2008.


Dated: October 22, 2008

/s/ Williams & Webster, P.C.
 
 
 

 
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MIP SOLUTIONS, INC.

2008 STOCK PLAN

1. Purposes of the Plan. Awards granted under the MIP Solutions, Inc. 2008 Stock Plan may be Incentive Stock Options, Nonstatutory Stock Options, Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units as determined by the Administrator at the time of the grant of Awards. The purposes of this 2008 Stock Plan are:

(a) to attract and retain the best available personnel for positions of substantial responsibility,
 
(b) to provide incentives to Employees and Consultants, and
 
(c) to promote the success of the Company’s business.

2. Definitions. As used herein, the following definitions shall apply:

(a) “Administrator” means the Board or any of its Committees as shall be administering the Plan, in accordance with Section 4 of the Plan.
 
(b) “Affiliate” means any Parent or Subsidiary (as defined in Section 424(e) and (f) of the Code) of the Company.
 
(c) “Applicable Laws” means the requirements relating to the administration of equity compensation plans under U.S. state corporate laws, U.S. federal and state securities laws, the Code, any stock exchange or quotation system on which the Shares are listed or quoted and the applicable laws of any other country or jurisdiction where Awards are granted under the Plan.
 
(d) “Award” means, individually or collectively, a grant under the Plan of Incentive Stock Options, Nonqualified Stock Options, Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units.
 
(e) “Award Agreement” means the written agreement setting forth the terms and conditions applicable to each Award granted under the Plan.
 
(f) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
 
(g) “Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events, in one or a series of related transactions:
 
(i) any “person,” as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, other than the Company, a subsidiary of the Company or a Company employee benefit plan, including any trustee of such plan acting as trustee, is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors; or
 
 
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(ii) a merger or consolidation of the Company or any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company with any other corporation, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) at least fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power represented by the voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation; or
 
(iii) the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all the Company’s assets; or
 
(iv) a change in the composition of the Board, as a result of which fewer than a majority of the Directors are Incumbent Directors. “Incumbent Directors” shall mean Directors who either (A) are Directors as of the date this Plan is approved by the Board, or (B) are elected, or nominated for election, to the Board with the affirmative votes of at least a majority of the Directors and whose election or nomination was not in connection with any transaction described in (i) or (ii) above or in connection with an actual or threatened proxy contest relating to the election of directors of the Company.

(h) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Reference to a specific section of the Code or regulation thereunder shall include such section or regulation, any valid regulation promulgated under such section, and any comparable provision of any future legislation or regulation amending, supplementing or superseding such section or regulation.
 
(i) “Committee” means a Committee appointed by the Board in accordance with Section 4 of the Plan.
 
(j) “Common Stock” means the Common Stock of the Company.
 
(k) “Company” means MIP Solutions, Inc., a Nevada corporation, or any successor thereto.
 
(l) “Consultant” means any person other than an Employee who is engaged by the Company or any Affiliate to render consulting or advisory services and is compensated for such services, including a non-Employee director.
 
(m) “Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant” means that the employment or consulting relationship with the Company or any Affiliate is not interrupted or terminated. For purposes of Awards of Incentive Stock Options, the term “Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant” means that the employment relationship with the Company or any Affiliate is not interrupted or terminated. Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant shall not be considered interrupted in the case of (i) any leave of absence approved by the Company or an Affiliate or (ii) transfers between locations of the Company and its Affiliates or between the Company and any Affiliate, or between Affiliates or (iii) transfer between Employee and Consultant Status. If reemployment upon expiration of a leave of absence approved by the Company or an Affiliate is not guaranteed by statute or contract, on the 181st day after such leave commences any Award which is an Incentive Stock Option held by the Participant shall cease to be treated as an Incentive Stock Option and shall be treated for tax purposes as a Nonstatutory Stock Option. In the event of a Participant’s change in status from Consultant to Employee or Employee to Consultant, a Participant’s Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant shall not automatically terminate solely as a result of such change in status. However, in such event, an Award that is an Incentive Stock Option held by the Participant shall cease to be treated as an Incentive Stock Option and shall be treated for tax purposes as a Nonstatutory Stock Option three months and one day following such change of status.
 
 
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(n) “Date of Grant” means, with respect to an Award, the date that the Award is granted and its exercise price is set (if applicable), consistent with Applicable Laws and applicable financial accounting rules.
 
(o) “Director” means a member of the Board.
 
(p) “Disability” means total and permanent disability as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.
 
(q) “Earnings Per Share” means, as to any Performance Period, the Company’s or a business unit’s fully diluted earnings per share as defined by generally accepted accounting principles.
 
(r) “Employee” means any person employed by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company.
 
(s) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Reference to a specific section of the Exchange Act or regulation thereunder shall include such section or regulation, any valid regulation promulgated under such section, and any comparable provision of any future legislation or regulation amending, supplementing or superseding such section or regulation.
 
(t) “Fair Market Value” means, as of any date, the value of Common Stock determined as follows:
 
(i) If the Common Stock is listed on any established stock exchange or a national market system, including without limitation the Nasdaq National Market of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation (“Nasdaq”) System, or on any bulletin board or similar computer trading system, the Fair Market Value of a Share of Common Stock shall be the closing sales price for such stock (or the closing bid, if no sales were reported) as quoted on such system or exchange (or the exchange with the greatest volume of trading in Common Stock) on the day of determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Administrator deems reliable; or
 
(ii) In the absence of an established market for the Common Stock, the Fair Market Value shall be determined in good faith by the Administrator.

(u) “Fiscal Year” means a fiscal year of the Company.
 
(v) “Incentive Stock Option” means an Option intended to qualify as an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
 
(w) “Net Income” means, as to any Performance Period, the net income of the Company for the Performance Period determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
 
(x) “Nonstatutory Stock Option” means an Option not intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option.
 
 
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(y) “Notice of Grant” means a written or electronic notice evidencing certain terms and conditions of an individual Award. The Notice of Grant is part of the Award Agreement.
 
(z) “Operating Margins” means the ratio of Operating Income to Revenue.
 
(aa) “Operating Income” means the Company’s or a business unit’s income from operations determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
 
(bb) “Option” means a stock option granted pursuant to the Plan.
 
(cc) “Option Agreement” means a written or electronic agreement between the Company and a Participant evidencing the terms and conditions of an individual Option grant. The Option Agreement is subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.
 
(dd) “Parent” means a “parent corporation”, whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(e) of the Code.
 
(ee) “Participant” means the holder of an outstanding Award granted under the Plan.
 
(ff) “Performance Goals” means the goal(s) (or combined goal(s)) determined by the Administrator (in its discretion) to be applicable to a Participant with respect to an Award. As determined by the Administrator, the Performance Goals applicable to an Award may provide for a targeted level or levels of achievement using one or more of the following measures: (a) Revenue, (b) Earnings Per Share, (c) Net Income, (d) Operating Margins, and (e) Total Stockholder Return. The Performance Goals may differ from Participant to Participant and from Award to Award. Any criteria used may be measured, as applicable, (i) on Pro Forma numbers, (ii) in absolute terms, (iii) in relative terms (including, but not limited, the passage of time and/or against other companies or financial metrics), (iv) on a per share and/or share per capita basis, (v) against the performance of the Company as a whole or against particular segments or products of the Company and/or (vi) on a pre-tax or after-tax basis. Prior to the Determination Date, the Administrator shall determine whether any element(s) (for example, but not by way of limitation, the effect of mergers or acquisitions) shall be included in or excluded from the calculation of any Performance Goal with respect to any Participants (whether or not such determinations result in any Performance Goal being measured on a basis other than generally accepted accounting principles).
 
(gg) “Performance Period” means any Fiscal Year or such longer period as determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion.
 
(hh) “Period of Restriction” means the period during which the transfer of Shares of Restricted Stock are subject to restrictions and therefore, the Shares are subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture. As provided in Section 9, such restrictions may be based on the passage of time, the achievement of target levels of performance, or the occurrence of other events as determined by the Administrator, in its discretion.
 
(ii) “Plan” means this 2008 Stock Plan, as set forth in this instrument and as hereafter amended from time to time.
 
 
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(jj) “Pro Forma” means calculation of a Performance Goal in a manner that excludes certain unusual or non-cash expenses or credits, such as restructuring expenses, extraordinary tax events, expenses or credits related to stock options, other equity compensation or the like, acquisition related expenses, extraordinary items, income or loss from discontinued operations, and/or gains or losses from early extinguishment of debt instead of conforming to generally accepted accounting principles.
 
(kk) “Restricted Stock” means an Award granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 9.
 
(ll) “Restricted Stock Unit” means an Award granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 10.
 
(mm) “Revenue” means the Company’s or a business unit’s net sales for the Performance Period, determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
 
(nn) “Rule 16b-3” means Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act or any successor to Rule 16b-3, as in effect when discretion is being exercised with respect to the Plan.
 
(oo) “Section 16(b)” means Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
 
(pp) “Share” means a share of the Common Stock, as adjusted in accordance with Section 13 of the Plan.
 
(qq) “Subsidiary” means a “subsidiary corporation”, whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code.
 
(rr) “Total Stockholder Return” means the total return (change in share price plus reinvestment of any dividends) of a share of the Company’s common stock.

3. Stock Subject to the Plan.
 
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 13 of the Plan, the maximum aggregate number of Shares which may be issued under the Plan is 2,500,000.
 
(b) The Shares may be authorized, but unissued, or reacquired Common Stock. If an Award expires or becomes unexercisable without having been exercised in full, or with respect to Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units, is forfeited to or repurchased by the Company, the unpurchased Shares (or for Awards other than Options, the forfeited or repurchased Shares) which were subject thereto will become available for future grant or sale under the Plan (unless the Plan has terminated). Shares that have actually been issued under the Plan under any Award will not be returned to the Plan and will not become available for future distribution under the Plan; provided, however, that if unvested Shares of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units are repurchased by the Company or are forfeited to the Company, such Shares will become available for future grant under the Plan. Shares used to pay the tax and exercise price of an Award will not become available for future grant or sale under the Plan. To the extent an Award under the Plan is paid out in cash rather than Shares, such cash payment will not result in reducing the number of Shares available for issuance under the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing and, subject to adjustment provided in Section 13, the maximum number of Shares that may be issued upon the exercise of Incentive Stock Options shall equal the aggregate Share number stated in this Section 3(a), plus, to the extent allowable under Section 422 of the Code, any Shares that become available for issuance under the Plan under this Section 3(b).
 
 
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4. Administration of the Plan.
 
(a) Procedure.
 
(i) Multiple Administrative Bodies. The Plan may be administered by different Administrators with respect to different groups of Employees or Consultants.
 
(ii) Section 162(m). To the extent that the Administrator determines it to be desirable to qualify Awards granted hereunder as “performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code, the Plan shall be administered by a Committee of two or more “outside directors” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code.
 
(iii) Rule 16b-3. To the extent desirable to qualify transactions hereunder as exempt under Rule 16b-3, the transactions contemplated hereunder shall be structured to satisfy the requirements for exemption under Rule 16b-3.
 
(iv) Other Administration. Other than as provided above, the Plan shall be administered by (A) the Board or (B) a Committee, which committee shall be constituted to satisfy Applicable Laws.
 
(b) Powers of the Administrator. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, and in the case of a Committee, subject to the specific duties delegated by the Board to such Committee, the Administrator shall have the authority, in its discretion:
 
(i) to determine the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock, in accordance with Section 2(r) of the Plan;
 
(ii) to select the Employees and Consultants to whom Awards may be granted hereunder;
 
(iii) to determine whether and to what extent Awards are granted hereunder;
 
(iv) to determine the number of Shares to be covered by each Award granted hereunder;
 
(v) to approve forms of agreement for use under the Plan;
 
(vi) to determine the terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, of any Award granted hereunder. With respect to Options, such terms and conditions include, but are not limited to, the exercise price, the time or times when Options may be exercised, based in each case on such factors as the Administrator, in its sole discretion, shall determine;
 
(vii) to construe and interpret the terms of the Plan and Awards granted hereunder;
 
(viii) to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan, including rules and regulations relating to sub-plans established for the purpose of qualifying for preferred tax treatment under foreign tax laws;
 
 
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(ix) to modify or amend each Award (not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan), including the discretionary authority to extend the post-termination exercisability period of Options longer than is otherwise provided for in the Plan;
 
(x) to authorize any person to execute on behalf of the Company any instrument required to effect the grant of an Award previously granted by the Administrator;
 
(xi) to allow Participants to satisfy withholding tax obligations by electing to have the Company withhold from the Shares to be issued upon exercise or vesting of an Award that number of Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to the minimum amount required to be withheld (but no more). The Fair Market Value of any Shares to be withheld shall be determined on the date that the amount of tax to be withheld is to be determined. All elections by a Participant to have Shares withheld for this purpose shall be made in such form and under such conditions as the Administrator may deem necessary or advisable;
 
(xii) to determine the terms and restrictions applicable to Awards; and
 
(xiii) to make all other determinations deemed necessary or advisable for administering the Plan.
 
(c) Effect of Administrator’s Decision. The Administrator’s decisions, determinations and interpretations shall be final and binding on all Participants and any other holders of Awards and shall be given the maximum deference permitted by law.
 
5. Eligibility. Awards may be granted only to Employees and Consultants.
 
6. No Employment Rights. Neither the Plan nor any Award shall confer upon a Participant any right with respect to continuing the Participant’s employment with the Company, or continued Contractor status with the Company, or its Affiliates, nor shall they interfere in any way with the Participant’s right or the Company’s or Subsidiary’s right, as the case may be, to terminate such employment or Contractor status at any time, with or without cause or notice.
 
7. Term of Plan. The Plan shall become effective on September 9, 2008 and continue in effect, expiring at the close of business, pacific daylight time, on September 9, 2018.
 
8. Stock Options.
 
(a) Grant of Options. Subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan, Options may be granted to Employees and Consultants at any time and from time to time as determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion. The Administrator, in its sole discretion, shall determine the number of Shares subject to each Option. The Administrator may grant Incentive Stock Options, Nonstatutory Stock Options, or a combination thereof.
 
(b) Term. The term of each Option shall be stated in the Notice of Grant; provided, however, that the term shall be no longer than ten (10) years from the Date of Grant. Moreover, in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to a Participant who, at the time the Incentive Stock Option is granted, owns stock representing more than ten percent (10%) of the voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any Affiliate, the term of the Incentive Stock Option shall be no longer than five (5) years from the Date of Grant. Subject to the five (5) and ten (10) year limits set forth in the preceding sentence, the Administrator may, after an Option is granted, extend the maximum term of the Option. Unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, any extension of the term of an Option pursuant to this Section 8(b) shall comply with Code Section 409A.
 
 
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(c) Option Exercise Price. The per share exercise price for the Shares to be issued pursuant to exercise of an Option shall be determined by the Administrator and shall be no less than 100% of the Fair Market Value per share on the Date of Grant; provided, however, that in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to an Employee who, at the time the Incentive Stock Option is granted, owns stock representing more than ten percent (10%) of the voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any Affiliate, the per Share exercise price shall be no less than 110% of the Fair Market Value per Share on the Date of Grant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Company or a Subsidiary consummates a transaction described in Section 424(a) of the Code (e.g., the acquisition of property or stock from an unrelated corporation), persons who become Employees on account of such transaction may be granted Options in substitution for options granted by their former employer. If such substitute Options are granted, the Administrator, in its sole discretion and consistent with Section 424(a) of the Code, may determine that such substitute Options shall have an exercise price less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the Date of Grant.
 
(d) Waiting Period and Exercise Dates. At the time an Option is granted, the Administrator shall fix the period within which the Option may be exercised and shall determine any conditions which must be satisfied before the Option may be exercised. In so doing, the Administrator may specify that an Option may not be exercised until the completion of a service period or until performance milestones are satisfied.
 
(e) Form of Consideration. The Administrator shall determine the acceptable form of consideration for exercising an Option, including the method of payment. In the case of an Incentive Stock Option, the Administrator shall determine the acceptable form of consideration at the time of grant. Subject to Applicable Laws, such consideration may consist entirely of:
 
(i) cash;
 
(ii) check;
 
(iii) other Shares which (A) in the case of Shares acquired upon exercise of an option, have been owned by the Participant for more than six months on the date of surrender, and (B) have a Fair Market Value on the date of surrender equal to the aggregate exercise price of the Shares as to which said Option shall be exercised;
 
(iv) delivery to the Company of (A) a properly executed exercise notice together with such other documentation as the Administrator and the broker, if applicable, shall require to effect an exercise of the Option and (B) the sale proceeds required to pay the exercise price;
 
(v) any combination of the foregoing methods of payment; or
 
(vi) such other consideration and method of payment for the issuance of Shares to the extent permitted by Applicable Laws.
 
 
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(f) Exercise of Option; Rights as a Stockholder. Any Option granted hereunder shall be exercisable according to the terms of the Plan and at such times and under such conditions as determined by the Administrator and set forth in the Option Agreement. An Option may not be exercised for a fraction of a Share. An Option shall be deemed exercised when the Company receives: (i) written or electronic notice of exercise (in accordance with the Option Agreement) from the person entitled to exercise the Option, and (ii) full payment for the Shares with respect to which the Option is exercised. Full payment may consist of any consideration and method of payment authorized by the Administrator and permitted by the Option Agreement and the Plan. Shares issued upon exercise of an Option shall be issued in the name of the Participant. Until the stock certificate evidencing such Shares is issued (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company), no right to vote or receive dividends or any other rights as a stockholder shall exist with respect to the optioned stock, notwithstanding the exercise of the Option. The Company shall issue (or cause to be issued) such stock certificate promptly after the Option is exercised. No adjustment will be made for a dividend or other right for which the record date is prior to the date the stock certificate is issued, except as provided in Section 13 of the Plan. Exercising an Option in any manner shall decrease the number of Shares thereafter available for sale under the Option, by the number of Shares as to which the Option is exercised.
 
(g) Termination of Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant. If a Participant’s Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant terminates, other than upon the Participant’s death or Disability, the Participant may exercise his or her Option within such period of time as is specified in the Option Agreement to the extent that the Option is vested on the date of termination (but in no event later than the expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in the Option Agreement). In the absence of a specified time in the Option Agreement, the Option shall remain exercisable for three (3) months following termination of the Participant’s Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant. If, on the date of termination, the Participant is not vested as to his or her entire Option, the Shares covered by the unvested portion of the Option shall revert to the Plan. If, after termination, the Participant does not exercise his or her Option within the time specified by the Administrator, the Option shall terminate, and the Shares covered by such Option shall revert to the Plan.
 
(h) Disability. If a Participant’s Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant terminates as a result of the Participant’s Disability, the Participant may exercise his or her Option for twelve (12) months following the Participant’s termination (but in no event may the Option be exercised later than the expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in the Option Agreement). If, on the date of termination, the Participant is not vested as to his or her entire Option, the Shares covered by the unvested portion of the Option shall revert to the Plan. If, after termination, the Participant does not exercise his or her Option within the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate, and the Shares covered by such Option shall revert to the Plan.
 
(i) Death of Participant. If a Participant dies while in Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant, the Option may be exercised for twelve (12) months following Participant’s death (but in no event may the option be exercised later than the expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in the Option Agreement), by the Participant’s designated beneficiary, provided such beneficiary has been designated prior to Participant’s death in a form acceptable to the Administrator. If no such beneficiary has been designated by the Participant, then such Option may be exercised by the personal representative of the Participant’s estate or by the person(s) to whom the Option is transferred pursuant to the Participant’s will or in accordance with the laws of descent and distribution. If the Option is not so exercised within the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate, and the Shares covered by such Option shall revert to the Plan.
 
 
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(j) ISO $100,000 Rule. Each Option shall be designated in the Notice of Grant as either an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonstatutory Stock Option. However, notwithstanding such designations, to the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value of Shares subject to a Participant’s Incentive Stock Options granted by the Company, any Affiliate, which become exercisable for the first time during any calendar year (under all plans of the Company or any Affiliate) exceeds $100,000, such excess Options shall be treated as Nonstatutory Stock Options. For purposes of this Section 8(j), Incentive Stock Options shall be taken into account in the order in which they were granted, and the Fair Market Value of the Shares shall be determined as of the time of grant.
 
(k) Misconduct. In the event of termination of a Participant’s Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant as a result of misconduct (including, but not limited to, any act of dishonesty, willful misconduct, fraud or embezzlement) or should the Participant make or attempt to make any unauthorized use or disclosure of material confidential information or trade secrets of the Company or any Affiliate, then in any such event his or her option shall terminate and cease to be exercisable immediately upon the termination of Participant’s Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant Status or such unauthorized disclosure or use of confidential or secret information or attempt thereat.
 
9. Restricted Stock.
 
(a) Grant of Restricted Stock. Subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan, the Administrator, at any time and from time to time, may grant Shares of Restricted Stock to Employees or Consultants as the Administrator, in its sole discretion, shall determine. The Administrator, in its sole discretion, shall determine the number of Shares to be granted to each Participant.
 
(b) Restricted Stock Agreement. Each Award of Restricted Stock shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement that shall specify the Period of Restriction, the number of Shares granted, and such other terms and conditions as the Administrator, in its sole discretion, shall determine. Unless the Administrator determines otherwise, Shares of Restricted Stock shall be held by the Company as escrow agent until the restrictions on such Shares have lapsed.
 
(c) Transferability. Except as provided in this Section 9, Shares of Restricted Stock may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated until the end of the applicable Period of Restriction.
 
(d) Other Restrictions. The Administrator, in its sole discretion, may impose such other restrictions on Shares of Restricted Stock as it may deem advisable or appropriate, in accordance with this Section 9(d).
 
(i) General Restrictions. The Administrator may set restrictions based upon continued employment or service with the Company and its affiliates, the achievement of specific performance objectives (Company-wide, departmental, or individual), applicable federal or state securities laws, or any other basis determined by the Administrator in its discretion.
 
 
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(ii) Section 162(m) Performance Restrictions. For purposes of qualifying grants of Restricted Stock as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code, the Administrator, in its discretion, may set restrictions based upon the achievement of Performance Goals. The Performance Goals shall be set by the Administrator on or before the latest date permissible to enable the Restricted Stock to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code. In granting Restricted Stock which is intended to qualify under Section 162(m) of the Code, the Administrator shall follow any procedures determined by it from time to time to be necessary or appropriate to ensure qualification of the Restricted Stock under Section 162(m) of the Code (e.g., in determining the Performance Goals).
 
(iii) Legend on Certificates. The Administrator, in its discretion, may legend the certificates representing Restricted Stock to give appropriate notice of such restrictions.
 
(e) Removal of Restrictions. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 9, Shares of Restricted Stock covered by each Restricted Stock grant made under the Plan shall be released from escrow as soon as practicable after the last day of the Period of Restriction. The Administrator, in its discretion, may accelerate the time at which any restrictions shall lapse or be removed. After the restrictions have lapsed, the Participant shall be entitled to have any legend or legends under Section 9(d)(iii) removed from his or her Share certificate, and the Shares shall be freely transferable by the Participant. The Administrator (in its discretion) may establish procedures regarding the release of Shares from escrow and the removal of legends, as necessary or appropriate to minimize administrative burdens on the Company.
 
(f) Voting Rights. During the Period of Restriction, Participants holding Shares of Restricted Stock granted hereunder may exercise full voting rights with respect to those Shares, unless the Administrator determines otherwise.
 
(g) Dividends and Other Distributions. During the Period of Restriction, Participants holding Shares of Restricted Stock shall be entitled to receive all dividends and other distributions paid with respect to such Shares unless otherwise provided in the Award Agreement. Any such dividends or distribution shall be subject to the same restrictions on transferability and forfeitability as the Shares of Restricted Stock with respect to which they were paid, unless otherwise provided in the Award Agreement.
 
(h) Return of Restricted Stock to the Company. On the date set forth in the Award Agreement, the Restricted Stock for which restrictions have not lapsed shall revert to the Company and again shall become available for grant under the Plan.
 
10. Restricted Stock Units.
 
(a) Grant of Restricted Stock Units. Restricted Stock Units may be granted to Employees or Consultants at any time and from time to time, as shall be determined by the Administrator, in its sole discretion. The Administrator shall have complete discretion in determining the number of Restricted Stock Units granted to each Participant.
 
(b) Value of Restricted Stock Units. Each Restricted Stock Unit shall have an initial value equal to the Fair Market Value of a Share on the Grant Date.
 
(c) Restricted Stock Unit Agreement. Each Award of Restricted Stock Units shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement that shall specify any vesting conditions, the number of Restricted Stock Units granted, and such other terms and conditions as the Administrator, in its sole discretion, shall determine.
 
 
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(d) Performance Objectives and Other Terms. The Administrator, in its sole discretion, shall set performance objectives or other vesting criteria which, depending on the extent to which they are met, will determine the number or value of Restricted Stock Units that will be paid out to the Participants. Each Award of Restricted Stock Units shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement that shall specify the Performance Period, and such other terms and conditions as the Administrator, in its sole discretion, shall determine.
 
(i) General Performance Objectives or Vesting Criteria. The Administrator may set performance objectives or vesting criteria based upon the achievement of Company-wide, departmental, or individual goals, applicable federal or state securities laws, or any other basis determined by the Administrator in its discretion (for example, but not by way of limitation, Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant).
 
(ii) Section 162(m) Performance Objectives. For purposes of qualifying grants of Restricted Stock Units as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code, the Administrator, in its discretion, may determine that the performance objectives applicable to Restricted Stock Units shall be based on the achievement of Performance Goals. The Performance Goals shall be set by the Administrator on or before the latest date permissible to enable the Restricted Stock Units to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code. In granting Restricted Stock Units that are intended to qualify under Section 162(m) of the Code, the Administrator shall follow any procedures determined by it from time to time to be necessary or appropriate to ensure qualification of the Restricted Stock Units under Section 162(m) of the Code (e.g., in determining the Performance Goals).
 
(e) Earning of Restricted Stock Units. After the applicable Performance Period has ended, the holder of Restricted Stock Units shall be entitled to receive a payout of the number of Restricted Stock Units earned by the Participant over the Performance Period, to be determined as a function of the extent to which the corresponding performance objectives have been achieved. After the grant of a Restricted Stock Unit, the Administrator, in its sole discretion, may reduce or waive any performance objectives for such Restricted Stock Unit.
 
(f) Form and Timing of Payment of Restricted Stock Units. Payment of vested Restricted Stock Units shall be made as soon as practicable after vesting (subject to any deferral permitted under Section 18). The Administrator, in its sole discretion, may pay Restricted Stock Units in the form of cash, in Shares or in a combination thereof.
 
(g) Cancellation of Restricted Stock Units. On the date set forth in the Award Agreement, all unvested Restricted Stock Units shall be forfeited to the Company and, except as otherwise determined by the Administrator, again shall be available for grant under the Plan.
 
11. Leaves of Absence. Unless the Administrator provides otherwise or except as otherwise required by Applicable Laws, vesting of Awards granted hereunder shall continue during any leave of absence approved by the Administrator.
 
12. Non-Transferability of Awards. Unless determined otherwise by the Administrator, an Award may not be sold, pledged, assigned, hypothecated, transferred, or disposed of in any manner other than by will or by the laws of descent or distribution and may be exercised, during the lifetime of the recipient, only by the recipient. If the Administrator makes an Award transferable, such Award shall contain such additional terms and conditions as the Administrator deems appropriate; provided, however, that such Award shall in no event be transferable for value. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Participant may, if the Administrator (in its discretion) so permits, transfer an Award to an individual or entity other than the Company. Any such transfer shall be made in accordance with such procedures as the Administrator may specify from time to time.
 
 
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13. Adjustments Upon Changes in Capitalization.
 
(a) Subject to any required action by the stockholders of the Company, the number of Shares covered by each outstanding Award, the number of Shares which have been authorized for issuance under the Plan but as to which no Awards have yet been granted or which have been returned to the Plan upon cancellation or expiration of an Award, as well as the price per Share of Common Stock covered by each such outstanding Award and the 162(m) Fiscal Year share issuance limits under Sections 8(a), 9(a) and 10(a) hereof, shall be proportionately adjusted for any increase or decrease in the number of issued Shares resulting from a stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, combination or reclassification of the Common Stock, or any other increase or decrease in the number of issued Shares effected without receipt of consideration by the Company; provided, however, that conversion of any convertible securities of the Company shall not be deemed to have been “effected without receipt of consideration.” Such adjustment shall be made by the Administrator, whose determination in that respect shall be final, binding and conclusive. Except as expressly provided herein, no issuance by the Company of shares of stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class, shall affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number or price of Shares subject to an Award.
 
(b) Dissolution or Liquidation. In the event of the proposed dissolution or liquidation of the Company, the Administrator shall notify each Participant as soon as practicable prior to the effective date of such proposed transaction. The Administrator in its sole discretion may provide for a Participant to have the right to exercise his or her Award until ten (10) days prior to such transaction as to all of the Shares covered thereby, including Shares as to which the Award would not otherwise be exercisable. In addition, the Administrator may provide that any Company repurchase option or forfeiture rights applicable to any Award shall lapse 100%, and that any Award vesting shall accelerate 100%, provided the proposed dissolution or liquidation takes place at the time and in the manner contemplated. To the extent it has not been previously exercised, an Award will terminate immediately prior to the consummation of such proposed action.
 
 
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(c) Change of Control. In the event of a Change of Control, each outstanding Award shall be assumed or an equivalent Award substituted by the successor corporation or a Parent or Subsidiary of the successor corporation. In the event that the successor corporation refuses to assume or substitute for the Award, the Participant shall fully vest in and have the right to exercise all of his or her outstanding Options, including Shares as to which such Awards would not otherwise be vested or exercisable, all restrictions on Restricted Stock will lapse, and, with respect to Awards with performance-based vesting, including but not limited to Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units, all performance goals or other vesting criteria will be deemed achieved at one hundred percent (100%) of target levels and all other terms and conditions met. In addition, if an Option is not assumed or substituted in the event of a Change of Control, the Administrator shall notify the Participant in writing or electronically that the Option shall be fully vested and exercisable for a period of fifteen (15) days from the date of such notice, and the Option shall terminate upon the expiration of such period. For the purposes of this paragraph, an Award shall be considered assumed if, following the Change of Control, the Award confers the right to purchase or receive, for each Share subject to the Award immediately prior to the Change of Control, the consideration (whether stock, cash, or other securities or property) received in the Change of Control by holders of Common Stock for each Share held on the effective date of the transaction (and if holders were offered a choice of consideration, the type of consideration chosen by the holders of a majority of the outstanding Shares); provided, however, that if such consideration received in the Change of Control is not solely common stock of the successor corporation or its Parent, the Administrator may, with the consent of the successor corporation, provide for the consideration to be received upon the exercise of an Option or upon the payout of the Restricted Stock Unit Award, for each Share subject to the Award, to be solely common stock of the successor corporation or its Parent equal in fair market value to the per share consideration received by holders of Common Stock in the Change of Control. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 13(c) to the contrary, an Award that vests, is earned or paid-out upon the satisfaction of one or more performance goals will not be considered assumed if the Company or its successor modifies any of such performance goals without the Participant’s consent; provided, however, a modification to such performance goals only to reflect the successor corporation’s post-Change of Control corporate structure will not be deemed to invalidate an otherwise valid Award assumption.
 
14. Amendment and Termination of the Plan.
 
(a) Amendment and Termination. The Board may at any time amend, alter, suspend or terminate the Plan; provided, however, that the Board may not materially amend the Plan without obtaining stockholder approval. For this purpose, the following shall be considered material amendments requiring stockholder approval: (i) increasing the number of Shares that may be issued under the Plan (other than in accordance with Section 13(a) hereof), (ii) modifying the persons eligible for participation under the Plan or (iii) as otherwise may be required by Applicable Laws.
 
(b) Stockholder Approval. The Company shall obtain stockholder approval of any Plan amendment to the extent necessary and desirable to comply with Applicable Laws. Such stockholder approval, if required, shall be obtained in such a manner and to such a degree as is required by the applicable law, rule or regulation.
 
(c) Effect of Amendment or Termination. No amendment, alteration, suspension or termination of the Plan shall impair the rights of any Participant, unless mutually agreed otherwise between the Participant and the Administrator, which agreement must be in writing (or electronic format) and signed by the Participant and the Company.
 
15. Conditions Upon Issuance of Shares.
 
(a) Legal Compliance. Shares shall not be issued pursuant to the exercise of an Award unless the exercise of such Award and the issuance and delivery of such Shares shall comply with Applicable Laws and shall be further subject to the approval of counsel for the Company with respect to such compliance.
 
 
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(b) Investment Representations. As a condition to the exercise or receipt of Shares pursuant to an Award, the Company may require the person exercising or receiving Shares pursuant to an Award to represent and warrant at the time of any such exercise or receipt that the Shares are being purchased only for investment and without any present intention to sell or distribute such Shares if, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, such a representation is required.
 
16. Liability of Company.
 
(a) Inability to Obtain Authority. The inability of the Company to obtain authority from any regulatory body having jurisdiction, which authority is deemed by the Company’s counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any Shares hereunder, shall relieve the Company of any liability in respect of the failure to issue or sell such Shares as to which such requisite authority shall not have been obtained.
 
(b) Grants Exceeding Allotted Shares. If the Shares covered by an Award exceed, as of the Date of Grant, the number of Shares which may be issued under the Plan without additional stockholder approval, such Award shall be void with respect to such excess Shares, unless stockholder approval of an amendment sufficiently increasing the number of Shares subject to the Plan is timely obtained in accordance with Section 14(b) of the Plan.
 
17. Reservation of Shares. The Company, during the term of this Plan, will at all times reserve and keep available such number of Shares as shall be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the Plan.
 
18. Deferrals. The Administrator, in its sole discretion, may permit a Participant to defer receipt of the payment of cash or the delivery of Shares that would otherwise be due to such Participant under an Award. Any such deferral elections shall be subject to such rules and procedures as shall be determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion.
 
19. Participation. No Employee or Consultant shall have the right to be selected to receive an Award under this Plan, or, having been so selected, to be selected to receive a future Award.
 
20. No Rights as Stockholder. Except to the limited extent provided in Section 9(f), no Participant (nor any beneficiary) shall have any of the rights or privileges of a stockholder of the Company with respect to any Shares issuable pursuant to an Award (or exercise thereof), unless and until certificates representing such Shares shall have been issued, recorded on the records of the Company or its transfer agents or registrars, and delivered to the Participant (or beneficiary).
 
21. Withholding Requirements. Prior to the delivery of any Shares or cash pursuant to an Award (or exercise thereof), the Company shall have the power and the right to deduct or withhold, or require a Participant to remit to the Company, an amount sufficient to satisfy federal, state, local and foreign taxes (including the Participant’s FICA obligation) required to be withheld with respect to such Award (or exercise thereof). Notwithstanding any contrary provision of the Plan, if a Participant fails to remit to the Company such withholding amount within the time period specified by the Administrator (in its discretion), the Participant’s Award may, in the Administrator’s discretion, be forfeited and in such case the Participant shall not receive any of the Shares subject to such Award.
 
 
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22. Withholding Arrangements. The Administrator, in its sole discretion and pursuant to such procedures as it may specify from time to time, may permit or require a Participant to satisfy all or part of the tax withholding obligations in connection with an Award by (a) having the Company withhold otherwise deliverable Shares, or (b) delivering to the Company already-owned Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to the amount required to be withheld. The amount so withheld shall not exceed the amount determined by using the minimum federal, state, local or foreign jurisdiction statutory withholding rates applicable to the Participant with respect to the Award on the date that the amount of tax to be withheld is to be determined. The Fair Market Value of the Shares to be withheld or delivered shall be determined as of the date that the taxes are required to be withheld.
 
23. Indemnification. Each person who is or shall have been a member of the Committee, or of the Board, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against and from (a) any loss, cost, liability, or expense that may be imposed upon or reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with or resulting from any claim, action, suit, or proceeding to which he or she may be a party or in which he or she may be involved by reason of any action taken or failure to act under the Plan or any Award Agreement, and (b) from any and all amounts paid by him or her in settlement thereof, with the Company’s approval, or paid by him or her in satisfaction of any judgment in any such claim, action, suit, or proceeding against him or her, provided he or she shall give the Company an opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend the same before he or she undertakes to handle and defend it on his or her own behalf. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which such persons may be entitled under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, by contract, as a matter of law, or otherwise, or under any power that the Company may have to indemnify them or hold them harmless.
 
24. Successors. All obligations of the Company under the Plan, with respect to Awards granted hereunder, shall be binding on any successor to the Company, whether the existence of such successor is the result of a direct or indirect purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company.
 
25. Gender and Number. Except where otherwise indicated by the context, any masculine term used herein also shall include the feminine; the plural shall include the singular and the singular shall include the plural.
 
26. Severability. In the event any provision of the Plan shall be held illegal or invalid for any reason, the illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining parts of the Plan, and the Plan shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid provision had not been included.
 
27. Governing Law. The Plan and all Award Agreements shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of California (with the exception of its conflict of laws provisions).
 
28. Captions. Captions are provided herein for convenience of reference only and shall not serve as a basis for interpretation or construction of the Plan.
 
29. No Rules of Construction. No rules of construction are intended to apply to the interpretation of this Plan and for all purposes this Plan shall be deemed to be jointly authored by the Administrator and the Participants.
 
 
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