[Section 4.3] of the Plan is hereby amended so that the maximum aggregate grant of Shares subject to Options, SARs, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares, Profits Interest Units, and Other Stock-Based Awards payable or denominated in Shares and/or cash which may be granted to any Participant, other than a non-Employee Director, in any fiscal year shall not exceed 375,000 Shares (the “Annual Award Limit”), which adjusted Share amount equals the product obtained by dividing # 1,500,000 by # the Reverse Stock Split Ratio.
Annual Award Limits. No Participant may be granted Options or SARs under the Plan for more than an aggregate of 1,000,000 Shares in a Plan Year, as may be adjusted pursuant to Section 4.4. The maximum dollar amount payable under all Performance Unit Awards and Cash-Based Awards that are intended to qualify as Performance-Based Compensation plus the maximum value of Shares under all Performance Share Awards and Other Stock-Based Awards that are intended to qualify as Performance-Based Compensation, in the aggregate, granted to any one Participant in any one Plan Year shall not exceed $5,000,000; for this purpose, the value of Shares shall be the FMV of the Shares on the Grant Date of the applicable Award.
Annual Award Limits. Awards under the Plan shall be subject to the following Annual Award Limits, subject to any adjustment under Section 4.5. The maximum number of Shares with respect to which Options or other Awards may be granted to any Non-employee Director in any calendar year shall not exceed 10,000. The maximum number of Shares with respect to which Options or SARs may be granted to any Employee who is a Participant in any calendar year shall be 2,000,000 Shares. For any Awards other than Options or SARs and that are denominated in Shares, the maximum aggregate number of Shares that may be delivered pursuant to such Awards granted in any calendar year shall be 400,000 Shares for any Employee who is a Participant. For any Awards that are denominated in cash, the maximum aggregate amount of cash that may be paid with respect to all such Awards granted in any calendar year shall be $20,000,000 for any Employee who is a Participant.
Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4.04 and any limitations specified elsewhere in the Plan, the maximum number of Shares cumulatively available for issuance under the Plan pursuant to # the exercise of Options, # the grant of Affiliated, Freestanding, and Tandem SARs, # the grant of Restricted Stock, # the payment of Performance Units and Performance Shares, and/or # the grant of Shares shall not exceed 100,000 Shares, plus any Shares covered by an award under this Plan that are forfeited or remain unpurchased or undistributed upon termination or expiration of the award (the Aggregate Share Limit).
Participant Limitation. The aggregate number of Shares underlying Awards granted under this Plan to any participant in any fiscal year (including but not limited to Awards of Stock Options and SARs), regardless of whether such Awards are thereafter canceled, forfeited or terminated, shall not exceed 100,000 Shares. The foregoing annual limitation is intended to include the grant of all Awards, including but not limited to, Performance Shares and other Awards intended to be “performance-based compensation” as described in Article 9 of this Plan.
In any calendar year, no Participant may be granted Options, SARs, Restricted Stock Awards, Restricted Stock Units or any combination thereof that relate to more than 500,000 shares of Common Stock. For purposes of the foregoing limit, an Option and its Corresponding SAR shall be treated as a single Award. In any calendar year, no Participant may be granted an Incentive Award # with reference to a specified dollar limit for more than $3,000,000 and # with reference to a specified number of shares of Common Stock for more than 500,000 shares of Common Stock. If an Award that a Participant holds is cancelled or subject to a repricing within the meaning of the regulations under Code Section 162(m) (after shareholder approval as required herein), the cancelled Award shall continue to be counted against the maximum number of shares of Common Stock for which Awards may be granted to the Participant in any calendar year as required under Code Section 162(m). The maximum number of shares that may be granted in any calendar year to any Participant shall be subject to adjustment as provided in Article XII.
The maximum number of Shares that may be issued or transferred pursuant to all Options and Awards under this Plan is 1,200,000, of which not more than 200,000 Shares may be issued or transferred pursuant to Options, Restricted Stock Awards, Restricted Stock Unit Awards and/or Stock Appreciation Rights to any one Eligible Employee during any one calendar year. Not more than 10,000 Shares may be issued or transferred pursuant to Options and/or Awards to any Director during any one calendar year. The maximum number of Shares that may be issued or transferred pursuant to Incentive Stock Options shall be 200,000. Upon a Change in Capitalization after the adoption of this Plan by the Board, the Shares shall be adjusted to the number and kind of Shares of stock or other securities existing after such Change in Capitalization. The maximum aggregate amount of any Cash-Based Awards that may be paid to any one Grantee in any one calendar year shall be $2 million dollars.
Awards may be granted under the Plan only to Eligible Persons. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 10(c), in any fiscal year of the Company during any part of which the Plan is in effect, no Participant may be granted # Options and/or Stock Appreciation Rights with respect to more than 1,000,000 Shares or # Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Awards and/or Other Stock-Based Awards that are subject to Section 8 hereof that may be settled by the issuance of more than 1,000,000 Shares. The maximum amount of cash and the Fair Market Value of property other than Shares that may be payable to any one Participant in settlement of any Restricted Stock Awards, Restricted Stock Unit Awards, Performance Awards, and/or Other Stock-Based Awards that are subject to Section 8 hereof, is # $2,000,000 with respect to any 12 month Performance Period (not prorated for any performance period that is less than 12 months), and # with respect to any Performance Period that is more than 12 months, $5,000,000.
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