FORM S-8

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 20, 2012

Registration No. 333-            

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

Lifevantage Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

 

Colorado   90-0224471
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)

9815 S. Monroe Street, Suite 100

Sandy, UT 84070

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

 

Lifevantage Corporation 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan

(Full title of the plan)

 

 

Douglas C. Robinson

Chief Executive Officer

Lifevantage Corporation

9815 S. Monroe Street, Suite 100

Sandy, UT 84070

(801) 432-9000

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

 

 

Copies to:

Kirt W Shuldberg, Esq.

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

12275 El Camino Real, Suite 200

San Diego, CA 92130

(858) 720-8900

 

 

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

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

Title of securities
to be registered
  Amount to be
registered (1)
  Proposed maximum
offering price per
share (2)
  Proposed maximum
aggregate offering
price
  Amount of
registration fee

Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share

  3,400,000 shares   $2.97 (2)   $10,081,000 (2)   $1,155.28

 

 

(1) Pursuant to Rules 416 and 457 under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement shall also cover any additional shares of common stock that may become issuable under the Lifevantage Corporation 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction that results in an increase in the number of the outstanding shares of common stock of the registrant.

 

(2) (i) Estimated pursuant to Rules 457(h) and 457(d) under the Securities Act of 1933 solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and is based on the average of the high and low prices of registrant’s common stock as reported on the OTC Bulletin Board on August 15, 2012.

(ii) Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, a filing fee is only being paid with respect to the registration of additional securities for the Plan. A registration statement on Form S-8 has been filed previously on June 23, 2011 (File No. 333-175104) covering 3,500,000 shares of common stock reserved for issuance pursuant to awards under the Plan.

The registration statement shall become effective upon filing in accordance with Rule 462(a) under the Securities Act of 1933.

 

 

 


EXPLANATORY NOTES

Incorporation by Reference. This registration statement is filed pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8. The contents of the registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-175104) are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof.

Registration of Additional Shares of Common Stock Under the Plan. This registration statement is filed by the registrant to register an additional 3,400,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share, which may be issuable under the Lifevantage Corporation 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan pursuant to an amendment of such plan authorized by the shareholders of the registrant on January 10, 2012.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference

The contents of the registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-175104) are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof. In addition, the following documents and information previously filed by the registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) are hereby incorporated by reference in this registration statement:

 

  (a) the registrant’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011, filed on September 28, 2011.

 

  (b) the registrant’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for each quarter ended September 30, 2011, December 31, 2011 and March 31, 2011 filed on November 14, 2011, February 14, 2012 and May 15, 2012, respectively.

 

  (c) the registrant’s current reports on Form 8-K filed on each of September 21, 2011, December 19, 2011, January 17, 2012, February 7, 2012, March 27, 2012, April 23, 2012, May 15, 2012, May 18, 2012, May 31, 2012, June 29, 2012, July 6, 2012 and August 8, 2012 and Form 8-K/A filed on July 3, 2012;

 

  (d) all reports filed by the registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 since the end of the fiscal year covered by the registrant’s latest annual report; and

 

  (e) the description of the registrant’s common stock contained in the registrant’s registration statement on Form SB-2 filed under the Securities Act of 1933 on December 17, 2007, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.

In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date of this registration statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, will be incorporated by reference into this registration statement from the date of filing of such documents. In no event, however, will any information that the registrant discloses under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any current report on Form 8-K that the registrant may from time to time furnish to the SEC be incorporated by reference into, or otherwise become a part of, this registration statement.

Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.

 

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Item 4. Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.    Description
  4.1    Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the registrant’s Form 10-K filed on September 28, 2011)
  4.2    Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the registrant’s Form 10-K filed on September 28, 2011)
  4.3   

First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Form 8-K filed on May 31, 2012).

  4.4   

Lifevantage Corporation 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended

  4.5   

Forms of Incentive Stock Option and Nonqualifying Stock Option Agreements (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.33 to registrant’s Form 10-K filed September 28, 2011).

  4.6    Form of Restricted Stock Grant Agreement for the 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan
  4.7    Form of Stock Appreciation Right (SAR) Agreement for the 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan
  5.1    Opinion of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
23.1    Consent of Ehrhardt Keefe Steiner & Hottman PC, an Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2    Consent of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 to this registration statement)
24.1    Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature page to this registration statement)

 

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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 Sandy, State of Utah on August 21, 2012.

 

LIFEVANTAGE CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Rob Cutler

 

Rob Cutler

 

General Counsel

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints each of David Colbert and Rob Cutler and each or any one of them, his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him/her and in his/her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments, exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith) to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he/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/her substitutes or substitute, 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 in the capacities indicated on the dates indicated.

 

Signature

 

Title

 

Date

/s/ Douglas C. Robinson

  President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)   August 21, 2012
Douglas C. Robinson    

/s/ David Colbert

  Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)   August 21, 2012

David Colbert

   

/s/ David W. Brown

  President of LifeVantage Network and Director   August 21, 2012
David W. Brown    

/s/ Michael A. Beindorff

  Director   August 21, 2012
Michael A. Beindorff    

/s/ C. Mike Lu

  Director   August 21, 2012
C. Mike Lu    

/s/ Dave S. Manovich

  Director   August 21, 2012
Dave S. Manovich    

/s/ Garry Mauro

  Director   August 21, 2012

Garry Mauro

   


/s/ Joe M. McCord

   Director    August 21, 2012
Joe M. McCord      

/s/ George E. Metzger

   Director    August 21, 2012
George E. Metzger      

/s/ Elwood H. Spedden

   Chairman of the Board of Directors    August 21, 2012
Elwood H. Spedden      


INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit No.    Description
  4.1    Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the registrant’s Form 10-K filed on September 28, 2011)
  4.2    Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the registrant’s Form 10-K filed on September 28, 2011)
  4.3   

First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Form 8-K filed on May 31, 2012).

  4.4   

Lifevantage Corporation 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended

  4.5   

Forms of Incentive Stock Option and Nonqualifying Stock Option Agreements (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.33 to registrant’s Form 10-K filed September 28, 2011).

  4.6    Form of Restricted Stock Grant Agreement for the 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan
  4.7    Form of Stock Appreciation Right (SAR) Agreement for the 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan
  5.1    Opinion of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
23.1    Consent of Ehrhardt Keefe Steiner & Hottman PC, an Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2    Consent of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 to this registration statement)
24.1    Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature page to this registration statement)
2010 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN, AS AMENDED

Exhibit 4.4

LIFEVANTAGE CORPORATION

2010 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

(Effective as of September 27, 2010 and as amended on January 10, 2012 to increase the number of

authorized shares set forth in Section 5(a) to 6,900,000)

SECTION 1. INTRODUCTION.

The Board adopted the Lifevantage Corporation 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan on the Adoption Date conditioned on and subject to obtaining Company shareholder approval.

The purposes of the Plan are to (i) attract and retain the services of persons eligible to participate in the Plan; (ii) motivate Selected Employees, by means of appropriate equity and performance based incentives, to achieve long-term performance goals; (iii) provide equity and performance based incentive compensation opportunities that are competitive with those of other similar companies; and (iv) further align Participants’ interests with those of the Company’s other shareholders and thereby promote the financial interests of the Company and its affiliates and enhancement of shareholder return.

The Plan seeks to achieve this purpose by providing for Awards in the form of Options (which may constitute Incentive Stock Options or Nonstatutory Stock Options), Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock Grants, Stock Units and/or Cash Awards.

Capitalized terms shall have the meaning provided in Section 2 unless otherwise provided in this Plan or any related Stock Option Agreement, SAR Agreement, Restricted Stock Grant Agreement or Stock Unit Agreement.

SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS.

(a) “Adoption Date” means September 27, 2010.

(b) “Affiliate” means any entity other than a Subsidiary, if the Company and/or one or more Subsidiaries own not less than 50% of such entity. For purposes of determining an individual’s “Service,” this definition shall include any entity other than a Subsidiary, if the Company, a Parent and/or one or more Subsidiaries own not less than 50% of such entity.

(c) “Award” means any award, under this Plan, to a Selected Employee of an Option, SAR, Restricted Stock Grant, Stock Unit or to a Covered Employment of any Cash Award.

(d) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company, as constituted from time to time.

(e) “Cash Award” means an award of a bonus opportunity, under this Plan, to a Covered Employee that is (i) payable only in cash, (ii) not an Option, SAR, Restricted Stock Grant or Stock Unit, (iii) paid based on achievement of Performance Goal(s) and (iv) intended to qualify as performance-based compensation under Code Section 162(m).

(f) “Cashless Exercise” means, to the extent that a Stock Option Agreement so provides and as permitted by applicable law and in accordance with any procedures established by the Committee, an arrangement whereby payment of some or all of the aggregate Exercise Price may be made all or in part by delivery of an irrevocable direction to a securities broker to sell Shares and to deliver all or part of the sale proceeds to the Company. Cashless Exercise may also be utilized to satisfy an Option’s tax withholding obligations as provided in Section 14(b).

(g) “Cause” means, except as may otherwise be provided in a Participant employment agreement or applicable Award agreement (and in such case the employment agreement or Award agreement shall govern as to the definition of Cause), (i) dishonesty or fraud, (ii) serious willful misconduct, (iii) unauthorized use or disclosure

 

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of confidential information or trade secrets, (iv) conviction or confession of a felony, or (v) any other act or omission by a Participant that, in the opinion of the Company, could reasonably be expected to adversely affect the Company’s or a Subsidiary’s or an Affiliate’s business, financial condition, prospects and/or reputation. In each of the foregoing subclauses (i) through (v), whether or not a “Cause” event has occurred will be determined by the Company’s chief human resources officer or other person performing that function or, in the case of Participants who are Directors or Officers or Section 16 Persons, the Board, each of whose determination shall be final, conclusive and binding. A Participant’s Service shall be deemed to have terminated for Cause if, after the Participant’s Service has terminated, facts and circumstances are discovered that would have justified a termination for Cause, including, without limitation, violation of material Company policies or breach of confidentiality or other restrictive covenants that may apply to the Participant.

(h) “Change in Control” except as may otherwise be provided in a Participant employment agreement or applicable Award agreement (and in such case the employment agreement or Award agreement shall govern as to the definition of Change in Control), means the occurrence of any one or more of the following: (i) any merger, consolidation or business combination in which the shareholders of the Company immediately prior to the merger, consolidation or business combination do not own at least a majority of the outstanding equity interests of the surviving parent entity, (ii) the sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, (iii) the acquisition of beneficial ownership or control of (including, without limitation, power to vote) a majority of the outstanding Shares by any person or entity (including a “group” as defined by or under Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), (iv) the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, (v) a contested election of directors, as a result of which or in connection with which the persons who were directors of the Company before such election or their nominees cease to constitute a majority of the Board, or (vi) any other event specified by the Board or the Committee.

A transaction shall not constitute a Change in Control if its sole purpose is to change the state of the Company’s incorporation or to create a holding company that will be owned in substantially the same proportions by the persons who held the Company’s securities immediately before such transactions.

(i) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations and interpretations promulgated thereunder.

(j) “Committee” means a committee described in Section 3.

(k) “Common Stock” means the Company’s common stock, $0.001 par value per Share, and any other securities into which such shares are changed, for which such shares are exchanged or which may be issued in respect thereof.

(l) “Company” means Lifevantage Corporation, a Colorado corporation.

(m) “Consultant” means an individual (or entity) which performs bona fide services to the Company, a Parent, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate, other than as an Employee or Director or Non-Employee Director.

(n) “Covered Employees” means those individuals whose compensation is subject to the deduction limitations of Code Section 162(m).

(o) “Director” means a member of the Board who is also an Employee.

(p) “Disability” means, except as may otherwise be provided in a Participant employment agreement or applicable Award agreement (and in such case the employment agreement or Award agreement shall govern as to the definition of Disability), that the Participant is classified as disabled under a long-term disability policy of the Company or, if no such policy applies, the Participant is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months.

(q) “Employee” means any individual who is a common-law employee of the Company, or of a Parent, or of a Subsidiary or of an Affiliate.

 

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(r) “Equity Award” means any Award other than a Cash Award.

(s) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

(t) “Exercise Price” means, in the case of an Option, the amount for which a Share may be purchased upon exercise of such Option, as specified in the applicable Stock Option Agreement. “Exercise Price,” in the case of a SAR, means an amount, as specified in the applicable SAR Agreement, which is subtracted from the Fair Market Value in determining the amount payable to a Participant upon exercise of such SAR.

(u) “Fair Market Value” means the market price of a Share, determined by the Committee as follows:

(i) If the Shares were traded on a stock exchange (such as the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Amex, the NASDAQ Global Market or NASDAQ Capital Market) at the time of determination, then the Fair Market Value shall be equal to the regular session closing price for such stock as reported by such exchange (or the exchange or market with the greatest volume of trading in the Shares) on the date of determination, or if there were no sales on such date, on the last date preceding such date on which a closing price was reported;

(ii) If the Shares were traded on the OTC Bulletin Board at the time of determination, then the Fair Market Value shall be equal to the last-sale price reported by the OTC Bulletin Board for such date, or if there were no sales on such date, on the last date preceding such date on which a sale was reported; and

(iii) If neither of the foregoing provisions is applicable, then the Fair Market Value shall be determined by the Committee in good faith using a reasonable application of a reasonable valuation method as the Committee deems appropriate.

Whenever possible, the determination of Fair Market Value by the Committee shall be based on the prices reported by the applicable exchange or the OTC Bulletin Board, as applicable, or a nationally recognized publisher of stock prices or quotations (including an electronic on-line publication). Such determination shall be conclusive and binding on all persons.

(v) “Fiscal Year” means the Company’s fiscal year.

(w) “Incentive Stock Option” or “ISO” means an incentive stock option described in Code Section 422.

(x) “Net Exercise” means, to the extent that a Stock Option Agreement so provides and as permitted by applicable law, an arrangement pursuant to which the number of Shares issued to the Optionee in connection with the Optionee’s exercise of the Option will be reduced by the Company’s retention of a portion of such Shares. Upon such a net exercise of an Option, the Optionee will receive a net number of Shares that is equal to (i) the number of Shares as to which the Option is being exercised minus (ii) the quotient (rounded down to the nearest whole number) of the aggregate Exercise Price of the Shares being exercised divided by the Fair Market Value of a Share on the Option exercise date. The number of Shares covered by clause (ii) will be retained by the Company and not delivered to the Optionee. No fractional Shares will be created as a result of a Net Exercise and the Optionee must contemporaneously pay for any portion of the aggregate Exercise Price that is not covered by the Shares retained by the Company under clause (ii). The number of Shares delivered to the Optionee may be further reduced if Net Exercise is utilized under Section 14(b) to satisfy applicable tax withholding obligations.

(y) “Non-Employee Director” means a member of the Board who is not an Employee.

(z) “Nonstatutory Stock Option” or “NSO” means a stock option that is not an ISO.

(aa) “Officer” means an individual who is an officer of the Company within the meaning of Rule 16a-1(f) of the Exchange Act.

 

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(bb) “Option” means an ISO or NSO granted under the Plan entitling the Optionee to purchase a specified number of Shares, at such times and applying a specified Exercise Price, as provided in the applicable Stock Option Agreement.

(cc) “Optionee” means an individual, estate or other entity that holds an Option.

(dd) “Parent” means any corporation (other than the Company) in an unbroken chain of corporations ending with the Company, if each of the corporations other than the Company owns stock possessing 50% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain. A corporation that attains the status of a Parent on a date after the Adoption Date shall be considered a Parent commencing as of such date.

(ee) “Participant” means an individual or estate or other entity that holds an Award.

(ff) “Performance Goals” means one or more objective performance targets established for a Participant which may be described in terms of Company-wide objectives and/or objectives that are related to the performance of the individual Participant or a Parent, Subsidiary, Affiliate, division, department or function within the Company or entity in which the Participant is employed, and such targets may be applied either individually, alternatively or in any combination, and measured either annually or cumulatively over a period of years, on an absolute basis or relative to a pre-established target, to previous years’ results or to a designated comparison group, in each case as specified by the Committee. Any Performance Goals that are included in an Award in order to make such Award qualify as performance-based compensation under Code Section 162(m) shall be limited to one or more of the following target objectives: (i) operating income; (ii) earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, or EBITDA; (iii) earnings; (iv) cash flow; (v) market share; (vi) sales or revenue; (vii) expenses; (viii) cost of goods sold; (ix) profit/loss or profit margin; (x) working capital; (xi) return on equity or assets or investment; (xii) earnings per share; (xiii) economic value added, or EVA; (xiv) stock price including without limitation total shareholder return; (xv) price/earnings ratio; (xvi) debt or debt-to-equity; (xvii) accounts receivable; (xviii) writeoffs; (xix) cash; (xx) assets; (xxi) liquidity; (xxii) operations; (xxiii) research or related milestones; (xxiv) business development; (xxv) intellectual property (e.g., patents); (xxvi) product development; (xxvii) regulatory activity; (xxviii) information technology; (xxix) financings; (xxx) product quality control; (xxxi) management; (xxxii) human resources; (xxxiii) corporate governance; (xxxiv) compliance program; (xxxv) legal matters; (xxxvi) internal controls; (xxxvii) policies and procedures; (xxxviii) accounting and reporting; (xxxix) strategic alliances, licensing and partnering; (xl) site, plant or building development; (xli) corporate transactions including without limitation mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and/or joint ventures; (xlii) customer satisfaction; (xliii) capital expenditures and/or (xliv) Company advancement milestones. Awards issued to individuals who are not Covered Employees (or which are not intended to qualify as performance-based compensation under Code Section 162(m)) may take into account other (or no) factors.

(gg) “Performance Period” means any period of time as determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion. The Committee may establish different Performance Periods for different Participants, and the Committee may establish concurrent or overlapping Performance Periods.

(hh) “Plan” means this Lifevantage Corporation 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan as it may be amended from time to time.

(ii) “Prior Equity Compensation Plans” means the Company’s 2007 Long-Term Incentive Plan (as assumed from Lifeline Therapeutics, Inc., a Colorado corporation) and its predecessor plans and any other Company equity compensation plans.

(jj) “Re-Price” means that the Company has lowered or reduced the Exercise Price of outstanding Options and/or outstanding SARs for any Participant(s) in a manner described by SEC Regulation S-K Item 402(d)(2)(viii) (or as described in any successor provision(s) or definition(s)).

(kk) “Restricted Stock Grant” means Shares awarded under the Plan as provided in Section 9.

 

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(ll) “Restricted Stock Grant Agreement” means the agreement described in Section 9 evidencing each Award of a Restricted Stock Grant.

(mm) “SAR Agreement” means the agreement described in Section 8 evidencing each Award of a Stock Appreciation Right.

(nn) “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

(oo) “Section 16 Persons” means those officers, directors or other persons who are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

(pp) “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

(qq) “Selected Employee” means an Employee, Consultant, Director, or Non-Employee Director who has been selected by the Committee to receive an Award under the Plan.

(rr) “Separation From Service” means a Participant’s separation from service with the Company within the meaning provided to such term under Code Section 409A.

(ss) “Service” means service as an Employee, Director, Non-Employee Director or Consultant. Service will be deemed terminated as soon as the entity to which Service is being provided is no longer either (i) the Company, (ii) a Parent, (iii) a Subsidiary or (iv) an Affiliate. A Participant’s Service does not terminate if he or she is a common-law employee and goes on a bona fide leave of absence that was approved by the Company in writing and the terms of the leave provide for continued service crediting, or when continued service crediting is required by applicable law. However, for purposes of determining whether an Option is entitled to continuing ISO status, a common-law employee’s Service will be treated as terminating ninety (90) days after such Employee went on leave, unless such Employee’s right to return to active work is guaranteed by law or by a contract. Service terminates in any event when the approved leave ends, unless such Employee immediately returns to active work. The Committee determines which leaves count toward Service, and when Service commences and terminates for all purposes under the Plan. For avoidance of doubt, a Participant’s Service shall not be deemed terminated if the Committee determines that (i) a transition of employment to service with a partnership, joint venture or corporation not meeting the requirements of a Subsidiary in which the Company or a Subsidiary is a party is not considered a termination of Service, (ii) the Participant transfers between service as an Employee and service as a Consultant or other personal service provider (or vice versa), or (iii) the Participant transfers between service as an Employee and that of a Non-Employee Director (or vice versa). The Committee may determine whether any company transaction, such as a sale or spin-off of a division or subsidiary that employs a Participant, shall be deemed to result in termination of Service for purposes of any affected Awards, and the Committee’s decision shall be final and binding.

(tt) “Share” means one share of Common Stock.

(uu) “Shareholder Approval Date” means the date that the Company’s shareholders approve this Plan provided that such approval must occur on or before the first anniversary of the Adoption Date.

(vv) “Specified Employee” means a Participant who is considered a “specified employee” within the meaning provided to such term under Code Section 409A.

(ww) “Stock Appreciation Right” or “SAR” means a stock appreciation right awarded under the Plan which provides the holder with a right to potentially receive, in cash and/or Shares, value with respect to a specific number of Shares, as provided in Section 8.

(xx) “Stock Option Agreement” means the agreement described in Section 6 evidencing each Award of an Option.

(yy) “Stock Unit” means a bookkeeping entry representing the equivalent of one Share, as awarded under the Plan and as provided in Section 10.

 

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(zz) “Stock Unit Agreement” means the agreement described in Section 10 evidencing each Award of Stock Units.

(aaa) “Subsidiary” means any corporation (other than the Company) in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Company, if each of the corporations other than the last corporation in the unbroken chain owns stock possessing 50% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain. A corporation that attains the status of a Subsidiary on a date after the Adoption Date shall be considered a Subsidiary commencing as of such date.

(bbb) “Termination Date” means the date on which a Participant’s Service terminates as determined by the Committee.

(ccc) “10-Percent Shareholder” means an individual who owns more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of outstanding stock of the Company, its Parent or any of its Subsidiaries. In determining stock ownership, the attribution rules of Section 424(d) of the Code shall be applied.

SECTION 3. ADMINISTRATION.

(a) Committee Composition. A Committee appointed by the Board shall administer the Plan. Unless the Board provides otherwise, the Board’s Compensation Committee (or a comparable committee of the Board) shall be the Committee. The Board may also at any time terminate the functions of the Committee and reassume all powers and authority previously delegated to the Committee.

To the extent required, the Committee shall have membership composition which enables (i) Awards to Section 16 Persons to qualify as exempt from liability under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act and (ii) Awards to Covered Employees to be able to qualify as performance-based compensation as provided under Code Section 162(m) (to the extent such Awards are intended to qualify as performance-based compensation).

The Board may also appoint one or more separate committees of the Board, each composed of directors of the Company who need not qualify under Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act or Code Section 162(m), that may administer the Plan with respect to Selected Employees who are not Section 16 Persons or Covered Employees, respectively, may grant Awards under the Plan to such Selected Employees and may determine all terms of such Awards. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Board may also appoint a committee, composed of one or more Officers, that may authorize Awards to Employees (who are not Section 16 Persons or Covered Employees) within parameters specified by the Board and consistent with any limitations imposed by applicable law.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board shall constitute the Committee and shall administer the Plan with respect to all Awards granted to Non-Employee Directors.

(b) Authority of the Committee. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall have full authority and discretion to take any actions it deems necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan. Such actions shall include without limitation:

(i) determining Selected Employees who are to receive Awards under the Plan;

(ii) determining the type, number, vesting requirements, Performance Goals (if any) and their degree of satisfaction, and other features and conditions of such Awards and amending such Awards;

(iii) correcting any defect, supplying any omission, or reconciling or clarifying any inconsistency in the Plan or any Award agreement;

(iv) accelerating the vesting, or extending the post-termination exercise term, or waiving restrictions, of Awards at any time and under such terms and conditions as it deems appropriate;

(v) interpreting the Plan and any Award agreements;

 

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(vi) making all other decisions relating to the operation of the Plan; and

(vii) adopting such plans or subplans as may be deemed necessary or appropriate to provide for the participation by non-U.S. employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates, which plans and/or subplans shall be attached hereto as appendices.

The Committee may adopt such rules or guidelines, as it deems appropriate to implement the Plan. The Committee’s determinations under the Plan shall be final, conclusive and binding on all persons. The Committee’s decisions and determinations need not be uniform and may be made selectively among Participants in the Committee’s sole discretion. The Committee’s decisions and determinations will be afforded the maximum deference provided by applicable law.

(c) Indemnification. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, each member of the Committee, or of the Board, or any persons (including without limitation Employees and Officers) who are delegated by the Board or Committee to perform administrative functions in connection with the Plan, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against and from (i) 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 (ii) 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 Articles 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.

SECTION 4. GENERAL.

(a) General Eligibility. Only Employees, Consultants, Directors and Non-Employee Directors shall be eligible for designation as Selected Employees by the Committee.

(b) Incentive Stock Options. Only Selected Employees who are common-law employees of the Company, a Parent or a Subsidiary shall be eligible for the grant of ISOs. In addition, a Selected Employee who is a 10-Percent Shareholder shall not be eligible for the grant of an ISO unless the requirements set forth in Section 422(c)(5) of the Code are satisfied. If and to the extent that any Shares are issued under a portion of any Option that exceeds the $100,000 limitation of Section 422 of the Code, such Shares shall not be treated as issued under an ISO notwithstanding any designation otherwise. Certain decisions, amendments, interpretations and actions by the Committee and certain actions by a Participant may cause an Option to cease to qualify as an ISO pursuant to the Code and by accepting an Option the Participant agrees in advance to such disqualifying action.

(c) Buyout of Awards. Subject to approval of Company shareholders, the Committee may at any time (i) offer to buy out for a payment in cash or cash equivalents (including without limitation Shares valued at Fair Market Value that may or may not be issued from this Plan) an Award previously granted or (ii) authorize a Participant to elect to cash out an Award previously granted, in either case at such time and based upon such terms and conditions as the Committee shall establish.

(d) Restrictions on Shares. Any Shares issued pursuant to an Award shall be subject to such Company policies, rights of repurchase, rights of first refusal and other transfer restrictions as the Committee may determine. Such restrictions shall apply in addition to any restrictions that may apply to holders of Shares generally and shall also comply to the extent necessary with applicable law. In no event shall the Company be required to issue fractional Shares under this Plan.

(e) Beneficiaries. A Participant may designate one or more beneficiaries with respect to an Award by timely filing the prescribed form with the Company. A beneficiary designation may be changed by filing the prescribed form with the Company at any time before the Participant’s death. If no beneficiary was designated or if

 

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no designated beneficiary survives the Participant, then after a Participant’s death any vested Award(s) shall be transferred or distributed to the Participant’s estate.

(f) Performance Goals. The Committee may, in its discretion, include Performance Goals or other performance objectives in any Award. If Performance Goals are included in Awards to Covered Employees in order to enable such Awards to qualify as performance-based compensation under Code Section 162(m), then such Awards will be subject to the achievement of such Performance Goals that will be established and administered pursuant to the requirements of Code Section 162(m) and as described in this Section 4(f). If an Award is intended to qualify as performance-based compensation under Code Section 162(m) and to the extent required by Code Section 162(m), the Committee shall certify in writing the degree to which the Performance Goals have been satisfied before any Shares underlying an Award or any Award payments are released to a Covered Employee with respect to a Performance Period. Without limitation, the approved minutes of a Committee meeting shall constitute such written certification. With respect to Awards that are intended to qualify as performance-based compensation under Code Section 162(m), the Committee may adjust the evaluation of performance under a Performance Goal (to the extent permitted by Code Section 162(m)) to remove the effects of certain events including without limitation the following:

(i) asset write-downs or discontinued operations,

(ii) litigation or claim judgments or settlements,

(iii) material changes in or provisions under tax law, accounting principles or other such laws or provisions affecting reported results,

(iv) reorganizations or restructuring programs or divestitures or acquisitions, and/or

(v) extraordinary non-recurring items as described in applicable accounting principles and/or items of gain, loss or expense determined to be extraordinary or unusual in nature or infrequent in occurrence.

Notwithstanding satisfaction of any completion of any Performance Goal, to the extent specified at the time of grant of an Award, the number of Shares, Options, SARs, Stock Units or other benefits granted, issued, retainable and/or vested under an Award on account of satisfaction of such Performance Goals may be reduced by the Committee on the basis of such further considerations as the Committee in its sole discretion shall determine. Awards with Performance Goals or performance objectives (if any) that are granted to Selected Employees who are not Covered Employees or any Awards to Covered Employees which are not intended to qualify as performance-based compensation under Code Section 162(m) need not comply with the requirements of Code Section 162(m).

(g) No Rights as a Shareholder. A Participant, or a transferee of a Participant, shall have no rights as a shareholder (including without limitation voting rights or dividend or distribution rights) with respect to any Common Stock covered by an Award until such person becomes entitled to receive such Common Stock, has satisfied any applicable withholding or tax obligations relating to the Award and the Common Stock has been issued to the Participant. No adjustment shall be made for cash or stock dividends or other rights for which the record date is prior to the date when such Common Stock is issued, except as expressly provided in Section 11.

(h) Termination of Service. Unless the applicable Award agreement or employment agreement provides otherwise (and in such case, the Award or employment agreement shall govern as to the consequences of a termination of Service for such Awards), the following rules shall govern the vesting, exercisability and term of outstanding Awards held by a Participant in the event of termination of such Participant’s Service (in all cases subject to the term of the Option or SAR as applicable):

(i) if the Service of a Participant is terminated for Cause, then all of Participant’s Options, SARs, unvested portions of Stock Units and unvested portions of Restricted Stock Grants shall terminate and be forfeited immediately without consideration as of the Termination Date (except for repayment of

 

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any amounts the Participant had previously paid to the Company to acquire Shares underlying the forfeited Awards);

(ii) if the Service of Participant is terminated for any reason other than for Cause and other due to Participant’s death or Disability), then the vested portion of Participant’s then-outstanding Options/SARs may be exercised by such Participant or his or her personal representative within three months after the Termination Date and all unvested portions of Participant’s outstanding Awards shall be forfeited without consideration as of the Termination Date (except for repayment of any amounts the Participant had previously paid to the Company to acquire Shares underlying the forfeited Awards); or

(iii) if the Service of a Participant is terminated due to Participant’s death or Disability, the vested portion of Participant’s then outstanding Options/SARs may be exercised within twelve months after the Termination Date and all unvested portions of any outstanding Awards shall be forfeited without consideration as of the Termination Date (except for repayment of any amounts the Participant had previously paid to the Company to acquire Shares underlying the forfeited Awards).

(i) Code Section 409A. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, the Plan and Awards granted hereunder are intended to comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A and shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with such intention. In the event that any provision of the Plan or an Award Agreement is determined by the Committee to not comply with the applicable requirements of Code Section 409A and the Treasury Regulations and other guidance issued thereunder, the Committee shall have the authority to take such actions and to make such changes to the Plan or an Award Agreement as the Committee deems necessary to comply with such requirements, provided that no such action shall adversely affect any outstanding Award without the consent of the affected Participant. Each payment to a Participant made pursuant to this Plan shall be considered a separate payment and not one of a series of payments for purposes of Code Section 409A. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything elsewhere in the Plan or an Award Agreement to the contrary, if upon a Participant’s Separation From Service he/she is then a Specified Employee, then solely to the extent necessary to comply with Code Section 409A and avoid the imposition of taxes under Code Section 409A, the Company shall defer payment of “nonqualified deferred compensation” subject to Code Section 409A payable as a result of and within six (6) months following such Separation From Service under this Plan until the earlier of (i) the first business day of the seventh month following the Participant’s Separation From Service, or (ii) ten (10) days after the Company receives written confirmation of the Participant’s death. Any such delayed payments shall be made without interest. In no event whatsoever shall the Company be liable for any additional tax, interest or penalties that may be imposed on a Participant by Code Section 409A or for any damages for failing to comply with Code Section 409A.

(j) Suspension or Termination of Awards. If at any time (including after a notice of exercise has been delivered) the Committee (or the Board), reasonably believes that a Participant has committed an act of Cause (which includes a failure to act), the Committee (or Board) may suspend the Participant’s right to exercise any Option or SAR (or payment of a Cash Award or vesting of Restricted Stock Grants or Stock Units) pending a determination of whether there was in fact an act of Cause. If the Committee (or the Board) determines a Participant has committed an act of Cause, neither the Participant nor his or her estate shall be entitled to exercise any outstanding Option or SAR whatsoever and all of Participant’s outstanding Awards shall then terminate without consideration. Any determination by the Committee (or the Board) with respect to the foregoing shall be final, conclusive and binding on all interested parties.

(k) Electronic Communications. Subject to compliance with applicable law and/or regulations, an Award agreement or other documentation or notices relating to the Plan and/or Awards may be communicated to Participants by electronic media.

(l) Unfunded Plan. Insofar as it provides for Awards, the Plan shall be unfunded. Although bookkeeping accounts may be established with respect to Participants who are granted Awards under this Plan, any such accounts will be used merely as a bookkeeping convenience. The Company shall not be required to segregate any assets which may at any time be represented by Awards, nor shall this Plan be construed as providing for such segregation, nor shall the Company or the Committee be deemed to be a trustee of stock or cash to be awarded under the Plan.

 

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(m) Liability of Company. The Company (or members of the Board or Committee) shall not be liable to a Participant or other persons as to: (a) the non-issuance or sale of Shares as to which the Company has been unable to obtain from any regulatory body having jurisdiction the authority deemed by the Company’s counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any Shares hereunder; and (b) any unexpected or adverse tax consequence or any tax consequence expected, but not realized, by any Participant or other person due to the grant, receipt, exercise or settlement of any Award granted hereunder.

(n) Reformation. In the event any provision of this Plan shall be held illegal or invalid for any reason, such provisions will be reformed by the Board if possible and to the extent needed in order to be held legal and valid. If it is not possible to reform the illegal or invalid provisions then the illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining parts of this Plan, and this Plan shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid provision had not been included.

(o) Director Fees. If the Board affirmatively determines to implement this Section 4(o), then each Non-Employee Director may be awarded either a Restricted Stock Grant or Stock Units in accordance with the terms and conditions contained in this Section 4(o).

(i) Participation Elections. Each Non-Employee Director may elect to receive a Restricted Stock Grant (or Stock Units) under the Plan in lieu of payment of a portion of his or her annual cash retainer. Such an election may be for any dollar or percentage amount equal to at least 50% of the Non-Employee Director’s annual cash retainer (up to a limit of 100% of the annual cash retainer of Non-Employee Directors). The election must be made prior to the beginning of the annual board of directors cycle which shall be any twelve month continuous period designated by the Board (the “Board Cycle”) and such election may need to be made earlier as necessary to comply with Code Section 409A. Any amount of the annual retainer not elected to be received as a Restricted Stock Grant or Stock Units shall be payable in cash in accordance with the Company’s standard payment procedures.

(ii) Awards of Stock. As soon as reasonably practicable following the commencement of each Board Cycle, each Non-Employee Director who has timely made the election described in Section 4(o)(i) with respect to that Board Cycle shall be granted a number of Shares pursuant to a Restricted Stock Grant (or Stock Units) having a fair market value equivalent to the amount of the annual cash retainer elected to be received as a Restricted Stock Grant (or Stock Units) under Section 4(o)(i) for such Board Cycle, rounded down to the nearest full Share. Such Restricted Stock Grant (or Stock Units) will be evidenced by an executed Restricted Stock Grant Agreement (or Stock Unit Agreement) between the Company and the electing Non-Employee Director. Such Restricted Stock Grant (or Stock Units) may be subject to vesting conditions at grant.

(iii) Other Terms. Shares (or Stock Units) granted under this Section 4(o) shall otherwise be subject to the terms of the Plan applicable to Non-Employee Directors or to Participants generally (other than provisions specifically applying only to Employees).

(p) Re Pricing of Options or SARs. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, outstanding Options or SARs may not be Re-Priced without the approval of Company shareholders.

(q) Successor Provision. Any reference to a statute, rule or regulation, or to a section of a statute, rule or regulation, is a reference to that statute, rule, regulation, or section as amended from time to time, both before and after the Adoption Date and including any successor provisions.

(r) Governing Law. This Plan and all Awards shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Colorado but without regard to its conflict of law provisions. The Committee may provide that any dispute as to any Award shall be presented and determined in such forum as the Committee may specify, including through binding arbitration. Unless otherwise provided in the Award Agreement, recipients of an Award under the Plan are deemed to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the federal or state courts of Colorado to resolve any and all issues that may arise out of or relate to the Plan or any related Award Agreement.

 

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SECTION 5. SHARES SUBJECT TO PLAN AND SHARE LIMITS.

(a) Basic Limitations. The Common Stock issuable under the Plan shall be authorized but unissued Shares or treasury Shares. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 11, the maximum aggregate number of Shares that may be issued under the Plan shall not exceed 6,900,000 Shares. The maximum aggregate number of Shares that may be issued in connection with any single type of Equity Award (NSOs, ISOs, SARs, Restricted Stock Grants or Stock Units) under the Plan shall be 6,900,000 Shares.

(b) Share Re-Use. If Equity Awards are forfeited or are terminated for any reason other than being exercised, then the Shares underlying such Equity Awards shall again become available for Equity Awards under the Plan. If SARs are exercised or Stock Units are settled in Shares, then only the number of Shares (if any) actually issued in settlement of such SARs or Stock Units shall reduce the number of Shares available under the Share limits stated in Section 5(a) and the balance shall again become available for Equity Awards under the Plan. If a Participant pays the Exercise Price by Net Exercise or by surrendering previously owned Shares (or by stock attestation) and/or, as permitted by the Committee, pays any withholding tax obligation with respect to an Equity Award by electing to have Shares withheld or surrendering previously owned Shares (or by stock attestation), the surrendered Shares and the Shares withheld to pay taxes shall be available for issuance under the Plan and shall not count toward the Share limits set forth in Section 5(a). Any Shares that are delivered and any Equity Awards that are granted by, or become obligations of, the Company, as a result of the assumption by the Company of, or in substitution for, outstanding awards previously granted by another entity (as provided in Sections 6(e), 8(f), 9(e) or 10(e)) shall not be counted against the Share limits specified in Sections 5(a) and 5(d).

(c) Dividend Equivalents. Any dividend equivalents distributed under the Plan shall not be applied against the number of Shares available for Equity Awards.

(d) Code Section 162(m) Limits. For so long as: (x) the Company is a “publicly held corporation” within the meaning of Code Section 162(m) and (y) the deduction limitations of Code Section 162(m) are applicable to Awards granted to the Company’s Covered Employees under this Plan, then the limits specified below in this Section 5(d) shall be applicable to Awards issued under the Plan that are intended to qualify as performance-based compensation under Code Section 162(m).

(i) Limits on Options. No Selected Employee shall receive Options to purchase Shares during any Fiscal Year that in the aggregate cover in excess of 1,250,000 Shares.

(ii) Limits on SARs. No Selected Employee shall receive Awards of SARs during any Fiscal Year that in the aggregate cover in excess of 1,250,000 Shares.

(iii) Limits on Restricted Stock Grants. No Selected Employee shall receive Restricted Stock Grants during any Fiscal Year that in the aggregate cover in excess of 1,250,000 Shares.

(iv) Limits on Stock Units. No Selected Employee shall receive Stock Units during any Fiscal Year that in the aggregate cover in excess of 1,250,000 Shares.

(v) Limit on Total Amount of All Equity Awards. No Selected Employee shall receive Equity Awards during any Fiscal Year in excess of the aggregate amount of 1,250,000 Shares, whether such Equity Awards are in the form of Options, SARs, Restricted Stock Grants and/or Stock Units.

(vi) Increased Limits for First Year of Employment. The numerical limits expressed in the foregoing subparts (i) through (v) shall in each case be increased to 2,500,000 Shares with respect to Equity Awards granted to a Selected Employee during the Fiscal Year of the Selected Employee’s commencement of employment with the Company or during the first Fiscal Year that the Selected Employee becomes a Covered Employee.

(vii) Dollar Limit for Cash Awards. The maximum aggregate value of Cash Awards that may be received by any one Selected Employee with respect to any individual Fiscal Year is $1,000,000.

 

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SECTION 6. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF OPTIONS.

(a) Stock Option Agreement. Each Award of an Option under the Plan shall be evidenced by a Stock Option Agreement between the Optionee and the Company. Such Option shall be subject to all applicable terms and conditions of the Plan and may be subject to any other terms and conditions that are not inconsistent with the Plan (including without limitation any Performance Goals). The provisions of the various Stock Option Agreements entered into under the Plan need not be identical. The Stock Option Agreement shall also specify whether the Option is an ISO and if not specified then the Option shall be an NSO.

(b) Number of Shares. Each Stock Option Agreement shall specify the number of Shares that are subject to the Option and shall provide for adjustment of such number in accordance with Section 11.

(c) Exercise Price. An Option’s Exercise Price shall be established by the Committee and set forth in a Stock Option Agreement. Except with respect to outstanding stock options being assumed or Options being granted in exchange for cancellation of outstanding options granted by another issuer as provided under Section 6(e), the Exercise Price of an Option shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value (110% for ISO Awards to 10-Percent Shareholders) on the date of Award.

(d) Exercisability and Term. Each Stock Option Agreement shall specify the date when all or any installment of the Option is to become vested and/or exercisable. The Stock Option Agreement shall also specify the term of the Option; provided that the term of an Option shall in no event exceed ten years from the date of Award (and may be for a shorter period of time than ten years). No Option can be exercised after the expiration date specified in the applicable Stock Option Agreement. A Stock Option Agreement may provide for accelerated vesting in the event of the Participant’s death, or Disability or other events. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, an ISO that is granted to a 10-Percent Shareholder shall have a maximum term of five years. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, no Option can be exercised after the expiration date provided in the applicable Stock Option Agreement. A Stock Option Agreement may permit an Optionee to exercise an Option before it is vested (an “early exercise”), subject to the Company’s right of repurchase at the original Exercise Price of any Shares acquired under the unvested portion of the Option which right of repurchase shall lapse at the same rate the Option would have vested had there been no early exercise. In no event shall the Company be required to issue fractional Shares upon the exercise of an Option and the Committee may specify a minimum number of Shares that must be purchased in any one Option exercise.

(e) Modifications or Assumption of Options. Within the limitations of the Plan, the Committee may modify, extend or assume outstanding Options or may accept the cancellation of outstanding stock options (whether granted by the Company or by another issuer) in return for the grant of new Options for the same or a different number of Shares and at the same or a different Exercise Price. For avoidance of doubt, the Committee may not Re-Price outstanding Options without approval from the Company’s shareholders. No modification of an Option shall, without the consent of the Optionee, impair his or her rights or increase his or her obligations under such Option.

(f) Assignment or Transfer of Options. Except as otherwise provided in the applicable Stock Option Agreement and then only to the extent permitted by applicable law, no Option shall be transferable by the Optionee other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. Except as otherwise provided in the applicable Stock Option Agreement, an Option may be exercised during the lifetime of the Optionee only by Optionee or by the guardian or legal representative of the Optionee. No Option or interest therein may be assigned, pledged or hypothecated by the Optionee during his or her lifetime, whether by operation of law or otherwise, or be made subject to execution, attachment or similar process.

SECTION 7. PAYMENT FOR OPTION SHARES.

(a) General Rule. The entire Exercise Price of Shares issued upon exercise of Options shall be payable in cash at the time when such Shares are purchased by the Optionee, except as follows and if so provided for in an applicable Stock Option Agreement:

 

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(i) In the case of an ISO granted under the Plan, payment shall be made only pursuant to the express provisions of the applicable Stock Option Agreement. The Stock Option Agreement may specify that payment may be made in any form(s) described in this Section 7.

(ii) In the case of an NSO granted under the Plan, the Committee may, in its discretion at any time, accept payment in any form(s) described in this Section 7.

(b) Surrender of Stock. To the extent that the Committee makes this Section 7(b) applicable to an Option in a Stock Option Agreement, payment for all or a part of the Exercise Price may be made with Shares which have already been owned by the Optionee for such duration as shall be specified by the Committee. Such Shares shall be valued at their Fair Market Value on the date when the new Shares are purchased under the Plan.

(c) Cashless Exercise. To the extent that the Committee makes this Section 7(c) applicable to an Option in a Stock Option Agreement, payment for all or a part of the Exercise Price may be made through Cashless Exercise.

(d) Net Exercise. To the extent that the Committee makes this Section 7(d) applicable to an Option in a Stock Option Agreement, payment for all or a part of the Exercise Price may be made through Net Exercise.

(e) Other Forms of Payment. To the extent that the Committee makes this Section 7(e) applicable to an Option in a Stock Option Agreement, payment may be made in any other form that is consistent with applicable laws, regulations and rules and approved by the Committee.

SECTION 8. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS.

(a) SAR Agreement. Each Award of a SAR under the Plan shall be evidenced by a SAR Agreement between the Participant and the Company. Such SAR shall be subject to all applicable terms of the Plan and may be subject to any other terms that are not inconsistent with the Plan (including without limitation any Performance Goals). A SAR Agreement may provide for a maximum limit on the amount of any payout notwithstanding the Fair Market Value on the date of exercise of the SAR. The provisions of the various SAR Agreements entered into under the Plan need not be identical. SARs may be granted in consideration of a reduction in the Participant’s other compensation.

(b) Number of Shares. Each SAR Agreement shall specify the number of Shares to which the SAR pertains and is subject to adjustment of such number in accordance with Section 11.

(c) Exercise Price. Each SAR Agreement shall specify the Exercise Price. Except with respect to outstanding stock appreciation rights being assumed or SARs being granted in exchange for cancellation of outstanding stock appreciation rights granted by another issuer as provided under Section 8(f), the Exercise Price of a SAR shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value on the date of Award.

(d) Exercisability and Term. Each SAR Agreement shall specify the date when all or any installment of the SAR is to become exercisable. The SAR Agreement shall also specify the term of the SAR which shall not exceed ten years from the date of Award. No SAR can be exercised after the expiration date specified in the applicable SAR Agreement. A SAR Agreement may provide for accelerated exercisability in the event of the Participant’s death, or Disability or other events and may provide for expiration prior to the end of its term in the event of the termination of the Participant’s Service. A SAR may be included in an ISO only at the time of Award but may be included in an NSO at the time of Award or at any subsequent time, but not later than six months before the expiration of such NSO. A SAR granted under the Plan may provide that it will be exercisable only in the event of a Change in Control.

(e) Exercise of SARs. If, on the date when a SAR expires, the Exercise Price under such SAR is less than the Fair Market Value on such date but any portion of such SAR has not been exercised or surrendered, then such SAR may automatically be deemed to be exercised as of such date with respect to such portion to the extent so provided in the applicable SAR agreement. Upon exercise of a SAR, the Participant (or any person having the right

 

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to exercise the SAR after Participant’s death) shall receive from the Company (i) Shares, (ii) cash or (iii) any combination of Shares and cash, as the Committee shall determine. The amount of cash and/or the Fair Market Value of Shares received upon exercise of SARs shall, in the aggregate, be equal to the amount by which the Fair Market Value (on the date of surrender) of the Shares subject to the SARs exceeds the Exercise Price of the Shares.

(f) Modification or Assumption of SARs. Within the limitations of the Plan, the Committee may modify, extend or assume outstanding SARs or may accept the cancellation of outstanding SARs (including stock appreciation rights granted by another issuer) in return for the grant of new SARs for the same or a different number of Shares and at the same or a different Exercise Price. For avoidance of doubt, the Committee may not Re-Price outstanding SARs without approval from the Company’s shareholders. No modification of a SAR shall, without the consent of the Participant, impair his or her rights or increase his or her obligations under such SAR.

(g) Assignment or Transfer of SARs. Except as otherwise provided in the applicable SAR Agreement and then only to the extent permitted by applicable law, no SAR shall be transferable by the Participant other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. Except as otherwise provided in the applicable SAR Agreement, a SAR may be exercised during the lifetime of the Participant only by the Participant or by the guardian or legal representative of the Participant. No SAR or interest therein may be assigned, pledged or hypothecated by the Participant during his or her lifetime, whether by operation of law or otherwise, or be made subject to execution, attachment or similar process.

SECTION 9. TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR RESTRICTED STOCK GRANTS.

(a) Restricted Stock Grant Agreement. Each Restricted Stock Grant awarded under the Plan shall be evidenced by a Restricted Stock Grant Agreement between the Participant and the Company. Each Restricted Stock Grant shall be subject to all applicable terms and conditions of the Plan and may be subject to any other terms and conditions that are not inconsistent with the Plan (including without limitation any Performance Goals). The provisions of the Restricted Stock Grant Agreements entered into under the Plan need not be identical.

(b) Number of Shares and Payment. Each Restricted Stock Grant Agreement shall specify the number of Shares to which the Restricted Stock Grant pertains and is subject to adjustment of such number in accordance with Section 11. Restricted Stock Grants may be issued with or without cash consideration under the Plan.

(c) Vesting Conditions. Each Restricted Stock Grant may or may not be subject to vesting. Vesting shall occur, in full or in installments, upon satisfaction of the conditions specified in the Restricted Stock Grant Agreement. A Restricted Stock Grant Agreement may provide for accelerated vesting in the event of the Participant’s death, or Disability or other events.

(d) Voting and Dividend Rights. The holder of a Restricted Stock Grant (irrespective of whether the Shares subject to the Restricted Stock Grant are vested or unvested) awarded under the Plan shall have the same voting, dividend and other rights as the Company’s other shareholders. However, any dividends received on Shares that are unvested (whether such dividends are in the form of cash or Shares) may be subject to the same vesting conditions and restrictions as the Restricted Stock Grant with respect to which the dividends were paid. Such additional Shares issued as dividends that are subject to the Restricted Stock Grant shall not reduce the number of Shares available for issuance under Section 5.

(e) Modification or Assumption of Restricted Stock Grants. Within the limitations of the Plan, the Committee may modify or assume outstanding Restricted Stock Grants or may accept the cancellation of outstanding Restricted Stock Grants (including stock granted by another issuer) in return for the grant of new Restricted Stock Grants for the same or a different number of Shares. No modification of a Restricted Stock Grant shall, without the consent of the Participant, impair his or her rights or increase his or her obligations under such Restricted Stock Grant.

(f) Assignment or Transfer of Restricted Stock Grants. Except as provided in Section 14, or in a Restricted Stock Grant Agreement, or as required by applicable law, a Restricted Stock Grant awarded under the Plan shall not be anticipated, assigned, attached, garnished, optioned, transferred or made subject to any creditor’s

 

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process, whether voluntarily, involuntarily or by operation of law. Any act in violation of this Section 9(f) shall be void. However, this Section 9(f) shall not preclude a Participant from designating a beneficiary pursuant to Section 4(e) nor shall it preclude a transfer of Restricted Stock Grant Awards by will or pursuant to Section 4(e).

SECTION 10. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF STOCK UNITS.

(a) Stock Unit Agreement. Each Award of Stock Units under the Plan shall be evidenced by a Stock Unit Agreement between the Participant and the Company. Such Stock Units shall be subject to all applicable terms of the Plan and may be subject to any other terms that are not inconsistent with the Plan (including without limitation any Performance Goals). The provisions of the various Stock Unit Agreements entered into under the Plan need not be identical. Stock Units may be granted in consideration of a reduction in the Participant’s other compensation.

(b) Number of Shares and Payment. Each Stock Unit Agreement shall specify the number of Shares to which the Stock Unit Grant pertains and is subject to adjustment of such number in accordance with Section 11. To the extent that an Award is granted in the form of Stock Units, no cash consideration shall be required of the Award recipients.

(c) Vesting Conditions. Each Award of Stock Units may or may not be subject to vesting. Vesting shall occur, in full or in installments, upon satisfaction of the conditions specified in the Stock Unit Agreement. A Stock Unit Agreement may provide for accelerated vesting in the event of the Participant’s death, or Disability or other events.

(d) Voting and Dividend Rights. The holders of Stock Units shall have no voting rights. Prior to settlement or forfeiture, any Stock Unit awarded under the Plan may, at the Committee’s discretion, carry with it a right to dividend equivalents. Such right entitles the holder to be credited with an amount equal to all cash or Common Stock dividends paid on one Share while the Stock Unit is outstanding. Dividend equivalents may be converted into additional Stock Units. Settlement of dividend equivalents may be made in the form of cash, in the form of Shares, or in a combination of both. Prior to vesting of the Stock Units, any dividend equivalents accrued on such unvested Stock Units may be subject to the same vesting conditions and restrictions as the Stock Units to which they attach.

(e) Modification or Assumption of Stock Units. Within the limitations of the Plan, the Committee may modify or assume outstanding Stock Units or may accept the cancellation of outstanding Stock Units (including stock units granted by another issuer) in return for the grant of new Stock Units for the same or a different number of Shares. No modification of a Stock Unit shall, without the consent of the Participant, impair his or her rights or increase his or her obligations under such Stock Unit.

(f) Assignment or Transfer of Stock Units. Except as provided in Section 14, or in a Stock Unit Agreement, or as required by applicable law, Stock Units shall not be anticipated, assigned, attached, garnished, optioned, transferred or made subject to any creditor’s process, whether voluntarily, involuntarily or by operation of law. Any act in violation of this Section 10(f) shall be void. However, this Section 10(f) shall not preclude a Participant from designating a beneficiary pursuant to Section 4(e) nor shall it preclude a transfer of Stock Units pursuant to Section 4(e).

(g) Form and Time of Settlement of Stock Units. Settlement of vested Stock Units may be made in the form of (a) cash, (b) Shares or (c) any combination of both, as determined by the Committee. The actual number of Stock Units eligible for settlement may be larger or smaller than the number included in the original Award. Methods of converting Stock Units into cash may include (without limitation) a method based on the average Fair Market Value of Shares over a series of trading days. Except as otherwise provided in a Stock Unit Agreement or a timely completed deferral election, vested Stock Units shall be settled within thirty days after vesting. The distribution may occur or commence when all vesting conditions applicable to the Stock Units have been satisfied or have lapsed, or it may be deferred, in accordance with applicable law, to a later specified date. The amount of a deferred distribution may be increased by an interest factor or by dividend equivalents. Until an Award of Stock Units is settled, the number of such Stock Units shall be subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 11.

 

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(h) Creditors’ Rights. A holder of Stock Units shall have no rights other than those of a general creditor of the Company. Stock Units represent an unfunded and unsecured obligation of the Company, subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable Stock Unit Agreement.

SECTION 11. ADJUSTMENTS.

(a) Adjustments. In the event of a subdivision of the outstanding Shares, a declaration of a dividend payable in Shares, a declaration of a dividend payable in a form other than Shares in an amount that has a material effect on the price of Shares, a combination or consolidation of the outstanding Shares (by reclassification or otherwise) into a lesser number of Shares, a stock split, a reverse stock split, a reclassification or other distribution of the Shares without the receipt of consideration by the Company, of or on the Common Stock, a recapitalization, a combination, a spin-off or a similar occurrence, the Committee shall make equitable and proportionate adjustments to:

(i) the Share limits on Equity Awards specified in Section 5(a);

(ii) the number and kind of securities available for Equity Awards (and which can be issued as ISOs) under Section 5;

(iii) the Share limits on Equity Awards issued under the Plan that are intended to qualify as performance-based compensation under Code Section 162(m) under Section 5(d);

(iv) the number and kind of securities covered by each outstanding Equity Award;

(v) the Exercise Price under each outstanding SAR and Option; and

(vi) the number and kind of outstanding securities issued under the Plan.

(b) Participant Rights. Except as provided in this Section 11, a Participant shall have no rights by reason of any issue by the Company of stock of any class or securities convertible into stock of any class, any subdivision or consolidation of shares of stock of any class, the payment of any stock dividend or any other increase or decrease in the number of shares of stock of any class. If by reason of an adjustment pursuant to this Section 11, a Participant’s Equity Award covers additional or different shares of stock or securities, then such additional or different shares and the Equity Award in respect thereof shall be subject to all of the terms, conditions and restrictions which were applicable to the Equity Award and the Shares subject to the Equity Award prior to such adjustment.

(c) Fractional Shares. Any adjustment of Shares pursuant to this Section 11 shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number of Shares. Under no circumstances shall the Company be required to authorize or issue fractional shares. To the extent permitted by applicable law, no consideration shall be provided as a result of any fractional shares not being issued or authorized.

SECTION 12. EFFECT OF A CHANGE IN CONTROL.

(a) Merger or Reorganization. In the event that the Company is a party to a merger or other reorganization, outstanding Awards shall be subject to the agreement of merger or reorganization. Such agreement may provide, without limitation, that subject to the consummation of the merger or other reorganization, for the assumption (or substitution) of outstanding Awards by the surviving corporation or its parent, for their continuation by the Company (if the Company is a surviving corporation), for accelerated vesting or for their cancellation with or without consideration, in all cases without the consent of the Participant.

(b) Acceleration. Except as otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement (and in such case the applicable Award agreement shall govern), in the event that a Change in Control occurs and there is no assumption, substitution or continuation of Awards pursuant to Section 12(a), the Committee may in its discretion provide that all Awards shall vest and become exercisable as of immediately before such Change in Control. For

 

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avoidance of doubt, “substitution” includes, without limitation, an Award being replaced by a cash award that provides an equivalent intrinsic value (wherein for Equity Awards intrinsic value equals the difference between the market value of a Share and any per Share exercise price).

SECTION 13. LIMITATIONS ON RIGHTS.

(a) Retention Rights. Neither the Plan nor any Award granted under the Plan shall be deemed to give any individual a right to remain in Service as an Employee, Consultant, Director or Non-Employee Director or to receive any other Awards under the Plan. The Company and its Parents and Subsidiaries and Affiliates reserve the right to terminate the Service of any person at any time, and for any reason, subject to applicable laws, the Company’s Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws and a written employment agreement (if any).

(b) Regulatory Requirements. Any other provision of the Plan notwithstanding, the obligation of the Company to issue Shares or other securities under the Plan shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules and regulations and such approval by any regulatory body as may be required. The Company reserves the right to restrict, in whole or in part, the delivery of Shares or other securities pursuant to any Equity Award prior to the satisfaction of all legal requirements relating to the issuance of such Shares or other securities, to their registration, qualification or listing or to an exemption from registration, qualification or listing.

(c) Dissolution. To the extent not previously exercised or settled, Options, SARs, unvested Stock Units and unvested Restricted Stock Grants shall terminate immediately prior to the dissolution or liquidation of the Company and shall be forfeited to the Company.

(d) Clawback Policy. The Company may (i) cause the cancellation of any Award, (ii) require reimbursement of any Award by a Participant and (iii) effect any other right of recoupment of equity or other compensation provided under this Plan or otherwise in accordance with Company policies and/or applicable law (each, a “Clawback Policy”). In addition, a Participant may be required to repay to the Company certain previously paid compensation, whether provided under this Plan or an Award Agreement or otherwise, in accordance with the Clawback Policy.

SECTION 14. TAXES.

(a) General. A Participant shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Company for the satisfaction of any withholding tax obligations that arise in connection with his or her Award. The Company shall not be required to issue any Shares or make any cash payment under the Plan until such obligations are satisfied.

(b) Share Withholding. The Committee in its discretion may permit or require a Participant to satisfy all or part of his or her withholding or income tax obligations by having the Company withhold all or a portion of any Shares that otherwise would be issued to him or her or by surrendering all or a portion of any Shares that he or she previously acquired (or by stock attestation). Such Shares shall be valued based on the value of the actual trade or, if there is none, the Fair Market Value as of the previous day.

Any payment of taxes by assigning Shares to the Company may be subject to restrictions, including, but not limited to, any restrictions required by rules of the SEC. The Committee may also, in its discretion, permit or require a Participant to satisfy withholding or income tax obligations (up to the maximum amount permitted by applicable law) related to an Equity Award through a sale of Shares underlying the Equity Award or, in the case of Options, through Net Exercise or Cashless Exercise.

SECTION 15. DURATION AND AMENDMENTS.

(a) Term of the Plan. The Plan, as set forth herein, is effective on the Adoption Date but is conditioned upon and subject to the approval of the Company’s shareholders. No settlement of Awards or exercise of Options or SARs may occur before the Shareholder Approval Date. If the Company’s shareholders do not approve the Plan on or before the first anniversary of the Adoption Date, then the Plan shall terminate and be null and void and any Awards granted under the Plan shall be then forfeited without consideration (except for repayment

 

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of any amounts that Participants had previously paid to the Company to acquire Shares underlying the forfeited Awards). In any event, the Plan shall terminate no later than on the day before the tenth anniversary of the Adoption Date. The Plan may be terminated by the Board on any earlier date pursuant to Section 15(b). This Plan will not in any way affect outstanding awards that were issued under the Prior Equity Compensation Plans or other Company equity compensation plans.

(b) Right to Amend or Terminate the Plan. The Board may amend or terminate the Plan at any time and for any reason. No Awards shall be granted under the Plan after the Plan’s termination. An amendment of the Plan shall be subject to the approval of the Company’s shareholders only to the extent required by applicable laws, regulations or rules. In addition, no such amendment or termination shall be made which would impair the rights of any Participant, without such Participant’s written consent, under any then-outstanding Award, provided that no such Participant consent shall be required with respect to any amendment or alteration if the Committee determines in its sole discretion that such amendment or alteration either (i) is required or advisable in order for the Company, the Plan or the Award to satisfy or conform to any law or regulation or to meet the requirements of any accounting standard, or (ii) is not reasonably likely to significantly diminish the benefits provided under such Award, or that any such diminishment has been adequately compensated. In the event of any conflict in terms between the Plan and any Award agreement, the terms of the Plan shall prevail and govern.

SECTION 16. EXECUTION.

To record the adoption of this Plan by the Board, the Company has caused its duly authorized Officer to execute this Plan on behalf of the Company.

 

LIFEVANTAGE CORPORATION

/s/ Carrie E. McQueen

By: Carrie E. McQueen
Title: Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer

 

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FORM OF RESTRICTED STOCK GRANT AGREEMENT FOR THE 2010 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

Exhibit 4.6

GRANT NO.                

LIFEVANTAGE CORPORATION

2010 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

RESTRICTED STOCK GRANT AGREEMENT

Lifevantage Corporation, a Colorado corporation, (the “Company”), hereby awards a Restricted Stock Grant (the “Restricted Stock”) to the Participant named below. The terms and conditions of the Restricted Stock Grant are set forth in this cover sheet and the attached Restricted Stock Grant Agreement (the “Agreement”) and in the 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).

Date of Award:

Name of Participant:

Number of Shares of Restricted Stock Awarded:

 

Amount Paid by Participant for the Shares of Restricted Stock Awarded:

   $            

Aggregate Fair Market Value of Restricted Stock on Date of Award:        

   $            

Vesting Calculation Date:                     , [YEAR]

Vesting Schedule: [TAILOR BELOW VESTING AS DESIRED AND DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT ACCELERATED VESTING WILL BE PROVIDED IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCES]

Subject to all the terms of the Agreement and your continued Service to the Company (or its Parent, Subsidiary or Affiliate), you will become incrementally vested as to 25% of the total number of Shares of Restricted Stock awarded (rounded down to the nearest whole number), as shown above on the cover sheet, on each of the first four anniversaries of the Vesting Calculation Date. In all cases, the resulting aggregate number of vested Shares will be rounded down to the nearest whole number. No Shares subject to this Award will vest after your continuous Service has terminated for any reason. In the event that your continuous Service ceases prior to the fourth anniversary of the Vesting Calculation Date, you will forfeit to the Company without consideration all of the unvested Shares subject to this Award.

By signing this cover sheet, you agree to all of the terms and conditions described in the attached Restricted Stock Grant Agreement and in the Plan and the Plan’s prospectus. You specifically acknowledge that you have carefully read the section entitled “Code Section 83(b) Election” and the attachment entitled “Section 83(b) Elections” and you further acknowledge that you are solely responsible for filing any Code Section 83(b) election, and that such election must be filed within thirty (30) days after the Date of Award in order to be effective. You are also acknowledging receipt of this Agreement and a copy of the Plan and the Plan’s prospectus.

 

Company:              Participant:
By:   

 

     

 

Its:   

 

     

Attachments


LIFEVANTAGE CORPORATION

2010 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

RESTRICTED STOCK GRANT AGREEMENT

 

1.    The Plan and Other Agreements   

The text of the Plan is incorporated in this Agreement by this reference. You and the Company agree to execute such further instruments and to take such further action as may reasonably be necessary to carry out the intent of this Agreement. Unless otherwise defined in this Agreement, certain capitalized terms used in this Agreement are defined in the Plan.

 

This Agreement, the attached Exhibits and the Plan constitute the entire understanding between you and the Company regarding this Award of Restricted Stock. Any prior agreements, commitments or negotiations concerning this Award are superseded.

2.    Award of Restricted Stock    The Company awards you the number of shares of Restricted Stock shown on the cover sheet of this Agreement. The Award is subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Plan. This Award is not intended to constitute a nonqualified deferred compensation under section 409A of the Code and will be interpreted accordingly. You will also be required, as a condition of this Award, to enter into any Shareholders Agreement or other agreements that are applicable to shareholders.
3.    Vesting    This Award will vest according to the Vesting Schedule on the attached cover sheet.
4.    Escrow   

The certificate(s) for the Restricted Stock shall be deposited in escrow with the Secretary of the Company (or his/her designee) to be held in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph. Each deposited certificate shall be accompanied by a duly executed Assignment Separate from Certificate in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. The deposited certificates shall remain in escrow until such time as the certificates are to be released or otherwise surrendered for cancellation as discussed below. Upon delivery of the certificates to the Company, you shall be issued an instrument of deposit acknowledging the number of Shares of Restricted Stock delivered in escrow to the Secretary of the Company.

 

All regular cash dividends, if any, on the Restricted Stock shall be paid directly to you and shall not be held in escrow.

 

The Restricted Stock held in escrow hereunder shall be subject to the following terms and conditions relating to their release from escrow or their surrender to the Company, provided, however, that the minimum number of Shares released to you in any individual release of Share certificates must be at least twenty-five (25) Shares (unless the release represents your final release of Share certificates from escrow):

 

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•   When your interest in the Restricted Stock vests, the certificates for such vested Restricted Stock shall be released from escrow and delivered to you, at your request. Upon termination of your continuous Service for any reason prior to vesting and in which no vesting is provided upon such termination, any unvested Restricted Stock subject to this Agreement shall be immediately surrendered to the Company.

5.    No Assignment    The Shares subject to this Award shall not be sold, hypothecated, assigned, attached, garnished, optioned, transferred or made subject to any creditor’s process, whether voluntarily, involuntarily or by operation of law. If you attempt to do any of these things, this Award will immediately become invalid. However, this shall not preclude a transfer of vested Shares by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. In addition, pursuant to Company procedures, you may designate a beneficiary who will receive any outstanding vested Shares in the event of your death. Regardless of any marital property settlement agreement, the Company is not obligated to recognize your spouse’s interest in your Award in any other way.
6.    Code Section 83(b) Election    You represent and warrant that you understand the Federal, state and local income tax consequences of the granting of this Restricted Stock. Under Section 83 of the Code, the Fair Market Value of the Restricted Stock on the date any forfeiture restrictions applicable to such Restricted Stock lapse will be reportable as ordinary income at that time. For this purpose, “forfeiture restrictions” include surrender to the Company of unvested Restricted Stock as described above. You may voluntarily elect to be taxed at the time the Restricted Stock is acquired to the extent that the Fair Market Value of the Restricted Stock exceeds the amount of consideration paid by you (if any) for such Restricted Stock at that time rather than when such Restricted Stock ceases to be subject to such forfeiture restrictions, by filing an election under Section 83(b) of the Code with the Internal Revenue Service within thirty (30) days after the Date of Award. A form for making this election is attached as Exhibit B hereto. Failure to make this filing within the thirty (30) day period will result in the recognition of ordinary income by you as the forfeiture restrictions lapse. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT IS YOUR SOLE RESPONSIBILITY, AND NOT THE COMPANY’S, TO FILE A TIMELY ELECTION UNDER CODE SECTION 83(b), EVEN IF YOU REQUEST THE COMPANY OR ITS REPRESENTATIVES TO MAKE THIS FILING ON YOUR BEHALF. MOREOVER, YOU ARE RELYING SOLELY ON YOUR OWN ADVISORS WITH RESPECT TO THE DECISION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT TO FILE A CODE SECTION 83(b) ELECTION.
7.    Leaves of Absence    For purposes of this Award, your continuous Service does not terminate when you go on a bona fide leave of absence that was approved by the Company in writing, if the terms of the leave provide for continued Service crediting, or when continued Service crediting is required by applicable law. Your continuous Service terminates in any event when the approved leave

 

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ends, unless you immediately return to active work.

 

The Company determines which leaves count for this purpose (along with determining the effect of a leave
of absence on vesting of the Award), and when your continuous Service terminates for all purposes under
the Plan.

8.    Voting and
Other Rights
   Subject to the terms of the Plan and this Agreement, you shall have all the rights and privileges of a
shareholder of the Company while the Restricted Stock is held in escrow, including the right to vote and to
receive dividends (if any). However, any dividends received on Shares that are unvested (whether such
dividends are in the form of cash or Shares) may be subject to the same vesting conditions and restrictions
as the Restricted Stock Grant with respect to which the dividends were paid.
9.    Adjustments    In the event of a stock split, a stock dividend or a similar change in the Company stock, the number of outstanding Shares of Restricted Stock covered by this Award may be adjusted (and rounded down to the nearest whole number) pursuant to the Plan.
10.    Merger or Other Reorganization    Pursuant to Section 12(a) of the Plan, your Award shall be subject to the terms of the agreement of merger, liquidation or reorganization in the event the Company is subject to such corporate activity.
11.    Restrictions on Issuance    The Company will not issue any Restricted Stock or Shares if the issuance of such Restricted Stock or Shares at that time would violate any law or regulation.
12.    Taxes and Withholding   

You will be solely responsible for payment of any and all applicable taxes associated with this Award.

The delivery to you of any Shares will not be permitted unless and until you have satisfied any withholding or other taxes that may be due.

 

Any such tax withholding obligations may be settled by the Company withholding and retaining a portion of the Shares from the Shares that would otherwise be deliverable to you as of the vesting date and/or by Shares which have already been owned by you for more than six (6) months and which are surrendered to the Company. Such withheld or surrendered Shares will be applied to pay the withholding obligation by using the aggregate fair market value of the withheld or surrendered Shares as of the date of vesting. If Shares are withheld, then you will be delivered the net amount of vested Shares after the Share withholding has been effected and you will not receive the withheld Shares.

13.    Restrictions on Resale    By signing this Agreement, you agree not to sell (or transfer or assign) any Shares acquired under this Award at a time when applicable laws, regulations or Company or underwriter trading policies or agreements prohibit the sale or issuance of Shares. The Company shall have the right to designate one or more periods of time, each of which shall not exceed one

 

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hundred eighty (180) days in length, during which any Shares acquired under this Award shall not be sold, if the Company determines (in its sole discretion) that such limitation on sale could in any way facilitate a lessening of any restriction on transfer pursuant to the Securities Act or any state securities laws with respect to any issuance of securities by the Company, facilitate the registration or qualification of any securities by the Company under the Securities Act or any state securities laws, or facilitate the perfection of any exemption from the registration or qualification requirements of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws for the issuance or transfer of any securities.

 

If the sale of Shares acquired under this Award is not registered under the Securities Act, but an exemption is available which requires an investment representation or other representation and warranty, you shall represent and agree that the Shares being acquired are being acquired for investment, and not with a view to the sale or distribution thereof, and shall make such other representations and warranties as are deemed necessary or appropriate by the Company and its counsel.

14.    Retention Rights   

Your Award or this Agreement does not give you the right to be retained by the Company (or any Parent or any Subsidiaries or Affiliates) in any capacity. The Company (or any Parent and any Subsidiaries or Affiliates) reserves the right to terminate your Service at any time and for any reason.

 

This Award and the Shares subject to the Award are not intended to constitute or replace any pension rights or compensation and are not to be considered compensation of a continuing or recurring nature, or part of your normal or expected compensation, and in no way represent any portion of your salary, compensation or other remuneration for any purpose, including but not limited to, calculating any severance, resignation, termination, redundancy, dismissal, end of service payments, bonuses, long-service awards, pension or retirement benefits or similar payments.

15.    Legends   

All certificates representing the Common Stock issued under this Award may, where applicable, have endorsed thereon the following legend and any other legend the Company determines appropriate:

 

“THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER AND OPTIONS TO PURCHASE SUCH SHARES SET FORTH IN AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND THE REGISTERED HOLDER, OR HIS OR HER PREDECESSOR IN INTEREST. A COPY OF SUCH AGREEMENT IS ON FILE AT THE PRINCIPAL OFFICE OF THE COMPANY AND WILL BE FURNISHED UPON WRITTEN REQUEST TO THE SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY BY THE HOLDER OF RECORD OF THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE.”

 

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16.    Applicable Law    This Agreement will be interpreted and enforced under the laws of the State of Colorado without reference to the conflicts of law provisions thereof and any action relating to this Agreement must be brought in state or federal courts located in Salt Lake County, Utah.
17.    Binding Effect; No Third Party Beneficiaries    This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company and you and any respective heirs, representatives, successors and permitted assigns. This Agreement shall not confer any rights or remedies upon any person other than the Company and you and any respective heirs, representatives, successors and permitted assigns. The parties agree that this Agreement shall survive the settlement or termination of the Award.
18.    Voluntary Participant    You acknowledge that you are voluntarily participating in the Plan.
19.    No Rights to Future Awards    Your rights, if any, in respect of or in connection with this Award or any other Awards are derived solely from the discretionary decision of the Company to permit you to participate in the Plan and to benefit from a discretionary future Award. By accepting this Award, you expressly acknowledge that there is no obligation on the part of the Company to continue the Plan and/or grant any additional Awards to you or benefits in lieu of Award or any other Awards even if Awards have been granted repeatedly in the past. All decisions with respect to future Awards, if any, will be at the sole discretion of the Committee.
20.    No Advice Regarding Grant    The Company has not provided any tax, legal or financial advice, nor has the Company made any recommendations regarding your participation in the Plan, or your acquisition or sale of the underlying Shares. You are hereby advised to consult with your own personal tax, legal and financial advisors regarding your participation in the Plan before taking any action related to the Plan.
21.    No Right to Damages    You will have no right to bring a claim or to receive damages if any portion of the Award is cancelled or expires unexercised. The loss of existing or potential profit in the Award will not constitute an element of damages in the event of the termination of your continuous Service for any reason, even if the termination is in violation of an obligation of the Company or a Parent or a Subsidiary or an Affiliate to you.
22.    Data Privacy    You hereby explicitly and unambiguously consent to the collection, use and transfer, in electronic or other form, of your personal data as described in this document by the Company for the exclusive purpose of implementing, administering and managing your participation in the Plan. You understand that the Company holds certain personal information about you, including, but not limited to, name, home address and telephone number, date of birth, social security or insurance number or other identification number, salary, nationality, job title, any shares of stock or directorships held in the Company, details of all Awards or any other entitlement to Shares awarded,

 

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      cancelled, purchased, exercised, vested, unvested or outstanding in your favor for the purpose of implementing, managing and administering the Plan (“Data”). You understand that the Data may be transferred to any third parties assisting in the implementation, administration and management of the Plan, that these recipients may be located in your country or elsewhere and that the recipient country may have different data privacy laws and protections than your country. You may request a list with the names and addresses of any potential recipients of the Data by contacting the Company. You authorize the recipients to receive, possess, use, retain and transfer the Data, in electronic or other form, for the purposes of implementing, administering and managing your participation in the Plan, including any requisite transfer of such Data, as may be required to a broker or other third party with whom you may elect to deposit any Shares acquired under the Plan. You understand that Data will be held only as long as is necessary to implement, administer and manage participation in the Plan. You understand that you may view your Data, request additional information about the storage and processing of the Data, require any necessary amendments to the Data or refuse or withdraw the consents herein, in any case without cost, by contacting the Committee in writing. You understand that refusing or withdrawing consent may affect your ability to participate in the Plan.
23.    Other
Information
   You agree to receive shareholder information, including copies of any annual report, proxy statement and
periodic report, from the Company’s website at www.lifevantage.com, if the Company wishes to provide
such information through its website. You acknowledge that copies of the Plan, Plan prospectus, Plan
information and stockholder information are also available upon written or telephonic request to the
Committee and/or the Board.
24.    Nondisclosure of Confidential Information    You acknowledge that the businesses of the Company is highly competitive and that the Company’s strategies, methods, books, records, and documents, technical information concerning its products, equipment, services, and processes, procurement procedures and pricing techniques, the names of and other information (such as credit and financial data) concerning former, present or prospective customers and business affiliates, all comprise confidential business information and trade secrets which are valuable, special, and unique assets which the Company uses in its business to obtain a competitive advantage over competitors. You further acknowledge that protection of such confidential business information and trade secrets against unauthorized disclosure and use is of critical importance to the Company in maintaining its competitive position. You acknowledge that by reason of your duties to and association with the Company, you have had and will have access to and have and will become informed of confidential business information which is a competitive asset of the Company. You hereby agree that you will not, at any time during or after employment, make any unauthorized disclosure of any confidential business information or trade secrets of the Company, or make any use thereof, except in the carrying out

 

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of services responsibilities. You shall take all necessary and appropriate steps to safeguard confidential business information and protect it against disclosure, misappropriation, misuse, loss and theft. Confidential business information shall not include information in the public domain (but only if the same becomes part of the public domain through a means other than a disclosure prohibited hereunder). The above notwithstanding, a disclosure shall not be unauthorized if (i) it is required by law or by a court of competent jurisdiction or (ii) it is in connection with any judicial, arbitration, dispute resolution or other legal proceeding in which your legal rights and obligations as a service provider or under this Agreement are at issue; provided, however, that you shall, to the extent practicable and lawful in any such events, give prior notice to the Company of your intent to disclose any such confidential business information in such context so as to allow the Company an opportunity (which you will not oppose) to obtain such protective orders or similar relief with respect thereto as may be deemed appropriate. Any information not specifically related to the Company would not be considered confidential to the Company.

 

The Company will be entitled to enforce its rights under this Agreement specifically, to recover damages by reason of any breach of any provision of this Agreement and to exercise all other rights to which it may be entitled. You agree and acknowledge that money damages may not be an adequate remedy for breach of the provisions of this Agreement and that the Company may in its sole discretion apply to any court of law or equity of competent jurisdiction for specific performance and/or injunctive relief in order to enforce or prevent any violations of the provisions of this Agreement.

25.    Further Assistance    You agree to provide assistance reasonably requested by the Company in connection with actions taken by you while providing services to the Company, including but not limited to assistance in connection with any lawsuits or other claims against the Company arising from events during the period in which you rendered service to the Company.
26.    Notice    All notices, requests, demands, claims, and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing. Any notice, request, demand, claim, or other communication under this Agreement shall be deemed duly given if (and then two business days after) it is sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, and addressed to the intended recipient at the address set forth below the recipient’s signature to this Agreement. Either party to this Agreement may send any notice, request, demand, claim, or other communication under this Agreement to the intended recipient at such address using any other means (including personal delivery, expedited courier, messenger service, telecopy, ordinary mail, or electronic mail), but no such notice, request, demand, claim, or other communication shall be deemed to have been duly given unless and until it actually is received by the intended recipient. Either party to this Agreement may change the address to which notices, requests, demands, claims, and other communications hereunder are to be delivered by giving the other party notice in the manner

 

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      set forth in this section.

 

 

In consideration of the Company granting you this Restricted Stock, please acknowledge your agreement to fully comply with all of the terms and conditions described above and in the Plan and Plan prospectus by signing this Agreement in the space provided in the cover sheet and returning it promptly to:

LIFEVANTAGE CORPORATION

Attention: Corporate Secretary

9815 S. MONROE STREET, SUITE 100

SANDY, UTAH 84070

 

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EXHIBIT A

ASSIGNMENT SEPARATE FROM CERTIFICATE

FOR VALUE RECEIVED and pursuant to that certain Restricted Stock Grant Agreement dated as of [            ], the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto [            ] shares of the Common Stock of Lifevantage Corporation, a Colorado corporation, standing in the undersigned’s name on the books of said corporation represented by certificate No.             , herewith, and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint             attorney-in-fact to transfer the said stock on the books of the said corporation with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated: [Month] [Day], 20        
   

 

   

 

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EXHIBIT B

ELECTION UNDER SECTION 83(B) OF

THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE

The undersigned hereby makes an election pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the property described below and supplies the following information in accordance with the regulations promulgated thereunder:

 

1.      The name, address and social security number of the undersigned:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

Social Security No. :  

 

  

 

2. Description of property with respect to which the election is being made:

            shares of common stock of Lifevantage Corporation] (the “Company”).

 

3. The date on which the property was transferred is             , [YEAR].

 

4. The taxable year to which this election relates is calendar year [YEAR].

 

5. Nature of restrictions to which the property is subject:

The shares of stock are subject to the provisions of a Restricted Stock Grant Agreement (the “Agreement”) between the undersigned and the Company. The shares of stock are subject to forfeiture under the terms of the Agreement, including, but not limited to, the forfeiture, without consideration, of any unvested shares of Company stock subject to the Agreement in the event that the undersigned’s continuous “service” (as defined in the Company’s 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan) ceases prior to the shares of stock subject to the Agreement becoming fully vested.

 

6. The Fair Market Value of the property at the time of transfer (determined without regard to any lapse restriction) was $            per share, [for a total of $            .]

 

7. The amount paid by taxpayer for the property was $            .

 

8. A copy of this statement has been furnished to the Company.

 

Dated:                     , [YEAR].    
   

 

    [Taxpayer’s Name]

 

 

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SECTION 83(B) ELECTIONS

This memorandum briefly describes certain aspects of Internal Revenue Code section 83 and section 83(b) elections as they exist under current law. A form of election is attached. The effect of making the election is that it permits the employee or consultant to include in his or her gross income, in his or her taxable year in which unvested shares are transferred, the excess, if any, of (i) the Fair Market Value of such shares at the time of transfer (determined without regard to restrictions other than those which will never lapse), over (ii) the amount (if any) paid for such shares.

By making the section 83(b) election, subsequent appreciation in the value of the shares generally will be taxed as a capital gain, rather than as compensation. Also, appreciation that occurs after the transfer but prior to vesting will not be taxed until the shares are sold. Finally, such subsequent appreciation may be deferred if transfer occurs in a tax-free reorganization or may go untaxed altogether if a stepped-up basis results from transfer by reason of death. However, if the shares are forfeited the employees or consultants who made the election can only deduct a loss to the extent the amount received (if any) on forfeiture is less than the amount paid (if any) for such shares. Thus, such employees or consultants are precluded from recovering the tax paid with respect to any reported compensation income. Moreover, any loss recognized will generally be a capital loss which can only offset capital gains plus $3,000 of ordinary income ($1,500 in the case of married individuals filing a separate return).

In the absence of an election, the employee or consultant who receives unvested shares does not recognize any income until such shares vest. In the taxable year in which any shares vest such employee or consultant will recognize compensation income equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the Fair Market Value of the vested shares on the vesting date, over (ii) the amount (if any) paid for such shares. If the shares are forfeited the employee or consultant will recognize ordinary loss to the extent the amount received on forfeiture is less than the amount paid for such shares.

The election must be made not later than 30 days after the date of transfer of the shares to the employee or consultant. The election is to be filed with the Internal Revenue Service Center with which the employee or consultant files his or her return. In general, the election is irrevocable.

Each filing should be made by certified mail with the sender’s receipt postmarked at the time of mailing to establish proof of filing. Also, one copy of the election should be filed with the company. Finally, one copy of the election must be submitted with the employee’s federal income tax returns for the taxable year in which the shares are transferred. Although the election must be made within 30 days of the date of transfer of the shares, the tax, if any, arising out of the election need not be paid until the employee or consultant files his or her tax return for the tax year of transfer (subject to the withholding rules discussed below).

The company should be entitled to a tax deduction for federal income tax purposes equal to the amount, if any, included in the gross income of the employees or consultants receiving the shares. Any deduction is allowed for the taxable year of the company in which or with which ends the taxable year in which the amount was included in the gross income of the employee or consultant.

 

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While it may be desirable from a tax standpoint for employees and consultants to make an 83(b) election at the time unvested shares are acquired, the matter should be reviewed by each employee or consultant with his or her tax adviser.

The foregoing is intended only as a general summary of the tax consequences of section 83(b) elections.

 

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FORM OF STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHT AGREEMENT FOR THE 2010 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

Exhibit 4.7

GRANT NO.                        

LIFEVANTAGE CORPORATION

2010 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

SAR AGREEMENT

The Company hereby grants a Stock Appreciation Right with respect to its Shares to the Participant named below. The terms and conditions of the SAR are set forth in this cover sheet, in the attached SAR Agreement and in the 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan as it may be amended from time to time (the “Plan”). This cover sheet is incorporated into and a part of the attached SAR Agreement (together, the “Agreement”).

 

Date of Award:                     , [YEAR]

Name of Participant:                                         

Participant’s Social Security Number:             -            -            

Number of Shares Subject to SAR:             

Exercise Price per Share: $            .            

Fair Market Value of a Share on Date of Award: $            .            

Expiration Date:             , [YEAR]

Vesting Calculation Date:             , [YEAR]

Vesting Schedule: [TAILOR BELOW VESTING AS DESIRED AND DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT ACCELERATED VESTING WILL BE PROVIDED IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCES]

Subject to all the terms of the Agreement and your continued Service through the applicable dates of vesting, your right to exercise this SAR shall vest as to one-fourth (1/4) of the total number of Shares covered by this SAR, as shown above, on the first anniversary of the Vesting Calculation Date. Thereafter, the number of Shares which may be exercised under this SAR shall vest at the rate of one-forty-eighth (1/48) of the total number of Shares covered by this SAR per calendar month on the last day of each of the thirty-five (35) months following the month of the first anniversary of the Vesting Calculation Date and the final one-forty-eighth (1/48) of the total number of Shares covered by this SAR shall vest on the fourth anniversary of the Vesting Calculation Date. In all cases, the resulting aggregate number of vested Shares will be rounded down to the nearest whole number. No Shares subject to this SAR will vest after your Service has terminated for any reason.

By signing this cover sheet, you agree to all of the terms and conditions described in the Agreement and in the Plan and the Plan’s prospectus. You are also acknowledging receipt of this Agreement and a copy of the Plan and the Plan’s prospectus, a copy of which is also enclosed.

 

Company:             Participant:

By:

 

 

     

 

Its:  

 

     

Attachments


LIFEVANTAGE CORPORATION

2010 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

SAR AGREEMENT

 

1.    The Plan and
Other Agreements
  

The text of the Plan is incorporated in this Agreement by this reference. You and the Company agree to
execute such further instruments and to take such further action as may reasonably be necessary to carry
out the intent of this Agreement. Unless otherwise defined in this Agreement, certain capitalized terms
used in this Agreement and the attached Notice of Exercise are defined in the Plan.

 

This Agreement, the attached Exhibits and the Plan constitute the entire understanding between you and
the Company regarding this SAR. Any prior agreements, commitments or negotiations concerning this
SAR are superseded.

2.    Code Section 409A    This SAR is not intended to constitute nonqualified deferred compensation under section 409A of the Code and will be interpreted accordingly.
3.    Vesting    This SAR is only exercisable before it expires and then only with respect to the vested portion of the SAR. This SAR will vest according to the Vesting Schedule described in the cover sheet of this Agreement.
4.    Term    Your SAR will expire in all cases no later than the close of business at Company headquarters on the Expiration Date, as shown on the cover sheet. Your SAR may expire earlier if your Service terminates, as described below or on the date on which the SAR is cancelled (and not substituted or assumed) pursuant to a Change in Control or merger or acquisition or reorganization or similar transaction involving the Company. You are solely responsible for determining whether and when to exercise any vested portion of this SAR and also for keeping track of when your SAR expires and when it therefore can no longer be exercised. The Company has no obligation (and does not intend) to provide you with any further notice of your SAR’s expiration dates. The Company will have no liability to you or to any other person if all or any portion of your SAR is not exercised before it expires for any reason.
5.    Termination of Service - General    If, while the SAR is outstanding, your Service terminates for any reason, other than being terminated by the Company for Cause or due to your death or Disability, then the unvested portion of your SAR shall be forfeited without consideration and shall immediately expire on your Termination Date and the vested portion of your SAR will expire at the earlier of (i) the close of business at Company headquarters on the date that is three (3) months after your Termination Date, (ii) the Expiration Date set forth in the attached cover sheet and further described in the Term section above, or (iii) the date on which the SAR is cancelled (and not substituted or assumed) pursuant to a Change in Control or merger or acquisition or reorganization or

 

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          similar transaction involving the Company. In no event is the SAR exercisable after the Expiration Date.
6.    Termination of Service for Cause    If your Service is terminated by the Company for Cause or if you commit an act(s) of Cause while this SAR is outstanding, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, then you shall immediately forfeit all rights to your SAR without consideration, including any vested portion of the SAR, and the entire SAR shall immediately expire, and any rights, payments and benefits with respect to the SAR shall be subject to reduction or recoupment in accordance with the Clawback Policy and the Plan. For avoidance of doubt, your Service shall also be deemed to have been terminated for Cause by the Company if, after your Service has otherwise terminated, facts and circumstances are discovered that would have justified a termination for Cause, including, without limitation, your violation of Company policies or breach of confidentiality or other restrictive covenants or conditions that may apply to you prior to or after your Termination Date.
7.    Termination of Service due to Death or Disability    If your Service terminates because of your death or Disability, then the unvested portion of your SAR shall be forfeited without consideration and shall immediately expire on your Termination Date and the vested portion of your SAR will expire at the earlier of (i) the close of business at Company headquarters on the date that is twelve (12) months after your Termination Date, (ii) the Expiration Date set forth in the attached cover sheet and further described in the Term section above, or (iii) the date on which the SAR is cancelled (and not substituted or assumed) pursuant to a Change in Control or merger or acquisition or similar transaction involving the Company. In no event is the SAR exercisable after the Expiration Date. If your Service terminated due to your death, then your estate may exercise the vested portion of your SAR during the foregoing post-Service exercise period.
8.    Leaves of Absence   

For purposes of this SAR, your continuous Service does not terminate when you go on a bona fide leave of absence that was approved by the Company in writing, if the terms of the leave provide for continued Service crediting, or when continued Service crediting is required by applicable law. Your continuous Service terminates in any event when the approved leave ends unless you immediately return to active work.

 

The Company determines which leaves count for this purpose (along with determining the effect of a leave of absence on vesting of the SAR), and when your continuous Service terminates for all purposes under the Plan.

9.    Notice of Exercise   

When you wish to exercise this SAR, you must notify the Company by filing a “Notice of Exercise” form at the address given on the form. Your notice must specify the number of Shares you wish to exercise. Your notice must also specify how your Shares (if any Shares will be issued) should be registered (in your name only or in your and your spouse’s names as community property or as joint tenants with right of survivorship). The

 

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notice can only become effective after it is received by the Company.

 

If someone else wants to exercise this SAR after your death, that person must prove to the Company’s
satisfaction that he or she is entitled to do so.

10.    Form of Payment    Following exercise of a vested SAR, you will receive payment for the difference between the aggregate Fair Market Value of the Shares with respect to which the SAR is exercised and the aggregate Exercise Price. This payment will be made as soon as reasonably practicable following your exercise and the receipt or retention of applicable withholding taxes by the Company. The form of payment will either be in cash and/or Shares in the discretion of the Company having an aggregate equivalent fair market value.
11.    Withholding Taxes   

You will be solely responsible for payment of any and all applicable taxes associated with this SAR.

You will not be allowed to exercise this SAR unless you make acceptable arrangements to pay any withholding or other taxes that may be due as a result of the grant, exercise, vesting or dispositions of this SAR or the underlying Shares. Unless you make other arrangements, all applicable withholding taxes will be made from the payment described in the prior paragraph.

12.    Restrictions on Exercise and Resale   

By signing this Agreement, you agree not to (i) exercise this SAR (“Exercise Prohibition”), or (ii) sell, transfer, dispose of, pledge, hypothecate, make any short sale of, or otherwise effect a similar transaction of any Shares acquired under this SAR (each a “Sale Prohibition”) at a time when applicable laws, regulations or Company or underwriter trading policies prohibit the exercise or disposition of Shares. The Company will not permit you to exercise this SAR to acquire Shares if the issuance of Shares at that time would violate any law or regulation. The Company shall have the right to designate one or more periods of time, each of which generally will not exceed one hundred eighty (180) days in length (provided however, that such period may be extended in connection with the Company’s release (or announcement of release) of earnings results or other material news or events), and to impose an Exercise Prohibition and/or Sale Prohibition, if the Company determines (in its sole discretion) that such limitation(s) is needed in connection with a public offering of Shares or to comply with an underwriter’s request or trading policy, or could in any way facilitate a lessening of any restriction on transfer pursuant to the Securities Act or any state securities laws with respect to any issuance of securities by the Company, facilitate the registration or qualification of any securities by the Company under the Securities Act or any state securities laws, or facilitate the perfection of any exemption from the registration or qualification requirements of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws for the issuance or transfer of any securities. The Company may issue stop/transfer instructions and/or appropriately legend any stock certificates issued pursuant to this SAR in order to ensure compliance with the foregoing. Any such Exercise

 

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Prohibition shall not alter the vesting schedule set forth in this Agreement other than to limit the periods
during which this SAR shall be exercisable for the acquisition of Shares.

 

If the sale of Shares under the Plan is not registered under the Securities Act, but an exemption is available
which requires an investment or other representation, you shall represent and agree at the time of exercise that
the Shares being acquired upon exercise of this SAR are being acquired for investment, and not with a view to
the sale or distribution thereof, and shall make such other representations as are deemed necessary or
appropriate by the Company and its counsel.

 

You may also be required, as a condition of exercise of this SAR, to enter into any Company shareholder
agreement or other agreements that are applicable to shareholders.

13.    Transfer of SAR    Prior to your death, only you may exercise this SAR. You cannot transfer, assign, alienate, pledge, attach, sell, or encumber this SAR. For instance, you may not sell this SAR or use it as security for a loan. If you attempt to do any of these things, this SAR will immediately become invalid and forfeited. You may, however, dispose of this SAR in your will or it may be transferred by the laws of descent and distribution. Regardless of any marital property settlement agreement, the Company is not obligated to honor a notice of exercise from your spouse or former spouse, nor is the Company obligated to recognize such individual’s interest in your SAR in any other way.
14.    Retention Rights   

Your SAR or this Agreement does not give you the right to be retained by the Company (or any Parent or any Subsidiaries or Affiliates) in any capacity. The Company (or any Parent and any Subsidiaries or Affiliates) reserves the right to terminate your Service at any time and for any reason.

 

This SAR and the Shares subject to the SAR are not intended to constitute or replace any pension rights or compensation and are not to be considered compensation of a continuing or recurring nature, or part of your normal or expected compensation, and in no way represent any portion of your salary, compensation or other remuneration for any purpose, including but not limited to, calculating any severance, resignation, termination, redundancy, dismissal, end of service payments, bonuses, long-service awards, pension or retirement benefits or similar payments.

15.    Shareholder Rights    You, or your estate, shall have no rights as a shareholder of the Company with regard to the SAR until you have been issued the applicable Shares by the Company and have satisfied all other conditions specified in Section 4(g) of the Plan. No adjustment shall be made for cash or stock dividends or other rights for which the record date is prior to the date when such applicable Shares are issued, except as provided in the Plan.

 

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16.    Adjustments    In the event of a stock split, a stock dividend or a similar change in the Company stock, the number of Shares
covered by this SAR (rounded down to the nearest whole number) and the Exercise Price per Share may be
adjusted pursuant to the Plan. Your SAR shall be subject to the terms of the agreement of merger, liquidation
or reorganization in the event the Company is subject to such corporate activity.
17.    Legends    All certificates representing the Shares issued under this Award (if any) may, where applicable, have endorsed thereon the following legends and any other legends the Company determines appropriate:
     

“THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER AND OPTIONS TO PURCHASE SUCH SHARES SET FORTH IN AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND THE REGISTERED HOLDER, OR HIS OR HER PREDECESSOR IN INTEREST. A COPY OF SUCH AGREEMENT IS ON FILE AT THE PRINCIPAL OFFICE OF THE COMPANY AND WILL BE FURNISHED UPON WRITTEN REQUEST TO THE SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY BY THE HOLDER OF RECORD OF THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE.”

     

“THE SHARES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, PLEDGED, OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED WITHOUT AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION THEREOF UNDER SUCH ACT OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY AND ITS COUNSEL, THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.”

18.    Applicable Law    This Agreement will be interpreted and enforced under the laws of the State of Colorado without reference to the conflicts of law provisions thereof and any action relating to this Agreement must be brought in state or federal courts located in Salt Lake County, Utah.
19.    Binding Effect; No Third Party Beneficiaries    This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company and you and any respective heirs, representatives, successors and permitted assigns. This Agreement shall not confer any rights or remedies upon any person other than the Company and you and any respective heirs, representatives, successors and permitted assigns. The parties agree that this Agreement shall survive the settlement or termination of the Award.
20.    Voluntary Participant    You acknowledge that you are voluntarily participating in the Plan.
21.    No Rights to Future Awards    Your rights, if any, in respect of or in connection with this SAR or any other Awards are derived solely from the discretionary decision of the Company to permit you to participate in the Plan and to benefit from a discretionary

 

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          future Award. By accepting this SAR, you expressly acknowledge that there is no obligation on the part of the
Company to continue the Plan and/or grant any additional Awards to you or benefits in lieu of SARs or any
other Awards even if Awards have been granted repeatedly in the past. All decisions with respect to future
Awards, if any, will be at the sole discretion of the Committee.
22.    Future Value    The future value of the underlying Shares is unknown and cannot be predicted with certainty. If the underlying Shares do not increase in value after the Date of Award, the SAR will have little or no value. If you exercise the SAR and obtain Shares, the value of the Shares acquired upon exercise may increase or decrease in value, even below the Exercise Price.
23.    No Advice Regarding Grant    The Company has not provided any tax, legal or financial advice, nor has the Company made any recommendations regarding your participation in the Plan, or your acquisition or sale of the underlying Shares. You are hereby advised to consult with your own personal tax, legal and financial advisors regarding your participation in the Plan before taking any action related to the Plan.
24.    No Right to Damages    You will have no right to bring a claim or to receive damages if any portion of the SAR is cancelled or expires unexercised. The loss of existing or potential profit in the SAR will not constitute an element of damages in the event of the termination of your continuous Service for any reason, even if the termination is in violation of an obligation of the Company or a Parent or a Subsidiary or an Affiliate to you.
25.    Data
Privacy
   You hereby explicitly and unambiguously consent to the collection, use and transfer, in electronic or other
form, of your personal data as described in this document by the Company for the exclusive purpose of
implementing, administering and managing your participation in the Plan. You understand that the Company
holds certain personal information about you, including, but not limited to, name, home address and telephone
number, date of birth, social security or insurance number or other identification number, salary, nationality,
job title, any shares of stock or directorships held in the Company, details of all Awards or any other
entitlement to Shares awarded, cancelled, purchased, exercised, vested, unvested or outstanding in your favor
for the purpose of implementing, managing and administering the Plan (“Data”). You understand that the Data
may be transferred to any third parties assisting in the implementation, administration and management of the
Plan, that these recipients may be located in your country or elsewhere and that the recipient country may have
different data privacy laws and protections than your country. You authorize the recipients to receive, possess,
use, retain and transfer the Data, in electronic or other form, for the purposes of implementing, administering
and managing your participation in the Plan, including any requisite transfer of such Data, as may be required
to a broker or other third party with whom you may elect to deposit any Shares acquired under the Plan.

 

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26.    Other Information    You agree to receive shareholder information, including copies of any annual report, proxy statement and periodic report, from the Company’s website at www.lifevantage.com, if the Company wishes to provide such information through its website. You acknowledge that copies of the Plan, Plan prospectus, Plan information and stockholder information are also available upon written or telephonic request to the Committee and/or the Board.
27.    Nondisclosure of Confidential Information   

You acknowledge that the businesses of the Company is highly competitive and that the Company’s strategies, methods, books, records, and documents, technical information concerning its products, equipment, services, and processes, procurement procedures and pricing techniques, the names of and other information (such as credit and financial data) concerning former, present or prospective customers and business affiliates, all comprise confidential business information and trade secrets which are valuable, special, and unique assets which the Company uses in its business to obtain a competitive advantage over competitors. You further acknowledge that protection of such confidential business information and trade secrets against unauthorized disclosure and use is of critical importance to the Company in maintaining its competitive position. You acknowledge that by reason of your duties to and association with the Company, you have had and will have access to and have and will become informed of confidential business information which is a competitive asset of the Company. You hereby agree that you will not, at any time during or after employment, make any unauthorized disclosure of any confidential business information or trade secrets of the Company, or make any use thereof, except in the carrying out of services responsibilities. You shall take all necessary and appropriate steps to safeguard confidential business information and protect it against disclosure, misappropriation, misuse, loss and theft. Confidential business information shall not include information in the public domain (but only if the same becomes part of the public domain through a means other than a disclosure prohibited hereunder). The above notwithstanding, a disclosure shall not be unauthorized if (i) it is required by law or by a court of competent jurisdiction or (ii) it is in connection with any judicial, arbitration, dispute resolution or other legal proceeding in which your legal rights and obligations as a service provider or under this Agreement are at issue; provided, however, that you shall, to the extent practicable and lawful in any such events, give prior notice to the Company of your intent to disclose any such confidential business information in such context so as to allow the Company an opportunity (which you will not oppose) to obtain such protective orders or similar relief with respect thereto as may be deemed appropriate. Any information not specifically related to the Company would not be considered confidential to the Company.

 

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          this Agreement and to exercise all other rights to which it may be entitled. You agree and acknowledge that
money damages may not be an adequate remedy for breach of the provisions of this Agreement and that the
Company may in its sole discretion apply to any court of law or equity of competent jurisdiction for specific
performance and/or injunctive relief in order to enforce or prevent any violations of the provisions of this
Agreement.
28.    Further Assistance    You agree to provide assistance reasonably requested by the Company in connection with actions taken by you while providing services to the Company, including but not limited to assistance in connection with any lawsuits or other claims against the Company arising from events during the period in which you rendered service to the Company.
29.    Notice    All notices, requests, demands, claims, and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing. Any notice, request, demand, claim, or other communication under this Agreement shall be deemed duly given if (and then two business days after) it is sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, and addressed to the intended recipient at the address set forth below the recipient’s signature to this Agreement. Either party to this Agreement may send any notice, request, demand, claim, or other communication under this Agreement to the intended recipient at such address using any other means (including personal delivery, expedited courier, messenger service, telecopy, ordinary mail, or electronic mail), but no such notice, request, demand, claim, or other communication shall be deemed to have been duly given unless and until it actually is received by the intended recipient. Either party to this Agreement may change the address to which notices, requests, demands, claims, and other communications hereunder are to be delivered by giving the other party notice in the manner set forth in this section.

 

 

In consideration of the Company granting you this SAR, please acknowledge your agreement to fully comply with all of the terms and conditions described above and in the Plan and Plan prospectus by signing this Agreement in the space provided in the cover sheet and returning it promptly to:

LIFEVANTAGE CORPORATION

Attention: Corporate Secretary

9815 S. MONROE STREET, SUITE 100

SANDY, UTAH 84070

 

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LIFEVANTAGE CORPORATION

NOTICE OF EXERCISE OF STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHT (“SAR”) BY PARTICIPANT

Lifevantage Corporation

9815 S. Monroe Street, Suite 100

Sandy, Utah 84070

Attention: Corporate Secretary

 

Re:    Exercise of SAR     
  

 

  
   [PRINT NAME OF PARTICIPANT]   

Pursuant to the SAR Agreement dated             ,             between Lifevantage Corporation, a Colorado corporation, (the “Company”) and me, made pursuant to the 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), I hereby request to exercise my SAR with respect to             shares (whole number only and must be not less than twenty-five Shares or the remaining number of vested Shares subject to this SAR) of common stock of the Company (the “Shares”), at the exercise price of $            per Share. I further understand and agree that I will timely satisfy any and all applicable tax withholding obligations as a condition of this SAR exercise.

If Shares will be issued to me as a result of this exercise of my SAR, with the number of any Shares determined by the Committee, then please issue such Shares as follows:

 

Check one:    ¨    The Shares certificate is to be issued and registered in my name only.
   ¨    The Shares certificate is to be issued and registered in my name and my spouse’s name.
     

 

  
      [PRINT SPOUSE’S NAME, IF CHECKING SECOND BOX]
      Check one (if checked second box above):   
      ¨ Community Property or ¨ Joint Tenants With Right of Survivorship

I acknowledge that I have received, understand and continue to be bound by all of the terms and conditions set forth in the Plan, Plan prospectus and in the SAR Agreement.

 

Dated:                                                   

 

     

 

(Participant’s Signature)       (Spouse’s Signature)**
     

**Spousemust sign this Notice of Exercise if listed above.

 

     

 

(Full Address)       (Full Address)

 

*THIS NOTICE OF EXERCISE MAY BE REVISED BY THE COMPANY AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE.
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Exhibit 5.1

August 21, 2012

Lifevantage Corporation

9815 S. Monroe Street, Suite 100

Sandy, UT 84070

 

  Re: Registration Statement on Form S-8

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special counsel to Lifevantage Corporation, a Colorado corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the filing of a registration statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, covering 3,400,000 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), which may be issued pursuant to the Lifevantage Corporation 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended (the “Plan”).

This opinion is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Item 8 of Form S-8 and Item 601(b)(5)(i) of Regulation S-K.

In connection with this opinion, we have reviewed the Registration Statement, the Company’s charter documents, the proceedings taken by the Company with respect to the authorization and adoption of the Plan, and such other documents, records, certificates, memoranda and other instruments as we deem necessary as a basis for this opinion. With respect to the foregoing documents, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to originals of all documents submitted to us as certified or reproduced copies. We have assumed that (a) shares of Common Stock currently reserved under the Plan will remain available for the issuance of the Shares, and (b) neither the Company’s charter documents nor any of the proceedings relating to the Plan or any of the award agreements relating to the Shares, will be rescinded, amended or otherwise modified prior to the issuance of the Shares. We have obtained a certificate from an officer of the Company as to certain factual matters and, insofar as this opinion is based on matters of fact, we have relied on such certificate without independent investigation.

Based on the foregoing review, and in reliance thereon, we are of the opinion that if, as and when the Shares are issued and sold by the Company in accordance with the terms of the award agreements provided for under the Plan, and payment in full of the consideration therefor is received by the Company, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

We consent to the filing of this letter as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder or Item 509 of Regulation S-K.

This opinion letter is based as to matters of law solely on the Colorado Business Corporation Act, as amended. We express no opinion herein as to any other laws, statutes, ordinances, rules or regulations.


Lifevantage Corporation

August 21, 2012

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Our opinion is expressly limited to the matters set forth above, and we render no opinion, whether by implication or otherwise, as to any other matters relating to the Company, the Shares, the Plan, the award agreements related to the Shares, or the Registration Statement.

 

Respectfully submitted,
/s/ Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
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Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Lifevantage Corporation (the “Company”) of our report dated September 28, 2011 with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of June 30, 2011 and 2010 and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ deficit and comprehensive income and cash flows for the years ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, which report appears in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 28, 2011.

 

/s/ Ehrhardt Keefe Steiner & Hottman PC

August 21, 2012

Denver, Colorado