The Amendments to the Director PlanThe Board of Directors believes that approval of the proposed amendments to the Direct or
Plan will serve the best interests of the Company and its stockholders with respect to the
administration of the Director Plan and the granting of options thereunder. In addition, the Board
of Directors believes that the ability to grant additional options will help att ract, motivate and
retain directors who are in a position to contribute to the successful conduct of the busine ss and
affairs of the Company as well as stimulate in such individuals an increased desire to render
greater service to the Company.
Vote Required
The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of Common Stock of the
Company present or represented by proxy and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting is require d
for adoption of the proposed amendments to the Director Plan. Broker non-votes with respect to
this matter will be treated as neither a vote “for” nor a vote “against” the matter, although they
will be counted in determining the number of votes required to attain a majority of the shares
present or represented at the meeting and entitled to vote. Accordingly, an abstent ion from voting
by a stockholder present in person or by proxy at the meeting has the same legal effect as a vote
“against” the matter because it represents a share present or represented at the meeting and
entitled to vote, thereby increasing the number of affirmative votes required to approve thi s
proposal.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DEEMS PROPOSAL NO. 3 TO BE IN THE BEST
INTERESTS OF THE COMPANY AND ITS STOCKHOLDERS AND RECOMMENDS
A VOTE “FOR” APPROVAL THEREOF.
EXHIBIT B
Below is the text of the Company’s Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan as
proposed to be amended in Sections 1, 2, 4 and 5 pursuant to Proposal No. 3. The proposed
amended language to the Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan is set forth in bold and
italics, and the language to be deleted is set forth in brackets.
INNOVIR LABORATORIES, INC.
Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan
1. Purpose. The purpose of this Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan (the
“Plan”) is to enable Innovir Laboratories, Inc. (the “Company”) to provide compensatory stock
options to members of its Board of Directors (the “Board”) who are not also employees of the
Company or any of its affiliates (“Non-Employee Directors”). It is intended that the Plan will
constitute a “formula plan” within the meaning and for the purposes of Rule 16b-3 issued by the
Securities and Exchange Commission under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
The provisions of the Plan and of any option agreement made pursuant to the Plan will be
interpreted and applied accordingly.
2. Stock Subject to the Plan. The Company may issue and sell a total of 270,000
[120,000] shares (subject to equitable adjustment for stock dividends and certain capital
changes) of its common stock, $.013 par value (the “Common Stock”), pursuant to the Plan.
Such shares may be either authorized and unissued or held by the Company in its treasury. New
options may be granted under the Plan with respect to shares of Common Stock which are
covered by the unexercised portion of an option which has terminated or expired.
3. Administration. The Plan shall be administered by the Board. Subject to the
provisions of the Plan and applicable law, the Board, acting in its sole and absolute discretion,
shall have full power and authority to interpret the provisions of the Plan and option agreement s
made under the Plan, to supervise the administration of the Plan, and to take such other action as
may be necessary or desirable in order to carry out the provisions of the Plan. The decisions of
the Board as to any disputed question, including questions of construction, interpretation a nd
administration, shall be final and conclusive on all persons.
4. Automatic Option Grants. Subject to stockholder approval of this Plan, an option
to purchase 30,000 shares of Common Stock will automatically be granted to each Non-
Employee Director on the date on which he or she is initially appointed or electe d as a director
(by the Board or the stockholders, as the case may be) and, for as long as each Non-Employee
Director continues to serve on the Board, an option to purchase 10,000 shares will
automatically be granted to each Non-Employee Director on the second anniversary date of
such person’s initial appointment or election as a director and on each anniversary date
thereafter.
5. Terms and Conditions of Options. Each option granted under the Plan shall be
evidenced by a written agreement containing the following terms and conditions:
a. Option Price. The purchase price per share shall be equal to the fair market
value of a share of Common Stock on the date the option is granted which, for so long as the
Company’s Common Stock is listed on the NASDAQ Small-Cap Issues, shall be the last price
per share as listed thereon. In the event the Common Stock is listed on the NASDAQ Nat ional
Market System, the fair market value shall be the last closing price per share thereon.
b. Option Period. Subject to the provisions hereof, the period during which an
option may be exercised shall be 10 [5] years from the date the option is granted.
c. Exercise of Options.An initial grant of options to purchase 30,000 shares of
Common Stock will become exercisable at the rate of 16.67% (5,000 shares) for each six months
of the optionee’s continuous service as a director from the date the option is granted. Each grant
of 10,000 shares will become exercisable at the rate of 50% (5,000 shares) on the date eighteen
months following the date of grant and 50% (5,000 shares) on the date twenty-four months
following the date of grant. No option shall be exercisable unless the Non-Employee Director to
whom the option was granted remains in the continuous service as a director of the Company for
at least six months from the date the option is granted. All or part of the exercisabl e portion of an
option may be exercised at any time during the option period, except that, without the consent of
the Board, no partial exercise of an option shall be made for less than 100 shares. An opti on may
be exercised by transmitting to the Company (1) a written notice specifying the number of shares
to be purchased, and (2) payment in full of the purchase price, together with the amount, if any,
deemed necessary to enable the Company to satisfy its income tax withholding obligat ions with
respect to such exercise (unless other arrangements acceptable to the Board are ma de with
respect to the satisfaction of such withholding obligations).
d. Payment of Option Price. The purchase price of shares of Common Stock
acquired pursuant to the exercise of an option granted under the Plan shall be payable i n cash or
check and/or previously-owned shares of Common Stock. If the shares of Common Stock are
tendered as payment of the option exercise price, the value of such shares shall be the fair market
value as of the date of exercise. If such tender would result in the issuance of fractiona l shares of
Common Stock, the Company shall instead return the difference in cash or by check to the
optionee.
e. Rights as a Shareholder. No shares of Common Stock shall be issued in
respect of the exercise of an option granted under the Plan until full payment therefor has been
made. The holder of an option shall have no rights as a shareholder with respect to any shares
covered by an option until the date a stock certificate for such shares is issued to hi m or her.
Except as otherwise provided herein, no adjustments shall be made for dividends or distributi ons
of other rights for which the record date is prior to the date such stock certificate is issued.
f. Nontransferability of Options. No option shall be assignable or
transferrable except upon the optionee’s death to a beneficiary designated by the optionee in
accordance with procedures established by the Board or, if no designated beneficiary shall
survive the optionee, pursuant to the optionee’s will or by the laws of descent and distributi on.
During an optionee’s lifetime, options may be exercised only by the optionee or the optionee’s
guardian or legal representative.g. Termination of Service. Subject to the provisions hereof, if an optionee
ceases to perform services as a director of the Company for any reason, then the outstandi ng
option granted to him or her under the Plan, to the extent then exercisable, will rem ain
exercisable for the balance of the option period.
h. Other Provisions. The Board may impose such other conditions with respect
to the exercise of options, including, without limitation, any conditions relating to t he application
of federal or state securities laws, as it may deem necessary or advisable.
6. Change in Control; Capital Changes.
a. Change in Control. If any event constituting a “Change in Control of the
Company” shall occur, all options granted under the Plan which are outstanding at the time a
Change of Control of the Company occurs shall immediately become exercisable. A “Change in
Control of the Company” shall be deemed to occur if (1) there shall be consummated (a ) any
consolidation or merger of the Company in which the Company is not the continuing or
surviving corporation or pursuant to which shares of the Company’s Common Stock would be
converted into cash, securities or other property, other than a merger of the Company in which
the holders of the Company’s Common Stock immediately prior to the merger have t he same
proportionate ownership of common stock of the surviving corporation immediately after the
merger, or (b) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one transaction or a series of related
transactions) of all, or substantially all, of the assets of the Company, or (2) the stockhol ders of
the Company shall approve any plan or proposal for liquidation or dissolution of the Company,
or (3) any person (as such term is used in Section 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), shall become the beneficial owner (withi n the
meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of 40% or more of the Company’s outstanding
Common Stock other than pursuant to a plan or arrangement entered into by such person and the
Company, or (4) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of
such period constitute the entire Board of Directors shall cease for any reason to consti tute a
majority thereof unless the election, or the nomination for election by the Company’s
shareholders, of each new director was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors
then still in office who were directors at the beginning of the period.
b. Capital Changes. In the event of any stock split, stock dividend or similar
transaction which increases or decreases the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock,
appropriate adjustment shall be made by the Board to the number of shares which may be issued
under the Plan, as well as to the number of shares which may be issued to any Non-Employee
Director pursuant to Section 4 hereof, and to the number and option exercise price per share of
Common Stock which may be purchased under any outstanding options. In the case of a merger,
consolidation or similar transaction which results in a replacement of the Company’s C ommon
Stock with stock of another corporation but does not constitute Change in Control of the
Company, the Company will make a reasonable effort, but shall not be required, to replac e any
outstanding options granted under the Plan with comparable options to purchase the stock of
such other corporation, or will provide for immediate maturity of all outstanding options, wit h all
options not being exercised within the time period specified by the Board being terminated.
c. Fractional Shares. In the event of any adjustment in the number of shares
covered by any option pursuant to the provisions hereof, any fractional shares resulting from
such adjustment will be disregarded, and each such option will cover only the number of ful l
shares resulting from the adjustment.
d. Determination of Board to be Final. All adjustments under this paragraph
6 shall be made by the Board, and its determination as to what adjustments shall be made, and
the extent thereof, shall be final, binding and conclusive.
7. Amendment and Termination of the Plan. The Board may amend or
terminate the Plan. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan with respect to e quity changes, any
amendment which would increase the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock as to which
options may be granted under the Plan, materially increase the benefits under the Pl an, or modify
the class of persons eligible to receive options under the Plan shall be subject to the approval of
the shareholders of the Company. No amendment or termination may adversely affect any
outstanding option without the written consent of the optionee. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein or in any option agreement made hereunder, the provisions of
paragraphs 4 and 5(a) of the Plan and any other provision of the Plan or of an option agreement
relating to the timing of option grants, the amount of shares covered thereby and the exercise
price thereunder may not be amended more than once every six months, and no amendment may
be made to the Plan or an option agreement if, as a result of such amendment, the Plan would no
longer qualify as a “formula plan” under Rule 16b-3 issued by the Securities and Exchange
Commission under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1984
8. No Rights Conferred. Nothing contained herein will be deemed to give any
individual any right to be retained or elected or re-elected as a member of the Board.
a. Governing Law. The Plan and each option agreement shall be governed in
all respects by the laws of the State of Delaware without giving effect to the provi sions relating
to conflicts of law.
b. Term of the Plan. The Plan shall be effective upon its adoption by the Board
of Directors, subject to the date on which stockholder approval of the Plan is obtained. T he Plan
will terminate on the date ten years after the date on which it is adopte d by the Board, unless
sooner terminated by the Board. The rights of optionees under options outstanding at the time of
the termination of the Plan shall not be affected solely by reason of the terminat ion and shall
continue in accordance with the terms of the option. Innovir Laboratories, Inc. 5/20/97
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