Tax Treatment of NSOsGenerally, the recipient of NSOs does not realize any taxable income at the tim e of grant
and the company is not then entitled to a deduction. Upon exercise of an NSO, the part icipant
will recognize income at ordinary income tax rates. The amount of income then rec ognized by a
participant will be the excess of the fair market value of the shares purchased upon exercise over
the exercise price paid for the shares. The Company will generally be entitled to take a deduction
equal to this amount for the year which ends with or includes the end of the year i n which the
related amount is included in income by the participant. In order for the Company to be able to
take a deduction for this amount, however, the amount will have to be considered “rea sonable
compensation” and applicable withholding requirements will have to be met.
A participant’s basis in shares acquired upon the exercise of an Option will be the
exercise price of the Option, plus any amount includable in the participant’s gross incom e upon
the exercise of the Option. The gain or loss realized by the participant upon a subse quent sale or
exchange of the Shares will be a capital gain or loss.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT THE SHAREHOLDERSVOTE FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENT OF THE COMPANY’S
NON-QUALIFIED AND INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION PLANTO EXTEND THE TERM TO MARCH 1, 2007
EXHIBIT 1
1987 NON-QUALIFIED AND INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION PLAN OF INTERCARGO CORPORATION
(As Amended and Restated)
1. Purpose of the Plan. This 1987 Non-Qualified and Incentive Stock Option Plan
of NTERCARGO CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) adopted on the
8th day of July, 1987, is intended to encourage officers, directors and key employees of the
Company to acquire or increase their ownership of common stock of the Company on reasonable
terms. The opportunity so provided is intended to foster in participants a strong incentive to put
forth maximum effort for the continued success and growth of the Company and its Subsidiaries,
o aid in retaining individuals who put forth such efforts and to assist in attracting the best
available individuals to the Company and its Subsidiaries in the future.
2. Definitions. When used herein, the following terms shall have the meaning set
forth below: 2.1 “Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified person or entity, a person
or entity that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled
by, or is under common control with, the person or entity specified.
2.2 “Award” means an Option.
2.3 “Award Agreement” means a written agreement in such form as may be,
from time to time, hereafter approved by the Committee, which shall be duly executed by the
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Company and the Grantee and which shall set forth the terms and conditions of an Award under
he Plan.
2.4 “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
2.5 “Change in Control” means the occurrence of one of the following: (i)
without prior approval of the Board, a single entity or group of affiliated entities acquires more
than 50% of the Company’s outstanding Shares, (ii) the Company is involved in a merger or a
sale of all or substantially all of its assets so that its stockholders before the merger or sale own
less than 50% of the voting power of the surviving or acquiring corporation, (iii) a liquidation or
dissolution of the Company occurs, or (iv) a change in the majority of the Board of Directors
occurs during any 24-month period without the approval of a majority of directors in office at the
beginning of such period.
2.6 “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as in effect at the time
of reference, or any successor revenue code which may hereafter be adopted in lieu thereof, and
reference to any specific provisions of the Code shall refer to the corresponding provisions of the
Code as it may hereafter be amended or replaced.
2.7 “Committee” means the Stock Option Committee of the Board or any
other committee appointed by the Board whose members meet the requirements for eligibility to
serve, set forth in Section 4, which is invested by the Board with responsibility for the
administration of the Plan.
2.8 “Company” means Intercargo Corporation.
2.9 “Employees” means officers (including officers who are members of the
Board) and other key employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
2.10 “Fair Market Value” with respect to the Company’s Shares means: (i) for
options granted on or before the effective day of any Registration Statement the Company may
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission an amount based on an average of fair market
value as of the date of grant set forth in the opinion of such independent well-qualified experts as
the Committee may from time to time select; and (ii) for options granted thereafter, the closing
price of the Shares on the last business day prior to the date of grant on which transactions in
Shares occurred, as reported on such source of quotation for, or reports of, trading activity in
Shares as the Committee may from time to time select.
2.1l “Grantee” means an individual who has been granted an Award.
2.12 “Incentive Stock Option” means an Option meeting the requirements and
containing the limitations and restrictions set forth in Section 422A of the Code.
2.13 “Non-Qualified Stock Option” means an Option other than an Incentive
Stock Option.
2.14 “Option” means the right to purchase, at a price and for a term fixed by the
Committee in accordance with the Plan, and subject to such other limitations and restrictions a s
the Plan and the Committee impose, the number of Shares specified by the Committee.
2.15 “Parent” means any corporation (other than the Company) in an unbroken
chain of corporations ending with the Company if, at the time of the granting of the option, each
of the corporations other than the Company owns stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more
of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such
chain.
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2.16 “Plan” means the Company’s 1987 Non-Qualified and Incentive Stock
Option Plan.
2.17 “SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
2.18 “Shares” means shares of the Company’s $1.00 par value common stock
or, if by reason of the adjustment provisions hereof any rights under an Award under the Plan
pertaining to any other security, such other security.
2.19 “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 fifty percent (50%) or
more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations
in such chain.
2.20 “Successor” means the legal representative of the estate of a deceased
Employee or the person or persons who shall acquire the right to exercise an Award by bequest
or inheritance or by reason of the death of the Employee.
2.21 “Term” means the period during which a particular Award may be
exercised.
3. Stock Subject to the Plan. There will be reserved for use, upon the exercise of
Awards to be granted from time to time under the Plan, an aggregate of 600,000 Shares, which
Shares may be, in whole or in part, as the Board shall from time to time determine, authorized
but unissued Shares, or issued Shares which shall have been reacquired by the Company. Any
Shares subject to issuance upon exercise of Options but which are not issued because of a
surrender, lapse, expiration or termination of any such Option prior to issuance of the Shares
shall once again be available for issuance in satisfaction of Awards.4. Administration of the Plan. The Board shall appoint the Committee, which shall
consist of not less than three (3) members of the Board who meet the definition of a
“disinterested person” pursuant to Rule 16b-3 of the SEC (or any successor rule) as in effect
from time to time and “outside director” pursuant to Section 162(m) of the Code and the
Treasury Department regulations issued thereunder from time to time. Subject to the provisions
of the Plan, the Committee shall have the full authority, in its discretion, with respect to
Employee Grantees, to determine the Employees to whom Awards shall be granted, the number
of Shares to be covered by each of the Awards, and the terms of any such Award; to amend or
cancel Awards (subject to Section 18 of the Plan); to accelerate the vesting of Awards; to require
the cancellation or surrender of any previously granted options under this Plan or any other plans
of the Company as a condition to the granting of an Award; to interpret the Plan; and to
prescribe, amend, and rescind rules and regulations relating to it, and generally to interpret and
determine any and all matters whatsoever relating to the administration of the Plan and the
granting of Awards hereunder. The Board may, from time to time, appoint members to the
Committee in substitution for or in addition to members previously appointed and may fill
vacancies, however caused, in the Committee. The Committee shall select one of its members as
its Chairman and shall hold its meetings at such times and places as it shall deem advisable . A
majority of its members shall constitute a quorum. Any action of the Committee may be taken by
a written instrument signed by all of the members, and any action so taken shall be fully as
effective as if it had been taken by a vote of a majority of the members at a meeting duly called
and held. The Committee shall make such rules and regulations for the conduct of its business as
it shall deem advisable and shall appoint a Secretary who shall keep minutes of its meetings and
records of all action taken in writing without a meeting. No member of the Committee shall be
liable, in the absence of bad faith, for any act or omission with respect to his service on the
Committee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the selection of the non-employee directors to whom
Awards are to be granted, the timing of such grants, the number of shares subject to any such
Award, the exercise price of any such Award, the periods during which any such Award may be
exercised, and the term of any such Award shall be as set forth in Section 5.2 herein, and the
Committee shall have no discretion as to such matters. This Plan is intended to allow non-
employee directors to receive Awards without such Awards causing them to cease to be
“disinterested persons” (within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended) with respect to this Plan or any other stock plans of the Company. To the
extent that any provision of the Plan or action by the Committee with respect thereto would be
inconsistent with such intent, such provision or action shall be null and void.5. Grant of Awards
5.1 Persons to Whom Discretionary Awards May Be Granted. Awards may
be granted in each calendar year or portion thereof while the Plan is in effect to such of the
Employees as the Committee, in its discretion, shall determine, and shall be granted to non-
employee directors pursuant to Section 5.2.In determining the Employees to whom Awards shall be granted and the number of
Shares to be subject to purchase under such Awards, the Committee shall take into account the
duties of the respective Employees, their present and potential contributions to the success of the
Company, and such other factors as the Committee shall deem relevant in connection with
accomplishing the purposes of the Plan.
Except as provided in Section 5.2, no Award shall be granted to any member of the
Committee so long as his membership on the Committee continues or to any member of the
Board who is not also an officer or key Employee of the Company or any Subsidiary.
5.2 Nondiscretionary Awards. Nondiscretionary Awards of Non-Qualified
Stock Options shall be granted to each non-employee director of the Company on the following
terms and conditions. (a) Subject to approval by the stockholders of the Company of the provisions of this Section 5.2, commencing with the first regularly
scheduled Board meeting following the Annual Meeting of
Stockholders of the Company to be held in 1995, and thereafter
annually at the first regularly scheduled Board meeting following
the Annual Meeting of Stockholders, there shall be granted
automatically, and without any action or exercise of discretion by
the Committee, to each non-employee director of the Company, an
Award of Options to purchase 1,000 Shares;
(b) Each nondiscretionary Award granted pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5.2 shall be exercisable as to 25 percent commencing
on the third anniversary of the grant date of such Award and as to
an additional 25 percent on the fourth, fifth and sixth anniversary
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dates of the grant date of such Award;
(c) The exercise price of the Awards made pursuant to this Section 5.2 shall be the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the date the Award
is granted;
(d) The nondiscretionary Awards granted pursuant to this Section 5.2 shall expire ten (10) years from the Grant Date, subject to the
terms and conditions of the Plan;
(e) The provisions of this Section 5.2 shall not be amended more than once every six months, other than to comport with changes in the
Code, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, or the rules
thereunder;
6. Stock Options.
6.1 Types of Options. Unless otherwise specified herein, options granted
under this Plan may be (i) Incentive Stock Options, (ii) Non-Qualified Stock Options, or (iii) a
combination of the foregoing. The Award Agreement shall designate whether an Option is an
Incentive Stock Option or a Non-Qualified Stock Option.
6.2 Option Price. The option price per Share of any Option granted under the
Plan shall not be less than the Fair Market Value of the Shares covered by the Option on the date
the Option is granted.Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the event an Incentive Stock
Option is granted to an Employee who, at the time such Incentive Stock Option is granted,
beneficially owns, as defined in Section 425 of the Code, stock possessing more than ten percent
(10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of:
(i) the Company; or
(ii) if applicable, a Subsidiary; or
(iii) if applicable, a Parent,
then the option price per Share of any Incentive Stock Option granted to such Employee shall not
be less than one hundred ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value of the Shares covered by
the Option on the date the Option is granted. 6.3 Term of Options. Options granted hereunder shall be exercisable for a
Term of not more than ten (10) years from the date of grant thereof, but shall be subject to earlier
termination as hereinafter provided. Each Award Agreement issued hereunder shall specify the
Term of the Option, which Term shall be determined by the Committee in accordance with its
discretionary authority hereunder.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the event an Incentive Stock Option
is granted to an Employee who, at the time such Incentive Stock Option is granted, beneficially
owns, as defined in Section 425 of the Code, stock possessing more than ten percent (10%) of
the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of:
(i) the Company;
(ii) if applicable, a Subsidiary; or
(iii) if applicable, a Parent,
then such Incentive Stock Option shall not be exercisable more than five (5) years from the date
of grant thereof, but shall be subject to earlier termination as hereinafter provided. 7. Award Limits.
7.1 Limit on Fair Market Value of Incentive Stock Options. No Employee
may be granted an Incentive Stock Option hereunder to the extent that the aggregate Fair Market
Value (such Fair Market Value being determined as of the date of grant of the option) of the
stock with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by such
Employee during any calendar year (under all such plans of such Employee’s employer
corporation and its Parent and Subsidiary corporations) exceeds the sum of One Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($100,000). 7.2 Overall Limit. Options to purchase no more than 75,000 Shares, in the
aggregate, may be granted to any Grantee in any twelve-month period.8. Date of Grant. The date of grant of an Award shall be the date on which the
Committee acts in granting the Award or as specified in Section 5.2 hereof.9. Exercise of Rights Under Awards. A Grantee entitled to exercise an Award may
do so by delivery of a written notice to that effect specifying the number of Shares with respect
to which the Award is being exercised and any other information the Committee may prescribe.
The notice shall be accompanied by payment in full of the purchase price of any shares to be
purchased, which payment may be made in cash or, with the Committee’s approval, in Shares
valued at Fair Market Value at the time of exercise or a combination thereof. No Shares shall be
issued upon exercise of an Option until full payment has been made therefor. All notices or
requests provided for herein shall be delivered to the Company’s president.
10. Award Terms and Conditions. Each Award and each Award Agreement relating
thereto shall contain such other terms and conditions not inconsistent herewith as shall be
approved by the Board or the Committee.11. Rights of Award Holder. The holder of an Award shall not have any of the
rights of a stockholder with respect to the Shares subject to purchase under an Award, except
upon the due exercise of the Award.12. Nontransferability of Awards. An Award shall not be transferable, other than by
will or the laws of descent and distribution, and an Award may be exercised, during the lifetime
of the holder of the Award, only by him.
13. Adjustments Upon Changes in Capitalization. In the event of changes in all of
the outstanding Shares by mason of stock dividends, stock sprits, recapitalizations, mergers,
consolidations, combinations, exchanges of Shares, separations, reorganizations or liquidations,
the number and class of Shares available under the Plan in the aggregate, the number and classes
of Shares subject to Awards theretofore granted, applicable purchase prices and all other
applicable provisions, shall, subject to the provisions of the Plan, be equitably adjusted by the
Committee. For employee Grantees, but not for non-employee directors, such adjustment may,
but need not, include payment in cash or in Shares in an amount equal to the difference between
the price at which such Award may be exercised and the then current Fair Market Value of the
Shares subject to such Award as equitably determined by the Committee. The manner of
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application of the foregoing provisions shall be determined by the Committee in its sole
discretion. Any such adjustment may provide for the elimination of any fractional Share which
might otherwise become subject to an Award.
14. Effect of Change in Control. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the
contrary, upon the occurrence of a Change in Control of the Company, all Awards granted under
the Plan shall be immediately fully exercisable for a period of six months following such Change
in Control, after which time no further Awards may be exercised pursuant to the Plan; provided,
however, that with respect to any director, executive officer or beneficial owner of more than
10% of the outstanding voting securities of the Company, no shares issued upon exercise of any
Award granted pursuant to the Plan may be sold prior to six months from the date of grant of
such Award.15. Form of options. Nothing contained in the Plan nor any resolution adopted by the
Board or the stockholders of the Company shall constitute the granting of any Award. An Award
shall be granted hereunder only (i) by action duly taken by the Committee in granting an Award
or (ii) pursuant to Section 5.2. Whenever the Committee shall designate an Employee for the
receipt of an Award, the Secretary or the President of the Company, or such other person as the
Committee shall appoint, shall forthwith send notice thereof to the Employee, in such form as the
Committee shall approve, stating the number of Shares subject to Award, its Term, and the other
terms and conditions thereof. The notice shall be accompanied by a written Award Agreement in
such form as may from time to time hereafter be approved by the Committee, which shall have
been duly executed by or on behalf of the Company. If the surrender of previously issued
Awards is made a condition of the grant, the notice shall set forth the pertinent details of such
condition and the written Award Agreement executed by or on behalf of the Company shall be
delivered to the Employee on the date such surrender is made, but it shall be dated as of the date
on which the Committee designated the Employee to receive an Award hereunder. Execution by
the Employee to whom such Award is granted of said Award Agreement in accordance with the
provisions set forth in this Plan shall be a condition precedent to the exercise of any Award.
16. Taxes. The Company shall have the right to require a person entitled to receive
Shares pursuant to the exercise of an Award under the Plan to pay the Company the amount of
any taxes which the Company is or will be required to withhold with respect to such Shares
before the certificate for such Shares is delivered pursuant to the Award. Furthermore, the
Company may elect to deduct such taxes from any other amounts payable then or at any time
thereafter, to the Employee. If the Employee disposes of Shares acquired pursuant to an
Incentive Stock Option in any transaction considered to be a disqualifying transaction under
Sections 421 and 422A of the Code, the Company shall have the right to deduct any taxes
required by law to be withheld from any amounts otherwise payable to the Employee.17. Termination of Plan. The Plan shall terminate ten (10) years from March 1,
1997, and an Award shall not be granted under the Plan after that date although the terms of any
Awards may be amended at any date prior to the end of its Term in accordance with the Plan.
Any Awards outstanding at the time of termination of the Plan shall continue in full force and
effect according to the terms and conditions of the Award and this Plan.
18. Amendment of the Plan. The Plan may be amended at any time and from time to
time by the Board, but no amendment without the approval of the stockholders of the Company
shall:
(a) increase the number of Shares as to which Options may be granted under
the Plan;
(b) expand or change the class of persons eligible to receive Awards;
(c) permit the purchase price of Shares subject to an Option granted under the Plan to be less than the Fair Market Value of such Shares at the time the
Option is granted;
(d) extend the term of the Plan; or
(e) materially increase the benefits to the Grantees under the Plan.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no amendment or cancellation
of the Plan or any Award granted under the Plan shall alter or impair any of the rights or
obligations of any person, without his consent, under any Award theretofore granted under the
Plan.
19. Delivery of Shares on Exercise. Delivery of certificates for Shares pursuant to an
Award exercise may be postponed by the Company for such period as may be required for it,
with reasonable diligence, to comply with any applicable requirements of any federal, state or
local law or regulation or any administrative or quasi-administrative requirement applicable to
the sale, issuance, distribution or delivery of such Shares.20. Fees and Costs. The Company shall pay all original issue taxes on the exercise of
any Award granted under the Plan and all other fees and expenses necessarily incurred by the
Company in connection therewith.21. Effectiveness of the Plan. The Plan shall become effective when approved by the
Board. The Plan shall thereafter be submitted to the Company’s shareholders for approval and
unless the Plan is approved by the affirmative votes of the holders of Shares having a majority of
the voting power of all Shares represented at a meeting duly held in accordance with Delaware
law within twelve (12) months after being approved by the Board, the Plan and all Awards made
under it shall be void and of no force and effect.
22. Other Provisions. As used in the Plan, and in Awards and other documents
prepared in implementation of the Plan, references to the masculine pronoun shall be deemed to
refer to the feminine or neuter, and references in the singular or the plural shall refer to the plural
or the singular, as the identity of the person or persons or entity or entities being referred to may
require. The captions used in the Plan, in the Awards and other documents prepared in
implementation of the Plan are for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning of any
provision hereof or thereof.
Amended to extend the term of the Plan, effective March 1, 1997.
INTERCARGO CORPORATION
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By:_____________________________
NOTICE OF AMENDMENT TO 1987 NON-QUALIFIED AND INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION PLAN OF INTERCARGO CORPORATION
Pursuant to the 2 for 1 stock split, the total number of shares eligible
for issuance pursuant to option was increased from 100,000 to
200,000 by Board action dated November 14, 1991 Intercargo Corporation 4/18/97