Exhibit 4.1
HIPSO MULTIMEDIA, INC.
2010 EMPLOYEES,
DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND CONSULTANTS
STOCK OPTION AND
STOCK AWARD PLAN
SECTION 1. PURPOSE OF
THE PLAN.
The purpose of the of
Hipso Multimedia, Inc. 2010 Employees, Directors and Officers
Consultants Stock Option and Stock Award Plan (the
“Plan”) is to maintain the ability of Hipso Multimedia,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and its
subsidiaries to attract and retain highly qualified and experienced
directors, officers, employees and consultants and to give
directors, officers, employees and consultants a continued
proprietary interest in the success of the Company and its
subsidiaries. In addition, the Plan is intended to encourage
ownership of common stock, $.0001 par value (“Common
Stock”), of the Company by the employees, directors,
officers, and consultants of the Company and to provide increased
incentive for such persons to render services and to exert maximum
effort for the success of the Company business. The Plan provides
eligible employees, directors, officers, consultants and affiliates
the opportunity to participate in the enhancement of shareholder
value by the grants of options, stock appreciation rights, awards
of restricted stock, bonuses and/or fees payable in unrestricted
stock, or any combination thereof. In addition, the Company expects
that the Plan will further strengthen the identification of the
directors, officers, employees and consultants with the
stockholders. Options granted under this Plan will be nonqualified
options (“Nonqualified Options”). Employees,
consultants and directors who participate or become eligible to
participate in this Plan from time to time are referred to
collectively herein as “Participants.” As used in this
Plan, the term “Affiliates” means any “parent
corporation” of the Company and any “subsidiary
corporation” of the Company.
SECTION 2.
ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN.
(a)
Composition of
Committee.
The Plan shall be
administered by the Board of Directors of the Company (the
“Board”) or a committee of the Board. When acting in
such capacity, the Board is herein referred to as the
“Committee,” which shall also designate the Chairman of
the Committee. If the Company is governed by Rule 16b-3 promulgated
by the Securities and Exchange Commission
(“Commission”) pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”), no director shall
serve as a member of the Committee unless he or she is a
“disinterested person” within the meaning of such Rule
16b-3.
(b)
Committee
Action.
The Committee shall
hold its meetings at such times and places as it may determine. A
majority of its members shall constitute a quorum, and all
determinations of the Committee shall be made by not less than a
majority of its members. Any decision or determination reduced to
writing and signed by a majority of the members shall be fully as
effective as if it had been made by a majority vote of its members
at a meeting duly called and held. The Committee may designate the
Secretary of the Company or other Company employees to assist the
Committee in the administration of the Plan, and may grant
authority to such persons to execute award agreements or other
documents on behalf of the Committee and the Company. Any duly
constituted committee of the Board satisfying the qualifications of
this Section 2 may be appointed as the Committee.
(c)
Committee
Expenses.
All expenses and
liabilities incurred by the Committee in the administration of the
Plan shall be borne by the Company. The Committee may employ
attorneys, consultants, accountants or other persons.
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SECTION 3. STOCK
RESERVED FOR THE PLAN.
Subject to adjustment
as provided in Section 6(m) hereof, the aggregate number of Shares
that may be optioned or issued under the Plan is 10,000,000. The
Shares subject to the Plan shall consist of authorized but unissued
Shares and such number of shares shall be and is hereby reserved
for sale for such purpose. Any of such Shares which may remain
unsold and which are not subject to outstanding options at the
termination of the Plan shall cease to be reserved for the purpose
of the Plan, but until termination of the Plan or the termination
of the last of the options granted under the Plan, whichever last
occurs, the Company shall at all times reserve a sufficient number
of shares to meet the requirements of the Plan. Should any option
expire or be canceled prior to its exercise in full, the Shares
theretofore subject to such option may again be made subject to an
option under the Plan. The Committee may authorize the issuance of
renewable options in which the Participant, as he or she, exercises
the options received, will receive the same number of options with
an exercise price equal to the market price on the date of
exercise.
SECTION 4.
ELIGIBILITY.
The Participants shall
include directors, employees, including officers, of the Company
and its divisions and subsidiaries, and consultants and attorneys
who provide bona fide services to the Company. Participants
are eligible to be granted options, restricted stock, unrestricted
stock and other awards under this Plan and to have their bonuses
and/or consulting fees payable in restricted stock, unrestricted
stock and other awards. A Participant who has been granted an
option hereunder may be granted an additional option or options, if
the Committee shall so determine.
SECTION 5. GRANT OF
OPTIONS.
The Committee shall
have sole and absolute discretionary authority (i) to determine,
authorize, and designate those persons pursuant to this Plan who
are to receive options, restricted Shares or non-restricted Shares
under the Plan, (ii) to determine the number of Shares to be
covered by such grant or such options and the terms thereof, (iii)
to determine the type of Shares granted: restricted Shares,
unrestricted Shares or a combination of both. Subject to the
express provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall have
discretionary authority to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and
regulations relating to the Plan, to interpret the Plan, to
prescribe and amend the terms of the option agreements (which need
not be identical) and to make all other determinations deemed
necessary or advisable for the administration of the
Plan.
SECTION 6. TERMS AND
CONDITIONS.
Each option granted
under the Plan shall be evidenced by an agreement, in a form
approved by the Committee, which shall be subject to the following
express terms and conditions and to such other terms and conditions
as the Committee may deem appropriate.
(a)
Option
Period.
The Committee shall
promptly notify the Participant of the option grant and a written
agreement shall promptly be executed and delivered by and on behalf
of the Company and the Participant, provided that the option grant
shall expire if a written agreement is not signed by said
Participant (or his agent or attorney) and returned to the Company
within 60 days from date of receipt by the Participant of such
agreement. The date of grant shall be the date the option is
actually granted by the Committee, even though the written
agreement may be executed and delivered by the Company and the
Participant after that date. Each option agreement shall specify
the period for which the option thereunder is granted (which in no
event shall exceed ten years from the date of grant) and shall
provide that the option shall expire at the end of such period.
If the original term of an option is less than ten years from
the date of grant, the option may be amended prior to its
expiration, with the approval of the Committee and the Participant,
to extend the term so that the term as amended is not more than ten
years from the date of grant.
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(b)
Option
Price.
The purchase price of
each Share subject to each option granted pursuant to the Plan
shall be determined by the Committee at the time the option is
granted .The purchase price of each Share subject to a Nonqualified
Option under this Plan shall be determined by the Committee prior
to granting the option. The Committee shall set the purchase price
for each Share subject to a Nonqualified Option at either the fair
market value of each Share on the date the option is granted, or at
such other price as the Committee in its sole discretion shall
determine.
At the time a
determination of the fair market value of a Share is required to be
made hereunder, the determination of its fair market value shall be
made by the Committee in such manner as it deems
appropriate.
(c)
Exercise
Period.
The Committee may
provide in the option agreement that an option may be exercised in
whole, immediat