The CleanAir System
|
|||
STOCK
and OPTION PLAN
|
|
Last Major Rrvision: August 23, 2000AIM - To increase employee ownership and commitment. It is fair for those who contribute their energies to the company to have an opportunity to buy and own it and benefit from its success. Employees who have an ownership interest are motivated to:
Employee-owned companies are driven by the broad common interests of employees, shareholders, and managers, rather than by the narrow financial interest of uninvolved outside owners. CleanAir Stock Ownership Ideals Stock incentives are used to attract, retain and motivate competent and energetic staff. All employees should have an opportunity to participate in ownership. Stock acquisition plans should be flexible and tailored to meet varied employee requirements. Stock ownership should be an attractive financial investment. Employee-owners should have a reliable method to sell stock. Clean Air Engineering stock does not trade on any public exchange. The company's Board of Directors determines the fair market value of the stock with the assistance of a nationally recognized independent appraisal firm. The Board uses a formula that takes into account net income, stockholders' equity, number of shares outstanding, and a market factor that is adjusted by the Board to reflect the condition of the market for publicly traded securities of comparable companies and recent acquisitions. New Structural Requirements Our sub S corporate election limits us to 75 shareholders and also prevents our French employees from being owners. We will therefore need to revert to a C corporation within the next several years. In the interim we see no problem with the option holders being French citizens. We will monitor the shareholders to insure we do not exceed the limit of 75.CleanAirmay elect to provide phantom certificates, which will mirrorCleanAirstock price to non-USA citizens. Stock Acquisition Methods Employees may: Purchase stock directly.
Option Ideals Stock options should reflect an individual's contribution toCleanAir. Stock options should encourage and reward entrepreneurial risk taking. Plan Details STOCK RULES Rule 1. - OnlyCleanAiremployees may buyCleanAirstock. Rule 2. - New stockholders must sign a statement agreeing to the stock ownership rules as stated in the Stockholder Agreement section of the Clean Air Engineering bylaws. OPTION RULES Rule 1. -The purpose of Options will be only to create Equity, Retain Employees and if we are public create Market Cap Growth. Rule 2. - Individuals receiving options will be only those who have clearly demonstrated to most observers;
Rule 3. - The number of options to be granted each calendar year shall not exceed 5% of the number of shares ofCleanAirstock owned by all shareholders on January 1 of that year. Rule 4. - Approximately 60% of the options granted in any 12-month period will be distributed to the group or teams based on fully burdened profit contribution. Each group or team must have a 3-person team representing business, sales and technology to recommend the candidates Optionee(s). Rule 4. - Approximately 30% of the options granted in any 12-month period will be granted at the board's discretion. Rule 5. - Approximately 10% of the available options in any 12-month period will be granted to the overhead team candidates. Each overhead team will recommend their candidate Optionee(s). Rule 6. - Options shall be proportioned as follows:
Rule 7 -TheCleanAiroptions will meet all the requirements of SEC Rule 701 http://www.sec.gov/smbus/forms/701.htm as amended by: http://www.sec.gov/rules/final/33-7645.htm to meet the SEC requirements for Incentive Stock Options (ISO) the following apply:
Option Award Process
The formula used for company value is: { ( EBI * FACTOR - DEBT )+ BOOK } / 2 EBI = { Last 12 months EARNINGS - Deferred Taxes @ 40 % + INTEREST) EARNINGS is profit perCleanAirAccounting Team FACTOR is a slight adjustment from the last independent appraisal. The change in FACTOR is to be less than 1% per month to correct for change in market conditions and change inCleanAir5-year track record. FACTOR adjustment will be reset annually to 1.0 using an independent environmental business appraiser. BOOK is the net worth determined monthly by theCleanAiraccounting team. The FACTOR is expected to increase as we distance ourselves from the bad years provided the market for environmental companies does not tank. The price at the end of June 2000 is calculated as follows: Given: EARNINGS = PROFIT for trailing 12 months EARNINGS = $ 1,628,153 FACTORDec99 set by independent appraiser ECFG1 for Dec 1999 is 9.0 The board has approved a FACTOR adjustment of .5% per month for the first 6 months of 2000. FACTORJun00 = 9.02 x (1.005)6 = 9.27 Calculation: (based on June 2000 data)
We will divide the company value by the total shares issued adjusted4 for vested stock options to arrive at the official share price. This is the price at whichCleanAirwill buy or sell stock or value options. The adjustment for vested shares will assume that all vested option have been converted if the sock price is above the exercise price and non converted if the stock price is below the exercise price. Trading Trading is only allowed for a one-week trading window in the month following each February, June and October. Orders to buy and sell shares are place the week before the trading window, theCleanAirAccounting and Finance Team manages the trading. Requests may also be make for a sale or purchase of stock with anotherCleanAiremployee or stockholder.CleanAirmay attempt to match buyers and sellers so shares can be traded between employees. Latest Price Calculation The following Table links to the current stock price calculation spreadsheet and will be updated from time to time.
Footnotes For a copy of the following reference documents please see theCleanAirlibrary, Bill Walker, Frank Kilvinger or otherCleanAirstockholder. 1 PEER ANALYSIS prepared for Clean Air Engineering for Engineering and Consulting Firms with Gross Revenues from $5MM to $20MM. Prepared on March 8, 2000 by The Environmental Financial Consulting Group, NYC, NY 2 Clean Air Engineering M&A Valuation Dated March 15, 2000 compiled by The Environmental Financial Consulting Group, Inc. 3CleanAiraccounting documents at http://www.il.cleanair.com/accounting |
Updated :