EBay (EBAY)

 

We are asking you to approve an amendment and restatement of the eBay Inc. 2008 Equity Incentive Award Plan, or the 2008 Plan, to increase the number of shares of common stock we may issue under the 2008 Plan by 50 million to 85 million and to add market share and volume metrics as performance criteria for performance-based awards granted under the 2008 Plan. Our Board adopted, subject to stockholder approval, the amendment and restatement of the 2008 Plan to provide us the continued ability to grant a variety of equity awards as a valuable tool to help attract and retain members of our Board and employees and consultants of our company and its subsidiaries. In addition, an increase to the number of shares of common stock reserved under the 2008 Plan will ensure that we will be able to grant restricted stock units, or RSUs, under the 2008 Plan in exchange for cancelled options in the event that the option exchange described in Proposal 2 of this proxy statement is approved. The amendment and restatement of the 2008 Plan will only become effective if it is approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast with respect to this proposal by the shares present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote thereon at the Annual Meeting.

 

A “majority of votes cast” means that the number of votes “FOR” the approval of the amendment and restatement of the 2008 Plan must exceed the number of votes “AGAINST” the approval of the amendment and restatement of the 2008 Plan.