EBAY » Topics » 4. Shares Subject to the Plan.

These excerpts taken from the EBAY 10-K filed Feb 28, 2007.
4.  Shares Subject to the Plan.
 
(a) Share Reserve.  Subject to the provisions of Section 10 relating to adjustments upon changes in Common Stock, the Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to Options shall not exceed in the aggregate Two Hundred Twenty Two Million (222,000,000)1 shares of Common Stock.
 
(b) Reversion of Shares to the Share Reserve.  If any Option shall for any reason expire or otherwise terminate, in whole or in part, without having been exercised in full, the shares of Common Stock not acquired under such Option shall revert to and again become available for issuance under the Plan.
 
(c) Source of Shares.  The shares of Common Stock subject to the Plan may be unissued shares or reacquired shares, bought on the market or otherwise.
 
5.  Eligibility.
 
(a) Eligibility for Specific Options.  Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to Employees. Nonstatutory Stock Options may be granted to Employees, Directors and Consultants.
 
(b) Non-Employee Directors.  Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 5(a) hereof, a Director who is not an Employee only may be granted nondiscretionary Options that the Stockholders have approved as to the following option provisions: Number of shares, date of automatic grant, term, exercise price, consideration, vesting schedule, exercise schedule, and the post-termination exercise periods.
 
(c) Ten Percent Stockholders.  Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 5(a) hereof, a Ten Percent Stockholder shall not be granted an Incentive Stock Option unless the exercise price of such Option is at least one hundred ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock at the date of grant and the Option is not exercisable after the expiration of five (5) years from the date of grant.
 
 
1  Denotes that such share number reflects the stock split of eBay’s common stock occurring in 8/03 and 2/05.


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(d) Section 162(m) Limitation.  Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 5(a) hereof and subject to the provisions of Section 10 relating to adjustments upon changes in the shares of Common Stock, no Employee shall be eligible to be granted Options covering more than Four Million (4,000,000)1 shares of Common Stock during any calendar year.
 
(e) Consultants.  Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 5(a) hereof, a Consultant shall not be eligible for the grant of an Option if, at the time of grant, a Form S-8 Registration Statement under the Securities Act (“Form S-8”) is not available to register either the offer or the sale of the Company’s securities to such Consultant because of the nature of the services that the Consultant is providing to the Company, or because the Consultant is not a natural person, or as otherwise provided by the rules governing the use of Form S-8.
 
4.  Shares Subject to the Plan.
 
(a) Share Reserve.  Subject to the provisions of Section 11 relating to adjustments upon changes in Common Stock, the Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to Stock Awards shall not exceed in the aggregate fifty two million (52,000,000)1 shares of Common Stock. No more than two million (2,000,000)2 of such shares of Common Stock (subject to adjustment as provided in Section 11) may be awarded under the Plan in the aggregate in respect of the Stock Awards pursuant to Section 7 for which a Participant pays less than Fair Market Value per share on the date of grant.
 
(b) Reversion of Shares to the Share Reserve.  If any Stock Option shall for any reason expire or otherwise terminate, in whole or in part, without having been exercised in full, the shares of Common Stock not acquired under such Stock Option shall revert to and again become available for issuance under the Plan.
 
(c) Source of Shares.  The shares of Common Stock subject to the Plan may be unissued shares or reacquired shares, bought on the market or otherwise.
 
This excerpt taken from the EBAY DEF 14A filed Apr 26, 2006.
4. Shares Subject to the Plan.
 
(a) Share Reserve.  Subject to the provisions of Section 10 relating to adjustments upon changes in Common Stock, the Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to Options shall not exceed in the aggregate Two Hundred Twenty Two Million (222,000,000)1 shares of Common Stock.
 
(b) Reversion of Shares to the Share Reserve.   If any Option shall for any reason expire or otherwise terminate, in whole or in part, without having been exercised in full, the shares of Common Stock not acquired under such Option shall revert to and again become available for issuance under the Plan. If an Optionholder exercises an Option by attesting to the ownership of shares of Common Stock in accordance with the provisions of Section 6(c) below, only the net number of additional shares issued to the Optionholder shall be deducted from the share reserve.
 
(c) Source of Shares.  The shares of Common Stock subject to the Plan may be unissued shares or reacquired shares, bought on the market or otherwise.
 

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