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This excerpt taken from the GPS DEF 14A filed Mar 28, 2006.

Equity Plan Compensation Information

The following table provides information as of January 28, 2006 about our common stock (“Shares”), which may be issued upon the exercise of options, warrants and rights granted to employees, consultants or members of our Board of Directors under all of our existing equity compensation plans, including the 1996 Stock Option and Award Plan, the 2002 Stock Option Plan, the Employee Stock Purchase Plan, the Nonemployee Director Deferred Compensation Plan (terminated in September 2005) and the UK Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

 

 
Equity Plan Summary
   
     Column (A)   Column (B)   Column (C)
Plan Category   Securities to be Issued
Upon Exercise of
Outstanding Options,
Warrants and Rights
  Weighted Average
Exercise Price of
Outstanding Options,
Warrants and Rights
 

Securities

Remaining Available
for Future Issuances
Under Equity
Compensation Plans

(Excluding Securities
Reflected in Column (A))

Equity Compensation Plans Approved by Security
Holders (1)
       47,222,115 (2)   $19.19        48,240,174 (3)
       
Equity Compensation Plans Not Approved by
Security Holders (4)
       30,872,738 (5)  

$21.25

       40,035,992 (6)

Total

        78,094,853        $19.53        88,276,166     

Footnotes

 

1.        These plans consist of our 1996 Stock Option and Award Plan (the “1996 Plan”) and Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”).

 

2.        Rights to purchase Shares for the current purchase period under the ESPP began accruing on December 1, 2005; however, the number of Shares to be issued and the purchase price will not be known until May 31, 2006 (the next purchase date).

 

3.        This number includes 6,901,958 Shares that are available for future issuance under the ESPP.

 

4.        These plans consist of the 2002 Stock Option Plan, the Nonemployee Director Deferred Compensation Plan (terminated in September 2005) and the UK Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “UK Plan”), which are described below.

 

5.        Rights to purchase Shares for the current purchase period under the UK Plan began accruing on November 1, 2005; however, the number of Shares to be issued and the purchase price will not be known until April 29, 2006 (the next purchase date). This number includes the 88,654 stock options that remain outstanding under the Nonemployee Director Deferred Compensation Plan that was terminated in September 2005.

 

6.        This number includes 891,120 Shares that are available for future issuance under the UK Plan but does not include the number of remaining shares available for issuance under the Nonemployee Director Deferred Compensation Plan that was terminated in September 2005.

 

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Our 1996 Stock Option and Award Plan and our Employee Stock Purchase Plan were approved by our shareholders. The three plans described below were not required to be approved by our shareholders.

 

  n   2002 Stock Option Plan

Our Board of Directors originally approved the 2002 Stock Option Plan (the “2002 Plan”), formerly known as “Stock Up On Success, The Gap, Inc.’s Stock Option Bonus Program,” effective as of January 1, 1999. The 2002 Plan was intended to increase incentives and to encourage Share ownership on the part of eligible non-officer regular employees of the Company and its affiliates by providing limited grants of nonqualified stock options to such employees. Subject to the terms of the 2002 Plan, the Compensation and Management Development Committee of the Board (the “Committee”) had the discretion to select the eligible non-officer employees who would be granted options, determine the number of Shares covered by the options, prescribe the terms and conditions of such options, and interpret the Plan and outstanding options. In addition, the Committee had the discretion to determine the per Share exercise price and term of an options, provided that the per Share exercise price could not be less than 25% of the fair market value (on the date of grant) of the Shares covered by the option and that the option could not expire later than ten years after the date of grant. The exercise price of an option could be paid in cash, or if permitted by the Secretary of the Company (or her designee) by a “same-day sale” using a Company approved broker. Options that have been granted under the 2002 Plan are nontransferable other than by will or by the applicable laws of descent and distribution. In January 2006, the Board of Directors approved the discontinuation of the 2002 Plan subject to the approval of the amended and restated 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan by the shareholders at the 2006 Annual Meeting. Shares that remain available under the 2002 Plan will transfer to the 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan. Any outstanding awards will remain subject to the terms and conditions under the 2002 Plan. A total of 78,500,000 Shares previously have been reserved for issuance under the 2002 Plan, of which 39,144,872 Shares remain available as of January 28, 2006 for future issuance.

 

  n   Nonemployee Director Deferred Compensation Plan

The Board of Directors originally approved the Nonemployee Director Deferred Compensation Plan (the “Director Plan”) effective as of August 26, 1997; it was most recently amended and restated effective as of December 9, 2003. The Director Plan was intended to increase incentives and to encourage Share ownership on the part of non-employee directors, to provide them with the opportunity to defer compensation on a pre-tax basis, and to further the growth and profitability of the Company. In response to Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and proposed regulations issued thereunder, the Company suspended use of the Director Plan in January 2005 and then terminated it in September 2005.

 

  n   UK Employee Stock Purchase Plan

The Board of Directors approved the UK Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “UK Plan”) effective as of September 2000. The UK Plan is intended to enable eligible employees in the United Kingdom to acquire Shares, thereby giving them a continuing stake in the Company. Under the UK Plan, all eligible employees may purchase Shares at a price equal to the lower of the market value of a Share on the first or last day of each six-month purchase period. “Market Value” generally means the closing price of a Share on the New York Stock Exchange. We also provide each participant a match of one Share for every seven Shares

 

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purchased under the UK Plan. Participants generally must hold any matching Shares received under the UK Plan for at least three years. Participants pay for their Share purchases under the UK Plan through payroll deductions of between £10 to £125 per month, not to exceed the lesser of £750 per six-month purchase period or 10% of their eligible salary per tax year (as defined in the UK Plan). A total of 1,000,000 Shares previously have been reserved for issuance under the UK Plan, of which 891,120 remain available as of January 28, 2006 for future issuance. (£ is the currency symbol for the United Kingdom pound)

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