MRVL » Topics » A. DEFINITIONS

This excerpt taken from the MRVL 8-K filed Oct 10, 2008.

A.                 DEFINITIONS

 

The following terms shall have the meanings defined below:

 

Expenses shall include all expenses, damages, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (if such settlement is approved in advance by the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), costs, attorneys’ fees and disbursements and costs of attachment or similar bond, investigations, any expenses paid or incurred in connection with investigating, defending, being a witness in, participating in (including on appeal), or preparing for any of the foregoing in, any Proceeding and any U.S. federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, and all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable thereon or in respect thereto.

 

Indemnifiable Event means any event or occurrence that takes place either before or after the execution of this Agreement, related to the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee, controlling person, agent or fiduciary of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, controlling person, agent or fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture or other entity, or related to anything done or not done by Indemnitee in or about the execution of his or her duty, or supposed duty, in any such capacity.

 

Participant means a person who is a party to, or witness or participant (including on appeal) in, a Proceeding.

 

Proceeding means any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, arbitration, alternative dispute resolution mechanism or proceeding, or any inquiry, hearing or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other, including appeal, in the United States or anywhere else in the world, which Indemnitee may be or may have

 



 

been involved as a party or otherwise by reason of an Indemnifiable Event, including, without limitation, any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit or proceeding by or in the right of the Company.

 

This excerpt taken from the MRVL 8-K filed May 30, 2008.

A.                 DEFINITIONS

 

The following terms shall have the meanings defined below:

 

Expenses shall include all expenses, damages, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (if such settlement is approved in advance by the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), costs, attorneys’ fees and disbursements and costs of attachment or similar bond, investigations, any expenses paid or incurred in connection with investigating, defending, being a witness in, participating in (including on appeal), or preparing for any of the foregoing in, any Proceeding and any U.S. federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, and all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable thereon or in respect thereto.

 

Indemnifiable Event means any event or occurrence that takes place either before or after the execution of this Agreement, related to the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee, controlling person, agent or fiduciary of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, controlling person, agent or fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture or other entity, or related to anything done or not done by Indemnitee in or about the execution of his or her duty, or supposed duty, in any such capacity.

 

Participant means a person who is a party to, or witness or participant (including on appeal) in, a Proceeding.

 

Proceeding means any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, arbitration, alternative dispute resolution mechanism or proceeding, or any inquiry, hearing or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other, including appeal, in the United States or anywhere else in the world, which Indemnitee may be or may have

 



 

been involved as a party or otherwise by reason of an Indemnifiable Event, including, without limitation, any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit or proceeding by or in the right of the Company.

 

This excerpt taken from the MRVL 8-K filed Jan 23, 2008.

A.                 DEFINITIONS

 

The following terms shall have the meanings defined below:

 

Expenses shall include all expenses, damages, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (if such settlement is approved in advance by the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), costs, attorneys’ fees and disbursements and costs of attachment or similar bond, investigations, any expenses paid or incurred in connection with investigating, defending, being a witness in, participating in (including on appeal), or preparing for any of the foregoing in, any Proceeding and any U.S. federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, and all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable thereon or in respect thereto.

 

Indemnifiable Event means any event or occurrence that takes place either before or after the execution of this Agreement, related to the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee, controlling person, agent or fiduciary of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, controlling person, agent or fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture or other entity, or related to anything done or not done by Indemnitee in or about the execution of his or her duty, or supposed duty, in any such capacity.

 

Participant means a person who is a party to, or witness or participant (including on appeal) in, a Proceeding.

 

Proceeding means any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, arbitration, alternative dispute resolution mechanism or proceeding, or any inquiry, hearing or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other, including appeal, in the United States or anywhere else in the world, which Indemnitee may be or may have been involved as a party or otherwise by reason of an Indemnifiable Event, including, without limitation, any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit or proceeding by or in the right of the Company.

 

 



 

This excerpt taken from the MRVL DEF 14A filed Sep 14, 2007.
2.     Definitions.   As used herein, the following definitions will apply:

(a)   “Administrator” means the Board or any of its Committees as will administer the Plan in accordance with Section 4 hereof.

(b)   “Annual General Meeting” means the Company’s annual meeting of shareholders.

(c)   “Applicable Laws” means the requirements relating to the administration of equity-based awards under U.S. state corporate laws, U.S. federal and state securities laws, the Code, any stock exchange or quotation system on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted and the applicable laws of any foreign country or jurisdiction where Awards are, or will be, granted under the Plan.

(d)   “Award” individually or collectively, a grant under the Plan of Options, Performance Shares, Performance Units, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, or Restricted Stock Units.

(e)   “Award Agreement” means the written or electronic agreement setting forth the terms and provisions applicable to each Award granted under the Plan. The Award Agreement is subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.

(f)    “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

(g)   “Change in Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events:

(i)    Any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding voting securities; or

(ii)   The consummation of the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets; or

(iii)  The consummation of a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity or its parent) at least fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power represented by the voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity or its parent outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation.

(iv)  A change in the composition of the Board occurring within a two (2) year period, as a result of which less than a majority of the Directors are Incumbent Directors.

(h)   “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Any reference to a section of the Code herein will be a reference to any successor or amended section of the Code.

(i)    “Committee” means a committee of Directors or of other individuals satisfying Applicable Laws appointed by the Board in accordance with Section 4 hereof.

(j)    “Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company.

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(k)   “Company” means Marvell Technology Group Ltd., a Bermuda corporation.

(l)    “Consultant” means any natural person, including an advisor, engaged by the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary of the Company to render services to such entity.

(m)  “Director” means a member of the Board.

(n)   “Disability” means total and permanent disability as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.

(o)   “Employee” means any person, including Officers and Directors, employed by the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company. Neither service as a Director nor the payment of a Director’s fee by the Company will not be sufficient in and of itself to constitute “employment” by the Company.

(p)   “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

(q)   “Exchange Program” means a program under which (i) outstanding Awards are surrendered or cancelled in exchange for Awards of the same type (which may have lower exercise prices and different terms), Awards of a different type, and/or cash, (ii) Participants would have the opportunity to transfer any outstanding Awards to a financial institution or other person or entity selected by the Administrator, and/or (iii) the exercise price of an outstanding Award is reduced. The Administrator will determine the terms and conditions of any Exchange Program in its sole discretion, however if an Award is exchanged for an Award with a lower exercise price or the exercise price of an outstanding Award is reduced, shareholder approval must be obtained in advance.

(r)    “Fair Market Value” means, as of any date, the value of a share of Common Stock determined as follows:

(i)    If the Common Stock is listed on any established stock exchange or a national market system, including without limitation the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market or the Nasdaq Capital Market, its Fair Market Value shall be the closing sales price for such stock (or, if no closing sales price was reported on that date, as applicable, on the last trading date such closing sales price was reported) as quoted on such exchange or system on the day of determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Administrator deems reliable;

(ii)   If the Common Stock is regularly quoted by a recognized securities dealer but selling prices are not reported, its Fair Market Value shall be the mean between the high bid and low asked prices for the Common Stock on the day of determination (or, if no bids and asks were reported on that date, as applicable, on the last trading date such bids and asks were reported); or

(iii)  In the absence of an established market for the Common Stock, the Fair Market Value thereof shall be determined in good faith by the Administrator.

(s)    “Incumbent Director” means a Director who either (A) is a Director as of the effective date of the Plan, or (B) is elected, or nominated for election, to the Board with the affirmative votes of at least a majority of the Directors at the time of such election or nomination (but will not include an individual whose election or nomination is in connection with an actual or threatened proxy contest relating to the election of Directors to the Company).

(t)    “Inside Director” means a Director who is an Employee.

(u)   “Nonstatutory Stock Option” means an Option that by its terms does not qualify or is not intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option.

(v)   “Officer” means a person who is an officer of the Company within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

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(w)  “Option” means a stock option granted pursuant to the Plan. All Options granted under the Plan will be Nonstatutory Stock Options.

(x)   “Outside Director” means a Director who has not been an Employee.

(y)   “Parent” means a “parent corporation,” whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(e) of the Code.

(z)   “Participant” means the holder of an outstanding Award.

(aa) “Performance Share” means an Award denominated in Shares which may be earned in whole or in part upon attainment of performance goals or other vesting criteria as the Administrator may determine pursuant to Section 13.

(bb) “Performance Unit” means an Award which may be earned in whole or in part upon attainment of performance goals or other vesting criteria as the Administrator may determine and which may be settled for cash, Shares or other securities or a combination of the foregoing pursuant to Section 13.

(cc) “Plan” means this 2007 Director Stock Incentive Plan.

(dd) “Restricted Stock” means Shares issued pursuant to a Restricted Stock Award under the Plan.

(ee) “Restricted Stock Unit” or “RSU” means a bookkeeping entry representing an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of one Share, granted pursuant to the Plan. Each Restricted Stock Unit represents an unfunded and unsecured obligation of the Company.

(ff)   “Service Provider” means an Employee, Director or Consultant.

(gg) “Share” means a share of the Common Stock, as adjusted in accordance with Section 18 hereof.

(hh) “Stock Appreciation Right” means an Award granted under the Plan, granted alone or in connection with an Option, that is designated as a Stock Appreciation Right.

(ii)   “Subsidiary” means a “subsidiary corporation,” whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code.

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