UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
[X] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2005
[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from to
COMMISSION FILE NO. 0-26224
INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS CORPORATION
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
DELAWARE 51-0317849
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(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION) IDENTIFICATION NO.)
311 ENTERPRISE DRIVE
PLAINSBORO, NEW JERSEY 08536
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(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL (ZIP CODE)
EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE: (609) 275-0500
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes [X] No [ ]
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as
defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes [X] No [ ]
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in
Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes [ ] No [X]
The number of shares of the registrant's Common Stock, $.01 par value,
outstanding as of November 4, 2005 was 28,050,652. This amount does not include
1,579,718 shares held as treasury stock.
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION Item 1. Financial Statements
INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS CORPORATION CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (UNAUDITED)
INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS CORPORATION CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)
INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS CORPORATION NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION General In the opinion of management, the September 30, 2005 unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) necessary for a fair statement of the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Company. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles have been condensed or omitted in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company's consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2004 included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K. The December 31, 2004 condensed consolidated balance sheet was derived from audited financial statements but does not include all disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. Operating results for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2005 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the entire year. The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent liabilities, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses. Significant estimates affecting amounts reported or disclosed in the consolidated financial statements include allowances for doubtful accounts receivable and sales returns, net realizable value of inventories, estimates of future cash flows associated with long-lived asset valuations, depreciation and amortization periods for long-lived assets, valuation allowances recorded against deferred tax assets, estimates of amounts to be paid to employees and other exit costs to be incurred in connection with the restructuring of our European operations and loss contingencies. These estimates are based on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the current circumstances. Actual results could differ from these estimates. In 2004, the Company determined that its investments in auction rate securities should be classified as short-term investments. Auction rate securities are reset to current interest rates periodically, but no later than every 90 days. These securities were previously recorded in cash and cash equivalents due to the liquidity that their short-term pricing reset features and the Company's ability to liquidate them in monthly auctions provide. We have revised prior period cash flow information to conform to the current-year presentation. Accordingly, cash flows from investing activities increased by $41.9 million from that previously reported for the nine months ended September 30, 2004. This revision had no impact on the Company's net income or cash flows from operations or financing activities. These reported cash balances do not affect any debt covenants of the Company. We have reclassified certain other prior year amounts to conform to the current year's presentation. Employee Termination Benefits and Other Exit-Related Costs The Company does not have a written severance plan, and it does not offer similar termination benefits to affected employees in all restructuring initiatives. Accordingly, in situations where minimum statutory termination benefits must be paid to the affected employees, the Company records employee severance costs associated with these restructuring activities in accordance with SFAS No. 112, "Employer's Accounting for Postemployment Benefits." Charges associated with these activities are recorded when the payment of benefits is probable and can be reasonably estimated. In all other situations where the Company pays out termination benefits, including supplemental benefits paid in excess of statutory minimum amounts and benefits offered to affected employees based on management's discretion, the Company records these termination costs in accordance with SFAS No. 146, "Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities." -6-
The timing of the recognition of charges for employee severance costs depends on whether the affected employees are required to render service beyond their legal notification period in order to receive the benefits. If affected employees are required to render service beyond their legal notification period, charges are recognized ratably over the future service period. Otherwise, charges are recognized when management has approved a specific plan and required employee communication requirements have been met. For leased facilities and equipment that have been abandoned, the Company records estimated lease losses based on the fair value of the lease liability, as measured by the present value of future lease payments subsequent to abandonment, less the present value of any estimated sublease income. For owned facilities and equipment that will be disposed of, the Company records impairment losses based on fair value less costs to sell. The Company also reviews the remaining useful life of long-lived assets following a decision to exit a facility and may accelerate depreciation or amortization of these assets, as appropriate. Recently Issued Accounting Standards and Other Matters In November 2005, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued FSP FAS 115-1, which nullifies the guidance in paragraphs 10-18 of Emerging Issues Task Force Issue 03-1, "The Meaning of Other-Than-Temporary Impairment and Its Application to Certain Investments" and references existing other than temporary impairment guidance. FSP FAS 115-1 clarifies that an investor should recognize an impairment loss no later than when the impairment is deemed other-than-temporary, even if a decision to sell the security has not been made, and also provides guidance on the subsequent accounting for an impaired debt security. FSP FAS 115-1 is effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2005. Management does not expect that the adoption of FSP FAS 115-1 will have a material impact on the Company's financial statements. In May 2005, the FASB issued Statement No. 154, "Accounting Changes and Error Corrections, a replacement of APB Opinion No. 20 and FASB Statement No. 3." SFAS 154 requires retrospective application to prior periods' financial statements of a voluntary change in accounting principle. Previously, voluntary changes in accounting principles were accounted for by including a one-time cumulative effect in the period of change. This statement is effective January 1, 2006. Management anticipates that this standard will have no impact on our financial statements. In November 2004, the FASB issued Statement No. 151, "Inventory Costs-an amendment of ARB No. 43, Chapter 4" (Statement 151), which is effective beginning January 1, 2006. Statement 151 requires that abnormal amounts of idle facility expense, freight, handling costs and wasted material be recognized as current-period charges. Statement 151 also requires that the allocation of fixed production overhead be based on the normal capacity of the production facilities. Management does not expect that Statement 151 will have a material impact on our financial position or results of operations. The American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 was signed into law in October 2004 and has several provisions that may affect the Company's income taxes in the future, including the repeal of the extraterritorial income exclusion and a new deduction related to qualified production activities income. The FASB proposed that the qualified production activities income deduction is a special deduction and will have no impact on deferred taxes existing at the enactment date. Rather, the impact of this deduction will be reported in the period in which the deduction is claimed on the Company's tax return. Pursuant to United States Department of Treasury Regulations issued in October 2005, management believes that a tax benefit on qualified production activities income will be realized once the Company has completely utilized its unrestricted net operating losses, which is expected to occur in late 2006. Management is unable to determine the favorable impact on the effective tax rate in future periods at this time. In December 2004, the FASB issued Statement No. 123 (revised 2004), "Share-Based Payment," which is a revision of Statement No. 123, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation." Statement 123(R) replaces APB Opinion No. 25, "Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees," and amends Statement No. 95, "Statement of Cash Flows." Statement 123(R) requires all share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, to be recognized in the financial statements based on their fair value. Pro forma footnote disclosure will no longer be an alternative to financial statement recognition. Statement 123(R) must be adopted no later than January 1, 2006. Statement 123(R) permits companies to adopt its requirements using either the "modified -7-
prospective" method or the "modified retrospective" method. Management is currently evaluating the potential impact of Statement 123(R) on our consolidated financial position and results of operations and the alternative adoption methods. Equity-Based Compensation The Company recognizes employee stock based compensation using the intrinsic value method prescribed by APB Opinion No. 25 "Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees" and FASB Interpretation No. 44 "Accounting for Certain Transactions Involving Stock Compensation - an interpretation of APB Opinion No. 25." Had the compensation cost for the Company's stock option plans been determined based on the fair value at the date of grant consistent with the provisions of SFAS No. 123, the Company's net income (loss) and basic and diluted net income (loss) per share would have been as follows:
treatment of Alzheimer's disease patients. The acquisition of the Eunoe intellectual property estate and clinical trial data extends the Company's technology base relevant to the management of conditions that require regulation of cerebrospinal fluid flow within the brain. The traditional application of this technology is for the treatment of hydrocephalus, a market in which Integra currently competes. The acquired intellectual property has not been developed into a product that has been approved by the FDA and has no future alternative use other than in clinical applications involving the regulation of cerebrospinal fluid. Accordingly, the Company recorded the entire acquisition price as an in-process research and development charge in the three-month period ended September 30, 2005. This transaction was accounted for as an asset purchase because the acquired assets did not constitute a business under FASB Statement No 141 "Business Combinations". On January 3, 2005, the Company acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of Newdeal Technologies SA for $51.9 million (38.3 million euros) in cash, subject to a working capital adjustment, and $0.8 million of acquisition related expenses. Additionally, the Company has agreed to pay the sellers up to an additional 1,250,000 euros if the sellers continue their employment with the Company through January 3, 2006. This additional 1,250,000 euro payment is being accrued to selling, general and administrative expense on a straight-line basis over the one-year employment requirement period. Based in Lyon, France, Newdeal is a leading developer and marketer of specialty implants and instruments specifically designed for foot and ankle surgery. Newdeal's products include a wide range of products for the forefoot, the mid-foot and the hind foot, including the Bold(R) Screw, Hallu-Fix(R) plate system and the HINTEGRA(R) total ankle prosthesis. At the time of the acquisition, Newdeal sold its products through a direct sales force in France, Belgium and the Netherlands, and through distributors in more than 30 countries, including the United States and Canada. Newdeal's target physicians include orthopedic surgeons specializing in injuries of the foot, ankle and extremities, as well as podiatric surgeons. The goodwill recorded in connection with this acquisition is based on the benefits the Company expects to generate from the synergy between Newdeal's reconstructive foot and ankle fixation products and the Company's regenerative products that are used in the treatment of chronic and traumatic wounds of the foot and ankle. The following summarizes the fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed:
$5.0 million in cash. Integra ME manufactures and markets the ELEKTROTOM(R) line of electrosurgery generators and the SONOTOM(R) ultrasonic surgical aspirator, as well as a broad line of related handpieces, instruments and disposables used in many surgical procedures, including neurosurgery. Integra ME markets and sells its products to hospitals and physicians primarily through a network of distributors. In January 2004, the Company acquired the R&B instrument business from R&B Surgical Solutions, LLC for $2.0 million in cash. The R&B instrument line is a complete line of high-quality handheld surgical instruments used in neuro- and spinal surgery. The Company markets these products through its JARIT(R) sales organization. In January 2004, the Company acquired the Sparta disposable critical care devices and surgical instruments business from Fleetwood Medical, Inc. for $1.6 million in cash. The Sparta product line includes products used in plastic and reconstructive, ear, nose and throat (ENT), neuro, ophthalmic and general surgery. The Company sells the Sparta products through a direct marketing organization and an existing distributor network. The goodwill acquired in the MAYFIELD/BUDDE, R&B, and Sparta acquisitions are deductible for tax purposes. The following unaudited pro forma financial information summarizes the results of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 as if the acquisitions consummated in 2005 and 2004 had been completed as of the beginning of that period. The pro forma results are based upon certain assumptions and estimates and they give effect to actual operating results prior to the acquisitions and adjustments to reflect increased depreciation expense, increased intangible asset amortization, and increased income taxes at a rate consistent with the Company's marginal rate in each year. No effect has been given to cost reductions or operating synergies. As a result, these pro forma results do not necessarily represent results that would have occurred if the acquisition had taken place on the basis assumed above, nor are they indicative of the results of future combined operations.
4. GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the nine months ended September 30, 2005, were as follows:
Below is a reconciliation of the restructuring accrual activity recorded during 2005:
8. COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) Comprehensive income (loss) was as follows:
In October 2004, the EITF reached a consensus on Issue 04-08 "The Effect of Contingently Convertible Instruments on Diluted Earnings per Share" that requires issuers of contingent convertible securities to account for these securities on an "if-converted" basis pursuant to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 128 "Earnings Per Share", in computing their diluted earnings per share whether or not the issuer's stock is above the contingent conversion price. The provisions of Issue 04-08 were applied on a retroactive basis, but they had no impact on the previously reported diluted loss per share for the three month period ended September 30, 2004 or previously reported diluted net income per share for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2004. 10. SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION Integra management reviews financial results and manages the business on an aggregate basis. Therefore, financial results are reported in a single operating segment, the development, manufacture and marketing of medical devices for use in neurosurgery, reconstructive surgery and general surgery. Revenues consisted of the following:
Burnham Institute and licensed by Integra that are based on the interaction between a family of cell surface proteins called integrins and the arginine-glycine-aspartic acid ("RGD") peptide sequence found in many extracellular matrix proteins. The defendants filed a countersuit asking for an award of defendants' reasonable attorney fees. In March 2000, a jury returned a unanimous verdict in the Company's favor and awarded Integra $15.0 million in damages, finding that Merck KGaA had willfully infringed and induced the infringement of our patents. The Trial Court dismissed Scripps and Dr. Cheresh from the case. In October 2000, the Trial Court entered judgment in Integra's favor and against Merck KGaA in the case. In entering the judgment, the Trial Court also granted to the Company pre-judgment interest of $1.4 million, bringing the total award to $16.4 million, plus post-judgment interest. Merck KGaA filed various post-trial motions requesting a judgment as a matter of law notwithstanding the verdict or a new trial, in each case regarding infringement, invalidity and damages. In September 2001, the Trial Court entered orders in favor of Integra and against Merck KGaA on the final post-judgment motions in the case, and denied Merck KGaA's motions for judgment as a matter of law and for a new trial. Merck KGaA and Integra each appealed various decisions of the Trial Court to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (the "Circuit Court"). In June 2003, the Circuit Court affirmed the Trial Court's finding that Merck KGaA had infringed our patents. The Circuit Court also held that the basis of the jury's calculation of damages was not clear from the trial record, and remanded the case to the Trial Court for further factual development and a new calculation of damages consistent with the Circuit Court's decision. In September 2004, the Trial Court ordered Merck KgaA to pay Integra $6.4 million in damages following the Circuit Court's order. Merck KGaA filed a petition for a writ of certiorari with the United States Supreme Court (the "Supreme Court") seeking review of the Circuit Court's decision, and the Supreme Court granted the writ in January 2005. Oral arguments before the United States Supreme Court were held in April 2005. On June 13, 2005, the Supreme Court vacated the June 2003 judgment of the Circuit Court. The Supreme Court held that the Circuit Court applied an erroneous interpretation of 35 U.S.C. ss.271(e)(1) when it rejected the challenge of Merck KGaA to the jury's finding that Merck KGaA failed to show that its activities were exempt from claims of patent infringement under that statute. On remand, the Circuit Court will review the evidence under a reasonableness test that does not provide categorical exclusions of certain types of activities. Further enforcement of the Trial Court's order has been stayed pending the decision of the Supreme Court. The Company has not recorded any gain in connection with this matter, pending final resolution and completion of the appeals process. Three of the Company's French subsidiaries that were acquired from the neurosciences division of NMT Medical, Inc. received a tax reassessment notice from the French tax authorities seeking in excess of 1.7 million euros in back taxes, interest and penalties. NMT Medical, the former owner of these entities, has agreed to indemnify Integra against direct damages and liability arising from misrepresentations in connection with these tax claims. In April 2005, NMT Medical, Inc. negotiated a settlement agreement with the French authorities that satisfied the outstanding tax assessments. This settlement did not have any impact on the Company's financial statements. In addition to these matters, the Company is subject to various claims, lawsuits and proceedings in the ordinary course of its business, including claims by current or former employees, distributors and competitors and with respect to our products. In the opinion of management, such claims are either adequately covered by insurance or otherwise indemnified, or are not expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a material adverse effect on the Company's financial condition. However, it is possible that our results of operations, financial position and cash flows in a particular period could be materially affected by these contingencies. 12. SUBSEQUENT EVENT Related Party Lease On October 28, 2005, the Company entered into a lease modification agreement with Plainsboro Associates relating to its manufacturing facility in Plainsboro, New Jersey. Plainsboro Associates is a New Jersey general partnership. Ocirne, Inc., a subsidiary of Provco Industries ("Provco"), owns a 50% interest in Plainsboro Associates. Provco's stockholders are trusts whose beneficiaries include the children of Dr. Richard Caruso, the Chairman and a principal stockholder of the Company. Dr. Caruso is the President of Provco. -15-
The lease modification agreement provides for extension of the term of the lease from October 31, 2012 for an additional five year period through October 31, 2017 at an annual rate of approximately $272,000 per year. The lease modification agreement also provides a ten year option for the Company to extend the lease from November 1, 2017 through October 31, 2027 at an annual rate of approximately $296,000 per year. -16-
ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our condensed consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this report and our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2004 included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K. This discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of many factors, including but not limited to those set forth below under the heading "Factors That May Affect Our Future Performance." GENERAL Integra develops, manufactures and markets medical devices for use in neurosurgery, reconstructive surgery and general surgery. Our business is organized into product groups and distribution channels. Our product groups include implants and other devices for use in surgical procedures, monitoring systems for the measurement of various parameters in tissue (such as pressure, temperature and oxygen), hand-held and ultrasonic surgical instruments, and private label products that we manufacture for other medical device companies. Our distribution channels include three sales organizations in the United States: one that we employ to call on neurosurgeons known as our Integra NeuroSciences(TM) sales organization, another employed to call on reconstructive surgeons and a third group that utilizes a network of third-party distributors. Internationally, we combine resources across different sales channels in some cases with direct sales organizations in France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the Benelux region. Outside of these areas, we operate through a number of distributors that sell our products in over 90 countries. We invest substantial resources and management effort to develop our sales organizations, and we believe that we compete very effectively in this aspect of our business. We distribute private-label products through strategic alliances. We manufacture most of the implant, monitoring and private-label products that we sell in various plants located in the United States, Puerto Rico, France, the United Kingdom and Germany. We also source most of our hand-held surgical instruments through specialized third-party vendors. We believe that we have an advantage in the development, manufacture and sale of specialty tissue repair products derived from bovine collagen. We develop and manufacture these products in our manufacturing facility in Plainsboro, New Jersey. Taken together, these products accounted for approximately 31% of total revenues in the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2005 and 2004. We manage these multiple product groups and distribution channels on a centralized basis. Accordingly, we report our financial results under a single operating segment - the development, manufacturing and distribution of medical devices. Our objective is to build a customer-focused and profitable medical device company by developing or acquiring innovative medical devices and other products to sell through our sales channels. Our strategy therefore entails substantial growth in product revenues both through internal means - through launching new and innovative products and selling existing products more intensively - and by acquiring existing businesses or product lines. We aim to achieve this growth in revenues while maintaining strong financial results. While we pay attention to any meaningful trend in our financial results, we pay particular attention to measurements that tend to support the view that our profitability can grow for a period of years. These measurements include revenue growth, derived through acquisitions and products developed internally, gross margins on revenue, which we hope to increase to more than 65% in the near term, operating margins, which we hope to continually expand on as we leverage our existing infrastructure, and earnings per fully diluted share of common stock. -17-
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS Our strategy for growing our business includes the acquisition of complementary product lines and companies. Recent acquisitions (as discussed in Note 2 to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements), restructuring activities, and non-cash compensation charges may make our financial results for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2005 not directly comparable to those of the corresponding prior year periods. Additionally, future financial results may be impacted by the pending acquisition of the Radionics Division of Tyco Healthcare Group, L.P. On September 7, 2005, Integra announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of the Radionics Division of Tyco Healthcare Group, L.P. for $80 million in cash, subject to certain adjustments. Radionics, based in Burlington, Massachusetts, is a leader in the design, manufacture and sale of advanced minimally invasive medical instruments and systems for radiation therapy. Radionics' products include the CRW(TM) stereotactic system, the XKnife(TM) stereotactic radiosurgery system, the OmniSight(TM) EXcel image guided surgery system, and the CUSA EXcel(TM) ultrasonic surgical aspiration system. Completion of the transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, a fiscal year-end financial audit, regulatory approvals and expiration of the requisite waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act, as amended. We do not expect the transaction to close before the end of 2005. The Radionics business generated revenues of $62.2 million and pre-tax income of $13.4 million for the year ending September 30, 2004, the most recent audited period. Integra will acquire the Radionics facility in Burlington Massachusetts, which employs approximately 135 people and enter into transitional supply and distribution agreements with Tyco Healthcare for products currently manufactured at Tyco facilities not included in the transaction. The transaction offers a number of strategic benefits to us: |X| Increases our global neurosurgery product offering with the addition of an ultrasonic surgical aspirator product line, including handpiece, tip, and energy delivery designs utilizing magnetostrictive technology. |X| Positions us to offer new stereotactic surgery products by combining our existing Mayfield(R) and Budde head-holding and retraction products with Radionic's CRW stereotactic head frame. |X| Secures entry into the radiosurgery/radiotherapy and image-guided surgery device business. |X| Adds to our manufacturing and R&D expertise in electronics, ultrasonics, and software. |X| Enhances the efficiencies of our global infrastructure and distribution network through economies of scale and cost synergies. Tyco Healthcare sells the Radionics products in over 75 countries, using a network of independent distributors in the United States and both independent distributors and Tyco Healthcare affiliates internationally. Although Radionics currently sells directly through many Tyco affiliates internationally, after closing Integra is likely to use distributors in many of these markets. As a result, after Integra takes over the Radionics business, we expect that revenue and pre-tax income attributable to the acquired product lines will be reduced by approximately 20% from the 2004 reported levels, prior to any impact associated with purchase accounting related to the transaction. Overall, the acquired business has been growing at rates below our corporate growth rate targets. During the second quarter of 2005, we announced plans to restructure certain of our European operations. The restructuring plan includes closing our Integra ME production facility in Tuttlingen, Germany and reducing the manufacturing overhead workforce in our production facility located in Biot, France by the end of 2005. We are in the process of transitioning the manufacturing operations of Integra ME to our production facility in Andover, UK. In June 2005, we reached an agreement with local representatives of the Integra ME workforce regarding the amount of benefits that those employees will receive in connection with the closure of that facility. We are currently negotiating with representatives of the Biot, France workforce regarding the amount of benefits the affected employees will receive in excess of the minimum amounts required by local labor laws. During the second quarter of 2005, we also eliminated some duplicative sales and marketing positions, primarily in Europe. Approximately 74 individuals have been identified for termination under the current restructuring plan. As of September 30, 2005, we have terminated 14 of these individuals. In connection with this restructuring plan, we recorded a $2.7 million charge in the nine-month period ended September 30, 2005 (of which $0.7 million was recorded in the third quarter of 2005) for the estimated costs of employee termination benefits to be provided to the affected employees. -18-
During the third quarter of 2005, the Company completed the transfer of the Spinal Specialties assembly operations from its San Antonio, Texas plant to the Company's San Diego, California plant. Net income for the three months ended September 30, 2005 was $10.5 million, or $0.33 per diluted share, as compared to a net loss of $7.6 million, or $0.25 per diluted share, for the three months ended September 30, 2004. Net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 was $26.6 million, or $0.82 per diluted share, as compared to net income of $7.4 million, or $0.24 per diluted share, for the nine months ended September 30, 2004. These amounts include the following charges:
Other Operating Expenses: The following is a summary of other operating expenses as a percent of total revenues:
From time to time, we review our existing product lines in terms of profitability and compatibility with our current business strategy and customer call points. We also review the market effectiveness of our existing brand names and tradenames. If we determine that a product line does not meet our current minimum profitability expectations in light of the costs to sell that product, or if a particular product is not on point with our current customer call point, we may decide to discontinue that product line. Additionally, if a particular tradename or brand name is no longer effective, we may discontinue the use of that tradename or brand name. These decisions could result in future impairment charges recorded against the related inventories and intangible assets. Non-Operating Income and Expenses Interest expense is related to the $120 million of 2 1/2% contingent convertible subordinated notes that we have outstanding and a related interest rate swap agreement. Our reported interest expense includes $0.2 million of non-cash amortization of debt issuance costs in both the third quarter of 2005 and 2004. Debt issuance costs totaled $4.0 million and are being amortized using the straight-line method over the five-year term of the notes. We will pay additional interest on our convertible notes under certain conditions. The fair value of this contingent interest obligation is marked to its fair value at each balance sheet date, with changes in the fair value recorded to interest expense. In the third quarter of 2005, the changes in the estimated fair value of the contingent interest obligation increased interest expense by $0.3 million. In the third quarter of 2004, the change was minimal. We have an interest rate swap agreement with a $50.0 million notional amount to hedge the risk of changes in fair value attributable to interest rate risk with respect to a portion of our fixed rate convertible notes. The interest rate swap agreement qualifies as a fair value hedge under SFAS No. 133, as amended "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities". The net amount to be paid or received under the interest rate swap agreement is recorded as a component of interest expense. Interest expense associated with the interest rate swap for the three months ended September 30, 2005 was approximately $0.1 million. Interest expense for the three months ended September 30, 2004 included a $0.2 million benefit associated with the interest rate swap. For the three-month period ended September 30, 2005, the net fair value of the interest rate swap increased $0.5 million to $2.0 million, and the fair value amount is included in other liabilities. In connection with this fair value hedge transaction, during the third quarter of 2005 we recorded a $0.4 million decrease in the carrying value of our convertible notes. During the three months ended September 30, 2004, the net fair value of the interest rate swap decreased $0.9 million to $1.0 million, and the carrying value of our convertible notes increased by $0.9 million. The net difference between changes in the fair value of the interest rate swap and the contingent convertible notes represents the ineffective portion of the hedging relationship, and this amount is recorded in other income/(expense), net. Our net other income/(expense) decreased by $0.3 million as compared to the third quarter of 2004. This decrease was primarily related to foreign currency transaction losses recorded in the third quarter of 2005 attributable to the appreciation of the US dollar relative to the euro and the British pound. Income tax expense was 33.2% of income before income taxes for the third quarter of 2005, as compared to an income tax benefit of 34.7% of loss before income taxes for the third quarter of 2004. Income tax expense for the third quarter of 2005 included a deferred income tax provision of $3.7 million. Income tax benefit for the third quarter of 2004 included a deferred income tax benefit of $3.4 million. The decrease in the effective income tax rate in 2005 resulted primarily from the benefits received from business planning initiatives undertaken in 2004 to reorganize our European assets, including a reorganization of certain European operations undertaken in the third quarter of 2004, for which we recorded a $0.8 million tax charge. NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2005 AS COMPARED TO THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2004 For the nine months ended September 30, 2005, total revenues increased by $36.9 million, or 22%, over the nine months ended September 30, 2004 to $205.0 million. Revenues from products acquired since the beginning of 2004 accounted for $19.8 million of the $36.9 million increase in total revenues over the prior year period. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates contributed $0.7 million to the increase in total revenues. Domestic revenues increased $19.3 million compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2004 to $152.6 million, or 74% of product revenues, compared to 79% reported for the nine months ended September 30, 2004. -22-
Our implant product line revenues increased over the prior year period by $21.1 million, or 36%, and the increase includes $12.2 million of sales from our recently acquired Newdeal implant product line. The remaining increase was the result of growth in our DuraGen(R) family of duraplasty products, NeuraGen(TM) Nerve Guide, the INTEGRA(R) family of dermal repair products and as well as the ongoing launch of the NPH(TM) Low Flow Hydrocephalus Valve. Revenues from our instrument product lines increased by $12.9 million, or 24%, over the prior-year period. This increase resulted from the impact of recently acquired product lines and strong sales growth in each of our existing instrument product lines. Revenues from our monitoring product lines increased $0.2 million, or 1%. Our private label product revenue and other revenue increased by $2.6 million, or 14%, over the prior-year period, as increased revenues from the Absorbable Collagen Sponge that we supply for use in Medtronic's INFUSE(TM) bone graft product and revenues of the Biopatch and BioMend products more than offset the removal of the Signature Technologies revenues from our private label products category. Our gross margin (exclusive of amortization related to acquired intangible assets) on product revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004 was 62%. Our gross margin for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 was negatively affected by $1.8 million of termination costs incurred in connection with our announced European restructuring plans, $0.5 million of fair value purchase accounting adjustments, and $0.6 million of inventory write-offs and other charges associated with a discontinued product line and facility consolidations. Offsetting the impact of these amounts was the continued growth in higher gross margin products. We recorded $0.2 million of inventory fair value purchase accounting adjustments in the nine month period ended September 30, 2004. Other Operating Expenses: The following is a summary of other operating expenses as a percent of total revenues:
Non-Operating Income and Expenses Our reported interest expense in 2005 and 2004 includes $0.6 million of amortization of debt issuance costs. The change in the estimated fair value of the Contingent Interest obligation increased interest expense by $0.1 million in 2005 and 2004. Interest expense associated with the interest rate swap for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 was $0.1 million. Interest expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 included a $0.6 million benefit associated with the interest rate swap. During the nine months ended September 30, 2005, the net fair value of the interest rate swap increased $0.6 million to $2.0 million, and this amount is included in other liabilities. In connection with this fair value hedge transaction, during the nine months ended September 30, 2005, we recorded a $0.5 million decrease in the carrying value of our convertible notes. During the nine months ended September 30, 2004, the net fair value of the interest rate swap decreased less than $0.1 million to $1.0 million, and the carrying value of our convertible notes increased by $0.1 million. The net difference between changes in the fair value of the interest rate swap and the contingent convertible notes represents the ineffective portion of the hedging relationship, and this amount is recorded in other income (expense), net. Our net other income/(expense) decreased by $1.0 million from $0.4 million of income in 2004 to $0.6 million of expense in 2005. In 2005, we recorded $0.9 million of losses from foreign currency transactions attributable the appreciation of the US dollar relative to the euro and the British pound. Income tax expense was approximately 34.0% and 38.8% of income before income taxes for 2005 and 2004, respectively. Income tax expense in 2005 and 2004 includes a deferred income tax provision of $10.0 million and $3.4 million, respectively. The decrease in the effective income tax rate in 2005 resulted primarily from the benefits received from business planning initiatives undertaken in 2004 to reorganize our European assets, for which we recorded a $0.8 million tax charge in 2004. INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS Because we have operations based in Europe and we generate revenues and incur operating expenses in euros and British pounds, we have currency exchange risk with respect to those foreign currency denominated revenues or expenses. In the third quarter of 2005, the cost of products we manufactured in our European facilities or purchased in foreign currencies exceeded our foreign currency-denominated revenues. We expect this imbalance to continue. We currently do not hedge our exposure to foreign currency risk. Accordingly, a weakening of the dollar against the euro and British pound could negatively affect future gross margins and operating margins. We will continue to assess the potential effects that changes in foreign currency exchange rates could have on our business. If we believe this potential impact presents a significant risk to our business, we may enter into derivative financial instruments to mitigate this risk. Additionally, we generate significant revenues outside the United States, a portion of which are U.S. dollar-denominated transactions conducted with customers who generate revenue in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. As a result, currency fluctuations between the U.S. dollar and the currencies in which those customers do business may have an impact on the demand for our products in foreign countries. Local economic conditions, regulatory or political considerations, the effectiveness of our sales representatives and distributors, local competition, and changes in local medical practice could affect our sales to foreign markets. Relationships with customers and effective terms of sale frequently vary by country, often with longer-term receivables than are typical in the United States. -24-
Total revenues by major geographic area are summarized below:
Accounts receivable days sales outstanding improved from approximately 69 days at December 31, 2004 to approximately 62 days at September 30, 2005 as a result of increased collection efforts during 2005. We expect our days sales outstanding to remain consistent with current levels. Inventory days on hand increased from approximately 217 days at December 31, 2004 to approximately 246 days at September 30, 2005, primarily from higher levels of Newdeal products and instrument inventory. We expect our days on hand in inventory to decrease in 2006. Accrued compensation increased $4.2 million during the nine month period ended September 30, 2005 primarily as a result of increased headcount and the timing of payroll in 2005, the $2.0 million of accrued employee termination benefits associated with our European restructuring activities, and a $1.1 million accrued compensation charge related to the Newdeal sellers' obligation to continue their employment with Integra through the end of 2005. Debt We have outstanding $120.0 million of 2 1/2% contingent convertible subordinated notes due 2008. We are obligated to pay $3.0 million of interest per year on the notes and to repay their principal amount on March 15, 2008, if the notes are not converted into common stock before that date. We will also pay contingent interest on the notes if, at thirty days prior to maturity, Integra's common stock price is greater than $37.56, subject to certain conditions. We also have outstanding an interest rate swap agreement with a $50 million notional amount to hedge the risk of changes in fair value attributable to interest rate risk with respect to a portion of the convertible notes. We receive a 2 1/2% fixed rate from the counterparty, payable on a semi-annual basis, and pay to the counterparty a floating rate based on 3 month LIBOR minus 35 basis points, payable on a quarterly basis. The interest rate swap agreement terminates on March 15, 2008, subject to early termination upon the occurrence of certain events, including redemption or conversion of the contingent convertible notes. We also have outstanding long-term indebtedness totaling $0.2 million related to the recently acquired Newdeal business. Share Repurchase Plan In May 2005, our Board of Directors authorized us to repurchase shares of our common stock for an aggregate purchase price not to exceed $40 million through December 31, 2006. We were authorized to repurchase no more than 1.5 million shares under this program. Through September 30, 2005, we repurchased 750,000 shares for $24.7 million. In October 2005, our Board of Directors terminated the repurchase program adopted in May 2005 and adopted a new program that authorizes us to repurchase shares of our common stock for an aggregate purchase price not to exceed $50 million through December 31, 2006. Shares may be purchased either in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. Dividend Policy We have not paid any cash dividends on our common stock since our formation. Any future determinations to pay cash dividends on our common stock will be at the discretion of our Board of Directors and will depend upon our financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, and other factors deemed relevant by the Board of Directors. Requirements and Capital Resources We believe that our cash and marketable securities are sufficient to finance our operations and capital expenditures in the near term. We expect to make additional investments of approximately $2.5 million through 2006 associated with the continued worldwide implementation of our new enterprise business software. Additionally, we have agreed to pay the sellers of Newdeal Technologies SA up to an additional 1,250,000 euros if the sellers continue their employment with Integra through January 3, 2006. We also expect to pay up to $4.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2005 to those employees who are affected by our European restructuring plans. -26-
Given the significant level of liquid assets and our objective to grow by acquisition and alliances, our financial position could change significantly if we were to complete a business acquisition by utilizing a significant portion of our liquid assets. On September 7, 2005, we announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of the Radionics Division of Tyco Healthcare Group, L.P. for $80 million in cash, subject to certain adjustments. Currently, we do not have any existing borrowing capacity or other credit facilities in place to raise significant amounts of capital if such a need arises. Contractual Obligations and Commitments Under certain agreements, we are required to make royalty payments based on sales levels of certain products. OTHER MATTERS Recently Issued Accounting Standards and Other Matters In November 2005, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued FSP FAS 115-1, which nullifies the guidance in paragraphs 10-18 of Emerging Issues Task Force Issue 03-1, "The Meaning of Other-Than-Temporary Impairment and Its Application to Certain Investments" and references existing other than temporary impairment guidance. FSP FAS 115-1 clarifies that an investor should recognize an impairment loss no later than when the impairment is deemed other-than-temporary, even if a decision to sell the security has not been made, and also provides guidance on the subsequent accounting for an impaired debt security. FSP FAS 115-1 is effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2005. We do not expect that the adoption of FSP FAS 115-1 will have a material impact on our financial statements. In May 2005, the FASB issued Statement No. 154, "Accounting Changes and Error Corrections, a replacement of APB Opinion No. 20 and FASB Statement No. 3." SFAS 154 requires retrospective application to prior periods' financial statements of a voluntary change in accounting principle. Previously, voluntary changes in accounting principles were accounted for by including a one-time cumulative effect in the period of change. This statement is effective January 1, 2006. We anticipate that this standard will have no impact on our financial statements. In November 2004, the FASB issued Statement No. 151, "Inventory Costs-an amendment of ARB No. 43, Chapter 4" (Statement 151), which is effective beginning January 1, 2006. Statement 151 requires that abnormal amounts of idle facility expense, freight, handling costs and wasted material be recognized as current-period charges. Statement 151 also requires that the allocation of fixed production overhead be based on the normal capacity of the production facilities. Management does not expect that Statement 151 will have a material impact on our financial position or results of operations. In March 2004, the FASB Emerging Issue Task Force (EITF) reached a consensus on Issue 03-01, "The Meaning of Other-Than-Temporary Impairment and Its Application to Certain Investments." Issue 03-01 provides guidance regarding recognition and measurement of unrealized losses on available-for-sale debt and equity securities accounted for under Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 115, "Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities". The application of certain paragraphs covering the measurement provisions of Issue 03-01 have been deferred pending the FASB's issuance of a final Staff Position providing implementation guidance on Issue 03-01. The disclosures were effective in annual financial statements for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2003. Management is currently assessing the impact that the recognition and measurement provisions of Issue 03-01 could have on our financial statements. The American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 was signed into law in October 2004 and has several provisions that may affect the Company's income taxes in the future, including the repeal of the extraterritorial income exclusion and a new deduction related to qualified production activities income. The FASB proposed that the qualified production activities income deduction is a special deduction and will have no impact on deferred taxes existing at the enactment date. -27-
Rather, the impact of this deduction will be reported in the period in which the deduction is claimed on the Company's tax return. Pursuant to United States Department of Treasury Regulations issued in October 2005, management believes that a tax benefit on qualified production activities income will be realized once the Company has completely utilized its unrestricted net operating losses, which is expected to occur in late 2006. We are unable to determine the favorable impact on the effective tax rate in future periods at this time. In December 2004, the FASB issued Statement No. 123 (revised 2004), "Share-Based Payment," which is a revision of Statement No. 123, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation." Statement 123(R) replaces APB Opinion No. 25, "Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees," and amends Statement No. 95, "Statement of Cash Flows." Statement 123(R) requires all share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, to be recognized in the financial statements based on their fair value. Pro forma footnote disclosure will no longer be an alternative to financial statement recognition. Statement 123(R) must be adopted no later than January 1, 2006. Statement 123(R) permits companies to adopt its requirements using either the "modified prospective" method or the "modified retrospective" method. Management is currently evaluating the potential impact of Statement 123(R) on our consolidated financial position and results of operations and the alternative adoption methods. In October 2005, our Board of Directors approved an amendment to our Employee Stock Purchase Plan, effective January 1, 2006, that reduces the purchase price discount for Integra common stock purchased under the plan from 15% to 5% and eliminates the "look-back" provision for calculating the purchase price of common stock. As a result, our Employee Stock Purchase Plan will no longer be considered compensatory under Statement 123(R). -28-
FACTORS THAT MAY AFFECT OUR FUTURE PERFORMANCE Our Operating Results May Fluctuate. Our operating results, including components of operating results, such as gross margin on product sales, may fluctuate from time to time, and such fluctuations could affect our stock price. Our operating results have fluctuated in the past and can be expected to fluctuate from time to time in the future. Some of the factors that may cause these fluctuations include: - the impact of acquisitions; - the timing of significant customer orders; - market acceptance of our existing products, as well as products in development; - the timing of regulatory approvals; - changes in the rate of exchange between the U.S. dollar, the euro and the British pound; - expenses incurred and business lost in connection with product field corrections or recalls; - increases in the cost of energy and steel; - our ability to manufacture our products efficiently; and - the timing of our research and development expenditures. The Industry And Market Segments in Which We Operate Are Highly Competitive, And We May Be Unable To Compete Effectively With Other Companies. In general, the medical technology industry is characterized by intense competition. We compete with established medical technology and pharmaceutical companies. Competition also comes from early stage companies that have alternative technological solutions for our primary clinical targets, as well as universities, research institutions and other non-profit entities. Many of our competitors have access to greater financial, technical, research and development, marketing, manufacturing, sales, distribution services and other resources than we do. Our competitors may be more effective at implementing their technologies to develop commercial products. Our competitors may be able to gain market share by offering lower-cost products. Our competitive position will depend on our ability to achieve market acceptance for our products, develop new products, implement production and marketing plans, secure regulatory approval for products under development, obtain reimbursement under Medicare and obtain patent protection. We may need to develop new applications for our products to remain competitive. Technological advances by one or more of our current or future competitors could render our present or future products obsolete or uneconomical. Our future success will depend upon our ability to compete effectively against current technology as well as to respond effectively to technological advances. Competitive pressures could adversely affect our profitability. For example, two of our largest competitors have introduced an onlay dural graft matrix within the past year, and other companies may be preparing to introduce similar products. The introduction of such products could reduce the sales, growth in sales and profitability of our duraplasty products, including our DuraGen(R), DuraGen Plus(TM), Suturable DuraGen(TM) and EnDura(TM) product lines, which are among our largest and fastest growing products. Our largest competitors in the neurosurgery markets are the Medtronic Neurosurgery division of Medtronic, Inc., the Codman division of Johnson & Johnson, the Aesculap division of B. Braun Medical Inc. and the Valleylab division of Tyco International Ltd. In addition, many of our product lines compete with smaller specialized companies or larger companies that do not otherwise focus on neurosurgery. Our reconstructive surgery business is small compared to its principal competitors, which include major medical device and wound care companies such as Smith and Nephew plc, LifeCell Corporation and Organogenesis Inc., as well as companies focused on foot and ankle surgeons including Wright Medical Group, Inc., the DePuy division of Johnson & Johnson, Synthes, Inc. and a number of smaller companies. Our private label products face diverse and broad competition, depending on the market addressed by the product. Finally, in certain cases our products compete primarily against medical practices that treat a condition without using a device, rather than any particular product, such as autograft tissue as an alternative for the INTEGRA(R) Dermal Regeneration Template, our DuraGen(R) line of duraplasty products and the NeuraGen(TM) Nerve Guide. Our Current Strategy Involves Growth Through Acquisitions, Which Requires Us To Incur Substantial Costs And Potential Liabilities For Which We May Never Realize The Anticipated Benefits. -29-
In addition to internal growth, our current strategy involves growth through acquisitions. Since 1999, we have acquired 21 businesses or product lines at a total cost of approximately $214 million. We may be unable to continue to implement our growth strategy, and our strategy ultimately may be unsuccessful. A significant portion of our growth in revenues has resulted from, and is expected to continue to result from, the acquisition of businesses complementary to our own. We engage in evaluations of potential acquisitions and are in various stages of discussion regarding possible acquisitions, certain of which, if consummated, could be significant to us. Any potential acquisitions may result in material transaction expenses, increased interest and amortization expense, increased depreciation expense and increased operating expense, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our operating results. As we grow by acquisitions, we must integrate and manage the new businesses to realize economies of scale and control costs. In addition, acquisitions involve other risks, including diversion of management resources otherwise available for ongoing development of our business and risks associated with entering new markets with which our marketing and sales force has limited experience or where experienced distribution alliances are not available. Our future profitability will depend in part upon our ability to develop further our resources to adapt to these new products or business areas and to identify and enter into satisfactory distribution networks. We may not be able to identify suitable acquisition candidates in the future, obtain acceptable financing or consummate any future acquisitions. If we cannot integrate acquired operations, manage the cost of providing our products or price our products appropriately, our profitability could suffer. In addition, as a result of our acquisitions of other healthcare businesses, we may be subject to the risk of unanticipated business uncertainties, regulatory matters or legal liabilities relating to those acquired businesses for which the sellers of the acquired businesses may not indemnify us. Future acquisitions may also result in potentially dilutive issuances of securities. The Benefits From The Restructuring Of Our European Operations May Not Materialize. We may incur significant costs in connection with employee severance, legal and other items related to restructuring and integration activities, largely in Europe, as well as due to the pending Radionics acquisition. While we expect a positive impact of the restructuring and integration activities as well as from the acquisition, such results remain uncertain. Through the nine months ended September 30, 2005 we have incurred $5.5 million of these charges. We currently expect additional charges of $2.5 million to occur in the fourth quarter of 2005. To Market Our Products Under Development We Will First Need To Obtain Regulatory Approval. Further, If We Fail To Comply With The Extensive Governmental Regulations That Affect Our Business, We Could Be Subject To Penalties And Could Be Precluded From Marketing Our Products. Our research and development activities and the manufacturing, labeling, distribution and marketing of our existing and future products are subject to regulation by numerous governmental agencies in the United States and in other countries. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and comparable agencies in other countries impose mandatory procedures and standards for the conduct of clinical trials and the production and marketing of products for diagnostic and human therapeutic use. Our products under development are subject to FDA approval or clearance prior to marketing for commercial use. The process of obtaining necessary FDA approvals or clearances can take years and is expensive and full of uncertainties. Our inability to obtain required regulatory approval on a timely or acceptable basis could harm our business. Further, approval or clearance may place substantial restrictions on the indications for which the product may be marketed or to whom it may be marketed, the warnings that may be required to accompany the product or additional restrictions placed on the sale and/or use of the product. Further studies, including clinical trials and FDA approvals, may be required to gain approval for the use of a product for clinical indications other than those for which the product was initially approved or cleared or for significant changes to the product. In addition, for products with an approved Pre-Marketing Approval (PMA), the FDA requires annual reports and may require post-approval surveillance programs to monitor the products' safety and effectiveness. Results of post-approval programs may limit or expand the further marketing of the product. Another risk of application to the FDA relates to the regulatory classification of new products or proposed new uses for existing products. In the filing of each application, we make a legal judgment about the appropriate form and content of the application. If the FDA disagrees with our judgment in any particular case and, for example, requires us to file a PMA application rather than allowing us to market for approved uses while we seek broader approvals or requires extensive additional clinical data, the time and expense required to obtain the required approval might be significantly increased or approval might not be granted. -30-
Approved products are subject to continuing FDA requirements relating to quality control and quality assurance, maintenance of records, reporting of adverse events and product recalls, documentation, and labeling and promotion of medical devices. The FDA and foreign regulatory authorities require that our products be manufactured according to rigorous standards. These regulatory requirements may significantly increase our production or purchasing costs and may even prevent us from making or obtaining our products in amounts sufficient to meet market demand. If we or a third-party manufacturer change our approved manufacturing process, the FDA may require a new approval before that process may be used. Failure to develop our manufacturing capability may mean that even if we develop promising new products, we may not be able to produce them profitably, as a result of delays and additional capital investment costs. Manufacturing facilities, both international and domestic, are also subject to inspections by or under the authority of the FDA. In addition, failure to comply with applicable regulatory requirements could subject us to enforcement action, including product seizures, recalls, withdrawal of clearances or approvals, restrictions on or injunctions against marketing our product or products based on our technology, cessation of operations and civil and criminal penalties. We are also subject to the regulatory requirements of countries outside of the United States where we do business. For example, Japan is in the process of reforming its medical device regulations. A recent amendment to Japan's Pharmaceutical Affairs Law went into effect on April 1, 2005. New regulations and requirements exist for obtaining approval of medical devices, including new requirements governing the conduct of clinical trials, the manufacturing of products and the distribution of products in Japan. Significant resources also may be needed to comply with the extensive auditing of all manufacturing facilities of our company and our vendors by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare in Japan to comply with the amendment to the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law. These new regulations may affect our ability to obtain approvals of new products as well as maintain the certain businesses in Japan. Sales in Japan accounted for approximately $3.1 million of our revenues in 2004 and $3.0 million in the nine month period ended September 30, 2005. Certain Of Our Products Contain Materials Derived From Animal Sources And May Become Subject To Additional Regulation. Certain of our products, including the DuraGen(R) and NeuraGen(TM) product families and the INTEGRA(R) Dermal Regeneration Template and wound dressing products, contain material derived from bovine tissue. Products that contain materials derived from animal sources, including food as well as pharmaceuticals and medical devices, are increasingly subject to scrutiny in the press and by regulatory authorities. Regulatory authorities are concerned about the potential for the transmission of disease from animals to humans via those materials. This public scrutiny has been particularly acute in Japan and Western Europe with respect to products derived from cattle, because of concern that materials infected with the agent that causes bovine spongiform encephalopathy, otherwise known as BSE or mad cow disease, may, if ingested or implanted, cause a variant of the human Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, an ultimately fatal disease with no known cure. Recent cases of BSE in cattle discovered in Canada and the United States have increased awareness of the issue in North America. We take great care to provide that our products are safe and free of agents that can cause disease. In particular, the collagen used in the manufacture of our products is derived only from the deep flexor tendon of cattle from the United States or New Zealand, a country that has never had a case of BSE, that are less than 24 months old. We are also qualifying sources of collagen from other countries that are considered BSE-free. The World Health Organization classifies different types of cattle tissue for relative risk of BSE transmission. Deep flexor tendon, the sole source of our collagen, is in the lowest risk category for BSE transmission (the same category as milk, for example), and is therefore considered to have a negligible risk of containing the agent that causes BSE (an improperly folded protein known as a prion). Nevertheless, products that contain materials derived from animals, including our products, may become subject to additional regulation, or even be banned in certain countries, because of concern over the potential for prion transmission. Significant new regulation, or a ban of our products, could have a material adverse effect on our current business or our ability to expand our business. In addition, we have been notified that Japan has issued new regulations regarding medical devices that contain tissue of animal origin. Among other regulations, Japan may require that the tendon used in the manufacture of -31-
medical devices sold in Japan originate in a country that has never had a case of BSE. Currently, we purchase our tendon from the United States and New Zealand. If we cannot continue to use or qualify a source of tendon from New Zealand or another country that has never had a case of BSE, we will not be permitted to sell our collagen hemostatic agents and products for oral surgery in Japan. We do not currently sell our dural or skin repair products in Japan. Lack Of Market Acceptance For Our Products Or Market Preference For Technologies That Compete With Our Products Could Reduce Our Revenues And Profitability. We cannot be certain that our current products or any other products that we may develop or market will achieve or maintain market acceptance. Certain of the medical indications that can be treated by our devices can also be treated by other medical devices or by medical practices that do not include a device. The medical community widely accepts many alternative treatments, and certain of these other treatments have a long history of use. For example, the use of autograft tissue is a well-established means for repairing the dermis, and it competes for acceptance in the market with the INTEGRA(R) Dermal Regeneration Template. In addition, the acceptance of our Newdeal products, which previously were distributed by third parties, faces similar competition. We cannot be certain that our devices and procedures will be able to replace those established treatments or that either physicians or the medical community in general will accept and utilize our devices or any other medical products that we may develop. In addition, our future success depends, in part, on our ability to develop additional products. Even if we determine that a product candidate has medical benefits, the cost of commercializing that product candidate may be too high to justify development. Competitors may develop products that are more effective, achieve more favorable reimbursement status from third-party payors, cost less or are ready for commercial introduction before our products. For example, our sales of shunt products could decline if neurosurgeons increase their use of programmable valves and we fail to introduce a competitive product, or our sales of certain catheters may be adversely affected by the recent introduction by other companies of catheters that contain anti-microbial agents intended to reduce the incidence of infection after implantation. If we are unable to develop additional commercially viable products, our future prospects could be adversely affected. Market acceptance of our products depends on many factors, including our ability to convince prospective collaborators and customers that our technology is an attractive alternative to other technologies, to manufacture products in sufficient quantities and at acceptable costs, and to supply and service sufficient quantities of our products directly or through our distribution alliances. In addition, limited funding available for product and technology acquisitions by our customers, as well as internal obstacles to customer approvals of purchases of our products and unfavorable reimbursement methodologies of third-party payors could harm acceptance of our products. The industry is subject to rapid and continuous change arising from, among other things, consolidation and technological improvements. One or more of these factors may vary unpredictably, which could materially adversely affect our competitive position. We may not be able to adjust our contemplated plan of development to meet changing market demands. Our Intellectual Property Rights May Not Provide Meaningful Commercial Protection For Our Products, Which Could Enable Third Parties To Use Our Technology Or Very Similar Technology And Could Reduce Our Ability To Compete In The Market. Our ability to compete effectively depends in part, on our ability to maintain the proprietary nature of our technologies and manufacturing processes, which includes the ability to obtain, protect and enforce patents on our technology and to protect our trade secrets. We own or have licensed patents that cover aspects of certain of our product lines. However, you should not rely on our patents to provide us with any significant competitive advantage. Others may challenge our patents and, as a result, our patents could be narrowed, invalidated or rendered unenforceable. Competitors may develop products similar to ours that our patents do not cover. In addition, our current and future patent applications may not result in the issuance of patents in the United States or foreign countries. Further, there is a substantial backlog of patent applications at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and the approval or rejection of patent applications usually takes from 18 to 24 months. Our Competitive Position Depends, In Part, Upon Unpatented Trade Secrets Which We May Be Unable To Protect. -32-
Our competitive position also depends upon unpatented trade secrets. Trade secrets are difficult to protect. We cannot assure you that others will not independently develop substantially equivalent proprietary information and techniques or otherwise gain access to our trade secrets, that our trade secrets will not be disclosed or that we can effectively protect our rights to unpatented trade secrets. In an effort to protect our trade secrets, we require our employees, consultants and advisors to execute proprietary information and invention assignment agreements upon commencement of employment or consulting relationships with us. These agreements provide that, except in specified circumstances, all confidential information developed or made known to the individual during the course of their relationship with us must be kept confidential. We cannot assure you, however, that these agreements will provide meaningful protection for our trade secrets or other proprietary information in the event of the unauthorized use or disclosure of confidential information. Our Success Will Depend Partly On Our Ability To Operate Without Infringing Or Misappropriating The Proprietary Rights Of Others. We may be sued for infringing the intellectual property rights of others. In addition, we may find it necessary, if threatened, to initiate a lawsuit seeking a declaration from a court that we do not infringe the proprietary rights of others or that their rights are invalid or unenforceable. If we do not prevail in any litigation, in addition to any damages we might have to pay, we would be required to stop the infringing activity or obtain a license for the proprietary rights involved. Any required license may be unavailable to us on acceptable terms, or at all. In addition, some licenses may be nonexclusive and allow our competitors to access the same technology we license. If we fail to obtain a required license or are unable to design our product so as not to infringe on the proprietary rights of others, we may be unable to sell some of our products, which could have a material adverse effect on our revenues and profitability. It May Be Difficult To Replace Some Of Our Suppliers. Outside vendors, some of whom are sole-source suppliers, provide key components and raw materials used in the manufacture of our products. Although we believe that alternative sources for many of these components and raw materials are available, any supply interruption in a limited or sole source component or raw material could harm our ability to manufacture our products until a new source of supply is identified and qualified. In addition, an uncorrected defect or supplier's variation in a component or raw material, either unknown to us or incompatible with our manufacturing process, could harm our ability to manufacture products. We may not be able to find a sufficient alternative supplier in a reasonable time period, or on commercially reasonable terms, if at all, and our ability to produce and supply our products could be impaired. We believe that these factors are most likely to affect the following products that we manufacture: - our collagen-based products, such as the INTEGRA(R) Dermal Regeneration Template and wound dressing products, the DuraGen(R) family of products, and our Absorbable Collagen Sponges; - our products made from silicone, such as our neurosurgical shunts and drainage systems and hemodynamic shunts; and - products which use many different electronic parts from numerous suppliers, such as our Camino(R), Ventrix(R) and NeuroSensor(TM) lines of intracranial monitors and catheters. If we were suddenly unable to purchase products from one or more of these companies, we would need a significant period of time to qualify a replacement, and the production of any affected products could be disrupted. While it is our policy to maintain sufficient inventory of components so that our production will not be significantly disrupted even if a particular component or material is not available for a period of time, we remain at risk that we will not be able to qualify new components or materials quickly enough to prevent a disruption if one or more of our suppliers ceases production of important components or materials. If Any Of Our Manufacturing Facilities Were Damaged And/Or Our Manufacturing Or Business Processes Interrupted, We Could Experience Lost Revenues And Our Business Could Be Seriously Harmed. We manufacture our products in a limited number of facilities. Damage to our manufacturing, development or research facilities due to fire, natural disaster, power loss, communications failure, unauthorized entry or other events could cause us to cease development and manufacturing of some or all of our products. In particular, our San Diego, California facility that manufactures our Camino(R) and Ventrix(R) product line is as susceptible to earthquake damage, -33-
wildfire damage and power losses from electrical shortages as are other businesses in the Southern California area. Our silicone manufacturing plant in Anasco, Puerto Rico is vulnerable to hurricane, storm and wind damage. Although we maintain property damage and business interruption insurance coverage on these facilities, our insurance might not cover all losses under such circumstances and we may not be able to renew or obtain such insurance in the future on acceptable terms with adequate coverage or at reasonable costs. In addition, we are implementing in several stages over several years an enterprise business system for use in all of our facilities. This system will replace several systems on which we now rely. We have outsourced our product distribution function in the United States and in the fourth quarter of 2005 signed a contract to begin to outsource our European product distribution function. A delay or other problem with the system or in our implementation schedule for either of these initiatives could have a material adverse effect on our operations. We May Be Involved In Lawsuits Relating To Our Intellectual Property Rights And Promotional Practices, Which May Be Expensive. To protect or enforce our intellectual property rights, we may have to initiate legal proceedings, such as infringement suits or interference proceedings, against third parties. In addition, we may have to institute proceedings regarding our competitors' promotional practices. Litigation is costly, and, even if we prevail, the cost of that litigation could affect our profitability. In addition, litigation is time consuming and could divert management attention and resources away from our business. We may also provoke these third parties to assert claims against us. We Are Exposed To A Variety Of Risks Relating To Our International Sales And Operations, Including Fluctuations In Exchange Rates, Local Economic Conditions And Delays In Collection Of Accounts Receivable. We generate significant revenues outside the United States in euros, British pounds and in U.S. dollar-denominated transactions conducted with customers who generate revenue in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. For those foreign customers who purchase our products in U.S. dollars, currency fluctuations between the U.S. dollar and the currencies in which those customers do business may have an impact on the demand for our products in foreign countries where the U.S. dollar has increased in value compared to the local currency. Because we have operations based in Europe and we generate revenues and incur operating expenses in euros and British pounds, we experience currency exchange risk with respect to those foreign currency-denominated revenues and expenses. In 2004 and the first nine months of 2005, the cost of products we manufactured in our European facilities or purchased in foreign currencies exceeded our foreign currency-denominated revenues. We expect this imbalance to continue. Accordingly, a further weakening of the dollar against the euro and British pound could negatively affect future gross margins and operating margins. Currently, we do not use derivative financial instruments to manage operating foreign currency risk. As the volume of our business transacted in foreign currencies increases, we will continue to assess the potential effects that changes in foreign currency exchange rates could have on our business. If we believe that this potential impact presents a significant risk to our business, we may enter into derivative financial instruments to mitigate this risk. In general, we cannot predict the consolidated effects of exchange rate fluctuations upon our future operating results because of the number of currencies involved, the variability of currency exposure and the potential volatility of currency exchange rates. Our sales to foreign markets also may be affected by local economic conditions, legal, regulatory or political considerations, the effectiveness of our sales representatives and distributors, local competition and changes in local medical practice. Relationships with customers and effective terms of sale frequently vary by country, often with longer-term receivables than are typical in the United States. Changes In The Health Care Industry May Require Us To Decrease The Selling Price For Our Products Or May Reduce The Size Of The Market For Our Products, Either Of Which Could Have A Negative Impact On Our Financial Performance. -34-
Trends toward managed care, health care cost containment and other changes in government and private sector initiatives in the United States and other countries in which we do business are placing increased emphasis on the delivery of more cost-effective medical therapies that could adversely affect the sale and/or the prices of our products. For example: - major third-party payors of hospital services and hospital outpatient services, including Medicare, Medicaid and private health care insurers, have substantially revised their payment methodologies, which has resulted in stricter standards for reimbursement of hospital charges fo certain medical procedures; - Medicare, Medicaid and private health care insurer cutbacks could create downward price pressure on our products; - umerous legislative proposals have been considered that would result in major reforms in the U.S. health care system that could have an adverse effect on our business; - there has been a consolidation among health care facilities and purchasers of medical devices in the United States who prefer to limit the number of suppliers from whom they purchase medical products, and these entities may decide to stop purchasing our products or demand discounts on our prices; - we are party to contracts with group purchasing organizations, which negotiate pricing for many member hospitals, that require us to discount our prices for certain of our products and limit our ability to raise prices for certain of our products, particularly surgical instruments; - there is economic pressure to contain health care costs in international markets; - there are proposed and existing laws, regulations and industry policies in domestic and international markets regulating the sales and marketing practices and the pricing and profitability of companies in the health care industry; and - proposed laws or regulations that will permit hospitals to provide financial incentives to doctors for reducing hospital costs (know as gainsharing) and to award physician efficiency (known as physician profiling) could reduce prices; and - there have been initiatives by third-party payors to challenge the prices charged for medical products that could affect our ability to sell products on a competitive basis. Both the pressures to reduce prices for our products in response to these trends and the decrease in the size of the market as a result of these trends could adversely affect our levels of revenues and profitability of sales. Regulatory Oversight Of The Medical Device Industry Might Affect The Manner In Which We May Sell Medical Devices There are laws and regulations that regulate the means by which companies in the health care industry may market their products to health care professionals and may compete by discounting the prices of their products. Although we exercise care in structuring our sales and marketing practices and customer discount arrangements to comply with those laws and regulations, we cannot assure you that: - government officials charged with responsibility for enforcing those laws will not assert that our sales and marketing practices or customer discount arrangements are in violation of those laws or regulations; or - government regulators or courts will interpret those laws or regulations in a manner consistent with our interpretation. In January 2004, ADVAMED, the principal U.S. trade association for the medical device industry, put in place a model "code of conduct" that sets forth standards by which its members should abide in the promotion of their products. We have in place policies and procedures for compliance that we believe are at least as stringent as those set forth in the ADVAMED Code, and we provide routine training to our sales and marketing personnel on our policies regarding sales and marketing practices. Nevertheless, the sales and marketing practices of our industry has been the subject of increased scrutiny from government agencies, and we believe that this trend will continue. Our Private Label Business Depends Significantly On Key Relationships With Third Parties, Which We May Be Unable To Establish And Maintain. Our private label business depends in part on our entering into and maintaining collaborative or alliance agreements with third parties concerning product marketing, as well as research and development programs. Our most important alliance is our agreement with the Wyeth BioPharma division of Wyeth for the -35-
development of collagen matrices to be used in conjunction with Wyeth BioPharma's recombinant bone protein, a protein that stimulates the growth of bone in humans. The third parties with whom we have entered into agreements might terminate these agreements for a variety of reasons, including developing other sources for the product supplied by us. Termination of any of our alliances would require us to develop other means to distribute the affected products and could adversely affect our expectations for the growth of private label products. We May Have Significant Product Liability Exposure And Our Insurance May Not Cover All Potential Claims. We are exposed to product liability and other claims in the event that our technologies or products are alleged to have caused harm. We may not be able to obtain insurance for the potential liability on acceptable terms with adequate coverage or at reasonable costs. Any potential product liability claims could exceed the amount of our insurance coverage or may be excluded from coverage under the terms of the policy. Our insurance may not be renewed at a cost and level of coverage comparable to that then in effect. We Are Subject To Other Regulatory Requirements Relating To Occupational Health And Safety And The Use Of Hazardous Substances Which May Impose Significant Compliance Costs On Us. We are and may be subject to regulation under federal and state laws, including requirements regarding occupational health and safety, laboratory practices, the maintenance of personal health information, sales and marketing practices (including product discounting practices) customs and import-export practices and the use, handling and disposal of toxic or hazardous substances. We may also be subject to other present and possible future local, state, federal and foreign regulations. Our research, development and manufacturing processes involve the controlled use of certain hazardous materials. Although we believe that our safety procedures for handling and disposing of those materials comply with the standards prescribed by the applicable laws and regulations, the risk of accidental contamination or injury from these materials cannot be eliminated. In the event of such an accident, we could be held liable for any damages that result and any related liability could exceed the limits or fall outside the coverage of our insurance and could exceed our resources. We may not be able to maintain insurance on acceptable terms or at all. We may incur significant costs to comply with environmental laws and regulations in the future, as well as laws and regulations in other areas. The Loss Of Key Personnel Could Harm Our Business. We believe our success depends on the contributions of a number of our key personnel, including Stuart M. Essig, our President and Chief Executive Officer. If we lose the services of key personnel, those losses could materially harm our business. We maintain key person life insurance on Mr. Essig. FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS We have made statements in this report, including statements under "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" which constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions about the Company, including those described under "Factors that May Affect Our Future Performance" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and those set forth under the heading "Factors That May Affect our Future Performance" in this report. In light of these risks and uncertainties, the forward-looking events and circumstances discussed in this report may not occur and actual results could differ materially from those anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements. You can identify these forward-looking statements by forward-looking words such as "believe," "may," "could," "will," "estimate," "continue," "anticipate," "intend," "seek," "plan," "expect," "should," "would" and similar expressions in this report. -36-
ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK We are exposed to various market risks, including changes in foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates that could adversely impact our results of operations and financial condition. To manage the volatility relating to these typical business exposures, we may enter into various derivative transactions when appropriate. We do not hold or issue derivative instruments for trading or other speculative purposes. Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk A discussion of foreign currency exchange risks is provided under the caption "International Operations" under "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations." Interest Rate Risk - Marketable Securities We are exposed to the risk of interest rate fluctuations on the fair value and interest income earned on our cash and cash equivalents and investments in available-for-sale marketable debt securities. A hypothetical 100 basis point movement in interest rates applicable to our cash and cash equivalents and investments in marketable debt securities outstanding at September 30, 2005 would increase or decrease interest income by approximately $1.6 million on an annual basis. We are not subject to material foreign currency exchange risk with respect to these investments. Interest Rate Risk - Long Term Debt and Related Hedging Instruments We are exposed to the risk of interest rate fluctuations on the net interest received or paid under the terms of an interest rate swap. At September 30, 2005, we had outstanding a $50.0 million notional amount interest rate swap used to hedge the risk of changes in fair value attributable to interest rate risk with respect to a portion of our $120.0 million principal amount fixed rate 2 1/2% contingent convertible subordinated notes due March 2008. Our interest rate swap agreement qualifies as a fair value hedge under SFAS No. 133, as amended, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities." At September 30, 2005, the net fair value of the interest rate swap approximated $2.0 million and is included in other liabilities. The net fair value of the interest rate swap represents the estimated receipts or payments that would be made to terminate the agreement. A hypothetical 100 basis point movement in interest rates applicable to the interest rate swap would increase or decrease interest expense by approximately $500,000 on an annual basis. ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Disclosure controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and management is required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Management has designed our disclosure controls and procedures to provide reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives. As required by Rule 13a-15(b) under the Exchange Act, we have carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the quarter covered by this report. Based on the foregoing, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level. -37-
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting No changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) occurred during the quarter ended September 30, 2005, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. Internal control over financial reporting cannot provide absolute assurance of achieving financial reporting objectives because of its inherent limitations. Internal control over financial reporting is a process that involves human diligence and compliance and is subject to lapses in judgment and breakdowns resulting from human failures. Internal control over financial reporting also can be circumvented by collusion or improper management override. Because of such limitations, there is a risk that material misstatements may not be prevented or detected on a timely basis by internal control over financial reporting. However, these inherent limitations are known features of the financial reporting process. Therefore, it is possible to design into the process safeguards to reduce, though not eliminate, this risk. -38-
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEDINGS In July 1996, the Company filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California (the "Trial Court") against Merck KGaA, a German corporation, Scripps Research Institute, a California nonprofit corporation, and David A. Cheresh, Ph.D., a research scientist with Scripps, seeking damages and injunctive relief. The complaint charged, among other things, that the defendant Merck KGaA willfully and deliberately induced, and continues willfully and deliberately to induce, defendants Scripps Research Institute and Dr. Cheresh to infringe certain of the Company's patents. These patents are part of a group of patents granted to The Burnham Institute and licensed by Integra that are based on the interaction between a family of cell surface proteins called integrins and the arginine-glycine-aspartic acid ("RGD") peptide sequence found in many extracellular matrix proteins. The defendants filed a countersuit asking for an award of defendants' reasonable attorney fees. In March 2000, a jury returned a unanimous verdict in the Company's favor and awarded Integra $15.0 million in damages, finding that Merck KGaA had willfully infringed and induced the infringement of our patents. The Trial Court dismissed Scripps and Dr. Cheresh from the case. In October 2000, the Trial Court entered judgment in Integra's favor and against Merck KGaA in the case. In entering the judgment, the Trial Court also granted to the Company pre-judgment interest of $1.4 million, bringing the total award to $16.4 million, plus post-judgment interest. Merck KGaA filed various post-trial motions requesting a judgment as a matter of law notwithstanding the verdict or a new trial, in each case regarding infringement, invalidity and damages. In September 2001, the Trial Court entered orders in favor of Integra and against Merck KGaA on the final post-judgment motions in the case, and denied Merck KGaA's motions for judgment as a matter of law and for a new trial. Merck KGaA and Integra each appealed various decisions of the Trial Court to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (the "Circuit Court"). In June 2003, the Circuit Court affirmed the Trial Court's finding that Merck KGaA had infringed our patents. The Circuit Court also held that the basis of the jury's calculation of damages was not clear from the trial record, and remanded the case to the Trial Court for further factual development and a new calculation of damages consistent with the Circuit Court's decision. In September 2004, the Trial Court ordered Merck KgaA to pay Integra $6.4 million in damages following the Circuit Court's order. Merck KGaA filed a petition for a writ of certiorari with the United States Supreme Court (the "Supreme Court") seeking review of the Circuit Court's decision, and the Supreme Court granted the writ in January 2005. Oral arguments before the United States Supreme Court were held in April 2005. On June 13, 2005, the Supreme Court vacated the June 2003 judgment of the Circuit Court. The Supreme Court held that the Circuit Court applied an erroneous interpretation of 35 U.S.C. ss.271(e)(1) when it rejected the challenge of Merck KGaA to the jury's finding that Merck KGaA failed to show that its activities were exempt from claims of patent infringement under that statute. On remand, the Circuit Court will review the evidence under a reasonableness test that does not provide categorical exclusions of certain types of activities. Further enforcement of the Trial Court's order has been stayed pending the decision of the Supreme Court. The Company has not recorded any gain in connection with this matter, pending final resolution and completion of the appeals process. Three of the Company's French subsidiaries that were acquired from the neurosciences division of NMT Medical, Inc. received a tax reassessment notice from the French tax authorities seeking in excess of 1.7 million euros in back taxes, interest and penalties. NMT Medical, the former owner of these entities, has agreed to indemnify Integra against direct damages and liability arising from misrepresentations in connection with these tax claims. In April 2005, NMT Medical, Inc. negotiated a settlement agreement with the French authorities that satisfied the outstanding tax assessments. This settlement did not have any impact on our financial statements. In addition to the these matters, the Company is subject to various claims, lawsuits and proceedings in the ordinary course of its business, including claims by current or former employees, distributors and competitors and with -39-
respect to our products. In the opinion of management, such claims are either adequately covered by insurance or otherwise indemnified, or are not expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a material adverse effect on the Company's financial condition. However, it is possible that our results of operations, financial position and cash flows in a particular period could be materially affected by these contingencies. ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS In May 2005, our Board of Directors authorized us to repurchase shares of our common stock for an aggregate purchase price not to exceed $40 million through December 31, 2006. We were authorized to repurchase no more than 1.5 million shares under this program. No repurchases of our common stock was made during the quarter ended September 30, 2005 under this program, and there remained $15.3 million of repurchases available under the program as of September 30, 2005. In October 2005, our Board of Directors terminated the repurchase program approved in May 2005 and adopted a new program that authorizes us to repurchase shares of our common stock for an aggregate purchase price not to exceed $50 million through December 31, 2006. Shares may be purchased either in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. ITEM 6. EXHIBITS 10.1 Form of Notice of Grant of Stock Options and Option Agreement (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 29, 2005) 10.2 Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 7, 2005, by and between Tyco Healthcare Group LP and Sherwood Services, AG and Integra LifeSciences Corporation and Integra LifeSciences (Ireland) Limited (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 13, 2005) 10.3 Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation 1998 Stock Option Plan (amended and restated as of July 26, 2005) 10.4 Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation 1999 Stock Option Plan (amended and restated as of July 26, 2005) 10.5 Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation 2000 Equity Incentive Plan (amended and restated as of July 26, 2005) 10.6 Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation 2001 Equity Incentive Plan (amended and restated as of July 26, 2005) 10.7 Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation 2003 Equity Incentive Plan (amended and restated as of July 26, 2005) 31.1 Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 31.2 Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 32.1 Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 32.2 Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. -40-
SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized. INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS CORPORATION Date: November 9, 2005 /s/ Stuart M. Essig ------------------- Stuart M. Essig President and Chief Executive Officer Date: November 9, 2005 /s/ David B. Holtz ------------------- David B. Holtz Senior Vice President, Finance -41-
Exhibits 10.1 Form of Notice of Grant of Stock Options and Option Agreement (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 29, 2005) 10.2 Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 7, 2005, by and between Tyco Healthcare Group LP and Sherwood Services, AG and Integra LifeSciences Corporation and Integra LifeSciences (Ireland) Limited (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 13, 2005) 10.3 Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation 1998 Stock Option Plan (as amended and restated) 10.4 Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation 1999 Stock Option Plan (as amended and restated) 10.5 Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation 2000 Equity Incentive Plan (as amended and restated) 10.6 Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation 2001 Equity Incentive Plan (as amended and restated) 10.7 Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation 2003 Equity Incentive Plan (as amended and restated) 31.1 Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 31.2 Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 32.1 Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 32.2 Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. -42-
INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS CORPORATION
1998 STOCK OPTION PLAN
(AMENDED AND RESTATED AS OF JULY 26, 2005)
SECTION 1
Purpose
This INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS CORPORATION 1998 STOCK OPTION PLAN (the
"Plan") is intended to provide a means whereby Integra LifeSciences Holdings
Corporation (the "Company") may, through the grant of incentive stock options
and non-qualified stock options (collectively, "Options") to purchase common
stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share ("Common Stock") to Key
Employees and Associates (both as defined in Section 3 hereof), attract and
retain such Key Employees and Associates and motivate them to exercise their
best efforts on behalf of the Company, any Related Corporation (as defined
below), or any affiliate of the Company or a Related Corporation.
For purposes of the Plan, a "Related Corporation" shall mean either a
corporate subsidiary of the Company, as defined in section 424(f) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended ("Code"), or the corporate parent of
the Company, as defined in section 424(e) of the Code. Further, as used in the
Plan (a) the term "ISO" shall mean an Option which qualifies as an incentive
stock option within the meaning of section 422 of the Code; and (b) the term
"NQSO" shall mean an Option which does not qualify as an incentive stock option.
SECTION 2
Administration
The Plan shall be administered by the Compensation Committee (the
"Committee") of the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board") which shall
consist solely of not fewer than two directors of the Company who shall be
appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the Board (taking into consideration
the rules under section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act"), and the requirements of section 162(m) of the Code). Each
member of the Committee, while serving as such, shall be deemed to be acting in
his or her capacity as a director of the Company. Acts approved by a majority of
the members of the Committee at which a quorum is present, or acts without a
meeting reduced to or approved in writing by a majority of the members of the
Committee, shall be the valid acts of the Committee. Any authority of the
Committee may be delegated either by the Committee or the Board to a committee
of the Board or any other Plan administrator, but only to the extent such
delegation complies with the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code, Rule
16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act or as required by any other applicable
rule or regulation.
The Committee shall have full authority, subject to the terms of the Plan,
to select the Key Employees and Associates (both as defined in Section 3 hereof)
to be granted ISOs and/or NQSOs under the Plan, to grant Options on behalf of
the Company, and to set the date of grant and the other terms of such Options.
The Committee may correct any defect, supply any omission and reconcile any
inconsistency in this Plan and in any Option granted hereunder in the manner and
to the extent it shall deem desirable. The Committee also shall have the
authority to establish such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the
provisions of the Plan, for the proper administration of the Plan, and to amend,
modify or rescind any such rules and regulations, and to make such
determinations and interpretations under, or in connection with, the Plan, as it
deems necessary or advisable. All such rules, regulations, determinations and
interpretations shall be binding and conclusive upon the Company, its
stockholders and all officers and employees and former officers and employees,
and upon their respective legal representatives, beneficiaries, successors and
assigns, and upon all other persons claiming under or through any of them. No
member of the Board or the Committee shall be liable for any action or
determination made in good faith with respect to the Plan or any Option granted
under it.
SECTION 3
Eligibility
(a) In General. Key Employees and Associates shall be eligible to receive
Options under the Plan. Key Employees and Associates who have been granted an
Option under the Plan shall be referred to as "Optionees." More than one Option
may be granted to an Optionee under the Plan.
(b) Key Employees. "Key Employees" are officers, executives, and managerial
and non-managerial employees of the Company, a Related Corporation, or an
affiliate of the Company or a Related Corporation who are selected by the
Committee to receive options. Key Employees of the Company and/or a Related
Corporation shall be eligible to receive ISOs and/or NQSOs. Key Employees of an
affiliate shall be eligible to receive only NQSOs.
(c) Associates. "Associates" are designated non-employee directors,
consultants and other persons providing services to the Company, a Related
Corporation, or an affiliate of the Company or a Related Corporation. Associates
shall be eligible to receive only NQSOs.
SECTION 4
Stock
The maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued under
Options granted under the Plan shall be 2,000,000; provided, however, that no
Key Employee shall receive Options for more than 1,000,000 shares of Common
Stock over any one-year period. However, both limits in the preceding sentence
shall be subject to adjustment as hereinafter provided. Shares issuable under
the Plan may be authorized but unissued shares or reacquired shares, and the
Company may purchase shares required for this purpose, from time to time, if it
deems such purchase to be advisable.
If any Option granted under the Plan expires or otherwise terminates for
any reason whatsoever (including, without limitation, the Optionee's surrender
thereof) without having been exercised, the shares subject to the unexercised
portion of such Option shall continue to be available for the granting of
Options under the Plan as fully as if such shares had never been subject to an
Option; provided, however, that (a) if an Option is cancelled, the shares of
Common Stock covered by the cancelled Option shall be counted against the
maximum number of shares specified above for which Options may be granted to a
single Key Employee, and (b) if the exercise price of an Option is reduced after
the date of grant, the transaction shall be treated as a cancellation of the
original Option and the grant of a new Option for purposes of counting the
maximum number of shares for which Options may be granted to a Key Employee.
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SECTION 5
Granting of Options
From time to time until the expiration or earlier suspension or
discontinuance of the Plan, the Committee may, on behalf of the Company, grant
to Key Employees and Associates under the Plan such Options as it determines are
warranted, subject to the limitations of the Plan; provided, however, that
grants of ISOs and NQSOs shall be separate and not in tandem. The granting of an
Option under the Plan shall not be deemed either to entitle the Key Employee or
Associate to, or to disqualify the Key Employee or Associate from, any
participation in any other grant of Options under the Plan. In making any
determination as to whether a Key Employee or Associate shall be granted an
Option, the type of Option to be granted, and the number of shares to be covered
by such Option, the Committee shall take into account the duties of the Key
Employee or Associate, his or her present and potential contributions to the
success of the Company, a Related Corporation, or an affiliate of the Company or
a Related Corporation, the tax implications to the Company and the Key Employee
or Associate of any Option granted, and such other factors as the Committee
shall deem relevant in accomplishing the purposes of the Plan. Moreover, the
Committee may provide in the Option that said Option may be exercised only if
certain conditions, as determined by the Committee, are fulfilled.
SECTION 6
Annual Limit
(a) ISOs. The aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the date the
ISO is granted) of the Common Stock with respect to which ISOs are exercisable
for the first time by a Key Employee during any calendar year (counting ISOs
under this Plan and incentive stock options under any other stock option plan of
the Company or a Related Corporation) shall not exceed $100,000. The term "Fair
Market Value" shall mean the value of the shares of Common Stock arrived at by a
good faith determination of the Committee and shall be:
(1) The quoted closing price on the last business day prior to the
specified date, if there is a market for the Common Stock on a registered
securities exchange or in an over-the-counter market;
(2) The weighted average of the quoted closing prices on the nearest
date before and the nearest date after the last business day prior to the
specified date, if there are no sales on such day but there are such sales on
dates within a reasonable period both before and after such date;
(3) The mean between the bid and asked prices, as reported by the
National Quotation Bureau on the specified date, if actual sales are not
available during a reasonable period beginning before and ending after the
specified date; or
(4) If (1) through (3) above are not applicable, such other method of
determining Fair Market Value as shall be authorized by the Code , or the rules
or regulations thereunder, and adopted by the Committee.
Where the Fair Market Value of shares of Common Stock is determined under
(2) above, the average of the quoted closing prices on the nearest date before
and the nearest date after the last business day prior to the specified date
shall be weighted inversely by the respective numbers of trading days between
the dates of reported sales and such date (i.e., the valuation date), in
accordance with Treas. Reg. Section 20.2031-2(b)(1), or any successor thereto.
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(b) Options Over Annual Limit. If an Option intended as an ISO is granted
to a Key Employee of the Company or a Related Corporation and such Option may
not be treated in whole or in part as an ISO pursuant to the limitation in
Subsection (a) above, such Option shall be treated as an ISO to the extent it
may be so treated under such limitation and as an NQSO as to the remainder. For
purposes of determining whether an ISO would cause such limitation to be
exceeded, ISOs shall be taken into account in the order granted.
(c) NQSOs. The annual limits set forth above for ISOs shall not apply to
NQSOs.
SECTION 7
Option Agreements - Other Provisions
Options granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by written documents
("Option Agreements") in such form as the Committee shall, from time to time,
approve. An Option Agreement shall specify whether the Option is an ISO or NQSO;
provided, however, if the Option is not designated in the Option Agreement as an
ISO or NQSO, the Option shall constitute an ISO if it complies with the terms of
section 422 of the Code, and otherwise, it shall constitute an NQSO. Each
Optionee shall enter into, and be bound by, such Option Agreements, as soon as
practicable after the grant of an Option.
In connection with the grant of any Option, the associated Option Agreement
may, in the discretion of the Committee, modify or vary any of the terms of this
Plan, including, without limitation, the terms relating to the vesting and
exercise of Options, both in general and upon termination of employment or
service, disability, and death, the terms relating to the number of shares
issuable upon the exercise of outstanding Options and the treatment of Options
upon the occurrence of certain corporate transactions; provided, however, that
any further increase in the maximum number of shares which may be granted to an
individual in a single grant pursuant to the Plan shall require such shareholder
approval as may be then required under the applicable rules and regulations
under the Code, and that with respect to any grant of an Option which is
intended to be an ISO the terms of the Plan, as in effect on the date hereof or
subsequently amended, and not the terms of the applicable Option Agreement,
shall control. In all other cases, in the event of any inconsistency or conflict
between an Option Agreement approved by the Committee and this Plan, the terms
of the Option Agreement shall control to the extent provided in the Option
Agreement. No Option Agreement may be amended except in a writing executed by a
duly authorized officer of the Company and the Optionee or his or her permitted
successors and assigns.
SECTION 8
Terms and Conditions of Options
Options granted pursuant to the Plan shall include expressly or by
reference the following terms and conditions, as well as such other provisions
not inconsistent with the provisions of this Plan and, for ISOs granted under
this Plan, the provisions of section 422(b) of the Code, as the Committee shall
deem desirable:
(a) Number of Shares. A statement of the number of shares to which the
Option pertains.
(b) Price. A statement of the Option price which shall be determined and
fixed by the Committee in its discretion, but shall not be less than the higher
of 100% (110% in the case of ISOs granted to more than 10% shareholders as
discussed in Subsection (j) below) of the fair market value of the optioned
shares of Common Stock, or the par value thereof, on the date the Option is
granted.
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(c) Term.
(1) ISOs. Subject to earlier termination as provided in Subsections
(e), (f) and (g) below and in Section 9 hereof, the term of each ISO shall be
not more than ten years (five years in the case of more than 10% shareholders as
discussed in Subsection (j) below) from the date of grant.
(2) NQSOs. Subject to earlier termination as provided in Subsections
(e), (f) and (g) below and in Section 9 hereof, the term of each NQSO shall be
not more than ten years from the date of grant.
(d) Exercise.
(1) General. Options shall be exercisable in such installments and on
such dates, not less than three months from the date of grant, as the
Committee may specify, provided that:
(A) in the case of new Options granted to an Optionee in
replacement for options (whether granted under the Plan or otherwise) held by
the Optionee, the new Options may be made exercisable, if so determined by the
Committee, in its discretion, at the earliest date the replaced options were
exercisable, but not earlier than three months from the date of grant of the new
Options; and
(B) the Committee may accelerate the exercise date of any
outstanding Options, in its discretion, if it deems such acceleration to be
desirable.
Any Option shares, the right to the purchase of which has accrued, may be
purchased at any time up to the expiration or termination of the Option.
Exercisable Options may be exercised, in whole or in part, from time to time by
giving written notice of exercise to the Company at its principal office,
specifying the number of shares to be purchased and accompanied by payment in
full of the aggregate Option exercise price for such shares. Only full shares
shall be issued under the Plan, and any fractional share which might otherwise
be issuable upon exercise of an Option granted hereunder shall be forfeited.
(2) Manner of Payment. The Option price shall be
(A) in cash or its equivalent;
(B) in the case of an ISO, if the Committee in its discretion
causes the Option Agreement so to provide, and in the case of an NQSO, if the
Committee in its discretion so determines at or prior to the time of exercise:
(i) in Common Stock previously acquired by the Optionee; provided
that if such shares of Common Stock were acquired through the exercise of an
incentive stock option and are used to pay the Option price of an ISO, such
shares have been held by the Optionee for a period of not less than the holding
period described in section 422(a)(1) of the Code on the date of exercise, or if
such shares of Common Stock were acquired through exercise of a non-qualified
stock option or through exercise of an incentive stock option and are used to
pay the Option price of an NQSO, such shares have been held by the Optionee for
a period of more than 12 months on the date of exercise;
(ii) in Common Stock newly acquired by the Optionee upon exercise
of such Option (which shall constitute a disqualifying disposition in the case
of an ISO);
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(iii) in the discretion of the Committee, in any combination of
(A), (B)(i) and/or (B)(ii) above; or
(iv) by delivering a properly executed notice of exercise of the
Option to the Company and a broker, with irrevocable instructions to the broker
promptly to deliver to the Company the amount of sale or loan proceeds necessary
to pay the exercise price of the Option.
In the event the Option price is paid, in whole or in part, with shares of
Common Stock, the portion of the Option price so paid shall be equal to the Fair
Market Value on the date of exercise of the Option of the Common Stock
surrendered in payment of such Option price.
(e) Termination of Employment or Service. If an Optionee's employment by or
service with the Company (and Related Corporations and affiliates) is terminated
by either party prior to the expiration date fixed for his or her Option for any
reason other than death or disability, such Option may be exercised, to the
extent of the number of shares with respect to which the Optionee could have
exercised it on the date of such termination, or to any greater extent permitted
by the Committee, by the Optionee at any time prior to the earlier of (i) the
expiration date specified in such Option, or (ii) an accelerated termination
date determined by the Committee, in its discretion, except that, subject to
Section 9 hereof, such accelerated termination date shall not be earlier than
the date of the Optionee's termination of employment or service, and shall not
be later than one year after the date of the Key Employee's termination of
employment.
(f) Exercise upon Disability of Optionee. If an Optionee shall become
disabled (within the meaning of section 22(e)(3) of the Code) during his or her
employment by or service with the Company (and Related Corporations and
affiliates) and, prior to the expiration date fixed for his or her Option, his
or her employment or service is terminated as a consequence of such disability,
such Option may be exercised, to the extent of the number of shares with respect
to which the Optionee could have exercised it on the date of such termination,
or to any greater extent permitted by the Committee, by the Optionee at any time
prior to the earlier of (i) the expiration date specified in such Option, or
(ii) an accelerated termination date determined by the Committee, in its
discretion, except that, subject to Section 9 hereof, such accelerated
termination date shall not be earlier than the date of the Optionee's
termination of employment or service by reason of disability, and shall not be
later than one year after the date of the Key Employee's termination of
employment. In the event of the Optionee's legal disability, such Option may be
so exercised by the Optionee's legal representative.
(g) Exercise upon Death of Optionee. If an Optionee shall die during his or
her employment by or service with the Company (and Related Corporations and
affiliates), and prior to the expiration date fixed for his or her Option, or if
an Optionee whose employment or service is terminated for any reason, shall die
following his or her termination of employment or service but prior to the
earliest of (i) the expiration date fixed for his or her Option, (ii) the
expiration of the period determined under Subsections (e) and (f) above, or
(iii) in the case of an ISO, three months following termination of the Key
Employee's employment, such Option may be exercised, to the extent of the number
of shares with respect to which the Optionee could have exercised it on the date
of his or her death, or to any greater extent permitted by the Committee, by the
Optionee's estate, personal representative or beneficiary who acquired the right
to exercise such Option by bequest or inheritance or by reason of the death of
the Optionee, at any time prior to the earlier of (i) the expiration date
specified in such Option or (ii) an accelerated termination date determined by
the Committee, in its discretion except that, subject to Section 9 hereof, such
accelerated termination date shall not be later than one year after the date of
death.
(h) Non-Transferability. No ISO and, except to the extent provided in the
related Option Agreement, no NQSO shall be assignable or transferable by the
Optionee otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and
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during the lifetime of the Optionee, the Option shall be exercisable only by him
or her or by his or her guardian or legal representative. If the Optionee is
married at the time of exercise and if the Optionee so requests at the time of
exercise, the certificate or certificates shall be registered in the name of the
Optionee and the Optionee's spouse, jointly, with right of survivorship.
(i) Rights as a Stockholder. An Optionee shall have no rights as a
stockholder with respect to any shares covered by his or her Option until the
issuance of a stock certificate to him for such shares.
(j) Ten Percent Shareholder. If the Optionee owns more than 10% of the
total combined voting power of all shares of stock of the Company or of a
Related Corporation at the time an ISO is granted to him or her, the Option
price for the ISO shall be not less than 110% of the fair market value of the
optioned shares of Common Stock on the date the ISO is granted, and such ISO, by
its terms, shall not be exercisable after the expiration of five years from the
date the ISO is granted. The conditions set forth in this Subsection (j) shall
not apply to NQSOs.
(k) Listing and Registration of Shares. Each Option shall be subject to the
requirement that, if at any time the Committee shall determine, in its
discretion, that the listing, registration or qualification of the shares
covered thereby upon any securities exchange or under any state or federal law,
or the consent or approval of any governmental regulatory body, is necessary or
desirable as a condition of, or in connection with, the granting of such Option
or the purchase of shares thereunder, or that action by the Company or by the
Optionee should be taken in order to obtain an exemption from any such
requirement, no such Option may be exercised, in whole or in part, unless and
until such listing, registration, qualification, consent, approval, or action
shall have been effected, obtained, or taken under conditions acceptable to the
Committee. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Optionee or
his or her legal representative or beneficiary may also be required to give
satisfactory assurance that shares purchased upon exercise of an Option are
being purchased for investment and not with a view to distribution, and
certificates representing such shares may be legended accordingly.
(l) Withholding and Use of Shares to Satisfy Tax Obligations. The
obligation of the Company to deliver shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of
any Option shall be subject to applicable federal, state and local tax
withholding requirements.
If the exercise of any Option is subject to the withholding requirements of
applicable tax laws, the Committee, in its discretion (and subject to such
withholding rules ("Withholding Rules") as shall be adopted by the Committee),
may permit the Optionee to satisfy the withholding tax, in whole or in part, by
electing to have the Company withhold (or by returning to the Company) shares of
Common Stock, which shares shall be valued, for this purpose, at their Fair
Market Value on the date of exercise of the Option (or if later, the date on
which the Optionee recognizes ordinary income with respect to such exercise)
(the "Determination Date"). An election to use shares of Common Stock to satisfy
tax withholding requirements must be made in compliance with and subject to the
Withholding Rules. The Committee may not withhold shares in excess of the number
necessary to satisfy the minimum income tax withholding requirements. In the
event shares of Common Stock acquired under the exercise of an incentive stock
option are used to satisfy such withholding requirement, such shares of Common
Stock must have been held by the Optionee for a period of not less than the
holding period described in section 422(a)(1) of the Code on the Determination
Date, or if such shares of Common Stock were acquired through exercise of a
non-qualified stock option, such shares were acquired at least 12 months prior
to the Determination Date.
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SECTION 9
Capital Adjustments; Corporate Transactions
The number of shares which may be issued under the Plan, the maximum number
of shares with respect to which Options may be granted to any Key Employee under
the Plan, both as stated in Section 4 hereof, and the number of shares issuable
upon exercise of outstanding Options under the Plan (as well as the Option price
per share under such outstanding Options), shall, subject to the provisions of
section 424(a) of the Code, be adjusted, as may be deemed appropriate by the
Committee, to reflect any stock dividend, stock split, share combination, or
similar change in the capitalization of the Company.
In the event of a corporate transaction (as that term is described in
section 424(a) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations issued thereunder as,
for example, a merger, consolidation, acquisition of property or stock,
separation, reorganization, or liquidation), each outstanding Option shall be
assumed by the surviving or successor corporation; provided, however, that, in
the event of a proposed corporate transaction, the Committee may terminate all
or a portion of the outstanding Options if it determines that such termination
is in the best interests of the Company. If the Committee decides to terminate
outstanding Options, the Committee shall give each Optionee holding an
outstanding Option to be terminated not less than seven days' notice prior to
any such termination by reason of such a corporate transaction, and any such
Option which is to be so terminated may be exercised (if and only to the extent
that it is then exercisable) up to, and including the date immediately preceding
such termination. Further, as provided in Section 8(d) hereof the Committee, in
its discretion, may accelerate, in whole or in part, the date on which any or
all Options become exercisable.
The Committee also may, in its discretion, change the terms of any
outstanding Option to reflect any such corporate transaction, provided that, in
the case of ISOs, such change is excluded from the definition of a
"modification" under section 424(h) of the Code.
SECTION 9A
Change in Control
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, all
outstanding Options shall become fully vested and exercisable upon a Change in
Control of the Company. "Change in Control" shall mean any of the following
events:
(a) An acquisition (other than directly from the Company) of any voting
securities of the Company ("Voting Securities") by any "Person" (as such term is
used for purposes of section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")) immediately after which such Person has
"Beneficial Ownership" (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the
Exchange Act) of 50% or more of the combined voting power of all the then
outstanding Voting Securities, other than the Company, any trustee or other
fiduciary holding securities under any employee benefit plan of the Company or
an affiliate thereof, or any corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the
stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their
ownership of stock of the Company; provided, however, that any acquisition from
the Company or any acquisition pursuant to a transaction which complies with
clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of paragraph (c) of this Section 9A shall not be a
Change in Control under this paragraph (a);
(b) The individuals who, as of February 27, 1998, are members of the
Company's Board of Directors (the "Incumbent Board") cease for any reason to
constitute at least two-thirds of the Board of Directors; provided, however,
that if the election, or nomination for election by the shareholders, of any new
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director was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the members of the
Board of Directors who constitute Incumbent Board members, such new directors
shall for all purposes be considered as members of the Incumbent Board as of
February 27, 1998; provided further, however, that no individual shall be
considered a member of the Incumbent Board if such individual initially assumed
office as a result of either an actual or threatened "Election Contest" (as
described in Rule 14a-11 promulgated under the Exchange Act) or other actual or
threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other
than the Board of Directors (a "Proxy Contest") including by reason of any
agreement intended to avoid or settle any Election Contest or Proxy Contest;
(c) consummation by the Company of a reorganization, merger, or
consolidation or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the
assets of the Company or the acquisition of assets or stock of another entity (a
"Business Combination"), unless immediately following such Business Combination:
(i) more than 50% of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting
securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of (x) the
corporation resulting from such Business Combination (the "Surviving
Corporation"), or (y) if applicable, a corporation which as a result of such
transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company's assets
either directly or through one or more subsidiaries (the "Parent Corporation"),
is represented, directly or indirectly, by Company Voting Securities outstanding
immediately prior to such Business Combination (or, if applicable, is
represented by shares into which such Company Voting Securities were converted
pursuant to such Business Combination), and such voting power among the holders
thereof is in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately
prior to such Business Combination, of the Company Voting Securities; and (ii)
at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the Parent
Corporation (or, if there is no Parent Corporation, the Surviving Corporation)
were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial
agreement, or the action of the Board, providing for such Business Combination;
(d) approval by the shareholders of the Company of a complete liquidation
or dissolution of the Company; or
(e) acceptance by shareholders of the Company of shares in a share exchange
if the shareholders of the Company immediately before such share exchange do not
own, directly or indirectly, immediately following such share exchange more than
50% of the combined voting power of the outstanding Voting Securities of the
corporation resulting from such share exchange in substantially the same
proportion as their ownership of the Voting Securities outstanding immediately
before such share exchange.
SECTION 10
Acquisitions
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, Options may be granted
hereunder in substitution for options held by directors, key employees, and
associates of other corporations who are about to, or have, become Key Employees
or Associates of the Company or a Related Corporation as a result of a merger,
consolidation, acquisition of assets or similar transaction by the Company or a
Related Corporation. The terms, including the option price, of the substitute
options so granted may vary from the terms set forth in this Plan to such extent
as the Committee may deem appropriate to conform, in whole or in part, to the
provisions of the options in substitution for which they are granted.
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SECTION 11
Amendment or Replacement of Outstanding Options
The Committee shall have the authority to effect, at any time and from time
to time, with the consent of the affected Optionees, the cancellation of any or
all outstanding Options under the Plan and to grant in substitution therefor new
Options under the Plan covering the same or a different number of shares of
Common Stock but having a per share purchase price not less than the greater of
par value or 100% of the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the new
date of the grant. The Committee may permit the voluntary surrender of all or a
portion of any Option to be conditioned upon the granting to the Optionee under
the Plan of a new Option for the same or a different number of shares of Common
Stock as the Option surrendered, or may require such voluntary surrender as a
condition precedent to a grant of a new Option to such Optionee. Any new Option
shall be exercisable at the price, during the period, and in accordance with any
other terms and conditions specified by the Committee at the time the new Option
is granted, all determined in accordance with the provisions of the Plan without
regard to the price, period of exercise, and any other terms or conditions of
the Option surrendered.
SECTION 12
Amendment or Discontinuance of the Plan
The Board from time to time may suspend or discontinue the Plan or, subject
to such shareholder approval as may be then required under the applicable rules
and regulations of the Code, may amend it in any respect whatsoever.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such suspension, discontinuance or amendment
shall materially impair the rights of any holder of an outstanding Option
without the consent of such holder.
SECTION 13
Rights
Neither the adoption of the Plan nor any action of the Board or the
Committee shall be deemed to give any individual any right to be granted an
Option, or any other right hereunder, unless and until the Committee shall have
granted such individual an Option, and then his or her rights shall be only such
as are provided by the Option Agreement.
Any Option under the Plan shall not entitle the holder thereof to any
rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to the exercise of such Option and
the issuance of the shares pursuant thereto. Further, notwithstanding any
provisions of the Plan or the Option Agreement with an Optionee, the Company
shall have the right, in its discretion, to retire an Optionee at any time
pursuant to its retirement rules or otherwise to terminate his or her employment
or service at any time for any reason whatsoever.
SECTION 14
Indemnification of Board and Committee
Without limiting any other rights of indemnification which they may have
from the Company and any Related Corporation (and any affiliate), the members of
the Board and the members of the Committee shall be indemnified by the Company
against all costs and expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with
any claim, action, suit, or proceeding to which they or any of them may be a
party by reason of any action taken or failure to act under, or in connection
with, the Plan, or any Option granted thereunder, and against all
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amounts paid by them in settlement thereof (provided such settlement is approved
by legal counsel selected by the Company) or paid by them in satisfaction of a
judgment in any such action, suit, or proceeding, except a judgment based upon a
finding of willful misconduct or recklessness on their part. Upon the making or
institution of any such claim, action, suit, or proceeding, the Board or
Committee member shall notify the Company in writing, giving the Company an
opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend the same before such Board
or Committee member undertakes to handle it on his own behalf.
SECTION 15
Application of Funds
The proceeds received by the Company from the sale of Common Stock pursuant
to Options granted under the Plan shall be used for general corporate purposes.
Any cash received in payment for shares upon exercise of an Option to purchase
Common Stock shall be added to the general funds of the Company and shall be
used for its corporate purposes. Any Common Stock received in payment for shares
upon exercise of an Option to purchase Common Stock shall become treasury stock.
SECTION 16
Shareholder Approval
This Plan shall become effective as of February 27, 1998 (the date the Plan
was adopted by the Board); provided, however, that if the Plan is not approved
by the Company's shareholders within 12 months before or after said date, the
Plan and all Options granted hereunder shall be null and void and no additional
options shall be granted hereunder.
SECTION 17
No Obligation to Exercise Option
The granting of an Option shall impose no obligation upon an Optionee to
exercise such Option.
SECTION 18
Termination of Plan
Unless earlier terminated as provided in the Plan, the Plan and all
authority granted hereunder shall terminate absolutely at 12:00 midnight on
February 26, 2008, which date is within ten years after the date the Plan was
adopted by the Board (or the date the Plan was approved by the shareholders of
the Company, whichever is earlier), and no Options hereunder shall be granted
thereafter. Nothing contained in this Section 18, however, shall terminate or
affect the continued existence of rights created under Options issued hereunder
and outstanding on February 26, 2008, which by their terms extend beyond such
date.
SECTION 19
Governing Law
With respect to any ISOs granted pursuant to the Plan and the Option
Agreements thereunder, the Plan, such Option Agreements and any ISOs granted
pursuant thereto shall be governed by the applicable Code provisions to the
maximum extent possible. Otherwise, the laws of the state of Delaware shall
govern the operation of, and the rights of Optionees under, the Plan, the Option
Agreements and any Options granted thereunder.
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INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS CORPORATION
1999 STOCK OPTION PLAN
(AMENDED AND RESTATED AS OF JULY 26, 2005)
SECTION 1
Purpose
This INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS CORPORATION 1999 STOCK OPTION PLAN (the
"Plan") is intended to provide a means whereby Integra LifeSciences Holdings
Corporation (the "Company") may, through the grant of incentive stock options
and non-qualified stock options (collectively, "Options") to purchase common
stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share ("Common Stock") to Key
Employees and Associates (both as defined in Section 3 hereof), attract and
retain such Key Employees and Associates and motivate them to exercise their
best efforts on behalf of the Company, any Related Corporation (as defined
below), or any affiliate of the Company or a Related Corporation.
For purposes of the Plan, a "Related Corporation" shall mean either a
"subsidiary corporation" of the Company, as defined in section 424(f) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended ("Code"), or the "parent corporation"
of the Company, as defined in section 424(e) of the Code. Further, as used in
the Plan (a) the term "ISO" shall mean an Option which qualifies as an incentive
stock option within the meaning of section 422 of the Code; and (b) the term
"NQSO" shall mean an Option which does not qualify as an incentive stock option.
SECTION 2
Administration
The Plan shall be administered by the Compensation Committee (the
"Committee") of the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board") which shall
consist solely of not fewer than two directors of the Company who shall be
appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the Board (taking into consideration
the rules under section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act"), and the requirements of section 162(m) of the Code). Each
member of the Committee, while serving as such, shall be deemed to be acting in
his or her capacity as a director of the Company. Acts approved by a majority of
the members of the Committee at which a quorum is present, or acts without a
meeting reduced to or approved in writing by a majority of the members of the
Committee, shall be the valid acts of the Committee. Any authority of the
Committee may be delegated either by the Committee or the Board to a committee
of the Board or any other Plan administrator, but only to the extent such
delegation complies with the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code, Rule
16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act or as required by any other applicable
rule or regulation.
The Committee shall have full authority, subject to the terms of the Plan,
to select the Key Employees and Associates (both as defined in Section 3 hereof)
to be granted ISOs and/or NQSOs under the Plan, to grant Options on behalf of
the Company, and to set the date of grant and the other terms of such Options.
The Committee may correct any defect, supply any omission and reconcile any
inconsistency in this Plan and in any Option granted hereunder in the manner and
to the extent it shall deem desirable. The Committee also shall have the
authority to establish such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the
provisions of the Plan, for the proper administration of the Plan, and to amend,
modify or rescind any such rules and regulations, and to make such
determinations and interpretations under, or in connection with, the Plan, as it
deems necessary or advisable. All such rules, regulations, determinations and
interpretations shall be binding and conclusive upon the Company, its
stockholders and all officers and employees and former officers and employees,
and upon their respective legal representatives, beneficiaries, successors and
assigns, and upon all other persons claiming under or through any of them.
Except as otherwise required by the bylaws of the Company or by applicable law,
no member of the Board or the Committee shall be liable for any action or
determination made in good faith with respect to the Plan or any Option granted
under it.
SECTION 3
Eligibility
(a) In General. Key Employees and Associates shall be eligible to receive
Options under the Plan. Key Employees and Associates who have been granted an
Option under the Plan shall be referred to as "Optionees." More than one Option
may be granted to an Optionee under the Plan.
(b) Key Employees. "Key Employees" are officers, executives, and managerial
and non-managerial employees of the Company, a Related Corporation, or an
affiliate of the Company or a Related Corporation who are selected by the
Committee to receive Options. Key Employees of the Company and/or a Related
Corporation shall be eligible to receive ISOs and/or NQSOs. Key Employees of an
affiliate shall be eligible to receive only NQSOs.
(c) Associates. "Associates" are designated non-employee directors,
consultants and other persons providing services to the Company, a Related
Corporation, or an affiliate of the Company or a Related Corporation. Associates
shall be eligible to receive only NQSOs.
SECTION 4
Stock
The maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued under
Options granted under the Plan shall be 2,000,000; provided, however, that no
Key Employee shall receive Options for more than 1,000,000 shares of Common
Stock over any one-year period. However, both limits in the preceding sentence
shall be subject to adjustment as hereinafter provided. Shares issuable under
the Plan may be authorized but unissued shares or reacquired shares, and the
Company may purchase shares required for this purpose, from time to time, if it
deems such purchase to be advisable.
If any Option granted under the Plan expires or otherwise terminates for
any reason whatsoever (including, without limitation, the Optionee's surrender
thereof) without having been exercised, the shares subject to the unexercised
portion of such Option shall continue to be available for the granting of
Options under the Plan as fully as if such shares had never been subject to an
Option; provided, however, that (a) if an Option is cancelled, the shares of
Common Stock covered by the cancelled Option shall be counted against the
maximum number of shares specified above for which Options may be granted to a
single Key Employee, and (b) if the exercise price of an Option is reduced after
the date of grant, the transaction shall be treated as a cancellation of the
original Option and the grant of a new Option for purposes of counting the
maximum number of shares for which Options may be granted to a Key Employee.
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SECTION 5
Granting of Options
From time to time until the expiration or earlier suspension or
discontinuance of the Plan, the Committee may, on behalf of the Company, grant
to Key Employees and Associates under the Plan such Options as it determines are
warranted, subject to the limitations of the Plan; provided, however, that
grants of ISOs and NQSOs shall be separate and not in tandem, and further
provided that Key Employees of an affiliate and Associates shall not be eligible
to receive ISOs under the Plan. A member of the Committee shall not participate
in a vote approving the grant of an Option to himself or herself to the extent
provided under the laws of Delaware governing corporate self-dealing. The
granting of an Option under the Plan shall not be deemed either to entitle the
Key Employee or Associate to, or to disqualify the Key Employee or Associate
from, any participation in any other grant of Options under the Plan. In making
any determination as to whether a Key Employee or Associate shall be granted an
Option, the type of Option to be granted, and the number of shares to be covered
by such Option, the Committee shall take into account the duties of the Key
Employee or Associate, his or her present and potential contributions to the
success of the Company, a Related Corporation, or an affiliate of the Company or
a Related Corporation, the tax implications to the Company and the Key Employee
or Associate of any Option granted, and such other factors as the Committee
shall deem relevant in accomplishing the purposes of the Plan. Moreover, the
Committee may provide in the Option that said Option may be exercised only if
certain conditions, as determined by the Committee, are fulfilled.
SECTION 6
Annual Limit
(a) ISOs. The aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the date the
ISO is granted) of the Common Stock with respect to which ISOs are exercisable
for the first time by a Key Employee during any calendar year (counting ISOs
under this Plan and incentive stock options under any other stock option plan of
the Company or a Related Corporation) shall not exceed $100,000. The term "Fair
Market Value" shall mean the value of the shares of Common Stock arrived at by a
good faith determination of the Committee and shall be:
(1) The quoted closing price on the last business day prior to the
specified date, if there is a market for the Common Stock on a registered
securities exchange or in an over-the-counter market;
(2) The weighted average of the quoted closing prices on the nearest
date before and the nearest date after the last business day prior to the
specified date, if there are no sales on such day but there are such sales on
dates within a reasonable period both before and after such date;
(3) The mean between the bid and asked prices, as reported by the
National Quotation Bureau on the specified date, if actual sales are not
available during a reasonable period beginning before and ending after the
specified date; or
(4) If (1) through (3) above are not applicable, such other method of
determining Fair Market Value as shall be authorized by the Code, or the rules
or regulations thereunder, and adopted by the Committee.
Where the Fair Market Value of shares of Common Stock is determined under
(2) above, the average of the quoted closing prices on the nearest date before
and the nearest date after the last business day prior to the specified date
shall be weighted inversely by the respective numbers of trading days between
the dates of reported sales and such date (i.e., the valuation date), in
accordance with Treas. Reg. ss. 20.2031-2(b)(1), or any successor thereto.
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(b) Options Over Annual Limit. If an Option intended as an ISO is granted
to a Key Employee of the Company or a Related Corporation and such Option may
not be treated in whole or in part as an ISO pursuant to the limitation in
Subsection (a) above, such Option shall be treated as an ISO to the extent it
may be so treated under such limitation and as an NQSO as to the remainder. For
purposes of determining whether an ISO would cause such limitation to be
exceeded, ISOs shall be taken into account in the order granted.
(c) NQSOs. The annual limits set forth above for ISOs shall not apply to
NQSOs.
SECTION 7
Option Agreements - Other Provisions
Options granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by written documents
("Option Agreements") in such form as the Committee shall, from time to time,
approve. An Option Agreement shall specify whether the Option is an ISO or NQSO;
provided, however, if the Option is not designated in the Option Agreement as an
ISO or NQSO, the Option shall constitute an ISO if it complies with the terms of
section 422 of the Code, and otherwise, it shall constitute an NQSO. Each
Optionee shall enter into, and be bound by, such Option Agreements, as soon as
practicable after the grant of an Option.
In connection with the grant of any Option, the associated Option Agreement
may, in the discretion of the Committee, modify or vary any of the terms of this
Plan, including, without limitation, the terms relating to the vesting and
exercise of Options, both in general and upon termination of employment or
service, disability, and death, the terms relating to the number of shares
issuable upon the exercise of outstanding Options and the treatment of Options
upon the occurrence of certain corporate transactions; provided, however, that
any increase in the maximum number of shares which may be granted to an
individual in a one-year period pursuant to the Plan shall require such
shareholder approval as may be then required under the applicable rules and
regulations under the Code, and that with respect to any grant of an Option
which is intended to be an ISO the terms of the Plan, as in effect on the date
hereof or subsequently amended, and not the terms of the applicable Option
Agreement, shall control. In all other cases, in the event of any inconsistency
or conflict between an Option Agreement approved by the Committee and this Plan,
the terms of the Option Agreement shall control to the extent provided in the
Option Agreement. No Option Agreement may be amended except in a writing
executed by a duly authorized officer of the Company and the Optionee or his or
her permitted successors and assigns.
SECTION 8
Terms and Conditions of Options
Options granted pursuant to the Plan shall include expressly or by
reference the following terms and conditions, as well as such other provisions
not inconsistent with the provisions of this Plan and, for ISOs granted under
this Plan, the provisions of section 422(b) of the Code, as the Committee shall
deem desirable:
(a) Number of Shares. A statement of the number of shares to which the
Option pertains.
(b) Price. A statement of the Option price which shall be determined and
fixed by the Committee in its discretion, but shall not be less than the higher
of 100% (110% in the case of ISOs granted to more than 10% shareholders as
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discussed in Subsection (j) below) of the fair market value of the optioned
shares of Common Stock, or the par value thereof, on the date the Option is
granted.
(c) Term.
(1) ISOs. Subject to earlier termination as provided in Subsections
(e), (f) and (g) below and in Section 9 hereof, the term of each ISO shall be
not more than ten years (five years in the case of more than 10% shareholders as
discussed in Subsection (j) below) from the date of grant.
(2) NQSOs. Subject to earlier termination as provided in Subsections
(e), (f) and (g) below and in Section 9 hereof, the term of each NQSO shall be
not more than ten years from the date of grant.
(d) Exercise.
(1) General. Options shall be exercisable in such installments and on
such dates, not less than three months from the date of grant, as the Committee
may specify, provided that:
(A) in the case of new Options granted to an Optionee in
replacement for options (whether granted under the Plan or otherwise) held by
the Optionee, the new Options may be made exercisable, if so determined by the
Committee, in its discretion, at the earliest date the replaced options were
exercisable, but not earlier than three months from the date of grant of the new
Options; and
(B) the Committee may accelerate the exercise date of any
outstanding Options, in its discretion, if it deems such acceleration to be
desirable.
Any exercisable Option may be exercised at any time up to the expiration or
termination of the Option. Exercisable Options may be exercised, in whole or in
part, from time to time by giving written notice of exercise to the Company at
its principal office, specifying the number of shares to be purchased and
accompanied by payment in full of the aggregate Option exercise price for such
shares (except that, in the case of an exercise arrangement approved by the
Committee and described in Paragraph 2(B)(iv) below, payment may be made as soon
as practicable after the exercise). Only full shares shall be issued under the
Plan, and any fractional share which might otherwise be issuable upon exercise
of an Option granted hereunder shall be forfeited.
(2) Manner of Payment. The Option price shall be payable:
(A) in cash or its equivalent;
(B) in the case of an ISO, if the Committee in its discretion
causes the Option Agreement so to provide, and in the case of an NQSO, if the
Committee in its discretion so determines at or prior to the time of exercise:
(i) in Common Stock previously acquired by the Optionee;
provided that if such shares of Common Stock were acquired through the exercise
of an incentive stock option and are used to pay the Option price of an ISO,
such shares have been held by the Optionee for a period of not less than the
holding period described in section 422(a)(1) of the Code on the date of
exercise, or if such shares of Common Stock were acquired through exercise of a
non-qualified stock option and are used to pay the option price of an ISO, or if
such shares of Common Stock were acquired through the exercise of an incentive
stock option or non-qualified stock option and are used to pay the Option price
of an NQSO, such shares have been held by the Optionee for a period of more than
12 months on the date of exercise;
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(ii) in Common Stock newly acquired by the Optionee upon
exercise of such Option (which shall constitute a disqualifying disposition in
the case of an ISO);
(iii) in the discretion of the Committee, in any combination
of (A), (B)(i) and/or (B)(ii) above; or
(iv) by delivering a properly executed notice of exercise of
the Option to the Company and a broker, with irrevocable instructions to the
broker promptly to deliver to the Company the amount of sale or loan proceeds
necessary to pay the exercise price of the Option.
In the event the Option price is paid, in whole or in part, with shares of
Common Stock, the portion of the Option price so paid shall be equal to the Fair
Market Value on the date of exercise of the Option of the Common Stock
surrendered in payment of such Option price.
(e) Termination of Employment or Service. If an Optionee's employment by or
service with the Company (and Related Corporations and affiliates) is terminated
by either party prior to the expiration date fixed for his or her Option for any
reason other than death or disability, such Option may be exercised, to the
extent of the number of shares with respect to which the Optionee could have
exercised it on the date of such termination, or to any greater extent permitted
by the Committee, by the Optionee at any time prior to the earlier of (i) the
expiration date specified in such Option, or (ii) an accelerated termination
date determined by the Committee, in its discretion, except that, subject to
Section 9 hereof, such accelerated termination date shall not be earlier than
the date of the Optionee's termination of employment or service, and shall not
be later than one year after the date of the Optionee's termination of
employment or service.
(f) Exercise upon Disability of Optionee. If an Optionee shall become
disabled (within the meaning of section 22(e)(3) of the Code) during his or her
employment by or service with the Company (and Related Corporations and
affiliates) and, prior to the expiration date fixed for his or her Option, his
or her employment or service is terminated as a consequence of such disability,
such Option may be exercised, to the extent of the number of shares with respect
to which the Optionee could have exercised it on the date of such termination,
or to any greater extent permitted by the Committee, by the Optionee at any time
prior to the earlier of (i) the expiration date specified in such Option, or
(ii) an accelerated termination date determined by the Committee, in its
discretion, except that, subject to Section 9 hereof, such accelerated
termination date shall not be earlier than the date of the Optionee's
termination of employment or service by reason of disability, and shall not be
later than one year after the date of the Optionee's termination of employment
or service. In the event of the Optionee's legal disability, such Option may be
so exercised by the Optionee's legal representative.
(g) Exercise upon Death of Optionee. If an Optionee shall die during his or
her employment by or service with the Company (and Related Corporations and
affiliates), and prior to the expiration date fixed for his or her Option, or if
an Optionee whose employment or service is terminated for any reason, shall die
following his or her termination of employment or service but prior to the
earliest of (i) the expiration date fixed for his or her Option, (ii) the
expiration of the period determined under Subsections (e) and (f) above, or
(iii) in the case of an ISO, three months following termination of the Key
Employee's employment, such Option may be exercised, to the extent of the number
of shares with respect to which the Optionee could have exercised it on the date
of his or her death, or to any greater extent permitted by the Committee, by the
Optionee's estate, personal representative or beneficiary who acquired the right
to exercise such Option by bequest or inheritance or by reason of the death of
the Optionee, at any time prior to the earlier of (i) the expiration date
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specified in such Option or (ii) an accelerated termination date determined by
the Committee, in its discretion except that, subject to Section 9 hereof, such
accelerated termination date shall not be later than one year after the date of
death.
(h) Non-Transferability. No ISO and, except to the extent provided in the
related Option Agreement, no NQSO shall be assignable or transferable by the
Optionee otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and
during the lifetime of the Optionee, the Option shall be exercisable only by him
or her or by his or her guardian or legal representative. If the Optionee is
married at the time of exercise and if the Optionee so requests at the time of
exercise, the certificate or certificates shall be registered in the name of the
Optionee and the Optionee's spouse, jointly, with right of survivorship.
(i) Rights as a Stockholder. An Optionee shall have no rights as a
stockholder with respect to any shares covered by his or her Option until the
issuance of a stock certificate to him or her for such shares.
(j) Ten Percent Shareholder. If, after applying the attribution rules of
Section 424(d) of the Code, the Optionee owns more than 10% of the total
combined voting power of all shares of stock of the Company or of a Related
Corporation at the time an ISO is granted to him or her, the Option price for
the ISO shall be not less than 110% of the fair market value of the optioned
shares of Common Stock on the date the ISO is granted, and such ISO, by its
terms, shall not be exercisable after the expiration of five years from the date
the ISO is granted. The conditions set forth in this Subsection (j) shall not
apply to NQSOs.
(k) Listing and Registration of Shares. Each Option shall be subject to the
requirement that, if at any time the Committee shall determine, in its
discretion, that the listing, registration or qualification of the shares
covered thereby upon any securities exchange or under any state or federal law,
or the consent or approval of any governmental regulatory body, is necessary or
desirable as a condition of, or in connection with, the granting of such Option
or the purchase of shares thereunder, or that action by the Company, its
shareholders, or the Optionee should be taken in order to obtain an exemption
from any such requirement or to continue any such listing, registration, or
qualification, no such Option may be exercised, in whole or in part, unless and
until such listing, registration, qualification, consent, approval, or action
shall have been effected, obtained, or taken under conditions acceptable to the
Committee. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Optionee or
his or her legal representative or beneficiary may also be required to give
satisfactory assurance that such person is an eligible purchaser under
applicable securities laws, and that shares purchased upon exercise of an Option
are being purchased for investment and not with a view to distribution, and
certificates representing such shares may be legended accordingly.
(l) Withholding and Use of Shares to Satisfy Tax Obligations. The
obligation of the Company to deliver shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of
any Option shall be subject to applicable federal, state and local tax
withholding requirements.
If the exercise of any Option is subject to the withholding requirements of
applicable tax laws, the Committee, in its discretion (and subject to such
withholding rules ("Withholding Rules") as shall be adopted by the Committee),
may permit the Optionee to satisfy the withholding tax, in whole or in part, by
electing to have the Company withhold (or by returning to the Company) shares of
Common Stock, which shares shall be valued, for this purpose, at their Fair
Market Value on the date of exercise of the Option (or if later, the date on
which the Optionee recognizes ordinary income with respect to such exercise)
(the "Determination Date"). An election to use shares of Common Stock to satisfy
tax withholding requirements must be made in compliance with and subject to the
Withholding Rules. The Committee may not withhold shares in excess of the number
necessary to satisfy the minimum income tax withholding requirements. In the
event shares of Common Stock acquired under the exercise of an incentive stock
option are used to satisfy such withholding requirement, such shares of Common
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Stock must have been held by the Optionee for a period of not less than the
holding period described in section 422(a)(1) of the Code on the Determination
Date, or if such shares of Common Stock were acquired through exercise of a
non-qualified stock option, such shares were acquired at least 12 months prior
to the Determination Date.
SECTION 9
Capital Adjustments; Corporate Transactions
The number of shares which may be issued under the Plan, the maximum number
of shares with respect to which Options may be granted to any Key Employee under
the Plan, both as stated in Section 4 hereof, and the number of shares issuable
upon exercise of outstanding Options under the Plan (as well as the Option price
per share under such outstanding Options), shall, subject to the provisions of
section 424(a) of the Code, be adjusted, as may be deemed appropriate by the
Committee, to reflect any stock dividend, stock split, share combination, or
similar change in the capitalization of the Company.
In the event of a corporate transaction (such as, for example, a merger,
consolidation, acquisition of property or stock, separation, reorganization, or
liquidation), each outstanding Option shall be assumed by the surviving or
successor corporation; provided, however, that, in the event of a proposed
corporate transaction, the Committee may terminate all or a portion of the
outstanding Options, effective upon the closing of the corporate transaction, if
it determines that such termination is in the best interests of the Company. If
the Committee decides to terminate outstanding Options, the Committee shall give
each Optionee holding an outstanding Option to be terminated not less than seven
days' notice prior to any such termination by reason of such a corporate
transaction, and any such Option which is to be so terminated may be exercised
(if and only to the extent that it is then exercisable) up to, and including the
date immediately preceding such termination. Further, as provided in Section
8(d) hereof the Committee, in its discretion, may accelerate, in whole or in
part, the date on which any or all Options become exercisable.
The Committee also may, in its discretion, change the terms of any
outstanding Option to reflect any such corporate transaction, provided that, in
the case of ISOs, such change is excluded from the definition of a
"modification" under section 424(h) of the Code.
SECTION 9A
Change in Control
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, all
outstanding Options shall become fully vested and exercisable upon a Change in
Control of the Company. "Change in Control" shall mean any of the following
events:
(a) An acquisition (other than directly from the Company) of any voting
securities of the Company ("Voting Securities") by any "Person" (as such term is
used for purposes of section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act) immediately
after which such Person has "Beneficial Ownership" (within the meaning of Rule
13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 50% or more of the combined voting
power of all the then outstanding Voting Securities, other than the Company, any
trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under any employee benefit plan of
the Company or an affiliate thereof, or any corporation owned, directly or
indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same
proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company; provided, however, that
any acquisition from the Company or any acquisition pursuant to a transaction
which complies with clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of paragraph (c) of this Section
9A shall not be a Change in Control under this paragraph (a);
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(b) The individuals who, as of February 25, 1999, are members of the
Company's Board of Directors (the "Incumbent Board") cease for any reason to
constitute at least two-thirds of the Board of Directors; provided, however,
that if the election, or nomination for election by the shareholders, of any new
director was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the members of the
Board of Directors who constitute Incumbent Board members, such new directors
shall for all purposes be considered as members of the Incumbent Board as of
February 25, 1999; provided further, however, that no individual shall be
considered a member of the Incumbent Board if such individual initially assumed
office as a result of either an actual or threatened "Election Contest" (as
described in Rule 14a-11 promulgated under the Exchange Act) or other actual or
threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other
than the Board of Directors (a "Proxy Contest") including by reason of any
agreement intended to avoid or settle any Election Contest or Proxy Contest;
(c) consummation by the Company of a reorganization, merger, or
consolidation or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the
assets of the Company or the acquisition of assets or stock of another entity (a
"Business Combination"), unless immediately following such Business Combination:
(i) more than 50% of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting
securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of (x) the
corporation resulting from such Business Combination (the "Surviving
Corporation"), or (y) if applicable, a corporation which as a result of such
transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company's assets
either directly or through one or more subsidiaries (the "Parent Corporation"),
is represented, directly or indirectly, by Company Voting Securities outstanding
immediately prior to such Business Combination (or, if applicable, is
represented by shares into which such Company Voting Securities were converted
pursuant to such Business Combination), and such voting power among the holders
thereof is in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately
prior to such Business Combination, of the Company Voting Securities; and (ii)
at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the Parent
Corporation (or, if there is no Parent Corporation, the Surviving Corporation)
were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial
agreement, or the action of the Board, providing for such Business Combination;
(d) approval by the shareholders of the Company of a complete liquidation
or dissolution of the Company; or
(e) acceptance by shareholders of the Company of shares in a share exchange
if the shareholders of the Company immediately before such share exchange do not
own, directly or indirectly, immediately following such share exchange more than
50% of the combined voting power of the outstanding Voting Securities of the
corporation resulting from such share exchange in substantially the same
proportion as their ownership of the Voting Securities outstanding immediately
before such share exchange.
SECTION 10
Acquisitions
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, Options may be granted
hereunder in substitution for options held by directors, key employees, and
associates of other corporations who are about to, or have, become Key Employees
or Associates of the Company or a Related Corporation as a result of a merger,
consolidation, acquisition of assets or similar transaction by the Company or a
Related Corporation. The terms, including the option price, of the substitute
options so granted may vary from the terms set forth in this Plan to such extent
as the Committee may deem appropriate to conform, in whole or in part, to the
provisions of the options in substitution for which they are granted.
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SECTION 11
Amendment or Replacement of Outstanding Options
The Committee shall have the authority to effect, at any time and from time
to time, with the consent of the affected Optionees, the cancellation of any or
all outstanding Options under the Plan and to grant in substitution therefor new
Options under the Plan covering the same or a different number of shares of
Common Stock but having a per share purchase price not less than the greater of
par value or 100% of the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the new
date of the grant. The Committee may permit the voluntary surrender of all or a
portion of any Option to be conditioned upon the granting to the Optionee under
the Plan of a new Option for the same or a different number of shares of Common
Stock as the Option surrendered, or may require such voluntary surrender as a
condition precedent to a grant of a new Option to such Optionee. Any new Option
shall be exercisable at the price, during the period, and in accordance with any
other terms and conditions specified by the Committee at the time the new Option
is granted, all determined in accordance with the provisions of the Plan without
regard to the price, period of exercise, and any other terms or conditions of
the Option surrendered.
SECTION 12
Amendment or Discontinuance of the Plan
The Board from time to time may suspend or discontinue the Plan or, subject
to such shareholder approval as may be then required under the applicable rules
and regulations of the Code or rules of the exchange or market on which the
Common Stock is listed, may amend it in any respect whatsoever. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no such suspension, discontinuance or amendment shall materially
impair the rights of any holder of an outstanding Option without the consent of
such holder.
SECTION 13
Rights
Neither the adoption of the Plan nor any action of the Board or the
Committee shall be deemed to give any individual any right to be granted an
Option, or any other right hereunder, unless and until the Committee shall have
granted such individual an Option, and then his or her rights shall be only such
as are provided by the Option Agreement.
Any Option under the Plan shall not entitle the holder thereof to any
rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to the exercise of such Option and
the issuance of the shares pursuant thereto. Further, notwithstanding any
provisions of the Plan or the Option Agreement with an Optionee, the Company
shall have the right, in its discretion, to retire an Optionee at any time
pursuant to its retirement rules or otherwise to terminate his or her employment
or service at any time for any reason whatsoever.
SECTION 14
Indemnification of Board and Committee
Without limiting any other rights of indemnification which they may have
from the Company and any Related Corporation (and any affiliate), the members of
the Board and the members of the Committee shall be indemnified by the Company
against all costs and expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with
any claim, action, suit, or proceeding to which they or any of them may be a
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party by reason of any action taken or failure to act under, or in connection
with, the Plan, or any Option granted thereunder, and against all amounts paid
by them in settlement thereof (provided such settlement is approved by legal
counsel selected by the Company) or paid by them in satisfaction of a judgment
in any such action, suit, or proceeding, except a judgment based upon a finding
of willful misconduct or recklessness on their part. Upon the making or
institution of any such claim, action, suit, or proceeding, the Board or
Committee member shall notify the Company in writing, giving the Company an
opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend the same before such Board
or Committee member undertakes to handle it on his own behalf.
SECTION 15
Application of Funds
Any cash received in payment for shares upon exercise of an Option to
purchase Common Stock shall be added to the general funds of the Company. Any
Common Stock received in payment for shares upon exercise of an Option to
purchase Common Stock shall become treasury stock.
SECTION 16
Shareholder Approval
This Plan shall become effective as of February 25, 1999 (the date the Plan
was adopted by the Board); provided, however, that if the Plan is not approved
by the Company's shareholders within 12 months before or after said date, the
Plan and all Options granted hereunder shall be null and void and no additional
options shall be granted hereunder.
SECTION 17
No Obligation to Exercise Option
The granting of an Option shall impose no obligation upon an Optionee to
exercise such Option.
SECTION 18
Termination of Plan
Unless earlier terminated as provided in the Plan, the Plan and all
authority granted hereunder shall terminate absolutely at 12:00 midnight on
February 24, 2009, which date is within ten years after the date the Plan was
adopted by the Board (or the date the Plan was approved by the shareholders of
the Company, whichever is earlier), and no Options hereunder shall be granted
thereafter. Nothing contained in this Section 18, however, shall terminate or
affect the continued existence of rights created under Options issued hereunder
and outstanding on February 24, 2009, which by their terms extend beyond such
date.
SECTION 19
Governing Law
With respect to any ISOs granted pursuant to the Plan and the Option
Agreements thereunder, the Plan, such Option Agreements and any ISOs granted
pursuant thereto shall be governed by the applicable Code provisions to the
maximum extent possible. Otherwise, the laws of the state of Delaware shall
govern the operation of, and the rights of Optionees under, the Plan, the Option
Agreements and any Options granted thereunder.
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INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS CORPORATION
2000 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
(AMENDED AND RESTATED AS OF JULY 26, 2005)
INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS CORPORATION
2000 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
(AMENDED AND RESTATED AS OF JULY 26, 2005)
1. PURPOSE.................................................................1
2. DEFINITIONS.............................................................1
3. ADMINISTRATION..........................................................3
4. EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM OF PLAN.........................................4
5. SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN..............................................4
6. ELIGIBILITY.............................................................5
7. TYPES OF AWARDS.........................................................5
7.1 Options........................................................5
7.2 Stock Appreciation Rights......................................6
7.3 Restricted Stock...............................................7
7.4 Performance Stock; Performance Goals...........................8
7.5 Dividend Equivalent Rights.....................................8
7.6 Loans..........................................................8
8. EVENTS AFFECTING OUTSTANDING AWARDS........................................8
8.1 Termination of Service (Other Than by Death or Disability) ....8
8.2 Death or Disability............................................9
8.3 Capital Adjustments...........................................10
8.4 Certain Corporate Transactions................................10
8.5 Exercise Upon Change in Control...............................12
9. AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION OF THE PLAN......................................12
10. MISCELLANEOUS.............................................................12
10.1 Documentation of Awards.......................................12
10.2 Rights as a Stockholder.......................................12
10.3 Conditions on Delivery of Shares..............................12
10.4 Investment Purpose............................................13
10.5 Registration and Listing of Shares ..........................13
10.6 Compliance with Rule 16b-3....................................13
10.7 Tax Withholding...............................................13
10.8 Nontransferability of Awards..................................14
10.9 Registration..................................................14
10.10 Acquisitions..................................................14
10.11 Amendment or Replacement of Outstanding Options...............14
10.12 Employment Rights.............................................14
10.13 Indemnification of Board and Committee........................14
10.14 Application of Funds..........................................15
10.15 Governing Law.................................................15
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INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS CORPORATION
2000 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
(AMENDED AND RESTATED AS OF JULY 26, 2005)
WHEREAS, Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation (the "Company") desires
to have the ability to award certain equity-based benefits and/or loans to
certain Key Employees and Associates;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation 2000 Equity
Incentive Plan is hereby adopted under the following terms and conditions:
1. Purpose. The Plan is intended to provide a means whereby the Company may
grant ISOs to Key Employees and may grant NQSOs, Restricted Stock, Stock
Appreciation Rights, Performance Stock, Dividend Equivalent Rights, and/or Loans
to Key Employees and Associates. Thereby, the Company expects to attract and
retain such Key Employees and Associates and to motivate them to exercise their
best efforts on behalf of the Company and its Related Corporations and any
affiliates of the Company or its Related Corporations.
2. Definitions
(a) "Associate" shall mean a designated non-employee director, consultant,
or other person providing services to the Company, a Related Corporation, or an
affiliate of the Company or a Related Corporation.
(b) "Award" shall mean ISOs, NQSOs, Restricted Stock, Stock Appreciation
Rights, Performance Stock, Dividend Equivalent Rights, and/or Loans awarded by
the Committee to a Participant.
(c) "Award Agreement" shall mean a written document evidencing the grant of
an Award, as described in Section 10.1.
(d) "Board" shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.
(e) "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(f) "Committee" shall mean the Compensation Committee of the Board, which
shall consist solely of not fewer than two directors of the Company who shall be
appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the Board (taking into consideration
the rules under section 16(b) of the Exchange Act and the requirements of
section 162(m) of the Code).
(g) "Company" shall mean Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation, a
Delaware corporation.
(h) "Disability" shall mean separation from service as a result of
"permanent and total disability," as defined in section 22(e)(3) of the Code.
(i) "Dividend Equivalent Right" shall mean an Award that entitles the
recipient to receive a benefit in lieu of cash dividends that would have been
payable on any or all Shares subject to another Award granted to the Participant
had such Shares been outstanding.
(j) "Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
(k) "Fair Market Value" shall mean the following, arrived at by a good
faith determination of the Committee:
(i) if there are sales of Shares on a national securities exchange or
in an over-the-counter market on the date of grant (or on such other date as
value must be determined), then the quoted closing price on such date; or
(ii) if there are no such sales of Shares on the date of grant (or on
such other date as value must be determined) but there are such sales on dates
within a reasonable period both before and after such date, the weighted average
of the quoted closing price on the nearest date before and the nearest date
after such date on which there were such sales; or
(iii) if actual sales are not available during a reasonable period
beginning before and ending after the date of grant (or on such other date as
value must be determined), then the mean between the bid and asked price on such
date as reported by the National Quotation Bureau; or
(iv) if (i) through (iii) are not applicable, then such other method
of determining fair market value as shall be adopted by the Committee.
Where the Fair Market Value of Shares is determined under (ii) above, the
average of the quoted closing prices on the nearest date before and the nearest
date after the last business day prior to the specified date shall be weighted
inversely by the respective numbers of trading days between the dates of
reported sales and such date (i.e., the valuation date), in accordance with
Treas. Reg. ss.20.2031-2(b)(1), or any successor thereto.
(l) "ISO" shall mean an Option which, at the time such Option is granted
under the Plan, qualifies as an incentive stock option within the meaning of
section 422 of the Code, unless the Award Agreement states that the Option will
not be treated as an ISO.
(m) "Key Employee" shall mean an officer, executive, or managerial or
non-managerial employee of the Company, a Related Corporation, or an affiliate
of the Company or a Related Corporation.
(n) "NQSO" shall mean an Option that, at the time such Option is granted to
a Participant does not meet the definition of an ISO, whether or not it is
designated as a nonqualified stock option in the Award Agreement.
(o) "Option" is an Award entitling the Participant on exercise thereof to
purchase Shares at a specified exercise price.
(p) "Participant" shall mean a Key Employee or Associate who has been
granted an Award under the Plan.
(q) "Performance Stock" shall mean an Award that entitles the recipient to
receive Shares, without payment, following the attainment of designated
Performance Goals.
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(r) "Performance Goals" shall mean goals deemed by the Committee to be
important to the success of the Company or any of its Related Corporations. The
Committee shall establish the specific measures for each such goal at the time
an Award of Performance Stock is granted. In creating these measures, the
Committee may use one or more of the following business criteria: return on
assets, return on net assets, asset turnover, return on equity, return on
capital, market price appreciation of Shares, economic value added, total
stockholder return, net income, pre-tax income, earnings per share, operating
profit margin, net income margin, sales margin, cash flow, market share,
inventory turnover, sales growth, capacity utilization, increase in customer
base, environmental health and safety, diversity, and/or quality. The business
criteria may be expressed in absolute terms or relative to the performance of
other companies or an index.
(s) "Plan" shall mean the Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation 2000
Equity Incentive Plan, as set forth herein and as it may be amended from time to
time.
(t) "Related Corporation" shall mean either a "subsidiary corporation" of
the Company, as defined in section 424(f) of the Code, or the "parent
corporation" of the Company (if any), as defined in section 424(e) of the Code.
(u) "Restricted Stock" shall mean an Award that grants the recipient at no
cost (or entitles the recipient to acquire, for a purchase price to be specified
by the Committee, but in no event less than par value) Shares subject to
whatever restrictions are determined by the Committee.
(v) "Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(w) "Shares" shall mean shares of common stock of the Company, par value
$0.01 per share.
(x) "Stock Appreciation Right" shall mean an Award entitling the recipient
on exercise to receive an amount, in cash or Shares or a combination thereof
(such form to be determined by the Committee), determined in whole or in part by
reference to appreciation in Share value.
3. Administration
(a) The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. Each member of the
Committee, while serving as such, shall be deemed to be acting in his or her
capacity as a director of the Company. Acts approved by a majority of the
members of the Committee at which a quorum is present, or acts without a meeting
reduced to or approved in writing by a majority of the members of the Committee,
shall be the valid acts of the Committee. Any authority of the Committee may be
delegated either by the Committee or the Board to a committee of the Board or
any other Plan administrator, but only to the extent such delegation complies
with the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code, Rule 16b-3 promulgated
under the Exchange Act or as required by any other applicable rule or
regulation.
(b) The Committee shall have the authority:
(i) to select the Key Employees and Associates to be granted Awards
under the Plan and to grant such Awards at such time or times as it may choose;
(ii) to determine the type and size of each Award, including the
number of Shares subject to the Award;
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(iii) to determine the terms and conditions of each Award;
(iv) to amend an existing Award in whole or in part (including the
extension of the exercise period for any NQSO), except that the Committee may
not (i) lower the exercise price of any Option or the purchase price of any
Restricted Stock, or (ii) without the consent of the Participant holding the
Award, take any action under this clause if such action would adversely affect
the rights of such Participant;
(v) to adopt, amend, and rescind rules and regulations for the
administration of the Plan;
(vi) to interpret the Plan and decide any questions and settle any
controversies that may arise in connection with it; and
(vii) to adopt such modifications, amendments, procedures, sub-plans,
and the like, which may be inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as may
be necessary to comply with the laws and regulations of other countries in which
the Company, Related Corporations, and affiliates operate in order to assure the
viability of Awards granted under the Plan to individuals in such other
countries.
Such determinations and actions of the Committee, and all other determinations
and actions of the Committee made or taken under authority granted by any
provision of the Plan, shall be conclusive and shall bind all parties. Nothing
in this subsection (b) shall be construed as limiting the power of the Board or
the Committee to make the adjustments described in Sections 8.3 and 8.4.
4. Effective Date and Term of Plan
(a) Effective Date. The Plan, having been adopted by the Board on April 11,
2000, shall become effective on that date, but subject to the approval of the
stockholders of the Company pursuant to Section 9(b). Awards may be granted
under the Plan prior to such stockholder approval (but after the Board's
adoption of the Plan), subject to such stockholder approval.
(b) Term of Plan for ISOS. No ISO may be granted under the Plan after April
10, 2010, but ISOs previously granted may extend beyond that date. Awards other
than ISOs may be granted after that date.
5. Shares Subject to the Plan. The aggregate number of Shares that may be
delivered under the Plan is 2,000,000. Further, no Key Employee shall receive
Options and/or Stock Appreciation Rights for more than 1,000,000 Shares during
any calendar year under the Plan. However, the limits in the preceding two
sentences shall be subject to the adjustment described in Section 8.3. Shares
delivered under the Plan may be authorized but unissued Shares or reacquired
Shares, and the Company may purchase Shares required for this purpose, from time
to time, if it deems such purchase to be advisable. If any Award that requires
the Participant to exercise it in order for Shares to be delivered terminates
without having been exercised in full, or if any Award that is payable in Shares
or cash is satisfied in cash rather than in Shares, the number of Shares as to
which such Award was not exercised or for which cash was substituted shall
continue to be available for future Awards granted under the Plan.
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6. Eligibility. The class of individuals who shall be eligible to receive
Awards under the Plan shall be the Key Employees (including any directors of the
Company who are also officers or Key Employees) and the Associates. More than
one Award may be granted to a Key Employee or Associate under the Plan.
7. Types of Awards
7.1 Options
(a) Kinds of Options. Both ISOs and NQSOs may be granted under the Plan.
However, ISOs may only be granted to Key Employees of the Company or of a
Related Corporation. Once an ISO has been granted, no action by the Committee
that would cause the Option to lose its status as an ISO under the Code will be
effective without the consent of the Participant holding the Option.
(b) $100,000 Limit. The aggregate Fair Market Value of the Shares with
respect to which ISOs are exercisable for the first time by a Key Employee
during any calendar year (counting ISOs under this Plan and under any other
stock option plan of the Company or a Related Corporation) shall not exceed
$100,000. If an Option intended as an ISO is granted to a Key Employee and the
Option may not be treated in whole or in part as an ISO pursuant to the $100,000
limit, the Option shall be treated as an ISO to the extent it may be so treated
under the limit and as an NQSO as to the remainder. For purposes of determining
whether an ISO would cause the limit to be exceeded, ISOs shall be taken into
account in the order granted. The annual limits set forth above for ISOs shall
not apply to NQSOs.
(c) Exercise Price. The exercise price of an Option shall be determined by
the Committee, subject to the following:
(i) The exercise price of an ISO shall not be less than 100 percent
(110 percent in the case of an ISO granted to a 10-percent shareholder) of the
Fair Market Value of the Shares subject to the Option, determined as of the time
the Option is granted. A "10-percent shareholder" is any person who at the time
of grant owns, directly or indirectly, or is deemed to own by reason of the
attribution rules of section 424(d) of the Code, Shares possessing more than 10
percent of the total combined voting power of all classes of Shares of the
Company or of a Related Corporation.
(ii) In no case may the exercise price paid for Shares be less than
the par value per Share.
(d) Term of Options. The term of each Option may not be more than 10 years
(five years, in the case of an ISO granted to a "10-percent shareholder," as
defined in subsection (c) above) from the date the Option was granted, or such
earlier date as may be specified in the Award Agreement.
(e) Exercise of Options. An Option shall become exercisable at such time or
times (but not less than three months from the date of grant), and on such
conditions, as the Committee may specify. The Committee may at any time and from
time to time accelerate the time at which all or any part of the Option may be
exercised. Any exercise of an Option must be in writing, signed by the proper
person, and delivered or mailed to the Company, accompanied by (i) any other
documents required by the Committee and (ii) payment in full in accordance with
subsection (f) below for the number of Shares for which the Option is exercised
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(except that, in the case of an exercise arrangement approved by the Committee
and described in subsection (f)(iv) below, payment may be made as soon as
practicable after the exercise). Only full shares shall be issued under the
Plan, and any fractional share that might otherwise be issuable upon exercise of
an Option granted hereunder shall be forfeited.
(f) Payment for Shares. Shares purchased on the exercise of an Option shall
be paid for as follows:
(i) in cash or by check (acceptable to the Committee), bank draft, or
money order payable to the order of the Company;
(ii) in Shares previously acquired by the Participant; provided,
however, that if such Shares were acquired through the exercise of an ISO and
are used to pay the Option price of an ISO, such Shares have been held by the
Participant for a period of not less than the holding period described in
section 422(a)(1) of the Code on the date of exercise, or if such Shares were
acquired through the exercise of an NQSO and are used to pay the option price of
an ISO, or if such Shares were acquired through the exercise of an ISO or an
NQSO and are used to pay the Option price of an NQSO, such Shares have been held
by the Participant for such period of time as required to be considered "mature"
Shares for purposes of accounting treatment;
(iii) in shares newly acquired by the Participant upon exercise of
such option (which shall constitute a disqualifying disposition in the case of
ISOs);
(iv) by delivering a properly executed notice of exercise of the
Option to the Company and a broker, with irrevocable instructions to the broker
promptly to deliver to the Company the amount of sale or loan proceeds necessary
to pay the exercise price of the Option; or
(v) by any combination of the above-listed forms of payment.
In the event the Option price is paid, in whole or in part, with Shares, the
portion of the Option price so paid shall be equal to the Fair Market Value on
the date of exercise of the Option of Shares surrendered in payment of such
Option price.
7.2 Stock Appreciation Rights
(a) Nature of Stock Appreciation Rights. A Stock Appreciation Right
entitles the Participant to receive, with respect to each Share as to which the
Stock Appreciation Right is exercised, the excess of the Share's Fair Market
Value on the date of exercise over its Fair Market Value on the date the Stock
Appreciation Right was granted. Such excess shall be paid in cash, Shares, or a
combination thereof, as determined by the Committee.
(b) Grant of Stock Appreciation Rights. Stock Appreciation Rights may be
granted in tandem with, or independently of, Options granted under the Plan. A
Stock Appreciation Right granted in tandem with an Option that is not an ISO may
be granted either at or after the time the Option is granted. A Stock
Appreciation Right granted in tandem with an ISO may be granted only at the time
the ISO is granted.
(c) Rules Applicable to Tandem Awards. When Stock Appreciation Rights are
granted in tandem with Options, the number of Stock Appreciation Rights granted
to a Participant that shall be exercisable during a specified period shall not
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exceed the number of Shares that the Participant may purchase upon the exercise
of the related Option during such period. Upon the exercise of an Option, the
Stock appreciation Right relating to the Shares covered by such Option will
terminate. Upon the exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right, the related Option
will terminate to the extent of an equal number of Shares. The Stock
Appreciation Right will be exercisable only at such time or times, and to the
extent, that the related Option is exercisable and will be exercisable in
accordance with the procedure required for exercise of the related Option. The
Stock Appreciation Right will be transferable only when the related Option is
transferable, and under the same conditions. A Stock Appreciation Right granted
in tandem with an ISO may be exercised only when the Fair Market Value of the
Shares subject to the ISO exceeds the exercise price of such ISO.
(d) Exercise of Independent Stock Appreciation Rights. A Stock Appreciation
Right not granted in tandem with an Option shall become exercisable at such time
or times, and on such conditions, as the Committee may specify in the Award
Agreement. The Committee may at any time accelerate the time at which all or any
part of the Stock Appreciation Right may be exercised. Any exercise of an
independent Stock Appreciation Right must be in writing, signed by the proper
person, and delivered or mailed to the Company, accompanied by any other
documents required by the Committee.
7.3 Restricted Stock
(a) General Requirements. Restricted Stock may be issued or transferred for
consideration or for no consideration, as determined by the Committee. If for
consideration, payment may be in cash or check (acceptable to the Committee),
bank draft, or money order payable to the order of the Company.
(b) Rights as a Stockholder. Unless the Committee determines otherwise, a
Participant who receives Restricted Stock shall have certain rights of a
stockholder with respect to the Restricted Stock, including voting and dividend
rights, subject to the restrictions described in subsection (c) below and any
other conditions imposed by the Committee at the time of grant. Unless the
Committee determines otherwise, certificates evidencing shares of Restricted
Stock will remain in the possession of the Company until such Shares are free of
all restrictions under the Plan.
(c) Restrictions. Except as otherwise specifically provided by the Plan,
Restricted Stock may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged, or otherwise
encumbered or disposed of, and if the Participant ceases to provide services to
any of the Company or its Related Corporations for any reason, must be offered
to the Company for purchase for the amount paid for the Shares, or forfeited to
the Company if nothing was so paid. These restrictions will lapse at such time
or times, and on such conditions, as the Committee may specify in the Award
Agreement. Upon the lapse of all restrictions, Shares will cease to be
Restricted Stock for purposes of the Plan. The Committee may at any time
accelerate the time at which the restrictions on all or any part of the Shares
will lapse.
(d) Notice of Tax Election. Any Participant making an election under
section 83(b) of the Code for the immediate recognition of income attributable
to the Award of Restricted Stock must provide a copy thereof to the Company
within 10 days of the filing of such election with the Internal Revenue Service.
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7.4 Performance Stock; Performance Goals
(a) Grant. The Committee may grant Performance Stock to any Key Employee or
Associate, conditioned upon the meeting of designated Performance Goals. The
Committee shall determine the number of Shares of Performance Stock to be
granted.
(b) Performance Period and Performance Goals. When Performance Stock is
granted, the Committee shall establish the performance period during which
performance shall be measured, the Performance Goals, and such other conditions
of the Award as the Committee deems appropriate.
(c) Delivery of Performance Stock. At the end of each performance period,
the Committee shall determine to what extent the Performance Goals and other
conditions of the Award have been met and the number of Shares, if any, to be
delivered with respect to the Award.
(d) Maximum Payment. The maximum fair market value of Performance Stock
that may be delivered to a Participant in any one calendar year is $5,000,000.
7.5 Dividend Equivalent Rights. The Committee may provide for payment to
the Participant of Dividend Equivalent Rights, either currently or in the
future, or for the investment of such Dividend Equivalent Rights on behalf of
the Participant.
7.6 Loans. The Committee may authorize a Loan from the Company to a
Participant, either on the date of or after the grant of any Award to the
Participant (except that the ability of the Committee to authorize a Loan in
connection with an Award of ISOs must be included in the Participant's Award
Agreement at the time of the Award). A Loan may be made either in connection
with the purchase of Shares under the Award or with the payment of any Federal,
state, and local income tax with respect to income recognized as a result of the
Award. The Committee will have full authority to decide whether to make a Loan
and to determine the amount, terms, and conditions of the Loan, whether the Loan
is to be secured or unsecured, the terms on which the Loan is to be repaid, and
the conditions, if any, under which it may be forgiven. However, the Loan will
be made on the Participant's personal, negotiable, demand promissory note, and
will bear interest at a rate not lower than the lowest rate that will avoid the
imputation of interest under section 7872 of the Code.
8. Events Affecting Outstanding Awards
8.1 Termination of Service (Other Than by Death or Disability). If a
Participant ceases to provide services to the Company and its Related
Corporations for any reason other than death or Disability, as the case may be,
the following shall apply:
(a) Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, all Options and Stock
Appreciation Rights held by the Participant that were not exercisable
immediately prior to the Participant's termination of service shall terminate at
that time. Any Options or Stock Appreciation Rights that were exercisable
immediately prior to the termination of service will continue to be exercisable
for three months (or for such longer period as the Committee may determine), and
shall thereupon terminate, unless the Award Agreement provides by its terms for
immediate termination in the event of termination of service. In no event,
however, shall an Option or Stock Appreciation Right remain exercisable beyond
the latest date on which it could have been exercised without regard to this
Section. For purposes of this subsection (a), a termination of service shall not
be deemed to have resulted by reason of a sick leave or other bona fide leave of
absence approved for purposes of the Plan by the Committee.
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(b) Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, all Restricted Stock
held by the Participant at the time of the termination of service must be
transferred to the Company (and, in the event the certificates representing such
Restricted Stock are held by the Company, such Restricted Stock shall be so
transferred without any further action by the Participant), in accordance with
Section 7.3.
(c) Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, all Performance Stock
to which the Participant was not irrevocably entitled prior to the termination
of service shall be forfeited and the Award cancelled as of the date of such
termination of service.
(d) Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, all Dividend
Equivalent Rights to which the Participant was not irrevocably entitled prior to
the termination of service shall be forfeited and the Award cancelled as of the
date of such termination of service.
(e) Payment of any outstanding Loan upon a Participant's termination of
service shall be governed by the terms of the loan agreement entered into by the
Company and the Participant.
8.2 Death Or Disability. If a Participant dies or incurs a Disability, the
following shall apply:
(a) Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, all Options and Stock
Appreciation Rights held by the Participant immediately prior to death or
Disability, as the case may be, to the extent then exercisable, may be exercised
by the Participant's executor or administrator or by the person or persons to
whom the Option or Stock Appreciation Right is transferred by will or the laws
of descent and distribution, at any time within the one-year period ending with
the first anniversary of the Participant's death or Disability (or such shorter
or longer period as the Committee may determine), and shall thereupon terminate.
In no event, however, shall an Option or Stock Appreciation Right remain
exercisable beyond the latest date on which it could have been exercised without
regard to this Section. Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, all
Options and Stock Appreciation Rights held by a Participant immediately prior to
death or Disability that are not then exercisable shall terminate at the date of
death or Disability.
(b) Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, all Restricted Stock
held by the Participant at the date of death or Disability, as the case may be,
must be transferred to the Company (and, in the event the certificates
representing such Restricted Stock are held by the Company, such Restricted
Stock shall be so transferred without any further action by the Participant), in
accordance with Section 7.3.
(c) Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, all Performance Stock
to which the Participant was not irrevocably entitled prior to death or
Disability, as the case may be, shall be forfeited and the Award canceled as of
the date of death or Disability.
(d) Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, all Dividend
Equivalent Rights to which the Participant was not irrevocably entitled prior to
death or Disability, as the case may be, shall be forfeited and the Award
canceled as of the date of death or Disability.
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(e) Payment of any outstanding Loan upon a Participant's death or
Disability shall be governed by the terms of the loan agreement entered into by
the Company and the Participant.
8.3 Capital Adjustments. The number of Shares that may be delivered under
the Plan, the maximum number of Shares that may be made subject to ISOs, and the
maximum number of Shares with respect to which Options or Stock Appreciation
Rights may be granted to any Participant under the Plan, all as stated in
Section 5, and the number of Shares issuable upon the exercise or vesting of
outstanding Awards under the Plan (as well as the exercise price per Share under
outstanding Options) shall be proportionately adjusted, as may be deemed
appropriate by the Committee, to reflect any increase or decrease in the number
of issued Shares resulting from a subdivision (share-split), consolidation
(reverse split), stock dividend, or similar change in the capitalization of the
Company.
8.4 Certain Corporate Transactions
(a) In the event of a corporate transaction (as, for example, a merger,
consolidation, acquisition of property or stock, separation, reorganization, or
liquidation), each outstanding Award shall be assumed by the surviving or
successor entity; provided, however, that in the event of a proposed corporate
transaction, the Committee may terminate all or a portion of any outstanding
Award, effective upon the closing of the corporate transaction, if it determines
that such termination is in the best interests of the Company.
If the Committee decides to terminate outstanding Options or Stock
Appreciation Rights, the Committee shall give each Participant holding an Option
or Stock Appreciation Right to be terminated not less than seven days' notice
prior to any such termination, and any Option or Stock Appreciation Right that
is to be so terminated may be exercised (if and only to the extent that it is
then exercisable) up to, and including the date immediately preceding such
termination. Further, the Committee, in its discretion, may (i) accelerate, in
whole or in part, the date on which any or all Options and Stock Appreciation
Rights become exercisable, (ii) remove the restrictions from the outstanding
Shares of Restricted Stock, (iii) cause the delivery of any Performance Stock,
even if the associated Performance Goals have not been met, (iv) cause the
payment of any Dividend equivalent Rights, and/or (v) forgive all or any portion
of the principal of, or interest on, a Loan. The Committee also may, in its
discretion, change the terms of any outstanding Award to reflect any such
corporate transaction, provided that, in the case of ISOs, such change would not
constitute a "modification" under section 424(h) of the Code, unless the
Participant consents to the change.
(b) With respect to an outstanding Award held by a Participant who,
following the corporate transaction, will be employed by or otherwise providing
services to an entity which is a surviving or acquiring entity in such
transaction or an affiliate of such an entity, the Committee may, in lieu of the
action described in subsection (a) above, arrange to have such surviving or
acquiring entity or affiliate grant to the Participant a replacement award
which, in the judgment of the Committee, is substantially equivalent to the
Award.
8.5 Exercise Upon Change in Control
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, all outstanding
Options and any Stock Appreciation Rights in tandem with such Options shall
become fully vested and exercisable upon a Change in Control.
(b) "Change in Control" shall mean:
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(i) An acquisition (other than directly from the Company) of any
voting securities of the Company ("Voting Securities") by any "Person" (as such
term is used for purposes of section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act)
immediately after which such Person has "Beneficial Ownership" (within the
meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 50% or more of the
combined voting power of all the then outstanding Voting Securities, other than
the Company, any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under any
employee benefit plan of the Company or an affiliate thereof, or any corporation
owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in
substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company;
provided, however, that any acquisition from the Company or any acquisition
pursuant to a transaction which complies with clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of
subsection (c) of this Section shall not be a Change in Control under this
subsection (a);
(ii) The individuals who, as of March 1, 2000, are members of the
Board (the "Incumbent Board") cease for any reason to constitute at least
two-thirds of the Board; provided, however, that if the election, or nomination
for election by the shareholders, of any new director was approved by a vote of
at least two-thirds of the members of the Board who constitute Incumbent Board
members, such new directors shall for all purposes be considered as members of
the Incumbent Board as of March 1, 2000; provided further, however, that no
individual shall be considered a member of the Incumbent Board if such
individual initially assumed office as a result of either an actual or
threatened "Election Contest" (as described in Rule 14a-11 promulgated under the
Exchange Act) or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents
by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board of Directors (a "Proxy
Contest") including by reason of any agreement intended to avoid or settle any
Election Contest or Proxy Contest;
(iii) consummation by the Company of a reorganization, merger, or
consolidation or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the
assets of the Company or the acquisition of assets or stock of another entity (a
"Business Combination"), unless immediately following such Business Combination:
(i) more than 50% of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting
securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of (x) the
corporation resulting from such Business Combination (the "Surviving
Corporation"), or (y) if applicable, a corporation which as a result of such
transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company's assets
either directly or through one or more subsidiaries (the "Parent Corporation"),
is represented, directly or indirectly, by Company Voting Securities outstanding
immediately prior to such Business Combination (or, if applicable, is
represented by shares into which such Company Voting Securities were converted
pursuant to such Business Combination), and such voting power among the holders
thereof is in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately
prior to such Business Combination, of the Company Voting Securities; and (ii)
at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the Parent
Corporation (or, if there is no Parent Corporation, the Surviving Corporation)
were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial
agreement, or the action of the Board, providing for such Business Combination;
(iv) approval by the shareholders of the Company of a complete
liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or
(v) acceptance by the shareholders of the Company of shares in a share
exchange if the shareholders of the Company immediately before such share
exchange do not own, directly or indirectly, immediately following such share
exchange more than 50% of the combined voting power of the outstanding Voting
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Securities of the corporation resulting from such share exchange in
substantially the same proportion as their ownership of the Voting Securities
outstanding immediately before such share exchange.
9. Amendment Or Termination Of The Plan
9.1 In General. The Board, pursuant to a written resolution, may from time
to time suspend or terminate the Plan or amend it, and, except as provided in
Section 3(b)(4), the Committee may amend any outstanding Awards in any respect
whatsoever; except that, without the approval of the shareholders (given in the
manner set forth in subsection (b) below):
(i) no amendment may be made that would:
(A) change the class of employees eligible to participate in the Plan
with respect to ISOs;
(B) except as permitted under Section 8.3, increase the maximum number
of Shares with respect to which ISOs may be granted under the Plan; or
(C) extend the duration of the Plan under Section 4 with respect to
any ISOs granted hereunder; and
(ii) no amendment may be made that would constitute a modification of the
material terms of the "performance goal" within the meaning of Treas. Reg. ss.
1.162-27(e)(4)(vi) or any successor thereto (to the extent compliance with
section 162(m) of the Code is desired).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such suspension, discontinuance, or amendment
shall materially impair the rights of any Participant holding an outstanding
Award without the consent of such Participant.
(b) Manner Of Shareholder Approval. The approval of shareholders must be
effected by a majority of the votes cast (including abstentions, to the extent
abstentions are counted as voting under applicable state law), in a separate
vote at a duly held shareholders' meeting at which a quorum representing a
majority of all outstanding voting Shares is, either in person or by proxy,
present and voting on the Plan.
10. Miscellaneous
10.1 Documentation of Awards. Awards shall be evidenced by such written
Award Agreements, if any, as may be prescribed by the Committee from time to
time. Such instruments may be in the form of agreements to be executed by both
the Participant and the Company, or certificates, letters, or similar
instruments, which need not be executed by the Participant but acceptance of
which will evidence agreement to the terms thereof.
10.2 Rights as a Stockholder. Except as specifically provided by the Plan
or an Award Agreement, the receipt of an Award shall not give a Participant
rights as a stockholder; instead, the Participant shall obtain such rights,
subject to any limitations imposed by the Plan or the Award Agreement, upon the
actual receipt of Shares.
10.3 Conditions on Delivery of Shares. The Company shall not deliver any
Shares pursuant to the Plan or remove restrictions from Shares previously
delivered under the Plan (i) until all conditions of the Award have been
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satisfied or removed, (ii) until all applicable Federal and state laws and
regulations have been complied with, and (iii) if the outstanding Shares are at
the time of such delivery listed on any stock exchange, until the Shares to be
delivered have been listed or authorized to be listed on such exchange. If an
Award is exercised by the Participant's legal representative, the Company will
be under no obligation to deliver Shares pursuant to such exercise until the
Company is satisfied as to the authority of such representative.
10.4 Investment Purpose. Each Award shall be granted on the condition that
the purchase or grant of Shares thereunder shall be for investment purposes and
not with a view to resale or distribution, except that in the event the Shares
subject to such Award are registered under the Securities Act, or in the event a
resale of such Shares without such registration would otherwise be permissible,
such condition shall be inoperative if in the opinion of counsel for the Company
such condition is not required under the Securities Act or any other applicable
law, regulation, or rule of any governmental agency.
10.5 Registration and Listing of Shares. If the Company shall deem it
necessary to register under the Securities Act or any other applicable statute
any Shares purchased under this Plan, or to qualify any such Shares for an
exemption from any such statutes, the Company shall take such action at its own
expense. If Shares are listed on any national securities exchange at the time
any Shares are purchased hereunder, the Company shall make prompt application
for the listing on such national securities exchange of such Shares, at its own
expense. Purchases and grants of Shares hereunder shall be postponed as
necessary pending any such action.
10.6 Compliance with Rule 16b-3. All elections and transactions under this
Plan by persons subject to Rule 16b-3, promulgated under section 16(b) of the
Exchange Act, or any successor to such Rule, are intended to comply with at
least one of the exemptive conditions under such Rule. The Committee shall
establish such administrative guidelines to facilitate compliance with at least
one such exemptive condition under Rule 16b-3 as the Committee may deem
necessary or appropriate. If any provision of this Plan, any administrative
guideline, or any act or omission with respect to this Plan (including any act
or omission by a Participant) fails to satisfy such exemptive condition under
Rule 16b-3 or otherwise is inconsistent with such condition, such provision,
guideline, or act or omission shall be deemed null and void.
10.7 Tax Withholding
(a) Obligation to Withhold. The Company shall withhold from any cash
payment made pursuant to an Award an amount sufficient to satisfy all Federal,
state, and local withholding tax requirements (the "withholding requirements").
In the case of an Award pursuant to which Shares may be delivered, the Committee
may require that the Participant or other appropriate person remit to the
Company an amount sufficient to satisfy the withholding requirements, or make
other arrangements satisfactory to the Committee with regard to such
requirements, prior to the delivery of any Shares.
(b) Election to Withhold Shares. The Committee, in its discretion, may
permit or require the Participant to satisfy the federal, state, and/or local
withholding tax, in whole or in part, by electing to have the Company withhold
Shares (or by returning previously acquired Shares to the Company); provided,
however, that the Company may limit the number of Shares withheld to satisfy the
tax withholding requirements to the extent necessary to avoid adverse accounting
consequences. Shares shall be valued, for purposes of this subsection (b), at
their Fair Market Value determined as of the date an amount is includible in
income by the Participant (the "Determination Date"), rather than the date of
grant). If Shares acquired by the exercise of an ISO are used to satisfy the
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withholding requirement described above, such Shares must have been held by the
Participant for a period of not less than the holding period described in
section 422(a)(1) of the Code as of the Determination Date. The Committee shall
adopt such withholding rules as it deems necessary to carry out the provisions
of this subsection (b).
10.8 Nontransferability of Awards. No Award may be transferred other than
by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and during a Participant's
lifetime an Award requiring exercise may be exercised only by the Participant
(or in the event of the Participant's incapacity, by the person or persons
legally appointed to act on the Participant's behalf).
10.9 Registration. If the Participant is married at the time Shares are
delivered and if the Participant so requests at such time, the certificate or
certificates for such Shares shall be registered in the name of the Participant
and the Participant's spouse, jointly, with right of survivorship.
10.10 Acquisitions. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan,
Awards may be granted hereunder in substitution for awards held by directors,
key employees, and associates of other corporations who are about to, or have,
become Key Employees or Associates as a result of a merger, consolidation,
acquisition of assets, or similar transaction by the Company or a Related
Corporation. The terms of the substitute Awards so granted may vary from the
terms set forth in this Plan to such extent as the Committee may deem
appropriate to conform, in whole or in part, to the provisions of the awards in
substitution for which they are granted.
10.11 Amendment or Replacement of Outstanding Options. The Committee shall
have the authority to effect, at any time and from time to time, with the
consent of the affected Participants, the cancellation of any or all outstanding
Options under the Plan and to grant in substitution therefor new Options under
the Plan covering the same or a different number of Shares but having a per
share purchase price not less than the greater of par value or 100 percent of
the Fair Market Value of a Share on the new date of the grant. The Committee may
permit the voluntary surrender of all or a portion of any Option to be
conditioned upon the granting to the Participant under the Plan of a new Option
for the same or a different number of Shares as the Option surrendered, or may
require such voluntary surrender as a condition precedent to a grant of a new
Option to such Participant. Any new Option shall be exercisable at the price,
during the period, and in accordance with any other terms and conditions
specified by the Committee at the time the new Option is granted, all determined
in accordance with the provisions of the Plan without regard to the price,
period of exercise, and any other terms or conditions of the Option surrendered.
10.12 Employment Rights. Neither the adoption of the Plan nor the grant of
Awards will confer upon any person any right to continued employment by the
Company or any of its Related Corporations or affect in any way the right of any
of the foregoing to terminate an employment relationship at any time.
10.13 Indemnification of Board and Committee. Without limiting any other
rights of indemnification that they may have from the Company or any of its
Related Corporations, the members of the Board and the members of the Committee
shall be indemnified by the Company against all costs and expenses reasonably
incurred by them in connection with any claim, action, suit, or proceeding to
which they or any of them may be a party by reason of any action taken or
failure to act under, or in connection with, the Plan or any Award granted
thereunder, and against all amounts paid by them in settlement thereof (provided
such settlement is approved by legal counsel selected by the Company) or paid by
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them in satisfaction of a judgment in any such action, suit, or proceeding,
except a judgment based upon a finding of willful misconduct or recklessness on
their part. Upon the making or institution of any such claim, action, suit, or
proceeding, the Board or Committee member shall notify the Company in writing,
giving the Company an opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend the
same before such Board or Committee member undertakes to handle it on his own
behalf. The provisions of this Section shall not give members of the Board or
the Committee greater rights than they would have under the Company's by-laws or
Delaware law.
10.14 Application of Funds. Any cash proceeds received by the Company from
the sale of Shares pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan shall be added to
the general funds of the Company. Any Shares received in payment for additional
Shares upon exercise of an Option shall become treasury stock.
10.15 Governing Law. The Plan shall be governed by the applicable Code
provisions to the maximum extent possible. Otherwise, the laws of the State of
New Jersey (without reference to the principles of conflict of laws) shall
govern the operation of, and the rights of Key Employees and Associates under,
the Plan and Awards granted hereunder.
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INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS CORPORATION
2001 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
(AMENDED AND RESTATED AS OF JULY 26, 2005)
INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS CORPORATION
2001 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
(AMENDED AND RESTATED AS OF JULY 26, 2005)
1. PURPOSE...............................................................1
2. DEFINITIONS...........................................................1
3. ADMINISTRATION........................................................3
4. EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM OF PLAN.......................................4
5. SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN............................................4
6. ELIGIBILITY...........................................................5
7. TYPES OF AWARDS.......................................................5
7.1 Options......................................................5
7.2 Stock Appreciation Rights....................................6
7.3 Restricted Stock.............................................7
7.4 Performance Stock; Performance Goals.........................7
7.5 Contract Stock...............................................8
7.6 Dividend Equivalent Rights...................................8
7.7 Loans........................................................8
8. EVENTS AFFECTING OUTSTANDING AWARDS...................................8
8.1 Termination of Service (Other Than by Death or Disability)...8
8.2 Death or Disability..........................................9
8.3 Capital Adjustments.........................................10
8.4 Certain Corporate Transactions..............................10
8.5 Exercise Upon Change in Control.............................10
9. AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION OF THE PLAN.................................12
10. MISCELLANEOUS........................................................12
10.1 Documentation of Awards.....................................12
10.2 Rights as a Stockholder.....................................12
10.3 Conditions on Delivery of Shares............................12
10.4 Investment Purpose..........................................13
10.5 Registration and Listing of Shares..........................13
10.6 Compliance with Rule 16b-3..................................13
10.7 Tax Withholding.............................................13
10.8 Transferability of Awards...................................13
10.9 Registration................................................14
10.10 Acquisitions................................................14
10.11 Replacement of Outstanding Options..........................14
10.12 Employment Rights...........................................14
10.13 Indemnification of Board and Committee......................14
10.14 Application of Funds........................................14
10.15 Governing Law...............................................15
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INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS CORPORATION
2001 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
(AMENDED AND RESTATED AS OF JULY 26, 2005)
WHEREAS, Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation (the
"Company") desires to have the ability to award certain equity-based benefits
and/or loans to certain Key Employees and Associates;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation
2001 Equity Incentive Plan is hereby adopted under the following terms and
conditions:
1. Purpose. The Plan is intended to provide a means whereby
the Company may grant ISOs to Key Employees and may grant NQSOs, Restricted
Stock, Stock Appreciation Rights, Performance Stock, Contract Stock, Dividend
Equivalent Rights, and/or Loans to Key Employees and Associates. Thereby, the
Company expects to attract and retain such Key Employees and Associates and to
motivate them to exercise their best efforts on behalf of the Company and its
Related Corporations and any Affiliates.
2. Definitions
(a) "Affiliate" shall mean an entity in which the Company or a
Related Corporation has a 50 percent or greater equity interest.
(b) "Associate" shall mean a designated nonemployee director,
consultant, or other person providing services to the Company, a Related
Corporation, or an Affiliate.
(c) "Award" shall mean ISOs, NQSOs, Restricted Stock, Stock
Appreciation Rights, Performance Stock, Contract Stock, Dividend Equivalent
Rights, and/or Loans awarded by the Committee to a Participant.
(d) "Award Agreement" shall mean a written document evidencing
the grant of an Award, as described in Section 10.1.
(e) "Board" shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.
(f) "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
(g) "Committee" shall mean the Compensation Committee of the
Board, which shall consist solely of not fewer than two directors of the Company
who shall be appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the Board (taking into
consideration the rules under section 16(b) of the Exchange Act and the
requirements of section 162(m) of the Code).
(h) "Company" shall mean Integra LifeSciences Holdings
Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
(i) "Contract Date" shall mean the date specified in the Award
Agreement on which a Participant is entitled to receive Contract Stock, provided
he or she is still providing services to the Company, a Related Corporation, or
an Affiliate on such date.
(j) "Contract Stock" shall mean an Award that entitles the
recipient to receive unrestricted Shares, without payment, if the recipient is
still providing services to the Company or a Related Corporation as of a future
date specified in the Award Agreement.
(k) "Disability" shall mean separation from service as a
result of "permanent and total disability," as defined in section 22(e)(3) of
the Code.
(l) "Dividend Equivalent Right" shall mean an Award that
entitles the recipient to receive a benefit in lieu of cash dividends that would
have been payable on any or all Shares subject to another Award granted to the
Participant had such Shares been outstanding.
(m) "Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
(n) "Fair Market Value" shall mean the following, arrived at
by a good faith determination of the Committee:
(i) if there are sales of Shares on a national
securities exchange or in an over-the-counter market on the
date of grant (or on such other date as value must be determined), then the
quoted closing price on such date; or
(ii) if there are no such sales of Shares on the date
of grant (or on such other date as value must be
determined) but there are such sales on dates within a reasonable period both
before and after such date, the weighted average of the quoted closing price on
the nearest date before and the nearest date after such date on which there were
such sales; or
(iii) if actual sales are not available during a
reasonable period beginning before and ending after the
date of grant (or on such other date as value must be determined), then the mean
between the bid and asked price on such date as reported by the National
Quotation Bureau; or
(iv) if paragraphs (i) through (iii) above are not
applicable, then such other method of determining fair
market value as shall be adopted by the Committee.
Where the Fair Market Value of Shares is determined under
paragraph (ii) above, the average of the quoted closing prices on the nearest
date before and the nearest date after the last business day prior to the
specified date shall be weighted inversely by the respective numbers of trading
days between the dates of reported sales and such date (i.e., the valuation
date), in accordance with Treas. Reg. ss.20.2031-2(b)(1), or any successor
thereto.
(o) "ISO" shall mean an Option which, at the time such Option
is granted under the Plan, qualifies as an incentive stock option within the
meaning of section 422 of the Code, unless the Award Agreement states that the
Option will not be treated as an ISO.
(p) "Key Employee" shall mean an officer, executive, or
managerial or nonmanagerial employee of the Company, a Related Corporation, or
an Affiliate.
(q) "More-Than-10-Percent Shareholder" shall mean any person
who at the time of grant owns, directly or indirectly, or is deemed to own by
reason of the attribution rules of section 424(d) of the Code, Shares possessing
more than 10 percent of the total combined voting power of all classes of Shares
of the Company or of a Related Corporation.
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(r) "NQSO" shall mean an Option that, at the time such Option
is granted to a Participant, does not meet the definition of an ISO, whether or
not it is designated as a nonqualified stock option in the Award Agreement.
(s) "Option" is an Award entitling the Participant on exercise
thereof to purchase Shares at a specified exercise price.
(t) "Participant" shall mean a Key Employee or Associate who
has been granted an Award under the Plan.
(u) "Performance Stock" shall mean an Award that entitles the
recipient to receive Shares, without payment, following the attainment of
designated Performance Goals.
(v) "Performance Goals" shall mean goals deemed by the
Committee to be important to the success of the Company or any of its Related
Corporations or Affiliates. The Committee shall establish the specific measures
for each such goal at the time an Award of Performance Stock is granted. In
creating these measures, the Committee may use one or more of the following
business criteria: return on assets, return on net assets, asset turnover,
return on equity, return on capital, market price appreciation of Shares,
economic value added, total stockholder return, net income, pre-tax income,
earnings per share, operating profit margin, net income margin, sales margin,
cash flow, market share, inventory turnover, sales growth, capacity utilization,
increase in customer base, environmental health and safety, diversity, and/or
quality. The business criteria may be expressed in absolute terms or relative to
the performance of other companies or an index.
(w) "Plan" shall mean the Integra LifeSciences Holdings
Corporation 2001 Equity Incentive Plan, as set forth herein and as it may be
amended from time to time.
(x) "Related Corporation" shall mean either a "subsidiary
corporation" of the Company, as defined in section 424(f) of the Code, or the
"parent corporation" of the Company (if any), as defined in section 424(e) of
the Code.
(y) "Restricted Stock" shall mean an Award that grants the
recipient at no cost (or entitles the recipient to acquire, for a purchase price
to be specified by the Committee, but in no event less than par value) Shares
subject to whatever restrictions are determined by the Committee.
(z) "Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
(aa) "Shares" shall mean shares of common stock of the
Company, par value $0.01 per share.
(bb) "Stock Appreciation Right" shall mean an Award entitling
the recipient on exercise to receive an amount, in cash or Shares or a
combination thereof (such form to be determined by the Committee), determined in
whole or in part by reference to appreciation in Share value.
3. Administration
(a) The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. Each
member of the Committee, while serving as such, shall be deemed to be acting in
his or her capacity as a director of the Company. Acts approved by a majority of
the members of the Committee at which a quorum is present, or acts without a
meeting reduced to or approved in writing by a majority of the members of the
Committee, shall be the valid acts of the Committee. Any authority of the
Committee may be delegated either by the Committee or the Board to a committee
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of the Board or any other Plan administrator, but only to the extent such
delegation complies with the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code, Rule
16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act or as required by any other applicable
rule or regulation.
(b) The Committee shall have the authority:
(i) to select the Key Employees and Associates to be
granted Awards under the Plan and to grant such Awards
at such time or times as it may choose;
(ii) to determine the type and size of each Award,
including the number of Shares subject to the Award;
(iii) to determine the terms and conditions of each
Award;
(iv) to amend an existing Award in whole or in part
(including the extension of the exercise period for any
NQSO), except that the Committee may not (i) lower the exercise price of any
Option or the purchase price of any Restricted Stock, or (ii) without the
consent of the Participant holding the Award, take any action under this clause
if such action would adversely affect the rights of such Participant;
(v) to adopt, amend, and rescind rules and
regulations for the administration of the Plan;
(vi) to interpret the Plan and decide any questions
and settle any controversies that may arise in
connection with it; and
(vii) to adopt such modifications, amendments,
procedures, sub-plans, and the like, which may be
inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as may be necessary to comply with
the laws and regulations of other countries in which the Company, Related
Corporations, and Affiliates operate in order to assure the viability of Awards
granted under the Plan to individuals in such other countries.
Such determinations and actions of the Committee, and all
other determinations and actions of the Committee made or taken under authority
granted by any provision of the Plan, shall be conclusive and shall bind all
parties. Nothing in this subsection (b) shall be construed as limiting the power
of the Board or the Committee to make the adjustments described in Sections 8.3
and 8.4.
4. Effective Date and Term of Plan
(a) Effective Date. The Plan, having been adopted by the Board
on February 22, 2001, shall become effective on that date, but subject to the
approval of the stockholders of the Company pursuant to Section 9(b). Awards may
be granted under the Plan prior to such stockholder approval (but after the
Board's adoption of the Plan), subject to such stockholder approval.
(b) Term of Plan for ISOs. No ISO may be granted under the
Plan after February 21, 2011, but ISOs previously granted may extend beyond that
date. Awards other than ISOs may be granted after that date.
5. Shares Subject to the Plan. The aggregate number of Shares
that may be delivered under the Plan is 2,000,000. Further, no Key Employee
shall receive Options and/or Stock Appreciation Rights for more than 1,000,000
Shares during any calendar year under the Plan. However, the limits in the
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preceding two sentences shall be subject to the adjustment described in Section
8.3. Shares delivered under the Plan may be authorized but unissued Shares or
reacquired Shares, and the Company may purchase Shares required for this
purpose, from time to time, if it deems such purchase to be advisable. If any
Award that requires the Participant to exercise it in order for Shares to be
delivered terminates without having been exercised in full, or if any Award that
is payable in Shares or cash is satisfied in cash rather than in Shares, the
number of Shares as to which such Award was not exercised or for which cash was
substituted shall continue to be available for future Awards granted under the
Plan.
6. Eligibility. The class of individuals who shall be eligible
to receive Awards under the Plan shall be the Key Employees (including any
directors of the Company who are also officers or Key Employees) and the
Associates. More than one Award may be granted to a Key Employee or Associate
under the Plan.
7. Types of Awards
7.1 Options
(a) Kinds of Options. Both ISOs and NQSOs may be granted by
the Committee under the Plan. However, ISOs may only be granted to Key Employees
of the Company or of a Related Corporation. NQSOs may be granted to both Key
Employees and Associates. Once an ISO has been granted, no action by the
Committee that would cause the Option to lose its status as an ISO under the
Code will be effective without the consent of the Participant holding the
Option.
(b) $100,000 Limit. The aggregate Fair Market Value of the
Shares with respect to which ISOs are exercisable for the first time by a Key
Employee during any calendar year (counting ISOs under this Plan and under any
other stock option plan of the Company or a Related Corporation) shall not
exceed $100,000. If an Option intended as an ISO is granted to a Key Employee
and the Option may not be treated in whole or in part as an ISO pursuant to the
$100,000 limit, the Option shall be treated as an ISO to the extent it may be so
treated under the limit and as an NQSO as to the remainder. For purposes of
determining whether an ISO would cause the limit to be exceeded, ISOs shall be
taken into account in the order granted. The annual limits set forth above for
ISOs shall not apply to NQSOs.
(c) Exercise Price. The exercise price of an Option shall be
determined by the Committee, subject to the following:
(i) The exercise price of an ISO shall not be less
than 100 percent (110 percent in the case of an ISO
granted to a More-Than-10-Percent Shareholder) of the Fair Market Value of the
Shares subject to the Option, determined as of the time the Option is granted.
(ii) In no case may the exercise price paid for
Shares be less than the par value per Share.
(d) Term of Options. The term of each Option may not be more
than 10 years (five years, in the case of an ISO granted to a
More-Than-10-Percent Shareholder) from the date the Option was granted, or such
earlier date as may be specified in the Award Agreement.
(e) Exercise of Options. An Option shall become exercisable at
such time or times (but not less than three months from the date of grant), and
on such conditions, as the Committee may specify. The Committee may at any time
and from time to time accelerate the time at which all or any part of the Option
may be exercised. Any exercise of an Option must be in writing, signed by the
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proper person, and delivered or mailed to the Company, accompanied by (i) any
other documents required by the Committee and (ii) payment in full in accordance
with subsection (f) below for the number of Shares for which the Option is
exercised (except that, in the case of an exercise arrangement approved by the
Committee and described in subsection (f)(iv) below, payment may be made as soon
as practicable after the exercise). Only full shares shall be issued under the
Plan, and any fractional share that might otherwise be issuable upon exercise of
an Option granted hereunder shall be forfeited.
(f) Payment for Shares. Shares purchased on the exercise of an
Option shall be paid for as follows:
(i) in cash or by check (acceptable to the
Committee), bank draft, or money order payable to the order of
the Company;
(ii) in Shares previously acquired by the
Participant; provided, however, that if such Shares were acquired
through the exercise of an ISO and are used to pay the Option price of an ISO,
such Shares have been held by the Participant for a period of not less than the
holding period described in section 422(a)(1) of the Code on the date of
exercise, or if such Shares were acquired through the exercise of an NQSO and
are used to pay the Option price of an ISO, or if such Shares were acquired
through the exercise of an ISO or an NQSO and are used to pay the Option price
of an NQSO, such Shares have been held by the Participant for such period of
time as required to be considered "mature" Shares for purposes of accounting
treatment;
(iii) in shares newly acquired by the Participant
upon exercise of such Option (which shall constitute a
disqualifying disposition in the case of ISOs);
(iv) by delivering a properly executed notice of
exercise of the Option to the Company and a broker, with
irrevocable instructions to the broker promptly to deliver to the Company the
amount of sale or loan proceeds necessary to pay the exercise price of the
Option; or
(v) by any combination of the above-listed forms of
payment.
In the event the Option price is paid, in whole or in part,
with Shares, the portion of the Option price so paid shall be equal to the Fair
Market Value on the date of exercise of the Option of the Shares surrendered in
payment of such Option price.
7.2 Stock Appreciation Rights
(a) Grant of Stock Appreciation Rights. Stock Appreciation
Rights may be granted to a Key Employee or Associate by the Committee. Stock
Appreciation Rights may be granted in tandem with, or independently of, Options
granted under the Plan. A Stock Appreciation Right granted in tandem with an
Option that is not an ISO may be granted either at or after the time the Option
is granted. A Stock Appreciation Right granted in tandem with an ISO may be
granted only at the time the ISO is granted.
(b) Nature of Stock Appreciation Rights. A Stock Appreciation
Right entitles the Participant to receive, with respect to each Share as to
which the Stock Appreciation Right is exercised, the excess of the Share's Fair
Market Value on the date of exercise over its Fair Market Value on the date the
Stock Appreciation Right was granted. Such excess shall be paid in cash, Shares,
or a combination thereof, as determined by the Committee.
(c) Rules Applicable to Tandem Awards. When Stock Appreciation
Rights are granted in tandem with Options, the number of Stock Appreciation
Rights granted to a Participant that shall be exercisable during a specified
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period shall not exceed the number of Shares that the Participant may purchase
upon the exercise of the related Option during such period. Upon the exercise of
an Option, the Stock Appreciation Right relating to the Shares covered by such
Option will terminate. Upon the exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right, the
related Option will terminate to the extent of an equal number of Shares. The
Stock Appreciation Right will be exercisable only at such time or times, and to
the extent, that the related Option is exercisable and will be exercisable in
accordance with the procedure required for exercise of the related Option. The
Stock Appreciation Right will be transferable only when the related Option is
transferable, and under the same conditions. A Stock Appreciation Right granted
in tandem with an ISO may be exercised only when the Fair Market Value of the
Shares subject to the ISO exceeds the exercise price of such ISO.
(d) Exercise of Independent Stock Appreciation Rights. A Stock
Appreciation Right not granted in tandem with an Option shall become exercisable
at such time or times, and on such conditions, as the Committee may specify in
the Award Agreement. The Committee may at any time accelerate the time at which
all or any part of the Stock Appreciation Right may be exercised. Any exercise
of an independent Stock Appreciation Right must be in writing, signed by the
proper person, and delivered or mailed to the Company, accompanied by any other
documents required by the Committee.
7.3 Restricted Stock
(a) General Requirements. Restricted Stock may be issued or
transferred to a Key Employee or Associate for consideration or for no
consideration, as determined by the Committee. If for consideration, the
Participant's payment may be in cash or check (acceptable to the Committee),
bank draft, or money order payable to the order of the Company.
(b) Rights as a Stockholder. Unless the Committee determines
otherwise, a Key Employee or Associate who receives Restricted Stock shall have
certain rights of a stockholder with respect to the Restricted Stock, including
voting and dividend rights, subject to the restrictions described in subsection
(c) below and any other conditions imposed by the Committee at the time of
grant. Unless the Committee determines otherwise, certificates evidencing shares
of Restricted Stock will remain in the possession of the Company until such
Shares are free of all restrictions under the Plan.
(c) Restrictions. Except as otherwise specifically provided by
the Plan, Restricted Stock may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged, or
otherwise encumbered or disposed of, and if the Participant ceases to provide
services to any of the Company and its Related Corporations and Affiliates for
any reason, must be offered to the Company for purchase for the amount paid for
the Shares, or forfeited to the Company if nothing was so paid. These
restrictions will lapse at such time or times, and on such conditions, as the
Committee may specify in the Award Agreement. Upon the lapse of all
restrictions, the Shares will cease to be Restricted Stock for purposes of the
Plan. The Committee may at any time accelerate the time at which the
restrictions on all or any part of the Shares will lapse.
(d) Notice of Tax Election. Any Participant making an election
under section 83(b) of the Code for the immediate recognition of income
attributable to an Award of Restricted Stock must provide a copy thereof to the
Company within 10 days of the filing of such election with the Internal Revenue
Service.
7.4 Performance Stock; Performance Goals
(a) Grant. The Committee may grant Performance Stock to any
Key Employee or Associate, conditioned upon the meeting of designated
Performance Goals. The Committee shall determine the number of Shares of
Performance Stock to be granted.
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(b) Performance Period and Performance Goals. When Performance
Stock is granted, the Committee shall establish the performance period during
which performance shall be measured, the Performance Goals, and such other
conditions of the Award as the Committee deems appropriate.
(c) Delivery of Performance Stock. At the end of each
performance period, the Committee shall determine to what extent the Performance
Goals and other conditions of the Award have been met and the number of Shares,
if any, to be delivered with respect to the Award.
7.5 Contract Stock
(a) Grant. The Committee may grant Contract Stock to any Key
Employee or Associate, conditioned upon the Participant's continued provision of
services to the Company and its Related Corporations and Affiliates through the
date specified in the Award Agreement. The Committee shall determine the number
of Shares of Contract Stock to be granted.
(b) Contract Date. When Contract Stock is granted, the
Committee shall establish the Contract Date on which the Contract Stock shall be
delivered to the Participant, provided the Participant is still providing
services to the Company and its Related Corporations and Affiliates on such
date.
(c) Delivery of Contract Stock. If the Participant is still
providing services to the Company and its Related Corporations and Affiliates as
of the Contract Date, the Committee shall cause the Contract Stock to be
delivered to the Participant in accordance with the terms of the Award
Agreement.
7.6 Dividend Equivalent Rights. The Committee may provide for
payment to a Key Employee or Associate of Dividend Equivalent Rights, either
currently or in the future, or for the investment of such Dividend Equivalent
Rights on behalf of the Participant.
7.7 Loans. The Committee may authorize a Loan from the Company
to a Key Employee or Associate, either on the date of or after the grant of any
Award to the Participant (except that the ability of the Committee to authorize
a Loan in connection with an Award of ISOs must be included in the Participant's
Award Agreement at the time of the Award). A Loan may be made either in
connection with the purchase of Shares under the Award or with the payment of
any Federal, state, and local income tax with respect to income recognized as a
result of the Award. The Committee will have full authority to decide whether to
make a Loan and to determine the amount, terms, and conditions of the Loan,
whether the Loan is to be secured or unsecured, the terms on which the Loan is
to be repaid, and the conditions, if any, under which it may be forgiven.
However, the Loan will be made on the Participant's personal, negotiable, demand
promissory note, and will bear interest at a rate not lower than the lowest rate
that will avoid the imputation of interest under section 7872 of the Code.
8. Events Affecting Outstanding Awards
8.1 Termination of Service (Other Than by Death or
Disability). If a Participant ceases to provide services to the Company and its
Related Corporations and Affiliates for any reason other than death or
Disability, as the case may be, the following shall apply:
(a) Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, all
Options and Stock Appreciation Rights held by the Participant that were not
exercisable immediately prior to the Participant's termination of service shall
terminate at that time. Any Options or Stock Appreciation Rights that were
exercisable immediately prior to the termination of service will continue to be
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exercisable for six months (or for such longer period as the Committee may
determine), and shall thereupon terminate, unless the Award Agreement provides
by its terms for immediate termination or for termination in less than six
months in the event of termination of service. In no event, however, shall an
Option or Stock Appreciation Right remain exercisable beyond the latest date on
which it could have been exercised without regard to this Section. For purposes
of this subsection (a), a termination of service shall not be deemed to have
resulted by reason of a sick leave or other bona fide leave of absence approved
for purposes of the Plan by the Committee.
(b) Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, all
Restricted Stock held by the Participant at the time of the termination of
service must be transferred to the Company (and, in the event the certificates
representing such Restricted Stock are held by the Company, such Restricted
Stock shall be so transferred without any further action by the Participant), in
accordance with Section 7.3.
(c) Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, all
Performance Stock, Contract Stock, and Dividend Equivalent Rights to which the
Participant was not irrevocably entitled prior to the termination of service
shall be forfeited and the Awards canceled as of the date of such termination of
service.
(d) Payment of any outstanding Loan upon a Participant's
termination of service shall be governed by the terms of the loan agreement
entered into by the Company and the Participant.
8.2 Death or Disability. If a Participant dies or incurs a
Disability, the following shall apply:
(a) Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, all
Options and Stock Appreciation Rights held by the Participant immediately prior
to death or Disability, as the case may be, to the extent then exercisable, may
be exercised by the Participant or by the Participant's legal representative (in
the case of Disability), or by the Participant's executor or administrator or by
the person or persons to whom the Option or Stock Appreciation Right is
transferred by will or the laws of descent and distribution, at any time within
the one-year period ending with the first anniversary of the Participant's death
or Disability (or such shorter or longer period as the Committee may determine),
and shall thereupon terminate. In no event, however, shall an Option or Stock
Appreciation Right remain exercisable beyond the latest date on which it could
have been exercised without regard to this Section. Except as otherwise
determined by the Committee, all Options and Stock Appreciation Rights held by a
Participant immediately prior to death or Disability that are not then
exercisable shall terminate at the date of death or Disability.
(b) Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, all
Restricted Stock held by the Participant at the date of death or Disability, as
the case may be, must be transferred to the Company (and, in the event the
certificates representing such Restricted Stock are held by the Company, such
Restricted Stock shall be so transferred without any further action by the
Participant), in accordance with Section 7.3.
(c) Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, all
Performance Stock, Contract Stock, and Dividend Equivalent Rights to which the
Participant was not irrevocably entitled prior to death or Disability, as the
case may be, shall be forfeited and the Awards canceled as of the date of death
or Disability.
(d) Payment of any outstanding Loan upon a Participant's death
or Disability shall be governed by the terms of the loan agreement entered into
by the Company and the Participant.
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8.3 Capital Adjustments. The number of Shares that may be
delivered under the Plan, the maximum number of Shares that may be made subject
to ISOs, and the maximum number of Shares with respect to which Options or Stock
Appreciation Rights may be granted to any Key Employee or Associate under the
Plan, all as stated in Section 5, and the number of Shares issuable upon the
exercise or vesting of outstanding Awards under the Plan (as well as the
exercise price per Share under outstanding Options), shall be proportionately
adjusted, as may be deemed appropriate by the Committee, to reflect any increase
or decrease in the number of issued Shares resulting from a subdivision
(share-split), consolidation (reverse split), stock dividend, or similar change
in the capitalization of the Company.
8.4 Certain Corporate Transactions
(a) In the event of a corporate transaction (as, for example,
a merger, consolidation, acquisition of property or stock, separation,
reorganization, or liquidation), each outstanding Award shall be assumed by the
surviving or successor entity; provided, however, that in the event of a
proposed corporate transaction, the Committee may terminate all or a portion of
any outstanding Award, effective upon the closing of the corporate transaction,
if it determines that such termination is in the best interests of the Company.
If the Committee decides to terminate outstanding Options or Stock Appreciation
Rights, the Committee shall give each Participant holding an Option or Stock
Appreciation Right to be terminated not less than seven days' notice prior to
any such termination, and any Option or Stock Appreciation Right that is to be
so terminated may be exercised (if and only to the extent that it is then
exercisable) up to, and including the date immediately preceding such
termination. Further, the Committee, in its discretion, may (i) accelerate, in
whole or in part, the date on which any or all Options and Stock Appreciation
Rights become exercisable, (ii) remove the restrictions from the outstanding
Shares of Restricted Stock, (iii) cause the delivery of any Performance Stock,
even if the associated Performance Goals have not been met, (iv) cause the
delivery of any Contract Stock, even if the Contract Date has not been reached;
(v) cause the payment of any Dividend Equivalent Rights, and/or (vi) forgive all
or any portion of the principal of, or interest on, a Loan. The Committee also
may, in its discretion, change the terms of any outstanding Award to reflect any
such corporate transaction, provided that, in the case of ISOs, such change
would not constitute a "modification" under section 424(h) of the Code, unless
the Participant consents to the change.
(b) With respect to an outstanding Award held by a Participant
who, following the corporate transaction, will be employed by or otherwise
providing services to an entity which is a surviving or acquiring entity in such
transaction or an affiliate of such an entity, the Committee may, in lieu of the
action described in subsection (a) above, arrange to have such surviving or
acquiring entity or affiliate grant to the Participant a replacement award
which, in the judgment of the Committee, is substantially equivalent to the
Award.
8.5 Exercise Upon Change in Control
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, all
outstanding Options and all Stock Appreciation Rights shall become fully vested
and exercisable, all Performance Stock and all Dividend Equivalent Rights shall
become fully vested, all Contract Stock shall become immediately payable, and
all restrictions shall be removed from any outstanding Shares of Restricted
Stock, upon a Change in Control.
(b) "Change in Control" shall mean:
(i) An acquisition (other than directly from the
Company) of any voting securities of the Company ("Voting
Securities") by any "Person" (as such term is used for purposes of section 13(d)
or 14(d) of the Exchange Act) immediately after which such Person has
"Beneficial Ownership" (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the
Exchange Act) of 50 percent or more of the combined voting power of all the then
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outstanding Voting Securities, other than the Company, any trustee or other
fiduciary holding securities under any employee benefit plan of the Company or
an affiliate thereof, or any corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the
stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their
ownership of stock of the Company; provided, however, that any acquisition from
the Company or any acquisition pursuant to a transaction which complies with
paragraph (iii)(A) and (B) below shall not be a Change in Control under this
paragraph (i);
(ii) The individuals who, as of March 1, 2000, are
members of the Board (the "Incumbent Board") cease for
any reason to constitute at least two-thirds of the Board; provided, however,
that if the election, or nomination for election by the shareholders, of any new
director was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the members of the
Board who constitute Incumbent Board members, such new directors shall for all
purposes be considered as members of the Incumbent Board as of March 1, 2000,
provided further, however, that no individual shall be considered a member of
the Incumbent Board if such individual initially assumed office as a result of
either an actual or threatened "Election Contest" (as described in Rule 14a-11
promulgated under the Exchange Act) or other actual or threatened solicitation
of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board of
Directors (a "Proxy Contest") including by reason of any agreement intended to
avoid or settle any Election Contest or Proxy Contest;
(iii) consummation by the Company of a
reorganization, merger, or consolidation or sale or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or the
acquisition of assets or stock of another entity (a "Business Combination"),
unless immediately following such Business Combination: (A) more than 50 percent
of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled
to vote generally in the election of directors of (I) the corporation resulting
from such Business Combination (the "Surviving Corporation"), or (II) if
applicable, a corporation which as a result of such transaction owns the Company
or all or substantially all of the Company's assets either directly or through
one or more subsidiaries (the "Parent Corporation"), is represented, directly or
indirectly, by Company Voting Securities outstanding immediately prior to such
Business Combination (or, if applicable, is represented by shares into which
such Company Voting Securities were converted pursuant to such Business
Combination), and such voting power among the holders thereof is in
substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such
Business Combination, of the Company Voting Securities; and (B) at least a
majority of the members of the board of directors of the Parent Corporation (or,
if there is no Parent Corporation, the Surviving Corporation) were members of
the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement, or
the action of the Board, providing for such Business Combination;
(iv) approval by the shareholders of the Company of a
complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or
(v) acceptance by the shareholders of the Company of
shares in a share exchange if the shareholders of the
Company immediately before such share exchange do not own, directly or
indirectly, immediately following such share exchange more than 50 percent of
the combined voting power of the outstanding Voting Securities of the
corporation resulting from such share exchange in substantially the same
proportion as their ownership of the Voting Securities outstanding immediately
before such share exchange.
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9. Amendment or Termination of the Plan
(a) In General. The Board, pursuant to a written resolution,
may from time to time suspend or terminate the Plan or amend it, and, except as
provided in Section 3(b)(iv), 7.1(a), and 8.4(a), the Committee may amend any
outstanding Awards in any respect whatsoever; except that, without the approval
of the shareholders (given in the manner set forth in subsection (b) below):
(i) no amendment may be made that would:
(A) change the class of employees
eligible to participate in the Plan
with respect to ISOs;
(B) except as permitted under Section
8.3, increase the maximum number of
Shares with respect to which ISOs
may be granted under the Plan; or
(C) extend the duration of the Plan
under Section 4(b) with respect to
any ISOs granted hereunder; and
(ii) no amendment may be made that would constitute a
modification of the material terms of the
"performance goal" within the meaning of Treas. Reg. ss.1.162-27(e)(4)(vi) or
any successor thereto (to the extent compliance with section 162(m) of the Code
is desired).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such termination or
amendment shall materially impair the rights of any Participant holding an
outstanding Award without the consent of such Participant.
(b) Manner of Shareholder Approval. The approval of
shareholders must be effected by a majority of the votes cast (including
abstentions, to the extent abstentions are counted as voting under applicable
state law) in a separate vote at a duly held shareholders' meeting at which a
quorum representing a majority of all outstanding voting stock is, either in
person or by proxy, present and voting on the Plan.
10. Miscellaneous
10.1 Documentation of Awards. Awards shall be evidenced by
such written Award Agreements, if any, as may be prescribed by the Committee
from time to time. Such instruments may be in the form of agreements to be
executed by both the Participant and the Company, or certificates, letters, or
similar instruments, which need not be executed by the Participant but
acceptance of which will evidence agreement to the terms thereof.
10.2 Rights as a Stockholder. Except as specifically provided
by the Plan or an Award Agreement, the receipt of an Award shall not give a
Participant rights as a stockholder; instead, the Participant shall obtain such
rights, subject to any limitations imposed by the Plan or the Award Agreement,
upon the actual receipt of Shares.
10.3 Conditions on Delivery of Shares. The Company shall not
deliver any Shares pursuant to the Plan or remove restrictions from Shares
previously delivered under the Plan (i) until all conditions of the Award have
been satisfied or removed, (ii) until all applicable Federal and state laws and
regulations have been complied with, and (iii) if the outstanding Shares are at
the time of such delivery listed on any stock exchange, until the Shares to be
delivered have been listed or authorized to be listed on such exchange. If an
Award is exercised by the Participant's legal representative, the Company will
be under no obligation to deliver Shares pursuant to such exercise until the
Company is satisfied as to the authority of such representative.
10.4 Investment Purpose. Each Award shall be granted on the
condition that the purchase or grant of Shares thereunder shall be for
investment purposes and not with a view to resale or distribution, except that
in the event the Shares subject to such Award are registered under the
Securities Act, or in the event a resale of such Shares without such
registration would otherwise be permissible, such condition shall be inoperative
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if in the opinion of counsel for the Company such condition is not required
under the Securities Act or any other applicable law, regulation, or rule of any
governmental agency.
10.5 Registration and Listing of Shares. If the Company shall
deem it necessary to register under the Securities Act or any other applicable
statute any Shares purchased under this Plan, or to qualify any such Shares for
an exemption from any such statutes, the Company shall take such action at its
own expense. If Shares are listed on any national securities exchange at the
time any Shares are purchased hereunder, the Company shall make prompt
application for the listing on such national securities exchange of such Shares,
at its own expense. Purchases and grants of Shares hereunder shall be postponed
as necessary pending any such action.
10.6 Compliance with Rule 16b-3. All elections and
transactions under this Plan by persons subject to Rule 16b-3, promulgated under
section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, or any successor to such Rule, are intended
to comply with at least one of the exemptive conditions under such Rule. The
Committee shall establish such administrative guidelines to facilitate
compliance with at least one such exemptive condition under Rule 16b-3 as the
Committee may deem necessary or appropriate.
10.7 Tax Withholding
(a) Obligation to Withhold. The Company shall withhold from
any cash payment made pursuant to an Award an amount sufficient to satisfy all
Federal, state, and local withholding tax requirements (the "withholding
requirements"). In the case of an Award pursuant to which Shares may be
delivered, the Committee may require that the Participant or other appropriate
person remit to the Company an amount sufficient to satisfy the withholding
requirements, or make other arrangements satisfactory to the Committee with
regard to such requirements, prior to the delivery of any Shares.
(b) Election to Withhold Shares. The Committee, in its
discretion, may permit or require the Participant to satisfy the federal, state,
and/or local withholding tax, in whole or in part, by electing to have the
Company withhold Shares (or by returning previously acquired Shares to the
Company); provided, however, that the Company may limit the number of Shares
withheld to satisfy the tax withholding requirements to the extent necessary to
avoid adverse accounting consequences. Shares shall be valued, for purposes of
this subsection (b), at their Fair Market Value (determined as of the date an
amount is includible in income by the Participant (the "Determination Date"),
rather than the date of grant). If Shares acquired by the exercise of an ISO are
used to satisfy the withholding requirement described above, such Shares must
have been held by the Participant for a period of not less than the holding
period described in section 422(a)(1) of the Code as of the Determination Date.
The Committee shall adopt such withholding rules as it deems necessary to carry
out the provisions of this subsection (b).
10.8 Transferability of Awards. No ISO may be transferred
other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. Any other Award
may be transferred to the extent permitted by applicable law, except as
otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement. During a Participant's
lifetime, an Award requiring exercise may be exercised only by the Participant
(or, in the event of the Participant's incapacity, by the person or persons
legally appointed to act on the Participant's behalf).
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10.9 Registration. If the Participant is married at the time
Shares are delivered and if the Participant so requests at such time, the
certificate or certificates for such Shares shall be registered in the name of
the Participant and the Participant's spouse, jointly, with right of
survivorship.
10.10 Acquisitions. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Plan, Awards may be granted hereunder in substitution for awards held by
directors, key employees, and associates of other corporations who are about to,
or have, become Key Employees or Associates as a result of a merger,
consolidation, acquisition of assets, or similar transaction by the Company or a
Related Corporation or (in the case of Awards other than ISOs) an Affiliate. The
terms of the substitute Awards so granted may vary from the terms set forth in
this Plan to such extent as the Committee may deem appropriate to conform, in
whole or in part, to the provisions of the awards in substitution for which they
are granted.
10.11 Replacement of Outstanding Options. The Committee shall
have the authority to cancel, at any time and from time to time, with the
consent of the affected Participants, any or all outstanding Options under the
Plan and to grant in substitution therefor, but not within six months before or
after such cancellation, new Options under the Plan covering the same or a
different number of Shares but having a per share purchase price not less than
the greater of par value or 100 percent of the Fair Market Value of a Share on
the new date of the grant. The Committee may permit the voluntary surrender of
all or a portion of any Option to be conditioned upon the granting to the
Participant under the Plan of a new Option for the same or a different number of
Shares as the Option surrendered, or may require such voluntary surrender as a
condition precedent to a grant of a new Option to such Participant. Any new
Option shall be exercisable at the price, during the period, and in accordance
with any other terms and conditions specified by the Committee at the time the
new Option is granted, all determined in accordance with the provisions of the
Plan without regard to the price, period of exercise, and any other terms or
conditions of the Option surrendered.
10.12 Employment Rights. Neither the adoption of the Plan nor
the grant of Awards will confer upon any person any right to continued
employment by the Company or any of its Related Corporations or Affiliates or
affect in any way the right of any of the foregoing to terminate an employment
relationship at any time.
10.13 Indemnification of Board and Committee. Without limiting
any other rights of indemnification that they may have from the Company or any
of its Related Corporations or Affiliates, the members of the Board and the
members of the Committee shall be indemnified by the Company against all costs
and expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with any claim, action,
suit, or proceeding to which they or any of them may be a party by reason of any
action taken or failure to act under, or in connection with, the Plan or any
Award granted thereunder, and against all amounts paid by them in settlement
thereof (provided such settlement is approved by legal counsel selected by the
Company) or paid by them in satisfaction of a judgment in any such action, suit,
or proceeding, except a judgment based upon a finding of willful misconduct or
recklessness on their part. Upon the making or institution of any such claim,
action, suit, or proceeding, the Board or Committee member shall notify the
Company in writing, giving the Company an opportunity, at its own expense, to
handle and defend the same before such Board or Committee member undertakes to
handle it on his or her own behalf. The provisions of this Section shall not
give members of the Board or the Committee greater rights than they would have
under the Company's by-laws or Delaware law.
10.14 Application of Funds. Any cash proceeds received by the
Company from the sale of Shares pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan shall
be added to the general funds of the Company. Any Shares received in payment for
additional Shares upon exercise of an Option shall become treasury stock.
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10.15 Governing Law. Except as provided in Section 10.13, the
Plan shall be governed by the applicable Code provisions to the maximum extent
possible. Otherwise, the laws of the State of New Jersey (without reference to
the principles of conflict of laws) shall govern the operation of, and the
rights of Participants under, the Plan and Awards granted hereunder.
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INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS CORPORATION
2003 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
(AMENDED AND RESTATED AS OF JULY 26, 2005)
INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS CORPORATION
2003 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
(AMENDED AND RESTATED AS OF JULY 26, 2005)
1. Purpose...............................................................1
2. Definitions...........................................................1
3. Administration........................................................3
4. Effective Date and Term of Plan.......................................4
5. Shares Subject to the Plan............................................4
6. Eligibility...........................................................4
7. Types of Awards.......................................................5
7.1 Options......................................................5
7.2 Stock Appreciation Rights....................................6
7.3 Restricted Stock.............................................7
7.4 Performance Stock; Performance Goals.........................7
7.5 Contract Stock...............................................7
7.6 Dividend Equivalent Rights...................................8
8. Events Affecting Outstanding Awards...................................8
8.1 Termination of Service (Other Than by Death or Disability)...8
8.2 Death or Disability..........................................8
8.3 Capital Adjustments..........................................9
8.4 Certain Corporate Transactions...............................9
8.5 Exercise Upon Change in Control.............................10
9. Amendment or Termination of the Plan.................................11
10. Miscellaneous........................................................12
10.1 Documentation of Awards.....................................12
10.2 Rights as a Stockholder.....................................12
10.3 Conditions on Delivery of Shares............................12
10.4 Registration and Listing of Shares..........................12
10.5 Compliance with Rule 16b-3..................................12
10.6 Tax Withholding.............................................12
10.7 Transferability of Awards...................................13
10.8 Registration................................................13
10.9 Acquisitions................................................13
10.10 Employment Rights...........................................13
10.11 Indemnification of Board and Committee......................13
10.12 Application of Funds........................................14
10.13 Governing Law...............................................14
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INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS CORPORATION
2003 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
(AMENDED AND RESTATED AS OF JULY 26, 2005)
WHEREAS, Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation (the
"Company") desires to have the ability to award certain equity-based benefits to
certain "Key Employees" and "Associates" (as defined below);
NOW, THEREFORE, the Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation
2003 Equity Incentive Plan is hereby adopted under the following terms and
conditions:
1. Purpose. The Plan is intended to provide a means whereby the Company may
grant ISOs to Key Employees and may grant NQSOs, Restricted Stock, Stock
Appreciation Rights, Performance Stock, Contract Stock and Dividend
Equivalent Rights to Key Employees and Associates. Thereby, the Company
expects to attract and retain such Key Employees and Associates and to
motivate them to exercise their best efforts on behalf of the Company and
any Related Corporations and Affiliates.
2. Definitions
a) "Affiliate" shall mean an entity in which the Company or a Related
Corporation has a 50 percent or greater equity interest.
b) "Associate" shall mean a designated nonemployee director, consultant or
other person providing services to the Company, a Related Corporation or an
Affiliate.
c) "Award" shall mean ISOs, NQSOs, Restricted Stock, Stock Appreciation
Rights, Performance Stock, Contract Stock and/or Dividend Equivalent Rights
awarded by the Committee to a Participant.
d) "Award Agreement" shall mean a written document evidencing the grant of
an Award, as described in Section 10.1.
e) "Board" shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company. f) "Code"
shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
g) "Committee" shall mean the Company's Compensation Committee of the
Board, which shall consist solely of not fewer than two directors of the
Company who shall be appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the Board
(taking into consideration the rules under section 16(b) of the Exchange
Act and the requirements of section 162(m) of the Code).
h) "Company" shall mean Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation, a
Delaware corporation.
i) "Contract Date" shall mean the date specified in the Award Agreement on
which a Participant is entitled to receive Contract Stock, provided he or
she is still providing services to the Company, a Related Corporation, or
an Affiliate on such date.
j) "Contract Stock" shall mean an Award that entitles the recipient to
receive unrestricted Shares, without payment, if the recipient is still
providing services to the Company or a Related Corporation as of a future
date specified in the Award Agreement.
k) "Disability" shall mean separation from service as a result of
"permanent and total disability," as defined in section 22(e)(3) of the
Code.
l) "Dividend Equivalent Right" shall mean an Award that entitles the
recipient to receive a benefit in lieu of cash dividends that would have
been payable on any or all Shares subject to another Award granted to the
Participant had such Shares been outstanding.
m) "Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
n) "Fair Market Value" shall mean the following, arrived at by a good faith
determination of the Committee:
i) if there are sales of Shares on a national securities exchange or
in an over-the-counter market on the date of grant (or on such other
date as value must be determined), then the quoted closing price on
such date; or
ii) if there are no such sales of Shares on the date of grant (or on
such other date as value must be determined) but there are such sales
on dates within a reasonable period both before and after such date,
the weighted average of the quoted closing price on the nearest date
before and the nearest date after such date on which there were such
sales; or
iii) if actual sales are not available during a reasonable period
beginning before and ending after the date of grant (or on such other
date as value must be determined), then the mean between the bid and
asked price on such date as reported by the National Quotation Bureau;
or
iv) if paragraphs (i) through (iii) above are not applicable, then
such other method of determining fair market value as shall be adopted
by the Committee.
Where the Fair Market Value of Shares is determined under paragraph (ii) above,
the average of the quoted closing prices on the nearest date before and the
nearest date after the last business day prior to the specified date shall be
weighted inversely by the respective numbers of trading days between the dates
of reported sales and such date (i.e., the valuation date), in accordance with
Treas. Reg. ss.20.2031-2(b)(1), or any successor thereto.
o) "ISO" shall mean an Option which, at the time such Option is granted
under the Plan, qualifies as an incentive stock option within the meaning
of section 422 of the Code, unless the Award Agreement states that the
Option will not be treated as an ISO.
p) "Key Employee" shall mean an officer, executive, or managerial or
nonmanagerial employee of the Company, a Related Corporation, or an
Affiliate.
q) "More-Than-10-Percent Stockholder" shall mean any person who at the time
of grant owns, directly or indirectly, or is deemed to own by reason of the
attribution rules of section 424(d) of the Code, Shares possessing more
than 10 percent of the total combined voting power of all classes of Shares
of the Company or of a Related Corporation.
r) "NQSO" shall mean an Option that, at the time such Option is granted to
a Participant, does not meet the definition of an ISO, whether or not it is
designated as a nonqualified stock option in the Award Agreement.
s) "Option" is an Award entitling the Participant on exercise thereof to
purchase Shares at a specified exercise price.
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t) "Participant" shall mean a Key Employee or Associate who has been
granted an Award under the Plan.
u) "Performance Stock" shall mean an Award that entitles the recipient to
receive Shares, without payment, following the attainment of designated
Performance Goals.
v) "Performance Goals" shall mean goals deemed by the Committee to be
important to the success of the Company or any of its Related Corporations
or Affiliates. The Committee shall establish the specific measures for each
such goal at the time an Award of Performance Stock is granted. In creating
these measures, the Committee shall use one or more of the following
business criteria: return on assets, return on net assets, asset turnover,
return on equity, return on capital, market price appreciation of Shares,
economic value added, total stockholder return, net income, pre-tax income,
earnings per share, operating profit margin, net income margin, sales
margin, cash flow, market share, inventory turnover, sales growth, capacity
utilization, increase in customer base, environmental health and safety,
diversity, and/or quality. The business criteria may be expressed in
absolute terms or relative to the performance of other companies or an
index.
w) "Plan" shall mean the Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation 2003
Equity Incentive Plan, as set forth herein and as it may be amended from
time to time.
x) "Related Corporation" shall mean either a "subsidiary corporation" of
the Company (if any), as defined in section 424(f) of the Code, or the
"parent corporation" of the Company (if any), as defined in section 424(e)
of the Code.
y) "Restricted Stock" shall mean an Award that grants the recipient Shares
at no cost but subject to whatever restrictions are determined by the
Committee.
z) "Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
aa)"Shares" shall mean shares of common stock of the Company, par value
$0.01 per share.
bb) "Stock Appreciation Right" shall mean an Award entitling the
recipient on exercise to receive an amount, in cash or Shares or a
combination thereof (such form to be determined by the Committee),
determined in whole or in part by reference to appreciation in Share value.
3. Administration
a) The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. Each member of the
Committee, while serving as such, shall be deemed to be acting in his or
her capacity as a director of the Company. Acts approved by a majority of
the members of the Committee at which a quorum is present, or acts without
a meeting reduced to or approved in writing by a majority of the members of
the Committee, shall be the valid acts of the Committee. Any authority of
the Committee may be delegated either by the Committee or the Board to a
committee of the Board or any other Plan administrator, but only to the
extent such delegation complies with the requirements of Section 162(m) of
the Code, Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act or as required by
any other applicable rule or regulation.
b) The Committee shall have the authority:
i) to select the Key Employees and Associates to be granted Awards
under the Plan and to grant such Awards at such time or times as it
may choose;
ii) to determine the type and size of each Award, including the number
of Shares subject to the Award;
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iii) to determine the terms and conditions of each Award;
iv) to amend an existing Award in whole or in part (including the
extension of the exercise period for any NQSO), except that the
Committee may not (A) lower the exercise price of any Option, or (B)
without the consent of the Participant holding the Award, take any
action under this clause if such action would adversely affect the
rights of such Participant;
v) to adopt, amend and rescind rules and regulations for the
administration of the Plan; vi) to interpret the Plan and decide any
questions and settle any controversies that may arise in connection
with it; and
vii) to adopt such modifications, amendments, procedures, sub-plans
and the like, which may be inconsistent with the provisions of the
Plan, as may be necessary to comply with the laws and regulations of
other countries in which the Company and its Related Corporations and
Affiliates operate in order to assure the viability of Awards granted
under the Plan to individuals in such other countries.
Such determinations and actions of the Committee, and all other determinations
and actions of the Committee made or taken under authority granted by any
provision of the Plan, shall be conclusive and shall bind all parties. Nothing
in this subsection (b) shall be construed as limiting the power of the Board or
the Committee to make the adjustments described in Sections 8.3 and 8.4.
4. Effective Date and Term of Plan
a) Effective Date. The Plan, having been adopted by the Board on February
2, 2003, shall become effective on that date, but subject to the approval
of the stockholders of the Company pursuant to Section 9(b). Awards may be
granted under the Plan prior to such stockholder approval (but after the
Board's adoption of the Plan), subject to such stockholder approval.
b) Term of Plan for ISOs. No ISO may be granted under the Plan after
February 23, 2013, but ISOs previously granted may extend beyond that date.
Awards other than ISOs may be granted after that date.
5. Shares Subject to the Plan. The aggregate number of Shares that may be
delivered under the Plan is 4,000,000. Further, no Key Employee shall
receive Options and/or Stock Appreciation Rights for more than 1,000,000
Shares during any calendar year under the Plan. However, the limits in the
preceding two sentences shall be subject to the adjustment described in
Section 8.3. Shares delivered under the Plan may be authorized but unissued
Shares or reacquired Shares, and the Company may purchase Shares required
for this purpose, from time to time, if it deems such purchase to be
advisable. Any Shares still subject to an Option which expires or otherwise
terminates for any reason whatever (including, without limitation, the
surrender thereof) without having been exercised in full, any Shares that
are still subject to an Award that is forfeited, any Shares withheld for the
payment of taxes with respect to an Award, and the Shares subject to an
Award which is payable in Shares or cash and that is satisfied in cash
rather than in Shares shall continue to be available for Awards under the
Plan.
6. Eligibility. The class of individuals who shall be eligible to receive
Awards under the Plan shall be the Key Employees (including any directors of
the Company who are also officers or Key Employees) and the Associates. More
than one Award may be granted to a Key Employee or Associate under the Plan.
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7. Types of Awards
7.1 Options
a) Kinds of Options. Both ISOs and NQSOs may be granted by the Committee
under the Plan. However, ISOs may only be granted to Key Employees of the
Company or of a Related Corporation. NQSOs may be granted to both Key
Employees and Associates. Once an ISO has been granted, no action by the
Committee that would cause the Option to lose its status as an ISO under
the Code will be effective without the consent of the Participant holding
the Option.
b) $100,000 Limit. The aggregate Fair Market Value of the Shares with
respect to which ISOs are exercisable for the first time by a Key Employee
during any calendar year (counting ISOs under this Plan and under any other
stock option plan of the Company or a Related Corporation) shall not exceed
$100,000. If an Option intended as an ISO is granted to a Key Employee and
the Option may not be treated in whole or in part as an ISO pursuant to the
$100,000 limit, the Option shall be treated as an ISO to the extent it may
be so treated under the limit and as an NQSO as to the remainder. For
purposes of determining whether an ISO would cause the limit to be
exceeded, ISOs shall be taken into account in the order granted. The annual
limits set forth above for ISOs shall not apply to NQSOs.
c) Exercise Price. The exercise price of an Option shall be determined by
the Committee, subject to the following:
i) The exercise price of an ISO shall not be less than the greater of
(A) 100 percent (110 percent in the case of an ISO granted to a
More-Than-10-Percent Stockholder) of the Fair Market Value of the
Shares subject to the Option, determined as of the time the Option is
granted, or (B) the par value per Share.
ii) The exercise price of an NQSO shall not be less than the greater
of (A) 100 percent of the Fair Market Value of the Shares subject to
the Option, determined as of the time the Option is granted, or (B)
the par value per Share.
d) Term of Options. The term of each Option may not be more than 10 years
(five years, in the case of an ISO granted to a More-Than-10-Percent
Stockholder) from the date the Option was granted, or such earlier date as
may be specified in the Award Agreement.
e) Exercise of Options. An Option shall become exercisable at such time or
times (but not less than three months from the date of grant), and on such
conditions, as the Committee may specify. The Committee may at any time and
from time to time accelerate the time at which all or any part of the
Option may be exercised. Any exercise of an Option must be in writing,
signed by the proper person, and delivered or mailed to the Company,
accompanied by (i) any other documents required by the Committee and (ii)
payment in full in accordance with subsection (f) below for the number of
Shares for which the Option is exercised (except that, in the case of an
exercise arrangement approved by the Committee and described in subsection
(f)(iii) below, payment may be made as soon as practicable after the
exercise). Only full shares shall be issued under the Plan, and any
fractional share that might otherwise be issuable upon exercise of an
Option granted hereunder shall be forfeited.
f) Payment for Shares. Shares purchased on the exercise of an Option shall
be paid for as follows:
i) in cash or by check (acceptable to the Committee), bank draft, or
money order payable to the order of the Company;
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ii) in Shares previously acquired by the Participant; provided,
however, that if such Shares were acquired through the exercise of an
ISO and are used to pay the Option price of an ISO, such Shares have
been held by the Participant for a period of not less than the holding
period described in section 422(a)(1) of the Code on the date of
exercise, or if such Shares were acquired through the exercise of an
NQSO and are used to pay the Option price of an ISO, or if such Shares
were acquired through the exercise of an ISO or an NQSO and are used
to pay the Option price of an NQSO, such Shares have been held by the
Participant for such period of time as required to be considered
"mature" Shares for purposes of accounting treatment;
iii) by delivering a properly executed notice of exercise of the
Option to the Company and a broker, with irrevocable instructions to
the broker promptly to deliver to the Company the amount of sale or
loan proceeds necessary to pay the exercise price of the Option; or
iv) by any combination of the above-listed forms of payment.
In the event the Option price is paid, in whole or in part, with Shares, the
portion of the Option price so paid shall be equal to the Fair Market Value on
the date of exercise of the Option of the Shares surrendered in payment of such
Option price.
7.2. Stock Appreciation Rights
a) Grant of Stock Appreciation Rights. Stock Appreciation Rights may be
granted to a Key Employee or Associate by the Committee. Stock Appreciation
Rights may be granted in tandem with, or independently of, Options granted
under the Plan. A Stock Appreciation Right granted in tandem with an Option
that is not an ISO may be granted either at or after the time the Option is
granted. A Stock Appreciation Right granted in tandem with an ISO may be
granted only at the time the ISO is granted.
b) Nature of Stock Appreciation Rights. A Stock Appreciation Right entitles
the Participant to receive, with respect to each Share as to which the
Stock Appreciation Right is exercised, the excess of the Share's Fair
Market Value on the date of exercise over its Fair Market Value on the date
the Stock Appreciation Right was granted. Such excess shall be paid in
cash, Shares, or a combination thereof, as determined by the Committee.
c) Rules Applicable to Tandem Awards. When Stock Appreciation Rights are
granted in tandem with Options, the number of Stock Appreciation Rights
granted to a Participant that shall be exercisable during a specified
period shall not exceed the number of Shares that the Participant may
purchase upon the exercise of the related Option during such period. Upon
the exercise of an Option, the Stock Appreciation Right relating to the
Shares covered by such Option will terminate. Upon the exercise of a Stock
Appreciation Right, the related Option will terminate to the extent of an
equal number of Shares. The Stock Appreciation Right will be exercisable
only at such time or times, and to the extent, that the related Option is
exercisable and will be exercisable in accordance with the procedure
required for exercise of the related Option. The Stock Appreciation Right
will be transferable only when the related Option is transferable, and
under the same conditions. A Stock Appreciation Right granted in tandem
with an ISO may be exercised only when the Fair Market Value of the Shares
subject to the ISO exceeds the exercise price of such ISO.
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d) Exercise of Independent Stock Appreciation Rights. A Stock Appreciation
Right not granted in tandem with an Option shall become exercisable at such
time or times, and on such conditions, as the Committee may specify in the
Award Agreement. The Committee may at any time accelerate the time at which
all or any part of the Stock Appreciation Right may be exercised. Any
exercise of an independent Stock Appreciation Right must be in writing,
signed by the proper person, and delivered or mailed to the Company,
accompanied by any other documents required by the Committee.
7.3. Restricted Stock
a) General Requirements. Restricted Stock may be issued or transferred to a
Key Employee or Associate (for no consideration).
b) Rights as a Stockholder. Unless the Committee determines otherwise, a
Key Employee or Associate who receives Restricted Stock shall have certain
rights of a stockholder with respect to the Restricted Stock, including
voting and dividend rights, subject to the restrictions described in
subsection (c) below and any other conditions imposed by the Committee at
the time of grant. Unless the Committee determines otherwise, certificates
evidencing shares of Restricted Stock will remain in the possession of the
Company until such Shares are free of all restrictions under the Plan.
c) Restrictions. Except as otherwise specifically provided by the Plan,
Restricted Stock may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged, or
otherwise encumbered or disposed of, and if the Participant ceases to
provide services to any of the Company and its Related Corporations and
Affiliates for any reason, must be forfeited to the Company. These
restrictions will lapse at such time or times, and on such conditions, as
the Committee may specify in the Award Agreement. Upon the lapse of all
restrictions, the Shares will cease to be Restricted Stock for purposes of
the Plan. The Committee may at any time accelerate the time at which the
restrictions on all or any part of the Shares will lapse.
d) Notice of Tax Election. Any Participant making an election under section
83(b) of the Code for the immediate recognition of income attributable to
an Award of Restricted Stock must provide a copy thereof to the Company
within 10 days of the filing of such election with the Internal Revenue
Service.
7.4. Performance Stock; Performance Goals
a) Grant. The Committee may grant Performance Stock to any Key Employee or
Associate, conditioned upon the meeting of designated Performance Goals.
The Committee shall determine the number of Shares of Performance Stock to
be granted.
b) Performance Period and Performance Goals. When Performance Stock is
granted, the Committee shall establish the performance period during which
performance shall be measured, the Performance Goals, and such other
conditions of the Award as the Committee deems appropriate.
c) Delivery of Performance Stock. At the end of each performance period,
the Committee shall determine to what extent the Performance Goals and
other conditions of the Award have been met and the number of Shares, if
any, to be delivered with respect to the Award.
7.5. Contract Stock
a) Grant. The Committee may grant Contract Stock to any Key Employee or
Associate, conditioned upon the Participant's continued provision of
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services to the Company and its Related Corporations and Affiliates through
the date specified in the Award Agreement. The Committee shall determine
the number of Shares of Contract Stock to be granted.
b) Contract Date. When Contract Stock is granted, the Committee shall
establish the Contract Date on which the Contract Stock shall be delivered
to the Participant, provided the Participant is still providing services to
the Company and its Related Corporations and Affiliates on such date.
c) Delivery of Contract Stock. If the Participant is still providing
services to the Company and its Related Corporations and Affiliates as of
the Contract Date, the Committee shall cause the Contract Stock to be
delivered to the Participant in accordance with the terms of the Award
Agreement.
7.6. Dividend Equivalent Rights. The Committee may provide for payment to a Key
Employee or Associate of Dividend Equivalent Rights, either currently or in
the future, or for the investment of such Dividend Equivalent Rights on
behalf of the Participant.
8. Events Affecting Outstanding Awards
8.1. Termination of Service (Other Than by Death or Disability). If a
Participant ceases to provide services to the Company and its Related
Corporations and Affiliates for any reason other than death or Disability,
as the case may be, the following shall apply:
a) Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, all Options and Stock
Appreciation Rights held by the Participant that were not exercisable
immediately prior to the Participant's termination of service shall
terminate at that time. Any Options or Stock Appreciation Rights that were
exercisable immediately prior to the termination of service will continue
to be exercisable for six months (or for such longer period as the
Committee may determine), and shall thereupon terminate, unless the Award
Agreement provides by its terms for immediate termination or for
termination in less than six months in the event of termination of service.
In no event, however, shall an Option or Stock Appreciation Right remain
exercisable beyond the latest date on which it could have been exercised
without regard to this Section. For purposes of this subsection (a), a
termination of service shall not be deemed to have resulted by reason of a
sick leave or other bona fide leave of absence approved for purposes of the
Plan by the Committee.
b) Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, all Restricted Stock
held by the Participant at the time of the termination of service must be
transferred to the Company (and, in the event the certificates representing
such Restricted Stock are held by the Company, such Restricted Stock shall
be so transferred without any further action by the Participant), in
accordance with Section 7.3.
c) Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, all Performance Stock,
Contract Stock, and Dividend Equivalent Rights to which the Participant was
not irrevocably entitled prior to the termination of service shall be
forfeited and the Awards canceled as of the date of such termination of
service.
8.2. Death or Disability. If a Participant dies or incurs a Disability, the
following shall apply:
a) Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, all Options and Stock
Appreciation Rights held by the Participant immediately prior to death or
Disability, as the case may be, to the extent then exercisable, may be
exercised by the Participant or by the Participant's legal representative
(in the case of Disability), or by the Participant's executor or
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administrator or by the person or persons to whom the Option or Stock
Appreciation Right is transferred by will or the laws of descent and
distribution, at any time within the one-year period ending with the first
anniversary of the Participant's death or Disability (or such shorter or
longer period as the Committee may determine), and shall thereupon
terminate. In no event, however, shall an Option or Stock Appreciation
Right remain exercisable beyond the latest date on which it could have been
exercised without regard to this Section. Except as otherwise determined by
the Committee, all Options and Stock Appreciation Rights held by a
Participant immediately prior to death or Disability that are not then
exercisable shall terminate at the date of death or Disability.
b) Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, all Restricted Stock
held by the Participant at the date of death or Disability, as the case may
be, must be transferred to the Company (and, in the event the certificates
representing such Restricted Stock are held by the Company, such Restricted
Stock shall be so transferred without any further action by the
Participant), in accordance with Section 7.3.
c) Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, all Performance Stock,
Contract Stock, and Dividend Equivalent Rights to which the Participant was
not irrevocably entitled prior to death or Disability, as the case may be,
shall be forfeited and the Awards canceled as of the date of death or
Disability.
8.3. Capital Adjustments. The maximum number of Shares that may be delivered
under the Plan, and the maximum number of Shares with respect to which
Options or Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted to any Key Employee or
Associate under the Plan, both as stated in Section 5, and the number of
Shares issuable upon the exercise or vesting of outstanding Awards under
the Plan (as well as the exercise price per Share under outstanding
Options), shall be proportionately adjusted, as may be deemed appropriate
by the Committee, to reflect any increase or decrease in the number of
issued Shares resulting from a subdivision (share-split), consolidation
(reverse split), stock dividend, or similar change in the capitalization of
the Company.
8.4. Certain Corporate Transactions
a) In the event of a corporate transaction (as, for example, a merger,
consolidation, acquisition of property or stock, separation,
reorganization, or liquidation), each outstanding Award shall be assumed by
the surviving or successor entity; provided, however, that in the event of
a proposed corporate transaction, the Committee may terminate all or a
portion of any outstanding Award, effective upon the closing of the
corporate transaction, if it determines that such termination is in the
best interests of the Company. If the Committee decides to terminate
outstanding Options or Stock Appreciation Rights, the Committee shall give
each Participant holding an Option or Stock Appreciation Right to be
terminated not less than seven days' notice prior to any such termination,
and any Option or Stock Appreciation Right that is to be so terminated may
be exercised (if and only to the extent that it is then exercisable) up to,
and including the date immediately preceding such termination. Further, the
Committee, in its discretion, may (i) accelerate, in whole or in part, the
date on which any or all Options and Stock Appreciation Rights become
exercisable, (ii) remove the restrictions from outstanding Restricted
Stock, (iii) cause the delivery of any Performance Stock, even if the
associated Performance Goals have not been met, (iv) cause the delivery of
any Contract Stock, even if the Contract Date has not been reached; and/or
(v) cause the payment of any Dividend Equivalent Rights. The Committee also
may, in its discretion, change the terms of any outstanding Award to
reflect any such corporate transaction, provided that, in the case of ISOs,
such change would not constitute a "modification" under section 424(h) of
the Code, unless the Participant consents to the change.
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b) With respect to an outstanding Award held by a Participant who,
following the corporate transaction, will be employed by or otherwise
providing services to an entity which is a surviving or acquiring entity in
such transaction or an affiliate of such an entity, the Committee may, in
lieu of the action described in subsection (a) above, arrange to have such
surviving or acquiring entity or affiliate grant to the Participant a
replacement award which, in the judgment of the Committee, is substantially
equivalent to the Award.
8.5. Exercise Upon Change in Control
a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, all outstanding
Options and all Stock Appreciation Rights shall become fully vested and
exercisable, all Performance Stock and all Dividend Equivalent Rights shall
become fully vested, all Contract Stock shall become immediately payable,
and all restrictions shall be removed from any outstanding Restricted
Stock, upon a Change in Control.
b) "Change in Control" shall mean:
i) An acquisition (other than directly from the Company) of any voting
securities of the Company ("Voting Securities") by any "Person" (as
such term is used for purposes of section 13(d) or 14(d) of the
Exchange Act) immediately after which such Person has "Beneficial
Ownership" (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the
Exchange Act) of 50 percent or more of the combined voting power of
all the then outstanding Voting Securities, other than the Company,
any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under any employee
benefit plan of the Company or an affiliate thereof, or any
corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the
Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of
stock of the Company; provided, however, that any acquisition from the
Company or any acquisition pursuant to a transaction which complies
with paragraph (iii)(A) and (B) below shall not be a Change in Control
under this paragraph (i);
ii) The individuals who, as of March 1, 2003, are members of the Board
(the "Incumbent Board") cease for any reason to constitute at least
two-thirds of the Board; provided, however, that if the election, or
nomination for election by the stockholders, of any new director was
approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the members of the Board
who constitute Incumbent Board members, such new directors shall for
all purposes be considered as members of the Incumbent Board as of
March 1, 2003, provided further, however, that no individual shall be
considered a member of the Incumbent Board if such individual
initially assumed office as a result of either an actual or threatened
"Election Contest" (as described in Rule 14a-11 promulgated under the
Exchange Act) or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or
consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board of Directors
(a "Proxy Contest") including by reason of any agreement intended to
avoid or settle any Election Contest or Proxy Contest;
iii) consummation by the Company of a reorganization, merger, or
consolidation or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all
of the assets of the Company or the acquisition of assets or stock of
another entity (a "Business Combination"), unless immediately
following such Business Combination: (A) more than 50 percent of the
combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities
entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of (I) the
corporation resulting from such Business Combination (the "Surviving
Corporation"), or (II) if applicable, a corporation which as a result
of such transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of
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the Company's assets either directly or through one or more
subsidiaries (the "Parent Corporation"), is represented, directly or
indirectly, by Company Voting Securities outstanding immediately prior
to such Business Combination (or, if applicable, is represented by
shares into which such Company Voting Securities were converted
pursuant to such Business Combination), and such voting power among
the holders thereof is in substantially the same proportions as their
ownership, immediately prior to such Business Combination, of the
Company Voting Securities; and (B) at least a majority of the members
of the board of directors of the Parent Corporation (or, if there is
no Parent Corporation, the Surviving Corporation) were members of the
Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement,
or the action of the Board, providing for such Business Combination;
iv) approval by the stockholders of the Company of a complete
liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or v) acceptance by the
stockholders of the Company of shares in a share exchange if the
stockholders of the Company immediately before such share exchange do
not own, directly or indirectly, immediately following such share
exchange more than 50 percent of the combined voting power of the
outstanding Voting Securities of the corporation resulting from such
share exchange in substantially the same proportion as their ownership
of the Voting Securities outstanding immediately before such share
exchange.
9. Amendment or Termination of the Plan
a) In General. The Board, pursuant to a written resolution, may from time
to time suspend or terminate the Plan or amend it and, except as provided
in Section 3(b)(iv), 7.1(a), and 8.4(a), the Committee may amend any
outstanding Awards in any respect whatsoever; except that, without the
approval of the stockholders (given in the manner set forth in subsection
(b) below):
i) no amendment may be made that would:
(A) change the class of employees eligible to participate in the
Plan with respect to ISOs;
(B) except as permitted under Section 8.3, increase the maximum
number of Shares with respect to which ISOs may be granted under
the Plan;
(C) extend the duration of the Plan under Section 4(b) with
respect to any ISOs granted hereunder; or
(D) reprice or regrant through cancellation, or modify (except in
connection with a change in the Company's capitalization) any
award, if the effect would be to reduce the exercise price for
the shares underlying such award.
ii) no amendment may be made that would constitute a modification of
the material terms of the "performance goal(s)" within the meaning of
Treas. Reg. ss.1.162-27(e)(4)(vi) or any successor thereto (to the
extent compliance with section 162(m) of the Code is desired).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such suspension, termination or amendment
shall materially impair the rights of any Participant holding an outstanding
Award without the consent of such Participant.
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b) Manner of Stockholder Approval. The approval of stockholders must be
effected by a majority of the votes cast (including abstentions, to the
extent abstentions are counted as voting under applicable state law) in a
separate vote at a duly held stockholders' meeting at which a quorum
representing a majority of all outstanding voting stock is, either in
person or by proxy, present and voting on the Plan.
10. Miscellaneous
10.1. Documentation of Awards. Awards shall be evidenced by such written Award
Agreements, if any, as may be prescribed by the Committee from time to
time. Such instruments may be in the form of agreements to be executed by
both the Participant and the Company, or certificates, letters, or
similar instruments, which need not be executed by the Participant but
acceptance of which will evidence agreement to the terms thereof.
10.2. Rights as a Stockholder. Except as specifically provided by the Plan or
an Award Agreement, the receipt of an Award shall not give a Participant
rights as a stockholder; instead, the Participant shall obtain such
rights, subject to any limitations imposed by the Plan or the Award
Agreement, upon the actual receipt of Shares.
10.3. Conditions on Delivery of Shares. The Company shall not deliver any
Shares pursuant to the Plan or remove restrictions from Shares previously
delivered under the Plan (i) until all conditions of the Award have been
satisfied or removed, (ii) until all applicable Federal and state laws
and regulations have been complied with, and (iii) if the outstanding
Shares are at the time of such delivery listed on any stock exchange,
until the Shares to be delivered have been listed or authorized to be
listed on such exchange. If an Award is exercised by the Participant's
legal representative, the Company will be under no obligation to deliver
Shares pursuant to such exercise until the Company is satisfied as to the
authority of such representative.
10.4. Registration and Listing of Shares. If the Company shall deem it
necessary to register under the Securities Act or any other applicable
statute any Shares purchased under this Plan, or to qualify any such
Shares for an exemption from any such statutes, the Company shall take
such action at its own expense. If Shares are listed on any national
securities exchange at the time any Shares are purchased hereunder, the
Company shall make prompt application for the listing on such national
securities exchange of such Shares, at its own expense. Purchases and
grants of Shares hereunder shall be postponed as necessary pending any
such action.
10.5. Compliance with Rule 16b-3. All elections and transactions under this
Plan by persons subject to Rule 16b-3, promulgated under section 16(b) of
the Exchange Act, or any successor to such Rule, are intended to comply
with at least one of the exemptive conditions under such Rule. The
Committee shall establish such administrative guidelines to facilitate
compliance with at least one such exemptive condition under Rule 16b-3 as
the Committee may deem necessary or appropriate.
10.6. Tax Withholding
a) Obligation to Withhold. The Company shall withhold from any cash
payment made pursuant to an Award an amount sufficient to satisfy all
Federal, state, and local withholding tax requirements (the
"Withholding Requirements"). In the case of an Award pursuant to which
Shares may be delivered, the Committee may require that the Participant
or other appropriate person remit to the Company an amount sufficient
to satisfy the Withholding Requirements, or make other arrangements
satisfactory to the Committee with regard to the Withholding
Requirements, prior to the delivery of any Shares.
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b) Election to Withhold Shares. The Committee, in its discretion, may
permit or require the Participant to satisfy the federal, state, and/or
local withholding tax, in whole or in part, by electing to have the
Company withhold Shares (or by returning previously acquired Shares to
the Company); provided, however, that the Company may limit the number
of Shares withheld to satisfy the Withholding Requirements to the
extent necessary to avoid adverse accounting consequences. Shares shall
be valued, for purposes of this subsection (b), at their Fair Market
Value (determined as of the date an amount is includible in income by
the Participant (the "Determination Date"), rather than the date of
grant). If Shares acquired by the exercise of an ISO are used to
satisfy the Withholding Requirements, such Shares must have been held
by the Participant for a period of not less than the holding period
described in section 422(a)(1) of the Code as of the Determination
Date. The Committee shall adopt such withholding rules as it deems
necessary to carry out the provisions of this Section.
10.7. Transferability of Awards. No ISO may be transferred other than by will
or by the laws of descent and distribution. No other Award may be
transferred, except to the extent permitted in the applicable Award
Agreement. During a Participant's lifetime, an Award requiring exercise
may be exercised only by the Participant (or, in the event of the
Participant's incapacity, by the person or persons legally appointed to
act on the Participant's behalf).
10.8. Registration. If the Participant is married at the time Shares are
delivered and if the Participant so requests at such time, the
certificate or certificates for such Shares shall be registered in the
name of the Participant and the Participant's spouse, jointly, with right
of survivorship.
10.9. Acquisitions. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, Awards
may be granted hereunder in substitution for awards held by directors,
key employees, and associates of other corporations who are about to, or
have, become Key Employees or Associates as a result of a merger,
consolidation, acquisition of assets, or similar transaction by the
Company or a Related Corporation or (in the case of Awards other than
ISOs) an Affiliate. The terms of the substitute Awards so granted may
vary from the terms set forth in this Plan to such extent as the
Committee may deem appropriate to conform, in whole or in part, to the
provisions of the awards in substitution for which they are granted.
10.10. Employment Rights. Neither the adoption of the Plan nor the grant of
Awards will confer upon any person any right to continued employment by
the Company or any of its Related Corporations or Affiliates or affect in
any way the right of any of the foregoing to terminate an employment
relationship at any time.
10.11. Indemnification of Board and Committee. Without limiting any other rights
of indemnification that they may have from the Company or any of its
Related Corporations or Affiliates, the members of the Board and the
members of the Committee shall be indemnified by the Company against all
costs and expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with any
claim, action, suit or proceeding to which they or any of them may be a
party by reason of any action taken or failure to act under, or in
connection with, the Plan or any Award granted thereunder, and against
all amounts paid by them in settlement thereof (provided such settlement
is approved by legal counsel selected by the Company) or paid by them in
satisfaction of a judgment in any such action, suit or proceeding, except
a judgment based upon a finding of willful misconduct or recklessness on
their part. Upon the making or institution of any such claim, action,
suit or proceeding, the Board or Committee member shall notify the
Company in writing, giving the Company an opportunity, at its own
expense, to handle and defend the same before such Board or Committee
member undertakes to handle it on his or her own behalf. The provisions
of this Section shall not give members of the Board or the Committee
greater rights than they would have under the Company's by-laws or
Delaware law.
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10.12. Application of Funds. Any cash proceeds received by the Company from the
sale of Shares pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan shall be added
to the general funds of the Company. Any Shares received in payment for
additional Shares upon exercise of an Option shall become treasury stock.
10.13. Governing Law. The Plan shall be governed by the applicable Code
provisions to the maximum extent possible. Otherwise, except as provided
in Section 10.12, the laws of the State of Delaware (without reference to
the principles of conflict of laws) shall govern the operation of, and
the rights of Participants under, the Plan and Awards granted hereunder.
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Certification of Principal Executive Officer
Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
I, Stuart M. Essig, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Integra
LifeSciences Holdings Corporation;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not
misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
financial information included in this report, fairly present
in all material respects the financial condition, results of
operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for,
the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrant's other certifying officer and I are
responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure
controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial
reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and
15d-15(f)) for the registrant and we have:
(a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or
caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be
designed under our supervision, to ensure that
material information relating to the registrant,
including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made
known to us by others within those entities,
particularly during the period in which this report
is being prepared;
(b) designed such internal control over financial
reporting, or caused such internal control over
financial reporting to be designed under our
supervision, to provide reasonable assurance
regarding the reliability of financial reporting and
the preparation of financial statements for external
purposes in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles;
(c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's
disclosure controls and procedures and presented in
this report our conclusions about the effectiveness
of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the
end of the period covered by this report based on
such evaluation; and
(d) disclosed in this report any change in the
registrant's internal control over financial
reporting that occurred during the registrant's most
recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal
quarter in the case of an annual report) that has
materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the registrant's internal control
over financial reporting; and
5. The registrant's other certifying officer and I have
disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal
control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors
and the audit committee of registrant's board of directors (or
persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses
in the design or operation of internal control over
financial reporting which are reasonably likely to
adversely affect the registrant's ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial information;
and
(b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
management or other employees who have a significant
role in the registrant's internal control over
financial reporting.
Date: November 9, 2005
/s/ Stuart M. Essig
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Stuart M. Essig
President and Chief Executive Officer
Certification of Principal Financial Officer
Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
I, David B. Holtz, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Integra
LifeSciences Holdings Corporation;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not
misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
financial information included in this report, fairly present
in all material respects the financial condition, results of
operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for,
the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrant's other certifying officer and I are
responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure
controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial
reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and
15d-15(f)) for the registrant and we have:
(a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or
caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be
designed under our supervision, to ensure that
material information relating to the registrant,
including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made
known to us by others within those entities,
particularly during the period in which this report
is being prepared;
(b) designed such internal control over financial
reporting, or caused such internal control over
financial reporting to be designed under our
supervision, to provide reasonable assurance
regarding the reliability of financial reporting and
the preparation of financial statements for external
purposes in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles;
(c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's
disclosure controls and procedures and presented in
this report our conclusions about the effectiveness
of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the
end of the period covered by this report based on
such evaluation; and
(d) disclosed in this report any change in the
registrant's internal control over financial
reporting that occurred during the registrant's most
recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal
quarter in the case of an annual report) that has
materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the registrant's internal control
over financial reporting; and
5. The registrant's other certifying officer and I have
disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal
control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors
and the audit committee of registrant's board of directors (or
persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses
in the design or operation of internal control over
financial reporting which are reasonably likely to
adversely affect the registrant's ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial information;
and
(b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
management or other employees who have a significant
role in the registrant's internal control over
financial reporting.
Date: November 9, 2005
/s/ David B. Holtz
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David B. Holtz
Senior Vice President, Finance
Certification of Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
I, Stuart M. Essig, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Integra LifeSciences
Holdings Corporation (the "Company"), hereby certify that, to my knowledge:
1. The Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the quarter ended
September 30, 2005 (the "Report") fully complies with the requirement
of Section 13(a) or Section 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and
2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of
the Company.
Date: November 9, 2005 /s/ Stuart M. Essig
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Stuart M. Essig
President and Chief Executive Officer
Certification of Chief Financial Officer
Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
I, David B. Holtz, Senior Vice President, Finance of Integra LifeSciences
Holdings Corporation (the "Company"), hereby certify that, to my knowledge:
1. The Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the quarter ended
September 30, 2005 (the "Report") fully complies with the requirement
of Section 13(a) or Section 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and
2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of
the Company.
Date: November 9, 2005 /s/ David B. Holtz
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David B. Holtz
Senior Vice President, Finance