Stockholder Approval for Equity Incentive Plan
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ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT
OF THE STOCKHOLDERS OF
[Company Name]
[Date]
Pursuant
to Section 228 of the Delaware General Corporation Law and the
Bylaws of [Company
Name],
a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the undersigned
stockholders of the Company hereby take the following actions
and adopt the following resolutions by written consent. This
written consent will be filed in the minute book of this Company and
shall be effective as of the date first written above:
1. Adoption of [Current Year] Equity Incentive Plan
Resolved, That the [Current Year] Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, is hereby adopted and approved.
2. Omnibus Resolution
Resolved,
That
each of the officers of the Company is authorized and directed,
on behalf of the Company, to execute and deliver any agreement,
documents or instrument pursuant to or necessary to be
delivered in connection with the Plan, with such modifications
or amendments thereto as may be approved by the officer or
officers executing and delivering the same, such approval to be
conclusively evidenced by the execution and delivery thereof.
[Signature Page to Follow]
This
Action by Written Consent may be executed in counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed an original and all of which together
shall constitute one instrument.
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EXHIBIT A
[CURRENT YEAR] EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
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