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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 14, 1997
Registration Statement No. 333-
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
F 0 R M S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
URBAN OUTFITTERS, INC.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Pennsylvania 23-2003332
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(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
1809 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Urban Outfitters, Inc.
1997 Stock Option Plan
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(Full title of the plan)
Richard A. Hayne, President
Urban Outfitters, Inc.
1809 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
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(Name and address of agent for service)
Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service: (215) 564-2313
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Copy to:
Walter J. Mostek, Jr., Esq.
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Suite 300, 1000 Westlakes Drive
Berwyn, Pennsylvania 19312-2409
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Amount of Proposed maximum Proposed Amount of
securities to shares to be offering price maximum aggregate registration
be registered registered(1) per share (2) offering price (2) fee
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Common Shares, 1,250,000 50,000@ $11.00 $20,875,000 $ 6,326
par value $.0001
per share
1,200,000 @ $16.9275
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(1) Pursuant to Rule 416(a), this Registration Statement also registers such
indeterminate number of additional shares as may become issuable under the
Plan in connection with share splits, share dividends or similar
transactions.
(2) Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h). As to shares subject to outstanding
but unexercised options, the price and fee are computed based upon the
price at which such options may be exercised. As to the remaining shares,
the price and fee are computed based upon $16.9375, the average of the
high and low prices for the common stock reported on the NASDAQ National
Market System on August 11, 1997.
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
(Not required to be filed as part of this Registration Statement)
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
There are incorporated herein by reference the following documents:
(a) the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
January 31, 1997;
(b) the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
April 30, 1997;
(c) the description of the Company's Common Shares contained in the
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on November 2, 1993 by the Company
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including any amendment or report
filed for the purpose of updating such description; and
(d) all other reports filed pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 since April 30, 1997.
All reports and other documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 after the date
of this Registration Statement, but prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing
of each such report or other document.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not Applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Harry S. Cherken, Jr., a director of the Company, is a partner in Drinker
Biddle & Reath LLP. Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP is counsel to the Company
and assisted the Company in preparation of this Registration Statement.
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PART II
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 1712 of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law of 1988, as
amended (the "BCL"), sets forth the applicable standard of care for directors
and officers. Section 1712 further provides that, in performing their duties,
directors may rely in good faith on certain information, material and statements
provided by officers of a corporation, certain professionals or experts and
committees of the board upon which the director does not serve and that officers
shall not be liable if they perform their duties in accordance with the
applicable standard of care. Section 1713 of the BCL allows for a corporation's
by-laws to provide that a director shall not be personally liable for any action
taken unless the director has breached the applicable standard of care and such
breach constituted self-dealing, willful misconduct or recklessness.
Section 1741 of the BCL permits a corporation to indemnify its officers and
directors for any expenses, judgments, fines and settlement amounts paid or
incurred in the defense of third-party actions provided such individuals have
met their applicable standard of care. Section 1743 of the BCL requires a
corporation to indemnify its directors and officers for their expenses incurred
in the successful defense of any third-party or derivative action. The
registrant's By-laws require the registrant to indemnify any person who was or
is party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding, including actions by or in the right of
the registrant, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by
reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the
registrant, or is or was serving while a director or officer of the registrant
at the request of the registrant as a director, officer, employee, agent,
fiduciary or other representative of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, against expenses
(including attorneys' fees), judgment, fines, excise taxes and amounts paid in
settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with
such action, suit or proceeding unless the act of failure to act giving rise to
the claim for indemnification is determined by a court to have constituted
willful misconduct or recklessness.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
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Item 8. Exhibits.
The following is a list of exhibits required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K
to be filed as part of this Registration Statement:
4 Urban Outfitters, Inc. 1997 Stock Option Plan
5 Opinion of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
23(a) Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP
23(b) Consent of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (included in the opinion filed
as Exhibit 5 hereto)
24 Powers of Attorney (see Signature page)
Item 9. Undertakings.
1. Undertaking Required by Regulation S-K Item 512(a).
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
Statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan
of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any
material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
Provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the
Registration Statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and the information required
to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
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(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.
2. Undertaking Required by Regulation S-K Item 512(b).
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
3. Undertaking Required by Regulation S-K Item 512(h).
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of
the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act
and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.
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SIGNATURES AND POWER OF ATTORNEY
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S- 8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Philadelphia, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on
this 5th day of August 1997.
URBAN OUTFITTERS, INC.
By: /s/ Richard A. Hayne
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Richard A. Hayne
President
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Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and
appoints Richard A. Hayne and Kenneth K. Cleeland as his or her
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution
for him or her, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments or
post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file the same,
with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, granting unto
each of such attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and
perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary in connection with
such matters and hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of such
attorneys-in-fact and agents or his substitutes may do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons, in the
capacities and the date indicated.
Signature Title Date
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/s/ Richard A. Hayne Chairman of the Board of August 5,
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Richard A. Hayne (Principal Executive
Officer)
/s/ Kenneth K. Cleeland Chief Financial Officer August 5,
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Kenneth K. Cleeland (Principal Financial
Officer)
/s/ Scott A. Belair Director August 5,
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Scott A. Belair
/s/ Harry S. Cherken, Jr. Director August 5,
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Harry S. Cherken, Jr.
/s/ Joel S. Lawson III Director August 5,
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Joel S. Lawson III
/s/ Burton M. Sapiro Director August 5,
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Burton M. Sapiro
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Description
Number of Exhibit
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4 Urban Outfitters, Inc. 1997 Stock Option Plan
5 Opinion of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
23(a) Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP
23(b) Consent of Drinker Biddle and Reath LLP
(included in the opinion filed
as Exhibit 5 hereto)
24 Powers of Attorney (see Signature Page)
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Exhibit 4
URBAN OUTFITTERS, INC.
1997 STOCK OPTION PLAN
DRAFTED BY
DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH
PHILADELPHIA NATIONAL BANK BUILDING
1345 CHESTNUT STREET
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19107-3496
MARCH 1997
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION 1 - Purpose and Definitions..................................... 1
SECTION 2 - Administration.............................................. 3
SECTION 3 - Eligibility................................................ 4
SECTION 4 - Stock....................................................... 5
SECTION 5 - Granting of Options......................................... 5
SECTION 6 - Annual Limit................................................ 6
SECTION 7 - Options for Non-Employee Directors.......................... 6
SECTION 8 - Terms and Conditions of Options for Key Employees and
Consultants................................................. 9
SECTION 9 - Option Agreements - Other Provisions........................ 15
SECTION 10 - Capital Adjustments........................................ 15
SECTION 11 - Amendment or Discontinuance of the Plan.................... 16
SECTION 12 - Termination of Plan........................................ 17
SECTION 13 - Shareholder Approval....................................... 18
SECTION 14 - Miscellaneous.............................................. 18
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URBAN OUTFITTERS, INC.
1997 STOCK OPTION PLAN
SECTION 1 - Purpose and Definitions
(a) Purpose. This URBAN OUTFITTERS, INC. 1997 STOCK OPTION PLAN is intended
to provide a means whereby URBAN OUTFITTERS, INC. may, through the grant of
Options to purchase Common Stock to Key Employees and Consultants, attract and
retain such Key Employees and Consultants, and motivate such Key Employees and
Consultants to exercise their best efforts on behalf of the Company and of any
Related Corporation. Moreover, the Company may, through the grant of
Non-Qualified Stock Options to Non-Employee Directors under a formula, attract
and retain Non-Employee Directors and motivate such Non-Employee Directors to
exercise their best efforts on behalf of the Company and any Related
Corporation.
(b) Definitions.
(1) Board. The term "Board" shall mean the Board of Directors of the
Company.
(2) Common Stock. The term "Common Stock" shall mean the common stock
of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share.
(3) Code. The term "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended.
(4) Committee. The term "Committee" shall mean a committee which
consists of not fewer than two (2) directors of the Company who are Outside
Directors. The members of the Committee shall be appointed by, and serve at
the pleasure of, the Board.
(5) Company. The term "Company" shall mean Urban Outfitters, Inc.
(6) Consultant. The term "Consultant" shall mean an individual who is
not an employee of the Company or a Related Corporation, and who has
entered into a consulting arrangement with the Company or a Related
Corporation.
(7) Fair Market Value. The term "Fair Market Value" shall mean the fair
market value of the optioned shares of Common Stock, which shall be arrived
at by a good faith determination of the Committee and shall be:
(A) The arithmetic average of the highest and lowest quoted selling
price, if there is a market for the
Common Stock on a registered securities exchange or in an over the
counter market, on the date of grant; or
(B) 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.
(8) Incentive Stock Option. The term "Incentive Stock Option" ("ISO")
shall mean an option which, at the time such option is granted under the
Plan, qualifies as an ISO within the meaning of section 422 of the Code and
is designated as an ISO in the Option Agreement.
(9) Key Employees. The term "Key Employees" shall mean officers and
other key employees of the Company or a Related Corporation.
(10) Non-Employee Directors. The term "Non-Employee Directors" shall
mean directors of the Company who:
(A) Are not employees of the Company or any Related Corporation;
and
(B) Have not been employees of the Company or any Related
Corporation during the immediately preceding 12 - month period.
(11) Non-Qualified Stock Option. The term "Non-Qualified Stock Option"
("NQSO") shall mean an option which, at the time such option is granted,
does not qualify as an ISO, and/or is designated as an NQSO in the Option
Agreement.
(12) Option Agreement. The term "Option Agreement" shall mean a written
document evidencing the grant of an Option, as described in Section 9.
(13) Optionee. The term "Optionee" shall mean a Key Employee or
Consultant to whom an Option has been granted.
(14) Options. The term "Options" shall mean Incentive Stock Options and
Non-Qualified Stock Options.
(15) Outside Director. The term "Outside Director" shall mean a
director who:
(A) Is not currently an officer (as defined in 17 CFR 240.16a-1(f))
of, or otherwise currently employed by, the Company or a parent or
subsidiary of the Company within the meaning of 17 CFR 240.16b-3(b)(3),
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(B) Does not receive compensation, either directly or indirectly,
from the Company or a parent or subsidiary of the Company within the
meaning of 17 CFR 240.16b-3(b)(3) for services rendered as a
consultant or in any other capacity other than as a director, except
for an amount that does not exceed the dollar amount for which
disclosure would be required under 17 CFR 229.404(a),
(C) Does not possess an interest in any other transaction for which
disclosure would be required pursuant to 17 CFR 229.404(a),
(D) Is not engaged in a business relationship for which disclosure
would be required pursuant to 17 CFR 229.404(b), and
(E) Is an outside director within the meaning of Treas. Reg.
ss.1.162-27(e)(3), or any successor thereto.
(16) Plan. The term "Plan" shall mean the Urban Outfitters, Inc. 1997
Stock Option Plan, as set forth herein and as amended from time to time.
(17) Related Corporation. The term "Related Corporation" shall mean
either a corporate subsidiary of the Company, as defined in section 424(f)
of the Code or the corporate parent of the Company, as defined in section
424(e) of the Code.
Notwithstanding Sections 1(b)(8) and (11) if an Option granted to a Key
Employee 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.
SECTION 2 - Administration
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.
The Committee shall have full authority, subject to the terms of the Plan,
to select the Key Employees to be granted ISOs and/or NQSOs under the Plan, to
select the Consultants to be granted 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,
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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 shareholders and all employees, and upon their respective legal
representatives, beneficiaries, successors and assigns and upon all other
persons claiming under or through any of them.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the terms and conditions of grants of NQSOs
to Non-Employee Directors are intended to be fixed in advance. Consequently, the
grants of NQSOs to Non-Employee Directors shall be as set forth in Section 7 and
neither the Committee nor the Board shall have any discretionary authority with
respect thereto.
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
Key Employees shall be eligible to receive Options under the Plan.
Non-Employee Directors shall be eligible to receive NQSOs (but not ISOs)
pursuant to Section 7. Consultants shall be eligible to receive NQSOs (but not
ISOs) pursuant to Section 8. More than one Option may be granted to a Key
Employee, Non-Employee Director or Consultant under the Plan.
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SECTION 4 - Stock
Options may be granted under the Plan to purchase up to a maximum of one
million two hundred and fifty thousand (1,250,000) shares of Common Stock
subject to adjustment as hereinafter provided; provided, however, that no Key
Employee shall receive Options for more than four hundred thousand (400,000)
shares of Common Stock over the life of the Plan. 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 whatever (including, without limitation, the Key Employee's,
Non-Employee Director's or Consultant'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 cancelled Option is counted against the maximum
number of shares for which Options may be granted to a Key Employee, and (b) if
the Option price is reduced after the date of grant, the transaction is treated
as a cancellation of an 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.
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 Consultants under the Plan such Options as it determines
are warranted; provided, however, that grants of ISOs and NQSOs shall be
separate and not in tandem; and further provided that Consultants shall not be
eligible to receive grants of ISOs. The granting of an Option under the Plan
shall not be deemed either to entitle the Key Employee or Consultant to, or to
disqualify the Key Employee or Consultant from, any participation in any other
grant of Options under the Plan. In making any determination as to whether a Key
Employee or Consultant shall be granted an Option and as to the number of shares
to be covered by such Option, the Committee shall take into account the duties
of the Key Employee or Consultant, his or her present and potential
contributions to the success of the Company or a Related Corporation, and such
other factors as the Committee shall deem relevant in accomplishing the purposes
of the Plan. Moreover, the Committee may provide in a Key Employee's or
Consultant's Option Agreement that said Option may be exercised only if certain
conditions, as determined by the Committee, are fulfilled.
The Committee shall grant NQSOs to Non-Employee Directors in accordance
with Section 7.
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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 (under this Plan
and any other ISO plan of the Company or a Related Corporation) shall not exceed
one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).
(b) NQSOs. The annual limit set forth above for ISOs shall not apply to
NQSOs.
SECTION 7 - Options for Non-Employee Directors
(a) Granting of NQSOs to Non-Employee Directors
(1) Initial Grant. An NQSO to purchase 10,000 shares of Common Stock
(as adjusted pursuant to Section 10) automatically shall be granted to a
Non-Employee Director, who was not a Non-Employee Director prior to the
Company's 1998 annual shareholders' meeting, on the date he or she becomes
a Non-Employee Director, whether by reason of his or her election by
shareholders or appointment by the Board to be a director, or, if
applicable, the expiration of the 12- month period specified in Section
1(b)(10)(B) with respect to a present or future director who had previously
been an employee of the Company or any Related Corporation; provided, that
if a Non-Employee Director who previously received an NQSO grant under
Section 5(a) of the Urban Outfitters, Inc. 1993 Non-Employee Directors'
Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan or Section 7(a)(1) of this Plan terminates
service as a director and is subsequently elected or appointed to the Board
again, such director shall not be eligible to receive an NQSO grant under
this Section 7(a)(1).
(2) Subsequent Grants. In addition to the initial grant, pursuant to
Section 5(a) of the Urban Outfitters, Inc. 1993 Non-Employee Directors'
Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan or Section 7(a)(1) of this Plan, on the
first business day immediately following each of the dates on which an
incumbent Non-Employee Director is elected or re-elected to the Board by
shareholders subsequent to the 1997 annual shareholders' meeting, he or she
shall automatically be granted an NQSO to purchase 10,000 shares of Common
Stock (as adjusted pursuant to Section 10), except that in the case of the
first election or reelection following the date of the Non-Employee
Director's initial election or appointment to the Board, no grant shall be
made on account of such first election or re-election unless at least six
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months have elapsed since such initial election or appointment.
(b) Terms and Conditions of Options. Options granted to Non-Employee
Directors shall expressly specify that they are NQSOs. In addition, such NQSOs
shall include expressly or by reference the following terms and conditions, as
well as such other provisions not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan:
(1) Number of Shares. A statement of the number of shares of Common
Stock to which the NQSO pertains.
(2) Price. A statement of the NQSO exercise price, which shall be the
higher of one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value per share of
the Common Stock, or the par value thereof, on the date the NQSO is
granted.
(3) Term. Subject to earlier termination as provided in Section
7(b)(5), (6), and (7) and Section 10 below, the term of each NQSO granted
under this Section 7 shall be ten (10) years from the date of grant.
(4) Exercise. NQSOs granted under this Section 7 shall be exercisable
on the business day immediately preceding the annual meeting of
shareholders next succeeding the date of grant of such NQSOs. Except as
otherwise provided in Sections 7(b)(5), (6) and (7) below, NQSOs shall only
be exercisable by a Non-Employee Director while he or she remains a
director of the Company. Any NQSO shares, the right to the purchase of
which has accrued, may be purchased at any time up to the expiration or
termination of the NQSO. Exercisable NQSOs 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 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 NQSO granted
hereunder shall be forfeited.
The NQSO exercise price shall be payable:
(A) In cash or its equivalent; or
(B) Unless in the opinion of counsel to the Company to do so may
result in a possible loss of an exemption from short-swing profit
liability, in whole or in part through the transfer of Common Stock
newly acquired upon exercise of the NQSO or Common Stock previously
acquired by the Non-Employee Director, provided the previously
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acquired Common Stock so transferred has been held by the Non-Employee
Director for more than six (6) months on the date of exercise.
In the event such NQSO exercise price is paid, in whole or in part,
with Common Stock, the portion of the NQSO exercise price so paid shall
equal the Fair Market Value of Common Stock so surrendered (determined in
accordance with Section 1(b)(7), but on the date of exercise rather than on
the date of grant).
(5) Expiration of Term or Removal as Director. If a Non-Employee
Director's service as a director of the Company terminates prior to the
expiration date fixed for his or her NQSO under this Section 7 for any
reason (such as, without limitation, failure to be re-elected by the
Company's shareholders) other than by disability or death, such NQSO may be
exercised, to the extent of the number of shares of Common Stock with
respect to which he or she could have exercised it on the date of such
termination, by the Non-Employee Director at any time prior to the earlier
of:
(A) The expiration date specified in such NQSO; or
(B) One (1) year after the date of such termination of service as a
director.
(6) Exercise upon Disability of Non-Employee Director. If a
Non-Employee Director shall become disabled (within the meaning of section
22(e)(3) of the Code) during his or her term as a director of the Company
and, prior to the expiration date fixed for his or her NQSO, his or her
term as a director is terminated as a consequence of such disability, such
NQSO may be exercised, to the extent of the number of shares of Common
Stock with respect to which the Non-Employee Director could have exercised
it on the date of such termination, by the Non-Employee Director at any
time prior to the earlier of:
(A) The expiration date of such NQSO; or
(B) One (1) year after the date of such termination of service as a
director.
In the event of the Non-Employee Director's legal disability, such NQSO
may be so exercised by his or her legal representative.
(7) Exercise upon Death of Non-Employee Director. If a Non-Employee
Director shall die during his or her term as a director of the Company and
prior to the expiration date
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fixed for his or her NQSO, or if a Non-Employee Director whose term as a
director has been terminated for any reason shall die following his or her
termination as a director, but prior to the earlier of:
(A) The expiration date fixed for his or her NQSO; or
(B) The expiration of the period determined under Section 7(b)(5)
and (6) above;
such NQSO may be exercised, to the extent of the number of shares with
respect to which the Non-Employee Director could have exercised it on the
date of his or her death, by the Non-Employee Director's estate, personal
representative or beneficiary who acquired the right to exercise such NQSO
by bequest or inheritance or by reason of the death of the Non-Employee
Director, at any time prior to the earlier of:
(i) The expiration date specified in such NQSO (which may be
the expiration date determined under Section 7(b)(5) and (6)
above); or
(ii) One (1) year after the date of death.
(c) Transferability. A Non-Employee Director may transfer an NQSO granted
pursuant to this Section 7 to (1) a member of his or her immediate family, (2) a
partnership of which the only partners are members of his or her immediate
family, or (3) a trust established solely for the benefit of his or her
immediate family members. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, or by
will or the laws of descent and distribution, NQSOs granted pursuant to this
Section 7 shall not be assignable or transferable by the Non- Employee Director,
and during the lifetime of the Non-Employee Director, the NQSO shall be
exercisable only by him or her or by his or her guardian or legal
representative. Any NQSO transferred by a Non-Employee Director shall not be
assignable or transferable by the transferee. If the Non-Employee Director is
married at the time of exercise and if the Non-Employee Director so requests at
the time of exercise, the certificate or certificates shall be registered in the
name of the Non-Employee Director and the Non-Employee Director's spouse,
jointly, with right of survivorship.
SECTION 8 - Terms and Conditions of Options for Key Employees and
Consultants
The Options granted to Key Employees pursuant to the Plan shall expressly
specify whether they are ISOs or NQSOs; 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
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of section 422 of the Code, and otherwise, it shall constitute an NQSO. The
Options granted to Consultants pursuant to the Plan shall expressly state that
they are NQSOs. In addition, the Options granted to Key Employees and
Consultants 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 one hundred percent (100%) (one hundred ten percent (110%) in the
case of an ISO granted to a Key Employee who is a more than ten percent
(10%) shareholder as discussed in (i) below) of the Fair Market Value per
share of Common Stock, or the par value thereof, on the date the Option is
granted.
(c) Term. Subject to earlier termination as provided in Subsections
(e), (f) and (g) below and in Section 10 hereof, the term of each Option
shall be not more than ten (10) years (five (5) years in the case of an ISO
granted to a Key Employee who is a more than ten percent (10%) shareholder
as discussed in (i) below) from the date of grant.
(d) Exercise.
(1) General. Options shall be exercisable in such installments and
on such dates, not less than six (6) months from the date of grant, and
not more than seven (7) years from the date of grant, as the Committee
may specify, provided that:
(A) In the case of new Options granted in replacement for
options (whether granted under the Plan or otherwise) held by the
Key Employee or Consultant, 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 (3) months from the date of grant of the new
Options; and
(B) The Committee may accelerate the exercise date of any
outstanding Options (including, without limitation, the three (3)
month exercise date referred to in (A) above), in its discretion,
if it deems such acceleration to be desirable.
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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 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 payable:
(A) In cash or its equivalent;
(B) If the Committee, in its discretion, so provides in the
Option Agreement or, in the case of Options which are not ISOs, if
the Committee, in its discretion, so determines at or prior to the
time of exercise, in whole or in part, in Common Stock previously
acquired by the Optionee, provided that if such shares of Common
Stock 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
Key Employee 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
an NQSO or of an option under a similar plan or through exercise of
an ISO 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 six (6)
months on the date of exercise;
(C) If the Committee, in its discretion, so provides in the
Option Agreement or, in the case of Options which are not ISOs, if
the Committee, in its discretion, so determines at or prior to the
time of exercise, in whole or in part, in Common Stock newly
acquired by the Optionee upon exercise of such Option (which shall
constitute a disqualifying disposition in the case of an Option
which is an ISO);
(D) If the Committee, in its discretion, so provides in the
Option Agreement or, in the case of Options which are not ISOs, if
the Committee, in its discretion, so determines at or prior to the
time of exercise, in any combination of (A), (B) and (C) above; or
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(E) If the Committee, in its discretion, so provides in the
Option Agreement or, in the case of Options which are not ISOs, if
the Committee, in its discretion, so determines at or prior to the
time of exercise, by permitting the Optionee to deliver 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 such 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 of Common Stock so surrendered
(determined in accordance with Section 1(b)(7), but on the date of
exercise rather than on the date of grant).
(e) Termination of Employment. If a Key Employee's employment by, or a
Consultant's consulting arrangement with, the Company (and Related
Corporations) 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:
(1) The expiration date specified in such Option; or
(2) An accelerated termination date determined by the Committee, in
its discretion, except that, subject to Section 10 hereof, such
accelerated termination date shall not be earlier than the date of the
Optionee's termination of employment or consultancy, and such
termination date shall not be later than thirty (30) days after the
date of such termination of employment or consultancy.
(f) Exercise upon Disability. If a Key Employee or Consultant shall
become disabled (within the meaning of section 22(e)(3) of the Code) during
his or her employment or consultancy and, prior to the expiration date
fixed for his or her Option, his or her employment or consultancy 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:
(1) The expiration date specified in such Option; or
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(2) An accelerated termination date determined by the Committee, in
its discretion, except that, subject to Section 10 hereof, such
accelerated termination date shall not be earlier than the date of the
Optionee's termination of employment or consultancy by reason of
disability, and such date shall not be later than six (6) months after
the date of such termination of employment or consultancy. 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. If a Key Employee or Consultant shall die
during his or her employment or consultancy, and prior to the expiration
date fixed for his or her Option, or if an Optionee whose employment or
consultancy is terminated for any reason, shall die following his or her
termination of employment or consultancy but prior to the earliest of:
(1) The expiration date fixed for his or her Option;
(2) The expiration of the period determined under Sub- sections (e)
and (f) above; or
(3) In the case of an ISO, three (3) months following termination
of 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:
(A) The expiration date specified in such Option; or
(B) An accelerated termination date determined by the Committee, in
its discretion except that, subject to Section 10 hereof, such
accelerated termination date shall not be later than six (6) months
after the date of death.
(h) Transferability.
(1) ISOs. No ISO shall be assignable or transferable by the Key
Employee otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent and
distribution, and during the lifetime of the Key Employee, the ISO
shall be exercisable only by him or her or by his or her guardian or
legal representative. If the Key Employee is married at the time of
exercise and if the Key Employee so requests at the time of exercise,
the
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certificate or certificates shall be registered in the name of the Key
Employee and the Key Employee's spouse, jointly, with right of
survivorship.
(2) NQSOs. Except as otherwise provided in any Option Agreement, no
NQSO shall be assignable or transferable by the Key Employee or
Consultant otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent and
distribution, and during the lifetime of the Optionee, the NQSO shall
be exercisable only by him or her or by his or her guardian or legal
representative. If an Optionee's Option Agreement provides that the
NQSO is transferrable, such Option Agreement shall set forth any
limitations on the transfer of the NQSO. 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) Ten Percent Shareholder. If the Key Employee owns more than ten
percent (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
such Key Employee, the Option price for the ISO shall be not less than one
hundred ten percent (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 (5) years from the
date the ISO is granted. The conditions set forth in this Subsection (i)
shall not apply to NQSOs.
(j) 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 federal, state and/or local 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
Key Employee to satisfy the minimum required federal, state and/or local
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
(determined in accordance with Section 1(b)(7), but on the date of exercise
(rather that the date of grant), 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
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minimum federal, state and/or local income tax withholding requirements. In
the event shares of Common Stock acquired under the exercise of an ISO are
used to satisfy such withholding requirement, such shares of Common Stock
must have been held by the Key Employee for a period of not less than the
holding period described in section 422(a)(1) of the Code on the
Determination Date.
SECTION 9 - Option Agreements - Other Provisions
Options granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by Option Agreements in
such form as the Committee shall, from time to time, approve, which Option
Agreements shall contain such provisions, not inconsistent with the provisions
of the Plan for NQSOs granted pursuant to the Plan, and such conditions, not
inconsistent with section 422(b) of the Code or the provisions of the Plan for
ISOs granted pursuant to the Plan, as the Committee shall deem advisable, and
which Option Agreements shall specify whether the Option is an ISO or NQSO;
provided, however, if an Option granted to a Key Employee 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 Key Employee, Non-Employee Director and Consultant
shall enter into, and be bound by, such Option Agreement.
SECTION 10 - Capital Adjustments
The number of shares which may be issued under the Plan, and the maximum
number of shares with respect to which Options may be granted during a specified
period to any Key Employee under the Plan, both as stated in Section 4 hereof,
the number of shares with respect to which NQSOs are granted to Non-Employee
Directors under Section 7(a), 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 proportionately, 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 issued to Key Employees and Consultants
if it determines that such termination is in the best interests of the Company.
If the Committee decides to terminate
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outstanding Options issued to Key Employees and Consultants, the Committee shall
give each Key Employee and Consultant holding an Option to be terminated not
less than seven (7) 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 issued to Key Employees
and Consultants become exercisable.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a corporate transaction (as
described above) in which holders of Common Stock are to receive cash,
securities or other property, and provision is not made for the continuance and
assumption of NQSOs granted to Non-Employee Directors, all such outstanding
NQSOs shall terminate as of the last business day immediately preceding the
closing date of such corporate transaction and the Company shall pay to each
Non-Employee Director an amount in cash with respect to each share to which a
terminated NQSO pertains equal to the difference between the NQSO exercise price
and the value of the consideration to be received by the holders of Common Stock
in connection with such transaction.
SECTION 11 - Amendment or Discontinuance of the Plan
(a) General. The Board from time to time may suspend or discontinue the
Plan or amend it in any respect whatsoever, except that the following
amendments shall require shareholder approval (given in the manner set
forth in Section 11(b) below):
(1) With respect to ISOs, any amendment which would:
(A) Change the class of employees eligible to participate in
the Plan;
(B) Except as permitted under Section 10 hereof, increase the
maximum number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which ISOs
may be granted under the Plan; or
(C) Extend the duration of the Plan under Section 12 hereof
with respect to any ISOs granted hereunder;
(2) With respect to Options to be granted to Key Employees, any
amendment which would require shareholder approval pursuant to Treas.
Reg. ss. 1.162-27(e)(4)(vi) or any successor thereto; and
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(3) Any amendment for which shareholder approval is required under
the rules of an exchange or market on which Common Stock is listed.
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.
(b) Shareholder Approval Requirements. Shareholder approval must meet
the following requirements:
(1) The approval of shareholders must be by a majority of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock present, or represented, and
entitled to vote at a meeting duly held in accordance with the
applicable laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania;
(2) The approval of shareholders must be by a majority of the votes
cast on the issue (including abstentions to the extent abstentions are
counted as voting under applicable state law); and
(3) The approval of shareholders must comply with all applicable
provisions of the corporate charter, bylaws, and applicable state law
prescribing the method and degree of shareholder approval required for
the issuance of corporate stock or options. If the applicable state law
does not prescribe a method and degree of shareholder approval in such
case, the approval of shareholders must be effected:
(A) By a method and in a degree that would be treated as
adequate under applicable state law in the case of an action
requiring shareholder approval (i.e., an action on which
shareholders would be entitled to vote if the action were taken at
a duly held shareholders' meeting); or
(B) By a majority of the votes cast 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.
(c) Amendments Affecting Non-Employee Directors. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, no amendment to any provision of the Plan that would affect
NQSOs to be awarded to Non-Employee Directors shall be made if such
amendment would cause the terms and conditions of grants made pursuant to
Section 7 of the Plan to fail to be fixed in advance, within the meaning of
Securities and Exchange Commission interpretations under Section 16(b) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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SECTION 12 - 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
March 18, 2002, which date is five (5) 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 12, however, shall terminate or
affect the continued existence of rights created under Options issued hereunder
and outstanding on March 18, 2002, which by their terms extend beyond such date.
SECTION 13 - Shareholder Approval
This Plan shall become effective on March 19, 1997 (the date the Plan was
adopted by the Board); provided, however, that if the Plan is not approved by
the shareholders in the manner described in Section 11(b), within twelve (12)
months before or after said date, the Plan and all Options granted hereunder
shall be null and void.
SECTION 14 - Miscellaneous
(a) 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 operation
of, and the rights of Key Employees, Non-Employee Directors and Consultants
under, the Plan, the Option Agreements and any Options granted thereunder
shall be governed by applicable federal law and otherwise by the laws of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
(b) 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 shareholder 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 a Key Employee, the
Company shall have the right, in its discretion, to retire a Key Employee
at any time pursuant to its retirement rules or otherwise to terminate his
or her employment at any time for any reason whatsoever.
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(c) Indemnification of Board and Committee. Without limiting any other
rights of indemnification which they may have from the Company and any
Related Corporation, 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 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.
(d) 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.
(e) No Obligation to Exercise Option. The granting of an Option shall
impose no obligation upon a Key Employee, Non- Employee Director or
Consultant to exercise such Option.
(f) 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, Key Employee, Non-Employee Director or Consultant
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 Key
Employee, Non-Employee Director or Consultant or his or her legal
representative or beneficiary may also be required to give satisfactory
assurance that shares purchased upon exercise of an
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Option are being purchased for investment and not with a view to
distribution, and certificates representing such shares may be legended
accordingly.
(g) Rights as a Shareholder. A Key Employee, Non-Employee Director, or
Consultant shall have no rights as a shareholder 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.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, URBAN OUTFITTERS, INC. has caused these presents to be
duly executed, under seal, this ___________ day of March, 1997.
ATTEST: URBAN OUTFITTERS, INC.
[SEAL]
By:
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Jay Hammer, Secretary Richard A. Hayne, President
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Exhibit 5
LAW OFFICES
DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP
SUITE 300, 1000 WESTLAKES DRIVE
BERWYN, PENNSYLVANIA 19312-2409
Phone (610) 993-2200
Fax (610) 993-8585
August 13, 1997
Urban Outfitters, Inc.
1809 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to Urban Outfitters, Inc. (the "Company") in
connection with the preparation and filing with the Securities and Exchange
Commission of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the
Securities Act of 1933 (the "Registration Statement") relating to 1,250,000
shares of Common Shares of the Company, par value $.0001 per share (the
"Shares"), issuable upon the exercise of options granted under the Company's
1997 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan").
In this connection, we have reviewed originals or copies, certified or
otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the Company's Certificate of
Incorporation, its By-Laws, resolutions of its Board of Directors and
shareholders, the Plan, and such other documents and corporate records as we
have deemed appropriate in the circumstances.
Based upon the foregoing and consideration of such questions of law as we
have deemed relevant, we are of the opinion that the issuance of the Shares by
the Company upon the exercise of stock options properly granted under the Plan
has been duly authorized by the necessary corporate action of the Board of
Directors and shareholders of
the Company, and such Shares, upon exercise of such options and payment therefor
in accordance with the terms of the Plan, will be validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable by the Company.
The opinions expressed herein are limited to the federal laws of the United
States and the laws of Pennsylvania.
We consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement. This does not constitute a consent under Section 7 of the Securities
Act of 1933 since we have not certified any part of such Registration Statement
and do not otherwise come within the categories of persons whose consent is
required under said Section 7 or the rules and regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
We advise that Harry S.Cherken, Esquire, a partner in our firm, is a
director of the Company.
Very truly yours,
/s/ DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP
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DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP
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Exhibit 23(a)
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
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We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated March 18, 1997 on Urban Outfittters,
Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 1997.
/s/ Price Waterhouse LLP
PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP
Philadelphia, PA
August 11, 1997