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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 27, 1998
Registration No. 333-____
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.
(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)
CALIFORNIA 77-0059951
(State or other jurisdiction (IRS Employer Identification No.)
of incorporation or organization)
170 WEST TASMAN DRIVE, SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 95134-1706
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
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PRECEPT SOFTWARE, INC.
1995 STOCK OPTION PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
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JOHN T. CHAMBERS
PRESIDENT, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND DIRECTOR
CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.
170 WEST TASMAN DRIVE, SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 95134-1706
(Name and address of agent for service)
(408) 526-4000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed Proposed
Title of Maximum Maximum
Securities Amount Offering Aggregate Amount of
to be to be Price Offering Registration
Registered Registered(1) per Share(2) Price(2) Fee
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Precept Software, Inc.
1995 Stock Option Plan
Common Stock 96,103 $6.30 $605,448.90 $178.61
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(1) This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of
Common Stock which become issuable under the Precept Software, Inc. 1995
Stock Option Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the
Registrant's receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the
number of the Registrant's outstanding shares of Common Stock.
(2) Calculated solely for purposes of this offering under Rule 457(h) of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on the basis of the weighted average
exercise price of the outstanding options.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference
Cisco Systems, Inc. (the "Registrant") hereby incorporates by reference
into this Registration Statement the following documents previously filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"):
(a) The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended July 26, 1997 filed with the Commission on October 22, 1997,
pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
"1934 Act").
(b) The Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Forms 10-Q for the fiscal
quarters ended October 25, 1997 and January 24, 1998, filed with
the Commission on December 9, 1997, and March 9, 1998,
respectively.
(c) The Registrant's current reports on Forms 8-K filed with the
Commission on August 22, 1997, September 9, 1997 and February 11,
1998.
(d) The Registrant's Registration Statement No. 0-18225 on Form 8-A
filed with the Commission on January 11, 1990, together with
Amendment No. 1 on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on February
15, 1990, in which there is described the terms, rights and
provisions applicable to the Registrant's outstanding Common
Stock.
All reports and definitive proxy or information statements filed pursuant
to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act after the date of this
Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be
deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement
to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed
document which also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or
supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall
not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities
Not Applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not Applicable.
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Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Section 317 of the California Corporations Code authorizes a court to
award, or a corporation's Board of Directors to grant, indemnity to directors
and officers in terms sufficiently broad to permit indemnification (including
reimbursement of expenses incurred) under certain circumstances for liabilities
arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the "1933 Act"). The
Registrant's Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, and Amended and
Restated Bylaws provide for indemnification of its directors, officers,
employees and other agents to the maximum extent permitted by the California
Corporations Code. In addition, the Registrant has entered into Indemnification
Agreements with each of its directors and officers.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not Applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits
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Exhibit Number Exhibit
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4.0 Instruments Defining Rights of Shareholders. Reference is made
to Registrant's Registration Statement No. 0-18225 on Form
8-A, including the exhibits thereto, which are incorporated
herein by reference pursuant to Item 3(d).
5.0 Opinion of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP.
23.1 Consent of Independent Accountants - Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
23.2 Consent of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP is contained in
Exhibit 5.
24.0 Power of Attorney. Reference is made to page II-4 of this
Registration Statement.
99.1 Precept Software, Inc. 1995 Stock Option Plan.
99.2 Form of Incentive Stock Option Agreement in connection with
the Precept Software, Inc. 1995 Stock Option Plan.
99.3 Form of Non-Statutory Stock Option Agreement in connection
with the Precept Software, Inc. 1995 Stock Option Plan.
99.4 Form of Stock Option Assumption Agreement.
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Item 9. Undertakings
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 1933 Act, (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, and (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 clauses (1)(i) and (1)(ii) shall not apply if
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 1934 Act that are incorporated by reference
into the Registration Statement; (2) that for the purpose of determining any
liability under the 1933 Act 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; and (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 Precept Software, Inc. 1995 Stock Option
Plan.
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B. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each filing of the Registrant's
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act that is
incorporated by reference into 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.
C. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the 1933 Act may
be permitted to directors, officers or controlling persons of the Registrant
pursuant to the indemnity provisions summarized in Item 6 or otherwise, the
Registrant has been informed that, in the opinion of the Commission, such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 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 1933 Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
Registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Jose,
State of California, on this ___ day of April, 1998.
CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.
By /s/ John T. Chambers
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John T. Chambers
President and Chief Executive Officer
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints John T. Chambers and Larry R. Carter and each of them
acting individually, as such person's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, each with full power of substitution, for such person, in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments)
to this Registration Statement, and to file same, with all exhibits thereto and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all
intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, or their or his or her substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue
thereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons on behalf
of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
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Signatures Title Date
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/s/ John T. Chambers President, Chief Executive April 24, 1998
John T. Chambers Officer and Director (Principal
Executive Officer)
/s/ Larry R. Carter Senior Vice President, Finance April 24, 1998
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Larry R. Carter Financial Officer and Secretary
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ John P. Morgridge Chairman of the Board April 24, 1998
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John P. Morgridge
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Signatures Title Date
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/s/ Donald T. Valentine Director April 24, 1998
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Donald T. Valentine
/s/ James F. Gibbons Director April 24, 1998
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James F. Gibbons
/s/ Robert L. Puette Director April 24, 1998
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Robert L. Puette
/s/ Masayoshi Son Director April 24, 1998
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Masayoshi Son
/s/ Steven M. West Director April 24, 1998
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Steven M. West
/s/ Edward Kozel Director April 24, 1998
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Edward Kozel
/s/ Carol Bartz Director April 24, 1998
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Carol Bartz
/s/ Mary Cirillo Director April 24, 1998
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Mary Cirillo
/s/ James C. Morgan Director April 24, 1998
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James C. Morgan
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
EXHIBITS
TO
FORM S-8
UNDER
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit Number Exhibit
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4.0 Instruments Defining Rights of Shareholders. Reference is made
to Registrant's Registration Statement No. 0-18225 on Form
8-A, including the exhibits thereto, which are incorporated
herein by reference pursuant to Item 3(d).
5.0 Opinion of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP.
23.1 Consent of Independent Accountants - Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
23.2 Consent of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP is contained in
Exhibit 5.
24.0 Power of Attorney. Reference is made to page II-4 of this
Registration Statement.
99.1 Precept Software, Inc. 1995 Stock Option Plan.
99.2 Form of Incentive Stock Option Agreement in connection with
the Precept Software, Inc. 1995 Stock Option Plan.
99.3 Form of Non-Statutory Stock Option Agreement in connection
with the Precept Software, Inc. 1995 Stock Option Plan.
99.4 Form of Stock Option Assumption Agreement.
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EXHIBIT 5
April 24_, 1998
Cisco Systems, Inc.
170 West Tasman Drive
San Jose, CA 95134-1706
Re: Cisco Systems, Inc. Registration Statement for
Offering of 96,103 shares of Common Stock
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We refer to your registration on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement")
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of 96,103 shares of the common
stock ("Common Stock") of Cisco Systems, Inc. (the "Company") issuable under the
Precept Software, Inc. 1995 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan") as assumed by the
Company. We advise you that, in our opinion, when such shares have been issued
and sold pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Plan and in accordance
with the Registration Statement, such shares will be validly issued, fully paid
and nonassessable shares of Common Stock.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP
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BROBECK, PHLEGER & HARRISON LLP
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EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on
Form S-8 of Cisco systems, Inc. for the registration of 96,103 common shares
pursuant to the acquisition of Precept Software, Inc. 1995 Stock Option Plan, of
our reports dated August 4, 1997, on our audits of the consolidated financial
statements and financial statement schedule of cisco systems, Inc. as of July
26, 1997 and July 28, 1996, and for the years ended July 26, 1997, July 28, 1996
and July 30, 1995 which reports are included in the Company's 1997 Annual Report
on Form 10-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
/s/ Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
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COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.
San Jose, California
April 24, 1998
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EXHIBIT 99.1
PRECEPT SOFTWARE, INC. 1995 STOCK OPTION PLAN
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CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.
STOCK OPTION ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT
PRECEPT SOFTWARE, INC.
1995 STOCK OPTION PLAN
OPTIONEE:
STOCK OPTION ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT issued as of the 6th day of
April, 1998 by Cisco Systems, Inc., a California corporation ("Cisco").
WHEREAS, the undersigned individual ("Optionee") holds one or
more outstanding options to purchase shares of the common stock of Precept
Software, Inc., a California corporation ("Precept"), which were granted to
Optionee under the Precept 1996 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan") and are evidenced
by a Stock Option Agreement (the "Option Agreement") between Precept and
Optionee.
WHEREAS, Precept has this day been acquired by Cisco through the
merger of Precept with and into Cisco (the "Merger") pursuant to the Agreement
of Merger dated March 11, 1998, by and between Cisco and Precept (the "Merger
Agreement").
WHEREAS, the provisions of the Merger Agreement require Cisco to
assume all obligations of Precept under all outstanding options under the Plan
at the consummation of the Merger and to issue to the holder of each outstanding
option an agreement evidencing the assumption of such option.
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of the Merger Agreement, the
exchange ratio (the "Exchange Ratio") in effect for the Merger is 0.0916154 of a
share of Cisco common stock ("Cisco Stock") for each outstanding share of
Precept common stock ("Precept Stock").
WHEREAS, this Agreement is to become effective immediately upon
the consummation of the Merger (the "Effective Time") in order to reflect
certain adjustments to Optionee's outstanding options under the Plan which have
become necessary by reason of the assumption of those options by Cisco in
connection with the Merger.
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NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby agreed as follows:
1. The number of shares of Precept Stock subject to the stock
options held by Optionee under the Plan immediately prior to the Effective Time
(the "Precept Options") and the exercise price payable per share are set forth
in Exhibit A hereto. Cisco hereby assumes, as of the Effective Time, all the
duties and obligations of Precept under each of the Precept Options. In
connection with such assumption, the number of shares of Cisco Stock purchasable
under each Precept Option hereby assumed and the exercise price payable
thereunder have been adjusted to reflect the Exchange Ratio. Accordingly, the
number of shares of Cisco Stock subject to each Precept Option hereby assumed
shall be as specified for that option in attached Exhibit A, and the adjusted
exercise price payable per share of Cisco Stock under the assumed Precept Option
shall be as indicated for that option in attached Exhibit A.
2. The intent of the foregoing adjustments to each assumed
Precept Option is to assure that the spread between the aggregate fair market
value of the shares of Cisco Stock purchasable under each such option and the
aggregate exercise price as adjusted pursuant to this Agreement will,
immediately after the consummation of the Merger, equal the spread which
existed, immediately prior to the Merger, between the then aggregate fair market
value of the Precept Stock subject to the Precept Option and the aggregate
exercise price in effect at such time under the Option Agreement. Such
adjustments are also designed to preserve, immediately after the Merger, on a
per share basis, the same ratio of exercise price per option share to fair
market value per share which existed under the Precept Option immediately prior
to the Merger.
3. The following provisions shall govern each Precept Option
hereby assumed by Cisco:
(a) Unless the context otherwise requires, all
references in each Option Agreement and in the Plan (as
incorporated into such Option Agreement) (i) to the "Company"
shall mean Cisco, (ii) to "Stock" shall mean shares of Cisco
Stock, (iii) to the "Board" shall mean the Board of Directors of
Cisco and (iv) to the "Committee" shall mean the Compensation
Committee of the Cisco Board of Directors.
(b) The grant date and the expiration date of each
assumed Precept Option and all other provisions which govern
either the exercisability or the termination of the assumed
Precept Option shall remain the same as set forth in the Option
Agreement applicable to that option and shall accordingly govern
and control Optionee's rights under this Agreement to purchase
Cisco Stock.
(c) The shares subject to each assumed Precept
Option shall continue to vest in accordance with the same
installment vesting schedule in effect under the applicable
Option Agreement immediately prior to the Effective Time, with
the number of shares of Cisco Stock subject to each such
installment adjusted
2.
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to reflect the Exchange Rate. Accordingly, no acceleration of
vesting under the Precept Options shall be deemed to occur by
reason of the Merger, and the vesting dates under each applicable
Option Agreement shall remain the same following the Merger.
(d) For purposes of applying any and all provisions
of the Option Agreement relating to Optionee's status as an
employee or a consultant of Precept, Optionee shall be deemed to
continue in such status as an employee or a consultant for so
long as Optionee renders services as an employee or a consultant
to Cisco or any present or future Cisco subsidiary. Accordingly,
the provisions of the Option Agreement governing the termination
of the assumed Precept Options upon Optionee's cessation of
service as an employee or a consultant of Precept shall hereafter
be applied on the basis of Optionee's cessation of employee or
consultant status with Cisco and its subsidiaries, and each
assumed Precept Option shall accordingly terminate, within the
designated time period in effect under the Option Agreement for
that option, following such cessation of service as an employee
or a consultant of Cisco and its subsidiaries. A change in status
from an employee to a consultant or from a consultant to an
employee will not constitute an interruption of continuous status
as an employee or a consultant.
(e) The adjusted exercise price payable for the
Cisco Stock subject to each assumed Precept Option shall be
payable in any of the forms authorized under the Option Agreement
applicable to that option. For purposes of determining the
holding period of any shares of Cisco Stock delivered in payment
of such adjusted exercise price, the period for which such shares
were held as Precept Stock prior to the Merger shall be taken
into account.
(f) In order to exercise each assumed Precept
Option, Optionee must deliver to Cisco a written notice of
exercise in which the number of shares of Cisco Stock to be
purchased thereunder must be indicated. The exercise notice must
be accompanied by payment of the adjusted exercise price payable
for the purchased shares of Cisco Stock and should be delivered
to Cisco at the following address:
Cisco Systems, Inc.
255 West Tasman Drive, Building J
San Jose, CA 95134
Attention: Option Plan Administrator
4. Except to the extent specifically modified by this Stock
Option Assumption Agreement, all of the terms and conditions of each Option
Agreement as in effect immediately prior to the Merger shall continue in full
force and effect and shall not in any way be amended, revised or otherwise
affected by this Stock Option Assumption Agreement.
3.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Cisco Systems, Inc. has caused this Stock
Option Assumption Agreement to be executed on its behalf by its duly-authorized
officer as of the ____ day of ____________________, 1998.
CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.
By: ________________________
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The undersigned acknowledges receipt of the foregoing Stock
Option Assumption Agreement and understands that all rights and liabilities with
respect to each of his or her Precept Options hereby assumed by Cisco are as set
forth in the Option Agreement, the Plan and such Stock Option Assumption
Agreement.
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OPTIONEE
DATED: __________________, 1998
4.
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EXHIBIT A
Optionee's Outstanding Options to Purchase Shares
of Precept Software, Inc.
Common Stock (Pre-Merger)
and
Optionee's Outstanding Options to Purchase Shares
of Cisco Systems, Inc.
Common Stock (Post-Merger)
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EXHIBIT 99.2
FORM OF INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT IN CONNECTION WITH THE
PRECEPT SOFTWARE, INC. 1995 STOCK OPTION PLAN
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EXHIBIT 99.2
IT IS UNLAWFUL TO CONSUMMATE A SALE OR TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST
THEREIN, OR TO RECEIVE ANY CONSIDERATION THEREFOR, WITHOUT THE PRIOR WRITTEN
CONSENT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CORPORATIONS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, EXCEPT
AS PERMITTED IN THE COMMISSIONER'S RULES.
THE SECURITY REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT
AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THE SALE OR DISTRIBUTION THEREOF.
NO SUCH SALE OR DISPOSITION MAY BE EFFECTED WITHOUT AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT RELATED THERETO OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY
THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933.
PRECEPT SOFTWARE, INC.
INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
THIS INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT (the "Option Agreement") is made
and entered into as of , by and between Precept Software, Inc. and (the
"Optionee").
The Company has granted to the Optionee an option to purchase certain
shares of Stock, upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Option
Agreement (the "Option"). The Option shall in all respects be subject to the
terms and conditions of the Precept Software, Inc. 1995 Stock Option Plan (the
"Plan"), the provisions of which are incorporated herein by reference.
1. Definitions and Construction.
1.1 Definitions. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized
terms shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Plan. Whenever used
herein, the following terms shall have their respective meanings set forth
below:
(a) "Date of Option Grant" means .
(b) "Number of Option Shares" means shares of Stock, as
adjusted from time to time pursuant to Section 9.
(c) "Exercise Price" means per share of Stock, as adjusted
from time to time pursuant to Section 9.
(d) "Initial Exercise Date" means the Date of Option
Grant.
(e) "Initial Vesting Date" means the date occurring one
(1) year after (check one):
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the Date of Option Grant.
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X , the date the Optionee's Service commenced.
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(f) "Vested Ratio" means, on any relevant date, the
ratio determined as follows:
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Vested
Ratio
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Prior to Initial Vesting Date 0
On Initial Vesting Date, provided the Optionee's 1/4
Service is continuous from the Date of Option
Grant until the Initial Vesting Date
Plus
For each full month of the Optionee's continuous 1/48
Service from the Initial Vesting Date until
the Vested Ratio equals 1/1, an additional
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(g) "Vested Shares" means, on any given date, a number of
shares of Stock equal to the Number of Option Shares multiplied by the Vested
Ratio determined as of such date and rounded down to the nearest whole share.
(h) "Option Expiration Date" means the date ten (10) years
after the Date of Option Grant.
(i) "Company" means Precept Software, Inc., a California
corporation, or any successor corporation thereto.
(j) "Disability" means the inability of the Optionee, in
the opinion of a qualified physician acceptable to the Company, to perform the
major duties of the Optionee's position with the Participating Company Group
because of the sickness or injury of the Optionee.
(k) "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
(l) "Service" means the Optionee's employment or service
with the Participating Company Group, whether in the capacity of an Employee, a
Director or a Consultant. The Optionee's Service shall not be deemed to have
terminated merely because of a change in the capacity in which the Optionee
renders Service to the Participating Company Group or a change in the
Participating Company for which the Optionee renders such Service, provided that
there is no
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interruption or termination of the Optionee's Service. The Optionee's Service
shall be deemed to have terminated either upon an actual termination of Service
or upon the corporation for which the Optionee performs Service ceasing to be a
Participating Company. Subject to the foregoing, the Company, in its sole
discretion, shall determine whether the Optionee's Service has terminated and
the effective date of such termination. (NOTE: If the Option is exercised more
than three (3) months after the date on which the Optionee ceased to be an
Employee (other than by reason of death or a permanent and total disability as
defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code), the Option will be treated as a
Nonstatutory Stock Option and not as an Incentive Stock Option to the extent
required by Section 422 of the Code.)
1.2 Construction. Captions and titles contained herein are for
convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of any
provision of this Option Agreement. Except when otherwise indicated by the
context, the singular shall include the plural, the plural shall include the
singular, and the term "or" shall include the conjunctive as well as the
disjunctive.
2. Tax Consequences.
2.1 Tax Status of Option. This Option is intended to be an
Incentive Stock Option within the meaning of Section 422(b) of the Code, but the
Company does not represent or warrant that this Option qualifies as such. The
Optionee should consult with the Optionee's own tax advisor regarding the tax
effects of this Option and the requirements necessary to obtain favorable income
tax treatment under Section 422 of the Code, including, but not limited to,
holding period requirements. (NOTE: If the aggregate Exercise Price of the
Option (that is, the Exercise Price multiplied by the Number of Option Shares)
plus the aggregate exercise price of any other Incentive Stock Options held by
the Optionee (whether granted pursuant to the Plan or any other stock option
plan of the Participating Company Group) is greater than One Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($100,000), the Optionee should contact the Chief Financial Officer of
the Company to ascertain whether the entire Option qualifies as an Incentive
Stock Option.)
3. Administration. All questions of interpretation concerning this
Option Agreement shall be determined by the Board, including any duly appointed
Committee of the Board. All determinations by the Board shall be final and
binding upon all persons having an interest in the Option. Any officer of a
Participating Company shall have the authority to act on behalf of the Company
with respect to any matter, right, obligation, or election which is the
responsibility of or which is allocated to the Company herein, provided the
officer has apparent authority with respect to such matter, right, obligation,
or election.
4. Exercise of the Option.
4.1 Right to Exercise.
(a) Except as otherwise provided herein, the Option shall
be exercisable on and after the Initial Exercise Date and prior to the
termination of the Option (as provided in Section 6) in an amount not to exceed
the Number of Option Shares less the number of shares previously acquired
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upon exercise of the Option, subject to the Optionee's agreement that any shares
purchased upon exercise are subject to the Company's repurchase rights set forth
in Section 11.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as provided in Section 4.1(b), the
aggregate Fair Market Value of the shares of Stock with respect to which the
Optionee may exercise the Option for the first time during any calendar year,
when added to the aggregate Fair Market Value of the shares subject to any other
options designated as Incentive Stock Options granted to the Optionee under all
stock option plans of the Participating Company Group prior to the Date of
Option Grant with respect to which such options are exercisable for the first
time during the same calendar year, shall not exceed One Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($100,000). For purposes of the preceding sentence, options designated
as Incentive Stock Options shall be taken into account in the order in which
they were granted, and the Fair Market Value of shares of stock shall be
determined as of the time the option with respect to such shares is granted.
Such limitation on exercise shall be referred to in this Option Agreement as the
"ISO Exercise Limitation." If Section 422 of the Code is amended to provide for
a different limitation from that set forth in this Section 4.1(a), the ISO
Exercise Limitation shall be deemed amended effective as of the date required or
permitted by such amendment to the Code. The ISO Exercise Limitation shall
terminate upon the earlier of (i) the Optionee's termination of Service, (ii)
the day immediately prior to the effective date of a Transfer of Control in
which the Option is not assumed or substituted for by the Acquiring Corporation
as provided in Section 8, or (iii) the day ten (10) days prior to the Option
Expiration Date. Upon such termination of the ISO Exercise Limitation, the
Option shall be deemed a Nonstatutory Stock Option to the extent of the number
of shares subject to the Option which would otherwise exceed the ISO Exercise
Limitation.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Option
Agreement, if compliance with the ISO Exercise Limitation as set forth in
Section 4.1(a) will result in the exercisability of any Vested Shares (as
defined in Section 11.2) being delayed more than thirty (30) days beyond the
date such shares become Vested Shares (the "Vesting Date"), the Option shall be
deemed to be two (2) options. The first option shall be for the maximum portion
of the Number of Option Shares that can comply with the ISO Exercise Limitation
without causing the Option to be unexercisable in the aggregate as to Vested
Shares on the Vesting Date for such shares. The second option, which shall not
be treated as an Incentive Stock Option as described in section 422(b) of the
Code, shall be for the balance of the Number of Option Shares; that is, those
such shares which, on the respective Vesting Date for such shares, would be
unexercisable if included in the first option and thereby made subject to the
ISO Exercise Limitation. Shares treated as subject to the second option shall be
exercisable on the same terms and at the same time as set forth in this Option
Agreement; provided, however, that (i) the second sentence of Section 4.1(a)
shall not apply to the second option and (ii) each such share shall become a
Vested Share on the Vesting Date on which such share must first be allocated to
the second option pursuant to the preceding sentence. Unless the Optionee
specifically elects to the contrary in the Optionee's written notice of
exercise, the first option shall be deemed to be exercised first to the maximum
possible extent and then the second option shall be deemed to be exercised.
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4.2 Method of Exercise. Exercise of the Option shall be by
written notice to the Company which must state the election to exercise the
Option, the number of whole shares of Stock for which the Option is being
exercised and such other representations and agreements as to the Optionee's
investment intent with respect to such shares as may be required pursuant to the
provisions of this Option Agreement. The written notice must be signed by the
Optionee and must be delivered in person, by certified or registered mail,
return receipt requested, by confirmed facsimile transmission, or by such other
means as the Company may permit, to the Chief Financial Officer of the Company,
or other authorized representative of the Participating Company Group, prior to
the termination of the Option as set forth in Section 6, accompanied by (i) full
payment of the aggregate Exercise Price for the number of shares of Stock being
purchased and (ii) an executed copy, if required herein, of the then current
form of escrow agreement referenced below. The Option shall be deemed to be
exercised upon receipt by the Company of such written notice, the aggregate
Exercise Price, and, if required by the Company, such executed agreement.
4.3 Payment of Exercise Price.
(a) Forms of Consideration Authorized. Except as otherwise
provided below, payment of the aggregate Exercise Price for the number of shares
of Stock for which the Option is being exercised shall be made (i) in cash, by
check, or cash equivalent, (ii) by tender to the Company of whole shares of
Stock owned by the Optionee having a Fair Market Value (as determined by the
Company without regard to any restrictions on transferability applicable to such
stock by reason of federal or state securities laws or agreements with an
underwriter for the Company) not less than the aggregate Exercise Price, (iii)
by means of a Cashless Exercise, as defined in Section 4.3(c), or (iv) by any
combination of the foregoing.
(b) Tender of Stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Option may not be exercised by tender to the Company of shares of Stock to the
extent such tender of Stock would constitute a violation of the provisions of
any law, regulation or agreement restricting the redemption of the Company's
stock. The Option may not be exercised by tender to the Company of shares of
Stock unless such shares either have been owned by the Optionee for more than
six (6) months or were not acquired, directly or indirectly, from the Company.
(c) Cashless Exercise. A "Cashless Exercise" means the
assignment in a form acceptable to the Company of the proceeds of a sale or loan
with respect to some or all of the shares of Stock acquired upon the exercise of
the Option pursuant to a program or procedure approved by the Company
(including, without limitation, through an exercise complying with the
provisions of Regulation T as promulgated from time to time by the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System). The Company reserves, at any and all
times, the right, in the Company's sole and absolute discretion, to decline to
approve or terminate any such program or procedure.
4.4 Tax Withholding. At the time the Option is exercised, in
whole or in part, or at any time thereafter as requested by the Company, the
Optionee hereby authorizes withholding from payroll and any other amounts
payable to the Optionee, and otherwise agrees to make adequate provision
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for (including by means of a Cashless Exercise to the extent permitted by the
Company), any sums required to satisfy the federal, state, local and foreign tax
withholding obligations of the Participating Company Group, if any, which arise
in connection with the Option, including, without limitation, obligations
arising upon (i) the exercise, in whole or in part, of the Option, (ii) the
transfer, in whole or in part, of any shares acquired upon exercise of the
Option, (iii) the operation of any law or regulation providing for the
imputation of interest, or (iv) the lapsing of any restriction with respect to
any shares acquired upon exercise of the Option. The Optionee is cautioned that
the Option is not exercisable unless the tax withholding obligations of the
Participating Company Group are satisfied. Accordingly, the Optionee may not be
able to exercise the Option when desired even though the Option is vested, and
the Company shall have no obligation to issue a certificate for such shares.
4.5 Certificate Registration. Except in the event the Exercise
Price is paid by means of a Cashless Exercise, the certificate for the shares as
to which the Option is exercised shall be registered in the name of the
Optionee, or, if applicable, in the names of the heirs of the Optionee.
4.6 Restrictions on Grant of the Option and Issuance of Shares.
The grant of the Option and the issuance of shares of Stock upon exercise of the
Option shall be subject to compliance with all applicable requirements of
federal, state or foreign law with respect to such securities. The Option may
not be exercised if the issuance of shares of Stock upon exercise would
constitute a violation of any applicable federal, state or foreign securities
laws or other law or regulations or the requirements of any stock exchange or
market system upon which the Stock may then be listed. In addition, the Option
may not be exercised unless (i) a registration statement under the Securities
Act shall at the time of exercise of the Option be in effect with respect to the
shares issuable upon exercise of the Option or (ii) in the opinion of legal
counsel to the Company, the shares issuable upon exercise of the Option may be
issued in accordance with the terms of an applicable exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act. THE OPTIONEE IS CAUTIONED THAT
THE OPTION MAY NOT BE EXERCISED UNLESS THE FOREGOING CONDITIONS ARE SATISFIED.
ACCORDINGLY, THE OPTIONEE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO EXERCISE THE OPTION WHEN DESIRED
EVEN THOUGH THE OPTION IS VESTED. The inability of the Company to obtain from
any regulatory body having jurisdiction the authority, if any, deemed by the
Company's legal counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any
shares subject to the Option shall relieve the Company of any liability in
respect of the failure to issue or sell such shares as to which such requisite
authority shall not have been obtained. As a condition to the exercise of the
Option, the Company may require the Optionee to satisfy any qualifications that
may be necessary or appropriate, to evidence compliance with any applicable law
or regulation and to make any representation or warranty with respect thereto as
may be requested by the Company.
4.7 Fractional Shares. The Company shall not be required to issue
fractional shares upon the exercise of the Option.
5. Nontransferability of the Option. The Option may be exercised during
the lifetime of the Optionee only by the Optionee or the Optionee's guardian or
legal representative and may not be assigned or transferred in any manner except
by will or by the laws of descent and distribution.
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Following the death of the Optionee, the Option, to the extent provided in
Section 7, may be exercised by the Optionee's legal representative or by any
person empowered to do so under the deceased Optionee's will or under the then
applicable laws of descent and distribution.
6. Termination of the Option. The Option shall terminate and may no
longer be exercised on the first to occur of (a) the Option Expiration Date, (b)
the last date for exercising the Option following termination of the Optionee's
Service as described in Section 7, or (c) a Transfer of Control to the extent
provided in Section 8.
7. Effect of Termination of Service.
7.1 Option Exercisability.
(a) Disability. If the Optionee's Service with the
Participating Company Group is terminated because of the Disability of the
Optionee, the Option, to the extent unexercised and exercisable on the date on
which the Optionee's Service terminated, may be exercised by the Optionee (or
the Optionee's guardian or legal representative) at any time prior to the
expiration of six (6) months after the date on which the Optionee's Service
terminated, but in any event no later than the Option Expiration Date. (NOTE: If
the Option is exercised more than three (3) months after the date on which the
Optionee's Service as an Employee terminated as a result of a Disability other
than a permanent and total disability as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the
Code, the Option will be treated as a Nonstatutory Stock Option and not as an
Incentive Stock Option to the extent required by Section 422 of the Code.)
(b) Death. If the Optionee's Service with the
Participating Company Group is terminated because of the death of the Optionee,
the Option, to the extent unexercised and exercisable on the date on which the
Optionee's Service terminated, may be exercised by the Optionee (or the
Optionee's legal representative, or other person who acquired the right to
exercise the Option by reason of the Optionee's death) at any time prior to the
expiration of six (6) months after the date on which the Optionee's Service
terminated, but in any event no later than the Option Expiration Date. The
Optionee's Service shall be deemed to have terminated on account of death if the
Optionee dies within three (3) months after the Optionee's termination of
Service.
(c) Other Termination of Service. If the Optionee's
Service with the Participating Company Group terminates for any reason, except
Disability or death, the Option, to the extent unexercised and exercisable by
the Optionee on the date on which the Optionee's Service terminated, may be
exercised by the Optionee within three (3) months (or such other longer period
of time as determined by the Board, in its sole discretion) after the date on
which the Optionee's Service terminated, but in any event no later than the
Option Expiration Date.
7.2 Extension if Exercise Prevented by Law. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if the exercise of the Option within the applicable time periods set
forth in Section 7.1 is prevented by the provisions of Section 4.6, the Option
shall remain exercisable until three (3) months after the date the Optionee is
notified by the Company that the Option is exercisable, but in any event no
later than the
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Option Expiration Date. The Company makes no representation as to the tax
consequences of any such delayed exercise. The Optionee should consult with the
Optionee's own tax advisor as to the tax consequences of any such delayed
exercise.
7.3 Extension if Optionee Subject to Section 16(b).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a sale within the applicable time periods set
forth in Section 7.1 of shares acquired upon the exercise of the Option would
subject the Optionee to suit under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, the Option
shall remain exercisable until the earliest to occur of (i) the tenth (10th) day
following the date on which a sale of such shares by the Optionee would no
longer be subject to such suit, (ii) the one hundred and ninetieth (190th) day
after the Optionee's termination of Service, or (iii) the Option Expiration
Date. The Company makes no representation as to the tax consequences of any such
delayed exercise. The Optionee should consult with the Optionee's own tax
advisor as to the tax consequences of any such delayed exercise.
7.4 Leave of Absence. For purposes of Section 7.1, the Optionee's
Service with the Participating Company Group shall not be deemed to terminate if
the Optionee takes any military leave, sick leave, or other bona fide leave of
absence approved by the Company of ninety (90) days or less. In the event of a
leave of absence in excess of ninety (90) days, the Optionee's Service shall be
deemed to terminate on the ninety-first (91st) day of such leave unless the
Optionee's right to reemployment with the Participating Company Group remains
guaranteed by statute or contract. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless
otherwise designated by the Company (or required by law), a leave of absence
shall not be treated as Service for purposes of determining the Optionee's
Vested Ratio.
8. Transfer of Control.
8.1 Definitions.
(a) An "Ownership Change Event" shall be deemed to have
occurred if any of the following occurs with respect to the Company:
(i) the direct or indirect sale or exchange in a
single or series of related transactions by the shareholders of the Company of
more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting stock of the Company;
(ii) a merger or consolidation in which the Company
is a party; or
(iii) the sale, exchange, or transfer of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company; or
(iv) a liquidation or dissolution of the Company.
(b) A "Transfer of Control" shall mean an Ownership Change
Event or a series of related Ownership Change Events (collectively, the
"Transaction") wherein the shareholders
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of the Company immediately before the Transaction do not retain immediately
after the Transaction, in substantially the same proportions as their ownership
of shares of the Company's voting stock immediately before the Transaction,
direct or indirect beneficial ownership of more than fifty percent (50%) of the
total combined voting power of the outstanding voting stock of the Company or
the corporation or corporations to which the assets of the Company were
transferred (the "Transferee Corporation(s)"), as the case may be. For purposes
of the preceding sentence, indirect beneficial ownership shall include, without
limitation, an interest resulting from ownership of the voting stock of one or
more corporations which, as a result of the Transaction, own the Company or the
Transferee Corporation(s), as the case may be, either directly or through one or
more subsidiary corporations. The Board shall have the right to determine
whether multiple sales or exchanges of the voting stock of the Company or
multiple Ownership Change Events are related, and its determination shall be
final, binding and conclusive.
8.2 Effect of Transfer of Control on Option. In the event of a
Transfer of Control, the surviving, continuing, successor, or purchasing
corporation or parent corporation thereof, as the case may be (the "Acquiring
Corporation"), may either assume the Company's rights and obligations under the
Option or substitute for the Option a substantially equivalent option for the
Acquiring Corporation's stock. The Option shall terminate and cease to be
outstanding effective as of the date of the Transfer of Control to the extent
that the Option is neither assumed or substituted for by the Acquiring
Corporation in connection with the Transfer of Control nor exercised as of the
date of the Transfer of Control. Notwithstanding the foregoing, shares acquired
upon exercise of the Option prior to the Transfer of Control and any
consideration received pursuant to the Transfer of Control with respect to such
shares shall continue to be subject to all applicable provisions of this Option
Agreement except as otherwise provided herein. Furthermore, notwithstanding the
foregoing, if the corporation the stock of which is subject to the Option
immediately prior to an Ownership Change Event described in Section 8.1(a)(i)
constituting a Transfer of Control is the surviving or continuing corporation
and immediately after such Ownership Change Event less than fifty percent (50%)
of the total combined voting power of its voting stock is held by another
corporation or by other corporations that are members of an affiliated group
within the meaning of Section 1504(a) of the Code without regard to the
provisions of Section 1504(b) of the Code, the Option shall not terminate unless
the Board otherwise provides in its sole discretion.
9. Adjustments for Changes in Capital Structure. In the event of any
stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, recapitalization, combination,
reclassification, or similar change in the capital structure of the Company,
appropriate adjustments shall be made in the number, Exercise Price and class of
shares of stock subject to the Option. If a majority of the shares which are of
the same class as the shares that are subject to the Option are exchanged for,
converted into, or otherwise become (whether or not pursuant to an Ownership
Change Event) shares of another corporation (the "New Shares"), the Board may
unilaterally amend the Option to provide that the Option is exercisable for New
Shares. In the event of any such amendment, the Number of Option Shares and the
Exercise Price shall be adjusted in a fair and equitable manner, as determined
by the Board, in its sole discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
fractional share resulting from an adjustment pursuant to this Section 9 shall
be rounded up or down to the nearest whole number, as determined by the Board,
and in no event may the Exercise
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Price be decreased to an amount less than the par value, if any, of the stock
subject to the Option. The adjustments determined by the Board pursuant to this
Section 9 shall be final, binding and conclusive.
10. Rights as a Shareholder, Employee or Consultant. The Optionee shall
have no rights as a shareholder with respect to any shares covered by the Option
until the date of the issuance of a certificate for the shares for which the
Option has been exercised (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of
the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company). No
adjustment shall be made for dividends, distributions or other rights for which
the record date is prior to the date such certificate is issued, except as
provided in Section 9. Nothing in this Option Agreement shall confer upon the
Optionee any right to continue in the Service of a Participating Company or
interfere in any way with any right of the Participating Company Group to
terminate the Optionee's Service as an Employee or Consultant, as the case may
be, at any time.
11. Right of First Refusal.
11.1 Grant of Right of First Refusal. Except as provided in
Section 11.7 below, in the event the Optionee, the Optionee's legal
representative, or other holder of shares acquired upon exercise of the Option
proposes to sell, exchange, transfer, pledge, or otherwise dispose of any Vested
Shares (the "Transfer Shares") to any person or entity, including, without
limitation, any shareholder of the Participating Company Group, the Company
shall have the right to repurchase the Transfer Shares under the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 11 (the "Right of First
Refusal").
11.2 Notice of Proposed Transfer. Prior to any proposed transfer
of the Transfer Shares, the Optionee shall give a written notice (the "Transfer
Notice") to the Company describing fully the proposed transfer, including the
number of Transfer Shares, the name and address of the proposed transferee (the
"Proposed Transferee") and, if the transfer is voluntary, the proposed transfer
price, and containing such information necessary to show the bona fide nature of
the proposed transfer. In the event of a bona fide gift or involuntary transfer,
the proposed transfer price shall be deemed to be the Fair Market Value of the
Transfer Shares, as determined by the Board in good faith. If the Optionee
proposes to transfer any Transfer Shares to more than one Proposed Transferee,
the Optionee shall provide a separate Transfer Notice for the proposed transfer
to each Proposed Transferee. The Transfer Notice shall be signed by both the
Optionee and the Proposed Transferee and must constitute a binding commitment of
the Optionee and the Proposed Transferee for the transfer of the Transfer Shares
to the Proposed Transferee subject only to the Right of First Refusal.
11.3 Bona Fide Transfer. If the Company determines that the
information provided by the Optionee in the Transfer Notice is insufficient to
establish the bona fide nature of a proposed voluntary transfer, the Company
shall give the Optionee written notice of the Optionee's failure to comply with
the procedure described in this Section 11, and the Optionee shall have no right
to transfer the Transfer Shares without first complying with the procedure
described in this Section 11. The Optionee shall not be permitted to transfer
the Transfer Shares if the proposed transfer is not bona fide.
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11.4 Exercise of Right of First Refusal. If the Company
determines the proposed transfer to be bona fide, the Company shall have the
right to purchase all, but not less than all, of the Transfer Shares (except as
the Company and the Optionee otherwise agree) at the purchase price and on the
terms set forth in the Transfer Notice by delivery to the Optionee of a notice
of exercise of the Right of First Refusal within thirty (30) days after the date
the Transfer Notice is delivered to the Company. The Company's exercise or
failure to exercise the Right of First Refusal with respect to any proposed
transfer described in a Transfer Notice shall not affect the Company's right to
exercise the Right of First Refusal with respect to any proposed transfer
described in any other Transfer Notice, whether or not such other Transfer
Notice is issued by the Optionee or issued by a person other than the Optionee
with respect to a proposed transfer to the same Proposed Transferee. If the
Company exercises the Right of First Refusal, the Company and the Optionee shall
thereupon consummate the sale of the Transfer Shares to the Company on the terms
set forth in the Transfer Notice within sixty (60) days after the date the
Transfer Notice is delivered to the Company (unless a longer period is offered
by the Proposed Transferee); provided, however, that in the event the Transfer
Notice provides for the payment for the Transfer Shares other than in cash, the
Company shall have the option of paying for the Transfer Shares by the present
value cash equivalent of the consideration described in the Transfer Notice as
reasonably determined by the Company. For purposes of the foregoing,
cancellation of any indebtedness of the Optionee to any Participating Company
shall be treated as payment to the Optionee in cash to the extent of the unpaid
principal and any accrued interest canceled.
11.5 Failure to Exercise Right of First Refusal. If the Company
fails to exercise the Right of First Refusal in full (or to such lesser extent
as the Company and the Optionee otherwise agree) within the period specified in
Section 11.4 above, the Optionee may conclude a transfer to the Proposed
Transferee of the Transfer Shares on the terms and conditions described in the
Transfer Notice, provided such transfer occurs not later than ninety (90) days
following delivery to the Company of the Transfer Notice. The Company shall have
the right to demand further assurances from the Optionee and the Proposed
Transferee (in a form satisfactory to the Company) that the transfer of the
Transfer Shares was actually carried out on the terms and conditions described
in the Transfer Notice. No Transfer Shares shall be transferred on the books of
the Company until the Company has received such assurances, if so demanded, and
has approved the proposed transfer as bona fide. Any proposed transfer on terms
and conditions different from those described in the Transfer Notice, as well as
any subsequent proposed transfer by the Optionee, shall again be subject to the
Right of First Refusal and shall require compliance by the Optionee with the
procedure described in this Section 11.
11.6 Transferees of Transfer Shares. All transferees of the
Transfer Shares or any interest therein, other than the Company, shall be
required as a condition of such transfer to agree in writing (in a form
satisfactory to the Company) that such transferee shall receive and hold such
Transfer Shares or interest therein subject to all of the terms and conditions
of this Option Agreement, including this Section 11 providing for the Right of
First Refusal with respect to any subsequent transfer. Any sale or transfer of
any shares acquired upon exercise of the Option shall be void unless the
provisions of this Section 11 are met.
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11.7 Transfers Not Subject to Right of First Refusal. The Right
of First Refusal shall not apply to any transfer or exchange of the shares
acquired upon exercise of the Option if such transfer or exchange is in
connection with an Ownership Change Event. If the consideration received
pursuant to such transfer or exchange consists of stock of a Participating
Company, such consideration shall remain subject to the Right of First Refusal
unless the provisions of Section 11.9 below result in a termination of the Right
of First Refusal.
11.8 Assignment of Right of First Refusal. The Company shall have
the right to assign the Right of First Refusal at any time, whether or not there
has been an attempted transfer, to one or more persons as may be selected by the
Company.
11.9 Early Termination of Right of First Refusal. The other
provisions of this Option Agreement notwithstanding, the Right of First Refusal
shall terminate and be of no further force and effect upon (a) the occurrence of
a Transfer of Control, unless the Acquiring Corporation assumes the Company's
rights and obligations under the Option or substitutes a substantially
equivalent option for the Acquiring Corporation's stock for the Option, or (b)
the existence of a public market for the class of shares subject to the Right of
First Refusal. A "public market" shall be deemed to exist if (i) such stock is
listed on a national securities exchange (as that term is used in the Exchange
Act) or (ii) such stock is traded on the over-the-counter market and prices
therefor are published daily on business days in a recognized financial journal.
12. Notice of Sales Upon Disqualifying Disposition. The Optionee shall
dispose of the shares acquired pursuant to the Option only in accordance with
the provisions of this Option Agreement. In addition, the Optionee shall
promptly notify the Chief Financial Officer of the Company if the Optionee
disposes of any of the shares acquired pursuant to the Option within one (1)
year after the date of the Optionee exercises all or part of the Option or
within two (2) years after the Date of Option Grant. Until such time as the
Optionee disposes of such shares in a manner consistent with the provisions of
this Option Agreement, unless otherwise expressly authorized by the Company, the
Optionee shall hold all shares acquired pursuant to the Option in the Optionee's
name (and not in the name of any nominee) for the one-year period immediately
after the exercise of the Option and the two-year period immediately after Date
of Option Grant. At any time during the one-year or two-year periods set forth
above, the Company may place a legend on any certificate representing shares
acquired pursuant to the Option requesting the transfer agent for the Company's
stock to notify the Company of any such transfers. The obligation of the
Optionee to notify the Company of any such transfer shall continue
notwithstanding that a legend has been placed on the certificate pursuant to the
preceding sentence.
13. Rules of the Commissioner of Corporations. The Optionee is hereby
delivered a copy of Section 260.141.11 of the Rules of the Commissioner of
Corporations of the State of California, adopted pursuant to the California
Corporate Securities Act of 1968. References to the "Code" in the following text
are references to the California Corporations Code.
260.141.11. Restriction on Transfer.
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(a) The issuer of any security upon which a restriction on
transfer has been imposed pursuant to Sections 260.102.6,
260.141.10 or 260.534 shall cause a copy of this section to be
delivered to each issuee or transferee of such security at the
time the certificate evidencing the security is delivered to the
issuee or transferee.
(b) It is unlawful for the holder of any such security to
consummate a sale or transfer of such security, or any interest
therein, without the prior written consent of the Commissioner
(until this condition is removed pursuant to Section 260.141.12
of these rules), except:
(1) to the issuer;
(2) pursuant to the order or process of any court;
(3) to any person described in subdivision (i) of Section
25102 of the Code or Section 260.105.14 of these rules;
(4) to the transferor's ancestors, descendants, or spouse,
or any custodian or trustee for the account of the transferor or the
transferor's ancestors, descendants, or spouse; or to a transferee by a
trustee or custodian for the account of the transferee or the
transferee's ancestors, descendants, or spouse;
(5) to holders of securities of the same class of the same
issuer;
(6) by way of gift or donation inter vivos or on death;
(7) by or through a broker-dealer licensed wider the Code
(either acting as such or as a finder) to a resident of a foreign state,
territory or country who is neither domiciled in this state to the
knowledge of the broker-dealer, nor actually present in this state if
the sale of such securities is not in violation of any securities law of
the foreign state, territory or country concerned;
(8) to a broker-dealer licensed under the Code in a
principal transaction, or as an underwriter or member of an underwriting
syndicate or selling group;
(9) if the interest sold or transferred is a pledge or
other lien given by the purchaser to the seller upon a sale of the
security for which the Commissioner's written consent is obtained or
under this rule not required;
(10) by way of a sale qualified under Sections 25111,
25112, 25113, or 25121 of the Code, of the securities to be transferred,
provided that no order under Section 25140 or subdivision (a) of Section
25143 is in effect with respect to such qualification;
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(11) by a corporation to a wholly owned subsidiary of such
corporation, or by a wholly owned subsidiary of a corporation to such
corporation;
(12) by way of an exchange qualified under Section 25111,
25112 or 25113 of the Code, provided that no order under Section 25140
or subdivision (a) of Section 25143 is in effect with respect to such
qualification;
(13) between residents of foreign states, territories or
countries who are neither domiciled nor actually present in this state;
(14) to the State Controller pursuant to the Unclaimed
Property Law or to the administrator of the unclaimed property law of
another state; or
(15) by the State Controller pursuant to the Unclaimed
Property Law or by the administrator of the unclaimed property law of
another state if, in either such case, such person (i) discloses to
potential purchasers at the sale that transfer of the securities is
restricted under this rule, (ii) delivers to each purchaser a copy of
this rule, and (iii) advises the Commissioner of the name of each
purchaser;
(16) by a trustee to a successor trustee when such
transfer does not involve a change in the beneficial ownership of the
securities;
(17) by way of an offer and sale of outstanding securities
in an issuer transaction that is subject to the qualification
requirement of Section 25110 of the Code but exempt from that
qualification requirement by subdivision (f) of Section 25102;
provided that any such transfer is on the condition that any certificate
evidencing the security issued to such transferee shall contain the
legend required by this section.
(c) The certificates representing all such securities subject to
such a restriction on transfer, whether upon initial issuance or upon
any transfer thereof, shall bear on their face a legend prominently
stamped or printed thereon in capital letters of not less than 10-point
size reading as follows: "IT IS UNLAWFUL TO CONSUMMATE A SALE OR
TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN, OR TO RECEIVE ANY
CONSIDERATION THEREFOR, WITHOUT THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE
COMMISSIONER OF CORPORATIONS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, EXCEPT AS
PERMITTED IN THE COMMISSIONER'S RULES."
14. Legends. The Company may at any time place legends referencing the
Right of First Refusal, and any applicable federal, state or foreign securities
law restrictions on all certificates representing shares of stock subject to the
provisions of this Option Agreement. The Optionee shall, at the request of the
Company, promptly present to the Company any and all certificates representing
shares acquired pursuant to the Option in the possession of the Optionee in
order to carry out the
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provisions of this Section. Unless otherwise specified by the Company, legends
placed on such certificates may include, but shall not be limited to, the
following:
14.1 "THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD,
TRANSFERRED, ASSIGNED OR HYPOTHECATED UNLESS THERE IS AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER SUCH ACT COVERING SUCH SECURITIES, THE SALE IS MADE IN
ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 144 OR RULE 701 UNDER THE ACT, OR THE COMPANY RECEIVES AN
OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR THE HOLDER OF THESE SECURITIES REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO
THE COMPANY, STATING THAT SUCH SALE, TRANSFER, ASSIGNMENT OR HYPOTHECATION IS
EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION AND PROSPECTUS DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH ACT."
14.2 Any legend required to be placed thereon by the Commissioner
of Corporations of the State of California.
14.3 "THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO A
RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL OPTION IN FAVOR OF THE CORPORATION OR ITS ASSIGNEE SET
FORTH IN AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CORPORATION AND THE REGISTERED HOLDER, OR SUCH
HOLDER'S PREDECESSOR IN INTEREST, A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE AT THE PRINCIPAL
OFFICE OF THIS CORPORATION."
14.4 "THE SHARES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE WERE ISSUED BY THE
CORPORATION TO THE REGISTERED HOLDER UPON EXERCISE OF AN INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION
AS DEFINED IN SECTION 422 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED
("ISO"). IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE PREFERENTIAL TAX TREATMENT AFFORDED TO ISOs, THE
SHARES SHOULD NOT BE TRANSFERRED PRIOR TO____________. SHOULD THE REGISTERED
HOLDER ELECT TO TRANSFER ANY OF THE SHARES PRIOR TO THIS DATE AND FOREGO ISO TAX
TREATMENT, THE TRANSFER AGENT FOR THE SHARES SHALL NOTIFY THE CORPORATION
IMMEDIATELY. THE REGISTERED HOLDER SHALL HOLD ALL SHARES PURCHASED UNDER THE
INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION IN THE REGISTERED HOLDER'S NAME (AND NOT IN THE NAME OF
ANY NOMINEE) PRIOR TO THIS DATE OR UNTIL TRANSFERRED AS DESCRIBED ABOVE."
15. Public Offering. The Optionee hereby agrees that in the event of any
underwritten public offering of stock, including an initial public offering of
stock, made by the Company pursuant to an effective registration statement filed
under the Securities Act, the Optionee shall not offer, sell, contract to sell,
pledge, hypothecate, grant any option to purchase or make any short sale of, or
otherwise dispose of any shares of stock of the Company or any rights to acquire
stock of the Company for such period of time from and after the effective date
of such registration statement as may be established by the underwriter for such
initial public offering; provided, however, that such period of time shall not
exceed one hundred eighty (180) days from the effective date of the registration
statement to be filed in connection with such public offering. The foregoing
limitation shall not apply to shares registered in
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the public offering under the Securities Act. The Optionee shall be subject to
this Section provided and only if the officers and directors of the Company are
also subject to similar arrangements.
16. Binding Effect. Subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth
herein, this Option Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon
the parties hereto and their respective heirs, executors, administrators,
successors and assigns.
17. Termination or Amendment. The Board may terminate or amend the Plan
or the Option at any time; provided, however, that except as provided in Section
8.2 in connection with a Transfer of Control, no such termination or amendment
may adversely affect the Option or any unexercised portion hereof without the
consent of the Optionee unless such termination or amendment is necessary to
comply with any applicable law or government regulation or is required to enable
the Option to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option. No amendment or addition to
this Option Agreement shall be effective unless in writing.
18. Integrated Agreement. This Option Agreement and the Plan constitute
the entire understanding and agreement of the Optionee and the Participating
Company Group with respect to the subject matter contained herein or therein and
there are no agreements, understandings, restrictions, representations, or
warranties among the Optionee and the Participating Company Group with respect
to such subject matter other than those as set forth or provided for herein or
therein. To the extent contemplated herein or therein, the provisions of this
Option Agreement shall survive any exercise of the Option and shall remain in
full force and effect.
190 Applicable Law. This Option Agreement shall be governed by the laws
of the State of California as such laws are applied to agreements between
California residents entered into and to be performed entirely within the State
of California.
PRECEPT SOFTWARE, INC.
By:
_________________________________
Judith Estrin,
President and Chief Executive Officer
The Optionee represents that the Optionee is familiar with the terms and
provisions of this Option Agreement, including the Right of First Refusal set
forth in Section 11, and hereby accepts the Option subject to all of the terms
and provisions thereof. The Optionee hereby agrees to accept as binding,
conclusive and final all decisions or interpretations of the Board upon any
questions arising under this Option Agreement. The undersigned acknowledges
receipt of a copy of the Plan and a copy of Section 260.141.11 of the Rules of
the Commissioner of Corporations of the State of California regarding
restrictions on transfer.
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OPTIONEE
Date: ____________________ ___________________________
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EXHIBIT 99.3
FORM OF NON-STATUTORY STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT IN CONNECTION WITH
THE PRECEPT SOFTWARE, INC. 1995 STOCK OPTION PLAN
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IT IS UNLAWFUL TO CONSUMMATE A SALE OR TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST
THEREIN, OR TO RECEIVE ANY CONSIDERATION THEREFOR, WITHOUT THE PRIOR WRITTEN
CONSENT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CORPORATIONS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, EXCEPT
AS PERMITTED IN THE COMMISSIONER'S RULES.
THE SECURITY REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT
AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THE SALE OR DISTRIBUTION THEREOF.
NO SUCH SALE OR DISPOSITION MAY BE EFFECTED WITHOUT AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT RELATED THERETO OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY
THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933.
PRECEPT SOFTWARE, INC.
IMMEDIATELY EXERCISABLE
NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
THIS IMMEDIATELY EXERCISABLE NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT (the
"OPTION AGREEMENT") is made and entered into as of ___________, by and between
Precept Software, Inc. and ______________ (the "OPTIONEE").
The Company has granted to the Optionee an option to purchase certain
shares of Stock, upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Option
Agreement (the "OPTION"). The Option shall in all respects be subject to the
terms and conditions of the Precept Software, Inc. 1995 Stock Option Plan (the
"PLAN"), the provisions of which are incorporated herein by reference.
1. Definitions and Construction.
1.1 Definitions. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized
terms shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Plan. Whenever used
herein, the following terms shall have their respective meanings set forth
below:
(a) "DATE OF OPTION GRANT" means ____________
(b) "NUMBER OF OPTION SHARES" means __________ shares of
Stock, as adjusted from time to time pursuant to Section 9.
(c) "EXERCISE PRICE" means $______ per share of Stock, as
adjusted from time to time pursuant to Section 9.
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(d) "INITIAL EXERCISE DATE" means the later of the Date of
Option Grant or the date the Optionee's Service commences.
(e) "INITIAL VESTING DATE" means the date occurring:
__ the Date of Option Grant.
X __________, the date the Optionee's Service
--- commenced.
(f) "VESTED RATIO" means, on any relevant date, the ratio
determined as follows:
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Vested Ratio
<S> <C>
Prior to Initial Vesting Date 0
For each full month of the Optionee's 1/12
continuous Service from the Initial Vesting
Date until the Vested Ratio equals 1/1,
an additional
</TABLE>
(g) "OPTION EXPIRATION DATE" means the date ten (10) years
after the Date of Option Grant.
(h) "COMPANY" means Precept Software, Inc., a California
corporation, or any successor corporation thereto.
(i) "DISABILITY" means the inability of the Optionee, in
the opinion of a qualified physician acceptable to the Company, to perform the
major duties of the Optionee's position with the Participating Company Group
because of the sickness or injury of the Optionee.
(j) "SECURITIES ACT" means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
(k) "SERVICE" means the Optionee's employment or service
with the Participating Company Group, whether in the capacity of an Employee, a
Director or a Consultant. The Optionee's Service shall not be deemed to have
terminated merely because of a change in the capacity in which the Optionee
renders Service to the Participating Company Group or a change in the
Participating Company for which the Optionee renders such Service, provided that
there is no interruption or termination of the Optionee's Service. The
Optionee's Service shall be deemed to have terminated either upon an actual
termination of Service or upon the corporation for which the Optionee performs
Service ceasing to be a Participating Company. Subject to the foregoing, the
Company, in its sole discretion, shall determine whether the Optionee's Service
has terminated and the effective date of such termination.
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1.2 Construction. Captions and titles contained herein are for
convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of any
provision of this Option Agreement. Except when otherwise indicated by the
context, the singular shall include the plural, the plural shall include the
singular, and the term "or" shall include the conjunctive as well as the
disjunctive.
2. Tax Consequences.
2.1 Tax Status of Option. This Option is intended to be a
Nonstatutory Stock Option and shall not be treated as an Incentive Stock Option
within the meaning of Section 422(b) of the Code.
2.2 Election Under Section 83(b) of the Code. If the Optionee
exercises this Option to purchase shares of Stock that are both nontransferable
and subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture, the Optionee understands that
the Optionee should consult with the Optionee's tax advisor regarding the
advisability of filing with the Internal Revenue Service an election under
Section 83(b) of the Code, which must be filed no later than thirty (30) days
after the date on which the Optionee exercises the Option. Shares acquired upon
exercise of the Option are nontransferable and subject to a substantial risk of
forfeiture if, for example, (a) they are unvested and are subject to a right of
the Company to repurchase such shares at the Optionee's original purchase price
if the Optionee's Service terminates, (b) the Optionee is an Insider and
exercises the Option within six (6) months of the Date of Option Grant (if a
class of equity security of the Company is registered under Section 12 of the
Exchange Act), or (c) the Optionee is subject to a restriction on transfer to
comply with "Pooling-of-Interests Accounting" rules. Failure to file an election
under Section 83(b), if appropriate, may result in adverse tax consequences to
the Optionee. The Optionee acknowledges that the Optionee has been advised to
consult with a tax advisor prior to the exercise of the Option regarding the tax
consequences to the Optionee of the exercise of the Option. AN ELECTION UNDER
SECTION 83(b) MUST BE FILED 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE ON WHICH THE OPTIONEE
PURCHASES SHARES. THIS TIME PERIOD CANNOT BE EXTENDED. THE OPTIONEE ACKNOWLEDGES
THAT TIMELY FILING OF A SECTION 83(b) ELECTION IS THE OPTIONEE'S SOLE
RESPONSIBILITY, EVEN IF THE OPTIONEE REQUESTS THE COMPANY OR ITS REPRESENTATIVE
TO FILE SUCH ELECTION ON HIS OR HER BEHALF.
3. Administration. All questions of interpretation concerning this
Option Agreement shall be determined by the Board, including any duly appointed
Committee of the Board. All determinations by the Board shall be final and
binding upon all persons having an interest in the Option. Any officer of a
Participating Company shall have the authority to act on behalf of the Company
with respect to any matter, right, obligation, or election which is the
responsibility of or which is allocated to the Company herein, provided the
officer has apparent authority with respect to such matter, right, obligation,
or election.
4. Exercise of the Option.
4.1 Right to Exercise. Except as otherwise provided herein, the
Option shall be exercisable on and after the Initial Exercise Date and prior to
the termination of the Option (as provided
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in Section 6) in an amount not to exceed the Number of Option Shares less the
number of shares previously acquired upon exercise of the Option, subject to the
Optionee's agreement that any shares purchased upon exercise are subject to the
Company's repurchase rights set forth in Section 11 and Section 12.
4.2 Method of Exercise. Exercise of the Option shall be by
written notice to the Company which must state the election to exercise the
Option, the number of whole shares of Stock for which the Option is being
exercised and such other representations and agreements as to the Optionee's
investment intent with respect to such shares as may be required pursuant to the
provisions of this Option Agreement. The written notice must be signed by the
Optionee and must be delivered in person, by certified or registered mail,
return receipt requested, by confirmed facsimile transmission, or by such other
means as the Company may permit, to the Chief Financial Officer of the Company,
or other authorized representative of the Participating Company Group, prior to
the termination of the Option as set forth in Section 6, accompanied by (i) full
payment of the aggregate Exercise Price for the number of shares of Stock being
purchased and (ii) an executed copy, if required herein, of the then current
form of escrow agreement referenced below. The Option shall be deemed to be
exercised upon receipt by the Company, of such written notice, the aggregate
Exercise Price, and, if required by the Company such executed agreement.
4.3 Payment of Exercise Price.
(a) FORMS OF CONSIDERATION AUTHORIZED. Except as otherwise
provided below, payment of the aggregate Exercise Price for the number of shares
of Stock for which the Option is being exercised shall be made (i) in cash, by
check, or cash equivalent, (ii) by tender to the Company of whole shares of
Stock owned by the Optionee having a Fair Market Value (as determined by the
Company without regard to any restrictions on transferability applicable to such
stock by reason of federal or state securities laws or agreements with an
underwriter for the Company) not less than the aggregate Exercise Price, (iii)
by means of a Cashless Exercise, as defined in Section 4.3(c), or (iv) by any
combination of the foregoing.
(b) TENDER OF STOCK. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Option may not be exercised by tender to the Company of shares of Stock to the
extent such tender of Stock would constitute a violation of the provisions of
any law, regulation or agreement restricting the redemption of the Company's
stock. The Option may not be exercised by tender to the Company of shares of
Stock unless such shares either have been owned by the Optionee for more than
six (6) months or were not acquired, directly or indirectly, from the Company.
(c) CASHLESS EXERCISE. A "Cashless Exercise" means the
assignment in a form acceptable to the Company of the proceeds of a sale or loan
with respect to some or all of the shares of Stock acquired upon the exercise of
the Option pursuant to a program or procedure approved by the Company
(including, without limitation, through an exercise complying with the
provisions of Regulation T as promulgated from time to time by the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve
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System). The Company reserves, at any and all times, the right, in the Company's
sole and absolute discretion, to decline to approve or terminate any such
program or procedure.
4.4 Tax Withholding. At the time the Option is exercised, in
whole or in part, or at any time thereafter as requested by the Company, the
Optionee hereby authorizes withholding from payroll and any other amounts
payable to the Optionee, and otherwise agrees to make adequate provision for
(including by means of a Cashless Exercise to the extent permitted by the
Company), any sums required to satisfy the federal, state, local and foreign tax
withholding obligations of the Participating Company Group, if any, which arise
in connection with the Option, including, without limitation, obligations
arising upon (i) the exercise, in whole or in part, of the Option, (ii) the
transfer, in whole or in part, of any shares acquired upon exercise of the
Option, (iii) the operation of any law or regulation providing for the
imputation of interest, or (iv) the lapsing of any restriction with respect to
any shares acquired upon exercise of the Option. The Optionee is cautioned that
the Option is not exercisable unless the tax withholding obligations of the
Participating Company Group are satisfied. Accordingly, the Optionee may not be
able to exercise the Option when desired even though the Option is vested, and
the Company shall have no obligation to issue a certificate for such shares or
release such shares from any escrow provided for herein.
4.5 Certificate Registration. Except in the event the Exercise
Price is paid by means of a Cashless Exercise, the certificate for the shares as
to which the Option is exercised shall be registered in the name of the
Optionee, or, if applicable, in the names of the heirs of the Optionee.
4.6 Restrictions on Grant of the Option and Issuance of Shares.
The grant of the Option and the issuance of shares of Stock upon exercise of the
option shall be subject to compliance with all applicable requirements of
federal, state or foreign law with respect to such securities. The Option may
not be exercised if the issuance of shares of Stock upon exercise would
constitute a violation of any applicable federal, state or foreign securities
laws or other law or regulations or the requirements of any stock exchange or
market system upon which the Stock may then be listed. In addition, the Option
may not be exercised unless (i) a registration statement under the Securities
Act shall at the time of exercise of the Option be in effect with respect to the
shares issuable upon exercise of the Option or (ii) in the opinion of legal
counsel to the Company, the shares issuable upon exercise of the Option may be
issued in accordance with the terms of an applicable exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act. THE OPTIONEE IS CAUTIONED THAT
THE OPTION MAY NOT BE EXERCISED UNLESS THE FOREGOING CONDITIONS ARE SATISFIED.
ACCORDINGLY, THE OPTIONEE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO EXERCISE THE OPTION WHEN DESIRED
EVEN THOUGH THE OPTION IS VESTED. The inability of the Company to obtain from
any regulatory body having jurisdiction the authority, if any, deemed by the
Company's legal counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any
shares subject to the Option shall relieve the Company of any liability in
respect of the failure to issue or sell such shares as to which such requisite
authority shall not have been obtained. As a condition to the exercise of the
Option, the Company may require the Optionee to satisfy any qualifications that
may be necessary or appropriate, to evidence compliance with any applicable law
or regulation and to make any representation or warranty with respect thereto as
may be requested by the Company.
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4.7 Fractional Shares. The Company shall not be required to issue
fractional shares upon the exercise of the Option.
5. Nontransferability of the Option. The Option may be exercised during
the lifetime of the Optionee only by the Optionee or the Optionee's guardian or
legal representative and may not be assigned or transferred in any manner except
by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. Following the death of the
Optionee, the Option, to the extent provided in Section 7, may be exercised by
the Optionee's legal representative or by any person empowered to do so under
the deceased Optionee's will or under the then applicable laws of descent and
distribution.
6. Termination of the Option. The Option shall terminate and may no
longer be exercised on the first to occur of (a) the Option Expiration Date, (b)
the last date for exercising the Option following termination of the Optionee's
Service as described in Section 7, or (c) a Transfer of Control to the extent
provided in Section 8.
7. Effect of Termination of Service.
7.1 Option Exercisability.
(a) DISABILITY. If the Optionee's Service with the
Participating company Group is terminated because of the Disability of the
Optionee, the Option, to the extent unexercised and exercisable on the date on
which the Optionee's Service terminated, may be exercised by the Optionee (or
the Optionee's guardian or legal representative) at any time prior to the
expiration of six (6) months after the date on which the Optionee's Service
terminated, but in any event no later than the Option Expiration Date.
(b) DEATH. If the Optionee's Service with the
Participating Company Group is terminated because of the death of the Optionee,
the Option, to the extent unexercised and exercisable on the date on which the
Optionee's Service terminated, may be exercised by the Optionee (or the
Optionee's legal representative, or other person who acquired the right to
exercise the Option by reason of the Optionee's death) at any time prior to the
expiration of six (6) months after the date on which the Optionee's Service
terminated, but in any event no later than the Option Expiration Date. The
Optionee's Service shall be deemed to have terminated on account of death if the
Optionee dies within three (3) months after the Optionee's termination of
Service.
(c) OTHER TERMINATION OF SERVICE. If the Optionee's
Service with the Participating Company Group terminates for any reason, except
Disability or death, the Option, to the extent unexercised and exercisable by
the Optionee on the date on which the Optionee's Service terminated, may be
exercised by the Optionee within three (3) months (or such other longer period
of time as determined by the Board, in its sole discretion) after the date on
which the Optionee's Service terminated; but in any event no later than the
Option Expiration Date.
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7.2 Additional Limitations on Option Exercise. Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 7.1, the Option may not be exercised after the
Optionee's termination of Service to the extent that the shares to be acquired
upon exercise of the Option would be subject to the Unvested Share Repurchase
Option as provided in Section 11.
7.3 Extension of Exercise Prevented by Law. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if the exercise of the Option within the applicable time periods set
forth in Section 7.1 is prevented by the provisions of Section 4.6, the Option
shall remain exercisable until three (3) months after the date the Optionee is
notified by the Company that the Option is exercisable, but in any event no
later than the Option Expiration Date.
7.4 Extension if Optionee Subject to Section 16(b).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a sale within the applicable time periods set
forth in Section 7.1 of shares acquired upon the exercise of the Option would
subject the Optionee to suit under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, the Option
shall remain exercisable until the earliest to occur of (i) the tenth (10th) day
following the date on which a sale of such shares by the Optionee would no
longer be subject to such suit, (ii) the one hundred and ninetieth (190th) day
after the Optionee's termination of Service, or (iii) the Option Expiration
Date.
7.5 Leave of Absence. For purposes of Section 7.1, the Optionee's
Service with the Participating Company Group shall not be deemed to terminate if
the Optionee takes any military leave, sick leave, or other bona fide leave of
absence approved by the Company of ninety (90) days or less. In the event of a
leave of absence in excess of ninety (90) days, the Optionee's Service shall be
deemed to terminate on the ninety-first (91st) day of such leave unless the
Optionee's right to re-employment with the Participating Company Group remains
guaranteed by statute or contract. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless
otherwise designated by the Company (or required by law), a leave of absence
shall not be treated as Service for purposes of determining the Optionee's
Vested Ratio.
8. Transfer of Control.
8.1 Definitions.
(a) An "OWNERSHIP CHANGE EVENT" shall be deemed to have
occurred if any of the following occurs with respect to the Company:
(i) the direct or indirect sale or exchange in a
single or series of related transactions by the shareholders of the Company of
more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting stock of the Company;
(ii) a merger or consolidation in which the Company
is a party; or
(iii) the sale, exchange, or transfer of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company; or
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(iv) a liquidation or dissolution of the Company.
(b) A "TRANSFER OF CONTROL" shall mean an Ownership Change Event
or a series of related Ownership Change Events (collectively, the "TRANSACTION")
wherein the shareholders of the Company immediately before the Transaction do
not retain immediately after the Transaction, in substantially the same
proportions as their ownership of shares of the Company's voting stock
immediately before the Transaction, direct or indirect beneficial ownership of
more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the
outstanding voting stock of the Company or the corporation or corporations to
which the assets of the Company were transferred (the "TRANSFEREE
CORPORATION(S)"), as the case may be. For purposes of the preceding sentence,
indirect beneficial ownership shall include, without limitation, an interest
resulting from ownership of the voting stock of one or more corporations which,
as a result of the Transaction, own the Company or the Transferee
Corporation(s), as the case may be, either directly or through one or more
subsidiary corporations. The Board shall have the right to determine whether
multiple sales or exchanges of the voting stock of the Company or multiple
Ownership Change Events are related, and its determination shall be final,
binding and conclusive.
8.2 Effect of Transfer of Control on Option. In the event of a
Transfer of Control, the surviving, continuing, successor, or purchasing
corporation or parent corporation thereof, as the case may be (the "ACQUIRING
CORPORATION"), may either assume the Company's rights and obligations under the
Option or substitute for the Option a substantially equivalent option for the
Acquiring Corporation's stock. The Option shall terminate and cease to be
outstanding effective as of the date of the Transfer of Control to the extent
that the Option is neither assumed or substituted for by the Acquiring
Corporation in connection with the Transfer of Control nor exercised as of the
date of the Transfer of Control. Notwithstanding the foregoing, shares acquired
upon exercise of the Option prior to the Transfer of Control and any
consideration received pursuant to the Transfer of Control with respect to such
shares shall continue to be subject to all applicable provisions of this Option
Agreement except as otherwise provided herein. Furthermore, notwithstanding the
foregoing, if the corporation the stock of which is subject to the Option
immediately prior to an Ownership Change Event described in Section 8.1(a)(i)
constituting a Transfer of Control is the surviving or continuing corporation
and immediately after such Ownership Change Event less than fifty percent (50%)
of the total combined voting power of its voting stock is held by another
corporation or by other corporations that are members of an affiliated group
within the meaning of Section 1504(a) of the Code without regard to the
provisions of Section 1504(b) of the Code, the Option shall not terminate unless
the Board otherwise provides in its sole discretion.
9. Adjustments for Changes in Capital Structure. In the event of any
stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, recapitalization, combination,
reclassification, or similar change in the capital structure of the Company,
appropriate adjustments shall be made in the number, Exercise Price and class of
shares of stock subject to the Option. If a majority of the shares which are of
the same class as the shares that are subject to the Option are exchanged for,
converted into, or otherwise become (whether or not pursuant to an Ownership
Change Event) shares of another corporation (the "New Shares"), the Board may
unilaterally amend the Option to provide that the Option is exercisable for New
Shares. In
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the event of any such amendment, the Number of Option Shares and the
Exercise Price shall be adjusted in a fair and equitable manner, as determined
by the Board, in its sole discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
fractional share resulting from an adjustment pursuant to this Section 9 shall
be rounded up or down to the nearest whole number, as determined by the Board,
and in no event may the Exercise Price be decreased to an amount less than the
par value, if any, of the stock subject to the Option. The adjustments
determined by the Board pursuant to this Section 9 shall be final, binding and
conclusive.
10. Rights as a Shareholder, Employee or Consultant. The Optionee shall
have no rights as a shareholder with respect to any shares covered by the Option
until the date of the issuance of a certificate for the shares for which the
Option has been exercised (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of
the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company). No
adjustment shall be made for dividends, distributions or other rights for which
the record date is prior to the date such certificate is issued, except as
provided in Section 9. Nothing in this Option Agreement shall confer upon the
Optionee any right to continue in the Service of a Participating Company or
interfere in any way with any right of the Participating Company Group to
terminate the Optionee's Service as an Employee or Consultant, as the case may
be, at any time.
11. Unvested Share Repurchase Option.
11.1 Grant of Unvested Share Repurchase Option. In the event the
Optionee's Service with the Participating Company Group is terminated for any
reason or no reason, with or without cause, or if the Optionee, the Optionee's
legal representative, or other holder of shares acquired upon exercise of the
Option attempts to sell, exchange, transfer, pledge, or otherwise dispose of
(other than pursuant to an Ownership Change Event) any shares acquired upon
exercise of the Option which exceed the Vested Shares as defined in Section 11.2
below (the "Unvested Shares"), the Company shall have the right to repurchase
the Unvested Shares under the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in
this Section 11 (the "Unvested Share Repurchase Option").
11.2 Vested Shares and Unvested Shares Defined. The "Vested
Shares" shall mean, on any given date, a number of shares of Stock equal to the
Number of Option Shares multiplied by the Vested Ratio determined as of such
date and rounded down to the nearest whole share. On such given date, the
"Unvested Shares" shall mean the number of shares of Stock acquired upon
exercise of the Option which exceed the Vested Shares determined as of such
date.
11.3 Exercise of Unvested Share Repurchase Option. The Company
may exercise the Unvested Share Repurchase Option by written notice delivered
personally or forwarded by first class mail to the Optionee within sixty (60)
days after (a) termination of the Optionee's Service (or exercise of the Option,
if later) or (b) the Company has received notice of the attempted disposition of
Unvested Shares. If the Company fails to give notice within such sixty (60) day
period, the Unvested Share Repurchase Option shall terminate unless the Company
and the Optionee have extended the time for the exercise of the Unvested Share
Repurchase Option. The Unvested Share Repurchase Option must be exercised, if at
all, for all of the Unvested Shares, except as the Company and the Optionee
otherwise agree.
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11.4 Payment for Shares and Return of Shares to Company. The
purchase price per share being repurchased by the Company shall be an amount
equal to the Optionee's original cost per share, as adjusted pursuant to Section
9 (the "REPURCHASE PRICE"). The Company shall pay the aggregate Repurchase Price
to the Optionee in cash within thirty (30) days after the date of personal
delivery or mailing of the written notice of the Company's exercise of the
Unvested Share Repurchase Option. For purposes of the foregoing, cancellation of
any indebtedness of the Optionee to any Participating Company shall be treated
as payment to the Optionee in cash to the extent of the unpaid principal and any
accrued interest canceled. The shares being repurchased shall be delivered to
the Company by the Optionee at the same time as the delivery of the Repurchase
Price to the Optionee.
11.5 Assignment of Unvested Share Repurchase Option. The Company
shall have the right to assign the Unvested Share Repurchase Option a any time,
whether or not such option is then exercisable, to one or more persons as may be
selected by the Company.
11.6 Ownership Change Event. Upon the occurrence of an Ownership
Change Event, any and all new, substituted or additional securities or other
property to which the Optionee is entitled by reason of the Optionee's ownership
of Unvested Shares shall be immediately subject to the Unvested Share Repurchase
Option and included in the terms "Stock" and "Unvested Shares" for all purposes
of the Unvested Share Repurchase Option with the same force and effect as the
Unvested Shares immediately prior to the Ownership Change Event. While the
aggregate Repurchase Price shall remain the same after such Ownership Change
Event, the Repurchase Price per Unvested Share upon exercise of the Unvested
Share Repurchase Option following such Ownership Change Event shall be adjusted
as appropriate. For purposes of determining the Vested Ratio following an
Ownership Change Event, credited Service shall include all Service with any
corporation which is a Participating Company at the time the Service is
rendered, whether or not such corporation is a Participating Company both before
and after the Ownership Change Event.
12. Right of First Refusal.
12.1 Grant of Right of First Refusal. Except as provided in
Section 12.7 below, in the event the Optionee, the Optionee's legal
representative, or other holder of shares acquired upon exercise of the Option
proposes to sell, exchange, transfer, pledge, or otherwise dispose of any Vested
Shares (the "Transfer Shares") to any person or entity, including, without
limitation, any shareholder of the Participating Company Group, the Company
shall have the right to repurchase the Transfer Shares under the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 12 (the "Right of First
Refusal").
12.2 Notice of Proposed Transfer. Prior to any proposed transfer
of the Transfer Shares, the Optionee shall give a written notice (the "Transfer
Notice") to the Company describing fully the proposed transfer, including the
number of Transfer Shares, the name and address of the proposed transferee (the
"Proposed Transferee") and, if the transfer is voluntary, the proposed transfer
price, and containing such information necessary to show the bona fide nature of
the proposed transfer. In the event of a bona fide gift or involuntary transfer,
the proposed transfer price shall be deemed to be the
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Fair Market Value of the Transfer Shares, as determined by the Board in good
faith. If the Optionee proposes to transfer any Transfer Shares to more than one
Proposed Transferee, the Optionee shall provide a separate Transfer Notice for
the proposed transfer to each Proposed Transferee. The Transfer Notice shall be
signed by both the Optionee and the Proposed Transferee and must constitute a
binding commitment of the Optionee and the Proposed Transferee for the transfer
of the Transfer Shares to the Proposed Transferee subject only to the Right of
First Refusal.
12.3 Bona Fide Transfer. If the Company determines that the
information provided by the Optionee in the Transfer Notice is insufficient to
establish the bona fide nature of a proposed voluntary transfer, the Company
shall give the Optionee written notice of the Optionee's failure to comply with
the procedure described in this Section 12, and the Optionee shall have no right
to transfer the Transfer Shares without first complying with the procedure
described in this Section 12. The Optionee shall not be permitted to transfer
the Transfer Shares if the proposed transfer is not bona fide.
12.4 Exercise of Right of First Refusal. If the Company
determines the proposed transfer to be bona fide, the Company shall have the
right to purchase all, but not less than all, of the Transfer Shares (except as
the Company and the Optionee otherwise agree) at the purchase price and on the
terms set forth in the Transfer Notice by delivery to the Optionee of a notice
of exercise of the Right of First Refusal within thirty (30) days after the date
the Transfer Notice is delivered to the Company. The Company's exercise or
failure to exercise the Right of First Refusal with respect to any proposed
transfer described in a Transfer Notice shall not affect the Company's right to
exercise the Right of First Refusal with respect to any proposed transfer
described in any other Transfer Notice, whether or not such other Transfer
Notice is issued by the Optionee or issued by a person other than the Optionee
with respect to a proposed transfer to the same Proposed Transferee. If the
Company exercises the Right of First Refusal, the Company and the Optionee shall
thereupon consummate the sale of the Transfer Shares to the Company on the terms
set forth in the Transfer Notice within sixty (60) days after the date the
Transfer Notice is delivered to the Company (unless a longer period is offered
by the Proposed Transferee); provided, however, that in the event the Transfer
Notice provides for the payment for the Transfer Shares other than in cash, the
Company shall have the option of paying for the Transfer Shares by the present
value cash equivalent of the consideration described in the Transfer Notice as
reasonably determined by the Company. For purposes of the foregoing,
cancellation of any indebtedness of the Optionee to any Participating Company
shall be treated as payment to the Optionee in cash to the extent of the unpaid
principal and any accrued interest canceled.
12.5 Failure to Exercise Right of First Refusal. If the Company
fails to exercise the Right of First Refusal in full (or to such lesser extent
as the Company and the Optionee otherwise agree) within the period specified in
Section 12.4 above, the Optionee may conclude a transfer to the Proposed
Transferee of the Transfer Shares on the terms and conditions described in the
Transfer Notice, provided such transfer occurs not later than ninety (90) days
following delivery to the Company of the Transfer Notice. The Company shall have
the right to demand further assurances from the Optionee and the Proposed
Transferee (in a form satisfactory to the Company) that the transfer of the
Transfer Shares was actually carried out on the terms and conditions described
in the Transfer Notice. No Transfer Shares shall be transferred on the books of
the Company until the Company has received such assurances, if
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so demanded, and has approved the proposed transfer as bona fide. Any proposed
transfer on terms and conditions different from those described in the Transfer
Notice, as well as any subsequent proposed transfer by the Optionee, shall again
be subject to the Right of First Refusal and shall require compliance by the
Optionee with the procedure described in this Section 12.
12.6 Transferees of Transfer Shares. All transferees of the
Transfer Shares or any interest therein, other than the Company, shall be
required as a condition of such transfer to agree in writing (in a form
satisfactory to the Company) that such transferee shall receive and hold such
Transfer Shares or interest therein subject to all of the terms and conditions
of this Option Agreement, including this Section 12 providing for the Right of
First Refusal with respect to any subsequent transfer. Any sale or transfer of
any shares acquired upon exercise of the Option shall be void unless the
provisions of this Section 12 are met.
12.7 Transfers Not Subject to Right of First Refusal. The Right
of First Refusal shall not apply to any transfer or exchange of the shares
acquired upon exercise of the Option if such transfer or exchange is in
connection with an Ownership Change Event. If the consideration received
pursuant to such transfer or exchange consists of stock of a Participating
Company, such consideration shall remain subject to the Right of First Refusal
unless the provisions of Section 12.9 below result in a termination of the Right
of First Refusal.
12.8 Assignment of Right of First Refusal. The Company shall have
the right to assign the Right of First Refusal at any time, whether or not there
has been an attempted transfer, to one or more persons as may be selected by the
Company.
12.9 Early Termination of Right of First Refusal. The other
provisions of this Option Agreement notwithstanding, the Right of First Refusal
shall terminate and be of no further force and effect upon, (a) the occurrence
of a Transfer of Control, unless the Acquiring Corporation assumes the Company's
rights and obligations under the Option or substitutes a substantially
equivalent option for the Acquiring Corporation's stock for the Option, or (b)
the existence of a public market for the class of shares subject to the Right of
First Refusal. A "PUBLIC MARKET" shall be deemed to exist if (i) such stock is
listed on a national securities exchange (as that term is used in the Exchange
Act) or (ii) such stock is traded on the over-the-counter market and prices
therefor are published daily on business days in a recognized financial journal.
13. Escrow.
13.1 Establishment of Escrow. To ensure that shares subject to
the Unvested Share Repurchase Option or the Right of First Refusal will be
available for repurchase, the Company may require the Optionee to deposit the
certificate evidencing the shares which the Optionee purchases upon exercise of
the Option with an agent designated by the Company under the terms and
conditions of escrow and security agreements approved by the Company. If the
Company does not require such deposit as a condition of exercise of the Option,
the Company reserves the right at any time to require the Optionee to so deposit
the certificate in escrow. Upon the occurrence of an Ownership Change Event
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or a change, as described in Section 9, in the character or amount of any of the
outstanding stock of the corporation the stock of which is subject to the
provisions of this Option Agreement, any and all new, substituted or additional
securities or other property to which the Optionee is entitled by reason of the
Optionee's ownership of shares of Stock acquired upon exercise of the Option
that remain, following such Ownership Change Event or change described in
Section 9, subject to the Unvested Share Repurchase Option or the Right of First
Refusal shall be immediately subject to the escrow to the same extent as such
shares of Stock immediately before such event. The Company shall bear the
expenses of the escrow.
13.2 Delivery of Shares to Optionee. As soon as practicable after
the expiration of the Unvested Share Repurchase Option, the Right of First
Refusal and the Vested Share Repurchase Option, but not more frequently than
twice each calendar year, the escrow agent shall deliver to the Optionee the
shares and any other property no longer subject to such restrictions.
13.3 Notices and Payments. In the event the shares and any other
property held in escrow are subject to the Company's exercise of the Unvested
Share Repurchase Option or the Right of First Refusal, the notices required to
be given to the Optionee shall be given to the escrow agent, and any payment
required to be given to the Optionee shall be given to the escrow agent. Within
(30) days after payment by the Company, the escrow agent shall deliver the
shares and any other property which the Company has purchased to the Company and
shall deliver the payment received from the Company to the Optionee.
14. Stock Distributions Subject to Option Agreement. If, from time to
time, there is any stock dividend, stock split or other change, as described in
Section 9, in the character or amount of any of the outstanding stock of the
corporation the stock of which is subject to the provisions of this Option
Agreement, then in such event any and all new, substituted or additional
securities to which the Optionee is entitled by reason of the Optionee's
ownership of the shares acquired upon exercise of the Option shall be
immediately subject to the Unvested Share Repurchase Option and the Right of
First Refusal with the same force and effect as the shares subject to the
Unvested Share Repurchase Option and the Right of First Refusal immediately
before such event.
15. Rules of the Commissioner of Corporations. The Optionee is hereby
delivered a copy of Section 260.141.11 of the Rules of the Commissioner of
Corporations of the State of California, adopted pursuant to the California
Corporate Securities Act of 1968. References to the "Code" in the following text
are references to the California Corporations Code.
260.141.11. Restriction on Transfer.
(a) The issuer of any security upon which a restriction on
transfer has been imposed pursuant to Sections 260.102.6, 260.141.10 or 260.534
shall cause a copy of this section to be delivered to each issuee or transferee
of such security at the time the certificate evidencing the security is
delivered to the issuee or transferee.
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(b) It is unlawful for the holder of any such security to
consummate a sale or transfer of such security, or any interest therein, without
the prior written consent of the Commissioner (until this condition is removed
pursuant to Section 260.141.12 of these rules), except:
(1) to the issuer;
(2) pursuant to the order or process of any court;
(3) to any person described in subdivision (i) of
Section 25102 of the Code or Section 260.105.14 of these rules;
(4) to the transferor's ancestors, descendants, or spouse,
or any custodian or trustee for the account of the transferor or the
transferor's ancestors, descendants, or spouse; or to a transferee by a trustee
or custodian for the account of the transferee or the transferee's ancestors,
descendants, or spouse;
(5) to holders of securities of the same class of the same
issuer;
(6) by way of gift or donation inter vivos or on death;
(7) by or through a broker-dealer licensed under the Code
(either acting as such or as a finder) to a resident of a foreign state,
territory or country who is neither domiciled in this state to the knowledge of
the broker-dealer, nor actually present in this state if the sale of such
securities is not in violation of any securities law of the foreign state,
territory or country concerned;
(8) to a broker-dealer licensed under the Code in a
principal transaction, or as an underwriter or member of an underwriting
syndicate or selling group;
(9) if the interest sold or transferred is a pledge or
other lien given by the purchaser to the seller upon a sale of the security for
which the Commissioner's written consent is obtained or under this rule not
required;
(10) by way of a sale qualified under Sections
25111,25112, 25113, or 25121 of the Code, of the securities to be transferred,
provided that no order under Section 25140 or subdivision (a) of Section 25143
is in effect with respect to such qualification;
(11) by a corporation to a wholly owned subsidiary of such
corporation, or by a wholly owned subsidiary of a corporation to such
corporation;
(12) by way of an exchange qualified under Section 25111,
25112 or 25113 of the Code, provided that no order under Section 25140 or
subdivision (a) of Section 25143 is in effect with respect to such
qualification;
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(13) between residents of foreign states, territories or
countries who are neither domiciled nor actually present in this state;
(14) to the State Controller pursuant to the Unclaimed
Property Law or to the administrator of the unclaimed property law of another
state; or
(15) by the State Controller pursuant to the Unclaimed
Property Law or by the administrator of the unclaimed property law of another
state if, in either such case, such person (i) discloses to potential purchasers
at the sale that transfer of the securities is restricted under this rule, (ii)
delivers to each purchaser a copy of this rule, and (iii) advises the
Commissioner of the name of each purchaser;
(16) by a trustee to a successor trustee when such
transfer does not involve a change in the beneficial ownership of the
securities;
(17) by way of an offer and sale of outstanding securities
in an issuer transaction that is subject to the qualification requirement of
Section 25110 of the Code but exempt from that qualification requirement by
subdivision (f) of Section 25102;
provided that any such transfer is on the condition that any certificate
evidencing the security issued to such transferee shall contain the legend
required by this section.
(c) The certificates representing all such securities subject to
such a restriction on transfer, whether upon initial issuance or upon any
transfer thereof, shall bear on their face a legend prominently stamped or
printed thereon in capital letters of not less than 10-point size reading as
follows: "IT IS UNLAWFUL TO CONSUMMATE A SALE OR TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY OR
ANY INTEREST THEREIN, OR TO RECEIVE ANY CONSIDERATION THEREFOR, WITHOUT THE
PRIOR CONSENT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CORPORATIONS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
EXCEPT AS PERMITTED IN THE COMMISSIONER'S RULES."
16. Legends. The Company may at any time place legends referencing the
Unvested Share Repurchase Option, the Right of First Refusal, and any applicable
federal, state or foreign securities law restrictions on all certificates
representing shares of stock subject to the provisions of this Option Agreement.
The Optionee shall, at the request of the Company, promptly present to the
Company any and all certificates representing shares acquired pursuant to the
Option in the possession of the Optionee in order to carry out the provisions of
this Section. Unless otherwise specified by the Company, legends placed on such
certificates may include, but shall not be limited to, the following:
16.1 "THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD,
TRANSFERRED, ASSIGNED OR HYPOTHECATED UNLESS THERE IS AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER SUCH ACT COVERING SUCH SECURITIES, THE SALE IS MADE IN
ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 144 OR RULE 701 UNDER
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THE ACT, OR THE COMPANY RECEIVES AN OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR THE HOLDER OF THESE
SECURITIES REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY, STATING THAT SUCH SALE,
TRANSFER, ASSIGNMENT OR HYPOTHECATION IS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION AND
PROSPECTUS DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH ACT."
16.2 Any legend required to be placed thereon by the Commissioner
of Corporations of the State of California.
16.3 "THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO
AN UNVESTED SHARE REPURCHASE OPTION IN FAVOR OF THE CORPORATION OR ITS ASSIGNEE
SET FORTH IN AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CORPORATION AND THE REGISTERED HOLDER, OR
SUCH HOLDER'S PREDECESSOR IN INTEREST, A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE AT THE
PRINCIPAL OFFICE OF THIS CORPORATION."
16.4 "THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO A
RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL OPTION IN FAVOR OF THE CORPORATION OR ITS ASSIGNEE SET
FORTH IN AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CORPORATION AND THE REGISTERED HOLDER, OR SUCH
HOLDER'S PREDECESSOR IN INTEREST, A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE AT THE PRINCIPAL
OFFICE OF THIS CORPORATION."
17. Public Offering. The Optionee hereby agrees that in the event of any
underwritten public offering of stock, including an initial public offering of
stock, made by the Company pursuant to an effective registration statement filed
under the Securities Act, the Optionee shall not offer, sell, contract to sell,
pledge, hypothecate, grant any option to purchase or make any short sale of, or
otherwise dispose of any shares of stock of the Company or any rights to acquire
stock of the Company for such period of time from and after the effective date
of such registration statement as may be established by the underwriter for such
initial public offering; provided, however, that such period of time shall not
exceed one hundred eighty (180) days from the effective date of the registration
statement to be filed in connection with such public offering. The foregoing
limitation shall not apply to shares registered in the public offering under the
Securities Act. The Optionee shall be subject to this Section provided and only
if the officers and directors of the Company are also subject to similar
arrangements.
180 Binding Effect. Subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth
herein, this Option Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon
the parties hereto and their respective heirs, executors, administrators,
successors and assigns.
190 Termination or Amendment. The Board may terminate or amend the Plan
or the Option at any time; provided, however, that except as provided in Section
8.2 in connection with a Transfer of Control, no such termination or amendment
may adversely affect the Option or any unexercised portion hereof without the
consent of the Optionee unless such termination or amendment is necessary to
comply with any applicable law or government regulation or is required to enable
the Option to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option. No amendment or addition to
this Option Agreement shall be effective unless in writing.
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200 Integrated Agreement. This Option Agreement and the Plan constitute
the entire understanding and agreement of the Optionee and the Participating
Company Group with respect to the subject matter contained herein or therein and
there are no agreements, understandings, restrictions, representations, or
warranties among the Optionee and the Participating Company Group with respect
to such subject matter other than those as set forth or provided for herein or
therein. To the extent contemplated herein or therein, the provisions of this
Option Agreement shall survive any exercise of the Option and shall remain in
full force and effect.
210 Applicable Law. This Option Agreement shall be governed by the laws
of the State of California as such laws are applied to agreements between
California residents entered into and to be performed entirely within the State
of California.
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PRECEPT SOFTWARE, INC.
By: _____________________
Title: ___________________
The Optionee represents that the Optionee is familiar with the terms and
provisions of this Option Agreement, including the Unvested Share Repurchase
Option set forth in Section 11 and the Right of First Refusal set forth in
Section 12, and hereby accepts the Option subject to all of the terms and
provisions thereof. The Optionee hereby agrees to accept as binding, conclusive
and final all decisions or interpretations of the Board upon any questions
arising under this Option Agreement. The undersigned acknowledges receipt of a
copy of the Plan and a copy of Section 260.141.11 of the Rules of the
Commissioner of Corporations of the State of California regarding restrictions
on transfer.
OPTIONEE
Date: ____________________ __________________________
[Name]
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EXHIBIT 99.4
FORM OF STOCK OPTION ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT
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PRECEPT SOFTWARE, INC.
1995 STOCK OPTION PLAN
AMENDED AND RESTATED OCTOBER 15, 1997
1. Establishment, Purpose and Term of Plan.
1.1 Establishment. The Precept Software, Inc. 1995 Stock Option
Plan (the "Plan") was established effective October 31,1995 and was amended to
increase the number of shares authorized for issuance under the Plan on January
15, 1997 and was amended and restated on October 15, 1997.
1.2 Purpose. The purpose of the Plan is to advance the interests
of the Participating Company Group and its shareholders by providing an
incentive to attract, retain and reward persons performing services for the
Participating Company Group and by motivating such persons to contribute to the
growth and profitability of the Participating Company Group.
1.3 Term of Plan. The Plan shall continue in effect until the
earlier of its termination by the Board or the date on which all of the shares
of Stock available for issuance under the Plan have been issued and all
restrictions on such shares under the terms of the Plan and the agreements
evidencing Options granted under the Plan have lapsed. However, all Options
shall be granted, if at all, within ten (10) years from the earlier of the date
the Plan is adopted by the Board or the date the Plan is duly approved by the
shareholders of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the maximum
number of shares of Stock issuable pursuant to the Plan as provided in Section
4.1 has been increased at any time, all Options shall be granted, if at all, no
later than the last day preceding the tenth (10th) anniversary of the earlier of
(a) the date on which the latest such increase in the maximum number of shares
of Stock issuable under the Plan was approved by the shareholders of the Company
or (b) the date such amendment was adopted by the Board.
2. Definitions and Construction.
2.1 Definitions. Whenever used herein, the following terms shall
have their respective meanings set forth below:
(a) "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.
If one or more Committees have been appointed by the Board to administer the
Plan, "Board" also means such Committee(s).
(b) "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, and any applicable regulations promulgated thereunder.
(c) "Committee" means the Compensation Committee or other
committee of the Board duly appointed to administer the Plan and having such
powers as shall be specified by the
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Board. Unless the powers of the Committee have been specifically limited, the
Committee shall have all of the powers of the Board granted herein, including,
without limitation, the power to amend or terminate the Plan at any time,
subject to the terms of the Plan and any applicable limitations imposed by law.
(d) "Company" means Precept Software, Inc., a California
corporation, or any successor corporation thereto.
(e) "Consultant" means any person, including an advisor,
engaged by a Participating Company to render services other than as an Employee
or a Director.
(f) "Director" means a member of the Board or of the board
of directors of any other Participating Company.
(g) "Employee" means any person treated as an employee
(including an officer or a Director who is also treated as an employee) in the
records of a Participating Company; provided, however, that neither service as a
Director nor payment of a director's fee shall be sufficient to constitute
employment for purposes of the Plan.
(h) "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
(i) "Fair Market Value" means, as of any date, the value
of a share of stock or other property as determined by the Board, in its sole
discretion, or by the Company, in its sole discretion, if such determination is
expressly allocated to the Company herein.
(j) "Incentive Stock Option" means an Option intended to
be (as set forth in the Option Agreement) and which qualifies as an incentive
stock option within the meaning of Section 422(b) of the Code.
(k) "Insider" means an officer or a Director of the
Company or any other person whose transactions in Stock are subject to Section
16 of the Exchange Act.
(l) "Nonstatutory Stock Option" means an Option not
intended to be (as set forth in the Option Agreement) or which does not qualify
as an Incentive Stock Option.
(m) "Option" means a right to purchase Stock (subject to
adjustment as provided in Section 4.2) pursuant to the terms and conditions of
the Plan. An Option may be either an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonstatutory
Stock Option.
(n) "Option Agreement" means a written agreement between
the Company and an Optionee setting forth the terms, conditions and restrictions
of the Option granted to the Optionee and any shares acquired upon the exercise
thereof.
(o) "Optionee" means a person who has been granted one or
more Options.
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(p) "Parent Corporation" means any present or future
"parent corporation" of the Company, as defined in Section 424(e) of the Code.
(q) "Participating Company" means the Company or any
Parent Corporation or Subsidiary Corporation.
(r) "Participating Company Group" means, at any point in
time, all corporations collectively which are then Participating Companies.
(s) "Rule 16b-3" means Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act,
as amended from time to time, or any successor rule or regulation.
(t) "Stock" means the common stock of the Company, as
adjusted from time to time in accordance with Section 4.2.
(u) "Subsidiary Corporation" means any present or future
"subsidiary corporation" of the Company, as defined in Section 424(f) of the
Code.
(v) "Ten Percent Owner Optionee" means an Optionee who, at
the time an Option is granted to the Optionee, owns stock possessing more than
ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of
a Participating Company within the meaning of Section 422(b)(6) of the Code.
(x) "Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant" means
that the employment or consulting relationship with the Company or any Parent or
Subsidiary is not interrupted or terminated. Continuous Status as an Employee or
Consultant shall not be considered interrupted in the case of: (i) any leave of
absence approved by the Company, including sick leave, military leave, or any
other personal leave; provided, however, that for purposes of Incentive Stock
Options, no such leave may exceed ninety (90) days, unless reemployment upon the
expiration of such leave is guaranteed by contract (including certain Company
policies) or statute;or provided, further, that on the ninety-first (91st) day
of any such leave (where reemployment is not guaranteed by contract or statute)
the Optionee's Incentive Stock Option shall cease to be treated as an Incentive
Stock Option and will be treated for tax purposes as a Nonstatutory Stock
Option.
(y) "Disability" means total and permanent disability as
defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.
(z) "Notice of Grant" means a written notice evidencing
certain terms and conditions of an individual Option or Stock Purchase Right
grant. The Notice of Grant is part of the Option Agreement.
(aa) "Officer" means a person who is an officer of the
Company within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
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2.2 Construction. Captions and titles contained herein are for
convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of any
provision of the Plan. Except when otherwise indicated by the context, the
singular shall include the plural, the plural shall include the singular, and
the term "or" shall include the conjunctive as well as the disjunctive.
3. Administration.
3.1 Administration by the Board. The Plan shall be administered
by the Board, including any duly appointed Committee of the Board. All questions
of interpretation of the Plan or of any Option shall be determined by the Board,
and such determinations shall be final and binding upon all persons having an
interest in the Plan or such Option. Any officer of a Participating Company
shall have the authority to act on behalf of the Company with respect to any
matter, right, obligation, determination or election which is the responsibility
of or which is allocated to the Company herein, provided the officer has
apparent authority with respect to such matter, right, obligation, determination
or election.
3.2 Powers of the Board. In addition to any other powers set
forth in the Plan and subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Board shall
have the full and final power and authority, in its sole discretion:
(a) to determine the persons to whom, and the time or
times at which, Options shall be granted and the number of shares of Stock to be
subject to each Option;
(b) to designate Options as Incentive Stock Options or
Nonstatutory Stock Options;
(c) to determine the Fair Market Value of shares of Stock
or other property;
(d) to determine the terms, conditions and restrictions
applicable to each Option (which need not be identical) and any shares acquired
upon the exercise thereof, including, without limitation, (i) the exercise price
of the Option, (ii) the method of payment for shares purchased upon the exercise
of the Option, (iii) the method for satisfaction of any tax withholding
obligation arising in connection with the Option or such shares, including by
the withholding or delivery of shares of stock, (iv) the timing, terms and
conditions of the exercisability of the Option or the vesting of any shares
acquired upon the exercise thereof, (v) the time of the expiration of the
Option, (vi) the effect of the Optionee's termination of employment or service
with the Participating Company Group on any of the foregoing, and (vii) all
other terms, conditions and restrictions applicable to the Option or such shares
not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan;
(e) to approve one or more forms of Option Agreement;
(f) to amend, modify, extend, or renew, or grant a new
Option in substitution for, any Option or to waive any restrictions or
conditions applicable to any Option or any shares acquired upon the exercise
thereof;
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(g) to amend the exercisability of any Option or the
vesting of any shares acquired upon the exercise thereof, including with respect
to the period following an Optionee's termination of employment or service with
the Participating Company Group;
(h) to prescribe, amend or rescind rules, guidelines and
policies relating to the Plan, or to adopt supplements to, or alternative
versions of, the Plan, including, without limitation, as the Board deems
necessary or desirable to comply with the laws of, or to accommodate the tax
policy or custom of, foreign jurisdictions whose citizens may be granted
Options; and
(i) to correct any defect, supply any omission or
reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or any Option Agreement and to make all
other determinations and take such other actions with respect to the Plan or any
Option as the Board may deem advisable to the extent consistent with the Plan
and applicable law.
3.3 Disinterested Administration. With respect to participation
by Insiders in the Plan, at any time that any class of equity security of the
Company is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, the Plan shall
be administered in compliance with the "disinterested administration"
requirements of Rule 16b-3, if any.
4. Shares Subject to Plan.
4.1 Maximum Number of Shares Issuable. Subject to adjustment as
provided in Section 4.2, the maximum aggregate number of shares of Stock that
may be issued under the Plan shall be One Million Six Hundred Thousand
(1,600,000) shares and shall consist of authorized but unissued or reacquired
shares of Stock or any combination thereof. If an outstanding Option for any
reason expires or is terminated or canceled or shares of Stock acquired, subject
to repurchase, upon the exercise of an Option are repurchased by the Company,
the shares of Stock allocable to the unexercised portion of such Option, or such
repurchased shares of Stock, shall again be available for issuance under the
Plan.
4.2 Adjustments for Changes in Capital Structure. In the event of
any stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, recapitalization,
combination, reclassification or similar change in the capital structure of the
Company, appropriate adjustments shall be made in the number and class of shares
subject to the Plan and to any outstanding Options and in the exercise price per
share of any outstanding Options. If a majority of the shares which are of the
same class as the shares that are subject to outstanding Options are exchanged
for, converted into, or otherwise become (whether or not pursuant to an
Ownership Change Event, as defined in Section 8.1) shares of another corporation
(the "New Shares"), the Board may unilaterally amend the outstanding Options to
provide that such Options are exercisable for New Shares. In the event of any
such amendment, the number of shares subject to, and the exercise price per
share of, the outstanding Options shall be adjusted in a fair and equitable
manner as determined by the Board, in its sole discretion. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any fractional share resulting from an adjustment pursuant to this
Section 4.2 shall be rounded up or down to the nearest whole number, as
determined by the Board, and in no event may the exercise price of any Option be
decreased to an amount less than the par value, if any, of the stock subject to
the Option. The adjustments determined by the Board pursuant to this Section 4.2
shall be final, binding and conclusive.
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5. Eligibility and Option Limitations.
5.1 Persons Eligible for Options. Options may be granted only to
Employees, Consultants, and Directors. For purposes of the foregoing sentence,
"Employees" shall include prospective Employees to whom Options are granted in
connection with written offers of employment with the Participating Company
Group, and "Consultants" shall include prospective Consultants to whom Options
are granted in connection with written offers of engagement with the
Participating Company Group. Eligible persons may be granted more than one (1)
Option.
5.2 Directors Serving on Committee. At any time that any class of
equity security of the Company is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the
Exchange Act, no member of a Committee established to administer the Plan in
compliance with the "disinterested administration" requirements of Rule 16b-3,
if any, while a member, shall be eligible to be granted an Option.
5.3 Termination of Employment or Consulting Relationship. Upon
termination of an Optionee's Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant,
other than upon Optionee's death or Disability, the Optionee may exercise his or
her Option, but only within such period of time as is specified in the Notice of
Grant, and only to the extent that the Optionee was entitled to exercise it at
the date of termination (but in no event later than the expiration of the term
of such Option as set forth in the Notice of Grant). In the absence of a
specified time in the Notice of Grant, the Option shall remain exercisable for
three (3) months following the Optionee's termination. In the case of an
Incentive Stock Option, such period of time for exercise shall not exceed three
(3) months from the date of termination. If, on the date of termination, the
Optionee is not entitled to exercise his or her Option within the time
specified, the Option shall terminate, and the Shares covered by such Option
shall revert to the Plan.
5.4 Option Grant Restrictions. Any person who is not an Employee
on the effective date of the grant of an Option to such person may be granted
only a Nonstatutory Stock Option. An Incentive Stock Option granted to a
prospective Employee upon the condition that such person become an Employee
shall be deemed granted effective on the date such person commences service with
a Participating Company, with an exercise price determined as of such date in
accordance with Section 6.1.
5.5 Fair Market Value Limitation. To the extent that the
aggregate Fair Market Value of stock with respect to which options designated as
Incentive Stock Options are exercisable by an Optionee for the first time during
any calendar year (under all stock option plans of the Participating Company
Group, including the Plan) exceeds One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000), the
portion of such options which exceeds such amount shall be treated as
Nonstatutory Stock Options. For purposes of this Section 5.5, options designated
as Incentive Stock Options shall be taken into account in the order in which
they were granted, and the Fair Market Value of stock shall be determined as of
the time the option with respect to such stock is granted. If the Code is
amended to provide for a different limitation from that set forth in this
Section 5.5, such different limitation shall be deemed incorporated herein
effective as of the date and with respect to such Options as required or
permitted by such amendment to the Code. If an Option is treated as an Incentive
Stock Option in part and as a Nonstatutory Stock Option in part by reason of the
limitation set forth in this Section 5.5, the Optionee may designate which
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portion of such Option the Optionee is exercising and may request that separate
certificates representing each such portion be issued upon the exercise of the
Option. In the absence of such designation, the Optionee shall be deemed to have
exercised the Incentive Stock Option portion of the Option first.
6. Terms and Conditions of Options. Options shall be evidenced by Option
Agreements specifying the number of shares of Stock covered thereby, in such
form as the Board shall from time to time establish. Option Agreements may
incorporate all or any of the terms of the Plan by reference and shall comply
with and be subject to the following terms and conditions:
6.1 Exercise Price. The exercise price for each Option shall be
established in the sole discretion of the Board; provided, however, that (a) the
exercise price per share for an Incentive Stock Option shall be not less than
the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the effective date of grant of the
Option, (b) the exercise price per share for a Nonstatutory Stock Option shall
be not less than eighty-five percent (85%) of the Fair Market Value of a share
of Stock on the effective date of grant of the Option, and (c) no Option granted
to a Ten Percent Owner Optionee shall have an exercise price per share less than
one hundred ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on
the effective date of grant of the Option. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an
Option (whether an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonstatutory Stock Option) may be
granted with an exercise price lower than the minimum exercise price set forth
above if such Option is granted pursuant to an assumption or substitution for
another option in a manner qualifying under the provisions of Section 424(a) of
the Code.
6.2 Exercise Period. Options shall be exercisable at such time or
times, or upon such event or events, and subject to such terms, conditions,
performance criteria, and restrictions as shall be determined by the Board and
set forth in the Option Agreement evidencing such Option; provided, however,
that (a) no Option shall be exercisable after the expiration of ten (10) years
after the effective date of grant of such Option, (b) no Incentive Stock Option
granted to a Ten Percent Owner Optionee shall be exercisable after the
expiration of five (5) years after the effective date of grant of such Option,
and (c) no Option granted to a prospective Employee or prospective Consultant
may become exercisable prior to the date on which such person commences service
with a Participating Company.
6.3 Exercise of Option.
(a) Procedure for Exercise; Rights as a Shareholder. Any
Option granted hereunder shall be exercisable according to the terms of the Plan
and at such times and under such conditions as determined by the Committee and
set forth in the Option Agreement. Except in the case of Options granted to
Officers, Directors and Consultants, Options shall become exercisable at a rate
of not less than 20% per year over five (5) years from the date the Options are
granted. An Option may not be exercised for a fraction of a share of Stock.
6.4 Payment of Exercise Price.
(a) Forms of Consideration Authorized. Except as otherwise
provided below, payment of the exercise price for the number of shares of Stock
being purchased pursuant to any Option shall be made (i) in cash, by check, or
cash equivalent, (ii) by tender to the Company of shares of Stock
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owned by the Optionee having a Fair Market Value (as determined by the Company
without regard to any restrictions on transferability applicable to such stock
by reason of federal or state securities laws or agreements with an underwriter
for the Company) not less than the exercise price, (iii) by the assignment of
the proceeds of a sale or loan with respect to some or all of the shares being
acquired upon the exercise of the Option (including, without limitation, through
an exercise complying with the provisions of Regulation T as promulgated from
time to time by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) (a
"Cashless Exercise"), (iv) by the Optionee's promissory note in a form approved
by the Company, (v) by such other consideration as may be approved by the Board
from time to time to the extent permitted by applicable law, or (vi) by any
combination thereof. The Board may at any time or from time to time, by adoption
of or by amendment to the standard forms of Option Agreement described in
Section 7, or by other means, grant Options which do not permit all of the
foregoing forms of consideration to be used in payment of the exercise price or
which otherwise restrict one or more forms of consideration.
(b) Tender of Stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an
Option may not be exercised by tender to the Company of shares of Stock to the
extent such tender of Stock would constitute a violation of the provisions of
any law, regulation or agreement restricting the redemption of the Company's
stock. Unless otherwise provided by the Board, an Option may not be exercised by
tender to the Company of shares of Stock unless such shares either have been
owned by the Optionee for more than six (6) months or were not acquired,
directly or indirectly, from the Company.
(c) Cashless Exercise. The Company reserves, at any and
all times, the right, in the Company's sole and absolute discretion, to
establish, decline to approve or terminate any program or procedures for the
exercise of Options by means of a Cashless Exercise.
(d) Payment by Promissory Note. No promissory note shall
be permitted if the exercise of an Option using a promissory note would be a
violation of any law. Any permitted promissory note shall be on such terms as
the Board shall determine at the time the Option is granted. The Board shall
have the authority to permit or require the Optionee to secure any promissory
note used to exercise an Option with the shares of Stock acquired upon the
exercise of the Option or with other collateral acceptable to the Company.
Unless otherwise provided by the Board, if the Company at any time is subject to
the regulations promulgated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System or any other governmental entity affecting the extension of credit in
connection with the Company's securities, any promissory note shall comply with
such applicable regulations, and the Optionee shall pay the unpaid principal and
accrued interest, if any, to the extent necessary to comply with such applicable
regulations.
6.5 Tax Withholding. The Company shall have the right, but not
the obligation, to deduct from the shares of Stock issuable upon the exercise of
an Option, or to accept from the Optionee the tender of, a number of whole
shares of Stock having a Fair Market Value, as determined by the Company, equal
to all or any part of the federal, state, local and foreign taxes, if any,
required by law to be withheld by the Participating Company Group with respect
to such Option or the shares acquired upon the exercise thereof. Alternatively
or in addition, in its sole discretion, the Company shall have the right to
require the Optionee, through payroll withholding, cash payment or otherwise,
including by means of a Cashless Exercise, to make adequate provision for any
such tax withholding obligations of
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the Participating Company Group arising in connection with the Option or the
shares acquired upon the exercise thereof. The Company shall have no obligation
to deliver shares of Stock or to release shares of Stock from an escrow
established pursuant to the Option Agreement until the Participating Company
Group's tax withholding obligations have been satisfied by the Optionee.
6.6 Repurchase Rights. Shares issued under the Plan may be
subject to a right of first refusal, one or more repurchase options, or other
conditions and restrictions as determined by the Board in its sole discretion at
the time the Option is granted. The Company shall have the right to assign at
any time any repurchase right it may have, whether or not such right is then
exercisable, to one or more persons as may be selected by the Company. Upon
request by the Company, each Optionee shall execute any agreement evidencing
such transfer restrictions prior to the receipt of shares of Stock hereunder and
shall promptly present to the Company any and all certificates representing
shares of Stock acquired hereunder for the placement on such certificates of
appropriate legends evidencing any such transfer restrictions.
7. Standard Forms of Option Agreement.
7.1 Incentive Stock Options. Unless otherwise provided by the
Board at the time the Option is granted, an Option designated as an "Incentive
Stock Option" shall comply with and be subject to the terms and conditions set
forth in the form of Immediately Exercisable Incentive Stock Option Agreement
adopted by the Board concurrently with its adoption of the Plan and as amended
from time to time.
7.2 Nonstatutory Stock Options. Unless otherwise provided by the
Board at the time the Option is granted, an Option designated as a "Nonstatutory
Stock Option" shall comply with and be subject to the terms and conditions set
forth in the form of Immediately Exercisable Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement
adopted by the Board concurrently with its adoption of the Plan and as amended
from time to time.
7.3 Standard Term of Options. Except as otherwise provided in
Sections 5.3 and 6.2 or by the Board in the grant of an Option, any Option
granted hereunder shall have a term of ten (10) years from the effective date of
grant of the Option.
7.4 Authority to Vary Terms. The Board shall have the authority
from time to time to vary the terms of any of the standard forms of Option
Agreement described in this Section 7 either in connection with the grant or
amendment of an individual Option or in connection with the authorization of a
new standard form or forms; provided, however, that the terms and conditions of
any such new, revised or amended standard form or forms of Option Agreement are
not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan. Such authority shall include, but
not by way of limitation, the authority to grant Options which are not
immediately exercisable.
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8. Transfer of Control.
8.1 Definitions.
(a) An "Ownership Change Event" shall be deemed to have
occurred if any of the following occurs with respect to the Company:
(i) the direct or indirect sale or exchange in a
single or series of related transactions by the shareholders of the Company of
more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting stock of the Company;
(ii) a merger or consolidation in which the Company
is a party;
(iii) the sale, exchange, or transfer of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company; or
(iv) a liquidation or dissolution of the Company.
(b) A "Transfer of Control" shall mean an Ownership Change
Event or a series of related Ownership Change Events (collectively, the
"Transaction") wherein the shareholders of the Company immediately before the
Transaction do not retain immediately after the Transaction, in substantially
the same proportions as their ownership of shares of the Company's voting stock
immediately before the Transaction, direct or indirect beneficial ownership of
more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the
outstanding voting stock of the Company or the corporation or corporations to
which the assets of the Company were transferred (the "Transferee
Corporation(s)"), as the case may be. For purposes of the preceding sentence,
indirect beneficial ownership shall include, without limitation, an interest
resulting from ownership of the voting stock of one or more corporations which,
as a result of the Transaction, own the Company or the Transferee
Corporation(s), as the case may be, either directly or through one or more
subsidiary corporations. The Board shall have the right to determine whether
multiple sales or exchanges of the voting stock of the Company or multiple
Ownership Change Events are related, and its determination shall be final,
binding and conclusive.
8.2 Effect of Transfer of Control on Options. In the event of a
Transfer of Control, the surviving, continuing, successor, or purchasing
corporation or parent corporation thereof, as the case may be (the "Acquiring
Corporation"), may either assume the Company's rights and obligations under
outstanding Options or substitute for outstanding Options substantially
equivalent options for the Acquiring Corporation's stock. Any Options which are
neither assumed or substituted for by the Acquiring Corporation in connection
with the Transfer of Control nor exercised as of the date of the Transfer of
Control shall terminate and cease to be outstanding effective as of the date of
the Transfer of Control. Notwithstanding the foregoing, shares acquired upon
exercise of an Option prior to the Transfer of Control and any consideration
received pursuant to the Transfer of Control with respect to such shares shall
continue to be subject to all applicable provisions of the Option Agreement
evidencing such Option except as otherwise provided in such Option Agreement.
Furthermore, notwithstanding the
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foregoing, if the corporation the stock of which is subject to the outstanding
Options immediately prior to an Ownership Change Event described in Section
8.1(a)(i) constituting a Transfer of Control is the surviving or continuing
corporation and immediately after such Ownership Change Event less than fifty
percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of its voting stock is held by
another corporation or by other corporations that are members of an affiliated
group within the meaning of Section 1504(a) of the Code without regard to the
provisions of Section 1504(b) of the Code, the outstanding Options shall not
terminate unless the Board otherwise provides in its sole discretion.
9. Provision of Information. At least annually, copies of the Company's
balance sheet and income statement for the just completed fiscal year shall be
made available to each Optionee and purchaser of shares of Stock upon the
exercise of an Option. The Company shall not be required to provide such
information to persons whose duties in connection with the Company assure them
access to equivalent information.
10. Nontransferability of Options. During the lifetime of the Optionee,
an Option shall be exercisable only by the Optionee or the Optionee's guardian
or legal representative. No Option shall be assignable or transferable by the
Optionee, except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution.
11. Transfer of Company's Rights. In the event any Participating Company
assigns, other than by operation of law, to a third person, other than another
Participating Company, any of the Participating Company's rights to repurchase
any shares of Stock acquired upon the exercise of an Option, the assignee shall
pay to the assigning Participating Company the value of such right as determined
by the Company in the Company's sole discretion. Such consideration shall be
paid in cash. In the event such repurchase right is exercisable at the time of
such assignment, the value of such right shall be not less than the Fair Market
Value of the shares of Stock which may be repurchased under such right (as
determined by the Company) minus the repurchase price of such shares. The
requirements of this Section 11 regarding the minimum consideration to be
received by the assigning Participating Company shall not inure to the benefit
of the Optionee whose shares of Stock are being repurchased. Failure of a
Participating Company to comply with the provisions of this Section 11 shall not
constitute a defense or otherwise prevent the exercise of the repurchase right
by the assignee of such right.
12. Indemnification. In addition to such other rights of indemnification
as they may have as members of the Board or officers or employees of the
Participating Company Group, members of the Board and any officers or employees
of the Participating Company Group to whom authority to act for the Board is
delegated shall be indemnified by the Company against all reasonable expenses,
including attorneys' fees, actually and necessarily incurred in connection with
the defense of any action, suit or proceeding, or in connection with any appeal
therein, 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 right
granted hereunder, and against all amounts paid by them in settlement thereof
(provided such settlement is approved by independent legal counsel selected by
the Company) or paid by them in satisfaction of a judgment in any such action,
suit or proceeding, except in relation to matters as to which it shall be
adjudged in such action, suit or proceeding that such person is liable for gross
negligence, bad faith or intentional misconduct in duties; provided, however,
that within sixty (60) days after the institution of such action, suit or
proceeding, such person shall offer to the Company, in writing, the opportunity
at its own expense to handle and defend the same.
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13. Termination or Amendment of Plan. The Board may terminate or amend
the Plan at any time. However, subject to changes in the law or other legal
requirements that would permit otherwise, without the approval of the Company's
shareholders, there shall be (a) no increase in the maximum aggregate number of
shares of Stock that may be issued under the Plan (except by operation of the
provisions of Section 4.2), (b) no change in the class of persons eligible to
receive Incentive Stock Options, and (c) no expansion in the class of persons
eligible to receive Nonstatutory Stock Options. In any event, no termination or
amendment of the Plan may adversely affect any then outstanding Option or any
unexercised portion thereof, without the consent of the Optionee, unless such
termination or amendment is required to enable an Option designated as an
Incentive Stock Option to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option or is necessary
to comply with any applicable law or government regulation.
14. Shareholder Approval. The Plan or any increase in the maximum number
of shares of Stock issuable thereunder as provided in Section 4.1 (the "Maximum
Shares") shall be approved by the shareholders of the Company within twelve (12)
months of the date of adoption thereof by the Board. Options granted prior to
shareholder approval of the Plan or in excess of the Maximum Shares previously
approved by the shareholders shall become exercisable no earlier than the date
of shareholder approval of the Plan or such increase in the Maximum Shares, as
the case may be.
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