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Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||||||
Common Stock, par value $.001 per share | PETS | NASDAQ Global Select Market |
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PETMED EXPRESS, INC. | ||||||||
By: | /s/ Sandra Y. Campos | |||||||
Name: | Sandra Y. Campos | |||||||
Title: | Chief Executive Officer and President |
Grant Date: | [GRANT DATE] | ||||||||||
Vesting Commencement Date: | [VESTING COMMENCEMENT DATE] | ||||||||||
Number of Restricted Stock Units: | [NUMBER OF RSUs] | ||||||||||
Vesting Schedule: | [____] of the Restricted Stock Units will vest on each of the first [___] anniversaries of the Vesting Commencement Date, provided you are continuously employed by, or in service with, the Company or an Affiliate until the applicable vesting date. | ||||||||||
Restricted Stock Units | Vesting Date(s) | ||||||||||
If your employment or service with the Company and its Affiliates terminates (voluntarily or involuntarily) before the Restricted Stock Units are fully vested for any reason other than due to your death or Disability, all then-unvested Restricted Stock Units will be immediately and automatically forfeited on the date of such termination. If your employment or service with the Company and its Affiliates terminates before the Restricted Stock Units are fully vested due to your death or Disability, the then-unvested Restricted Stock Units will immediately be deemed vested full. | |||||||||||
Notwithstanding the terms of Section 18 of the Plan, the Restricted Stock Units will not vest upon a Change of Control unless the Administrator, in connection with such Change of Control, expressly provides for the vesting of such Restricted Stock Units. |
Settlement of Restricted Stock Units: | As soon as practicable after your Restricted Stock Units vest (but no later than two-and-one-half months from the end of the fiscal year in which vesting occurs), the Company will settle such vested Restricted Stock Units by issuing in your name certificate(s) or making an appropriate book entry for a number of Shares equal to the number of Restricted Stock Units that have vested. | ||||||||||
Transferability of Restricted Stock Units: | You may not sell, transfer or otherwise alienate or hypothecate this Award or any of your Restricted Stock Units until they are vested. In addition, by accepting this Award, you agree not to sell any Shares acquired under this Award other than as set forth in the Plan and at a time when applicable laws, Company policies or an agreement between the Company and its underwriters do not prohibit a sale. The Company also may require you to enter into a stockholder’s agreement that will include additional restrictions on the transfer of Shares acquired under this Award. | ||||||||||
Rights as Stockholder: | You will not be deemed for any purposes to be a stockholder of the Company with respect to any of the Restricted Stock Units (including with respect to voting or dividends) unless and until a certificate for Shares is issued upon vesting of the Restricted Stock Units or the Company makes an appropriate book entry for a number of Shares equal to the number of Restricted Stock Units that have vested. | ||||||||||
Market Stand-Off: | In connection with any underwritten public offering by the Company of its equity securities pursuant to an effective registration statement filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, you agree that you shall not directly or indirectly sell, make any short sale of, loan, hypothecate, pledge, offer, grant or sell any option or other contract for the purchase of, purchase any option or other contract for the sale of, or otherwise dispose of or transfer or agree to engage in any of the foregoing transactions with respect to, any Shares acquired under this Award without the prior written consent of the Company. Such restriction shall be in effect for such period of time following the date of the final prospectus for the offering as may be determined by the Company. In no event, however, shall such period exceed one hundred eighty (180) days. | ||||||||||
Taxes: | You understand that you (and not the Company or any Affiliate) shall be responsible for your own federal, state, local or foreign tax liability and any of your other tax consequences that may arise as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Award. You shall rely solely on the determinations of your tax advisors or your own determinations, and not on any statements or representations by the Company or any of its agents, with regard to all such tax matters. | ||||||||||
To the extent that the receipt, vesting or settlement of the Restricted Stock Units, or other event, results in income to you for federal, state or local income tax purposes, you shall deliver to the Company at the time the Company is obligated to withhold taxes in connection with such receipt, vesting, settlement or other event, as the case may be, such amount as the Company requires to meet its withholding obligation under applicable tax laws or regulations. | |||||||||||
If you fail to do so, the Company has the right and authority to deduct or withhold from other compensation payable to you an amount sufficient to satisfy its withholding obligations. | |||||||||||
To the extent permitted by the Company at the time a tax withholding requirement arises, you may satisfy the withholding requirement in whole or in part, by electing to have the Company withhold for its own account that number of Shares otherwise deliverable to you upon settlement having an aggregate Fair Market Value on the date the tax is to be determined equal to the tax that the Company must withhold in connection with the vesting or settlement of such Restricted Stock Units; provided that the amount so withheld shall not exceed the maximum statutory rate to the extent necessary to avoid an accounting charge. Your election must be irrevocable, in writing, and submitted to the Secretary of the Company before the applicable vesting or settlement date. The Fair Market Value of any fractional Share not used to satisfy the withholding obligation (as determined on the date the tax is determined) will be paid to you in cash. | |||||||||||
Miscellaneous: | •Neither the Plan nor the grant of this Award shall constitute or be evidence of any agreement or understanding, express or implied, that you have a right to continue as an employee of the Company or any of its Affiliates for any period of time, or at any particular rate of compensation. | ||||||||||
•The Plan and this Award constitute the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede in their entirety all prior undertakings and agreements between you and the Company with respect to the subject matter hereof. You expressly warrant that you are not accepting this Award in reliance on any promises, representations, or inducements other than those contained herein. | |||||||||||
•By accepting the grant of the Restricted Stock Units, you agree not to sell any Shares acquired in connection with the Restricted Stock Units other than as set forth in the Plan and at a time when applicable laws, Company policies or an agreement between the Company and its underwriters do not prohibit a sale. | |||||||||||
•As a condition of the granting of this Award, you agree, for yourself and your legal representatives or guardians, that this Award shall be interpreted by the Administrator and that any interpretation by the Administrator of the terms of this Award or the Plan and any determination made by the Administrator pursuant to this Award shall be final, binding and conclusive. | |||||||||||
•Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Administrator may modify or amend this Award without your consent as permitted by Section 15(c) of the Plan or: (i) to the extent such action is deemed necessary by the Administrator to comply with any applicable law or the listing requirements of any principal securities exchange or market on which Shares are then traded; (ii) to the extent the action is deemed necessary by the Administrator to preserve favorable accounting or tax treatment of this Award for the Company; or (iii) to the extent the Administrator determines that such action does not materially and adversely affect the value of this Award or that such action is in the best interest of you or any other person who may then have an interest in this Award. | |||||||||||
•This Award may be executed in counterparts. |
Grant Date: | [GRANT DATE] | |||||||
Number of Performance Stock Units: | [NUMBER OF PSUs] | |||||||
Performance Period: | [______] through [_____]. | |||||||
Earning of Performance Stock Units: | The performance metric that will determine the number of Performance Stock Units you earn will be [INSERT PERFORMANCE GOAL], measured over the Performance Period, as described below. | |||||||
The number of Performance Stock Units earned will be determined as follows: | ||||||||
Level of Performance Goal Achievement for the Performance Period | Percentage of Performance Stock Units Earned | |||||||
[The number of Performance Stock Units earned for performance goal achievement between the levels indicated above will be linearly interpolated between the corresponding percentages of Performance Stock Units earned indicated above.] | ||||||||
Any Performance Stock Units that are earned based on achievement of the performance goal set forth above will be earned on the date that the Administrator certifies that the applicable performance goal has been reached (the “Vesting Date”). Any Performance Stock Units that are not earned by the Vesting Date shall be forfeited as of such day. | ||||||||
If your employment or service with the Company and its Affiliates terminates (voluntarily or involuntarily) before the Vesting Date for any reason other than due to your death or Disability, all then-unearned Performance Stock Units will be immediately and automatically forfeited on the date of such termination. If your employment or service with the Company and its Affiliates terminates before the Vesting Date due to your death or Disability, the Performance Stock Units will immediately be deemed earned in full. | ||||||||
Notwithstanding the terms of Section 18 of the Plan, the Performance Stock Units will not vest upon a Change of Control unless the Administrator, in connection with such Change of Control, expressly provides for the vesting of such Performance Stock Units. | ||||||||
Settlement of Performance Stock Units: | As soon as practicable after your Performance Stock Units are earned due to achievement of the performance goal set forth above or as a result of the termination of your employment or service due to your death or Disability (but in no event than two-and-one-half months from the end of the fiscal year in which the Vesting Date or such termination occurs), the Company will settle such earned Performance Stock Units by issuing in your name certificate(s) or making an appropriate book entry for a number of Shares equal to the number of Performance Stock Units that have been earned. | |||||||
Transferability of Performance Stock Units: | You may not sell, transfer or otherwise alienate or hypothecate this Award or any of your Performance Stock Units until they have been earned. In addition, by accepting this Award, you agree not to sell any Shares acquired under this Award other than as set forth in the Plan and at a time when applicable laws, Company policies or an agreement between the Company and its underwriters do not prohibit a sale. The Company also may require you to enter into a stockholder’s agreement that will include additional restrictions on the transfer of Shares acquired under this Award. | |||||||
Rights as Stockholder: | You will not be deemed for any purposes to be a stockholder of the Company with respect to any of the Performance Stock Units (including with respect to voting or dividends) unless and until a certificate for Shares is issued or a book entry made for Shares following the Performance Stock Units being earned. | |||||||
Market Stand-Off: | In connection with any underwritten public offering by the Company of its equity securities pursuant to an effective registration statement filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, you agree that you shall not directly or indirectly sell, make any short sale of, loan, hypothecate, pledge, offer, grant or sell any option or other contract for the purchase of, purchase any option or other contract for the sale of, or otherwise dispose of or transfer or agree to engage in any of the foregoing transactions with respect to, any Shares acquired under this Award without the prior written consent of the Company. Such restriction shall be in effect for such period of time following the date of the final prospectus for the offering as may be determined by the Company. In no event, however, shall such period exceed one hundred eighty (180) days. | |||||||
Taxes: | You understand that you (and not the Company or any Affiliate) shall be responsible for your own federal, state, local or foreign tax liability and any of your other tax consequences that may arise as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Award. You shall rely solely on the determinations of your tax advisors or your own determinations, and not on any statements or representations by the Company or any of its agents, with regard to all such tax matters. | |||||||
To the extent that the receipt, earning or settlement of the Performance Stock Units, or other event, results in income to you for federal, state or local income tax purposes, you shall deliver to the Company at the time the Company is obligated to withhold taxes in connection with such receipt, earning, settlement or other event, as the case may be, such amount as the Company requires to meet its withholding obligation under applicable tax laws or regulations. If you fail to do so, the Company has the right and authority to deduct or withhold from other compensation payable to you an amount sufficient to satisfy its withholding obligations. | ||||||||
To the extent permitted by the Company at the time a tax withholding requirement arises, you may satisfy the withholding requirement in whole or in part, by electing to have the Company withhold for its own account that number of Shares otherwise deliverable to you upon settlement having an aggregate Fair Market Value on the date the tax is to be determined equal to the tax that the Company must withhold in connection with the earning or settlement of such Performance Stock Units; provided that the amount so withheld shall not exceed the maximum statutory rate to the extent necessary to avoid an accounting charge. Your election must be irrevocable, in writing, and submitted to the Secretary of the Company before the applicable earning or settlement date. The Fair Market Value of any fractional Share not used to satisfy the withholding obligation (as determined on the date the tax is determined) will be paid to you in cash. | ||||||||
Recoupment: | If the Administrator determines that recoupment of incentive compensation paid to you pursuant to this Award is required under any law or any recoupment or recovery policy of the Company, then this Award will terminate immediately on the date of such determination to the extent required by such law or recoupment or recovery policy and the Administrator may recoup any such incentive compensation in accordance with such recoupment or recovery policy or as required by law. The Company shall have the right to offset against any other amounts due from the Company to you the amount owed by you hereunder and any withholding amount tendered by you with respect to any such incentive compensation. | |||||||
Miscellaneous: | •Neither the Plan nor the grant of this Award shall constitute or be evidence of any agreement or understanding, express or implied, that you have a right to continue as an employee of the Company or any of its Affiliates for any period of time, or at any particular rate of compensation. | |||||||
•The Plan and this Award constitute the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede in their entirety all prior undertakings and agreements between you and the Company with respect to the subject matter hereof. You expressly warrant that you are not accepting this Award in reliance on any promises, representations, or inducements other than those contained herein. | ||||||||
•By accepting the grant of the Performance Stock Units, you agree not to sell any Shares acquired in connection with the Performance Stock Units other than as set forth in the Plan and at a time when applicable laws, Company policies or an agreement between the Company and its underwriters do not prohibit a sale. | ||||||||
•As a condition of the granting of this Award, you agree, for yourself and your legal representatives or guardians, that this Award shall be interpreted by the Administrator and that any interpretation by the Administrator of the terms of this Award or the Plan and any determination made by the Administrator pursuant to this Award shall be final, binding and conclusive. | ||||||||
•Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Administrator may modify or amend this Award without your consent as permitted by Section 15(c) of the Plan or: (i) to the extent such action is deemed necessary by the Administrator to comply with any applicable law or the listing requirements of any principal securities exchange or market on which Shares are then traded; (ii) to the extent the action is deemed necessary by the Administrator to preserve favorable accounting or tax treatment of this Award for the Company; or (iii) to the extent the Administrator determines that such action does not materially and adversely affect the value of this Award or that such action is in the best interest of you or any other person who may then have an interest in this Award. | ||||||||
•This Award may be executed in counterparts. |
Grant Date: | [GRANT DATE] | ||||||||||
Vesting Commencement Date: | [VESTING COMMENCEMENT DATE] | ||||||||||
Number of Shares of Restricted Stock (“Restricted Shares”): | [SHARES GRANTED] | ||||||||||
Vesting Schedule: | [___] of the Restricted Shares will vest on each of the first [___] anniversaries of the Vesting Commencement Date, provided you are continuously employed by, or in service with, the Company or an Affiliate until the applicable vesting date. | ||||||||||
Restricted Stock Shares | Vesting Date(s) | ||||||||||
If your employment or service with the Company and its Affiliates terminates (voluntarily or involuntarily) before the Restricted Shares are fully vested for any reason other than due to your death or Disability, all then-unvested Restricted Shares will be immediately and automatically forfeited on the date of such termination. If your employment or service with the Company and its Affiliates terminates before the Restricted Shares are fully vested due to your death or Disability, the then-unvested Restricted Shares will immediately be deemed vested full. | |||||||||||
Notwithstanding the terms of Section 18 of the Plan, the Restricted Shares will not vest upon a Change of Control unless the Administrator, in connection with such Change of Control, expressly provides for the vesting of such Restricted Shares. | |||||||||||
Release of Shares: | Unless otherwise determined by the Company, the Restricted Shares will be held in an account at the Company’s transfer agent pending vesting. As soon as practical after any Restricted Shares vest, the applicable restrictions on the Restricted Shares will be removed and such Shares will be issued according to your instructions. | ||||||||||
Transferability of Restricted Shares: | You may not sell, transfer or otherwise alienate or hypothecate this Award or any of your Restricted Shares until they are vested. In addition, by accepting this Award, you agree not to sell any Shares acquired under this Award other than as set forth in the Plan and at a time when applicable laws, Company policies or an agreement between the Company and its underwriters do not prohibit a sale. The Company also may require you to enter into a stockholder’s agreement that will include additional restrictions on the transfer of Shares acquired under this Award that will remain effective after such Shares have vested. | ||||||||||
Voting and Dividends: | While the Restricted Shares are subject to forfeiture, you may exercise full voting rights so long as the applicable record date occurs before you forfeit the Restricted Shares. Any dividends or other distributions paid with respect to the Restricted Shares for which the record date occurs before you forfeit the Restricted Shares will be held in the custody of the Company and will be subject to the same risk of forfeiture, restrictions on transferability and other terms of this Award that apply to the Restricted Shares with respect to which such dividends or other distributions were made. All such dividends or other distributions shall be paid to you within 45 days following the full vesting of the Restricted Shares with respect to which such dividends or other distributions were made. | ||||||||||
Market Stand-Off: | In connection with any underwritten public offering by the Company of its equity securities pursuant to an effective registration statement filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, you agree that you shall not directly or indirectly sell, make any short sale of, loan, hypothecate, pledge, offer, grant or sell any option or other contract for the purchase of, purchase any option or other contract for the sale of, or otherwise dispose of or transfer or agree to engage in any of the foregoing transactions with respect to, any Shares acquired under this Award without the prior written consent of the Company. Such restriction shall be in effect for such period of time following the date of the final prospectus for the offering as may be determined by the Company. In no event, however, shall such period exceed one hundred eighty (180) days. | ||||||||||
Taxes: | You understand that you (and not the Company or any Affiliate) shall be responsible for your own federal, state, local or foreign tax liability and any of your other tax consequences that may arise as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Award. You shall rely solely on the determinations of your tax advisors or your own determinations, and not on any statements or representations by the Company or any of its agents, with regard to all such tax matters. | ||||||||||
You understand that you may alter the tax treatment of the Shares subject to this Award by filing an election under Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). Such election may be filed only within thirty (30) days after the grant date of this Award. You should consult with your tax advisor to determine the tax consequences of acquiring the Shares and the advantages and disadvantages of filing the Code Section 83(b) election. You acknowledge that it is your sole responsibility, and not the Company’s, to file a timely election under Code Section 83(b), even if you request the Company or its representatives to make this filing on your behalf. | |||||||||||
To the extent that the receipt or the vesting of the Restricted Shares, or the payment of dividends or other distributions on the Restricted Shares, or any other event, results in income to you for federal, state or local income tax purposes, except as otherwise provided in the following paragraph, you shall deliver to the Company at the time the Company is obligated to withhold taxes in connection with such receipt, vesting, payment or other event, as the case may be, such amount as the Company requires to meet its withholding obligation under applicable tax laws or regulations. If you fail to do so, the Company has the right and authority to deduct or withhold from other compensation payable to you an amount sufficient to satisfy its withholding obligations. | |||||||||||
If you do not make an election under Code Section 83(b) in connection with this Award, then, to the extent permitted by the Company at the time a tax withholding requirement arises, you may satisfy the withholding requirement in whole or in part, by electing to have the Company withhold for its own account that number of Restricted Shares otherwise deliverable to you from escrow hereunder on the date the tax is to be determined having an aggregate Fair Market Value on the date the tax is to be determined equal to the tax that the Company must withhold in connection with the vesting of such Restricted Shares; provided that the amount so withheld shall not exceed the maximum statutory rate to the extent necessary to avoid an accounting charge. Your election must be irrevocable, in writing, and submitted to the Secretary of the Company before the applicable vesting date. The Fair Market Value of any fractional Share not used to satisfy the withholding obligation (as determined on the date the tax is determined) will be paid to you in cash. |
Miscellaneous: | •Neither the Plan nor the grant of this Award shall constitute or be evidence of any agreement or understanding, express or implied, that you have a right to continue as an employee of the Company or any of its Affiliates for any period of time, or at any particular rate of compensation. | ||||||||||
•The Plan and this Award constitute the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede in their entirety all prior undertakings and agreements between you and the Company with respect to the subject matter hereof. You expressly warrant that you are not accepting this Award in reliance on any promises, representations, or inducements other than those contained herein. | |||||||||||
•By accepting this Award, you agree not to sell any Shares acquired in connection with this Award other than as set forth in the Plan and at a time when applicable laws, Company policies or an agreement between the Company and its underwriters do not prohibit a sale. | |||||||||||
•As a condition of the granting of this Award, you agree, for yourself and your legal representatives or guardians, that this Award shall be interpreted by the Administrator and that any interpretation by the Administrator of the terms of this Award or the Plan and any determination made by the Administrator pursuant to this Award shall be final, binding and conclusive. | |||||||||||
•Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Administrator may modify or amend this Award without your consent as permitted by Section 15(c) of the Plan or: (i) to the extent such action is deemed necessary by the Administrator to comply with any applicable law or the listing requirements of any principal securities exchange or market on which Shares are then traded; (ii) to the extent the action is deemed necessary by the Administrator to preserve favorable accounting or tax treatment of this Award for the Company; or (iii) to the extent the Administrator determines that such action does not materially and adversely affect the value of this Award or that such action is in the best interest of you or any other person who may then have an interest in this Award. | |||||||||||
•This Award may be executed in counterparts. |
Grant Date: | [GRANT DATE] | ||||||||||
Type of Option: | [Nonqualified Stock Option] | ||||||||||
[Incentive Stock Option] | |||||||||||
Number of Option Shares: | [NUMBER OF OPTION SHARES] | ||||||||||
Exercise Price per Share: | $[EXERCISE PRICE] | ||||||||||
Vesting Schedule: | This Option will vest and become exercisable with respect to [___] of the total Option Shares on each of the first [__] anniversaries of the Vesting Commencement Date, provided that you are continuously employed by, or in the service of, the Company or an Affiliate through such the applicable vesting date. | ||||||||||
Stock Option Shares # | Vesting Date(s) | ||||||||||
If your employment or service with the Company and its Affiliates terminates (voluntarily or involuntarily) before the Option is fully vested for any reason other than due to your death or Disability, the Option shall be immediately and automatically forfeited on the date of such termination with respect to any Option Shares for which it is not then vested. If your employment or service with the Company and its Affiliates terminates before the Option is fully vested due to your death or Disability, the Option will immediately be deemed vested full. | |||||||||||
Notwithstanding the terms of Section 18 of the Plan, the Option will not vest upon a Change of Control except to the extent the Administrator, in connection with such Change of Control, expressly provides for the vesting of the Option. | |||||||||||
Termination Date: | This Option expires at, and cannot be exercised after, the earliest to occur of: | ||||||||||
•The tenth (10th) anniversary of the Grant Date (or the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Grant Date to the extent this Option is an Incentive Stock Option and you own (or are treated as owning) stock possessing more than 10 percent of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the corporation employing you or of any related corporation of such corporation); | |||||||||||
•12 months after your termination of employment or service as a result of death or Disability; | |||||||||||
•Your termination of employment or service for Cause; or | |||||||||||
•90 days after your termination of employment or service for any other reason. | |||||||||||
Manner of Exercise: | You may exercise this Option only if it has not been forfeited or has not otherwise expired, and only to the extent this Option is vested. To exercise this Option, you must comply with such exercise and notice procedures as the Administrator may establish from time to time, including, without limitation, payment of the exercise price and any applicable tax withholding amounts. Unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, the payment of the exercise price and applicable tax withholding amounts may be made at your election (i) in cash or its equivalent (e.g., by check), (ii) in Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to the aggregate exercise price for the Shares being purchased and satisfying such other requirements as may be imposed by the Administrator (provided that such Shares have been held by the Participant for no less than six months or such other period, if any, as established from time to time by the Administrator to avoid adverse accounting treatment under generally accepted accounting principles), (iii) partly in cash and partly in such Shares, or (iv) by having the Company withhold from the Shares otherwise issuable upon exercise a whole number of shares with a Fair Market Value equal to the exercise price and applicable tax withholding amounts and issuing the net number of remaining Shares to you; provided that, if the whole number of Shares does not exactly equal the exercise price and applicable tax withholding amounts, then the Company will withhold the whole number of Shares necessary to cover such amounts and will issue a check to you equal to the Fair Market Value of any fractional Share not needed. | ||||||||||
A properly completed notice of stock option exercise (or such other notice as is prescribed) will become effective upon receipt of the notice and any required payment by the Company (or its designee); provided that the Company may suspend exercise of the Option pending its determination of whether your employment will be or could have been terminated for Cause and, if such a determination is made, your notice of stock option exercise (or such other notice as is prescribed) will automatically be rescinded. | |||||||||||
If, following your death, your beneficiary or heir, or such other person or persons as may acquire your rights under this Option by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, wishes to exercise this Option, such person must contact the Company and prove to the Company’s satisfaction that such person has the right and is entitled to exercise this Option. | |||||||||||
Your ability to exercise this Option, or the manner of exercise or payment of withholding taxes, may be restricted by the Company if required by applicable law or by the Company’s trading policies as in effect from time to time. | |||||||||||
Transferability: | You may not sell, transfer or otherwise alienate or hypothecate this Option. In addition, by accepting this Option, you agree not to sell any Shares acquired under this Option other than as set forth in the Plan and at a time when applicable laws, Company policies or an agreement between the Company and its underwriters do not prohibit a sale. The Company also may require you to enter into a stockholder’s agreement that will include additional restrictions on the transfer of Shares acquired under this Option. | ||||||||||
Rights as Stockholder: | You will not be deemed for any purposes to be a stockholder of the Company with respect to the Option or any of the Shares subject to the Option (including with respect to voting or dividends) unless and until a certificate for Shares is issued (or appropriate book entry made) upon exercise of the Option. | ||||||||||
Market Stand-Off: | In connection with any underwritten public offering by the Company of its equity securities pursuant to an effective registration statement filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, you agree that you shall not directly or indirectly sell, make any short sale of, loan, hypothecate, pledge, offer, grant or sell any option or other contract for the purchase of, purchase any option or other contract for the sale of, or otherwise dispose of or transfer or agree to engage in any of the foregoing transactions with respect to, any Shares acquired under this Option without the prior written consent of the Company. Such restriction shall be in effect for such period of time following the date of the final prospectus for the offering as may be determined by the Company. In no event, however, shall such period exceed one hundred eighty (180) days. | ||||||||||
Recoupment; Rescission of Exercise: | If the Administrator determines that recoupment of incentive compensation paid to you pursuant to this Option is required under any law or any recoupment or recovery policy of the Company, then this Option will terminate immediately on the date of such determination to the extent required by such law or recoupment or recovery policy, any prior exercise of this Option may be deemed to be rescinded, and the Administrator may recoup any such incentive compensation in accordance with such recoupment or recovery policy or as required by law. The Company shall have the right to offset against any other amounts due from the Company to you the amount owed by you hereunder and any exercise price and withholding amount tendered by you with respect to any such incentive compensation. | ||||||||||
Taxes: | You understand that you (and not the Company or any Affiliate) shall be responsible for your own federal, state, local or foreign tax liability and any of your other tax consequences that may arise as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Option. You shall rely solely on the determinations of your tax advisors or your own determinations, and not on any statements or representations by the Company or any of its agents, with regard to all such tax matters. To the extent that the receipt, vesting or exercise of this Option, or other event, results in income to you for federal, state or local income tax purposes, you shall deliver to the Company at the time the Company is obligated to withhold taxes in connection with such receipt, vesting, exercise or other event, as the case may be, such amount as the Company requires to meet its withholding obligation under applicable tax laws or regulation. If you fail to do so, the Company shall not be obligated to deliver any Shares to you and shall have the right and authority to deduct or withhold from other compensation payable to you an amount sufficient to satisfy its withholding obligations. | ||||||||||
To the extent permitted by the Company at the time a tax withholding requirement arises, you may satisfy the withholding requirement in whole or in part, by electing to have the Company withhold for its own account that number of Shares otherwise deliverable to you upon exercise having an aggregate Fair Market Value on the date the tax is to be determined equal to the tax that the Company must withhold in connection with the exercise; provided that the amount so withheld shall not exceed the maximum statutory rate to the extent necessary to avoid an accounting charge. The Fair Market Value of any fractional Share not used to satisfy the withholding obligation (as determined on the date the tax is determined) will be paid to you in cash. | |||||||||||
Notice of Disqualifying Disposition: | If this Option is designated as an Incentive Stock Option and you sell Shares that were acquired through the exercise of this Option within two years from the Grant Date or one year from the date of exercise, you must notify the Administrator of the sale to permit proper treatment of the compensation expense. | ||||||||||
Miscellaneous: | •No individual may exercise this Option, and no Shares subject to this Option will be issued, unless and until the Company has determined to its satisfaction that such exercise and issuance will comply with all applicable federal and state securities laws, rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, rules of any stock exchange on which Shares may then be traded, or any other applicable laws. In addition, if required by underwriters for the Company, you agree to enter into a lock-up agreement with respect to any Shares acquired or to be acquired under this Option. |
•Neither the Plan nor the grant of this Option shall constitute or be evidence of any agreement or understanding, express or implied, that you have a right to continue as an employee of the Company or any of its Affiliates for any period of time, or at any particular rate of compensation. | |||||||||||
•The Plan and this Option constitute the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede in their entirety all prior undertakings and agreements between you and the Company with respect to the subject matter hereof. You expressly warrant that you are not accepting this Option in reliance on any promises, representations, or inducements other than those contained herein. | |||||||||||
•By accepting the grant of the Option, you agree not to sell any Shares acquired in connection with the Option other than as set forth in the Plan and at a time when applicable laws, Company policies or an agreement between the Company and its underwriters do not prohibit a sale. | |||||||||||
•As a condition of the granting of this Option, you agree, for yourself and your legal representatives or guardians, that this Option shall be interpreted by the Administrator and that any interpretation by the Administrator of the terms of this Option or the Plan and any determination made by the Administrator pursuant to this Option shall be final, binding and conclusive. | |||||||||||
•Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Administrator may modify or amend this Option without your consent as permitted by Section 15(c) of the Plan or: (i) to the extent such action is deemed necessary by the Administrator to comply with any applicable law or the listing requirements of any principal securities exchange or market on which Shares are then traded; (ii) to the extent the action is deemed necessary by the Administrator to preserve favorable accounting or tax treatment of this Option for the Company; or (iii) to the extent the Administrator determines that such action does not materially and adversely affect the value of this Option or that such action is in the best interest of you or any other person who may then have an interest in this Option. | |||||||||||
•This Option may be executed in counterparts. |