UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): June 6, 2018

 

BEIGENE, LTD.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Cayman Islands

 

001-37686

 

98-1209416

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

c/o Mourant Ozannes Corporate Services (Cayman) Limited

94 Solaris Avenue, Camana Bay

Grand Cayman KY1-1108

Cayman Islands

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

+1 (345) 949 4123

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o                                     Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o                                     Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o                                     Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o                                     Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

Emerging growth company   o

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  o

 

 

 



 

Item 5.02.              Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

(e)  Adoption of the BeiGene, Ltd. 2018 Employee Share Purchase Plan

 

On June 6, 2018, at the 2018 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”), the shareholders of BeiGene, Ltd. (the “Company”) approved the BeiGene, Ltd. 2018 Employee Share Purchase Plan (the “2018 ESPP”).

 

Initially, 3,500,000 ordinary shares of the Company are reserved for issuance under the 2018 ESPP. In addition, on January 1, 2019 and each January 1 thereafter through January 1, 2028, the number of ordinary shares reserved and available for issuance under the 2018 ESPP will be cumulatively increased by the least of (i) 5,000,000 ordinary shares, (ii) 0.5% of the number of ordinary shares issued and outstanding on the immediately preceding December 31, or (iii) such lesser number of ordinary shares as determined by the compensation committee of the Company’s board of directors (the “Compensation Committee”); provided that the aggregate number of ordinary shares reserved and available for issuance under the 2018 ESPP may not exceed 10% of the number of ordinary shares issued and outstanding as of the date of shareholder approval.

 

The 2018 ESPP allows eligible employees to purchase the Company’s ordinary shares (including in the form of American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”)) at the end of each offering period, which will generally be six months, at a 15% discount to the market price of the Company’s ordinary shares or ADSs at the beginning or the end of each offering period, whichever is lower, using funds deducted from their payroll during the offering period. Eligible employees are able to authorize payroll deductions of up to 10% of their eligible earnings, subject to applicable limitations. A detailed summary of the material features of the 2018 ESPP is set forth in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting (the “Proxy Statement”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2018. That summary and the foregoing description are qualified in their entirety by reference to the text of the 2018 ESPP, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.07                Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

The Company held its Annual Meeting on June 6, 2018. There were 698,942,730 ordinary shares entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting as of the record date on April 20, 2018, of which approximately 495,841,346 were held in the name of Citibank, N.A., which issues Company-sponsored American Depositary Receipts evidencing ADSs, which, in turn, each represent 13 ordinary shares. Of the ordinary shares entitled to vote, 624,372,794 ordinary shares, including ordinary shares represented by ADSs, or approximately 89% of the outstanding ordinary shares on the record date, were present and voted in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting. In accordance with the Company’s Memorandum and Articles of Association, the quorum required for a general meeting of shareholders at which an ordinary resolution has been proposed consists of such shareholders present in person or by proxy who together hold shares which carry the right to at least a simple majority of all votes capable of being exercised on a poll.

 

The matters set forth below were voted on at the Annual Meeting. Detailed descriptions of these matters and voting procedures applicable to these matters at the Annual Meeting are contained in the Proxy Statement. Set forth below are the total number of shares voted for and against each matter, as well as the total number of abstentions and broker non-votes with respect to each matter.

 

(1)        Ordinary resolution: to re-elect Donald W. Glazer to serve as a Class II director until the 2021 annual general meeting of shareholders and until his successor is duly elected and qualified, subject to his earlier resignation or removal:

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

610,012,760

 

14,163,370

 

196,664

 

 

 

Accordingly, Donald W. Glazer was re-elected to serve as a Class II director.

 

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(2)        Ordinary resolution: to re-elect Michael Goller to serve as a Class II director until the 2021 annual general meeting of shareholders and until his successor is duly elected and qualified, subject to his earlier resignation or removal:

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

616,844,182

 

7,331,948

 

196,664

 

 

 

Accordingly, Michael Goller was re-elected to serve as a Class II director.

 

(3)        Ordinary resolution: to re-elect Thomas Malley to serve as a Class II director until the 2021 annual general meeting of shareholders and until his successor is duly elected and qualified, subject to his earlier resignation or removal:

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

623,728,839

 

447,291

 

196,664

 

 

 

Accordingly, Thomas Malley was re-elected to serve as a Class II director.

 

The proposals for the election of directors related solely to the election of Class II directors nominated by the Board of Directors. The terms of the following directors continued after the meeting: Ranjeev Krishana, Xiaodong Wang, Qingqing Yi, Timothy Chen, John V. Oyler and Jing-Shyh (Sam) Su.

 

(4)                                  Ordinary resolution: to approve the BeiGene, Ltd. 2018 Employee Share Purchase Plan:

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

589,285,638

 

35,014,603

 

72,553

 

 

 

Accordingly, the BeiGene, Ltd. 2018 Employee Share Purchase Plan was approved.

 

(5)        Ordinary resolution: to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young Hua Ming LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2018:

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

624,173,972

 

3,523

 

195,299

 

 

 

Accordingly, the appointment of Ernst & Young Hua Ming LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm was ratified.

 

(6)                               Ordinary resolution: to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed in the Proxy Statement:

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

603,848,147

 

20,319,455

 

205,192

 

 

 

Accordingly, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed in the Proxy Statement, was approved.

 

(7)                               Ordinary resolution: to hold an advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers:

 

1 Year

 

2 Years

 

3 Years

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

621,616,816

 

1,170,078

 

226,096

 

1,359,804

 

 

 

In light of such vote, the Board of Directors has determined that the Company will hold future non-binding advisory votes on executive compensation on an annual basis until the next required vote on the frequency of shareholder votes on the compensation of the Company’s executives.

 

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Item 8.01                Other Events.

 

Adoption of the BeiGene, Ltd. 2018 Inducement Equity Plan

 

On June 6, 2018, the Company adopted the BeiGene, Ltd. 2018 Inducement Equity Plan (the “Inducement Plan”) and reserved 12,000,000 ordinary shares to be used exclusively for grants of awards to individuals that were not previously employees of the Company or its subsidiaries, as a material inducement to the individual’s entry into employment with the Company or its subsidiaries within the meaning of Rule 5635(c)(4) of the NASDAQ Listing Rules. The Inducement Plan was approved by the Board of Directors upon recommendation of the Compensation Committee, without shareholder approval pursuant to Rule 5635(c)(4). The terms and conditions of the Inducement Plan, and the forms of award agreements to be used thereunder, are substantially similar to the Company’s shareholder-approved 2016 Share Option and Incentive Plan, as amended (the “2016 Plan”), and forms of award agreements thereunder.

 

A complete copy of the Inducement Plan and the forms of Non-Qualified Share Option Agreement and Restricted Share Unit Award Agreement to be used thereunder are filed herewith as Exhibits 10.2, 10.3 and 10.4, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference. The above summary of the terms of the Inducement Plan and plan documents does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibits.

 

Adoption of Amended Independent Director Compensation Policy

 

On June 6, 2018, upon recommendation of the Compensation Committee, the Board of Directors of the Company approved amendments to the Company’s Independent Director Compensation Policy (the “Director Compensation Policy”). Under the amended Director Compensation Policy, independent directors will be paid an annual cash retainer of $50,000 and additional fees for service as a member or chair of each committee of the Board of Directors on which they serve, ranging from $5,000 to $22,500 per year, as specified in the policy. Additionally, independent directors will be granted equity awards valued at $300,000 in connection with their initial election or appointment to the Board of Directors, pro-rated in the first year of service, and annual equity awards valued at $300,000 on the date of each annual meeting of shareholders. Each of the awards will consist of one-half stock options and one-half restricted share units (“RSUs”), vesting on the earlier of the first anniversary of date of grant or the date of the next annual meeting of shareholders, and in full upon death, disability or the occurrence of specified events in connection with a change of control of the Company. The options will have an exercise price equal to the fair market value of the Company’s ordinary shares on the date of grant, and both the options and RSUs will be granted under the 2016 Plan and forms of award agreements thereunder. In addition, under the terms of the 2016 Plan, the value of all equity awards and other cash compensation paid to each independent director for their service as an independent director may not exceed $500,000 in any calendar year. A complete copy of the Director Compensation Policy, as amended, the revised form of Non-Qualified Share Option Agreement for Non-Employee Directors and the revised form of Restricted Share Unit Award Agreement for Non-Employee Directors are filed herewith as Exhibits 10.5, 10.6 and 10.7, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference. The above summary of the terms of the Director Compensation Policy and form agreements to be used in connection therewith does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibits.

 

Item 9.01                Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d)        Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

10.1

 

BeiGene, Ltd. 2018 Employee Share Purchase Plan

10.2

 

BeiGene, Ltd. 2018 Inducement Equity Plan

10.3

 

Form of Non-Qualified Share Option Agreement under the BeiGene, Ltd. 2018 Inducement Equity Plan

10.4

 

Form of Restricted Share Unit Award Agreement under the BeiGene, Ltd. 2018 Inducement Equity Plan

10.5

 

BeiGene, Ltd. Independent Director Compensation Policy, as amended

10.6

 

Form of Non-Qualified Share Option Agreement for Non-Employee Directors under the BeiGene, Ltd. 2016 Share Option and Incentive Plan

10.7

 

Form of Restricted Share Unit Award Agreement for Non-Employee Directors under the BeiGene, Ltd. 2016 Share Option and Incentive Plan

 

*    *    *

 

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Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

10.1

 

BeiGene, Ltd. 2018 Employee Share Purchase Plan

10.2

 

BeiGene, Ltd. 2018 Inducement Equity Plan

10.3

 

Form of Non-Qualified Share Option Agreement under the BeiGene, Ltd. 2018 Inducement Equity Plan

10.4

 

Form of Restricted Share Unit Award Agreement under the BeiGene, Ltd. 2018 Inducement Equity Plan

10.5

 

BeiGene, Ltd. Independent Director Compensation Policy, as amended

10.6

 

Form of Non-Qualified Share Option Agreement for Non-Employee Directors under the BeiGene, Ltd. 2016 Share Option and Incentive Plan

10.7

 

Form of Restricted Share Unit Award Agreement for Non-Employee Directors under the BeiGene, Ltd. 2016 Share Option and Incentive Plan

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: June 8, 2018

BEIGENE, LTD.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Scott A. Samuels

 

Name:

Scott A. Samuels

 

Title:

Senior Vice President, General Counsel

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

BEIGENE, LTD.

 

2018 EMPLOYEE SHARE PURCHASE PLAN

 

The purpose of the BeiGene, Ltd. 2018 Employee Share Purchase Plan (the “Plan”) is to provide eligible employees of BeiGene, Ltd. (the “Company”) and each Designated Subsidiary (as defined in Section 11) with opportunities to purchase Shares (either in the form of Ordinary Shares or ADSs).  3,500,000 Ordinary Shares (including the number of Ordinary Shares represented by ADSs purchased under the Plan) in the aggregate have been approved and reserved for this purpose, plus on January 1, 2019 and each January 1 thereafter through January 1, 2028, the number of Ordinary Shares (including the number of Ordinary Shares represented by ADSs purchased under the Plan) reserved and available for issuance under the Plan shall be cumulatively increased by the least of (i) 5,000,000 Ordinary Shares, (ii) 0.5 percent of the number of Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding on the immediately preceding December 31 st , or (iii) such lesser number of Ordinary Shares as determined by the Administrator; provided that the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares reserved and available for issuance under the Plan may not exceed 10% of the number of Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding as of the Effective Date.  The Plan is intended to constitute an “employee stock purchase plan” within the meaning of Section 423(b) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and shall be interpreted in accordance with that intent.

 

1.                                       Administration .  The Plan will be administered by the person or persons (the “Administrator”) appointed by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) for such purpose.  The Administrator has authority at any time to: (i) adopt, alter and repeal such rules, guidelines and practices for the administration of the Plan and for its own acts and proceedings as it shall deem advisable; (ii) interpret the terms and provisions of the Plan; (iii) make all determinations it deems

 

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advisable for the administration of the Plan; (iv) decide all disputes arising in connection with the Plan; (v) implement any procedures, steps, additional or different requirements as may be necessary to comply with any local laws, including the laws of the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC”) and the other countries in which the Company operates, that may be applicable to this Plan, any Options or any related documents; and (vi) otherwise supervise the administration of the Plan, in its sole and absolute discretion and taking into account any matters in its sole and absolute discretion.  All interpretations and decisions of the Administrator shall be binding on all persons, including the Company and the Participants.  No member of the Board or individual exercising administrative authority with respect to the Plan shall be liable for any action or determination made in good faith with respect to the Plan or any option granted hereunder.

 

2.                                       Offerings .  The Company will make one or more offerings to eligible employees to purchase Shares under the Plan (“Offerings”).  Unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, the initial Offering will begin on the first business day occurring on or after September 1, 2018 and will end on last business day occurring on or before February 28, 2019 (the “Initial Offering”).  Thereafter, unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, an Offering will begin on the first business day occurring on or after each March 1 st  and September 1 st  and will end on the last business day occurring on or before the following February 28 th  (or February 29 th , if applicable) and August 31 st , respectively.  The Administrator may, in its discretion, designate a different period for any Offering, provided that no Offering shall exceed 27 months in duration.

 

3.                                       Eligibility .  All individuals classified as employees on the payroll records of the Company and each Designated Subsidiary are eligible to participate in any one or more of the Offerings under the Plan, provided that as of the first day of the applicable Offering (the “Offering Date”) they are employed by the Company or a Designated Subsidiary and have completed at least

 

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six months of employment.  Participation shall not otherwise be subject to any minimum performance targets.  Notwithstanding any other provision herein, individuals who are not classified as employees of the Company or a Designated Subsidiary for purposes of the Company’s or applicable Designated Subsidiary’s payroll system as of the Offering Date are not considered to be eligible employees of the Company or any Designated Subsidiary and shall not be eligible to participate in the Plan.  In the event any such individuals are reclassified as employees of the Company or a Designated Subsidiary for any purpose, including, without limitation, common law or statutory employees, by any action of any third party, including, without limitation, any government agency, or as a result of any private lawsuit, action or administrative proceeding, such individuals shall, notwithstanding such reclassification, remain ineligible for participation.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the exclusive means for individuals who are not classified as employees of the Company or a Designated Subsidiary on the Company’s or Designated Subsidiary’s payroll system as of the Offering Date to become eligible to participate in this Plan is through an amendment to this Plan, duly executed by the Company, which specifically renders such individuals eligible to participate herein.

 

4.                                       Participation .

 

(a)                                  An eligible employee who is not a Participant in any prior Offering may participate in a subsequent Offering by submitting an enrollment form to the Company at least 15 business days before the Offering Date (or by such other deadline as shall be established by the Administrator for the Offering).

 

(b)                                  Enrollment .  The enrollment form will (a) state a whole percentage or the amount to be deducted from an eligible employee’s Compensation (as defined in Section 11) per pay period, (b) authorize the purchase of Shares in each Offering in accordance with the terms of

 

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the Plan and (c) specify the exact name or names in which Shares purchased for such individual are to be issued pursuant to Section 10, and (d) provide such other terms as required by the Company.  An employee who does not enroll in accordance with these procedures will be deemed to have waived the right to participate.  Unless a Participant files a new enrollment form or withdraws from the Plan, such Participant’s deductions and purchases will continue at the same percentage or amount of Compensation for future Offerings, provided he or she remains eligible.

 

(c)                                   Notwithstanding the foregoing, participation in the Plan will neither be permitted nor be denied contrary to the requirements of the Code.

 

5.                                       Employee Contributions .  Each eligible employee may authorize payroll deductions from his or her after tax Compensation at a minimum of 1 percent up to a maximum of 10 percent of such employee’s Compensation for each pay period.  The Company will maintain book accounts showing the amount of payroll deductions made by each Participant for each Offering.  No interest will accrue or be paid on payroll deductions.

 

6.                                       Deduction Changes .  Except as may be determined by the Administrator in advance of an Offering, a Participant may not increase or decrease his or her payroll deduction during any Offering, but may increase or decrease his or her payroll deduction with respect to the next Offering (subject to the limitations of Section 5) by filing a new enrollment form at least 15 business days before the next Offering Date (or by such other deadline as shall be established by the Administrator for the Offering).  The Administrator may, in advance of any Offering, establish rules permitting a Participant to increase, decrease or terminate his or her payroll deduction during an Offering.

 

7.                                       Withdrawal .  A Participant may withdraw from participation in the Plan by delivering a written notice of withdrawal to the Company.  The Participant’s withdrawal will be

 

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effective as of the next business day.  Following a Participant’s withdrawal, the Company will promptly refund such individual’s entire account balance under the Plan to him or her (after payment for any Shares purchased before the effective date of withdrawal).  Partial withdrawals are not permitted.  Such an employee may not begin participation again during the remainder of the Offering, but may enroll in a subsequent Offering in accordance with Section 4.

 

8.                                       Grant of Options .  On each Offering Date, the Company will grant to each eligible employee who is then a Participant in the Plan an option (“Option”) to purchase on the last day of such Offering (the “Exercise Date”), at the Option Price hereinafter provided for, the lowest of (a) a number of Shares determined by dividing such Participant’s accumulated payroll deductions on such Exercise Date by the lower of (i) 85 percent of the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the Offering Date, or (ii) 85 percent of the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the Exercise Date, (b) a number of Shares determined by multiplying $2,083 by the number of full months in the Offering and dividing the result by the Fair Market Value on the Offering Date; or (c) such other lesser maximum number of Shares as shall have been established by the Administrator in advance of the Offering; provided, however, that such Option shall be subject to the limitations set forth below.  Each Participant’s Option shall be exercisable only to the extent of such Participant’s accumulated payroll deductions on the Exercise Date.  The purchase price for each Share purchased under each Option (the “Option Price”) will be 85 percent of the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the Offering Date or the Exercise Date, whichever is less.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Participant may be granted an option hereunder if such Participant, immediately after the option was granted, would be treated as owning Shares possessing 5 percent or more of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of share capital of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary (as defined in Section 11).  For purposes of the

 

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preceding sentence, the attribution rules of Section 424(d) of the Code shall apply in determining the share ownership of a Participant, and all Shares which the Participant has a contractual right to purchase shall be treated as Shares owned by the Participant.  In addition, no Participant may be granted an Option which permits his or her rights to purchase Shares under the Plan, and any other employee share purchase plan of the Company and its Parents and Subsidiaries, to accrue at a rate which exceeds $25,000 of the fair market value of such Shares (determined on the option grant date or dates) for each calendar year in which the Option is outstanding at any time.  The purpose of the limitation in the preceding sentence is to comply with Section 423(b)(8) of the Code and shall be applied taking Options into account in the order in which they were granted.  Furthermore, unless approved by the Company’s shareholders in a general meeting, the total number of Ordinary Shares issued and to be issued upon the exercise of Options granted and to be granted under the Plan and any other plan of the Company to a Participant within any 12-month period shall not exceed 1% of the Ordinary Shares of the Company in issue at the date of any grant.

 

9.                                       Exercise of Option and Purchase of Shares .  Each employee who continues to be a Participant in the Plan on the Exercise Date shall be deemed to have exercised his or her Option on such date and shall acquire from the Company such number of whole Shares reserved for the purpose of the Plan as his or her accumulated payroll deductions on such date will purchase at the Option Price, subject to any other limitations contained in the Plan.  Any amount remaining in a Participant’s account at the end of an Offering solely by reason of the inability to purchase a fractional Share will be carried forward to the next Offering; any other balance remaining in a Participant’s account at the end of an Offering will be refunded to the Participant promptly. Any Option granted but not exercised by the end of an Offering will automatically lapse and be cancelled. The Administrator may take all actions necessary to alter the method of Option exercise

 

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and the exchange and transmittal of proceeds with respect to Participants resident in the PRC not having permanent residence in a country other than the PRC in order to comply with applicable PRC foreign exchange and tax regulations, and any other applicable PRC laws and regulations.

 

10.                                Issuance of Certificates .  Certificates representing Shares purchased under the Plan may be issued only in the name of the employee, in the name of the employee and another person of legal age as joint tenants with rights of survivorship, or in the name of a broker authorized by the employee to be his, her or their, nominee for such purpose.

 

11.                                Definitions .

 

The term “ADSs” means American depositary shares.  Each ADS represents 13 Ordinary Shares.

 

The term “Change in Control” means (i) the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company on a consolidated basis to an unrelated person or entity, (ii) a merger, reorganization or consolidation pursuant to which the holders of the Company’s outstanding voting power and outstanding Shares immediately prior to such transaction do not own a majority of the outstanding voting power and outstanding Shares or other equity interests of the resulting or successor entity (or its ultimate parent, if applicable) immediately upon completion of such transaction, (iii) the sale of all of the Shares of the Company to an unrelated person, entity or group thereof acting in concert, or (iv) any other transaction in which the owners of the Company’s outstanding voting power immediately prior to such transaction do not own at least a majority of the outstanding voting power of the Company or any successor entity immediately upon completion of the transaction other than as a result of the acquisition of securities directly from the Company.

 

The term “Compensation” means the amount of base pay (including overtime and commissions, to the extent determined by the Administrator), prior to salary reduction pursuant to

 

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Sections 125, 132(f) or 401(k) of the Code, but excluding incentive or bonus awards, allowances and reimbursements for expenses such as relocation allowances or travel expenses, income or gains on the exercise of Company share options, and similar items.

 

The term “Designated Subsidiary” means any present or future Subsidiary (as defined below) that has been designated by the Board to participate in the Plan.  The Board may so designate any Subsidiary, or revoke any such designation, at any time and from time to time, either before or after the Plan is approved by the shareholders.  The current list of Designated Subsidiaries is attached hereto as Appendix A.

 

The term “Fair Market Value of the Shares” on any given date means the fair market value of the Shares determined in good faith by the Administrator; provided, however, that if the ADSs are admitted to quotation on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System (“NASDAQ”), NASDAQ Global Market or another national securities exchange, the determination shall be made by reference to the closing price on such date.  If there is no closing price for such date, the determination shall be made by reference to the last date preceding such date for which there is a closing price.

 

The term “Ordinary Shares” means the ordinary shares, par value US$0.0001 per share, of the Company.

 

The term “Parent” means a “parent corporation” with respect to the Company, as defined in Section 424(e) of the Code.

 

The term “Participant” means an individual who is eligible as determined in Section 3 and who has complied with the provisions of Section 4.

 

The term “Shares” means the Ordinary Shares or ADSs, as the context so requires.

 

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The term “Subsidiary” means a “subsidiary corporation” with respect to the Company, as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code.

 

12.                                Rights on Termination of Employment .  If a Participant’s employment terminates for any reason before the Exercise Date for any Offering, no payroll deduction will be taken from any pay due and owing to the Participant and the balance in the Participant’s account will be paid to such Participant or, in the case of such Participant’s death, to his or her designated beneficiary as if such Participant had withdrawn from the Plan under Section 7.  An employee will be deemed to have terminated employment, for this purpose, if the corporation that employs him or her, having been a Designated Subsidiary, ceases to be a Subsidiary, or if the employee is transferred to any corporation other than the Company or a Designated Subsidiary.  An employee will not be deemed to have terminated employment for this purpose, if the employee is on an approved leave of absence for military service or sickness or for any other purpose approved by the Company, if the employee’s right to reemployment is guaranteed either by a statute or by contract or under the policy pursuant to which the leave of absence was granted or if the Administrator otherwise provides in writing.

 

13.                                Special Rules; Non-U.S. Employees .  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Administrator may adopt special rules applicable to the employees of a particular Designated Subsidiary, whenever the Administrator determines that such rules are necessary or appropriate for the implementation of the Plan in a jurisdiction where such Designated Subsidiary has employees; provided that such rules are consistent with the requirements of Section 423(b) of the Code.  Any special rules established pursuant to this Section 13 shall, to the extent possible, result in the employees subject to such rules having substantially the same rights as other Participants in the Plan.  Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this Plan, employees of the

 

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Company or a Designated Subsidiary who are citizens or residents of a non-United States jurisdiction (without regard to whether they are also citizens or resident aliens (within the meaning of Section 7701(b)(1)(A) of the Code)) may be excluded from eligibility under the Plan if (a) the grant of an Option under the Plan to a citizen or resident of the non-United States jurisdiction is prohibited under the laws of such jurisdiction or (b) compliance with the laws of the foreign jurisdiction would cause the Plan to violate the requirements of Section 423 of the Code.

 

14.                                Optionees Not Shareholders .  Neither the granting of an Option to a Participant nor the deductions from his or her pay shall constitute such Participant a holder of the Shares covered by an Option under the Plan until such Shares have been purchased by and issued to him or her.  Accordingly, Participants shall not have any voting rights, or rights to participate in any dividends or distributions (including those arising on a liquidation of the Company) declared or recommended or resolved to be paid to the shareholders on the register on a date prior to such Shares having been purchased by and issued to him or her.

 

15.                                Rights Not Transferable .  Rights under the Plan are not transferable by a Participant other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and are exercisable during the Participant’s lifetime only by the Participant.

 

16.                                Application of Funds .  All funds received or held by the Company under the Plan may be combined with other corporate funds and may be used for any corporate purpose.

 

17.                                Adjustment in Case of Changes Affecting Shares; Change in Control .

 

(a)                                  In the event of a subdivision of outstanding Shares, the payment of a dividend in Shares or any other change affecting the Shares, the number of Shares approved for the Plan and the share limitation set forth in Section 8 shall be equitably or proportionately adjusted to give proper effect to such event.

 

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(b)                                  In the event of a Change in Control, each outstanding Option will be assumed or an equivalent option substituted by the successor corporation or a Parent or Subsidiary of the successor corporation. In the event that the successor corporation refuses to assume or substitute for the Option, the Offering with respect to which such Option relates will be shortened by setting a new Exercise Date (the “New Exercise Date”) on which such Offering Period shall end. The New Exercise Date will occur before the date of the proposed Change in Control. The Administrator will notify each Participant in writing or electronically prior to the New Exercise Date, that the Exercise Date for the Participant’s Option has been changed to the New Exercise Date and that the Participant’s Option will be exercised automatically on the New Exercise Date, unless prior to such date the Participant has withdrawn from the Offering as provided in Section 7 hereof.

 

18.                                Amendment of the Plan .  The Board may at any time and from time to time amend the Plan in any respect, except that without the approval of the shareholders, no amendment shall be made increasing the number of Ordinary Shares approved for the Plan or making any other change that would require shareholder approval in order for the Plan, as amended, to qualify as an “employee stock purchase plan” under Section 423(b) of the Code.

 

19.                                Insufficient Shares .  If the total number of Shares that would otherwise be purchased on any Exercise Date plus the number of Shares purchased under previous Offerings under the Plan exceeds the maximum number of Shares issuable under the Plan, the Shares then available shall be apportioned among Participants in proportion to the amount of payroll deductions accumulated on behalf of each Participant that would otherwise be used to purchase Shares on such Exercise Date.

 

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20.                                Termination of the Plan .  The Plan may be terminated at any time by the Board.  Upon termination of the Plan, all amounts in the accounts of Participants shall be promptly refunded.

 

21.                                Governmental Regulations .  The Company’s obligation to sell and deliver Shares under the Plan is subject to obtaining all governmental approvals required in connection with the authorization, issuance, or sale of such Shares.  In the event that the Plan is terminated while any Option remains outstanding and unexercised, then any such Options shall lapse and be cancelled.

 

22.                                Participants’ Compliance with Laws .  Participants shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations with respect to their participation in the Plan.

 

23.                                Governing Law .  This Plan and all Options and actions taken thereunder shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the Cayman Islands, applied without regard to conflict of law principles.  In relation to any proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Plan, the Company and the Participants irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Cayman Islands courts.

 

24.                                Issuance of Shares .  Shares may be issued upon exercise of an Option from authorized but unissued Shares, from Shares held in the treasury of the Company, or from any other proper source.

 

25.                                Tax Withholding .  Participation in the Plan is subject to any minimum required tax and/or social security withholding on income of the Participant in connection with the Plan.  Each Participant agrees, by entering the Plan, that the Company and its Subsidiaries shall have the right to deduct any such taxes and/or social security from any payment of any kind otherwise due to the Participant, including Shares issuable under the Plan.

 

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26.                                Notification Upon Sale of Shares .  Each Participant who is or may become subject to U.S. income tax agrees, by entering the Plan, to give the Company prompt notice of any disposition of Shares purchased under the Plan where such disposition occurs within two years after the date of grant of the Option pursuant to which such Shares were purchased or within one year after the date such Shares were purchased.

 

27.                                Effective Date and Approval of Shareholders .  The Plan shall take effect on the later of the date it is adopted by the Board and the date it is approved by the holders of a majority of the votes cast at a meeting of shareholders at which a quorum is present (such date, the “Effective Date”) and shall remain in effect for ten years from the Effective Date unless terminated earlier by the Board in accordance with Section 20.

 

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APPENDIX A

 

Designated Subsidiaries

 

BeiGene (Hong Kong) Co., Limited

 

BeiGene (Beijing) Co., Ltd.

 

BeiGene AUS PTY LTD.

 

BeiGene 101

 

BeiGene (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.

 

BeiGene USA, Inc.

 

BeiGene Biologics Co., Ltd.

 

BeiGene (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

 

BeiGene Guangzhou Biologics Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

 

BeiGene (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd.

 

BeiGene Pharmaceutical (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

 

BeiGene Switzerland GmbH

 

BeiGene Ireland Limited

 


Exhibit 10.2

 

BEIGENE, LTD.

 

2018 INDUCEMENT EQUITY PLAN

 

SECTION 1.  GENERAL PURPOSE OF THE PLAN; DEFINITIONS

 

The name of the plan is the BeiGene, Ltd. 2018 Inducement Equity Plan (the “Plan”).  The purpose of the Plan is to enable BeiGene, Ltd. (the “Company”) and its Subsidiaries to grant equity awards to induce highly-qualified prospective officers and employees who are not currently employed by the Company or its Subsidiaries to accept employment and to provide them with a proprietary interest in the Company.  It is anticipated that providing such persons with a direct stake in the Company will assure a closer identification of their interests with those of the Company and its shareholders, thereby stimulating their efforts on the Company’s behalf and strengthening their desire to remain with the Company.  The Company intends that the Plan be reserved for persons to whom the Company may issue securities without stockholder approval as an inducement pursuant to Rule 5635(c)(4) of the Marketplace Rules of the NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc.

 

The following terms shall be defined as set forth below:

 

“Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

“Administrator” means either the Board or the compensation committee of the Board or a similar committee performing the functions of the compensation committee and which is comprised of not less than two Non-Employee Directors who are independent.

 

“ADSs” means American depositary shares.  Each ADS represents 13 Shares.

 

ASC 718 ” means Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718, Compensation—Stock Compensation.

 

“Award” or “Awards,” except where referring to a particular category of grant under the Plan, shall include Non-Qualified Share Options, Share Appreciation Rights, Restricted Share Units, Restricted Share Awards, Unrestricted Share Awards and Dividend Equivalent Rights.

 

“Award Certificate” means a written or electronic document setting forth the terms and provisions applicable to an Award granted under the Plan.  Each Award Certificate is subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.

 

“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor Code, and related rules, regulations and interpretations.

 

“Dividend Equivalent Right” means an Award entitling the Grantee to receive credits based on cash dividends that would have been paid on the Shares specified in the Dividend Equivalent Right (or other award to which it relates) if such Shares had been issued to and held by the Grantee.

 

“Effective Date” means the date on which the Plan is approved by the Board as set forth in Section 17.

 

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

“Fair Market Value” of the Shares on any given date means the fair market value of the Shares determined in good faith by the Administrator; provided, however, that if the ADSs are admitted to quotation on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System (“NASDAQ”), NASDAQ Global Market or another

 



 

national securities exchange, the determination shall be made by reference to market quotations.  If there are no market quotations for such date, the determination shall be made by reference to the last date preceding such date for which there are market quotations.

 

“Grantee” is a recipient of an Award under this Plan.

 

“Non-Qualified Share Option” means any Share Option that is not an incentive share option.

 

“Option” or “Share Option” means any option to purchase Shares granted pursuant to Section 5.

 

“Restricted Shares” means the Shares underlying a Restricted Share Award that remain subject to a risk of forfeiture or the Company’s right of repurchase.

 

“Restricted Share Award” means an Award of Restricted Shares subject to such restrictions and conditions as the Administrator may determine at the time of grant.

 

“Restricted Share Units” means an Award of share units subject to such restrictions and conditions as the Administrator may determine at the time of grant.

 

“Sale Event” shall mean (i) the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company on a consolidated basis to an unrelated person or entity, (ii) a merger, reorganization or consolidation pursuant to which the holders of the Company’s outstanding voting power and outstanding Shares immediately prior to such transaction do not own a majority of the outstanding voting power and outstanding Shares or other equity interests of the resulting or successor entity (or its ultimate parent, if applicable) immediately upon completion of such transaction, (iii) the sale of all of the Shares of the Company to an unrelated person, entity or group thereof acting in concert, or (iv) any other transaction in which the owners of the Company’s outstanding voting power immediately prior to such transaction do not own at least a majority of the outstanding voting power of the Company or any successor entity immediately upon completion of the transaction other than as a result of the acquisition of securities directly from the Company.

 

Sale Price ” means the value as determined by the Administrator of the consideration payable, or otherwise to be received by the Company’s shareholders, per Share pursuant to a Sale Event.

 

“Shares” means the ordinary shares, par value US$0.0001 per share, of the Company, subject to adjustments pursuant to Section 3.

 

“Share Appreciation Right” means an Award entitling the recipient to receive Shares having a value equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the date of exercise over the exercise price of the Share Appreciation Right multiplied by the number of Shares with respect to which the Share Appreciation Right shall have been exercised.

 

“Subsidiary” means any corporation or other entity (other than the Company) in which the Company has at least a 50 percent interest, either directly or indirectly.

 

“Unrestricted Share Award” means an Award of Shares free of any restrictions.

 

SECTION 2.  ADMINISTRATION OF PLAN; ADMINISTRATOR AUTHORITY TO SELECT GRANTEES AND DETERMINE AWARDS

 

(a)                                  Administration of Plan .  The Plan shall be administered by the Administrator.

 

(b)                                  Powers of Administrator .  The Administrator shall have the power and authority to grant Awards consistent with the terms of the Plan, including the power and authority:

 

(i)                                      to select the individuals to whom Awards may from time to time be granted;

 



 

(ii)                                   to determine the time or times of grant, and the extent, if any, of Non-Qualified Share Options, Share Appreciation Rights, Restricted Share Awards, Restricted Share Units, Unrestricted Share Awards and Dividend Equivalent Rights, or any combination of the foregoing, granted to any one or more Grantees;

 

(iii)                                to determine the number of Shares to be covered by any Award;

 

(iv)                               to determine and modify from time to time the terms and conditions, including restrictions, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, of any Award, which terms and conditions may differ among individual Awards and Grantees, and to approve the forms of Award Certificates;

 

(v)                                  to accelerate at any time the exercisability or vesting of all or any portion of any Award in circumstances involving the Grantee’s death, disability, retirement or termination of employment, or a change in control (including a Sale Event);

 

(vi)                               subject to the provisions of Section 5(c), to extend at any time the period in which Share Options may be exercised; and

 

(vii)                            at any time to adopt, alter and repeal such rules, guidelines and practices for administration of the Plan and for its own acts and proceedings as it shall deem advisable; to interpret the terms and provisions of the Plan and any Award (including related written instruments); to make all determinations it deems advisable for the administration of the Plan; to decide all disputes arising in connection with the Plan; and to otherwise supervise the administration of the Plan.

 

All decisions and interpretations of the Administrator shall be binding on all persons, including the Company and Plan Grantees.

 

(c)                                   Award Certificate .  Awards under the Plan shall be evidenced by Award Certificates that set forth the terms, conditions and limitations for each Award which may include, without limitation, the term of an Award and the provisions applicable in the event employment or service terminates.

 

(d)                                  Indemnification .  Neither the Board nor the Administrator, nor any member of either or any delegate thereof, shall be liable for any act, omission, interpretation, construction or determination made in good faith in connection with the Plan, and the members of the Board and the Administrator (and any delegate thereof) shall be entitled in all cases to indemnification and reimbursement by the Company in respect of any claim, loss, damage or expense (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising or resulting therefrom to the fullest extent permitted by law and/or under the Company’s articles of association or any directors’ and officers’ liability insurance coverage which may be in effect from time to time and/or any indemnification agreement between such individual and the Company.

 

(e)                                   Foreign Award Recipients .  Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, in order to comply with the laws in other countries in which the Company and its Subsidiaries operate or have employees or other individuals eligible for Awards, the Administrator, in its sole discretion, shall have the power and authority to:  (i) determine which Subsidiaries shall be covered by the Plan; (ii) determine which individuals outside the United States are eligible to participate in the Plan; (iii) modify the terms and conditions of any Award granted to individuals outside the United States to comply with applicable foreign laws; (iv) establish subplans and modify exercise procedures and other terms and procedures, to the extent the Administrator determines such actions to be necessary or advisable (and such subplans and/or modifications shall be attached to this Plan as appendices); provided, however, that no such subplans and/or modifications shall increase the share limitations contained in Section 3(a); and (v) take any action, before or after an Award is made, that the Administrator determines to be necessary or advisable to obtain approval or comply with any local governmental regulatory exemptions or approvals.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrator may not take any actions hereunder, and no Awards shall be granted, that would violate the Act or any other United States securities law, the Code, or any other United States governing statute or law.

 



 

SECTION 3.  SHARES ISSUABLE UNDER THE PLAN; MERGERS; SUBSTITUTION

 

(a)                                  Shares Issuable .  The maximum number of Shares reserved and available for issuance under the Plan shall be Twelve Million (12,000,000) Shares, subject to adjustment as provided in this Section 3.  For purposes of this limitation, the Shares underlying any awards granted under this Plan that are forfeited, canceled, held back upon exercise of an Option or settlement of an award to cover the exercise price or tax withholding, reacquired by the Company prior to vesting, satisfied without the issuance of Shares or otherwise terminated (other than by exercise or settlement) shall be added back to the Shares available for issuance under the Plan.  In the event the Company repurchases Shares on the open market, such Shares shall not be added to the Shares available for issuance under the Plan.  Subject to such overall limitations, Shares may be issued up to such maximum number pursuant to any type or types of Award.  The Shares available for issuance under the Plan may be authorized but unissued Shares or Shares reacquired by the Company.

 

(b)                                  [Reserved.]

 

(c)                                   Changes in Shares .  Subject to Section 3(d), if, as a result of any reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, share dividend, share split, reverse share split or other similar change in the Company’s share capital, the outstanding Shares are increased or decreased or are exchanged for a different number or kind of shares or other securities of the Company, or additional shares or new or different shares or other securities of the Company or other non-cash assets are distributed with respect to such Shares or other securities, or, if, as a result of any merger or consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, the outstanding Shares are converted into or exchanged for securities of the Company or any successor entity (or a parent or subsidiary thereof), the Administrator shall make an appropriate or proportionate adjustment in (i) the maximum number of Shares reserved for issuance under the Plan, (ii) the number and kind of Shares or other securities subject to any then outstanding Awards under the Plan, (iii) the repurchase price, if any, per Share subject to each outstanding Restricted Share Award, and (iv) the exercise price for each Share subject to any then outstanding Share Options and Share Appreciation Rights under the Plan, without changing the aggregate exercise price (i.e., the exercise price multiplied by the number of Share Options and Share Appreciation Rights) as to which such Share Options and Share Appreciation Rights remain exercisable.  The Administrator shall also make equitable or proportionate adjustments in the number of Shares subject to outstanding Awards and the exercise price and the terms of outstanding Awards to take into consideration cash dividends paid other than in the ordinary course or any other extraordinary corporate event.  The adjustment by the Administrator shall be final, binding and conclusive.  No fractional Shares shall be issued under the Plan resulting from any such adjustment, but the Administrator in its discretion may make a cash payment in lieu of fractional Shares.

 

(d)                                  Mergers and Other Transactions .  In the case of and subject to the consummation of a Sale Event, the parties may cause the assumption or continuation of Awards previously granted by the successor entity, or the substitution of such Awards with new Awards of the successor entity or its parent, with appropriate adjustment as to the number and kind of shares and, if appropriate, the per share exercise prices, as such parties shall agree.  To the extent the parties to such Sale Event do not provide for the assumption, continuation or substitution of Awards, upon the effective time of the Sale Event, the Plan and all outstanding Awards granted under this Plan shall terminate.  In such case, except as may be otherwise provided in the relevant Award Certificate, all Options and Share Appreciation Rights that are not exercisable immediately prior to the effective time of the Sale Event shall become fully exercisable as of the effective time of the Sale Event, all other Awards with time-based vesting, conditions or restrictions shall become fully vested and nonforfeitable as of the effective time of the Sale Event, and all Awards with conditions and restrictions relating to the achievement of performance goals may become vested and nonforfeitable in connection with a Sale Event in the Administrator’s discretion or to the extent specified in the relevant Award Certificate.  In the event of such termination, (i) the Company shall have the option (in its sole discretion) to make or provide for a payment, in cash or in kind, to the Grantees holding Options and Share Appreciation Rights, in exchange for the cancellation thereof, in an amount equal to the difference between (A) the Sale Price multiplied by the number of Shares subject to outstanding Options and Share Appreciation Rights (to the extent then exercisable  at prices not in excess of the Sale Price) and (B) the aggregate exercise price of all such outstanding Options and Share Appreciation Rights; or (ii) each Grantee shall be permitted, within a specified period of time prior to the consummation of the Sale Event as determined by the Administrator, to exercise all outstanding Options and Share Appreciation Rights (to the extent then exercisable) held by such Grantee.  The Company shall also have the option (in its sole discretion) to make or provide for a payment, in cash or in kind, to the Grantees

 



 

holding other Awards in an amount equal to the Sale Price multiplied by the number of vested Shares under such Awards.

 

SECTION 4.  ELIGIBILITY

 

Grantees under the Plan will be such full- or part-time officers and other employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries to whom the Company may issue securities without stockholder approval in accordance with Rule 5635(c)(4) of the Marketplace Rules of the NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc., as selected from time to time by the Administrator in its sole discretion.

 

SECTION 5.  SHARE OPTIONS

 

(a)                                  Award of Share Options .  The Administrator may grant Share Options under the Plan.  Any Share Option granted under the Plan shall be in such form as the Administrator may from time to time approve.  Share Options granted under the Plan are Non-Qualified Share Options.

 

Share Options granted pursuant to this Section 5 shall be subject to the following terms and conditions and shall contain such additional terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, as the Administrator shall deem desirable.

 

(b)                                  Exercise Price .  The exercise price per Share covered by a Share Option granted pursuant to this Section 5 shall be determined by the Administrator at the time of grant but shall not be less than 100 percent of the Fair Market Value on the date of grant in the case of any grant to a Grantee who is subject to U.S. income tax.

 

(c)                                   Option Term .  The term of each Share Option shall be fixed by the Administrator, but no Share Option shall be exercisable more than ten years after the date the Share Option is granted.

 

(d)                                  Exercisability; Rights of a Shareholder .  Share Options shall become exercisable at such time or times, whether or not in installments, as shall be determined by the Administrator at or after the grant date.  The Administrator may at any time accelerate the exercisability of all or any portion of any Share Option.  An optionee shall have the rights of a shareholder only as to Shares acquired upon the exercise of a Share Option and not as to unexercised Share Options.

 

(e)                                   Method of Exercise .  Share Options may be exercised in whole or in part, by giving written or electronic notice of exercise to the Company, specifying the number of Shares to be purchased.  Payment of the purchase price may be made by one or more of the following methods except to the extent otherwise provided in the option award certificate:

 

(i)                                      In cash, by certified or bank check or other instrument acceptable to the Administrator;

 

(ii)                                   Through the delivery (or attestation to the ownership following such procedures as the Company may prescribe (“attestation method”)) of Shares that are not then subject to restrictions under any Company plan.  Such surrendered Shares shall be valued at Fair Market Value on the exercise date;

 

(iii)                                By the optionee delivering to the Company a properly executed exercise notice together with irrevocable instructions to a broker to promptly deliver to the Company cash or a check payable and acceptable to the Company for the purchase price; provided that in the event the optionee chooses to pay the purchase price as so provided, the optionee and the broker shall comply with such procedures and enter into such agreements of indemnity and other agreements as the Company shall prescribe as a condition of such payment procedure; or

 

(iv)                               If permitted by the Administrator, by a “net exercise” arrangement pursuant to which the Company will reduce the number of Shares issuable upon exercise by the largest whole number of shares with a Fair Market Value that does not exceed the aggregate exercise price.

 

Payment instruments will be received subject to collection.  The transfer to the optionee on the records of the Company or of the transfer agent of the Shares to be purchased pursuant to the exercise of a Share Option will be

 



 

contingent upon receipt from the optionee (or a purchaser acting in his stead in accordance with the provisions of the Share Option) by the Company of the full purchase price for such Shares and the fulfillment of any other requirements contained in the option award certificate or applicable provisions of laws (including the satisfaction of any withholding taxes that the Company is obligated to withhold with respect to the optionee).  In the event an optionee chooses to pay the purchase price by previously-owned Shares through the attestation method, the number of Shares transferred to the optionee upon the exercise of the Share Option shall be net of the number of attested Shares.  In the event that the Company establishes, for itself or using the services of a third party, an automated system for the exercise of Share Options, such as a system using an internet website or interactive voice response, then the paperless exercise of Share Options may be permitted through the use of such an automated system.

 

SECTION 6.  SHARE APPRECIATION RIGHTS

 

(a)                                  Award of Share Appreciation Rights .  The Administrator may grant Share Appreciation Rights under the Plan.  A Share Appreciation Right is an Award entitling the recipient to receive Shares having a value equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of exercise over the exercise price of the Share Appreciation Right multiplied by the number of Shares with respect to which the Share Appreciation Right shall have been exercised.

 

(b)                                  Exercise Price of Share Appreciation Rights .  The exercise price of a Share Appreciation Right shall not be less than 100 percent of the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the date of grant in the case of any grant to a Grantee who is subject to U.S. income tax.

 

(c)                                   Grant and Exercise of Share Appreciation Rights .  Share Appreciation Rights may be granted by the Administrator independently of any Share Option granted pursuant to Section 5 of the Plan.

 

(d)                                  Terms and Conditions of Share Appreciation Rights .  Share Appreciation Rights shall be subject to such terms and conditions as shall be determined by the Administrator at the time of the grant.  Such terms and conditions may differ among individual Awards and Grantees.  The term of a Share Appreciation Right may not exceed ten years.

 

SECTION 7.  RESTRICTED SHARE AWARDS

 

(a)                                  Nature of Restricted Share Awards .  The Administrator may grant Restricted Share Awards under the Plan.  A Restricted Share Award is any Award of Restricted Shares subject to such restrictions and conditions as the Administrator may determine at the time of grant.  Conditions may be based on continuing employment (or other service relationship) and/or achievement of pre-established performance goals and objectives.  The terms and conditions of each such Award shall be determined by the Administrator, and such terms and conditions may differ among individual Awards and Grantees.

 

(b)                                  Rights as a Shareholder .  Upon the grant of a Restricted Share Award and payment of the purchase price, if any, subject to the restrictions and conditions set forth in the award certificate, a Grantee shall have all the rights of a shareholder with respect to Restricted Shares, including the voting of the Restricted Shares and receipt of dividends; provided that if the lapse of restrictions with respect to the Restricted Share Award is tied to the achievement of performance goals, any dividends paid by the Company during the performance period shall accrue and not be paid to the Grantee except to the extent the performance goals are met with respect to the Restricted Share Award.  Unless the Administrator shall otherwise determine, (i) uncertificated Restricted Shares shall be accompanied by a notation on the records of the Company or the transfer agent to the effect that they are subject to forfeiture until such Restricted Shares are vested as provided in Section 7(d), and (ii) certificated Restricted Shares shall remain in the possession of the Company until such Restricted Shares are vested as provided in Section 7(d), and the Grantee shall be required, as a condition of the grant, to deliver to the Company such instruments of transfer as the Administrator may prescribe.

 

(c)                                   Restrictions .  Restricted Shares may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered or disposed of except as specifically provided in the Restricted Share Award Certificate.  Except as may otherwise be provided by the Administrator either in the Award Certificate or, subject to Section 15, in writing after the Award is issued, if a Grantee’s employment (or other service relationship) with the Company and its

 



 

Subsidiaries terminates for any reason, any Restricted Shares that have not vested at the time of termination shall automatically and without any requirement of notice to such Grantee from or other action by or on behalf of, the Company be deemed to have been reacquired by the Company at its original purchase price (if any) from such Grantee or such Grantee’s legal representative simultaneously with such termination of employment (or other service relationship), and after the reacquisition shall cease to represent any ownership of the Company by the Grantee or rights of the Grantee as a shareholder.  Following such deemed reacquisition of Restricted Shares that are represented by physical certificates, a Grantee shall surrender such certificates to the Company upon request without consideration.

 

(d)                                  Vesting of Restricted Shares .  The Administrator at the time of grant shall specify the date or dates and/or the performance goals, objectives and other conditions on which the non-transferability of the Restricted Shares and the Company’s right of repurchase or forfeiture shall lapse.  Subsequent to such date or dates and/or the achievement of such performance goals, objectives and other conditions, the shares as to which the Company’s right of repurchase or forfeiture has lapsed shall no longer be Restricted Shares and shall be deemed “vested.”

 

SECTION 8.  RESTRICTED SHARE UNITS

 

(a)                                  Nature of Restricted Share Units .  The Administrator may grant Restricted Share Units under the Plan.  A Restricted Share Unit is an Award of share units that may be settled in Shares upon the satisfaction of such restrictions and conditions at the time of grant.  Conditions may be based on continuing employment (or other service relationship) and/or in the case of a Grantee who is not a U.S. taxpayer, achievement of pre-established performance goals and objectives.  The terms and conditions of each such Award shall be determined by the Administrator, and such terms and conditions may differ among individual Awards and Grantees.  At the end of the vesting period, the Restricted Share Units, to the extent vested, shall be settled in the form of Shares.

 

(b)                                  Rights as a Shareholder .  A Grantee shall have the rights as a shareholder only as to Shares acquired by the Grantee upon settlement of Restricted Share Units; provided, however, that the Grantee may be credited with Dividend Equivalent Rights with respect to the share units underlying his Restricted Share Units, subject to the provisions of Section 10 and such terms and conditions as the Administrator may determine.

 

(c)                                   Termination .  Except as may otherwise be provided by the Administrator either in the Award Certificate or, subject to Section 15, in writing after the Award is issued, a Grantee’s right in all Restricted Share Units that have not vested shall automatically terminate upon the Grantee’s termination of employment (or cessation of service relationship) with the Company and its Subsidiaries for any reason.

 

SECTION 9.  UNRESTRICTED SHARE AWARDS

 

Grant or Sale of Unrestricted Shares .  The Administrator may grant (or sell at par value or such higher purchase price determined by the Administrator) an Unrestricted Share Award under the Plan.  An Unrestricted Share Award is an Award pursuant to which the Grantee may receive Shares free of any restrictions under the Plan.  Unrestricted Share Awards may be granted in respect of past services or other valid consideration, or in lieu of cash compensation due to such Grantee.

 

SECTION 10.  DIVIDEND EQUIVALENT RIGHTS

 

(a)                                  Dividend Equivalent Rights .  The Administrator may grant Dividend Equivalent Rights under the Plan.  A Dividend Equivalent Right is an Award entitling the Grantee to receive credits based on cash dividends that would have been paid on the Shares specified in the Dividend Equivalent Right (or other Award to which it relates) if such Shares had been issued to the Grantee.  A Dividend Equivalent Right may be granted to any Grantee as a component of an award of Restricted Share Units or as a freestanding award.  The terms and conditions of Dividend Equivalent Rights shall be specified in the Award Certificate.  Dividend equivalents credited to the holder of a Dividend Equivalent Right shall be paid currently.  Dividend Equivalent Rights may be settled in cash or Shares or a combination of cash and Shares.  A Dividend Equivalent Right granted as a component of an Award of Restricted Share Units shall provide that such Dividend Equivalent Right shall be settled only upon settlement or payment of, or lapse of restrictions on, such other Award, and that such Dividend Equivalent Right shall expire or be forfeited or annulled under the same conditions as such other Award.

 



 

(b)                                  Termination .  Except as may otherwise be provided by the Administrator either in the Award Certificate or, subject to Section 15, in writing after the Award is issued, a Grantee’s rights in all Dividend Equivalent Rights shall automatically terminate upon the Grantee’s termination of employment (or cessation of service relationship) with the Company and its Subsidiaries for any reason.

 

SECTION 11.  TRANSFERABILITY OF AWARDS

 

(a)                                  Transferability .  Except as provided in Section 11(b), during a Grantee’s lifetime, his or her Awards shall be exercisable only by the Grantee, or by the grantee’s legal representative or guardian in the event of the Grantee’s incapacity.  No Awards shall be sold, assigned, transferred or otherwise encumbered or disposed of by a Grantee other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution or pursuant to a domestic relations order.  No Awards shall be subject, in whole or in part, to attachment, execution, or levy of any kind, and any purported transfer in violation of this Section 11(a) shall be null and void.

 

(b)                                  Administrator Action .  Notwithstanding Section 11(a), the Administrator, in its discretion, may permit either in the Award Certificate for a given Award or by subsequent written approval the Grantee  to transfer Non-Qualified Share Options to the Grantee’s immediate family members, to trusts for the benefit of such family members, or to partnerships in which such family members are the only partners, provided that the transferee agrees in writing with the Company to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of this Plan and the applicable Award.  In no event may an Award be transferred by a Grantee for value.

 

(c)                                   Family Member .  For purposes of Section 11(b), “family member” shall mean a Grantee’s child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, sibling, niece, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, including adoptive relationships, any person sharing the grantee’s household (other than a tenant of the Grantee), a trust in which these persons (or the Grantee) have more than 50 percent of the beneficial interest, a foundation in which these persons (or the Grantee) control the management of assets, and any other entity in which these persons (or the Grantee) own more than 50 percent of the voting interests.

 

(d)                                  Designation of Beneficiary .  To the extent permitted by the Company, each Grantee to whom an Award has been made under the Plan may designate a beneficiary or beneficiaries to exercise any Award or receive any payment under any Award payable on or after the Grantee’s death.  Any such designation shall be on a form provided for that purpose by the Administrator and shall not be effective until received by the Administrator.  If no beneficiary has been designated by a deceased Grantee, or if the designated beneficiaries have predeceased the Grantee, the beneficiary shall be the Grantee’s estate.

 

SECTION 12.  TAX WITHHOLDING

 

(a)                                  Payment by Grantee .  Each Grantee shall, no later than the date as of which the value of an Award or of any Shares or cash received under the Award first becomes includable in the gross income of the Grantee for income, employment or other tax purposes, pay to the Company or a Subsidiary, or make arrangements satisfactory to the Administrator regarding payment of, any taxes of any kind required by law to be withheld by the Company or a Subsidiary with respect to such income.  The Company and its Subsidiaries shall, to the extent permitted by law, have the right to deduct any such taxes from any payment of any kind otherwise due to the Grantee.  The Company’s obligation to deliver evidence of book entry (or share certificates) to any Grantee is subject to and conditioned on tax withholding obligations being satisfied by the Grantee.

 

(b)                                  Payment in Shares .  Subject to approval by the Administrator, a Grantee may elect to have the Company’s or Subsidiary’s required tax withholding obligation satisfied, in whole or in part, by authorizing the Company to withhold from Shares to be issued pursuant to any Award a number of Shares with an aggregate Fair Market Value (as of the date the withholding is effected) that would satisfy the withholding amount due; provided however, that the amount withheld does not exceed the maximum statutory rate or such lesser amount as is necessary to avoid liability accounting treatment.  The Administrator may also require Awards to be subject to mandatory share withholding up to the required withholding amount.  For purposes of share withholding, the Fair

 



 

Market Value of withheld Shares shall be determined in the same manner as the value of the Shares includible in income of the Grantees.

 

SECTION 13.  TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT, TRANSFER, LEAVE OF ABSENCE, ETC.

 

(a)                                  Termination of Employment .  If the Grantee’s employer ceases to be a Subsidiary, the Grantee shall be deemed to have terminated employment for purposes of the Plan.

 

(b)                                  For purposes of the Plan, the following events shall not be deemed a termination of employment:

 

(i)                                      a transfer to the employment of the Company from a Subsidiary or from the Company to a Subsidiary, or from one Subsidiary to another; or

 

(ii)                                   an approved leave of absence for military service or sickness, or for any other purpose approved by the Company, if the employee’s right to re-employment is guaranteed either by a statute or by contract or under the policy pursuant to which the leave of absence was granted or if the Administrator otherwise so provides in writing.

 

SECTION 14.  AMENDMENTS AND TERMINATION

 

The Board may, at any time, amend (including to increase the number of Shares reserved and available for issuance hereunder) or discontinue the Plan and the Administrator may, at any time, amend or cancel any outstanding Award for the purpose of satisfying changes in law or for any other lawful purpose, but no such action shall adversely affect rights under any outstanding Award without the holder’s consent.  Except as provided in Section 3(c) or 3(d), without prior shareholder approval, in no event may the Administrator exercise its discretion to reduce the exercise price of outstanding Share Options or Share Appreciation Rights or effect repricing through cancellation and re-grants or cancellation of Share Options or Share Appreciation Rights in exchange for cash or other Awards.  To the extent required under the rules of any securities exchange or market system on which the Shares are listed, Plan amendments shall be subject to approval by the Company shareholders entitled to vote at a meeting of shareholders.  Nothing in this Section 14 shall limit the Administrator’s authority to take any action permitted pursuant to Section 3(c) or 3(d).

 

SECTION 15.  STATUS OF PLAN

 

With respect to the portion of any Award that has not been settled or exercised and any payments in cash, Shares or other consideration not received by a Grantee, a Grantee shall have no rights greater than those of a general creditor of the Company unless the Administrator shall otherwise expressly determine in connection with any Award or Awards.  In its sole discretion, the Administrator may authorize the creation of trusts or other arrangements to meet the Company’s obligations to deliver Shares or make payments with respect to Awards, provided that the existence of such trusts or other arrangements is consistent with the foregoing sentence.

 

SECTION 16.  GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

(a)                                  No Distribution .  The Administrator may require each person acquiring Shares pursuant to an Award to represent to and agree with the Company in writing that such person is acquiring the Shares without a view to their distribution.

 

(b)                                  Delivery of Share Certificates .  Share certificates to Grantees under this Plan shall be deemed delivered for all purposes when the Company or a share transfer agent of the Company has mailed such certificates to the Grantee at the Grantee’s last known address on file with the Company.  Uncertificated Shares shall be deemed delivered for all purposes when the Company or a share transfer agent of the Company shall have given to the Grantee by electronic mail (with proof of receipt) or by mail to the Grantee at the Grantee’s last known address on file with the Company, notice of issuance and recorded the issuance in its records (which may include electronic “book entry” records).  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Plan, the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any certificates evidencing Shares pursuant to the exercise of any Award, unless and until the Administrator has determined, with advice of counsel (to the extent the Administrator deems such advice necessary

 



 

or advisable), that the issuance and delivery of such certificates is in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations of governmental authorities and, if applicable, the requirements of any exchange on which the Shares or ADSs are listed, quoted or traded.  All share certificates delivered pursuant to the Plan shall be subject to any stop-transfer orders and other restrictions as the Administrator deems necessary or advisable to comply with federal, state or foreign jurisdiction, securities or other laws, rules and quotation system on which the Shares or ADSs are listed, quoted or traded.  The Administrator may place legends on any share certificate to reference restrictions applicable to the Shares.  In addition to the terms and conditions of this Plan, the Administrator may require that an individual make such reasonable covenants, agreements, and representations as the Administrator, in its discretion, deems necessary or advisable in order to comply with any such laws, regulations, or requirements.  The Administrator shall have the right to require any individual to comply with any timing or other restrictions with respect to the settlement or exercise of any Award, including a window-period limitation, as may be imposed in the discretion of the Administrator.

 

(c)                                   Shareholder Rights .  Until the name of the Grantee appears in the register of members of the Company, which is prima facie evidence that the Grantee is a shareholder of the Company, no right to vote or receive dividends or any other rights of a shareholder will exist with respect to Shares to be issued in connection with an Award, notwithstanding the exercise of a Share Option or any other action by the Grantee with respect to an Award.

 

(d)                                  Other Compensation Arrangements; No Employment Rights .  Nothing contained in this Plan shall prevent the Board from adopting other or additional compensation arrangements, including trusts, and such arrangements may be either generally applicable or applicable only in specific cases.  The adoption of this Plan and the grant of Awards do not confer upon any employee any right to continued employment with the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

(e)                                   Trading Policy Restrictions .  Option exercises and other Awards under the Plan shall be subject to the Company’s insider trading policies and procedures, as in effect from time to time.

 

(f)                                    Clawback Policy .  Awards under the Plan shall be subject to the Company’s clawback policy, as in effect from time to time.

 

SECTION 17.  EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN

 

This Plan shall become effective immediately upon approval by the Board.

 

SECTION 18.  GOVERNING LAW

 

This Plan and all Awards and actions taken under them shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the Cayman Islands. In relation to any proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Plan, the Company and the Grantees irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Cayman Islands courts.

 

DATE APPROVED BY BOARD OF DIRECTORS:  June 6, 2018

 


Exhibit 10.3

 

NON-QUALIFIED SHARE OPTION AGREEMENT

FOR COMPANY EMPLOYEES

UNDER BEIGENE, LTD.

2018 INDUCEMENT EQUITY PLAN

 

Name of Optionee:

 

 

 

 

 

No. of Option Shares:

 

                                       Ordinary Shares (as defined below)

 

 

 

Option Exercise Price per Share:

 

$                   

 

 

[If U.S. Taxpayers, Fair Market Value on Grant Date]

 

 

 

Grant Date:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expiration Date:

 

 

 

 

 

[No more than 10 years]

 

 

Pursuant to the BeiGene, Ltd. 2018 Inducement Equity Plan as amended through the date of grant (the “Plan”), BeiGene, Ltd., an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability, (the “Company”) hereby grants to the Optionee named above an option (the “Share Option”) to purchase on or prior to the Expiration Date specified above all or part of the number of ordinary shares, par value US$0.0001 per share (the “Ordinary Shares”) of the Company specified above at the Option Exercise Price per Share specified above subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan.  The Ordinary Shares may be represented by American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”), and each ADS represents 13 Ordinary Shares.  References herein to the issuance of Ordinary Shares shall also refer to the issuance of ADSs on the same basis of one ADS for every 13 Ordinary Shares.  The Option Exercise Price per ADS shall equal the Option Exercise Price per Share multiplied by 13.  This Share Option has been granted as an inducement pursuant to Rule 5635(c)(4) of the Marketplace Rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.  This Share Option is not intended to be an “incentive stock option” under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.  Capitalized terms in this Non-Qualified Share Option Agreement for Company Employees (this “Agreement”) shall have the meaning specified in the Plan, unless defined differently herein.

 

1.                                       Exercisability Schedule .  No portion of this Share Option may be exercised until such portion shall have become exercisable.  Except as set forth below, and subject to the discretion of the Administrator (as described in Section 2 of the Plan) to accelerate the following exercisability schedule, this Share Option shall be exercisable with respect to the following number of Option Shares on the dates indicated so long as Optionee has served continuously as an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary on such dates:

 



 

Incremental Number of
Option Shares Exercisable

 

Exercisability Date

 

 

 

 

 

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)%

 

 

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)%

 

 

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In determining the number of vested Option Shares at the time of any exercise, the number of Option Shares shall be rounded down to the nearest whole ADS or the nearest increment of 13 Ordinary Shares.

 

Once exercisable, this Share Option shall continue to be exercisable at any time or times prior to the close of business on the Expiration Date, subject to the provisions hereof and of the Plan.

 

2.                                       Manner of Exercise .

 

(a)                                  The Optionee may exercise this Share Option only in the following manner: from time to time on or prior to the Expiration Date of this Share Option, the Optionee may give written notice to the Administrator of Optionee’s election to purchase some or all of the Option Shares purchasable at the time of such notice.  This notice shall specify the number of Option Shares to be purchased.

 

Payment of the purchase price for the Option Shares may be made by one or more of the following methods: (i) in cash, by certified or bank check or other instrument acceptable to the Administrator; (ii) through the delivery (or attestation to the ownership) of Ordinary Shares that have been purchased by the Optionee on the open market or that are beneficially owned by the Optionee and are not then subject to any restrictions under any Company plan and that otherwise satisfy any holding periods as may be required by the Administrator; (iii) by the Optionee delivering to the Company a properly executed exercise notice together with irrevocable instructions to a broker to promptly deliver to the Company cash or a check payable and acceptable to the Company to pay the option purchase price, provided that in the event the Optionee chooses to pay the option purchase price as so provided, the Optionee and the broker shall comply with such procedures and enter into such agreements of indemnity and other agreements as the Administrator shall prescribe as a condition of such payment procedure; (iv) if permitted by the Administrator, by a “net exercise” arrangement pursuant to which the Company will reduce the number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise by the largest whole number of Ordinary Shares with a Fair Market Value that does not exceed the aggregate exercise price; or (v) a combination of (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above.  Payment instruments will be received subject to collection.

 

The transfer to the Optionee on the records of the Company or of the transfer agent of the Option Shares will be contingent upon (i) the Company’s receipt from the Optionee of the full purchase price for the Option Shares, as set forth above, (ii) the fulfillment of any other

 



 

requirements contained herein or in the Plan or in any other agreement or provision of law, and (iii) the receipt by the Company of any agreement, statement or other evidence that the Company may require to satisfy itself that the issuance of Ordinary Shares to be purchased pursuant to the exercise of Share Options under the Plan and any subsequent resale of the Ordinary Shares will be in compliance with applicable laws and regulations.  In the event the Optionee chooses to pay the purchase price by previously-owned Ordinary Shares through the attestation method, the number of Ordinary Shares transferred to the Optionee upon the exercise of the Share Option shall be net of the Ordinary Shares attested to.

 

(b)                                  The Ordinary Shares purchased upon exercise of this Share Option shall be transferred to the Optionee on the records of the Company or of the transfer agent upon compliance to the satisfaction of the Administrator with all requirements under applicable laws or regulations in connection with such transfer and with the requirements hereof and of the Plan.  The determination of the Administrator as to such compliance shall be final and binding on the Optionee.  The Optionee shall not be deemed to be the holder of, or to have any of the rights of a holder with respect to, any Ordinary Shares subject to this Share Option unless and until this Share Option shall have been exercised pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company or the transfer agent shall have transferred the Ordinary Shares to the Optionee, and the Optionee’s name shall have been entered as the shareholder of record on the books of the Company.  Thereupon, the Optionee shall have full voting, dividend and other ownership rights with respect to such Ordinary Shares.

 

(c)                                   The minimum number of Ordinary Shares with respect to which this Share Option may be exercised at any one time shall be 104 Ordinary Shares and shall be exercised in increments of 13 Ordinary Shares, unless the number of Ordinary Shares with respect to which this Share Option is being exercised is the total number of Ordinary Shares subject to exercise under this Share Option at the time.

 

(d)                                  Notwithstanding any other provision hereof or of the Plan, no portion of this Share Option shall be exercisable after the Expiration Date.

 

3.                                       Termination of Employment .  If the Optionee’s employment by the Company or a Subsidiary is terminated, the period within which to exercise the Share Option may be subject to earlier termination as set forth below.

 

(a)                                  Termination Due to Death .  If the Optionee’s employment terminates by reason of the Optionee’s death, any portion of this Share Option outstanding on such date, to the extent exercisable on the date of death, may be exercised by the Optionee’s legal representative or legatee for a period of 12 months after the date of death or until the Expiration Date, if earlier.  Any portion of this Share Option that is not exercisable on the date of death shall terminate immediately and be of no further force or effect.

 

(b)                                  Termination Due to Disability .  If the Optionee’s employment terminates by reason of the Optionee’s disability (as determined by the Administrator), any portion of this Share Option outstanding on such date, to the extent exercisable on the date of such termination of employment, may be exercised by the Optionee for a period of 12 months after the date of disability or until the Expiration Date, if earlier.  Any portion of this Share Option that is not

 



 

exercisable on the date of disability shall terminate immediately and be of no further force or effect.

 

(c)                                   Termination for Cause .  If the Optionee’s employment terminates for Cause, any portion of this Share Option outstanding on such date shall terminate immediately and be of no further force and effect.  For purposes hereof, “Cause” shall mean, unless otherwise provided in an employment agreement between the Company and the Optionee, a determination by the Administrator that the Optionee shall be dismissed as a result of (i) any material breach by the Optionee of any agreement between the Optionee and the Company; (ii) the conviction of, indictment for or plea of nolo contendere by the Optionee to a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude; or (iii) any material misconduct or willful and deliberate non-performance (other than by reason of disability) by the Optionee of the Optionee’s duties to the Company.

 

(d)                                  Other Termination .  If the Optionee’s employment terminates for any reason other than the Optionee’s death, the Optionee’s disability or Cause, and unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, any portion of this Share Option outstanding on such date may be exercised, to the extent exercisable on the date of termination, for a period of three months after the date of termination or until the Expiration Date, if earlier.  Any portion of this Share Option that is not exercisable on the date of termination shall terminate immediately and be of no further force or effect.

 

The Administrator’s determination of the reason for termination of the Optionee’s employment shall be conclusive and binding on the Optionee and Optionee’s representatives or legatees.

 

4.                                       Incorporation of Plan .  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Share Option shall be subject to and governed by all the terms and conditions of the Plan, including the powers of the Administrator set forth in Section 2(b) of the Plan.

 

5.                                       Transferability .  This Agreement is personal to the Optionee, is non-assignable and is not transferable in any manner, by operation of law or otherwise, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution.  This Share Option is exercisable, during the Optionee’s lifetime, only by the Optionee, and thereafter, only by the Optionee’s legal representative or legatee.

 

6.                                       Tax Withholding .  The Optionee shall, not later than the date as of which the exercise of this Share Option becomes a taxable event for any applicable income, employment or other tax purposes, pay to the Company or any Subsidiary or make arrangements satisfactory to the Administrator for payment of any taxes required by law to be withheld on account of such taxable event.  The Company shall have the authority to cause the required tax withholding obligation to be satisfied, in whole or in part, by withholding from Ordinary Shares to be issued to the Optionee a number of Ordinary Shares with an aggregate Fair Market Value that would satisfy the withholding amount due.

 

7.                                       No Obligation to Continue Employment .  Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is obligated by or as a result of the Plan or this Agreement to continue the Optionee in

 



 

employment and neither the Plan nor this Agreement shall interfere in any way with the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to terminate the employment of the Optionee at any time.

 

8.                                       Integration .  This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to this Share Option and supersedes all prior agreements and discussions between the parties concerning such subject matter.

 

9.                                       Data Privacy Consent .  In order to administer the Plan and this Agreement and to implement or structure future equity grants, the Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates and agents (together, the “Relevant Companies”) may process any and all personal or professional data, including but not limited to Social Security or other identification number, home address and telephone number, date of birth and other information that is necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan and/or this Agreement (the “Relevant Information”).  By entering into this Agreement, the Optionee (i) authorizes the Company to collect, process, register and transfer to the Relevant Companies all Relevant Information; (ii) waives any privacy rights the Optionee may have with respect to the Relevant Information; (iii) authorizes the Relevant Companies to store and transmit such information in electronic form; and (iv) authorizes the transfer of the Relevant Information to any jurisdiction in which the Relevant Companies consider appropriate.  The Optionee shall have access to, and the right to change, the Relevant Information.  Relevant Information will only be used in accordance with applicable law.

 

10.                                Notices .  Notices hereunder shall be mailed or delivered to the Company at its principal place of business and shall be mailed or delivered to the Optionee at the address on file with the Company or, in either case, at such other address as one party may subsequently furnish to the other party in writing.

 



 

 

BEIGENE, LTD.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

The undersigned hereby agrees to the terms and conditions of the foregoing Agreement.  Electronic agreement pursuant to the Company’s instructions to the Optionee (including through an online acceptance process) is acceptable.

 

Date:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Optionee’s signature

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Optionee’s address:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Exhibit 10.4

 

RESTRICTED SHARE UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT
FOR COMPANY EMPLOYEES
UNDER BEIGENE, LTD.
2018 INDUCEMENT EQUITY PLAN

 

Name of Grantee:

 

 

 

 

 

No. of Restricted Share Units:

 

 

 

 

 

Grant Date:

 

 

 

Pursuant to the BeiGene, Ltd. 2018 Inducement Equity Plan as amended through the date of grant (the “Plan”), BeiGene, Ltd., an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability, (the “Company”) hereby grants an award of the number of Restricted Share Units listed above (an “Award”) to the Grantee named above.  Each Restricted Share Unit shall relate to one ordinary share, par value US$0.0001 per share (the “Ordinary Shares”) of the Company.  The Ordinary Shares may be represented by American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”), and each ADS represents 13 Ordinary Shares. References herein to the issuance of Ordinary Shares shall also refer to the issuance of ADSs on the same basis of one ADS for every 13 Ordinary Shares.  This Award has been granted as an inducement pursuant to Rule 5635(c)(4) of the Marketplace Rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.  Capitalized terms in this Restricted Share Unit Award Agreement for Company Employees (this “Agreement”) shall have the meaning specified in the Plan, unless defined differently herein.

 

1.             Restrictions on Transfer of Award .  This Award may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned or otherwise encumbered or disposed of by the Grantee, and any Ordinary Shares issuable with respect to the Award may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned or otherwise encumbered or disposed of until (i) the Restricted Share Units have vested as provided in Paragraph 2 of this Agreement and (ii) Ordinary Shares have been issued to the Grantee in accordance with the terms of the Plan and this Agreement.

 

2.             Vesting of Restricted Share Units .  The restrictions and conditions of Paragraph 1 of this Agreement shall lapse on the date(s) specified in the following schedule (the “Vesting Date”) so long as the Grantee has served continuously as an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary on such dates.  If a series of Vesting Dates is specified, then the restrictions and conditions in Paragraph 1 shall lapse only with respect to the number of Restricted Share Units specified as vested on such date.

 

Incremental Number of
Restricted Share Units Vested

 

Vesting Date

 

 

 

 

 

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In determining the number of vested Restricted Share Units at the time of any vesting, the number of Ordinary Shares shall be rounded down to the nearest whole ADS or the nearest increment of 13 Ordinary Shares.

 

The Administrator may at any time accelerate the vesting schedule specified in this Paragraph 2.

 

3.             Termination of Employment .  If the Grantee’s employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries terminates for any reason (including death or disability) prior to the satisfaction of the vesting conditions set forth in Paragraph 2 above, any Restricted Share Units that have not vested as of such date shall automatically and without notice terminate and be forfeited, and neither the Grantee nor any of his or her successors, heirs, assigns, or personal representatives will thereafter have any further rights or interests in such unvested Restricted Share Units.

 

4.             Issuance of Ordinary Shares .  As soon as practicable following each Vesting Date (but in no event later than two and one-half (2.5) months after the end of the year in which the Vesting Date occurs), the Company shall issue to the Grantee the number of Ordinary Shares equal to the aggregate number of Restricted Share Units that have vested pursuant to Paragraph 2 of this Agreement on such date and the Grantee shall thereafter have all the rights of a shareholder of the Company with respect to such Ordinary Shares.

 

5.             Incorporation of Plan .  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Agreement shall be subject to and governed by all the terms and conditions of the Plan, including the powers of the Administrator set forth in Section 2(b) of the Plan.

 

6.             Tax Withholding .  The Grantee shall, not later than the date as of which the receipt of this Award becomes a taxable event for any applicable income, employment or other tax purposes, pay to the Company or any Subsidiary or make arrangements satisfactory to the Administrator for payment of any taxes required by law to be withheld on account of such taxable event.  To satisfy in full such tax withholding obligation, Grantee hereby authorizes the Company to withhold from Ordinary Shares to be issued hereunder that number of Ordinary Shares that would satisfy the required tax withholding amount due and to sell such Ordinary Shares through a broker of the Company’s choosing (i.e., “sell to cover”). As of the date hereof, Grantee certifies that (a) he or she is currently unaware of any material, non-public information with respect to the Company, and (b) this Agreement is entered into in good faith and not as part of a plan or scheme to evade the prohibitions of Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any other securities laws. While this Agreement is in effect, Grantee agrees (i) not to enter into or alter any corresponding or hedging transaction or position with respect to the securities covered by this Agreement (including, without limitation, with respect to any securities convertible or exchangeable into Ordinary Shares) and (ii) not to attempt to exercise any influence over how, when or whether to effect the withholding and sale of Ordinary Shares pursuant to this Section 6.

 



 

7.             Section 409A of the Code.  This Agreement shall be interpreted in such a manner that all provisions relating to the settlement of the Award are exempt from the requirements of Section 409A of the Code as “short-term deferrals” as described in Section 409A of the Code.

 

8.             No Obligation to Continue Employment .  Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is obligated by or as a result of the Plan or this Agreement to continue the Grantee in employment and neither the Plan nor this Agreement shall interfere in any way with the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to terminate the employment of the Grantee at any time.

 

9.             Integration .  This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to this Award and supersedes all prior agreements and discussions between the parties concerning such subject matter.

 

10.          Data Privacy Consent .  In order to administer the Plan and this Agreement and to implement or structure future equity grants, the Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates and agents (together, the “Relevant Companies”) may process any and all personal or professional data, including but not limited to Social Security or other identification number, home address and telephone number, date of birth and other information that is necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan and/or this Agreement (the “Relevant Information”).  By entering into this Agreement, the Grantee (i) authorizes the Company to collect, process, register and transfer to the Relevant Companies all Relevant Information; (ii) waives any privacy rights the Grantee may have with respect to the Relevant Information; (iii) authorizes the Relevant Companies to store and transmit such information in electronic form; and (iv) authorizes the transfer of the Relevant Information to any jurisdiction in which the Relevant Companies consider appropriate.  The Grantee shall have access to, and the right to change, the Relevant Information.  Relevant Information will only be used in accordance with applicable law.

 

11.          Notices .  Notices hereunder shall be mailed or delivered to the Company at its principal place of business and shall be mailed or delivered to the Grantee at the address on file with the Company or, in either case, at such other address as one party may subsequently furnish to the other party in writing.

 



 

 

BEIGENE, LTD.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

The undersigned hereby agrees to the terms and conditions of the foregoing Agreement.  Electronic agreement pursuant to the Company’s instructions to the Grantee (including through an online acceptance process) is acceptable.

 

Dated:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grantee’s signature

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grantee’s address:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Exhibit 10.5

 

BEIGENE, LTD.

 

INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR COMPENSATION POLICY

 

The purpose of this Independent Director Compensation Policy (this “ Policy ”) of BeiGene, Ltd. (the “ Company ”) is to provide a total compensation package that enables the Company to attract and retain, on a long-term basis, high-caliber directors who meet the general independence requirements under NASDAQ Rule 5605(a)(2). In furtherance of this purpose, effective as of the date of approval by the Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) of the Company of this Policy and as further set forth below under “Effective Date”, all independent directors shall be paid compensation for services provided to the Company as set forth below:

 

Cash Retainers

 

Annual Retainer for Board Membership

 

For general availability and participation in meetings and conference calls of the Board. No additional compensation for attending individual Board meetings.

 

$

50,000

 

Additional Annual Retainers for Committee Membership and Service as Chairperson

 

 

 

Audit Committee Chairperson:

 

$

22,500

 

Audit Committee member:

 

$

10,000

 

Compensation Committee Chairperson:

 

$

17,500

 

Compensation Committee member:

 

$

7,500

 

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Chairperson:

 

$

12,500

 

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee member

 

$

5,000

 

No additional compensation for attending individual committee meetings.

 

 

 

 

All cash retainers will be paid quarterly, in arrears, or upon the earlier resignation or removal of the independent director. Cash retainers owing to independent directors shall be annualized, meaning that independent directors who join the Board during the calendar year, such amounts shall be pro-rated based on the number of calendar days served by such director.

 

Equity Retainers

 

Upon initial election or appointment to the Board : An initial equity grant (the “ Initial Grant ”) on the date of such election or appointment (the “grant date” for the Initial Grant) with an initial value of $300,000 on the grant date, pro-rated based on the number of calendar days to be served from the grant date until the first anniversary of the most recent Annual Meeting.

 

Annual equity grants : On the date of the Company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “ Annual Meeting ”), each continuing independent member of the Board who is eligible to receive awards under this Plan will receive an annual equity grant (the “ Annual Grant ”) with an initial value of $300,000 on the date of grant.

 



 

Terms and Conditions of Initial Grant and Annual Grant: Each of the Initial Grant and the Annual Grant (together, the “ Equity Awards ”) shall consist of 50% restricted share units (“ RSUs ”) and 50% share options (“ Options ”).  The number of RSUs awarded with respect to an Initial Grant or Annual Grant will be 50% of the applicable grant value divided by the fair market value per share of the Company’s shares on the date of grant, and the number of Options will be 50% of the applicable grant value divided by the per share option value on the date of grant determined in accordance with the Company’s standard option valuation practices. The Options will have an exercise price equal to the fair market value per share of the Company’s shares on the date of grant. The Equity Awards shall be governed by, and subject to the terms and conditions of, the Company’s 2016 Share Option and Incentive Plan (as may be amended from time to time) and standard form of grant agreements in effect on the date of grant. In addition, the Equity Awards shall vest in full (i.e., in a single installment) upon the earlier to occur of the first anniversary of the date of grant or the date of the next Annual Meeting; provided, however, that all vesting shall cease if the director resigns from the Board or otherwise ceases to serve as a director other than as set forth below or the Board determines that the circumstances warrant continuation of vesting.  In addition, all Options shall be exercisable for three years following cessation of service, and all Equity Awards shall accelerate in full upon (i) death, (ii) disability, (iii) termination of service in connection with a change of control of the Company, or (iv) upon a change of control of the Company if the director’s service continues and the awards are not assumed by the acquiror at the time of the change of control.

 

Limitations on Independent Director Compensation

 

Cash and equity compensation payable to independent directors under this Policy shall be subject to any limits, terms and conditions set forth in any Company policy or equity incentive plan or as otherwise adopted by the Board from time to time.

 

Expenses

 

The Company shall reimburse all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by independent directors in attending Board and committee meetings.

 

Effective Date

 

The Cash Retainers shall be effective as of July 1, 2018, and the Equity Retainers shall be effective as of the Annual Meeting on June 6, 2018.

 

ADOPTED: November 16, 2016

EFFECTIVE: November 16, 2016

AMENDED:  June 6, 2018

 

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Exhibit 10.6

 

NON-QUALIFIED SHARE OPTION AGREEMENT
FOR NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS
UNDER BEIGENE, LTD.
2016 SHARE OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN

 

Name of Optionee:

                              

 

 

No. of Option Shares:

                           Ordinary Shares (as defined below)

 

 

Option Exercise Price per Share:

$                         

 

[If U.S. Taxpayers, Fair Market Value on Grant Date]

 

 

Grant Date:

                     

 

 

Expiration Date:

                             

 

[No more than 10 years]

 

Pursuant to the BeiGene, Ltd. 2016 Share Option and Incentive Plan as amended through the date of grant (the “Plan”), BeiGene, Ltd., an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability, (the “Company”) hereby grants to the Optionee named above, who is a Non-Employee Director (as defined in the Plan), an option (the “Share Option”) to purchase on or prior to the Expiration Date specified above all or part of the number of ordinary shares, par value US$0.0001 per share (the “Ordinary Shares”), of the Company specified above at the Option Exercise Price per Share specified above subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan.  The Ordinary Shares may be represented by American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”), and each ADS represents 13 Ordinary Shares.  References herein to the issuance of Ordinary Shares shall also refer to the issuance of ADSs on the same basis of one ADS for every 13 Ordinary Shares.  The Option Exercise Price per ADS shall equal the Option Exercise Price per Share multiplied by 13.  Capitalized terms in this Non-Qualified Share Option Agreement for Non-Employee Directors (this “Agreement”) shall have the meaning specified in the Plan, unless defined differently herein.

 

1.             Exercisability Schedule .  No portion of this Share Option may be exercised until such portion shall have become exercisable.  Except as set forth below, and subject to the discretion of the Administrator (as described in Section 2 of the Plan) to accelerate the following exercisability schedule, this Share Option shall be exercisable in full upon the earlier of the first anniversary of the Grant Date or the first annual meeting of shareholders following the Grant Date, so long as the Optionee has served continuously as a member of the Board on such date; provided that if (i) the Optionee shall die while in the service of the Company, (ii) the Optionee’s service as a director of the Company terminates by reason of the Optionee’s disability (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code), (iii) the Optionee’s service as a director of the Company terminates in connection with the consummation of a Sale Event or (iv) a Sale Event occurs and this Share Option is not assumed, continued or substituted in connection with such Sale Event, then in any such case, this Share Option shall become immediately vested and exercisable in full.

 



 

In determining the number of vested Option Shares at the time of any exercise, the number of Option Shares shall be rounded down to the nearest whole ADS or the nearest increment of 13 Ordinary Shares.

 

Once exercisable, this Share Option shall continue to be exercisable at any time or times prior to the close of business on the Expiration Date, subject to the provisions hereof and of the Plan.

 

2.          Manner of Exercise .

 

(a)         The Optionee may exercise this Share Option only in the following manner: from time to time on or prior to the Expiration Date of this Share Option, the Optionee may give written notice to the Administrator of Optionee’s election to purchase some or all of the Option Shares purchasable at the time of such notice.  This notice shall specify the number of Option Shares to be purchased.

 

Payment of the purchase price for the Option Shares may be made by one or more of the following methods: (i) in cash, by certified or bank check or other instrument acceptable to the Administrator; (ii) through the delivery (or attestation to the ownership) of Ordinary Shares that have been purchased by the Optionee on the open market or that are beneficially owned by the Optionee and are not then subject to any restrictions under any Company plan and that otherwise satisfy any holding periods as may be required by the Administrator; (iii) by the Optionee delivering to the Company a properly executed exercise notice together with irrevocable instructions to a broker to promptly deliver to the Company cash or a check payable and acceptable to the Company to pay the option purchase price, provided that in the event the Optionee chooses to pay the option purchase price as so provided, the Optionee and the broker shall comply with such procedures and enter into such agreements of indemnity and other agreements as the Administrator shall prescribe as a condition of such payment procedure; (iv) if permitted by the Administrator, by a “net exercise” arrangement pursuant to which the Company will reduce the number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise by the largest whole number of Ordinary Shares with a Fair Market Value that does not exceed the aggregate exercise price; or (v) a combination of (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above.  Payment instruments will be received subject to collection.

 

The transfer to the Optionee on the records of the Company or of the transfer agent of the Option Shares will be contingent upon (i) the Company’s receipt from the Optionee of the full purchase price for the Option Shares, as set forth above, (ii) the fulfillment of any other requirements contained herein or in the Plan or in any other agreement or provision of law, and  (iii) the receipt by the Company of any agreement, statement or other evidence that the Company may require to satisfy itself that the issuance of Ordinary Shares to be purchased pursuant to the exercise of Share Options under the Plan and any subsequent resale of the Ordinary Shares will be in compliance with applicable laws and regulations.  In the event the Optionee chooses to pay the purchase price by previously-owned Ordinary Shares through the attestation method, the number of Ordinary Shares transferred to the Optionee upon the exercise of the Share Option shall be net of the Ordinary Shares attested to.

 

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(b)         The Ordinary Shares purchased upon exercise of this Share Option shall be transferred to the Optionee on the records of the Company or of the transfer agent upon compliance to the satisfaction of the Administrator with all requirements under applicable laws or regulations in connection with such transfer and with the requirements hereof and of the Plan.  The determination of the Administrator as to such compliance shall be final and binding on the Optionee.  The Optionee shall not be deemed to be the holder of, or to have any of the rights of a holder with respect to, any Ordinary Shares subject to this Share Option unless and until this Share Option shall have been exercised pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company or the transfer agent shall have transferred the Ordinary Shares to the Optionee, and the Optionee’s name shall have been entered as the shareholder of record on the books of the Company.  Thereupon, the Optionee shall have full voting, dividend and other ownership rights with respect to such Ordinary Shares.

 

(c)         The minimum number of Ordinary Shares with respect to which this Share Option may be exercised at any one time shall be 104 Ordinary Shares and shall be exercised in increments of 13 Ordinary Shares, unless the number of Ordinary Shares with respect to which this Share Option is being exercised is the total number of Ordinary Shares subject to exercise under this Share Option at the time.

 

(d)         Notwithstanding any other provision hereof or of the Plan, no portion of this Share Option shall be exercisable after the Expiration Date.

 

3.          Termination as Director .  If the Optionee ceases to be a Director for any reason including by reason of the Optionee’s death, any portion of this Share Option outstanding on such date may be exercised, to the extent exercisable on the date the Optionee ceased to be a Director, for a period of three years after the date the Optionee ceased to be a Director or until the Expiration Date, if earlier.  Any portion of this Share Option that is not exercisable on the date the Optionee ceases to be a Director shall terminate immediately and be of no further force or effect.

 

4.          Incorporation of Plan .  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Share Option shall be subject to and governed by all the terms and conditions of the Plan, including the powers of the Administrator set forth in Section 2(b) of the Plan.

 

5.          Transferability .  This Agreement is personal to the Optionee, is non-assignable and is not transferable in any manner, by operation of law or otherwise, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution.  This Share Option is exercisable, during the Optionee’s lifetime, only by the Optionee, and thereafter, only by the Optionee’s legal representative or legatee.

 

6.          No Right to Continue as a Director .  Neither the Plan nor this Share Option confers upon the Optionee any rights with respect to continuance as a member of the Board.

 

7.          Integration .  This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to this Share Option and supersedes all prior agreements and discussions between the parties concerning such subject matter.

 

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8.          Data Privacy Consent .  In order to administer the Plan and this Agreement and to implement or structure future equity grants, the Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates and agents (together, the “Relevant Companies”) may process any and all personal or professional data, including but not limited to Social Security or other identification number, home address and telephone number, date of birth and other information that is necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan and/or this Agreement (the “Relevant Information”).  By entering into this Agreement, the Optionee (i) authorizes the Company to collect, process, register and transfer to the Relevant Companies all Relevant Information; (ii) waives any privacy rights the Optionee may have with respect to the Relevant Information; (iii) authorizes the Relevant Companies to store and transmit such information in electronic form; and (iv) authorizes the transfer of the Relevant Information to any jurisdiction in which the Relevant Companies consider appropriate.  The Optionee shall have access to, and the right to change, the Relevant Information.  Relevant Information will only be used in accordance with applicable law.

 

9.          Notices .  Notices hereunder shall be mailed or delivered to the Company at its principal place of business and shall be mailed or delivered to the Optionee at the address on filewith the Company or, in either case, at such other address as one party may subsequently furnish to the other party in writing.

 

 

BEIGENE, LTD.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

The undersigned hereby agrees to the terms and conditions of the foregoing Agreement.  Electronic agreement pursuant to the Company’s instructions to the Optionee (including through an online acceptance process) is acceptable.

 

Date:

 

 

 

 

Optionee’s signature

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Optionee’s address:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 10.7

 

RESTRICTED SHARE UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT

FOR NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS

UNDER BEIGENE, LTD.

2016 SHARE OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN

 

Name of Grantee:

                

 

 

No. of Restricted Share Units:

                  

 

 

Grant Date:

                          

 

 

Pursuant to the BeiGene, Ltd. 2016 Share Option and Incentive Plan as amended through the date of grant (the “Plan”), BeiGene, Ltd., an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability, (the “Company”) hereby grants an award of the number of Restricted Share Units listed above (an “Award”) to the Grantee named above.  Each Restricted Share Unit shall relate to one ordinary share, par value US$0.0001 per share (the “Ordinary Shares”) of the Company.  The Ordinary Shares may be represented by American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”), and each ADS represents 13 Ordinary Shares. References herein to the issuance of Ordinary Shares shall also refer to the issuance of ADSs on the same basis of one ADS for every 13 Ordinary Shares.  Capitalized terms in this Restricted Share Unit Award Agreement for Non-Employee Directors (this “Agreement”) shall have the meaning specified in the Plan, unless defined differently herein.

 

1.          Restrictions on Transfer of Award .  This Award may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned or otherwise encumbered or disposed of by the Grantee, and any Ordinary Shares issuable with respect to the Award may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned or otherwise encumbered or disposed of until (i) the Restricted Share Units have vested as provided in Paragraph 2 of this Agreement and (ii) Ordinary Shares have been issued to the Grantee in accordance with the terms of the Plan and this Agreement.

 

2.          Vesting of Restricted Share Units .  The restrictions and conditions of Paragraph 1 of this Agreement shall lapse on the earlier of the first anniversary of the Grant Date or the first annual meeting of shareholders following the Grant Date, so long as the Grantee remains a director of the Company on such date; provided that if (i) the Grantee shall die while in the service of the Company, (ii) the Grantee’s service as a director of the Company terminates by reason of the Grantee’s disability (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code), (iii) the Grantee’s service terminates in connection with the consummation of a Sale Event or (iv) a Sale Event occurs and this Award is not assumed, continued or substituted in connection with such Sale Event, then in any such case, the Restricted Share Units shall become immediately vested and nonforfeitable.  The date upon which such Restricted Share Units vest in accordance with this Paragraph 2 shall be referred to herein as the “Vesting Date.”

 

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In determining the number of vested Restricted Share Units at the time of any vesting, the number of Ordinary Shares shall be rounded down to the nearest whole ADS or the nearest increment of 13 Ordinary Shares.

 

The Administrator may at any time accelerate the vesting schedule specified in this Paragraph 2.

 

3.          Termination of Service .  Except as set forth in Paragraph 2 above, if the Grantee’s service with the Company and its Subsidiaries terminates for any reason prior to the satisfaction of the vesting conditions set forth in Paragraph 2 above, any Restricted Share Units that have not vested as of such date shall automatically and without notice terminate and be forfeited, and neither the Grantee nor any of his or her successors, heirs, assigns, or personal representatives will thereafter have any further rights or interests in such unvested Restricted Share Units.

 

4.          Issuance of Ordinary Shares .  As soon as practicable following the Vesting Date (but in no event later than two and one-half (2.5) months after the end of the year in which the Vesting Date occurs), the Company shall issue to the Grantee the number of Ordinary Shares equal to the aggregate number of Restricted Share Units that have vested pursuant to Paragraph 2 of this Agreement on such date and the Grantee shall thereafter have all the rights of a shareholder of the Company with respect to such Ordinary Shares.

 

5.          Incorporation of Plan .  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Agreement shall be subject to and governed by all the terms and conditions of the Plan, including the powers of the Administrator set forth in Section 2(b) of the Plan.

 

6.          Section 409A of the Code.  This Agreement shall be interpreted in such a manner that all provisions relating to the settlement of the Award are exempt from the requirements of Section 409A of the Code as “short-term deferrals” as described in Section 409A of the Code.

 

7.          No Right to Continue as a Director .  Neither the Plan nor this Award confers upon the Grantee any rights with respect to continuance as a member of the Board.

 

8.          Integration .  This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to this Award and supersedes all prior agreements and discussions between the parties concerning such subject matter.

 

9.          Data Privacy Consent .  In order to administer the Plan and this Agreement and to implement or structure future equity grants, the Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates and agents of (together, the “Relevant Companies”) may process any and all personal or professional data, including but not limited to Social Security or other identification number, home address and telephone number, date of birth and other information that is necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan and/or this Agreement (the “Relevant Information”).  By entering into this Agreement, the Grantee (i) authorizes the Company to collect, process, register and transfer to the Relevant Companies all Relevant Information; (ii) waives any privacy rights the Grantee may have with respect to the Relevant Information; (iii) authorizes the Relevant Companies to store and transmit such information in electronic form; and (iv) authorizes the transfer of the Relevant Information to any jurisdiction in which the Relevant Companies consider

 

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appropriate.  The Grantee shall have access to, and the right to change, the Relevant Information.  Relevant Information will only be used in accordance with applicable law.

 

10.        Notices .  Notices hereunder shall be mailed or delivered to the Company at its principal place of business and shall be mailed or delivered to the Grantee at the address on file with the Company or, in either case, at such other address as one party may subsequently furnish to the other party in writing.

 

 

BEIGENE, LTD.

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

The undersigned hereby agrees to the terms and conditions of the foregoing Agreement.  Electronic agreement pursuant to the Company’s instructions to the Grantee (including through an online acceptance process) is acceptable.

 

Dated:

 

 

 

 

Grantee’s signature

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Grantee’s address:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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