As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 2, 2017
Registration No. 333-________



UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

___________________________

FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

___________________________

8x8, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

___________________________

Delaware

77- 0142404

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

(IRS Employer

Incorporation or Organization)

Identification No.)

2125 O'Nel Drive
San Jose, CA 95131
___________________________
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

8x8, Inc. 2017 New Employee Inducement Incentive Plan
_______________________________
(Full Title of the Plan)

Vikram Verma
Chief Executive Officer
8x8, Inc.
2125 O'Nel Drive
San Jose, CA 95131
___________________________
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)

(408) 727-1885
___________________________
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer    x

Accelerated filer    ¨

Non-accelerated filer    ¨
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

Smaller reporting company    ¨

Emerging growth company    ¨

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.    ¨

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE


Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered

Amount to be
Registered (2)

Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share (3)

Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price (3)

Amount of
Registration Fee
(3)

Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share

       

      To be issued under the 8x8, Inc. 2017 New Employee Inducement Incentive Plan (1)

1,000,000

$13.48

$13,480,000

$1,678.26

(1) Represents shares reserved for issuance pursuant to awards of common stock granted under the registrant's 2017 New Employee Inducement Incentive Plan as inducements material to the recipients' entering into employment with the registrant pursuant to Rule 5635(c)(4) of the NASDAQ Stock Market Listing Rules.

(2) In addition, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this registration statement also covers an indeterminate number of shares of common stock that may be offered or issued by reason of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.

(3) Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h)(1) under the Securities Act. The proposed maximum offering price per share and the proposed maximum aggregate offering price are based upon the average of the high and low sales prices of the Company's Common Stock, as reported on the NASDAQ Stock Market on November 1, 2017.



PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS

The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to the participants in the equity benefit plan covered by this Registration Statement as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated under the Securities Act. In accordance with the instructions to Part I of Form S-8, such documents will not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") either as part of this registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under the Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in the registration statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this form, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirement of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act and are available without charge, upon oral or written request, to: 8x8, Inc., 2125 O'Nel Drive, San Jose, California, 95131, Attention: Secretary.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

The following documents filed by the registrant with the SEC are hereby incorporated by reference in this registration statement:

1. The registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2017, filed with the SEC on May 30, 2017;

2. The registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2017, filed with the SEC on August 3, 2017;

3. The registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2017, filed with the SEC on November 2, 2017;

4. The registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 15, 2017 and October 25, 2017;

5. All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), since March 31, 2017; and

6. The description of the capital stock of the registrant contained in the registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on November 22, 1996, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.

In addition, all documents filed by the registrant with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this registration statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment, which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all of such securities then remaining unsold, are deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the respective dates of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in this registration statement or in a document incorporated by reference shall be deemed modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained in any subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein or therein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed to constitute a part hereof, except as so modified or superseded.


Item 4. Description of Securities.

Not Applicable.

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

Not Applicable.

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

Section 102(b) of the Delaware General Corporation Law authorizes a corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach or alleged breach of the director's "duty of care." As permitted by the statute, the registrant has adopted provisions in its certificate of incorporation which eliminate to the fullest extent permissible under Delaware law the personal liability of its directors to the registrant and its stockholders for monetary damages for breach or alleged breach of their duty of care.

Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides generally that a corporation shall have the power, and in some cases is required, to indemnify an agent, including an officer or director, who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, against certain expenses, judgments, fines, settlements, and other amounts under certain circumstances.

As permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, the registrant's Bylaws provide that the registrant shall indemnify its directors and officers, and may indemnify its employees and other agents, to the fullest extent permitted by law. The registrant's Bylaws also empower the registrant to purchase insurance on behalf of officers, directors, employees or agents of the registrant. The registrant has entered into agreements with its directors and officers that require the registrant to indemnify such persons to the fullest extent permitted under Delaware law against expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred (including expenses of a derivative action) in connection with any proceeding, whether actual or threatened, to which any such person may be made a party by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or an officer of the registrant or any of its affiliated enterprises. The indemnification agreements also set forth certain procedures that will apply in the event of a claim for indemnification thereunder.

These indemnification provisions may be sufficiently broad to permit indemnification of the Company's officers and directors for liabilities (including reimbursement of expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act.

Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.

Not Applicable.


Item 8. Exhibits.

Exhibit

Description

4.1

Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant, dated August 22, 2012 (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 10-K filed May 28, 2013, and incorporated herein by reference)

4.2

Bylaws of Registration (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 29, 2015, and incorporated herein by reference)

5.1

Opinion of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

10.23

8x8, Inc. 2017 New Employee Inducement Incentive Plan

10.24

Form of Stock Option Agreement under the 2017 New Employee Inducement Incentive Plan

10.25

Form of Notice of Grant of Restricted Stock Unit Award and Agreement under the 2017 New Employee Inducement Incentive Plan

23.1

Consent of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)

23.2

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

24.1

Power of Attorney (included in signature pages to this registration statement)

Item 9. Undertakings.

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post effective amendment to this registration statement:

(i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement; and; and

(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

Provided however , that paragraphs (i) and (ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.


The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

 

 


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of San Jose, State of California, on the 2nd day of November 2017.

8x8, INC.

By: /s/ Vikram Verma
Vikram Verma
Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Vikram Verma and Mary Ellen Genovese, and each one of them, acting individually and without the other, as his or her attorney-in-fact, each with full power of substitution, for him in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this registration statement (including post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact or his substitute or substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature

Title

Date

     
     

/s/ VIKRAM VERMA

Chief Executive Officer

November 2, 2017

Vikram Verma

(Principal Executive Officer)

 
     

/s/ MARY ELLEN GENOVESE

Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

November 2, 2017

Mary Ellen Genovese

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 
     

/s/ BRYAN R. MARTIN

Chairman and Chief Technology Officer

November 2, 2017

Bryan R. Martin

   
     

/s/ GUY L. HECKER, JR.

Director

November 2, 2017

Guy L. Hecker, Jr.

   
     

/s/ ERIC SALZMAN

Director

November 2, 2017

Eric Salzman

   
     

/s/ IAN POTTER

Director

November 2, 2017

Ian Potter

   
     

/s/ JASWINDER PAL SINGH

Director

November 2, 2017

Jaswinder Pal Singh

   
     

/s/ VLADIMIR JACIMOVIC

Director

November 2, 2017

Vladimir Jacimovic

   
     

 

 

 

 

 


 

Exhibit 5.1

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
2550 Hanover Street   |   Palo Alto, CA 94304-1115   |   tel 650.233.4500   |   fax 650.233.4545

 

 

November 2, 2017

8x8, Inc.
2125 O'Nel Drive
San Jose, CA 95131

Re: Registration Statement on Form S-8

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We are acting as counsel for 8x8, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") relating to the registr ation under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act") of 1,000,000 shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Shares"), issuable pursuant to the Company's 2017 New Employee Inducement Incentive Plan (the "Plan").

We have reviewed and are familiar with such corporate proceedings and other matters as we have deemed necessary for the opinions expressed in this letter. Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and sold in accordance with the Plan, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. The opinions set forth in this letter are limited to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as in effect on the date hereof.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder.

Yours very truly,

/s/ Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Exhibit 23.2

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement (Form S-8) of 8x8, Inc. pertaining to the 8x8, Inc. 2017 New Employee Inducement Incentive Plan, of our report dated May 30, 2017, relating to the consolidated financial statements of 8x8, Inc., and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of 8x8, Inc., included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended March 31, 2017, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

/s/ Moss Adams LLP

San Francisco, California
November 2, 2017

Exhibit 10.23

 

 

 

 

 

8X8, INC.
2017 NEW EMPLOYEE INDUCEMENT INCENTIVE PLAN

 

 

October 24, 2017

 

 

 


8X8, INC.

NEW EMPLOYEE INDUCEMENT INCENTIVE PLAN

  1. Purposes
  2. 1.1   General Purpose . The Company, by means of the Plan, seeks to retain the services of persons not previously an employee or director of the Company, or following a bona fide period of non-employment, as an inducement material to the individual's entering into employment with the Company within the meaning of Rule 5635(c)(4) of the Nasdaq Listing Rules, and to provide incentives for such persons to exert maximum efforts for the success of the Company and its Affiliates.

    1.2   Available Awards . The purpose of the Plan is to provide a means by which eligible recipients of Awards may be given an opportunity to benefit from increases in value of the Common Stock through the granting of the following Stock Awards: Options, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Stock Appreciation Rights, Performance Units and Stock Grants.

  3. Definitions

    As used in this Plan, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

    2.1   Accelerate , Accelerated , and Acceleration means: (a) when used with respect to a Stock Right, that as of the time of reference the Stock Right will become exercisable with respect to some or all of the shares of Stock for which it was not then otherwise exercisable by its terms; (b) when used with respect to Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units, that the Risk of Forfeiture otherwise applicable to the Stock or Units shall expire with respect to some or all of the shares of Restricted Stock or Units then still otherwise subject to the Risk of Forfeiture; and (c) when used with respect to Performance Units, that the applicable Performance Goals or other business objectives shall be deemed to have been met as to some or all of the Units.

    2.2   Affiliate means any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, business trust, or other entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Company.

    2.3   Award means any grant or sale pursuant to the Plan of Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Performance Units, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units or Stock Grants.

    2.4   Award Agreement means an agreement between the Company and the recipient of an Award, or other notice of grant of an Award, setting forth the terms and conditions of the Award.

    2.5   Board means the Company's Board of Directors.


    2.6   Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or any successor statute thereto, and any regulations issued from time to time thereunder.

    2.7   Committee means the Compensation Committee of the Board, which in general is responsible for the administration of the Plan, as provided in Section 4 of the Plan. For any period during which no such committee is in existence, "Committee" shall mean the Independent Board, and all authority and responsibility assigned to the Committee under the Plan shall be exercised, if at all, by the Independent Board.

    2.8   Company means 8x8, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware.

    2.9   Corporate Transaction means any (1) merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another entity as a result of which the Stock of the Company is converted into or exchanged for the right to receive cash, securities or other property or is cancelled, (2) sale or exchange of all of the Stock of the Company for cash, securities or other property, (3) sale, transfer, or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company's assets to one or more other persons in a single transaction or series of related transactions or (4) liquidation or dissolution of the Company; except, in the case of clauses (1) and (2), for a transaction the principal purpose of which is to change the state in which the Company is incorporated.

    2.10   Effective Date means the date on which this Plan has been approved by the Board, including the Independent Board.

    2.11   Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

    2.12   Grant Date means the date as of which an Option is granted, as determined under Section 6.1(a).

    2.13   Independent Board means a majority of the independent directors on the Board. " Independent director " has the meaning given under Rule 5605(a)(2) of the Nasdaq Listing Rules.

    2.14  Market Value means the value of a share of Stock on a particular date determined by such methods or procedures as may be established by the Committee. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, the Market Value of Stock as of any date is: (a) the closing price for the Stock as reported on the NASDAQ Global Market (or on any other national securities exchange on which the Stock is then listed) for that date or, if no closing price is reported for that date, the closing price on the next preceding date for which a closing price was reported; or (b) if the Stock is not traded on a national securities exchange but is traded over-the-counter, the closing or last price of the Stock on the composite tape or other comparable reporting system on that date or, if such date is not a trading day, the last market trading day prior to such date.

    2.15   Option means an option to purchase shares of Stock.

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    2.16   Optionee means a Participant to whom an Option shall have been granted under the Plan.

    2.17   Participant means any holder of an outstanding Award under the Plan.

    2.18   Performance Criteria means the criteria that the Committee selects for purposes of establishing the Performance Goal or Performance Goals for a Participant for a Performance Period. The Performance Criteria used to establish Performance Goals are limited to: (i) cash flow (before or after dividends), (ii) earnings per share (including, without limitation, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization), (iii) stock price, (iv) return on equity, (v) stockholder return or total stockholder return, (vi) return on capital (including, without limitation, return on total capital or return on invested capital), (vii) return on investment, (viii) return on assets or net assets, (ix) market capitalization, (x) economic value added, (xi) debt leverage (debt to capital), (xii) revenue, (xiii) sales or net sales, (xiv) backlog, (xv) income, pre-tax income or net income, (xvi) operating income or pre-tax profit, (xvii) operating profit, net operating profit or economic profit, (xviii) gross margin, operating margin or profit margin, (xix) return on operating revenue or return on operating assets, (xx) cash from operations, (xxi) operating ratio, (xxii) operating revenue, (xxiii) market share improvement, (xxiv) general and administrative expenses and (xxv) customer service.

    2.19   Performance Goals means, for a Performance Period, the written goal or goals established by the Committee for the Performance Period based upon one or more of the Performance Criteria. The Performance Goals may be expressed in terms of overall Company performance or the performance of a division, business unit, subsidiary, or an individual, either individually, alternatively or in any combination, applied to either the Company as a whole or to a business unit or Affiliate, either individually, alternatively or in any combination, and measured either quarterly, annually or cumulatively over a period of years, on an absolute basis or relative to a pre-established target, to previous years' results or to a designated comparison group, in each case as specified by the Committee. The Committee will objectively define the manner of calculating the Performance Goal or Goals it selects to use for such Performance Period for such Participant, including whether or to what extent there shall not be taken into account any of the following events that occurs during a performance period: (i) asset write-downs, (ii) litigation, claims, judgments or settlements, (iii) the effect of changes in tax law, accounting principles or other such laws or provisions affecting reported results, (iv) accruals for reorganization and restructuring programs and (v) any extraordinary, unusual, non-recurring or non-comparable items (A) as described in Accounting Standard Codification Section 225-20 (or its successor provisions), (B) as described in management's discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations appearing in the Company's annual report to stockholders for the applicable year, or (C) publicly announced by the Company in a press release or conference call relating to the Company's results of operations or financial condition for a completed quarterly or annual fiscal period.

    2.20   Performance Period means the one or more periods, which may be of varying and overlapping durations, selected by the Committee, over which the attainment of one or more Performance Goals or other business objectives will be measured for purposes of determining a Participant's right to, and the payment of, a Performance Unit.

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    2.21   Performance Unit means a right granted to a Participant under Section 6.5, to receive cash, Stock or other Awards, the payment of which is contingent on achieving Performance Goals or other business objectives established by the Committee.

    2.22   Plan means this 2017 New Employee Inducement Incentive Plan of the Company, as amended from time to time, and including any attachments or addenda hereto.

    2.23   Restricted Stock means a grant or sale of shares of Stock to a Participant subject to a Risk of Forfeiture.

    2.24   Restricted Stock Units means rights to receive shares of Stock at the close of a Restriction Period, subject to a Risk of Forfeiture.

    2.25   Restriction Period means the period of time, established by the Committee in connection with an Award of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units, during which the shares of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units are subject to a Risk of Forfeiture described in the applicable Award Agreement.

    2.26   Risk of Forfeiture means a limitation on the right of the Participant to retain Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units, including a right in the Company to reacquire shares of Restricted Stock at less than their then Market Value, arising because of the occurrence or non-occurrence of specified events or conditions.

    2.27   Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

    2.28   SEC means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

    2.29   Stock means common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company, and such other securities as may be substituted for Stock pursuant to Section 7.

    2.30   Stock Appreciation Right means a right to receive any excess in the Market Value of shares of Stock (except as otherwise provided in Section 6.2(c)) over a specified exercise price.

    2.31   Stock Grant means the grant of shares of Stock not subject to restrictions or other forfeiture conditions.

    2.32   Stock Right means an Award in the form of an Option or a Stock Appreciation Right.

    2.33   Stockholders' Agreement means any agreement by and among the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Company and setting forth, among other provisions, restrictions upon the transfer of shares of Stock or on the exercise of rights appurtenant thereto (including, but not limited to, voting rights).

  1. Shares Subject to the Plan; Term of the Plan

    3.1   Number of Shares . Subject to Section 7.1, the aggregate number of shares of Stock that have been reserved for issuance pursuant to this Plan is One Million (1,000,000) shares, and at no time shall the number of shares of Stock issued pursuant to or subject to

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    outstanding Awards granted under the Plan exceed such number. For purposes of applying the foregoing limitation, settlement of any Award shall not count against the foregoing limitations except to the extent settled in the form of Stock and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing:

    1. if any Option or Stock-settled Stock Appreciation Right expires, terminates, or is cancelled for any reason without having been exercised in full, or if any other Award is forfeited by the recipient or repurchased at less than its Market Value as a means of effecting a forfeiture, the shares of Stock not purchased by the Optionee or which are forfeited by the recipient or repurchased shall again be available for Awards to be granted under the Plan;

    2. if any Option is exercised by delivering previously owned shares of Stock in payment of the exercise price therefor, only the net number of shares, that is, the number of shares of Stock issued minus the number received by the Company in payment of the exercise price, shall be considered to have been issued pursuant to an Award granted under the Plan; and

    3. any shares of Stock either tendered or withheld in satisfaction of tax withholding obligations of the Company or an Affiliate shall again be available for issuance under the Plan.

    Shares of Stock issued pursuant to the Plan may be either authorized but unissued shares or shares held by the Company in its treasury.

    3.2   Term . Unless the Plan shall have been earlier terminated by the Board, Awards may be granted under this Plan at any time in the period commencing on the Effective Date of approval of the Plan by the Board and ending immediately prior to the tenth (10th) anniversary thereof. Awards granted pursuant to the Plan within that period shall not expire solely by reason of the termination of the Plan.

  1. Administration

    In all events the Plan shall be administered by the Independent Board or Committee in compliance with Rule 5635(c)(4) (and any successor thereto) of the Listing Rules of the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC, or of any successor national stock exchange on which the Stock shall be listed during the term of the Plan, which are collectively referred to as the Listing Rules. The grant of any Award under the Plan must be approved by a majority of the members of the Board (each of whom is an "independent director" as defined in the Listing Rules) or by the Company's independent compensation committee (as intended under the Listing Rules). The Plan shall be administered by the Committee, provided, however , that at any time and on any one or more occasions the Independent Board may itself exercise any of the powers and responsibilities assigned the Committee under the Plan and when so acting shall have the benefit of all of the provisions of the Plan pertaining to the Committee's exercise of its authorities hereunder. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall have complete authority, in its discretion, to make or to select the manner of making all determinations with respect to each Award to be granted by the Company under the Plan, including the new employee to receive the Award and the form of Award. All Awards of Stock or which otherwise entitle the Award recipient to acquire any shares of Stock shall be

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    made from the authorized but unissued shares of Stock of the Company. The Committee, or the Independent Board, shall determine in its sole discretion how many shares of Stock to issue under this Plan in the aggregate. In making its determinations, the Committee may take into account the nature of the services to be rendered by the new employees, their potential contributions to the success of the Company and its Affiliates, and such other factors as the Committee in its discretion shall deem relevant. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall also have complete authority to: (a) interpret the Plan, to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to it; (b) approve one or more forms of Award Agreement; (c) determine the initial terms and provisions of the respective Award Agreements (which need not be identical), including, without limitation, as applicable, (i) the exercise price of the Award, (ii) the method of payment for shares of Stock purchased upon the exercise of the Award, (iii) the timing, terms and conditions of the exercisability of the Award or the vesting of any shares acquired upon the exercise thereof, (iv) the time of the expiration of the Award, (v) the effect of the Participant's termination of employment or other association with the Company on any of the foregoing, and (vi) all other terms, conditions and restrictions applicable to the Award or such shares not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan; (d) amend, modify, extend, cancel or renew any Award or to waive any restrictions or conditions applicable to any Award or any shares acquired upon the exercise thereof; (e) accelerate, continue, extend or defer the exercisability of any Award or the vesting of any shares acquired upon the exercise thereof, including with respect to the period following a Participant's termination of employment or other association with the Company; (f) correct any defect, supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or any Award Agreement and to make all other determinations and take such other actions with respect to the Plan or any Award as the Committee may deem advisable to the extent not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan or applicable law; and (g) make all other determinations necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan. The Committee's determinations made in good faith on matters referred to in the Plan shall be final, binding and conclusive on all persons having or claiming any interest under the Plan or an Award made pursuant hereto.

  1. Authorization of Grants

    5.1   Eligibility . Persons eligible for Awards shall consist of employees whose potential contribution, in the judgment of the Committee, will benefit the future success of the Company and/or an Affiliate. Offers of Awards may be made prior to the commencement of employment with the Company or an Affiliate, but Awards may be granted only effective on or after the commencement of such employment to persons not previously an employee or director of the Company, or following a bona fide period of non- employment, as an inducement material to the individual's entering into employment with the Company within the meaning of Rule 5635(c)(4) of the Nasdaq Listing Rules (or applicable replacement rules or regulations). In addition, notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, all Awards must be granted either by the Independent Board or the Committee.

    5.2   General Terms of Awards . Each grant of an Award shall be subject to all applicable terms and conditions of the Plan (including but not limited to any specific terms and conditions applicable to that type of Award set out in the following Section), and such other terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, as the Committee may prescribe. No prospective Participant shall have any rights with respect to an Award, unless and until such Participant has executed an Award agreement evidencing the Award, delivered a fully executed copy thereof to the Company, and otherwise complied with the applicable terms and conditions of such Award.

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    5.3   Effect of Termination of Employment, Disability or Death .

    1. Termination of Employment, Etc . Unless the Committee shall provide otherwise with respect to any Award, if the Participant's employment or other association with the Company and its Affiliates ends for any reason other than by total disability or death, including because of an Affiliate ceasing to be an Affiliate, (a) any outstanding Stock Right of the Participant shall cease to be exercisable in any respect not later than three months following that event and, for the period it remains exercisable following that event, shall be exercisable only to the extent exercisable at the date of that event, and (b) any other outstanding Award of the Participant shall be forfeited or otherwise subject to return to or repurchase by the Company on the terms specified in the applicable Award Agreement. Cessation of the performance of services in one capacity, for example, as an employee, shall not result in termination of an Award while the Participant continues to perform services in another capacity, for example as a director. Military or sick leave or other bona fide leave shall not be deemed a termination of employment or other association, provided that it does not exceed the longer of three months or the period during which the absent Participant's reemployment rights, if any, are guaranteed by statute or by contract. To the extent consistent with applicable law, the Committee may provide that Awards continue to vest for some or all of the period of any such leave, or that their vesting shall be tolled during any such leave and only recommence upon the Participant's return from leave, if ever.

    2. Disability of Participant . If a Participant's employment or other association with the Company and its Affiliates ends due to disability (as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code), any outstanding Stock Right may be exercised at any time within six months following the date of termination of service, but only to the extent of the accrued right to exercise at the time of termination of service, subject to the condition that no Stock Right shall be exercised after its expiration in accordance with its terms.

    3. Death of Participant . In the event of the death during the Option period, or period during which the Stock Appreciation Right may be exercised, of a Participant who is at the time of his or her death an employee, director or consultant and whose services had not ceased or been terminated (as determined with regard to the second sentence of Section 5.3(a)) as such from the Grant Date until the date of death, the Stock Right of the Participant may be exercised at any time within six months following the date of death by such Participant's estate or by a person who acquired the right to exercise the Stock Right by bequest, inheritance or otherwise as a result of the Participant's death, but only to the extent of the accrued right to exercise at the time of death, subject to the condition that no Stock Right shall be exercised after its expiration in accordance with its terms.

    5.4   Transferability of Awards . Except as otherwise provided in this Section 5.4, Awards shall not be transferable, and no Award or interest therein may be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated, other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. All of a Participant's rights in any Award may be exercised during the life of the Participant only by the Participant or the Participant's legal representative. However, the Committee may, at or after the grant of an Award of an Option or shares of Restricted Stock, provide that such Award may be transferred by the recipient to

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    a family member; provided , however , that any such transfer is without payment of any consideration whatsoever and that no transfer shall be valid unless first approved by the Committee, acting in its sole discretion. For this purpose, " family member " means any child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, grandparent, stepparent, 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 employee's household (other than a tenant or employee), a trust in which the foregoing persons have more than 50 percent of the beneficial interests, a foundation in which the foregoing persons (or the Participant) control the management of assets, and any other entity in which these persons (or the Participant) own more than 50 percent of the voting interests. The events of termination of service of Section 5.3 hereof or in the Award Agreement shall continue to be applied with respect to the original Participant, following which the Awards shall be exercisable by the transferee only to the extent, and for the periods specified in the Award Agreement or Section 5.3, as applicable.

  1. Specific Terms of Awards

    6.1   Options .

    1. Date of Grant . The granting of an Option shall take place at the time specified in the Award Agreement. Only if expressly so provided in the applicable Award Agreement shall the Grant Date be the date on which the Award Agreement shall have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and the Optionee.

    2. Exercise Price . The price at which shares of Stock may be acquired under each Option shall be the Market Value of Stock on the Grant Date, except as provided otherwise by the Committee upon the grant of the Option.

    3. Option Period . No Option may be exercised on or after the tenth anniversary of the Grant Date, except as provided otherwise by the Committee upon the grant of the Option.

    4. Exercisability . An Option may be immediately exercisable or become exercisable in such installments, cumulative or non-cumulative, as the Committee may determine. In the case of an Option not otherwise immediately exercisable in full, the Committee may Accelerate such Option in whole or in part at any time.

    5. Method of Exercise . An Option may be exercised by the Optionee giving written notice, in the manner provided in Section 14, specifying the number of shares of Stock with respect to which the Option is then being exercised. The notice shall be accompanied by payment in the form of cash or check payable to the order of the Company in an amount equal to the exercise price of the shares of Stock to be purchased or, subject in each instance to the Committee's approval, acting in its sole discretion, and to such conditions, if any, as the Committee may deem necessary to avoid adverse accounting effects to the Company,

      1. by delivery to the Company of shares of Stock having a Market Value equal to the exercise price of the shares to be purchased, or

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      1. by surrender of the Option as to all or part of the shares of Stock for which the Option is then exercisable in exchange for shares of Stock having an aggregate Market Value equal to the difference between (1) the aggregate Market Value of the surrendered portion of the Option, and (2) the aggregate exercise price under the Option for the surrendered portion of the Option, or

      2. unless prohibited by applicable law, by delivery to the Company of the Optionee's executed promissory note in the principal amount equal to the exercise price of the shares of Stock to be purchased and otherwise in such form as the Committee shall have approved, or

      3. by delivery of any other lawful means of consideration which the Committee may approve.

    If the Stock is traded on an established market, payment of any exercise price may also be made through and under the terms and conditions of any formal cashless exercise program authorized by the Company entailing the sale of the Stock subject to an Option in a brokered transaction (other than to the Company). Receipt by the Company of such notice and payment in any authorized or combination of authorized means shall constitute the exercise of the Option. Within 30 days thereafter but subject to the remaining provisions of the Plan, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Optionee or his agent a certificate or certificates or book-entry authorization and instruction to the Company's transfer agent and registrar for the number of shares then being purchased. Such shares of Stock shall be fully paid and nonassessable. In its reasonable discretion, the Committee may suspend or halt Option exercises for such length of time as the Committee deems reasonably necessary under circumstances in which such suspension or halt is considered to be in the best interests of the Company.

    6.2   Stock Appreciation Rights .

    1. Tandem or Stand-Alone . Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted in tandem with an Option (at or after the award of the Option), or alone and unrelated to an Option. Stock Appreciation Rights in tandem with an Option shall terminate to the extent that the related Option is exercised, and the related Option shall terminate to the extent that the tandem Stock Appreciation Rights are exercised.

    2. Exercise Price . Stock Appreciation Rights shall have an exercise price of not less than the Market Value of the Stock on the date of award, or in the case of Stock Appreciation Rights in tandem with Options, the exercise price of the related Option.

    3. Other Terms . Except as the Committee may deem inappropriate or inapplicable in the circumstances, Stock Appreciation Rights shall be subject to terms and conditions substantially similar to those applicable to an Option. In addition, a Stock Appreciation Right related to an Option which can only be exercised during limited periods following a Corporate Transaction may entitle the Participant to receive an amount based upon the highest price paid or offered for Stock in any transaction relating to the Corporate Transaction or paid during the 30-day period immediately preceding the occurrence of the Corporate Transaction in any transaction reported in the stock market in which the Stock is normally traded.

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    6.3   Restricted Stock .

    1. Purchase Price . Shares of Restricted Stock shall be issued under the Plan for such consideration, in cash, other property or services, or any combination thereof, as is determined by the Committee.

    2. Issuance of Certificates . Each Participant receiving a Restricted Stock Award, subject to subsection (c) below, shall be issued a stock certificate in respect of such shares of Restricted Stock, or if issued in uncertificated form, shall be registered in the name of the Participant on the books of the Company's transfer agent and registrar. Such certificate or uncertificated shares shall be registered in the name of such Participant, and, if applicable, the certificate or the books of the Company's transfer agent and registrar shall bear an appropriate legend referring to the terms, conditions, and restrictions applicable to such Award substantially in the following form:

      The shares evidenced by this certificate are subject to the terms and conditions of the 8x8, Inc. 2017 New Employee Inducement Incentive Plan and an Award Agreement entered into by the registered owner and 8x8, Inc., copies of which will be furnished by the Company to the holder of the shares evidenced by this certificate upon written request and without charge.

    3. Escrow of Shares . The Committee may require that the stock certificates evidencing shares of Restricted Stock be held in custody by a designated escrow agent (which may but need not be the Company) until the restrictions thereon shall have lapsed, and that the Participant deliver a stock power, endorsed in blank, relating to the Stock covered by such Award.

    4. Restrictions and Restriction Period . During the Restriction Period applicable to shares of Restricted Stock, such shares shall be subject to limitations on transferability and a Risk of Forfeiture arising on the basis of such conditions related to the performance of services, Company or Affiliate performance or otherwise as the Committee may determine and provide for in the applicable Award Agreement. Any such Risk of Forfeiture may be waived or terminated, or the Restriction Period shortened, at any time by the Committee on such basis as it deems appropriate.

    5. Rights Pending Lapse of Risk of Forfeiture or Forfeiture of Award . Except as otherwise provided in the Plan or the applicable Award Agreement, at all times prior to lapse of any Risk of Forfeiture applicable to, or forfeiture of, an Award of Restricted Stock, the Participant shall have all of the rights of a stockholder of the Company, including the right to vote, and the right to receive any dividends with respect to, the shares of Restricted Stock (but any dividends or other distributions payable in shares of Stock or other securities of the Company shall constitute additional Restricted Stock, subject to the same Risk of Forfeiture as the shares of Restricted Stock in respect of which such shares of Stock or other securities are paid). The Committee, as determined at the time of Award, may permit or require the payment of cash dividends to be deferred and, if the Committee so determines, reinvested in additional Restricted Stock to the extent shares of Stock are available under Section 3.1.

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    1. Lapse of Restrictions . If and when the Restriction Period expires without a prior forfeiture of the Restricted Stock, the certificates for such shares shall be delivered to the Participant promptly if not theretofore so delivered.

    6.4   Restricted Stock Units .

    1. Character . Each Restricted Stock Unit shall entitle the recipient to a share of Stock at a close of such Restriction Period as the Committee may establish and subject to a Risk of Forfeiture arising on the basis of such conditions relating to the performance of services, Company or Affiliate performance or otherwise as the Committee may determine and provide for in the applicable Award Agreement. Any such Risk of Forfeiture may be waived or terminated, or the Restriction Period shortened, at any time by the Committee on such basis as it deems appropriate.

    2. Form and Timing of Payment . Payment of earned Restricted Stock Units shall be made in a single lump sum following the close of the applicable Restriction Period unless the applicable Award Agreement provides for a later settlement date in compliance with Section 409A of the Code. At the discretion of the Committee, Participants may be entitled to receive payments equivalent to any dividends declared with respect to Stock referenced in grants of Restricted Stock Units but only following the close of the applicable Restriction Period and then only if the underlying Stock shall have been earned. Unless the Committee shall provide otherwise, any such dividend equivalents shall be paid, if at all, without interest or other earnings.

    6.5   Performance Units .

    1. Character . Each Performance Unit shall entitle the recipient to the value of a specified number of shares of Stock, over the initial value for such number of shares, if any, established by the Committee at the time of grant, at the close of a specified Performance Period to the extent specified business objectives, including, but not limited to, Performance Goals, shall have been achieved.

    2. Earning of Performance Units . The Committee shall set Performance Goals or other business objectives in its discretion which, depending on the extent to which they are met within the applicable Performance Period, will determine the number and value of Performance Units that will be paid out to the Participant. After the applicable Performance Period has ended, the holder of Performance Units shall be entitled to receive payout on the number and value of Performance Units earned by the Participant over the Performance Period, to be determined as a function of the extent to which the corresponding Performance Goals or other business objectives have been achieved.

    3. Form and Timing of Payment . Payment of earned Performance Units shall be made in a single lump sum following the close of the applicable Performance Period. At the discretion of the Committee, Participants may be entitled to receive any dividends declared with respect to Stock which have been earned in connection with grants of Performance Units which have been earned, but not yet distributed to Participants. Subject to compliance with Section 409A of the Code, the Committee may permit or, if it so provides at grant require, a Participant to defer such Participant's receipt of the payment of cash or the delivery of Stock that would otherwise be due to such Participant by virtue of the satisfaction

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      of any requirements or goals with respect to Performance Units. If any such deferral election is required or permitted, the Committee shall establish rules and procedures for such payment deferrals.

    6.6   Stock Grants . Stock Grants shall be awarded solely in recognition of expected contributions to the success of the Company or its Affiliates, as an inducement to employment, and in such other limited circumstances as the Committee deems appropriate. Stock Grants shall be made without forfeiture conditions of any kind.

    6.7   Awards to Participants outside the United States . The Committee may modify the terms of any Award under the Plan, granted to a Participant who is, at the time of grant or during the term of the Award, resident or primarily employed outside of the United States in any manner deemed by the Committee to be necessary or appropriate in order that the Award shall conform to laws, regulations, and customs of the country in which the Participant is then resident or primarily employed, or so that the value and other benefits of the Award to the Participant, as affected by foreign tax laws and other restrictions applicable as a result of the Participant's residence or employment abroad, shall be comparable to the value of such an Award to a Participant who is resident or primarily employed in the United States. The Committee may establish supplements to, or amendments, restatements, or alternative versions of, the Plan for the purpose of granting and administrating any such modified Award. No such modification, supplement, amendment, restatement or alternative version may increase the share limit of Section 3.1.

  1. Adjustment Provisions

    7.1   Adjustment for Corporate Actions . All of the share numbers set forth in the Plan reflect the capital structure of the Company as of the Effective Date. If subsequent to the Effective Date the outstanding shares of Stock (or any other securities covered by the Plan by reason of the prior application of this Section) are increased, decreased, or exchanged for a different number or kind of shares or other securities, or if additional shares or new or different shares or other securities are distributed with respect to shares of Stock, as a result of a reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, or other similar distribution with respect to such shares of Stock, an appropriate and proportionate adjustment will be made in (i) the maximum numbers and kinds of shares provided in Section 3.1, (ii) the numbers and kinds of shares or other securities subject to the then outstanding Awards, (iii) the exercise price for each share or other unit of any other securities subject to then outstanding Stock Rights (without change in the aggregate exercise price as to which such Rights remain exercisable), and (iv) the repurchase price of each share of Restricted Stock then subject to a Risk of Forfeiture in the form of a Company repurchase right.

    7.2   Adjustment of Awards upon the Occurrence of Certain Unusual or Nonrecurring Events . In the event of any corporate action not specifically covered by the preceding Section, including, but not limited to, an extraordinary cash distribution on Stock, a corporate separation or other reorganization or liquidation, the Committee may make such adjustment of outstanding Awards and their terms, if any, as it, in its sole discretion, may deem equitable and appropriate in the circumstances. The Committee also may make adjustments in the terms and conditions of, and the criteria included in, Awards in recognition of unusual or nonrecurring events (including, without limitation, the events

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    described in this Section) affecting the Company or the financial statements of the Company or of changes in applicable laws, regulations, or accounting principles, whenever the Committee determines that such adjustments are appropriate in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan.

    7.3   Related Matters . Any adjustment in Awards made pursuant to Section 7.1 or 7.2 shall be determined and made, if at all, by the Committee, acting in its sole discretion, and shall include any correlative modification of terms, including of Stock Right exercise prices, rates of vesting or exercisability, Risks of Forfeiture, applicable repurchase prices for Restricted Stock, and Performance Goals and other business objectives which the Committee may deem necessary or appropriate so as to ensure the rights of the Participants in their respective Awards are not substantially diminished nor enlarged as a result of the adjustment and corporate action other than as expressly contemplated in this Section 7. The Committee, in its discretion, may determine that no fraction of a share of Stock shall be purchasable or deliverable upon exercise, and in that event if any adjustment hereunder of the number of shares of Stock covered by an Award would cause such number to include a fraction of a share of Stock, such number of shares of Stock shall be adjusted to the nearest smaller whole number of shares. No adjustment of an Option exercise price per share pursuant to Sections 7.1 or 7.2 shall result in an exercise price which is less than the par value of the Stock.

    7.4   Corporate Transactions .

    1. Treatment of Awards in a Corporate Transaction . In a Corporate Transaction, the Committee, in its sole and absolute discretion, may take any one or more of the following actions as to all or any (or any portion of) outstanding Awards.

      1. Assumption and Substitution . Provide that such Awards shall be assumed, or substantially equivalent rights shall be provided in substitution therefor, by the acquiring or succeeding entity (or an affiliate thereof), and that any repurchase or other rights of the Company under each such Award shall inure to the benefit of such acquiring or succeeding entity (or affiliate thereof).

      2. Termination, Forfeiture and Reacquisition . Upon written notice to the holders, provide that:

        1. any unexercised Stock Rights shall terminate immediately prior to the consummation of the Corporate Transaction unless exercised within a specified period following the date of such notice and that any Stock Rights not then exercisable will expire automatically upon consummation of the Corporate Transaction;

        2. any Restricted Stock Units shall terminate and be forfeited immediately prior to the consummation of the Corporate Transaction to the extent they are then subject to a Risk of Forfeiture; and/or

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        1. any shares of Restricted Stock shall automatically be reacquired by the Corporation upon consummation of the Corporate Transaction at a price per share equal to the lesser of the Market Value of the Restricted Stock and the purchase price paid by the Participant.

      1. Acceleration of Vesting . Provide that:

        1. any and all Stock Rights not already exercisable in full shall Accelerate with respect to all or a portion of the shares for which such Stock Rights are not then exercisable prior to or upon the consummation of the Corporate Transaction; and/or

        2. any Risk of Forfeiture applicable to Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units which is not based on achievement of Performance Goals or other business objectives shall lapse upon consummation of the Corporate Transaction with respect to all or a portion of the Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units then subject to such Risk of Forfeiture.

      2. Achievement of Performance Goals . Provide that all outstanding Awards of Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, and/or Performance Units conditioned on the achievement of Performance Goals or other business objectives and the target payout opportunities attainable under outstanding Performance Units shall be deemed to have been satisfied as of the effective date of the Corporate Transaction as to (i) none of, (ii) all of or (iii) a pro rata number of shares based on the assumed achievement of all relevant Performance Goals or other business objectives and the length of time within the Restriction Period or Performance Period which has elapsed prior to the Corporate Transaction. All such Awards of Performance Units and Restricted Stock Units shall be paid to the extent earned to Participants in accordance with their terms within 30 days following the effective date of the Corporate Transaction.

      3. Cash Payments to Holders of Stock Rights . Provide for cash payments, net of applicable tax withholdings, to be made to holders of Stock Rights equal to the excess, if any, of (A) the acquisition price times the number of shares of Stock subject to a Stock Right (to the extent the exercise price does not exceed the acquisition price) over (B) the aggregate exercise price for all such shares of Stock subject to the Stock Right, in exchange for the termination of such Stock Right; provided, that if the acquisition price does not exceed the exercise price of any such Stock Right, the Committee may cancel that Stock Right without the payment of any consideration therefor prior to or upon the Corporate Transaction. For this purpose, "acquisition price" means the amount of cash, and market value of any other consideration, received in payment for a share of Stock surrendered in a Corporate Transaction.

      4. Conversion of Stock Rights upon Liquidation or Dissolution . Provide that, in connection with a liquidation or dissolution of the Company, Stock Rights shall convert into the right to receive liquidation proceeds net of the exercise price thereof and any applicable tax withholdings.

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      1. Any combination of the foregoing.

      None of the foregoing shall apply, however, (i) in the case of an Award Agreement, employment agreement or policy or plan adopted by the Board or the Committee that requires other or additional terms upon a Corporate Transaction (or similar event) and, which, by its terms, takes precedence over the provisions of this Section 7, or (ii) if specifically prohibited under applicable laws, or by the rules and regulations of any governing governmental agencies or national securities exchanges on which the Stock is listed.

    1. Assumption and Substitution of Awards . For purposes of Section 7.4(a)(i) above, an Award shall be considered assumed, or a substantially equivalent award shall be considered to have been provided in substitution therefor, if following consummation of the Corporate Transaction the Award is assumed and/or exchanged or replaced with another award issued by the acquiring or succeeding entity (or an affiliate thereof) that confers the right to purchase or receive the value of, for each share of Stock subject to the Award immediately prior to the consummation of the Corporate Transaction, the consideration (whether cash, securities or other property) received as a result of the Corporate Transaction by holders of Stock for each share of Stock held immediately prior to the consummation of the Corporate Transaction (and if holders were offered a choice of consideration, the type of consideration chosen by the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Stock); provided, however, that if the consideration received as a result of the Corporate Transaction is not solely common stock (or its equivalent) of the acquiring or succeeding entity (or an affiliate thereof), the Committee may provide for the consideration to be received upon the exercise of Award to consist of or be based on solely common stock (or its equivalent) of the acquiring or succeeding entity (or an affiliate thereof) equivalent in value to the per share consideration received by holders of outstanding shares of Stock as a result of the Corporate Transaction.

    2. Related Matters . In taking any of the actions permitted under this Section 7.4, the Committee shall not be obligated to treat all Awards, all Awards held by a Participant, or all Awards of the same type, identically. Any determinations required to carry out the foregoing provisions of this Section 7.4, including, but not limited to, the market value of other consideration received by holders of Stock in a Corporate Transaction and whether substantially equivalent awards have been substituted, shall be made by the Committee acting in its sole and absolute discretion. In connection with any action or actions taken by the Committee in respect of Awards and in connection with a Transaction, the Committee may require such acknowledgements of satisfaction and releases from Participants as it may determine.

  1. Settlement of Awards

    8.1   In General . Awards of Restricted Stock shall be settled in accordance with their terms. All other Awards may be settled in cash, Stock, or other Awards, or a combination thereof, as determined by the Committee at or after grant and subject to any contrary Award Agreement. The Committee may not require settlement of any Award in Stock pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence to the extent issuance of such Stock would be prohibited or unreasonably delayed by reason of any other provision of the Plan.

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    8.2   Violation of Law . Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or the relevant Award Agreement, if, at any time, in the reasonable opinion of the Company, the issuance of shares of Stock covered by an Award may constitute a violation of law, then the Company may delay such issuance and the delivery of a certificate for such shares until (i) approval shall have been obtained from such governmental agencies, other than the Securities and Exchange Commission, as may be required under any applicable law, rule, or regulation and (ii) in the case where such issuance would constitute a violation of a law administered by or a regulation of the Securities and Exchange Commission, one of the following conditions shall have been satisfied:

    1. the shares are at the time of the issue of such shares effectively registered under the Securities Act; or

    2. the Company shall have determined, on such basis as it deems appropriate (including an opinion of counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Company) that the sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance or other disposition of such shares or such beneficial interest, as the case may be, does not require registration under the Securities Act or any applicable State securities laws.

    The Company shall make all reasonable efforts to bring about the occurrence of said events

    8.3   Corporate Restrictions on Rights in Stock . Any Stock to be issued pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan shall be subject to all restrictions upon the transfer thereof which may be now or hereafter imposed by the charter, certificate or articles, or by laws, of the Company. Whenever Stock is to be issued pursuant to an Award, if the Committee so directs at or after grant, the Company shall be under no obligation to issue such shares until such time, if ever, as the recipient of the Award (and any person who exercises any Option, in whole or in part), shall have become a party to and bound by the Stockholders' Agreement, if any. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Plan and the provisions of the Stockholders' Agreement, the provisions of the Stockholders' Agreement shall control, but insofar as possible the provisions of the Plan and such Agreement shall be construed so as to give full force and effect to all such provisions.

    8.4   Investment Representations . The Company shall be under no obligation to issue any shares covered by any Award unless the shares to be issued pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan have been effectively registered under the Securities Act, or the Participant shall have made such written representations to the Company (upon which the Company believes it may reasonably rely) as the Company may deem necessary or appropriate for purposes of confirming that the issuance of such shares will be exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws and otherwise in compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations, including but not limited to that the Participant is acquiring the shares for his or her own account for the purpose of investment and not with a view to, or for sale in connection with, the distribution of any such shares.

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    8.5   Registration . If the Company shall deem it necessary or desirable to register under the Securities Act or other applicable statutes any shares of Stock issued or to be issued pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan, or to qualify any such shares of Stock for exemption from the Securities Act or other applicable statutes, then the Company shall take such action at its own expense. The Company may require from each recipient of an Award, or each holder of shares of Stock acquired pursuant to the Plan, such information in writing for use in any registration statement, prospectus, preliminary prospectus or offering circular as is reasonably necessary for that purpose and may require reasonable indemnity to the Company and its officers and directors from that holder against all losses, claims, damage and liabilities arising from use of the information so furnished and caused by any untrue statement of any material fact therein or caused by the omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made. In addition, the Company may require of any such person that he or she agree that, without the prior written consent of the Company or the managing underwriter in any public offering of shares of Stock, he or she will not sell, make any short sale of, loan, grant any option for the purchase of, pledge or otherwise encumber, or otherwise dispose of, any shares of Stock during the period not to exceed 180 days commencing on the effective date of the registration statement relating to the underwritten public offering of securities. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing provisions of this Section 8.5, if in connection with any underwritten public offering of securities of the Company the managing underwriter of such offering requires that the Company's directors and officers enter into a lock-up agreement containing provisions that are more restrictive than the provisions set forth in the preceding sentence, then (a) each holder of shares of Stock acquired pursuant to the Plan (regardless of whether such person has complied or complies with the provisions of clause (b) below) shall be bound by, and shall be deemed to have agreed to, the same lock-up terms as those to which the Company's directors and officers are required to adhere; and (b) at the request of the Company or such managing underwriter, each such person shall execute and deliver a lock-up agreement in form and substance equivalent to that which is required to be executed by the Company's directors and officers.

    8.6   Placement of Legends; Stop Orders; etc. Each share of Stock to be issued pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan may bear a reference to the investment representations made in accordance with Section 8.4 in addition to any other applicable restrictions under the Plan, the terms of the Award and, if applicable, to the fact that no registration statement has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect to such shares of Stock. All certificates for shares of Stock or other securities delivered under the Plan shall be subject to such stop transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under the rules, regulations, and other requirements of any stock exchange upon which the Stock is then listed, and any applicable federal or state securities law, and the Committee may cause a legend or legends to be put on any such certificates to make appropriate reference to such restrictions.

    8.7   Tax Withholding . Whenever shares of Stock are issued or to be issued pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan, the Company shall have the right to require the recipient to remit to the Company an amount sufficient to satisfy federal, state, local or other withholding tax requirements if, when, and to the extent required by law (whether so required to secure for the Company an otherwise available tax deduction or otherwise) prior to the delivery of any certificate or certificates for such shares. The obligations of the Company

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    under the Plan shall be conditional on satisfaction of all such withholding obligations and the Company 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 recipient of an Award. However, in such cases Participants may elect, subject to the approval of the Committee, acting in its sole discretion, to satisfy an applicable withholding requirement, in whole or in part, by having the Company withhold shares to satisfy their tax obligations. Participants may only elect to have shares withheld having a Market Value on the date the tax is to be determined equal to the minimum statutory total tax which could be imposed on the transaction. All elections shall be irrevocable, made in writing, signed by the Participant, and shall be subject to any restrictions or limitations that the Committee deems appropriate.

    8.8   Company Charter and By-Laws; Other Company Policies . This Plan and all Awards granted under the Plan (including the exercise, settlement or exchange of an Award) are subject to and must comply with the certificate of incorporation and by-laws of the Company, as they may be amended from time to time, and all other Company policies duly adopted by the Board, the Committee or any other committee of the Board as in effect from time to time regarding the acquisition, ownership or sale of Stock by employees and other service providers, including, without limitation, policies intended to limit the potential for insider trading and to avoid or recover compensation payable or paid on the basis of inaccurate financial results or statements, employee conduct, and other similar events.

  1. Reservation of Stock

    The Company shall at all times during the term of the Plan and any outstanding Awards granted hereunder reserve or otherwise keep available such number of shares of Stock as will be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the Plan (if then in effect) and the Awards and shall pay all fees and expenses necessarily incurred by the Company in connection therewith.

  2. Limitation of Rights in Stock; No Special Service Rights

    A Participant shall not be deemed for any purpose to be a stockholder of the Company with respect to any of the shares of Stock subject to an Award, unless and until a certificate shall have been issued therefor and delivered to the Participant or his agent, or if uncertificated shares are to be issued, until such shares have been registered in the name of the Participant on the books of the transfer agent and registrar of the Stock. Any Stock to be issued pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan shall be subject to all restrictions upon the transfer thereof which may be now or hereafter imposed by the certificate of incorporation and the bylaws of the Company. Nothing contained in the Plan or in any Award Agreement shall confer upon any recipient of an Award any right with respect to the continuation of his or her employment or other association with the Company (or any Affiliate), or interfere in any way with the right of the Company (or any Affiliate), subject to the terms of any separate employment or consulting agreement or provision of law or certificate of incorporation or by laws to the contrary, at any time to terminate such employment or consulting agreement or to increase or decrease, or otherwise adjust, the other terms and conditions of the recipient's employment or other association with the Company and its Affiliates.

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  1. Unfunded Status of Plan

    The Plan is intended to constitute an "unfunded" plan for incentive compensation, and the Plan is not intended to constitute a plan subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. With respect to any payments not yet made to a Participant by the Company, nothing contained herein shall give any such Participant any rights that are greater than those of a general creditor of the Company. In its sole discretion, the Committee may authorize the creation of trusts or other arrangements to meet the obligations created under the Plan to deliver Stock or payments with respect to Options, Stock Appreciation Rights and other Awards hereunder, provided, however , that the existence of such trusts or other arrangements is consistent with the unfunded status of the Plan.

  2. Nonexclusivity of the Plan

    Neither the adoption of the Plan by the Board nor any action taken in connection with the adoption or operation of the Plan shall be construed as creating any limitations on the power of the Board to adopt such other incentive arrangements as it may deem desirable, including without limitation, the granting of stock options and restricted stock other than under the Plan, and such arrangements may be either applicable generally or only in specific cases.

  3. Termination and Amendment of the Plan

    The Independent Board may at any time terminate the Plan or make such modifications of the Plan as it shall deem advisable. Unless the Independent Board otherwise expressly provides, no amendment of the Plan shall affect the terms of any Award outstanding on the date of such amendment. In any case, no termination or amendment of the Plan may, without the consent of any recipient of an Award granted hereunder, adversely affect the rights of the recipient under such Award.

    The Committee may amend the terms of any Award theretofore granted, prospectively or retroactively, provided that the Award as amended is consistent with the terms of the Plan, but no such amendment shall impair the rights of the recipient of such Award without his or her consent.

  4. Notices and Other Communications

    Any notice, demand, request or other communication hereunder to any party shall be deemed to be sufficient if contained in a written instrument delivered in person or duly sent by first class registered, certified or overnight mail, postage prepaid, or by electronic mail with a confirmation copy by regular, certified or overnight mail, addressed, as the case may be, (i) if to the recipient of an Award, at his or her residence address last filed with the Company and (ii) if to the Company, at its principal place of business, addressed to the attention of its Chief Financial Officer, or to such other address or electronic mail address, as the case may be, as the addressee may have designated by notice to the addressor. All such notices, requests, demands and other communications shall be deemed to have been received: (i) in the case of personal delivery, on the date of such delivery; and (ii) in all other cases, when received by the addressee in accordance with the foregoing requirements.

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  1. No Guarantee of Tax Consequences

    Neither the Company nor any Affiliate, nor any director, officer, agent, representative or employee of either, guarantees to the Participant or any other person any particular tax consequences as a result of the grant of, exercise of rights under, or payment in respect of an Award, including, but not limited to, that the provisions and penalties of Section 409A of the Code, pertaining to non-qualified plans of deferred compensation, will or will not apply.

  2. Administrative Provisions

    Nothing contained in the Plan shall require the issuance or delivery of certificates for any period during which the Company has elected to maintain or caused to be maintained the evidence of ownership of its shares of Stock, either generally or in the case of Stock acquired pursuant to Awards, by book entry, and all references herein to such actions or to certificates shall be interpreted accordingly in light of the systems maintained for that purpose. Furthermore, any reference herein to actions to be taken or notices (including of grants of Awards) to be provided in writing or pursuant to specific procedures may be satisfied by means of and pursuant to any electronic or automated voice response systems the Company may elect to establish for such purposes, either by itself or through the services of a third party, for the period such systems are in effect.

  3. Governing Law

    It is intended that all Awards shall be granted and maintained on a basis which ensures they are exempt from, or otherwise compliant with, the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and the Plan shall be governed, interpreted and enforced consistent with such intent. Neither the Committee nor the Company, nor any of its Affiliates or its or their officers, employees, agents, or representatives, shall have any liability or responsibility for any adverse federal, state or local tax consequences and penalty taxes which may result the grant or settlement of any Award on a basis contrary to the provisions of Section 409A of the Code or comparable provisions of any applicable state or local income tax laws. The Plan and all Award Agreements and actions taken thereunder otherwise shall be governed, interpreted and enforced in accordance with the laws of the state of California, without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof.

 

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Exhibit 10.24

STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

Under The

8x8, INC. 2017 NEW EMPLOYEE INDUCEMENT INCENTIVE PLAN

8X8, INC., a Delaware corporation (the " Company "), has granted you (the " Optionee ") the option (the " Option ") to purchase all or any part of the total number of shares (the " Shares ") of common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share (" Common Stock "), set forth below, at the price per Share (" Option Price ") set forth below, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Stock Option Agreement (the " Agreement "). The Option has been granted as an inducement material to the Optionee's entering into employment with the Company, and in all respects subject to such employment and all other terms and conditions of this Agreement. By accepting the Option, you are agreeing that you and your spouse or domestic partner are bound by all of the terms of the Agreement with respect to such Option grant.

Name of Optionee:

_______________________________________

Grant Date:

_______________________________________

Number of Shares:

_______________________________________

Option Price:

_______________________________________

Vesting Commencement Date:

_______________________________________

  1. Nature of the Option . The Option is not intended to be an "incentive stock option" within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code. The Option is granted pursuant to the Company's 2017 New Employee Inducement Incentive Plan (the " Plan "). All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Plan, which provisions are incorporated into this Agreement by this reference. The Optionee confirms and acknowledges that the Optionee has received and reviewed a copy of the Plan.
  2. Vesting and Exercise of Option . The Option shall vest and become exercisable during its term in accordance with the following provisions:
    1. Vesting and Right of Exercise .
      1. The Option shall vest and become exercisable with respect to one-fourth of the Shares at the first anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date (as set forth above) and as to one thirty-sixth of the remaining Shares subject to the Option at the end of each successive month thereafter until all of the Shares subject to the Option have vested, subject to the Optionee's continued employment or other association with the Company.

      1. In the event of the Optionee's death, disability or other termination of employment or other association with the Company, the Option shall be exercisable in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 5.3 of the Plan.
      2. No fraction of a Share shall be purchasable or deliverable upon exercise, but in the event any adjustment hereunder of the number of Shares covered by the Option shall cause such number to include a fraction of a Share, such number of Shares shall be adjusted to the nearest smaller whole number of Shares.

    1. Method of Exercise . In order to exercise any portion of this Option which has vested, the Optionee shall notify the Company in writing of the election to exercise the Option and the number of Shares in respect of which the Option is being exercised, by executing and delivering the Notice of Exercise of Stock Option in the form attached hereto as Appendix I.
    2. Restrictions on Exercise . This Option may only be exercised with respect any portion hereof which has vested in accordance with subsection (a) above. This Option may not be exercised if the issuance of the Shares upon such exercise or the method of payment of consideration for such Shares would constitute a violation of any applicable federal or state securities law or other law or regulation. Furthermore, the method and manner of payment of the Option Price will be subject to the rules under Part 221 of Title 12 of the Code of Federal Regulations as promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board if such rules apply to the Company at the date of exercise. As a condition to the exercise of this Option, the Company may require the Optionee to make any representation or warranty to the Company at the time of exercise of this Option as in the opinion of legal counsel for the Company may be required by any applicable law or regulation, including the execution and delivery of an appropriate representation statement.

  1. Non-Transferability of Option . This Option may be exercised during the lifetime of the Optionee only by the Optionee and may not be transferred in any manner other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. The terms of this Option shall be binding upon the executors, administrators, heirs and successors of the Optionee.
  2. Method of Payment . Payment of the aggregate Option Price shall be by any of the following, or a combination thereof, at the election of the Optionee:
    1. cash;
    2. check payable to the Company;
    3. delivery to the Company of shares of Common Stock having a Market Value equal to the Option Price of the Shares to be purchased; or
    4. surrender of the Option as to all or part of the Shares for which the Option is then exercisable in exchange for shares of Common Stock having an aggregate Market Value equal to the difference between (i) the aggregate Market Value of the surrendered portion of the Option and (ii) the aggregate Option Price for the surrendered portion of the Option.

    If the Common Stock is traded on an established market, payment of the Option Price may also be made through and under the terms and conditions of any formal cashless exercise program authorized by the Company entailing the sale of Shares subject to the Option in a brokered transaction (other than to the Company).

  1. Adjustment for Corporate Actions . If subsequent to the Grant Date the outstanding shares of Common Stock are increased, decreased, or exchanged for a different number or kind of shares or other securities, or if additional shares or new or different shares or other securities are distributed with respect to shares of Common Stock, as a result of a reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, or other similar distribution with respect to such shares of Common Stock, an appropriate and proportionate adjustment will be made in (i) the number and kind of shares or other securities then subject to the Option and (ii) the exercise price for each share or other unit of any other securities then subject to the Option (without change in the aggregate Option Price as to which the Option remains exercisable).
  2. Treatment of Option in a Corporate Transaction. In a Corporate Transaction, the Committee, in its sole and absolute discretion, may take any one or more of the following actions as to the Option:
    1. Assumption and Substitution. Provide that the Option shall be assumed, or substantially equivalent rights shall be provided in substitution therefor, by the acquiring or succeeding entity (or an affiliate thereof).
    2. Termination. Upon written notice to the Optionee, provide that the Option shall terminate immediately prior to the consummation of the Corporate Transaction unless exercised within a specified period following the date of such notice and that any portion of the Option not then exercisable will expire automatically upon consummation of the Corporate Transaction.
    3. Acceleration of Vesting. Provide that the portion of the Option not already exercisable in full shall Accelerate with respect to all or a portion of the Shares for which the Option is not then exercisable prior to or upon the consummation of the Corporate Transaction
    4. Cash Payment to Optionee. Provide for a cash payment, net of applicable tax withholdings, to be made to the Optionee equal to the excess, if any, of (A) the acquisition price times the number of Shares subject to the Option (to the extent the Option Price does not exceed the acquisition price) over (B) the aggregate Option Price for all such Shares subject to the Option, in exchange for the termination of the Option; provided, that if the acquisition price does not exceed the Option Price, the Committee may cancel the Option without the payment of any consideration therefor prior to or upon the Corporate Transaction. For this purpose, "acquisition price" means the amount of cash, and market value of any other consideration, received in payment for a share of Common Stock surrendered in a Corporate Transaction.
    5. Conversion Upon Liquidation or Dissolution. Provide that, in connection with a liquidation or dissolution of the Company, the Option shall convert into the right to receive liquidation proceeds net of the Option Price and any applicable tax withholdings.
    6. Any combination of the foregoing.

    None of the foregoing shall apply, however, if specifically prohibited under applicable laws, or by the rules and regulations of any governing governmental agencies or national securities exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed.


  1. Term of Option . This Option may not be exercised more than [ ten (10) ] years from the Grant Date set forth above, and may be exercised during such term only in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
  2. Not Employment Contract . Nothing in this Agreement shall confer upon the Optionee any right to continue in the employ of the Company or shall interfere with or restrict in any way the rights of the Company, which are hereby expressly reserved, to discharge the Optionee at any time for any reason whatsoever, with or without cause, subject to the provisions of applicable law.
  3. Income Tax Withholding .
    1. The Optionee authorizes the Company to withhold in accordance with applicable law from any compensation payable to him or her any taxes required to be withheld by federal, state or local laws as a result of the exercise of this Option.
    2. Any adverse consequences incurred by an Optionee with respect to the use of shares of Common Stock to pay any part of the Option Price or of any tax in connection with the exercise of the Option shall be the sole responsibility of the Optionee.

  4. Community Property. Without prejudice to the actual rights of the spouses as between each other, for all purposes of this Agreement, the Optionee shall be treated as agent and attorney-in-fact for that interest held or claimed by the Optionee's spouse with respect to this Option and any Shares and the parties hereto shall act in all matters as if the Optionee was the sole owner of this Option and (following exercise) any such Shares. This appointment is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable.
  5. Miscellaneous .
    1. Notice under this Agreement shall be given to the Company at its principal place of business, and shall be given to the Optionee at the address set forth below, or in either case at such other address as one party may subsequently furnish to the other party in writing.
    2. This Agreement does not confer upon the Optionee any rights with respect to continuation of employment by the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
    3. The Committee may amend the terms of this Agreement, prospectively or retroactively, provided that the Agreement as amended is consistent with the terms of the Plan, but no such amendment shall impair the Optionee's rights under this Agreement without the Optionee's consent.
    4. This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of California, without regard to the conflicts of laws principles thereof.
    5. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of any successor or assign of the Company and any executor, administrator, trustee, guardian or other legal representative of the Optionee.
    6. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts. This Agreement and the Plan together constitute the entire agreement between the parties relative to the subject matter of this Agreement, and supersede all communications, whether written or oral, relating to the subject matter of this Agreement.

THIS AGREEMENT is binding upon the parties and entered into effective as of the Grant Date set forth above.

8x8, Inc.

 

By: ___________________________________

Name:

Title:

_______________________________________

Signature of Optionee

Optionee's Address:

 


 

Exhibit 10.25

NOTICE OF GRANT OF RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AND AGREEMENT

UNDER THE

8X8, INC. 2017 NEW EMPLOYEE INDUCEMENT INCENTIVE PLAN

Name of Participant:

_______________________________________

Award Date:

_______________________________________

Number of RSUs (at 100% of Attainment):

_______________________________________

Vesting Commencement Date:

_______________________________________

8x8, Inc. (the " Company ") has granted you (the " Participant ") an award (the " Award ") of the number of Restricted Stock Units (" RSUs ") (as defined in the Company's 2017 New Employee Inducement Incentive Plan (the " Plan ")) to obtain shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the " Common Stock ") as set forth in this Notice of Grant of Restricted Stock Unit Award and Agreement (the " Agreement ") and the Plan. The RSUs have been granted as an inducement material to the Participant's entering into employment with the Company, and in all respects subject to such employment and all other terms and conditions of this Agreement. By accepting this grant, the Participant is agreeing that the Participant and the Participant's spouse or domestic partner are bound by all of the terms of this Agreement with respect to such Award, and the Participant: (a) acknowledges receipt of and represents that the Participant has read and is familiar with this Agreement and the Plan in the form most recently prepared in connection with the registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission of shares issuable pursuant to the Plan, (b) accepts the grant subject to all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Plan and (c) agrees to accept as binding, conclusive and final all decisions or interpretations of the Committee upon any questions arising under this Agreement or the Plan.

  1. Vesting
  2. No portion of the shares of Common Stock that the Participant is entitled to receive will be issued until such portion has vested. The RSUs shall vest as provided in this Agreement, provided in each case that the Participant is then, and since the Award Date has remained, in continued employment or other association with the Company.

    Over four (4) years in accordance with the following schedule:  one fourth (1/4) of such shares on each of the first four anniversaries of the Vesting Commencement Date.

  3. Issuance of Common Stock
    1. Each vested RSU entitles the Participant to receive one share of Common Stock.
    2. As soon as practicable following the vesting of RSUs but in any event no later than 2½ months following the calendar year in which such RSUs vested (or any earlier date, after vesting, required to avoid characterization as non-qualified deferred compensation under Section 409A of the Code), the shares of Common Stock underlying the vested RSUs (the " Shares ") will be delivered to the Participant, subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, including Section 8 thereof.

    1. Until such time as any Shares have been issued to the Participant pursuant to Section 2(b) above, the Participant shall not have any rights as a holder of shares of Common Stock underlying the RSUs, including, but not limited to, voting rights, rights to receive dividends and other distributions with respect to Common Stock, and stockholder inspection rights.

  1. Termination of Continuous Employment
  2. The Participant's right in any RSUs that are not vested as of the date on which the Participant's continued employment or other association with the Company has ceased shall automatically terminate on such date, and such RSUs shall be canceled as provided under the Plan and shall be of no further force and effect. In the event of the termination of Participant's continued employment or other association with the Company, the Company, as soon as practicable following the effective date of termination, shall issue shares of Common Stock to the Participant (or the Participant's designated beneficiary or estate executor in the event of Participant's death) with respect to any RSUs which, as of the effective date of termination of such employment or other association, have vested but for which shares of Common Stock had not yet been issued to the Participant.

  3. Incorporation of General Terms and Conditions
  4. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Award shall be subject to and governed by all the terms and conditions of the Plan. Capitalized terms in this Agreement shall have the meaning specified in the Plan, unless a different meaning is specified in this Agreement.

  5. Transferability
  6. This Agreement is personal to the Participant, 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 Award is available, during the Participant's lifetime, only to the Participant, and thereafter, only to the Participant's designated beneficiary.

  7. Not Employment Contract
  8. Nothing in this Agreement shall confer upon the Participant any right to continue in the employ of the Company or shall interfere with or restrict in any way the rights of the Company, which are hereby expressly reserved, to discharge the Participant at any time for any reason whatsoever, with or without cause, subject to the provisions of applicable law.

  9. Adjustment for Corporate Actions
  10. If subsequent to the Award Date the outstanding shares of Common Stock are increased, decreased, or exchanged for a different number or kind of shares or other securities, or if additional shares or new or different shares or other securities are distributed with respect to shares of Common Stock, as a result of a reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, or other similar distribution with respect to such shares of Common Stock, an appropriate and proportionate adjustment will be made in the numbers and kinds of shares or other securities then subject to the Award.

  11. Treatment of Award in a Corporate Transaction
  12. In a Corporate Transaction, the Committee, in its sole and absolute discretion, may take any one or more of the following actions as to the Award:


    1. Assumption and Substitution. Provide that the Award shall be assumed, or substantially equivalent rights shall be provided in substitution therefor, by the acquiring or succeeding entity (or an affiliate thereof).
    2. Termination and Forfeiture. Upon written notice to Participant, provide that any RSUs subject to the Award shall terminate and be forfeited immediately prior to the consummation of the Corporate Transaction to the extent they are then subject to a Risk of Forfeiture.
    3. Acceleration of Vesting. Provide that any Risk of Forfeiture applicable to RSUs which is not based on achievement of Performance Goals or other business objectives shall lapse upon consummation of the Corporate Transaction with respect to all or a portion of the RSUs then subject to such Risk of Forfeiture.
    4. Achievement of Performance Goals. If the Award is conditioned on the achievement of Performance Goals or other business objectives, provide that such Performance Goals or objectives and the target payout opportunities shall be deemed to have been satisfied as of the effective date of the Corporate Transaction as to (i) none, (ii) all or (iii) a pro rata number of Shares based on the assumed achievement of all relevant Performance Goals or other business objectives and the length of time within the Restriction Period or Performance Period which has elapsed prior to the Corporate Transaction.
    5. Any combination of the foregoing.
    6. None of the foregoing shall apply, however, if specifically prohibited under applicable laws, or by the rules and regulations of any governing governmental agencies or national securities exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed.

  1. Tax Withholding
  2. The Participant hereby authorizes the Company to withhold shares of Common Stock from the Shares to be issued pursuant hereto in order to satisfy the minimum tax withholding obligation with respect to Participant.

  3. Tax Consequences
  4. The Company makes no representation or warranty as to the tax treatment to the Participant of the Participant's receipt of the Award or vesting of RSUs or upon the Participant's sale or other disposition of the Common Stock issued pursuant to the RSUs. The Participant should rely on his or her own tax advisors for all such advice.

  5. Community Property
  6. Without prejudice to the actual rights of the spouses as between each other, for all purposes of this Agreement, the Participant shall be treated as agent and attorney-in-fact for that interest held or claimed by the Participant's spouse with respect to the RSUs and Shares issued upon settlement of such RSUs and the parties hereto shall act in all matters as if the Participant was the sole owner of the RSUs and Shares. This appointment is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable.

  7. Miscellaneous
    1. Notice under this Agreement shall be given to the Company at its principal place of business, and shall be given to the Participant at the address set forth below, or in either case at such other address as one party may subsequently furnish to the other party in writing.

    1. This Agreement does not confer upon the Participant any rights with respect to continuation of employment by the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
    2. The Committee may amend the terms of this Agreement, prospectively or retroactively, provided that the Agreement as amended is consistent with the terms of the Plan, but no such amendment shall impair the Participant's rights under this Agreement without the Participant's consent.
    3. This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of California, without regard to the conflicts of laws principles thereof.
    4. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of any successor or assign of the Company and any executor, administrator, trustee, guardian or other legal representative of the Participant.
    5. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts. This Agreement and the Plan together constitute the entire agreement between the parties relative to the subject matter of this Agreement, and supersede all communications, whether written or oral, relating to the subject matter of this Agreement.

THIS AGREEMENT is binding upon the parties and entered into effective as of the Award Date set forth above.

8x8, Inc.

 

By: ___________________________________
Name: Mary Ellen Genovese

Title: Chief Financial Officer

_______________________________________
Signature of Participant

Participant's Address: