UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 2, 2018

 

 

Tyme Technologies, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-38169   45-3864597

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

44 Wall Street – 12th Floor

New York, New York 10005

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(646) 205-1603

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

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

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1934 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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.  ☐

 

 

 


Introductory Comment – Use of Terminology

 

Throughout this Current Report on Form 8-K, the terms “the Company,” “we” and “our” refers to Tyme Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Tyme ”).

 

Item 3.03 Material Modifications to Rights of Shareholders.

Effective April 2, 2018, the Company amended its Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation to (1) implement a classified Board of Directors, (2) authorize the Board of Directors to exclusively fill any and all vacancies occurring on the Board, (3) authorize the Board of Directors to exclusively have the power to change, and set, the size of the Board, and authorize the Board of Directors to exclusively have the power to call a special meeting of stockholders (the “ Charter Amendment ”). The Company also amended and restated its By-Laws (the “ Amended and Restated By-Laws ”) with corresponding changes consistent with the Charter Amendment and updates to the director nomination provisions and advance notice of stockholder-proposed business provisions, including requirements for stockholders proposing such items to provide disclosure about derivative or short positions, among other things.

As previously disclosed in the Company’s definitive information statement filed March 9, 2018 (the “ Information Statement ”), the Charter Amendment was approved and adopted by the written consent of a majority of the stockholders of the Company in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, and the Company’s By-Laws.

The summaries of the Charter Amendment and Amended and Restated By-Laws set forth in this report do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the text of the Charter Amendment and Amended and Restated By-Laws, copies of which are being filed hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and Exhibit 3.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

The information in Item 3.03 is incorporated into this Item 5.03 by reference.

 

Item 8.01 Other Events.

As previously disclosed in the Information Statement, the Company has adopted an amendment to its 2015 Equity Incentive Plan and has amended and restated its 2016 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors. Those documents are attached hereto as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 Attached hereto as exhibit 99.3 and 99.4 are forms of award agreements to be used in connection with grants of awards under such plans.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description

  3.1    Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Tyme Technologies, Inc., effective April 2, 2018.
  3.2    Amended and Restated By-Laws of Tyme Technologies, Inc., effective April 2, 2018.
99.1    Amendment No. 2 to the Tyme Technologies, Inc. 2015 Equity Incentive Plan, effective February 5, 2018.
99.2    Amended and Restated 2016 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors, effective February 5, 2018.
99.3    Form of Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement under the Tyme Technologies, Inc. 2015 Equity Incentive Plan
99.4    Form of Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement under the Tyme Technologies, Inc. 2016 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    Tyme Technologies, Inc.
Dated: April 2, 2018     By:  

/s/ Ben R. Taylor

      Ben R. Taylor, President and Chief Financial Officer

Exhibit 3.1

Certificate of Amendment

of

Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation

of

Tyme Technologies, Inc.

Tyme Technologies, Inc. (the “ Corporation ”), a corporation organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “ DGCL ”), hereby adopts this Certificate of Amendment (this “ Certificate of Amendment ”), which amends its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “ Certificate of Incorporation ”), as described below, and does hereby further certify that:

1.    The Board of Directors of the Corporation duly adopted a resolution proposing and declaring advisable the amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation described herein, and the Corporation’s stockholders duly adopted such amendment, all in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the DGCL.

2.    Article 6 of the Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended by amending and restating such article in its entirety as follows:

6.1     Meetings of Stockholders .

(a)     Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of the stockholders for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting shall be held at such date, time and place, if any, as shall be determined solely by the resolution of, the board of directors in its sole and absolute discretion.

(b)     Special Meetings. Subject to the rights of the holders of one or more series of preferred stock then outstanding and having a preference over the Common Stock as to dividends or upon liquidation as provided for or fixed pursuant to the provisions of Article 4, a special meeting of the stockholders shall be called only by, and in accordance with, the resolution of the board of directors in its sole and absolute discretion.

6.2     Number; Class; and Term of Directors .

Number of Directors . The business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by, or under the direction of, the board of directors. The total number of directors constituting the entire board of directors of the corporation shall be fixed from time to time by the board of directors in its sole and absolute discretion.

Classes of Directors . The board of directors shall be and is divided into three classes, as nearly equal in number as possible, designated: Class I, Class II and Class III. In case of any


increase or decrease, from time to time, in the number of directors, the number of directors in each class shall be apportioned as nearly equal as possible. No decrease in the number of directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.

Election; Terms of Office . Except as otherwise provided by, and subject to the terms of this Article 6, a nominee for director shall be elected to the Board of Directors by a plurality of votes cast at an annual meeting of stockholders. Except for the terms of such additional directors, if any, as elected by the holders of any series of preferred stock and as provided for or fixed pursuant to the provisions of Article 4 hereof, each director shall serve for a term ending on the date of the third annual meeting following the annual meeting at which such director was elected; provided , that each director initially appointed to Class I shall serve for an initial term expiring at the corporation’s first annual meeting of stockholders following the effectiveness of this provision; each director initially appointed to Class II shall serve for an initial term expiring at the corporation’s second annual meeting of stockholders following the effectiveness of this provision; and each director initially appointed to Class III shall serve for an initial term expiring at the corporation’s third annual meeting of stockholders following the effectiveness of this provision; provided further , that the term of each director shall continue until the election and qualification of a successor and be subject to such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal.

Removal . Any director or the entire board of directors may be removed from office only for cause and only by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the total voting power of the outstanding shares of the capital stock of the corporation entitled to vote in any annual election of directors or class of directors, voting together as a single class, provided , however, removal of additional directors, if any, elected by the holders of any series of preferred stock shall be governed in accordance with the terms of such preferred stock provided for, or fixed pursuant to, the provisions of Article 4 hereof.

Vacancies . Subject to the rights of the holders of one or more series of preferred stock then outstanding as provided for or fixed pursuant to the provisions of Article 4, vacancies on the board of directors by reason of death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office, or otherwise, and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors shall be solely and exclusively filled by (1) a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or (2) by a sole remaining director, if applicable, or (3) only in the case where there are no directors then in office, by the stockholders. A director elected to fill a vacancy or a newly created directorship shall hold office until the next election of the class for which such director shall have been chosen, subject to the election and qualification of a successor and to such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal.

6.3     No Cumulative Voting . Except as otherwise fixed pursuant to the provisions of Article 4 hereof relating to the rights of holders of any class or series of Preferred Stock, no holder of stock or of any class or series thereof shall be entitled to cumulative voting.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Tyme Technologies, Inc. has caused this Certificate of Amendment to be executed by the undersigned officer, on this the 2nd day of April, 2018.

 

TYME TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

By:  

/s/ Steve Hoffman

Name:   Steve Hoffman
Title:   Chief Executive Officer

Exhibit 3.2

AMENDED AND RESTATED

BY-LAWS

OF

TYME TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

(Incorporated Under the Laws of

the State of Delaware)

(effective April 2, 2018)

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

Tyme Technologies, Inc. (the “Corporation”) shall maintain a registered office in the State of Delaware. The Corporation may also have other offices at such places, either within or without the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate or the business of the Corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

STOCKHOLDERS

Section 1. Place of Meetings . Meetings of the stockholders for the election of directors or for any other purpose shall be held on such date, at such time and at such place, either within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof. Only if so determined by the Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, (a) stockholders may, by means of remote communication, participate in a meeting of stockholders and be deemed present in person and vote thereat and/or (b) a meeting of stockholders may be held not at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication, both as provided in the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”).

Section 2. Annual Meeting . The Annual Meeting of Stockholders shall be held on such date and at such time as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting, at which meeting the stockholders shall elect by a plurality vote a Board of Directors and transact only such other business as is properly brought before the meeting in accordance with these By-Laws. Notice of the Annual Meeting, stating the place (if any), date and hour of the meeting, the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, and the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote and to receive notice of the meeting shall be given as permitted by law to each stockholder not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting.

Section 3. Special Meetings . Unless otherwise prescribed by law or the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (such Certificate, as amended from time to time, including resolutions adopted from time to time by the Board of Directors establishing the designation, rights, preferences and other terms of any class or series of capital stock, the “Certificate of Incorporation”), special meetings of the stockholders shall be called only by, and in accordance with, the duly adopted resolution of the Board of Directors. Notice of a Special Meeting stating the place (if any), date and hour of the meeting, the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote and to receive notice of the meeting, and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting. Only such business as is specified in the notice of special meeting shall come before such meeting.


Section 4. Quorum . Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, the holders of shares of capital stock issued and outstanding entitled to vote thereat representing at least a majority of the votes entitled to be cast thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders for the transaction of business. Whether or not a quorum is present, the chairman of the meeting, or the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present or represented by proxy, holding shares representing at least a majority of the votes so present or represented and entitled to be cast thereon, shall have the power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting. When a quorum is once present, it is not broken by the subsequent withdrawal of any stockholder.

Section 5. Appointment of Inspectors of Election . The Board of Directors shall, in advance of sending to the stockholders any notice of a meeting of the holders of any class of shares, appoint one or more inspectors of election (“inspectors”) to act at such meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof and make a written report thereof. The Board of Directors may designate one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. If no inspector or alternate is so appointed or if no inspector or alternate is able to act, the Chairman of the Board, or if none, the Secretary shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at such meeting. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of such inspector’s duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of such inspector’s ability. The inspectors shall not be directors, officers or employees of the Corporation.

Section 6. Voting . Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder of record of any class or series of stock other than the Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Corporation (“Common Stock”) shall be entitled on each matter submitted to a vote at each meeting of stockholders to such number of votes for each share of such stock as may be fixed in the Certificate of Incorporation, and each stockholder of record of Common Stock shall be entitled at each meeting of stockholders to one vote for each share of such stock, in each case, registered in such stockholder’s name on the books of the Corporation on the date fixed pursuant to Section 5 of Article VI of these By-Laws as the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at such meeting, or if no such record date shall have been so fixed, then at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice of such meeting is given.

Each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting may vote either in person or by proxy duly appointed.

At all meetings of stockholders all matters, except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, shall be determined by the affirmative vote of the stockholders present in person or represented by proxy holding shares representing at least a majority of the votes so present or represented and entitled to be cast thereon, and where a separate vote by class is required, a majority of the votes represented by the shares of the stockholders of such class present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to be cast thereon shall be the act of such class. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, the Board of Directors, when establishing a matter to be voted at a meeting of stockholders, may establish a voting requirement greater than the voting requirement set forth in the immediately preceding sentence with respect to such matter.

The vote on any matter, including the election of directors, shall be by written ballot, or, if authorized by the Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, by electronic ballot given in accordance with a procedure set out in the notice of such meeting. Each ballot shall state the number of shares voted.

 

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Proxy cards solicited by the Corporation or the Board of Directors shall be returned in envelopes addressed to the inspectors, any transfer agent with respect to capital stock of the Corporation and/or any third party, as determined from time-to-time by the Board of Directors, who shall receive, inspect and tabulate the proxies. Comments on proxies, consents or ballots shall be transcribed and provided to the Secretary with the name and address of the stockholder. Nothing in this Article II shall prohibit the inspector from making available to the Corporation, prior to, during or after any annual or special meeting, information as to which stockholders have not voted and periodic status reports on the aggregate vote.

Unless otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested.

Section 7. List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote . The officer of the Corporation who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Nothing contained in this Section shall require the Corporation to include electronic mail addresses or other electronic contact information on such list. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting, either (i) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting, or (ii) during ordinary business hours, at the principal place of business of the Corporation. In the event that the Corporation determines to make the list available on an electronic network, the Corporation may take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is available only to stockholders of the Corporation. If the meeting is to be held at a place, the list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof and may be inspected by any stockholder of the Corporation who is present. If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, then the list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting at the principal place of business of the Corporation and on any reasonably accessible electronic network that the Corporation made available under this Section 7.

Section 8. Stock Ledger . The stock ledger of the Corporation shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list required by Section 7 of this Article II or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

Section 9. Advance Notice of Stockholder-Proposed Business at Annual Meeting .

(a)    At any Annual Meeting of Stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before the meeting. To be properly brought before the Annual Meeting, business must be (1) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, (2) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (3) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a stockholder of record.

 

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For business to be properly brought before an Annual Meeting by a stockholder, (i) if such business relates to the nomination of a person for election as a director of the Corporation, the procedures in Article II, Section 10 must be complied with and (ii) if such business relates to any other matter, the business must constitute a proper matter under these By-Laws and Delaware law for stockholder action and such stockholder must (x) have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation in accordance with the procedures of Section 9(b) below, (y) be a stockholder of record as of the date of the giving of the notice required by this Section 9 and on the record date for the determination of stockholders eligible to vote at the Annual Meeting, and (z) be entitled to vote at such Annual Meeting.

(b)    To be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be received in writing by the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than ninety (90) nor more than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the one year anniversary of the date of the Annual Meeting of the previous year; provided, however, that in the event that the Annual Meeting is called for a date that is not within thirty (30) days before or after such anniversary date, or if no Annual Meeting was held in the previous year, notice by the stockholder in order to be timely must be so received not earlier than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to such Annual Meeting and not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which notice of the date of the Annual Meeting was mailed or public disclosure of the date of the Annual Meeting was made, whichever first occurs. In no event shall the adjournment or postponement of an Annual Meeting (or the public disclosure thereof) commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder notice.

A stockholder’s notice to the Secretary pursuant to this Section 9 shall set forth: (A) as to each matter the stockholder proposes to bring before the Annual Meeting (1) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the Annual Meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the Annual Meeting, and (2) the text of the proposal (including the exact text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and, in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend the By-Laws, the exact text of the proposed amendment), and (B) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is being made (1) the name and address, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, of the stockholder proposing such business and of such beneficial owner, (2) the class and number of shares of the Corporation that are, directly or indirectly, owned, beneficially or of record, by such stockholder and such beneficial owner, (3) a description of any material interest of such stockholder or such beneficial owner and the respective affiliates and associates of, or others acting in concert with, such stockholder or such beneficial owner in such business, (4) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between or among such stockholder and/or such beneficial owner and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business or who may participate in the solicitation of proxies in favor of such proposal, (5) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any derivative or short positions, swaps, profit interests, options, warrants, convertible securities, stock appreciation or similar rights, hedging transactions, and borrowed or loaned shares) that has been entered into by, or on behalf of, such stockholder or such beneficial owner, the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to, manage risk or benefit of share price changes for, or increase or decrease the voting power of, such stockholder or such beneficial owner with respect to shares of stock of the Corporation, (6) any other information relating to such stockholder and such beneficial owner that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for the business proposed pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) (or any successor provision or law) or applicable law, (7) a representation that such stockholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting to bring such business before the meeting and (8) a representation whether such stockholder and/or such beneficial owner intends or is part of a group that intends (x) to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporation’s outstanding capital stock required to approve or adopt the proposal (and such representation shall be included in any such proxy statement and form of proxy) and/or (y) otherwise to solicit proxies or votes from stockholders in support of such proposal (and such representation shall be included in any such solicitation materials). Not later than 10 days after the record date for the meeting, the information required by Items (A)(2) and (B)(1)-(6) of the prior sentence shall be supplemented by the stockholder giving the notice to provide updated information as of the record date. Notwithstanding anything in these By-Laws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at any Annual Meeting of stockholders except in accordance with the procedures in this Section 9; provided that any stockholder proposal that complies with Rule 14a-8 of the proxy rules (or any successor provision) promulgated under the Exchange Act and is to be included in the corporation’s proxy statement for an Annual Meeting of stockholders shall be deemed to comply with the notice requirements of this Section 9(b). A stockholder shall not have complied with this Section 9(b) if the stockholder (or beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made) solicits or does not solicit, as the case may be, proxies in support of such stockholder’s proposal in contravention of the representations with respect thereto required by this Section 9.

(c)     The Chairman of an Annual Meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that business was not properly brought before the meeting in accordance with the provisions of this Section 9 and if he should so determine, he shall so declare to the meeting and any such business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted.

(d)    Except as otherwise required by law, nothing in this Section 9 shall obligate the Corporation or Board of Directors to include in any proxy statement or other stockholder communication distributed on behalf of the Corporation or the Board of Directors information with respect to any proposal submitted by a stockholder.

(e)    Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 9, unless otherwise required by law, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the Annual Meeting to present business, such business shall not be considered, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such business may have been received by the Corporation.

(f)    For purposes of this Section 9, to be considered a “qualified representative of the stockholder,” a person must be authorized by a written instrument executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such written instrument or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the written instrument or electronic transmission, at the meeting of stockholders.

(g)    For purposes of this Section 9, “public disclosure” shall include disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

Section 10. Nomination of Directors; Advance Notice of Stockholder Nominations .

(a)    Except for persons elected in accordance with Article III, Section 2 of these By-Laws to fill a vacancy or newly created directorship, only persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 10 shall be eligible for election as directors at a meeting of stockholders. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the Corporation at the Annual Meeting or at any special meeting of stockholders called in the manner set forth in Article II, Section 3 hereof for the purpose of electing directors may be made (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, (ii) by any nominating committee or person appointed for such purpose by the Board of Directors, or (iii) by any stockholder of record of the Corporation who (x) timely complies with the notice procedures in accordance with Section 10(b) below, (y) is a stockholder of record as of the date of the giving of the notice required by Section 10 below and on the record date for determination of the stockholders eligible to vote at such meeting, and (z) is entitled to vote at such meeting.

(b)    To be timely, a stockholder’s notice pursuant to this Section 10 must be received in writing by the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation as follows: (i) in the case of an Annual Meeting, not less than ninety (90) nor more than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the one year anniversary of the date of the Annual Meeting of the previous year; provided, however, that in the event that the Annual Meeting is called for a date that is not within thirty (30) days before or after such anniversary date, or if no Annual Meeting was held in the previous year, notice by the stockholder in order to be timely must be so received not earlier than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to such Annual Meeting and not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which notice of the date of the annual meeting was mailed or public disclosure of the date of the Annual Meeting was made, whichever first occurs; or (ii) in the case of a special meeting of stockholders called in the manner set forth in Article II, Section 3 hereof for the purpose of electing directors, not earlier than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which notice of the date of the special meeting was mailed or public disclosure of the date of the special meeting was made, whichever first occurs. In no event shall the adjournment or postponement of a meeting (or the public disclosure thereof) commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder notice.

 

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The stockholder’s notice to the Secretary shall set forth: (A) as to each proposed nominee (1) such person’s name, age, business address and, if known, residence address, (2) such person’s principal occupation or employment, (3) the class and number of shares of the Corporation that are, directly or indirectly, owned, beneficially or of record, by such person, (4) a description of all direct and indirect compensation and other material monetary agreements, arrangements and understandings during the past three years, and any other material relationships, between or among (x) the stockholder, the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is being made and the respective affiliates and associates of, or others acting in concert with, such stockholder and such beneficial owner, on the one hand, and (y) each proposed nominee, and his or her respective affiliates and associates, or others acting in concert with such nominee(s), on the other hand, including all information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K if the stockholder making the nomination and any beneficial owner on whose behalf the nomination is made or any affiliate or associate thereof or person acting in concert therewith were the “registrant” for purposes of such Item and the proposed nominee were a director or executive officer of such registrant, and (5) any other information relating to the person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations for proxies for election of directors pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act (or any successor provision or law) or applicable law and (B) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is being made (1) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, and of such beneficial owner, (2) the class and number of shares of the Corporation that are, directly or indirectly, owned, beneficially or of record, by such stockholder and such beneficial owner, (3) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between or among such stockholder and/or such beneficial owner and each proposed nominee and any other person or persons (including their names) pursuant to which the nomination(s) are being made or who may participate in the solicitation of proxies in favor of electing such nominee(s), (4) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any derivative or short positions, swaps, profit interests, options, warrants, convertible securities, stock appreciation or similar rights, hedging transactions, and borrowed or loaned shares) that has been entered into by, or on behalf of, such stockholder or such beneficial owner, the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to, manage risk or benefit of share price changes for, or increase or decrease the voting power of, such stockholder or such beneficial owner with respect to shares of stock of the Corporation, (5) any other information relating to such stockholder and such beneficial owner that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for the business proposed pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act (or any successor provision or law) or applicable law, (6) a representation that such stockholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the person(s) named in its notice and (7) a representation whether such stockholder and/or such beneficial owner intends or is part of a group that intends (x) to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporation’s outstanding capital stock reasonably believed by such stockholder or such beneficial owner to be sufficient to elect the nominee (and such representation shall be included in any such proxy statement and form of proxy) and/or (y) otherwise to solicit proxies or votes from stockholders in support of such nomination (and such representation shall be included in any such solicitation materials). Not later than 10 days after the record date for the meeting, the information required by Items (A)(1)-(5) and (B)(1)-(5) of the prior sentence shall be supplemented by the stockholder giving the notice to provide updated information as of the record date. In addition, to be effective, the stockholder’s notice must be accompanied by the written consent of the proposed nominee to serve as a director if elected. The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as the Corporation may reasonably require to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a director of the Corporation or whether such nominee would be independent under applicable Securities and Exchange Commission and NASDAQ rules and the Corporation’s publicly disclosed corporate governance guidelines, if applicable. A stockholder shall not have complied with this Section 10(b) if the stockholder (or beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is made) solicits or does not solicit, as the case may be, proxies or votes in support of such stockholder’s nominee in contravention of the representations with respect thereto required by this Section 10.

(c)    The Chairman of the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a nomination was not made in accordance with the foregoing procedures and, if he should so determine, he shall so declare to the meeting and the defective nomination shall be disregarded.

(d)    Except as otherwise required by law, nothing in this Section 10 shall obligate the Corporation or Board of Directors to include in any proxy statement or other stockholder communication distributed on behalf of the Corporation or the Board of Directors information with respect to any nominee for director submitted by a stockholder.

(e)    Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 10, unless otherwise required by law, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the meeting to present a nomination, such nomination shall not be considered, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such nomination may have been received by the Corporation.

(f)    For purposes of this Section 10, the terms “qualified representative of the stockholder” and “public disclosure” shall have the same meaning as in Section 9.

ARTICLE III

DIRECTORS

Section 1. Number; Resignation; Remova l. Except as otherwise required by the Certificate of Incorporation, the number of directors that shall constitute the whole Board of Directors shall be fixed from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors in its sole discretion. A nominee for director shall be elected to the Board of Directors in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation. A director may resign at any time upon notice to the Corporation. A director may be removed in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation.

Section 2. Vacancies . Vacancies on the Board of Directors by reason of death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office or otherwise, and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors shall be solely and exclusively filed, and such directors shall serve on the Board of Directors, in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation and the DGCL. No decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.

Section 3. Duties and Powers . The business of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors which may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these By-Laws directed or required to be exercised or done solely by the stockholders.

Section 4. Meetings . The Board of Directors of the Corporation may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice at such time and at such place as may from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President(s) or any director. Notice thereof stating the place, date and hour of the meeting shall be given to each director either (i) by mail or courier not less than forty-eight (48) hours before the date of the meeting or (ii) by telephone, telegram or facsimile or electronic transmission, not less than twenty-four (24) hours before the time of the meeting (provided that notice of any meeting need not be given to any director who shall either submit, before or after such meeting, a waiver of notice or attend the meeting without protesting, at the beginning thereof, the lack of notice).

 

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Section 5. Quorum . Except as may be otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By- Laws, a majority of the entire Board of Directors shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the vote of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors. Whether or not a quorum is present at a meeting of the Board of Directors, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting to such time and place as they may determine without notice other than an announcement at the meeting.

Section 6. Action Without a Meeting . Unless otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation or these By- Laws, any action required or permitted to be taken by the Board of Directors or any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board of Directors or the committee consent in writing or by electronic transmission to the adoption of a resolution authorizing the action. The resolution and the consents thereto in writing or by electronic transmission by the members of the Board of Directors or committee shall be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board of Directors or such committee.

Section 7. Participation by Telephone . Unless otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, any one or more members of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or such committee by means of a conference telephone or other communications equipment allowing all persons participating in the meeting to hear each other. Participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

Section 8. Compensation . The directors may be paid their expenses, if any, for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof and may be paid compensation as a director, committee member or chairman of any committee and for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors or committee thereof and each meeting of stockholders of the Corporation. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefore or entering into transactions otherwise permitted by the Certificate of Incorporation, these By-Laws or applicable law.

Section 9. Resignation . Any director may resign at any time. Such resignation shall be made in writing or by electronic transmission and shall take effect at the time specified therein, or, if no time be specified, at the time of its receipt by the Chairman of the Board, if any, the Chief Executive Officer, if any, the President or the Secretary. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective unless so specified therein.

ARTICLE IV

COMMITTEES

Section 1. Committees . The Board of Directors may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of any such committee. Any committee, to the extent allowed by law and provided in the resolution establishing such committee or in these By-Laws, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, including the power to adopt a certificate of ownership and merger pursuant to Section 253 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the authority to issue shares, and the authority to declare a

 

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dividend, except as limited by Delaware General Corporation Law or other applicable law, but no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to the following matters:

(i) approving or adopting, or recommending to the stockholders, any action or matter expressly required by the Delaware General Corporation Law to be submitted to stockholders for approval or (ii) adopting, amending or repealing any By-Law of the Corporation. All acts done by any committee within the scope of its powers and duties pursuant to these By-Laws and the resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors shall be deemed to be, and may be certified as being, done or conferred under authority of the Board of Directors. The Secretary or any Assistant Secretary is empowered to certify that any resolution duly adopted by any such committee is binding upon the Corporation and to execute and deliver such certifications from time to time as may be necessary or proper to the conduct of the business of the Corporation.

Section 2. Resignation . Any member of a committee may resign at any time. Such resignation shall be made in writing or by electronic transmission and shall take effect at the time specified therein, or, if no time be specified, at the time of its receipt by the Chairman of the Board, or if none, by the Chief Executive Officer, President(s) or the Secretary. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective unless so specified therein.

Section 3. Quorum . A majority of the members of a committee shall constitute a quorum. The vote of a majority of the members of a committee present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of such committee.

Section 4. Record of Proceedings . Each committee shall keep a record of its acts and proceedings, and shall report the same to the Board of Directors when and as required by the Board of Directors.

Section 5. Organization, Meetings, Notices . A committee may hold its meetings at the principal office of the Corporation, or at any other place upon which a majority of the committee may at any time agree. Each committee may make such rules as it may deem expedient for the regulation and carrying on of its meetings and proceedings.

ARTICLE V

OFFICERS

Section 1. General . The officers of the Corporation shall be elected by the Board of Directors and shall consist of a President, a Secretary and a Treasurer. The Board of Directors, in its discretion, may also elect and specifically identify as officers of the Corporation a Chairman of the Board, a Chief Executive Officer, a Chief Financial Officer, a Controller, one or more vice presidents, assistant secretaries and assistant treasurers, and such other officers and agents as in its judgment may be necessary or desirable. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, unless otherwise prohibited by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws. The officers of the Corporation need not be stockholders or directors of the Corporation. Any office named or provided for in this Article V (including, without limitation, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, President, Secretary, Treasurer and Controller) may, at any time and from time to time, be held by one or more persons. Unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, if an office is held by more than one person, each person holding such office shall serve as a co-officer (with the appropriate corresponding title) and shall have general authority, individually and without the need for any action by any other co-officer, to exercise all the powers of the holder of such office of the Corporation specified in these By- Laws and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or such other officer specified in this Article V.

Section 2. Election; Removal; Remuneration . The Board of Directors at its first meeting held after each Annual Meeting of Stockholders shall elect the officers of the Corporation who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors and may elect additional officers and may fill vacancies among the officers previously elected at any subsequent meeting of the Board of Directors; and all officers of the Corporation shall hold office until their successors are chosen and qualified, or until their earlier resignation or removal. Any officer elected by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time, either for or without cause, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors.

 

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Section 3. Voting Securities Owned by the Corporation . Powers of attorney, proxies, waivers of notice of meetings, consents and other instruments relating to securities owned by the Corporation may be executed in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation by the Chairman of the Board, if any, the Chief Executive Officer, if any, the President or the Secretary, and any such officer may, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, take all such action as any such officer may deem advisable to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of security holders of any corporation, company, partnership or other entity in which the Corporation may own securities, or to execute written consents in lieu thereof, and at any such meeting, or in giving any such consent, shall possess and may exercise any and all rights and powers incident to the ownership of such securities and which, as the owner thereof, the Corporation might have exercised and possessed if present. The Board of Directors may, by resolution, from time to time confer like powers upon any other person or persons.

Section 4. Chairman of the Board . The Chairman of the Board, if any, may be, but need not be, a person other than the Chief Executive Officer or the President of the Corporation. The Chairman of the Board may be, but need not be, an officer or employee of the Corporation. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at meetings of the Board of Directors and shall establish agendas for such meetings. In addition, the Chairman of the Board shall assure that matters of significant interest to stockholders and the investment community are addressed by management.

Section 5. Chief Executive Officer . The Chief Executive Officer, if any, shall, subject to the direction of the Board of Directors, have general and active control of the affairs and business of the Corporation and general supervision of its officers, officials, employees and agents. The Chief Executive Officer shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and any committee thereof of which he is a member, unless the Board of Directors or such committee shall have chosen another chairman. The Chief Executive Officer shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board are carried into effect, and in addition, the Chief Executive Officer shall have all the powers and perform all the duties generally appertaining to the office of the chief executive officer of a corporation. The Chief Executive Officer shall designate the person or persons who shall exercise his powers and perform his duties in his absence or disability and the absence or disability of the President.

Section 6. President . The President shall have such powers and perform such duties as are prescribed by the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors, and in the absence or disability of the Chief Executive Officer, the President shall have the powers and perform the duties of the Chief Executive Officer, except to the extent the Board of Directors shall have otherwise provided. In addition, the President shall have such powers and perform such duties generally appertaining to the office of the president of a corporation, except to the extent the Chief Executive Officer, if any, or the Board of Directors shall have otherwise provided.

Section 7. Vice President . The Vice Presidents of the Corporation shall perform such duties and have such powers as may, from time to time, be assigned to them by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, if any, the President or these By-Laws.

Section 8. Secretary . Unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, the Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and of the stockholders and, unless the Board of Directors appoints another person to perform such service(s), record all votes and the minutes of all proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose, and shall perform like duties for any committee appointed by the Board of Directors. The Secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation and affix it to any instrument when so authorized by the Board of Directors. The Secretary shall give or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors and shall perform generally all the duties usually appertaining to the office of secretary of a corporation and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or these By-Laws. The Board of Directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the Corporation and to attest the affixing by his signature.

 

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Section 9. Assistant Secretary . The Assistant Secretary shall be empowered and authorized to perform all of the duties of the Secretary in the absence or disability of the Secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors, the Secretary or these By-Laws.

Section 10. Chief Financial Officer . The Chief Financial Officer, if any, shall have responsibility for the administration of the financial affairs of the Corporation and shall exercise supervisory responsibility for the performance of the duties of the Treasurer and the Controller, if any. The Chief Financial Officer shall render to the Board of Directors, at its regular meetings, or when the Board of Directors so requires, an account of all of the transactions effected by the Treasurer and the Controller and of the financial condition of the Corporation. The Chief Financial Officer shall generally perform all the duties usually appertaining to the affairs of a chief financial officer of a corporation and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or these By-Laws.

Section 11. Treasurer . The Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall cause to be kept full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all monies and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories as may be designated by persons authorized by the Board of Directors. The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the Chairman of the Board, if any, the Chief Executive Officer, if any, the President and the Board of Directors whenever they may require it, an account of all of the transactions effected by the Treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. The Treasurer shall generally perform all duties appertaining to the office of treasurer of a corporation and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, if any, the President or these By-Laws.

Section 12. Assistant Treasurer . The Assistant Treasurers shall be empowered and authorized to perform all the duties of the Treasurer in the absence or disability of the Treasurer and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer or these By-Laws.

Section 13. Controller . The Controller, if any, shall prepare and have the care and custody of the books of account of the Corporation. The Controller shall keep a full and accurate account of all monies, received and paid on account of the Corporation, and shall render a statement of the Controller’s accounts whenever the Board of Directors shall require. The Controller shall generally perform all the duties usually appertaining to the affairs of the controller of a corporation and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors, the Chief Financial Officer, if any, the President or these By-Laws.

Section 14. Additional Powers and Duties . In addition to the foregoing especially enumerated duties and powers, the several officers of the Corporation shall perform such other duties and exercise such further powers as the Board of Directors may, from time to time, determine or as may be assigned to them by any superior officer.

Section 15. Other Officers . The Board of Directors may designate such other officers having such duties and powers as it may specify from time to time.

 

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ARTICLE VI

CAPITAL STOCK

Section 1. Form of Certificate; Uncertificated Shares . The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates, provided that the Board of Directors may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of its stock may be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the Corporation. Every holder of stock in the Corporation represented by a certificate shall be entitled to have a certificate signed in the name of the Corporation (i) by the Chairman of the Board, if any, the Chief Executive Officer, if any, the President or any Vice President and (ii) by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, representing the number of shares registered in certificate form. Except as otherwise provided by law or these By-Laws, the rights and obligations of the holders of uncertificated shares and the rights and obligations of the holders of certificates representing stock of the same class and series shall be identical.

Section 2. Signatures . Any signature required to be on a certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.

Section 3. Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates . The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate to be issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or his legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as the Board of Directors shall require and/or to give the Corporation and/or its transfer agent a bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.

Section 4. Transfers . Stock of the Corporation shall be transferable in the manner prescribed by law and in these By-Laws. Transfers of stock shall be made on the books of the Corporation only by the holder of record or by such person’s attorney duly authorized, and upon the surrender of properly endorsed certificates for a like number of shares (or, with respect to uncertificated shares, by delivery of duly executed instructions or in any other manner permitted by applicable law).

Section 5. Record Date . In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to express consent to corporate action, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty (60) days nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

 

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Section 6. Beneficial Owners . The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of the person registered on its books as the owner of a share to receive dividends and to vote as such owner, and to hold liable for calls and assessments a person registered on its books as the owner of shares, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by law.

Section 7. Dividends . Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or applicable law, dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation, if any, may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting, and may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of capital stock. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board of Directors from time to time, in its absolute discretion, deems proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation or for any proper purpose, and the Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve.

Section 8. Common Stock . The voting, dividend and liquidation rights of the holders of shares of Common Stock are subject to, and qualified by, the rights of the holders of the preferred stock, if any, of the Corporation. Each share of Common Stock shall be treated identically as all other shares of Common Stock with respect to dividends, distributions, rights in liquidation and in all other respects.

ARTICLE VII

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 1. Indemnification Respecting Third Party Claims . The Corporation, to the full extent and in a manner permitted by Delaware law as in effect from time to time, shall indemnify, in accordance with the provisions of this Article, any person (including the heirs, executors, administrators or estate of any such person) who was or is made a party to or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (including any appeal thereof), whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Corporation or by any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise of which the Corporation owns, directly or indirectly through one or more other entities, a majority of the voting power or otherwise possesses a similar degree of control), by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, member, manager, partner, trustee, fiduciary, employee or agent (a “Subsidiary Officer”) of another corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise (any such entity for which a Subsidiary Officer so serves, an “Associated Entity”), against expenses, including attorneys’ fees and disbursements, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful; provided, however , that (i) the Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify a person who is or was a director, officer employee or agent of the Corporation or a Subsidiary Officer of an Associated Entity against expenses incurred in connection with an action, suit, proceeding or investigation to which such person is threatened to be made a party but does not become a party unless the incurring of such expenses was authorized by or under the authority of the Board of Directors and (ii) the Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify against any amount paid in settlement unless the Board of Directors has consented to such settlement.

 

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The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement or conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, that such person had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing provisions of this Section 1, a person shall not be entitled, as a matter of right, to indemnification pursuant to this Section 1 against costs or expenses incurred in connection with any action, suit or proceeding commenced by such person against the Corporation or any Associated Entity or any person who is or was a director, officer, fiduciary, employee or agent of the Corporation or a Subsidiary Officer of any Associated Entity (including, without limitation, any action, suit or proceeding commenced by such person to enforce such person’s rights under this Article, unless and only to the extent that such person is successful on the merits of such claim), but such indemnification may be provided by the Corporation in a specific case as permitted by Section 7 below in this Article.

Section 2. Indemnification Respecting Derivative Claims . The Corporation, to the full extent and in a manner permitted by Delaware law as in effect from time to time, shall indemnify, in accordance with the provisions of this Article, any person (including the heirs, executors, administrators or estate of any such person) who was or is made a party to or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit (including any appeal thereof) brought in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a Subsidiary Officer of an Associated Entity, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees and disbursements) and costs actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Corporation unless, and only to the extent that, the Delaware Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses and costs as the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper; provided, however, that the Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or a Subsidiary Officer of an Associated Entity against expenses incurred in connection with an action or suit to which such person is threatened to be made a party but does not become a party unless the incurrence of such expenses was authorized by or under the authority of the Board of Directors. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing provisions of this Section 2, a person shall not be entitled, as a matter of right, to indemnification pursuant to this Section 2 against costs and expenses incurred in connection with any action or suit in the right of the Corporation commenced by such person, but such indemnification may be provided by the Corporation in any specific case as permitted by Section 7 below in this Article.

Section 3. Determination of Entitlement to Indemnification . Any indemnification to be provided under either of Section 1 or 2 above in this Article (unless ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction or advanced as provided in Section 5 of this Article) shall be made by the Corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification is proper under the circumstances because the person to be indemnified had met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in such section of this Article. Such determination shall be made, with respect to a person who is a director or officer of the Corporation at the time of such determination, (i) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to the action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification is sought, even though less than a quorum, or (ii) by majority vote of the members of a committee composed of at least two directors each of whom is not a party to such action, suit or proceeding, designated by majority vote of directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum, or (iii) if there are no directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (iv) by action of the stockholders taken as permitted by law and these By-Laws.

 

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Such determination shall be made, with respect to any other person, by such officer or officers of the Corporation as the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee (if any) of the Board may designate, in accordance with any procedures that the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee or such designated officer or officers may determine, or, if any such officer or officers have not been so designated, by the Chief Legal Officer or the General Counsel of the Corporation. In the event a request for indemnification is made by any person referred to in Section 1 or 2 above in this Article, the Corporation shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause such determination to be made not later than sixty (60) days after such request is made after the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding.

Section 4. Right to Indemnification upon Successful Defense and for Service as a Witness . (a) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Article, to the extent that a present or former director or officer has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in either of Section 1 or 2 above in this Article, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees and disbursements) and costs actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith.

(b) To the extent any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or a Subsidiary Officer of an Associated Entity has served or prepared to serve as a witness in, but is not a party to, any action, suit or proceeding (whether civil, criminal, administrative, regulatory or investigative in nature), including any investigation by any legislative or regulatory body or by any securities or commodities exchange of which the Corporation or an Associated Entity is a member or to the jurisdiction of which it is subject, by reason of his or her services as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or his or her service as a Subsidiary Officer of an Associated Entity (assuming such person is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a Subsidiary Officer of such Associated Entity), the Corporation may indemnify such person against expenses (including attorneys’ fees and disbursements) and out-of-pocket costs actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith and, if the Corporation has determined to so indemnify such person, shall use its reasonable best efforts to provide such indemnity within sixty (60) days after receipt by the Corporation from such person of a statement requesting such indemnification, averring such service and reasonably evidencing such expenses and costs; it being understood, however, that the Corporation shall have no obligation under this Article to compensate such person for such person’s time or efforts so expended.

Section 5. Advance of Expenses . (a) Expenses and costs incurred by any present or former director or officer of the Corporation in defending a civil, criminal, administrative, regulatory or investigative action, suit or proceeding shall, to the extent permitted by law, be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking in writing by or on behalf of such person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified in respect of such costs and expenses by the Corporation as authorized by this Article.

(b) Expenses and costs incurred by any other person referred to in Section 1 or 2 above in this Article in defending a civil, criminal, administrative, regulatory or investigative action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding as authorized by or under the authority of the Board of Directors upon receipt of an undertaking in writing by or on behalf of such person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation in respect of such costs and expenses as authorized by this Article and subject to any limitations or qualifications provided by or under the authority of the Board of Directors.

 

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Section 6. Notice of Action; Assumption of the Defense . Promptly after receipt by any person referred to in Section 1, 2 or 5 above in this Article of notice of the commencement of any action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or advancement of expenses may be sought under any such Section, such person (the “Indemnitee”) shall notify the Corporation thereof. The Corporation shall be entitled to participate in the defense of any such action, suit or proceeding and, to the extent that it may wish, except in the case of a criminal action or proceeding, to assume the defense thereof with counsel chosen by it. If the Corporation shall have notified the Indemnitee of its election so to assume the defense, it shall be a condition of any further obligation of the Corporation under such Sections to indemnify the Indemnitee with respect to such action, suit or proceeding that the Indemnitee shall have provided an undertaking in writing to repay all legal or other costs and expenses subsequently incurred by the Corporation in conducting such defense if it shall ultimately be determined that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified in respect of the costs and expenses of such action, suit or proceeding by the Corporation as authorized by this Article. Notwithstanding anything in this Article to the contrary, after the Corporation shall have notified the Indemnitee of its election so to assume the defense, the Corporation shall not be liable under such Sections for any legal or other costs or expenses subsequently incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with the defense of such action, suit or proceeding, unless (a) the parties thereto include both (i) the Corporation and the Indemnitee, or (ii) the Indemnitee and other persons who may be entitled to seek indemnification or advancement of expenses under any such Section and with respect to whom the Corporation shall have elected to assume the defense, and (b) the counsel chosen by the Corporation to conduct the defense shall have determined, in their sole discretion, that, under applicable standards of professional conduct, a conflict of interest exists that would prevent them from representing both (i) the Corporation and the Indemnitee, or (ii) the Indemnitee and such other persons, as the case may be, in which case the Indemnitee may retain separate counsel at the expense of the Corporation to the extent provided in such Sections and Section 3 above in this Article.

Section 7. Indemnification Not Exclusive . The provision of indemnification to or the advancement of expenses and costs to any person under this Article, or the entitlement of any person to indemnification or advancement of expenses and costs under this Article, shall not limit or restrict in any way the power of the Corporation to indemnify or advance expenses and costs to such person in any other way permitted by law or be deemed exclusive of, or invalidate, any right to which any person seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses and costs may be entitled under any law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person’s capacity as an officer, director, employee or agent of the Corporation or a Subsidiary Officer of an Associated Entity and as to action in any other capacity.

Section 8. Corporate Obligations; Reliance . The provisions of Sections 1, 2, 4(a) and 5(a) above of this Article shall be deemed to create a binding obligation on the part of the Corporation to the directors, officers, employees and agents of the Corporation, and the persons who are serving at the request of the Corporation as Subsidiary Officers of Associated Entities, on the effective date of this Article and persons thereafter elected as directors and officers or retained as employees or agents, or serving at the request of the Corporation as Subsidiary Officers of Associated Entities (including persons who served as directors, officers, employees and agents, or served at the request of the Corporation as Subsidiary Officers of Associated Entities, on or after such date but who are no longer so serving at the time they present claims for advancement of expenses or indemnity), and such persons in acting in their capacities as directors, officers, employees or agents of the Corporation, or serving at the request of the Corporation as Subsidiary Officers of any Associated Entity, shall be entitled to rely on such provisions of this Article.

 

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Section 9. Further Changes . Neither the amendment nor repeal of this Article, nor the adoption of any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with this Article, shall eliminate or reduce the effect of such provisions in respect of any act or omission or any matter occurring prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision regardless of when any cause of action, suit or claim relating to any such matter accrued or matured or was commenced, and such provision shall continue to have effect in respect of such act, omission or matter as if such provision had not been so amended or repealed or if a provision inconsistent therewith had not been so adopted.

Section 10. Successors . The right, if any, of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a Subsidiary Officer of an Associated Entity, to indemnification or advancement of expenses under Sections 1 through 9 above in this Article shall continue after he shall have ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent or a Subsidiary Officer of an Associated Entity and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, distributees, executors, administrators and other legal representatives of such person.

Section 11. Insurance . The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a Subsidiary Officer of any Associated Entity, against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person’s status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of this Article or applicable law.

Section 12. Definitions of Certain Terms . For purposes of this Article, references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to any employee benefit plan; references to “serving at the request of the Corporation” shall include any service as a director, officer employee or agent of the Corporation or as a Subsidiary Officer of any Associated Entity which service imposes duties on, or involves services by, such person with respect to any employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation” as referred to in this Article.

ARTICLE VIII

GENERAL

Section 1. Fiscal Year . The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be such date as shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors from time to time.

Section 2. Corporate Seal . The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware” The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise upon any paper, certificate or document.

Section 3. Disbursements . All checks, drafts or demands for money out of the funds of the Corporation and all notes and other evidences of indebtedness of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.

 

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Section 4. Amendments . These By-Laws may be altered, amended or repealed, in whole or in part, or new By-Laws may be adopted by the stockholders or by the Board of Directors at any meeting thereof; provided, however , that notice of such alteration, amendment, repeal or adoption of new By-Laws shall be contained in the notice of such meeting of stockholders or in a notice of such meeting of the Board of Directors, as the case may be. Unless a higher percentage is required by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation as to any matter which is the subject of these By-Laws, all such amendments must be approved by either the affirmative vote of holders of shares of capital stock issued and outstanding entitled to vote thereon representing at least a majority of the votes and entitled to be cast thereon or by a majority of the entire Board of Directors then in office; provided , however , that any amendments to these Bylaws that was approved by the stockholders may not be altered, amended or repealed without the affirmative vote of the holders of shares in capital stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereon representing at least a majority of the votes entitled to be cast thereupon.

Section 5. Definitions . As used in this Article and in these By-Laws generally, the term “entire Board of Directors” means the total number of directors which the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies.

 

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Exhibit 99.1

AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE TYME TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2015 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

The Tyme Technologies, Inc. 2015 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) is hereby amended on this          day of February, 2018, to reflect the following provisions:

1.    The definition of “Fair Market Value” in Section 1.2 of the Plan is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:

“Fair Market Value” as of a particular date shall mean the fair market value of a share of Common Stock, based on the last sale before the grant date, the first sale after the grant date, the closing price on the trading day before or the trading day of the grant date, the arithmetic mean of the high and low prices on the trading day before or the trading day of the grant date or any other reasonable method using actual transactions in Common Stock as reported on the market. The method of determining Fair Market Value with respect to an Award shall be determined by the Administrator; provided that, if the Administrator does not specify a different method, the Fair Market Value as of a particular date shall be the closing price on the day as of which Fair Market Value is to be determined or, if there is no sale on such date, the next preceding day on which such a sale occurred. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) with respect to the grant of Options, Fair Market Value shall be determined by the Administrator in accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 20.2031-2 of the Federal Estate Tax Regulations, or in any other manner consistent with Code Section 422, and (ii) Fair Market Value shall be determined in accordance with Code Section 409A.

2.    The first paragraph of Section 4.2 of the Plan is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:

Subject to Section 4.4, the total number of Shares reserved and available for grant and issuance pursuant to the Plan will be twelve and one half percent (12.5%) of the shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding from time to time. To the extent that any Award payable in Shares is forfeited, canceled, returned to the Company for failure to satisfy vesting requirements or upon the occurrence of other forfeiture events, or otherwise terminates without payment being made thereunder, the Shares covered by such Award will no longer be charged against the foregoing Share maximum limitation and may again be made subject to Award(s) under the Plan. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Plan, the number of Shares that may be subject to Awards granted on or prior to the first anniversary of the approval of the Plan by the stockholders of the Company shall not exceed 3,333,333.

Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all of the terms, conditions and provisions of the Plan shall remain the same, and the Plan, amended hereby, shall continue in full force and effect.

Exhibit 99.2

TYME TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

2016 STOCK OPTION PLAN FOR NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS

As Amended and Restated Effective February 5, 2018


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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1.

 

Purpose

     1  

2.

 

Definitions

     1  

3.

 

Administration

     3  

4.

 

Eligibility

     3  

5.

 

Stock Subject to the Plan

     3  

6.

 

Non-Employee Director Options

     4  

7.

 

General Provisions

     5  

 

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Tyme Technologies, Inc.

2016 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors

As Amended and Restated Effective February 5, 2018

 

1. Purpose .

The purpose of the Tyme Technologies, Inc. 2016 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors (the “Plan”) is to promote the interests of Tyme Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) and its stockholders by providing Non-Employee Directors with an ownership interest in the Company in order to more closely align their interests with those of the Company’s stockholders and to enhance the Company’s ability to attract and retain highly qualified Non-Employee Directors.

 

2. Definitions .

The following terms, as used herein, shall have the following meanings:

 

  (a) Award shall mean an Option granted pursuant to the Plan.

 

  (b) Award Agreement shall mean any written agreement, contract or other instrument or document between the Company and a Participant evidencing an Award.

 

  (c) Board shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

  (d) Cause shall mean (i) the engaging by the Participant in willful misconduct that is materially injurious to the Company, (ii) the embezzlement or misappropriation of funds or property of the Company by the Participant, (iii) the conviction of the Participant of a felony or the entrance of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere by the Participant to a felony, or (iv) the willful failure or refusal by the Participant to substantially perform his duties or responsibilities that continues after being brought to the attention of the Participant (other than any such failure resulting from the Participant’s incapacity due to disability). For purposes of this paragraph, no act, or failure to act, on the Participant’s part shall be considered willful unless done, or omitted to be done, by him not in good faith and without reasonable belief that his action or omission was in the best interest of the Company. Determination of Cause shall be made by the Board in its sole discretion. Any such determination shall be final and binding on a Participant.

 

  (e) Code shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

 

  (f) Committee shall mean the Compensation Committee of the Board or, if no such committee has been appointed, a committee of the Board which shall be comprised of at least two members who shall qualify as “non-employee directors” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 issued under the Exchange Act. Prior to the date on which a committee is appointed to administer the Plan, “Committee” shall mean the Board.


  (g) Common Stock shall mean the common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company.

 

  (h) Company shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1 hereof.

 

  (i) Effective Date shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(j) hereof.

 

  (j) Exchange Act shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

 

  (k) Fair Market Value as of a particular date shall mean the fair market value of a share of Common Stock, based on the last sale before the grant date, the first sale after the grant date, the closing price on the trading day before or the trading day of the grant date, the arithmetic mean of the high and low prices on the trading day before or the trading day of the grant date or any other reasonable method using actual transactions in Common Stock as reported on the market. The method of determining Fair Market Value with respect to an Award shall be determined by the Committee; provided that, if the Committee does not specify a different method, the Fair Market Value as of a particular date shall be the closing price on the day as of which Fair Market Value is to be determined or, if there is no sale on such date, the next preceding day on which such a sale occurred. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) Fair Market Value shall be determined by the Committee in accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 20.2031-2 of the Federal Estate Tax Regulations, or in any other manner consistent with Code Section 422, and (ii) Fair Market Value shall be determined in accordance with Code Section 409A.

 

  (l) Non-Employee Director shall mean a member of the Board who is not also an employee of the Company or a subsidiary.

 

  (m) Option shall mean the right, granted pursuant to the Plan, to purchase shares of Common Stock.

 

  (n) Partial Disability shall mean that the Committee has determined, in its sole discretion, that a Participant is partially disabled.

 

  (o) Participant shall mean a Non-Employee Director eligible to participate in the Plan pursuant to Section 3 hereof.

 

  (p) Permanent Disability means that the Participant has been determined to be disabled by the Committee in its sole discretion.

 

  (q) Plan shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1 hereof.

 

  (r) Plan Year shall mean the Company’s fiscal year.

 

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  (s) Retirement shall mean the Participant’s termination of service on the Board by reason of retirement, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.

 

  (t) Securities Act shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, and as now or hereafter construed, interpreted and applied by regulations, rulings and cases.

 

3. Administration .

Except as reserved to the discretion of the Board hereunder, the Plan shall be administered by the Committee. The Committee shall have the authority, in its sole discretion, subject to and not inconsistent with the express provisions of the Plan, to administer the Plan; to construe and interpret the Plan and any agreement or instrument entered into under the Plan; to establish, amend or waive rules and regulations for the Plan’s administration; and to delegate ministerial administrative responsibilities under the Plan. All determinations, decisions and interpretations made by the Committee pursuant to the provisions of the Plan shall be final, conclusive and binding on all parties, including Non-Employee Directors, the Company, the Company’s stockholders, and any other interested persons.

 

4. Eligibility .

Each Non-Employee Director shall be eligible to receive Awards as described below in Section 6 during his or her tenure as a Non-Employee Director.

 

5. Stock Subject to the Plan .

 

  (a) Number of Shares . The maximum number of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance pursuant to the Plan shall be 750,000, subject to equitable adjustment as provided in Section 5(b) below. Such shares may, in whole or in part, be authorized but unissued shares or shares that shall have been or may be reacquired by the Company in the open market, in private transactions or otherwise. If any shares subject to an Award are forfeited, cancelled, exchanged or surrendered or if an Award otherwise terminates or expires without a distribution of shares to the Participant, the shares of Common Stock with respect to such Award shall, to the extent of any such forfeiture, cancellation, exchange, surrender, termination or expiration, again be available for Awards under the Plan.

 

  (b)

Equitable Adjustment . In the event that an extraordinary transaction or other event or circumstance affecting the Common Stock shall occur, including, but not limited to, any extraordinary dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, stock or other property), or recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, merger, consolidation, spin-off, combination, repurchase, share exchange, sale of assets or other similar transaction or event, and the Committee determines that a change or adjustment in the terms of any Award is appropriate, then the Committee may, in its sole discretion, make such equitable changes or adjustments or take any other actions that it deems necessary or appropriate (which shall be effective at such

 

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  time as the Committee in its sole discretion determines), including, but not limited to (A) causing changes or adjustments to any or all of (i) the number and kind of shares of stock or other securities or property which may thereafter be issued under the Plan in connection with Awards, (ii) the number and kind of shares of stock or other securities or property issued or issuable in respect of outstanding Awards, and (iii) the exercise price relating to any Award, and (B) canceling outstanding Awards in exchange for replacement awards or cash.

 

6. Non-Employee Director Options .

 

  (a) General . The purchase price per share of Common Stock under Options granted to Non-Employee Directors shall be the Fair Market Value of such share on the date of grant. No Award Agreement with any Non-Employee Director may alter the provisions of this Section 6(a).

 

  (b) Grants to Non-Employee Directors as of the Effective Date . Each person who is a Non-Employee Director on the Effective Date shall, as of the Effective Date, be granted automatically, without action by the Committee, an Option to purchase 25,000 shares of Common Stock.

 

  (c) Grants to New Non-Employee Directors First Elected After the Effective Date . Each person who first becomes a Non-Employee Director after the Effective Date shall, at the time such director is elected and duly qualified, be granted automatically, without action by the Committee, an Option to purchase 25,000 shares of Common Stock.

 

  (d) Annual Grants to Continuing Directors . On the date of each annual meeting of stockholders of the Company that occurs after March 31, 2017, each continuing Non-Employee Director that is re-elected to the Board at such meeting shall be granted automatically, without action by the Committee, an Option to purchase 10,000 shares of Common Stock.

 

  (e) Elective Options for Non-Employee Directors . Each Non-Employee Director may from time to time elect, in accordance with procedures established by the Committee, to receive in lieu of all or part of any cash fees for services as a director of the Company that would otherwise be payable to such Non-Employee Director (“Cash Fees”), an Option to purchase shares of Common Stock, which Option shall have a value (as determined in accordance with the Black-Scholes stock option valuation method) as of the date of grant of such Option equal to the amount of such Cash Fees. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth elsewhere in the Plan, (i) the Option shall remain outstanding for a term of two or five years from the date of grant, as elected by the Non-Employee Director, and (ii) the Option shall be fully vested and exercisable at the time of grant.

 

  (f)

Vesting . Except as otherwise provided in Section 6(e), each Option granted to a Non-Employee Director shall vest and become exercisable with respect to fifty percent (50%) of the shares of Common Stock subject thereto on the date of grant

 

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  thereof and fifty percent (50%) of the shares of Common Stock subject thereto on the first anniversary of the date of grant thereof, provided that such Non-Employee Director shall have continually served as such from such date of grant through and on such anniversary date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) each outstanding Option shall become immediately vested and exercisable in full upon the death of the Non-Employee Director, and (ii) if the Non-Employee Director’s membership on the Board terminates by reason of Retirement, Permanent Disability or Partial Disability, any outstanding Option held by such Non-Employee Director shall become immediately vested and exercisable in full.

 

  (g) Duration . Except as otherwise provided in Section 6(e), subject to the immediately following sentence, each Option granted to a Non-Employee Director shall remain outstanding for a term of ten years from the date of grant. Except as otherwise provided in Section 6(e), upon the cessation of a Non-Employee Director’s membership on the Board for any reason, vested Options granted to such Non-Employee Director shall expire upon the earliest to occur of (i) two (2) years from the date of such cessation of Board membership, (ii) the tenth anniversary of the date of grant of the Option, or (iii) the second anniversary of the Non-Employee Director’s death; provided, the periods set forth in clauses (i) and (iii) may be extended upon Board approval. Any portion of an Option that is not vested on the Non-Employee Director’s cessation of Board membership for any reason (or does not become vested by reason of such cessation of membership under paragraph (f) above) shall be permanently forfeited on the date such membership ceases.

 

  (h) Award Agreement . Each Option granted pursuant to this Section 6 shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement. Each Award Agreement shall state that the Option constitutes a Nonqualified Stock Option and shall state the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Option relates.

 

  (i) Method and Time of Payment . The Option exercise price shall be paid in full, at the time of exercise, in cash, in shares of Common Stock having a Fair Market Value equal to such Option exercise price, in a combination of cash and Common Stock or, in the sole discretion of the Committee or as set forth in any Award Agreement, through a cashless exercise procedure.

 

7. General Provisions .

 

  (a) Compliance with Legal Requirements . The Plan and the granting and exercising of Awards, and the other obligations of the Company under the Plan and any Award Agreement or other agreement shall be subject to all applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations and to such approvals by any regulatory or governmental authority or agency as may be required.

 

  (b)

Nontransferability . Awards shall not be transferable by a Participant other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and shall be exercisable during the lifetime of a Participant only by such Participant or his guardian or legal

 

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  representative; provided, however Awards may be transferred pursuant to a domestic relations order awarding benefits to an “alternate payee” (within the meaning of Code Section 414(p)(8)) that the Committee determines satisfies the criteria set forth in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of Code Section 414(p).

 

  (c) No Right To Continued Directorship . Nothing in the Plan or in any Award granted or any Award Agreement or other agreement entered into pursuant hereto shall confer upon any Participant the right to continue to serve as a director of the Company or to be entitled to any remuneration or benefits not set forth in the Plan or such Award Agreement or other agreement.

 

  (d) Withholding Taxes . Where a Participant or other person is entitled to receive shares of Common Stock pursuant to the exercise of an Option or is otherwise entitled to receive shares of Common Stock or cash pursuant to an Award hereunder, the Company shall have the right to require the Participant or such other person to pay to the Company the amount of any taxes which the Company may be required to withhold before delivery to such Participant or other person of cash or a certificate or certificates representing such shares.

Unless otherwise prohibited by the Committee or by applicable law, a Participant may satisfy any such withholding tax obligation by any of the following methods, or by a combination of such methods: (a) tendering a cash payment; (b) authorizing the Company to withhold from the shares of Common Stock or cash otherwise payable to such Participant through such Award having an aggregate Fair Market Value, determined as of the date the withholding tax obligation arises, equal to the amount of the total withholding tax obligation, and/or (c) delivering to the Company previously acquired shares of Common Stock (none of which shares may be subject to any claim, lien, security interest, community property right or other right of spouses or present or former family members, pledge, option, voting agreement or other restriction or encumbrance of any nature whatsoever) having an aggregate Fair Market Value, determined as of the date the withholding tax obligation arises, equal to the amount of the total withholding tax obligation.

 

  (e) Amendment and Termination of the Plan . The Board may at any time and from time to time alter, amend, suspend, or terminate the Plan in whole or in part; provided that, any such amendment, suspension or termination of the Plan shall be subject to the requisite approval of the stockholders of the Company to the extent stockholder approval is necessary to satisfy the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act or Rule 16b-3 thereunder, any New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq or securities exchange listing requirements or any other law or regulation. Except as otherwise provided herein, no amendment shall materially adversely affect the rights of any Participant under any Award previously granted under the Plan without such Participant’s consent. Unless sooner terminated by the Board, the Plan will automatically terminate on the tenth anniversary of the Effective Date. If the Plan is terminated, any unexercised Option shall continue to be exercisable in accordance with its terms and the terms of the Plan in effect immediately prior to such termination.

 

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  (f) Participant Rights . Except as provided specifically herein, a Participant or a transferee of an Award shall have no rights as a stockholder with respect to any shares of Common Stock covered by any Award until the date of exercise of the Option and the issuance of a certificate to him or her for such shares in respect of such exercise.

 

  (g) Unfunded Status of Awards . The Plan is intended to constitute an unfunded plan for incentive compensation. With respect to any payments not yet made to a Participant pursuant to an Award, nothing contained in the Plan or any Award shall give any such Participant any rights that are greater than those of a general creditor of the Company.

 

  (h) No Fractional Shares . No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued or delivered pursuant to the Plan or any Award. The Committee shall determine whether cash, other Awards or other property shall be issued or paid in lieu of such fractional shares or whether such fractional shares or any rights thereto shall be forfeited or otherwise eliminated.

 

  (i) Governing Law . The Plan and all determinations made and actions taken pursuant hereto shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware without giving effect to the conflict of laws principles thereof.

 

  (j) Effective Date . The “Effective Date” of this Plan shall be the date it is approved by the Board.

 

  (k) Beneficiary . A Participant may file with the Committee a written designation of a beneficiary on such form as may be prescribed by the Committee and may, from time to time, amend or revoke such designation. If no designated beneficiary survives the Participant, the executor or administrator of the Participant’s estate shall be deemed to be the grantee’s beneficiary.

 

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Exhibit 99.3

Tyme Technologies, Inc.

Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement

Tyme Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), pursuant to the Tyme Technologies, Inc. 2015 Equity Incentive Plan (the “ Plan ”), has granted to                      (the “ Optionee ”) a nonqualified stock option (the “ Option ”) to purchase a total of                  shares (each, a “ Share ”) of the common stock (the “Common Stock”) of the Company, at an exercise price equal to $         (the “ Exercise Price ”), on the terms and conditions set forth in this Option Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) and, in all respects, subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan. The effective date of grant of the Option is                      (the “ Date of Grant ”). Unless otherwise defined herein, the capitalized terms defined in the Plan shall have the same defined meanings in this Agreement.

1.      Duration. Subject to the earlier termination as provided in this Agreement or under the Plan, the Option shall expire and shall no longer be exercisable as of the close of business on                      (the “ Expiration Date ”) [[        ] years from the Date of Grant].

2.      Written Notice of Exercise. The Option may be exercised only by delivering to the President or Secretary of the Company, at the Company’s principal executive offices, of a written notice of exercise substantially in the form described in paragraph 8(b) of this Agreement, accompanied by this Agreement.

3.    Anti-Dilution Provisions.

(a)    In the event that the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock is changed by a stock dividend, recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, subdivision, combination, reclassification or similar change in the capital structure of the Company without consideration, then the Exercise Price and number of shares subject to the Option shall be proportionately and appropriately adjusted as determined by the Committee, whose determination shall be final, conclusive and binding upon Optionee and the Company.

(b)    If there is any other change in the Common Stock, including a reorganization, sale or exchange of assets, exchange of shares, offering of subscription rights, or a merger or consolidation in which the Company is the surviving corporation, an adjustment, if any, shall be made in the Shares then subject to the Option as the Board of Directors or Committee may deem equitable, and whose determination shall be final, conclusive and binding upon Optionee and the Company. Failure of the Board of Directors or the Committee to provide for an adjustment pursuant to this paragraph 3(b) prior to the effective date of any Company action referred to in this paragraph 3(b) shall be conclusive evidence that no adjustment is required in consequence of such action.

(c)    If the Company is merged into or consolidated with any other corporation and the Company is not the surviving corporation, or if the Company sells all or substantially all of the


Company’s assets to any other corporation, then either:

(i) the Company shall cause provisions to be made for the continuance of the Option after such event or for the substitution for the Option of an option covering the number and class of securities which the Optionee would have been entitled to receive in such merger, consolidation or if the Optionee had been the holder of record of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of Shares covered by the unexercised portion of the Option immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or sale; or

(ii) the Company shall give to Optionee written notice of the Company’s election not to cause any provision to be made under the preceding clause (i) and, then only in such event the Option shall become exercisable in full (or, at the election of the Optionee, in part) at any time during a period to be designated by the Company, ending not more than one business day prior to the effective date of the merger, consolidation or sale, in which case the Option shall not be exercisable to any extent after the expiration of such period.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph 3(c), in no event shall the Option be exercisable after the Expiration Date.

4.      Investment Representation and Legend of Certificates . The Company shall have the right to place upon the face and/or reverse side of any stock certificate or certificates evidencing the Shares such legend as the Committee may prescribe for the purpose of preventing disposition of such Shares in violation of the Securities Act.

5.      Non Transferability. The Option shall not be transferable by Optionee, other than by will, the laws of descent and distribution or pursuant to a domestic relations order, and is exercisable during the lifetime of Optionee only by Optionee, except as otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement or the Plan. The terms of this Agreement shall be binding upon the executors, administrators, heirs, successors and assigns of Optionee.

6.      Certain Rights Not Conferred by Option. Optionee shall not, by virtue of holding the Option, be entitled to any rights of a stockholder in the Company.

7.      Expenses. The Company shall pay all original issue and transfer taxes with respect to the issuance of the Shares pursuant hereto and all other fees and expenses necessarily incurred by the Company in connection therewith.

8.    Exercise of Options.

(a)    Except as otherwise provided herein, the Option shall become exercisable according to the following schedule, provided that the Optionee is employed by the Company on such dates:

 

Date

 

Number of Shares

 
 
 
 
 

 

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[Notwithstanding the foregoing, any portion of the Option that has not become exercisable or been forfeited previously shall immediately become exercisable in full as of the date of a Change in Control.]

(b)    The Option shall be exercisable, in whole or part and from time to time, but subject to the exercise schedule set forth in paragraph 8(a) of this Agreement, by written notice of such exercise, delivered to the President or Secretary of the Company, at the Company’s principal office by personal delivery, against written receipt therefor, or by pre-paid, certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. Such notice shall specify the number of Shares for which the Option is being exercised (which number, if less than all of the Shares then subject to exercise, shall be 100 or an integral multiple thereof) and shall be accompanied by:

(i)    payment of the full exercise price for the Shares for which the Option is being exercised; and

(ii)    this Agreement.

(c)    The form of payment of the Exercise Price for Shares purchased pursuant to each exercise of the Option shall be paid in full at the time of each purchase in one or a combination of the following methods:

(i)    cash;

(ii)    check (subject to collection);

(iii)    in the discretion of the Committee, surrender to the Company of other shares of Common Stock owned by the Optionee which:

(A)    have a Fair Market Value on the date of surrender equal to the aggregate exercise price of the Shares as to which the Option is being exercised; and

(B)    have been owned of record by Optionee for at least six months;

(iv)    in the discretion of the Committee, commencing upon the date on which all of the Shares subject to the Option are exercisable in accordance with the exercise schedule set forth in paragraph 8(a) of this Agreement, by “cashless exercise,” by means of exercising the Option in full and receiving such number of Shares having a Fair Market Value on the date of such cashless exercise equal to the difference between:

(A)    the Fair Market Value of the Shares issuable upon exercise of the Option in full on the date of such cashless exercise; and

 

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(B)    the exercise price of the Option multiplied by the number of Shares issuable upon exercise of the Option in full; or

(v)    in the discretion of the Committee, but, in all cases, subject to applicable law, by:

(A)    delivery to the Company of a promissory note containing such terms and conditions determined by the Committee, in the Committee’s sole discretion, but at a rate of interest at least equal to the imputed interest specified under Section 483 or Section 1274, whichever is applicable, of the Code, and secured by the Shares issuable upon exercise of the Option for which the promissory note is being delivered and otherwise in compliance with applicable law (including, without limitation, state corporate law and federal margin requirements);

(B)    assignment to the Company of the net proceeds (to the extent necessary to pay such exercise price) to be received from a registered broker upon the sale of the Shares or assignment of the net proceeds (to the extent necessary to pay such exercise price) of a loan from such broker in such amount; or

(C)    such other consideration and method of payment for the issuance of stock to the extent permitted under the Plan and applicable law and satisfying the requirements of Rule 16b-3 promulgated pursuant to the Exchange Act.

(d)    No Shares shall be delivered upon exercise of the Option until all laws, rules and regulations that the Committee may, in its sole discretion, deem applicable have been complied with. If a registration statement under the Securities Act is not then in effect with respect to the Shares issuable upon such exercise, the Company may require as a condition precedent that Optionee, upon exercising the Option, deliver to the Company a written representation and undertaking, satisfactory in form and substance to the Committee, that, among other things, Optionee is acquiring the Shares for Optionee’s own account for investment purposes only and not with a view to the distribution thereof.

(e)    Optionee shall not be considered a record holder of the Shares so purchased for any purpose until the date on which Optionee is actually recorded as the holder of such Shares in the records of the Company.

(f)     If the Optionee is Terminated for any reason except death or Disability, then the Optionee may exercise the Option (i) only to the extent that the Option would have been exercisable on the Termination Date and (ii) no later than three months after the Termination Date (or such longer time period not exceeding five years as may be determined by the Administrator), but in any event, no later than the Expiration Date.

(g)    If the Optionee is Terminated because of Optionee’s death or Disability (or the Optionee dies within three months after a Termination other than for Cause or because of

 

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Optionee’s Disability), then the Option (i) may be exercised only to the extent that the Option would have been exercisable by Optionee on the Termination Date and (ii) must be exercised by Optionee (or Optionee’s legal representative or authorized assignee) no later than twelve months after the Termination Date (or such longer time period not exceeding five years as may be determined by the Administrator, but in any event no later than the Expiration Date.

(h)    Notwithstanding subsections (f) and (g) above, if Optionee is terminated for Cause, neither the Optionee, the Optionee’s estate nor such other person who may then hold the Option shall be entitled to exercise the Option whatsoever.

9.      Continued Employment. Nothing herein shall be deemed to create any employment or consultancy or guaranty of continued employment or consultancy or limit in any way the Company’s right to terminate Optionee’s employment or consultancy at any time.

10.      Clawback or Recoupment Policy . This Option, Common Stock delivered pursuant to this Option, and any gains or profits on the sale of such Common Stock shall be subject to any “clawback” or recoupment policy adopted by the Company.

11.      Withholding . Any tax consequences arising from the grant of this Option shall be borne solely by the Optionee. The Company shall withhold taxes according to requirements under the applicable laws, rules and regulations, including withholding taxes at source. The Optionee will not be entitled to receive from the Company any Common Stock hereunder prior to the full payment of the Optionee’s tax liabilities relating to this Option. The Administrator may, in its discretion, permit the Optionee to elect to pay a portion or all of the required tax withholding at such time and in such manner as the Administrator shall deem to be appropriate.

12.      Applicable Law . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware without regard to principles of conflict of laws.

[ 13.      Restrictive Covenants; Work Product. The acceptance by Optionee of this Agreement and the Option shall constitute the acceptance of and agreement to all of the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement and in the Plan, and shall further constitute a covenant and agreement on the part of Optionee to the effect that, without any additional compensation:

(a)    Optionee shall, so long as Optionee is employed by the Company and for a period of two years after the termination of Optionee’s employment with the Company, Optionee will not engage in any “competitive activities,” which “competitive activities” shall include:

(i)    without the written permission of the Company, hiring, offering to hire, enticing away or in any other manner persuading or attempting to persuade any officer, employee, contractor, licensor or agent of or supplier to the Company to discontinue, limit or reduce such person’s relationship with the Company; and

(ii)    directly or indirectly soliciting, diverting, taking away or attempting to solicit, divert, or take away any “business” of the Company (including actual or proposed

 

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contracts or arrangements for products or services of the Company and any reasonable extension or continuation of such business of the Company as constituted at the time of the termination of Optionee’s employment) of which Optionee has any knowledge during the term of Optionee’s employment.

(b)    Optionee shall not make or permit to be made, except pursuant to Optionee’s duties and for the sole use and account of the Company or its nominees, any copies, abstracts or summaries of any Company reports, papers, documents or programs, whether made by Optionee or by others, and Optionee agrees that all of such reports, papers, documents and programs are the sole property of the Company;

(c)    Optionee cedes and grants and agrees to cede and grant to the Company, all rights to possession, copying, and title in and to, any Company reports, papers, documents or programs, or copies, abstracts or summaries thereof, in any form, coming into possession of Optionee during and because of Optionee’s employment by the Company, whether made or prepared by Optionee or by others; and

(d)    Optionee shall keep confidential and not disclose to others, except as required by Optionee’s employment or by law, any matter or thing ascertained by Optionee though Optionee’s association with the Company, not otherwise publicly known, the disclosure of which might possibly be contrary to the best interests of any person, firm or corporation doing business with the Company, or of the Company. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, Optionee may not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for disclosure of a trade secret that is made (i) in confidence to a government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney, solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; and/or (ii) in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. Additionally, if Optionee sues the Company for retaliation based on the reporting of a suspected violation of law, Optionee may disclose a trade secret to his or her attorney and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, so long as any document containing the trade secret is filed under seal and he or she does not disclose the trade secret except pursuant to court order.]

[14. Limitations Applicable to Section  16 Persons . To the extent the Optionee is subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, the grant of the Option pursuant to this Agreement is intended to qualify for an exemption from Section 16 thereof pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d)(1) promulgated thereunder. To the extent such exemption is not available, notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or this Agreement, the Option and this Agreement shall be subject to any additional limitations set forth in any applicable exemptive rule under Section 16 of the Exchange Act (including any amendment to Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act) that are requirements for the application of such exemption. To the extent permitted by applicable law, this Agreement shall be deemed amended to the extent necessary to conform to such applicable exemptive rule.]

[Signature page follows]

 

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We look forward to your continuing contribution to the growth of the Company. Please acknowledge your receipt of the Plan and this Award.

 

Very truly yours,
Tyme Technologies, Inc.
By:  

 

  Steven Hoffman,
  Chief Executive Officer


OPTIONEE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

OPTIONEE ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT THE EXERCISABILITY OF THE SHARES SUBJECT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OPTION IS EARNED ONLY BY CONTINUING EMPLOYMENT OR CONSULTANCY AT THE WILL OF THE COMPANY (NOT THROUGH THE ACT OF BEING HIRED, BEING GRANTED THE OPTION OR ACQUIRING SHARES HEREUNDER). OPTIONEE FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGES AND CONFIRMS THAT NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT, NOR IN THE PLAN WHICH IS INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE, SHALL CONFER UPON OPTIONEE ANY RIGHT WITH RESPECT TO CONTINUATION OF EMPLOYMENT OR CONSULTANCY BY THE COMPANY, NOR SHALL IT INTERFERE IN ANY WAY WITH OPTIONEE’S OR THE COMPANY’S RIGHT, SUBJECT TO OPTIONEE’S AND THE COMPANY’S RIGHTS UNDER OTHER AGREEMENTS, IF ANY, WITH THE COMPANY, TO TERMINATE EMPLOYMENT OR CONSULTANCY AT ANY TIME, WITH OR WITHOUT CAUSE.

Optionee acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan and certain information related to this Plan and Company and represents that Optionee is familiar with the terms and provisions of the Plan, and hereby accepts the Option subject to all of the terms and provisions of the Plan. Optionee has reviewed the Plan and this Agreement in their entirety, has had an opportunity to obtain the advice of counsel prior to executing this Agreement and fully understands all of the terms and provisions of the Option and this Agreement. Optionee hereby agrees to accept as binding, conclusive and final all decisions or interpretations of the Committee upon any questions rising under the Plan. Optionee further agrees to notify the Company upon any change in the residence address indicated below.

Accepted and agreed as of the Date

of Grant as first set forth above:

 

 

Name:
Address:

 

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Exhibit 99.4

NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AWARD AGREEMENT

THIS AGREEMENT is made on                      (the “Date of Grant”), by and between Tyme Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and                      (the “Participant”).

WHEREAS, the Company has adopted the Tyme Technologies, Inc. 2016 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors (the “Plan”); and

WHEREAS, the Company desires to grant to the Participant options under the Plan to acquire an aggregate of                  shares of common stock of the Company (“Common Stock”), on the terms set forth herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereby agree as follows:

1. Definitions . Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Plan.

2. Grant of Options . The Participant is hereby granted an option (the “Option”) to purchase an aggregate of                      (                ) shares of Common Stock, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the provisions of the Plan. This Option is intended to constitute a nonqualified stock option.

3. Option Price . The initial exercise price per share of Common Stock subject to this Option shall be $        , subject to equitable adjustment in accordance with the Plan.

4. Conditions to Exercisability . [This Option shall vest and become exercisable with respect to fifty percent (50%) of the shares of Common Stock subject thereto on the Date of Grant; and with respect to the remaining fifty percent (50%) of the shares of Common Stock subject thereto on the first anniversary of the Date of Grant, provided that the Option shall only vest on such date if on such date the Participant shall have continually served as a director of the Company since the Date of Grant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) each outstanding Option shall become immediately vested and exercisable in the event of the Participant’s death, and (ii) if the Participant’s service on the Board terminates by reason of Retirement, Permanent Disability or Partial Disability, any outstanding Option shall become immediately vested and exercisable.] [This Option shall be fully vested and exercisable on the Date of Grant.]

5. Period of Option . [This Option shall remain outstanding for a term of ten years from the Date of Grant. Upon the cessation of a Participant’s membership on the Board for any reason, vested Options granted to the Participant shall expire upon the earliest to occur of (i) [                    ] years from the date of such cessation of Board membership, (ii) the tenth anniversary of the date of grant of the Option, or (iii) the [                    ] anniversary of the Participant’s death, provided that the periods set forth in clauses (i) and (iii) may be extended upon Board approval. Any portion of an Option that is not vested on the Participant’s cessation of Board membership for any reason (or does not become vested by reason of such cessation of membership) shall be permanently forfeited on the date such membership ceases.] [ This Option shall remain outstanding for a term of [five] [two] years from the Date of Grant.]


6. Exercise of Option . This Option may be exercised in whole or part, to the extent then exercisable, in the following manner: the Participant shall deliver to the Company written notice specifying the number of shares of Common Stock that the Participant elects to purchase. The Participant must include with such notice full payment of the exercise price for the Common Stock being purchased pursuant to such notice. The exercise price shall be paid in full at the time of exercise. The exercise price may be paid in cash or by check; by tendering shares of Common Stock previously acquired by the Participant; or in a combination of any of the foregoing, in an amount having a combined value equal to such exercise price. The value of any Common Stock tendered pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be the Fair Market Value of such Common Stock as of the last trading day prior to the date of exercise. The Committee, in its discretion, may require that any previously-owned shares of Common Stock tendered by the Participant in payment of the exercise price have been held by the Participant for at least six months prior to such tender. Upon the delivery of shares of Common Stock acquired pursuant to the exercise of Options, the Company shall have the right to require the payment of the amount of any taxes that are required by law to be withheld with respect to such delivery. The Participant shall not be deemed to be a holder of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to exercise of this Option until the date of the issuance of a stock certificate to him or her for such shares and until such shares are paid for in full, including any applicable withholding taxes. If permitted by the Committee at the time of exercise, this Option may also be exercised pursuant to a cashless exercise program.

7. Investment Representation and Legend of Certificates . The Company shall have the right to place upon the face and/or reverse side of any stock certificate or certificates evidencing the shares of Common Stock such legend as the Committee may prescribe for the purpose of preventing disposition of such shares of Common Stock in violation of the Securities Act.

8. Non Transferability . The Option shall not be transferable by Participant, other than by will, the laws of descent and distribution or pursuant to a domestic relations order, and is exercisable during the lifetime of Participant only by Participant, except as otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement or the Plan. The terms of this Agreement shall be binding upon the executors, administrators, heirs, successors and assigns of Participant.

9. Continued Directorship . Nothing herein shall confer upon the Participant the right to continue to serve as a director of the Company or to be entitled to any remuneration or benefits not set forth in the Agreement.

10. Clawback or Recoupment Policy . This Option, Common Stock delivered pursuant to this Option, and any gains or profits on the sale of such Common Stock shall be subject to any “clawback” or recoupment policy adopted by the Company.

11. Applicable Law . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware without regard to principles of conflict of laws.


12. Limitations Applicable to Section  16 Persons . The grant of the Option pursuant to this Agreement is intended to qualify for an exemption from Section 16 of the Exchange Act pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d)(1) promulgated thereunder. To the extent such exemption is not available, notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or this Agreement, the Option and this Agreement shall be subject to any additional limitations set forth in any applicable exemptive rule under Section 16 of the Exchange Act (including any amendment to Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act) that are requirements for the application of such exemption. To the extent permitted by applicable law, this Agreement shall be deemed amended to the extent necessary to conform to such applicable exemptive rule.

13. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

Tyme Technologies, Inc.
By:  

                                          

  Name:   Steve Hoffman
  Title:   Chief Executive Officer
By:  

                                          

  Name: