Common use of Exercise of the Options Clause in Contracts

Exercise of the Options. The Option to purchase the Option Shares shall be exercisable upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth: Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Option to purchase the Option Shares shall be exercisable by Optionee upon delivery of notice to the Corporation (the "Exercise Notice") in accordance with the procedure prescribed in this Section 4. The Exercise Notice shall state that Optionee has elected to exercise the Option or any portion thereof. The Option may be exercised by the Optionee, in whole or in part, by the delivery of the Exercise Notice to the office of the Corporation, and by payment to the Corporation of the Purchase Price in cash or by wire transfer, for each share being purchased. Upon the exercise of the Option, a certificate or certificates for the shares of Common Stock so purchased, registered in the name of the holder, shall be promptly delivered to the holder hereof within a reasonable time. The person in whose name any certificate for shares of Common Stock is issued upon exercise of the Option shall for all purposes be deemed to have become the holder of record of such shares on the date on which the Exercise Notice was delivered and payment of the Purchase Price was made, except that, if the date of such surrender and payment is a date on which the stock transfer books of the Corporation are closed, such person shall be deemed to have become the holder of such shares at the close of business on the next succeeding date on which the stock transfer books are open.