Nonstatutory Stock Option The Optionee may incur regular federal income tax liability upon exercise of a NSO. The Optionee will be treated as having received compensation income (taxable at ordinary income tax rates) equal to the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value of the Exercised Shares on the date of exercise over their aggregate Exercise Price. If the Optionee is an Employee or a former Employee, the Company will be required to withhold from his or her compensation or collect from Optionee and pay to the applicable taxing authorities an amount in cash equal to a percentage of this compensation income at the time of exercise, and may refuse to honor the exercise and refuse to deliver Shares if such withholding amounts are not delivered at the time of exercise.
Treatment of Stock Options 6 ARTICLE III.
Company Stock Options (a) At the Effective Time, each outstanding stock option (each a "Company Stock Option" and, collectively, the "Company Stock Options") granted pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Company's stock option plans and arrangements (collectively, the "Company Stock Option Plans"), whether or not exercisable, shall be converted into and become rights with respect to Parent Common Stock, and the Parent shall assume the Company's obligations with respect to each Company Stock Option and the related Company Stock Option Plan, in accordance with its terms, except that from and after the Effective Time (i) Parent and its compensation committee shall be substituted for the Company and the committee of the Company's Board of Directors (including, if applicable, the entire Company Board) administering the Company Stock Option Plan, if any, under which such Company Stock Option was granted or otherwise governed, (ii) each Company Stock Option assumed by Parent may be exercised solely for shares of Parent Common Stock, (iii) the number of shares of Parent Common Stock subject to such Company Stock Option shall be equal to the number of whole shares (rounded to the nearest whole share) of Company Common Stock subject to such Company Stock Option immediately prior to the Effective Time multiplied by the Exchange Ratio, (iv) the per share exercise price under each such Company Stock Option shall be adjusted by dividing the per share exercise price under each such Company Stock Option by the Exchange Ratio and rounding to the nearest whole cent, and (v) all references in the Company Stock Option Plans and the stock option certificates and agreements to the Company (or its predecessors) shall be deemed to refer to Parent. Notwithstanding the provisions of clauses (iii) and (iv) of the first sentence of this Section 2.04(a), each Company Stock Option which is an "incentive stock option" shall be adjusted as required by Section 424 of the Code, and the regulations promulgated thereunder, so as not to constitute a modification, extension or renewal of such Company Stock Option, within the meaning of Section 424(h) of the Code.
Grant of Stock Options This non-qualified Stock Option is granted under and pursuant to the Plan and is subject to each and all of the provisions thereof.
Exercise of Nonqualified Stock Option If the Option does not ------------------------------------- qualify as an ISO, there may be a regular federal and California income tax liability upon the exercise of the Option. Participant will be treated as having received compensation income (taxable at ordinary income tax rates) equal to the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the date of exercise over the Exercise Price. If Participant is a current or former employee of the Company, the Company may be required to withhold from Participant's compensation or collect from Participant and pay to the applicable taxing authorities an amount equal to a percentage of this compensation income at the time of exercise.
Grant of Stock Option The Company hereby grants the Employee the Option to purchase all or any part of an aggregate of 50,000 shares of Common Stock (the "Option Shares") on the terms and conditions set forth herein and subject to the provisions of the Plan.
Incentive Stock Option If this Option qualifies as an ISO, the Optionee will have no regular federal income tax liability upon its exercise, although the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value of the Exercised Shares on the date of exercise over their aggregate Exercise Price will be treated as an adjustment to alternative minimum taxable income for federal tax purposes and may subject the Optionee to alternative minimum tax in the year of exercise. In the event that the Optionee ceases to be an Employee but remains a Service Provider, any Incentive Stock Option of the Optionee that remains unexercised shall cease to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option and will be treated for tax purposes as a Nonstatutory Stock Option on the date three (3) months and one (1) day following such change of status.
Incentive Stock Options If the Shares are held for more than twelve (12) months after the date of the transfer of the Shares pursuant to the exercise of an ISO and are disposed of more than two (2) years after the Date of Grant, any gain realized on disposition of the Shares will be treated as long term capital gain for federal and California income tax purposes. If Shares purchased under an ISO are disposed of within the applicable one (1) year or two (2) year period, any gain realized on such disposition will be treated as compensation income (taxable at ordinary income rates) to the extent of the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the date of exercise over the Exercise Price.
Nonqualified Stock Option The Option is a nonqualified stock option and is not, and shall not be, an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.
Exercise of Stock Options If stock options granted in connection with a Stock Incentive Plan are exercised:
