Common use of Target Options Clause in Contracts

Target Options. Effective immediately prior to the Effective Time and contingent upon consummation of the Merger, all outstanding options to purchase Target Common Stock (the "Target Options") issued under the Target's 1999 Stock Incentive Plan or any other stock option agreement between Target on the one hand and any of its employees, officers, directors, consultants or advisors, on the other hand (the "Target Stock Option Plans") shall terminate unexercised by virtue of the merger and be cancelled without any action on the part of the holder thereof. Between the date hereof and the Closing, Target shall use its reasonable best efforts (including making the receipt of any severance payment to which any individual is not contractually entitled contingent upon the execution of a Letter Agreement or other agreement containing similar terms) to obtain from each holder of unexercised Options an executed Letter Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D (the "Letter Agreement") acknowledging the cancellation of such unexercised options and the release of the Surviving Corporation from any and all liability or obligation in connection with each of such holder's Target Options.