Right to Exercise This Option is exercisable during its term in accordance with the Vesting Schedule set out in the Notice of Grant and the applicable provisions of the Plan and this Option Agreement.
Cumulative Exercisability To the extent that the Option is vested and exercisable, the Grantee has the right to exercise the Option (to the extent not previously exercised), and such right shall continue, until the expiration or earlier termination of the Option.
Vesting; Time of Exercise Except as specifically provided in this Agreement and subject to certain restrictions and conditions set forth in the Plan, the Optioned Shares shall be vested and the Stock Option shall be exercisable as follows:
Period of Exercisability SECTION 3.1 - COMMENCEMENT OF EXERCISABILITY -------------------------------------------- (a) Subject to Sections 3.4 and 3.5, the Option shall become exercisable in four (4) cumulative installments as follows: (i) The first installment shall consist of twenty-five percent (25%) of the shares covered by the Option and shall become exercisable on the first anniversary of the date the Option is granted. (ii) The second installment shall consist of twenty-five percent (25%) of the shares covered by the Option and shall become exercisable on the second anniversary of the date the Option is granted. (iii) The third installment shall consist of twenty-five percent (25%) of the shares covered by the Option and shall become exercisable on the third anniversary of the date the Option is granted. (iv) The fourth installment shall consist of twenty-five percent (25%) of the shares covered by the Option and shall become exercisable on the fourth anniversary of the date the Option is granted. (b) No portion of the Option which is unexercisable at Termination of Employment shall thereafter become exercisable. SECTION 3.2 - DURATION OF EXERCISABILITY ---------------------------------------- The installments provided for in Section 3.1 are cumulative. Each such installment which becomes exercisable pursuant to Section 3.1 shall remain exercisable until it becomes unexercisable under Section 3.3. In the event the provisions of Section 3.4 become applicable, the Option shall remain exercisable until it becomes unexercisable under Section 3.3.
Acceleration of Exercisability In the event of the merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another corporation, or the acquisition by another corporation or person of all or substantially all of the Company's assets or eighty percent (80%) or more of the Company's then outstanding voting stock, or the liquidation or dissolution of the Company, the Board may, in its absolute discretion and upon such terms and conditions as it deems appropriate, provide by resolution, adopted prior to such event and incorporated in the notice referred to in Section 3.3(vi), that at some time prior to the effective date of such event this Option shall be exercisable as to all the shares covered hereby, notwithstanding that this Option may not yet have become fully exercisable under Section 3.1(a); provided, however, that this acceleration of exercisability shall not take place if: (i) This Option becomes unexercisable under Section 3.3 prior to said effective date; or (ii) In connection with such an event, provision is made for an assumption of this Option or a substitution therefor of a new option by an employer corporation or a parent or subsidiary of such corporation. The Board may make such determinations and adopt such rules and conditions as it, in its absolute discretion, deems appropriate in connection with such acceleration of exercisability, including, but not by way of limitation, provisions to ensure that any such acceleration and resulting exercise shall be conditioned upon the consummation of the contemplated corporate transaction, and determinations regarding whether provisions for assumption or substitution have been made as defined in clause (ii) above.