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EXHIBIT 99.5
CAIS SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS, INC.
STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
RECITALS
A. The Board has adopted the Plan for the purpose of retaining the
services of selected Employees, non-employee members of the Board or the board
of directors of any Parent or Subsidiary and consultants and other independent
advisors in the service of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary).
B. Optionee is to render valuable services to the Corporation (or a
Parent or Subsidiary), and this Agreement is executed pursuant to, and is
intended to carry out the purposes of, the Plan in connection with the
Corporation's grant of an option to Optionee.
C. All capitalized terms in this Agreement shall have the meaning
assigned to them in the attached Appendix.
NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby agreed as follows:
1. GRANT OF OPTION. The Corporation hereby grants to Optionee,
as of the Grant Date, an option to purchase up to the number of Option Shares
specified in the Grant Notice. The Option Shares shall be purchasable from time
to time during the option term specified in Paragraph 2 at the Exercise Price.
2. OPTION TERM. This option shall have a term of ten (10) years
measured from the Grant Date and shall accordingly expire at the close of
business on the Expiration Date, unless sooner terminated in accordance with
Paragraph 4 or 5.
3. EXERCISABILITY. This option shall become exercisable for the
Option Shares in one or more installments as specified in the Grant Notice. As
the option becomes exercisable for such installments, those installments shall
accumulate, and the option shall remain exercisable for the accumulated
installments until the Expiration Date or sooner termination of the option term
under Paragraph 4 or 5.
4. CESSATION OF SERVICE. The option term specified in Paragraph
2 shall terminate (and this option shall cease to be outstanding) prior to the
Expiration Date should any of the following provisions become applicable:
(i) Should Optionee cease to remain in Service
for any reason (other than death, Permanent Disability or Misconduct)
while this option is outstanding, then the period for exercising this
option shall be limited to a three (3)-month period measured from the
date of such cessation of Service but in no event shall this option be
exercisable at any time after the Expiration Date.
(ii) Should Optionee die while holding this
option, then the personal representative of Optionee's estate or the
person or persons to whom
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the option is transferred pursuant to Optionee's will or in accordance
with the laws of descent and distribution shall have the right to
exercise this option. Such right shall lapse, and this option shall
cease to be outstanding, upon the earlier of the expiration of the
twelve (12)-month period measured from the date of Optionee's death or
the Expiration Date.
(iii) Should Optionee cease Service by reason of
Permanent Disability while this option is outstanding, then the period
for exercising this option shall be limited to a twelve (12)-month
period measured from the date of such cessation of Service. In no event
shall this option be exercisable at any time after the Expiration Date.
(iv) Should Optionee's Service be terminated for
Misconduct, then this option shall terminate immediately and cease to
remain outstanding.
(v) During the limited period of post-Service
exercisability, this option may not be exercised in the aggregate for
more than the number of Option Shares for which this option is, at the
time of Optionee's cessation of Service, exercisable in accordance with
the Exercise Schedule specified in the Grant Notice or the special
acceleration provisions of Paragraph 5. Upon the expiration of such
limited exercise period or (if earlier) upon the Expiration Date, this
option shall terminate and cease to be outstanding for any Option Shares
for which the option has not been exercised. To the extent this option
is not exercisable at the time of Optionee's cessation of Service, this
option shall immediately terminate and cease to be outstanding
5. SPECIAL ACCELERATION AND TERMINATION OF OPTION.
(a) Immediately prior to the effective date of a
Corporate Transaction, the exercisability of this option shall automatically
accelerate so that this option shall become exercisable for all of the Option
Shares as fully-vested shares of Common Stock and may be exercised for any or
all of those Option Shares. No such accelerated exercisability of this option,
however, shall occur if and to the extent: (i) this option is, in connection
with the Corporate Transaction, either to be assumed by the successor
corporation (or parent thereof) in the Corporate Transaction or (ii) this option
is to be replaced with a cash incentive program of the successor corporation
which preserves the spread existing on the Option Shares for which this option
is exercisable at the time of the Corporate Transaction (the excess of the Fair
Market Value of those Option Shares over the Exercise Price payable for such
shares) and provides for subsequent payout in accordance with the Exercise
Schedule.
(b) Immediately following the Corporate Transaction,
this option shall terminate and cease to be outstanding, except to the extent
assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) in connection with the
Corporate Transaction.
(c) If this option is assumed in connection with a
Corporate Transaction, then this option shall be appropriately adjusted,
immediately after such Corporate
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Transaction, to apply to the number and class of securities which would have
been issuable to Optionee in consummation of such Corporate Transaction had the
option been exercised immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction, and
appropriate adjustments shall also be made to the Exercise Price, provided the
aggregate Exercise Price shall remain the same.
(d) This Agreement shall not in any way affect the right
of the Corporation to adjust, reclassify, reorganize or otherwise change its
capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or
sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets.
6. ADJUSTMENT IN OPTION SHARES. Should any change be made to the
Common Stock by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization,
combination of shares, exchange of shares or other change affecting the
outstanding Common Stock as a class without the Corporation's receipt of
consideration, appropriate adjustments shall be made to (i) the total number
and/or class of securities subject to this option and (ii) the Exercise Price in
order to reflect such change and thereby preclude a dilution or enlargement of
benefits hereunder.
7. STOCKHOLDER RIGHTS. The holder of this option shall not have
any stockholder rights with respect to the Option Shares until such person shall
have exercised the option, paid the Exercise Price and become the record holder
of the purchased shares.
8. MANNER OF EXERCISING OPTION.
(a) In order to exercise this option with respect to all
or any part of the Option Shares for which this option is at the time
exercisable, Optionee (or any other person or persons exercising the option)
must take the following actions:
(i) Execute and deliver to the Corporation a
Purchase Agreement for the Option Shares for which the option is
exercised.
(ii) Pay the aggregate Exercise Price for the
purchased shares in one or more of the following forms:
(A) cash or check made payable to the
Corporation; or
(B) a promissory note payable to the
Corporation, but only to the extent authorized by the Plan
Administrator in accordance with Paragraph 13.
Should the Common Stock be registered under Section 12 of
the 1934 Act at the time the option is exercised, then the
Exercise Price may also be paid as follows:
(C) in shares of Common Stock held by
Optionee (or any other person or persons exercising the option)
for the requisite period necessary to avoid a charge to the
Corporation's earnings
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for financial reporting purposes and valued at Fair Market Value
on the Exercise Date; or
(D) through a special sale and
remittance procedure pursuant to which Optionee (or any other
person or persons exercising the option) shall concurrently
provide irrevocable instructions to a Corporation-designated
brokerage firm to effect the immediate sale of the purchased
shares and remit to the Corporation, out of the sale proceeds
available on the settlement date, sufficient funds to cover the
aggregate Exercise Price payable for the purchased shares plus
all applicable Federal, state and local income and employment
taxes required to be withheld by the Corporation by reason of
such exercise and to the Corporation to deliver the certificates
for the purchased shares directly to such brokerage firm in
order to complete the sale.
Except to the extent the sale and remittance procedure
is utilized in connection with the option exercise, payment of
the Exercise Price must accompany the Purchase Agreement
delivered to the Corporation in connection with the option
exercise.
(iii) Furnish to the Corporation appropriate
documentation that the person or persons exercising the option (if other
than Optionee) have the right to exercise this option.
(iv) Execute and deliver to the Corporation such written
representations as may be requested by the Corporation in order for it
to comply with the applicable requirements of Federal and state
securities laws.
(v) Make appropriate arrangements with the Corporation
(or Parent or Subsidiary employing or retaining Optionee) for the
satisfaction of all Federal, state and local income and employment tax
withholding requirements applicable to the option exercise.
(b) As soon as practical after the Exercise Date, the
Corporation shall issue to or on behalf of Optionee (or any other person or
persons exercising this option) a certificate for the purchased Option Shares,
with the appropriate legends affixed thereto.
(c) In no event may this option be exercised for any fractional
shares.
9. TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS. ALL OPTION SHARES ACQUIRED UPON THE EXERCISE
OF THIS OPTION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS SPECIFIED IN THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT.
10. COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS AND REGULATIONS.
(a) The exercise of this option and the issuance of the Option
Shares upon such exercise shall be subject to compliance by the Corporation and
Optionee with all
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applicable requirements of law relating thereto and with all applicable
regulations of any stock exchange (or the Nasdaq National Market, if applicable)
on which the Common Stock may be listed for trading at the time of such exercise
and issuance.
(b) The inability of the Corporation to obtain approval
from any regulatory body having authority deemed by the Corporation to be
necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any Common Stock pursuant to this
option shall relieve the Corporation of any liability with respect to the
non-issuance or sale of the Common Stock as to which such approval shall not
have been obtained. The Corporation, however, shall use its best efforts to
obtain all such approvals.
11. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. Except to the extent otherwise
provided in Paragraph 5, the provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of, and be binding upon, the Corporation and its successors and assigns
and Optionee, Optionee's assigns and the legal representatives, heirs and
legatees of Optionee's estate.
12. NOTICES. Any notice required to be given or delivered to the
Corporation under the terms of this Agreement shall be in writing and addressed
to the Corporation at its principal corporate offices. Any notice required to be
given or delivered to Optionee shall be in writing and addressed to Optionee at
the address indicated below Optionee's signature line on the Grant Notice. All
notices shall be deemed effective upon personal delivery or upon deposit in the
U.S. mail, postage prepaid and properly addressed to the party to be notified.
13. FINANCING. The Plan Administrator may, in its absolute
discretion and without any obligation to do so, permit Optionee to pay the
Exercise Price for the purchased Option Shares by delivering a full-recourse,
interest-bearing promissory note secured by those Option Shares. The payment
schedule in effect for any such promissory note shall be established by the Plan
Administrator in its sole discretion.
14. CONSTRUCTION. This Agreement and the option evidenced hereby
are made and granted pursuant to the Plan and are in all respects limited by and
subject to the terms of the Plan. All decisions of the Plan Administrator with
respect to any question or issue arising under the Plan or this Agreement shall
be conclusive and binding on all persons having an interest in this option.
15. GOVERNING LAW. The interpretation, performance and
enforcement of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of
California without resort to that State's conflict-of-laws rules.
16. STOCKHOLDER APPROVAL. If the Option Shares covered by this
Agreement exceed, as of the Grant Date, the number of shares of Common Stock
which may without stockholder approval be issued under the Plan, then this
option shall be void with respect to such excess shares, unless stockholder
approval of an amendment sufficiently increasing the number of shares of Common
Stock issuable under the Plan is obtained in accordance with the provisions of
the Plan.
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17. ADDITIONAL TERMS APPLICABLE TO AN INCENTIVE OPTION. In the
event this option is designated an Incentive Option in the Grant Notice, the
following terms and conditions shall also apply to the grant:
(a) This option shall cease to qualify for favorable tax
treatment as an Incentive Option if (and to the extent) this option is
exercised for one or more Option Shares: more than three (3) months
after the date Optionee ceases to be an Employee for any reason other
than death or Disability or more than twelve (12) months after the date
Optionee ceases to be an Employee by reason of Disability.
(b) No installment under this option shall qualify for
favorable tax treatment as an Incentive Option if (and to the extent)
the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined at the Grant Date) of the
Common Stock for which such installment first becomes exercisable
hereunder would, when added to the aggregate value (determined as of the
respective date or dates of grant) of any earlier installments of the
Common Stock and any other securities for which this option or any other
Incentive Options granted to Optionee prior to the Grant Date (whether
under the Plan or any other option plan of the Corporation or any Parent
or Subsidiary) first become exercisable during the same calendar year,
exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) in the aggregate. Should
such One Hundred Thousand Dollar ($100,000) limitation be exceeded in
any calendar year, this option shall nevertheless become exercisable for
the excess shares in such calendar year as a Non-Statutory Option.
(c) Should the exercisability of this option be
accelerated upon a Corporate Transaction, then this option shall qualify
for favorable tax treatment as an Incentive Option only to the extent
the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined at the Grant Date) of the
Common Stock for which this option first becomes exercisable in the
calendar year in which the Corporate Transaction occurs does not, when
added to the aggregate value (determined as of the respective date or
dates of grant) of the Common Stock or other securities for which this
option or one or more other Incentive Options granted to Optionee prior
to the Grant Date (whether under the Plan or any other option plan of
the Corporation or any Parent or Subsidiary) first become exercisable
during the same calendar year, exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars
($100,000) in the aggregate. Should the applicable One Hundred Thousand
Dollar ($100,000) limitation be exceeded in the calendar year of such
Corporate Transaction, the option may nevertheless be exercised for the
excess shares in such calendar year as a Non-Statutory Option.
(d) Should Optionee hold, in addition to this option,
one or more other options to purchase Common Stock which become
exercisable for the first time in the same calendar year as this option,
then the foregoing limitations on the exercisability of such options as
Incentive Options shall be applied on the basis of the order in which
such options are granted.
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APPENDIX
The following definitions shall be in effect under the Agreement:
A. AGREEMENT shall mean this Stock Option Agreement.
B. BOARD shall mean the Corporation's Board of Directors.
C. CODE shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
D. COMMON STOCK shall mean the Corporation's common stock.
E. CORPORATE TRANSACTION shall mean either of the following
stockholder-approved transactions to which the Corporation is a party:
(i) a merger or consolidation in which securities
possessing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting
power of the Corporation's outstanding securities are transferred to a
person or persons different from the persons holding those securities
immediately prior to such transaction, or
(ii) the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the Corporation's assets in complete liquidation or
dissolution of the Corporation.
F. CORPORATION shall mean CAIS Software Solutions, Inc., a California
corporation, and any successor corporation to all or substantially all of the
assets or voting stock of CAIS Software Solutions, Inc. which shall by
appropriate action adopt the Plan.
G. EMPLOYEE shall mean an individual who is in the employ of the
Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), subject to the control and direction
of the employer entity as to both the work to be performed and the manner and
method of performance.
H. EXERCISE DATE shall mean the date on which the option shall have been
exercised in accordance with Paragraph 8 of the Agreement.
I. EXERCISE PRICE shall mean the exercise price payable per Option Share
as specified in the Grant Notice.
J. EXERCISE SCHEDULE shall mean the exercise schedule specified in the
Grant Notice pursuant to which this option is to become exercisable in a series
of installments over Optionee's period of Service.
K. EXPIRATION DATE shall mean the date on which the option expires as
specified in the Grant Notice.
L. FAIR MARKET VALUE per share of Common Stock on any relevant date
shall be determined in accordance with the following provisions:
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(i) If the Common Stock is at the time traded on the
Nasdaq National Market, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing
selling price per share of Common Stock on the date in question, as the
price is reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers on
the Nasdaq National Market. If there is no closing selling price for the
Common Stock on the date in question, then the Fair Market Value shall
be the closing selling price on the last preceding date for which such
quotation exists.
(ii) If the Common Stock is at the time listed on any
Stock Exchange, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling
price per share of Common Stock on the date in question on the Stock
Exchange determined by the Plan Administrator to be the primary market
for the Common Stock, as such price is officially quoted in the
composite tape of transactions on such exchange. If there is no closing
selling price for the Common Stock on the date in question, then the
Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price on the last
preceding date for which such quotation exists.
(iii) If the Common Stock is at the time neither listed
on any Stock Exchange nor traded on the Nasdaq National Market, then the
Fair Market Value shall be determined by the Plan Administrator after
taking into account such factors as the Plan Administrator shall deem
appropriate.
X. XXXXX DATE shall mean the date of grant of the option as specified in
the Grant Notice.
X. XXXXX NOTICE shall mean the Notice of Grant of Stock Option
accompanying the Agreement, pursuant to which Optionee has been informed of the
basic terms of the option evidenced hereby.
O. INCENTIVE OPTION shall mean an option which satisfies the
requirements of Code Section 422.
P. MISCONDUCT shall mean the commission of any act of fraud,
embezzlement or dishonesty by Optionee, any unauthorized use or disclosure by
Optionee of confidential information or trade secrets of the Corporation (or any
Parent or Subsidiary), or any other intentional misconduct by Optionee adversely
affecting the business or affairs of the Corporation (or any Parent or
Subsidiary) in a material manner. The foregoing definition shall not be deemed
to be inclusive of all the acts or omissions which the Corporation (or any
Parent or Subsidiary) may consider as grounds for the dismissal or discharge of
Optionee or any other individual in the Service of the Corporation (or any
Parent or Subsidiary).
Q. 1934 ACT shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
R. NON-STATUTORY OPTION shall mean an option not intended to satisfy the
requirements of Code Section 422.
S. OPTION SHARES shall mean the number of shares of Common Stock subject
to the option as specified in the Grant Notice.
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T. OPTIONEE shall mean the person to whom the option is granted as
specified in the Grant Notice.
U. PARENT shall mean any corporation (other than the Corporation) in an
unbroken chain of corporations ending with the Corporation, provided each
corporation in the unbroken chain (other than the Corporation) owns, at the time
of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total
combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations
in such chain.
V. PERMANENT DISABILITY shall mean the inability of Optionee to engage
in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable
physical or mental impairment which is expected to result in death or has lasted
or can be expected to last for a continuous period of twelve (12) months or
more.
W. PLAN shall mean the Corporation's 2000 Stock Option/Stock Issuance
Plan.
X. PLAN ADMINISTRATOR shall mean either the Board or a committee of the
Board acting in its capacity as administrator of the Plan.
Y. PURCHASE AGREEMENT shall mean the stock purchase agreement in
substantially the form of Exhibit B to the Grant Notice.
Z. SERVICE shall mean Optionee's performance of services for the
Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) in the capacity of an Employee, a
non-employee member of the board of directors or a consultant or independent
advisor.
AA. STOCK EXCHANGE shall mean the American Stock Exchange or the New
York Stock Exchange.
AB. SUBSIDIARY shall mean any corporation (other than the Corporation)
in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Corporation, provided
each corporation (other than the last corporation) in the unbroken chain owns,
at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more
of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other
corporations in such chain.
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