INTERNATIONAL FIBERCOM, INC.
INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
(1994 Incentive Stock Option Plan)
BY THIS INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT ("Agreement") made and entered
into this _____ day of ______________, ______ ("Grant Date"), INTERNATIONAL
FIBERCOM, INC., an Arizona corporation ("Company"), and
____________________________, an employee of the Company ("Optionee"), hereby
state, confirm, represent, warrant and agree as follows:
I.
RECITALS
1.1 The Company has adopted a 1994 Incentive Stock Option Plan
("Plan"). The Plan is administered by the Board of Directors or a Committee
appointed by the Board (as applicable, hereafter referred to as the "Board").
1.2 By this Agreement, the Company and the Optionee desire to establish
the terms upon which the Company will grant to the Optionee, and the Optionee
will accept from the Company, an option to purchase shares of common stock, no
par value, of the Company ("Common Stock") under the Plan.
II.
AGREEMENTS
2.1 Grant of Incentive Stock Option. Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement and as set forth in the Plan, the Company grants to
the Optionee the right and option ("Option") to purchase from the Company all or
any part of an aggregate of ____________ shares of Common Stock, authorized but
unissued or, at the option of the Company, treasury if available ("Optioned
Shares"). The Option granted hereunder shall be an incentive stock option, as
defined in Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code. The Optionee, upon
acceptance and execution of this Agreement, shall be bound by the terms and
conditions of this Agreement and of the Plan. Capitalized terms which are not
defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings given to such terms in the
Plan.
2.2 Exercise of Option. The Optionee may exercise this Option by
completing and signing a written notice in the form attached to this Agreement
and delivering such notice to the Company as provided in this Agreement.
2.3 Purchase Price. The price to be paid for the Optioned Shares (the
"Purchase Price") shall be $____ per share.
2.4 Payment of Purchase Price. Payment of the Purchase Price shall be
made in cash.
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2.5 Termination of Option. Except as otherwise provided herein, the
Option, to the extent not theretofore exercised, shall terminate upon the first
to occur of the following dates:
2.5.1 5:00 p.m., Phoenix time on ______________;
2.5.2 The termination of Optionee's employment with the
Company, if such termination occurs prior to the date
one year from the date of the grant of the Option;
2.5.3 Termination of the Employee's employment by the
Company and expiration of any applicable
post-termination exercise periods provided by Section
9(b), "Exercise of Option," of the Plan; or
2.5.4 As otherwise provided in the Plan.
2.6 Notices. Any notice to be given under the terms of this Agreement
("Notice") shall be addressed to the Company in care of its secretary at 0000
Xxxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000, or at its then current corporate
headquarters. Notice to be given to Optionee shall be addressed to him or her at
the address set forth below under the Optionee's name or at such other address
as Optionee shall designate by notice. Notice shall be deemed duly given when
enclosed in a properly sealed envelope and deposited by certified mail, return
receipt requested, in a post office or branch post office regularly maintained
by the United States Government.
2.7 Notification of Disposition of Shares. The Optionee hereby
acknowledges that a disposition of shares of Common Stock acquired upon the
exercise of the Option within two (2) years from the Grant Date or within one
(1) year after the transfer of such shares of Common Stock to him or her would
result in the Option failing to qualify as an incentive stock option. The
Optionee hereby agrees to promptly notify the Company of any disposition of
shares of Common Stock within either of the above time limitations.
2.8 Optionee Not a Shareholder. The Optionee shall not be deemed for
any purposes to be a shareholder of the Company with respect to any of the
Optioned Shares except to the extent that the Option herein granted shall have
been exercised with respect thereto and a stock certificate issued therefor.
2.9 Disputes or Disagreements. As a condition of the granting of the
Option herein granted, the Optionee agrees, for himself and his personal
representatives, that any disputes or disagreements which may arise under or as
a result of or pursuant to this Agreement shall be determined by the Board in
its sole discretion, and that any interpretation by the Board of the terms of
this Agreement shall be final, binding and conclusive. In the event of any
conflict between the Plan and this Agreement, the Plan shall control.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered
by Optionee and by the Company through its duly authorized officer.
COMPANY:
INTERNATIONAL FIBERCOM, INC.
By____________________________________
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Its President
OPTIONEE:
______________________________________
________________________________
c/o International FiberCom, Inc.
0000 Xxxxx 00xx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
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Note of Exercise
International FiberCom, Inc.
0000 Xxxxx 00xx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
The undersigned hereby irrevocably subscribes for the purchase of _____
shares of Common Stock ("Shares") from International FiberCom, Inc. (the
"Company"), pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of this
Option, and herewith makes payment, covering the purchase of the Shares, which
should be delivered to the undersigned at the address stated below, and, if such
number of Shares shall not be all of the Shares purchasable hereunder, then a
new Option representing the balance of the Shares purchasable under this Option
shall be delivered to the undersigned at the address stated below.
The undersigned agrees that: (1) the undersigned will not offer, sell,
transfer or otherwise dispose of any such Shares, unless either (a) a
registration statement, or post-effective amendment thereto, covering such
Shares have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Act"), and such sale, transfer or other
disposition is accompanied by a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section
10 of the Act forming a part of such registration statement, or post-effective
amendment thereto, which is in effect under the Act covering the Shares to be so
sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of, or (b) counsel to the Company
satisfactory to the undersigned has rendered an opinion in writing and addressed
to the Company that such proposed offer, sale, transfer or other disposition of
the Shares is exempt from the provisions of Section 5 of the Act in view of the
circumstances of such proposed offer, sale, transfer or other disposition; (2)
the Company may notify the transfer agent for its Common Stock that the
certificates for the Common Stock acquired by the undersigned are not to be
transferred unless the transfer agent receives advice from the Company that one
or both of the conditions referred to in (1)(a) and (1)(b) above have been
satisfied; and (3) the Company may affix a legend to the foregoing effect on the
certificates representing for Shares hereby subscribed for, if such legend is
applicable.
Dated:_____________________ Signed:_________________________________________
Address:________________________________________
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