SUREBEAM CORPORATION
2000 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN
STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
(INCENTIVE OR NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTIONS)
Pursuant to your Stock Option Grant Notice ("Grant Notice") and this
Stock Option Agreement, SureBeam Corporation (the "Company") has granted you an
option under its SureBeam Corporation 2000 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the
"Plan") to purchase the number of shares of the Company's Common Stock indicated
in your Grant Notice at the exercise price indicated in your Grant Notice.
Defined terms not explicitly defined in this Stock Option Agreement but defined
in the Plan shall have the same definitions as in the Plan.
The details of your option are as follows:
1. VESTING. Subject to the limitations contained herein, your option
will vest as provided in your Grant Notice, provided that vesting will cease
upon the termination of your Continuous Service.
2. NUMBER OF SHARES AND EXERCISE PRICE. The number of shares of
Common Stock subject to your option and your exercise price per share
referenced in your Grant Notice may be adjusted from time to time for
Capitalization Adjustments, as provided in the Plan.
3. EXERCISE PRIOR TO VESTING ("EARLY EXERCISE"). If permitted in
your Grant Notice (i.e., the "Exercise Schedule" indicates that "Early
Exercise" of your option is permitted) and subject to the provisions of your
option, you may elect at any time that is both (i) during the period of your
Continuous Service and (ii) during the term of your option, to exercise all or
part of your option, including the nonvested portion of your option; provided,
however, that:
(a) a partial exercise of your option shall be deemed to cover
first vested shares of Common Stock and then the earliest vesting installment
of unvested shares of Common Stock;
(b) any shares of Common Stock so purchased from installments
that have not vested as of the date of exercise shall be subject to the
purchase option in favor of the Company as described in the Company's form of
Early Exercise Stock Purchase Agreement; and
(c) you shall enter into the Company's form of Early Exercise
Stock Purchase Agreement with a vesting schedule that will result in the same
vesting as if no early exercise had occurred; and
(d) if your option is an incentive stock option, then, as
provided in the Plan, to the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value
(determined at the time of grant) of the shares of
Common Stock with respect to which your option plus all other incentive stock
options you hold are exercisable for the first time by you during any calendar
year (under all plans of the Company and its Affiliates) exceeds one hundred
thousand dollars ($100,000), your option(s) or portions thereof that exceed
such limit (according to the order in which they were granted) shall be treated
as nonstatutory stock options.
4. METHOD OF PAYMENT. Payment of the exercise price is due in full
upon exercise of all or any part of your option. You may elect to make payment
of the exercise price in cash or by check or in any other manner PERMITTED BY
YOUR GRANT NOTICE, which may include one or more of the following:
(a) In the Company's sole discretion at the time your option is
exercised and provided that at the time of exercise the Common Stock is
publicly traded and quoted regularly in THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, pursuant to a
program developed under Regulation T as promulgated by the Federal Reserve
Board that, prior to the issuance of Common Stock, results in either the
receipt of cash (or check) by the Company or the receipt of irrevocable
instructions to pay the aggregate exercise price to the Company from the sales
proceeds.
(b) Provided that at the time of exercise the Common Stock is
publicly traded and quoted regularly in THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, by delivery of
already-owned shares of Common Stock either that you have held for the period
required to avoid a charge to the Company's reported earnings (generally six
months) or that you did not acquire, directly or indirectly from the Company,
that are owned free and clear of any liens, claims, encumbrances or security
interests, and that are valued at Fair Market Value on the date of exercise.
"Delivery" for these purposes, in the sole discretion of the Company at the
time you exercise your option, shall include delivery to the Company of your
attestation of ownership of such shares of Common Stock in a form approved by
the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you may not exercise your option by
tender to the Company of Common Stock to the extent such tender would violate
the provisions of any law, regulation or agreement restricting the redemption
of the Company's stock.
5. WHOLE SHARES. You may exercise your option only for whole shares
of Common Stock.
6. SECURITIES LAW COMPLIANCE. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, you may not exercise your option unless the shares
of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise are then registered under the
Securities Act or, if such shares of Common Stock are not then so registered,
the Company has determined that such exercise and issuance would be exempt from
the registration requirements of the Securities Act. The exercise of your
option must also comply with other applicable laws and regulations governing
your option, and you may not exercise your option if the Company determines
that such exercise would not be in material compliance with such laws and
regulations.
7. TERM. You may not exercise your option before the commencement of
its term or after its term expires. The term of your option commences on the
Date of Grant and expires upon the EARLIEST of the following:
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(a) ninety (90) days after the termination of your Continuous
Service for any reason other than your Disability or death, provided that if
during any part of such three (3) month period your option is not exercisable
solely because of the condition set forth in the preceding paragraph relating
to "Securities Law Compliance," your option shall not expire until the earlier
of the Expiration Date or until it shall have been exercisable for an aggregate
period of three (3) months after the termination of your Continuous Service;
(b) one (1) year after the termination of your Continuous
Service due to your Disability;
(c) one (1) year after your death if you die either during your
Continuous Service; or
(d) the day before the tenth (10th) anniversary of the Date of
Xxxxx.
If your option is an incentive stock option, note that, to obtain the
federal income tax advantages associated with an "incentive stock option," the
Code requires that at all times beginning on the date of grant of your option
and ending on the day three (3) months before the date of your option's
exercise, you must be an employee of the Company or an Affiliate, except in the
event of your death or Disability. The Company has provided for extended
exercisability of your option under certain circumstances for your benefit but
cannot guarantee that your option will necessarily be treated as an "incentive
stock option" if you continue to provide services to the Company or an Affiliate
as a Consultant or Director after your employment terminates or if you otherwise
exercise your option more than three (3) months after the date your employment
terminates.
8. EXERCISE.
(a) You may exercise the vested portion of your option (and the
unvested portion of your option if your Grant Notice so permits) during its
term by delivering a Notice of Exercise (in a form designated by the Company)
together with the exercise price to the Secretary of the Company, or to such
other person as the Company may designate, during regular business hours,
together with such additional documents as the Company may then require.
(b) By exercising your option you agree that, as a condition to
any exercise of your option, the Company may require you to enter into an
arrangement providing for the payment by you to the Company of any tax
withholding obligation of the Company arising by reason of (1) the exercise of
your option, (2) the lapse of any substantial risk of forfeiture to which the
shares of Common Stock are subject at the time of exercise, or (3) the
disposition of shares of Common Stock acquired upon such exercise.
(c) If your option is an incentive stock option, by exercising
your option you agree that you will notify the Company in writing within
fifteen (15) days after the date of any disposition of any of the shares of the
Common Stock issued upon exercise of your option that occurs within two (2)
years after the date of your option grant or within one (1) year after such
shares of Common Stock are transferred upon exercise of your option.
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(d) By exercising your option you agree that the Company (or a
representative of the underwriter(s)) may, in connection with the first
underwritten registration of the offering of any securities of the Company
under the Securities Act, require that you not sell, dispose of, transfer, make
any short sale of, grant any option for the purchase of, or enter into any
hedging or similar transaction with the same economic effect as a sale, any
shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company held by you, for a
period of time specified by the underwriter(s) (not to exceed one hundred
eighty (180) days) following the effective date of the registration statement
of the Company filed under the Securities Act. You further agree to execute and
deliver such other agreements as may be reasonably requested by the Company
and/or the underwriter(s) that are consistent with the foregoing or that are
necessary to give further effect thereto. In order to enforce the foregoing
covenant, the Company may impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to
your shares of Common Stock until the end of such period.
9. TRANSFERABILITY. Your option is not transferable, except by will
or by the laws of descent and distribution, and is exercisable during your life
only by you. Notwithstanding the foregoing, by delivering written notice to the
Company, in a form satisfactory to the Company, you may designate a third party
who, in the event of your death, shall thereafter be entitled to exercise your
option.
10. RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL. Shares of Common Stock that you acquire
upon exercise of your option are subject to any right of first refusal that may
be described in the Company's bylaws in effect at such time the Company elects
to exercise its right. The Company's right of first refusal shall expire on the
Listing Date.
11. RIGHT OF REPURCHASE. To the extent provided in the Company's
bylaws as amended from time to time, the Company shall have the right to
repurchase all or any part of the shares of Common Stock you acquire pursuant
to the exercise of your option ("Purchase Option").
12. OPTION NOT A SERVICE CONTRACT. Your option is not an employment
or service contract, and nothing in your option shall be deemed to create in
any way whatsoever any obligation on your part to continue in the employ of the
Company or an Affiliate, or of the Company or an Affiliate to continue your
employment. In addition, nothing in your option shall obligate the Company or
an Affiliate, their respective shareholders, Boards of Directors, Officers or
Employees to continue any relationship that you might have as a Director or
Consultant for the Company or an Affiliate.
13. WITHHOLDING OBLIGATIONS.
(a) At the time you exercise your option, in whole or in part,
or at any time thereafter as requested by the Company, you hereby authorize
withholding from payroll and any other amounts payable to you, and otherwise
agree to make adequate provision for (including by means of a "cashless
exercise" pursuant to a program developed under Regulation T as promulgated by
the Federal Reserve Board to the extent permitted by the Company), any sums
required to satisfy the federal, state, local and foreign tax withholding
obligations of the Company or an Affiliate, if any, which arise in connection
with your option.
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(b) Upon your request and subject to approval by the Company,
in its sole discretion, and compliance with any applicable conditions or
restrictions of law, the Company may withhold from fully vested shares of
Common Stock otherwise issuable to you upon the exercise of your option a
number of whole shares of Common Stock having a Fair Market Value, determined
by the Company as of the date of exercise, not in excess of the minimum amount
of tax required to be withheld by law. If the date of determination of any tax
withholding obligation is deferred to a date later than the date of exercise of
your option, share withholding pursuant to the preceding sentence shall not be
permitted unless you make a proper and timely election under Section 83(b) of
the Code, covering the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock acquired upon
such exercise with respect to which such determination is otherwise deferred,
to accelerate the determination of such tax withholding obligation to the date
of exercise of your option. Notwithstanding the filing of such election, shares
of Common Stock shall be withheld solely from fully vested shares of Common
Stock determined as of the date of exercise of your option that are otherwise
issuable to you upon such exercise. Any adverse consequences to you arising in
connection with such share withholding procedure shall be your sole
responsibility.
(c) You may not exercise your option unless the tax withholding
obligations of the Company and/or any Affiliate are satisfied. Accordingly, you
may not be able to exercise your option when desired even though your option is
vested, and the Company shall have no obligation to issue a certificate for
such shares of Common Stock or release such shares of Common Stock from any
escrow provided for herein.
14. NOTICES. Any notices provided for in your option or the Plan
shall be given in writing and shall be deemed effectively given upon receipt
or, in the case of notices delivered by mail by the Company to you, five (5)
days after deposit in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to you
at the last address you provided to the Company.
15. GOVERNING PLAN DOCUMENT. Your option is subject to all the
provisions of the Plan, the provisions of which are hereby made a part of your
option, and is further subject to all interpretations, amendments, rules and
regulations which may from time to time be promulgated and adopted pursuant to
the Plan. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of your option
and those of the Plan, the provisions of the Plan shall control.
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EXHIBIT A
STOCK ASSIGNMENT SEPARATE FROM CERTIFICATE
STOCK ASSIGNMENT SEPARATE FROM CERTIFICATE
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, _______________________ hereby sells, assigns and
transfers unto SUREBEAM CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
pursuant to the Repurchase Option under that certain Early Exercise Stock
Purchase Agreement, dated _______________ by and between the undersigned and the
Company (the "Agreement"), _______________ (_______________) shares of Common
Stock of the Company standing in the undersigned's name on the books of the
Company represented by Certificate No(s). _______________ and does hereby
irrevocably constitute and appoint the Company's Secretary attorney to transfer
said Common Stock on the books of the Company with full power of substitution in
the premises. This Assignment may be used only in accordance with and subject to
the terms and conditions of the Agreement, in connection with the repurchase of
shares of Common Stock issued to the undersigned pursuant to the Agreement, and
only to the extent that such shares remain subject to the Company's Repurchase
Option under the Agreement.
Dated: _______________
_________________________________________
(Signature)
_________________________________________
(Print Name)
INSTRUCTION: Please do not fill in any blanks other than the "Signature" line
and the "Print Name" line. The purpose of this Assignment is to enable the
Company to exercise its Repurchase Option set forth in the Agreement without
requiring additional signatures on the part of Purchaser.
EXHIBIT B
JOINT ESCROW INSTRUCTIONS
JOINT ESCROW INSTRUCTIONS
Secretary
SureBeam Corporation
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx
Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Dear Sir or Madam:
As Escrow Agent for both SUREBEAM CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation
("Company"), and the undersigned purchaser of Common Stock of the Company
("Purchaser"), you are hereby authorized and directed to hold the documents
delivered to you pursuant to the terms of that certain Early Exercise Stock
Purchase Agreement ("Agreement"), dated _______________ to which a copy of these
Joint Escrow Instructions is attached as Exhibit _____, in accordance with the
following instructions:
1. In the event the Company or an assignee shall elect to exercise
the Repurchase Option set forth in the Agreement, the Company or its assignee
will give to Purchaser and you a written notice specifying the number of shares
of Common Stock to be purchased, the purchase price, and the time for a closing
hereunder at the principal office of the Company. Purchaser and the Company
hereby irrevocably authorize and direct you to close the transaction
contemplated by such notice in accordance with the terms of said notice.
2. At the closing you are directed (a) to date any stock assignments
necessary for the transfer in question, (b) to fill in the number of shares
being transferred, and (c) to deliver same, together with the certificate
evidencing the shares of Common Stock to be transferred, to the Company against
the simultaneous delivery to you of the purchase price (which may include
suitable acknowledgment of cancellation of indebtedness) of the number of
shares of Common Stock being purchased pursuant to the exercise of the
Repurchase Option.
3. Purchaser irrevocably authorizes the Company to deposit with you
any certificates evidencing shares of Common Stock to be held by you hereunder
and any additions and substitutions to said shares as specified in the
Agreement. Purchaser does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint you as the
Purchaser's attorney-in-fact and agent for the term of this escrow to execute
with respect to such securities and other property all documents of assignment
and/or transfer and all stock certificates necessary or appropriate to make all
securities negotiable and complete any transaction herein contemplated.
4. This escrow shall terminate upon expiration or exercise in full
of the Repurchase Option, whichever occurs first.
5. If at the time of termination of this escrow you should have in
your possession any documents, securities, or other property belonging to
Purchaser, you shall deliver all of same
to Purchaser and shall be discharged of all further obligations hereunder;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if at the time of termination of this escrow you are
advised by the Company that the property subject to this escrow is the subject
of a pledge or other security agreement, you shall deliver all such property to
the pledgeholder or other person designated by the Company.
6. Except as otherwise provided in these Joint Escrow Instructions,
your duties hereunder may be altered, amended, modified or revoked only by a
writing signed by all of the parties hereto.
7. You shall be obligated only for the performance of such duties as
are specifically set forth herein and may rely and shall be protected in
relying or refraining from acting on any instrument reasonably believed by you
to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or
parties or their assignees. You shall not be personally liable for any act you
may do or omit to do hereunder as Escrow Agent or as attorney-in-fact for
Purchaser while acting in good faith and any act done or omitted by you
pursuant to the advice of your own attorneys shall be conclusive evidence of
such good faith.
8. You are hereby expressly authorized to disregard any and all
warnings given by any of the parties hereto or by any other person or
corporation, excepting only orders or process of courts of law, and are hereby
expressly authorized to comply with and obey orders, judgments or decrees of
any court. In case you obey or comply with any such order, judgment or decree
of any court, you shall not be liable to any of the parties hereto or to any
other person, firm or corporation by reason of such compliance, notwithstanding
any such order, judgment or decree being subsequently reversed, modified,
annulled, set aside, vacated or found to have been entered without jurisdiction.
9. You shall not be liable in any respect on account of the
identity, authority or rights of the parties executing or delivering or
purporting to execute or deliver the Agreement or any documents or papers
deposited or called for hereunder.
10. You shall not be liable for the outlawing of any rights under any
statute of limitations with respect to these Joint Escrow Instructions or any
documents deposited with you.
11. Your responsibilities as Escrow Agent hereunder shall terminate
if you shall cease to be Secretary of the Company or if you shall resign by
written notice to each party. In the event of any such termination, the Company
may appoint any officer or assistant officer of the Company as successor Xxxxxx
Agent and Purchaser hereby confirms the appointment of such successor or
successors as the Purchaser's attorney-in-fact and agent to the full extent of
your appointment.
12. If you reasonably require other or further instruments in
connection with these Joint Escrow Instructions or obligations in respect
hereto, the necessary parties hereto shall join in furnishing such instruments.
13. It is understood and agreed that should any dispute arise with
respect to the delivery and/or ownership or right of possession of the
securities, you are authorized and
directed to retain in your possession without liability to anyone all or any
part of said securities until such dispute shall have been settled either by
mutual written agreement of the parties concerned or by a final order, decree
or judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction after the time for appeal has
expired and no appeal has been perfected, but you shall be under no duty
whatsoever to institute or defend any such proceedings.
14. Any notice required or permitted hereunder shall be given in
writing and shall be deemed effectively given upon personal delivery, including
delivery by express courier or five days after deposit in the United States
Post Office, by registered or certified mail with postage and fees prepaid,
addressed to each of the other parties hereunto entitled at the following
addresses, or at such other addresses as a party may designate by ten days'
advance written notice to each of the other parties hereto:
COMPANY: SureBeam Corporation
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx
Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
PURCHASER: ____________________________________
____________________________________
____________________________________
ESCROW AGENT: Secretary
SureBeam Corporation
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx
Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
15. By signing these Joint Escrow Instructions you become a party
hereto only for the purpose of said Joint Escrow Instructions; you do not
become a party to the Agreement.
16. You shall be entitled to employ such legal counsel and other
experts (including without limitation the firm of Xxxxxx Godward LLP) as you
may deem necessary properly to advise you in connection with your obligations
hereunder. You may rely upon the advice of such counsel, and may pay such
counsel reasonable compensation therefor. The Company shall be responsible for
all fees generated by such legal counsel in connection with your obligations
hereunder.
17. This instrument shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of
the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. It is
understood and agreed that references to "you" or "your" herein refer to the
original Escrow Agent and to any and all successor Escrow Agents. It is
understood and agreed that the Company may at any time or from time to time
assign its rights under the Agreement and these Joint Escrow Instructions in
whole or in part.
18. This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted and
determined in accordance with the laws of the State of California, as such laws
are applied by California courts to contracts made and to be performed entirely
in California by residents of that state.
Very truly yours,
SUREBEAM CORPORATION
By:_______________________________________
Title:____________________________________
PURCHASER:
__________________________________________
ESCROW AGENT:
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