Exhibit 10.1
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT dated as of May 2, 2000, between OPUS360
CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and XXXX XXXX WALK (the
"Employee").
WHEREAS, the Company desires to employ the Employee as the Executive
Vice President-Human Resources of the Company; and
WHEREAS, the Employee desires to accept such employment by the
Company, on the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants contained herein
and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Employee hereby agree as follows:
Section 1. Employment.
The Company hereby employs the Employee, and the Employee hereby
accepts employment by the Company, upon the terms and subject to the conditions
hereinafter set forth.
Section 2. Term of Employment.
The Employee's employment hereunder shall be for the period
commencing on May __, 2000 (the "Start Date") and ending on the day immediately
prior to the third anniversary of the Start Date (the "Base Term"); provided,
however, unless earlier terminated pursuant to the provisions of Sections 6, 7,
8 or 9 hereof, the Base Term shall be automatically renewed and extended for
successive one-year terms without further act of the parties (each, a "Renewal
Term" and together with the Base Term, collectively, the "Employment Period"),
unless either the Company or the Employee gives the other party hereto at least
45 days prior written notice before the end of the Employment Period of such
party's intent not to renew this Agreement (each, a "Right Not To Extend").
Section 3. Duties.
The Employee shall be employed as the Executive Vice President-Human
Resources of the Company or in such other position as the Company and the
Employee shall agree in writing. The Employee shall report to the President and
Chief Operating Officer of the Company. The Employee shall perform such duties
and services as are appropriate and commensurate with the Employee's position as
Executive Vice President-Human Resources of the Company and as are otherwise
consistent in stature and prestige with the position of Executive Vice President
of a corporation with similar operations as the Company, and shall perform such
additional duties and services which are similarly consistent with such position
as may reasonably be assigned to him from time to time by the President and the
Chief Operating Officer. The Employee shall be based in the New York City
metropolitan area.
Section 4. Time to be Devoted to Employment.
(a) Except for three weeks vacation during each 12-month period
worked (in addition to public holidays), absences due to temporary illness and
time spent as a director in respect of a directorship held by the Employee on or
prior to the Start Date, the Employee shall devote substantially all of his
business time, attention and energies to the business and affairs of the Company
during the Employment Period.
(b) During the Employment Period, the Employee shall not engage in
any other business activity which conflicts with the duties of the Employee
hereunder, whether or not such activity is pursued for gain, profit or other
pecuniary advantage; provided, however, to the extent not in conflict with this
Section 4, the Employee shall not be prohibited from (i) serving as an officer,
director, trustee or otherwise participating in purely educational, welfare,
social, charitable, religious and civic organizations, or (ii) managing personal
and family investments, in each case to the extent such activities (A) do not
interfere or conflict in any material respect with the performance of his duties
and responsibilities hereunder and (B) are conducted in accordance with the
limitations of Section 11. Except with the prior written approval of the Board
(excluding the Employee if he should be a member of the Board at the time of
such determination), which the Board may grant or withhold in its sole and
absolute discretion, the Employee, during the Employment Period, will not serve
on the board of directors or similar body of any business entity other than the
Company or any subsidiary thereof (other than with respect to any directorship
held by the Employee on or prior to the Start Date, which directorships, if any,
have been disclosed in writing by the Employee to the Company).
Section 5. Compensation; Reimbursement.
(a) During the Employment Period, the Company (or at the Company's
option, any subsidiary or affiliate thereof) shall pay to the Employee an annual
salary (the "Base Salary") of not less than $250,000, payable semi-monthly. Such
Base Salary will be reviewed at least annually and may be increased by the Board
or the Board's designee (excluding the Employee if he should be a member of the
Board at the time of such determination) in its sole discretion. Effective as of
any such increase, the Base Salary as so increased shall be considered the new
Base Salary for all purposes of this Agreement and may not thereafter be
reduced.
(b) The Employee shall be eligible to receive an annual bonus of no
less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) during each calendar year of
the Employment Period (pro-rated for partial calendar years of employment by the
Company with such pro ration for the year 2000 to be made as if the calendar
year 2000 began on February 1, 2000) based upon his achievement of performance
criteria mutually agreed upon by the Employee and the Company. The performance
criteria for the first year of the Employment Period shall be satisfied in the
event that the Company achieves gross revenue of $15 million for calendar year
2000. With respect to subsequent calendar years, it is expected that the
performance criteria will be based on increasing gross revenue targets to be
agreed upon within thirty (30) days after each anniversary of this Employment
Agreement and that such targets shall be consistent with and no higher than
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the performance targets established for the President and Chief Operating
Officer of the Company for such calendar year.
(c) During the Employment Period and to the extent available to
senior executive officers of the Company, the Employee shall be entitled to
participate in all of the Company's benefit plans, pension and retirement plans,
life insurance, hospitalization and surgical and major medical coverages, sick
leave, vacation and holiday policies, long-term disability coverage and such
other fringe benefits enjoyed by other senior executive officers of the Company.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5(c), at no
time during the Employment Period shall the long-term disability coverage and
life insurance benefits that the Company provides to the Employee be reduced to
a level below that being provided to the Employee as of the Start Date.
(d) The Company shall reimburse the Employee, in accordance with the
practice from time to time for other senior executive officers of the Company,
for all reasonable and necessary traveling expenses, disbursements and other
reasonable and necessary incidental expenses incurred by him for or on behalf of
the Company in the performance of his duties hereunder upon presentation by the
Employee to the Company of appropriate vouchers.
(e) The Company granted the Employee, on the respective dates of
grant, (i) options (the "ISO") to purchase up to 43,904 shares of common stock
of the Company (the "Common Stock") pursuant to the terms and conditions of
written option agreements between the Company and the Employee, as amended, the
forms of which are attached hereto as Exhibit A (the "ISO Agreements"), which
shall contain all of the terms and conditions of the ISO and (ii) options (the
"NSO" and together with the ISO, the "Options") to purchase up 286,096 shares of
Common Stock pursuant to the terms and conditions of written option agreements
between the Company and the Employee, as amended, the forms of which are
attached hereto as Exhibit B (the "NSO Agreements" and together with the ISO
Agreements, the "Stock Option Agreements"), which shall contain all of the terms
and conditions of the NSO. 66,000 of the Options shall vest on the date of grant
and the remaining 264,000 of the Options shall vest over three years, 6/36 of
such amount shall vest on the six month anniversary of the date of grant and
1/36 of such amount shall vest each month thereafter. The Company shall at least
once each year commencing in 2001 consider the Employee for future annual or
other grants of stock options and other equity awards on at least the same basis
as such options and equity awards are granted to other senior executive
officers.
(f) The Employee authorizes the Company to deduct from any amounts
payable to him hereunder such sums as may be required to be deducted or withheld
under the provisions of any federal, state or local law or regulation now in
effect or hereafter put into effect during the term of this Agreement,
including, without limitation, social security and income withholding taxes.
Section 6. Involuntary Termination.
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(a) If the Employee is incapacitated or disabled by accident,
sickness or other cause so as to render him mentally or physically incapable of
performing the services required to be performed by him under this Agreement for
a period of 120 consecutive days or longer, or 150 days or longer during any 200
day period (such condition being herein referred to as a "Disability"), prior to
the Employee resuming the performance of his duties as contemplated herein, the
Company may terminate the employment of the Employee under this Agreement (an
"Involuntary Termination"). Until the Company or the Employee shall have
terminated the Employee's employment hereunder, the Employee shall be entitled
to receive his compensation and other benefits as set forth in this Agreement
notwithstanding any such Disability.
(b) Any determination as to whether the Employee is subject to a
physical or mental incapacity shall first be made by the Board (excluding the
Employee if he should be a member of the Board at the time of such
determination) in its good faith judgment; provided, however, if any such
determination is disputed by the Employee, the matter shall be referred to a
licensed physician practicing within New York, New York or a 50-mile radius
thereof and selected by the Board and the Employee, and the determination of
Disability made by such physician shall be final and binding on both the
Employee and the Company. The Employee represents and warrants to the Company
that, to the best of his knowledge, he does not have a Disability as of the date
hereof.
(c) If the Employee dies during the Employment Period, his
employment hereunder shall be deemed to cease as of the date of his death, and
the termination of his employment occasioned thereby shall be deemed an
Involuntary Termination.
Section 7. Termination for Cause or Without Cause.
(a) The Company may terminate the Employee's employment hereunder at
any time during the Employment Period for "Cause" (a "Termination for Cause").
Prior to, and in connection with, any Termination for Cause, (1) the President
and Chief Operating Officer of the Company or their respective designee shall
give written notice to the Employee of the specific circumstances which may
constitute the basis for a Termination for Cause, (2) the Employee shall be
provided with ten (10) days to cure the basis for a Termination with Cause (but
only if such basis is capable of cure), and (3) the Board shall have determined,
in its sole discretion (so long as not arbitrary or capricious), by a vote of
not less three-fourths (3/4) of the Board (excluding the Employee if he should
be a member of the Board at the time of such determination) at a meeting called
and held for such purpose, after reasonable notice to the Employee and an
opportunity for the Employee, together with his counsel, to be heard before the
Board, that the Company has Cause to terminate the Employee's employment. For
purposes of this Agreement, "Cause" shall be limited to:
(i) the gross negligence or willful refusal or failure by the
Employee to attempt to substantially perform the duties described in
Section 3 (other than any failure resulting from an illness or other
similar incapacity or disability);
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(ii) the Employee's conviction of, or plea of nolo contendere
to, misappropriation of funds, properties or assets of the Company, or any
other act of fraud, theft or financial dishonesty involving the Company or
its subsidiaries, or slander or libel concerning the Company or a material
tort relating to his office or employment with the Company that has a
material adverse effect on the Company;
(iii) the material breach by the Employee of the provisions of
this Agreement including, without limitation, the covenants set forth in
Sections 11 and 12 hereof;
(iv) the Employee's conviction of, or plea of nolo contendere
to, a crime constituting a felony (other than a traffic violation) or any
criminal act involving moral turpitude; or
(v) the Employee's inability to perform his duties as a result
of alcohol or drug abuse, chronic alcoholism or drug addiction.
(b) The Company may terminate the Employee's employment hereunder at
any time during the Employment Period without "Cause" by providing written
notice of such termination to the Employee (a "Termination Without Cause") at
least five days prior to such Termination Without Cause or pay in lieu of such
notice.
Section 8. Termination for Poor or Incompetent Performance.
The Company may not terminate the Employee's employment hereunder at
any time during the first year of the Base Term for the Employee's poor or
incompetent performance of his duties or responsibilities hereunder. Thereafter,
the Company may terminate the Employee's employment hereunder at any time for
poor or incompetent performance ("Termination for Poor or Incompetent
Performance"); provided that the Board shall have determined, in its sole
discretion (so long as not arbitrary or capricious), by a vote of not less
three-fourths (3/4) of the Board (excluding the Employee if he should be a
member of the Board at the time of such determination) at a meeting called and
held for such purpose, after reasonable notice to the Employee and an
opportunity for the Employee, together with his counsel, to be heard before the
Board, that the Employee's performance hereunder has been poor or incompetent.
Section 9. Termination for Good Reason or by Resignation.
(a) The Employee may terminate his employment hereunder at any time
during the Employment Period for "Good Reason."
(b) For purposes of this Agreement:
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(i) "Good Reason" means (A) a reduction in the title or any
material reduction in the authority, duties, responsibilities,
compensation, benefits or reporting line of the Employee from those on the
Start Date, where such reduction or material reduction is not cured within
10 days after written notice thereof by the Employee to the Company, (B) a
Change of Control, if (1) within one (1) year of such Change of Control
the employment of the Employee is terminated by the Company for any
reason, or (2) during the 30-day period commencing 6 months after a Change
of Control the Employee terminates his employment for any or no reason,
(C) a material breach by the Company of this Agreement, which breach is
incurable or otherwise not cured within 10 days after written notice
thereof by the Employee to the Company, (D) the failure of the Company to
grant the Employee the Options pursuant to the Stock Option Agreements
provided for in Section 5(e) of this Agreement, or (E) the failure of the
Company to obtain a satisfactory agreement from any successor (whether
direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to
all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company to
assume and agree to perform this Agreement to the same extent that the
Company is required to perform it, in each case without the prior written
consent or waiver of the Employee.
(ii) the Employee's continued employment shall not constitute
consent to or a waiver of rights with respect to, any circumstances
constituting Good Reason hereunder.
(iii) "Change in Control" of the Company shall be deemed to
have occurred if:
(A) there shall be consummated (x) any consolidation or
merger of the Company in which the Company is not the continuing or
surviving corporation or pursuant to which shares of Common Stock would be
converted into cash, securities or other property, other than a merger of
the Company in which the holders of Common Stock immediately prior to the
merger own a majority of the common stock of the surviving corporation
immediately after the merger, or (y) any sale, lease, exchange or other
transfer (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) of all,
or substantially all, of the assets of the Company;
(B) the stockholders of the Company approve any plan or
proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or
(C) any person (as such term is used in Sections 13(d)
and 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act")), other than Xxx X. Xxxxxxxx, shall become the beneficial
owner (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of 50% or
more of the outstanding Common Stock.
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(c) The Employee may terminate his employment hereunder at any time
during the Employment Period without "Good Reason" by providing written notice
of such termination to the Company (a "Resignation") at least five days prior to
such Resignation.
Section 10. Effect of Termination of Employment.
(a) Termination For Cause or by Resignation. Upon the termination of
the Employee's employment hereunder pursuant to a Termination For Cause or a
Resignation, neither the Employee nor his beneficiary or estate shall have any
further rights or claims against the Company under this Agreement except to
receive:
(i) any unpaid portion of the Base Salary provided for in
Section 5(a), computed on a pro rata basis to the date of termination;
(ii) cash compensation equal to the product of (A) the number
of days of accrued vacation, if any, accumulated by the Employee to the
date of termination divided by 365 multiplied by (B) the Base Salary;
(iii) reimbursement for any expenses for which the Employee
shall not have theretofore been reimbursed as provided in Section 5(d);
(iv) any bonus from the prior calendar year which has been
earned but not yet paid; and
(v) all vested benefits under any compensation or employee
benefit plan maintained by the Company, whether funded or unfunded,
accrued through the date of termination.
(b) Involuntary Termination. Upon the termination of the Employee's
employment hereunder pursuant to an Involuntary Termination, neither the
Employee nor his beneficiary or estate shall have any further rights or claims
against the Company under this Agreement except the right:
(i) to receive the payments and benefits, if any, equal to
those provided for in Section 10(a) hereof;
(ii) to receive monthly cash severance payments in an amount
equal to one-twelfth of the cash compensation (including Base Salary and
bonus) received by the Employee during the 12-month period immediately
prior to the date of termination under this subsection; provided, however,
that if such termination occurs prior to the date of payment of any bonus
for calendar year 2000, the bonus amount for such calculation shall be
deemed to be $67,000 (such monthly payments, "Monthly Severance"), for a
period of twelve (12) months;
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(iii) to be credited with one additional year of employment
for purposes of calculating the Employee's vested interest in the Options
and any other stock options and equity awards granted to the Employee
during the Employment Period, which Options and other options shall vest
according to their original schedule as if the Employee's employment
hereunder had continued for twelve (12) months from the date of
Involuntary Termination, and all such Options and other options shall be
exercisable by the Employee for their full remaining term; and
(iv) in the case of termination due to a Disability, to
receive all benefits pursuant to Section 5(c) above for a period of twelve
(12) months following the date of such termination.
(c) Termination Without Cause or With Good Reason. Upon the
termination of the Employee's employment hereunder pursuant to a Termination
Without Cause or With Good Reason, neither the Employee nor his beneficiary or
estate shall have any further rights or claims against the Company under this
Agreement except the right:
(i) to receive the payments and benefits, if any, equal to
those provided for in Section 10(a) hereof;
(ii) to receive Monthly Severance, for a period lasting the
longer of (A) twelve (12) months, or (B) the remainder of the Base Term;
provided, however, that the Employee will not be entitled to any such
payments in the event that the Employee becomes employed by another entity
during the period that such payments would otherwise be due;
(iii) to become fully vested in all of the Options and any
other stock options and equity awards granted to the Employee during the
Employment Period, which Options and other options shall vest according to
their original schedule as if the Employee's employment hereunder had
continued until all such Options and other options had fully vested, and
all such Options and other options shall be exercisable by the Employee
for their full remaining term; and
(iv) to receive all benefits pursuant to Section 5(c) above
for a period lasting the longer of (A) twelve (12) months from the date of
Termination Without Cause or With Good Reason, or (B) the remainder of the
Base Term; provided, however, that the Employee will not be entitled to
any such benefits in the event that the Employee becomes employed by
another entity during the period that such benefits would otherwise be
due.
(d) Termination for Poor or Incompetent Performance. Upon
termination of the Employee's employment hereunder pursuant to a Termination for
Incompetence or Non-Performance, neither the Employee nor his beneficiary or
estate shall have any further rights or claims against the Company under this
Agreement except the right:
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(i) to receive payments and benefits, if any, equal to those
provided for in Section 10(a) hereof;
(ii) to receive Monthly Severance, for a period of twelve (12)
months; provided, however, that the Employee will not be entitled to any
such payments in the event that the Employee becomes employed by another
entity during the period that such payments would otherwise be due; and
(iii) to be credited with twelve (12) additional months of
employment for purposes of calculating the Employee's vested interests in
the Options and any other stock options and equity awards granted to the
Employee during the Employment Period, which options shall vest according
to their original schedule as if the Employee's employment hereunder had
continued for twelve (12) months from the date of the Termination for Poor
or Incompetent Performance, and all such Options and other options shall
be exercisable by the Employee for their full remaining term.
(iv) to receive all benefits pursuant to Section 5(c) above
for a period of twelve (12) months following the date of such Termination
for Poor or Incompetent Performance; provided, however, that the Employee
will not be entitled to any such benefits in the event that the Employee
becomes employed by another entity during the period that such benefits
would otherwise be due.
(e) Termination Based on the Employee's Right Not To Extend. Upon
the termination of the Employee's employment hereunder pursuant to the
Employee's Right Not To Extend, neither the Employee nor his beneficiary or
estate shall have any further rights or claims against the Company under this
Agreement except the right to receive the payments and benefits, if any, equal
to those provided for in Section 10(a) hereof.
(f) Termination Based on the Company's Right Not To Extend. Upon the
termination of the Employee's employment hereunder pursuant to the Company's
Right Not To Extend, neither the Employee nor his beneficiary or estate shall
have any further rights or claims against the Company under this Agreement
except the right:
(i) to receive the payments and benefits, if any, equal to
those provided for in Section 10(a) hereof;
(ii) to receive Monthly Severance, for a period of twelve (12)
months; provided, however, that the Employee will not be entitled to any
such payments in the event that the Employee becomes employed by another
entity during the period that such payments would otherwise be due;
(iii) to become fully vested in all of the Options and any
other stock options and equity awards granted to the Employee during the
Employment
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Period, which Options and other options shall vest according to their
original schedule for twelve (12) months from the date of Termination
Based on the Company's Right Not To Extend, and all such Options and other
options shall be exercisable by the Employee for their full remaining
term; and
(iv) to receive all benefits pursuant to Section 5(c) above
for a period of twelve (12) months following the date of the termination
of the Employee's employment hereunder pursuant to the Company's Right Not
To Extend; provided, however, that the Employee will not be entitled to
any such benefits in the event that the Employee becomes employed by
another entity during the period that such benefits would otherwise be
due.
(g) If the Employee's employment with the Company hereunder is
terminated pursuant to Sections 2, 6, 7, 8 or 9, the Employee shall not have the
obligation to mitigate his damages as a result of such termination.
(h) Any obligations of the Company to provide payments and benefits
to the Employee under this Section 10 are expressly conditioned on the
Employee's compliance with Sections 11 and 12 of this Employment Agreement.
(i) Except to the extent requested by the Board, upon the date of
termination, the Employee shall immediately resign all positions and
directorships with the Company and each subsidiary thereof.
Section 11. Non-Competition; Non-Solicitation.
(a) In consideration of the compensation and other benefits to be
provided to the Employee hereunder, the Employee shall not, directly or
indirectly, for any reason whatsoever, during the Employment period and for a
period of one year following the Employee's Termination for any reason,
including without limitation Termination for Cause, Termination for Poor or
Incompetent Performance, Termination without Cause, Termination by Employee with
Good Reason, or Employee's Resignation:
(i) engage, become involved or acquire an interest in any
Competitive Business (as hereinafter defined), whether such engagement,
interest or involvement shall be as an employee, employer, manager,
material investor, owner, consultant, lender, partner or other participant
in any Competitive Business;
(ii) assist others in engaging in any Competitive Business in
the manner described in the foregoing clause (i);
(iii) solicit or induce, or attempt to solicit or induce,
employees of, consultants to, or independent contractors of, the Company
or its subsidiaries to terminate their employment, engagement or
affiliation with the Company or in
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any way interfere with the relationship between the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any such employee of, consultant to, or
independent contractor of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the
other hand; or
(iv) knowingly employ or retain any such employee of,
consultant to, or independent contractor of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries during his or her employment, engagement or affiliation with
the Company or any of its subsidiaries for a period of three months after
the termination of such employee's, consultant's or independent
contractor's employment, engagement or affiliation with the Company or any
of its subsidiaries unless such retainer is not competitive, and does not
interfere with, the simultaneous retention of such consultant or
independent contractor by the Company.
(v) induce customers or vendors of the Company; or any independent
knowledge workers or other information technology professionals, or end user
organizations that have a business relationship with the Company, to alter or
terminate their business relationship with the Company or any of its
subsidiaries; provided, however, that nothing contained in this Section 11 shall
be deemed to prohibit the Employee from acquiring, directly or indirectly,
solely as a passive investment, securities of any Competitive Business traded on
any national securities exchange if the Employee is not a controlling person of,
nor a member of a group which controls such person and does not, directly or
indirectly, own 5% or more of any class of securities of such person. As used
herein, the term "Competitive Business" shall mean any business which competes
with the Company in the business of primarily providing labor resource
management services or products relating to information technology professionals
by means of business-to-business electronic commerce or any business or activity
that is substantially the same as any business or activity conducted by the
Company at any time during the Employee's employment with the Company within the
geographic area that the Company is engaged in such business or activity as of
the Start Date or upon such date that the Employee ceases to receive salary or
severance payments from the Company (including, without limitation, any
subsidiary thereof).
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the
contrary, any business activities engaged in by the Employee on behalf of, or in
connection with the Employee's employment by, or service as a director or
consultant to, any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company or in connection with
a directorship held by the Employee on or prior to the Start Date, shall not be
deemed to violate the provisions of this Agreement.
(c) The Employee is aware that the services performed by him for the
Company are of a special, unique and intellectual character and
understands that the foregoing restrictions may limit his ability to earn
a livelihood in a Competitive Business, but he nevertheless believes that
he has received and will receive sufficient consideration and other
benefits in connection with his employment to clearly justify such
restrictions which, in any event, the Employee does not believe would
prevent him from earning a
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living. Nothing herein contained shall prohibit the Employee from engaging
in a business that is not a Competitive Business.
Section 12. Non-Disclosure of Information.
The Employee understands that he will have access to Confidential
Information relating to the Company and agrees that he will not, at any time
during or after the Employment Period, disclose to any person, firm, corporation
or other entity, except as required by law, any Confidential Information
concerning the business, clients or affairs of the Company or any subsidiary or
affiliate thereof, or of any person which the Company or any of its subsidiaries
is under an obligation to keep secret or confidential, for any reason or purpose
whatsoever other than in furtherance of the Employee's good faith performance of
his duties as an employee of the Company, nor shall the Employee make use of any
of such Confidential Information for his own purpose or for the benefit of any
person, firm, corporation or other business entity except the Company or any
subsidiary or affiliate thereof. For purposes of this Agreement, "Confidential
Information" shall include, without limitation, products or services, fees,
costs, pricing schedules, designs, analyses, drawings, photographs, reports,
computer software and hardware (including operating systems, applications and
program listings), customers and clients, customer and client lists, marketing
plans and related information, sales plans and related information, operating
policies and manuals, business plans, financial records or practice management
methods, inventions, devices, new developments, methods and processes,
technology or trade secrets, know-how or techniques, whether patentable or
unpatentatable and whether or not reduced to practice, and all similar and
related information in whatever form.
Section 13. Company Right to Inventions and Business Opportunities.
(a) The Employee shall promptly disclose, grant and assign to the
Company for its sole use and benefit any and all (i) discoveries, developments,
designs, improvements, inventions, formulae, processes, techniques, computer
programs, strategies, know-how and data, whether or not patentable or
registerable under patent, copyright, trademark or similar statutes, together
with all patent applications, patents, copyrights, copyright applications,
trademarks, trademark applications and any reissues thereof that may at any time
be granted for or upon any such inventions (the "Inventions") or (ii) business
opportunities relating to the actual or anticipated business of the Company or
any of its subsidiaries ("Business Opportunity"), presented to or learned by the
Employee during the period of the Employee's employment with the Company prior
to any termination of employment (whether or not during usual working hours).
(b) The Employee shall promptly, without charge and at the expense
of the Company, at all times hereafter execute and deliver such applications,
assignments, descriptions and other instruments as may be reasonably necessary
or proper in the reasonable opinion of the Company to (i) vest title to and
enforce patents, copyrights, trademarks, improvements, technical information and
methods and other rights and protections relating to the Inventions and (ii) to
assign or otherwise establish such ownership of the Company in all rights in or
to such Business
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Opportunities, and to enable the Company to obtain and maintain the entire right
and title thereto in any and all countries; and
(c) The Employee shall render to the Company at its expense
(including a reasonable payment for the time involved in case he is not then in
its employ) all such assistance as it may reasonably require at times and
locations agreed to by the Company and the Employer in the (i) prosecution of
applications for the Inventions, in the prosecution or defense or interferences
which may be declared involving the Inventions and in any litigation in which
the Company may be involved relating to the Inventions, each including, without
limitation, the execution of assignments, consents, powers of attorney,
applications and other instruments and the giving of testimony in support
thereof or (ii) confirmation and protection of such ownership of the Company in
all rights in or to any Business Opportunities, provided, however, that such
assistance shall not interfere with the Employee's employment or business
activities.
(d) The Employee shall deliver to the Company at the termination of
the Employment Period, or upon the request of the Company, at any time, all
memoranda, notes, plans, records, reports, computer tapes and software and other
documents and data (and copies thereof) relating to the Confidential
Information, Inventions, Business Opportunities or the business of the Company
or any of its subsidiaries, which he may then possess or have under his control,
regardless of the location or form of such material and, if requested by the
Company, shall provide the Company with written confirmation that all such
materials have been delivered to the Company.
Section 14. Enforcement.
It is the desire and intent of the parties hereto that the
provisions of this Agreement shall be enforced to the fullest extent permissible
under the laws and public policies applied in each jurisdiction in which
enforcement is sought. Accordingly, if any particular provision of this
Agreement shall be adjudicated to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision
shall be deemed amended to delete therefrom the portion thus adjudicated to be
invalid or unenforceable, such amendment to apply only with respect to the
operation of such provision in the particular jurisdiction in which such
adjudication is made; provided, however, that if any one or more of the
provisions contained in this Agreement shall be adjudicated to be invalid or
unenforceable because such provision is held to be excessively broad as to
duration, geographical scope, activity or subject, such provision shall be
deemed amended by limiting and reducing it so as to be valid and enforceable to
the maximum extent compatible with the applicable laws of such jurisdiction,
such amendment to apply only with respect to the operation of such provision in
the particular jurisdiction in which such adjudication is made.
Section 15. Excise Taxes.
To the extent that any of the payments and benefits provided for in
this Agreement or otherwise payable to the Employee constitute "parachute
payments" within the meaning of Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended (the "Code"), and, but for this Section 15, would be subject to
the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code,
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then the Employee's benefits under this Agreement shall be payable either (i) in
full or (ii) to such lesser amount as would result in no portion of severance
payments being subject to excise tax under Section 4999 of the Code, which ever
of the foregoing amounts, taking into account the applicable federal, state and
local income taxes and excise tax imposed by Section 4999, results in the
receipt by the Employee on an after tax basis of the greatest amount of
severance benefits provided pursuant to this Agreement, notwithstanding that all
or some portion of such severance benefits may be taxable under Section 4999 of
the Code. Unless the Company and the Employee otherwise agree in writing, any
determination required under this Section shall be made in writing by an
independent public accounting firm selected by the Employee and reasonably
acceptable to the Company other than that used by the Company (the Accountants),
whose determination shall be conclusive and binding upon the Employee and the
Company for all purposes. For purposes of making the calculations required by
this Section 15, the Accountants may make reasonable assumptions and
approximations concerning applicable taxes and may rely on reasonable, good
faith interpretations concerning the application of Section 280G and 4999 of the
Code. The Company and the Employee shall furnish to the Accountants such
information as the Accountants may reasonably request in order to make a
determination under this Section 15 The Company shall bear all costs the
Accountants may reasonably incur in connection with any calculations
contemplated by this Section 15.
Section 16. Remedies; Survival.
(a) The Employee acknowledges and understands that the provisions of
this Agreement are of a special and unique nature, the loss of which cannot be
accurately compensated for in damages by an action at law, and that the breach
of the provisions of this Agreement would cause the Company irreparable harm. In
the event of a breach by the Employee of the provisions of Section 11, 12, or 13
hereof, the Company shall be entitled to an injunction restraining him from such
breach; provided, however, nothing herein contained shall be construed as
prohibiting the Company from pursuing any other remedies available for any
breach of this Agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the
contrary, the provisions of Sections 9 through 18, including this Section 16,
shall survive the expiration or other termination of this Agreement until, by
their terms, such provisions are no longer operative.
(c) It is understood and agreed that the provisions of Sections 11,
12 and 13 of this Agreement are separate and distinct from any other agreement
between the parties hereto. Accordingly, in the event of a breach of such
provisions, the breaching party shall only be held responsible for damages
arising under such provisions and not for any damages which may be claimed to
arise under or with respect to any other agreement that is not separately
breached.
Section 17. Notices.
All notices, demands or other communications to be given or
delivered under or by reason of the provisions of this Agreement shall be in
writing and shall be deemed to have been given or made when (i) delivered
personally to the recipient, (ii) transmitted by facsimile or
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electronic mail (with hard copy sent to the recipient by reputable overnight
courier service (charges prepaid) that same day and, in the latter case, with
receipt acknowledged by the recipient by return electronic mail) if faxed or
e-mailed before 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on a Business Day, and otherwise
on the next Business Day (as hereinafter defined), (iii) two Business Days after
being sent to the recipient by reputable overnight courier service (charges
prepaid), or (iv) five Business Days after being sent to the recipient by
registered or certified mail (postage prepaid and return receipt requested). The
term "Business Day" shall mean any day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or other
day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or
obligated by law or executive order to close. Such notices, demands and other
communications shall be sent to the address for such recipient as set forth
below (or to such other address or to the attention of such other person as the
recipient party has specified by like notice):
(i) if to the Company, to:
Opus360 Corporation
00 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
E-Mail: xxxx@xxxx000.xxx
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
X'Xxxxxxxx Graev & Karabell, LLP
00 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
E-Mail: xxx@xxx.xxx
(ii) and, if to the Employee, to:
Xxxx Xxxx Walk
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Section 18. General Provisions.
(a) Binding Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of
and be enforceable by the Employee's personal or legal representatives,
executors, administrators,
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successors, heirs, distributees and devisees. If the Employee should die while
any amount would still be payable to him hereunder if he had continued to live,
all such amounts, unless otherwise provided herein, shall be paid in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement to the beneficiary designated by the Employee
in a writing delivered to the Company, or if there be no such designated
beneficiary, to his estate.
(b) Governing Law and Choice of Jurisdiction and Venue. THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO AND
FULLY PERFORMED WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK BY RESIDENTS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK. WITH RESPECT TO ANY LAWSUIT OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT WITH RESPECT TO THIS
AGREEMENT, EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY (I) SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE
JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR FEDERAL COURT OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SITTING IN NEW YORK, (II) WAIVES ANY OBJECTION IT MAY
HAVE AT ANY TIME TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH
COURT, (III) WAIVES ANY CLAIM THAT SUCH PROCEEDING HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN
INCONVENIENT FORUM, AND (IV) FURTHER WAIVES THE RIGHT TO OBJECT, WITH RESPECT TO
SUCH PROCEEDINGS, THAT SUCH COURT DOES NOT HAVE JURISDICTION OVER SUCH PARTY.
(c) Waiver of Breach. The waiver by either party of a breach of any
provision of this Agreement by the other party must be in writing and shall not
operate or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach by such other
party.
(d) Complete Agreement; Amendments; Prior Agreements. This Agreement
together with the Stock Option Agreements and the other agreements referred to
herein contain the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the
subject matter contained herein and supersede all prior agreements or
understandings written or oral between the parties with respect thereto. This
Agreement may not be amended, supplemented, canceled or discharged except by
written instrument executed by both parties hereto.
(e) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which
together shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
(f) Business Days. If any time period for giving notice or taking
action hereunder expires on a day which is not a Business Day, the time period
for giving notice or taking action shall be automatically extended to the
immediately following Business Day.
(g) Headings. The section headings contained in this Agreement are
for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or
interpretation of this Agreement.
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(h) Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited
or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be
ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without
invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or
unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
(i) Assignment. With respect to the Employee, this Agreement is
personal in its nature and the Employee shall not assign or transfer this
Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder. The Company may in its sole
discretion assign or otherwise transfer this Agreement and the provisions hereof
(including, without limitation, Sections 11, 12 and 13) shall inure to the
benefit of, and be binding upon, each successor of the Company, whether by
merger, consolidation, transfer of all or substantially all assets, or
otherwise.
(j) Nouns and Pronouns. Whenever the context may require, any
pronouns used herein shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or
neuter forms, and the singular form of nouns and pronouns shall include the
plural and vice-versa.
(k) Construction. Where specific language (such as the word
"including") is used to clarify by example a general statement contained herein,
such specific language shall not be deemed to modify, limit or restrict in any
manner the construction of the general statement to which it relates. The
language used in this Agreement shall be deemed to be the language chosen by the
parties hereto to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict
construction shall be applied against any party hereto. The parties hereto have
participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the
event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this
Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto, and no
presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by
virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement.
(l) Delivery by Facsimile. This Agreement, the agreements referred
to herein, and each other agreement or instrument entered into in connection
herewith or therewith or contemplated hereby or thereby, and any amendments or
supplements hereto or thereto, to the extent signed and delivered by means of a
facsimile machine, shall be treated in all manner and respects as an original
agreement or instrument and shall be considered to have the same binding legal
effect as if it were the original signed version thereof delivered in person. At
the request of any party hereto or to any such agreement or instrument, each
other party hereto or thereto shall reexecute original forms thereof and deliver
them to all other parties. No party hereto or to any such agreement or
instrument shall raise the use of a facsimile machine to deliver a signature or
the fact that any signature or agreement or instrument was transmitted or
communicated through the use of a facsimile machine as a defense to the
formation or enforceability of a contract and each such party forever waives any
such defense.
(m) Indemnification. The Company shall indemnify the Employee to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law and its certificate of incorporation
and by-laws against all costs, charges and expenses incurred or sustained by the
Employee in connection with his employment with the Company, other than as a
result of actions taken by him in bad faith or due
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to his gross negligence. This indemnification obligation shall survive
termination of this Agreement. In addition, during the Employment Period, the
Company shall continue to maintain, and shall cover the Employee under, its
Directors and Officers Liability Insurance and Errors and Omissions Insurance at
coverage levels which are no less than those currently in effect.
(n) Costs And Expenses of Agreement. All reasonable costs and
expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred by the Employee
in negotiating the terms and conditions of this Agreement or any agreements
ancillary to this Agreement shall be promptly reimbursed to the Employee by the
Company together with a tax gross-up payment to cover all taxes due on such
payment upon submission of an invoice therefor.
(o) Arbitration. Prior to the commencement of any legal action to
enforce any provision of this Agreement or to resolve any dispute arising under
this Agreement, the Company and the Employee agree to notify the other for the
purpose of determining whether the parties will agree to submit any such dispute
to mediation or arbitration on mutually agreeable terms; provided, however, that
the Company does not need to notify the Employee of its intent to file a legal
action for a breach of Sections 12 or 13 hereof, nor must the Company seek to
mediate or arbitrate any such dispute. Nothing in this Section 18(o) shall
require the parties to mediate or arbitrate any disputes arising under this
Employment Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have duly executed this
Agreement as of the date first above written.
OPUS360 CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx XxXxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx XxXxxx
Title: Sr. VP, CFO
/s/ Xxxx Xxxx Walk
XXXX XXXX WALK
Exhibit A
AMENDED AND RESTATED INCENTIVE OPTION AGREEMENT dated as of May__,
2000 (the "Agreement"), by and between OPUS360 CORPORATION, a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), and XXXX XXXX WALK (the "Optionee").
The Company and the Optionee are parties to the Existing Incentive
Stock Option Agreement (as defined below), pursuant to which the Company agreed
to grant to the Optionee on the Existing Grant Date (as defined below) an option
to purchase shares of the Company's Common Stock. The parties hereto desire to
amend and restate the Existing Incentive Stock Option Agreement to provide for,
among other things, (i) the amendment of the (A) Existing Option Shares (as
defined below) and (B) Existing Option Price and (ii) the modification and
amendment of certain other terms and conditions of the Existing Incentive Stock
Option Agreement. The Company and the Optionee desire and have agreed to amend
and restate the Existing Incentive Stock Option Agreement in its entirety as and
pursuant to this Agreement.
As a material inducement to the Optionee to enter into the
Employment Agreement (as defined below) the Company, the Company acting through
its Board of Directors or a committee thereof and pursuant to the Plan, grants
to the Optionee as of the Grant Date an option to purchase shares ("Shares") of
the Company's Common Stock (as defined below) on the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in this Agreement. Certain definitions used herein are set
forth in Section 12 hereto. This Agreement is the "ISO Agreement" referred to in
Section 5(e)(i) of the Employment Agreement.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained
herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree that the Existing
Incentive Stock Option Agreement shall be amended and restated in its entirety
as follows:
The Plan.
The terms and provisions of the Plan are hereby incorporated into
this Agreement as if set forth herein in their entirety. In the event of a
conflict between any provision of this Agreement and the Plan, the provisions of
the Plan shall control. A copy of the Plan may be obtained from the Company by
the Optionee by request.
Option; Option Price.
On the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, the
Company hereby grants the Optionee as of the Grant Date the option (the
"Option") to purchase up to 40,595 Shares (as adjusted from time to time to
reflect any Adjustment Event, the "Option Shares") at a price equal to the of
$9.11 per Share (as adjusted from time to time to reflect any Adjustment Event,
the "Option Price"). The Option is intended to qualify for federal income tax
purposes as an "incentive stock option" within the meaning of Section 422 of the
Code.
Any changes to the number of the Option Shares and the Option Price
based on an Adjustment Event shall be made by the Board in good faith and shall
be binding on and conclusive to the Optionee.
Term.
The term of the Option (the "Term") shall commence on February 1,
2000 (the "Grant Date") and shall expire at 5:00 p.m., New York time, on
February 1, 2010, unless the Optionee's employment with the Company shall have
theretofore been terminated for Cause, in which case the Option shall terminate
as of the effective date of such termination of employment.
Time of Exercise.
Unless accelerated in the sole discretion of the Compensation
Committee, the Option shall become exercisable, if at all, for the number of the
Option Shares determined in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4.
The Option with respect to the Option Shares shall become
exercisable on the dates and in the numbers determined in accordance with the
following schedule:
Portion of Option
Vesting Date Shares Vested
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Six-month anniversary of the Grant Date 6/36
Each month thereafter for 30 months 1/36
Upon the termination of the Optionee's employment with the Company,
all vesting shall cease and the Option shall only be exercisable as to Vested
Shares at the time of such termination provided, however that:
(i) upon the termination of the Optionee's employment with the
Company pursuant to an Involuntary Termination, the Optionee will be
credited with 12 additional months' employment after such termination and
the Option shall continue to vest according to the vesting schedule set
forth herein for such 12-month period, and shall be exercisable by the
Optionee until the end of the Term;
(ii) upon the termination of the Optionee's employment with
the Company without Cause or with Good Reason, the Option shall continue
to vest according to the vesting schedule set forth herein until fully
exercisable as if the Optionee's employment had continued until the Option
had fully vested, and shall be exercisable by the Optionee until the end
of the Term;
(iii) upon the termination of the Optionee's employment with
the Company because of Poor or Incompetent Performance, the Optionee will
be credited with 12 additional months' employment after such termination
and the Option shall continue to vest according to the vesting schedule
set forth herein for such 12-month period, and shall be exercisable by the
Optionee until the end of the Term.
(iv) upon the termination of the Optionee's employment with
the Company pursuant to the Company's Right Not To Extend, the Option
shall continue to vest
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according to the vesting schedule set forth herein for 12 months following
the effective date of such termination, and shall be exercisable by the
Optionee until the end of the Term.
Following the termination of the Optionee's employment with the
Company for any reason other than for Cause, any continued vesting pursuant to
subparagraph (i) through (iv) of Section 4 (c) and exercisability of the Option
shall be conditioned on the Optionee's compliance with Sections 11 and 12 of the
Employment Agreement.
Procedure for Exercise.
The Option may be exercised with respect to Vested Shares, from time
to time, in whole or in part (but for the purchase of whole Shares only), by
delivery of a written notice (the "Exercise Notice") from the Optionee to the
Secretary of the Company, which Exercise Notice shall:
(v) state that the Optionee elects to exercise the Option;
(vi) state the number of Vested Shares with respect to which
the Optionee is exercising the Option (the "Optioned Shares");
(vii) state the method of payment for the Optioned Shares;
(viii) include any representations of the Optionee required
under Section 7; and
(ix) state the date upon which the Optionee desires to
consummate the purchase of such Vested Shares (which date must be prior to
the termination of the Option).
Payment of the Option Price for the Vested Shares to be purchased on
the exercise of the Option may be made in one of the following forms:
(x) cash or personal or certified check payable to the
Company;
(xi) the surrender of previously acquired Shares that have
been held by the Optionee for at least six months prior to the date of
surrender; or
(xii) following such time as the Common Stock is registered
under the Securities Act, through a broker cashless exercise procedure
approved by the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably denied.
The Company hereby agrees that it shall use its commercially reasonable efforts
to assist the Optionee in obtaining financing to pay the Option Price and in the
event that the Optionee borrows funds to pay the Option Price, the Company shall
guarantee such Optionee loan.
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The Company shall be entitled to require as a condition of delivery
of the Option Shares that the Optionee remit or, in appropriate cases, agree to
remit when due an amount sufficient to satisfy all current or estimated future
federal, state and local income tax withholding and the employee's portion of
any employment taxes related thereto. Such withholding obligation may be paid in
one of the following forms:
(xiii) in cash or personal or certified check payable to the
Company;
(xiv) the surrender of previously acquired Shares that have
been held by the Optionee for at least six months prior to the date of
surrender; or
(xv) following such time as the Common Stock is registered
under the Securities Act, through a broker cashless exercise procedure
approved by the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably denied.
The Company hereby agrees that it shall use its commercially reasonable efforts
to assist the Optionee in obtaining financing to pay the withholding obligation
and in the event that the Optionee borrows funds to satisfy such withholding
obligation, the Company shall guarantee such Optionee loan.
The Optionee shall immediately notify the Company of any
"disqualifying disposition" (within the meaning of Section 421(b) of the Code)
with respect to the Option Shares.
The Optionee shall deliver to the Company a copy of any election
filed by the Optionee with the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") under
Section 83(b) of the Code no later than 30 days following the filing of such
election with the IRS.
No Rights as a Holder of Option Shares.
The Optionee shall not have any rights or privileges of a
stockholder of the Company with respect to the Option Shares until the date of
payment for such Option Shares pursuant to the exercise of the Option.
Additional Provisions Related to Exercise.
In the event of the exercise of the Option at a time when there is
not in effect a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to the
Option Shares, the Optionee hereby represents and warrants, and by virtue of
such exercise shall be deemed to represent and warrant, to the Company that the
Option and the Option Shares are being acquired for investment only and not with
a view to the distribution thereof, and the Optionee shall provide the Company
with such further representations and warranties as the Board may require in
order to ensure compliance with applicable federal and state securities, "blue
sky" and other laws. No Option Shares shall be purchased upon the exercise of
the Option unless and until the Company and the Optionee shall have complied
with all applicable federal or state registration, listing and qualification
requirements and all other requirements of law or of any Government Entity
having
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jurisdiction. Each of the Company and the Optionee shall use reasonable efforts
to comply with all applicable federal or state registration, listing and/or
qualification requirements and all other requirements of law or of any
Governmental Entity having jurisdiction in connection with the exercise of the
Option.
Restriction on Transfer of Option and Option Shares.
The Option may not be Transferred by the Optionee except by the laws
of descent and distribution and may be exercised during the lifetime of the
Optionee only by the Optionee. If the Optionee dies, the Option shall thereafter
be exercisable, during the period specified in Section 3, by the Optionee's
Representatives to the full extent to which the Option was exercisable by the
Optionee at the time of his death, subject to and in accordance with the
provisions of Sections 3 and 4. The Option shall not be subject to execution,
attachment or similar process. Any attempted Transfer of the Option contrary to
the provisions hereof, and the levy of any execution, attachment or similar
process upon the Option, shall be null and void and without effect.
Certificate of Incorporation.
The Optionee acknowledges that all of the Option Shares shall be
subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation in addition to the
provisions of this Agreement and the Plan.
Restrictive Legend.
All certificates representing Option Shares issued upon exercise of
the Option shall, unless otherwise determined by the Compensation Committee,
bear a legend (the "Restrictive Legend") substantially as set forth below:
'THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
"SECURITIES ACT"), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAW, AND MAY NOT BE
OFFERED, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT PURSUANT
TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION
FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES
LAWS."
The Restrictive Legend shall be removed from a certificate
representing Option Shares if such Securities are sold pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act or there is delivered to the
Company such satisfactory evidence, which may include an opinion of independent
counsel, as reasonably may be requested by the Company, to confirm that neither
such legend nor the restrictions on transfer set forth therein are required to
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ensure that transfers of such shares will not violate the registration and
prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.
Optionee's Employment.
Nothing contained in this Agreement or in the Option shall confer
upon the Optionee any right to continue in the employ of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries or interfere in any way with the right of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries to terminate the Optionee's employment or to increase or
decrease the Optionee's compensation at any time. The foregoing shall not be
construed to modify the Optionee's rights under the Employment Agreement or any
other agreement between the Optionee on the one hand and the Company or any
Subsidiary on the other hand.
Definitions.
As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings set
forth below:
"Adjustment Event" means any increase or decrease in the number of
issued shares of Common Stock resulting from a stock dividend or distribution,
stock split, reverse stock split, reclassification or combination or other
similar pro rata recapitalization event affecting the Common Stock or any other
increase or decrease in the number of issued shares of Common Stock effected
without receipt of consideration by the Company.
"Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.
"Business Day" means any day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day
on which Banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or
obligated by law or executive order to close.
"Cause" has the meaning assigned to such term in the Employment
Agreement.
"Certificate of Incorporation" means the Certificate of
Incorporation of the Company in effect as of the Grant Date, as the same may
from time to time be amended, modified or supplemented.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the
regulations promulgated thereunder.
"Common Stock" means the common stock, $.001 par value per share, of
the Company.
"Company's Right Not To Extend" has the meaning assigned to such
term in the Employment Agreement.
"Compensation Committee" means (i) the Compensation Committee of the
Board (within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code) and (ii) a Compensation
Committee of the
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Board the majority of the members of which are independent directors within the
meaning of the rules and regulations of the NASDAQ.
"Employment Agreement" means the Employment Agreement, dated as of
______, 2000, by and between the Company and the Optionee.
"Existing Grant Date" means the Grant Date.
"Existing Incentive Stock Option Agreement" means the Four Year
Incentive Stock Option Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2000, by and between
the Company and the Optionee.
"Existing Option Price" means $13.67 per share of Common Stock.
"Existing Option Shares" means 50,462 shares of Common Stock.
"Good Reason" has the meaning assigned to such term in the
Employment Agreement.
"Governmental Entity" means any government or political subdivision
or department thereof, any governmental or regulatory body, commission, board,
bureau, agency or instrumentality, or any court or arbitrator or alternative
dispute resolution body, in each case whether federal, state, local or foreign.
"Involuntary Termination" has the meaning assigned to such term in
the Employment Agreement.
"NASDAQ" means The National Association of Securities Dealers,
Inc.'s The Nasdaq National Market.
"Optionee" has the meaning assigned to such term in the caption to
this Agreement.
"Optionee's Right Not To Extend" shall have the meaning assigned to
"Employee's Right Not To Extend" in the Employment Agreement.
"Person" shall be construed as broadly as possible and shall include
an individual, a corporation, a company, an association, a joint stock company,
a partnership (including a limited liability partnership), a limited liability
company, a joint venture, a trust or an unincorporated organization and a
Governmental Entity.
"Plan" means the Company's 1998 Stock Option Plan.
"Poor or Incompetent Performance" has the meaning assigned to such
term in the Employment Agreement.
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"Representatives" means, with respect to the Optionee, the
Optionee's assigns, personal and legal representatives, executors,
administrators, heirs, distributees, devisees, and legatees, as determined from
time to time.
"Resignation" has the meaning assigned to such term in the
Employment Agreement.
"SEC" means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Securities" means, with respect to any Person, such Person's
"securities," as defined in Section 2(1) of the Securities Act. "Securities Act"
means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor federal statute,
and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder, all as the same
may from time to time be in effect.
"Shares" has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to
this Agreement.
"Subsidiary" means, as to any Person, any other Person of which more
than 50% of the shares of the voting stock or other voting interests are owned
or controlled, or the ability to select or elect 50% or more of the directors or
similar managers is held, directly or indirectly, by such first Person or one or
more of its Subsidiaries.
"Transfer" means, with respect to any Security, to sell, or in any
other way transfer, assign, pledge, distribute, encumber or otherwise dispose of
(including, without limitation, the pledge of such Security to any lender), such
Security, either voluntarily or involuntarily and with or without consideration.
The terms "Transferee," "Transferred" and other forms of the word "Transfer"
shall have correlative meanings.
"Vested Shares" means the Option Shares with respect to which the
Option is exercisable at any particular time.
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
respective meanings set forth in the Plan.
Optionee's Undertaking.
The Optionee hereby agrees to take whatever additional actions and
execute whatever additional documents the Company may in its reasonable judgment
deem necessary or advisable in order to carry out or effect one or more of the
obligations or restrictions imposed on the Optionee pursuant to the express
provisions of this Agreement.
Corporate Transactions.
In the event of a merger of the Company with or into another
corporation, or the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Company, the
Option shall be assumed or an
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equivalent option substituted by the successor corporation or a parent or
subsidiary of the successor corporation. In the event that the successor
corporation refuses to assume or substitute for the Option, the Option shall
become immediately vested and exercisable in full, and the Optionee shall have
the right to exercise the Option as to all of the Option Shares, including
Option Shares as to which he would not otherwise be vested or able to exercise.
If the Option becomes fully vested and exercisable in lieu of assumption or
substitution in the event of a merger or sale of assets, the Board shall notify
the Optionee in writing or electronically that the Option shall be fully
exercisable for a period of 15 days from the date of such notice, and the Option
shall terminate upon the expiration of such period. For the purposes of this
Section 14, the Option shall be considered assumed if, following the merger or
sale of assets, the Option confers the right to purchase or receive, for each
Optioned Share subject to the Option immediately prior to the merger or sale of
assets, the consideration (whether stock, cash, or other securities or property)
received in the merger or sale of assets by holders of Common Stock for each
share of Common Stock held on the effective date of the transaction (and if
holders were offered a choice of consideration, the type of consideration chosen
by the holders of a majority of the outstanding Shares); provided, however, that
if such consideration received in the merger or sale of assets is not solely
common stock of the successor corporation or its parent, the Board may, with the
consent of the successor corporation, provide for the consideration to be
received upon the exercise of the Option, for each Optioned Share, to be solely
common stock of the successor corporation or its parent equal in fair market
value to the per share consideration received by holders of Common Stock in the
merger or sale of assets.
Indemnification.
The Optionee shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company against
all liability, loss or damage, together with all reasonable costs and expenses
related thereto (including reasonable legal fees and expenses), relating to or
arising from the untruth, inaccuracy or breach of any of the representations,
warranties or agreements of the Optionee contained in or as may be required by
this Agreement.
Notices.
All notices, demands or other communications to be given or
delivered under or by reason of the provisions of this Agreement shall be in
writing and shall be deemed to have been given or made when (i) delivered
personally to the recipient, (ii) transmitted by facsimile or electronic mail
(with hard copy sent to the recipient by reputable overnight courier service
(charges prepaid) that same day and, in the latter case, with receipt
acknowledged by the recipient by return electronic mail) if faxed or e-mailed
before 5:00 p.m. (New York time) on a Business Day, and other-wise on the next
Business Day, (iii) two Business Days after being sent to the recipient by
reputable overnight courier service (charges prepaid), or (iv) five Business
Days after being sent to the recipient by registered or certified mail (post-age
prepaid and return receipt requested). Such notices, demands and other
communications shall be sent to the address for such recipient as set forth
below (or to such other address or to the attention of such other person as the
recipient party has specified by like notice):
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if to the Company, to
Opus360 Corporation
00 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
E-Mail: xxxx@xxxx000.xxx
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
X'Xxxxxxxx Graev & Karabell, LLP
00 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq.
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
E-Mail: xxx@xxx.xxx
if to the Optionee, to:
Xxxx Xxxx Walk
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
General Provisions.
Complete Agreement. This Agreement amends and restates the Existing
Incentive Stock Option Agreement in its entirety and this Agreement, together
with the Employment Agreement and all other agreements or contracts being
entered into by the Optionee with the Company as of the date hereof, embody the
complete agreement and understanding between the Company and the Optionee and
superseded and preempt any prior understandings, agreements or representations
by or among the Company and the Optionee, written or oral, which may have
related to the subject matter hereof in any way. The parties hereto hereby
forever release, waive and disclaim any and all rights under the Existing
Incentive Stock Option Agreement.
Successor and Assigns. This Agreement will be binding upon and inure
to the benefit of the Company, the Optionee and each of their respective
permitted successors and assigns; provided, however, that neither this Agreement
nor any rights or obligations hereunder will be Transferable by the Optionee
except as provided under Section 8.
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GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE
CHOICE OF LAW OR CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably
waives all right to trial by jury in any action proceeding or counterclaim
arising out of or relating to this Agreement.
Amendment and Waiver. The provisions of this Agreement may be
amended and waived only with the prior written consent of the Company (upon the
written approval of the Board (excluding the Optionee if he should be a member
of the Board at the time of such determination)) and the Optionee, and no course
of conduct or failure or delay in enforcing the provisions of this Agreement
shall affect the validity, binding effect or enforceability of this Agreement or
any provision hereof.
Headings. The section headings contained in this Agreement are for
reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or
interpretation of this Agreement.
Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two counterparts,
each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall
constitute one and the same instrument.
Business Days. If any time period for giving notice or taking action
hereunder expires on a day which is not a Business Day, the time period for
giving notice or taking action shall be automatically extended to the
immediately following Business Day.
Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements. All
representations, warranties and agreements contained herein shall survive in
perpetuity the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
Nouns and Pronouns. Whenever the context may require, any pronouns
used herein shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms,
and the singular form of nouns and pronouns shall include the plural and
vice-versa.
Construction. Where specific language (such as the word "including")
is used to clarify by example a general statement contained herein, such
specific language shall not be deemed to modify, limit or restrict in any manner
the construction of the general statement to which it relates. The language used
in this Agreement shall be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties
hereto to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction shall
be applied against any party hereto. The parties hereto have participated
jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the event an
ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall
be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto, and no presumption or
burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the
authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement.
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Delivery by Facsimile. This Agreement, the agreements referred to
herein, and each other agreement or instrument entered into in connection
herewith or therewith or contemplated hereby or thereby, and any amendments or
supplements hereto or thereto, to the extent signed and delivered by means of a
facsimile machine, shall be treated in all manner and respects as an original
agreement or instrument and shall be considered to have the same binding legal
effect as if it were the original signed version thereof delivered in person. At
the request of any party hereto or to any such agreement or instrument, each
other party hereto or thereto shall re-execute original forms thereof and
deliver them to all other parties. No party hereto or to any such agreement or
instrument shall raise the use of a facsimile machine to deliver a signature or
the fact that any signature or agreement or instrument was transmitted or
communicated through the use of a facsimile machine as a defense to the
formation or enforceability of a contract and each such party forever waives any
such defense.
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Exhibit A, cont.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amended
and Restated Incentive Option Agreement as of the date first written above.
OPUS360 CORPORATION
By:_______________________
Name:
Title:
XXXX XXXX WALK
___________________________
AMENDED AND RESTATED INCENTIVE OPTION AGREEMENT dated as of May ___,
2000 (the "Agreement"), by and between OPUS360 CORPORATION, a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), and XXXX XXXX WALK (the "Optionee").
The Company and the Optionee are parties to the Existing Incentive
Stock Option Agreement (as defined below), pursuant to which the Company agreed
to grant to the Optionee on the Existing Grant Date (as defined below) an option
to purchase shares of the Company's Common Stock. The parties hereto desire to
amend and restate the Existing Incentive Stock Option Agreement to provide for,
among other things, (i) the amendment of the (A) Existing Option Shares (as
defined below) and (B) Existing Option Price and (ii) the modification and
amendment of certain other terms and conditions of the Existing Incentive Stock
Option Agreement. The Company and the Optionee desire and have agreed to amend
and restate the Existing Incentive Stock Option Agreement in its entirety as and
pursuant to this Agreement.
As a material inducement to the Optionee to enter into the
Employment Agreement (as defined below) the Company, the Company acting through
its Board of Directors or a committee thereof and pursuant to the Plan, grants
to the Optionee as of the Grant Date an option to purchase shares ("Shares") of
the Company's Common Stock (as defined below) on the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in this Agreement. Certain definitions used herein are set
forth in Section 12 hereto. This Agreement is the "ISO Agreement" referred to in
Section 5(e)(i) of the Employment Agreement.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained
herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree that the Existing
Incentive Stock Option Agreement shall be amended and restated in its entirety
as follows:
Section 2. The Plan.
The terms and provisions of the Plan are hereby incorporated into
this Agreement as if set forth herein in their entirety. In the event of a
conflict between any provision of this Agreement and the Plan, the provisions of
the Plan shall control. A copy of the Plan may be obtained from the Company by
the Optionee by request.
Section 3. Option; Option Price.
(a) On the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement,
the Company hereby grants the Optionee as of the Grant Date the option (the
"Option") to purchase up to 3,309 Shares (as adjusted from time to time to
reflect any Adjustment Event, the "Option Shares") at a price equal to the of
$10.00 per Share (as adjusted from time to time to reflect any Adjustment Event,
the "Option Price"). The Option is intended to qualify for federal income tax
purposes as an "incentive stock option" within the meaning of Section 422 of the
Code.
(b) Any changes to the number of the Option Shares and the Option
Price based on an Adjustment Event shall be made by the Board in good faith and
shall be binding on and conclusive to the Optionee.
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Section 4. Term.
The term of the Option (the "Term") shall commence on February 29,
2000 (the "Grant Date") and shall expire at 5:00 p.m., New York time, on
February 29, 2010, unless the Optionee's employment with the Company shall have
theretofore been terminated for Cause, in which case the Option shall terminate
as of the effective date of such termination of employment.
Section 5. Time of Exercise.
(a) Unless accelerated in the sole discretion of the Compensation
Committee, the Option shall become exercisable, if at all, for the number of the
Option Shares determined in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4.
(b) The Option with respect to the Option Shares shall become
exercisable on the dates and in the numbers determined in accordance with the
following schedule:
Portion of Option
Vesting Date Shares Vested
-----------------------------------------------------------
Six-month anniversary of the Grant Date 6/36
Each month thereafter for 30 months 1/36
(c) Upon the termination of the Optionee's employment with the
Company, all vesting shall cease and the Option shall only be exercisable as to
Vested Shares at the time of such termination provided, however that:
(i) upon the termination of the Optionee's employment with the
Company pursuant to an Involuntary Termination, the Optionee will be
credited with 12 additional months' employment after such termination and
the Option shall continue to vest according to the vesting schedule set
forth herein for such 12-month period, and shall be exercisable by the
Optionee until the end of the Term;
(ii) upon the termination of the Optionee's employment with
the Company without Cause or with Good Reason, the Option shall continue
to vest according to the vesting schedule set forth herein until fully
exercisable as if the Optionee's employment had continued until the Option
had fully vested, and shall be exercisable by the Optionee until the end
of the Term;
(iii) upon the termination of the Optionee's employment with
the Company because of Poor or Incompetent Performance, the Optionee will
be credited with 12 additional months' employment after such termination
and the Option shall continue to vest according to the vesting schedule
set forth herein for such 12-month period, and shall be exercisable by the
Optionee until the end of the Term.
(iv) upon the termination of the Optionee's employment with
the Company pursuant to the Company's Right Not To Extend, the Option
shall continue to vest
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according to the vesting schedule set forth herein for 12 months following
the effective date of such termination, and shall be exercisable by the
Optionee until the end of the Term.
(d) Following the termination of the Optionee's employment with the
Company for any reason other than for Cause, any continued vesting pursuant to
subparagraph (i) through (iv) of Section 4 (c) and exercisability of the Option
shall be conditioned on the Optionee's compliance with Sections 11 and 12 of the
Employment Agreement.
Section 6. Procedure for Exercise.
(a) The Option may be exercised with respect to Vested Shares, from
time to time, in whole or in part (but for the purchase of whole Shares only),
by delivery of a written notice (the "Exercise Notice") from the Optionee to the
Secretary of the Company, which Exercise Notice shall:
(i) state that the Optionee elects to exercise the Option;
(ii) state the number of Vested Shares with respect to which
the Optionee is exercising the Option (the "Optioned Shares");
(iii) state the method of payment for the Optioned Shares;
(iv) include any representations of the Optionee required
under Section 7; and
(v) state the date upon which the Optionee desires to
consummate the purchase of such Vested Shares (which date must be prior to
the termination of the Option).
(b) Payment of the Option Price for the Vested Shares to be
purchased on the exercise of the Option may be made in one of the following
forms:
(i) cash or personal or certified check payable to the
Company;
(ii) the surrender of previously acquired Shares that have
been held by the Optionee for at least six months prior to the date of
surrender; or
(iii) following such time as the Common Stock is registered
under the Securities Act, through a broker cashless exercise procedure
approved by the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably denied.
The Company hereby agrees that it shall use its commercially reasonable efforts
to assist the Optionee in obtaining financing to pay the Option Price and in the
event that the Optionee borrows funds to pay the Option Price, the Company shall
guarantee such Optionee loan.
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(c) The Company shall be entitled to require as a condition of
delivery of the Option Shares that the Optionee remit or, in appropriate cases,
agree to remit when due an amount sufficient to satisfy all current or estimated
future federal, state and local income tax withholding and the employee's
portion of any employment taxes related thereto. Such withholding obligation may
be paid in one of the following forms:
(i) in cash or personal or certified check payable to the
Company;
(ii) the surrender of previously acquired Shares that have
been held by the Optionee for at least six months prior to the date of
surrender; or
(iii) following such time as the Common Stock is registered
under the Securities Act, through a broker cashless exercise procedure
approved by the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably denied.
The Company hereby agrees that it shall use its commercially reasonable efforts
to assist the Optionee in obtaining financing to pay the withholding obligation
and in the event that the Optionee borrows funds to satisfy such withholding
obligation, the Company shall guarantee such Optionee loan.
(d) The Optionee shall immediately notify the Company of any
"disqualifying disposition" (within the meaning of Section 421(b) of the Code)
with respect to the Option Shares.
(e) The Optionee shall deliver to the Company a copy of any election
filed by the Optionee with the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") under
Section 83(b) of the Code no later than 30 days following the filing of such
election with the IRS.
Section 7. No Rights as a Holder of Option Shares.
The Optionee shall not have any rights or privileges of a
stockholder of the Company with respect to the Option Shares until the date of
payment for such Option Shares pursuant to the exercise of the Option.
Section 8. Additional Provisions Related to Exercise.
In the event of the exercise of the Option at a time when there is
not in effect a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to the
Option Shares, the Optionee hereby represents and warrants, and by virtue of
such exercise shall be deemed to represent and warrant, to the Company that the
Option and the Option Shares are being acquired for investment only and not with
a view to the distribution thereof, and the Optionee shall provide the Company
with such further representations and warranties as the Board may require in
order to ensure compliance with applicable federal and state securities, "blue
sky" and other laws. No Option Shares shall be purchased upon the exercise of
the Option unless and until the Company and the Optionee shall have complied
with all applicable federal or state registration, listing and qualification
requirements and all other requirements of law or of any Government Entity
having
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jurisdiction. Each of the Company and the Optionee shall use reasonable efforts
to comply with all applicable federal or state registration, listing and/or
qualification requirements and all other requirements of law or of any
Governmental Entity having jurisdiction in connection with the exercise of the
Option.
Section 9. Restriction on Transfer of Option and Option Shares.
The Option may not be Transferred by the Optionee except by the laws
of descent and distribution and may be exercised during the lifetime of the
Optionee only by the Optionee. If the Optionee dies, the Option shall thereafter
be exercisable, during the period specified in Section 3, by the Optionee's
Representatives to the full extent to which the Option was exercisable by the
Optionee at the time of his death, subject to and in accordance with the
provisions of Sections 3 and 4. The Option shall not be subject to execution,
attachment or similar process. Any attempted Transfer of the Option contrary to
the provisions hereof, and the levy of any execution, attachment or similar
process upon the Option, shall be null and void and without effect.
Section 10. Certificate of Incorporation.
The Optionee acknowledges that all of the Option Shares shall be
subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation in addition to the
provisions of this Agreement and the Plan.
Section 11. Restrictive Legend.
(a) All certificates representing Option Shares issued upon exercise
of the Option shall, unless otherwise determined by the Compensation Committee,
bear a legend (the "Restrictive Legend") substantially as set forth below:
'THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
"SECURITIES ACT"), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAW, AND MAY NOT BE
OFFERED, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT PURSUANT
TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION
FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES
LAWS."
(b) The Restrictive Legend shall be removed from a certificate
representing Option Shares if such Securities are sold pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act or there is delivered to the
Company such satisfactory evidence, which may include an opinion of independent
counsel, as reasonably may be requested by the Company, to confirm that neither
such legend nor the restrictions on transfer set forth therein are required to
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ensure that transfers of such shares will not violate the registration and
prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.
Section 12. Optionee's Employment.
Nothing contained in this Agreement or in the Option shall confer
upon the Optionee any right to continue in the employ of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries or interfere in any way with the right of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries to terminate the Optionee's employment or to increase or
decrease the Optionee's compensation at any time. The foregoing shall not be
construed to modify the Optionee's rights under the Employment Agreement or any
other agreement between the Optionee on the one hand and the Company or any
Subsidiary on the other hand.
Section 13. Definitions.
As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings set
forth below:
"Adjustment Event" means any increase or decrease in the number of
issued shares of Common Stock resulting from a stock dividend or distribution,
stock split, reverse stock split, reclassification or combination or other
similar pro rata recapitalization event affecting the Common Stock or any other
increase or decrease in the number of issued shares of Common Stock effected
without receipt of consideration by the Company.
"Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.
"Business Day" means any day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day
on which Banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or
obligated by law or executive order to close.
"Cause" has the meaning assigned to such term in the Employment
Agreement.
"Certificate of Incorporation" means the Certificate of
Incorporation of the Company in effect as of the Grant Date, as the same may
from time to time be amended, modified or supplemented.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the
regulations promulgated thereunder.
"Common Stock" means the common stock, $.001 par value per share, of
the Company.
"Company's Right Not To Extend" has the meaning assigned to such
term in the Employment Agreement.
"Compensation Committee" means (i) the Compensation Committee of the
Board (within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code) and (ii) a Compensation
Committee of the
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Board the majority of the members of which are independent directors within the
meaning of the rules and regulations of the NASDAQ.
"Employment Agreement" means the Employment Agreement, dated as of
______, 2000, by and between the Company and the Optionee.
"Existing Grant Date" means the Grant Date.
"Existing Incentive Stock Option Agreement" means the Incentive
Stock Option Agreement, dated as of February 29, 2000, by and between the
Company and the Optionee.
"Existing Option Price" means $15.00 per share of Common Stock.
"Existing Option Shares" means 4,401 shares of Common Stock.
"Good Reason" has the meaning assigned to such term in the
Employment Agreement.
"Governmental Entity" means any government or political subdivision
or department thereof, any governmental or regulatory body, commission, board,
bureau, agency or instrumentality, or any court or arbitrator or alternative
dispute resolution body, in each case whether federal, state, local or foreign.
"Involuntary Termination" has the meaning assigned to such term in
the Employment Agreement.
"NASDAQ" means The National Association of Securities Dealers,
Inc.'s The Nasdaq National Market.
"Optionee" has the meaning assigned to such term in the caption to
this Agreement.
"Optionee's Right Not To Extend" shall have the meaning assigned to
"Employee's Right Not To Extend" in the Employment Agreement.
"Person" shall be construed as broadly as possible and shall include
an individual, a corporation, a company, an association, a joint stock company,
a partnership (including a limited liability partnership), a limited liability
company, a joint venture, a trust or an unincorporated organization and a
Governmental Entity.
"Plan" means the Company's 2000 Stock Option Plan.
"Poor or Incompetent Performance" has the meaning assigned to such
term in the Employment Agreement.
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"Representatives" means, with respect to the Optionee, the
Optionee's assigns, personal and legal representatives, executors,
administrators, heirs, distributees, devisees, and legatees, as determined from
time to time.
"Resignation" has the meaning assigned to such term in the
Employment Agreement.
"SEC" means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Securities" means, with respect to any Person, such Person's
"securities," as defined in Section 2(1) of the Securities Act.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or
any successor federal statute, and the rules and regulations of the SEC
promulgated thereunder, all as the same may from time to time be in effect.
"Shares" has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to
this Agreement.
"Subsidiary" means, as to any Person, any other Person of which more
than 50% of the shares of the voting stock or other voting interests are owned
or controlled, or the ability to select or elect 50% or more of the directors or
similar managers is held, directly or indirectly, by such first Person or one or
more of its Subsidiaries.
"Transfer" means, with respect to any Security, to sell, or in any
other way transfer, assign, pledge, distribute, encumber or otherwise dispose of
(including, without limitation, the pledge of such Security to any lender), such
Security, either voluntarily or involuntarily and with or without consideration.
The terms "Transferee," "Transferred" and other forms of the word "Transfer"
shall have correlative meanings.
"Vested Shares" means the Option Shares with respect to which the
Option is exercisable at any particular time.
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
respective meanings set forth in the Plan.
Section 14. Optionee's Undertaking.
The Optionee hereby agrees to take whatever additional actions and
execute whatever additional documents the Company may in its reasonable judgment
deem necessary or advisable in order to carry out or effect one or more of the
obligations or restrictions imposed on the Optionee pursuant to the express
provisions of this Agreement.
Section 15. Corporate Transactions.
In the event of a merger of the Company with or into another
corporation, or the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Company, the
Option shall be assumed or an
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equivalent option substituted by the successor corporation or a parent or
subsidiary of the successor corporation. In the event that the successor
corporation refuses to assume or substitute for the Option, the Option shall
become immediately vested and exercisable in full, and the Optionee shall have
the right to exercise the Option as to all of the Option Shares, including
Option Shares as to which he would not otherwise be vested or able to exercise.
If the Option becomes fully vested and exercisable in lieu of assumption or
substitution in the event of a merger or sale of assets, the Board shall notify
the Optionee in writing or electronically that the Option shall be fully
exercisable for a period of 15 days from the date of such notice, and the Option
shall terminate upon the expiration of such period. For the purposes of this
Section 14, the Option shall be considered assumed if, following the merger or
sale of assets, the Option confers the right to purchase or receive, for each
Optioned Share subject to the Option immediately prior to the merger or sale of
assets, the consideration (whether stock, cash, or other securities or property)
received in the merger or sale of assets by holders of Common Stock for each
share of Common Stock held on the effective date of the transaction (and if
holders were offered a choice of consideration, the type of consideration chosen
by the holders of a majority of the outstanding Shares); provided, however, that
if such consideration received in the merger or sale of assets is not solely
common stock of the successor corporation or its parent, the Board may, with the
consent of the successor corporation, provide for the consideration to be
received upon the exercise of the Option, for each Optioned Share, to be solely
common stock of the successor corporation or its parent equal in fair market
value to the per share consideration received by holders of Common Stock in the
merger or sale of assets.
Section 16. Indemnification.
The Optionee shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company against
all liability, loss or damage, together with all reasonable costs and expenses
related thereto (including reasonable legal fees and expenses), relating to or
arising from the untruth, inaccuracy or breach of any of the representations,
warranties or agreements of the Optionee contained in or as may be required by
this Agreement.
Section 17. Notices.
All notices, demands or other communications to be given or
delivered under or by reason of the provisions of this Agreement shall be in
writing and shall be deemed to have been given or made when (i) delivered
personally to the recipient, (ii) transmitted by facsimile or electronic mail
(with hard copy sent to the recipient by reputable overnight courier service
(charges prepaid) that same day and, in the latter case, with receipt
acknowledged by the recipient by return electronic mail) if faxed or e-mailed
before 5:00 p.m. (New York time) on a Business Day, and other-wise on the next
Business Day, (iii) two Business Days after being sent to the recipient by
reputable overnight courier service (charges prepaid), or (iv) five Business
Days after being sent to the recipient by registered or certified mail (post-age
prepaid and return receipt requested). Such notices, demands and other
communications shall be sent to the address for such recipient as set forth
below (or to such other address or to the attention of such other person as the
recipient party has specified by like notice):
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if to the Company, to
Opus360 Corporation
00 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
E-Mail: xxxx@xxxx000.xxx
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
X'Xxxxxxxx Graev & Karabell, LLP
00 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq.
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
E-Mail:
if to the Optionee, to:
Xxxx Xxxx Walk
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Section 18. General Provisions.
(a) Complete Agreement. This Agreement amends and restates the
Existing Incentive Stock Option Agreement in its entirety and this Agreement,
together with the Employment Agreement and all other agreements or contracts
being entered into by the Optionee with the Company as of the date hereof,
embody the complete agreement and understanding between the Company and the
Optionee and superseded and preempt any prior understandings, agreements or
representations by or among the Company and the Optionee, written or oral, which
may have related to the subject matter hereof in any way. The parties hereto
hereby forever release, waive and disclaim any and all rights under the Existing
Incentive Stock Option Agreement.
(b) Successor and Assigns. This Agreement will be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of the Company, the Optionee and each of their respective
permitted successors and assigns; provided, however, that neither this Agreement
nor any rights or obligations hereunder will be Transferable by the Optionee
except as provided under Section 8.
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(c) GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO
THE CHOICE OF LAW OR CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
(d) Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the parties hereto hereby
irrevocably waives all right to trial by jury in any action proceeding or
counterclaim arising out of or relating to this Agreement.
(e) Amendment and Waiver. The provisions of this Agreement may be
amended and waived only with the prior written consent of the Company (upon the
written approval of the Board (excluding the Optionee if he should be a member
of the Board at the time of such determination)) and the Optionee, and no course
of conduct or failure or delay in enforcing the provisions of this Agreement
shall affect the validity, binding effect or enforceability of this Agreement or
any provision hereof.
(f) Headings. The section headings contained in this Agreement are
for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or
interpretation of this Agreement.
(g) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
(h) Business Days. If any time period for giving notice or taking
action hereunder expires on a day which is not a Business Day, the time period
for giving notice or taking action shall be automatically extended to the
immediately following Business Day.
(i) Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements. All
representations, warranties and agreements contained herein shall survive in
perpetuity the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
(j) Nouns and Pronouns. Whenever the context may require, any
pronouns used herein shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or
neuter forms, and the singular form of nouns and pronouns shall include the
plural and vice-versa.
(k) Construction. Where specific language (such as the word
"including") is used to clarify by example a general statement contained herein,
such specific language shall not be deemed to modify, limit or restrict in any
manner the construction of the general statement to which it relates. The
language used in this Agreement shall be deemed to be the language chosen by the
parties hereto to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict
construction shall be applied against any party hereto. The parties hereto have
participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the
event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this
Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto, and no
presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by
virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement.
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(l) Delivery by Facsimile. This Agreement, the agreements referred
to herein, and each other agreement or instrument entered into in connection
herewith or therewith or contemplated hereby or thereby, and any amendments or
supplements hereto or thereto, to the extent signed and delivered by means of a
facsimile machine, shall be treated in all manner and respects as an original
agreement or instrument and shall be considered to have the same binding legal
effect as if it were the original signed version thereof delivered in person. At
the request of any party hereto or to any such agreement or instrument, each
other party hereto or thereto shall re-execute original forms thereof and
deliver them to all other parties. No party hereto or to any such agreement or
instrument shall raise the use of a facsimile machine to deliver a signature or
the fact that any signature or agreement or instrument was transmitted or
communicated through the use of a facsimile machine as a defense to the
formation or enforceability of a contract and each such party forever waives any
such defense.
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Exhibit A, cont.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amended
and Restated Incentive Option Agreement as of the date first written above.
OPUS360 CORPORATION
By:_______________________
Name:
Title:
XXXX XXXX WALK
___________________________
AMENDED AND RESTATED INCENTIVE OPTION AGREEMENT dated as of May ___,
2000 (the "Agreement"), by and between OPUS360 CORPORATION, a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), and XXXX XXXX WALK (the "Optionee").
The Company and the Optionee are parties to the Existing Incentive
Stock Option Agreement (as defined below), pursuant to which the Company agreed
to grant to the Optionee on the Existing Grant Date (as defined below) an option
to purchase shares of the Company's Common Stock. The parties hereto desire to
amend and restate the Existing Incentive Stock Option Agreement to provide for,
among other things, (i) the amendment of the (A) Existing Option Shares (as
defined below) and (B) Existing Option Price and (ii) the modification and
amendment of certain other terms and conditions of the Existing Incentive Stock
Option Agreement. The Company and the Optionee desire and have agreed to amend
and restate the Existing Incentive Stock Option Agreement in its entirety as and
pursuant to this Agreement.
As a material inducement to the Optionee to enter into the
Employment Agreement (as defined below) the Company, the Company acting through
its Board of Directors or a committee thereof and pursuant to the Plan, grants
to the Optionee as of the Grant Date an option to purchase shares ("Shares") of
the Company's Common Stock (as defined below) on the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in this Agreement. Certain definitions used herein are set
forth in Section 12 hereto. This Agreement is the "ISO Agreement" referred to in
Section 5(e)(i) of the Employment Agreement.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained
herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree that the Existing
Incentive Stock Option Agreement shall be amended and restated in its entirety
as follows:
Section 19. The Plan.
The terms and provisions of the Plan are hereby incorporated into
this Agreement as if set forth herein in their entirety. In the event of a
conflict between any provision of this Agreement and the Plan, the provisions of
the Plan shall control. A copy of the Plan may be obtained from the Company by
the Optionee by request.
Option; Option Price.
(a) On the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement,
the Company hereby grants the Optionee as of the Grant Date the option (the
"Option") to purchase up to 3,309 Shares (as adjusted from time to time to
reflect any Adjustment Event, the "Option Shares") at a price equal to the of
$10.00 per Share (as adjusted from time to time to reflect any Adjustment Event,
the "Option Price"). The Option is intended to qualify for federal income tax
purposes as an "incentive stock option" within the meaning of Section 422 of the
Code.
(b) Any changes to the number of the Option Shares and the Option
Price based on an Adjustment Event shall be made by the Board in good faith and
shall be binding on and conclusive to the Optionee.
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Section 20. Term.
The term of the Option (the "Term") shall commence on February 29,
2000 (the "Grant Date") and shall expire at 5:00 p.m., New York time, on
February 29, 2010, unless the Optionee's employment with the Company shall have
theretofore been terminated for Cause, in which case the Option shall terminate
as of the effective date of such termination of employment.
Section 21. Time of Exercise.
(a) Unless accelerated in the sole discretion of the Compensation
Committee, the Option shall become exercisable, if at all, for the number of the
Option Shares determined in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4.
(b) The Option with respect to the Option Shares shall become
exercisable on the dates and in the numbers determined in accordance with the
following schedule:
Portion of Option
Vesting Date Shares Vested
-----------------------------------------------------------
Six-month anniversary of the Grant Date 6/36
Each month thereafter for 30 months 1/36
(c) Upon the termination of the Optionee's employment with the
Company, all vesting shall cease and the Option shall only be exercisable as to
Vested Shares at the time of such termination provided, however that:
(i) upon the termination of the Optionee's employment with the
Company pursuant to an Involuntary Termination, the Optionee will be
credited with 12 additional months' employment after such termination and
the Option shall continue to vest according to the vesting schedule set
forth herein for such 12-month period, and shall be exercisable by the
Optionee until the end of the Term;
(ii) upon the termination of the Optionee's employment with
the Company without Cause or with Good Reason, the Option shall continue
to vest according to the vesting schedule set forth herein until fully
exercisable as if the Optionee's employment had continued until the Option
had fully vested, and shall be exercisable by the Optionee until the end
of the Term;
(iii) upon the termination of the Optionee's employment with
the Company because of Poor or Incompetent Performance, the Optionee will
be credited with 12 additional months' employment after such termination
and the Option shall continue to vest according to the vesting schedule
set forth herein for such 12-month period, and shall be exercisable by the
Optionee until the end of the Term.
(iv) upon the termination of the Optionee's employment with
the Company pursuant to the Company's Right Not To Extend, the Option
shall continue to vest
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according to the vesting schedule set forth herein for 12 months following
the effective date of such termination, and shall be exercisable by the
Optionee until the end of the Term.
(d) Following the termination of the Optionee's employment with the
Company for any reason other than for Cause, any continued vesting pursuant to
subparagraph (i) through (iv) of Section 4 (c) and exercisability of the Option
shall be conditioned on the Optionee's compliance with Sections 11 and 12 of the
Employment Agreement.
Section 22. Procedure for Exercise.
(a) The Option may be exercised with respect to Vested Shares, from
time to time, in whole or in part (but for the purchase of whole Shares only),
by delivery of a written notice (the "Exercise Notice") from the Optionee to the
Secretary of the Company, which Exercise Notice shall:
(i) state that the Optionee elects to exercise the Option;
(ii) state the number of Vested Shares with respect to which
the Optionee is exercising the Option (the "Optioned Shares");
(iii) state the method of payment for the Optioned Shares;
(iv) include any representations of the Optionee required
under Section 7; and
(v) state the date upon which the Optionee desires to
consummate the purchase of such Vested Shares (which date must be prior to
the termination of the Option).
(b) Payment of the Option Price for the Vested Shares to be
purchased on the exercise of the Option may be made in one of the following
forms:
(i) cash or personal or certified check payable to the
Company;
(ii) the surrender of previously acquired Shares that have
been held by the Optionee for at least six months prior to the date of
surrender; or
(iii) following such time as the Common Stock is registered
under the Securities Act, through a broker cashless exercise procedure
approved by the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably denied.
The Company hereby agrees that it shall use its commercially reasonable efforts
to assist the Optionee in obtaining financing to pay the Option Price and in the
event that the Optionee borrows funds to pay the Option Price, the Company shall
guarantee such Optionee loan.
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(c) The Company shall be entitled to require as a condition of
delivery of the Option Shares that the Optionee remit or, in appropriate cases,
agree to remit when due an amount sufficient to satisfy all current or estimated
future federal, state and local income tax withholding and the employee's
portion of any employment taxes related thereto. Such withholding obligation may
be paid in one of the following forms:
(i) in cash or personal or certified check payable to the
Company;
(ii) the surrender of previously acquired Shares that have
been held by the Optionee for at least six months prior to the date of
surrender; or
(iii) following such time as the Common Stock is registered
under the Securities Act, through a broker cashless exercise procedure
approved by the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably denied.
The Company hereby agrees that it shall use its commercially reasonable efforts
to assist the Optionee in obtaining financing to pay the withholding obligation
and in the event that the Optionee borrows funds to satisfy such withholding
obligation, the Company shall guarantee such Optionee loan.
(d) The Optionee shall immediately notify the Company of any
"disqualifying disposition" (within the meaning of Section 421(b) of the Code)
with respect to the Option Shares.
(e) The Optionee shall deliver to the Company a copy of any election
filed by the Optionee with the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") under
Section 83(b) of the Code no later than 30 days following the filing of such
election with the IRS.
Section 23. No Rights as a Holder of Option Shares.
The Optionee shall not have any rights or privileges of a
stockholder of the Company with respect to the Option Shares until the date of
payment for such Option Shares pursuant to the exercise of the Option.
Section 24. Additional Provisions Related to Exercise.
In the event of the exercise of the Option at a time when there is
not in effect a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to the
Option Shares, the Optionee hereby represents and warrants, and by virtue of
such exercise shall be deemed to represent and warrant, to the Company that the
Option and the Option Shares are being acquired for investment only and not with
a view to the distribution thereof, and the Optionee shall provide the Company
with such further representations and warranties as the Board may require in
order to ensure compliance with applicable federal and state securities, "blue
sky" and other laws. No Option Shares shall be purchased upon the exercise of
the Option unless and until the Company and the Optionee shall have complied
with all applicable federal or state registration, listing and qualification
requirements and all other requirements of law or of any Government Entity
having
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jurisdiction. Each of the Company and the Optionee shall use reasonable efforts
to comply with all applicable federal or state registration, listing and/or
qualification requirements and all other requirements of law or of any
Governmental Entity having jurisdiction in connection with the exercise of the
Option.
Section 25. Restriction on Transfer of Option and Option Shares.
The Option may not be Transferred by the Optionee except by the laws
of descent and distribution and may be exercised during the lifetime of the
Optionee only by the Optionee. If the Optionee dies, the Option shall thereafter
be exercisable, during the period specified in Section 3, by the Optionee's
Representatives to the full extent to which the Option was exercisable by the
Optionee at the time of his death, subject to and in accordance with the
provisions of Sections 3 and 4. The Option shall not be subject to execution,
attachment or similar process. Any attempted Transfer of the Option contrary to
the provisions hereof, and the levy of any execution, attachment or similar
process upon the Option, shall be null and void and without effect.
Section 26. Certificate of Incorporation.
The Optionee acknowledges that all of the Option Shares shall be
subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation in addition to the
provisions of this Agreement and the Plan.
Section 27. Restrictive Legend.
(a) All certificates representing Option Shares issued upon exercise
of the Option shall, unless otherwise determined by the Compensation Committee,
bear a legend (the "Restrictive Legend") substantially as set forth below:
'THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
"SECURITIES ACT"), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAW, AND MAY NOT BE
OFFERED, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT PURSUANT
TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION
FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES
LAWS."
(b) The Restrictive Legend shall be removed from a certificate
representing Option Shares if such Securities are sold pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act or there is delivered to the
Company such satisfactory evidence, which may include an opinion of independent
counsel, as reasonably may be requested by the Company, to confirm that neither
such legend nor the restrictions on transfer set forth therein are required to
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ensure that transfers of such shares will not violate the registration and
prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.
Section 28. Optionee's Employment.
Nothing contained in this Agreement or in the Option shall confer
upon the Optionee any right to continue in the employ of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries or interfere in any way with the right of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries to terminate the Optionee's employment or to increase or
decrease the Optionee's compensation at any time. The foregoing shall not be
construed to modify the Optionee's rights under the Employment Agreement or any
other agreement between the Optionee on the one hand and the Company or any
Subsidiary on the other hand.
Section 29. Definitions.
As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings set
forth below:
"Adjustment Event" means any increase or decrease in the number of
issued shares of Common Stock resulting from a stock dividend or distribution,
stock split, reverse stock split, reclassification or combination or other
similar pro rata recapitalization event affecting the Common Stock or any other
increase or decrease in the number of issued shares of Common Stock effected
without receipt of consideration by the Company.
"Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.
"Business Day" means any day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day
on which Banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or
obligated by law or executive order to close.
"Cause" has the meaning assigned to such term in the Employment
Agreement.
"Certificate of Incorporation" means the Certificate of
Incorporation of the Company in effect as of the Grant Date, as the same may
from time to time be amended, modified or supplemented.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the
regulations promulgated thereunder.
"Common Stock" means the common stock, $.001 par value per share, of
the Company.
"Company's Right Not To Extend" has the meaning assigned to such
term in the Employment Agreement.
"Compensation Committee" means (i) the Compensation Committee of the
Board (within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code) and (ii) a Compensation
Committee of the
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Board the majority of the members of which are independent directors within the
meaning of the rules and regulations of the NASDAQ.
"Employment Agreement" means the Employment Agreement, dated as of
______, 2000, by and between the Company and the Optionee.
"Existing Grant Date" means the Grant Date.
"Existing Incentive Stock Option Agreement" means the Incentive
Stock Option Agreement, dated as of February 29, 2000, by and between the
Company and the Optionee.
"Existing Option Price" means $15.00 per share of Common Stock.
"Existing Option Shares" means 4,401 shares of Common Stock.
"Good Reason" has the meaning assigned to such term in the
Employment Agreement.
"Governmental Entity" means any government or political subdivision
or department thereof, any governmental or regulatory body, commission, board,
bureau, agency or instrumentality, or any court or arbitrator or alternative
dispute resolution body, in each case whether federal, state, local or foreign.
"Involuntary Termination" has the meaning assigned to such term in
the Employment Agreement.
"NASDAQ" means The National Association of Securities Dealers,
Inc.'s The Nasdaq National Market.
"Optionee" has the meaning assigned to such term in the caption to
this Agreement.
"Optionee's Right Not To Extend" shall have the meaning assigned to
"Employee's Right Not To Extend" in the Employment Agreement.
"Person" shall be construed as broadly as possible and shall include
an individual, a corporation, a company, an association, a joint stock company,
a partnership (including a limited liability partnership), a limited liability
company, a joint venture, a trust or an unincorporated organization and a
Governmental Entity.
"Plan" means the Company's 2000 Stock Option Plan.
"Poor or Incompetent Performance" has the meaning assigned to such
term in the Employment Agreement.
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"Representatives" means, with respect to the Optionee, the
Optionee's assigns, personal and legal representatives, executors,
administrators, heirs, distributees, devisees, and legatees, as determined from
time to time.
"Resignation" has the meaning assigned to such term in the
Employment Agreement.
"SEC" means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Securities" means, with respect to any Person, such Person's
"securities," as defined in Section 2(1) of the Securities Act.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or
any successor federal statute, and the rules and regulations of the SEC
promulgated thereunder, all as the same may from time to time be in effect.
"Shares" has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to
this Agreement.
"Subsidiary" means, as to any Person, any other Person of which more
than 50% of the shares of the voting stock or other voting interests are owned
or controlled, or the ability to select or elect 50% or more of the directors or
similar managers is held, directly or indirectly, by such first Person or one or
more of its Subsidiaries.
"Transfer" means, with respect to any Security, to sell, or in any
other way transfer, assign, pledge, distribute, encumber or otherwise dispose of
(including, without limitation, the pledge of such Security to any lender), such
Security, either voluntarily or involuntarily and with or without consideration.
The terms "Transferee," "Transferred" and other forms of the word "Transfer"
shall have correlative meanings.
"Vested Shares" means the Option Shares with respect to which the
Option is exercisable at any particular time.
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
respective meanings set forth in the Plan.
Section 30. Optionee's Undertaking.
The Optionee hereby agrees to take whatever additional actions and
execute whatever additional documents the Company may in its reasonable judgment
deem necessary or advisable in order to carry out or effect one or more of the
obligations or restrictions imposed on the Optionee pursuant to the express
provisions of this Agreement.
Section 31. Corporate Transactions.
In the event of a merger of the Company with or into another
corporation, or the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Company, the
Option shall be assumed or an
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equivalent option substituted by the successor corporation or a parent or
subsidiary of the successor corporation. In the event that the successor
corporation refuses to assume or substitute for the Option, the Option shall
become immediately vested and exercisable in full, and the Optionee shall have
the right to exercise the Option as to all of the Option Shares, including
Option Shares as to which he would not otherwise be vested or able to exercise.
If the Option becomes fully vested and exercisable in lieu of assumption or
substitution in the event of a merger or sale of assets, the Board shall notify
the Optionee in writing or electronically that the Option shall be fully
exercisable for a period of 15 days from the date of such notice, and the Option
shall terminate upon the expiration of such period. For the purposes of this
Section 14, the Option shall be considered assumed if, following the merger or
sale of assets, the Option confers the right to purchase or receive, for each
Optioned Share subject to the Option immediately prior to the merger or sale of
assets, the consideration (whether stock, cash, or other securities or property)
received in the merger or sale of assets by holders of Common Stock for each
share of Common Stock held on the effective date of the transaction (and if
holders were offered a choice of consideration, the type of consideration chosen
by the holders of a majority of the outstanding Shares); provided, however, that
if such consideration received in the merger or sale of assets is not solely
common stock of the successor corporation or its parent, the Board may, with the
consent of the successor corporation, provide for the consideration to be
received upon the exercise of the Option, for each Optioned Share, to be solely
common stock of the successor corporation or its parent equal in fair market
value to the per share consideration received by holders of Common Stock in the
merger or sale of assets.
Section 32. Indemnification.
The Optionee shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company against
all liability, loss or damage, together with all reasonable costs and expenses
related thereto (including reasonable legal fees and expenses), relating to or
arising from the untruth, inaccuracy or breach of any of the representations,
warranties or agreements of the Optionee contained in or as may be required by
this Agreement.
Section 33. Notices.
All notices, demands or other communications to be given or
delivered under or by reason of the provisions of this Agreement shall be in
writing and shall be deemed to have been given or made when (i) delivered
personally to the recipient, (ii) transmitted by facsimile or electronic mail
(with hard copy sent to the recipient by reputable overnight courier service
(charges prepaid) that same day and, in the latter case, with receipt
acknowledged by the recipient by return electronic mail) if faxed or e-mailed
before 5:00 p.m. (New York time) on a Business Day, and other-wise on the next
Business Day, (iii) two Business Days after being sent to the recipient by
reputable overnight courier service (charges prepaid), or (iv) five Business
Days after being sent to the recipient by registered or certified mail (post-age
prepaid and return receipt requested). Such notices, demands and other
communications shall be sent to the address for such recipient as set forth
below (or to such other address or to the attention of such other person as the
recipient party has specified by like notice):
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if to the Company, to
Opus360 Corporation
00 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
E-Mail: xxxx@xxxx000.xxx
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
X'Xxxxxxxx Graev & Karabell, LLP
00 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq.
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
E-Mail: xxx@xxx.xxx
if to the Optionee, to:
Xxxx Xxxx Walk
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Section 34. General Provisions.
(a) Complete Agreement. This Agreement amends and restates the
Existing Incentive Stock Option Agreement in its entirety and this Agreement,
together with the Employment Agreement and all other agreements or contracts
being entered into by the Optionee with the Company as of the date hereof,
embody the complete agreement and understanding between the Company and the
Optionee and superseded and preempt any prior understandings, agreements or
representations by or among the Company and the Optionee, written or oral, which
may have related to the subject matter hereof in any way. The parties hereto
hereby forever release, waive and disclaim any and all rights under the Existing
Incentive Stock Option Agreement.
(b) Successor and Assigns. This Agreement will be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of the Company, the Optionee and each of their respective
permitted successors and assigns; provided, however, that neither this Agreement
nor any rights or obligations hereunder will be Transferable by the Optionee
except as provided under Section 8.
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(c) GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO
THE CHOICE OF LAW OR CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
(d) Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the parties hereto hereby
irrevocably waives all right to trial by jury in any action proceeding or
counterclaim arising out of or relating to this Agreement.
(e) Amendment and Waiver. The provisions of this Agreement may be
amended and waived only with the prior written consent of the Company (upon the
written approval of the Board (excluding the Optionee if he should be a member
of the Board at the time of such determination)) and the Optionee, and no course
of conduct or failure or delay in enforcing the provisions of this Agreement
shall affect the validity, binding effect or enforceability of this Agreement or
any provision hereof.
(f) Headings. The section headings contained in this Agreement are
for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or
interpretation of this Agreement.
(g) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
(h) Business Days. If any time period for giving notice or taking
action hereunder expires on a day which is not a Business Day, the time period
for giving notice or taking action shall be automatically extended to the
immediately following Business Day.
(i) Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements. All
representations, warranties and agreements contained herein shall survive in
perpetuity the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
(j) Nouns and Pronouns. Whenever the context may require, any
pronouns used herein shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or
neuter forms, and the singular form of nouns and pronouns shall include the
plural and vice-versa.
(k) Construction. Where specific language (such as the word
"including") is used to clarify by example a general statement contained herein,
such specific language shall not be deemed to modify, limit or restrict in any
manner the construction of the general statement to which it relates. The
language used in this Agreement shall be deemed to be the language chosen by the
parties hereto to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict
construction shall be applied against any party hereto. The parties hereto have
participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the
event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this
Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto, and no
presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by
virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement.
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(l) Delivery by Facsimile. This Agreement, the agreements referred
to herein, and each other agreement or instrument entered into in connection
herewith or therewith or contemplated hereby or thereby, and any amendments or
supplements hereto or thereto, to the extent signed and delivered by means of a
facsimile machine, shall be treated in all manner and respects as an original
agreement or instrument and shall be considered to have the same binding legal
effect as if it were the original signed version thereof delivered in person. At
the request of any party hereto or to any such agreement or instrument, each
other party hereto or thereto shall re-execute original forms thereof and
deliver them to all other parties. No party hereto or to any such agreement or
instrument shall raise the use of a facsimile machine to deliver a signature or
the fact that any signature or agreement or instrument was transmitted or
communicated through the use of a facsimile machine as a defense to the
formation or enforceability of a contract and each such party forever waives any
such defense.
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Exhibit B, cont.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amended
and Restated Incentive Option Agreement as of the date first written above.
OPUS360 CORPORATION
By:_______________________
Name:
Title:
XXXX XXXX WALK
___________________________
AMENDED AND RESTATED NON-STATUTORY OPTION AGREEMENT dated as of May
__, 2000 (the "Agreement"), by and between OPUS360 CORPORATION, a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), and XXXX XXXX WALK (the "Optionee")
The Company and the Optionee are parties to the Existing
Non-Statutory Option Agreement (as defined below), pursuant to which the Company
agreed to grant to the Optionee on the Existing Grant Date (as defined below) an
option to purchase shares of the Company's common stock. The parties hereto
desire to amend and restate the Existing Non-Statutory Option Agreement to
provide for, among other things, (i) the amendment of the (A) Existing Option
Shares (as defined below) and (B) Existing Option Price (as defined below) and
(ii) the modification and amendment of certain other terms and conditions of the
Existing Non-Statutory Stock Option Agreement. The Company and the Optionee
desire and have agreed to amend and restate the Existing Non-Statutory Option
Agreement in its entirety as and pursuant to this Agreement
As a material inducement to the Optionee to enter into the
Employment Agreement (as defined below), the Company, acting through its Board
of Directors or a committee thereof and pursuant to the Plan, granted to the
Optionee as of the Grant Date a non-qualified option to purchase shares
("Shares") of the Company's Common Stock (as defined below) on the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement. Certain definitions used
herein are set forth in Section 10 hereto. This Agreement is the "NSO Agreement"
referred to in Section 5(e)(ii) of the Employment Agreement.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained
herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree that the Existing
Non-Statutory Option Agreement shall be amended and restated in its entirety as
follows:
Section 35. Option; Option Price.
(a) On the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement,
the Company granted the Optionee as of the Grant Date the option (the "Option")
to purchase (i) up to 31,500 Shares (as adjusted from time to time to reflect
any Adjustment Event, the "Option 1 Shares") at a price of $10.00 per Share (as
adjusted from time to time to reflect any Adjustment Event, the "Option 1
Price") and (ii) up to 122,691 Shares (as adjusted from time to time to reflect
any Adjustment Event, the "Option 2 Shares" and together with the Option 1
Shares, the "Option Shares") at a price of $10.00 per Share (as adjusted from
time to time to reflect any Adjustment Event, the "Option 2 Price" and together
with the Option 1 Price, the "Option Price"). The Option is not intended to
qualify for federal income tax purposes as an "incentive stock option" within
the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.
(b) Any changes to the number of the Option Shares and the Option
Price based on an Adjustment Event shall be made by the Board in good faith and
shall be binding on and conclusive to the Optionee.
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Section 36. Term.
The term of the Option (the "Term") shall commence on February 29,
2000 (the "Grant Date") and shall expire at 5:00 p.m., New York time, on
February 29, 2010, unless the Optionee's employment with the Company shall have
theretofore been terminated for Cause, in which case the Option shall terminate
as of the effective date of such termination of employment.
Section 37. Time of Exercise.
(a) Unless accelerated in the sole discretion of the Compensation
Committee, the Option shall become exercisable, if at all, for the number of the
Option Shares determined in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3.
(b) The Option with respect to the Option 1 Shares shall become
exercisable on the Grant Date.
(c) The Option with respect to the Option 2 Shares shall become
exercisable on the dates and in the numbers determined in accordance with the
following schedule:
Portion of Option
Vesting Date 2 Shares Vested
---------------------------------------------------------
Six-month anniversary of the Grant Date 6/36
Each month thereafter for 30 months 1/36
(d) Upon the termination of the Optionee's employment with the
Company all vesting shall cease and the Option shall only be exercisable as to
the Vested Shares at the time of such termination and shall thereafter be
exercisable for the period provided in the Agreement or in the Plan (as if this
Option was an Option under the Plan) provided that:
(i) upon the termination of the Optionee's employment with the
Company pursuant to an Involuntary Termination the Optionee will be
credited with 12 additional months' employment after such termination and
the Option shall continue to vest according to the vesting schedule set
forth herein for such 12-month period, and shall be exercisable by the
Optionee until the end of the Term;
(ii) upon the termination of the Optionee's employment with
the Company without Cause or with Good Reason, the Option shall continue
to vest according to the vesting schedule set forth herein until fully
vested as if the Optionee's employment had continued until the Option had
fully vested, and shall be exercisable by the Optionee until the end of
the Term;
(iii) upon the termination of the Optionee's employment with
the Company because of Poor or Incompetent Performance, the Optionee will
be credited with 12 additional months' employment after such termination
and the Option shall continue to
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vest according to the vesting schedule set forth herein for such 12-month
period, and shall be exercisable by the Optionee until the end of the
Term; and
(iv) upon the termination of the Optionee's employment with
the Company pursuant to the Company's Right Not To Extend, the Option
shall continue to vest according to the vesting schedule set forth herein
for 12 months following the effective date of such termination, and shall
be exercisable by the Optionee until the end of the Term.
(e) Following the termination of the Optionee's employment with the
Company for any reason other than for Cause, vesting pursuant to subparagraph
(i) through (iv) of Section 3(d) and exercisability of the Option shall be
conditioned on the Optionee's compliance with Sections 11 and 12 of the
Employment Agreement.
Section 38. Procedure for Exercise.
(a) The Option may be exercised with respect to Vested Shares, from
time to time, in whole or in part (but for the purchase of whole Shares only),
by delivery of a written notice (the "Exercise Notice") from the Optionee to the
Secretary of the Company, which Exercise Notice shall:
(i) state that the Optionee elects to exercise the Option;
(ii) state the number and type (i.e. Option 1 Shares, Option 2
Shares) of Vested Shares with respect to which the Optionee is exercising
the Option (the "Optioned Shares");
(iii) state the method of payment for the Optioned Shares;
(iv) include any representations of the Optionee required
under Section 6; and
(v) state the date upon which the Optionee desires to
consummate the purchase of such Vested Shares (which date must be prior to
the termination of the Option).
(b) Payment of the Option Price for the Vested Shares to be
purchased on the exercise of the Option may be made in one of the following
forms:
(i) cash or personal or certified check payable to the
Company;
(ii) the surrender of previously acquired Shares that have
been held by the Optionee for at least six months prior to the date of
surrender;
(iii) with respect to the Option 1 Shares only, by authorizing
the Company to withhold a number of Shares otherwise issuable pursuant to
the exercise of the Option; or
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(iv) following such time as the Common Stock is registered
under the Securities Act, through a broker cashless exercise procedure
approved by the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably denied.
The Company hereby agrees that it shall use its commercially reasonable efforts
to assist the Optionee in obtaining financing to pay the Option Price and in the
event that the Optionee borrows funds to pay the Option Price, the Company shall
guarantee such Optionee loan.
(c) The Company shall be entitled to require as a condition of
delivery of the Option Shares that the Optionee remit or, in appropriate cases,
agree to remit when due an amount sufficient to satisfy all current or estimated
future federal, state and local income tax withholding and the employee's
portion of any employment taxes related thereto. Such withholding obligation may
be paid in one of the following forms:
(i) in cash or personal or certified check payable to the
Company;
(ii) the surrender of previously acquired Shares that have
been held by the Optionee for at least six months prior to the date of
surrender;
(iii) with respect to the Option 1 Shares only, by authorizing
the Company to withhold a number of Shares otherwise issuable pursuant to
the exercise of the Option, provided, however, that in such event, the
number of shares to be so withhold shall be calculated using the minimum
statutory withholding rates for federal and state tax purposes, including
payroll taxes, that are applicable to the taxable event then applicable to
the Option;
(iv) following such time as the Common Stock is registered
under the Securities Act, through a broker cashless exercise procedure
approved by the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably denied;
or
(v) The Company hereby agrees that it shall use its
commercially reasonable efforts to assist the Optionee in obtaining
financing to pay the withholding obligation and in the event that the
Optionee borrows funds to satisfy such withholding obligation, the Company
shall guarantee such Optionee loan.
(d) The Optionee shall deliver to the Company a copy of any election
filed by the Optionee with the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") under
Section 83(b) of the Code no later than 30 days following the filing of such
election with the IRS.
Section 39. No Rights as a Holder of Option Shares.
The Optionee shall not have any rights or privileges of a
stockholder of the Company with respect to the Option Shares until the date of
payment for such Option Shares pursuant to the exercise of the Option.
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Section 40. Additional Provisions Related to Exercise.
In the event of the exercise of the Option at a time when there is
not in effect a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to the
Option Shares, the Optionee hereby represents and warrants, and by virtue of
such exercise shall be deemed to represent and warrant, to the Company that the
Option and the Option Shares are being acquired for investment only and not with
a view to the distribution thereof, and the Optionee shall provide the Company
with such further representations and warranties as the Board may require in
order to ensure compliance with applicable federal and state securities, "blue
sky" and other laws. No Option Shares shall be purchased upon the exercise of
the Option unless and until the Company and the Optionee shall have complied
with all applicable federal or state registration, listing and qualification
requirements and all other requirements of law or of any Government Entity
having jurisdiction. Each of the Company and the Optionee shall use reasonable
efforts to comply with all applicable federal or state registration, listing
and/or qualification requirements and all other requirements of law or of any
Governmental Entity having jurisdiction in connection with the exercise of the
Option.
Section 41. Restriction on Transfer of Option and Option Shares.
The Option may not be Transferred by the Optionee except by the laws
of descent and distribution and may be exercised during the lifetime of the
Optionee only by the Optionee; provided, however, that the Option may be
Transferred by the Optionee during his lifetime to a member of his immediate
family or to a trust established for the benefit of an immediate family member.
If the Optionee dies, the Option shall thereafter be exercisable, during the
period specified in Section 3, by the Optionee's Representatives to the full
extent to which the Option was exercisable by the Optionee at the time of his
death, subject to and in accordance with the provisions of Sections 3 and 4. The
Option shall not be subject to execution, attachment or similar process. Any
attempted Transfer of the Option contrary to the provisions hereof, and the levy
of any execution, attachment or similar process upon the Option, shall be null
and void and without effect.
Section 42. Restrictive Legend.
(a) All certificates representing Option Shares issued upon exercise
of the Option shall bear a legend (the "Restrictive Legend") substantially as
set forth below:
'THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
"SECURITIES ACT"), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAW, AND MAY NOT BE
OFFERED, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT PURSUANT
TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION
FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF
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THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS."
(b) The Restrictive Legend shall be removed from a certificate
representing Option Shares if such Securities are sold pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act or there is delivered to the
Company such satisfactory evidence, which may include an opinion of independent
counsel, as reasonably may be requested by the Company, to confirm that neither
such legend nor the restrictions on transfer set forth therein are required to
ensure that transfers of such shares will not violate the registration and
prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.
Section 43. Optionee's Employment.
Nothing contained in this Agreement or in the Option shall confer
upon the Optionee any right to continue in the employ of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries or interfere in any way with the right of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries to terminate the Optionee's employment or to increase or
decrease the Optionee's compensation at any time. The foregoing shall not be
construed to modify the Optionee's rights under the Employment Agreement or any
other agreement between the Optionee on the one hand and the Company or any
Subsidiary on the other hand.
Section 44. Definitions.
As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings set
forth below:
"Adjustment Event" means any increase or decrease in the number of
issued shares of Common Stock resulting from a stock dividend or distribution,
stock split, reverse stock split, reclassification or combination or other
similar pro rata recapitalization event affecting the Common Stock or any other
increase of decrease in the number of issued shares of Common Stock effected
without receipt of consideration by the Company.
"Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.
"Business Day" means any day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day
on which Banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or
obligated by law or executive order to close.
"Cause" has the meaning assigned to such term in the Employment
Agreement.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the
regulations promulgated thereunder.
"Common Stock" means the common stock, $.001 par value per share, of
the Company.
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"Company's Right Not To Extend" has the meaning assigned to such
term in the Employment Agreement.
"Employment Agreement" means the Employment Agreement, dated as of
May ___, 2000, by and between the Company and the Optionee.
"Existing Grant Dates" means the Grant Date.
"Existing Non-Statutory Option Agreement" means the Non-Statutory
Stock Option Agreement, dated as of February 29, 2000, by and between the
Company and the Optionee.
"Existing Option Price" means $15.00 per share of Common Stock.
"Existing Option Shares" means 153,099 shares of Common Stock.
"Good Reason" has the meaning assigned to such term in the
Employment Agreement.
"Governmental Entity" means any government or political subdivision
or department thereof, any governmental or regulatory body, commission, board,
bureau, agency or instrumentality, or any court or arbitrator or alternative
dispute resolution body, in each case whether federal, state, local or foreign.
"Involuntary Termination" has the meaning assigned to such term in
the Employment Agreement.
"NASDAQ" means The National Association of Securities Dealers,
Inc.'s The Nasdaq National Market.
"Optionee" has the meaning assigned to such term in the caption to
this Agreement.
"Optionee's Right Not To Extend" shall have the meaning assigned to
"Employee's Right Not To Extend" in the Employment Agreement.
"Person" shall be construed as broadly as possible and shall include
an individual, a corporation, a company, an association, a joint stock company,
a partnership (including a limited liability partnership), a limited liability
company, a joint venture, a trust or an unincorporated organization and a
Governmental Entity.
"Plan" shall mean the Company's 2000 Stock Option Plan.
"Poor or Incompetent Performance" has the meaning assigned to such
term in the Employment Agreement.
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"Representatives" means, with respect to the Optionee, the
Optionee's assigns, personal and legal representatives, executors,
administrators, heirs, distributees, devisees, and legatees, as determined from
time to time.
"Resignation" has the meaning assigned to such term in the
Employment Agreement.
"SEC" means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Securities" means, with respect to any Person, such Person's
"securities," as defined in Section 2(1) of the Securities Act.
"Shares" has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to
this Agreement.
"Subsidiary" means, as to any Person, any other Person of which more
than 50% of the shares of the voting stock or other voting interests are owned
or controlled, or the ability to select or elect 50% or more of the directors or
similar managers is held, directly or indirectly, by such first Person or one or
more of its Subsidiaries.
"Transfer" means, with respect to any Security, to sell, or in any
other way transfer, assign, pledge, distribute, encumber or otherwise dispose of
(including, without limitation, the pledge of such Security to any lender), such
Security, either voluntarily or involuntarily and with or without consideration.
The terms "Transferee," "Transferred" and other forms of the word "Transfer"
shall have correlative meanings.
"Vested Shares" means the Option Shares with respect to which the
Option is exercisable at any particular time.
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall
have the respective meanings set forth in the Plan.
Section 45. Optionee's Undertaking.
The Optionee hereby agrees to take whatever additional actions and
execute whatever additional documents the Company may in its reasonable judgment
deem necessary or advisable in order to carry out or effect one or more of the
obligations or restrictions imposed on the Optionee pursuant to the express
provisions of this Agreement.
Section 46. Corporate Transactions.
In the event of a merger of the Company with or into another
corporation, or the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Company, the
Option shall be assumed or an equivalent option substituted by the successor
corporation or a parent or subsidiary of the successor corporation. In the event
that the successor corporation refuses to assume or substitute for the Option,
the Option shall become immediately vested and exercisable in full, and the
Optionee shall have the right to exercise the Option as to all of the Option
Shares, including
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Option Shares as to which he would not otherwise be vested or able to exercise.
If the Option becomes fully vested and exercisable in lieu of assumption or
substitution in the event of a merger or sale of assets, the Board shall notify
the Optionee in writing or electronically that the Option shall be fully
exercisable for a period of 15 days from the date of such notice, and the Option
shall terminate upon the expiration of such period. For the purposes of this
Section 12, the Option shall be considered assumed if, following the merger or
sale of assets, the Option confers the right to purchase or receive, for each
Optioned Share subject to the Option immediately prior to the merger or sale of
assets, the consideration (whether stock, cash, or other securities or property)
received in the merger or sale of assets by holders of Common Stock for each
share of Common Stock held on the effective date of the transaction (and if
holders were offered a choice of consideration, the type of consideration chosen
by the holders of a majority of the outstanding Shares); provided, however, that
if such consideration received in the merger or sale of assets is not solely
common stock of the successor corporation or its parent, the Board may, with the
consent of the successor corporation, provide for the consideration to be
received upon the exercise of the Option, for each Optioned Share, to be solely
common stock of the successor corporation or its parent equal in fair market
value to the per share consideration received by holders of Common Stock in the
merger or sale of assets.
Section 47. Indemnification.
The Optionee shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company against
all liability, loss or damage, together with all reasonable costs and expenses
related thereto (including reasonable legal fees and expenses), relating to or
arising from the untruth, inaccuracy or breach of any of the representations,
warranties or agreements of the Optionee contained in or as may be required by
this Agreement.
Section 48. Notices.
All notices, demands or other communications to be given or
delivered under or by reason of the provisions of this Agreement shall be in
writing and shall be deemed to have been given or made when (i) delivered
personally to the recipient, (ii) transmitted by facsimile or electronic mail
(with hard copy sent to the recipient by reputable overnight courier service
(charges prepaid) that same day and, in the latter case, with receipt
acknowledged by the recipient by return electronic mail) if faxed or e-mailed
before 5:00 p.m. (New York time) on a Business Day, and other-wise on the next
Business Day, (iii) two Business Days after being sent to the recipient by
reputable overnight courier service (charges prepaid), or (iv) five Business
Days after being sent to the recipient by registered or certified mail (post-age
prepaid and return receipt requested). Such notices, demands and other
communications shall be sent to the address for such recipient as set forth
below (or to such other address or to the attention of such other person as the
recipient party has specified by like notice):
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If to the Company, to
Opus360 Corporation
00 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
E-Mail: xxxx@xxxx000.xxx
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
X'Xxxxxxxx Graev & Karabell, LLP
00 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq.
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
E-Mail: xxx@xxx.xxx
if to the Optionee, to:
Xxxx Xxxx Walk
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Section 49. The Plan.
The terms and provisions of the Plan are hereby incorporated into
this Agreement as if set forth herein in their entirety. In the event of a
conflict between any provision of this Agreement and the Plan, the provisions of
the Plan shall control. A copy of the Plan may be obtained from the Company by
the Optionee by request. The Optionee acknowledges that all of the Option Shares
shall be subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation in
addition to the provisions of this Agreement and the Plan.
Section 50. General Provisions.
(a) Complete Agreement. This Agreement amends and restates the
Existing Non-Statutory Option Agreement in it entirety and this Agreement,
together with the Employment Agreement and all other agreements or contracts
being entered into by the Optionee with the Company as of the date hereof,
embody the complete agreement and understanding between the Company and the
Optionee and supersede and preempt any prior understandings, agreements or
representations by or among the Company and the Optionee, written or oral, which
may have related to the subject matter hereof in any way.
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(b) Successor and Assigns. This Agreement will be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of the Company, the Optionee and each of their respective
permitted successors and assigns; provided, however, that neither this Agreement
nor any rights or obligations hereunder will be Transferable by the Optionee
except as provided under Section 7.
(c) GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO
THE CHOICE OF LAW OR CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
(d) Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the parties hereto hereby
irrevocably waives all right to trial by jury in any action proceeding or
counterclaim arising out of or relating to this Agreement.
(e) Amendment and Waiver. The provisions of this Agreement may be
amended and waived only with the prior written consent of the Company (upon the
written approval of the Board (excluding the Optionee if he should be a member
of the Board at the time of such determination)) and the Optionee, and no course
of conduct or failure or delay in enforcing the provisions of this Agreement
shall affect the validity, binding effect or enforceability of this Agreement or
any provision hereof.
(f) Headings. The section headings contained in this Agreement are
for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or
interpretation of this Agreement.
(g) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
(h) Business Days. If any time period for giving notice or taking
action hereunder expires on a day which is not a Business Day, the time period
for giving notice or taking action shall be automatically extended to the
immediately following Business Day.
(i) Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements. All
representations, warranties and agreements contained herein shall survive in
perpetuity the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
(j) Nouns and Pronouns. Whenever the context may require, any
pronouns used herein shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or
neuter forms, and the singular form of nouns and pronouns shall include the
plural and vice-versa.
(k) Construction. Where specific language (such as the word
"including") is used to clarify by example a general statement contained herein,
such specific language shall not be deemed to modify, limit or restrict in any
manner the construction of the general statement to which it relates. The
language used in this Agreement shall be deemed to be the language chosen by the
parties hereto to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict
construction shall be applied against any party hereto. The parties hereto have
participated jointly in the negotiation
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and drafting of this Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent
or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted
jointly by the parties hereto, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise
favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any of the
provisions of this Agreement.
(l) Delivery by Facsimile. This Agreement, the agreements referred
to herein, and each other agreement or instrument entered into in connection
herewith or therewith or contemplated hereby or thereby, and any amendments or
supplements hereto or thereto, to the extent signed and delivered by means of a
facsimile machine, shall be treated in all manner and respects as an original
agreement or instrument and shall be considered to have the same binding legal
effect as if it were the original signed version thereof delivered in person. At
the request of any party hereto or to any such agreement or instrument, each
other party hereto or thereto shall re-execute original forms thereof and
deliver them to all other parties. No party hereto or to any such agreement or
instrument shall raise the use of a facsimile machine to deliver a signature or
the fact that any signature or agreement or instrument was transmitted or
communicated through the use of a facsimile machine as a defense to the
formation or enforceability of a contract and each such party forever waives any
such defense.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amended
and Restated Non-Statutory Option Agreement as of the date first written above.
OPUS360 CORPORATION
By:_______________________
Name:
Title:
XXXX XXXX WALK
___________________________
