Stock Option Agreement Each grant of an Option under the Plan shall be evidenced by a Stock Option Agreement between the Optionee and the Company. Such Option shall be subject to all applicable terms of the Plan and may be subject to any other terms that are not inconsistent with the Plan. The Stock Option Agreement shall specify whether the Option is an ISO or an NSO. The provisions of the various Stock Option Agreements entered into under the Plan need not be identical. Options may be granted in consideration of a reduction in the Optionee’s other compensation.
Nonqualified Stock Option The Stock Option shall not be treated as an Incentive Stock Option.
Stock Option Award In the event of Employee’s involuntary Termination of Employment without Cause or Termination of Employment due to a resignation by Employee for Good Reason that, in either case, occurs on or before the second anniversary of a Change in Control, the Stock Option Award shall become exercisable immediately (whether or not previously exercisable) and shall remain exercisable for the three year period following such Termination of Employment. For this purpose, “Good Reason” has the same meaning determined by Employee’s written employment agreement in effect on the Grant Date. In the event there is no such agreement or definition, then Good Reason means the initial existence of one or more of the following conditions, arising without the consent of the Employee: (1) a material diminution in Employee’s base compensation; (2) a material diminution in Employee’s authority, duties, or responsibilities, so as to effectively cause Employee to no longer be performing the duties of his position; (3) a material diminution in the authority, duties, or responsibilities of the supervisor to whom Employee is required to report.
Stock Option Grant Subject to the provisions set forth herein and the terms and conditions of the Plan, and in consideration of the agreements of the Participant herein provided, the Company hereby grants to the Participant an Option to purchase from the Company the number of shares of Common Stock, at the exercise price per share, and on the schedule, set forth above.
Stock Option Grants EMPLOYEE shall receive options to purchase Class A common stock of XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. (“XM Stock”) on the following terms. (a) On the Effective Date of the Amendment, XM will grant EMPLOYEE an option to purchase Three Hundred Fifty Thousand (350,000) shares of XM Stock. Additional stock options shall be awarded at the discretion of the Compensation Committee and the Board of Directors. (b) The options granted pursuant to Article 3.7(a) hereof will be non-qualified. The exercise price for such options shall be, with respect to each grant, the closing price of XM Stock on the date of grant. (c) Subject to the provisions of Article 4 hereof, the options granted pursuant to Article 3.7(a) hereof will vest and become exercisable on the following schedule: with respect to each grant, one third of the shares covered by the option shall become exercisable on the first anniversary of the grant, one third of the shares covered by the option shall become exercisable on the second anniversary of the grant, and one third of the shares covered by the option shall become exercisable on the third anniversary of the grant. In addition to the annual vesting requirement, the initial options granted upon the amendment of the contract shall also require that EMPLOYEE will not sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of shares issued upon the exercise of such initial options until the first to occur of the following: (i) the average closing price of XM Stock on the Nasdaq National Market system, or principal stock exchange on which shares of XM Stock are then listed, over any 20 consecutive trading days following the date of grant equals or exceeds $10, or (ii) seven years have elapsed since the date of grant. In the event that EMPLOYEE holds non-vested options at the time his employment by XM terminates, such non-vested options shall vest or shall be forfeited, as the case may be, in accordance with the provisions of Article 4 hereof. (d) Vested options may be exercised within ten (10) years of the date on which they were granted. In the event that EMPLOYEE holds unexercised vested options at the time his employment by XM terminates, such vested options may be exercised within the time periods set forth in Article 4 hereof. (e) XM agrees that the XM Stock to be issued to EMPLOYEE upon his exercise of the options granted pursuant to Article 3.7(a) hereof will be registered for sale to the public on XM’s Form S-8 Registration Statement.
Nonqualified Stock Options If the Shares are held for more than twelve (12) months after the date of purchase of the Shares pursuant to the exercise of an NQSO, any gain realized on disposition of the Shares will be treated as long term capital gain.
Stock Option Plan The Executive shall be eligible to participate in the Company's Stock Option Plan in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof.
Exercise of Nonqualified Stock Option If the Option does not ------------------------------------- qualify as an ISO, there may be a regular federal and California income tax liability upon the exercise of the Option. Participant will be treated as having received compensation income (taxable at ordinary income tax rates) equal to the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the date of exercise over the Exercise Price. If Participant is a current or former employee of the Company, the Company may be required to withhold from Participant's compensation or collect from Participant and pay to the applicable taxing authorities an amount equal to a percentage of this compensation income at the time of exercise.
Nonstatutory Stock Option If the Grant Notice so designates, this Option is intended to be a Nonstatutory Stock Option and shall not be treated as an Incentive Stock Option within the meaning of Section 422(b) of the Code.
Stock Option Plans Each stock option granted by the Company under the Company’s stock option plan was granted (i) in accordance with the terms of the Company’s stock option plan and (ii) with an exercise price at least equal to the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date such stock option would be considered granted under GAAP and applicable law. No stock option granted under the Company’s stock option plan has been backdated. The Company has not knowingly granted, and there is no and has been no Company policy or practice to knowingly grant, stock options prior to, or otherwise knowingly coordinate the grant of stock options with, the release or other public announcement of material information regarding the Company or its Subsidiaries or their financial results or prospects.
