Award of Stock Options. The Company hereby awards stock options (each, an “Option”) to the Employee under the Plan. The number of Options awarded to the Employee is indicated at the Site. Each Option entitles the Employee, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Plan, to purchase from the Company at the exercise price set forth for the Options at the Site (the “Exercise Price”) one Share (an “Option Share”). The Options shall vest and become exercisable on the terms set forth in Section 4. The Options shall expire on, and no Option Shares may be purchased pursuant to this Agreement after, the tenth anniversary of the Grant Date (such tenth anniversary is referred to as the “Option Expiration Date”). The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Compensation Committee”) may, in its sole discretion, convert any or all of the Options at any time to a stock-settled stock appreciation grant. The Options are not intended to be “incentive stock options” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and this Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with such intention.
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Samples: Equity Award Agreement (Quest Diagnostics Inc), Equity Award Agreement, Equity Award Agreement (Quest Diagnostics Inc)
Award of Stock Options. The Company hereby awards stock options (each, an “Option”) to the Employee under the Plan. The number of Options awarded to the Employee is indicated at the Site. Each Option entitles the Employee, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Plan, to purchase from the Company at the exercise price set forth for the Options at the Site (the “Exercise Price”) one Share (an “Option Share”). The Options shall vest and become exercisable on the terms set forth in Section 4. The Options shall expire on, and no Option Shares may be purchased pursuant to this Agreement after, the tenth anniversary of the Grant Date (such tenth anniversary is referred to as the “Option Expiration Date”). The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Compensation Committee”) may, in its sole discretion, convert any or all of the Options at any time to a stock-settled stock appreciation grant. The Options are not intended to be “incentive stock options” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and this Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with such intention.. Equity Award Agreement Exhibit 10.1 [Date]
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