Changes in the Company’s Capital Structure. The existence of this Option shall not limit or affect in any way the right or power of the Company or its shareholders to make or authorize any or all adjustments, recapitalizations, reorganizations or other changes in the Company's capital structure or its business, or any merger or consolidation of the Company, or any issue of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference stock ahead of or affecting the shares for which this option is exercisable or the rights thereof, or the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets or business, or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise. However, (a) If, prior to the Company's delivery of all the shares subject to this option, the Company shall effect a subdivision (split) or combination (reverse split) of shares or other capital readjustment, the payment of a common stock dividend, or other increase or reduction of a number of shares of common stock outstanding, without receiving compensation therefor in money, services or property, then (i) in the event of an increase in the number of such shares outstanding, the purchase price shall be proportionately reduced and the number of option shares then still purchasable shall be proportionately increased; and (ii) in the event of a reduction in the number of such shares outstanding, the purchase price payable per share shall be proportionately increased and the number of option shares then still purchasable shall be proportionately reduced. (b) Except as hereinbefore expressly provided, the issue by the Company of shares of stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class, for cash or property, or for labor or service either upon direct sales or upon the exercise of rights or warrants to subscribe therefor, or upon conversion of shares or obligations of the Company convertible into such shares or other securities, shall not affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the purchase price or the number of option shares subject to this option.
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Samples: Incentive Stock Option Agreement (Warp Technology Holdings Inc), Incentive Stock Option Agreement (Warp Technology Holdings Inc), Non Qualified Stock Option Agreement (Warp Technology Holdings Inc)
Changes in the Company’s Capital Structure. The existence of this Option outstanding options shall not limit or affect in any way the right or power ability of the Company or its shareholders stockholders to make or authorize any or all adjustments, recapitalizations, reorganizations or other changes in the Company's capital structure or its business, or any merger or consolidation of the Company, or any issue of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference stock ahead of or affecting the shares for which this option is exercisable Common Shares or the rights thereofhereof, or the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets or businessbusiness or substantially all of the outstanding stock of the Company, or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise. However,
(a) If, prior to the Company's delivery of all the shares subject to this option, If the Company shall effect a subdivision (split) subdivision, consolidation or combination (reverse split) reclassification of shares or other capital readjustmentreadjustment or recapitalization, the payment of a common stock dividend, or other increase or reduction of a the number of shares of common stock the voting shares outstanding, without receiving compensation therefor in money, services or property, then (i) the number, class, and per share price of Common Shares shall be appropriately adjusted in such a manner as to entitle an Optionee to receive upon exercise of an option, for the same aggregate cash consideration, the same total number and class of shares as he would have received as a result of the event requiring the adjustment. If the Company is merged into or consolidated with another corporation, regardless of an increase in whether or not the number Company is the surviving corporation, or if the Company is liquidated, or sells or otherwise disposes of substantially all of its assets or substantially all of the stock of the Company while this option remains outstanding, unless the Board determines otherwise, all outstanding options shall expire as of the effective date of any such merger, consolidation, liquidation, sale, or other disposition, provided that (x) notice of such shares outstandingmerger, the purchase price consolidation, liquidation, sale or other disposition shall be proportionately reduced and given to such Optionee at least 30 days prior to the number effective date of option shares then still purchasable shall be proportionately increased; such merger, consolidation, liquidation, sale or other disposition and (iiy) in an Optionee shall have the event of a reduction in right to exercise an option to the number extent that the same is then exercisable during the 30 day period preceding the effective date of such shares outstandingmerger, the purchase price payable per share shall be proportionately increased and the number of option shares then still purchasable shall be proportionately reduced.
(b) consolidation, liquidation, sale or other disposition. Except as hereinbefore expressly provided, the issue by the Company of shares of stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class, for cash or property, or for labor or service services, either upon direct sales sale or upon the exercise of rights or warrants to subscribe therefor, or upon conversion of shares or obligations of the Company convertible into such shares or other securities, shall not affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the purchase number or price or the number of option shares Common Shares then subject to this optionoutstanding options.
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Samples: Non Qualified Stock Option Agreement (Bizness Online Com), Non Qualified Stock Option Agreement (Bizness Online Com), Incentive Stock Option Agreement (Bizness Online Com)
Changes in the Company’s Capital Structure. The existence exis-tence of this Option shall not limit or affect in any way the right or power of the Company or its shareholders stockholders to make or authorize any or all adjustments, recapitalizationsrecapitalization, reorganizations or other changes in the Company's capital structure or its business, or any merger or consolidation of the Company, or any issue of bonds, debentures, common stock, preferred or prior preference stock ahead of or affecting the shares for which this option is exercisable Common Stock or the rights thereof, or the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets or business, or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise. However,
(a) If, prior to the Company's delivery of all the shares subject to this option, the Company shall effect a subdivision (split) or combination (reverse split) of shares or other capital readjustment, the payment of a common stock dividend, or other increase or reduction of a number of shares of common stock outstanding, without receiving compensation therefor in money, services or property, then (i) in the event of an increase in the number of such shares outstanding, the purchase price shall be proportionately reduced and the number of option shares then still purchasable shall be proportionately increased; and (ii) in the event of a reduction in the number of such shares outstanding, the purchase price payable per share shall be proportionately increased and the number of option shares then still purchasable shall be proportionately reduced.
(b) the number and class of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to this Option shall be adjusted by substituting for the total number and class of shares of stock then reserved that number and class of shares of stock and other securities that would have been received by the holder of an equal number of outstanding shares of stock as a result of the event requiring the adjustment. After a merger of one or more corporations into the Company, or after a consolidation of the Company and one or more corporations in which the Company shall be the surviving corpora-tion, the Holder shall, at no additional cost, be entitled upon exercise of this Option to receive (subject to any required action by stockholders) in lieu of the Option Shares, the number and class of shares of stock or other securities to which the Holder would have been entitled pursuant to the terms of the agreement of merger or consolidation if, immediately prior to such merger or consolidation, he had been the holder of record of the Option Shares. If the Company is merged into or consolidated with another corporation under circumstances in which the Company is not the surviving corporation, or if the Company is liquidated, or sells or otherwise disposes of substantially all of its assets to another corporation while this Option is outstanding, (i) sub-ject to the provisions of clause (ii) below, after the effective date of such merger, consolidation or sale, as the case may be, the Holder shall be entitled, upon exercise of this Option, to receive, in lieu of the Option Shares, shares of such stock or other securities as the holders of shares of Common Stock re-ceived pursuant to the terms of the merger, consolidation or sale, or (ii) this Option may be cancelled by the Company as of the effective date of any such merger, consolidation, liquidation or sale provided (x) notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Holder and (y) the Holder shall have the right to exercise this Option with respect to shares vested at such time during the 30-day period preceding the effec-tive date of such merger, consolidation, liquidation, sale or acqui-sition. Except as hereinbefore expressly provided, the issue issuance by the Company of shares of stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class, for cash or property, or for labor or service services either upon direct sales sale or upon the exercise of rights or warrants to subscribe therefor, or upon conversion of shares or obligations of the Company convertible into such shares or other securities, shall not affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the purchase price or the number of option shares subject to this optionOption.
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Samples: Option Agreement (Telscape International Inc), Option Agreement (Charter Communications International Inc /Tx/)
Changes in the Company’s Capital Structure. (a) The existence of this Option outstanding Awards shall not limit or affect in any way the right or power of the Company or its shareholders stockholders to make or authorize any or all adjustments, recapitalizations, reorganizations or other changes in the Company's ’s capital structure or its business, or any merger or consolidation of the Company, or any issue of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference stock shares ahead of or affecting the shares for which this option is exercisable Stock or the rights thereofStock rights, or the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets or business, business or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise. However,.
(ab) If, prior to the Company's delivery of all the shares subject to this option, If the Company shall effect a subdivision (split) or combination (reverse split) consolidation of shares Stock or other capital readjustment, the payment of a common stock Stock dividend, or other increase or reduction of a the number of shares of common stock Stock outstanding, without receiving compensation therefor in money, services or property, then (i) the number, class or series and per share price of Stock subject to outstanding Awards under the Plan shall be appropriately adjusted in such a manner as to entitle a Holder to receive upon exercise of an Award, for the same aggregate cash consideration, the equivalent total number and class or series of Stock the Holder would have received had the Holder exercised his or her Award in full immediately prior to the event of an increase in requiring the number of such shares outstandingadjustment, the purchase price shall be proportionately reduced and the number of option shares then still purchasable shall be proportionately increased; and (ii) the number and class or series of Stock then reserved to be issued under the Plan shall be adjusted by substituting for the total number and class or series of Stock then reserved, that number and class or series of Stock that would have been received by the owner of an equal number of outstanding shares of Stock of each class or series of Stock as the result of the event requiring the adjustment.
(c) If while unexercised Awards remain outstanding under the Plan (i) the Company shall not be the surviving entity in any merger, consolidation or other reorganization (or survives only as a subsidiary of an entity other than an entity that was wholly-owned by the Company immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or other reorganization), (ii) the Company sells, leases or exchanges or agrees to sell, lease or exchange all or substantially all of its assets to any other person or entity (other than an entity wholly-owned by the Company), (iii) the Company is to be dissolved or (iv) the Company is a party to any other corporate transaction (as defined under section 424(a) of the Code and applicable Department of Treasury regulations) that is not described in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of this sentence (each such event is referred to herein as a “Corporate Change”), then, except as otherwise provided in an Award Agreement or another agreement between the Holder and the Company (provided that such exceptions shall not apply in the case of a reincorporation merger), or as a result of the Committee’s effectuation of one or more of the alternatives described below, there shall be no acceleration of the time at which any Award then outstanding may be exercised, and no later than ten days after the approval by the stockholders of the Company of such Corporate Change, the Committee, acting in its sole and absolute discretion without the consent or approval of any Holder, shall act to effect one or more of the following alternatives, which may vary among individual Holders and which may vary among Awards held by any individual Holder (provided that, with respect to a reincorporation merger in which Holders of the Company’s ordinary shares will receive one ordinary share of the successor corporation for each ordinary share of the Company, none of such alternatives shall apply and, without Committee action, each Award shall automatically convert into a similar award of the successor corporation exercisable for the same number of ordinary shares of the successor as the Award was exercisable for ordinary shares of Stock of the Company):
(1) accelerate the time at which some or all of the Awards then outstanding may be exercised so that such Awards may be exercised in full for a limited period of time on or before a specified date (before or after such Corporate Change) fixed by the Committee, after which specified date all such Awards that remain unexercised and all rights of Holders thereunder shall terminate;
(2) require the mandatory surrender to the Company by all or selected Holders of some or all of the then outstanding Awards held by such Holders (irrespective of whether such Awards are then exercisable under the provisions of the Plan or the applicable Award Agreement evidencing such Award) as of a date, before or after such Corporate Change, specified by the Committee, in which event the Committee shall thereupon cancel such Award and the Company shall pay to each such Holder an amount of cash per share equal to the excess, if any, of the per share price offered to stockholders of the Company in connection with such Corporate Change over the exercise prices under such Award for such shares;
(3) with respect to all or selected Holders, have some or all of their then outstanding Awards (whether vested or unvested) assumed or have a new award of a similar nature substituted for some or all of their then outstanding Awards under the Plan (whether vested or unvested) by an entity which is a party to the transaction resulting in such Corporate Change and which is then employing such Holder or which is affiliated or associated with such Holder in the same or a substantially similar manner as the Company prior to the Corporate Change, or a parent or subsidiary of such entity, provided that (A) such assumption or substitution is on a basis where the excess of the aggregate fair market value of the Stock subject to the Award immediately after the assumption or substitution over the aggregate exercise price of such Stock is equal to the excess of the aggregate fair market value of all Stock subject to the Award immediately before such assumption or substitution over the aggregate exercise price of such Stock, and (B) the assumed rights under such existing Award or the substituted rights under such new Award, as the case may be, will have the same terms and conditions as the rights under the existing Award assumed or substituted for, as the case may be;
(4) provide that the number and class or series of Stock covered by an Award (whether vested or unvested) theretofore granted shall be adjusted so that such Award when exercised shall thereafter cover the number and class or series of Stock or other securities or property (including, without limitation, cash) to which the Holder would have been entitled pursuant to the terms of the agreement or plan relating to such Corporate Change if, immediately prior to such Corporate Change, the Holder had been the holder of record of the number of shares of Stock then covered by such Award; or
(5) make such adjustments to Awards then outstanding as the Committee deems appropriate to reflect such Corporate Change (provided, however, that the Committee may determine in its sole and absolute discretion that no such adjustment is necessary to reflect such Corporate Change). Any adjustment effected by the Committee under Section 4.5 shall be designed to provide the Holder with the intrinsic value of his or her Award, as determined prior to the Corporate Change, or, if applicable, equalize the Fair Market Value of the Award before and after the Corporate Change. In effecting one or more of the alternatives set out in paragraphs (3), (4) or (5) immediately above, and except as otherwise may be provided in an Award Agreement, the Committee, in its sole and absolute discretion and without the consent or approval of any Holder, may accelerate the time at which some or all Awards then outstanding may be exercised.
(d) In the event of a reduction changes in the outstanding Stock by reason of recapitalizations, reorganizations, mergers, consolidations, combinations, exchanges or other relevant changes in capitalization occurring after the date of the grant of any Award and not otherwise provided for by this Section 4.5, any outstanding Award and any Award Agreement evidencing such Award shall be subject to adjustment by the Committee in its sole and absolute discretion as to the number and price of Stock or other consideration subject to such Award. In the event of any such change in the outstanding Stock, the aggregate number of such shares outstandingof Stock available under the Plan may be appropriately adjusted by the Committee, the purchase price payable per share whose determination shall be proportionately increased and the number of option shares then still purchasable shall be proportionately reducedconclusive.
(be) Except as hereinbefore expressly providedAfter a merger of one or more corporations into the Company or after a consolidation of the Company and one or more corporations in which the Company shall be the surviving corporation, each Holder shall be entitled to have his or her Restricted Stock appropriately adjusted based on the issue manner in which the shares of Stock were adjusted under the terms of the agreement of merger or consolidation.
(f) The issuance by the Company of shares of stock of any classclass or series, or securities convertible into shares of into, or exchangeable for, stock of any classclass or series, for cash or property, or for labor or service services either upon direct sales sale or upon the exercise of rights or warrants to subscribe thereforfor them, or upon conversion or exchange of shares stock or obligations of the Company convertible into such shares into, or exchangeable for, stock or other securities, shall not affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof of such issuance shall be made with respect to, the purchase number, class or series, or price or the number of option shares of Stock then subject to this optionoutstanding Awards.
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Samples: 2010 Omnibus Incentive Plan (Viasat Inc), 2010 Omnibus Incentive Plan (RigNet, Inc.)
Changes in the Company’s Capital Structure. (a) The existence of this Option outstanding Awards shall not limit or affect in any way the right or power of the Company or its shareholders stockholders to make or authorize any or all adjustments, recapitalizations, reorganizations or other changes in the Company's ’s capital structure or its business, or any merger or consolidation of the Company, or any issue of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference stock shares ahead of or affecting the shares for which this option is exercisable Stock or the rights thereofStock rights, or the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets or business, business or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise. However,.
(ab) If, prior to the Company's delivery of all the shares subject to this option, If the Company shall effect a subdivision (split) or combination (reverse split) consolidation of shares Stock or other capital readjustment, the payment of a common stock Stock dividend, or other increase or reduction of a the number of shares of common stock Stock outstanding, without receiving compensation therefor in money, services or property, then (i1) the number, class or series and per share price of Stock subject to outstanding Options or other Awards under the Plan shall be appropriately adjusted in such a manner as to entitle a Holder to receive upon exercise of an Option or other Award, for the same aggregate cash consideration, the equivalent total number and class or series of Stock the Holder would have received had the Holder exercised his or her Option or other Award in full immediately prior to the event requiring the adjustment, and (2) the number and class or series of Stock then reserved to be issued under the Plan shall be adjusted by substituting for the total number and class or series of Stock then reserved, that number and class or series of Stock that would have been received by the owner of an equal number of outstanding shares of Stock of each class or series of Stock as the result of the event requiring the adjustment.
(c) If while unexercised Options or other Awards remain outstanding under the Plan (1) the Company shall not be the surviving entity in any merger, consolidation or other reorganization (or survives only as a subsidiary of an entity other than an entity that was wholly-owned by the Company immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or other reorganization), (2) the Company sells, leases or exchanges or agrees to sell, lease or exchange all or substantially all of its assets to any other person or entity (other than an entity wholly-owned by the Company), (3) the Company is to be dissolved or (4) the Company is a party to any other corporate transaction (as defined under section 424(a) of the Code and applicable Department of Treasury regulations) that is not described in clauses (1), (2) or (3) of this sentence (each such event is referred to herein as a “Corporate Change”), then, except as otherwise provided in an Award Agreement or another agreement between the Holder and the Company (provided that such exceptions shall not apply in the case of a reincorporation merger), or as a result of the Committee’s effectuation of one or more of the alternatives described below, there shall be no acceleration of the time at which any Award then outstanding may be exercised, and no later than ten days after the approval by the stockholders of the Company of such Corporate Change, the Committee, acting in its sole and absolute discretion without the consent or approval of any Holder, shall act to effect one or more of the following alternatives, which may vary among individual Holders and which may vary among Awards held by any individual Holder (provided that, with respect to a reincorporation merger in which Holders of the Company’s ordinary shares will receive one ordinary share of the successor corporation for each ordinary share of the Company, none of such alternatives shall apply and, without Committee action, each Award shall automatically convert into a similar award of the successor corporation exercisable for the same number of ordinary shares of the successor as the Award was exercisable for ordinary shares of Stock of the Company):
(1) accelerate the time at which some or all of the Awards then outstanding may be exercised so that such Awards may be exercised in full for a limited period of time on or before a specified date (before or after such Corporate Change) fixed by the Committee, after which specified date all such Awards that remain unexercised and all rights of Holders thereunder shall terminate;
(2) require the mandatory surrender to the Company by all or selected Holders of some or all of the then outstanding Awards held by such Holders (irrespective of whether such Awards are then exercisable under the provisions of the Plan or the applicable Award Agreement evidencing such Award) as of a date, before or after such Corporate Change, specified by the Committee, in which event the Committee shall thereupon cancel such Award and the Company shall pay to each such Holder an amount of cash per share equal to the excess, if any, of the per share price offered to stockholders of the Company in connection with such Corporate Change over the exercise prices under such Award for such shares;
(3) with respect to all or selected Holders, have some or all of their then outstanding Awards (whether vested or unvested) assumed or have a new award of a similar nature substituted for some or all of their then outstanding Awards under the Plan (whether vested or unvested) by an entity which is a party to the transaction resulting in such Corporate Change and which is then employing such Holder or which is affiliated or associated with such Holder in the same or a substantially similar manner as the Company prior to the Corporate Change, or a parent or subsidiary of such entity, provided that (A) such assumption or substitution is on a basis where the excess of the aggregate fair market value of the Stock subject to the Award immediately after the assumption or substitution over the aggregate exercise price of such Stock is equal to the excess of the aggregate fair market value of all Stock subject to the Award immediately before such assumption or substitution over the aggregate exercise price of such Stock, and (B) the assumed rights under such existing Award or the substituted rights under such new Award, as the case may be, will have the same terms and conditions as the rights under the existing Award assumed or substituted for, as the case may be;
(4) provide that the number and class or series of Stock covered by an Award (whether vested or unvested) theretofore granted shall be adjusted so that such Award when exercised shall thereafter cover the number and class or series of Stock or other securities or property (including, without limitation, cash) to which the Holder would have been entitled pursuant to the terms of the agreement or plan relating to such Corporate Change if, immediately prior to such Corporate Change, the Holder had been the holder of record of the number of shares of Stock then covered by such Award; or
(5) make such adjustments to Awards then outstanding as the Committee deems appropriate to reflect such Corporate Change (provided, however, that the Committee may determine in its sole and absolute discretion that no such adjustment is necessary). In effecting one or more of the alternatives set out in paragraphs (3), (4) or (5) immediately above, and except as otherwise may be provided in an Award Agreement, the Committee, in its sole and absolute discretion and without the consent or approval of any Holder, may accelerate the time at which some or all Awards then outstanding may be exercised.
(d) In the event of an increase changes in the number outstanding Stock by reason of recapitalizations, reorganizations, mergers, consolidations, combinations, exchanges or other relevant changes in capitalization occurring after the date of the grant of any Award and not otherwise provided for by this Section 4.5, any outstanding Award and any Award Agreement evidencing such shares outstanding, the purchase price Award shall be proportionately reduced subject to adjustment by the Committee in its sole and absolute discretion as to the number and price of option shares then still purchasable shall be proportionately increased; and (ii) in Stock or other consideration subject to such Award. In the event of a reduction any such change in the outstanding Stock, the aggregate number of such shares outstandingof Stock available under the Plan may be appropriately adjusted by the Committee, the purchase price payable per share whose determination shall be proportionately increased and the number of option shares then still purchasable shall be proportionately reducedconclusive.
(be) Except as hereinbefore expressly providedAfter a merger of one or more corporations into the Company or after a consolidation of the Company and one or more corporations in which the Company shall be the surviving corporation, each Holder shall be entitled to have his Restricted Stock appropriately adjusted based on the issue manner in which the shares of Stock were adjusted under the terms of the agreement of merger or consolidation.
(f) The issuance by the Company of shares of stock of any classclass or series, or securities convertible into shares of into, or exchangeable for, stock of any classclass or series, for cash or property, or for labor or service services either upon direct sales sale or upon the exercise of rights or warrants to subscribe thereforfor them, or upon conversion or exchange of shares stock or obligations of the Company convertible into such shares into, or exchangeable for, stock or other securities, shall not affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof of such issuance shall be made with respect to, the purchase number, class or series, or price or the number of option shares of Stock then subject to this optionoutstanding Options or other Awards.
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Samples: 2006 Omnibus Incentive Plan (Quanex Corp), 2006 Omnibus Incentive Plan (Quanex Corp)
Changes in the Company’s Capital Structure. (a) The existence of this Option outstanding Awards shall not limit or affect in any way the right or power of the Company or its shareholders stockholders to make or authorize any or all adjustments, recapitalizations, reorganizations or other changes in the Company's ’s capital structure or its business, or any merger or consolidation of the Company, or any issue of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference stock ahead of or affecting the shares for which this option is exercisable Stock or the rights thereofits rights, or the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets or business, business or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise. However,.
(a) If, prior to the Company's delivery of all the shares subject to this option, If the Company shall effect a subdivision (split) or combination (reverse split) consolidation of shares or other capital readjustment, the payment of a common stock dividend, or other increase or reduction of a the number of shares of common stock Stock outstanding, without receiving compensation therefor for it in money, services or property, then (i) the number, class or series and per share price of shares of Stock subject to outstanding Awards under this Plan shall be appropriately adjusted in such a manner as to entitle a Holder to receive upon exercise of an Award, for the same aggregate cash consideration, the equivalent total number and class or series of shares he would have received had he exercised his Award in full immediately prior to the event of an increase in requiring the number of such shares outstandingadjustment, the purchase price shall be proportionately reduced and the number of option shares then still purchasable shall be proportionately increased; and (ii) in the number and class or series of shares of Stock then reserved to be issued under the Plan shall be adjusted by substituting for the total number and class or series of shares of Stock then reserved, that number and class or series of shares of Stock that would have been received by the owner of an equal number of outstanding shares of each class or series of Stock as the result of the event of a reduction in requiring the number of such shares outstanding, the purchase price payable per share shall be proportionately increased and the number of option shares then still purchasable shall be proportionately reducedadjustment.
(b) Except If while unexercised Awards remain outstanding under the Plan (i) the Company shall not be the surviving entity in any merger, consolidation or other reorganization (or survives only as hereinbefore expressly a subsidiary of an entity other than an entity that was wholly-owned by the Company immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or other reorganization), (ii) the Company sells, leases or exchanges or agrees to sell, lease or exchange all or substantially all of its assets to any other person or entity (other than an entity wholly-owned by the Company), (iii) the Company is to be dissolved or (iv) the Company is a party to any other corporate transaction (as defined under section 424(a) of the Code and applicable Department of Treasury Regulations) that is not described in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of this sentence (each such event is referred to herein as a “Corporate Change”), then, except as otherwise provided in an Award agreement or as a result of the Board’s effectuation of one or more of the alternatives described below, there shall be no acceleration of the time at which any Award then outstanding may be exercised, and no later than ten days after the approval by the stockholders of the Company of such Corporate Change, the Board, acting in its sole and absolute discretion without the consent or approval of any Holder, shall act to effect one or more of the following alternatives, which may vary among individual Holders and which may vary among Awards held by any individual Holder:
(A) accelerate the time at which some or all of the Awards then outstanding may be exercised so that such Awards may be exercised in full for a limited period of time on or before a specified date (before or after such Corporate Change) fixed by the Board, after which specified date all such Awards that remain unexercised and all rights of Holders thereunder shall terminate;
(B) require the mandatory surrender to the Company by all or selected Holders of some or all of the then outstanding Options held by such Holders (irrespective of whether such Options are then exercisable under the provisions of this Plan or the Option Agreements evidencing such Options) as of a date, before or after such Corporate Change, specified by the Board, in which event the Board shall thereupon cancel such Options and the Company shall pay to each such Holder an amount of cash per share equal to the excess, if any, of the per share price offered to stockholders of the Company in connection with such Corporate Change over the exercise prices under such Options for such shares;
(C) with respect to all or selected Holders, have some or all of their then outstanding Awards (whether vested or unvested) assumed or have a new Award substituted for some or all of their then outstanding Awards (whether vested or unvested) by an entity which is a party to the transaction resulting in such Corporate Change and which is then employing him, or a parent or subsidiary of such entity, provided that (1) such assumption or substitution is on a basis where the excess of the aggregate fair market value of the shares subject to the Award immediately after the assumption or substitution over the aggregate exercise price of such shares is equal to the excess of the aggregate fair market value of all shares subject to the Award immediately before such assumption or substitution over the aggregate exercise price of such shares, and (2) the assumed rights under such existing Award or the substituted rights under such new Award as the case may be will have the same terms and conditions as the rights under the existing Award assumed or substituted for, as the case may be;
(D) provide that the number and class or series of shares of Stock covered by an Award (whether vested or unvested) theretofore granted shall be adjusted so that such Award when exercised shall thereafter cover the number and class or series of shares of stock or other securities or property (including, without limitation, cash) to which the Holder would have been entitled pursuant to the terms of the agreement or plan relating to such Corporate Change if, immediately prior to such Corporate Change, the Holder had been the holder of record of the number of shares of Stock then covered by such Award; or
(E) make such adjustments to Awards then outstanding as the Board deems appropriate to reflect such Corporate Change (provided, however, that the Board may determine in its sole and absolute discretion that no such adjustment is necessary). In effecting one or more of alternatives (C), (D) or (E) above, and except as otherwise may be provided in an Award agreement, the Board, in its sole and absolute discretion and without the consent or approval of any Holder, may accelerate the time at which some or all Awards then outstanding may be exercised.
(c) In the event of changes in the outstanding Stock by reason of recapitalizations, reorganizations, mergers, consolidations, combinations, exchanges or other relevant changes in capitalization occurring after the date of the grant of any Award and not otherwise provided for by this Section 4.5, any outstanding Awards and any agreements evidencing such Awards shall be subject to adjustment by the Board in its sole and absolute discretion as to the number and price of shares of Stock or other consideration subject to such Awards. In the event of any such change in the outstanding Stock, the aggregate number of shares available under this Plan may be appropriately adjusted by the Board, whose determination shall be conclusive.
(d) After a merger of one or more corporations into the Company or after a consolidation of the Company and one or more corporations in which the Company shall be the surviving corporation, each Holder shall be entitled to have his Restricted Stock appropriately adjusted based on the manner the Stock was adjusted under the terms of the agreement of merger or consolidation.
(e) The issue by the Company of shares of stock Stock of any classclass or series, or securities convertible into shares of stock Stock of any classclass or series, for cash or property, or for labor or service services either upon direct sales sale or upon the exercise of rights or warrants to subscribe thereforfor them, or upon conversion of shares or obligations of the Company convertible into such shares or other securities, shall not affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof of such issuance shall be made with respect to, the purchase number, class or series, or price or the number of option shares of Stock then subject to this optionoutstanding Awards.
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Samples: 1994 Stock Incentive Plan (Furmanite Corp), 1994 Stock Incentive Plan (Furmanite Corp)
Changes in the Company’s Capital Structure. (a) The existence of this Option outstanding Awards shall not limit or affect in any way the right or power of the Company or its shareholders stockholders to make or authorize any or all adjustments, recapitalizations, reorganizations or other changes in the Company's ’s capital structure or its business, or any merger or consolidation of the Company, or any issue of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference stock shares ahead of or affecting the shares for which this option is exercisable Stock or the rights thereofStock rights, or the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets or business, business or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise. However,.
(ab) If, prior to the Company's delivery of all the shares subject to this option, If the Company shall effect a subdivision (split) or combination (reverse split) consolidation of shares Stock or other capital readjustment, the payment of a common stock Stock dividend, or other increase or reduction of a the number of shares of common stock Stock outstanding, without receiving compensation therefor in money, services or property, then (i1) the number, class or series and per share price of Stock subject to outstanding Options or other Awards under the Plan shall be appropriately adjusted (subject to the restriction in Sections 4.11 and 11.1 prohibiting repricing without stockholder approval) in such a manner as to entitle a Holder to receive upon exercise of an Option or other Award, for the same aggregate cash consideration, the equivalent total number and class or series of Stock the Holder would have received had the Holder exercised his or her Option or other Award in full immediately prior to the event requiring the adjustment, and (2) the number and class or series of Stock then reserved to be issued under the Plan shall be adjusted by substituting for the total number and class or series of Stock then reserved that number and class or series of Stock that would have been received by the owner of an equal number of outstanding shares of each class or series of Stock as the result of the event requiring the adjustment.
(c) If while unexercised Options or other Awards remain outstanding under the Plan (1) the Company shall not be the surviving entity in any merger, consolidation or other reorganization (or survives only as a subsidiary of an entity other than an entity that was wholly-owned by the Company immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or other reorganization), (2) the Company sells, leases or exchanges or agrees to sell, lease or exchange all or substantially all of its assets to any other person or entity (other than an entity wholly-owned by the Company), (3) the Company is to be dissolved or (4) the Company is a party to any other corporate transaction (as defined under section 424(a) of the Code and applicable Department of Treasury regulations) that is not described in clauses (1), (2) or (3) of this sentence (each such event is referred to herein as a “Corporate Change”), then, except as otherwise provided in Article XII, an Award Agreement or another agreement between the Holder and the Company (provided that such exceptions shall not apply in the case of a reincorporation merger or conversion), or as a result of the Committee’s effectuation of one or more of the alternatives described below, there shall be no acceleration of the time at which any Award then outstanding may be exercised, and no later than ten days after the approval by the stockholders of the Company of such Corporate Change, the Committee, acting in its sole and absolute discretion without the consent or approval of any Holder, shall act to effect one or more of the following alternatives, which may vary among individual Holders and which may vary among Awards held by any individual Holder (provided that, with respect to a reincorporation merger or conversion in which Holders of the Company’s ordinary shares will receive the a percentage of shares of the successor corporation, none of such alternatives shall apply and, without Committee action, each Award shall automatically convert into a similar award of the successor corporation exercisable for the same percentage of ordinary shares of the successor as the Award was exercisable for Shares:
(1) accelerate the time at which some or all of the Awards then outstanding may be exercised so that such Awards may be exercised in full for a limited period of time on or before a specified date (before or after such Corporate Change) fixed by the Committee, after which specified date all such Awards that remain unexercised and all rights of Holders thereunder shall terminate;
(2) require the mandatory surrender to the Company by all or selected Holders of some or all of the then outstanding Awards held by such Holders (irrespective of whether such Awards are then exercisable under the provisions of the Plan or the applicable Award Agreement evidencing such Award) as of a date, before or after such Corporate Change, specified by the Committee, in which event the Committee shall thereupon cancel such Award and the Company shall pay to each such Holder an amount of cash per Share equal to the excess, if any, of the per Share price offered to stockholders of the Company in connection with such Corporate Change over the exercise prices under such Award for such Shares;
(3) with respect to all or selected Holders, have some or all of their then outstanding Awards (whether vested or unvested) assumed or have a new award of a similar nature substituted for some or all of their then outstanding Awards under the Plan (whether vested or unvested) by an entity which is a party to the transaction resulting in such Corporate Change and which is then employing such Holder or which is affiliated or associated with such Holder in the same or a substantially similar manner as the Company prior to the Corporate Change, or a parent or subsidiary of such entity, provided that (A) such assumption or substitution is on a basis where the excess of the aggregate fair market value of the Stock subject to the Award immediately after the assumption or substitution over the aggregate exercise price of such Stock is equal to the excess of the aggregate fair market value of all Stock subject to the Award immediately before such assumption or substitution over the aggregate exercise price of such Stock, and (B) the assumed rights under such existing Award or the substituted rights under such new Award, as the case may be, will have the same terms and conditions as the rights under the existing Award assumed or substituted for, as the case may be;
(4) provide that the number and class or series of Stock covered by an Award (whether vested or unvested) theretofore granted shall be adjusted so that such Award when exercised shall thereafter cover the number and class or series of Stock or other securities or property (including, without limitation, cash) to which the Holder would have been entitled pursuant to the terms of the agreement or plan relating to such Corporate Change if, immediately prior to such Corporate Change, the Holder had been the holder of record of the number of Shares then covered by such Award; or
(5) make such adjustments to Awards then outstanding as the Committee deems appropriate to reflect such Corporate Change (provided, however, that the Committee may determine in its sole and absolute discretion that no such adjustment is necessary). In effecting one or more of the alternatives set out in paragraphs (3), (4) or (5) immediately above, and except as otherwise may be provided in an Award Agreement, the Committee, in its sole and absolute discretion and without the consent or approval of any Holder, may accelerate the time at which some or all Awards then outstanding may be exercised.
(d) In the event of an increase changes in the number outstanding Stock by reason of recapitalizations, reorganizations, mergers, consolidations, conversion, combinations, exchanges or other relevant changes in capitalization occurring after the date of the grant of any Award and not otherwise provided for by this Section 4.5, any outstanding Award and any Award Agreement evidencing such shares outstanding, the purchase price Award shall be proportionately reduced subject to adjustment by the Committee in its sole and absolute discretion as to the number and price of option shares then still purchasable shall be proportionately increased; and (ii) in Stock or other consideration subject to such Award. In the event of a reduction any such change in the outstanding Stock, the aggregate number of such shares outstandingShares available under the Plan may be appropriately adjusted by the Committee, the purchase price payable per share whose determination shall be proportionately increased and the number of option shares then still purchasable shall be proportionately reducedconclusive.
(be) Except as hereinbefore expressly providedAfter a merger of one or more corporations into the Company or after a consolidation of the Company and one or more corporations in which the Company shall be the surviving corporation, each Holder shall be entitled to have his Restricted Stock appropriately adjusted based on the issue manner in which the Shares were adjusted under the terms of the agreement of merger or consolidation.
(f) The issuance by the Company of shares of stock of any classclass or series, or securities convertible into shares of into, or exchangeable for, stock of any classclass or series, for cash or property, or for labor or service services either upon direct sales sale or upon the exercise of rights or warrants to subscribe thereforfor them, or upon conversion or exchange of shares stock or obligations of the Company convertible into such shares into, or exchangeable for, stock or other securities, shall not affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof of such issuance shall be made with respect to, the purchase number, class or series, or price or the number of option shares Shares then subject to this optionoutstanding Options or other Awards.
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Samples: 2011 Omnibus Stock Plan (Newfield Exploration Co /De/), 2011 Omnibus Stock Plan (Newfield Exploration Co /De/)
Changes in the Company’s Capital Structure. (a) The existence of this Option outstanding Awards shall not limit or affect in any way the right or power of the Company or its shareholders stockholders to make or authorize any or all adjustments, recapitalizations, reorganizations or other changes in the Company's ’s capital structure or its business, or any merger or consolidation of the Company, or any issue of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference stock shares ahead of or affecting the shares for which this option is exercisable Stock or the rights thereofStock rights, or the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets or business, business or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise. However,.
(ab) If, prior to the Company's delivery of all the shares subject to this option, If the Company shall effect a subdivision (split) or combination (reverse split) consolidation of shares Stock or other capital readjustment, the payment of a common stock Stock dividend, or other increase or reduction of a the number of shares of common stock Stock outstanding, without receiving compensation therefor in money, services or property, then (1) the number, class or series and per share price of Stock subject to outstanding Options or other Awards under the Plan shall be appropriately adjusted in such a manner as to entitle a Holder to receive upon exercise of an Option or other Award, for the same aggregate cash consideration, the equivalent total number and class or series of Stock the Holder would have received had the Holder exercised his or her Option or other Award in full immediately prior to the event requiring the adjustment, and (2) the number and class or series of Stock then reserved to be issued under the Plan shall be adjusted by substituting for the total number and class or series of Stock then reserved, that number and class or series of Stock that would have been received by the owner of an equal number of outstanding shares of Stock of each class or series of Stock as the result of the event requiring the adjustment.
(c) If while unexercised Options or other Awards remain outstanding under the Plan (1) the Company shall not be the surviving entity in any merger, consolidation or other reorganization (or survives only as a subsidiary of an entity other than an entity that was wholly-owned by the Company immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or other reorganization), (2) the Company sells, leases or exchanges or agrees to sell, lease or exchange all or substantially all of its assets to any other person or entity (other than an entity wholly-owned by the Company), (3) the Company is to be dissolved or (4) the Company is a party to any other corporate transaction (as defined under section 424(a) of the Code and applicable Department of Treasury regulations) that is not described in clauses (1), (2) or (3) of this sentence (each such event is referred to herein as a “Corporate Change”), then, except as otherwise provided in an Award Agreement or another agreement between the Holder and the Company (provided that such exceptions shall not apply in the case of a reincorporation merger), or as a result of the Committee’s effectuation of one or more of the alternatives described below, or except as otherwise provided in Article XVI hereof, there shall be no acceleration of the time at which any Award then outstanding may be exercised, and no later than ten days after the approval by the stockholders of the Company of such Corporate Change, the Committee, acting in its sole and absolute discretion without the consent or approval of any Holder, shall act to effect one or more of the following alternatives, which may vary among individual Holders and which may vary among Awards held by any individual Holder (provided that, with respect to a reincorporation merger in which Holders of the Company’s shares will receive one share of the successor corporation for each share of the Company, none of such alternatives shall apply and, without Committee action, each Award shall automatically convert into a similar award of the successor corporation exercisable for the same number of shares of the successor as the Award was exercisable for shares of Stock of the Company):
(i) accelerate the time at which some or all of the Awards then outstanding may be exercised so that such Awards may be exercised in full for a limited period of time on or before a specified date (before or after such Corporate Change) fixed by the Committee, after which specified date all such Awards that remain unexercised and all rights of Holders thereunder shall terminate;
(ii) require the mandatory surrender to the Company by all or selected Holders of some or all of the then outstanding Awards held by such Holders (irrespective of whether such Awards are then exercisable under the provisions of the Plan or the applicable Award Agreement evidencing such Award) as of a date, before or after such Corporate Change, specified by the Committee, in which event the Committee shall thereupon cancel such Award and the Company shall pay to each such Holder an amount of cash per share equal to the excess, if any, of the per share price offered to stockholders of the Company in connection with such Corporate Change over the exercise prices under such Award for such shares;
(iii) with respect to all or selected Holders, have some or all of their then outstanding Awards (whether vested or unvested) assumed or have a new award of a similar nature substituted for some or all of their then outstanding Awards under the Plan (whether vested or unvested) by an entity which is a party to the transaction resulting in such Corporate Change and which is then employing such Holder or which is affiliated or associated with such Holder in the same or a substantially similar manner as the Company prior to the Corporate Change, or a parent or subsidiary of such entity, provided that (A) such assumption or substitution is on a basis where the excess of the aggregate fair market value of the Stock subject to the Award immediately after the assumption or substitution over the aggregate exercise price of such Stock is equal to the excess of the aggregate fair market value of all Stock subject to the Award immediately before such assumption or substitution over the aggregate exercise price of such Stock, and (B) the assumed rights under such existing Award or the substituted rights under such new Award, as the case may be, will have the same terms and conditions as the rights under the existing Award assumed or substituted for, as the case may be;
(iv) provide that the number and class or series of Stock covered by an Award (whether vested or unvested) theretofore granted shall be adjusted so that such Award when exercised shall thereafter cover the number and class or series of Stock or other securities or property (including, without limitation, cash) to which the Holder would have been entitled pursuant to the terms of the agreement or plan relating to such Corporate Change if, immediately prior to such Corporate Change, the Holder had been the holder of record of the number of shares of Stock then covered by such Award; or
(v) make such adjustments to Awards then outstanding as the Committee deems appropriate to reflect such Corporate Change (provided, however, that the Committee may determine in its sole and absolute discretion that no such adjustment is necessary). Any adjustment effected by the Committee under Section 4.5 shall be designed to provide the Holder with the intrinsic value of his or her Award, as determined prior to the Corporate Change, or, if applicable, equalize the Fair Market Value of the Award before and after the Corporate Change. In effecting one or more of the alternatives set out in paragraphs (iii), (iv) or (v) immediately above, and except as otherwise may be provided in an Award Agreement, the Committee, in its sole and absolute discretion and without the consent or approval of any Holder, may accelerate the time at which some or all Awards then outstanding may be exercised.
(d) In the event of an increase changes in the number outstanding Stock by reason of recapitalizations, reorganizations, mergers, consolidations, combinations, exchanges or other relevant changes in capitalization occurring after the date of the grant of any Award and not otherwise provided for by this Section 4.5, any outstanding Award and any Award Agreement evidencing such shares outstanding, the purchase price Award shall be proportionately reduced subject to adjustment by the Committee in its sole and absolute discretion as to the number and price of option shares then still purchasable shall be proportionately increased; and (ii) in Stock or other consideration subject to such Award. In the event of a reduction any such change in the outstanding Stock, the aggregate number of such shares outstandingof Stock available under the Plan may be appropriately adjusted by the Committee, the purchase price payable per share whose determination shall be proportionately increased and the number of option shares then still purchasable shall be proportionately reducedconclusive.
(be) Except as hereinbefore expressly provided, the issue The issuance by the Company of shares of stock of any classclass or series, or securities convertible into shares of into, or exchangeable for, stock of any classclass or series, for cash or property, or for labor or service services either upon direct sales sale or upon the exercise of rights or warrants to subscribe thereforfor them, or upon conversion or exchange of shares stock or obligations of the Company convertible into such shares into, or exchangeable for, stock or other securities, shall not affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof of such issuance shall be made with respect to, the purchase number, class or series, or price or the number of option shares of Stock then subject to this optionoutstanding Options or other Awards.
(f) After a merger of one or more corporations into the Company or after a consolidation of the Company and one or more corporations in which the Company shall be the surviving corporation, each Holder shall be entitled to have his Restricted Stock appropriately adjusted based on the manner in which the shares of Stock were adjusted under the terms of the agreement of merger or consolidation.
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Samples: Long Term Incentive Plan (Rex Energy Corp), Long Term Incentive Plan (Rex Energy Corp)
Changes in the Company’s Capital Structure. (a) The existence of this Option outstanding Awards shall not limit or affect in any way the right or power of the Company or its shareholders stockholders to make or authorize any or all adjustments, recapitalizations, reorganizations or other changes in the Company's ’s capital structure or its business, or any merger or consolidation of the Company, or any issue of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference stock shares ahead of or affecting the shares for which this option is exercisable Stock or the rights thereofStock rights, or the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets or business, business or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise. However,.
(ab) If, prior to the Company's delivery of all the shares subject to this option, If the Company shall effect a subdivision (split) or combination (reverse split) consolidation of shares Stock or other capital readjustment, the payment of a common stock Stock dividend, or other increase or reduction of a the number of shares of common stock Stock outstanding, without receiving compensation therefor in money, services or property, then (i1) the number, class or series and per share price of Stock subject to outstanding Options or other Awards under the Plan shall be appropriately adjusted in such a manner as to entitle a Holder to receive upon exercise of an Option or other Award, for the same aggregate cash consideration, the equivalent total number and class or series of Stock the Holder would have received had the Holder exercised his or her Option or other Award in full immediately prior to the event requiring the adjustment, and (2) the number and class or series of Stock then reserved to be issued under the Plan shall be adjusted by substituting for the total number and class or series of Stock then reserved, that number and class or series of Stock that would have been received by the owner of an equal number of outstanding shares of Stock of each class or series of Stock as the result of the event requiring the adjustment.
(c) If while unexercised Options or other Awards remain outstanding under the Plan (1) the Company shall not be the surviving entity in any merger, consolidation or other reorganization (or survives only as a subsidiary of an entity other than an entity that was wholly-owned by the Company immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or other reorganization), (2) the Company sells, leases or exchanges or agrees to sell, lease or exchange all or substantially all of its assets to any other person or entity (other than an entity wholly-owned by the Company), (3) the Company is to be dissolved or (4) the Company is a party to any other corporate transaction (as defined under section 424(a) of the Code and applicable Department of Treasury regulations) that is not described in clauses (1), (2) or (3) of this sentence (each such event is referred to herein as a “Corporate Change”), then, except as otherwise provided in an Award Agreement or another agreement between the Holder and the Company (provided that such exceptions shall not apply in the case of a reincorporation merger), or as a result of the Committee’s effectuation of one or more of the alternatives described below, there shall be no acceleration of the time at which any Award then outstanding may be exercised, and no later than ten days after the approval by the stockholders of the Company of such Corporate Change, the Committee, acting in its sole and absolute discretion without the consent or approval of any Holder, shall act to effect one or more of the following alternatives, which may vary among individual Holders and which may vary among Awards held by any individual Holder (provided that, with respect to a reincorporation merger in which Holders of the Company’s ordinary shares will receive one ordinary share of the successor corporation for each ordinary share of the Company, none of such alternatives shall apply and, without Committee action, each Award shall automatically convert into a similar award of the successor corporation exercisable for the same number of ordinary shares of the successor as the Award was exercisable for ordinary shares of Stock of the Company):
(1) accelerate the time at which some or all of the Awards then outstanding may be exercised so that such Awards may be exercised in full for a limited period of time on or before a specified date (before or after such Corporate Change) fixed by the Committee, after which specified date all such Awards that remain unexercised and all rights of Holders thereunder shall terminate;
(2) require the mandatory surrender to the Company by all or selected Holders of some or all of the then outstanding Awards held by such Holders (irrespective of whether such Awards are then exercisable under the provisions of the Plan or the applicable Award Agreement evidencing such Award) as of a date, before or after such Corporate Change, specified by the Committee, in which event the Committee shall thereupon cancel such Award and the Company shall pay to each such Holder an amount of cash per share equal to the excess, if any, of the per share price offered to stockholders of the Company in connection with such Corporate Change over the exercise prices under such Award for such shares;
(3) with respect to all or selected Holders, have some or all of their then outstanding Awards (whether vested or unvested) assumed or have a new award of a similar nature substituted for some or all of their then outstanding Awards under the Plan (whether vested or unvested) by an entity which is a party to the transaction resulting in such Corporate Change and which is then employing such Holder or which is affiliated or associated with such Holder in the same or a substantially similar manner as the Company prior to the Corporate Change, or a parent or subsidiary of such entity, provided that (A) such assumption or substitution is on a basis where the excess of the aggregate fair market value of the Stock subject to the Award immediately after the assumption or substitution over the aggregate exercise price of such Stock is equal to the excess of the aggregate fair market value of all Stock subject to the Award immediately before such assumption or substitution over the aggregate exercise price of such Stock, and (B) the assumed rights under such existing Award or the substituted rights under such new Award, as the case may be, will have the same terms and conditions as the rights under the existing Award assumed or substituted for, as the case may be;
(4) provide that the number and class or series of Stock covered by an Award (whether vested or unvested) theretofore granted shall be adjusted so that such Award when exercised shall thereafter cover the number and class or series of Stock or other securities or property (including, without limitation, cash) to which the Holder would have been entitled pursuant to the terms of the agreement or plan relating to such Corporate Change if, immediately prior to such Corporate Change, the Holder had been the holder of record of the number of shares of Stock then covered by such Award; or
(5) make such adjustments to Awards then outstanding as the Committee deems appropriate to reflect such Corporate Change (provided, however, that the Committee may determine in its sole and absolute discretion that no such adjustment is necessary). Any adjustment effected by the Committee under Section 4.5 shall be designed to provide the Holder with the intrinsic value of his or her Award, as determined prior to the Corporate Change, or, if applicable, equalize the Fair Market Value of the Award before and after the Corporate Change. In effecting one or more of the alternatives set out in paragraphs (3), (4) or (5) immediately above, and except as otherwise may be provided in an Award Agreement, the Committee, in its sole and absolute discretion and without the consent or approval of any Holder, may accelerate the time at which some or all Awards then outstanding may be exercised.
(d) In the event of an increase changes in the number outstanding Stock by reason of recapitalizations, reorganizations, mergers, consolidations, combinations, exchanges or other relevant changes in capitalization occurring after the date of the grant of any Award and not otherwise provided for by this Section 4.5, any outstanding Award and any Award Agreement evidencing such shares outstanding, the purchase price Award shall be proportionately reduced subject to adjustment by the Committee in its sole and absolute discretion as to the number and price of option shares then still purchasable shall be proportionately increased; and (ii) in Stock or other consideration subject to such Award. In the event of a reduction any such change in the outstanding Stock, the aggregate number of such shares outstandingof Stock available under the Plan may be appropriately adjusted by the Committee, the purchase price payable per share whose determination shall be proportionately increased and the number of option shares then still purchasable shall be proportionately reducedconclusive.
(be) Except as hereinbefore expressly providedAfter a merger of one or more corporations into the Company or after a consolidation of the Company and one or more corporations in which the Company shall be the surviving corporation, each Holder shall be entitled to have his Restricted Stock appropriately adjusted based on the issue manner in which the shares of Stock were adjusted under the terms of the agreement of merger or consolidation.
(f) The issuance by the Company of shares of stock of any classclass or series, or securities convertible into shares of into, or exchangeable for, stock of any classclass or series, for cash or property, or for labor or service services either upon direct sales sale or upon the exercise of rights or warrants to subscribe thereforfor them, or upon conversion or exchange of shares stock or obligations of the Company convertible into such shares into, or exchangeable for, stock or other securities, shall not affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof of such issuance shall be made with respect to, the purchase number, class or series, or price or the number of option shares of Stock then subject to this optionoutstanding Options or other Awards.
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Changes in the Company’s Capital Structure. (a) The existence of this the Option shall not limit or affect in any way the right or power of the Company or its shareholders stockholders to make or authorize any or all adjustments, recapitalizations, reorganizations or other changes in the Company's ’s capital structure or its business, or any merger or consolidation of the Company, or any issue of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference stock ahead of or affecting the shares for which this option is exercisable Common Stock or the rights thereof, or the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets or business, or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise. However,.
(ab) If, prior to while the Company's delivery of all the shares subject to this optionOption remains outstanding, the Company shall effect a subdivision (split) or combination (reverse split) consolidation of shares or other capital readjustment, the payment of a common stock dividend, or other increase or reduction of a in the number of shares of common stock outstanding, the Common Stock outstanding without receiving compensation therefor in money, services or property, then (i) in the event of an increase in the number of such shares outstanding, the purchase price shall be proportionately reduced and the number of option shares of Common Stock then still purchasable subject to the Option hereunder shall be proportionately increased; and (ii) in the event of a reduction decrease in the number of such shares outstanding, outstanding the purchase price payable per share number of shares then subject to the Option hereunder shall be proportionately increased decreased.
(c) After a merger of one or more corporations into the Company, or after a consolidation of the Company and one or more corporations in which the Company shall be the surviving corporation, the holder of the Option shall, at no additional cost, be entitled upon exercise of the Option to receive (subject to any required action by stockholders) in lieu of the number of option shares as to which the Option shall then still purchasable shall be proportionately reducedso exercisable, the number and class of shares of stock, other securities or consideration to which such holder would have been entitled to receive pursuant to the terms of the agreement of merger or consolidation if, immediately prior to such merger or consolidation, such holder had been the holder of record of a number of shares of the Company equal to the number of shares as to which the Option had been exercisable.
(bd) If the Company is about to be merged into or consolidated with another corporation or other entity under circumstances where the Company is not the surviving corporation, or if the Company is about to sell or otherwise dispose of substantially all of its assets to another corporation or other entity while the Option remains outstanding, then the Board of Directors will direct that any of the following shall occur:
(i) If the successor entity is willing to assume the obligation to deliver shares of stock or other securities after the effective date of the merger, consolidation or sale of assets, as the case may be, the holder of the Option shall be entitled to receive, upon the exercise of the Option and payment of the option price, in lieu of shares of Common Stock, such shares of stock or other securities as the holder of the Option would have been entitled to receive had the Option been exercised immediately prior to the consummation of such merger, consolidation or sale, and the terms of the Option shall apply as nearly as practicable to the shares of stock or other securities purchasable upon exercise of the Option following such merger, consolidation or sale of assets; and/or
(ii) The Board of Directors may cancel the Option as of the effective date of any such merger, consolidation or sale of assets provided that prior notice of such cancellation shall be given to the holder of the Option at least 30 days prior to the effective date of such merger, consolidation or sale of assets, and the holder of the Option shall have the right to exercise the Option in full immediately prior to, and contingent upon, the effective date of such merger, consolidation or sale of assets.
(e) Except as hereinbefore expressly herein provided, the issue issuance by the Company of Common Stock or any other shares of capital stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of any classcapital stock, for cash or cash, property, or for labor or service either upon direct sales or upon the exercise of rights or warrants to subscribe therefor, or upon conversion of shares or obligations of the Company convertible into such shares done or other securitiesconsideration, shall not affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the purchase number or price or the number of option shares of Common Stock then subject to this optionthe Option.
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Changes in the Company’s Capital Structure. The existence of this Option shall not limit or affect in any way the right or power of the Company or its shareholders to make or authorize any or all adjustments, recapitalizations, reorganizations or other changes in the Company's capital structure or its business, or any merger or consolidation of the Company, or any issue of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference stock ahead of or affecting the shares for which this option is exercisable Option Shares or the rights thereof, or the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets or business, or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise. However,
(a) If, prior to the Company's delivery of all the shares Option Shares subject to this optionOption, the Company shall effect a subdivision (split) or combination (reverse split) of shares or other capital readjustment, the payment of a common stock dividend, or other increase or reduction of a the number of shares of common stock outstanding, without receiving compensation therefor in money, services or property, then (i) in the event of an increase in the number of such shares outstanding, the purchase price Purchase Price shall be proportionately reduced and the number of option shares Option Shares then still purchasable shall be proportionately increased; and (ii) in the event of a reduction in the number of such shares outstanding, the purchase price Purchase Price payable per share shall be proportionately increased and the number of option shares Option Shares then still purchasable shall be proportionately reduced.
(b) Except If while this Option remains outstanding the Company is reorganized, merged, consolidated or party to a plan of share exchange with another corporation, or if the Company sells or otherwise disposes of all or substantially all its property or assets to another corporation, then subject to the provisions of clause (ii) below, (i) after the effective date of such reorganization, merger, consolidation, exchange or sale, as hereinbefore expressly providedthe case may be, the issue by Optionee shall be entitled, upon exercise of this Option, to receive, in lieu of the Company Option Shares, the number and class of shares of stock such stock, other securities, cash and other property or rights as the holders of any class, or securities convertible into shares of the Company's common stock received pursuant to the terms of any classthe reorganization, for cash merger, consolidation, exchange or propertysale and to which he would have been entitled if, immediately prior to such reorganization, merger, consolidation, exchange or for labor or service either upon direct sales or upon sale, he had been the exercise holder of rights or warrants to subscribe therefor, or upon conversion record of a number of shares or obligations of common stock equal to the number of Option Shares as to which this Option shall be so exercised; and (ii) this Option may be canceled by the Board of Directors of the Company convertible into as of the effective date of any such shares reorganization, merger, consolidation, exchange or other securitiessale; provided that (x) such reorganization, shall not affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the purchase price or the number of option shares subject to this option.merger,
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Samples: Stock Option Agreement (American Technology Corp /De/)
Changes in the Company’s Capital Structure. (a) The existence of this Option outstanding Awards shall not limit or affect in any way the right or power of the Company or its shareholders stockholders to make or authorize any or all adjustments, recapitalizations, reorganizations or other changes in the Company's ’s capital structure or its business, or any merger or consolidation of the Company, or any issue of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference stock shares ahead of or affecting the shares for which this option is exercisable Stock or the rights thereofStock rights, or the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets or business, business or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise. However,.
(ab) If, prior to the Company's delivery of all the shares subject to this option, If the Company shall effect a subdivision (split) or combination (reverse split) consolidation of shares Stock or other capital readjustment, the payment of a common stock Stock dividend, or other increase or reduction of a the number of shares of common stock Stock outstanding, without receiving compensation therefor in money, services or property, then (i) the number, class or series and per share price of Stock subject to outstanding Awards under the Plan shall be appropriately adjusted in such a manner as to entitle a Holder to receive upon exercise of an Award, for the same aggregate cash consideration, the equivalent total number and class or series of Stock the Holder would have received had the Holder exercised his or her Award in full immediately prior to the event of an increase in requiring the number of such shares outstandingadjustment, the purchase price shall be proportionately reduced and the number of option shares then still purchasable shall be proportionately increased; and (ii) the number and class or series of Stock then reserved to be issued under the Plan shall be adjusted by substituting for the total number and class or series of Stock then reserved, that number and class or series of Stock that would have been received by the owner of an equal number of outstanding shares of Stock of each class or series of Stock as the result of the event requiring the adjustment.
(c) If while unexercised Awards remain outstanding under the Plan (i) the Company shall not be the surviving entity in any merger, consolidation or other reorganization (or survives only as a subsidiary of an entity other than an entity that was wholly-owned by the Company immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or other reorganization), (ii) the Company sells, leases or exchanges or agrees to sell, lease or exchange all or substantially all of its assets to any other person or entity (other than an entity wholly-owned by the Company), (iii) the Company is to be dissolved or (iv) the Company is a party to any other corporate transaction (as defined under section 424(a) of the Code and applicable Department of Treasury regulations) that is not described in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of this sentence (each such event is referred to herein as a “Corporate Change”), then, except as otherwise provided in an Award Agreement or another agreement between the Holder and the Company (provided that such exceptions shall not apply in the case of a reincorporation merger), or as a result of the Committee’s effectuation of one or more of the alternatives described below, there shall be no acceleration of the time at which any Award then outstanding may be exercised, and no later than ten days after the approval by the stockholders of the Company of such Corporate Change (or approval by the Board if approval by the stockholders of the Company of such Corporate Change is not required), the Committee, acting in its sole and absolute discretion without the consent or approval of any Holder, shall act to effect one or more of the following alternatives, which may vary among individual Holders and which may vary among Awards held by any individual Holder (provided that, with respect to a reincorporation merger in which Holders of the Company’s ordinary shares will receive one ordinary share of the successor corporation for each ordinary share of the Company, none of such alternatives shall apply and, without Committee action, each Award shall automatically convert into a similar award of the successor corporation exercisable for the same number of ordinary shares of the successor as the Award was exercisable for ordinary shares of Stock of the Company):
(1) accelerate the time at which some or all of the Awards then outstanding may be exercised so that such Awards may be exercised in full for a limited period of time on or before a specified date (before or after such Corporate Change) fixed by the Committee, after which specified date all such Awards that remain unexercised and all rights of Holders thereunder shall terminate;
(2) require the mandatory surrender to the Company by all or selected Holders of some or all of the then outstanding Options and SARs held by such Holders (irrespective of whether such Options and SARs are then exercisable under the provisions of the Plan or the applicable Award Agreement evidencing such Options or SARs) as of a date, before or after such Corporate Change, specified by the Committee, in which event the Committee shall thereupon cancel such Options and SARs and the Company shall pay to each such Holder an amount of cash per share equal to the excess, if any, of the per share price offered to stockholders of the Company in connection with such Corporate Change over the exercise prices or grant prices under such Options and SARs for such shares;
(3) with respect to all or selected Holders, have some or all of their then outstanding Awards (whether vested or unvested) assumed or have a new award of a similar nature substituted for some or all of their then outstanding Awards under the Plan (whether vested or unvested) by an entity which is a party to the transaction resulting in such Corporate Change and which is then employing such Holder or which is affiliated or associated with such Holder in the same or a substantially similar manner as the Company prior to the Corporate Change, or a parent or subsidiary of such entity, provided that (A) such assumption or substitution is on a basis where the excess of the aggregate fair market value of the Stock subject to the Award immediately after the assumption or substitution over the aggregate exercise price of such Award is equal to the excess of the aggregate fair market value of all Award subject to the Award immediately before such assumption or substitution over the aggregate exercise price of such Stock, and (B) the assumed rights under such existing Award or the substituted rights under such new Award, as the case may be, will have the same terms and conditions as the rights under the existing Award assumed or substituted for, as the case may be;
(4) provide that the number and class or series of Stock covered by an Award (whether vested or unvested) theretofore granted shall be adjusted so that such Award when exercised shall thereafter cover the number and class or series of Stock or other securities or property (including, without limitation, cash) to which the Holder would have been entitled pursuant to the terms of the agreement or plan relating to such Corporate Change if, immediately prior to such Corporate Change, the Holder had been the holder of record of the number of shares of Stock then covered by such Award; or
(5) make such adjustments to Awards then outstanding as the Committee deems appropriate to reflect such Corporate Change (provided, however, that the Committee may determine in its sole and absolute discretion that no such adjustment is necessary to reflect such Corporate Change). Any adjustment effected by the Committee under Section 4.5 shall be designed to provide the Holder with the intrinsic value of his or her Award, as determined prior to the Corporate Change, or, if applicable, equalize the Fair Market Value of the Award before and after the Corporate Change. In effecting one or more of the alternatives set out in paragraphs (3), (4) or (5) immediately above, and except as otherwise may be provided in an Award Agreement, the Committee, in its sole and absolute discretion and without the consent or approval of any Holder, may accelerate the time at which some or all Awards then outstanding may be exercised.
(d) In the event of a reduction changes in the outstanding Stock by reason of recapitalizations, reorganizations, mergers, consolidations, combinations, exchanges or other relevant changes in capitalization occurring after the date of the grant of any Award and not otherwise provided for by this Section 4.5, any outstanding Award and any Award Agreement evidencing such Award shall be subject to adjustment by the Committee in its sole and absolute discretion as to the number and price of Stock or other consideration subject to such Award. In the event of any such change in the outstanding Stock, the aggregate number of such shares outstandingof Stock available under the Plan may be appropriately adjusted by the Committee, the purchase price payable per share whose determination shall be proportionately increased and the number of option shares then still purchasable shall be proportionately reducedconclusive.
(be) Except as hereinbefore expressly providedAfter a merger of one or more corporations into the Company in which the Company shall be the surviving corporation, each Holder shall be entitled to have his or her Restricted Stock appropriately adjusted based on the issue manner in which the shares of Stock were adjusted under the terms of the agreement of merger or consolidation.
(f) The issuance by the Company of shares of stock of any classclass or series, or securities convertible into shares of into, or exchangeable for, stock of any classclass or series, for cash or property, or for labor or service services either upon direct sales sale or upon the exercise of rights or warrants to subscribe thereforfor them, or upon conversion or exchange of shares stock or obligations of the Company convertible into such shares into, or exchangeable for, stock or other securities, shall not affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof of such issuance shall be made with respect to, the purchase number, class or series, or price or the number of option shares of Stock then subject to this optionoutstanding Awards.
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Samples: 2012 Omnibus Incentive Plan (Independence Contract Drilling, Inc.)
Changes in the Company’s Capital Structure. (a) The existence of this Option outstanding Awards shall not limit or affect in any way the right or power of the Company or its shareholders stockholders to make or authorize any or all adjustments, recapitalizations, reorganizations or other changes in the Company's capital structure or its business, or any merger or consolidation of the Company, or any issue of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference stock shares ahead of or affecting the shares for which this option is exercisable Stock or the rights thereofStock rights, or the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets or business, business or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise. However,.
(ab) If, prior to the Company's delivery of all the shares subject to this option, If the Company shall effect a subdivision (split) or combination (reverse split) consolidation of shares Stock or other capital readjustment, the payment of a common stock Stock dividend, or other increase or reduction of a the number of shares of common stock Stock outstanding, without receiving compensation therefor in money, services or property, then (i1) the number, class or series and per share price of Stock subject to outstanding Awards under the Plan shall be appropriately adjusted in such a manner as to entitle a Holder to receive upon exercise of an Award, for the same aggregate cash consideration, the equivalent total number and class or series of Stock the Holder would have received had the Holder exercised his or her Award in full immediately prior to the event requiring the adjustment, and (2) the number and class or series of Stock then reserved to be issued under the Plan shall be adjusted by substituting for the total number and class or series of Stock then reserved, that number and class or series of Stock that would have been received by the owner of an equal number of outstanding shares of Stock of each class or series of Stock as the result of the event requiring the adjustment.
(c) If while unexercised Awards remain outstanding under the Plan (1) the Company shall not be the surviving entity in any merger, consolidation or other reorganization (or survives only as a subsidiary of an entity other than an entity that was wholly-owned by the Company immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or other reorganization), (2) the Company sells, leases or exchanges or agrees to sell, lease or exchange all or substantially all of its assets to any other person or entity (other than an entity wholly-owned by the Company), (3) the Company is to be dissolved or (4) the Company is a party to any other corporate transaction (as defined under section 424(a) of the Code and applicable Department of Treasury regulations) that is not described in clauses (1), (2) or (3) of this sentence (each such event is referred to herein as a "Corporate Change"), then, except as a result of the Committee's effectuation of one or more of the alternatives described below, there shall be no acceleration of the time at which any Award then outstanding may be exercised, and no later than ten days after the consummation of such Corporate Change, the Committee, acting in its sole and absolute discretion without the consent or approval of any Holder, shall act to effect one or more of the following alternatives, which may vary among individual Holders and which may vary among Awards held by any individual Holder (provided that, with respect to a reincorporation merger in which Holders of the Company's ordinary shares will receive one ordinary share of the successor corporation for each ordinary share of the Company, none of such alternatives shall apply and, without Committee action, each Award shall automatically convert into a similar award of the successor corporation exercisable for the same number of ordinary shares of the successor as the Award was exercisable for ordinary shares of Stock of the Company):
(1) accelerate the time at which some or all of the Awards then outstanding may be exercised so that such Awards may be exercised in full for a limited period of time on or before a specified date (before or after such Corporate Change) fixed by the Committee, after which specified date all such Awards that remain unexercised and all rights of Holders thereunder shall terminate;
(2) require the mandatory surrender to the Company by all or selected Holders of some or all of the then outstanding Awards held by such Holders (irrespective of whether such Awards are then exercisable under the provisions of the Plan or the applicable Award Agreement evidencing such Award) as of a date, before or after such Corporate Change, specified by the Committee, in which event the Committee shall thereupon cancel such Award and the Company shall pay to each such Holder an amount of cash per share equal to the excess, if any, of the per share price offered to stockholders of the Company in connection with such Corporate Change over the exercise prices under such Award for such shares;
(3) with respect to all or selected Holders, have some or all of their then outstanding Awards (whether vested or unvested) assumed or have a new award of a similar nature substituted for some or all of their then outstanding Awards under the Plan (whether vested or unvested) by an entity which is a party to the transaction resulting in such Corporate Change and which is then employing such Holder or which is affiliated or associated with such Holder in the same or a substantially similar manner as the Company prior to the Corporate Change, or a parent or subsidiary of such entity, provided that (A) such assumption or substitution is on a basis where the excess of the aggregate fair market value of the Stock subject to the Award immediately after the assumption or substitution over the aggregate exercise price of such Stock is equal to the excess of the aggregate fair market value of all Stock subject to the Award immediately before such assumption or substitution over the aggregate exercise price of such Stock, and (B) the assumed rights under such existing Award or the substituted rights under such new Award, as the case may be, will have the same terms and conditions as the rights under the existing Award assumed or substituted for, as the case may be;
(4) provide that the number and class or series of Stock covered by an Award (whether vested or unvested) theretofore granted shall be adjusted so that such Award when exercised shall thereafter cover the number and class or series of Stock or other securities or property (including, without limitation, cash) to which the Holder would have been entitled pursuant to the terms of the agreement or plan relating to such Corporate Change if, immediately prior to such Corporate Change, the Holder had been the holder of record of the number of shares of Stock then covered by such Award; or
(5) make such adjustments to Awards then outstanding as the Committee deems appropriate to reflect such Corporate Change (provided, however, that the Committee may determine in its sole and absolute discretion that no such adjustment is necessary to reflect such Corporate Change). Any adjustment effected by the Committee under Section 4.5 shall be designed to provide the Holder with the intrinsic value of his or her Award, as determined prior to the Corporate Change, or, if applicable, equalize the Fair Market Value of the Award before and after the Corporate Change. In effecting one or more of the alternatives set out in paragraphs (3), (4) or (5) immediately above, and except as otherwise may be provided in an Award Agreement, the Committee, in its sole and absolute discretion and without the consent or approval of any Holder, may accelerate the time at which some or all Awards then outstanding may be exercised.
(d) In the event of an increase changes in the number outstanding Stock by reason of recapitalizations, reorganizations, mergers, consolidations, combinations, exchanges or other relevant changes in capitalization occurring after the date of the grant of any Award and not otherwise provided for by this Section 4.5, any outstanding Award and any Award Agreement evidencing such shares outstanding, the purchase price Award shall be proportionately reduced subject to adjustment by the Committee in its sole and absolute discretion as to the number and price of option shares then still purchasable shall be proportionately increased; and (ii) in Stock or other consideration subject to such Award. In the event of a reduction any such change in the outstanding Stock, the aggregate number of such shares outstandingof Stock available under the Plan may be appropriately adjusted by the Committee, the purchase price payable per share whose determination shall be proportionately increased and the number of option shares then still purchasable shall be proportionately reducedconclusive.
(be) Except as hereinbefore expressly providedAfter a merger of one or more corporations into the Company or after a consolidation of the Company and one or more corporations in which the Company shall be the surviving corporation, each Holder shall be entitled to have his Restricted Stock appropriately adjusted based on the issue manner in which the shares of Stock were adjusted under the terms of the agreement of merger or consolidation.
(f) The issuance by the Company of shares of stock of any classclass or series, or securities convertible into shares of into, or exchangeable for, stock of any classclass or series, for cash or property, or for labor or service services either upon direct sales sale or upon the exercise of rights or warrants to subscribe thereforfor them, or upon conversion or exchange of shares stock or obligations of the Company convertible into such shares into, or exchangeable for, stock or other securities, shall not affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof of such issuance shall be made with respect to, the purchase number, class or series, or price or the number of option shares of Stock then subject to this optionoutstanding Awards.
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Changes in the Company’s Capital Structure. (a) The existence of this Option outstanding Awards shall not limit or affect in any way the right or power of the Company or its shareholders stockholders to make or authorize any or all adjustments, recapitalizations, reorganizations or other changes in the Company's ’s capital structure or its business, or any merger or consolidation of the Company, or any issue of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference stock shares ahead of or affecting the shares for which this option is exercisable Stock or the rights thereofStock rights, or the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets or business, business or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise. However,.
(ab) If, prior to the Company's delivery of all the shares subject to this option, If the Company shall effect a subdivision (split) or combination (reverse split) consolidation of shares Stock or other capital readjustment, the payment of a common stock Stock dividend, or other increase or reduction of a the number of shares of common stock Stock outstanding, without receiving compensation therefor in money, services or property, then (i1) the number, class or series and per share price of Stock subject to outstanding Options or other Awards under the Plan shall be appropriately adjusted in such a manner as to entitle a Holder to receive upon exercise of an Option or other Award, for the same aggregate cash consideration, the equivalent total number and class or series of Stock the Holder would have received had the Holder exercised his or her Option or other Award in full immediately prior to the event requiring the adjustment, (2) the number and class or series of Stock then reserved to be issued under the Plan shall be adjusted by substituting for the total number and class or series of Stock then reserved, that number and class or series of Stock that would have been received by the owner of an equal number of outstanding shares of Stock of each class or series of Stock as the result of the event requiring the adjustment, and (3) all other share amounts included in the Plan, including those contained in Sections 4.1, 5.1, 6.1 and 9.1 shall be adjusted using the same principles as described in (2) above relating to the number and class of stock reserved to be issued under the Plan.
(c) If while unexercised Options or other Awards remain outstanding under the Plan (1) the Company shall not be the surviving entity in any merger, consolidation or other reorganization (or survives only as a subsidiary of an entity other than an entity that was wholly-owned by the Company immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or other reorganization), (2) the Company sells, leases or exchanges or agrees to sell, lease or exchange all or substantially all of its assets to any other person or entity (other than an entity wholly-owned by the Company), (3) the Company is to be dissolved or (4) the Company is a party to any other corporate transaction (as defined under section 424(a) of the Code and applicable Department of Treasury regulations) that is not described in clauses (1), (2) or (3) of this sentence (each such event is referred to herein as a “Corporate Change”), then, except as otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, employment or change of control agreement, or another agreement between the Holder and the Company (provided that such exceptions shall not apply in the case of a reincorporation merger), or as a result of the Committee’s effectuation of one or more of the alternatives described below, there shall be no acceleration of the time at which any Award then outstanding may be exercised, and no later than ten days after the approval by the stockholders of the Company of such Corporate Change, the Committee, acting in its sole and absolute discretion without the consent or approval of any Holder, shall act to effect one or more of the following alternatives, which may vary among individual Holders and which may vary among Awards held by any individual Holder (provided that, with respect to a reincorporation merger in which Holders of the Company’s ordinary shares will receive one ordinary share of the successor corporation for each ordinary share of the Company, none of such alternatives shall apply and, without Committee action, each Award shall automatically convert into a similar award of the successor corporation exercisable for the same number of ordinary shares of the successor as the Award was exercisable for ordinary shares of Stock of the Company):
(1) accelerate the time at which some or all of the Awards then outstanding may be exercised so that such Awards may be exercised in full for a limited period of time on or before a specified date (before or after such Corporate Change) fixed by the Committee, after which specified date all such Awards that remain unexercised and all rights of Holders thereunder shall terminate;
(2) require the mandatory surrender to the Company by all or selected Holders of some or all of the then outstanding Awards held by such Holders (irrespective of whether such Awards are then exercisable under the provisions of the Plan or the applicable Award Agreement evidencing such Award) as of a date, before or after such Corporate Change, specified by the Committee, in which event the Committee shall thereupon cancel such Award and the Company shall pay to each such Holder an amount of cash per share equal to the excess, if any, of the per share price offered to stockholders of the Company in connection with such Corporate Change over the exercise prices under such Award for such shares;
(3) with respect to all or selected Holders, have some or all of their then outstanding Awards (whether vested or unvested) assumed or have a new award of a similar nature substituted for some or all of their then outstanding Awards under the Plan (whether vested or unvested) by an entity which is a party to the transaction resulting in such Corporate Change and which is then employing such Holder or which is affiliated or associated with such Holder in the same or a substantially similar manner as the Company prior to the Corporate Change, or a parent or subsidiary of such entity, provided that (A) such assumption or substitution is on a basis where the excess of the aggregate fair market value of the Stock subject to the Award immediately after the assumption or substitution over the aggregate exercise price of such Stock is equal to the excess of the aggregate fair market value of all Stock subject to the Award immediately before such assumption or substitution over the aggregate exercise price of such Stock, and (B) the assumed rights under such existing Award or the substituted rights under such new Award, as the case may be, will have the same terms and conditions as the rights under the existing Award assumed or substituted for, as the case may be;
(4) provide that the number and class or series of Stock covered by an Award (whether vested or unvested) theretofore granted shall be adjusted so that such Award when exercised shall thereafter cover the number and class or series of Stock or other securities or property (including, without limitation, cash) to which the Holder would have been entitled pursuant to the terms of the agreement or plan relating to such Corporate Change if, immediately prior to such Corporate Change, the Holder had been the holder of record of the number of shares of Stock then covered by such Award; or
(5) make such adjustments to Awards then outstanding as the Committee deems appropriate to reflect such Corporate Change (provided, however, that the Committee may determine in its sole and absolute discretion that no such adjustment is necessary). In effecting one or more of the alternatives set out in paragraphs (3), (4) or (5) immediately above, and except as otherwise may be provided in an Award Agreement, the Committee, in its sole and absolute discretion and without the consent or approval of any Holder, may accelerate the time at which some or all Awards then outstanding may be exercised.
(d) In the event of an increase changes in the number outstanding Stock by reason of recapitalizations, reorganizations, mergers, consolidations, combinations, exchanges or other relevant changes in capitalization occurring after the date of the grant of any Award and not otherwise provided for by this Section 4.5, any outstanding Award and any Award Agreement evidencing such shares outstanding, the purchase price Award shall be proportionately reduced subject to adjustment by the Committee in its sole and absolute discretion as to the number and price of option shares then still purchasable shall be proportionately increased; and (ii) in Stock or other consideration subject to such Award. In the event of a reduction any such change in the outstanding Stock, the aggregate number of such shares outstandingof Stock available under the Plan may be appropriately adjusted by the Committee, the purchase price payable per share whose determination shall be proportionately increased and the number of option shares then still purchasable shall be proportionately reducedconclusive.
(be) Except as hereinbefore expressly providedAfter a merger of one or more corporations into the Company or after a consolidation of the Company and one or more corporations in which the Company shall be the surviving corporation, each Holder shall be entitled to have his Restricted Stock appropriately adjusted based on the issue manner in which the shares of Stock were adjusted under the terms of the agreement of merger or consolidation.
(f) The issuance by the Company of shares of stock of any classclass or series, or securities convertible into shares of into, or exchangeable for, stock of any classclass or series, for cash or property, or for labor or service services either upon direct sales sale or upon the exercise of rights or warrants to subscribe thereforfor them, or upon conversion or exchange of shares stock or obligations of the Company convertible into such shares into, or exchangeable for, stock or other securities, shall not affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof of such issuance shall be made with respect to, the purchase number, class or series, or price or the number of option shares of Stock then subject to this optionoutstanding Options or other Awards.
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Changes in the Company’s Capital Structure. (i) The existence of this Option shall not limit or affect in any way the right or power of the Company or its shareholders stockholders to make or authorize any or all adjustments, recapitalizations, reorganizations reorganizations, or other changes in the Company's ’s capital structure or its business, or any merger or consolidation of the Company, or any issue of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference stock ahead of or affecting the shares for which this option is exercisable Common Stock or the rights thereof, or the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets or business, or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise. However,.
(aii) If, prior to the Company's delivery of all the shares subject to while this optionOption is outstanding, the Company shall effect a subdivision (split) or combination (reverse split) consolidation of shares or other capital readjustment, the payment of a common stock dividend, or other increase or reduction of a the number of shares of common stock outstanding, the Common Stock outstanding without receiving compensation therefor in money, services or property, then (ia) in the event of an increase in the number of such shares outstanding, the purchase price shall be proportionately reduced and the number of option shares of Common Stock then still purchasable subject to this Option shall be proportionately increased; and (iib) in the event of a reduction decrease in the number of such shares outstanding, outstanding the purchase price payable per share number of shares then available under this Option shall be proportionately increased decreased.
(iii) After a merger of one or more corporations into the Company, or after a consolidation of the Company and one or more corporations in which the Company shall be the surviving corporation, the holder of this Option shall, at no additional cost, be entitled upon exercise of this Option to receive (subject to any required action by stockholders) in lieu of the number of option shares as to which this Option shall then still purchasable be so exercisable, the number and class of shares of stock or other securities to which such holder would have been entitled to receive pursuant to the terms of the agreement of merger or consolidation if, immediately prior to such merger or consolidation, such holder had been the holder of record of a number of shares of the Company equal to the number of shares as to which this Option had been exercisable.
(iv) If the Company is merged into or consolidated with another corporation or other entity under circumstances where the Company is not the surviving corporation, or if the Company sells or otherwise disposes of substantially all of its assets to another corporation or other entity while this Option remains outstanding, then the Committee may direct that any of the following shall occur:
(a) If the successor entity is willing to assume the obligation to deliver shares of stock or other securities after the effective date of the merger, consolidation or sale of assets, as the case may be, the holder of this Option shall be proportionately reducedentitled to receive, upon the exercise of this Option and payment of the option price, in lieu of shares of Common Stock, such shares of stock or other securities as the holder of this Option would have been entitled to receive had this Option been exercised immediately prior to the consummation of such merger, consolidation or sale, and any related Alternate Appreciation Right and Limited Right associated with this Option shall apply as nearly as practicable to the shares of stock or other securities purchasable upon exercise of this Option following such merger, consolidation or sale of assets.
(b) The Committee may waive any limitations set forth in or imposed pursuant to the Plan or this Option Agreement with respect to this Option and any related Alternate Appreciation Right or Limited Right such that this Option and related Alternate Appreciation Right and Limited Right shall become exercisable prior to the record or effective date of such merger, consolidation, or sale of assets.
(c) The Committee may cancel this Option and any related Alternate Appreciation Rights (but not Limited Rights) as of the effective date of any such merger, consolidation, or sale of assets provided that prior notice of such cancellation shall be given to the holder of this Option at least 30 days prior to the effective date of such merger, consolidation, or sale of assets, and the holder of this Option shall have the right to exercise this Option and any related Alternate Appreciation Rights in full during a period of not less than 30 days prior to the effective date of such merger, consolidation, or sale of assets. No action taken by the Committee under this subsection shall have the effect of terminating, and nothing in this subsection shall permit the Committee to terminate, any Limited Right held by an Optionee.
(v) Except as hereinbefore expressly providedprovided in the Plan, the issue issuance by the Company of Common Stock or any other shares of capital stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of any classcapital stock, for cash or property, or for labor or service either upon direct sales or upon the exercise of rights or warrants to subscribe therefordone, or upon conversion of shares or obligations of the Company convertible into such shares or other securitiesconsideration, shall not affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the purchase number or price or the number of option shares of Common Stock then subject to this optionOption.
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Changes in the Company’s Capital Structure. The existence of this Option shall not limit or affect in any way the right or power of the Company or its shareholders to make or authorize any or all adjustments, recapitalizations, reorganizations or other changes in the Company's capital structure or its business, or any merger or consolidation of the Company, or any issue of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference stock ahead of or affecting the shares for which this option is exercisable Option Shares or the rights thereof, or the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets or business, or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise. However,
(a) If, prior to the Company's delivery of all the shares Option Shares subject to this optionOption, the Company shall effect a subdivision (split) or combination (reverse split) of shares or other capital readjustment, the payment of a common stock dividend, or other increase or reduction of a the number of shares of common stock outstanding, without receiving compensation therefor in money, services or property, then (i) in the event of an increase in the number of such shares outstanding, the purchase price Purchase Price shall be proportionately reduced and the number of option shares Option Shares then still purchasable shall be proportionately increased; and (ii) in the event of a reduction in the number of such shares outstanding, the purchase price Purchase Price payable per share shall be proportionately increased and the number of option shares Option Shares then still purchasable shall be proportionately reduced.
(b) If while this Option remains outstanding the Company is reorganized, merged, consolidated or party to a plan of share exchange with another corporation, or if the Company sells or otherwise disposes of all or substantially all its property or assets to another corporation, then subject to the provisions of clause (ii) below, (i) after the effective date of such reorganization, merger, consolidation, exchange or sale, as the case may be, the Optionee shall be entitled, upon exercise of this Option, to receive, in lieu of the Option Shares, the number and class of shares of such stock, other securities, cash and other property or rights as the holders of shares of the Company's common stock received pursuant to the terms of the reorganization, merger, consolidation, exchange or sale and to which he would have been entitled if, immediately prior to such reorganization, merger, consolidation, exchange or sale, he had been the holder of record of a number of shares of common stock equal to the number of Option Shares as to which this Option shall be so exercised; and (ii) this Option may be canceled by the Board of Directors of the Company as of the effective date of any such reorganization, merger, consolidation, exchange or sale; provided that (x) such reorganization, merger, consolidation, exchange or sale results in a change in control of the Company rather than a mere change of form or domicile of the Company, (y) written notice of such cancellation is given to the Optionee or other holder of this Option 4 not less than 45 days prior to such effective date, and (z) the holder shall have the right to exercise the Option in full during such 45-day period preceding the effective date of such reorganization, merger, consolidation, exchange or sale.
(c) In case the Company shall determine to offer to the holders of its common stock rights to subscribe pro rata for any new or additional shares of common stock, or any securities convertible into common stock, then the Optionee shall be entitled to participate in such pro rata offering in the same manner and to the same extent as if this Option had been exercised at the Purchase Price then in effect and the number of Option Shares then purchasable upon exercise hereof had been issued to the Optionee pursuant to the terms hereof.
(d) Except as hereinbefore herein before expressly provided, the issue by the Company of shares of stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class, for cash or property, or for labor or service services either upon direct sales sale or upon the exercise of rights or warrants to subscribe therefor, or upon conversion of shares or obligations of the Company convertible into such shares or other securities, shall not affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the purchase price Purchase Price or the number of option shares Option Shares then subject to this optionOption.
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Samples: Stock Option Agreement (American Technology Corp /De/)
Changes in the Company’s Capital Structure. (a) The existence of this Option outstanding Awards shall not limit or affect in any way the right or power of the Company or its shareholders stockholders to make or authorize any or all adjustments, recapitalizations, reorganizations or other changes in the Company's ’s capital structure or its business, or any merger or consolidation of the Company, or any issue of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference stock shares ahead of or affecting the shares for which this option is exercisable Stock or the rights thereofStock rights, or the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets or business, business or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise. However,.
(ab) If, prior to the Company's delivery of all the shares subject to this option, If the Company shall effect a subdivision (split) or combination (reverse split) consolidation of shares Stock or other capital readjustment, the payment of a common stock Stock dividend, or other increase or reduction of a the number of shares of common stock Stock outstanding, without receiving compensation therefor in money, services or property, then (i1) the number, class or series and per share price of Stock subject to outstanding Options or other Awards under the Plan shall be appropriately adjusted in such a manner as to entitle a Holder to receive upon exercise of an Option or other Award, for the same aggregate cash consideration, the equivalent total number and class or series of Stock the Holder would have received had the Holder exercised his or her Option or other Award in full immediately prior to the event requiring the adjustment, and (2) the number and class or series of Stock then reserved to be issued under the Plan shall be adjusted by substituting for the total number and class or series of Stock then reserved, that number and class or series of Stock that would have been received by the owner of an equal number of outstanding shares of Stock of each class or series of Stock as the result of the event requiring the adjustment.
(c) If while unexercised Options or other Awards remain outstanding under the Plan (1) the Company shall not be the surviving entity in any merger, consolidation or other reorganization (or survives only as a subsidiary of an entity other than an entity that was wholly-owned by the Company immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or other reorganization), (2) the Company sells, leases or exchanges or agrees to sell, lease or exchange all or substantially all of its assets to any other person or entity (other than an entity wholly-owned by the Company), (3) the Company is to be dissolved or (4) the Company is a party to any other corporate transaction (as defined under section 424(a) of the Code and applicable Department of Treasury regulations) that is not described in clauses (1), (2) or (3) of this sentence (each such event is referred to herein as a “Corporate Change”), then, except as otherwise provided in an Award Agreement or another agreement between the Holder and the Company (provided that such exceptions shall not apply in the case of a reincorporation merger), or as a result of the Committee’s effectuation of one or more of the alternatives described below, there shall be no acceleration of the time at which any Award then outstanding may be exercised, and no later than ten days after the approval by the stockholders of the Company of such Corporate Change, the Committee, acting in its sole and absolute discretion without the consent or approval of any Holder, shall act to effect one or more of the following alternatives, which may vary among individual Holders and which may vary among Awards held by any individual Holder (provided that, with respect to a reincorporation merger in which Holders of the Company’s ordinary shares will receive one ordinary share of the successor corporation for each ordinary share of the Company, none of such alternatives shall apply and, without Committee action, each Award shall automatically convert into a similar award of the successor corporation exercisable for the same number of ordinary shares of the successor as the Award was exercisable for ordinary shares of Stock of the Company):
(1) accelerate the time at which some or all of the Awards then outstanding may be exercised so that such Awards may be exercised in full for a limited period of time on or before a specified date (before or after such Corporate Change) fixed by the Committee, after which specified date all such Awards that remain unexercised and all rights of Holders thereunder shall terminate;
(2) require the mandatory surrender to the Company by all or selected Holders of some or all of the then outstanding Awards held by such Holders (irrespective of whether such Awards are then exercisable under the provisions of the Plan or the applicable Award Agreement evidencing such Award) as of a date, before or after such Corporate Change, specified by the Committee, in which event the Committee shall thereupon cancel such Award and the Company shall pay to each such Holder an amount of cash per share equal to the excess, if any, of the per share price offered to stockholders of the Company in connection with such Corporate Change over the exercise prices under such Award for such shares;
(3) with respect to all or selected Holders, have some or all of their then outstanding Awards (whether vested or unvested) assumed or have a new award of a similar nature substituted for some or all of their then outstanding Awards under the Plan (whether vested or unvested) by an entity which is a party to the transaction resulting in such Corporate Change and which is then employing such Holder or which is affiliated or associated with such Holder in the same or a substantially similar manner as the Company prior to the Corporate Change, or a parent or subsidiary of such entity, provided that (A) such assumption or substitution is on a basis where the excess of the aggregate fair market value of the Stock subject to the Award immediately after the assumption or substitution over the aggregate exercise price of such Stock is equal to the excess of the aggregate fair market value of all Stock subject to the Award immediately before such assumption or substitution over the aggregate exercise price of such Stock, and (B) the assumed rights under such existing Award or the substituted rights under such new Award, as the case may be, will have the same terms and conditions as the rights under the existing Award assumed or substituted for, as the case may be;
(4) provide that the number and class or series of Stock covered by an Award (whether vested or unvested) theretofore granted shall be adjusted so that such Award when exercised shall thereafter cover the number and class or series of Stock or other securities or property (including, without limitation, cash) to which the Holder would have been entitled pursuant to the terms of the agreement or plan relating to such Corporate Change if, immediately prior to such Corporate Change, the Holder had been the holder of record of the number of shares of Stock then covered by such Award; or
(5) make such adjustments to Awards then outstanding as the Committee deems appropriate to reflect such Corporate Change (provided, however, that the Committee may determine in its sole and absolute discretion that no such adjustment is necessary to reflect such Corporate Change). Any adjustment effected by the Committee under Section 4.5 shall be designed to provide the Holder with the intrinsic value of his or her Award, as determined prior to the Corporate Change, or, if applicable, equalize the Fair Market Value of the Award before and after the Corporate Change. In effecting one or more of the alternatives set out in paragraphs (3), (4) or (5) immediately above, and except as otherwise may be provided in an Award Agreement, the Committee, in its sole and absolute discretion and without the consent or approval of any Holder, may accelerate the time at which some or all Awards then outstanding may be exercised.
(d) In the event of an increase changes in the number outstanding Stock by reason of recapitalizations, reorganizations, mergers, consolidations, combinations, exchanges or other relevant changes in capitalization occurring after the date of the grant of any Award and not otherwise provided for by this Section 4.5, any outstanding Award and any Award Agreement evidencing such shares outstanding, the purchase price Award shall be proportionately reduced subject to adjustment by the Committee in its sole and absolute discretion as to the number and price of option shares then still purchasable shall be proportionately increased; and (ii) in Stock or other consideration subject to such Award. In the event of a reduction any such change in the outstanding Stock, the aggregate number of such shares outstandingof Stock available under the Plan may be appropriately adjusted by the Committee, the purchase price payable per share whose determination shall be proportionately increased and the number of option shares then still purchasable shall be proportionately reducedconclusive.
(be) Except as hereinbefore expressly providedAfter a merger of one or more corporations into the Company or after a consolidation of the Company and one or more corporations in which the Company shall be the surviving corporation, each Holder shall be entitled to have his Restricted Stock appropriately adjusted based on the issue manner in which the shares of Stock were adjusted under the terms of the agreement of merger or consolidation.
(f) The issuance by the Company of shares of stock of any classclass or series, or securities convertible into shares of into, or exchangeable for, stock of any classclass or series, for cash or property, or for labor or service services either upon direct sales sale or upon the exercise of rights or warrants to subscribe thereforfor them, or upon conversion or exchange of shares stock or obligations of the Company convertible into such shares into, or exchangeable for, stock or other securities, shall not affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof of such issuance shall be made with respect to, the purchase number, class or series, or price or the number of option shares of Stock then subject to this optionoutstanding Options or other Awards.
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Changes in the Company’s Capital Structure. (a) The existence of this Option outstanding Awards shall not limit or affect in any way the right or power of the Company or its shareholders stockholders to make or authorize any or all adjustments, recapitalizations, reorganizations or other changes in the Company's ’s capital structure or its business, or any merger or consolidation of the Company, or any issue of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference stock shares ahead of or affecting the shares for which this option is exercisable Stock or the rights thereofStock rights, or the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets or business, business or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise. However,.
(ab) If, prior to the Company's delivery of all the shares subject to this option, If the Company shall effect a subdivision (split) or combination (reverse split) consolidation of shares Stock or other capital readjustment, the payment of a common stock Stock dividend, or other increase or reduction of a the number of shares of common stock Stock outstanding, without receiving compensation therefor in money, services or property, then (i1) the number, class or series and per share price of Stock subject to outstanding Options or other Awards under the Plan shall be appropriately adjusted in such a manner as to entitle a Holder to receive upon exercise of an Option or other Award, for the same aggregate cash consideration, the equivalent total number and class or series of Stock the Holder would have received had the Holder exercised his or her Option or other Award in full immediately prior to the event requiring the adjustment, and (2) the number and class or series of Stock then reserved to be issued under the Plan shall be adjusted by substituting for the total number and class or series of Stock then reserved, that number and class or series of Stock that would have been received by the owner of an equal number of outstanding shares of Stock of each class or series of Stock as the result of the event requiring the adjustment.
(c) If while unexercised Options or other Awards remain outstanding under the Plan (1) the Company shall not be the surviving entity in any merger, consolidation or other reorganization (or survives only as a subsidiary of an entity other than an entity that was wholly-owned by the Company immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or other reorganization), (2) the Company sells, leases or exchanges or agrees to sell, lease or exchange all or substantially all of its assets to any other person or entity (other than an entity wholly-owned by the Company), (3) the Company is to be dissolved or (4) the Company is a party to any other corporate transaction (as defined under section 424(a) of the Code and applicable Department of Treasury regulations) that is not described in clauses (1), (2) or (3) of this sentence (each such event is referred to herein as a “Corporate Change”), then, except as otherwise provided in an Award Agreement or another agreement between the Holder and the Company (provided that such exceptions shall not apply in the case of a reincorporation merger), or as a result of the Committee’s effectuation of one or more of the alternatives described below, there shall be no acceleration of the time at which any Award then outstanding may be exercised, and no later than ten days after the approval by the stockholders of the Company of such Corporate Change, the Committee, acting in its sole and absolute discretion without the consent or approval of any Holder, shall act to effect one or more of the following alternatives, which may vary among individual Holders and which may vary among Awards held by any individual Holder (provided that, with respect to a reincorporation merger in which Holders of the Company’s ordinary shares will receive one ordinary share of the successor corporation for each ordinary share of the Company, none of such alternatives shall apply and, without Committee action, each Award shall automatically convert into a similar award of the successor corporation exercisable for the same number of ordinary shares of the successor as the Award was exercisable for ordinary shares of Stock of the Company):
(1) accelerate the time at which some or all of the Awards then outstanding may be exercised so that such Awards may be exercised in full for a limited period of time on or before a specified date (before or after such Corporate Change) fixed by the Committee, after which specified date all such Awards that remain unexercised and all rights of Holders thereunder shall terminate;
(2) require the mandatory surrender to the Company by all or selected Holders of some or all of the then outstanding Awards held by such Holders (irrespective of whether such Awards are then exercisable under the provisions of the Plan or the applicable Award Agreement evidencing such Award) as of a date, before or after such Corporate Change, specified by the Committee, in which event the Committee shall thereupon cancel such Award and the Company shall pay to each such Holder an amount of cash per share equal to the excess, if any, of the per share price offered to stockholders of the Company in connection with such Corporate Change over the exercise prices under such Award for such shares;
(3) with respect to all or selected Holders, have some or all of their then outstanding Awards (whether vested or unvested) assumed or have a new award of a similar nature substituted for some or all of their then outstanding Awards under the Plan (whether vested or unvested) by an entity which is a party to the transaction resulting in such Corporate Change and which is then employing such Holder or which is affiliated or associated with such Holder in the same or a substantially similar manner as the Company prior to the Corporate Change, or a parent or subsidiary of such entity, provided that (A) such assumption or substitution is on a basis where the excess of the aggregate fair market value of the Stock subject to the Award immediately after the assumption or substitution over the aggregate exercise price of such Stock is equal to the excess of the aggregate fair market value of all Stock subject to the Award immediately before such assumption or substitution over the aggregate exercise price of such Stock, and (B) the assumed rights under such existing Award or the substituted rights under such new Award, as the case may be, will have the same terms and conditions as the rights under the existing Award assumed or substituted for, as the case may be;
(4) provide that the number and class or series of Stock covered by an Award (whether vested or unvested) theretofore granted shall be adjusted so that such Award when exercised shall thereafter cover the number and class or series of Stock or other securities or property (including, without limitation, cash) to which the Holder would have been entitled pursuant to the terms of the agreement or plan relating to such Corporate Change if, immediately prior to such Corporate Change, the Holder had been the holder of record of the number of shares of Stock then covered by such Award; or
(5) make such adjustments to Awards then outstanding as the Committee deems appropriate to reflect such Corporate Change (provided, however, that the Committee may determine in its sole and absolute discretion that no such adjustment is necessary to reflect such Corporate Change). Any adjustment effected by the Committee under Section 4.5 shall be designed to provide the Holder with the intrinsic value of his or her Award, as determined prior to the Corporate Change, or, if applicable, equalize the Fair Market Value of the Award before and after the Corporate Change. In effecting one or more of the alternatives set out in paragraphs (3), (4) or (5) immediately above, and except as otherwise may be provided in an Award Agreement, the Committee, in its sole and absolute discretion and without the consent or approval of any Holder, may accelerate the time at which some or all Awards then outstanding may be exercised.
(d) In the event of an increase changes in the number outstanding Stock by reason of such shares outstandingrecapitalizations, reorganizations, mergers, consolidations, combinations, exchanges or other relevant changes in capitalization occurring after the purchase price shall be proportionately reduced and date of the number of option shares then still purchasable shall be proportionately increased; and (ii) in the event of a reduction in the number of such shares outstanding, the purchase price payable per share shall be proportionately increased and the number of option shares then still purchasable shall be proportionately reduced.
(b) Except as hereinbefore expressly provided, the issue by the Company of shares of stock grant of any class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class, Award and not otherwise provided for cash or property, or for labor or service either upon direct sales or upon the exercise of rights or warrants to subscribe therefor, or upon conversion of shares or obligations of the Company convertible into such shares or other securities, shall not affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the purchase price or the number of option shares subject to this option.this
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Changes in the Company’s Capital Structure. The existence of this Option shall not limit or affect in any way the right or power of the Company or its shareholders to make or authorize any or all adjustments, recapitalizations, reorganizations or other changes in the Companycompany's capital structure or its business, or any merger or consolidation of the Company, or any issue of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference stock ahead of or affecting the shares for which this option is exercisable Option Shares or the rights thereof, or the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets or business, or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise. However,sale
(a) If, prior to the Company's delivery of all the shares Option Shares subject to this optionOption, the Company shall effect a subdivision (split) or combination (reverse split) of shares or other capital readjustment, the payment of a common stock dividend, or other increase or reduction of a the number of shares of common stock outstanding, without receiving compensation therefor in money, services or property, then (i) in the event of an increase in the number of such shares outstanding, the purchase price Purchase Price shall be proportionately reduced and the number of option shares Option Shares then still purchasable shall be proportionately increased; and (ii) in the event of a reduction in the number of such shares outstanding, the purchase price Purchase Price payable per share shall be proportionately increased and the number of option shares Option Shares then still purchasable shall be proportionately reduced.
(b) If while this Option remains outstanding the Company is reorganized, merged, consolidated or party to a plan of share exchange with another corporation, or if the Company sells or otherwise disposes of all or substantially all its property or assets to another corporation, then subject to the provisions of clause (ii) below, (i) after the effective date of such reorganization, merger, consolidation, exchange or sale, as the case may be, the Optionee shall be entitled, upon exercise of this Option, to receive, in lieu of the Option Shares, the number and class of shares of such stock, other securities, cash and other property or rights as the holders of shares of the Company's common stock received pursuant to the terms of the reorganization, merger, consolidation, exchange or sale and to which he would have been entitled if, immediately prior to such reorganization, merger, consolidation, exchange or sale, he had been the holder of record of a number of shares of common stock equal to the number of Option Shares as to which this Option shall be so exercised; and (ii) this Option may be canceled by the Board of Directors of the Company as of the effective date of any such reorganization, merger, consolidation, exchange or sale; provided that (x) such reorganization, merger, consolidation, exchange or sale results in a change in control of the Company rather than a mere change of form or domicile of the Company, (y) written notice of such cancellation is given to the Optionee or other holder of this Option not less than 45 days prior to such effective date, and (z) the Options or other holder shall have the right to exercise the Option in full during such 45-day period preceding the effective date of such reorganization, merger, consolidation, exchange or sale.
(c) In case the Company shall determine to offer to the holders of its common stock rights to subscribe pro rata for any new or additional shares of common stock, or any securities convertible into common stock, then the Optionee shall be entitled to participate in such pro rata offering in the same manner and to the same extent as if this Option had been exercised at the Purchase Price then in effect and the number of Option Shares then purchasable upon exercise hereof had been issued to the Optionee pursuant to the terms hereof.
(d) Except as hereinbefore herein before expressly provided, the issue by the Company of shares of stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class, for cash or property, or for labor or service services either upon direct sales sale or upon the exercise of rights or warrants to subscribe therefor, or upon conversion of shares or obligations of the Company convertible into such shares or other securities, shall not affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the purchase price or the number of option shares subject to this option.be
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Samples: Special Stock Option Agreement (American Technology Corp /De/)
Changes in the Company’s Capital Structure. (a) The existence of this Option outstanding Awards shall not limit or affect in any way the right or power of the Company or its shareholders stockholders to make or authorize any or all adjustments, recapitalizations, reorganizations or other changes in the Company's ’s capital structure or its business, or any merger or consolidation of the Company, or any issue of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference stock shares ahead of or affecting the shares for which this option is exercisable Stock or the rights thereofStock rights, or the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets or business, business or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise. However,.
(ab) If, prior to the Company's delivery of all the shares subject to this option, If the Company shall effect a subdivision (split) or combination (reverse split) consolidation of shares Stock or other capital readjustment, the payment of a common stock Stock dividend, or other increase or reduction of a the number of shares of common stock Stock outstanding, without receiving compensation therefor in money, services or property, then (i1) the number, class or series and per share price of Stock subject to outstanding Options or other Awards under the Plan shall be appropriately adjusted in such a manner as to entitle a Holder to receive upon exercise of an Option or other Award, for the same aggregate cash consideration, the equivalent total number and class or series of Stock the Holder would have received had the Holder exercised his or her Option or other Award in full immediately prior to the event requiring the adjustment, and (2) the number and class or series of Stock then reserved to be issued under the Plan shall be adjusted by substituting for the total number and class or series of Stock then reserved, that number and class or series of Stock that would have been received by the owner of an equal number of outstanding shares of Stock of each class or series of Stock as the result of the event requiring the adjustment.
(c) If while unexercised Options or other Awards remain outstanding under the Plan (1) the Company shall not be the surviving entity in any merger, consolidation or other reorganization (or survives only as a subsidiary of an entity other than an entity that was wholly-owned by the Company immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or other reorganization), (2) the Company sells, leases or exchanges or agrees to sell, lease or exchange all or substantially all of its assets to any other person or entity (other than an entity wholly-owned by the Company), (3) the Company is to be dissolved or (4) the Company is a party to any other corporate transaction (as defined under section 424(a) of the Code and applicable Department of Treasury regulations) that is not described in clauses (1), (2) or (3) of this sentence (each such event is referred to herein as a “Corporate Change”), then, except as otherwise provided in an Award Agreement (provided that such exceptions shall not apply in the case of a reincorporation merger), or as a result of the Committee’s effectuation of one or more of the alternatives described below, there shall be no acceleration of the time at which any Award then outstanding may be exercised, and no later than ten days after the approval by the stockholders of the Company of such Corporate Change, the Committee, acting in its sole and absolute discretion without the consent or approval of any Holder, shall act to effect one or more of the following alternatives, which may vary among individual Holders and which may vary among Awards held by any individual Holder (provided that, with respect to a reincorporation merger in which Holders of the Company’s ordinary shares will receive one ordinary share of the successor corporation for each ordinary share of the Company, none of such alternatives shall apply and, without Committee action, each Award shall automatically convert into a similar award of the successor corporation exercisable for the same number of common shares of the successor as the Award was exercisable for common shares of Stock of the Company):
(1) accelerate the time at which some or all of the Awards then outstanding may be exercised so that such Awards may be exercised in full for a limited period of time on or before a specified date (before or after such Corporate Change) fixed by the Committee, after which specified date all such Awards that remain unexercised and all rights of Holders thereunder shall terminate;
(2) require the mandatory surrender to the Company by all or selected Holders of some or all of the then outstanding Awards held by such Holders (irrespective of whether such Awards are then exercisable under the provisions of the Plan or the applicable Award Agreement evidencing such Award) as of a date, before or after such Corporate Change, specified by the Committee, in which event the Committee shall thereupon cancel such Award and the Company shall pay to each such Holder an amount of cash per share equal to the excess, if any, of the per share price offered to stockholders of the Company in connection with such Corporate Change over the exercise prices under such Award for such shares;
(3) with respect to all or selected Holders, have some or all of their then outstanding Awards (whether vested or unvested) assumed or have a new award of a similar nature substituted for some or all of their then outstanding Awards under the Plan (whether vested or unvested) by an entity which is a party to the transaction resulting in such Corporate Change and which is then employing such Holder or which is affiliated or associated with such Holder in the same or a substantially similar manner as the Company prior to the Corporate Change, or a parent or subsidiary of such entity, provided that (A) such assumption or substitution is on a basis where the excess of the aggregate Fair Market Value of the Stock subject to the Award immediately after the assumption or substitution over the aggregate exercise price of such Stock is equal to the excess of the aggregate Fair Market Value of all Stock subject to the Award immediately before such assumption or substitution over the aggregate exercise price of such Stock, and (B) the assumed rights under such existing Award or the substituted rights under such new Award as the case may be will have the same terms and conditions as the rights under the existing Award assumed or substituted for, as the case may be;
(4) provide that the number and class or series of Stock covered by an Award (whether vested or unvested) theretofore granted shall be adjusted so that such Award when exercised shall thereafter cover the number and class or series of Stock or other securities or property (including, without limitation, cash) to which the Holder would have been entitled pursuant to the terms of the agreement or plan relating to such Corporate Change if, immediately prior to such Corporate Change, the Holder had been the holder of record of the number of shares of Stock then covered by such Award; or
(5) make such adjustments to Awards then outstanding as the Committee deems appropriate to reflect such Corporate Change (provided, however, that the Committee may determine in its sole and absolute discretion that no such adjustment is necessary). In effecting one or more of alternatives in (3), (4) or (5) immediately above, and except as otherwise may be provided in an Award Agreement, the Committee, in its sole and absolute discretion and without the consent or approval of any Holder, may accelerate the time at which some or all Awards then outstanding may be exercised.
(d) In the event of an increase changes in the number outstanding Stock by reason of recapitalizations, reorganizations, mergers, consolidations, combinations, exchanges or other relevant changes in capitalization occurring after the date of the grant of any Award and not otherwise provided for by this Section 4.5, any outstanding Award and any Award Agreements evidencing such shares outstanding, the purchase price Award shall be proportionately reduced subject to adjustment by the Committee in its sole and absolute discretion as to the number and price of option shares then still purchasable shall be proportionately increased; and (ii) in Stock or other consideration subject to such Award. In the event of a reduction any such change in the outstanding Stock, the aggregate number of such shares outstandingof Stock available under the Plan may be appropriately adjusted by the Committee, the purchase price payable per share whose determination shall be proportionately increased and the number of option shares then still purchasable shall be proportionately reducedconclusive.
(be) Except as hereinbefore expressly provided, the issue The issuance by the Company of shares of stock of any classclass or series, or securities convertible into shares of into, or exchangeable for, stock of any classclass or series, for cash or property, or for labor or service services either upon direct sales sale or upon the exercise of rights or warrants to subscribe thereforfor them, or upon conversion or exchange of shares stock or obligations of the Company convertible into such shares into, or exchangeable for, stock or other securities, shall not affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof of such issuance shall be made with respect to, the purchase number, class or series, or price or the number of option shares of Stock then subject to this optionoutstanding Options or other Awards.
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Samples: Long Term Incentive Plan (Stewart Information Services Corp)
Changes in the Company’s Capital Structure. (a) The existence of this Option outstanding Awards shall not limit or affect in any way the right or power of the Company or its shareholders stockholders to make or authorize any or all adjustments, recapitalizations, ,
2.4.1 reorganizations or other changes in the Company's ’s capital structure or its business, or any merger or consolidation of the Company, or any issue of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference stock shares ahead of or affecting the shares for which this option is exercisable Stock or the rights thereofStock rights, or the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets or business, business or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise. However,.
(ab) If, prior to the Company's delivery of all the shares subject to this option, If the Company shall effect a subdivision (split) or combination (reverse split) consolidation of shares Stock or other capital readjustment, the payment of a common stock Stock dividend, or other increase or reduction of a the number of shares of common stock Stock outstanding, without receiving compensation therefor in money, services or property, then (i1) the number, class or series and per share price of Stock subject to outstanding Options or other Awards under the Plan shall be appropriately adjusted in such a manner as to entitle a Holder to receive upon exercise of an Option or other Award, for the same aggregate cash consideration, the equivalent total number and class or series of Stock the Holder would have received had the Holder exercised his or her Option or other Award in full immediately prior to the event requiring the adjustment, and (2) the number and class or series of Stock then reserved to be issued under the Plan shall be adjusted by substituting for the total number and class or series of Stock then reserved, that number and class or series of Stock that would have been received by the owner of an equal number of outstanding shares of Stock of each class or series of Stock as the result of the event requiring the adjustment.
(c) If while unexercised Options or other Awards remain outstanding under the Plan (1) the Company shall not be the surviving entity in any merger, consolidation or other reorganization (or survives only as a subsidiary of an entity other than an entity that was wholly-owned by the Company immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or other reorganization), (2) the Company sells, leases or exchanges or agrees to sell, lease or exchange all or substantially all of its assets to any other person or entity (other than an entity wholly-owned by the Company), (3) the Company is to be dissolved or (4) the Company is a party to any other corporate transaction (as defined under section 424(a) of the Code and applicable Department of Treasury regulations) that is not described in clauses (1), (2) or (3) of this sentence (each such event is referred to herein as a “Corporate Change”), then, except as otherwise provided in an Award Agreement or another agreement between the Holder and the Company (provided that such exceptions shall not apply in the case of a reincorporation merger), or as a result of the Committee’s effectuation of one or more of the alternatives described below, there shall be no acceleration of the time at which any Award then outstanding may be exercised, and no later than ten days after the approval by the stockholders of the Company of such Corporate Change, the Committee, acting in its sole and absolute discretion without the consent or approval of any Holder, shall act to effect one or more of the following alternatives, which may vary among individual Holders and which may vary among Awards held by any individual Holder (provided that, with respect to a reincorporation merger in which Holders of the Company’s ordinary shares will receive one ordinary share of the successor corporation for each ordinary share of the Company, none of such alternatives shall apply and, without Committee action, each Award shall automatically convert into a similar award of the successor corporation exercisable for the same number of ordinary shares of the successor as the Award was exercisable for ordinary shares of Stock of the Company):
(1) accelerate the time at which some or all of the Awards then outstanding may be exercised so that such Awards may be exercised in full for a limited period of time on or before a specified date (before or after such Corporate Change) fixed by the Committee, after which specified date all such Awards that remain unexercised and all rights of Holders thereunder shall terminate;
(2) require the mandatory surrender to the Company by all or selected Holders of some or all of the then outstanding Awards held by such Holders (irrespective of whether such Awards are then exercisable under the provisions of the Plan or the
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(3) with respect to all or selected Holders, have some or all of their then outstanding Awards (whether vested or unvested) assumed or have a new award of a similar nature substituted for some or all of their then outstanding Awards under the Plan (whether vested or unvested) by an entity which is a party to the transaction resulting in such Corporate Change and which is then employing such Holder or which is affiliated or associated with such Holder in the same or a substantially similar manner as the Company prior to the Corporate Change, or a parent or subsidiary of such entity, provided that (A) such assumption or substitution is on a basis where the excess of the aggregate fair market value of the Stock subject to the Award immediately after the assumption or substitution over the aggregate exercise price of such Stock is equal to the excess of the aggregate fair market value of all Stock subject to the Award immediately before such assumption or substitution over the aggregate exercise price of such Stock, and (B) the assumed rights under such existing Award or the substituted rights under such new Award, as the case may be, will have the same terms and conditions as the rights under the existing Award assumed or substituted for, as the case may be;
(4) provide that the number and class or series of Stock covered by an Award (whether vested or unvested) theretofore granted shall be adjusted so that such Award when exercised shall thereafter cover the number and class or series of Stock or other securities or property (including, without limitation, cash) to which the Holder would have been entitled pursuant to the terms of the agreement or plan relating to such Corporate Change if, immediately prior to such Corporate Change, the Holder had been the holder of record of the number of shares of Stock then covered by such Award; or
(5) make such adjustments to Awards then outstanding as the Committee deems appropriate to reflect such Corporate Change (provided, however, that the Committee may determine in its sole and absolute discretion that no such adjustment is necessary). Any adjustment effected by the Committee under Section 4.5 shall be designed to provide the Holder with the intrinsic value of his or her Award, as determined prior to the Corporate Change, or, if applicable, equalize the Fair Market Value of the Award before and after the Corporate Change. In effecting one or more of the alternatives set out in paragraphs (3), (4) or (5) immediately above, and except as otherwise may be provided in an Award Agreement, the Committee, in its sole and absolute discretion and without the consent or approval of any Holder, may accelerate the time at which some or all Awards then outstanding may be exercised.
(d) In the event of an increase changes in the number outstanding Stock by reason of recapitalizations, reorganizations, mergers, consolidations, combinations, exchanges or other relevant changes in capitalization occurring after the date of the grant of any Award and not otherwise provided for by this Section 4.5, any outstanding Award and any Award Agreement evidencing such shares outstanding, the purchase price Award shall be proportionately reduced subject to adjustment by the Committee in its sole and absolute discretion as to the number and price of option shares then still purchasable shall be proportionately increased; and (ii) in Stock or other consideration subject to such Award. In the event of a reduction any such change in the outstanding Stock, the aggregate number of such shares outstandingof Stock available under the Plan may be appropriately adjusted by the Committee, the purchase price payable per share whose determination shall be proportionately increased and the number of option shares then still purchasable shall be proportionately reducedconclusive.
(be) Except as hereinbefore expressly providedAfter a merger of one or more corporations into the Company or after a consolidation of the Company and one or more corporations in which the Company shall be the surviving corporation, each Holder shall be entitled to have his Restricted Stock appropriately adjusted based on the issue manner in which the shares of Stock were adjusted under the terms of the agreement of merger or consolidation.
(f) The issuance by the Company of shares of stock of any classclass or series, or securities convertible into shares of into, or exchangeable for, stock of any classclass or series, for cash or property, or for labor or service services either upon direct sales sale or upon the exercise of rights or warrants to subscribe thereforfor them, or upon conversion or exchange of shares stock or obligations of the Company convertible into such shares into, or exchangeable for, stock or other securities, shall not affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof of such issuance shall be made with respect to, the purchase number, class or series, or price or the number of option shares of Stock then subject to this optionoutstanding Options or other Awards.
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Changes in the Company’s Capital Structure. (a) The existence of this Option outstanding Awards shall not limit or affect in any way the right or power of the Company or its shareholders to make or authorize any or all adjustments, recapitalizations, reorganizations or other changes in the Company's ’s capital structure or its business, or any merger acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation of the Company, or any issue of bonds, debenturesdebentures or Shares, including preferred or prior preference stock shares ahead of or affecting the shares for which this option is exercisable Shares or Share rights, the rights thereofwinding up, or the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets or business, business or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise. However,.
(ab) If, prior to the Company's delivery of all the shares subject to this option, If the Company shall effect a subdivision (split) or combination (reverse split) consolidation of shares Shares or other capital readjustment, the payment of a common stock dividendShare dividend or bonus issue, or other increase or reduction of a the number of shares of common stock Shares issued and outstanding, without receiving compensation therefor in money, services or property, then (i) the number, class or series and price per Share subject to outstanding Options or other Awards under the Plan shall be appropriately adjusted in such a manner as to entitle a Holder to receive upon exercise of an Option or other Award, for the same aggregate cash consideration, the equivalent total number and class or series of Shares the Holder would have received had the Holder exercised his or her Option or other Award in full immediately prior to the event of an increase in requiring the number of such shares outstandingadjustment, the purchase price shall be proportionately reduced and the number of option shares then still purchasable shall be proportionately increased; and (ii) the number and class or series of Shares then reserved to be issued under the Plan shall be adjusted by substituting for the total number and class or series of Shares then reserved, that number and class or series of Shares that would have been received by the owner of an equal number of issued and Ordinary Shares of each class or series of Shares as the result of the event requiring the adjustment.
(c) If while unexercised Options or other Awards remain outstanding under the Plan (i) the Company shall not be the surviving Entity in any acquisition, merger, amalgamation, consolidation, reorganization or other similar transaction (or survives only as a subsidiary of an Entity), (ii) the Company sells, leases or exchanges or agrees to sell, lease or exchange all or substantially all of its assets to any other person or Entity (other than an Entity wholly-owned by the Company), (iii) the Company is to be wound up or dissolved or (iv) the Company is a party to any other corporate transaction (as defined under section 424(a) of the Code and applicable Department of Treasury regulations) that is not described in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of this sentence (each such event is referred to herein as a “Corporate Change”), then, except as otherwise provided in an Award Agreement or another agreement between the Holder and the Company, or as a result of the Committee’s effectuation of one or more of the alternatives described below, there shall be no acceleration of the time at which any Award then outstanding may be exercised, and no later than ten days after any approval by the shareholders of the Company of such Corporate Change, the Committee, acting in its sole and absolute discretion without the consent or approval of any Holder, subject to applicable law, shall act to effect one or more of the following alternatives, which may vary among individual Holders and which may vary among Awards held by any individual Holder (provided that, with respect to a reincorporation, merger or amalgamation in which Holders of the Company’s Ordinary Shares will receive one Ordinary Share of the successor or continuing Entity for each Ordinary Share of the Company, none of such alternatives shall apply and, without Committee action, each Award shall automatically convert into a similar award of the successor or continuing Entity exercisable for the same number of Ordinary Shares of the successor as the Award was exercisable for Ordinary Shares of the Company):
(1) accelerate the time at which some or all of the Awards then outstanding may be exercised so that such Awards may be exercised in full for a limited period of time on or before a specified date fixed by the Committee, after which specified date all such Awards that remain unexercised and all rights of Holders thereunder shall terminate;
(2) require the mandatory surrender to the Company by all or selected Holders of some or all of the then outstanding Awards held by such Holders (irrespective of whether such Awards are then exercisable under the provisions of the Plan or the applicable Award Agreement evidencing such Award) as of a date specified by the Committee, in which event the Committee shall thereupon cancel such Award and the Company shall pay to each such Holder an amount of cash per share equal to the excess, if any, of the per share price offered to shareholders of the Company in connection with such Corporate Change over the exercise prices under such Award for such shares;
(3) with respect to all or selected Holders, have some or all of their then outstanding Awards (whether vested or unvested) assumed or have a new award of a similar nature substituted for some or all of their then outstanding Awards under the Plan (whether vested or unvested) by an Entity which is a party to the transaction resulting in such Corporate Change and which is then employing such Holder or which is affiliated or associated with such Holder in the same or a substantially similar manner as the Company prior to the Corporate Change, or a parent or subsidiary of such Entity, provided that (A) such assumption or substitution is on a basis where the excess of the aggregate fair market value of the Shares subject to the Award immediately after the assumption or substitution over the aggregate exercise price of such Shares are equal to the excess of the aggregate fair market value of all Shares subject to the Award immediately before such assumption or substitution over the aggregate exercise price of such Shares, and (B) the assumed rights under such existing Award or the substituted rights under such new Award, as the case may be, will have the same terms and conditions as the rights under the existing Award assumed or substituted for, as the case may be;
(4) provide that the number and class or series of Shares covered by an Award (whether vested or unvested) theretofore granted shall be adjusted so that such Award when exercised shall thereafter cover the number and class or series of Shares or other securities or property (including, without limitation, cash) to which the Holder would have been entitled pursuant to the terms of the agreement or plan relating to such Corporate Change if, immediately prior to such Corporate Change, the Holder had been the holder of record of the number of Shares then covered by such Award; or
(5) make such adjustments to Awards then outstanding as the Committee deems appropriate to reflect such Corporate Change (provided, however, that the Committee may determine in its sole and absolute discretion that no such adjustment is necessary). Any adjustment affecting an Award intended as Qualified Performance-Based Compensation shall be made consistent with the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code. Any adjustment affecting an Award that is subject to Section 409A of the Code shall be made consistent with the requirements of Section 409A. An adjustment under this provision may have the effect of reducing the price at which Ordinary Shares may be acquired to less than their nominal value (the “Shortfall”), but only if and to the extent that the Committee shall be authorized to capitalize from the reserves of the Company a sum equal to the Shortfall and to apply that sum in paying up that amount on the Ordinary Shares. In effecting one or more of the alternatives set out in paragraphs (3), (4) or (5) immediately above, and except as otherwise may be provided in an Award Agreement, the Committee, in its sole and absolute discretion and without the consent or approval of any Holder, subject to applicable law and Section 409A of the Code, may accelerate the time at which some or all Awards then outstanding may be exercised.
(d) In the event of a reduction changes in the issued and outstanding Shares by reason of recapitalizations, reorganizations, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations, combinations, subdivisions, exchanges or other relevant changes in capitalization occurring after the date of the grant of any Award and not otherwise provided for by this Section 4.5, any outstanding Award and any Award Agreement evidencing such Award shall be subject to adjustment by the Committee in its sole and absolute discretion as to the number and price of Shares or other consideration subject to such Award. In the event of any such change in the issued and outstanding Shares, the aggregate number of such shares outstandingShares available under the Plan may be appropriately adjusted by the Committee, the purchase price payable per share whose determination shall be proportionately increased and the number of option shares then still purchasable shall be proportionately reducedconclusive.
(be) Except as hereinbefore expressly providedAfter (i) the acquisition of the Company by an Entity, (ii) the issue merger of one or more Entities into the Company or (iii) a consolidation or amalgamation of the Company and one or more Entities in which the Company shall be the surviving Entity, each Holder shall be entitled to have his Restricted Shares appropriately adjusted based on the manner in which the shares were adjusted under the terms of the agreement of acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation.
(f) The issuance by the Company of shares of stock of any classclass or series, or securities convertible into into, or exchangeable for, shares of stock of any classclass or series, for cash or property, or for labor or service services either upon direct sales sale or upon the exercise of rights or warrants to subscribe thereforfor them, or upon conversion or exchange of shares or obligations of the Company convertible into such into, or exchangeable for, shares or other securities, shall not affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof of such issuance shall be made with respect to, the purchase number, class or series, or price or the number of option shares Shares then subject to this optionoutstanding Options or other Awards.
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Samples: 2006 Omnibus Incentive Plan (Weatherford International LTD)
Changes in the Company’s Capital Structure. (a) The existence of this Option outstanding Awards shall not limit or affect in any way the right or power of the Company or its shareholders to make or authorize any or all adjustments, recapitalizations, reorganizations or other changes in the Company's ’s capital structure or its business, or any merger acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation of the Company, or any issue of bonds, debenturesdebentures or shares, including preferred or prior preference stock shares ahead of or affecting the shares for which this option is exercisable Shares or Share rights, the rights thereofwinding up, or the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets or business, business or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise. However,.
(ab) If, prior to the Company's delivery of all the shares subject to this option, If the Company shall effect a subdivision (split) or combination (reverse split) consolidation of shares Shares or other capital readjustment, the payment of a common stock dividendShare dividend or bonus issue, or other increase or reduction of a the number of shares of common stock Shares issued and outstanding, without receiving compensation therefor in money, services or property, then (i1) the number, class or series and price per Share subject to outstanding Options or other Awards under the Plan shall be appropriately adjusted in such a manner as to entitle a Holder to receive upon exercise of an Option or other Award, for the same aggregate cash consideration, the equivalent total number and class or series of Shares the Holder would have received had the Holder exercised his or her Option or other Award in full immediately prior to the event requiring the adjustment, and (2) the number and class or series of Shares then reserved to be issued under the Plan shall be adjusted by substituting for the total number and class or series of Shares then reserved, that number and class or series of Shares that would have been received by the owner of an equal number of issued and outstanding Shares of each class or series of Shares as the result of the event requiring the adjustment.
(c) If while unexercised Options or other Awards remain outstanding under the Plan (1) the Company shall not be the surviving Entity in any acquisition, merger, amalgamation, consolidation, reorganization or other similar transaction (or survives only as a subsidiary of an Entity), (2) the Company sells, leases or exchanges or agrees to sell, lease or exchange all or substantially all of its assets to any other person or Entity (other than an Entity wholly-owned by the Company), (3) the Company is to be wound up or dissolved or (4) the Company is a party to any other corporate transaction (as defined under section 424(a) of the Code and applicable Department of Treasury regulations) that is not described in clauses (1), (2) or (3) of this sentence (each such event is referred to herein as a “Corporate Change”), then, except as otherwise provided in an Award Agreement or another agreement between the Holder and the Company, or as a result of the Committee’s effectuation of one or more of the alternatives described below, there shall be no acceleration of the time at which any Award then outstanding may be exercised, and no later than ten days after any approval by the shareholders of the Company of such Corporate Change, the Committee, acting in its sole and absolute discretion without the consent or approval of any Holder, subject to applicable law, shall act to effect one or more of the following alternatives, which may vary among individual Holders and which may vary among Awards held by any individual Holder (provided that, with respect to a reincorporation, merger or amalgamation in which Holders of the Company’s common shares will receive one common share of the successor or continuing Entity for each common share of the Company, none of such alternatives shall apply and, without Committee action, each Award shall automatically convert into a similar award of the successor or continuing Entity exercisable for the same number of common shares of the successor as the Award was exercisable for common Shares of the Company):
(1) accelerate the time at which some or all of the Awards then outstanding may be exercised so that such Awards may be exercised in full for a limited period of time on or before a specified date fixed by the Committee, after which specified date all such Awards that remain unexercised and all rights of Holders thereunder shall terminate;
(2) require the mandatory surrender to the Company by all or selected Holders of some or all of the then outstanding Awards held by such Holders (irrespective of whether such Awards are then exercisable under the provisions of the Plan or the applicable Award Agreement evidencing such Award) as of a date specified by the Committee, in which event the Committee shall thereupon cancel such Award and the Company shall pay to each such Holder an amount of cash per share equal to the excess, if any, of the per share price offered to shareholders of the Company in connection with such Corporate Change over the exercise prices under such Award for such shares;
(3) with respect to all or selected Holders, have some or all of their then outstanding Awards (whether vested or unvested) assumed or have a new award of a similar nature substituted for some or all of their then outstanding Awards under the Plan (whether vested or unvested) by an Entity which is a party to the transaction resulting in such Corporate Change and which is then employing such Holder or which is affiliated or associated with such Holder in the same or a substantially similar manner as the Company prior to the Corporate Change, or a parent or subsidiary of such Entity, provided that (A) such assumption or substitution is on a basis where the excess of the aggregate fair market value of the Shares subject to the Award immediately after the assumption or substitution over the aggregate exercise price of such Shares are equal to the excess of the aggregate fair market value of all Shares subject to the Award immediately before such assumption or substitution over the aggregate exercise price of such Shares, and (B) the assumed rights under such existing Award or the substituted rights under such new Award, as the case may be, will have the same terms and conditions as the rights under the existing Award assumed or substituted for, as the case may be;
(4) provide that the number and class or series of Shares covered by an Award (whether vested or unvested) theretofore granted shall be adjusted so that such Award when exercised shall thereafter cover the number and class or series of Shares or other securities or property (including, without limitation, cash) to which the Holder would have been entitled pursuant to the terms of the agreement or plan relating to such Corporate Change if, immediately prior to such Corporate Change, the Holder had been the holder of record of the number of Shares then covered by such Award; or
(5) make such adjustments to Awards then outstanding as the Committee deems appropriate to reflect such Corporate Change (provided, however, that the Committee may determine in its sole and absolute discretion that no such adjustment is necessary). In effecting one or more of the alternatives set out in paragraphs (3), (4) or (5) immediately above, and except as otherwise may be provided in an Award Agreement, the Committee, in its sole and absolute discretion and without the consent or approval of any Holder, subject to applicable law, may accelerate the time at which some or all Awards then outstanding may be exercised.
(d) In the event of an increase changes in the issued and outstanding Shares by reason of recapitalizations, reorganizations, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations, combinations, subdivisions, exchanges or other relevant changes in capitalization occurring after the date of the grant of any Award and not otherwise provided for by this Section 4.5, any outstanding Award and any Award Agreement evidencing such Award shall be subject to adjustment by the Committee in its sole and absolute discretion as to the number and price of Shares or other consideration subject to such Award. In the event of any such change in the issued and outstanding Shares, the aggregate number of such shares outstandingShares available under the Plan may be appropriately adjusted by the Committee, the purchase price whose determination shall be proportionately reduced and conclusive.
(e) After (i) the number acquisition of option shares then still purchasable shall be proportionately increased; and the Company by an Entity, (ii) the merger of one or more Entities into the Company or (iii) a consolidation or amalgamation of the Company and one or more Entities in which the event of a reduction in the number of such shares outstanding, the purchase price payable per share Company shall be proportionately increased and the number of option shares then still purchasable surviving Entity, each Holder shall be proportionately reducedentitled to have his Restricted Shares appropriately adjusted based on the manner in which the Shares were adjusted under the terms of the agreement of acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation.
(bf) Except as hereinbefore expressly provided, the issue The issuance by the Company of shares of stock of any classclass or series, or securities convertible into into, or exchangeable for, shares of stock of any classclass or series, for cash or property, or for labor or service services either upon direct sales sale or upon the exercise of rights or warrants to subscribe thereforfor them, or upon conversion or exchange of shares or obligations of the Company convertible into such into, or exchangeable for, shares or other securities, shall not affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof of such issuance shall be made with respect to, the purchase number, class or series, or price or the number of option shares Shares then subject to this optionoutstanding Options or other Awards.
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Samples: 2006 Omnibus Incentive Plan (Weatherford International LTD)