Common use of Earliest Exercise Date Clause in Contracts

Earliest Exercise Date. You may not exercise your Options until they are vested. The date on which your Options become vested is specified in this Stock Option Agreement as the Earliest Exercise Date. As a general rule, you must be in the service of the Company on an Earliest Exercise Date in order to be vested in the Options that vest on that date. You may acquire the Shares that have been optioned to you by exercising your Options at any time during the period beginning on the Earliest Exercise Date and continuing throughout the Exercise Period, by following exercise procedures prescribed by the Compensation Committee of the Company and available on request through the Company’s Human Resources Department.

Earliest Exercise Date. You may not exercise your Options until they are vested. The date on which your Options become vested is specified in this Retention Stock Option Agreement as the Earliest Exercise Date. As a general rule, you must be in the service of the Company on an Earliest Exercise Date in order to be vested in the Options that vest on that date. You may acquire the Shares that have been optioned to you by exercising your Options at any time during the period beginning on the Earliest Exercise Date and continuing throughout the Exercise Period, by following exercise procedures prescribed by the Compensation Committee of the Company and available on request through the Company’s Human Resources Department.