Common use of Exercise of the Stock Option Clause in Contracts

Exercise of the Stock Option. No portion of the Stock Option may be exercised until it vests. Each election to exercise the Stock Option must comply with such rules as the Administrator prescribes from time to time and must be accompanied by payment in full of the exercise price in one or more of the forms described in Section 6(b)(3) of the Plan. For the avoidance of doubt, the Participant may pay the exercise price through the withholding of unrestricted shares of Stock that would have otherwise been deliverable upon exercise of the Stock Option, such shares having a Fair Market Value equal to the exercise price. In the event that the Stock Option is exercised by a person other than the Participant, the Company will be under no obligation to deliver Shares hereunder unless and until it is satisfied as to the authority of the person to exercise the Stock Option and compliance with applicable securities laws. The latest date on which the Stock Option or any portion thereof may be exercised will be the tenth (10th) anniversary of the Date of Grant (the “Final Exercise Date”). Any portion of the Stock Option that remains outstanding and has not been exercised by the Final Exercise Date will thereupon immediately terminate.