General Rules. a. The obligation of the Company to sell or deliver Shares with respect to the Options granted shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules and regulations, including all applicable federal and state securities laws, and the obtaining of all such approvals by governmental agencies as may be deemed necessary or appropriate by the Board. b. The Company shall have the right to deduct from any distribution of cash to Optionee, an amount equal to the federal, state and local income taxes and other amounts as may be required by law to be withheld (the "Withholding Taxes") with respect to any Option. If Optionee is entitled to receive Shares upon exercise of an Option, the Optionee shall pay the Withholding Taxes to the Company prior to the issuance, or release from escrow, of such Shares. In satisfaction of the Withholding Taxes to the Company, the Optionee may make a written election (the "Tax Election"), which may be accepted or rejected in the discretion of the Board, to have withheld a portion of the Shares issuable to him or her upon exercise of the Option having an aggregate Fair Market Value, on the date preceding the date of exercise, equal to the Withholding Taxes, provided that in respect of an Optionee who may be subject to liability under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act either (i)(A) the Optionee makes the Tax Election at least six (6) months after the date the Option was granted, (B) the Option is exercised during the ten day period beginning on the third business day and ending on the twelfth business day following the release for publication of the Company's quarterly or annual statements of earnings (a "Window Period") and (C the Tax Election is made during the Window Period in which the Option is exercised prior to such Window Period and subsequent to the immediately preceding Window Period or (ii)(A) the Tax Election is made at least six (6) months prior to the date the Option is exercised prior to the expiration of six (6) months following an election to revoke the Tax Election. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may, by the adoption or rules or otherwise, (i) modify the provisions in the preceding sentence or impose such other restrictions or limitations on Tax Elections as may be necessary to ensure that the Tax Elections will be exempt transactions under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, an (ii) permit Tax Elections to be made at such other times and subject to such other conditions as the Board determines will constitute exempt transactions under Section 16b of the Exchange Act. c. If Optionee makes a disposition, within the meaning of Section 424(c)of the Code and regulations promulgated thereunder, of any Share or Shares issued to such Optionee pursuant to the exercise of an Option within the two-year period commencing on the day after the date of the grant or within the one-year period commencing on the day after the date of transfer of such Share or Shares to the Optionee pursuant to such exercise, the Optionee shall, within ten (10) days of such disposition, notify the Company thereof, by delivery of written notice to the Company at its principal executive office, and immediately deliver to the Company the amount of Withholding Taxes. d. No Option granted hereunder shall be transferable by the Optionee to whom granted otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and an Option may be exercised during the lifetime of such Optionee only by the Optionee or his or her guardian or legal representative. The terms of such an Option shall be final, binding and conclusive upon the beneficiaries, executors, administrators, heirs and successors of the Optionee.
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Samples: Non Qualified Stock Option Agreement (Internet America Inc), Non Qualified Stock Option Agreement (Internet America Inc), Non Qualified Stock Option Agreement (Internet America Inc)
General Rules. a. (a) The obligation of the Company to sell or deliver Shares with respect to the Options granted shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules and regulations, including all applicable federal and state securities laws, and the obtaining of all such approvals by governmental agencies as may be deemed necessary or appropriate by the Board.
b. (b) The Company shall have the right to deduct from any distribution of cash to Optionee, an amount equal to the federal, state and local income taxes and other amounts as may be required by law to be withheld (the "Withholding Taxes") with respect to any Option. If Optionee is entitled to receive Shares upon exercise of an Option, the Optionee shall pay the Withholding Taxes to the Company prior to the issuance, or release from escrow, of such Shares. In satisfaction of the Withholding Taxes to the Company, the Optionee may make a written election (the "Tax Election"), which may be accepted or rejected in the discretion of the Board, to have withheld a portion of the Shares issuable to him or her upon exercise of the Option having an aggregate Fair Market Value, on the date preceding the date of exercise, equal to the Withholding Taxes, provided that in respect of an Optionee who may be subject to liability under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act either (i)(A) the Optionee makes the Tax Election at least six (6) months after the date the Option was granted, (B) the Option is exercised during the ten day period beginning on the third business day and ending on the twelfth business day following the release for publication of the Company's quarterly or annual statements of earnings (a "Window Period") and (C the Tax Election is made during the Window Period in which the Option is exercised prior to such Window Period and subsequent to the immediately preceding Window Period or (ii)(A) the Tax Election is made at least six (6) months prior to the date the Option is exercised prior to the expiration of six (6) months following an election to revoke the Tax Election. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may, by the adoption or rules or otherwise, (i) modify the provisions in the preceding sentence or impose such other restrictions or limitations on Tax Elections as may be necessary to ensure that the Tax Elections will be exempt transactions under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, an (ii) permit Tax Elections to be made at such other times and subject to such other conditions as the Board determines will constitute exempt transactions under Section 16b of the Exchange Act.
c. (c) If Optionee makes a disposition, within the meaning of Section 424(c)of 424(c) of the Code and regulations promulgated thereunder, of any Share or Shares issued to such Optionee pursuant to the exercise of an Option within the two-year period commencing on the day after the date of the grant or within the one-year period commencing on the day after the date of transfer of such Share or Shares to the Optionee pursuant to such exercise, the Optionee shall, within ten (10) days of such disposition, notify the Company thereof, by delivery of written notice to the Company at its principal executive office, and immediately deliver to the Company the amount of Withholding Taxes.
d. (d) No Option granted hereunder shall be transferable by the Optionee to whom granted otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and an Option may be exercised during the lifetime of such Optionee only by the Optionee or his or her guardian or legal representative. The terms of such an Option shall be final, binding and conclusive upon the beneficiaries, executors, administrators, heirs and successors of the Optionee.
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Samples: Non Qualified Stock Option Agreement (Smith Jack T), Non Qualified Stock Option Agreement (Internet America Inc), Non Qualified Stock Option Agreement (Internet America Inc)
General Rules. a. The obligation Notwithstanding any other provision of the Company Plan, Excess Aggregate Contributions, plus any income and minus any loss allocable thereto, shall be forfeited, if forfeitable11, or if not forfeitable, distributed no later than the last day of each Plan Year to sell a Participant to whose Account such Excess Aggregate Contributions was allocated for the preceding Plan Year.12 Excess Aggregate Contributions are allocated to the Highly Compensated Employees with the largest ACP Contribution Amounts taken into account in calculating the ACP Test for the year in which the excess arose, beginning with the Highly Compensated Employee with the largest amount of such ACP Contribution Amounts and continuing in descending order until all the Excess Aggregate Contributions have been allocated. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the “largest amount” is determined after distribution of any Excess Aggregate Contributions. Excess Aggregate Contributions shall be treated as Annual Additions under the Plan. Excess Contributions (and allocable income) shall be reduced by any amounts previously distributed to the Participant from the Plan to correct excess Deferrals for the Participant’s Taxable Year with or deliver Shares within the Plan Year in accordance with Code Section 402(g)(2). In making distributions, the Plan Administrator shall distribute and/or forfeit, if forfeitable, Excess Aggregate Contributions in the following order: first, After-Tax Contributions with respect to the Options granted shall be subject to all applicable lawswhich no Matching Contributions were made; second, rules and regulations, including all applicable federal and state securities laws, and the obtaining of all such approvals by governmental agencies as may be deemed necessary or appropriate by the Board.
b. The Company shall have the right to deduct from any distribution of cash to Optionee, an amount equal to the federal, state and local income taxes and other amounts as may be required by law to be withheld (the "Withholding Taxes") After-Tax Contributions with respect to any Option. If Optionee is entitled which Matching Contributions were made and the Matching Contributions to receive Shares upon exercise of an Optionwhich those After-Tax Contributions relate on a pro rata basis; third, the Optionee shall pay the Withholding Taxes Matching Contributions and all other amounts, if any, included in Excess Aggregate Contributions with respect to the Company prior to the issuance, or release from escrow, of such Shares. In satisfaction of the Withholding Taxes to the Company, the Optionee may make a written election (the "Tax Election"), which may be accepted or rejected in the discretion of the Board, to have withheld a portion of the Shares issuable to him or her upon exercise of the Option having an aggregate Fair Market Value, on the date preceding the date of exercise, equal to the Withholding Taxes, provided that in respect of an Optionee who may be subject to liability under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act either (i)(A) the Optionee makes the Tax Election at least six (6) months after the date the Option was granted, (B) the Option is exercised during the ten day period beginning on the third business day and ending on the twelfth business day following the release for publication of the Company's quarterly or annual statements of earnings (a "Window Period") and (C the Tax Election is made during the Window Period in which the Option is exercised prior to such Window Period and subsequent to the immediately preceding Window Period or (ii)(A) the Tax Election is made at least six (6) months prior to the date the Option is exercised prior to the expiration of six (6) months following an election to revoke the Tax Election. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may, by the adoption or rules or otherwise, (i) modify the provisions in the preceding sentence or impose such other restrictions or limitations on Tax Elections as may be necessary to ensure that the Tax Elections will be exempt transactions under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, an (ii) permit Tax Elections to be made at such other times and subject to such other conditions as the Board determines will constitute exempt transactions under Section 16b of the Exchange Actaffected Highly Compensated Employees.
c. If Optionee makes a disposition, within the meaning of Section 424(c)of the Code and regulations promulgated thereunder, of any Share or Shares issued to such Optionee pursuant to the exercise of an Option within the two-year period commencing on the day after the date of the grant or within the one-year period commencing on the day after the date of transfer of such Share or Shares to the Optionee pursuant to such exercise, the Optionee shall, within ten (10) days of such disposition, notify the Company thereof, by delivery of written notice to the Company at its principal executive office, and immediately deliver to the Company the amount of Withholding Taxes.
d. No Option granted hereunder shall be transferable by the Optionee to whom granted otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and an Option may be exercised during the lifetime of such Optionee only by the Optionee or his or her guardian or legal representative. The terms of such an Option shall be final, binding and conclusive upon the beneficiaries, executors, administrators, heirs and successors of the Optionee.
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Samples: Defined Contribution Plan and Trust (Comstock Resources Inc), Defined Contribution Plan and Trust (Triad Guaranty Inc), 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan Adoption Agreement (Atlas America Inc)
General Rules. a. The obligation of the Company to sell or deliver Shares with respect to the Options granted (REGULAR EMPLOYEES)
(a) Employees shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules and regulations, including all applicable federal and state securities lawsgiven as much notice as practicable of Company’s proposed action. Following such notice, and the obtaining of all such approvals by governmental agencies as may be deemed necessary or appropriate by the Board.
b. The Company shall have the right to deduct from any distribution of cash to Optionee, an amount equal to the federal, state and local income taxes and other amounts as may be required by law to be withheld (the "Withholding Taxes") with respect to any Option. If Optionee is entitled to receive Shares upon exercise of an Option, the Optionee shall pay the Withholding Taxes to the Company prior to the issuance, or release from escrow, of such Shares. In satisfaction of the Withholding Taxes to the Company, the Optionee may make a written election (the "Tax Election"), which may be accepted or rejected in the discretion of the Board, to have withheld a portion of the Shares issuable to him or her upon exercise of the Option having an aggregate Fair Market Value, on the date preceding the date of exercise, equal to the Withholding Taxes, provided that in respect of an Optionee who may be subject to liability under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act either (i)(A) the Optionee makes the Tax Election at least six (6) months after the date the Option was granted, (B) the Option is exercised during the ten day period beginning on the third business day and ending on the twelfth business day following the release for publication of the Company's quarterly or annual statements of earnings (a "Window Period") and (C the Tax Election is made during the Window Period in which the Option is exercised prior to such Window Period and subsequent to the immediately preceding Window Period or (ii)(A) the Tax Election is made at least six (6) months prior to the date of the Option proposed action, employees to be affected by the procedure due to lack of work shall be considered as though they had already been demoted, and, notwithstanding the provisions of Title 18, have their bids to fill vacancies, in the normal Line of Progression, considered under the provisions of Section 19.9. Subsection 19.1(b) through Section 19.13 shall apply to employees being displaced or demoted due to lack of work or employees being displaced by another employee due to lack of work. (Amended 1-1-00)
(b) An employee’s Service, as defined in Section 17.3 shall be the determining factor in the application of this Title.
(c) Where a vacancy in an appropriate classification exists, the filling of such vacancy in accordance with the appropriate provisions of this Title shall be substituted for the displacing of another employee as provided herein. (Amended 1-1-00)
(d) An employee may not elect to displace another employee whose Service is exercised equal to or greater than his/her own. An employee may not displace an employee in a classification having a wage rate higher than that of his/her own classification except where such classification is considered to be the same in accordance with a Line of Progression as provided for in Exhibit A or where such classification is a beginners classification. (Amended 1-1-00)
(e) Employees shall be demoted, displaced, laid off, or effect elections under the provisions of this Title on the basis of their regular classification, headquarters and Line of Progression at the time of any such action.
(f) In the application of the Title, an employee shall not be placed in a job unless qualified to perform the duties.
(g) In the application of this Title, part-time employees and intermittent employees are considered to be a different classification than full-time employees under the same job title. Part-time employees and intermittent employees will not be able to displace full-time employees, regardless of seniority. Part-time employees can only displace other part-time employees in the same or lower classifications within their normal Line of Progression. Intermittent employees can only displace other intermittent employees in the same or lower classifications within their normal Lines of Progression. (Added 1-1-88)
(h) No regular full-time employee will be displaced, demoted, or laid off due to the usage of part-time employees. Further, at a headquarters where Title 19 is to be implemented, all part-time employees shall be affected prior to the expiration of six regular full-time employees. (6) months following an election to revoke the Tax Election. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may, by the adoption or rules or otherwise, (i) modify the provisions in the preceding sentence or impose such other restrictions or limitations on Tax Elections as may be necessary to ensure that the Tax Elections will be exempt transactions under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, an (ii) permit Tax Elections to be made at such other times and subject to such other conditions as the Board determines will constitute exempt transactions under Section 16b of the Exchange Act.
c. If Optionee makes a disposition, within the meaning of Section 424(c)of the Code and regulations promulgated thereunder, of any Share or Shares issued to such Optionee pursuant to the exercise of an Option within the twoAdded 1-year period commencing on the day after the date of the grant or within the one1-year period commencing on the day after the date of transfer of such Share or Shares to the Optionee pursuant to such exercise, the Optionee shall, within ten (10) days of such disposition, notify the Company thereof, by delivery of written notice to the Company at its principal executive office, and immediately deliver to the Company the amount of Withholding Taxes.
d. No Option granted hereunder shall be transferable by the Optionee to whom granted otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and an Option may be exercised during the lifetime of such Optionee only by the Optionee or his or her guardian or legal representative. The terms of such an Option shall be final, binding and conclusive upon the beneficiaries, executors, administrators, heirs and successors of the Optionee.91)
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
General Rules. a. The obligation of the Company to sell or deliver Shares with respect to the Options granted shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules and regulations, including all applicable federal and state securities laws, and the obtaining of all such approvals by governmental agencies as may be deemed necessary or appropriate by the Board.
b. The Company shall have the right to deduct from any distribution of cash to Optionee, an amount equal to the federal, state and local income taxes and other amounts as may be required by law to be withheld (the "Withholding Taxes") with respect to any Option. If Optionee is entitled to receive Shares upon exercise of an Option, the Optionee shall pay the Withholding Taxes to the Company prior to the issuance, or release from escrow, of such Shares. In satisfaction of the Withholding Taxes to the Company, the Optionee may make a written election (the "Tax Election"), which may be accepted or rejected in the discretion of the Board, to have withheld a portion of the Shares issuable to him or her upon exercise of the Option having an aggregate Fair Market Value, on the date preceding the date of exercise, equal to the Withholding Taxes, provided that in respect of an Optionee who may be subject to liability under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act either (i)(A) the Optionee makes the Tax Election at least six (6) months after the date the Option was granted, (B) the Option is exercised during the ten day period beginning on the third business day and ending on the twelfth business day following the release for publication of the Company's quarterly or annual statements of earnings (a "Window Period") and (C C) the Tax Election is made during the Window Period in which the Option is exercised prior to such Window Period and subsequent to the immediately preceding Window Period or (ii)(A) the Tax Election is made at least six (6) months prior to the date the Option is exercised prior to the expiration of six (6) months following an election to revoke the Tax Election. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may, by the adoption or rules or otherwise, (i) modify the provisions in the preceding sentence or impose such other restrictions or limitations on Tax Elections as may be necessary to ensure that the Tax Elections will be exempt transactions under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, an (ii) permit Tax Elections to be made at such other times and subject to such other conditions as the Board determines will constitute exempt transactions under Section 16b of the Exchange Act.
c. . If Optionee makes a disposition, within the meaning of Section 424(c)of the Code and regulations promulgated thereunder, of any Share or Shares issued to such Optionee pursuant to the exercise of an Option within the two-year period commencing on the day after the date of the grant or within the one-year period commencing on the day after the date of transfer of such Share or Shares to the Optionee pursuant to such exercise, the Optionee shall, within ten (10) days of such disposition, notify the Company thereof, by delivery of written notice to the Company at its principal executive office, and immediately deliver to the Company the amount of Withholding Taxes.
d. c. No Option granted hereunder shall be transferable by the Optionee to whom granted otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and an Option may be exercised during the lifetime of such Optionee only by the Optionee or his or her guardian or legal representative. The terms of such an Option shall be final, binding and conclusive upon the beneficiaries, executors, administrators, heirs and successors of the Optionee.
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Samples: Non Qualified Stock Option Agreement (Internet America Inc), Non Qualified Stock Option Agreement (Internet America Inc)
General Rules. a. The obligation of the Company to sell or deliver Shares with respect to the Options granted shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules and regulations, including all applicable federal and state securities laws, and the obtaining of all such approvals by governmental agencies as may be deemed necessary or appropriate by the Board.
b. The Company shall have the right to deduct from any distribution of cash to Optionee, an amount equal to the federal, state and local income taxes and other amounts as may be required by law to be withheld (the "Withholding Taxes") with respect to any Option. If Optionee is entitled to receive Shares upon exercise of an Option, the Optionee shall pay the Withholding Taxes to the Company prior to the issuance, or release from escrow, of such Shares. In satisfaction of the Withholding Taxes to the Company, the Optionee may make a written election (the "Tax Election"), which may be accepted or rejected in the discretion of the Board, to have withheld a portion of the Shares issuable to him or her upon exercise of the Option having an aggregate Fair Market Value, on the date preceding the date of exercise, equal to the Withholding Taxes, provided that in respect of an Optionee who may be subject to liability under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act either (i)(A) the Optionee makes the Tax Election at least six (6) months after the date the Option was granted, (B) the Option is exercised during the ten day period beginning on the third business day and ending on the twelfth business day following the release for publication of the Company's quarterly or annual statements of earnings (a "Window Period") and (C C) the Tax Election is made during the Window Period in which the Option is exercised prior to such Window Period and subsequent to the immediately preceding Window Period or (ii)(A) the Tax Election is made at least six (6) months prior to the date the Option is exercised prior to the expiration of six (6) months following an election to revoke the Tax Election. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may, by the adoption or rules or otherwise, (i) modify the provisions in the preceding sentence or impose such other restrictions or limitations on Tax Elections as may be necessary to ensure that the Tax Elections will be exempt transactions under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, an (ii) permit Tax Elections to be made at such other times and subject to such other conditions as the Board determines will constitute exempt transactions under Section 16b of the Exchange Act.
c. If Optionee makes a disposition, within the meaning of Section 424(c)of the Code and regulations promulgated thereunder, of any Share or Shares issued to such Optionee pursuant to the exercise of an Option within the two-year period commencing on the day after the date of the grant or within the one-year period commencing on the day after the date of transfer of such Share or Shares to the Optionee pursuant to such exercise, the Optionee shall, within ten (10) days of such disposition, notify the Company thereof, by delivery of written notice to the Company at its principal executive office, and immediately deliver to the Company the amount of Withholding Taxes.
d. No Option granted hereunder shall be transferable by the Optionee to whom granted otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and an Option may be exercised during the lifetime of such Optionee only by the Optionee or his or her guardian or legal representative. The terms of such an Option shall be final, binding and conclusive upon the beneficiaries, executors, administrators, heirs and successors of the Optionee.
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Samples: Non Qualified Stock Option Agreement (Internet America Inc), Non Qualified Stock Option Agreement (Internet America Inc)
General Rules. a. (a) The obligation of the Company to sell or deliver Shares with respect to the Options granted shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules and regulations, including all applicable federal and state securities laws, and the obtaining of all such approvals by governmental agencies as may be deemed necessary or appropriate by the Board.
b. (b) The Company shall have the right to deduct from any distribution of cash to Optionee, an amount equal to the federal, state and local income taxes and other amounts as may be required by law to be withheld (the "Withholding Taxes") with respect to any Option. If Optionee is entitled to receive Shares upon exercise of an Option, the Optionee shall pay the Withholding Taxes to the Company prior to the issuance, or release from escrow, of such Shares. In satisfaction of the Withholding Taxes to the Company, the Optionee may make a written election (the "Tax Election"), which may be accepted or rejected in the discretion of the Board, to have withheld a portion of the Shares issuable to him or her upon exercise of the Option having an aggregate Fair Market Value, on the date preceding the date of exercise, equal to the Withholding Taxes, provided that in respect of an Optionee who may be subject to liability under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act either (i)(A) the Optionee makes the Tax Election at least six (6) months after the date the Option was granted, (B) the Option is exercised during the ten day period beginning on the third business day and ending on the twelfth business day following the release for publication of the Company's quarterly or annual statements of earnings (a "Window Period") and (C the Tax Election is made during the Window Period in which the Option is exercised prior to such Window Period and subsequent to the immediately preceding Window Period or (ii)(A) the Tax Election is made at least six (6) months prior to the date the Option is exercised prior to the expiration of six (6) months following an election to revoke the Tax Election. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may, by the adoption or rules or otherwise, (i) modify the provisions in the preceding sentence or impose such other restrictions or limitations on Tax Elections as may be necessary to ensure that the Tax Elections will be exempt transactions under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, an (ii) permit Tax Elections to be made at such other times and subject to such other conditions as the Board determines will constitute exempt transactions under Section 16b of the Exchange Act.
c. . If Optionee makes a disposition, within the meaning of Section 424(c)of 424(c) of the Code and regulations promulgated thereunder, of any Share or Shares issued to such Optionee pursuant to the exercise of an Option within the two-year period commencing on the day after the date of the grant or within the one-year period commencing on the day after the date of transfer of such Share or Shares to the Optionee pursuant to such exercise, the Optionee shall, within ten (10) days of such disposition, notify the Company thereof, by delivery of written notice to the Company at its principal executive office, and immediately deliver to the Company the amount of Withholding Taxes.
d. (c) No Option granted hereunder shall be transferable by the Optionee to whom granted otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and an Option may be exercised during the lifetime of such Optionee only by the Optionee or his or her guardian or legal representative. The terms of such an Option shall be final, binding and conclusive upon the beneficiaries, executors, administrators, heirs and successors of the Optionee.
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Samples: Non Qualified Stock Option Agreement (Internet America Inc)
General Rules. a. The obligation If and to the extent permitted by Section 17.01 of the Company to sell or deliver Shares with respect Adoption Agreement, at the request and direction of a Participant the Trustee shall invest in life insurance Policies, subject to the Options granted following:
(a) each Policy shall be subject issued by the Insurer to all applicable laws, rules the Trustee only and regulations, including all applicable federal and state securities lawsshall provide for premiums payable in accordance with the terms of the Policy. Purchase of Policies in accordance with this Section 17.01 shall constitute an investment of amounts allocated to the appropriate Account of the Participant, and the obtaining of all each such approvals by governmental agencies as may Account shall be deemed necessary or appropriate reduced by the Board.amount paid for such Policies,
b. The Company (b) as provided in Section 12.06, the Trustee shall have be designated as Beneficiary of any Policy issued hereunder, and upon the right to deduct from any distribution death of cash to Optionee, an amount equal the Participant the Trustee shall pay or apply the Policy proceeds for the benefit of the appropriate Plan Beneficiary,
(c) each Policy shall be a Policy between the Insurer and Trustee and shall reserve to the federalTrustee all rights, state options and local income taxes benefits,
(d) each life insurance Policy shall provide a full or increasing death benefit,
(e) each Policy shall provide settlement options (including lump sum cash payment in the event of the surrender or maturity of such Policy) subject, however, to Section 12.07,
(f) any dividend payable while a Policy is on a premium paying basis shall be applied or accumulated as indicated on the Policy application for the benefit of the Participant on whose life the Policy was issued,
(g) all classes of life insurance Policies purchased hereunder shall be alike or substantially alike as to settlement option provisions, cash values, and as to other amounts Policy provisions, subject, however, to the provisions of Sections 17.01(h), 17.01(i) and 17.01(j),
(h) if an eligible Employee is determined to be insurable by the Insurer at its standard rates, a Policy shall be obtained upon his life, if available from the Insurer, which provides a life insurance death benefit prior to retirement to which the eligible Employee is entitled,
(i) if an eligible Employee is not insurable at the standard rates of such Insurer, if. permitted under the Policy being issued, the Policy shall provide for a reduced but increasing death benefit as determined by the Insurer (usually called increasing or graded death benefit),
(j) if an eligible Employee is not insurable at the standard rates of the Insurer, each Employee may elect to pay any excess premium that may be required by law in order to be withheld obtain a Policy providing for full death benefits described in Section 17.01(h), if the Insurer shall agree to issue such a Policy,
(k) the "Withholding Taxes") with respect to any Option. If Optionee is entitled to receive Shares upon exercise of an Option, the Optionee Insurer shall pay the Withholding Taxes only issue Policies which conform to the Company prior to the issuance, or release from escrow, of such Shares. In satisfaction terms of the Withholding Taxes to the Company, the Optionee may make a written election (the "Tax Election"), which may be accepted or rejected in the discretion of the Board, to have withheld a portion of the Shares issuable to him or her upon exercise of the Option having an aggregate Fair Market Value, on the date preceding the date of exercise, equal to the Withholding Taxes, provided that in respect of an Optionee who may be subject to liability under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act either (i)(A) the Optionee makes the Tax Election at least six (6) months after the date the Option was granted, (B) the Option is exercised during the ten day period beginning on the third business day and ending on the twelfth business day following the release for publication of the Company's quarterly or annual statements of earnings (a "Window Period") and (C the Tax Election is made during the Window Period in which the Option is exercised prior to such Window Period and subsequent to the immediately preceding Window Period or (ii)(A) the Tax Election is made at least six (6) months prior to the date the Option is exercised prior to the expiration of six (6) months following an election to revoke the Tax Election. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may, by the adoption or rules or otherwise, (i) modify the provisions in the preceding sentence or impose such other restrictions or limitations on Tax Elections as may be necessary to ensure that the Tax Elections will be exempt transactions under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, an (ii) permit Tax Elections to be made at such other times and subject to such other conditions as the Board determines will constitute exempt transactions under Section 16b of the Exchange ActPlan.
c. If Optionee makes a disposition, within the meaning of Section 424(c)of the Code and regulations promulgated thereunder, of any Share or Shares issued to such Optionee pursuant to the exercise of an Option within the two-year period commencing on the day after the date of the grant or within the one-year period commencing on the day after the date of transfer of such Share or Shares to the Optionee pursuant to such exercise, the Optionee shall, within ten (10) days of such disposition, notify the Company thereof, by delivery of written notice to the Company at its principal executive office, and immediately deliver to the Company the amount of Withholding Taxes.
d. No Option granted hereunder shall be transferable by the Optionee to whom granted otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and an Option may be exercised during the lifetime of such Optionee only by the Optionee or his or her guardian or legal representative. The terms of such an Option shall be final, binding and conclusive upon the beneficiaries, executors, administrators, heirs and successors of the Optionee.
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General Rules. a. The obligation of (i) Unless an MPC Participant elects, pursuant to a Qualified Election made within the Company to sell one hundred eighty (180) day period ending on the date distribution or deliver Shares with respect to the Options granted shall withdrawal would otherwise be subject to all applicable laws, rules and regulations, including all applicable federal and state securities laws, and the obtaining of all such approvals by governmental agencies as may be deemed necessary made or appropriate by the Board.
b. The Company shall have the right to deduct from any distribution of cash to Optionee, an amount equal to the federal, state and local income taxes and other amounts as may be required by law to be withheld (the "Withholding Taxes") with respect to any Option. If Optionee is entitled to receive Shares upon exercise of an Option, the Optionee shall pay the Withholding Taxes to the Company prior to the issuance, or release from escrow, of such Shares. In satisfaction of the Withholding Taxes to the Company, the Optionee may make a written election (the "Tax Election"), which may be accepted or rejected in the discretion of the Boardcommence, to have withheld the amount of withdrawal or distribution from his MPC Money Purchase Account paid in a form of benefit available under Section B-5or Section 14.3, as the case may be, the balance of the MPC Participant’s MPC Money Purchase Account to be withdrawn or distributed shall be paid to the MPC Participant in the form of a Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity.
(ii) Unless an MPC Participant elects, pursuant to a Qualified Election made within the Election Period, to have the balance of his MPC Money Purchase Account paid in a form of benefit available under Section 14.3 of the Plan, if the MPC Participant dies before benefits have commenced, the MPC Participant’s balance in his MPC Money Purchase Account shall be applied toward the purchase of a Qualified Preretirement Survivor Annuity for the life of the Surviving Spouse, if any.
(iii) Notwithstanding the foregoing general rules, if on his distribution date the MPC Participant’s total vested Account balance (excluding Rollover Contributions) does not exceed $5,000, the balance in the MPC Money Purchase Account shall be distributed to or on behalf of the MPC Participant (or his Beneficiary in the event of the MPC Participant’s death) in accordance with Section 14.3(b).
(iv) To the extent any loan under Section 13.3 would be secured by any portion of the Shares issuable to him or her upon exercise MPC Participant’s Money Purchase Account, such loan may not be made without the prior written consent of the Option having an aggregate Fair Market Value, MPC Participant’s Spouse on the date preceding on which the date of exerciseloan becomes so secured. The consent which shall be irrevocable, equal to must be made within 180 days before the Withholding Taxesloan is so secured, provided that in respect of an Optionee who may be subject to liability under Section 16(b) must acknowledge the financial effect of the Exchange Act either loan and must be witnessed by the Plan Administrator or a notary public.
(i)(Av) Each MPC Participant shall be provided with a written explanation of (A) the Optionee makes terms and conditions of the Tax Election at least six (6) months after the date the Option was grantedQualified Joint and Survivor Annuity, (B) the Option is exercised during MPC Participant’s right to make, and the ten day period beginning on effect of, an election not to take a Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity, (C) the third business day and ending on the twelfth business day following the release for publication rights of the Company's quarterly or annual statements MPC Participant’s Spouse with regard to such Spouse’s required consent to the MPC Participant’s waiver of earnings (a "Window Period") the Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity, and (C the Tax Election is made during the Window Period in which the Option is exercised prior to such Window Period and subsequent to the immediately preceding Window Period or (ii)(AD) the Tax Election is made at least six (6) months prior MPC Participant’s right to make, and the date the Option is exercised prior to the expiration effect of, a revocation of six (6) months following an election to revoke waive, the Tax ElectionQualified Joint and Survivor Annuity. This explanation shall be provided to the MPC Participant no less than thirty (30) and no more than 180 days before the date distribution or withdrawal would otherwise be made or commenced (and consistent with such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe). The written explanation shall include an explanation of the eligibility conditions, other material features and relative values of the optional forms of benefits under the Plan, a general explanation of the relative financial effect on the MPC Participant’s benefit of the waiver of the Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity and an explanation of the right to defer receipt of the MPC Participant’s benefit until his normal retirement age, and the consequences of failing to defer such receipt. Notwithstanding the foregoing, such explanation may be provided no less than seven (7) days before the Board may, by date distribution or withdrawal would otherwise be made or commenced if the adoption or rules or otherwise, MPC Participant (i) modify and the provisions MPC Participant’s Spouse unless the benefit is paid in the preceding sentence or impose such other restrictions or limitations on Tax Elections as may be necessary form of a Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity) consents to ensure that the Tax Elections will be exempt transactions under Section 16(b) a waiver of the Exchange Act, an 30-day notice period.
(iivi) permit Tax Elections to Each married MPC Participant shall be made at such other times and subject to such other conditions as the Board determines will constitute exempt transactions under Section 16b provided with a written explanation of the Exchange Act.
c. If Optionee makes a dispositionQualified Preretirement Survivor Annuity, within the meaning following period which ends last: (A) the period beginning on the first day of Section 424(c)of the Code Plan Year in which the MPC Participant attains age 32 and regulations promulgated thereunderending on the last day of the Plan Year in which the MPC Participant attains age 34; or (B) a reasonable period after the MPC Participant becomes a Participant. A reasonable period described in clause (B) is the period beginning one year before and ending one year after the event. If the MPC Participant separates from service before attaining age 35, of any Share or Shares issued to such Optionee pursuant to clauses (A) and (B) do not apply and the exercise of an Option Committee must provide the written explanation within the two-period beginning one year period commencing on the day before and ending one year after the date severance from service. The written explanation must describe, in a manner consistent with Treasury Regulations, the terms and conditions of the grant or within the oneQualified Pre-year period commencing on the day after the date of transfer of such Share or Shares to the Optionee pursuant to such exercise, the Optionee shall, within ten (10) days of such disposition, notify the Company thereof, by delivery of written notice to the Company at its principal executive office, and immediately deliver to the Company the amount of Withholding TaxesRetirement Survivor Annuity.
d. No Option granted hereunder shall be transferable by the Optionee to whom granted otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and an Option may be exercised during the lifetime of such Optionee only by the Optionee or his or her guardian or legal representative. The terms of such an Option shall be final, binding and conclusive upon the beneficiaries, executors, administrators, heirs and successors of the Optionee.
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General Rules. a. (a) The obligation of the Company to sell or deliver Shares with respect to the Options granted shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules and regulations, including all applicable federal and state securities laws, and the obtaining of all such approvals by governmental agencies as may be deemed necessary or appropriate by the Board.
b. (b) The Company shall have the right to deduct from any distribution of cash to Optionee, an amount equal to the federal, state and local income taxes and other amounts as may be required by law to be withheld (the "Withholding Taxes") with respect to any Option. If Optionee is entitled to receive Shares upon exercise of an Option, the Optionee shall pay the Withholding Taxes to the Company prior to the issuance, or release from escrow, of such Shares. In satisfaction of the Withholding Taxes to the Company, the Optionee may make a written election (the "Tax Election"), which may be accepted or rejected in the discretion of the Board, to have withheld a portion of the Shares issuable to him or her upon exercise of the Option having an aggregate Fair Market Value, on the date preceding the date of exercise, equal to the Withholding Taxes, provided that in respect of an Optionee who may be subject to liability under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act either (i)(A) the Optionee makes the Tax Election at least six (6) months after the date the Option was granted, (B) the Option is exercised during the ten day period beginning on the third business day and ending on the twelfth business day following the release for publication of the Company's quarterly or annual statements of earnings (a "Window Period") and (C the Tax Election is made during the Window Period in which the Option is exercised prior to such Window Period and subsequent to the immediately preceding Window Period or (ii)(A) the Tax Election is made at least six (6) months prior to the date the Option is exercised prior to the expiration of six (6) months following an election to revoke the Tax Election. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may, by the adoption or rules or otherwise, (i) modify the provisions in the preceding sentence or impose such other restrictions or limitations on Tax Elections as may be necessary to ensure that the Tax Elections will be exempt transactions under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, an (ii) permit Tax Elections to be made at such other times and subject to such other conditions as the Board determines will constitute exempt transactions under Section 16b of the Exchange Act.
c. (c) If Optionee makes a disposition, within the meaning of Section 424(c)of 424(c) of the Code and regulations promulgated thereunder, of any Share or Shares issued to such Optionee pursuant to the exercise of an Option within the two-year period commencing on the day after the date of the grant or within the one-year period commencing on the day after the date of transfer of such Share or Shares to the Optionee pursuant to such exercise, the Optionee shall, within ten (10) days of such disposition, notify the Company thereof, by delivery of written notice to the Company at its principal executive office, and immediately deliver to the Company the amount of Withholding Taxes.
d. (d) No Option granted hereunder shall be transferable by the Optionee to whom granted otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and an Option may be exercised during the lifetime of such Optionee only by the Optionee or his or her guardian or legal representative. The terms of such an Option shall be final, binding and conclusive upon the beneficiaries, executors, administrators, heirs and successors of the Optionee.be
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Samples: Non Qualified Stock Option Agreement (Hunt William O)
General Rules. a. The obligation of the Company to sell or deliver Shares with respect to the Options granted shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules and regulations, including all applicable federal and state securities laws, and the obtaining of all such approvals by governmental agencies as may be deemed necessary or appropriate by the Board.
b. The Company shall have the right to deduct from any distribution of cash to Optionee, an amount equal to the federal, state and local income taxes and other amounts as may be required by law to be withheld (the "Withholding Taxes") with respect to any Option. If Optionee is entitled to receive Shares upon exercise of an Option, the Optionee shall pay the Withholding Taxes to the Company prior to the issuance, or release from escrow, of such Shares. In satisfaction of the Withholding Taxes to the Company, the Optionee may make a written election (the "Tax Election"), which may be accepted or rejected in the discretion of the Board, to have withheld a portion of the Shares issuable to him or her upon exercise of the Option having an aggregate Fair Market Value, on the date preceding the date of exercise, equal to the Withholding Taxes, provided that in respect of an Optionee who may be subject to liability under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act either (i)(A) the Optionee makes the Tax Election at least six (6) months after the date the Option was granted, (B) the Option is exercised during the ten day period beginning on the third business day and ending on the twelfth business day following the release for publication of the Company's quarterly or annual statements of earnings (a "Window Period") and (C the Tax Election is made during the Window Period in which the Option is exercised prior to such Window Period and subsequent to the immediately preceding Window Period or (ii)(A) the Tax Election is made at least six (6) months prior to the date the Option is exercised prior to the expiration of six (6) months following an election to revoke the Tax Election. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may, by the adoption or rules or otherwise, (i) modify the provisions in the preceding sentence or impose such other restrictions or limitations on Tax Elections as may be necessary to ensure that the Tax Elections will be exempt transactions under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, an (ii) permit Tax Elections to be made at such other times and subject to such other conditions as the Board determines will constitute exempt transactions under Section 16b of the Exchange Act.
c. . If Optionee makes a disposition, within the meaning of Section 424(c)of the Code and regulations promulgated thereunder, of any Share or Shares issued to such Optionee pursuant to the exercise of an Option within the two-year period commencing on the day after the date of the grant or within the one-year period commencing on the day after the date of transfer of such Share or Shares to the Optionee pursuant to such exercise, the Optionee shall, within ten (10) days of such disposition, notify the Company thereof, by delivery of written notice to the Company at its principal executive office, and immediately deliver to the Company the amount of Withholding Taxes.
d. c. No Option granted hereunder shall be transferable by the Optionee to whom granted otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and an Option may be exercised during the lifetime of such Optionee only by the Optionee or his or her guardian or legal representative. The terms of such an Option shall be final, binding and conclusive upon the beneficiaries, executors, administrators, heirs and successors of the Optionee.
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Samples: Non Qualified Stock Option Agreement (Internet America Inc)
General Rules. a. The obligation of the Company to sell or deliver Shares with respect to the Options granted shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules and regulations, including all applicable federal and state securities laws, and the obtaining of all such approvals by governmental agencies as may be deemed necessary or appropriate by the Board.
b. The Company shall have the right to deduct from any distribution of cash to Optionee, an amount equal to the federal, state and local income taxes and other amounts as may be required by law to be withheld (the "Withholding Taxes") with respect to any Option. If Optionee is entitled to receive Shares upon exercise of an Option, the Optionee shall pay the Withholding Taxes to the Company prior to the issuance, or release from escrow, of such Shares. In satisfaction of the Withholding Taxes to the Company, the Optionee may make a written election (the "Tax Election"), which may be accepted or rejected in the discretion of the Board, to have withheld a portion of the Shares issuable to him or her upon exercise of the Option having an aggregate Fair Market Value, on the date preceding the date of exercise, equal to the Withholding Taxes, provided that in respect of an Optionee who may be subject to liability under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act either (i)(A) the Optionee makes the Tax Election at least six (6) months after the date the Option was granted, (B) the Option is exercised during the ten day period beginning on the third business day and ending on the twelfth business day following the release for publication of the Company's quarterly or annual statements of earnings (a "Window Period") and (C C) the Tax Election is made during the Window Period in which the Option is exercised prior to such Window Period and subsequent to the immediately preceding Window Period or (ii)(A) the Tax Election is made at least six (6) months prior to the date the Option is exercised prior to the expiration of six (6) months following an election to revoke the Tax Election. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may, by the adoption or rules or otherwise, (i) modify the provisions in the preceding sentence or impose such other restrictions or limitations on Tax Elections as may be necessary to ensure that the Tax Elections will be exempt transactions under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, an and (ii) permit Tax Elections to be made at such other times and subject to such other conditions as the Board determines will constitute exempt transactions under Section 16b of the Exchange Act.
c. If Optionee makes a disposition, within the meaning of Section 424(c)of the Code and regulations promulgated thereunder, of any Share or Shares issued to such Optionee pursuant to the exercise of an Option within the two-year period commencing on the day after the date of the grant or within the one-year period commencing on the day after the date of transfer of such Share or Shares to the Optionee pursuant to such exercise, the Optionee shall, within ten (10) days of such disposition, notify the Company thereof, by delivery of written notice to the Company at its principal executive office, and immediately deliver to the Company the amount of Withholding Taxes.
d. No Option granted hereunder shall be transferable by the Optionee to whom granted otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and an Option may be exercised during the lifetime of such Optionee only by the Optionee or his or her guardian or legal representative. The terms of such an Option shall be final, binding and conclusive upon the beneficiaries, executors, administrators, heirs and successors of the Optionee.
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Samples: Non Qualified Stock Option Agreement (Internet America Inc)
General Rules. a. The obligation of the Company to sell or deliver Shares with respect to the Options granted shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules and regulations, including all applicable federal and state securities laws, and the obtaining of all such approvals by governmental agencies as may be deemed necessary or appropriate by the Board.
b. The Company shall have the right to deduct from any distribution of cash to Optionee, an amount equal to the federal, state and local income taxes and other amounts as may be required by law to be withheld (the "Withholding Taxes") with respect to any Option. If Optionee is entitled to receive Shares upon exercise of an Option, the Optionee shall pay the Withholding Taxes to the Company prior to the issuance, or release from escrow, of such Shares. In satisfaction of the Withholding Taxes to the Company, the Optionee may make a written election (the "Tax Election"), which may be accepted or rejected in the discretion of the Board, to have withheld a portion of the Shares issuable to him or her upon exercise of the Option having an aggregate Fair Market Value, on the date preceding the date of exercise, equal to the Withholding Taxes, provided that in respect of an Optionee who may be subject to liability under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act either (i)(A) the Optionee makes the Tax Election at least six (6) months after the date the Option was granted, (B) the Option is exercised during the ten day period beginning on the third business day and ending on the twelfth business day following the release for publication of the Company's quarterly or annual statements of earnings (a "Window Period") and (C C) the Tax Election is made during the Window Period in which the Option is exercised prior to such Window Period and subsequent to the immediately preceding Window Period or (ii)(A) the Tax Election is made at least six (6) months prior to the date the Option is exercised prior to the expiration of six (6) months following an election to revoke the Tax Election. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may, by the adoption or rules or otherwise, (i) modify the provisions in the preceding sentence or impose such other restrictions or limitations on Tax Elections as may be necessary to ensure that the Tax Elections will be exempt transactions under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, an (ii) permit Tax Elections to be made at such other times and subject to such other conditions 5 as the Board determines will constitute exempt transactions under Section 16b of the Exchange Act.
c. . If Optionee makes a disposition, within the meaning of Section 424(c)of the Code and regulations promulgated thereunder, of any Share or Shares issued to such Optionee pursuant to the exercise of an Option within the two-year period commencing on the day after the date of the grant or within the one-year period commencing on the day after the date of transfer of such Share or Shares to the Optionee pursuant to such exercise, the Optionee shall, within ten (10) days of such disposition, notify the Company thereof, by delivery of written notice to the Company at its principal executive office, and immediately deliver to the Company the amount of Withholding Taxes.
d. c. No Option granted hereunder shall be transferable by the Optionee to whom granted otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and an Option may be exercised during the lifetime of such Optionee only by the Optionee or his or her guardian or legal representative. The terms of such an Option shall be final, binding and conclusive upon the beneficiaries, executors, administrators, heirs and successors of the Optionee.
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Samples: Non Qualified Stock Option Agreement (Internet America Inc)
General Rules. a. The obligation of (i) Unless an MPC Participant elects, pursuant to a Qualified Election made within the Company to sell one hundred eighty (180) day period ending on the date distribution or deliver Shares with respect to the Options granted shall withdrawal would otherwise be subject to all applicable laws, rules and regulations, including all applicable federal and state securities laws, and the obtaining of all such approvals by governmental agencies as may be deemed necessary made or appropriate by the Board.
b. The Company shall have the right to deduct from any distribution of cash to Optionee, an amount equal to the federal, state and local income taxes and other amounts as may be required by law to be withheld (the "Withholding Taxes") with respect to any Option. If Optionee is entitled to receive Shares upon exercise of an Option, the Optionee shall pay the Withholding Taxes to the Company prior to the issuance, or release from escrow, of such Shares. In satisfaction of the Withholding Taxes to the Company, the Optionee may make a written election (the "Tax Election"), which may be accepted or rejected in the discretion of the Boardcommence, to have withheld the amount of withdrawal or distribution from his MPC Money Purchase Account paid in a form of benefit available under Section B-5or Section 14.3, as the case may be, the balance of the MPC Participant’s MPC Money Purchase Account to be withdrawn or distributed shall be paid to the MPC Participant in the form of a Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity.
(ii) Unless an MPC Participant elects, pursuant to a Qualified Election made within the Election Period, to have the balance of his MPC Money Purchase Account paid in a form of benefit available under Section 14.3 of the Plan, if the MPC Participant dies before benefits have commenced, the MPC Participant’s balance in his MPC Money Purchase Account shall be applied toward the purchase of a Qualified Preretirement Survivor Annuity for the life of the Surviving Spouse, if any.
(iii) Notwithstanding the foregoing general rules, if on his distribution date the MPC Participant’s total vested Account balance (excluding Rollover Contributions) does not exceed $5,000, the balance in the MPC Money Purchase Account shall be distributed to or on behalf of the MPC Participant (or his Beneficiary in the event of the MPC Participant’s death) in accordance with Section 14.3(b).
(iv) To the extent any loan under Section 13.3 would be secured by any portion of the Shares issuable to him or her upon exercise MPC Participant’s Money Purchase Account, such loan may not be made without the prior written consent of the Option having an aggregate Fair Market Value, MPC Participant’s Spouse on the date preceding on which the date of exerciseloan becomes so secured. The consent which shall be irrevocable, equal to must be made within 180 days before the Withholding Taxesloan is so secured, provided that in respect of an Optionee who may be subject to liability under Section 16(b) must acknowledge the financial effect of the Exchange Act either loan and must be witnessed by the Plan Administrator or a notary public.
(i)(Av) Each MPC Participant shall be provided with a written explanation of (A) the Optionee makes terms and conditions of the Tax Election at least six (6) months after the date the Option was grantedQualified Joint and Survivor Annuity, (B) the Option is exercised during MPC Participant’s right to make, and the ten day period beginning on effect of, an election not to take a Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity, (C) the third business day and ending on the twelfth business day following the release for publication rights of the Company's quarterly or annual statements MPC Participant’s Spouse with regard to such Spouse’s required consent to the MPC Participant’s waiver of earnings (a "Window Period") the Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity, and (C the Tax Election is made during the Window Period in which the Option is exercised prior to such Window Period and subsequent to the immediately preceding Window Period or (ii)(AD) the Tax Election is made at least six (6) months prior MPC Participant’s right to make, and the date the Option is exercised prior to the expiration effect of, a revocation of six (6) months following an election to revoke waive, the Tax ElectionQualified Joint and Survivor Annuity. This explanation shall be provided to the MPC Participant no less than thirty (30) and no more than 180 days before the date distribution or withdrawal would otherwise be made or commenced (and consistent with such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe). The written explanation shall include an explanation of the eligibility conditions, other material features and relative values of the optional forms of benefits under the Plan, a general explanation of the relative financial effect on the MPC Participant’s benefit of the waiver of the Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity and an explanation of the right to defer receipt of the MPC Participant’s benefit until his normal retirement age, and the consequences of failing to defer such receipt. Notwithstanding the foregoing, such explanation may be provided no less than seven (7) days before the Board may, by date distribution or withdrawal would otherwise be made or commenced if the adoption or rules or otherwise, MPC Participant (i) modify and the provisions MPC Participant’s Spouse unless the benefit is paid in the preceding sentence or impose such other restrictions or limitations on Tax Elections as may be necessary form of a Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity) consents to ensure that the Tax Elections will be exempt transactions under Section 16(b) a waiver of the Exchange Act, an 30-day notice period.
(iivi) permit Tax Elections to Each married MPC Participant shall be made at such other times and subject to such other conditions as the Board determines will constitute exempt transactions under Section 16b provided with a written explanation of the Exchange Act.
c. If Optionee makes a dispositionQualified Preretirement Survivor Annuity, within the meaning following period which ends last: (A) the period beginning on the first day of Section 424(c)of the Code Plan Year in which the MPC Participant attains age 32 and regulations promulgated thereunderending on the last day of the Plan Year in which the MPC Participant attains age 34; or (B) a reasonable period after the MPC Participant becomes a Participant. A reasonable period described in clause (B) is the period beginning one year before and ending one year after the event. If the MPC Participant separates from service before attaining age 35, of any Share or Shares issued to such Optionee pursuant to clauses (A) and (B) do not apply and the exercise of an Option Administrative Committee must provide the written explanation within the two-period beginning one year period commencing on the day before and ending one year after the date severance from service. The written explanation must describe, in a manner consistent with Treasury Regulations, the terms and conditions of the grant or within the oneQualified Pre-year period commencing on the day after the date of transfer of such Share or Shares to the Optionee pursuant to such exercise, the Optionee shall, within ten (10) days of such disposition, notify the Company thereof, by delivery of written notice to the Company at its principal executive office, and immediately deliver to the Company the amount of Withholding TaxesRetirement Survivor Annuity.
d. No Option granted hereunder shall be transferable by the Optionee to whom granted otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and an Option may be exercised during the lifetime of such Optionee only by the Optionee or his or her guardian or legal representative. The terms of such an Option shall be final, binding and conclusive upon the beneficiaries, executors, administrators, heirs and successors of the Optionee.
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General Rules. a. The obligation If and to the extent permitted by Section 17.01 of the Company to sell or deliver Shares with respect Adoption Agreement, at the request and direction of a Participant the Trustee shall invest in life insurance Policies, subject to the Options granted following:
(a) each Policy shall be subject issued by the Insurer to all applicable laws, rules the Trustee only and regulations, including all applicable federal and state securities lawsshall provide for premiums payable in accordance with the terms of the Policy. Purchase of Policies in accordance with this Section 17.01 shall constitute an investment of amounts allocated to the appropriate Account of the Participant, and the obtaining of all each such approvals by governmental agencies as may Account shall be deemed necessary or appropriate reduced by the Board.amount paid for such Policies,
b. The Company (b) as provided in Section 12.06, the Trustee shall have be designated as beneficiary of any Policy issued hereunder, and upon the right to deduct from any distribution death of cash to Optionee, an amount equal the Participant the Trustee shall pay or apply the Policy proceeds for the benefit of the appropriate Plan Beneficiary,
(c) each Policy shall be a Policy between the Insurer and Trustee and shall reserve to the federalTrustee all rights, state options and local income taxes benefits,
(d) each life insurance Policy shall provide a full or increasing death benefit,
(e) each Policy shall provide settlement options (including lump sum cash payment in the event of the surrender or maturity of such Policy) subject, however, to Section 12.07,
(f) any dividend payable while a Policy is on a premium paying basis shall be applied or accumulated as indicated on the Policy application for the benefit of the Participant on whose life the Policy was issued,
(g) all classes of life insurance Policies purchased hereunder shall be alike or substantially alike as to settlement option provisions, cash values, and as to other amounts Policy provisions, subject, however, to the provisions of Sections 17.01(h), 17.01(i) and 17.01(j),
(h) if an eligible Employee is determined to be insurable by the Insurer at its standard rates, a Policy shall be obtained upon his life, if available from the Insurer, which provides a life insurance death benefit prior to retirement to which the eligible Employee is entitled,
(i) if an eligible Employee is not insurable at the standard rates of such Insurer, if permitted under the Policy being issued, the Policy shall provide for a reduced but increasing death benefit as determined by the Insurer (usually called increasing or graded death benefit),
(j) if an eligible Employee is not insurable at the standard rates of the Insurer, each Employee may elect to pay any excess premium that may be required by law in order to be withheld obtain a Policy providing for full death benefits described in Section 17.01(h), if the Insurer shall agree to issue such a Policy,.
(k) the "Withholding Taxes") with respect to any Option. If Optionee is entitled to receive Shares upon exercise of an Option, the Optionee Insurer shall pay the Withholding Taxes only issue Policies which conform to the Company prior to the issuance, or release from escrow, of such Shares. In satisfaction terms of the Withholding Taxes Plan,
(1) in no event may amounts allocated to the Company, the Optionee may make a written election (the "Participant's Tax Election"), which may Deductible Contribution Account be accepted or rejected invested in the discretion Policies of the Board, to have withheld a portion of the Shares issuable to him or her upon exercise of the Option having an aggregate Fair Market Value, on the date preceding the date of exercise, equal to the Withholding Taxes, provided that in respect of an Optionee who may be subject to liability under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act either (i)(A) the Optionee makes the Tax Election at least six (6) months after the date the Option was granted, (B) the Option is exercised during the ten day period beginning on the third business day and ending on the twelfth business day following the release for publication of the Company's quarterly or annual statements of earnings (a "Window Period") and (C the Tax Election is made during the Window Period in which the Option is exercised prior to such Window Period and subsequent to the immediately preceding Window Period or (ii)(A) the Tax Election is made at least six (6) months prior to the date the Option is exercised prior to the expiration of six (6) months following an election to revoke the Tax Election. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may, by the adoption or rules or otherwise, (i) modify the provisions in the preceding sentence or impose such other restrictions or limitations on Tax Elections as may be necessary to ensure that the Tax Elections will be exempt transactions under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, an (ii) permit Tax Elections to be made at such other times and subject to such other conditions as the Board determines will constitute exempt transactions under Section 16b of the Exchange Actlife insurance.
c. If Optionee makes a disposition, within the meaning of Section 424(c)of the Code and regulations promulgated thereunder, of any Share or Shares issued to such Optionee pursuant to the exercise of an Option within the two-year period commencing on the day after the date of the grant or within the one-year period commencing on the day after the date of transfer of such Share or Shares to the Optionee pursuant to such exercise, the Optionee shall, within ten (10) days of such disposition, notify the Company thereof, by delivery of written notice to the Company at its principal executive office, and immediately deliver to the Company the amount of Withholding Taxes.
d. No Option granted hereunder shall be transferable by the Optionee to whom granted otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and an Option may be exercised during the lifetime of such Optionee only by the Optionee or his or her guardian or legal representative. The terms of such an Option shall be final, binding and conclusive upon the beneficiaries, executors, administrators, heirs and successors of the Optionee.
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General Rules. a. The obligation If payments have commenced to a Participant or Former Participant in accordance with Article VI and such Participant dies before his entire Vested Accrued Benefit has been distributed to him, the death benefit payable to his Beneficiary or surviving spouse shall be distributed at least as rapidly as under the method of distribution under which such payments were being made as of the Company to sell date of his death. If a Participant or deliver Shares with respect Former Participant dies before payment of his Vested Accrued Benefit has commenced, the entire death benefit payable to the Options granted Beneficiary or spouse shall be subject distributed no later than the date specified below:
(1) Payments of any portion of such interest to all applicable lawsthe Participant's surviving Spouse shall be made over the life or life expectancy of such surviving Spouse commencing no later than December 31 of the calendar year in which the Participant would have attained age seventy and one half (70 1/2) or, rules and regulationsif later, including all applicable federal and state securities lawsDecember 31 of the calendar year containing the first anniversary of the Participant's death except to the extent an election is made to receive a distribution of the surviving Spouse's entire interest no later than December 31 of the calendar year containing the fifth anniversary of the Participant's death.
(2) Distribution of the entire interest, if any, of a Beneficiary other than the Participant's surviving Spouse shall be made no later than December 31 of the calendar year containing the fifth anniversary of the Participant's death except to the extent an election is made to receive distributions over the life or life expectancy of such designated Beneficiary commencing no later than December 31 of the calendar year containing the first anniversary of the Participant's death; Such election must be made by the Participant (or his designated Beneficiary or surviving Spouse, if the Participant dies without having made such an election) on or before the earlier of the date by which distribution must commence absent such election and the obtaining date distribution must commence assuming such election has been made. If the Spouse dies before payments begin, subsequent distributions are required under this subsection (except for subsection (e)(2)) as if the surviving Spouse was the Participant. For the purpose of all such approvals by governmental agencies as may be deemed necessary or appropriate by the Board.
b. The Company shall have the right to deduct from any this Section, distribution of cash a Participant's interest is considered to Optioneebegin on the Participant's required beginning date (or, an amount equal if the last sentence of subsection (e) applies, the date distribution is required to begin to the federal, state and local income taxes and other amounts as may be required by law surviving Spouse pursuant to be withheld subsection (the "Withholding Taxes") with respect to any Optione)). If Optionee is entitled to receive Shares upon exercise distribution in the form of an Option, the Optionee shall pay the Withholding Taxes annuity irrevocably commences to the Company prior Participant before the required beginning date, distribution is considered to the issuance, or release from escrow, of such Shares. In satisfaction of the Withholding Taxes to the Company, the Optionee may make a written election (the "Tax Election"), which may be accepted or rejected in the discretion of the Board, to have withheld a portion of the Shares issuable to him or her upon exercise of the Option having an aggregate Fair Market Value, commence on the date preceding the date of exercise, equal it actually commences. Any amount paid to a child shall be treated as if it had been paid to the Withholding Taxes, provided that in respect of an Optionee who may be subject to liability under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act either (i)(A) the Optionee makes the Tax Election at least six (6) months after the date the Option was granted, (B) the Option is exercised during the ten day period beginning on the third business day and ending on the twelfth business day following the release for publication of the Company's quarterly or annual statements of earnings (a "Window Period") and (C the Tax Election is made during the Window Period in which the Option is exercised prior to surviving Spouse if such Window Period and subsequent amount will become payable to the immediately preceding Window Period or (ii)(A) surviving Spouse when the Tax Election is made at least six (6) months prior to child reaches the date the Option is exercised prior to the expiration age of six (6) months following an election to revoke the Tax Election. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may, by the adoption or rules or otherwise, (i) modify the provisions in the preceding sentence or impose such other restrictions or limitations on Tax Elections as may be necessary to ensure that the Tax Elections will be exempt transactions under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, an (ii) permit Tax Elections to be made at such other times and subject to such other conditions as the Board determines will constitute exempt transactions under Section 16b of the Exchange Actmajority.
c. If Optionee makes a disposition, within the meaning of Section 424(c)of the Code and regulations promulgated thereunder, of any Share or Shares issued to such Optionee pursuant to the exercise of an Option within the two-year period commencing on the day after the date of the grant or within the one-year period commencing on the day after the date of transfer of such Share or Shares to the Optionee pursuant to such exercise, the Optionee shall, within ten (10) days of such disposition, notify the Company thereof, by delivery of written notice to the Company at its principal executive office, and immediately deliver to the Company the amount of Withholding Taxes.
d. No Option granted hereunder shall be transferable by the Optionee to whom granted otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and an Option may be exercised during the lifetime of such Optionee only by the Optionee or his or her guardian or legal representative. The terms of such an Option shall be final, binding and conclusive upon the beneficiaries, executors, administrators, heirs and successors of the Optionee.
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Samples: Bargaining Unit Pension Plan and Trust Agreement (Blonder Tongue Laboratories Inc)
General Rules. a. (a) The obligation of the Company to sell or deliver Shares with respect to the Options granted shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules and regulations, including all applicable federal and state securities laws, and the obtaining of all such approvals by governmental agencies as may be deemed necessary or appropriate by the Board.
b. (b) The Company shall have the right to deduct from any distribution of cash to Optionee, an amount equal to the federal, state and local income taxes and other amounts as may be required by law to be withheld (the "Withholding Taxes") with respect to any Option. If Optionee is entitled to receive Shares upon exercise of an Option, the Optionee shall pay the Withholding Taxes to the Company prior to the issuance, or release from escrow, of such Shares. In satisfaction of the Withholding Taxes to the Company, the Optionee may make a written election (the "Tax Election"), which may be accepted or rejected in the discretion of the Board, to have withheld a portion of the Shares issuable to him or her upon exercise of the Option having an aggregate Fair Market Value, on the date preceding the date of exercise, equal to the Withholding Taxes, provided that in respect of an Optionee who may be subject to liability under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act either (i)(A) the Optionee makes the Tax Election at least six (6) months after the date the Option was granted, (B) the Option is exercised during the ten day period beginning on the third business day and ending on the twelfth business day following the release for publication of the Company's quarterly or annual statements of earnings (a "Window Period") and (C C) the Tax Election is made during the Window Period in which the Option is exercised prior to such Window Period and subsequent to the immediately preceding Window Period or (ii)(A) the Tax Election is made at least six (6) months prior to the date the Option is exercised prior to the expiration of six (6) months following an election to revoke the Tax Election. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may, by the adoption or rules or otherwise, (i) modify the provisions in the preceding sentence or impose such other restrictions or limitations on Tax Elections as may be necessary to ensure that the Tax Elections will be exempt transactions under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, an (ii) permit Tax Elections to be made at such other times and subject to such other conditions as the Board determines will constitute exempt transactions under Section 16b of the Exchange Act.
c. . If Optionee makes a disposition, within the meaning of Section 424(c)of 424(c) of the Code and regulations promulgated thereunder, of any Share or Shares issued to such Optionee pursuant to the exercise of an Option within the two-year period commencing on the day after the date of the grant or within the one-year period commencing on the day after the date of transfer of such Share or Shares to the Optionee pursuant to such exercise, the Optionee shall, within ten (10) days of such disposition, notify the Company thereof, by delivery of written notice to the Company at its principal executive office, and immediately deliver to the Company the amount of Withholding Taxes.
d. (c) No Option granted hereunder shall be transferable by the Optionee to whom granted otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and an Option may be exercised during the lifetime of such Optionee only by the Optionee or his or her guardian or legal representative. The terms of such an Option shall be final, binding and conclusive upon the beneficiaries, executors, administrators, heirs and successors of the Optionee.. 4
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Samples: Non Qualified Stock Option Agreement (Internet America Inc)