Common use of Holding of Incentive Stock Option Shares; Legend Clause in Contracts

Holding of Incentive Stock Option Shares; Legend. In order to enable the Company to determine when it is entitled to a tax deduction upon the disposition of any Shares issued upon exercise of this Option, for the periods during which such a disposition would entitle the Company to such a deduction (generally, a disposition within two years from the date of grant of the Option or within one year from the date of exercise of the Option will entitle the Company to a deduction), all stock certificates of such Shares shall be held by the Employee in his or her name and not in the name of a broker, nominee or other person or entity, and shall bear a legend reflecting that such Shares were obtained upon exercise of an incentive stock option. The Employee acknowledges that the Company may send a Form X-0, X-0x or substitute therefor, as appropriate, to the Employee with respect to any income recognized by the Employee upon a disposition of the Shares for the periods during which such a disposition would entitle the Company to such a deduction. Nothing in this Section 7(b) shall restrict the Employee from selling, transferring or otherwise disposing of such Shares at any time, but only from holding such Shares in other than his or her own name.

Appears in 4 contracts

Samples: Stock Option Agreement (Bruker Energy & Supercon Technologies, Inc.), Stock Option Agreement (Bruker Corp), Stock Option Agreement (Bruker Corp)

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