RIGHTS AS A STOCKHOLDER, DIRECTOR, EMPLOYEE OR CONSULTANT The Participant shall have no rights as a stockholder with respect to any shares covered by the Option until the date of the issuance of the shares for which the Option has been exercised (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company). No adjustment shall be made for dividends, distributions or other rights for which the record date is prior to the date the shares are issued, except as provided in Section 9. If the Participant is an Employee, the Participant understands and acknowledges that, except as otherwise provided in a separate, written employment agreement between a Participating Company and the Participant, the Participant’s employment is “at will” and is for no specified term. Nothing in this Option Agreement shall confer upon the Participant any right to continue in the Service of a Participating Company or interfere in any way with any right of the Participating Company Group to terminate the Participant’s Service as a Director, an Employee or Consultant, as the case may be, at any time.
Rights as a Stockholder or Employee The Participant shall have no rights as a stockholder with respect to any Shares which may be issued in settlement of this Award until the date of the issuance of a certificate for such Shares (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company). No adjustment shall be made for dividends, distributions or other rights for which the record date is prior to the date such certificate is issued, except as provided in Section 9. If the Participant is an Employee, the Participant understands and acknowledges that, except as otherwise provided in a separate, written employment agreement between the Company or an Affiliate and the Participant, the Participant’s employment is “at will” and is for no specified term. Nothing in this Agreement shall confer upon the Participant any right to continue in the service of the Company or an Affiliate or interfere in any way with any right of the Company or an Affiliate to terminate the Participant’s service at any time.
Employee Stock Unless otherwise approved by the Board of Directors, including the Lead Preferred Director, all future employees and consultants of the Company who purchase, receive options to purchase, or receive awards of shares of the Company’s capital stock after the date hereof shall be required to execute restricted stock or option agreements, as applicable, providing for (i) vesting of shares over a four (4) year period, with the first twenty-five percent (25%) of such shares vesting following twelve (12) months of continued employment or service, and the remaining shares vesting in equal quarterly installments over the following thirty-six (36) months, and (ii) a market stand-off provision substantially similar to that in Subsection 2.11. In addition, unless otherwise approved by the Board of Directors, including the Lead Preferred Director, the Company shall retain a “right of first refusal” on employee transfers until the IPO and shall have the right to repurchase unvested shares at cost upon termination of employment of a holder of restricted stock.
Employee Stock Option Plan Employee shall be entitled to participate in the Employee Stock Option Plan of the Company once approved by the Board of Directors.
Employee Stock Options (a) At the Effective Time, each Eligible Stock Option that is then outstanding under the Company Option Plan, whether vested or unvested, shall be assumed by Parent in accordance with the terms (as in effect as of the date of this Agreement) of the Company Option Plan and the stock option agreement by which such Eligible Stock Option is evidenced. All rights with respect to Company Common Stock under outstanding Eligible Stock Options shall thereupon be converted into rights with respect to Parent Common Stock. Accordingly, from and after the Effective Time, (a) each Eligible Stock Option assumed by Parent may be exercised solely for shares of Parent Common Stock, (b) the number of shares of Parent Common Stock subject to each such assumed Eligible Stock Option shall be equal to the number of shares of Company Common Stock that were subject to such Eligible Stock Option immediately prior to the Effective Time multiplied by the Exchange Ratio, rounded down to the nearest whole number of shares of Parent Common Stock, (c) the per share exercise price for the Parent Common Stock issuable upon exercise of each such assumed Eligible Stock Option shall be determined by dividing the exercise price per share of Company Common Stock subject to such Eligible Stock Option, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, by the Exchange Ratio, and rounding the resulting exercise price up to the nearest whole cent, and (d) all restrictions on the exercise of each such assumed Eligible Stock Option shall continue in full force and effect, and the term, exercisability, vesting schedule and other provisions of such Eligible Stock Option shall otherwise remain unchanged; provided, however, that each such assumed Eligible Stock Option shall, in accordance with its terms, be subject to further adjustment as appropriate to reflect any stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected by Parent after the Effective Time. The Company and Parent shall take all action that may be necessary (under the Company Option Plan and otherwise) to effectuate the provisions of this Section 1.6.
Termination of Stockholders Agreement The Stockholders, the Company and the other parties thereto hereby agree to terminate the Stockholders Agreement, including any and all annexes or exhibits thereto, as of the Effective Time. The provisions of the Stockholders Agreement shall not survive its termination, and shall have no further force from and after the Effective Date, nor shall any party to the Stockholders Agreement have any surviving obligations, rights or duties thereunder.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan As soon as practicable following the date of this Agreement, the board of directors of the Company (or the appropriate committee thereof) shall take all necessary actions, including adopting any necessary resolutions and amendments, to (i) terminate the 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “Stock Purchase Plan”) as of no later than immediately prior to the Effective Time, (ii) ensure that no option period under the Stock Purchase Plan shall be commenced on or after the date of this Agreement, (iii) if the Effective Time shall occur prior to the end of the option periods in existence under the Stock Purchase Plan on the date of this Agreement, cause a new exercise date to be set under the Stock Purchase Plan, which date shall be the end of the payroll period that is at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the anticipated Effective Time, (iv) prohibit participants in the Stock Purchase Plan from altering their payroll deductions from those in effect on the date of this Agreement (other than to discontinue their participation in the Stock Purchase Plan in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Stock Purchase Plan), (v) provide that the amount of the accumulated contributions of each participant under the Stock Purchase Plan as of immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, to the extent not used to purchase shares of Company Common Stock in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Stock Purchase Plan (as amended pursuant to this Section 2.11), be refunded to such participant as promptly as practicable following the Effective Time (without interest); and (vi) ensure that no current or former employees, officers, directors or other service providers of Company and its Subsidiaries or their beneficiaries have any right to receive shares of Parent Common Stock under the Stock Purchase Plan.
Company’s Right to Terminate Employee’s Employment for Cause The Company shall have the right to terminate Employee’s employment hereunder at any time for “Cause.” For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” shall mean:
Termination of Shareholders Agreement Each of the Parties agrees that upon the Closing, the Shareholders’ Agreement shall be, without any further action required by any Party, terminated immediately, in its entirety and shall be of no further force or effect, including without limitation, each of the provisions of Section 8.3 thereof.
Voting Rights as a Stockholder Subject to the terms of the Insider Letter described in Section 4.4 hereof and except as herein provided, the Initial Stockholders shall retain all of their rights as stockholders of the Company during the Escrow Period, including, without limitation, the right to vote such shares.