Mergers, Reorganizations, Etc. In the event of a merger, consolidation or plan of exchange to which the Company is a party or a sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets (each, a “Transaction”), the Board of Directors shall, in its sole discretion and to the extent possible under the structure of the Transaction, select one of the following alternatives for treating the Option: 4.2-1 The Option shall remain in. effect in accordance with their terms. If the stockholders of the Company receive capital stock of another corporation (“Exchange Stock”) in exchange for their shares of Class A Common Stock in any Transaction, all options granted hereunder shall be converted into options to purchase shares of Exchange Stock. The amount and price of converted options shall be determined by adjusting the amount and price of the options granted hereunder in the same proportion as used for determining the number of shares of Exchange Stock the holders of the Class A Common Stock receive in such Transaction. Unless otherwise determine by the Board of Directors, the converted options shall be vested only to the extent that the vesting requirements relating to options granted hereunder have been satisfied. 4.2-2 If the stockholders of the Company receive Exchange Stock in exchange for their shares of Class A Common Stock in any Transaction, the Option shall be converted into an option to purchase shares of Exchange Stock. The amount and price of the converted option shall be determined by adjusting the amount and price of the Option in the same proportion as used for determining the number of shares of Exchange Stock the holders of the Class A Common Stock receive in such Transaction. Unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, the converted options shall be vested only to the extent that the vesting requirements relating to the Option has been satisfied. 4.2-3 The Board of Directors may provide a 30-day period prior to the consummation of the Transaction during which the Optionee shall have the right to exercise the Option to the extent then exercisable and upon the expiration of which 30-day period the Option shall immediately terminate.
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Samples: Stock Option Agreement (ESCO Corp), Stock Option Agreement (ESCO Corp), Stock Option Agreement (ESCO Corp)
Mergers, Reorganizations, Etc. In the event of a merger, consolidation or plan of exchange to which the Company is a party or a sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s 's assets (each, a “"Transaction”"), the Board of Directors shall, in its sole discretion and to the extent possible under the structure of the Transaction, select one of the following alternatives for treating the Option:
4.2-1 The Option shall remain in. in effect in accordance with their its terms. If the stockholders of the Company receive capital stock of another corporation (“Exchange Stock”) in exchange for their shares of Class A Common Stock in any Transaction, all options granted hereunder shall be converted into options to purchase shares of Exchange Stock. The amount and price of converted options shall be determined by adjusting the amount and price of the options granted hereunder in the same proportion as used for determining the number of shares of Exchange Stock the holders of the Class A Common Stock receive in such Transaction. Unless otherwise determine by the Board of Directors, the converted options shall be vested only to the extent that the vesting requirements relating to options granted hereunder have been satisfied.
4.2-2 If the stockholders of the Company receive Exchange Stock in exchange for their shares of Class A Common Stock in any Transaction, the The Option shall be converted into an option to purchase shares of Exchange Stockstock in the corporation that is the surviving or acquiring corporation in the Transaction. The amount amount, type of securities subject thereto and exercise price of the converted option shall be determined by adjusting the amount Board of Directors of the Company, taking into account the relative values of the companies involved in the Transaction and the exchange rate, if any, used in determining shares of the surviving corporation to be issued to holders of shares of the Company. Conversions shall be made without change in the total price applicable to the unexercised portion of the Option and with a corresponding adjustment in the same proportion as used for determining Option price per share and shall neither (i) make the number ratio, immediately after the event, of the Option price per share to the fair market value per share more favorable to the Optionee than that ratio immediately before the event nor (ii) make the aggregate spread, immediately after the event, between the fair market value of shares as to which the Option is exercisable and the Option price of Exchange Stock such shares more favorable to the holders of Optionee than that aggregate spread immediately before the Class A Common Stock receive in such Transactionevent. Unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, the converted options option shall be vested exercisable only to the extent that the vesting exercisability requirements relating to the Option has have been satisfied.
4.2-3 The Board of Directors may shall provide a 30-day period prior to before the consummation of the Transaction during which the Optionee shall have the right to exercise the Option may be exercised to the extent then exercisable and exercisable, and, upon the expiration of which such 30-day period period, the Option shall immediately terminateterminate to the extent not exercised. The Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, accelerate the exercisability of the Option so that it is exercisable in full during such 30-day period.
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Samples: Stock Option Agreement (Columbia Sportswear Co), Stock Option Agreement (Columbia Sportswear Co)