No Right to Employment, etc. (a) The grant of options under the Plan is made at the discretion of the Company and the Plan may be suspended or terminated by the Company at any time. The grant of an option in one year or at one time does not in any way entitle the Participant to an option grant in the future. The Plan is wholly discretionary and is not to be considered part of the Participant’s normal or expected compensation subject to severance, resignation, redundancy or similar compensation. The value of the option is an extraordinary item of compensation which is outside the scope of the Participant’s employment contract (if any). (b) Nothing in this agreement or the Plan shall confer upon the Participant any right to continue in service for any period of specific duration or interfere with or otherwise restrict in any way the rights of the Company or the Participant’s employing entity or of the Participant, which rights are hereby expressly reserved by each, to terminate the Participant’s service. (c) The rights and obligations of the Participant under the terms of his office or employment with his or her employing entity, any past or present subsidiary, or associated or affiliate company of the Company shall not be affected by his participation in the Plan or the grant of this option or any right which he may have to participate therein, and the Participant hereby waives all and any rights to compensation or damages in consequence of the termination of his office or employment with any such company for any reasons whatsoever (whether lawful or unlawful and including, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, in circumstances giving rise to a claim for wrongful dismissal) insofar as those rights arise or may arise from his ceasing to have rights under or being entitled to exercise this option as a result of such termination, or from the loss or diminution in value of such rights or entitlements.
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Samples: Incentive Stock Option Agreement (Demandware Inc), Incentive Stock Option Agreement (Demandware Inc), Incentive Stock Option Agreement (Demandware Inc)
No Right to Employment, etc. (a) The grant of options under the Plan is made at the discretion of the Company Board and the Plan may be suspended or terminated by the Company at any time. The grant of an option in one year or at one time does not in any way entitle the Participant to an option grant in the future. The Plan is wholly discretionary and is not to be considered part of the Participant’s 's normal or expected compensation subject to severance, resignation, redundancy or similar compensation. The value of the option is an extraordinary item of compensation which is outside the scope of the Participant’s 's employment contract (if any).
(b) Nothing in this agreement or the Plan shall confer upon the Participant any right to continue in service for any period of specific duration or interfere with or otherwise restrict in any way the rights of the Company (or any company employing or retaining the Participant’s employing entity ) or of the Participant, which rights are hereby expressly reserved by each, to terminate the Participant’s service's service at any time for any reason, with or without cause.
(c) The rights and obligations of the Participant under the terms of his office or employment with his or her employing entitythe Company, any past or present subsidiary, or associated or affiliate company of the Company shall not be affected by his participation in the Plan or the grant of this option or any right which he may have to participate therein, and the Participant hereby waives all and any rights to compensation or damages in consequence of the termination of his office or employment with any such company for any reasons whatsoever (whether lawful or unlawful and including, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, in circumstances giving rise to a claim for wrongful dismissal) insofar as those rights arise or may arise from his ceasing to have rights under or being entitled to exercise this option as a result of such termination, or from the loss or diminution in value of such rights or entitlements.
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Samples: Enterprise Management Incentive Stock Option Agreement (BioVex Group, Inc.)