Stock Vesting Unless otherwise approved by the Board of Directors, all stock options and other stock equivalents issued after the date of this Agreement to employees, directors, consultants and other service providers shall be subject to vesting as follows: (a) twenty-five percent (25%) of such stock shall vest at the end of the first year following the earlier of the date of issuance or such person’s services commencement date with the Company, and (b) seventy-five percent (75%) of such stock shall vest over the remaining three (3) years.
Time Vesting Subject to Sections 5(b) and 6 below, the RSUs will vest and become nonforfeitable in accordance with and subject to the time vesting schedule set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto, subject to the Participant’s continued status as a Service Provider through each applicable vesting date.
Equity Vesting All of the then-unvested shares subject to each of the Executive’s then-outstanding equity awards will immediately vest and, in the case of options and stock appreciation rights, will become exercisable (for avoidance of doubt, no more than 100% of the shares subject to the then-outstanding portion of an equity award may vest and become exercisable under this provision). In the case of equity awards with performance-based vesting, all performance goals and other vesting criteria will be deemed achieved at the greater of actual performance or 100% of target levels. Unless otherwise required under the next following two sentences or, with respect to awards subject to Section 409A of the Code, under Section 5(b) below, any restricted stock units, performance shares, performance units, and/or similar full value awards that vest under this paragraph will be settled on the 61st day following the CIC Qualified Termination. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Executive’s Qualified Termination occurs prior to a Change in Control, then any unvested portion of the Executive’s then-outstanding equity awards will remain outstanding for 3 months or the occurrence of a Change in Control (whichever is earlier) so that any additional benefits due on a CIC Qualified Termination can be provided if a Change in Control occurs within 3 months following the Qualified Termination (provided that in no event will the Executive’s stock options or similar equity awards remain outstanding beyond the equity award’s maximum term to expiration). In such case, if no Change in Control occurs within 3 months following a Qualified Termination, any unvested portion of the Executive’s equity awards automatically will be forfeited permanently on the 3-month anniversary of the Qualified Termination without having vested.
Performance Vesting Within sixty (60) days following the completion of the Performance Period, the Plan Administrator shall determine the applicable number of Performance Shares in accordance with the provisions of the Award Notice and Schedule I attached thereto.
Option Vesting Options shall vest as follows: --------------
(a) 100% of the Options shall vest on the 1st anniversary of the Grant Date;
(b) In the event of any change in control, merger or consolidation between the Company and any other entity (other than one in which the stockholders of the Company prior to such transaction receive, in exchange for their Company shares, stock of the surviving corporation and such stock constitutes more than 50% of the outstanding stock of the surviving corporation following such transaction), or any sale by the Company of all or substantially all of its assets, all Options then held by the Director that have not theretofore vested shall vest five days prior to the earlier of (i) the record date, if any, for such transaction and (ii) the closing date of such transaction, both subject to Section 4(a).
Normal Vesting Subject to the Plan and this Agreement, if the Participant has been in Continuous Employment through the Vesting Date as set forth in Section 1, then the RSUs subject to such Vesting Date will become nonforfeitable (“Vest” or similar terms).
Exercise Period Vesting 4.1. 1 111,111 Series C Warrants to purchase up to 1,111,111 Warrant Shares (50% of Series C Warrants) shall vest on March 1, 2023 (the “Second Vesting Date”) and be exercisable as of the Second Vesting Date and for three (3) years thereafter, subject to Section 4.3 below.; provided, however, that the Warrants under this Section 4.1 shall expire on the Second Vesting Date in the event the Milestone is not met, and the Partner has notified the Company on its decision to rescind the remaining balance of the Facility;
4.2. 1 111,111 Series C Warrants to purchase up to 1,111,111 Warrant Shares (50% of Series C Warrants) shall vest on September 1, 2023 (the “Third Vesting Date”) and be exercisable as of the Third Vesting Date and for three (3) years thereafter, subject to Section 4.3 below; provided, however, that the Warrants under this Section 4.2 shall expire on the Third Vesting Date in the event the Milestone is not met, and the Partner has notified the Company on its decision to rescind the remaining balance of the Facility; and further provided, that the Warrants under this Section 4.2 shall expire on the Third Vesting Date pro rata to the amounts of Tranches 3-8 which shall have not been actually withdrawn by the Company. By way of illustration only, (a) if the Company, at its sole discretion, withdraws US$0.5 million out of US$2 million of Tranches 3-8 available under the Agreement, than 833,333 Series C Warrants to purchase up to 833,333 Warrant Shares [75% of Series C Warrants under this Section 4.2] shall expire on the Third Vesting Date; and (b) if the Company, at its sole discretion, withdraws US$2 million out of US$2 million of Tranches 3-8 available under the Agreement, than none of Series C Warrants under this Section 4.2 shall expire on the Third Vesting Date;
Accelerated Vesting (a) Immediately prior to the effective date of the Change in Control, the Unvested Shares subject to this option shall automatically become Vested Shares, and this option shall become exercisable for all of the Option Shares. However, the Unvested Shares shall not vest on such an accelerated basis if and to the extent: (i) this option will be assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) or otherwise continued in effect pursuant to the terms of the Change in Control transaction or (ii) this option is to be replaced with a cash incentive program of the successor corporation which preserves the spread existing on the Unvested Shares at the time of the Change in Control (the excess of the Fair Market Value of those Unvested Shares over the Exercise Price payable for such shares) and provides for subsequent payout of that spread no later than the time Optionee would otherwise vest in the Option Shares as set forth in the Grant Notice.
(b) Immediately following the Change in Control, this option shall terminate and cease to be outstanding, except to the extent assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) or otherwise continued in effect pursuant to the terms of the Change in Control transaction.
(c) If this option is assumed in connection with a Change in Control or otherwise continued in effect, then this option shall be appropriately adjusted, upon such Change in Control, to apply to the number and class of securities which would have been issuable to Optionee in consummation of such Change in Control had the option been exercised immediately prior to such Change in Control, and appropriate adjustments shall also be made to the Exercise Price, provided the aggregate Exercise Price shall remain the same. To the extent that the holders of Common Stock receive cash consideration for their Common Stock in consummation of the Change in Control, the successor corporation (or its parent) may, in connection with the assumption of this option, substitute one or more shares of its own common stock with a fair market value equivalent to the cash consideration paid per share of Common Stock in such Change in Control.
(d) This Agreement shall not in any way affect the right of the Corporation to adjust, reclassify, reorganize or otherwise change its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets.
General Vesting The Shares of Restricted Stock shall become vested in the following amounts, at the following times and upon the following conditions, provided that the Termination of Service of the Participant does not occur before the applicable date on which the Shares of Restricted Stock become vested (the “Vesting Date”): Except as otherwise provided in Sections 2(b) and 4 hereof, there shall be no proportionate or partial vesting of Shares of Restricted Stock in or during the months, days or periods prior to each Vesting Date, and all vesting of Shares of Restricted Stock shall occur only on the applicable Vesting Date.
Restriction Period and Vesting (a) The Units shall vest and the restrictions shall lapse as follows: (i) 25% of the Units shall vest and restrictions shall lapse on each anniversary of the grant date (the “Vesting Dates”) until the Units are fully vested, or (ii) earlier pursuant to this Agreement or in accordance with Section 6.8 of the Plan (the “Restriction Period”). As used herein, the term “vest” shall mean no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture.
(b) If, prior to the end of the Restriction Period, the Holder’s employment with the Company terminates by reason of death or Disability, the Units that are then unvested shall vest in full, and restrictions shall lapse, as of the date of such termination. If, after twelve months of service have been rendered and prior to the end of the Restriction Period, the Holder’s employment with the Company terminates by reason of Retirement, the portion of the Award that is then unvested shall continue to vest after the date of such termination as if the Holder’s employment with the Company continued until the end of the Restriction Period.
(c) If, prior to the end of the Restriction Period, the Holder’s employment with the Company terminates for any reason other than death or Disability, or Retirement, the Units that are then unvested as of the effective date of the Holder’s termination of employment shall be forfeited by the Holder and such portion shall be cancelled by the Company.
(d) In the event of a Change in Control, as defined in the Plan, the Units shall immediately vest in full and the restrictions shall lapse as provided in Section 6.8 of the Plan; provided, however, that in the event that (i) the Units constitute the payment of nonqualified deferred compensation within the meaning of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and (ii) the Change in Control does not constitute a “change in control event’ within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, the Units shall not immediately vest upon such Change in Control, but instead shall vest and be payable in accordance with the vesting schedule set forth in clause (i) of Section 1(a) hereof, or earlier pursuant to Section 1(b) hereof.
