Stock Options; Payment Rights Sample Clauses

Stock Options; Payment Rights. At the Effective Time, each outstanding DOCP Stock Option to purchase DOCP Shares, whether or not then exercisable, other than any DOCP Stock Option held in the treasury of DOCP (or any DOCP Subsidiary) or owned by Buyer (or its subsidiary) which shall be treated as provided in Section 2.1(b), shall be canceled, and the holder thereof shall be entitled to receive in full consideration therefor cash in an amount equal to the difference between the Offer Price and the per share exercise price thereof, multiplied by the number of DOCP Shares subject to such DOCP Stock Option; and DOCP shall obtain consents from the holders of any DOCP Stock Options to the extent necessary or appropriate to effect the foregoing.
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Stock Options; Payment Rights. Prior to the Effective Time, the Board of Directors of the Company (or, if appropriate, any committee thereof) shall adopt appropriate resolutions and take all other actions necessary to provide that each outstanding Option heretofore granted under the Company's 1997 Stock Option, Deferred Stock and Restricted Stock Plan (the "STOCK OPTION PLAN") or any other plan, whether or not then vested or exercisable, shall, at or immediately prior to the Effective Time, be canceled, and each holder thereof shall be entitled to receive a payment in cash from the Company (which amount shall be subject to any applicable withholding taxes and shall be paid without interest, the "CASH PAYMENT"), upon cancellation, equal to the product of (x) the total number of Shares subject or related to such Option, whether or not then vested or exercisable, and (y) the excess, if any, of the Merger Consideration over the exercise price or purchase price, as the case may be, per Share subject or related to such Option. Each such Cash Payment to be paid to each holder of an outstanding Option shall be paid by the Surviving Corporation as soon as practicable after the Effective Time. The Stock Option Plan (and any other plan, program or arrangement other than the Company's tax-qualified defined contribution plan) providing for the issuance or grant of any other interest in respect of the capital stock of the Company or any subsidiary shall terminate as of the Effective Time.
Stock Options; Payment Rights. (a) Subject to Sections 2.04(b) and 2.04(c), each Option (as defined below) other than any Options held by Merger Sub which is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, whether or not then exercisable, shall be canceled and the Company Option Plans (as defined below) shall be assumed by the Surviving Corporation, in each case at and as of the Effective Time, and each holder of such canceled Options shall be paid by the Surviving Corporation as soon as practicable, but in any event within five days after the Effective Time, for each such Option, an amount determined by multiplying (i) the excess, if any, of the Merger Consideration over the applicable exercise price per share of such Option by (ii) the number of shares issuable upon exercise of such Option, subject to any required withholding of taxes. (b) Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall use its best efforts to (i) obtain any consents from holders of the Options and (ii) make any amendments to the terms of the Company Option Plans and any Options granted thereunder that, in the case of either (i) or (ii) are necessary or appropriate to give effect to the transactions contemplated by this Section 2.04. (c) In lieu of the cancellation of Options referred to in Section 2.04(a) hereof, prior to the Effective Time Merger Sub may, with the consent of the Com pany (which consent will not be unreasonably withheld), enter into mutually acceptable arrangements with any holder of Options providing that such holder's Options will be treated in a manner other than as provided in Section 2.04(a); provided, however, that in no event will such holder be paid at the Effective Time an amount in cash in excess of the amount such holder would have received had such holder's Options been cancelled in accordance with Section 2.04(a).
Stock Options; Payment Rights. (a) Subject to Section 3.04(b), each Option (as defined below) which is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, whether or not then exercisable, shall be canceled and the Company Option Plans (as defined below) shall be assumed by the Surviving Corporation, in each case at and as of the Effective Time, and each holder of such canceled Options shall be paid by the Surviving Corporation as soon as practicable, but in any event within five days after the Effective Time, for each such Option, an amount determined by multiplying (i) the excess, if any, of the Merger Consideration over the applicable exercise price per share of such Option by (ii) the number of shares issuable upon exercise of such Option, subject to any required withholding of taxes. (b) Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall use its best efforts to (i) obtain any consents from holders of the Options and (ii) make any amendments to the terms of the Company Option Plans and any Options granted thereunder that, in the case of either (i) or (ii) are necessary or appropriate to give effect to the transactions contemplated by this Section 3.04.
Stock Options; Payment Rights. The Parent shall issue to each Optionholder the number of shares of Parent Common Stock set forth on Schedule 2.05, subject to reduction in the corresponding amount as any adjustment to the Exchange Ratio, in full satisfaction of all of such holder's rights in respect of his or her Stock Options. Any tax withholdings in respect of such Stock Options may be borrowed by the Optionholder from the Company at an effective interest rate of 8.25% per annum, subject to the reasonable approval of the terms and conditions of such loan by Parent. Each Optionholder hereby waives and relinquishes, as of the Effective Time, any and all rights pursuant to his or her option agreement(s) concerning the purchase of shares of Company Common Stock, and acknowledges that all Stock Options owned by such Optionholder shall be automatically converted, as of the Effective Time, into the right to receive the number of shares of Parent Common Stock set forth for such Optionholder on Schedule 2.05, subject to (i) payment by such Optionholder of any tax or other withholding required by applicable law, (ii) reduction in the corresponding amount of the Exchange Ratio, and (iii) withholding of ten percent (10%) of such shares and deposit thereof in the Escrow Account. Each Optionholder agrees to not exercise his or her Stock Options, unless this Agreement has been terminated in accordance with its terms.
Stock Options; Payment Rights. Each outstanding stock option and stock appreciation right, if any, to purchase or acquire a share of ASARCO Common Stock under employee incentive or benefit plans, programs or arrangements and non-employee director plans presently maintained by ASARCO ("ASARCO Option Plans") and each other award under the ASARCO Option Plans denominated in or the value of which is determined by reference to the ASARCO Common Stock which are outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (together, the "ASARCO Equity Awards") shall, in accordance with their terms, become immediately exercisable, and each holder thereof shall be paid by the Surviving Corporation as soon as practicable after the exercise thereof (provided that such exercise occurs within the period beginning September 27, 1999 and ending 30 days after the earlier of the Expiration Date or the Effective Time (the "Exercise Period")), an amount in cash determined by (A) subtracting the applicable exercise price per share of such award from the greater of (i) the amount of the Merger Consideration and (ii) the highest sales price per share of the ASARCO Common Stock during the 60-day period preceding the earlier of the Expiration Date or the Effective Time, and (B) multiplying the difference by the number of shares of ASARCO Common Stock that would have been issuable upon the exercise of such award or, if the ASARCO Equity Award does not have an exercise price, an amount in cash determined by multiplying (x) the greater of (iii) the amount of the Merger Consideration and (iv) the highest sales price per share of the ASARCO Common Stock during the 60-day period preceding the earlier of the Expiration Date or the Effective Time by (y) the number of shares of ASARCO Common Stock that would have been issuable upon the exercise of such award. All amounts payable pursuant to this Section 2.2 shall be subject to any required income tax withholding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each ASARCO Equity Award that is outstanding at the Effective Time and not exercised during the Exercise Period shall remain outstanding and shall be treated in accordance with Section 5.3 hereof.

Related to Stock Options; Payment Rights

  • Stock Options With respect to the stock options (the “Stock Options”) granted pursuant to the stock-based compensation plans of the Company and its subsidiaries (the “Company Stock Plans”), (i) each Stock Option intended to qualify as an “incentive stock option” under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) so qualifies, (ii) each grant of a Stock Option was duly authorized no later than the date on which the grant of such Stock Option was by its terms to be effective (the “Grant Date”) by all necessary corporate action, including, as applicable, approval by the board of directors of the Company (or a duly constituted and authorized committee thereof) and any required stockholder approval by the necessary number of votes or written consents, and the award agreement governing such grant (if any) was duly executed and delivered by each party thereto, (iii) each such grant was made in accordance with the terms of the Company Stock Plans, the Exchange Act and all other applicable laws and regulatory rules or requirements and (iv) each such grant was properly accounted for in accordance with GAAP in the financial statements (including the related notes) of the Company and disclosed in the Company’s filings with the Commission in accordance with the Exchange Act and all other applicable laws. The Company has not knowingly granted, and there is no and has been no policy or practice of the Company of granting, Stock Options prior to, or otherwise coordinating the grant of Stock Options with, the release or other public announcement of material information regarding the Company or its subsidiaries or their results of operations or prospects.

  • Stock Option Grants Pursuant to the following terms and conditions, the Executive shall be eligible to participate in Holdings’ stock option plan and Holdings agrees as follows: i. Holdings shall establish a stock option plan (“Stock Option Plan”) providing for grants of options (the “Stock Options”) to purchase the common stock of BD Investment Holdings Inc., par value $0.01 (the “Buyer Common Stock”) in amounts not less than (i) 2% of the Buyer Common Stock (on a fully-diluted post-exercise basis) in the aggregate per year for all executives, employees and financial advisors of the Company and its subsidiaries, including the Executive selected by the Board after consultation with, and based on the recommendation of, the CEO, for the calendar years beginning on January 1, 2008 and January 1, 2009 and (ii) 2.5% of the Buyer Common Stock (on a fully-diluted post-exercise basis) in the aggregate per year for all executives, employees and financial advisors of the Company and its subsidiaries, including the Executive, selected by the Board after consultation with, and based on the recommendation of, the CEO, for the calendar years beginning on January 1, 2010 and January 1, 2011. ii. Beginning in January 2008, each annual Stock Option grant shall be made between the first and fifteenth business day of the year, unless the CEO, in his sole discretion, shall agree with the Board to a later date during such year (the “Default Date”). If the Board does not approve Stock Option grants in the amounts set forth in Section 4(c)(i) by the Default Date, then Stock Options in such amounts shall be granted pro-rata to existing option holders and employee stockholders as of such date of grant, except that the CEO’s share of such Stock Option grants shall be reduced by 75% and the other four most highly compensated executives’ share of such Stock Option grants shall be reduced by 50%. iii. The per share exercise price of each Stock Option shall be equal to the Fair Market Value of a share of Buyer Common Stock on the date of grant. Each Stock Option granted shall vest in five equal tranches on each of the first five anniversaries of the date of grant subject to the option holder’s continued employment as of each such vesting date; provided, however, that all Stock Options shall automatically vest in full upon a “change in control” (as defined in the Option Plan, it being understood that an IPO shall in no event constitute a change in control). Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, following an IPO, no additional Stock Options shall be granted pursuant to the Stock Option Plan. iv. Upon termination of his employment, the portion of any Stock Option granted to the Executive which has not yet vested shall terminate. In the event the Executive’s employment terminates for any reason other than for Cause, the Executive may exercise any vested portion of any Stock Option held by him on the date of termination provided that he does so prior to the earlier of (A) ninety (90) days following termination of employment and (B) the expiration of the scheduled term of the Stock Option. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Executive’s employment is terminated due to death or disability (as defined in Section 5(b)), then the Executive or, as applicable in the event of death, his beneficiary or estate, may exercise any vested portion of any Stock Option held by the Executive on the date employment terminates for the shorter of (A) the period of twelve (12) months following the termination date and, (B) with respect to each Stock Option individually, the expiration of the scheduled term of such Stock Option. Upon a termination of the Executive’s employment by the Company for Cause, all Stock Options shall be forfeited immediately. v. Holdings, the Company and the Executive agree to cooperate to structure the Stock Option Plan so as to minimize or avoid additional taxes and interest that would otherwise be imposed on the Executive with respect to options granted under the Stock Option Plan pursuant to Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code as amended (the “Code”); provided, however, that the Company shall have no obligation to grant the Executive a “gross-up” or other “make-whole” compensation for such purpose.

  • Stock Option Award In the event of Employee’s involuntary Termination of Employment without Cause or Termination of Employment due to a resignation by Employee for Good Reason that, in either case, occurs on or before the second anniversary of a Change in Control, the Stock Option Award shall become exercisable immediately (whether or not previously exercisable) and shall remain exercisable for the three year period following such Termination of Employment. For this purpose, “Good Reason” has the same meaning determined by Employee’s written employment agreement in effect on the Grant Date. In the event there is no such agreement or definition, then Good Reason means the initial existence of one or more of the following conditions, arising without the consent of the Employee: (1) a material diminution in Employee’s base compensation; (2) a material diminution in Employee’s authority, duties, or responsibilities, so as to effectively cause Employee to no longer be performing the duties of his position; (3) a material diminution in the authority, duties, or responsibilities of the supervisor to whom Employee is required to report.

  • Company Stock Options At the Effective Time, each Company Stock --------------------- Option shall be deemed to have been assumed by Evergreen, without further action by Evergreen, and shall thereafter be deemed an option to acquire, on the same terms and conditions as were applicable under such Company Stock Option, that number of shares of Surviving Corporation Common Stock that would have been received in respect of such Company Stock Option if it had been exercised immediately prior to the Effective Time (such Company Stock Options assumed by Evergreen, the "Assumed Chancellor Stock Options"); provided, however, that, for -------- ------- each optionholder, (i) the aggregate fair market value of Surviving Corporation Common Stock subject to Assumed Chancellor Stock Options immediately after the Effective Time shall not exceed the aggregate exercise price thereof by more than the excess of the aggregate fair market value of Company Common Stock subject to Company Stock Options immediately before the Effective Time over the aggregate exercise price thereof and (ii) on a share-by-share comparison, the ratio of the exercise price of the Assumed Chancellor Stock Option to the fair market value of the Surviving Corporation Common Stock immediately after the Effective Time is no more favorable to the optionholder than the ratio of the exercise price of the Company Stock Option to the fair market value of the Company Common Stock immediately before the Effective Time; and provided, -------- further, that no fractional shares shall be issued on the exercise of such ------- Assumed Chancellor Stock Option and, in lieu thereof, the holder of such Assumed Chancellor Stock Option shall only be entitled to a cash payment in the amount of such fraction multiplied by the closing price per share of Surviving Corporation Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market on the business day immediately prior to the date of such exercise.

  • Stock Option Grant Subject to the provisions set forth herein and the terms and conditions of the Plan, and in consideration of the agreements of the Participant herein provided, the Company hereby grants to the Participant an Option to purchase from the Company the number of shares of Common Stock, at the exercise price per share, and on the schedule, set forth above.

  • Stock Option Plans Each stock option granted by the Company under the Company’s stock option plan was granted (i) in accordance with the terms of the Company’s stock option plan and (ii) with an exercise price at least equal to the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date such stock option would be considered granted under GAAP and applicable law. No stock option granted under the Company’s stock option plan has been backdated. The Company has not knowingly granted, and there is no and has been no Company policy or practice to knowingly grant, stock options prior to, or otherwise knowingly coordinate the grant of stock options with, the release or other public announcement of material information regarding the Company or its Subsidiaries or their financial results or prospects.

  • Stock Option Subject to approval by the Board, the Company will grant Executive, during the fourth calendar quarter of 2015 (and subject to Executive’s continued employment with the Company through the grant date), under the Company’s 2015 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), an incentive stock option to purchase 130,444 shares of Company common stock (an “Option”), with an exercise price equal to $1.12 per share, which is equal to the fair market value of the shares of Company common stock underlying the Option on the grant date. Subject to Executive’s continued employment with the Company through the applicable vesting date, the Option will vest and become exercisable with respect to one-forty-eighth (1/48th) of the shares subject thereto on each monthly anniversary of January 1, 2016. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company experiences a Change in Control (as defined in the Plan) prior to the full vesting (or forfeiture) of the Option and Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company without Cause (as defined below) within three (3) months prior to the consummation of such Change in Control, then, subject to Section 6(b) below, one hundred percent (100%) of any then-unvested portion of the Option will vest and become exercisable immediately prior to such Change in Control. In addition, (i) if the Company experiences a Change in Control (as defined in the Plan) prior to the full vesting (or forfeiture) of the Option and Executive remains employed by the Company through at least immediately prior to such Change in Control, fifty percent (50%) of any then-unvested portion of the Option shall vest immediately prior to such Change in Control, and (ii) if the Company experiences a Change in Control (as defined in the Plan) prior to the full vesting (or forfeiture) of the Option and Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company without Cause within two (2) years following the consummation of such Change in Control, subject to and conditioned upon Executive’s timely execution and non-revocation of a Release (as defined below), one hundred percent (100%) of any then-unvested portion of the Option will vest in full and become exercisable upon the effectiveness of the Release. Each Option will be subject in all respects to the terms and conditions set forth in the Plan and in an award agreement to be entered into between the Company and Executive, which will evidence the grant of the Option (each, an “Option Agreement”).

  • Nonstatutory Stock Option If the Grant Notice so designates, this Option is intended to be a Nonstatutory Stock Option and shall not be treated as an Incentive Stock Option within the meaning of Section 422(b) of the Code.

  • Share Options With respect to the share options (the “Share Options”) granted pursuant to the share-based compensation plans of the Company and its subsidiaries (the “Company Share Plans”), (i) each Share Option intended to qualify as an “incentive stock option” under Section 422 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), so qualifies, (ii) each grant of a Share Option was duly authorized no later than the date on which the grant of such Share Option was by its terms to be effective (the “Grant Date”) by all necessary corporate action, including, as applicable, approval by the board of directors of the Company (or a duly constituted and authorized committee thereof) and any required shareholder approval by the necessary number of votes or written consents, and the award agreement governing such grant (if any) was duly executed and delivered by each party thereto, (iii) each such grant was made in accordance with the terms of the Company Share Plans, the Exchange Act, and all other applicable laws and regulatory rules or requirements, including the rules of the New York Stock Exchange (the “Exchange”), and (iv) each such grant was properly accounted for in accordance with IFRS in the financial statements (including the related notes) of the Company. The Company has not knowingly granted, and there is no and has been no policy or practice of the Company of granting, Share Options prior to, or otherwise coordinating the grant of Share Options with, the release or other public announcement of material information regarding the Company or its subsidiaries or their results of operations or prospects.

  • Incentive Stock Options If the Shares are held for more than twelve (12) months after the date of the transfer of the Shares pursuant to the exercise of an ISO and are disposed of more than two (2) years after the Date of Grant, any gain realized on disposition of the Shares will be treated as long term capital gain for federal and California income tax purposes. If Shares purchased under an ISO are disposed of within the applicable one (1) year or two (2) year period, any gain realized on such disposition will be treated as compensation income (taxable at ordinary income rates) to the extent of the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the date of exercise over the Exercise Price.

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