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EXHIBIT 10.30
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
This EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is entered into as of March 1,
1995, by and between CombiChem, Inc., a California corporation ("Employer") and
Xxxxx Xxxxx, Ph.D.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:
1. Employment. Employer hereby engages Employee, and Employee hereby
accepts such engagement, upon the terms and conditions set forth herein.
2. Duties. During the term of this Agreement, Employee shall be
employed as the Employer's Executive Vice President of Research and Chief
Scientific Officer reporting to the President and Chief Executive Officer.
Employee shall faithfully and diligently perform the duties customarily
performed by persons in the position or positions for which Employee is engaged
together with such other reasonable and appropriate duties as Employer shall
designate from time to time. Employee shall devote Employee's full business time
and effort to the rendition of such services and to the performance of such
duties. As a full-time employee of Employer, Employee shall not be entitled to
provide consulting services or other businesses or scientific services to any
other party, without the prior written consent of Employer. Employee shall be
elected to Employer's Board of Directors (the "Board") prior to its next
regularly scheduled meeting.
3. Compensation.
3.1 Base Salary. During the term of this Agreement, as
compensation for the proper and satisfactory performance of all duties to be
performed by Employee hereunder, Employer shall pay to Employee err annual
salary of two hundred and ten thousand dollars ($210,000) payable in accordance
with Employee's standard payroll practices, less required deductions for state
and federal withholding tax, Social Security and all other employee taxes and
payroll deductions. Employee's base salary shall be reviewed annually by the
President & Chief Executive Officer and may be increased or decreased in the
sole discretion of the President & Chief Executive Officer.
3.2 Bonuses.
3.2.1 Signing Bonus. Employee shall receive a signing bonus of
$26,250 towards the purchase of CombiChem stock plus gross up for taxes as
described in Section 5.5.
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3.2.2 Performance Bonus. At the beginning of each fiscal year
Employer and Employee shall reach mutually agreed upon scientific and business
objectives for Employer for its upcoming fiscal year which shall be set forth in
writing and approved by the Board. At the end of each such fiscal year, the
Board shall determine, in its reasonable discretion, the size and amount of
Employee's performance bonus, if any, up to a maximum of twenty-five percent
(25%) of Employee's base salary during the prior fiscal year (the "Annual
Performance Bonus"). The Annual Performance Bonus shall be paid to Employee
within sixty (60) days following Employer's fiscal year end. The first Annual
Performance Bonus shall be (i) based on Employer's 1995 fiscal year
achievements; (ii) paid to Employee by March 1, 1996; (iii) guaranteed to be not
less than twenty-six thousand, two hundred and fifty dollars ($26,250); provided
that employee's employment has continued through the end of 1995. No other
Annual Performance bonus shall have any guaranteed minimum payment.
4. Term of Employment.
4.1 Period of Employment. The Employee's period of employment by
Employer pursuant to this Agreement shall commence on March 1, 1995
("Commencement Date") and end upon the date the employment relationship is
terminated pursuant to Section 4.2 or 4.3 (the "Period of Employment").
4.2 Termination at Will. Although Employer and Employee anticipate
a long and mutually rewarding employment relationship, either party may
terminate this Agreement, without cause, upon 14 days prior written notice
delivered to the other party. It is expressly understood and agreed that the
employment for any specified term, and without any agreement for employment for
so long as Employee performs satisfactorily.
4.3 Termination for Cause. Employer may immediately terminate this
employment relationship "for cause" upon written notice to Employee. the
purposes herein, "for cause" shall be limited to the following; (i) Employee's
intentional violation of any rule or policy of Employer or its subsidiaries (a
"Violation") which, after written notice of a Violation, Employee fails to
correct within twenty (20) days of receipt of such notice from the Board; (ii)
any material failure by Employee to comply with any reasonable directive of the
Board which, after receiving written notice to do so, Employee fails to comply
within twenty (20) days of receipt of such notice from the Board; (iii)
Employee's willful misconduct concerning any material responsibility reasonably
assigned to Employee; (iv) without obtaining the prior consent of the Board,
Employee's active and intentional performance of services for any other
cooperation or person which competes with Employer or its subsidiaries while he
is employed by Employer or its subsidiaries; (v) the Board reasonably determines
that Employee has stolen or embezzled wither funds or property of Employer; (vi)
Employee's conviction by a court of competent jurisdiction of a felony (other
than a traffic or moving violation) involving moral turpitude or dishonesty;
(vii) Employee's intentional or grossly negligent conduct or violation of law
which results in either an improper personal benefit to Employee for a material
injury to Employer; (viii) employees's failure to
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perform a material duty given to him by the company's Chief Executive Officer or
under this agreement if such failure was continued for thirty (30) days after
employee has been notified in writing by the company of his failure to perform;
or (ix) the death or disability of Employee.
4.4 Obligations Upon Termination.
4.4.1 Survival of Obligations. The parties' obligations under
Section 4.4.2, 4.5, 6, 7, 9.7 and 9.8, shall survive the termination of this
Agreement.
4.4.2 Return of Materials at Termination. Upon termination of
the Period of Employment, the Employee will promptly deliver to Employer all
materials, property, documents, data, and other information belonging to
Employer or containing Employer's Trade Secrets or other Protected Information.
The Employee shall not take any materials, property, documents or other
information, or any reproduction or excerpt thereof, belonging to Employer or
containing any Trade Secrets or other Protected information of Employer.
4.4.3 Resignation. Upon termination of the Period of
Employment, the Employee shall be deemed to have resigned from any and all
offices then held with the Employer.
4.5 Compensation to Employee on Termination by Employer. In the
event that Employer terminates Employee pursuant to Paragraph 4.2, Employee
shall be entitled to (1) receive an aggregate severance benefit of nine months
of Employee's then current base salary (Section 3.1) and benefits (Section 5)
which shall be paid by Employer to employee in nine (9) equal monthly
installments until fully paid or until Employee has secured full-time employment
and (2) a nine (9) month credit towards any vesting schedule or vesting
requirements contained in any stock option or stock purchase agreements then
existing between the Employee and Employer. In the event the Employee elects to
receive and does receive any of the benefits set for in this Section 4.5,
Employee agrees that such payments shall constitute Employee's sole and
exclusive rights and entitlements in connection with Employee's employment by
Employer, the termination of such employment and any and all matters related to
or arising in connection with such employment, and agrees that his acceptance of
any such payments shall release Employee and any and all affiliated persons and
entities (including all directors, officers, employees and agents) from any
claims that Employee may otherwise have or assert in connection with such
matters. If Employee desires to pursue or enforce any such rights, entitlements
or remedies that would otherwise be waived and released, then Employee shall
refuse any payments provided for pursuant to this Section 4.5. if Employee
accepts any such severance payment or payments, he shall be deemed to have
agreed to the foregoing exclusivity of rights and waiver of claims.
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5. Benefits
5.1 Health Insurance Vacation and Sick Leave. Employee shall be
entitled to Employer's standard benefits package for its executive employees
including, but not limited to, family health care insurance, officer and
director liability insurance (when obtained for Employer's other officers and
directors), vacation and sick leave (the "Fringe Benefits"). Employer agrees to
pay Employee's monthly COBRA continuation policy premiums until Employer's own
health care program is instituted for Employer's employees. Employer reserves
the right to change such benefits from time to time.
5.2 Life Insurance. Provided that Employee is insurable at
commercially reasonable rates, Employer shall obtain and maintain, during the
term of this Agreement and any extension thereof, a term life insurance policy
on the Employee's life in an amount no less than one million five hundred
thousand dollars ($1,500,000) (the "Life Insurance Policy"). Employer shall pay
the premiums and Employee shall designate the beneficiary of the Life Insurance
Policy.
5.3 Accumulation. Employee shall not earn and accumulate unused
vacation and sick leave, or other Fringe Benefits, in excess of an unused amount
equal to the amount earned for one year. Furthermore, Employee shall not be
entitled to receive payments in lieu of said Fringe Benefits, other than for
unused vacation earned and accumulated at the time the employment relationship
terminates. All unused sick leave and other Fringe Benefits earned during the
preceding twelve (12) month period ending on each anniversary of the date of
this Agreement shall be forfeited if not used within ninety (90) days following
such anniversary date. Notwithstanding the forgoing, if Employer adopts a more
favorable accumulation policy for its executives, Employee shall be entitled to
the benefits of such more favorable accumulation policy.
5.4 Personal Leave. Employee shall accrue fifteen days of personal
leave during each year of his employment. Upon accrual of fifteen days of unused
personal leave, no additional personal leave time will accrue until Employee has
used some of his accrued personal leave time and has reduced the amount of
accrued time below fifteen days. Once Employee has taken personal leave and his
accrued personal leave time has dropped below fifteen days, Employee shall begin
to accrue personal leave time again (at the rate of fifteen days per year), up
to the maximum of fifteen days. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Employer
adopts a more favorable personal leave policy for its executives, Employee shall
be entitled to the benefits of such more favorable personal leave policy.
5.5 Housing and Automobile. For the first six (6) months of this
Agreement, Employer shall reimburse Employee each month for the first two
thousand ($2,000) of Employee's housing and automobile expenses. Any allowance
paid pursuant to this Section shall be "grossed up" to cover Employee's local,
state and federal income tax liability at Employee's then current marginal tax
rate if deemed necessary by the Employer's
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accountants. The tax gross-up payment(s) shall initially be calculated at an
assumed effective rate of forty percent (40%) and paid to Employee no later than
(I) April 15 of the calendar year following any year Employee has expenses
reimbursed pursuant to this Section; and (ii) any date Employee is required to
make increased quarterly estimated payments due to Employee's receipt of the
allowance payments pursuant to this Section. Once Employee has finalized
Employee's federal and state income tax returns, Employee's effective marginal
rate shall be calculated and any shortfall or overpayment will be corrected.
5.6 Relocation Expenses. Employer shall reimburse Employee for the
following expenses: (1) selling expenses related to sale of Employee's current
residence in California including Realtor commissions and closing expenses
typically paid by sellers; (2) reasonable moving expenses incurred in the move
to San Diego, California; (3) the cost of up to two round trip coach airline
tickets from San Francisco to San Diego, California for Employee's spouse for
the purpose of looking at houses in the San Diego area during the first six (6)
months of this Agreement; and (4) a tax gross-up payment calculated at an
assumed effective marginal rate of forty percent (40%) to cover Employee's
income tax liability for expenses reimbursed pursuant to subsections (1), (2)
and (3) of this Section. Expenses related to subsections (1), (2) and (3) shall
be reimbursed within thirty (30) days after Employee submits adequate
verification of incurred expenses. The tax gross-up bonus related to subsection
(4) shall be paid to Employee no later than (i) April 15 of the calendar year
following any year Employee has expenses reimbursed pursuant to this Section;
and (ii) any date Employee is required to make increased quarterly estimated
payments due to Employee' receipt of reimbursed expenses pursuant to subsection
(1), (2) or (3) of this Section. Once Employee has finalized Employee's federal
and state income tax returns, Employee's effective marginal rate shall be
calculated and any shortfall or overpayment will be corrected. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, Employer's maximum aggregate obligations to Employee pursuant to
this Section shall not under any circumstances exceed ninety-five thousand
dollars ($95,000).
5.7 Home Loan. In the event Employee purchases a residence in San
Diego prior to November 15, 1996 and the equity remaining after the sale of
Employee's current California residence is less than the down payment for
Employee's first San Diego area residential purchase, then Employer shall
provide a second mortgage loan to Employee in an amount equal to such shortfall
on an interest free basis (the "Home Loan"); provided, however, that the Home
Loan shall (i) not be granted to Employee until Employer has obtained additional
cash infusions (in the form of equity investment or research and development
assistance, but not including any debt instrument financings) totaling a minimum
of five million dollars ($5,000,000); (ii) be utilized to purchase the
residence, (iii) not exceed one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000), (iv)
be repaid in twenty equal quarterly payments (over five (5) years), (v) remain
secured by a second trust deed which is recorded at the time the Home Loan is
made and (vi) shall remain secured by all of Employer's capital stock then owned
or thereafter acquired by Employee until the Home Loan is repaid in full.
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6. Inventions, Trade Secrets and Confidentiality.
6.1 Definitions.
6.1.1 Invention Defined. As used herein "Invention' mean
inventions, discoveries, concepts, and ideas, whether patentable or
copyrightable or not, including but not limited to processes, methods, formulas,
techniques, devices, designs, programs (including computer programs), computer
graphics, apparatus, products as well as improvements thereof or know-how
related thereto, relating to any present or anticipated business or activities
of Employer.
6.1.2 Trade Secrets Defined. As used herein "Trade Secret"
means, without limitation, any document or information relating to Employer's
products, processes or services, including documents and information relating to
Inventions, and to the research, development, engineering or manufacture of
Inventions, and to Employer's purchasing, customer or supplier lists and pricing
policies, which documents or information have been disclosed to Employee or
known to Employee as a consequence of or through Employee's employment by
Employer (including documents, information or Inventions conceived, originated,
discovered or developed by Employee), which is not generally known in the
relevant trade or industry.
6.1.3 Protected Information. As used in this Agreement, the
term "Protected Information" shall mean, without limitation, all trade secrets,
confidential or proprietary information, and all other knowledge, data,
know-how, processes, information, document or materials, owned, developed or
possessed by Employer, whether in tangible or intangible form, the
confidentiality of which Employer takes reasonable measures to protect, and
which pertains in any manner to subjects which include, but are not limited to,
Employer's research operations, customers, identities of individual contacts at
business entities which are customers or prospective customers, preferences,
businesses or habits), business relationships, engineering data or results,
specifications, concepts, methods, processes, rates or schedules, customer or
vendor information, products (including prices, costs, sales or content),
financial information or measures, business methods, future business plans, data
bases, computer programs, designs, models, operating procedures, and knowledge
of the organization.
6.2 Inventions.
6.2.1 Disclosure. Employee shall disclose promptly to Employer
each Invention, whether or not reduced to practice, which is conceived or
learned by Employee (either alone or jointly with others) during the term of his
employment with Employer. Employee shall disclose in confidence to Employer all
patent applications filed by or on behalf of Employee during the term of his
employment and for a period of one year thereafter. Any disclosure of and
Invention, or any patent application, made within one year
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after termination of employment shall be presumed to relate to an Invention made
during Employee's term of employment with Employer, unless Employee clearly
proves otherwise.
6.2.2 Employer Property; Assignment. Except as otherwise
provided in Section 6.2.3, Employee acknowledges and agrees that all Inventions
which are discovered, conceived, developed, made, produced or prepared by
Employee (alone or in conjunction with others) during the Duration of Employee's
employment with Employer shall be the sole property of Employer. Said property
rights of Employer include without limitation all domestic and foreign patent
rights, rights of registration or other protection under the patent and
copyright laws, and all other rights pertaining to the Inventions. Employee
further agrees that all services, products and Inventions that directly or
indirectly result from engagement with Employer shall be deemed "works for hire"
as that term is defined in Title 17 of the United States Codes and accordingly
all rights associated therewith shall vest in Employer. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Employee hereby assigns to Employer all of Employee's right, title
and interest in any such services, products and Inventions, in the event any
such services, products and Inventions shall be determined not to constitute
"works for hire."
6.2.3 Exclusion Notice. The assignment by Employee of
Inventions under this Agreement does not apply to any Inventions which are owned
or controlled by Employee prior to the commencement of employment of Employee by
Employer (all of which are set forth Exhibit "A" hereto). Additionally, Employee
is not required to assign an idea or invention where the invention or idea meets
all of the following criteria, namely in the invention or idea: (I) was created
or conceived without the use of any of Employer's equipment, supplies,
facilities, or trade secret information, and (ii) was developed entirely on
Employee's own time, and (iii) does not relate to the business of Employer, and
(iv) does not relate to Employer's actual or demonstrably anticipated research
or development, and (v) does not result from any work performed by Employee for
Employer. Employee has reviewed the notification in this Section 6.2.3 and in
Exhibit B ("Limited Exclusion Notification") and agrees that Employee's
signature on the Limited Exclusion Notification acknowledges receipt of the
notification.
6.2.4 Patents and Copyrights: Attorney-in-Fact. Both before
and after termination of this Agreement (and with reasonable compensation paid
by Employer to Employee after termination), Employee agrees to assist the
Employer to apply for, obtain and enforce copyright protection and registration
of, the Inventions described in Section 6.2.2 in any and all countries. To that
end, Employee shall (at Employer's request) without limitation, testify in any
proceeding, and execute any documents and assignments determined to be necessary
or convenient for use in applying for, obtaining, registering and enforcing
patent or copyright protection involving any of the Inventions. Employee hereby
irrevocably appoints Employer, and its duly authorized officers and agents, as
Employee's agent and attorney-in-fact to act for and in behalf of Employee in
filing all patent applications,
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application for copyright protection and registration, amendments, renewals, and
all other appropriate documents in any way related to the Inventions described
in Section 6.2.2.
6.3 Trade Secrets.
6.3.1 Acknowledgment of Proprietary Interest. Employee
recognizes the proprietary interest of Employer in any Trade Secrets of
Employer. Employee acknowledges and agrees that any and all Trade Secrets of
Employer, whether developed by Employee alone or in conjunction with others or
otherwise, shall be and are the property of Employer.
6.3.2 Covenant Not to Divulge Trade Secrets. Employee
acknowledges and agrees that Employer is entitled to prevent the disclosure of
Employer's Trade Secrets of Protected Information. As a portion of the
consideration for the employment of Employee and for the compensation being paid
to Employee by employer, Employee agrees at all times during the term of the
employment by Employer and thereafter to hold in strictest confidence, and not
to use, disclose or allow to be disclosed to any person, form, or corporation,
Employer's Trade Secrets or Protected Information, including Trade Secrets
developed by Employee, other than disclosures to persons who have entered into
confidentiality agreements with Employer without Employer's express prior
written consent.
6.3.3 Confidential Information of Others. Employee represents
and warrants that if Employee has any confidential information belonging to
others, employee will not use or disclose to Employer any such information or
documents. Employee represents that his employment with Employer will not
require him to violate any obligation to or confidence with any other party.
6.4 No Adverse Use. Employee will not at any time during the term
of employment or thereafter use Employer's Trade Secrets, Protected Information
or Inventions in any manner which nay directly or indirectly have an adverse
effect upon Employer's business, nor will Employee perform any acts which would
tend to reduce Employer's proprietary value in Employer's Trade Secrets,
Protected Information or Inventions.
6.5 Remedies Upon Breach. In the event of any breach by Employee
of the provision in this Section 6, Employer shall be entitled, if it so elects,
to institute and prosecute proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction,
either in law or in equity, to enjoin Employee form violating any of the terms
of this Section 6, to enforce the specific performance by Employee of any of the
terms of this Section 6, and to obtain damages, or any of them, but nothing
herein contained shall be construed to prevent such remedy or combination of
remedies as Employer may elect to invoke. The failure of Employer to promptly
institute legal action upon any breach of this Section 6 shall not constitute a
waiver of that or any other breach hereof.
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7. Covenant Not to Compete. Employee agrees that, during Employee's
employment, Employee will not directly or indirectly compete with Employer in
any way, and that Employee will not act as an officer, director, employee,
consultant, shareholder, lender, or agent of any other entity which engaged in
any business of the same nature as, or in competition with, the business in
which Employer is now engaged or in which Employer becomes engaged during the
term of Employee's employment, or which is involved in science or technology
which is similar to Employer's science or technology. During Employee's
employment, and for a period of one (1) year thereafter, Employee shall not
directly or indirectly through another entity (i) induce or attempt to induce
any employee of Employer or any subsidiary of Employer to leave the employ of
Employer or such subsidiary, or in any way interfere with the relationship
between the Employer or any subsidiary at any time; (iii) induce or attempt to
induce any customer, supplier, licensee, licenser or other party which has a
contractual relationship with Employer or its subsidiaries or affiliates to
cease doing business with Employer or any such subsidiary (including, without
limitation, making any negative statements or communications about Employer or
its affiliates).
8. Stock Purchase Rights
8.1 Stock Purchase Agreement. Simultaneous with the execution of
this Agreement, Employee and Employer shall enter into a written stock purchase
agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C.
9. General Provisions.
9.1 Amendments. No amendment or modification of the terms or
conditions of this Agreement shall be valid unless in writing and signed by both
parties hereto. There shall be no implied-in-fact contracts modifying the terms
of this Agreement.
9.2 Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire
agreement between the parties with respect to the employment of Employee. This
Agreement supersedes all prior agreements, understandings, negotiations and
representation with respect to the employment relationship including, but not
limited to the Memorandum dated February 23, 1995, containing proposed terms and
conditions for hiring Employee.
9.3 Successors and Assigns. The rights and obligations of Employer
under this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and shall be binding upon the
successors and assigns of Employer. Employee shall not be entitled to assign any
of Employee's rights or obligations under this Agreement.
9.4 Waiver. Either party's failure to enforce any provision of
this Agreement shall not in any way be construed as a waiver of any such
provision, or prevent that party thereafter from enforcing each and every other
provision of this Agreement.
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9.5 Severable Provisions. The provisions of this Agreement are
severable, and if any one or more provisions may be determined to be judicially
unenforceable, in whole or in part, the remaining provisions shall nevertheless
be binding and enforceable.
9.6 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts, each of which shall be considered one and the same Agreement and
shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of
the parties and delivered to the other parties.
9.7 Choice of Law. This Agreement shall be governed and construed
in accordance with the laws of California.
9.8 Jurisdiction and Venue. In the event that any legal
proceedings are commenced in any court with respect to any matter arising under
this Agreement, Employer and Employee specifically consent and agree that:
a. the courts of the State of California and/or the United
States Federal Courts located in the State of California shall have exclusive
jurisdiction over each of the parties and such proceedings; and
b. the venue of any such action shall be in San Diego
County, California and/or the United States District Court for the Southern
District of California
10. Employee's Representations. Employee represents and warrants that
Employee (i) is free to enter into this Agreement and to perform each of the
terms and covenants contained herein, (ii) is not restricted or prohibited,
contractually or otherwise, from entering into and performing this Agreement,
and (iii) will not be in violation or breach of any other agreement by reason of
Employee's execution and performance of this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
dates first set forth above.
EMPLOYER:
COMBICHEM, INC., a
California corporation
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, President
and CEO
EMPLOYEE:
XXXXX XXXXXX
/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
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(Signature)
Address: 0 Xxx Xxxxx Xxxx
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Orinda
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EXHIBIT A
LIST OF PRIOR INVENTIONS
(SECTION 6.2.3)
None, other than the following:_________________________________________________
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EXHIBIT B
LIMITED EXCLUSION NOTIFICATION
THIS IS TO NOTIFY you in accordance with Section 2872 of the California
Labor Code that the foregoing Agreement between you and Employer does not
require you to assign of offer to assign to Employer invention that you
developed entirely on your own time without using Employer's equipment,
supplies, facilities or trade secret information except for those inventions
that either:
(1) Relate at the time of conception or reduction to practice of the
invention to Employer's business, or Employer's actual or demonstrably
anticipated research or development.
(2) Result from any work performed by you for Employer.
To the extent a provision in the foregoing Agreement purports to require
you to assign an invention otherwise excluded from the preceding paragraph, the
provision is against the public policy of this state and is unenforceable.
This limited exclusion does not apply to any patent or invention covered
by a contract between Employer and the United States or any of its agencies
requiring full title to such patent or invention to be in the United States.
I ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT of a copy of this notifications.
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Dated: 1st March 1995
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Witnessed by:
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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(Printed Name of Representative)
Dated: 3-1-95
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EXHIBIT C
STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
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IMMEDIATELY EXERCISABLE
REPURCHASE RIGHT
RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL
COMBICHEM, INC.
STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT made as of this ____ day of ________, 19__, by and among
CombiChem, Inc. (the "Corporation"), ______________________, the holder of a
stock option (the "Optionee") under the Corporation's 1995 Stock Option/Stock
Issuance Plan and _________________, the Optionee's spouse.
I. EXERCISE OF OPTION
1.1 EXERCISE. Optionee hereby purchases _________ shares
("Purchased Shares") of the Corporation's common stock ("Common Stock") pursuant
to that certain option ("Option") granted Optionee on ______________ ("Grant
Dates") to purchase up to _________ shares of the Common Stock ("Total
Purchasable Shares") under the Corporation's 1995 Stock Option/Stock Issuance
Plan (the "Plan") at an option price of $_____ per share ("Option Price").
1.2 PAYMENT. Concurrently with the delivery of this Agreement to
the Corporate Secretary of the Corporation, Optionee shall pay the Option Price
for the Purchased Shares in accordance with the provisions of the agreement
between the Corporation and Optionee evidencing the Option (the "Option
Agreement") and shall deliver whatever additional documents may be required by
the Option Agreement as a condition for exercise, together with a duly-executed
blank Assignment Separate from Certificate (in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit I) with respect to the Purchased Shares.
1.3 DELIVERY OF CERTIFICATES. The certificates representing the
Purchased Shares hereunder shall be held in escrow by the Corporate Secretary of
the Corporation in accordance with the provisions of Article VII.
1.4 SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS. Until such time as the Corporation
actually exercises its repurchase right, rights of first refusal or special
purchase right under this Agreement, Optionee (or any successor in interest)
shall have all the rights of a shareholder (including voting and dividend
rights) with respect to the Purchased Shares, including the Purchased Shares
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held in escrow under Article VII, subject, however, to the transfer restrictions
of Article IV.
II. SECURITIES LAW COMPLIANCE
2.1 EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION. The Purchased Shares have not
been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"),
and are accordingly being issued to Optionee in reliance upon the exemption from
such registration provided by Rule 701 of the Securities and Exchange Commission
for stock issuances under compensatory benefit plans such as the Plan. Optionee
hereby acknowledges previous receipt of a copy of the documentation for such
Plan in the form of Exhibit C to the Notice of Grant of Stock Option (the "Grant
Notice") accompanying the Option Agreement.
2.2 RESTRICTED SECURITIES.
A. Optionee hereby confirms that Optionee has been informed that
the Purchased Shares are restricted securities under the 1933 Act and may not be
resold or transferred unless the Purchased Shares are first registered under the
Federal securities laws or unless an exemption from such registration is
available. Accordingly, Optionee hereby acknowledges that Optionee is prepared
to hold the Purchased Shares for an indefinite period and that Optionee is aware
that Rule 144 of the Securities and Exchange Commission issued under the 1933
Act is not presently available to exempt the sale of the Purchased Shares from
the registration requirements of the 1933 Act.
B. Upon the expiration of the ninety (90)-day period immediately
following the date on which the Corporation first becomes subject to the
reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"), the Purchased Shares, to the extent vested under Article V, may
be sold (without registration) pursuant to the applicable requirements of Rule
144. If Optionee is at the time of such sale an affiliate of the Corporation for
purposes of Rule 144 or was such an affiliate during the preceding three (3)
months, then the sale must comply with all the requirements of Rule 144
(including the volume limitation on the number of shares sold, the
broker/market-maker sale requirement and the requisite notice to the Securities
and Exchange Commission); however, the two (2)-year holding period requirement
of the Rule will not be applicable. If Optionee is not at the time of the sale
an affiliate of the Corporation nor was such an affiliate during the preceding
three (3) months, then none of the requirements of Rule 144 (other than the
broker/market-maker sale requirement for Purchased Shares held for less than
three (3) years following payment in cash of the Option Price therefor) will be
applicable to the sale.
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C. Should the Corporation not become subject to the reporting
requirements of the Exchange Act, then Optionee may, provided he/she is not at
the time an affiliate of the Corporation (nor was such an affiliate during the
preceding three (3) months), sell the Purchased Shares (without registration)
pursuant to paragraph (k) of Rule 144 after the Purchased Shares have been held
for a period of three (3) years following the payment in cash of the Option
Price for such shares.
2.3 DISPOSITION OF SHARES. Optionee hereby agrees that Optionee
shall make no disposition of the Purchased Shares (other than a permitted
transfer under paragraph 4.1) unless and until there is compliance with all of
the following requirements:
(a) Optionee shall have notified the Corporation of the
proposed disposition and provided a written summary of the terms and
conditions of the proposed disposition.
(b) Optionee shall have complied with all requirements of
this Agreement applicable to the disposition of the Purchased Shares.
(c) Optionee shall have provided the Corporation with
written assurances, in form and substance satisfactory to the Corporation,
that (i) the proposed disposition does not require registration of the
Purchased Shares under the 1933 Act or (ii) all appropriate action
necessary for compliance with the registration requirements of the 1933
Act or of any exemption from registration available under the 1933 Act
(including Rule 144) has been taken.
(d) Optionee shall have provided the Corporation with
written assurances, in form and substance satisfactory to the Corporation,
that the proposed disposition will not result in the contravention of any
transfer restrictions applicable to the Purchased Shares pursuant to the
provisions of the Commissioner Rules identified in paragraph 2.5.
The Corporation shall not be required (i) to transfer on its books
any Purchased Shares which have been sold or transferred in violation of the
provisions of this Article II nor (ii) to treat as the owner of the Purchased
Shares, or otherwise to accord voting or dividend rights to, any transferee to
whom the Purchased Shares have been transferred in contravention of this
Agreement.
2.4 RESTRICTIVE LEGENDS. In order to reflect the restrictions
on disposition of the Purchased Shares, the stock
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certificates for the Purchased Shares will be endorsed with restrictive legends,
including one or more of the following legends:
(i) "The shares represented by this certificate have not
been registered under the Securities Act of 1933. The shares may not be sold or
offered for sale in the absence of (a) an effective registration statement for
the shares under such Act, (b) a 'no action' letter of the Securities and
Exchange Commission with respect to such sale or offer, or (c) satisfactory
assurances to the Corporation that registration under such Act is not required
with respect to such sale or offer."
(ii) "The shares represented by this certificate are unvested
and accordingly may not be sold, assigned, transferred, encumbered, or in any
manner disposed of except in conformity with the terms of a written agreement
dated February 24, 1997 between the Corporation and the registered holder of the
shares (or the predecessor in interest to the shares). Such agreement grants
certain repurchase rights and rights of first refusal to the Corporation (or its
assignees) upon the sale, assignment, transfer, encumbrance or other disposition
of the Corporation's shares or upon termination of service with the Corporation.
The Corporation will upon written request furnish a copy of such agreement to
the holder hereof without charge."
III. SPECIAL TAX ELECTION
3.1 SECTION 83(b) ELECTION APPLICABLE TO THE EXERCISE OF A
NON-STATUTORY STOCK OPTION. If the Purchased Shares are acquired hereunder
pursuant to the exercise of a non-statutory stock option, as specified in the
Grant Notice, then the Optionee understands that under Section 83 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), the excess of the fair
market value of the Purchased Shares on the date any forfeiture restrictions
applicable to such shares lapse over the Option Price paid for such shares will
be reportable as ordinary income on such lapse date. For this purpose, the term
"forfeiture restrictions" includes the right of the Corporation to repurchase
the Purchased Shares pursuant to the Repurchase Right provided under Article V
of this Agreement. Optionee understands that he/she may elect under Section
83(b) of the Code to be taxed at the time the Purchased Shares are acquired
hereunder, rather than when and as such Purchased Shares cease to be subject to
such forfeiture restrictions. Such election must be filed with the Internal
Revenue Service within thirty (30) days after the date of this Agreement. Even
if the fair market value of the Purchased Shares at the date of this Agreement
equals the Option Price paid (and thus no tax is payable), the election must be
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made to avoid adverse tax consequences in the future. THE FORM FOR MAKING THIS
ELECTION IS ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT II HERETO. OPTIONEE UNDERSTANDS THAT FAILURE TO
MAKE THIS FILING WITHIN THE THIRTY (30)-DAY PERIOD WILL RESULT IN THE
RECOGNITION OF ORDINARY INCOME BY THE OPTIONEE AS THE FORFEITURE RESTRICTIONS
LAPSE.
3.2 CONDITIONAL SECTION 83(b) ELECTION APPLICABLE TO THE EXERCISE
OF AN INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION. If the Purchased Shares are acquired hereunder
pursuant to the exercise of an incentive stock option under the Federal tax
laws, as specified in the Grant Notice, then the following tax principles shall
be applicable to the Purchased Shares:
A. For regular tax purposes, no taxable income will be
recognized at the time the Option is exercised.
B. The excess of (i) the fair market value of the Purchased
Shares on the date the Option is exercised or (if later) on the date any
forfeiture restrictions applicable to the Purchased Shares lapse over (ii)
the Option Price paid for the Purchased Shares will be includible in the
Optionee's taxable income for alternative minimum tax purposes.
C. If the Optionee makes a disqualifying disposition of the
Purchased Shares, then the Optionee will recognize ordinary income in the
year of such disposition equal in amount to the excess of (i) the fair
market value of the Purchased Shares on the date the Option is exercised
or (if later) on the date any forfeiture restrictions applicable to the
Purchased Shares lapse over (ii) the Option Price paid for the Purchased
Shares. Any additional gain recognized upon the disqualifying disposition
will be either short-term or long-term capital gain depending upon the
period for which the Purchased Shares are held prior to the disposition.
D. For purposes of the foregoing, the term "forfeiture
restrictions" will include the right of the Corporation to repurchase the
Purchased Shares pursuant to the Repurchase Right provided under Article V
of this Agreement. The term "disqualifying disposition" means any sale or
other disposition(1) of the
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(1) Generally, a disposition of shares purchased under an incentive stock
option includes any transfer of legal title, including a transfer by sale,
exchange or gift, but does not include a transfer to the Optionee's spouse, a
transfer into
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Purchased Shares within two (2) years after the Grant Date or within one
(1) year after the execution date of this Agreement.
E. In the absence of final Treasury Regulations relating to
incentive stock options, it is not certain whether the Optionee may, in
connection with the exercise of the Option for any Purchased Shares at the
time subject to forfeiture restrictions, file a protective election under
Section 83(b) of the Code which would limit (I) the Optionee's alternative
minimum taxable income upon exercise and (II) the Optionee's ordinary
income upon a disqualifying disposition, to the excess of (i) the fair
market value of the Purchased Shares on the date the Option is exercised
over (ii) the Option Price paid for the Purchased Shares. THE APPROPRIATE
FORM FOR MAKING SUCH A PROTECTIVE ELECTION IS ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT II TO
THIS AGREEMENT AND MUST BE FILED WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE WITHIN
THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF THIS AGREEMENT. HOWEVER, SUCH ELECTION
IF PROPERLY FILED WILL ONLY BE ALLOWED TO THE EXTENT THE FINAL TREASURY
REGULATIONS PERMIT SUCH A PROTECTIVE ELECTION.
3.3 OPTIONEE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT IS OPTIONEE'S SOLE
RESPONSIBILITY, AND NOT THE CORPORATION'S, TO FILE A TIMELY ELECTION UNDER
SECTION 83(B), EVEN IF OPTIONEE REQUESTS THE CORPORATION OR ITS REPRESENTATIVES
TO MAKE THIS FILING ON HIS/HER BEHALF. This filing should be made by registered
or certified mail, return receipt requested, and Optionee must retain two (2)
copies of the completed form for filing with his or her State and Federal tax
returns for the current tax year and an additional copy for his or her records.
IV. TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS
4.1 RESTRICTION ON TRANSFER. Optionee shall not transfer, assign,
encumber or otherwise dispose of any of the Purchased Shares which are subject
to the Corporation's Repurchase Right under Article V. In addition, Purchased
Shares which are released from the Repurchase Right shall not be transferred,
assigned, encumbered or otherwise made the subject of disposition in
contravention of the Corporation's First Refusal Right under Article VI. Such
restrictions on transfer, however, shall not be
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joint ownership with right of survivorship if Optionee remains one
of the joint owners, a pledge, a transfer by bequest or inheritance or certain
tax free exchanges permitted under the Code.
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applicable to (i) a gratuitous transfer of the Purchased Shares made to the
Optionee's spouse or issue, including adopted children, or to a trust for the
exclusive benefit of the Optionee or the Optionee's spouse or issue, provided
and only if the Optionee obtains the Corporation's prior written consent to such
transfer, (ii) a transfer of title to the Purchased Shares effected pursuant to
the Optionee's will or the laws of intestate succession or (iii) a transfer to
the Corporation in pledge as security for any purchase-money indebtedness
incurred by the Optionee in connection with the acquisition of the Purchased
Shares.
4.2 TRANSFEREE OBLIGATIONS. Each person (other than the
Corporation) to whom the Purchased Shares are transferred by means of one of the
permitted transfers specified in paragraph 4.1 must, as a condition precedent to
the validity of such transfer, acknowledge in writing to the Corporation that
such person is bound by the provisions of this Agreement and that the
transferred shares are subject to (i) both the Corporation's Repurchase Right
and the Corporation's First Refusal Right granted hereunder and (ii) the market
stand-off provisions of paragraph 4.4, to the same extent such shares would be
so subject if retained by the Optionee.
4.3 DEFINITION OF OWNER. For purposes of Articles IV, V, VI and
VII of this Agreement, the term "Owner" shall include the Optionee and all
subsequent holders of the Purchased Shares who derive their chain of ownership
through a permitted transfer from the Optionee in accordance with paragraph 4.1.
4.4 MARKET STAND-OFF PROVISIONS.
A. In connection with any underwritten public offering by the
Corporation of its equity securities pursuant to an effective registration
statement filed under the 1933 Act, including the Corporation's initial public
offering, Owner shall not sell, make any short sale of, loan, hypothecate,
pledge, grant any option for the purchase of, or otherwise dispose or transfer
for value or otherwise agree to engage in any of the foregoing transactions with
respect to, any Purchased Shares without the prior written consent of the
Corporation or its underwriters. Such limitations shall be in effect for such
period of time from and after the effective date of such registration statement
as may be requested by the Corporation or such underwriters; provided, however,
that in no event shall such period exceed one hundred-eighty (180) days. The
limitations of this paragraph 4.4 shall remain in effect for the two-year period
immediately following the effective date of the Corporation's initial public
offering and shall thereafter terminate and cease to have any force or effect.
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B. Owner shall be subject to the market stand-off provisions of
this paragraph 4.4 provided and only if the officers and directors of the
Corporation are also subject to similar arrangements.
C. In the event of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or other change affecting the Corporation's outstanding Common
Stock effected as a class without receipt of consideration, then any new,
substituted or additional securities distributed with respect to the Purchased
Shares shall be immediately subject to the provisions of this paragraph 4.4, to
the same extent the Purchased Shares are at such time covered by such
provisions.
D. In order to enforce the limitations of this paragraph 4.4, the
Corporation may impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to the Purchased
Shares until the end of the applicable stand-off period.
V. REPURCHASE RIGHT
5.1 GRANT. The Corporation is hereby granted the right (the
"Repurchase Right"), exercisable at any time during the sixty (60)-day period
following the date the Optionee ceases for any reason to remain in Service or
(if later) during the sixty (60)-day period following the execution date of this
Agreement, to repurchase at the Option Price all or (at the discretion of the
Corporation and with the consent of the Optionee) any portion of the Purchased
Shares in which the Optionee has not acquired a vested interest in accordance
with the vesting provisions of paragraph 5.3 (such shares to be hereinafter
called the "Unvested Shares"). For purposes of this Agreement, the Optionee
shall be deemed to remain in Service for so long as the Optionee continues to
render periodic services to the Corporation or any parent or subsidiary
corporation, whether as an employee, a non-employee member of the board of
directors, or an independent contractor or consultant.
5.2 EXERCISE OF THE REPURCHASE RIGHT. The Repurchase Right shall
be exercisable by written notice delivered to the Owner of the Unvested Shares
prior to the expiration of the applicable sixty (60)-day period specified in
paragraph 5.1. The notice shall indicate the number of Unvested Shares to be
repurchased and the date on which the repurchase is to be effected, such date to
be not more than thirty (30) days after the date of notice. To the extent one or
more certificates representing Unvested Shares may have been previously
delivered out of escrow to the Owner, then Owner shall, prior to the close of
business on the date specified for the repurchase, deliver to the Secretary of
the Corporation the certificates representing the Unvested Shares to be
repurchased, each certificate to be
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properly endorsed for transfer. The Corporation shall, concurrently with the
receipt of such stock certificates (either from escrow in accordance with
paragraph 7.3 or from Owner as herein provided), pay to Owner in cash or cash
equivalents (including the cancellation of any purchase-money indebtedness), an
amount equal to the Option Price previously paid for the Unvested Shares which
are to be repurchased.
5.3 TERMINATION OF THE REPURCHASE RIGHT. The Repurchase Right
shall terminate with respect to any Unvested Shares for which it is not timely
exercised under paragraph 5.2. In addition, the Repurchase Right shall
terminate, and cease to be exercisable, with respect to any and all Purchased
Shares in which the Optionee vests in accordance with the vesting schedule
specified in the Grant Notice. All Purchased Shares as to which the Repurchase
Right lapses shall, however, continue to be subject to (i) the First Refusal
Right of the Corporation and its assignees under Article VI, (ii) the market
stand-off provisions of paragraph 4.4 and (iii) the Special Purchase Right under
Article VIII.
5.4 AGGREGATE VESTING LIMITATION. If the Option is exercised in
more than one increment so that the Optionee is a party to one or more other
Stock Purchase Agreements ("Prior Purchase Agreements") which are executed prior
to the date of this Agreement, then the total number of Purchased Shares as to
which the Optionee shall be deemed to have a fully-vested interest under this
Agreement and all Prior Purchase Agreements shall not exceed in the aggregate
the number of Purchased Shares in which the Optionee would otherwise at the time
be vested, in accordance with the vesting provisions of paragraph 5.3, had all
the Purchased Shares been acquired exclusively under this Agreement.
5.5 FRACTIONAL SHARES. No fractional shares shall be repurchased
by the Corporation. Accordingly, should the Repurchase Right extend to a
fractional share (in accordance with the vesting provisions of paragraph 5.3) at
the time the Optionee ceases Service, then such fractional share shall be added
to any fractional share in which the Optionee is at such time vested in order to
make one whole vested share no longer subject to the Repurchase Right.
5.6 ADDITIONAL SHARES OR SUBSTITUTED SECURITIES. In the event of
any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other change affecting the
Corporation's outstanding Common Stock as a class effected without receipt of
consideration, then any new, substituted or additional securities or other
property (including money paid other than as a regular cash dividend) which is
by reason of any such transaction distributed with respect to the Purchased
Shares shall be immediately subject to
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the Repurchase Right, but only to the extent the Purchased Shares are at the
time covered by such right. Appropriate adjustments to reflect the distribution
of such securities or property shall be made to the number of Purchased Shares
and Total Purchasable Shares hereunder and to the price per share to be paid
upon the exercise of the Repurchase Right in order to reflect the effect of any
such transaction upon the Corporation's capital structure; provided, however,
that the aggregate purchase price shall remain the same.
5.7 CORPORATE TRANSACTION.
A. Except to the extent the Repurchase Right is to be assigned to
the successor corporation (or its parent company), immediately prior to the
consummation of any of the following shareholder-approved transactions (a
"Corporate Transaction"):
(i) a merger or consolidation in which the Corporation is
not the surviving entity,
(ii) the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the Corporation's assets, or
(iii) any transaction (other than an issuance of shares by the
Corporation for cash) in or by means of which one or more persons acting
in concert acquire, in the aggregate, more than 50% of the outstanding
shares of the stock of the Corporation,
the Corporation may exercise the Repurchase Right with respect to the then
Unvested Shares. The Repurchase Right shall automatically lapse with respect to
all Unvested Shares not repurchased hereunder.
B. To the extent the Repurchase Right remains in effect following
such Corporate Transaction, it shall apply to the new capital stock or other
property (including cash) received in exchange for the Shares in consummation of
the Corporate Transaction, but only to the extent the Shares are at the time
covered by such right. Appropriate adjustments shall be made to the price per
share payable upon exercise of the Repurchase Right to reflect the effect of the
Corporate Transaction upon the Corporation's capital structure; provided,
however, that the aggregate Purchase Price shall remain the same.
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VI. RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL
6.1 GRANT. The Corporation is hereby granted rights of first
refusal (the "First Refusal Right"), exercisable in connection with any proposed
transfer of the Purchased Shares in which the Optionee has vested in accordance
with the vesting provisions of Article V. For purposes of this Article VI, the
term "transfer" shall include any sale, assignment, pledge, encumbrance or other
disposition for value of the Purchased Shares intended to be made by the Owner,
but shall not include any of the permitted transfers under paragraph 4.1.
6.2 NOTICE OF INTENDED DISPOSITION. In the event the Owner desires
to accept a bona fide third-party offer for the transfer of any or all of the
Purchased Shares (the shares subject to such offer to be hereinafter called the
"Target Shares"), Owner shall promptly (i) deliver to the Corporate Secretary of
the Corporation written notice (the "Disposition Notice") of the terms and
conditions of the offer, including the purchase price and the identity of the
third-party offeror, and (ii) provide satisfactory proof that the disposition of
the Target Shares to such third-party offeror would not be in contravention of
the provisions set forth in Articles II and IV of this Agreement.
6.3 EXERCISE OF RIGHT. The Corporation shall, for a period of
forty-five (45) days following receipt of the Disposition Notice, have the right
to repurchase any or all of the Target Shares specified in the Disposition
Notice upon the same terms and conditions specified therein or upon terms and
conditions which do not materially vary from those specified therein. Such right
shall be exercisable by delivery of written notice (the "Exercise Notice") to
Owner prior to the expiration of the forty-five (45)-day exercise period. If
such right is exercised with respect to all the Target Shares specified in the
Disposition Notice, then the Corporation (or its assignees) shall effect the
repurchase of the Target Shares, including payment of the purchase price, not
more than ten (10) business days after delivery of the Exercise Notice; and at
such time Owner shall deliver to the Corporation the certificates representing
the Target Shares to be repurchased, each certificate to be properly endorsed
for transfer. To the extent any of the Target Shares are at the time held in
escrow under Article VII, the certificates for such shares shall automatically
be released from escrow and delivered to the Corporation for purchase. Should
the purchase price specified in the Disposition Notice be payable in property
other than cash or evidences of indebtedness, the Corporation (or its assignees)
shall have the right to pay the purchase price in the form of cash equal in
amount to the value of such property. If the Owner and the Corporation (or its
assignees) cannot agree on such cash value within ten (10) days
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after the Corporation's receipt of the Disposition Notice, the valuation shall
be made by an appraiser of recognized standing selected by the Owner and the
Corporation (or its assignees) or, if they cannot agree on an appraiser within
twenty (20) days after the Corporation's receipt of the Disposition Notice, each
shall select an appraiser of recognized standing and the two appraisers shall
designate a third appraiser of recognized standing, whose appraisal shall be
determinative of such value. The cost of such appraisal shall be shared equally
by the Owner and the Corporation. The closing shall then be held on the later of
(i) the tenth business day following delivery of the Exercise Notice or (ii) the
tenth business day after such cash valuation shall have been made.
6.4 NON-EXERCISE OF RIGHT. In the event the Exercise Notice is not
given to Owner within forty-five (45) days following the date of the
Corporation's receipt of the Disposition Notice, Owner shall have a period of
thirty (30) days thereafter in which to sell or otherwise dispose of the Target
Shares to the third-party offeror identified in the Disposition Notice upon
terms and conditions (including the purchase price) no more favorable to such
third-party offeror than those specified in the Disposition Notice; provided,
however, that any such sale or disposition must not be effected in contravention
of the provisions of Article II of this Agreement. To the extent any of the
Target Shares are at the time held in escrow under Article VII, the certificates
for such shares shall automatically be released from escrow and surrendered to
the Owner. The third-party offeror shall acquire the Target Shares free and
clear of the Corporation's Repurchase Right under Article V and the
Corporation's First Refusal Right hereunder, but the acquired shares shall
remain subject to (i) the securities law restrictions of paragraph 2.2(a) and
(ii) the market stand-off provisions of paragraph 4.4. In the event Owner does
not effect such sale or disposition of the Target Shares within the specified
thirty (30)-day period, the Corporation's First Refusal Right shall continue to
be applicable to any subsequent disposition of the Target Shares by Owner until
such right lapses in accordance with paragraph 6.7.
6.5 PARTIAL EXERCISE OF RIGHT. In the event the Corporation (or
its assignees) makes a timely exercise of the First Refusal Right with respect
to a portion, but not all, of the Target Shares specified in the Disposition
Notice, Owner shall have the option, exercisable by written notice to the
Corporation delivered within thirty (30) days after the date of the Disposition
Notice, to effect the sale of the Target Shares pursuant to one of the following
alternatives:
(i) sale or other disposition of all the Target Shares to
the third-party offeror identified in
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the Disposition Notice, but in full compliance with the requirements of
paragraph 6.4, as if the Corporation did not exercise the First Refusal
Right hereunder; or
(ii) sale to the Corporation (or its assignees) of the
portion of the Target Shares which the Corporation (or its assignees) has
elected to purchase, such sale to be effected in substantial conformity
with the provisions of paragraph 6.3.
Failure of Owner to deliver timely notification to the Corporation
under this paragraph 6.5 shall be deemed to be an election by Owner to sell the
Target Shares pursuant to alternative (i) above.
6.6 RECAPITALIZATION/MERGER.
(a) In the event of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or other transaction affecting the Corporation's outstanding
Common Stock as a class effected without receipt of consideration, then any new,
substituted or additional securities or other property which is by reason of
such transaction distributed with respect to the Purchased Shares shall be
immediately subject to the Corporation's First Refusal Right hereunder, but only
to the extent the Purchased Shares are at the time covered by such right.
(b) In the event of any of the following transactions:
(i) a merger or consolidation in which the Corporation is
not the surviving entity,
(ii) a sale, transfer or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the Corporation's assets,
(iii) a reverse merger in which the Corporation is the
surviving entity but in which the Corporation's outstanding voting
securities are transferred in whole or in part to person or persons other
than those who held such securities immediately prior to the merger, or
(iv) any transaction effected primarily to change the State
in which the Corporation is incorporated, or to create a holding company
structure,
the Corporation's First Refusal Right shall remain in full
force and effect and shall apply to the new capital stock or other property
received in exchange for the Purchased Shares
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in consummation of the transaction but only to the extent the Purchased Shares
are at the time covered by such right.
6.7 LAPSE. The First Refusal Right under this Article VI shall
lapse and cease to have effect upon the earliest to occur of (i) the first date
on which shares of the Corporation's Common Stock are held of record by more
than five hundred (500) persons, (ii) a determination is made by the
Corporation's Board of Directors that a public market exists for the outstanding
shares of the Corporation's Common Stock, or (iii) a firm commitment
underwritten public offering pursuant to an effective registration statement
under the 1933 Act, covering the offer and sale of the Corporation's Common
Stock in the aggregate amount of at least $5,000,000. However, the market
stand-off provisions of paragraph 4.4 shall continue to remain in full force and
effect following the lapse of the First Refusal Right hereunder.
VII. ESCROW
7.1 DEPOSIT. Upon issuance, the certificates for any Unvested
Shares purchased hereunder shall be deposited in escrow with the Corporate
Secretary of the Corporation to be held in accordance with the provisions of
this Article VII. Each deposited certificate shall be accompanied by a
duly-executed Assignment Separate from Certificate in the form of Exhibit I. The
deposited certificates, together with any other assets or securities from time
to time deposited with the Corporate Secretary pursuant to the requirements of
this Agreement, shall remain in escrow until such time or times as the
certificates (or other assets and securities) are to be released or otherwise
surrendered for cancellation in accordance with paragraph 7.3. Upon delivery of
the certificates (or other assets and securities) to the Corporate Secretary of
the Corporation, the Owner shall be issued an instrument of deposit
acknowledging the number of Unvested Shares (or other assets and securities)
delivered in escrow.
7.2 RECAPITALIZATION. All regular cash dividends on the Unvested
Shares (or other securities at the time held in escrow) shall be paid directly
to the Owner and shall not be held in escrow. However, in the event of any stock
dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other change affecting the
Corporation's outstanding Common Stock as a class effected without receipt of
consideration or in the event of a Corporate Transaction, any new, substituted
or additional securities or other property which is by reason of such
transaction distributed with respect to the Unvested Shares shall be immediately
delivered to the Corporate Secretary to be held in escrow under this Article
VII, but only to the extent the Unvested Shares are at the time subject to the
escrow requirements of paragraph 7.1.
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7.3 RELEASE/SURRENDER. The Unvested Shares, together with any
other assets or securities held in escrow hereunder, shall be subject to the
following terms and conditions relating to their release from escrow or their
surrender to the Corporation for repurchase and cancellation:
(i) Should the Corporation (or its assignees) elect to
exercise the Repurchase Right under Article V with respect to any Unvested
Shares, then the escrowed certificates for such Unvested Shares (together
with any other assets or securities issued with respect thereto) shall be
delivered to the Corporation concurrently with the payment to the Owner,
in cash or cash equivalent (including the cancellation of any
purchase-money indebtedness), of an amount equal to the aggregate Option
Price for such Unvested Shares, and the Owner shall cease to have any
further rights or claims with respect to such Unvested Shares (or other
assets or securities attributable to such Unvested Shares).
(ii) Should the Corporation (or its assignees) elect to
exercise its First Refusal Right under Article VI with respect to any
vested Target Shares held at the time in escrow hereunder, then the
escrowed certificates for such Target Shares (together with any other
assets or securities attributable thereto) shall, concurrently with the
payment of the paragraph 6.3 purchase price for such Target Shares to the
Owner, be surrendered to the Corporation, and the Owner shall cease to
have any further rights or claims with respect to such Target Shares (or
other assets or securities).
(iii) Should the Corporation (or its assignees) elect not to
exercise its First Refusal Right under Article VI with respect to any
Target Shares held at the time in escrow hereunder, then the escrowed
certificates for such Target Shares (together with any other assets or
securities attributable thereto) shall be surrendered to the Owner for
disposition in accordance with provisions of paragraph 6.4.
(iv) As the interest of the Optionee in the Unvested Shares
(or any other assets or securities attributable thereto) vests in
accordance with the provisions of Article V, the certificates for such
vested shares (as well as all other vested assets and securities) shall be
released from escrow and delivered to the Owner in accordance with the
following schedule:
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a. The initial release of vested shares (or other
vested assets and securities) from escrow shall be effected within
thirty (30) days following the expiration of the initial twelve
(12)-month period measured from the Grant Date.
b. Subsequent releases of vested shares (or other
vested assets and securities) from escrow shall be effected at
semi-annual intervals thereafter, with the first such semi-annual
release to occur eighteen (18) months after the Grant Date.
c. Upon the Optionee's cessation of Service, any
escrowed Purchased Shares (or other assets or securities) in which
the Optionee is at the time vested shall be promptly released from
escrow.
d. Upon any earlier termination of the Corporation's
Repurchase Right in accordance with the applicable provisions of
Article V, any Purchased Shares (or other assets or securities) at
the time held in escrow hereunder shall promptly be released to the
Owner as fully-vested shares or other property.
(v) All Purchased Shares (or other assets or securities)
released from escrow in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph
(iv) above shall nevertheless remain subject to (I) the Corporation's
First Refusal Right under Article VI until such right lapses pursuant to
paragraph 6.7, (II) the market stand-off provisions of paragraph 4.4 until
such provisions terminate in accordance therewith and (III) the Special
Purchase Right under Article VIII.
VIII. MARITAL DISSOLUTION OR LEGAL SEPARATION
8.1 GRANT. In connection with the dissolution of the Optionee's
marriage or the legal separation of the Optionee and the Optionee's spouse, the
Corporation shall have the right (the "Special Purchase Right"), exercisable at
any time during the thirty (30)-day period following the Corporation's receipt
of the required Dissolution Notice under paragraph 8.2, to purchase from the
Optionee's spouse, in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 8.3, all or
any portion of the Purchased Shares which would otherwise be awarded to such
spouse in settlement of any
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community property or other marital property rights such spouse may have in such
shares.
8.2 NOTICE OF DECREE OR AGREEMENT. The Optionee shall promptly
provide the Secretary of the Corporation with written notice (the "Dissolution
Notice") of (i) the entry of any judicial decree or order resolving the property
rights of the Optionee and the Optionee's spouse in connection with their
marital dissolution or legal separation or (ii) the execution of any contract or
agreement relating to the distribution or division of such property rights. The
Dissolution Notice shall be accompanied by a copy of the actual decree of
dissolution or settlement agreement between the Optionee and the Optionee's
spouse which provides for the award to the spouse of one or more Purchased
Shares in settlement of any community property or other marital property rights
such spouse may have in such shares.
8.3 EXERCISE OF SPECIAL PURCHASE RIGHT. The Special Purchase Right
shall be exercisable by delivery of written notice (the "Purchase Notice") to
the Optionee and the Optionee's spouse within thirty (30) days after the
Corporation's receipt of the Dissolution Notice. The Purchase Notice shall
indicate the number of shares to be purchased by the Corporation, the date such
purchase is to be effected (such date to be not less than five (5) business
days, nor more than ten (10) business days, after the date of the Purchase
Notice), and the fair market value to be paid for such Purchased Shares. The
Optionee (or the Optionee's spouse, to the extent such spouse has physical
possession of the Purchased Shares) shall, prior to the close of business on the
date specified for the purchase, deliver to the Corporate Secretary of the
Corporation the certificates representing the shares to be purchased, each
certificate to be properly endorsed for transfer. To the extent any of the
shares to be purchased by the Corporation are at the time held in escrow under
Article VII, the certificates for such shares shall be promptly delivered out of
escrow to the Corporation. The Corporation shall, concurrently with the receipt
of the stock certificates, pay to the Optionee's spouse (in cash or cash
equivalents) an amount equal to the fair market value specified for such shares
in the Purchase Notice.
If the Optionee's spouse does not agree with the fair market value
specified for the shares in the Purchase Notice, then the spouse shall promptly
notify the Corporation in writing of such disagreement and the fair market value
of such shares shall thereupon be determined by an appraiser of recognized
standing selected by the Corporation and the spouse. If they cannot agree on an
appraiser within twenty (20) days after the date of the Purchase Notice, each
shall select an appraiser of recognized standing, and the two appraisers shall
designate a third appraiser of recognized standing whose appraisal shall be
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determinative of such value. The cost of the appraisal shall be shared equally
by the Corporation and the Optionee's spouse. The closing shall then be held on
the fifth business day following the completion of such appraisal; provided,
however, that if the appraised value is more than fifteen percent (15%) greater
than the fair market value specified for the shares in the Purchase Notice, the
Corporation shall have the right, exercisable prior to the expiration of such
five (5)-business-day period, to rescind the exercise of the Special Purchase
Right and thereby revoke its election to purchase the shares awarded to the
spouse.
8.4 LAPSE. The Special Purchase Right under this Article VIII
shall lapse and cease to have effect upon the earlier to occur of (i) the first
date on which the First Refusal Right under Article VI lapses or (ii) the
expiration of the thirty (30)-day exercise period specified in paragraph 8.3, to
the extent the Special Purchase Right is not timely exercised in accordance with
such paragraph.
IX. GENERAL PROVISIONS
9.1 ASSIGNMENT. The Corporation may assign its Repurchase Right
under Article V, its First Refusal Right under Article VI and/or its Special
Purchase Right under Article VIII to any person or entity selected by the
Corporation's Board of Directors, including (without limitation) one or more
shareholders of the Corporation.
If the assignee of the Repurchase Right is other than a one hundred
percent (100%) owned subsidiary corporation of the Corporation or the parent
corporation owning one hundred percent (100%) of the Corporation, then such
assignee must make a cash payment to the Corporation, upon the assignment of the
Repurchase Right, in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of (i) the fair
market value of the Unvested Shares at the time subject to the assigned
Repurchase Right over (ii) the aggregate repurchase price payable for the
Unvested Shares thereunder.
9.2 DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Agreement, the following
provisions shall be applicable in determining the parent and subsidiary
corporations of the Corporation:
(i) Any corporation (other than the Corporation) in an
unbroken chain of corporations ending with the Corporation shall be
considered to be a parent corporation of the Corporation, provided each
such corporation in the unbroken chain (other than the Corporation) owns,
at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or
more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of
the other corporations in such chain.
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(ii) Each corporation (other than the Corporation) in an
unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Corporation shall be
considered to be a subsidiary of the Corporation, provided each such
corporation (other than the last corporation) in the unbroken chain owns,
at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or
more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of
the other corporations in such chain.
9.3 NO EMPLOYMENT OR SERVICE CONTRACT. Nothing in this Agreement
or in the Plan shall confer upon the Optionee any right to continue in the
Service of the Corporation (or any parent or subsidiary corporation of the
Corporation employing or retaining Optionee) for any period of specific duration
or interfere with or otherwise restrict in any way the rights of the Corporation
(or any parent or subsidiary corporation of the Corporation employing or
retaining Optionee) or the Optionee, which rights are hereby expressly reserved
by each, to terminate the Optionee's Service at any time for any reason
whatsoever, with or without cause.
9.4 NOTICES. Any notice required in connection with (i) the
Repurchase Right, the Special Purchase Right or the First Refusal Right or (ii)
the disposition of any Purchased Shares covered thereby shall be given in
writing and shall be deemed effective upon personal delivery or upon deposit in
the United States mail, registered or certified, postage prepaid and addressed
to the party entitled to such notice at the address indicated below such party's
signature line on this Agreement or at such other address as such party may
designate by ten (10) days advance written notice under this paragraph 9.4 to
all other parties to this Agreement.
9.5 NO WAIVER. The failure of the Corporation (or its assignees)
in any instance to exercise the Repurchase Right granted under Article V, or the
failure of the Corporation (or its assignees) in any instance to exercise the
First Refusal Right granted under Article VI, or the failure of the Corporation
(or its assignees) in any instance to exercise the Special Purchase Right
granted under Article VIII shall not constitute a waiver of any other repurchase
rights and/or rights of first refusal that may subsequently arise under the
provisions of this Agreement or any other agreement between the Corporation and
the Optionee or the Optionee's spouse. No waiver of any breach or condition of
this Agreement shall be deemed to be a waiver of any other or subsequent breach
or condition, whether of like or different nature.
9.6 CANCELLATION OF SHARES. If the Corporation (or its assignees)
shall make available, at the time and place and in
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the amount and form provided in this Agreement, the consideration for the
Purchased Shares to be repurchased in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement, then from and after such time, the person from whom such shares are
to be repurchased shall no longer have any rights as a holder of such shares
(other than the right to receive payment of such consideration in accordance
with this Agreement), and such shares shall be deemed purchased in accordance
with the applicable provisions hereof and the Corporation (or its assignees)
shall be deemed the owner and holder of such shares, whether or not the
certificates therefor have been delivered as required by this Agreement.
X. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
10.1 OPTIONEE UNDERTAKING. Optionee hereby agrees to take whatever
additional action and execute whatever additional documents the Corporation may
in its judgment deem necessary or advisable in order to carry out or effect one
or more of the obligations or restrictions imposed on either the Optionee or the
Purchased Shares pursuant to the express provisions of this Agreement.
10.2 AGREEMENT IS ENTIRE CONTRACT. This Agreement constitutes the
entire contract between the parties hereto with regard to the subject matter
hereof. This Agreement is made pursuant to the provisions of the Plan and shall
in all respects be construed in conformity with the express terms and provisions
of the Plan.
10.3 GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of California, as such laws
are applied to contracts entered into and performed in such State without resort
to that State's conflict-of-laws rules.
10.4 COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts,
each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which together shall
constitute one and the same instrument.
10.5 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. The provisions of this Agreement shall
inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the Corporation and its successors
and assigns and the Optionee and the Optionee's legal representatives, heirs,
legatees, distributees, assigns and transferees by operation of law, whether or
not any such person shall have become a party to this Agreement and have agreed
in writing to join herein and be bound by the terms and conditions hereof.
10.6 POWER OF ATTORNEY. Optionee's spouse hereby appoints Optionee
his or her true and lawful attorney in fact,
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for him or her and in his or her name, place and xxxxx, and for his or her use
and benefit, to agree to any amendment or modification of this Agreement and to
execute such further instruments and take such further actions as may reasonably
be necessary to carry out the intent of this Agreement. Optionee's spouse
further gives and grants unto Optionee as his or her attorney in fact full power
and authority to do and perform every act necessary and proper to be done in the
exercise of any of the foregoing powers as fully as he or she might or could do
if personally present, with full power of substitution and revocation, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that Optionee shall lawfully do and cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement on the
day and year first indicated above.
CombiChem, Inc.
By: _____________________________________
Title: __________________________________
Address: _________________________________________
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
Optionee *
Address: _________________________________________
_________________________________________
The undersigned spouse of Optionee has read and hereby approves the
foregoing Stock Purchase Agreement. In consideration of the Corporation's
granting the Optionee the right to acquire the Purchased Shares in accordance
with the terms of such Agreement, the undersigned hereby agrees to be
irrevocably bound by all the terms and provisions of such Agreement, including
(specifically) the right of the Corporation (or its assignees) to purchase any
and all interest or right the undersigned may otherwise have in such shares
pursuant to community property laws or other marital property rights.
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Optionee's Spouse
Address: _________________________________________
_________________________________________
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* I have executed the Section 83(b) election that was attached hereto as an
Exhibit. As set forth in Article III, I understand that I, and not the
Corporation, will be responsible for completing the form and filing the election
with the appropriate office of the Federal and State tax authorities and that if
such filing is not completed within thirty (30) days after the date of this
Agreement, I will not be entitled to the tax benefits provided by Section 83(b).
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EXHIBIT I
ASSIGNMENT SEPARATE FROM CERTIFICATE
FOR VALUE RECEIVED __________________________________ hereby
sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto CombiChem, Inc. (the
"Corporation"),__________________________________ (_________) shares of the
Common Stock of the Corporation standing in his\her name on the books of the
Corporation represented by Certificate No. ______________ and do hereby
irrevocably constitute and appoint ___________________________________ as
Attorney to transfer the said stock on the books of the Corporation with full
power of substitution in the premises.
Dated: ______________
Signature _______________________________
INSTRUCTION: Please do not fill in any blanks other than the signature line. The
purpose of this assignment is to enable the Corporation to exercise its
Repurchase Right set forth in the Agreement without requiring additional
signatures on the part of the Optionee.
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REPURCHASE RIGHTS
EXHIBIT II
SECTION 83(b) TAX ELECTION
This statement is being made under Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code,
pursuant to Treas. Reg. Section 1.83-2.
(1) The taxpayer who performed the services is:
Name:
Address:
Taxpayer Ident. No.:
(2) The property with respect to which the election is being made is
___________ shares of the common stock of CombiChem, Inc.
(3) The property was issued on __________________, 19___.
(4) The taxable year in which the election is being made is the calendar year
19___.
(5) The property is subject to a repurchase right pursuant to which the issuer
has the right to acquire the property at the original purchase price if
for any reason taxpayer's employment with the issuer is terminated. The
issuer's repurchase right lapses in a series of annual and monthly
installments over a four year period ending on ____________, 19___.
(6) The fair market value at the time of transfer (determined without regard
to any restriction other than a restriction which by its terms will never
lapse) is $___________ per share.
(7) The amount paid for such property is $____________ per share.
(8) A copy of this statement was furnished to CombiChem, Inc. for whom
taxpayer rendered the services underlying the transfer of property.
(9) This statement is executed as of: _______________________.
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Spouse (if any) Taxpayer
This form must be filed with the Internal Revenue Service Center with which
taxpayer files his/her Federal income tax returns. The filing must be made
within 30 days after the execution date of the Stock Purchase Agreement.
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SPECIAL PROTECTIVE ELECTION PURSUANT TO SECTION 83(b) OF THE INTERNAL
REVENUE CODE WITH RESPECT TO PROPERTY ACQUIRED UPON EXERCISE OF AN
INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION
The property described in the above Section 83(b) election is comprised of
shares of common stock acquired pursuant to the exercise of an incentive stock
option under Section 422 of the Code. Accordingly, it is the intent of the
Taxpayer to utilize this election to achieve the following tax results:
1. The purpose of this election is to have the alternative minimum
taxable income attributable to the purchased shares measured by the amount by
which the fair market value of such shares at the time of their transfer to the
Taxpayer exceeds the purchase price paid for the shares. In the absence of this
election, such alternative minimum taxable income would be measured by the
spread between the fair market value of the purchased shares and the purchase
price which exists on the various lapse dates in effect for the forfeiture
restrictions applicable to such shares. The election is to be effective to the
full extent permitted under the Internal Revenue Code.
2. Section 421(a)(1) of the Code expressly excludes from income any
excess of the fair market value of the purchased shares over the amount paid for
such shares. Accordingly, this election is also intended to be effective in the
event there is a "disqualifying disposition" of the shares, within the meaning
of Section 421(b) of the Code, which would otherwise render the provisions of
Section 83(a) of the Code applicable at that time. Consequently, the Taxpayer
hereby elects to have the amount of disqualifying disposition income measured by
the excess of the fair market value of the purchased shares on the date of
transfer to the Taxpayer over the amount paid for such shares. Since Section
421(a) presently applies to the shares which are the subject of this Section
83(b) election, no taxable income is actually recognized for regular tax
purposes at this time, and no income taxes are payable, by the Taxpayer as a
result of this election.
This form should be filed with the Internal Revenue Service Center with which
taxpayer files his/her Federal income tax returns. The filing must be made
within 30 days after the execution date of the Stock Purchase Agreement.
NOTE: PAGE 2 SHOULD BE ATTACHED ONLY IF YOU ARE EXERCISING AN INCENTIVE
STOCK OPTION.
