EXHIBIT 10.1
STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
Sportsprize Entertainment Inc.
(formerly Kodiak Graphics Company)
1999 STOCK OPTION PLAN
THIS AGREEMENT is entered into as of the _____ day of _______, 1999 ("Date
of Grant") between Sportsprize Entertainment Inc., a Nevada corporation (the
"Company"), and __________________________ (the "Optionee").
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") has approved
and adopted the 1999 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"), pursuant to which the Board
is authorized to grant to employees and other selected persons stock options to
purchase common stock, without par value, of the Company (the "Common Stock");
WHEREAS, the Plan provides for the granting of stock options that either
(i) are intended to qualify as "Incentive Stock Options" within the meaning of
Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), or
(ii) do not qualify under Section 422 of the Code ("Non-Qualified Stock
Options");
WHEREAS, the Board has authorized the grant to Optionee of options to
purchase a total of ________ shares of Common Stock (the "Options"), which
Options are intended to be (select one):
----------- Incentive Stock Options
----------- Non-Qualified Stock Options;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Company agrees to offer to the Optionee the option to
purchase, upon the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan,
_________ shares of Common Stock. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Plan.
1. Exercise Price. The exercise price of the options shall be $ ___ per
share.
2. Limitation on the Number of Shares. If the Options granted hereby are
Incentive Stock Options, the number of shares which may be acquired upon
exercise thereof is subject to the limitations set forth in Section 5(a) of the
Plan.
3. Vesting Schedule. The Options are exercisable in accordance with the
following vesting schedule:
(a) ___% of the Options may be exercised after ________.
(b) ____% of the Options may be exercised after ________.
4. Options not Transferable. This Option may not be transferred, assigned,
pledged or hypothecated in any manner (whether by operation of law or otherwise)
other than by will, by applicable laws of descent and distribution or (except in
the case of an Incentive Stock Option) pursuant to a qualified domestic
relations order, and shall not be subject to execution, attachment or similar
process; provided, however, that if this Option represents a Non-Qualified Stock
Option, such Option is transferable without payment of consideration to
immediate family members of the Optionee or to trusts or partnerships
established exclusively for the benefit of the Optionee and the Optionee's
immediate family members. Upon any attempt to transfer, pledge, hypothecate or
otherwise dispose of any Option or of any right or privilege conferred by the
Plan contrary to the provisions thereof, or upon the sale, levy or attachment or
similar process upon the rights and privileges conferred by the Plan, such
Option shall thereupon terminate and become null and void.
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5. Investment Intent. By accepting the option, the Optionee represents and
agrees that none of the shares of Common Stock purchased upon exercise of the
Option will be distributed in violation of applicable federal and state laws and
regulations. In addition, the Company may require, as a condition of exercising
the Options, that the Optionee execute an undertaking, in such a form as the
Company shall reasonably specify, that the Stock is being purchased only for
investment and without any then-present intention to sell or distribute such
shares.
6. Termination of Employment and Options. Vested Options shall terminate,
to the extent not previously exercised, upon the occurrence of the first of the
following events:
(i) Expiration: Ten (10) years; except, that the expiration date of
any Incentive Stock Option granted to a greater-than ten percent (>
10%) shareholder of the Company shall not be later than five (5) years
from the Date of Grant.
(ii) Termination for Cause: The date of an Optionee's termination of
employment or contractual relationship with the Company or any Related
Corporation for cause (as determined in the sole discretion of the
Plan Administrator).
(iii) Termination Due to Death or Disability: The expiration of one
(1) year from the date of the death of the Optionee or cessation of an
Optionee's employment or contractual relationship by reason of
Disability (as defined in Section 5(g) of the Plan). If an Optionee's
employment or contractual relationship is terminated by death, any
Option held by the Optionee shall be exercisable only by the person or
persons to whom such Optionee's rights under such Option shall pass by
the Optionee's will or by the laws of descent and distribution.
(iv) Termination Due to Cessation of Service as a Director: The
expiration of ninety (90) days from the date an Optionee, if a
director of the Company, ceases to serve as a director of the Company.
(v) Termination for Any Other Reason: The expiration of three (3)
months from the date of an Optionee's termination of employment or
contractual relationship with the Company or any Related Corporation
for any reason whatsoever other than cause, death or Disability (as
defined in Section 5(g) of the Plan).
Each unvested Option granted pursuant hereto shall terminate immediately upon
termination of the Optionee's employment or contractual relationship with the
Company for any reason whatsoever, including death or Disability unless vesting
is accelerated in accordance with Section 5(f) of the Plan.
7. Stock. In the case of any stock split, stock dividend or like change in
the nature of shares of Stock covered by this Agreement, the number of shares
and exercise price shall be proportionately adjusted as set forth in Section
5(m) of the Plan.
8. Exercise of Option. Options shall be exercisable, in full or in part, at
any time after vesting, until termination; provided, however, that any Optionee
who is subject to the reporting and liability provisions of Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 with respect to the Common Stock shall be
precluded from selling or transferring any Common Stock or other security
underlying an Option during the six (6) months immediately following the grant
of that Option. If less than all of the shares included in the vested portion of
any Option are purchased, the remainder may be purchased at any subsequent time
prior to the expiration of the Option term. No portion of any Option for less
than fifty (50) shares (as adjusted pursuant to Section 5(m) of the Plan) may be
exercised; provided, that if the vested portion of any Option is less than fifty
(50) shares, it may be exercised with respect to all shares for which it is
vested. Only whole shares may be issued pursuant to an Option, and to the extent
that an Option covers less than one (1) share, it is unexercisable.
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Each exercise of the Option shall be by means of delivery of a notice of
election to exercise (which may be in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A) to
the Secretary of the Company at its principal executive office, specifying the
number of shares of Common Stock to be purchased and accompanied by payment in
cash by certified check or cashier's check in the amount of the full exercise
price for the Common Stock to be purchased. In addition to payment in cash by
certified check or cashier's check, an Optionee or transferee of an Option may
pay for all or any portion of the aggregate exercise price by complying with one
or more of the following alternatives:
(i) by delivering to the Company shares of Common Stock previously
held by such person or by the Company withholding shares of Common
Stock otherwise deliverable pursuant to exercise of the Option, which
shares of Common Stock received or withheld shall have a fair market
value at the date of exercise (as determined by the Plan
Administrator) equal to the aggregate purchase price to be paid by the
Optionee upon such exercise;
(ii) by delivering a properly executed exercise notice together with
irrevocable instructions to a broker promptly to sell or margin a
sufficient portion of the shares and deliver directly to the Company
the amount of sale or margin loan proceeds to pay the exercise price;
or
(iii) by complying with any other payment mechanism approved by the
Plan Administrator at the time of exercise.
It is a condition precedent to the issuance of shares of Common Stock that the
Optionee execute and deliver to the Company a Stock Transfer Agreement, in a
form acceptable to the Company, to the extent required pursuant to the terms
thereof.
9. Holding Period for Incentive Stock Options. Period for Incentive Stock
Options. In order to obtain the tax treatment provided for Incentive Stock
Options by Section 422 of the Code, the shares of Common Stock received upon
exercising any Incentive Stock Options received pursuant to this Agreement must
be sold, if at all, after a date which is later of two (2) years from the date
of this agreement is entered into or one (1) year from the date upon which the
Options are exercised. The Optionee agrees to report sales of such shares prior
to the above determined date to the Company within one (1) business day after
such sale is concluded. The Optionee also agrees to pay to the Company, within
five (5) business days after such sale is concluded, the amount necessary for
the Company to satisfy its withholding requirement required by the Code in the
manner specified in Section 5(l)(2) of the Plan. Nothing in this Section 9 is
intended as a representation that Common Stock may be sold without registration
under state and federal securities laws or an exemption therefrom, or that such
registration or exemption will be available at any specified time.
10. Subject to 1999 Stock Option Plan. The terms of the Options are subject
to the provisions of the Plan, as the same may from time to time be amended, and
any inconsistencies between this Agreement and the Plan, as the same may be from
time to time amended, shall be governed by the provisions of the Plan, a copy of
which has been delivered to the Optionee, and which is available for inspection
at the principal offices of the Company
11. Professional Advice. The acceptance of the Options and the sale of
Common Stock issued pursuant to the exercise of Options may have consequences
under federal and state tax and securities laws which may vary depending upon
the individual circumstances of the Optionee. Accordingly, the Optionee
acknowledges that he or she has been advised to consult his or her personal
legal and tax advisor in connection with this Agreement and his or her dealings
with respect to Options for the Common Stock. Without limiting other matters to
be considered, the Optionee should consider whether upon the exercise of
Options, the Optionee will file an election with the Internal Revenue Service
pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Code.
12. No Employment Relationship. Whether or not any Options are to be
granted under this Plan shall be exclusively within the discretion of the Plan
Administrator, and nothing contained in this Plan shall be construed as giving
any person any right to participate under this Plan. The grant of an Option
shall in
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no way constitute any form of agreement or understanding binding on the Company
or any Related Company, express or implied, that the Company or any Related
Company will employ or contract with an Optionee for any length of time, nor
shall it interfere in any way with the Company's or, where applicable, a Related
Company's right to terminate Optionee's employment at any time, which right is
hereby reserved,
13. Entire Agreement. This Agreement is the only agreement between the
Optionee and the Company with respect to the Options, and this Agreement and the
Plan supersede all prior and contemporaneous oral and written statements and
representations and contain the entire agreement between the parties with
respect to the Options
14. Notices. Any notice required or permitted to be made or given hereunder
shall be mailed or delivered personally to the addresses set forth below, or as
changed from time to time by written notice to the other:
The Company: Sportsprize Entertainment Inc.
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, President
The Optionee: ---------------------------------------
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(address)
Sportsprize Entertainment Inc.
By: --------------------------- ---------------------------------------
Its: --------------------------
THERE MAY NOT BE PRESENTLY AVAILABLE EXEMPTIONS FROM THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF APPLICABLE FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS FOR THE ISSUANCE OF
SHARES OF STOCK UPON EXERCISE OF THESE OPTIONS. ACCORDINGLY, THESE OPTIONS
CANNOT BE EXERCISED UNLESS THESE OPTIONS AND THE SHARES OF STOCK TO BE ISSUED
UPON EXERCISE OF THESE OPTIONS ARE REGISTERED OR AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS IS AVAILABLE.
THE SHARES OF STOCK ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE EXERCISE OF OPTIONS WILL BE
"RESTRICTED SECURITIES" AS DEFINED IN RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
AND WILL BEAR A LEGEND RESTRICTING RESALE UNLESS THEY ARE REGISTERED UNDER STATE
AND FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS OR AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE. THE
COMPANY IS NOT OBLIGATED TO REGISTER THE SHARES OF STOCK OR TO MAKE AVAILABLE
ANY EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION.
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EXHIBIT A
Notice of Election to Exercise
This Notice of Election to Exercise shall constitute proper notice pursuant
to Section 5(h) of the Sportsprize Entertainment Inc. 1999 Stock Option Plan
(the "Plan") and Section 8 of that certain Stock Option Agreement (the
"Agreement") dated as of the ____ day of _______, 1999 between Sportsprize
Entertainment Inc. (the "Company") and the undersigned.
The undersigned hereby elects to exercise Optionee's option to purchase
__________ shares of the common stock of the Company at a price of $__________
per share, for aggregate consideration of $______, on the terms and conditions
set forth in the Agreement and the Plan. Such aggregate consideration, in the
form specified in Section 8 of the Agreement, accompanies this notice.
The undersigned has executed this Notice this ____ day of __________, 19__.
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Signature
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Name (typed or printed)
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