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EXHIBIT 10.15
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
(1988 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Policy)
This AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT (the "Amendment") is
executed this 6th day of May, 1997, but effective as of April 30, 1997 (the
"Distribution Date"), between GULFMARK OFFSHORE, INC., a Delaware corporation
("GulfMark"), and ___________________ (the "Director").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, pursuant to a Stock Option Agreement granting options
effective as of August 1, 19___ and August 1, 19___ (the "Original Stock Option
Agreement") between GulfMark International, Inc. (the "Predecessor") and the
Director, the Director received options to purchase, on the terms and
conditions more particularly set forth therein, (i) an aggregate of 2,500
shares of common stock, $1.00 par value, of the Predecessor at an exercise
price of $_____ per share, all [none] of which remain unexercised, and (ii) an
aggregate of 2,500 shares of common stock, $1.00 par value, of the Predecessor
at an exercise price of $_____ per share, all of which remain unexercised;
WHEREAS, the parties desire to amend the Original Stock Option
Agreement as contemplated by that certain Instrument of Assumption and
Adjustment dated April 30, 1997 (the "Instrument of Assumption and Adjustment")
executed by GulfMark, pursuant to which GulfMark assumed the outstanding
options of the Predecessor evidenced by the Original Stock Option Agreement,
with appropriate antidilution adjustments to the number of shares covered by,
and the exercise price of, each outstanding stock option.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein
contained, and on the terms herein set forth, the parties hereby agree as
follows:
1. Effective as of the Distribution Date, GulfMark hereby
assumes, and the Director hereby consents to the assumption by GulfMark of, the
obligations of the Predecessor under the Original Stock Option Agreement and
the outstanding stock options evidenced thereby.
2. GulfMark and the Director acknowledge and agree to the
amendments to the Original Stock Option Agreement as set forth in the
Instrument of Assumption and Adjustment.
3. GulfMark and the Director further acknowledge and agree that
effective as of the Distribution Date, and in accordance with the adjustments
approved a majority of the disinterested directors of GulfMark and as set forth
in the Instrument of Assumption and Adjustment, the unexercised outstanding
options evidenced by the Original Stock Option Agreement constitute options to
purchase (i) an aggregate of _____ shares of common stock, $0.01 par value, of
GulfMark, at an exercise price of $_____ per share, and (ii) an aggregate of
_____ shares of common stock, $0.01 par value, of GulfMark, at an exercise
price of $_____ per share, respectively.
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4. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the
remaining terms and conditions of the outstanding options evidenced by the
Original Stock Option Agreement, including without limitation vesting and
exercise provisions, shall remain unchanged.
5. The Director does hereby fully RELEASE AND DISCHARGE the
Predecessor, effective as of the Distribution Date, from any and all
obligations of any kind whatsoever pursuant to the Original Stock Option
Agreement and agrees that from and after the Distribution Date, neither the
Predecessor nor Energy Ventures, Inc. shall have any obligation whatsoever to
the Director pursuant to the Original Stock Option Agreement, including without
limitation any obligation to issue any common stock of the Predecessor or
Energy Ventures, Inc. to the Director upon exercise of stock options evidenced
by the Original Stock Option Agreement, as amended hereby.
6. This instrument is executed and shall constitute an instrument
supplemental to and in amendment of the Original Stock Option Agreement and
shall be construed with and as a part of the Original Stock Option Agreement.
7. Except as modified and expressly amended by this Amendment,
the Instrument of Assumption and Adjustment and any other supplement or
amendment, the Original Stock Option Agreement is in all respects ratified and
confirmed, and all of the terms provisions and conditions thereof shall be and
remain in full force and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed and
delivered as of the day and year first above mentioned.
GULFMARK OFFSHORE, INC.
By:
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Title:
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Name:
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DIRECTOR:
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Name of Director
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