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Exhibit 10(k)
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DIRECTOR
TRANSFERABLE
NONQUALIFIED
STOCK OPTION
AGREEMENT
To: Date of Grant:
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(Social Security Number)
There hereby is granted to you, as a Director of TRW Inc. ("TRW") , an option to
purchase ______ shares of Common Stock, par value $0.625 each, of TRW ("TRW
Common") at an option price of $_____ per share. This option is granted to you
pursuant to the 1997 Long-Term Incentive Plan and is subject to the terms and
conditions set forth below.
This option is not intended to be an incentive stock option as defined in
Section 422A of the Internal Revenue Code.
TRW INC.
By:_________________________________________
Authorized Officer
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TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1. PURCHASE RIGHTS.
This option cannot be exercised before the first anniversary of the date of
grant. After that you will be entitled to purchase all of the shares covered by
this option.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of the termination of your service
as a Director due to your death or permanent disability, or in the event of a
change in control of TRW, this option will immediately become exercisable in
respect of all of the shares covered by this grant. For purposes of this
agreement, a change in control is defined in resolutions adopted by the
Compensation and Stock Option Committee of the Directors of TRW on July 26,
1989, which, in summary, provide that a change in control is a change occurring
(a) by virtue of TRW's merger, consolidation or reorganization into or with, or
transfer of assets to, another corporation or (b) by virtue of a change in the
majority of the Directors of TRW during any two-year period unless the election
of each new Director was approved by a two-thirds vote of the Directors in
office at the beginning of such period or (c) through the acquisition of shares
representing 20% or more of the voting power of TRW or (d) through any other
change in control reported in any filing with the Securities and Exchange
Commission; provided that no change in control is deemed to have occurred by the
acquisition of shares, or any report of such acquisition, by TRW, a subsidiary
of TRW or a TRW-sponsored employee benefit plan. The language of the resolutions
controls over this summary language.
2. EXERCISE IN WHOLE OR PART.
To the extent this option has become exercisable, you may purchase on any date
or dates all or any part of the shares which you are then entitled to purchase.
However, no fractional shares may be purchased.
3. TERM OF OPTION.
To the extent this option has become exercisable in accordance with paragraph 1
above, it may be exercised by you at any time during the 10-year period
beginning on the date of grant. To the extent this option remains unexercised at
the end of the 10-year period, your unexercised purchase rights will terminate.
4. PAYMENT OF OPTION PRICE.
The option price shall be payable at the time of exercise. The option price
shall be paid at the Office of Secretary at TRW's corporate headquarters or at
any other place designated by the Secretary. The option price may be paid in
cash, in full shares of TRW Common, or in a combination of both, in accordance
with such procedures and subject to such further conditions as the Secretary of
TRW may establish from time to time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Compensation and Stock Option Committee of TRW at any time may suspend or
terminate your right to pay any or all of the option price in shares of TRW
Common. Cash payments shall be made in United States dollars.
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Shares delivered in payment of the option price shall be valued at their fair
market value on the date of exercise. For purposes of this option, "fair market
value" is the mean of the high and low sales prices of a share of TRW Common on
the date of exercise on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Transactions
Listing as reported in the Midwest edition of The Wall Street Journal (or if
there are no sales on such date, then the closing sale price on such Listing on
the nearest date before the date of exercise) or such other method or procedure
for determining fair market value as the Compensation and Stock Option Committee
of TRW in its sole discretion may determine. For purposes of this option, the
"date of exercise" is the date on which written notice, accompanied by the
option price, is received by the Secretary of TRW or his designee that you have
elected to exercise all or part of this option.
5. TAXES.
Upon any exercise of this option, TRW may withhold delivery of certificates for
the purchased shares until you make arrangements satisfactory to TRW to pay any
withholding, transfer or other taxes due as a result of such exercise. You may
elect, in accordance with applicable regulations of the Compensation and Stock
Option Committee of TRW, to pay a portion or all of the amount of required
withholding taxes in shares of TRW Common, either by delivering to TRW
previously held shares of TRW Common or by having shares of TRW Common withheld
from the shares purchased hereunder.
6. SECURITIES LAWS.
This option shall not be exercisable if such exercise would violate any Federal
or state securities law. TRW will use its best efforts to make such filings and
initiate such proceedings as may be necessary to prevent such violations unless
the Directors of TRW determine, in their sole discretion, that such filings or
proceedings would result in undue expense or hardship for TRW. TRW may place
appropriate legends on the certificates for the optioned shares, give
stop-transfer instructions to its transfer agents or take any other action to
achieve compliance with those laws in connection with any exercise of this
option or your resale of the optioned shares.
7. TRANSFERABILITY.
This option is not transferable except (a) by will or the laws of descent and
distribution, or (b) by gift to any member of your immediate family, to a trust
for the benefit of an immediate family member, or to a partnership whose
beneficiaries are members of your immediate family; provided that, there may be
no consideration for any such transfer. For purposes of this agreement,
"immediate family member" shall mean your spouse, children and grandchildren.
Notwithstanding any transfer of this option, you will continue to be solely
responsible for the taxes described in Section 5 of this agreement. Any option
transferred pursuant to the terms of this Section 7 shall continue to be subject
to the same terms and conditions as were applicable immediately prior to the
transfer.
8. ADJUSTMENTS.
The Compensation and Stock Option Committee of TRW may make such adjustments in
the option price and in the number or kind of shares of TRW Common or other
securities covered by this option as it in its sole discretion may determine are
equitably required to prevent dilution or enlargement of your rights that would
otherwise result from any stock dividend, stock split, combination of shares,
recapitalization or other change in the capital structure of TRW, merger,
consolidation, reorganization, partial or complete liquidation or other
corporate transaction or event having an effect similar to any of the foregoing.
9. MISCELLANEOUS.
This stock option is subject to all the terms and conditions of the TRW plan
pursuant to which it is granted. The Compensation and Stock Option Committee of
TRW has authority to interpret and construe any provision of this instrument and
the TRW plan pursuant to which this stock option is granted, and any such
interpretation and construction shall be binding and conclusive. Any reference
in this option to the Directors of TRW includes the Executive Committee of the
Directors.
