PAETEC CORP.
Exhibit 10.8.2
2001 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN
INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
PaeTec Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby grants an option to purchase shares of its Class A Common Stock, $.01 par value, (the “Stock”) to the optionee named below. The terms and conditions of the option are set forth in this cover sheet, in the attachment and in the Company’s 2001 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).
Type of Grant:
Grant Date:
Name of Optionee:
Number of Shares Covered by Option:
Option Price per Share:
Vesting Start Date:
By signing this cover sheet, you agree to all of the terms and conditions described in the attached Agreement and in the Plan, a copy of which is also attached. You acknowledge that you have carefully reviewed the Plan, and agree that the Plan will control in the event any provision of this Agreement should appear to be inconsistent.
(Optionee) |
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Executive Vice President | ||||
Attachment |
This is not a stock certificate or a negotiable instrument.
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2001 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN
INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
Incentive Stock Option |
This option is intended to be an incentive stock option under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code and will be interpreted accordingly. If you cease to be an employee of the Company, its parent or a subsidiary (“Employee”) but continue to provide Service, this option will be deemed a nonstatutory stock option three months after you cease to be an Employee. In addition, to the extent that all or part of this option exceeds the $100,000 rule of section 422(d) of the Internal Revenue Code, this option or the lesser excess part will be deemed to be a nonstatutory stock option. | |
Definition of Service |
For purpose of this Agreement, “Service” means service as an employee, officer, director or other Service Provider of the Company or an affiliate of the Company. A change in your position or duties shall not result in interrupted or terminated Service, so long as you continue to be an employee, officer, director or other Service Provider of the Company or an affiliate of the Company. Subject to the preceding sentence, whether a termination of Service shall have occurred for purposes of the Plan shall be determined by the Board, which determination shall be final, binding and conclusive. | |
Vesting |
This option is only exercisable before it expires and then only with respect to the vested portion of the option. Subject to the preceding sentence, you may exercise this option, in whole or in part, to purchase a whole number of vested shares not less than 100 shares, unless the number of shares purchased is the total number available for purchase under the option, by following the procedures set forth in the Plan and below in this Agreement. | |
Your right to purchase shares of Stock under this option vests as to one-fourth (1/4) of the total number of shares covered by this option, as shown on the cover sheet, on the one-year anniversary of the Vesting Start Date (“Anniversary Date”), provided you then continue in Service. Thereafter, for each such vesting date that you remain in Service, the number of shares of Stock which you may purchase under this option shall vest at the rate of one-fourth (1/4) per year as of each Anniversary Date. The resulting aggregate number of vested shares will be rounded to the nearest whole number, and you cannot vest in more than the number of shares covered by this option. |
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No additional shares of Stock will vest after your Service has terminated for any reason. | ||
Term |
Your option will expire in any event at the close of business at Company headquarters on the day before the 10th anniversary of the Grant Date, as shown on the cover sheet. Your option will expire earlier if your Service terminates, as described below. | |
Regular Termination |
If your Service terminates for any reason, other than death, Disability or Cause, then your option will expire at the close of business at Company headquarters on the 30th day after your termination date. | |
Death |
If your Service terminates because of your death, then your option will expire at the close of business at Company headquarters on the date twelve (12) months after the date of death. During that twelve month period, your estate or heirs may exercise the vested portion of your option. | |
In addition, if you die during the 30-day period described in connection with a regular termination (i.e., a termination of your Service not on account of your death, Disability or Cause), and a vested portion of your option has not yet been exercised, then your option will instead expire on the date twelve (12) months after your termination date. In such a case, during the period following your death up to the date twelve (12) months after your termination date, your estate or heirs may exercise the vested portion of your option. | ||
Disability |
If your Service terminates because of your Disability, then your option will expire at the close of business at Company headquarters on the date twelve (12) months after your termination date. For purposes of this Agreement, Disability means your “permanent and total disability” within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code. | |
Termination for Cause |
If your Service is terminated for Cause, then you shall immediately forfeit all rights to your option and the option shall immediately expire. For purposes of this Agreement, termination for “Cause” shall mean termination of your Service with the Company or one of its affiliates due to: (i) failure or refusal to perform the duties assigned to you, including but not limited to failure to reach assigned goals, quotas and/or objectives, (ii) your refusal to follow the reasonable directives of the Board of Directors or Chief Executive Officer of the Company or one of its affiliates, or other insubordination, (iii) conviction or plea of guilty or nolo contendere of a felony, or of a misdemeanor involving dishonesty |
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or violence, (iv) misappropriation of any funds or property of the Company or any affiliate of the Company, (v) violation of any Company policies, (vi) breach of your confidentiality, non-solicitation and/or non-competition obligations, or (vii) commission of any act which could materially injure the business or reputation of, or materially adversely affect the interests of Company or any affiliate of the Company. | ||
Retirement |
If your Service terminates because of your retirement under the terms of a Company retirement plan, then your option will expire at the close of business at Company headquarters on the date three (3) years after the date of retirement. During that three year period, you may exercise all or any portion of your option that was vested as of the date of retirement. | |
Leaves of Absence |
For purposes of this option, your Service does not terminate when you go on a bona fide employee leave of absence that was approved by the Company in writing, if the terms of the leave provide for continued Service crediting, or when continued Service crediting is required by applicable law. However, your Service will be treated as terminating 30 days after you went on employee leave, unless your right to return to active work is guaranteed by law or by a contract. Your Service terminates in any event when the approved leave ends unless you immediately return to active employee work. | |
The Company determines, in its sole discretion, which leaves count for this purpose, and when your Service terminates for all purposes under the Plan. | ||
Notice of Exercise |
When you wish to exercise this option, you must notify the Company by filing the proper “Notice of Exercise” form at the address given on the form. Your notice must specify how many shares you wish to purchase (in a parcel of at least 100 shares generally). Your notice must also specify how your shares of Stock should be registered (in your name only or in your and your spouse’s names as joint tenants with right of survivorship). The notice will be effective when it is received by the Company. | |
If someone else wants to exercise this option after your death, that person must prove to the Company’s satisfaction that he or she is entitled to do so. | ||
Form of Payment |
When you submit your notice of exercise, you must include payment of the option price for the shares you are purchasing. Payment may be made in one (or a combination) of the following forms:
• Cash, your personal check, a cashier’s check, a money order or another cash equivalent acceptable to the Company. |
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• To the extent permitted by law and at the discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors, shares of Stock which have already been owned by you for more than six months and which are surrendered to the Company. The value of the shares, determined as of the effective date of the option exercise, will be applied to the option price.
• To the extent a public market for the Stock exists as determined by the Company, by delivery (on a form prescribed by the Company) of an irrevocable direction to a licensed securities broker acceptable to the Company to sell Stock and to deliver all or part of the sale proceeds to the Company in payment of the aggregate option price and any withholding taxes. | ||
Withholding Taxes |
You will not be allowed to exercise this option unless you make acceptable arrangements to pay any withholding or other taxes that may be due as a result of the option exercise or sale of Stock acquired under this option. In the event that the Company determines that any federal, state, local or foreign tax or withholding payment is required relating to the exercise or sale of shares arising from this grant, the Company shall have the right to require such payments from you, or withhold such amounts from other payments due to you from the Company or any affiliate of the Company. | |
Transfer of Option |
During your lifetime, only you (or, in the event of your legal incapacity or incompetency, your guardian or legal representative) may exercise the option. You cannot transfer or assign this option. For instance, you may not sell this option or use it as security for a loan. If you attempt to do any of these things, this option will immediately become invalid. You may, however, dispose of this option in your will or it may be transferred upon your death by the laws of descent and distribution. | |
Regardless of any marital property settlement agreement, the Company is not obligated to honor a notice of exercise from your spouse, nor is the Company obligated to recognize your spouse’s interest in your option in any other way. | ||
Transfer of Option Shares |
Until such time as the Company becomes a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, you may not sell, assign, pledge, hypothecate, transfer by gift or otherwise dispose of shares received on exercise of your option except in transfers back to the Company, transfers by will or the laws of descent and |
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distribution, or transfers by gift or domestic relations order to “family members” as defined in Rule 701 under the Securities Act of 1933. | ||
Retention Rights |
Neither your option nor this Agreement give you the right to be retained by the Company (or any affiliate of the Company) in any capacity. The Company (and any affiliate of the Company) reserve the right to terminate your Service at any time and for any reason. | |
Shareholder Rights |
You, or your estate or heirs, have no rights as a shareholder of the Company until a certificate for your option’s shares has been issued. No adjustments are made for dividends or other rights if the applicable record date occurs before your stock certificate is issued, except as described in the Plan. | |
Adjustments |
In the event of a stock split, a stock dividend or a similar change in the Stock, the number of shares covered by this option and the option price per share may be adjusted (and rounded down to the nearest whole number) pursuant to the Plan. Your option shall be subject to the terms of the agreement of merger, liquidation or reorganization in the event the Company is subject to such corporate activity. | |
Applicable Law |
This Agreement will be interpreted and enforced under the laws of the State of Delaware, other than any conflicts or choice of law rule or principle that might otherwise refer construction or interpretation of this Agreement to the substantive law of another jurisdiction. | |
Certain Dispositions |
If you sell or otherwise dispose of Stock acquired pursuant to the exercise of this option sooner than the one year anniversary of the date you acquired the Stock, then you agree to notify the Company in writing of the date of sale or disposition, the number of share of Stock sold or disposed of and the sale price per share within 30 days of such sale or disposition. | |
The Plan |
The text of the Plan is incorporated in this Agreement by reference. Certain capitalized terms used in this Agreement are defined in the Plan, and have the meaning set forth in the Plan. | |
This Agreement and the Plan constitute the entire understanding between you and the Company regarding this option. Any prior agreements, commitments or negotiations concerning this option are superseded. |
By signing the cover sheet of this Agreement, you agree to all of the terms and conditions described above and in the Plan.
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