EXHIBIT 10.44(a)
MANUGISTICS GROUP, INC.
STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
This Stock Option Agreement, dated as of December 6, 1999 is by and between
Manugistics Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxx, an individual with an address at 0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000 (the "Employee").
BACKGROUND
Employee was employed by the Company as its Executive Vice President
pursuant to the terms of that certain letter agreement dated June 3, 1999
between Employee and the Company (the "Employment Letter"). In order to provide
the Employee with a direct proprietary interest in the future success of the
Company and to encourage the Employee to achieve maximum performance with the
Company, the Company agreed as provided in the Employment Letter, to grant to
the Employee an option to purchase 30,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company
(the "Additional Option"), on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
therein. The Employment Letter provides that all compensation and benefits
provided thereunder will conform to the Company's standard policies, practices
and plans, and that the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors shall
make the final determination with regard to any interpretation relating to
elements of the Employee's compensation package. The Compensation Committee has
determined that, under the terms of the Employment Letter, as interpreted in
light of the company's policies and practices, the Employee is entitled to
receive the Additional Option as of the date hereof and that such Additional
Option shall be exercisable at a price of Twenty-One and three-sixteenths
Dollars ($21.1875) per share.
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NOW, THEREFORE, in view of the foregoing, and in consideration of the
promises herein contained, and each intending to be legally bound hereby, the
parties agree as follows:
1. Grant of Option; Payment of Exercise Price.
a. The Company hereby grants to the Employee the right and option to
purchase under the terms and conditions set forth below, 30,000 shares of the
Company's common stock, (the "Shares"), at a price of Twenty-One and
three-sixteenths Dollars ($21.1875) per share (the "Purchase Price") payable as
set forth below (the "Option").
b. The Option may be exercised, in whole or in part as to a minimum of 50
shares or if fewer, the total number of shares subject to the Option, by giving
written notice of exercise to the Company specifying the number of Shares to be
purchased. Such notice shall be accompanied by payment in full of the purchase
price, plus any required federal, state and/or local withholding taxes, in cash,
or in shares of common stock of the Company already owned by the Employee with
such shares valued at their Fair Market Value. For such purposes, "Fair Market
Value" shall be defined as the closing price of the common stock of the Company
on the day immediately preceding the exercise date as reported on the Nasdaq
System. The Employee may also simultaneously exercise the Option (or a part
thereof) and sell all or part of the Shares thereby acquired pursuant to any
arrangement then in effect between any broker and the Company, and to use the
proceeds from such sale to pay the exercise price and withholding taxes.
2. Terms and Exercise of Option.
a. The Option shall have a term of ten years from the date hereof, and
shall
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vest in forty-eight equal monthly installments over the four year period
beginning on the date hereof (the "Vesting Period"). The Option may only be
exercised during the ten year term hereof and only to the extent it is vested.
b. In the event of a Change in Control of the Company (defined below), (i)
if the Employee's responsibilities are not affected, fifty percent (50%) of the
outstanding Option shall immediately vest, and (ii) if the Employee's
responsibilities are significantly diminished or the Employee is constructively
terminated (i.e., the Employee's responsibilities no longer consist of those
reasonably associated with the position of Executive Vice President) one hundred
percent (100%) of the outstanding Option shall immediately vest, in each
instance as of the effective date of such Change in Control, without regard to
the Vesting Period. A Change in Control shall be deemed to have occurred at such
time as fifty one percent (51%) of the Company's voting stock shall have been
acquired by any person and/or its affiliates in a single transaction or a series
of related transactions.
c. In the event the Employee's employment with the Company is terminated
without cause by the Company, vesting of the Option shall accelerate for the six
monthly installments immediately following such date of termination of
employment, and any remaining portion of the Option which is not vested or
accelerated as of such date of termination, shall terminate.
d. In the event the Employee's employment with the Company is terminated by
the Company for cause or voluntarily by the Employee, any portion of the Option
not vested as of such date of termination of employment shall terminate. For
purposes hereof, "cause" shall mean
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(i) substantial and continued failure by the Employee to perform his duties as
Executive Vice President which results, or could reasonably be expected to
result, in material harm to the business or reputation of the Company, which
failure is not cured (if curable) by the Employee within fifteen (15) days after
written notice of such failure is delivered to the Employee by the Company, (ii)
gross misconduct including, without limitation, embezzlement, fraud, or
misappropriation, or (iii) the commission of a felony.
e. In no event may this Option be exercised after the expiration of the ten
year term hereof. Except as provided in this Paragraph 2(e), no portion of this
Option may be exercised unless the Employee is employed by the Company at the
time of exercise, and may only be exercised by the following persons, under the
following conditions, and in all cases subject to all provisions of this Option
Agreement, and all applicable laws, rules and regulations: (i) by the Employee,
(ii) by the Employee's permitted transferees as provided below in Paragraph
2(f), (iii) if the Employee shall become disabled or die, and shall not have
fully exercised the Option, by the Employee or by the executors or
administrators of the Employee or by any person or persons who shall have
acquired the Option directly from the Employee by bequest or inheritance, but
only within one year of the date of death or disability, (iv) by the Employee in
the event that the Employee's employment with the Company is terminated without
cause by the Company, but only within three months after such date of
termination of employment; or (v) by the Employee in the event that the
Employee's employment with the Company is terminated voluntarily by the Employee
or with cause by the Company, but only within one month after such date of
termination of employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Option may be
exercised only to the extent
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that the Option is vested pursuant to Paragraphs 2(a), 2(b), 2(c) or 2(d) of
this Agreement at the date of the Employee's disability, death or termination of
employment.
f. Except as provided herein, no part of this Option, and no right or
interest therein, shall be (i) assignable, alienable or transferable by the
Employee, except by will or the laws of descent and distribution, or (ii)
subject to any obligation, or the lien or claims of any creditor, of the
Employee, or (iii) subject to any lien, encumbrance or claim of any party made
in respect of or through the Employee, however arising. During the lifetime of
the Employee, this Option is exercisable only by, and the Shares issued upon the
exercise of this Option will be issued only to the Employee, his permitted
transferees, or his legal representative. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Employee may transfer all or a portion of this Option; provided, that in no
event shall any transfer be made to any person or persons other than the
Employee's parents, spouse or other life partner, children or grandchildren,
siblings, or children of siblings, or a trust for the exclusive benefit of one
or more such persons, which transfer must be made as a gift and without any
consideration, or pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order. All other
transfers and any retransfer by any permitted transferee are prohibited and any
such purported transfer shall be null and void. This Option and the Employee
shall continue to be subject to the same terms and conditions as were in effect
immediately prior to such permitted transfer. The Employee shall remain
responsible to the Company for the payment of all withholding taxes incurred as
a result of any exercise of this Option. In no event shall any permitted
transfer of this Option create any right in any party in respect of this Option,
other than the right of the permitted transferee to exercise this Option to the
extent the Employee could have exercised this Option had such transfer not
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occurred.
3. Recapitalization. Subject to any required action by the stockholders of
the Company, the number of Shares which may be purchased at any time under the
Option, and the price per share therefor, shall be proportionately adjusted for
any increase or decrease in the number of outstanding shares of the common stock
of the Company resulting from a subdivision or consolidation of shares or the
payment of a stock dividend (but only on the common stock) or any other increase
or decrease in the number of such shares effected without receipt of
consideration by the Company, such that, upon exercise of the Option from time
to time thereafter, the Employee shall be entitled to receive such number of
Shares as he would have received had the Option been exercised prior to such
action.
4. Consolidation; Merger; Dissolution and Conversion.
a. Subject to any required action by the shareholders of the Company, if
the Company shall be the surviving corporation in any merger or consolidation,
while any part of this Option remains unexercised, such unexercised part of this
Option shall pertain to and apply to the securities to which a holder of the
number of Shares subject hereto would have been entitled (i.e., the Employee
shall be entitled to purchase such number of securities as he would have
received had this Option been exercised prior to such merger or consolidation).
b. Subject to ss.2(b) above, in the event of a dissolution or liquidation
of the Company or a merger or consolidation in which the Company is not the
surviving corporation, the Employee shall, in such event, have the right,
immediately prior to such dissolution, liquidation, merger or consolidation, to
exercise this Option in whole or in part without regard to the installment
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provisions of Paragraph 2(a) above, unless this Option is assumed by the
surviving or acquiring corporation, or its parent.
c. In the event of a change in the Common Stock of the Company as presently
constituted, which is limited to a change of all of its authorized shares with
par value into the same number of shares with a different par value or without
par value, the shares resulting from any such change shall be deemed to be
Shares within the meaning of this Option.
5. Notice of Exercise. The Option shall be exercisable upon the Employee
giving (a) written notice to the Company of such exercise specifying the number
of Shares to be purchased, (b) payment of the Purchase Price of the Shares being
purchased and any applicable withholding taxes as provided in Paragraph 1(b)
above, and, subject to applicable federal and state securities laws, shall be
effective upon actual receipt of the foregoing (a) and (b).
6. Failure to Exercise. If the Employee fails to exercise any part of the
Option in accordance with the terms of this Agreement within the period set
forth in Paragraph 2(a) above, then such part and all rights attached thereto
shall automatically and immediately terminate without notice. This Agreement
does not impose any obligation on the Employee to exercise the Option or any
part hereof nor does it modify the other terms of Employee's employment set
forth in the Employment Letter. The Employee shall have no rights as a
stockholder of the Company with respect to the Shares covered by the Option
unless and except to the extent that the Option shall have been validly
exercised.
7. Notices. Any and all notices or other writings, which are required to be
served, or which may be served under the provisions of this Agreement, shall be
in writing, and
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shall be sufficiently served if delivered personally or mailed by registered or
certified mail (return receipt requested), postage prepaid, to the parties at
the addresses set forth on the first page of this Agreement, or at such other
address for a party as shall be specified by like notice; provided, that notices
of a change of address shall be effective only upon receipt thereof. If mailed
as aforesaid, three (3) days after the date of mailing shall be the date notice
shall be deemed to have been received.
8. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement
between the parties hereto pertaining to the subject matter hereof, and
supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, understandings and
discussions, whether written or oral between the parties and may be amended only
by a written document signed by the parties hereto.
9. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed under
the laws of the State of Delaware, without reference to principles of conflicts
of laws.
10. Headings. The headings and captions contained herein are for
convenience only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of
any provision hereof.
11. Corporate Action. No provision of this Option shall be construed to
prevent the Company from taking any corporate action deemed by the Company to be
appropriate or in its best interest, whether or not such action could have an
adverse effect on this Option, and neither the Employee or the Employee's
estate, personal representative, beneficiary or permitted transferee shall have
any claim against the Company as a result of taking such action.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the patties hereto have executed this Option on the day
and year first above written. MANUGISTICS GROUP, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Title: EVP Global Sales & Services
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EMPLOYEE:
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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