Exhibit 10.21
Amendment No. 1 to Stock Option Agreement
This Amendment No. 1, dated as of January 20, 1997, to the Stock Option
Agreement dated as of January 1, 1995 (the "Stock Option Agreement"), with
respect to options to purchase 60,000 shares of Unilab common stock is entered
into by and between Unilab Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Corporation") and Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx (the "Option Holder").
The Stock Option Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
1. Section 1 is amended by deleting the final sentence thereof, with the
effect of immediately vesting all options.
2. Section 3 is amended by (i) adding to the first sentence thereof, after
the word "to" and before the word "a", the words "all or"; and (ii)
deleting the second sentence thereof in its entirety and replacing it
with the following sentence: "The Option Holder's right to exercise the
aforementioned Option shall expire on January 20, 2007 (the "Expiration
Date").
3. Section 5 is deleted in its entirety and the section numbers thereafter
are renumbered appropriately.
4. Sections 6(a) and 6(b) are deleted in their entirety and replaced by
the following: "Option Holder shall be entitled to exercise the Option
through the Expiration Date notwithstanding termination of Option
Holder's employment by the Corporation prior to the Expiration Date".
5. Section 9 is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the
following:
8. Mergers, Recapitalizations and Dissolutions. The "acquisition" of
the Corporation by another entity shall cause each outstanding
option to become an option to purchase shares of the acquiring
entity, for the balance of the term of the option, at a price and
for a number of shares as is consistent with the acquisition terms
notwithstanding any contrary provision in the Stock Option Program
in accordance with which this option was granted. The "acquisition"
of the Corporation by another entity shall be defined to be either a
merger or consolidation with an acquiring entity (or subsidiary or
affiliate thereof) in which the Corporation is not the surviving
entity or in which the Corporation becomes a subsidiary of an
acquiring entity; the sale of substantially all of the Corporation's
assets; or the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation.
Except as expressly provided above, the Stock Option Agreement shall
remain in full force and effect.
This Amendment No. 1 shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of Delaware, other than its conflicts of laws provisions.
OPTION HOLDER UNILAB CORPORATION
__________________________ By: ________________________
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx Name:
Title:
