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EXHIBIT 10.3
NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AWARD AGREEMENT
UNDER THE PARK 'N VIEW, INC.
STOCK OPTION PLAN
THIS AWARD AGREEMENT is made and entered into as of this 3rd day of
March, 1999 (the "Grant Date"), by and between Park `N View, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), and Xxxxxx X. May (the "Eligible Participant").
WHEREAS, the Eligible Participant is a valuable and trusted employee to
the Company; and
WHEREAS, the Board considers it desirable and in the best interests of
the Company that the Eligible Participant be given an opportunity to acquire a
proprietary interest in the Company as an incentive to advance the interests of
the Company; and
WHEREAS, on the Grant Date, the Board granted the Eligible Participant
a nonqualified stock option to purchase shares of the common stock of the
Company (the "Stock" or the "Common Stock"), in accordance with the Park `N
View, Inc. Stock Option Plan adopted by the Company on August 26, 1996 and
approved by the shareholders of the Company (the "Plan") (capitalized terms used
herein which are not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed
to them under the Plan); and
WHEREAS, this Award Agreement memorializes the grant of such
nonqualified stock option to the Eligible Participant.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants
contained herein, it is agreed by and between the parties as follows:
1. Grant of Nonqualified Stock Option. The Company hereby grants
Eligible Participant a nonqualified stock option (the "Option") to purchase
567,083 shares of Stock (the "Shares"), at the per Share Purchase Price (as
defined in Section 6 below), in the manner and subject to the terms and
conditions hereinafter provided.
2. Time of Exercise of Option; Vesting. Subject to the termination
provisions set forth in Section 5 below, to the extent the Option has vested as
provided below, it may be exercised, in whole or in part, at any time and from
time to time but not later than the seventh anniversary of the Grant Date (the
"Exercise Period"). Any unvested portion of the Option may not be exercised. On
the first day of every calendar month commencing on April 1, 1999 and
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ending on February 1, 2003, the Option shall vest and become exercisable with
respect to 2.0833% of the Shares, and on March 1, 2003, the Option shall vest
and become exercisable with respect to 2.0849% of the Shares, provided that,
except as specifically provided in the next sentence, the Option shall vest with
respect to such an increment only if Eligible Participant is employed with the
Company on the specified date for such increment.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2 above, in the event of an
Initial Public Offering (as defined below), the Option shall continue to vest
and become exercisable pursuant to the monthly schedule set forth above;
provided, however, if Eligible Participant is employed with the Company as of
the first anniversary of the Initial Public Offering, then all remaining
unvested Options shall automatically vest and become exercisable. For the
purposes of this Agreement, the term "Initial Public Offering" shall mean the
closing of an underwritten initial public offering of the Common Stock of the
Corporation.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2, the Option shall vest and
become exercisable, to the extent not already vested and exercisable, upon a
Change in Control (as defined in Section 6 below). In the event of a Change in
Control, the Company shall send Eligible Participant prior written notice of the
effectiveness of such event and the last day on which Eligible Participant may
exercise the Option. Eligible Participant may, upon compliance with all of the
terms of this Award Agreement and the Plan, purchase any or all of the Shares
with respect to which the Option is vested and exercisable on or prior to the
last day specified in such notice and, to the extent the Option is not
exercised, it shall terminate at 5:00 p.m., eastern standard time, on the last
day specified in such notice.
In the event the Eligible Participant's employment with the Company is
terminated by the Company other than for Cause (as defined in the Employment
Agreement between the Company and the Eligible Participant dated March 1, 1999)
after the second anniversary of the Grant Date, that portion of the Option which
would have vested over the six month period following termination shall
automatically vest upon termination.
The schedule set forth above is cumulative, so that Shares as to which
the Option has become vested and exercisable on and after a date indicated by
the schedule may be purchased pursuant to exercise of the Option at any
subsequent date prior to termination of the Option.
3. Method of Exercise. The Option shall be exercised by written notice
directed to the Board, a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A and
incorporated herein by reference, accompanied by a check in payment of the price
specified in Section 1 above for the number of Shares specified, unless the
Board shall authorize an alternative form of payment. For the purposes of this
Section 3, payment also may be made by delivery of shares of Common Stock held
by the Eligible Participant and acceptable to the Board having an aggregate Fair
Market Value (as defined below) equal to the amount of cash that would otherwise
be required to pay the full option price, or by authorizing a third party to
sell a portion of the shares acquired upon exercise of the Option and remit to
the Corporation a sufficient portion of the sales proceeds to
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pay the full option price. Payment also may be made by combining the above
methods. To the extent that shares are used in making a full or partial payment
of the option price, each such share will be valued at the Fair Market Value
thereof as of the date of exercise. Any overpayment will be promptly refunded,
and any underpayment will be deemed an exercise of such lesser whole number of
shares as the amount paid is sufficient to purchase.
As soon as practicable following receipt of such notice from the
Eligible Participant, the Board shall notify the Eligible Participant of any
payment or other allocation required under Section 4 below. Upon receipt of
notice from the Board that the Eligible Participant has paid the price specified
in Section 1 above and paid or made any allocation required under Section 4
below, the Company shall make immediate delivery of such Shares; provided,
however, that if any law or regulation requires the Company to take any action
with respect to the Shares specified in such notice before the issuance thereof,
then the date of delivery of such Shares shall be extended for the period
necessary to take such action.
The term "Fair Market Value" on any date will mean the last sale price
on such date of the shares of the Common Stock or, in case no such sale takes
place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices of the shares
of the Common Stock, in either case as reported in the principal consolidated
transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed or admitted to
trading on the New York Stock Exchange, or, if the shares of the Common Stock
are not listed or admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange, as
reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect
to securities listed on the principal national securities exchange on which
shares of the Common Stock are listed or admitted to trading or, if shares of
the Common Stock are not listed or admitted to trading on any national
securities exchange, the last quoted sale price, or if not so quoted, the
average of the high bid and low asked prices in the over-the-counter market, as
reported by the NASDAQ Stock Market or such other system then in use, or, if on
any such date shares of the Common Stock are not quoted by any such
organization, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by a
professional market maker making a market in the shares of the Common Stock
selected by the Board of Directors. If shares of the Common Stock are not
publicly held or so listed or publicly traded, the "Fair Market Value" shall be
an amount determined in good faith by the Board of Directors as the fair market
value of a share of Common Stock which amount may be different from the fair
market value of shares of Common Stock used for purposes of stock option grants.
4. Payment to Satisfy Withholding Obligations. Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Award Agreement, any rights of the Eligible Participant
to exercise the Option shall be conditioned upon the Eligible Participant
forwarding to the Company, in addition to the per Share Purchase Price specified
in Section 1 above, cash payment of an amount equal to the amount the Company is
required by law or regulation of any governmental authority, whether federal,
state or local, domestic or foreign, to withhold in connection with such
exercise of the Option, if any, as determined by the Board in its discretion.
The amount of such payment shall be communicated to the Eligible Participant by
the Board as soon as practicable following the Board's receipt of the notice
specified in Section 3. In lieu of payment specified in this Section 4, the
Board may in its
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discretion agree with the Eligible Participant to another means of satisfying
the Company's withholding obligation in connection with the exercise of the
Option.
5. Termination of Option. Except as otherwise stated herein, the Option
shall terminate and cease to be exercisable upon the first to occur of the
following:
(a) the date all Shares available for purchase under this
Award Agreement have been so purchased;
(b) upon the expiration of three (3) years following the
Eligible Participant's Termination of Employment for any reason including by
reason of death or Disability;
(c) at 5:00 P.M., eastern standard time, on the last date
specified in the notice described in Section 2 above in the event of a Change in
Control; or
(d) upon the expiration of the Exercise Period set forth in
Section 2 above.
6. Definitions.
(a) Purchase Price. The per Share purchase price under the
Option shall be the lesser of $5.00 or the per share conversion price of the
Company's Series C 7% Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock as set forth in the
Company's Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights (the "Purchase
Price"); provided, however, that if the Company sells or otherwise transfers
shares of Stock (except pursuant to the exercise of any warrants, stock options
or other convertible securities outstanding on the Grant Date) prior to the
first anniversary of the Grant Date at a price lower than the Purchase Price,
the Purchase Price instead shall be the lowest price at which such shares of
Stock were sold.
(b) Change in Control. For purposes of this Agreement, the
term "Change in Control" shall be deemed to have occurred if:
(i) Tender Offer or Acquisition. Any
"person" as defined in section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(the "Act"), including a "group" (as that term is used in sections 13(d)(3) and
14(d)(2) of the Act), but excluding the Company and any employee benefit plan
sponsored or maintained by the Company, including any trustee of such plan
acting as trustee, who:
(A) makes a tender or exchange
offer for any shares of the Company's stock pursuant to which at least fifty
percent (50%) of the Company's stock is purchased; or
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(B) together with its "affiliates"
and "associates" (as those terms are defined in
Rule 12b-2 under the Act) becomes the "beneficial owner" (within the meaning of
Rule 13d-3 under the Act) of at least fifty percent (50%) of the Company's
stock; or
(ii) Merger or Consolidation. The happening
of any one (1) of the following events: (i) the dissolution or liquidation of
the Company; (ii) a reorganization, recapitalization, merger or consolidation
involving the Company, unless (A) the transaction involves only the Company and
one or more of the Company's parent corporation and wholly-owned (excluding
interests held by employees, officers and directors) subsidiaries; or (B) the
shareholders who had the power to elect a majority of the board of directors of
the Company immediately prior to the transaction have the power to elect a
majority of the board of directors of the surviving entity immediately following
the transaction; (iii) the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company to another company, person or business entity; or (iv) an acquisition of
Company stock, unless the shareholders who had the power to elect a majority of
the board of directors of the Company immediately prior to the acquisition have
the power to elect a majority of the board of directors of the Company
immediately following the transaction.
7. Rights Prior to Exercise of Option. The Eligible Participant shall
have no rights as a stockholder with respect to the Shares except to the extent
he has exercised the Option, paid the price specified in Section 1 and received
delivery of such Shares as herein provided.
8. Non-Transferable. During the Eligible Participant's lifetime, this
Option shall be exercisable only by him and neither it nor any right thereunder
shall be transferable except by will or laws of descent and distribution (and
shall be exercisable by such transferee only as provided in Sections 2 and 5
above), or be subject to attachment, execution or other similar process. In the
event of any attempt by the Eligible Participant to alienate, assign, pledge,
hypothecate or otherwise dispose of the Option or any right hereunder, except as
provided for herein, or in the event of the levy of any attachment, execution or
similar process upon the rights or interest hereby conferred, the Board may
terminate the Option by notice to the Eligible Participant, and the Option shall
thereupon become null and void.
9. Covenants and Representations of Eligible Participant. The Eligible
Participant represents, warrants, covenants and agrees with the Company as
follows:
(a) The Option is being received for the Eligible
Participant's own account, and not for the account of any other person, with the
intent of holding the Option and the Shares issuable pursuant thereto for
investment and not with the intent of participating, directly or indirectly, in
a distribution or resale of the Shares or any portion thereof.
(b) The Eligible Participant is not acquiring the Option or
any Shares based upon any representation, oral or written, by any person with
respect to the future value of, or income from, the Shares, but rather upon
independent examination and judgment as to the prospects of the Company.
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(c) The Eligible Participant has had the opportunity to ask
questions of and receive answers from the Company and its executive officers and
to obtain all information necessary for the Eligible Participant to make an
informed decision with respect to the investment in the Company represented by
the Option and any Shares issued upon its exercise.
(d) The Eligible Participant is able to bear the economic risk
of any investment in the Shares, including the risk of a complete loss of the
investment, and the Eligible Participant acknowledges that he or she must
continue to bear the economic risk of any investment in Shares received upon
exercise of the Option for an indefinite period.
(e) The Eligible Participant understands and agrees that the
Shares subject to the Option may be issued and sold to the Eligible Participant
without registration under any state or federal laws relating to the
registration of securities, and the Shares will be issued and sold in reliance
upon exemptions from registration under appropriate state and federal laws based
in part upon the representations of the Eligible Participant made herein.
(f) Shares issued to the Eligible Participant upon exercise of
the Option will not be offered for sale, sold or transferred by the Eligible
Participant other than pursuant to: (1) an effective registration under
applicable state securities laws or in a transaction which is otherwise in
compliance with those laws; (2) an effective registration under the Securities
Act of 1933 or in a transaction otherwise in compliance with such Act; and (3)
evidence satisfactory to the Company of compliance with all applicable state and
federal securities laws. The Company shall be entitled to rely upon an opinion
of counsel satisfactory to it with respect to compliance with the foregoing
laws.
(g) A legend in substantially the following form, indicating
that the Shares issued pursuant to the Option have not been registered under any
federal or state securities laws, may be placed on the certificate or
certificates delivered to the Eligible Participant, and any transfer agent of
the Company may be instructed to require compliance with all legends on such
certificates:
The securities represented hereby have not been registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, or the securities laws of any state. The
securities represented hereby may no be resold unless registered under
the Securities Act of 1933 and any applicable state securities laws
unless an exemption from registration exists.
In addition, the shares of Stock issued to the Eligible Participant
will be subject to the terms of certain Securityholders' Agreements dated
November 2, 1995 and November 13, 1996 and the certificate or certificates
delivered to the Eligible Participant shall include a legend in substantially
the following form:
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The shares represented by this certificate are subject to certain
Securityholders' Agreements dated as of November 2, 1995 and November
13, 1996 by and between Park `N View, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and
its shareholders restricting the free transferability of said shares.
Copies of such Securityholders' Agreements are on file in the office of
the Secretary of the Company.
(h) The Eligible Participant has not relied upon the Board,
the Company, or an employee or agent of the Company with respect to any tax
consequences related to the grant or exercise of this Option, or the disposition
of Shares purchased pursuant to exercise of the Option. The Eligible Participant
acknowledges that, as a result of the grant and/or exercise of the Option, the
Eligible Participant may incur a substantial tax liability. The Eligible
Participant assumes full responsibility for all such consequences and the filing
of all tax returns and elections the Eligible Participant may be required to or
find desirable to file in connection therewith. In the event any valuation of
the Option or Shares purchased pursuant to its exercise must be made under
federal or state tax laws and such valuation affects any return or election of
the Company, the Eligible Participant agrees that the Company may determine such
value and that the Eligible Participant will observe any determination so made
by the Company in all returns and elections filed by the Eligible Participant.
(i) The agreements, representations, warranties and covenants
made by the Eligible Participant herein with respect to the Option shall also
extend to and apply to all of the Shares issued to the Eligible Participant from
time to time pursuant to exercise of the Option. Acceptance by the Eligible
Participant of any certificate representing Shares shall constitute a
confirmation by the Eligible Participant that all such agreements,
representations, warranties and covenants made herein shall be true and correct
at such time.
10. Sale or Other Disposition by Majority Interest. The Eligible
Participant hereby irrevocably appoints the Company and its President, or either
of them, as the Eligible Participant's agents and attorneys-in-fact, with full
power of substitution for and in the Eligible Participant's name, to sell,
exchange, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or a portion of the Shares and to
do any and all things and to execute any and all documents and instruments
(including, without limitation, any stock transfer powers) in connection
therewith, such powers of attorney not to become operable until such time as the
holder or holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of Stock
sell, exchange, transfer or otherwise dispose of, or contract to sell, exchange,
transfer or otherwise dispose of, all or a majority of the issued and
outstanding shares of Stock. Any sale, exchange, transfer or other disposition
of all or a portion of Shares pursuant to the foregoing powers of attorney shall
be made upon substantially the same terms and conditions (including sale price
per share) applicable to a sale, exchange, transfer or other disposition of
shares of Stock owned by the holder or holders of a majority of the issued and
outstanding shares of Stock. For purposes of determining the sale price per
share of the Shares under this Section 10, there shall be excluded the
consideration (if any) paid or payable to the holder or holders of a majority of
the issued and outstanding shares of Stock in connection with any employment,
consulting, noncompetition or similar agreements which such holder or holders
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may enter into in connection with or subsequent to such sale, transfer, exchange
or other disposition. The foregoing power of attorney shall not impose or be
deemed to impose any fiduciary duty or any other duty (except as set forth in
this Section 10) or obligation on either the Company or its President, shall be
irrevocable and coupled with an interest and shall not terminate by operation of
law, whether by the death, bankruptcy or adjudication of incompetency or
insanity of the Eligible Participant or the occurrence of any other event.
11. Binding Effect. This Award Agreement shall inure to the benefit of
and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective heirs, executors,
administrators, successors and assigns.
12. Gender and Number. All terms used in this Award Agreement shall be
deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular or plural as the
context may require.
13. Terms and Conditions of Plan. The terms and conditions included in
the Plan are incorporated by reference herein, and to the extent that any
conflict may exist between any term or provision of this Award Agreement and any
term or provision of the Plan as in effect from time to time, such term or
provision of the Plan shall control.
14. Entire Agreement. This Award Agreement (including the Plan which is
incorporated herein by reference) sets forth all of the promises, agreements,
conditions, understandings, warranties and representations between the parties
hereto with respect to the Option and the Shares, and there are no promises,
agreements, conditions, understandings, warranties or representations, oral or
written, express or implied, between them with respect to the Option or the
Shares other than as set forth therein or herein. This Award Agreement
supersedes and replaces any and all prior agreements between the parties hereto
with respect to the Option or the Shares. Except as set forth in the Plan, this
Award Agreement is, and is intended by the parties to be, an integration of any
and all prior agreements or understandings, oral or written, with respect to the
Option and the Shares.
15. Invalid or Unenforceable Provision. The invalidity or
unenforceability of any particular provision of this Award Agreement shall not
affect the other provisions hereof, and this Award Agreement shall be construed
in all respects as if such invalid or unenforceable provision were omitted.
16. Governing Law. This Award Agreement shall be construed and enforced
in accordance with the laws of Delaware, without reference to its conflicts of
laws rules or the principles of the choice of law.
17. Miscellaneous.
(a) Neither the granting of this Option, the exercise thereof
nor any other provision of this Award Agreement shall be construed as conferring
upon the Eligible Participant
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any right to be employed or continue to be employed by the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or to otherwise continue in the service of such corporations, or as
interfering with or restricting in any way the right of such corporations to
terminate their relationship with the Eligible Participant at any time.
(b) The Company, the Board and any employees or agents thereof
are relieved from any liability for the non-issuance or non-transfer, or any
delay in the issuance or transfer, of any of the Shares which results from the
inability of the Company to obtain, or in any delay in obtaining, from each
regulatory body having jurisdiction all requisite authority to issue or transfer
the Stock of the Company in satisfaction of this Option if counsel for the
Company deems such authorization necessary for the lawful issuance or transfer
of any such Shares.
(c) No Stock acquired by exercise of this Option shall be sold
or otherwise disposed of in violation of any federal or state securities law or
regulation. Stock certificates evidencing the shares issuable upon exercise of
this Option may contain a legend regarding resale limitations, including the
requirement that the Eligible Participant deliver an opinion of counsel to the
Company.
(d) This Option shall be exercised in accordance with the
terms of the Plan and such administrative regulations as the Board may from time
to time adopt. All acts, determinations and decisions of the Board with respect
to the interpretation, construction and application of the Plan and/or this
Award Agreement shall be conclusive and binding upon the Eligible Participant
and all other persons.
(e) The Board shall, with the consent of the Eligible
Participant, be entitled to amend this Award Agreement at any time provided that
the Award Agreement, as amended, is consistent with the provisions of the Plan.
18. Acknowledgment. Eligible Participant accepts this Option in full
satisfaction of the Company's obligations to grant stock options to Eligible
Participant pursuant to the Employment Agreement between the Company and
Eligible Participant dated March 1, 1999.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Award Agreement
to be executed as of the day and year first above written.
PARK 'N VIEW, INC.
By: /s/ Xxx Xxxxxxxx
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Xxx Xxxxxxxx
ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANT
/s/ Xxxxxx X. May
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Xxxxxx X. May
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EXHIBIT A
Park `N View, Inc.
00000 XX 00xx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Board of Directors
Re: Exercise of Nonqualified Stock Option
Dear Board Members:
Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Nonqualified Stock Option
Award Agreement dated as of _________________, 19__ (the "Award Agreement")
between _____________________________ and Park `N View, Inc. (the "Company"), I
hereby agree to purchase _______ shares of the Stock of the Company and tender
payment in full for such shares in accordance with the terms of the Award
Agreement. I hereby consent to being a party to the Securityholders' Agreements
as is required by the Award Agreement.
I hereby reaffirm that the representations and warranties made in the
Award Agreement are true and correct on the date hereof as if made on the date
hereof.
Very truly yours,
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