Exhibit 10.72
THERMO ELECTRON CORPORATION
2001 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
Xxx X. Xxxxx
Optionee
240,000 $23.41
Number of Shares of Exercise Price
Common Stock Subject Per Share
to the Option ("Option Shares")
Vesting Schedule
# of Shares Vesting Date(s)
80,000 December 31, 2004
80,000 December 31, 2005
80,000 December 31, 2006
December 12, 2003 December 12, 2010
Grant Date Expiration Date
Thermo Electron Corporation (the "Company") confirms the grant to you of an
option (the "Option") to acquire the number of shares of common stock (the
"Common Stock") specified above, of the Company, subject to the provisions of
the 2001 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan") and the terms, conditions and
restrictions contained in this agreement (the "Agreement"). You acknowledge
receipt of the Plan and the Agreement for your records.
THERMO ELECTRON CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
____________________________________
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary
1. Grant of Option. This Agreement contains the terms and conditions of a
grant pursuant to the Plan of a nonqualified stock option to purchase the shares
of the common stock of the Company (the "Option Shares") made to you, the
Optionee named on the first page of this Agreement. Attached is a copy of the
Plan, which is incorporated in this Agreement by reference and made a part
hereof. This Option is intended to be a non-statutory stock option under the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
2. Exercisability and Vesting of Option. The Option may be exercised only
to the extent the Option shall have vested in accordance with this Agreement.
The Option shall vest and become exercisable in accordance with the terms of
this Section 2.
(a) General Rule. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 2, the
Option shall vest and be exercisable in accordance with the vesting schedule set
forth on the first page of this Agreement, provided that on each vesting date
you continue to serve as Chairman of the Board of the Company.
(b) Death, Retirement or Change in Control. Notwithstanding anything
contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the Option shall vest and become
exercisable as to 100% of the Option Shares upon the occurrence, prior to the
date on which you cease to be Chairman of the Board of the Company (the
"Chairman Termination Date"), of (i) your death; or (ii) a Change in Control (as
defined in the Plan); or (iii) your retirement from the Board of Directors
because you reach the mandatory retirement age.
(c) Effect of Other Termination of Chairman. Notwithstanding anything
contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the portion of the Option that has
not vested prior to the Chairman Termination Date shall cease to vest, be
immediately forfeited to the Company, and be cancelled if the Chairman
Termination Date occurs for any reason other than the reasons specified in
Section 2(b) (i), (ii) or (iii) above.
3. Termination of Option. The date on which the Option shall terminate in
whole or in part as provided in this Section 3 is hereinafter referred to as the
"Option Termination Date". This Option shall terminate on the date that is the
earliest of:
(a) the Expiration Date of the Option set forth on the first page of this
Agreement; or
(b) three months after you cease being a director of the Company for any
reason other than the reasons specified in Sections 3(c), 3(d) or 3(e); or
(c) one year after your death; or
(d) three years after you retire from the Board of Directors because you
reach the mandatory retirement age; or
(e) the date of the dissolution or liquidation of the Company.
4. No Assignment of Rights. Except for assignments or transfers by will or
applicable laws of descent and distribution, your rights and interests under
this Agreement and the Plan may not be assigned or transferred in whole or in
part either directly or by operation of law or otherwise, including without
limitation by way of execution, levy, garnishment, attachment, pledge or
bankruptcy, and no such rights or interests shall be subject to any of your
obligations or liabilities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company consents
to the transfer of this Option by you to an immediate member of your family, a
family trust or family partnership, provided that the Company shall not be
required to recognize any such transfer or assignment until such time as the
Company, the transferee and you execute a written assignment of the Option in
the form specified by the Company and upon the terms satisfactory to the
Company.
5. Exercise of Option; Delivery and Deposit of Certificate(s). You (or in
the case of your death, your legal representative) may exercise the Option (to
the extent the Option has vested) in whole or in part in accordance with the
instructions described in "The Guide for Thermo Electron Corporation Stock
Option Plans," as the same may be amended from time to time.
6. Rights With Respect to Option Shares. Prior to the date the Option is
exercised, you shall not be deemed for any purpose to be a stockholder of the
Company with respect to any of the Option Shares. Upon issuance to you of the
Option Shares, you shall have ownership of such Option Shares, including the
right to vote and receive dividends, subject, however, to the other restrictions
and limitations imposed thereon pursuant to the Plan and this Agreement and
which may be now or hereafter imposed by the Certificate of Incorporation or the
By-Laws of the Company.
7. Adjustments in the Event of Certain Transactions. The provisions of the
Plan covering the treatment of Options in the event of (a) stock dividends,
stock splits, or combination of shares, or other distribution with respect to
holders of Common Stock other than normal cash dividends occurring after the
date of this Agreement and (b) recapitalizations, mergers or consolidations
involving the Company, any transaction in which the Company becomes a subsidiary
of another entity, any sale or other disposition of all or a substantial portion
of the assets of the Company or any similar transaction, as determined by the
Board of Directors (any of the foregoing, a "covered transaction"), occurring
while the Option is outstanding, are hereby made applicable hereunder and are
incorporated herein by reference.
8. Reservation of Shares. The Company shall at all times during the term of
this Agreement reserve and keep available such number of shares of the Common
Stock as will be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of this Agreement and
shall pay all fees and expenses necessarily incurred by the Company in
connection with this Agreement and the issuance of Option Shares.
9. Taxes. No later than the date on which part or all of the value of any
Option Shares received under the Plan first becomes includible in your gross
income for income tax purposes, you shall satisfy your obligations to pay
federal, state or local taxes required to be withheld with respect to such
income, if any.
10. Determination of Rights. Any dispute or disagreement that may arise
under or as a result of or pursuant to the Plan or this Agreement shall be
determined by the Board of Directors or a committee thereof, in its sole
discretion, and any decision made by such body in good faith shall be conclusive
on all parties. The interpretation and construction by the Board or a committee
thereof of any provision of, and the determination of any question arising
under, this Agreement, the Plan, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to
the Plan, shall be final and conclusive.
11. Communications. Any communication or notice required or permitted to be
given under this Agreement shall be in writing, and mailed or delivered in hand,
if to the Company to its Stock Option Manager c/o Thermo Electron Corporation,
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxx 0000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000, and if
to you, to the address you shall last have furnished to the Company.
