STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
FOR
XXXXXX X. XXXXXXXXX
This Stock Option Agreement (the "Agreement") is effective on and as of
July 18, 1997, between IAT MULTIMEDIA, INC., a Delaware corporation with its
principal office at IAT AG, Geshaftshaus Wasserschloss, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00, XX-0000
Xxxxxxxxx-Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx, fax number 00-00-000-0000 (the "Company") and
XXXXXX X. XXXXXXXXX, an individual residing at 0 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxxxx 00000. fax number 000-000-0000 ("Xx. Xxxxxxxxx").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, Xx. Xxxxxxxxx is a director of the Company and a consultant of the
Company; and
WHEREAS, the Company desires to provide an incentive to Xx. Xxxxxxxxx to
remain a consultant of the Company and to encourage stock ownership; and
WHEREAS, the achievement of these goals will be assisted by the grant of an
option to purchase shares of the Company's Common Stock, $0.01 par value (the
"Stock")
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:
1. Grant of Option. Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth,
the Company hereby grants to Xx. Xxxxxxxxx the right and option (the "Option")
to purchase from the Company a total of 70,000 shares of Stock at a purchase
price per share equal to $5.00 per Share pursuant to the terms and conditions
set forth in section 2 hereof.
2. Terms and Conditions of Option
(a) Expiration Date. Subject to earlier termination or expiration of the
Option as provided in this Agreement, the Option shall expire on July 18, 2002.
(b) Vesting of Option. Xx. Xxxxxxxxx may not exercise the Option for any
shares of Stock until the Option has vested. Xx. Xxxxxxxxx'x rights with respect
to the Option shall become vested according to the following schedule:
Time Amount of Options Vested
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July 18, 1997 40,000
July 18, 1998 15,000
July 17, 1999 15,000
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(c) Exercise Upon Termination of Consulting Agreement. If Xx. Xxxxxxxxx
ceases to be a consultant of the Company pursuant to termination by either party
of the Consulting Agreement of even date herewith between the Company and Xx.
Xxxxxxxxx, or by reason of Xx. Xxxxxxxxx'x death or disability, the vested
portion of the Option may be exercised by Xx. Xxxxxxxxx, or his heirs, devises,
or legatees no later than three (3) months from the date of termination and the
unvested portion of the Option shall be forfeited, but in no event shall any
portion of the Option remain exercisable after the expiration date of the
Option as specified in paragraph (a) of this Section 2.
(d) Method of Exercise. (i) Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, to the extent the right to purchase shares of Stock has accrued, the
Option may be exercised, in whole or in part, from time to time, by written
notice and payment to the Company in accordance with the procedure prescribed
herein. Each notice shall (x) state the election to exercise the Option and the
number of shares in respect of which it is being exercised; and (y) be
accompanied by payment, by cash or certified check payable to the order of the
Company in the amount of the purchase price for the shares being purchased in
the event Xx. Xxxxxxxxx elects to exercise by payment of the exercise. In the
event Xx. Xxxxxxxxx elects for cashless exercise of the Option, the notice shall
so state and the Company will calculate the amount of shares of Stock to be
withheld in payment for the exercise of the option price based upon the closing
sales price of the Stock on the date elected by Xx. Xxxxxxxxx to exercise the
Option.
(ii) The certificate or certificates for shares of Stock as to which
the Option shall be exercised will be registered in the name of Xx.
Xxxxxxxxx and will bear the following legend:
"The shares represented by this certificate have not
been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and may not be sold, transferred or otherwise
disposed of except as expressly permitted under the
terms of that certain Stock Option Agreement, dated as
of July 18, 1997, between IAT Multimedia, Inc. and
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx."
(e) Non-Transferability. The Option shall not be transferable other than by
will or by the laws of descent and distribution. During the lifetime of Xx.
Xxxxxxxxx, the Option shall be exercisable only by Xx. Xxxxxxxxx. Xx. Xxxxxxxxx
may not pledge, hypothecate or otherwise encumber or permit any liens to attach
to the Option.
(f) Tax Withholding. In the event the Company determines that it is
required to withhold amounts for payment of federal, state and local income
taxes, or any other taxes in connection with the exercise of the Option or the
disposition of shares of Stock issued pursuant to the exercise of the Option,
Xx. Xxxxxxxxx or any person succeeding the rights of Xx. Xxxxxxxxx, as a
condition to such exercise or disposition, shall make arrangements satisfactory
to the Company to enable it to satisfy such withholding requirements.
(g) Regulatory Compliance. If at any time the Board determines that (a) the
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listing, registration or qualification of shares of Stock upon any securities
exchange or under any state or federal law, (b) the consent or approval of any
government or regulatory body or (c) an agreement or representations by Xx.
Xxxxxxxxx with respect thereto, is necessary then the exercise of the Option
shall not be consummated in whole or in part unless such listing, registration,
qualification, consent, approval, agreement or representations shall have been
effected or obtained.
(h) Adjustments. In the event of any reorganization, recapitalization,
stock split, stock dividend, combination of shares, consolidation, merger (other
than a merger or consolidation which does not result in any reclassification,
conversion, exchange or cancellation of outstanding shares), any sale or
transfer by the Company of all or substantially all of its assets or any
exchange offer for or the acquisition, directly or indirectly, by any person or
group of all or a majority of the then outstanding voting securities of the
Company, rights offering, or any other change in the corporate structure or
rights with respect to any shares of the Company, the Board shall make (or shall
cause the Board of Directors of any corporation which merges with, or acquires
the stock or assets of the Company to make) such equitable and proportionate
adjustment of the number and class of shares of stock then covered by the
Option, or of the purchase price, or both, in order to prevent dilution or
enlargement of the rights of Xx. Xxxxxxxxx.
(i) Fractional Shares. The Option is only exercisable with respect to whole
shares of Stock and not fractions thereof unless the Board otherwise agrees.
Accordingly, the Company shall not be required to issue certificates
representing fractions of shares of Stock upon any exercise of the Option.
3. Piggy-Back Registration Rights. (a) If (but without any obligation to do
so) the Company proposes to register (including for this purpose a registration
effected by the Company for stockholders other than Xx. Xxxxxxxxx) any of its
stock under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act") in connection
with the public offering of such securities (other than a registration relating
solely to the sale of securities to participants in a Company stock plan, a
registration relating solely to a Rule 145 transaction, a registration on any
form which does not include substantially the same information as would be
required to be included in a registration statement covering the sale of Stock
or a registration in which the only Stock being registered is Stock issuable
upon conversion of debt securities which are also being registered), the Company
shall, at such time, promptly give Xx. Xxxxxxxxx written notice of such
registration. Upon the written request of Xx. Xxxxxxxxx given within twenty (20)
days after giving of such notice by the Company, the Company shall, subject to
the provisions of section 3(b), cause to be registered under the Act all of the
Stock that Xx. Xxxxxxxxx has requested to be registered, provided, that the
Company shall not be obligated to effect more than two (2) registrations
pursuant to this Section 3(a).
(b) In connection with any offering involving an underwriting of shares of
the Company's Stock pursuant to Section 3(a), the Company shall not be required
under Section 3(a) to include any of Xx. Xxxxxxxxx'x securities in such
underwriting unless Xx. Xxxxxxxxx accepts the terms of the underwriting as
agreed upon between the Company and
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the underwriters, and if the underwriter advises Xx. Xxxxxxxxx in writing that
marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be
underwritten, then the Company shall exclude from such underwriting (i) an
amount of stock from Xx. Xxxxxxxxx which equals, pro rata to the extent
practicable, the amount of stock which is being excluded from the underwriting
from the other stockholders participating in such underwriting, or (ii) in the
event no other stockholder is participating in such underwriting, the minimum
amount of stock as is necessary in the opinion of the underwriter(s) to reduce
the size of the offering.
4. Treatment of Option as Non-Qualified Stock Option. The Company and Xx.
Xxxxxxxxx acknowledge that the Option granted hereunder shall be treated as a
non-qualified stock option for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
5. Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications under
this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given
on the date of service if served by facsimile or personally on the party to whom
notice is to be given, or within seven (7) days after mailing, if mailed to the
party to whom notice is to be given, by first class mail (airmail, if
international), registered or certified, postage prepaid, and properly addressed
to the party, if to the Company or Xx. Xxxxxxxxx, at the address set forth on
the first page of this Agreement or any other address that the Company or Xx.
Xxxxxxxxx may designate by written notice to the other party.
6. Acknowledgment. Xx. Xxxxxxxxx agrees to be bound by the terms of this
Agreement and hereby acknowledges that all decisions, determinations and
interpretations of the Board in respect of this Agreement and the Option shall
be final, conclusive and binding on Xx. Xxxxxxxxx and his legal representatives
and beneficiaries.
7. No Rights as Stockholder. Neither Xx. Xxxxxxxxx nor Xx. Xxxxxxxxx'x
legal representative, legatees or distributees, as the case may be, shall have
any of the rights or privileges of a stockholder of the Company by virtue of the
Option except with respect to any shares of Stock actually issued or transferred
of record and delivered to one of the aforementioned persons.
8. Reservation of Shares. The Company shall at all times during the term of
the Option reserve and keep available such number of shares of Stock then
subject to the Option as will be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of this
Agreement.
9. Agreement to Perform Necessary Acts. Each party to this Agreement agrees
to perform any further acts and execute and deliver any documents that may be
reasonably necessary to carry out the provisions of this Agreement.
10. Amendments. The provisions of this Agreement may be waived, altered,
amended or repealed, in whole or in part, only upon the written consent of all
parties hereto.
11. Governing Law. The Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts
of laws
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principles.
12. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as
of the day and year first written above.
IAT MULTIMEDIA, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxx
Title: Co-Chairman
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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