EXHIBIT 10.43
XXXXX'X RESTAURANTS, INC.
STOCK ISSUANCE AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT made as of this ____ day of _____________ 199__, by and
between Xxxxx'x Restaurants, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and ____________
__________________________, Participant in the Corporation's
1998 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan.
All capitalized terms in this Agreement shall have the meaning
assigned to them in this Agreement or in the attached Appendix.
A. PURCHASE OF SHARES
1. PURCHASE. Participant hereby purchases ________________
shares of Common Stock (the "Purchased Shares") pursuant to the provisions
of the Stock Issuance Program at the purchase price of $_____________ per
share (the "Purchase Price").
2. PAYMENT. Concurrently with the delivery of this Agreement to the
Corporation, Participant shall pay the Purchase Price for the Purchased Shares
in cash or cash equivalent and shall deliver a duly-executed blank Assignment
Separate from Certificate (in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I) with
respect to the Purchased Shares.
3. STOCKHOLDER RIGHTS. Until such time as the Corporation exercises
the Repurchase Right or the First Refusal Right, Participant (or any successor
in interest) shall have all stockholder rights (including voting, dividend and
liquidation rights) with respect to the Purchased Shares, subject, however, to
the transfer restrictions of Articles B and C.
B. SECURITIES LAW COMPLIANCE
1. RESTRICTED SECURITIES. The Purchased Shares have not been
registered under the 1933 Act and are being issued to Participant in reliance
upon the exemption from such registration provided by SEC Rule 701 for stock
issuances under compensatory benefit plans such as the Plan. Participant hereby
confirms that Participant has been informed that the Purchased Shares are
restricted securities under the 1933 Act and may not be resold or transferred
unless the Purchased Shares are first registered under the Federal securities
laws or unless an exemption from such registration is available. Accordingly,
Participant hereby acknowledges that Participant is prepared to hold the
Purchased Shares for an indefinite period and that Participant is aware that SEC
Rule 144 issued under the 1933 Act which exempts certain resales of unrestricted
securities is not presently available to exempt the resale of the Purchased
Shares from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act.
2. DISPOSITION OF PURCHASED SHARES. Participant shall make no
disposition of the Purchased Shares (other than a Permitted Transfer) unless and
until there is compliance with all of the following requirements:
(i) Participant shall have provided the Corporation with a
written summary of the terms and conditions of the proposed
disposition.
(ii) Participant shall have complied with all requirements
of this Agreement applicable to the disposition of the Purchased
Shares.
(iii) Participant shall have provided the Corporation with
written assurances, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Corporation, that (a) the proposed disposition does not require
registration of the Purchased Shares under the 1933 Act or (b) all
appropriate action necessary for compliance with the registration
requirements of the 1933 Act or any exemption from registration
available under the 1933 Act (including Rule 144) has been taken.
The Corporation shall NOT be required (i) to transfer on its books any
Purchased Shares which have been sold or transferred in violation of the
provisions of this Agreement OR (ii) to treat as the owner of the Purchased
Shares, or otherwise to accord voting, dividend or liquidation rights to, any
transferee to whom the Purchased Shares have been transferred in contravention
of this Agreement.
3. RESTRICTIVE LEGENDS. The stock certificates for the Purchased
Shares shall be endorsed with one or more of the following restrictive legends:
"The shares represented by this certificate have not been
registered under the Securities Act of 1933. The shares may not be sold or
offered for sale in the absence of (a) an effective registration statement for
the shares under such Act, (b) a "no action" letter of the Securities and
Exchange Commission with respect to such sale or offer or (c) satisfactory
assurances to the Corporation that registration under such Act is not required
with respect to such sale or offer."
"The shares represented by this certificate are subject to
certain repurchase rights and rights of first refusal granted to the Corporation
and accordingly may not be sold, assigned, transferred, encumbered, or in any
manner disposed of except in conformity with the terms of a written agreement
dated _____________, 199_ between the Corporation and the registered holder
of the shares (or the predecessor in interest to the shares). A copy of such
agreement is maintained at the Corporation's principal corporate offices."
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C. TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS
1. RESTRICTION ON TRANSFER. Except for any Permitted Transfer,
Participant shall not transfer, assign, encumber or otherwise dispose of any of
the Purchased Shares which are subject to the Repurchase Right. In addition,
Purchased Shares which are released from the Repurchase Right shall not be
transferred, assigned, encumbered or otherwise disposed of in contravention of
the First Refusal Right or the Market Stand-Off.
2. TRANSFEREE OBLIGATIONS. Each person (other than the Corporation)
to whom the Purchased Shares are transferred by means of a Permitted Transfer
must, as a condition precedent to the validity of such transfer, acknowledge in
writing to the Corporation that such person is bound by the provisions of this
Agreement and that the transferred shares are subject to (i) the Repurchase
Right, (ii) the First Refusal Right and (iii) the Market Stand-Off, to the same
extent such shares would be so subject if retained by Participant.
3. MARKET STAND-OFF.
(a) In connection with any underwritten public offering by the
Corporation of its equity securities pursuant to an effective registration
statement filed under the 1933 Act, including the Corporation's initial public
offering, Owner shall not sell, make any short sale of, loan, hypothecate,
pledge, grant any option for the purchase of, or otherwise dispose or transfer
for value or otherwise agree to engage in any of the foregoing transactions with
respect to, any Purchased Shares without the prior written consent of the
Corporation or its underwriters. Such restriction (the "Market Stand-Off")
shall be in effect for such period of time from and after the effective date of
the final prospectus for the offering as may be requested by the Corporation or
such underwriters. In no event, however, shall such period exceed one hundred
eighty (180) days and the Market Stand-Off shall in all events terminate two (2)
years after the effective date of the Corporation's initial public offering.
(b) Owner shall be subject to the Market Stand-Off PROVIDED AND
ONLY IF the officers and directors of the Corporation are also subject to
similar restrictions.
(c) Any new, substituted or additional securities which are by
reason of any Recapitalization or Reorganization distributed with respect to the
Purchased Shares shall be immediately subject to the Market Stand-Off, to the
same extent the Purchased Shares are at such time covered by such provisions.
(d) In order to enforce the Market Stand-Off, the Corporation
may impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to the Purchased Shares until
the end of the applicable stand-off period.
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D. REPURCHASE RIGHT
1. GRANT. The Corporation is hereby granted the right (the
"Repurchase Right"), exercisable at any time during the sixty (60)-day period
following the date Participant ceases for any reason to remain in Service, to
repurchase at the Purchase Price any or all of the Purchased Shares in which
Participant is not, at the time of his or her cessation of Service, vested in
accordance with the provisions of the Vesting Schedule set forth in Paragraph
D.3 or the special vesting acceleration provisions of Paragraph D.5 (such shares
to be hereinafter referred to as the "Unvested Shares").
2. EXERCISE OF THE REPURCHASE RIGHT. The Repurchase Right shall be
exercisable by written notice delivered to each Owner of the Unvested Shares
prior to the expiration of the sixty (60)-day exercise period. The notice shall
indicate the number of Unvested Shares to be repurchased and the date on which
the repurchase is to be effected, such date to be not more than thirty (30) days
after the date of such notice. The certificates representing the Unvested
Shares to be repurchased shall be delivered to the Corporation on or before the
close of business on the date specified for the repurchase. Concurrently with
the receipt of such stock certificates, the Corporation shall pay to Owner, in
cash or cash equivalents (including the cancellation of any purchase-money
indebtedness), an amount equal to the Purchase Price previously paid for the
Unvested Shares which are to be repurchased from Owner.
3. TERMINATION OF THE REPURCHASE RIGHT. The Repurchase Right shall
terminate with respect to any Unvested Shares for which it is not timely
exercised under Paragraph D.2. In addition, the Repurchase Right shall
terminate and cease to be exercisable with respect to any and all Purchased
Shares in which Participant vests in accordance with the following Vesting
Schedule:
Participant shall vest in twenty-five percent (25%) of the
Purchased Shares, and the Repurchase Right shall concurrently lapse
with respect to those Purchased Shares, upon Participant's completion
of one (1) year of Service measured from ________________, 199_.
Participant shall vest in the remaining seventy-five percent
(75%) of the Purchased Shares, and the Repurchase Right shall
concurrently lapse with respect to those Purchased Shares, in a series
of thirty-six (36) successive equal monthly installments upon
Participant's completion of each additional month of Service over the
thirty-six (36)-month period measured from the date on which the first
twenty-five percent (25%) of the Purchased Shares vests hereunder.
All Purchased Shares as to which the Repurchase Right lapses shall,
however, remain subject to (i) the First Refusal Right and (ii) the Market
Stand-Off.
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4. RECAPITALIZATION. Any new, substituted or additional securities
or other property (including cash paid other than as a regular cash dividend)
which is by reason of any Recapitalization distributed with respect to the
Purchased Shares shall be immediately subject to the Repurchase Right and any
escrow requirements hereunder, but only to the extent the Purchased Shares are
at the time covered by such right or escrow requirements. Appropriate
adjustments to reflect such distribution shall be made to the number and/or
class of Purchased Shares subject to this Agreement and to the price per share
to be paid upon the exercise of the Repurchase Right in order to reflect the
effect of any such Recapitalization upon the Corporation's capital structure;
PROVIDED, however, that the aggregate purchase price shall remain the same.
5. CORPORATE TRANSACTION.
(a) The Repurchase Right shall automatically terminate in its
entirety, and all the Purchased Shares shall vest in full, immediately prior to
the consummation of any Corporate Transaction, except to the extent the
Repurchase Right is to be assigned to the successor entity in such Corporate
Transaction.
(b) To the extent the Repurchase Right remains in effect
following a Corporate Transaction, such right shall apply to any new securities
or other property (including any cash payments) received in exchange for the
Purchased Shares in consummation of the Corporate Transaction, but only to the
extent the Purchased Shares are at the time covered by such right. Appropriate
adjustments shall be made to the price per share payable upon exercise of the
Repurchase Right to reflect the effect of the Corporate Transaction upon the
Corporation's capital structure; PROVIDED, however, that the aggregate purchase
price shall remain the same. The new securities or other property (including
any cash payments) issued or distributed with respect to the Purchased Shares in
consummation of the Corporate Transaction shall be immediately deposited in
escrow with the Corporation (or the successor entity) and shall not be released
from escrow until Participant vests in such securities or other property in
accordance with the same Vesting Schedule in effect for the Purchased Shares.
(c) The Repurchase Right may also terminate on an accelerated
basis, and the Purchased Shares shall immediately vest in full, in accordance
with the terms and conditions of any special addendum attached to this
Agreement.
E. RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL
1. GRANT. The Corporation is hereby granted the right of first
refusal (the "First Refusal Right"), exercisable in connection with any proposed
transfer of the Purchased Shares in which Participant has vested in accordance
with the provisions of Article D. For purposes of this Article E, the term
"transfer" shall include any sale, assignment, pledge, encumbrance or other
disposition of the Purchased Shares intended to be made by Owner, but shall not
include any Permitted Transfer.
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2. NOTICE OF INTENDED DISPOSITION. In the event any Owner of
Purchased Shares in which Participant has vested desires to accept a bona
fide third-party offer for the transfer of any or all of such shares (the
Purchased Shares subject to such offer to be hereinafter referred to as the
"Target Shares"), Owner shall promptly (i) deliver to the Corporation written
notice (the "Disposition Notice") of the terms of the offer, including the
purchase price and the identity of the third-party offeror, and (ii) provide
satisfactory proof that the disposition of the Target Shares to such
third-party offeror would not be in contravention of the provisions set forth
in Articles B and C.
3. EXERCISE OF THE FIRST REFUSAL RIGHT. The Corporation shall,
for a period of twenty-five (25) days following receipt of the Disposition
Notice, have the right to repurchase any or all of the Target Shares subject
to the Disposition Notice upon the same terms as those specified therein or
upon such other terms (not materially different from those specified in the
Disposition Notice) to which Owner consents. Such right shall be exercisable
by delivery of written notice (the "Exercise Notice") to Owner prior to the
expiration of the twenty-five (25)-day exercise period. If such right is
exercised with respect to all the Target Shares, then the Corporation shall
effect the repurchase of such shares, including payment of the purchase
price, not more than five (5) business days after delivery of the Exercise
Notice; and at such time the certificates representing the Target Shares
shall be delivered to the Corporation.
Should the purchase price specified in the Disposition Notice be
payable in property other than cash or evidences of indebtedness, the
Corporation shall have the right to pay the purchase price in the form of
cash equal in amount to the value of such property. If Owner and the
Corporation cannot agree on such cash value within ten (10) days after the
Corporation's receipt of the Disposition Notice, the valuation shall be made
by an appraiser of recognized standing selected by Owner and the Corporation
or, if they cannot agree on an appraiser within twenty (20) days after the
Corporation's receipt of the Disposition Notice, each shall select an
appraiser of recognized standing and the two (2) appraisers shall designate a
third appraiser of recognized standing, whose appraisal shall be
determinative of such value. The cost of such appraisal shall be shared
equally by Owner and the Corporation. The closing shall then be held on the
LATER of (i) the fifth (5th) business day following delivery of the Exercise
Notice or (ii) the fifth (5th) business day after such valuation shall have
been made.
4. NON-EXERCISE OF THE FIRST REFUSAL RIGHT. In the event the
Exercise Notice is not given to Owner prior to the expiration of the
twenty-five (25)-day exercise period, Owner shall have a period of thirty
(30) days thereafter in which to sell or otherwise dispose of the Target
Shares to the third-party offeror identified in the Disposition Notice upon
terms (including the purchase price) no more favorable to such third-party
offeror than those specified in the Disposition Notice; PROVIDED, however,
that any such sale or disposition must not be effected in contravention of
the provisions of Articles B and C. The third-party offeror shall acquire
the Target Shares free and clear of the First Refusal Right, but the acquired
shares shall remain subject to the provisions of Article B and Paragraph C.3.
In the event Owner does not effect such sale or disposition of the Target
Shares within the specified thirty (30)-day period, the First
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Refusal Right shall continue to be applicable to any subsequent disposition
of the Target Shares by Owner until such right lapses.
5. PARTIAL EXERCISE OF THE FIRST REFUSAL RIGHT. In the event the
Corporation makes a timely exercise of the First Refusal Right with respect to a
portion, but not all, of the Target Shares specified in the Disposition Notice,
Owner shall have the option, exercisable by written notice to the Corporation
delivered within five (5) business days after Owner's receipt of the Exercise
Notice, to effect the sale of the Target Shares pursuant to either of the
following alternatives:
(i) sale or other disposition of all the Target Shares
to the third-party offeror identified in the Disposition Notice, but
in full compliance with the requirements of Paragraph E.4, as if the
Corporation did not exercise the First Refusal Right; or
(ii) sale to the Corporation of the portion of the
Target Shares which the Corporation has elected to purchase, such sale
to be effected in substantial conformity with the provisions of
Paragraph E.3. The First Refusal Right shall continue to be
applicable to any subsequent disposition of the remaining Target
Shares until such right lapses.
Owner's failure to deliver timely notification to the Corporation
shall be deemed to be an election by Owner to sell the Target Shares pursuant to
alternative (i) above.
6. RECAPITALIZATION/REORGANIZATION.
(a) Any new, substituted or additional securities or other
property which is by reason of any Recapitalization distributed with respect to
the Purchased Shares shall be immediately subject to the First Refusal Right,
but only to the extent the Purchased Shares are at the time covered by such
right.
(b) In the event of a Reorganization, the First Refusal Right
shall remain in full force and effect and shall apply to the new capital stock
or other property received in exchange for the Purchased Shares in consummation
of the Reorganization, but only to the extent the Purchased Shares are at the
time covered by such right.
7. LAPSE. The First Refusal Right shall lapse upon the EARLIEST to
occur of (i) the first date on which shares of the Common Stock are held of
record by more than five hundred (500) persons, (ii) a determination is made by
the Board that a public market exists for the outstanding shares of Common Stock
or (iii) a firm commitment underwritten public offering, pursuant to an
effective registration statement under the 1933 Act, covering the offer and sale
of the Common Stock in the aggregate amount of at least ten million dollars
($10,000,000). However, the Market Stand-Off shall continue to remain in full
force and effect following the lapse of the First Refusal Right.
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F. SPECIAL TAX ELECTION
1. SECTION 83(B) ELECTION . Under Code Section 83, the excess of
the Fair Market Value of the Purchased Shares on the date any forfeiture
restrictions applicable to such shares lapse over the Purchase Price paid for
such shares will be reportable as ordinary income on the lapse date. For
this purpose, the term "forfeiture restrictions" includes the right of the
Corporation to repurchase the Purchased Shares pursuant to the Repurchase
Right. Participant may elect under Code Section 83(b) to be taxed at the time
the Purchased Shares are acquired, rather than when and as such Purchased
Shares cease to be subject to such forfeiture restrictions. Such election
must be filed with the Internal Revenue Service within thirty (30) days after
the date of this Agreement. Even if the Fair Market Value of the Purchased
Shares on the date of this Agreement equals the Purchase Price paid (and thus
no tax is payable), the election must be made to avoid adverse tax
consequences in the future. THE FORM FOR MAKING THIS ELECTION IS ATTACHED AS
EXHIBIT II HERETO. PARTICIPANT UNDERSTANDS THAT FAILURE TO MAKE THIS FILING
WITHIN THE APPLICABLE THIRTY (30)-DAY PERIOD WILL RESULT IN THE RECOGNITION
OF ORDINARY INCOME AS THE FORFEITURE RESTRICTIONS LAPSE.
2. FILING RESPONSIBILITY. PARTICIPANT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT IS
PARTICIPANT'S SOLE RESPONSIBILITY, AND NOT THE CORPORATION'S, TO FILE A
TIMELY ELECTION UNDER CODE SECTION 83(b), EVEN IF PARTICIPANT REQUESTS THE
CORPORATION OR ITS REPRESENTATIVES TO MAKE THIS FILING ON HIS OR HER BEHALF.
G. GENERAL PROVISIONS
1. ASSIGNMENT. The Corporation may assign the Repurchase Right
and/or the First Refusal Right to any person or entity selected by the Board,
including (without limitation) one or more stockholders of the Corporation.
2. NO EMPLOYMENT OR SERVICE CONTRACT. Nothing in this Agreement
or in the Plan shall confer upon Participant any right to continue in Service
for any period of specific duration or interfere with or otherwise restrict
in any way the rights of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary
employing or retaining Participant) or of Participant, which rights are
hereby expressly reserved by each, to terminate Participant's Service at any
time for any reason, with or without cause.
3. NOTICES. Any notice required to be given under this Agreement
shall be in writing and shall be deemed effective upon personal delivery or upon
deposit in the U.S. mail, registered or certified, postage prepaid and properly
addressed to the party entitled to such notice at the address indicated below
such party's signature line on this Agreement or at such other address as such
party may designate by ten (10) days advance written notice under this paragraph
to all other parties to this Agreement.
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4. NO WAIVER. The failure of the Corporation in any instance to
exercise the Repurchase Right or the First Refusal Right shall not constitute a
waiver of any other repurchase rights and/or rights of first refusal that may
subsequently arise under the provisions of this Agreement or any other agreement
between the Corporation and Participant. No waiver of any breach or condition
of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a waiver of any other or subsequent
breach or condition, whether of like or different nature.
5. CANCELLATION OF SHARES. If the Corporation shall make available,
at the time and place and in the amount and form provided in this Agreement, the
consideration for the Purchased Shares to be repurchased in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement, then from and after such time, the person from
whom such shares are to be repurchased shall no longer have any rights as a
holder of such shares (other than the right to receive payment of such
consideration in accordance with this Agreement). Such shares shall be deemed
purchased in accordance with the applicable provisions hereof, and the
Corporation shall be deemed the owner and holder of such shares, whether or not
the certificates therefor have been delivered as required by this Agreement.
H. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
1. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of California without resort
to that State's conflict-of-laws rules.
2. PARTICIPANT UNDERTAKING. Participant hereby agrees to take
whatever additional action and execute whatever additional documents the
Corporation may deem necessary or advisable in order to carry out or effect one
or more of the obligations or restrictions imposed on either Participant or the
Purchased Shares pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement.
3. AGREEMENT IS ENTIRE CONTRACT. This Agreement constitutes the
entire contract between the parties hereto with regard to the subject matter
hereof. This Agreement is made pursuant to the provisions of the Plan and shall
in all respects be construed in conformity with the terms of the Plan.
4. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts,
each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which together shall
constitute one and the same instrument.
5. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. The provisions of this Agreement shall
inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the Corporation and its successors
and assigns and upon Participant, Participant's assigns and the legal
representatives, heirs and legatees of Participant's estate, whether or not any
such person shall have become a party to this Agreement and have agreed in
writing to join herein and be bound by the terms hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement on the
day and year first indicated above.
XXXXX'X RESTAURANTS, INC.
By:
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Title:
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Address:
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PARTICIPANT
Address:
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SPOUSAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The undersigned spouse of Participant has read and hereby approves
the foregoing Stock Issuance Agreement. In consideration of the
Corporation's granting Participant the right to acquire the Purchased Shares
in accordance with the terms of such Agreement, the undersigned hereby agrees
to be irrevocably bound by all the terms of such Agreement, including
(without limitation) the right of the Corporation (or its assigns) to
purchase any Purchased Shares in which Participant is not vested at the time
of his or her cessation of Service.
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PARTICIPANT'S SPOUSE
Address:
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EXHIBIT I
ASSIGNMENT SEPARATE FROM CERTIFICATE
FOR VALUE RECEIVED 1~ hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
Xxxxx'x Restaurants, Inc. (the "Corporation"), _____________________ (________)
shares of the Common Stock of the Corporation standing in his or her name on the
books of the Corporation represented by Certificate No. ______________________
herewith and do(es) hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint _________________
____________ Attorney to transfer the said stock on the books of the Corporation
with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated: _______________
Signature
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INSTRUCTION: Please do not fill in any blanks other than the signature line.
Please sign exactly as you would like your name to appear on the issued stock
certificate. The purpose of this assignment is to enable the Corporation to
exercise the Repurchase Right without requiring additional signatures on the
part of Participant.
EXHIBIT II
SECTION 83(b) TAX ELECTION
SECTION 83(b) TAX ELECTION
This statement is being made under Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code,
pursuant to Treas. Reg. Section 1.83-2.
(1) The taxpayer who performed the services is:
Name:
Address:
Taxpayer Ident. No.:
(2) The property with respect to which the election is being made is _________
shares of the common stock of Xxxxx'x Restaurants, Inc.
(3) The property was issued on __________________, 199__.
(4) The taxable year in which the election is being made is the calendar year
1998.
(5) The property is subject to a repurchase right pursuant to which the issuer
has the right to acquire the property at the original purchase price if for
any reason taxpayer's service with the issuer terminates. The issuer's
repurchase right lapses in a series of annual and monthly installments over
a four (4)-year period ending on __________________, 200__.
(6) The fair market value at the time of transfer (determined without regard to
any restriction other than a restriction which by its terms will never
lapse) is $______ per share.
(7) The amount paid for such property is $_______ per share.
(8) A copy of this statement was furnished to Xxxxx'x Restaurants, Inc. for
whom taxpayer rendered the services underlying the transfer of property.
(9) This statement is executed on _________________, 199__.
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Spouse (if any) Taxpayer
THIS ELECTION MUST BE FILED WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE CENTER WITH WHICH
TAXPAYER FILES HIS OR HER FEDERAL INCOME TAX RETURNS AND MUST BE MADE WITHIN
THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER THE EXECUTION DATE OF THE STOCK ISSUANCE AGREEMENT. THIS
FILING SHOULD BE MADE BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED.
PARTICIPANT MUST RETAIN TWO (2) COPIES OF THE COMPLETED FORM FOR FILING WITH HIS
OR HER FEDERAL AND STATE TAX RETURNS FOR THE CURRENT TAX YEAR AND AN ADDITIONAL
COPY FOR HIS OR HER RECORDS.
EXHIBIT III
1998 STOCK OPTION/STOCK ISSUANCE PLAN
(See Exhibit 10.37 to Registration Statement on Form S-1)
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The following definitions shall be in effect under the Agreement:
A. AGREEMENT shall mean this Stock Issuance Agreement.
B. BOARD shall mean the Corporation's Board of Directors.
C. CODE shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
D. COMMON STOCK shall mean the Corporation's common stock.
E. CORPORATE TRANSACTION shall mean either of the following
stockholder-approved transactions:
(i) a merger or consolidation in which securities
possessing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting
power of the Corporation's outstanding securities are transferred to a
person or persons different from the persons holding those securities
immediately prior to such transaction, or
(ii) the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the Corporation's assets in complete liquidation
or dissolution of the Corporation.
F. CORPORATION shall mean Xxxxx'x Restaurants, Inc., a Delaware
corporation.
G. DISPOSITION NOTICE shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Paragraph E.2.
H. EXERCISE NOTICE shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Paragraph E.3.
I. FAIR MARKET VALUE of a share of Common Stock on any relevant date,
prior to the initial public offering of the Common Stock, shall be determined by
the Plan Administrator after taking into account such factors as it shall deem
appropriate.
J. FIRST REFUSAL RIGHT shall mean the right granted to the Corporation in
accordance with Article E.
K. MARKET STAND-OFF shall mean the market stand-off restriction specified
in Paragraph C.3.
L. 1933 ACT shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
A-1.
M. OWNER shall mean Participant and all subsequent holders of the
Purchased Shares who derive their chain of ownership through a Permitted
Transfer from Participant.
N. PARENT shall mean any corporation (other than the Corporation) in an
unbroken chain of corporations ending with the Corporation, provided each
corporation in the unbroken chain (other than the Corporation) owns, at the time
of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total
combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations
in such chain.
O. PARTICIPANT shall mean the person to whom shares are issued under the
Stock Issuance Program.
P. PERMITTED TRANSFER shall mean (i) a gratuitous transfer of the
Purchased Shares, PROVIDED AND ONLY IF Participant obtains the Corporation's
prior written consent to such transfer, (ii) a transfer of title to the
Purchased Shares effected pursuant to Participant's will or the laws of
intestate succession following Participant's death or (iii) a transfer to the
Corporation in pledge as security for any purchase-money indebtedness incurred
by Participant in connection with the acquisition of the Purchased Shares.
Q. PLAN shall mean the Corporation's 1998 Stock Option/Stock Issuance
Plan attached hereto as Exhibit III.
R. PLAN ADMINISTRATOR shall mean either the Board or a committee of the
Board acting in its capacity as administrator of the Plan.
S. PURCHASE PRICE shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Paragraph A.1.
T. PURCHASED SHARES shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Paragraph A.1.
U. RECAPITALIZATION shall mean any stock split, stock dividend,
recapitalization, combination of shares, exchange of shares or other change
affecting the Corporation's outstanding Common Stock as a class without the
Corporation's receipt of consideration.
V. REORGANIZATION shall mean any of the following transactions:
(i) a merger or consolidation in which the Corporation is
not the surviving entity,
(ii) a sale, transfer or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the Corporation's assets,
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(iii) a reverse merger in which the Corporation is the
surviving entity but in which the Corporation's outstanding voting
securities are transferred in whole or in part to a person or persons
different from the persons holding those securities immediately prior
to the merger, or
(iv) any transaction effected primarily to change the state
in which the Corporation is incorporated or to create a holding
company structure.
W. REPURCHASE RIGHT shall mean the right granted to the Corporation in
accordance with Article D.
X. SEC shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Y. SERVICE shall mean the Participant's performance of services for the
Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) in the capacity of an employee,
subject to the control and direction of the employer entity as to both the work
to be performed and the manner and method of performance, a non-employee member
of the board of directors or an independent consultant.
Z. STOCK ISSUANCE PROGRAM shall mean the Stock Issuance Program under the
Plan.
AA. SUBSIDIARY shall mean any corporation (other than the Corporation) in
an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Corporation, provided each
corporation (other than the last corporation) in the unbroken chain owns, at the
time of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the
total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other
corporations in such chain.
AB. TARGET SHARES shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Paragraph E.2.
AC. VESTING SCHEDULE shall mean the vesting schedule specified in
Paragraph D.3 pursuant to which Participant is to vest in the Purchased Shares
in a series of installments over the Participant's period of Service.
AD. UNVESTED SHARES shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Paragraph D.1.
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