EXHIBIT 4.8
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THE DESCARTES SYSTEMS GROUP INC.
STOCK OPTION PLAN OPTION AGREEMENT
To: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Date: MARCH 12, 2004
Re: The Descartes Systems Group Inc. Stock Option Plan
Attached hereto is a copy of The Descartes Systems Group Inc. Stock Option Plan
(the "Plan") that has been approved by the Board of Directors of The Descartes
Systems Group Inc. (the "Company").
This is to advise you that you are entitled to participate in the Plan and have
been granted an option to purchase 100,000 common shares (the "Shares") in the
capital of the Company.
1. The exercise price of the option is Cdn. $3.18 per share.
2. Your option may be exercised in whole or in part, subject to the
vesting schedule described in Section 3, at any time or from time to
time, up to and including, but not after, MARCH 12, 2011 on which date
your option, unless terminated earlier on the basis set forth in the
following sentence or the Plan, shall expire. Subject to the foregoing,
in the event of the termination of your employment with the Company or
its Affiliates (as defined in the Plan) other than for cause or as a
result of resignation, that portion of the option that has not vested
on the date you receive such notice of termination (the "Notice Date")
shall expire and terminate on the Notice Date, and that portion of the
option that has vested on the Notice Date shall expire and terminate on
the date six months after the Notice Date.
3. Subject to Section 2, your option shall vest in accordance with the
following vesting schedule:
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VESTING DATE NO. OF OPTIONS FROM
GRANT VESTING ON
THIS DATE
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March 12, 2005 6,250
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June 12, 2005 6,250
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September 12, 2005 6,250
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December 12, 2005 6,250
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March 12, 2006 6,250
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June 12, 2006 6,250
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September 12, 2006 6,250
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December 12, 2006 6,250
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March 12, 2007 6,250
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June 12, 2007 6,250
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September 12, 2007 6,250
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December 12, 2007 6,250
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March 12, 2008 6,250
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June 12, 2008 6,250
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September 12, 2008 6,250
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December 12, 2008 6,250
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4. The terms and conditions of the Plan are hereby deemed to be
incorporated into and to form part hereof. If there is a conflict
between any provision of this Agreement and any provision of the Plan,
the relevant provision of this Agreement shall prevail.
5. No share certificates representing the Shares shall be delivered
until payment of the exercise price for the Shares has been made in
full.
6. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or this Agreement,
if a Change of Control occurs AND your employment is terminated without
Cause (as defined in your Employment Agreement) within a period of six
(6) months after the effective date of the Change of Control, then all
options granted pursuant hereto that remain unvested as of the date of
any such termination shall immediately vest on such date.
A "Change in Control" shall be deemed to have occurred if (i) any
person (as defined in the Securities Act (Ontario)) becomes, after the
date hereof, the owner or "beneficial owner" (as defined in the
Securities Act (Ontario)), directly or indirectly, of securities of the
Company representing 50% or more of the combined voting power of the
Company's then outstanding securities; (ii) during any two year period,
individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board,
including for this purpose any additional director whose election was
approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then in
office who were directors at the beginning of the period, cease for any
reason to constitute a majority thereof; (iii) the Company consummates
a merger, amalgamation, arrangement or consolidation of the Company or
other similar transaction with or into another corporation (a
"Reorganization"), the result of which is that the shareholders of the
Company at the time of the execution of the agreement relating to the
Reorganization own less than 50% of the total equity of the corporation
surviving or resulting from the Reorganization or of a corporation
owning, directly or indirectly, 100% of the total equity of such
surviving or resulting corporation; or (iv) the sale in one or a series
of transactions of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company.
If you desire to accept this option, please so indicate in the space below.
Please note that acceptance does not constitute an exercise of the option.
Options must be exercised in accordance with the terms and conditions of the
Plan by completing and submitting a subscription substantially in the form of
Schedule A annexed to the Plan, accompanied by payment in full of the exercise
price of the option.
THE DESCARTES SYSTEMS GROUP INC.
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Chief Executive Officer and
President
I hereby accept the above option and agree to the terms and the conditions set
forth above including the terms and conditions of the Plan.
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
