CREDENCE SYSTEMS CORPORATION STOCK OPTION ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT 99.6
EFFECTIVE DATE: JANUARY 22, 2003
CREDENCE
SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Dear Optionee:
As you know, on January 22, 2003, (the “Closing Date”) Credence Systems
Corporation (“Credence”) merged with Optonics, Inc. (“Optonics”) (the “Merger”). In the Merger, shares of Optonics common stock were exchanged for 0.043761 of a share of Credence common stock (the “Exchange
Ratio”). On the Closing Date you held one or more outstanding options to purchase shares of Optonics common stock granted to you under the Optonics 2001 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, (the “Plan”) and documented with a Stock Option
Agreement (the “Option Agreement”) issued to you under the Plan (the “Optonics Options”). In accordance with the Merger, on the Closing Date Credence assumed all obligations of Optonics under the Optonics Options. This Agreement
evidences the assumption of the Optonics Options, including the necessary adjustments to the Optonics Options required by the Merger.
Your Optonics Options immediately before and after the Merger are as follows:
| OPTONICS STOCK OPTIONS |
CREDENCE ASSUMED OPTIONS | |||||||||
| No. of Shares of Optonics Common
Stock |
Optonics Exercise Price Per
Share |
No. of Shares of Credence Common
Stock |
Credence Exercise Price Per
Share | |||||||
Unless the context otherwise requires, any references in the Plan
and the Option Agreement (i) to the “Company” or the “Corporation” means Credence, (ii) to “Stock,” “Common Stock” or “Shares” means shares of Credence Common Stock, (iii) to the “Board of
Directors” or the “Board” means the Board of Directors of Credence and (iv) to the “Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Credence Board of Directors. All references in the Option Agreement and the Plan relating
to your status as an employee of Optonics will now refer to your status as an employee of Credence or any present or future Credence subsidiary. To the extent the Option Agreement allowed you to deliver shares of Optonics common stock as payment for
the exercise price, shares of Credence common stock may be delivered in payment of the adjusted exercise price, and the period for which such shares were held as Optonics common stock prior to the Merger will be taken into account.
The grant date, vesting commencement date, vesting schedule and the expiration date of your assumed Optonics Option remains the
same as set forth in your Option Agreement, but the number of shares subject to each vesting installment has been adjusted to reflect the Exchange Ratio. All other provisions which govern either the exercise or the termination of the assumed
Optonics Option remain the same as set forth in your Option Agreement, and the provisions of the Option Agreement (except as expressly modified by this Agreement and the Merger) will govern and control your
EFFECTIVE DATE: JANUARY 22, 2003
rights under this Agreement to purchase shares of Credence common stock. Upon your termination of employment with Credence or any of its present or future subsidiaries, you will have the limited
time period specified in your Option Agreement to exercise your assumed Optonics Option to the extent outstanding at the time, after which time your Optonics Option will expire and NOT be exercisable for Credence common stock.
Nothing in this Agreement or your Option Agreement interferes in any way with your rights and Credence’s rights, which
rights are expressly reserved, to terminate your employment at any time for any reason, except to the extent expressly provided otherwise in a written agreement executed by both you and Credence. Any future options, if any, you may receive from
Credence will be governed by the terms of the applicable Credence stock option plan, and such terms may be different from the terms of your assumed Optonics Options, including, but not limited to, the time period in which you have to exercise vested
options after your termination of employment.
Please sign and date this Agreement and return it promptly to the
address listed above. If you have any questions regarding this Agreement or your assumed Optonics Options, please contact Xxxx Xxxxxxx at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000.
| CREDENCE SYSTEMS CORPORATION | ||
| By: |
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EFFECTIVE DATE: JANUARY 22, 2003
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The undersigned acknowledges receipt of the foregoing Stock Option Assumption Agreement and understands that all rights and liabilities with respect to each of his or her Optonics Option hereby assumed by Credence are as set forth in
the Option Agreement, the Plan, and such Stock Option Assumption Agreement.
| DATED:
, 2003 |
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| «Employee», OPTIONEE | ||||||||
