Exhibit 99.4
Form of Addendum to Stock Option Agreement
(Discretionary Option Grant Program - Involuntary Termination
Following Corporate Transaction/Change in Control)
EXHIBIT 99.4
ADDENDUM
TO
STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
The following provisions are hereby incorporated into, and are hereby
made a part of, that certain Stock Option Agreement (the "Option Agreement") by
and between ATL Products, Inc. (the "Corporation") and ________________________
("Optionee") evidencing the stock option (the "Option") granted on ____________,
199___ to Optionee under the terms of the Corporation's 1997 Stock Incentive
Plan, and such provisions shall be effective immediately. All capitalized terms
in this Addendum, to the extent not otherwise defined herein, shall have the
meanings assigned to them in the Option Agreement.
INVOLUNTARY TERMINATION FOLLOWING
CORPORATE TRANSACTION/CHANGE IN CONTROL
1. To the extent the Option is, in connection with a Corporate
Transaction, to be assumed in accordance with Paragraph 6 of the Option
Agreement, the Option shall not accelerate upon the occurrence of that Corporate
Transaction, and the Option shall accordingly continue, over Optionee's period
of Service after the Corporate Transaction, to become exercisable for the Option
Shares in one or more installments in accordance with the provisions of the
Option Agreement. However, immediately upon an Involuntary Termination of
Optionee's Service within eighteen (18) months following such Corporate
Transaction, the assumed Option, to the extent outstanding at the time but not
otherwise fully exercisable, shall automatically accelerate so that the Option
shall become immediately exercisable for all the Option Shares at the time
subject to the Option and may be exercised for any or all of those Option Shares
as fully vested shares.
2. The Option shall not accelerate upon the occurrence of a Change in
Control, and the Option shall, over Optionee's period of Service following such
Change in Control, continue to become exercisable for the Option Shares in one
or more installments in accordance with the provisions of the Option Agreement.
However, immediately upon an Involuntary Termination of Optionee's Service
within eighteen (18) months following the Change in Control, the Option, to the
extent outstanding at the time but not otherwise fully exercisable, shall
automatically accelerate so that the Option shall become immediately exercisable
for all the Option Shares at the time subject to the Option and may be exercised
for any or all of those Option Shares as fully vested shares.
3. The Option as accelerated under Paragraph 1 or 2 shall remain so
exercisable until the earlier of (i) the Expiration Date or (ii) the expiration
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of the one (1)-year period measured from the date of the Optionee's Involuntary
Termination.
4. For purposes of this Addendum the following definitions shall be
in effect:
(i) An INVOLUNTARY TERMINATION shall mean the termination of
Optionee's Service by reason of:
(A) Optionee's involuntary dismissal or discharge by the
Corporation for reasons other than Misconduct, or
(B) Optionee's voluntary resignation following (A) a change
in Optionee's position with the Corporation (or Parent or Subsidiary
employing Optionee) which materially reduces Optionee's duties and
responsibilities or the level of management to which Optionee reports,
(B) a reduction in Optionee's level of compensation (including base
salary, fringe benefits and target bonus under any corporate
performance based bonus or incentive programs) by more than fifteen
percent (15%) or (C) a relocation of Optionee's place of employment by
more than fifty (50) miles, provided and only if such change,
reduction or relocation is effected by the Corporation without
Optionee's consent.
(ii) A CHANGE IN CONTROL shall be deemed to occur in the event of
a change in ownership or control of the Corporation effected through either
of the following transactions:
(A) the acquisition, directly or indirectly, by any person
or related group of persons (other than the Corporation or a person
that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under
common control with, the Corporation) of beneficial ownership (within
the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the 0000 Xxx) of securities possessing
more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of
the Corporation's outstanding securities pursuant to a tender or
exchange offer made directly to the Corporation's stockholders, or
(B) a change in the composition of the Board over a period
of thirty-six (36) consecutive months or less such that a majority of
the Board members ceases, by reason of one or more contested elections
for Board membership, to be comprised of individuals who either (i)
have been Board members continuously since the beginning of such
period or (ii) have been elected or nominated for election as Board
members during such period by at least a majority of the Board members
described in clause (i) who were still in office at the time the Board
approved such election or nomination.
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5. The provisions of Paragraph 1 of this Addendum shall govern the
period for which the Option is to remain exercisable following the Involuntary
Termination of Optionee's Service within eighteen (18) months after the
Corporate Transaction or Change in Control and shall supersede any provisions to
the contrary in Paragraph 5 of the Option Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, ATL Products, Inc. has caused this Addendum to be
executed by its duly-authorized officer as of the Effective Date specified
below.
ATL PRODUCTS, INC.
By:
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Title:
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EFFECTIVE DATE: _________________, 199__
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