EXHIBIT 99.9
Dated October 13, 1999
XXX XXXXX XXXXXXXXX
AND
BRADFORD PARTICLE DESIGN PLC
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AGREEMENT GRANTING OPTIONS
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THIS AGREEMENT is made the thirteenth day of October, 1999.
BETWEEN
(1) XXX XXXXX XXXXXXXXX of 0 Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx,
XX00 0XX ("THE PARTICIPANT")
(2) BRADFORD PARTICLE DESIGN PLC (Company Number 2898064) whose registered
office is at 69 Listerhills Science Park, Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX0 0XX ("THE COMPANY")
WHEREAS
(A) The Company has established The Bradford Particle Design plc Unapproved
Employee Share Option Scheme ("THE SCHEME") under which options may be
granted to selected employees of the Company.
(B) The Company wishes to grant an option to the Participant on terms which
are similar to the terms which apply to options granted under the
Scheme (as amended from time to time) to employees of the Company.
IT IS HEREBY AGREED as follows:-
1. In this Agreement any term defined in the Scheme (as amended from time
to time) shall have the same meaning herein and the rules of the Scheme
are hereby incorporated into this Agreement unless varied by this
Agreement.
2. The Company grants to the Participant an option to acquire 855 shares
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
3. The price at which shares may be acquired by the exercise of an option
is L10 per share.
4. Rule 2(3) of the Scheme (as amended from time to time) shall not apply
to the options granted to the Participant under this Agreement.
5. Rule 5 (Exercise of Options) of the Scheme (as amended from time to
time) shall apply to the options granted to the Participant under this
Agreement with the following modifications:
(a) in sub-rule 5(3) there shall not be any "relevant condition";
(b) in sub-rule 5(4) the words "or he supplies his services to a
Group Member" are inserted after the words "Group Member";
(c) sub-rule 5(5) shall be deleted and replaced with the following
sub-rule:
"If any Participant ceases to be a director or an employee of a
Group Member or ceases to provide his services to a Group
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Member (otherwise than by reason of his death), the following
provisions apply in relation to any option granted to him;
(a) if he so ceases by reason of injury or disability the option may
(and subject to sub-rule (4) above must, if at all) be exercised
within the exercise period);
(b) if he so ceases by reason of the Company to which he supplies his
services ceasing to be a Group Member or by reason of the
business or part of the business to which he supplies his
services being transferred to a person who is not a Group Member,
the option may (and subject to sub-rule (4) above must, if at
all) be exercised within the exercise period;
(c) if he so ceases for any other reason the option may be not be
exercised at all unless the Board shall so permit, in which event
it may (and subject to sub-rule (4) above must, if at all) be
exercised to the extent permitted by the Board within the
exercise period;
and in this sub-rule the exercise period is the period which
shall commence on the later of the date of cessation and the
grant of an exit event unexpired 12 months after the commencement
of such period.
6. Rule 6 (Takeover, Reconstruction and Winding-up) of the Scheme (as
amended from time to time) shall apply to the option granted to the
Participant under this Agreement with the following modification:
(a) the cross references to the provisions of Rule 5 of the Scheme
shall be construed as references to Rule 5 of the Scheme as
amended by this Agreement.
7. Rule 7 (Variation of Capital) of the Scheme shall apply to the option
granted to the Participant under this Agreement mutatis mutandis.
8. The Participant waives any and all rights to compensation or damages in
consequences of the Company terminating its agreement with the
Participant for the provision of the Participant's services for any
reason whatsoever in so far as the rights to compensation or damages
arise or may arise from the Participant ceasing to have rights under or
to be entitled to exercise any option as a result of such termination.
9. The Participant acknowledges that:
(a) any options he receives pursuant to this Agreement shall not be
qualifying incentive stock options; and
(b) any securities which he receives pursuant to this Agreement will
be restricted securities (as that term is defined in Rule 144 of
the US Securities Act of 1933).
10. Any notice or other communication required to be given under this
Agreement:
(a) to the Company shall be addressed and delivered to the Company at
its registered office for the time being (marked for the
attention of the Company Secretary);
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(b) to the Participant shall be addressed and delivered to the
Participant to either his last known address or to the address of
the place of business at which he performs the whole or
substantially the whole of his services for a Group Member
or in either case at such other address and/or marked for such other
person's attention as may be notified by one party to the other party
from time to time for this purpose.
11. Any notice or other communication to be given under this Agreement may
be given by facsimile transmission or by first class prepaid post and
shall be effective at the later of the time of receipt and the normal
business opening time following such receipt.
12. This Agreement may be signed by each party on separate counterparts and
when taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Any
party may enter into this Agreement by any such counterpart.
13. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in all respects in
accordance with English law.
IN WITNESS whereof this Agreement is executed as a Deed the day and year first
above written
Executed as a Deed by XXX XXXXX XXXXXXXXX )
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Executed as a Deed by
BRADFORD PARTICLE DESIGN PLC
Signed________________________________________Director
Signed________________________________________Director
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