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EXHIBIT 10.43
SMARTGATE INC.
2002 INCENTIVE PLAN
INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION (ISO) AGREEMENT
Option Agreement Number: I-004
Date of Grant/Award: January 22, 2002
Name of Optionee: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Optionee's Social Security Number: ###-##-####
Initial Vesting Date: January 22, 2003
Initial Exercise Date: January 22, 2003
Expiration Date: January 21, 2007 (the "Option Term")
1. Dated as of the above-stated Date of Grant/Award (the "Grant
Date") an Incentive Stock Option (the "Option") is hereby granted to the
above-named Optionee pursuant to the SmartGate Inc. 2002 Incentive Plan (the
"Plan"). The Award of this Option conveys to the Optionee the right to
purchase from SmartGate Inc. (the "Company") up to Ten Thousand (10,000)
shares of Stock (the "Option Shares") under the Plan at an exercise price of
$3.50 per share. The Option is intended by the parties hereto to be, and
shall be treated as, an Incentive Stock Option, as such term is defined under
Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code.
2. Except as specifically provided herein, the rights of the
Optionee, or of any other person entitled to exercise the Option, are governed
by the terms and provisions of the Plan. The Option is granted pursuant to the
terms of the Plan, which is incorporated herein by reference, and the Option
shall in all respects be interpreted in accordance with the Plan.
3. To the extent not previously exercised, the Option and all
rights with respect thereto, shall terminate and become null and void when the
Option Term expires.
4. The Option is exercisable in installments as provided below,
which shall be cumulative. To the extent that the Option has become
exercisable with respect to a number of shares of Stock as provided below, the
Option may be exercised, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time
prior to the expiration of the Option as provided herein. The following table
indicates each date (the "Vesting Date") upon which the Optionee shall be
entitled to exercise the Option with respect to the number of shares of Stock
granted as indicated beside the date.
NUMBER OF SHARES OF STOCK VESTING DATE
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3,333 January 22, 2003
6,667 January 22, 2004
10,000 January 22, 2005
Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, there shall be no
proportionate or partial vesting in the periods prior to each Vesting Date,
and all vesting shall occur only on the appropriate Vesting Date. As soon as
you are no longer employed by the Company and its Subsidiaries, any unvested
portion of the Option shall terminate and be null and void.
5. The Option may be exercised with respect to all or any part
of the number of Vested Shares by the giving of written notice ("Notice") of
the intent to exercise to the Company at least five days prior to the date on
which exercise is to occur. The Notice shall specify the exercise date and the
number of Option Shares as to which the Option is to be exercised. Full
payment of the Option exercise price by any of the means of consideration
provided for under the Plan shall be made on or before the exercise date
specified in the Notice. Such full payment having occurred on or before the
exercise date specified in the Notice, or as soon thereafter as is
practicable, the Company shall cause to be delivered to the Optionee a
certificate or certificates for the Option Shares then being purchased. If the
Optionee fails to pay for any of the Option Shares specified in the Notice, or
fails to accept delivery of Option Shares, the Optionee's right to purchase
such Option Shares may be terminated by the Company.
6. The Optionee acknowledges having received and read a copy of
the Plan and this Agreement and agrees to comply with all laws, rules and
regulations applicable to the Award and to the sale or other disposition of
the Stock of the Company received.
7. Any notice to the Company provided for in this Agreement
shall be addressed to it in care of its Secretary at its executive offices
located at 0000 Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000, and any notice to
the Optionee shall be addressed to the Optionee at the address currently shown
on the payroll records of the Company. Any notice shall be deemed duly given
if and when properly addressed and posted by registered or certified mail,
postage prepaid.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, SmartGate Inc. has caused its duly authorized
officers to execute this Incentive Stock Option (ISO) Agreement, and the
Optionee has placed his or her signature hereon, effective as of the Grant
Date.
SMARTGATE INC.
Attest:
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Title: President
ACCEPTED AND AGREED TO:
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Optionee
FILING SCHEDULE PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH 2.
INSTRUCTIONS TO ITEM 601 UNDER SECTION 229.601 EXHIBITS OF REGULATION S-K
A stock option, also vesting in equal one-third increments and,
substantially identical in all material respects except for the grantee and
number of shares eligible for purchase was granted to the following persons for
the purchase of the following amounts of shares:
GRANTEE NUMBER OF SHARES
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Xxxxxxxxx X. XxXxx 5,000
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx 25,000
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx 25,000
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx 7,500
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Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxx 7,500
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