TRANSDEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 2007 INCENTIVE STOCK AND AWARD PLAN NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.2
TRANSDEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
2007 INCENTIVE STOCK AND AWARD PLAN
2007 INCENTIVE STOCK AND AWARD PLAN
This NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT (the “Option Agreement”), dated as of the
20th day of October, 2010 (the “Grant Date”), is between Transdel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Xx. Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx (the “Optionee”), the Chief
Executive Officer and a director of the Company , pursuant to the Transdel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
2007 Incentive Stock and Awards Plan (the “Plan”). Defined terms not explicitly defined in this
Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement but defined in the Plan shall have the same definitions as in
the Plan.
WHEREAS, the Company desires to give the Optionee the opportunity to purchase shares of common
stock of the Company, par value $0.001 (“Common Shares”) in accordance with the provisions of the
Plan, a copy of which is attached hereto;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants hereinafter set forth and for other
good and valuable consideration, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as
follows:
1. Grant of Option. The Company hereby grants to the Optionee the right and option
(the “Option”) to purchase all or any part of an aggregate of 400,000 Common Shares. The Option is
in all respects limited and conditioned as hereinafter provided, and is subject in all respects to
the terms and conditions of the Plan now in effect and as it may be amended from time to time (but
only to the extent that such amendments apply to outstanding options). Such terms and conditions
are incorporated herein by reference, made a part hereof, and shall control in the event of any
conflict with any other terms of this Option Agreement. The Option granted hereunder is intended
to be a nonqualified stock option (“NQSO”) and not an incentive stock option (“ISO”) as
such term is defined in section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).
2. Exercise Price. The exercise price of the Common Shares covered by this Option
shall be $0.80 per share. It is the determination of the committee administering the Plan (the
“Committee”) that on the Grant Date the exercise price was not less than the greater of (i) 100% of
the “Fair Market Value” (as defined in the Plan) of a Common Share, or (ii) the par value of a
Common Share.
3. Term. Unless earlier terminated pursuant to any provision of the Plan or of this
Option Agreement, this Option shall expire ten years from Grant Date (the “Expiration Date”). This
Option shall not be exercisable on or after the Expiration Date.
4. Exercise of Option. The Optionee shall have the right to purchase from the
Company, on and after the following dates, the following number of Common Shares, provided the
Optionee has not terminated his or her service as of the applicable vesting date:
(a) 25% of the Common Shares shall vest immediately upon October 20, 2010; and
(b) the balance of the Common Shares shall vest in equal monthly installments over the next 36
months beginning 30 days after October 20, 2010;
(c) provided, however, that Optionee shall gain a vested interest in an additional 10% of the
Common Shares upon the closing of a Qualified Transaction.
A “Qualified Transaction” shall mean (i) a debt or equity financing in which the gross proceeds to
the Company equals or exceeds $3 million; or (ii) a corporate partnership transaction that includes
gross proceeds to the Company of at least $3 million to support the Company’s general and
administrative expenses.
The Committee may accelerate any exercise date of the Option, in its discretion, if it deems such
acceleration to be desirable. Once the Option becomes exercisable, it will remain exercisable
until it is exercised or until it terminates.
5. Method of Exercising Option. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Option
Agreement and the Plan, the Option may be exercised by written notice to the Company at its
principal office. The form of such notice is attached hereto and shall state the election to
exercise the Option and the number of whole shares with respect to which it is being exercised;
shall be signed by the person or persons so exercising the Option; and shall be accompanied by
payment of the full exercise price of such shares. Only full shares will be issued.
The exercise price shall be paid to the Company —
(a) in cash, or by certified check, bank draft, or postal or express money order;
(b) through the delivery of Common Shares;
(c) by delivering a properly executed notice of exercise of the Option to the Company and a
broker, with irrevocable instructions to the broker promptly to deliver to the Company the amount
necessary to pay the exercise price of the Option;
(d) in Common Shares newly acquired by the Optionee upon the exercise of the Option; or
(e) in any combination of (a), (b), (c), or (d) above.
In the event the exercise price is paid, in whole or in part, with Common Shares, the portion of
the exercise price so paid shall be equal to the Fair Market Value of the Common Shares surrendered
on the date of exercise.
Upon receipt of notice of exercise and payment, the Company shall deliver a certificate or
certificates representing the Common Shares with respect to which the Option is so exercised. The
Optionee shall obtain the rights of a shareholder upon receipt of a certificate(s) representing
such Common Shares.
Such certificate(s) shall be registered in the name of the person so exercising the Option
(or, if the Option is exercised by the Optionee and if the Optionee so requests in the notice
exercising the Option, shall be registered in the name of the Optionee and the Optionee’s spouse,
jointly, with right of survivorship) and shall be delivered as provided above to, or upon the
written order of, the person exercising the Option. In the event the Option is exercised by any
person or persons after the death or disability (as determined in accordance with section 22(e)(3)
of the Code) of the Optionee, the notice shall be accompanied by appropriate proof of the right of
such person or persons to exercise the Option. All Common Shares that are purchased upon exercise
of the Option as provided herein shall be fully paid and non-assessable.
Upon exercise of the Option, Optionee shall be responsible for all employment and income taxes
then or thereafter due (whether Federal, State or local), and if the Optionee does not remit to the
Company sufficient cash (or, with the consent of the Committee, Common Shares to satisfy all
applicable withholding requirements, the Company shall be entitled to satisfy any withholding
requirements for any such tax by disposing of Common Shares at exercise, withholding cash from
Optionee’s salary or other compensation or such other means as the Committee considers appropriate
to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. Nothing in the preceding sentence shall impair
or limit the Company’s rights with respect to satisfying withholding obligations under Section 10
of the Plan.
6. Transferability of Option. This Option is not assignable or transferable, in whole
or in part, by the Optionee other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. During
the lifetime of the Optionee, the Option shall be exercisable only by the Optionee or, in the event
of his or her disability, by his or her guardian or legal representative.
7. Termination of Service by Optionee. If the Optionee’s service with the Company is
terminated by the Optionee for any reason other than death or disability prior to the Expiration
Date, this Option may be exercised, to the extent of the number of Common Shares with respect to
which the Optionee could have exercised it on the date of such termination of service by the
Optionee at any time prior to the earlier of (i) the Expiration Date or (ii) ninety (90) days after
the date of such termination of service. The Plan provides for this period as a default. The
Committee may provide for different exercise periods in any particular NQSO. Any part of the Option that was not exercisable immediately before the Optionee’s termination
of service shall terminate at that time.
8. Disability. If the Optionee becomes disabled (as determined in accordance with
section 22(e)(3) of the Code) during his or her service and, prior to the Expiration Date, the
Optionee’s service is terminated as a consequence of such disability, this Option may be exercised,
to the extent of the number of Common Shares with respect to which the Optionee could have
exercised it on the date of such termination of service by the Optionee or by the optionee’s legal
representative, at any time prior to the earlier of (i) the Expiration Date or (ii) one year after
such termination of service. Any part of the Option that was not exercisable immediately before
the Optionee’s termination of service shall terminate at that time.
9. Termination of Service by Company without Cause or by Optionee with Good Reason.
If the Optionee’s service with the Company is terminated by the Company for any reason other than
Cause (or is terminated by the Optionee for Good Reason) prior to the Expiration Date, this Option
may be exercised, to the extent of the number of Common Shares with respect to which the Optionee
could have exercised it on the date of such termination of employment by the Optionee at any time
prior to the earlier of (i) the Expiration Date, or (ii) one year after such termination of
service. Any part of the Option that was not exercisable immediately before the Optionee’s
termination of employment shall terminate at that time.
10. Death. If the Optionee dies during his or her service and prior to the Expiration
Date, or if the Optionee’s service is terminated for any reason (as described in Paragraphs 7, 8
and 9) and the Optionee dies following his or her termination of service but prior to the earlier
of the Expiration Date or the expiration of the period determined under Paragraph 7, 8 or 9 (as
applicable to the Optionee), this Option may be exercised, to the extent of the number of Common
Shares with respect to which the Optionee could have exercised it on the date of his or her death
by the Optionee’s estate, personal representative or beneficiary who acquired the right to exercise
this Option by bequest or inheritance or by reason of the Optionee’s death, at any time prior to
the earlier of (i) the Expiration Date or (ii) one year after the date of the Optionee’s death.
Any part of the Option that was not exercisable immediately before the Optionee’s death shall
terminate at that time.
11. Termination for Cause. If the Optionee is removed by the Company for Cause and
his or her service with the Company is terminated prior to the Expiration Date, any unexercised
portion of this Option shall immediately terminate at that time.
12. Change of Control. To the extent the Option is, in connection with a Change of
Control, assumed by the acquirer in accordance with the Plan, none of the Common Shares shall vest
on an accelerated basis upon the occurrence of the Change of Control, and Optionee shall
accordingly continue, over his period of employment following the Change of Control, to vest in the
Option Shares in one or more installments in accordance with the provisions of the Option
Agreement. However, upon an Involuntary Termination of Optionee’s employment within twelve (12)
months following a Change of Control, all of the Common Shares at the time subject to the Option
shall automatically vest in full on an accelerated basis so
that the Option shall immediately become exercisable for all the Common Shares as fully-vested
shares and may be exercised for any or all of those Option Shares as vested shares. The Option
shall remain so exercisable until the earlier of (i) the Expiration Date or (ii) the expiration of
a one year period measured from the date of the Involuntary Termination.
For purposes of this Option Agreement,
(a) “Cause” shall mean Optionee’s: (i) acts of theft, embezzlement, fraud, material dishonesty
or misappropriation of any of the Company’s (or a surviving entity’s following a Change of Control)
property, or conviction for, or the entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, any felony, or
to any other crime involving dishonesty, moral turpitude, fraud or embezzlement; (ii) breach of
Company’s confidentiality agreement, which shall not be subject to any cure; (iii) breach of any
material provision of any written agreement between Optionee and the Company (or the surviving
entity following a Change of Control), other than a breach as described in subsection (ii) above,
and failure of Optionee to cure such beach, if susceptible to cure, within ten (10) days following
Optionee’s receipt of written notice of such breach; (iv) failure or refusal to perform, or
material negligence in the performance of, duties to the Company (or the surviving entity following
a Change of Control), or refusal or failure to follow or carry out any reasonable direction of the
board of directors of the Company (or of the applicable supervisory personnel of the surviving
entity following a Change of Control), which failure or refusal, if susceptible to cure, remains
uncured or continues or recurs after ten (10) days following Optionee’s receipt of written notice
specifying the nature of such failure or refusal; (v) inability to perform the essential functions
of Optionee’s position, with or without reasonable accommodation, due to a mental or physical
disability; or (vi) death.
(b) “Change of Control” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following: (i) the sale,
lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to any
“person” (as such term is used in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), entity or
group of persons acting in concert; (ii) any person or group of persons becoming the “beneficial
owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of
the Company representing 50% or more of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then
outstanding voting securities; (iii) a merger, consolidation or other transaction of the Company
with or into any other corporation, entity or person, other than a transaction in which the holders
of at least 50% of the shares of capital stock of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto
continue to hold (either by voting securities remaining outstanding or by their being converted
into voting securities of the surviving entity or its controlling entity) at least 50% of the total
voting power represented by the voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity (or its
controlling entity) outstanding immediately after such transaction; or (iv) a contest for the
election or removal of members of the Board of Directors of the Company that results in the removal
from the Board of at least 50% of the incumbent members of the Board; provided, however, in no
event shall the securities issued by the Company in connection with a financing transaction (i.e., the primary
purpose of which is to raise funds to support the Company’s operations) shall be deemed to be a
Change of Control.
(c) “Good Reason” shall mean Optionee’s resignation within sixty (60) days after the
occurrence of any of the following events without Optionee’s consent: (i) a material reduction in
the aggregate level of Optionee’s base salary and incentive compensation opportunity (other than
Company-wide reductions or reductions generally applicable to positions of comparable management
authority within the surviving entity following a Change of Control); (ii) a material reduction of
Optionee’s duties, responsibilities and requirements so that Optionee’s duties are no longer
consistent with Optionee’s position immediately prior to a Change of Control; or (iii) relocation
of Optionee’s primary place of employment by the Company (or the surviving entity following a
Change of Control) to a facility or location more than fifty (50) miles from Optionee’s primary
place of employment immediately prior to the Change in Control.
(d) an “Involuntary Termination” shall mean (i) the termination of Optionee’s employment by
the Company (or the surviving entity following a Change of Control) for reasons other than for
Cause or (ii) Optionee’s resignation for Good Reason, as those terms are defined herein.
13. Securities Matters.
(a) If, at any time, counsel to the Company shall determine that the listing, registration or
qualification of the Common Shares subject to the Option upon any securities exchange or under any
state or federal law, or the consent or approval of any governmental or regulatory body, or that
the disclosure of non-public information or the satisfaction of any other condition is necessary as
a condition of, or in connection with, the issuance or purchase of Common Shares hereunder, such
Option may not be exercised, in whole or in part, unless such listing, registration, qualification,
consent or approval, or satisfaction of such condition shall have been effected or obtained on
conditions acceptable to the Board of Directors. The Company shall be under no obligation to apply
for or to obtain such listing, registration or qualification, or to satisfy such condition. The
Committee shall inform the Optionee in writing of any decision to defer or prohibit the exercise of
an Option. During the period that the effectiveness of the exercise of an Option has been deferred
or prohibited, the Optionee may, by written notice, withdraw the Optionee’s decision to exercise
and obtain a refund of any amount paid with respect thereto.
(b) The Company may require: (i) the Optionee (or any other person exercising the Option in
the case of the Optionee’s death or Disability) as a condition of exercising the Option, to give
written assurances, in substance and form satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such
person is acquiring the Common Shares subject to the Option for his or her own account for
investment and not with any present intention of selling or
otherwise distributing the same, and to make such other representations or covenants; and (ii) that
any certificates for Common Shares delivered in connection with the exercise of the Option bear
such legends, in each case as the Company deems necessary or appropriate, in order to comply with
federal and applicable state securities laws, to comply with covenants or representations made by
the Company in connection with any public offering of its Common Shares or otherwise. The Optionee
specifically understands and agrees that the Common Shares, if and when issued upon exercise of the
Option, may be “restricted securities,” as that term is defined in Rule 144 under the Securities
Act of 1933 and, accordingly, the Optionee may be required to hold the shares indefinitely unless
they are registered under such Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or an exemption from such
registration is available.
(c) The Optionee shall have no rights as a shareholder with respect to any Common Shares
covered by the Option (including, without limitation, any rights to receive dividends or non-cash
distributions with respect to such shares) until the date of issue of a stock certificate to the
Optionee for such Common Shares. No adjustment shall be made for dividends or other rights for
which the record date is prior to the date such stock certificate is issued.
14. Governing Law. This Option Agreement shall be governed by the applicable Code
provisions to the maximum extent possible. Otherwise, the laws of the State of Delaware (without
reference to the principles of conflict of laws) shall govern the operation of, and the rights of
the Optionee under, the Plan and Options granted thereunder.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement to be duly
executed by its duly authorized officer, and the Optionee has hereunto set his or her hand and
seal, all as of the 20th day of October, 2010.
| Transdel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
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| By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx | |||
| Name: | Xxxx Xxxxxx | |||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
| /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx | ||||
| Optionee: Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Ph.D. | ||||
TRANSDEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
2007 INCENTIVE STOCK AND AWARDS PLAN
2007 INCENTIVE STOCK AND AWARDS PLAN
Notice of Exercise of Nonqualified Stock Option
I hereby exercise the nonqualified stock option granted to me pursuant to the Nonqualified
Stock Option Agreement dated as of October 20, 2010 by Transdel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the
“Company”), with respect to the following number of shares of the Company’s common stock
(“Shares”), par value $0.001 per Share, covered by said option:
| Number of Shares to be purchased: | ||||||||
| Purchase price per Share: | $ | |||||||
| Total purchase price: | $ | |||||||
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A. | Enclosed is cash or my certified check, bank draft, or postal or express money order in the amount of $________ in full/partial [circle one] payment for such Shares; |
and/or
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B. | Enclosed is/are _____ Share(s) with a total fair market value of $_____ on the date hereof in full/partial [circle one] payment for such Shares; |
and/or
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C. | I have provided notice to_____[ insert name of broker], a broker, who will render full/partial [circle one] payment for such Shares. [Optionee should attach to the notice of exercise provided to such broker a copy of this Notice of Exercise and irrevocable instructions to pay to the Company the full exercise price.] |
and/or
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D. | I elect to satisfy the payment for Shares purchased hereunder by having the Company withhold newly acquired Shares pursuant to the exercise of the Option. |
Please have the certificate or certificates representing the purchased Shares registered in
the following name or names*:_______________; and sent to _____________.
| DATED:__________ ____, 20__ | ||||
| Optionee’s Signature | ||||
*Certificates may be registered in the
name of the Optionee alone or in the joint names (with right of survivorship)
of the Optionee and his or her spouse.
