FORM OF ADDENDUM
TO
STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
The following provisions are hereby incorporated into, and are
hereby made a part of, that certain Stock Option Agreement dated
____________________ (the "Option Agreement") by and between XxxxxxXx.xxx, Inc.
(the "Corporation") and ______________________________ ("Optionee") evidencing
the stock option (the "Option") granted on ________________, 19 to Optionee
under the terms of the Corporation's 1998 Stock Option/Stock Issuance 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.
LIMITED STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHT
1. Optionee is hereby granted a limited stock appreciation right
exercisable upon the following terms and conditions:
(i) Optionee shall have the unconditional right exercisable at
any time during the thirty (30)-day period immediately following a Hostile
Take-Over to surrender the Option to the Corporation, to the extent the
Option is at the time exercisable for one or more shares of Common Stock.
In return for the surrendered Option, Optionee shall receive a cash
distribution from the Corporation in an amount equal to the excess of (A)
the Option Surrender Value of the Option Shares for which the surrendered
option (or surrendered portion) is at the time exercisable over (B) the
aggregate Exercise Price payable for such shares.
(ii) To exercise this limited stock appreciation right,
Optionee must, during the applicable thirty (30)-day exercise period,
provide the Corporation with written notice of the option surrender in
which there is specified the number of Option Shares as to which the
Option is being surrendered. Such notice must be accompanied by the return
of Optionee's copy of the Option Agreement, together with any written
amendments to such Agreement. The cash distribution shall be paid to
Optionee within five (5) business days following such delivery date. The
exercise of the limited stock appreciation right in accordance with the
terms of this Addendum is hereby approved by the Plan Administrator in
advance of such exercise, and no further approval of the Plan
Administrator shall be required at the time of the actual option surrender
and cash distribution. Upon receipt of such cash distribution, the Option
shall be cancelled with respect to the Option Shares for which the Option
has been surrendered, and Optionee shall cease to have any further right
to acquire those Option Shares under the Option Agreement. The Option
shall, however, remain outstanding and exercisable for the balance of the
Option Shares (if any) in accordance with the terms of the Option
Agreement, and the Corporation shall issue a new stock option agreement
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(substantially in the same form of the surrendered Option Agreement) for
those remaining Option Shares.
(iii) In no event may this limited stock appreciation right be
exercised when there is not a positive spread between the Fair Market
Value of the Option Shares subject to the surrendered option and the
aggregate Exercise Price payable for such shares. This limited stock
appreciation right shall in all events terminate upon the expiration or
sooner termination of the Option and may not be assigned or transferred by
Optionee, except to the extent the Option is transferable in accordance
with the provisions of the Option Agreement.
2. For purposes of this Addendum, the following definitions shall be
in effect:
(i) A Hostile Take-Over shall mean
(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 which the Board does not
recommend such stockholders to accept, 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 (A)
who were still in office at the time the Board approved such election or
nomination.
(ii) The Option Surrender Value shall mean the Fair Market
Value per share of Common Stock on the option surrender date or, in the
event of a Hostile Take-Over effected through a tender offer, the highest
reported price per share of Common Stock paid by the tender offeror in
effecting such Hostile Take-Over, if greater. However, if the surrendered
Option is designated as an Incentive Option in the Grant Notice, then the
Option Surrender Value shall not exceed the Fair Market Value per share.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, XxxxxxXx.xxx, Inc. has caused this Addendum to
be executed by its duly-authorized officer, and Optionee has executed this
Addendum, all as of the Effective Date specified below.
XXXXXXXX.XXX, INC.
By:
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Title:
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OPTIONEE
EFFECTIVE DATE: _______________, 199_
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