VONTU, INC. (Formely, SecurityRNA, Inc.) STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
Exhibit 99.03
VONTU, INC.
(Formely, SecurityRNA, Inc.)
RECITALS
A. The Board has adopted the Plan for the purpose of retaining the services of selected
Employees, non-employee members of the Board or the board of directors of any Parent or Subsidiary
and consultants and other independent advisors in the service of the Corporation (or any Parent or
Subsidiary).
B. Optionee is to render valuable services to the Corporation (or a Parent or Subsidiary), and
this Agreement is executed pursuant to, and is intended to carry out the purposes of, the Plan in
connection with the Corporation’s grant of an option to Optionee.
C. All capitalized terms in this Agreement shall have the meaning assigned to them in the
attached Appendix.
NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby agreed as follows:
1. Grant of Option. The Corporation hereby grants to Optionee,
as of the
Grant Date, an option to purchase up to the number of Option Shares specified in the Grant Notice.
The Option Shares shall be purchasable from time to time during the option term specified in
Paragraph 2 at the Exercise Price.
2. Option Term. This option shall have a term of ten (10) years measured from the Grant Date
and shall accordingly expire at the close of business on the Expiration Date, unless sooner
terminated in accordance with Paragraph 5 or 6.
3. Limited Transferability.
(a) This option shall be neither transferable nor assignable by Optionee other than by will or
the laws of inheritance following Optionee’s death and may be exercised, during Optionee’s
lifetime, only by Optionee. However, Optionee may designate one or more persons as the beneficiary
or beneficiaries of this option, and this option shall, in accordance with such designation,
automatically be transferred to such beneficiary or beneficiaries upon the Optionee’s death while
holding this option. Such beneficiary or beneficiaries shall take the transferred option subject
to all the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including (without limitation) the limited time
period during which this option may, pursuant to Paragraph 5, be exercised following Optionee’s
death.
(b) If this option is designated a Non-Statutory Option in the Grant Notice, then this option
may be assigned in whole or in part during Optionee’s lifetime to one or more members of Optionee’s
family or to a trust established for the exclusive benefit of one or
more such family members or to Optionee’s former spouse, to the extent such assignment is in
connection with the Optionee’s estate plan or pursuant to a domestic relations order. The assigned
portion shall be exercisable only by the person or persons who acquire a proprietary interest in
the option pursuant to such assignment. The terms applicable to the assigned portion shall be the
same as those in effect for this option immediately prior to such assignment.
4. Dates of Exercise. This option shall become exercisable for
the Option Shares in one or more installments as specified in the Grant Notice. As the option becomes
exercisable for such installments, those installments shall accumulate, and the option shall remain
exercisable for the accumulated installments until the Expiration Date or sooner termination of the
option term under Paragraph 5 or 6.
5. Cessation of Service. The option term specified in Paragraph 2 shall terminate (and this
option shall cease to be outstanding) prior to the Expiration Date should any of the following
provisions become applicable:
(a) Should Optionee cease to remain in Service for any reason (other than death, Disability or
Misconduct) while this option is outstanding, then Optionee (or any person or persons to whom this
option is transferred pursuant to a permitted transfer under Paragraph 3) shall have a period of
three (3) months (commencing with the date of such cessation of Service) during which to exercise
this option, but in no event shall this option be exercisable at any time after the Expiration
Date.
(b) Should Optionee die while this option is outstanding, then the personal representative of
Optionee’s estate or the person or persons to whom the option is transferred pursuant to Optionee’s
will or the laws of inheritance following Optionee’s death or to whom the option is transferred
during Optionee’s lifetime pursuant to a permitted transfer under Paragraph 3 shall have the right
to exercise this option. However, if Optionee dies while holding this option has an effective
beneficiary designation in effect for this option at the time of his or her death, then the
designated beneficiary or beneficiaries shall have the exclusive right to exercise this option
following Optionee’s death. Any such right to exercise this option shall lapse, and this option
shall cease to be outstanding, upon the earlier of (i) the expiration of the twelve (12)-month
period measured from the date of Optionee’s death or (ii) the Expiration Date.
(c) Should Optionee cease Service by reason of Disability while this option is outstanding,
then Optionee (or any person or persons to whom this option is transferred pursuant to a permitted
transfer under Paragraph 3) shall have a period of twelve (12) months (commencing with the date of
such cessation of Service) during which to exercise this option. In no event shall this option be
exercisable at any time after the Expiration Date.
Note: Exercise of this option on a date later than three (3) months
following cessation of Service due to Disability will result in loss of
favorable Incentive Option treatment, unless such Disability constitutes
Permanent Disability. In the event that Incentive Option treatment is not
available, this option will be taxed as a Non-Statutory Option upon exercise.
(d) During the limited period of post-Service exercisability, this option may not be exercised
in the aggregate for more than the number of Option Shares in which Optionee is, at the time of
Optionee’s cessation of Service, vested pursuant to the Vesting Schedule specified in the Grant
Notice or the special vesting acceleration provisions of Paragraph 6. Upon the expiration of such
limited exercise period or (if earlier) upon the Expiration Date, this option shall terminate and
cease to be outstanding for any vested Option Shares for which the option has not been exercised.
To the extent Optionee is not vested in one or more Option Shares at the time of Optionee’s
cessation of Service, this option shall immediately terminate and cease to be outstanding with
respect to those shares.
(e) Should Optionee’s Service be terminated for Misconduct or should Optionee otherwise engage
in Misconduct while this option is outstanding, then this option shall terminate immediately and
cease to remain outstanding.
6. Accelerated Vesting.
(a) In the event of any Change in Control, the Option Shares at the time subject to this
option but not otherwise vested shall automatically vest in full so that this option shall,
immediately prior to the effective date of the Change in Control, become exercisable for all of the
Option Shares as fully vested shares and may be exercised for any or all of those Option Shares as
vested shares. However, the Option Shares shall not vest on such an accelerated basis if and to the
extent: (i) this option is assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) or otherwise
continued in full force and effect pursuant to the terms of the Change in Control transaction and
the Corporation’s repurchase rights with respect to the unvested Option Shares are assigned to such
successor corporation (or parent thereof) or otherwise continued in effect or (ii) this option is
to be replaced with a cash incentive program of the successor corporation which preserves the
spread existing on the unvested Option Shares at the time of the Change in Control (the excess of
the Fair Market Value of those Option Shares over the Exercise Price payable for such shares) and
provides for subsequent payout of that spread in accordance with the same Vesting Schedule
applicable to those unvested Option Shares as set forth in the Grant Notice.
(b) Immediately following the Change in Control, this option shall terminate and cease to be
outstanding, except to the extent assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) or
otherwise continued in full force and effect pursuant to the terms of the Change in Control
transaction.
(c) If this option is assumed in connection with a Change in Control or otherwise continued in
effect, then this option shall be appropriately adjusted, immediately after such Change in Control,
to apply to the number and class of securities which would have been issuable to Optionee in
consummation of such Change in Control had the option been exercised immediately prior to such
Change in Control, and appropriate adjustments shall also be made to the Exercise Price, provided
the aggregate Exercise Price shall remain the same. To the extent that the actual holders of the
Corporation’s outstanding Common Stock receive cash
consideration for their Common Stock in consummation of the Change in Control, the successor
corporation may, in connection with the assumption of this option, substitute one or more shares of
its own common stock with a fair market value equivalent to the cash consideration paid per share
of Common Stock in such Change in Control.
(d) This Agreement shall not in any way affect the right of the Corporation to adjust,
reclassify, reorganize or otherwise change its capital or business structure or to merge,
consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets.
7. Adjustment in Option Shares. Should any change be made to the Common Stock by reason of
any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination of shares, exchange of shares or
other change affecting the outstanding Common Stock as a class without the Corporation’s receipt of
consideration, appropriate adjustments shall be made to (i) the total number and/or class of
securities subject to this option and (ii) the Exercise Price in order to reflect such change and
thereby preclude a dilution or enlargement of benefits hereunder.
8. Stockholder Rights. The holder of this option shall not have any stockholder rights with
respect to the Option Shares until such person shall have exercised the option, paid the Exercise
Price and become the record holder of the purchased shares.
9. Manner of Exercising Option.
(a) In order to exercise this option with respect to all or any part of the Option Shares for
which this option is at the time exercisable, Optionee (or any other person or persons exercising
the option) must take the following actions:
(i) Execute and deliver to the Corporation a Purchase Agreement for the Option Shares
for which the option is exercised.
(ii) Pay the aggregate Exercise Price for the purchased shares in one or more of the
following forms:
(A) cash or check made payable to the Corporation; or
(B) a promissory note payable to the Corporation, but only to the extent
authorized by the Plan Administrator in accordance with Paragraph 14.
Should the Common Stock be registered under Section 12 of the 1934 Act at the
time the option is exercised, then the Exercise Price may also be paid as follows:
(C) in shares of Common Stock held by Optionee (or any other person or persons
exercising the option) for the requisite period necessary to avoid a charge to the
Corporation’s earnings for financial reporting purposes and valued at Fair Market
Value on the Exercise Date; or
(D) to the extent the option is exercised for vested Option Shares, through a
special sale and remittance procedure pursuant to which Optionee (or any other
person or persons exercising the option) shall concurrently provide irrevocable
instructions (a) to a Corporation-designated brokerage firm to effect the immediate
sale of the purchased shares and remit to the Corporation, out of the sale proceeds
available on the settlement date, sufficient funds to cover the aggregate Exercise
Price payable for the purchased shares plus all applicable income and employment
taxes required to be withheld by the Corporation by reason of such exercise and (b)
to the Corporation to deliver the certificates for the purchased shares directly to
such brokerage firm in order to complete the sale.
Except to the extent the sale and remittance procedure is utilized in
connection with the option exercise, payment of the Exercise Price must accompany
the Purchase Agreement delivered to the Corporation in connection with the option
exercise.
(iii) Furnish to the Corporation appropriate documentation that the person or persons
exercising the option (if other than Optionee) have the right to exercise this option.
(iv) Execute and deliver to the Corporation such written representations as may be
requested by the Corporation in order for it to comply with the applicable requirements of
applicable securities laws.
(v) Make appropriate arrangements with the Corporation (or Parent or Subsidiary
employing or retaining Optionee) for the satisfaction of all applicable income and
employment tax withholding requirements applicable to the option exercise.
(b) As soon as practical after the Exercise Date, the Corporation shall issue to or on behalf
of Optionee (or any other person or persons exercising this option) a certificate for the purchased
Option Shares, with the appropriate legends affixed thereto.
(c) In no event may this option be exercised for any fractional shares.
10. REPURCHASE RIGHTS. ALL OPTION SHARES ACQUIRED UPON THE EXERCISE OF THIS OPTION SHALL BE
SUBJECT TO CERTAIN RIGHTS OF THE CORPORATION AND ITS ASSIGNS TO REPURCHASE THOSE SHARES IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS SPECIFIED IN THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT.
11. Compliance with Laws and Regulations.
(a) The exercise of this option and the issuance of the Option Shares upon such exercise shall
be subject to compliance by the Corporation and Optionee with all applicable requirements of law
relating thereto and with all applicable regulations of any stock exchange (or the Nasdaq National
Market, if applicable) on which the Common Stock may be listed for trading at the time of such
exercise and issuance.
(b) The inability of the Corporation to obtain approval from any regulatory body having
authority deemed by the Corporation to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any Common
Stock pursuant to this option shall relieve the Corporation of any liability with respect to the
non-issuance or sale of the Common Stock as to which such approval shall not have been obtained.
The Corporation, however, shall use its best efforts to obtain all such approvals.
12. Successors and Assigns. Except to the extent otherwise provided in Paragraphs 3 and 6,
the provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the
Corporation and its successors and assigns and Optionee, Optionee’s assigns and the legal
representatives, heirs and legatees of Optionee’s estate.
13. Notices. Any notice required to be given or delivered to the Corporation under the terms
of this Agreement shall be in writing and addressed to the Corporation at its principal corporate
offices. Any notice required to be given or delivered to Optionee shall be in writing and addressed
to Optionee at the address indicated below Optionee’s signature line on the Grant Notice. All
notices shall be deemed effective upon personal delivery or upon deposit in the U.S. mail, postage
prepaid and properly addressed to the party to be notified.
14. Financing. The Plan Administrator may, in its absolute discretion and without any
obligation to do so, permit Optionee to pay the Exercise Price for the purchased Option Shares (to
the extent such Exercise Price is in excess of the par value of those shares) by delivering a
full-recourse promissory note bearing interest at a market rate and secured by those Option Shares.
The payment schedule in effect for any such promissory note shall be established by the Plan
Administrator in its sole discretion.
15. Construction. This Agreement and the option evidenced hereby are made and granted pursuant
to the Plan and are in all respects limited by and subject to the terms of the Plan. All decisions
of the Plan Administrator with respect to any question or issue arising under the Plan or this
Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on all persons having an interest in this option.
16. Governing Law. The interpretation, performance and enforcement of this Agreement shall be
governed by the laws of the State of California without resort to that State’s conflict-of-laws
rules.
17. Stockholder Approval. If the Option Shares covered by this Agreement exceed, as of the
Grant Date, the number of shares of Common Stock which may be issued under the Plan as last
approved by the stockholders, then this option shall be void with respect to such excess shares,
unless stockholder approval of an amendment sufficiently increasing the number of shares of Common
Stock issuable under the Plan is obtained in accordance with the provisions of the Plan.
18. Additional Terms Applicable to an Incentive Option. In the event this option is designated
an Incentive Option in the Grant Notice, the following terms and conditions shall also apply to the
grant:
(a) This option shall cease to qualify for favorable tax treatment as an Incentive Option if
(and to the extent) this option is exercised for one or more Option Shares: (i) more than three (3)
months after the date Optionee ceases to be an Employee for any reason other than death or
Permanent Disability or (ii) more than twelve (12) months after the date Optionee ceases to be an
Employee by reason of Permanent Disability.
(b) This option shall not become exercisable in the calendar year in which granted if (and to
the extent) the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined at the Grant Date) of the Common Stock for
which this option would otherwise first become exercisable in such calendar year would, when added
to the aggregate value (determined as of the respective date or dates of grant) of the Common Stock
and any other securities for which one or more other Incentive Options granted to Optionee prior to
the Grant Date (whether under the Plan or any other option plan of the Corporation or any Parent or
Subsidiary) first become exercisable during the same calendar year, exceed One Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($100,000) in the aggregate. To the extent the exercisability of this option is deferred by
reason of the foregoing limitation, the deferred portion shall become exercisable in the first
calendar year or years thereafter in which the One Hundred Thousand Dollar ($100,000) limitation of
this Paragraph 18(b) would not be contravened, but such deferral shall in all events end
immediately prior to the effective date of a Change in Control in which this option is not to be
assumed or otherwise continued in effect, whereupon the option shall become immediately exercisable
as a Non-Statutory Option for the deferred portion of the Option Shares.
(c) Should Optionee hold, in addition to this option, one or more other options to purchase
Common Stock which become exercisable for the first time in the same calendar year as this option,
then the foregoing limitations on the exercisability of such options as Incentive Options shall be
applied on the basis of the order in which such options are granted.
APPENDIX
The following definitions shall be in effect under the Agreement:
A. Agreement shall mean this Stock Option Agreement.
B. Board shall mean the Corporation’s Board of Directors.
C. Change in Control shall mean a change in ownership or control of the Corporation effected
through any of the following transactions:
(i) a merger, consolidation or other reorganization approved by the Corporation’s
stockholders, unless securities representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total
combined voting power of the voting securities of the successor corporation are immediately
thereafter beneficially owned, directly or indirectly and in substantially the same
proportion, by the persons who beneficially owned the Corporation’s outstanding voting
securities immediately prior to such transaction, or
(ii) a stockholder-approved sale, transfer or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the Corporation’s assets in complete liquidation or dissolution of
the Corporation, or
(iii) 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.
In no event shall any public offering of the Corporation’s securities be deemed to constitute
a Change in Control.
D. Code shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
E. Common Stock shall mean the Corporation’s common stock.
F. Corporation shall mean Vontu, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and any successor corporation
to all or substantially all of the assets or voting stock of Vontu, Inc. which shall by appropriate
action assume this option.
G. Disability shall mean the inability of Optionee to engage in any substantial gainful
activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment and shall be
determined by the Plan Administrator on the basis of such medical
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evidence as the Plan Administrator deems warranted under the circumstances. Disability shall be
deemed to constitute Permanent Disability in the event that such Disability is expected to result
in death or has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of twelve (12) months or
more.
H. Employee shall mean an individual who is in the employ of the Corporation (or any Parent or
Subsidiary), subject to the control and direction of the employer entity as to both the work to be
performed and the manner and method of performance.
I. Exercise Date shall mean the date on which the option shall have been exercised in
accordance with Paragraph 9 of the Agreement.
J. Exercise Price shall mean the exercise price payable per Option Share as specified in the
Grant Notice.
K. Expiration Date shall mean the date on which the option expires as specified in the Grant
Notice.
L. Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on any relevant date shall be determined in
accordance with the following provisions:
(a) If the Common Stock is at the time traded on the Nasdaq National Market, then the
Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price per share of Common Stock on the date
in question, as the price is reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers on
the Nasdaq National Market and published in The Wall Street Journal. If there is no closing
selling price for the Common Stock on the date in question, then the Fair Market Value
shall be the closing selling price on the last preceding date for which such quotation
exists.
(b) If the Common Stock is at the time listed on any Stock Exchange, then the Fair
Market Value shall be the closing selling price per share of Common Stock on the date in
question on the Stock Exchange determined by the Plan Administrator to be the primary
market for the Common Stock, as such price is officially quoted in the composite tape of
transactions on such exchange and published in The Wall Street Journal. If there is no
closing selling price for the Common Stock on the date in question, then the Fair Market
Value shall be the closing selling price on the last preceding date for which such
quotation exists.
(c) If the Common Stock is at the time neither listed on any Stock Exchange nor traded
on the Nasdaq National Market, then the Fair Market Value shall be determined by the Plan
Administrator after taking into account such factors as the Plan Administrator shall deem
appropriate.
X. Xxxxx Date shall mean the date of grant of the option as specified in the Grant Notice.
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X. Xxxxx Notice shall mean the Notice of Grant of Stock Option accompanying the Agreement,
pursuant to which Optionee has been informed of the basic terms of the option evidenced hereby.
O. Incentive Option shall mean an option which satisfies the requirements of Code Section 422.
P. Misconduct shall mean the commission of any act of fraud, embezzlement or dishonesty by
Optionee, any unauthorized use or disclosure by Optionee of confidential information or trade
secrets of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), or any other intentional misconduct by
Optionee adversely affecting the business or affairs of the Corporation (or any Parent or
Subsidiary) in a material manner. The foregoing definition shall not in any way preclude or
restrict the right of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) to discharge or dismiss
Optionee or any other person in the Service of the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary) for
any other acts or omissions, but such other acts or omissions shall not be deemed, for purposes of
the Plan or this Agreement, to constitute grounds for termination for Misconduct.
Q. 1934 Act shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
R. Non-Statutory Option shall mean an option not intended to satisfy the requirements of Code
Section 422.
S. Option Shares shall mean the number of shares of Common Stock subject to the option.
T. Optionee shall mean the person to whom the option is granted as specified in the Grant
Notice.
U. Parent shall mean any corporation (other than the Corporation) in an unbroken chain of
corporations ending with the Corporation, provided each corporation in the unbroken chain (other
than the Corporation) owns, at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%)
or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations
in such chain.
V. Plan shall mean the Corporation’s 2002 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan.
W. Plan Administrator shall mean either the Board or a committee of the Board acting in its
capacity as administrator of the Plan.
X. Purchase Agreement shall mean the stock purchase agreement in substantially the form of
Exhibit B to the Grant Notice.
Y. Service shall mean the Optionee’s performance of services for the Corporation (or any
Parent or Subsidiary) in the capacity of an Employee, a non-employee member of the board of
directors or an independent consultant.
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Z. Stock Exchange shall mean the American Stock Exchange or the New York Stock Exchange.
AA. Subsidiary shall mean any corporation (other than the Corporation) in an unbroken chain of
corporations beginning with the Corporation, provided each corporation (other than the last
corporation) in the unbroken chain owns, at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty
percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the
other corporations in such chain.
BB. Vesting Schedule shall mean the vesting schedule specified in the Grant Notice pursuant to
which the Optionee is to vest in the Option Shares in a series of installments over his or her
period of Service.
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