PERFORMANCE-BASED STOCK OPTION GRANT AGREEMENT UNDER THE NPS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 1998 STOCK OPTION PLANBased Stock Option Grant Agreement • March 16th, 2009 • NPS Pharmaceuticals Inc • Biological products, (no disgnostic substances) • Delaware
THIS STOCK OPTION GRANT AGREEMENT (this "Option Agreement") evidences the grant, effective as of the above Grant Date, by NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company") to the above-named Optionee, an employee of the Company, of an option to purchase ("Option") the above-listed number of shares (the "Optioned Shares") of the Company's common stock, par value $.001 per share ("Common Stock"), under and pursuant to the Company's 1998 Stock Option Plan, as amended (the "Plan") at the Exercise Price per Optioned Share set forth above. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning given such terms in the Plan.
