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EXHIBIT 10.1
CERIDIAN CORPORATION
2004 LONG-TERM STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement
(Non-employee Director)
THIS AGREEMENT is entered into and effective as of [GRANT DATE] (the “Date of Grant”), by and between Ceridian Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and [NAME] (the “Optionee”).
A.
The Company has adopted the Ceridian
Corporation 2004 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan (as may be amended or
supplemented, the “Plan”) authorizing the Compensation and Human
Resources Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (the
“Committee”), to grant stock options to Eligible Persons.
B.
The Company desires to give the Optionee
an inducement to acquire a proprietary interest in the Company and an added
incentive to advance the interests of the Company by granting to the Optionee
an option to purchase shares of common stock of the Company pursuant to the
Plan.
Accordingly, the parties agree as follows:
1.
Grant of Option.
The Company hereby grants to the Optionee the right, privilege and option (the “Option”) to purchase [NUMBER OF SHARES] shares (the “Option Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, $0.01 par value (the “Common Stock”), according to the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth and as set forth in the Plan. The Option granted hereunder shall not be an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).
2.
Option Exercise Price.
The per share price to be paid by Optionee in the event of an exercise of the Option will be $[STRIKE PRICE].
3.
Duration of Option and Time of
Exercise.
3.1
Initial Period of Exercisability. Except as provided in Sections 3.2 and 3.3
hereof, the Option shall become exercisable in full six months from the Date of
Grant and shall become void and expire at midnight (Minneapolis time) on the [TERM
OF OPTION] anniversary of the Date of Grant and may not be exercised after
that time (the “Time of Option Termination”).
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3.2
Termination of Service. If Optionee’s services as a director of
the Company ceases by reason of death, Disability or not standing for
re-election to the Board, the Option shall become immediately exercisable in
full and remain exercisable until the Time of Option Termination. If
Optionee voluntarily resigns from the Board (which does not include the
submission of an offer not to stand re-election as a director in accordance
with Company policies), Optionee shall have three months following the date of
such cessation of service as a director to exercise this Option (but in no
event after the Time of Option Termination), but only to the extent that
Optionee was entitled to exercise it as of the date of such cessation. If
Optionee’s services as a director of the Company ceases for any reason
other than those specified earlier in this section, this Option shall remain
exercisable until the Time of Option Termination, but only to the extent that
Optionee was entitled to exercise it as of the date of such cessation.
3.3
Impact of Change of Control. If a Change of Control (as defined in
Section 8 of this Agreement) occurs, the Option will become immediately
exercisable in full and will, notwithstanding the provisions of
Section 3.2 hereof, remain exercisable until the Time of Option
Termination, regardless of whether the Optionee remains as a director of the
Company. In addition, if a Change of Control of the Company occurs, the
Committee, in its sole discretion and without the consent of the Optionee, may
determine that the Optionee will receive, with respect to some or all of the
Option (and in satisfaction of the applicable portion of the Option), as of the
effective date of any such Change of Control of the Company, cash in an amount
equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value (as defined in the Plan) of the
applicable Option Shares immediately prior to the effective date of such Change
of Control of the Company over the Option Exercise Price per share of the
Option.
4.
Manner of Option Exercise.
4.1
Notice. This Option may be exercised by the Optionee
in whole or in part from time to time, subject to the conditions contained in
the Plan and in this Agreement, by delivery, in person, by facsimile or
electronic transmission or through the mail, to the Company at its principal
executive office in Minneapolis, Minnesota USA (Attention: Corporate
Treasury), of a written notice of exercise. Such notice must be in a form
satisfactory to the Committee, must identify the Option, must specify the
number of Option Shares with respect to which the Option is being exercised,
and must be signed by the person or persons so exercising the Option.
Such notice must be accompanied by payment in full of the total exercise price
and any applicable taxes for the Option Shares to be purchased. In the
event that the Option is being exercised, as provided by the Plan and
Section 3.2 of this Agreement, by any person or persons other than the Optionee,
the notice must be accompanied by appropriate proof of right of such person or
persons to exercise the Option. If the Optionee retains the Option Shares
purchased, as soon as practicable after the effective exercise of the Option,
the Optionee will be recorded on the stock transfer books of the Company as the
owner of the Option Shares purchased, and the Company will deliver to the
Optionee one or more duly issued stock certificates evidencing such ownership.
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4.2
Payment. At the time of exercise of the Option, the
Optionee must pay the total exercise price of the Option Shares to be purchased
entirely in cash (including a check, bank draft or money order, payable to the
order of the Company); provided, however, that the Committee, in its sole
discretion and upon terms and conditions established by the Committee, may
allow such payment to be made, in whole or in part, by tender of a Broker
Exercise Notice or Previously Acquired Shares (as such terms are defined in
Section 8 of this Agreement), or by a combination of such methods.
In the event the Optionee is permitted to pay the total purchase price of the
Option in whole or in part with Previously Acquired Shares, the value of such
shares will be equal to their Fair Market Value on the date of exercise of the
Option. The delivery of any shares already owned by the Optionee may be
made through delivery of a written attestation of ownership if permitted by the
Committee.
5.
Rights and Restrictions of Optionee;
Transferability.
5.1
Rights as a Stockholder. The Optionee will have no rights as a
stockholder unless and until all conditions to the effective exercise of the
Option (including, without limitation, the conditions set forth in Sections 4
and 6 of this Agreement) have been satisfied and the Optionee has become the
holder of record of such shares. No adjustment will be made for dividends
or distributions with respect to the Option Shares as to which there is a
record date preceding the date the Optionee becomes the holder of record of
such Option Shares, except as may otherwise be provided in the Plan or
determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.
5.2
Restrictions on Transfer. Except as otherwise provided by the Committee,
neither the Option nor any rights under the Option shall be transferable by the
Optionee other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution.
The Committee may establish procedures as it deems appropriate for the Optionee
to designate a Person or Persons, as beneficiary or beneficiaries, to exercise
the rights of the Optionee and receive any property distributable with respect
to the Option in the event of the Optionee’s death. The Option
shall be exercisable during the Optionee’s lifetime only by the Optionee
or, if permissible under applicable law, by the Optionee’s guardian or
legal representative. Neither the Option nor any right under any the
Option may be pledged, alienated, attached or otherwise encumbered, and any
purported pledge, alienation, attachment or encumbrance thereof shall be void
and unenforceable against the Company or any Affiliate.
6.
Securities Law and Other Restrictions.






