EXHIBIT 10.1
ADEX MEDIA, INC.
ADEX MEDIA, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK
OPTION PLAN
STOCK OPTION
AGREEMENT
Unless otherwise defined herein, the terms
defined in the First Amended and Restated Adex Media, Inc. Employee
Stock Option Plan (the “ Plan ”) shall have the
same defined meanings in this Stock Option Agreement (the
“Option Agreement”).
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Notice of Option Grant
. The undersigned (the
“ Optionee ”) has been granted an Option to
purchase Common Stock of the Company, subject to the terms and
conditions of the Plan and this Option Agreement, as
follows:
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Exercise Price Per Share:
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Total Number of Shares
Granted:
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(the “Shares”)
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Nonstatutory Stock Option
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Vesting Schedule
: This Option shall be
exercisable, in whole or in part, according to the following
vesting schedule:
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Termination Period
: Except as otherwise
provided herein, Optionee may not exercise this Option unless the
Optionee, at the time he or she wishes to exercise the Option, is
and has at all times since the Date of Grant been, an employee,
officer, director, consultant, or advisor to the Company (an
“ Eligible Participant ”). If
Optionee ceases to be an Eligible Participant for any reason other
than Optionee’s death or Disability, this Option shall be
exercisable for three months after Optionee ceases to provide
services to the Company. Upon Optionee’s death or Disability,
this Option may be exercised for six months after Optionee ceases
to provide services to the Company. In no event may Optionee
exercise this Option after the Term/Expiration Date as provided
above.
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Grant of Option
. The Company hereby grants to the
Optionee named in the above Notice of Option Grant (the “
Optionee ”), an option (the “ Option
”) to purchase the number of Shares set forth in the above
Notice of Option Grant, at the exercise price per share set forth
in the above Notice of Option Grant (the “ Exercise
Price ”), and subject to the terms and conditions of the
Plan, which is incorporated herein by reference. In the
event of a conflict between the terms and conditions of the Plan
and this Option Agreement, the terms and conditions of the Plan
shall prevail. If designated in the above Notice of
Option Grant as an Incentive Stock Option (“ ISO
”), this Option is intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock
Option as defined in Section 422 of the Code.
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Right to Exercise
. This Option shall be exercisable
during its term in accordance with the Vesting Schedule set out in
the above Notice of Option Grant and with the applicable provisions
of the Plan and this Option Agreement.
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Method of Exercise
. This Option shall be exercisable
by delivery of an exercise notice in the form attached as
EXHIBIT A (the “ Exercise Notice ”)
which shall state the election to exercise the Option, the number
of Shares with respect to which the Option is being exercised, and
such other representations and agreements as may be required by the
Company. The Exercise Notice shall be accompanied by payment of the
aggregate Exercise Price as to all Shares with respect to which the
Option is being exercised. This Option shall be deemed to be
exercised upon receipt by the Company of such fully executed
Exercise Notice accompanied by the aggregate Exercise
Price. No Shares shall be issued pursuant to the
exercise of an Option unless such issuance and such exercise
complies with applicable laws. Assuming such compliance,
for income tax purposes the Shares shall be considered transferred
to the Optionee on the date on which the Option is exercised with
respect to such Shares.
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Optionee’s
Representations . In the
event the Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act
at the time this Option is exercised, the Optionee shall, if
required by the Company, concurrently with the exercise of all or
any portion of this Option, deliver to the Company his or her
Investment Representation Statement in the form attached hereto as
EXHIBIT B .
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Market Standoff
. Each Optionee, if so requested by
the Company or any representative of the underwriters in connection
with any registration of the offering of any securities of the
Company under the Securities Act shall not sell or otherwise
transfer any Shares of the Company during the 180-day period
following the effective date of a registration statement of the
Company filed under the Securities Act. Company may impose
stop-transfer instructions with respect to securities subject to
the foregoing restriction until the end of such 180-day
period.
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Method of Payment
. Payment of the aggregate Exercise
Price shall be by any of the following, or a combination thereof,
at the election of the Optionee:
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consideration received by the
Company under a formal cashless exercise program adopted by the
Company in connection with the Plan; or
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surrender of other shares of Common
Stock which, (i) in the case of Shares acquired from the Company,
either directly or indirectly, have been owned by the Optionee for
more than six months on the date of surrender, and (ii) have a Fair
Market Value on the date of surrender equal to the aggregate
Exercise Price of the exercised shares.
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Restrictions on
Exercise . This Option
may not be exercised until such time as the Plan has been approved
by the shareholders of the Company, or if the issuance of Shares
upon such exercise or the method of payment of consideration for
such Shares would constitute a violation of any applicable
law.
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Non-transferability of
Option . This Option may
not be transferred in any manner otherwise than by will or by the
laws of descent or distribution and may be exercised during the
lifetime of Optionee only by Optionee. The terms of the Plan and
this Option Agreement shall be binding upon the executors,
administrators, heirs, successors and assigns of the
Optionee.
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Term of Option
. This Option may be exercised only
within the term set out in the above Notice of Option Grant, and
may be exercised during such term only in accordance with the Plan
and the terms of this Option.
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Securities Law
Compliance .
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Optionee
may not exercise the Option unless the Shares issuable upon such
exercise are then registered under the Securities Act or, if such
Shares are not then so registered, the Company has determined that
such exercise and issuance would be exempt from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act. The exercise of
Optionee’s Option must also comply with other applicable laws
and regulations governing such Option, and Optionee may not
exercise such Option if the Company determines that such exercise
would not be in material compliance with such laws and
regulations.
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Withholding Taxes
. Optionee agrees to make
appropriate arrangements with the Company for the satisfaction of
all federal, state, local and foreign income and employment tax
withholding requirements applicable to the Option exercise.
Optionee acknowledges and agrees that the Company may refuse to
honor the exercise and refuse to deliver Shares if such withholding
amounts are not delivered at the time of exercise.
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Notice of Disqualifying
Disposition of ISO Shares . If the Option granted to Optionee herein is an
ISO, and if Optionee sells or otherwise disposes of any of the
Shares acquired pursuant to the ISO on or before the later of (1)
the date two years after the Date of Grant, or (2) the date one
year after the date of exercise, the Optionee shall immediately
notify the Company in writing of such disposition. Optionee agrees
that Optionee may be subject to income tax withholding by the
Company on the compensation income recognized by the
Optionee.
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Entire Agreement; Governing
Law . The Plan is
incorporated herein by reference. The Plan and this Option
Agreement constitute the entire agreement of the parties with
respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede in their
entirety all prior undertakings and agreements of the Company and
Optionee with respect to the subject matter hereof, and may not
be
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