Exhibit
4.1
OMNIMMUNE CORP.
Executive Stock Option
Agreement
Omnimmune
Corp., a Texas corporation (the “Company”), hereby
grants to the undersigned optionee (“Optionee”) a
non-qualified option (this “Option”) to purchase the
total number of shares of common stock of the Company shown below
(“Shares”) at the exercise price per Share set forth
below (the “Exercise Price”), subject to all of the
terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement (the
“Agreement”). The term “Company”
means and includes the Company as well as any successor entity
resulting from the merger or consolidation of the Company with
another entity.
Shares Subject
to Option:
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Exercise Price
Per Share:
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1.
Exercise Period of Option . Subject to
the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and unless otherwise
modified in writing signed by the Company and Optionee, this Option
may be exercised with respect to all of the Shares subject to this
Option prior to the date which is the last day of the Term
(hereinafter “Expiration Date”).
2.
Restrictions on Exercise . This Option
may not be exercised, unless such exercise is in compliance with
the Securities Act of 1933 and all applicable state securities
laws, as they are in effect on the date of exercise, and the
requirements of any stock exchange or national market system on
which the Company’s Shares may be listed at the time of
exercise. Optionee understands that the Company is under
no obligation to register, qualify or list the Shares subject to
this Option with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(“SEC”), any state securities commission or any stock
exchange to effect such compliance.
(a)
Exercise Agreement. This Option shall be
exercisable by delivery to the Company of an executed Exercise
Agreement (“Exercise Agreement”) in the form of the
Exercise Agreement delivered to Optionee, if applicable, or in such
form as may be approved or accepted by the Company, which shall set
forth Optionee’s election to exercise this Option with
respect to some or all of the Shares subject to this Option, the
number of Shares subject to this Option being purchased, and any
restrictions imposed on the Shares subject to this Option
(including, without limitation, investment intent restrictions,
restrictions on transfer, “lock up” type restrictions
in the case of a public offering of the Company’s securities,
restrictions or limitations that would be applied to Shareholders
under any applicable restriction agreement among the Shareholders,
and restrictions under applicable federal securities laws, under
the requirements of any stock exchange or market upon which such
Shares are then listed and/or traded, and/or under any blue sky or
state securities laws applicable to such Shares). The
Company may modify the required Exercise Agreement at any
time.
(b)
Exercise Price. Such Exercise Agreement shall be accompanied
by full payment of the Exercise Price for the Shares being
purchased. Payment for the Shares being purchased may be
made in U.S. dollars in cash (by check), or by delivery to the
Company of a number of Shares which have been owned and completely
paid for by the holder for the requisite period necessary to avoid
a charge to the Company’s earnings for financial reporting
purposes having an aggregate Fair Market Value (as defined below)
equal to the amount to be tendered, or a combination
thereof. In addition, this Option may be exercised
through a brokerage transaction following registration of the
Company’s equity securities under Section 12 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as permitted under the provisions
of Regulation T applicable to cashless exercises promulgated by the
Federal Reserve Board.
(c)
Withholding Taxes. Prior to the issuance of
Shares upon exercise of this Option, Optionee must pay, or make
adequate provision for, any applicable federal or state withholding
obligations of the Company. Optionee may provide for
payment of withholding taxes upon exercise of the Option by
requesting that the Company retain Shares with a Fair Market Value
equal to the minimum amount of taxes required to be
withheld. In such case, the Company shall issue the net
number of Shares to Optionee by deducting the Shares retained from
the Shares exercised.
(d)
Issuance of Shares. Provided that such Exercise Agreement
and payment are in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for
the Company, the Company shall cause the Shares purchased to be
issued in the name of Optionee or Optionee’s legal
representative. Optionee shall not be considered a
shareholder until such time as Shares have been issued as noted on
the books of the Company. If this Option should be
exercised in part only, the Company shall, upon surrender of this
Option for cancellation, execute and deliver a new Option
evidencing the right of the Optionee to purchase the balance of the
Shares subject hereto.
(e)
Securities Regulation. Upon the receipt of
Shares as a result of the exercise of this Option, Optionee shall
hold such Shares for investment and not with a view of resale or
distribution to the public. In addition, if the Optionee
is an officer, director or ten percent (10%) beneficial owner of
any class of the Company’s equity securities that is
registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, a tender of
Shares or a cashless exercise must (1) meet the requirements of an
exemption under Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act, or
(2) be a subsequent transaction the terms of which were provided
for in a transaction initially meeting the requirements of an
exemption under Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange
Act.
(f)
Cashless Exercise . In lieu of the payment of the
Exercise Price in cash or by delivery of previously owned Shares,
the Optionee may require the Company to convert this Option, in
whole or in part, into Shares (“cashless
exercise”). Upon such cashless exercise, the
Company shall deliver to the Optionee that number of Shares equal
to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the value of this Option
(or portion thereof if being exercised in part) at the time of the
cashless exercise (determined by subtracting the aggregate Exercise
Price of the Shares as to which the Option is being exercised from
the aggregate Fair Market Value of the Shares as to which the
Option is being exercised) by (y) the Fair Market Value of one
Share immediately prior to the cashless exercise.
For purposes of
this Agreement, “Fair Market Value” of each Share on
any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing
prices for the five consecutive trading days immediately preceding
the date in question. The closing price for each day
shall be the last reported sales price or, in case no such reported
sale takes place on such day, the closing bid price, in either case
on the principal national securities exchange on which the Shares
are listed or admitted to trading or, if the Shares are not listed
or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the
highest reported bid price for the Shares as furnished by the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. through Nasdaq or
a similar organizati