Exhibit 10.2
FAR EAST ENERGY
CORPORATION
FORM OF INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION
AGREEMENT
FOR GOOD AND VALUABLE CONSIDERATION,
receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, Far East Energy
Corporation (the “ Company ”), a Nevada
corporation, hereby grants to
(the “ Option Holder ”), the option to purchase
shares of the common stock, $0.001 par value per share, of the
Company (“ Shares ”), upon the terms set forth
in this incentive stock option agreement (this “
Agreement ”):
WHEREAS, the Option Holder has been
granted the following award in connection with his or her retention
as an employee and as compensation for services to be rendered, and
the following terms reflect the Company’s 2005 Incentive
Stock Plan (the “ Plan ”);
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the premises and mutual covenants contained herein, the parties
hereto agree as follows.
1. Defined Terms; Plan .
Terms used but not defined herein shall have the same meaning
ascribed to such terms in the Plan. This Agreement and the grant
herein is subject to the terms and conditions herein and the terms
and conditions of the applicable provisions of the Plan, the terms
of which are incorporated herein by reference.
2. Grant . The Option Holder
is hereby granted an option (the “ Option ”) to
purchase
Shares (the “ Option Shares ”) pursuant to the
Plan. The Option is granted as of
(the “ Date of Grant ”). This Option is intended
to qualify as an “incentive stock option” as defined in
Section 422(b) of the Code to the extent that the aggregate
Fair Market Value (determined as of the Date of Grant) of Option
Shares that are exercisable for the first time by the Option Holder
during any calendar year does not exceed $100,000. The remaining
Option Shares covered by this Option, if any, shall be deemed to be
non-qualified options.
3. Status of Option Shares .
The Option Shares shall upon issue rank equally in all respects
with the other Shares.
4. Option Price . The
purchase price for the Option Shares shall be, except as herein
provided, $
per Option Share, hereinafter sometimes referred to as the “
Option Price ,” payable immediately in full upon the
exercise of the Option. In no event shall the Option Price be less
than 100% of the Fair Market Value of the Option Shares subject to
this Option on the Date of Grant (or 110% where the Option Holder
owns more than 10% of the combined voting power of all classes of
stock of the Company on the Date of Grant).
5. Term of Option . The
Option may be exercised only during the period (the “
Option Period ”) set forth in Section 7
below and shall remain exercisable until the tenth anniversary of
the Date of Grant (or in the case that the Option Holder owns more
than 10% of the combined voting power of the Company on the Date of
Grant, then the Option shall remain exercisable until the day
preceding the fifth anniversary of Date of Grant). Thereafter, the
Option Holder shall cease to have any rights in respect
thereof.
6. Exercisability . Subject
to the Option Holder’s continued service with the Company and
the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Plan, the Option
will vest and become exercisable with respect to
% of the Option Shares on each of the
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and
anniversaries of the Date of Grant,
so that the Option will be 100% vested and exercisable after the
anniversary of the Date of Grant, as set forth in the following
schedule:
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7. Exercise of Option . The
Option may be exercised for all, or from time to time any part, of
the Option Shares for which it is then exercisable. The exercise
date shall be the date the Company receives a written notice of
exercise signed by the Option Holder, specifying the whole number
of Option Shares in respect of which the Option is being exercised,
accompanied by (a) full payment for the Option Shares with
respect to which the Option is exercised, in a manner acceptable to
the Company (which, at the discretion of the Company, shall include
a broker assisted exercise arrangement), of the Option Price for
the Option Shares for which the Option is being exercised and
(b) payment by the Option Holder of all payroll, withholding
or income taxes incurred in connection with the Option exercise (or
arrangements for the collection or payment of such tax satisfactory
to the Committee are made). The purchase price for the Shares as to
which the Option is exercised shall be paid to the Company in full
at the time of exercise at the election of the Option Holder
(i) in cash, (ii) in Shares having a Fair Market Value
equal to the aggregate Option Price for the Shares being purchased
and satisfying such other requirements as may be imposed by the
Committee; provided , that , such Shares have been
held by the Option Holder for no less than six months,
(iii) partly in cash and partly in such Shares, or
(iv) through the delivery of irrevocable instructions to a
broker to deliver promptly to the Company an amount equal to the
aggregate Option Price for the Shares being purchased. Anything to
the contrary herein notwithstanding, the Company shall not be
obligated to issue any Option Shares hereunder if the issuance of
the Option Shares would violate the provision of any applicable
law, in which event the Company shall, as soon as practicable, take
whatever action it reasonably can so that the Option Shares may be
issued without resulting in such violations of law.
8. Exercisability Upon
Termination of Service by Death or Disability . Upon a
Termination of Service by reason of death or Disability, the Option
may be exercised within 180 days following the date of death or
Termination of Service due to Disability (subject to any earlier
termination of the Option as provided herein), by the Option Holder
in the case of Disability, or in the case of death, by the Option
Holder’s estate or by a person who acquired the right to
exercise the Option by bequest or inheritance, but in any case only
to the extent the Option Holder was entitled to exercise the Option
on the date of his or her Termination of Service by death or
Disability. To the extent that the Option Holder was not entitled
to exercise the Option at the date of his or her Termination of
Service by death or Disability, or if he or she does not exercise
the Option (which he or she was entitled to exercise) within the
time specified herein, the Option shall terminate. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, the Committee may at any time and
from time to time prior to the termination of the Option, with the
consent of the Option Holder, extend the period of time during
which the Option Holder may exercise his or her Option following
the date of Termination of Service due to death or Disability;
provided , however , that the maximum period of time
during which the Option shall be exercisable following the date of
Termination of Service due to death or Disability shall not exceed
the original term of the Option and that notwithstanding any
extension of time during which the Option may be exercised, the
Option, unless
otherwise amended by the Committee,
shall only be exercisable to the extent the Option Holder was
entitled to exercise the Option on the date of Termination of
Service due to death or Disability. Any such extension shall be
designed to conform to the requirements of Section 409A of the
Code so as to avoid the imposition of t