IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT,
INC.
INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION
AGREEMENT
This Incentive Stock Option Agreement
(“Option Agreement”) is between Image Entertainment,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and
(“Optionee”), who agree as follows:
Section 1. Introduction . The
Company has heretofore adopted the Image Entertainment, Inc. 2008
Stock Awards and Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The
Company, acting through the Committee (as defined in the Plan), has
determined that its interests will be advanced by the issuance to
Optionee of an Incentive Stock Option under the Plan. This
Incentive Stock Option is subject to all of the terms and
conditions as set forth herein and in the Plan.
Section 2. Option . Subject to the
terms and conditions contained herein, the Company hereby grants to
Optionee the right and option (“Option”) to purchase
from the Company
shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.0001 par value
(“Stock”), at a price of $
per share, which is not less than the fair market value of the
Stock at the date of grant of this Option; provided, however, that
if Optionee owns stock possessing more than 10% of the total
combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or of
its Parent Corporation or Subsidiary Corporation (as defined in the
Plan), such price is not less than 110% of the fair market value of
the Stock at the date of grant of this Option. Though the Option is
granted as an Incentive Stock Option, the Company does not
represent or warrant that the Option qualifies as such.
Section 3. Option Period . Beginning
on
(the “Date of Grant”), the Option herein granted may be
exercised by Optionee in whole or in part at any time during a
ten-year period (a five-year period if Optionee owns stock
possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all
classes of stock of the Company or of its Parent Corporation or
Subsidiary Corporation) (the “Option Period”), subject
to earlier termination in accordance with the terms of the Plan and
the Option Agreement, in accordance with the following vesting
schedule:
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Number of Shares
Purchasable
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Vesting
Date
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(cumulative to the extent more
than one Vesting Date is specified)
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Notwithstanding anything in this Option
Agreement to the contrary, the Committee, in its sole discretion,
may waive the foregoing schedule of vesting and upon written notice
to Optionee, accelerate the earliest date or dates on which any
portion of the Option granted hereunder is exercisable.
Except as otherwise provided under the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 or applicable regulations, to the extent that
the aggregate fair market value (determined at the time an option
is granted) of the Stock with respect to which the Option and any
other incentive stock option (determined without regard to this
sentence) issued to Optionee under all plans of the Company and its
Parent Corporation or Subsidiary Corporations becomes exercisable
for the first time during any calendar year exceeds $100,000, such
portions of options in excess of $100,000 shall be treated as
Nonqualified Stock Options. A portion of the Option also may be
treated as a Nonqualified Stock Option if certain events cause
exercisability of the Option to accelerate.
Section 4. Procedure for Exercise .
The Option herein granted may be exercised by the delivery by
Optionee of written notice to the Secretary of the Company setting
forth the number of shares of Stock with respect to which the
Option is being exercised. The notice shall be accompanied by
(i) cash, cashier’s check, bank draft, or postal or
express money order payable to the order of the Company, or wire
transfer, (ii) if permitted by the Committee, shares of Stock
theretofore owned by Optionee duly endorsed for transfer to the
Company, (iii) if the Stock is registered under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and to the extent permitted by
law, instructions to a broker to deliver to the Company the total
payment required, all in accordance with the regulations of the
Federal Reserve Board, (iv) such other consideration as the
Committee may permit, or (v) any combination of the preceding,
equal in value to the aggregate exercise price. Notice may be
delivered by facsimile. The notice shall specify the address to
which the certificates for such shares are to be mailed. The Option
shall be deemed to have been exercised immediately prior to the
close of business on the date (i) written notice of such
exercise and (ii) payment in full of the exercise price for
the number of shares for which the Option is being exercised are
both received by the Company and Optionee shall be treated for all
purposes as the record holder of such shares of Stock as of such
date.
As promptly as practicable after receipt of such
written notice and payment, the Company shall deliver to Optionee
certificates for the number of shares with respect to which such
Option has been so exercised, issued in Optionee’s name or
such other name as Optionee directs; provided, however, that such
delivery shall be deemed effected for all purposes when a stock
transfer agent of the Company shall have deposited such
certificates in the United States mail, addressed to Optionee at
the address specified pursuant to this Section 4.
Section 5. Termination of Employment or
Service . If, for any reason other than retirement, death or
disability, Optionee ceases to be employed by the Company or its
Affiliates or ceases to serve as a director or consultant, the
Option may be exercised (to the extent Optionee would have been
entitled to do so at the date of termination of employment or
cessation of serving as a director or consultant) during a
three-month period after such date (after which period the Option
shall expire), but in no event may the Option be exercised after
the expiration of the Option Period; provided, however, that if
Optionee’s employment or service as a director or consultant
is terminated because of the Optionee’s (a) theft or
embezzlement from the Company or its Affiliates,
(b) disclosure of trade secrets of the Company or its
Affiliates, (c) failure to perform his/her job duties and
services resulting in a material adverse effect on the Company or
its Affiliates or (d) the commission of a willful, felonious
act while in the employment or service of the Company or its
Affiliates (such reasons shall hereinafter be collectively referred
to as “for cause”), then the Option or unexercised
portion thereof shall expire upon such termination of employment or
cessation of serving as a director or consultant.
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In the event that Optionee dies or
Optionee’s employment or service ceases because Optionee is
determined to be disabled, the Option may be exercised (to the
extent Optionee would have been entitled to do so at the date of
death or termination of employment or service) at any time and from
time to time, within a one year period after such death or
termination of employment or service, by Optionee or his guardian
or legal representative or, in the case of death, the executor or
administrator of Optionee’s estate or by the person or
persons to whom Optionee’s rights under this Option Agreement
shall pass by will or the laws of descent and distribution (after
which period the Option will expire), but in no event may the
Option be exercised after the expiration of the Option Period.
Optionee shall be deemed to be disabled if, in the opinion of a
physician selected by the Committee, Optionee is unable to engage
in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically
determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to
result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for
a continuous period of not less than 12 months.
Subject to the discretion of the Committee, if
Optionee ceases to be an employee of the Company (including as an
officer of the Company) as a result of Retirement, Optionee need
not exercise the Option within three (3) months of termination
of employment but will be entitled to exercise the Option within
the maximu
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