EXHIBIT 10.12
STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
OF
SILICON MOUNTAIN MEMORY INCORPORATED
Silicon Mountain Memory
Incorporated , (the “Company”), desiring to afford
an opportunity to the Option Holder named below to purchase certain
shares of the Company’s common stock, $.01 (one cent) par
value, to provide the Option Holder with an added incentive as an
employee of the Company, hereby grants to the Option Holder, and
the Option Holder hereby accepts, an option to purchase the number
of such shares specified below, during a term ending at midnight
(prevailing local time at the Company’s principal offices) on
the expiration date of this Option specified below (“Option
Period”), at the option exercise price specified below, which
is the Fair Market Value per share of the Company common shares on
the date of this Agreement, subject to and upon the following terms
and conditions:
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IDENTIFYING PROVISIONS: |
As
used in this Option Agreement, the following terms shall have the
following respective meanings:
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Option Holder: |
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Date of Grant: |
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Number of Shares Optioned: |
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Option Exercise Price Per Share: |
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Expiration Date: |
CHECK ONE:
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This Option is intended to be and shall be treated as an
incentive stock option under Section 422 of the Internal
Revenue Code. |
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This Option is not intended to be and shall not be treated as
an incentive stock option under Section 422 of the Internal
Revenue Code. |
Form of
Stock Option Agreement for 2003 Equity Incentive Plan
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VESTING SCHEDULE AND FORFEITURE |
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This Option shall become exercisable in installments as
follows: |
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RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY OF OPTION |
This
Option may not be assigned or transferred by the Option Holder
other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution and may
be exercised during the Option Holder’s lifetime only by the
Option Holder or the Option Holder’s guardian or legal
representative. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Option and
all rights granted under this Agreement shall not be transferred,
assigned, pledged, or hypothecated in any way (whether by operation
of law or otherwise), and shall not be subject to execution, levy,
garnishment, attachment, pledge, bankruptcy, or similar process.
Upon any such attempt to transfer, assign, pledge, hypothecate, or
otherwise dispose of such option or of such rights contrary to the
provisions in this Agreement, or upon the levy of any attachment or
similar process upon such rights, such Option and such rights shall
immediately become null and void.
By
accepting this Option, the Option Holder represents and agrees for
himself or herself and his or her transferees by will or the laws
of descent and distribution that, unless a registration statement
under the Securities Act of 1933 is in effect as to shares
purchased upon any
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