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Exhibit 4.6
IMMUNOCELLULAR
THERAPEUTICS, LTD.
INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION
AGREEMENT
THIS INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION
AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), is made as of the
day of -
, 200_ by and between ImmunoCellular Therapeutics, Ltd., a Delaware
corporation (the “Company”), and
(“Optionee”).
R E C I T A
L
Pursuant to the 2006 Equity
Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) of the Company, the Board
of Directors of the Company or a committee to which administration
of the Plan is delegated by the Board of Directors (in either case,
the “Administrator”) has authorized the granting to
Optionee as an employee, director, consultant or adviser of the
Company of an incentive stock option to purchase the number of
shares of common stock of the Company specified in Paragraph 1
hereof, at the price specified therein, such option to be for the
term and upon the terms and conditions hereinafter
stated.
A G R E E M E N
T
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the promises and of the undertakings of the
parties hereto contained herein, it is hereby agreed:
1. Number of Shares;
Option Price . Pursuant to said action of the Administrator,
the Company hereby grants to Optionee the option
(“Option”) to purchase, upon and subject to the terms
and conditions of the Plan,
shares of common stock of the Company (“Shares”) at the
price of $
per Share (which price shall be no less than the fair market value
of a Share on the date of grant of this Option).
2. Term . This Option
shall expire on the day before the
anniversary of the date of grant of the Option (the
“Expiration Date”), unless such Option shall have been
terminated prior to that date in accordance with the provisions of
the Plan or this Agreement. The term “Affiliate” as
used herein shall have the meaning as set forth in the
Plan.
3. Shares Subject to
Exercise . This Option shall be exercisable in installments as
to [ __% of the Shares on and after
, __% of the Shares on and after
, __% of the Shares on and after
and __% of the Shares on and after
,] provided , however , that an installment shall not
become exercisable if the Optionee is not employed as an employee
of the Company, or any of its Affiliates, as of such installment
date. Once exercisable, the Option shall thereafter remain
exercisable as to such Shares for the term specified in Paragraph 2
hereof, unless Optionee’s employment is terminated pursuant
to Paragraph 6 hereof or the Option is terminated pursuant to a
Corporate Transaction (as defined in Paragraph 15
hereof).
4. Method and Time of
Exercise . The Option may be exercised by written notice
delivered to the Company at its principal executive office stating
(i) that Optionee is in compliance with the non-compete
provisions of Paragraph 16 hereof, (ii) that Optionee has no
plan to violate Paragraph 16 in the future, (iii) that
Optionee agrees to notify the Company within ten (10) days of
a violation of Paragraph 16 hereof, and (iv) the number of
shares with respect to which the Option is being exercised,
together with:
(A) a check or money order
made payable to the Company in the amount of the exercise price and
any withholding tax, as provided under Paragraph 5 hereof;
or
(B) at the time of the Option
exercise, the tender to the Company of shares of the
Company’s common stock owned by Optionee having a fair market
value not less than the exercise price so long as such tender does
not, in the Company’s judgment, have an adverse financial or
tax accounting effect on the Company; or
(C) in lieu of exercising the
Option for cash, the Optionee may elect to receive shares equal to
the value (as determined below) of the Option (or the portion
thereof being exercised), on the condition that the amount of
applicable federal, state and local withholding taxes are paid in
cash, in which event the Company shall issue to the Optionee a
number of shares of Common Stock computed using the following
formula:
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Where X =
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the number of shares of Common Stock to
be issued to the Optionee
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Y =
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the number of shares of Common Stock
purchasable under the Option or, if only a portion of the Option is
being exercised, the portion of the Option being exercised (at the
date of such calculation)
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A =
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the fair market value of one share of
the Company’s Common Stock (at the date of such
calculation)
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B =
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the
Exercise Price (as adjusted to the date of such
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For purposes of the above
calculation, fair market value of one share of Common Stock shall
be, (i) if traded on a securities exchange, the value shall be
deemed to be the closing price of the securities on such exchange
on the date notice of exercise is received by the Company prior to
the net exercise election; (ii) if traded over-the-counter,
the value shall be deemed to be the closing price of such stock on
the date notice of exercise is received by the Company, but if
selling prices are not reported, the mean between the closing bid
and ask prices for such stock on the date notice of exercise is
received by the Company; and (iii) if there is no active
public market, the value shall be the fair market value thereof, as
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the
Company.
Only whole shares may be
purchased.
5. Tax Withholding .
In general, no tax withholding is required with respect to this
Option or its exercise. If, however, the optionee elects to
exercise under Paragraph 4(C) or if for any reason all or part of
this Option is considered to be a non-qualified stock option,
rather than an incentive stock option, then, as a condition to
exercise of such portion of this Option, the Company may require
Optionee to pay over to the Company all applicable federal, state
and local taxes which the Company is required to withhold with
respect to the exercise of this Option in that connection. At the
discretion of the Administrator and upon the request of Optionee,
the minimum statutory withholding tax requirements may be satisfied
by the withholding of Shares otherwise issuable to Optionee upon
the exercise of this Option.
6. Exercise on Termination
of Employment . If for any reason Optionee ceases to provide
services to the Company or any of its Affiliates (such event being
called a “Termin
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