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NU SKIN ENTERPRISES,
INC.
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED 1996 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
MASTER
STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
This
Master Stock Option Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made
effective as of August ___, 200_ (the “Effective
Date”), to
(the “Optionee”) under the Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc.
Second Amended and Restated 1996 Stock Incentive Plan (the
“Plan”) by Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (“Nu Skin Enterprises”), under authority of
the Plan Committee (the “Committee”). Capitalized terms
used herein without definition and defined in the Plan have the
same meanings as provided in the Plan. For purposes of this
Agreement, the term “Company” shall refer collectively
to Nu Skin Enterprises and all of its Subsidiaries. The term
“Key Employee Covenants” shall mean the Key Employee
Covenants executed by the Optionee as they may be amended or
replaced from time to time.
1. MASTER
AGREEMENT . This Agreement is a Master
Agreement and the terms of each stock option grant set forth in any
Stock Option Schedule hereto shall be deemed to have been granted
pursuant to this Agreement and shall be subject to any and all
conditions and provisions set forth in this Agreement as it may be
amended from time to time. Each Stock Option Schedule shall
incorporate all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement and
shall contain such other terms and conditions that the Committee
shall establish for the grant of options covered by such Stock
Option Schedule. In the event of a conflict between the language of
this Agreement and any Stock Option Schedule, the language of the
Stock Option Schedule shall prevail with respect to that Stock
Option Schedule. In order to be effective, the Stock Option
Schedule must be executed by a duly authorized executive officer of
the Company. No signature of the Optionee shall be required, and
the Optionee's acceptance of the Stock Option Schedule shall be
deemed to be his or her acceptance of all the terms and conditions
set forth therein. Optionee shall be deemed to have accepted the
Stock Option Schedule (and all of the terms and conditions set
forth therein) unless Optionee provides written notice of his or
her rejection of the Stock Option Schedule and all of the Options
granted thereunder within 20 days after receipt of the Stock Option
Schedule.
2.
OPTION GRANTS . Each Stock Option Schedule shall
set forth the number of options (the "Options") that the Committee
has granted to Optionee and the effective date of such grant. Such
Options are granted as an incentive to work to increase the value
of the Company for its stockholders. Each Option shall entitle the
Optionee to purchase, on the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, the respective Stock Option Schedule and the Plan, one
fully paid and non-assessable share of Class A Common Stock, par
value $ .001 per share (the "Class A Common Stock"), of Nu Skin
Enterprises at the exercise price set forth in the relevant Stock
Option Schedule. The Options are subject to all the terms and
conditions of the Plan, the Stock Option Schedule and this
Agreement.
3.
NATURE OF OPTION . Each Stock Option Schedule shall
designate whether the options granted thereunder are Nonqualifed
Stock Options or Incentive Stock Options.
4.
TERMS AND EXERCISE PERIOD .
(a) Options awarded under this
Agreement may not be exercised at any time until such Options are
vested as provided in Section 5 below.
(b)
Except as otherwise provided
in a Stock Option Schedule or this Agreement, the Options granted
hereunder shall terminate on the earlier of (i) the tenth
anniversary of the date of the grant of the options as set forth in
the Stock Option Schedule, or (ii) the date such Options are fully
exercised.
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5. VESTING .
Unless expressly provided otherwise in a Stock Option Schedule,
Options granted hereunder shall vest according to the following
schedule:
ANNUAL ANNIVERSARY
OF EFFECTIVE DATE OF GRANT
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VESTED PERCENTAGE
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| 1 |
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25 |
% |
| 2 |
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50 |
% |
| 3 |
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75 |
% |
| 4 |
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100 |
% |
6.
TERMINATION OF SERVICE .
(a)
In the event the employment of
the Optionee is terminated for any reason, all Options that are not
vested at the time of termination of employment shall be terminated
and forfeited immediately upon termination of
employment.
(b)
Subject to Section 7 below, in
the event the employment of the Optionee is terminated for any
reason other than the death or disability of the Optionee, then any
Options granted hereunder that are vested but unexercised at the
time of termination of employment shall terminate immediately upon
the earliest to occur of the following: (i) the full exercise of
the Options, (ii) the expiration of the Options by their terms, or
(iii) 90 days following the date of termination of such employment
of the Optionee.
(c)
Subject to Section 7 below, in
the event the employment of the Optionee is terminated as a result
of death or disability prior to the termination of the Options,
then any Options granted hereunder that are vested but unexercised
at the time of death or disability shall terminate immediately upon
the earliest to occur of the following: (i) the full exercise of
the Options, (ii) the expiration of the Options by their terms, or
(iii) one year following the date of death or disability of
Optionee. The Options may be exercised, to the extent vested and
unexercised at the time of death or disability, as the case may be,
by the Optionee, the estate of the Optionee, or the person or
persons to whom the Options may have been transferred by will or by
the laws of descent and distribution for the period set forth in
this Section 6(c).
7.
FORFEITURE . If at any time during the term of the
Options granted pursuant to this Agreement a Forfeiture Event (as
defined below) shall occur or be discovered, then all outstanding
Options shall immediately terminate in full. If at any time during
the Optionee's employment or at any time following Optionee's
termination of employment until the later of (i) the twelve-month
anniversary of the date Optionee's employment is terminated for any
reason, or (ii) the six-month anniversary of the date Optionee
exercises Optionee's last remaining Options, a Forfeiture Event
occurs, then the Optionee shall pay to the Company an amount equal
to the "Option Gain" on any Options exercised during the
twelve-month period preceding such Forfeiture Event and any Options
exercised following such Forfeiture Event. For purposes hereof,
"Option Gain" shall mean the Fair Market Value of a share of the
Class A Common Stock on the date of exercise over the Option Price,
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