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Exhibit
10.31
PHARMERICA
CORPORATION
PharMerica Corporation
2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan
Substitution Non-Qualified
Stock Option Agreement
THIS SUBSTITUTION
NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT (the
“Agreement”), granted under the PharMerica Corporation
2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), is effective
as of
, 20 , and is entered into by and
between PharMerica Corporation, a Delaware Corporation (the
“Company”), and
(the “Optionee”).
Preliminary
Statements
WHEREAS , the Optionee
was formerly an employee of AmerisourceBergen Corporation
(“Amerisource”) who was granted an option to purchase
shares of Amerisource common stock with an exercise price of $
on
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(the “Americsource Option”) under The AmerisourceBergen
Corporation 2002 Management Stock Incentive Plan;
WHEREAS , in
connection with the merger of Americsource with and into the
Company, the Company has determined that it is desirable and in its
best interests to substitute the Americsource Option with an option
to purchase shares of the Company’s Stock (the
“Stock”) in such manner that the substitution shall not
be considered a new option grant or a modified option under
Section 424 or the Code; and
WHEREAS , any
capitalized term not herein defined shall have the meaning as set
forth in the Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE , in
consideration of the mutual promises and covenants contained
herein:
1. Grant of Option
. On the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Plan,
the Company hereby grants to the Optionee the right and option (the
“Option”) to purchase from the Company
shares of Stock. This Option shall not constitute an incentive
stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). The date
of grant of this Option is
, 200 (the “Grant Date”). The
Optionee acknowledges and agrees that this Option is a substitution
for the Americsource Option and that effective as of the Grant
Date, the Optionee shall have no rights under the Americsource
Option.
The Optionee’s right,
if any, to continue to be employed by the Company will not be
enlarged or otherwise affected by the receipt of this Option, and
the receipt of this Option will not in any way restrict the right
of the Company to terminate the Optionee’s employment at any
time.
2. Price . The
purchase price (the “Option Price”) for the shares of
Stock subject to the Option granted by this Agreement is $
per share.
3. Vesting of the
Option . The Option granted pursuant to this Agreement
shall vest and become exercisable in accordance with the following
provisions:
(a) Vesting of the
Option. Provided that the Optionee remains in the continuous
employment of the Company through the vesting period, the Option
shall vest and become exercisable in accordance with the following
schedule:
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Vesting
Date
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No. of Shares
Vested
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Total Percentage of Option
Vested
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25% |
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50% |
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75% |
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100% |
There shall be no proportional vesting
prior to any Vesting Date; all vesting shall occur only on the
Vesting Date.
(b) Acceleration of
Vesting of the Option . The Option shall become fully vested
and exercisable in the event of a Change in Control.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee, in its sole and
absolute discretion, may accelerate all or any portion of the
vesting of the Option at any time.
(c) Forfeiture of the
Option . The unvested portion of the Option shall automatically
be forfeited upon the date that the Optionee ceases to be employed
by the Company for any reason.
4. Exercise of the
Option . Except as otherwise provided herein, the Option
granted pursuant to this Agreement shall be exercisable as
follows:
(a) Exercise by the
Optionee. Only the Optionee receiving the Option (or, in the
event of the Optionee’s legal incapacity or incompetency, the
Optionee’s guardian or legal representative and in the case
of the Optionee’s death, the Optionee’s estate) may
exercise the Option.
(b) Option Term. Any
non-forfeited portion of the Option shall be exercisable until the
date it terminates. The Option shall no longer be exercisable and
shall terminate upon the earliest to occur of:
(i) The expiration of the
one-year period after the Optionee’s termination of
employment with the Company, if the termination is for any reason
other than
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