STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
as of _____________
The parties to this Non-Statutory Stock Option
Agreement (this “Agreement”) are Access Integrated
Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”), a Delaware
corporation, and ______________ the “Optionee”), an
employee of the Company.
The Company desires to have the Optionee serve as an
employee of the Company and to provide the
Optionee with an incentive to put forth maximum effort for the
success of the business.
The Company has adopted the Second Amended and
Restated 2000 Stock Option Plan of Access Integrated Technologies,
Inc. (the “Plan”), as amended, to attract and retain
highly competent key employees, directors and consultants and to
provide an incentive in motivating these individuals to achieve
long-term corporate objectives. Capitalized terms used in this
Agreement, unless otherwise defined herein, shall have the meanings
given to such terms in the Plan.
This Agreement sets forth the terms and conditions
applicable to options to purchase shares of the Class A Common
Stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common
Stock”), granted to the Optionee under the Plan as of the
date first above written (the “Grant Date”).
Accordingly, intending to be legally bound hereby,
the parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Grant of Options
1.1 Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the
Plan, the Company hereby grants to the Optionee as of the Grant
Date the right and option to purchase from the Company up to, but
not exceeding in the aggregate, __________ shares of Common Stock,
at an option price of $_____ per share (the “Options”),
and for the period beginning on the Grant Date and ending on
____________ (the “Option Term”).
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1.2
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The Options are non-statutory stock
options.
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1.3 The
Options shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan as
well as the provisions of this Agreement. The Plan, a copy of which
has been provided to the Optionee, is incorporated by reference
herein in its entirety. In the event of any conflict between the
Plan and this Agreement, the provisions of the Plan shall
govern.
ARTICLE II
Vesting, Exercise and Tax
Withholding
2.1 Unless
sooner vested or terminated pursuant to this Agreement, the Options
granted to the Optionee hereunder shall vest in accordance with the
terms of Exhibit A attached hereto. On and after the date Options
have vested, they may be exercised at any time and from time to
time during the Option Term, subject to earlier termination in
accordance with Article III. Upon the termination of any of the
Options pursuant to Article III, the Options so terminated shall
cease to be exercisable and the Optionee shall have no further
rights under this Agreement with respect to the Options so
terminated.
2.2 The
Company, in its sole discretion, shall have the right (but shall
not in any case be obligated), exercisable at any time after the
Grant Date, to vest the Options, in whole or in part, prior to the
time the Options would otherwise vest under the terms of this
Agreement.
2.3 Vested
Options shall be exercised by the Optionee (i) by delivering to the
Company a Notice in the form set forth as Exhibit B hereto,
together with a check payable to the order of the Company or such
other consideration as may be appropriate pursuant to the Notice or
(ii) in such other form as may be permitted by the
Company.
2.4 The
Company shall notify the Optionee of the amount of withholding tax
or other tax, if any, that must be paid under federal and, where
applicable, state and local law in connection with the exercise of
the Options or the sale of shares of Common Stock subject to the
Options. The Optionee shall meet his withholding requirement (i) by
direct payment to the Company in cash of the amount of any taxes
required to be withheld with respect to such exercise, or (ii) in
such other form as may be permitted by the Company.
ARTICLE III
Termination of Employment
3.1 In the
event of the termination of employment of the Optionee by the
Optionee or the Company for any reason whatsoever other than death
or permanent disability (as defined in Section 3.2), any Options
that were vested prior to the date of such termination (and which
were not previously exercised), together with any other Options
designated in writing by the Committee, shall terminate on the
earliest of (i) thirty days after the date of such termination, or
(ii) the last day of the Option Term. Any Options that were not
vested prior to the date of such termination and do not become
vested pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence shall
terminate as of the date of such termination and shall not be
exercisable at any time thereafter. For purposes of this Article
III, termination of employment with respect to an Optionee who is a
director or consultant and who is not otherwise an employee of the
Company shall mean voluntary or involuntary termination of Board
service or the consulting relationship, as the case may be, for any
reason.
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3.2 In the
event of the termination of the employment of the Optionee by
reason of death or permanent disability, any Options that were
vested prior to the date of such termination (and which were not
previously exercised), together with any other Options designated
in writing by the Committee, shall terminate on the earliest of (i)
one hundred eighty days after the date of such termination, or (ii)
the last day of the Option Term. Any Options that were not vested
prior to the date of such termination and do not become vested
pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence shall terminate as
of the date of such termination and shall not be exercisable at any
time thereafter. As used in this Agreement, the term
“permanent disability” means the Optionee being deemed
to have suffered a disability that makes the Optionee eligible for
immediate benefits under any long-term disability plan of the
Company, as in effect from time to time.
3.3 In the
event of termination of employment, the Company, in its sole
discretion, shall have the right (but shall not in any case be
obligated), exercisable on or at any time after the Grant Date, to
permit an Option to be exercised, in whole or in part, after its
expiration date described in Section 3.1 or Section 3.2, but
not after the expiration of the Option Term.
3.4 In the
event of a Change in Control (as defined in the Plan), all Options
outstanding on the date of such Change in Control that have not
previously vested or terminated under the terms of this Agreement
shall become immediately and fully exercisable. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, unless otherwise determined by the Board, no change in
control of the Company shall be deemed to have occurred for
purposes of determining a Participant's rights under this Plan if
(i) the Participant is a member of a group that first announces a
proposal which, if successful, would result in a Change of Control,
which proposal (including any modifications thereof) is ultimately
successful, or (ii) the Participant acquires a two percent or more
equity interest in the entity that ultimately acquires the Company
pursuant to the transaction described in clause (i) of this Section
3.4.
ARTICLE IV
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