STOCK OPTION
AGREEMENT
THIS STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT (“
Agreement ”) is made and entered into by and between
ZST Digital Networks, Inc. (“ Company ”), a
Delaware corporation, and John Chen, M.D. (“ Optionee
”), effective on October 20, 2009. (Company and
Optionee are sometimes referred to herein as “ party
” or collectively as the “ parties
.”)
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the
Company has entered into an employment agreement dated as of
October 8, 2009 for the purpose of retaining the services of the
Optionee in the service of the Company (or any Parent or
Subsidiary) (the “ Employment Agreement
”);
WHEREAS,
Optionee is to render valuable services to the Company (or a Parent
or Subsidiary), and this Agreement is executed pursuant to, and is
intended to carry out the purposes of, the Employment Agreement in
connection with the Company’s grant of an option to
Optionee. All capitalized terms in this Agreement shall
have the meaning assigned to them in the attached
Appendix.
NOW, THEREFORE,
it is hereby agreed as follows:
1.
Grant of Option . The Company hereby
grants to Optionee, on October 20, 2009 (the “ Grant
Date ”), an option to purchase up to Twenty-Five Thousand
(25,000) shares of Common Stock (the “ Option Shares
”). The Option Shares shall be purchasable from
time to time during the option term specified in Paragraph 2 at
$8.00 per share (the “ Exercise Price
”).
2.
Option Term . This option shall have a
term of five (5) years measured from the Grant Date (the “
Expiration Date ”) and shall accordingly expire at the
close of business on the Expiration Date, unless sooner terminated
in accordance with Paragraph 5.
3.
Limited Transferability .
(a) This
option shall be neither transferable nor assignable by Optionee
other than by will or the laws of inheritance following
Optionee’s death and may be exercised, during
Optionee’s lifetime, only by Optionee. However,
Optionee may designate one or more persons as the beneficiary or
beneficiaries of this option, and this option shall, in accordance
with such designation, automatically be transferred to such
beneficiary or beneficiaries upon the Optionee’s death while
holding this option. Such beneficiary or beneficiaries
shall take the transferred option subject to all the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, including (without limitation) the
limited time period during which this option may, pursuant to
Paragraph 5, be exercised following Optionee’s
death.
(b) As
a Non-Statutory Option, this option may be assigned in whole or in
part during Optionee’s lifetime to one or more members of
Optionee’s family or to a trust established for the exclusive
benefit of one or more such family members or to Optionee’s
former spouse, to the extent such assignment is in connection with
the Optionee’s estate plan or pursuant to a domestic
relations order. The assigned portion shall be
exercisable only by the person or persons who acquire a proprietary
interest in the option pursuant to such assignment. The
terms applicable to the assigned portion shall be the same as those
in effect for this option immediately prior to such
assignment.
4.
Dates of Exercise . This option shall
become immediately exercisable on the Grant Date, but to the extent
exercised, will be subject to a repurchase right of the Company
specified in Paragraph 10, which will lapse as follows: 50% of this
option and Option Shares will vest six (6) months after the Grant
Date and the remaining 50% will vest twelve (12) months after the
Grant Date (the “ Vesting Schedule
”).
5.
Cessation of Service . The option term
specified in Paragraph 2 shall terminate (and this option shall
cease to be outstanding) prior to the Expiration Date should any of
the following provisions become applicable:
(a) Should
Optionee cease to remain in Service for any reason (other than
Optionee’s termination of his employment without Good Reason
or the Company’s termination of Optionee’s employment
for Cause) while this option is outstanding, then Optionee (or any
person or persons to whom this option is transferred pursuant to a
permitted transfer under Paragraph 3) shall have a period of
thirty (30) days (commencing with the date of such cessation of
Service) during which to exercise this option, but in no event
shall this option be exercisable at any time after the Expiration
Date.
(b) During
the limited period of post-Service exercisability, this option may
not be exercised in the aggregate for more than the number of
Option Shares in which Optionee is, at the time of Optionee’s
cessation of Service, vested pursuant to the Vesting Schedule or
the special vesting acceleration provisions of Paragraph
6. Upon the expiration of such limited exercise period
or (if earlier) upon the Expiration Date, this option shall
terminate and cease to be outstanding for any vested Option Shares
for which the option has not been exercised. To the
extent Optionee is not vested in one or more Option Shares at the
time of Optionee’s cessation of Service, this option shall
immediately terminate and cease to be outstanding with respect to
those shares.
(c) Should
Optionee’s Service be terminated by Optionee without Good
Reason or by the Company for Cause, then this option shall
terminate immediately and cease to remain outstanding.
6.
Accelerated Vesting . In the event that
Optionee’s Service is terminated by the Company for Cause or
by Optionee for Good Reason, then the Option Shares at the time
subject to this option but not otherwise vested shall automatically
vest in full so that this option shall become exercisable for all
of the Option Shares as fully vested shares and may be exercised
for any or all of those Option Shares as vested shares pursuant to
the terms of Section 5.
7.
Adjustment in Option Shares . Should any
change be made to the Common Stock by reason of any stock split,
stock dividend, recapitalization, combination of shares, exchange
of shares or other change affecting the outstanding Common Stock as
a class without the Company’s receipt of consideration,
appropriate adjustments shall be made to (i) the total number
and/or class of securities subject to this option and (ii) the
Exercise Price in order to reflect such change and thereby preclude
a dilution or enlargement of benefits hereunder.
8.
Stockholder Rights . The holder of this
option shall not have any stockholder rights with respect to the
Option Shares until such person shall have exercised the option,
paid the Exercise Price and become the record holder of the
purchased shares.
9.
Manner of Exercising Option .
(a) In
order to exercise this option with respect to all or any part of
the Option Shares for which this option is at the time exercisable,
Optionee (or any other person or persons exercising the option)
must take the following actions:
(i) Execute
and deliver to the Company a Purchase Agreement for the Option
Shares for which the option is exercised.
(ii) Pay
the aggregate Exercise Price for the purchased shares in cash or
check made payable to the Company.
Should the Common Stock be registered under
Section 12 of the 1934 Act at the time the option is exercised,
then the Exercise Price may also be paid as follows: