THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE BEEN
OFFERED IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION TO A PERSON WHO IS NOT A U.S.
PERSON (AS DEFINED HEREIN) PURSUANT TO REGULATION S UNDER THE
UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "1933
ACT").
NONE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE
BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE 1933 ACT, OR ANY U.S. STATE SECURITIES
LAWS, AND, UNLESS SO REGISTERED, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD,
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN THE UNITED STATES (AS DEFINED HEREIN) OR
TO U.S. PERSONS EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF
REGULATION S UNDER THE 1933 ACT, PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE 1933 ACT, OR PURSUANT TO AN
AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE 1933 ACT AND IN EACH CASE ONLY IN
ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. IN ADDITION,
HEDGING TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED
UNLESS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE 1933 ACT. "UNITED STATES" AND "U.S.
PERSON" ARE AS DEFINED BY REGULATION S UNDER THE 1933
ACT.
STOCK OPTION AND SUBSCRIPTION
AGREEMENT
(for Non-U.S. Persons)
THIS STOCK OPTION AND SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT is
entered into as of the 8th day of August,
2007 (the "Date of Grant").
BETWEEN:
COUNTERPATH SOLUTIONS, INC. (FKA XTEN NETWORKS,
INC.) (the "Company"), who has a business
address at Suite 300, One Bentall Centre,
505 Burrard Street Vancouver, British Columbia V7X 1M4
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AND:
___________________ ,
whose home address is __________________ (the
"Optionee").
RECITALS
WHEREAS:
A.
The Optionee is an employee of the Company or the
Company’s subsidiary, CounterPath Solutions R&D Inc. (fka
Xten Networks R&D Inc.);
B.
The Board of Directors of the Company (the
“Board”) has approved and adopted the 2005 Stock Option
Plan (the “Plan”), pursuant to which the Board is
authorized to grant to employees and other selected persons stock
options to purchase common shares of the Company; and
C.
The Board has authorized the grant to the Optionee
of stock options to purchase a total of 100,000 common shares of the
Company.
NOW THEREFORE THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSETH that in
consideration of other good and valuable consideration and the sum
of One ($1.00) Dollar now paid by the Optionee to the Company
(the
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receipt and sufficiency whereof is hereby
acknowledged), it is hereby agreed by and between the parties as
follows:
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1.1
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In this Agreement, the following terms shall have
the following meanings:
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(a)
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" Common Stock
" means the shares of common stock of the
Company;
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(b)
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" Exercise
Payment " means the amount of money equal
to the Exercise Price multiplied by the number of Optioned Shares
specified in the Notice of Exercise;
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(c)
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" Exercise Price
" means $0.40USD
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(d)
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" Expiry Date
" means August 8,
2012
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(e)
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" Notice of
Exercise " means a notice in writing
addressed to the Company at its address first recited (or such
other address of the Company as may from time to time be notified
to the Optionee in writing), substantially in the form attached as
Exhibit "A" hereto, which notice shall specify therein the number
of Optioned Shares in respect of which the Options are being
exercised;
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(f)
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" Options
" means the irrevocable right and option to
purchase, from time to time, all, or any part of the Optioned
Shares granted to the Optionee by the Company pursuant to
Section 1.3 of this Agreement;
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(g)
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" Optioned
Shares " means the shares of Common
Stock, subject to the Options;
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(h)
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" Securities
" means, collectively, the Options and the Optioned
Shares;
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(i)
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" Shareholders
" means holders of record of the shares of Common
Stock;
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(j)
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" U.S. Person
" shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in
Regulation S under the 1933 Act, and for the purpose of the
Agreement includes any person in the United States; and
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(k)
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" Vested Options
" means the Options that have vested in accordance
with Section 1.4 of this Agreement.
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1.2
Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Plan.
1.3
The Company agrees to offer to the Optionee the
option to purchase, upon the terms and conditions set forth herein
and in the Plan, Options to purchase a total of
_________________ (______________)
Optioned Shares at the Exercise Price. The Company
and the Optionee have agreed that the grant of the Options pursuant
to this Agreement will satisfy the Company’s obligation to
grant stock options as set out in the Offer and the Optionee agrees
to release the Company with respect to any claim with respect to
the Company’s obligation to grant stock options as set out in
the Offer.
1.4
The Options may be exercised after vesting and only
in accordance with the following schedule:
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on February 8,
2007 , the Options shall vest with
respect to twelve and one-half percent (12.5%) of the Options;
and
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commencing on the date which is seven (7) months
after the Effective Date, the Options shall vest with respect to
one-forty second (1/42) of the remaining eighty-seven and one-half
percent (87.5%) of the Options every month until the Options are
fully vested.
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1.5
The Options shall, at 5:00 p.m. (Vancouver time) on
the Expiry Date, forthwith expire and be of no further force or
effect whatsoever.
1.6
Vested Options shall terminate, to the extent not
previously exercised, upon the occurrence of the first of the
following events:
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five (5) years from the Date of Grant.
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(b)
The date of an Optionee's termination of employment
or contractual relationship with the Company or any Related
Corporation (as defined in the Plan) for cause (as determined in
the sole discretion of the Plan Administrator, acting reasonably)
or the date of resignation by an Optionee from the Optionee’s
employment or contractual relationship with the Company or any
Related Company.
(c)
The expiration of one (1) year from the date of the
death of the Optionee, or the expiration of one (1) year from
termination of an Optionee's employment or contractual relationship
by reason of Disability (as defined in Section 5(g) of the
Plan).
(d)
The expiration of three (3) months from the date of
an Optionee's termination of employment or contractual relationship
with the Company or any Related Corporation for any reason
whatsoever other than cause, death or Disability.
Each unvested Option granted pursuant hereto shall
terminate immediately upon termination of or resignation from the
Optionee's employment or contractual relationship with the Company
for any reason whatsoever unless vesting is accelerated in
accordance with Section 5.1(f) of the Plan.
1.7
Subject to compliance with any applicable securities
laws, the Options shall be exercisable, in full or in part, at any
time after vesting, until termination; provided, however, that any Optionee
who is subject to the reporting and liability provisions of Section
16 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 with respect to the Common
Stock shall be precluded from selling, transferring or otherwise
disposing of any Common Stock underlying any Options during the six
(6) months immediately following the grant of that Option. If less
than all of the shares included in the vested portion of any
Options are purchased, the remainder may be purchased at any
subsequent time prior to the Expiry Date. No portion of any Options
for less than fifty (50) shares (as adjusted pursuant to Section
5.1(m) of the Plan) may be exercised; provided, that if the vested
portion of any Options is less than fifty (50) shares, it may be
exercised with respect to all shares for which it is vested. Only
whole shares may be issued pursuant to the exercise of any Options,
and to the extent that any Options covers less than one (1) share,
it is unexercisable.
Each exercise of the Options shall be by means of
delivery of a Notice of Exercise (which may be in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit A)
to the Secretary of the Company at its principal
executive office, specifying the number of shares of Common Stock
to be purchased and accompanied by payment in cash by certified
check or cashier's check in the amount of the full exercise price
for the Common Stock to be purchased. In addition to payment in
cash by certified check or cashier's check, an Optionee or
transferee of the Options may pay for all or any portion of the
aggregate exercise price by complying with one or more of the
following alternatives:
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(a)
by delivering a properly executed Notice of Exercise
together with irrevocable instructions to a broker promptly to sell
or margin a sufficient portion of the Common Stock and deliver
directly to the Company the amount of sale or margin loan proceeds
to pay the exercise price; or
(b)
by complying with any other payment mechanism
approved by the Plan Administrator at the time of
exercise.
It is a condition precedent to the issuance of
Optioned Shares that the Optionee execute and/or deliver to the
Company all documents and withholding taxes required in accordance
with Section 5.1 of the Plan.
1.8
Nothing in this Agreement shall obligate the
Optionee to purchase any Optioned Shares except those Optioned
Shares in respect of which the Optionee shall have exercised the
Options in the manner provided in this Agreement.
1.9
The terms of the Options are subject to the
provisions of the Plan, as the same may from time to time be
amended, and any inconsistencies between this Agreement and the
Plan, as the same may be from time to time amended, shall be
governed by the provisions of the Plan, a copy of which has been
delivered to the Optionee, and which is available for inspection at
the principal offices of the Company.
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2.
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Acknowledgements of the
Optionee
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2.1
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The Optionee acknowledges and agrees
that:
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(a)
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none of the Options or the Optioned Shares have been
registered under the 1933 Act or under any state securities or
"blue sky" laws of any state of the United States, and, unless so
registered, may not be offered or sold in the United States or,
directly or indirectly, to U.S. Persons, except in accordance with
the provisions of Regulation S, pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the 1933 Act, or pursuant to an
exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the
registration requirements of the 1933 Act and in each case only in
accordance with applicable state securities laws;
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the Company has not undertaken, and will have no
obligation, to register any of the Securities under the 1933
Act;
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(c)
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the Optionee has received and carefully read this
Agreement and the public information which has been filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") in compliance or
intended compliance with applicable securities legislation
(collectively, the "Company Information");
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the decision to execute this Agreement and acquire
the Securities hereunder has not been based upon any oral or
written representation as to fact or otherwise made by or on behalf
of the Company, and such decision is based entirely upon a review
of the Company Information (the receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged);
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no securities commission or similar regulatory
authority has reviewed or passed on the merits of the
Securities;
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there is no government or other insurance covering
the Securities;
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(g)
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there are risks associated with an investment in the
Securities;
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(h)
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the Company has advised the Optionee that the
Company is relying on an exemption from the requirements to provide
the Optionee with a prospectus and to sell the Securities through a
person regis
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