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"). Ó
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
THIS STOCK OPTION AND SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT is
entered into as of the 15th day of September, 2007 (the “Date
of Grant”).
BETWEEN:
AMERICAN URANIUM
CORPORATION , a Nevada corporation, with a business address at
600 - 17th Street, Suite 2800 South, Denver CO 80202
(the
“Company”);
AND:
HAMISH MALKIN ,
a businessperson with an address at PO Box 127, Bowen Island, BC
V0N 1G0
(the
“Optionee”).
WHEREAS:
A. The
Optionee is a director, officer, employee or consultant of the
Company;
B. The
Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) has
adopted the 2007 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 300,000 common shares of the
Company.
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NOW THEREFORE THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSETH that in
consideration of other good and valuable consideration, it is
hereby agreed by and between the parties as follows:
1.
DEFINITIONS
1.1 In
this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
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“ Common Stock ” means the
shares of common stock of the Company with a par value of $0.0001
per share;
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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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“ Exercise Price ” means US
$1.20;
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“ Expiry Date ” means
September 15, 2012;
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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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“ 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 2.1 of this Agreement;
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“ Optioned Shares ” means the
shares of Common Stock, subject to the Options;
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“ Securities ” means,
collectively, the Options and the Optioned Shares;
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“ Shareholders ” means
holders of record of the shares of Common Stock;
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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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“ Vested Options ” means the
Options that have vested in accordance with Section 2.4 of this
Agreement.
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1.2
Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings ascribed thereto in the Plan.
2.
THE OPTIONS
2.1 The
Company agrees to offer to the Optionee the option to purchase,
upon the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan,
once it has been adopted, Options to purchase a total of 300,000
Optioned Shares at the Exercise Price. The Optionee agrees that the
Plan is incorporated by reference to this stock option and
subscription agreement.
2.2 The
Options may be exercised after vesting and only in accordance with
the following schedule:
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75,000 Options on September 15, 2007;
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75,000 Options on September 15, 2008;
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75,000 Options on September 15, 2009; and
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75,000 Options on September 15, 2010.
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2.3 The
Options shall, at 5:00 p.m. (Denver time) on the Expiry Date,
forthwith expire and be of no further force or effect
whatsoever.
2.4
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 years from the Date of Grant.
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The date of an Optionee's termination of
employment or contractual relationship with the Company or any
Related Company (as defined in the Plan) for cause (as determined
in the sole discretion of the Plan Administrator (as defined in the
Plan), 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.
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The expiration of one year from the date of the
death of the Optionee, or the expiration of one year from
termination of an Optionee's employment or contractual relationship
by reason of Disability (as defined in Section 5.7 of the
Plan).
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The expiration of three months from the date of
an Optionee's termination of employment or contractual relationship
with the Company or any Related Company for any reason whatsoever
other than cause, death or Disability.
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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 5.6 of the Plan.
2.5
Subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws, the
Options shall be exercisable, in full or in part 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
months immediately following the grant of that Option. If less than
all of the shares 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 50 shares (as adjusted
pursuant to Section 5.8 of the Plan) may be exercised; provided,
that if the portion of any Options is less than 50 shares, it may
be exercised with respect to all shares. Only whole shares may be
issued pursuant to the exercise of any Options, and to the extent
that any Options covers less than one share, it is
unexercisable.
2.6
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
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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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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
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by complying with any other payment mechanism
approved by the Plan Administrator at the time of exercise.
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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 5.12 of the Plan.
2.7
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.
2.8 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.
3.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF THE OPTIONEE
The Optionee acknowledges and agrees that:
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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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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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there are risks associated with an investment in
the Securities;
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the Optionee has not acquired the Securities as
a result of, and will not itself engage in, any “directed
selling efforts” (as defined in Regulation S under the 1933
Act) in the United States in respect of the Securities which would
include any activities undertaken for
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