THESE
SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE AND
HAVE BEEN ISSUED IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES
ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT
PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A
TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE
SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES
LAWS.
STOCK OPTION AND
SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
THIS STOCK OPTION AND
SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT is dated effective the 1st day of August,
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:
MICHAEL BAYBAK, a business person with an address at 4515 Ocean
View Blvd., Suite 305, La Cañada, CA 91011
(the
“Optionee”).
WHEREAS:
A. The Board has authorized the
grant to the Optionee of stock options to purchase a total of
800,000 common shares of the Company.
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 $0.00001 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 $1.25;
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“ Expiry Date
” means August 1, 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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(i)
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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 2.2 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 800,000 Optioned Shares at
the Exercise Price.
2.2 The Options will be fully
vested.
2.3 The Options shall, at 5:00
p.m. (Pacific time) on the Expiry Date, forthwith expire and be of
no further force or effect whatsoever.
2.4 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.
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2.5 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 Schedule 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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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 Company 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.
2.6 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.
2.7 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. REGISTRATION
RIGHTS.
3.1 If before the Expiry Date the
Company decides to file any registration statement (the
"Registration Statement") under the 1933 Act covering the
distribution or sale of any securities of the Company other than
the Optioned Shares (other than a registration on Form S-8), it
shall forthwith give written notice (the "Registration Notice") to
the Optionee of such decision. The Optionee shall have the right to
elect, by written notice (the "Reply to Registration Notice") to be
given to the Company not more than five (5) business days following
receipt of the Registration Notice, to have the Registration
Statement cover the sale of the exercised or unexercised Optioned
Shares by the Optionee which are not then the subject of an
effective registration statement. However, if under Rule 415 of the
Securities Act of 1933 the number of shares that may be registered
is limited, the shares to be registered under this clause will be
reduced first, before reduction of other shares to be registered in
the registration statement.
4. 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
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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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(d)
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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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(f)
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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 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 the
purpose of, or that could reasonably be expected to have the effect
of, conditioning the market in the United States for the resale of
the Securities; provided, however, that the Optionee may sell or
otherwise dispose of the Securities pursuant to registration
thereof under the 1933 Act and any applicable state and provincial
securities laws or under an exemption from such registration
requirements;
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the Optionee and the Optionee's
advisor(s) (if applicable) have had a reasonable opportunity to ask
questions of and receive answers from the Company in connection
with the distribution of the Securities hereunder, and to obtain
additional information, to the extent possessed or obtainable
without unreasonable effort or expense, necessary to verify the
accuracy of the information about the Company;
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the books and records of the
Company were available upon reasonable notice for inspection,
subject to certain confidentiality restrictions, by the Optionee
during reasonable business hours at its principal place of
business, and all documents, records and books in connection with
the dis
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