Exhibit 10.2
Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement
under the
lululemon athletica inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan
THIS
NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement
”) is made between lululemon athletica inc. (the “
Company ”) and ROBERT MEERS (the “
Optionee ”).
WHEREAS,
the Company maintains the lululemon athletica inc. 2007 Equity
Incentive Plan (the “ Plan ”); and
WHEREAS,
the Plan permits the award of Options to purchase Shares, subject
to the terms of the Plan; and
WHEREAS,
on January 27, 2006 (the “ Original Grant Date
”) the Optionee was granted an option to purchase 1,170,000
shares of common stock of the Company’s U.S. operating
subsidiary, lululemon usa inc. (f/k/a Lululemon Athletica USA
Inc.), under the Lululemon Athletica USA Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive
Plan (such option is hereinafter referred to as the “
Original Option ”); and
WHEREAS,
on or about July 27, 2007 and in connection with the
Company’s corporate reorganization (the “
Reorganization ”), an option under the Plan (the
“ Substitute Option ”) was substituted for the
Original Option to reflect the effects of the Reorganization;
and
WHEREAS,
the Company and the Optionee wish to amend and restate the
Substitute Option to reflect certain negotiated changes.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of these premises and the agreements
set forth herein, the parties intending to be legally bound hereby,
agree as follows:
1. Award
of Option . This Option constitutes an amendment and
restatement of the Substitute Option. This Option represents the
right to purchase 501,802 Shares (the “ Option Shares
”). In addition to the terms set forth herein, the Option is
subject to the terms of the Plan applicable to non-qualified stock
options, which terms are incorporated herein by this reference.
Except as otherwise specified herein, or unless the context
requires otherwise, the terms defined in the Plan will have the
same meanings herein.
2. Nature
of the Option . This Option is intended to be a
nonstatutory stock option and is not intended to be an Incentive
Stock Option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code, or
to otherwise qualify for any special tax benefits to the
Optionee.
3. Date of
Grant; Term . The Option is restated pursuant to the
authorization of the Compensation Committee of the Company’s
Board of Directors on November 28, 2007 (the “ Effective
Date ”) and may not be exercised later than the tenth
anniversary of the Original Grant Date, subject to earlier
termination as provided in the Plan.
4. Option
Exercise Price . The total cost to the Optionee to
purchase, pursuant to this Agreement, one Share is $0.49. All
dollar amounts reflected in this Agreement are expressed in U.S.
dollars.
5.
Exercise of Option .
(a)
Right to Exercise . This Option will become
exercisable as follows :
i.
Immediately Vested Portion . The Option will be vested and
exercisable with respect to 15% of the Option Shares immediately
upon the Effective Date.
ii.
Time Vested Portion . The Option will become vested and
exercisable with respect to 15% of the Option Shares on each of the
following dates: January 27, 2008, January 27, 2009 and
January 27, 2010 (such 45% of the Option Shares being herein
referred to as the “ Time Vested Portion ”);
provided , in each case, that the Optionee remains in
continuous service with the Company through the applicable date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Option will become vested and
exercisable with respect to the Time Vested Portion immediately
prior to (and contingent upon) the occurrence of a Sale (as defined
below in Section 17(j)), provided the Optionee remains in
continuous service with the Company through the date of that Sale.
Solely for purposes of this Agreement, service with the Company
will be deemed to include service with an Affiliated Company (as
defined below in Section 17(c) ) for so long as such
entity remains an Affiliated Company.
iii.
Performance Vested Portion . The Option may become vested
and exercisable with respect to 40% of the Option Shares (the
“ Performance Vested Portion ”), based upon the
Return Multiple (as defined below in Section 17(i) )
realized by the Institutional Holders while this Option remains
outstanding, as follows:
(1) Immediately
prior to (and contingent upon) the occurrence of an Investor Sale
(as defined below in Section 17(g) ), and provided the
Optionee remains in continuous service with the Company through the
date of the Investor Sale, the Performance Vested Portion will
become vested and exercisable based on the Return Multiple realized
upon completion of the Investor Sale:
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Percentage of Option |
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Return Multiple Achieved |
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Shares Exercisable |
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x < 2.00
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None |
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2.00 ≤ x <
2.25
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3.08% |
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2.25 ≤ x <
2.50
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6.15% |
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2.50 ≤ x <
2.75
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9.23% |
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2.75 ≤ x <
3.00
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12.31% |
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3.00 ≤ x <
3.25
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15.38% |
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3.25 ≤ x <
3.50
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18.46% |
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3.50 ≤ x <
3.75
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21.54% |
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3.75 ≤ x <
4.00
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24.62% |
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4.00 ≤ x <
4.25
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27.69% |
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4.25 ≤ x <
4.50
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30.77% |
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4.50 ≤ x <
4.75
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33.84% |
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4.75 ≤ x <
5.00
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36.92% |
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5.00 ≤ x
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40% |
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(2) If
the Return Multiple increases following an Investor Sale due to a
subsequent Transfer and the Optionee remains in continuous service
with the Company through the date of that subsequent Transfer, the
Option will then become vested and exercisable with respect to an
additional number of Option Shares determined (in accordance with
the chart contained in Section 5(a)(iii)(1), above) based on the
cumulative Return Multiple achieved, reduced by the number of
Option Shares with respect to which the Performance Vested Portion
has previously become vested and exercisable (taking into account
any adjustments pursuant to Section 3(c) of the Plan). This
provisions of this Section 5(a)(iii)(2) will apply with
respect to each subsequent Transfer until the Performance Vested
Portion terminates.
(3) At
such time as no further increases to the Return Multiple are
possible (e.g., when the Institutional Holders and their Permitted
Transferees have Transferred their entire capital stock holdings in
the Company and its Affiliates), any portion of the Performance
Vested Portion that has not, by that time, become vested and
exercisable will terminate immediately and automatically.
(4) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Section 5(a)(iii), the
Performance Vested Portion will become fully vested and exercisable
if and when a Return Multiple of 5.00 or greater is realized,
regardless of whether such Return Multiple is realized in
connection with an Investor Sale, provided the Optionee remains in
continuous service with the Company through the date that such
Return Multiple is realized.
(b)
Method of Exercise . The Optionee may exercise the
Option by providing written notice to the Company and shall be
delivered in person or by certified mail to the Secretary of the
Company (or such other person as may be designated by the Company).
The written notice shall be accompanied by payment of the purchase
price and, if requested by the Company, an executed counterpart to
the Stockholders Agreement. The certificate(s) for the Shares as to
which the Option shall have been exercised will be registered in
the name of the Optionee and, in addition to any other legend that
may be required pursuant to applicable law, the Plan, the
Stockholders Agreement or otherwise, will contain the following
legend:
THE
TRANSFERABILITY OF THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE SHARES REPRESENTED
HEREBY ARE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF A NON-QUALIFIED
STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO BETWEEN ROBERT MEERS AND
LULULEMON ATHLETICA INC. A COPY OF THAT AGREEMENT IS ON FILE IN THE
PRINCIPAL OFFICES OF LULULEMON ATHLETICA INC. AND WILL BE MADE
AVAILABLE TO THE HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE WITHOUT CHARGE UPON
REQUEST TO THE SECRETARY OF LULULEMON ATHLETICA INC.
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(c)
Partial Exercise . The Option may be exercised in
whole or in part; provided , however , that any
exercise may apply only with respect to whole numbers of Option
Shares.
(d)
Restrictions on Exercise . The Option may not be exercised
if the issuance of the Option Shares upon such exercise would
constitute a violation of any applicable law or regulation or any
exchange listing requirements.
6.
Investment Representations . Unless the Option
Shares have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (the
“ Securities Act ”), in connection with the
acquisition of this Option, the Optionee represents and warrants to
the Company that:
(a) he
or she is acquiring the Option, and upon exercise of the Option,
will be acquiring the Option Shares for investment for his or her
own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to or
for resale in connection with any distribution thereof; and
(b) he
or she has a preexisting personal or business relationship with the
Company or one of its directors, officers or controlling persons
and, by reason of his or her business or financial experience, has,
and can be reasonably assumed to have, the capacity to protect his
or her interests in connection with the acquisition of the Option
and the Option Shares.
In
addition, as a further condition to the exercise of the Option, the
Company may require the Optionee to make any representation or
warranty to the Company as may be required by or advisable under
any applicable law, regulation or exchange listing
requirement.
7.
Withholding . The Company reserves the right
to withhold from any consideration payable or property transferable
to the Optionee any taxes required to be withheld by law as a
result of the grant or exercise of this Option or the sale or other
disposition of the Option Shares. If the amount of any
consideration payable to the Optionee is insufficient to pay such
taxes or if no consideration is then payable to the Optionee, upon
the request of the Company and as a condition to the grant or
exercise of this Option or the sale or other disposition of the
Option Shares, the Optionee (or such other person entitled to
exercise this Option pursuant to Section 5 of the Plan) will
pay to the Company an amount sufficient for the Company to satisfy
any such tax withholding requirements.
8. The
Plan . The Optionee has received a copy of the Plan
(a copy of which is attached hereto), has read the Plan and is
familiar with its terms, and hereby accepts the Option subject to
all of the terms and provisions of the Plan. Pursuant to the Plan,
the Board is authorized to interpret the Plan and to adopt rules
and regulations not inconsistent with the Plan as it deems
appropriate. The Optionee hereby agrees to accept as binding,
conclusive and final all decisions or interpretations of the Board
regarding any questions arising under the Plan or this
Agreement.
9.
Governing Law . This Option Agreement will be
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware,
without regard to the application of the principles of conflicts of
laws.
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10.
Amendment . This Agreement may only be amended
by a writing signed by each of the parties hereto.
11. Entire
Agreement . This Agreement, together with the Plan,
represents the entire agreement between the parties hereto relating
to the subject matter hereof, and merges and supersedes all prior
and contemporaneous discussions, agreements and understandings of
every nature (including, without limitation, Section 2.3 of
the Employment and Restrictive Covenant Agreement dated
December 5, 2005 between the Optionee and Lululemon Athletica
Inc. and Exhibit A attached thereto). For avoidance of doubt,
the Optionee further acknowledges that (i) the Original
Option, and all the Optionee’s rights thereunder, were
replaced by the Substitute Option, and (ii) this Option amends
and restates the Substitute Option in its entirety.
12. Market
Stand-Off .
(a) The
Optionee hereby agrees that, in connection with any registration
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of any Option Shares,
the Optionee (and the Optionee’s permitted transferees, if
any) shall not sell or otherwise transfer (including through
short-sales, hedging, or similar transactions) any Option Shares
during the period that the Board specifies (a “
Holdback ”); provided, however, that such period shall
not exceed one hundred eighty (180) days (or other such period that
the underwriters reasonably require) following the effective date
of the applicable registration statement filed under the Securities
Act (the “ Market Stand-Off Period ”). Until the
end of such Market Stand-Off Period, the Company may impose, with
respect to Option Shares, stop-transfer instructions that are
subject to the foregoing restrictions.
(b) Optionee
also agrees to be bound by any restriction agreed to by holders of
not less than a majority of the then outstanding Shares (giving
effect to the pro forma conversion of all outstanding preferred
shares and other convertible securities and the pro forma exercise
of all stock options, warrants and other rights, to the extent then
exercisable).
(c) In
addition, if any managing underwriter or book runner of any such
offering or registration (the “ Underwriter ”)
requests, the Optionee will execute and deliver to the Underwriter
such documents, agreements, and instruments that the Underwriter
shall reasonably require to enable the Underwriter to obtain the
benefit of the Holdback during the Market Stand-Off Period. In
con
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