EXHIBIT 10.2
VALUEVISION MEDIA,
INC.
OMNIBUS STOCK
PLAN
FORM OF
NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
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Full Name of Optionee: John D. Buck
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No. of Shares Covered: 1,000,000
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Date of Grant: 08/25/2008
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Exercise Price Per Share: $2. 36,
$6.00 and $7.00 as noted below
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Expiration Date: 08/25/2018
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Exercise Schedule:
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Exercise
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No. of Shares As to Which
Option
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Price
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Becomes Exercisable as of Such
Date
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$
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2.36
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250,000
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25th day of
each
month from
September 2009
through July 2011
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$2.36
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239,614 in 23 equal installments of 10,418
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$
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2.36
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10,386
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$
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6.00
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125,000
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25th day of
each
month from
September 2009
through July 2011
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$6.00
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119,830 in 23 equal installments of 5,210
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$
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6.00
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5,170
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$
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7.00
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125,000
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25th day of
each
month from
September 2009
through July 2011
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$7.00
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119,830 in 23 equal installments of 5,210
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$
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7.00
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5,170
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This is a NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT (“
Agreement ”) between ValueVision Media, Inc., a
Minnesota corporation (the “ Company ”), and the
Optionee identified above (the “ Optionee ”),
effective as of the date of grant specified above.
RECITALS
A. The Company maintains the
ValueVision Media, Inc. 2001 and 2004 Omnibus Stock Plan (the
“ Plan ”).
B. The Company has
appointed a committee (the “ Committee ”) with
the authority to determine the awards to be granted under the Plan,
and the Board has maintained the authority to exercise the powers
and duties of the Committee at its discretion.
C. The Company and the Employee
have entered into a letter agreement dated August 25, 2008
(the “Letter Agreement” ), and the Letter
Agreement provides for the granting of certain stock options to
Optionee under the Plan.
D. The Committee or its
designee has determined that the Optionee is eligible to receive an
award under the Plan in the form of a Stock Option (the “
Option ”), covering shares of Company Common Stock (
“Shares” ) as provided in the Letter Agreement
and has set the terms and conditions thereof.
E. Any capitalized term used
herein which is defined in the Plan has the same meaning as set
forth therein.
This Option is issued to the Optionee
under the terms and conditions set by the Committee as follows:
TERMS AND
CONDITIONS
1. Grant. The
Optionee is granted this Option to purchase the number of Shares
specified at the beginning of this Agreement on the terms and
conditions set forth herein.
2. Exercise
Price. The price to the Optionee of each Share subject to
this Option shall be the Exercise Price specified on the first page
of this Agreement.
3. Non-Qualified Stock
Option. This Option is intended to be a non-qualified stock
option and not an “incentive stock option” within the
meaning of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended (the “Code”) or any successor provision.
4. Exercise
Schedule . Except as provided in Section 8, this
Option may be exercised in accordance with the Exercise Schedule
set forth on the first page of this Agreement. The Exercise
Schedule is cumulative – that is, if this Option has not
expired prior thereto, the Optionee may at any time purchase all or
any portion of the Shares then available under the Exercise
Schedule to the extent not previously purchased; provided, that
Shares will continue to vest under the Exercise Schedule only if
the Optionee continues to be an employee of the Company or an
Affiliate. This Option may be exercised on an accelerated basis
(notwithstanding the Exercise Schedule) under the circumstances
described in Section 8 of this Agreement if it has not expired
prior thereto.
5. Expiration.
The right to exercise this Option with respect to the shares
covered hereunder shall expire at 4:00 p.m. Central Time on the
earliest of:
(a) The
expiration date specified at the beginning of this Agreement for
the applicable portion of the covered shares;
(b) The
last day of the period as of or following the termination of
Optionee as an employee of the Company or an Affiliate and as a
director of the Company (a “Director” ), during
which this Option can be exercised (as specified in Section 7
hereof); or
(c) The
date (if any) fixed for cancellation pursuant to Section 8 of
this Agreement.
In no event may anyone exercise this Option, in whole or in
part, after it has expired, notwithstanding any other provision of
this Agreement.
6. Procedure to Exercise
Option.
Notice of Exercise . Subject to the terms and conditions
of this Agreement, this Option may be exercised by delivering
advance written notice of exercise to the Company at its
headquarters in the form attached to this Agreement or a similar
form containing substantially the same information and addressed or
delivered to an authorized Company representative. The notice shall
state the number of Shares to be purchased, and shall be signed by
the person exercising this Option. If the person exercising this
Option is not the Optionee, he or she also must submit appropriate
proof of his or her right to exercise this Option.
Tender of Payment . Any notice of exercise hereunder
shall be accompanied by payment (by cash, check, bank draft or
money order payable to the Company) of the full purchase price of
the Shares being purchased; to the extent permitted by law and the
Plan, an Optionee may instead pay any portion of the purchase price
with previously owned Shares, or also simultaneously exercise an
Option and sell the Shares thereby acquired pursuant to a brokerage
or similar relationship so long as the cash proceeds from the sale
are used promptly as payment of the purchase price of those Shares
and the Company has received adequate assurances thereof.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Optionee will not be permitted
to pay any portion of the purchase price with Shares if, in the
opinion of the Committee, payment in such a manner could have an
adverse financial accounting consequence for the Company.
Delivery of Certificates . As soon as practicable after
the Company receives a properly executed notice and the purchase
price provided for above, it shall deliver to the person exercising
the Option, in the name of such person, a certificate or
certificates representing the Shares being purchased. The Company
shall pay any original issue or transfer taxes with respect to the
issue or transfer of the Shares and all fees and expenses incurred
by it in connection therewith. All Shares so issued shall be fully
paid and nonassessable. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
this Agreement, the Company shall not be required to issue or
deliver any Shares prior to the completion of such registration or
other qualification of such Shares under any law, rule or
regulation as the Company shall determine to be necessary or
desirable.
7. Requirements for
Exercise. This Option may be exercised only while the
Optionee remains employed with the Company or an Affiliate or is
serving as a consultant of the Company or an Affiliate or as a
Director, and only if the Optionee has been continuously in one or
more such relationships with the Company or an Affiliate, as the
case may be; provided that:
(a) The
Optionee may exercise this Option during the twelve (12) month
period following termination of his or her employment with the
Company or an Affiliate and his status as a Director, but only to
the extent that it was exercisable immediately prior to termination
as an employee or as a result of acceleration pursuant to
Section 8, and only if the Optionee’s employment was not
terminated for Cause (as defined in the Letter Agreement).
(b) Subject
to Section 8, if the Optionee ceases to be employed by the
Company or an Affiliate and ceases to be a Director after a
declaration of a Fundamental Change made pursuant to Section 8
of this Agreement, he or she may exercise the Option at any time
permitted by such declaration.
Notwithstanding the above, this Option may not be exercised
after its original Expiration Date provided above.
8. Acceleration of
Option.
Certain Employment Events On or Before First Anniversary.
If, on or before the first anniversary of the date of this Option
Agreement, (i) the Company terminates Optionee’s
employment, other than a termination for Cause (as defined in the
Letter Agreement), (ii) the Optionee terminates his employment
for Good Reason (as defined below), or (iii) Keith Stewart is
appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, then in any
such event this Option may, at the discretion of the Optionee, be
exercised with respect to the first 50% of the Shares
(notwithstanding the Exercise Schedule).
Event. If an Event (as defined in the Plan) shall have
occurred, then this Option may, at the discretion of the Optionee,
be exercised in full (notwithstanding the Exercise Schedule).
Fundamental Change. At least 10 days prior to a
Fundamental Change, the Committee may, but shall not be obligated
to declare, and provide written notice to the Optionee of the
declaration, that this Option shall be canceled at the time of, or
immediately prior to the occurrence of, the Fundamental Change
(unless it is exercised prior to the Fundamental Change) in
exchange for payment to the Optionee, within ten days after the
Fundamental Change, of cash equal to the amount, for each Share
covered by the canceled Option, by which the event proceeds per
share (as defined below) exceeds the exercise price per Share
covered by this Option. This Option may be exercised in full
(notwithstanding the Exercise Schedule) at any time at the
discr