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VERIGY LTD. 2006 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN NOTICE OF SHARE OPTION AWARD (FOUR TRANCHE)

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Title: VERIGY LTD. 2006 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN NOTICE OF SHARE OPTION AWARD (FOUR TRANCHE)
Date: 12/21/2007
Industry: Semiconductors     Sector: Technology

VERIGY LTD. 2006 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN NOTICE OF SHARE OPTION AWARD (FOUR TRANCHE), Parties: verigy ltd.
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Exhibit 10.2.14


VERIGY LTD. 2006 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
NOTICE OF SHARE OPTION AWARD
(FOUR TRANCHE)

        You have been granted the following option to purchase Verigy Ltd. (the " Company ") ordinary shares as follows:

  Name of Optionee:   «Name»

 

Total Number of Shares:

 

«TotalShares»

 

Type of Option:

 

Nonstatutory Stock Option

 

Date of Award:

 

«AwardDate»

 

Expiration Date:

 

«ExpDate». This option may expire earlier if your Service terminates earlier, as described in the Stock Option Agreement.

        The Option shall be divided into four tranches of «1/4shares» each, with exercise prices 1 and vesting as follows:

  Exercise Prices    
  Exercise Price Per Share, 1 st Tranche:   $«PricePerShare1st» (the last sale price of Verigy ordinary shares on «AwardDate»);

 

Exercise Price Per Share, 2 nd Tranche:

 

The last sale price of Verigy ordinary shares on the third business day following Verigy's announcement of financial results for the fiscal quarter ending «2PricingDate»;

 

Exercise Price Per Share, 3 rd Tranche:

 

The last sale price of Verigy ordinary shares on the third business day following Verigy's announcement of financial results for the fiscal quarter ending «3PricingDate»; and

 

Exercise Price Per Share, 4 th Tranche:

 

The last sale price of Verigy ordinary shares on the third business day following Verigy's announcement of financial results for the fiscal quarter ending «4PricingDate».
       

 


 

Vesting Schedule

 

 
  1 st Tranche («1/4shares»):   The first tranche of shares subject to this option vests and becomes exercisable in 16 equal quarterly installments with the first installment vesting on «1Vest Date», provided that you continue to be an Awardee Eligible to Vest as of the applicable vesting date.

 

2 nd Tranche («1/4shares»):

 

The second tranche of shares subject to this option vests and becomes exercisable in 15 equal quarterly installments 2 with the first installment vesting on «2VestDate», provided that you continue to be an Awardee Eligible to Vest as of the applicable vesting date.

 

3 rd Tranche («1/4shares»):

 

The third tranche of shares subject to this option vests and becomes exercisable in 14 equal quarterly installments 2 with the first installment vesting on «3VestDate», provided that you continue to be an Awardee Eligible to Vest as of the applicable vesting date.

 

4 th Tranche (1/4shares):

 

The fourth tranche of shares subject to this option vests and becomes exercisable in 13 equal quarterly installments, 2 with the first installment vesting on «4VestDate», provided that you continue to be an Awardee Eligible to Vest as of the applicable vesting date.

1
Except as set forth in the accompanying Option Agreement, the exercise prices for the 2 nd through 4 th tranches shall be equal to the closing price of Verigy ordinary shares on the pricing dates indicated above. Such prices shall be set automatically and without any further action on the part of the Company or the optionee.

2
No fractional shares shall be issuable. The number of shares exercisable at each vesting event other than the last shall be rounded down to the nearest whole share and the last vesting event shall cover all shares not previously vested.

        You and the Company agree that this option is granted under and governed by the terms and conditions of the Verigy Ltd. 2006 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan") and the Stock Option Agreement, both of which are made a part of this document.

        You further agree that the Company shall cause the shares issued upon exercise of this option to be deposited in your Smith Barney Account and, further, that the Company may deliver electronically all documents relating to the Plan or this option (including, without limitation, prospectuses required by the Securities and Exchange Commission) and all other documents that the Company is required to deliver to its security holders (including, without limitation, annual reports and proxy statements). You also agree that the Company may deliver these documents by posting them on a web site maintained by the Company or by a third party under contract with the Company. If the Company posts these documents on a web site, it will notify you regarding such posting.

OPTIONEE:   VERIGY LTD.

    


 

BY:

    

    TITLE:     

 


VERIGY LTD. 2006 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
SHARE OPTION AGREEMENT
(Four Tranche)

Tax Treatment This option is intended to be a nonstatutory stock option.

Vesting

This option becomes exercisable in installments, during the Option term as shown in the Notice of Stock Option Award, as long as you remain an Awardee Eligible to Vest (as defined in the Plan). This option will in no event become exercisable for additional shares after your Service has terminated for any reason, except as otherwise provided in the Plan and this agreement.

Term

This option expires in any event at the close of business at Company headquarters on the day before the 7 th anniversary of the Date of Award, as shown in the Notice of Stock Option Award. (It may expire earlier if your Service terminates, as described below.)

Regular Termination

Unless otherwise provided in an agreement between you and the Company, if your Service terminates for any reason except death, total and permanent disability, or retirement due to age, in accordance with the Company's or a Subsidiary's or Affiliate's retirement policy, then this option will expire at the close of business at Company headquarters on the date three months after your termination date, or, if earlier, the expiration of the term of this option. The Company determines when your Service terminates for this purpose.

Termination as a result of Death, Disability or Retirement

If you die before your Service terminates, or if your Service terminates because of your total and permanent disability or in connection with your retirement due to age, then (i) the vested portion of each tranche of this option will be determined by adding 12 months to your length of service and (ii) you will be entitled to exercise this option until the close of business at Company headquarters on the one year anniversary of the date of death, disability or retirement, or, if earlier, until the expiration of the term of this option, as provided in the Plan.

 

For all purposes under this Agreement, "total and permanent disability" means that you are unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted, or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than one year.

Special Provisions for Accelerated Pricing of Unpriced Tranches

Notwithstanding the establishment of pricing dates for the 2 nd , 3 rd and 4 th tranches of the award as set forth in the Notice of Stock Option Award, the exercise price of any previusly unpriced tranche shall be established in accordance with the following in the following circumstances:

 

Change of Control.     In the event that prior to any pricing date the Company or any third party publicly announces any transaction or event which, as announced or if consummated, would constitute a Change of Control (as defind in the Plan) of the Company, the per-share exercise price for each tranche of this option not already priced as of the date of such announcement shall become fixed at an amount equal to the closing price of Verigy ordinary shares on the last trading day immediately preceding such announcement.
     

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Termination of Employment.     In the event that prior to any pricing date your Service (as defined in the Plan) with the Company and its affiliates shall terminate for any reason, then the per-share exercise price for each tranche of this option not already priced as of the date of such termination of Service shall become fixed at an amount equal to the closing price of Verigy ordinary shares on the last trading day immediately preceding your last day of Service.

 

No Affect On Vesting.     The Vesting provisions applicable to any tranche shall not be affected by a change in the timing of establishing the exercise price in accordance with the preceding paragraphs.

Leaves of Absence and Part-Time Work

For purposes of this option, your Service does not terminate when you go on a military leave, a sick leave or another Company approved leave of absence, and if continued crediting of Service is required by the terms of the leave or by applicable law. But your Service terminates when the approved leave ends, unless you immediately return to active work.

 

Your status as an Awardee Eligible to Vest (as defined in the Plan) will always cease upon termination of employment with the Comp

 
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