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Exhibit
10.9
IDENTIPHI,
INC.
RESTRICTED STOCK
AGREEMENT
IdentiPHI, Inc. has granted
to the Participant named in the Notice of Grant of Restricted
Stock Award (the “ Grant Notice
” ) to which this Restricted Stock Agreement (together
with the Grant Notice, the “ Agreement
” ) is attached an Award consisting of Shares subject
to the terms and conditions set forth in the Grant Notice and this
Agreement. The Award has been granted pursuant to and shall in all
respects be subject to the terms and conditions of the IdentiPHI,
Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan (the “
Plan ” ), as amended to the Date of
Grant, the provisions of which are incorporated herein by
reference. By signing the Grant Notice, the Participant:
(a) acknowledges receipt of and represents that the
Participant has read and is familiar with the Grant Notice, this
Agreement, the Plan and a prospectus for the Plan (the
“ Plan Prospectus ” ),
(b) accepts the Award subject to all of the terms and
conditions of the Grant Notice, this Agreement and the Plan, and
(c) agrees to accept as binding, conclusive and final all
decisions or interpretations of the Committee upon any questions
arising under the Grant Notice, this Agreement or the
Plan.
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D EFINITIONS AND C
ONSTRUCTION . |
1.1 Definitions
. Unless otherwise defined in the Grant Notice,
defined terms not explicitly defined in this Agreement but defined
in the Plan shall have the same definitions as in the
Plan.
1.2 Construction
. Captions and titles contained herein are for
convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation
of any provision of this Agreement. Except when otherwise indicated
by the context, the singular shall include the plural and the
plural shall include the singular. Use of the term “or”
is not intended to be exclusive, unless the context clearly
requires otherwise.
All questions of
interpretation concerning the Grant Notice and this Agreement shall
be determined by the Committee. All determinations by the Committee
shall be final and binding upon all persons having an interest in
the Award. Any Officer shall have the authority to act on behalf of
the Company with respect to any matter, right, obligation, or
election which is the responsibility of or which is allocated to
the Company herein, provided the Officer has apparent authority
with respect to such matter, right, obligation, or
election.
3.1 Grant and Issuance of
Shares. On the Date of Grant, the Participant will acquire and
the Company will issue, subject to the provisions of this
Agreement, a number of Shares equal to the Total Number of Shares
set forth in the Grant Notice. As a condition to the issuance of
the Shares, the Participant shall execute and deliver to the
Company the Grant Notice.
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3.2 No Monetary Payment
Required. The Participant is not required to make any monetary
payment (other than applicable tax withholding, if any) as a
condition to receiving the Shares, the consideration for which
shall be past services actually rendered and/or future services to
be rendered to the Company or for its benefit.
3.3 Certificate
Registration . The certificate for the Shares
shall be registered in the name of the Participant, or, if
applicable, in the names of the heirs of the
Participant.
3.4 Issuance of Shares in
Compliance with Law . The issuance of the Shares
shall be subject to compliance with all applicable requirements of
federal, state or foreign law with respect to such securities. No
Shares shall be issued hereunder if their issuance would constitute
a violation of any applicable federal, state or foreign securities
laws or other law or regulations or the requirements of any stock
exchange or market system upon which the Stock may then be listed.
The inability of the Company to obtain from any regulatory body
having jurisdiction the authority, if any, deemed by the
Company’s legal counsel to be necessary to the lawful
issuance of any Shares shall relieve the Company of any liability
in respect of the failure to issue such Shares as to which such
requisite authority shall not have been obtained. As a condition to
the issuance of the Shares, the Company may require the Participant
to satisfy any qualifications that may be necessary or appropriate,
to evidence compliance with any applicable law or regulation and to
make any representation or warranty with respect thereto as may be
requested by the Company.
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4. |
V ESTING C
ONDITIONS . |
4.1 Normal Vesting.
Except as provided in Section 4.2, the Shares shall vest and
become Vested Shares as provided in the Grant Notice. No additional
Shares will become Vested Shares following the Participant’s
termination of Service for any reason. Shares that are not Vested
Shares ( “ Unvested Shares
” ) shall be subject to the reacquisition rights set
forth in Section 5.1 below.
4.2 Acceleration of
Vesting Upon an Ownership Change Event. In the event of
(a) a Change of Control, or (b) the issuance by the
Company of shares of its voting securities in a single or series of
related transactions representing more than fifty percent
(50%) of the Company’s voting securities immediately
following such issuance ((a) and (b), collectively, an “
Ownership Change Event ”), the Participant
shall be fully and immediately vested in one hundred percent
(100%) of the Shares subject to this Award on the effective
date of the Ownership Change Event, so long as the Participant has
not ceased to be a Service Provider prior to the effective date of
the Ownership Change Event. The vesting of any Shares and the
lapsing of the Company Reacquisition Right as to any Shares solely
by reason of this Section 4.2 shall be conditioned upon the
consummation of the Ownership Change Event.
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5. |
C OMPANY R EACQUISITION R
IGHT . |
5.1 Grant of Company
Reacquisition Right . In the event that
(a) the Participant ceases to be a Service Provider for Cause,
or the Participant voluntarily ceases to be a Service Provider
(other than death or disability (meaning the Participant’s
inability to perform the Participant’s duties for any
consecutive 90 day period in any one year period as a result of
physical or mental impairment as determined by a physician
reasonably accepted by the Company)), or (b) the Participant,
the Participant’s legal representative, or other holder of
the Shares, attempts to sell, exchange, transfer, pledge, or
otherwise dispose of (other than pursuant to an Ownership Change
Event), including, without limitation, any transfer to a nominee or
agent of the Participant, any Unvested Shares, the Company shall
automatically reacquire the Unvested Shares (the number of which
shall be determined as of the earlier to occur of either the event
described above in clause (a) or the event described above in
clause (b)), and the Participant shall not be entitled to any
payment therefor (the “ Company Reacquisition
Right ” ).
5.2 Ownership Change
Event . Upon the occurrence of an Ownership
Change Event, any and all new, substituted or additional securities
or other property to which the Participant is entitled by reason of
the Participant’s ownership of Unvested Shares shall be
immediately subject to the Company Reacquisition Right and included
in the terms “Shares,” “Stock,” and
“Unvested Shares” for all purposes of the Company
Reacquisition Right with the same force and effect as the Unvested
Shares immediately prior to the Ownership Change Event.
6.1 Tax Withholding.
At the time the Grant Notice is executed, or at any time thereafter
as requested by the Company, the Participant hereby authorizes
withholding from any amounts payable to the Participant, and
otherwise agrees to make adequate provision for, any sums required
to satisfy the federal, state, local and foreign tax withholding
obligations of the Company, if any, which arise in connection with
the Award, including, without limitation, obligations arising upon
(a) the transfer of Shares to the Participant, (b) the
lapsing of any Vesting Conditions with respect to any Shares,
(c) the filing of an election to recognize tax liability, or
(d) the transfer by the Participant of any Sha
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