Exhibit 10.07
TELETECH HOLDINGS, INC.
NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
(Vice President and above)
THIS NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION
AGREEMENT (the “ Agreement ”) is entered into
between TELETECH HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation (“
TeleTech ”), and
(“ Optionee ”), as of
(the “ Grant Date ”). In consideration of the
mutual promises and covenants made herein, the parties hereby agree
as follows:
1. Grant of Option .
Subject to the terms and conditions of the TeleTech Holdings, Inc.
1999 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, as amended (the “
Plan ”), a copy of which is attached hereto and
incorporated herein by this reference, TeleTech grants to Optionee
an option (the “ Option ”) to purchase
shares (the “ Shares ”) of TeleTech’s
common stock, $0.01 par value (the “ Common Stock
”), at a price equal to US $
per share (the “ Option Price ”). The Option
Price has been determined by the Compensation Committee of the
Board of Directors of TeleTech (the “ Committee
”), acting in good faith, to be the fair market value of the
Common Stock on the Grant Date based upon the last sale
price for Common Stock reported by The Nasdaq Stock Market,
Inc. as of the close of business on the Grant Date.
The Option is not intended to qualify
as an incentive stock option described in Section 422 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code
”). All provisions of this Agreement are to be construed in
conformity with this intention.
2. Term: Option Rights .
Except as provided below, the Option shall be valid for a term
commencing on the Grant Date and ending 10 years after the
Grant Date (the “ Expiration Date ”).
(a)
Rights Upon Termination of Employment . If Optionee ceases
to be employed by TeleTech or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates
(collectively, the “ Subsidiaries ”) for any
reason other than (i) for “Cause” (as defined
herein), (ii) Optionee’s death, or
(iii) Optionee’s mental, physical or emotional
disability or condition (a “ Disability ”), any
then vested portion of the Option shall be exercisable at any time
prior to the earlier of the Expiration Date or the date
90 days after the date of termination of Optionee’s
employment.
(b)
Rights Upon Termination For Cause . If Optionee’s
employment with TeleTech and/or its Subsidiaries is terminated for
Cause, the Option shall be immediately cancelled, no portion of the
Option may be exercised thereafter and Optionee shall forfeit all
rights to the Option. The term “Cause” shall have the
meaning given to such term or to the term “For Cause”
or other similar phrase in Optionee’s Employment Agreement
with TeleTech or any Subsidiary; provided, however, that
(i) if at any time Optionee’s employment with TeleTech
or any Subsidiary is not governed by an employment agreement or if
such employment agreement does not define “Cause,” then
the term “Cause” shall have the meaning given to such
term in the Plan, and (ii) ”Cause” shall exclude
Optionee’s death or Disability.
(c)
Rights Upon Optionee’s Death or Disability . If
Optionee’s employment with TeleTech and/or its Subsidiaries
is terminated as a result of (i) Optionee’s death, any
then vested portion of the Option may be exercised at any time
prior to the earlier of the Expiration Date or the date
180 days after the date of Optionee’s death, or
(ii) Optionee’s Disability, any then vested portion of
the Option may be exercised at any time prior to the earlier of the
Expiration Date or the date 180 days after the date of
Optionee’s Termination Date as a result of Optionee’s
Disability.
3. Vesting . The Option
may only be exercised to the extent vested. Any vested portion of
the Option may be exercised at any time in whole or from time to
time in part. The Option shall vest according to the following
schedule and may be accelerated in accordance with Section 3A
below (each date set forth below, a “ Vesting Date
”):
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Optionee
must be employed by TeleTech or any Subsidiary on any Vesting Date,
in order to vest in the portion of the Option set forth in the
chart above that vests on such Vesting Date. No portion of the
Option shall vest between Vesting Dates; if Optionee ceases to be
employed by TeleTech or any Subsidiary for any reason, then any
portion of the Option that is scheduled to vest on any Vesting Date
after the date Optionee’s employment is terminated
automatically shall be forfeited as of the termination of
employment.
3A.
Vesting Following a Change in Control .
(a)
Accelerated Vesting . Notwithstanding the vesting schedule
contained in Section 3,
(i)
upon a Change in Control (as hereinafter defined), any unvested
portion of the Option that is scheduled to vest (pursuant to
Section 3) within 24 months following the date the Change
of Control becomes effective shall vest and become immediately
exercisable as of the effective date of the Change of Control, with
the remainder of the unvested portion of the Option vesting
pursuant to Section 3, as accelerated by this Section 3A
and clarified by the following example:
For example,
assume that on June 1, 2002 an optionee was granted an option
to acquire 10,000 shares of Common Stock, which option vests over
five years, pro rata, on each anniversary of the grant date. On
June 5, 2003, a Change of Control is consummated. As of
June 5, 2003, the optionee will be fully vested in the option
with respect to 6,000 shares (i.e., the 2002 shares that vested on
June 1, 2003, plus an additional 4,000 shares that vested upon
the change of control on June 5, 2003 in accordance with the
accelerated vesting provisions of this Section 3A ).
The remaining unvested portion of the option would vest (assuming
all other conditions to vesting are satisfied) with respect to the
remaining 4,000 shares on each of June 1, 2004 (2,000 shares)
and June 2, 2005 (2,000 shares).
(ii)
if Optionee’s employment with TeleTech or any Subsidiary is
terminated within 24 months following a Change in Control, then the
entire amount of the Option shall become 100% vested and
immediately exercisable as of Optionee’s Termination Date (as
defined herein); provided , however , that the
accelerated vesting described in the foregoing clause
(ii) shall not apply if Optionee’s employment with
TeleTech is terminated (A) by Optionee for any reason other
than for “Good Reason” (as defined herein), or
(B) by TeleTech for “Cause” (as defined
herein).
(b)
Definition of “Change in Control” . For purposes
of this Agreement, “ Change in Control ” means
the occurrence of any one of the following events:
(i)
any consolidation, merger or other similar transaction
(A) involving TeleTech, if TeleTech is not the continuing or
surviving corporation, or (B) which contemplates that all or
substantially all of the business and/or assets of TeleTech will be
controlled by another corporation;
(ii)
any sale, lease, exchange or transfer (in one transaction or series
of related transactions) of all or substantially all of the assets
of TeleTech (a “ Disposition ”); provided
, however , that the foregoing shall not apply to any
Disposition to a corporation with respect to which, following such
Disposition, more than 51% of the combined voting power of the then
outstanding voting securities of such corporation is
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