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Exhibit
10.2.3
RESTRICTED STOCK
AGREEMENT
This R
ESTRICTED S TOCK A
GREEMENT (this “Agreement”
) is made and entered into as of [DATE] between N
ET L OGIC M
ICROSYSTEMS , I NC ., a Delaware
corporation (the “Company” ), and
[GRANTEE] ( “Grantee”
).
RECITALS:
A. This Agreement authorizes
the issuance of restricted shares of common stock to retain the
services of Grantee, who was not previously an employee or director
of the Company, or following a bona fide period of non-employment
of Grantee with the Company, as an inducement material to
Grantee’s entering into employment with the Company within
the meaning of Rule 4350(i)(1)(A)(iv) of the NASD Marketplace
Rules, and to provide incentives for such persons to exert maximum
efforts for the success of the Company and its
Affiliates.
B. The shares of common stock
subject to this Agreement are being offered and issued to Grantee
pursuant to an action by such compensation committee and effective
[DATE].
N OW , T
HEREFORE , in consideration of the mutual covenants
exchanged, the parties agree as follows:
(a) Grant of Shares .
The Company agrees to issue to Grantee, and Grantee agrees to
accept from the Company, [Number of Shares] shares
(the “Shares” ) of the Company’s
common stock, par value $.01 per share (the “Common
Stock” ). All of the Shares shall be subject to the
covenants, conditions and restrictions set forth in this
Agreement.
(b) Closing and
Delivery . The issuance of the Shares shall be effective
immediately upon the action of the compensation committee of the
board of directors of the Company, subject to Grantee’s
execution of this Agreement. As soon as practicable, the issuance
of the Shares shall be recorded in book form as of the Closing Date
and shall be subject to the custody and control of the Escrow
Agent, as defined below, and after Shares vest, as provided in
Section 2(b), the Company shall direct its transfer agent to
deposit such Shares with a Company designated broker (the
“Designated Broker” ).
(c) Rights as
Stockholder . Effective as of the date of this Agreement,
Grantee shall have all of the rights or privileges of a stockholder
of the Company in respect of the Shares, including with respect to
voting such Shares and receipt of dividends and distributions on
such Shares. If any such dividends or distributions are paid in
shares of Company Common Stock, the Shares shall be subject to the
same restrictions on transferability and forfeitability as the
Shares with respect to which they were paid.
(a) Shares Subject To
Option To Reacquire . Grantee hereby grants to the Company the
option to reacquire all or part of the grant of Shares set forth in
Section 1(a) automatically upon the occurrence set forth in
subsection (c), but only to the extent such Shares have not vested
as provided in subsection (b) or subsection (d).
(b) Vesting Dates .
The Shares shall vest as follows:
[Insert Vesting
Schedule.]
Shares that have not vested
are referred to herein as “Unvested
Shares,” and Shares which have vested are referred to
herein as “Vested Shares.” All Unvested
Shares are forfeitable upon the conditions stated in
subsection (c).
(c) Occurrence Permitting
Reacquisition of Shares. The Company may reacquire all Unvested
Shares if during the term of this Agreement Grantee shall cease to
be continuously employed by the Company (including a parent or
subsidiary of the Company) or serve as a director or consultant of
the Company (including a parent or subsidiary of the Company) for
any reason, or no reason, with or without cause, including
involuntary termination, death or disability (except as provided in
(d), below). Upon the occurrence of such event, the Company shall
automatically reacquire all Unvested Shares for surrender and
cancellation by Grantee effective upon notice to Grantee and the
Escrow Agent, as defined below, or Grantee’s permitted
transferee or legal representative, as the case may be, within 90
days after the date thereof. Upon receipt of such notice, Grantee
shall (i) no longer have any rights with respect to the
Unvested Shares so surrendered and canceled, and (ii) agrees
to promptly deliver to the Company, for cancellation, all stock
certificates or other documentation evidencing such Shares within
the possession, custody or control of Grantee or any agent of
Grantee.
(d) Notwithstanding anything
in subsection (c) to the contrary in the event of
Grantee’s Involuntary Termination of employment within 12
months after the date of this Agreement the vesting of the Shares
shall be accelerated such that 50% of the total number of Shares
will so vest as of the effective date of such Involuntary
Termination. An “Involuntary Termination”
is one that occurs by reason of dismissal for any reason other than
Misconduct or of voluntary resignation following: (i) a change
in position that materially reduces the level of Grantee’s
responsibility, (ii) a material reduction in Grantee’s
base salary, or (iii) relocation by more than 50 miles from
the principal office where Grantee is located at the commencement
of employment with the Company; provided that (ii) and
(iii) will apply only if Grantee has not consented to the
change or relocation. “Misconduct” shall
mean the commission of any act of fraud, embezzlement or dishonesty
by Grantee, any unauthorized use or disclosure by such person of
confidential information or trade secrets of the Company (or any
Parent or Subsidiary), or any other intentional misconduct by such
person adversely affecting the business affairs of the Company (or
any Parent or Subsidiary) in a material manner. The foregoing
definition shall not be deemed to be inclusive of all the acts or
omissions which the Company (or any Parent or Subsidiary) may
consider as grounds for the dismissal or discharge of
Grantee.
3. Adjustments
. If, from time to time during the term of this Agreement:
(i) there is any stock dividend, distribution or dividend of
cash or property, stock split, or other change in the character or
amount of any of the outstanding securities of the Company; or
(ii) there is any consolidation, merger or sale of all, or
substantially all, of the assets of the Company; then in such
event, any and all new, substituted or additional securities, cash
or other property that Grantee receives or to which Grantee is
entitled by reason of Grantee’s ownership of the Shares shall
be immediately subject to the provisions of Section 2 and be
included in the word “Shares” for all purposes with the
same force and effect as the Shares presently subject to this
Agreement.
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Transfer Restrictions; Legends . |
(a) Until the applicable
Shares vest they shall not be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged
or hypothecated in any way (whether by operation of law or
otherwise) and shall not be subject to sale under execution,
attachment or similar process. Upon any attempt to transfer,
assign, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of this award, or
of any right or privilege conferred hereby, or upon any attempted
sale under any execution, attachment or similar process, this award
and the rights and privileges conferred hereby immediately shall
become null and void.
(b) Endorsement on
Certificates . The certificates representing the Shares subject
to this Agreement shall be endorsed with a legend substantially in
the following form:
THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY
THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
TERMS OF A RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND THE
REGISTERED HOLDER OR SUCH HOLDER’S PREDECESSOR IN INTEREST, A
COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY. THE
AGREEMENT MAY BE INSPECTED AT THE PRINCIPAL OFFICE OF THE COMPANY
DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS.
(c) Other Legends .
The certificates representing the Shares granted pursuant to this
Agreement shall also be endorsed with any other legends required by
the law or other applicable state blue sky laws.
(d) Stop-Transfer
Notices . Grantee agrees that, in order to ensure compliance
with the restrictions imposed on the Shares under this Agreement,
the Company may issue appropriate “stop transfer”
instructions to its transfer agent, if any, and that, if the
Company transfers its own securities, it may make appropriate
notations to the same effect in its own records.
(e) Refusal to
Transfer . The Company shall not be required (i) to
transfer on its books any Shares that have been sold or otherwise
transferred in violation of any of the provisions of this Agreement
or (ii) to treat as owner of such Shares or to accord the
right to vote or pay dividends to any purchaser or other transferee
to whom such Shares shall have been so transferred notwithstanding
such purchaser’s or transferee’s lack of knowledge of
such provisions.
(f) Termination of All
Restrictions . In the event the restrictions imposed by this
Agreement shall be terminated, a new certificate or certificates
representing the Shares shall be issued, on request, without the
legends referred to in Sections 4(b) and 4(c).
(g) Securities Law
Legends . Any transfer or sale of the Shares is further subject
to all restrictions on transfer imposed by state or federal
securities laws. Accordingly, it is understood and agreed that the
certificates representing the Shares shall bear any legends
required by such state or federal securities laws.
5. Consent of
Spouse/Domestic Partner . If Grantee is married on the date
of this Agreement, Grantee’s spouse or domestic partner shall
execute a Consent of Spouse/Domestic Partner in the form attached
hereto as Attachment 1 hereto (a
“Consent of Spouse” ), effective on the
date hereof. Such Consent of Spouse shall not be deemed to confer
or convey to the spouse or domestic partner any rights in the
Shares that do not otherwise exist by operation of law or
by
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agreement of the parties. If Grantee
should marry or remarry subsequent to the date of this Agreement,
Grantee shall within 30 days thereafter obtain his or her new
spouse or domestic partner’s acknowledgment of and consent to
the existence and binding effect of all restrictions contained in
this Agreement by signing a Consent of Spouse.
6. Grantee’s
Representations . Grantee hereby represents and warrants to
the Company as follows:
(a) Restricted
Securities . Grantee understands and acknowledges
that:
(i) the share certificate
representing the Shares will be stamped with the legends specified
in Section 4 hereof; and
(ii) the Company will make a
notation in its records of the aforementioned restrictions on
transfer and legends.
(b) Further Limitations on
Disposition . Without in any way limiting this or other
representations set forth above, Grantee further agrees that
Grantee shall in no event make any disposition of all or any
portion of the Shares unless and until the Shares proposed to be
transferred are no longer subject to reacquisition by the Company
pursuant to Section 2, if still applicable at the time of the
proposed transfer.
7. Escrow . As
security for Grantee’s faithful performance of the terms of
this Agreement and to ensure the availability for delivery of
Grantee’s Shares pursuant to Section 2(c), Grantee
agrees, by accepting the Offer and signing this Agreement, to
deliver to and deposit with the Company’s Corporate
Secretary, as Escrow Agent in this transaction (the
“Escrow Agent” ), two Stock Assignments
duly endorsed by Grantee and his or her spouse or domestic partner
( with date and number of Shares blank ) in the form
attached hereto as Attachment 2 (the
“Stock Assignment” ), together with the
certificate or certificates evidencing the Shares; which documents
are to be held by the Escrow Agent pursuant to the Joint Escrow
Instructions set forth in Attachment 3
(the “Joint Escrow Instructions ”
). The Joint Escrow Instructions shall be delivered to the Escrow
Agent at any closing described under this Agreement.
8. Compliance With
Income Tax Laws . Grantee authorizes the Company to
withhold in accordance with applicable law from any compensation
payable to him or her any taxes required to be withheld by federal,
state or local laws as a result of the issuance (including vesting
and sale) of the Shares to Grantee. Furthermore, in the event of
any determination that the Company has failed to withhold a sum
sufficient to pay all withholding taxes due in connection with the
issuance (including vesting and sale) of the Shares to Grantee,
Grantee agrees to pay the Company the amount of such deficiency in
cash within five days after receiving notice from the Company to do
so, whether or not Grantee is an employee of the Company at that
time.
9. Election Pursuant to
Section 83(b) of Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
. Grantee shall be responsible for filing with the Internal
Revenue Service an appropriate written notice of election pursuant
to Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, if Grantee wishes to make such an election. Grantee shall
notify the Company in writing if Grantee files such an election (a
form of which is attached hereto) within 30 days of the date of
this Agreement. The Company intends, in the event it does not
receive from Grantee evidence of such filing, to claim a tax
deduction for any amount which would otherwise be taxable to
Grantee in the absence of such an election. GRANTEE ACKNOWLEDGES
THAT IT IS GRANTEE’S SOLE
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RESPONSIBILITY AND NOT THE
COMPANY’S TO FILE TIMELY THE ELECTION UNDER
SECTION 83(b), EVEN IF GRANTEE REQUESTS THE COMPANY OR ITS
REPRESENTATIVE TO MAKE THIS FILING ON GRANTEE’S BEHALF.
GRANTEE FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT, IF HE OR SHE MAKES THE ELECTION
UNDER SECTION 83(b), THE VALUE OF THE SHARES AT THE CLOSING DATE
WILL HAVE TO BE REPORTED IN THE 83(b) ELECTION AND AS INCOME ON
GRANTEE’S 2006 FEDERAL AND STATE INCOME TAX
RETURNS.
10. Not Employment
Rights . Nothing in this Agreement shall affect in any
manner whatsoever the right or power of the Company, or a parent or
subsidiary of the Company, to terminate Grantee’s employment
relationship, for any reason, with or without cause. Grantee
understands and acknowledges that (i) his or her employment
with the Company is for an unspecified duration and constitutes
“at-will” employment, (ii) any representation to
the contrary is unauthorized and not valid unless obtained in
writing and signed by the President of the Company, and
(iii) his or her employment relationship with the Company may
be terminated at any time, with or without cause or for any or no
cause, at the option either of the Company or Grantee, with or
without notice.
11. Governing Law
. This Agreement and all acts and transactions pursuant hereto
and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto shall be
governed, and construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws
of California without giving effect to its principles of conflicts
of laws.
12. Entire
Agreement . This Agreement sets forth the entire agreement
and understanding of the parties relating to the subject matter of
this Agreement and merges all prior discussions between them. No
modification of or amendment to this Agreement, nor any waiver of
any rights under this Agreement, shall be effective unless in a
writing signed by the parties to this Agreement. The failure by
either party to enforce any of such party’s rights under this
Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of any rights of such
party in the absence of such party’s signed written
waiver.
13. Severability
. If one or more provisions of this Agreement are held to be
unenforceable under applicable law, the parties agree to
renegotiate such provision in good faith. In the event the parties
cannot reach a mutually agreeable and enforceable replacement for
such provision, (i) such provision shall be excluded from this
Agreement, (ii) the balance of the Agreement shall be
interpreted as if such provision were so excluded and
(iii) the balance of the Agreement shall be enforceable in
accordance with its terms.
14. Construction
. This Agreement is the result of negotiations between and has
been reviewed by each of the parties hereto and their respective
counsel, if any; according
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