Exhibit 10.15
ALMOST FAMILY,
INC.
2007 STOCK AND INCENTIVE
COMPENSATION PLAN
FORM OF STOCK OPTION
AGREEMENT
This is a STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
(the "Agreement") dated as of _______________, (the "Grant
Date") by and between Almost Family, Inc. (the "Company"), and
_________(the "Optionee").
Recitals
A. The Board of Directors of the Company (the
"Board") adopted the Almost Family, Inc. 2007 Stock and Incentive
Compensation Plan (the "Plan") on May 25, 2007, and the Plan was
approved by the Company’s shareholders on July 27,
2007.
B. The
Compensation Committee of the Board (the “Committee”)
has determined that it is in the best interests of the Company and
appropriate to the stated purposes of the Plan that the Company
grant to the Optionee an option to purchase shares of the
Company’s common stock ("Shares") pursuant and subject to the
terms, definitions, and conditions of the Plan, in the form of a
nonqualified option that is exempt from Code Section
409A.
C. Any
capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the
respective meanings given them in the Plan, a copy of which is
attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein in its
entirety.
NOW, THEREFORE,
the Company and the Optionee do
hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1 –
GRANT OF
OPTION
Subject to the terms and conditions
of this Agreement, the Company hereby grants to the Optionee an
option (the "Option") to purchase all or any part from time to time
of Shares as set forth below:
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TYPE OF OPTION
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NUMBER OF SHARES
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Nonqualified Stock
Options
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SECTION 2 –
OPTION
PRICE
The Option Price hereunder is
$______ per Share, which is not less than 100% of the Fair Market
Value of a Share on the Grant Date.
SECTION 3 –
DURATION OF
OPTION
The Option shall become exercisable
(vested) with respect to ____% [describe vesting schedule] of the
Option Shares granted on the first annual anniversary of the Grant
Date, and with respect to an additional ____% of the Option Shares
granted on each of the ________ annual anniversaries. Once
exercisable with respect to a number of Shares, the Option shall
remain exercisable with respect to that number of Shares (subject
to reduction for exercise) until the tenth anniversary of the Grant
Date, subject to such shorter period as might apply under Sections
6 and 8 of this Agreement. The Optionee’s unexercised right
to purchase shares of Option Stock shall cumulate and carry-over to
subsequent twelve-month periods.
SECTION 4 –
EXERCISE OF
OPTION
During the Option Period, the
Optionee may exercise the Option upon compliance with the following
additional terms:
(a)
Method of Exercise . The Optionee shall exercise portions of
the Option by written notice, which shall:
(i) state
the election to exercise the Option, the number of Shares in
respect of which it is being exercised, and the Optionee’s
address and Social Security Number;
(ii) contain
such representations and agreements, if any, as the Company’s
Board or the Committee may require concerning the holder’s
investment intent regarding such Shares;
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(iii)
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be signed by the Optionee;
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(iv) be in
writing and delivered in person or by certified mail to the
Chairman of the Committee.
(b)
Payment Upon Exercise of Option . Payment of the full Option
Price for Shares upon which the Option is exercised, plus any
income and employment tax withholding (if applicable), shall
accompany the written notice of exercise described above. Payment
may be made (i) in cash; (ii) by personal check; (iii) by transfer
of other Shares which (A) in the case of Shares acquired from the
Company, have been owned by the Optionee for more than six months
on the date of surrender, and (B) have a Fair Market Value on the
date of surrender equal to the aggregate exercise price of the
Shares with respect to which the Option or portion thereof is being
exercised; or (iv) by surrender of Shares issuable upon the
exercise of the Option having a Fair Market Value on the date of
exercise equal to the aggregate exercise price of the shares with
respect to which the Option or portion thereof is being exercised.
The Company shall cause to be issued and delivered to the Optionee
the certificate(s) representing such Shares as soon as practicable
following the receipt of notice and payment described
above.
SECTION 5 –
NONTRANSFERABILITY OF
OPTION
The Option shall not be transferable
or assignable by the Optionee, except that Optionee can transfer
the Option to a Permitted Transferee under Section 14.14 of the
Plan. Upon any such transfer, the Permitted Transferee will be
deemed the Optionee for purposes of exercise herunder, subject to
applicable tax rules. The Option shall be exercisable, during the
Optionee’s lifetime, only by him. The Option shall not be
pledged or hypothecated in any way, and shall not be subject to
execution, attachment, or similar process. Any attempted transfer,
assignment, pledge, hypothecation, or other disposition of the
Option contrary to the provisions hereof, and the levy of any
process upon the Option, shall be null, void, and without
effect.
SECTION 6 –
EFFECT OF AMENDMENT,
SUSPENSION,
OR TERMINATION OF EXISTING
OPTIONS
The Board can amend or terminate the
Plan at any time, and the Committee may amend your Option
Agreement, but no amendment, suspension, or termination of the Plan
will impair your Option without your consent, subject to the
Company's right to fully vest and accelerate your option in the
event of a Change in Control.
SECTION 7 –
RESTRICTIONS ON ISSUING
SHARES
Shares shall not be issued pursuant
to the exercise of the Option unless the issuance and
transferability of the Shares shall comply with all relevant
provisions of law, including, but not limited to, the (i)
limitations, if any, imposed by applicable state law, and (ii)
restrictions, if any, imposed by the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission. The Committee may, in its
discretion, determine if such restrictions or such issuance of
shares so complies with all relevant provisions of law.
SECTION 8 –
EXERCISE AFTER TERMINATION OF
SERVICE
After an Optionee’s
Termination of Service due to death, Disability or Retirement on or
after age 65, an Option may be exercised only with respect to the
number of Shares which the Optionee could have acquired by an
exercise of the Option immediately before the Termination of
Service, but in no event after the expiration date of the Option as
specified in Section 3. The right to exercise will expire at the
earlier of the expiration of the Option Period or one year after
the Employee’s death, Disability, or Retirement. 1
Any Option exercised under this Section may be exercised by the
legal representative of the estate of the Employee or by the person
or persons
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1
Where an Optionee has received
Incentive Stock Options and terminates service due to Retirement,
the right to exercise will expire three months after the Optionee's
Retirement; provided, however, if an Incentive Stock Option is not
exercised after three months, it will remain exercisable for the
longer period allowed for Retirement (one year) as if it were a
Nonqualified Stock Option and will be a Nonqualified Stock Option
when exercised
who acquire the right to exercise
such Option by bequest or inheritance. Ifthe Committee determines
in the particular case that there was Cause for Termination of
Service, the right to exercise the Option shall immediately
terminate upon Termination of Service. Absent death, Disability,
Retirement, or a finding of Cause, the Option shall remain
exercisable for the shorter of the Option Period or three months
following Termination of Service.
For purposes of this Agreement,
“Cause” shall mean the Optionee’s
(i) willful failure to perform such Optionee’s
reasonably assigned duties; (ii) repeated gross negligence in
performing such Optionee’s duties; (iii) illegal conduct
in performing such Optionee’s duties; (iv) willful actions
contrary to the Company’s interest; (v) repeated refusal to
comply with the reasonable and lawful instructions of management of
the Company or a Subsidiary; or (vi) violation of the obligations
imposed on the Optionee under any confidentiality or solicitation
covenants to which the Optionee is bound under the terms of this
Agreement or otherwise.
SECTION 9 –
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Optionee acknowledges receipt
contemporaneously herewith of a copy of the Plan, and the Optionee
accepts the Option subject to all the terms and provisions of the
Plan. Any capitalized term used herein and not otherwise defined
shall have the meaning given in the Plan. The Optionee acknowledges
that nothing contained in the Plan or this Agreement shall (i)
confer upon the Optionee any additional rights to continued
employment by the Company, or any corporation related to the
Company; or (ii) interfere in any way with the right of the Company
to terminate the Optionee’s employment or change the
Optionee’s compensation at any time.
SECTION 10 –
TERM OF
AGREEMENT
This Agreement shall terminate upon
the earlier of (i) complete exercise or termination of the Option;
(ii) mutual agreement of the parties; or (iii) expiration of
the Option Period.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
the parties have executed and
delivered this Agreement as of the date set forth in the preamble
hereto, but actually on the dates set forth below.
ALMOST FAMILY, INC.
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By
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Optionee
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William B. Yarmuth
Chairman of the Board,
President & Chief Executive
Officer
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ALMOST FAMILY,
INC.
2007 STOCK AND INCENTIVE
COMPENSATION PLAN
FORM OF STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
FOR NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS
This is a STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
(the "Agreement") dated as of