Exhibit 10.34
MATERIAL TECHNOLOGIES,
INC.
INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION
AGREEMENT
THIS INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT is made
and entered into as of this 23rd day of May, 2008, by and between
Material Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(“Company”), and Robert M. Bernstein (referred to
herein as the “Optionee”), with reference to the
following recitals of facts:
WHEREAS, the Board has authorized the granting
to Optionee of an incentive stock option (“Option”) to
purchase shares of common stock of the Company (the
“Shares”) upon the terms and conditions hereinafter
stated; and
WHEREAS, the Board and stockholders of the
Company have heretofore adopted a 2008 Incentive and Nonstatutory
Stock Option Plan, as amended (the “Plan”), pursuant to
which this Option is being granted;
WHEREAS, it is the intention of the parties that
this Option be an Incentive Stock Option (a “Qualified Stock
Option”);
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
covenants herein set forth, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
1.
Shares; Price. The Company hereby grants to
Optionee the right to purchase, upon and subject to the terms and
conditions herein stated, 300,000,000 Shares for cash (or other
consideration acceptable to the Board of Directors of the Company,
in their sole and absolute discretion) at the price of $0.005082
per Share, such price being not less than the fair market value per
share of the Shares covered by these Options as of the date hereof
and as determined by the Board of Directors of the
Company.
2.
Term of Option; Continuation of Employment . This
Option shall expire, and all rights hereunder to purchase the
Shares shall terminate, ten years from the date
hereof. This Option shall earlier terminate as set forth
in Paragraphs 5 and 6 hereof. Nothing contained herein
shall be construed to interfere in any way with the right of the
Company to terminate the employment or engagement, as applicable,
of Optionee or to increase or decrease the compensation of Optionee
from the rate in existence at the date hereof.
3.
Vesting of Option . Subject to the provisions of
Paragraphs 5 and 6 hereof, this Option shall vest and become
exercisable during the term of Optionee's employment or engagement
in whole or in part beginning on the date of this
Agreement.
4.
Exercise . In order to exercise this Option with
respect to all or any part of the Shares for which this Option is
at the time exercisable, Optionee must take the following
actions:
(a) Execute
and deliver to the Company a written notice of exercise stating the
number of Shares being purchased (in whole shares only) and such
other information set forth on the form of Notice of Exercise
attached hereto as Appendix A; and
(b) Pay
the aggregate Exercise Price for the purchased shares in one or
more of the following forms:
(i)
Cash or check made payable to the Company; or
(ii) A
promissory note payable to the Company, but only to the extent
authorized by the Company.
Should the Common Stock be registered under
Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
“Exchange Act”) at the time the Option is exercised,
then the Exercise Price may also be paid as follows:
(iii) In
shares of Common Stock held by Optionee for the requisite period
necessary to avoid a charge to the Company’s earnings for
financial reporting purposes and valued at Fair Market Value on the
Exercise Date; or
(iv) To
the extent the Option is exercised for vested Shares, through a
special sale and remittance procedure pursuant to which Optionee
shall concurrently provide irrevocable instructions (a) to a
Company-approved brokerage firm to effect the immediate sale of the
purchased shares and remit to the Company, out of the sale proceeds
available on the settlement date, sufficient funds to cover the
aggregate Exercise Price payable for the purchased shares plus all
applicable Federal, State and local income and employment taxes
required to be withheld by the Company by reason of such exercise;
and (b) to the Company to deliver the certificates for the
purchased shares directly to such brokerage firm in order to
complete the sale (a “cashless exercise
transaction”).
(v) Notwithstanding
any provisions herein to the contrary, if the Fair Market Value of
one share of the Company’s Common Stock is greater than the
Exercise Price (at the date of calculation as set forth below), in
lieu of exercising this Option by payment of cash, the Optionee may
elect to receive shares equal to the value (as determined below) of
this Option (or the portion thereof being canceled) by surrender of
this Option at the principal office of the Company together with
the properly endorsed Notice of Exercise in which event the Company
shall issue to the Optionee a number of shares of Common Stock
computed using the following formula (a “net issuance
transaction”):
Where X
= the
number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the
Optionee
Y
= the number
of shares of Common Stock purchasable under the Option or, if only
a portion of the Option is being exercised, the portion of the
Option being canceled (at the date of such calculation)
A
= the Fair
Market Value of one share of the Company’s Common Stock (at
the date of such calculation)
B
=
Exercise Price (as adjusted to the date of such
calculation)
For purposes of Rule 144 and sub-section
(d)(3)(ii) thereof, it is intended, understood and acknowledged
that the Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Option in a
net issuance transaction shall be deemed to have been acquired at
the time this Option was issued. Moreover, it is
intended, understood and acknowledged that the holding period for
the Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Option in a net
issuance transaction shall be deemed to have commenced on the date
this Option was issued.
(c) Execute
and deliver to the Company such written representations as may be
requested by the Company in order for it to comply with the
applicable requirements of Federal and State securities
laws.
(d) Make
appropriate arrangements with the Company (or Parent or
Subsidiary employing or retaining Optionee) for
the satisfaction of all Federal, State and local income and
employment tax withholding requirements applicable to the Option
exercise, if any.
(e)
If requested, execute and deliver to the Company a written
statement as provided for in Paragraph 11 hereof.
5.
Termination of Employment or Engagement
. If Optionee shall cease to serve as an employee of the
Company for any reason, whether voluntarily or involuntarily,
Optionee shall have the right, during the remaining term of the
Option, to exercise in whole or in part this Option to the extent,
but only to the extent, that this Option was exercisable as of the
last day of employment, and had not previously been exercised. The
Option may be exercised only with respect to installments that the
Optionee could have exercised at the date of termination of
employment.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, all rights under this Option shall expire in any event on
the date specified in Paragraph 2 hereof.
6.
Death of Optionee . If the
Optionee shall die while an employee of the Company,
Optionee’s personal representative or the person entitled to
Optionee’s rights hereunder may at any time during the
remaining term of this Option, exercise this Option and purchase
Shares to the extent, but only to the extent, that Optionee could
have exercised this Option as of the date of Optionee’s
death; provided, in any case, that this Option may be so exercised
only to the extent that this option has not previously been
exercised by Optionee.
7.
No Rights as Stockholder . Optionee
shall have no rights as a stockholder with respect to the Shares
covered by any installment of this Option until the date of the
issuance of a stock certificate to Optionee, and no adjustment will
be made for dividends or other rights for which the record date is
prior to the dat