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Incentive Stock Option Agreement

Stock Option Agreement

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Title: Incentive Stock Option Agreement
Governing Law: Massachusetts     Date: 5/6/2009
Industry: Regional Banks     Sector: Financial

Incentive Stock Option Agreement, Parties: enterprise bancorp inc /ma/
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Exhibit 10.2

 

ENTERPRISE BANCORP, INC.

 

Incentive Stock Option Agreement

 

This Agreement made as of this Xth day of XXXXX, 20XX by and between Enterprise Bancorp, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (the “Company”), and NAME (the “Optionee”).

 

WITNESSETH THAT:

 

WHEREAS, the Company has instituted a program entitled “Enterprise Bancorp, Inc. 2009 Stock Incentive Plan” (the “Plan”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, or the full Board of Directors, as the case may be, of the Company has authorized the grant of stock options upon the terms and conditions set forth below; and

 

WHEREAS, the Compensation Committee or the full Board of Directors, as the case may be, has authorized the grant of this stock option pursuant and subject to the terms of the Plan, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein; and

 

WHEREAS, the Compensation Committee or the full Board of Directors, as the case may be, has designated this stock option an incentive stock option in accordance with Section 5 of the Plan;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the Company and the Optionee agree as follows.

 

1.                                        Grant .  Subject to the terms of the Plan and this Agreement, the Company hereby grants to the Optionee a stock option (the “Option”) to purchase from the Company XXX shares of its common stock, $0.01 par value per share (“Stock”). This Option is intended to constitute an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.

 

2.                                        Exercise Price .  This Option may be exercised at the exercise price of $XX.XX per share of Stock, subject to adjustment as provided herein and in the Plan.

 

3.                                        Term and Exercisability of Option .  This Option shall expire on the earlier of XXXX XX, 20XX or the last day of the exercise period determined pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section 3. At any time before its expiration, this Option may be exercised to the extent set forth in the schedule attached to this Agreement as Exhibit 1, which is incorporated herein and made a part hereof by this reference, provided that:

 

(a)                                   at the time of exercise the Optionee is not in violation of any employee confidentiality, noncompetition or other agreement with the Company or a Subsidiary;

 

(b)                                  the Optionee’s employment relationship with the Company or an ISO Subsidiary (“Relationship”) must be in effect on the relevant date under the schedule set

 



 

forth at Exhibit 1 in order for any scheduled increment in the exercisable portion of the Option to become effective; and

 

(c)                                   this Option may not be exercised if three months or more have elapsed following the date of termination of the Relationship between the Optionee and the Company or a Subsidiary, except that if the Relationship terminates by reason of the Optionee’s permanent and total disability (as determined by the Compensation Committee or the full Board of Directors, as the case may be, on the basis of medical advice satisfactory to it) or death, “twelve months” shall be substituted for “three months” in this sentence.

 

4.                                        Method of Exercise .  Prior to its expiration and to the extent that the right to purchase shares of Stock has vested hereunder, this Option may be exercised from time to time by written notice to the Company, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 2, stating the number of shares with respect to which this Option is being exercised and accompanied by either (a) payment in full of the exercise price for the number of shares to be delivered, by means of payment acceptable to the Company in accordance with Section 5(c) of the Plan, or (b) a description of a “cashless exercise” procedure and such other documents and undertakings as are necessary to satisfy that procedure. As soon as practicable after its receipt of such notice, the Company shall, without transfer or issue tax to the Optionee (or other person entitled to exercise this Option), deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Optionee (or other person entitled to exercise this Option), at the principal executive offices of the Company or such other place as shall be mutually acceptable, a stock certificate or certificates for such shares out of theretofore authorized but unissued shares or reacquired shares of its Stock as the Company may elect; provided, however, that the time of such delivery may be postponed by the Company for such period as may be required for it with reasonable diligence to comply with any applicable requirements of law. If and to the extent that the Company also provides to its shareholders generally a means to hold title to shares on a noncertificated basis, then any shares to be issued to the Optionee upon the exercise of this Option may be issued on such a noncertificated basis if mutually agreed upon by the Company and the Optionee and otherwise permissible under applicable law and the rules of any applicable stock exchange. Payment of the exercise price may be made in cash or cash equivalents or, in accordance with the terms and conditions of Section 5(c) of the Plan, in whole or in part in shares of Common Stock of the Company; provided, however, that the Compensation Committee or the full Board of Directors, as the case may be, reserves the right upon receipt of any written notice of exercise from the Optionee to require payment in cash with respect to the shares contemplated in such notice; and provided, further, that the Optionee may not make payment in shares of Stock that he acquired upon the earlier exercise of any incentive stock option, unless he has held the shares until at least two years after the date the incentive stock option was granted and at least one year after the date the incentive stock option was exercised. If the Optionee (or other person entitled to exercise this Option) fails to pay for and accept delivery of all of the shares specified in such notice upon tender of delivery thereof, his right to exercise this Option with respect to such shares not paid for may be terminated by the Company.

 

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Notwithstanding any of the foregoing to the contrary, if the Company has established, for itself or using the services of a third party, an automated system for the exercise of stock options th


 
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