Exhibit 10.7
NATURE VISION, INC.
INCENTIVE OPTION AGREEMENT
This
incentive option agreement (this “ Agreement ”)
among Nature Vision, Inc., f/k/a Photo Control Corporation, a
Minnesota corporation (the “ Company ”) and
Jeffrey P. Zernov (the “ Optionee ”), takes
effect on August 31, 2004, (the “ Grant Date ”).
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company
hereby grants to the Optionee an option (the “ Option
”) under the Company’s 2004 Stock Incentive Plan (the
“ Plan ”) to purchase 87,206 shares of Common
Stock (the “ Shares ”).
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Incentive Stock
Option . The Option shall
be an Incentive Stock Option, as that term is used and defined in
the Plan.
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Purchase Price
. The purchase price of the Shares
shall be $0.89 per Share, which is not less than the Fair Market
Value of the Shares as of the Grant Date.
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Period of Exercise
. The Option will expire on the May
25, 2008, (the “Expiration Date”). The Option may be
exercised only while the Optionee is actively engaged in providing
services to the Company as an Eligible Employee and as otherwise
provided in Section 6 of this Agreement.
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Vesting Schedule
. 87,206 Shares will vest and may be
purchased in accordance with the terms of this Agreement on the
Grant Date.
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Transferability
. The Option is not transferable
except by will or the laws of descent and distribution and may only
be exercised during the lifetime of the Optionee by the
Optionee.
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Termination of
Services. Except as
otherwise agreed to by the Company and the Optionee in writing, in
the event that the Optionee ceases to provide services to the
Company as an Eligible Employee, the Optionee may purchase Shares
which have vested under Section 4 in the three months following the
date of the termination, subject to the following:
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(a)
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If the Optionee’s
employment was terminated due to the Optionee’s Retirement or
Total Disability, the Optionee may purchase Shares which have
vested under Section 4 in the 12 months following the date of the
termination.
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(b)
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If the Optionee dies, the Option
may be exercised (to the extent exercisable by the Optionee at the
date of death) by the legal representative of the Optionee or by a
person who acquired the right to exercise the Option by bequest or
inheritance or by reason of the death of the Optionee, but the
Option must be exercised within one year after the date of the
Optionee’s death.
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(c)
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If the Optionee’s
employment was terminated by the Company for cause, as determined
by the Administrator in his, her or its sole discretion, the Option
and all of the Optionee’s rights under this Agreement shall
terminate immediately.
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(d)
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, in
no event may any Shares be purchased after the Expiration
Date.
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Right to Terminate
. Nothing in the Option or in any
agreement entered into pursuant to the Option will interfere with
or limit in any way the right of the Company to terminate the
employment or service of any Eligible Employee at any time, nor
confer upon any Eligible Employee any right to continue in the
employ or service of the Company.
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No Rights of
Shareholders . The
Optionee does not have any dividend rights, voting rights or other
rights or privileges of a shareholder with respect to any Shares
covered by the Option until the date of issuance of a stock
certificate for such Shares. No adjustment shall be made for cash
dividends or other rights for which
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the record date is before the
date of such an issuance, except as expressly provided in the
Plan.
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Method of Exercise
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(a)
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The Option may be exercised and
Shares may be purchased by the Optionee’s delivery of written
notice to the Company in the form attached to this Agreement as
Exhibit A (each, an “ Exercise Notice ”).
Each Exercise Notice must be accompanied by (i) payment of the full
purchase price of the Shares to be purchased, in such form or
combination of forms as described in this Section 9, and, if
applicable, (ii) proof of the right to exercise the Option and
purchase Shares if the exercise and purchase are pursuant to the
terms described in Sections 6(a) and (b) of this
Agreement.
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(b)
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As soon as practicable after the
Administrator has concluded, in his, her or its sole and absolute
discretion that the Optionee has fully satisfied the conditions
described in Section 9(a) (and if applicable Section 12), the
Company will cause the number of such Shares so exercised under the
Option to be issued and will deliver certificates representing the
number of such Shares, registered in the name of the Optionee or
other such person designated by the Optionee’s Beneficiary if
the Option was exercised in accordance with Section
6(b).
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(c)
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When exercising the Option and
purchasing Shares, the Optionee may m
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