PANSOFT COMPANY
LIMITED
FORM OF STOCK OPTION
AGREEMENT
RECITALS
A. The Board has
adopted the Plan for the purpose of retaining the services of
selected Employees, non-employee members of the Board or of the
board of directors of any Parent or Subsidiary and consultants and
other independent advisors who provide services to the Corporation
(or any Parent or Subsidiary).
B. Optionee is to
render valuable services to the Corporation (or a Parent or
Subsidiary), and this Agreement is executed pursuant to, and is
intended to carry out the purposes of, the Plan in connection with
the Corporation’s grant of an option to Optionee.
C. All capitalized
terms in this Agreement shall have the meaning assigned to them in
the attached Appendix.
NOW, THEREFORE , it is hereby agreed as follows:
1. Grant of
Option . The Corporation hereby grants to
Optionee, as of the Grant Date, an option to purchase up to the
number of Option Shares specified in the Grant
Notice. The Option Shares shall be purchasable from time
to time during the option term specified in Paragraph 3 at the
Exercise Price.
2. Shareholder Approval
. This option shall not become exercisable with respect
to any Option Shares unless shareholder approval of the Plan is
obtained on or before __________, 2009. In the event
shareholder approval of the Plan is not obtained on or before July
1, 2009, this option shall terminate and cease to be
outstanding.
3. Option Term
. This option shall have a maximum term of five (5)
years measured from the Grant Date and shall accordingly expire at
the close of business on the Expiration Date, unless sooner
terminated in accordance with Paragraph 6 or 7.
4. Limited
Transferability . This option shall be neither
transferable nor assignable by Optionee other than by will or by
the laws of descent and distribution following Optionee’s
death and may be exercised, during Optionee’s lifetime, only
by Optionee. However, if this option is designated a
Non-Statutory Option in the Grant Notice, then this option may, in
connection with the Optionee’s estate plan, be assigned in
whole or in part during Optionee’s lifetime to one or more
members of the Optionee’s immediate family or to a trust
established for the exclusive benefit of Optionee and/or one or
more such family members. The assigned portion shall be
exercisable only by the person or persons who acquire a proprietary
interest in the option pursuant to such assignment. The
terms applicable to the assigned portion shall be the same as those
in effect for this option immediately prior to such
assignment.
5. Dates of
Exercise . Subject to Paragraphs 2 and 11, this
option shall become exercisable for the Option Shares in one or
more installments as specified in the Grant Notice. As
the option becomes exercisable for such installments, those
installments shall accumulate, and the option shall remain
exercisable for the accumulated installments until the Expiration
Date or sooner termination of the option term under Paragraph 6 or
7.
6. Cessation of
Service/Termination of Option . The option term
specified in Paragraph 2 shall terminate (and this option shall
cease to be outstanding) prior to the Expiration Date should any of
the following provisions become applicable:
(a) Should Optionee
cease to remain in Service for any reason (other than death,
Permanent Disability or Misconduct) while holding this option, then
Optionee shall have a period of three (3) months (commencing with
the date of such cessation of Service) during which to exercise
this option, but in no event shall this option be exercisable at
any time after the Expiration Date.
(b) Should Optionee
die while holding this option, then the personal representative of
Optionee’s estate or the person or persons to whom the option
is transferred pursuant to Optionee’s will or in accordance
with the laws of inheritance shall have the right to exercise this
option. Such right shall lapse, and this option shall
cease to be outstanding, upon the earlier of (i) the
expiration of the twelve (12)-month period measured from the date
of Optionee’s death or (ii) the Expiration
Date.
(c) Should Optionee
cease Service by reason of Permanent Disability while holding this
option, then Optionee shall have a period of twelve (12)
months (commencing with the date of such cessation of Service)
during which to exercise this option. In no event shall
this option be exercisable at any time after the Expiration
Date.
(d) The applicable
post-Service exercise period in effect for this option pursuant to
the foregoing provisions of this Paragraph 6 shall automatically be
extended by an additional period of time equal in duration to any
interval within that otherwise applicable post-Service exercise
period during which the exercise of this option or the immediate
sale of the Option Shares acquired hereunder cannot be effected in
compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws, but
in no event shall such an extension result in the continuation of
this option beyond the Expiration Date.
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(e) During the limited
period of post-Service exercisability, this option may not be
exercised in the aggregate for more than the number of vested
Option Shares for which the option is exercisable at the time of
Optionee’s cessation of Service. Upon the
expiration of such limited exercise period or (if earlier) upon the
Expiration Date, this option shall terminate and cease to be
outstanding for any vested Option Shares for which the option has
not been exercised. However, this option shall,
immediately upon Optionee’s cessation of Service for any
reason, terminate and cease to be outstanding with respect to any
Option Shares in which Optionee is not otherwise at that time
vested or for which this option is not otherwise at that time
exercisable.
(f) Should
Optionee’s Service be terminated for Misconduct, or should
Optionee engage in Misconduct at any time Optionee holds this
option, then this option shall terminate immediately and cease to
remain outstanding.
7. Special
Acceleration of Option .
(a) This option to the
extent outstanding at the time of a Change in Control but not
otherwise fully exercisable, shall not become
exercisable on an accelerated basis if and to the extent:
(i) this option is, in connection with the Change in Control,
to be assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) or
otherwise continued in full force and effect pursuant to the terms
of the Change in Control transaction or (ii) this option is to be
replaced with a cash incentive program of the successor corporation
which preserves the spread existing at the time of the Change in
Control on the Option Shares for which this option is not otherwise
at that time exercisable (the excess of the Fair Market Value of
those Option Shares over the aggregate Exercise Price payable for
such shares) and provides for subsequent payout of that spread in
accordance with the same option exercise/vesting schedule set forth
in the Grant Notice. However, if none of the foregoing
conditions apply to this option at the time of Change in Control,
then this option shall automatically accelerate so that such option
shall, immediately prior to the effective date of that Change in
Control, become exercisable for all the shares of Common Stock at
the time subject to this option and may be exercised for any or all
of those shares as fully vested shares of Common Stock.
(b) Immediately
following the Change in Control, this option shall terminate and
cease to be outstanding, except to the extent this option is
assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) in
connection with the Change in Control or is otherwise to continue
in full force and effect pursuant to the terms of the Change in
Control transaction.
(c) If this option is
assumed in connection with a Change in Control or is otherwise to
continue in full force and effect, then this option shall be
appropriately adjusted, immediately after such Change in Control,
to apply to the number and class of securities which would have
been issuable to Optionee in consummation of such Change in Control
had the option been exercised immediately prior to such Change in
Control, and appropriate adjustments shall also be made to the
Exercise Price, provided the aggregate Exercise Price shall
remain the same. To the extent the actual holders of the
Corporation’s outstanding Common Stock receive cash
consideration for their Common Stock in consummation of the Change
in Control transaction, the successor corporation may, in
connection with the assumption or continuation of this option,
substitute one or more shares of its own common stock with a fair
market value equivalent to the cash consideration paid per share of
Common Stock in such Change in Control transaction.
(d) This Agreement
shall not in any way affect the right of the Corporation to adjust,
reclassify, reorganize or otherwise change its capital or business
structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or
transfer all or any part of its business or assets.
8. Adjustment
in Option Shares . Should any change be made to
the Common Stock by reason of any stock split, stock dividend,
recapitalization, combination of shares, exchange of shares or
other change affecting the outstanding Common Stock as a class
without the Corporation’s receipt of consideration,
appropriate adjustments shall be made to (i) the total number
and/or class of securities subject to this option and (ii) the
Exercise Price in order to reflect such change and thereby preclude
a dilution or enlargement of benefits hereunder.
9. Shareholder
Rights . The holder of this option shall not have any
shareholder rights by reason of this option.
10. Manner of
Exercising Option .
(a) In order to
exercise this option with respect to all or any part of the Option
Shares for which this option is at the time exercisable, Optionee
(or any other person or persons exercising the option) must take
the following actions:
(i) Execute and
deliver to the Corporation a Notice of Exercise for the Option
Shares for which the option is exercised.
(ii) Provide
irrevocable instructions (I) to a Corporation-designated brokerage
firm to effect the immediate sale of all the purchased shares and
(II) to the Corporation to deliver the certificates for the
purchased shares directly to such brokerage firm in order to
complete the sale transaction. The broker shall remit to
the Corporation sufficient funds to cover the aggregate Exercise
Price payable for the purchased shares plus all applicable income
tax, social insurance, payroll tax, contributions, payment on
account obligations or other payments (“Taxes”)
required to be withheld by the Corporation by reason of such
exercise. All remaining proceeds shall be paid in cash
to Optionee in accordance with the Corporation’s procedures
and applicable law and regulations. The sale of the
purchased shares shall be effected in accordance with the
procedures established by the Corporation and the brokerage
firm.