Exhibit 10.143
STOCK OPTION AMENDMENT
AND
SPECIAL BONUS AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT is entered
into as of the day of
, 2008, by Lam Research
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
and , the holder of one or
more options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock
(the “Optionee”).
WHEREAS, the Company
previously granted to Optionee the options identified on attached
Schedule I (the “Options”) to
purchase shares of the Company’s common stock under one or
more of the Company’s stock incentive plans (each such plan,
a “Plan”).
WHEREAS, the Company and
Optionee previously memorialized the terms applicable to each of
the Options by entering into a separate stock option agreement (the
“Option Agreement”) for each such Option.
WHEREAS, in order to avoid
adverse tax consequences under section 409A of the Internal Revenue
Code, Optionee has agreed to amend the unexercised portion of each
of the Options subject to section 409A and identified as such on
Schedule I (the “Covered Portion”)
to increase the exercise price of each such Option to the fair
market value per share of the Company’s common stock on the
actual grant date determined by the Company to be applicable for
that Option.
WHEREAS, in order to
compensate Optionee for the increased exercise prices to be in
effect for the Covered Portions of the Options, the Company has
agreed to pay Optionee a special cash bonus in a dollar amount
equal to the aggregate increase in the exercise prices for the
Covered Portions of the Options listed on
Schedule I , with the actual dollar amount of
that bonus indicated as the Total Special Bonus on
Schedule I .
NOW THEREFORE, the Company
and Optionee agree as follows:
1. Increased
Exercise Price .
