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ALLIANCE DISTRIBUTORS HOLDING INC.
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Number of shares subject to Option(s): _________
Nature of Option(s): Nonstatutory
Option Price: ___________
Date of Grant: __________
Expiration Date: _________
Quarterly Vesting Percentage: _________
Certain Limitations:
If the Optionee's employment with or rendering of other
services to the Company shall terminate other than by reason
of death, such Option(s) shall thereafter be exercisable only
to the extent, if any, that the Option(s) was(were)
exercisable immediately prior to the date of such termination.
Such exercise must occur within 30 days after termination of
employment, provided that if termination is on account of
permanent disability or retirement after age 65 or as
otherwise defined by the Company in its primary retirement
program, such exercise shall be valid if made within one year
after such termination.
If the Optionee should die while in the employ of the Company
or while retained by the Company, the Option(s) shall be
exercisable only by the estate of the Optionee or by a person
who acquired the right to exercise such Option(s) by bequest
or inheritance or otherwise by reason of the death of the
Optionee. The Option(s) shall be exercisable only within the
twelve-month period next succeeding the death of the Optionee
and only to the extent, if any, that the Option(s) was(were)
exercisable immediately prior to the date of death.
In no event may Optionee at any exercise any unvested portion
of this option.
OPTIONEE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT AN ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF THE GRANT
OF THIS OPTION IS TO ENSURE THE UTMOST FIDELITY OF THE
OPTIONEE TO THE COMPANY'S INTERESTS AND THE DILIGENT
PERFORMANCE BY OPTIONEE OF ALL OF OPTIONEE'S UNDERSTANDINGS
AND COMMITMENTS TO THE COMPANY, WHETHER OR NOT LEGALLY
ENFORCEABLE. ACCORDINGLY, OPTIONEE MAY NOT EXERCISE THIS
OPTION DURING OR AFTER TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT IF EITHER (1)
THE COMPANY --IN ITS SOLE INCONTESTABLE DISCRETION -- BELIEVES
THAT OPTIONEE HAS AT ANY TIME BREACHED ANY COVENANT OR
OBLIGATION TO THE COMPANY OR UNDERSTANDING WITH THE COMPANY
,WHETHER OR NOT SUCH COVENANT OR OBLIGATION OR UNDERSTANDING
IS LEGALLY ENFORCEABLE, OR (2) THE COMPANY - IN ITS SOLE
INCONTESTABLE DISCRETION -- BELIEVES THAT OPTIONEE HAS AT ANY
TIME CONDUCTED HIMSELF OR HERSELF IN A MANNER WHICH ADVERSELY
AFFECTS OR COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE COMPANY.
Optionee will not sell any shares so long as Optionee has
material information with respect to the Company which has not
been publicly disclosed.
THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS APPLY WHETHER OR NOT THE SHARES
SUBJECT TO THIS OPTION ARE OTHERWISE VESTED. The Company may
by notice impose additional restrictions on sales of shares.
These restrictions are in addition to all vesting and other
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restrictions which are set forth herein. The Company is not
obligated to impose the same or similar restrictions on all
holders of options or warrants. These restrictions can be
waived only by a written agreement which is signed by the
Company's Chief Executive Officer and which expressly refers
to these restrictions; without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, these restrictions cannot be waived or changed by
oral or written statements by Optionee's superiors other than
the Company's Chief Executive Officer in the manner aforesaid.
Dear Optionee:
I am pleased to advise you that the Company has granted you a stock
option pursuant to the Company's 2004 Stock Plan (the "Plan"). A copy of the
plan is attached as Exhibit A.
Please sign one copy of this letter and return it to the Company to
signify your agreement.
1. Stock Option. Your option is to purchase the number of shares of our
common stock set forth above (the "Option Shares") at the Option Price set fo






