Exhibit 10.10
AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
Performance Vesting Option
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), made by and between Dell Technologies Inc., a Delaware corporation formerly known as Denali Holding Inc. (the “Company”), and (the “Optionee”), is amended and restated effective as of the Merger Closing. The Agreement was originally effective as of , 2013 (the “Grant Date”) and was amended on each of July 14, 2014, and October 5, 2015 (such immediate predecessor agreement, after giving effect to such previous amendments, the “Original Agreement”). Any capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Dell Technologies Inc. 2013 Stock Incentive Plan, as modified or amended from time to time (the “Plan”).
WHEREAS, as an incentive for the Optionee’s efforts during the Optionee’s Employment with the Company and its Affiliates, the Company wishes to afford the Optionee the opportunity to purchase a number of shares of Class C Common Stock (“Shares”), pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Plan;
WHEREAS, the Company wishes to carry out the Plan, the terms of which are hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of this Agreement, pursuant to which the Committee has instructed the undersigned officer to issue the Stock Award described below;
WHEREAS, the Optionee was granted an option to purchase Shares;
WHEREAS, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 1, 2018 (as further amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), by and between the Company and Teton Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company as the surviving corporation;
WHEREAS, in connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement, the Company has determined that it is advisable and in the best interests of the Company to amend and restate the Agreement, effective as of the Merger Closing, subject to the consummation of the Merger.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto do hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meaning set forth in the Plan.
(a) “Cause” means: (i) the Optionee’s material violation of (x) the Optionee’s obligations regarding confidentiality or the protection of sensitive, confidential or proprietary information, or trade secrets, or (y) any other restrictive covenant by which the Optionee is bound, that in each case results in greater thande minimis harm to the Company and its
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