Unless otherwise determined by the Board, all Options granted under this Plan shall vest over a 4-year period, with 25% thereof vesting on the end of a 12-month period following the date of grant (or the date of commencement of employment or service relationship, as applicable), and the remaining 75% thereof vesting in 12 equal portions at the end of each 3-month period thereafter. The vesting conditions and schedule shall be set in the applicable Option Agreement. No Option shall be exercised after the Expiration Date. The vesting provisions of individual Options may vary.
7.2.2 Unless determined otherwise by the Board, the vesting of the Options shall be postponed during any un-paid leave of absence. Upon return to service, the vesting shall continue and the Vesting Dates shall be postponed in accordance with the period of un-paid leave. Despite the aforementioned, the following shall not postpone the vesting of the Options: paid vacation, sick leave, paid maternity leave, infant care leave, medical emergency leave, military reserve duty.
7.2.3 The vesting of the Options shall continue upon any transfer of a Participant between the Company and any Affiliate or between Affiliates.
7.3. An Option may, but need not, include a provision whereby a Participant may elect at any time before the Participant’s Termination Date to exercise the Option as to any part or all of the Shares subject to the Option prior to the full vesting of the Option subject to the terms specified in the Option Agreement. Any unvested Shares so purchased will be subject to a repurchase right in favor of the Company and to all other restrictions as described in the Company’s form of Early Exercise Stock Purchase Agreement unless the Board determines otherwise. The terms of any repurchase right will be specified in the applicable Option Agreement.
7.4. An Option may be subject to such other terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the Plan, on the time or times when it may be exercised as the Board may deem appropriate.
7.5.Exercise of Options
7.5.1. An Option shall be exercised by submission to the Company of a notice of exercise, in a form set by the Company. The exercise of an Option shall occur on such time on which a notice of exercise has been received by the Company accompanied by payment in full of the Exercise Price payable therefor, and as soon as practicable thereafter, and subject to the provisions of section
8.3 below, the Company will issue the Share(s) underlying such exercised Option, provided that the Shares so issued shall not be delivered to the Participant or any third party (other than the Trustee, if applicable) unless and until all applicable Tax was paid to the Trustee’s (if applicable) and the Company’s full satisfaction and subject to compliance with Applicable Law.
7.5.2. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan or in an Option Agreement, an Option may be exercised in full or in part, subject to the Expiration Date, provided it is not exercised for a fraction of a Share, as further detailed in section 8.3 below.
7.5.3. Notices of exercise of Options, which are submitted after the Expiration Date, or which relate to Options that are not exercisable in accordance with the terms of the applicable Option Agreement, or which do not contain all of the details required by the exercise form, shall not be accepted and shall have no force whatsoever.
7.5.4. The Participant shall sign any document required under any Applicable Law or by the Company or the Trustee for the purposes of issuance of the Shares.
7.5.5. As a condition to the exercise of an Option, the Company may require the person exercising such Option to represent and warrant at the time of any such exercise that the Shares are being purchased only for investment and without any present intention to sell or distribute such Shares if, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, such a representation is required.
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