cashless exercise arrangement with a broker on such terms as the Board may determine; provided, however, that if payment is made pursuant to clause (i), the then par value of the purchased shares shall be paid in cash if required by applicable law or otherwise deemed appropriate by the Board. No shares of Common Stock shall be issued to the participant until such payment has been made, and a participant shall have none of the rights of a stockholder with respect to Options held by such participant.
d. Other Terms and Conditions. The Board shall have the discretion to determine terms and conditions, consistent with the Plan, which will be applicable to Options, including, without limitation, (i) performance-based criteria for vesting or for acceleration of the date on which certain Options shall become exercisable and (ii) permitting unvested Options to be exercised for Restricted Stock with the same vesting provisions as the unvested Options so exercised. Options granted to the same or different participants, or at the same or different times, need not contain similar provisions.
e. Substitution of Options. Options may be granted under the Plan from time to time in substitution for stock options of other entities (“Acquired Companies”) in connection with the merger or consolidation of the Acquired Company with the Company or any of its subsidiaries, the acquisition by the Company or by any of its subsidiaries of all or a portion of the assets of the Acquired Company, or the acquisition of stock of the Acquired Company such that the Acquired Company becomes a subsidiary of the Company. Where the stock options of the Acquired Companies for which Options hereunder are being substituted were incentive stock options, such options may be replaced with Incentive Stock Options hereunder so long as the terms of the Incentive Stock Options so granted comply with applicable requirements under Code Section 424(a).
The Board may issue or transfer shares of Common Stock to employees, directors, consultants or advisors under a Stock Grant, upon such terms as the Board deems applicable, including the provisions set forth below:
a. General Requirements. Shares of Common Stock issued or transferred pursuant to Stock Grants may be issued or transferred for consideration or for no consideration, and subject to restrictions or no restrictions, as determined by the Board. The Board may establish conditions under which restrictions on shares of Restricted Stock shall lapse over a period of time or according to such other criteria (including performance-based criteria) as the Board deems appropriate. The period of time during which the Restricted Stock will remain subject to restrictions is hereinafter referred to as the “Restriction Period.”
b. Number of Shares. The Board shall determine the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued or transferred pursuant to a Stock Grant and the restrictions, if any, applicable to such shares.
c. Restricted Stock/Requirement of Employment. If a participant who has received a Restricted Stock grant ceases to be employed by the Company and any of its subsidiaries during the Restriction Period, or if other specified conditions are not met, the Restricted Stock grant shall terminate as to all shares covered by the grant as to which the restrictions have not lapsed, and those shares of Common Stock shall be canceled in exchange for the purchase price, if any, paid by the participant for such shares (or, if less, the then-Fair Market Value of such shares). The Board may provide, however, for complete or partial exceptions to this requirement as it deems appropriate.
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