EXHIBIT 10.3
OPTION CERTIFICATE
(INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION)
THIS IS TO CERTIFY that Future Media Productions, Inc., a California
corporation (the "COMPANY"), has granted to the employee named below an
incentive stock option (the "OPTION") to purchase shares (the "SHARES") of the
Company's Common Stock, without par value (the "COMMON STOCK"), under its 1998
Stock Incentive Plan, as follows:
Name of Optionee:
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Address of Optionee:
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Number of Shares:
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Option Exercise Price:
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Date of Grant:
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Option Expiration Date:
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EXERCISE SCHEDULE: The Option shall become exercisable as follows:
SUMMARY OF OTHER TERMS: This Option is defined in the Stock Option
Agreement (Incentive Stock Option) (the "OPTION AGREEMENT") which is attached to
this Option Certificate (this "CERTIFICATE") as Annex I. This Certificate
summarizes certain of the provisions of the Option Agreement for your
information, but is not complete. Your rights are governed by the Option
Agreement, NOT by this summary. The Company strongly suggests that you
carefully review the full Option Agreement prior to signing this Certificate or
exercising the Option.
Among the terms of the Option Agreement are the following:
EMPLOYMENT: The Option Agreement does not obligate the Company to retain
you for any period of time. Unless otherwise agreed IN WRITING, the Company
reserves the right to terminate any employee at any time, with or without cause.
TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT: While the Option terminates on the Option
Expiration Date, it will terminate earlier if you cease to be employed by the
Company. If your employment ends due to death or permanent disability, the
Option terminates six months after the date of death or permanent disability,
and is exercisable during such six month period as to the portion of the Option
which has vested prior to the date of termination of employment. If your
employment ends "for cause," the Option terminates immediately upon termination
of your employment. In all other cases, the Option terminates 30 days after the
date of termination of employment, and is exercisable during such 30 day period
as to the portion of the Option which had vested prior to the date of
termination of employment. See Section 5 of the Option Agreement.
TRANSFER: The Option is personal to you, and cannot be sold, transferred,
assigned or otherwise disposed of to any other person, except on your death.
For so long as the Company maintains its taxable status as an S Corporation, in
the event of death, the Option cannot be transferred to any person who is not
eligible to be an S Corporation shareholder as defined in Section 1361 of the
Code, or to any person if such transfer, or the exercise of the Option by the
transferee, would, in the opinion of the Company's counsel, result in the
termination or revocation of the Company's taxable status as an S Corporation.
See Section 16(d) of the Option Agreement.
EXERCISE: You can exercise the Option (once it is exercisable), in whole
or in part, by delivering to the Company a Notice of Exercise identical to
Exhibit "A" attached to the Option Agreement, accompanied by payment of the
Option Exercise Price, set forth above, for the Shares to be purchased. The
Company will then issue a certificate to you for the Shares you have purchased.
You are under no obligation to exercise the Option. See Section 4 of the Option
Agreement.
REPURCHASE RIGHTS; FIRST REFUSAL RIGHTS: The Company has the right
exercisable following termination of your employment to repurchase (x) all of
the Shares purchased by you upon exercise of the Option at fair market value on
the date of your termination, and (y) the unexercised portion of the Option (to
the extent that the Option had vested prior to the date of your termination) at
the price equal to the amount by which the fair market value of the Shares
underlying the Option (or portion thereof) exceeds the exercise price of the
Option, in each case for cash or cash equivalents (including the cancellation of
any purchase-money indebtedness). Those Shares are also subject to the
Company's right of first refusal, which provides that in the event you desire to
accept a bona fide third-party offer for any of the Shares you acquire upon
exercise of your Option, you must first offer those shares to the Company or its
designee on the same terms and conditions as are set forth in the bona fide
offer. The Repurchase Rights and First Refusal Rights lapse and cease to have
affect upon the earlier to occur of (1) the first date on
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which shares of the Company's Common Stock are held of record by more than
500 persons, (2) a determination by the Company's Board of Directors that a
public market exists for the outstanding shares of the Company's Common Stock
or (3) a firm commitment underwritten public offering pursuant to an
effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, covering the offer and sale of the Company's Common Stock in the
aggregate amount of at least $5,000,000. See Section 6 of the Option
Agreement.
FIRST REFUSAL RIGHTS: The Option provides that the Company shall have the
right of first refusal, exercisable in connection with any proposed sale,
hypothecation or other disposition of the Shares; and that in the event you
desire to accept a bona fide third-party offer for any or all of the Shares,
such shares shall first be offered to the Company at the same terms and
conditions as are set forth in the bona fide offer. To exercise this first
refusal right, the Company must elect to purchase the Shares within 30 days
after receipt of notice from you of the related proposed sale, and upon such
election the Company must purchase the Shares within 60 days of the receipt of
notice of the proposed sale. See Section 6 of the Option Agreement.
MARKET STAND-OFF: The Option provides that in connection with any
underwritten public offering by the Company, you may not sell or transfer any of
your Shares without the prior written consent of the Company or its underwriters
for such period of time from and after the effective date of such offering as
may be reasonably requested by the Company or such underwriters. See Section 6
of the Option Agreement.
S CORPORATION RESTRICTIONS: No Optionee may sell, transfer, grant proxies
with respect to, assign, pledge, encumber or otherwise dispose of any Shares
acquired upon the exercise of an Option, to any person who is not eligible to be
an S Corporation shareholder as defined in Section 1361 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended (the "CODE"), or to any person if such transfer would,
in the opinion of the Company's counsel, result in the termination or revocation
of the Company's taxable status as an S Corporation. See Section 6(h) of the
Option Agreement.
ANTI-DILUTION PROVISIONS: The Option contains provisions which adjust your
Option to reflect stock splits, stock dividends, mergers and other major
corporate reorganizations which would change the nature of the Shares underlying
your Option. See Section 7 of the Option Agreement.
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WAIVER: By signing this Certificate, you will be agreeing to all of the
terms of the Option Agreement, including those not summarized in this
Certificate. You will waive your rights to any other options or stock which may
have heretofore been promised to you, other than any rights you may have
pursuant to the agreements (the "RESERVED AGREEMENTS"), if any, identified
below. See Section 8 of the Option Agreement.
RESERVED AGREEMENTS:[INDICATE "NONE," OR IDENTIFY AGREEMENT BY EXECUTION
DATE, TYPE OF AGREEMENT AND IDENTITIES OF PARTIES]
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WITHHOLDING: The Company may require you to make any arrangements
necessary to insure the proper withholding of any amount of tax, if any,
required to be withheld by the Company as a result of the exercise of the
Option. See Section 13 of the Option Agreement.
COPYRIGHT OWNERSHIP AND NONDISCLOSURE: By signing this certificate you
will be agreeing that (i) you will not disclose to any person outside the
Company any non-public information and/or trade secrets of the Company, and (ii)
that all inventions, ideas, concepts and other intellectual property devised,
developed, conceived or created by you relating to your employment by the
Company are the sole and exclusive property of the Company. See Section 15 of
the Agreement.
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AGREEMENT
Future Media Productions, Inc., a California corporation (the "COMPANY"),
and the above-named employee ("OPTIONEE") each hereby agrees to be bound by all
of the terms and conditions of the Stock Option Agreement (Incentive Stock
Option) which is attached hereto as Annex I and incorporated herein by this
reference as if set forth in full in this document.
DATED:
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Future Media Productions, Inc.
By:
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Its:
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OPTIONEE
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(Signature)
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(Please print your name exactly
as you wish it to appear on any
stock certificates issued to you
upon exercise of the Option)
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ANNEX I
STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
(INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION)
This STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT (this "OPTION AGREEMENT") is made and
entered into on the execution date of the Option Certificate to which it is
attached (the "CERTIFICATE"), by and between Future Media Productions, Inc., a
California corporation (the "COMPANY"), and the employee named in the
Certificate ("OPTIONEE").
Pursuant to the Future Media Productions, Inc. 1998 Stock Incentive
Plan (the "PLAN"), the Board of Directors of the Company (the "BOARD") has
authorized the grant to Optionee of an incentive stock option to purchase shares
of the Company's Common Stock, without par value (the "COMMON STOCK"), upon the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Option Agreement and in
the Plan.
The Company and Optionee agree as follows:
1. GRANT OF OPTION.
The Company hereby grants to Optionee the right and option (the
"OPTION"), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Option
Agreement, to purchase all or any portion of that number of shares of the Common
Stock (the "SHARES") set forth in the Certificate, at the Option Exercise Price
set forth in the Certificate (the "EXERCISE PRICE").
2. TERM OF OPTION.
The Option shall terminate and expire on the Option Expiration Date
set forth in the Certificate, unless sooner terminated as provided herein.
3. EXERCISE PERIOD.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Sections 3, 5, and 7 of this Option
Agreement, the Option shall become exercisable (in whole or in part) upon and
after the dates set forth under the caption "Exercise Schedule" in the
Certificate. The installments shall be cumulative; I.E., the Option may be
exercised, as to any or all Shares covered by an installment, at any time or
times after the installment first becomes exercisable and until expiration or
termination of the Option.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Option
Agreement, the Option may not be exercised, in whole or in part, unless and
until any then-
applicable requirements of all federal, state and local laws and regulatory
agencies shall have been fully complied with to the satisfaction of the Company
and its counsel.
4. EXERCISE OF OPTION.
(a) There is no obligation to exercise the Option, in whole or in
part. The Option may be exercised, in whole or in part, only by delivery to the
Company of:
(i) written notice of exercise in form and substance
identical to Exhibit "A" attached to this Option Agreement stating the number of
Shares then being purchased (the "Purchased Shares");
(ii) payment of the Exercise Price of the Purchased Shares,
either in cash, by check, by cancellation of any indebtedness of the Company to
Optionee for accrued and unpaid salary or, with the consent of the Board, by
transfer to the Company of issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock which,
to the extent required to avoid liability under Section 16(b) of the Securities
and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, have been held by Optionee for a period of
at least six calendar months preceding the date of surrender, or by any
combination of the above methods of payment. If payment is made, in whole or in
part, by transfer to the Company of issued and outstanding shares of Common
Stock, the value (the "FAIR MARKET VALUE") of such shares shall be determined as
follows: (1) if the Common Stock is listed on any established stock exchange or
a national market system, including without limitation the Nasdaq National
Market, the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock shall be the closing
sales price for such stock (or the closing bid, if no sales were reported) as
quoted on such system or exchange (or the exchange with the greatest volume of
trading in the Common Stock) on the last market trading day prior to the day of
determination, as reported in the Wall Street Journal or such other source as
the Board deems reliable; (2) if the Common Stock is quoted on the Nasdaq System
(but not on the Nasdaq National Market) or is regularly quoted by a recognized
securities dealer but selling prices are not reported, the Fair Market Value of
a share of Common Stock shall be the mean between the bid and asked prices for
the Common Stock on the last market trading day prior to the day of
determination, as reported in the Wall Street Journal or such other source as
the Board deems reliable; and (3) in the absence of an established market for
the Common Stock, the Fair Market Value shall be determined in good faith by the
Board; and
(iii) if requested by the Company, a letter of investment intent
in such form and containing such provisions as the Company may reasonably
require.
(b) Following receipt of the notice and payment referred to above,
the Company shall issue and deliver to Optionee a stock certificate or stock
certificates evidencing the Purchased Shares; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the
Company shall not be obligated to issue a fraction or fractions of a share of
its Common Stock, and may pay to Optionee, in cash or by check, the Fair Market
Value of any fraction or fractions of a share exercised by Optionee, which Fair
Market Value shall be determined as set forth in this Section 4.
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5. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT.
(a) If Optionee shall cease to be in the employ of the Company, any
Subsidiary or any Parent for any reason other than Optionee's death or permanent
disability (a "SPECIAL TERMINATING EVENT"), Optionee shall have the right,
subject to the provisions of Section 5(c) below, to exercise the Option at any
time within 30 days after the date Optionee ceased to be employed by the
Company, but in no case later than the Option Expiration Date. The Option may
be exercised during such period only with respect to the Shares that were vested
as of the date Optionee's employment terminated and only to the extent the
Option had not previously been exercised. To the extent the Option remains
unexercised at the end of such period, the Option shall terminate. The Board,
in its sole and absolute discretion, shall determine whether or not authorized
leaves of absence shall constitute termination of employment for purposes of
this Option Agreement.
(b) If a Special Terminating Event occurs while Optionee is in the
employ of the Company, any Subsidiary or any Parent, then Optionee, Optionee's
executors or administrators or any person or persons acquiring the Option
directly from Optionee by bequest or inheritance, shall have the right to
exercise the Option at any time within six months after the Special Terminating
Event, but in no case later than the Option Expiration Date. The Option may be
exercised during such period only with respect to the Shares that were vested as
of the Special Terminating Event and only to the extent the Option had not
previously been exercised. To the extent the Option remains unexercised at the
end of such period, the Option shall terminate.
(c) If Optionee shall be terminated "for cause" by the Company, any
Subsidiary or any Parent, the Option shall terminate immediately. For purposes
of this Option Agreement, "for cause" shall mean:
(A) the failure or refusal by such person to perform his or
her duties to the Company; or
(B) Such person's willful disobedience of any orders or
directives of the Board or any officers thereof acting under the authority
thereof or such person's deliberate interference with the compliance by other
employees of the Company with any such orders or directives; or
(C) the failure or refusal of such person to abide by or
comply with the written policies, standard procedures or regulations of the
Company; or
(D) any willful or continued act or course of conduct by such
person which the Board in good faith determines might reasonably be expected to
have a material detrimental effect on the Company or the business, operations,
affairs or financial position thereof; or
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(E) the committing by such person of any fraud, theft,
embezzlement or other dishonest act against the Company; or
(F) the determination by the Board, in good faith and in the
exercise of reasonable discretion, that such person is not competent to perform
his or her duties of employment; and
(d) For purposes of this Option Agreement, "permanent disability"
shall mean permanent and total disability as defined by the Board. Optionee
shall not be considered permanently disabled unless he furnishes proof of such
disability in such form and manner, and at such times, as the Board may from
time to time require.
6. RESTRICTIONS ON PURCHASED SHARES.
(a) MARKET STAND-OFF.
(i) In connection with any underwritten public offering by
the Company of its equity securities pursuant to an effective registration
statement filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "SECURITIES
ACT"), including the Company's initial public offering, Optionee shall not sell,
make any short sale of, loan, hypothecate, pledge, grant any option for the
purchase of, or otherwise dispose or transfer for value or otherwise agree to
engage in any of the foregoing transactions with respect to any Purchased Shares
without the prior written consent of the Company or its underwriters, for such
period of time from and after the effective date of such registration statement
as may be reasonably requested by the Company or such underwriters. This
Section 6(a)(i) shall only remain in effect for the two-year period immediately
following the effective date of the Company's initial public offering and shall
thereafter terminate and cease to be in force or effect. Optionee agrees to
execute and deliver to the Company such further documents or instruments as the
Company reasonably determines to be necessary or appropriate to effect the
provisions of this Section 6(a).
(ii) In the event of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization, or other change affecting the Company's outstanding Common
Stock effected without receipt of consideration, then any new, substituted, or
additional securities distributed with respect to the Purchased Shares shall be
immediately subject to the provisions of this Section 6(a), to the same extent
the Purchased Share are at such time covered by such provisions.
(iii) In order to enforce the provisions of Section 6(a), the
corporation may impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to the Purchased
Shares until the end of the applicable stand-off period.
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(b) RESTRICTION ON TRANSFER.
(i) Optionee shall not sell, transfer, grant proxies with
respect to, assign, pledge, encumber or otherwise dispose of (each a "TRANSFER")
any of the Purchased Shares that are subject to the Company's Repurchase Right
under Section 6(c). In addition, Purchased Shares that are released from the
Repurchase Right shall not be Transferred in contravention of the Company's
First Refusal Right under Section 6(d) or the provisions of Sections 6(g) or
6(h). The restrictions contained in Section 6(c) and Section 6(d) shall NOT be
applicable to (1) a transfer of the Purchased Shares made without consideration
to Optionee's spouse or issue, including adopted children, or to a trust for the
exclusive benefit of Optionee or Optionee's spouse or issue, (2) a transfer of
title to the Purchased Shares effected pursuant to Optionee's will or the laws
of intestate succession or (3) a transfer to the Company in pledge as security
for any purchase-money indebtedness incurred by Optionee in connection with the
acquisition of the Purchased Shares; provided Optionee shall have first obtained
the written consent of the Company to such Transfer. Any Transfer of Purchased
Shares permitted hereunder shall be subject to the Securities Law Restrictions
set forth in Section 6(g) and the S Corporation Restrictions set forth in
Section 6(h).
(ii) Each person (other than the Company) to whom the
Purchased Shares are transferred by means of one of the permitted transfers
specified in Section 6(b)(i) must, as a condition precedent to the validity of
such transfer, acknowledge in writing to the Company that such person is bound
by the provisions of this Agreement and that the transferred shares are subject
to (1) both the Company's Repurchase Right and the Company's First Refusal Right
granted hereunder, (2) the market stand-off provisions of Section 6(a) and (3)
the restrictions set forth in Sections 6(g) and 6(h), to the same extent such
shares would be so subject if retained by Optionee.
(iii) For purposes of Sections 6(b), 6(c) and 6(d) of this
Agreement, the term "Owner" shall include Optionee and all subsequent holders of
the Purchased Shares who derive their ownership through a permitted Transfer
from Optionee in accordance with Section 6(b)(i).
(c) REPURCHASE RIGHT.
(i) GRANT. The Company is hereby granted the right (the
"REPURCHASE RIGHT") exercisable within the 90 day period following termination
of Optionee's employment with the Company, or in the case of stock issued upon
exercise of options after the date of termination, within 90 days after the date
of exercise, to repurchase all of the Purchased Shares at the Fair Market Value
on the date of termination of employment and Shares underlying vested Options
which have not been fully exercised prior to termination of Optionee's
employment at the price equal to the amount by which the Fair Market Value of
the Shares underlying such Options (or portion thereof) exceeds the exercise
price of the Options on the date of termination of employment.
(ii) EXERCISE OF THE REPURCHASE RIGHT. The Repurchase Right
shall be exercisable by written notice delivered to the Owner of the Purchased
Shares prior to the
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expiration of the applicable period specified in Section 6(c)(i). The notice
shall indicate the number of Purchased Shares to be repurchased and the date
on which the repurchase is to be effected, such date to be not more than 30
days after the date of notice. Owner shall, prior to the close of business
on the date specified for the repurchase, deliver to the Secretary of the
Company the certificates representing the Purchased Shares to be repurchased,
each certificate to be properly endorsed for transfer. The Company shall,
concurrently with the receipt of such stock certificates from Owner, pay to
Owner in cash or cash equivalents (including the cancellation of any
purchase-money indebtedness), the amount determined pursuant to Section
6(c)(i) above.
(iii) TERMINATION OF THE REPURCHASE RIGHT. The Repurchase
Right under this Section 6(c) shall lapse and cease to have effect upon the
EARLIEST to occur of (A) failure by the Company to timely exercise the
Repurchase Right under Section 6(c)(i), (B) the first date on which shares of
the Company's Common Stock are held of record by more than 500 persons, (C) a
determination by the Company's Board of Directors that a public market exists
for the outstanding shares of the Company's Common Stock or (D) a firm
commitment underwritten public offering pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act, covering the offer and sale of the Company's
Common Stock in the aggregate amount of at least $5,000,000.
(d) RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL
(i) GRANT. The Company is hereby granted the right of first
refusal (the "FIRST REFUSAL RIGHT"), exercisable in connection with any proposed
Transfer of the Purchased Shares. For purposes of this Section 6(d), the term
"Transfer" shall not include any of the permitted transfers under Section
6(b)(i).
(ii) NOTICE OF INTENDED DISPOSITION. In the event the Owner
desires to accept a bona fide third-party offer for any or all of the Purchased
Shares (the shares subject to such offer to be hereinafter called, solely for
the purposes of this Section 6(d), the "TARGET SHARES"), Owner shall promptly
(1) deliver to the Secretary of the Company written notice (the "DISPOSITION
NOTICE") of the offer and the basic terms and conditions thereof, including the
proposed purchase price, and (2) provide satisfactory proof that the disposition
of the Target Shares to the third-party offeror would not be in contravention of
the provisions set forth in Sections 6(b), 6(c), 6(g) and 6(h) of this
Agreement.
(iii) EXERCISE OF RIGHT. The Company (or its assignees) shall,
for a period of 30 days following receipt of the Disposition Notice, have the
right to repurchase any or all of the Target Shares specified in the Disposition
Notice upon substantially the same terms and conditions specified therein. Such
right shall be exercisable by written notice (the "EXERCISE NOTICE") delivered
to Owner prior to the expiration of the 30 day exercise period. If such right
is exercised with respect to all the Target Shares specified in the Disposition
Notice, then the Company (or its assignees) shall effect the repurchase of the
Target Shares, including payment of the purchase price, not more than 30 days
after delivery of the Exercise Notice; and at such
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time Owner shall deliver to the Company the certificates representing the
Target Shares to be repurchased, each certificate to be properly endorsed for
transfer.
Should the purchase price specified in the Disposition Notice be
payable in property other than cash or evidences of indebtedness, the Company
(or its assignees) shall have the right to pay the purchase price in the form of
cash equal in amount to the value of such property. If the Owner and the
Company (or its assignees) cannot agree on such cash value within ten days after
the Company's receipt of the Disposition Notice, the valuation shall be made by
an appraiser of recognized standing selected by the Owner and the Company (or
its assignees), or, if they cannot agree on an appraiser within 20 days after
the Company's receipt of the Disposition Notice, each shall select an appraiser
of recognized standing and the two appraisers shall designate a third appraiser
of recognized standing, whose appraisal shall be determinative of such value.
The cost of such appraisal shall be shared equally by the Owner and the Company.
The closing shall then be held on the LATTER of (1) the 30th business day
following delivery of the Exercise Notice or (2) the 15th day after such cash
valuation shall have been made.
(iv) NON-EXERCISE OF RIGHT. In the event the Exercise Notice
is not given to Owner within 30 days following the date of the Company's receipt
of the Disposition Notice, Owner shall have a period of 30 days thereafter, in
which to sell or otherwise dispose of the Target Shares upon terms and
conditions (including the purchase price) no more favorable to the third-party
purchaser than those specified in the Disposition Notice; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that any such sale or disposition must not be effected in contravention of the
provisions of Sections 6(g) or 6(h) of this Agreement. The third-party
purchaser shall acquire the Target Shares free and clear of all the terms and
provisions of this Agreement (including the Company's Repurchase Right under
Section 6(c) and the Company's First Refusal Right hereunder). In the event
Owner does not sell or otherwise dispose of the Target Shares within the
specified 30 day period, the Company's First Refusal Right shall continue to be
applicable to any subsequent disposition of the Target Shares by Owner until
such right lapses in accordance with Section 6(d)(vi).
(v) PARTIAL EXERCISE OF RIGHT. In the event the Company (or
its assignees) makes a timely exercise of the First Refusal Right with respect
to a portion, but not all, of the Target Shares specified in the Disposition
Notice, Owner shall have the option, exercisable by written notice to the
Company delivered within 30 days after the date of the Disposition Notice, to
effect the sale of the Target Shares pursuant to one of the following
alternatives:
(A) sale or other disposition of all the Target Shares
to a third-party purchaser in compliance with the requirements of section
6(d)(iv), as if the Company did not exercise the First Refusal Right hereunder;
or
(B) sale to the Company (or its assignees) of the
portion of the Target Shares which the Company (or its assignees) has elected to
purchase, such sale to be effected in substantial conformity with the provisions
of Section 6(d)(iii).
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Failure of Owner to deliver timely notification to the Company
under this Section 6(d)(v) shall be deemed to be an election by Owner to sell
the Target Shares pursuant to alternative (A) above.
(vi) TERMINATION OF THE FIRST REFUSAL RIGHT. The First
Refusal Right under this Section 6(d) shall lapse and cease to have effect upon
the EARLIEST to occur of (1) the first date on which shares of the Company's
Common Stock are held of record by more than 500 persons, (2) a determination is
made by the Company's Board of Directors that a public market exists for the
outstanding shares of the Company's Common Stock or (3) a firm commitment
underwritten public offering pursuant to an effective registration statement
under the Securities Act, covering the offer and sale of the Company's Common
Stock in the aggregate amount of at least $5,000,000.
(e) RECAPITALIZATION. In the event of any stock dividend, stock
split, recapitalization or other transaction resulting in an adjustment under
Section 7 hereof, then any new, substituted or additional securities or other
property which is by reason of such transaction distributed with respect to or
in exchange for the Purchased Shares shall be immediately subject to the
Company's Repurchase Right and First Refusal Right, but only to the extent the
Purchased Shares are at that time covered by such right.
(f) LEGEND. All certificates representing Purchased Shares subject
to the First Refusal Rights and Repurchase Rights shall be endorsed with the
following legend:
"THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE SOLD, ASSIGNED,
TRANSFERRED, ENCUMBERED OR IN ANY MANNER DISPOSED OF, EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE
WITH THE TERMS OF A WRITTEN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND THE
REGISTERED HOLDER OF THE SHARES (OR THE PREDECESSOR IN INTEREST TO THE
SHARES). SUCH AGREEMENT GRANTS TO THE COMPANY CERTAIN REPURCHASE RIGHTS
AND RIGHTS OF FIRST REFUSAL UPON AN ATTEMPTED TRANSFER OF THE SHARES. THE
SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY WILL UPON WRITTEN REQUEST FURNISH A COPY OF SUCH
AGREEMENT TO THE HOLDER HEREOF WITHOUT CHARGE."
(g) SECURITIES LAW RESTRICTIONS. None of the Purchased Shares shall
be Transferred (with or without consideration) and the Company shall not be
required to register any such Transfer and the Company may instruct its transfer
agent not to register any such Transfer, unless and until all of the following
events shall have occurred:
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(i) the Purchased Shares are Transferred pursuant to and in
conformity with (1) (x) an effective registration statement filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "COMMISSION") pursuant to the Securities
Act, or (y) an exemption from registration under the Securities Act, and (2) the
securities laws of any state of the United States; and
(ii) Optionee has, prior to the Transfer of such Purchased
Shares, and if requested by the Company, provided all relevant information to
Company's counsel so that upon Company's request, Company's counsel is able to,
and actually prepares and delivers to the Company a written opinion that the
proposed Transfer (1) (x) is pursuant to a registration statement which has been
filed with the Commission and is then effective, or (y) is exempt from
registration under the Securities Act as then in effect, and the Rules and
Regulations of the Commission thereunder, and (2) is either qualified or
registered under any applicable state securities laws, or exempt from such
qualification or registration. The Company shall bear all reasonable costs of
preparing such opinion.
(h) S CORPORATION RESTRICTIONS. For so long as the Company maintains
its taxable status as an S Corporation, none of the Purchased Shares shall be
Transferred (with or without consideration) and the Company shall not be
required to register any such Transfer and the Company may instruct its transfer
agent not to register any such Transfer to any person who is not eligible to be
an S Corporation shareholder as defined in Section 1361 of the Code, or to any
person if such transfer would, in the opinion of the Company's counsel, result
in the termination or revocation of the Company's taxable status as an S
Corporation.
(i) NONCOMPLYING TRANSFERS INVALID. Any attempted Transfer which is
not in full compliance with this Section 6 shall be null and void AB INITIO, and
of no force or effect.
7. ADJUSTMENTS UPON RECAPITALIZATION.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 7(b), if any change is made
in the Common Stock, without receipt of consideration by the Company (through
merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, reincorporation, stock
dividend, dividend in property other than cash, stock split, liquidating
dividend, combination of shares, exchange of shares, change in corporate
structure or other transaction not involving the receipt of consideration by the
Company) the Option will be appropriately adjusted in the class(es) and number
of shares and price per share of stock subject to the Option. Such adjustments
shall be made by the Board (excluding the Optionee), the determination of which
shall be final, binding and conclusive. The conversion of any convertible
securities of the Company shall not be treated as a "transaction not involving
the receipt of consideration by the Company."
(b) In the event of: (1) a dissolution, liquidation or sale of
substantially all of the assets of the Company; (2) a merger or consolidation in
which the Company is not the surviving corporation; or (3) a reverse merger in
which the Company is the surviving corporation
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but the shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately preceding the
merger are converted by virtue of the merger into other property, whether in
the form of securities, cash or otherwise, then, at the sole discretion of
the Board (excluding the Optionee) and to the extent permitted by applicable
law, the Option shall (i) terminate upon such event and may be exercised
prior thereto to the extent the Option is then exercisable or (ii) continue
in full force and effect and, if applicable, the surviving corporation or an
Affiliate of such surviving corporation shall assume the Option and/or shall
substitute a similar option or award in place of the Option.
(c) To the extent that the foregoing adjustments relate to stock or
securities of the Company, such adjustments shall be made by the Board
(excluding the Optionee), and its determination shall be final, binding and
conclusive.
(d) The provisions of this Section 7 are intended to be exclusive,
and Optionee shall have no other rights upon the occurrence of any of the events
described in this Section 7.
(e) The grant of the Option shall not affect in any way the right or
power of the Company to make adjustments, reclassifications, reorganizations or
changes in its capital or business structure, or to merge, consolidate, dissolve
or liquidate, or to sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets.
8. WAIVER OF RIGHTS TO PURCHASE STOCK.
By signing this Option Agreement, Optionee acknowledges and agrees
that neither the Company nor any other person or entity is under any obligation
to sell or transfer to Optionee any option or equity security of the Company,
other than only (i) the shares of Common Stock subject to the Option, and (ii)
those rights or options, if any, (the "RESERVED AGREEMENTS") to purchase Common
Stock previously granted in writing to Optionee by the Board (or a committee
thereof) and specifically identified on the Certificate under the caption,
"WAIVER." By signing this Option Agreement, Optionee specifically waives all
rights which he or she may have had prior to the date of this Option Agreement
to receive any option or equity security of the Company, including, without
limitation, those which arise out of or are in any manner whatsoever, directly
or indirectly, related to any stock option agreement or any other right or
agreement relating directly or indirectly to the acquisition by Optionee of
securities of the Company, excluding the Reserved Agreements, if any.
9. INVESTMENT INTENT.
Optionee represents and agrees that if he or she exercises the Option
in whole or in part, and if at the time of such exercise the Plan and/or the
Purchased Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act, he or she
will acquire the Shares upon such exercise for the purpose of investment and not
with a view to the distribution of such Shares, and that upon each exercise of
the Option he or she will furnish to the Company a written statement to such
effect.
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10. LEGEND ON STOCK CERTIFICATES.
Optionee agrees that all certificates representing the Purchased
Shares will be subject to such stock transfer orders and other restrictions (if
any) as the Company may deem advisable under the rules, regulations and other
requirements of the Commission, any stock exchange upon which the Common Stock
is then listed and any applicable federal or state securities laws, and the
Company may cause a legend or legends to be put on such certificates to make
appropriate reference to such restrictions.
11. NO RIGHTS AS SHAREHOLDER.
Optionee shall have no rights as a shareholder with respect to the
Shares until the date of the issuance to Optionee of a stock certificate or
stock certificates evidencing such Shares. Except as may be provided in Section
7 of this Option Agreement, no adjustment shall be made for dividends (ordinary
or extraordinary, whether in cash, securities or other property) or
distributions or other rights for which the record date is prior to the date
such stock certificate is issued.
12. MODIFICATION.
Subject to the terms and conditions and within the limitations of the
Plan, the Board (or a committee thereof) may modify, extend or renew the Option
or accept the surrender of, and authorize the grant of a new option in
substitution for, the Option (to the extent not previously exercised). No
modification of the Option shall be made which, without the consent of Optionee,
would cause the Option to fail to continue to qualify as an incentive stock
option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code or alter or impair any
rights of Optionee under the Option.
13. WITHHOLDING.
(a) Optionee agrees that should he or she make a "disposition" (as
defined in Section 424(c) of the Code) of all or any of the Purchased Shares
within two years from the date of the grant of the Option or within one year
after the issuance of such Purchased Shares, he or she shall immediately advise
the Company in writing as to the occurrence of the sale and the price realized
upon the sale of such Purchased Shares. Optionee agrees that he or she shall
maintain all Purchased Shares in his or her name so long as he or she maintains
beneficial ownership of such Shares.
(b) The Company shall be entitled to require as a condition of
delivery of any Purchased Shares upon exercise of this Option that the Optionee
agree to remit, at the time of such delivery or at such later date as the
Company may determine, an amount sufficient to satisfy all federal, state and
local withholding tax requirements relating thereto, and Optionee agrees to take
such other action required by the Company to satisfy such withholding
requirements.
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(c) With the consent of the Board, and in accordance with any rules
and procedures from time to time adopted by the Board, Optionee may elect to
satisfy his or her obligations under Section 13(b) above by (i) directing the
Company to withhold a portion of the Shares otherwise deliverable; or (ii)
tendering other shares of the Common Stock of the Company which are already
owned by Optionee which in all cases have a fair market value on the date as of
which the amount of tax to be withheld is determined (the "TAX DATE") equal to
the amount of taxes to be paid by such method (each, a "Withholding Right").
(d) To exercise a Withholding Right, the Optionee must follow the
election procedures set forth below, together with such additional procedures
and conditions set forth in this Option Agreement or otherwise adopted by the
Board:
(i) the Optionee must deliver to the Company his or her
written notice of election (the "ELECTION") and specify whether all or a stated
percentage of the applicable taxes will be paid in accordance with Section 13(c)
above and whether the amount so paid shall be made in accordance with the "flat"
withholding rates for supplemental wages or as determined in accordance with
Optionee's form W-4 (or comparable state or local form);
(ii) unless disapproved by the Board as provided in Subsection
(iii) below, the Election once made will be irrevocable; and
(iii) no Election is valid unless the Board approves such
Election, and such Election may be disapproved by the Board, in its sole
discretion, with or without cause or reason therefor; provided, if the Board has
not approved or disapproved the Election on or prior to the Tax Date, the
Election will be deemed approved.
14. CHARACTER OF OPTION.
The Option is intended to qualify as an "incentive stock option" as
that term is defined in Section 422 of the Code.
15. NONDISCLOSURE AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OWNERSHIP.
(a) Optionee agrees to assign to the Company or its nominees, all
Optionee's rights to ideas, concepts, business plans and strategies, computer
programs, inventions, discoveries, improvements, and developments
("DEVELOPMENTS"), whether or not copyrightable, patentable, or subject to trade
secret protection, which, during the period of Optionee's employment by the
Company, Optionee has made, conceived, or conducted, or hereafter may make or
conceive or conduct, either solely or jointly with others: (i) with the use of
the Company's time, materials, or facilities; or (ii) resulting from or
suggested by Optionee's work for the Company; or (iii) in any way pertaining to
any subject matter related to the Company's existing or contemplated business,
products, and services. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein,
pursuant to Section 2870 of the California Labor Code, this Agreement does not
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apply to any Development for which no equipment, supplies, facilities or trade
secret information of the Company was used and which was developed entirely on
Optionee's own time, and (1) which does not relate at the time of conception or
reduction to practice of the Development either to the business of the Company
or to the Company's actual or demonstrably anticipated business, or (2) which
does not result from any work performed by Optionee for the Company.
(b) At any time requested by the Company, either during employment or
after termination thereof, and without charge to the Company, but at its
expense, Optionee agrees to execute, acknowledge, and deliver all such further
papers, including applications for registrations of copyrights, and to perform
such other lawful acts as, in the opinion of said Company, are necessary to
obtain, maintain, or register copyrights or patents for such Development in any
and all countries and to vest title thereto in the Company or its nominees.
(c) Optionee realizes that in the course of Optionee's employment the
Company will necessarily reveal to Optionee or Optionee may develop proprietary,
secret, or confidential information, and in addition to all other obligations
with respect to the observance of federal and state statutes and U.S. Government
security regulations, Optionee hereby agrees as follows:
(i) Optionee agrees to keep in strictest confidence during
and subsequent to Optionee's employment all information identified as secret or
confidential or which, from the circumstances, in good faith and good conscience
ought to be treated as confidential, relating to the business plans and
strategies, concepts, inventions, discoveries, or trade secrets or secret
processes, reports, client lists, profit margins, or any other information of
the business or affairs of the Company (hereinafter collectively referred to as
"INFORMATION") which Optionee may acquire or develop in connection with or as a
result of Optionee's employment.
(ii) Optionee covenants and agrees that, except as instructed
by Company during Optionee's employment, Optionee will not use any Information
and without the prior written consent of Company, Optionee will not directly or
indirectly publish, communicate, divulge, or describe to any unauthorized
person, nor patent or register a copyright for, any Information during the
period of Optionee's employment or at any time subsequent thereto.
(iii) This covenant shall not apply to Information already in
the public domain or Information which has been dedicated to or released to the
public by the Company.
(d) During the period of Optionee's employment, Optionee agrees to
abide by Company's policies, including but not limited to employment policies,
confidentiality policies, and policies prohibiting sexual harassment and
discrimination, as such policies may exist and be made known to Optionee from
time to time.
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16. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
(a) FURTHER ASSURANCES. Optionee shall promptly take all actions and
execute all documents requested by the Company which the Company deems to be
reasonably necessary to effectuate the terms and intent of this Option
Agreement.
(b) NOTICES. All notices, requests, demands and other communications
under this Option Agreement shall be in writing and shall be given to the
parties hereto as follows:
(i) If to the Company, to:
Future Media Production, Inc.
25136 Anza Dr.
Valencia, CA 91355
Fax No: (805) 294-5582
Attn.: Alex Sandel
(ii) If to Optionee, to the address set
forth in the records of the Company,
or at such other address or addresses as may have been furnished by either party
in writing to the other party hereto. Any such notice, request, demand or other
communication shall be effective (1) if given by mail, 72 hours after such
communication is deposited in the mail by first-class certified mail, return
receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as aforesaid, or (2) if given by
any other means, when delivered at the address specified in this subsection (b).
(c) TRANSFER OF RIGHTS UNDER THIS OPTION AGREEMENT. The Company may
at any time transfer and assign its rights and delegate its obligations under
this Option Agreement to any other person, corporation, firm or entity,
including its officers, directors and shareholders, with or without
consideration.
(d) OPTION NON-TRANSFERABLE. Optionee may not sell, transfer, assign
or otherwise dispose of the Option except by will or the laws of descent and
distribution, and the Option may be exercised during the lifetime of Optionee
only by Optionee or by his or her guardian or legal representative. For so long
as the Company maintains its taxable status as an S Corporation, in the event of
death, the Option cannot be transferred to any person who is not eligible to be
an S Corporation shareholder as defined in Section 1361 of the Code, or to any
person if such transfer, or the exercise of the Option by the transferee, would,
in the opinion of the Company's counsel, result in the termination or revocation
of the Company's taxable status as an S Corporation.
(e) SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. Except to the extent specifically
limited by the terms and provisions of this Option Agreement, this Option
Agreement shall be binding upon and
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inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors,
assigns, heirs and personal representatives.
(f) GOVERNING LAW. THIS OPTION AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA APPLICABLE TO
CONTRACTS MADE IN, AND TO BE PERFORMED WITHIN, THAT STATE.
(g) THE PLAN. This Option Agreement is made pursuant to the Plan,
and it is intended, and shall be interpreted in a manner, to comply therewith.
Any provision of this Option Agreement inconsistent with the Plan shall be
superseded and governed by the Plan. All capitalized terms not defined herein
shall have the same meaning as set forth in the Plan.
(h) INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. Optionee agrees that the Company may suffer
irreparable harm in the event that Optionee fails or threatens not to comply
with any terms of this Agreement, and that monetary damages may be inadequate to
compensate the Company in such event. Accordingly, Optionee agrees that the
Company, in addition to any other remedies available to it at law or in equity,
including the right to monetary damages, will be entitled to injunctive relief,
without the posting of bond or other security, to enforce this Agreement.
(i) MISCELLANEOUS. Titles and captions contained in this Option
Agreement are inserted for convenience of reference only and do not constitute a
part of this Option Agreement for any other purpose.
The Signature Page to this Option Agreement consists of the last page
of the Certificate.
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Exhibit "A"
NOTICE OF EXERCISE
(To be signed only upon exercise of the Option)
TO: FUTURE MEDIA PRODUCTIONS, INC.
The undersigned, the holder of the enclosed Stock Option Agreement
(Incentive Stock Option), hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the purchase
rights represented by the Option and to purchase thereunder _________ * shares
of Common Stock of FUTURE MEDIA PRODUCTION, INC. (the "COMPANY"), and herewith
encloses payment of $_______ and/or _________ shares of the Company's Common
Stock in full payment of the purchase price of such shares being purchased.
Dated:_________________
______________________________
(Signature must conform in all
respects to name of holder as
specified on the face of the
Option)
______________________________
(Please Print Name)
______________________________
(Address)
* Insert here the number of shares called for on the face of the Option
(or, in the case of a partial exercise, the number of shares being exercised),
in either case without making any adjustment for additional Common Stock of the
Company, other securities or property which, pursuant to the adjustment
provisions of the Option, may be deliverable upon exercise.