1 EXHIBIT 10.11 AAVID THERMAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. ID: 02-0466826 One Eagle Square, Suite 509 Concord, NH 03301, USA Telephone: (603) 224-1117 NOTICE OF GRANT OF STOCK OPTIONS AND OPTION AGREEMENT RONALD F. BORELLI OPTION NUMBER: 00000927 30 ROSEWELL ROAD PLAN: DIRP BEDFORD, NH 03110 ID: ###-##-#### ================================================================================ Effective 4/1/99, you have been granted a(n) Non-Qualified Stock Option to buy 50,000 shares of Aavid Thermal Technologies, Inc. (the Company) stock at $13.0000 per share. The total option price of the shares granted is $650,000.00. Shares in each period will become fully vested on the date shown. Shares Vest Type Full Vest Expiration 25,000 On Vest Date 4/1/00 4/1/09 25,000 On Vest Date 4/1/01 4/1/09 The terms of the Plan and any rules and regulations of the committee of the Board of Directors of the Company that administers the Plan are incorporated in this Agreement as if fully set forth in it. On the reverse side of this Agreement are some additional terms of this Option and a brief description of some of the provisions of the Plan. In the case of any ambiguity or any conflict between the terms on the reverse side and the Plan, the provisions of the plan shall govern. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By your signature and the Company's signature below, you and the Company agree that these options are granted under and governed by the terms and conditions of the Company's Stock Option Plan as amended and the Option Agreement, all of which are attached and made a part of this document. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- s/s John W. Mitchell April 09, 1999 - -------------------------------------- ------------------------------- Aavid Thermal Technologies, Inc. Date s/s Ronald F. Borelli - -------------------------------------- Ronald F. Borelli Date